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CNN's Howard Kurtz made a statement to his colleague Eliot Spitzer Wednesday that folks who remember the media firestorm surrounding former Congressman Mark Foley (R-Fla.) will find hard to believe.
Appearing on "In the Arena," the media analyst complained about the amount of coverage recent sex scandals involving Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.), John Edwards, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Dominque Strauss-Kahn have received saying, "I've just never seen it spin at this velocity, this out of control" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
ELIOT SPITZER, HOST: Let's switch gears. Switch the lens. To turn the focus back to the media. How has the media handled this?
So there you have Andrew Breitbart who is, by many people, reviled. That what he has done in the past allegedly about taking tapes, cutting and splicing to misrepresent, had made him a pariah within the mainstream media.
And now here he is having led to this, and I think many people are going to say he's rehabilitated himself, whereas the mainstream media was nowhere until he led the mainstream media by the nose. Do you see it this way? Am I wrong?
HOWARD KURTZ: I don't see Andrew Breitbart as having anything done anything wrong on this story. Indeed he held back the photo although he allowed Opie and Anthony to take a picture of it. But having ricocheted now, Eliot, from -- to John Edwards, to Arnold Schwarzenegger, to Dominique Strauss-Kahn, and now this story, each one is legitimate.
I can sit here and defend to you each one of those stories. But the degree of piling on, the way it takes away, hijacks cable news away, it hijacks the morning shows away, it is all over the Internet, says to me that we are more interested in covering salacious topics than the matters of the economy, war and peace.
That's not a novel statement on my part. I've just never seen it spin at this velocity, this out of control.
I guess Kurtz is forgetting the wall-to-wall coverage the Foley sex scandal got in the fall of 2006 when during the weeks leading up to the midterm elections, you couldn't turn on a television set or open up a newspaper without hearing or reading about it and how it was somehow tied to a Republican "culture of corruption."
As NewsBusters reported Wednesday, the disparity in the coverage of the Foley and Weiner scandals is perfectly demonstrated by how magazines Newsweek and Time handled them:
Time and Newsweek each devoted cover stories and multiple pages to the Foley scandal. Time put an elephant's rear end on the cover with the words "What a Mess...Why a tawdry Washington sex scandal may spell the end of the Republican revolution". Newsweek had a huge picture of Foley (with a small President Bush in front of his face) with the huge headline "Off Message" and the subhead "Foley's Secret Life: How a Predator's E-mail Sex Scandal Could Cost Bush Congress."
Obviously, there were no Anthony Weiner cover stories this week (dated June 13): Time had Dr. Oz, and Newsweek mocked Mitt Romney's Mormonism as they promoted the vulgar South Park musical "The Book of Mormon." How many Weinergate pages inside? Do you have to guess? There's not a "page" at all.
Time magazine was funnier: try reading the whole issue for any mention of Weiner. There's no news story, no funny quote from Weiner about "certitude" in the "Verbatim" feature. Then on page 83, in tiny six-point type in the "Pop Chart" feature, there are these tiny words: "A college student received a lewd picture from his allegedly hacked Twitter account."
Thirteen words and a tiny, upside-down picture.
What a contrast: In 2006, Time's table of contents page highlighted the cover story: "Whatever happened to the Republican revolution? The reformers who took Congress in 1994 are gone, replaced by pols who seem willing to do anything to hold power – even overlook a Congressman's improprieties with teens." Time devoted eight precious pages to the Foley scandal, including two hostile one-page columns from Time staffers answering the question "Mark Foley's Real Sin Was..."
If Kurtz thinks media have never spun "at this velocity, this out of control" over a sex scandal, he must have been out of the country in the fall of 2006.


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Marnie Barnabe knew she would be facing steeper prices moving from her home an hour out of the city to a new development in Waverley West.
The 27-year-old federal civil servant bought her childhood home five years ago for $85,000 and figured she would have enough equity to upgrade -- even if that meant buying a townhouse with less square footage.
And yet, she still experienced sticker shock.
"I never pictured myself spending this much," she says about the townhouse, worth about $230,000 and currently under construction.
She says upgrading will likely double her mortgage payments, even after she makes a large down payment using the proceeds from the sale of her current home.
But the price tag wasn't the only sting. Her financial institution turned her down for a line of credit to make a deposit on her new home while it was being built.
"I had been banking with them all my life," she says. "All my debt combined is under $100,000 so for them not to be able to give me a $15,000 line of credit to buy this house, when I make good money and have never been late on payments, it's a little ridiculous."
Barnabe found another bank willing to give her the line of credit, and now it's a matter of selling her current home and waiting for her new one to be completed.
Yet many millennials -- the under-35 crowd -- are often facing several more financial obstacles to home ownership than Barnabe.
A recent survey by TD Canada Trust found more than half of those who would like to buy a home are struggling to come up with a down payment, in large part because of soaring real estate prices over the last few years.
"Millennials are facing high prices, lower income and because they've stayed in school longer, they often have to service student debt," says Farhaneh Haque, director of mortgage advice, TD Canada Trust in Toronto.
"They have three different obstacles they're facing when they're getting into the market, so they often start contemplating whether it's better to rent than owning."
Low interest rates have made their borrowing costs lower than almost any other point in the last several decades, but the rock-bottom rates have a downside.
