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Deep Purple Politics In Ohio
Neal Conan and Ken Rudin look at the deeply purple state of Ohio, where Republicans not only took five congressional seats, but every statewide office including the governor's mansion. Jim Renacci, who beat out Democrat John Boccieri in Ohio's 16th district, talks about his win and his plans.
Ken Rudin, political editor, NPR
Jim Renacci, congressman-elect in Ohio's 16th district
Thomas Suddes, columnist, Cleveland Plain Dealer
NEAL CONAN, host:
This is TALK OF THE NATION from NPR News. I'm Neal Conan in Cleveland.
Speaker future won't back down on taxes. Speaker present vows to stay on as minority leader. And Alaska starts counting its write-ins, with spellcheck.
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CONAN: It's Wednesday and time for a Kow-with-a-K edition of the Political Junkie.
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CONAN: Every Wednesday, NPR political editor Ken Rudin joins us to review the week in politics. Today, he's with us from Studio 4 at the Idea Center at Playhouse Square in downtown Cleveland from member station WCPN.
And when we last left our heroes, the election was mostly over. Since then, we've got winners in Connecticut, Colorado, Washington and several other places, not yet, though, in Alaska.
While back in D.C., Nancy Pelosi wants to stay on as the number one House Democrat, but there's a party fight over number two. And he's back: George W. Bush defends his record in "Decision Points."
In a bit, we'll focus on politics here in Ohio, where Republicans swung five congressional districts and swept every statewide office, including the governor's.
Jim Renacci, the representative-elect from the Ohio 16th joins us. Later in the program, "American Splendor" as immigrant art. But first, political junkie Ken Rudin joins us here in the Buckeye State. As usual, we begin with a trivia question. Hey, Ken.
KEN RUDIN: Hi, Neal. Well, of course, you know, Ohio was the launch pad for the 2006 big Democratic wins, and obviously in 2010 big Republican wins. Ohio is a key state.
But you did mention Nancy Pelosi. You did mention speaker-to-be and former speakers and upcoming speakers. Well, here's a speaker question: Who was the last - and also we'll be talking about Newt Gingrich, perhaps.
CONAN: Perhaps, yes, you never know.
RUDIN: Who was the last person who had been speaker of the House who ran for president?
CONAN: Who was the last person to be speaker of the House...
RUDIN: Who had been speaker of the House.
CONAN: ...to run for president of the United States - from a major party, we assume. 800-989-8255 if you think you know the answer. Or you can zap us an email, email@example.com. The winner, of course, gets a fabulous no-prize T-shirt.
In the meantime, Ken, we have some business to catch up on from last week. When last we left our heroes, as we mentioned earlier in the program, we thought we knew the winner in Colorado. It turned out we were right.
RUDIN: We do. It's Michael Bennet. He is the senator, not re-elected because he was an appointee, but he will finish out the term, a new term once led by Ken Salazar, the interior secretary. Ken Buck conceded defeat in Colorado.
Also since our last show, Patty Murray was declared the winner, re-election to a fourth term in Washington the state. In the governor's race, Pat Quinn narrowly was elected in Illinois. He succeeded the honorable Rod Blagojevich. Dan Malloy, the Democrat, was elected in Connecticut, first Democrat elected in that state since - governor since 1986.
Rick Scott won the big race in Florida, a very close race for governor there. And in members of Congress, we have Jerry Connelly in Virginia; Rick Larsen in Washington; Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona; Raul Grijalva in Arizona, thanks to Keith Olbermann's money; and also Bob Etheridge of North Carolina was defeated for re-election, a big surprise there.
We still have seven undeclared, undecided House races, all of them held by Democrats. Right now, the Republicans are a plus 60, a net of 60, and they're leading in five of the seven. So the Republicans could wind up with 65 new members of the House. And of course, we have the Alaska Senate race to talk about.
CONAN: And the Alaska Senate race, the last time we saw a recount this exciting, it was in Florida.
RUDIN: Yes, and of course, and this time is even more confusing because this is the - leading the race right now is a write-in candidate, and of course that's Lisa Murkowski. She was defeated for re-nomination in the August primary by Joe Miller, Tea Party-backed candidate. But she ran as a write-in, and right now, she is leading - or at least, let me put it this way: Write-in votes are leading, because there have been - there are 160 officially-sanctioned write-in candidates. We assume an overwhelming number are Lisa Murkowski's.
CONAN: But is spelling going to matter?
RUDIN: Well, that's exactly the thing. And Joe Miller, the Republican who apparently was defeated, or at least we think he may have been defeated, has already called for a lawsuit saying that you have to spell Lisa Murkowski or Murkowski correctly. You can't - it's not up to voter intent. You have to spell the name correctly. And that's going to be a big court fight in Alaska.
CONAN: Citing the principle of Bush v. Gore.
RUDIN: Exactly.
CONAN: You mentioned Keith Olbermann, the, of course, anchor on MSNBC, on the "Countdown" program. He was suspended, at least for a few days, for stepping over the ethical lines.
RUDIN: Well, if you - it depends on whether you consider Keith Olbermann a journalist or not, and some people don't. And maybe Keith Olbermann doesn't, because he felt there was nothing wrong in giving money to three Democratic candidates: Jack Conway, the Senate candidate in Kentucky; and two members of the Congress from Arizona.
And he said, well, look, you know, he's very defiant about this, and he loves the attention. And he said: Look, you know, you have to deal with the realities of 21st-century journalism. There are some of us who don't consider what he does, and what O'Reilly does on Fox, journalism, or at least journalists. But, you know, that's not saying...
CONAN: The ethical rules are by the parent company, NBC, which does consider itself - what it does journalism.
RUDIN: Exactly and says that so-called journalists are not allowed to contribute to candidates, and Keith Olbermann gave money to three Democratic candidates.
CONAN: We have some people on the line who think they know the answer to this week's trivia question, again the last person to have been speaker of the House of Representatives to then run for president of the United States.
And let's see if we can go first to - this is Paul(ph), Paul with us from Lansing, Michigan.
PAUL (Caller): Yup, station WKAR. I think I'm going to be wrong on this one because I know he was majority leader in the Senate: LBJ.
CONAN: LBJ did serve a bit in Congress but I don't believe as speaker of the House.
RUDIN: That's right. He was a member of the House, and he was majority leader when he was elected vice president in 1960, but LBJ was never speaker of the House.
PAUL: Yeah. That's what I figured but thought I'd take a stab.
CONAN: All right, thanks very much. Let's see - I'm sorry if I hung up on you there before you were finished, but anyway, Juno(ph), Juno with us from Rochester in Minnesota.
JUNO (Caller): Yes, hi, this is Juno in Rochester, Minnesota.
CONAN: Hi.
JUNO: And I believe the answer is - the first one would have been John Bell of Tennessee.
RUDIN: His name is familiar. I think it rings a bell. But no, I want the last person.
JUNO: Oh, Newt Gingrich then.
RUDIN: Newt Gingrich has been speaker, but he never ran for president. He might one day.
CONAN: He's thought about it.
RUDIN: But he has not run yet.
JUNO: Okay, thank you.
CONAN: Thanks very much, Juno. Let's see if we can go next to - this is Bob(ph), Bob with us from Phoenix.
BOB (Caller): Yeah, hi. This is just a wag, but I'm going to guess that it's Tip O'Neill.
RUDIN: Tip O'Neill was speaker of the House until he retired in 1986, never ran for president.
CONAN: Though he came up with one of the great lines, immortal lines of political...
RUDIN: All politicians are loco.
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RUDIN: Oh, no, I'm sorry: All politics are local. Sorry.
CONAN: Thanks very much, Bob. Let's see if we can go next to - let's go to -this is Douglas(ph), another caller from Rochester, though this Rochester is in New York.
DOUGLAS (Caller): Yes, in 1932, John Nance Garner competed against Franklin Roosevelt for the Democratic presidential nomination.
RUDIN: Well, not only did he compete in 1932, but he also ran in 1940 to stop FDR from a third term. John Nance Garner is the correct answer.
CONAN: Ding, ding, ding, ding. Congratulations, Douglas. We're going to put you on hold and collect your particulars, and we'll send you a Political Junkie no-prize T-shirt in return for your promise to send us a digital picture of yourself so we can post it on the Wall of Shame. So thanks very much, congratulations.
DOUGLAS: Okay, thank you.
CONAN: All right. In the meantime, Ken, let's get back to politics, and we just mentioned the speaker of the House. The current speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, says she wants to - well, she tweeted that she wants to stay on as minority leader in the next Congress. But there is a battle the Democrats are waging over number two in their caucus.
RUDIN: Right, because of course when Nancy Pelosi was speaker, the majority leader was Steny Hoyer, and the majority whip is Jim Clyburn of South Carolina.
The Democrats being in the minority now lose that position. So Nancy Pelosi goes from speaker to minority leader, and now it looks like Steny Hoyer, who had been the majority leader...
RUDIN: A Democrat of Maryland.
