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Red Wings evening news: And then things got weird
by George Malik on 07/05/12 at 12:15 AM ET
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Updated 3x at 12:10 AM: With the Red Wings reeling and re-setting after losing out on Ryan Suter and Zach Parise, and
losing out on Matt Carle as well, what does the mainstream media in Detroit do? Dish doom and gloom, starting in "Tweet" form, from MLive's Ansar Khan:
No power for 27 hours and counting. This is a good time to make some predictions because I can always blame it on the heat later (cont.)
I don't think the Wings will sign Semin because they don't want to make a long term commitment to someone whose commitment is questionable
I don't think the Wings will sign Carle because he's viewed as soft, not worth the $5 million or so a year for 5 yrs it'll take to get him.
I just can't see Shane Doan leaving Phoenix, despite his agent's attempts to solicit offers. Maybe it's a way of gaining leverage.
I can't see Columbus trading Rick Nash to Detroit. Just doesn't make sense to help a rival that way and anger your fanbase even more (cont.)
Plus, I just don't think the Wings would be willing or able to put together the kind of package CBJ would demand.
I'd be shocked if any team tenders an offer sheet to Shea Weber because Nashville surely would match anything, especially after losing Suter
If you want Weber, it's best to wait until he's UFA in 13. Nash. likely will move him before the trade deadline if it can't sign him, but
...he might end up being a rental biding his time until UFA. Like Hossa for Pitt in 2008.
These were my predictions before free agency: I thought Suter would stay in Nashville and Parise would go to Pittsburgh.
Bobby Ryan, my guess is winds up in Philly or with NYR (whichever team doesn't get Nash). Or he stays in Anaheim. I wouldn't trade him.
As for the Wings, Keith Yandle seems like a logical move. If Phoenix really is intent on dealing him.
OK, I'm burning up in here. I will step outside and charge this phone in my car.
I saw the Detroit News's John Niyo poking around on Twitter during the "decision" process, so it's not surprising that he chose to do what he does best—ride the line between pessimism and perspective-lending…
Still, the bottom line is this: The Wings are no longer the chosen ones in the NHL. They're just one of 30 teams. Still a good team, mind you. Better than most. And still an Original Six team, for what that's worth. (Sadly, not as much as it used to.) But for those who still carried delusions of a decade ago, when owner Mike Ilitch had the money and the motive and the marketplace to assemble a roster stacked with future Hall of Famers, well, where have you been the last few years?
Ilitch flew to Madison to make the Red Wings' pitch to Suter on Tuesday flanked by general manager Ken Holland, head coach Mike Babcock and his ace in the hole, Chris Chelios, a longtime Suter family friend. They presented their new-and-improved offer — a 13-year contract worth nearly $90 million — and all the spit and shine their storied franchise and its still-talented roster could muster. But that doesn't sell the way it used to, apparently. (And if you're being honest, that Brian Rafalski signing we all lauded back in 2007? That was a homecoming just like Parise and Suter, wasn't it?)
"There's 30 teams, and it's a cap world," said Holland, who sounded disappointed — and maybe a bit frustrated — but not disconsolate on the phone Wednesday. "Players are going different places for different reasons."
And for all the obvious reasons, plus a few more, that's why he insists he's not going to panic after striking out once, twice and … let's just say there've been a few over the last couple years, shall we?
"You can say, 'You have to' and 'You have to,'" Holland said, when I reminded him of the expectations they've brought upon themselves with 21 consecutive playoff trips and four Stanley Cups. "But in our mind we went after Suter and Parise hard. We didn't get 'em. At the end of the day, there's 30 teams in the game now, and lots of teams went after these guys. One team gets them."
As Niyo wisely points out, the Predators and Devils are the ones truly devastated by what happened, and the Penguins, Flyers, Blackhawks got kinda screwed, too.
Niyo also believes—as I do—that there's no point in selling the stable and all the horses in it for Rick Nash, or that Shea Weber is going anywhere but Nashville, at least for one more season, so he assesses the Wings' alternatives as follows:
As for free agency, the panic move would be to spend $6 million a year on a long-term deal for the Flyers' Matt Carle, the next-best defenseman available after Suter. They'll have to explore trade options — Keith Yandle? Jay Bouwmeester? — or settle for a serviceable part like Carlo Colaiacovo or Chris Campoli. And hope that Brendan Smith really is the talent they've billed him as the past few years. (They already tried, and failed, to land Sami Salo, who signed with Tampa this week.)
And what about the top-six winger they've needed for some time now? Yes, they'll be in the bidding for Shane Doan if the Phoenix ownership situation takes a turn for the worse — or at least the uncertain, again — next week. (Don't count on it.) They'd better inquire about Anaheim's Bobby Ryan again. They'll kick some other tires — one of them, Olli Jokinen, already signed with Winnipeg — and they'll keep an eye on next year's free agent crop that includes Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry, among others.
And yes, did I mention they'd love to land Nash? Of course they would. But that still seems like a pipe dream.
Sort of like that half-baked Sports Illustrated idea back in 2007, when the magazine made news — and quite a few enemies here in Detroit — by anointing St. Paul, Minn., "America's new Hockeytown." Well, five years later — on our nation's birthday, no less — it was, at least for one day.
"This is the NHL of today," Holland said. "I keep telling people and they don't want to believe it: It's a level playing field."
But Niyo also went trolling after the Lightning signed Carle:
Wings started prepping for post-lockout reality by holding onto draft picks starting in 2005. Problem is ... (cont.)
... its a painfully slow process, esp. picking late in first round, where the misses are easier to find.
05 draft started with Kindl, who isn't going to pan out. Also included Abdelkader and Helm.
Next 1st rounder they picked was B. Smith (07), who they're counting on big-time now. In 08, it was T. McCollum (bust) but Nyquist in Rd 4.
'09 draft looks like they let Mo Cheese pick, but in '10 the top two look like they'll make it. Last two, who's to say yet.
Call Fedorov and see if he'd mind playing D now? RT @FSDwakiji So put on your GM hat, John. What would you do now if you were Ken Holland?
