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- Requirement 1. Explain the characteristics of each of the three distinct American riding styles.
- Requirement 2. For your preferred style (one of three styles in 1), explain the equipment you would use, including parts of the saddle and bridle.
- Requirement 3. Explain the difference in natural versus artificial aids used in communicating with your horse, such as use of hands, legs, weight, voice, whips, crops, martingales, bits, and auxiliary reins.
- Requirement 4. Riding attire
- a. Present yourself properly attired for the riding style you prefer.
- b. Explain the clothing and safety equipment a rider must have for your preferred style of riding.
- Requirement 5. Horse handling
- a. Demonstrate how to properly catch, bridle, and saddle a horse.
- b. Demonstrate and explain at least three steps in proper mounting and two ways of dismounting.
- Requirement 6. Stirrup length
- a. Show how to test your correct stirrup length while you are dismounted and when you are mounted.
- b. Explain short stirrup length, medium stirrup length, long stirrup length, and why stirrup length is important.
- Requirement 7. Riding position
- a. Explain and demonstrate the correct position of your body, feet, hands, arms, and legs while mounted.
- b. Demonstrate how all parts of your body should be positioned on your horse during a trot, a canter, and a gallop and explain why this is important.
- Requirement 8. Demonstrate by using a pattern that you have control of your horse. On command, be able to slow down, speed up, stop, back up and be able to move your horse through its gaits.
- Requirement 9. Tack and cool down
- a. Properly remove tack from your horse and store it.
- b. Demonstrate proper care of your tack after riding.
- c. Demonstrate proper care for your horse after a ride, including cool down, brushing, and watering and feeding, and explain why each of these steps is important.
- Requirement 10. Make a tabletop display or presentation on what you have learned about horsemanship for your crew, another crew, a Cub Scout or Boy Scout group, or another group.
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The first time Abbas Hajimohammadi Saniabadi visited a hospital in Tehran, where patients suffer from mental disorders like schizophrenia, he had one question for the head doctor: Can I come back?
It was mid-2012 and he wanted to document what life was like there for the hundreds of men and women being treated. The doctor eventually agreed. Hajimohammadi Saniabadi, now 30, traded in his old-model Nikon and sold his car, a Hyundai, to buy a Nikon D700 and get started on what would become his first story. He and the doctor set up four quick visits — but by year's end, he would make nearly a dozen more.
"When you go inside there, you think you have walked into another world because the patients don't think the way you do, they don't behave the way others behave," he said over Skype. "You don't feel that they have a bad life because they don't know what is happening. They think this is life and they kind of like it."
The patients have television and air conditioning, an ambulance and good doctors. Certain medications can be hard to get, since international sanctions imposed on Iran have caused prices of various goods to soar. Hajimohammadi Saniabadi said most patients spent their days the same way: They wake up, walk around inside or within the fenced yard, talk to themselves or one another or visitors, take medicine after every meal, then go to sleep. That presented a challenge of how to capture not only their unique plight, but also the way their imaginations countered the systemic monotony of their days.
So he got to know them—in the line waiting for cigarettes (frame #2), in the yard (frame #4), in their rooms (frame #10). The more he did that, the more he understood their lives were largely divided into two parts: one where everything is okay, and one where they think they're someone else, somewhere else.
With that in mind, Hajimohammadi Saniabadi sought out scenes where situations unfolding in the foreground were at odds with what was visible in the background. "Someone's in the front, but something is happening in the back," as he put it. "And maybe what is happening in the back is the patient's mind."
Hajimohammadi Saniabadi speaks about the patients with calculated compassion. He recognizes that, after decades of living a good and normal life, mental illness overtook them and now they're here. He laments their status but respects their will. He sees that they're not all there, but that they're not all gone, either.
"With some of them, you think their disorder is above normal," he said. "But others, when you talk with them, they seem good, that they shouldn't be here. But even with those men and women, the more you talk with them, you can eventually see their problem."
His goal while making these pictures was to show that people aren't solely defined by their illnesses. Some are lucky and evade it their whole lives; others play the hand they are dealt, however surreal it may become.
He hasn't been back to photograph at the hospital since late 2012, but said it's still in operation. Since then, he's begun work on a new street photography project.
Abbas Hajimohammadi Saniabadi is a photographer based in Tehran.
Andrew Katz is a reporter with TIME covering international affairs. Follow him on Twitter @katz.

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Offense unable to pick up struggling Deduno
MINNEAPOLIS -- When Samuel Deduno is on his game, his curveball is his go-to pitch to put away hitters.
But his breaking ball wasn't there again on Sunday against the White Sox, and it's left Twins manager Ron Gardenhire wondering if Deduno is starting to feel tired in these later stages of the season.View Full Game Coverage
MINNEAPOLIS -- When Samuel Deduno is on his game, his curveball is his go-to pitch to put away hitters.
But his breaking ball wasn't there again on Sunday against the White Sox, and it's left Twins manager Ron Gardenhire wondering if Deduno is starting to feel tired in these later stages of the season.View Full Game Coverage
Deduno, however, denied that he's feeling worn down, but continued his recent struggles, and the Twins went 2-for-18 with runners in scoring position in a 5-2 loss at Target Field.
"You saw it today -- I don't know how many times he kind of spun it up there and it didn't finish and they whacked it pretty good," Gardenhire said. "It's getting to a certain point and just hanging there right now. And when his arm speed is good, it's snapping pretty good. He hit three people and was losing control of the zone. So whether he's overthrowing or tired, I don't know."
It was the third straight shaky start for Deduno, who had a 3.17 ERA through his first 13 starts this season. The right-hander gave up five runs on eight hits and three hit batsmen over five innings with three strikeouts. He has a 7.02 ERA over his last three starts to see his ERA for the season rise to 3.82.
Deduno was asked three different times after the game if he's starting to feel tired -- he's thrown 115 2/3 innings combined between Triple-A Rochester and the Twins this season after missing April because of a groin injury sustained in the championship game of the World Baseball Classic -- but the answer each time was no.
"I'm feeling fine, but I just didn't locate the fastball," Deduno said. "I left a lot of balls up in the zone. I wasn't aggressive with anything."
He was shaky from the start, plunking Gordon Beckham with a pitch with one out in the first before committing a balk to allow Beckham to reach second base. Alexei Ramirez then brought home Beckham with a single to center field.
Ramirez was at it again in the third after another hit batter by Deduno, as he doubled home Alejandra De Aza, who led off the inning with a hit by pitch. Ramirez later came around to score on a two-out double from Avisail Garcia.
Ramirez wasn't done yet, as he blasted a leadoff homer in the fifth inning for his fourth homer. Garcia doubled again with two outs and scored on a single to left from Jeff Keppinger, who was caught trying to advance to second on the throw home from Josh Willingham.
"He's shown a little bit of power," White Sox manager Robin Ventura said about Ramirez, who went 3-for-4 with three RBIs. "He's come up in some big situations. He's stayed in the middle of the field and started to pull the ball again. He just looks better at the plate."
It was enough offense for White Sox left-hander Hector Santiago, who was able to work out of several jams. He surrendered nine hits and walked two in six innings but gave up just two runs (one earned).
"I felt like I was having a root canal during most of it," Ventura joked about his starter, whose last outing came after a morning dental procedure. "That's just kind of the way he pitches. Over the course of the season he finds a way to get into a little bit of trouble and then get out of it.
The Twins got on the board in the second, when Trevor Plouffe doubled and reached third on a throwing error from left fielder Dayan Viciedo. Oswaldo Arcia then plated Plouffe with a groundout to second base.
Minnesota scored again in the third on an double by Willingham to bring home Brian Dozier, who led off the frame with a double. But Willingham ended the inning by getting thrown out at home by catcher Josh Phegley as he tried to advance on a wild pitch that reached the backstop from Santiago. It was a costly play for the Twins, as Plouffe walked on the pitch and the Twins would've had the bases loaded.
The Twins finally did load the bases with one out in the fifth, but had nothing to show for it. Plouffe popped out to first base before Arcia popped out to third to end the inning.
It's been a familiar theme for the Twins, who lost three straight to the last-place White Sox after taking the series opener on Thursday. Minnesota hit just .154 (6-for-39) with runners in scoring position in the three losses, and has lost five of seven at home.
"It's terrible to be honest with you," Dozier said. "We don't go out there to lose by any means. We're busting our tails working hard to be better every day. But as long as we keep trying to get better and learn from these three games, we'll see what lies ahead."
Rhett Bollinger is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Bollinger Beat, and follow him on Twitter @RhettBollinger.


