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Duck, duck breasts, Barbary (2 pack)
Regular price £14.50
Unit price per
Barbary duck is an excellent culinary duck with crispy skin. It is lean with minimum fat and succulent lean dark meat. These breasts are boned, skin on. Barbary duck breasts come in packs of two, (pack of 2 approximately 500g.)
Product may be fresh or frozen
All our meat products (excepting eggs and skincare) may be sent out fresh or frozen, and this varies for each product on a daily basis . Whether a product is sent out fresh or frozen will depend on the stock situation on the date of shipment and on the shelf life of the individual product. Mixed boxes may consist of both fresh and frozen items. In mixed boxes fresh items are sent in a bag marked 'fresh items' and frozen items are sent in a bag marked 'frozen items' .
If you do not want this item as a frozen product please put it into your basket as usual but put a note in the 'NOTES TO VENDOR' box on the checkout - just say 'NO FROZEN PRODUCTS PLEASE'. When we prepare your order we will leave out any items which are only in stock as frozen items on the day your order is shipped or collected and we will refund you for the items which we cannot supply as fresh items on that day.
(Please note our FREE DELIVERY TO NORTHERN IRELAND AND REPUBLIC OF IRELAND OFFER only applies if the order shipped is over £100 so if removal of frozen items from the order reduces the value of your order below £100 we will not be able to deliver your order free of charge.)
Storing meat and poultry
Your order may contain both fresh and frozen items. Both fresh and frozen meat will be delivered packed in gel ice, in an insulated box.
Frozen items are marked with a 'Best Before' date of 365 days from the date of packing. Please ensure you put frozen items in your freezer immediately your package is delivered, and store them frozen until you are ready to cook them. Once thawed or defrosted previously frozen items have a 'Use By' date of 12 hours and must be cooked within 12 hours. Do not leave previously frozen items in a refrigerator for several days after thawing – they will not be safe to eat and should be discarded. Previously frozen items can be cooked and then refrozen for example, frozen mince can be defrosted, cooked and then frozen as e.g. Shepherds' Pie or Bolognese Sauce.
Fresh items are marked with a 'Use By' date of several days (the length of which varies depending on the type of product – minced items with no preservative have a 2 day shelf life, fresh chicken has a 3 day shelf life, sausages or burgers containing preservatives have a 5 day shelf life in an unopened vacuum pack, beef steaks have a 14 day shelf life in an unopened vacuum pack, bacon has a 14 day shelf life in an unopened vacuum pack, but 4 days shelf life only once the pack is open). Fresh meat and poultry should be stored in a refrigerator set to the lowest setting (2 degrees Centigrade) and should be cooked before the 'Use By' date on the pack. Once cooked fresh items can be frozen and stored in a freezer. All fresh items can also be frozen at home if they are put in your freezer immediately your package is delivered.
Product weights
Weight of meat cuts & poultry
We cut meat as accurately as possible, but as this is a natural product the weight of the product supplied may vary slightly from the weight ordered. It is impossible for the butcher to be absolutely precise when cutting meat to size and poultry weights vary slightly from week to week depending on the exact age of the birds when killed. Customers who have paid in advance online will not have to pay more if they are delivered or collect a heavier product than than purchased, but we will not make a refund if a product is less than 10% lighter than that prepaid online
Customers who opt to pay on collection at the Farm Shop or at St George's Market Belfast will be charged the exact price for the item supplied as shown on the scale when they collect.
How much meat should I order?
Here is a general guide - based on average portions.
Turkey - allow approximately 1.5 lbs (675 g per person). For turkeys under 14 lb allow approximately 2 lb (900 g) per portion as the bone to meat ratio is higher for smaller birds.
Goose - allow 2 lbs (900 g) per portion. The biggest geese are only about 11-12 lbs (approx 5.5 kg) so if you need to feed more than 6 people you will need 2 geese.
Chicken (whole, on the bone) - allow 1 lb (450 g) per portion.
Duck - allow 1 lb (450 g) portion.
Pheasant - 1 pheasant feeds 2 people.
Guinea Fowl - 1 guinea fowl feeds 4 people.
Ham, raw. Order 8 oz (225 g) per portion. This will give you 4 oz (110 g) of cooked ham per portion. Ham loses approximately 1/3 to 1/2 its weight in the boiling process, so if you need 2 kg of cooked meat, you should order 4 kg of raw ham.
Meat on the bone (e.g. Rib Roast) - allow 1 lb (450 g) per portion.
Meat, boned (e.g. Rump roast/Topside Roast/Boned Pork Loin) - allow 8 ounces (225 g) per portion.
Meat boned for casserole (e.g. venison casserole pieces) allow 4 oz (110 g) for a casserole with equal vegetable ingredients e.g. mushrooms, onions, carrots. If the casserole meat is just poached in wine, allow 8 oz (225 g) per portion.
Where we deliver
We deliver to the whole of Ireland, both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, and the whole of the United Kingdom including Northern Ireland, Great Britain, the Channel Islands, Highlands, Scottish Islands and Isle of Man.
Delivery charges
Delivery is free for larger orders - please see Delivery Charges page for details of delivery costs. Your delivery will be automatically calculated depending on your order value and delivery location and will be shown on the checkout page when you order.
How we deliver to Northern Ireland & Great Britain
We use Parcelforce 24 hour delivery service. Your order will be packed in an insulated box with ice, which will keep the meat refrigerated until it is delivered. Your order will be shipped from the farm by us and should be delivered by Parcelforce on the next day between 9 am and 5 pm. However in the Covid-19 emergency Parcelforce has suspended Service Guarantees but seek to maintain services where they can. This means that although we pay for 24 hour next day delivery, Parcelforce may not be able to deliver on the next day and delivery may take 48 hours for some parcels. However, in practice so far we have found that Parcelforce in Northern Ireland and Great Britain have managed to deliver all the parcels we have sent since the beginning of March within 24 hours. We are packing all parcels with additional ice and insulation to ensure that the contents stay cold even if delivery takes longer than 24 hours. Please ensure you unpack and refrigerate or freeze your meat order as soon as it is delivered.
When will I receive my delivery?
- To Northern Ireland and Great Britain addresses
We ship parcels by Parcelforce 24 hour delivery service to Northern Ireland and Great Britain on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, so delivery days to you are Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.. We do not ship on Fridays, as Parcelforce do not deliver on Saturday or Sunday
We butcher each order individually. Our butchers work 9 am to 5 pm Monday to Friday. Each order is butchered on the next working morning after the order is placed, packed in the afternoon and shipped on the next working day. Once shipped from our farm Parcelforce take 24 hours to deliver to you. So your order should take 3 working days to arrive with you. This means that:
- Northern Ireland/Great Britain delivery orders placed on Friday, Saturday and Sunday will be butchered on Monday, shipped on Tuesday and delivered on Wednesday.
- Northern Ireland/Great Britain delivery orders placed on Monday will be butchered on Tuesday, shipped on Wednesday and delivered on Thursday.
- Northern Ireland/GB delivery orders placed on Tuesday will be butchered on Wednesday, shipped on Thursday and delivered on Friday.
- Northern Ireland/Great Britain delivery orders placed on Wednesday and Thursday will be butchered on Friday, shipped on Monday and delivered on Tuesday.
How we deliver - Republic of Ireland
We use Parcelforce Ireland Express 24 Delivery Service which operates through the Parcelforce subsidiary company GLS in Republic of Ireland. We have found that delivery time for parcels to Republic of Ireland during the Coronavirus emergency is 2-3 days from leaving our farm to arrival at the delivery address in ROI. All orders to Republic of Ireland are sent only on Mondays or Tuesdays to allow GLS up to 72 hours to make the delivery before the weekend.Delivery address information
Please note: we cannot book a courier delivery service for customers without a complete delivery address - recipients's name, house number, road, UK postcode or ROI Eircode, town, recipients email address and recipient's phone number, (mobile preferred).When we deliver
We deliver nationwide to Northern Ireland and Great Britain Tuesday to Friday. Please note we do not deliver on Bank Holidays or Public Holidays.Delivery dates and delivery address
After you place an order we will send you a confirmation of order email showing the goods you have ordered. We will also send you a second email telling you on what date we plan to SHIP your order. At this stage you can let us know if you wish to change your shipping date or your delivery address. If we do not hear back from you we will ship your order to the delivery address which you put on your order and will send your order with Parcelforce on the SHIPPING DATE we have told you. Your order will be sent by Parcelforce 24 hour service and will be delivered the DAY AFTER your shipping date.
Changing your delivery date or delivery address
You can change your delivery address or shipping date by emailing us or phoning us up to a deadline of 5 pm on the DAY BEFORE your scheduled shipping date. After 5 pm on the day before your shipping date it is not possible to change your delivery address or shipping date. Please note no changes to delivery address or delivery date can be made on the date of shipping - the parcels are collected from our farm early in the morning and the delivery address or delivery date cannot be changed once they are scanned by the Parcelforce driver and taken away from the farm by Parcelforce.
Tracking your parcel
From the morning of the delivery date you can track the progress of your parcel on the Parcelforce website https://www.parcelforce.com or you can download the Parcelforce tracking app My Parcel Live which allows you to see where your parcel is and how far away the driver is.
Someone must be at the delivery address to sign for your parcel
Unlike other couriers the Parcelforce driver is not allowed to leave your parcel at your door or at a gate - the driver must get a signature to leave a delivery so please ensure someone is at the delivery address to sign for your order OR IT WILL NOT BE DELIVERED and they will take it back to their depot. Parcelforce delivers anytime between 9 am and 5 pm.
If you cannot be in at the delivery address you requested on your online order, please let us have an alternative delivery address where someone will be available to sign for your parcel anytime between 9 am and 5 pm (e.g. a work address). The deadline for changing your delivery address is 5 pm on the day before your order is shipped.
Changes to Parcelforce delivery procedure in relation to signing for and receiving items
In order to protect both Parcelforce drivers and customers as much as possible, Parcelforce will not be handing over hand-held devices to customers to capture electronic signatures. Parcelforce drivers will instead log the first and last name of the person accepting the item, then put 'XP1' in the signature field, and we will record the geolocation of the delivery. This will apply to all deliveries that normally require a signature.
If recipients are unable to come to the door or are self-isolating, Parcelforce will post a customer contact card in the normal way, advising of other ways the recipient can arrange to get their item. For example, by getting a friend or family member (who is not resident with someone who is self-isolating) to collect the parcel from their local Parcelforce depot or Post Office branch, as specified on the card. They will need to bring along the card we left and a form of ID in the name of the person the item is addressed to. Examples of suitable ID are specified on the card.
Alternatively you can collect your order at our Farm Shop on Friday or Saturday 2 pm to 9 pm. Please see Contactless Click and Collect


