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As I covered yesterday, this was another disappointing jobs report - with a net of 80,000 jobs created during the month. President Obama called the latest jobs numbers 'a step in the right direction'.
Or should it be, wtf?
The right direction?
More people were added to the federal government disability rolls than new jobs were created in June. Job growth in the 2nd Quarter of 2012 is one third the job growth of the 1st Quarter of 2012. Not one month in the 2nd Quarter grew enough jobs to cover even the population growth of the country. Labor participation rates are at their lowest levels in 30 years - down substantially from when the President took office in January 2009. 5 million fewer people are working today than there were in January 2009.
James Pethokoukis, of the American Enterprise Institute, has calculated that with the current level of labor participation, the economy needs to average 219,000 new job created each month between now and November to get the [cooked] unemployment level below 8% by election day. Under Barack Obama, we've spent more time with an unemployment rate above 8%, 41 consecutive months, than the total time the rate was above 8% between 1945 and 2008 - 39 total months. This is also the President who promised in the spring of 2009 that if he got the $850 billion stimulus, we would be seeing at this point a 5.5% unemployment rate and a >4% GDP growth rate. (Current GDP growth is at 1.9% and showing strong sides of sliding lower.)
Larry Kudlow's National Review column highlights a report on Obamanomics by the Joint Economic Committee (JEC).....
The Joint Economic Committee (JEC), spearheaded by Texas congressman Kevin Brady, put out a report saying that the Obama recovery now ranks dead last in modern times. That's a real milestone in the post-WWII era. It's ten out of ten for both jobs and economic growth. According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, real GDP has expanded only 6.7 percent over the eleven-quarter recovery since the recession ended. The Reagan recovery at the same stage had increased by 17.6 percent. The Clinton recovery by 8.7 percent.
As for jobs, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that the number of private-sector jobs has grown by only 4.1 percent since the cyclical low point. Reagan's record was 10.7 percent.
So much for Obamanomics. Didn't work. Still isn't working. As the JEC put it, spending stimulus, housing bailouts, auto bailouts, financial bailouts, cash for clunkers, cash for caulkers, and $5 trillion in deficit spending left the Obama recovery dead last in modern times.
This is the right direction?
The Republican National Committee has this response to the President...
While the SuperPAC Crossroads GPS is starting to run this advertisement in the campaign battleground states asking if all President Obama has are excuses...
The Investors Business Daily has a couple of editorials that also highlights the fundamental challenges with the President's economic policies - and agenda.
One of these focuses on the weak June jobs report, listing 10 reasons why the job market is even weaker than the June jobs report.
Reason #8 recalls the President's gaffe from last month when he said that the private sector is 'doing fine'. It notes that private sector employment is still down 3.9%, or 4.5 million jobs since the President took office. Overall government jobs, including local, state, and federal, are down 1.9%, but that the federal government jobs, excluding the U.S. Post Office, are UP 10.7%.
The press release from the President's economic advisory team did acknowledge the below expectation job creation number, while going back to not only tell us 'not to read too much into' the monthly jobs report, but repeating the misleading statement that the Administration has 'created 4 million jobs' since the fall of 2009.
The real interesting aspect of the suggestion to 'not to read to much into' monthly jobs reports is that the White House has reminded us of this 30 times previously referencing 30 other monthly jobs reports.
The other interesting IBD editorial focuses on the complete fallacy of the Keynesian economic policies that are advocated by President Obama, Paul Krugman, and other leading progressives. Despite the argument made by John Maynard Keynes, more government spending does not deliver more jobs.
Political leaders continue to peddle the snake oil that we can spend our way back to prosperity.
The Obama administration has pushed government's share of GDP past 40%, the highest ever without a major war. Europeans are grousing about austerity, seeing crippling debt not as a comeuppance but as an obstacle to the spending needed to revive a moribund economy.
In the 1930s, with the world in the Great Depression's death grip, British economist John Maynard Keynes argued that massive government spending would boost demand and put the unemployed back to work. Over the next eight decades, Keynesian stimulus became the standard remedy for weak economies — even though it has never worked.
President Barack Obama is wrapping up his campaign bus tour through the battleground states of Pennsylvania and Ohio. Here's a picture of the town of Beaver, Ohio welcoming the President to the town...
One of the terms I use to denote President Barack Obama is to call him our 'Narcissist in Chief'. As I've discussed and highlighted numerous times, the President has all of the traits of being a true narcissist. Weasel Zippers has a post that highlights just why Barack Obama has earned this title - with his use of the first-person pronoun 'I' and 'Me' 117 times in a single campaign speech...
Speaking in Sandusky, Ohio on July 5, President Barack Obama used the first-person pronouns "I" and "me" a combined 117 times in a speech that lasted about 25 minutes and 32 seconds.Earlier this week, I highlighted a rather arrogant and clueless comment made by the current head of the Environmental Protection Agency, Lisa Jackson, who asserted that the regulatory decisions and actions by the EPA has not cost the country one job or damaged the economy.
Obama used "I" 98 times and "me" 19 times, according to a transcript of the speech posted by the White House. A videotape of the speech posted on YouTube shows that Obama spoke for about 25-and-a-half minutes.
During this speech, Obama used "I" or "me" approximately once every 13.09 seconds.
Columnist George Will, writing in the Washington Post, addresses how vapid Jackson's claim is in a column that reflects how the EPA's heavy hand is threatening the national economy...
If the EPA mandates the most expensive technologies, each of the NGS owners would have to weigh whether it is sensible to make large capital investments in a plant that might not operate after that. Furthermore, one of the six owners of the NGS is the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, which may be prohibited by California law — the state may be destitute, but it is determined to fix the climate — from making investments that will extend the life of coal-fired plants.
Testifying to Congress last February, an EPA official uttered the six-word incantation that summarizes Obama administration policies and progressivism generally: "We do not have to choose." It is, the official said, quoting President Obama, a "false debate" that we have to choose between the "public health benefits from reducing air pollution from power plants" and "growing this economy in a robust way."
But benefits usually have costs. And in reality — which is the region contiguous to Washington — two pertinent questions usually are: How much government do you want, and how much are you willing to pay for it in diminished economic growth? The Obama administration consistently favors more government and, believing that "we do not have to choose," is mystified by stubbornly sluggish growth.
This isn't just the case on a national level either. The Progressive Republic of California is starting to see the true effects of it's own climate change law, AB32, on the statewide economy...
The first study—sponsored by the California Manufacturers and Technology Association, whose members employ 1.2 million residents—estimates the price tag for three major new regulations associated with the law: cap-and-trade taxes on carbon emissions, a "low carbon fuel standard," and a stringent 33% renewable mandate for electricity production. Together these policies raise energy costs and are expected to reduce state GDP by between 3.5% and 8.9% by 2020.
Even under the "optimistic" scenario, that's a loss of up to $447 billion in California output over eight years and represents a bigger loss in income than the 2008-09 recession. The cost per California family is estimated at $2,500 a year due to higher costs. Repeat after Milton Friedman: There is no such thing as a free lunch.
One alarming conclusion is that "emissions reductions due to economic harm account for 26% of total reductions, more than any ARB mandated program" except cap and trade. This means that a major way Californians will reduce their greenhouse emissions is by slower growth, chasing industry out of the state, and putting more people out of work. If Californians produce less, their carbon footprint is smaller.
California is a state that is completely and utterly dominated by progressive Democrats. Every major elected state-wide position is currently occupied by a progressive Democrat. Both the State Senate and State Assembly are dominated by progressive Democrats - with only a few votes in the State Assembly keeping the Democrats from having the two-thirds majority to increase taxes.
In this environment, it's no real surprise that the State Senate yesterday followed the State Assembly to vote to approve the spending of $7.9 billion dollars to begin the first phase of construction for the state's boondoggle high speed rail network to connect San Francisco to Los Angeles..