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- Erick Kristanto Urban Island Prototype 01Urban Island Prototype 01 is a re-envisioned design that shuns the notion that a park needs to be on the ground. Citing the boom of population as his inspiration, Erick Kristanto came up with the proposal for the urban park as an entry for the Seattle Urban Intervention Competition. Urban Island Prototype 01 reorganizes the traditional idea of public park space in order to maximize its use, and the resulting space centers an array of activities on top of an elevated platform that provides shaded park space below.1
- Erick Kristanto Urban Island Prototype 01Kristanto designed the Urban Island in response to the idea that park spaces are centered around objects as an attraction. Instead, Kristanto focuses on activities as the focus of the park, but rather than taking up precious grass space, he locates them above ground.2
- Erick Kristanto Urban Island Prototype 01From afar, the elevated pavilion meshes with the existing green park. Grass and other greenery still grow below it, and small trees line the pavilion on two sides.3
- Erick Kristanto Urban Island Prototype 01Atop the pavilion, Kristanto has designed areas for sports, entertainment, swimming pool, cultural activities, education and room for shops or food vendors. A circular walking path runs around the edges of the upper pavilion, connecting each of the activity areas, as well as giving pedestrians stellar views of Seattle.4
- Erick Kristanto Urban Island Prototype 01Visitors can reach the platform several ways. A jogging ramp and a bike ramp accommodate those coming to the park for exercise, stairs for pedestrians and an elevator for the impaired. Both the active ramps and the activities can be used for circuit training, inviting active visitors to train for triathlons right in their local park.5
- Erick Kristanto Urban Island Prototype 01Below the platform, the green park space is maximized. The elevated platform is open in the middle, so that sun may shine into part of the grass below. The park space will not be programmed, but instead open for lounging, strolling and relaxing without the interruption of the park activities above.6
- Erick Kristanto Urban Island Prototype 01By separating park activity from nature, city dwellers are able to double their park space, benefitting from the cultural and exercise aspects, without giving up the coveted green space that many residents seek to replace their own lack of personal outdoor space.7


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As the Eagles move deeper and deeper into the preseason, coach Chip Kelly still has provided no clarity regarding the starting quarterback for the first game that counts, September 9 against the Redskins.
"I'd love to name a quarterback right now," Kelly told reporters on Saturday. "They [Mike Vick and Nick Foles] need to continue to play at a high level and I think when you continue to put them in different situations, that gets a chance to express itself."
Actually, Kelly still hasn't decided who'll start in the third preseason game, regarded widely as the dress rehearsal for the regular season. Kelly said the coaching staff will decide the rotation for Saturday's game against the Jaguars on Monday.
On Saturday, Mike Vick got the bulk of the reps with the first team, two days after Nick Foles started the second preseason game. Via CSNPhilly.com, Vick had 23 first-team reps and Foles received eight. That's more than 74 percent for Vick.
It's nearly a mirror image of the approach from last week, when Vick started the preseason opener and Foles had nearly 85 percent of the first-team reps in practice.
And while Kelly's approach is starting to create the impression that he may use both quarterbacks this year, Kelly may have peeled the curtain back a bit when explaining that Vick benefits from the uncertainty he's experiencing.
"I think tremendously," Kelly said. "Once you think you've arrived in this game, you're going to get passed on by. Just because somebody and no matter what the situation is, quarterback, running back, offensive line, you become a starter that doesn't mean all of a sudden you can kick your feet up and say, 'Now I'm all set, this is a good deal.' It's about getting better every day and there's always something you can learn, whether it's as a coach or as a player. I think that mindset will really benefit Mike in the long run."
It helps Vick even more if he's the starter. And maybe that's what he'll be. Either every week or whichever week Kelly thinks he matches up better with the opposing defense than Nick Foles.


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Monday, December 29, 2008
Winner of Quick Fire #3
I'd like to thank all the ladies that played along. What great cards you made.
The winner from this challenge is...
Random Generator has picked #3.......
which is SAM
Congratulations, send me an email with your mailing address and I'll pop some Christmas scrapping goodies in the mail.
Thank you all again, and watch for more Quick Fire Challenges :)
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Such sad news to report...
Here's an excerpt from the email I received:"Beverley Todd was certified brain dead earlier today. ...she was taken into hospital yesterday Dec 23rd with a suspected bleed in the brain. Her family have all been able to say their farewells and have given permission for the doctors to take what ever they can for transplant. Something that they are sure she would have wanted."
She also went on to say that "I can tell you that Beverley was so very excited at being selected for your next design team and was definitely looking forward to the year ahead."
Please keep her family and loved one in your thoughts and prayers. She will surely be missed by a lot of scrappers all over the world.She has touched many lives with her kindness and giving heart.
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Gift Card /Treats Bag
1. Seal an envelope.2.Using a tag punch or a tag that you have in your stash, cut out tags on each side of the top of the envelope. You may have to play with the amount of paper you want to cut away. You want it to look like a little basket or bag. 3.Once you get it looking like you want, then it's time to embellish!4.Here's my gift bag that I made. Cute idea!!!
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Quick Fire Challenge #3
For those of you that take on the challenge and post a link to your card, I will draw a name and send the winner aome card making goodies to play with.
But you only have until Saturday night, December 20th to post your card to be in the draw.
soooooooooooooo on to the challenge
I'd like to see cards with and 'Vintage' type image. Thats it, pretty simple....
Here is a card I did using an Old Fashion Santa image.
Happy Carding
Tamara :)
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Card Holder & Matching Cards/Tags
You will need:
~6x6 page protector
~12x12 cardstock
~12x12 matching patterned paper
~your choice of embellishments (eg, brads, rubons, ribbon, flowers, ink, stamps)
1. Cut the cardstock down the center so you have -2- 6x12 pieces. One 6x12 piece will be used to make the card holder. Fold this in half.
Using the other piece, cut off a piece 2x6. This little piece will be used for the flap of the card holder.
The left-over will be used for a card, so cut it into a 5 1/2X 8 1/2 piece and fold it. Keep all scraps.
2. Cut the patterned paper into a 8 1/2X12 piece.Then cut this piece into -2- pieces of 5 1/2X 8 1/2 (for the cards) and fold them.Again, keep the scraps.
3. This is what you will have once you have your pieces all cut.
4. Using the piece that you cut for the card folder (6X12), glue the 2X6 piece onto it for the flap using a piece of scrap, as shown.
It will look like this.
5. Using the card pieces and scraps create any occasion cards and tags.
See samples:
6. Decorate the front of the card holder. Place the cards inside the holder and fold the flap down. Carefully slip them into a page protector ( I carefully cut the holes off the edge of the page protector to give it a neater look when finished)
I've made a few of these and given them as gifts. Great idea.
Monday, December 15, 2008
New Team for January-March!!
Be watching for a new challenge coming up on New Year's Day!!! Can you imagine that at the end of next year, if you do ALL the challenges and make at least 5 cards a month, you'll have 60+ Christmas cards!!! Wow! I did this, starting in January and I had plenty of cards when I got them ready to mail this weekend. And every family is getting a handmade card, and everyone's card was different!
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
RECIPES!!! Yum!
Check it out! It's called COOKING WITH CARLA.
Sunday, December 7, 2008
DT CALL for JAN-MAR (closes DEC 13th)
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Christmas Gift Tags Challenge
So we challenge you to make tags for all those gifts you'll be giving this year. Any shape or size will do.
Here are a set of tags I've done for a tag exchange.
Have fun and don't forget to post.
Tamara :)
Teza Adrienne
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Shaped Christmas Cards Challenge
This Stocking card is one of my favourite shape cards to make.
So come one ladies and show us what shapes you come up with.
Happy Carding!
Tamara :)
Teza Adrienne
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
WINNER of November Challenge is...
Yay! Beverley, congrats to you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'll be getting something to you in the mail in the next few days!!!
Thanks to everyone who participated!!!!!
Now, on to December's challenges. Tamara has 1 posted (WINDOW CARD CHALLENGE) so far and I think she has a couple more planned! Watch for them!!!
Remember to let us know in one of the challenge posts if you have completed your 5 cards in order to be eligible for the month-end prize!!!
Print off a yearly calendar.You can find these online.I used my print program I have to do it.Cut them and ink them with an ink color that will match you patterned paper.Create a small envelope to stick to the back to place the monthly cards in. I used a library pocket and trimmed it and used double-sided tape to stick it to the back of the frame.
Adding one photo corner is a good idea so you can slip the monthly card into it without it sliding down to the bottom of the frame. A bit of stability for the card :O)
I like adding a mini-clip that can be used to clip an impt. message there that you can see at a glance!Here are 2 more I did.I used scrap pieces for all 3 of them! Great way to use up some piece of patterned paper.
Monday, December 1, 2008
Window Card Challenge
Here is a card I did, I punched a circle in the corner and then dangled a snowflake in the middle so it turns when you open the card.
Can't wait to 'see' all the windows.
Happy Carding, don't forget to post...
Ann (she turned her window into a shaker box)
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Tamara has a brand new challenge for December 1st!!! Get your paper ready and your card mojo in gear!!!We're heading into the holidays!!!
Wow!!! I just noticed that the first of Novemeber we had almost 7000 visitors.This is the end of November and we've more than doubled that in ONE MONTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wow!!! Over 14 000 visitors! That's an amazing number!
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Handmade Embellishment Challenge
Cut it, Punch it, Paint it.
Cut out a tree and decorate it, make your own little ornaments, hand cut snowflakes, the ideas are endless. :)
Here is a card I did, I made the Spirelli Medallion in the center of the card with my Spirelli punches and then twisted the floss around them, stacking them together.
Don't forget to show us what you've created.
Happy Carding!
Tamara :)
Monday, November 24, 2008
Don't forget the DT Call!!!
Also, I made a booboo. The Origami tree was supposed to be posted tomorrow as "Stocking Stuffer"! I guess I got a little too excited and wanted to post it early!!! hehe!
Well, next month this time it will be CHRISTMAS EVE!!!!! Wow!!! Are you gonna be ready??
Origami Christmas Tree
Start with 4 small squares cut from double-sided patterned paper.
3x3, 2.5x2.5, 2x2, and 1.5x1.5
Working with one square at a time, fold in half diagonally. Unfold and do the other diagonal as well. You should end up with something like this: Now comes the tricky part With your fingers on 4 of the corners, squish the edges in to form a triangle Here is the bottom view:Now, take one flap of the triangle and fold it down lining up at the center, kinda like making a paper airplane. Repeat for the other flap. This is what it should look like: Repeat this for the other 3 squares:Add a glue dot to the tip of each piece and join the 4 pieces together.
The finished product:
Add this to a card or a layout. You can make this as big or small as you want. Embellish as desired.


