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Rev. Martin Luther King once said, "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere". I'm convinced King was conscious of this fact that the society can only attain tranquility when there are equal rights and justice. In a rational society, there will be chaos when there is any infringement on the people's rights and justice.
From time immemorial, people have fought for their rights either through riots, protests or non-violent resistance. This is generally acceptable especially when it is obvious that it is a just cause. It will only be a figment of diminishing reasoning to say people should not fight for their rights. As a matter of fact, it is very lawful for people to fight for their rights and that's why we have human rights activists and freedom fighters all around the world championing various causes that they feel are necessary for the betterment of the people.
The next question is therefore: How do you know if a particular group is fighting a just cause? It is very simple; every group has ideology and agitations. From the agitation, one could easily discern whether they are on the right track or not. Remember, any group that does not have this interest of the people at heart, or threaten the peace and unity of a nation should not be considered as freedom fighters.
To buttress my point, I'll cite a very familiar example. The Niger Delta militants came into being as a result of the massive suffering and escalating poverty in the oil rich but impoverished region of Nigeria. If you've travelled to this rejoin, or you're from there, then only you'll understand completely the ideology and agitation of the militants. In this region, where the national cake is baked, the only thing available to the people is the crumbs that fall from the masters' table. At a point when the government was neglecting, forfeiting and oblivious of the welfare of the people, such a group was highly needed. In a region, where you have water all around you yet there's none good enough to drink, where you have no land to plant your crops, where the air you breathe is contaminated and where the river is so polluted that it ceases to become the dwelling place for fish; bad roads, irregular electricity, poor health facilities, corruption and abject penury are still the watchwords in the Niger Delta. We still have creeks in this region that have not even a primary school and you'll have to travel by boat as long as two hours to get to the nearest school; it is so pathetic that in the Niger Delta, in spite of the enormous natural resources, people still struggle to put food on their table, send their children to school let alone meet their daily needs. How many people are aware that there is an oil company in which Nigeria appears to be not only the country where she pays her lowest cost of labour, but also where they have fewer packages for their employees? It is also discovered that some of these companies make their highest return on investment in Nigeria. Why will it not be so when these companies shy away from their responsibilities when it comes to the host communities?
To my brothers in the north, who have not been to the Niger Delta before, the best way for them to understand the situation is to liken it to a man who neglects the well-being of the cow yet every day he gets as much milk as he can from the animal. It'll definitely come to a point when the cow will react and that was exactly what propelled the Niger Delta militants into action.
How did the Niger Delta militants go about their struggle? They did this by fighting the bodies that are concerned; the government and the oil companies in the region. They had to draw the attention of the government and the companies to the immeasurable neglect and unmerited sufferings in the region. It is not on record that the militants kidnapped anybody who was not either a government official or an employee of the oil companies. They were not concerned about taking innocent lives because that's not their primary motive. Liberation and emancipation of the Niger Delta was their primary motive. The militants fought against the environmental degradation and territorial abandonment that is eating the region faster than the way Oliver ate his meal on the day he asked for the second plate.
As freedom fighters, the Niger Delta militants were constantly sending messages across to the government and the oil companies and when it was time to go into dialogue, they came to the table as a sign of their readiness to publicly express their grievances. Never was there any hidden identity with the Niger Delta militants; they were never faceless.
Now talking about the Boko Haram, for us to know if they're freedom fighters, let's consider their struggles. Their agitations amongst others include imposition of an Islamic state on Nigeria and condemnation of Western education.
When Lord Lugard amalgamated Nigeria in 1914, was it not a nation of many religions? Why did it take almost a century for the Boko Haram to ask for an Islamic state? With a population of over 160 million people, is it right for everyone to be forcefully asked to belong to one religion? In Nigeria, we have freedom of worship and it'll be impossible and unlawful to compel any group to belong to one particular religion. I don't think it is right to compel anyone or influence them in their choice of religion regardless of where they are living.
At a time when Nigeria is trying very hard to metamorphose from a third world country into a leading country in the world; at a time when Nigerians are ashamed of being referred to as a developing nation in spite of our abundant natural, human and capital resources, do you think it'll be possible for us to shun the western world? The bombs that the Boko Haram members use, where are they from? What about the phones they use? What about the cameras? Are they not Western products?
Now, how does Boko Haram go about its struggle? By bombing innocent churches, destroying lives and property. Since inception, Boko Haram has killed over 3,000 people including foreigners and even youth corps members. The manner at which the members killed some of their victims makes them far from being human rights fighters. It's inhuman for a freedom fighter to behead victims with machete or slice them in pieces allowing them to die in anguish. I don't think freedom fighters indulge in such cruelty and animalistic behaviour to express their grievances. My brothers in the north will continually live in fear as long as the insurgency of the Boko Haram persists.
Now, some leaders in the north are clamouring for amnesty; but my question is, to whom should the amnesty be given? To faceless people? I've not seen anywhere in the whole where amnesty is given to a generally acclaimed terrorist group. The money for the amnesty for the Niger Delta militants came from the oil revenue in the South-South region of Nigeria, where will the funds for the amnesty of the Boko Haram come from? Is it going to come from the sale of crude oil? If the crude oil is the mainstay of this country, then it's most likely that whatever amnesty that they are agitating for will come from the Niger Delta and in my opinion that will not be healthy for the nation. Are you not convinced that if amnesty is granted to this group, another group of people will spring up from another region simply because it wants amnesty too? How are we going to be sure that whosoever group that steps up will be the real Boko Haram? After Boko Haram, what group will come next?
These are some of the sensitive issues that we should worry about and we should be very careful in providing a lasting solution because some seeming solutions are not really solutions but another problem in disguise. Let's be rational in our judgment; let's not be carried away by the selfish interest of any particular group. Let's live our creed, let our nation be bound with freedom, peace and unity.
Finally, fighting for one's rights is something that is internationally applauded but if the ideology and agitation of any group are wrong or negative, then such a group will not be fighting a just cause. The ideology of the Niger Delta militants is contrary to that of Boko Haram and if the latter is not a group of freedom fighters, then it's a terrorist group and should be treated as such. Agitating for amnesty for a faceless terrorist group is something that shouldn't be mentioned because that ideal is as dangerous as the activities of the Boko Haram.
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Well I've come to learn that now I'm over my head. These aren't rainbow sharks as he first told me, though he was guessing as he really didn't know, just thought they looked cool. After reading up on the internet, I've found that they are irridescent sharks, young at least, he bought them a week ago along with two powder blue balloon rams (found that on the internet too, lol). Their setup was clean but the sharks have indented belly's and one was laying on it's side breathing heavy.
Brought them home, this was a few days ago, set up a 10 gallon with a new filter system and have them heated at 78 degrees. Most of the info on the net says they like the water between 72-79 and they like a pH of 6.5-7.5, I've treated their water and added aquarium salt and tested their water to make sure everything was up to par.
The little one was up and lethargically mobile once in the tank instead of laying on his side but then went back to his side for about a day and a half, gulping hard, his/her tail is gone??? Could have been eaten off? I've added a dose of Para-Guard.
At one point I found him stuck up to the filter, I quickly shut it off and moved him underneath a plastic cave to keep him out of harms way. The other one was lethargic, laying often on the bottom and was really not doing well yesterday afternoon.
