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My Funny Valentines
My dears, the day has come when I can finally say:
Perhaps an illustration would help.
Perhaps the children should leave the room.
(Then we can rock out with our "guitars" out!)
Sometimes a problem is pretty black and white:
If ever a wreck deserved our silent reproach...
Others require a bit more brain power:
Talk about a tough cake to wrap your head around.
Btw, you disappoint me, bakers. Not a single zombie joke? Really?
(And are those eyeballs? REALLY?)
Hey now, bakers, don't give me no lip.
Or whatever this is, while you're at it.
Look, just stick with wishing us a happy Valentine's day, and we'll get along fine.
What's that?
You can't spell "Valentine's?"
Oh. Well, just abbreviate it, then.
Clearly I didn't think that one through.
Maybe if you call it something else?
Or, you know, grab the piping bag and have a hand seizure?
Tell you what: how about we give you big plastic letters to spell out the word "love," and you just plop those on a cake? Eh? Nothing to write, nothing to draw - in fact, I'd be hard pressed to think of a single way anyone could POSSIBLY mess...
Thanks to Dana B., Mindy B., Meredith B., Mary F., Marion N., Cathy W., Chris P., Laura H., & Jackie E. for bringing Valentine's Day to a new "loe."

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"In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist." – President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Farewell Address 1961
Over sixty years ago our president warned us of not letting a group, no matter how good their intentions, have undue influence on our government and people. In specific he was warning about the military industrial complex, or the different defense contractors as an industry (Michael Crichton has since warned about the politico-legal-media complex that he argues has replaced them). He was worried that a coordinated effort by any group would give them power to incant changes that would be harmful to the government and its people. But just as it has the potential for harm, it has the potential to help. And that's what the military will do with their new energy policy.
This is the first time the United States military has created an energy policy that focuses on efficiency. Before now, it has been a policy of using as much energy as needed to get the job done regardless of its efficiency.
What has changed?
The military has come to a public realization that its' current reliance on conventional energy and fuels are unsustainable and therefore they should take an active hand in solving the problem.
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The military has always been conscious of their energy needs and the need for a more efficient and usable energy source. The Navy first used wind, but as technology advanced they went with propulsion systems that could provide more reliable and efficient energy. While wind is free, it does not always blow in a given area. This would lead to ships lost because they did not have wind. The Navy changed to coal and established a series of bases around the world to hold coal for them. Then they switched to oil and were able to have fewer bases to hold supplies. After that some ships converted to nuclear power. This allowed them to stay at sea for years at a time.
While the military has been moving towards a more efficient model, they have not had a well defined plan. And now they do. Currently the military uses about 1% of the fuel used in the Unites States, or about 5 billion gallons annually. As we all know the cost of fuel goes up. The military spent around $13.5 billion on fuel in 2010. The price has increased by 255% since 1997, and they expect it to continue to increase.
The Department of Defense's new energy policy calls for 3 specific goals:
More fight, less fuel.
More option, less risk.
More capability, less cost.
These are good goals for good reasons. In 2010 there were over 1,100 attacks on military convoys carrying fuel to forward units. Less use of conventional fuel would mean fewer attacks, and would free up more units to go to the front. Today's soldier on the ground carries over 10 pounds of batteries to operate his equipment. By 2013 it will be up to over 20 pounds. They will need more efficient equipment to keep the weight constant or even reduce it.
The Department of Defense is also shrinking its budget.
The Army is planning to use $1.4 million to implement a program to monitor their energy usage. It's important to know what goes where and how much. It can be a little bit more challenging if it's spread across 4 continents. They have another $5 million earmarked to help develop solar and wind generators to be used on the front lines. While solar powered battery rechargers have already been used in Afghanistan, there is need for more and better use of solar and wind power generation. $20 million is going to help reduce the weight of batteries and expand the capability of the dismounted soldier.
The Navy has plans as well. They have set aside $133 million for science and technology research. $16 million will be used toward making hybrid electric drives for ships. What is that, you may ask. It's a drive that while still using fuel, can also run on a battery. If you have ever seen a Toyota Pruis, you have seen a hybrid electric drive. Currently, most ships use steam power to turn a turbine, which powers and moves the ship. With a hybrid drive, like a Prius, the Navy would save fuel. Ships would work even better with a smart meter and a smart electrical system. A smart meter would keep track of which systems are using electricity. If the entire system was smart it would optimize the electrical usage by giving just the systems that currently (that pun again) need electricity just the right amount. The Navy's fleet is also moving to more bio fuels. Imagine fleets of ships and planes that run off of a bio fuel.
The Marine Corp (OORAH) has an ambitious plan as well. Their first step is to instill an energy efficient conscience. They also plan to reduce their use of fuel by 50% over the next 15 years (with a 25% decrease in 4 years). This is so the modern day Spartans will be more self-sufficient. Instead of having to shepherd supplies to the front, the Marines can focus on the front. They will be deploying more solar and wind arrays and even doing the small things such as using LED lights.
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The Air Force plans on reducing their fuel needs by 10% in the next 4 years. They are also doing research into new and lighter materials to reduce the weight of planes. The Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs is ramping up its use of solar energy and trying to become 100% renewable.
So why does this matter to me?
While I enjoy a good military thriller, how can an energy efficient military help me? If the military uses less fuel, there is more on the market for me to buy. By reducing their costs, and therefore the amount of money my government spends, they have the potential (however small) of helping to lower the deficit.
But what will help the most is all the technology and procedures that they'll develop. The military industrial complex is a large industry. Because of that they try to find multiple uses and markets for their products. They'll repackage as much as they can for non-military use. Do I want a car that has a smart power system, so it can use less energy? Sure, I would even be OK if it did not have a combustion engine (as long as it still worked). Do I want smaller batteries that last longer? Of course, I would love for the charge in my iPod to last more than one chapter of a Patrick O'Brian novel.


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Opening Sequence
Saudi unveils 'undeniable' Iran attack evidence
Trudeau apologizes for brown face makeup
Thunberg to Congress: 'Listen to the scientists'
Trump taps hostage negotiator to replace Bolton
Is Israel's King Bibi's crown slipping?
Fed chief delivers rate cut and mixed signals
Backlash grows against vaping in U.S., India
Trying to hit a home run in struggling Venezuela
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For some five years now, bank accounts and money-market funds have been yielding an amount that rounds to zero percent.
But if dismal interest rates have you frustrated, you may be looking at cash all wrong. It could actually be one of the best investments you own.
Cash isn't just a return-free anchor on your portfolio. It does something other...


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BOSTON, Mass. – With a trio of goals in the first 7:30 minutes of the third period, the ninth ranked Valiants of Manhattanville College (1-2-0, 1-0-0 ECAC East) handed women's ice hockey (0-1-0, 0-1-0 ECAC East) a 4-1 loss in the ECAC East conference opener for both teams Friday afternoon at the Clark Athletic Center Ice Rink.
