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Anyone convicted of a California criminal offense can have a sentence commuted by the governor (except people who were impeached). 4
Even people sentenced to death or life imprisonment can have their sentences commuted by the governor.
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FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Dressed in jeans, a low-neck T-shirt and white sneakers, 19-year-old Ravon Jordan strode confidently to the podium to address the city council.
He had just three minutes, so he got right to the point: Eleven days earlier, on May 1, Jordan's best friend, Shaniqua Simmons, and her boyfriend were gunned down in an apartment at the complex formally known as the Cambridge Arms. It was the second double homicide at the 694-unit complex since January, and Jordan said it was time for the city to close it down.
"I don't feel like, as a resident in an apartment complex, you should be paying basically for your grave site," he said. "You shouldn't be paying to be killed or murdered in your own house."
City officials had worked with the owners to increase security, to install more cameras, even to change the name to Barrington Place. But to Jordan, that wasn't enough.
"Changing the name is not going to change the violence at all," he said politely, but firmly. "You could still put lipstick on a pig, and it's going to be a pig at the end of the day."
Having said what he was there to say, he stepped away from the microphone. A council member thanked him for his remarks.
Barely a month later, the aspiring fashion designer was dead.
Cut down in the crossfire between two rival gangs during an early morning house party, he was the victim of the city's ninth homicide of 2014.
As home to one of the Army's largest installations, Fayetteville is no stranger to death. But the loss of this promising, outspoken young man has shaken this tough military town to its core — and caused it to look deep within itself.
"Ravon wasn't a street kid, a hoodlum, anything like that," said Shauna Hopkins, who mentored Ravon through a program for at-risk teens. "Some kids, you kind of see things coming. But this one? This blind-sided me."
"Fayettenam," as this city of 205,000 along the Cape Fear River is sometimes called, has something of a split personality.
Anchored by the old market, beneath whose Moorish arches slaves were once traded, the downtown boasts some well-preserved 18th and 19th architecture. Beyond the city center, cul-de-sac subdivisions and manicured golf courses stretch out into surrounding Cumberland County.
But along Bragg Boulevard and other major thoroughfares, pawn shops, strip clubs and tattoo parlors service the transient population at the sprawling Fort Bragg Army installation.
To be sure, Fayetteville is no Detroit, New Orleans or Chicago. But it has more than its fair share of violent crime.
In 2012, the city's homicide rate was nearly 11 per 100,000 residents — more than twice the national rate and considerably above that of similarly sized cities, according to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting program. In reporting its ongoing series, "Seeking Safety," The Fayetteville Observer discovered an unnerving statistic: Between 2010 and 2013, police records show that 2,603 guns were reported stolen in the city — an average of about two a day.
By all accounts, that was not Ravon Jordan's world.
The youngest of three boys, Ravon — he pronounced it RAY-von — was more interested in his stepdad's airbrush gun than the kinds gang-bangers use. One day, his mother returned from some errands to find the walls around his bed festooned with planets and stars, his name painted in bold cursive above his headboard.
"I was very shocked when I came in, because it was without permission," she said with a sigh as she stood beside his empty bed on one recent afternoon. "But that's Ravon."
The closest Ravon came to trouble was when, at 15, he was accused of shoplifting a rubber bracelet. His mother says it was a misunderstanding, and no charges were filed.
By then, Ravon had already joined older brothers Rotreil and Rometreius at Find-A-Friend, run by the Fayetteville Urban Ministry. Hopkins, the program coordinator, said Ravon immediately emerged as a leader. She remembered one instance when the children were teasing a girl about her weight. Before she could step in, Ravon was on it.
"It's not funny," she recalled him saying. "We're all here for a reason and we're all here to support each other and we're supposed to be a family. So we're not going to do that."
His favorite movie growing up was "Bambi," and he was always quoting Thumper the rabbit: "If you can't say something nice, don't say nothing at all."
At Westover High School, Ravon ran track and was in the band chorus. His junior year, he led the school's new percussive dance team, the Powerade Soul Steppers. But as much as he liked to dance, his passion was design. Felicia Jordan says Ravon was always asking to go shopping, but not at the mall.
"He would say, 'Ma, let's go to the Goodwill,'" she recalled, smiling.
He would take the secondhand clothes and make them new. Before long, friends and family were begging for a pair of his slashed jeans or a tie-dyed shirt. He'd take no money for his work.
"Just put me out there," he'd say.
Generally, nothing got him down. Simmons' death changed that. Friends say Ravon blamed himself. Perhaps if he'd been in town, he might have been with her, and she'd still be alive.
A friend asked Ravon to go to Charlotte on June 21, says Simmons' sister, Anita. He planned to go, but she said he changed his mind, "Because he said that last time he left his friends, that he came back and his friend was murdered."
That evening, Ravon and another friend attended an anti-violence rally in town. Afterward, the two headed to a house party in the city's Southgate section.
Shortly after 1 a.m., an argument broke out in front of the home. The friends decided to go see what was happening.
Anita Simmons also was there. She said she and Ravon were standing beside a truck in the driveway when shots rang out. When she looked up, Ravon was on his back, his eyes closed.
When Felicia Jordan entered the emergency room at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center, it was packed with her son's friends.
When she saw Ravon, she didn't recognize him. His head was covered in bandages, his face horribly swollen.
"That's not my baby," she said to her mother. "That's not Ravon."
As the machines keeping him alive pumped and whirred, tears leaked from Ravon's eyes. She dabbed them with tissues.
Later that morning, doctors declared Ravon brain dead. The following day, before taking him away to harvest his organs for transplant, nurses helped Felicia Jordan make a plaster cast of Ravon's right hand. She gave him a kiss and whispered, "I love you," in his ear.
It wasn't until after his death that Felicia Jordan learned of her son's appearance before the city council. She was at the nail salon, getting a manicure in preparation for his funeral, when a man approached.
"I know you're proud of your son," he said.
"Yes, I'm proud of him," she replied. "I'm proud of all my kids."
"No," the stranger said. "I'm talking about that video he did."
Sensing her confusion, he pulled out his phone and showed her Ravon's speech on Youtube. Tears streamed down Jordan's face.
"I knew he was brave," she said, her chest puffing up. "But I didn't think he was THAT brave."
At the scene of the shooting, investigators found more than 70 spent casings from at least seven distinct weapons scattered on the ground.
Shortly afterward, police released footage from a convenience store surveillance camera showing several agitated men gathered around a car. So far, there has been no word of arrests.
Weeks later, hundreds came together on the steps of the Cumberland County Courthouse to mourn Ravon and other victims of gun violence.
As a council member, Mitch Colvin had listened to Ravon's plea. As a funeral director, he was called upon to "plan his homegoing."
"This has got to stop," he thundered as members of the crowd waved their hands and nodded their heads. "The young, black male in this city is an endangered species."
Police Chief Harold Medlock told the crowd that he and his officers were "weary."
