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The Senate on Thursday voted overwhelmingly to allow airline pilots to carry guns in the cockpit, a controversial move designed to strengthen the aviation security system put in place after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
With the House having passed similar legislation, the prospect that pilots eventually will be armed appears significantly improved, despite concerns by the Bush administration over cost, legal liability and other issues.
"Will someone please explain to me the logic that says we can trust someone with a Boeing 747 in bad weather, but not with a Glock 9 millimeter?" asked Sen. Zell Miller (D-Ga.) in supporting the amendment to homeland security legislation. The amendment was approved 87-6.
The Senate measure still must be reconciled with the House bill. Bush has threatened to veto the larger Senate homeland security bill drafted by the Democrats over other concerns, but it was uncertain what the president's position would be on the specific issue of arming pilots.
Under the amendment approved by the Senate, pilots would have to undergo training to be permitted to carry guns aboard planes. Self-defense training also would be offered to flight attendants. The administration estimates that as many as 85,000 pilots could be eligible for training, though presumably fewer would actually volunteer.
Just months ago, the proposal to arm pilots faced long odds. But pilots waged an intense lobbying campaign, portraying the air transportation system as still vulnerable to attack and calling guns in the cockpit "the last line of defense" against would-be hijackers.
Congress initially left the decision on arming pilots to the Transportation Security Administration. In May, administration officials came out against arming pilots, citing post-Sept. 11 security measures, such as reinforcing cockpit doors and expanding the ranks of armed federal air marshals.
The Air Transport Association, which represents airlines, expressed concerns about arming pilots, saying there are too many unanswered questions, such as the results of a misfired gun on pressurized aircraft.
"While we are spending literally billions of dollars to keep dangerous weapons off of aircraft, the idea of intentionally introducing thousands of deadly weapons into the system appears to be dangerously counterproductive," 21 airline CEOs said in a letter to Congress.
But lawmakers, among the most frequent fliers, drew on their own flying experiences to cite security shortcomings.
Gun foe backs measure
Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), a gun-control advocate whose support of the legislation helped give it momentum, said that although the number of air marshals is classified, there are not enough to put on every flight.
"If I could stand before you and assure you that I believe the skies are safe, I wouldn't be here supporting this bill," Boxer told her colleagues.
Sen. Ernest Hollings (D-S.C.), chairman of the Senate Commerce and Transportation Committee, said arming pilots would be unnecessary once permanent reinforcement for cockpit doors is in place by April 2003.
"What you want to do is get a secure door to that cockpit," he said. "That's the last line of defense, not a gun."
In the end, Hollings voted for the bill after he won approval of an amendment that would require pilots to lock the cockpit door.
Training airline pilots to properly use firearms against hijackers would cost more than $1 billion, money the new Transportation Security Administration does not have, the Bush administration said in a letter to Congress on Thursday.
TSA Director James Loy said a program to train pilots would cost $900 million to set up and $250 million a year to run.
"TSA's current budget does not allow for further work in this area, which raises the question of who will bear the cost," Loy said.
Technical problems listed
His letter raised a host of other technical obstacles, from the need to install special holsters for the guns in cockpits, to potential difficulties with foreign countries that have strong gun-control laws, to the need for a large support staff for the pilot volunteers.
The Senate bill would shield airlines and pilots from liability for any damages from the use of guns in response to a threat. It also would require cameras to be installed in planes so that pilots could monitor the passenger cabin.
Voting against the measure were Sens. Jon Corzine (D-N.J.); James Jeffords (I-Vt.); Arlen Specter (R-Pa.); Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.); Jack Reed (D-R.I.); and Lincoln Chafee (R-R.I.). Not voting were Sens. Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii); Joseph Biden (D-Del.); Jim Bunning (R-Ky.); John Ensign (R-Nev.); Tom Harkin (D-Iowa); Jesse Helms (R-N.C.); and Robert Torricelli (D-N.J.).


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Stolt-Nielsen S.A. Indicted on Customer Allocation, Price Fixing, and Bid Rigging Charges for its Role in an International Parcel Tanker Shipping Cartel
Two Subsidiaries and Two Executives also Indicted
WASHINGTON — A federal grand jury in Philadelphia today returned an indictment against London-based Stolt-Nielsen S.A., two of its subsidiaries, and two executives for participating in a conspiracy to allocate customers, fix prices, and rig bids on contracts of affreightment for parcel tanker shipping of products to and from the United States and elsewhere, the Department of Justice announced. Including today's charges, five companies and five individuals have been charged and fines totaling more than $62.3 million have resulted from the Department's ongoing antitrust investigation of the parcel tanker shipping industry. Stolt-Nielsen S.A., its subsidiaries--Stolt-Nielsen Transportation Group Ltd. of Liberia and Stolt-Nielsen Transportation Group Ltd. of Bermuda (collectively SNTG)--and U.S. citizen Samuel A. Cooperman and New Zealand citizen Richard B. Wingfield, were charged with the parcel tanker conspiracy today in U.S. District Court in Philadelphia. Cooperman is the former chairman, president and chief executive officer of SNTG. Wingfield is the former executive vice president and managing director of tanker trading for SNTG. Both of the subsidiaries have had offices in Greenwich, Conn. "The indictment charges Stolt-Nielsen and its executives with serious antitrust crimes-- price fixing, customer allocation, and bid rigging," said Thomas O. Barnett, Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Department's Antitrust Division. "Cracking down on international cartels is the Antitrust Division's top priority and the Division will continue its efforts to aggressively pursue such illegal activity."
