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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - A week ago, Ted Yoho was known pretty much only to the people around Gainesville whose puppies he'd delivered or whose horses he'd checked on at the farm as part of his veterinary practice.
Today, his name is part of the biggest political question in the country: Who is this guy Ted Yoho, who unseated 12-term Congressman Cliff Stearns?
Yoho's stunning primary upset on Tuesday has been written about by the Washington Post and several other major national newspapers. On Thursday morning, he was interviewed live on Politico's daily Internet show, watched by political junkies across the nation.
Simply put, Yoho has mojo.
In an interview with the News Service of Florida on Tuesday night, as returns were still coming in but as it had become apparent that he was likely to win, Yoho said the anti-Washington message that he campaigned on was the reason he won.
"We've had enough ... of Washington standing in the way of job creation, had enough of politicians undermining our constitution and had enough of the career politicians, who've created this mess, insisting they're the only ones who can get us out of this," said Yoho.
While that sounded like a typical tea party message of throwing the bums out, a check of Yoho's policy positions shows him to be more than just a flame thrower with broad anti-government pronouncements. He has spelled out positions, with varying degrees of detail, on several federal issues, from tax rates to immigration. All are generally in line with typical Republican positions, though his thoughts on immigration appear closer to the business side of the GOP than the populist-tea party wing.
He'll face Democrat J.R. Gaillot and no-party candidate Philip Dodds in November, but the district, which sprawls from Orange Park to the Gulf Coast, is strongly Republican.
The National Republican Congressional Committee says the district is solidly Republican, and the party isn't worried that Stearns' loss means the party risks losing the seat.
Yoho also appears to have keen sense of humor and a showman's eye for using it to his campaign's advantage. His lone ad featured suited "politicians" feeding at the trough of government. He also did a video in which he talked about an upcoming fundraiser with a very good and pretty funny George W. Bush impersonator. His campaign website also features a video of a man singing the Ballad of Ted Yoho.
Like most Republicans in 2012, he mentions opposition to the new federal health care law early and often and also takes up the typically Republican mantras about how hard life is for businesses.
"No single solution will foster the change our country and state need, but we can help create an environment of certainty for all businesses," Yoho says on his campaign website. "We can create it by simplifying the tax code, repealing Obamacare and taking a scalpel to all the job killing rules, regulations and mandates."
He supports a simplified tax code, and would back the so-called "Fair Tax," a proposal that would end all federal income taxes and payroll taxes and replace them with a single sales tax on goods and services. But he also has a hint of political realism, putting forth an alternative if that can't be done.
"At the minimum, the corporate tax rate should be lowered and locked in for an extended period of time that would allow businesses to make medium- to long-term investment plans," Yoho says on his website. "The estate and gift tax must be repealed."
On immigration, Yoho has a more nuanced stance than many in his party, likely reflecting the agricultural nature of parts of his district and his experience as a large animal veterinarian – meaning someone who comes in contact with farmers. While he gives a nod to the need to secure the nation's border, he also addresses the issue of immigrant labor.
"I will introduce a workable guest-worker program that provides immigrant workers with a national ID card and mandates they pay taxes through a national tax ID number," Yoho's campaign literature says. "Finally, the process to become a citizen needs to be completely streamlined and English needs to be recognized as the official language."
Yoho is also pledging that, if elected, he would only serve eight years in the House, and would support a constitutional amendment putting congressional term limits in place.
A similar pledge was made by Stearns when he was elected in 1988 as Ronald Reagan was preparing to leave office. Obviously, Stearns broke that pledge, a move that led to criticism over the years.
On energy, Yoho's position comes directly from the mainstream GOP playbook.
"We need to drill here, drill now and drill responsibly," he says in campaign material. "We must build the Keystone Pipeline and decrease regulations on energy companies to utilize our nation's natural resources. In addition, I will support all forms of alternative energy, provided they are market driven and are not subsidized by the government. Finally, it's time to abolish the Department of Energy."
Yoho also is anti-abortion, saying he believes life begins at conception, and says on his website that he believes the right to bear arms is "a birth right and should never be threatened."
Gaillot, his Democratic opponent, also takes an everyman approach, noting on his website that he cuts coupons out of the newspaper and "will almost always argue for a discount." He says he plans to use elected politics to "enrich the lives of others," but doesn't delve deeply into specifics on most policy positions.
The positions he does take are fairly standard among Democrats, saying he opposes privatizing Social Security or raising the retirement age, though he doesn't spell out how he would propose keeping the program solvent in the future. He also opposes making Medicare a voucher program as some Republicans, mainly vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan, have proposed.
Gaillot favors abortion rights, and wants to double the tax deduction for families paying college tuition. He does break from some Democrats in saying he thinks some domestic oil drilling should be explored.
Gaillot is the son of a Haitian diplomat and lived in Haiti as a child.
The no-party candidate, Dodds, has a unique approach that means he doesn't really need to take strong positions on the issues. Dodds is promising a form of direct democracy in which he would poll constituents on "major" bills and vote however the people tell him he should. Dodds is a product manager for a computer software company.
"Phil believes the nation may reach a tipping point on the question of special interest influence in politics and believes running for Congress on a 'No Big Money, Direct Democracy' pledge can bring some attention to the issue and offer a good choice for the voters in this election," his campaign web site says.
Stearns, chairman of an investigations subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, has gained attention recently for probes into the failed California solar energy company Solyndra and of Planned Parenthood. He outraised Yoho, 16-1, but reportedly ended the campaign with $2 million still in the bank, having never faced a serious re-election challenge until this year.
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Let's follow the thinking of the Mets for a moment. Heading into 2013, the budget isn't changing. The team is 73-87. They are 11th in the NL in runs scored, 11th in ERA. So clearly, they aren't playing at a level close to what anybody could consider successful. They are… Read More →


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People know how to pray and perform the prayers. There is no problem with religious law. Everyone knows. Everything is known. Nothing is not known. They even know the fine details. There is a problem of faith. When you have faith, then you have the problem of ascribing equals to Allah. Someone believes, but also ascribes equals to Allah. This is very dangerous. Allah says, "Most of them have no faith" (Surat al-Baqara, 100). And He says that most of those who do have faith cannot believe without ascribing equals to Him. There is a vast horde of polytheists in the world.
The bigots are awaiting a bigot who is a thousand times more extremist than themselves. As Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh), may Allah forbid. And yet Hazrat Mehdi (pbuh) is coming to eradicate bigotry. He will bring in a system in which people can live as human beings and Muslims. Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) is an instrument.
One says, "I am a bigot." Then another even more fanatical bigot says to him, "I will kill you. You are not bigoted enough." The larger of the bigots is strong enough to strangle the smaller one. They are enemies. They detest one another. There is a huge competition between them but nobody takes them seriously. So the Merciful One has done very well. We can see how important His actions are more clearly every day.
(Our brothers must be patient in describing the invalidity of Darwinism and materialism and telling people about the End Times)
Sometimes our brothers are unable to influence people properly when they talk about the End Times, Darwinism and materialism. My brother, I used to talk about things when I was at the academy and maybe one or two people would come round to my way of thinking. The next day, two people would leave and one would come. Then there were three of us. Then all the others would leave. That is the kind of work we were doing. Look, millions of people have now seen that Darwinism has collapsed, so one has to be patient. Things do not happen overnight. There is nothing surprising in that. One has to be patient in the face of the idea of the collective personality when one talks about the way of the Mahdi. People have been brainwashed for 50 years. It is a miracle how they did it. How did they impose that demagoguery with no supporting evidence? And how did people come to believe it? That is another marvel.
(Showing blessings is an act of worship. It is obedience to the commands of the Qur'an)
Our Prophet (saas) praised himself. He praised his good sides. "I am not being arrogant, I am telling the truth," he said. The Messenger of Allah (saas) praised himself at length. And it was true. People should say if there is something good about it. An attractive person will say, "I am attractive." That is a good thing." He can say he a fighter, if he is waging jihad. If he is intelligent, that can in any case be seen. "I am intelligent," he will say, and will give thanks to Allah. "We want to see Our blessings on Our servants"" says Allah. As thanks for that blessing; "And as for the blessing of your Lord, speak out!" (Surat ad-Duha, 11) Allah says in one verse of the Qur'an. But boasting out of arrogance is forbidden. If a sense of superiority or arrogance develops because of it, if Muslims can see that in a person, or if people can see it in themselves. But modest, humble descriptions of one's qualities is the exhibition of a blessing, and that is an act of worship. It is obeying one of Allah's commands. What does Allah say in a verse? "And as for the blessing of your Lord, speak out!" (Surat ad-Duha, 11)2012-08-02 11:11:09