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As bad as the Chiefs were last year, they couldn't help but improve. Guess what? They have. By my count, the Chiefs have bettered themselves at six spots, minimum. I'm not talking about the dance team. Kansas City looks improved at general manager, head coach and quarterback. I see gains at cornerback, too, plus wide receiver and tight end.
In addition, the Chiefs have first dibs in the draft. The last time that happened, they took Buck Buchanan. Never heard of him? Visit the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Last year, the Chiefs gave stink a new name. Like I said, they were bound to improve. If they triple their victory total, they'll be at six. A red storm rising in Kansas City? We'll see. Today, March 14th, I'll go this far: the Chiefs aren't the gimmes they were last year for the 7-9 Chargers.

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Flickr Group: Eagle Scouts (100 DoS: D4)stevejb68 on February 11, 2011 in collections, Eagle, pictures
If you have been following me for awhile you are aware the I have a Flickr account to which I have posted thousands of pictures featuring over thirty years of Scouting in Melrose. I also belong to several Flickr Scouting themed groups, and I am the administrator for the Flickr Wood Badge Photos group.
I wanted to recently find a group to share photos from Eagle Scout ceremonies and celebrations. I did a search and to my surprise I did not find a public group. So I decided to start one. I decided to name it simply "Eagle Scouts". It can be found HERE.
I invite you to share your photos of your troop's Eagle Scout courts of honor and celebrations. Be sure to join the group. Let's make this a great group to showcase those special Boy Scouts who have attained the rank of Eagle.


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National Sep 9, 2011
Industry veteran takes leadership position at PIA Management Services
GLENMONT, N.Y.–PIA Management Services Inc. announced it has retained Mark J. LaLonde, CPIA, CIC, AAI, an independent insurance agent for 30 years, to take a leadership role in the organization. PIA Management Services is the umbrella corporation that manages the Glenmont, N.Y.-based Professional Insurance Agents associations of New York State, New Jersey, Connecticut and New Hampshire.
LaLonde will serve as president, a position newly created as part of the organizations perpetuation plan. Ken Bessette, who has served PIA for 28 years, most recently as president and chief executive officer, will retain the CEO title.
"The PIA Management Services board made a deliberate decision to identify a leader who can best represent the members of our PIA affiliate organizations and take them into the next decade," said Bessette. "Marks familiarity with our association and the job our members do every day will undoubtedly prove a benefit to the entire organization."
LaLonde has been a PIA member since establishing his own independent agency, Upstate Insurance Agency Inc., in 1985. The agency underwent several mergers and acquisitions and after being acquired by Oneida Financial Corp., operated as Bailey Haskell and LaLonde Agency, employing some 90 individuals at seven offices around New York.
His work with PIA includes serving as president of PIANY, the New York PIA affiliate, in 1998-99, and as chairman of the PIA Management Services board from 2005-11. PIANY past President John Bailey has assumed the interim position as board chairman.
In April this year, LaLonde was awarded the PIA National Professional Agent of the Year for his unparalleled support of PIA and the independent agency system. He was nominated for this award after receiving a similar honor from PIANY in 2010. In 2000, LaLonde was presented with a presidential citation from PIANY recognizing his work on behalf of the association, and in 1996, he was honored with PIANYs Committee Chair of the Year award for his volunteerism and guidance as chair of the PIANY Education Committee.
LaLonde also served as a member and chair of the Glenmont National Alliance Committee, which oversees and conducts property/casualty education and the Certified Insurance Counselor and Certified Insurance Service Representative, under the auspices of the National Alliance, sponsored by the Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut, New Jersey and New York.
LaLonde is a graduate of SUNY Utica-Rome, and has been an active participant in his community. He has served as president of the Oneida Rotary Club; trustee of the Oneida Library; chair of the Oneida Recreation Commission; and director of the Oneida Chamber of Commerce. He will relocate to Glenmont, N.Y., with his wife Donna.
PIA Management Services Inc. is the umbrella corporation that manages the Glenmont, N.Y.-based Professional Insurance Agents associations, representing independent insurance agencies, brokerages and their employees in New York state, New Jersey, Connecticut and New Hampshire. PIANY, PIANJ, PIACT and PIANH is a partnership of four state trade associations representing independent insurance agencies, brokerages and their employees throughout their respective states.


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Tandoori roast chicken
Nutrition and extra info
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal482
- fat30g
- saturates8g
- carbs12g
- sugars9g
- fibre1g
- protein43g
- salt0.7g
- 1.8kg chicken
While it's the traditional Christmas bird, turkey is good to eat all year round, though…
- 2 onions, thickly sliced
Onions are endlessly versatile and an essential ingredient in countless recipes. Native to Asia…
- 1 lemon, halved
Oval in shape with a pronouced bulge on one end, lemons are one of the most versatile…
- thumb-sized piece ginger, peeled and thickly sliced
Mainly grown in Jamaica, Africa, India, China and Australia, ginger is the root of the plant. It…
- 400g can coconut milk
Coconut milkko-ko-nut mill-k
Coconut milk is not the slightly opaque liquid that flows from a freshly opened coconut –…
- small bunch coriander, roughly chopped
For the marinade
- 150ml pot natural yogurt
- 1 tbsp tomato purée
- juice 1 lemon
Oval in shape with a pronouced bulge on one end, lemons are one of the most versatile…
- 1 tsp each hot chilli powder, turmeric, ground coriander, ground cumin, garam masala and ground cinnamon
- 6 garlic cloves, whizzed to a paste with the ginger
- ½ finger-length piece ginger, whizzed to a paste with the garlic
Mainly grown in Jamaica, Africa, India, China and Australia, ginger is the root of the plant. It…
- few drops red food colouring (optional)
Mix the marinade ingredients with 2 tsp salt and 1 tsp black pepper. Slash the legs of the chicken a few times, then rub the marinade all over, including under the skin of the breast. Marinate in the fridge for up to 24 hrs.
Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Put the onions, lemon halves and ginger in a roasting tin. Sit the chicken on top and roast for 1½ hrs or until the thigh juices run clear when tested with a skewer.
When the chicken is done, lift out of the tin, sit in a new dish, cover loosely with foil and leave to rest. Fish out the ginger from the tin and discard. Scrape out the roasted middles from the lemons into a food processor, add the onions and any pan juices, and whizz to a purée. Scrape the purée back into the tin and sit on the hob. Stir in the coconut milk and bubble gently, scraping up any chicken bits that have stuck. You can add a splash of water if the sauce is too thick. Stir in the coriander and serve with the chicken.
Recipe Tip
Serving suggestionServe with basmati rice or spicy roasted spuds and some greens or an Indian-style coleslaw.