Parcel tanker shipping is the transportation of bulk chemicals, edible oils, acids, and other specialty liquids by compartmentalized deep sea vessels. A contract of affreightment is a contract between a customer and a parcel tanker shipping company for the transportation of bulk liquids from port to port. The alleged conspiracy began at least as early as August 1998 and continued until as late as November 2002. The indictment charges that representatives of StoltNielsen entities and two competitor companies met and agreed not to compete for one another's customers for contracts of affreightment. The defendants are charged with carrying out the secret agreement in a variety of ways, including: Refraining from seeking business from one another's customers, or alternatively, when asked to bid by such customers, declining to bid or submitting fraudulent bids with intentionally high prices; Discussing customers and prices for contracts of affreightment to avoid competition; Preparing, updating, and exchanging customer lists to facilitate implementation of the agreement; and Continuing to carry out the conspiracy through meetings and discussions and assuring competitors that the conspiracy remained in effect, even after discovery of certain evidence of the conspiracy by Stolt-Nielsen's then-general counsel. In March 2004, the Antitrust Division revoked the conditional leniency that had previously been granted to the Stolt-Nielsen entities under the Division's Corporate Leniency Program. Stolt-Nielsen's conditional leniency was predicated on a number of representations made by the company, including a promise that the company "took prompt and effective action to terminate its part in the anticompetitive activity being reported upon discovery of the activity." The Division revoked the conditional leniency after it learned from other sources that top Stolt-Nielsen executives, including its managing director Wingfield, had continued to meet with competitors and participate in the conspiracy for months after the scheme's discovery by StoltNielsen's then-general counsel, and that Stolt had both withheld and provided false and misleading information about the true extent of the conspiracy. In February 2004, Stolt-Nielsen S.A., Stolt-Nielsen Transportation Group Ltd. of Bermuda, and Wingfield filed lawsuits seeking an injunction to prevent the Antitrust Division from indicting them. The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania granted the injunction in January 2005. In March 2006, the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit reversed the District Court decision and, in June 2006, denied petitions for rehearing. Attempts by SNTG and Wingfield to recall and stay the mandate of the Third Circuit failed, and on Aug. 24, 2006, the District Court dissolved the injunction against the Antitrust Division. "Stolt-Nielsen is the first company to have its conditional leniency revoked since
the current program was announced in 1993," said Barnett. "Removing a company from the Corporate Leniency Program is not something the Division takes lightly but regrettably was necessary in this case to maintain the integrity of the program, which requires that those in the program provide full and truthful cooperation." Each of the defendants is charged with participating in the conspiracy to suppress competition in violation of the Sherman Act. The maximum penalty for the conviction of a Sherman Act violation occurring before June 22, 2004, is three years imprisonment and a fine of $350,000 for individuals and a fine of $10 million for companies. The maximum fines may be increased, however, to twice the gain derived from the crime or twice the loss suffered by the victims if either of those amounts is greater than the Sherman Act maximum fines. Today's charges result from the Division's ongoing investigation of the parcel tanker shipping industry being conducted by the Philadelphia Field Office, in conjunction with the Philadelphia Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. In the fall of 2003, shipping company Odfjell Seachem AS pleaded guilty to participating in a conspiracy to allocate customers, rig bids, and fix prices in the parcel tanker shipping industry and was sentenced to pay a $42.5 million fine. Two Odfjell executives, Bjorn Sjaastad and Erik Nilsen, also pleaded guilty for their roles in the same conspiracy. Sjaastad was sentenced to four months in prison and a $250,000 fine, and Nilsen was sentenced to three months in prison and a $25,000 fine. In early 2004, a second company, Jo Tankers B.V., also pleaded guilty to conspiring to eliminate competition on contracts of affreightment in the parcel tanker shipping industry. Jo Tankers was sentenced to pay a fine of $19.5 million, and its former co-managing director, Hendrikus van Westenbrugge, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to pay a fine of $75,000 and to serve three months in prison. Anyone with information concerning price fixing or other anticompetitive conduct in the parcel tanker shipping industry should contact the Philadelphia Field Office of the Antitrust Division at 215-597-7405. ### 06-596

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"Editorial: Keeping Parolees Out of Prison," The New York Times, December 28, 2012.
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"Posner Advises Judges to Consider Cost of Imprisoning Elderly When Imposing a 'Superlong Sentence'," by Debra Cassens Weiss, ABA Journal, December 20, 2012.
"The Problem with the All-or-Nothing Approach to Incarceration," by Reihan Salam, National Review Online, December 19, 2012.
"Room for Debate: Prison Could be Productive," The New York Times, December 18, 2012.
"Letters: Life Sentences for Low-Level Crimes," The New York Times, December 16, 2012.
"Federal prisoners use snitching for personal gain," USA Today, December 14, 2012.
"Editorial: The Cost of Solitary Confinement," The New York Times, December 13, 2012.
"Prison rape: Is the US doing enough to protect inmates?," by Linda Pressly, BBC News, December 13, 2012.
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"Editorial: What Compassionate Release?," The New York Times, December 8, 2012.
"New York State Is Sued Over Use of Isolation in Its Prisons," by Mosi Secret, The New York Times, December 6, 2012.
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"Stupid and Unjust: The Highway Robbery of Prison Phone Rates," by Rebecca J. Rosen, The Atlantic, December 4, 2012.
"Federal 'Compassionate' Prison Release Rarely Given," by Carrie Johnson, NPR, November 29, 2012.
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"Editorial: A Needless Charge for Prison Families," The New York Times, November 27, 2012.
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"The Conservative War on Prisons," by David Dagan and Steven M. Teles, Washington Monthly, November/December 2012.
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"Proposition 36 on three strikes law passes, AP says," Los Angeles Times, November 6, 2012.
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"Prison Break: Budget Crises Drive Reform, But Private Jails Press On," by Terry Carter, ABA Journal, October 12, 2012.
"Programs Keep Inmates From Returning To Prison," NPR, October 10, 2012.
"Baltimore man, imprisoned for bullets found in antique gun, fights case on appeal," by Mike Scarcella, The National Law Review, October 9, 2012.
"Another revolution on sentencing?" by Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog, October 5, 2012.
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"Letter: Federal Prosecutors, Guilty Pleas and Fair Outcomes," The Wall Street Journal, Octobre 3, 2012.
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"Federal Guilty Pleas Soar As Bargains Trump Trials," by Gary Fields, The Wall Street Journal, September 23, 2012.
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"Sensible Sentences for Nonviolent Offenders," The New York Times, June 14, 2012.
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"Debate rages over severity of child-porn sentences," The Associated Press, April 29, 2012.
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"Abiding by the Fair Sentencing Act," The New York Times, April 18, 2012.
"Taxpayers should demand cost-effective crime policies," The Hill, April 17, 2012.
"Unjust crack penalties continue to plague defendants," The Washington Post, April 17, 2012.
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"Dementia Behind Bars," The New York Times, March 25, 2012.
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"Disparities in Sentencing," The New York Times, March 15, 2012.
"Jury Foreman Is Fined $500 for Online Sentencing Research; Judge Calls for Revised Model Instruction," ABA Journal, March 13, 2012.
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ABC voted no on picking up "The Thick of It" for next season, but the comedy set in the world of politics may yet find a home.
Several networks, including NBC and pay-cable outlets HBO and Showtime, have expressed interest in the show, which follows the exploits of an undistinguished congressman (John Michael Higgins, "The Breakup") and his staff. Talks are still in the early stages, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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Items needed:
- Colorful foam squares (10)
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- Draw a simple template on paper or cardboard for a lily pad. Basically, this looks like a fat, rounded heart.
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- With a marker, draw a fat number, from 1-10, onto each lily pad.
Play: Play by numbers or use blank sides and play by color. Place lily pads in numerical order, if playing by number. These should be a distance apart that makes it easy for your preschooler to hop from one lily pad to the next.