Leading the Valiants to the conference win was Mary Rose Morrison who netted the first goal of the game at the 16:15 mark in the second period, before tallying a pair of assists in the third. Also finding the back of the net in the Friday's conference match-up was Jessica Kehoe, Alla Traun, and Sonia Occhionero. All four goals marked the first of the year for each Manhattanville player.
For the Beacons they ended Manhattanville's shutout big late the third when senior Alli Greenberg (Stoughton, Mass.) drove home her first goal of the season off of a Kayla Kiernan (North Smithfield, R.I.) assist. Greenberg who was sidelined last season with an injury came back in a big way for the Beacons. Kiernan got off the first shot, which deflected off Valiants goalie Mary Evans. The senior forward then cleaned-up the rebound with a one-timer to make it a three-goal game with 6:50 left in the contest.
On the other side of the ice freshman netminder Casey Schaejbe (Arlington, Mass.) had a strong college debut for the Beacons. The Arlington native totaled 18 saves in the contest and held the Valiants scoreless for the first 36 minutes of play.
As a squad the Beacons penalty-kill allowed just one goal against on a combined six power-play tries for the Valiants. UMass despite not capitalizing on their four man-up opportunities were extremely aggressive on each of their opportunities. At one-point head coach Colleen Harris had five forwards on the ice. In total both teams each recorded 23 shots on Friday, with the Beacons leading the first two periods in the category.
Defensively UMass Boston was solid throughout most of the afternoon coming up with key stops, while also limiting the Valiants most dangerous forward Katie Little to just one assist.
Women's Hockey returns to action tomorrow when they travel to Nichols College for a 7:40 p.m. ECAC East contest.


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Okay - Monk did shame me into scanning some photos of a 1995 trip to Italy. A highlight was a day trip from Rome to Pompeii, just south of Naples which had the added bonus of beginning on the Via Appia which leads south from Rome to Campania.
A villa in the town with this shot of the peristylium, or colonnaded garden which was a fixture of wealthy Roman homes.
I'll post the rest tomorrow.


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Instrument Panel USA Models
Also refer to the corresponding chapters in the Owner's Manual.
1.Engine oil temperature gage
2.Speedometer with analogue display
3.Tire pressure warning light
4.Turn signal indicator light, left
6.High beam indicator light
7.Turn signal indicator light, right
8.ABS warning light
9.Cooling system
Temperature gage, warning light
Level gage, warning light
11.Engine oil pressure gage
12.Adjustment button for instrument illumination and trip counter
13.Odometer and daily trip mileage display
14.Automatic speed control indicator light
15.Light sensor for instrument illumination
16.Airbag warning light
17.Check Engine warning light (Emission control warning light)
18.Central warning light
19.On-board computer display
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21.Brake warning light
22.Safety belt warning light
23.PDK transmission, gear display
24.PDK transmission, selector lever position
25.Clock and outside temperature display
26.Adjustment button for clock
When the ignition is switched on, the warning lights light up for a lamp check.
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Can I install the equipment?
While anyone can try we strongly recommend that you have an authorized service provider install the equipment. Bodyguard Fitness exercise equipment is heavy and utilizes high quality, expensive components. Any components damaged during self-transportation or through installation error are not covered by the warranty so an attempt to save a small amount of money could cost you more if something goes wrong.
Note that authorized Bodyguard dealers use Bodyguard authorized service providers for installation, which ensures the product is safely installed and the customer is protected.
Some companies list their equipment as "maintenance free". What does that really mean?
Most components on exercise equipment will last an incredibly long time without requiring maintenance however regular preventative maintenance on a small number of key components will result in longer product life, better performance and will save you money by reducing service calls, parts replacement and/or product replacement. In our experience maintenance free parts tend to wear out and need replacing quicker than maintainable parts and repeatedly paying for a technician to perform service can be very expensive, even more so if the part's manufacturer's warranty has expired. As a result Bodyguard Fitness does use some parts on some models that require maintenance but in return customers receive extensive parts and labor warranties. We definitely encourage all customers to follow the maintenance schedule listed in the product's user manual.
What is the best advice you can give me about purchasing exercise equipment?
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Here is my own first attempt at a (useful) plugin: A region plugin that displays up-to-date flight information for airports in Norway, based on public flight data provided by Avinor, the company that operates the Norwegian airport network.
Avinor has a simple web service that provides flight information in XML format.
I am sure there are similar (web) services for flight information in other countries (feel free to leave a comment below if you know of any).
Here is the PL/SQL code behind the plugin:
procedure render_my_plugin ( p_region in apex_plugin.t_region, p_plugin in apex_plugin.t_plugin, p_is_printer_friendly in boolean ) as l_clob clob; l_airport_code varchar2(20) := p_region.attribute_01; l_direction varchar2(20) := p_region.attribute_02; begin l_clob := apex_web_service.make_rest_request( p_url => 'http://flydata.avinor.no/XmlFeed.asp', p_http_method => 'GET', p_parm_name => apex_util.string_to_table('airport:direction'), p_parm_value => apex_util.string_to_table(l_airport_code || ':' || l_direction ) ); if l_direction = 'D' then htp.p('
Departures from ' || l_airport_code || '
'); else htp.p('
Arrivals to ' || l_airport_code || '
'); end if; htp.p('
'); htp.p('
AIRLINE	FLIGHT	AIRPORT	TIME	GATE
'); for l_rec in ( SELECT * FROM XMLTABLE ('//airport/flights/flight' PASSING XMLTYPE(l_clob) COLUMNS unique_id varchar2(100) path '@uniqueID', airline varchar2(10) path 'airline', flight_id varchar2(20) path 'flight_id', airport varchar2(20) path 'airport', schedule_time varchar2(100) path 'schedule_time', gate varchar2(100) path 'gate') ORDER BY airline, flight_id) loop htp.p('
' || l_rec.airline || '	' || l_rec.flight_id || '	' || l_rec.airport || '	' || l_rec.schedule_time || '	' || l_rec.gate || '
'); end loop; htp.p('
'); htp.p('Flight data from Avinor. Last updated: ' || to_char(sysdate, 'dd.mm.yyyy hh24:mi:ss')); end render_my_plugin;
The code illustrates several concepts:
- How to render a region plugin using the PL/SQL Web Toolkit (HTP.P) calls
- How to retrieve values from the attributes defined for the plugin
- Using the new APEX_WEB_SERVICE.MAKE_REST_REQUEST function to retrieve a web page as a CLOB
- Using the XMLTABLE function to transform XML into a recordset that can be used in a SELECT
An export of my plugin can be downloaded here, and installed into your own Apex 4 application.
After the plugin has been installed, using the plugin is as simple as adding a Region (of type Plugin) to the page, and configuring the values for Airport and Direction (the plugin attributes) in the region definition.
You can see a live demo of the plugin here (public page, does not require authentication):
Note that for this page, I've also taken advantage of the built-in region caching feature of Apex. The region cache duration is set to 10 minutes, which prevents us from hitting the remote web service for every page view. I really like that you can switch on region caching in Apex without writing a single line of code.