"We know that sons and daughters, friends, brothers and sisters are carrying guns," he said. "But it's not our business. ... Folks, I'm here to tell you it is our business, and that blood is on the hands of everyone in our city if we're not holding our youth accountable for their actions before tragedy occurs."
Felicia Jordan was there, wearing a pair of her son's shredded jeans. She begged the young people in the audience to stay away from "kickbacks" like the one where Ravon was shot. She told them to come to her house instead, and even offered to help them apply to school.
"My son won't be going to college," she said ruefully. "That hurts me. That hurts me."
In fact, the day he died, Ravon was scheduled to come by Shauna Hopkins' office to start work on his college application. He wanted to be a Fayetteville State University Bronco, just like her.
"I've served a lot of children, and I've had a lot of success stories — and some heartbreaks," she said, shaking her head. "This one here is one that has really just torn me up."

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NEW YORK (AP) — From a bank of chairs in an NBC Universal control room, technician Antonella Caruso counted down as if she were anticipating a rocket booster's liftoff: "Nine, eight, seven, six ..."
It was a dress rehearsal for USA's plan to let viewers of "Psych" choose the ending of Wednesday's episode, celebrating the drama's 100th episode and culminating the network's two-year experiment at an exclusively fan-centered approach at marketing.
In the episode, Shawn (actor James Roday) and Gus (Dule Hill) try to solve a murder at a party hosted by an old rock star in a California mansion. There are five suspects: the groupie, the manager, the author, the host and, of course, the butler. During the show, the suspects are narrowed down to three and viewers are asked to vote on social media who they thought committed the crime. Three endings were filmed, each lasting three minutes, and the top vote-getter will be used.
The episode salutes the 1985 film "Clue" and features that film's actors Christopher Lloyd, Lesley Ann Warren and Martin Mull, along with guest shots from Garrett Morris and Curt Smith of Tears For Fears.
Depending on where you live, you could see a different ending. USA is conducting separate votes for the East and West coast airings of the show. (Viewers in other time zones will see the Eastern version at 10 p.m. Eastern.) They estimate tabulating 190,000 to 250,000 votes.
Viewer-selected endings aren't necessarily unique (CBS' "Hawaii Five-0" did one this year), but here fans will be updated a handful of times during the show on how the vote is going. That's where Caruso's practice came in; she was counting down to an insert of a vote tally.
"Psych" is in its seventh season, a point at which most shows are considered "mature" and are losing viewers, but it does have a relatively young, devoted audience and is USA's third most-popular original show behind "Burn Notice" and "Suits." Instead of running general advertisements encouraging viewership when its sixth season started last year, USA sought to engage fans through social media and activities, said Alexandra Shapiro, USA's executive vice president of marketing and digital.
"It's great to be loved," Shapiro said. "But you have to love back."
USA set up online games for "Psych" fans to play, with real and virtual prizes. Particularly high-scoring fans even become part of the game. There was a fan appreciation day, with some invited to meet the cast. USA encouraged social media interaction with stars and others involved with the show. A "slumber party" of viewer-chosen shows that aired from midnight to 6 a.m. on a Saturday in February resulted in some 157,000 mentions on Twitter.
One goal is to make live viewing of new episodes an event, Shapiro said. DVR viewing is fine, but networks still reliably make more money when there is a strong audience for original airings.
So far, so good. The February debut of the seventh season saw stronger ratings than the sixth season opener in 2012, with a 22 percent increase in the desirable young audience of viewers aged 18-to-34, the Nielsen company said.
"Our job is so much harder than it was 10 years ago or even five years ago," Shapiro said. "We used to be content messengers. Now you have to be content creators. You as a marketer have to create compelling content that a fan is going to engage with."
It's not necessarily an approach that works with every show, she said. But it could be a template for some with similar audiences.
For this week, the chief concern is compiling the fans' votes, and making sure technicians in New Jersey charged with making sure the correct ending of Wednesday's episode is inserted.
EDITOR'S NOTE — David Bauder can be reached at dbauder(at)ap.org or on Twitter (at)dbauder.


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The Football Association are currently discussing the option of using video replays to retrospectively punish players after matches, something that could come into force next season.
The 46-year-old believes that the introduction of such initiatives would be a successful way of combating the "ugly" problem that has become a big talking point in football.
"If you ban these divers for a few matches then that will soon eradicate this problem"
"Let's face it, diving is rearing its ugly head every week or so. And what we have to do is get back to when people would only go down if they were on the end of a hard tackle."
Numerous players have been accused of diving this season but some of them, like Tottenham's Gareth Bale, who has been booked five times for simulation, insist they are just trying to avoid injury and not win a free kick.
Spurs coach Ferdinand defended players in the Welshman's situation, and insisted that video evidence would enable the FA to single out the "blatant" divers.
He continued: "There is one problem — that is when players are running at such pace that they need to jump out of the way to avoid serious injury.
"That's a separate issue. So it's about making sure retrospective action just targets the blatant dives. They are the ones we are talking about that need to get stamped out."
The ex-England international, who is among the top-10 highest all-time Premier League scorers with 149 goals in 347 appearances, then reiterated his claim that bans would sent a strong message while quickly addressing the issue.
"What it would do is send out a real message to the divers," he added. "It says — it doesn't matter who you are or who you play for, you have to be banned if you're guilty of diving.
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My LO is 9.5 months old and just eating a little bit of solids. 95% of his diet is still breastmilk. I do not pump. I've had an abundant supply for most of his life, and wondering when it would finally regulate. I recently had some blood work done, and I had to stop taking all supplements for 4 days prior. I had wondered to myself if anything I was taking could be connected to my supply, so I figured it would also be a good time to test that theory by adding things back in one by one and seeing the results.
I take fermented cod liver oil (this one) a la the Westen A Price style of eating. I think that I have now deduced that the FCLO is connected to my drastically increased supply. Has anyone else experienced anything like this in connection to fish oil or FCLO?
As a result, I've not been taking it like I know I should. I'd rather take high quality fish oil of some sort rather than flax or another alternative, but I'll do what I need to do. An ND recently pondered whether the amount of vitamin A in the cod liver oil (vs. regular fish oil) could be the reason for the increased supply. Someone else wondered if the "fermented" part of the FCLO is actually like brewed beer or brewer's yeast?? I dunno about that one, but hey, anything's possible.
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Grecians end long wait for home triumph
Exeter secured their first home win since September 18 with a deserved 2-0 victory over AFC Wimbledon at St James' Park.
The Grecians completely controlled the first half and had several chances to go in front. Jamie Cureton and Liam Sercombe both went close, while John O'Flynn was denied a clear penalty after being flattened by a combination of Will Antwi and Yado Mambo.
The opening goal eventually came after 32 minutes when Alan Gow played in Cureton with a brilliant reverse pass, he let the ball come across him before smashing a low shot into the far corner.
Wimbledon's only threat came on the stroke of half-time but Curtis Osano's shot deflected over the crossbar.
