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Thursday, July 15, 2010
Free Quilt Tutorial: The Road Trip Quilt
55 comments:
- TJ and Whitnee said...
Great tutorial Allison! I'd like to share a link on sewwhattoday.blogspot.com on July 16!
- July 15, 2010 at 9:06 AM
- p.s.phyllis sews said...
I love the simplicity of this quilt. Thanks so much for sharing. Also, love the fabric. So adorable.
- July 15, 2010 at 9:29 AM
- Paige said...
Thanks for posting this - I really love the simplicity with these fabrics.
- July 15, 2010 at 9:54 AM
- Lisa said...
What a fun easy quilt. I will definitely put this on the list of options for a couple of shower gifts coming up this year! Thanks for the tutorial!!!
- July 15, 2010 at 10:17 AM
- Leslie said...
this such a fun tutorial for such a cute little quilt.
- July 15, 2010 at 11:07 AM
- teedle. said...
What a great little quilt! A perfect day project!
- July 15, 2010 at 12:02 PM
- Amy said...
This is super cute! thanks for sharing!
I just finished a quilt for one of my daughters using the orange quilt tutorial. Here's the link if you want to check it out.
I am so happy with how it turned out, thanks for sharing the tutorial!
- July 15, 2010 at 12:21 PM
- Andrea said...
Great quilt!!
I'm starting a new sew along, come check it out at TheTrainToCrazy.com!
- July 15, 2010 at 1:01 PM
- Tasha said...
Love love love this one.
- July 15, 2010 at 1:36 PM
- Brenda said...
Thanks for sharing how to make this quilt, it looks fantastic and I'd love to give it a go......now that I can see what to do!
- July 15, 2010 at 3:05 PM
- patsy said...
GREAT tutorial here!!
I am makin' this baby-
I LOVE that fabric & I've been eyeing it for some time now :)
- July 15, 2010 at 3:20 PM
- kersten said...
Love it!
- July 15, 2010 at 6:50 PM
- S. said...
Thanks for sharing this tutorial. Your finished quilt is adorable!
- July 15, 2010 at 9:41 PM
- Bec Clarke said...
That is so great, I have some fat 1/8ths that I am sure I can do that with and I have been looking for the right project for them.
- July 16, 2010 at 1:49 AM
- semicrunchymama said...
I love these fabrics, I love this quilt, and I love this tutorial! I've never made a quilt before, but I want to try, and I'm thinking that this pattern may very well wind up being my first attempt!
- July 16, 2010 at 5:33 AM
- Barb said...
How cute is that! I think I will have to use this pattern for the next baby quilt I need to make. Thanks.
- July 16, 2010 at 6:25 AM
- Laurel said...
I went over to Burgundy Buttons excited to order lots of fabric for $3.25/yd! After placing a rather large order I realized it is $3.25 per 1/2 yd. Not per yard. OOPS! You might want to change your referral so that others don't make the same mistake.
- July 16, 2010 at 9:23 AM
- peppermintpatcher said...
You've made fabulous use of this fabric. I love your quilt.
- July 16, 2010 at 2:20 PM
- Kim said...
This is so cute! I'm hoping to go fabric shopping tomorrow and I might have to buy some to make this. I have a baby gift to make and this would be perfect! For true beginner quilters like me, how much fabric should I get for the backing and binding? I'm thinking a yard for the back but probably need some extra for the quilting process so 1 1/4 yards? Would love any input on this. Thanks!
- July 16, 2010 at 6:42 PM
- Rinachiyya said...
Thanks for the tutorial .
I knew it was easy to do and it will be great to make one after a difficult quilt.
- July 17, 2010 at 1:11 PM
- Brenda said...
Love it! Can't wait to make it -thanks for sharing!
- July 17, 2010 at 7:34 PM
- Cat said...
I love it. Thanks for the tutorial. I've always wanted to make a quilt and have yet to do so. You are inspiring me! (found your blog from another--not sure where ;)
- July 18, 2010 at 8:49 AM
- Magnolia Bay Quilts said...
What an adorable quilt! You're so sweet to share it. Love the fabrics you used. And the quilting really looks nice!
- July 20, 2010 at 4:40 AM
- Larri @ Seams Inspired said...
Your tutorial is great and the quilt is fabulous! I think I could actually do this. It's on my To Sew/Quilt list. Thanks for sharing. I'm your newest follower. Found you at Sew What. Happy Friday and Happy Sewing! :o)
- July 23, 2010 at 7:30 AM
- thebirdlady said...
What a great quilt and pattern! I know the cars are Riley Blake, can I ask what the other fabrics are?
- July 23, 2010 at 7:46 AM
- Sandi D said...
Oooh, I'm using another one of your patterns...
using Michael Miller fabric...guitars. Thank you for posting it...its right up my alley!
- July 23, 2010 at 11:02 AM
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Oh so giftable, I love it! Thanks so much, I'll be linking.
- July 23, 2010 at 12:03 PM
- Carole Ann said...
So beautiful! Thanks for sharing!
- July 25, 2010 at 6:58 PM
- Brandy said...
Fantastic! but I have the dumbest question ever - when you sew the pieces together are you overlapping them somehow? I have never quilted and don't really understand that step.
- July 26, 2010 at 2:29 PM
- Linda said...
I also would like to know what other prints you used. Yours is so cute, I want to make sure mine is equally cute.
- July 28, 2010 at 11:48 AM
- Shirley said...
I so love this quilt (and your blog!). Every day starts with a check to see what you've posted. I am having a hard time finding the polka dot fabrics, especially the yellow and the two tone dots. Since I don't have a creative bone in my body, I'm hoping maybe you'll remember which fabrics these are? Thanks again for such a wonderful blog and sharing your awesome talents.
- July 28, 2010 at 4:07 PM
- Brandy said...
Ok 0 I'm totally going to try this a my first quilt EVER - I found a fat quarter bundle with 6 fabrics in it - can I use that material. I'm so DUMB at this!
- August 2, 2010 at 11:55 AM
- webbs said...
cute kid quilt. but you're right, quilting in straight lines is SO BORING!! thanks as always for the great ideas and tutorials.
- August 10, 2010 at 10:41 AM
- di said...
I just love this quilt and thanks so much for such a great tutorial! This is the third quilt I have ever made and it was a great learning project for me. I finally got to hand-deliver it to it recipient yesterday and shared the story about this quilt on my blog here:
Thanks again for such a wonderful quilt tutorial and I will be making this one again for sure!!!! :-)
- November 6, 2010 at 11:50 AM
- Hillary (Mrs. Einstein) said...
This is the first quilt I've ever made, and I love it! Thank you!!!
- January 12, 2011 at 3:14 PM
- paigernate said...
loved this so much that i had to make. just finished making the top of the quilt and i LOVE it! super easy too! thanks allison!