Conclusion: Apex 4 plugins rock!


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Sally Ann Howes (born 20 July 1930) is a British actress and singer, who currently holds dual British-American citizenship. Her career on stage, screen and television has spanned over six decades. She is best remembered for the role of Truly Scrumptious in the 1968 musical film, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
Howes was born in St John's Wood, London, the daughter of British comedian/actor/singer/variety star Bobby Howes (1895–1972) and actress/singer Patricia Malone (1899–1971). She is the granddaughter of Capt. J.A.E. Malone (died 1928), London theatrical director of musicals, and she has an older brother, Peter Howes, a retired professional musician and music professor. Her great-grandfather, Joseph Malone, was awarded the Victoria Cross in 1854 during the Crimean War. Her uncle, Pat Malone, was an actor on stage, films, and television.
Howes moved to the family's country house in Essendon, Hertfordshire for the duration of World War II. She was a show-business baby who lived a quiet, orderly childhood where she grew up with a nanny and was surrounded by a variety of pets and her parents' theatrical peers, including actor/writer Jack Hulbert and his wife, actress Cicely Courtneidge, who had an adjoining house. Her first taste of the stage was school productions, but as she came from a theatrical family, it was inevitable that another family friend, an agent who was visiting the Howes family for dinner, became impressed with her and not long after suggested the young Sally Ann for a role in a movie. Two hundred young girls had already been screen tested without success, and the producers were desperate to find a talented little girl to play the lead, and they asked her father to please rush in some pictures on the recommendation of the agent. The movie, Thursday's Child, was written by playwright and screenwriter Rodney Ackland, also a close neighbor to the Howes family, and it would become Ackland's directorial debut. Thursday's Child (1943) launched her career. A second film, The Halfway House (1944), led to her being put under contract by Michael Balcon of Ealing Studios, and this was followed by many other film roles as a child actress including Dead of Night (1945) with Sir Michael Redgrave, Pink String and Sealing Wax (1946), Nicholas Nickleby (1947), My Sister and I (1948) and Anna Karenina (1948), with Vivien Leigh.


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Sarah Palin's claims that President Obama's health care plan was "downright evil" and would lead to a so-called "death panel" were flat-out wrong, according to experts who say Palin exaggerated and misunderstood the intent of Obama's plan.
The health care plan proposed by the Obama administration would not encourage assisted suicide or euthanasia practices -- rather, it would provide more funding for end-of-life counseling and give families aid when dealing with crises, experts on the Obama plan said.
"There has been a lot of misinformation about the advance care planning provisions in the bill," MSNBC reported American Medical Association President Dr. James Rohack said. "It's plain, old-fashioned medical care."
Other sources on aging said the bill could help deal with end-of-life issues -- and make life easier for ailing hospital patients and their families.
"We have to make decisions that are deliberative about our health care at every moment," said Monsignor Charles Fahey, 76, a Catholic priest who is chairman of the board of the National Council on Aging.
"What I have said is that if I cannot say another prayer, if I cannot give or get another hug, and if I cannot have another martini — then let me go," he said.
Read more: MSNBC


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Kadomi over at Tank Like a Girl has posted a nice write up on Level 80 Tanking Consumables.
I used to always use Flask of Fortification, but I am finding that Flasks just aren't giving the punch I want these days. My new combo of choice is:
- Battle – Guru's Elixir – 20 to all stats (40 AP, 200 HP, 0.272% Dodge, 0.32% Crit) if my math is correct!
- Battle – or Elixir of Expertise – 45 Expertise Rating
- Guardian – Elixir of Mighty Defense – 45 Defense Rating
Kadomi also does a good job at including good Stat Foods as well so be sure to check it out!<


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Synthetic DNA as Durable, Dense Information Storage Medium with Signal (Content) Integrity
Recent break-through technologies enabling DNA molecules (synthetic, not genomic, and therefore not susceptible to mutation) as dense data storage is moving by leaps toward practical application.
DNA molecules are both stable and durable, when protected from such deteriorating forces as radiation. Written and read base by base, their content may be regulated by protocols similar to those cleaning up a signal coming over a 'noisy' line, reducing errors to near zero.
Information density is far in advance of chip-based technologies. It is claimed that all the knowledge of humankind, encoded in base pairs, would only fill the backseat of a medium sized automobile.
In this interview (middle segment, a few minutes into this podcast), three of the pioneers in the field explain their recent successes.
Their recent paper on the subject may be found here:
And a brief report on 'syntetic fossils' for long-term DNA storage can be found here:
While the method may be well out of reach of a rebooting civilization, much information (archeological and historical findings, results of scientific explorations, mineral resource locations and methods, etc.) would be of value to a largely recovered civilization.
More intriguing, to me, are the encoding/decoding protocols mentioned. It is claimed that hints as to protocol rules are relatively simple to pass on, and with them in hand, error free reconstruction is straightforward. The analogy was to a game of Sudoku, in which missing information can be reconstructed according to the rules of the game.
This aspect has potential value in cases where a little information leads to a large repository.
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- Occupation
- Designer
- PC Configuration
- Intel i7 920 @ 2.67 ghz, 3GB RAM and 260 GTX NVIDIA
- Favourites
- Favourite Anime: Bleach, Great Teacher Onizuka, Gundam SEED, Mai-Hime, Naruto (Finally fed up of it tho), One Piece, Onegai Twins, Hajime No Ippo (really enjoyed this anime above all the rest, didnt expect it to be so great), Stellvia, Hunter X Hunter, Full Metal Panic, Kimi Ga Eien, Tsubasa Chronicle (season one and two - season two demoted to liked ), and Elfen Lied. GANTZ (AWESOME AWESOME ANIME - gantz gantz gantz. best of lot for me ) Hikaru No Go. Major Season 2. Kaleido Star. Robotech. Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora (first ova I have watched that I have really liked... thought it was a tv series when I started watching it). Mai-otome zwei. Kenichi (keep it up subbers - this series rules ) . Zero no Tsukaima. Berserk. Claymore. Tengen (the ending really ruined this series for me... ill say its my fav up until the time skip). Heroic Age. OverDrive. Kekkaishi.
My current top 3 ongoing animes are
Fairy Tail, Sword Art Online, and
Kuroko no Basket.
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text: During his stints as a head coach at Michigan State and the University of Arkansas, John L. Smith has not proven to be much of a head coach. But he has never let that stop him from having his weird, public, maybe-sort-of-crazy type of fun. That may not matter as much to boosters and fans, but it's something.


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Responding To SoundExchange... By Their Numbers
from the going-through-the-details dept
This is a guest post from Fred Wilhelms, a lawyer whose concerns about SoundExchange we recently wrote about. Due to the length of the post, we've put some of it after the jump, so you'll need to click through to read the whole thing -- but, trust us, it's worth it.
