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Soap Opera Continues in Herrera Office

Mary Herrera

From NMPolitics.net - An e-mail from Secretary of State Mary Herrera to former employee James Flores appears to show that she asked Flores to help her re-election campaign by getting involved in the GOP and discouraging Republicans from running a candidate against her. Herrera insists that things are not as they appear, and that the e-mail is really about trying to make Republicans feel welcome in her office. Read more here:

Giddens Named WAC Player of Week Again

Englewood, Colo. - Senior outside hitter Kayleigh Giddens has been named Western Athletic Conference Volleyball Player of the Week for the week of Oct. 4-10. This is the second WAC Player of the Week honor of the season for Giddens and the fourth of her career.
The Lubbock, Texas, native led the Aggies to road wins at San Jose State and Fresno State. She hit .357 with 6.43 kills, 3.00 digs, 0.57 service aces and 7.50 points per set.
"We had a good week on the road and our team played well against two pretty good teams," Giddens said. "I am happy to receive the honor and I hope we can continue to play well."
After posting two consecutive 20-plus kill matches, senior Kayliegh Giddens leads the Western Athletic Conference in kills per set at 4.91, while she is also in the top 10 nationally for kills per set.
Against the Spartans, she tallied 20 kills, seven digs and two service aces. Giddens followed it up with her WAC-leading eighth double-double of the season at Fresno State, tying her career high with 25 kills and 14 digs. She also added four blocks and two service aces. The last time she tallied 25 kills was against Idaho, Nov. 7, 2009.
The New Mexico State volleyball team returns to the Pan American Center with three matches in four days. The Aggies take on Boise State, Thursday, Oct. 14 at 7 p.m. before meeting Idaho, Saturday, Oct. 16 at 7 p.m. NM State finishes the week with a match against WAC foe Nevada, Sunday, Oct. 17 at 7 p.m. The matches against the Broncos and the Wolf Pack are on AggieVision and can be seen on Comcast throughout the state of New Mexico. Saturday's match can be heard on KSNM 570 AM with Kyle Doperalski.

Savage and Stampler Earn WAC Player of the Week Honors

Englewood, Colo. - Junior defensive lineman Donte Savage and sophomore place kicker Tyler Stampler have been named WAC Defensive Player of the Week and Special Teams Player of the Week, respectively as announced by the conference office Monday morning. This is the first WAC Player of the Week awards for the Aggies this season.
Savage, a native of Portland, Ore., had a career night for the Aggies in a 16-14 win over New Mexico. He led the team with nine tackles, while recording the Aggies' first two sacks of the season. He also tallied four tackles for a loss of 33 yards and forced two fumbles, one of which gave NM State the ball back and led to the game-winning field goal. Savage also recorded two pass break-ups.
Stampler, from Davie, Fla., hit three field goals in the Aggies' win over New Mexico, 16-14. He recorded a long of 39 yards in the first quarter, followed by a 34 yarder late in the same quarter. Stampler would hit the game-winning field goal with just 1:56 left in the game, a 22-yard attempt. Stampler becomes the first Aggie kicker to hit three field goals in a game since Nov. 6, 2004.
The Aggies travel to Fresno, Calif., this week to take on the Fresno State Bulldogs beginning at 8:30 p.m. (MT). The game will be televised on ESPNU.

1972 Dolphins Pop Corks

From Bloomberg - Dick Anderson and Nick Buoniconti for years popped champagne corks when the National Football League’s last unbeaten team fell, leaving the perfect mark of their 1972 Miami Dolphins unmatched. They’ve never had to make plans for the uncorking as early as they do this season. Just one year after the Indianapolis Colts opened 14-0 and the New Orleans Saints 13-0, the Kansas City Chiefs stand as the NFL’s last unbeaten team at 3-0. With the Chiefs in Indianapolis this weekend, the NFL could have its first season without a 4-0 club since 1970. read more here:

Inflation of Corn Prices Doing Damage

Oct. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Meat prices are poised to extend a 14 percent rally this year that drove U.S. retail costs to the highest levels since the 1980s as surging corn futures prevent livestock producers from expanding their herds. The U.S. cattle herd in July was the smallest since 1973 and the number of breeding hogs last month was near the lowest ever, government data show. Corn futures jumped to a two-year high today and the price of the main feed ingredient is more than 70 percent above the 10-year average. U.S. per-capita beef supplies next year will be the lowest since 1952 and pork the smallest since 1976, industry researcher CattleFax said. Hog futures will rise 14 percent by July and cattle may gain 3.6 percent by April, according to a Bloomberg survey of analysts. Wendy’s/Arby’s Group Inc., the maker of the 1,360-calorie Baconator Triple burger, and CKE Restaurants Inc., owner of the Hardee’s chain, have warned investors they are contending with higher commodity costs. Read more here:

G-20 Finance Chiefs Fail on Exchange Rates

Leaders of the world economy failed to narrow differences over currencies as they turned to the International Monetary Fund to calm frictions that are already sparking protectionism. Exchange rates dominated the IMF’s annual meeting in Washington on concern that officials are relying on cheaper currencies to aid growth, risking retaliatory devaluations and trade barriers. China was accused of undervaluing the yuan, while low interest rates in the U.S. and other rich nations were blamed for flooding emerging markets with capital. Finance ministers and central bankers pledged to improve cooperation, yet did little to show how they would alter their ways beyond agreeing to let the IMF study the matter. With the dollar down 11 percent against the yen since mid-June, compared with less than 3 percent versus the Chinese yuan, the focus turns to Group of 20 talks in South Korea in coming weeks to prove international policymaking isn’t in tatters. Read more here:

Fed Easing No Fix for Structural Problems

FRB Chair Ben Bernanke

Any action the Federal Reserve announces at its November policy meeting may not do much to help Timco Aviation Services hire 300 people. While a new round of asset purchases may help reduce cyclical joblessness, the result of weak demand in a battered economy, it may not have much effect on structural unemployment, losses caused by changes in the labor market. “What you have is a great workforce in the local area that have been working in textiles or furniture, but they’re not trained in aviation-specific skills,” said Kevin Carter, the Greensboro, North Carolina, company’s co-chief executive officer, who is struggling to fill positions that require qualifications such as an FAA airframe and power-plant certificate. Read more here:

Star Parker: Dictators Si, Republicans, No

Star Parker

Atlantic Magazine journalist and blogger Jeffrey Goldberg is trying to understand why blacks are such “very forgiving people.” Why does he think they are? Well, how could any black American be, or even think about being, a Republican when, according to Goldberg, Republican “party officials…venerate the Confederacy.” Translation: When it’s clear, at least to Goldberg, that the Republican Party is a party of racists, how can they get, or expect to get, black votes? Read more here:

Lurita Doan - The Confiscation of Time

Lurita Doan

From Townhall.com - Pity the poor entrepreneur and small business owner in America now getting socked, with the mother of all taxes, by a government that has become either hostile, or indifferent, to understanding what it takes to build a business, grow a company and hire more workers. I'm not talking about new fees, but about a much greater confiscatory tax, imposed without any real debate or consideration--the confiscation of time. Read more here:

Phillips: GOP Don't Fool Us This Time

Joseph Phillips

While listening to music on my I-phone, I began to contemplate the upcoming mid-term elections. The rock band, The Who sang: “I'll tip my hat to the new constitution/Take a bow for the new revolution/Smile and grin at the change all around me/Pick up my guitar and play/Just like yesterday/And I'll get on my knees and pray/We don't get fooled again” It struck me that the words could be an anthem for a new political generation. Of course, they might also be a prescient warning for voters casting ballots on November second. Read more here:

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