Then suddenly last night, we had ourselves a festivus miracle!! Both were swimming around, slowly, not like the ones I've seen online but at least they were both up and mobile! They stick around the heater, moving up and down the glass.
The only difference was that yesterday, I put bloodworms in the water hoping that maybe they would try to eat that as I read online that they will sometimes favor them. I've tried a few different types of bottom feeder type wafers and some various flakes suggested on the net but they had no interest. There is still disintegrated wafers on the bottom from this afternoon. I never see them eat but I'm guessing they ate the bloodworms?
The rams are thriving and happy from what I can tell.
Any suggestions for these guys or tips? I will be looking to rehome them to someone with a proper setup as they apparently can grow up to 3-4 feet long, all at a rapid rate when in the right conditions. I'll probably keep the rams and get them some tank mates or maybe two more ballon rams, any suggestions for them?
Thanks in advance.
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I was sitting in my truck at the drive window of a locally owned drive up food place in Salt Lake one day and decided to ask some questions when it comes to portion sizes. I had ordered a combo meal and the following response inevitably came.
"Would you like to Supersize it?" came the voice over the speaker that sat in the middle of the menu board.
"What exactly does that mean?" I asked.
The person on the other end kind of hesitated a little.
"Well you can get the value mid- meal, the medium fun meal, or the supersized meal?" the voice replied.
I had ordered the medium fun meal, because it was in the middle and I am what I consider to be a moderate, but political leanings aside I still hesitated.
"No what do those sizes mean?" I asked. "Okay let's start with the value mid-meal."
Again a hesitation.
"Well...the value mid-meal is the economy meal. It just comes with a small burger, a small fry and a small drink..."
"If everything in the meal is 'mid' shouldn't that mean medium sized?" I asked.
"No, that all comes with the medium fun meal," said the voice.
Cars were starting to back up behind me, but I still wanted to press on. I needed an explanation of the differences.
"Well then why do they call the first one the mid-meal?" I asked. "Shouldn't that say the small meal."
"That's just what they call it," said the voice. There was a tinge of increduousless in the voice.
"Okay then what is different in the supersize meal then," I asked, drawing out the questioning like one of those reporters you see on television that asks the same question to someone in six different ways trying to pry loose a fact that is not in evidence.
"In a supersize meal everything is big," said the voice with some impatience now.
The cars were still backing up.
"When you say big, what does that mean?" I asked.
There was a real hesitation then and I heard some mumbling in the background. Finally another voice came on, a strong male voice.
"Is there a problem?" the voice asked.
"No. I was just inquiring about the difference between the value mid-meal, the medium fun meal and the supersized meal," I said. Then I asked in trying to lighten the mood "By the way, why is the second meal listed called the fun meal. I mean is it funner to eat than the other two?"
"You ordered the medium fun meal," said the voice. "It is what it is. Now pull forward and pay for your food.
"I was only asking," I said."I bet no one has ever asked you any of those things before."
There was pure silence.
I pulled up and the woman at the window treated me like I was a pariah.
"Here's your food," she said. "That will be $5.83."
I gave her my debit card.
"I really wasn't trying to be a jerk or anything," I said to her as she left the window open as she processed my card. "I was just trying to figure out what they all meant. I'd never been here before and wanted to know."
She didn't say anything as she handed me the receipt, but I could see tears in her eyes. I handed her a $10 bill and said "This is for if I got you in trouble with your boss. I didn't mean to do that."
That made her smile.
"He can be...she said and then she hesitated. "Really hard to work for."
"Hey we've all worked for people like that," I said.
I started to drive away and then I thought about how helpful she had been, and what a jerk he had been to her. I decided to turn around and go in and talk to this guy. I parked and went into the restaurant. I walked up to the counter.
"Can I talk with the manager?" I asked as the kid behind the counter was about to ask me what I wanted to order.
A middle aged man walked up and before he could say anything I said, "You know you need to lighten up a little. You made the woman at the window cry. She didn't do anything wrong, she was just trying to help me."
"So you're the guy that was asking the stupid questions," he said.
Good customer service, I thought.
"Yeah and I'm a food critic for Fast Food Magazine and you struck out, big time."
You should have seen the look on his face. I turned and walked out without saying anything more. In fact Fast Food Magazine doesn't even exist.
I just supersized the fib.


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White calls Armstrong ballot question 'false choice'
State Sen. Don White, R-Indiana, last night called the Armstrong School District school board majority "misleading and disingenuous" and accused them of "not being in compliance with the majority of the voters in the district."
White's comments were made at the school board's monthly voting meeting, where it was proposed to put a referendum on the May primary ballot that asks voters whether they favor a $155 million new school. Directors advocating the ballot question have argued that a rejection of a new school would be tacit approval of the majority's current plan for an $80 million renovation and enlargement of three high schools.
The new school estimate had earlier been pegged at $145 million, but was changed to $155 million to include interest on the borrowed funds.
White, along with Senate Education Committee Chairman Jeff Piccola and Rep. Jeff Pyle, R-Ford City, recently requested that the state Department of Education review the district's renovation plans. White told directors last night that he did so because the spending warranted further review.
The senator cited unemployment figures, declining population, declining enrollment and high taxes as the reasons for his actions.
"Considering all these factors and the overwhelming public feedback my office has received, I could not watch as this board takes actions to further exacerbate the economic distress of our mutual constituents while literally mortgaging future generations of taxpayers with unsustainable tax burden," he said. "Maybe property taxes will not increase this year, but to suggest this debt burden will not contribute to taxes increasing in future years is disingenuous."
White called the referendum a "false choice" and said he disagreed that the only two options before the taxpayers is "either spend $80 million on renovations or $155 million on some mythical super school."
"It's like telling the taxpayers, do you want robbed at gunpoint or would you rather have your pocket picked," White said of the two options presented by Director James Solak. "There is a third option that must be considered and that is 'spend no more.' I hope that if this referendum does go to the voters that they soundly defeat it and see it for the sham that it is."
Solak, who spent a considerable amount of the meeting defending the board majority's actions and challenging White's recommendation to have the state Education Department further review the renovations plans, argued that White could not request the state review without citing specific issues with the plan.
Solak and board President Rose Stitt both argued that the district has spent the past 16 months developing the renovation plans so that there would be no tax increase over the 30-year borrowing period.
"We have taken numerous steps to cut costs and save the district money and it's been well documented," Solak said. "We've proven over and over that the renovation plan will not cost the taxpayers any additional money."
White responded by asking the board, "If you can save that kind of money, why do you have to go out and spend it• Is it necessary to spend $80 million given the economic climate?
After a lengthy discussion over figures for the schools, as well as the district tax rates, White told Solak: "Figures don't lie, but liars figure. You can make the numbers say anything you want them to."
Solak responded that if district taxes increased as a result of the $80 million funding for the renovation plans, he would resign from the board.
Directors Chris Choncek and Jim Rearic, who both opposed placement of the ballot question, told the audience of about 250 people that if they are re-elected they would not take steps to build a new combined high school.
"I never said we need a new school or that we have to have one," Choncek said. "I said it was one of many options that we need to consider. Now is not the time to consider building a new school."
Rearic said: "When the economy is good, tough decisions are easy to make, but times have changed and people must be willing to change their minds and their views. The (board) majority has been nothing but the same old, same old and has drilled into the ground the data and are not willing to look at anything new."
