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SAN JOSE — The Silicon Valley economy is the envy of the world, with its low unemployment rate and sky-high median incomes. So it may seem odd that Rose Herrera would make improving the economy the hallmark of her campaign to become mayor of San Jose, the city that calls itself the Capital of Silicon Valley.
But the San Jose councilwoman and underdog candidate maintains that it's the biggest issue facing the city, as she takes a different path than her competitors who are pushing a public safety-driven message. Her main reason: Unlike every other major U.S. city, San Jose has more adult residents than jobs — a major budget killer that's led to a lot of the city's problems, from cutting library hours to leaving streets riddled with potholes.
"We need a better tax base for San Jose," Herrera told a small group of supporters at a restaurant last week. "We end up fighting over the scraps. Let's grow the pie."
She wants to speed up a permitting system that can take months into a 24-hour process like cities such as Phoenix have done, and make business plans available electronically like even some rural counties do. She's vowed to bring a large headquarters-company to downtown and keep industrial land intact. She's not supportive of a proposed November sales-tax measure that she says could hurt local businesses.
Herrera knows a thing or two about the ups and downs of business: She ran her own software firm in the 1990s until it foundered in bankruptcy.
Still, in an election season where polls show voters' interest in other areas, it may be difficult for Herrera to find the broad support she needs by pushing a jobs agenda during an economic upturn a half-decade removed from the Great Recession.
Consider that a recent city-commissioned poll found 57 percent of respondents thought improving job-creating programs was an important goal for the city. By contrast, police and fire department-related services — as well as fixing potholes and keeping the city budget stable — were important to more than 70 percent of respondents. In the case of 911 response times and local police patrols, the support soared past 80 percent.
That's why the three leading mayoral candidates in fundraising and endorsements — county Supervisor Dave Cortese, Councilman Sam Liccardo and Vice Mayor Madison Nguyen — have all lofted themselves up on a public safety platform. And Herrera still picks improving the crime rate as her No. 2 issue.
But Herrera doesn't have much choice but to chart a different path than the rest of her challengers. She has raised by far the least amount of money of the five candidates, received no significant endorsements and has no paid campaign team behind her. She was the last candidate to enter the race and is still doing only scattered events.
But Herrera maintains the jobs mantra is resonating with voters and small businesses.
"She will go to bat for you if she's believes in you," said supporter Denise Belisle, who owns the Evergreen Coffee Company. "She believes this city can be a lot more than it is."
Herrera rounds out her platform by pumping up education — an issue controlled by local school boards, and one a mayor has limited power over. She is the only candidate to prominently highlight schools in her campaign, and her main idea is to restore a city-funded, after-schools homework program at libraries, which amounts to 0.04 percent of the city's general-fund budget.
She also does not have a clear base of supporters. She cites women and residents from her Evergreen district, but those groups could be split with Nguyen — the other woman in the race — and Cortese, who also hails from Evergreen.
In an editorial board interview, she said she expected to tap into the city's Hispanic population, which makes up one-third of San Jose, because she has a Hispanic-sounding last name. Herrera, who has since backed off those comments, is white but kept a previous husband's last name. Her opponents have accused her of keeping the name for political reasons. But her son, David, said he pleaded with her mom as a kid to keep the last name so they would have the same surname some 25 years ago, well before her first political run.
Like Nguyen, Liccardo and another mayoral hopeful on the council, Pierluigi Oliverio, Herrera supports Mayor Chuck Reed's landmark initiative to reign in pension costs, which unions are fighting in court and Cortese opposes. Unlike her colleagues, though, she has expressed more sentiment to slightly weaken the measure, wanting to draft a voter initiative that would allow the hundreds of cops who have left San Jose to return with better pension benefits than new hires typically receive under the reform.
But Herrera, who went toe-to-toe with unions in her 2012 re-election campaign, again caught the ire of the police union when she said up to 100 cops would return if her plan was in place. The Police Officers Association surveyed about 100 ex-San Jose cops and found only two were willing to return, and held a news conference ridiculing Herrera.
"Rose Herrera has an adversarial relationship with the truth," said Sgt. Jim Unland, the police union president. "If she could produce half the things she makes up, she would be headlining in Las Vegas next to Penn & Teller."
Herrera chalked the incident up to campaign politics (the unions support Cortese).
"I will win over the police officers," she said.
At a campaign speech last week, a union supporter who had heckled Herrera at a previous event came back — and this time Herrera could not hide her displeasure, interrupting the woman with a sharp tone and criticizing her for walking out of the last event.
The woman, Taps Keyes Club owner Bridget Tapia, who has showed up at other mayoral contenders' events, blasted Herrera and the current administration for allowing the crime problem to proliferate. She said it took cops a half-hour to respond to attacks in her bar while homeless people have turned her bar into their personal toilet.
"I was born and raised here," Tapia said. "I'm not used to that."
Whatever Tapia's motivations were, most of the attendees wanted to talk about the same thing — crime, homelessness and quality-of-life issues, not the economy.
Contact Mike Rosenberg at 408-920-5705. Follow him at Twitter.com/RosenbergMerc.
Candidate profiles
Each day this week, the Mercury News is profiling the five major candidates competing in the June 3 primary to replace termed-out Mayor Chuck Reed. The top two vote-getters will move on to compete in the November election. Monday: Dave Cortese. Today: Rose Herrera. Wednesday: Sam Liccardo. Thursday: Madison Nguyen. Friday: Pierluigi Oliverio.
Rose Herrera
Current job: San Jose councilwoman since 2009
Prior political experience: none
Age: 60 (oldest among candidates)
Political party: Democrat
Family: Married with one son, and two more stepchildren
Fundraising rank among 5 major candidates: 5th
Three endorsements she highlights: Former county supervisor Blanca Alvarado, former planning commissioner Bob Dhillon, small business owner Maryles Casto
Fun fact: She taught the same race-relations class in the Air Force as Reed did


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Modified Kowa 55mm f/1.0 on eBay
This is a modified Kowa 55mm f/1.0 lens. You can use it on your Micro Four Thirds camera without using any adapter. It is currentlz for sale on eBay (Click here). Didn't find any image smaples taken with that lens :(
A High quality alternative is the Canon 50mm FD 1.2 (Click here to see current auctions on eBay)
P.S.: As you might know Kowa announced that they will be making the 350mm f/4, 500mm f/5,6 and 850mm f/9,6 telephoto lenses for Micro Four Thirds.

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August 11th, 2013, 02:24
I've never quit a game based on annoying enemies, but there are some enemies that frustrated me whenever I would fight them.
The one that comes to mind is the most recent game I've spent time with, Oblivion. In Oblivion, goblins are the worst! I believe the strongest were shamans and warlords, and man, no matter how high a level you were or what weapon you were using, they took a million hits to kill. Very annoying.
In Skyrim, fighting ancient dragons was a bit annoying in town, because it took me a long time to realize that you could run out of town and have the dragon follow you. It took me a good while of fighting the dragon while it was only landing on rooftops (and I was no marksman), while the dragon torched everyone in the town, killing most everyone. Finally I discovered that if I ran out of town where there were no buildings to land on, I could finally take the dragon on without all those casualties and frustrations. And the funny thing is, it took me FOREVER to figure this out. I was fighting this one dragon for about 20 minutes of pure annoyance before finally figuring it out.
I don't really get frustrated easily, though. I usually quit games because I simply burn out from playing them, rather than some challenge in the game forcing me to quit.
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Good Points
Modern interior
Bad Points
Disorganised staff.
Food - poor selection, unimaginative and bland, not what one would expect from a so-called quality establishment, with a famous Michelin stared Chef.
General Comments
I took my wife out to the Glass House in Sidbury last night, for a special meal. We had been meaning to go since it opened. What a disappointment! The service was at best poor, and the menu showed no imagination and was grossly over priced. The wine list was impressive with impressive prices. Wine you can buy in Tesco's being sold for over £20 a bottle. Next week I shall really treat her and take her back to The Sauce Factory for a decent meal.


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On this date in 1903, The True Reformer Building in Washington D.C. was dedicated. Built by the Grand Fountain of the United Order of True Reformers, it was the first building in America to be designed, financed, built, and owned by the African American community after Reconstruction. It was designed by John A. Lankford, the city's first registered African American architect, who went on to national prominence as the architect for African Methodist Episcopal churches across the country. In 1906, Lankford said, "being in Washington, it stands out to the civilized world as an example of what the Negro can do and has done with his brain, skill, and money."
Fraternal and mutual benefit organizations, such as the True Reformers and the Knights of Pythias, who later owned the building, were important organizations for Black self-help and cooperation at the turn of the century. Discriminated against by White companies, Black Americans turned to these mutual benefit societies for insurance as well as other financial and social needs.
Over the years, the building has housed numerous civic and cultural organizations, among them are the Washington Conservancy, the DC Chapter of the National Negro Business League, the Boys Club of the Metropolitan Police of the District of Columbia, and the First Separate Battalion, an African-American branch of the DC National Guard who drilled in the building's basement before going to the Arizona border during the Mexican-American crisis of 1916 and to Europe to 1917. It was also used for various events, celebrations, and concerts, including performances by the legendary Duke Ellington.
