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Cramer will be listening for developments in the 'healthy eating' trend as Annie's reports earnings. "I want to hear what this company has to say for itself? I'm hoping to hear about the taking of aisle space in conventional supermarkets. That's the metric I want to see besides sales and earnings growth," said Cramer.
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A Southington Town Councilor is looking to create a taskforce that would be charged with brainstorming ideas to deal with vandalism in town, after an ice rink was vandalized for the second time in as many weeks.
Councilor Dawn Miceli would like the taskforce to include people from all walks of life in town. She said the taskforce would be asked to look at various ideas to combat the vandalism issue in town, which could include a reward system, neighborhood watch or mobile surveillance cameras.
"We've had ongoing vandalism going on," Miceli said in regards to the issues at the rink. "It's been more and more prevalent. We need more eyes on this."
The most recent string of vandalism occurred at the ice rink on the Water Department property on Mill Street. Miceli and Water Commissioner Michael Domian helped make the ice rink a reality three years ago.
Due to warmer than normal winter weather over the last few years, this year was really the first year that the public could utilize the rink for a prolonged amount of time.
About three weeks ago vandals hit the rink, ripping off Styrofoam covers and parts of panels, throwing sandbags and trashcans out onto the ice and stealing a nearby park bench. Miceli estimated the damage to cost about $400.
The rink was hit again about two weeks ago, with much the same damage being done.
Parks Supervisor Mike Manware said it took his department an average of four hours, each time, to clean up the mess left behind by the vandals. Manware added that a leak was detected after the second round of vandalism, though he did not specifically blame it on the vandals.
"It's unfortunate," Manware said of the vandalism. "It's a shame."
Beyond the vandalism at the ice rink, Miceli added that there were instances of vandalism at the drive-in and along the Rails to Trails corridor, mainly involving building graffiti.
Town Manager Garry Brumback said he was open to looking at all options to combat the vandalism, including Miceli's proposal. Brumback singled out the destruction at the ice rink, calling it "disturbing" and adding that it had gone past vandalism and into theft with the stealing of the two park benches.
"This is beyond vandalism," he said. "We're taking this very seriously. This is not your garden variety vandalism."
Police have stepped up patrols in the area and are looking at other avenues to apprehend the vandals. Southington Police Lt. Mike Baribault could not go into specifics, but he did note that detectives were looking into the matter and that the department had checked with area scrap yards to see if someone had tried to sell the two stolen benches.
Baribault also asked for the public's help.
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The price of oil rose slightly Tuesday, to above $86 a barrel, as investors awaited the results of the U.S. presidential election.
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President Barack Obama is fighting for re-election in an extremely tight race with Republican challenger Mitt Romney. The uncertain outcome of the race for leader of the world's biggest economy has kept trading muted on financial and commodities markets this week.
The economic crisis in Greece is another factor traders are keeping an eye on. The Greek parliament holds a critical vote this week on a new austerity package that will impose further wage and benefit cuts.
Unions opposed to more austerity measures launched a 48-hour general strike on Tuesday. Police are bracing for violence in the debt-ridden country, now entering its sixth year of recession.
Lawmakers are expected to pass the measure. If not, Greece could lose vital rescue loans that have kept it afloat since May 2010 — raising the threat of bankruptcy and a euro exit.
Investors will also be monitoring fresh information on U.S. stockpiles of crude and refined products.
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CINCINNATI (AP) - Justin Martin scored 22 points and point guard Dee Davis added 15 points and seven assists, lifting Xavier to an 83-64 victory over DePaul on Wednesday at Cintas Center.
Semaj Christon contributed 15 points to help the Musketeers (18-8, 8-5) retain at least a share of third place in the Big East Conference.
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In August, U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks in Austin, Texas, ruled that several provisions of the law violated the free-speech rights of abortion-performing doctors.
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WASHINGTON, July 11 (UPI) -- A Mississippi man who accused the Thad Cochran campaign of paying African-Americans to vote for the senator in his primary runoff last month is walking back his story.
Stevie Fielder told California-based blogger Charles C. Johnson he was asked to buy votes for $15 a pop in the June 24 runoff between Cochran and state Sen. Chris McDaniel.
Now, he's saying he never paid anyone to vote, saying the conversations he claimed he had with Cochran campaign staffers Kirk Sims and Amanda Shook were "hypothetical" and the interview with Johnson was edited.
"What was said and what was recorded on that tape was not meant to show in any way that I took anyone to the polls and voted," Fielder said Thursday. "Nor did Mr. Cochran and them ask me to do that, not Kirk or any of his other people."
Fielder has maintained that someone in the campaign "wanted to do that" (the vote buying), but said he doesn't "think now is the right time" to reveal that person's identity.
"I'm giving them the opportunity to tell it themselves," he said. "I know it it was mentioned to me and I refused to do it. Right now I'm not saying it was someone in the campaign, and I'm not saying it was not."
He has refused to confirm if that person is Saleem Baird, the minority outreach director for Cochran's campaign and a staffer for Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., although he named Baird in his original interview with Johnson.
But Thursday, he stood by a claim that the Cochran campaign promised to pay him $16,000, but stiffed him. The campaign says it hired Fielder for get-out-the-vote work, but only offered him $600, half up front, and that he failed to follow through.
McDaniel, the tea party conservative who narrowly beat Cochran in the Republican primary on June 3, has refused to concede the race despite trailing by nearly 7,000 votes in the runoff. He claims Democrats voted illegally by "double voting": casting ballots in the Democratic primary and then a Republican runoff.
Mississippi state law allows voters of one party to participate in a runoff of another, so long as "he intends to support the nominations made in which he participates." In practice, that usually means someone who voted in a Democratic primary could not then turn around and vote in the Republican runoff, but it is very difficult to prove that a voter did not intend to follow through and vote for the Republican in a general election. The Cochran campaign has denied the allegations of fraud, of either kind.
"As we've said from the beginning, we would not, and have not been, involved in any vote buying, and I'm glad that Mr. Fielder cleared that up," said Cochran campaign spokesman Jordan Russell on Thursday. "There is no evidence of that. We didn't do it. Saleem didn't do it."
