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Consensus Report
Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades: The Fifth Biennial Review, 2014 (2014)Water Science and Technology Board
Each report is produced by a committee of experts selected by the Academy to address a particular statement of task and is subject to a rigorous, independent peer review; while the reports represent views of the committee, they also are endorsed by the Academy. Learn more on our expert consensus reports.
Despite exceptional project planning accomplishments, over the past two years progress toward restoring the Everglades has been slowed by frustrating financial and procedural constraints. The Central Everglades Planning Project is an impressive strategy to accelerate Everglades restoration and avert further degradation by increasing water flow to the ecosystem. However, timely authorization, funding, and creative policy and implementation strategies will be essential to realize important near-term restoration benefits. At the same time, climate change and the invasion of nonnative plant and animal species further challenge the Everglades ecosystem. The impacts of changing climate-- especially sea-level rise-- add urgency to restoration efforts to make the Everglades more resilient to changing conditions.
Key Messages
- Most Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) progress has been focused on the edges of the historic Everglades, and ecosystem declines continue in the central Everglades. The Central Everglades Planning Project prioritizes increments (or components) of a number of CERP projects described in the original restoration plan. Implementation of the plan would provide significant new water flow to the central Everglades, equivalent to approximately two-thirds of the new water envisioned in the CERP.
- Creative solutions could help expedite restoration, for example by finding permit mechanisms to move clean water into the Everglades prior to completion of the entire Restoration Strategies project. Without such solutions, redistribution of existing water may not be feasible until 2035 or beyond, and at the envisioned funding level of $100 million per year, construction would not be completed for approximately four decades.
- The report found that the infrequency of Water Resources Development Acts (the congressional mechanism for authorizing CERP projects exceeding $25 million), the availability of funding, and cost-sharing challenges have impeded CERP progress over the past two years. The Water Resources and Reform Development Act 2014 -- the first authorization in seven years -- enabled four additional CERP projects to proceed with federal funding, although the Central Everglades Planning Project was not completed in time to be included in the legislation.
- The Integrated Delivery Schedule, which lays out construction plans for the next decade, needs to be revisited to integrate the newly authorized projects and the Central Everglades Planning Project with existing restoration efforts. Amid limited funding, all projects cannot be advanced equally, and planners should consider factors such as climate change and sea-level rise to determine which projects have the greatest potential for restoration benefits.
- Sea-level rise has already increased saltwater intrusion into Everglades freshwater habitats and urban water supplies, and future changes in temperature and precipitation are likely to affect the timing, volume, and quality of freshwater and distribution of species, as well as increasing agricultural water demands. Although they challenge to restoration efforts, climate change and sea level rise provide a strong incentive for accelerating restoration to enhance the ecosystem's ability to withstand and adapt to future changes. For example, improvements in Everglades water depths would promote higher rates of peat accretion to reduce wetland loss caused by sea level rise.
- The report recommends that climate change be incorporated into adaptive management planning at both the project scale and in system wide goals, and planners should design for flexibility so new knowledge and improved climate change projections can be incorporated as they become available and future restoration efforts can be adjusted appropriately.
- Planners should also consider the implications of restoration activities on nonnative species. The invasion of nonnative plants and animals displace native species and disrupt ecosystem structure and function, and some projects may affect the extent and abundance of nonnative species populations. Although there has been good coordination of invasive species management at the project level, strategic coordination over management and research priorities is lacking, the report found.
- Effective prioritization of invasive species management requires a comprehensive understanding of all nonnative species present in the Everglades and their impacts and threats, as well as those of impending or possible new arrivals. Substantial research is needed to assess the various impacts of nonnative species on the ecosystem and its native species to determine which species could reasonably be predicted to have considerable ecological impacts. A strategic early detection and rapid response system that addresses all areas, habitats, and species is needed, the report says.
- Scientific research provides the knowledge and tools that can help decision makers ensure the substantial resources invested in Everglades restoration are used wisely. Long-term monitoring collects useful information for understanding how projects are changing ecosystem conditions. A comprehensive re-evaluation of restoration-related monitoring is needed to determine its adequacy considering budget pressures, extended implementation timeframes, and potential impacts of climate change and sea-level rise. In addition, renewed attention to science coordination and communication is needed, which includes adequate funding and staff and a clear charge to address critical science needs from a restoration perspective.
About this Report
Authoring Body:Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress
Primary Board:Water Science and Technology Board
Other Report(s) in this series:Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades: The Second Biennial Review, 2008 (2008)
Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades: The Third Biennial Review--2010 (2010)
Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades: The First Biennial Review, 2006 (2006)
Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades: The Fourth Biennial Review, 2012 (2012)
Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades: The Sixth Biennial Review, 2016 (2016)
Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades: The Seventh Biennial Review - 2018 (2018)


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Racquetball and Fitness Clubs Inc.'s auspicious beginnings.
NEW YORK - Rick Caro, president of New York's Management Vision Inc., and the Los Angeles-based investment firm of Brentwood Associates have created a new company, Racquetball and Fitness Clubs Inc. (RFC). The company's goal is to grow by acquiring existing, well-managed club clusters with strong presence in a local market, a history of financial success and with growth potential.
"We plan to accelerate our clubs' growth from clustered groups of two or three to groups of 10 or more, primarily through acquisition and limited new construction," David Wong, general partner of Brentwood Associates, said in a statement. "It's reasonable for us to expect annual revenue of $300 to $500 million over the next three to five years, which would place RFC among the nation's three largest club companies."
The first company to come under the RFC banner is Bruce Hendin's Rac-quet-ball and Fitness Clubs of San Antonio. RFC reports that the operational transition will be seamless. Hendin has chosen to retain a significant equity stake in RFC and will serve as president of the Texas region.
Currently, RFC is searching for a CEO, CFO and CIO. Caro, now serving as interim CEO, will assume full chairmanship responsibilities after the CEO is hired.