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From 9000 to 9700 to 9780 the Bold has always been a good friend to me. It has always been the perfect phone. It was always easy to keep connected to the social world while keeping in touch with the business world as well. When the Torch came out I was still on the 9700, but it looked so appealing to me, it was something so new and I just had to have it. I had so many problems with it though before I got a device that actually worked, I went through five devices and now am on my sixth! Luckily, this one has been great to me.
PS: DONT TAKE THIS AS A SUPER SERIOUS REVIEW! This is just me, writing about two phones and what I like and dont like!
For anyone that remembers back to when they were in an institute of higher learning they might recall waking up to a flood of e-mails regarding your lunch menu for the day, activities that are going on at campus, food drives, blood drives, etc. Well, luckily with your BlackBerry you can wake up in the morning and feel ever-so-popular with twenty or so e-mails just ready to read. The e-mail accounts on my two devices are the same, and depending on where my hand wanders in the morning I grab one of the two devices but recently I have been going for the Torch more and more. It gives me more information to be seen on a single page and I get through deleting all the spam quicker. I find the larger screen a bit friendlier to the morning eye.
Throughout the day, I find the Torch by my side as well most of the time, I often actually leave my Bold at home on certain days because I know I will be pulling out the Torch most of the time anyway. Why? Well because I use my phones to organize my life. Keeping track of projects, tests, work, etc., well it just would not be possible for me without my phone. I love OS6s calendar which in my opinion is far more appealing to the eye, and while the Bold is a great phone to keep you in check I have found more and more that the ease of clicking a certain time and date with your finger instead of trying to pin-point it with the track pad is far superior and quicker and when your trying to get to your next class halfway across the city, the speed of your phone matters quite a bit. The faster you are in and out the better.
Now, my problem with the Torch throughout the day is just that it sometimes barely makes it through the day. I usually am up at 5AM everyday, which is when my phones come off the charger, and starting at 5AM my Torch starts its day by being an MP3 player for a morning run, and from there on it doesnt stop I would definitely say it undergoes extremely heavy use throughout the day, and sometimes it doesnt make it till the evening. I usually get home around 8PM and by that point my phone is dead. Luckily the Bold is there to save the day, and even with the same heavy use the Bold has never failed me not once! On a final note, as a student in the city I hope from trains to metro to bus all day long, and I must say, the Torch in general keeps me far more occupied while waiting/riding then my Bold does, it makes surfing the web a bit more pleasant in my eyes.
PS: When you have a big final and need to use your phone as a well lets say aid the Torch is a lot easier to read and scroll through to see your you know aids.
This is where my Bold outshines the Torch. First off, the Bold looks far more business then the Torch does, and while most people dont care what other people might think of their phones, believe me when your interning at a giant law firm, you dont want to be seen as that intern kid with the big silly phone, and that is exactly the vibe the Torch gives - especially when your keyboard is slid out. Also, the Bold feels a lot nicer in the pocket of a suit jacket then the Torch does, the Torch just feels a bit too heavy and often drags my jacket down.
I find one of the most common tools I use on my phones in the office is the speaker phone. I know that may sound a bit strange however, I have the office directory in my phone, and usually someone will walk by my desk and say, GET JOHNSON ON THE PHONE AND GET IN MY OFFICE! so the quickest way for me to do this is type in the name, dial, and run. Did I mention, thank god for OS6 universal search? I have tried to put people on speaker on the Torch, however it just is not quite as good on volume as the Bold is, and while this may seem minor, once you began to utilize the speaker phone on your device for an important call, you might discover what a pain this actually is.
While working and even throughout the day, I constantly get emails needing certain information, files, or other documents, and these people, well they need the information, right now. I find that compared to the Torch, the Bolds keyboard is far superior and makes typing far more pleasant, and I find even quicker, since it just feels a lot better in the hand when typing then the Torch does. I cannot complain though, for a slide-out keyboard, the Torch did a great job, and even for such a large slider, it never feels top heavy, which I found quite interesting. Though, the Bold has to win, typing is quicker, easier, and feels better, and when you have to reply to about 75-100 e-mails a day, the Bold is my best friend in the whole wide world. In my eyes, the build quality of the 9780 also feels far more firm, the Torch just feels flimsy at times.
I travel quite a lot. I fly to Europe at least four or five times a year, and I take at least a dozen more flights within the US annually. I actually often plan my travels when going to Europe to have a long layover of over six hours so I can get out and explore the city. I use Poynt and Viigo on both of my devices to get around, and usually I just check on them to see where is there a good local place to chow down and how I should get there. I have yet to travel with my 9780 outside of the country, however with the Torch, last time I was in Amsterdam for a while. I was Poynted to a great local place where they had their own micro-brewery, and it was wonderful!
When travelling, I find it important to be connected to the social world. I am really not a big Tweeter however I do use Twitter to stay up to date on all the things I am interested in, so for me its more of a large information data base. Twitter on the Torch is great, I love its size, its looks, and its overall appearance. I find it a bit friendlier on the eye than any other BlackBerry device I have used. While travelling though, the Torch is just an outstanding device. I constantly have it out when abroad, looking up exchange rates, etc. However, when you get off a seven hour flight and begin to get around the city, and your phone battery dies. Your screwed. Luckily for me, I have a backup 9780 which can last me two days easily on a single charge sadly the Torch cannot, and when your abroad, you cannot have your phone die. I know you can get extended batteries, etc, however, I dont and I am merely using my personal experiences here.
Overall you have two phones that cannot be compared, they excel at certain things, and not so much at others. Now on a separate note build quality. The 9800 has some flaws, but its a new device for RIM and we have to forgive them for this. All I can say is well no, first lets get something straight. I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST THE TORCH! I PRAISE IT AND ITS GREAT! However, NOONE can argue that the build quality of the 9800 comes ANYWHERE near that of the 9000/9700/9780. This will improve over time, I think most of the devices coming out of the plant now are all fine I wont get into the issues of the creaky screens/tape fix/super glue fix/ etc, since everyone can go on the Torch forum and read these issues, I just wanted to give people my personal views on these two excellent devices.
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Missoula County Deputies Attacked During Two Separate DUI Arrests on Highway 10
There were nine DUI arrests made over the weekend (November 9 - 10) by Missoula County Sheriff's Department deputies, and in two of those cases the individuals involved fought back against the arresting officers leading to more severe charges.
Missoula County Sheriff's Department spokeswoman Paige Pavalone said the first incident occurred on Saturday on Highway 10.
"The first deputy made an initial traffic stop on a vehicle that was speeding and then swerving into the oncoming lane of traffic," Pavalone said. "When he went to place the individual under arrest, the arrestee kicked the deputy in the leg. After the arrestee was in the patrol car, he continued acting really irrationally during transport to the jail. He even tried to kick out the windows to the car."