- June 9, 2011 at 12:02 PM
- Shannynbree said...
I made a queen size Roadtrip quilt as a wedding present. Thanks for the great pattern. It was perfect!
- September 23, 2011 at 5:18 AM
- miamihoney said...
Your tutorial is fantastic. I just completed a quilt top using your tutorial and it went so quickly. Love your blog too!
- December 8, 2011 at 9:57 PM
- Unknown said...
Thanks for sharing! I have been wanting to quilt for years but have always been intimidated by the patterns. With a new baby on the way I wanted to make him something special from me and this was perfect and easy. My quilting needs work but the but the top came together perfectly and his nursery is going to be adorable. Thanks again!! :)
- January 31, 2012 at 7:47 PM
- pamselinski said...
I have always wanted to quilt but just didn't know how to start. This tutorial is awesome and I am out the door heading for the fabric store. Thanks so much for the inspiration and the tutorial.
- February 22, 2012 at 9:49 AM
- klee1 said...
Thanks for sharing this awesome tutorial. I can't wait to get started on this. Hope it's OK that I pinned it! Wanted to share with my friends.
- February 22, 2012 at 12:13 PM
- DjM said...
Well for a Newbie Quilter This will be my first project. Making it crib size and will atart gathering the fabrics together tonight and cut out tomorrow. I love it
- February 22, 2012 at 2:35 PM
- Bobbi said...
Thanks so much for the tutorial! I've made two boy quilts using the tutorial this year. I blogged the first one here.
- February 26, 2012 at 11:17 AM
- Cookie King said...
Thank you so much for the great tutorials and patterns! I really appreciate Crafters who offer their ideas, work and expertise, for free!
I love this quilt. I love the movement the little automobiles and "roads" give the quilt. Great placement!
And no, I am not a quilter - yet. Just a fabric and supply gatherer - waiting for inspiration - and you just gave it to me. Thanks.
- March 6, 2012 at 6:21 AM
- Unknown said...
What would I need to do to make it twin size? I've never made a quilt before but want to make one for my toddler boy.
- July 3, 2012 at 5:23 PM
- bootsiegirl said...
For a twin I think you could double the measuremts. I want to do a queen size with the Hawaiian prints I have so I think I have to quadruple the amount.
- October 12, 2012 at 1:21 AM
- Kiki said...
Thank you so much for a great tutorial. I just made my first quilt with this: http://www.chriskiki.com/2012/11/the-quilt-that-made-me-cry.html.
Thank you oh so very much!
- November 22, 2012 at 3:06 PM
- Tiff said...
I just made this quilt and absolutely LOVE this pattern! I have just got the quilt top done, but I had such a fun time making it and it was SO easy! Just wanted to say THANK YOU for putting up a pattern like this for free. Also, to let anyone reading this thinking about doing this quilt, this was only the 2nd quilt I have done and it turned out great! Here it is if you want to see it, remember it's just the top, I still have to add the backing, quilt and bind I just couldn't wait to share lol http://www.flickr.com/photos/93389416@N07/8490592505/
- February 19, 2013 at 10:22 PM
- Lisa C said...
Thank you. I donate quilts to the NICU unit and this is the perfect size for an incubator.
- July 3, 2013 at 8:33 AM
- Pat said...
This really is a cute quilt and was perfect for a little strip of fabric I'd been hanging on to for awhile. The little zebras and monkeys were more of a border fabric but I didn't want to use them that way. Thanks for the tutorial! You can see my version of the quilt here
- August 6, 2013 at 6:32 AM
- mishelljones said...
Hey, I just finished my first quilt EVER for my soon-to-be son. Thanks so much for the tutorial! I actually did 14 rows but otherwise followed your instructions and I'm really happy with the way it turned out! Thanks so much!
You can see my blog post about it here:
- October 5, 2013 at 1:21 AM
- Cindy said...
Hey--thanks for a wonderful tutorial. I made this quilt, blogged about it here:
thanks again!
- December 17, 2013 at 7:12 AM
- Natalie Best said...
Great tutorial! It was perfectly easy for my first quilt.
- December 8, 2014 at 10:43 AM
- Kiasa said...
A friend of mine (an avid, self-taught quilter) helped me make this quilt as my first quilt ever. It was SO much fun, pretty easy and I love the end result. It's a gift for a friend and her new baby, but my kids are all begging me to make each of them a quilt too. Thanks for inspiring me. I'm getting ready to make another one for another friend and her new baby. Then I'll venture off an make some bigger ones for my bigger kids. Today I'll head to Joann's to buy my own cutting mat and rotary cutter...I'm so excited. Thank you!!!
- December 30, 2014 at 4:04 AM
- Nancy & Elliot said...
I just used your tutorial to make my second ever quilt, and I love it so much I want to show it to the world. Thank you for the tips. I will certainly be using this pattern again! - Nancy Scott
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Recipe by Lisa Lewis
"Delicious, light and fluffy! These taste of Fall, and the crystallized ginger gives then a lovely little zing. Even people who don't like pumpkin love these cupcakes. These disappear as fast as I can set them out!"
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2 cups
all-purpose flour
1 (3.4 ounce) package
instant butterscotch pudding mix
2 teaspoons
baking soda
1/4 teaspoon
1 tablespoon
ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon
ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon
ground allspice
1/4 teaspoon
ground cloves
1/3 cup
finely chopped crystallized ginger
1 cup
butter, room temperature
1 cup
white sugar
1 cup
packed brown sugar
eggs, room temperature
1 teaspoon
vanilla extract
1 (15 ounce) can
pumpkin puree
I loved these. I followed the recipe, minus the crystalized ginger. Still VERY good! Moist, delicious cupcakes with the taste of the season in them. I made a simple cream cheese frosting with 4oz cream cheese, 1/2 cup butter, 2 cups powdered sugar, 1 tsp vanilla, 1 tsp cinnamon. What a hit with everyone!
I tasted the batter before I baked these and my first impression was that I would be leaving a 5-star review. The flavor is great - tastes just like pumpkin pie! The cupcakes baked up nicely too. But... first of all, the yield is off - this recipe makes more than 24 cupcakes, so plan ahead. Second, 20 minutes is not enough cooking time. Plan on about five minutes longer. Last, and most important, while the flavor is wonderful, in large part because of the peppery, crystallized ginger, the texture is a little "gummy,' for lack of a better word. A little TOO moist, maybe, and even a little too sweet - I suspect the pudding mix is the culprit. I'm sure this recipe, minus the pudding mix, would produce a far better result.
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Hi. I'm the creater of this recipe; here are some helpful hints:
For those of you who tossed the batter because it was thick - so sorry! It IS thick - pumkin and pudding mix do that. For those of you in the future who get worried, don't!