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Regular readers of Tattoosday will notice that, although I generally follow a chronological order when I share tattoos I have encountered.
However, certain pieces, for various and sundry reasons, have been bypassed, and haven't made it to the blog, until now.
I was originally going to post a dozen to represent the Twelve Days of Christmas, but I settled for eight. For the nights of Chanukah, perhaps?
Without intending to offend anyone for not receiving a post all to themselves, I have lumped these tattoos, spanning from late August to late October, in one post.
These are the neglected tattoo pictures that are just a little off, some not through the fault of the contributor, but for reasons beyond their control.
The quality of the photo may not be ideal, or the host and I faced a language barrier that prevented a good back story from emerging, or I didn't find the story behind the tattoo especially compelling. And then
there's what is likely one of the poorest tattoos I have seen, but the story behind it is somewhat compelling.
So, without further ado, here is a Christmas cleaning, eight posts rolled together into one gigantic one.
First up, we have Esteban, who shared his sleeve when I met him in September, at Fairway in Red Hook:
Alas, I was still using a borrowed camera, and several shots were over-exposed and/or blurry, but I was able to salvage this one:
The artwork is pre-Colombian in its inspiration, and is part of a larger tropical motif.
Next up we have Dave, who I met in Penn Station. He has over 25 tattoos and selected this one to share:
The phrase "Uniting the Strong" is the title of a song from Victim in Pain, the second album from the band Agnostic Front. This is a friendship tattoo that stresses unity and the host's nod to the hardcore punk scene.
Dave credits Jelena at Lone Wolf Tattoo in Bellmore, New York with this piece.
Next we have Orlando, a Fine Arts student at FIT, where I met him outside while walking toward 23rd Street on my lunch break, also in September.
This ship tattoo is an homage to his father, who served in the navy for thirty years. He wanted a "classic look" in the Sailor Jerry style.
Orlando confirmed for me that his dad loves the tattoo.
It was inked at Crazy Fantasy Tattoo in Manhattan by an artist named Antonio.
[Update: I got a better, crisper picture from Orlando of the ship tattoo in May 2011:]
Orlando has seven tattoos in all [in May 2011, he updated this number to ten], and shared this one, as well, inked at Dare Devil Tattoo on the Lower East Side.
The quote, "This my excavation and today is Kumran" is from a song called "re: Stacks" by Bon Iver.
Orlando explained that he interprets this quote as a reminder that "every day has the ability to make you or break you. It just depends on what you do with it." Other interpretations are here.
For the record, I did email Orlando to ask for an opportunity to get clearer pictures, but I did not hear back from him.
I met Farkas in Union Square back in October. He had this wolf on his right arm:
He explained that his name means "wolf" in Hungarian, and that one of his friends in Hungary did this tattoo for him.
A couple days after meeting Farkas, I met an Israeli named Ran on 34th Street across from Macy*s. He shared this iguana on his right leg:
It's a pretty nice tattoo, but he hasn't sent me any further details about it.
A couple weeks later, I was in the West Village before a concert, and met Carlos, a manager at the Qdoba Mexican Grill where we were having a quick bite before the show. He shared this intricate tattoo on his right arm:
He and friend collaborated on this tattoo together. He told me that, when he was little, he did jigsaw puzzles with his mother a lot. The tattoo reminds him of those fun times growing up.
The following week, I ran into Iancu in Penn Station, and he shared this piece on his upper left arm:
Iancu told me he came to the artist, Rico, formerly of Rising Dragon in Manhattan, who was initially unwilling to do the tattoo. However, he convinced him to do it. It's basically a Guns N' Roses tribute although, he
noted, the guns were added about a year and a half after the original design was inked.
And finally, I must first say that it is very rare that I ever criticize the quality of a tattoo.
Even if it is inferior to the work of much better artists, I always like to believe there are some redeeming qualities in a tattoo.
Which is why I struggled with this next tattoo, which I photographer back in August, and which I have included in this odds and ends post in December.
I approached a guy named Danny who had a lot of interestingly-tattooed words and such on his arms.
However, he offered to remove his shirt in Penn Station so I could photograph this:
Um, yeah.
If this was done by an experienced artist, I would likely not have posted it. Despite its obvious flaws, it is compelling, in my opinion, because Danny told me, like all his tattoos (15 or 16, he told me), this one was
self-inked. Now, I can see tattooing one's arm or leg, but I cannot even fathom how challenging it would be to self-tattoo your chest. He estimated this took one and a half hours to do.
The message is "Diamonds Aren't Forever," or, in Danny's words, "don't take what you have for granted".
So there you have it, a Spring Cleaning for Christmas.
I do sincerely thank the individuals who shared their tattoos in this entry. Happy Holidays, y'all!


text: Although Ethan Hawke recently denied reports that the long-rumored third Before Sunrise movie was already filming, saying that his recent meeting with director Richard Linklater in Greece was just about "developing ideas" and "not really worth talking about," it turns out that this was just a lot of words—beautiful words that can make for engrossing all-night conversation, but words that so often just get in the way of people saying what they really mean, you know? So now, in the light of day, we awake ready to confront the truth: Linklater, Hawke, and Julie Delpy have actually already shot the film, wrapping "late last night" in a whirlwind of heady conversation and pointing cameras at that heady conversation. As hinted, Delpy and Hawke's perfectly complementary yet maddeningly hesitant lovers Celine and Jesse will find themselves wandering through Greece this time, once again discussing where their lives have led them in the last nine years since they saw each other. Fittingly, the film will be titled Before Midnight, as neither Celine nor Jesse can stay up all that late anymore.


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Tournament Title: CC [Nuclear] Dubs - WWII Eastern Front
Tournament Type: Doubles
Comments: The concept is a doubles single-elimination tournament with nuclear spoils to be played on the WWII maps.
- Number of entrants: 16 (8 teams)
- Map: WWII Eastern Front
- Game Type: Doubles
- Play Order: Sequential
- Troop Deployment: Automatic
- Spoils: Nuclear
- Reinforcements: Chained
- Fog of War: Yes
Miscellaneous: Single-elimination, bracket tournament (bracket to be determined by random.org). 48 hours to join each game, 100% of the spots open to sign-ups (in this thread).


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New York Giants defensive end Osi Umenyiora has been fined $20,000 by the NFL for missing a mandatory Super Bowl media session this morning.
The NFL announced the fine less than two hours after the Giants wrapped up their 45-minute session.
Umenyiora was supposed to be sitting at a riser answering questions, but he never showed up.
The rest of the Giants players and coaches attended the session, four days before the NFL title game between the Giants and the New England Patriots.
Giants spokesman Pat Hanlon said Umenyiora was in meetings and will practice. He did not give a reason for Umenyiora's absence from the media session.


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SXSW Music Picks: Schoolboy Q is a star on the rise
Meet one of our favorite artists from the 2014 South by Southwest music conference and festival in Austin, Texas.
Name: ScHoolboy Q
City: Los Angeles
Website: www.txdxe.com
Local shows: 8 and 11 p.m. April 10; Regency Ballroom, S.F.; $30-$32, www.goldenvoice.com.
Key cuts: "Hands on the Wheel," "Man of the Year"
The skinny: ScHoolboy Q is on track to become one of the big breakthrough artists of 2014. His recently released major-label debut - "Oxymoron," which follows two independent offerings - is an early contender for hip-hop album of the year. People are already catching on, which is why there was so much buzz around ScHoolboy's high-profile showcase in Austin. The talented rhyme master performed as part of the iTunes Festival at SXSWand didn't look out of place in a lineup that included such megastars as Coldplay, Pitbull and Kendrick Lamar (Q's comrade in the Los Angeles-based hip-hop collective Black Hippy). Everything is pointing to it being ScHoolboy Q's moment. And his solid SXSW set firmly underscored that he's more than capable of grasping it.


