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People coming out of jail, looking to step back into society as productive citizens are burdened with what former Gov. Jim McGreevey called "A scarlet letter," not A for adultery, he said, but F, for felon.
McGreevey, who came to City Hall in Jersey City on Dec. 4, said people who fill in the box on a job application that says they have been convicted of a crime are most often excluded from being considered for getting the job, without even an interview.
Cunningham said ex-offenders are caught in a Catch 22. If they do not check the box and get the job, they can be fired later for lying about it. If they tell the truth and check the box, they may never get the chance to make the case that they should be hired.
This is the theory behind new legislation proposed by state Senators Raymond J. Lesniak and Sandra Bolden Cunningham, part of a package of "reentry bills" designed to help ex-offenders find a way back into legitimate society, breaking the cycle that seems to keep them returning to jail.
"If a person gets an interview, then the boss might get a chance to see what a great employee this might be," Cunningham said.
This is not an attempt to hide the fact that this or any other person served time in jail, but to give him a fair shot he might not get if he checks off the box.
"An employer might look at that box and then not look at the rest of the application," Cunningham said. "Our bill would give that person a chance to sell himself."
Cunningham was joined by a group of mayors from across the state at a meeting hosted by Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop to promote "The Opportunity to Compete Act" that would allow ex-offenders to avoid declaring their past until they had an opportunity to be interviewed.
Cunningham, who represents Jersey City and Bayonne, sponsored the bill in the state Senate. She said this is not about handouts or giveaways, but rather responsibility, and allowing a person to make his or own case before being prejudged by checking a box.
"As mayor of Jersey City," Fulop said, "I am responsible for the public's safety and economic well-being of my city's residents. The Opportunity to Compete Act will make our streets safer and more jobs available to our citizens, which we know go hand in hand. We are working to develop more opportunities for our residents and this legislation creates a pathway for more people to return to the workforce and find lasting employment."
Currently, more than 90 percent of employers ask job seekers on the initial job application whether they have been arrested or convicted of a crime, said Maplewood Mayor Victor DeLuca. "Checking yes usually means the application will be thrown in the garbage and the job seeker will not be considered at all.
An estimated 65 million adults in the United States or about one in four have a criminal record, according to statistics supplied by the mayors.
McGreevey, who is developing a new re-entry program for the city and has been involved in similar programs for Hudson County, was on hand to support the effort.
This legislation does not prohibit the employer from asking about a person's criminal background, but delays the question until after it is determined if the person is qualified to do that job. An employer, however, would not be able to ask about an arrest that did not lead to a conviction. The bill would affect businesses and government that have more than 15 employees.
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Hi all,
Im getting to grips with some java but having trouble with this loop. I'll explain it just so we're on the same page :)
im trying to create a loop whereby the time and velocity change each time. I have all the classes and methods necessary and compile up to this loop.
By this i mean, i have the user to ask how many data points they wish to consider (excluding zero as a data point)
i do this by
Code :
double m = input.nextDouble(); double step = t/m;
In normal words time is divided by the number of data points hence this is ideal in the loop to us j+=step rather than say 1, 2, 3, 4... which restricts user ability and freedom.
Now, because of the physics (don't worry - simple stuff), the velocity is going to change at each time step. I.e. initial values the user enters e.g. at t = 0, v = (1,0,0)
Again don't worry about the vector, i have solved that part in terms of print, display and so forth.
But how should i do this loop? Here was an attempt which failed:
Code :
for(double j = 0; j < v; j+=step)/**needs two loops i.e. begins with t=0, u=v (in this case), then t = step, u = old vf, then t = 2step, u = (new)old vf ...*/ { fetch.calcVelocityf(v, g, t); v = fetch.getVelocityf(v, g, t); System.out.print(v.returnString() + "\t"); for (double i = 0; i < t; i+=step) { System.out.print(t); } } }
In reality terms i want it to give me the velocity and time at each step (data point, user entry see above) and have it sent to print.
I believe the time approach is fine, but unsure on the velocity, v as it is a vector hence j < v means nothing as one is double and the other Vector clas assigned.
Ps don't worry about g, that is the acceleration - also needed!
fetch is from:
Vector fetch = Vector(); [This is the class i use to make them as vectors, print as vectors via returnString etc]
velocityf is simly final velocity which in this case is changing up until we get the correct number of data points.
If you feel like i could be more informative let me know :)

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Happily I got home after buying Linux FORMAT with the latest software of Mandriva.
Booting the computer (with the DVD) and the installation process starts. Pressing "Enter" to install and the monitor fades out from white to black. Nothing happens. Restarts the installation and the same happen again then pressing "Enter".
Next time I press "F1", and then "F3" the system starts. The installation let mi choose country and starts to install drivers. Then the driver for VIA VT6420 SATA Raid starts to load the system stops and nothing happens. Only the mouse pointer is moving.
What can I do to install Mandrivas latest version? I have tried to find other sources for this latest version. None of them manages to pas the VT6420 SATA Raid controller. I have only found a version which is only a stripped of version without any programs or tools for installation of other software.
My system consists of a MSI K8T Neo with AMD 64 processor, ATI Radeon 9700, 2 IBM 60Gb IDE HD and 4 Maxtor 250Gb SATA HD configured in Raid 0 and 1.


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Submarine Landslide Tsunami Linearity
From Gerris
←Older revision | Newer revision→
This page documents tests on the scaling of tsunami waves with Earthquake volume
As part of our work developing a Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard Assessment (PTHA) for submarine landslide generated tsunamis we are investigating the scaling of tsunami waves with volume of the landslide.
For the initial test we are using the TOPICS submarine-landslide-generated-tsunami initialisation code. There are some questions as to its applicability in the shallow canyon environment but it will do for the initial investigation.
In TOPICS both the volume is specified and the length/width and maximum thickness. This overspecifies the problem (although as it is maximum thickness there is some room for a range of volumes to be consistent with the given dimensions).
We are using the standard Nicholson Canyon setup used in XXXXXXXX with four different volumes: 100,000,000 m^3, 400,000,000 m^3, 333,333,333 m^3 and 1,000,000,000 m^3. The maximum thickness is held constant at 200 m. The landslide length and width are taken as equal and are 2,400 m, 1,500 m, 1,400 m and 760 m respectively for the four cases.
In order to investigate the influence of different dimensions given the same volume we are doing three simulations with volume set as 400,000,000 m^3 and maximum thickness given as 50 m, 100 m and 200 m.
There does not seem to be a strong relationship between volume and water height (i.e. changing the thickness has a large effect on wave height at the places of interest. Some areas appear to be inundated while others aren't. Is this correct or is this a bug of the inundation programme?
Outputting data at certain points
William Power provided the file Cook_points.csv to output time series or maximum wave heights at. This Includes all of Marlborough sounds which might be more than is needed so we may wish to cut it down.
As a start to cutting it down we will just use a box 174 - 175.5 in longitude, -41.8 - -41.15 in latitude. This will include some of the inner Marlborough sounds but not to much.
First I needed to dos2unix the file to get rid of dos endoflines Then I used the following awk file convert_Cook.awk
if ((x > 174) && (x < 175.5) && (y > -41.8) && (y < -41.15)) {
print $1, $2, " 0"
awk -f convertCook < Cook_points.csv > Cook_points.out


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Draw a square. A second square of the same size slides around the
first always maintaining contact and keeping the same orientation.
How far does the dot travel?
Points A, B and C are the centres of three circles, each one of which touches the other two. Prove that the perimeter of the triangle ABC is equal to the diameter of the largest circle.
An AP rectangle is one whose area is numerically equal to its perimeter. If you are given the length of a side can you always find an AP rectangle with one side the given length?