Because more people are enticed to get into the market -- the result of the attractive rates -- demand has increased substantially, pushing up prices to the point where first-time buyers are starting to wonder how much is too much. Furthermore, mortgage-rule changes over the last few years, such as eliminating no-down-payment lending and reducing 40-year amortization to a 25-year time frame with a five per cent down payment, have also made it more challenging.
Still, Winnipeg mortgage broker Jeff Moore says if young buyers keep their sights relatively low, they can come out ahead compared to renting.
"Often in this interest-rate environment, it's less expensive to own, at least from a monthly payment perspective," says Moore, a partner with Castle Mortgage Group. "For example, on a $200,000 mortgage, the payments are less than a $1,000 a month and to try and rent a house that is worth $200,000, it will probably cost you north of $1,200 to get something decent."
But the $200,000 price tag is getting harder to find in the city. According to Royal LePage for the last quarter, the average bungalow price was about $302,000 and a standard condominium unit was about $194,000.
The key for house-hunters is to run the numbers to make sure they don't buy more than they can afford over the long term, Haque says.
"It's fantastic that they're trying to realize their goals, but there's a huge difference between being a renter and an owner."
It's not just the mortgage payment. It's the property taxes, the closing costs for purchasing the property, the utilities, the regular maintenance, home insurance and then major repairs such as a conked-out furnace in January.
Moore says the typical measuring stick lenders use to determine borrowers' affordability is the percentage of their gross income needed to keep the roof over their head.
"In the traditional sense, the lending guidelines are, 32 per cent of your gross income is what you could spend realistically on the mortgage, property taxes and utilities."
Using this measure alone, house-hunters often get pre-approved for a mortgage higher than they had anticipated, he adds.
"It's always a bit of a balancing act because I've had people say 'I don't want to spend more than a $1,000 a month on my mortgage,' " he says. "Well, that means that you can't go... more than $200,000, yet through a lending institution, I might be able to get them to qualify for $300,000, which kind of blows them away."
Some may choose to mortgage themselves to the limit. Others are more conservative.
"I would say the biggest difference is lifestyle. I might have two clients who earn the same amount of money and debt," he says. "One client likes to spend a lot on their entertainment budget, so they may not want to spend as much on a house."
But as prices continue to climb, many are paying more than they had expected.
The market increases have been part of a long-term, accelerating trend since interest rates started falling in the early 1980s.
"In 1982, the average price of a home in Winnipeg was $51,294 and you look at the average price in 2012, it's $255,000," Haque says.
That's more than triple the increase in the median family income. Statistics Canada data show the average family household income in Manitoba was $23,800 in 1982. Today, the median household income in Manitoba is about $63,000.
At some point, the market will cool and return to the historical norm of slow, steady and small increases, says Moore. That may come soon when interest rates inevitably increase, pushing up borrowing costs for would-be homebuyers and existing mortgage-holders alike.
Although Winnipeg's real estate market is unmistakably booming, it's unlikely a bust will lead to a substantial price decrease, Moore says. Still, the topic of a drop in values does often come up with clients; that they could purchase only to see their home worth less than what they owe shortly afterward.
"A negative equity position will only affect you if you have to sell the property," he says. "But a lending institution is interested in keeping you in a mortgage as long as you keep paying."
For Barnabe, a drop in value once she takes possession has not been a big concern. She's buying for the long haul.
Instead, simply coughing up the down payment has been her biggest challenge.
"I thought I had a good amount of money saved but I guess I didn't," she says. "Even talking to co-workers who are looking at buying, who thought they had enough saved, I've been telling them to save more because you never know."
Quick facts
Thinking about getting into the market? Here are some tips from Winnipeg mortgage broker Jeff Moore.
Know your credit score: Ranging from 350 to 900, a credit score is a measure of your borrowing history -- how much you've borrowed, how quickly you paid it off and how often you have missed payments. A minimum credit score to get a five per cent down mortgage is 600, he says. "And about average credit score would be 700-plus."
Save more than the down payment: Putting down as much cash as possible on the home is always a good idea, but you also need to keep in mind the additional costs of purchasing a home. "You need to cover the closing costs and legal fees, too," he says. "I tell people to estimate about two per cent of the purchase price to have set aside for the lawyer and administrative costs." The biggest cost is the land-transfer tax. On a $250,000 house, that will run about $2,700. Keep in mind these costs cannot be covered with borrowed mortgage money, he adds.
Get pre-approved and aim lower: Even if you're pre-approved for $300,000, that doesn't mean you should look at homes in that price range. It's your upper limit, so it's best to look at lower-priced properties so you have room to bid above the list price if necessary. "The hardest part of buying a house today is competition," he says. "We're seeing multiple bids on properties and selling for over the list price."
Stabilize your life: The longer you have a steady job, the more likely lenders will approve you for a mortgage. Don't make any other large purchases before applying for a mortgage, either. This will reduce your debt servicing ability for a mortgage, Moore says. "For example, if you're looking for a house, don't buy that new car just yet because those big expenditures will affect your ability to qualify for a mortgage."

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The sections in question "word by word" match passages in a work by sports sociologist Klaus Heinemann, published in 1991, index.hu said, noting that the German study was listed in the bibliography of Schmitt's dissertation.