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An inspection has labeled the 50-year-old Venice Circus Arena as an unsafe structure. The city has 60 days to devise a plan to deal with it. While demolition may be the easy way out, here are 10 reasons not to take that approach:
Circuses played a big role in the history of this area. Yes, Venice could commemorate that history with displays in a museum. But there's no way to replicate the feeling of standing in a building where the world's top circus performers once rehearsed for the "Greatest Show on Earth."
The arena, and the culture it represents, has meaning for a lot of people, some of it simply a product of good memories from sitting in the audience during childhood. Circuses are not dead. Many retired, or still practicing, circus folks live in our area. They are a minority population whose interests should not be disregarded.
Venice could redeem itself. City government should be ashamed of the way it has allowed the arena to deteriorate over the past 20 years under its ownership and control. If it had set aside even $50,000 a year for maintenance, we wouldn't be having this discussion.
In 2010, City Council granted the nonprofit Circus Arts Foundation five years to raise $500,000 toward renovating the arena. That time has not passed, yet the city is now threatening to raze the structure, having not met even the most minimal expectation of keeping it safe. A deal is a deal. The city should uphold its part.
A refurbished arena could be a money-maker for the city, or at least spur the tourism that helps other businesses in the area make money. This overly optimistic notion, or so it seems, comes from Economic Consulting Services of California, commissioned by the foundation for a prognosis. ECS concluded the arena would gross $4.3 million the first year with trade shows, sporting events, plays, conferences, social gatherings and concerts (The analysts didn't say it, but circuses should be added to that list). The firm estimated costs at $3.2 million, leaving a surplus of $1.1 million the first year alone. City council should at the very least explore the methodology and assumptions behind ECS's projections.
CS's numbers may be pie-in-the-sky, but so are the alternatives suggested for the site. At this time, on paper, publicly announced, there are no proposals for businesses or anything else to replace the arena. Nothing. Sure, everyone has ideas, but someone has to actually invest in them before Venice Airport, on whose land this sits, can collect the $460,000-a-year fair market rent the property supposedly is worth. And the replacement ideas that have arisen a small shopping center, for instance -- are just the same-old, same-old.
he circus arena is distinctive. Most places don't have one, and it could be a real novelty if developed with imagination.
ilson Structural Consultants' inspection of the structure revealed a glass half-full, not half-empty as some have suggested. The roof is shot, and most of the add-ons should be demolished, but the steel beams supporting the arena where Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey performed are still in good shape. The beauty of that lies in the fact that this skeleton represents the original structure, which was open. Although the beams would have to be covered in some way to prevent further deterioration, recreating an open arena would not only adhere to historic authenticity, but it would cost less than the $12 million that ECS had projected for renovation, presumably of the entire structure, based on $100 a square foot.
"Once specific repairs have been designed, it may be determined that renovation is not economically feasible," engineer Richard Wilson wrote. Or, it may be that it is. No one really knows because no one has looked at it that closely. The arena, and the history it represents, deserves that close look.
f, after they've gathered all the facts, city council members still fear the costs of renovation, they could finance it through bonding, which would require a vote of the public. Former Mayor Ed Martin has suggested that, and it's not a bad idea.
Bottom line, when the city buys something, it does so only after due diligence determines the value of the investment. It should perform that same level of due diligence when it demolishes something, especially something so entwined with Venice's history.
Eric Ernst's column runs Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. Contact him at email@example.com or (941) 486-3073.
10 reasons to pause before razing arena
An inspection has labeled the 50-year-old Venice Circus Arena as an unsafe structure. The city has 60 days to devise a plan to deal with it. While demolition may be the easy way out, here are 10 reasons not to take that approach:


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The Mint did not issue the 2011-D Uncirculated Kennedy Half Dollars into circulation. Instead, they sold the coins to the public at a premium in bags and rolls. The $100 bags contained 200 coins each and the rolls were sold in two coin roll sets which contained 25 coins each.
Issue Date: February 15, 2011
$100 Coin Bags: The Mint sold the 200 coin bags at a price of $134.95
Two Roll Sets: The Mint sold the two roll sets at a price of $34.95 for the two rolls. One roll had 25 coins from the Philadelphia Mint and the second roll had 25 coins from the Denver Mint.


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Hotels - http://bit.ly/pVKpDl "If you're quick with a knife, you'll find that the invisible hand is made of delicious invisible meat" #xkcd
#Amazon Looking to Buy #Palm - http://on.mash.to/plDvNX sounds bonkers to me, but what do I know?
Dear Internet, We Need Better Image Archives - http://bit.ly/ptIkSD yup #opencontent #pd
Laws of #logic apparently off limits in the law - http://bit.ly/o0hvpn sounds logical to me... #patents #genepatents
Major #Usenet Provider Ordered to Remove All Infringing Content - http://bit.ly/qoHlys ridiculous: tantamount to shutting it down
Access to scientific publications should be a fundamental right - http://bit.ly/phTMjP this is what it is all about... #openaccess
The Free Software Directory - http://bit.ly/pYcAPF 6000 instantiations of freedom for your digital delectation #fsf
Making #Mozilla big in learning - http://bit.ly/pAnJD3 splendid idea; not so sure about the gamification stuff, though... #education
Burma stoppt milliardenschweres Staudamm-Projekt - http://bit.ly/pKkcQD wow, strange outbreak of good sense...in Burma #environment
French National Assembly discusses amendments on decoupling hardware and software sales - http://bit.ly/pDoy3f we need this everywhere
Teachers Fired Over Mandarin Ability - http://bit.ly/pr6YUB #china practising cultural genocide in #xinjiang as in #tibet #uyghurs
#Copyright vs #Competition law - a new dawn in European broadcasting?? - http://bit.ly/qUAQY7 potentially very big
Of Glasshouses, Stones and #Copyright Infringement - http://bit.ly/oX7GHj strange how maximalists always infringe themselves... #germany
It's Not Environment vs. Jobs, It's Sustainable Jobs vs. Unsustainable Ones - http://bit.ly/nSwaod is this really so hard to understand?
ZaReason Working to Release First True Open Source Tablet - http://bit.ly/osEpXI we definitely need this
#Microsoft, Red Cross and UN sucked into global news fixing row - http://ind.pn/r2wzbQ sounds pretty stinky #publishing
The blind petition for braille access - http://bit.ly/pUMk6k "will ask Commission to stop opposing treaty & put an end to discrimination"
Indian Government To Launch $35 Tablet On Oct 5 - http://bit.ly/nN3fkx that would be impressive #india
Russian Search Engine #Yandex Leads $30 Million Investment In Blekko - http://selnd.com/oRLrka v interesting linkup #russia #search
Roberto Galoppini: I have joined SourceForge as its Senior Director of Business Development - http://bit.ly/niB7OC good to see a European
The due-process-free assassination of U.S. citizens is now reality - http://bit.ly/r4iE11 surely a key moment in the decline of the US
1 week to go! (until Ada Lovelace Day) http://bit.ly/o5i54V "celebrating achievements of women in science, technology, engineering & maths"
Guy Arrested, Threatened With 15 Years For Recording Traffic Stop In Illinois - http://bit.ly/qmTP6E & the police fear the truth because...?
29-year-old woman born deaf hears herself for the first time - http://bit.ly/oRbDb7 moving stuff #happiness
#London shop becomes world's first official in-store #Google #Chromebook seller - http://tnw.co/na3vX3 well...
#IBM overtakes #Microsoft, becomes the second most valuable technology firm - http://bit.ly/okS7V6 another symbolic moment...
#ACTA is inconsistent with US laws on injunctions and damages - http://bit.ly/q7EXoR useful summary
StatusNet 1.0.0: It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) - http://bit.ly/nrq9Zx kudos #microblogging #identica