Look, you don't implode the machine and take it apart. That's too damn dangerous. You can very easily "miss" with those high picks, too, and you may not be able to put the machine back together…
And let's not kid ourselves here. We're Detroit Red Wings fans. We're not going to accept paying the kind of money the Red Wings charge us to watch games to watch Detroit stink after 21 straight years of playoff appearances. Any suggestion to the contrary is ludicrous.
As the Chief already eviscerated Jeff Seidel's column, I'll stick with his only mildly bipolar analysis…
There was a time when future Hall of Famers tripped over themselves to play in Hockeytown. Players like Suter and Parise sprinted to Detroit.
But now, it's just bad news after bad news. First, the Red Wings lost in the first round of the playoffs. Then, Nicklas Lidstrom retired. Then Brad Stuart left, followed by Jiri Hudler.
At the start of free agency, Holland acknowledged there is growing frustration among Red Wings fans.
"The mood out there seems to be we are slipping, which we are slipping a little bit, with the loss of Lidstrom," Holland said last week.
You have to give him credit for his honesty. But more than anything, you have to acknowledge that he tried to change it. Holland has a solid, patient vision on how to build a contender in the age of free agency: Build the core through the draft, develop homegrown talent and top it off with free agency or trades.
The Red Wings went after the top two free agents on the market. The Wings had about $17 million in salary-cap space to remake their team on the fly. It is the most money the Red Wings have ever had during the salary-cap era. They were set up perfectly to make a big splash. But it turned into a nasty belly flop, and right now it stings like crazy. Yep, that's gonna leave a mark.
If there is any solace, it is this: Holland has built champions before and after free agency. He is one of the best GMs in the business, and there is no way he is done. The Red Wings have a solid core with Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg. And they have several young players and a great owner. "We are trying to evolve," Holland said last week.
But what if you can't land anybody that you want in free agency? Will they burn through their money and have to overpay just to bring in a second choice? Are we at the start of a horrible downward spiral?
That remains to be seen. The available free agents' out there aren't pretty—I'll try to build a list of players I don't think completely suck for the overnight report, but there are no princes here, only frogs and reclamation projects—but the worst thing the Wings can do is nothing. They desperately need a top-four defenseman and a forward who can score goals, and the Wings cannot simply fold their tent and say, "Well, we went at 'em as best we could, and now we'll see what the kids do."
The Wings may have to chip and chase without Nick, but they're gonna have to have people who can chip and have people who can chase that puck down and put it in the back of the damn net.
Yes, there is no doubt that, as Holland has previously said, if the team the Wings already have doesn't step up its game, they won't be able to rebound from Nick Lidstrom's retirement, but reinforcements are required here, and while it's great that Holland offered some words of solace to himself and the rest of us via MLive's Khan…
"At the end of the day, we feel good about our offers,'' Red Wings general manager Ken Holland said. "It was in the ball park of what they signed for.''
The Red Wings offered Suter, their primary target, a 13-year deal for $90 million. Holland said they made Parise a similar offer. Owner Mike Ilitch, coach Mike Babcock, advisor Chris Chelios and Holland flew to Madison, Wis., Tuesday to make a presentation to Suter.
"We feel good we had an opportunity to fly over and lay out our plan for the team and the for the future going forward, what we're all about, what we're trying to build,'' Holland said. "Obviously, he decided to go to Minnesota for a variety of reasons, some professional and some personal.''
"I'm disappointed we didn't get Suter,'' Holland said. "Certainly, when you offer someone the amount of money we offered him you feel you're a legitimate player. We made an offer to Parise on July 1, it was legitimate. We were told a couple of times that we were on a short list of teams he was considering.''
Even if the Red Wings had matched Minnesota's offers to both, it probably wouldn't have mattered.
"You read today where they're happy to be going as a pair and they're both going home,'' Holland said. "Those are some of the things we couldn't compete against because we're not (their) home.''
But you'll have to excuse me for saying that I just don't want to believe that Holland is as comfortable as he seemed while speaking to the Macomb Daily's Chuck Pleiness...
"There are no more Suters or Parises on the market," Holland said. "Those were the last big guys on the market of any major, major impact. I think now it's going to go slow," Holland continued. "We'll explore what's left on the market. We'll talk to some teams to see if there are any players available. When things like this happen there seems to be a domino effect."
Holland did confirm that the Wings did get to make a face-to-face pitch to Suter on Tuesday.
"We feel good we had an opportunity to fly over Tuesday, Mr. Ilitch, Chris Chelios, Mike Babcock and I, and lay out our plan for the team and for the future going forward," Holland said. "We talked about what we're all about and what we're trying to build. Obviously he decided to go to Minnesota for a variety of reasons, some professional and some personal."
Over half of the Wild's $70.2 million salary-cap space is tied up in five players: Suter ($7,538,462), Parise ($7,538,462), Dany Heatley ($7,500,000), Mikko Koivu ($6,750,000) and goalie Niklas Backstrom ($6,000,000). During his time in the business Holland admitted to never being confident about much that goes on.
"I've been in the game for 30 years and I don't feel confident about anything," Holland said. "I don't feel confident going to the rink that we're going to win. I don't feel confident I'm going to get a deal done. That's not a feeling that you get in this industry."
"We're happy with the moves we made on July 1," Holland said. "Now it's an opportunity for some younger people to play. We'll see what happens in the next few months."
Or the Detroit News's Ted Kulfan:
"You take a step back and explore what is available," said Holland, who doesn't expect to rush into either market. "We've got all summer now. The market has been combed over pretty good. There is the odd guy in the market that we have interest in. We'll explore trades. We're happy that we got the guys that we did on July 1. There was a small list of players out there and a lot of teams in the market."
WXYZ's Brad Galli reinforces the blow, if you will (and Dave LewAllen did the same via a column that's already outdated)...
And St. James popped up after the Carle signing to offer the following:
#RedWings will look at trade possibilities for upgrading defense if it comes to that.
#RedWings weren't about to give D Matt Carle the 6Y, $33 M he got from Tampa Bay.
No great FA D-men options out there. #RedWings won't panic & overpay. Maybe scour for cheaper vet on a 1-year deal.