The Dons were far more impressive after the break and enjoyed a great spell of dominance. However, they did not create enough with their possession and O'Flynn added a second for Exeter after 71 minutes when he slotted into an empty net after good work by Craig Woodman and Scot Bennett.
Wimbledon never gave up but they lacked quality in the final third as City held on for three much-needed points.
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It should not come as any surprise to anyone that this is a serious problem in all observant denominations. From Chasidim, to Yeshivish, to Centrist, to LWMO… all have their share of OTD. Not to mention the "Lites" of every denomination.
The reasons one might go OTD are varied and many, including things like having been sexually abused; growing up in a dysfunctional family situation; undiagnosed learning disabilities (like ADD or ADHD); or the inability of teachers to answer hard questions about belief. These and other causes have been discussed here before.
But I would note that the cause of going OTD I have been hearing a lot about lately is the lack of finding any inspiration in the classroom. It doesn't matter whether the classroom is a Charedi one or a Modern Orthodox one. The lack of inspiration to remain observant is clearly either missing or being missed by students who do not pick up on it – if it is there at all.
This was brought home to me again last night at the annual NCSY dinner here in Chicago. One of the awardees made this point as did my son in law, Rabbi Micah Greenland, International Director of NCSY (as well as Regional Director of the Midwest Region).
He spoke about this week's Torah portion where the very first Mitzvah given to the Jewish people as a nation was the establishment of the lunar calendar. Although I am not a Kabbalist and avoid references to the Zohar for many reasons (which I am not going to go into here) Rabbi Greenland made reference to the Zohar's explanation for God giving this - as the very first Mitzvah to His people. He compares the Jewish people to the phases of the moon. The moon waxes and wanes every month. And every month when it renews its waxing and waning cycle we bless it.
The Jewish people have their own moments of waxing and waning. Sometimes that occurs simultaneously. As is the case in our own era. On the one hand we live in unprecedented times. There are more Jews learning in religious day schools, high schools, and Yeshivos post highs schools than at any time in history. There are more books published in English on every possible variety of Torah subjects than ever before enabling masses of people to access Torah unlike any time in history. There are tons of Shiuriom on the interent on every Torah subject and for every level of student – from the most sophisticated advanced student of Gemerah to the novice.
On the other hand this is a drop in the bucket compared to the number of Jews who don't know anything about their own religion and don't care. They do not know an Aleph from a Beis. Not because they reject Judaism. But because they never had the slightest exposure to it… other than tokenism. If I am not mistaken the figure Rabbi Greenalnd used is 90%.
90% of all Jews fall into this category. And more than half of them intermarry. In many cases this is even a cause for celebration. In a country that celebrates both diversity and assimilation at the same time, a mixed marriage is the quintessential example of how that works.
Who can forget the image of Chelsea Clinton under a Chupah with her Talis wearing, Yarmulke wearing Chasan! The pop culture media salivated with great joy over that event. This is a media that includes many Jews. And many of those are themselves intermarried. As nice as it might seem for our standing in this country for one of our own to marry the daughter of a President, an intermarriage is not something to celebrate.
What we end up having is a twofold problem. Reaching out to the unaffiliated and reaching in to the uninspired. There is a lot of good work being done in the former. But what about the latter?
Rabbi Greenland said that NCSY addreses both problems. Although the majority of NCSY attendees are from non observant backgrounds, there are many from religious backgrounds who attend religious schools. While they all are taught the basics of Halacha, and how to study Torah in all its various forms many students just go through the motions. Once they graduate high school and move on to a university campus, the lack of having had any inspiration can easily cause them to drop observance altogether.
While there are some universities that have an excellent Jewish presence that enables students to remain observant there are many that don't. If they do not pick up any enthusiasm for their Judaism in high school, they can easily go OTD. It seems to be a big problem. I've addressed this issue before.
Memo to Jewish educators: While it is vitally important to have organizations like NCSY to fill in the 'inspiration gap' left out in the schools, it is perhaps even more important to ask why that kind of inspiration is lacking or insufficient in the classroom. And then try to do something about it.
Among the many things Judaism can do for you is to give meaning to your life. Judaism is more than about following Halacha and believing in God and His Torah. While those are the essential elements of Judaism - they may not be enough for some people to keep adhering to the sometimes difficult task of being observant in a society that values freedom above all else. Without understanding that Judaism provides meaning to one's life, one can end up rejecting it. But even with that knowledge motivating observance may fall short if there is no reinforcement by one's peers and friends
Sam Love who recently wrote so poignantly about his own journey in and out of observance contacted me again, recently. Among other things he said the following which I think sums it up:
We are born, we go to school, we work, we get married, we get divorced, we retire and we die. If life in this world is not our ultimate goal, what is the purpose of living? The purpose of living is to prepare for our ultimate goal - olam haba. It just makes sense. And what can prepare us for our ultimate goal in life? Religion - yiddishkeit. That was my (original) reason (for becoming observant) and even today, secular society seems so vacant and pointless. Yiddishkeit and NCSY do not seem vacant and pointless. My experiences in the Frum world (Chabad and Yeshiva) seem more dismal than secular society.
I am now going to school in Toronto. As you may know, there is a huge jewish community here, and I think it is safe to say that not everyone here is Luvavitch or Yeshivish - yet I haven't been to shul here in the nearly 2 years that I have been here, and I don't plan on going to any in the near future.
Why? I can't quite put my finger on it, but if I had to guess, it would be that there are most likely going to be bad people at shul and it presumably (based on past experiences) would be an uncomfortable environment, so why would I want to put myself through that and go?
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Subject: ./a/association/wasnt_it_a_bit_like_now.crd "Wasn't It A Bit Like Now (Parallel '23)" (Terry Kirkman) Intro: F7 F#7 G7 [5X; start to fade 3rd time] Verse: Bb Silly bubbles effervesce F7 In the mothball smell of a beaded dress The "Oh, you kid"s, the marathons Bb Gb7 F7 The bathtub gin, hungover dawns Bb The round-framed picture, the flat straw hat F7 The long-nosed roadster at a mile a minute flat The bell-bottom pants, the fine silk vest [N.C.] Are all tucked away in her cedar chest Chorus: (F7) Ah-ha-ha Ah-ha-ha F7 E7 F7 Ah-ha-ha-ha-ha ha-ah-ah Bb Wasn't it a bit like now F7 Huh Mom, huh Dad? Are all the memories really gone Bb Gone of the best darn times Gb9 F9 I'll bet you ever had Bb Instead of "groovy" it was "mean" And jeepers, it's wild Eb Edim It just doesn't seem that different now Bb /A /Ab G7 The why's are the same, it's just a question of how Eb Edim Doesn't it seem a little bit like now Bb /A /Ab G7 I pose this question to your arching brow C7 F7 Bb Huh Mom, huh Dad? Bridge: Bb Cosmetic progress intensifies F7 The so-cool look in my baby's eyes The far-out kids, the kicks they're on Bb [N.C.] Obsolete sins, new world's dawn Bb Three pictures for a quarter in your Carnaby hat F7 Jet-propelled cars on the Bonneville flats Slender legs in their paisley best [N.C.] All tucked away in her mini-dress [repeat chorus] [repeat intro to fade] -- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers


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NRA expo features 9 acres of guns, bras and zombies
You can see just about any gun-related product at the annual NRA meeting.