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Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Speaking science: What politicians' spontaneous gestures tell you about their message
After scrutinizing video from the final 2004 and 2008 U.S. presidential debates, researchers found that right-handed politicians—in this case, Massachusetts Senator John Kerry and former President George W. Bush--tend to gesture with their right hands when they're speaking positively. Their left hands spring into action when they have something negative to say.
But just the opposite was true for the 2008 left-handed contenders, Arizona Senator John McCain and now-President Barack Obama. They gestured with their left hands when they said something positive, and saved their right hand gestures for negative speech.
It's a striking finding, particularly given the strong associations that "right" has with ideas such as intelligence, honesty, and goodness across cultures. But something deeper—and more personal-- is at work here, said Daniel Casasanto, a neurobiologist from the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in the Netherlands.
"Overall, the data support the idea that people associate good things with the side of their body they can use most fluently," Casasanto said. "Dominant is fluent, and fluent is good."
In their report published in the journal PLOS One, Casasanto and psychologist Kyle Jasmin at the New School for Social Research in New York suggest that this "body-specific" association is mostly unconscious. Presidential candidates—and the rest of us—don't wittingly link their dominant-side gestures to positive speech. But those gestures could be useful for those of us trying to decipher a speaker's true feelings.
"If listeners can track which hand a speaker uses to gesture," Casasanto said, "they may be able to receive subtle clues to the speaker's attitude toward the things they are talking about." Of course, he added, a listener would have to know if the speaker was right-handed or left-handed.
In this case, right and left don't appear to have anything to do with "right-wing" and "left-wing" political leanings. If you're right-handed, right is good—no matter what your campaign ads say.
(Editor's note: This post was reported and written by freelance writer Becky Ham as part of our ongoing "speaking science" series on the research behind public speaking.)
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The summer solstice means the days are longer
And early vivid sunlight hits your eyes
Your cry is slight at first, but then it's stronger
The sun has risen; thus, the son must rise.
Your urgency informs your green Gestalt
As you attempt to yank me from my bed
I brace for the inev'table assault
I shield my face, you grab my nuts instead.
Your voice rings forth in obstinate soprano
Rebuffing all your mom's and my entreaties
Before too long, you're at your toy piano
And I'm stuck pouring coffee in my Wheaties.
I'd drag a rusty blade across my cheek
Or shove a red-hot poker through my spleen
I'd snorkel in a cesspool for a week
If you would only sleep past 6:15!


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A Tribute to Bob Chanin
A Life Dedicated to Public Education
Last Updated July 9, 2009
NEA General Counsel Bob Chanin has called his 41 years at NEA "the closest you can get to having a well-paying job doing pro bono work."
Chanin has briefed and argued five cases before the U.S. Supreme Court and has filed amicus curiae briefs in another 25. Under Chanin's legal guidance, the NEA achieved a breakthrough in 1965 by becoming the first professional organization to desegregate. The then-predominantly White NEA merged at the national level with the American Teachers Association, which represented Black teachers. It took 10 years to enforce the merger on sometimes reluctant state affiliates. Chanin helped to oust all-White Mississippi and Louisiana teachers' groups that refused to integrate.
Pre-Eminent Advocate
Chanin, a widely recognized authority on public-sector labor relations, helped draft and implement labor statutes in 13 states. He has negotiated collective bargaining agreements on behalf of NEA affiliates in various jurisdictions. "I don't think there was any negotiation that I was involved in from beginning to end that ultimately ended up in a strike," he said.
Chanin currently serves as president of the National Organization of Lawyers for Education Associations, and as an executive and board member of the National Resource Center for Consumers of Legal Services.
Father, Grandfather, and Emerging Artist
Chanin and his wife of over 50 years, Rhoda, have three children, Jeffrey, Stacy, and Lisa, and five grandchildren. In retirement, Chanin hopes to return to his childhood love of art.
Truth be known, I never really thought I would ever be standing in front of this group talking about Bob's retirement. The thought is alien to me.
Comments are now closed, but you can read these great tributes below and on our message board.
Bob Chanin Farewell Speech
NEA General Counsel Bob Chanin addresses delegates at the 2009 Representative Assembly.
Tribute to Bob Chanin
Shown at the 2009 Representative Assembly, this video retrospective pays tribute to NEA General Counsel Bob Chanin.
Bob Chanin Classic Moment 1
Perhaps the only documented instance in which Bob Chanin did not have the answer.
Bob Chanin Classic Moment 2
Direct and authoritative, Bob Chanin displays typical form at the Representative Assembly.
Bob Chanin by the Numbers
|Number of cases Chanin battled before the US Supreme Court
|US Supreme Court cases he won
|Cases for which he offered "friend of court" briefs to the Supreme Court
|Number of times to which Chanin seems to prefer love to war at the Supreme Court
|Equal Rights Amendment T-shirt he was still wearing at the conclusion of that performance


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It is almost the end of the year and my blog will be 4 years old on 22nd January. What better way to celebrate than with a blogging challenge and one that will make me reflect on my past year's posts?
Adam Simpson posted this challenge in his blog. The idea is to look back at your last year's posts and choose 11 that you think are the best.
I was surprised to find that I actually wrote 28 posts in 2011, 10 more than the year before. I often suffer from blogger's blog and the trick for me is to take blogging challenges and attend workshops and to write about the experience.
So, let's do it:
1. I will start with My Birthday Special, almost a year ago. In that post I wrote about 2010 posts, so if you feel like going further into this blog's past, please do.
2. and 3. A Picture Tells... How Many Words Again and Why I Love Digital Storytelling are inspired by the Digital Storytelling workshop I was attending at the time. In these posts I tried out various activities I had learnt in the workshop.
4. What Is Your Computer Metaphor was written as homework for my Multiliteracies class, but this post is also very important to me. If I was to choose only one post from 2011, I would probably choose this one. I don't often rant, but I came very close to ranting here. I will say no more.
5. Free Tools Challenge #4 - Classtools. The Free Tools Challenge was really great for my blogging. I wrote 12 posts during this challenge and it was difficult to choose only three here. I chose this one, because Classtools are just amazing and I believe everyone should know about them.
6. Free Tools Challenge #12 - Animoto. I was familiar with this tool before the challenge, so I tried to explore Animoto further in this post. I think the result is quite interesting...
7. Free Tools Challenge # 15 - Livebinders. Everyone should know about the wonderful Livebinders. They can be used in the classroom in so many ways.
8. How My PLN Came to Be is a tribute to my Personal Learning Network. You guys deserve it.
9. Get to Know Each Other is a lesson plan, or rather a list of warmers and introductory activities that can be done at the beginning of the school year.
10. Some Important Tricisions is about an online workshop I attended this autumn, but it is also about a useful little tool called Tricider.
11. The Tree: Some Video Activities is again a lesson plan. I won't tell you what it is about, see for yourselves.
So, here we are, many workshops and blogging challenges later. My blog is almost four years old and it is the end of the year. So, let me sign off with the same words I used in my last 2010 post:
It was a good year. The next one will be even better.
Photo on Flickr by Chris Jones
This was true of 2011. And 2012 is going to be just amazing, I know that.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, dear PLN. Thank you for letting me learn with you in 2011.
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The non-Filibuster
Jeff is off on a well-deserved break this week and we decided to give the filibuster a rest as well. We'll be back next week with all the jeremiadical paroxysms you expect from the RSBS crew. In the meantime, to salve the pain of the missing filibuster, we present a recently discovered video of Jeff in the privacy of his own home:[youtube http://youtu.be/7CCn0l-r26I]
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The U.S.dollar gained against most rivals Friday, as a week of data reassured investors that December's dismal employment report wasn't indicative of a broader shift in the economy.
Enlarge Image "While we haven't had massive upside surprises to these reports, they have been strong enough to suggest that last Friday's payrolls number was more of an anomaly," said Omer Esiner, chief market analyst at Commonwealth Foreign Exchange, Inc. The economy last month added just 74,000 jobs, the smallest gain in three years.
The ICE dollar index /quotes/zigman/1652083/realtime DXY +0.33% , a measure of the greenback's strength against six rivals, rose to 81.245 from 80.904 late Thursday. The WSJ Dollar Index /quotes/zigman/9625991/realtime XX:BUXX +0.25% , an alternate gauge of dollar strength, moved up to 74.51 from 74.29.
The ICE dollar index posted a 0.7% weekly gain, with support coming from data such as the better-than-expected rise in December U.S. retail sales and a pickup in regional manufacturing activity.
The Federal Reserve last month determined the economy could withstand the beginning of stimulus withdrawal and decided to reduce its monthly debt purchases by $10 billion to $75 billion this month. But the December jobs report prompted some speculation that the Fed's plans for reducing stimulus could change. Bond purchases by the Fed have been seen as putting pressure on the value of the dollar.
A slew of Fed speeches this week, however, mostly emphasized that the central bank wouldn't be deterred by one report.
"The dollar was under pressure as a result of mounting concerns, on payroll number, that economy may have slowed into the end of 2013," said John Curran, senior vice president at USForex. "This week has alleviated some of those concerns."
On Friday, data showed construction on new homes fell 9.8% in December to an annual rate of 999,000. Economists had factored cold weather into their forecasts, calling for a decline to a rate of 985,000, according to a MarketWatch poll. Overall, new-home construction starts last year hit the highest level since 2007.
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For the week, the Aussie dropped 2.5% against its U.S. counterpart.
If there's a further slowdown in growth in China — Australia's largest export market — and continued deterioration in Australian economic conditions over the coming months, "the RBA will likely be forced to cut rates to 2% or below," said Rivkin global analyst Tim Radford in a note Friday. "More accommodative policies will likely lend support to the broader Australian share market while dragging the Australian dollar to at least 85 [U.S.] cents."


