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Kickboxing gala Simply The Best 14 Prague, Saturday, Top Hotel Praha
Countdown is on. The WKN starts the third season of kickboxing world series on SFR Sport 5 this Saturday in Czech Republic. The show promoted by Petr Lamac is the third episode organized in the country. European kickboxing championship headlines the event held at Top Hotel Praha.
Simply The Best 14 Prague is a mixed show comprising kickboxing and MMA bouts. The A-list of Czech fighters face off international competitors. Three prestigious WKN titles will be contested during the evening.
In addition a series of the promotional trailers have been released. The latest clip hit the stream on Tuesday. It features Czech Daniel Skvor (21-6-2, 15 KOs) ahead of his super heavyweight encounter with his country-fellow, Jiri Stariat (11-5-0). The task for the 27-year-old Skvor who weighs 102 kg with the height of 195cm is as much or as little but a 24-year-old 135 kg, 207 cm tall vis-a-vis Stariat. The bout is scheduled at 3×3 minute rounds in K-1 kickboxing.
On the top of the bill Matous Kohout (16-4-0) of Czech goes up against Jente Van Hul (35-4-1) of Belgium. The contest is for the WKN middleweight European title in oriental kickboxing.
Also, the current WKN World super heavyweight champion out of Czech Ondrej Hutnik (87-10-2) faces off a heavyweight prospect Rade Opacic (7-1-0) of Serbia. The non-title international fight is scheduled at 3×3 minute rounds.
Furthermore, Tomasz Makowski (36-7-0) of Poland and Jan Holec (38-14-3) of Czech challenge for the WKN International super featherweight title. Viktor Pavlicek (3-0-0) of Czech takes on Ivo Cuk (15-8-0) of Croatia for the WKN International title [-120 kg] in MMA.
Among other bouts, Petr Vondracek (51-27-0) of Czech squares off with Wieslaw Kwasniewski (8-8-0) of Poland. Georgij Fibich (21-3-0) of Czech takes on Moritz Schacht (30-9-1) of Germany
In addition, Daniel Brunclík (19-11-0) of Czech is fighting Miroslav Cingel (42-15-4) of Slovakia. As well, Marek Cupka (4-2-0) of Czech vs Erik Matejovsky (4-4-0) of Slovakia. The World Kickboxing Network announced a complete fight card earlier this month.


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The core purpose of the Office of Student Services team is to serve JC students, families and schools through proactive intervention, barrier removal and accurate and timely data systems in order to support ALL students' success in school and life.
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Suicide Prevention-It's Time to Talk!
Suicide remains as one of the leading causes of death for young people ages 10-24 in Kentucky. House Bill 51 requires every public middle/high school administrator to disseminate suicide prevention awareness information to all middle/high school students by September 1 of each year. Kentucky is also one of four states that mandates an annual two-hour suicide review for middle/high school personnel each year. To learn more information about your school's program contact the school counselor. For quick reference tools, you can access information about warning signs and protective factors on this page under SUICIDE FORMS. If you have any concerns regarding your child or someone you love contact your local mental health agency, call 9-1-1 or contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline @ 1 (800) 273-TALK (8255). Also, you can access more information about suicide and prevention by clicking on the link: Kentucky Suicide Prevention-Let's Talk

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Our company, developing business since 1991, is the purely Czech private company. The core activity is represented by manufacture and sale of ceramic foam filters, used under the trade name VUKOPOR® in the foundry industry in the sector of primary aluminium production, in petrochemical and food industry as well as for miscellaneous decorative applications. Manufacture of refractory ceramics is the complementary production to filters.
Typical products are as follows: different filtering shaped pieces and systems, e.g. filtration carousels and grates, filtration boxes, transport channels, ceramic funnels and other shaped refractory concrete products used mainly in foundries. Products for the precision investment casting technology represent a complete product line. We are speaking about pressed ceramic funnels, injection mould ceramic cores, support crosses, ceramic bars and other auxiliary materials. Production of lubricants and separators for die casting has a long-time tradition in the company...more
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Vertice is situated in
the bussiness area of Sevilla, beside the Palacio de Congresos,
very near Santa Justa train station and San Pablo Airport
and only 10 minutes away from the historical centre of the
city and the Olympic Stadium. Its excellent location, aswell
as its modern installations, allows the hotel to welcome
bussiness men and tourists. The hotel has 106 Junior Suite,
5 of which are specially designed for handicaped people,
and 51 double rooms equipped with the maximum comfort: air
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text: The Malago is constructed with hand carved accents and features a distressed cherry veneer. Like many of our two door traditional vanities, the interior includes a concealed drawer for smaller items and leg levelers on all legs. An unmistakable corner vanity completes the range and gives additional storage for those seeking a furniture grade corner vanity with a matching mirrored cabinet.


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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope snapped this panoramic view of a colorful assortment of 100,000 stars residing in the crowded core of a giant star cluster.
The image reveals a small region inside the massive globular cluster Omega Centauri, which boasts nearly 10 million stars. Globular clusters, ancient swarms of stars united by gravity, are the homesteaders of our Milky Way galaxy. The stars in Omega Centauri are between 10 billion and 12 billion years old. The cluster lies about 16,000 light-years from Earth.
This is one of the first images taken by the new Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3), installed aboard Hubble in May 2009, during Servicing Mission 4. The camera can snap sharp images over a broad range of wavelengths.
The photograph showcases the camera's color versatility by revealing a variety of stars in key stages of their life cycles.
The majority of the stars in the image are yellow-white, like our Sun. These are adult stars that are shining by hydrogen fusion. Toward the end of their normal lives, the stars become cooler and larger. These late-life stars are the orange dots in the image.
Even later in their life cycles, the stars continue to cool down and expand in size, becoming red giants. These bright red stars swell to many times larger than our Sun's size and begin to shed their gaseous envelopes.
After ejecting most of their mass and exhausting much of their hydrogen fuel, the stars appear brilliant blue. Only a thin layer of material covers their super-hot cores. These stars are desperately trying to extend their lives by fusing helium in their cores. At this stage, they emit much of their light at ultraviolet wavelengths.
When the helium runs out, the stars reach the end of their lives. Only their burned-out cores remain, and they are called white dwarfs (the faint blue dots in the image). White dwarfs are no longer generating energy through nuclear fusion and have gravitationally contracted to the size of Earth. They will continue to cool and grow dimmer for many billions of years until they become dark cinders.
Other stars that appear in the image are so-called "blue stragglers." They are older stars that acquire a new lease on life when they collide and merge with other stars. The encounters boost the stars' energy-production rate, making them appear bluer.
All of the stars in the image are cozy neighbors. The average distance between any two stars in the cluster's crowded core is only about a third of a light-year, roughly 13 times closer than our Sun's nearest stellar neighbor, Alpha Centauri. Although the stars are close together, WFC3's sharpness can resolve each of them as individual stars. If anyone lived in this globular cluster, they would behold a star-saturated sky that is roughly 100 times brighter than Earth's sky.
Globular clusters were thought to be assemblages of stars that share the same birth date. Evidence suggests, however, that Omega Centauri has at least two populations of stars with different ages. Some astronomers think that the cluster may be the remnant of a small galaxy that was gravitationally disrupted long ago by the Milky Way, losing stars and gas.
Omega Centauri is among the biggest and most massive of some 200 globular clusters orbiting the Milky Way. It is one of the few globular clusters that can be seen with the unaided eye. Named by Johann Bayer in 1603 as the 24th brightest object in the constellation Centaurus, it resembles a small cloud in the southern sky and might easily be mistaken for a comet.
Hubble observed Omega Centauri on July 15, 2009, in ultraviolet and visible light.
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Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble SM4 ERO Team
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Posted on | July 6, 2012
Peanut Butter & Jelly Kids Cupcakes
Here is one cupcakes recipe which is perfect for teaching the kids how to bake. It is published in cookbooks that promote cooking with kids! With easy to follow directions and delicious mix of peanut butter and jelly, these cupcakes will give you and your kids a lot of fun and pleasure in preparing and eating. Enjoy!