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The course is about creating a game. Along the way there will be short homework assignments that will help you to learn about game design. On Thursday afternoon of each week, your group will give a short presentation about your game design and implementation to the rest of the class. Over the course of the term, you should keep examples of work you do, whether or not it ends up in the final game design. These examples will form your portfolio at the end of the term, which should be a collection of work that you can show to demonstrate your abilities.


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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Losing fitness or packing on fat with age each can be bad for the heart — but avoiding either one of those fates may protect the ticker, a study published Monday suggests.
U.S. researchers found that of more than 3,100 healthy adults they followed, those who improved — or simply maintained — their fitness levels were less likely to develop high blood pressure, high cholesterol or other well-established heart disease risk factors.
Similarly, people who maintained their weight had fewer of those red flags than people who became heavier over time.
That may sound logical, but part of what's new in the findings, researchers say, is that changes in fitness and "fatness" each appeared important on their own.
In general, people who kept their fitness levels over time seemed to counter some of the ill effects of weight gain. And dips in fitness levels weren't as bad if a person lost some excess body fat.
The results suggest that protecting heart health is not as hard as some people think, according to lead researcher Duck-chul Lee, of the University of South Carolina in Columbia.
That is, just maintaining your weight and fitness levels as you age may be enough to see benefits.
"If you're overweight, losing weight and improving your fitness may be the best combination," Lee told Reuters Health. "But that's very challenging."
For many people, "maintenance" may be more achievable, Lee said.
The study, published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, included 3,148 men and women in the Dallas area who were in their early 40s, on average, at the outset.
Over six years, they developed high blood pressure at a rate of four percent each year, high cholesterol at a rate of three percent per year and so-called metabolic syndrome at a rate of two percent per year. (Metabolic syndrome refers to a collection of risk factors for heart disease — including high blood pressure, unhealthy cholesterol levels, abdominal obesity and high blood sugar.)
But people who kept up or improved their fitness levels — as measured during treadmill tests — had lower odds of developing those heart risk factors.
Their risks of high blood pressure or high cholesterol were 26 percent to 30 percent lower, versus people whose fitness levels declined. And their risk of metabolic syndrome was 42 percent to 52 percent lower.
Similarly, when people increased their percentage of body fat over time, they were more likely to develop heart risk factors.
For each one percent increase in body fat, the odds of those risk factors climbed anywhere from three percent to eight percent.
But in general, people who gained weight stayed healthier if they kept up their fitness levels. And if overweight people shed some fat, they countered some of the negative effects of waning fitness.
The bottom line, according to Lee, is that people who are active should stay active. Even if you don't see a benefit on your bathroom scale, you'll stay fit.
"If you're already exercising, keep it up, and maybe increase the intensity if you can," Lee said.
If you're sedentary but healthy, he said, you can safely take up moderate exercise like brisk walking. Lee added, though, that people who are obese or have chronic health conditions should talk to their doctors first.
"It's the sedentary people who will get the most benefit from exercise in a short time," Lee said.
He was, however, referring to the benefit of improved fitness. Overweight people often fail to see the pounds fly off when they first start exercising — possibly because they are hungrier and start eating more.
Don't get discouraged by that, Lee said. You can improve your cardiovascular fitness even without shedding the extra body fat. One way to tell if your fitness is improving, Lee said, is to simply notice how you feel when you go about your normal exercise routine; if it's getting easier, you're getting fitter.
To actually lose weight, diet changes are needed as well.
"Most people will lose weight with exercise," Lee said, "if they also pay attention to the calories they're taking in."
SOURCE: bit.ly/dIuKje Journal of the American College of Cardiology, online February 6, 2012.


