Frozen 1941 Walking Liberty Half Dollar Unearthed
We found a 1941 Walking Liberty Half Dollar with a Fisher F75! Problem is, that it was in very frozen ground and damaged it. Not too bad WITH ONLY A COUPLE NICS, but we learned a lesson on this coin. DO NOT USE A SHARP KNIFE OR TROWEL TO REMOVE DIRT!! DON #39;T USE THUMBS TO CLEAN DIRT EITHER! IT WILL SCRATCH! The coin is still in very good condition.
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BY ZACH EWING Californian staff writer zewing@bakersfield.com Thursday, Jan 17 2013 09:32 PM
The girls soccer schedule in Liberty's locker room has the upcoming games covered up with blue athletic tape, the kind you couldn't see through even if you press your nose up next to it.
That's why Patriots coach Boog Hearron refused to bite when asked how important his team's 1-0 home victory over Frontier was Thursday in a battle of Southwest Yosemite League unbeatens.
"It's just another game," he said as he ripped off another piece of tape to reveal Liberty's match with Stockdale on Tuesday. "We're not talking about winning league or winning Valley like some teams do. We keep things very simple."
Simple was enough for Liberty (11-2-1, 4-0 SWYL) against Frontier (15-5, 3-1). The Patriots scored the game's only goal eight minutes into the second half when Maci Feliz slipped a through ball between two Frontier defenders to a streaking Lexie Kinney, who slotted it past Frontier goalkeeper Madeline Grimes.
"I actually thought Maci should have shot that ball," Hearron said, "but Maci and Lexie are something else. They each have 11 goals and something like 9 assists, and all of the assists are to each other."
After that, neither team had many chances, with Liberty's midfield possession and solid back line styming Frontier, which hadn't lost since Dec. 11.
"We knew we were pretty even coming in," Titans coach Max Bluemel said. "It was two quality sides, and it boiled down to who made the first critical error. Unfortunately, that was us. Liberty kept putting the pressure on us, and we boiled down."
After the goal, Frontier managed a couple of strikes from outside the box but had no real scoring chances from close range.
"They're very strong in the midfield and defense and they play a very physical game," Titans coach Max Bluemel said. "They were a rock back there."
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Liberty Global Inc. ( LBTYA ), a leading cable MSO of Europe and Latin America, recently increased its stake in its Belgian subsidiary, Telenet to 58.4% from its existing 50.2% stake. Last September, Liberty Global decided to acquire the remaining 50% stake of Telenet for approximately $2.6 billion. In December 2013, the company launched a cash offer for Telenet's shares and securities through its subsidiary Binan Investments B.V.
Recently, Liberty Global declared that 9,497,637 ordinary shares and 3,000 warrants of Telenet were tendered under its cash offer. As a result, Liberty Global will get more voting rights in Telenet. Management stated that it is closely monitoring the organization, governance and reporting structure of Telenet and may opt for more integrated option.
Telenet is an integrated telecom company offering television, broadband and mobile phone services in the Dutch-speaking north Belgium. In the third quarter of 2012, Telenet generated $461 million of revenue for Liberty Global and it had 2.134 million subscribers. At present, Liberty Global is concentrating solely on Europe and some parts of Latin America. From early 2010, Liberty Global is gradually concentrating on strengthening its foothold in Europe through a series of mergers and acquisitions.
In the coming years, we believe Liberty Global's revenue will continue to benefit from a 'triple play' of video, broadband, and telephone, as it signs up more "bundled" customers in Europe and Latin America. Deployment of high-speed DOCSIS 3.0 network has facilitated the company to be at par with Virgin Media Inc. ( VMED ) and BT Group plc. ( BT ).
We maintain our long-term Neutral recommendation on Liberty Global. Currently, it enjoys a short-term Zacks Rank #3 (Hold).
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Ultimately, Liberty got what it wanted Thursday in the opening round of its own C.W. Stessman Invitational at Cokely Field House.
The Blue Jays survived 77-53 against a pesky Summit Christian squad.
With the win, Liberty, 11-2, advanced to the semifinals against Springfield Kickapoo, but it was far from easy.
The Jays, who are ranked 10th in The Stars big-class poll, actually trailed 35-34 more than a minute into the third quarter after a layup by Eagles junior Donovan Kim.
It was still a three-point game 47-44 late in the period after consecutive baskets by Summit Christian senior Henry Stratton, but Liberty would seize control with an 11-0 run.
Junior Brandon Moultrie splashed a 3-pointer to ignite the spurt, which also included consecutive three-point plays by senior Kwaku Duah.
We got some better shots in the second half, particularly in the third quarter, and hit some perimeter shots, which was key, Jays coach Roger Stirtz said.
At that point, Summit Christian, 10-5, which used a two-man bench the majority of the game, simply wore down and never again pulled closer than 10 points.