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Anything goes - Glad to see a new Kanotix version is out
- 05.01.2010, 09:12 Uhr
Glad to see a new Kanotix version is out
From Thorhammer (on a hard disk)...
to Excalibur (on a live CD)...
Cool. I'm extremely curious to see what the KDE4 version looks like.
- 05.01.2010, 09:49 Uhr
Glad to see a new Kanotix version is out
hello, eco2geek
you can join #kanotix on irc.freenode.net and ask there for the KDE4-excalibur-iso
- 05.01.2010, 10:44 Uhr
Last year many former KDE-users complainted about KDE4 as a default in some distros, said it was too early for a productive system. Some people changed to gnome.
But it was nice, that Kano had some optional KDE4 versions in his Excalibur.iso samples for testing and become familiar with it.
- 06.01.2010, 03:18 Uhr
Daddy-G hat folgendes geschrieben::
Last year many former KDE-users complainted about KDE4 as a default in some distros, said it was too early for a productive system. Some people changed to gnome.
Let's just say it was a good opportunity to learn more about GNOME.
IMHO, KDE4 wasn't very useable until v4.2, and even then, it took until recently with v4.3 to give you lots of configuration options, and for apps like K3b to get ported over. And the flame wars --
must have an extremely thick skin.
GNOME was a good place to go while it all shook out. We'll have to see what happens to it, if and when its developers go forward with their
GNOME Shell
- 06.01.2010, 16:13 Uhr
It is nice to see that we, after a long, long time, have a new Kanotix version.
Hope to see the final release soon.
- 14.04.2010, 13:28 Uhr
I have looked at kde4.3 and will stick to kde3 until forced to change to ubuntu unless alot changes with kde4.
So I am hoping to stick with a distro which has kde3 for aqs long as possible as I prefer not to use ubuntu.
- 09.06.2010, 23:57 Uhr
I'm also really happy to see a new Kanotix. As far as KDE4 is concerned, it is the future. I've been running 4 on one hard drive or another since somewhere around 4.2.1. Every new release brings improvements. Now I'm running 4.4.4. In my never humble opinion, 4.4.4 is on a par with 3.5.10 in terms of stability, and several steps ahead in terms of eye candy. Also, I think 4.4.4 is actually easier to work with than 3.5.x, but there is a pretty severe learning curve for those trying KDE4 for the first time. It's kinda like that old saying. "Linux isn't Windows." And for sure, KDE4 isn't KDE3.
Harry S
- 10.06.2010, 06:55 Uhr
KDE4 has more eye candy than KDE3 but needs more ram and resources. I usually prefer KDE3, but with squeeze later there will be no KDE3 version anymore. Currently the branding is a bit problematic. Did anybody see cathbard around?
- 13.06.2010, 18:22 Uhr
Nice to see so many new releases after a long time.
I am going to see 64-bit KDE4.
- 14.06.2010, 16:24 Uhr
I know there will be KDE3 diehards out there and Excalibur fills those needs nicely for the time being. Right now KDE4 is improving yet still has a ways to go before being considered as solid as KDE 3.5.10 was. What Excalibur has are some apps that are pretty recent that have been backported to Lenny, so that will keep it going for a bit longer IMO.
An LXDE or XFCE edition of excalibur would be nice...on a Debian Testing base though, to allow upgrading as new apps come out.
About time there's a new public release of Kanotix out there as many people have thought Kanotix was dead.
- 18.06.2010, 19:53 Uhr
I am really enjoying the new Kanotix and love the fact that there is a KDE 3.5 version. I have nothing against KDE 4 and even like 4.3 but I still prefer KDE 3.5 and don't want to switch right now. Thanks for making a new version guys I honestly thought the distro was dead no news in a long time I was pleasantly surprised to see the new release announcement at distrowatch.
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3D-Printer Manufacturer Creates Software Filter To Prevent Firearm Printing
from the the-State-Dept's-new-favorite-manufacturer dept
Although 3D printing does present the potential to wreak havoc in a variety of areas, most concern seems to be aimed at homemade guns. Ever since Defense Distributed printed up a functioning weapon, legislators have been searching for a way to shut this down.
The first reaction was perhaps the stupidest: the State Department pretty much ordered the internet to delete all gun-printing files, claiming that distribution is a violation of export control laws. Once the impossible had been requested, everyone went back to doing what they were doing, including uploading the files to The Pirate Bay. Others decided to remix existing plans, adding their own twists to Defense Distributed's model.
The next reaction wasn't much smarter. Legislators at the state and city levels in New York began pushing through bills aimed at another impossibility: banning 3D-printed guns. New York City's doomed-to-fail legislation contains a handful of unintentionally hilarious requirements.
This bill aims to make it illegal for people to produce any part of a firearm using a 3D printer unless they are licensed gunsmiths. Also, each weapon must be registered with the police within a 72-hour period of being manufactured.OK. Let us know how that goes, especially the second part. The state's bill goes even further, but is equally unenforceable.
State Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal introduced the bill for New York State on May 30. Her legislation seeks to make it a felony for the manufacture, sale, or use of firearms and ammunition magazines made with 3D printers.With all of this doing absolutely nothing to stop the creation of 3D-printed guns, a Danish 3D-printing firm has stepped up to do something (marginally) more effective.
[Create It REAL], which sells 3D printer component parts and software, recently announced that it has come up with a firearm component detection algorithm that will give 3D printers the option to block any gun parts. The software compares each component a user is trying to print with a database of potential firearms parts, and shuts down the modeling software if it senses the user is trying to make a gun.This could be potentially effective in limited application, but even Create It REAL admits its software will likely be easily circumvented, as it looks for very specific "firearm characteristics." Instead, it aims to prevent people from "accidentally" printing out a gun, something aimed more at deflecting liability than actually stopping gun manufacturing.
Cody Wilson of Defense Distributed says this feature is essentially useless. No one's going to "accidentally" print a gun.
"Every gun piece is printed separately then assembled and often modified," Wilson said. "Further, even single piece receiver prints take hours upon hours and need to be babysat. You can't 'oops' this."Create It REAL's anti-gun-printing safeguard isn't much more than a way to mitigate liability both for the makers of 3D printers and 3D printing companies. This add-on, no matter how easily bypassed, will probably help the company score some points in the eyes of the State Department and other watchful government entities. This built-in limitation also likely appeals much more to IP holders looking to prevent future duplication of their products.
Still, the technology has raised some alarm bells among libertarians, raising the specter of a possible future in which 3D printers are DRMed, limiting consumers to a specific set of uses determined by the seller.It's probably still several years down the road to 3D printer ubiquity, but it's not hard to see a new strain of copyright protection being built in to future printers. If the threat of "free" duplication is deemed large enough, a push towards some sort of "universal DRM" could soon be underway. To this point, the government has shown little hesitation to use its power to protect certain industries, and this won't be any exception. If the specifics of preventing certain items from being printed proves too difficult (or too easily circumvented), the "DRM" may instead force printer owners to use only "approved" files. Whichever way it goes, efforts like this one will prove only marginally more effective than poorly thought out bans and legislation.
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Maui Community College housing nearing completion; reduced price aims to attract applicantsMaui College
Marketing and Community Relations
KAHULUI, Maui, Hawaiʻi — Maui Community College has partnered with Agora Realty & Management, Inc. to offer a reduced rate on its new private student housing facility, Kulanaa'o. Eligible students will able to rent a bed in the four bedroom apartments for $335 per month during the spring 2008 semester. This rate, a combination of a price reduction and the receipt of a $500 Maui CC Kulanaa'o scholarship, provides current and prospective students who are struggling with Maui's high cost of living a more affordable option.
Each fully furnished apartment accommodates four occupants and features two bedrooms, two baths, a kitchen and spacious living room. The price includes utilities, basic cable, high-speed Internet and telephone (local calls and continental U.S.). The facility also features a study lounge, recreational areas and laundry facilities, as well as Resident Advisors and Student Life Coordinators.
Thirty two Maui CC students have now completed their first semester in the residence, located across the street from Maui CC's campus on the corner of Lono and Vevau Streets. Kulanaa'o was only partially open at the start of school in the fall, however it will soon be able to house up to 400 students.
Centrally located, Kulanaa'o also offers easy access to shopping, restaurants, recreational facilities and Kahului Public Library. Prospective and current students are encouraged to contact Sharlene Starmer or Nazha Sagum at (808) 856-2900 to schedule a tour and to obtain an application. Models are open Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. More information can also be found by visiting www.kulanaao.com.
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San Diego's industrial real estate market continued a slow decline in vacancy rates, landing at 9.4 percent in the first quarter of 2013, Colliers International brokerage reported Monday.
The rate was down from 9.9 percent in the fourth quarter and 11 percent in the first quarter of 2012.
The net absorption of leased space, after deducting vacated space, totaled 940,533 square feet, a bit of a falloff from the fourth quarter's 979,644 square feet, said research director Christopher Reutz.
"Our first quarter was still very strong," he said. "That's nothing to sneeze at in overall activity."
He cited several occupancies that took place in Otay Mesa, including Imperial Toy, which began moving in during the fourth quarter; Flanders, which is warehousing its air conditioning filters; Gulf Coast Shelter; and Goodwill Industries.
While the current quarter, ending June 30, probably will not exceed the 1.1 million square feet absorbed a year ago, Reutz said it is likely that enough industrial leasing will take place all year to push the overall vacancy rate below 9 percent by year's end. Before the recession, the low point in vacancy was 6.9 percent at the end of the 2006.
If the current trend continues through 2014, there is expected to be a pickup in speculative industrial development as developers seek to meet demand.
"It's kind of anybody's guess," Reutz said, in what projects will move forward.
Among the first quarter findings:
- Lowest vacancy: 4.2 percent in central San Diego on 8.4 million square feet in 415 buildings, up from 4.1 percent in the fourth quarter. These figures combine both direct and subleased space.
- Highest vacancy: 22.6 percent in Scripps Ranch on 1.9 million square feet in 70 buildings.
- Lowest rental rate: 47 cents per square feet per month in Otay Mesa on 15.2 million square feet in 306 buildings.
- Highest rental rate: $2.23 in Campus Point-Eastgate on 3.8 million square feet in 41 buildings.
- 1st quarter 2013 highlights: 187.1 million square feet in 6,934 buildings; 8.8 percent direct vacancy rate, 0.6 percent subleased space vacancy rate; 940,533 square feet absorbed space, drawn from 2.4 million square feet of new leases less 1.46 million square feet in vacated space; 49,256 square feet of new space completed; 123,429 square feet under construction; 9 million square feet proposed.