Back before New Years, Techdirt's Mike Masnick picked up on my comment to p2pnet.net regarding the list of artists SoundExchange said it couldn't find. I wrote that the list was not on the website. I was wrong about that, and Mike got suckered into repeating it. I went blissfully without the Internet for a couple weeks (yes, it is possible) and missed the whole thing. I just got it wrong. The list is there. I just couldn't find it.
My apologies, in order, to SoundExchange, Mike, and his readers. The list itself is a very interesting document on several levels, and I will be dealing with that later. This particular note has a specific purpose relating to Mike's piece.
SoundExchange folks like Director Dick Huey and staffer Laura Williams have been gushing all over about SoundExchange's new open communications policy. I have been trying to engage them in actual conversation, rather than simply criticizing their serial press releases. Their campaign seems to be faltering, however, as they've resorted to commenting on my supposed factual errors to third parties like Techdirt rather than deal with me directly. I don't mind. It's the tactic they've used with outside critics like me for years. It's arrogant, but what can we expect from an organization where the Board of Directors is hand-picked by the RIAA?
So, let me take this opportunity to deal with the "Top Ten Reasons Laura Williams Tells Techdirt Why I Am So, So Wrong About SoundExchange (But Won't Tell Me Directly)."
1. About the "missing" list of unpaid artists, I said it wasn't on the website. They said:
"Not sure how FW missed this. It's at http://soundexchange.com/performer-owner/does-sx-have-money-for-you/unpaid-artists/. It's been there all along, old website and new, and this version is easier to use than ever."As noted before, I missed it.
There used to be a link directly from the homepage to the list, and a rolling counter of artists removed from the list. Those are gone. I used the search function on the site for "unregistered artists" (the term SoundExchange used to use to describe the entries on the list) and came up with nothing. I'm not sure how "easier" the list is to use, given that the alphabetizing scheme used by SoundExchange is even more idiosyncratic than the old one, but I will deal with the contents of the list, and what it means, separately.
All that aside, SoundExchange is right about this. I just missed the list.
2. About what happens to forfeited money, I said SoundExchange gets to keep the money. They said:
"This is a common misperception about SX. While our congressional mandate allows us to liquidate funds after 3 years, the board has repeatedly declined to do so, in hopes of locating more artists to pay properly. EVEN IF THEY DID RELEASE FUNDS, those funds go directly to the artists and rights holders who are currently registered, in a windfall royalty - SX is a non-profit and does not keep that money."There's a whole bunch of misdirection and spin going on in those 70 words.
There's no "congressional mandate." The forfeiture is permitted by Federal regulation adopted by the Copyright Office, specifically, 37 CFR 261.8. A regulation is not a "congressional mandate," although I admit that mandate stuff makes it sound like it is something SoundExchange has to do, rather than something that SoundExchange asked the Copyright Office to do for them, which is what really happened. SoundExchange wants everyone to think they are forced by Congress into taking money from artists they can't find, even if that really isn't so.
Perhaps SoundExchange wants everyone to think it is a matter of Federal law because they don't want anyone looking at the regulation itself. You see, the regulation requires that all money that should be paid to an unidentified or unlocated recipient be placed in a segregated trust account. I've asked SoundExchange repeatedly over the years to advise me where the "segregated trust account" is held, but the inquiries are always met with silence. I've also asked them to tell me how much money is in that segregated trust account. They've ignored that too. I don't think the segregated trust account exists, for the simple reason that SoundExchange doesn't have the slightest idea which artists are entitled to what share of the undistributed money.
About "repeatedly declining" to forfeit more artist money, they say this as if refusing to take money from people who don't know about it is an act of moral courage. They also say this as if they actually never intended to do it again, when history proves otherwise. In January, 2007, immediately after the deadline for the first forfeiture, SoundExchange announced they were going ahead with a second one. Strangely, for an organization that claims to be so vitally concerned with serving artists, they never mentioned the new forfeiture program anywhere but on the website page that linked to the list of unregistered artists. In other words, you had to already know they had your money in order for you to find out they were going to take it. There was not one press release announcing the forfeiture, and not even a notice about it anywhere on the website, or anywhere else for that matter. In blunt point of fact, SoundExchange "declined" to go through with the second forfeiture only because there was public outrage that they would do it again and try to keep it a secret. SoundExchange clearly wants everyone to pretend that they never really meant to try a second forfeiture. The problem is, they did.
I said SoundExchange gets to keep money it forfeits from unfound artists. SoundExchange disputes that and claims that "those funds go directly to the artists and rights holders who are currently registered," which is utter bull. As that regulation so clearly states, SoundExchange doesn't pay the money "directly" to anyone. They get to use the forfeited funds to defray their own expenses, which, when you come down to it, means they get to use it for their own purposes. Technically, SoundExchange doesn't "keep the money," so the "correction" is correct in a very strict literal sense. However, reality shows that they don't keep it because they spend it, which doesn't match up with what they say here.
Now, of course, if they reduce their own expenses, that makes more money available for distribution to registered artists and copyright holders because they have to take less out of the current receipts. That's a good thing, but reality tells me that there are a couple problems. First of all, anyone who has ever worked for a non-profit that must keep a lid on expenses can tell you that "extra" money that can be used to defray expenses tends to get used up pretty fast. In the case of SoundExchange, I can clearly imagine that the forfeited money financed a good part of the musicFIRST campaign for the terrestrial radio performance royalty. Secondly, take a look at what happens to whatever money does get through that "expense" process to be paid to registered recipients. As royalty money is split 50/50 between artists and copyright holders, and, by their own estimates, 70% of the copyright holder royalties goes to the four RIAA members who directly control six of the eighteen seats on the SoundExchange board (and who appointed the other twelve out of the goodness of their hearts), that means that 35 cents out of every forfeited artist royalty dollar goes to the four RIAA members. The one thing SoundExchange got right in its "correction" of my comment is the idea that this is a "windfall." I don't think they meant it the way it actually comes out, because the greatest windfall ends up in the lap of the RIAA labels, but they won't tell you that outright and if you ask them about it, like I have, they ignore you. Because they can.
If SoundExchange actually spent that forfeited money on improving their efforts to find the artists, like the language of the forfeiture regulation actually intends that they do, that would be fine. But they don't, and their "correction" of my comment is nothing but more smoke and mirrors to hide that.
Click the read more or comments link below to see the additional eight points Wilhelms raises in response to SoundExchange.


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The centerpiece of Barack Obama's overseas tour comes Thursday in Berlin when the Democratic presidential candidate gives the only public foreign policy speech of his trip to an Obama-mad crowd of Germans who see him as another John F. Kennedy. He's in a country and a continent making no secret it is ready for change.
"Germans have a great desire to see this as a historic moment," says Bastian Hermisson of the Heinrich Boll Foundation, who estimates that 100,000 will turn out for the speech. "His message that people can hope the world can change for the better – that resonates. The excitement is a sign that we still feel the US is a relevant force, an influence for better or worse."
On his much-scrutinized world jaunt to listen and learn, the Illinois senator is visiting a city at the heart of America's traditional alliance after visits to Afghanistan and Iraq, where the US-Europe relationship is most at risk for reasons of war, oil, and security.