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BADGERSTOWN resident Sir Mark Todd, one of the most experienced and successful eventers on the circuit, is still competitive at the highest level after starting out as part of New Zealand's first three day eventing team in 1978, writes Nicki Strong.
Todd has three entries for Badminton and will be aiming for a fifth win at Gloucestershire's prestigious four-star event in May.
Asked of his chances this year, he said: "I am only allowed to ride two, and I expect to be riding NZB Campino and Leonidas. Oloa will be making to the trip to Kentucky two weeks before Badminton and is entered at Badminton as a backup plan.
"My two rides are pretty evenly matched and both more than capable of being near the top! NZB Campino is back from a lay off and is feeling stronger and very well and Leonidas is fresh from some great placings at the end of last season."
Leonidas has plenty of three-star experience but this represents a step up.
Todd however, has no concerns about his ability, saying: "He is more than ready for the challenge and is capable of performing well in all three phases. "He has plenty of three star mileage capable and I expect him to cope pretty well, I am looking forward to riding him." Despite having competed at Badminton numerous times, Todd still gets a thrill going there.
He explained: "I will always be excited about Badminton – it is the biggest event in the world and one we all want to win. Driving through the gates to the awesome park still sets my nerves jangling.
"It is very exciting that we have eight horses from the yard aiming for the great event and all are capable of going well. And also I will be doing some work for my sponsors, Keyflow and the Mark Todd Collection during the week so it will be a busy time."
Todd's 2011 Badminton winning partner NZB Land Vision missed all of 2012 with injury. Todd has described him as arguably the best horse he's ever sat on but another injury has now seen him withdrawn from Kentucky.
"NZB Land Vision has had a minor set-back this spring but we hope to have him back later this year," said Todd, who is also looking to the future with his next crop.
"I am fortunate in having a top team of young horses right now and I am excited by them all. I have a great team of owners and we are all on the path to Rio. Sancero and Amazing Spy are going really well at the moment."
Asked what he looks for in a horse that will make it a good four star contender, he simply said: "A big heart and desire to do it. Bravery and talent."