After nearly four hours of debate, directors voted to place the referendum on the ballot by vote of 5-3. Directors Solak, Stitt, Sara Yassem, Royce Smeltzer and John Monroe voted in favor of the referendum, while directors Chris Choncek, Joe Close and Jim Rearic voted against it. Director Steve Kozuch abstained.
The referendum question also must be approved by the county election board before being placed on the ballot.
The question is to read: "Shall debt in the combined sum of $155 million for the purpose of construction of a new comprehensive high school building and Elderton K-6 building be authorized to be incurred as, or (as appropriate) transferred from nonelectoral debt to, debt approved by the electors?"
Other votes:
• Directors voted 5-1 in favor of having a Project Labor Agreement in place for the Ford City High School renovation project. Directors Stitt, Solak, Smeltzer, Yassem and Kozuch voted in favor of the agreement, while Monroe voted no. Directors Choncek, Close and Rearic abstained from voting.
Before the vote, several contractors, both union and nonunion, pleaded their case with directors. Some said they felt the agreement would limit competition and drive costs up, while one said the agreement would help ensure that local people would be able to work on the projects.
• Directors voted 6-3 to approve taking legal action against the state Education Department, as well as White, Piccola and Pyle for costs incurred as a result of the state's delay of the renovation projects. Directors Solak, Stitt, Smeltzer, Yassem, Monroe and Kozuch voted in favor of taking legal action, while Choncek, Close and Rearic voted no.
To date, the Education Department has not set a date for a public hearing, requested by the legislators.
District solicitor Jack Cambest chastised White for coming to the meeting without a proper complaint in place to delay the renovation plans.
"We heard a lot of political rhetoric and opinions tonight, but we heard nothing specific about the issues that would warrant a review by the state," he said. "And you know what they say about opinions: Everyone has them."
Cambest accused the senator of wasting money by not following procedure in filing a complaint with the department and said the district will have to spend money to "try and figure out what White and Pyle will say or ask the department when a hearing does occur."
Before Cambest's comments, White said that seeking legal action against the state would do nothing to expedite the process and criticized directors for considering legal actions.
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SPRINGFIELD, Ore. - For years, state police have been trying to play catch up when it comes to registering sex offenders.
Now they tell us their database is finally current.
But even though it's up to date, you can only see a select few if you go to the state registry website.
There are more than 27,000 registered sex offenders in Oregon, but only 623 of them are posted on the public website.
They are the ones that meet three specific criteria.
First, they must be deemed predatory, or most likely to re-offend.
Second, the supervising agency must have notified someone other than the offender's family - for example, neighbors, a church, community parks, or schools - that the offender lived nearby.
And finally, the primary supervising authority must notify state police that the offender was under a high level of supervision
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Economic council meets over the phone as winds divert PM's flight
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- August 01, 2014
PRIME Minister Tony Abbott's trip to Launceston never touched the ground yesterday after extreme winds prevented his plane landing at Launceston Airport.
Mr Abbott was to chair the second meeting of the Joint Commonwealth and Tasmanian Economic Council but 110km/h winds forced the flight to divert to Hobart.
He and Treasurer Joe Hockey tuned into the meeting via teleconference.
The council meeting included Premier Will Hodgman, State Treasurer Peter Gutwein, co-chairman Dale Elphinstone and four Tasmanian business leaders.
While Mr Abbott flew out after a press conference, Mr Hockey was believed to have met Palmer United Party Senator Jacqui Lambie.
The PM confirmed a new icebreaker would be based in Hobart, a commitment funded in the Budget.
"There is a range of Commonwealth initiatives – $400 million for the Midland Highway, $38 million for the extension of the runway at the Hobart Airport and $90 million in Antarctic projects,'' he said.
Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane said the freight equalisation scheme was discussed as well as the tourism, aquaculture and dairy industries.
Mr Macfarlane said the Government was committed to retaining the freight equalisation scheme.
"We need to be sure that businesses that are already using the scheme aren't disadvantaged by any changes but at the same time we don't disadvantage new businesses exporting through the ports in Melbourne,'' he said.
Mr Elphinstone said sovereign risk was one of the major eight items discussed.
"We want to make the investment environment more attractive to come to Tassie to invest,'' he said.
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Pat Ignazio of Hobart Posted at 11:31 AM August 01, 2014
I am sure that several bloggers here believe that Abbott could have walked across Bass Strait.
Rob Smith of Hobart Posted at 11:06 AM August 01, 2014
Yes, "Rob Broadway of Hobart", we finally have a PM interested in getting Tasmania to stand on it's own two feet. We're in a sad state of affairs thanks to the Greens and Labor destruction of sustainable renewable resource industries in regional communities. Hopefully the Liberals can turn the boat around to better waters, hey mate?
Rob Broadway of Hobart Posted at 10:07 AM August 01, 2014
should have been diverted to Christmas island...


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Learn how to optimize Microsoft System Center Operations Manager for cross-platform devices, applications, and regulatory auditing requirements, and see how to create advanced line-of-business (LOB), geographic, and executive-level dashboards in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. This webcast includes more than 40 minutes of demonstrations, and we provide customer examples of:
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Ceisteann—Questions. Oral Answers. - Mayo Flood Damage.
Tuesday, 26 November 1985
Dáil Eireann Debate
Mr. D. Gallagher: asked the Minister for Agriculture if a survey has been carried out in relation to flood damage in County Mayo; and if he will make funds available immediately to compensate for the serious damage caused.
Mr. D. Gallagher: asked the Minister for Agriculture if, in view of the serious problems facing the farming community in County Mayo because of recent flooding, he will ensure that adequate provision is made by the Government to compensate these farmers for their losses.
Mr. Deasy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 6 and 35 together. Due to the limited Exchequer resources available, assistance for flood damage victims had necessarily to be confined to farmers in areas of the Shannon Valley most severely affected by flooding. However, farmers in County Mayo and in other parts of the country who have been unable to conserve adequate winter fodder for their livestock were in a position to benefit from the winter fodder scheme 1985 and also eligible for the feed voucher scheme, details of which were announced earlier this month and which is due to close tomorrow.
Mr. D. Gallagher: The Minister mentioned the Shannon area, and we are not objecting to help being given there, but there are areas in Mayo and elsewhere where land is covered by sand, bog and grit of all sorts. When the Shannon subsides at least the farmers will have land but in many instances the farmers in Mayo will have no land left and they can get no help by way of grant to get their land back into production. The Government should alleviate the problem of these small farmers.
[13]Mr. Deasy: My attention has not been drawn to any particular difficulty in Mayo which is not apparent elsewhere. If there was an area which might have been included it is that area adjacent to Dowra, County Cavan, where there was flooding of a nature which might have merited aid. That was not included because it came to light after we had decided on the areas to be included in the relief for the Shannon Valley. During the past summer and early autumn everyone had trouble as regards flooding, but unless there was something exceptional about the degree of flooding, we did not even examine the question of making relief available.
Mr. Naughten: Would the Minister consider a further extension of the closing date for applications for relief?
Mr. Deasy: As much as I would like to do that, the fact is that by extending the date I would run into difficulties issuing the vouchers. I cannot start issuing vouchers until I know the total number of applicants. The sooner I know that the sooner I can get the scheme working. The original closing date was 20 November and it has now been extended to 27 November. I want to ensure that people get these feed vouchers as quickly as possible. Therefore, I do not think it fair to ask for a further extension because the week's extension is sufficient.