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. The Public Welfare Foundation purchased the True Reformer Building in 1999 and moved into the building in February 2001. The True Reformer Building symbolizes the African-American community's contribution to culture and architecture at a time when public and private Washington, D.C. was being revitalized.
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Justice Minister reluctant to store data
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February 4, 2010
The European Union directive, known as the Data Retention Directive, was approved by Brussels in March 2006, but Sweden has yet to implement the measure more than three years after its passage.
[efoods]The Swedish government conceded to the court that it had not fulfilled its obligations and assured the court that the EU directive 2006/24 can be expected to pass into Swedish law on April 1st 2010.
But hours after the verdict was made public, Justice Minister Beatrice Ask told news agency TT that the government would not be preparing a legislative proposal on the issue prior to this autumn's general election.
"The extent to which private companies should be forced to store information about the activities of individuals is an important matter of principle. That's exactly what this is about," Ask told news agency TT.


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John Muckler did a good job yesterday defending the greatest offensive player ever.
When media members who generally don't cover sports showed up at Scotiabank Place yesterday looking for a reaction to allegations of Rick Tocchet's gambling habits and Wayne Gretzky's possible involvement or knowledge of them, Muckler was naturally sought out.
While admitting that charges "came out of the blue and caught everybody off guard," Gretzky's former coach and longtime friend stood up for him.
"I've know this man, he's one of the best people I've known in my life," said the Senators GM. "Wayne is going to do the right thing. He hasn't done anything wrong."
Asked if he thinks Gretzky should still accompany Team Canada to Turin, despite the possible distractions his presence might cause, Muckler was emphatic.
"I think Wayne has the utmost respect of every person in the industry and outside it," said Muckler. "The majority feel the way I do. He will continue to be the great leader he is."
Bryan Murray also feels strongly that Gretzky should go to the Olympics.
"Absolutely," said the Senators coach. "I don't know why you'd think otherwise at this point."
Muckler did express concern about the extra workload the Games will bring the nine Senators who will represent their countries.
These days, it looks like almost all Ottawa players could use the break to recharge for the final two months of the NHL season and the playoffs.
"If I had my druthers, I wouldn't want to see them go," he said. "But they have an obligation to go.
"Is this going to hurt them? Maybe, and maybe it won't. Maybe it'll be a wake-up call. Maybe they'll see the work ethic needed to be a champion. Maybe this will help us.
"I think the teams that don't have anybody going are happy, they feel their guys are going to get a good rest. But we've got to stay positive and use this to our advantage."


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SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The California Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that voters' ban on gay marriages should prevail, but allowed to stand marriages that occurred in the brief window before the vote was taken.
The court majority rejected Attorney General Jerry Brown's challenge that Proposition 8 violates "inalienable" rights of same-sex couples to pursue marriage.
The court's opinion, a summary of the ruling says, "declares that the identification of a right as 'inalienable' has never been understood to mean that such right is exempt from any limitation or to preclude the adoption of a constitutional amendment that restricts the scope of such a right."
The 6-1 majority opinion was written by Chief Justice Ronald M. George -- who wrote last year's opinion that paved the way for gay marriages -- and was joined by Justices Joyce L. Kennard, Marvin R. Baxter, Ming W. Chin and Carol A. Corrigan. Kennard also filed a separate concurring opinion.
The 6-1 opinion rejected the challenge to Proposition 8. The judges unanimously upheld the same-sex marriages that took place during the five-month window when such unions were legal.
Justice Carlos R. Moreno agreed with the majority that Proposition 8 only applies going forward, but he dissented by concluding that the measure is an unlawful amendment to California's constitution.
Proposition 8 passed Nov. 4 with about 52 percent of the vote. It changes California's constitution with a simple declaration that only a marriage between a man and a woman is legal and valid in the state.
A crowd of gay advocates outside the San Francisco courthouse started chanting "Shame on you, shame on you" the moment the court's decision was announced.
"It's what we expected based on the initial hearings," said Margie Groeninger, who is married to her partner. "The justices have been clear that even though they view this as discriminatory, it's out of their hands. I'm incredibly hurt and disappointed."
Aaron McLear, spokesman for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, said, "I think he was hoping it would go the other way. But it didn't, and he will uphold what they have to say."
"Personally, he believes that marriage is between a man and a woman," McLear said. Nevertheless, he said, Schwarzenegger voted against Proposition 8 and supports giving same-sex couples the right to marry.
"He's always said it's not his job to impose that upon others, so he believes that someday soon, either the courts or the people will give same-sex individuals the right to marry. But it's his duty as governor to carry out whatever the Supreme Court says he needs to do."
Schwarzenegger issued a statement calling on those responding to the court decision "to do so peacefully and lawfully."
More than 18,000 couples were married during the months before anti-gay marriage groups mobilized, vowing to challenge the court. They placed Proposition 8 on the ballot and went on to win.
The National Organization for Marriage praised the state Supreme Court decision.
"We're grateful this court did not overturn the civil rights of all Californians to amend our own constitution," Brian Brown, the group's executive director, said in a statement. "The 7 million Californians who worked hard to protect marriage as the union of husband and wife are breathing easier today."
The liberal Courage Campaign issued a swift press release expressing its disappointment. Chairman Rick Jacobs said the group has already begun preparing for another ballot fight next year.
"While we are pleased that the court recognized the legal marriages of the 18,000 same-sex couples married in 2008, we are saddened by the Prop. 8 decision. But we don't have time to mourn the failure of the state court to restore marriage equality to California," he said.
The group said it was immediately launching a 60-second television ad "that illustrates the love and commitment between all same-sex couples and the effect Proposition 8 and the Supreme Court ruling poses to their current and future families." It said the ad, in English and in Spanish, will air statewide for the next 72 hours.
State Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, said in a statement: "I view today's decision by the California Supreme Court as a temporary setback for the cause of equality for all people."
"History shows us that prejudice and inequality diminish with time and struggle, and so it will be the case with marriage freedom," he said. "While the court represents an independent and equal branch of California's government and its decision is the law, we will not stop fighting for equal rights. The cause of marriage freedom is too important and the injustice of Proposition 8 too great to simply give up."
Equality California, a gay rights advocacy group, immediately issued an Internet fundraising appeal, saying it will need to "raise more money than we've ever raised" and will launch a grassroots mobilization and public education campaign designed to reach more than 300,000 Californians in the next 100 days.
The California Family Council said the decision bolstered both the historic definition of marriage and the will of the people.
"We thank the court for their sound legal decision," said executive director Ron Prentice in a statement. "More than 100,000 people gave of their time and resources to reinforce the meaning and purpose of marriage."
The group said defenders of heterosexual marriage are planning celebrations of the decision in several cities, including San Diego and Fresno, this weekend.
In the long and twisting same-sex marriage battle in California, this isn't the first time the justices have ruled on the emotionally charged issue.
In May 2008 the same justices overturned a voter-approved law banning gay marriage and issued a decision favorable to same-sex marriage rights. Suddenly, the way was paved for thousands of gay couples to wed across the state.
When the justices originally ruled on gay marriage rights in 2008, they were looking at a different set of circumstances.
Their decision stemmed from a review of a prior ballot measure -- Proposition 22 -- which voters approved in 2000.
That measure also declared marriage valid only between a man and a woman, but it differed from Proposition 8 because it was not a change to the state's constitution.
In 2008, after a lengthy review of Proposition 22, the justices ruled 4-3 that it was unconstitutional to bar same-sex couples from the right of marriage.
Chief Justice Ronald George wrote the majority opinion.
"An individual's capacity to establish a loving and long-term committed relationship with another person and responsibly to care for and raise children does not depend upon an individual's sexual orientation," George wrote, "and ... an individual's sexual orientation -- like a person's race or gender -- does not constitute a legitimate basis ... to deny or withhold legal rights."
This year, a court synopsis of the decision explains, the main issue before the justices concerned "the scope of the right of the people, under the provisions of the California constitution, to change or alter" the constitution through the initiative process and adopt an explicit limitation.
The 136-page opinion notes that the court's rule is not to decide whether Proposition 8 "is wise or sound as a matter of policy or whether we as individuals believe it should be a part of the California constitution."
The decision, the opinion notes, "is limited to interpreting and applying the principles and rules" in the state's constitution, "setting aside our own personal beliefs and values."
The court opinion rejected the argument that Proposition 8 strips same-sex couples of privacy and due process.
It does not "entirely repeal" or "abrogate" the constitutional right, the opinion says, to "choose one's life partner and enter with that person into a committed, officially recognized, and protected family relationship that enjoys all of the constitutionally based incidents of marriage."
In a press release, the court explained that its majority ruling creates "a limited exception to these constitutional rights by reserving the official designation of the term 'marriage' for the union of opposite-sex couples, but leaves undisturbed all of the other aspects of a same-sex couple's constitutional right to establish an officially recognized and protected family relationship and to the equal protection of the laws."
Kennard, in a separate but concurring opinion, stressed her opinion that voters have the right to change the constitution to limit the scope of some rights.