The State Senate, like the State Assembly, cast its ballot strictly along party lines (21-16), to embrace a project that is estimated to need between $68 billion and $98 billion to complete. Lost within the decision is the fact that California is now wallowing in a $16 billion budget deficit - and voters in the state are being brow beaten by Governor Jerry Brown to pass a $7 billion tax increase package that is supposed to solve the $16 billion deficit. (Yes, that's the logic of the state's progressive leadership - $7B in new taxes will erase a $16 billion deficit.)
Who cheered the loudest on word of the passage of the high speed rail measure besides Governor Moonbeam (or is now Moonbat?)? Union representatives present for the vote to twist a few arms loudly cheered the passage of the bill. Why? They are the ones who will benefit the most from the state's leap into the morass of an unviable business model - specifically the union leadership and the union coffers.
Barack Obama's U.S Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood released a statement applauding the vote by California's legislature...
"No economy can grow faster than its transportation network allows," U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said in a statement applauding the legislative vote. "With highways between California cities congested and airspace at a premium, Californians desperately need an alternative."
This is the same Transportation Secretary, who on June 30th, echoed so many others of the Obama Administration's admiration for the governmental system of the People's Republic of China, noting that while in the US 3,000 or 3,000,000 are involved in making decisions, China has only three people making decisions....
Echoing the laments of pundits like Thomas Friedman of the New York Times, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood argued Saturday that China outpaces the United States in building major transportation infrastructure like high-speed rail because of its authoritarian system and because the Chinese don't have the Republican Party holding up progress.
"The Chinese are more successful [in building infrastructure] because in their country, only three people make the decision. In our country, 3,000 people do, 3 million," LaHood said in a short interview with The Cable on the sidelines of the 2012 Aspen Ideas Festival on June 30. "In a country where only three people make the decision, they can decide where to put their rail line, get the money, and do it. We don't do it that way in America."
Raving about a totalitarian and brutal regime because he likes their efficiency. Is this today's version of supporting fascism because it made the trains run on time?
Mark Steyn will bring today's QH to a close as he writes in this week's column about America's Twilight and asks if the lamp of liberty is going out?
But no advanced society has ever attempted Big Government for a third of a billion people — for the simple reason that it cannot be done without creating a nation with the black-hole finances of Stockton, Calif., and the Black-Hole-of-Calcutta fetid, airless, sweatbox utility services of Rockville, Md. Thanks to Obamacare, in matters of health provision, whether you're in favor of socialized medicine or truly private health care, Swedes and Italians are now freer than Americans: They have a state system and a private system, and both are relatively simple. What's simple in micro-regulated America? In health care, we now have what's nominally a private system encrusted with so many statist barnacles that it no longer functions as either a private or a state system. Thus, Obamacare embodies the strange no-man's-land of statism American-style: The U.S. is no longer a land of republican virtue and self-reliant citizens but it's not headed for the sunlit uplands of Scandinavia, either.
In their book The Size of Nations, Alberto Alesina and Enrico Spolaore argue that, if America were as centrally governed as France, it would have broken up long ago. But hey, that's no reason not to try it! In a land where everything else is supersized, why not government?
Today in History
1865 - Mary Surratt becomes the first woman executed by the U.S. federal government. Surratt was convicted as a conspirator in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln and sentenced to death, along with three other co-conspirators.
1898 - The United States annexes Hawaii.
2005 - 4 al-Qaeda suicide bombers strike 3 subway trains and one bus during the peak of London's morning rush hour, killing 56 people and injuring another 700 people. Two weeks later, on July 21, 2005, a second set of four bombings was attempted, also targeting the city's transit system, but failed when the explosives only partially detonated. The four men alleged to be responsible for the failed attacks were arrested in late July.
2011 - The world's first artificial organ transplant takes place. It was an artificial windpipe coated with stem cells from the patient and grown in a lab.


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Sunday, July 6, 2008
Another day, another vegetable
Still seeing radishes in my future - probably roasted. tonight might be good for that.
4 comments:
- EmLit said...
Roasted vegetables are the best, I think. I'm especially fond of roasted broccoli and roasted brussels sprouts (YUM!) I'm sad that I missed the green beans :(
- July 8, 2008 at 9:43 AM
- SueWho said...
Do not worry - roasted green beans will be making another appearance in the not too distant future, and I have heard there is a rumor that an appearance of roasted radishes is imminent too.
- July 8, 2008 at 10:22 AM
- Binx said...
I need to experiment more with roasted with very little oil. Sometimes it works, sometimes not... I like roasted brussels sprouts with potatoes. Yum!
- July 8, 2008 at 11:22 AM
- zebeckras said...
You know who else likes brussels sprouts (since Charlotte mentioned them)? Dorothy. ;)
I sound like a broken record, but there are very few foods she doesn't like! Sometimes you just have to trick her into eating them: like she thinks she doesn't like eggplant but if you tell her they're mushroms she'll eat 'em. Ask her if she wants blueberries and she says no, but hand them to her and she pops them into her mouth and asks for more. Tricky baby.
So just for future reference, Mom - you don't have to stick to just broccoli, she likes a LOT of stuff now...
- July 10, 2008 at 7:26 AM

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America! There is Still Hope
"Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly: Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet. Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?" (Joel 2:15-17)
It was a beautiful Autumn Sunday in Pennsylvania. I sat listening to the Sunday school teacher in the adult Sunday school class as he taught on prayer. It was in that quiet moment that God spoke to me about the need to dedicate myself to calling America back to her God, back to the foundations she left long ago. By December 28, 2010 The Great American Fast website was launched, and now we are preparing for The Great American Fast III.
Each year the first weekend in September is set aside for The Great American Fast. Beginning at 6:00 p.m. Friday evening and ending at 6:00 p.m. Saturday evening, folks from all across America and eight foreign countries will join together wherever they are to seek God in a time of prayer and fasting, pleading for His presence once again.
Although individuals will be seeking God in their own way in their own place, the main observance will be held at the Lamar Lighthouse Camp in Lamar, PA. During that 24-hour period we will seek the face of God on our knees, perhaps on our faces, with tears and fasting. It truly will be an American event. Special music will be provided by Dan and Alescha Richmond (Massachusettes). Joe Knouf (Ohio), Dave Iseminger (Michigan), and Rick Vincent (New Jersey) will be the speakers. Much personal and corporate prayer time will be sprinkled throughout the 24-hour period.
Please consider joining us for the weekend if you possibly can. All expenses are paid for by Lifegate Baptist Church. If you can get here, we'll take care of the rest. There are several private rooms and cabins just waiting for you; all free so take me up on it. If you can't make the trip, please sign up to stand with us wherever you are at www.thegreatamericanfast.org.I realize no doubt that it will take more than one day of prayer and fasting to turn our nation around. The website was created to encourage us to be seeking the face of God on a daily basis throughout the year. God is moving so come be a part!
This year has been proclaimed as the Year of the Fast. Our members have entered into a perpetual fast that will culminate with The Great American Fast in September. The members have volunteered to pray and fast on a continuous schedule until we beak fast at 6:00 p.m. September 7. Each shift is 24 hours and as one is breaking fast, another is beginning. We're seeing great results as God is moving.
We're told in Joel 2:15 to "Blow the trumpet . . . sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly." Then we will "Gather the people, sanctify the congregation." There will be time for ". . .the priests, the ministers of the LORD, [to] weep between the porch and the altar . . . and say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?"
In verse 18 and 19, we're told of God's response - " Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people. Yea, the LORD will answer and say unto his people, Behold, I will send you corn, and wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied therewith: and I will no more make you a reproach among the heathen." Then - then the Lord responded. That's the nature of God. May we trust Him for a complete and thorough work in our lives, families, churches, and yes, even our America.