Last week, hvg.hu reported that a large part of Schmitt's dissertation appeared to have been lifted almost literally from a study written by a Bulgarian sports historian and diplomat in 1987.
In a radio interview on Wednesday morning, the president rejected charges of plagiarism, and said that the paper had been based on primary data, using 21 source materials altogether.
Schmitt said the basic material he drew on, some of which was also made use of by the Bulgarian Nikolay Georgiev, was not anyone's intellectual property.


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Ken Swanson counts his blessings every day.
The 90-year-old has been volunteering for almost three years at Cambridge Medical Center as a front desk greeter, where he provides information and helps people find different locations in the hospital.
"I like helping people," he said. "Sometimes people in a wheelchair will come in and I help them. That makes me feel pretty good at almost 91 years old and I'm able to help people."
When he's not busy helping people, Swanson spends some of his time at his home in the East Terrace apartments, a cooperative he and the residents own.
They enjoy coffee on Wednesday mornings, play games a couple nights a week and do woodwork in the basement wood shop. Some of the items they make include picture frames and birdhouse kits for disabled Industries, Inc. employees to assemble.
The Braham native is able to drive himself not only to and from the hospital when he volunteers, but also around the community and even down to the cities and occasionally up to Duluth, a favorite vacation spot.
He said he has no secrets to a healthy, long life; his mother lived to 103 and her sister until 106, so he guesses it's in the genes.
"My dad died at 70, but I'm kind of following in my mother's footsteps," he said.
And he'll continue following in her footsteps of living a long life when he celebrates his 91st birthday on June 7.
Growing up on a farm with two brothers and a sister, Swan had his fair share of work helping with the harvest and milking the cows.
He graduated from Braham High School in 1939 and met his wife Ruth a year later. To this day, Swanson remembers the exact date he and Ruth met: Sept. 14, 1940. They were both roller skating at a roller rink in Rush City and Ruth caught his eye immediately.
He enlisted in the Army before they married, however, and from 1942 to 1945, Swanson served as a combat engineer in the Pacific during World War II. He was responsible for building roads and bridges and transporting people.
When he came home from service, he and Ruth got married on Oct. 6, 1945. He began his career as an electrician and the two lived in Cambridge for four years before moving to their longtime home of Fridley. They had two sons and two daughters who all live in Minnesota.
After spending nearly 20 years as an electrician, Swanson worked at Rainbow Foods and became a bus driver for the Mounds View school district.
Ken and Ruth Swanson were married 57 years and three weeks when Ruth passed away from cancer at the age of 80.
It was then he decided to volunteer at Unity Hospital in Fridley.
"She spent so much time in the hospital so I figured after she was gone if I could do something to help somebody, I wanted to do that," Swanson said.
For four years he volunteered as a runner, which involved taking people from their rooms out to their cars when they were discharged, transporting patients in the hospital from one place to another and delivery various items.
He moved back to Cambridge about three years ago and began volunteering at Cambridge Medical Center, where many staff members, patients and visitors know him by name as the greeter just inside the front doors.
"It makes me feel good," Swanson said. "I thank God every day for my ability to be up and around with the health that I have."


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I dropped a couple players from the draft list because it looks like the will be pulling out of the draft. The main guy I took off the board is Tiago Splitter.
I'm aware that there will almost certianly be trades in the top half of the lottery. However, the main reason, other than it's fun, is to see who might be available later in round one. I'm much more interested in picks 11 thru 17 than I am the top 5.
This is how this works.
1. Each night, around the same time, I'll post a poll question. It will be the next team in the draft order. Tonight it's New Orleans, tomorrow Charlotte & so on. We'll stop with the Pacers pick at #17 just a few days before the draft.
2. I'll list the current team "on the clock" and put a poll together with a group of players that could be selected by that team. Your choices will be two players at each position; center, power forward, small forward, shooting guard & point guard.
3. Which ever player gets the most votes will be the player selected by that team.
4. Once a player has been selected he will not be eligible to be selected by another team.
5. Even though there will be trades that impact (thanks Jay) the draft, they will not have a bearing on our draft. A player most be choosen, we can not simply decide that the pick will be traded.
So, here's the NBA Draft - Pacer Digest Style
You're the one making the call on draft night. Tonight you are the Hornets. Who do you select with the #4 pick.
Here is how the draft looks so far.
1. Milwaukee --------- Andrew Bogut --- 50 of 64 votes --- 78.13%
2. Atlanta ------------ Marvin Williams -- 29 of 56 votes --- 51.79%
3. Portland ----------- Gerald Green ---- 23 of 41 votes --- 56.10%
4. New Orleans
5. Charlotte
6. Utah
7. Toronto
8. New York
9. Golden State
10 LA Lakers
11 Orlando
12 LA Clippers
13 Charlotte
14 Minnesota
15 New Jersey
16 Toronto
17 Indiana
Here is a look at the top players at each position that New Orleans will be choosing from.
Channing Frye --- 6-11, 250
Johan Petro ----- 7-1, 250
Power Forward
Fran Vazquez --- 6-10, 229
Ike Diogu ------- 6-9, 255
Small Forward
Danny Granger --- 6-8, 215
Joey Graham ----- 6-7, 217
Shooting Guard
Antoine Wright --- 6-7, 205
Martell Webster -- 6-7, 235
Point Guard
Chris Paul ------- 6-0, 168
Deron Williams --- 6-3, 210


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Albion Gidley Singer creates his world as a vast collection of facts--facts he uses to support his own power and status. After an awkward childhood, aware that he is a disappointment to his father, he acquires, the trappings of respectability--success in business, a family. But beneath his comically grand exterior Albion's soul remains a dark place of fear and loathing, driving him to terrifying deeds.