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Foreign media reports 'killing Bahrain tourism'
Manama, February 19, 2012
A Tourism chief has called on Bahrain to step up its public relations war to combat foreign media reports, which he said were killing Bahrain's travel industry.
It follows the temporary suspension of visits by a major cruise ship operator, which cancelled stops in Bahrain on February 8, last Wednesday and this coming Wednesday over security concerns.
Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) tourism committee chairman Nabeel Kanoo said more needed to be done to counter negative reports about Bahrain in the West.
"The hotels and tourism sector have lost more than 40 per cent in revenues over the last year," he said.
"This is a significant percentage in a small country like Bahrain."
Kanoo said it is not only the hotels that were suffering, but also related businesses.
"The old suq, the gold trade, taxi drivers, travel agencies and operators as well as traders have been bearing the brunt of the disturbances," he said.
Kanoo, who is a YBA Kanoo board member and deputy general manager of its travel group, said the private sector was ready to step in to help the government project a better image of the country.
"We will take all necessary steps to ensure we do our best," he said. "We will do everything we can to get tourists back - whether they are cruise passengers or others."
He blamed unfair reporting by foreign news agencies for the cancellation of cruise ships. "This is all due to the continuous media misinformation," he said.
"No one knows Bahrainis are peace-loving people and that the problems here are just temporary. Every nation has problems and these are solved."
However, Kanoo added steps were needed to ensure everyone lived peacefully and prospered. "Now is the time to take some courageous steps," he said. "A new effort is needed."
Mathias Tourism managing director Richard Mathias, whose company promotes Bahrain to the cruise industry worldwide, said visits to Bahrain by more than 20,000 cruise passengers since the season started in mid-December had passed without incident.
"Cruise tourists have enjoyed themselves in Bahrain, even going everywhere on bicycles, roaming around in the suq and visiting historical places," he said.
The Aida Blu, which was the only cruise ship making calls to Bahrain this season, is scheduled to make three other weekly visits before the season ends next month.
Meanwhile, a spokesman for Bahrain's Taxi and Pick Up Drivers Union said cabbies had been directly affected by cruise cancellations. He said cruise tourists used around 150 taxis every Wednesday.
"We hope they don't stop coming because that would affect us," he said.
Seatrade Middle East officials earlier said every vessel that berthed in Bahrain could be worth around $300,000 to the economy, with an estimated spend of $274,165 per call.
Up to 70 cruise ships docked in Bahrain every season before the country was hit by unrest last year.
Only 29 visits took place between November 2010 and February last year, when cruise operators cancelled stops in Bahrain due to anti-government protests.
Costa Cruises, which had scheduled 30 visits to Bahrain this season, skipped the country altogether this year and opted for Khasab, in Oman, instead.-TradeArabia News Service


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2002 Football
bc 21 , hanover 47
Bluffton holds early lead but falls to 10th-ranked Hanover 47-21By Tim Stried, SID
October 19, 2002
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Bluffton College held a 14-13 lead until late in the second quarter over 10th-ranked Hanover College, but the visiting Panther squad scored the final 26 points of the game to take a 47-21 win over the Beavers Saturday afternoon in Salzman Stadium.
Hanover improves to 6-0 overall and 3-0 in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference, while Bluffton falls to 2-4 overall and 0-2 in the HCAC. The loss was Bluffton's first of the season at home as Hanover extended their current winning streak over BC to eight straight games.
Bluffton senior quarterback Brad Moore posted career highs with 21 completions from 34 attempts for a 62% completion percentage. He totaled 232 yards through the air and a touchdown and ran for another score.
Two Hanover quarterbacks were a combined 28-for-45 passing in the game for 290 yards, which is 100 yards fewer than the Panthers were averaging going into the game.
Bluffton put together 10-play 80-yard scoring drives on both of their first two possessions. Moore capped off the first drive with a 14-yard touchdown run, then tossed a short pass to freshman tailback Ben Dodds, who rambled 18-yards to the endzone to end the second TD drive and give Bluffton a 14-7 lead.
Hanover scored two more touchdowns in the first half to take a 21-14 lead at halftime, but the Beavers began the second much like they did the first with a 12-play, 89-yard drive that junior running back Jovan Johnson ended with a one-yard touchdown run with 7:33 left in the third quarter that tied the game at 21-all.
It would be Bluffton's final score of the day, however, as their next four possessions resulted in minus 11 yards in offense, while Hanover's next four possessions all resulted in touchdowns.
Bluffton held over a seven-minute advantage in time of possession and was a perfect 3-for-3 in the red-zone, but the Beavers turned the ball over twice on interceptions, one of which was returned for a score.
Senior Cam Staley led the Bluffton defense with 11 tackles, while senior Brian Steiner and sophomore Andy Tabler both collected 10 tackles. Sophomore Matt Chiles added nine stops.
Johnson caught a career-high 10 passes for 80 yards, while junior Jimmy Dwenger totaled 89 yards on four catches. Dodds led the ground game with 53 yards rushing.
The Beavers will travel next Saturday to Mount St. Joseph, who is defeated Defiance College Saturday to improve to 3-0 in the HCAC and 4-2 overall.


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Fed-up Americans to flood D.C. with outrage
'They picked a fight with the wrong people'
This month, hundreds of thousands of Americans will march on Washington, D.C., in defense of the nearly 56 million babies killed in the womb since the Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion 40 years ago – and now even the millions who can't travel the nation's capital will flood the offices of President Obama, key government officials and mainstream news media with as many as 2 million empty red envelopes bearing a very clear message:
"This envelope represents one child who died in abortion. It is empty, a life taken that was unable to offer anything to the world. Responsibility and life begin at conception."
Jan. 22, 2013, is the 40th memorial of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion. Now that day has been designated Red Envelope Day as Americans plan to send a visual expression of moral outrage deep into the halls of Congress, beyond the marble columns of the Supreme Court and into the Oval Office.
Red Envelope Day 2013 gives participants the choice to send red envelopes to:
President Obama
Vice President Joseph Biden
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius
House Speaker John Boehner
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
All nine Supreme Court justices
CNN President Jim Walton
New York Times Executive Editor Jill Abramson
Washington Post Editor Philip Bennett
Fox News' Sean Hannity
Fox News' Bill O'Reilly
Help the Red Envelope campaign deliver at least 2 million red envelopes to President Obama, members of Congress, the Supreme Court and some of the biggest names in the mainstream media.
A portion of the proceeds of every red envelope goes directly to organizations committed to the pro-life cause. As WND reported, in 2009 millions of empty red envelopes were delivered directly to the White House. That year, the White House mail office confirmed it received a "deluge" of as many as 2.3 million red envelopes symbolizing the empty promise of lives snuffed out in abortion in a massive campaign that was larger than most White House mailing movements in the previous 35 years.
"I've been here 35 years, so I've seen presidents come and go," the White House mail worker told WND. "This campaign ranks up there with the big ones."
The Red Envelope Day campaign seeks to meet or exceed the number of empty red envelopes that were sent in 2009. And from that, 100 percent of the net proceeds will be disbursed to pro-life organizations. According to organizers, if 2 million Red Envelope Day envelopes are delivered Jan. 22, it would result in approximately $1 million donated to pro-life organizations.
Richard Lepoutre, Red Envelope Day 2013 project leader, told WND he is encouraging Americans to give the gift of life.
"Supporting the Red Envelope Day 2013 campaign is a gift that will say so much to our loved ones," he said. "Sending those envelopes through the system says to all: We will not abandon the preborn, and we will make our conviction known far and wide."
Because of the funding for pro-life groups, Lepoutre said the 2013 campaign could now have twice the impact it had in 2009.
"We will remind America and our country's political leadership once again that we are still very much a pro-life nation."
Troy Newman, president of the pro-life group Operation Rescue, called the Red Envelope Day campaign an "exciting project."
"Although Obama was re-elected, the pro-life movement is undeterred and will never compromise on the issue of life," Newman said. "Hundreds of thousands of pro-lifers will endure the harsh winter conditions to march from the White House to the Supreme Court on Jan. 22, as they have for the past 40 years.
"Not only does this exhibit the fortitude and resilience of the movement but it demonstrates our firm resolve to never give up. As the throngs of pro-life advocates swarm the streets of D.C., a million postcards will be delivered to our political leaders demanding justice for every pre-born child."
Newman noted that the Obama administration is working to expand abortion and force businesses to comply with "anti-religious abortion payments."
"The Red Envelope Day campaign is sending a message to the lawmakers that they picked a fight with the wrong people," he said. "The faith community will not comply.
Newman urged Americans to "take a stand in the most important social justice issue of our day."
"Although Obama has stepped up his efforts to force abortion on America, we're pushing back harder than ever," he said. "I believe the red cards are that first step in the next chapter of the abortion battle, and this is the chapter where we secure the right to life for every baby. We will not go away. We are firm in our resolve, and we will win."
Likewise, Andrea Trudden, spokeswoman for Heartbeat International, said, "We must do everything we can to encourage life within our nation, and that starts at the top.
"To maximize our impact in Washington, Remembering Roe and the Red Envelope Day campaign joined forces. Through our combined efforts, we plan to send red envelopes to the White House to illustrate to the president that we are a nation that values life."
Lepoutre told WND that after the Supreme Court's Obamacare ruling this year – and considering the likelihood that Obama will nominate pro-abortion justices in the future – it seemed obvious to include the Supreme Court justices in the 2013 campaign.
He also criticized the mainstream media for refusing to cover the 2009 campaign, during which an astounding 2.3 million red envelopes were sent to the White House.
"It was the largest mail protest since the Vietnam War," Lepoutre said. "That is a significant news story. But with the exception of WND and a few others in conservative media, they did their best to quash it.
"So, we've targeted certain media outlets that are hostile to the pro-life movement and also targeted more open and influential news personalities who we hope can help us get the Red Envelope Day message out to America: We will not abandon the preborn, and we will not simply 'stand down.'"
Help the Red Envelope campaign deliver at least 2 million red envelopes to President Obama, members of Congress, the Supreme Court and some of the biggest names in the mainstream media.