Some people have commented on the difficulty of finding crystalized ginger. It's the same as candied ginger, sugared ginger, or ginger chips - they are all just different names/sizes. The two best places I can always find it, and really inexpensively, are Publix, in the bulk items ($5 a pound) and World Market - $3 for a jar or the ginger chips by the Ginger People (they sell them on their website, too, but they are a little more$).
If you are getting more of a muffin than a cupcake, you're not creaming your sugar and butter long enough. It should be really fluffy. You'll probably want to scoop the batter into the tins.
I set out a pkg. of cream cheese to soften while the cupcakes cooled. We decided to try a couple while we waited. They were so good and moist, I put the cream cheese back in the fridge. I'll use it for something that can actually be improved by frosting it. The best cupcake I've ever tasted! (Maybe a light dusting of powdered sugar for those who want to dress them up visually, but as far as flavor goes, they're perfect.)
THIS is one of the most perfect cupcakes I have ever had. They are moist, flavorful & perfectly spiced. I chose not to use the chopped crystalized ginger, but used 1 1/4 tsp. ginger (total) instead. Creaming the butter & sugar until lighter colored & using room temperature eggs is essential. For the frosting, I chose the Cream Cheese II recipe on this site. I piped the frosting on top of each cake in a swirl pattern. Glazed Walnut garnish: As a garnish, I placed 1/4 cup sugar & 1/4 tsp. salt in a heavy bottom saucepan. I stiirred this over medium heat until the sugar began to melt and then added 2 cups of walnuts. I continued stirring until the sugar was melted and turned a golden brown. Carefully pour the glazed walnuts onto waxed paper - use a spoon or spatula to separate the nuts. Be careful! Hot sugar is PAINFUL. You'll have a nice snack of glazed walnuts left over after you decorate the cupcakes. This delicious optional garnish provides a nice crunch on these absolutely fabulous gems. This Thanksgiving, I think I'll be making these cupcakes instead of pie!
Wow, these cupcakes are outrageously delicious. I made a couple of modifications: (1) instead of using 1 cup butter, I used 1/2 cup butter and 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce; and (2) I only used 3 large eggs, not 4. Also, usually when I bake cupcakes, I lightly spray the inside of the foil with vegetable oil so the cupcakes don't stick too much to the wrapper. Baked them for twenty minutes. I used a vanilla frosting and then decorated them with Halloween themed sprinkles. I think these would be perfect for a holiday party. They are scrumptious - so moist! Thank you for the recipe. I will also make them around Thanksgiving.
Just as a warning, the mixture had tons of tiny flecks of butter-sugar no matter if you use room temperature eggs or cold ones. Go on and add the dry ingredients and the lumps will disappear. I left out the crystallized ginger (couldn't find it), so upped the ginger to 1/2 tablespoon. The first time I made this recipe, I baked it in a bundt pan for about 45 minutes, then frosted it with tinted store bought cream cheese frosting to look like a pumpkin- covered an ice cream cone in green frosting for the stem. The cake turned out really, really well- so moist and with great flavor and really cute. The second time I actually made it into cupcakes! I frosted the cupcakes with cream cheese frosting made by beating together 8 oz softened cream cheese, 1/2 cup softened salted butter, 3 1/2-4 cups powdered sugar, and 1/2 tablespoon butter flavoring. I know the butter flavoring sounds bizarre, but it somehow mellows out and brings the other flavors together. The wonderful frosting on the fantastic cupcakes made these some of the best cupcakes I've ever had!
If I could give this more stars I would!!! It's AMAZING!!! I was out of crystallized ginger so I used 1 1/4 tsp. of ground ginger instead, but didn't change one other thing! Moist, delicious and my family gobbled them up! I also used the "Cream Cheese Frosting II" with this...it's also quite amazing!!
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Pumpkin Ginger Cupcakes
Serving Size: 1/24 of a recipe
Servings Per Recipe: 24
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 211
Calories from Fat: 78
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The 800 is really interesting. I've always wished the King 800 was available larger, this looks like a better option. Can't wait to see it in action (and the 300 too).
Do you think it would be possible to go JNS 800 to a 5k stone on a double bevelled knife?
Yep it lives very good finish. I will even use it as finisher for some knives, i will also say that my 800 is way faster then 800 king and wheres much much slower.
Down side of coarse that it is a soaker, but i had to go with that to have it to live very very uniform finish.
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Born Jan. 2, 1949, at Ligon, to the late Bill and Draxie Caudill Newsome, she was a caregiver for Pathfinder Services.
She is survived by two sons, William (Betty) Hamilton, of Andrews, Ind., and Terry (Lori) Hamilton, of Johnson City, Tenn.; a daughter, Sherry (Floyd) Easterday, of Shelbyville, Ind.; a brother, David Newsome, of Huntington, Ind.; three sisters, Violet Newsome, of Banner, and Carl Sue Hamilton and Geraldine Shaw, both of Huntington, Ind.; five grandchildren; a great grandchild; and special friends, Mary Jo Williams, Michelle Duncan, Stephanie Pharogh and Lora Buzzard.
She was preceded in death by a brother, William "Buddy" Newsome; three sisters, Ethel Tackett, Charlene Rackey and Katherine Howell; and a special friend, Helen Baker.
Funeral services for Marlene Newsome Hamilton were held Sunday, Feb. 24, at Samaria Old Regular Baptist Church, at Teaberry, with Old Regular Baptist ministers officiating. Burial followed in the Newman Cemetery, at Hi Hat.
Nelson Frazier Funeral Home, of Martin, was in charge of arrangments.


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Aiken County is seeking Aiken City utility services for its new complex, currently under construction, but has run into some stumbling blocks in the approval process.
Aiken County has submitted a request for city utilities for its new facility being built at 1930 University Parkway. Such a request is often made by businesses locating near, but not in, the City limits, but the County has added in its application a waiver from an annexation requirement and a landscaping condition that has raised a few red flags with some City officials.
The application review process began Tuesday with the City Planning Commission which was tasked with making a recommendation to Council on whether to approve or deny the request. The recommendation to approve the County's application was split with a three-to-three vote – Commissioners Brendan Doherty, Terry Provost and Commission Chair Wilkins Byrd opposed. Ed Giobbe was not in attendance.
According to City Manager Richard Pearce, a tie in a vote from the Planning Commission means no recommendation will be presented to Council which is tentatively scheduled to review the County's request at its next meeting on Oct. 22. Council will still review the application and will decide on whether or not it will be approved.
The Commission was a bit concerned with the requested variances from the annexation policy and the landscaping requirement, both which may or may not be sticking points with City Council.