She wrote that although "the people through the initiative power may not change the court's interpretation of language in the state Constitution, they may change the constitutional language itself, and thereby enlarge or reduce the personal rights that the state Constitution as so amended will thereafter guarantee and protect."
The lone justice to dissent from the majority, Moreno explained his view that upholding Proposition 8 challenges the concept of fundamental equal protection.
He said "requiring discrimination against a minority group," in this case same-sex couples who want to marry, "strikes at the core of the promise of equality that underlies our California constitution." The measure's ban on a particular group of people marrying represents such a "drastic" change, he said, that it should be considered a sweeping revision that should undergo more review by legislative powers.
"Proposition 8 represents an unprecedented instance of a majority of voters altering the meaning of the equal protection clause by modifying the California Constitution," Moreno wrote. Taking aim at the majority opinion, he said, the rule "the majority crafts today not only allows same-sex couples to be stripped of the right to marry that this court recognized (previously) ... it places at risk the state constitutional rights of all disfavored minorities" and "weakens the status of our state Constitution as a bulwark of fundamental rights for minorities protected from the will of the majority."
The justices' latest decision is a response to challenges filed to Proposition 8 by same-sex marriage supporters, including the county and city of San Francisco, and Attorney General Brown. Gay rights groups and Brown each had their own set of arguments challenging the constitutionality of Proposition 8.
At a March 5 hearing before the court, gay and civil rights organizations argued that Proposition 8 was a sweeping revision of the constitution, and that the measure was disquieting because it strips away a basic right from a vulnerable minority.
"Relegating same-sex couples to domestic partnership does not provide them with everything but a word," said Shannon Minter, legal director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights in San Francisco.
"Proposition 8 changes the basic nature of our government," he said, and establishes a constitutional principle that the majority can take away the rights of any minority.
Brown's office argued that gay people have rights enshrined within the constitution to marry.
Proposition 8 supporters enlisted famed conservative attorney Kenneth Starr as their standard bearer to defend the measure. Starr, dean of the Pepperdine University Law School, gained fame by leading a sexual misconduct investigation of President Bill Clinton.
At the March 5 hearing, Starr suggested that the power of the electorate to amend the state's constitution can rise above the power of minority rights. "Under our theory, the people are sovereign and they can do very unwise things that tug at the equality issue," he said.
He noted that the voters of California restored the death penalty in California after the state's Supreme Court justices had found it to be unconstitutional.
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Amazing Detailed Portrait of Robin Williams Drawn by a 20-Year-Old Artist – Wow! (VIDEO)
Days have gone by since the passing of Robin Williams, but no one will forget his smile and the way he made their faces light up. He was funny and always knew what to say to make you smile.
In honor of Robin Williams, this 20-year-old student Heather Rooney draws an amazing realistic portrait of him that many would say looks like a photograph. Her attention to detail skills are simply incredible. It's almost like he is coming out of the picture in 3D.
Anyone who was a big Robin Williams fan will appreciate what this artist has created. Watch the time-lapse video below of her painting this amazing image:


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Reading the menu vs. eating it
Transitory Gaslamp means you have to straddle tastes
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"I just had my art thesis. My dad and brother made 15 frames out of the most beautiful wood. Since he couldn't come [to Oklahoma], he sent them. It was pretty cool to have my art displayed in something they'd created."
At City Farmers Nursery, Sam Tall gives me a tour of the woodworking shop in the garage of Bill's home.
"Dad and I spend a lot of time out here," he says.
Bill says, "I came out here one day and Sam was making a beautiful box. I asked him, 'How the heck did you learn how to make that?' He said he'd learned by watching me."
Rebecca admits that Bill isn't one for expensive gifts. "My dad is not a big gift-giver. He makes stuff, beautiful things. When I moved into my house, he made me a butcher-block cutting board. It's really cool."
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Hearing Bill's children talk about him makes me miss my dad. He was a carpenter. On weekends, he spent hours in his garage, building things.
I used to collect jam and pickle jars for him. I'd clean the jars out and bring them to his workshop. He used them to organize his nails and drill bits. On hot summer days, I poured tall glasses of water and carried them out to my dad so I could watch him work.
When I was seven, he built an addition onto our home. While he was installing the room's sunroof, he let me climb up the ladder and run around up there. That day, the two of us ate lunch on the roof.
In our basement, he added a miniature door inside one of the closets. It led into a crawl space. We painted the walls in pale yellow and blue, and I stuffed all my toys in that room. My brother, sister, and I used it as a secret playroom.
My husband and I bought our first house after my dad passed away. I found myself missing him while we worked on it. I wished he had been there to help us. He would have loved the big tree in our backyard and the winding roads you drive down to get to our house.
I flew home to Chicago for his memorial service. My mom encouraged me to take anything of his I wanted. All the things he'd made with his own hands were too big to fit in my suitcase. I finally selected a T-shirt that smelled like him, and one of his favorite sweatshirts. I also took an oil painting that my brother's friend had done of our dad. When I got home, I hung it on the wall. Weeks later, I noticed that he'd incorrectly painted my dad's eyes brown instead of blue, so I took it down.
When I visited my sister in South Carolina last year, she had an end table that Dad had built sitting in her front room. I was consumed with jealousy. She'd had a van in which to drive it back home, and I didn't. That's the way it works.
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Bill's three children agree that the building of their home was an exciting time in their lives.
Sam Tall says, "We had a barn-raising."
Sara Tall says, "Customers from the nursery helped build it. When it was completed, we had a big open-house. Everyone that helped came out to see it. We put all the walls up in one day. The coolest part was that I was 11 years old and got to put up the walls in my own bedroom."
Rebecca Tall says, "Dad thought of us while designing it. We have a secret passage near the fireplace that goes into the hallway. We talked about drilling little holes in the walls so we could spy on people."
A short time after their house was built, Bill and his wife got divorced.
"It was awful," Rebecca recounts. "Here's a man who believed he would be married his entire life. But it just wasn't the way of the world. He pulled himself up by the bootstraps and realized he had a business to run and three kids to raise. My dad isn't bitter. He hasn't let anything ever make him bitter."
The Tall children agree that no one they have ever met has had childhood experiences like theirs. They grew up in a surreal atmosphere. They attended public school in diverse City Heights. They were the only kids that lived with farm animals.
"We grew up in almost a commune-like setting," Rebecca says. "It was odd for City Heights. We learned how to get along with people from all different walks of life. We were different. All the other kids were dropped off at school in their parents' Honda Civics. We showed up in a beat-up pickup truck. We didn't have cable or video games. My dad, in his bright yellow suspenders, definitely stuck out."
"He was iconic in the neighborhood," Sara says. "Everyone knew who he was. When we went places, people would recognize him. They would come up and say, 'Hey, Farmer Bill.'"
In elementary school, all three children attended field trips at their own house.
"Dad bought me Clyde when I was two," Rebecca says. "I wanted to have a pony ride on my birthday. Buying Clyde was cheaper than renting a horse." She laughs. "That's how we ended up owning him."
Bill would walk Rebecca down Home Avenue, holding the reins of the horse so that Clyde could make an appearance at any birthday parties she was invited to.
"Everyone wanted to play at our house," Sara says.
Most kids in the neighborhood didn't have yards, let alone one and a half acres to roam.
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For a while, when Bill was still married and his kids were young, his entire family lived at the nursery. He moved his parents into the apartment building on the property, so he could care for them in their old age. His sister and her husband still live in one of the one-bedroom studios located on the nursery's land.
Such a WONDERFUL story. Read it twice.
Our family loves City Farmers. What a treasure right in our neighborhood.
Sara Tall actually lives in Hastings, Nebraska, not Oklahoma :)
Terrific story! I dig City Farmer. It's so homey but a good source for info and good plants, and a laugh.
I went to Madison with Bill - and Bill, you were NOT a geek. You were a visionary who could see making a career out of doing something that you loved - something all of us strive to do. You knew at 16 where you were suppposed to be. That was mature beyond your years and I for one was amazed and impressed by your business determination! City Farmer's is just a treat to wander through and enjoy! As a fellow gardener, I applaud Bill and the way he has used Cty Farmers to teach others and to supply simply awesome plants! Thanks Bill!
Siobhan, I was waiting for this article for Father's Day. How wonderful! You captured Bill's essence, and the article is just enchanting. This is from your ultra conservative auntie in law from Kansas. Congratulations on a great piece.
The painting of the author's father ws done by artist Nick Ackerman. He based the painting on a black and white photograph, that's why the eye color is off. Siobhan should take a picture of the painting and print the photo in b&W.
Bill is a City Heights Treasure! I've been in City Heights since 1981. City Farmers Nursery is a great place to explore. I always bring out of town visitors there for entertainment. And Bill is one of the most generous residents/business owners in the community - always supportive and helpful.
Tall commodifies animals purportedly out of love, but actually to profit, buy land, and rule the roost. He wants to find love, but his date doesn't like that her dinner is recently killed with malice aforethought. She should be vegan, but that would be too logical and healthy.
quite an eclectic store. It certainly isn't in a neighborhood I'd pick, but I bought heirloom tomato plants that can't be found anywhere else. If I wanted to be a beekeeper, they could set me up for that too. I didn't meet Bill, but the staff ( his family ?) are all friendly and knowledgeable.