"There is one guy, in the whole state, who said something, then turns around and recants. If we were buying votes, others would be saying it."
McDaniel's campaign, meanwhile, has continued investigating claims of double voting, and though it has yet to file a legal challenge, it has offered rewards to anyone finding proof of voter fraud.
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As someone who literally just got in the door from seeing The Avengers (it was released in Australia early, but this post will be spoiler-free) I can say that Marvel really do deserve a pat on the back for pulling all this off so beautifully, and it's something I'd love to see in other films.
I know right how good was it? (Some situation as you, just got back like 30min ago)
I'm going to see The Avengers in about 3 hours, I haven't been this excited for a movie since.. well since ever!
First off I'm from Australia... just saw it. absolutely epic... and as per usual with marvel... stay till the end of creditz! and OT of film continuity. the continuity concept in movies will be a hell lot harder to maintain from ageing actors and what not. just because Thor won't suffer from ageing doesn't mean Chris Hemsworth won't. Just to say best continuity concept for a single character in a filmed production... let's say it contains "Regeneration".
Also just got back from seeing it, our comic book store took 400 fans to a screening. Suffice to say this movie is EVERYTHING a comic book geek like myself wants and needs in a film. From start to finish, brilliant and funny. So very funny...
Just watched it, it is absolutely brilliant. Hooray for Australia getting something early!
Perhaps I should leave it lie, but I have to say the phraseology of your posts in this thread seem excessively venomous and would be difficult for me to pass by regardless of who it was directed at.
The Justin Bieber analogy does not seem to apply to this case, as your original claim was that Bob is not a critic (even if you stated it in a rather... unnecessary, spiteful manner that suggests certain emotions on the topic of Bob that I am as yet not privy to) and that Justin Bieber is not a musician because he isn't skilled at music and that is a part of the definition.
The definition of a critic, on the other hand, is different from that of a musician. In short, from dictionary.com it is "a person who judges, evaluates, or criticizes". You could claim he isn't a GOOD critic, but it's hard to make the case that he ISN'T one. Then we get into what makes a good critic versus a bad one, but that's a different subject.
Venom and spite aren't needed to get your point across. It's entirely possible to say "I don't think Bob's a good critic and here's why I don't agree with him this time:" instead of using sarcasm and veiled insults. In fact, as soon as I see someone use insult-tactics I don't WANT to believe them. I don't WANT to side with them no matter how good their points are. I have to fight just to remember that despite the venom and destructive criticism they might have a good argument.
Anyway, I know that saying all this may not accomplish anything, but I wanted to put it out there.
Same here, taking the missus who has only seen Captain America (but enjoyed it) so am going to be explaining everything to her on the way to the cinema. There's also gonna be a new Dark Knight Rises trailer before The Avengers, so I may just nerd all over the floor.
Not sure if like...<.<
I mean the prospect of cross overs and such is enticing... but I'm afraid it may bring up the same problems present in comics... you know that the continuity will become as twisted and impenetrable as a granite octopus... as well as destroy the idea of new IP's in movies... like you said why just make another ten commandments movie when you can stick it on the end of Indiana Jones? I mean there's already a problem with that already... and chances are it'll be used less as light fan service and more to boost the profit of other movies in a series...<.<
ha, joke's on you Bob, I get to see it in a couple of days as well! Not due to advance screenings, but because it comes out earlier here in the UK! Hahahahaha!
Jocks no. A crap movie? Yes.
I thought they were going to do that starting with Green Lantern. They had the DC version of Nick Fury (can't remember her name) but GL was garbage so I don't know.
I live in japan. I talked with a girl in my class about spiderman. she only knows and cares aobut the movies and is anticipating the new one.
Man, a Justice League movie would be...Orgasmic, and if you wanted to make it dark, go with the blackest night story arc
Although, on that same subject, the fundie christians would FLIP. And it would be hilarious, trolling on a massive scale.
I just thought troll hunter. I don't know how, and I don't know which movie, but hans would have to re-appear at some point. Maybe he gets to spain, only to find out about a quarantined block of apartments, a la rec? Maybe he could turn up in a "night watch" film? Hell, him popping up in doctor who would be silly, but also kinda awesome.
Can't wait to see how many videos he makes nitpicking and bitching that the Avengers didn't flawlessly follow pre-existing comic cannon.
I also like the always present hypocrisy that having crossover continuity for comic book movies is fine, but having crossover continuity for any other kind of action movie is not. Though, I'm sure if The Expendables 2 was about "real" military people instead of mercenaries, he'd be drooling all over it.
Know what? Let me quote myself from a couple of weeks ago:
"Consolation prize with working in the internet"? What, would you think working in a hot-as-fuck diner kitchen a better job? Is writing some ranty essay, reading it back into a computer microphone, compiling it with a couple of pics/movie clips for two shows on The Escapist for actual monetary reward not good enough for you? *rolls eyes* Okay you know what? Good for you, guy. Glad to see that you're all happy about seeing a film you're anticipating earlier than us. Whoop de shit.
Also, "influence on film? The way you talk about The Avengers like it's some high-class crap, like it was going to be something MORE than some flick that may/may not encourage Hollywood to take continuity more seriously reminds me of me last year when I thought Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker was going to be a bigger anti-nuclear proliferation message, but really it was just some basic, Metal Gear Solid game that was received by Metal Gear fans as they expected: just a game.
The instant I heard this I said "that's a stupid fucking idea". Out loud.
There have already been cross-continuity films/shows. Puss in Boots? Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back? The Naked Gun? The Xtacles? Penguins of Madagascar? You make it sound like HOLY CRAP THIS IS SOMETHING THAT COULD CHANGE EVERYTHING but in reality it's already happened, and so far it's changed pretty much nothing other than giving Hollywood/television the excuse to stop coming up with original ideas, something I'm predominantly against.
Fact is, you're just foaming at the mouth because some comic book series with (mostly) all of Marvel's big name heroes gets to be on the silver screen for you to (FINALLY!!!11) enjoy, and this supposed "cross continuity" subject is some way for you to reinforce and validate it for more than what it really is. For as much interesting insight you provide into some subject matters, it's a drag to sit on through the stuff you have a bias towards, like Nintendo-related stuff, or here, comic books.