HOUSTON — The political speeches get the headlines but most of the 70,000-plus people attending the National Rifle Association's annual meeting are here to see an eye-popping extravaganza of guns and gun culture.
Nine acres of exhibits at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston show off guns, scopes, grips, holsters, targets, magazines, cabinets, safes and antiques.
And that's just the beginning.
Zombie Industries sells $90 bleeding zombie targets. The human-scale targets can take thousands of rounds, and come in terrorist, Nazi, alien and zombie kangaroo varieties.
"The zombie is America's folk monster," said Roger Davis Jr., president of the San Diego-based company. "For myself as someone in his mid-30s — or even people in their 20s or 40s who grew up playing video games, it's just a good time. A lot of the media don't cover the fun-time aspect of the shooting sports industry."
The best seller? "Probably the clown. People really seem to hate clowns."
The company makes zombies of all different kinds of people, and Davis emphasizes that there's no political message behind its products.
"The zombie virus doesn't discriminate," he said.
Over in booth 4855, Magpul Industries showed off a tricked-out 1963 Volkswagen microbus — that hippie emblem of peace and flower power — with a Dillon Aero Gatling mini gun mounted on the roof.
The showpiece is street legal but not for sale — it comes from company owner Richard Fitzpatrick's personal collection.
"It's an expression of the company culture more than anything else," said Magpul marketing director Duane Liptak Jr. "We should all be able to agree on individual freedom and personal responsibility."
Magpul makes a variety of accessories that, its marketing says, give gun owners an "unfair advantage." The company is based in Boulder, Colo., but is looking at other locations — including Texas — after the Colorado Legislature passed gun-control legislation.
Flashbang Holsters showed off a bra with a concealed holster. T-shirt vendors hawked slogans such as "Deport Piers Morgan" and "Ted Nugent for President."
What's not for sale at the NRA exhibits? Guns. That's mostly because of logistical concerns about inventory, cash and background checks, said NRA spokesman Andrew Arulanandam.
Then there are products with only a tangential cultural connection to guns, like camping gear, outerwear and gold bullion. (Universal Coin and Bullion, with one of the largest booths at the show, is the official gold dealer of the NRA.)
An entire aisle was set up for safari and big-game hunting excursions. Hertz had a booth to give NRA members rental car discounts. Hillsdale College in Michigan, which has shotgun classes and a shotgun team, recruited high schoolers.
Kubota Tractor Corp. had tractors and front loaders on display.
"This is our kind of audience. They're people who own property. They own tractors," said Susan Holmes, marketing support manager for the Torrence, Calif.-based company.
Project Appleseed combined a revolutionary war history experience with marksmanship training, with the idea of exposing more people to America's inherited gun culture.
"The old market is rural white dudes. But rural America is declining," said the non-profit group's Joshua Streiff. "A lot of people say there are pro-gun people and anti-gun people, but really, there are people who have had a positive firearm experience and those who have not."


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WASHINGTON – Tennnnnn-hut ladies!
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The Obama administration recently decided to lift the ban on women in combat. Legal experts and military historians say that decision has opened the door for a change in the law that currently compels only men between age 18 and 25 to register for a military draft.
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UFC 155: Cain Velasquez Floors Junior Dos Santos in Unanimous Decision
Las Vegas – After 13 miserable months, Cain Velasquez got the chance to put the UFC heavyweight belt around his waist once again.
And this time, when he finally got Junior Dos Santos back in the cage, Velasquez didn't waste a minute.
Reclaiming his UFC heavyweight title Saturday night, Velasquez thoroughly battered Dos Santos in a lopsided unanimous decision at UFC 155.
The Mexican-American (11-1) took early control of the rematch of his only career loss, flooring the Brazilian champion with a big right hand midway through the first round. Velasquez spent most of the match stalking and pounding on Dos Santos (15-2), who never fully recovered from the first-round shot that left him swollen and woozy.
"I was so tired, but I had to endure," Velasquez said. "My coaches and everybody helped me so much. He's tough, too. ... It feels so good to get this. This is my wife's Christmas present. I promised her I would do this."
Velasquez won every round on every judge's scorecard in the UFC's traditional year-end event in its hometown. The three judges scored the bout for Velasquez 50-45, 50-44 and 50-43. The Associated Press also favored Velasquez 50-44, giving a 10-8 advantage to Velasquez in the first round.
Dos Santos took the UFC belt away from Velasquez in November 2011 in just 64 seconds, earning a first-round stoppage victory with one vicious overhand right in Anaheim, Calif. Velasquez refused to blame a knee injury for his only defeat - but in the rematch, he demonstrated exactly what he can do at full strength.
I was so tired, but I had to endure...He's tough, too. ... It feels so good to get this.
"I knew that Junior was a tough striker and he was able to end our last fight that way, so I was prepared for him this time," Velasquez said. "I was able to effectively use my striking and my grappling to control him throughout the fight and get the title back."
A record12,423 fans bought $3.2 million in tickets at the MGM Grand Garden to see the second meeting in what seems certain to be a memorable heavyweight trilogy - although UFC President Dana White said Velasquez is likely to fight again, probably against Alistair Overeem, while Dos Santos heals.
"I don't know if you saw (Dos Santos) after the fight, but he looked terrible," White said. "It's going to be a while until he starts training again."
Dos Santos' loss was his first in the UFC in 10 fights with mixed martial arts' dominant promotion, and his first defeat anywhere since November 2007. Dos Santos expected the rematch to last longer, but also predicted a second knockout.
Instead, Dos Santos barely avoided getting stopped in the first round, and he headed straight to a hospital after the bout. White initially thought Dos Santos had a broken jaw, but the fear was unfounded.
"His game was very effective, and tonight he was better than me," Dos Santos said. "It's not usual for me to take a punch, but he walks forward all the time. His takedowns, his grappler game is very effective, so congratulations for him."
Velasquez immediately showed the rematch would bear little resemblance to the first fight, pursuing Dos Santos from the opening bell and quickly backing up the champion. Velasquez then floored Dos Santos with that huge right to the head midway through the round, and Dos Santos had to cover up in the corner while barely surviving an onslaught of strikes and ground-and-pound.
After brusquely swatting aside his stool and choosing to stand in his corner between rounds, Velasquez went to work on the ground in the second, and the former Arizona State wrestler repeatedly got the boxing specialist into bad positions.
Dos Santos struggled to regain his rhythm, and Velasquez managed another takedown early in the third round before repeatedly tagging the champion with shots that left his face discolored and puffy.
At the final bell, Velasquez collapsed on his back at the center of the cage, pointing skyward with both hands. Although Overeem is tops among several heavyweights who would like a title shot, a third bout between Velasquez and Dos Santos can't be too far away.