Mr. J. Leonard: When will the vouchers be issued?
Mr. Deasy: As quickly as possible. I hope in a matter of weeks.
Mr. Naughten: Could the Minister tell the House approximately the number of applications he has received under the feed voucher scheme to date?
Mr. Deasy: I could give a guesstimate, but not all the people who applied will be deemed eligible, although I hope they will. Obviously a certain percentage will probably be disqualified for various [14] reasons, such as income level and so on. The latest figure is approximately 60,000.
Mr. D. Gallagher: Do I take it from the Minister's reply that if it is possible to make a case that land in Mayo has been destroyed because of flooding, he would be prepared to receive representations and would be disposed to give some help?
Mr. Deasy: As much as I sympathise with the Deputy, I would not like to give him false hope because I might have to look at many similar areas. I have an additional problem: we allocated £2.5 million for the winter fodder scheme on 8 August. One million pounds of that was for fertiliser and £1.5 million was allocated for first time silage makers. We estimated that the maximum number of people who would avail of the first time silage making scheme was 8,000. It transpired that something like 30,000 have availed of that scheme. As a result our estimate has gone through the roof. Instead of spending £1.5 million, we will spend something like £6 million. It is proving extremely difficult to find that extra money and, therefore, it will be extremely difficult to find additional money for cases similar to that mentioned by the Deputy.
Mr. Naughten: This proves it is a very good scheme.
Mr. Farrelly: In view of the fact that there are about 30,000 people availing of that scheme, will the Minister increase the number of inspectors so that they can deal with these applications as quickly as possible? When does he envisage payment will be made?
Mr. Deasy: We have diverted every available resource to working on these emergency schemes. As regards payment, I cannot tell the Deputy at the moment. All I can say is that payments to the Shannon Valley have already commenced.
An Ceann Comhairle: I am calling [15] Deputy N. Treacy and then moving to the next question.
Mr. N. Treacy: As a result of the Minister's replies, particularly having regard to the large take-up on the first time silage making, will the Minister give a commitment that he will make a good grant available for the provision of silage plants in 1986?
An Ceann Comhairle: That is another question.
Mr. Deasy: That question has been put down by Deputy Hilliard. I will answer it if we reach it today.
Mr. Farrelly: A Cheann Comhairle——
An Ceann Comhairle: I am moving on to the next question.
Mr. Farrelly: It is important.
An Cheann Comhairle: Everybody thinks the question he intends to ask is important.
Mr. Farrelly: The people in ACOT informed me yesterday that the number of people they can visit in any one day is 15——
An Cheann Comhairle: That is not a question, whatever else it is.
Mr. Farrelly: It is a question.
An Ceann Comhairle: Question No. 7.
Mr. Kitt: asked the Minister for Agriculture the criteria for payment to farmers from his Department to alleviate losses incurred because of the very serious flooding.
Mr. Deasy: Assistance to farmers who faced serious winter fodder problems as a result of flood damage is confined to people farming in parts of specific district [16] electoral divisions in the Shannon valley area. The scheme is limited to those mainly dependent on farming with not more than 60 livestock units who have suffered fodder or, in some cases, crop losses. The maximum subsidy is £500 per farmer.
Mr. N. Treacy: Can the Minister give a reason why the Dunkellin river basin was not included in that scheme?
Mr. Deasy: I cannot. I can only depend on the technical people in my Department who studied the question at first hand.
Mr. N. Treacy: Can the Minister say why the people living in the south eastern part of Galway north of Portumna right across to Woodford and into Ballycrosaun were not looked after?
An Ceann Comhairle: That is a separate question.
Mr. Deasy: James J. Fitzpatrick used to do this travelogue once a week in the films but I cannot travel around the country giving a run down——
An Ceann Comhairle: Deputy Liam Naughten.
Mr. Naughten: I am delighted at the way in which the scheme is operating but is there a possibility of giving special assistance to farmers in that area which is classified under the Shannon valley and the Suck valley aid scheme by way of an additional grant?
Mr. N. Treacy: We did not get an answer.
Mr. Deasy: The reply to Deputy Naughten's question is the same as the reply I gave to Deputy Gallagher. I would love to have the resources but because of [17] the overspending on the silage scheme it is proving particularly difficult to make additional areas qualify for the scheme.
An Ceann Comhairle: Deputy J. Leonard, and then I am moving on to the next question.
Mr. J. Leonard: For the sake of goodwill would the Minister not agree that it is important to make an effort? West Cavan and other areas mentioned earlier have suffered as severely from flooding as areas around the Shannon.
Mr. Deasy: There is not a lot extra available to people in the Shannon valley or the other affected areas compared with the general run-of-the-mill farmer who has fallen on difficult times. The maximum that can be paid under the Shannon valley scheme is £500. We hope to be able to pay £400 or its equivalent through the fodder scheme depending on the number of applicants. If the number of applicants is less than anticipated we may be able to pay more.
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This is a comprehensive list of my sources of income, and any hospitality or gifts I receive (except from family and friends), beginning in September 2011.
I have opened this registry because I believe that journalists should live by the standards they demand of others, among which are accountability and transparency. One of the most important questions in public life, which is asked less often than it should be, is "who pays?".
Until members of parliament were obliged to reveal their external earnings, we had no means of knowing whether the positions they took were influenced by the money they made: whether, in other words, they were acting on our behalf or acting on behalf of hidden sponsors. Many of the thinktanks and campaign groups which claim to be independent often sound uncannily like corporate lobbyists. When they refuse to reveal the sources of their funding, the public has good reason to be suspicious. Several journalists have been exposed for what, in the United States, are called payola scandals. It would not be surprising to discover that others were taking undisclosed payments for championing certain interests.
I believe that everyone who steps into public life should be obliged to show on whose behalf they are speaking: in other words who is paying them, and how much. I would like to see journalists, like MPs, become subject to a mandatory register of interests. But until that time I hope to encourage other journalists to declare the sources of their income voluntarily – by declaring mine.
Current state of play:
I have one live contract: with the Guardian, to supply columns, blog posts and other material, from 1st February 2015 until 31st January 2016, for which I am paid an annual fee of £67,000.
I have one other regular source of income: the rent paid to me by the co-operative that leases my house, which currently amounts to £9,480 a year.
Please note: these figures, as well as the additional income cited below, are gross earnings, not net income. I am a freelance journalist, and a good deal of this money is put back into my work. I employ an assistant, run my own office and must also make my own provision for research, travel, pension, tax and other expenses. My total taxable income after personal allowances for the tax year 2011/12 was £45,264. In the tax year 2012/13 it was £51,939. In the tax year 2013/14 it was £60,345.
I will post up any other payments, gifts, hospitality and investments during the first week of every month. I have decided to stop including the review copies of books I receive, as so many come in that it requires a disproportionate amount of work, and I have not been able to keep up. "And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh." Ecclesiastes 12:12.