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By Brendan Conway
If you like high-yield bonds but fear interest-rate increases, there's another complex fund on the market vying for your attention.
ProShares High Yield-Interest Rate Hedged ETF (HYHG) launched on the BATS exchange today. This fund owns high-yield corporate bonds while shorting Treasury notes or bonds with a duration roughly equal to that of the high yield bonds. Charging an annual 0.50% of assets, the ETF has the same expense ratio as the unhedged iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond Fund (HYG) and compares to 0.40% for the SPDR Barclays Capital High Yield Bond ETF (JNK).
My colleague Mike Aneiro has noted the argument that high-yield bonds shouldn't suffer all that badly amid rising rates. Also keep in mind the fact that a long junk, short Treasury position isn't the right strategy for many market environments, including long stretches of the last several years. Owning it means endorsing a particular view of interest-rate increases and their effect on the market for high-yield bonds.
As we put it in March in a profile of ProShares:
Other worrywart bond strategies are suddenly cropping up. Last week's fund launches included the actively managed First Trust High Yield Long/Short ETF (HYLS), which owns junk bonds but tries to hedge interest-rate increases. The ProShares High Yield Interest Rate Hedged ETF, a passive junk-bond ETF with a short position in U.S. Treasury securities, could launch as soon as this spring. Such strategies aren't cheap, and despite the "hedge" moniker, there are plenty of risks. A long-junk, short-Treasury bond strategy could have moved doubly against investors for long stretches of the past few years.