"Cain Velasquez, like you said (last year), I'm going to come back and I'm going to take my belt again," Dos Santos said.
Dos Santos' win over Velasquez last year in the UFC's first fight on American network television catapulted the hard-punching Brazilian heavyweight into an international spotlight. Both fighters injured their knees in the month leading up to their first fight, but stayed in the bout because of its importance.
Dos Santos defended his title against Frank Mir earlier this year and got a lucrative sponsorship deal with Nike while emerging as one of the promotion's most likable stars.
Based on reporting by the Associated Press.
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Skip to comments.THOSE EVIL AMERICAN TROOPS FRIGHTENING THOSE POOR IRAQIS
Posted on 12/07/2005 5:24:37 AM PST by NotchJohnson
Yesterday we noted that John Kerry was resorting to his old ways; bashing our men and women in uniform. On last Sunday's Face the Nation Kerry had this to say about the actions of American troops in Iraq: " ..... there is no reason, Bob, that young American soldiers need to be going into the homes of Iraqis in the dead of night, terrorizing kids and children, you know, women ...."
Well, there you go. Now we have the Democratic Presidential candidate, The Poodle, applying the "T" word to our own troops in Iraq. Our men and women in uniform are "terrorizing kids and children, you know, women ...." This was a stark reminder of Kerry testifying before the congress decades ago telling his lies about the actions of American troops in Vietnam. On April 12, 1971 this same John Kerry told the congress that American soldiers in Vietnam had "raped, cut off ears, cut off heads, taped wires from portable telephones to human genitals and turned on the power, cut off limbs, blew up bodies, randomly shot at civilians, razed villages in a fashion reminiscent of Genghis Khan." In Iraq, our troops terrorize. In Vietnam, they cut off heads and randomly shot at civilians. Kerry being Kerry ... slamming and denigrating American soldiers.
Yesterday on the show a caller reminded me of a time when American "troops" did, in fact, knock down a door in the middle of the night and terrorized a child. It happened almost six years ago. Does anybody remember? A Democrat was in the White House, and the "Commander in Chief" of these particular "troops" was a female Democrat. The date was April 22, 2000. The terrorized child was Elian Gonzalez.
Side note: It's interesting to note that as soon as Kerry demeans the American troops, his handlers start trotting out that "decorated combat veteran" stuff. The question of Kerry's combat medals is still very much open ... including those band-aid Purple Hearts of his. You've heard of cut-and-run? Kerry in Vietnam was a story of scratch-and-run. He bailed out with a few scratches .... and left men of stronger moral character than he to stay and do the fighting.
The day he said this I was asking about that picture. Wasn't there a photo?
I wonder what Kerry said about it at the time.
"Frightening" is not the word Schumer used. He said "terrorizing."
Ol' Rice-Butt strikes again!
Actually, I meant Kerry not Schumer.
And as Taranto of WSJ's Best of the Web has repeatedly points out, it's now been OVER 360 days since Kerry PROMISED to release his military records. Why the long face, John? Could it be that the Swift Boat Vets are RIGHT about your cheater Purple Heart medals????
"This was a stark reminder of Kerry testifying before the congress decades ago telling his lies about the actions of American troops in Vietnam."
And yes, the caller who reminded him about Elian was right on.
I remember at the time, I was really troubled over the Elian debacle... and that I tended to side with the father. All those feelings went out the window when I saw the 'Nanny-Police' pull the kid out'ta the closet at gun-point.
Of course the pathological ketchup consort is lying. The Iraqi citizens can protect themselves from Any intuders by puting a blown up picture of botox boy on the door!
I get down on my knees and thank God this man is not our President.
I thought the Commander in Chief was the President, Clinton... not Janet Reno.
How many times do tyou need to be told? It's
And remember little Elian Gonzalez? Kerry wants your vote no matter what you think about how Bill Clinton, Janet Reno and company sent the poor boy back to Fidel Castro's tropical gulag.
"I didn't agree with that," the Massachusetts Democrat insisted. The Herald reported: "But when he was asked to elaborate, Kerry acknowledged that he agreed the boy should have been with his father.
"So what didn't he agree with?" the paper wondered.
Here's all that Kerry could stammer: "I didn't like the way they did it. I thought the process was butchered."
The truth of Democrats: the self hating Americans
What's the difference?
The only reason why Janet Reno stayed on for two terms was that she had stuff on slick Willie that the Monica-mating seemed blah.
It's one thing to say our troops are scary, another thing to say they are terrorists. Why he'd say either is beyond me, but don't whitewash what he said. He accused our troops of engaging in terror.
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Afghanistan, Kabul, May 2006
TB patients registering for their monthly food ration at a clinic in Kabul.
WFP provides assistance to tens of thousands of TB patients across Afghanistan. By providing a family food ration every month (wheat, pulses, oil and salt), WFP gives poor, hungry patients an incentive to complete the lengthy 8 month course of treatment.
WFP's programme supports the government's campaign against TB, along with WHO and NGO's such as German Medical Services that runs this clinic in the capital.
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Subject: Counterfeit Cashier's Checks
Date: August 16, 2006
Description: Community National Bank of Sarasota County
Counterfeit Cashier's Checks of Community National Bank of Sarasota County, Venice, Florida
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I'd like to bring your attention to an experimental project I have been working on for a while: an edition of the first book of the Annals by Tacitus, with commentaries and explanations purely in Latin, and everything illustrated with recordings of the original text:
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The annotations (which are not complete, I might add) mostly deal with explaining vocabulary and grammatical constructions. But, since the text is placed on a wiki, anyone can edit it, so feel free to add (or correct) comments and explanations, as you see fit. If there is some aspect of the text you don't understand, you can always add a note containing only a question, and then someone else can fill in an explanation.
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Alamo Colleges District Educational Services (ACES) is
a secure portal that provides students, staff, and faculty with access
to various applications using a single sign-on. As an ACES user, you
will have access to register for classes, financial aid information,
email, library resources, and online courses. ACES will also provide
you with the latest information of events and important news taking
place within your college with your ACES email that is:
Act – Act is the actual number of students registered for a specific class.
Add — To add a class means to enroll in a course after the after the initial registration period.
Administrative Hold - Administrative holds
result when students fail to comply with the College's administrative
policies, such as failing to maintain a 2.0 GPA or failing to register
for orientation. Such violations result in registration being delayed
until they are corrected.
Associate's Degrees are granted by two-year colleges and some universities and require the completion of 60 or more semester hours of credit.
Bachelor's Degrees are granted by four-year colleges/universities and generally require the completion of 124 or more semester hours of credit.
Banner - is an administrative software
application developed specifically for higher education institutions.
Used for human resources, admissions and records including
Blackboard Vista – Blackboard Vista is the
Learning Management System used by the Alamo Colleges District to deliver online content to
students from 2006 - 2012 in face-to-face, blended, and Internet classes.The use of Blackboard Vista as the Learning Management System was discontinued in the fall of 2012.