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The Top 3 Questions to Ask Your Gold IRA Company BEFORE Doing Business with them, that Could Save You THOUSANDS . . .
(Grab a Pen & Write These Down…)
Q1: "Are your annual fees FLAT or SCALED?"
It's important to be aware of what your annual IRA storage and administration fees will be. This is something that you'll need to ask up front. Most companies offer SCALED pricing for storage and/or administration. Some companies will say their fees are flat, but, unfortunately, they're not being completely honest. They say that to "Bait" you in, and then slip the extra fees in at the very end.
So, find out if the fees ever become scaled and under what conditions. If you have a smaller sized account (<$100k), then this will not be as relevant, but, if you are investing more than $100k, this is CRITICAL.
Even if you're investing a smaller amount now, your account balance may grow (or you may decide to add additional funds in the future), which may push you into the scaling fee. Accounts with scaled fees can incur thousands or tens of thousands of dollars in unnecessary fees over 10 to 20 years.
For some, the scaling fee is even more expensive if you have segregated storage added on.
MY RECOMMENDATION: Choose a company with a low, flat annual fee for both storage AND administration…You'll save a LOT of money in fees in the long-run.
Q2: "Will my metals be COMMINGLED or SEGREGATED?"
Another area to research (and be sure of) is how your metals will be stored.
Many companies will quote you the price for commingled metals when you first speak with them, but then present you with the higher, segregated costs later on (should you realize you want to segregate your metals). Obviously, this is going to be something that ends up costing you much more than what they want you to believe up front.
You'll definitely want to get segregated storage so that your metals do not get commingled or damaged with lower quality items that another company may have sent for their clients. Another thing to note is this…Even some companies that do offer segregated storage don't realize that the most popular depository (Delaware) DOES NOT offer segregated storage for silver. They only offer it for gold.
Now, beware of someone quick to tell you otherwise. They really don't know the answer and just want to proceed with your business.
MY RECOMMENDATION: Make sure to choose a company with segregated storage for both gold and silver, even for accounts WITH segregated storage. Do this right away, as it will keep your metals safe, secure, and free from damage. Plus, it'll keep you from having to deal with the hassle of going through the entire process again when you finally find out that the company you're working with doesn't offer segregated storage for your precious metal!
Q3: "Do you recommend BULLION or RARE coins?"
Both bullion and rare coins have their pros and cons. What's most important is to be aware of them.
Be leery of any company that pushes a particular coin or product on you. If you want bullion, make sure you're not forced into rare coins. Also, be careful with "X% over dealer cost" advertisements for bullion…In most cases, this is loss leader/bait and switch advertising in which the advertising company NEVER intends to sell you these products.
Companies will bring you in with low-priced bullion and try to convince you to buy their higher priced, 'rare products' –giving them MUCH higher profit margins.
MY RECOMMENDATION: Make sure to choose a company that does NOT push any one type of gold or silver coin. Also, if they advertise a certain metal…make sure that they make good on that advertisement and don't try to "Bait and Switch" you.
Do NOT Go with Just Any Company, Do Your Research!
Here's the truth about investing in precious metals… Every company will tell you something different. One company will tell you that their metal is the best option, another will tell you the complete opposite.
Before making the decision, you need to ask yourself this question…
"Have I taken the proper time to compare all my options prior to trusting a company with my assets?"
You'll find out that companies' fees are all different, their customer service can range from excellent to non-existent, they can be honest and give you trustworthy information or they'll try to push their own metals on you, and you'll find that some companies are a much safer investment than others. Look for a company who does not hesitate to give you a breakdown of all the fees.
Once you're confident that you have explored all of your options, and have compared the information you've learned from each company to market information…that is when you can be confident in your decision.
We're not talking about which restaurant to go out to tonight, we're talking about your hard-earned money. This is a serious decision that needs the proper time and advising.
Now, here's the problem…
I know firsthand just how long that can take. Calling up all these companies, speaking with their sales reps, and then comparing everything can take weeks. But, you're in luck. I've done a LOT of researching, calling, comparing, and have made a ranking chart that features the top companies.
I've created a chart below, in which I update frequently, for you to make some side-by-side comparisons for yourself without having to spend all that time on the phone:
|Regal Assets
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|Flat (No Fee 1st Year)
|Regal Assets
|Top Choice Based on:Reputation (No Real Complaints & Large # of Positive Reviews), Pricing, IRA Fees, & Segregated Storage
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Editor's Top Choice: Regal Assets
Business Consumer Alliance: AAA Rating, 0 complaints in the last 3 years (see BCA report)
BBB: Rating of A+, 0 complaints in the last 3 years (read more on the BBB)
TrustLink: based on 602 Reviews (TrustLink page)
Minimum Investment Amount: Regal Assets has minimum investment amounts of $10k for a retirement account rollover and $5k for a cash buy for physical delivery.
Determining Factor: When I spoke with the Regal Assets rep on the phone, he mentioned that their first year's storage and administration fee has been waived. After that, there is a low flat fee for segregated storage of your metals. I found that most other companies offer commingled storage by default (raising your risk). If they do offer segregated storage, it is typically scaled and limited to gold. Regal Assets offers segregated storage for both gold AND silver –something that you may find very useful either now or in the near future.
If you're ready to discover more about Regal Assets and if they're the right fit for you, visit the following:
CLICK HERE to See Testimonials – CLICK HERE to See Recommended Packages – Call Them at: 888-981-7445
Or visit them online at: http://www.regalassetsonline.com
The Easy 3 Step Process to Opening YOUR Gold IRA Account!
Basically, there are 3 steps involved, each one as important as the next:
- Buy Gold (make sure you buy the right kind of gold that's approved by the IRS)
- Setup a Self-Directed IRA with an IRA Custodian
- Store the Gold Somewhere in a Vault/Depository
*Thankfully, instead of having to complete these three steps yourself with limited knowledge of the industry, you can make one quick call to Regal Assets at (888) 981-7445. They'll be able to take care of the majority of the legwork, making your experience completely headache-free.
While I know the price of gold will fluctuate short-term, you'll be able to feel good that a good portion of your retirement fund is backed by something real, not just some paper based ETF, volatile stocks, or fiat currency. Unless you'd like to throw money at stocks or wait for the government to stop spending so much money, this is absolutely your best option.
How Did I Choose The Top Company?
Knowing the reputations of some of these gold companies, I was set on finding the most reliable, trustworthy company that specialized in setting up gold IRAs.
While doing research on all the Gold IRA Companies' experience and reputation, I carefully checked the ratings on consumer focused sites like the Better Business Bureau (BBB), TrustLink, and the Business Consumer Alliance.
It became easy to see which companies had more complaints lodged against them, how many were resolved, and how many had been closed within the last year. A recurring theme among some of the 'well-known' companies revealed how poor the customer service they offer is, they have pushy sales people on staff, they deliver low quality coins, have a slow inefficient process, post unexpected fees, and push collectible (proof, numismatic, or rare) coins. Also, many reviews reveal that a few of these unhappy customers really feel like they had been 'ripped off.' These are things that you should avoid at all costs.
If you're looking for a high quality, high touch, streamlined experience with a best of breed company that truly specializes in precious metal IRAs, does not push you to buy overpriced rare coins, and offers a low, flat annual storage and admin fee ($250/year and actually no cost the first year), then the obvious choice was Regal Assets.
I personally recommend you give them a call and see for yourself if they live up to their reputation.
More on My Recommendation
Besides the stark differences in the reputations of the various companies, Regal Assets were a pleasure to speak with on the phone, were very knowledgeable and accurate about the market, and, most importantly, I quickly realized that they were experts on converting to a gold IRA.
I'll admit that the contrast between Regal Assets and the other gold IRA companies was actually quite shocking. I had expected there would be a few companies I'd have a hard time choosing between, but this wasn't my experience.
Not only do Regal Assets' numbers add up with their 5 star reviews and very low number of complaints, but I had a wonderful experience with them during all the calls I made, asking detailed questions about converting to a gold IRA and inquiring about the overall process. Not only did they answer my questions fully, they did so in a friendly manner and didn't pressure me to buy anything (Not even to buy gold, which I actually wanted to buy).
On the other hand, when I called some other companies, I got a vastly different experience. With most of the other companies, I actually felt somewhat pressured or like I wasn't worth their time. Asking questions to them felt threatening (this should tell you something). And, some were condescending in tone while others were just completely rude (in one case, I was actually hung-up on).
What made Regal Assets stand apart from the other companies was the fact they left me feeling as if they take the most pride in what they do.
When you talk to somebody who is the best at what they do, you can tell.
The reps that I spoke with possessed a sort of relaxed confidence, which came across as the perfect contrast to the arrogance I was subjected to with the other companies.
If you're buying gold coins (or silver, or platinum) for delivery to your home, like I did, they actually offer a 7 day delivery guarantee (which is hard to find anywhere else).
Feel free to contact me with any question, concern or comment, as I'm always on the lookout for fellow investors.
I recommend you visit their website by clicking here or call them and request your free gold investor kit. They'll call to confirm your address and you can ask them any questions you want at that point, or you can wait until you've had time to review the kit.
Feel free to contact me with any question, concern or comment, as I'm always on the lookout for fellow investors!
To Protecting Your Assets!
PS! Even if you're not ready to open up an account just yet, I would highly recommend claiming the free gold investor kit from Regal Assets. It's packed with accurate information that can help you to make the right decision for your circumstance. Good luck!
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**There are many IRA custodians out there. Most offer scaled account structures, which means you pay more. Our recommendation, Regal Assets, has a long standing relationship with another very well respected custodian which allows them to charge a very low annual fee (covered for the first year). Be sure to research this well before signing any documentation.


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Unisource Logistics Solutions Earns SmartWay Transport Partner Designation
NORCROSS, Ga. — Unisource Logistics Solutions – a division of Unisource Worldwide, Inc. – announced today it has joined the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) SmartWay Transport Partnership. Unisource also earned the SmartWay Transport Partner logo, Logistics category, a mark of excellence for companies demonstrating superior environmental performance for freight operations.
Launched in 2004, SmartWay is an EPA program that reduces transportation-related emissions by creating incentives to improve supply chain fuel efficiency. SmartWay Transport Partnership is a government/industry collaboration among freight shippers, carriers, logistics companies and other stakeholders, to voluntarily achieve improved fuel efficiency and reduce environmental impacts from freight transport. Participating companies use performance-based measurements that benchmark and inform the industry and the marketplace on freight operations, energy and environmental efficiency.
"We are extremely pleased to earn this designation," said Andy Yearout, Vice President of Unisource Logistics Solutions. "The recognition underscores Unisource Logistics Solutions' achievement in environmentally responsible freight and logistics practices." He added, "We are proud to be among the leading organizations across the many industry sectors committed to reducing environmental impact."
SmartWay Partners demonstrate to their customers and clients that they are taking responsibility for the emissions associated with transporting goods, are committed to corporate social responsibility and sustainable business practices, and are reducing their carbon footprint. To date, the partnership includes nearly 2,900 companies and associations committed to improving fuel efficiency.
Since 2004, SmartWay Partners report:
- Saving 55 million barrels of fuel ($6.5 billion in fuel costs saved)
- Eliminating 23.6 million metric tons of CO2
- Eliminating 478,000 tons of NO
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I gave birth to my baby through a Caesarean section and the healing period was rather too painful for me, Can I get another baby through normal birth?
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I gave birth to my baby through a Caesarean section and the healing period was rather too painful for me, Can I get another baby through normal birth?
Dear Damaris Mugo,
Thank you for your question. I am sorry that you had a difficult time healing after your c-section. It can take some time to recover from a c-section and unfortunately this can make caring for your baby and breastfeeding more difficult to begin with.
Having a vaginal birth after a c-section is known as a VBAC. The good news is that most women who try for a VBAC are able to have one (over 80% of women). What is quite important is that you have a medical professional (doctor or midwife) who is going to support you in your decision to have a VBAC.
There is more information on VBAC here. Please feel free to ask any further questions you may have on VBAC here on the Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond forum.
The risk with a VBAC (although it is small - around or just under 0.5%) is that the previous uterine scar opens up during labour. However, this risk needs to be weighed against the risks associated with another c-section. If a woman seemed at greater risk from a uterine scar starting to rupture during an attempted VBAC then an emergency c-section would be carried out (the woman is monitored for this occurring during the labour).
Please could I ask why it was decided that you should have a c-section with your first baby? This may impact how likely a VBAC is for you.
Warm wishes,
Thank you for the information.
To begin with it was a decision that was made so sudden, I had been through with my anti-natal and was submitting my records to the doctor who could help with my delivery since I was to deliver in a different hospital on arrival she told me that my baby kicks were not normal hence I was admitted, the doctors diagnosis was that probably there was something around my baby's neck. After a scan, the results showed there was nothing circumventing the neck but there was an area around that wasn't clear and could not determine what was there. That's how I ended with a C-section. To date I have never comprehended this.
Thank you for your reply.
It can be difficult for scans to show exactly what is happening. Often doctors have to make the best decision they can with the information they have. However, I'm sorry that you did not have the birth (or recovery) you hoped for. Have you been able to go through your hospital notes with a midwife or doctor? Many women find this a helpful process and lots of hospitals offer this service.
Your reason for having a c-section is not likely to affect future babies so this gives you a good chance of having a VBAC.
Warm wishes,