Berlin, twice rebuilt in the 20th century, has symbolic significance, experts say – both for Europe's past and its future. Germany is regarded as the political epicenter of Europe, strategically located between East and West. America may cherish its relations with Paris and London, where Obama travels next, but to move Europe as a whole will require the next president to bolster ties with Berlin, experts say.
"In Berlin, his speech is to Europe, not just to Germany," says Dan Hamilton, director of the Center for Transatlantic Relations at the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington. "It used to be that for the US, the problems were Europe's divisions. Today, the challenge is unity. Berlin reflects this in a way no other city in Europe does."
This city, with its plethora of historical sites, reflects many fears and hopes of the new Europe: Berlin has the largest Turkish population outside Turkey. New immigrant groups mean that in some schools, very little German is spoken. Russian-language newspapers abound in the subway press stands. There are fears of a rising China, and, closer to home, angst about rapidly depopulating cities in the old East.
Berlin is special in the American framework, too: the place where fascism peaked and was defeated; ground zero for the fight over the political values of democracy and communism, for Kennedy's "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech, and the fall of the Berlin Wall. Today it is where East meets West in a vastly freer but more complicated world.
Obama is expected to stress that an America under his leadership would not act unilaterally, will close Guantánamo, be newly cooperative with Europe on climate change and energy. But the presumptive nominee is also expected to add a note of realism, saying that a productive new relationship will require more of Europe – in Afghanistan, and even in Iraq.
Dr. Hamilton, a former deputy assistant secretary of State, anticipates something like, "If Europe and the US stick together, they represent a core group that can get things done in this world. If we don't work together, things don't get done. Iraq and [the] Kyoto [Protocol] are examples."
"The guy needs to demonstrate a willingness to move toward a multilateral approach," says François Heisbourg, head of the Paris-based Foundation for Strategic Research. "I don't think the Europeans expect a detailed foreign policy speech. They want to know if he's a quick learner, does he understand how serious security policy is?"
His audience isn't likely to be hard to win over. Obama may be taking political heat at home, and he's run into a local spat over the location of the Berlin speech. But Germans on both the left and right don't seem to care: 76 percent of Berliners would vote for him, and he's been dubbed by influential news magazine Der Spiegel as "the president of the world." He could "stand on his head" and it wouldn't matter, said one media critic.
Obama originally sought to speak at the historic Brandenburg Gate, but Chancellor Angela Merkel disapproved. "No German candidate for high office would even think of using the National Mall [in Washington] ... for a rally because it would not be seen as appropriate," said spokesman Thomas Steg.
The alternative venue, a famous winged victory column not far away – the Siegessäule featured in the hauntingly beautiful Wim Wenders film "Wings of Desire" – will allow cameras to still frame Obama with the Gate behind.
Obama will, however, meet with Mrs. Merkel. Born and raised in East Germany and fluent in Russian, she is expected to brief him on why Europe has a different take on Moscow. The next US president will have to deal with the thorny question of NATO expansion into Georgia and Ukraine next year – opposed by Germany, but broadly supported by both US parties.
Karen Donfried, vice president of the German Marshall Fund in Washington, argues that Obama's upside in Europe is his ability to inspire. "He's an inspirational individual and that may be important when it comes to offering a vision that asks Europeans to do more. Currently there's a disconnect between policy elites and the public in Europe."
Obama's post-cynical style "makes it possible to have faith in politics," agrees Norbert Rottgen, of Merkel's conservative CDU party.
The potential downside, Dr. Donfried says, would take place if Senator McCain defeats Obama. "The Europeans all think Obama is already elected, they think he will win. If he doesn't, it's going to be a huge letdown in Europe."


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A video instructional series on geography for college and high school classrooms and adult learners; 10 half-hour video programs and coordinated books
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1. Imagining New Worlds
Cancun, Mexico, looks remarkably different to the international tourists who
come to get away, to the Mayan descendants who farm their fathers' land, to the
Mexicans who find employment at resorts, and to the global corporations that see
opportunity for investments. These contrasting experiences of different people
in the same region are what geographers call "geographical imaginations."
2. Reflections on a Global Screen
The rapid globalization of the media is a trend that some countries fear will
homogenize culture, forcing out programs that reflect their own values to make
room for Hollywood's. But globalization is a two-way street; Hong Kong
stations can transmit their local broadcasts to Chinese populations in Europe and
the U.S. just as CNN can offer worldwide coverage from Atlanta.
3. Global Firms in the Industrializing East
Singapore has transformed itself into an economic powerhouse along the Pacific
Rim. In the early 1960s, multinational companies attracted by a highly skilled
and cheap labor force turned Singapore into a major manufacturing center. Just
a generation later, companies in Singapore delegate labor-intensive work to
Malaysia and Indonesia while bringing in new business in research,
development, and finance.
4. Global Tourism
The experiences of visitors to Hawaii, Malaysia, and Borneo are shaped by the tourist industry. Hawaii has the most mature industry, the product of
decades of development that preserved little of its indigenous culture; Malaysia
is following a similar path. Borneo is developing "ecotourism," catering to more
intrepid travelers. The paradox of tourism offers opportunities for local
development yet can destroy native cultures and environments.
5. Alaska: The Last Frontier?
Those who don't call Alaska home often perceive the 49th state as a pristine
wilderness, not considering the indigenous peoples who have inhabited the area
for centuries. Ongoing conflicts in Alaska highlight the difficulties of balancing
the needs of indigenous peoples and the wilderness with economic development
and modern life.
6. Population Transition in Italy
Although Italy is the spiritual center of the Roman Catholic Church, which
opposes artificial means of contraception, the country has experienced the
fastest and most extreme decline in fertility ever recorded. Some attribute the
decline to consumer materialism; others blame the underdeveloped welfare
system. Whatever the cause, the consequence is an aging population with fewer
young people to support it.
7. Water Is for Fighting Over
Along the parched California-Nevada border, various groups with compelling
yet competing interests claim the water of the Truckee River Basin. The
burgeoning Reno-Sparks area needs water to sustain the community, but high
levels in a local reservoir are destroying the cui-ui fish of a local Paiute tribe.
Farmers need irrigated water for crops, but the government seeks water further
downstream for a wetlands area. These conflicts illustrate how scarce natural
resources can shape a community.
8. A Migrant's Heart
Jatinder Verma, a man of Indian descent who was born in East Africa and came
to England at the age of 14, explains through a trip back to India how he is
caught between two worlds, struggling to preserve his cultural heritage while
being acculturated into his adopted country. His story demonstrates how
migrants think about their sense of place in relation to where they have come
9. Berlin: Changing Center of a Changing Europe
Berlin's emergence as Germany's new political capital symbolizes the end of
communism and a transformation occurring throughout the country and
continent. Many of the issues that Germany now confronts such as the shift of
considerable resources to rebuild Eastern Germany and the rise of neo-Nazi
sentiments are seen in microcosm in Berlin.