And now we have to endure an incredibly painful waiting period as the Wings' brass tries to recover and reload with signings we're probably not going to think very much of, which sucks big fat hairy donkey balls, but either you're the kind of fan who believes that faith in your team is allowed to accommodate doubts, or you're like those who are serving the Red Wings for dinner tonight, passing out forks to everyone, insisting that they are finally "done like dinner."
Your call.
Update: Here's Pleiness's take on what's out there:
Defense: Phoenix's Keith Yandle and Calgary's Jay Bouwmeester have been rumored to be on the trading block, or the Wings could send restricted free agent Shea Weber (Nashville) an offer sheet.
There also are unrestricted free agents: Carlo Colaiacovo (St. Louis), Michal Rozsival (Phoenix), Kurtis Foster (Minnesota) and Cam Barker (Edmonton).
Forwards: The top two unrestricted forwards left are Alexander Semin (Washington) and Phoenix's Shane Doan.
Semin has been raked over the coals from experts for his lack of consistent play, but he averages close to a point a game. Pavel Datsyuk could be what Semin needs to prove those experts wrong.
Doan's agent has called Detroit several times the last few days seeking an offer, which the Wings really couldn't make until they knew if they were in or out of the Parise sweepstakes. Doan, however, won't decide until Monday if he'll leave Phoenix, where he has played since 1996.
Columbus' Rick Nash and Anaheim's Bobby Ryan both may be dealt for the right asking price.
The Wings have inquired what it would take to get Nash and it seems like it'll be a lot. Plus, it's hard seeing the Blue Jackets dealing him to a division rival.
Ryan, 25, makes far less than Nash ($5.1 million for each of the next three seasons), but just like Columbus' top forward it'll cost the Wings a lot.
Update #2: From RedWingsFeed, here's the Windsor Star's Dave Waddell's take:
"I don't know if I have a priority," said Holland of his next move. "We tried to get into the market for the top two free agents and it didn't work out. There were only two of those guys available."
In assessing what's left in the free-agent market, Holland wants to avoid paying a lot more money for players that aren't appreciably better than what the Wings have.
"If you look at the players we have, other than just paying more . . . . ," Holland said before cutting himself off. "There's also got to be an opportunity for some of our kids and the guys we've just signed to play. It's not a high profile, big-star team that we've had in the past. We made our pitch the last three days and it didn't fall in our favour."
Holland said he's not going to panic into rash moves and believes the Wings still are a playoff contender as is. He said he'll use all summer to build his team if need be. Regardless of whatever signings or trades he makes, Holland said part of the solution has to be internal growth.
"We're looking at Quincey, Ericsson, Smith, Nyquist developing," Holland said. "We have to have internal growth and development. That has to be part of the solution. Any team that has Zetterberg, Datsyuk, Filppula, Franzen, Kronwall, Howard, Helm on it isn't a bad team. We have also added Tootoo, Samuelsson, Brunner and Gustavsson. They're not sexy signings, but they're good fits for our team."
However, on a day of disappointing news for Detroit, Holland is hardly going to tip his hand on Plan B. Hknows he's working in a market used to having stars. Spoiled as Wings' fans have been, they aren't nearly as demanding in terms of expectations as owner Mike Ilitch. Knowing that, it would be surprising if the Wings entered training camp with just the 14 forwards, six defencemen and two goalies currently listed on their NHL roster knowing they had immense salary cap space sitting unused. It would also go against Holland's own philosophy of doing the bulk of your team building in the summer, especially these next few weeks.
"We're going a little younger," Holland said. "Will we be younger in October, I don't know. I'll work the phone and see where it goes. We have the makings of a good team. I'd like to improve it. We need one defenceman, we'd like to have a veteran. Up front, we'll have be offence by committee."
"I think regardless of what happens here the next couple of weeks, we'll go into camp as a work in progress," Holland said. "That's a lot different than the past 15 years around here."
Update #3: Let's all be surprised, via RedWingsFeed, that the Hockey News considers the Wings to be "big losers" in free agency, and that Ken Campbell believes the team is old and busted. He's so excited that he believes the Wings will finally fall off the face of the earth that it's stupid.
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I CANT WAIT to see Jurco in a Winged Wheel. REALLY hope he does well in the minors this year, well enough to get a cup of coffee in the big show.
Was hoping Tvrdon would come to the Griffs this year but what can you do. Wouldn't mind seeing Callahan getting a call-up either.
Posted by HockeytownOverhaul on 07/05/12 at 08:13 AM ET
I'm sure he will work his ass off.
I would love to believe that, however there is zero evidence to support it, and if they can't get their longtime teammate who was raised in the system to work his ass off, why would they be able to get Semin to?
Filppula and a pick/prospect or two for Bobby Ryan.
Abdelkader, some other roster player, pick/prospect for Keith Yandle.
Then get Semin and Doan on a conference call and tell them that we've got a one-year, $5M contract that's completely filled out except the name at the top and the signature at the bottom. Whoever says yes first gets it.
Posted by Garth on 07/05/12 at 09:20 AM ET
It's time for a risk. Semin is as talented as Parise. Don't get me wrong, Parise is the two-way player with leadership, but on talent and scoring, Semin is his equal, and maybe even a little bit higher of a ceiling. If the AAV is under $6 million and the term is under 4 years, I'd do it. It's time to try something. If Babcock and the leadership core of Dats, Z, and Kronwall can't get Semin in line and show him how to be professional Red Wing, then we're fuched anyways because that means we really need a full-on rebuild.
Posted by Nathan from the scoresheet! on 07/05/12 at 11:32 AM ET
Kronwall - Quincey
White - Smith
Ericsson - Kindl
sorry, but if this is what we go into the season with, I expect we don't make the playoffs.
Posted by PaulinMiamiBeach on 07/05/12 at 12:00 PM ET
If Babcock and the leadership core of Dats, Z, and Kronwall can't get Semin in line and show him how to be professional Red Wing, then we're fuched anyways because that means we really need a full-on rebuild.