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that may be true about not "maximizing" a profit but as soon as the company is not on the profit side the shareholders either sell their stock, or hire new management. At some point it IS after all a business - not much point in having it if its not profitable
...something is to be said for unenlightened self-interest. I am just not sure as to what.
Income tax is on income, not capital gains. He wouldn't have been paying income tax on his share sale anyway.
And his argument was that it would hurt his ability to attract talent. Unless by talent he meant himself I fail to see how what he does with his assets has to do with this issue.
I also fail to see the story. Ask any business manager and he will be against higher income taxes, in part because it makes it harder to attract new talent when your area has income tax higher than average. That means you have to PAY higher than average just to let the person break even on net bring home income. It doesn't so much matter WHAT the tax increase would be used for, as politicians have a habit of claiming that a tax increase is earmarked for a certain project, and in reality it just goes to the general fund.
Here in NC, they sold the idea of a lottery that way, the "education lottery", as "all the money will go toward education". Sure, and for each million in additional lottery money, they just cut the budget by a million, so the net effect is ZERO advantage to education and for all intent and purpose, the money goes into the general fund. But you can "feel good" about voting for the lottery, since it means you are thinking of the children. Politicians love new money, just as businessmen love low taxes.
Ask any business manager and he will be against higher income taxes, in part because it makes it harder to attract new talent when your area has income tax higher than average.
Miracle! If you frame the question as getting more than giving, everyone pipes up in full agreement. Uniform consensus is usually a dead giveaway that the question is half framed. It's also hard to attract talent if your civic structure decays until only Batman is holding the fort.
Around here people are opposed to the HST (harmonized sales tax). This raises more revenue for the province, and helps to balance the books. There are only two alternatives: increase a different tax, or cut programs (unless you count waving the magic wand of waste-free administration, as much beloved by the pumpkin pie in the sky sect). The programs large enough to achieve the necessary cost savings are most likely the usual suspects: education, health care, and pensions.
What people are really in favour of is decreasing taxes while increasing programs. You can sell that proposition any day of the week. You can even return from the political grave to mobilize heroic opposition. (Damn, I thought we had put a stake in that guy. Bill Voldemort. I dare not speak his name.)
Government is a necessary evil. Solutions proposed by the cheerleaders of polarization (no government/all government) are worse than the disease. The useful debate is on subjects such as accountability and effectiveness, not self-interested wishful thinking by sober capitalists cloaked in the gravitas of expensive suits while fixing their beady eyes on their next quarterly bonus payment.
The joy of capitalism is the pursuit of narrow self-interest. That's why it works, and that's also why you don't solicit the people involved for balanced perspectives.
Besides, fat cheques speak louder than words.
Around here people are opposed to the HST (harmonized sales tax). This raises more revenue for the province, and helps to balance the books. There are only two alternatives: increase a different tax, or cut programs (unless you count waving the magic wand of waste-free administration, as much beloved by the pumpkin pie in the sky sect). The programs large enough to achieve the necessary cost savings are most likely the usual suspects: education, health care, and pensions.
Is that Ontario or BC?
For BC at least, the issue is not just about HST itself, but about how it was sneaked in - a supposedly fiscal conservative party got voted in by claiming, in public, that they would absolutely not support the introduction of HST, because it's so bad and awful. One month after the election, they proudly proclaim that they're signing up for HST, and go ahead to explain how totally awesome it is, all while saying that they didn't quite understand it before the election. It's no surprise
You're wrong. High tech companies are fleeing California for low tax states. In fact, high earners inevitably flee high tax states for low tax states [wsj.com]:
Examining IRS tax return data by state, E.J. McMahon, a fiscal expert at the Manhattan Institute, measured the impact of large income-tax rate increases on the rich ($200,000 income or more) in Connecticut, which raised its tax rate in 2003 to 5% from 4.5%; in New Jersey, which raised its rate in 2004 to 8.97% from 6.35%; and in New York, which raised its tax rate in 2003 to 7.7% from 6.85%. Over the period 2002-2005, in each of these states the "soak the rich" tax hike was followed by a significant reduction in the number of rich people paying taxes in these states relative to the national average. Amazingly, these three states ranked 46th, 49th and 50th among all states in the percentage increase in wealthy tax filers in the years after they tried to soak the rich.
Here's a comparison between California and Texas that explains, in great detail, how and why Texas is kicking California's ass. [texaspolicy.com]. This is also why more than half the new jobs created in the last twelve months were created in Texas [nationalreview.com]. Another reason is strong vs. weak or no public sector unions [nationalreview.com]. One thing that articles notes:
Renting a 26-foot U-Haul truck to go from Austin to San Francisco this July would cost you about $900. Renting the same truck to go from San Francisco to Austin? About $3,000. In the great balance of supply and demand, California has a large supply of people who are demanding to move to Texas.
High tech employees are fleeing California for Texas, because they can keep more of what they make, the government isn't going bankrupt, and the roads and schools are now better in Texas. Despite all the money California spends on a a bloated public sector, the actual core services delivered are worse in California than they are in Texas [city-journal.org]:
"Today, you go to Texas, the roads are no worse, the public schools are not great but are better than or equal to ours, and their universities are good. The bargain between California's government and the middle class is constantly being renegotiated to the disadvantage of the middle class."
Here's a slightly older analysis from 2007 [alec.org]. Since then, of course, things have gotten better (relative to the rest of the nation) for Texas and worse for California.
Low taxes and small government create jobs. High taxes and big government destroy jobs.
Income tax is on income, not capital gains. He wouldn't have been paying income tax on his share sale anyway.
You didn't even make it through the entire summary, then. It said "I-1098 would apply this tax rate to all income, including capital gains and dividends".
I-1098 would apply this tax rate to all income, including capital gains and dividends
Which is a wonderful idea if you ask me. I don't see why some sources of income should be magically exempt - and it gets particularly suspicious when those are the very same sources most heavily used by the richest (and are what is largely responsible for the growing wealth divide).
Stop using logic when Slashdot is having its 2 minutes of hate for Microsoft! And for the love of There-is-no-God don't point out the fact that Ballmer will be paying more $$ to the Federal goverment in Capital Gains taxes in this one transaction than all of the collective readers of this Slashdot story will pay in any form of taxes for their entire lives combined. Ballmer is rich, and therefore must have stolen the money from the Government! Anyone who makes more money than the Slashdot poster bashing the rich is automatically an evil rich bastard!*
* (Exceptions apply to CEO's of companies we are fanboys of, and billionares who dump money on left-wing "grassroots" causes like Moveon.org, with an exception-to-the-exception being Bill Gates who is still evil even though he dumps money on causes that the group would approve of if anyone else dumped the money)
I think you're exaggerating a bit. The Two Minutes Hate is really reserved more for Apple and Facebook these days.
Ballmer will be paying more $$ to the Federal goverment in Capital Gains taxes in this one transaction than all of the collective readers of this Slashdot story will pay in any form of taxes for their entire lives combined.
Really? Interesting claim. Let's examine it a bit.
It' not entirely unfair to assume that each member is a reader. In fact, we can safely assume that there are more readers than members, but there are also inactive members (i.e. people who used to read, but don't any more), but since you d
There's nothing socialists hate worse that failing to get their hands on someone else's money.
It's not as if Gates's philanthropy is a mantra of MS as a whole. It answers directly to the shareholders most of which could care less what impact things like this have on the state...as long as it doesnt effect their net worth.
Which is exactly what happened with the federal income tax - originally it was just a 1% tax on the "evil rich" and then the government kept taking more and more money from more and more people. It's good to see that the people in Washington learned from history and didn't let the bill pass.
Also, income taxes are a very inefficient form of taxation because it discourages people from working (Economist Gregory Mankiw wrote an article in the NY Times recently about this). Consumption taxes (sales tax) are m
Also, income taxes are a very inefficient form of taxation because it discourages people from working (Economist Gregory Mankiw wrote an article in the NY Times recently about this). Consumption taxes (sales tax) are much more efficient and fair system of taxation.
Consumption taxes mostly affect the poor. Why? Because they spend a larger fraction of their income on goods. So in that sense it's a much more unfair tax. On the other hand, concerning the argument that an income tax discourages from working: with an income tax you have more money if you work more. How's that discouraging? Could you expand on Mankiw's argument?
Also, income taxes are a very inefficient form of taxation because it discourages people from working
This is actually total horseshit. For most high-paid jobs that end up in the top brackets, there are way more people willing to do the job than positions available. No-one's going to turn down a seven figure paper-shuffling job because they only get half of it.
I believe the biggest reason was that in only two years the law makers could modify the tax to include all Washington tax payers, not just the rich.
Bullshit, bullshit, bullshit. That's one of the talking points the anti-1098 campaign was using before the election. It was FUD then and it's FUD now.
Here's why: if the legislature wanted to pass an income tax, they would've done it already.
"Only two years" is how long it takes after an initiative passes before the legislature can change it. The anti-1098 campaign baselessly speculated that the legislature would extend the tax to cover everyone, even though they've been free to do that all along and have ne
if the legislature wanted to pass an income tax, they would've done it already.
You are obviously not a Washington State citizen or resident, or if you are - you are profoundly ignorant of the political situation here.
Nobody in the State House or Senate will ever propose an income tax. Ever. It's a third rail issue here, and even proposing an income tax could be a career ender. Voting in favor of an income tax would be political suicide.
Every time an income tax has been placed befo
It wasn't just Steve Ballmer or Microsoft fighting I-1098
FWIW, Microsoft and other large businesses in Seattle do have a legitimate interest in avoiding a personal state income tax, as for recruiting and keeping high-priced talent there is an advantage for them to come to Redmond and live in a state with no income tax vs. going to some other company - say, in California - and paying the tax rates there. An equivalent pay job offer in the Seattle area vs. many other states actually means more take-home pay here.
Precisely. You can see why 1098 failed in another initiative that passed: Initiative 1053 (which requires a 2/3 vote of the legislature to raise taxes). This is the third time Washington voters have instituted such a restriction. The legislature keeps getting rid of it after the requisite two-year waiting period. It's clear to most Washington voters that if an income tax in any form were to be passed, the reaction would be much like a junkie employed by a pharmacy: just wait until the boss leaves the st
It is staggering to look back at the decade Ballmer has been in charge:
* Stock price has been effectively flat for an entire decade
* Lost hundreds of billions in market cap since Gates left
* The cellphone market failure
* The Xbox fiasco
* The search market failure
* The online services failure
* The portable music market failure
* IE's stagnation and market-share shrinkage
* The resurgence of OS X market-share
If Ballmer is soon to get dumped from the top spot at Microsoft it is bad news for Linux and Apple whoever replaces him can't possibly do any worse than Ballmer's disastrous decade at the helm.
He is selling the stock this year. The new income tax wouldn't be retroactively applied to this year. Whether it passes or not, it has no effect on the sale. Why lie and try to make it appear that they do? Your agenda is showing.
The summary should have mentioned that the tax proposal was authored by Bill Gates Sr., and was supported by Bill Gates Jr., which is some pretty good evidence that Gates Jr. really has managed to separate himself from Microsoft.
As to why Ballmer is selling now, there's a pretty good chance it was for tax planning purposes. Many think there's a high chance the capital gains rate is going up soon, and so taking long term capital gains this year is indicated.
Right now in washington, the income tax is political suicide. In order to take more money, they're trying to get the voters to pass it. Sure, they can't adjust it for 2 years, but after that.. well, we'll just lower the threshold by 10%. It'll only affect a small number of people. The rich people will already be taxed (so why do they care), and people below $180,000 still won't be taxed, so why do they care?
Next year.. wash, rinse, repeat.
That's why I voted against it even though I wouldn't have been taxed.
All of which might make a cynic question what was really important to Microsoft — public education, or a $2B state income tax-free payday for its CEO?
If the measure had passed, the tax would not have started until 2012, so that was a pretty stupid question. Ballmer's stock sale was income tax free regardless of what happened with 1098.
Amusingly enough....Maryland has also been a leader in the nation for job growth
Yep. That is mostly due to huge deficit spending by the Federal government, a lot of which somehow failed to make it out of the "Washington area", including Maryland, which surrounds D.C (for those unfamiliar with the geography.) You can see the effect of this here [washingtonpost.com]; the Baltimore–Washington Metropolitan Area [wikipedia.org] has seen far less decline than the rest of the nation.
Government hiring, spending spurs D.C.-area job creation [washingtonexaminer.com]
Choice quotes:
"The hundreds of billions of dollars of stimulus money -- that was an enormous shot in the arm, and we really benefited from it in this area,"
Federal hiring accounted for roughly 19,700 of the D.C. area's new jobs...Federal spending also led to increased hiring in D.C.'s private sector. Professional and business service firms, which often provide contract work for the government, added about 13,500 new jobs last year thanks to an estimated $84 billion in government procurement spending.
Thing to keep in mind is that we just had an election here in the US. The stated goal of our newly elected House of Reps leadership (the folks actually responsible for writing the budget) is to revert discretionary spending [wsj.com] to pre-TARP/stimulus 2008 levels. That 'discretionary' spending is the part that has propped up your local economy.
I suspect the next few years may be less 'amusing.'
The income tax initiative was pushed by Bill Gates Senior, the father of Slashdot's favorite person. His son also (eventually) came out in favor of it. But Ballmer and Allen were both against it, IIRC.
Washington state has a very regressive tax structure, with a stupidly high sales tax rate that IMO puts way too much of a burden on lower income people. But the stupid thing was that the income tax measure didn't really address the sales tax inequity - instead, it was going to lower parts of our property taxes and also cut the B&O tax - neither of which would directly benefit low-income people. I voted for it anyway because I thought it was a small amount fairer than the current system - but it didn't really get at what I see as the underlying problem here.
That's the thing about the income tax initiatives that've come through our state. There've been a few in the last 30+ years, and they never make a significant dent in the sales tax rate.
'm just appalled people are willing to accept the status quo.
No, we didn't vote for the status quo - we sent a clear message to Olympia to trim state spending. The state budget has grown 80% in the last decade, and we're tired of paying for it. We're tired of the Legislature overriding the express will of the people (by twice removing the limits on tax increases put in place by initiative). We're tired of the Legislature raiding earmarked funds for other purposes. Etc... etc...
That either means
Don't you worry about income taxes.
I am against income and payroll taxes (that's my bias) I am also pretty much against all government.
Realize that taxes are going up. Not only taxes on your income, don't you worry about your income, taxes are going up on your entire net worth.
Gov't is printing money.
Fed is printing hundreds of billions of dollars.
This automatically takes away your purchasing power.
Inflation is rampant.
Fed is causing rampant inflation by printing money. By printing money they are taking away your savings in form of dilution of your purchasing power.
Your purchasing power is going down with every new dollar the Fed is printing.
Note, that the Fed came out (helicopter Ben) with a promise to print 600 Billion dollars more over the next 7 months.
That's just by June and it's about equal to the amount that the Federal gov't will borrow over the same amount of time. This means they are the lender of last resort to themselves. This also means that they know the US bond is on its last legs - nobody wants to buy more.
US gov't is broke. It's monetizing its debt and it's trying to cover that they are doing it, but it's not working as a cover, it's too "in your face".
Abandon ship, get rid of your US holdings, they are becoming worthless fast.
All of which might make a cynic question what was really important to Microsoft — public education, or a $2B state income tax-free payday for its CEO?"
Why be so cynical? Can't it be both? I know that so many here are incapable of anything other than binary reasoning, and want their moral conundrums to be perfectly black or white, right or wrong, good or evil, and that is pretty much what drives the "wannabe nerd" moral outrage 'round about these parts, these days... but the real world isn't binary, you know.
Hell, the real world isn't even digital - it's analog. And let's face it: Analog is messy, at best.
And, I think I just created my new sig *grin*
"Life isn't binary... Hell, it's not even digital. Life is analog, and analog is messy, at best".
I live in Washington. Here's the deal. The State has increased its spending 80% in the last ten years when inflation and population growth has been 40%. No one can see a 40% increase in services. They just spent more money. Now that the recession has reduced the state coffers the State is whining that it has a deficit. If the State went back to a 40% growth rate over the last ten years there would BE no deficit.
Now, this is like the umpteenth time the voters have said NO to s state income tax. Why? Because we know it's just the camel's nose in the tent. They're trying to get a class war going so all the people will want to tax the "rich," then when that is implemented, in two years the state legislature will reduce the threshhold so that we all pay or inflation will be so bad we'll all be in the 'rich' bracket. No one trusts the legislature.
One of the ploys was to say "it's for the children." Right. Just like the lottery was supposed to be for education, the legislature has shown its stripes so many times by raiding earmarked funds that it makes a travesty of the claim.
Voters also passed, for the third time, an initiative calling for a 2/3 vote of the legislature to raise taxes and fees. The legislature has managed to override the last two. One of the complaints was, why should 51% vote for a 2/3rds majority? OK. This time we approved the intitiative by 67%. Capiche? We don't have a revenue problem in Washington. We have a spending problem.
I don't care one whit what Ballmer & Co do with their money. I just know my money is more precious than his because I don't have anywhere near what he does. And I'm tired of having it confiscated by a state that doesn't understand it has to live within its means.
There's an even more pressing concern. The income tax proponents state it as only taxing the rich (i.e. 200k+ income per year). Just like the AMT in federal law, though, it is not indexed for inflation. So even if the state legislature left it unmodified by some miracle, people would start falling into the tax trap.
Anyone who believes we're not in for some massive inflation is in a fantasy world. The Fed is printing money left and right.
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Bluffton's defense, rebounding leading the wayDecember 10, 2001
Owning one of the top defenses in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference, the Bluffton College men's basketball team will look to snap a four-game losing skid Saturday as the Beavers travel to Denison University for a 3:00 contest (107.1 FM WDOH).
Opponents are shooting just 43.4% from the field against Beavers, which ranks second in the HCAC, and so far this season BC has given up just 69.3 points per game, which is the third lowest average in the league. Bluffton also ranks third in rebounding margin (+2.9 rpg).
Last week Bluffton dropped a pair of games to see their record slip to 2-5 overall and 0-3 in the HCAC. Junior Marcus Bixler continues to lead the conference in assists (5.4 apg), while senior Rod Overmyer is ranked among the top-10 in three categories, including scoring (8th, 13.6 ppg), rebounding (9th, 5.1 rpg) and steals (6th, 1.7 spg).
Adrian recap
An 11-5 run midway through the second half got Bluffton College within two points of Adrian College, but the visiting Bulldogs pulled away down the stretch to take a 77-67 win in Founders Hall Wednesday night.
Rod Overmyer scored a season high 22 points to lead Bluffton and made it a double-double with a career high 10 rebounds. Junior Derek DeNero also landed a double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds, while junior Mike Leimeister chipped in 10 points.
Adrian led 22-9 after 12 minutes had gone by in the game, but the Beavers battled back to trail by just three points at 27-24 with 5:50 left before halftime.
Mount St. Joseph recap
A tough full-court Mount St. Joseph defense forced 21 Bluffton turnovers, leading to a 66-55 win over the Beavers in Cincinnati on Saturday afternoon.
There were nine ties or lead changes in the first 10 minutes of the game, but Mount St. Joseph went on a 17-4 run in the final four minutes of the first half to take a 38-21 lead at the intermission.
A 12-4 run by the Beavers midway through the second half closed the gap to 10 points with 8:07 left to play, but it would be as close as BC would get.
Overmyer led Bluffton with 13 points, while DeNero scored 10 points (all coming in the second half) and grabbed a team-high eight rebounds. Leimeister added 11 points to be the third BC player in double figures.
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Three Outstanding Programs Receive Their Awards!
"California Work and Family Coalition was so honored and excited to receive this award. We know that expanding family leave is important for family caregivers of people with Alzheimer's. We will continue to advocate to expand these policies to more families so it is so encouraging to us to be acknowledged for this work!"
—Netsy Firestein
California Work and Family Coalition
"On behalf of Apoyos Para Los Cuidadores I want to express our gratitude to The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation and Family Caregiver Alliance for recognizing our work. This award enables us to extend our outreach and services to family caregivers and Alzheimer's individuals living in what is a very private world. The award breakfast was an excellent opportunity to share our program with those outside our Taos community and feel their support. It was an amazing experience filled with wonderful people!. Muchos gracias!"
—Kathleen Burg
Apoyos Para Los Cuidadores
Family Caregiver Alliance (FCA) and The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation celebrated the recipients of the 2008 Rosalinde Gilbert Innovations in Alzheimer's Disease Caregiving Legacy Awards at a breakfast event held at the annual joint conference of the American Society on Aging (ASA) and the National Council on Aging (NCOA) in March 2009 in Las Vegas, NV.
The event, organized by FCA and sponsored by The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation, marks the conclusion of the first year of the Awards that recognize excellence in Alzheimer's care and caregiver support in three categories: Creative Expression; Diverse/Multicultural Communities; and Policy & Advocacy. The Awards program was announced in the Spring of 2008 and attracted instant attention from Organizations and programs from all across the US.
Three outstanding programs rose to the top of a highly competitive pool of applicants and were determined as the first year's winners by a distinguished panel of judges with expertise in Aging, Family Caregiving, Policy and Alzheimer's disease. The award recipients are:
Category: Creative Expression
- PROGRAM: Culture Bus Inside and Out
- ORGANIZATION: CJE SeniorLife - Chicago, IL
- Program Representative: Judy Holstein, Director of Adult Day Services
Category: Diverse/Multicultural Communities
- PROGRAM: Apoyos Para Los Cuidadores
- ORGANIZATION: Chesed Project at Taos Jewish Center - Taos, NM
- Program Representative: Kathleen Burg, Chesed Project Director
Category: Policy & Advocacy
- PROGRAM: California Work and Family Coalition
- ORGANIZATION: Labor Project for Working Families - Berkeley, CA
- Program Representative: Netsy Firestein, Executive Director
The event was attended at capacity by ASA/NCOA conference attendees, colleagues and friends of FCA and The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation. Kathleen Kelly, Executive Director FCA, and also the MC for the event, and Marty H Blank Jr., COO and Co Director of The Gilbert Foundation spoke about their Organizations, gave a brief history of the Awards program and presented the recipients with their certificates. The amount of $ 20,000 had been presented to each Organization earlier in the year.
The three program representatives gave presentations highlighting the achievements of their programs and their impact on the communities they serve. They were received with warm applause and much enthusiasm by the audience who also expressed great interest on next year's awards.


