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The brief snow flurries that fell over part of the Kansas City metropolitan area Monday afternoon had some people hoping for a snowy Christmas.
"We were really excited. The flakes were really big," said Samantha Petit.
She said her 2-year-old son Hunter has never experienced snow. This past winter in the Kansas City area was virtually snow-free.
"We want a white Christmas. Hunter hasn't played in snow before," Petit said. "We're very excited for a white Christmas."
Yolanda Walker was out shopping during the snow on Monday. She said the best gift she could give her three grandchildren would be to have some snow on the ground in time for Christmas.
"I would really be excited," she said. "Because they're little, you know, and you have a white Christmas, Santa Clause, it would be nice."
Salvation Army bell ringer Chester Williams has a birthday just days before Christmas. He said he remembered hearing stories about having 8 inches of snow on the ground on the day he was born.
Williams said nothing is as perfect as adding a little snow to this time of year.
"I'd love to have a white Christmas. It just makes the season complete when you have a white Christmas," he said.
A few of Monday's snowflakes stuck to the grass and leaves on the ground, but most of it was gone about as quickly as it fell.

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DES MOINES, Iowa — If it seems that giant lottery jackpots have people lining up at convenience stores more frequently, just wait: More big payouts could be coming.
Most attention has been on Powerball jackpots since the game's rules were changed in early 2012 to boost payoffs. For Wednesday's drawing, Powerball's estimated $400 million jackpot will be the nation's fifth-largest ever, though its jackpot hit $590 million earlier this year.
Now organizers of the country's other big lottery, Mega Millions, are planning changes of their own.
Although Mega Millions still holds the record for the largest jackpot in U.S. history — a $656 million prize in March 2012 — organizers are hoping to more regularly see huge jackpots by lessening the odds of winning big while upping a player's shot at smaller but still hefty prizes.
Mega Millions doesn't plan to change its $1 ticket price, but an extra $1 option already in the game will be expanded to allow players to increase their secondary prize total to between $1 million and $5 million, a major increase from $250,000.
Game changes also include boosting the starting jackpot from $12 million to $15 million, and allowing the jackpot to grow by at least $5 million between drawings when no top winner is selected.
It's those jackpots, not the name on the game, that ultimately draw in 45-year-old Trent Shenefield.
"Depends on what's up the highest," the electrician said Tuesday while at a QuickTrip convenience store in suburban Kansas City. "I guess everyone wants to win the big one."
But fellow lottery player Bob Knowles, a school bus driver in Iowa, said the changes didn't really matter. The 62-year-old said he purchases tickets for both games several times a week and would be happy with any jackpot.
"That's nice, but I don't care. I can get by with $10 million. I can get by with $3 million," he said after buying Powerball tickets at a grocery store in Des Moines. "I just play along with the Mega and Powerball. What it starts off with would be pretty comfortable for me to win."
The changes take effect for the Oct. 22 drawing and were based on extensive consumer research, said Paula Otto, executive director for the Virginia Lottery and lead director for Mega Millions. She said officials decided not to increase ticket prices, but acknowledged Powerball's success after it increased its ticket prizes from $1 to $2.
"Certainly we were looking at the fact that changes that Powerball made, primarily by increasing the price point, it definitely favorably impacted the jackpot," Otto said. "It's doing what it's supposed to do, which is helping Powerball have bigger jackpots on a pretty consistent basis."
She noted that both games are now sold side by side, as part of a 2010 licensing agreement, in 43 states, plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
"It's great to have both games available to players and to have drawings four nights a week. I think that the two games complement each other," Otto said.
The Iowa-based Multi-State Lottery Association is operated by 33 state lotteries that help oversee Powerball. Mega Millions has no central office and is run by individual state lotteries that handle their own accounting matters.
"I applaud them for looking at changes," said Iowa Lottery CEO Terry Rich. "You need to revise, you need to refresh. Any good, big company knows that you need to revitalize your product."
The next Powerball drawing is scheduled Wednesday at 9:59 p.m. CDT.
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The American Idol host has been immortalized in the form of an inflatable sex doll.
"The Most Powerful Perv in Television Has A Dirty Little Secret!" is the slogan the company, Pipedream, uses to promote the product.
Along with things that are far too sexual to publish, the company alleges that Seacrest, 38, is bisexual, which has never been proven or admitted.
The Seacrest doll is the company's latest in their Super Star Series which also includes celebs like Lindsay Lohan, Justin Bieber and Katy Perry.
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Okay, Friends. Without getting into TMI territory, can we discuss tampons for a bit? When LOLA, a new brand of tampons, reached out to me and wanted me to try their products, I said yes for two reasons:
First, I've been using the same-old grocery store products since I was a teenager. But in the last few years, I've heard about all sorts of alternatives. Menstrual cups and natural tampons and resuable pads and period panties. And I haven't tried a single thing that's crossed my path.
I keep meaning to — I really like the idea of trying something new, of possibly finding something that I like better, something that's easier. I like the idea that people are innovating in this category. I think we need a ton more innovation! But then I forget, and my period comes, and I need supplies asap and just go with my usual box. So one reason I said yes, is that I wanted to finally, actually try something new.
The second reason is that the first descriptor I read about LOLA is that their tampons are 100% cotton with BPA-free plastic applicators. And suddenly, for the first time in my life, I asked myself: If LOLA tampons are 100% cotton, and they spell that out as a major selling point, then what are my usual tampons made of? What exactly am I putting in my body?!
Well, it turns out, that's not an easy question to answer. The FDA doesn't require brands to disclose a comprehensive list of ingredients in their tampons, so most of them don't. Certainly, we wouldn't stand for this with our food or beauty products, but somehow we've let tampons slip under the radar. (I imagine it's partly because we've generally been taught to speak in hushed tones about our periods, or anything that relates to our periods, and sort of pretend they don't happen.)
But we do know that major brands use a mix of synthetic ingredients in their tampons including rayon and polyester. And we also know that their tampons are often treated with harsh chemical cleansing agents, fragrance, and dyes. Yikes.