10. The World of the Dragon
What is happening in the East today, especially in China and Japan, disrupts
simple notions of East vs. West and challenges Western accounts of
globalization. This concluding program draws attention to developments in the
East that have potential consequences for the West and examines the role that
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Waldo from Warwick is winner of state High School Rodeo, places second in nationals By Mike Bellmore - Features Editor
Published: Tuesday, August 8, 2006 4:13 PM CDT
E-mail this story | Print this page Laura Waldo of Warwick earned second place in the national high school rodeo competition in Springfield, Ill. recently. Lauren will be a junior at Devils Lake High School this fall. WARWICK, N.D. - Laura Waldo has already stamped herself as one of the premier young high school rodeo competitors in North Dakota after delving into the sport nearly as soon as she could walk.
Now the Devils Lake High School junior-to-be this fall has added her name to the lofty list of nationally-known competitors.
Waldo came home with a second place finish from the National High School Rodeo Finals in Springfield, Ill. last week, narrowly missing a national championship that was claimed by a senior-to-be from Montana.
In Illinois, Waldo excelled in the goat tying competition and qualified in the breakaway roping as well.
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Monday, July 27, 2009
IZEA Insider Drew Bennett (aka BenSpark) is crew leader of the "I'm Not A Famous Blogger" Crew and he has created the "I'm Not A Famous Blogger" Blog to spotlight all the latest IZEA info as well as crew members. Crew members are invited to participate in crew interviews. Spotlighting bloggers on the crew is the main objective of this blog and who better to spotlight a blogger than the bloggers themselves. Each interview gives a unique perspective on the challenges and accomplishments of the members of the "I'm Not A Famous Blogger" IZEA Insider Crew.
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Idiopathic or primary insomnia (PI) is largely an exclusionary diagnosis where psychiatric and medical causes of poor sleep have been ruled out. Substantial evidence has accumulated over the last two decades that PI reflects a predisposition to physiological hyperarousal. Measures of physiological activation which have been found to distinguish PI sufferers from normal sleepers are summarized in a recent review and include:
Metabolic measures
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Such consistent findings across diverse physiological systems support elevated physiological arousal in PI. Genetic twin studies showing a strong heritability for insomnia lend additional support. Furthermore, recent studies indicate that the daytime dysphoria experienced in PI is related to the hyperarousal and not secondary to the sleep disturbance per se.
Understanding the nature of PI can often reduce the stress and anxiety such patients typically experience about their sleep and allow them to partner more effectively with the physician in identifying which measures – cognitive/behavioral therapy, exercise, medications & relaxation techniques – are most helpful.
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Gwynn's legacy has even more to give
Tony Gwynn's baseball legacy is secure.
The man changed the way hitters approach their craft, his dutiful study of video back when VCRs were still in vogue eventually giving way to the advanced technological scrutiny prevalent in every professional clubhouse.
Tony Gwynn's baseball legacy is secure.
The man changed the way hitters approach their craft, his dutiful study of video back when VCRs were still in vogue eventually giving way to the advanced technological scrutiny prevalent in every professional clubhouse.
Gwynn was outspoken about the issues of performance-enhancing drugs at a time when that point of view was not a popular one among his peers.
The sheer statistical stupefactions on the back of Gwynn's baseball card (he could have had another 1,182 at-bats at the end of his career, made nothing but outs and still been a lifetime .300 hitter) forever give him a place in any conversation about the greatest hitters of all time.
Gwynn was generally and genuinely regarded as both a Hall of Fame player and a Hall of Fame person.
Yet there's another meaningful element of Gwynn's life and his death -- caused by cancer of the mouth -- that has the potential to punctuate his legacy all the more. Cranking out hits is one thing; saving lives is another. And maybe, if enough people pay attention to the words the 54-year-old Gwynn left behind about his habit of using smokeless tobacco, one of the more unfortunate aspects of baseball's culture will change dramatically.
"Of course, [smokeless tobacco] caused [the cancer]," Gwynn once said. "I always dipped on my right side."
The side where the cancer spread.
Don't take this as an attempt to grandstand or call for an outright ban on smokeless tobacco, because Major Leaguers are grown men capable of making their own decisions. Smokeless tobacco has been banned in the Minor Leagues for over two decades, but its use remains evident behind the scenes.
The changes made in the latest Collective Bargaining Agreement, when the Players Association agreed to rules prohibiting teams from providing tobacco to players and prohibiting players from carrying tobacco tins or conducting interviews while chewing, helped tame tobacco's role on the big league stage and hopefully reduced its impact on impressionable eyes.
Ultimately, though, the use of tobacco is a personal choice, and we can only hope that the plight of Gwynn, cut down at an all-too-young age, is evidence enough.
Smokeless tobacco contains 28 carcinogens, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and is a known cause of oral cancer. Gwynn's doctors told him his longtime use of tobacco was not necessarily the cause of his specific salivary gland cancer, and the American Council on Science and Health has found no scientific link between the two. But Gwynn himself was convinced, and his experience ought to be enough to give users pause.
In a thoughtful essay published shortly after news of Gwynn's death spread, Tom Friend, a former Padres beat writer now writing for ESPN.com, wrote that Gwynn's addiction to chew began in rookie ball, when he was "so paranoid that his swing would fall to pieces overnight that he would dip smokeless tobacco to take the edge off." The habit only grew from there, getting so bad that Gwynn would sneak out of the house late at night to buy tobacco at a convenience store, out of sight from his sleeping wife, who begged him to quit the snuff.
"I'm a tobacco junkie," Gwynn once told Friend.
No doubt, many other ballplayers who initially turned to tobacco to kill time or satisfy an oral fixation or simply to satisfy a perceived "look," know the feeling.
Smokeless tobacco ultimately claimed the life of Bill Tuttle, who had his jaw removed as part of his oral cancer treatment. Known tobacco users Babe Ruth and Curt Flood both died of cancer of the throat, though those conditions could have been equally attributable to alcohol. But Gwynn now stands, sadly, a modern-day example of a problem that persists in baseball in dramatic disproportion to the rest of our society.
On its website, the CDC estimates that about 6 percent of adult American men (and 1 percent of women) use smokeless tobacco. The Center states that use is about half of what it was in the mid-1990s.
That's progress on a national level, but, sans access to actual statistics on the matter, I can only rely on my eyes as a guy who routinely visits clubhouses to tell you that it is clear more than 6 percent of current Major League players use the product. One clubhouse guy I asked estimated the number is closer to 50 percent among players and coaches.
Further education about the perils of smokeless tobacco use is important, because too many people still wrongly consider it a "safe" alternative to cigarettes. The Mayo Clinic has linked it not only to esophageal and various types of oral cancer but also to cavities, gum disease and heart disease.
It's also loaded with nicotine, so it's dangerously addictive, particularly within a clubhouse culture that has too often encouraged it. The Angels' Josh Hamilton and the Nationals' Stephen Strasburg are two well-known players who have been associated with the use of tobacco on the field.