Or we could simply look into trading for a guy that we don't need the entire core to support and teach professionalism and work ethic to.
I'd sign him to a one-year, $5M deal. No more money, no longer term than that.
Posted by Garth on 07/05/12 at 12:45 PM ET
A couple things:
1> Missing out on Suter and Parise is not our worst moment. Personally, I think we can get around it. Not sure who I liked better of the two to be honest. Prolly leaning towards Parise. At least the Tootoo deal is looking better every day.
2> I really like Yandle. Really. He would def replace the offense lost in Lids. Would be great on the PP. And would come at a discount compared to Suter. The right age as well. He's like a Red Wing rookie more or less.
3> While I'll take Doan, I would prefer Bobby Ryan. He shows a lot of potential, but was unable to reach his peak in Anaheim. Our players could in fact bring out the best in him.
4> We need more offense. Period. Goal scorers. It would shore up a shaky D and test Jimmy. Although the Caps were a litmus test for failure in that note, I still think we need to have a 40+ goal scorer come aboard in the next 2-3 years. We're not getting it done when our top scorer pots < 30 in a season.
5> Sign some of these offensive could-be's and hang on to a little stash for the deadline. Who knows who might become available.
6> Nash? I still like a Nash deal that includes the Mule. He's trade bait in my book. A scorer, yes. But he'll never be that 40+ guy I thought he could be with a full, healthy season. He's more likely to net 40 in a postseason imo.
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What are my legal rights? I was given all of the legal rights of the buyer, does the seller have any rights at all?
My question was not concerning getting money out of the tenants. But for your info, the tenants payment from the city housing authority expires at the end of this month, tomorrow in this case.
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One more scenario; if they can't close tomorrow due to this physical possession, am I obligated to "EXTEND" the contract?
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Weight played a key role in the actress's big break in 1988's Hairspray, where she portrayed chubby Tracy Turnblad.
But Lake, now 45, struggled throughout the next 20 years, losing an extreme 100 pounds in 1992 by "starving" herself, she said. However, after limiting calories more responsibly and joining a fresh-food delivery service, she shed 140 pounds and maintains a healthy size 6.
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Tar Heel Tattler - August 2005
David Singer made $854,026 last year in salary, bonuses and other compensation as chief financial officer of Coca-Cola Bottling Company Consolidated. He resigned in May to become CEO of Charlotte-based snack maker Lance, where hell make at least $1.1 million a year. But hes still on the Charlotte-based bottlers payroll. Hell get $21,330 a month for the next 20 years. Thats $5.1 million.
The payout, disclosed in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing, will take longer than the 19 years Singer, 50, put in at Coke Consolidated. The filing says he will provide consulting services for two years. Moreover, he has promised that for five years he wont engage in competitive activities or entice former colleagues to join his new employer. In exchange, Singer gets full benefits under Coke Consolidateds officer-retention plan.
Michael Kennedy, managing director in the financial-services practice in the Atlanta office of executive search firm Korn/Ferry International, calls the arrangement a little rich. Particularly surprising, he says, is the length of the noncompete. The customary arrangement is a year.
Its not clear what competitive infractions Singer could commit. Coke Consolidated is the nations second-largest Coca-Cola bottler and also bottles and distributes other beverages. Lance makes crackers, cookies, chips and other snacks under the Lance and Cape Cod brands. Kennedy says Coke Consolidated might be edgy because it plans to expand into snacks or fears Lance wants to start selling soft drinks.
Coke Consolidateds parting gift was certainly heftier than the one Lance bestowed on Singers predecessor. The forced departure of Paul A. Stroup III after 31 years at Lance - including a decade at the helm created the vacancy Singer filled. The severance deal for Stroup, who earned $936,817 in 2004, included just under $1.5 million in a lump-sum payment. Lance says the severance for Stroup, 54, will bring after-tax charges equivalent to a nickel a share and will affect second-quarter and full-year results for 2005. Coke Consolidated declined to provide a similar calculation.
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5 Ways to Spend New Year's Eve When You're Pregnant
Thursday, December 19th, 2013
I can remember the last crazy New Year's Eve I had. I was 25 (of course) and I hadn't met my husband yet. Mexican food at 9 p.m., pink champagne at midnight, multiple bars, and the DD dropping the whole crew off around 4 a.m.
It's safe to say my life has changed dramatically in the past eight years.
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These days, our New Year's Eve celebrations are much more laid back. When we rang in 2011, we had to take a nap first, setting the alarm for 10 till midnight and waking up our newborn to celebrate (and just why did we do that?) The last two were so memorable, I don't even recall what we did, although I do believe it included pajamas and falling asleep soon after the ball dropped.
This year, I'm pregnant, so even if there were adult beverages to be imbibed — even if I wasn't a 30-something married mom who would rather spend any given night in my pajamas than out at the swankiest party — a wild New Year's Eve is not in the cards for me. That doesn't mean pregnant ladies can't have a rockin' New Year's Eve. Here are five fun ways to celebrate the new year without feeling left out (I can't help you if you fall asleep in the middle of the party, though.)
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I was having a conversation with a bike buddy yesterday. He'd birddogged a ton of bike parts for me, that were just sitting on a curb a couple of blocks away, so after I dragged my stuff home we sat around shooting the breeze.
Among the cache was a cantilever (cruiser, musclebike) frame, which type I prize exceedingly, and rarely find. This makes me as happy as a sculptor with a free chunk of granite, or a carver who's given a felled black walnut...nothing better in my sphere.
I mentioned to my friend that with the day's haul and a few odds and ends from my garage, I had enough parts to build at least two interesting bikes. We got to talking about what we will not scrounge, and let me tell you, it was a pretty brief chat. I thought I was King Skinflint, but what my buddy offered up rocked my gourd.
I admitted to buying new tubes when needed.
"Never have bought a tube", he said.
Now, I patch tubes when needed, but sometimes it just ain't happening. Like when there's a tear too long to patch, or multiple snakebites from a careless mounting attempt. He rides as much as I do, over the same trash-strewn boulevards of suburban New Jersey. How is it possible he's never needed a new tube? If he'd said that he'd never bought a beer I'd have found that easier to accept!