According to Aiken County Administrator Clay Killian, the County is not requesting to annex into the city limits now but it could be an option later.
However, according to the City's policy, anyone with property contiguous to the city limits applying for city services is required to be annexed in. That would apply to the new County Complex.
In a memorandum, it reads that City Attorney Gary Smith is hesitant with the idea of allowing a variance in the annexation policy and " … the impact that may have on future developments."
In lieu of immediate annexation, the applicant may be required to enter into an agreement with the City to be annexed at a later date, according to policy.
Another area of concern was the proposed buffer between lots on Lincoln Avenue located at the rear of the County Complex property. Even without annexation, a property applying for city services must comply with city zoning regulations regarding landscaping and signage.
One of the conditions set by the City Planning Department that County officials were uncertain about states there be a 25-foot "deep, densely planted evergreen buffer including large trees and fast-growing evergreen shrubbery at least 4 feet tall" be planted between the Lincoln Avenue homes and the complex.
The County has about 50 feet of green space between those homes and the actual location of where the County Complex will be constructed, said Planning Director Ed Evans. Killian said they are planting a buffer but wanted clarification of the condition as well as time to review the impact it would have on the complex project's budget.
Killian added that the plans for that buffer are more stringent than what the County typically requires.
But the City feels that what's proposed in the County's concept plan is deficient to the minimum 10-foot thick evergreen buffer described in the City's land development regulations under the "lot improvements" section.
"We just want to make sure that they (Lincoln Avenue residents) don't stand in their backyards and see the parking lot and buildings," Evans said.
Killian said he wished the City Planning Commission had handed down a recommendation approving the waiver, but understands where the body is coming from.
"We're going to build and put a nice building out there. We will do as little as we can to negatively impact that neighborhood," he said.
If Aiken City Council does not approve the waiver, Killian said the County will have to find a way to work with the City in order to get city utilities.
Staff Reporter Haley Hughes contributed to this article.
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The United States Postal Service (USPS) announced on Wednesday, Feb. 6 that starting the week of Aug. 5 they would end Saturday delivery. The move is aimed to save the financially struggling agency $2 billion annually.
This comes on the recent news that USPS would be altering the hours of 13,000 small rural post offices nationwide in an effort to save additional hours.
Which include the Post offices in Rarden, Otway, McDermott, Friendship, Franklin Furnace, Stout and South Portsmouth, Ky.
"The Postal Service is currently on an unsustainable financial path and must move forward with actions that are responsible and necessary," said David Van Allen, USPS Corporate Communications.
According to information from USPS, they are making plans to "transition to a new delivery schedule during the week of Aug. 5, 2013 that includes package delivery Monday through Saturday and mail delivery Monday through Friday."
Although mail delivery will be limited to Monday- Friday, package delivery will continue on Saturdays.
According to released information, "over the past several years, the Postal Service has advocated shifting to a five-day delivery schedule for mail and packages. However, recent strong growth in package delivery (14 percent volume increase since 2010) and projections of continued strong package growth throughout the coming decade led to the revised approach to maintain package delivery six days per week."
Patrick R. Donahoe, Postmaster General and CEO said in a released statement, the changes will help reduce costs and help with long-term financial stability of the agency.
"The American public understands the financial challenges of the Postal Service and supports these steps as a responsible and reasonable approach to improving our financial situation," said Donahoe in a released statement. "The Postal Service has a responsibility to take the steps necessary to return to long-term financial stability and ensure the continued affordability of the U.S. Mail."
It's anticipated that mail to post office boxes will continue to be delivered six days a week and post offices currently open on Saturdays will maintain their hours once the plan is fully implemented.
Donahoe stressed that legislative change is also needed to help return the postal system to financial stability.
"While the change in the delivery schedule announced today is one of the actions needed to restore the financial health of the Postal Service, legislative change is urgently needed to address matters outside the Postal Service's control. The Postal Service continues to seek legislation to provide it with greater flexibility to control costs and generate new revenue and encourages the 113th Congress to make postal reform legislation an urgent priority," Donahoe said.
Ohio Senator Rob Portman said in a released statement, "a steep drop in mail volumes and poor fiscal management has landed USPS in a very tough spot. Last year alone, the Postal Service ran a deficit of $16 billion, and without cost-saving reforms American taxpayers will be stuck with the bill. I am still studying how the service change announced today will be implemented, but fiscal reforms are clearly necessary to save the Postal Service and protect taxpayers from being on the hook for another bailout."
According to the Associated Press, the financial losses for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30 were more than triple the $5.1 billion loss in the previous year.
Having reached its borrowing limit, the mail agency is operating with little cash on hand.
The agency's biggest problem — and the majority of the red ink in 2012 — was not due to reduced mail flow but rather to mounting mandatory costs for future retiree health benefits, which made up $11.1 billion of the losses. Without that and other related labor expenses, the mail agency sustained an operating loss of $2.4 billion, lower than the previous year.
The health payments are a requirement imposed by Congress in 2006 that the post office set aside $55 billion in an account to cover future medical costs for retirees. The idea was to put $5.5 billion a year into the account for 10 years. That's $5.5 billion the post office doesn't have.
No other government agency is required to make such a payment for future medical benefits. Postal authorities wanted Congress to address the issue last year, but lawmakers finished their session without getting it done. So officials are moving ahead to accelerate their own plan for cost-cutting.
According to information provided by the post office, "the Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations."
For more information about the United States Post Office visit, www.usps.com
Wayne Allen may be reached at 740-353-1151, or email@example.com the Associated Press contributed to this story.


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CRESTVIEW — Financial adviser Joe Faulk invites the community to attend a Mid-Year Town Hall on Friday night at Warriors Hall. The event will feature advice from community leaders and financial experts.
In addition to hosting the event, the Edward Jones representative will discuss fixed income and the economy.
Other speakers and their topics are as follows:
●Kay Rasmussen, Okaloosa County Economic Development Council interim president; local business.
●Okaloosa County Commissioner Nathan Boyles; government and legislation
●Bart Fleet, of Fleet, Spencer and Kilpatrick P.A.; federal estate tax law
Audience members can ask questions after each panelist speaks for about 15 minutes, Faulk said, adding the event may recur.
"I fully anticipate a successful event on Friday and hope to hold two events annually," he said. "We hope to hold a 2014 beginning-year town hall to provide a full-year outlook at the end of January 2014 and a mid-year town hall to review our full-year outlook, and look forward at the remainder of the year at the end of July 2014."
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Did your Do Not Disturb bug fix itself yesterday as Apple said it would?
As we all know, the Do Not Disturb feature of iOS 6 that lets you mute Notification Center alerts during specified periods. Apple told us that the problem would fix itself on January 7; we want to know if it is now working again for you?