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One hot, humid day, I forgot to grind my soaked moong dal rice mix and it sat on the counter the whole day. The next day I found my whole moong was sprouting tiny buds. So, I grinded the mix for my dosa and then proceeded to soak some more sprouted moong dal for my usal (not to be confused with usual).
The process of sprouting beans/ legumes is easy but does take time so planning a day or two ahead is necessary. Here is the easy 1-2-3 step to sprouting beans (okay, so there are more than three steps to doing this. But it is still easy).
I used 3 cups of water to soak 1/2 cups of moong beans
4. Forget about it for 24 – 30 hours.
You may be tempted to ask, "Why go through the trouble of sprouting the beans?" and here's my answer. The benefits of sprouting beans are many. The sprouting process not only doubles the volume of the beans it also increases the vitamin, mineral and protein content of beans and decreases the calories and carbohydrate content. Plus they taste good even raw. So go ahead and sprout some beans today and cook them the usal way.
The usal is just a simple sauté of onions, garlic and tomatoes with some garam masala thrown in for good measure. For the purist in search of the authentic, adding a little grated coconut will achieve the desired result. I usually omit it in pursuit of retaining the earthy flavor of the moong beans.
Supriya of Red Chilies recently posted this version of cooking moong beans which is also super easy and tastes delicious.
1/2 cup moong beans, sprouted
1 small onion, chopped fine
1 tomato, chopped fine
2-4 garlic cloves
1 tbsp grated coconut (optional)
1 small potato, chopped into cubes (optional)
1 tsp mustard seeds
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 tsp turmeric
1 green chili, chopped fine
1 tsp garam masala
Cilantro for garnish
Grind the onion, coconut (if using), tomato and garlic cloves.
Heat a tablespoon of oil in the small, 3 liter pressure cooker. Alternatively, use a pan with a tight fitting lid. Add the mustard seeds and lower the heat when they start popping.
Add the cumin seeds, green chilli, turmeric powder and garam masala. Let it cook for 30 sec before adding the onion-tomato paste.
Cook till the raw smell of onions turns fragrant and the watery paste turns thick. This should take about 10 min on medium flame.
Add the sprouted moong beans, adjust the water and put the cooker lid on. Turn off the heat after one whistle.
If using a pan, add the tight fitting lid and cook for about 20 minutes or till the beans are cooked through but not mushy.
Transfer to a serving bowl and garnish with chopped cilantro. The usal can be eaten as a side with dal and rotis or as a main dish with rotis.
Notes: If cooking in a pressure cooker, make sure to turn the heat off after one whistle. If not the beans will still taste good but will not hold their shape and will be mushy.
If using, add the cubed potato before adding the onion-tomato paste. Coat it with the spices and cook for a few minutes.
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Written and directed by Andy Abrahams Wilson, the 2008 Academy Award-nominated documentary Under Our Skin explores and exposes one of our nation's most threatening and least regarded epidemic illnesses: Lyme disease.
Through expert interviews with doctors and specialists, and personal accounts from men and woman diagnoses and suffering with Lyme to varying degrees, Under Our Skin paints a picture of a debated disease that hundreds of thousands claim to suffer from, but which many healthcare professionals disregard as nothing more than a cry for attention, a psychosomatic illness, a fabricated collection of imagined symptoms: a farce.
The interviewees display a host of seemingly genuine neurological symptoms and manifestations of incredible full-body pain. Their doctors throw out diagnoses of lupus, MS, rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrom, ADD, syphilis, ALS, and the like. Yet the medications prescribed do nothing to relieve these patients of their symptoms. It's Science v.
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by Kathy Vincent
12/04/2010 / Education
One of the most beautiful transformations in all of nature has to be the caterpillar becoming a butterfly. The old has gone, the new has come. Second Corinthians 5:17 is the ultimate showcase verse for this amazing principle, which says, "If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has gone, the new has come." As God's children, we may not have sprouted wings on the day of our second birth, but we are changing from glory to glory and one day we will shed these old bodies and put on a new body far greater than we can even imagine! I think 2 Corinthians 5:17 is a hallmark Scripture that every Christian should have memorized, so here is a fun Bible school activity you can play with your children to help them memorize it as well.
Here's what you do:
For this activity, you will need to prepare an index card for each word found in 2 Corinthians 5:17. Use 2 index cards for the reference one with 2 Corinthians written on it and the other with 5:17. You should have a total of 20 cards. Laminate them for long-term use. Now display all of the cards in correct verse order, words facing out, on a pocket chart or on a table so that your entire class can see them. Now, make the following cards containing the suggested picture I have listed below on one side of the card and the point value and directions on the other side of the card. Make sure that the kids cannot see through the cards to the other side.
1. Old-fashioned telephone 10 points, Turn over 10 cards
2. Old-fashioned radio 20 points, Turn over 8 cards
3. Old-fashioned record (LP) 30 points, Turn over 6 cards
4. A VHS tape 40 points, Turn over 4 cards
5. A car run on gas 50 points, Turn over 2 cards
6. Old-fashioned roller blades 10 points, Turn over 10 cards
7. Old-fashioned typewriter 20 points, Turn over 8 cards
8. A road map 30 points, Turn over 6 cards
9. Old-fashioned ice box 40 points, Turn over 4 cards
10. A clothesline 50 points, Turn over 2 cards
11. Old-fashioned washboard 10 points, Turn over 10 cards
12. Candles 20 points, Turn over 8 cards
13. Cloth diapers 30 points, Turn over 6 cards
14. Horse and buggy 40 points, Turn over 4 cards
15. Old-fashioned camera 50 points, Turn over 2 cards
Laminate all of these cards. You can display them on a pocket chart, point side down, or fan them out in your hands, from which your kids will pick. You will also need the list of multiple choice questions found at the end of this article. You are now ready to play this activity.
Before playing, say the following to your class:
Who can name something that was old, but is now a new or better version? For example, whenever you would see a movie, it was always in 2D two dimensions. Now, there are a lot of movies in 3D. When I was your age (if this fits you), most fast food restaurants did not have a drive-thru window. Now, almost all of them have drive-thru windows. Who can give me some other examples? (Wait for responses.) Technology has changed the way we live in so many ways. Old things are out of date. New things are cool. Did you know that God is interested in changing our lives? In fact, no one can change a person's life more than God. He's in the business of making us new creations. Who would like to read 2 Corinthians 5:17? (Have a child read the verse.) Wow! That's a pretty awesome verse. Basically, it means that when we accept Jesus as our Savior, He completely changes our life. We may not see the changes right away. In fact, the Bible says we won't experience the complete and total change until we get to Heaven. The bodies we have then, will be nothing like the ones we have now.
Second Corinthians 5:17 is a great verse that we should all memorize to help us remember that if we are a Christian, God has begun a new work in us and will complete it in Heaven. To help us memorize this verse, we're going to play a fun game called "New Creations" and also have a fun look at some old things that have turned new.
Here's how we play: I will divide you into 2 teams. Each team will have the chance to pick one of my picture cards. Each picture will be of something old that is not used very much anymore. On the back of each card is a point value along with a number of cards you will have to turn over on our Scripture cards displayed on the pocket chart (or table). The team with the most points wins.
I will give you a multiple-choice question having to do with the picture you picked. If you answer it correctly, you will get to earn the points listed on the back of the picture if you are able to say the Bible verse correctly with the amount of cards that are showing on our Bible verse display board. After each play, I will turn the Bible verse cards back over for the next player. Let's play!
15 Multiple Choice Questions on Old Things and New Things
1. The telephone Alexander Graham Bell invented the first telephone. In the old days, you had to sit by the phone the whole time you were talking on it. The cord often got tangled up. Today, we talk on
A. Cell phones
B. Tin cans
2. The radio Before TV, there was radio. In the old days, families would sit around the radio listening to their favorite shows and music. The first ones were big and bulky and had to be plugged in to a socket. Today, we listen to music on
A. Record players
B. iPods
3. A record (LP) When people listened to music, they would put these black round discs onto a record player and place a handle, which contained a needle, on top of it. They would go around and around. You couldn't rewind or forward. Today we listen to our music on
A. Tape decks
B. CD's
4. A VHS tape It used to be, that when you wanted to watch a movie at home, you would pop in a videotape into your video player. Today, we watch movies on
A. DVD's
B. Film strips
5. A car that runs only on gas Cars are changing. Most cars have always run on gasoline. But because oil is growing scarce, more and more cars also run on
A. Orange juice
B. Electricity
6. Roller skates Going to the roller rink was lots of fun in the old days, but roller skates were big and bulky. Today, kids where
A. Roller blades
B. Moon shoes
7. A typewriter Click, click, click went the typewriter. Some people were very fast on these old-fashioned machines that used to write everyone's letters. Today, writing words has never been faster because we use
A. Computers
B. Pencils
8. A road map In the old days, if you got lost while driving, you would have to pull off to the side of the road and pull out your road map to figure out how to get where you wanted to go. Today, if someone gets lost, they can just check on their
A. position with the stars
B. GPS systems
9. An old-fashioned icebox My great-great-grandfather used to deliver ice to people's houses for their iceboxes. This was how people kept their food cold. Today, we put our food in a
A. mailbox
B. refrigerator
10. A clothesline In the old days, if you wanted your clothes dry, you had to hang them on a clothesline for a few hours. Today, drying your clothes is easy inside a
A. dryer
B. tanning salon
11. An old-fashioned washboard Your great-grandmas worked hard at washing their clothes. They would often use a washboard to scrub out the stains. Today, your moms use a
A. swimming pool
B. washer
12. Candles - How did people see in the dark in the old days? They used lots and lots and lots of candles. Candle making was a big business. Today, if we want to see in the dark we just use
A. electricity
B. fireflies
13. A horse and buggy In the old days, most families owned a horse and buggy to take them into town. Today, we can travel long distances in a short amount of time in our