Blended Courses - Blended courses are
classes in which at least 25 percent of the course is offered in an
online setting while still retaining elements of traditional teaching
methods, including lectures, discussions, group work, and in-person
activities. Blended courses are not recommended for students who have a
tight work schedule, who do not have the ability to attend on-campus
classes, and/or who live out-of-state or out of the country.
Canvas Instructure - Canvas is the Learning Management System currently used by the Alamo Colleges District to deliver online content to students in face-to-face, blended, and internet classes.
Cap – A cap is the maximum number of students that may register for a specific class.
Census Date - The census date is the date
on which the College certifies student enrollment for financial aid
recipients as well as to the state for formal funding. Courses dropped
by students on or prior to the census date will not appear on permanent
records. See the Academic Calendar in the current SAC Class Schedule
for census dates.
Course Loads – According to the Texas
Higher Education Coordinating Board, students generally should not be
allowed to enroll for more semester credit hours than the number of
weeks in the semester/session. For the 16-week Fall or Spring
semesters, students with a minimum of 12 semester credit hours are
considered full-time students, and they may enroll in more than 19
hours only by permission of the appropriate academic dean. Students may
enroll in a maximum of eight semester credit hours during the
eight-week Flex session, and six semester credit hours during the
six-week Summer session. Students simultaneously enrolled in terms of
different lengths may enroll in a maximum number of credit hours equal
to the number of weeks in the longest term. And, students enrolled in
such special block programs as English as a Second Language and the
Fire Academy, which requires enrollment in credit hours beyond the
maximum normally allowed, may be exempt from these limitations.
Course Number (CRN) - All credit courses
are identified by a four-digit number. The first digit differentiates
between standard college-level courses and developmental level courses
(which begin with a zero). The second digit indicates the number of
semester hours, and the last two digits identify the specific course.
For example, BUSI 2302 is a standard, three-semester-hour college-level
course and ENGL 0301 is a developmental, three-semester-hour course.
Day Class – starts sometime between 6 a.m.
and 11:55 a.m. There may be some variation between departments with
some departments including classes that begin at noon as day (rather
than afternoon) classes.
Degrees – College degrees are classified as Associates (AA or AS), Bachelors (BA), Masters (MA), or Doctorate (Ph.D., Ed.D., etc.).
Developmental - A developmental class is a
class designed to bring a student's basic skills up to a college level
of work. Developmental level courses are designed for students whose
records indicate they need preparation for entering standard
college-level courses. The Developmental Education Program exists to
identify academically under-prepared students, to prescribe appropriate
developmental coursework, to offer alternative delivery methods, and
to ensure adequate support services for students in the program. See
also Basic Skills Enrichment Program in Section 5 of the student
handbook. Developmental classes begin with a 0 (such as Reading 0300
or English 0301). Developmental classes do not count toward the
completion of degree requirements.
disability Student Services (dSS) –
Disability Student Services provides equal educational opportunities
for students with disabling conditions. dSS provides support services,
located in accessible facilities, which are comprehensive in nature.
For more information, call (210) 486-0020 or TDD Voice: (210) 733-2362,
a telecommunication device for the deaf.
Doctorate (Ph.D., Ed.D., etc.) granted by
a few colleges and some universities and generally require the
completion of 30-36 semester hours of graduate-level courses beyond the
Master's Degree and may include extensive research and a dissertation
in addition to written exams.
Drop – Dropping a class is the voluntary or
involuntary official withdrawal from a course (or from all courses).
Dropping a class means to withdraw from the class after a student has
registered for a course but before the course has been completed. If a
class is dropped before the census date, the course will not appear on
the student's permanent records. Students who withdraw from all
courses before the completion of 60 percent of the semester may be
required to repay all or some of the financial aid funds issued to
them. Classes dropped after the census date will have a 'W' rather
than a grade recorded [unless the student dropped from the class is in
poor standing. Students can be failed in a class by the instructor
before the course is complete for cheating, plagiarism, or other
activities that put the student in poor standing.]
Drop Date – is the last day in a semester
when a student can withdraw from a course before course completion
without having a grade assigned for the class. Students that are likely
to fail a course may decide to drop (withdraw from) the course to
avoid having a failing grade lower their overall grade point average.
The drop date usually occurs in the 13th week of a long (full Fall or
Spring) semester.
Dual Credit Program - allows eligible high school students to earn college credit while they are completing their high school requirements.
Enforced Scholastic Withdrawal – A
student on Scholastic Probation will be placed on Enforced Scholastic
Withdrawal if he/she fails to earn a 2.0 grade point average in any
semester/session when 12 semester hours of credit is attempted or
accumulated. A student on Enforced Scholastic Withdrawal will not be
allowed to enroll in any classes during the next semester/session.
The first and second withdrawal will be for one (1) calendar year.
Evening Class – starts between 5:30 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Face to Face – A face-to-face class (also
called a traditional class and sometimes abbreviated as F2F) is a class
that meets in person, on a regular basis, in a physical location (such
as a classroom or lab) with an instructor. Face-to-face classes
usually meet between 1 to 3 times per week in the regular long semester
and may meet between 1 to 5 times per week during flex, Maymester, or
summer semesters.
Freshman - is a student who has 0 to 29 semester hours of college level credit.
Grade Point Average (GPA) -
The GPA is a numerical grade average calculated on completed courses
by determining the total number of quality points earned ("A" = 4, "B" =
3, "C" = 2, "D" = 1, "F" = 0) divided by the number of semester hours
completed (indicated by the second digit of the course number: SPAN
Hold - Administrative holds result when
students fail to comply with the College's administrative policies,
such as failing to maintain a 2.0 GPA or failing to register for
orientation. Such violations result in registration being delayed
until they are corrected.
Hybrid - A Hybrid Class is a cross between a
traditional on-campus class and an Internet class. Some of the class
will be done over the Internet, but there are regularly scheduled
on-campus meetings as well. For example, you may meet once a week on
campus and the rest of your learning will take place on-line.
Internet Class – is a class delivered
entirely online using a Learning Management System, such as Blackboard
Vista, to contain the materials of the course. Students in an Internet
class do not need to come onto the campus for the week-to-week class
meetings, but, depending on the instructor, may need to take major
exams on campus or (if they live outside of San Antonio) at a Testing
Center near them. To take an Internet class, students should have
regular access to a reliable computer with an Internet connection. If
a student needs to communicate with the course's instructor, they can
do so on the phone, through e-mail, or with office visits.
Learning Management System (LMS) – is a
web site with various functions (such as assignment pages and
discussion boards) which help organize and deliver educational
courses. It houses each course by providing a files, folders, and
modules that instructors can place content in and that students can
access at any time during the semesters. Learning Management
Platforms also have the ability to deliver timed quizzes online and to
allow students to send in their assignments.
Major - is the primary concentration in a program of study toward a degree.