RUDIN: A Democrat, and Jim Clyburn, Democrat of South Carolina, apparently are going to both fight for whip. Now, this is interesting because the Democratic Party has really, in addition to all the serious losses in the House, it has moved noticeably to the left.
The Congress is more African-American, more liberal, where a lot of Blue Dog Democrats in the South and in conservative areas were defeated. So there may be a little battle here between Clyburn and Hoyer.
They both like each other. Clyburn, of course, as an African-American, would be - and the Congressional Black Caucus, of course, is backing Clyburn in that effort. But it may turn ugly, or it may not. I mean, there may be - Hoyer may become the whip, and Clyburn may be chairman of the DCCC or something like that or caucus chairman, actually would be caucus chairman.
But most Democrats feel they want Pelosi, Hoyer and Clyburn all in the leadership.
CONAN: All in the leadership. On the Republican side, Mike Pence has stepped out of the Republican House leadership to maybe run for governor, maybe run for president. Who knows what he's going to do? But in any case, Michele Bachmann, the controversial congresswoman from Minnesota, wants to replace him in the leadership.
RUDIN: Well, right. I mean, right now, the top three are set. John Boehner will be speaker. Eric Cantor of Virginia will be majority leader. Kevin McCarthy, kind of new to the leadership, will be the whip. He is the one who recruited many of these successful candidates.
But Michele Bachmann and Jeb Hensarling of Texas are expected to run against each other for conference chair. That's the fourth-ranking position in the Republican leadership.
CONAN: Congress returns next week for one of two lame-duck weeks. Of course, one of the orders of business is going to be an ethics trial.
RUDIN: Yes, that's correct. Charles Rangel, who is accused of 13 counts of violating House rules, he's expected to go on trial as early as Monday the 15th. And as you know, that's two days after my birthday. I just thought I'd throw that in.
But the trial is supposed to last several days, and of course, the Democrats are very concerned about what Rangel's going to do because, I mean, after all, it was kind of an embarrassing - Nancy Pelosi promising to drain the swamp of Washington, and you have two ethics trials coming up, both Charles Rangel then Maxine Waters, both Democrats.
CONAN: And in the meantime, the former president of the United States has emerged from seclusion right after the election. George W. Bush's new book came out. It's called "Decision Points," and in an interview with NBC's Matt Lauer, he described, well, the decision he made about one of the most controversial steps towards the end of his administration: the Wall Street bailouts in 2008.
President GEORGE W. BUSH: I'm paraphrasing at this point: You'd better do something big because if we don't, you're liable to oversee a depression.
So the decision point is do you adhere to your philosophy and say let them all fail.
Mr. MATT LAUER: Free market.
Pres. BUSH: Yeah, free market. Or do you take taxpayers' money and inject it into the system in hopes that you prevent a depression? And I chose the latter.
CONAN: And the president, the former president there, taking responsibility for a decision that many pin the blame for on President Obama and the Democratic Congress.
RUDIN: But also, a lot of things. I mean, you don't usually see President Bush being so introspective as I've seen in these interviews regarding weapons of mass destruction, whether to pardon Scooter Libby or not, you know, reaction to Katrina. He seemed to be far more introspective than I expected from him.
CONAN: Political junkie Ken Rudin will stay with us. You do, too. We're going to be talking about politics in Ohio, which is where we are this week. Stay with us. I'm Neal Conan. It's the TALK OF THE NATION from NPR News.
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CONAN: This is TALK OF THE NATION from NPR News. I'm Neal Conan, broadcasting today from the Idea Center at member station WCPN in Cleveland. We've imported the political junkie, Ken Rudin, with us as well.
This state is often referred to as a bellwether and a perennial swing state. In rapid succession, it swung right, then left, then right again. We want to hear from Ohioans. What does this political volatility tell us about your state and about politics in your state? 800-989-8255. Email us, firstname.lastname@example.com.
Jim Renacci is one of the winners swept in on Ohio's red tide. He won in Ohio's 16th District, beating out Democrat John Boccieri. And he joins us today on the line from Columbus. Jim Renacci, congratulations.
Mr. JIM RENACCI (Representative-elect, Republican, Ohio): Thank you very much, appreciate it.
CONAN: And how tough was it - that's all right. I didn't mean to cut you off there. How tough was this fight? Your opponent won two years ago by 10 points.
Mr. RENACCI: Well, you know what, it was - for me it was 435 days of meeting people, shaking hands and talking about what they're happy with, what they're not happy with. And in the end, we were successful. And I think the key was that people were not happy with the direction that our federal government was going.
CONAN: I understand that, and I think that's the verdict in a lot of places around the country and not just in your 16th District but in Ohio broadly, and in much of the country, as well.
Nevertheless, do you look at the landscape and say, whoop, right, then left, then right again, what do I have to do to make sure I'm in the right place two years from now?
Mr. RENACCI: Well, I think the answer is we got to - you know, when you're elected to serve, you have to represent your constituents. And clearly, my opponent did not do that.
I mean, two major votes he cast, of course, were health care, you know, he voted against it first and then voted for it; and then cap and trade. And both of those, every time I ran into people in the small business community, in the - you know, at any of the functions we had, they kept bringing up those two major votes, which clearly were not taken very well in the 16th District.
CONAN: And those were the two key issues, you think?
Mr. RENACCI: Well, I think spending, jobs. Let's face it, this district, the unemployment rate has almost doubled in the last two years. Spending's out of control. But when you talk about votes, those two votes continually came up in conversation.
CONAN: If unemployment is still around nine and a half, 10 percent, two years from now, do you think you're going to be in trouble?
Mr. RENACCI: Well, I think what we need to do is we need to start making sure that we take - bring certainty and predictability back to the marketplace so that businesses can grow. And we need to get banking - you know, right now, the banking regulations are so tight.
I just met with a number of bankers in Columbus, and they're saying the same thing. They can't lend out money. They're actually calling loans on very strong businesses that, you know, have lived through this recession, but because of banking regulations now, their loans are not - you know, they're not strong anymore. And we've got to be able to turn the tide and turn it in a different direction.
CONAN: Ken?
RUDIN: The polls leading up to the election showed that the Republicans were faring just as poorly as Democrats. And some people are saying that the results from last Tuesday were less an affirmation of Republican principles and more of a rejection of Democratic politics. Do you agree with that?
Mr. RENACCI: Well, I'll tell you, since the Republicans in many - you know, when the Republicans had control, they did some things that people are not happy with, and then the Democrats took control, and they did some things even worse that people are not happy with.
I think we need to start looking at our future, as all Americans, and start making things right and the future right. And ultimately, you're right, people are not happy with the direction the country's going, but they're not happy with the way the Republicans, when they were in control, did it. And now they're definitely not happy with the Democrats.
CONAN: You mentioned at the beginning of your remarks that you spent 385 days shaking hands, going around your district, meeting people and finding out what their concerns were. How much of your time between now and November 2012 are you going to be spending in your district, continuing to find out what they want and what they need, because once you're in Washington most of the time, they gets difficult?
Mr. RENACCI: Well, one of the things I've said all along, I've been a businessman for 27 years. I always wanted to make sure I knew what my customers' and clients' concerns were.
When I was the mayor of Wadsworth, I did the same thing. I think you have to make sure that you're listening. And even though I'm in Washington, I have said that I want to build a strong opportunity to listen, even being in Washington. And we can do that. We can do it with the technology we have.
But I have to be able to hear what they have to say. And as I told them: We may not agree 100 percent of the time, but if we don't agree, at least I want them to understand the differences and maybe the reasons why I don't agree or they don't agree with me. And that's what will make us stronger together.
CONAN: So you expect to be back in Canton every weekend, at least?
Mr. RENACCI: I am going to commute, so absolutely I'm going to get back into the district every week.
CONAN: And as you look ahead to the future, I wonder: Your party is now in the majority in the House of Representatives, but the Democrats still have a majority, a much slenderer one but a majority in the United States Senate. Of course, President Obama is still in the White House.
What do you think you can get done? Is this going to be two years of saying no to the Democrats and the president, or are you going to be proposing ideas that you want enacted, areas where you think you can find cooperation at the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue?
Mr. RENACCI: Well, I think the answer is, you know, for myself, we're going to - I would always say no if it affected my district the wrong way. And I think that's the key.
It's - no is just not against the Democratic idea. No is because it's the will of the people who do not want certain things passed or certain legislation passed.
So I think there will always be no votes when it affects my district, and ultimately, we have to be able to bring things forward so that the country moves forward in the right direction over the next two years and even longer because I'm a forward-thinking person.
We have to be able to make sure that the policies we enact allow our economy to grow, allow jobs to come back to Ohio. And we're going to continue to work real hard at that.
CONAN: Ken?
RUDIN: One of the reasons that Congressman Boccieri lost is said to be his vote in favor of the health care overhaul. And many Republicans ran against that.