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When Honda engineers redesigned the CRF250R for 2010 they were driven by a single concept: Integration. Abandoning the engine and chassis from the previous generation CRF250 gave them freedom to create a whole new fuel-injected Unicam® engine that utilizes new space- and weight-saving technologies that better integrate the powerplant into an entirely new Twin-Spar aluminum frame for optimum weight savings and mass centralization.
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Persecutors of the Prophets
Matthew Henry says it is easy for us to assume that we would be unlike the scribes and Pharisees and follow Jesus willingly. Yet even centuries later, he writes, "Christ in his Spirit, in his word, in his ministers, is ...Read More
Dead Men Walking
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Inward Cleanliness
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Stephen Slivinski is senior economist at the Goldwater Institute. Previously he was director of budget studies at the Cato Institute, senior economist at the Tax Foundation, and a senior editor at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. Mr. Slivinski is the author of the book, Buck Wild: How Republicans Broke the Bank and Became the Party of Big Government, published in 2006.
One thing that makes Newt Gingrich an attractive presidential candidate to many conservatives is his term as Speaker of the House and his role as the captain of the Republican Revolution of 1994. But a closer look at the history of the years between 1995 and when he stepped down as speaker in 1998 show that Gingrich was usually at odds with those pushing the Reaganite vision of a truly limited federal government. In fact, when the Republican Revolution succeeded at all it was often in spite of Newt Gingrich, not because of him. Unfortunately, too many conservatives have forgotten this or perhaps may not have known it at all.
Gingrich does indeed come across as an eloquent defender of limited government principles. In 1995, he envisioned the new GOP congressional majority presaging a cultural revolution in Washington, D.C. "The real breaking point is when you find yourself having a whole new debate, with new terms. That's more important than legislative achievements," Gingrich told a reporter on the first day of the 104th Congress. "We'll know in six months whether we have accomplished that."
The freshman congressmen elected to the 104th Congress can be seen, in an ideological sense, as the Tea Party candidates of their day. As Sam Brownback of Kansas, who was elected to the House in 1994, noted, "A number of us are the political children of Ronald Reagan."
In the House, Republicans had a majority plus 12 votes if every Republican voted the party line. But not all Republicans would. That's why the freshmen class mattered. There were 73 brand new members of the House, close to a full third of the entire Republican majority. They held the balance of power. The battles against Big Government were not going to be won simply because there were more Republicans in Congress. The battles would be won because there was more of the sort of Republican committed to making government smaller.
Their first high-profile test was over the federal budget. But once President Clinton refused to sign the budget bills that had passed Congress and that included a number of real spending cuts – including the termination of the Department of Commerce – the battle become one of squabbling politicians during the ensuing government "shutdown" in the winter of 1995. Few people saw the internal squabbles within the Republican caucus in the House over whether the Republicans should stand their ground during the shutdown. Gingrich was actually one of the primary forces aligned against the budget cutters.
The House conservatives knew that refusing to re-open the government was the only way they could get Clinton to move further in their direction. And despite the conventional wisdom at the time, many congressmen noted they were not getting much negative feedback from their constituents. Journalists who followed the events closely admit that Republicans were gaining more of their policy goals the longer the government was shut down. As Elizabeth Drew of the Washington Post wrote in her book about the first year of the 104th Congress, "Clinton had already moved quite a bit [during the shutdown] toward the Republicans, and was prepared to move further." But Gingrich was eager to end the shutdown. When seventeen House Republicans – twelve of them freshmen – voted against re-opening the government, Gingrich was enraged and cancelled fundraisers in some of their districts. The deal that was eventually struck with Clinton by Gingrich and Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole restored many of the cuts the conservatives had fought hard to pass in the first place.
The GOP did, in one sense, change the terms of the debate as Gingrich claimed they could. One of the biggest beneficial changes to federal entitlement programs ever was the welfare reform of 1996. The groundwork for that reform had been laid in think tanks and public policy circles during the previous twenty years, but it did require the right kind of political climate for passage.
The federal budget was a different matter, however. And after the 1996 elections, Gingrich seemed determined to resuscitate his image with non-conservatives than fighting for spending cuts. And, in many respects, the eventual abandonment of fiscal discipline in the GOP and the embrace of "compassionate conservatism" during the years of the George W. Bush presidency had its beginning in the era of Newt Gingrich.
The opening days of the 105th Congress in January 1997 show how little interest Gingrich had in fighting Big Government. Upon being re-elected as Speaker, Newt Gingrich gave an acceptance speech based on promoting on what he envisioned as the new "great mission" for Republicans: Saving poverty-stricken children from hopelessness, violence, ignorance, racism, and drugs. Gone were the calls for a smaller government. Gone were the acknowledgements that the federal welfare state with its barracks-like public housing projects and top-heavy education bureaucracy was the biggest impediment to economic and social advancement for inner-city youth.
The lack of a conservative agenda led Paul Gigot of the Wall Street Journal to wonder if the Republican centerpiece for the next two years was a "Contract with Ambivalence." Joe Scarborough of Florida, then a sophomore congressman, summed up the feelings of the hard-charging freshman class of 1994: "Quite a few members are obviously concerned over the direction that the leadership has taken in these first three months. We have a concern that our leadership remains shell-shocked from the government shutdown a year and a half ago. Most of us are ready for them to start leading again rather than sitting back and reading from Clinton's song sheet."
But what afflicted the GOP leadership wasn't a lack of direction. Gingrich did have a direction in mind. The problem was it led down a path away from smaller government. As prominent neo-conservative William Kristol observed, "He seems to be trying to rehabilitate himself personally instead of leading the conservative movements. He's not trying to be an ideological leader; he's trying to be a nice guy."
The first of many battles between Gingrich and the budget-cutters was over the funding for House committees. A bill the Speaker was pushing would have reversed the hard-won cuts of the previous year. In fact, the legislation would have trashed a key element of the Contract with America: in 1995, when the House cut congressional committee funding by a third, House leaders touted it as one of the first Contract promises kept.
"It should have come as no surprise that some of us were going to say no when they want to hire more Washington bureaucrats," said budget hawk Mark Neumann of Wisconsin when he declared he would vote against the bill. "When we go out and tell our people we're going to balance the budget, we can't start with an increase in our own budget." With all Democrats opposed to the bill, the swing votes came from eleven GOP budget hawks. It went down to defeat by a narrow margin of three votes.
Gingrich was furious. A few minutes after the vote, he announced an unusual mandatory meeting of all House Republicans in the caucus room right outside the House chamber. The session was going to begin with a roll-call and the Speaker threatened to send the sergeant-at-arms to round up any absent GOP congressman. Once the meeting started, Gingrich fumed. "The eleven geniuses who thought they knew more than the rest of the Congress are going to come up and explain their votes," he said. It was an unusual step and one that seemed to be motivated mostly by anger. It even surprised the more senior members of Congress, none of whom had ever heard of anyone being asked to explain their vote in this way to the entire caucus. Gingrich's goal was to humiliate, and he derisively referring to the dissenting members as "you conservatives," as if they were a distinctly different and unacceptable breed of Republican. He derided them for not being team players and threatened to delay a two-week recess until each of those members explained himself and until the leadership had enough votes to pass the committee bill.
Rep. Steve Largent of Oklahoma, former wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks, pushed back. "The Speaker tonight talked about the eleven of us letting the team down. The more significant question and the question that never gets asked in Washington, D.C., is whose teams are we on?"
Many in the room began to nod their heads. The mood had turned against Gingrich. When he was done speaking, Largent received enthusiastic applause from most of the Republicans present. Gingrich never tried a stunt like that again.
Instead, he worked behind the scenes – and not for the last time – to upset the plans of the fiscal conservatives. He struck a deal with the eleven GOP budget-cutters to freeze committee budgets for 30 days so a compromise could eventually be reached. But instead of negotiating in good faith with the conservatives, Gingrich used that delay to cut deals with a handful of Republicans eager to increase spending. In the end, the committee budgets went up by roughly the amount originally proposed.
The next battle was over the federal budget. The 1997 budget deal that Gingrich helped craft was replete with retreats on budget discipline. The spending caps that were in place in the Contract with America budget were abandoned: the 1997 budget ended up hiking overall discretionary spending by 11.5%. The GOP talking points on the budget compromise reminded reporters that the agreement gave Clinton less than he'd asked for. That's certainly true. But Republicans voluntarily gave up more of their own territory than Clinton did and much of it was encouraged by Gingrich.
Then came the highway bill in 1998. It, too, was a bloated and very expensive venture that highlighted the disconnect between the rhetoric of budget cutting and the reality of what was being pushed. When budget committee chairman John Kasich urged Gingrich to help him persuade members of the Congress to shave off some of the spending, Gingrich shut him down. The bill passed, as these things often do, largely as a result of the hundreds of earmarks stuffed into the bill.
The final straw for many was the 1998 budget. When Kasich presented a budget that harkened back to the Contract with America days and included real budget cuts, Gingrich lambasted the budget-cutters in a closed-door meeting. Gingrich's pushback against fiscal conservatives was a prelude to Congress, a few weeks before the midterm elections of 1998, passing a budget that hiked non-defense discretionary spending by over 5% that year – twice the 1997 budget deal's increase – and funded a record amount of pork-barrel projects. It was in every way a rout of the very ideals that won the GOP a majority in Congress in the first place. When presented with an option by then-Rep. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma and a number of other conservatives in the House to offset some of these hikes with spending cuts in other parts of the budget, Gingrich nixed the idea outright.
Today, the nostalgia many seem to have for Gingrich's days as leader of the House greatly clouds the reality of how conservatives actually felt about him after 1996. As Robert Novak reported at the time, on the first business day after the 1997 budget deal was announced the switchboard of the Republican national headquarters was swamped with calls from rank-and-rile GOP voters protesting the budget "sellout." The 1998 election was seen then as a referendum on Gingrich's attack-Clinton-but-spend–like-him strategy. Conservatives were already pondering whether a world without a Republican congressional majority would be all that bad. As George Will speculated in an October 1998 column, "it is unclear that having more Republicans in Congress would be good for either the Constitution or conservatism." Two weeks before election day 1998, Gingrich grandiosely predicted that his new approach to governing would gain anywhere between 10 and 40 seats. Republicans actually lost three seats, narrowing their majority to five votes in the House. Gingrich stepped down from his Speaker post three days later.
Simply put, anyone who seeks to base Newt Gingrich's sincerity to the cause of restraining government simply cannot use much of his tenure as Speaker of the House as their basis for that conclusion. A look at the historical record alone should be enough to give pause to anyone who thinks of Gingrich as someone with a long record of leadership in the cause of smaller government. It instead indicates that he was more often part of the problem than the solution.


