tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58264042011-04-21T22:38:46.476-05:00<strong>...keeping a watchful eye on the David Nelsons of the world (and a glimpse of the world through Daves' eyes)</strong>Davidnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2111100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826404.post-1092006561015462912004-08-08T18:00:00.000-05:002004-08-08T18:09:21.016-05:00

That's Dave's title, according to this article from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette about a guy who (in a five-week period, without taking a training course) passed all six exams the state of Pennsylvania requires of a building code official and residential building inspector, saving his township a ton of money in the process. "That's amazing," said David Nelson, who hadn't known of anybody passing

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Dave and a co-worker at Jaguar in the UK were called on to rescue two frightened men trapped upside down, dangling 15 feet from the ground, on the Robocoaster ride at an amusement park. When firefighters were unable to move a robotic arm that had become stuck, they called on the assistance of the Jaguar experts, who work with robotics.

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as city administrator of Harvard, Illinois.

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heads Midwest Grain Processors Cooperative.

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comes this sensible editorial about the no-fly list, etc.

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Working on a commission revising the state's criminal code, Nelson was quoted recently: Methamphetamine charges are piling up all over the state, Dave Nelson, Minnehaha County state's attorney, said. State law should be revised to take into account the various levels of meth possession, he said. At Nelson's suggestion, a subcommittee of the state Criminal Code Revision Commission decided Friday

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Dr. Dave Nelson is an Australian alcoholism expert. Meanwhile, in New Zealand, Dave is a long-time campaigner for aged care funding increases. And back in Australia, as managing director of Queensland's biggest private power supplier, Dave threatened to pull the plug.

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in Rhode Island. One citizen commented, This is the second cop in about 4 years who shot himself. Why cant Coventry Cops figure out how to use a gun..I sure as hell dont feel save when a cop accidently shoots himself. What if he shoots an innocent by stander. There should be something seriously done to stop this from happening. First it was officer Courier now its officer Nelson,whos next?

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in Fresno.

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Dave runs a landscape architecture business, "Land Expressions, LLC."

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One in Miami, for clerk of the circuit court. And one in Coon Rapids, Iowa, for city council. Both are challenging incumbents.

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Angela Zator Nelson.

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in Waverly, Iowa.

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Dave Nelson, identified as "a former CSX engineer and whistleblower " is conducting an investigation on the safety of railroad crossings. "The thought is it's always the driver's fault at the crossings. It's not. It's the railroad's," he said.

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turns out to be a watch, a compact disc, and some toys, after the bomb squad does its work. Dave declines comment.

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has a piece depicting firefighter victims of the Storm King tragedy in Oregon. Appropriately enough, he lives in Marble.

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. . . as Director of the National Coordination Office for Information Technology Research and Development. Director Dave says his office is currently working on improving the quality and reliability of software, improving information security, developing computer modeling and simulations to medicine, manufacturing and nanotechnology, and detecting and responding to natural or man-made threats.

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says this Dave Nelson in the UK.

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That was Mendocino County (California) Judge David Nelson's comment in sentencing two poachers to prison for two years and banning them forever from abalone fishing. In an approving editorial, the Santa Rosa Press Democrat opined: To understand the magnitude of their crime: State law prohibits the commercial harvesting of abalone and limits an individual sports diver to 24 abs in a year. The

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Here's Candidate Dave (in the rumble seat) at the Old Settlers' Day parade in Galatia, Illinois:

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Texan David Nelson enjoyed his visit to Notre Dame. Here he is in uniform: Update.

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--In Burlington, Iowa, he's organizing a motorcycle rally, declaring "The Hell's Angels are gone"; --In Saline County, Missouri, as a newly appointed TIF (tax increment financing) commissioner, he'll have to deal with conflicts of interest; --and in town called Wellsville (N.Y.), David listened with other '04 classmates to speculations about their future, including the assertion of

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In a follow-up to a previously reported story, the Rev. David Nelson and his wife Sandy have returned a gravestone to its proper place, 146 years after the death of the grave's occupant.

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Commenting on the first totally private venture into space, engineer David Nelson said: "It's a great dream to dream about for small kids and big kids. To be able to maybe have the chance of someday going into space yourself is a great dream, and this is something that gets us a step closer to being there."