Monthly earnings, gifts and hospitality in addition to regular income (which is detailed above):
July 2015
Guardian: Syndication fee £60
Guardian: Syndication fee £270
Guardian: Syndication fee £60
Other income
BBC: Contributor fee £360
BBC: Contributor fee £60
BBC: Contributor fee £60
Lakin McCarty: Speaker fee £1,440
Government of Luxembourg: Speaker fee Euros 2,500
Coleridge lectures: Speaker fee £600
BBC: Contributor fee £60
LUSH: Speaker fee £1,200
June 2015
Guardian: Syndication fee £90
Other income
Sheffield University Students Union: Speaker fee £1,200
BBC: Contributor fee £60
Paul Foot Awards: Runner up prize £1,000
May 2015
Random House Canada: HEAT £29.56
April 2015
HarperCollins: Age of Consent £186.78
Macmillan: Nation Without a State £143.91
Other income
BBC: Contributor fee £90
Guardian: Syndication fee £210
Guardian: 2 videos £1,980
Forestry Commission: Speaker fee & expenses £498.53
Guardian: Syndication fee £240
March 2015
Other income
Guardian: Syndication fee £60
Guardian: Syndication fee £60
New York Times: Article £332.20
BBC: Contributor fee £600
February 2015
ALCS (Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society) £284.61
PLR (Public Lending Rights) £213.92
Other income
Guardian: Syndication fee £72
Sheffield University: Speaker fee £480
January 2015
No additional income
December 2014
Irish PLR (Public Lending Rights) £3.84
Other income
BBC: Contributor fee £239.16
Wilscreen: Speaker fee £500
BBC Earth: Article £3,000
Society of Biology: Book prize £500
Coleridge lectures: Speaker fee £600
FOE: Article £240
November 2014
Macmillan: Nation Without a State £109.38
Other income
5×15: Speaker fee & expenses £202.74
Hay Festival: Speaker fee £480
Guardian: Syndication fee £90
October 2014
HarperCollins: Age of Consent £72.85
Other income
New Statesman: Article £540
Guardian: Syndication fee £90
September 2014
ALCS (Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society) £363.83
Other income
BBC: Contributor fee £240
Guardian: Syndication fee £252
John Muir Conference: Speaker fee £1,000
Hebden Bridge Arts Festival: Speaker fee £1,420
Thonson Reuters: Zoological Society of London Book Prize £1,000
August 2014
Other income
Guardian: Syndication fee £90
BBC: Contributor fee £240
July 2014
Other income
Guardian: Fee £36
June 2014
Grove Atlantic: Bring on the Apocalypse £2.69
May 2014
Grove Atlantic: Bring on the Apocalypse £11.82
Macmillan: Nation Without a State £141.71
Doubleday Canada: HEAT £35.64
Other income
Zalozba Krtina (Slovenia): Advance £428.66
Guardian: Syndication fee £48
Guardian: Syndication fee £60
April 2014
HarperCollins: Age of Consent £135.77
Other income
Lisbet Rausing: Support for Rewilding Assistant £12,000
BBC: Contributor fee £90
March 2014
ALCS (Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society) £1,389.48
Other income
BBC: Contributor fee £60
Guardian: Syndication fee £900
Guardian: Additional columns £7,780.62
Guardian: Syndication fee £60
Prime (Russia): Extract fee £231.23
Federation of Cumbrian Commoners: Lunch £8
Words by the Water Festival: Family accomodation and board Approx £400
February 2014
PLR (Public Lending Rights) £75.21
Other income
Guardian: Syndication fee £60
January 2014
Grove Atlantic: Bring on the Apocalypse £3.08
Other income
BBC: Contributor fee £60
Guardian: Special report £1800
BBC: Contributor fee £38.40
Guardian: G2 article fee £193.76
December 2013
Irish PLR (Public Lending Rights) £2.35
Other income
BBC: Contributor fee £60
Intelligent Life: Article fee £399
The New Unique Broadcasting Company: Contributor fee £240
CIWEM (The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management): Speaker fee £1,200
BBC: Contributor fee £266.40
November 2013
Grove Atlantic: Bring on the Apocalypse £5.81
Doubleday Canada: HEAT £28.16
October 2013
HarperCollins: Age of Consent £19.54
Macmillan: Nation Without a State £144.06
September 2013
Other income
Edinburgh International Book Festival: Speaker fee £360
Guardian: Syndication fee £72
August 2013
ALCS (Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society) £74.48
UIT Cambridge: No Man's Land & Poisoned Arrows £15.38
Other income
Spectator: Article fee £300
July 2013
Other income
Penguin: Travel expenses £96.12
BBC: Travel expenses £38.40
Guardian: Syndication fee £48
Woodland Trust: Article fee £240
Penguin: Travel expenses £13.56
Penguin: Sweatshirt value approx £20
TED Global: TED talk delegate pack value approx £50
June 2013
Aeon Magazine: Extract from FERAL £1,260
Guardian: Syndication fee £270
Other income
Guardian: Books for research £14.39
Guardian: Books for research £9.88
BBC: Contributor fee £60
Corporate Knights Magazine: Article £721.05
May 2013
Guardian: Syndication fee £180
Macmillan: Nation Without a State £126.74
Random House: HEAT £623.75
Penguin (Canada): Advance £2,247.99
Other income
Guardian: Books for research £37.13
April 2013
HarperCollins: Age of Consent £130.45
Other income
BBC: Contributor fee £60
BBC: Contributor fee £60
English Heritage: Media Pass 2013/14 admits two adults with accompanied children
March 2013
Guardian: Syndication fee £84
Guardian: Syndication fee £120
Guardian: Syndication fee £66
Guardian: Syndication fee £66
Other income
Guardian: Books for research£14.74
February 2013
Penguin (Canada): Advance £2,251.55
PLR (Public Lending Rights) £128.21
ALCS (Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society) £792.26
Other income
Royal Opera House: Travel expenses £33.00
January 2013
Other income
BBC: Contributor fee £90
Oslo University: Seminar fee £4,065.85
Guardian: Books for research £15.59
BBC: Travel expenses £25.20
December 2012
Irish Public Lending Rights £3.80
Guardian: Syndication fee £66
Penguin (Canada): Advance £2,247.05
Other income
Penguin: Travel expenses £71.88
BBC: Contributor fee £84
Arne Naess Symposium: Speaker fees £3,971.87
November 2012
Penguin: Advance on royalties £2,000
Macmillan: Nation Without a State £173.87
Books sent by publishers / authors
Bad Pharma: How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients Fourth Estate
Meme Wars: The Creative Destruction of Neoclassical Economics Penguin Group
October 2012
HarperCollins: Age of Consent £220.76
Other income
BBC: Contributor fee £24
New Zealand Planning Institute: Videoconference Speaker Fee £1,000
Books sent by publishers / authors
Nature All Around Us: A Guide to Urban Ecology The University of Chicago Press
The Fair Tax: Supported by History, Agreed by Economists, Feared by the 1% Shepheard-Walwyn
The Book of Barely Imagined Beings: A 21st Century Bestiary Granta
America's Deadliest Export: Democracy – the Truth About US Foreign Policy and Everything Else Zed Books
Financing the Global Sharing Economy Share The World's Resources
September 2012
Guardian: Syndication fee £48
Penguin: Advance on royalties £8,800
Other income
Guardian: Books for research £20.40
Books sent by publishers / authors
Global Corruption: Money, Power & Ethics in the Modern World I.B. Tauris
There is No Such Thing as a Free Press…and We Need One More Than Ever (review copy) Imprint Academic
The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn From Traditional Societies? Allen Lane
The Nolympics: One man's struggle against sporting hysteria Penguin Group
CD, DVD, memory stick, bag & tea towel from the Mikron Theatre Company
2 fridge magnets from William Blunt & Sons
August 2012
Guardian: Syndication fee £150
The Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS): Royalties £124.42
Guardian: Syndication fee £75
Other income
BBC: Contributor fee £60
While looking at a project it is running, I stayed for two nights in the home of a Forestry Commission official.