My guys always play hard tonight and played together, Eagles coach Jake Kates said. We gave them a little scare for three quarters before we ran out of steam, but Im proud of them.
The Jays threatened to pull away in the first half when senior Eric Greelys dunk energized the crowd and sparked a tie-breaking 6-0 run, but Eagles senior Taurin Hughes, who scored a game-high 20, staunched the bleeding.
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Jason Brennan, "Libertarianism: What Everyone Needs to Know"
Our guest is educator and author Jason Brennan who discusses his latest book titled "Libertarianism: What Everyone Needs to Know." He suggests that his goal in the book was to make libertarianism seem reasonable to people who aren #39;t inclined to know much about it. He describes the book as a primer in the political philosophy described as libertarianism. Brennan reviews well-known libertarians such as Ayn Rand and Milton Friedman, as well as Adam Smith and John Locke.
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ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands (AP) A former senator in the U.S. Virgin Islands pleaded guilty Thursday in a public corruption case.
Alvin Williams Jr. entered the plea to racketeering, one of nine charges he faced after he was indicted by a grand jury in November. He faces up to 20 years in prison, a $250,000 fine as well as forfeiture penalties and restitution.
Williams, 34, acknowledged that he attempted to bribe an official to steer business to a company owned by his father and to soliciting bribes from developers in the U.S. Caribbean territory. The former politician also admitted that he demanded salary kickbacks from his legislative staff and to having staff members do his coursework for an online college degree from the University of Phoenix.
Williams, whose term in the territorial legislature expired Monday, appeared downcast as he entered his plea in federal court in St. Thomas. Defense attorney Gordon Rhea said he accepts responsibility.
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BEIJING, China - A high-level Chinese official has called for talks with Japan over a disputed island chain, in an apparent attempt by Beijing to cool tensions that have seen both sides scramble jet fighters to the area in recent days.
Jia Qinglin, the head of China's top political advisory body, made the gesture at a meeting in Beijing with former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, the official China Daily newspaper reported Thursday.
Japan has steadfastly refused China's past calls to hold talks over the islands, with Tokyo arguing that it holds sovereignty over the islets and thus there is nothing to negotiate.
Jia is believed to be the highest-ranking Chinese official to publicly issue such a call, and the mild tenor of his remarks omitting China's standard accusation that Japan is wholly responsible for the frictions was seen as a signal Beijing hopes to arrest momentum toward an all-out crisis.
"The two sides should appropriately handle questions surrounding the Diaoyu islands and other and other issues on which their stances' differ," Jia said, using the Chinese term for the tiny uninhabited islands lying north of Taiwan. Japan, which controls the islands, calls them the Senkakus.
Jia is due to retire in March and Hatoyama has long been an advocate of closer ties with China, though he has lost influence under new Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. China's call for talks in a meeting Wednesday could represent a way to ask for talks that is less risky than an official, high-level exchange.
However, Japan showed no sign of budging from its position.
Responding to reports that Hatoyama had agreed with Jia on the need for negotiations, Japan's chief Cabinet spokesman Yoshihide Suga expressed the Abe government's disapproval. "This is clearly not a comment that reflects the position of the Japanese government and we very much regret that someone who was once the prime minister of our country would make such remarks," Suga told reporters in Tokyo.
Feng Wei, a researcher at Fudan University's Japanese Studies Center in Shanghai, said that Jia represents "the official stance, which is to ease tensions."
"That's also why he (Hatoyama) was invited to China in the first place. It's highly symbolic."
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BEIJING, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- A top Chinese official called for dialogue on the island dispute with Japan while a spokesman said Beijing remained on high alert over the escalating tensions.
Amid the fast worsening tensions between China and Japan over their rival claims to a group of uninhabited islands in the East China Sea, former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama visited Beijing Wednesday and met with China's top political adviser Jia Qinglin, who holds the title of chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
Jia said the two sides should resolve the dispute over the islands -- called Diaoyu in China and Senkaku in Japan -- through dialogue and consultation, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. The resource-rich islands have been under Japanese control for decades.
"The two sides should handle the Diaoyu Islands dispute properly in order to ensure that bilateral relations remain on a track of healthy and stable development," Jia said. He said cooperation between China and Japan would serve the fundamental interests of both sides, as well as the region and the international community.
Separately Wednesday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei, commenting on reports about Japanese stand on Chinese jets entering the islands' airspace, said China is on high alert as Japan escalates tensions, Xinhua reported.
Japan's Mainichi Daily News reported the new Japanese government headed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is considering stationing a fleet of fighter jets on the Sakishima Islands near the disputed islands on the Okinawa prefecture to deal more effectively and promptly with the Chinese planes.