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Priests denied Holy Communion on Sunday to a group of rainbow sash-wearing gay activists who showed up to protest a directive from Chicago's prelate that they violated church teachings by advertising their homosexuality.
The volatile issue of denying Communion to Catholics who disagree with church teachings, a controversy that has recently entangled U.S. politicians, was fueled in Chicago after Cardinal Francis George sent a memo to priests in the second-largest U.S. archdiocese, ordering them not to offer Communion to sash-wearers.
More than a dozen men and women activists sang and prayed with other parishioners filling the pews at Holy Name Cathedral but were offered only blessings when they sought to receive Communion with the others.
"The bishop just said 'God Bless,"' Joe Murray, a spokesman for the American Sash Movement, said afterward outside on the cathedral steps. "We're good enough to be blessed, but we're not good enough to receive the Holy Eucharist."
The demonstrators then stood for the remaining few minutes of the two-hour mass.
"It's sheer hubris," said Lonnie Chafin, who, like more than a dozen other gay Catholics, came to the most visible church in the diocese to display his displeasure. He wore a rainbow ribbon, a gay symbol, and was given Communion after some hesitancy by the priest.
"Who is the church to say who can and cannot get communion?" said Greg Van Hyfte, 27, carrying a rainbow-hued umbrella prior to the services to fend off a driving rain.
Murray said he had received scores of messages from around the country in response to Cardinal George's memo, and that he was disappointed that the prelate had not kept his promise to continue a dialogue on the subject.
In his message to priests, George said the church's moral teaching is that "genital homosexual relations are objectively morally sinful" and that Rainbow Sash members "give witness to their opposition to the Church and her teaching as they come to Communion."
Rainbow Sash members have been quietly protesting on Pentecost Sunday, which celebrates the Holy Spirit's appearance promised to Christ's Apostles and often thought of as the anniversary of the Church's birth, for several years. However, recent events swelled attendance and heightened the drama.
Some bishops have threatened to deny the sacrament to John Kerry, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, because of his stand on abortion rights.
A recent letter, signed by 48 congressmen and sent to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, objected to threats voiced by a few U.S. church leaders to withhold Communion from politicians who support abortion rights or stem cell research.
In contrast to Cardinal George, who was returning from Rome and was not at the church on Sunday, Murray said Los Angeles' Cardinal Roger Mahony had met with sash members and pledged to offer them Communion. Other protests were taking place in New Orleans; Minneapolis; Albuquerque, New Mexico; and Rochester, New York.