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Available is three beautiful offices nestled in among five total. One of the three offices has windows, one does not, and one has indirect light. Beautiful high end recpetion area to make clients feel comfortable. Great kitchen with full fridge, dishwasher, and storage. A kitchen fee of $15 a month will be charged in addition to rent to provide amenities of coffee, water etc to clients.
We are looking for professionals who will be a good fit with what is already happening with the suite. Web designers, massage therapist, acupuncturist, accountant, tax professional, consultant etc. are just a few of the many examples that might be deemed a "good fit"


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Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Despondent over a painful estrangement from his daughter, trainer Frankie Dunn isn't prepared for boxer Maggie Fitzgerald to enter his life. But Maggie's determined to go pro and to convince Dunn and his cohort to help her.
- Clint Eastwood
- Paul Haggis
- F.X. Toole
- Release Date: 2004-12-15
- Views: 2389
- Country: US
- Language: English | Gaeilge
- Runtime: 132
- Budget: $30,000,000
- Revenue: $216,763,646
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Reverse Engineering Python Code with PyNSource
PyNSource is a tool that allow us to obtain UML diagrams from python source code.
PyNSource Web Page
INSTALLING PyNSource ON AN UBUNTU GUTSY SYSTEM.
NOTE: You must have python already installed in your system. I assume 2.5 version.
$mkdir PyNSource
$cd PyNSource
Now we download the program and install it:
$wget http://www.atug.com/downloads/pynsource1.4c.zip
$unzip pynsource1.4c.zip
$sudo python setup.py install
We want to run the GUI so we need a graphical library:
$sudo aptitude install python2.5-wxgtk2.6
Current code does not work with version wxgtk2.6 so we need to update it:
$wget http://www.atug.com/andypatterns/code/pyNsourceGui1.4c-wx26.zip
$unzip pyNsourceGui1.4c-wx26.zip
$sudo cp pyNsourceGui-wx26.py /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pynsource/
Finally we exec the GUI module
$python /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pynsource/pyNsourceGui-wx26.py
This application presents some annoying bugs:
* There are problems when moving shapes on the screen. It does not refresh correctly.
* It is difficult to adjust page size when you try to print it.
* When you press right click button on the mouse to delete an object, usually it doesn't delete all the arrows that point to it, messing the schema.
* Saving and opening diagram feature is not implemented yet, so you cannot save temporary work.
Well, you know, this bugs are annoying, but it you dont like them, it is free software, so hack the code. :-)


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Crested Butte's breathtaking landscape offers the perfect backdrop for your wedding day. Spectacular views combine with unique reception venues, professional catering staff, and first class lodging to help you manage all the details of your wedding. Our majestic setting in the Colorado Rocky Mountains beside the 12,162 ft peak of Mt. Crested Butte offers a stunning place for your wedding. Rehearsal dinners, brunches and other special events can be arranged for any size. Custom menus, event planning, and discount lodging for guests are all available through Crested Butte Mountain Resort. We hold both indoor and outdoor weddings all year round - among the wildflowers of summer, on the mountain in the winter, or immersed in the beautiful fall foliage!
Here's what one of last summer's brides had to say about her wedding here:
My husband and I got married in the summer of 2014 at Ten Peaks on the mountain. I don't mean to sound cliché, but it was absolutely the best day of our lives! We chose this Crested Butte wedding location for the beautiful mountain views in all directions, the fact that the ceremony and reception could be in one spot, and because it was convenient for our guests to shuttle from the base area right up to the venue. A bonus was when the wedding party rode the chairlift to our ceremony, surprising many of our guests! I grew up skiing practically since I could walk and this was definitely the most exciting chairlift ride I ever got to take! (However, you do not have to ride the chairlift to the venue if you do not wish to.) Another bonus was all the gorgeous wildflowers all over the place – it was truly Colorado and truly beautiful. A third bonus would definitely have to be the fact that so many of our friends and family got to experience the amazing beauty and fun of Crested Butte while they were here for the wedding!
The views surrounding our ceremony site made for incredible pictures! Furthermore, guests only had to walk a small number of feet to where we held our cocktail party and reception, which was tremendously convenient. The staff should be commended on ensuring things ran smoothly, the food was wonderful and the atmosphere was truly incredible! The way the stars shined among the mountains that evening made it truly feel like paradise!
Many of our guests said it was the best wedding they'd ever been to. Being the bride, I'm totally biased but would totally agree with them! The location, the service, the food, the excellent location, the memories – the day was incredible! I would definitely recommend having a ceremony and reception at Crested Butte Mountain Resort!


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Hello again! It is time for this month's totally fun and adorable release blog hop at Your Next Stamp! If you have just stumbled upon my blog, you can start the hop over at Jen's blog. If you have arrived from Veronica's blog then you are right on track! We have LOTS of fun new stamps and dies to show you this month so hold on and get ready to shop after you hop! 🙂
Paper: Echo Park Stamps: Your Next Stamp (Scrappy Happy Turtle) Ink: A Muse, Copic markers Accessories: Your Next Stamp Die – Spring Grass, Burlap ribbon, Brads.
Paper: MME Stamps: Your Next Stamp (Hot Stuff Mug set) Ink: Stampin' Up, A Muse Accessories: Your Next Stamp Dies- Happy Holiday Dies (mug) and Tags Galore two, Pearls, Nesties, Baker's Twine.
Hop Prizes – Karen has a $20 YNS Gift Certificate up for grabs as well as 2 secret bloggers hidden along the way, with your change to winYNS ScrapFest stamps – Shopper Fhiona and Cropper Fhiona! You have until April 15th at midnight (EST) to comment, good luck!


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Accountability in the workplace seems like a no-brainer to most of us. We all go to work with a job to do, and we expect our co-workers to do the work assigned to them. What is often not thought about is reverse accountability; management being accountable to their staff. A workplace will not be successful unless everyone in the organization is held accountable for his or her actions and performance.
Employee accountability is something I would bet you are all familiar with, annual performance evaluations are used in industry to get a snap-shot of performance throughout the past year. Additionally, in the moment accountability happens in most industries, which is when a supervisor or manager addresses issues as they occur. My opinion is that utilizing these two types of accountability in the fashion that they are most typically used (as either immediate disciplinary action or a vague background in annual evaluations) doesn't serve the employee or the manager well.
First, the easy one, employee accountability. Now, I'm not saying that the two styles of accountability stated above don't have a place, much to the contrary I believe they are valuable tools in providing feedback to your staff. It's the application of these tools that often fall short. In an organization with 50 employees it is nearly impossible for senior management to remember all the good things their staff did throughout the year without some sort of paper trail. Historically in many organizations, only 'bad' issues are documented, leaving frail memories to recall the small wins is simply failing your staff. My recommendation is for managers to keep track of the good along with the bad, this will allow you to give truly relevant feedback during annual appraisals. Not a lot of work, but the staff will appreciate having complete feedback every June.
In the moment accountability is needed, people need to be held accountable for their actions when those actions are recognized. Unfortunately, this is all to often utilized only for poor actions leaving the good accomplishments unrecognized. Managers need to address poor actions for sure, but don't forget about the good that your staff does everyday, and let them know you recognize it.
Now, the more contentious issue, management accountability to their staff. I am a big fan of utilizing the concept of 360-degree reviews. Basically, this is a process where the management reviews the staff, and the staff reviews the management. Not really a satisfaction survey or engagement survey, 360-degre reviews allow for similar standards as seen on employee annual evaluations. Specifics are key to these surveys working. "My boss doesn't understand us!" These types of responses aren't applicable in a 360-degree review, as they don't give any specifics that management can use for growth. Facts, backed up with examples allow management to actually get the gut-check and growth to help them improve. This isn't a radical idea (other many managers out there may think so), companies such as Dell, LG Electronics, Doosan, G&B solutions all utilize this type of feedback and with good results. [1]
Much as with the annual employee reviews, utilizing the 360-degree feedback model is valuable, but by itself is not enough. Managers have to see themselves as accountable to their staff everyday, not just one day a year. This means that managers must understand that their staff is watching them every day. Failure to follow up on issues, poor communication, lack of empathy, or inability to complete tasks for whatever reason are often seen my staff as poor management. A manager has to realize that most staff is seeing these actions (or inactions) in the vacuum of their own experiences. They may not understand the why; why are you not getting back to them, why has it taken 3 weeks for an answer to what they see as a simple question, etc. Poor communication leads to misunderstanding, perhaps you are not able to answer the question because as a middle manager you are waiting for your boss, HR, or accounting to get back to you. You know this; unfortunately your staff does not. Part of being accountable to your staff is to communicate with them. As a manager you wouldn't tolerate your staff not completing a task in a timely manner, and if a deadline were missed you would question them. Staff members may not feel comfortable doing this, but this leads them to having a poor understanding of the totality of the circumstances you are facing. This is your failure as a manager.
Accountability seems like an easy issue to deal with, although many managers fail in true accountability because they fail to address issues appropriately, fail to communicate with their staff, are not interested in hearing the feedback of their staff, or any combination of all. Mangers should take some advise of executives of the Dell or LG and utilize true 360-degree feedback to get real life examples of their strengths and weaknesses. What your boss thinks of you is important, but I would argue what your staff identifies as your weaknesses is much more valuable to you as a leader in the long run.
[1] Lublin, Joaan, Transparency Pays off in 360-Degree Reviews, The Wall Street Journal, December 8, 2011


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Challenging the status quo: How using a transformational meta-model of quality significantly impacted a school learning culture
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I noticed in the uploaded article there is a blank second page for some reason. I wanted to bring this to your attention during the editing process.
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we picked up on in it a little late but i have adhd and I'm taking ritalin and I'm getting better.
I't like i'm waking up little by little. and i think there's something i must tell my doctor.
i've been on lots of medications and was thinking going back on taking some of them. but here's here's the thing:
i've never been good with my doctors not that i didn't make the effort but when i'm in there it's like i'm in there for like
30 seconds and it's done but the patient before me is in there for like 10 minutes.
and now this stupid idea popped into my head and i was thinking print some pages about my conditions from the internet and show it to him and write down what I'm supposed to say before so i won't forget what i was gonna say. but i'm sure he'll lash out at me. at first it felt like another bad thought circling through my head again and
I'm sure you think so too but it's gonna happen or it's never gonna go down how i it will think (which isn't supposed to) or how i hope so or how it's even supposed to it's true (for everybody).
i just want to walk out of my doctor's room with a sense of satisfaction, saying what i should have said. knowing what's going on.
i just don't want tocome out of there feeling great for like thirty seconds and with another prescription which i now know that won't work( but i won't know then), BECAUSE IT NEVER DID. IT"S HISTORICALLY PROVEN. and i fall for it every time.
so what do you think?
i'm gonna bore him because he thinks that i think i'm a smart-ass monologuist, who's just pretending to be at his level isn't he? what i say or show him won't mean anything to him, he'll just make his own assessment and send away.
should i go? i mean i still have my pills i'm set for like a month.