The Forestry Commission also paid for a pub lunch I ate, which, including the drink, cost approximately £10.
Books sent by publishers / authors
The City and Coming Climate: Climate Change in the Places We Live Cambridge University Press
Green-Wood Factory School
Climate Change and Social Ecology: A New Perspective on the Climate Challenge Routledge
Stalin's Legacy: The Soviet War on Nature Birlinn
Making Thatcher's Britain Cambridge University Press
An apron from The Radical Tea Towel Company
July 2012
Other income
BBC Radio 2: Jeremy Vine Show contributor fee £60
BBC: contributor fee £50
Books sent by publishers / authors
Men of Property: The Very Wealthy in Britain Since the Industrial Revolution The Social Affairs Unit
Who Were the Rich? A Biographical Directory of British Wealth-Holders, Volume 1, 1809 – 1839 The Social Affairs Unit
The Glorious Art of Peace: From the Iliad to Iraq Oxford University Press
Greening the Media Oxford University Press
The Book of Barely Imagined Beings: A 21st Century Bestiary (uncorrected proof) Granta
The Reality of Global Crises Dr Peter B Scott-Morgan (self published)
The Reality of our Global Future Dr Peter B Scott-Morgan (self published)
An Energetic Life Professor Peter R Odell (author)
The Return of the Jacobite John Miles (self published)
June 2012
Guardian: syndication fee £78.00
Books sent by publishers / authors
Bee Journal Jonathan Cape
A Different World Ruth Jacobs (Author)
The Carbon Cycle: Crossing the Great Divide Two Ravens Press
The Politics of Climate Change and the Global Crisis: Mortgaging Our Future Orient BlackSwan
End Game Allan Hendry (Author)
Social Versus Corporate Welfare: Competing Needs and Interests within the Welfare State Palgrave Macmillan
Occupy World Street: A Global Roadmap for Radical Economic and Political Reform Green Books
The State of the Poles: Climate Lessons from the International Polar Year Unipub
2052: A Global Forecast for the Next Forty Years Chelsea Green
Hay Festival: free tickets to events and meals, value approx £100
Hay Festival: 6 bottles of Freixenet, value approx £50
May 2012
Macmillan: Captive State £20.79
Guardian: syndication fee £150.00
Guardian: syndication fee £30.00
Other income
Guardian: books for research £82.68
Books sent by publishers / authors
Visit Sunny Chernobyl: and Other Adventures in the World's Most Polluted Places Random House Books
The Geek Manifesto: Why Science Matters Bantam Press
The Future of Helium as a Natural Resource Routledge
The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot Hamish Hamilton
Empire Reviewed The Social Affairs Unit
I Love My World: The Playful, Hands-on, Nature Connection Guidebook Chris Holland (Author)
April 2012
HarperCollins: Age of Consent £216.34
Books sent by publishers / authors
Freedom in Entangled Worlds: West Papua and the Architecture of Global Power Duke University Press
When China Rules the World: The End of the Western World and the Birth of a New Global Order Penguin Group
The Arab Spring: Rebellion, Revolution and a New World Order Guardian Books
Permaculture Design: A Step by Step Guide Permanent Publications
People and Permaculture: Caring & Designing for Ourselves, Each Other and the Planet Permanent Publications
The Blueprint: Averting Global Collapse (Uncorrected proof) Corrino Press
Future Money: Breakdown or Breakthrough Green Books
Defending Politics: Why Democracy Matters in the Twenty-First Century Oxford University Press
The Sign: The Shroud of Turin and the Secret of the Resurrection Penguin Group
Education for the Inevitable: Schooling When the Oil Runs Out Michael Bassey (Author)
Living on Gold Time Vol 1: Growing Up Working Class Bob Wildman (Author)
March 2012
Guardian: syndication fee £90
Other income
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If you are concerned about the recent development of Clint Trickett leaving the Noles, you should stop. Personally, my main concern after the spring game was that Trickett, though a seasoned quarterback at this point, would never again take the field as an FSU quarterback. This situation is like having too many nice cars in your driveway, so the Mercedes Benz gets left out. It's a good problem! Don't believe me? Ask any Gator fan who the backup quarterback is over there in Gainesville. I promise a frown will come across their face, and you will see despair in their eyes.
As I explained in previous entries, I personally don't believe that Clint Trickett was ever meant to be the starting quarterback at Florida State. He progressed farther than most people thought, and from what I hear he has a great understanding of the game. Perhaps he is a future quarterbacks coach, but it is hard to beat out a guy for the starting spot who is a 5 star recruit, and has the ideal size and physical strength the position demands. I think we can all agree as Seminole fans that we really like Trickett as a person. He is a great kid, and I hope he goes somewhere and has a great year. (As long as it's not someone we play)
The other concern is that Clint's father, Rick Trickett, may not be too happy about this and raise some hell. Well, to me Coach Trickett has a lot bigger things he needs to be worried about. As I wrote in my previous blog post, if the O-line doesn't have a good year then Florida State will be going in a different direction. The lack of recruiting that has been done by Coach Trickett may end up being the reason for his departure from FSU; UNLESS the line can hold, stay healthy and perform well this year. If that happens…well, as Tiger says, "winning fixes everything."
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9,303 water tests completed in 2009
April 06 2010 | Activism, Jim's Blog,
by Jim
That sounds simple but it encapsulates why we exist.
So what does that look like in real life? It looks like the photo on the left.
In 2009 our domestic chapter network performed 9,303 water tests. We did those tests to ensure our beaches stay clean and our near shore waters are unpolluted.
There are two underlying details to this number that I find noteworthy enough to share.
1. 100% volunteer-driven.
Surfrider = coastal volunteer. These thousands of tests were 100% driven by volunteers. Last year this group did so much more than nine thousand water tests, they worked within our 70+ chapters to ensure local coasts stay as pristine as possible. Like all volunteers, the people that performed these tests devoted their time BECAUSE of a local issue, which brings me to my second point.
2. Testing is focused on driving change.
Think of Surfrider as coastal locals. Like all people, we have lives. We have jobs, homework, families... same as everyone else. Surfrider isn't interested in becoming a business that manages water quality. That's the government's job. We start testing coastal waters when we believe pollution is present. We kick into gear when things aren't as they should be. We test water as a tool to drive government agencies to do a better job managing pollution.
9,303 tests done. Those tests drive local victories like the ones on this list.
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2 dead, 1 injured in shooting outside Tucson home
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -- Police say two people are dead and a third seriously injured after a shooting in Tucson.
Police spokesman Sgt. Chris Widmer says officers responded to a report of a shooting late Friday and found two men in the street with gunshot wounds.
One of them was pronounced dead at the scene. The other died at a local hospital. Widmer says a third man was taken to the hospital with injuries that could be life threatening.
Police say the shooting happened after a fight broke out in front of a home where dozens of people were attending a party.
Detectives interviewed nearly 20 people but say many of the guests left before police arrived. The investigation is ongoing.
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Bulawayo – Hashim Amla helped himself to a 15th one-day international hundred as South Africa eased to 309 for three in the first game of a three-match series against Zimbabwe on Sunday.