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Hello Dear Brother In Christ,
God bless you with this effort. I certainly will be in prayer and pray for a revival for our country; that we seek Him first in all things!!! I will visit the website as well.
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Your Sister in Christ,
Faith Reaper
My dear friend, God is using you in a mighty way. You have heeded His call to stand in the gap for America. It is a privilege to join with you. I pray peace, blessings, and safety as you continue to lead the way in seeking revival for America.
I appreciate your faith and call. Will be taking my post on the wall today in prayer and fast.
It says 410 That page does not exist. I will go through your hubs tomorrow though and see can't I find it. Am beat tonight, spring cleaning and planting.... Look forward to reading it though.
The link is not good, may want to check it out. Meant to tell you last week but got busy. Sorry.
A most worthy venture! Will visit the website. Praying now for God's blessing on this great American Event.
Thanks, I probably have read it but will go back and I had changed to pre-trib a few years back; just these scriptures seem to be talking about the two events together, but as you say, it can be confusing. Will go read that now, thanks!
Hello Lifegate, It has been quite a while. You know coming here to visit I had to stop by and see your work, great hub. I'm going through alot but God is #1 and He has been right here with me every step of the way. You the almighty man glorifying God again your work is great. Glad that I stopped by and took the time to read. May God continue to bless you in every way!!
Hmmm, this takes me back to what I use to believe, lol. That rapture and the Jew fleeing happens at the same time. (which is probably mid-tribulation) Another reason for that was that being the time the anti-Christ will be revealed going into the new temple and claiming to be God? But then there is scripture saying more or less anti-Christ would have been revealed if the restrainer was not taken away (Holy Spirit I take it to mean) But then maybe we are rapture just before the anti-Christ does this...could be even minutes I suppose. What are your thoughts on that?
wish I could join you Bill. But you know I am continuing in prayer.


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Jim Cramer Wrong on Gold, Again
Headlines like the following one always make me nervous:
Jim Cramer: Buy Gold Before Price Spikes Amid Mining-Stock Rally.
That's a headline from MoneyNews.com – quoting Jim Cramer on a recent episode of his show Mad Money on CNBC.
I don't especially relish picking on Jim Cramer, because he's clearly an entertainer. There's no question about it: his show is as much about entertainment as any other show on television. But when he wades into the commodity space, I see it as a personal duty to take him down a peg. A gold investor might actually take him seriously – and that's something I can't abide.
Mr. Cramer and I actually agree on gold's direction. But I want to emphasize the point: knowing why you're invested in a certain sector is at least as important as knowing which sector to invest in. And it's my personal belief that Jim Cramer's over-the-top, made-for-TV investment analysis could be detrimental to someone who invests in gold on his advice.
His reasoning to buy gold now has almost nothing to do with gold's main trend. I'll quote Money News quoting him:
"Gold stocks peaked 30 days before gold peaked," Cramer said on CNBC, referring to gold's record high of $1,432.50 an ounce on Dec. 7.
"Now look at gold stocks going up, even though gold (itself) is doing nothing."
Okay, I have several problems with Cramer's analysis. The biggest one is that it's not really true at all.
I've used three different benchmarks for gold stocks, and none of them shows the gold miners peaking a month before gold.
For the sake of brevity, here's the most commonly used gold miner index, the Gold Bugs Index [AMEX: HUI], plotted against the price of gold.
The index is in black, and the price of gold is in gold.
It looks to me that gold's peak on December 7th was actually preceded by a dip in the gold bugs index about six weeks previous in mid October.
More likely, there's no discernable relationship between gold mining stocks and the price of gold, except to note that their movements move pretty closely together.
Before I go on, you should know that I'm using the Gold Bugs index because it tracks the 16 largest gold mining companies in the stock market. If this index doesn't reflect what Jim Cramer is talking about, then the onus is on him to show us some other index that proves his point.
In any event, I don't know what Jim Cramer is talking about, but even if he knows of some other index, his analysis is still bogus.
He doesn't provide any reason for this tendency in the market, and it almost doesn't make any sense. You might expect that gold miners would see a pop in their stock price AFTER spikes in gold's price – for the simple reason that higher priced gold would likely increase their earnings.
But the opposite? I don't see how that works.
More importantly, that's no reason to become a gold investor. The real reason to become a gold investor has nothing to do with some technical chart, 30-day trend or special indicator.
I buy physical gold for capital preservation. I buy gold mining companies for the potential to multiply my investment.
And the thesis behind these investments is the same one I've been researching, updating, amending and writing about for years now: central bankers and governments around the world have no plans or ability to pursue the kinds of strong money policies that won't result in inflation and devalued currencies.
Until those folks change their ways, it's likely that I'll continue to buy gold and gold stocks.
But it won't likely have anything to do with what Jim Cramer says, that's for sure.
Disclosure: Author is long gold.
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Becka's Hottie of the Week Poll
I've been thinking about shaking up my Hottie of the Week feature a bit, but I wanted to get your opinion first.
What do I mean?
Well, lately, I've been featuring men I find hot, either actors or singers that I've thought about, seen, or heard during the week in question. Sometimes, I can't come up with someone new and fresh. Other times, I feel like I'm only honoring the UBER hot, rather than the every day Hottie.
You know what I mean. The man you don't glance twice at, and yet, when you get to know them, you can't look away.
So here is my poll to you, my loyal readers.
Should Becka's Hottie of the Week:
A.) Continue to be about men Becka finds hot
B.) Feature men who might not be uber hot, but are hot in their own way
C.) Feature men who might not be seriously famous, meaning, some random model on a stock photo somewhere?
D.) Feature some women? (Totally not in a lesbian way, but heck, women are Hotties too, even I notice a pretty woman. LOL)
E.) I really don't care, it will still be a cool feature whatever you plan on doing.
What do you guys think? Because this week's Hottie is none other than Mr. Paul Walker.
Nope, amazingly enough, I've never featured Paul, although I have posted pictures of him on occasion. For whatever reason, I've been having dreams of him. Thought perhaps it was a sign from On High to finally feature the man. I mean, he fricken' deserves it - smokin' Hottie that he is.
Sorry, DH, but he's one man I'd leave you for. Don't you be givin' me no looks, either, Mr. Goings, because you have your "list" of women you'd leave the Mrs. for, aka *ME*, don't think I don't know!
Okay, seriously, I need to stop posting pictures, because if I drool any more on my keyboard, I'm gonna fry my laptop, folks. Ironic, eh, that one of the hottest men on planet Earth only gets two pictures on my HotW feature? Well, two is all he needs, baby!
Congratulations, Paul Walker. You're Becka's Hottie of the Week!
**whispers**I live in Oregon in a little green house with a big giant red van parked in the driveway out front...
What? Figure if he's gonna come find me, might as well give him directions. :P
Take that left turn at Albuquerque, Paul. LEFT turn. lol


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Countdown to Due Date: Party of 2 About to Be a Party of 3
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It is the final countdown (cue Europe song). This marks week 36 and next Tuesday I will be considered full term. That means baby Magee could come at any time although I'm having daily pep talks with the honey dew (that's it's size now) and telling it not to come before my family can arrive. 40 weeks would be about perfect. I am on maternity leave from my flight attendant job because they won't let you fly after 36 weeks and my last trip was out of Aspen. I gazed up at the same hill that inspired me to write about acceptance of the lemon in the fall and thought about how far I'd come since then. Everyone asks how I'm doing these days, and I must say I'm excited, scared, and happy all at once. My heartburn has subsided which I believe means the baby has dropped down lower. I've been taking naps because I sleep so horribly at night but I have no low back pain (thanks yoga!) and no more leg cramps or sciatica pain. I have been nauseated lately like the first trimester so I'm eating less but that's just as well because my stomach is pretty much smashed up in my throat. Otherwise I can't complain. No swollen ankles or face and I can still see my toes. I consider that winning.
|This past Sunday was our baby shower. The whole weekend was about getting ready for the baby and having one last hurrah with friends. My mom flew into town Thursday and helped us out so much. She took us shopping and we put together about 10 freezer meals for us to eat when family is gone, and we just can't drag ourselves out of the house to get food. Friday was my friend Michelle's 30th birthday party, and mom was a good enough sport to come with us and celebrate and enjoy some Hurricanes at the Mardi Gras themed bash.