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Kindergarten Teacher
This is my fourth year at Holy Family and I am absolutely blessed to be teaching here. I have had such a wonderful learning experience working with students from grades kindergarten through twelfth grade. In addition to obtaining my California multiple subject teaching credential, I have completed over sixty hours of observation at daycares, elementary, high school, middle school and charter schools. In addition, I will complete a Master of Arts in Education: Instructional Technology and Leadership in fall, 2016. My goal is also to have a well rounded experience in all forms of education so I can apply my experiences in my own classroom. I have also had the opportunity to work with many talented and inspiring teachers who have inspired me through my teaching career.
I am very passionate about ensuring that my students will receive quality education that will allow them to reach their full potential. I absolutely love this quote by John Cotton Dana because I really believe that it is true: "Who dares to teach must never cease to learn." I look forward in learning new things that will benefit my classroom. As time changes I like to be updated with the current methods using new technologies and strategies. My mission is to adapt to the new era of the digital age where I can have the opportunity to utilize technology to inspire student's learning, creativity and discovery. I want to design a learning experience that incorporates collaboration using digital tools. I believe that every child deserves to have quality education.


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Scugog begins trimming 2014 tax hike
BLAKE WOLFE The Standard
SCUGOG: Scugog councillors will spend the next two weeks looking for ways to trim a sizable proposed tax increase of 6.9 per cent from the township's 2014 budget, the largest proposed tax increase in recent years.
During a lengthy discussion of the document this week, councillors were presented with the initial round of department requests as well as the current tax increase required to fund such programs. More than $262,000 in new spending has been proposed for 2014.
While the levy increase will likely be reduced, Scugog CAO Bev Hendry said that a 6.9 per cent increase would equate to approximately $68 extra on the tax bill for the average Scugog home assessed at $300,000. Last year, a tax increase of 3.51 per cent was approved by council.
Among the large items currently proposed for 2014 are:
- the first phase of the restoration of the Scugog Community Centre's parking lot, to be funded with $300,000 from the Community Enhancement Fund (CEF);
- replacement of a snowplow ($280,000) and one-ton truck ($105,000) in the Public Works department;
- purchase of the Fire Department's next generation radio system ($225,000 from the CEF);
In addition, a number of other items are yet to be included in the budget, many of those related to funding requests for various projects.
Those include $70,000 toward the Port Perry Hospital Foundation's 'Your Hospital, Your Future' campaign for renovations at Lakeridge Health Port Perry, $125,000 for culvert replacement and $500,000 each for repairs to Spring Blvd. and St. Christopher's Beach Rd., both of which were requested by delegations of local residents. An entry for $2 million toward reconstruction of Ashburn Rd. will not be included this year, after a provincial funding request to assist with the project was turned down.
Adding to the size of the proposed levy increase is an annual one per cent tax increase to fund the township's infrastructure projects, a new aspect of the budget introduced this year designed to ease the cost of repairs and replacement of local roads and bridges.
According to the draft budget, the $105,000 generated by that increase would be divided between hardtop resurfacing ($40,000), loosetop/gravel ($40,000) and bridges and culverts ($25,000).
According to a report by treasurer Trena DeBrujin, the remainder of the proposed increase would cover the base budget (3.4 per cent) and program changes (2.5 per cent).
An additional $180,000 from the municipal rate stabilization reserve, plus $505,700 in Ontario Municipal Partnership Fund money, has already been applied against the 2014 levy increase, said the report.
Additional pressures remain the same as in previous years, said Ms. DeBrujin, citing costs such as fuel, utilities and insurance, the cost of which is set to increase by ten per cent this year. The treasurer also told councillors that a number of MPAC appeals of local property valuations are due this coming year, an item for which an additional $35,000 has been budgeted (above $60,000 in the township's base budget).
Among the largest ongoing pressures, however, is staff salaries, ringing in at 3.76 per cent of the 2014 base increase and accounting for more than 70 per cent of the township's annual operating budget, said the treasurer.
She added that the recent arbitration award to Scugog's full time firefighters resulted in a retroactive pay increase equal to 1.3 per cent of the base increase.
When questioned by councillors regarding average staffing for similar municipalities, Ms. Hendry said that Scugog is currently working with 60 per cent of the total staff body of a comparitor municipality, although she didn't cite a specific community.
While the document awaits final approval, councillors pitched a number of ideas to reduce the levy, from using funds in the Greenbank Airport agreement generated by tipping fees, to borrowing from reserves.
"We've gone through this and been very moderate with our requests," said Ms. Hendry. "At a per-household level, it's definitely an increase, but how does it compare to other municipalities?"
The budget returns to council chambers for the next round of discussion on Jan. 27, followed by an open house on Feb. 12, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Scugog Memorial Public Library.
Final approval on the document is anticipated on March 3.
We reserve the right to remove any and all comments for any reason. Comments with swearing will be deleted without exception.
June 2019


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I do think Leonardo's career skidded downward from the peak of mount Titanic, well, through no fault of his. Hardly could a buzz that huge be sustained by anyone. Even the man who made the classic possible, James Cameron, went into a vampirish sleep he never woke from till Avatar was birthed.
Leonardo had since remained the decent, albeit big, Hollywood star. Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Tom Cruise, and lately (what's his name?) Robert Pattinson of The Twilight Saga have all looked more appealing to the paparazzi. Leonardo kept striving. Blood Diamond couldn't drag him back on the lit podium despite its African appeal.
Now, more closely, many would draw a bold argument from the heights of 2004 when he won the Golden Globe Award for his role in the movie, The Aviators, or even point to The Departed as a great art. Yes, these are valid arguments at worst, but for me, they pale in the height of the past (Titanic) or the floodlight of what was to come. Yes, and it did come! Leonardo joined the Scorsese band and The Wolf of Wall Street was released, a product of alkaloid-induced ejaculation and foul tongue. We all got caught up in the euphoria. You too! No? The buzz is up once again. Need I rant about the Oscar nomination for best actor? That's what I thought.
Now don't scream Jack yet 'cause The Great Gatsby just rolled up the spool, staring…(you said it!) Leonardo DiCaprio. He was rich. He looked rich. He smelled of it. He was in love. None could have played the role better than Leo (like I like to call him). Director Baz Luhrmann got a great deal— Leo delivered!
And how are these movies doing financially? Pretty awesome, I'd tell you. The figures keep changing, grossing more and more by the week. I dare not declare the numbers, lest I be guilty of false rambling. Well, just forget the figures, enjoy the show— The Leo Show. The Awesomeness of 2013!
Take your seat. Let the euphoria take you.


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Alberta is a food province,
fertile ground for beef, pork,
wheat, canola, barley, beans,
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Together, they make Alberta'sagricultural practices andfood innovations healthy,"To be modern andprofitable at farming, youneed to be aware of emergingtechnologies and how theycan be beneficial not only tofarming operations, but alsohow applying technologywill affect consumers,"says Cornelia Kreplin, PhD,the executive director ofSustainable Production andFood Innovation for AlbertaInnovates. Her team fundsresearch that adds value toAlberta's agriculture andfood industry.
Consumers are making
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text: In March, the California Coastal Commission approved Solana Beach's draft Local Coastal Plan (LCP), including a 20-year sunset clause on seawall permits and a timeline to complete the much anticipated "Land Lease and Recreation Fee", which was a HUGE victory for Surfrider! That victory is now under threat thanks to litigation filed by the bluff-top homeowners and their request for further changes to the LCP, after years of negotiations and multiple drafts of the LCP. Help us uphold the Coastal Commission's decision and protect our beaches by joining us at the December 5th Solana Beach City Council meeting. The Council will be deciding whether to accept the Coastal Commission approved Local Coastal Plan, or to make further changes suggested by the relentless bluff-top homeowners. Help us show them that the beach belongs to everyone, not just bluff-top homeowners! The meeting starts at 5:30pm and will be held at 635 South Highway 101. It is encouraged that you arrive by 5pm to get a seat in the Council Chambers as it will be packed! Sign up through our website if you can make it. Please wear a Surfrider shirt if you have one. Talking points will be provided upon request. Seawalls steal the beach from all of us, let's show them they can't steal our beach anymore!