Hey Bob, guess what!
I saw The Avengers today (because it was released today in Australia). I don't think you need me to tell you that it's fucking awesome but I am going to say it anyway.
The Avengers is FUCKING AWESOME!
Easily THE best Marvel superhero movie I have seen. I also thought you over-hyped the hell out of Captain America but I don't think it would be possible to over-hype this movie. Can't wait to see you try though :P
Joss Whedon needs to make more movies...the comedy scenes in this movie are icing to the cake made of pure awesome (and are completely Whedon-like if you have seen anything else he has done *cough* Firefly *cough*)
I just came back from the move theatre. Ha haa! It's good to be a Kiwi. Not to mention not having to wait months after release for a US film to come out here, like it used to be. Avengers was awesome! It's definitely has the Joss Whedon vibe. I'll leave it at that. :)
I hate the idea of this kind of continuity. Not really interested in seeing different movies blending together, suddenly you have to watch all kinds of different things just to enjoy the movie you really wanted to see. I would also argue that the whole avengers setup was the main reason Iron Man 2 ended as a bit of a drawn out mess.
Guess you have to appreaciate superhero comics to appreciate this sort of thing. But then again, continuity is one of the main reasons i don´t really read SuperHero comics. Prefer spending my time reading graphic novels.
I think continuity is awesome. I enjoy series in general, and I absolutely loved watching all the Marvel movies, picking out characters and things from the other movies. I find it a lot of fun, and the Avengers is probably the moving I am anticipating the most. Still have to wait another week and a half to see it though, boo.
I didn't think so...
"I didn't think so" what? That response made no sense in context.
...Did you even READ what I was quoting?
I was saying "I didn't think so" as in "I didn't think there would be a sequel to Hulk".
I'm sorry, but this was just so plainly obvious, how could you miss that?!
This is actually kind of funny. I started watching Breakout Kings today, and one of the first episodes has T-Bag (from Prison Break) on the run out of Fox River.
Yes. Hence the direct reference to context. For someone who's being so hostile, perhaps you should read what I said a little closer. It was very brief and the word "context" was not hard to miss.
What do you mean more than that? That's exactly what he was saying it could be.
I think Saints row and Red faction did a similar thing, except that was games of course.
I just saw the Avengers in 2D! And you guys in the US have to wait another week??? that's weird. I guess that's my consolation prize for living in New Zealand
I like how every Australian or Kiwi that visits this board now just posts, "Got done seeing the movie! AWESOME! LULZ!". Ignoring the topic of the video which is the idea of universes of shows existing together.
You know what I would like?
There's really only one response one can have:
For the record Bob, a Raiders tie in to the Ten Commandments would be a pretty cool idea. I'd be down for that.
Sorry, I just thought it was obvious what I was referring to with my statement. :/
I'm in the UK.
As much as I'm excited for the Avengers movie, the thing that really made me laugh in this video is that al quaeda crow! I wasn't sure if anybody else had seen Four Lions, but I should have guessed Bob did!
I just would like to say that Mark Ruffalo played Bruce Banner (Hulk) best out of every actor before...
Eric Bana did a good job but Hulk (2003) blew chunks!
Edward Norton...he just seems like the biggest arsehole to me. Looks like an arrogant, whiny, angry guy. Doesn't look like a super-genius.
Mark Ruffalo nailed it I thought. His nervous expressions, his calm demeanour. He looked like he was in control of his anger but still afraid of getting angry.
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WASHINGTON — This week's expected vote on a GOP plan to raise the debt ceiling and cut spending will be the biggest one yet for the huge freshman class that arrived in January, House Republican Bobby Schilling said today.
Schilling, who is one of five first-term GOP House members from Illinois, said that after having his doubts, he's "definitely leaning yes" on the debt plan proposed by House Speaker John Boehner, an Ohio Republican.
The Illinois congressman from Colona in western Illinois spoke Wednesday from the Capitol after GOP freshmen met with Boehner and other party leaders. As for the other four Illinois GOP freshmen:
* Rep. Bob Dold, of Kenilworth, announced Wednesday he'll vote yes.
* Rep. Randy Hultgren, of Winfield, is expected to vote no, according to one source.
* Rep. Adam Kinzinger, of Manteno, said he's undecided.
* Rep. Joe Walsh, of McHenry, declined to say how he'd vote. "He is reviewing the plan," said his chief of staff, Justin Roth.
The issue has inspired so much interest that Hultgren's website crashed for a 24-hour period this week as constituents tried to use a form on the site to send him e-mails, said spokesman Andrew Flach. Hultgren's office phone lines on Tuesday "were at maximum capacity," Flach said.
Flach added: "People commenting have been on both sides of the issue: Some are calling for an immediate compromise to end the debate, while others are asking for no compromise and to continue to fight for more spending cuts."
The five Illinois freshmen are among 87 Republican first-termers whose votes Boehner is courting aggressively.
Two of the five -– Hultgren and Walsh -- signed a "cut, cap and balance" pledge that may put them at odds with the Boehner plan. The pledge calls for spending cuts, caps to future spending and passage of a constitutional amendment to balance the federal budget.
Thirty-nine House members have inked the pledge. Schilling said he considered doing so, but decided not to, in order to keep all options open. "What America wants is they want the ridiculous spending under control," Schilling said.
Schilling said he held a telephone town hall Monday that drew 2,800 participants and asked them: Should we give President Barack Obama $2.4 trillion (in additional borrowing authority) without making the "proper changes to get this under control"?
Eighty-one percent said no, according to Schilling, who said "proper changes" were not defined in the call.
He used the call as a chance to tell constituents that if an impasse among lawmakers meant a delay in their Social Security checks, the blame would fall to Obama, since it would be up to him which obligations the government met.
In the House, Boehner needs 217 votes for passage. Today's Congress has 240 Republicans and 193 Democrats, so, under a scenario in which Boehner lures no House Democrats to his side, he can afford to lose only 23 members from the GOP for his measure to win approval.