I admit that there was a time I wouldn't have really cared. I would have said, whatever the ingredients are, surely they are in such a small dose, that it doesn't matter. But then, when I started taking my depression meds, I had a realization. My pills are tiny. Like so super small. And I don't even take a full pill. And yet, that tiny bit of chemical makes a massive difference for me. The difference between functioning normally and not being able to get out of bed. When that fact hit home, I finally grasped the drive some people have to use all natural/non-toxic products. Clearly, even small amounts of chemical can make a big difference.
You would think that since I have first person experience with this, I would be a real stickler for natural products. But I admit, I'm not 100% pure in my product consumption at all. As you may remember, I've tried several natural beauty products for myself, but often they are items that find their way to me almost accidentally. I haven't necessarily sought them out.
I've wondered sometimes why I'm not more committed to all-wholesome-ingredients, all-the-time, and I can think of 3 reasons. Lots of times I make decisions out of convenience, and pick up whatever is close at hand. Other times, I just really like a product and how it works for me, even if it's not totally pure and natural. And lastly, even though I know small amounts of chemical can wreak havoc on our bodies, sometimes it's just easier for me to live in denial. Trying to purify every product in the house can be exhausting! (Anyone else feel this way?)
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Verizon and Sprint both made Windows Phone 8 announcements at CES today. Sprint will add Windows Phone 8 to its stable of platforms some time this summer. The US's third largest carrier didn't specify which phone models it would be releasing, but it said it would have two handsets, one from HTC and one from Samsung, which will both sport dual cameras, dual core processors, expandable internal memory, and both 3G and LTE support.
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Event: Lecture, talk or reading County: Oakengates area Six Year's of Commemorations by Oakengates and District Royal British Legion.On the date of their death, or closest date to it, a simple graveside ceremony will be held. The Standard will be present together with a Buglar who will play The Last Post. Prayers will be said by officiating clergy.Shropshire Archives | Shrewsbury | 5 December 2015 — 25 July 2021


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Heritage Foundation President-Elect Jim DeMint appeared on NBC's "Meet the Press" today to discuss President Obama's liberal vision for America and how conservatives must counter his radical agenda.
As he did during a Saturday speech to the National Review Institute, DeMint called on conservatives to do a better job of explaining how their ideas solve problems and lead to more prosperity.
"One of the reasons I left Congress is that I don't believe the politicians are going to solve our problems unless the American people force them to," DeMint told host David Gregory.
The roundtable discussion included NAACP president and CEO Ben Jealous, The Washington Post's Bob Woodward, NBC News' Andrea Mitchell and NBC News' Ted Koppel. The video runs about 13 minutes.


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Welcome Back
I am hoping to share a series of box/gift tutorials with you over the next few Friday's. Today's tutorial is based on a demo that I saw on Ideal World, demonstrated by Sara from a company called Crafter's Companion. I have slightly adapted it for the sake of this tutorial, as the original required the use of a particular scoring board that their company sell, but not everyone has this board.
The finished box will look like this;
You Will Need
- A piece of decorative square card
- A piece of colour coordinating ribbon
- Steel Ruler
- Scoring tool
- Bone Folder
- Crop-A-Dile or other hole punch
- Optional extra; A scoring board such as a Scor It
- Score your card into thirds
- Rotate the card 90 degrees and score into thirds again
- On each of the corner squares score a diagonal line from the outer edge into the corner of the centre square. (This is shown with a dotted line in the picture below)
Your card will now look like this;
- Fold along all the lines and reinforce the folds using a bone folder.
- Fold in the corner squares as shown in the picture below
- Use the hole punch to punch a hole through both sides of the folded corner.
Your box now looks like this;
- Thread your chosen ribbon through the holes and draw the ends together. This pulls in the sides of the box, tie the ends of the ribbon into a bow.
Your finished box will look like this;
I did not include measurements in the instructions as this box can be made in any size and the measurements of where to score will be in thirds relative to the paper size. However for those who would like the measurements for popular sizes of card
12 x 12 starting size of paper would be scored at 4″ and 8″
6 x 6″ starting size of paper would be scored at 2″ and 4″
If you are not near a craft store for decorative card you can use craft CDs that contain background papers and print on to A4 cardstock to create your base card, don't forget to print on both sides of the card as both are visiable in the finished project. With a little trimming to get round non borderless printing from most home printers you would still be able to make a maximum of an 8″ square starting size of card.
The Smaller size of box made from a 6″ base card would make ideal individual boxes suitable for table settings. I will show a smaller version later next month.
As ever any questions just leave me a comment, best wishes and thanks for reading. See you soon
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OTTAWA - Opposition parties accuse the Harper government of stooping to a petty, new low in the muzzling of dissent.
They say the government is using its power to minimize the impact of opposition days — the rare occasions when Liberals and New Democrats get to set the parliamentary agenda, debating motions on any subject of their choosing.
They maintain the government is punishing parties that offend the ruling Conservatives by scheduling opposition days for times when they're least likely to be noticed.
A case in point: the Liberals' next opposition day has been scheduled for May 18 — a Friday before a long weekend and a break-week for Parliament, when there will be only two hours for debate and few MPs in the House of Commons.
Liberals say government House leader Peter Van Loan told his Liberal counterpart, Marc Garneau, that the less-than-optimal timing was deliberate, payback for the Liberals using their last opposition day to hammer the government over the impact of budget cuts on food safety.
What apparently sparked Van Loan's ire was that Liberals had compared the cuts to those made by the former Conservative government of Mike Harris in Ontario, which they linked to the deadly E. coli outbreak in Walkerton. Liberals helpfully pointed out that a number of senior ministers in the Harper government were also members of the Harris cabinet, including Finance Minister Jim Flaherty.
"That 'went too far' and so wings had to be clipped," interim Liberal Leader Bob Rae wrote Friday in a blog post, recounting Van Loan's explanation for the timing of the Liberals' next opposition day.