A similar incident occurred on Sunday, again on Highway 10.
"It was another traffic stop for DUI," Pavalone said. "When [the deputies] went to place that individual under arrest, he also went on a fight with deputies. It took two of them to subdue him. He kicked three of the deputies, and then at one point during the officers' report, he tried to retrieve the gun out of the holster of one of the deputies."
In both cases, what would have been misdemeanor charges for driving under the influence escalated into felony charges. Bond for a single felony assault on a peace officer is $50,000. By comparison, bond for a first-time DUI in Missoula County is $685.
On Tuesday, November 12 Stephen Wayne Farley who was accused of attempting to retrieve a deputy's gun and appeared in justice court on three charges of assaulting a peace officer, as well as multiple misdemeanor drug and alcohol charges. The felony assault charges alone pushed the bond price up by $150,000.


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Free-agent wide receiver Brandon LaFell admits he still has a long way to go as he makes the transition from the Carolina Panthers' to the Patriots' offense.
FOXBORO – Brandon LaFell is 27 years old – and he's still got a lot to learn.
"I've learned a lot, man," the wide receiver said following the Patriots' most recent organized team activity on the practice fields behind Gillette Stadium, "but I'm nowhere near where I want to be yet."
In terms of a learning curve, LaFell, who made the move from Carolina to New England as a free agent when he signed a three-year, $9-million contract in March, readily admits he isn't up to speed yet.
"The quicker I can learn this offense, the quicker I can go out there and be reliable, to play fast and know what I'm doing instead of now, (where) I'm kind of playing at half-speed because I'm thinking so much," said LaFell. "The quicker I can learn this offense, the better it will be for me to get on this field and help this team."
A third-round pick (78th overall) of the Panthers in the 2010 NFL Draft, the Louisiana State University product caught 167 passes for 2,385 yards and 13 touchdowns in 60 games over four seasons with Carolina, career highs of 49 receptions and five TDs coming last year when he accounted for 627 yards (50 shy of his career best in 2012).
Now, as he approaches his third and final week of OTAs with the Patriots to be followed by the team's minicamp from June 17-19, LaFell feels like a rookie all over again.
"The main thing I want to get out of (the spring) is learning this playbook … learning this playbook so I can play fast," LaFell said Thursday. "And building enough confidence so that (Tom) Brady can come to me with the ball."
The Patriots' veteran quarterback, LaFell said, has come as advertised.
"Everything I heard is head on," said LaFell. "He demands the best of everybody and he's going to give his best every day. And when things aren't going right, he's not going to sugarcoat it. He's going to let you know about it."
While, at 6-foot-2 and 210 pounds, LaFell brings some size to a wide receiver position that's been lacking in it, for now you'll have to pardon him if, at times, he comes up a bit short in the translation when it comes to the Patriots' offense.
"It's a little bit of everything," LaFell answered when asked the difference in terminology between the Panthers' and the Pats' systems. "I'm used to running a number system and now I'm back to code words. So it's a lot (different)."
So, he says, is the level of competition he and the other members of the Patriots' receiving corps find themselves matched up against this spring.
"(Cornerback Darrelle) Revis is a guy to single out," said LaFell. "None of the tricks you're going to do are going to work on him. And (cornerback Brandon) Browner, he's a larger guy, long bones, real physical, so going against all those guys every day, speaking for me and the other guys, those guys are making us better.
"I think that if we can go out and face these guys and continue to get better," LaFell said, "we'll be able to do this against anybody in the league."
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Signs of Life
The White Sox, aka Road Warriors, completed their third three-city road swing since April 18 today by sweeping away the Red Sox in Boston, 7-4. It was their seventh consecutive victory at Fenway Park and 13th win in the last 15 games against those "other" Sox.
Perhaps more important is that the Pale Hose finished the current trip to Texas (1-2), Toronto (1-3) and Boston (3-0) at .500, a lot easier number to swallow than the 2-5 mark we held on Sunday night after the mostly lost weekend in Toronto. The South Siders were 3-8 on the trip to Tampa Bay, Detroit and New York and bounced back to go 6-3 on the west coast against Seattle, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and Oakland.
It's hard to rank the many Sox positives as they head into tomorrow's off-day and the three-game home series against the Tigers beginning Friday. But here are a few to consider:
There's the dominance against Boston, the fact we finally hit in the clutch during the three-game series, scoring 24 runs, and coming back today from a three-run deficit. And, of course, moving within four games of .500 for the season (27-31) and eight games behind the first-place Indians, who play tonight north of the border.
Individually, it was a team effort with almost everyone in the lineup making key contributions, though Adam Dunn and Alex Rios continue to struggle mightily. Alexei Ramirez, in particular, had a monster series with starters Jake Peavy, Phil Humber, Gavin Floyd (after early inning trouble today), a resurgent Chris Sale and dependable closer Sergio Santos among the mound stars.
There's still a long way to go, but it's an awfully nice way to start out the month of June.


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|New Developments in Low-Z Gas Stripper Sstem at RIKEN Radioactive Isotope Beam Factory (RIBF)
|Electron stripping process from heavy ion in material is a useful tool in accelerator complex to give higher charge state of the ion, allowing its effective acceleration. This process is competed with electron capture process and reach to the equilibrium charge state. Carbon foils is convenient for charge stripper but have short lifetime due to thermal stress and sputtering in the case of high power beam of heavy ion such as uranium. Gas is basically free from lifetime but gives lower charge state due to absent of density effect. Therefore, charge stripper especially for uranium beams at 10-20 MeV/u could be a bottle-neck problem in high power heavy ion facility such as RIBF, FRIB and FAIR. A charge stripper using low-Z gas (He or H2) is an important candidate to solve the problem because the high equilibrium mean charge states for the low-Z gas stripper are expected due to the suppression of the electron capture process. This presenation will describe the results for the develeopments and tests of He gas stripper for uranium beams at 11 MeV/u.
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Secondary Chemistry Teacher (Academic Year 2018 - 2019), Kuwait
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Contract type: Full Time
Contract term: Fixed Term
Gulf English School, Kuwait is a multi-national, co-educational English medium School. The school achieves excellent results in all sections and this is due to dedicated staff, pupils who are keen to work, and highly supportive parents. It caters for pupils from Kindergarten to Year 12 and has on roll more than 2500 pupils from different nationalities, the majority of which are Kuwaiti or from the surrounding countries. We offer British Curriculum leading to IGCSE, AS and A levels. Administratively, the school is divided into Early Years, Primary and Secondary Sections.
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Candidates must have Western qualifications (Bachelor's degree is a must). Recognized teaching qualification is preferred. Prior experience in an international school setting is not essential. However, applicants with accredited international school experience will also be considered favorably.