That has meant heavy-duty arm-twisting of fellow Republicans, congressional aides said.
Democrats are watching closely. Haley Morris, Midwest regional press secretary for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, charged that Illinois Republicans were "recklessly playing games with our economy."
Morris said the GOP refused "to ask Big Oil and the ultra-rich to pay a dime to address the deficit," and she added: "Voters are sick of the extreme, partisan agenda coming out of Washington, and they will reject Illinois' Republicans failure to create jobs and invest in the middle class."


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First, Brett Myers.
Now, Adam Eaton.
The Phillies just announced this morning that Eaton has been optioned to the minor leagues. Eaton had the right to refuse the option, but accepted it. It's uncertain where he will pitch because the Phillies haven't worked out his schedule, but that should come shortly. The Phillies also haven't announced who will take his place in the bullpen, but they said they will make that move before tomorrow night's game against the Nationals at Nationals Park. Triple-A Lehigh Valley lefthander J.A. Happ could figure into those plans. The Phillies pulled him after just 2 2/3 innings yesterday.
But the fall of Eaton continues. He signed a three-year, $24.5 million contract before the 2007 season, and it's safe to say the signing has been a failure. He lost his job in the rotation and now must try to figure out things in the bullpen in the minor leagues. Eaton pitched poorly in his first two relief appearances, picking up a 9.00 ERA with opponents hitting .538 against him. Clearly, the Phillies couldn't continue to keep him in the bullpen if he had no chance of getting anybody out.
Here's the kicker: Eaton will make $8.5 million next season.
Bob Ford thinks the Phillies definitely need to improve their pitching for the stretch run.
The Phillies' offense bailed out the bullpen in yesterday's 12-10 victory over the Braves.
Talked with Pat Gillick today. Chase Utley has been bothered with some irritation in his hip, which could be bothering him at the plate. Utley is hitting just .253 with 12 homers and 45 RBIs in 269 at-bats since May 5. That includes a .332 on-base percentage and a .457 slugging percentage. He was hitting .362 with 13 homers and 26 RBIs in 130 at-bats to start the season. That included a .441 on-base percentage and a .769 slugging percentage.
The Red Sox are looking to trade Manny Ramirez, but it seems unlikely he ends up with the Phillies.
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Judgment Day War Review
Real historical conflicts don't often mix well with videogames. Fantasy violence is best suited for elves and wizards, not Israelis and Arabs. So you can imagine our surprise when we found that Judgment Day War, which is based very, very loosely on the Six-Day War of 1967, is actually a fun game despite the disturbing real-world context.
Judgment Day War (or as we've taken to calling it, J-Day War, distinct of course from J-Date War) is a game about capturing and holding territories, which automatically build more troops as you control them. You can tap on a base once to send out half your troops, or twice to send out all of them. It's a formula we've seen before in Galcon and Castle Warriors, but J-Day War is actually the best of the bunch, because it adds a lot of strategy on top of the already familiar concept.
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For one, you've got both helicopters and tanks to control. While helicopters can move anywhere, they'll only strike tank territories with half strength (the reverse also hold true). Also, your tanks and helicopters will fire on the enemy as you're moving around the map, so meeting enemies on the battlefield sometimes is a better strategy, to soften them up as they approach your base. Plus, some bases will give you two or four times as much defensive power, so these you'll especially want to keep.
Throw in battlefield guns which will pick off advancing armies, and a multitude of bonuses that are activated by certain events (like falling back to your last outpost, or quickly reclaiming a captured territory) and you have one of the best real-time strategy games in this relatively new sub-genre.
All roads lead to kicking your behind!
J-Date War (whoops, we mean J-Day War) is not without its flaws, though. It's impossible to recall your advancing armies, which can lead to plenty of "dammit!" moments when you know you've made a fatal error. And while the campaign mode offers two perspectives on the 1967 conflict, both sides play exactly the same.
If you can separate the fact of the 1967 war between Israel and its neighbors from the lighthearted, strategy-game treatment it receives in J-Day War, you'll probably enjoy this game. When you're done with 18 campaign levels, a highly replayable survival mode with online leaderboards is your next challenge. We're even looking forward to playing the 99 cent US-Vietnam expansion pack. Yes, there really is one.


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Funny Russ, we posted our comments only two minutes apart, and I guess you did not have the chance to read mine (which basically agrees with yours and Andrew's point).
... I'd like to see something like Slobodan's treatment but keeping Russ's original cropping. It should be easy to make the road that bothers some viewers practically disappear...
Not a bad idea (I also reduced the grain effect a bit):
Slobodan, you're so effing European!;-)Rob C
That's it!I was actually thinking of requesting a bit of reduction of the grain, but I didn't want to seem greedy.Now, how do I order a print from Russ/Slobodan Enterprises? I love it!Eric M.
Ok, I'll send you a cashier's check, Rob. It's just about $US5000 too high, so you can just wire the change back to me!
Slobodan, I have to tell you: I finally tried a slightly less dramatic vignetting without the added grain, and I'm going to print and hang the result. It's a different picture, but I like it very much. I usually hate to hang prints that show post-processing, but this is an exception. Thanks. Good thinking.I think the result shows how stupid it is for any critique forum not to permit demonstrations of suggested changes without explicit permission from the OP. There's really no way Slobodan could have described in words what he was thinking as completely and convincingly as he could with a simple visual demonstration.


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Well, right off the top I want to again say thanks to everyone that participated in The 2011- 2012 College Football thread. Never in a million years did I imagine we'd end the thread with over 8,000 views! (There were a lot of things I never imagined would happen during the season, but they did. So please no one point out to me how Nebraska collapsed and dashed my early high expectations. I know, I know and I'm still in mourning. )
As I said in my closing post for the 2011 - 2012 thread, I really enjoyed the interaction between the fans, well thought-out points of view, great team spirit and even the occasional tongue-in-cheek (I hope!) potshots at my Nebraska Cornhuskers.
I'm sure it seems like it's a little early to start a thread for the new season, but the reality is that the new season really does begin right after the National Championship Game and the final rankings. As we all know, there's been no shortage of news so far on the college football front -- some of it sad, some of it intriguing, some of it confusing and some of it downright irritating. Some of it also hopeful -- I really think this is going to be the year that there's (to mix sports) a full court press for a championship series. We'll see.