Given the fact, as Neal just said, that the Democrats still control the Senate, there's still a Democrat in the White House, and there's unlikely to be a veto override, a successful veto override, does it make sense for the Republicans to push for a repeal of health care? Is it just a sop to the base, or is it a legitimate attempt to change the dynamic about health care?
Mr. RENACCI: Well, I can tell you as I traveled the district the last 435 days, health care came up a tremendous amount of times. People are not happy with the bill. There were some good things in there that we need to take a look at, like pre-existing conditions and caps on illnesses.
But quite frankly, 85 percent of the problems in our health care today is cost. And that bill is driving costs up. I've talked to business owners where increases are as high as 68 percent in their premiums, and we cannot have a job-killing bill.
I've said many times, the six pages in that bill were very good; 1,994 pages were toxic. And we need to be able to repeal it and replace it with good legislation that not only takes care of the safety net but brings costs down.
CONAN: Congressman-elect Renacci, again congratulations, and thanks very much for being with us. We hope you'll join us again sometime.
Mr. RENACCI: Thank you very much. I appreciate it.
CONAN: Jim Renacci, the congressman-elect in Ohio's 16th District. And joining us now on the phone from his office here in Cleveland is Thomas Suddes, a columnist for the Cleveland Plain Dealer. And nice to have you with us today.
Mr. THOMAS SUDDES (Columnist, Cleveland Plain Dealer): Thank you very much. It's a pleasure to be here.
CONAN: And you've had a complete tide sweep out the Democrats in almost everywhere in the state of Ohio, certainly on the statewide level.
Mr. SUDDES: Yes, that's correct. It's a very, very strong showing by the Republican organization, in every statewide elected executive office and obviously the U.S. Senate race, and Republicans, of course, reclaimed or claimed five of our 18 congressional seats.
CONAN: And two years ago, just two years ago, the Democrats in this state were jubilant. They had overthrown decades of Republican control and saying a new era had begun. What happened?
Mr. SUDDES: The new era did not turn out to be as congenial to the average Ohioan, I gather, as maybe people suspected it to be. We are in an economic difficulty. Our unemployment rate, which is not as bad as it's been, it's 10.1 percent, that's higher than the nation's rate.
We now have about 19 percent of our population on the Medicaid caseload, and it's been growing at the order of something like 13,000 or 14,000 a month was the July to August growth in Medicaid caseload.
And so we're talking about a very difficult environment for the average person, I think.
CONAN: And it was all jobs, jobs, jobs?
Mr. SUDDES: That was the tenor of the campaign. Yes, it was all jobs, jobs, jobs. A difficult thing because officeholders of both parties like to claim success when things are successful, and when the economy's not so good, it's always someone else's fault somehow, and it doesn't seem to take - the voters don't take that too seriously that way, I don't believe.
CONAN: Ken?
RUDIN: Tom, I was just going to ask you a follow-up on that. Governor Strickland, it seemed like from the beginning, was talking about what a lot of - what President Obama said, that he and the Democrats inherited these problems. But when voters went to vote on Election Day, they looked at who was in power and they saw Democrats, and they voted against the Democrats.
Mr. SUDDES: Well, I think that's probably true. I can only speak to Ohio specifically, though, about that, and I think that it gets - well, it doesn't get overlooked, but people sometimes forget that this is a very closely divided state.
It's certainly true the president carried the state handily when he ran. He had a 260,000-vote margin, I believe, but he was the first Democrat to carry the state and win more than 50 percent of the vote since Lyndon Johnson in 1964. This is a very competitive environment in this state, and it's a state in which historically Republicans enjoy at least something of an advantage historically. And that explains part of the Ohio story.
And the other thing is that, in all fairness to the incumbent governor, Governor Strickland, he won four years ago by a very substantial margin on the order of more than 900,000 votes, I believe, but he's won it against a very, very, very weak Republican opponent, and that's why you see a kind of change in - part of the reason for the contrast between today and four years ago.
CONAN: We're talking with Tom Suddes, a columnist for the Cleveland Plain Dealer. We want to hear from voters in Ohio. How do you explain the right-left-right march in your state? What does it say about the state and about politics in your state? We'll begin with Tom(ph) and Tom with us from Circleville in Ohio.
TOM (Caller): Hi. Thank you for letting me on your show to talk. Many times I've tried to call and couldn't get through because everybody else is calling. But, yeah, I love your program.
CONAN: Thank you.
TOM: I think they let the foxes into the henhouse. We've got a governor who's going to - he's already told us that he's going to bring his cronies in from Wall Street to help him make all the decisions and everything that he needs to make, you know, on how to turn this state around. We have no idea what he's going to pay them. He's already talked about giving them bonuses and everything else. You know, the Republicans, all they care about are the people with the money. They do not care about the working man and...
CONAN: We'll take that as a caller who did not vote for the Republican red tide.
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TOM: No.
CONAN: But, Tom...
TOM: I did not vote for the Republican red tide...
CONAN: Tom Suddes...
TOM: ...no. I vote Democrat...
CONAN: ...did...
TOM: I'm sorry. Go ahead.
CONAN: I just wanted to ask Tom Suddes to respond to your remarks. As you look ahead to the future, of course, John Kasich, after he left Congress and before being elected governor, did work on Wall Street. But is he bringing his cronies in, as our caller suggests?
Mr. SUDDES: Well, look, every politician brings his or her allies and not his or her opponents to work. Otherwise, they program themselves for failure, but I think the remarkable story of this election - in Ohio, anyway - is that - and I don't disagree with the concerns the caller has, and one should always be asking questions about those things. We had a circumstance in this state in which we elected a U.S. senator, a new U.S. senator who was in George Bush -the second George Bush's Cabinet as a budget director and as foreign trade representative...
CONAN: Rob Portman.
Mr. SUDDES: Mr. Kasich worked on - worked for Lehman Brothers, didn't work on Wall Street per se. And I think - so we have to ask ourselves - well, voters knew that and did what they did. And maybe it was a question of the status quo as they saw it being unacceptable and almost any alternative being better than the status quo - doesn't make it right. I think that's what maybe happened.
CONAN: All right.
TOM: Well...
CONAN: Tom, thanks very much for the phone call. We're talking with Tom Suddes, a columnist for the Cleveland Plain Dealer. You're listening to TALK OF THE NATION from NPR News.
RUDIN: Tom, you know, there's a lot of concern about a lot of focus on the Tea Party, the Tea Party candidates, and Tea Party candidates did very well in Ohio as well as they did elsewhere. But Rob Portman, the guy who was elected to the Senate, is not a Tea Party person. He has shown that he can work with Democrats. He can be bipartisan, work across the aisle. First of all, what role do you see for Rob Portman in a more conservative Senate, even though it's a Democratic-controlled Senate?
Mr. SUDDES: Well, I think one strong possibility - first of all, leave talking ahead a little bit, as a given that Ohio was seen as crucial to the presidential forces of either party, I suspect that Senator-elect Portman may be a very strong candidate for a running mate for somebody. I don't know that. That's just a suspicion on my part. No one said that to me, but I think that may be crossing the minds of some Republican operatives.
I think that given the fact that he has had time in the United States House and been a Cabinet-level officer, I suspect that he will be in a position to deal well with what's going to be a very fractious, I think, Senate - maybe even more fractious than it's been up to now. I don't think he's an absolutist on many issues. And, of course, his campaign was predicated, as were the other campaigns statewide, on jobs, jobs, jobs and more jobs. So I think it - looking at economic issues in that perspective, and that would make him probably someone who would want to work on some level, I think, with President Obama's administration.
CONAN: Let's get another caller in. This is Steve(ph). Steve with us from Oxford, Ohio.
STEVE (Caller): Yes. I'm calling because I think that there is a message in the results of the election for attorney general in Ohio. And the facts are that at one point Richard Cordray, who was endorsed by every single newspaper that I can think of in Ohio, was up by six points not long before the election and who lost by a devastating margin. And I think the message there is simply that people were not actually reading or evaluating the merits of the candidate, in this particular case especially, but they were simply voting out of their anger and not actually paying attention to what the candidates offered in many cases. Richard Cordray, one of the most outstanding attorney generals Ohio has ever had, so the fact is that people were not really evaluating. They were simply reacting out of their gut.
CONAN: Tom Suddes, would you disagree?
Mr. SUDDES: I wouldn't disagree in a sense that I think all down-ticket races in a state that elects as many people as we elect - five or six statewide executive officers. The governorship result often helps determine the down-ticket results. And particularly in the attorney general's race, the margin - and this is from memory right now - the margin that the attorney general had over his opponent was not much different than the margin between Governor-elect Kasich and Governor Strickland.
One other important point: you asked about the Tea Party earlier, the Republican who won the attorney generalship by defeating Attorney General Cordray is former U.S. Senator Mike DeWine. And Mike DeWine is not someone who is, you know, is not beloved by the Tea Party people. He was seen by some people as a Republican in name only because he was insufficiently hard right, again, to some people, and yet he won anyway.