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The website Teen Safe (www.teen-safe.org) is designed to foster better family communication, promote resilience and healthy activities, and reduce risky teen behaviors via true-life stories, scientific evidence, and helpful educational materials for parents and teens/pre-teens. The site offers a free 15-minute video course for parents that is quite informative about the effects of substance use on teen brain development. The section detailing the impact of early marijuana use of mental health is especially worth noting as medical marijuana is beginning to be a part of our culture. It's only 15 minutes long, and at least one local pediatrician is asking all his patients' parents to check it out!
Insight, hindsight, reflections and news on the grand adventure of parenting adolescents...and beyond
If you take it really seriously, parenthood is the most challenging job you'll ever have. The hours are long and the pay stinks. It requires the most emotional investment and the greatest patience. And no matter how well you do it, there will always be that nagging little voice in your head wondering, "Should I have handled that differently?" But parenthood is also the most rewarding and important role you'll ever play. And the good news is that we're all in this together...
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Today I have some more beauties from the fantastic Aussie Indie label, Shades of Phoenix. The Furies Trio is the newest creation from the lovely Teneil, mastermind behind SoP. This little collection of jellies is, like many of her other collections, inspired by Greek Mythology. Admittedly, I don't know much at all about Greek Mythology so I'll just let Teneil do the explaining...
According to the Shades of Phoenix website, "The Furies (also known as the Erinyes) are the main antagonists of God of War: Ascension, as they hunt Kratos for 'betraying' Ares. The Furies are an independent race; neither Titan nor God, Mortal nor Shade. In Greek mythology they are the chthonic deities of vengeance created when Cronos castrated his father Ouranus and threw his genitalia into the sea, the Furies emerged from the drops of blood. There were three sisters: Alecto, Megaera and Tisiphone. These three sisters soon became the forever loyal servants of Hades."
The first one I've got to show you is 'Alecto'. This polish was the main reason for my purchase of the Furies Trio because I can't resist a good purple jelly! When it arrived and I actually got to wear it, I fell even more in love with it. I love the all of the little squares and the fuchsia hex really pop in the deep purple jelly base.
My swatches show 2 coats of 'Alecto' over OPI 'Russian Navy' with topcoat. You could probably build it up on it's own with 3-4 coats but that might cause it to get a little thick so I suggest opting for a dark purple base colour with this one!
'Alecto' is full of square and hex glitters in holo silver, lavender, and fuchsia in multiple sizes. It also has lovely blue/violet micro flecks throughout.
The Mythology of Alecto, "She was charged with punishing those who committed moral crimes such as anger, especially when used against others, she was the goddess of Anger."
Next is 'Megaera', a deep jade green jelly that's full of green, black holo, and turquoise circle glitters as well as tiny green and turquoise hex. It's quite a sheer jelly so you will definitely need undies. I would suggest using any dark green or teal that you have in your collection.
For my swatches, I used 3 coats of 'Megarea' over Australis 'Indie', which is a bright jade green. I think next time I wear this one, I'll use a darker green base colour.
The Mythology: "Megaera was the goddess of Jealousy; she punished those who had committed crimes and infidelity.". So this lovely shade of green is appropriate!
|Shades of Phoenix 'Megaera', outdoors, direct sunlight
Last in this collection is my surprise favourite 'Tisiphone'! This one surprised me in how much I loved it! I don't normally gravitate towards reds (this is my first red indie) and I'm a little bit obsessed with it. It has taken over Sally Hansen 'Red Carpet' as my favourite red glitter jelly.
The Mythology: "Tisiphone was the third sister and the goddess of Vengeance, punishing those who have committed the crimes of murder: parricide, fratricide and homicide". I think this polish represents the spirit of Tisiphone so well! The deepness of this red makes it look almost blood-like.
|Shades of Phoenix 'Tisiphone', outdoors, shade
'Tisiphone' is absolutely packed with glitter! It's full of tiny red hex that flash orange, as well as small red hex and squares. It also has a lovely pink micro shimmer throughout.
Which one is your favourite? I'm seriously torn between 'Alecto' and 'Tisiphone'!
The Furies Collection is available now from the (newly relocated to Big Cartel) Shades Of Phoenix store. You can buy them individually for $9.50 each or get the set for $27.


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Home and Community Services
Support whenever you need it
Broad based and individualized support
Arc of Westchester's home and community services help individuals with developmental disabilities meet their daily challenges. We help by providing crisis intervention, individualized support services, in home behavior management, family outreach and Medicaid and non-Medicaid service coordination.
Crisis Intervention
Crisis intervention provides a seven-day, 24-hour hotline staffed by a crisis team that can assist callers by stabilizing a crisis and making appropriate referrals to community services, including housing and medical resources.
Individualized Support
Individualized support services help adults to live independently in the community. Intensive supports include service coordination, training in life skills and creating monthly financial budgets in order to maintain independent lifestyles.
In Home Behavior Management Training
The Arc of Westchester knows that some families who care for a child with a developmental disability may struggle with managing the unique behavioral challenges of their child with special needs . Our trained staff are available to provide time-limited (up to 90 days) behavior management service to families in their home at no cost.
Family Outreach
Family Outreach is a team of professionals, including Spanish speaking staff, who work in the community, reaching out to families with a member who has a developmental disability whose needs for services are not being met. Families/individuals receive up to 90 days of service, free of charge, to assess and identify needs and link them to appropriate services.
Medicaid Service Coordination
Medicaid Service Coordination assists individuals and their families, who are Medicaid-eligible, to coordinate a broad range of services. These include access to governmental benefits and advocacy for services including medical evaluations and appointments, vocational training and career opportunities, educational services, recreational resources and housing.
Self Direction and Support Broker Services
Self Direction & Support Broker Services
Self Direction means that an individual with developmental disabilities is empowered to choose their mix of supports and services, how and when services are provided, and the staff and/or organization to provide the services.
Any OPWDD eligible person, capable of making informed choices or has a legal guardian or personal representative acting on his/her behalf, can apply for Self Direction services.
The Support Broker assists in creating, implementing, and maintaining the person's Self Direction budget based upon the person's needs. The Broker also helps develop and maintain the Circle of Support and works closely with the MSC to develop a comprehensive plan. A person center planning approach is used to foster inclusion and independence. The Broker assists with identifying services, monitors the person's expenses and provides guidance and training for self-hired staff.
The budget is reviewed and revised periodically to evolve with the changing needs of each person. All broker services are under the HCBS Waiver and the budget must be approved by OPWDD.


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This half term, we are creating our very own PowerPoint presentation in Computing! As we are learning all about the North and South Pole, we have decided to make our presentation about penguins! We needed to be super researchers to find information for our presentations and I'm sure that you will be very impressed with how many interesting things we found out about these peculiar birds!
9 thoughts on "Year Two Researchers"
Miss Gregory
The children were excellent researchers! We learnt that the emperor penguin is the largest of the penguin species. I can't wait to continue our learning with this topic.↓
Adena Perry
I loved doing. Reasearching it was a lot of fun and I got a top reasearcher sticker and I realy liked it when Mrs Martin came down and showed everyone my book I got a big sticker
Yaaaaaaaaaaay. Wooooo↓
Adena Perry
Love it so much I had great questions and words like migration↓
Miss Harrison
@Adena Perry: I'm so pleased that you enjoyed it Adena! You really were a top researcher and had many scientific words like migration!! You perhaps know more than me now! I felt so proud when Mrs Martin gave you your sticker because I know how hard you have been working See you tomorrow!↓
I enjoyed finding out about penguins! They are nearly 90 pounds heavy!↓
Mrs Carney
Is a penguin a bird or a mammal? How do you know?↓
Adena perry
A penguin is a mammal and a bird because baby penguins hatch out of eggs then they will grow into mummy's and daddy's and they are a bird because birds have wings but the flippers of a penguin only look like a wing from a bird I'll tell you why they call a penguin a bird it's because a
Penguin has flippers that look like wings there's some other creatures that have the same thing it's like flamingos.↓
Adena Perry
I miss you Miss Harrison ♥❤♥❤♥❤ Love you.↓


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It is mid winter season, despite the unusual weather here in NYC, and I have been looking forward to baking a few new recipes. Primarily, in hopes to turn my weekend into a joyful, work free time with my family. It is easy to daydream of a weekend with just the TV, a batch of something fresh, chocolate covered (of course), and delicious. I usually turn to Tollhouse, for their timeless chocolate chip cookies, but not this time. This week, I have been captivated by the smooth, creamy and divine taste of a slice of Tres leches cake.
Cake of all kinds are worthwhile, but with a few bites of a tres leches cake, I know that you will find that time has stopped and all of your daily worries will be melting away.
Check out a this great recipe here: http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2009/09/tres-leches-cake/
Until Next time, make sure to give cake recipes a try this week, you won't regret it! For a plate of dessert can make a girl's day shine a whole lot brighter. Honestly, it is my absolute instant cheer-up method, for any day of the week!