Rae cited the incident as one of many examples that Canadians are "now living in a democracy with dictatorial tendencies."
Garneau wouldn't discuss what Van Loan said to him, citing the confidentiality of House leaders' meetings. But he did say he believes the choice of May 18 for the party's next opposition day was deliberate.
"I think there's a message being sent," Garneau said.
And the message is: "Behave yourself. (If not,) they have some ways of making things difficult."
As the NDP discovered this week when it was apparently penalized for tying the Commons in procedural knots in a bid to compel the government to split up its massive, omnibus budget implementation bill into manageable chunks.
The NDP had been scheduled to have an opposition day on Thursday but that was abruptly cancelled and shifted to next Wednesday. Wednesdays, like Fridays, are short parliamentary days that allow for only two hours of debate.
"Did they give us a short day as a punishment? Whatever. You now, they're in the bubble," shrugged NDP House leader Nathan Cullen.
"They can punish away. OK. What were we trying to do? We were trying to be accountable to Canadians. So, who had a good week, who had a bad week is always the question at the end of these kinds of things."
In Cullen's opinion, "punishing us doesn't make them look strong; it makes them look weak," as though the government is afraid of open debate on its own policies.
Scheduling of opposition days has always been open to manipulation, particularly in minority situations when the government wants to avoid potential confidence motions that could force an election.
But being punitive about the timing is a spiteful new low, in opposition parties' view.
"If this is what the government is doing it's completely childish," said Cullen.
Garneau said the Harper government seems to be operating as though it was still a minority, "where it feels it has to carry out guerrilla-style combat against everything they encounter that they don't like."
Van Loan did not directly respond to the opposition allegations that he's using the timing of opposition days to punish the NDP and Liberals. But he made no apologies for the scheduling.
"Our top priority remains implementing our budget and passing the Jobs and Growth and Long-term Prosperity Act," Van Loan said in an email.
"Our government schedules items for debate to allow us to achieve our clear objectives. The rules for allotting opposition days are outlined in the standing orders."
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Waiting for the next crisis: Parents struggle with children's mental health needs
West Hartford >> Nancy remembers the party at her friends' house, a gathering of a couple of dozen parents. They knew each other because they had children with mental health problems, but that night, they were there to enjoy themselves.
Then a cellphone rang.
"The entire room of 25 people went silent, like that," Nancy said, snapping her finger. "And it just struck me that all of these people are standing on the edge of the knife, waiting for a crisis at any moment."
Long before Adam Lanza shot and killed 20 first graders and six educators at Newtown's Sandy Hook Elementary School, bringing a new focus in the state and nation on mental health issues, these parents had formed an informal support network to talk about their children's needs. They met in hospital emergency rooms, visiting their children in residential treatment, or in court.
They've struggled for years to get the right services for their children, many of whom are now teens or young adults.
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An `06 Mesh Riesling from Eden Valley was in poor shape, bad storage somewhere?
`09 Raventos i Blanc Cava Reserva Brut, L`Hereu. Catalunya Spain.
Will remain one of my fave Xmas drinkies prior to the meal. Light yellow color with nice steady, small bubbles. Some pear on the nose, chalk, peach and quite minerally. Lovely entry, soft, great mid-palate, pear, mineral again. Not much comment from those sharing the bottle which was a pity.
I was also fortunate to taste a white `10 Maligno from Ch de Calvieres (Pays d`Oc) plus a very young `07 Juline CdP from Paul Autard.


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Join Arlington Public Schools for "Día de la Raza" to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month by focusing on opportunities for a successful school journey. Families will take a fun cultural journey together as they learn more about well-known Hispanic figures and to obtain information about family resources to help students succeed. This event will be held in Spanish, but English interpretation will be provided.
For additional information about this event, please visit: https://www.apsva.us/cosechando/.


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PORTSMOUTH — The leaders of the Community College System of New Hampshire say they need to reach out more to high schools about what it's going to take to prepare young people for a work force that demands a strong base in math and science.
PORTSMOUTH — The leaders of the Community College System of New Hampshire say they need to reach out more to high schools about what it's going to take to prepare young people for a work force that demands a strong base in math and science.
The community college system comprises seven schools across the state, including Great Bay Community College in Portsmouth. Ross Gittell, chancellor of the system, and Paul Holloway, chairman of CCSNH, met with the Seacoast Media Group editorial board Wednesday to discuss some of the system's latest initiatives.
Earlier this summer, Great Bay Community College opened a new satellite location in Rochester called the Advanced Technology and Academic Center. The center provides an outlet for those living farther away from Portsmouth a chance to take general education or liberal arts courses, but its driving factor is the training opportunities it provides in advanced composite manufacturing.
The community college is collaborating with Rochester businesses Albany Engineered Composites and Safran, suppliers of components for the Boeing Dreamliner, providing those companies a pipeline of well-trained workers equipped with the skills in math and computer science that are required in advanced manufacturing jobs.
That pipeline was a crucial piece to a partnership that Gittell and Holloway said will create some 400 jobs for the state. However, both said more needs to be done to foster an appreciation for math much earlier than the college level. The community college system is looking to work with high schools to make that happen, they said.
"It's such a battle," Holloway said. "A lot of kids are scared of math."
One cost-effective program that has helped make some gains in this area is Running Start, a dual-enrollment program that provides students a means to take classes at their high school and receive both high school and college credit. Holloway said the program gives teenagers a sense of accomplishment and shows some who may not be confident in their skills that they are able to handle college-level work.
Community college officials are now in the midst of efforts to further reach out to high schools across the state. Gittell said they have identified two high schools in each community college area that have lower-than-desired postsecondary matriculation rates. In the Great Bay region, those high schools are in Dover and Rochester, he said.
The plan, Gittell said, is to meet with the principals of those schools and work to promote the affordable and alternative pathways to career success that CCSNH is providing. He and Holloway said they are hopeful their efforts will continue to steer young people toward the pipeline that is pumping out the state's skilled work force.
"We continue to be on a strong growth path," Gittell said.