Hamilton famously quit dipping in the summer of 2012. When he struggled at season's end, Hamilton was criticized by some for trying to quit midseason and opening himself up to withdrawal symptoms. When his struggles continued into 2013, Hamilton resumed chewing.
"I quit because I wanted to quit, and I started back because I wanted to start back," Hamilton said Tuesday. "Trying to quit tobacco during the baseball season is like being an alcoholic and getting a job as a bartender. You're not putting yourself in the best position to succeed. Guys struggle with it."
Strasburg has cited Gwynn as a "father figure," having grown up watching him and then playing for him at San Diego State. It was not long after Gwynn's initial 2010 diagnosis of oral cancer that Strasburg pledged to quit dipping, but he has since taken it up again. Strasburg did not talk about tobacco use on Tuesday, but his manager, Matt Williams, had this to say:
"Nobody really knows. Nobody really knows yes or no or maybe," Williams said. "But of course it does [make you think]. It hits home with a lot of folks, and it's been part of our sport for a long time. But it certainly makes you think."
These guys know better, but Hamilton and Strasburg illustrate how destructively addictive the habit can be, particularly in a sport with a grinding regular season in which so many succumb to superstition or simply are bound by routine.
Maybe what happened to Gwynn will change the equation for some guys. Maybe not.
"If it can alter even one person," Hamilton said, "that's good."
As with any habit, though, the best way to curb tobacco use is to never start, and that's where Gwynn's impact can really kick in. Young fans and aspiring ballplayers already had a wealth of easily accessible knowledge about the dangers of carcinogens at their disposal. But now they also have the sad story of Gwynn, a Hall of Famer not only gone too soon but, if his own inductive reasoning is to be believed, avoidably.
That's not a legacy Tony Gwynn wanted to leave. But it could be one with a profound long-term impact on a sport and the lives it touches.
Anthony Castrovince is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his columns and follow him on Twitter at @Castrovince.


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House passes bill to avert Fiscal Cliff
(CNN) –The House has surpassed the 217 votes needed to pass the fiscal cliff bill. It has now been approved in a 257-167 vote.
A last-ditch Senate compromise to avert the fiscal cliff appeared to be in jeopardy with House Republicans slamming the deal negotiated with the White House and demanding more must be done to cut spending.
The measure that sought to maintain tax cuts for most Americans but increase rates on the wealthy passed the Democratic-led Senate overwhelmingly early on Tuesday. But Republican frustration over deficit-reduction muddled prospects for final action in the GOP-controlled House.
"This is not a good deal," said Rep. Steve LaTourette of Ohio. "This is a sad state of affairs — that we're going to take a bill that was passed on New Year's Eve by some sleep-deprived octogenarians that has very, very heavy on taxes and does nothing to cut spending, which is really part of the big problem that we have in the country."
House Republicans met for a second time on Tuesday to discuss the next steps on the fiscal cliff — whether to consider the bill as written — a so-called up or down vote — or amend it and send it back to the Senate.
Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Virginia, told reporters that he did not support the bill as passed by the Senate, dealing a major blow to its chances in the House.
Time was crucial, however, as a new Congress is set to be sworn-in on Thursday. Congress would have to start the process anew if there is no action on the fiscal cliff by then.
Rep. Nan Hayworth, R-New York, said she was hopeful her party would "come up with an alternative, an amendment that we can present to the Senate."
"We were elected and then re-elected as a majority to bring the federal government to the right size, to respect every tax dollar," said Hayworth, who lost her re-election bid.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi told reporters that Democrats were eager to see what Republicans would put on the floor.
"Up until now, (Speaker John Boehner) has said when the Senate acts, we will have a vote in the House. That is what he said. That is what we expect. That is what the American people deserve, so we look forward now … to see what the timing will be for a straight up or down vote on what passed 89-8 last night in the United States Senate," Pelosi said.
Later she tweeted: "Strong majority of House Ds support bipartisan Senate bill … Confident it will pass if @SpeakerBoehner allows up/down vote."
The Senate adjourned until noon on Wednesday.
Boehner has not yet indicated when a vote might happen. Following the first meeting with his membership, Boehner released a statement through his spokesman, saying that conversations with representatives will continue.
"The speaker and (Cantor) laid out options to the members and listened to feedback. The lack of spending cuts in the Senate bill was a universal concern amongst members in today's meeting," it read.
Not all congressional Democrats were happy with the proposal that would maintain Bush-era tax cuts that expired at midnight on Monday.
The Senate plan would maintain tax cuts for individuals earning less than $400,000 and couples earning less than $450,000. It would raise tax rates for those over those levels — marking the first time in two decades the rates jump for the wealthiest Americans.
Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, complained that the deal "makes tax benefits for high-income earners permanent, while tax benefits designed to help those of modest means and the middle class are only extended for five years."
The bill temporarily extends certain tax breaks, such as the one for college tuition, while making new tax rates permanent.
President picks up bragging rights, breaks a promise
While the deal gives President Barack Obama bragging rights for raising taxes on the wealthiest Americans, it also leaves him breaking a promise.
Obama had vowed to raise tax rates for the top-earning 2% of Americans, including those with household income above $250,000, and individuals earning more than $200,000.
"What I'm not going to do is to extend Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest 2% that we can't afford and, according to economists, will have the least positive impact on our economy," the president said at a news conference in November, after being asked by CNN why Americans should believe he would not "cave again this time" by allowing those Bush-era tax cuts to be extended.
When asked whether closing loopholes instead of raising rates would be satisfactory, the president responded, "when it comes to the top 2%, what I'm not going to do is to extend further a tax cut for folks who don't need it, which would cost close to a trillion dollars. And it's very difficult to see how you make up that trillion dollars, if we're serious about deficit reduction, just by closing loopholes in deductions. You know, the math tends not to work."
The deal passed by the Senate would cap itemized deductions for individuals making $250,000 and for married couples making $300,000.
Raising the threshold for higher tax rates to $400,000 shrinks the number of Americans affected. While nearly 2% of filers have adjusted gross incomes over $250,000, only 0.6% have incomes above $500,000, according to the Tax Policy Center.
Still, in a written statement early Tuesday, the president held on to the 98% figure he has so often touted.
The deal "protects 98% of Americans and 97% of small business owners from a middle class tax hike," he said. "While neither Democrats nor Republicans got everything they wanted, this agreement is the right thing to do for our country and the House should pass it without delay."
The president also acknowledged, "There's more work to do to reduce our deficits, and I'm willing to do it. But tonight's agreement ensures that, going forward, we will continue to reduce the deficit through a combination of new spending cuts and new revenues from the wealthiest Americans."
However, many Americans are still likely to see their paychecks shrink somewhat, due to a separate battle over payroll taxes.
Senate vote 'sends a strong message'
"Glad it's over," said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, after the vote on the fiscal cliff deal, just a couple of hours after the East Coast rang in the new year. "We'll see if the Republicans in the House can become functional instead of dysfunctional."
An early statement from House leadership made no promises.