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This custom 16x2x4 MIC version was built with a stock 16x2x4 chassis married to two additional panels to hold the gain switches, inserts, and phase reverse switches. They are the ones with the yellow knob inserts. The whole chassis is internally braced and joined so what you see here functions as one complete chassis.
This customer also wanted two headphone jacks on the front panel (yes the stock output stage can drive headphones). These headphone out jacks can be wired from after the tube stage to drive headphones, or before it to drive some other headphone amplifier. The four green knobs up top are the four AUX sends master levels.
16x2x4 Specifications
- Frequency Response Unity Gain 5 Hz to 100 KHz -1 db
- THD + N Unity Gain (+0 dBu) .05% (-65 dB)
- S/N Output @ +33 dBu 109 dB 22Hz-20KHz
- Noise Floor 22 Hz to 20K -80 dBu typical
- Maximum Gain Mic = +60 dB Mix Gain +10 dB (Mic = 70 dB)
- Maximum Output (Mix Gain +10) +33 dBu Balanced
- Power Consumption (120/240 VAC): 144 watts
- Factory set for 100V, 120V or 220-240VAC operation for original destination country's mains voltage.
- Operating Mains Voltage changeable with power transformer primary switch and fuse value change.
- Mains Voltage Frequency: 50~ 60Hz
- Dimensions: 16x2 Mixer: 19" x 8.75" x 6.25" (occupies 5U)
- PSU: 13" x 3.5" x 11.5" (rack mount kit available)
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of the younger posters have had a much more educated upbringing than was the norm in my day as regards nudity.
We continue releasing stories shared by our female subscribers – young fkk girls who make it to the nude beach for the first time
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Hopefully the day when public nudity becomes more satisfactory is bringing nearer! My first experiences being naked were in the 60's, the personal independence advocated by the "counter culture" was like a challenge to the establishment at a time when there clearly was a considerably more oppressive moral "code" as to what was socially acceptable.
Always being one to challenge the establishment I saw nudity as an expansion of the political and social outlooks I held. More individuals were prepared to be nude in public as a kind of protest and I increasingly came to think of clothing as another kind of oppression. (At the time clothes was also a signifier of class.) I first started going nude "in secret" during vacations when no one was around, I assume I still felt there was something "perverse" about it, however there was likewise an elation of feeling more in tune with nature without clothing about it than just adolescent rebellion.
It was not until I was in my twenties I ran into societal nudity. I stumbled across a naturist beach one day and it absolutely was a kind of life changing moment. It took seconds to get out of my clothes, but this was very different to any fabric beach I'd ever been to – instead of having your own small space and no intereaction with anyone else this was extremely friendly, folks would come and chat and there was no feeling of distress about it. There was also no differentiation of piss on beach , there were folks from various backgrounds but no societal barriers. There were men and women, singles and couples, gay and straight, and you believed you can talk to anybody.
The one obvious missing group was younger folks. Although there were families with young kids there were no teenagers or 20's, all the adults were pretty much middle aged or old. Since then I spend as much time as possible nude, have become a regular beach goer, went near the shore and organize my work so I can be on the shore as often as possible (not as often as I'd enjoy thanks to our climate). I've also shaved all body hair as it feels so much nicer and affords a more even tan. My best friends are naturists and I Have met some great people at various shores and on the net.
There are some favorable changes from my early days, there are more younger people from the lost age group at seashores these days. More non naturists seem more tolerant of naturists, as well as the web is now a great forum to exchange ideas.
Unfortunately nevertheless it seems to be taking ages for attitudes to change, there are still too many who see us as perverts or link nudity with sex. Our media still sees naturism with the same form of http://shynudists.com and promotion still uses nudity to sell products. Things are slowly changing though and it is nice to see websites like this helping to change attitudes. Keep up the good work. Any opinions are welcome.