Master's Degrees are granted by some
colleges and most universities and generally require the completion of
30-36 semester hours of graduate-level courses beyond the Bachelor's
Degree, plus a major research paper (thesis) and/or comprehensive exam.
Minor - is the secondary concentration of study that may be offered at four-year colleges or universities.
Net (Internet Class) – A net (or Internet)
class is a class delivered entirely online using a Learning Management
System, such as Blackboard Vista, to contain the materials of the
course. Students in an Internet class do not need to come onto the
campus for the week-to-week class meetings, but, depending on the
instructor, may need to take major exams on campus or (if they live
outside of San Antonio) at a Testing Center near them. To take an
Internet class, students should have regular access to a reliable
computer with an Internet connection. If a student needs to communicate
with the course's instructor, they can do so on the phone, through
e-mail, or with office visits.
Open Entry / Open Exit (OE/OE) - courses
are offered in an unstructured setting where students work
independently, adhering to regular weekly attendance and following
predetermined and definite due dates for assignments and tests. The
program, which is a part of the Administrative Computer Technology (ACT)
Department, offers students 23 different software applications
courses. For more information contact the ACT Department at
Payment - Students are not officially
enrolled at SAC until all tuition and fees have been paid. Students
must pay their tuition and fees by the payment deadlines as listed in
the current SAC Class Schedule. Failure to pay by the payment deadline
will cause the student to be dropped from classes. Payment of tuition
and fees may be made by check, money order, or major credit card. Checks
and money orders should be made payable to the College. Payment is
accepted on campus or by Web. A $4 credit card user
fee is charged for each transaction.
Payment Deadline – All tuition and fees must
be paid by the close of business on the payment deadline or the
student's classes will be dropped. Fee bills will not be mailed. Pay
online at alamo.edu with MasterCard, Visa, American Express, or by Web
Check. Debit cards will not be accepted.
Rem – is the number of remaining spaces available for students to enroll in a specific class.
Residency – Students declaring Texas
residency for tuition purposes must submit documents indicating the
establishment of a domicile and continuous Texas residency of one year
prior to the initial registration date in a Texas college or
university. A student declaring Texas Residency for tuition purposes
must complete and sign a "Certification of residency" form during
Six Drop - The 80th Texas Legislature in
the 2007 Legislative session passed SB1231 that limits the number of
classes students can drop throughout their entire undergraduate career
to six (6). The legislation applies only to students who enroll for
the first time in any Texas public college or university after
graduating from high school or earning a GED beginning with the Fall
2007 semester and is in effect every term thereafter. It does not apply
to students who have been enrolled prior to Fall 2007.
Sophomore - A sophomore is a student who has 30 to 59 semester hours of college-level credit.
Start 2 (Late Start) - Start 2 classes are
14 weeks in length and cover the same amount of material and class time
as a regular sixteen-week course. Start 2 courses begin two weeks
after the beginning of the regular term. Start 2 classes are designed
so that students who have had problems with regular registration
(because of financial aid issues or missing registration deadlines) can
still take required courses. Class meeting time is about 21 minutes longer per week (for 3-hour credit course) to make up for the time.
Student Class Load - A full-time student
is enrolled in 12 or more semester Hours in Fall or Spring semester. A
part-time student is enrolled in fewer than 12 semester hours. No
student may enroll for more than 18 semester hours except by written
authorization of the Vice President of Student Affairs or a designee.
Student Classifications – Undergraduate
college students may be classified with freshman or sophomore status
depending on the number of college level credits earned.
Student Development Course (SDEV) –
Students with less than 15 college credit hours successfully completed
must enroll in SDEV 0170 or 0370 during the Fall or Spring semester in
which they enroll. Course topics may include: curricular offerings,
student support services, time management, reading strategies,
note-taking, test-taking, transfer strategies, career exploration,
career exploration, financial management, and healthy lifestyle
strategies. See Student Development in Section 5 of the handbook.
Summer Session - The Summer session is
divided into two six-week sessions and one eight-week session. Courses
taught in Summer's six-week sessions generally meet four days a week,
beginning in June and continuing through mid-July and, again, starting
in mid-July and continuing through mid-August. Eight-week Summer
courses generally meet twice a week from June through July. See the
Academic Calendar for more specific dates.
Syllabus - Generally, instructors provide
students with a course syllabus during the first week of class. The
syllabus includes instructor information, a course description, course
requirements, grading system, attendance policy, and make-up
procedures. Complete understanding of the syllabus is the
responsibility of each student in the class.
TBA (To Be Announced) – This means can mean
that a meeting location for a face-to-face class has not yet been
determined and it will be available on ACES and from the class's
department office on the first day that the class meets. Or, for
internet classes, it means that the class will not have a physical
location assigned because the class is delivered online.
Three-peat – Due to state legislation passed Spring 2005 (HB994, Sec3), the Alamo
Colleges District will no longer be reimbursed by the state for courses taken by
students who have attempted the same course three or more times
previously (which includes courses taken that result in a grade of "W").
Therefore, the tuition for such a "three-peat" course will be the
current cost for out-of-state tuition.
Undergraduate - An undergraduate is any student who has less than a Bachelor's Degree.
Withdrawals - Withdrawals may be initiated
by the student or instructor at any time during the semester after the
official reporting date —the 12th class day in the Fall and Spring
semesters, the 6th class day in the Flex session, and the 4th class day
in the Summer sessions — and before the official withdrawal deadline
(approximately three weeks before the end of the semester or session).
Withdrawal courses appear on the student's record with a grade of "W."
Students are responsible for following up and confirming that a request
to withdraw from a class (especially through a third party such as the
instructor) has been processed.
Schedule Abbreviations
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Satellite Campus Locations
The following off-campus locations provide some classes or services for Alamo Colleges District:
Advanced Technology Center (ATC) is a small
conferencing and training venue of the Alamo Colleges District. The facility
is located at 312 Clarence Tinker Drive (Port San Antonio), San
Antonio, TX; five minutes from downtown. Meeting rooms and computer
labs are available for public and private sector businesses and other
organizations when not reserved for classes or other activities of
Alamo Colleges District.
Bandera High School (BHS)
Bexar County Justice Center (BCJC)
Central Texas Technology Center (CTTC) -
is facility is intended as an avenue for New Braunfels/Seguin area
residents to attain entry-level skills or increase technical skills and
to connect to jobs or higher education opportunities. The Alamo
Colleges District, in partnership with the New Braunfels 4B Economic Development
Board and the Seguin 4A Economic Development Board have worked to bring
Alamo Colleges District services to New Braunfels, Seguin, and the surrounding
area. Our Facility is located between New Braunfels and Seguin on FM
758 at the New Braunfels Airport.