And I love roast beef, chicken is a distant 2nd, fish is nowhere to be seen.


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my hospital bill was sent to collections and I can't afford to pay it. It 7 years old.
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If it is truly 7 years old and there are no intervening circumstances there is a distinct possibility that the statute of limitations has expired on the debt and you do not have to repay it. You must be careful NOT to take any actions that can be construed as an admission that the debt is due and you should not agree to pay ANY of the debt back. If you are in receipt of a demand for payment WRITE back that you are unaware of the debt and ask for documentation that demonstrates how the debt arose. If and when they get back to you with documentation that is MORE than 6 years old, then I would say that the creditor has no legal right to collect the bill. You could then write to whoever is coming after you and say that the Statute of Limitations has expired and they have no right to try to collect this debt and if they continue they will be held responsible for damages under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.


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How to Start a Green Energy Revolution
How do you encourage local investment in renewable energy? Gainesville, Florida, seems to have found the answer: feed-in tariffs. Under this system, the local power company is required to buy renewable energy, in any amount, from anyone who has it. It's the system Germany used to become the fastest-growing producer of renewable energy in the world, and it's a model many states here in the US are considering to get the renewable energy sector booming again.
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This winter, as Congress was scrambling to pass the stimulus package, the bottom fell out of the renewable energy sector — the very industry that lawmakers have held out as our best hope of salvaging the economy. Trade groups like the American Wind Energy Association, which as recently as December was forecasting "another record-shattering year of growth," began predicting that new installations would plunge by 30 to 50 percent. Solar panel manufacturers that had been blazing a trail of growth announced a wave of layoffs. Some have since cut their workforces in half, as stock prices tumble and plans for new green energy projects stall.
But there is one place where capital is still flowing: Gainesville, Florida. Even as solar panels are stacking up in warehouses around the country, this city of 120,000 is gearing up for a solar power boom, fueled by homegrown businesses and scrappy investors who have descended on the community and are hiring local contractors to install photovoltaic panels on rooftops around town.
One of those investors is Tim Morgan, a tall fiftysomething man with slicked-back hair and ostrich-skin boots who owns a chain of electrical contracting companies. His industry has been hit hard by the downturn, but he has a plan to salvage his business, which he explained over a drink at the Ballyhoo Grill, a gritty Gainesville bar with rusty license plates nailed to the wall and Jimmy Buffett blaring on the jukebox. Morgan intends to rent roof space from eighty Gainesville businesses and install twenty-five-kilowatt solar generating systems on each of them, for a total of two megawatts — a project that would nearly double Florida's solar-generating capacity. He estimates the venture will cost between $16 million and $20 million and bring in $1.4 million a year. Already, he has lined up financing, found local contractors to do the installation, and staked claims to the rooftops of at least fifty businesses. "And we're just one tiny player," he told me. "Look around. You can see how fast this thing is going to move."
Indeed, around Gainesville similar projects abound. Paradigm Properties, a residential real estate company, plans to install photovoltaic arrays on fifty local apartment buildings and its downtown headquarters. Achira Wood, a custom carpentry outlet, is plastering the roof of its workshop — roughly 50,000 square feet of galvanized steel — with solar panels. Interstate Mini Storage is doing the same with its sprawling flat-roofed compound. Tom Lane, who owns ECS Solar Energy Systems, a local solar contractor, told me he's planning to expand his staff from eleven to at least fifty. "The activity we've seen is just explosive," he said. "I've been in the business thirty years and I've never seen anything like it."
Why is the renewable energy market in Gainesville booming while it's collapsing elsewhere in the country? The answer boils down to policy. In early February, the city became the first in the nation to adopt a "feed-in tariff" — a clunky and un-descriptive name for a bold incentive to foster renewable energy. Under this system, the local power company is required to buy renewable energy from independent producers, no matter how small, at rates slightly higher than the average cost of production. This means anyone with a cluster of solar cells on their roof can sell the power they produce at a profit. The costs of the program are passed on to ratepayers, who see a small rise in their electric bills (in Gainesville the annual increase is capped at 1 percent). While rate hikes are seldom popular, the community has rallied behind this policy, because unlike big power plant construction — the costs of which are also passed on to the public — everyone has the opportunity to profit, either by investing themselves or by tapping into the groundswell of economic activity the incentive creates.
Though Gainesville is the first to take the leap, other U.S. cities are also moving toward adopting feed-in tariffs. Hawaii plans to enact one this summer, and at least ten other states are considering following suit. Among them is hard-hit Michigan, where Governor Jennifer Granholm has promised that the policy will help salvage the state's economy and create thousands of jobs by allowing "every homeowner, every business" to become "a renewable energy entrepreneur." There is also a bill for a federal feed-in tariff before Congress.
Could this approach help revive our renewable energy market, and give a needed jolt to the U.S. economy? There is reason to believe it could. In Germany, which pioneered the modern feed-in tariff, it has given rise to the world's most vibrant green energy sector. More than forty countries, from Nicaragua to Israel, have followed Germany's lead, often with dramatic results. Study after study has shown that not only do feed-in tariffs deliver more renewable energy than other market incentives, they do so at a lower cost. "People hesitate to call anything a panacea," says Toby Couture, an energy and financial markets analyst at the Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory. "But if you're interested in creating jobs, getting capital flowing, and expanding renewable energy, feed-in tariffs get the job done — often more cost effectively than other policies."
To understand why feed-in tariffs are potentially revolutionary, you first have to understand how they differ from the system we've been using to drive investment in renewable energy so far. For the last fifteen years, the United States has relied on a patchwork of state subsidies and federal tax breaks — mostly production tax credits for wind power, which let investors take write-offs for the energy produced. When Wall Street was riding high on mortgage-backed securities, this made green energy an appealing option for big banks, which funneled billions of dollars into sprawling wind farms as a way of lowering their taxes. But when the market collapsed and corporate profits dried up, so did the incentive to invest. Since last year, the number of tax equity investors — mainly big investment banks — sinking money into wind farms has dwindled from as many as eighteen to four, and the remaining players have scaled back.
This tax-based system has other drawbacks as well. Because Congress has to renew the tax credits — and has often failed to do so — renewable energy is a risky market. Frenzied bursts of investment are followed by near-total collapse, a pattern that has hampered the growth of our domestic green manufacturing sector. Also, tax incentives (and the quota systems in place in about half of U.S. states) end up favoring large-scale projects, mostly monster wind farms concentrated in remote places like the Texas panhandle. This has been lucrative for the companies, like GE and Siemens, that build them, but of limited economic benefit to local communities. What's more, a lot of energy is wasted transporting power from the sparsely populated areas where it's produced to the cities and coasts — assuming it can be transported at all. Transmission lines are in such short supply that turbines (and occasionally entire wind farms) sometimes have to be shut down because of bottlenecks in the grid.
Feed-in tariffs promise to solve many of these problems by encouraging small, local production, driven not by Wall Street banks but by ordinary entrepreneurs — a system that boosts efficiency and fortifies local economies.
Feed-in tariffs are not a new idea. In fact the United States tried them once before, in the 1970s. At the time the global economy was in shambles, the result of OPEC choking off the world's oil supply. In a bid to ward off future oil shocks, Congress passed the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA), which required power companies to buy electricity from small renewable generators. This spurred a green energy boom, especially in California, which offered producers long-term contracts at rates that were tied to the then-soaring price of natural gas (specifically, they were linked to future-cost projections). Virtually all of the renewable generating power the state has today came online under the policy. More importantly, the technical breakthroughs made in California during this era helped give rise to the modern renewable energy industry.
But this approach also had some glaring flaws, which came into focus in the early 1990s, when the price of natural gas tumbled. Rates for renewable energy sank so low that there was no incentive to invest, and the industry collapsed. Power companies were also stuck with high-priced contracts, which stirred a well of public resentment. Several key states, including California, rolled back the contract requirements, essentially taking the teeth out of PURPA.
But not every nation had the luxury of cheap, abundant fossil fuels. Even in the 1980s and '90s, when the United States was flush with energy, Germany was struggling to meet its demand — a by-product of its scant oil and gas reserves and the groundswell of opposition to nuclear power after the Chernobyl meltdown. One of the solutions the country settled on was dusting off the feed-in tariff model. The original German bill, passed in 1991, only created an incentive for wind and hydropower. Still, it doubled the share of renewable electricity the country produced, from 3 to 6 percent, over the next nine years. In 2000, the incentive was extended to all renewable energy sources. The pricing structure was also overhauled so rates were tied to the cost of production and varied by energy source — a key point of distinction from PURPA. The aim of the policy was to cultivate a broad enough portfolio of renewable options that Germany could one day replace fossil fuels entirely, and do so outside conventional energy markets. "Big power companies have too many vested interests against renewable energy," explains Hermann Scheer, a member of the German parliament, who championed the policy. "They will never be the driving forces behind its development."