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Louise Adler is CEO and Publisher-in-Chief of Melbourne University Publishing. She is the Deputy Chancellor of Monash University and the Chair of the Board of Methodist Ladies' College. She also serves as a member of the Board of the Melbourne International Arts Festival and the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art.
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Destination: Bermuda
Embarkation: Baltimore
Royal Caribbean is discontinuing their luggage tags. I printed some of the luggage tags included in our cruise packet, and they suggested printing them in color. Not possible for me, since we don't own a color printer. I don't think our TA has a color printer either.
Royal Caribbean booked us one pre-night at the Baltimore Hilton and two post-nights at the Renaissance in Baltimore. The Renaissance Waterfront was within very short walking distance of the National Aquarium, US. Constellation and a water taxi stop that gave us access more of the harbor.
We had to make our way from the airport to the Hilton on our own, and produced our hotel voucher, and soon were in our room. We wish Royal Caribbean would send our allergies to the hotel, because both times we checked in, we had to wait for them to remove the More feathers. The next morning, we shared "Rum Raisin French Toast" in the hotel dining room, which gave us both differing degrees of food poisoning.
Pre-cruise transfer seemed slow. The bus, probably seats 50 arrived promptly. No one told us the luggage stowed wouldn't be available to us at the pier. We waited an unusually long time for all the stragglers to arrive. Then we drove to the Renaissance, and had to wait for more that weren't at the rendevous point, and hotel personnel said he hadn't checked out yet. While it makes sense to use a large bus for a 2-hour drive from IAH to Galveston, it doesn't make sense to pack a bus for a 10-minute ride to the pier in Baltimore. In Miami they used a small shuttle to transfer us from hotel to pier. Any stragglers can wait for the next trip!
I made the mistake of handing my duffle with my camera to store under the bus instead of bringing it onto the bus. At the ship, we got off the bus, and I tried to get my duffle, and asked them to retrieve it, but they weren't too happy with me. The porter tossed it carelessly into the luggage cart. On other cruises, they've let us put our hand luggage in the bus luggage compartment and retrieve them when we reach the port.
While the boarding process went well, we were corralled around the centrum on Deck 4 that had booths for all the various venues aboard. Personally, we would have preferred lunch first, then checking out the booths after we had been fed. We were not allowed into our rooms until 1:30 pm, and for us, embarkation doesn't end until we are in our cabin. Dragging our carry-ons through the Windjammer didn't thrill us. Also, every table in the Windjammer was filled. They opened an overflow room off the elevators. I think the only times that particular room was open was on embarkation day and disembarkation day.
We finally got into our rooms, and our luggage arrived about the same time we did. A couch, two easy chairs. Really nice sitting area! Also, a padded pole in the middle of the room against the bed, #8092. Uploaded photo: http://photos.cruisecritic.com/showphoto.php?photo=24533
About ten o'clock on day 2, my wife got the noro-virus, and we called the infirmary and they said it was sea sickness. They explained a doctor's exam was $100 and up, and getting admitted was $700 and up. After getting worse we finally went down to the infirmary. They asked for a list of everything I'd had to eat for the last three days. They gave me a couple batches of pills and a shot and some powerade, and quarantined me for about 36 hours. They seemed concerned that I may not be able to walk back up to my room, and offered a wheelchair. But fortunately, I wasn't dehydrated since I'd been taking tiny sips of water all afternoon. Overall, once we visited medical they seemed quite organized. I was the only one in quarantine, so service was fast. I wrote down the wrong room service number, but they called me the next day for my order. They refunded one of our prepaid shore excursions for both of us, since I was too sick to go the first day in Bermuda. Also, they'd posted to report stomach problems in the Cruise Compass, for a free consultation and treatment, and they were true to their word.
The food was a little disappointing. At breakfast the eggs were cooked without salt and pepper, but maybe they did it that way because we can add our own seasoning. They had some rather poor cuts of beef, such as Beef Shoulder. All three of us that ordered New York Strip thought it was a rather poor representation, being tough. We all ordered it medium, and got it medium well. We did splurge on a delicious Chops Filet for an additional $17.17. I ordered it medium, and got it medium rare. The menu says $14, but they automatically add a 15% gratuity, and had a line for adding a tip if desired. We noticed Lattitudes also added that 15% gratuity, and our table mates mentioned automatic gratuity on their bar bill too. Our waiter was excellent with his recommendations which sometimes didn't agree with the chef's recommendations. When I got out of quarantine, he approached me with a welcome back hug. During the night when I was quarantined, my husband was the only one at the dinner table. The waiter hurried the serving, bringing one dish after another so he could return to the stateroom and his sick wife. On this itinerary, we had Eggs Benedict, Crab Benedict and Salmon Benedict. No chocolate menu, but they may have had it during quarantine.
We loved the vocalist in the Centrum with her excellent intonation!