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Big willy, I'm fuckin' whores
Since a youngin' grabbed the pistol, skipped the chores
Hit the weed and said "It's on"
Got with my older Loc's they threw your boy a zone
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But I shoot fast like athletes
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Smashin' on a 110
Empty most of the clip, shit only got one sin
Where's Waldo at? Put this bitch to his lens
Got the dimes all wrapped, on his block like you're still friends
Still low from the po-po, no L's in the Volvo
Mask on catch a photo when my glove's wrapped around the 4-4
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Caught a statuatory rape cause the steak wasn't mature
I'm laid out by the lake, you lay with inflatable mates
I lace my shoes tight and ready for the paper chase
I like my girls with African bodies and Asian face
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Every single person rockin' leather
Cheddar attatched, my mental is hatched from the medicine cabinet
Rock a shirt, got the pattern of the wilderness habitat
I make kids, NFL ready
Yours are 23 wearin' bibs slurping spaghetti
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Don't even look us in the eye
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The east and west coast connect on the 8th track of Rare Chandeliers, as Bronsolino hooks up with T.D.E.'s resident party man Puffy Q. Production, as with the rest of the mixtape, has Alchemist on the boards.
They don't need no hook for this shit…
I was at the studio, and he came through. I didn't really know who he was. We had heard of each other, but we didn't really know each other like that. We clicked, we vibed. I made lamb chops and shit, and he was lovin' 'em. That's my man at the end of the day, now. That's the homie. He's the man. He fuckin' murdered that joint. I'm glad that we have that song.
We don't have anything right now planned, but anything can happen. Ab-Soul and ScHoolboy, those are the people that I actually know [out of that camp], and I fuck with them heavy. So of course, we're gonna work again in the future


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Hagel discusses role of women in combat
U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel held a closed discussion with female Marines on what their military experience has been like during a visit Wednesday to Camp Lejeune.
Hagel took a tour of an urban warfare training facility aboard Camp Geiger as 183 students from the School of Infantry East demonstrated tactics, techniques and procedures.
After the training, Hagel met with more than a dozen female Marines of various ranks for a closed discussion on the opening of combat roles to women. The group also talked about the sexual assault and sexual harassment problem military branches are facing, said a female Marine who participated. The female Marineswere given anonymity to facilitate an open and honest conversation, according to military officials.
�He wanted to hear exactly what female Marines thought,� the female Marine said. �My personal opinion is that (integration) is moving too fast � this is a great opportunity, but a standard must be set that everyone has to meet � moving too quickly is going to cause harm.�
On June 18, the individual branches of the armed forces released their implementation plans for integrating women into combat roles that are presently off limits. The Marine Corps has identified 70,000 billets that were closed to the assignment of women due to the 1994 Direct Ground Combat Definition and Assignment Rule. The deadline for implementation is Jan. 1, 2016.
Holly Wingler, a female Marine veteran of Iraq who did not attend Wednesday�s discussion, said women in combat is the worst decision the military could make.
�Women can do it, but it doesn�t mean they should,� said Wingler, a former combat engineer. �Human nature is for a man to protect a female. I see that causing a problem with mission accomplishment.�
In addition to being a logistical nightmare, Wingler said, men will slow down and hesitate to make sure that a woman is OK before he will do so for a man.
�Hesitation gets people killed in combat,� Wingler said. �Some women want to prove they are good enough, but they�ve already done more than 98 percent of the population just by serving. And for those that forgot � being a female in the military isn�t about doing a man�s job. It�s about serving your country.�
Pentagon Press Secretary George Little said Hagel�s visit Wednesday was a �listening tour.�
�He wants to hear directly from female Marines on what life in the military is like and what the rewards and challenges are,� Little said.
Due to time restrictions, Hagel did not talk to media present at the event.
Prior to visiting Camp Geiger, Hagel toured Marine Special Operations Command at Stone Bay during his U.S. tour of military installations.
Hagel was scheduled to return to Washington Friday.
Contact Jacksonville Daily News Military Reporter Thomas Brennan at 910-219-8453 or email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @ thomasjbrennan.


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Dear OncoLink "Ask The Experts,"
My mother was diagnosed with breast cancer in '99. She had a lumpectomy followed by 4 cycles of chemo (Taxol) and radiation therapy. The doctor told her the cancer was gone and she regularly did checkups. About 2 months ago my mother noticed her breast becoming red, swollen, and a rash developing. She had a biopsy done and she was diagnosed with Inflammatory Breast Cancer. She did a CAT scan and the cancer is in her right breast and right lung. My question to you is what is the best and most effective treatment for this? She is now on 2 types of chemo: Taxol and 1 other that I cannot recall. I am anxiously waiting for your response.
Kevin Fox, MD, Assistant Director, Clinical Affairs and Associate Professor of Hematology/Oncology at the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania, responds:
Although I have not reviewed the pathology and it is beyond the scope of this service to give medical advice, assuming the limited clinical information given here is correct you seem to be describing a situation of metastatic cancer to breast and lung. This should be treated as metastatic breast cancer, and possibly not "inflammatory" cancer per se. Generally in our practice she would receive some chemotherapy regimen. A "best" regimen has not been described, but some combination of taxotere/adriamycin or taxol/adriamycin might be considered. Tumor tissue should be checked for "HER-2" over expression if it hasn't already been done.