Amla batted through the innings to finish unbeaten on 122 from 132 balls, and shared in century stands with fellow opener Quinton de Kock and number three Faf du Plessis.
The early starts in Zimbabwean one-day internationals traditionally give plenty of assistance to the side bowling first and the game began under cloudy skies, but the home side's young attack was unable to capitalise on those conditions.
Seamer Neville Madziva and 19-year-old all-rounder Luke Jongwe were both handed international debuts by the hosts, and both struggled against an aggressive De Kock.
The left-hander went to his half-century in just 42 balls despite a watchful start, but a mishit off the bowling of off spinner John Nyumbu, who was making his one-day debut, saw him depart for 63.
The dismissal prompted a period of slower scoring as Faf du Plessis bedded in and Zimbabwe's spinners dragged the game back.
However, the batting powerplay sparked the South African innings once more as Du Plessis and Amla took 40 runs from the five overs.
Although Du Plessis sliced a Nyumbu delivery to extra cover to depart for 59 soon after, Amla went to his hundred in 120 balls while AB de Villiers and JP Duminy scored quick late runs.
Amla finished with three sixes and six fours in his innings, while Duminy hit the final ball of the innings for six to score 22 not out from just 11 deliveries. – Sapa-AFP
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The researchers measured the participants?bone mineral densities when the study began, and every six months thereafter for the next two to three years. During the course of the study, 61 women stopped using the contraceptive.
The researchers found that DMPA users had a greater reduction in bone density findings than did non-users.
Dr. Scholes explained that these bone density losses seen among the DMPA users occurred at a pace similar to those experienced by women progressing through menopause.
Once the women stopped using DMPA, they experienced significant gains in bone density. The study authors wrote that the increase in bone mineral density after discontinuation of DMPA is similar to the bone mineral density increase after a woman stops breast feeding.
"The potential loss of bone density is one consideration of the many that go into a woman's choice of contraceptive method,?Dr. Scholes said.
The researchers wrote that it is impossible to know what the women's bone density would have been if they had never taken the drug. They added, however, that 12 months after these women stopped using DMPA, their average bone mineral density scores were "at least as high as those of the comparison women at all of the anatomical sites.?/p>
The current study was conducted to follow up an earlier study of older women (18-39 years old.) That study found that the older women lost bone density while using DMPA and increased bone mass after discontinuing the contraceptive. However, the younger women in the current study both lost bone density and increased bone density more rapidly than did the older women in the previous study.
"This study provides evidence that DMPA use by adolescents adversely impacts [bone mineral density] at key anatomical sites,?the study authors wrote. "However, these results in teens and those from our previous cohort provide reassurance that bone loss is rega


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Dennis Jacob: Fort Pierce Central Cobras believe anything is possible
What: Region 3-7A final
Who: Fort Pierce Central vs. Bradenton-Manatee
When: 7:30 p.m. Friday
Where: Manatee High School, Bradenton
St. Lucie-based Lighthouse Foundation and 104.7 WFLM radio are arranging for up to four charter buses to take fans to the game.
Cost: $23 for bus ride; fans responsible for purchasing their own game tickets at gate
Leaving for the game: 3 p.m. Friday from Fort Pierce Central High School
How to reserve a spot: Call Bonita Williams at 772-468-5860
Those weeks of uncertainty in April and May, when no one knew which direction Fort Pierce Central's football team was going to take, seem so long ago now.
While school officials searched for a new head coach to replace successful six-year boss Chris Hutchings, they tossed the spring keys to offensive coordinator coach Josh Shaffer.
A test drive, as it turned out, that led to its longest playoff trip in 17 years.
Shaffer boldly installed a no-huddle pistol offense, capped spring drills with a stunning 56-7 blowout of Palm Beach Gardens and beat out 55 other applicants to become Central's 13th head coach.
"I knew I was the right man for the job," Shaffer recalled Tuesday. "I just had to go out and prove it."
Consider it done.
Nine wins in 10 games, a school-record third consecutive district title, two lopsided playoff wins and the most prolific offense in the program's 42-year history have the Cobras in the Final Eight for the first time since 1994.
"Really, it's the kids and it's the supporting cast around me," said Shaffer, 26. "My name gets put in the paper, but it's really the people around me.
"Without them, we wouldn't have the success we have."
The program's youngest-ever coach has folks thinking about its oldest, sweetest days.
The Cobras won their only state championship 40 years ago next month, beating Tampa-Robinson 29-13 to cap their run through the eight-team Class 4A bracket.
It takes five wins to mine title gold these days. Step No. 3 is Friday, when Central faces nationally ranked Manatee (10-2) in Bradenton for the Region 3-7A championship.
The Cobras have been here twice before since the five-round format was created, losing 27-24 in overtime to No. 1-ranked Lake Wales in 1993 and 20-16 to nationally-ranked Miami Southridge in 1994.
Now, Fort Pierce Central will make the 150-mile drive across the state hoping to make another point — that is, besides the school-record 418 already tucked away.
The 59 touchdowns in 10 games include 30 running, 20 passing, seven on defense and two on punt returns.
The lines are rock-solid, the skill players quick and talented.
The quarterback, Marcus Sigmon, is almost a mirror image of his not-so-much-older coach — always, it seems, in control.
"We feel that he trusts us and we trust him," said Sigmon, who has 19 touchdown passes. "He's got the team together and he's got us rolling."
Indeed, Shaffer's vision of pushing Central back among the state's playoff elite is quickly coming into focus.
"When someone preaches something to you, you can't do nothing but start believing in it after a while," said running back Marcus Levy, who has 17 touchdowns. "Our whole team has started believing and catching on to what he's been saying the whole season.
"Now everyone has the same mind-set he has, that anything is possible."
It's been a meteoric rise for Shaffer, a former high school and NAIA quarterback who was a graduate assistant at Akron for 1½ years and also worked with quarterbacks for the Canton (Ohio) Legends of the American Indoor Football Association.
He joined Fort Pierce Central's staff in 2008 as offensive coordinator at age 23.
As a youth, Shaffer was not always a perfect kid — "normal teen who got mixed up in the wrong places at the wrong time," he recalled — but simply one searching for a path, a purpose.
He found both on the football field.
"Football was my outlet," Shaffer said. "I wasn't athletically always the best, but my coaches always believed in me."
As a quarterback, first at Painesville (Ohio)-Riverside High and later at Malone University, Shaffer devoured X's and O's. He learned how to lead and, equally important, how to deal with others.
You could see those lessons at work Tuesday as he patiently, meticulously went over Manatee's coverage tendencies with players in a second-floor classroom at Central's 25th Street campus.
Wearing black-framed glasses, Shaffer had an almost professorial look as he quietly covered formations, dissected Manatee player movements and doled out instructions to attentive players who absorbed every word.
"He's very effective at taking the little pieces of the game and having the players understand how they relate to the big picture," Fort Pierce Central athletic director Jay Stewart said. "He takes a very intellectual approach to the game with the kids."
He's just as prepared on the sideline, dialing up 19 touchdown plays of 20 yards or more in the Cobras' last eight games.
On Friday, Shaffer tackles his biggest challenge yet, matching wits with Manatee's legendary Joe Kinnan.
The Hurricanes' most successful coach — 264 wins and counting — was in his second season when Shaffer's parents, Robert and Michelle, married in 1982. Josh, the first of two sons, was born in 1985, 11 months before Kinnan won the second of his four state championships.