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Last week I tweeted: Professional investors would be sad if retail left the market. Lucy would feel the same if Charlie Brown gave up trying to kick the football.
Now, I don't like being cynical, but there is smart money and dumb money. Some of the smart money is retail. My mother and my late Father-in-law would qualify as "smart money." Most retail investors do not qualify as smart money.
Alice Schroeder spoke to the Baltimore CFA Society last week, on 11/7, and talked about Warren Buffett and his thought processes on investing, and the degree of focus he brings to his work.
No, average people can't do what Warren Buffett does. 99.9%+ of people can't do what Buffett does. Buffett leads the league in terms of the number of dollars of excess return he has created.
Most retail investors would be better off outsourcing to an investment advisor running separately managed accounts, which is more tax-efficient than mutual funds, and letting them brave the vicissitudes of the markets.
It is not that the investment advisor will beat the averages, but if he has a long enough time horizon and does not give in to panic and greed as most retail investors do, he will provide value to his clients. He protects them from human nature.
That said, many investment advisors are subject to the same pressures, because they fear the reactions of their clients, if they underperform.
You might argue, "But I can buy index funds, lower my expenses, and live with modest underperformance, rather than greater underperformance on average from active managers." If you can do that, and control your emotions, good. Most can't. They sell in a panic at the bottom, and allocate more near the top. People can argue over rebalancing, but it does help people make better investment decisions, on average.
Though I am not fully happy with my performance for my clients, I have not changed my methods that worked so well for me in the past. My methods that have worked well will work well again.
What I can say is that toward the end of a fiscal year, I sell one significant loser. My clients gain the tax benefit of a long-term capital loss. I may buy it back after the wash sale rules expire. If I buy it back, it will be after significant study. I don't fall in love with stocks, though I usually hold them for three years on average.
As it is, whatever my clients get, I get. I am the the single largest investor in my ideas, and clients get a clone of my portfolios, whether stocks or bonds.
Those who invest with me get my slowness to act. My portfolio turnover is around 30%/year, versus 120% for most mutual funds. Most investment decisions take time to work out, and retail investors leave before the workout occurs, and after disappointment.
I am not asking you to invest with me. I am encouraging you to think more long term with your investments, and also consider how you can incorporate a margin of safety in your investing.
Aim for "pretty good" investing, and you might succeed. Aim for "best" investing, and you will likely fail. That's the way of the market, on average.
And if I were Charlie Brown (who reminds me of my father) I would say to Lucy, "Okay, hold it there!" And then, I would walk home, hug Snoopy and Sally, and get a good night's rest in bed, and let Lucy suffer from holding the ball.
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COLTS NECK, NJ -- Retrofitness, a 1980s-themed club company that has 39 clubs in operation and 80 more in development, recently announced a partnership with Lake Capital, a Chicago-based private equity firm that invests in service-based companies.
The partnership will aid Retrofitness in its expansion across the country. Most of the Retrofitness clubs are operating in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, with a few clubs also in Massachusetts, Delaware, Florida and Connecticut. All Retrofitness clubs that are open to date are owned and operated by franchisees.
"We were in a very good pole position in the race, and they wanted to capitalize by adding some extra fuel to our engine," Retrofitness founder and CEO Eric Casaburi says of Lake Capital.
Casaburi, who did not disclose the amount of the transaction, says he remains a large equity stakeholder in the partnership.
"It's not a typical private equity deal where the equity owner gets a small percentage and the equity firm has a huge percentage," Casaburi says. "Their feeling, in my opinion, was the vision of the company will continue to grow with my entrepreneurial skill, but they will add to that skill set for me. They will bring in the resources for me to grow Retrofitness and make it a top brand in our industry."
Casaburi would like to have 100 clubs by 2009, 200 by 2010 and at least 300 by the start of 2011. Another goal of the company, Casaburi says, is to have twice as many franchised clubs as corporate clubs.
Retrofitness clubs feature color schemes and music from the 1980s. A main attraction of Retrofitness clubs is the RetroTheater, a cardio room in which movies from the 1980s are played on a movie screen. The RetroTheater is featured in the September issue of Club Industry's Fitness Business Pro.


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A recent survey of online job sites has shown that CareerBuilder.com continues to post numerous new ads that discriminate against unemployed job-seekers.
The latest examples appear two months after the National Employment Law Project (NELP) released a report detailing similarly exclusionary job postings this spring. Since then, federal legislation has been introduced that would ban hiring practices, including job ads, that discriminate against unemployed workers by excluding them from consideration for employment opportunities. As these harmful practices have attracted growing attention, one leading job site -- Indeed.com -- recently announced it would no longer post such exclusionary ads.
President Obama has recently said he backs legislation to end such discriminatory practices that serve to lock-out unemployed job-seekers from job opportunities, and has included such a federal ban in the proposed American Jobs Act.
In the last month, however, CareerBuilder.com has continued to post new ads like this one for a Medical Pharma Sales Rep in La Crosse, Wisconsin, which not only says applicants "MUST BE CURRENTLY EMPLOYED" -- it also says:
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Reminds me of "No soup for you!" But I digress.
Another recent example is this September 5 posting for Restaurant Managers Upscale AGM Needed!! in Louisville, Kentucky. To qualify -- you guessed it -- you "must be currently employed."
Then there's this CareerBuilder.com job posting from September 16 for a Corrugated Packing sales rep in Lima, Ohio which requires applicants to be "currently employed within the Distribution Packaging Jan/san industry."
And then there's this ad on CareerBuilder.com from The Porter Group, posted September 15, looking for a Sales Executive for an interesting firm:
Nice, huh? Oh, well, that probably wasn't something you'd enjoy anyway.
How about the food service industry or the restaurant business? Take a look at this posting from last month from Martin Recruiting Partners for Kitchen Managers in Atlanta, Georgia. Among the required qualifications it says you must be "currently working with a quick casual or full service restaurant manager background."
Sometimes, a limited acceptable duration of unemployment is specified, as in this Restaurant Management, Long Island, NY posting from Gecko Hospitality last month which specifies candidates "must be currently employed or not out of the restaurant business for more than 3 months."
Enough already. This has to stop. And it's not just these pernicious ads -- it's the full range exclusionary practices that discriminate against unemployed job-seekers. If employers, recruiters, staffing firms and online job posting sites like CareerBuilder.com and Monster.com will not voluntarily do the right thing and end the lockout against unemployed workers in the job market -- as Indeed.com has taken steps to do -- then new federal legislation is clearly needed.
Today the National Employment Law Project joined Reps. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., and Hank Johnson, D-Ga.; and Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., to receive 250,000 petition signatures calling for an end to hiring policies that discriminate against the unemployed, and to call for passage of the Fair Employment Opportunity Act. The bill, also included in President Obama's American Jobs Act, would prohibit exclusion of the unemployed from job openings. The petition signatures were gathered by USAction, Change.org, ColorofChange.org and CREDO Action and represent Americans from across the country.
Call your U.S. representative and senators and tell them to support and pass the Fair Employment Opportunity Act to end hiring discrimination against unemployed workers.


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Think about how much you use your hands. From grasping, throwing and lifting to writing, texting, cooking and driving, our hands are constantly in motion, which makes them susceptible to injury as well as everyday wear and tear.
"When your hands hurt, every part of your life is affected," said Scott Ciaccia, DO, CAMC's only orthopedic hand and upper extremity specialist. "Although non-surgical methods are often the first line of treatment, surgery may be necessary to improve a person's function and overall quality of life."
Common problems of the hand and upper extremity include pain, stiffness, numbness, tingling and loss of dexterity. This can lead to loss of function and the inability to perform duties at work, the loss of enjoyment that comes from hobbies, and even the inability to perform basic activities of daily living. Common causes include carpal tunnel syndrome, cubital tunnel syndrome, painful cysts, trigger fingers, inflammation of the tendons, and a host of arthritic conditions. Sometimes, however, these problems are caused by more serious and complex conditions.
"The anatomy from the wrist to the fingertips is quite complex, which is what makes hand surgery very intricate – it's like working on a watch," Ciaccia said. "Certain surgeries are so delicate a surgical microscope is needed to repair tiny blood vessels and nerves."
Ciaccia sees patients of all ages with varying injuries and conditions.
"We see everything from simple sprains and strains to profound injuries related to motor vehicle accidents, power tools and heavy machinery use," Ciaccia said. "We also see overuse syndromes with musicians and athletes, as well as degenerative conditions like arthritis."
Ciaccia's expertise includes the latest, minimally-invasive surgical procedures for many common surgical ailments to result in a faster, less painful recovery period. Procedures range from mini-open carpal tunnel release to percutaneous fracture fixation to arthroscopic rotator cuff repair.
Ciaccia received his undergraduate degree from The Ohio State University. He attended medical school at Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine. After completing a five-year residency in general orthopedics, he pursued additional training in hand and upper extremity care. His fellowship training was undertaken at the Christine M. Kleinert Institute for Hand and Microsurgery in Louisville, KY. After completing his fellowship in August 2012, he joined the Orthopedics practice at CAMC General Hospital.
"I chose to come here because I like the energy of the young orthopedic surgeons working at CAMC and the cutting-edge treatments available here," Ciaccia said. "Having the opportunity to relieve pain and restore function is why I chose this career and why I love what I do."
Ciaccia's primary focus is treating conditions of the hand and upper extremity. He also focuses on injuries and chronic conditions of the shoulder and elbow. When appropriate, he uses arthroscopic and other minimally-invasive techniques in these regions to speed recovery. Ciaccia also does general orthopedic care, including the treatment of various lower extremity injuries and chronic conditions.
Dr. Ciaccia is accepting new patients. For more information call CAMC Orthopedics at (304) 388-7700.