Do Not Disturb is a feature that I was using every day to stop annoying notifications coming through at night waking me up unnecessarily. Of course you could still use the Do Not Disturb feature, the only area that was problematic for some reason was the scheduling of turning it on and off automatically at set times. This failed on January 1 2013 and Do Not Disturb had to be used in a manual mode.
I can report that my Do Not Disturb scheduling is back to normal now; it came on last night and automatically switched itself off again at 7am this morning. How are you finding it? Has your Do Not Disturb scheduling gone back to normal now as Apple said it would?
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Mine fixed its self on the 6th of Jan. At midnight it's scheduled Do Not Disturb Feature came on, at 8am on 6th Jan, it went off again. :)
Mine works again.
Mine is also working like they said it would.
Yea, all fixed here. Like magic...
Fine is working fine in Indiana.
Mine didn't work last night. iPhone 4. I'll try turning the scheduling off then on, maybe that will fix it for tonight...
After manually turning off DND and on again in the morning on Jan 1, the bug didn't come out again.
Strangely enough my Do Not Disturb worked fine this entire time. Until last night. I got 3 e-mails through the night that sounded the little alarm indicator and woke me up each time. This morning I noticed the moon symbol was not displayed and Do Not Disturb had actually been shut off. Hopefully it works fine now.
Yes it did but it's weird. Weird problem and weird solution.
"As we all know, the Do Not Disturb feature of iOS 6 that lets you mute Notification Center alerts during specified periods."
That sentence makes no sense.
Working fine again on my iPod 4G. :)
Ars has a pretty good (speculative, but makes sense) explanation for this bug. Simply put, some parts of iOS use the Gregorian calendar, and some parts use the ISO calendar. The first week of the ISO calendar. The first week of the ISO calendar year is the Monday that contains the first Thursday in January, and, on this year, that meant January 7th. This might have just been a typo that got institutionalized -- yyyy (Gregorian) vs YYYY (ISO) is all it takes, but until the various parts of iOS agree, there will be problems during periods the two calendar systems do not match up.
If you want to see code illustrating the problem: https://gist.github.com/4439267
Not working here yet!!!!
Mine just activated a few minutes ago, seems to be working now on 1/8/13 :-) Glad to have it back!
Working fine.....as scheduled.
didn't work for me, doesn't ever stop calls coming through - even when set to 'no-one'!
Does not work on my iPhone 5. Emails are still waking me up.
Mine still doesn't work. If I turn the do not disturb feature on none of the calls under my favs can get through to me--it's really annoying.
I just got my butt chewed for not answering my phone from someone on my favorites list during the scheduled DND period! I have upgraded to IOS 6.1 and it is still broke!!!!!! I'm not very imopressed with the iPhone 5 :(


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Students of Sifu Brown...
HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA !HA!HA!HA!HA!*choke* Ahem. HA!HA!HA! :pancakebu
(a fan page here) http://www.wideopenwest.com/~goffene...tial_Arts.html
Anyway, so I was at a coffee house and noticed some guys come in with "Kung Fu" shirts on. One of them was named "TONeeeeey" (make it sound as garbled and Italian as you can). So, I started asking about their school. TONeeeeeey repeatedly told me how great "Sifu Brown" was and how he was unbeatable and all this other idol worship mumbo-jumbo. TONeeeeey even showed a "what to do if someone grabs your wrist" to one of my friends. Wow. It took you over two years of training for that, TONeeeeey? At $150 a month? Plus uniform costs? Plus weapon costs? Plus testing costs?
Anyway, TONeeeeey also didn't seem to know jack-**** about anything. I felt bad for him. He was in his mid-twenties and had ZERO faith in his abilities or techniques, but instead kept saying how great "Sifu Brown" was (after 2 years under him?). He told me that "Sifu Brown" had never given someone their black-sash because nobody was as tough as he was. ? He said that "Sifu Brown" trained in China under a secret Shaolin Monk master, but that nobody in the school knew who that was because it wasn't important because "Sifu Brown" invented his own kung-fu style. Here's his "master's" page: http://www.bushinjuku.com/arts/bushi...ushu/wushu.htm
Anyway, I tried to do some other research, but because I was laughing so hard I might have missed a few things:
*Every year the students purchase and learn a new weapon. Yeah, nice expensive Kwandao you got there. Kids normally get TMNT weapons too.
*"Sifu Brown" apparently earned his kung-fu mastery in only a couple of months after flying to China... because he is so good.
*The school is the largest and one of the most profitable in the U.S.... because he is so good.
*Oh, you need to buy his teaching CDs too! WTF?
*"Sifu Brown" does lots of lectures at different places if you want to know how to run a profitable dojo (dojo? Kung fu?)
*"Sifu Brown" beat Palsy and dyslexia by taking karate when he was only eight... which is why he is so bad ass. You never see Palsy fighting in the UFC, do you.
*"Sifu Brown" doesn't need to tell people that most of his training was in karate, because, ya know, his school is called "School if Chinese Martial Arts", even though they use lots of Japanese weapons, and because he teaches kung-fu katas.
*"Sifu Brown" also teaches meditation and Chinese spirituality, because his martial art is spiritual and deep.... because he is so good... and he read about it in a book.
*During each belt test you have to write an essay about how spiritual and deep your training is.
*His website and tapes are overflowing with rhetoric declaring just how great "Sifu Brown" is.
Anyway, I still see TONeeeeey at the coffee shop every now and again hitting on girls with his friends and telling them how great thier sifu is and how they masturbate to kung-fu all day. :homo: :5badair:
Wow. That is truly one of the worst MA school websites ever.
Completely absent from the bio of this "sifu" is any mention of him actually knowing an identifiable martial art. He apparently knows a lot about focus, learning, exercising, and self-discovery, but apparently not much about fighting.
This article which apparently appeared in the Detroit News, January 16, 2005, claims that he has 4 black belts.
It also claims:
Brown has taken his teaching one step further. On his own time, Brown
developed "Lessons in Mindfulness," a martial arts curriculum that puts
the emphasis on the deeper and more spiritual meaning rather than on
fighting. His program is now taught in schools around the world, he said.Jesus loves you. I think you're an asshole.
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I am not going to defend Sifu Brown directly. I will state that I have never taken a class with him. I have never studied a CMA so I can not comment on Kung Fu knowledge, and I have not been to his dojo. I will say that my Aikido sensei is very good friends with Sifu Brown and he holds Sifu Brown in very high regards. That alone is enough for me to at least give the benefit of doubt to Sifu Brown, not a couple of guidos in a coffee shop. Who here has not been in a dojo that didn't have at least a couple of complete morons that fit the description given by Dagon? I will also say that the "nobody's as tough as me" comment does not fit the person that I have had portrayed to me.