Excursions: I wish the descriptions of the excursions would include size of bus, driving time between stops and length of time at each stop as well as amount of walking and whether there is a bathroom at each stop, as well as shopping.
Our cabin steward was quite good, but he would move our things from one side of the room to the other, so we were constantly looking for things. During the day and a half quarantine, the cabin steward did our cabin last. Once I asked him to give us towels and not bother with the room, but he may have gotten in trouble because he made sure the room was extra clean the next day complete with a bottle of "virus killer." We had to ask for some laundry forms, and we never got the midweek laundry special. Our steward was really fast with the laundry bag after my unfortunately attack of stomach bug. And they sent a man promptly to clean my toilet too.
Disembarkation was one of the easiest we've seen. We bought the transfer to the hotel, and had to wait a while for the huge bus to fill up. Instead of waiting for huge buses to fill up, we would prefer mini-vans or suburbans. The hotel is only 10-minutes from the port, and I think more trips would work better. They could bring smaller batches, and return to the port with cruisers from the hotels.
We prepaid our gratuities, and were confused when no vouchers arrived on the last night. We wish they'd sent a letter explaining discontinuing of vouchers for people that prepaid gratuities. We did get envelopes for additional tips.
Overall, a great trip! Less
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I know this is a personal preference question, but I would like your opinions. I usually carry OWB in a Blackhawk Serpa holster, but I just purchased a G26 and I'm looking for options that would be more comfortable to wear with this pistol. Both IWB and OWB. Any thoughts, even ankle? or with shorts and t-shirt?..
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SARASOTA COUNTY - A courtroom hearing is scheduled for Tuesday which may decide the future of Imagine School in North Port. The local governing body which oversees the school has decided to break off from the Imagine parent company. However, that organization claims they can't.
A Sarasota County judge will hear the two sides.
Mark Hardin is one of the six members on the local board which oversees the school. He says it was a long and difficult process voting to cut ties with the larger organization. "We don't want to go through this but we feel we are responsible for basically the county's money."
Hardin says the Virginia based organization was simply not providing enough services in return for the $72,000 of taxpayer money it gets per month. "The money that is coming from the county, what good is it doing for our kids? Your contract says you will provide this, this, and this. Did you provide this, this, and this? Our legal team seems to feel we are pretty comfortable in that position."
The school's principal, Justin Matthews, resigned and was then hired by Hardin and the board to be the CEO of the newly re-named Sarasota Preparatory School.
However, Shawn Arnold, the attorney for the national organization says they started the school and do provide services and according to their contract they can't just be done away with. "There is not a provision in which Imagine can be removed. Not only did they not follow the procedure they were required to but they took a step they are not allowed to do."
What a Sarasota County judge will decide and how long it will take is of course yet to be determined. "Any time you have litigation is hard to see with any clarity what is going to happen. We certainly hope we will have some sort of direction from the court."
Monday the Sarasota County School District declined our request for an interview but did say they have been to the school last week and already this week to observe the situation. So far reporting that everything is calm, teachers are delivering instruction, students are engaged in the classroom, and all appears orderly.
Hardin says it wasn't an easy choice but a fight they have to make. "We want to get their attention. We basically want to get our moneys worth. This is the only way we feel we can do that."
The hearing is scheduled for Tuesday at 2:30 at the Sarasota County Courthouse in downtown Sarasota.
School district officials say they'll be on campus Tuesday to check on FCAT test administration. They'll also have their attorney in the courtroom as an observer.


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I didnt know about this thread about your Boomer, i didnt see it, must have mine somewhere else.
I just thought id say from reading it i get why you have been a help to me with my Bart and the pics are great.
I didnt know about this thread about your Boomer, i didnt see it, must have mine somewhere else.
I just thought id say from reading it i get why you have been a help to me with my Bart and the pics are great.
Deanna and Carissa
i just found out this today by birdcurious, i was in shock im so sad that boomer passed away, my heart goes out to you, you did your best, you gave him a happy life and sometimes we cant do much more, you know? i wish we could.
Boomer had two great persons which for him both of you were special.
i got tears in my eyes as im typing this.
god bless both of you and boomer will always remain in our hearts.
Thanks Maria, I am happy Katie told you about boomer, its good to know just how many people out there know and care of about our little boomer. Its getting easier but still mornings just seem to so sad around here for me, it was one of me and booms special times and it still makes me cry to sit here all alone when we used to be here together.
Yes, Andrew, boomer did just pass over a few days before your bart did so we did share our grief together in a way. HUGS!
Fly Free Boomer, we will forever love you.
Deanna - How could I have missed this?
....This is making me cry...Literally
Whenever I think of Tailfeathers, I think of Boomer, Sparks, and a couple of other lovies who I think to be "TF Mascots"....Now Boom?
I can't imagine how sad you all must be, but he did show signs he was okay...Knowing him and how strong he was, he's probably flying free and getting into all sorts of troubles...He's probably really acting up because now he doesn't have to be a chicken...
Aw Deanna...I'm so sorry...BIG HUGS! To everyone in your family, and major apologies that I missed this thread...
Fly Free Boomer, we'll miss you!