My mom also took us to buy the things we most needed off our registry – a swing and a car seat and stroller. They won't let you take a baby home from the hospital without a car seat so this was a pretty important purchase. Of course what I had registered for was the Chicco key fit but we ended up going with a Graco because of price and practicality. We could get the car seat and stroller combo for what the Chicco cost because the Graco was on sale. I tell you it felt weird picking out a stroller and envisioning what I'd be wheeling around the park but we are now prepared nonetheless.
The shower was what I had been most looking forward all weekend. My four friends did a wonderful job putting the day together for us. I had wanted a couples' shower because I am on the less traditional side and didn't really want to do the whole diaper cake, guess how big I am using a ribbon, guess the "poop" in the diaper type of thing. Basically I wanted my friends to come together and have a final celebration before the Magee's become a party of three and that's what it was.
One of my favorite things the girls did however was to ask guests in lieu of cards if they would give us children's books and write their names and a message in there. It was so amazing to see all the books my friends had picked out and knowing the message inside will forever remind me of Sunday. Guests were asked not to wrap gifts because I didn't want to open them in front of everyone but instead saved that moment for when I was at home and could really sit in the fullness of the day. And when we got home that's exactly what Chad, my mom and I did. We opened the gifts at our dining room table, we read the cards and the notes and the poems and we spent time looking at each gift and acknowledging how blessed and full our lives really are.
When I moved out to Denver about 8 years ago I knew no one. I have truly built the life I now have from the ground up. In eight years I have met some wonderful people, and I finally feel I have my place in Denver. While my immediate family may not be here they are only a short plane ride away and for that I am grateful.
Some people ask me if I'm scared to give birth. I'm not scared. I am ready. I surrendered to this journey a long time ago, and it's made the process easier. I can't predict what the future will bring, but I feel as ready for it as one can be. Everything is done that can be done. All we do now is wait…
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About the Author: Natalie Magee writes a regular column for Happiness Series about what motherhood and beyond - from prenatal to postpartum. Her intention with her column, "Baby & Beyond - What No One Else Will Tell You" is to give practical advice and tips to the busy mom and mom-to-be. She also shares her experiences good, bad and ugly as a woman, wife, mom, flight attendant and fitness instructor. Natalie is also a regular fitness contributor on Happiness Series. She will continue to create great, effective workouts for anyone - including the busy moms out there - who wants to get fit and stay in shape.


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With a smaller site than most projects at only 559m2, the owners dreamt of a way to use the land to build a family getaway that would be home to memories for years to come. They knew they needed to plan precisely how to maximise their living space on the area available and still keep to budget.
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Having a minimal footprint in comparison to an average house at only 35m2, the tiny home opened up design opportunities that hadn't previously been investigated. The architect and owners wanted to use high quality yet durable products that reflected the unique nature of the project.
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Introducing Kali Linux
The creators of BackTrack have released a new, advanced penetration testing Linux distribution named Kali Linux. BackTrack 5 was the last major version of the BackTrack distribution. The creators of BackTrack decided that to move forward with the challenges of cyber security and modern testing a new foundation was needed. Kali Linux was born and released March 13th 2013. Kali Linux is based on Debian and an FHS-Compliant file system.
Kali has many advantages over the BackTrack. It comes with many more updated tools. The tools and streamlined with Debian repositories and synchronized four times a day. That means users have the latest package updates and security fixes. The new compliant file systems translate into running most tools from anywhere on the system. Kali has also made customization, unattended installation, and flexible desktop environments and strong feature in Kali Linux.
Kali Linux is available for download at (http://www.kali.org/).
Kali Linux Setup
Kali Linux can be downloaded in a few different ways. One of the most popular ways to get Kali Linux is to download the ISO image. The ISO image is available in 32-bit and 64-bit images.
If you plan on using Kali Linux on a virtual machine such as VMware, there is a VM image prebuilt. The advantage of downloading the VM image is that is comes preloaded with VMware tools. The VM image is a 32-bit PAE. In theory, a PAE kernel allows the system to access more system memory than a traditional 32-bit operating system. There have been some well-known personalities in the world of operating systems that have argued for and against the usefulness of PAE kernel. However, the authors of this book suggest using the VM image of Kali Linux if you plan on using it in a virtual environment.
Running Kali Linux from External Media
Kali Linux can be ran without installing software on a host hard drive by accessing it from a external media source such as USB drive or DVD. This method is simple to enable however has performance and operational implementations. Kali Linux having to load programs from a remote source would impact performance and some applications or hardware settings may not operate properly. Using a read only storage media does not permit saving custom settings that may be required to make Kali Linux operate correctly. It's highly recommended to install Kali Linux on a host hard drive.
Installing Kali Linux
Installing Kali Linux on your computer is straightforward and similar to installing other operating systems. First, you'll need compatible computer hardware. Kali is supported on i386, amd64, and ARM (both armel and armhf) platforms. The hardware requirements are listed below, although we suggest exceeding the minimum amount by at least 3 times. The better hardware Kali Linux runs on, the better the performance and user experience will be. Download Kali Linux and either burn the ISO to DVD, or prepare a USB stick with Kali Linux Live as the installation medium. If you do not have a DVD drive or USB port on your computer, check out the Kali Linux Network Install.
Installation Minimum requirements:
· A minimum of 8 GB disk space for the Kali Linux install.
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· You will also need an active Internet connection before installation. This is very important or you will not be able to configure and repositories during installation.
When you start Kali you will be presented with a Boot Install screen. You may choose what type of installation (GUI based or Text Based) you would like to perform.
Select the local language preference, country, and keyboard preferences.
Select a hostname for the Kali Linux host. The default hostname is Kali.
Select a password.
Simple passwords may not work so chose something that has some degree of complexity.
The next prompt asks for your time zone. Modify accordingly and select continue. The next example shows selecting Eastern Standard time.
The installer will ask to setup your partitions. If you are installing Kali on a virtual image, select Guided Install – Whole Disk. This will destroy all data on the disk and install Kali Linux. Keep in mind on a virtual machine, only the virtual disk is getting destroyed.
Advanced users can select manual configurations to customize partitions.
Kali also offers the option of using LVM, logical volume manager. LVM allows you to manage and resize partitions after installation. In theory, it is supposed to allow flexibility when storage needs change from initial installation. However, unless your Kali Linux needs are extremely complex, you most likely will not need to use it.
The last window displays a review of the installation settings. If everything looks correct, select yes to continue the process as shown in the next screenshot.
Kali Linux using central repositories to distribute application packages. If you would like to install these packages, you need to use a network mirror. The packages are downloaded via HTTP protocol. If your network uses a proxy server, you will also need to configure the proxy settings for you network.
Kali will be prompt to install GRUB. GRUB is a multi-bootlader that gives the user the ability to pick and bootup to multiple operating systems. In almost all cases, you should select to install GRUB. If you are configuring your system to duel boot, you will want to make sure GRUB recognizes the other operating systems in order for it to give users the options to boot into an alternative operating system. If it does not detect any other operating systems, the machine will automatically boot into Kali Linux.