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Lindsay Lohan's Lawyer's Loopy Legal Argument Laced With Lifted Language?
from the why-don't-you-come-to-your-senses deptNow here's a weird one. THResq has a report concerning Lindsay Lohan's lawyer in her ridiculous case against the rapper Pitbull. That lawyer has now been accused of plagiarizing most of a recent filing which tried to argue that Pitbull's First Amendment rights weren't an issue in the case. If you don't remember, Lohan sued Pitbull because he had a lyric in a song that reads "I got it locked up like Lindsay Lohan." According to Lohan's lawyer, this violates her publicity rights under NY state law. Publicity rights, of course, are a relatively recent phenomenon, found in various states, that are now being abused widely by semi-famous people to try to stop others from talking about them.
Lohan's lawyers seem to be particularly enamored with using publicity rights claims in new and increasingly bizarre ways. She's sued E*Trade for one of its commercials that refers to a baby named Lindsay and says she's a "milkaholic." Despite no other connection to Lohan, her lawyer insisted this was a violation of her publicity rights. Then there was the time that she threatened the jewelry store from which she took a necklace, leading to her arrest. What was the threat about? Believe it or not, the claim was that the video store surveillance footage was a violation of her publicity rights. Yeah.
Either way, Pitbull's lawyers filed their motion to dismiss (pdf) not too long ago, arguing that Lohan failed to state a legitimate claim:
... the First Amendment bars her claims because the Song is protected artistic expression. Moreover, the incidental use of Ms. Lohan's name was not for advertising and trade purposes and therefore is not proscribed by Section 51 as a matter of plain and unmistakable law. Ms. Lohan's remaining causes of action are equally baseless, since she has not -- and cannot -- allege facts warranting injunctive relief, monetary damages for severe emotional trauma or a finding of unjust enrichment.Honestly, this should be a pretty easy case to dismiss, and I'd be surprised if the judge let it go much further. However, Lohan's lawyer, Stephanie Ovadia responded to that with an opposition filing that rambles on bizarrely about a variety of topics from the First Amendment to publicity rights to trademark law to consciousness (seriously, see below), with little effort to actually explain what that has to do with the case. For example, there are random discussions of "non-verbal expression," tattoos, inciting lawless behavior, trademark infringement, celebrity look-alikes and whether or not any of that is covered by the First Amendment. Of course, absolutely none of that has anything whatsoever to do with the case at hand or the issues it raises. Nor does Ovadia even attempt to try to connect these issues to the case.
There are also just some outright bizarre parts in the filing:
The threshold of consciousness is the dividing line between something that can be processed by the conscious mind and something that enters the subconscious mind without any such processing. A hidden message is not intense enough to produce a sensation but has sufficient intensity to influence the behavior and mental processes of one's mind. The decisions the conscious mind makes are based upon the knowledge and reasoning skills one has developed through experience and education....It goes on in the same manner for a few more sentences, never once even coming anywhere near a legal point, nor referencing any part of the case.
Pitbull's lawyers quickly hit back with a filing (pdf) and exhibit (pdf) of their own, noting that Lohan's filing doesn't actually address the pretty clear legal issues raised in their initial motion... and also pointing out that perhaps the reason the filing is so nonsensical is because nearly all of it is plagiarized from random web sources, which they highlight in a handy chart. That bizarre quoted text above apparently comes from the Thinkquest library, which appears to be a project of the Oracle Education Foundation, and whose content is "created by students around the world who have participated in a ThinkQuest Competition."
Other sources include a bunch of copied paragraphs from the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression (who, I would guess, would likely come down on Pitbull's side in this case), the LA Times, the Association for Corporate Counsel's website, some presentation about publicity rights found on Docstoc, some law firm websites and a variety of other sources. I'm not a lawyer, but it's not hard to read the filing and wonder what the hell Ovadia was thinking. As THResq wonders, beyond helping to make sure that this case is unlikely to live much longer, the cutting-and-pasting throughout the legal filing might actually expose Lohan and Ovadia to copyright infringement charges themselves, especially from the law firms whose content was copied.
Update: Eriq Gardner, who wrote the THResq story has an update:
Reached for comment, Ovadia's office pointed the finger at Anand Ahuja, of counsel at the firm, who wrote the brief.None of that makes Ovadia or her law firm look very good. First, I love the finger pointing between the two lawyers in the press. It's like reality TV inside a law firm. Second, Ovadia's name is on the filing. It doesn't matter if Ahuja wote it, she should have read it and realized that it was almost entirely nonsensical. Third, I don't know how they write "drafts" but cutting and pasting huge chunks of totally irrelevant information -- including a treatise on consciousness, just doesn't seem like a particularly reasonable practice.
Ahuja was contacted too and says that he turned in "4 or 5 drafts to Stephanie, who looks like somehow by mistake submitted the first one."
He adds that typically his first draft includes footnotes and references and that it gets amended along the way, but that the submission was turned in past the judge's deadline, stripped of his footnotes, and that it was Ovadia's job to review it before signing and filing the document.
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Shin Na Ra, a woman who is almost thirty welcomes her boyfriend of ten years back from his business trip. During their dinner, he tells her that he not only had an affair but fell in love with another woman. Thus their relationship is no more. To make herself feel better, Na Ra drinks a large amount of alcohol and unknowingly dropped the ring her ex-boyfriend gave her into a random strangers cup. The stranger, In-Jae, drinks the shot without seeing the ring and both of them end up in the hospital.
To support herself, Na Ra pretends to be her 20 years old sister in order to work as a cosmetic clerk at Mi-Rae (the woman her ex-boyfriend fell in love with)s shop but fate has brought In-Jae to the shop to. Thus began their surprising journey of love, where In-Jae is in love with Mi-Rae too.
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Stat Priority | Patch 2.10.1
Managing Primary (Aim, Cunning, Strength, Willpower) and Secondary (Accuracy, Critical Rating, Surge Rating, Power, Alacrity) stats is critical for maximizing your character. Mastering your Character Stats helps you pick gear and will improve your overall effectiveness as a Lethality spec Sniper (Imperial Agent.)
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Cunning >= Accuracy (110%) > Surge (70%) > Power > Crit (25%) > Alacrity
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Cunning: Increases the damage and healing done by your abilities and slightly improves your Critical Chance. Accuracy Rating: Increases the chance that your attacks will successfully hit your target. Critical Rating: Increases your chance for scoring a critical hit. A base critical hit does an additional 50% damage/healing for a minimum of 150% damage/healing on a critical attack. Surge Rating: Increases the multiplier for damage done by a critical hit. Surge increases the amount of additional damage/healing done by a critical hit by up to an additional 50% damage/healing for critical hits that do up to 200% damage/healing. Power/Tech Power: Increases the damage/healing done by your abilities. Alacrity Rating: Reduces the activation time of abilities with a case time, reduces the global cooldown for instant abilities, and increases resource regeneration.


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migya wrote:Boxscores, but a guy that scores a point a minute and almost a rebound a minute in the time he did get can't be a negative on the court. How can he?
I'm not the only one on here that was pro Diogu, Colt watched the games and constantly said that it was awful how Diogu only got short minutes with how good he played. Diogo couldn't have been that bad
You say he didn't get a fair opportunity here...and he couldn't have been THAT bad.
What about in Indiana? What about in Portland? You gotta think there's gotta be a reason why he's been in the league 4 years and been on 4 different teams.
He just ain't got IT. Whether it's a mental thing, a physical thing, or a combination thereof, the man ain't got what it takes to do it.