The policy has allowed Germany not only to meet but to exceed its renewable energy goals. Initially, the aim was to get 12 percent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2010. But it passed that milestone three years early, and has since reached the 15 percent mark — the most rapid growth seen in any country. By mid-century, Germany aims to increase that share to 50 percent. Already, the nation, which is about as sunny as Juneau, Alaska, is home to almost half the world's solar generating capacity, and churns out more solar power than any country except Japan. Although it is half the size of Texas, and far less windy, it is also vying with the United States for the number one spot when it comes to generating capacity for wind power.
The driving forces behind this boom are local communities and small entrepreneurs. If you travel the country top to bottom, you'll see the signs of this everywhere, from the drizzly port of Hamburg, where wind turbines are tucked between stacks of rusty shipping containers, to villages in the Black Forest, where farmers are ripping out ancient waterwheels and replacing them with modern turbines. In Freiburg, a walled medieval city full of cobbled streets and Gothic spires, there are roof-mounted photovoltaic panels everywhere, from churches and schools to train stations and factories, even the local soccer stadium. Some residents have also found more creative ways to harvest energy. Among them is local architect Rolf Disch: his home, which looks like a squat upside-down rocket, has a billboard-sized solar array on the roof and wrap-around balconies with liquid-filled railings that double as solar heat collectors. It also rotates to follow the sun. All told, the building generates five times more electricity than it uses. Disch has also designed solar gas stations and a suburban housing development, where the homes act like mini power stations. But he is careful to note that his clients are not hippies or eco-rebels. "These are doctors, teachers, engineers," he told me when I visited Freiburg last June. "In other words, ordinary people."


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Sunday, September 19, 2010
Christine O'Donnell Cancels TV Appearances After Video of Her Admitting to Practicing Witchcraft Surfaces
No wonder even Karl Rove was killing this broad. Wonder what Sarah Palin who's been going HARD for this chick has to say about this. All those idiots in the GOP who jumped on the bandwagon after her primary win must be feeling STUPID right about now. Hopefully one day Americans will look back on this period in their history and ask, "What the f-ck was all that Tea Party lunacy about??"
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OPETH frontman Mike kerfeldt recently took some time out to answer some questions submitted by the members of the band's UK street team while in the UK to promote OPETH's new album, "Watershed".Check out the interview at the web site of the UK branch of Roadrunner Records. A pre-taped interview with OPETH aired Friday night (May 30) on IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson's weekly BBC 6 Music radio show, aptly named "The Bruce Dickinson Friday Rock Show". Listen to a replay of the program at BBC.co.uk. "Watershed" is scheduled for release on June 3 via Roadrunner Records (one day earlier internationally). The CD, recorded in the band's native Sweden and produced by frontman/guitarist Mikael kerfeldt and Jens Bogren, is a masterwork that follows the time-honored OPETH tradition; its modern yet timeless, progressive yet paying homage to the sounds of classic rock.
OPETH Frontman Answers Fan-Submitted Questions; Video Available
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Swank vintage 17 jewel watch cufflinks in original box
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Up for auction is a set of cufflinks and tie bar made by swank. The front of the cufflinks measures 23 mm x 16 mm. The bars that hold them in place work perfectly. The movement is 17 jewels. The watch was unwound when I got the cufflinks a couple of weeks ago. I wound it up and it runs for a couple of seconds before stopping. I would imagine these have been sitting unused (but unwound until now) for many years and a good cleaning and lubrication would do them a world of good. All three pieces are marked Swank. The box is fabric covered and closes perfectly.
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Love the texture and iridescence in this one Deborah!! Thank so much. :)))
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OOHH!! That was a busy puzzle with lots of interesting detail Deborah!! Very nice - thanks.
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Have we come this far
To have gone astray?
I've been lost before
But not lost this way
You and me
Thought we'd be
Do I know you? Did I ever?
Thought I did: now I know better
Saw the signs but not the danger
How'd you get to be a stranger at my door?
Promises got left behind
And reason fell between the lines
The words unsaid we should have spoken
Both misled and left us broken evermore
Have we said it all?
Is there more to say?
Thought we paid our dues
Is there more to pay?
What's to be
Of you and me
Was It love or just illusion?
All I see is our confusion
Came upon us unsuspecting
Here we are reflecting on the last of it
If you think of me
In a year or two,
Find that photograph
Showin' me with you
What you see
Is what should be
Why? Tell me why
Don't know why. Oh, why?
Where's the truth we took for granted?
Walkin' out's not how we planned it
Played it loose but stayed together
Thought we had the truth but never knew the score
If it's done for now
And it's time to go
There's one thing unsaid
Thought you'd want to know
Love you still
Guess I will
Love you still
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What the lowlands can teach about warding off high water
Superstorm Sandy showed U.S. coastal cities the damage water can do -- a threat the Dutch have lived with for centuries. Their system of dams and dikes, locks and levees is keeping the Netherlands safe in a world with rising seas. Miles O'Brien reports on what Americans can learn from the Dutch model of flood management.
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What's cuter than the kitten admiring the flowers in this kitten puzzle? In Cats & Tulips, Dianne Wood does a great job using pretty pastels to give the tulips subtle, smooth lines that blend so nicely against the gray of the kitten. The bright blue eyes of the kitten give the puzzle a focal point, and tell the story of its attention to the butterfly. Notice the flowers in the background too, with hints of purple and light pink to draw the image all together. This kitten puzzle is one of our new EZ Grip Puzzles that offer bigger pieces for a more enjoyable puzzle experience. Still made from our premium quality blue chipboard and 100% MADE IN THE USA, this puzzle is designed to last. Cats & Tulips 300 Piece EZ Grip Puzzle #1011. Finished size: 24"x30".
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Engineers Without Borders Color Blast 5k
Saturday, April 12, 2014 - 7:45am to 11:00am
Memorial Park (Rugby Fields), Platteville, WI
Join the University of Wisconsin-Platteville chapter of Engineers Without Borders-USA on April 12, 2014 for a bigger, more colorful, and even more awesome Color Blast 5K! As you progress through the course, brace yourself for explosions of color to mark your journey. Needless to say: arrive wearing white. Runners, joggers, walkers, and everyone in-between are welcome to join in the fun!


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It's snow joke: The Vanouver Olympics are a ski-jumping, 'board-bending, snow-packed and stellar TV viewing experience. Here's what to watch tonight:
Wednesday, February 17: Shani Davis Skates the 1000 m
7:00 p.m. CT
Chicago native Shani Davis looks to defend his gold in this medal event.
Check out the full schedule of Olympic events at NBCOlympics.com
Published at 7:53 AM CST on Feb 17, 2010 | Updated at 8:15 AM CST on Feb 17, 2010


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Boot Camp for Supervisors – Part II
Wednesday, April 30, 03:00 PM - 05:00 PM - Main B-4
- Are you new or relatively new to supervising?
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Rioja's grand architectural designs
The red wines are lovely in Rioja but the region's crop of daring modern buildings is proving even more world class
The undulating shiny roof waves over a sea of vines. Part replica of the stark Sierra de Cantabria behind, part homage to oakscented barrels of wine through its wooden façade, the Ysios winery near Haro is as dramatic as it is unexpected.
I've long cherished a dream to come to Rioja, Spain's most famous wine-growing region, but now that I'm here, it's the architecture, not the alcohol, that's impressing me. The wine made by Ysios, which confines itself to quality reserva, doesn't seem special enough to my humble palate to pay the starting price of €18.15 (£15.80) a bottle.
I take a couple of sips of this unblended tempranillo in the tasting room, built in a convex peak of the roof, but use my vantage…


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How Do The Iowa Caucuses Work?
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Carrie Weintraub
Fulbright Fellow - The Global Security Research Programme
While on the Republican side all candidates stand a chance in a simple straw poll election, for Democrats the procedure may mean low results for candidates with less supporters, such as OMalley.
Tonight at 7:00 PM local time, Iowans will gather at their caucus locations to kick off the process of choosing Presidential nominees for the Democratic and Republican parties. Both Trump and Sanders have promised higher voter turnout than typical in Iowa, and unregistered voters that are eligible to vote on Election Day (November 8) may show up at their caucus locations to register with the Republican or Democratic party and participate in the caucus. The format for caucusing is different between both parties and is important to understand when viewing results. While on the Republican side all candidates stand a chance in a simple straw poll election, for Democrats the procedure may mean low results for candidates with less supporters, such as O'Malley.
For Republicans, the process of caucusing is quite simple. Registered voters hear from candidate supporters and then participate in a secret ballot straw poll. The ballots are then counted and the results are reported to the caucus, followed by the state party. When all votes are collected by the state party, the votes are tallied for each candidate and reported. It is important to note that the Republican results of the Iowa caucus are a raw number of tallied votes by Republicans voting in Iowa, unlike the Democrats results. Thus the result shows the number of caucus-goers who voted for each candidate and the percentage of the overall vote that each candidate won. After the presidential preference poll is concluded, other party business takes place, including the election of delegates to the county convention.
For both Republicans and Democrats, delegates to the county convention will be elected at the precinct caucuses. Those then in attendance at the county convention will elect the state and district convention delegates and these delegates will elect the national convention delegates. New to the process in 2016, the Republican delegates to the Republican National Convention must vote in accordance with the outcome of the Iowa caucuses; this rule does not apply to Democratic delegates to their National Convention, although typically delegates do vote accordingly.