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7MM Titanium Ring - Solitarie Satin Finish and Step Edge
- Comfort Fit rings have a rounded interior specifically designed for the most comfortable all-day wear.
- Titanium - strong yet lightweight and hypoallergenic. Comfortable and easy to wear every day.
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Triton wants to ensure you are 100% satisfied with our jewelry. All Triton rings are covered by the Forever Fit Limited Warranty.
In addition to being warranted against imperfections in design, material, and/or workmanship, Triton rings will be replaced if the original owner's finger size ever changes. Simply see your Triton retailer, Triton warranty card or contact Customer Care at 1-888-465-3817 for specific details.
While not wearing your ring, store it separately in a small pouch or bag so it will not scratch other, softer metal jewelry items. To clean your ring, mix a few drops of mild detergent (household soap works well) with warm water, dampen a soft cloth with the mixture and rub the surface of the ring to remove dirt and oil. You can then use a cotton swab to clean any hard to reach grooves or around diamonds. Rinse with warm water and dry with a soft cloth. As with all jewelry, avoid contact with any harsh chemicals including household products such as ammonia, bleach and chlorine. If your ring does come in contact with any of the above chemicals, clean the ring right away using the above cleaning instructions.


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Sting, whose occasional voyages into the sea of pontification can be forgiven due to his contributions to rock, is right about one thing: popular music is in a "crisis."
"In this crisis, how do you create novelty in a situation that is played out?" he asked during a recent public Q&A session, People magazine reported.
Sting's question followed his criticism last month of Simon Cowell's UK "American Idol"-like show, "The X Factor," which the Police frontman slammed as "televised karaoke."
But are the pop superstar and others right when they blame star-maker Cowell for the sorry state of popular music?
There's a growing Cowell backlash and it has little to do with his often-nasty turns as an "Idol" arbiter.
In Britain, as Time magazine reports, fans of Rage Against the Machine propelled the group's 1992 politically charged anthem "Killing in the Name" to No. 1 through a Facebook and Twitter campaign that notched the tacit approval of Paul McCartney, among others.
The movement accomplished its goal: breaking a four-year string of No. 1 holiday hits by freshly scrubbed stars from "The X Factor." Rage Against the Machine declared the chart triumph of the F-bomb-filled song the "Anarchy Christmas Miracle of 2009," and promised to play a free concert in Britain to thank fans.
RATM's Tom Morello praised the Internet campaign as an "unprecedented grassroots movement to topple the X-Factor monopoly," while Cowell called the effort "stupid."
Both sides will benefit from the publicity, but the us vs. them battle clearly has become a flashpoint for many music fans.
The music business is in transition, with sales down, and many bands making more money on merchandising and concerts than downloads. New acts, in theory, could bypass the record companies and go directly to the people via the Internet.
While that's not impossible, it's hard to get major notice without some backing. Many record companies, meanwhile, appear less likely to take chances on unproven acts at a time when executive should be shaking things up.
It's telling that the Beatles, who last recorded together nearly 40 years ago, scored the No. 1 album of the decade with the hits collection "1." The accomplishment speaks both to the enduring power of the group and the lack of mass appeal acts in more recent years.
Another sign of the times: On Tuesday, the New York Post named the quarter-century old "Billie Jean" as the top song of 2009 – bringing home how this year in music was defined by the death of Michael Jackson, whose best days were two decades behind him but whose influence and loss are keenly felt.
"American Idol" and the such are among the last of the mass-audience TV shows in an era when interests and media are becoming increasingly segmented, due in great part to the influence of the Internet.
An unapologetic Cowell is in the line of minting pop stars who look good, sing well enough and rarely offend (Adam Lambert's gyration antics aside). He's done it on "Idol" and on "The X Factor," which he reportedly plans to bring to Las Vegas (Cowell, meanwhile, intends to leave "Idol" after this season to concentrate on bringing "The X Factor" to the U.S., his brother said).
But let's not forget that the busy Cowell, through his "Britain's Got talent" show, gave us Susan Boyle, the dowdy, unlikely superstar who scored the year's top YouTube video and a record-breaking album. Whatever one thinks of her Broadway-infused style and material, there's no denying the strength of her talent.
Cowell, who doesn't go out of his way to be likeable, is a convenient bogeyman for the crisis in popular music. But there are many factors at play, not just "The X Factor."
It's not as simple as blaming Simon.
Hester is founding director of the award-winning, multi-media NYCity News Service at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. He is the former City Editor of the New York Daily News, where he started as a reporter in 1992. Follow him on Twitter.


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FCC votes to consider lifting in-flight cell phone ban
By Mike M. Ahlers and Katia Hetter, CNN • Updated 13th December 2013
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The Federal Communications Commission voted 3-2 Thursday to consider lifting its ban on in-flight cell phone use.
On the same day, the federal Department of Transportation and three members of Congress took steps to block those calls.
Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx said in a statement to CNN that he is looking into the possibility of banning in-flight calls, citing its aviation consumer protection authority. The DOT will determine whether allowing calls is "fair to consumers."
Many people consider the idea of cell phone conversations annoying in the close confines of a plane, and some are casting it as a consumer rights issue.
"Over the past few weeks, we have heard of concerns raised by airlines, travelers, flight attendants, members of Congress and others who are all troubled over the idea of passengers talking on cell phones in flight -- and I am concerned about this possibility, as well," Foxx said.
Meanwhile, Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-California) and Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tennessee) introduced legislation on Thursday to ban cell phone conversations on commercial airline flights. House Rep. Bill Shuster, (R-Pennsylvania) has also introduced a bill that would prohibit in-flight voice communications but allow text messaging.
Those actions come as the FCC considers whether it should lift its decades-old ban on cell phones on aircraft.
Are the two government entities working at cross purposes? Perhaps. But each cites its individual and independent mandates.
The FCC has banned in-flight calls for technical reasons. But new technology has made that ban obsolete, the commission says, and there's no reason to continue it.