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Valencia comes off bench, delivers clutch homer
Stroman silences critics by allowing one earned run over 7 2/3 frames
TORONTO -- The Blue Jays' lineup is typically known for hitting a lot of home runs, but that weapon has been missing for most of August. On Wednesday night, it finally returned.
Toronto posted its second multihomer game of the month. The long ball is the bread and butter of the Blue Jays' approach, and for the first time in quite awhile, it allowed them to relax.
Danny Valencia hit the go-ahead three-run homer in the bottom of the seventh inning while Jose Bautista added one earlier in the Blue Jays' 5-2 victory over the Red Sox in front of 30,285 fans at Rogers Centre.
"We haven't had that. It gives us a little bit of breathing room," said manager John Gibbons, whose club is 5 1/2 games back of the Tigers for the second American League Wild Card. "The pitcher doesn't have to be quite as perfect. ... It changes our whole philosophy. You can run some contact plays, you can be a little more aggressive. It makes quite a bit of difference."
When general manager Alex Anthopoulos constructed this version of the Blue Jays, the expectation all along was that a lot of offense would come from home runs. That's one reason why it was so surprising to see Toronto enter play on Wednesday night with fewer homers this month than any team in the Major Leagues.
The Blue Jays also scored fewer runs than any team in baseball during August. Everyone appeared to be pressing at the plate, and that was the case for much of Wednesday's game as well. Boston's right-hander Joe Kelly was borderline dominant through six innings, and it wasn't until he departed in the seventh that Toronto had an opportunity to turn things around.
The first two batters of the inning reached base and Valencia came in to pinch-hit for third baseman Juan Francisco. Boston manager John Farrell made a countermove by going to right-hander Junichi Tazawa, but it immediately backfired.
Valencia sent a 2-0 fastball over the wall in left field for his third home run of the season and first in a Blue Jays uniform.
In seven career innings pitched at Rogers Centre, Tazawa has allowed eight runs on 12 hits. For his career against the Blue Jays, he's 1-3 in 20 appearances, over which he's worked 19 1/3 innings and given up 16 runs on 29 hits for a career 7.45 ERA.
"I looked at the video and the pitch to Valencia leaped back quite a bit and went inside," Tazawa said through an interpreter. "I missed my location."
Bautista provided the other spark on offense in the first inning when he recorded his 26th home run of the season. The solo shot was Bautista's second in as many games as he continues to heat up following an 0-for-17 skid at the plate. He is now four home runs shy of hitting the 30-homer plateau for the first time since 2011.
Right-hander Marcus Stroman recovered from a pair of rough outings to get back into the win column with another solid start. He carried a no-hitter into the fourth inning and faced one batter over the minimum through five. Stroman's only blemish came in the sixth, when he loaded the bases and allowed an RBI single to David Ortiz to go along with a wild pitch for Boston's two runs.
The strong outing should go a long way in helping to silence any of the critics who thought Stroman, who was the 22nd overall pick in the 2012 First-Year Player Draft, might be running out of gas. The hard-throwing righty has thrown a career-high 134 1/3 innings between the Blue Jays and Triple-A Buffalo, but there weren't any signs of fatigue against Boston.
"He's a strong kid," Gibbons said. "He's coming out of college, he's still a youngster, but he has some innings in the Minor Leagues, too. It crosses your mind when he has a couple of outings when he struggles. Is he tired out a little bit, running out of gas? Who knows where it goes from here, but he's put together pretty good. Strong guy, low center of gravity. I don't think that will be a problem with him."
In Stroman's previous two starts, he allowed 11 runs over 5 2/3 innings. A lot of his issues were related with command with fastballs staying up in the zone and secondary pitches not having a lot of downward movement. After his Wednesday's win, Stroman said he didn't really make any adjustments between outings but got back to what he normally does.
"Just sometimes you're going to be up," Stroman said. "That's the biggest thing for me is to constantly try to fight to stay down in the zone. Sometimes I'm just up and I had a stretch there when I was up in the zone. I'm happy to be back down and locating my heater down."
Despite Wednesday's result, Toronto still has just one series win in its past eight. The Blue Jays have been outscored 123-75 in 23 games this month en route to a 7-16 record. The win did allow the Blue Jays (67-66) to avoid dropping below .500 for the first time since May 14, when they were 20-21.
"Obviously we've been struggling and every win's important," Valencia said. "To come out on top today, salvage the series, go into the off-day, recoup and then come into play this weekend should be good for us."
Gregor Chisholm is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, North of the Border, and follow him on Twitter @gregorMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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More than 150 residents joined a community walk through some of Otley's under-threat green spaces last weekend.
The Sunday, June 29 event was organised by the ODD campaign to highlight the scale of local concern over future development plans for the town.
The participants, wielding banners, met at the Buttercross before walking towards the Irish Fields on the eastern side of Otley.
An ODD spokesman said: "The picturesque green spaces the procession passed through are all threatened by Leeds City Council's proposal for housing and industry."Under the council's Site Allocation Plan, Otley can expect to
have 1,117 new houses built and a fair proportion of these are planned for acres of green space known as the 'east of Otley' site.
"Sunday's walk clearly showed the strength of feeling and support amongst the local community for an alternative approach to development here.
"Local mums talked about how their children played on the fields every night after school, and dog walkers and runners swapped tips about their regular routes."
Local resident Sara Quin added: "It was a great event. I hope more people write letters and sign the ODD campaign's petition.
"It would be a travesty it we lose these green fields. Build on brownfield, not greenfield!"
Mother-of-three Amie Smith echoed those sentiments. She said: "I am Otley born and bred and it shocks and deeply saddens me to think this beautiful space will be lost.
"My sons, aged seven and nine, play rugby and football on these fields most evenings, and my daughter is two and she absolutely loves the feeling of freedom here.
"It's a completely different experience to a play park - we all love to see the wildlife here, including the rabbits, and also the horses and piglets in the barn."
More than 1,500 residents have now signed the ODD campaign's petition, which opposes the proposed future housing levels for the town.
The group is also calling for previously developed, brownfield sites to be earmarked before any green land is considered.
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ASHLEY Wilkins is through to the last eight of the school boy ABA championships after triumphing in London last weekend.
The 14-year-old, from Chirton, earned a majority decision over Earlsfield ABC's Taylor Ayling in Feltham last weekend in the pre-quarter finals of the U50kg weight category.
And Wilkins, who trains at Devizes Boxing Club, is set to return to the capital this weekend as he goes toe-to-toe with Kent youngster Tommy Smith for a place in the final four of the national competition.
"He was absolutely fantastic last weekend," said dad Paul Wilkins, who is chairman of the Devizes club and will be in his son's corner in Grove Park.
"Ashley was fantastic in the first two rounds and the other kid came back at him in the third but he'd done enough to win – he's looking like a champion and he had a lot of praise from the other coaches there.
"It's a fantastic achievement so far and when we sat down the other day to have a chat about it he said 'dad, I want to get to the final'.
"He's the lad who's fighting so he's going to get all the praise but it's really a victory for the whole club too.
"He had his brother Liam in his corner and a minibus of people that came to watch him, which I could have filled that two or three times over.
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HOUSTON - A water main leak in east Houston caused street flooding that forced at least one business to close Wednesday.
Navigation at Macario Garcia was blocked off when the water kept rising from a broken 30-inch main. Thousands of gallons of water spewed into the street, flooding the intersection between 8:30 and 9 a.m.
The owner of Super Chicken and Rice closed up shop when he smelled gas in the water from a nearby gas station.
The street in front of Fire Station 20 was also flooded but did not stop firefighters from responding.
Officials said a contractor may be to blame.
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Please Do Not Touch!by Secretary Confidential in View All Posts, May 22nd, 2009
I'll admit. I occasionally nibble at the Whole Foods buffet before paying, you know, to test out my options. And of course, my hands find their way into many a platter here at FN, which might be a bit on the restricted side. But when my handy little camera caught this warning: Ultimate Recipe Showdown Pantry. Please Do Not Touch!, I knew better than to pick, but not even a few exclamation points can keep SC from prodding for answers.
What did I find out? The test kitchens are in the midst of testing recipes for the new series, as the sign indicated, Ultimate Recipe Showdown. Apparently thousands of submissions came in from all over the country, and now the FN recipe testers have to narrow each category (comfort foods, hot & spicy, desserts, etc..) down to just 4 contestants for each show. By the looks of the pantry (dark chocolate chips, boxes of brown sugar, molasses, cupcake tins…), I think they're in the middle of testing for the desserts episode. Maybe they need help taste testing? I'm available!
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Defy the Stars Auditions
January 20, 2018 1:00 AM - 1:00 AM
As a part of the 25th Anniversary celebrations in 2018, the Grand Valley Shakespeare Festival will produce Defy the Stars, by alumni playwright Scott Watson. The play follows two actors...
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The Grand Valley Shakespeare Festival annual Newsletter has been printed and distributed. It is available here as a PDF to download and enjoy.
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The Tempest
Directed by Guest Director Curt Tofteland
September 29, 30, October 5, 6, at 7:30 p.m.
October 1, 7, and 9 at 2 p.m.
Teachers Special Student Matinees Oct 2, 3, and 5. Click for more information and registration
Bard To Go: The Wonder of Will: This Is Your Afterlife!
Directed by Karen Libman
What happens when the Bard himself, William Shakespeare, is brought back to life and taken on a rollicking ride through his most famous plays? Eight plays in 50 minutes—but will Will remember that he truly is the most famous English language playwright in the world? Featuring scenes from Hamlet, Richard III, The Comedy of Errors, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, and The Merchant of Venice.
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October 6, 20, 27 and November 3
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Welcome to winter 2017 and to the Annual Grand Valley Shakespeare Festival. This year is one of transition for us and of change. As our Will Logo depicts, we are under construction. A classic episode of The Brady Bunch had the Brady kids singing a new song that Greg wrote because Peter's voice was changing. In that song, "Time to Change" the kids sang, "When it's time to change, you've got to rearrange / who you are into what you're gonna be."[1] Well it's time to change! Grand Valley is undergoing a renovation to the Performing Arts Center that will bring big changes to our Theatre program and the Shakespeare Festival.
[1] Written by Billy Meshel, Chris Welch, Raymond Bloodworth.
In fall 2017, the renovations will be complete and will include a new Black Box theatre with flexible configuration seating for up to 150. It will give the Theatre program an additional performance venue especially for smaller productions that will bring the audience and performers into close proximity. There will also be new classroom and rehearsal spaces, an expanded lobby, and even new restrooms directly across from both theatres! Change can be very good. But getting to that point means a transition year for this year with some making do in temporary locations and some constricted access in the present lobby. But being "under construction" will not deter us from our festivities this fall. We have a full offering of our regular festival activities. We look forward to seeing many of our returning patrons and are anxious to welcome in newcomers as well. There is no better time to enjoy the Shakespeare Festival events. And thank you, our wonderful audience, for making all of our hard work worth it.
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Kelly Clarkson was bulimic
Kelly Clarkson says she used to be bulimic, and developed the eating disorder after she was passed over for a role in her high school musical. She tells CosmoGirl:
"I thought…If I came back and I'm cuter and thinner…then I'll get the role." For six months, Clarkson was bulimic, until a friend discovered her problem. "One of my guy friends caught on to it, and I just felt so ashamed and embarrassed," she tells the mag. "I literally went cold turkey and snapped out of it."
Ahh, high school. I see. So she's no longer bulimic. Because I was about to say … you know … *casually walks away while whistling*