The Democratic process of caucusing is more complicated and is based on the number of county convention delegates assigned to each caucus, with final votes reflecting delegates' support for candidates, instead of raw ballot results as done by the Republicans. Voters first separate into preference groups, depending on which candidate they support. The groups are then counted to ensure that they meet the viability threshold, the amount of supporters a group must have to gain at least one delegate. This threshold is often 15 percent if there are 4 or more delegates; however, the threshold varies if there are under 4 delegates assigned to the precinct. Those groups that do not meet the threshold are deemed unviable and preference groups must be realigned. The supporters in the unviable group must either attract more supporters from other groups, or must disband from their group and choose another candidate to support (or choose not to participate further). The other viable groups will attempt to sway those from unviable groups to caucus for their candidate.
Once all groups are deemed viable, the number of delegates are awarded to the groups and group members elect their delegates. The total number of delegates for each caucus is determined ahead of time, based on Democratic voter turnout from the past two elections. Therefore, it is important to note that even if a record number of voters participate in the Iowa Democratic Caucuses, the final delegate numbers for each caucus will not be affected. The number of delegates assigned to each preference group is based on a mathematical equation which takes into account the number of people in the preference group, the total number of delegates the caucus elects, and the total number of voters in the caucus. Once delegates are assigned, delegates for each preference group are tallied, ratified by the caucus, and reported to the Iowa Democratic Party. The "winner of the Iowa Democratic caucuses is therefore the candidate with the most delegates as the results are reported in Delegate Strength, or the percentage of delegates a candidate received of the total county delegates across the state.
In the 2016 Iowa caucuses, the Democratic procedure may likely affect O'Malley supporters, and therefore the other Democratic candidates as well. O'Malley's low support may cause members of his preference group to be deemed non-viable. This will affect not only his campaign, but those of Clinton and Sanders. If deemed non-viable, and his supporters cannot attract others to join them, his supporters will need to join another group or not participate further. During the town hall, O'Malley asked his supporters to hold strong and attempt to attract others to ensure delegates. However, if they cannot, his supporters will likely either join the Clinton or Sanders groups, potentially allowing these groups more delegates. Additionally, only final results are tallied in the Iowa caucuses; therefore the number of original O'Malley supporters who may have switched to Sanders or Clinton after the first round of aligning with preference groups may not be known. This could hurt O'Malley's national polling as well, as the number of true O'Malley supporters in Iowa may not be known.
While some deem the democratic procedures to be archaic and almost anti-democratic in ways, this author cannot help but think about what the results of the Republican caucuses in Iowa would be if these same rules were applied. Polls show Trump, Cruz, and Rubio with clear leads. Where would the supporters of the other nine candidates go if they were deemed non-viable in their caucuses? If this policy was applied, would Cruz and Rubio be able to catch up to Trump? This procedure would never likely be applied by the Iowa Republican party, but it's worth thinking about where the supporters of these nine other candidates may eventually align themselves later in the race if their preferred candidates drop out.
The column is part of a series of FIIA columns on the US presidential elections.
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Ronnie James Dio Might Be Haunting Rock Concerts
Do you believe in ghosts? More to the point, do you believe the ghosts of dead rock stars hang around concerts where their songs are being played? If so, then add Ronnie James Dio to the list of possible apparitions — because according to at least one witness, he popped up (quite literally) at a Last in Line show this weekend.
Last in Line is the group featuring ex-Dio guitarist Vivian Campbell, fellow founding Dio members Vinny Appice, Jimmy Bain and Claude Schnell, plus lead singer Andrew Freeman. Together, they perform early Dio material from Campbell's years with the band. They did their first ever concert on Saturday, Aug. 3, at Slidebar in Fullerton, Calif., and when Freeman's brother Raymond looked at the photos later on, he claims he spotted something odd.
"Call me crazy, but it somewhat appears to be Ronnie James Dio just above [Last in Line guitarist] Vivian Campbell," he told Blabbermouth. "Just weird … Ghost??? Weird lighting??? Not sure, but it's there and pretty creepy."
Ray then took to his Facebook page to say Ronnie channeled himself through Ray's brother (the Last in Line frontman):
The moment Ronnie dio came through this past weekend…watch the video…right when vinny goes to long on the snare fill…look at my brother's face….that's dio….channeling through my bro who I have now tagged Di' omen…..weird sh– like this runs in my fam. Call me crazy
Ray also included the composite image below, saying, "Dio comes through from the other side during 1ST Last in Line show….during the song Last in line," and adding, "just above where the white lights are hitting the curtain…..you cann see ronnies eyes forhead and the outline of his curly hair."
And if Ray hasn't yet convinced you Ronnie James Dio may be hovering over your head at any given moment, he posted something else to Facebook today — seems while he was reading the Blabbermouth piece, the TV show 'My Name Is Earl' was on and …
Guess what?? Earl goes in to a whole monolog about Joy being at a Ronnie James Dio concert! Im like…ARE YOU F—ING KIDDING ME!!?? What are the odds???!! Don't believe me? Channel 26 in Orange County NY about 8:00 AM. Check the episode…again just weird!
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Ellen Kent's Opera & Ballet International: La Boheme at New Wimbledon Theatre
Kent directs a production of Puccini's opera about the despairing love affair between Rodolfo and Mimi, played by critically acclaimed soprano Ecaterina Danu. The popular production features many famous arias including Your Tiny Hand Is Frozen. Sung in Italian with English surtitles.
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He capped off his last competitive game before the Olympics with a victory, then turned his focus towards capturing gold in Vancouver.
Alberta's Kevin Martin jumped to a 4-1 lead, then hung on for a 6-4 triumph over Ontario's Glenn Howard in the final of the Grand Slam's Canadian Open before 4,115 fans at the MTS Centre Sunday.
Martin, who had beaten Howard in the Canadian Curling Trials final in Edmonton last month, was asked if he is ready to win Olympic gold now.
"That's the goal, we'll sure try," responded Martin, who won a silver medal at the 2002 Olympics. "We played pretty good (Sunday). I don't think we played an A game but we played pretty darn good. But if we work hard for the next couple of weeks, then we'll feel good going on. The only bad part is, we play on ice and you never know what's going to happen. You prepare and do the process the way you think you should and I think we've done that.
"We peaked at the trials, went right back down and didn't play very well the last couple of weeks. But we're coming around. I don't think we're right on our game yet, but close. The next two of weeks, we'll train real hard and hopefully, peak at the right time."
Howard, who had been hoping to exact some sort of revenge after losing that trials final, was kicking himself for not giving Martin a tougher test.
"It's not so much losing, it's just that we didn't play very well," he said. "We couldn't put eight shots together and that's not normal of us. That's one of those things. And I had a little trouble reading the ice. The ice was fantastic. It was just curling a little more on one side than the other and we just didn't pick up on it.
"That wasn't a great game by any stretch of the imagination. I don't think either team played very well. They're getting better. I think there's room for improvement and in a couple of weeks, they'll be on top of their game, for sure."
Howard, who won earned $17,000, now turns his attention to the Ontario playdowns, hoping to get back to the Brier.
This week's progression fit in perfectly with Martin's Olympic buildup.
"We can't ask for better preparation than this, with the ice being almost perfect and probably a lot like it will be in Vancouver," said Martin, supported by third John Morris, second Marc Kennedy and Ben Hebert. "You can't find a better competition than you'll find in a Grand Slam, either. So, the timing is perfect."
Martin also pocketed $25,000 for winning his 14th Slam, and fifth Canadian Open.
"Every one gets up in this event and to win is just huge," said Martin, who was more concerned with what awaits in Vancouver.
"You saw how well (Norway's Thomas) Ulsrud did here; you saw how well (Scotland's David) Murdoch did in the first two weeks of January," said Martin, whose team will check out the Vancouver venue next weekend. "China does very well when they come over here, Switzerland, Sweden and so on. So, we'll just have to play like we did here and shoot high numbers.
"We're a pretty confident team, but you have to throw in the low 90s and if you do that, you have a really good chance of winning."
BITERS: Total attendance for the Winnipeg Slam was 43,392 However, the Canadian Open will likely be held elsewhere for the next few years Ontario's Alma Laidlaw failed to hit the house in the One Million Dollar Button Contest but did get a $1,000 consolation cheque.


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Newcastle United vs Sunderland: Five things we learnt at St James' Park
The big winners in the Tyne-Wear derby were Norwich
Considering the game and the weekend finished with both Newcastle United and Sunderland in the bottom three of the Premier League, there was a distracting amount of satisfaction on view here.
For Newcastle there was the relief that Aleksandar Mitrovic's 83rd-minute equaliser had ended a run of six straight defeats against Sunderland that was threatening to click over into seven; for Sunderland there was the realisation that if they play in the manner of the first half for the rest of the season, they have a chance of staying up. "There was massive pressure on this," said manager Sam Allardyce.
Yet the draw also yielded victors: Norwich City. They are now fourth-bottom, having moved above the cruel dividing line. Norwich's next two home games are against Newcastle and Sunderland.