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Get to know candidates for senate and house
Brief questionnaire sheds light on Valdez issues
In the coming weeks, Valdez voters will be looking to get better acquainted with the candidates that are hoping to represent the citizenry in the Alaska House of Representatives and the State Senate. The new house and senate districts that include Valdez are vast areas and include communities that are hundreds of miles away; the candidates running for these seats in the upcoming primary election also live hundreds of miles away.
Many of the candidates have said they are planning to attend Gold Rush Days this week, in hopes of getting to know the people of Valdez. Additionally, the Valdez Star and KCHU news director Tony Gorman are hosting a face-to-face "Meet the Candidates" forum in Valdez this coming August, 23. All candidates for House District 6 and Senate District C have been invited to this forum that is open to the public.
In a further effort to help voters get to know these candidates for house and senate before then, the Valdez Star asked each candidate to give readers a snapshot of who they are. Each candidate was asked to provide the same biographical information and briefly answer two relevant questions. The answers each candidate gave are printed inside this week's edition. The information on each candidate is printed in the order it was returned – first come, first serve - by the candidates.
District 6 Candidates for House of Representatives
Jamey Duhamel is 36 years old and is currently a community organizer. She has lived in Alaska 30-plus years. She said in her questionnaire, " I was born on Elmendorf AFB before my father was re-assigned out of state for 6 years. We returned to Alaska in 1983."
She has never before held an elective office.
Why do you want to represent Valdez and the rest of District 6 in the Alaska House of Representatives?
I am a life-long Alaskan and mother of four sons. I have dedicated my life to improving the futures of families and communities and want to continue my life's work in Juneau. I firmly believe that a representative should serve the needs and concerns of the people and families within her district above all other influences. I know firsthand the day-to-day struggles we all go through to put food on the table, a roof over our heads, and provide the best education possible for our children.
Our district is facing a crucial time for making smart decisions that make long-term economic sense. Development of energy resources should create family-wage jobs while protecting the sustainable resources that make this an incredible place to live. Our children's education should be a top priority and should adequately prepare them for the variety of jobs Alaska will have waiting for them.
When we make decisions that benefit the day-to-day lives of families first, we end up making smarter choices that serve the long term health of the entire state. What is good for families is good for all of Alaska.
Please learn more about me, and share with me your vision for a healthy future.
What, if any, plan do you back to develop Alaska's North Slope natural gas reserves?
I support an All-Alaska LNG Gasline! Extracting the stranded natural gas from the North Slope and piping it to Valdez for export to Asian markets makes the most economic sense for Alaska. Valdez has the building and road foundations, the only highly accessible deep water port, and the perfect location to make this project a winner for families, the City of Valdez, and all of Alaska. The long term increased revenues to the entire state will make the City of Valdez an indispensible asset. I will fight to make this project a reality.
George Rauscher is 55 years old and says he is a business owner in the maintenance construction field. In his questionnaire he said "I have lived in this District 6 region for 35 years."
His previously held elected positions include four years as chairman of the Sutton Town Council, Delegate to the State Convention 2012 representing District 6, Delegate to the Republican National Convention in Tampa Florida 2012, Director - Alpine Historical Park and Director – Alaska Eaglecrest Youth Ministries.
Why do you want to represent Valdez and the rest of District 6 in the Alaska House of Representatives?
I have a proven track record of getting large projects accomplished in our community, interacting with state, borough, and different commissions to go beyond their "stated confines" of bureaucratic red tape, in order to get things done. Under my administration the battle was fought and won by the community to be able to responsibly extract coal from our coal fields.
As I travel up and down our district, I see family after family striving to meet the high cost of fuel for heating, electric, and transportation. I intent to continue to seek new alternatives for fuel, like coal and hydro, but we must also strive to present gas as a serious competitor to oil, as completion will help lower the price to the consumer at retail.
What, if any, plan do you back to develop Alaska's North Slope natural gas reserves?
I support representing all the people in my district; from Palmer/Fishhook through Glennallen, to Delta and Valdez. And the only plan that services all those people in my district is "The All Alaskan Pipeline to Valdez" with off-takes for the communities I represent.
Unlike chances gone by in the past, I will "protect" and "defend", "every chance" for our gas-line to remain a "viable option" at the bargaining table, fighting diligently for all funding needed to put our best foot forward and remain at the top of our competition.
Eric A. Feige is 51 years old. He is the current representative of District 6 in the Alaska House. He is also a commercial pilot. He has lived in Alaska for 17 years and had never held a public office before he was elected to the House of Representatives in 2010.
Why do you want to represent Valdez and the rest of District 6 in the Alaska House of Representatives?
There is still work to do. Between lowering oil taxes and moving a large diameter pipeline project forward, I expect to be in a prime position as Co-Chairman of the Resources Committee to make it happen. These last two years have given me an even greater appreciation for the needs of our district. I look forward to effectively allocating our financial resources to bring better quality of life and cheaper energy to the district. Another term will give me the time to follow through on the Tiekel River hydro potential and work to finish (Valdez) projects like the Small Boat Harbor Expansion and the Senior Center renovations. I've proven that I can do the job, in all its facets, and look forward to putting my several years experience in the seat to good use. These are critical times ahead for our state and I believe we need calm, yet resolute, leaders who think and make good decisions before they act to solve those issues.
What, if any, plan do you back to develop Alaska's North Slope natural gas reserves?
I believe that a large diameter natural gas pipeline that terminates at an LNG facility in the Valdez area best serves the Alaskan people by monetizing the North Slope gas reserves and economically delivering cheaper energy to the most Alaskans.
Senate District C Candidates
Ralph Seekins is 67 years of age and is President/Owner of Seekins Ford-Lincoln in Fairbanks. He has lived in Alaska 38 years. He is a former member of the Alaska State Senate and a Republican National Committeeman for Alaska.
Why do you want to represent Valdez and District C?
We've lost our edge in developing our resources. We're no closer to an All Alaska gas line to Valdez and restoring our oil production bringing good jobs to Valdez and all District C. The current Alaska Senate just keeps kicking those cans down the road.
Does it make sense to vote for another candidate who will join that Senate group?
I'm the real Republican choice – a pro-development, pro-family, pro-life, less-government candidate, with a state-wide and national career track record of getting things done. I can provide the energy, commitment, and leadership to get things done. Together, we can fix this.
What, if any, plan do you back to develop Alaska's North Slope natural gas reserves?
The gas is there – hundreds of trillions of cubic feet worth. A huge Pacific Rim market exists. The only way to get our gas to that market is by large diameter pipeline to the port city of Valdez (with take-offs for in-state use), liquefy it, and transport it by ship to the buyers. But, if we don't get in gear, someone else will beat us to that market – again. If nobody else will build it, Alaska should and then sell it to an operating company. We develop gas reserves by building a delivery system that gets it to market.
Anne Sudkamp is 51 years old and is retired from the University of Alaska Anchorage and Fairbanks. She is also a small business owner, Sudkamp Design. She says she's lived in Alaska 48 years. She has never held an elected position in government, but was elected as council member for the International Arctic Social Sciences Association in 2004 and 2008; and council member for state project administrators, National Science Foundation Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, 2007 and 2009.
Why do you want to represent Valdez and District C?
Alaska has been good to my family – from our first beginnings in 1964 to today – and it's time I give back.
What, if any, plan do you back to develop Alaska's North Slope natural gas reserves?
Natural gas will be a solution to many of our current energy issues, from lowering the cost of heating to becoming another energy export. I will push for the legislation needed to get that gas moving south.
Click Bishop is 55 years old. He lists his occupation as miner/ active retired Operating Engineer Local 302. He said he lived in Alaska off and on since 1959, 1974 until present. He has never held an elected office.
Why do you want to represent Valdez and District C?
I have a 40 + year history living and working along the Richardson Highway. Because of that, I have acquired many long standing friendships with co-workers and acquaintances in that region and across District C. I have the unique ability to understand the working relationship between the employers and workers who serve this state, and want to use this for the betterment of District C and Alaska.
What, if any, plan do you back to develop Alaska's North Slope natural gas reserves?
I believe the project that brings the best outcome for all Alaskans is the LNG route from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez with a spur line to Southcentral. The most affordable gas for the Alaskan consumer will be gas from a large diameter pipeline.
Our state cannot wait any longer on project studies; it has been Valdez for 25 years. In 1980 Green Construction Company cleared 800 acres for the ALPETCO chemical plant in anticipation for the impending gasline to Valdez. That, in and of itself, is just one example of economic diversification. With a gasline to tide water in Valdez we will grow our economic base in ways even the smartest minds can't foresee now.
Study Hall is over! Build it now. If it takes some capitalization from the state to get this project over the top, then let's do it.
As Commissioner of Labor in 2008 I spoke to the Valdez community. I laid out a compressive over view of the states' gasline training plan. We are far better suited for maximizing Alaska hire today, than we were in 1974 for the construction of TAPS.
I would welcome the opportunity to speak to the Valdez community in greater detail on the entire spectrum of the gasline construction. I am ready, at your request, to do so. But, in my humble opinion, we have been talking way too long. Study Hall is over! Lets' build it. Alaska and Alaskans cannot wait any longer.
Candidate David Eastman did not return the questionnaire.