Anyway, there's going to be plenty happening from now until kick-off in Fall. ('Fall'. Sounds an eternity away, doesn't it?) So I thought I'd launch a new thread. I hope everyone brings their A-game to this thread the way you did to last year's and that we have as much fun as we did during the 2011 - 2012 season. You guys (and gals) were one of the best things about last season for me. You're the greatest.


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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A former chief executive of National Lampoon and two co-conspirators faced possible life sentences Friday after being convicted of swindling investors out of about $200 million.
U.S. District Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson was set to sentence Timothy Durham, James Cochran and Rick Snow following their June convictions on fraud and conspiracy charges.
A jury found each man guilty of securities fraud and conspiracy. It also convicted Durham, a major Indiana Republican Party donor who resigned his National Lampoon post in January, of 10 counts of wire fraud, while Cochran and Snow were convicted on some of those counts.
Prosecutors have said the three stripped Akron, Ohio-based Fair Finance of its assets and used the money to buy mansions, classic cars and other luxury items and to keep another Durham company afloat. The men were convicted of operating an elaborate Ponzi scheme to hide the company's depleted condition from regulators and investors, many of whom were elderly.
Durham's lawyers argued Friday that Fair Finance held assets of roughly $240 million at the time it was raided by the FBI in 2009, but that it lost that wealth because investors made a run on the company after federal prosecutors and the media portrayed the operation as a Ponzi scheme.
Prosecutors dismissed that argument, noting that investigators are still trying to find most of the money.
"Investors were endangered by this fraud, they were turned upside down by this fraud," said prosecutor Henry Van Dyck. "It's inconceivable any other kind of analysis could be applied to what happened to them."
U.S. Attorney Joe Hogsett has said none of the three has shown remorse for their crimes and each deserves the life sentence recommended in a probation report.
"Durham has earned a place among the greediest, most selfish and remorseless of criminals," Hogsett wrote in a sentencing memorandum earlier this week.
Attorneys for the defendants were hoping for shorter sentences.
John Tompkins, an attorney for Durham, has asked that the financier be sentenced to three years in prison and two years of home detention. Attorneys for Snow and Cochran also requested sentences lower than those recommended.
Snow's attorney, Jeffrey Baldwin, noted in a sentencing memo that former Enron Corp. CEO Jeffrey Skilling was sentenced to less than 25 years in prison after his convictions on 29 counts of fraud and conspiracy, while former WorldCom Inc. CEO Bernard Ebbers was sentenced to 25 years after being convicted of nine felonies including securities fraud in a loss of more than $1 billion.
The charges against Durham led several GOP politicians, including Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, to return hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions sought by Fair Finance's bankruptcy trustee.
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Too many bills, too little incomeBy TIM BUCKLAND
New Hampshire Union Leader
December 07. 2012 7:48PM
MANCHESTER - Brenda Ames said she and her family are not choosy people. They like simple things.
That said, when it comes to providing Christmas for her two grandchildren, she can't even offer the small things kids long for, like hair and makeup products for an 11-year-old cheerleader, and Lego and comic books for her 9-year-old grandson.
"I can't afford it," said Ames, whose custody of the children five years ago coincided with a heart attack that left her having to take expensive medication. "I've just got bills like crazy right now."
Ames works in customer service at a retail store, but her $1,646 in monthly income doesn't come close to paying the $2,539 in monthly expenses for the basics, such as housing, food, utilities and clothes.
She puts many bills on a credit card and "some bills just go unpaid," she said. "I stretch everything."
Ames said she applied to the New Hampshire Union Leader Santa Fund for the Salvation Army to see if she could provide a better Christmas for her two grandchildren.
"It's just so they could get something good," she said. "I don't like to ask for help, but I have to do it.
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KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A spokeswoman for the U.N. refugee agency in Uganda says more than 4,000 Congolese refugees crossed into Uganda Thursday night to escape renewed violence in eastern Congo.
Lucy Beck of UNHCR said Friday that the refugees were fleeing battles between armed factions of M23, a rebel group that opposes the government of Congolese President Joseph Kabila. Beck said the agency is bracing itself for a greater influx in coming weeks, although there were no reported arrivals Friday.
The refugees were stranded at the Bunagana border post and had refused to relocate to transit centers, apparently to keep monitoring for signs of peace, she said.
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NH reps eyeing budget dealBy JOHN DiSTASO
Senior Political Reporter
December 11. 2013 11:11PM
The four members of New Hampshire's congressional delegation were reviewing the compromise budget deal announced late Tuesday on Capitol Hill and were non-committal Wednesday on how they would vote on the package.
U.S. Rep. Carol Shea-Porter was "very concerned" and U.S. Rep. Ann Kuster was disappointed that the deal did not include an extension of unemployment benefits, according to spokesmen.
But both Democrats were reviewing the compromise plan's details and could not say how they would vote when the measure goes to the House floor, which could be as early as today.
Both congresswomen joined with 164 other lawmakers in a letter urging House Speaker John Boehner not to adjourn the House for the year without allowing a vote to extend emergency unemployment compensation, which is due to expire on Dec. 28.
Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen said she was encouraged by the fact that the deal would replace across-the-board budget cuts that have been taking place under the current sequester.
"I look forward to reviewing the details," she said, adding, "We can't afford to keep harmful, indiscriminate budget cuts in place or chance another government shutdown because both are bad for jobs, small businesses and our economy."
A spokesman for Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., said the senator "is reviewing the legislation and talking with her colleagues. She believes we must end the cycle of short-term budgeting, and she will continue to carefully study the details of this proposal."
The deal announced Tuesday night by Democratic U.S. Sen. Patty Murray and Republican U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan sets federal spending at $1.012 trillion in fiscal 2014 and $1.014 trillion in fiscal 2015.
According to reports, the agreement replaces $63 billion in sequester cuts with a combination of other savings, and includes an additional $22.5 billion in deficit reduction.