Congratulations! You have finished installing Kali Linux. You will want to remove all media (physical or virtual) and select continue to reboot your system.


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Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Snow again
Those were happy times, the times of my youth...
And with the snow also came some good news. My colleague from work gave birth yesterday in the evening to a healthy boy named Enej. This is a Slovenian name for Aeneas, the Trojan hero. He already looks a hero today, her husband sent us Enej's photo. And today there's lots of laughter in our offices. I hope it will be another pleasant day. For you too.
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pina - thank your for visiting my waldorfmama blog. :) i love having new visitors! and so, i have visited your blog in return and found it so lovely! i see the snow and it is funny - it has just snowed here in texas today for the first time in 2 years! we are lucky to get snow once during the winter here. so different for you there in slovenia, from me so far away here in texas! well it is very nice to meet you and i hope we can visit often together. :)
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Usually, we get a lot more rain, and the crocus petals become all soggy and fall off before they mature, but not this year. I hesitate to say, because I don't want to jinx it, but this early spring has been kind of mild, a big departure from the seemingly unending weeks of grey and rain.
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The wars in Afganistan and Iraq has popularlized military blogging, the practice of soldiers in the frontlines to put down their real life expiriences on blogs. Milblogging.com is a directory of Military bloggers from around the world, and it lists one Sri Lankan mil-blogger, The Long Ranger, who seem to be quite clued on what's going on in the frontlines.
Other Sri Lankan blogs deadling with military news include DefenceWire and DefenceNet, the latter one of the most updated Sri Lankan military news resources on the internet.


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Edward R. Murrow and the Proximity Effect
In the late 1930s and early 1940s, nearly all of America was listening to the voice of Edward R. Murrow, which seemed to be right there in the living room. Chapter four shows how Murrow's keen attention to the acoustic effects of the London Blitz was one of the signature marks of his reports. Though rarely viewed as an essayist, Murrow achieved a style that was essentially a literary feat, the function of which was to evoke a participatory sense of history that would infiltrate the collective mind of a United States filled with deep-seated isolationist prejudices. To achieve this, Murrow constructed a new voice for radio, one that could not be mistaken for that of the traditional commentator, the reigning king of radio news. Ironically enough, Murrow devised a form of broadcast that had as much in common with CBS's Columbia Workshop as with print journalism, inventing a hybrid genre that borrowed equally from the modern literary essay (exemplified by Stephan Crane and George Orwell) and from American radio drama.
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Prevalence of sepsis among neonates admitted to Kisii level 5 hospital
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BACKGROUND Neonatal sepsis is the systemic inflammatory response syndrome in the presence of or as a result of suspected or proven infection during the first 28 days of life (18).Neonatal sepsis is the third most common cause of death in the neonate, contributing 10- 20% of deaths in this age group, most of which occur in resource limited countries like Kenya. In Kenya, the current neonatal mortality rate is 31 per 1000 live births. This study sought to determine the burden of neonatal sepsis at Kisii level 5 hospital as well as the causative organisms and pattern of antibiotic susceptibility, so as to allow appropriate treatment of neonates with sepsis. OBJECTIVES To determine the prevalence of sepsis among neonates admitted to Kisii Level 5 hospital as well as the pattern of bacterial causes of sepsis and the socio-demographic and economic factors associated with neonatal sepsis. METHODS The baseline population was made up of neonates who displayed the clinical criteria that form part of the definition of suspected neonatal sepsis. A questionnaire was administered to consenting mothers and blood samples were taken for full haemogram and culture. ANALYSIS Data was entered into a Microsoft Access database with inbuilt consistency and validation checks and was cleaned and stored. Analysis was done using SPSS analytical package. Data was presented as tables and graphs. The prevalence of neonatal sepsis was calculated as a xii proportion of total neonates admitted over the study period. Data on neonatal characteristics, maternal characteristics, delivery data and post delivery neonatal care was analyzed for association with neonatal sepsis using chi square test and Fischer test where values were less than 5. RESULTS After assessing 406 neonates, 80 neonates met the inclusion criteria for the study. The prevalence of clinical sepsis was 19.7%. All the blood cultures undertaken in the study were negative. There was therefore a significant reliance on the Haematological Score as described by Rodwell et al to make inferences about the laboratory results of the recruited neonates (22). Fifty one percent of mothers of neonates with highly likely or possible sepsis were housewives and 67.8% had a secondary level of education. Eighty seven percent of mothers were aged between 20 years to 30 years. Neonatal sepsis was significantly associated with maternal dysuria. The mothers lived under more affluent conditions as indicated by 68.8% living in stone or brick built houses. CONCLUSION Neonatal sepsis contributes significant proportion of neonatal admissions to Kisii Level 5 Hospital. Careful clinical evaluation of each admitted neonate for danger signs of neonatal sepsis is required to facilitate prompt laboratory evaluation for confirm of the same and commencement of antimicrobial therapy.
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2 Dissertation Title A Descriptive Study Of Human Resource Operations In Higher Education: Are They Value Added?
3 Dissertation Purpose The purpose of this study was to examine the perceptions of CEO's in 1,422 higher education institutions as to whether human resource operations have adopted value-added service delivery strategies as defined by the Value Proposition Model (Ulrich & Brockbank, 2005).
4 Topic Background Takes up where Brault & Beckwith (2003) left off in their book Human Resources Adding Value in Higher Education.
5 Topic Background Builds on the work of Dave Ulrich and Wayne Brockbank (2005) from the University of Michigan who are experts in the area of human resources.
6 Value-Proposition Model Note. From The HR Value Proposition (p.10), by D. Ulrich and W. Brockbank (2005), Boston: Harvard Business School Press. Copyright 2005 D. Ulrich and W. Brockbank. Used with permission of the copyright holders.
7 Dissertation Questions 1.What five elements that define the HR Value Proposition have been adopted by HR in higher education? 2.Which of the 14 criteria presented in the Value Proposition Model are reflected in higher education HR? 3.What differences exist in overall levels of HR value-added adoption in different types of higher education institutions?