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I just recorded my first podcast in support our March of Dimes' campaign.
I haven't shared this particular part of the story with many people, but I think it helps explain why we March for Babies.
Our goal hasn't changed.
We're raising $5,000 this year, and I know we will get it.
Thanks to all of you that shared our story over the years, or donated.
It warms our hearts to have friends and associates who are so giving.
Please donate to Team Rico and Jordan now.
You can always donate to the twins' memorial band through the March of Dimes. Either way, we appreciate all that you do.
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|2012-04-13, 04:52
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I think this show works the best if you don't think too much about it. Just accept what you see and go along with it.
Its Yuri (Actually,shoujo-ai is more accurate word here) is interesting as well
About how to make the rock work. I think the condition is that the wish has to be something that all four of them benefit from it, not just individual. I think that is why what Yuka wished for herself never work.
or, maybe I just think too much and it just actually work with 2 persons+
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It doesn't seem justified to call Natsuiro Kiseki shoujo-ai either though, just yet, so I would agree that what was in episode 2 is only simple yuri-fanservice.
"Best show of the season" is a pretty huge stretch though, IMO, as even just speaking of yuri-service shows we've got the new Saki sidestory. Any yuri fan who is passing that series up seriously doesn't know what they are missing.
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Saki & Natsumi getting stuck together ROFL
Guess that stone really does make wishes come true.
Yuka & Rinko sure got the other two in a weird situation LOL
The running game was fun to watch!
Well... at least the magic worked.
Nice episode.
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Haha, wow. This episode was quite silly, but the good kind of silly. I'm enjoying this, although the series seems to have gained a lot of haters with just 2 episodes.
It's still a mystery why Yuka's wish worked although the four weren't gathered around the stone and didn't openly wish for the same thing. There's the possibility that "deep down inside" Saki and Natsumi wished to make up as well (Saki was trying to text Natsumi, remember) but couldn't do this because they were too proud and tsundere and the moment Yuka and Rinko thought of the wish by the rock...the stone's magic took effect?
Anyway, looking forward to the next episode.
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That was a pretty hilarious second episode. So strangely fitting that they were made to go through a literal obstacle course specifically to make life hell for two people stuck together. That was a very well made and well presented use of a wish gone very bad.
This show is making me smile like I never thought it could. That's probably the biggest compliment I can give it.
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Natsuiro Kiseki: Episode 2
This show is really silly, but I've certainly enjoyed it so far. Although, the direction suffers from a lack of grace and finesse, which is something I can probably attribute to the director's previous works being mostly action anime.
After the drama of episode 1, episode 2 was unexpectedly funny. I laughed out loud when Saki and Natsumi wrestled each other.
The chase scene was too long in my opinion, it should have been shortened by a few minutes. But I did like how it showcased Saki and Natsumi's athleticism and experience in teamwork, shown by how they overtook Yuka and Rinko even though they were stuck together. And the moment the magic spell was lifted was hilarious!
The reveal of the email on Saki's phone at the end was a nice touch to close off the episode.
I wonder where this show will take us from here on. With the reconciliation between Saki and Natsumi, we might get a bit of a breather, but Saki is still going to move away.
|2012-04-14, 08:46
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What I find funny is that this show is no more fluffy than K-On in the long run nor all that much less realistic IMO (No practice and just farting around makes you a guitar god versus magic wishing rock in the woods) yet one is that much more well received than the other. Wonder what that's all about.
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|2012-04-14, 09:44
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Episode 1 was pretty good... if you were looking for a serious slice of life or life drama show.
Episode 2 was pretty good... if you were looking for really zany/silly comedy.
And that's the thing. It's like these two episodes were from two entirely different anime shows. That's how it felt to me, anyway. Neither episode is bad in a vacuum, but together they gave me a sense of extreme tonal inconsistency, almost on the level of MajiKoi's first two episodes.
But I'm not yet prepared to drag out the dreaded "Identity Crisis" criticism. I'll give this anime at least another episode or two before I consider that.
I will say that the wish-stone is being used more creatively, and interestingly, than I had thought it would be. That's a plus, at least. It now feels more like a distinctive plot element that'll be a good catalyst for comedic and dynamic situations than a possible Deus ex Machina that'll come off as lame.
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For parents, helping their college-age kids move to campus is anything but a moving experience.
For parents, helping their college-age kids move to campus is anything but a moving experience.
A new company launched by two Auburn University graduates aims to ease those parents' pain.
Campus Bellhops employs a team of part-time workers who help move students into dorm rooms, apartments or houses.
The company operates in nearly 50 college towns in the Southeast including Tuscaloosa, Birmingham, Auburn, Huntsville and Mobile.
Founders Stephen Vlahos and Cameron Doody hope to expand to more than 100 cities by 2014, Doody said. They launched Campus Bellhops in 2010 at their alma mater, Auburn University.
"Our first year, we set a goal of 25 student moves," Doody said. "After three days, we had moved 230 students."
Matt Patterson, the company's director of operations, grew up with Vlahos in Birmingham and entered as a full partner in October 2012.
Patterson said 2011-12 proved there was a need in the market for their services.
The company grew so quickly they quit their jobs and moved to Chattanooga, Tenn., where they partnered with venture capital firm Lamp Post Group, Doody said.
Funding from the Lamp Post Group has allowed Campus Bellhops to hire more than 2,000 part-time student employees. Each location has a campus director who recruits, conducts interviews and hires 40 to 60 bellhops. Each bellhop trains online through a series of videos. The campus director is a yearlong intern learning to operate his or her own business.
Patterson said the system is competitive and the jobs posted don't last long on the board. He said they hire so many bellhops because jobs are taken on a first-come, first-served basis. Bellhops choose jobs based on their schedule and are paid $15 an hour.
Bellhops can be reserved online at campusbellhops.com. The cost is $70 an hour, no matter which service is chosen, with a 90-minute minimum. Services include loading only, unloading only, local "A-to-B" moves and on-site dorm move-ins. Bellhops are insured.
It is not labor only, however. They will rent a truck, pick it up and return it if needed. They do not provide storage.
Campus Bellhops is not only geared toward student moving. It will move anybody who lives within a 15-mile radius of campus.
Patterson said Campus Bellhops is a better fit for students because they don't need a full-service moving company, and having students move students helps them get acclimated to campus.
"It's just a good culture fit," he said.
The company tries to work with universities by running ads in orientation booklets and attending orientation sessions when allowed, Patterson said. However, most of their advertising is done through Yellowbook, Craigslist and coupon codes provided to apartment complexes to give to parents, he said.
"Really, parents are our customers," Patterson said. "We try to focus on getting our services in front of parents."
Parents and students know what they're getting with Campus Bellhops, Doody said.
All employees are pre-screened and an email is sent out to the customer with pictures of their bellhops included.
Although it has transformed from a collegiate moving company to a local moving company, employees remain 100 percent student body, he said.
"People just love working with college kids so much," Doody said.