House Democrats tried unsuccessfully to include in the compromise an extension of unemployment benefits. According to reports, benefits affecting 1.3 million long-term unemployed workers are set to expire if Congress does not act.
Shea-Porter's office said failure to extend unemployment insurance would mean 1,300 Granite Staters will lose "vital benefits" on Dec. 28 and "an additional 3,900 New Hampshire workers would lose their benefits in the first six months of 2014 if Congress doesn't act."
Ryan and Murray said unemployment benefits were not part of their deal, and would need to be settled separately.


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No. 94,837
1. Generally, this court will affirm and adopt a district court's factual findings so long as the findings are supported by substantial competent evidence within the record. In reviewing the factual findings, an appellate court does not weigh conflicting evidence or evaluate the credibility of witnesses. Nevertheless, the ultimate legal conclusion to be drawn from the factual findings is subject to unlimited appellate review.
2. In order to establish a prima facie violation of the fair cross-section requirement for selecting a jury, the defendant must show (1) that the group alleged to be excluded is a "distinctive" group in the community; (2) that the representation of this group in venires from which juries are selected is not fair and reasonable in relation to the number of such persons in the community; and (3) that this underrepresentation is due to systematic exclusion of the group in the jury selection process.
3. A party is not entitled to a jury panel that mirrors the community at large or closely reflects the various distinctive groups within the population. Taylor v. Louisiana, 419 U.S. 522, 538, 42 L. Ed. 2d 690, 95 S. Ct. 692 (1975). Therefore, in order to prove systematic exclusion, the moving party must establish the exclusion is inherent in the jury selection procedure employed by the court.
4. In determining whether a defendant has established a prima facie case of discrimination in jury selection, a court should examine all of the relevant circumstances. It is insufficient evidence of discrimination merely to allege that one of the potential jurors struck from a jury was of a particular minority race.
5. The fact that a juror has not demonstrated an incapacity to judge fairly or impartially merely protects them from being challenged for cause.
6. When reviewing a prosecutor's explanation for a peremptory juror challenge, a court must not require a persuasive or plausible reason but must consider whether the reason is facially valid. If the explanation is not inherently discriminatory, the explanation will be presumed to be race neutral.
7. An appellate court possesses no jurisdiction to review a presumptive sentence imposed under the Kansas Sentencing Guidelines. Even review of a claim that a sentence was induced by partiality, prejudice, oppression, or corrupt motive is limited to departure sentences.
Appeal from Sedgwick District Court; BENJAMIN L. BURGESS, judge. Opinion filed July 13, 2007. Affirmed in part and dismissed in part.
Christopher L. Hughes, of Roger L. Falk & Associates, P.A., of Wichita, for appellant.
Kristi Barton and Jeffrey E. Evans, assistant district attorneys, Nola Tedesco Foulston, district attorney, and Phill Kline, attorney general, for appellee.
Before RULON, C.J., GREENE, J., and KNUDSON, S.J.
RULON, C.J.: Defendant Conqual D. Lewis appeals his convictions for voluntary manslaughter and criminal possession of a firearm, arguing the venire panel was unconstitutionally comprised, the State improperly exercised one of its peremptory challenges, and the district court abused its discretion in denying the defendant's motion for a downward sentencing departure. We affirm in part and dismiss in part.
The parties are aware of the underlying facts of the case, and we will limit our discussion of the facts to those necessary to address the legal issues raised in this appeal.
The defendant's primary contention on appeal involves the district court's denial of his motion to discharge the jury panel based upon a perceived systematic discrimination in Sedgwick County's jury selection procedure. In challenging the implemented procedure, the defendant admits that Sedgwick County employs a random, race-neutral procedure for obtaining a pool of prospective jurors. However, the defendant contends that Sedgwick County does not enforce jury service, which results in a disparity in the representation of African-Americans on juries.
Both parties claim the applicable standard of review is de novo because the issue involves statutory interpretation. Although research revealed no Kansas cases citing the applicable standard for reviewing a district court's denial of a motion to discharge a jury, K.S.A. 22-3407 imposes an affirmative duty upon the party seeking discharge of the jury to prove the jury selection was improper. The district court's ruling on a motion to discharge a jury, therefore, involves mixed findings of fact and conclusions of law.
Generally, this court will affirm and adopt a district court's factual findings so long as the findings are supported by substantial competent evidence within the record. In reviewing the factual findings, an appellate court does not weigh conflicting evidence or evaluate the credibility of witnesses. See Evenson Trucking Co. v. Aranda, 280 Kan. 821, 836-37, 127 P.3d 292 (2006) (stating general scope of appellate review of district court's findings of fact); State v. Corbett, 281 Kan. 294, 304, 130 P.3d 1179 (2006) (discussing standard of review for admission of eyewitness identification). Nevertheless, the ultimate legal conclusion to be drawn from the factual findings is subject to unlimited appellate review. See Corbett, 281 Kan. at 304; cf. United States v. Allen, 160 F.3d 1096, 1101 (6th Cir. 1998) (noting that review of a challenge to fair cross-section representation within the jury is a mixed question of fact and law but indicating an appellate court has de novo review).
"In order to establish a prima facie violation of the fair-cross-section requirement, the defendant must show (1) that the group alleged to be excluded is a 'distinctive' group in the community; (2) that the representation of this group in venires from which juries are selected is not fair and reasonable in relation to the number of such persons in the community; and (3) that this underrepresentation is due to systematic exclusion of the group in the jury-selection process." Duren v. Missouri, 439 U.S. 357, 364, 58 L. Ed. 2d 579, 99 S. Ct. 664 (1979).
Exclusion of a Distinct Group
At trial, the defendant filed a motion to discharge the jury panel, alleging that African-Americans are underrepresented in Sedgwick County jury pools due to systematic discrimination. During the hearing on the motion to discharge the jury, the defendant submitted population data from the 2000 United States census. For statistical purposes, the defendant compared two tracts from Sedgwick County. One tract (Tract 1) had a total population of 13,271, 80% of which were African-American. The other tract (Tract 2) had a total population of 15,073, 90% of which were Caucasian. For purposes of the hearing, the district court accepted the defendant's statistics that 8,707 African-Americans in Tract 1 were at least 18 years of age and that 11,421 Caucasians in Tract 2 were at least 18 years of age.