Newcastle vs Sunderland player ratings
Rob Elliot – 7 out of 10
Made a fine save from Jack Rodwell's early header, cannoning the ball to safety, while later making an outrageous save to deny Patrick van Aanholt's powerful drive in the second half.
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Daryl Janmaat – 6 out of 10
Often picked out for criticism, the Dutch full-back was clearly keen to prove a point and subsequently did well at the back.
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Chancel Mbemba – 6 out of 10
Endured a topsy-turvy season at St James' Park this season but delivered a competent display to keep the Black Cats at bay.
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Jamaal Lascelles – 6 out of 10
Occasionally leaned on Chancel Mbemba for cover but nonetheless did enough to keep the scoring down.
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Jack Colback – 6 out of 10
Passion was never lacking from the former Sunderland man but struggled to manoeuvre his way through a packed Black Cats midfield.
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Jonjo Shelvey – 6 out of 10
Always capable of providing a match-winning moment, the former Swansea City man went missing for large periods in the sort of match he was signed to perform in.
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Moussa Sissoko – 6 out of 10
Provided a battering ram for the hosts when the going got tough in the latter stages but, for all his effort, just could forge a route through.
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Andros Townsend – 7 out of 10
Endeavoured to make his mark down the flanks but faced the occasionally leaky, but often rigid, brick wall of Patrick van Aanholt on the left.
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Georginio Wijnaldum – 7 out of 10
Often the brightest spark on an otherwise dim spectrum for the Mapgies, the Dutchman marshalled his midfield well for the majority of the match.
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Ayoze Perez – 6 out of 10
Swamped out in attack by burlier and sturdier Black Cats defenders but could have done more to expose their lack of pace.
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Aleksandar Mitrovic – 8 out of 10
Provided Newcastle with an aerial threat and duly lifted the lid on St James' Park with a typically emphatic strike to rescue a precious point.
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Vito Mannone – 6 out of 10
Looked fragile at set-pieces and later almost gifted Newcastle a goal but for a fine goal-line clearance by Yann M'Vila to knock Ayoze Perez's effort away from danger.
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DeAndre Yedlin – 7 out of 10
Unlucky not to apply a finish to Defoe's lovely, dinked pass in the final moments but was always willing to charge forwards when needed in attack.
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Lamine Kone – 7 out of 10
Provided a sturdy foundation for Sunderland to build any of their attacks upon and coped well with the lively host forwards.
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Younes Kaboul – 7 out of 10
Performed admirably in the feverish derby atmosphere to snuff out the majority of the Magpies' attacking threat.
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Patrick van Aanholt – 7 out of 10
Fiercely unlucky not to beat Rob Eliot with a fearsome drive in the second-half, the former Chelsea left-back showed his desire by galloping down the flanks at will.
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Jan Kirchhoff – 6 out of 10
Slowly settling into life in the North East after a nightmare start to his Sunderland career. A composed and assured display.
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Yann M'Vila – 7 out of 10
Was in the right place at the right time to produce a last ditch goal-line clearance to deny Perez a certain goal after haphazard goalkeeping from Mannone.
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Jack Rodwell – 7 out of 10
Gave Sunderland a touch of class in the centre of the park, cutting up play and offloading the ball into more attacking areas wherever possible.
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Wahbi Khazri – 6 out of 10
Proved to be a menace for the likes of Chancel Mbemba and Jamaal Lascelles, in the first half especially, but was handled reasonably by the hosts' backline.
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Fabio Borini – 6 out of 10
Weaved in and out of the Newcastle defence with little success but posed enough of a threat to keep them on their toes.
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Jermain Defoe 8 out of 10
Missed a guilt-edged chance on 18 minute, arrowing it just wide, but made amends with an expertly-finished strike before half-time.
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Kirchhoff has gone from hapless to big hope
Jan Kirchhoff had one of the most alarming Premier League debuts of recent times when he wandered around White Hart Lane in mid-January. On as a substitute following his move from Bayern Munich, Kirchhoff looked as if he had landed in some alien landscape. Actually, he was a midfielder being asked to play at centre-back.
By here the German had clearly acclimatised. He was instrumental in Sunderland taking a grip of the first half, nicking possession then spreading it sensibly. He was smart, athletic and brave, and revealed why a club on the scale of Bayern had bought him in the first place. From nowhere, Kirchhoff has become pivotal to Sunderland's Premier League future.
McClaren's left-back angst is Benitez's problem now
Last August Steve McClaren was receiving questions about the lop-sided nature of his squad and why there was no replacement left-back should Paul Dummett be injured. McClaren wriggled uncomfortably. He wanted one.
Dummett was injured a fortnight ago so here Newcastle began a relegation derby with a midfielder, Jack Colback, at left-back. He faced an invigorated Fabio Borini. Colback, disturbed by Borini's pace and aggression, was a booking waiting to happen. Sure enough, 18 minutes in, Colback was shown a yellow card for a foul on Borini and, it being his 10th, now misses the next two matches.
Newcastle's next two are at Norwich and Southampton, and Rafa Benitez could well be wriggling like McClaren as he contemplates what to do. He opted to take off Colback and put Mousa Sissoko there, the sort of tactical decision that would have attracted howls of derision had McClaren done it.
Sissoko, who believes he can play right midfield in the Champions League, found himself a left-back in a relegation scrap. He must have been surprised at this career move. An even greater surprise was that he did pretty well there.
Foul throw could be a killer for the Black Cats
If Sunderland go down, Allardyce will rue a foul throw by his right-back DeAndre Yedlin. It is a common claim by fans that foul throws are never punished by officials but this one was and, when Newcastle took theirs as a result, the day and possibly the season changed.
From being advanced on their right, Sunderland were suddenly defending on the left and Giorginio Wijnaldum got the better of substitute Dame N'Doye. Wijnaldum's cross to the far post was met by Mitrovic, who, as Allardyce will note, leapt above Yedlin.
Hatchets were buried as Big Sam and Rafa shook on it
"All the best," mouthed Allardyce to Benitez as the two managers shook hands at the end. It was no way to continue a feud.
Two members of their back-room staffs did it for them. After Mitrovic's late injury there was a brief flurry of shoving on the benches, mainly involving the Newcastle coach Ian Cathro and Sunderland's goalkeeping coach Adrian Tucker. At one stage it was lively. On the final whistle, though, there were handshakes.
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Jan 12, 2010 Sarah Hall Uncategorized
New zoning code among topics at town board meeting
The town of Clay may soon add a new zone to its books that will benefit seniors.
The town board held a public hearing at its Jan. 4 meeting to discuss adding the R-SR Senior Residence District zone to its zoning laws. The zone, as proposed, would accommodate persons who are age 62 or older with particular living needs.
"What we're doing is adding a new section to our zoning that's going to be an option for developers that want to develop a parcel of land for seniors age 62 and over," said town board member Bruce Johnson, who served on the committee to write the new zoning code. "This is different from normal zones because it would allow a mix of either single-family or apartments and businesses and services that cater to seniors."
The proposal would not change existing zones; it just adds another option for developers, Johnson said.
Any commercial development within the district would be limited to 2,000 square feet and must serve the senior population. Possibilities include medical offices, senior housing, senior citizen facilities, community centers, nursing home or assisted living facilities or senior day care facilities.
"This is modeled on some of the developments that they have in the South where self-contained communities provide seniors living in the area with all of the services they would need or want within a campus-type area," Johnson said.
There was some discussion during the public hearing about the age limit. Councilors Robert Edick and Joseph Bick and some residents in the audience asked why the limit was so high, suggesting that it be lowered to 55.
"There's been a lot of discussion about a cutoff date and allowing people younger than 62," said Councilor Naomi Bray, who also served on the committee. "We all felt very strongly that the cutoff had to be 62 to preserve the integrity of the senior housing."
Bray noted that 62 was the cutoff age for Social Security.
The committee was scheduled to meet again later in the week of Jan. 4. Johnson said the age limit would be discussed further.
The public hearing will be continued at the Jan. 20 meeting.
Brownfield grant
The board also held a public information hearing to advise town residents that it has applied for a Brownfield Opportunity Area (BOA) grant from the New York State Department of State.
Steve D'Arcangelo of Plumley Engineering helped write the grant application. He spoke before the board about the grant.
"The purpose of this program from the Department of State is to assist municipalities regarding the redevelopment of brownfields," D'Arcangelo said. "A brownfield is defined by the New York State DEC as any area where the redevelopment of that area is either restricted or constrained because of environmental impact."
The town of Clay has 26 miles of riverfront property it is looking to redevelop. Among those lands are about 79 acres along the west end of Maider Road classified as brownfields because of previous industrial activities on the properties.
If the town is awarded money from the program, it can conduct a study that will look at those environmental issues and establish goals for the redevelopment of the area. The grant totals $278,700 and requires a 10 percent match from the town.
"This grant is for more research," D'Arcangelo said. "But it's a step to move us along to finally redeveloping this property."
The grant application can be viewed at townofclay.org.
Sarah Hall is the editor of the Eagle Star-Review and the Baldwinsville Messenger. The 2012 winner of the Syracuse Press Club's Selwyn Kershaw Professional Standards Award, she has been with Eagle Newspapers since 2006. She is a Liverpool native.