"China has taken note of relevant reports. The patrol conducted by China's public service ships and planes in waters and airspace of the islands is a normal performance of duty to exercise jurisdiction," the Chinese spokesman said. He also said China opposes Japanese planes and vessels entering the waters and airspace of the disputed islands, Xinhua said.
The dispute over the islands, which China's claims are part of its territory, deteriorated last September when Japan nationalized them. Immediately thereafter, there were widespread protests in China, some violent, and led to boycott of Japanese goods. The issue already had affected bilateral trade totaling about $345 billion annually.
Since September, China's official media has been bitterly attacking the Japanese stand, while some of its officials have also issued warnings.
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In a prepared address to Jersey's Chamber of Commerce, Guernsey Chief Minister, Peter Harwood joined his Jersey counterpart Ian Gorst in highlighting the importance of stronger relations between the two Channel Islands, to identify potential spending efficiencies through joint initiatives, and to support the growth of the islands' financial services industries.
Harwood stated: "The past 20 years have seen the pace of pan-Channel Island working in the private sector grow significantly, particularly in finance houses, accountancy, law, information technology, and public relations and marketing. The private sector is creating an expectancy of greater cooperation within the public sector."
"Since being elected as Chief Minister last May, the topic of mutual co-operation between the Channel Islands has been a regular and recurring theme. Within the first month of my election Ian and I met and agreed to progress the issue of Channel Islands co-operation as a joint initiative. It has always been very clear to me that Guernsey and Jersey do have shared interests, and that acting together would undoubtedly help us to make a stronger case for ourselves."
"In the area of external relations, particularly with the European Union, there is a clear political benefit in standing together to make our case. That is why the Channel Islands Brussels Office was set up to protect and promote our joint interests in Europe - to ensure that we have access to the single market and that we maintain our competitiveness. In September representatives of both Islands met the Irish government together, to discuss how we could better engage with their Presidency of the European Union, which began last week."
He highlighted that as recently as December, the two islands joined forces to make themselves heard on a new Communication from the European Commission "Fighting Tax Fraud and Tax Evasion," which proposes minimum standards for third country good governance in tax matters.
"The islands are naturally a geographical package," he continued. "We must recognise that we share that common brand and that we need to work jointly to protect that brand."
Highlighting the substantial progress made by both islands, in particular towards adopting best standards on tax transparency, Harwood underscored that: "There is, however, no room for complacency. We face many challenges - from the UK, from Brussels, from Washington; from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development and the implied threat from the UK as it takes on the chairmanship of the G8. We are much more likely to meet these challenges if we stand together."
He said that alongside discussions to identify cost savings, the islands should increasingly work together on economic development, in recognition that although Jersey and Guernsey are competitors, they share common interests and goals.
"In Guernsey we have recently launched a consultation on our economic development strategy. We are doing further work on how we best support and enable our growing and thriving digital sector; on how we strengthen our skills strategy and how we maximize the number of those on our Island who are economically active; and around stronger co-ordination of enterprise and business development support."
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DUNN - A Dunn couple indicted last year on health care and tax fraud charges pleaded guilty in federal court to some of the charges earlier this month.
John Curtis Alspaugh pleaded guilty to tax-related conspiracy and health care fraud and Helen Blue Alspaugh pleaded guilty to tax-related conspiracy Jan. 8, according to documents.
The Alspaughs owned and operated a home health care business called Basic Home Health Care Inc. The indictment alleged the couple failed to pay more than $458,000 in employment taxes to the Internal Revenue Service between 2006 and 2007.
The health care fraud charges against John Curtis Alspaugh were related to allegations that he submitted false claims for the delivery of services. Between January 2006 and April 2011, documents show, he allegedly submitted 3,518 claims totaling more than $141,000 in services and fees.
Nine counts of failure to truthfully account for and pay over withholding and Social Security taxes, 16 counts of health care fraud and a count of aggravated identity theft againt John Alspaugh were dismissed, according to court documents. Seven counts of health care fraud against Helen Blue Alspaugh were dismissed.
The Alspaughs are scheduled to be sentenced April 9 in Greenville before Senior Court Judge Malcolm J. Howard.