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What do you get when you cross a "Zero Tolerance" policy with a 6-year-old boy? A police report.
No joke: Last fall Randy Castro smacked a female classmate on the bottom during recess at their school in Prince William County, Va. She told the teacher. In the old days, Randy would have been called in from recess and given a talking-to and a warning. But now we're much more alert to male aggression. Randy soon found himself in the principal's office, the subject of an incident report that labeled his obnoxious little-boy behavior as "Sexual Touching Against Student, Offensive." It was enough of an offense to call the police.
Again, no joke. The cops did not arrive immediately with sirens wailing, but they did stop by the school after dismissal. And Randy did not go to jail as he feared, but the "Offensive" incident is still on his record, an implied warning to future teachers: Troublemaker.
School officials admitted that calling the cops was an overreaction, but, according to Randy's mother, "the principal told me they were making reports to the police every single day."
Whether or not law enforcement is so integral to education, it's a fact that 255 elementary school students in Virginia were suspended for "sexual touching" incidents last year alone. Other states report a similar crime wave. The epidemic of sexual harassment has spread even to preschool: A teacher's aide in Texas felt harassed when a 4-year-old's full-body hug included pressing his face into her chest.
"Zero Tolerance" policies have earned the sneer quotes often pasted on them. When a 13-year-old honor student in Arizona is strip-searched on the unfounded suspicion of possessing double-strength Tylenol, when a third-grader in Colorado is suspended for sniffing Magic Marker ink, when butter knives are treated as offensive weapons in South Carolina, school officials might as well brace for ridicule. But Mary Kay Sommers, President of the National Association of Elementary School Principals, insists that in today's litigious culture they have no choice. "There's no way these [elementary school] children know what's going on. But it's been taken out of our hands. That's the difficult moral dilemma that we face."
A difficult moral dilemma, or total moral confusion? After decades of experimentation have eroded biblical standards, chaos looms. In fact, when students are beating up teachers in the classroom, chaos has arrived. Zero Toleration policies attempt to halt the slide and nip bad behavior in the bud. But administrative overreach often nips the bud.
Randy Castro's mother reports that since the "Incident" he's been calling himself a bad boy. Theologically, he is a bad boy, as the little girl he swatted is a bad girl and the principal and secretary are bad grown-ups. "There is none who does good, no not one." The doctrine of Zero Toleration is a perverted and misapplied version of Total Depravity.
Perverted, because it forces too much information on unformed minds. What first-grader accused of "sexual touching" will not develop skewed ideas of both sexual and touching? "If it had not been for the law," says Paul, "I would not have known sin." But there is a time for every purpose, and first-graders generally don't have enough perspective to confront the hidden causes of their bad behavior.
Misapplied, because it scapegoats certain offenders in order to "send a message" to the rest of the herd. Thus the authorities can reassure themselves that they are holding the line against an onslaught of sex, drugs, and violence. Meanwhile, the message being sent is that standards are arbitrary-as they must be when man, not God, sets the parameters.
While an honor student is being strip-searched in the nurse's office for contraband Tylenol, a dropout is peddling crack in an apartment around the corner, and the police who should be dealing with that are answering a call about a 6-year-old sex offender. What's wrong with this picture is we've lost the frame.
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We have a WCF service and I use wsHttpBinding with transport security and custom authentication.
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But that amount may pale in comparison to payments that could result from a little-noticed provision in the Tax Relief and Health Care Act. Enacted in December 2006, the legislation amended Section 7623 of the Internal Revenue Code to increase the size of whistle-blower rewards, provide whistle-blowers a process to challenge the size of the reward, and establish a whistle-blower office within the Internal Revenue Service to handle and track whistle-blower cases.
Congress decided it needed to up the ante to get more insider information about tax fraud in order to help close the "tax gap"—the difference between the amount companies and individuals owe in taxes and the amount actually paid. Like all US government agencies, the IRS has limited enforcement resources. And while the number of companies the IRS audits is growing, the odds of corporations getting caught for tax underpayments is still very low. In 2003, the IRS audited 7,125 large corporations (those with more than $10 million in assets). In 2006, that number grew to 10,591. However, Congress is counting on larger whistle-blower rewards and the new IRS whistle-blower office to increase the odds of catching tax scofflaws."One well-positioned whistle-blower could expose millions of dollars of fraud," said US Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA), who authored the new whistle-blower tax-fraud law. "It might take IRS auditors years to catch that much cheating on their own."
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The new provision in the Tax Relief and Health Care Act follows a similar whistle-blowers' reward provision in the 1986 False Claims Act, which convinced thousands of insiders to report non-tax fraud against the government, particularly in the defense and health industries. The government has collected more than $11 billion as a result of these whistle-blower cases (also known as "qui tam") and has paid whistle-blowers rewards totaling more than $1.8 billion. However, the False Claims Act specifically exempted tax fraud from the kinds of cases covered under the statute.
These provisions for whistle-blowers in the Tax Relief and Health Care Act will offer a huge incentive to employees thinking about blowing the whistle—employees who can now hope to reap tens, if not hundreds, of millions in tax cases. Before the new tax law, the IRS rarely paid rewards to whistle-blowers. When it did, the reward was small—from 1 to 15 percent—and whistle-blowers had no recourse if they disagreed with the amount.
Under the new law, the IRS offers whistle-blowers 15 to 30 percent of the total amount it collects—including taxes, interest, and penalties—as a result of information given. The incentive is targeted to employees working at companies that have defrauded or underpaid the IRS by more than $2 million. What's more, whistle-blowers also may challenge the amount of their awards in federal Tax Court. Such judicial scrutiny will likely bring increased accountability and transparency to the IRS' whistle-blower program.
Finally, whistle-blowers don't have to be citizens of the United States—which thereby opens the reward to foreign employees of multinational companies. The IRS has pledged to keep the whistle-blower's identity confidential. This makes it even easier for whistle-blowers to report tax fraud without fear of retaliation or harassment from their employers.