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ROCKFORD (WIFR) -- Tomorrow night we'll know where you stand on District 205's bond referendum, but in the meantime, another local group announced its support for the measure.
Rockford Minister's Fellowship is endorsing the Better Schools Brighter Future campaign and the referendum. The question will ask voters to allow the district to take out $139 million in bonds to help pay for building upgrades. The average school building in District 205 is nearly 60 years old, many with original features.
"Many of our schools, our facilities are in need of repair but not only major repairs but also many of our schools need to be upgraded as it relates to modern technology," said Pastor Herbert Johnson, President of Rockford Minister's Fellowship.
If the referendum is approved, the money will help pay for the first phase of the district's 10-year facilities plan.


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My native language is not english, so bear that in mind.
1) E longinquis terris magnam copiam auri, argenti, signorum, librorum, captivorum Romam vehebant.
From far away lands they used to bring plenty of gold, silver, signs, books, prisoners of Rome.
My remarks:
a) because vehebant is imperfect I am not sure that English translation is right;
b) I translated magnam copiam as plenty
2) Forum Romanum copia aedificorum publicorum, basilicis, curiis, deorum templis, virorum signis Romani ornabant.
Roman forum Romans used to ornate with lots of public buildings, basilicas, councils, temples of gods, human statues.


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Nov. 15, 2012 07:07 AM
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UEP does need to go forward
August 23, 2013
To the editor: I am a supporter of the UEP going forward here in Cape Coral....
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Grumpy you agree that there are things that have not come to fruition? You bet your beepy like some many other things that have cost us in this city. CRA has been there for years, years and more years. Except for some half thought out landscaping and some pavers it cost us in extra taxes tens of millions of dollars. Now part of the redevelopment project has to REDONE as so many in Cape Coral. Why because of poor planning. The city takes over CRA when what it took years ago was to rid itself of a director who was an industrial supply supervisor who never delivered. Look at the guys website he is still propt up by the same individuals who PROPT him up when they were in positions as city leaders! No place to cut? That man should have been cut and replaced when his attempt to revitilize the city in the good times never materialized. Running a separate business since 1984, never questioned by the city on possible conflict of interest. City customers on his list of customers!
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lightswitch: Has the VA Clinic money kicked in yet? That statement gives the impression that the VA is supposed to provide money to the Cape for being able to build and open a much needed clinic. I do agree that all of the external things have not come to fruition. Don't blame the VA for that. They did their part to provide better services for the Veterans. Their mission is not to bring in any other related businesses.
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I do not believe that for a second. The proximity to 75 is no excuss and the state backs that up.
Any new route South of Tuckers Grad to 41, to Del Prado Extension will be the same as Tuckers Grade to 41 to Del Prado extenstion. The road is 65 mph with only 2 short lights and a change in speed to 55 mph at Trail Dairy Rd. When the Del Prado Extension meets 41 and hooks up to I75 that area will fill in with business and slow the access down with more lights than Pine Island Rd to I 75. Access to mid Cape 884 Colonial to I 75. Access to South Cape Daniels to Cypress Lake to McGregor to Cape Coral Park Way. The biggest thing is their has to be something in Cape Coral to deliver to besides Minor Businesses. Ask Publix or Walmart how difficult it is to get here. It is not and nothing will change for them. Besides the state is telling you 10 more years or more. Eight years ago that council spent $20 mil on land and gave up 20 yrs of gas tax to build the Del Prado Ext.. Dist 6 roa
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Grumpy I am talking about all the new business that would be coming in to the city around the VA Clinic. All the extra beds in the hotels, meals in restaurants, etc. Do you see any building permits for those new businesses? Are you hearing about a situation where this off season is any different than off seasons before this project ( V A Clinic) was completed? In fact I still hear Vets talking about having to travel to St. Petersburg for many services.
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Most of the commercial and industrial areas do have water mains. Not sure if it's the same with sewer.
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Kinda funny reading comments from a bunch of non-business people about how businesses run and what they want.
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You are correct Sharon. The city will always have hurdles to overcome with our lack of proximity to I75 but the crux of the main utility lines in the ground is a plus for commercial development.
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Switchie will say anything. Guess he can find the flower Leetzie wanted to save at the Academic Village. That land is still there. VA Clinic doing more than well, as predicted andSwitchie and crew had nothing to do with it.
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lightswitch: What VA money are you asking about? The VA is a government entity, and thus pays nothing other than what they paid for the land and the construction costs for the new clinic.
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What the*****does residential water & sewer service have to do with business? All of the current commercial & industrial areas have city water & sewer! No comrades, we lack new business & industry because we're at the end (or thereabouts) of a peninsula and our city gov't. puts the "shake down" on all who apply. No more low taxes, cheap land, or cheap labor.
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Someone asked the entire council is anyone is on the take. The answer that came down was NO.
But in studying other Utility Projects some have even jailed politicians over this issue. Major Lending institutions like J P Morgan went to court and paid $700 million in fines in what they called "Pay to play". Sending checks to friends of the politicians who passed the money along.
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The biggest question is there are other platted communities that do not seem to have the burgeoning staff, expenses and TAXES as Cape Coral, Fl.
There has to be a reason and most of us know why it is like this.
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A major secondary learning institution is right behind the major corporation coming in to Cape Coral.
Might as well keep 74 acres off the tax rolls with the other land this city has taken off the tax rolls.
Baseball stadium was a no because it was seasonal but if the city was never in the game they get no chance at bat.
Has the VA Clinic money kicked in yet?
Academic Village might make a good marina there is a puddle of water on that land!
Hold on to the $13.1 million of land and keep that off the tax rolls too!
You never can have too much unproductive land owned by a city!
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1sandy: She makes it sound as if we have the infrastructure all over the city. If these are big corporations, where would they build in 6&7 where the UEP is scheduled to go for now? The north Cape isn't even being looked at for now as far as I know. Even if the north Cape is being looked at, it will be many years from now and from what I heard out of the mouths of Council, it will be water only at first. Then a few years after that it will be sewer.
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grumpy19: Is English your second lanquage? The writer states that she has already had dialogue with the businesses. As long as Sullivan & Leetz and their ilk are kept off the Council, the UEP will proceed until finished. Vote Sullivan & Leetz OUT!
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You seem to be jumping the gun on business coming here because we now have the infrastructure. Until all of the Cape has water and sewer, it can't really be considered having the infrastructure.
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Cesc Fabregas' season is over after it was confirmed the Arsenal captain had suffered a small crack in his right fibula during the Champions League clash against Barcelona on Wednesday night.
The Gunners captain had been a doubt for the game which ended in a dramatic 2-2 draw at Emirates Stadium, after suffering severe bruising to his knee and leg at Birmingham but passed a fitness test before kick off.
During the closing stages the Gunners skipper was bundled over by Carles Puyol and awarded a penalty. It was during that collision with the Barcelona captain, who was shown a red card by Swiss referee Massimo Busacca, that Fabregas suffered the latest problem.
However, while Fabregas will miss the rest of the domestic season, the 22-year-old should still be fit for the World Cup with Spain.
An Arsenal statement read: "Following a scan, the club can confirm that Cesc Fabregas has suffered a small crack in his right fibula as a result of the collision with Barcelona defender Carles Puyol during Wednesday evening's match.
"As a consequence, Cesc will miss the remainder of the domestic campaign as he will be out of action for at six weeks.
"Everyone at the club wishes Cesc a full and speedy recovery."
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Marissa Powell, 21 year old Miss Utah, took home the crown for the most embarrassing moment of the Miss USA Pageant when her answer about equal pay for men and women was a bit hard to follow. While the critics were harsh on the pageant hopeful, Marissa never lost her composure and is now traveling the country explaining her flubbed answer. When asked the same question again, how does she do?
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Bomb threat at government building closes streets in downtown KC
September 14, 2012
KANSAS CITY, MO. — A suspicious vehicle is being investigated in downtown Kansas City after police said a man walked into a government building and said he was a terrorist.
The man was taken into custody and police sent a bomb-sniffing dog to the man's vehicle, which had been parked in a spot near the Fletcher Daniels State Office building and the towering Richard Bolling Federal Building.
The dog detected some sort of explosive in the car. Police later used a remote-control robot to probe the car, and television helicopters showed the robot opening the trunk and pulling out what appeared to be a green tarp and a spare tire.
It wasn't clear which office building the man had entered around noon Friday.
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Old English lengðu "length," from Proto-Germanic *langitho, noun of quality from *langgaz (root of Old English lang; see long) + *-itho, abstract noun suffix (see -th (2)).
Cognate with Old Norse lengd, Old Frisian lengethe, Dutch lengte. Figurative sense of "the distance one goes, extremity to which something is carried" is from 1690s. Phrase at length "to full extent" is attested from c.1500.
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Lesstalk Records releases grindcore music: Machinoir | Dissonance Process Split
The record label that "famously" hosts this blog (Lesstalk Records) is actually releasing the grindcore music it writes daily about, i know weird huh? The Blue Mountain's own Machinoir is releasing a split today with US noise artist The Dissonance Process. Machinoir uses laptop cinfigurations of noise, broken guitars and effects to create lo-fi grindcore, 33 tracks in total this release is definitely the most extreme music released by Lesstalk Records thus far. My favourite tracks on the split by Machinoir are truth, song written on a scrap of paper and pylon, so just skip to those ones for the hit singles. Nihilism through SSRIs by The Dissonance Process is some of the only blackened music I enjoy, some really great drone black noisecore. Hooray for Australian grind! For fans of Xrin Arms, Mechagodzilla & Discordance Axis.
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Elves are humanoid sapients common in fantasy settings. They are based on mythological creatures of Norse origin.
Tolkien-inspired Elves
Modern fantasy elves (with some exceptions) trace their roots back to JRR Tolkien's Middle Earth universe. Typically elves are like humans in most respects, with a thin build, long ears, greater dexterity, and long lives (ranging from several centuries to biological immortality). Elves are often depicted as being smarter or more learned than human societies alongside them and have greater command of magic. Elves are usually depicted as having a lower reproductive rate than humans and are often depicted as being on the decline.
Elvish Soldiers are usually armed with longbows and are often adept scouts and skirmishers.
Often their are several varieties of elves.
- High Elves: Advanced civilizations that build cities.
- Wood Elves: Relatively primitive (or Luddite) civilizations that dwell in forest villages and are often territorial.
- Dark Elves: Hostile and militaristic civilizations that dwell underground and have slavocratic economies