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The Morning Plum
* Obama: GOP leaders will eventually get serious about cooperating with me: Obama, returning to D.C. on Air Force One, brushed off the GOP's plans to repeal health reform with a surprisingly optimistic prediction of what's to come, per the pool report:
"They are going to play to their base for a certain period of time. But I'm pretty confident that they're going to recognize that our job is to govern and make sure that we are delivering jobs for the American people and that we are creating a competitive economy for the 21st Century. Not just for this generation but for the next one. And so my expectation, my hope is that John Boehner and Mitch McConnell will realize that there will be plenty of time to campaign for 2012 in 2012."
This is of a piece with the emerging Dem line on the GOP's repeal push and other non-economy related maneuvers: Accuse Republicans of engaging in frivolous political antics to please the base that don't do a thing to create jobs and get the economy moving again.
The question is whether Dems will couple this with an effective and proactive case for all the popular provisions in the Affordable Care Act itself. Joan McCarter urges Dems to ditch civility and bipartisanship and use procedural maneuvers to try to force actual votes on the Act's provisions. As Eugene Robinson aptly puts it today, Dems should respond to the repeal push by saying: "Make my day."
* Dems sharpen attack on GOP over repeal? Look for Dems today to try and turn the tables on Republicans by pointing out that they are rushing through the repeal bill despite their months of attacks on Dems for allegedly rushing the original legislation. DNC spokesman Brad Woodhouse emails:
Barely a week after they take the oath of office, Republicans are going to ram through a bill over the objections of millions of Americans to deny people access to affordable health care -- a bill impacting one sixth of the American economy -- without a hearing, a committee markup or testimony from a single witness. This from a party that complained bitterly that Democrats rushed through health care reform after a year of debate and dozens of Congressional hearings.
Somehow I don't think Republicans will be as moved by this criticism as Dems were when Republicans accused them of "ramming through" health reform. In retrospect, you think maybe it was a mistake for Dems to slow the legislation in response to those original GOP attacks?
* Relatedly, Igor Volsky tallies up the months and months of hearings and amendments Dems went through in response to GOP criticism.
* Dems to GOP: Don't you care about the deficit? Also, Dems will argue today that the repeal push proves the GOP's lack of seriousness about the deficit. "Repealing the Affordable Care Act will explode the deficit by one trillion dollars over the next twenty years," Woodhouse continues, adding that this "shows just how hollow their promises of fiscal discipline really are."
* How many Dems will vote for repeal? As Carrie Budoff-Brown notes, even if the GOP repeal bill is a non-starter, "Republicans could embarrass the White House if they persuade a number of Democrats to vote with them and, over the long term, plan to try to chip away at pieces of the law."
* Will the Blue Dogs bark? It will be interesting to see if Heath Shuler and his merry band of Blue Dog brothers, who continue to criticize Nancy Pelosi in a transparent bid for media attention, will vote Yes on repeal in order to protest Pelosi's leadership.
* Filibuster reformers pushing forward: Senator Tom Udall is vowing reformers will move forward as early as tomorrow. In an Op ed piece spelling out his case for reform, Udall says he and colleagues will introduce a measure tomorrow to force Senators to actually filibuster, utilizing the so-called "Constitutional option" that allows each Congress to set its own rules.
* Harry Reid delaying reform? But Harry Reid seems to be trying to slow the process by a few weeks in the quest for some sort of reform "deal" with Mitch McConnell.
* Comically misleading argument of the day: Senator Lamar Alexander is pushing back on the drive to reform the filibuster by -- no joke -- arguing that it would "cut off the right of the people they elected to make their voices heard on the floor of the U.S. Senate."
Actually, Senator, the whole point is to force those who are stalling legislation to stand up and defend their actions in full public view. Expect a lot more of this kind of nonsense.
* Filibuster reform is not easy: Here's a quick and useful history of efforts at reform.
* A filibuster reform roadmap: Jonathan Bernstein has a good one.
* Bill Daley as White House chief of staff? There's been some chatter that the left will be furious with a Daley pick because he's a "centrist," but in reality, as Ezra Klein notes today, the real problem with this pick is that it creates "the spectacle of a banker taking the top administrative job at the White House."
* Really? Also: Marc Ambinder reports that this is the White House rationale on Daley: "Obama figures that because adding jobs to the economy is his top priority, he needs someone with close ties to the American business community and recognizes that no one advising him now really commands the respect that Daley would."
* And get ready for the latest liberal nightmare: Some on the left are worried that Obama will give into Lindsey Graham's blackmail by agreeing to cuts in Social Security in exchange for support for raising the debt ceiling.
What else is happening?
Greg Sargent
| January 4, 2011; 8:40 AM ET
Categories: Health reform, House Dems, House GOPers, Morning Plum, Senate Dems, Senate Republicans
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"And get ready for the latest liberal nightmare"
That's "national" nightmare. What Obama is doing is wrecking the country, not just the Democratic Party. Appointing a Republicrat Wall Street Banker as COS. Adding nearly a trillion dollars in debt to pay for tax cuts for the rich. Caving-in and permitting deepwater drilling to resume off LA. And now the assault on the New Deal begins in earnest. How long will Democrats stand for it? And why do they?
Posted by: wbgonne | January 4, 2011 8:52 AM | Report abuse
Greg (quoting Obama):
"our job is to govern and make sure that we are delivering jobs for the American people..."
Uh, no, it is not your job to "deliver" jobs to the American people. Perhaps Obama should attend that controversial reading of the Constitution and familiarize himself with what the job of the Chief Executive actually is.
Posted by: ScottC3 | January 4, 2011 8:52 AM | Report abuse
DELAY?! I thought that today was the big day that Reid and the rest of you Democrats get rid of the filibuster in the U.S. Senate?
Posted by: clawrence12 | January 4, 2011 8:53 AM | Report abuse
Yes, lets relitigate Obamacare. I think that is exactly what the American people voted for in November. The problem for the Democrats is that they are now on the defensive.
Should be fun to watch.
Posted by: skipsailing28 | January 4, 2011 8:56 AM | Report abuse
LOL, ScottC3!
Posted by: clawrence12 | January 4, 2011 9:06 AM | Report abuse
wbgonne, why doesn't Pelosi submit Articles of Impeachment against Obama and Biden tomorrow?
Posted by: clawrence12 | January 4, 2011 9:13 AM | Report abuse
I'm still trying to figure out exactly when Washington will start listening to the American people. I'm not sure how this plays into the meme that we're a center right country, sounds like a bunch of progressives are circulating out there amongst the masses, they're everywhere, they're everywhere.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Most Americans think the United States should raise taxes for the rich to balance the budget, according to a 60 Minutes/Vanity Fair poll released on Monday.
President Barack Obama last month signed into law a two-year extension of Bush-era tax cuts for millions of Americans, including the wealthiest, in a compromise with Republicans.
Republicans, who this week take control of the House of Representatives, want to extend all Bush-era tax cuts "permanently" for the middle class and wealthier Americans. They are also demanding spending cuts to curb the $1.3 trillion deficit.
Sixty-one percent of Americans polled would rather see taxes for the wealthy increased as a first step to tackling the deficit, the poll showed.
The next most popular way -- chosen by 20 percent -- was to cut defense spending.
Four percent would cut the Medicare government health insurance program for the elderly, and 3 percent would cut the Social Security retirement program, the poll showed.
Asked which part of the world they would fix first, the largest proportion of respondents -- 36 percent -- chose Washington, compared with 23 percent who picked the Middle East and 14 percent who chose Haiti.
Posted by: lmsinca | January 4, 2011 9:28 AM | Report abuse
Support for the full repeal of Obamacare is up over 60%. It's time to dump that bureaucratic nightmare. The American people demand it.
Republicans allowed Obama to pass the hated repeal of DADT so now it is time for Obamacrats to reciprocate and help Republicans repeal the hated Obamacare.
We must be bipartisan and work for the American people here.
Posted by: battleground51 | January 4, 2011 9:33 AM | Report abuse
Looks like the war in Afghanistan is becoming less popular every minute of everyday also. This poll was prior to the review when we found out we're going to be there until 2014 or forever if Lindsay Graham gets his way. Bet support dwindles even more in the next polling.
A record 60 percent of Americans say the war in Afghanistan has not been worth fighting, a grim assessment -- and a politically hazardous one -- in advance of the Obama administration's one-year review of its revised strategy.
Public dissatisfaction with the war, now the nation's longest, has spiked by 7 points just since July. Given its costs vs. its benefits, only 34 percent in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll say the war's been worth fighting, down by 9 points to a new low, by a sizable margin.
Posted by: lmsinca | January 4, 2011 9:35 AM | Report abuse
Of course the Afghanistan war isn't worth it. The only reason Bush went there was to boost his self-esteem an' call hisself a war persident.
And of course the Caspian pipeline dint have nuttin' t'do wiffit.
But he got away wiffit 'cause American thirst for blood needed to be slaked. After that alleged terrorist attack
Posted by: caothien9 | January 4, 2011 9:44 AM | Report abuse
I saw that poll. So 81% of Americans want to cut the deficit by either taxing the rich or cutting defense. And these are two things Obama has no intention of doing. So-called liberal are not out of touch with mainstream Americans, the Democrats in DC are living in the past, and Obama is the most egregious offender. It's like we are reliving the public option over and over and Obama and the DC Dems never learn a thing. Oh, but Obama's polling at 50% so it's all good for him. Never mind the country.
Posted by: wbgonne | January 4, 2011 9:45 AM | Report abuse
Capitulting to Republicans again? Say it ain't so.
Sounds like a good time to find another country to live in.
Posted by: caothien9 | January 4, 2011 9:59 AM | Report abuse
The Clone Party has a 'debate.'
"Instead, the debate turned into a series of litmus tests of Republican loyalty - and in the process, the participants documented something much more interesting than Steele's checkered tenure. They demonstrated how ideologically homogeneous the party has become.
There were two white women, two white men and the African American incumbent on the dais, but not a shade of ideological diversity.
As a debate, it was about as successful as Carlson's time on "Dancing With the Stars." As a cultural indicator, it was extraordinary.
Norquist and Carlson, serving as cardinals of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, administered a long series of loyalty checks, and the candidates were nearly dissent-free. Abortion? All opposed. Lower taxes? All in favor. Gay marriage? All opposed. Cutting spending? All in favor.