A. baby strollers
B. cars
14. Cloth diapers Taking care of a baby is a lot of work. In the old days, moms had to wash a ton of diapers. Today, it's a lot easier. Now, moms can use
A. disposable diapers
B. paper towels
15. An old-fashioned camera Say, "Cheese!" Picture taking and developing was quite a long process in the old days. Today, people can take thousands of pictures in a matter of minutes with their
A. digital cameras
B. TV's
Kathy Vincent is the director of the children's ministry, "The Scripture Lady." For over 2 decades, she has creatively shared the Bible to thousands of children through toe-tapping Bible songs, engaging Bible review games and captivating object lessons that all point to Jesus!
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Hi folks
It occurs to me to wonder whether we -- that is, humanity in generally -- really understands RF propagation and antenna theory. I don't doubt that we can work out the behaviour of ideal antennas made of ideal materials in an infinite volume of free space; but I wonder how much of that theory really still applies in practical applications?
Books, websites, and personal conversations are full of conflicting advice about antenna construction and installation. I can't help thinking that if we _truly_ understood this stuff, the 'right' answer would be known in most practical applications. But I suspect the advice given by most authorities is based on experience and rules-of-thumb rather than on theory. So relatively minor changes in the operating conditions and environment could mean that a particular person's advice, however much based on long experience, is not helpful.
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Denver, Colo., Mar 6, 2013 / 02:02 am MT ().- Those who testified against a Colorado civil unions bill last week included a Catholic man with same-sex attraction and a Colorado attorney general who was adopted through Catholic Charities.
State attorney general John Suthers told the Colorado House Judiciary Committee Feb. 28 that if the bill passes in its current form, "Catholic Charities and some other religiously affiliated social service agencies will no longer be in the adoption business in Colorado."
Suthers, a Catholic and a Republican who testified against the bill in his capacity as a private citizen, was adopted through Catholic Charities as an infant.
The bill S.B. 11 would create civil unions for two people of any sex that would be legally equivalent to marriage under state law. Unlike previous versions of the bill, the present version has dropped a religious freedom provision ensuring that child placement agencies were not required to place children with same-sex or unmarried couples.
The legislation passed the House Judiciary Committee by a vote of 8-3. It now heads to the House Finance Committee before a final vote on the House floor.
Catholic Charities of Denver said it was grateful for Suthers' testimony and called for a religious freedom exemption so that the bill "does not threaten the vital work of many child placement agencies in Colorado."
"Religious liberty is a civil rights issue," the agency said March 1.
Catholic News Agency columnist Patrick Einheber, who writes on living as a chaste Catholic with same-sex attraction, read to the House committee a condensed version his Jan. 28 column "Same-sex attraction and the specter of inequality."
"I felt it was important to testify about the major thing that separates marriage from same-sex relationships: the ability to create new members of society through a committed sexual relationship," Einheber told CNA March 5.
He said he generally felt civil unions proponents' testimony was "mostly emotional appeal and centered on what they wanted from society."
"It ignored the fullness of what marriage provides back to society," he said, explaining that the debate should focus on "why the government cares about marriage to begin with."
Einheber said there is an "essential difference between equality of persons and the attempt to legislate equality of behaviors."
Mark Rohlena, president of Catholic Charities of Central Colorado, called for a "broad conscience protection" in his testimony before the committee.
"Sadly in places like Illinois, Massachusetts and Washington, D.C., we have seen Catholic Charity organizations forced out of their adoption and foster care programs where they are trusted partners with the state when conscience objections are not protected," he said.
Rep. Polly Lawrence, a Republican from Littleton, Colo., proposed to amend the bill to provide protections to religious child placement agencies. However, three other Republicans on the committee were not in the room and no other legislator seconded the proposal, the Colorado Springs Gazette reports.
Some religious individuals have backed the bill, including Rev. Mike Morran of the First Unitarian Society of Denver, who said the proposed law allows religious institutions to refuse ceremonies or access to facilities for same-sex couples, but it has no concessions for child placement agencies.
"They can discriminate, or they can accept public money, but they can't do both," he said, according to the Colorado Gazette reports.
However, the law applies to all institutions regardless of whether they take public money. In January Rohlena told CNA that Catholic Charities of Central Colorado does not receive state funds in "any significant degree."
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Denver, a separate Colorado agency, has provided adoption and foster care services since 1927. It also does not accept state funding for adoption services, but it can contract with county governments to place children with the agency's certified foster families.
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TSBP is set in 1950s England and centers on precocious 11-year-old Flavia de Luce. Flavia appears to be the black sheep in the family. Her father is a recluse who still mourns the loss of his wife several years ago; her two older sisters, Ophelia and Daphne, make it a point to torment Flavia's existence at every chance they get. Ophelia and Daphne couldn't be blamed though, for Flavia oftentimes steal their belongings and frequently concocts mild poisons to put in their lipstick. All four of them live in an English country house who has seen better days with their cook and their father's assistant, Dogger.
One day, the de Luce's idyllic existence is thrown into chaos when Flavia discovers a murdered man in their garden. Flavia then takes it upon herself to determine all the details about the murder, one that would involve his father and unearthing dark family secrets involving stolen stamps, prestidigitation, and birds in a pie. The result is one murder mystery that is very, very satisfying.
Bradley's writing is sparse yet full of details. His characterization of Flavia, one with both the brilliance and naïveté of childhood, is flawless. With Flavia, Bradley has come up with a character that you love more and more as you progress through the novel. You'll overlook her faults, cheer her on when she's in a bind, and celebrate her triumphs and discoveries. We will all see a facet of our childhood in Flavia.
TBSB has all the elements that recall classic English mysteries -- a poisoned body, family secrets waiting to be exposed, a decaying English country house, and dysfunctional family members. In the hands of less capable novelists, these elements would translate to rip-offs of the novels of Agatha Christie, Erle Stanley Gardner, Dorothy Sayers, and P.D. James. The way Bradley weaves these elements together, however, is refreshing and uncontrived; TBSP is one of the most ingenious novels I've read this year. I think TBSP would even appeal to fans of the Nancy Drew series and even of Mark Haddon's The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time.
TBSP is the first Flavia de Luce mystery and it has recently been released to a wider audience only this year. I'll surely be on the hunt for the next Flavia de Luce mystery since I think that, for lack of a better expression, Flavia rocks.
Read this book if:
- You love precocious children.
- You were always curious about why people collect stamps.
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The headline from a new poll from USC and the LA Times is the strong voter support for the compromise tax-hike ballot initiative from Gov. Brown and the California Federation of Teachers.
But what's important about the poll is what it tells you about California voters: they're still big babies.
Too harsh? Like my three year old, California voters want whatever they want, but they don't want to pay for it.
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The poll shows that support is strongest for tax-hike initiatives that don't require most people to pay anything.
A June tax initiative on cigarettes is highly popular.
So is the Brown compromise measure, since most of the money in it comes from increased income tax rates on the rich.
Indeed, the original initiative from the California Federation of Teachers -- dropped in the compromise with Brown -- is even more popular than the compromise, because it included no sales tax increase (the compromise has a temporary 1/4 cent hike) and because its income tax increases were limited to millionaires (the compromise measure has increases that start at $250,000).
Molly Munger's tax-hike initiative raises the income taxes of everyone, and it's doing very poorly in the poll.
"Shared sacrifice" is not an argument you want to use with California voters. They think they're already paying enough.
And they want more.
Which tells you that, for all the failures of elected officials in California, the voters -- and the mismatch between the government services they want and the taxes they're willing to pay -- are the problem.
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Kate Gosselin will have plenty of advice and inspiration for families around the country on her new TLC show, but she won't be offering dance tips.
Gosselin told PopcornBiz her new reality show, "Twist of Kate," will respond to the many letters she receives daily seeking guidance. But that won't include what she's learning as a struggling contestant on "Dancing With the Stars."
"If I get letters saying, 'Please teach me how to dance,' that's probably one I'm going to have to pass on," she says. "I don't think I'm qualified for that. In fact, I'm sure I'm not qualified."
Gosselin has stayed alive in the ABC program's dance competition, despite getting panned by the panel of judges, sometimes brutally. Bruno Tonioli said one one routine by Gosselin and pro partner Tony Dovolani "looked like Tony was pushing a shopping cart around the block."
Gosselin recently told Meredith Viera of NBC's "Today" show that she can handle the criticism, and knows it's the fans' votes that keep her going.
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"They believe in me more than I believe in myself, and that's what's kept me on the show," Gosselin said. "Certainly it's not my dancing."
For the upcoming show, the single mother-of-eight will peek into the lives of others to see what challenges they face in raising families and paying bills. Based on the letters she's received, people have some great stories. "There are things I read each week that makes even me say, 'Oh My.' "
Gosselin says she plans to spend about two days each on a family watching how they work and giving bits of inspiring advice from her life starting in the summer. She is not trying to replace Oprah.
"Everyone seems to be asking me that," she said.
Gosselin will also appear with her children in a traveling special on TLC.