In addition to providing teachers with the opportunity to be part of one of the Kuwait's most successful schools we are offering 1 year overseas contract with:
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I'm an entrepreneur creating a home operating system platform. We have the code to control home-networked devices on our server. but, we stop there, opening up the user interface possibilities to everyone.
In fact, our goal is to show that the best user interface isn't the one that ships with the device. Crowd-sourcing will deliver the easiest-to-use solution. We are showing large and small companies what this user interface technology can do. It is already a published international standard (ISO 24752). Your design can be the prototype that shows investors and early adopters that the best home network solution is centered around the user interface.
We intend to develop a license model for UI designers to sell their solutions much like Apple's App Store. We will heavily promote our first contest winner.
ideas for energy dashboards:
Our market strategy is to offer each individual homeowner a completely different experience that suits them best. your default UI should be simple and informative. this is a totally interactive technology. an advanced control switch should live somewhere in order to provide more granular control of thermostat, lights or pill bottle reminders.
We want to sell this system to senior citizens, but connect them to their children/grandchildren. Imagine an easy way for them access Web 2.0 services like flickr, google calendar, etc. Meanwhile, our system will make sure that they are comfortable and energy-efficient.
Design your screen to be intended for use as a 16x9 touch screen on the wall (800x480). Buttons will be large and dynamically ordered.
default screen:
1. center: family picture frame (flickr-style framed slide show)
2. nav bar: icon for energy control
3. nav bar: icon for health snapshot
4. nav bar: icon for calendar/events
5. message area: a) standard message: outdoor temp/indoor temp/set point temp. b) custom message i.e. Charlie's Soccer Game at 4:30pm, Garden watering skipped due to rain yesterday, take 1 Vestril at 6pm after dinner.
revised: i understand that we should keep it to one screen, so the following could be optionally mocked up at the bottom of the screen:
energy control screen:
1. simple adjustments for heat and cool set points
2. simple slider bar like a laptop battery monitor
(more savings <-------> more comfort)
3. 3d bar graph for energy usage over the last 90 days, etc.
health snapshot screen:
1. 3d bar graphs for weight/blood pressure over last 90 days.
2. Medication Reminders for following prescription drugs: (taken/not taken)
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d) Norvasc
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anything goes here. maybe a day/week/month view with some typical senior citizen events listed... bingo/shuffleboard/swimming/visiting grandkids.


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"The Assassin's Creed franchise has come a long way since it's inception with the original game set in the Holy Land back in 2007. We already have taken a look at each of the four canonical titles (and AC3) in our retrospective series, in terms of what they brought to the series, but just how different will the latest game, Assassin's Creed 3 be from the previously-latest game in the series, Assassin's Creed: Revelations? How different will the game be visually?"
so many ads on this site they play over one another. don't bother.
It's amazing how little AC changes. It gets released yearly, makes minor changes and the gaming community accept it.
CoD on the other hand gets released yearly, makes minor changes and the gaming community tear it to bits.
Assassins Creed is a fun franchise, but its entertainment value is starting to wear thin for me.
Same engine isn't it, just different artwork.
I'm guessing these games are pushing the ps3/360 anyway.


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One of the most extravagant houses in the Old South was Rosedown Plantation in West Feliciana Parish. Mary Thompson, the great-, great-granddaughter of the builders of this home, gives us a glimpse of a lifestyle that is now "gone with the wind." The English are notorious for mixing their liquor with sweets. D
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What Jim movie are you watching right now....
Discuss older Jim Carrey movies.
i didnt watch a movie today i watched opera winfery show the re.play i was in the kitchen when my cousin called & started talking like Dina Dina Dina i have a great news & i dunno wat then she @ least told me i was about shut the phone i waS getting crazy but very happy i watched it again
iam about to watch lemony snicket
i just watched Lemony Snicket's: A Series of Unfortunate Events w/ director commentary playing over it.
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I am watching ESOTSM bonus matrials now, ist such a lovely movie! so great!
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Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt Fly to Los Angeles with All Six Kids!
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt land at LAX Airport with all six of their adorable kids in tow on Wednesday (February 5) in Los Angeles.
The 38-year-old actress and 50-year-old actor held hands with their kiddos Maddox, 12, Pax, 10, Zahara, 9, Shiloh, 7, and five-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne as they made their way to an awaiting parked car.
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The evening before, Angelina and Brad headed out to dinner, reportedly a wrap party for her film Unbroken, in Airlie Beach, Australia.
FYI: Angelina is wearing the Saint Laurent Sac de Jour and Ipanema flip flops.
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Two years have passed since Durango resident Tom Grams was killed in Afghanistan by members of the Taliban, who could not conceive of someone coming to help out of the goodness of his heart. He had to be trying to convert Muslims to Christianity, spying for the U.S. or doing something else underhanded in their world view.
Grams, a dentist, and nine other people were killed after two weeks in a remote village providing medical care to impoverished children.
I am one of those people who knew him a little, but I learned how extraordinary he was by writing about him after his death. Its my loss, as many of his friends have told me.
In remembrance of him, and to honor his legacy of giving and inspiring, some of those friends have spent the last year working with several groups, including the Public Art Commission, the Durango Public Library, the Durango Botanical Society and Durango Parks and Recreation to place a sculpture as a memorial in the Botanical Garden east of the library, next to the Animas River Trail.
Permissions have been granted, and the sculpture, designed by Miki Harder, with engineering and sculptural help from Rich Stewart, is ready to be placed as soon as the pad is complete, which should happen in the next few weeks.
The sculpture, which features birds flying toward the sky, represents all kinds of things his friends wanted to express.
Its a prayer wheel, in some ways, Sandy Bielenberg said. It represents the mountains, canyons and rivers that Tom so loved. And the last bird is an empty bird, which we want to send to Afghanistan.
The empty bird is a silhouette of a smaller bird carved out of a larger one, symbolizing, also, the hole left in the world with Grams death. Grams brother Tim was stationed in Afghanistan at the same time his brother was doing humanitarian work there, so they have a way to get the smaller bird to the war-torn country.
Bielenberg and her partner in this venture, Kelly Rubin, hope to raise $6,000 by Oct. 15 to cover the cost of the sculpture and are about halfway to their goal. Theyre hoping to raise even more than that, though, to support some of Grams favorite causes, most especially global dentistry (because Tom would want it that way, they said).
We want folks to know about this memorial, they said, and to enjoy it, either in passing on the bike trail or in quiet moments by the river.
To help our community remember one of our remarkable neighbors in a lasting way, send your contribution of any size to Kelly Rubin, 1801 County Road 205, Durango, CO 81301; or Sandy Bielenberg, 67 Rio Vista Circle, Durango, CO 81301.