Norquist asked if each would support adding a "party unity pledge" to the Republican Party rules - as if even more unanimity were necessary. Five "yes" replies were called out in rapid succession.
They likewise tripped over one another to answer in the affirmative when asked whether Sarah Palin could win a general election. Same thing when the candidates were asked who should vote in Republican primaries; all five said independents and Democrats should be shown the door.
The Republicans had, in this debate, reached the logical extreme of litmus politics: Everybody on the stage agreed on everything. The Republican leadership had been thoroughly scrubbed, cleansed and sanitized by the Tea Party movement - and the candidates took turns expressing their gratitude. "
Stalin would have been proud.
Posted by: fiona5 | January 4, 2011 10:08 AM | Report abuse
I began searching last week for a legitimate anti-war group to work with and came up with nada so far. All the protesters are hiding under their beds because we have a Dem president and they're afraid to undermine his presidency I guess. I've been to several progressive websites and old stand-bys and there's all sorts of political action going on except anti-war. More people need to read this and deal with the reality of what we're doing over there, Dem president or not.
Posted by: lmsinca | January 4, 2011 10:11 AM | Report abuse
Vietnam wasn't Commie enough for you?
Posted by: clawrence12 | January 4, 2011 10:11 AM | Report abuse
Wiping the spittle off the inside of my screen (magically speaking) from the nightly yo mama joke competition...I see this,
"Will the Blue Dogs bark?" I like that Greg, did you make that up?
Posted by: shrink2 | January 4, 2011 10:12 AM | Report abuse
fiona5, you mean Stalin the COMMIE?!
Posted by: clawrence12 | January 4, 2011 10:16 AM | Report abuse
"Sixty-one percent of Americans polled would rather see taxes for the wealthy increased as a first step to tackling the deficit, the poll showed."
Or, in other words, 61% of Americans would rather see the deficit paid for with Other People's Money. Shocker, that.
Posted by: ScottC3 | January 4, 2011 10:21 AM | Report abuse
Tom Udall makes a good case, I heard him make it last night on some radio program. If Republicans are so sure there is a train coming and that the Ds aren't on board etc., they should get all over the Senate rule reform effort. But of course, they know better. They understand gridlock as a conservative position.
But more important, like Citizens United, opacity keeps corruption better hidden; not having to say who gave you that money in that suitcase is a lot easier on the eyes (optics, its all about the optics) than say, Jefferson's frozen cash hoard, or the milk fund Nixon used to pay off the Watergate hacks. At least the anonymous holds have to go. Can anyone defend that practice?
Posted by: shrink2 | January 4, 2011 10:24 AM | Report abuse
On cooperation:
There is a significant amount of uncontroversial legislation in every Congress. Boehner voted with Pelosi 70% of the time [you could look it up] but the bills were of no particular newsworthiness.
The question I raised last night about posturing on big stuff was responded to by shrink who suggested that parliamentary government worked better. It may, but I am unclear why, if it indeed does.
BHO suggests that after the posturing some big stuff will get done. If it does, neither wbg nor b51 will be pleased. While the Prez was hyperbolic in his job creation language, if DC is perceived as blind to unemployment, incumbents will again be slaughtered. I suspect BHO is counting on self preservation as the mechanism for "cooperation".
Just suggesting motive, here, not making any predictions.
Posted by: mark_in_austin | January 4, 2011 10:28 AM | Report abuse
"Or, in other words, 61% of Americans would rather see the deficit paid for with Other People's Money. Shocker, that."
Or maybe 61% believe it was the tax cuts that created the deficit in the first place and think it's time they paid some of it back, shared sacrifice and all.
Posted by: lmsinca | January 4, 2011 10:31 AM | Report abuse
You also realize that polling consistently shows ,when asked about tax rates that "the rich" should pay and actually pay, large majorities actually think they pay their "fair share" or more? And that the public has an exaggerated belief about how much of the budget is spent on defense?
Credit clearly goes to the constant drumbeat of left-wing propaganda for the public's confusion. Bernie should be proud. Stoking the fevered populist mythologies about taxes on "the rich" and defense spending have worked quite well.
Posted by: quarterback1 | January 4, 2011 10:35 AM | Report abuse
shrink2, I will defend anonymous holds AND gridlock (at least for two more years ; )
Posted by: clawrence12 | January 4, 2011 10:35 AM | Report abuse
"fiona5, you mean Stalin the COMMIE?!"
I mean Stalin the ideological purist -- same difference.
"The purge was motivated by the desire on the part of the leadership to remove dissenters from the Party"
"Asked what viewpoints should lead somebody to be evicted from the Republican Party, Wagner offered several, including pro-abortion, pro-gay marriage and anti-gun rights. Anuzis said a Republican official should be excommunicated if he or she votes against the platform more than 20 percent of the time."
Posted by: fiona5 | January 4, 2011 10:38 AM | Report abuse
1. The reps claimed earlier : Are you listening to people ?
The biggest concern about the economy is a job market, (according to CNN polling, voters said that unemployment is roughly twice as important as all other top issues combined.)
(a) The reps do not know how to create jobs, they just have a bunch of general vague ideas that are good for TV spots and adds, but no detailed plans except to go back to business as usual. So all they can do is grandstand and complain and moan. That is a lot easer that actually coming up with ideas that work.
(b) So even though the reps KNOW they can't overturn the new healthcare law, they are going to waste time and money making more NOISE about it just to stir up their base for the 2012 election. It's not like there's anything else for them to do.
And the reps are the first to point and cry about government waste while at the same time they are wasting tax payer money doing it.
2. The reps claimed earlier : Are you listening to people ?
(a) The vast majority of the PEOPLE wanted the public option that the House passed and a majority of the Senate favored, but it couldn't get past the Republican filibuster.
Many voters who oppose the law actually want stronger provisions, not weaker. There remains strong majority support for the public option and stronger laws against industry price-fixing.
(b) The healthcare law will not be repealed. Attempts to repeal healthcare reform will be a big loser for Republicans. Some of the most vehement Republicans pushing for repeal will find their seats endangered in 2012 because of it.
3. The reps are chanting the deficit cut.
(a) Inaction cost, $9trillion over the next decade. Without ACA, health costs will skyrocket, leading to more personal, corporate, and governmental bankruptcy.
(b) The insurers set up a monopoly via consolidation violating an anti-trust law.
(c) The biggest 10 healthcare providers are driven mostly to please Wall Street and must show growing profits every three months in their reports to wall Street or their stocks values go down. So healthcare prices climb at an unreasonable rate at the expense of everyone involved.
Posted by: hsr06011 | January 4, 2011 10:38 AM | Report abuse
"Or maybe 61% believe it was the tax cuts that created the deficit in the first place and think it's time they paid some of it back, shared sacrifice and all."
It never ceases to amaze me how your side can conceive of making people "pay back" their own money, as if it always belonged to the government, and as if there were some a priori debt of X% owed to the government, i.e., other people who demand it. Either way, it doesn't affect Scott's point.
Posted by: quarterback1 | January 4, 2011 10:43 AM | Report abuse
"And that the public has an exaggerated belief about how much of the budget is spent on defense?"
LOL. The US spends more on 'defense' i.e. bloated boondoggle dead-end projects that bleed us for decades -- than the rest of the world combined -- every other country and territory included. There is billions upon billions lost in fraud, waste, double-billing, theft, mismanagement, embezzlement and everyother kind of chicanery, and it's all hidden from public view.
It's the biggest secret slush fund in the world. The taxpayer-funded bales of $100 bills just dropped randomly in Iraq to 'jumpstart the economy' were a good symbol of the rampant, wanton and bottomless spending spree that is our defense 'budget.'
Posted by: fiona5 | January 4, 2011 10:49 AM | Report abuse
"...parliamentary government worked better. It may, but I am unclear why, if it indeed does..."
Those who get paid to opine in this regard suggest that although it is messier in general to have lots of political parties, the process of their needing to get together to be part of the government forces more compromise than the winner take all politics of a two party system, which as the Presidency has become ever more powerful, looks more like a one party system veering back and forth.
Some say the post war, multi-party Western countries are better able to handle pluralism and incorporate the interests of the minority, better than say, anonymous holds, filibusters and so on. Still it is (almost) funny that Assange declared Sweden to be a feminist Saudia Arabia. Reminds me of Married with Children when Al and his buddies form No Ma'am.
Posted by: shrink2 | January 4, 2011 10:50 AM | Report abuse
mark_in_austin writes
"shrink ... suggested that parliamentary government worked better. It may, but I am unclear why, if it indeed does."
Depends on how you measure effectiveness, I think. If your metric is economic growth, our system kicked ass for about 150 years. But that would mean that India & China currently have 'better' governments. If your metric is median standard of living, again, we led the world for a long, long time; and again, we're now slipping (i.e. many parts of Europe have a comparable median standard of living; if we add a variable for class mobility, parts of Europe are currently outscoring us). But do any of those measures accurately reflect the 'effectiveness' of a particular style of government?
Shrink, what do you mean when you say parliamentary 'works' better?
Posted by: bsimon1 | January 4, 2011 10:51 AM | Report abuse
Maybe the 50 million Americans who make less than $20k per year realize they'll have $150-$200 less to spend in the economy over the next two years so they answered the poll with their own pocket book and not some propaganda message.
Posted by: lmsinca | January 4, 2011 10:59 AM | Report abuse
"LOL. The US spends more on 'defense' i.e. bloated boondoggle dead-end projects that bleed us for decades -- than the rest of the world combined -- every other country and territory included."
Why be a piker in your fabulism? Why not just claim we spend more on defense than the rest of the world spends on everything? You'd have just as much factual basis. I've notice that this is one of those left-wing fabrications that keeps growing -- it used to be "more than the next X countries" combined. Now it's the whole world.
But, in any event, it doesn't even address the point. And, btw, if you actualy have solid figures for the military spending of China, Russia and a few other countries, you should probably provide that information to our intelligence agencies. I'm sure they'd like to know.
"There is billions upon billions lost in fraud, waste, double-billing, theft, mismanagement, embezzlement and everyother kind of chicanery, and it's all hidden from public view."