The DOT, which includes the Federal Aviation Administration, is entrusted with safe air travel, but also with protecting the rights of air travelers.
Phones on a plane: To talk or not to talk?
The FCC has been pelted with criticism in the last several weeks after the commission's new chairman made the announcement.
"I'm the last person in the world who wants to listen to someone talking to me while I fly across the country," FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler -- who proposed the change -- told a congressional panel Thursday. "But we are the technical agency, and we will make the rules for the way the new technology works."
The current requirement that cell phones may not be used in-flight would actually be expanded to include all bands, said Wheeler, unless airlines install new on-board equipment that prevents interference with terrestrial networks.
"The proposal would not require airlines to either install such equipment, or to offer mobile wireless services aboard their aircraft" he said. "Airlines would be free, within the confines of the rules of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Department of Transportation (DOT), to make their own decisions. We simply propose that because new technology makes the old rule obsolete the FCC should get government out from between airlines and their passengers."
Your view: Would allowing cell phones on flights open Pandora's chatterbox?
"If we move beyond what we do here today and actually update our rules to allow voice calls on planes we can see a future where our quiet time is monetized and seating in the silent section comes at a premium," said FCC commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel, who voted in favor of the proposal.
The Association of Flight Attendants, a union that has been leading a campaign against cell phone calls in-flight, promised to continue lobbying against the proposal. "As the last line of defense in our nation's aviation system, flight attendants understand the importance of maintaining a calm cabin environment, and passengers agree," said AFA president Veda Shook, in a statement.
A Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday indicates most Americans want silence when they fly, with 59% saying they don't want the use of cell phones on airplanes and only 30% saying they are in favor of lifting the ban. A mute button is also a strong option among those polled.
Even a majority of tech-reliant younger respondents, ages 18 to 29, are against using phones on planes -- 52% opposed to 39% in favor.
The FCC is taking public input on the proposal, and an agency statement says officials will consider consumer and stakeholder opinion before taking any final action. The agency offers more information on its website, including a
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
and a
means of filing comments onlin
Rep. Shuster told CNN that crying babies and snoozing adults cause enough commotion on flights, and cell phone calls will only make matters worse.
"Tap, don't talk," Shuster said.
Opinion: Phone calls on planes? Please, no!
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the texas in africa year in review
I thought about doing best-of lists in all this blog's categories, but, well, it's too much trouble. Besides, if you want long lists of the best albums of the year, you can look here or here, and if you want to know what you should've read this year, you should find someone who reads books in the same year they are published. Instead, I thought I'd just cover some of my favorites from the year, with full recognition that they may not be the "best" in anyone else's opinion. With that, it's time to take a stab at choosing my favorite stuff and events from 2005:
Texan of the Year: Craig McDonald at Texans for Public Justice. If DeLay goes down this year, it's due almost entirely to McDonald and his staff's push for more transparency, less big-money influence, and less corruption in government. He doesn't get much credit for all his work, although Rolling Stone did a nice piece on him in their year-in-review issue.
Man of the Year: Jack Abramoff, for taking sleaze to a whole new level and then getting caught. Mark my words, he's going to cut a deal and it's going to shake Washington and state-level politics in a way that nothing has since the Iran Contra Affair. People who could be indicted or in serious trouble when he talks: Tom DeLay, Lamar Smith, Ralph Reed, and many, many others. People who probably haven't done anything illegal but who will have some serious 'splaining to do: John Cornyn.
Albums I Loved:
- Anna Coogan & North 19, Glory - This is actually a 2004 album, but it didn't get airplay until this year. A classically trained opera-singer, Coogan sounds like Kelly Willis with a bluegrass band and the overall effect is stunning. I love, love, love the title track and listened to it throughout SXSW.
- The Greencards, Weather & Water - We used to go see the Greencards play on the deck at Mother Egan's Sunday bluegrass brunch. Now they're famous and opening for big-time acts. Glad to see them succeed, sad that they're not at brunch anymore. This album is their real national breakthrough and they have earned success.
- Calexico & Iron & Wine, In the Reins - Technically an EP; nonetheless my favorite album of the year. See my old review here.
- James McMurtry, Childish Things - McMurtry takes it to a whole new level with this fantastic collection of musings on everything from the Bush administration to losing your innocence.
- Kaiser Chiefs, Employment - Totally cheesy Brit-indie-post-punk-pop and I loved it. How can you not love a song called "Na-Na-Na-Na-Na"?!?
- Sufjan Stevens, Illinois - It's a concept album! And he's a Christian! And there's hype in every single direction! And all the indie kids loved him! And Pitchfork picked him first! And it actually was really good.
- Los Super Seven, Heard it on the X - Great compilation album/tribute to border radio. My daddy used to listen to Wolfman Jack on the X, and I owe my love of music to him. A great album from lots of famous artists.
- Various, A Tribute to Billy Joe Shaver Live - Excellent live album from last year's birthday tribute to one of the best songwriters ever.
- Macon Greyson, Translate and Miles From Here - Macon Greyson is one of my favorite Texas bands. While Translate was their real release this year and was good and all that, one less-noticed thing that happened was that they finally released an album-length version of their old EP, Miles From Here. And it is amazing. I've loved the EP for awhile now and all its songs with their alt.country-history-acknowledging lyrics are here (including the fabulous "3 AM" ("no depression is harder than your own"), "Life of Riley,""You Will Be," and one of my all-time favorite songs, "Picture in a Frame." The rest of the album is live tracks and demos, and, okay, so it's cheating to call it a 2005 album, but I don't care. Listen to "PCS" and "Patchwork Alibis" (both of which are on Translate) and tell me it doesn't sound like what would've happened if Jay Farrar had been born in West Texas.
- The New Pornographers, Twin Cinema - The opening track is SO much fun. This has been my make-a-bad-day-good album all fall.
- Marty Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives, Souls' Chapel - Old-school gospel from one of my least-favorite country singers. Who'd've thunk, but it's such a great album. The best track is "Lord, Give Me Just a Little More Time."
- Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez, Red Dog Tracks - It was such a pain to try to find this in DC when it was released in May, but wow was it worth it. Taylor & Rodriguez deliver a perfect blend of duets in a unique style that develops into something better and better with every album they release.
Albums I still don't know what to think about:
- Bright Eyes, I'm Wide Awake It's Morning - Back and forth, back and forth. Is Conor Oberst a genius/future Bob-Dylan, or just a pretentious Nebraska punk with a big head? Either way, "Land Locked Blues" and "First Day of My Life" are great songs.
Ryan Adams - Three albums in one year is overdoing it, even if you are a youthful genius. Rather than pick one, here's the album I would've liked to have seen, concepts be darned:
- Magnolia Mountain
- A Kiss Before I Go
- The End
- Let It Ride
- Rosebud
- Friends
- September
- Elizabeth, You Were Born to Play that Part
- Voices
- Now that You're Gone
- How Do You Keep Love Alive
The only Podcast to listen to:
- Fulmerica Radio on Drive Like Hell. Say what you will about anyone who designs a website around fictional characters from his book, the alt.country/indie rock mixes are fantastic and well worth the six-week wait between sporadic postings.
Best shows I saw:
- Concert for Tsunami Relief, Austin Music Hall, January 9. An incredibly varied evening of fantastic music for dirt-cheap ($25) and all for a very important cause. Where else will you see Joe Ely, Alejandro Escovedo, Kelly Willis and Bruce Robison, Natalie Maines, and Spoon all on the same stage? Willie and Patty Griffin's duet on "Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground" was so beautiful it should go down in the record books.
- The Old 97's live album taping, Gruene Hall, June 17. It's unfortuante that the album didn't capture the evening's energy, because the show rocked in the sweltering heat that caused a guy in front of us to pass out. Worth every bit of sweat and exhaustion.
- The Arcade Fire, Emo's, January 21. Incredible, energy-packed show for the hipsters-in-the-know. It was perfect until they played a Talking Heads cover and we realized how much TH influence is in their music.
- Calexico's SXSW set, Antone's, March 18. It took an hour to get inside and another hour of enduring the Frames to get there, but getting to be on the front row was worth it. Bonus when Neko Case arrived to sing along on a couple of songs. Fantastic show.
- Son Volt's SXSW set, Stubb's, March 19. Front row at Stubb's for one of the revived Son Volt's first performances. What else can I say? Except that the set list is hanging on my wall, not much.
- Billy Joe Shaver, Nutty Brown Cafe, July 9. Shaver says he's either all-there or not, and it was the former for this show. The highlight was when he sang "When the Fallen Angels Fly" and started pretending to fly himself before kneeling in prayer, then segueing into my favorite song, "Live Forever." Beautiful, transcendent, and exactly perfect.
- James McMurtry, Waterloo in-store, September 8. An in-store is not a show, but McMurtry captured something in his brief performance that left an impression. This was the first time I heard the incredible, "We Can't Make it Here Anymore," a song about America's working rural poor - if you haven't heard the song, go download it now. Wow.
- Best ACL sets, September 23-25 - Steve Earle & the Dukes, Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon, Split Lip Rayfield, The Weary Boys, Buddy Guy, Rilo Kiley, Wilco
- Iron & Wine and Calexico, Stubb's, October 30. Wow. Wow. Wow.
- Walt Willkins, Cheatham Street, November 11. He sang "Poetry" and "I Chose This Road." And I was happy.
- Jeff Tweedy, Ulster PAC Kingston, NY, November 18. Yep.
Worst Show:
- David Allan Coe, in a field in Smithville, April 30. So bad I can't even come up with a description. But the free KVET tickets and the fact that it was my birthday convinced my sister to come along and we had a ball mocking it all.
- October 9 vs. Oklahoma in the Cotton Bowl. Vindication was so, so sweet in the first place. Getting to enjoy it on the 50 in the OU section and on the OU Alumni Association bus was even better. Thanks, Aunt Becky!!!
- October 22 vs. Texas Tech. GameDay Live in the morning, tailgating with a bunch of friends, and the energy in the air on a beautiful Saturday made for a great day of the best sport there is.
- Big XII Championship vs. Colorado, Houston, December 3. Not because the game was interesting (it wasn't), or because we were seated on the roof (we were), but because it was like a big, vindicating pep rally for the Longhorns. The roses were nice, too.
Random Life Things
Wonder Products of the Year
- Mario Badescu Drying Lotion - Wow. This is actually a Wonder Product of the Century.
- Tide-to-Go - Wow. A stain-remover for when you're out and about. Or in the Congo. Why didn't they come up with this sooner?
- Lorac Paparazzi eyeliner - So fun for a night out.
- Best birthday present ever: The Bose SoundDock for iPod. Love isn't really a strong enough word.
Best random run-ins:
- Karl Rove. Skye thinks it's our destiny to have something to do with the man down the line. First there was February and the inadvertant renting of his vacation home for our annual girls' weekend. Then in May while meeting friends at the Willard, who should come prancing down the stairs but the man himself? Then, Skye manages to be seated between his aides on a flight to Texas while the man himself sat up front. I hope our destiny doesn't have anything to do with his potential indictments.
- I was waiting for a bus in Bukavu, DRC, and this guy saw the Texas flag on my Nalgene bottle and said, "Texas! LBJ!" We got to talking and it turns out that he's an English teacher there who went to the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago during the LBJ administration. On top of that, he's a Baptist, and I have an invitation to services when I return.
- Bill Clinton. July in the lobby of the Intercontinental Hotel in Kigali, Rwanda. Enough said.
- Dinner with a whole mess of famous-for-DC types in Washington including this one, this one, and this one.
Best Things I got to Do:
- Developing and running the first-ever Christian Life Commission Summer Public Policy Institute for high school students who are interested in the intersection of faith and politics. I feel like this was something I was meant to do - it was an opportunity to combine so many personal interests and skills and the kids we had were so great and we had such wonderful conversations about vocation, life, and calling. On the last night, we sat outside watching an electrical storm in the distance and sang some songs and took communion and it was just one of those perfect moments.