So I think there's truth in what the caller says, that there was an overall backlash, but I also think that it's remarkable that if the Tea Party was a significant factor, it seems to me that former Senator DeWine might not have won that race against Attorney General Cordray.
CONAN: Okay. Steve, thanks very much for the call.
STEVE: All right.
CONAN: And, Tom Suddes, there is - getting back to the governor, Mr. Kasich now inherits a deficit between 4 and $8 billion. He will not be raising taxes, I don't believe.
Mr. SUDDES: I don't - first of all, I think at the risk of making a bigger fool of myself and I do oftentimes in print, I think probably the amount of the financial problem is worse than $8 billion. I don't know how much worse, but I think it's more than just a smidgen. I think it may be several billion dollars worse than that. That's number one.
Number two, it is certainly true that he has said he will not raise taxes and -but that does not include the possibility of him and other Republican Ohio leaders asking the voters if they will do this or not do this. We do have initiative and referendum in our state constitution. And there are a myriad ways in which one could say, well, the voters are the sovereigns in our state, and if they decide to do this, they decide to do this. That I think is one way around that difficulty.
CONAN: Thanks very much for your time. Thomas Suddes, a columnist for the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Our thanks also to political junkie Ken Rudin who joined us here in Cleveland, Ohio. We'll be back with more in just a moment.
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Here are some things I've been diggin' on this December... Not very Christmas-y I know, but beautiful products nonetheless. Everything seen above can be found on Etsy. I hope y'all don't get tired of me talking about that site all of the time, but I just find it so incredible! Everyday I come across a new shop that I just fall in love with. Anyway, I had a great time putting this Mood Board together (thanks for the inspiration decor8!), it might just become a regular monthly feature on here. Whatcha think?
Items featured:
The awesome necklace I bought from laurelhill last weekend
Funky Amy Butler fabric sold at anthemfabrics
Czech beads and jewelry supplies at mountainshadowdesign
Wonderful "Red Berries" photograph taken by Emmalynne
Large chunky porcelain buttons from roundrabbit
Beautiful shirt made by Heirloom08
Turquoise nesting bowls from clearmountaincraft
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This one's a doozie, if a bit of a ramble. Good thing about making videos first thing in the morning is that I don't talk nearly as fast, bad thing is that I can't concentrate for the life of me. So if there are a lot of jump-cuts, that's why.
I think emotional personification is the coolest thing ever! Your results may vary. There are probably SO many potential uses of this idea that I haven't been able to wrap my mind around.
Mentioned in this video:
King, Warrior, Magician, Lover: Rediscovering the Archetypes of the Mature Masculine by Robert Moore
Kelly-Ann's pathworking with Tarot video
Boho Berry's Level 10 Life bullet journal spread
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Spring Fling with CMeo Collective
Hello Wednesday and hello Chicago winter. I mean, I couldn't be more over this weather and ready for a change of pace! Next week I'm headed to warmer weather and I'm counting down the days!! This weather makes it impossible to dress for – it's spring, but it's winter weather. I suppose that's what I get for putting away my winter coats. Anyone else? Today I'm trying to grasp spring from afar with this gorgeous white top from Shopbop – it's the perfect piece for work and play! This Spring Fling with CMeo Collective white off the shoulder is getting me in the mood for warmer weather…I just hope Chicago gets the hint!
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There are so many amazing things to say about this CMeo Collective top – I've been on a SERIOUS hunt for new clothes that I can wear for everyday and work and my collection is starting this with this top! I've always been temped to wear an off-the-shoulder top to work and now I can – the double straps make it easy to get away with 🙂 The buttons on the front and belt add an casual element to the top, but can be easily paired with blank slacks (so 90's of me or a pencil skirt).
Products from this look and why I love them!
Framework Top – LOVE this top! I snagged it during the Shopbop Sale and it's amazing! Great for work and play!
Blank NYC Distressed Denim – Added these to my Blank NYC collection – they are a great weekend or casual jean.
Hammitt Crossbody – Hammitt makes fabulous bags that are made in the USA! Love the pop of color this adds to my look!
White Mules – I normally really dislike white, but these shoes are really great for spring / summer work!
Cat Eye Sunglasses – Great pair of cat eye sunnies that won't break the bank!
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The Net Promoter Score (NPS) is one of the world's most popular customer loyalty metrics. Many successful businesses rely on its ability to capture intelligent and actionable customer feedback.
But what makes the Net Promoter Score so popular in comparison to other customer satisfaction metrics?
Your net promoter score is based on the answer to one simple question: "How likely are you, on a scale of 0-10, to recommend our brand to a friend?".
Instead of being a daunting task for customers, NPS surveys are much more appealing to respond to. And so response rates are higher compared to traditional surveys.
Interpreting the results is easy for you too. Your score is just one simple figure that can be monitored over time and analysed for any patterns or themes.
You can learn more about the Net Promoter Score calculation here.
Scores are easy for everyone to grasp and can often be measured in real time, making them very actionable.
This means that front-line employees can immediately correct any potential issues. Or they can encourage happy customers to make public recommendations, on social media for example.
Today, thousands of companies around the world use the net promoter score. Household names like Apple and Amazon rely on its ability to effectively measure customer happiness and will regularly release news of their scores.
This means that you have the ability to see how you compare to businesses in your industry and learn from their successes or pitfalls.
The Net Promoter Score encourages you to focus on creating more Promoters (people who score your business a 9 or 10). Research shows that this can increase your revenue and customer lifetime value.
That's because promoters are more likely to stay loyal to your brand over competitors.
They are also more likely to refer you to others, reducing your costs to acquire new customers such as advertising or marketing. More than 80% of positive recommendations come from promoters!
Lastly, Promoters are less price sensitive compared to other customers. They rarely need a sale or discount to entice them to buy from you.
If you're losing customers and want to know why or your simply looking to grow your business then Net Promoter is for you!
You'll get better at identifying customers who are at risk of leaving and those who are your biggest promoters. Most importantly, you'll have a clear opportunity to improve customer experiences.
What benefits of Net Promoter Score appeal to you the most compared to other customer satisfaction metrics? I'd love to hear from you in the comments section below.


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Cedar Lodge is our largest gathering space on camp. This beautiful lodge features a large open dining/meeting room with a centralized fireplace. Off to the side of the large dinning room is a smaller room with a fireplace that is perfect for a break out space or relaxation. Downstairs is another small room with a fireplace. The downstairs of the lodge contains 8 sleeping rooms of various size, which are the numbered rooms found below. The downstairs restrooms contain shower facilities.
NOTE: Cedar Lodge is our Dining Hall for the camp. Occasionally, multiple groups will schedule meals at the same time, and share the space briefly. The commercial kitchen in Cedar Lodge is not available for rental. However, there are other kitchens in which your group may cook meals in Walnut Lodge or Barred Owl Lodge. When food service is provided by Ewalu for any group at the main site (excluding the Stone Center facility), it is prepared in the Cedar Lodge Kitchen.
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A second Sussex Library of Study series, Critical Voices, offers accessible introductions to key ideas of significant thinkers in literary and cultural criticism.
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Martin Blocksidge
"Affective Worlds"
John Hughes
The Ambassadors of Death
Shahar Bram
The Arab Writer in English
Geoffrey Nash
The Aristocratic Universe of Karen Blixen
Frantz Leander Hansen
Aristotle and Modernism
Edna Rosenthal
poetica or The Roots of Poetic Creation?
Flemming Olsen
Benjamin Disraeli: The Novel as Political Discourse
Michael Flavin
Bewilderments of Vision
Oliver Tearle
Colorful Was Their Voice
Shahar Bram and Neta Goren
Contemporary Central American Fiction
Jeffrey Browitt
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William Baker and Michael Lister
David Foster Wallace
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Deconstruction After All
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Dialogues with / and Great Books
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Don Quixote and the Subversive Tradition of Golden Age Spain
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Zsuzsa Baross
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Flemming Olsen
Exiles and Migrants
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The Expression of Things
John Hughes
The Figure Concealed
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Figures of Heresy
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Gambling in the Nineteenth-Century English Novel
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A Handbook of Czech Prose Writings
Bohuslava Bradbrook
Bicycle: Interfering with Victorian Texts
Roger Ebbatson
Henry Green at the Limits of Modernism
Marius Hentea
'Hide Fox, and All After'
J. D. Winter
Hostage of the Word
John Schad
The Imperative of Narration
Catharina Wulf
In Search of Vinteuil
James Holden
An Introduction to Twentieth-Century Czech Fiction
Robert Porter
John Howlett
John Betjeman
Greg Morse
Joy and Sorrow – Songs of Ancient China
Ha Poong Kim
Karel Capek
Bohuslava R. Bradbrook
Knight Prisoner
T.J. Lustig
Laura Esquivel's Mexican Fictions
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Leigh Hunt and What is Poetry?