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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- AT&T has agreed to buy satellite TV provider DirecTV for $48.5 billion, or $95 per share.
The proposed combination could improve AT&T's Internet service by pushing its TV subscribers into video-over-satellite service. That would free up bandwidth on AT&T's telecommunications network. It would also give AT&T a larger base of video subscribers and improve the company's ability to compete against Comcast and Time Warner Cable, which agreed to a merger in February.
AT&T's chief executive calls it a deal that "will redefine the video entertainment industry." Chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson says the combined company will be able to "deliver content to consumers across multiple screens - mobile devices, TVs, laptops, cars and even airplanes."
But the deal is expected to face tough scrutiny from the Federal Communications Commission and antitrust regulators at the Department of Justice. AT&T's U-verse competes directly for TV customers with DirecTV, and analysts say the combination would reduce the number of possible pay TV providers from four to three for about 25 percent of U.S. households. That could result in higher prices for consumers.


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Original URL: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/27/ms_intel_apple_ultra-mobile_pc/
MS, Intel gear up to unveil ultra-mobile tablet PC
Taking the fight to Apple's iPod and Sony's PSP?
Posted in Personal Tech, 27th February 2006 12:05 GMT
Microsoft's so-called Origami Project, due to be launched on Thursday, appears to be its early version of the ultra-mobile PC (UMPC) concept Intel has been touting of late, if an allegedly leaked Flash version of a promo video of the product is anything to go by. Quite apart from being a potential iPod competitor, the device could well prompt some interesting techology ownership questions.
The video shows a series of media-savvy twentysomethings using a paperback book-sized tablet that's part PC, part PDA and part digital media player. It's wireless too, and would appear to have GPS on board. So, instead of carting around notebooks, we'll all soon be carrying pen-based micro PCs with decent enough handwriting recognition we won't need a keyboard any more.
Another scene shows the machine running a game, so perhaps the unit's also the much-rumoured PSP-rival, MS is said to have been working on.
It's nothing new, of course. Sony has been offering one of these for over a year now, and a variety of compact mobile PCs have come to market from the likes of OQO and others. Many already run full versions of Windows, rather than Windows Mobile or other, 'cut-down' versions of the OS.
The problem, as ever, remains battery life and the provision of sufficient processing power to handle all the intensive stuff running under the hood like true handwriting recognition. Enter Intel, which last August announced its new focus on developing processors that deliver the best performance per Watt. At the time, CEO Paul Otellini demo'd a "handtop" computer - a paperback book-sized tablet with full wireless functionality and a processor capable of running Windows Vista, yet capable of running on batteries for a full day.
More recently, it's been giving up the device the name "ultra-mobile PC", and hawking prototypes around to some journalists. It's been suggested Intel will reveal more at its bi-annual Developer Forum, which kicks off in a week's time, just ahead of CeBIT.
There's a disconnect, and it's timing. Otellini said Intel's goal is to ship a 0.5W processor with sufficient horsepower to run Windows Vista by 2010. Microsoft's Origami Project, according to its website, is due to be unveiled on 2 March 2006.
Assuming Microsoft isn't in the game of announcing product that isn't going to ship for another four years, it will unveil a machine with more modest battery life than that, so early MS UMPCs will not be the ubiquitous wireless multi-mode devices portrayed in the video. At least not if you want anything more than a few hours' usage at a time.
But back to Apple. What's most interesting for Apple in all this is not necessarily the iPod rivalry - CEO Steve Jobs recently talked up the idea of Microsoft offering its own media player rather than simply providing the core technology to third parties - but the unit's use of a clickwheel control, one of the defining features of its music player line-up. An opportunity for a patent infringement spat, or the basis for MS' continuing development of Office:Mac?
And all this talk of MS' Origami Project and Intel's UMPC come at a time when not only is Apple trying to patent a range of tablet-oriented UI innovations, looking for handwriting recognition engineers and gearing up to announce new "fun products" tomorrow. No wonder rumours of a Mac tablet have had such a revival of late. ®


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Pedaling and PaddlingAugust 18th, 2009 , by Suzanne
DD and I are committed to getting muscle building exercise even while we are on vacation. The fitness room at the motel last night was good, but today we worked our exercise into our sightseeing. That was even better.
If you ever go to Memphis, I would highly recommend Mud Island Park. In the park is a reproduction of the Mississippi River on a 30 inch to one mile scale. The detail is incredible. It shows sand bars, bends oxbow lakes and more. Water flows down the river, and we smiled as several small children floated little boats and plastic fish from Missouri to the Gulf of Mexico. Mud Island itself is in the Mississippi River, so as you look at the water flowing through the model, you also see barges floating down the real river.
It was interesting and educational, but the fun started after New Orleans when the river flowed into the Gulf of Mexico. There were paddle boats for rent. My husband had no interest in paddle boats, but DD and I got in a swan while SS got in a dragon. If you have never been on a paddle boat, you sit side by side pushing pedals like bicycle pedals. The pedals drive a paddle underneath and you steer with a bar that turns a rudder. The model shows the Mississippi River delta and coastline with its bays and inlets. It became a game for us to try to slip past each other and not get trapped.
For half an hour we pedaled and paddled furiously, trying to head each other off without bumping into each other. When our time was up we were drenched with sweat and laughing hysterically.
We had packed a picnic lunch to take to the park. My idea of a picnic is not a sandwich, but a bowl of canned vegetables and canned meat. Today I had peas and carrots mixed with tuna and olive oil. For dinner we stopped at a Subway. HH and SS had sandwiches. DD and I had salads. Sometimes Subway can give you lots of iceberg lettuce, but be stingy with spinach and beneficial vegetables. This Subway east of Memphis was generous with the other vegetables, and I enjoyed a beneficial meal.


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