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That's what Dave Nelson, the safety director for Wiley Sanders Truck Lines, Inc., based in Troy, Alabama, says about the IdleAire unit being installed at truck stops. The environmentally friendly gadget allows truckers an alternative to running the motor all night to keep the air conditioner in the cab operating while they take a rest. What's more, it has ports for telephones, computers,

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is serving on a commission looking to revise the state's criminal laws. According to the Aberdeen News, Nelson cautioned against diminishing prosecutorial discretion because of a few instances of misuse. Update.

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is quoted in a National Geographic article about tracking ocean nutrients.

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(And a costly one, too.)

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One Massachusetts David Nelson is showing his photos at the Boxford Village Library, 10 Elm St., East Boxford, through July 15. Hours, Mon.-Thurs., from 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Fri., 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Handicapped accessible. Call 978-887-READ.

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That's what base stealer Scott Podsednik whispers to first-base coach Dave Nelson before he takes off for second, as here recently against the Dodgers.

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. . . to go with the 1858 gravestone he and his wife found in St. Cloud, Minnesota, shortly before Memorial Day.

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The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) states that “A public entity may not deny the benefits of its programs or activities or its services to individuals with disabilities because its facilities are inaccessible. A public entity’s services, programs or activities, when viewed in their entirety, must be readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities.” David Nelson,

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According to a report in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, feral pigs have become a major problem. Quoted in the article is David Nelson, the director in Wisconsin of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Wildlife Services: "They're what we call omnivores. They're like a bear. They'll eat anything."

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Dave Nelson, CEO of DC Nelson Asset Management, appeared last month on a Fox business show and made some predictions: Dave Nelson was once a Rock ‘n Roller playing with the likes of the Turtles and David Johansen. But now he’s all grown up and picks hit stocks instead of pickin' a guitar. So he had some big hits on the music charts, but now he’s looking for stock charts that will be hits.

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In Maine, the parole board makes sure one killer named David Nelson won't be back on the streets soon, while the Supreme Court has ruled that an Alabama death row inmate can make a last-minute challenge under a federal civil rights law to the procedures that may be used to carry out his execution by lethal injection. As my literary friend Peter summarizes: "the unlikely tale of David Larry Nelson

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As in the Power Wave Dry Hydro Massage Bed. In Scotland, license owner David Nelson explained the concept of the patented system, designed to assist mental relaxation and physical rejuvenation: "There is no need to disrobe or get wet. A high volume, high pressure wave of water is directed at the system’s waterproof surface barrier and a wave is produced which travels up and down the body."

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--the former drummer for the Jefferson Airplane, Spencer Dryden, this weekend in the Bay Area.

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His team came in second at a recent desert dessert contest.

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Candidate Dave conflated with blogger: According to a May 9 post on the Carbondaley Dispatch: "Alto Fest brought out hundreds of people over the weekend, including author Peter Delacorte and C. David Nelson, Dem. candidate for States Attorney in Saline County, who received an uncoveted 'Soggy Award' from this blog for outstanding blogging in Southern Illinois: actually, Dave has two: a

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on a "particularly galling" billion-dollar fraud.

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It takes a while to download this 4.3MB .mp3 file, but of course it's well worth it to David Nelson fans.

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Again.

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(Even though he's in security himself.)

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"As you study, your mind becomes very focused on your project and you keep thinking even when you stop for a break. If, at that moment, you interact with other people, your thinking actually improves because your mind is freer and the ideas flow. One university department claimed that more science was invented in its cafe than in the lab. If we design a more responsive set of spaces to encourage

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. . . heads the Center for Biology Education at the University of Wisconsin.

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In response to the latest census of the American Society of Newspaper Editors, the associate professor and chair of the newspaper department at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism opined: "There's something broken with the system if almost two-thirds of the people who are studying journalism are female and less than half of the journalists working in newsrooms are women."

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. . . in Westchester.

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Check it out :

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. . . is the senior scientific advisor in the office of smoking and health of the Centers for Disease Control. According to a study of which he was a co-author, the number of teen-agers who consider smoking cigarettes appears to rise quickly and sharply when states cut funding for anti-tobacco programs.

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How Jews should religiously remember the Holocaust continues to spark debate, reports JTA, the Jewish global news service: "Rabbi David Nelson, director of the Jewish Life Connection for the Bergen County Y-Jewish Community Center in Washington Township, N.J., says that three of the four new sacred days in the Jewish calendar — Yom Hashoah [Holocaust Remembrance Day], Yom Hazikaron (Israel’s

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That's the Rev. David Nelson putting the finishing touches on his artistic vision of the resurrection.