Churchill High School (WCHS)
Citicorp (CITI)
City of San Antonio (SACO)
Federal Reserve Building (FB)
First Responders Academy (FRA) near Von Ormy, TX, is a training facility with classrooms for the SAC Fire Sciences Department
Goodwin Center (GWC), New Braunfels, TX,
Holmes High School (HOHS)
Jefferson State Bank (JSB)
Kelly USA (KAFB)
Lackland Air Force Base (LAFB)
New Braunfels High School (NBHS)
Randolph Air Force Base (RAFB)
San Antonio Credit Union (SACU)
Seguin High School (SEGHS)
Smithson Valley High School (SVHS)
Universal City Fire Department (UCFD)
1819 N. Main Ave., San Antonio, Texas 78212-3941 210-486-0000


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Most remember the rule "stop, drop and roll" when it comes to fires. Federal emergency management officials want to add "drop, cover and hold on" to our memory banks.
Those are the instructions given during an earthquake, and people across five states, including Maryland, and the District of Columbia will be practicing them on Thursday. The Federal Emergency Management Agency and Central U.S. Earthquake Consortium are holding "The Great Southeast ShakeOut", a widespread earthquake response drill.
To be counted and listed among the ShakeOut participants, register online here.
Given the August 2011 earthquake that rattled up and down the East Coast, the practice is important, officials said. It will take place at 10:18 a.m. Thursday in Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia.
During the drill (and, in a real earthquake) people are instructed to:
- Drop to the ground;
- Take cover by getting under a sturdy desk or table; and,
- Hold on to it until the shaking stops.
The August 23, 2011 earthquake was a 5.8 magnitude earthquake 38 miles northwest of Richmond, Va. It was among the largest on the East Coast and may have been felt by more people than any other earthquake in history.
Damage was significant across central Virginia near the epicenter, and in Washington, the National Cathedral and Washington Monument were damaged. In Baltimore, the Basilica of the Assumption remains under construction for repairs needed after the quake.
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NH business taxes among highest, study findsBy PAUL FEELY
New Hampshire Union Leader
August 22. 2014 7:03PM
MANCHESTER — A study released Friday by the conservative political group Americans for Prosperity Foundation claims high business tax levels in New Hampshire are limiting economic growth in the Granite State.
According to the report, New Hampshire has the 2nd highest business tax burden per capita and the 3rd highest business tax rate in the nation. New Hampshire increased business taxes in 2001 and 2002.
According to the report, in the decade prior to the tax hikes, business tax revenue grew by 42.67 percent. In the years since, business tax revenue has grown by 4.76 percent, which the study authors say signals that higher taxation levels are limiting economic growth in the Granite State.
The study was released Friday night at a dinner at The Yard Restaurant featuring keynote speaker Texas Gov. Rick Perry.
"There is data here showing when states over-tax, over-litigate, over-regulate and fail to produce an educated workforce because of underperforming schools, they lose workers and businesses to other states," said Perry, during a visit to the New Hampshire Union Leader office prior to last night's dinner. "The type of companies that require skilled workers, and the high-paying jobs they offer, go elsewhere."
"The purpose of this study is to inform the debate on business taxes and their impact on New Hampshire's economy," said Greg Moore, AFPF-NH state director. "We certainly understand that several candidates have put forth plans to explore changes in the state's business tax structure, and this research in no way endorses any plan. The goal was to understand how the existing tax structure on employers affects New Hampshire's economy and the state's competitiveness. Ultimately, states are either moving forward or they are falling backwards, and the very high business tax rate here is eroding the New Hampshire Advantage."
The study also claims that due to the lack of economic opportunities, New Hampshire's demographics are becoming older, with young people leaving for better prospects in other states.
Perry is in New Hampshire this weekend meeting top Republicans while testing the presidential primary air, his first trip to the first-in-the-nation primary state since a failed presidential bid in 2012. Perry was indicted last week by a grand jury in Austin, Texas, on charges stemming from a veto last summer of state funds for public corruption prosecutors. He pleaded not guilty on Tuesday.
Moore said Perry was invited to speak at Friday night's dinner due to the economic success Texas has enjoyed under his tenure as governor.
"Governor Perry has a proven track record when it comes to growing Texas' economy and creating jobs," said Moore. "He's the right person to talk about the importance of enhancing a state's competitiveness for economic growth. Economic growth is a central issue that's on the minds of everyone, both in terms of creating jobs and increasing wages."
Perry credits the economic growth in Texas to adhering to four basic principles.
"Have a tax structure that's as light on the job creator as you can be, a regulatory climate that is fair and predictable, a legal system that doesn't allow for oversuing, and accountable public schools so you have a skilled workforce," said Perry. "Those are the four legs of the foundation of what we are doing in Texas."
Currently, New Hampshire levies two primary taxes on businesses, the business enterprise tax (BET) and the business profits tax (BPT). The BPT tax was put in place in 1970, and despite a different name, functions in much the same way other states' corporate income taxes work.
Businesses are required to figure out the amount of income earned that is attributable to its facilities in the state of New Hampshire. Companies that have total sales receipts in excess of $50,000 are subject to the BPT.
The second business tax in New Hampshire is the Business Enterprise Tax (BET). Implemented in 1993 as a way to ensure that all businesses with more than $200,000 in taxable activity operating in the Granite State pay some form of taxation into the state's coffers, it operates like a value added tax, in that the BET is assessed against the additional value that is created when a service or a good is produced in New Hampshire.
The current BPT rate is 8.5 percent. This is an increase from 2000, amounting to 7.0 percent. The BPT was raised in both 2001 and 2002, to 8.0 and 8.5 percent respectively. Additionally, the BET in 2000 was assessed at .25 percent. The BET is currently at .75 percent.
According to the report, despite these rate hikes, after an initial spike in revenue collected by the implementation and collection of the education fund, the total amount of revenue collected has stalled. Revenue growth increased by 4.76 percent from 2000 to 2014, in comparison to the 42.67 percent growth from 1990 through 1999.
The report points out what it claims are additional indicators of economic stagnation. In 2000, the state collected $2.497 billion in total revenue — the general fund, plus the education and highway funds. In 2009, the state collected $2.465 billion, meaning almost $32 billion fewer in revenue was collected than a decade earlier.
The report shows in New Hampshire, the overall population is getting older at a faster rate than the rest of the country. From 2000 to 2010, the population age segment that grew the fastest was the 45- to 64-year-old bracket.
According to census figures, 57,000 people between the ages of 25 and 44 left the state over the same period. The report states that more than 90 percent of the growth in New Hampshire over the first decade of the new millennium was people at or near retirement age.
The report concludes New Hampshire officials should develop policy "recreating the business friendly environment that it had under governors like Mel Thomson," by lowering the BPT and BET rates to 1993 levels.
It's an approach Perry agrees with.
"When it comes to the critical areas of economic success and job creation, it's no secret why Texas sets a national example," Perry said. "We keep taxes low, maintain fair and predictable regulations, and protect our citizens from frivolous lawsuits. These principles create an environment allowing hard-working citizens and businesses to prosper. We put Texas on track to be today the most successful economic state in the nation. Thirty-five percent of all the jobs created in the U.S. since I have become governor were created in the state of Texas. It can work here."


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