Flemming Olsen
The Literary Criticism of Matthew Arnold
Flemming Olsen
Literary Universe in Three Parts
Petr A. Bílek, Vladimír Papoušek and David Skalický
The Medium is the Maker
J. Hillis Miller
The Narcissism of Empire
Diane Simmons
A New Poetics of Chekhov's Major Plays
Harai Golomb
Ha Poong Kim
On Reading the Will
Jeremy Tambling
Philip Larkin : Subversive Writer
Stephen Cooper
The Poetic World of Emily Brontë
Laura Inman
Poetic Rhythm Structure and Performance
Reuven Tsur
The Poetry of Sa'di Yûsuf
Yair Huri
The Prodigal Sign
Kevin Mills
Queer Fish: Christian Unreason from Darwin to Derrida
John Schad
Rapture: Literature, Secrecy, Addiction
David Punter
Reading Fragments and Fragmentation in Modernist Literature
Rebecca Varley-Winter
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Reinventing the Sublime
Steven Vine
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John Neary
Someone Called Derrida
John Schad
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Rachel Bowlby
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Sybil Oldfield
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Andrew Hassam
Toward a Theory of Cognitive Poetics
Reuven Tsur
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I Peter 3:17-18 Not My Will
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- Release Date: 5/30/2006
Words cannot express how grateful I am to God for giving me the gift of music. Music is the common language that links all nationalities. If utilized under the power of God, it can assist in leading many to Christ. I am a living witness to this for it was music that peaked my interest in God and church. I have been blessed to work in workshops with award-winning artists such as Hezekiah Walker & Kirk Franklin. I have also had the privilege of working with recording artists Eleanor Murray, Darrell Blair, and the new up and coming group SUA. In the Summer of 2004, my Texas family came together from the East and the West to discuss the interest of doing a family CD. After discussing our gifts and talents, required expectations, and the needed commitment to make the project successful, the first rehearsal was held and Empowered to Praise was born. We established three goals toward the dream of producing this CD: to enjoy a worship experience as an entire family, to thank God for blessing us with gifts and talents that would richly bless the lives of others, and to have fellowship as a family. In recognizing the importance of keeping Jesus Christ the center of our focus, we pulled together in prayer, praise, and worship. In the Fall of 2005, Empowered to Praise held it's first live recording. We were so excited to see our goals and dream coming alive before our very eyes. The atmosphere was charged with God's anointing and our worship experience was beyond our wildest dreams. We were in awe as God's presence caused our praises to be lifted high in the earth. The road was long and hard; however, we had great experiences. I think that our commitment, patience, and diligence will be most rewarding when we hear about others being blessed. Thank God for His gift of empowering my family to praise. James Tudman, Jr.
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Original paper
Relief structure of the Tunka rift system (Lake Baikal region)
Shchetnikov, Alexander A.
Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie, NF Volume 53 Issue 4 (2009), p. 505 - 518
published: Dec 1, 2009
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The Tunka rift consists of a system of baikal type basins and low-mountain interbasin ridges separating them. In the north it is surrounded by the alpine Tunka ridge and the low Olkha upland, and in the south by the siberian mountains Western Khamar-Daban with volcanic plateau. This rift may be as a morphotype of dry rift basin of the Baikal type (rift valley) because it has a full set of their typical structural elements and their unified forms. Relief of the rift and its mountain surroundings are composed of five belts: the belt of plains and the belt of tilted piedmonts, the apical belt, the belt of slopes, and the belt of valley bottoms in its mountain frame. Instead of them there is a large group of interzonal land forms.


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Martin McGuinness thanks public for 'thousands of messages of support' after resignation
Veteran politician has suffered ill health in recent weeks
Martin McGuinness has thanked the public for their messages of support following his resignation as deputy First Minister.
Martin McGuinness resigned as deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland on Monday over Mrs Foster's refusal to stand aside during an investigation into the green energy scheme.
I deeply appreciate the thousands of messages of support & good wishes that I & my family have received since yesterday. #ManyThanks— Martin McGuinness (@M_McGuinness_SF) January 10, 2017
He said Mrs Foster's refusal to show humility over the scandal was "indicative of a deep seated arrogance which is inflicting enormous damage on the Executive, the Assembly and the entire body politic".
He said it was with "deep regret and reluctance" he was tendering his resignation.
Over recent weeks the veteran politician has suffered ill health.
Taking to Twitter on Tuesday he said: "I deeply appreciate the thousands of messages of support & good wishes that I & my family have received since yesterday."
Read more:
Martin McGuinness resignation statement
Martin McGuinness' resignation letter in full
Mr McGuinness had been deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland since 2007.
Over the course of his political career he has transitioned from a former IRA commander to being the face of Sinn Fein in Northern Ireland.
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Here we provide Super Basketball V 1.1.1 for Android 2.3.2+ Super Basketball is a simple and addictive basketball game, fully embodies the basketball and basketball real physics motion effects.
During a basketball game number is limited, and as the level increases, the auxiliary line (based on real physics basketball parabola) will becomes shorter, your final goal is to obtain also in the process of increasing difficulty high score.
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text: I asked this in the middle of another thread and didn't get a response, so I thought I'd ask again. What do you get at Casey's on the DDP for a quick service meal? Do you only get a hot dog, drink, and dessert? Or do you get a hot dog, fries, a drink, and dessert? TIA!


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The Downtown Community Partnership (DCP) is a non-profit development corporation for the downtown district of Fargo, ND.
Our Mission is to make Downtown Fargo the coolest place on planet Earth.
Our Vision is to promote and expand the Downtown as the preferred destination with a strong sense of place filled with vibrant culture, art, and commerce. To be the signature destination that provides an extraordinary sense of place for those who call it home and a magnet for worldwide guests.
The DCP's commitment to downtown dates back to 1969 with the incorporation of the Fargo Park and Shop later becoming the Downtown Business Association. Over the years, the name changed to emphasize a more community approach to downtown revitalization. This mission was expanded beyond traditional retail and special events to take on development challenges facing downtown.
Major initiatives facilitated by the DCP over the years include the adoption of the North Dakota Renaissance Zone, the Broadway Streetscape Improvement Project, Railway Quiet Zone Project and most recently the development of North Dakota's first Downtown Business Improvement District (BID).
The DCP's office is in the heart of Historic Downtown Fargo.
210 Broadway N #202
Fargo, ND 58102
Our regular business hours are Monday – Friday
1:30pm – 5:00pm
Telephone (701) 241-1570 and Fax (701) 241-8275.
On a daily basis, the DCP is involved in the planning and coordination of events/activities that attracts thousands to downtown and promotes our city center as a healthy and vibrant center. The DCP also leads efforts within the community to shape public policy that advocates the betterment and enrichment of downtown. We serve as the liaison between the private sector and public sector in the processing of applications and permits. The DCP drives initiatives in marketing downtown as vibrant, clean and safe.
The DCP uses the Main Street Approach to downtown revitalization, which incorporates activities in organization, promotions, design and economic restructuring. Each of these combines to build a positive, identifiable image for downtown.
The DCP employs two full-time staff members, one part-time staff members and a street fair consultant. Combined, DCP Staff has over a quarter of a century professional experience in downtown management and development. Our current staff includes:
Jonathan Holth
Interim President & CEO
Sam Olson
Communications Coordinator
(701) 364-9867
Randy Meyer
Accountant/Business Manager
(701) 241-1570
Nicolette Berge
Events Coordinator
(701) 552-2033
Kalley Norr
Events Intern
The DCP is governed by a 15 member board of directors that includes merchants, property owners, city representatives and core committee chairs. Current board includes:
Tim Flakoll, Chair
NDSU Downtown/Tri College University
Travis Koch, Vice Chair
US Bank
Carol Anhorn, Treasurer
Great Plains Integrated Marketing
Michael Erickson, Secretary
Sandford Health
Lee Dobrinz, BID Chair
JLG Architects
Josie Danz
Zandbroz Variety
Mary English
White Banner Uniforms
Janie Hogan
Xcel Energy
Jake Joraanstad
Myriad Mobile
Mark Nisbet
Xcel Enrgy
Adrienne Olson
Kilbourne Group
Kevin Riley
Downtown Neighborhood Association
Tom Smith
Great Northern Bicycle Company
Becky Walen
Bell Bank
Brad Wimmer
Wimmer's Diamonds
Dave Piepkorn
City Commission
Derrick LaPoint
City of Fargo Planning Department
Mark Williams
City of Fargo Public Works
Nicole Holden
Chase Grindberg
NDSU Student Representative
Steve Stoner
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Outspoken Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio says he's put 38 inmates on a diet of "bread and water" after they desecrated the American flags recently put inside jail cells.
As NBC News reports, the "regimen actually is a baked loaf of ground-up fruits, vegetables, milk powder, dough and other ingredients and, though it fulfills nutritional requirements, is decidedly unappetizing."
Arpaio says he runs a "patriotic jail system" and any inmate who decides to destroy an American flag will find himself on the same diet — without utensils — for two weeks.