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Old School with Tracy Smothers DVD-R
The wild eyed southern boy himself, Tracy Smothers sits down with Steve Corino for a can't miss edition of Old School. Tracy pulls no punches with the 4-5-6 kid (his nickname for Steve for the past 15 years) and shoots on everything from literally kicking the shit out of a guy to the rat code of ethics. Tracy shares some of his wild and crazy times from the past 30 years on this action packed episode of Old School.
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Google car goes wrong way on a one-way, crashes
(NEWSER) – Google Street View is probably going to have to redo Tyler Street in Little Rock. The driver of a Street View car in the Arkansas city crashed into another vehicle after going the wrong way down the one-way street, making a U-turn, then hitting a car on an adjacent street, according to a police report obtained by the Smoking Gun.
The Google driver, who was seen trying to take apart the car's camera equipment after the crash, was cited for "careless prohibited driving." The crash caused an estimated $1,500 in damages to the company-owned car and $2,000 in damages to the other vehicle.
The other driver—who claims the Google driver also ran a red light—says that after the Google car "came out of nowhere" and smashed into the side of his car, the Google driver "basically said he was sorry and that he was gonna lose his job." The non-Google driver says he suffered whiplash and may miss a few weeks of work.
"Something better come out of Google's pocket for this," he tells Arkansas Online. But at least the Google driver stayed at the scene. Last year, another Google Street View driver hit a bus—then hit another bus and a truck as he tried to flee.
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My last post dealt with the unlikely subject of history at Disney theme parks. I didn't know this before I started looking into it online, but Disney's America was apparently Michael Eisner's pet project, and it died pretty hard. When the Prince William County site fell through, there was some discussion about building the park near D.C., or at the site of Knott's Berry Farm, a defunct amusement park in California.
Given the popular interest in history, there's always the chance that the Mouse may take another stab at heritage tourism. The Florida property is twice the size of Manhattan, so there's plenty of room for another park. With that in mind, and with my tongue planted firmly in my cheek, I suggest the following attraction ideas:
- JEB Stuart's Merry-Go-Round. Little Billy and Susie can enjoy a carefree ride around the Army of the Potomac while Mom and Dad take in some shopping.
- Great Depression Land. The centerpiece would be the Crash of '29 thrill ride, in which guests are strapped into chairs at the base of a metal tower, propelled up to the top, and then plummeted back down to the bottom. Next door would be the Soup Kitchen Cafe, completely authentic–except for the exorbitant theme park prices.
- The Rootin' Tootin' Transcontinental Railroad.
- The Hunley Undersea Adventure. Think 20,000 Leagues without the legroom, and then add a bang at the end.
- The House of Burger-sses. Give me a side of fries or give me death.
- The Haunted Executive Mansion. A tour of the White House turns into a nightmare when the specter of Honest Abe returns to seek his revenge.
I talked this theme park idea over with a friend of mine, and he came up with a few other ideas:
- General Burnside's Wild Side Burn Ride.
- The Johnstown Flood Log Flume.
- The Irish-Need-Not-Apply Job Fair and Country Bear Jamboree.
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December 27, 1910 - December 5, 2012
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John Pizzo, age 101, of Marlboro died Wednesday, December 5, 2012 at St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital of Newburgh, NY.
Mr. Pizzo was born December 27, 1910 in Tampa, FL. He is the son of the late Joseph and the late Emelia (Zambito) Pizzo. He married Mary Zambito, who predeceased him.
John was a retired local fruit grower and lifelong resident of Marlboro.
John was the tax collector for Marlboro from 1943-1947, he was a Trustee of St. Mary's Church, Marlboro, an Usher at the 8 a.m. mass for St. Mary's Church, Marlboro and chairman of St. Mary's Cemetery Committee. He was a past Commissioner of the Marlboro Hose Company for 15 years, past chairman for the Marlboro Republican Committee, a member of the Knights of Columbus, a member of Marlboro UNICO and a member of the Marlboro-Milton Lions Club.
He is survived by three sisters: Angela Foglia of Milton, Jenny Aprile of Florida and Mary Capitano of Florida, and several nieces and nephews. John was predeceased by his wife, Mary and his sister, Lee Paladine.
Calling hours will be held on Sunday, December 9 from 2 to 6 p.m. at the DiDonato Funeral Home, 1290 Route 9W, Marlboro. A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 10 a.m. on Monday, December 10 at St. Mary's Church, Route 9W, Marlboro, NY with Father Frank Bassett officiating. Burial will follow in St. Mary's Cemetery, Marlboro.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to St. Mary's Food Pantry, P.O. Box 730, Marlboro, NY 12542.
Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Carl J. DiDonato, Jr. of the DiDonato Funeral Service, Inc. 845-236-4300. www.didonatofuneralservice.com