Not many people have both the skill set and the courage to put it to use in the way Tom Grams did. But the remembrance of his contributions can inspire all of us to do more, reach further and make a difference.
Happy Libra birthday greetings go to Andy Kraftherfer, Ward Lee, Ann Hartney, Peggy Herrera, Brendon Shaline, Chase Collins, John Wells, Steve Jackson, Jill Rogers, Jacob Beekman, Kim Caldwell, Danica Dudley, Mallorie Godbold, Troy Moore, Don Oliver, Richard Siegele, Joelle Ward, Tyler Ruetschle, Leanne Moore, Susan Kolb, Parker Lovelady, Everett Manson, Joanie Thomas, Anna Marie Bishop and Irene Nix.
Also working to improve childrens lives both here and around the world is Kiwanis International, with 600,000 members worldwide.
The $107 million the organization and its clubs invest in its projects, as well as the more than 18 million volunteer hours members donate, happens one club at a time.
On Sept. 13, the Kiwanis Club of Durango held its largest fundraiser of the year, its Pancake Breakfast.
Lisa Barrett, who headed up the event, tells me they served eggs, ham and those eponymous flapjacks to more than 1,000 people. God bless John Gamble, who for the last 20 years has spent the whole 12 hours of the event managing the kitchen, slaving over a hot griddle flipping those hotcakes.
Ryan Phelps and Connie Matthews organized a pretty amazing silent auction. While most people probably focused on the dinner with the firefighters of the Durango Fire & Rescue Authority, I was most impressed by the $500 bottle of tequila. If the winning bidder ever cracks the bottle, Id love a sip (talk about a shameless plug).
Judy Michalski, purchasing chairwoman, organized all the supplies, and Charlotte Pirnat headed up hospitality.
Where will the $10,000-plus raised go? To programs such as Boys & Girls Club of La Plata County, Reading is Fundamental, Project Merry Christmas, Salvation Army and Head Start.
Celebrating their anniversaries in the best weather of the year are Nick and Anne Spence, Ed and Suzanne Cash, Jeff and Peggy McElwain, Mic and Sharon McGrath, Chris and Jill Choate, Jack and Mimi Smith, Eric and Janelle Meyer and Scott and Sharon Kuhn.


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Anthropological Sciences 420
ANSC 420: Advanced Forensic Anthropology
Prerequisites: ANSC 201, ANSC 210/FOSC 210, and ANSC 320; or ANTH 120, ANTH 230, ANTH 320; or permission of instructor.
Cross-Listed: FOSC 420
Credit Hours: (3) Three hours lecture; three hours laboratory
Offers advanced hands-on experience and training in the identification of unknown human skeletal remains. Students will conduct skeletal analyses focusing on basic vital statistical parameters like age, sex, race, and stature. Other topics reviewed will include the role of the forensic anthropologist in crime scene investigation and recovery of skeletonized human remains, determination of time since death, skeletal trauma and pathology, and special techniques in forensic anthropology.
Note(s): Students cannot receive credit for both ANTH 420 and ANSC 420.
Detailed Description of Content of Course
The lecture portion of this course reviews the major methods and techniques used by forensic anthropologists in the identification and analysis of unknown human skeletal remains. This consists of a focus on the identification, recovery, and curation of human remains in a variety of contexts (surface, buried, burned, submerged, mass disasters). Major methods of forensic investigation of bone reviewed will include determination of age and sex of individuals, as well as their ethnic affinity, stature, and probable cause of death. In addition, time since death will be investigated through a variety of different forensic techniques (e.g., forensic taphonomy, postmorten insect infestation, postmortem decay rates). Aspects of forensic dentistry will also be explored, including, for example, the use of dental remains in making positive IDs, bite-mark analysis, and the application of dental investigation to mass disasters. Special topics in forensic anthropology will also be discussed, including facial reconstruction and footprint analysis. Students will ultimately gain an understanding of the role of the forensic anthropologist in a medicolegal setting and be able to critically evaluate the types of evidence he or she presents.
The laboratory component of the course is a hands-on application of the above-stated principles in forensic anthropology to the study of unidentified human bone. Students will be presented with regular "forensic cases" consisting of unidentified human skeletal remains. They will be responsible for analyzing this bone using standard forensic anthropology methodology and writing a forensic report detailing their results. Discussion of these cases follows in the classroom portion of the course.
Detailed Description of Conduct of Course
This course will be a student-centered seminar-type discussion of major topics in forensic anthropology. This will comprise the majority of the "lecture" component of the course. The laboratory component will consist of student hands-on experience and training in the identification and interpretation of human skeletal remains. Major techniques in forensic osteological analysis will be applied to human skeletal remains curated in Radford University's Archaeology and Physical Anthropology laboratory.
Goals and Objectives of the Course
Understanding of the role and training of professional forensic anthropologists, particularly in a medicolegal context
Understanding and critical evaluation of evidence presented by forensic anthropologists in a trial setting
Understanding of the decay process of human remains and the uses of this process in forensic investigation;
Understanding of the various contexts in which human bone may be found and the taphonomic agents which may affect it;
Knowledge of appropriate excavation and curation procedures for human remains;
Knowledge of and ability to use major techniques for identification of unknown human skeletal remains, including:
determination of a skeleton's vital statistics (age, sex, ethnic affinity, stature);
determination of time since death;
identification and interpretation of the nature and origin of skeletal pathology and trauma
Assessment Measures
Grades will be based on a series of written forensic case reports detailing the identification of unknown human skeletal remains. In addition, two exams will assess student knowledge of basic forensic anthropology methods and principles. And, finally, a research paper detailing some aspect of forensic investigation of skeletonized human remains will be required.
Other Course Information
Human skeletal collections already curated at the Radford University Archaeology and Physical Anthropology laboratory as well as any forensic cases submitted for analysis by law enforcement agencies will provide the cases for student study. Guest speakers from law enforcement agencies and the discipline of forensic anthropology will be solicited.
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Jamie Chung from The Hangover was first seen wearing this effortlessly chic navy maxi dress in the Superdry store in LA, where she used a chunky watch to accessorize and a plaid flannel — but that wasn't the last time we saw this adorable summer dress!Just this week Gossip Girl's Jessica Szohr wore the same dress to the opening of the Superdry store in the South Street Seaport in NYC. She dressed it up with a long, sand-colored vest and a hanging necklace — and she definitely gets my vote!
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March 27, 2012
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Drew Sain of Davenport (Mich.) has been named the NAIA National Baseball Pitcher of the Week and Ryne Otis of Taylor (Ind.) has been tabbed National Baseball Player of the Week, the national office announced on Tuesday. Sain and Otis were selected based on their performances from March 19 – 25 and were chosen out of a poll of conference/independent/unaffiliated groupings.