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Spencer Pratt: 'I'll win Heidi back. With Army.'
Here's Spencer Pratt in Malibu yesterday following up Heidi's Sadness Photos with whatever the hell this staged shoot is supposed to represent. Is he so sad Heidi left him he can only communicate via walkie talkie now? I can't even think about it without wanting to punch my brain stem out. On top of that, you've got everyone who knows them coming out of the woodwork to say their split is a stunt to sell Heidi's new reality show including Jennifer Bunney who's on the fucking thing. At this point, I honestly want to listen in on their conversations which is in no way an endorsement of whatever scripted bullshit they'll act out on TV.
HEIDI: So I sat in front of a lake looking sad. What are you going to do?
SPENCER: I'm going to run around in the woods showing guys how rugged and into role-playing I am.
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Russia and China have proposed at the United Nations that weapons of all kinds be banned from space. To its credit, the Bush administration rejected this proposal, opting instead for a policy of openness. The U.S. stands for no restrictions of any kind in space.
It's difficult to believe that anyone would be so naive as to believe that if the U.S. agree not to carry weapons into space, all other nations would follow suit. If history carries any weight, exactly the opposite will happen. More realistically, however, is that such a treaty would be entirely unenforceable, since even an "unarmed" object in space is, itself, a potent ballistic weapon.
I have not seen any Democrat reaction, but I predict that there will be wailing and gnashing of teeth at the "belligerent" administration stance, when we should be reaching out across the table to our enemies and former enemies in a spirit of friendship.
The idea is almost as silly as spending millions of taxpayers' dollars on a steroid investigation.