The defendant further presented data based upon Sedgwick County District Court records that indicated the number of jurors summoned from Tract 1 on November 15, November 29, December 6, and December 13 was 51 and the number from Tract 2 on the same dates was 67. The total number of summoned jurors from the two tracts was 118. Forty-three percent of the summoned jurors were from Tract 1; 57% were from Tract 2. There was no available data to suggest how many of the summoned jurors from each tract were actually African-American or Caucasian. Of the 118 summoned individuals from the two tracts, only 12 of the summoned jurors from Tract 1 reported for jury duty during the 4 weeks under consideration, whereas 24 of the summoned jurors from Tract 2 reported for jury duty.
The defendant's discrimination argument is premised upon an assumption that the members of Tract 1 constitute a distinctive group of African-Americans within Sedgwick County. However, membership in Tract 1 does not necessarily infer a racial classification of African-American. While the individuals in Tract 1 were predominantly African-American, a significant portion (20%) of Tract 1 was classified in a different racial category. With respect to the jury pool data, there is no information regarding the number of African-Americans summoned on the specifically considered dates who failed to report for jury service. Therefore, the defendant's data reliably establishes only that members of Tract 1 may be less likely to honor their jury summons than members of Tract 2.
Dr. James Sheffield, a professor of political science, testified that Tract 1, as a group, represented substantially lower income households than Tract 2. Sheffield opined that lower income made jury service more burdensome and the members of Tract 1 were less likely to report for jury service without being compelled. K.S.A. 43-156 prohibits the exclusion of individuals from jury service on the basis of socioeconomic status as well as on the basis of race. Nevertheless, the defendant failed to present any comparison information to demonstrate the actual income figures of the summoned individuals who reported for jury service against those who failed to report.
Consequently, the defendant's data fails to establish a distinctive class within the community subject to exclusion on jury panels in Sedgwick County. As a matter of logic, an individual's inclusion within Tract 1 does not establish his or her race or economic status. Consequently, geographical location within Sedgwick County arguably is the only determinative factor between the members of Tracts 1 and 2 who were summoned for jury duty on November 15, November 29, December 6, and December 13.
However, assuming that membership within a predominantly minority, lower-income population census tract would constitute a distinct group within the community at large, the defendant must additionally demonstrate the representation of the distinct group within jury pools is not fairly or reasonably commensurate with the group's representation in the community. Allen, 160 F.3d at 1103. The defendant does not challenge the representation of Tract 1 within the lists of individuals summoned for jury service but argues that a disparity exists in the representation of jury panels actually assembled.
In Swain v. Alabama, 380 U.S. 202, 208-09, 13 L. Ed. 2d 759, 85 S. Ct. 824, reh. denied 381 U.S. 921 (1965), overruled in part Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S.79 (1986), the United States Supreme Court stated:
"Neither the jury roll nor the venire need be a perfect mirror of the community or accurately reflect the proportionate strength of every identifiable group . . . . We cannot say that purposeful discrimination based on race alone is satisfactorily proved by showing that an identifiable group in a community is underrepresented by as much as 10%."
Based on an analysis of the data presented by the defendant, 43% (51 out of 118) of the summoned individuals from Tracts 1 and 2 were from Tract 1. Of the total number of summoned individuals from the two tracts who reported for service, 33% (12 out of 36) were from Tract 1. Therefore, the representation of Tract 1 in the pool from which the jury was ultimately selected was 10% less than the representation of Tract 1 in the pool of randomly summoned jurors. According to Swain, this disparity does not establish purposeful discrimination.
Systematic Exclusion
Finally, the defendant is unable to establish that any disparity in the venire is caused by a system of discrimination. A party is not entitled to a jury panel that mirrors the community at large or closely reflects the various distinctive groups within the population. Taylor v. Louisiana, 419 U.S. 522, 538, 42 L. Ed. 2d 690, 95 S. Ct. 692 (1975). Therefore, in order to prove systematic exclusion, the moving party must establish the exclusion is inherent in the jury selection procedure employed by the court. See United States v. Ireland, 62 F.3d 227, 231 (8th Cir. 1995).
In State v. Bailey, 251 Kan. 156, 834 P.2d 342 (1992), our Supreme Court considered whether use of voter registration records to create jury pools constituted systematic discrimination because minorities were less likely to register to vote than Caucasians. Recognizing that the State imposed no bar to minorities' ability to register to vote, the Bailey court rejected the defendant's claim of discrimination. "The use of voter registration lists for jury panels excludes one group of persons otherwise eligible for jury service–those who do not choose to register to vote. These persons do not constitute a cognizable group." 251 Kan. at 162.
Similarly, here, the State has imposed no obstacles that present a discernible class of individuals from reporting for jury duty. The Sedgwick County District Court issued summons to all prospective jurors on the same date; the court enforced the summons in the same manner. The fact that a certain segment of the community honored the summons slightly better than another segment of the community does not establish a program of systematic discrimination, even if the segment of the community which fails to honor the summons is predominantly from one minority group.
The defendant contends the district court was statutorily required to compel jury service by issuing $100 fines upon individuals who inexcusably failed to report for jury duty. K.S.A. 43-165 provides, in part, "Unexcused, nonattendance of a person summoned unless reasonable cause for such nonattendance be shown to the satisfaction of the court shall be punished by the imposition of a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100) for each day of unexcused absence."
While the district court jury clerk admitted that no summoned juror had ever been sanctioned for failing to appear for jury duty, the court's failure to comply with K.S.A. 43-165 does not establish a system of discrimination. The failure to impose sanctions upon jurors who fail to appear for service is applied equally to the entire community. The defendant argues that lower income individuals are more likely to fail to appear for jury duty without excuse than higher income individuals, yet the defendant provides no factual support for this assertion. Professor Sheffield testified that failure to compel jury service might have a disproportionate impact on lower income individuals who cannot accept the pay loss by attending the jury service, but Sheffield's opinion did not take into account the possibility that economic hardship might also provide reasonable cause for failing to appear.