- Getting to talk with the Wilton youth about poverty and policy while sitting at the Village Market cafe in Nairobi in August. These girls come from one of the wealthiest places in America and were in a little bit of shock, but it was great to talk with them about what difference they can make in the face of such overwhelming suffering.
- The GA Campout at Enchanted Rock in April. So much fun to get out there with the kiddos and have an adventure. Some of them had made it to ten years old without ever going camping. We had a ball.
- My first trip back to Connecticut since moving away over Memorial Day weekend. I went to Wilton Baptist for church on Sunday and we sang my favorite childhood hymn, "Blessed Assurance." I was sitting with Susanna and seeing so many familiar faces and thinking about God's grace when we sang, "echoes of mercy / whispers of love."
- Moving to the ranch this fall. The light and the nature and the quiet were exactly what I needed.
There's much more because life is a constant wonder, but it's New Year's Eve and time to go. The rotten year of 2005 is finally over, Ginger has declared 2006 "The Year of No Crying," and I'm going with "It Can't Be Worse than '05." Hope you and yours have a wonderful new year. Thanks for reading my blog and see you next year!


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As the 2013 harness racing season came to an end, the most anticipated race of the year featured the sport's most recent Pacer of the Year Award winners - Captaintreacherous and Foiled Again.
On Saturday, the two stars will renew their acquaintance in the first of two eliminations for the $500,000 Ben Franklin Pace for older pacers at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs.
Foiled Again, a 10-year-old who is the richest harness racing horse in North American history, won their first encounter in November's $512,000 TVG Free For All Series championship.
Captaintreacherous, who was trying to become the first 3-year-old to defeat older stakes rivals since Niatross in 1980, finished sixth.
Now at the age of 4, Captaintreacherous will face older rivals on a regular basis. And it begins Saturday.
"I felt good with the way he ended up last year," trainer Tony Alagna said about Captaintreacherous. "He finished sixth, but he was only beaten two lengths by the best aged horses out there. That showed a lot, with as tough of a 3-year-old campaign that he had. I think he's definitely going to be a force in the open division."
Saturday's two Ben Franklin Pace eliminations are part of a card that also includes two eliminations for the $500,000 Earl Beal Jr. Memorial Stakes for 3-year-old trotters, three eliminations for the $500,000 Max C. Hempt Memorial for 3-year-old pacers, and three eliminations for the $300,000 James M. Lynch Memorial for 3-year-old female pacers.
Captaintreacherous, who was named the Dan Patch Award-winning Pacer of the Year in 2012 and 2013, has won 22 of 27 career races and earned $3.02 million for the Captaintreacherous Racing ownership group.
He won his 2014 debut last Friday at the Meadowlands, beating a field of 4-year-olds in the $100,000 Meadowlands Maturity, which pushed him past Presidential Ball to No. 13 in purses among all pacers in history.
Captaintreacherous started the Maturity from post 10 and took the lead on the backstretch on his way to a 1:49.2 triumph.
"I was very happy with his first start," Alagna said. "There's always concern, first start coming back, drawing the 10 hole against horses that already had some starts under their belts, but off three qualifiers - especially the last one - we thought he was ready to go. He raced very well."
Captaintreacherous and driver Tim Tetrick used a :27 move during the Maturity's second quarter to take the lead. They settled into a :28.2 third quarter before coming home in :27.
"I liked the way he moved up the backside," Alagna said. "He really went to the backside strong, which is good because he's going to have to learn a little bit more maneuverability this year against those types of horses. Like always, he came right back to Timmy and was very quiet in the third quarter and when he called on him at the head of the lane he sprinted off.
"He was doing his best pacing at the wire, so I was very happy about that."
Captaintreacherous won five of six starts at Pocono Downs last year. He won the Breeders Crown in October, two months after suffering his only setback at the northeast Pennsylvania oval, losing the Battle of the Brandywine by a nose to Sunshine Beach in a world-record 1:47.4.
"We raced him at Pocono as a 3-year-old and he was very good over the track," Alagna said. "Of course, it's a different group of horses, but we think he's ready to go."
Foiled Again has won 80 of 207 races and earned $6.25 million. He has won four of nine races this year and only once finished worse than third. He comes into the Franklin elim off a second-place finish in last weekend's $92,000 Mohawk Gold Cup Invitational.
The top four finishers from each of the two Franklin eliminations advance to the final on June 28. Also advancing will be the fastest fifth-place finisher.
In the first elim, the field in post order is Domethatagain, Bettor's Edge, Sunfire Blue Chip, Captaintreacherous, Foiled Again, Sunshine Beach, and Beach Memories. The second elim is Captive Audience, Modern Legend, Sweet Lou, Allstar Legend, Clear Vision, Rockin Amadeus, and Bolt The Duer.
Saturday's Earl Beal Jr. Memorial elims feature Father Patrick, who was the 2013 Dan Patch Award winner for best 2-year-old male trotter. Father Patrick is 3-for-3 this season and has won 13 of 14 lifetime races.
Uffizi Hanover, who won last weekend's Fan Hanover Stakes, is among the 3-year-old filly hopefuls in the Lynch Memorial while Art Rooney Pace winner All Bets Off is among the 3-year-old male pacers in the Hempt.
Ken Weingartner
Harness Racing Communications
U.S. Trotting Association


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Mounting deficits and escalating costs have some budget hawks posing a provocative question: Are we paying our servicemembers too much?
Military compensation has outpaced inflation rates and private-sector wages by more than 25 percent the past decade, according to the Congressional Budget Office, and some contend it's time to rein in those costs as the nation heads toward the so-called fiscal cliff.
The military faces big cuts whether or not Congress comes to some agreement to avert the automatic spending reductions that are scheduled to take place on Jan. 1, and compensation will surely be on the table. If they fail to reach a deal, the defense budget could face $500 billion in reductions the next 10 years
Military cash compensation jumped 52 percent overall compared to 24 percent for the private sector workforce between 2002 to 2010, the CBO report said.