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Maj. Gen. James Butterworth presided over a Hometown Heroes ceremony at the Museum of Aviation in Warner Robins, Ga., honoring more than 70 Georgia Air National Guard members from the 116th Air Control Wing for their accomplishments, heroism and sacrifice, Feb. 9, 2014. The ceremony included the Hometown Heroes Salute awards, presentation of the 116th Air Control Wing's 17th Air Force Outstanding Unit Award, the Georgia Medal of Valor, the Georgia Meritorious Service Medal and a workplace safety award. (U.S. Air National Guard video by Staff Sgt. Quinn Hansen/Released)
This work, 116th ACW Hometown Heroes Ceremony, by SMSgt Roger Parsons, identified by DVIDS, is free of known copyright restrictions under U.S. copyright law.
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Naval Support Activity Panama City pulled out all the stops Thursday to make sure the more than 6 million Jews murdered during the holocaust aren't forgotten.
A rabbi led a traditional Jewish prayer, before audience members watched videos chronicling the Nazi atrocities and genocide against an entire race.
Holocaust survivor Dr. Victor Sapio delivered a riveting account of his 8 years in a concentration camp. His family was interned when he was an infant. Sapio says his "My first sight on any given day was a dead body... I don't think you ever overcome it."
Now 75, Sapio still has vivid memories of the horrors he witnessed, and the stories of those that his mother passed along. He also remembers the last day he and his mother spent in the camp.
It began like most, with the morning head-count, which was usually followed by the executions of as many as 4-prisoners.
Then a few hours later, their German captors boarded trucks and left, shortly before British troops liberated the camp.
The British began feeding the survivors, and Sapio remembers what he calls "mounds and mounds of food," and thinking he'd never be hungry again.
Sapio says his mother told him about ice cream and he often fantasized about strawberry ice cream.
Once he made it to America, that's the first thing he tried. He didn't like it -- it didn't live up to his fantasy flavor back in the camp. But he says out of the bad came some good.
"In the sense that I got to come to the U.S. I have a certain amount of compassion and understanding...but I'm not particularly different from anyone else."
But for those who meet him he's a living testament of survival. Sapio and his wife of 50 years live in Pensacola.


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Just wondering what level of a donor they are.. not only to help people realize that the next level isnt so far away and very well worth it, but the give them recognition for being a bada**
Here are the current levels if anyone is curious
-Directors ($12,500)
-Victory ($5,000)
-Captains ($2,500)
-Gold ($1,000)
-Cardinal ($500)
-States ($250)
-Century ($100)
Century, soon to be Cardinal.
Cardinal. Probably bump up to Gold next year.
State 250
thats good man, how long have you been giving?
some numbers i crunched, in 2005
ISU donors gave $3,700,000
Nebraska $11,000,000
Kansas $8,000,000
Missouri $6,700,000
Colorado $6,000,000
K-State $12,000,000 (wow) 7200 Donors at $1681.00 apiece average
Texas A&M- $25,000,000
Baylor $2,500,000
Texas $20,500,000
we can do so much better
Captains. Some day I want to be a Director, but I doubt that will happen.
thats great man, i hope to be in directors by the time i hit mid 30s...
ISUclones33- is that this year's football poster? It looks awesome, I love it.
I'm giving about 12000 a year for tuition.....so as soon as I graduate and get a job, I'll start with century and work my way up!
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ISUclones33- is that this year's football poster? It looks awesome, I love it.
no, i made it actually... wesley took the pic and i have the full size one on my desktop
Century, going to have to be States next year if I want to keep my football seats. ;)
I'm giving about $7000 for tuition. Once I graduate, I'll be lucky to be able to afford Century unfortunately, especially if I'm living alone. However, once my debts are paid off, I should be able to "afford" States.
"Seven minutes to glory."
Cardinal for the last two seasons. 1 year at Century.
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LOS ANGELES, California, November 25. THE 10th annual "See What Team USA Looks Like Without Its Hair Wet" awards show took place last night at the JW Marriott in the heart of Los Angeles. Yes folks, I am talking about the Golden Goggles!
The JW Marriott is situated in L.A. live, just several pool lengths away from the historic Nokia Theatre. Because of its location, while peering out of the Golden Goggle venue's third-story window, we unintentionally spotted members of the superstar British boy band One Direction. Several hundred feet below us, Harry Styles and Zayn Malik were changing shirts outside their tour bus.
"Is it weird that we're technically spying on them?" said one media member as we peered down at the tour buses.
The whole weekend was a fan girl's dream. This year's Golden Goggles fell exactly in conjunction with the American Music Awards (AMAs)… which were being held directly across the street at the Nokia Theatre. Earlier in the day, Wayne Newton, the King of Las Vegas, was spotted having drinks at the JW Marriott's hotel bar before hitting Olympic Blvd with his entourage. In true Hollywood fashion, this year's Golden Goggle awards was hosted by Showtime channel's hit show Weeds star Kevin Nealon.
But, Hollywood or not, Team USA was the weekend's real star. Every year, Golden Goggles is used as an occasion to celebrate and recognize the accomplishments of the hardest working athletes in the world.
The US National team ladies looked stunning (but had trouble hiding certain tan lines) in their best cocktail dresses. The gentlemen looked equally dapper in tailored three-piece suits.
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Although reality TV star and fashionista Ryan Lochte couldn't attend the event on doctor's orders, best friend Cullen Jones certainly did his best to channel Lochte in his fashion choices. Jones daringly paired a black tuxedo with highlighter-yellow high tops that clashed spectacularly with the red carpet.
Male Athlete of the Year nominee Matt Grevers sported a bushy MOvember mustache on the red carpet to show his support for November's Prostate Cancer Awareness tag. National teammates Connor Jaeger and Anthony Ervin followed suit.
Jessica Hardy, winner of the 2012 Perseverance Award, was the only woman to NOT wear a cocktail dress, instead opting for a fitted, sleeveless one-piece black jumpsuit with a large turquoise necklace for accent. She beamed besides husband Dominik Meichtry, who mirrored color choices.