"I am somewhat disappointed that 38 inmates recently desecrated the flags, tearing them up and writing on them and throwing them in the toilet," he said.
Preemptively defending the policy from criticism, the sheriff said it is not a "First Amendment situation" because when inmates "tamper with the flag, they are tampering with government property." It's unclear why inmates are destroying the American flags, though Arpaio said there doesn't appear to be "any conspiracy."
The Arizona American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) declined to comment on Arpaio's new flag policy or punishment system.


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Supporters to greet troops on way to training, deployment
MONTEVIDEO -- Troops with the 1st Battalion, 151st Field Artillery could be seeing lots of red, white and blue along with the colors of a Sunday sunrise as they depart for training in preparation of their deployment to Operation Iraqi Freedom.
The public is welcome to show their support for the troops by lining the streets of communities as their buses depart armories in the region.
Plans for the Sunday, April 19 departure for training at Fort Hood, Texas are as follows:
Troops will join for formation at 4:45 a.m. in the Citizens State Bank parking lot across from the armory in Olivia. They will board two busses and depart Olivia at 5 a.m. They will proceed west on U.S. Highway 212 and are expected to reach Danube at 5:05 a.m.; Renville at 5:15 a.m.; and Sacred Heart at 5:25 a.m. They will reach Granite Falls at 5:35 a.m. and follow Minnesota Trunk Highway 23 to Sioux Falls, S.D. to board planes for the trip to Fort Hood.
Troops will depart the Training and Community Center in Montevideo and board two busses for departure at 4:45 a.m. They will proceed on U.S. Highway 212 and are expected to reach Granite Falls by 5:05 a.m. They will follow Highway 23 to Sioux Falls, S.D. as well.
Troops will depart from the armory in Appleton at 7 a.m. They will proceed to Highways 119/40 and proceed to Madison. They will follow Minnesota Highway 75 and U.S. Highway 212 into South Dakota.
Troops from Morris and the Ortonville units will join at the Morris armory for a 6:30 a.m. departure. They will follow Minnesota Highway 28 to Graceville and proceed to Highway 75 to Ortonville and continue west into South Dakota.
The busses will likely be joined and escorted by Patriot Guard riders as well as family and friends of the troops in personal vehicles, according to information from Carmen Brunsvold with the Family Readiness Group serving the 151st.
There are 560 soldiers with the 1st Battalion, 151st Field Artillery being deployed. They are expected to undertake training at Fort Hood and deploy in July for Camp Virginia in north-central Kuwait. They are expected to return to Minnesota in April, 2010.


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When the name Patrick Warburton is mentioned, a few major roles of his are remembered, whether it's Puddy from Seinfeld, Kronk from The Emperor's New Groove, or even Joe Swanson from Family Guy. No matter which role comes to mind first, there's one role that is nearly everybody's favorite of the actor's: the title character in the live-action adaptation of the New England Comics character, The Tick.
The critical darling that lasted a measly nine episodes on Fox is a cult classic among fans, who found the show funny and a fantastic adaptation of the comic, which creator Ben Edlund helped write and executive produce. After many years of fan complaint and subtle hints from Warburton himself about a revisiting of the character, it looks like our dreams are finally coming true.
It was announced back in August 2014 that Amazon Studios was looking into making a new series, and just this March it was announced that Warburton would not be stepping back into the blue suit, but that British actor Peter Serafinowicz (Shaun of the Dead, Guardians of the Galaxy) would be replacing him. And after four months since the last update of Jackie Earle Haley's casting as the villain The Terror, the first photos from the series have been released, and they definitely set the stage for a great reboot.
Here are the photos released by Amazon and reported on Variety:
Included with the photos in the press release was a brief summary of the plot, which follows "an underdog accountant with zero powers in a city owned by a global villain who was thought to be dead. As he struggles to uncover this conspiracy, he falls in league with a strange blue superhero." While the character's creator and the series' executive producer Ben Edlund has stated that the show will be a "wholly new expression of The Tick" and that its story would have more heart and stakes, the photos and story summary tell me one thing: This version will still be absurdly funny.
Those who know the original comic book character and his back story know that the character is bizarre and mildly unique in its backstory. In the comics, The Tick had now memory of his previous life and is legally insane, and escaped from his mental institution, which was located not too far from The City (yes, that's the actual name of where he lives). In addition, his main powers are superhuman strength and "high-invulnerability," making him almost impossible to injure in serious cases, but yet is still vulnerable to feelings of pain.
Even with Edlund's comments about a darker version of the character, the series sounds like it will still be in tune with the previous live-action adaptation's tone and representation of the character. Even though the new suit looks more realistic than the previous suit, and the unknown female victim is very menacing-looking with her realistic scarred eye, The Terror and his minions still have an air of ridiculousness that indicates the show will retain much of the comic and original series' absurdity.
The series will also feature The Tick's trusty sidekick, Arthur, portrayed by Griffin Newman (Vinyl, Draft Day), though it is unclear if he will be donning his classic moth suit. In addition, Jackie Earle Haley (Watchmen, A Nightmare on Elm Street) will be playing the classic villain The Terror, Valorie Curry (The Following, House of Lies) will be playing Dot Everest, and Brendan Hines (Lie to Me, Suits) will be playing Superian. The show will premiere on Amazon Prime on August 19.
What are your thoughts on The Tick revival? What are your thoughts on the new suit? Do you think it'll live up to the original series?


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Query Trails Flight 232: Just How Many Took It?
By ERIC N. BERG, Special to The New York Times
Published: July 23, 1989
SIOUX CITY, Iowa, July 22— Responding to mounting questions about its ability to assess injuries and the loss of life in the crash of its DC-10 jet here Wednesday, United Airlines said today it was confident that it had correctly calculated the number of people on board the airliner: 296, including 285 passengers and 11 crew members.
On Friday night, Jim Burnett, a member of the National Transportation Safety Board who is the board's chief spokesman at the investigation here, said he was frustrated by the ''softness'' of the numbers circulating, including those compiled by United.
At a news conference today, James M. Guyette, the airline's executive vice president for operations, moved to put to rest doubts about the number of people on board. He said there were 186 survivors and 110 deaths.
''The evidence is strong that there are no more people missing,'' Mr. Guyette said.
Rescue workers need the total number of people on board to make sure they have accounted for everyone, and since Wednesday that total has varied from 293 to 297. A safety board spokesman, Ted Lopatkiewicz, repeated today that the agency's count showed there had been 297 people aboard, 186 who survived and 111 who perished. Asked about the discrepancy in figures, Lopatkiewicz said, ''I don't know. The numbers have been changing every day.''
The fact that United, along with the safety board, and the City Manager's office all offered different numbers at various times underscores how difficult it can be to determine exactly how many people are on a given aircraft. 'It's Not Unusual'
''It's not unusual,'' said Robert Doughty, a United spokesman, when asked why the carrier was taking so long to arrive at a final figure. ''If you go back and look at other accidents, you'll see it as well.''
The problem, in short, is that United's system for counting passengers -an approach that is similar to those of all the big airlines - can be defeated, intentionally or unintentionally, by passengers or airline agents, according to Mr. Doughty and other people familiar with ticketing and boarding procedures.
The counting system has three parts. The first involves the creation in United's computer system of a record of the names of passengers for each flight. These come from travel agents or United ticket representatives when passengers make reservations.
Because many passengers with reserved seats do not show up for flights, United next builds a list of the people who check in at the ticket counter in the airport lobby or at the counter at the aircraft's departure gate. They Might Not Board
But people whose names are on this manifest do not necessarily board the aircraft. They might, for instance, decide at the last minute to take a later flight, or they might be late and, though checked in at the lobby counter, not make it to the gate before the airplane's departure.
So United relies on a third step to build its passenger list: collecting tickets and boarding passes at the entrance to the aircraft. But that list is not foolproof, either, for a number of reasons, including these:
* A passenger who boards an aircraft at the last minute sometimes does not have his ticket collected.
* A passenger may board the aircraft and have his ticket taken, then decide just before departure to leave the plane, but not retrieve the ticket.
* Although careful records are kept of crew members working on a flight, an off-duty pilot or flight attendant traveling in the passenger cabin might not have his or her ticket collected, particularly if the person boarded late.
* Although children under 2 years old fly free and their names are to appear on an adult's ticket, that sometimes does not happen, either because a parent neglects to tell a reservation agent or an agent neglects to add the name.
* Stowaways, although rare, are a problem that does occasionally occur, said Mr. Doughty, the United spokesman.
The full range of problems that United and the investigators faced in trying to arrive at a final count for Flight 232 was not clear, but one factor, said Mr. Doughty, was that ''a number of passengers made reservations without telling us that they would have infants along with them.''
Further delaying the distribution of a list of the people who died on the plane, officials said, was the need to confirm the identities of victims.
Photo of the tail section of the DC-10 jet lying on a flatbed truck near the airport in Sioux City, Iowa. (NYT/Alan S. Weiner)


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A source close to Pepperdine coach Paul Westphal said Westphal would accept if the Boston Celtics called to offer Westphal the job, ESPN.com has learned.