The CBO report suggests the Defense Department could control the cost of cash compensation by capping military raises, and by relying more on bonuses and special pay to recruit and retain servicemembers.
Military compensation reductions aren't popular with lawmakers in Congress. U.S. Rep. Steve Austria, R-Beavercreek, said he's open to talking about changes to future enlistees' compensation, but not on those now in uniform.
"I believe the government needs to honor its commitment and provide those benefits that were mutually agreed (to) to those in our military," Austria said.
The CBO offered options to reduce the rate of basic pay raises, including asking servicemembers and military retirees to pay more for health care, and to contribute more toward retirement savings, among other suggestions.
Military advocates say many servicemembers have sacrificed with multiple deployments to war zones in Iraq and Afghanistan, spend lengthy time away from their families and are entitled to more compensation for the risks they face to protect the nation.
"It's a burden and I think we need to do everything we can to support them," said Dennis DeMolet, a disabled Vietnam veteran and Huber Heights resident who was in the Marine Corps.
He doesn't want to see servicemembers lose out on pay gains or be forced to pay more for benefits. Some military families, who often are uprooted to move to new assignments, "don't make enough money to put more money into the system," he said.
The cost of manpower
The Pentagon has proposed spending $149 billion on military compensation, or 28 percent of a $526 billion baseline budget this fiscal year, excluding the costs of the war in Afghanistan, the CBO report said. Of that amount, more than $90 billion pays for basic pay, food and housing allowances, bonuses and special pays.
The defense budget sets aside another $16 billion toward future pension benefits for current servicemembers.
Roughly $40 billion pays the health benefits of 1.4 million active-duty servicemembers, part of a total of 10 million people who are eligible for low-cost health care, such as military retirees and eligible family members, according to the CBO.
Active-duty servicemembers earn base pay, and are entitled to additional money to compensate for housing and food expenses.
For example, an Army corporal would earn regular military compensation of $50,860 after four to six years of service. That total includes $27,200 in basic pay; a nationwide average housing allowance of $14,280, although the actual amount paid varies depending on where the soldier lives; and tax-free allowances or benefits that amount to $4,660. A higher-ranking Army captain who is married would earn $92,200 after about six years on active duty, according to the CBO.
A comparison to civilian wages shows a person in the private sector with some college education or a high school diploma on average earns less than $30,000 a year, a Department of Defense review shows. A civilian with a master's degree or higher earns on average a little more than $60,000.
The military appropriation for each active-duty servicemember has reached just over $100,000, CBO reported.
Servicemembers can retire after 20 years of service and qualify for a pension. A health care insurance program called Tricare covers both current active-duty and some retired and reserve servicemembers' health care costs at no cost or at rates typically less than private insurance.
Thomas Istvan, an Air Force retiree who spent time in Vietnam and has two sons in the military, said he could support lower pay raises of 2 percent or slightly less for active-duty servicemembers.
"As odd as it sounds, I think that would be fine," the Huber Heights resident said. "I think the military right now is being paid a fairly good wage."
His advice for his sons: "If they want a pay increase, I tell them both to work harder, get promoted."
Istvan, however, doesn't support asking retirees to pay more for health care.
"I'm definitely against that," he said. "If you've given Uncle Sam at least 20 years, he ought to give you free medical care or give it to you at a low cost."
'Retention crashed'
The military will have to share in sacrifices with the nation in a budget crunch, but pay restrictions are counterproductive, according to Steve Strobridge, the director of the government relations at the Military Officers Association of America in Alexandria, Va. When military pay was restricted periodically between the 1970s and the 1990s, "retention crashed," he said.
The bump in pay and compensation the past decade was meant to raise servicemembers' compensation because it often lagged behind their civilian counterparts, he said, and personnel costs today are no greater a percentage of the budget than they have been historically -- about a third of spending.
Benefits, such as health care and retirement pay, are incentives needed to encourage military members to pursue a career most Americans are not willing to sacrifice for one term of enlistment, let alone two decades or longer, said Strobridge, a retired Air Force colonel and former Defense Department director of officer and enlisted personnel management.
"If anything, the hardships of military service are worse now," he said. "People tend to forget what it takes to serve a career."
MOAA has suggested a list of possible cost-cutting options, such as a unified medical command to reduce health care costs in the Army, Navy and Air Force about half a billion dollars a year. The non-profit organization has urged more members to use mail order prescription drug refills, among other places where the Pentagon could save money, he said.
The Defense Department should survey servicemembers to find out what pay and benefits they value or don't value to determine where to cut, said Todd Harrison, senior fellow for defense budget studies at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments in Washington, D.C.
"The reality is we're in a constrained budget environment," he said. "We always have been. We're just starting to realize it again. So we have to make some hard decisions. There are choices we have to make that aren't easy choices."
If compensation costs keep growing while the defense budget declines, eventually the military will have to make trade-offs on what to fund among personnel, training and equipment, he said.
"That's not an easy answer and whatever you choose is going to be painful in some way," he said.
Congress tends to be "quite reluctant to cut or appear to be reducing military compensation," said Asch, who authored a RAND report on military compensation this year with two of her colleagues. "If anything, over the last decade they have been quite generous in expanding compensation."
U.S. Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, told the Dayton Daily News he hadn't reviewed the CBO report, but has supported a bill that would set up a Defense Department commission to review military compensation and modernization plans by next September.
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, supports cuts to the defense budget, although "he doesn't think they should come from our service members' paychecks or jeopardize our national security," spokeswoman Lauren Kulik said in an email.
Tom Crosson, a spokesman for U.S. Rep. Mike Turner, R-Dayton, said the congressman's office was reviewing the CBO report and he wasn't able to comment.
"However, I can tell you that Congressman Turner joined the House in voting to avert this fiscal cliff earlier this year, and that bill did not contain any provisions which would restrict pay hikes for the military or make any changes to their health care or retirement programs," the spokesman said in an email.