Sain, a native of Momence, Ill., pitched Davenport's third no-hitter in school history in the Panther's 5-0 win against Lourdes (Ohio) on March 24. The junior right-hander finished the contest with a season-high six strikeouts, while allowing no hits and only three runners (two hit-by-pitch and one walk) in seven innings of work.
On the season, Sain is second on the team with a 3-0 record and owns a 5.66 earned run average in six appearances (20.2 innings).
Otis, a native of Ossian, Ind., hit .474 (9-for-19) to lead Taylor to a 5-1 record last week, including double-header sweeps of Webber International (Fla.) (March 19) and Goshen (Ind.) (March 24). The senior first baseman totaled two doubles, five home runs, 13 RBIs, 10 runs scored and a 1.368 slugging percentage during the week. In the Trojans 7-2 game-one victory against Webber International, Otis drove in a season-high five runs, including a three-run home run in the top of the fourth, which gave Taylor a 7-0 lead. Against Mid-Central College Conference foe Goshen, he concluded the double-header 4-for-6 at the dish, including two home runs and four RBIs in game-one of the March 24 double-header.
On the season, Otis ranks 11th nationally with a .814 slugging percentage, while leading the team in multi-hit games (8), multi-RBI games (4), batting average (.373), hits (22), triples (2), home runs (6) and RBIs (20).
For a complete listing of all the national statistical leaders, click here.
The next NAIA Baseball Pitcher and Player of the Week announcement will be on April 3.
Pitcher Nominees: Kody Mcfarland, Bellevue (Neb.); Daniel Cloteaux, Sterling (Kan.); Blake Mcknight, Evangel (Mo.); Adam Ranger, Jamestown (N.D.); Clayton Woodruff, Northwood (Texas); Adair Robles, San Diego Christian (Calif.); Cory Brewer, Alice Lloyd (Ky.); Ryan Brasser, Northwestern (Iowa); Joseph Stephen, Mount Mercy (Iowa); Andrew Morris, Auburn Montgomery (Ala.); Zac Floyd, Northwestern Oklahoma State; Brandon Allen, Oregon Tech; Darren Travers, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.); Danny Sanchez, St. Thomas (Fla.); Adam Brush, William Woods (Mo.); Ryan Loutsenhizer, Point Park (Pa.); Gabriel Viso, Talladega (Ala.); Chris Howell, Saint Francis (Ind.); Zach Cagle, Reinhardt (Ga.); Vince Ramirez, Robert Morris (Ill.); Gary Ward, Bethel (Tenn.).
Player Nominees: Brandon Thompson, Bellevue (Neb.); Daniel Hall, Sterling (Kan.); Matt Kimmel, Azusa Pacific (Calif.); Kyle Pearson, LSU Shreveport (La.); Brandon Bongard, Davenport (Mich.); Ryan Bourcier, Dakota State (S.D.); Cody Hyden, Alice Lloyd (Ky.); Anthony Doss, Belhaven (Miss.); Ryan Doeppel, Iowa Wesleyan; Izaac Garsez, College of Idaho; Devin Foreman, Harris-Stowe State (Mo.); Jt Warmoth, Embry-Riddle (Fla.); David Higuera, Georgetown (Ky.); Rob Novia, Point Park (Pa.); Derek Wallace, Jamestown (N.D.); Kameron Mizzell, Talladega (Ala.); Zak Goodrich, Concordia (Neb.); Justin Mackey, Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.); Aaron Molinaro, Benedictine (Kan.); Richard Bohlken, Lubbock Christian (Texas); Tucker Adams, Reinhardt (Ga.); David Kuhne, St. Francis (Ill.).
2012 Composite Award Winners (Pitcher; Player)
Week 1: Kris Hall, Lee (Tenn.); Ignatius Mackenzie, Indiana Tech
Week 2: Tyler Garkow, Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.); Daniel Hall, Sterling (Kan.)
Week 3: Drew Sain, Davenport (Mich.); Ryne Otis, Taylor (Ind.)


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GMC Acadia Prices Paid and Buying Experience
I have received the following offers from a dealer. Please advise whether you think they are good or whether I can do better. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated, as I may make a deal today or tomorrow. Thanks.
2011 GMC Acadia SLE AWD - $34,642 invoice cost
$1232 sunroof
$2,028 entertainment system with rear DVD
$348 red jewel paint
$775 destination charge
$404 "dealer IMR contributions" (dealer says this is advertising fees, one from his dealership and one from the dealership where the car is located)
$39,517 total invoice cost + fees - OFFER FROM DEALER IS $39,717
2011 GMC Acadia SLT-1 AWD - $38,175 invoice cost
$1232 sunroof
$1,272 rear DVD
$775 destination charge
$215 "dealer IMR contribution" (supposedly the advertising fee)
$430 "LMA Group Contribution" (not sure what this is)
$42,187 total invoice cost + fees - OFFER FROM DEALER IS $42,3870
jhs70 Posts: 213I don't know where you live but you need to consider Fitzmall in MD. As for your second car request, their website has a 2011 GMC Acadia; Internet Price: $38,650.00 MSRP: $44,330.00
Style: AWD 4dr SLT1
Obviously their deal is way better than whatever you're getting where you are. Understood that this course of action isn't for everyone but I would do it if i could save over $4K on a must have car.0
Thanks for the suggestion, but I was already at Fitz and that price is not really cheaper than what I have from the other deal. The Fitz dealer explained to me that the sales price for that vehicle includes a $1,000 GM loyalty discount (which is available at any dealer, but which I am not eligible for) and a $2,000 cash back rebate (which is also available at any dealer, including the one I am working with, but which I will probably decline in favor of 0% financing. The Fitz price also doesn't include the fees I identified in my post, and there would be similar fees at Fitz.
So the Fitz price is not really lower than what I currently have offered from the other dealer, and is probably a little higher. From everything I can tell, the current offer I have is just $200 over invoice for this vehicle - the only issue is the reasonableness of the LMR and advertising fees being charged, though my research indicates that it is very difficult to negotiate much on these.
Thanks again.0
macca2008 Posts: 6Here's what I got from the dealer:
2011 GMC Acadia SL (they would put in leather seats with heated fronts)
actual $32,289.65 GM supplier discount (not much - didn't sound right)
w/ leather $34,177.15
downpmt $3K
TTL $3,187.40 (est.)
0% 60-month finance (not leasing, i want to buy)
Total monthly = $569.57
This is their first offer which I never take. I left and I discussed wiggle room, etc. I think they would come back with $560/month, included leather seats, but then put in gap insurance (which for this car seems to have value in buying) which potentially puts me back at $570/month
Deal or no deal? That GM supplier discount sounds low to me but I checked it out and sure enough it was accurate.0
mncw Posts: 12011 Acadia S with 9611 miles on it for 25,995 + TTL at Brown Buick GMC Subaru in Amarillo TX.