8 Variables 32 Variables 32 Variables – (click to view Code Book) 5 Elements of VPM 14 Criteria Overall Value-Added Score Institution Size, Type, and Control
9 Survey Adapted with permission from Ulrich & Brockbank (2005) Field Tested with Expert Panel of Higher Ed and HR Professionals On-Line Administration Final Instrument
10 Sampling 1,422 random sampled from stratified sample of Carnegie Institutions Institutions selected then CEO email addresses purchased from Higher Education Publications, Inc. Sample size utilizing probability sampling, 95% confidence Assumed a 20% response rate
11 Data Collection Based on Tailored Design Method (Dillman, 2000) Initial invite (no survey) Ethic statement and survey link Survey reminder Survey thank you
12 Return Demographics Sample Size N% Institution Type Two-year71414720.59 Four-year7028712.39 Graduate/Professional 659 a Institution Control Public97317818.29 Private, for-profit455265.71 Private, not-for-profit2948930.27 Institution Size Very Small <500 FTE403317.69 Small, 500-1,9994878918.28 Medium, 2,000-4,00033710230.27 Large, 5,000-9,9991614930.43 Very Large, >10,0002822 b Totals 1,422 29321.0
13 Survey Reliability Total Overall Level of Value Added Adoption Reliability:.90 Element 2Element 3Element 4Element 5 Number of Survey Questions44211 Alpha Reliability.126.96.36.199
14 Initial Results N% Composite Score 14-28 was low level of adoption82.7 Composite Score 29-55 institution was in transition 22576.8 Composite Score 56-70 was high level of adoption6020.5 Overall Level of Value-Added Adoption
15 Question 1 Element 1Element 2Element 3 NPctN N Do Not Know82.71.31 No Extent1.393.1134.4 Low Extent165.55418.46923.5 Medium Extent10535.814449.112944.0 High Extent11037.58228.07927.0 Very High Extent5318.131.02.7 Element 4Element 5 NPctN Do Not Know-- No Extent103.431.0 Low Extent3913.33010.2 Medium Extent11137.913947.4 High Extent10435.510937.2 Very High Extent299.9124.1
16 Crafting HR Practices Low Level of AdoptionInstitutions in Transition High Level of Adoption NPctN N Total N8 225 60 Do Not Know112.50000 No Extent450.09400 Low Extent337.56629.300 Medium Extent0012053.3915 High Extent003013.34981.7 Very High Extent000023.3
17 Question 2 Link to Criteria Results
18 HR Roles StatisticsEmployee Advocate Human Capital Developer Functional Expert Strategic Partner HR Leader Mean3.3126.96.36.1993.39 Median3.00 Mode3.00 4.003.00 SD.90.991.20 1.04
19 HR Competencies Business knowledge Strategic contribution HR delivery Personal credibility HR technology StatisticsStrategic Contribution HR Delivery Business Knowledge Personal Credibility HR Technology Mean2.953.643.274.153.35 Median3.004.003.004.003.00 Mode3.004.003.004.00 SD 1.01.871.12.811.15
20 Implications The analysis of Criteria 12 and 13 have implications for HR professionals who are attempting to transform their operations by adopting value-added approaches. Research has shown that developing competency in strategic contribution can enhance the role of HR professionals as a strategic business partner, and thus, have an impact on their ability to connect with key stakeholders or help line managers deliver strategy through increased organizational capabilities. HR professionals are encouraged to adopt HR roles other the functional expert, and develop additional HR competencies before they will be able to transform HR operations from traditional HR functions to value- added service delivery functions (Kemper, 2001; Brault & Beckwith, 2003; Ulrich & Brockbank, 2005).
21 Question 3 Size: (F (4, 288) =.798, p =.528) Type: (F (2, 290) =.154, p =.857) Control: (F (2, 290) =.205, p =.815)
22 Implications The impetus for adopting value-added service delivery strategies may not be related to any institutional characteristics, or may be related to other institutional characteristics such as institutional culture. Because there were no differences in the level of value- added adoption between public and private institutions, it also would appear that the VPM is equally applicable to all types of institutions, institutions with different missions, and both small and large institutions. This would support the premise that the VPM, while developed within the private, corporate sector, can also be adapted to the public environment of higher education.
23 Limitations Snap Shot Picture in Time CEO Perspective Corporate terminology Response rate anomaly
24 Future Research How do the five elements interface during transition? Is there a natural progression of elements during transition? What did HR operations do differently when crafting HR practices from low value-added to high value-added? Do HR professionals need to transform themselves before moving from traditional to value-added? If so, what steps do they take during transformation? How is the level of value-added service delivery different for institutions of different cultures (Berquist, 1994) How do the 60 highly adapted HR operations compare to those in transition and those who had low ratings? What significant differences exist?
25 Conclusion A value-added paradigm of HR holds a great deal of prospect for the future of higher education HR. The results of this study support the applicability of the Value Proposition Model, and its potential to serve as a blueprint for HR transformation in higher education. HR has never before had an opportunity for greater influence in the organization. By taking a proactive approach to HR service delivery and adopting value-added approaches, HR professionals can have a direct and powerful influence on the future of their organization, and gain a seat at the higher education leadership table.
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Implementing a new workout plan can be daunting, especially if you don't know a whole lot about the fitness world. There are so many workout options, so many gym options and even more clothing options (just as important). But, as with most things in life, don't worry….moderation is key. It's the beginning of another year, which means a lot of people will be crushing goals and a lot of those goals have to do with fitness.
Many training programs for marathons, Tough Mudders and Iron Man races will commence but even if you aren't one of those athletes, you can still reap the benefits of running and training. Shorter bursts of high-intensity exercise have been shown to give some of the same health benefits as long-distance running. One of the most popular forms of this workout is called "interval training," and you can implement this style of training into your weekly workout regimen and see wonderful benefits.
You don't need a lot or any equipment for interval training. If you are a walker, you can simply speed up and slow down your pace and there you have it. The benefits of interval training can be seen at all ages. According to the Mayo Clinic, "[interval training] is not just for the young and healthy. Researchers have found that [it] can improve health and fitness for just about everyone and has even bigger benefits for older adults."


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The Bundesliga is the highest level German football league. It is structured in an 18 team format, with each team playing each other home and away in a 34 game season. It is regarded as one of the strongest European leagues, containing several of Europe's best teams and many of the world's best players. The Bundesliga is famous for free-flowing, attacking football, epitomised today by teams like Wolfsburg, Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich. The latter is the most successful team in German football, and seen as one of the most prestigious clubs in world football. The German football season runs from August to May each year.
A central German football league arrived much later than its European counterparts. Although football was organised professionally in Germany since the early 20th century, the Bundesliga was not established until 1963. FC Köln (Cologne) were the inaugural champions in 1964. The early 1970s saw a golden age in German football; the great Bayern Munich team of Beckenbauer and Müller, as well as the Borussia Mönchengladbach team of Josef Heynckes, would triumph multiple times in Europe and form the backbone of Germany's 1974 World Cup winning side. By the time the 1990s came round, Bayern Munich had established themselves as Germany's footballing superpower, and they have been unrelenting in that role ever since.
It is perhaps unfair to suggest that the Bundesliga has become a 'one club league' in recent years, but the dominance of Bayern Munich cannot be ignored. They have won every title with ease since 2012, winning by an average margin of 19 points each season. Bayern's philosophy is to never stand still, constantly adding players to an already talented squad and often buying their direct rivals most talented stars. Their closest challengers have arguably been Borussia Dortmund, although RB Leipzig finished as surprise runners up last year. Such has been Bayern's success in Germany, winning the Bundesliga alone is not seen as a yardstick to judge a season. Only Champion League glory will satisfy the Bayern Munich fans, a feat they last achieved in 2013.
Who can challenge Bayern Munich in the new season? Alone among Europe's 'Big 5' leagues it seems that the Bundesliga will see a one-horse race again in 2017/18. Bayern have already added James Rodriguez and Corentin Tolisso to a squad that is already miles ahead of the rest in Germany. Such is the incredible strength and depth of the squad; Bayern's second team would probably be seen as Bundesliga betting favourites for the new season. Still, we should never rule out the unexpected in football. Expect Leipzig, Dortmund and perhaps Schalke to fighting all the way to the finish this season.
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Monday, July 18, 2011
Carrying handles
My perfect solution was to add two rings of 1/2 inch thick soft rope, freely wound around the tube higher and lower the altitude semi-axes location and secured in place by tiny bungee cord. I can grab both ropes with one hand on any side and reliably hold the OTA in any position (between horizontal and vertical) convenient for the task. I can easily adjust ropes positions to compensate for any attached accessories weight too.
It turns out to be as well a perfect way to carry the scope at the observing site from location to location without disconnecting the OTA from the base. All I need is to put the OTA to vertical position, grab both ropes with one hand at its front side and by the base handle nearby - with another.
Remove the bungee cord and you have 2 independent handles in any place of the tube to carry it in pair or for a better control (e.g. if you need to put it on a high shelf). Needless to say that these same handles will continue to work over a soft scope cover during day break, also helping to better secure it in place too. These handles are cheap, lightweight, easy to remove and install without any tools, and with many other benefits which the extreme simplicity of the construction provides.
I plan to get a retro reflective rope to replace this one. It would be nice to see the telescope from far away using just dim forehead red light. Because when I'm all alone in the bush it's often takes several trips to the car and back to bring everything I need.