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The keyword-mnemonic technique is most frequently used to learn foreign word vocabulary, though it can be adapted to other purposes. This technique achieves its effectiveness by encoding information both visually and verbally. This gives you twice the number of aids for aided recall to work.
The first step is to think of an English keyword that is similar to the foreign word. For example, the French word for "fish" is "poisson" so your keyword might be "poison" because it is similar to the French word. Try to pick a noun for the keyword, because it will make the next step easier.
The second step is to visualize an association between your English keyword and the English translation of the foreign word. In this case, we would visualize an association between "fish" and "poison." Maybe you could visualize a toxic pond with all the fish floating on the surface, or maybe you would picture someone eating some fish and then dropping over dead. The more dramatic you make your visualizion, the more effective it will be as a memory tool.
Now, if you need to remember the French word for "fish," you will remember the visual scene and will recall the word "poison." This will lead you to the correct word "poisson."
This technique can also work in reverse - going from the foreign word to the English translation.
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Abreu's streak ends in White Sox loss to Twins
Seventh-inning rally trumped by visitors in eighth; slugger goes 0-for-3
CHICAGO -- There seemed to be plenty of blame to go around after the White Sox 8-6 loss to the Twins before 27,446 at U.S. Cellular Field Saturday night.
But there was no reason to point that finger of frustration at anyone. The players in question were doing enough of it themselves after the tough setback.
The White Sox (54-57) had rallied from a 4-2 deficit to grab a 6-4 lead via four runs in the seventh inning. They turned that lead over to Ronald Belisario (4-8), with usual setup man Zach Putnam on the disabled list, and he proceeded to give up Trevor Plouffe's one-out single, hit Josh Willingham with a pitch and then allow Kurt Suzuki's run-scoring single to right.
Belisario was removed for closer Jake Petricka, who was called upon for the five-out save, and picked up that first out via Kennys Vargas' grounder to third baseman Conor Gillaspie. Oswaldo Arcia followed with a line drive to left on a 1-0 fastball that was struck hard but looked as if it was playable for Alejandro De Aza.
De Aza took two steps to his left, but then had to spin back to his right to try to make the catch. The ball hit off of the top of his glove as he awkwardly reached back and fell for the game-winning double, with De Aza adding that he tried to jump for the catch and thought he had it.
Little doubt existed that he should have had it.
"Yes, I should make that play. Yeah," De Aza said. "Personally, I feel bad because I think I can make that play. Today it didn't happen. I'm going to try to work harder to not make that mistake again."
"It's one of those probably you look at it as he should make it," said White Sox manager Robin Ventura. "There were a lot of other things that happened we could do better to win. I'm not pinning it on him. He had a good game. He could catch it, and most times he does. This time he didn't."
With two outs in the bottom of the eighth, Adrian Nieto fought back from an 0-2 hole against Minnesota reliever Casey Fien and worked a walk. Adam Eaton followed with a line drive off of the glove of Plouffe at third for his fourth hit of the game, raising his hitting streak to nine games, his consecutive games reaching base streak to 19 and his season's average to .306.
Nieto raced to third as the tying run and Eaton tried to get into second with his fourth double of the night. But Eduardo Nunez, who entered as a pinch-runner for Willingham in the top of the eighth, retrieved the ball and fired a strike to second baseman Brian Dozier to nail Eaton for the third out. The play was challenged by Ventura, but video replay review confirmed the call.
Eaton confirmed after the White Sox lost their 28th game when leading that he should have never gone to second with the meat of the order set to hit.
"It was stupid. Stupid. Stupid on my part. I need to pick up the ball better," Eaton said. "I saw it go off his glove and kind of thought it bounced a different direction. I thought it went more toward the warning track. It's stupid, unbelievable how dumb that was.
"You put your team in that position to maybe have first and third. Again, you don't pick up the baseball where it needs to be and, like I said, dumb play on my part. It was just stupid."
This baserunning miscue came after Eaton drove home two tying runs in the seventh off of Brian Duensing and scored the go-ahead run on Gordon Beckham's double off the right-field wall. That rally would have made a winner of Scott Carroll, who allowed the first four Twins (49-60) he faced to reach base and gave up two runs in the first, before settling down to yield four runs on seven hits over seven innings, striking out four and walking two.
"If I execute some pitches in those first couple of innings, it's a little bit different story," Carroll said. "I'm proud to compete and go seven and give this team a chance to win."
Another piece of bad news for the White Sox was Jose Abreu's streak of 10 straight plate appearances reaching base coming to an end when he popped out to first baseman Chris Parmelee in the first. He reached base via a walk twice, once intentionally in the seventh, but his career-best 21-game hitting streak also came to a close after posting a 0-for-3 that included a groundout against Glen Perkins (27th save) in the ninth.
"Thank God," said Minnesota manager Ron Gardenhire of temporarily stopping Abreu. "As I said before, move the ball in and out. We pitched around him a couple times in situations."
An exciting, competitive White Sox effort turned into a brutal finish. But while players were calling themselves out for individual mistakes, they weren't pointing fingers at each other, just getting ready to try to win the series on Sunday.
"We want to win every game, but things happen," De Aza said. "This is how it's supposed to be. It's one game at a time."
Scott Merkin is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Merk's Works, and follow him on Twitter @scottmerkin. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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This article was published 27/7/2012 (1852 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers appear to have something today they haven't had since they signed quarterback Buck Pierce way back in 2010 -- a credible alternative.
And they found one in the nick of time.
A day after Alex Brink established his bona fides as a CFL starting quarterback in a 23-22 win over the Edmonton Eskimos, Bombers head coach Paul LaPolice revealed Friday that Brink will be the Bombers' starter for longer than the club was expecting.
The Bombers had initially hoped Pierce could be back as soon as four weeks after he tore ligaments in his left foot during a game in Edmonton July 13.
But LaPolice said Friday that Pierce still won't be ready play when the club returns from its bye week -- they play Hamilton Aug. 16 after getting a week off. LaPolice even went further on Friday, telling reporters that it could be September before Pierce is back.
"I know he's still a ways away," LaPolice said. "I know when he comes back from the bye week, it's still going to be some time."
LaPolice's comments came just a couple days after Pierce told the Free Press he felt his recovery was moving speedily and that he hoped to return within the original four-week window.
Pierce might still be on that timetable, but his club's urgency to get him back behind centre has been dialed down a few notches after Brink proved Thursday night he could credibly pilot the Bombers to victory.
Much was made after Thursday's game about how dramatically Brink's completion numbers -- 26-38, 294 yards, one TD, two interceptions -- improved over a disastrous outing a week earlier in Toronto in which he went just 9-34, 185 yards, two interceptions.
But that tells only part of the story. Brink's completion rate went up because the Bombers brain trust figured out that throwing 50 yards down field on every second pass, as they tried against Toronto, isn't going to work for Tom Brady, much less Brink.
So instead, it was a night of short, crisp, highly effective passes to an array of Bombers receivers -- Terrence Edwards, 7-67; Cory Watson, 7-66; Chad Simpson, 5-49. Do the math on those numbers and in each instance it averages about 10 yards per reception -- exactly what you need to keep the sticks moving.
Brink's two first-half interceptions against Edmonton hurt -- particularly the second one, which led to an Edmonton touchdown. But it bears repeating that in both instances, he was hit just as he threw the ball, just as he was on the first interception in Toronto.
Part of being a starting quarterback is sensing pressure and having the composure to know that sometimes you're just better off eating the ball than throwing up an ill-advised pass just as you get smacked. That's a skill Brink is obviously still learning, and Bombers fans will have to be patient.
But it's also true that Thursday night marked a huge step forward for Brink, if for no other reason than it also represented the first time he actually won a game as Winnipeg's starter.
Not only did he win, he did it under a microscope, second-guessed all week and feeling the hot breath of backup Joey Elliott breathing down his neck. It all earned him a prize from his boss.
"I gave him the game ball last night," LaPolice said Friday.
"He didn't make bad decisions, he ran the ball well, he put the ball in spots. There's still a lot of room for improvement for him, but I though he responded."
In a game where winning breeds more winning and quarterbacks run on the fuel of confidence, Brink went a long way Thursday night to prove he can provide his team with a legitimate chance to win, no matter how long Pierce is out of the lineup.