The source said Westphal is expecting to get a call within the next few days, but hadn't received one as of Monday afternoon.
Westphal left a message with ESPN.com on Monday night saying he hadn't spoken to the Celtics and that his meeting with director of basketball operations Danny Ainge was an inadvertent bump at a high school game during NBA All-Star weekend in Los Angeles in February.
A source close to Ainge has told ESPN.com that the Celtics' search to replace interim head coach John Carroll, who was dismissed Monday, will focus on Westphal, former Orlando Magic coach Doc Rivers and Golden State Warriors guard Avery Johnson. Lionel Hollins' name has been floated, but the Celtics are leery of pursuing him because he's considered to be in line to succeed Grizzlies coach Hubie Brown when Brown retires.
Westphal has three years remaining on his current contract at Pepperdine. He led the Waves to a disappointing 15-15 record, 9-5 in the WCC.
Westphal completed his third season in 2004-05. He coached the Waves to a 22-9 record and share of the WCC regular-season title (13-1) and an NCAA Tournament appearance in his first season in 2001-02. Pepperdine was 15-13 in 2002-03.
"He'll take it if it's offered,'' the source said. "He loves Boston and he loves Danny Ainge.''
Multiple sources said Ainge would like to have a relationship with his head coach like Kevin McHale and Flip Saunders in Minnesota. Westphal's uptempo style fits what Ainge is looking for in a head coach. Ainge played for Westphal in Phoenix.
Westphal coached in the NBA with the Suns (191-88 in three-plus seasons) and Sonics (76-71 in two-plus seasons), including taking the Suns to the 1993 NBA Finals.
Westphal played 12 seasons in the NBA, including stints in Boston, Phoenix, New York and Seattle. He was a five-time NBA all-star and was a member of the 1974 Celtics championship team.
Andy Katz is a senior writer for ESPN.com.


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What better way to begin a week than with some great music. It is a bad video but Red Garland is, of course, great. Enjoy! … Continue reading
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Last week's Album Review was of Red Garland's LP "Soul Junction." Here is the title track from that album. Featuring Coltrane, it begins with a great 8-minute piano solo by Garland. A perfect way to begin a week, indeed. Enjoy … Continue reading
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text: Human Rights Observatory North Korea Convicts US College Student of Subversion North Korea has sentenced an American college student to 15 years of hard labor for committing crimes against the state. Otto Warmbier was arrested in North Korea in January as he was trying to leave the country after visiting with a tour group. During an appearance before a group of foreign and domestic journalists in Pyongyang last month, the 21-year-old student at the University of Virginia admitted to removing a banner with a political slogan from a staff-only area of the hotel...Read complete article© Voice of America - Wednesday, March 16, 2016


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The other day a buddy of mine sent over the following screenshot:
While the occasional PPC fail is humorous, this garners special consideration because the offending firm, eFrontier, actually provides PPC services. From their own site we read:
"Competition for market share is fierce. And campaigns are more complicated than ever with millions of keywords, geo-targeting, content options, and copy testing. For close to a decade, Efficient Frontier's technology has helped some of the largest and most complex advertisers in the world lead successful SEM campaigns."
I guess that their own PPC campaign was just too simple to justify using their awesome tool. #FAIL
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6 January 2017
Nigeria won four awards out of the possible five on Thursday at the 25th edition of the Confederation of African football annual award ceremony held in Abuja, Nigeria's Capital city.
Super Falcons' Asisat Oshoala, and Super Eagles' Alex Iwobi and Kelechi Iheanacho all won in their categories while 2016 AWCON winning coach, Nigeria's Florence Omagbemi lost the coach of the year award to Pitso Mosimane, the head coach of Mamelodi Sundowns, the 2016 CAF Champions League winner.
Full list of winners
African Player of the Year
Pierre-Emerick AUBAMEYANG (Gabon & Borussia Dortmund)
Riyad MAHREZ (Algeria & Leicester City) (Winner)
Sadio MANE (Senegal & Liverpool)
African Player of the Year – Based in Africa
Denis ONYANGO (Uganda & Mamelodi Sundowns) (Winner)
Khama BILLIAT (Zimbabwe & Mamelodi Sundowns)
Rainford KALABA (Zambia & TP Mazembe)
Women's Player of the Year
Asisat OSHOALA (Nigeria & Arsenal Ladies) (Winner)
Elizabeth ADDO (Ghana & Kvarnsvedensik)
Gabrielle ABOUDI ONGUENE (Cameroon & Rossyanka)
Most Promising Talent
Elia MESCHAK (DR Congo & TP Mazembe)
Kelechi IHEANACHO (Nigeria & Manchester City) (Winner)
Naby KEITA (Guinea & RB Leipzig)
Youth Player of the Year
Alex IWOBI (Nigeria and Arsenal) (Winner)
Eric AYIAH (Ghana and Charity FC)
Sandra OWUSU-ANSAH (Ghana and Supreme Ladies)
Coach of the Year
Florent IBENGE (DR Congo national team)
Pitso MOSIMANE (Mamelodi Sundowns) (Winner)
Florence OMAGBEMI (Nigeria women's national team)
Club of the Year
Mamelodi Sundowns (Winner)
TP Mazembe
Zesco United
National Team of the Year
DR Congo
Uganda (Winner)
Women's National Team of the Year
Nigeria (Winner)
South Africa
Referee of the Year
Bakary Papa GASSAMA (Winner)
Ghead Zaglol GRISHA
Malang DIEDHIOU
Football Leader of the Year
Manuel LOPES NASCIMENTO, President of Guinea Bissau Football Federation
Legend Award
Laurent POKOU, Former player of Cote d'Ivoire
Emilienne MBANGO, Former player of Cameroon
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Two-thirds of Americans prefer 'Merry Christmas' greeting
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I paired it with my beloved biker jacket and ankle boots and a new Yosa tassel necklace that I'm besotted with
All Finished off with my rather snazzy new HButler bag that is worth its weight in gold... scroll down and see for yourself!
HButler Bag is about to become a life saver. Discreetly inside is a power-bank for your phone (of which it can charge any smart phone as it has all adaptors), it can be left in the bag or removed (and recharged of course). What I loved is that it was so slim it doesn't effect the appearance of the bag at all... I mean its a gorgeous leopard print bag regardless, but with the power-bank too? Well talk about genius!
My phone has so much stuff on it now ( I know I know, I desperately need to clean it), plus I'm one of those annoying people who has it constantly attached to her hand, so by 3pm the charge is on its way out. This little bag produced enough to keep my phone going all evening.
Its really makes my phone habits a lot easier knowing I have some charge if i need it is a complete dream. Gone are the days of having a flat battery ;)
Plus the bag is really gorgeous.
I'm very much looking forward to styling this dress with bare legs and my Stan smiths or better yet, some nice sandals.
Next week, I shall be giving you a full run down of how I'm finding my #RtHCapsuleWardrobe and all the outfits so far.. Spoilers.. I'm loving it! Like love love love it.
Also if you're ever interested in reading about what's in my capsule and my reasons behind it, I've created a tab at the top of the page which will help!
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Can Traumeel cause restrictions to blood vessels in the colon causing Ischemic Colitis?
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Adverse effects with TRAUMEEL Injection Solution are extremely rare. TRAUMEEL Injection Solution exhibits no known adverse renal, hepatic, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal or central nervous system effects.
Information for Patients:
No harmful or potentially hazardous side effects such as central nervous system depression are known. TRAUMEEL Injection Solution is generally well-tolerated. However, if symptoms persist or worsen, a physician should be consulted (see WARNINGS ).
No studies have been performed to evaluate the carcinogenicity of TRAUMEEL Injection Solution. In world-wide post-marketing surveillance studies no evidence of carcinogenicity has been found (2).
Adverse Reactions
In rare cases, patients with hypersensitivity to botanicals of the Compositae family may experience an allergic reaction after the administration of TRAUMEEL Injection Solution including anaphylactic reaction. TRAUMEEL Injection Solution ingredients of the Compositae family are:
Arnica montana, radix (mountain arnica)
Calendula officinalis (marigold)
Millefolium (milfoil)
Chamomilla (chamomile)
Bellis perennis (daisy)
Echinacea angustifolia (narrow-leafed cone flower)
Echinacea purpurea (purple cone flower)
Due to the low concentration of active ingredients in homeopathic preparations such as TRAUMEEL Injection Solution, adverse reactions following overdosage are extremely unlikely. However, care must be taken not to exceed the recommended dosage.
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Crime Partners Trailer (2003)
01 January 2003 Drama, Thriller 102 mins
Hustlers, players and gangsters rule the urban streets of New York in this story about loyalty and betrayal. Billy Goode, a street-smart crook (Tyrin Turner, Menace II Society) and his partner Jackie Williams (John "BJ" Bryant, Belly) are two small time gangsters with dream of seeing their names in the headlines. After a shooting and robbery that doesn't give them the attention they desire, the partners hook up with the local crmie boss Kenyatta (Clifton Powell, Rush Hour) who has a major agenda to shake up the city.