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Happy Mardi Gras weekend everyone! It ended up being a little wet and soggy like it usually is every year for Mardi Gras [when has it not rained on the parade?], and as Brendan MacLean said: "it just means we strip down to our swimmers twice as fast" LOL!
check out these cool pictures from the event
anyways, I was mucking around with a cool gif maker and came up with this.. can you guess what im saying?
Sunday, March 3, 2013
Happy Mardi Gras Weekend
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Think it's hot here in Southern California? Obviously the answer is yes, but not as warm as it is in Arizona. As a consequence, it'll be a lot hotter again Saturday night at Perris Auto Speedway.
Most tracks in Arizona shut down in June to escape the heat. On June 23, five sprint car teams made the journey to the Riverside County half-mile dirt track to compete in the USAC/CRA Series. Multiple USAC Southwest Sprint Car Series champion R.J. Johnson of Laveen, Arizona scored his second PAS main event win and Norco's Ronnie Gardner drove an Arizona entry to third, behind Visalia's Richard Vander Weerd.
The rivalry will resume this weekend. The card will also include PAS Senior and Young Gun Sprint Cars.
"Arizona has always been a great state for sprint-car racing," PAS promoter Don Kazarian said. "You go back 40, 50 years and some of the top drivers and race cars in the country came out of Arizona. Back in the day, the battles between the California and Arizona drivers over here at Ascot and in Arizona at Manzanita Speedway were epic and still talked about today.
"Over the past decade, 410 sprint-car racing in Arizona has pretty much died (replaced by 360 sprint cars). But the guys came over last month and kicked some rear end on a lot of our regulars. I am anxious to see them again on Saturday."
A strong contingent of cars from Arizona — as well as Chad Boespflug, a top driver from Indiana — will arrive at PAS to take on the locals. Johnson returns in an effort to make it two in a row and Gardner, who won his first wing sprint car race Saturday at Petaluma, will also return. Also in the field are Stevie Sussex and radio personality/sprint car driver Bruce St. James, both from Phoenix.
Boespflug, considered one of the top sprint-car drivers in the nation, is flying from his Plainfield home to drive the Dwight Cheney-owned sprint car. Boespflug, a California native, is ranked third in USAC National points and in November won the opening night main event at the 21st Budweiser Oval Nationals.
With Max Adams of Loomis behind the wheel, Cheney's car won the last USAC/CRA Series race at Santa Maria Raceway.
There be another "new face" but a familiar one. San Bernardino's Don Gansen will end a 3½-year retirement as the former Chaffey College student and 2006 California Lightning Sprint Car Series champion will join his brother, Chris, and five-time USAC/CRA titlist Mike Spencer on the Gansen Engineering team.
In the Young Guns competition — for drivers ages 14 to 25 with no prior sprint car experience — college student Hannah Mayhew and 14-year-old Covina High School student Joel Rayborne will mix it up again. Mayhew won the last Young Gun main event in June to take the point lead from Rayborne.
Canyon Country's Richard McCormick was sidelined in the last event because of mechanical troubles, but still leads Ed Schwarz by 23 points in the Senior Sprint Car standings for drivers 40 and older.
Adult tickets are $25 with seniors 65 and older getting in for $20. Active military members (with proper ID), teens 13-18 (with their school identification) and youths age 6-12 get in for $5. Children 5 and younger are admitted free.
Earnhardt's replacement
Dale Earnardt Jr. is retiring at the end of the NASCAR Cup season, a decision made final this week by wife, Amy. She's concerned about the concussion issues and put her foot down for 2018.
He'll be replaced in the Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet by a familiar face, a racer he has long championed. It was announced Thursday Alex Bowman, who drove the car in 10 of the 18 races Earnhardt missed in 2016 will take over next season. Bowman had three Top 10 finishes and won a pole at Phoenix.
"Ever since I was a kid, racing is all I've wanted to do," Bowman said. "I've had so many people believe in me along the way. My family has sacrificed a lot and always been behind me. I would never have this chance without the support of Dale and everyone involved with the No. 88 team.
"To be part of Hendrick Motorsports and for Mr. Hendrick to have this confidence in me, it's just amazing."
The Tucson, Arizona native has 81 Cup starts. From 2015-16, Bowman competed 11 times in the Infinity Series for HMS, earning seven Top 10s.
"Alex impressed the heck out of us last year with his talent, poise and professionalism," team owner Rick Hendricks said. "He stepped up in a very demanding situation and showed that he can run with the best and compete for wins. His ability to stay focused through it all, and the way he's handled himself since then, has shown a lot of character."
Pit stops
• Orange Show Speedway in San Bernardino resumes action Saturday night with Open Late Models, Street Stocks, Mini Stocks, Bandoleros and the Extreme Outlaw Figure 8s. Jeremy Queener has a tight three-point lead over Klint Keeman and IS seven points ahead of William Zieman in Figure 8 competition. Barry Kerr is ahead of Robert Klemate and Zachary St. Onge in Open Late Models. St. Onge won his first feature last time out.
• Irwindale Speedway is idle Saturday night, but when racing resumes July 29, two classes will resume their tight points battle. In Late Models, Trevor Huddleston is the leader by 48 points over Dylan Gamer and Ryan Vargas. Andrew Porter scored an upset win last week. In Spec Late Model, Robby Hornsby has a 12-point margin over Todd Conrad and Ed Cutter. Craig Yeaton, who won last week, is fourth, 16 points behind the leader.
• The NHRA Division 7 will conduct its Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event this weekend at Sonoma Raceway. It's one of 45 scheduled meets across the country where drivers earn divisional and national points. Categories include Comp Eliminator, Super Stock, Stock Eliminator, Super Comp, Super Gas and Super Street, along with Pacific Division Top Sportsman Series, Top Dragster Series, Pro Mod and Nostalgia A/Fuel Dragsters.
• Flat track motorcycle racing returns Saturday to Ventura Raceway, with the third A.J. Herrera Memorial highlighting the card. The program will include AMA pros to kid classes. The night's purse is in excess of $20,000 in the two Pro Open Classes, Singles and Twins.
• In the first VRA 360 Sprints race since May, points leader Kyle Smith won the 30-lap main last week over Kenny Perkins, Guy Woodward, Charlie Butcher and Kyle Edwards. Points leader Wally Pankratz won the VRA Senior Sprints. Johnny Conley took his second consecutive VRA Dwarf car win over brother Tim Conley and leads father David Conley by 85 points. Justin Dunn defeated points leader Luis Espinoza in the 20-lap IMCA Modified main.


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"We don't have the option to do nothing." Those are the words of Idaho Board of Corrections Chairwoman Debbie Field. She was referring to the proposal made by the Board for a 1,510 bed Idaho prison, part of $500 million prison expansion for the state. If the state legislature approves the proposal, it will be worse than doing nothing.
Violent crime in the United States has been falling consistently and dramatically since the early 1990s. Idaho is no exception to this trend: while violent crime peaked in 2002, rates in the state have been at or near record lows since 2014. What reasonable explanation could there be for why the prison population in Idaho is rising so quickly that they will need 2,400 new prison beds by 2022?
The answer is simple: drug violations. Idaho has some of the most regressive, outdated drug laws in the country. It is illegal for Idaho doctors to prescribe cannabis to their patients for medicinal purposes. As a result, children suffering from epilepsy and military veterans with post traumatic stress disorder cannot receive a drug that has been proven effective to treat their disorders and improve their lives.
In addition, medical cannabis is an effective alternative to opioid treatment. Since 2012 the opioid overdose death rate in Idaho has nearly doubled, further proving the need for medical cannabis legalization. Efforts to get a medical cannabis initiative on the November ballot in Idaho failed, the fourth time in eight years that such efforts have come up short.