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May 1, 2008
The use of a car -- gas included -- is one of the benefits of being a member of New York's House of Representatives, says Raymond Hernandez. There are few restrictions on what kind of car the members can choose, and there is no limit on how much they can spend.
Not only does the federal government pick up the cost of the lease and the gas, but also general maintenance, insurance, registration fees and excess mileage charges. The perk itself may draw heightened attention in the coming weeks as members of Congress consider proposals to address gas prices, including one to suspend temporarily the federal excise tax on gasoline, 18.4 cents a gallon.
The choice in vehicles can range from modest to extravagant, for the some 125 members of the House who make use of the benefit:
- Charles B. Rangel, the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, leases a 2004 Cadillac DeVille for $777.54 a month; the car is 17 feet long with a 300-horsepower engine and seats five comfortably.
- Rep. Michael R. McNulty, a Democrat from the Albany area, gets around in a 2007 Mercury Mariner hybrid, a sport utility vehicle, for $816 a month.
- Rep. Edolphus Towns, a Brooklyn Democrat, said he had begun to take fuel economy into consideration and recently traded in his 2005 Lincoln Town Car (at $845 a month) for a 2008 Lincoln MKX, called a crossover utility vehicle, (at $715 a month).
- Rep. Jim Saxton, a Republican of New Jersey, leases a 2004 Chevy TrailBlazer at what he views as a reasonable $310 a month.
- Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, a Queens Democrat, who leases a 2007 Lexus LS 460 at $998 a month.
The Senate does not permit its members to lease cars with public money.
Source: Raymond Hernandez, "What Would You Drive, if the Taxpayers Paid?" New York Times, May 1, 2008.
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Kathy Griffin: "I've Never Been Paid What the Guys Get"
Comedian and actress Kathy Griffin has earned two Emmys — but until she hit 36, she wasn't earning more than $20,000 a year. "I can't even remember a time when I wasn't in a situation where my male counterparts didn't make more money than I did," the now 55-year-old revealed yesterday to Variety.
It's not for lack of effort. Griffin says she's fought for equal pay and raises with those two Emmys in hand to no avail. In fact, when she starred in My Life on the D List — a reality show that followed the star as she attempted to climb the Hollywood ladder, years after the super-popular Suddenly Susan ended — she marched into a meeting with NBC's co-chairman Ben Silverman holding those golden trophies. "I said, 'I have these. Can I have a raise now?'" she recalls. "I think the answer was either a very tiny one or no."
Griffin says while things may change for Jennifer Lawrence and other young movie stars, "it's not getting better for me." On Suddenly Susan, Griffin says she received the second-lowest salary of the entire cast. "Judd Nelson, who I liked, made four times what I made, and he ended up getting fired," she says. "And I went on to get two Emmys, a Grammy, three television shows with my name in the title, and a New York Times best-seller."
Griffin describes being a woman in Hollywood as if it's weren't a business but a movie set itself — one in which she must constantly act like an always pleasant, unthreatening woman or she'll be portrayed as a bitch. "When you're me, this isn't a comedy situation," she says. "But I still have to do it with a wink and my tongue in my cheek. If I go there as a ballsy chick, it turns guys off."
Why? She says, "because they are not used to a self-starting woman like myself who truly came from working as a temp in Forest Park, Ill. I try to do things that they really can't argue with. If I'm trying to get equal pay, I take my f-king awards and accomplishments, and I bring them to the table."
Since she departed My Life on the D-List, Griffin has gone on to co-host CNN's New Years Eve with Anderson and Kathy. What started as a guest spot on the show morphed into a recurring role for Griffin, who has been asked back each year by Anderson Cooper himself. "Do you think I make what Anderson makes?" she asks. "I mean, give me a break — of course not. I'll try to get a little more money this year. I might. But I might not."
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SUM is an interbank network in forty-two U.S. states (all except Alaska, Alabama, Delaware, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming), the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.[1] It is largely made up of smaller local banks and credit unions. Account holders at member institutions do not pay ATM usage fees for using ATMs of any other financial institution within the network.
SUM is a product of NYCE Payments Network, LLC, an FIS company.[2]
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Definition of tomato hornwormCategorized under "General"
Definition as written by paulgrow:
Hosts: Primarily tomato but can also attack eggplant, pepper, and potato.
Description: The larval stage of this insect is a 3 1/2 to 4 inch long pale green caterpillar with white and black markings. There is also a brown form but it is not as common. One of the last abdominal segments has a spine-like red or black horn that that gives this insect its name. The adult is the Sphinx moth; a grayish-colored insect with a wing spread of 4 to 5 inches.
The larva is the damaging stage and feeds on the leaves and stems of the tomato plant and leaving behind dark green or black droppings.
Recommendations: This insect is parasitized by a number of insects. One of the most common is a small braconid wasp. Larva that hatch from wasp eggs laid on the hornworm feed on the inside of the hornworm until the wasp is ready to pupate. The cocoons appear as white projections protruding from the hornworm's body. If such projections are seen, leave the hornworms in the garden. The wasps will kill the hornworms when they emerge from the cocoons and will seek out other hornworms to parasitise.
Handpicking is an effective control in small gardens. Bt - Bacillus thuringiensis - and other insecticides may also be used to control hornworms.
1. Tomato Hornworm, Cornell University Extension Service
2. Ortho Problem Solver, Ortho Information Service
Definition as written by critterologist:
Here\'s a picture of a tomato hornworm that has been parasitized by braconid wasps.
Definition as written by Terry:
See also tobacco hornworm.
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1Heat oven to 350°F. Make cookie dough as directed on cookie pouch. Cover and refrigerate about 1 hour or until firm.
2Meanwhile, make brownie mix as directed on box for cakelike brownies for 13x9-inch pan. Cool completely, about 1 hour. Reduce oven temperature to 325°F.
3Wrap outside bottom and side of 9-inch springform pan with foil to prevent leaking. Spray inside bottom and side of pan with cooking spray. Press cookie dough on bottom and 1/2 inch up sides of pan. Bake crust 13 to 15 minutes or until set.
4Meanwhile, in large bowl, beat cream cheese with electric mixer on medium speed until fluffy. Gradually beat in condensed milk until smooth. Beat in eggs one at a time, just until blended. Stir in vanilla.
5Crumble 2 cups of cooled brownies into small pieces. Fold into cream cheese mixture. Pour over cookie dough crust.
6Bake 1 hour to 1 hour 10 minutes or until edge of cheesecake is set at least 2 inches from side of pan but center of cheesecake still jiggles slightly when moved. Run small metal spatula around edge of pan to loosen cheesecake. Turn oven off; open oven door at least 4 inches. Let cheesecake remain in oven 30 minutes. Cool in pan on cooling rack 30 minutes. Refrigerate at least 8 hours or overnight before serving.
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Afternoon analysis 04.02.2016:
The BoE further from the hike but the MPC was less dovish than some might had expected. Economic projections from European Commission for the EU. According to the EC the general government balance is expected to hit minus 3.4% of the GDP.
The BoE decision
The market situation on the British currency was disturbed by the Bank of England (BoE) meeting. Just after the MPC statement hit the wire the GBP/USD dropped 70 pips falling to around 1.4530. The loss, however, was quickly reversed and the cable returned to around 1.4600.
The main reason which pushed the pound lower was different vote composition inside the council. During several previous meetings Ian McCafferty voted on the interest rates hike. Today he decided to support the "no change" camp and the decision to keep the benchmark unchanged was unanimous.
In contrast, during the conference governor Carney was asked whether there had been discussion on lowering the rates during the meeting. The question was justified do to the fact that according to Bloomberg calculations the probability for a reduction is higher than for a hike.
Carney, however, said that all members believe that another move would be rising the benchmark. It pushed the pound higher. Regarding the pound the incoming UK referendum whether to remain within the EU can be really important. Investors were nervous when there was a risk of Scotland leaving the UK structure. It is possible that the period of higher pound volatility can be repeated.
European Commission projections for the UE
New economic projections were published today by the European Commission (EC). It was worth noting that the EC revised 2016 inflation for the eurozone. Both in November EC and December ECB projections the HICP was expected to hit 1.0% in 2016. Now the inflation is supposed to hit only 0.5% this year. It may also suggest that in March the ECB will also update the forecast and use it as an excuse to loosen further the monetary policy.
Some changes regarding projections were published regarding Poland. The inflation this year is expected to hit only 0.6% this year while in November it was suppose to hit 1.4% in 2016. The GDP growth should remain at 3.5% in the following years. The EC, however, revised upwards the general government deficit from 2.8% to 3.4% of the GDP for 2017.
The EC also writes that "the debt projections for Poland are subject to a considerable degree of uncertainty because of the potential impact of exchange rate fluctuations on the relatively high share of sovereign debt denominated in foreign currencies.
Both regarding the zloty and the EUR/USD it is worth noting that tomorrow the BLS is expected to publish January payrolls. After the ADP reading the market is seeking around 200k number. A slide toward 150k and below may push the dollar low and bring the USD/PLN even to 3.90. Other PLN pairs should be fairly stable after the US readings.
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