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Welcome Day introduces the UW Employee Benefits package, including retirement plan options, and assists employees with their benefits selections. Since most enrollment deadlines fall within 31 days of an employee's eligibility date, you are urged to attend Welcome Day during your first few weeks of employment.
At Welcome Day, you will also learn about the University mission, vision, culture and organizational structure; the ethics and responsibilities of being a public employee; and the amenities and programs available exclusively for UW employees. In addition, union-represented employees also have the opportunity to talk with union representatives from SEIU 925 and WFSE.
NOTE: Academic Personnel, the medical centers, UW Bothell and UW Tacoma host their own orientations; employees may attend Welcome Day in its entirety or simply attend the benefits portion starting at 10:30 (registration is still required).


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Both iOS and Android-powered smartphones already have apps or opt-in features that allow users to track stolen cellphones.
But that's not good enough for the Federal Communications Commission. Within the next six months, the nation's five largest wireless carriers will offer consumers the ability to have a stolen cell phone blocked.
Cell phones thefts across the country are on the rise, including here in the Bay Area. The problem is especially high on transit agencies.
Just last month, Muni announced an initiative to combat the spike in cell phone thefts on its system.
Tuesday the FCC announced the new plan with AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Sprint Nextel and T-Mobile.
Under the partnership, cell phone users will be able to call wireless carriers and ask them to block a phone that has been stolen.
The reported cell phones will be entered into a central database that will prevent them from being used again, according to the FCC.
Some providers already offer services where users could have data or voice plans cut off. The FCC
hopes the plan will lead police departments across the country to criminalize tampering with
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Incoming 1Ls / Re: Misdemeanor - Expunged question???« on: July 14, 2009, 12:18:51 PM »
when you fill out the bar application, there will be a question that if you have any record, expunged or not. You have to say yes. The bar also get the application from school, which obviously not going to match. Thats the reason Dean asked you and every one else. I believe, bar does not care about offense but rather you trying to hide and not be truthful.


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Age doesn't matter!
Your size doesn't matter!
The Color of your Skin Doesn't Matter!
Your hair can be long, short, natural,weave, even a 1990's mullet and Doc Martins with Crush Velvet (I don't even know…child…) like Rihanna's new look is a positive, with her confidence.
You search boutiques,and online shops to find that piece of jewelry or top that no one else can find at any mass production store(Target,Gap,Wal-Mart). You feel that confidence in knowing that 7 people will not be in the mall wearing your design, and your look belongs to you. You take pride in your looks, and maybe are even considered vain,and conceited.
Honey, I hear it when I walk by too!
You have to feel that love and admiration, even from a hater.
They are envious of you because you can pull it off, and you took that fashion risk.
Three women can wear the same dress, but if you don't have that confidence, and beauty that embodies grace, you have
wasted your time and the seams of that dress.
Take pride in yourself, and use proper hygiene.
Don't walk around smelling like burnt pastrami, and what not…
You are amazing, and adventurous, and should make your own way in this world.
Those clothes, are an accessory for your unique swagger, and gorgeous face.
These women are gorgeous, and all of different races an and different hair styles.
Because we all our Sista's and we all keep shining!


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Mall: CF Champlain Place Mall
Address: 477 Paul Street, Dieppe, NB E1A 4X5, Canada (map)
Coordinates: 46.095936, -64.761193
City & State: Dieppe, New Brunswick
Brand: Pantorama
Phone: 506-853-0904
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Ryan Newman fulfilled the childhood dream of so many who grew up in Indiana ? winning at storied Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ? Ryan Newman fulfilled the childhood dream of so many who grew up in Indiana ? winning at storied Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Newman, from South Bend, ended a 49-race losing streak with Sunday's victory at the Brickyard, and he did it by beating Jimmie Johnson.
Newman set a NASCAR track record in knocking Johnson off the pole in qualifying, then used a fast final pit stop Sunday to snatch the win from the four-time Indianapolis winner.
The two were the class of the field ? they combined to lead 118 of the 160 laps ? but it was Johnson who dominated the race and appeared to be just a bit better. But Johnson pitted from the lead with 27 laps remaining and it was a slow final stop for the Hendrick Motorsports crew.
Newman pitted after that and took only two tires to move into the lead after the green-flag stops cycled through the field. The closest Johnson would get to him again was when he paid a congratulatory visit to Newman in Victory Lane.
Newman was remarkably composed as he took the checkered flag and in Victory Lane.
"I don't realize it yet. It's a dream come true," he said. "It can't hit you all at once, it's not good enough. It will take a week or so for it to sink in."
The victory comes as Newman is looking for a job.
Stewart-Haas Racing has signed Kevin Harvick to join the team next season, and team co-owner Tony Stewart informed Newman two weeks ago he won't be brought back in 2014. It didn't change the post-race mood, as Stewart hustled to Victory Lane, lifted Newman from behind and the two shared a long embrace.
"He just had an awesome weekend," Stewart said. "I kept looking up the board and watching and I was scared to ask where he was at and how big of a lead he had. I didn't want to jinx him. Just really proud of him ? he's a great teammate and an even better friend."
Johnson, the Sprint Cup Series points leader who was hoping to tie Formula One's Michael Schumacher as the only five-time winners in Indy history, finished 2.657 seconds behind Newman in second.
Kasey Kahne, Johnson's Hendrick Motorsports teammate, was third and Stewart was fourth as Chevrolet swept the top four spots. All four cars were also powered by Hendrick Motorsports.
Matt Kenseth was fifth in a Toyota and followed by Hendrick's Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Jeff Gordon, as all four Hendrick entries landed inside the top seven. Earnhardt rallied from a loose wheel on the opening run of the race to grab the top-10 finish.
Joey Logano was eighth in a Ford, and followed by Juan Pablo Montoya and Kyle Busch, who picked up his first career win at the Brickyard in Saturday's Nationwide Series race.


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London Philharmonic Orchestra makes a long-overdue return to Colston Hall
Rebecca Franks enjoys a performance from cellist Sol Gabetta and the London Philharmonic Orchestra
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It's been almost a decade and a half since the London Philharmonic Orchestra played in Bristol's Colston Hall. After Sunday's glowing concert, let's hope this West Country city doesn't have to wait that long to hear them again. This was an afternoon of wit and warmth, joy and melancholy – with the orchestra's polished and passionate playing resoundingly and deservedly applauded. Vassily Sinaisky was the assured, unfussy conductor.
Prokofiev's Classical Symphony of 1917, which opened the concert, was deftly executed and its quirky elegance – from the laidback lyricism of the Larghetto to the virtuosic, colourful Finale – well judged. The strings were particularly rich and burnished; the wind and brass characterful.
Elgar's haunting Cello Concerto followed, its rhetorical solo cello opening leading us into a private, personal world of intimate confession and impassioned outburst. Sol Gabetta was the impressive soloist: there's an ethereal quality to the Argentine cellist's playing, and in hushed passages she manages the trick of both projecting her sound and playing ever so quietly. Yet in the Adagios the tempos seemed to stagnate, while some of the articulations sounded mannered to my ears.
After sunny Prokofiev and darkly hued Elgar, the London Philharmonic Orchestra turned to Sibelius. His Second Symphony in D, written after a spell in Italy, is one of the most popular of his seven symphonies. Motifs interlace the movements, giving the piece an organic feel, and there are some great tunes to relish. It's full of struggle, light and dark tousling for supremacy. Murky shadows (the bassoon and tuba are used to great effect) are, ultimately, dispelled by blazing bursts of brightness (the brass shining through).
Sometimes described as a 'Symphony of Independence' – was Sibelius thinking of Finland's fight to free itself from Russia? – here the journey felt human and individual, its twists and turns compellingly revealed by the orchestra. Funnily enough, though, it was that wonderful three-note motif opening which stuck with me: the LPO creating a wonderful surge of warm string sound that was irresistible.
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More than 160 bills passed by the 2013 Legislature will become law Monday, representing nearly 60 percent of the 283 bills passed in the annual session.
TALLAHASSEE — Floridians face changes in their lives Monday as wide-ranging laws — leading to more costly loans, changes in the way tenants can be evicted from rentals, revisions to protections for car buyers and other consumer impacts — take effect.
More than 160 bills passed by the 2013 Legislature will become law Monday, representing nearly 60 percent of the 283 bills passed in the annual session.
One law will keep Florida skies largely drone-free. Cities and counties will be blocked from requiring private businesses to pay workers for sick leave. Floridians with intellectual disabilities will no longer fall under the state classification of "mental retardation."
Head shops will not be able to sell bongs. And Floridians will be banned from dyeing baby rabbits and chicks. The state will lift many restrictions on the daily lives of foster children.
Across Florida, state government workers will be in line for their first general pay raise since 2006, although it won't take place until Oct. 1.
The highest-performing public school teachers could earn a raise of up to $3,500, with many other teachers in line for a $2,500 increase. But the pay plans must be negotiated by each district.
Floridians could also feel the impact of the new laws if they seek a consumer finance loan beginning Monday. A new law increases from $2,000 to $3,000 the amount of the loan that finance companies can charge up to 30 percent in interest.
Consumer finance loans are defined as loans up to $25,000 for which companies can charge 18 percent or more in interest.
Consumer groups opposed two other laws that are taking effect, including a provision that will impact the nearly 6 million Floridians who rent apartments or homes.
The new landlord tenant law makes a number of changes in the rental laws, with the consumer groups objecting to the ability of landlords to evict renters even if they have made a partial rent payment.
The law also removes the requirement that renters receive at least two notices of a pending eviction for minor lease violations, such as parking a vehicle in the wrong spot or hanging laundry on a balcony.
It also removes a prior restriction on sheriff's deputies helping remove evicted renters on weekends and holidays.
The Florida Consumer Action Network (FCAN), which had urged Gov. Rick Scott to veto the bill, said the law represented an "erosion of crucial tenant protections." It was joined in opposition to the measure by other groups, including the NAACP and the Florida Justice Institute.
FCAN also opposed another new law that changes consumer protections for car and truck buyers. It makes changes to the Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act that the consumer group said will make it more difficult for car buyers to deal with questionable vehicle sales.
The consumer group said the law "adds a confusing layer of red tape by imposing numerous and detailed requirements, most of which will be incomprehensible to the average consumer," including legal notification requirements that unhappy car buyers will have to deal with if they have a complaint.
Car dealers had successfully pushed for the legislation with the new notification requirements, arguing that consumers often complain to sales personnel but they don't hear about the complaints until a lawsuit is filed.
Business groups backed a new law that will prevent city and county governments from passing local ordinances requiring paid sick leave. Labor groups had urged Scott to veto the bill.
The Florida Chamber of Commerce and other groups also backed two other laws that will revamp the way expert witnesses are used in lawsuits and changes procedures in medical negligence lawsuits.
Another law touches on the controversial issue of abortion. It requires doctors to treat babies born alive during an abortion procedure like a child born during a natural birth. The bill passed both the House and Senate unanimously.
There was also unanimous support for a new law that eliminates the "R-word." It officially substitutes the term "intellectual disability" for "mental retardation" in various state laws, rules and procedures.
A number of new laws won't become effective until later this year or in 2014.
Among them is the ban on texting and driving that won't become a law until Oct. 1. Also if you're waiting to buy a "Freemasonry" specialty license tag for your car, you're going to have to wait until October.