I will write my sensei and ask him for his knowledge on Sifu Brown's trips to China (I know he too has mentioned them to me) as well as his background. I will do as much research as I can. I'd say that in the mean time, we not smear a person's name just because of a couple of idiots in a coffee shop. If Bullshido is warranted, then so be it but I think better proof is needed.
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Hard to tell anything other than correlational evidence from a website, but I think Fred Garvin definitely has the right idea. Research and concrete evidence will win the day. Can't wait to hear the verdict, don't hold out too long Garvin.
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How about this...at the least it would be a corroborating story in defense of Sifu Brown that would be on the same level as the story of the guidos in the coffee shop that started this whole **** fest?


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If one were to ask Tony Lewis what the top concern for his community in Perry County is, most likely he would say "water." This is because in Fort Branch, where Lewis and around 200 other people live, municipal water service is not yet available, and the county is finding it difficult to fund such a needed project thanks to dwindling coal severance funds and federal and state budget cuts.
Unfortunately, this story of needs not being met in the area due to a lack of funding isn't unique here in Eastern Kentucky's poverty-stricken coal counties.
Another all-too-familiar story in the region is being played out this year — to the tune of $2.5 million in coal severance taxes — money that is not, however, being spent to improve the economy and industry of Eastern Kentucky's coalfields.
At the end of Kentucky's 2012 legislative session, during a closed-door session, a decision was made to allot $2.5 million from the coal severance tax fund to help plan a renovation of Rupp Arena, according to a report published in the Lexington Herald-Leader this week.
The coal severance fund was established in 1972 to give coal mining communities a way to improve their infrastructures, waste management, and water service, among other things, not fund projects outside the coalfields where basic necessities aren't so much of a concern.
Here in Perry County, which in 2012 was the third highest producer of coal in the state, the fiscal court is set to approve a budget later this month that cuts coal severance by $1.5 million from the previous fiscal year. At present, the county expects to take in about $1.2 million in coal taxes. That cut represents possible losses in improvements to waterlines, roads, and money for local programs.
Many Fort Branch residents rely on complex and expensive filtration systems to render the groundwater usable for bathing and washing. But even then, the water likely isn't fit for cooking or drinking. These people have been waiting close to a decade for clean water that would cost a fraction of the Rupp Arena project, which only started official planning in the last two years.
Fayette County, on the other hand, didn't produce a block of coal, though leaders can expect $2.5 million in state grants originating from the same fund which benefits Perry and other coal counties each year.
Lewis and his neighbors will apparently just have to keep waiting for a good, clean drink of water. But what will that matter since they'll have a newly renovated Rupp Arena to look forward to?
We think the folks on Fort Branch, and many more like them still waiting for water service in the county, would likely disagree with lawmakers who apparently think a pretty basketball arena is of more consequence than their constituents' quality of life.
Some legislators have defended the decision to allot the money for the project, including House Speaker Greg Stumbo.
"Because of the shortfalls, there was no other pot of money we could find," Stumbo, of Floyd County, told the Herald-Leader last week through a prepared statement. "Though Rupp is not in the coalfields, many believe it plays an important role in the state because of the tradition of the University of Kentucky basketball program, and there is strong alumni support in our region as well."
Stumbo later attempted to clarify the state's use of coal severance for Rupp last week, saying he'll push for the repayment of those funds once the bonds for Rupp Arena are issued.
But it is true that many people here love UK basketball, and some who still have jobs will go take in a few games next season. Perhaps Speaker Stumbo and our other legislators can explain to people in their home region why they can't get waterlines extended to their communities. Perhaps they can explain why an arena outside of the coalfields, where no coal is being produced, should get millions in coal taxes that are supposed to go back to the coal counties.
Perhaps that's how it is supposed to be, that the needs of the few outweigh the needs of the many. Our priorities are obviously askew when we value an entertainment venue over necessities like water, but in the end we can't say we're that surprised. After all, the state lops off over 50 percent of coal taxes for the General Fund and other allocations outside of the coalfields. What's another $2.5 million?
Let's ask the people of Fort Branch.
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A single out was the difference between a World Series appearance and heartbreak for a Summerville team.
The Parks Field American All-stars won five straight games in Clemson last week to advance to the championship series of the Dixie Youth Baseball South Carolina Majors Tournament.
Up 4-3 over Lake Marion in the final inning of its sixth game, Parks Field only needed an out to claim the state championship and advance to the Dixie Youth Baseball World Series. Unfortunately for the Summerville team, Lake Marion capitalized on two errors to score two runs and earn a 5-4 win.
That left Parks Field and Lake Marion as the only one-loss teams in the double-elimination tournament so they played again for the championship. Lake Marion jumped ahead 3-0 on a homerun, but Parks Field fought back to cut the lead to 2. However, Lake Marion doubled Parks Field's run production the rest of the game to earn a 6-3 win and the berth to the World Series.
Infielder Ben Mitchum led the Parks Field batters in the tournament, finishing 18 for 20 at the plate. Several pitchers contributed to the team's 5-2 run.
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Tuesday, May 27, 2014
There arent many days left in the school year, but Berkeley County School District has joined neighboring Dorchester County School District Two in asking the legislature to forgive missed school days due to the February ice storms.
May 30 is the last day of school, and while the school district has made up one and a half days so far, May 29 and 30 are slated to be extended to full days, and students are being asked to come in June 2, after the official end of the school year.
It doesnt make sense to run buses and run air-conditioning and bring the teachers in for something I think they did appropriately, Berkeley County Sen. Paul Campbell told the Post and Courier.
Campbell said he received a call May 19 from Berkeley Superintendent Rodney Thompson to add that county to Dorchester Twos bill request, which he added as an amendment to the bill Tuesday.
In March, the school board voted to use March 21, April 21, May 29, May 30, and June 2. March 21 and the May dates were extended from half days.
June 2 was already slated as an instructional makeup day on the 2013-2014 school calendar. In March, Doug Cooper, Phillip Obie and Kathy Schwalbe opposed using it over Memorial Day, May 26, citing graduation issues.
Four high schools will graduate prior to the date, and two graduate on the date, according to Superintendent Rodney Thompson.
Dorchester County Rep. Chris Murphy said the June school days in his district have caused upheaval among those parents who have already made summer plans.
I feel confident that the bill is going to get through. To me its just a waste of taxpayers money, Murphy said.
With May 30 fast approaching, Murphy said the bill is moving swiftly through legislation.
We are trying to push this thing as fast as possible, he said, but I do feel good. We fast-tracked this.
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Olympian Census #4: Aphrodite
Get the stats on your favorite (and not-so-favorite) gods and goddesses on view at the Getty Center.