Although seeing swimmers in formal attire is always a big deal, the awards ceremony after the red carpet certainly held its own. An unexpected — but welcome – highlight was a series of Cirque du Soleil guest performances. The acrobats affixed a large water bath on to the stage and then dove in and out of the tub while performing contortionist acts. The performance made any pre- or post-workout stretching regime seem infinitely less daunting.
One of the best parts of the ceremony was an offhanded quip from National team coach Jon Urbanchek. While accepting the Male Athlete of the Year Award on Lochte's behalf, Urbanchek cheekily declared that the University of Florida football team seems to be unable to find a player that can tackle like a Lochte fan. FYI: Lochte (who competed for the Florida Gators collegiately) suffered a torn MCL and sprained ACL after an over-enthused fan tackled him on the street, slamming his knee into the pavement.
Ledecky's Female Athlete of the Year acceptance speech ended the night on the perfect note. Heartwarming is an understatement. The 16-year-old world record holder from Nation's Capital Swim Club, her voice trembling with emotion, sweetly accepted the award. Ledecky recognized that her accomplishments would be nowhere near as significant without the support of her teammates and coaches. And that is what the Golden Goggles is really about. Team.
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One of Chicago's brightest rising stars, singer/songwriter/guitarist MER, brings his popular original power pop/rock music to the Block Thirty Seven Pedway Summer Performance Series on Monday, July 28th, 2014, at 4:30pm, at Stage 37 (located on the The Pedway between the CTA Redline and Blue Line on Level B1), 108 North State Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602.
MER has tirelessly supported local musicians through his music showcases at various venues around Chicago, including Schubas Tavern and Cubby Bear Wrigleyville, while continuing to pursue his own exciting, ever-growing musical career. Recent full band performances include House of Blues Chicago, Taste of River North, Taste of Randolph Street, and WGN Midday News. "People are asking when the band is going to come out," says MER. "People receive the energy and are excited about the singles. I believe in the live connection and that's why I love music. And, that's something that I really believe in; the connection to people through music."
Passion, discipline, energy, and focused talent are what one experiences with the music of MER. A seasoned veteran of the music industry, MER has toured the nation playing over 2,000 live shows supporting acts such as Ziggy Marley, Violent Femmes, Gin Blossoms, Better Than Ezra, Rusted Root, The Verve Pipe, Cowboy Mouth, Fastball, Kill Hannah, The Pat McGee Band, amongst others. A melodic, pop overtone streamlines MER's original music ranging from the intimate, acoustic ballads to the powerful, rock anthems. MER's recent collaboration with Chicago producer, Sean O'Keefe (Fallout Boy, Plain White T's, Less Than Jake) turned out two new singles, "Bulletproof" and "Heart Attack" officially released in September of 2013. MER continues to record with plans to release a five song EP in the fall of 2014. (from MER biography)
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Chicago's live entertainment doesn't start or stop with Lollapalooza. Enjoy free performances all summer long at Block Thirty Seven. Taking its name from one of the original 58 city blocks established in 1830, Block Thirty Seven was there at Chicago's birth. For nearly a century, Block Thirty Seven was at the forefront of every major historic market trend. Following the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, the city's early office buildings, the first skyscrapers of the 1890s, and the supermarkets of the 1930s were all built on this site. It served as an important social space for the neighborhood, one that epitomized the forward-looking growth of the city.
Today, Block Thirty Seven continues in this tradition. Bringing together the perfect mix of shopping, dining, and entertainment, it offers locals a stylish retreat in the heart of downtown Chicago. Block Thirty Seven is a modern shopping, dining, and entertainment destination in the heart of the Loop. Bordered by State, Randolph, Dearborn, and Washington streets, it encompasses an entire city block in Chicago's downtown neighborhood. Block Thirty Seven features contemporary fashion and beauty brands, boutique cafes and eateries, and essential conveniences within a five-story atrium.
The center has direct access to Chicago's Pedway as well as the CTA Red Line and Blue Line. And, this is where you'll find Stage 37 on the The Pedway between the CTA Redline and Blue Line on Level B1. Celebrate summer in The Loop at Stage 37. (from Block Thirty Seven website)
Monday, July 28th, 2014
Block Thirty Seven presents
Stage 37 at Block Thirty Seven
(located on the The Pedway between the CTA Redline and Blue Line on Level B1)
108 North State Street
Chicago, Illinois 60602
Phone: 312-261-4700
Free show: 4:30pm


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Pool Cleaning Robot
Designed for any type of in-ground pool, the iRobot Mirra®; 530 Pool Cleaning Robot deep cleans pool's surfaces and water for you, without using the pool's filtration system, hoses or booster pumps.
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Take the work out of cleaning your pool with the iRobot Mirra®; 530 Pool Cleaning Robot. Mirra uses enhanced robotic technology to deep clean pool surfaces and water, removing leaves, hair and dirt, as well as algae, pollen and bacteria as small as two microns.Removes Large Debris And Small Particles From Pool Surfaces And WaterDesigned to clean any type of in-ground pool, Mirra 530 lifts dirt, algae and bacteria off the pool floors and walls with a PVC scrubbing brush, including at the water line where oils and bacteria can build up. Just drop it in, press the CLEAN button and Mirra is off to work, pumping and filtering 70 gallons of water per minute – that's over a gallon a second.
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(3 of 3 customers found this review helpful)
Mirra Great Product But Poor Basket Handle Design
By Bob :(
from Mount Vernon Indiana
About Me Busy household
Comments about iRobot Mirra™ 530:
I've had my Mirra for going on 3 summers. After the first year the handles on the baskets broke off. Small plastic tabs.Their only answer was to give me a dicount on new baskets instead of offering a much cheaper handle replacement. Under best selling parts are the baskets, no wonder but at $100 dollars each I'm not buying them. The Mirra is the best pool robot we've ever had but unless they redesign the handles on the baskets I'd never buy another one. This is an expensive unit that works great but looks like junk with broke off handles. We own many other Irobot products but are very disappointed in their lack of support on this issue.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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(19 of 28 customers found this review helpful)
Very disappointed!