The field at Hawkins Stadium was named in Kinnan's honor in 2001, after the coach ended a 20-year run to battle prostate cancer, and he was one of 12 coaches named to the Florida High School Athletic Association's All-Century Team in 2007.
Kinnan has gone 71-19 since returning, healthy again, in 2005.
"They're nationally ranked and they're well-known around the country," Shaffer said. "In order to be considered one of the best, you really have to go out and beat the best."
The Cobras are a win away from their first 10-win season since 1997 and first state semifinal since 1992.
"I'm thankful for what I have," Shaffer said. "I have a great staff, I have great kids, I've got great school administration.
"I'm truly blessed in where I'm at right now in life."
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For many consumers who are unsure of their employment status, the prospect of buying a large item right now is daunting. But last month, Best Buy announced a program to help anxious consumers make big ticket purchases. The retailer has partnered with Rent-A-Center to test an in-store program where people can rent items in order to buy them.
Best Buy will sell items directly to Rent-A-Center, which will then offer the merchandise directly to consumers at select Best Buy locations. According to Rent-A-Center's website, consumers can rent items by paying a fee every week, two weeks or once a month (depending on their preference). If they have paid for the total value of the item within 90 days—via a combination of rental fees and additional payments—they will own the item outright. If at any point the customer decides they don't want the item—or can't afford it anymore—they can cease rental payments and Rent-A-Center will collect the purchase free of charge. The total balance remains frozen, so consumers can pick the tab up again whenever they want. This program is aimed at anxious consumers for whom job security is a concern, or who have encountered financial difficulty in this economy. There are very few approval requirements (all participants need is a residence, a job and some references) and there is no credit check.
With continued recessionary spending patterns and a reluctance (or inability) to make big-ticket purchases, these kinds of schemes offer one solution for retailers to increase sales. Best Buy shoppers who are inclined to put off buying an appliance could feel more confident about a purchase when given the choice to rent before owning. By eliminating an element of risk, rent-to-own payment plans seem to assuage an anxious consumer and entice them to make purchases.
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Winnipeg, MB (Sports Network) - The Winnipeg Jets and restricted free-agent center Bryan Little agreed to terms on a five-year, $23.5 million contract on Monday.
Little, 25, has spent his entire career with the Atlanta/Winnipeg franchise and last season he posted seven goals with 25 assists while playing all 48 games.
The 12th player selected in the 2006 draft, the Edmonton native has totaled 99 goals and 128 assists in 404 games for the Thrashers/Jets.


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By TERRY WILLISSun Advocate sports reporter
For a team in a rebuilding year, an upset victory over the Carbon Dinos would have been sweet for the Emery Spartans. They rolled into town on Tuesday looking to do just that. Carbon would hear none of that knowing they had the chance to claim the region title with a win. The Dinos came away with a sweep to win the match and the title by the scores of 25-11, 25-16, and 25-9.
Carbon/Emery match-ups always have an intensity of their own and this match was no exception. Carbon was coming off the most intense week of their schedule and Emery was gunning to have the upset of their season.
Game one stayed fairly even for a while. The Dinos kept a slight lead over Emery until they hit 18 points and then they pulled away to finish off the game. The Dinos made a few more service errors than normal because Coach Cristen Johnson challenged them to take their serving up a notch. "We need to have a powerful serving game to take our game to the next level. Any time you kick it up a notch you are going to miss a few."
The Spartans came out on fire in game two, determined to steal a win. The Dinos were determined not to let it happen. Emery led a lot of the way until Carbon got on a roll late in the game to finish them off.
With a momentum swing, the Dinos came out in game three with an 11-0 run to take the lead early and define the mood for the final game of the set. Emery struggled, but made a few runs to try and get into the game. Carbon wasted no time in staking claim to the match and the title as they ran away with the final game.
Johnson had no issues with the way her team played and was glad to get away from the drama that the team endured in their wins last week. With another superb team effort under their belts, the team is benefiting from the solid play of the bench players who have stepped up to fill key rolls. Freshman Alexis Oliver is one of those who have had to fill in. She is playing in her older sister's spot. Whitney Oliver was lost to a knee injury several games ago and is not expected to return. Alexis Oliver had four service aces in the match.
Erika Potts continues her solid defense with 10 defensive digs. She had a pair of service aces as well. Julia Potts remained a cornerstone of the Dino offense as she passed the ball around with 21 set assists and eight defensive digs. Britni Greenwood scored eight kills and eight digs on the night. Adding another 14 kills to her stats was the offensive force of Megan Garvin. She was also a part of 30 team attacks.
Johnson gave her team a challenge to go undefeated in region play this year. A win Thursday night against Juan Diego will fulfill that challenge. Game time is at 6:30 at Carbon High. It is the final game before the state tournament October 26-27 at Utah Valley Community College.


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Henry James is considered one of the pioneers of literary realism. By insisting that English-language writers could employ the same techniques as French, German, and Russian novelists, James expanded the way point of view, dialogue, interior monologue, and third-person narration are used. His experiments with these techniques brought a depth to literature that laid the groundwork for modernist writers such as Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Dashiell Hammett.
James's prose style evolved over the course of his career. Most scholars divide his writing into three phases. The first is considered James's "apprenticeship." After a short stint studying law at Harvard, James left school to pursue a literary career. He first wrote book reviews for the North American Review and published "The Story of a Year" in The Atlantic Monthly under the name Henry James, Jr., in 1865. James's early works are straightforward, realistic, and often satirize social customs and manners. The first phase ends with the publication of The Portrait of a Lady (1881), considered one of James's finest novels, which examines Isabel Archer, a young heiress whose headstrong quest for freedom leads her to a disastrous marriage.
James shifted focus in the middle of his career and began writing on political themes. The Bostonians (1886), inspired by the early efforts of the women's rights movement, contrasts Basil Ransom, an unbending political conservative from Mississippi, with his cousin Olive Chancellor, a Boston feminist. The darker, more violent The Princess Casamassima (1886) examines a London bookbinder who becomes caught up in radical politics and a terrorist assassination plot. James also wrote several stage plays during the early 1890s. The American ran only 70 nights in 1891. Three years later, Guy Domville was a conspicuous failure and James was booed off the stage on opening night.
The final years of James's career, sometimes called his "major phase," span the last two decades of his life. Readers sometimes find his late style complicated and verbose, yet the late novels of Henry James show a complexity and depth rarely achieved on the page. In prose as delicate and finely wrought as Victorian lace, he portrays men and women straining against the limits placed upon them by conventional society. The great novels of this period are The Wings of the Dove (1902), The Ambassadors (1903)-which James considered his most perfect work-and The Golden Bowl (1904).
The compassionate portrayal of multifaceted characters, settings filled with realistic detail, and evocative language typify James's writing style. His stories introduce into fiction modern women capable of mastering their own fates, while also examining the relationship between European traditions and American ideals. Few authors enjoy popularity and critical success in their own time. Fewer still achieve literary immortality. The twenty novels, more than one hundred short stories, several plays, and volumes of literary criticism Henry James wrote are among the finest of American letters.
"Catherine would have made a wife of the gentle, old-fashioned pattern-regarding reasons as favors and windfalls, but no more expecting one every day than she would have expected a bouquet of camellias."
—Henry James from Washington Square