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As reported by CNN, Belleville, Illinois, trial lawyer David Nelson has been stopped more than 30 times--every time he's tried to fly since the September 11, 2001, terrorists attacks that gave rise to the no-fly list (as recounted in the early days of this blog). "I don't want to make people behind me wait even longer because the government presumes even momentarily that I am a terrorist, not a

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of Minnehaha County, South Dakota. He commented recently on a proposed liquor tax, designed to generate about $17 million for South Dakota counties to help them pay for law enforcement, alcohol treatment and diversion, domestic violence programs, and related services. Pointing out that alcohol abuse costs taxpayers millions of dollars (by requiring more deputies, prosecutors, defense lawyers,

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That's Georgia Tech's David Nelson, quoted in a Boston Globe article about college basketball "walk-ons." An excerpt: "A great game is when you actually play. A trip to basketball Nirvana is when you score (the standard career high is 2-4 points). They all hope for a moment like David Nelson's. He is a Georgia Tech senior walk-on guard. Last year the Yellow Jackets went to his home town of

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He's number 51, on the Georgia Tech bench. And see this recent mention of "little David" in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. And here's Dave (second from right) after a teammate hit a last-second shot to beat North Carolina: According to CBS, David is the smallest guy in the Final Four.

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"With the warmer temperatures and recreation season rapidly approaching, we hope that visitors begin to think about safety before going out on the water," explained Missouri State Water Patrolman David Nelson. "We want everyone to come to the lake, have a good time, but we also want them to return home safely." Info about the water safety course Nelson teaches is available on the water patrol's

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has released his study on binge drinking. The top 20 binge-drinking areas are reported to be clustered in Texas, Nevada, Minnesota, Iowa, and North Dakota. Here's the abstract of the article from the American Journal of Public Health.

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Minnesotan Dave Nelson, pictured here with his wife Becky, says "Things are weird," after a year away from home. "You're confused because everything has changed. You've lost a whole year." But "it's good to be home."

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. . . as long as it's PANCAKES."

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According to an article in the Dallas Morning News, an auction of Levi's denim jackets "customized by designers, decorators, costumers and celebs" raised big bucks for HIV/AIDS programs in Texas. One of the high sellers was "a David Nelson jacket packaged with a trip to Mykonos, Greece," which went for--gasp!--$10,000.

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many citizens, including former park board president Dave Nelson, think the idea of restricting park access and putting up a fence so a private concern can put on a concert runs contrary to a community park's purpose. As one board member put it, "We've worked for 15 years to take out fences and posts throughout the park." This story sent me looking for Frost's Mending Wall: "Before I built a

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. . . is the vice president of global supply management for the world’s largest auto supplier, Delphi Corp. of Troy, Michigan? Well, it says so here.

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And he says a faulty device is setting up unsuspecting motorists nationwide to be killed, by telling them it's safe to cross when it is not.

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has started an e-mail campaign designed to "embarrass the Sheriff's Department into action." And here's a second article about the case.

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. . . but it seems it's a privately held land development and environmental conservation company based in Northern California, whose manager and legal counsel, Dave Nelson, calls it "a leader in the use of state-of-the-art technologies for the monitoring and managing of mitigation banks.” (I've had clients who could have used a trip to the mitigation bank before their sentencing hearing.)

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Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826404.post-1081002179579257282004-04-03T08:21:00.000-06:002004-04-03T08:25:39.450-06:00

said Dave in Tatum, Texas.

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Our old friend Dave Nelson the ball player took some time off from his duties as a Brewers coach during spring training to speak to kids at a local elementary school, 500 of whom had written to invite him.

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is at spring training, working with former rookie of the year Ben Grieve, and with Keith Ginter.

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. . . runs the largest centralized freight payment processing center in the country, and was recently quoted as follows: "I'd rather have the room and not need it than need the room and not have it." Hard to quarrel with that.

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The papers reported that he wore was wearing a purple short-sleeved shirt and jeans for his first court appearance.

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. . . bringing to mind the "tragedy of the commons."

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As reported in The Detroit News: This year’s Ash Wednesday was also marked by the opening of the controversial film, “The Passion of the Christ,” which depicts the last 12 hours of Jesus Christ’s life. Many local Christians, as well as Jews, planned to see the film, which has already received widespread publicity because some believe it portrays Jews as being responsible for Jesus’ death and

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. . . with the bases loaded!