By Disappointed in Florida
from Florida
Don't buy!!!! Not durable. Have owned a relatively short time. Handle broke off basket. Can't replace handle. Have to pay $99.00 for new filter basket. Foam wheel has already come off. Too expensive! Ineffective. I should have read reviews first but I didn't because I have used my indoor roomba for years and I love it. I've sold many friends on it. It's a part of our family. Irobot should not have strayed from their indoor robots. This pool robot is horrible!!!!!!!
(6 of 13 customers found this review helpful)
Cleans very thoroughly, and a real time saver.
By Massimo "The Busy Guy"
from New York
About Me Busy household, Hates cleaning my Pool, Homeowner
I've always hated cleaning the pool. It a dirty and hard job that takes up a lot of time. So i decided to buy the mirra and give it a shot. First time watching it go around my pool, i was mesmerized. I have vinyl siding and there are some overlapping portions where dirt and sand get stuck in. And the mirra cleans it perfectly, the brushes agitate the surface enough that it will lift stuck on surfaces, and not just the things laying on top. It really is a good robot and always leaves my pool very clean. In fact, I actually was hosting a pool party one day. A while i was preparing the food, i threw in the mirra and by the time everybody got there. it was clean, and another time i used it was before we had to close our pool for the winter. So the day before i threw it in as well. And when they came, they said "this was the cleanest pool they've ever closed." The only things that can be annoying is when your cleaning out the bins. It can be hard to wash out some of the grime that gets stuck in there, but it still easier than cleaning a whole pool by hand. I'm so satisfied with this product, it actually convinced me to buy a roomba. And so far, its also been great!
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
(31 of 46 customers found this review helpful)
Get a TigerShark
By Jenelle
from Linden, VA
About Me Busy household, Homeowner
I've always used the tiger shark to clean my inground pool. After 3 years of service it died and I ordered the iRobot Mirra product for this year. I miss my sparkling clean pool so much! The tiger shark cleaned all of the fine debris at the bottom of the pool with its scrubbers that worked it loose so that it could be sucked up. The Mirra does not have this and therefore there is an entire layer of brown sandy type dirt in my pool that the Mirra doesn't touch. That is never there with tiger shark. The tiger shark has two cylinders that constantly loosen up the dirt so that it can be cleaned away. Get a tiger shark.
(39 of 54 customers found this review helpful)
Chassis wore out? Odd. Moving parts have too much play.
By Bertram
from San Diego, CA
About Me Homeowner
The Mirra 530 does a much better job than the pool guy ever did so for that I would say it was worth the year's worth of service this robot cost relative to what I was paying him.With that said, the overall robustness of the design is lacking in some areas. Specifically, I would prefer it if the brush assembly were more solidly attached. As designed it uses a spring-loaded brush that mates between two floating spacers(?). Over the 2 years I used it the brush got looser to the point where one end was moving around and wearing down the mounting hole. Today the brush basically just falls out. The robot doesn't do anything when turned on except sit in one spot while pushing water with its fan. I can officially say my robot's chassis is worn out. Seems pretty bad for the actual robot housing to be the failing element and not the brush, wheels, filter or some other easily replacable item.One other thought ... you should consider adding Wifi messaging to the unit (maybe the power supply?) to notify when it is done cleaning. Maybe it could also have it provide some interesting data about the cleaning cycly (runtime, whether it thought the pool was clean/dirty, any maintenance recommedations).
(48 of 77 customers found this review helpful)
By GVR
from Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada
I recieved this unit today. I was very excited about the cleaning prospects of this unit. I owned a Verro for 5 years. Great unit.So I setup the Mirra. soaked the wheels for 15min. dropped it in the pool, and started it. Seemed to be working OK. Left to do other work around the house.I came back and it was off. So I left it for a while and came back later as the pool was not clean, Tried starting it up and it would not start. Tried everything no luck. So what do I do? It arrived today and now it's dead! Must say I am very disappointed. This is no where near the quality of the Verro 500.
(43 of 64 customers found this review helpful)
Can't wait til this dies so I can get a better pool robot!
By Swimmer
About Me Busy household, Homeowner, Pet Owner
Cleans our 15x30 pool. Easy to drop in pool and turn on. Repairs are much easier than other types of pool cleaners. This unit seems to be built to allow easy access to change moyor, wheels, and other parts that eventually wear out. So repairs can be a DIY project, however, parts are hard to find and they are very expensive. Other robots use only 1 mesh filter bags that can be found locally for about $30. The Irobot uses 2 filter baskets that cost $99 each plus S&H and/or tx. Does not remove dustlike particles from pool floor. Basket must be cleaned after every use and if you use a little too much water pressure (needed to clean filter material) it tears the filter from the filter frame. Covers my entire deep end but rarely ever cleans the shalloe 1/3 of the pool unless I direct it with a pole. Never cleans my steps. I am truly sorry I opted to save a money and changed to this unit. My old Aquabot Brav did a much better job of keeping my pool clean. It did cost more money to purchase and was more difficult to repair but it was worth the difference and the parts were readily available amd more reasonably priced.
(56 of 86 customers found this review helpful)
Not recommended
By Brokelyn
from Houston, TX
The cord has started to tangle after 3 months. Not terrible, but not as advertised. THe unit is no better or worse than my previous Pentair (Letro Platinum actually), but my biggest beef is that it doesn't do anything to capture surface pollen and floaters. I still have a lot of cleaning to do.
(55 of 84 customers found this review helpful)
iRobot Mirra™ 530 by iRobot
By Paula
from Shelby Township, MI
The cord has already started to tangle after 1 month of use.
(49 of 81 customers found this review helpful)
Questionable Investment
By Frustrated Owner
from Sacramento, CA
For the high price, this unit get VERY poor marks. It picks up large debris and that is all it does. Debris gets caught everywhere in this machine: in the motor fan, in the wheel gears, and in all small crevices of the unit. It does not pick up sediment all. Pool coverage it not adequate: it seems to have no memory of where it has been. Mine is currently inoperable because of leaves bound up in the gears. Lastly, the roller brush as 2 small grommets that get lost the first time you remove the brush. Really poor design. Why use grommets when you should have simply made the mounting holes smaller. UUGGHHH!