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I got my first cell phone at the age of 15. Soon after, I learned about the wonderful world of texting and let's just say that my parents weren't very happy with that discovery after the bill came in. I learned to control my texting habits as a teen but once unlimited texting became part of every plan, my interest for texting returned and now texting is a part of my daily life.
Texting has become part of our daily lives and what might have been an unintended consequence has come along with it, texting while driving. A distraction such as text messaging is a huge problem for road safety. Distracted drivers not only put themselves at risk, but they also risk the safety of others.
It only takes seconds for a text to put you or someone else in danger. Five is the average number of seconds that drivers take their eyes off the road to send a text. Two is the average number of seconds that drivers can safely glance away from the road while driving a motor vehicle without putting themselves and others in danger.
Most people that admit to texting or using a mobile device while driving know that this is dangerous, but they do it regardless. Texting while driving is a big temptation for teens, in particular. A 2012 statistic revealed that 82% of Americans, ages 16-17, owned a cell phone, and 52% said they talked on a cell phone while driving. 34% said they had texted while driving, and 13% of drivers aged 18-20 involved in car wrecks admitted to texting or talking on their mobile devices at the time of the crash.
Texting while driving is also a problem with the general driving population. A recent statisticshowed that 33% of U.S. drivers, ages 18 to 64, reported reading or writing text messages while driving in the previous month.
Many states have implemented laws and programs to combat this dangerous trend. 46 states and the District of Columbia have already banned text messaging for all drivers. In Missouri and Texas, novice drivers are banned from texting. In Nevada, various agencies and organizations have partnered up to reduce fatalities and serious crashes on Nevada's roads through a campaign called Zero Fatalities. This campaign seeks to eliminate fatalities on our roadways by setting a goal of zero, the only acceptable number. So far this year, we've had 129 traffic fatalities in our state.
While you might think that taking your attention off the road for five seconds to send a text isn't a big deal, the statistics don't lie. Operating a motor vehicle requires your full attention for your safety and the safety of others. The only way we can reach zero fatalities on our roads is to take action against distracted driving, by starting with ourselves. Next time you get in your vehicle and reach for your phone, remember that a text isn't worth a life.


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Some Great Locksmith Advice That You Can Trust
Have you needed the help of a good locksmith before? If this is the case, you may also know the challenges involved in getting a reputable one quickly. If you have never required the services of a locksmith , you need to prepare yourself. This article will give you advice for those times when you will need to know before hiring a locksmith .
If you lock yourself out of the house, ignore locksmiths who want to replace the lock upfront. A skilled professional will be able to get you back into your home without replacing the lock. Replacing the lock can rack up an unnecessary bill.
Cover locks before you begin painting. It takes some time to cover the locks, but you will lose even more time and money if you end up having to call a locksmith to come fix your locks.
Be skeptical of any locksmith that offers one quote only to raise the price when he gets there. They're doing this to scam you out of more money. Refuse to work with the individual and continue your search elsewhere.
You need to be sure that the person you hire someone who is trustworthy and reputable. Some scammers and will make copies of your keys.
Should you have a price quote already that the locksmith attempts to change, thank them and tell them their service is not needed. If the charges are drastically different, question the locksmith.
Check with the locksmith's reputation at the BBB.This will give you access a locksmith's trustworthiness.
Look on the Internet for information about the locksmith before calling them. There are lots of reputable websites that provide reviews online. Just make sure the website you're looking at is not affiliated with that or any other locksmith. Also, check with the BBB prior to hiring your locksmith.
Get references before you allow a locksmith in your home. Call all of the references before hiring them. You need the best possible services and a person that you can completely trust.
Prior to giving any locksmith your keys, get their list of customers. Many businesses have no problem providing references. Be sure to call these references. This will help you figure out if the service rendered will be high quality.
One of the first questions to ask when calling a new locksmith is how many years they have ran their business has been around. Make sure they've been doing operations from the same location all this time. A locksmith with more than a few years of experience is a great choice.
Ask about additional costs when quoting locksmiths . Does this price include tax? Are you eligible for any sorts of discounts? Are extra fees likely to apply, like for after hours service or extra mileage? Know the real total before you sign anything.
Review Websites
Try to find an experienced locksmith. If they have recently relocated to your town, inquire about references from their previous customers. Search for their name on Google to find online reviews.
There are many reputable review websites that can find if you just look. Make sure the review websites are not run by a locksmith. You should also go to your local BBB before you are considering has a good record with the Better Business Beureau.
What do they keep when they finish the work? Meaning, does the locksmith retain a copy of the keys for himself? Imagine the risk if somebody nefarious got hold of them. Be sure you figure these things out before anything is done for you.
Find a locksmith before you actually need one. Waiting for an emergency situation has occurred means not having very many choices available to you. You do not want a less than reputable person with access to the keys to your doors and your family.
Why are you locked out? Are your keys in the car still? This is different than having your keys stolen. If your keys are in your car, getting you in is a relatively simple job for the locksmith. But if they are stolen, you'll need a new lock.
The net is a valuable resource for finding a new locksmith. A lot of people enjoy getting online with detail. You can find both good and negative reviews. Any kind of review may help a person decide who to hire.
For a straightforward service like getting you back in your house, a locksmith should be able to give you a firm price. If they will, you should be able to trust their integrity. If they don't give you a straight answer, hire a different locksmith.
You can always do a Google anyone who comes to work for you. Don't be embarrassed by this since it can protect you to know that you're being secure. If you think something is unsavory, let the locksmith know that you will not be needing their services.
Talk about your home's security with your locksmith. Locksmiths will generally know quite a bit when it comes to general home security. They have the advice you need for your protection in your neighborhood. They may offer you specific upgrades as well.
Locksmith service calls are usually a lot more expensive if you have to call them after regular business hours. Some people will take advantage of this to charge exorbitant rates. You can often avoid these price gouging by obtaining quotes from multiple locksmiths.
Check the fine print of any deal that you see, including claims that they can beat any price. For example, you may have to provide a written quote, meaning you'll need to talk to other locksmiths in order to provide the information necessary.
Some locksmiths even repair your alarm.
Check the internet to find reviews for the locksmiths on your list of potential professionals. While you can't trust everything you read about them, if you come across one that has many bad reviews, avoid them at all costs.
Ask to see their identification and license when the locksmith arrives. Make sure you compare both so that the person standing before you is the same person that is on the license. A qualified locksmith will have a license.
Do not forget that you are providing access to your home.If you don't feel like they're trustworthy, then don't hire them. You should always arrange the first meeting at their place of business before allowing them know where you live.
If you are unhappy with the service in some way, be sure to take it up with the company quickly. If you wait too long, you may no longer have any recourse. If there is an ongoing issue, call your local news station and see if they can help expose the problem.
Talk to the police department to see if the company you're considering has a lot of complaints. You will find the locksmith offers a quality service. Do not hire a locksmith that has complaints against him.
Ask what happens to your property once the job is completed. Will they need a second copy of the keys for their files? This would pose a huge risk to your security if it ended up in the wrong hands! Ask these question before any work to begin.
Find a locksmith that provides emergency services as part of their plan.You can get locked out at the most inopportune times, and having the number of a reliable locksmith can give you security. Find out from the locksmith what his rates are for these services. There may be fees, so you should try not to get too shocked with this all before calling.
Locksmiths do many things, but if you are clueless on how to pick one, you are sure to receive poor service. These tips can help you select a truly great one. This will make sure that you get the best workmanship to your satisfaction.
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text: Hey guys, I'm in need of some advice on Nutgrass. I put in a flower bed for a guy down here in Texas. There were some existing roses and small shrubs and a few Crepe Myrtles inside this bed when I started and he wanted to leave them. I dug it out, replaced the topsoil, laid heavy landscape fabric and mulch. No problems 3 months later with any other weeds except the Nutgrass. I have been pulling it every other week and spraying Kilzall every other week after I mow his yard to keep it in check. This is very tedious because of the shrubs and flowers throughout the bed. There has been only slight improvement over the past 3 months. Any suggestions how I can put this flower bed behind me and kill this Nutgrass once and for all. I appreciate any and all advice guys. Thanks a bunch


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iMusic Music Tube Mp3 Player is a free app only available for iPhone, belonging to the category MP3 & Multimedia Apps with subcategory MP3 & Audio and has been created by Thai Hong.
More about iMusic Music Tube Mp3 Player
Since we added this app to our catalog in 2017, it has achieved 12 downloads, and last week it gained 10 downloads. Its current version is 1.0 and it has been updated on 4/06/2017. This app is available for users with the operating system iOS 8.1.2 or later, and it is available in different languages such as English, Spanish, and German. The install size of iMusic Music Tube Mp3 Player depends on your device.