I get on TF every now and then when I've got some time on my hands. I was stunned to come upon this thread. I remember when I first came to TF, I'd read stories about Boomer, and received lots of advice from you Deanna when I posted in need. I am so so sorry for your loss. I know how much it hurts, as I have experienced a loss as well. it brings tears to my eyes and the pain that stings the heart seems to be all too familiar. my heart goes out to you and I pray for you and your angel in heaven. I wish you all the comfort, love, and support in the world. he will never be forgotten and left a little piece of love in everyone.
Ozzy & Indie
oh my. i missed so much. i am sorry. i always loved looking at his picture in your siggie. he was a great bird and very lucky that ya had each other. i wil miss him. sorry for your loss. i am reminded of a saying whenever a pet is lost. ya never get over them,ya just learn to get through the days with out them.
Life without birds, is not a life I could live
I am so sorry for the loss of your best friend
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"ya never get over them,ya just learn to get through the days with out them." How so very True Javi, it just seems like a big piece of something is missing now that he gone and there still isnt a day that goes by that I dont cry over him not being here. Its snowing today and first thing I looked out the window snow and the Junco's in the planter box below my window where the snow dont go, I cried, Boomer just loved sitting there seeing them right under him in the plants below. He just was so happy all the time and we were happy just watching him, he kept us entertained and laughing because he was so expressive in everything he did. Life was good with our little boomer and I will always cherish him in memories. Life is still good but it will be missing our boomer.
Thanks everyone, truly you all make this easier to handle because knowing that you too adored my boomer like we do here and also that his troubles later in life were able to give some knowledge to help others here, that really makes me happy. HUGS to all of you.
Fly Free Boomer, we will forever love you.
I am so sorry for your loss. when I seen this tread I was like no not boomer. he is a angel now watching over you.
I just want to tell you first off how much it breaks my heart to hear this news. When you were comforting me, you said that losing a bird happens to even the best bird owners. Well, from everything I read, you are one of the best. His eyes always glistened with such happiness. Your words helped me through my hardest times w/Max. Though It pains me to hear of your loss, I am glad he flew free with your loving support, just as he lived his life happy with you for all that time. May your memories of the time you shared together never fade.
for you & Boomer,
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I just logged onto the forums (I haven't bene too active lately) and saw the news about Boomer. I am in shock, and heartbroken for you... and I just wanted to let you know how very sorry I am. You have always been so helpful and kind to me from the moment I joined the forums. By relaying so many of Boomer's experiences on this forum, he and you, have helped so many people. I think that Boomer had one of the best Moms I have ever seen. Your dedication to him, through all of his life has always moved me. He was such a lucky bird to have you ease his health troubles along the way, and I know he knows this. He lived a wonderful and happy life, that I doubt would have been possible if he wasn't your fid. Such a strong birdie.
Again, I'm so sorry for your loss...
11 lil' budgies sitting in a tree....and RIP my little angels: Synth, Tre, Ion and Cinque.
I too would like to express my sadness for Boomer, as I know how hard it is to lose a pet that you simply love above anything. I have just lost Lucky, he died today, and the grief I feel is beyond anything I've ever felt for a pet before. They are just so precious and special, so when you lose them it's hurting so much. I know that the memories we have of them are memories we'll cherish forever. *Hugs*
Lucky -the rescued budgie...RIP
Matisse -always remembered...RIP
Adele, thank you and I look at you and just feel so bad, losing boomer is so very hard on me but to lose two so close together would just be almost too much.
All of your words to us is so cherished everyone, it makes me happy to know that boomer was not only loved by me and my family but also by so many of you. I still struggle when I think of him and I still cannot get over my morning crying when everyone leaves and I am alone, it was just me and him here for soooo long that its hard to do mornings alone but even that is easier now. Boomer forever will be remembered and so cherished in my heart but so will all of you too. If it wasnt for this website I dont know how I would have survived having boomer be sick with no one to talk to about it, or to share what we do here to help boomer in hopes that it can help your fids. If I was stressed I could come here and tell all of you and always feel so much better because you all understand and you care so much about us that it always made me feel better knowing I had all of you. Boomer was sick for a long time but through out it all he stayed such a happy bird, his last 4 years were a given, I must of prayed right because boomer stayed with me when the odds were against him but he just got too tired to fight it anymore so we had to let him go. Now only we have pain from losing him but also tons of good happy memories of his wonderful 12 years he lived here with us.
HUGS to each and everyone of you and thank you for being here always for me.
Fly Free Boomer, we will forever love you.
Oh no.. I am so sorry for your loss. You replied on one of my posts and I had no idea that Boomer is no longer with you. *Hugs* When my previous lovebird, Sora, passed away... I felt so, so devastated. He was with me for only 6 short years but those years were just the best, noisiest times. Although I do have Momo now... it still hurts so much.
I haven't been on this forum for very long but it seems Boomer was truly loved and I think that is the best thing you can give to a pet. All the toys and foods are nothing without love I hope each day is getting easier for you...
I'm so sorry to read about your loss, it didn't register who he belonged to, I lost my sweetie a beautiful little creamino lovebird a few months ago, I still can't believe she's gone, I hope-someday the pain eases up, but it's hard, I know. I hope you begin to heal soon. take care. sweeties mom.
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Im soooo sorry to hear about your loss. my eyes got teary reading your post. That is so devastating. I can not imagine the sadness you feel. Fly free Boomer!
Imagine yourself through their eyes.
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by how much it takes to discourage him.
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Rip BOomer.