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--Commenting on off-limits sealed files containing the names and records of people who received criminal pardons from former South Dakota governor Bill Janklow, Minnehaha County state's attorney Dave Nelson said: "When things happen behind closed doors there is a natural reaction for people to wonder if other people are hiding things." --The same much-quoted Dave also commented on the finding

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"I like the individual responsibility of it. And I like the value of it in life—you're responsible for what you do. It's your job to stop somebody, and you can't blame anyone else if you get beat."

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reports on the vision thing in a Maine community. As Councilor David Nelson said, "You must be part of it in order to really understand what's really going on."

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had to do some explaining after his men allegedly burst into the wrong motel room: "We knocked on the door and he opened it," Nelson said. "He was never handcuffed and was placed on the bed. The Ridgefield officers came into the room and said it was not the guy they were looking for. Mr. Martin was polite and cordial."

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finds himself a witness in a perjury trial about a political candidate's legal residency.

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. . . despite the avian flu scare. "We continue to believe that the Delaware case is likely to be low pathogen and that this matter should be resolved quickly -- within a matter of a few weeks," said David Nelson, food analyst with Credit Suisse First Boston. This was before a second Delaware poultry flock was found to be infected, leading to fears that chicken exports would plunge, leading to

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Outside court after a former teacher and administrator was sentenced to 17 years in prison for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, school, Minnehaha County prosecutor Dave Nelson commented: "I have no idea where this money went and I'm not sure we'll ever get a straight answer from the defendant about that." The embezzler, who had worked at the Southeast

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Dave Nelson, executive director of the Canadian Mental Health Association's Saskatchewan Division, commented: "There is always a bright side to every crisis, I suppose, and because our program is pretty small and it serves people who aren't high profile but are very much in need I think this has really brought forward how valuable the program is. The community has responded and that is a very

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"It's a hell of a thing we have to do out here." [Read more.]

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. . . including Dave Nelson of Bedford, Indiana.

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The cause? The exhaust vents on his roof are plugged up with snow, trapping heat inside the attic. As snow melts, water backs up along the eave lines and inside the roof, creating icicles and frost and leaks inside the house. Read all about it here.

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More accurately, the deputy product manager for clothing and individual equipment of the Army’s Rapid Fielding Initiative, located at Fort Belvoir, Va., is mentioned in an interesting Stars & Stripes article about the fact that U.S. troops are suffering traumatic brain injuries in greater numbers in Iraq and Afghanistan than in previous wars, prompting studies on better helmets and improved

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--in Saskatchewan, mental health director D.N. sees funding shortfall causing stress; --Credit Suisse First Boston analyst D.N. comments again on Kraft and Oscar Mayer; --in Holland (Michigan) D.N. continues to push for legislation to allow private companies, including the office furniture industry, to compete with Federal Prison Industries for contracts; --in Miami, regional SEC director D.N.

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is at the center of a cutting edge constitutional case about cruel and unusual punishment .

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"is crafting lunch and dinner menus focusing on basic bistro favorites" for the soon-to-open Amsterdam Bistro & Bar in Minneapolis, according to an article by (!) Rick Nelson.

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said auto auction owner David Nelson. "But somebody's got to sell them."

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. . . now we have a Nigerian scam artist using our name.

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--"What on earth is going on?" --"On the whole, condominium sales are exceeding all our expectations." --"Everything is moving. We're right back to business as usual." --"It's important that people understand what we do."

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What's that? "SHPS, Inc., headquartered in Louisville, KY, is a total benefits outsourcing provider, offering Strategic Consulting, HR and Benefits Outsourcing, and Health Management services to employers, health plans and government agencies who are seeking to improve their performance and lower the cost of administrative services. SHPS offers mid-sized to large enterprises a single source for

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. . . Cap'n Dave believes in the deterrent power of police presence on the streets.

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Credit Suisse First Boston analyst David Nelson downgraded both Hormel and Smithfield shares on Monday, from "outperform" to "neutral," noting that a glut of meat will harm margins for all meat sellers.

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In an article in Tuesday's Grant County, Indiana, Chronicle-Tribune, authored by James Joyce III [talk about names to live up to!], different philosophies of local government were espoused by Mayor Terry Poling and outgoing Police Chief David Nelson: "One man should not have all this power over the council, power over the board of works, the power to fire anyone who works for the town," Nelson

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