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2014 Mitsubishi Outlander Rated Top Safety Pick +
Mitsubishi's newest crossover passes the most difficult IIHS crash test.
Mitsubishi has been in need of some good news lately, and now it has some thanks to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, which just rated the 2014 Mitsubishi Outlander a Top Safety Pick +, the highest possible rating. To earn a Top Safety Pick + designation, vehicles must score a good rating in the moderate overlap front, side, rollover, and rear crash tests, in addition to an acceptable or good rating in the newer, more challenging small overlap front test.
This rating puts the 2014 Mitsubishi Outlander in rarified company, as only three other SUVs have earned a good or acceptable rating in the tough small overlap crash test—the 2014 Subaru Forester, the 2013 Volvo XC60, and another Mitsubishi crossover, the smaller 2013 Outlander Sport. Of these four, the Outlander, XC60, and Forester earned a good rating in the small overlap test and the Outlander Sport received an acceptable rating. In the IIHS's recent tests of small SUVs, eleven other small SUVs, including the 2013 Toyota RAV4, 2013 Honda CR-V, and 2013 Ford Escape, were rated marginal or poor in the small overlap front crash test, meaning that they can only qualify for the standard Top Safety Pick status.
The difficult small overlap front crash test is meant to replicate a situation where the vehicle's front corner hits another vehicle or an obstacle like a tree or utility pole. Only 25 percent of the vehicle's front end on the driver's side strikes a rigid barrier at 40 mph.
The 2014 Mitsubishi Outlander is completely redesigned and starts at $23,820 with destination. Available with either a 2.4-liter four-cylinder or a 3.0-liter V-6, the Mitsubishi Outlander is the only small SUV that comes standard with a third-row seat.
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LONDON (Reuters) - The euro zone recession has deepened in the current quarter after the bloc's private sector contracted for the 11th straight month in December, a purchasing managers' index suggested on Friday.
While the index rose from November, it began the quarter with a reading last seen as the bloc emerged from the previous recession more than three years ago.
Markit's Flash Composite Purchasing Managers' Index, which polls around 5,000 businesses across the 17-nation bloc and is viewed as a reliable growth indicator, rose to a nine-month high of 47.3 this month, beating forecasts for a rise to 46.8.
"The official GDP data are lagging behind the PMIs so we strongly suspect that the official data will show an increasing downturn of the euro zone recession in the final quarter," said Chris Williamson, chief economist at data collator Markit.
"The data is consistent with GDP falling about 0.5 percent."
The euro zone economy contracted 0.2 percent in the second quarter and 0.1 percent in the third, meeting the technical definition of a recession.
A Reuters poll last week predicted a 0.3 percent contraction in the current period with no return to growth until the second quarter of next year. <ECILT/EU>
Indeed, the PMI has been below the 50 mark that divides growth from contraction for all but one of the past 16 months.
A three-year-old debt crisis has wreaked havoc across the region, weighing on the global economy in turn, and threatened to tear the currency union apart.
But the euro zone agreed a deal on Thursday to provide nearly 50 billion euros in long-delayed aid to Athens, prompting Prime Minister Antonis Samaras to declare an end to talk of a Greek exit from the single currency.
It averts a catastrophic default and secures Greece's survival in the euro zone after months of doubt and political turmoil. Athens had repeatedly missed fiscal targets agreed with the EU and the International Monetary Fund, and stalled structural economic reforms.
Earlier data from Germany, Europe's largest economy, showed its private sector bounced back to growth for the first time in eight months in December. <DE/PMIS>
In neighboring France, however, while the downturn eased the PMI held below 50 for the 10th straight month. <FR/PMIS>
"France is faring much worse than Germany. It is becoming more aligned with its southern neighbors of Spain and Italy," Williamson said.
The PMI for the euro zone's dominant service sector rose to 47.8 this month from 46.7, beating forecasts for a rise to 47.0.
However, some of that business was from firms running down backlogs of work. The sub-index nudged up to 45.1 from 44.8 but has been below 50 since July 2011.
The continued downturn came despite firms cutting prices for the ninth month. The euro zone composite output price index fell to 47.7 from last month's 48.2.
Firms were forced to reduce their prices to drum up business despite their costs rising - cutting into their margins.
"Particularly in the service sector, firms have been cutting rates charged pretty aggressively to win business and maintain existing customers, but the situation is less evident in manufacturing," Williamson said.
Manufacturers, who led the bloc out of the last recession, fared little better. The factory PMI crept up to 46.3 from 46.2, missing forecasts for a steeper rise to 46.6.
The output index for the sector held steady at November's 46.1.
But in a sign that the global economy might be improving, the rate of decline in new export orders from factories eased, with the sub-index at a nine-month high of 46.8.
"There are some rays of hope here. It is moving in the right direction so there are signs that the business cycle has reached a low point globally and picking up," Williamson said.
- Detailed PMI data are only available under license from Markit and customers need to apply to Markit for a license.
To subscribe to the full data, click on the link below: http://www/markit.com/information/register/reuters-pmi-subscriptions
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What Posner Said.
Tomorrow morning, the Court will hear Schwarzenegger v. Entertainment Merchants Association. As far as I'm concerned, the question of whether government may ban the sale of violent video games was answered nearly ten years ago by a unanimous Seventh Circuit panel decision penned by Judge Richard Posner:
The issue in this case is not violence as such, or directly; it is violent images; and here the symmetry with obscenity breaks down. Classic literature and art, and not merely today's popular culture, are saturated with graphic scenes of violence, whether narrated or pictorial. The notion of forbidding not violence itself, but pictures of violence, is a novelty, whereas concern with pictures of graphic sexual conduct is of the essence of the traditional concern with obscenity. […]
People are unlikely to become well-functioning, independent-minded adults and responsible citizens if they are raised in an intellectual bubble.
No doubt the City would concede this point if the question were whether to forbid children to read without the presence of an adult the Odyssey, with its graphic descriptions of Odysseus's grinding out the eye of Polyphemus with a heated, sharpened stake, killing the suitors, and hanging the treacherous maidservants; or The Divine Comedy with its graphic descriptions of the tortures of the damned; or War and Peace with its graphic descriptions of execution by firing squad, death in childbirth, and death from war wounds. Or if the question were whether to ban the stories of Edgar Allen Poe, or the famous horror movies made from the classic novels of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (Frankenstein) and Bram Stoker (Dracula). Violence has always been and remains a central interest of humankind and a recurrent, even obsessive theme of culture both high and low. It engages the interest of children from an early age, as anyone familiar with the classic fairy tales collected by Grimm, Andersen, and Perrault is aware. To shield children right up to the age of 18 from exposure to violent descriptions and images would not only be quixotic, but deforming; it would leave them unequipped to cope with the world as we know it.
Maybe video games are different. They are, after all, interactive. But this point is superficial, in fact erroneous. All literature (here broadly defined to include movies, television, and the other photographic media, and popular as well as highbrow literature) is interactive; the better it is, the more interactive. Literature when it is successful draws the reader into the story, makes him identify with the characters, invites him to judge them and quarrel with them, to experience their joys and sufferings as the reader's own. Protests from readers caused Dickens to revise Great Expectations to give it a happy ending, and tourists visit sites in Dublin and its environs in which the fictitious events of Ulysses are imagined to have occurred. The cult of Sherlock Holmes is well known.
Most of the video games in the record of this case, games that the City believes violate its ordinances, are stories. Take once again "The House of the Dead." The player is armed with a gun-most fortunately, because he is being assailed by a seemingly unending succession of hideous axe-wielding zombies, the living dead conjured back to life by voodoo. The zombies have already knocked down and wounded several people, who are pleading pitiably for help; and one of the player's duties is to protect those unfortunates from renewed assaults by the zombies. His main task, however, is self-defense. Zombies are supernatural beings, therefore difficult to kill. Repeated shots are necessary to stop them as they rush headlong toward the player. He must not only be alert to the appearance of zombies from any quarter; he must be assiduous about reloading his gun periodically, lest he be overwhelmed by the rush of the zombies when his gun is empty.
Self-defense, protection of others, dread of the "undead," fighting against overwhelming odds-these are all age-old themes of literature, and ones particularly appealing to the young. "The House of the Dead" is not distinguished literature. Neither, perhaps, is "The Night of the Living Dead," George A. Romero's famous zombie movie that was doubtless the inspiration for "The House of the Dead." Some games, such as "Dungeons and Dragons," have achieved cult status; although it seems unlikely, some of these games, perhaps including some that are as violent as those in the record, will become cultural icons. We are in the world of kids' popular culture. But it is not lightly to be suppressed.
Although violent video games appeal primarily to boys, the record contains, surprisingly, a feminist violent video game, "Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3." A man and a woman are dressed in vaguely medieval costumes, and wield huge swords. The woman is very tall, very fierce, and wields her sword effortlessly. The man and the woman duel, and the man is killed. Another man appears-he is killed too. The woman wins all the duels. She is as strong as the men, she is more skillful, more determined, and she does not flinch at the sight of blood. Of course, her success depends on the player's skill, and the fact that the player, whether male or female, has chosen to be the female fighter. (The player chooses which fighter to be.) But the game is feminist in depicting a woman as fully capable of holding her own in violent combat with heavily armed men. It thus has a message, even an "ideology," just as books and movies do.
American Amusement Machine Ass'n v. Kendrick, 244 F.3d 572 (7th Cir. 2001). cert. denied 534 U.S. 994 (2001).
One need not be a First Amendment absolutist or doctrinal purist to find California's ban as problematic as the Indianapolis regulation at issue in American Amusements. In true Posnerian spirit, there is an economics-driven, pragmatic reason California's law must fall.
Indianapolis's regulation required minors to be accompanied by their parents in order to play violent arcade games. Gamers with a sense of history can correct me if I'm wrong, but the most high-end arcades cost a dollar or so to play in 2000. For minors, that's a far lower bar to clear for access to violent video games than the $60 home console-based games at issue tomorrow morning. If the state's paternalism a decade ago could not thwart the constitutional rights of a kid with a fistful of couch-found quarters, then similarly doomed should California's ban be against today's games, for which a parent's consent-by-pocketbook is the de facto state of play.
This piece is cross-posted at The CockleBur.