Roman name: Venus
Employment: Goddess of Love and Beauty
Place of residence: Mount Olympus
Parents: Born out of sea foam formed when Uranus's castrated genitals were thrown into the ocean
Marital status: Married to Hephaestus, the God of Blacksmiths, but had many lovers, both immortal and mortal
Offspring: Aeneas, Cupid, Eros, Harmonia, Hermaphroditos, and more
Symbol: Dove, swan, and roses
Special talent: Being beautiful and sexy could never have been easier for this Greek goddess
Highlights reel:
- Zeus knew she was trouble when she walked in (Sorry, Taylor Swift) to Mount Olympus for the first time. So Zeus married Aphrodite to his son Hephaestus (Vulcan), forming the perfect "Beauty and the Beast" couple.
- When Aphrodite and Persephone, the queen of the underworld, both fell in love with the beautiful mortal boy Adonis, Zeus gave Adonis the choice to live with one goddess for 1/3 of the year and the other for 2/3. Adonis chose to live with Aphrodite longer, only to die young.
- Aphrodite offered Helen, the most beautiful mortal woman, to Paris, a Trojan prince, to win the Golden Apple from him over Hera and Athena. She just conveniently forgot the fact that Helen was already married. Oops. Hello, Trojan War!
Olympian Census is a 12-part series profiling gods in art at the Getty Center.


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I feel compelled to write in response to Brian Degen's article, "What about our kids?" which appeared in The Valley Reporter on October 18. In his well-written and moving piece, Brian reports some disturbing statistics about the rates of depression and drug and alcohol use among Harwood students and proposes that a community/youth center on Flemer field would be a valuable resource for our teens. I agree that a community/youth center is a great idea. And, I am concerned that the Harwood statistics, presented in isolation, are potentially misleading and could work against the goal of creating a strong community to support our kids. The reality is that the numbers coming out of Harwood are on par with and in some cases better than the parallel statistics for the country as a whole. It feels critically important to me that Harwood not be demonized. And while it may well not have been Brian's intention to blame Harwood, I am afraid that presenting the Harwood statistics without an understanding of national norms does just that. Yes, there is a problem here. But we have to know something about the larger context of the problem before we can create effective solutions. Creating fear and lowering morale about our local high school is not going to help.
Here's what I think we all should know. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention conducted a large-scale survey in 2011 called the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRSBB). In this survey, they asked 15,425 high school students across the country (including 8,654 students from Vermont) questions about a slew of behaviors and wellness measures, including the same questions Brian sites regarding rates of depression and substance abuse.
So let's compare Harwood responses, as reported in Brian's article, to those of students nationwide, as reported in the YRSBB. Across the country, 28.5 percent of high school students endorse feeling "sad or hopeless almost every day for two weeks or more in a row" compared to 23 percent of students at Harwood. (This specific description of mood is taken from the DSM-IV-TR, the manual used by medical and mental health providers to diagnose major depression; this mood descriptor is only one of a list of criteria that need to be met in order to yield a diagnosis.) Ten percent of Harwood students report making a suicide plan within the last 12 months, compared to 12.8 percent across the country; 7 percent of Harwood's senior girls report having made a suicide attempt in the last year compared to 7.7 percent nationally.
And the statistics for student drug and alcohol use at Harwood are almost identical to national stats. At Harwood, 33 percent of seniors report drinking five or more drinks in a row in the past 30 days, as do 31.5 percent of seniors nationally. Six percent of Harwood sophomores report having used marijuana on school property in the past 30 days, as do 5.9 percent of sophomores around the country. And, finally, 28 percent of Harwood sophomores report being offered, sold, or given illegal drugs while on school property, as do 27.8 percent of sophomores across the country.
Am I saying that these numbers are not alarming because they are just the norm? No! These numbers are incredibly disturbing, and as the mother of two girls hurtling toward adolescence, I feel strongly that we need to do something to help our kids. But here's the thing. To look at these numbers without the context of the greater world around us will only scare parents about what to expect from a Harwood experience and reduce pride amongst the students who go there. Let's join together with Harwood teachers and administrators to acknowledge the challenges they are up against and lend our support. A strong community united behind the high school will help foster resilience in our kids at a time when depression and substance abuse are rampant around the country.
A community/youth center could certainly play a vital role. I imagine first and foremost a gathering spot. Most "peer pressure" is pro-social; in other words, most of what kids learn from their peers is good, and we could capitalize on this by giving them a safe and appealing place to gather. I imagine a place where kids can find academic support so that they can feel competent and confident as students – an important resiliency factor. I imagine a place where kids and families can go to tap into community resources such as outdoor education, community service and work opportunities, all of which promote self-esteem and healthy personal development. And I imagine a venue that could house mentoring programs to help adults get involved in new ways in the lives of the local kids. Mentorship has been shown to be one of the most powerful resiliency factors of all! I imagine a staff member who could seek grant money to allow our community to develop new and creative programs that make use of our rich and gorgeous natural environment and our incredibly talented community members. Or, better yet, imagine if a staff member worked with student volunteers on program development, so that teens could be creative thinkers and advocates for themselves, their neighbors and their peers nationwide! And I have a great first project for them to consider. Have you seen the research about how moving the high school start time to 8:30 reduces teens' reports of depressed mood by 20 percent and improves behaviors and academic performance? Show me a teen who wouldn't be interested in advocating for more sleep! This is just one example of how understanding the real sources of the problem can help us create effective solutions.
Clearly, I share Brian's vision. It is hopeful to imagine the ways a youth/community center could be used to promote health and happiness for our kids. I'm on board. But if we want to lift up the kids in our community, we have to bring Harwood with us.
The results of the YRBSS are readily available online: www.cdc.gov/mmwr/pdf/ss/ss6104.pdf and www.cdc.gov.healthyouth/alcoholdrug/.
Lindsay Jernigan lives in Waitsfield and has a Ph.D. in clinical psychology and an M.A. in counseling psychology. In addition to her private practice she periodically teaches courses, including Child Development, at UVM.


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Kent Hovind was recently named to the Creation Science Hall of Fame. They may have to wait for any sort of induction ceremony as he is presently a federal inmate in Berlin, NH with a projected release date of August 11, 2015. Nick Lally believes that Mr. Hovind is in jail "out of principle and not deceit". We'll get to that, but first I should explain that the Creation Science Hall of Fame does not yet have an actual hall, although they have projected one to be built. The Hall will be strategically located between the Answers In Genesis Creation Museum and the upcoming Ark Encounter. I'm thinking I'll wait for all three to be completed before I visit Petersburg KY as the only other attraction I noted there involves horseback riding. Here is what qualified Mr. Hovind to be admitted to the Creation Science Hall of Fame:
Kent E. Hovind (born January 15, 1953), an American young earth creationist, is considered by many to be one of the foremost authorities on science and the Bible. The amazing ability of Kent Hovind to communicate complicated scientific concepts in an easy-to-understand format makes this essential information accessible for youth and laypersons, as well as science professors. The goal of his creation seminars is to convince listeners to reject theories of evolution, geophysics, and cosmology in favor of the Genesis creation narrative from the Bible. As of 2012, this Creation Seminar has parts translated via subtitling in 37 languages.