Boomer?? Oh I'm so sorry! He was the first little guy I thought of when I logged into the board tonight after being gone so long, and now I read this.
Hi Kristin, it has been awhile since you were here and yes, my little man is no longer with us Time does heal the pain but still some days are hard to not miss boomer. He has been gone for 2 months now and still you just expect him to be here. Thanks for your nice words lately on this post, I try to move on past this but it is still nice to see peoples posts here. He will forever be missed by me and my family.
Fly Free Boomer, we will forever love you.
He was a happy, cute little guy, and it's hard at first but does help to celebrate the life and joy they brought to us when they were here.
Oh Deanna, I am so very very sorry for you and your family's loss
Oh man, I haven't been around much lately either and I did not expect this to pop to the top of my new posts list today.... I'm incredibly sorry to hear about Boomer. I too will always remember your stories about him, he was a special little guy for sure.
I know this is late, but I wanted to express my condolences, too. I'm so sorry. I have to stop reading now because I'm already tearing up in class. Fly free with your buddies, little Boomer.
(Thx Albe!)
Sorry for your loss. I rarely come in here and should it - is hard though, lame excuse. My sympathies to you, I know boomer was so special to you.
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I can't believe I missed this. Im so sorry. I have read about him on here since I started posting, a long long time and he stuck out and touched my heart with his little ways. I remember how he liked to be tucked in bed with his bed and blanket. That was so cute. Im so sorry for your loss. It will hurt for a long time but it will get easier, I promise.
You will always feel a bit sad when you think of him but you will start to remember the good times and be able to laugh. Im very upset about this. More then I though.
Mom to Two Jack Russell Terriers (Rocky & Jack), 4 fish tanks, Two Parrots, Indian Ringneck (Chiquita) & Green Cheek Conure (Boomer).


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Three people have been found guilty of killing teenager Ben Kinsella.
Ben's death hit the headlines after he was stabbed last year. It sparked big protest marches calling for people to stop carrying knives.
Juress Kika, 19, Jade Braithwaite, 18, and Michael Alleyne, 20, were convicted of killing Ben.
Ben died after a row broke out involving some of his friends while he was on a night out to celebrate the end of his GCSE exams in London.
Knife crime has been in the news a lot, but it's important to remember stabbings are very rare.
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By Pamela Hicks. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 262pp. $35.
A few hours before that momentous day in August 1947, when India became independent of Britain, the leaders of the Indian Congress Party came to the last Viceroy, Lord Louis Mountbatten, to formally invite him to become the first Governor-General of the new nation. They presented him with an envelope that, they informed him, contained a list of everyone in the new Indian Government.
He opened it and found that a perfectly blank sheet of paper had been put in there by mistake. This gives a tiny glimpse of the pressure everyone was under as the deadline approached.
Such delightful stories, which never make the formal histories, are a precious part of these intriguing memoirs by Pamela Hicks, daughter of Lord Louis and Lady Edwina Mountbatten. Born in 1929, she followed her parents through some of the great historic occasions of the 20th century, from the years of World War II, her father's adventurous career in the Royal Navy, his role as Chief of Combined Operations, and finally to his appointment as the last Viceroy of India. Later, she married David Hicks, a famous fashion designer.
As well as her memories of public events, her book, Daughter of Empire, is also a portrait of the inner life of a most unconventional family. I knew that while in India her mother, the beautiful Edwina, had fallen in love with Jawaharlal Nehru, first prime minister of India, though the author insists that it was not a sexual relationship. However, Edwina had many other male admirers.
One day she returned to their London home in Park Lane to be told by the butler: "Mr Larry Grey is in the drawing room, Mr Sandford is in the library, Mr Ted Philips is in the boudoir, Senor Portago is in the anteroom and I don't know what to do with Mr Molyneux!"
Such a situation would put strain on any marriage but Hicks tells us that Lord Louis was amazingly lacking in jealousy and was only concerned for her mother's happiness, so that the marriage worked. Later, he himself took a French lover named Yola.
Lady Pamela Hicks was born in Spain in April 1929 into one of the most distinguished families of England. Through her father, Lord Louis Mountbatten, she is a first cousin of the Duke of Edinburgh and a great-great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria. She has strong family connections to the Russian royal family. A regular visitor to the home in the 1930s was Baroness Sophie Buxhoeveen. She had been close to the Russian Tsarina and had been lucky to escape the brutal Bolsheviks.
The Baroness had Pamela and her sister in stitches with her story of worshipping in her Orthodox Church. When she resumed her seat after saying her prayers she felt loose hair tickling the back of her neck. Quickly, she pushed it up into her hat and secured it with a large hatpin. She then became aware of a male voice close to her ear whispering: "Madam, would you kindly release my beard!"
The Mountbattens were the centre of a vast social circle of friends and celebrities of all types, from royalty to Hollywood movie stars, and such people were always dropping in. Yet Pamela was a rather solitary child, who enjoyed playing with her bizarre collection of pets, or curled up with a book, or out riding.
In an earlier book, India Remembered, Hicks wrote of experiences in India during the days when her father was the last Viceroy. Later, she was to be lady in waiting to the Queen. She gives rare glimpses of that poignant occasion when the news reached the young Princess Elizabeth in Kenya, that her father, the King, was dead and that she must terminate her tour and return to London as Queen. When the Queen came down the steps of her aircraft she was dressed in mourning, and how the appropriate clothes were obtained at short notice is quite a story.