If you live in the area I highly recommend this dealership. They were so easy to deal with that I bought the car on my lunch break.0
gmcustsvc Posts: 4,252mncw,
Glad to hear you had a great experience!
Thank you and have a great weekend!
Caron, GM Customer Service0
dgbos Posts: 12011 SLT-1 AWD
Options: Tricoat Diamond, Nav, Dual Sunroof
Invoice - $42,446
Deal - $43,187
What do you think?0
tony58 Posts: 7Purchased 2011 Acadia SLT1 AWD with sunroof, tow pkg, metallic black, msrp 43290, dealer took 5500 off msrp and i used a 1000 rebate that was distributed by gm for a total of 6500 off msrp. I am happy with the deal.0
hobokeneddie Posts: 1Hi everyone,
Just visited my local GMC dealership and test drove an SLT1. Very nice car.
Here is what they quoted me:
40,995 MSRP - dropped to 39,388 and then another 1,700 off if I lease it.
39 month lease, 12k miles, 3,139 down = 439/month or just first month and DMV down for $509 month.
Good deal? I've never leased before, so just trying to figure this all out.
Thanks in advance.
invest Posts: 7Ed,
You should be able to get at least 4,000 off MSRP. GMC is offering 2250 discount plus the dealer should be willing to go to invoice.0
hscottm Posts: 1Bought 2011 SLE over the weekend in Pittsburgh. Went into the search wanting FWD and only heated seats. FWD fairly hard to find, though, so options were limited and we ended up with a model with splash guards, trailering package, and dealer-installed DVD.
MSRP $36k + $2k for DVD = $38k base.
Had GM supplier discount (although we had asked for non-supplier discount offer and it was within $500 I think) to get to $34.5k, then $3000 in current rebates (including $1k GM retention rebate).
With $4000 trade, Agreed on $30,500 plus TTL.0
ladyleah Posts: 52011 Acadia SLT-1 AWD
Sticker; 45,005.00 with options of navi, sunroof, carbon black color, and trailering package (which added 4,010 to the base)
Offer of 42K before incentive
Final car price: 40K
19K for trade (which was fair)
1,610 in sales tax (NJ is 7%)
199.95 doc fee
7.50 tire tax
$102 to trasfer plate
So, I guess the OTD price was techinically 41,817.45?
I thought that was a good deal.
sarahvz1 Posts: 7Silver Slt1 - dual sunroof - step bars - dvd - hitch
2011 5,000 miles demo
38663.70 + ttl using 0% for 60 months
Carl black in Orlando, FL0
pdude1 Posts: 47Prices haven't moved much for the 2012 models as I have seen some SL for 31-33K.
What are people paying for their new 2012 Acadias?0
gumyoung Posts: 11Interested in SLE-2.
Wondering ?% off the MSRP is about right?
Thank you.0
blue3715 Posts: 13
@kegels said:
Where can I post Acadia lease questions? I posted this earlier but no response, perhaps posted on the wrong forum. Can I post it here?
I got the following lease quote for an Acadia SLT w/ Nav, DVD Pkg, 19" wheel, HUD and trailer pkg;
Term: 36 months, 15K mi/yr
Price: $40,844($500 over invoice)
Residual: $23,201
GMAC Rate: 8.05%
Drive-off Due: $1,454
Monthly Lease Payment: 785(including insurance)
Is this a good deal? Pls advise. Thank You
You are going to pay $785/mo to lease a 40k car? Are you crazy?
Maybe I didnt get the best deal (although I got a good value for the trade in of my car)
Acadia SLT1, AWD, with NAV.
$44k MSRP
Paying $1800 out door, plus $450/mo 39mos, 12k mi/yr0


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National Dogfighting Awareness Day
With Tuesday, April 8, being National Dogfighting Awareness Day, Beaumont Animal Services would like to bring attention to this country-wide problem and offer tips that we can all use to combat dogfighting in our community. Dogfighting is a serious crime and it has been reported in urban, suburban and rural settings in all regions of the country. We are not immune to this problem in our community either, with Beaumont Animal Services officers seizing over 30 pit bull dogs in 2013 for "training to fight" and several others for actual fighting.
How does Dogfighting Affect People?
Dogfighting is a felony in all 50 states and it is often in association with other crimes such as illegal drug trafficking and violent crimes. Dogfighting not only hurts animals but also endangers a community's safety. Illegal drugs and firearms are commonly found at the scene of animal fighting events. Young children brought to matches are desensitized to violence and are taught that cruelty is acceptable. Evidence shows that those who commit Dogfighting crimes and other forms of animal abuse are more likely to be violent towards people. According to a three-year-study by the Chicago Police Department, 65 percent of the people arrested for animal abuse crimes-including Dogfighting-were also arrested for violent crimes against people.
Warning Signs of Dogfighting Activity in Your Area
- Several-to-many dogs, mainly pit bulls, kept chained on a property, out of reach of each other.
- Dogs that show signs of having been fought-scars on their faces, legs and chest.
- Dogs restrained on heavy chains or attached to heavy weights or concrete blocks.
- Unusual traffic of many people entering or leaving a building or fenced yard with pit bulls.
- Loud noises associated with such gatherings
- Individuals displaying clothing or tattoos glorifying Dogfighting
- Dead or injured pit bulls or other dogs found in the area.
- Dogs being trained to strengthen their grip by hanging from ropes, tires or springs.
What YOU Can Do to Prevent Dogfighting in Your Area
- Report active or in-progress fights to 911.
- Report suspicions of Dogfight location to your local police or animal control agency's non-emergency numbers. For Beaumont residents you may dial 311.
- Report loose or dangerous dogs to your local Animal Control.
- Be aware of the previously mentioned activities in your area and report that as well.
- Support tougher laws against Dogfighting and the enforcement of existing laws.
Beaumont Animal Services takes Dogfighting and all forms of animal abuse seriously and will investigate all tips, complaints and suspicions of these crimes. If you prefer to remain anonymous you may also call Crime Stoppers at (409)833-TIPS.
For more information visit Beaumont Animal Services, located at 1884 Pine St. in Beaumont. Their hours are Monday thru Thursday from 10:00am till 6:00pm and Fridays from 10:00am till 5:00pm. You are also encouraged to like them on Facebook at www.facbook.com/beaumontanimalservices and visit their web page located at http://beaumonttexas.gov/departments/animal-services/ for more updates. For more information on combating Dogfighting, please visit www.aspca.org.— Press release from Beaumont Animal Services