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During last night's Genealogy Club meeting, our speaker Steve Szabados gave me a new Irish genealogy website to preview: www.findmypast.ie.
I'm a very big fan of findmypast.co.uk, which is a genealogy website for England, Wales, and the Isle of Man. I've often referred patrons and genealogy researchers to this website for the free 14-day trial, which is a great way to break through those brick walls while providing a wonderful relief for the pocketbook.
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I was really excited to see the Travel and Migration Records, which offers information on Irish emigrants from 1858 to 1870. These records will probably not assist you with finding more about your famine-era ancestors, but keep an eye out for any updates to this section.
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Jennifer Holik-Urban, genealogy researcher, author and FPLD Genealogy Day featured speaker just published a fantastic review of our meeting last night. With her technology know-how, research experience, and warm personality, Jennifer manages to run a business, author columns, a book, and five blogs while raising two young sons. You also need to read her recent case study entitled Finishing the Story which was published in the Jan-March volume of the National Genealogical Society magazine. The library has a copy, and if you're interested in WWI research you'll really want to read it! Jennifer is slated to speak at our next Genealogy Day on Saturday, April 7 2011.
Also in the news; genealogy researcher, author and former Dupage County Genealogical Society president Jeffrey A. Bockman has had an article published in the Naperville Sun.
Jeff recently visited France to tour a village visited by his grandfather in World War I. He has spoken about this topic briefly during his Genealogy Day presentation earlier this year.
If you need help with your research, or if you're new to genealogy, make an appointment to see me! Summer is the season for genealogy road trips and cemetery research, so let me know if you need any help!
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CLEVELAND (AP) — One neighbor says a naked woman was seen crawling on her hands and knees in the backyard of the house a few years ago. Another heard pounding on the home's doors and noticed plastic bags over the windows.
Both times, police showed up but never went inside, neighbors say. Police also paid a visit to the house in 2004, but no one answered the door.
Now, after three women who vanished a decade ago were found captive Monday at the run-down house, Cleveland police are facing questions for the second time in four years about their handling of missing-person cases and are conducting an internal review to see if they overlooked anything.
City Safety Director Martin Flask said Tuesday that investigators had no record of anyone calling about criminal activity at the house but were still checking police, fire and emergency databases.
The three women were rescued after one of them kicked out the bottom portion of a locked screen door and used a neighbor's telephone to call 911.
"Help me. I'm Amanda Berry," she breathlessly told a dispatcher in a call that exhilarated and astonished much of the city. "I've been kidnapped, and I've been missing for 10 years and I'm, I'm here, I'm free now."
Berry, 27, Michelle Knight, 32, and Gina DeJesus, about 23, had apparently been held captive in the house since their teens or early 20s, police Chief Michael McGrath said.
Three brothers, ages 50 to 54, were arrested. One of them, former school bus driver Ariel Castro, owned the home, situated in a poor neighborhood dotted with boarded-up houses just south of downtown. No charges were filed.
A relative of the three brothers said their family was "totally shocked" after hearing about the missing women being found at the home.
Juan Alicea said the arrests of his wife's brothers had left relatives "as blindsided as anyone else" in their community. He said he hadn't been to the home of his brother-in-law Ariel Castro since the early 1990s but had eaten dinner with Castro at a different brother's house shortly before the arrests were made Monday.
A 6-year-old girl believed to be Berry's daughter also was found in the home, police Deputy Chief Ed Tomba said. He would not say who the father was.
The women were reported by police to be in good health and were reunited with joyous family members but remained in seclusion.
In eastern Tennessee, Berry's father, Johnny Berry, told WJHL-TV that he spoke to her for the first time Monday night by phone at his home in Elizabethton.
"She said, 'Hi, Daddy, I'm alive,'" Johnny Berry said. "She said, 'I love you, I love you, I love you,' and then we both started crying."
Although Amanda Berry was born and raised in Cleveland, her father, grandparents and cousins live in Elizabethton. Before she disappeared, she often visited Tennessee during the summers. Family members said they visited her in Cleveland about three weeks before she went missing.
The head of the FBI in Cleveland, Stephen Anthony, said the families' prayers for the missing women had been answered.
"The nightmare is over," he said. "These three young ladies have provided us with the ultimate definition of survival and perseverance. The healing can now begin."
He added: "Words can't describe the emotions being felt by all. Yes, law enforcement professionals do cry."
Police would not say how the women were taken captive or how they were hidden in the neighborhood where they had vanished. Investigators also would not say whether they were kept in restraints inside the house or sexually assaulted.
Four years ago, in another poverty-stricken part of town, police were heavily criticized following the discovery of 11 women's bodies in the home and backyard of Anthony Sowell, who was later convicted of murder and sentenced to death.
The families of Sowell's victims accused police of failing to properly investigate the disappearances because most of the women were addicted to drugs and poor. For months, the stench of death hung over the house, but it was blamed on a sausage factory next door.
In the wake of public outrage over the killings, a panel formed by the mayor recommended an overhaul of the city's handling of missing-person and sex crime investigations.
This time, two neighbors said they called police to the Castro house on separate occasions.
Elsie Cintron, who lives three houses away, said her daughter saw a naked woman crawling in the backyard several years ago and called police. "But they didn't take it seriously," she said.
Another neighbor, Israel Lugo, said he heard pounding on some of the doors of the house in November 2011. Lugo said officers knocked on the front door, but no one answered. "They walked to side of the house and then left," he said.
"Everyone in the neighborhood did what they had to do," said Lupe Collins, who is close to relatives of the women. "The police didn't do their job."
Police did go to the house twice in the past 15 years, but not in connection with the women's disappearance, officials said.
In 2000, before the women vanished, Castro reported a fight in the street, but no arrests were made, Flask said.
In 2004, officers went to the home after child welfare officials alerted them that Castro had apparently left a child unattended on a bus, Flask said. No one answered the door, according to Flask. Ultimately, police determined there was no criminal intent on his part, he said.
Castro was arrested two days after Christmas in 1993 on a domestic-violence charge and spent three days in jail before he was released on bond. The case was presented to a grand jury, but no indictment was returned, according to court documents, which don't detail the allegations. It's unclear who brought the charge against Castro, who was living at the home from which the women escaped Monday.
Castro, 52, was well known in the mainly Puerto Rican neighborhood. He played bass guitar in salsa and merengue bands. He gave children rides on his motorcycle and joined others at a candlelight vigil to remember two of the missing girls, neighbors said. They also said they would sometimes see him walking a little girl to a neighborhood playground.
Tito DeJesus, an uncle of Gina DeJesus, played in bands with Castro over the last 20 years. He recalled visiting Castro's house but never noticed anything out of the ordinary, saying it had very little furniture and was filled with musical instruments.
"I had no clue, no clue whatsoever that this happened," he said.
Also arrested were Castro's brothers Pedro Castro, 54, and Onil Castro, 50. Calls to the jail went unanswered, and there was no response to interview requests sent to police, the jail and city officials.
Ariel Castro's son, Anthony Castro, said in an interview with London's Daily Mail newspaper that he now speaks with his father just a few times a year and seldom visited his house. He said on his last visit, two weeks ago, his father wouldn't let him inside.
"The house was always locked," he said. "There were places we could never go. There were locks on the basement. Locks on the attic. Locks on the garage."
Anthony Castro, who lives in Columbus, also wrote an article for a community newspaper in Cleveland about the disappearance of Gina DeJesus just weeks after she went missing, when he was a college journalism student.
"That I wrote about this nearly 10 years ago — to find out that it is now so close to my family — it's unspeakable," he told The Plain Dealer newspaper.
On Tuesday, a sign hung on a fence decorated with dozens of balloons outside the home of DeJesus' parents read "Welcome Home Gina." Her aunt Sandra Ruiz said her niece had an emotional reunion with family members.
"Those girls, those women are so strong," Ruiz said. "What we've done in 10 years is nothing compared to what those women have done in 10 years to survive."
Many of the women's loved ones and friends had held out hope of seeing them again,
For years, Berry's mother kept her room exactly as it was, said Tina Miller, a cousin. When magazines addressed to Berry arrived, they were piled in the room alongside presents for birthdays and Christmases she missed. Berry's mother died in 2006.
Just over a month ago, Miller attended a vigil marking the 10th anniversary of Berry's disappearance.
Over the past decade or so, investigators twice dug up backyards looking for Berry and continued to receive tips about her and DeJesus every few months, even in recent years. The disappearance of the two girls was profiled on TV's "America's Most Wanted" in 2005. Few leads ever came in about Knight.
Knight vanished at age 20 in 2002. Berry disappeared at 16 in 2003, when she called her sister to say she was getting a ride home from her job at a Burger King. About a year later, DeJesus vanished at 14 on her way home from school.
Jessica Aponce said she walked home with DeJesus the day the teenager disappeared.
"She called her mom and told her mom she was on her way home and that's the last time I seen her," Aponce said. "I just can't wait to see her. I'm just so happy she's alive. It's been so many years that everybody thinking she was dead."
Elizabeth Smart and Jaycee Dugard, who were held captive by abductors at a young age, said they were elated by the women's rescue.
"We need to have constant vigilance, constantly keep our eyes open and ears open because miracles do happen," Smart said on ABC's "Good Morning America."
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children's CEO, John Ryan, said Berry, DeJesus and Knight likely would be honored by his group.
"I think they're going to be at the top of the list," he said.
Associated Press writers Andrew Welsh-Huggins and Jesse Washington in Cleveland, Dan Sewell in Cincinnati, John Seewer in Toledo, Mitch Stacy in Columbus and Holly Ramer in Concord, N.H., contributed to this report.