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Communism is a political and economic ideal and philosophy that was embraced by several Earth nations in the 20th and 21st centuries. The pillar of the Communist philosophy was equality and pre-planned economy. Nations that embraced it included the Soviet Union and China. Slang terms for a person who followed this ideal, better known as a communist, included "pinko", "red" and "commie." It was the clash between communism and capitalism that drove the Earth Cold War.
In 1953, Douglas Pabst insinuated that Herbert Rossoff was a proponent of communism. (DS9: "Far Beyond the Stars")
In an alternate timeline, Lenin was assassinated by an unknown assailant in 1916, and no one managed to take his place. As a result, Russia never turned to communism. (ENT: "Storm Front, Part II")


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Colorado's foreign-born population - from first-generation farmworkers to highly skilled scientists at the state's universities - contributed an estimated $42 billion to the Colorado economy in 2011, according to a new study.
The study, based on economic-modeling software and data from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Service surveys, found that one in 10 Coloradans is foreign-born and that 305,000 of them work in the state.
Immigrant labor accounted for 18.1 percent of construction employment; 16 percent of workers in the entertainment, hotel and services industry; and 8 percent of the manufacturing sector. Immigrants make up 9 percent of Colorado's entrepreneurs.
"Foreign-born people who live and work in Colorado have a significant impact on the economy," said Terry Scanlon with the Colorado Center on Law & Policy, which worked on the study with Colorado economist Christopher Stiffler.
The study found that immigrants make up 11.4 percent of the Colorado workforce even though immigrants account for 9.7 percent of the population.
There are an estimated 57,759 foreign-born workers in Colorado's food-service and drinking establishments, 24,598 in wholesale trade, 16,036 in real estate and 14,178 in health-care offices. In construction, there are 31,940 immigrant workers.
The study does not look at how many of the workers counted are undocumented. The Colorado Center on Law & Policy is completing another study that will delve more into the impact of that population.
The study released Friday estimated the foreign-born economic impact on Colorado by calculating the "ripple effect" of their earning and spending. For every 10 immigrants employed in Colorado, an additional seven jobs are created, the study found.
Andrew Ball, a policy analyst with the Law & Policy Center, said one of the surprises of the study was how broad the foreign-born worker impact is in a wide array of industries.


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Perry Ellis And NWF Launch Project Beach
One click raises money for the Gulf Coast oil spill relief.
-Brooke Sager
Perry Ellis is lending a hand to the National Wildlife Federation's (NWF) efforts to clean up the Gulf Coast oil spill. Together, they've introduced Project Beach—a mission to raise awareness and funds for the largest oil spill in America history.
"It's difficult to watch this disaster and not feel compelled to help," said Brett Dean, chief marketing officer of Perry Ellis International. "With this initiative, we have an opportunity to reach out to our customers and fans to help National Wildlife Federation toward a long-term solution for the Gulf Coast."
The Miami-based brand has always seen the beach as a home and inspiration. As they hit the runways of New York on September 13th, their fashion show will recognize the NWF's work. In addition, Perry Ellis is incorporating Project Beach in their upcoming events and advertisements. For the first time, they're heading to the Gulf Coast to shoot their spring 2011 campaign.
Read Celebrities Help Raise Money for Oil-Spill Relief
Now you can help Perry Ellis raise up to $25,000 for NWF's restoration work! Visit the Project Beach Facebook Page and be one of the first 10,000 fans to "like" their fundraiser. Just click on the button, and you'll prompt a $1 donation to NWF's Gulf Oil Spill Restoration Fund.
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Assistant city attorney who police found outside naked resigns
Published: Tuesday, October 8, 2013 at 4:14 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, October 8, 2013 at 4:14 p.m.
Gainesville assistant city attorney Ronald Combs resigned last week amid allegations that he was prowling in and around a woman's home while naked.
Combs, 59, of 706 NE Fifth Place, was charged Sept. 14 with burglary of an occupied dwelling, prowling and resisting arrest without violence.
In a brief resignation note dated Oct. 2, Combs wrote that "after 28 years with the city of Gainesville, it is time to move on."
Combs initially took a leave of absence after his arrest.
State Attorney Bill Cervone said Tuesday that the charges are still lodged against Combs. Cervone added that the victim in the case did not show up at a scheduled meeting to give testimony.
"At this time, it is still technically pending," Cervone said.
The Gainesville Police Department reported the woman was in her home in the 500 block of Northeast Eighth Avenue when the incident occurred shortly before 6 a.m.
The woman told police a noise woke her and she saw a naked man standing in her bedroom who ran off when he saw that she was awake.
The woman got up and found that a back door that she says she had locked before she went to bed had been opened.
She called 911, and police responded and saw a man wearing only a skull cap and running shoes moving through yards in the neighborhood.
Police said they chased the man, who turned out to be Combs, through yards and streets. He refused to stop and officers chased him to a house in the 700 block of Northeast Fifth Terrace, where they shot him with a Taser to apprehend him, police said.
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It's Friday, everyone! And that means another Primal Blueprint Real Life Story [1] from a Mark's Daily Apple reader. If you have your own success story and would like to share it with me and the Mark's Daily Apple community please contact me here [2]. I'll continue to publish these each Friday as long as they keep coming in. Thank you for reading!
The beginning of my success story starts out as most might, with very unhealthy eating habits. I can remember as a kid in 4th or 5th grade making my own version of a milkshake which consisted of a whole row of Oreos that was mixed up with milk until it was a consistency that was near impossible to drink. Around that same time I also became addicted to Pepsi cola. It seemed like I had 2-3 cans a day and this continued throughout high school. I was a somewhat active kid and I did not seem to ever put on weight.
After high school I attended an art college where food took a back seat to my artwork. When I would eat, it was the typical college food, e.g. cafeteria pizza, breakfast bars, steak-ums and a lot of frozen microwavable meals (especially taquitos), while changing my consumption of cola to 4-6 Dr. Peppers a day. On the outside I seemed to be very healthy, but inside I was doing great harm to my body daily. I weighed about 130 pounds at 5'7" with barely any muscle at all.
Shortly before I graduated college I was physically assaulted. I had one side of my face crushed so badly that the bone fragments became so small I ended up having to have two six and a half hour surgeries where titanium plates were implanted and a bone grafting had to be done. To say that I was depressed is a gross understatement. My time after that was invested in personal creative projects. I shut myself off from the outside world and with the exception of the artist in me I really didn't care about myself. I could feel myself declining into a sad state mentally, physically, and emotionally. Around this time I also noticed a gut forming.
About a year and a half after I graduated college, I landed a salary job which included a yearly travel season. Between my newfound income and not having a kitchen on the road, I was eating at restaurants and fast food joints daily. My favorite go-to food at bars were deep-fried breaded appetizers. I kind of knew these were not the healthiest decisions, so when I would buy groceries I tried to counterbalance it by buying anything that said reduced fat or fat free. Little did I know back then that saturated fat should have been my friend and that sugar and carbs should have been avoided. I assumed that fat made you fat and sugar and carbs just gave you energy. So I kept eating tons of snack food while at home and continued drinking 2-3 cans of Dr. Pepper daily. Over a five year period my weight shot up from around 135 to over 180 pounds.
Now, at a weight of over 180 pounds I put a lot of effort into pretending that I was happy. I have always been a comedian, if you will, always joking around, but I wasn't kidding myself, I was miserable inside. I would wake up in the morning having to pop my back into place because, while sleeping on my side, my gut would twist my back out of whack. Almost daily I would throw up stomach acid, which, let me tell you, was not a great way to start the day. Headaches were a daily occurrence and I was always tired after lunch. As an artist, I did not just work from 9 to 5. I continued working on art and other projects well into the night wearing myself thin and getting stressed out way too easily.
In 2010, I can remember having a typical busy day and stopping by the grocery store after work. I decided to take my blood pressure in one of those machines by the pharmacy. I ended up doing it three different times because after I saw the first result I knew it had to have been wrong. It wasn't. I was borderline stage three hypertension. During my next doctor appointment I was told that I had to take blood pressure medication and that for my height I was technically obese. I remember thinking to myself that the guidelines were a joke. What if it was all muscle? Would I still be obese? I was in denial.
When I turned 30 in March of 2011, I started to question my health and purchased my first scale. I had taught myself how to make sushi rolls at that time and thought it would be a great way to lose weight and "get healthy". I actually made a sushi rolling station in my living room and ate tons of the stuff. This approach definitely did not work. My next approach was to purchase a little blender and make fruit smoothies. I was successful with making something that tasted extremely good but there was so much sugar in the drinks that my weight did not budge; it may have even gone up. Was I doomed? Was I always going to be unhealthy?
My next doctor appointment was in May of 2011. My blood pressure with medication was still in stage 2 hypertension and I was still right at the obese mark. I remember thinking that I really needed to change my life around and not knowing how to do it. I couldn't settle with failure.
I had been reading a blog almost daily that posted an array of different authors from different websites with the common theme of personal liberty, economics, health and wellness, among other subjects. When I read the articles from what I now know was a godsend of a website MarksDailyApple.com showing success stories of how people were able to lose weight and become healthier by eating bacon, I knew it was too good to be true (just like all of the gold that was waiting for me to pick up in a Nigerian bank account). Around August of that year I noticed a friend of mine losing weight who told me it was easy. He was following what Mark's Daily Apple talked about daily. I said I would give it a try. I knew it was going to be a challenge since I was going into my travel season and so much of the food I ate was on the list of what not to eat.
Wow, what a leap of faith. Eating more of the foods that I was taught were bad for me (bacon, eggs, butter, and other saturated fat filled foods), however, eating no sugar or grains (wait no pasta, I'm Italian, that's not possible!). The first ten days of not eating grain or sugar was pretty difficult, but noticing the 10 pounds that shed off "effortlessly" without exercise was a great motivational factor. I was very strict with sticking to this but maybe once every 2 months I would cheat by having a piece of cake or pizza to avoid being "that person" at a social gathering. I did not cheat weekly like I hear some people do because honestly I did and still do digest grains, they are just in a liquid and fermented form. I really enjoy craft beer and did not want to give it up, and the fact that a bar opened up right by me with almost 600 different beers makes it pretty difficult to stop drinking them.
At the beginning of my travel season I started going on all my business trips with a bag of organic apples and almonds as my snacking foods, and avoided all of the foods that I had learned were bad for me. I noticed that the weight kept coming off without exercise. And when I would occasionally look at the FDA's recommendation for a daily intake of saturated fat I was usually double or triple what they called for so I stopped reading that daily percentage and just focused on the ingredients. I used to get a kick out of it when I told people, who said they were "nutritionists," that I would randomly eat spoonful's of coconut oil out of the jar.
On a mission, I wanted to see how much weight I was able to lose without any exercise other than daily walking. In about 5 months I ended up losing 47 pounds and took myself off of anti-depressants and my blood pressure medication. For the first time since I can remember I was looking forward to my next doctor appointment.
As I started to think even more health consciously, I became a huge fan of kale and spinach and would blend them (with my Vitamix blender) with other vegetables like carrots and beets to add some natural sugar. An all-vegetable smoothie actually did not taste bad, it just looked god-awful to the layperson. So when I went confidently to my next doctor appointment with my smoothie in hand I was hoping for a rewarding experience. I was a little nervous because I had heard stories that doctors go crazy when you take yourself of medication. I honestly had not taken my blood pressure for quite some time because I knew I felt healthy. I did the typical weigh-in and then sat in one of the rooms. The doctor that came in looked at my chart and immediately asked what the heck I did. I was ready to have my blood pressure taken, which I used to be very nervous about, but this time I wasn't. When he got the results he shook his head from side to side in amazement. My blood pressure was 108 over 66 with no exercise, just diet! From that point forward my doctor appointments have gone in reverse. Now they are asking me questions and apologizing for having so many to ask. They actually agreed that the FDA works hand-in-hand with big pharma and that the food pyramid was definitely way off course.
In the past two months I actually started to exercise. At this point, my main workout is doing pull ups with my door-frame bars. On my lunch breaks from work I try to do as many of them as possible as quickly as I can which adds cardio along with strength training. I never thought in a million years I would be at this point. My weight actually dropped all the way down to 127 pounds even with all of the additional muscle. During my physical 3 weeks ago, I had my cholesterol check and the results are: Total:180, HDL (good):74, LDL (bad):84, Triglycerides:109. Before I left the doctor he told me that I was a great "role model". I don't think I have ever heard someone tell me that before. I have never felt better in my life. Every day I am getting stronger mentally, physically, and emotionally, and Mark Sisson I have you and all the other paleo health advocates to thank along with my doctors who were so supportive. I hope my story inspires and helps others the same way that other Mark's Daily Apple success stories [1] have helped me.