"Decisions about whether the House will seek to accept or promptly amend the measure will not be made until House members — and the American people — have been able to review the legislation," the statement said.
Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, was hopeful the House will follow suit.
"The vote was 89 to 8. Bipartisan vote. 89 votes," he said. "I think it sends a strong message and I think it will be approved by the House."
What the package proposes
Under the Senate package:
— Taxes would stay the same for most Americans. But they will increase for individuals making more than $400,000 and couples making more than $450,000. For them, it will go from the current 35% to the Clinton-era rate of 39.6%.
— Itemized deductions would be capped for those making $250,000 and for married couples making $300,000.
— Taxes on inherited estates will go up to 40% from 35%.
— Unemployment insurance would be extended for a year for 2 million people.
— The alternative minimum tax — a perennial issue — would be permanently adjusted for inflation.
— Child care, tuition and research and development tax credits would be renewed.
— The "Doc Fix" — reimbursements for doctors who take Medicare patients — will continue, but it won't be paid for out of the Obama administration's signature health care law.
— A spike in milk prices will be avoided. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said milk prices would have doubled to $7 a gallon because a separate agriculture bill had expired.
What's not addressed
While the package provides some short-term certainty, it leaves a range of big issues unaddressed.
It doesn't mention the debt ceiling, and temporarily puts off for two months the so-called sequester — a series of automatic cuts in federal spending that would have taken effect Wednesday. It would have reduced the budgets of most agencies and programs by 8% to 10%.
This means that, come late February, Congress will have to tackle both those thorny issues.
"We're going to have to deal with the sequester, that's true," said Sen. Max Baucus, D-Montana, "but look, this is better than nothing."
Reid said the agreement was a win for average Americans.
"I've said all along that our most important priority was to protect the middle class families," he said. "This legislation does that."
And maybe a bit more.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, median household income in 2011 was $50,054, which is well below the tax cut threshold approved by the Senate.
Source: CNN


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Valley of the Wolves: Palestine is a new Turkish movie portraying the Mavi Marmara massacre as a premeditated Israeli attack that was set to kill innocent peace activists.
An uproar has erupted in Germany in the last few days over the upcoming launching of the film. The film's intended release date in Germany is January 27, the same day as the International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Apparently the German distributor of the film confirmed that the company had been unaware of the sensitivity of the date. However, I actually think that linking between the events is not such a bad idea. If the International Holocaust Remembrance Day is there to remind us of crimes committed by a racist ethno-centric regime in the past, the Turkish film is there to awaken us to the colossal crimes that are committed by a racist ethno-centric regime in the present. If Germans are genuinely interested in the Nazi past, they better look closely at Israeli current brutality.
Some German politicians have condemned both the film and the date chosen for its release. PM Kerstin Griese, of the Social Democratic Party, criticized the film for inciting to violence and fomenting anti-Israeli and anti-Semitic sentiment. This is, no doubt, a clumsy statement. If anything, the film is there to condemn Israeli violence that is committed daily against the Palestinian people. I would also like to remind PM Greise that opposing Israeli policies and practice is totally legitimate. Moreover, the film is there to criticise the deep racial hatred that is imbued within the Israeli society. If Griese is, indeed, concerned with anti Semitism, he should actually advocate this anti racist film and the specific choice of the release date.
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I have also some Christian friends, Hindu friends. We live together, we share everything together. But, of course with limitation. If they hold the dog, I don't. If they drink alcohol, I don't. I always try to be wise in their eyes. I told them that sometimes I possibly make mistake, insult, or look down on their religion as we have different culture and belief. I ask them, If you find me doing such, please remind me, and so do I.
Sometimes we share about what our religions teach about. There are some differences and some are the same. Alhamdulillah, we are still able to live together peacefully. I try not asking them to accept Islam or to ask them which one is right and which one is wrong. If one of us do it, I remind him/her.
As Muslim, I must invite non-Muslim. And, so do they. However, believing in a religion is not the same as joining any party whereby you can be a member just by attending their event or do what they urge you to do. In Islam, you can't. Islam comes to your heart through your understanding. Do you think all Muslims who come to Masjid or Mosque everyday and performing prayer regularly will stay in Paradise? No. If their intention is not on behalf of Allah, they do nothing. It makes sense, right?
As Muslim I must invite non-Muslim, but with wise way. No need to ask directly by asking, "Why don't you accept Islam?" It means insult them. Just tell them what Muhammad pbuh teaches us, but not all. Good teachers are they are who know and understand which lesson should be given first and when should give it. Don't do it all the time, Brothers and Sisters. Our duty is only to inform the lesson of Islam, not to make them become Muslims.
I listens to their story and explanation when they tell about history based on their religion. I give response such "As we didn't live in that era, we can't judge which one is right, but just what we believe in." We can't force others to agree with us. I try to talk more about advantages than just debating about right and wrong. My Non-Muslim friends like it, such as about how a man should respect women, should treat them in very good manner, etc.
Each of us want others to join us, to believe in what we believe in. That's normal, but must be wise. Do it wisely.
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Why Your God Created Such Violent Scripture?
I have ever had a discussion with a Christian about ISIS. He claimed Islam (Quran) makes people become warrior. He claimed that Quran makes people become evil of the world. I explained him that Quran is not a simple book. Many people went astray as they read and comprehended Quran without any guidance by the scholar. They didn't understand it deeply. They were not great thinker.
He replayed, "So, it's true that Quran makes people become warrior and killing others?"
I replayed that it was only one bad effect. In Sunni Muslim tradition, we understand Islam through Quran and Hadith, and the explanations of Companion Scholars, Tabi'een Scholars, Taba' Tabi'een Scholars, Third Century Scholars, and so on. Why our understanding should be proven by them? It's about reading comprehension.
There are some level of reading comprehension of people. Our professor at university often said, "Support your statement with scientists statement." Yes, if we talk about something which is not trivial or sacred we may not do it without any much consideration.
Therefore, if anyone just read Quran, they will not understand Islam. Something makes human different from animal is that human can think. Yes, human can think, while animal can't.
He asked e again, "Why God created such unclear / illlogical book?"
As I know, in my religion, it's not permissible to question or investigate God. But, I replayed with my understanding about logic. If everything is clear, do all human will live their life with passion? But, I don't said Quran is not clear. Qurann is so clear for the believer. Another thing I want to say is that in this life most everything is in pair: Dark and bright, good and bad, logical and illogical. We can say something is tall because we have seen other things are short. So, clear or unclear is not a problem. If everything God does is the same as what human does, so God is the same as human. If God is the same as human, what for we worship to him?! He is beyond human's understanding.
In Quran, God orders all Muslim to keep learning / studying / searching knowledge until they die. It make sense, human should never stop learning because life is always change.
After all, I said to that Christian man, "We should respect every religion's subjectivity." And he agreed with me. Every individual will claim themselves the rightest one, so does every community.
"All living things must be exist together in harmony," Albert Einstein at the Young Einstein Movie.
You may like to read How Umar Ra. (The Prophet's Companion) treated Non-Muslims
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