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Containing approximately 1,600 pages with the singer's notations, handwriting and underlining throughout and with Elvis Presley and Holy Bible, embossed in gold on a leather cover, the Bible was given to Elvis Presley by his uncle Vester and Aunt Clettes Presley as a Christmas gift in 1957.
LONDON -- A Bible which once belonged to Elvis Presley and contains his handwritten notes and thoughts has sold for $94,600 (59,000 pounds) at an auction in England, the auction house said.
The Bible, given to the singer on his first Christmas at his home in Graceland in 1957, was bought by an American man based in Britain, Omega Auctions said on its website.
Video: Priscilla Presley says Elvis was 'caring father'
The religious book, used by Presley until his death on Aug. 16, 1977, was expected to fetch around 25,000 pounds but went for more than double its value.
But a pair of Presley's unwashed and soiled underpants, worn underneath his famous white jumpsuit during a 1977 concert, went unsold.
Video: Priscilla Presley says Graceland is a part of Elvis
Bids for the underwear reached 5,000 pounds, but failed to meet the 7,000 pounds reserve price.
Some of the singer's other personal items sold at the auction on Saturday included used cufflinks, a gold pendant chain/necklace and black Flagg Brothers shoes.
Video: Priscilla says Elvis may have become minister
The entire Elvis collection, owned by a single British collector, went for more than 100,000 pounds at Omega Auctions in Cheshire, north England.
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Attorneys hammered at the credibility of John Edwards and his once-trusted aide as arguments in his campaign corruption trial ended Thursday, leaving jurors to decide whether the presidential candidate's sex scandal cover-up amounted to a crime or a litany of lies.
Jurors begin deliberations Friday on six counts of campaign finance fraud that could send Edwards to prison for up to 30 years.
They will weigh whether to believe Edwards' arguments that he didn't knowingly break the law when he sought to cover up an affair with his pregnant mistress, or his aide, Andrew Young, who said Edwards recruited him to use secret donations from wealthy donor to hide the affair.
In closing arguments Thursday, prosecutor Bobby Higdon recounted Edwards' affair with Rielle Hunter, a videographer working on his campaign, and said the candidate would "deny, deceive and manipulate" at every turn to keep the revelation from destroying his political career.
Edwards knew of the money going to Young and Hunter from heiress Rachel "Bunny" Mellon and campaign finance chairman Fred Baron, Higdon said. He also was well aware of the $2,300 legal limit on campaign donations, Higdon said.
"It is a simple rule and applies to every candidate and every donor," Higdon said.
Defense attorney Abbe Lowell said prosecutors didn't prove that Edwards knew that taking the money violated the law and said the 2008 candidate shouldn't be convicted for being a liar.
"This is a case that should define the difference between a wrong and a crime ... between a sin and a felony," Lowell told the jury. "John Edwards has confessed his sins. He will serve a life sentence for those. But he has pleaded not guilty to violating the law."
Lowell also pointed to inconsistent testimony of both Andrew Young and his wife, Cheri, about assurances they said Edwards gave them that accepting the money from Mellon was legal.
"Even those two, who could shame Bonnie and Clyde, couldn't get their story straight," Lowell said.
In rebuttal arguments, prosecutor David Harbach acknowledged Young's inconsistencies on the stand, but questioned why he would have orchestrated a scheme that had him harboring Edwards' mistress while he still lived with his wife.
"This guy is a criminal mastermind? Andrew Young?" Harbach asked sarcastically. "That's nonsense. Andrew Young kept a lot of the money for himself. Of course he did. Has he lied in the past? Of course he has. ... But if Andrew Young could say anything to help the government's case, don't you think he could have done a better job?"
Jurors appeared to be nodding frequently in response to Lowell, who stared squarely at the jurors for two hours as he made his case; Lowell appeared choked up at the end of his argument and put his face in his hands. Higdon, in contrast, often read from a binder and delivered his argument in a monotone.
Edwards is charged with six criminal counts including conspiracy to violate the Federal Election Campaign Act, accepting contributions that exceeded campaign finance limits, and causing his campaign to file a false financial disclosure report.
At the trial, prosecutors have shown two members of Edwards' inner circle, Baron and Young, engaged in a yearlong cover-up to hide the married presidential candidate's mistress from the media.
Prosecutors described how Edwards became increasingly desperate to hide the affair after Hunter was photographed by the National Enquirer in December 2007, saying it was Edwards' idea to have Young say he fathered Hunter's baby.
Baron provided Young and Hunter with more than $400,000 in cash, luxury hotels, private jets and a $20,000-a-month rental mansion in Santa Barbara, Calif.
"This wasn't a guy quietly helping a friend. It was a full rescue operation ... for a teetering campaign," Higdon said, describing Baron's involvement.
In January 2008, while Andrew Young, his wife, Cheri, and Hunter were hiding in California, there were 63 calls between them and Edwards, Higdon said. Sometimes there were four calls a day, with conversations routinely lasting more than 90 minutes.
Lowell reminded the jury that it was the Youngs who received the $725,000 in secret checks from Mellon, using most of it to help pay for a $1.6 million dream home, not to care for Hunter. Baron wired another $325,000 directly to the couple's builder, on top of another $21,000 in cash provided by the Texas lawyer.
Lowell suggested Young would tell any lie he needed to in court to help the government's case, saying the aide could capitalize further on a 2010 tell-all book deal.
"He needs a conviction for his next chapter in his next book," Lowell said.
Lowell emphasized that none of the donors' money was ever deposited into a campaign account, used for expenses such as political ads or staff salaries, and that no money went to the candidate. Nowhere in any federal regulation does it say that payments from one third party to another third party for personal expenses is a campaign contribution, Lowell said.
"If it is not a contribution for someone to pay the transportation or living expenses of campaign staffers, then how in the world can that be true for a mistress?" Lowell asked the jurors.
Higdon opened his argument by recounting Edwards' announcement on Dec. 30, 2006, to run for president at an event in his hometown of Chapel Hill. The day was also the first time Edwards' wife Elizabeth came face to face with his mistress, whom the candidate hired as a videographer through his political action committee.
"He wanted to be our leader. He asked for our vote. He had a popular wife and beautiful family, and on that day, the seeds of his destruction were sown."
The prosecutor also used rhetoric from one of Edwards' most famous stump speeches, recounting the "two Americas" and the need for the rich and the poor to have an equal say in elections.
"Campaign finance laws are designed to bring the two Americas together at election time," Higdon said. "John Edwards forgot his own rhetoric."


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