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I would greatly appreciate your help on this topic. I have a page on wordpress using a php plugin. Urgently need to ensure that the user is directed ti go to a specific point on the page instead of going to the top or bottom andhave to scroll back or forward to figure out.
Thank you.
You can identify a point in the page for links to go to by putting an ID on that element. For example, if you wanted people to be able to jump to a sub-heading saying "Thanks" on a page called "feedback.htm", you would have something like

Thank you for your feedback!

Thank you for your feedback!

and then to link to that particular point, you would reference feedback.htm#thanks.
I am using a php plugin on wordpress. I tried to include this in the form code but it din't seem to work. I am a total beginner to this. If you could please give me a bit of detailed guidance, I would sincerely appreciate it.
Apologies, if this sounds really stupid.
This one is more complicated. First, I needed a page where I could show a table with both a locked top row and locked left column. After two years of searching and testing, I found a great script by Richard Cornford, which Ive posted at <http://www.oasections.com/articles/scrollabletable.html>. However, the table acts up if you try to link via an anchor tag to a specific row in the table.
At the top of each page in the site <http://www.oasections.com/>, I have a search form and button, where the user enters a number (e.g., 1-99) that adds a numbered anchor to the URL of the resulting page: <http://www.oasections.com/oasectionindex.html#99>I've tried both  and

 in various parts of the table, i.e., the (locked) row header as well as the 1st cell in that (movable) row. What happens is, when you link to the row 99, the rest of the row has moved up by over half a row height, so it no longer lines up. Reload the page without the anchor, and it lines up correctly. I need this for all 90+ lines on the page (as well as other pages).
I'm debating about trying to use window.scroll to specific pixel coordinates or a specific number of lines, but haven't gotten that far yet.... I just can't find any good alternatives to an anchor tag. I've even tried a paid expert's code website, but no dice.
If you do a search for 99 (control+F), it will scroll into view fine. Which is why I've tried finding a script that would run a text search after the page loads, but I've put that on the back burner as well.
The problem is right there – IDs are not allowed to begin with digits (and I don't think names are either, although I'm not certain OTTOMH), only letters, so you will need to put a letter in front of the '99'.
Wow, okay a good start! It's reacting more consistently now. I had a hallelujah moment last night when it placed the div in the 2nd cell of that row (the movable portion):
99 Tonkawa

the th is the locked portion, the td is the movable portion of that row.
It worked fine, but only the very first time it loaded
Now, i've added an l, and im trying:

99 Tonkawa

99 Tonkawa

Now, it either scrolls the to that right row before the table finishes loading, which it then "redraws" to the top of the table. OR it will do the same behavior as before.
Do I close the tag?

 or

 ? That changes behavior too. Ill have to list more specifics based on more tests.
All, I have a similar problem and using:
<INPUT TYPE="submit" NAME="submit" VALUE="Submit These Changes"
onclick=window.location = "#prof_top"; window.scrollTo(0,0)>
Both "onclick' javascript codes work individually/seperately in my direct page at:
but when rendering through the WordPress at:
Neither work.
I'm attempting to force the submit action to goto the top of the page as the update message appears there after submission of the page/values to the mysql DB.
Not understanding why these work one place and not the other.
Have created dups of same file for testing, but will eliminate the dups with symlink once I understand and can clear this error.
All help appreciated!