text: In a moment of stupidity I sold my imbel fal a few years back. Double check that your gas system is ok. gas port unblocked, piston head not chewed up, piston tube secure, gas adjustment ring properly installed, and gas plug set to fire and not closed. If that all checks out ok, then I'd pull the recoil spring and see if it is all covered in dried cosmoline like mine was. Unless you're shooting black powder rounds through your fal, 20 rounds shouldn't make it dirty enough to cause stoppages.


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1. I bore easily. And I'm not alone. Attention spans are short, and speakers start losing audience attention precipitously after the first few minutes of a talk or presentation—unless they work to keep it. But even the best speaker benefits from keeping it short and moving to a question and answer session.Speakers also benefit from speaking less, gaining better audience engagement, a more thoughtful appearance and, best of all, the sense that you're neither rushed nor nervous. (Pauses give you more time to breathe and remember where you are, too.) Just as with gestures, props and other tools, you need to plan for these pauses and silences so that they work for you.
2. I want to engage in a conversation with you. For that to happen, you have to stop talking at some point. I'm not here for a lecture, and ironically, I'll learn more if you let me participate.
3. I have questions. I want to be able to ask them. If you don't leave time for me to check an assumption or get more information you didn't cover, I may leave your talk frustrated instead of animated.
4. I don't want your voice to fill up all the space and time allotted. Just as print designers use white space to make the rest of the copy easy on the eyes and broadcasters use long shots and music for a visual pause and transition, you can use silence and pauses to create emphasis and drama--and give my ears a bit of a break.
5. I want to be able to ponder what you just said. Pausing lets your points sink in, and may lead to better understanding, more intelligent questions and a more satisfied audience.
6. I'll retain more. Give me up to three key points to ponder—then stop. I'll remember them better, and so will you. Save some for another time if you feel you've got a lot to say.
7. I don't want you to make me late for something else. I have a short list of speakers who won't see me again in their audiences because they spoke longer than the time allotted or didn't curtail their comments enough to allow questions—and, in a couple of cases, expected the audience to sit past the stated ending time. That's a presumption you can't afford to make with me.
UPDATE: This post made it into Andrew Dlugan's Six Minutes blog weekly review of the best public speaking tips and techniques. I'm always pleased to be included in this weekly roundup and recommend you check out the other excellent posts.


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Anyone know where i can buy one of these MRAPs? They look liked they'd be fun to drive around in.
Anyone know where i can buy one of these MRAPs? They look liked they'd be fun to drive around in.
There is a very fine line between 'hobby' and mental illness'. ---Dave Barry
From what I've read about the MRAPs, they are so heavy that there is talk that they will be abandoned once they are no longer needed in-country. The cost of airlifting them is scary, 10x the cost of ship transport, but they get there fast.
I have seen them both at BGR, the 124 and the 225. What huge aircraft these are, and I wonder if sometimes they are transporting large pieces of generator parts from GE to overseas? I have a photo somewhere of the 225 taking off, taken from behind the hanger at Telfords. I would like to have the cost of one complete set of tires for that bird!!! Or maybe just the cost of the fuel just for warm up and take off!!! Working at Telford for 9 years I sure have seen some "different" aircraft come in and out. I have also had the unique experience oof working on some of them. I guess the strangest was the czech fighter jet owned by a private gentleman. I got to taxi that one around out back for the post maint runs. What a piece of work that thing is!!!! Scary That what happens when you have enough moneyj to buy dangerous toys.
Bruce, you obviously use Flightaware on a regular basis. Im sitting in my office and just watched 4 fighters circle and land. Do only commercial flights show up and anything military isnt published?
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I would not think the military would want anyone to know what they are doing.
I have no enemies, but I'm intensely disliked by my friends.
Flightaware.com policy. Also, many celebrity aircraft are blocked at the owner's request. The aircraft numbers of many celebrities are available on the internet, however, and you can identify celebrities arriving or departing an airport that way. And knowing the tail number, you can look up on FlightAware to see where they are or have been recently.
But they do talk on air traffic control, and we always have the scanner on when we're near any airport. Also, the LiveATC.net site broadcasts air traffic control chatter for many airports (not Bangor), and can be especially fun when there is bad weather or a problem with the aircraft.
I can't believe I missed the 225 again. I was within a few miles of the airport and could have seen it. Hopefully next time.
The Dreamlifter has been through Bangor....that is a neat one too.