Idaho needs to take the lead of states that are serious about proactive, beneficial changes. On June 26, voters in Oklahoma overwhelmingly approved legalizing medical marijuana by a twelve point margin. Once that law goes into effect Oklahoma will be the thirtieth state that allows doctors to prescribe cannabis.
Utah may be the thirty-first. A legalization initiative is on the November ballot there, and a recent poll showed support for medical marijuana at nearly 75 percent. Idaho is lagging behind some of the most conservative states in the country on accepting the truth about the benefits of medical marijuana.
In order to significantly lower its prison population, Idaho will need to either legalize or decriminalize marijuana. When a person is convicted of a drug felony it can destroy their lives. They can lose access to affordable housing and temporary assistance for themselves and their children. Without a job or support, their risk of a second prison sentence becomes far more likely.
Two-thirds of the people admitted to an Idaho prison in the last year were repeat offenders, with three-quarters of those sentences being for drug possession violations. This is the horrifying cycle of the criminal justice system, which keeps people from rebuilding their lives and drains the state of resources.
Nine states have legalized recreational marijuana, while another thirteen have decriminalized possession of small amounts of the drug. By comparison, Idaho's possession laws are aggressively punitive. Possessing any amount of marijuana is punishable by prison time, and possessing three ounces or more is a felony that carries a five year prison sentence. That is the same sentence that the state gives to those convicted of assault with a deadly weapon.
"We want to be tough," said Idaho Judiciary Chairman Lynn Luker, "but we want to be smart." Their version of tough has failed, so it's time for the Idaho legislature to get serious about being smart. Reforming drug laws, including decriminalizing marijuana possession, would dramatically decrease Idaho's prison population. The state would save hundreds of millions of dollars, and thousands of people would not have their lives destroyed by long, unnecessary prison sentences. There is no excuse for not instituting these reforms.
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List Item: Watch all of the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die"
Progress: 596/1007
Title: Serpico
Director: Sidney Lumet
Year: 1973
Country: USA
After watching Scarface I really needed to be reminded of the great actor that Al Pacino once was. So when I spied Serpico on Netflix I figured that I would see whether my earlier thoughts about the watershed in his style of acting was true. It is.
If you follow the brief synopsis of Serpico you would be forgiven for expecting this film to be just another cop drama about a good cop trying to root out corruption. However, that doesn't take into account that this is a true story and is not a feel good battle for justice kind of film.
No, his battle to expose the sheer level of corruption within the NYPD is frustrating. Sure, he gets a win at the end, but it is a pyrrhic one. He's shot in the face, which leaves him in chronic pain and without hearing in one ear. He's forced to resign from the police as no one on the force really wants to work with him… in fact most want him dead.
Over the course of the film you see Serpico either sacrifice or just lose everything that means anything to him. The women he loves leave him, the career he always dreamed of is over and he ultimately leaves the country in order to recover from his injuries.
In the hands of a lesser director than 12 Angry Men's Sidney Lumet Serpico really could have gone overboard in making the lead character holier than thou. The fact is, Frank Serpico is a very good cop and has a well calibrated moral compass, but he has his flaws. I know he is based on a real person, but that doesn't necessary have a bearing on how realistic a portrayal feels.
This brings me back to Al Pacino. He is fantastic in this film and it makes me want to see his remaining films on the 1001 list (Heat and Glengarry Glen Ross). As for Sidney Lumet, this is the final one of his four entries on the 1001 list. As much as I liked Serpico I would probably have to rank it below the other three (Network, 12 Angry Men and Dog Day Afternoon). Still a great film though!


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Two Cents' Worth (contracted form: two cents) /tu: sɛnts/
Definition: (idiomatic) One's opinions or thoughts.
Usage: That's just my two cents' worth; you can believe what you like.
Two Pennies' Worth (contracted form: tuppence) /tu: 'pɛniz/
Definition: (idiomatic) One's opinions or thoughts.
Usage: That's just my two pennies' worth; you can believe what you like.
Two Kobos (contracted form: tukobos) /tu: kəubəuz/
Definition: (idiomatic) One's opinions or thoughts.
Usage: That's just my two kobos; you can believe what you like.
Mr. Coin's real identity is Chizzy Ndukwe N.
Yup, him!
And, he's our biggest collector. Here's what he has to say about our establishment:
We live in a world full of opinion bloggers; the only catch is, only 0.1% of us opinion bloggers actually do it on the internet. But we're all the same.
Characteristics of an Opinion Blogger:
- Ability to See: We see with our eyes, ears, skin, and thoughts. And seeing excites us and makes us want to do things.
- Ability to Speak: All that see, speak. It is automatic, autonomic, reflexive, and irrepressible. We speak with our mouths (singing, oratory, poetry, narration, spoken word, drama, conversation, debate), our hands (writing, drawing, texting, painting, clapping, playing musical instruments, sculpting, caressing, typing, sports), our legs (sports, dancing, being there), our smiling faces, and our unspoken, unexpressed, welling emotions.
- The Having of a Voice: Voices do one thing—they identify one, and quite frankly, pits them against 7.1 billion other opinion bloggers with their own unique voices. Imagine that debate—the most divisive one to ever happen. Thank goodness our voices find synergy and have the ability to be aligned together. We find common ground and form a party, but we still know, the tone, timbre, and pitch of our voice is different from anyone else's.
Instances of Voices at Play:
Tories vs. Whigs
Republicans vs. Democrats
APC vs. PDP
Conservatives vs. Liberals
The People v. O.J. Simpson
Buhari vs. Jonathan
Brexit OR Not
Immigration Reforms OR Not
Paid Healthcare Systems OR Not
American Gun Laws
So when you look at it this way, you don't have an excuse for not owning your own blog. I'm not saying go online and begin fiddling with wordpress and blogger and tumblr, I'm just saying, "see, speak, have a voice."
And this is what tukobos.com is. Doubling as my author profile/freelance writer hiring services website (see how to contract my services here), it is my space to tell you what I feel about stories and news from both the literary and oil and gas communities (my niches), and as well, showcase works of mine scattered all over the internet.
It also highlights news from Route Africa — the non-profit for young emerging African writers I founded in May, 2016 — and as well fiction, essay, and poems of mine (or stuff I've since stopped writing) that you can't find elsewhere, if you're that curious.
So, welcome to another rag-tag internet space where yet another human being has decided to have you read the same news you find elsewhere, only augmenting it a little so that you can hear his unbiased (I wish!) take on said subject.
Welcome to tukobos.com, enjoy Chizzy's little opinions.
Or not; it's actually all your decision.
Chizzy Ndukwe N is a graduate of Petroleum Engineering from Federal University of Technology Owerri. He is a yet unpublished writer, and has been writing, mostly on online platforms, for eight years now and counting. His works can be seen on his wattpad profile, on Yolar Magazine, on Toryhub, inspirecrib.com, and Birds and Bridges (the official blog for Route Africa Writers Organization, which he founded in May, 2016).
He interviews writers, especially wattpad writers, on his soundcloud podcasts for his Route Africa alias (Rufuous Flycatcher 8422). Among some of the writers he's interviewed is Canadian L D Crichton (The Enchantment of Emma Fletcher).
He is currently working on his first novel, curates tukobos.com, oversees Route Africa, and nerds out on all your favourite Hollywood movie franchises.
He listens to weird music too. Like, you need encyclopedias to figure who's on his playlist.


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A second suspect in connection with a Canadian tourist Dennis Palakai death.
The suspect was identified has Andrew Smith, 20, a resident of Mount Salem, St. James and White Hall, Negril.
Mr. Palaki was shot and killed after he tried to stop two men from robbing his girlfriend along West End strip in Negril on June 11. A second suspect was arrested last month.