What Is Young Earth Creationism ?
One of the most important fundamental beliefs of contemporary evangelical Christianity is "scriptural inerrancy". If you combine "scriptural inerrancy" with a certain style of literalism, you end up with the Earth being roughly 6,000 years old. That is not nearly enough time for evolution to work. Geologists also have a problem with a young earth. (I asked my friend, Claire Pless, a graduate student at the Colorado School of Mines about that. She told me about something called zircons.)I could try to explain how "scriptural inerrancy" could be reconciled with an old earth, but dammit Jim, I'm a tax blogger, not a theologian, so I turned to my blogging buddy, Reverend William Thornton:
There are many conservative Christians who both consider the Bible to be inspired and inerrant and who do not accept evolution but who do accept that the earth is very old. I acknowledge that the many lines of physical evidence indicate a very old earth.
If one's interpretive approach to Scripture is such that a very young earth is demanded, then it is necessary to discount each and every
instance where modern scientific evidence differs from this; hence, the, uh, modern creation (mid-twentieth century) of young earth
specialists who generate sufficient publications discounting any and all old earth claims to satisfy the demands of likeminded biblical
interpreters, many churches, and Christian schools.
Why Is Kent Hovind In Federal Prison ?
You will see reports that Kent Hovind is in prison for tax evasion. This is understandable. According to this recent Tax Court decision concerning Mrs. Hovind, neither he nor she were filing 1040s. That is not what he is in prison for. In 2006, a jury found Kent Hovind guilty on all counts of a fifty-eight count indictment. Twelve counts concerned failure to file quarterly payroll tax returns for Creation Science Evangelism (Mr. Hovind's ministry which operated the Dinosaur Adventure Land theme park). Forty-five counts were for "structuring". He or his wife made cash withdrawals from the bank in the amounts of $9,500 or $9,600 on forty-five separate occasions between the summer of 2001 and the summer of 2002. The 58th count said he had corruptly endeavored "to obstruct and impede the due administration of the internal revenue laws" . That particular offense reminds me of a crime that the city cops I hung around with in the seventies used to talk about. They called it " B and A", which stood for "being an _______". In Hovind's case it included filing complaints, making threats and paying his employees in cash and calling them missionaries.
The Creation Hall of Fame has replaced its statement that Mr. Hovind was testing the constitutionality of the tax laws and was unable to find a righteous judge with a lengthy statement by Hovind that explains that he was not doing that. Here are some excerpts:
I have NEVER been a tax protester. America was founded by those type guys and we NEED them today, but I am NOT one.
The government, however, broke over 20 laws to put me in prison. This has been the history of man. See the story of Joseph, Job, Jesus, 6 million Jews in Hitler's camps etc.
I DO NOT say the tax laws are unconstitutional nor did I break one to "prove a point" or "test the law."
Hovind appealed his conviction and sentence to the Eleventh Circuit, which upheld both, but he has not given up.
He has a letter from an anonymous sympathetic banker on his site that gives this analysis of the structuring charge:
By this twisted logic, if you deposit or withdrew $500 from your own bank account every week for 21 weeks, you could be arrested and charged with 21 counts of structuring because the amount went over $10,000.' You could be fined $5,250,000 and sentenced to 105 years in prison (even though you never had the $10,000 in your account at any one time and the money was not earned or spent illegally)!
The Fight Continues ?
Retired IRS Appeals Officer Robert Baty had a brief e-mail exchange with Mr. Hovind in which he indicated that he is still fighting:
The 45 counts I was charged with are flawed for a number of reasons spelled out in document 335, 349 and 351 in my case.
If the charge in the indictment is wrong the court lacks jurisdiction to hear the case.
It is NEVER too late to challenge jurisdiction. This is NOT over yet. :)
Apparently having been tried and convicted and his appeal turned down, he still thinks that he can get the indictment overturned. He just does not see how it can be a crime to take money out of the bank to pay the expenses of his ministry.
Is What The Government Doing A Good Idea ?
Despite his claim to the Creations Science Hall of Fame that he is not a tax protester, Mr. Hovind at different points in time has made the type of statements associated with protesters and based on the outcome of civil litigation had not been filing returns. He was pretty well trounced in Tax Court and it is possible that going after him criminally was superfluous, but I have never been able to discern why it is that some cases rather than others go criminal. Assuming that it made sense to go after him criminally, I imagine the reason for the structuring charges is that they are much easier to prove and having so many of them makes quite an impression on the jury, but I'm not sure it is sending the right message. The structuring conviction can be painted, as it is in this article, to make Kent Hovind look like a victim.
There has always been this delicious irony about gangster Al Capone finally being convicted of income tax evasion rather than the multitude of other crimes that escaped punishment. Somehow convicting Dr. Dino (as Kent Hovind is known) for taking his own money out of the bank rather than for income tax evasion just does not seem as satisfying.
You can follow me on twitter @peterreillycpa.


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Xotic Effects SP CompressorThe Xotic Effects SP Compressor used an OTA to create a wide variety of great sounding compression effects. The Xotic Effects SP Compressor may be the secret to the best guitar sound you will have ever used to make music.$132.00
Xotic Effects XW-1 WahYears in the making, Xotic wasn't letting this one out the door until it was the best, bar-none. Spoiler alert: it delivers.$236.00
Xotic EP BoosterThe Xotic EP Booster is a discrete FET preamp pedal with a low impedance output. The EP Booster was based around the classic preamp side of an Echoplex and produces a shimmering boost tone that adds some high end sparkle and definition.$116.00
Xotic RC Booster
The RC Booster is the ultimate silent weapon for your pedalboard. Xotic gives you over 20dB of clean boost, which could help in many applications such as increasing your signal over a long stretch of cables. This transparent booster has a two band active EQ, providing +/- 15dB for Bass and Treble.$168.00
Xotic SL DriveXotic Effects' SL Drive is a killer entry into the British-Amp-in-a-Box category, faithfully bringing all the saturation from the Super Lead and Super Bass into a compact, board-friendly enclosure.$124.00
Xotic X-Blender True Bypass Effects Loop PedalXotic Effects' brand new X-Blender pedal gives you a True Bypass, switchable, external parallel effects loop. You can still use all those vintage, non-true bypass pedals without experiencing the tone-degrading consequences!$176.00