Hicks describes the 1954 royal tour of Australia and tells us that, while some of the crowds threw flowers into the royal car, others threw little flags and the sticks of the flags hurt the Queen. Her memoirs end with the death of her mother.
Daughter of Empire is a remarkable picture of one family at the heart of the British Empire as it was transformed into the Commonwealth of Nations.
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EAST Lancashire is expected to be bathed in warm sunshine this week.
The Met Office has predicted the region will experience highs of 26 degrees centigrade until the weekend when there's a risk of showers.
As the school holidays begin in earnest for most, there will be highs of 23 degrees today before that rises up to 26 tomorrow and for the rest of the week.
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Supreme Court Extends SOX Whistleblower Protections to Private Employees
March 31, 2014
On March 5, 2014, the Supreme Court held that the employees of private contractors and subcontractors who perform work for public companies are entitled to whistleblower protection under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
Facts of the Case: Two former employees of FMR, a private company providing investment services to a public mutual fund company, Fidelity, each brought suit against their employer (but not Fidelity) for retaliation under SOX. They alleged that they were either terminated or forced to quit because they informed Fidelity of financial improprieties by FMR.
At issue is the provision in SOX that states: "No public company . . . or any . . . contractor . . . of such company may [retaliate] against an employee . . . because of [activity protected by SOX]." FMR argued that this provision was intended to cover only public company employees, and not the employees of private contractors, from retaliation by their own company and by contractors. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit agreed, and the case was appealed to the Supreme Court.
The Court's Decision. The Supreme Court reversed the 1st Circuit's ruling, finding that the stated goals of SOX – "to safeguard investors in public companies and restore trust in the financial markets" – required a broader reading of "employee." The Court questioned whether Congress "prompted by the Enron debacle, would exclude from whistleblower protection countless professionals equipped to bring fraud on investors to a halt." The Court also noted that the narrower reading sought by FMR would "insulate" the mutual fund industry from SOX's whistleblower protections, as almost all mutual funds are structured so that they have no employees, but are managed by independent investment advisors.
In addition to the text and the purpose of SOX, the Court further found support for its reading of "employee" in the DOL's regulations, which, for almost a decade, have interpreted the term to include contractor employees, as well as in the model on which SOX was based – an air-carrier whistleblower statute.
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Originally posted by gvtexas
Just brainstorming here Griff (and these are not Alex's thoughts), but what if the new version of the WCC were *only* available for a fee at PalmGear, etc...and not available here for free any longer? Seems likely people would get p.o.'d if they paid only to discover it was free here with an easy registration....or perhaps it's only free here to those already registered...
Again, just a brainstorm (or the gaseous activity variety
Hmm, the question to me is, how long does one get free updates if you have to pay for it? I personally wouldn't mind if it were only available for a fee however I wouldn't pay every time a new version came out. I suppose you'd have to have some way to determine major versions and charge only for those.
I think you'd find many people paying and then trading it with friends if it were only available for a fee. The idea behind charging at PG would be to attract people who don't already know about turcic. If they later found the site, fine, but I doubt many would be po'd if they paid $2.95 and then found they could've gotten it for free.
You could also make it available only to users who've registered here and have been registered for a certain period, maybe two weeks or some such. Those with patients who find the site will wait two weeks and get it for free, those who are impatient can go to PG to buy it, those who don't know what turcic is, will find it on PG during their search for ISilo or HandStory.
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In the tournament, Arnold led the Knights past Dover in the district semifinals, scoring 28 points as West Holmes won 64-62 on Ryan Neer's layup at the buzzer. In the district final, Arnold kept the Knights close to New Philly with 22 points, but the Knights ran out of gas and then time, losing 67-56.
"You keep thinking he's going to have an off night, but he just makes shots, and hard ones," Quakers coach Chad Spurgeon said afterwards.
Besides his scoring, Arnold averaged 5 assists a game, with a 2-to-1 assists-to-turnover ratio, along with 3.2 steals and 2.3 rebounds a game.
"What makes him a great player is that coaches plan to stop him, and he'll find the open guy if that's what it takes to get the ball in the basket and to get the win -- just look at his assists," West Holmes coach Jim Lindeman said. "And for a guard to shoot 50 percent means that he takes good shots while making a lot of shots.
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Arnold will now hit the AAU circuit with Team Work based in Cleveland, starting April 19 with a tournament in Pittsburgh. He'll be working on his game, naturally, and also on getting noticed by college coaches on the recruiting trail. He has an offer from nearby Div. II Ashland and lots of interest from other Div. II schools, but will have opportunities this spring and summer to interest Div. I schools such as Akron and Kent State, both of whom have made limited contact with him.
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Then, Arnold will play football. Last year, he was a two-way standout as a wide receiver/defensive back for the 11-2 OCC champions.
There's talk of Arnold quarterbacking the Knights in the fall.
He'll definitely quarterback them in the winter.
"We're losing a lot, but he's a great centerpiece for next year," Lindeman said. "Next year, it will be his team."
Said Arnold: "We're losing a great class. The seniors have been phenomenal in everything they do. But we're building a program. We're looking to rebuild and reload. We want to take up where we left off and keep things going."
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