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Health care reform leads to more questions than answers Sparks Posted: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 9:13 pm By KEVIN BOWDEN Staff Reporter A program to explain the tax implications of health care reform began with question marks and ended with local accountant Art Sparks declaring, Who knows what 2013 will bring? Based on his opinions, to say federal tax reform is a complicated and confusing issue would be a serious understatement. Sparks was the keynote speaker for Tuesday mornings Business Matters program at the Obion County Public Library. The monthly program was hosted by the Obion County Chamber of Commerce and was attended by more than 40 local business leaders. The near-hour-long session was dominated by an overwhelming sense of confusion and uncertainty as Sparks attempted to unravel the new federal tax code. Sparks opened his PowerPoint presentation with a slide he described as key to his explanation of the tax code. The slide contained four giant blue question marks. He said in the 35 to 40 years he has been in the accounting field, the last two months he has spent more time saying, We dont know. What Sparks did explain to his audience is pursuant to PPACA (the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010), the IRS is responsible for overseeing a significant part of health care reform. In order to achieve that goal, Sparks said the IRS is planning to hire more than 17,000 new agents. He is a member of the Union City accounting firm Alexander Thompson Arnold, which sponsored Tuesdays Business Matters program. One of Sparks slides stated the primary thrust of the PPACA and the HCERA is health care reform; however, tax law change is a major component. He explained tax breaks and penalties are being used to implement federal tax mandates. New laws requiring health insurance coverage for all Americans are having a major impact on small and large businesses. The federal government is utilizing penalty taxes, excise taxes and tax credits as tools to force employers to provide health insurance coverage for employees. Then there is the issue of health care reporting. This is going to be fun for employers also, Sparks said sarcastically. Compliance, including new elevated reporting requirements, just increased in level of importance. Throughout his presentation, Sparks used his sarcastic sense of humor and statements such as clueless, Im not sure and I dont know to describe the issue of the tax implications of health care reform. Sparks presentation was both enlightening and confusing went it came to trying to explain the federal governments attempt at health care reform. What was clear is there are numerous elements of the tax code that are still unclear. One of the final slides in his presentation contained the statement, 1913 wasnt a very good year. 1913 gave us the income tax, the 16th Amendment and the IRS. As he wound up his 45-minute presentation, Sparks fielded several specific questions from his audience. In one response to a question, Sparks stated, Were plowing new ground. In another comment, he stated, The last couple of months have been as hard on us as it ever has been. Staff Reporter Kevin Bowden may be contacted by email at kmbowden@ucmessenger.com. Published in The Messenger 1.16.13 Printer-friendly format
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STALKERClear Sky Freedom Base Intercom Ashot and Yar Taunting each other!
Ashot and Yar funniest guys in the zone!
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This is why you love minor league baseball.
The Cincinnati Reds were the clear front-runner for area bobblehead of the year when they announced their Aroldis Chapman giveaway for May 11 against the Brewers.
Well, we have a new leader.
The Florence Freedom announced Thursday that the team will hold a Manti Teo girlfriend bobblehead night this summer.
Of course, the Florence Freedom marketing department is operating on a Frontier League-sized budget, so you have to applaud their creativity on this one.
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The Florence Freedom are excited to announce one of giveaways fans can look forward to during the 2013 season at UC Health Stadium.
On Thursday, May 23 the Freedom will be giving away the illusive Manti Teo Girlfriend Bobblehead to the first 1000 fans through the gates.
This will be the best kind of bobblehead a fan could get, Freedom General Manager Josh Anderson said. Because now fans can make the bobblehead out to be whatever they want it to be.
Yes Freedom fans, the boxes will be empty. But thats where fan imagination can run wild and individual unique stories about what the bobblehead should really look like can begin.
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January 17, 2013 - Frontier League (FL) Florence Freedom FLORENCE, KY - The Florence Freedom are excited to announce one of giveaways fans can look forward to during the 2013 season at UC Health Stadium.
On Thursday, May 23 the Freedom will be giving away the illusive Manti Te'o Girlfriend Bobblehead to the first 1000 fans through the gates.
"This will be the best kind of bobblehead a fan could get," Freedom General Manager Josh Anderson said. "Because now fans can make the bobblehead out to be whatever they want it to be."
Yes Freedom fans, the boxes will be empty. But that's where fan imagination can run wild and individual unique stories about what the bobblehead should really look like can begin.
To add to the imaginary fun, section 115 will be blocked and reserved only for fans to sit with their imaginary friends, girlfriends/boyfriends or spouses. There will also be a make pretend kiss cam, air guitar contest and an imaginary food fight outside the Airheads Kids Zone.
Fans are also encouraged to bring their real life significant others to the ballpark that night and enjoy $1 beer or $1 soda during this staple Thirsty Thursday promotion.
The Freedom open the 2013 season on Thursday, May 16 at home against the River City Rascals. Fans can look for the full release of the 2013 promotion schedule soon which will include 5 real life bobblehead giveaways, fireworks, rally towels, The Inflatamaniacs and more.
Group and season tickets are currently on sale to enjoy Freedom baseball at the newly minted UC Health Stadium. Fans can contact the Freedom at 859-594-HITS to reserve tickets for the 2013 season.
The Freedom are members of the Independent Frontier League, playing all home games at UC Health Stadium, located at Florence, Kentucky. Visit the Freedom online at FlorenceFreedom.com or follow the Freedom on Twitter @FlorenceFreedom.
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Manti Te'o Girlfriend Bobblehead Night Coming to Freedom this Summer