All hidden except that you have the goods. Again, you should get your info right over to Obama, cuz I'm pretty sure he's against all that waste fraud and abuse type stuff.
Btw, when the DNC appoints a chairman or welcomes candidates who oppose abortion and gay rights and favor cutting spending and taxes, let us know. Then, I guess we'll know your party has outgrown its Stalinist stage.
Posted by: quarterback1 | January 4, 2011 11:03 AM | Report abuse
I don't think anyone disputes the polling reflects self-interest, which your side decries except when it is recast this way as "we are all in this together." You can speculate that it isn't influenced by the 24/7 propaganda that the "rich" don't pay taxes, and that the "budget is being balanced on the backs of the poor," but I doubt it.
Btw, it's a little misleading, too, because there isn't nearly enough money in taxing the rich to balance the budget. Not even close.
Posted by: quarterback1 | January 4, 2011 11:16 AM | Report abuse
@cao: "But he got away wiffit 'cause American thirst for blood needed to be slaked. After that alleged terrorist attack."
Alleged? You a troofer, cao?
Posted by: Kevin_Willis | January 4, 2011 11:23 AM | Report abuse
All, a longer take on Lamar Alexander's comically misleading pushback on filibuster reform:
Posted by: Greg Sargent | January 4, 2011 11:26 AM | Report abuse
quarterback1, I realize that your point was focused on leftist propaganda about defense spending, but SIPRI actually does a pretty good job of tracking it:
Posted by: clawrence12 | January 4, 2011 11:32 AM | Report abuse
"Of course the Afghanistan war isn't worth it. The only reason Bush went there was to boost his self-esteem an' call hisself a war persident."
I suppose the Dems all supported it so they could call him that. Or did they want to be a War Congris?
Posted by: quarterback1 | January 4, 2011 11:33 AM | Report abuse
Our 2009 defense spending (of course we are in two wars) accounted for approximately 43 percent of all defense spending. As a percentage of GDP, however, at least nine countries spend more than we do on defense. I doubt that many protesters are complaining in Saudi Arabia though.
Posted by: clawrence12 | January 4, 2011 11:39 AM | Report abuse
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Most Americans think the United States should raise taxes for the rich to balance the budget, according to a 60 Minutes/Vanity Fair poll released on Monday.
"A 60 Minutes/Vanity Fair poll (Reuters)"
Is there anyone who believes such a poll is not biased towards the Obamacrats??
Not bloody likely!
You may as well have a poll done by "Rolling Stone" magazine. What a laugh!
Those organizations are all Obama, loafer-lickers, 100%. They are MSM, Democrat propagandists. They are NYTs wannabes.
The two best polls are Gallup and Rasmussen. Liberals hate 'em because the truth mostly hurts liberals and their pink-cloud delusions.
Posted by: battleground51 | January 4, 2011 11:44 AM | Report abuse
I don't put a lot of stock in the accuracy of compilations like that. There's no chance that any of these peace groups actually know what many countries spend on defense -- on budget, off budget, dollar/yuan, etc. It's not possible. Our own intelligence agencies have not done well historically knowing this kind of thing, and they are a lot more capable than Stockholm peaceniks.
Indeed, just look at the internal contradictions in fiona's position. She just knows that US defense spending is a massive, secret slush fund hidden from public view. Yet claims to know what the entire rest of the world actually spends.
It's patent nonsense.
Posted by: quarterback1 | January 4, 2011 11:46 AM | Report abuse
Is the 43% from SIPRI?
Posted by: quarterback1 | January 4, 2011 11:50 AM | Report abuse
@qb: "All hidden except that you have the goods"
I expect accusations of waste and fraud are at least somewhat accurate, as they are in any large scale administrative bureaucracy. If such difficulties are a reason to pare the defense budget, than they should also be a good reason to cut all other government expenditures. Because there are opportunities for fraud and waste in Medicare, Social Security, and all forms of federal assistance.
But, let's say we make a few draconian cuts to our outrageous defense budget. First to go is probably the money spent on medical research (such as cancer research), drug panels, technology research development, etc. Then, of course, we need to cut that pricey healthcare budget. Then we should probably cut training: talk about wasting money! Investments in new equipment, like, say, armored Humvees and new body armor of troops--I think that's a good idea, but, alas, it's part of our bloated military budget.
Of course, the biggest expense is personnel, uniformed and civilian, so we'd need to firing huge chunks of those guys. Not that that constitutes an attack on the public sector, or anything. Or trying to balance the budget on the backs of men and women who have devoted their lives to public service.
Then we can cut military construction and family housing budgets, and, of course, cut the procurement budgets. They can use old weapons and ration bullets and patch planes and submarines. And who needs drones to keep our military men and women out of harms way? Those things are expensive.
In 2010, DoD budget counted for about 19% of federally budgeted expenditures. Including non DoD stuff, it was more.
Posted by: Kevin_Willis | January 4, 2011 11:51 AM | Report abuse
i just loooove this one:
Or maybe 61% believe it was the tax cuts that created the deficit in the first place and think it's time they paid some of it back, shared sacrifice and all.
I had to look up "shared sacrifice" in my handy dandy Liberal to English: English to Liberal translation dictionary.
Here's what it means: the liberals "share" some one else's sacrifice.
the simple fact is that the government doesn't have a revenue problem, it has a spending problem. Liberals will never admit this because the amount the government spends is a proxy measure for its size and scope. Spending less by the government means doing less by the government and liberals can't tolerate that. Even if, as the welfare system clearly proves, the spending is deleterious to society.
Posted by: skipsailing28 | January 4, 2011 11:56 AM | Report abuse
"BHO suggests that after the posturing some big stuff will get done."
I pray to god that Obama does do any "big stuff" because it will come at the expense of the Middle Class and the Poor. Obama is a Republicrat through and through. Maybe he's inept politically as well or maybe he's just pretending and actually getting exactly what he wants. It doesn't make any difference. It is actions that count. By voluntarily adding 850B to the debt Obama has set the country up for an assault on the New Deal. That is clear. The only question is whether Democratic Regulars will stand for a Dem Pres doing what they would never permit a Repub to do. The question for real Democrats (not Republicrats) is: what's more important, Pres Obama or the country. The first few rounds have clearly gone to Obama but I'm hopeful that Obama's attack on the Welfare State may actually wake real Dems from their stupor.
Same goes for the wars, Ims. If Obama doesn't get us out of Afghanistan next year I hope that Dems will remember what they stand for, and it isn't lockstep support of anything a president of their party decides; that is, or should be, the province of the GOP. Dems can think for themselves. I hope they do. And please dear god no "big things" from Obama. The time for "big things" was right after the election but Obama squandered all his political capital doing Republicrat things the country didn't want. The time for "big things" is gone. Now it's hold on and hope Obama doesn't dismantle the New Deal.
Posted by: wbgonne | January 4, 2011 11:59 AM | Report abuse
Exactly. They want to share what others sacrifice. Always and without exception.
And the person who is to make all the sacrifices is called "greedy" and "selfish," while those "sharing" are said to bear all the burdens. It's beyond Orwellian.
The national income tax along with the New Deal has fundamentally compromised the integrity of our system.
Posted by: quarterback1 | January 4, 2011 12:07 PM | Report abuse
"But I'm pretty confident that they're going to recognize that our job is to govern and make sure that we are delivering jobs for the American people and that we are creating a competitive economy for the 21st century," the president said.
Sheesh, everyone's a comedian.
Posted by: shrink2 | January 4, 2011 12:07 PM | Report abuse
quarterback1, yes (which is why I said "approximately"). Note however that even 43% defeats fiona5's points.
Kevin_Willis, wasn't our 2009 defense spending $663 billion?
Posted by: clawrence12 | January 4, 2011 12:14 PM | Report abuse
Yes, I did notice. Even data from a Swedish peace institute doesn't support poor fiona. But sneers and lies are what she does.
Posted by: quarterback1 | January 4, 2011 12:17 PM | Report abuse
I see you guys missed my snarkiness in the "shared sacrifice" comment. Uh, isn't that what people are begging for when they bring up cuts to SS? So far the only ones being asked to sacrifice are public employees, and I'm not talking waste, I'm talking wages, those making below $20k per year, and of course seniors. I wouldn't worry though, you got your tax cuts for at least another two years.
Anyway, I'm back to work this week so have a good one.
Posted by: lmsinca | January 4, 2011 12:26 PM | Report abuse
"Obama figures that because adding jobs to the economy is his top priority, he needs someone with close ties to the American business community ..."
Because he doesn't have enough people in his administration with close ties to the business community already, right? Wouldn't want to get someone who represented workers in that position. So far labor's represented by Hilda Solis and ... ummm... did I mention Hilda Solis?
Posted by: stonedone | January 4, 2011 12:40 PM | Report abuse
At least Obama got DADT repealed. BTW - http://OutMilitary.com is adding hundreds of new members everyday. Thank you gays and lesbians in uniform for your service.
Posted by: joined | January 4, 2011 1:01 PM | Report abuse
poor babies:
I see you guys missed my snarkiness in the "shared sacrifice" comment. Uh, isn't that what people are begging for when they bring up cuts to SS? So far the only ones being asked to sacrifice are public employees, and I'm not talking waste, I'm talking wages, those making below $20k per year, and of course seniors. I wouldn't worry though, you got your tax cuts for at least another two years.
Many of the states are bankrupt. The teachers are grossly overcompensated and producing a very mediocre product. AFSCME spent millions on the last election trying to stave off the inevitable. there are rumors that the sanitation department in NYC slowed down to send a message to their boss. and the list goes on. Bell, California anyone?
It is hard to have a lot of pity for the government's employees. It is the only sector of the economy that has grown since MR Obama took office. We can't afford them, we certainly don't need them and why shouldn't they face the same economic turmoil as the people who work to pay thier vast salaries?
Meanwhile the envy goes on. the liberals are appalled that rich people can keep some of the money they worked hard for. It is, to their perverse thinking anyway both a crime and a gift. It is a crime, these perverts hold, to allow anyone making more than X to keep any of that money. It is only through the good graces of Obama himself that this happens at all. Letting people keep their money is now a gift from the government.
Yo, liberals can you spell serfdom? I didn't think so.
Posted by: skipsailing28 | January 4, 2011 1:22 PM | Report abuse
At least all of those federal lawsuits challenging the Constitutionality of ObamaCare would be immediately dismissed if this were enacted:
Posted by: clawrence12 | January 4, 2011 3:37 PM | Report abuse
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