According to the court's jury clerk, the number of summoned jurors who failed to report for service included those who were permanently and temporarily excused due to ineligibility or personal hardship. As a result, members of Tract 1 were potentially excused from jury service on the specified dates in November and December in greater proportion than the individuals in Tract 2. This undermines the defendant's claim that enforcement of jury service would lead to a more equal representation of Tract 1 in Sedgwick County jury pools.
The situation presented in this case is distinguishable from the situation presented in Taylor v. Louisiana, 419 U.S. 522. In Taylor, the United States Supreme Court struck down a Louisiana exemption which allowed women to choose whether to serve on a jury. The practical effect of allowing a specified class to choose whether to attend jury service was discrimination against that class with respect to the jury composition. Here, the district court's failure to compel jury service does not target a specific class. There is insufficient evidence from which to conclude that failure to compel jury service has any disparate effect upon individuals from Tract 1 reporting for jury service. While compelling jury service might increase the percentage of summoned individuals who appear for jury service in Tract 1, it might additionally increase the percentage of summoned individuals who appear for jury service in Tract 2 proportionately or at a greater proportion.
In short, the defendant has totally failed to establish that Sedgwick County's failure to compel jury service through K.S.A. 43-165 constituted a system of discrimination which worked to cause disparity in the jury representation of a distinct segment of the community. The district court properly denied the motion to discharge the jury.
The defendant next contends the district court erred in affirming the State's use of its peremptory challenge to remove one of three African-American jurors on the jury panel. Claims that a prosecutor has sought to exercise peremptory strikes in a discriminatory manner are governed by Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 90 L. Ed. 2d 69, 106 S. Ct. 1712 (1986).
A Batson challenge involves a three-step inquiry. First, the court must consider whether the defendant established a prima facie showing that the prosecutor exercised the peremptory strike on the basis of race. This consideration involves a question of law subject to unlimited review. State v. Pham, 281 Kan. 1227, 1237, 136 P.3d 919 (2006).
In determining whether a defendant has established a prima facie case of discrimination, a court should examine all of the relevant circumstances. It is insufficient evidence of discrimination merely to allege that one of the potential jurors struck from a jury was of a particular minority race. See State v. Sledd, 250 Kan. 15, 20, 825 P.2d 114, cert. denied 506 U.S. 849 (1992) (citing Batson). Here, the defendant's only argument in challenging the State's peremptory strike of one of three African-American jurors passed for cause was that she was African-American and that she had not indicated that she would be unfair or partial.
The fact a juror has not demonstrated an incapacity to judge fairly or impartially merely protects them from being challenged for cause. If a Batson challenge could be established merely by demonstrating that a juror who was objectively fair and impartial had been challenged, the use of peremptory challenges would be meaningless, because any juror deemed unable to be fair and impartial could be challenged and removed for cause. Consequently, the district court properly held the defendant had failed to present a prima facie showing of racial discrimination in the exercise of the State's peremptory strikes.
Nevertheless, the district court took the additional precaution of requiring the State to provide a race-neutral reason for striking the juror. See Sledd, 250 Kan. at 21 (encouraging district courts to require State to provide race-neutral bases for strikes even when court has ruled defendant failed to prove discriminatory purpose behind strikes). This is the second step of the Batson analysis. See Pham, 281 Kan. at 1237.
When reviewing a prosecutor's explanation for a peremptory challenge, a court must not require a persuasive or plausible reason but must consider whether the reason is facially valid. If the explanation is not inherently discriminatory, the explanation will be presumed to be race neutral. Pham, 281 Kan. at 1237. Here, the prosecutor explained the challenged juror was a nursing student who was unemployed; therefore, the prosecutor did not know the source of the juror's livelihood. The prosecutor noted he had challenged the only other juror who indicated current lack of employment. The prosecutor additionally explained the challenged African-American juror visited the crime scene four times per week. After defense counsel attacked the prosecution's race-neutral reasons, the prosecution added an additional reason: the challenged juror's young age and lack of life experience.
During voir dire, the challenged African-American juror indicated she had never been married, she rented her residence, she was a full-time nursing student, and consequently was unemployed. She further admitted she regularly visited the crime scene four times per week. One of the other jurors who admitted he frequently drove by the crime scene was nonetheless seated on the jury. However, the record supports the prosecutor's explanation he did not wish to have unemployed jurors on the jury panel and the challenged African-American juror was young.
In the final step of the Batson analysis, the court must determine whether the defendant has carried his or her burden of showing of purposeful discrimination in the exercise of a peremptory challenge. Because the district court's determination inherently involves weighing credibility, appellate review of this step of the Batson analysis is highly deferential to the district court. A district court's determination that a peremptory challenge was constitutionally permissible will be reversed only upon a showing of an abuse of discretion. Judicial discretion is abused only when no reasonable person would take the view adopted by the court. See Pham, 281 Kan. at 1236-37.
Here, the district court found the defendant had failed to establish purposeful discrimination in the State's exercise of its peremptory challenge against one of the three African-American jurors passed for cause. Based on the record on appeal, the district court's determination is reasonable and cannot be deemed an abuse of discretion.
The final argument raised by the defendant in this appeal concerns the district court's denial of his motion for a downward durational sentencing departure. An appellate court possesses no jurisdiction to review a presumptive sentence imposed under the Kansas Sentencing Guidelines. K.S.A. 21-4721(c)(1). Even review of a claim that a sentence was induced by partiality, prejudice, oppression, or corrupt motive is limited to departure sentences. State v. Flores, 268 Kan. 657, 659, 999 P.2d 919 (2000).
Because the defendant's sentence fell within the presumptive sentencing guidelines range, this court lacks jurisdiction to consider the defendant's departure argument. "The right to appeal is entirely a statutory right; the Court of Appeals has only such appellate jurisdiction as is conferred by statute pursuant to the Kansas Constitution, and when the record discloses a lack of jurisdiction, it is the duty of this court to dismiss the appeal." City of Wichita v. Smith, 31 Kan. App. 2d 837, 839, 75 P.3d 1228 (2003). Accordingly, this issue must be dismissed.
Affirmed in part and dismissed in part.


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