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Traveling with a Companion Animal with Cancer
Dear OncoLink "Ask the Experts,"
I have a question. My parents have a cat that has cancer of the liver. She is currently getting chemotherapy once every 3 weeks. They are going to be traveling around the country in an R.V. soon with the cat. They are trying to figure out how to make sure the cat receives her chemo treatments as needed. What is the best way they can go about doing this?
Thank you.
Lili Duda, VMD, Editor of the OncoLink Veterinary Oncology Section Menu, responds:
Continuity of care is quite important when treating cats with cancer. Having consistent evaluation of a cat's progress and condition are essential. Additionally, not every veterinarian is capable of administering chemotherapy for a variety of reasons. The only suggestion I can make is for the owners to call veterinarians in all the locations where they will be when the cat is due for treatments or reevaluations.
If the veterinarians are willing to participate in this endeavor, then they should have their primary veterinarian call all the other veterinarians to fill them in on the cat's history. The owners should get copies of the cat's medical records, as well as a written update report from each veterinarian at the time of the visit, letting the next veterinarian know what treatments have been done, how the cat's doing, and what tests are needed. Frankly, this situation may be very difficult to coordinate. They should be prepared for the possibility of traveling with a sick cat, and/or to stay in one location if the cat requires hospitalization.


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Agency chiefs may face working closer to home
TALLAHASSEE -- Most agency heads and other top state workers would be required to live near the state capital and compile reports every three months of how much they spend on job-related travel under a budget proposal released Friday by the Florida House.
The effort comes in response to a series of stories by the Miami Herald/St. Petersburg Times Tallahassee Bureau detailing the travel costs of three agency directors under Gov. Charlie Crist. In each case, records showed a pattern of commuting to the person's hometown on the weekends.
"We've seen a lot of reports of agency heads working weekdays in Tallahassee and then doing a lot of travel to their places of residence," said House budget chief David Rivera, R-Miami. "I think a lot of taxpayers want to know that the agency heads are working and living in the Tallahassee area."
In late January, Department of Juvenile Justice Secretary Frank Peterman reimbursed the state $25,630 in expenses that Crist's chief inspector general found unjustified. Most of the travel tab was for commercial flights between Tallahassee and Tampa; Peterman's family and primary home are in St. Petersburg.
The House proposal requires most agency heads appointed after July 1 to "establish a permanent residency in or within 50 miles of Leon County." All three parole commissioners and the five Public Service commissioners would also have to live close to the capital.
Agency directors also would have to submit a quarterly report of all travel expenses to legislative leaders. Reports would include the justification for each trip, the amount of hotel expenses, the distance traveled and the method of travel.
The legislation spells out 20 state agencies the rules would apply to, leaving out Cabinet-level posts such as attorney general and chief financial officer. A handful of other agencies would also be exempt, though it's unclear why.
Though the bill is not retroactive, most current directors are Tallahassee residents. Only four maintain homestead exemptions and are registered to vote outside Leon County: Peterman, State Surgeon General Ana Viamonte Ros, Elder Affairs chief Douglas Beach and Secretary of State Kurt Browning, who rents a townhouse in Tallahassee.
In a phone interview, Crist said he did not yet have a reaction to the proposal.
In addition to Peterman, the Times/Herald chronicled the travel patterns of Viamonte Ros, who oversees the Department of Health, and Beach.
The state paid for 55 weekend trips to Miami for Viamonte Ros during her three-year tenure. Beach was reimbursed for more than 80 trips with some time in the Orlando area, near his Winter Park home. Each trip coincided with an official function but also allowed extended weekends at home.
The surgeon general's $3,600 average monthly travel tab far exceeds those of Peterman ($1,800) and Beach ($2,100). Her agency also has the second-largest number of state workers.
Peterman owns a house in Tallahassee and a homestead property in St. Pete where his family lives. Viamonte Ros and Beach each rent apartments in Tallahassee. All are registered to vote in their respective hometowns.
Sen. JD Alexander, the Senate's budget chairman, said he also plans to curtail agency travel. He wants to encourage conference calls instead of traveling to meetings and reduce all travel budgets by an equal amount. But he said he would consider the residency requirement.
"Clearly we don't need folks jumping on airplanes and going home," Alexander said, or ''manufacturing meetings'' to get a state-funded weekend with family.
Sen. Victor Crist, a Tampa Republican who oversees Peterman's budget, said his travel expenses "looked exceptionally high at a time when we need to be conserving." But, the senator said he is unsure if he would support the residency requirement.
In addition to Peterman, his chief of staff Kelly Layman is also facing budget heat. Orlando Rep. Sandy Adams, who writes the criminal justice budget for the House, has recommended eliminating her position, which pays $137,000 in salary and benefits. Adams also suggested removing the chief of staff for the Department of Corrections, Bonnie Rogers, who makes $147,000 in salary and benefits. The Senate has not included those cuts in its budget.


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Thursday, August 28, 2008
Us Open : Safina Soars into the Third RoundPosted by Just Tennis at 10:50 AM
Dinara Safina took the court of Arthur Ashe Stadium with an unwavering focus which, with the exception of brief moments in the middle of both sets, she maintained in her second round match vs. Roberta Vinci of Italy. It paid off with a 6-4, 6-3 win to advance the Russian to the third round.
No. 6 seed Safina, the runner-up at this year's French Open, showed off powerful baseline shots and an equally powerful serve, racking up six aces.
Vinci brought a slightly better net game, edging Safina in that category. However, Safina stayed on her game, clenching her first with every point won. While Vinci actually committed fewer forced errors (14 to her opponent's 18), her game was far more uneven. Down 0-3, with vocal support from her packed friends and family box, Vinci fought her way to get even and put the match at 4-4.
Then, up 5-4 and down 15-0 in the game, Safina smashed an overhead shot sending it ricocheting off the seats behind the court, as if telling the Italian that she would not be beaten, and quickly turning the score around to take the game and the set.
In the second set, Safina quickly went up 4-1 and shortly thereafter won two consecutive challenges, challenging calls on the right baseline. As the second call was overturned she turned to the chair umpire and shrugged. Within moments, Vinci challenged a call on the same baseline, which was also overturned on replay. Following that game, the judge changed his position.
With Safina serving for the match, Vinci hung in, taking the score to 15-40 before relinquishing the game and the match.
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Lillian L. Leppke vs. Marilyn K. and Harold E. Heier; summary judgment and attorney fees for Leppke reversed by Kansas Court of Appeals and case remanded for further proceedings Sept. 13.
PHH Mortgage Corporation vs. Darrel E. Sattler, et al, 511 N. Locust St., Peabody; judgment of $80,441 made Oct. 16 in favor of plaintiff.
Colby Jackson Hett vs. Breanna Lynn Hett, petition for divorce dismissed Oct. 23.
Lesa L. Jost vs. Kenny C. Jost, protection from abuse order dismissed Oct. 24.
Cardie Oil vs. Marc Gautshi, 661 80th St., Walton, judgment of $996 made Sept. 30 in favor of plaintiff.
Newton Healthcare Corporation vs. Tena C. Luna and Jamey E. Luna, 2209 S. Kanza Rd., Hillsboro; judgment of $1,215 made Sept. 30 in favor of plaintiff.
Newton Healthcare Corporation vs. Carrie Lyn Newell and Ryan J. Newell, 1001 Tanglewood Dr., Marion; judgment of $500 made in favor of plaintiff Sept. 30.
Newton Healthcare Corporation vs. Kimberly K. Nunn and David Nunn, 814 Peabody Ave., Lot G, Peabody; judgment of $125 made Sept. 30 in favor of plaintiff.
Peggy A. Estey granted letters of guardianship, appointed guardian of Christina Janzen Oct. 21.