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Fifteen years after Congress passed the Defense of Marriage Act, the U.S. Senate finally has an official record of why the legislation was indeed a mistake — even if some witnesses asserted in Wednesday's hearing (with questionable supporting evidence) that the federal government has a vested interest in discriminating against married same-sex couples.
Here's a sampling of the powerful testimony in support of DOMA repeal submitted for the hearing — as well as the flimsy opposition. —Andrew Harmon
Evan Wolfson, cofounder and president, Freedom to Marry:
"Why is the repeal of DOMA so important for same-sex couples and their families? Because marriage matters. Gay and lesbian couples want the freedom to marry for the same mix of reasons as other couples — reasons that are emotional as well as economic, practical as well as personal, social as well as spiritual, and reasons that resonate in law as they do in love. Like nongay people, gay people want to be able to protect themselves and their families, and marriage provides literally thousands of protections and supports at the federal and state level.
"Most profoundly, gay people seek to make a lifetime commitment to the person they love and to protect their families. They share similar values to those that other couples hold — like the importance of family and helping out their neighbors; they share similar worries — like making ends meet or the possibility of losing a job; and they share similar hopes and dreams — like finding that special someone to grow old with, and standing in front of friends and family to make a lifetime commitment. "
Susan Murray, a Vermont attorney who testified about her marriage as well as her clients who inequities faced by her same-sex couples clients legally married in the state:
"My parents taught us right from wrong; they taught us to treat others with kindness; and they taught us to be fair, and to speak up for what's right. My parents were devoted to their kids, and to helping us become successful, well-adjusted adults. They were married for 51 years before my dad died, six years ago.
"That was my model for a successful marriage, and growing up, that was the kind of marriage I aspired to have in my own life. So when I realized, as a young adult, that I was gay, I despaired of ever having a life, and a love, like that of my parents.
"But then I met a woman named Karen Hibbard — and I count myself blessed to have found love in my life. She's a physician assistant who works in emergency walk-in care at our local hospital, stitching people up and fixing their broken bones and generally helping them get the care they need. ...
"Karen and I have built a life together, and are as committed to one another as my parents were to each other. And thanks to the legislature of the state of Vermont, we're now officially, legally married. Unfortunately, because of DOMA, the federal government doesn't' recognize our legal marriage, so Karen and I don't have access to the same federal protections that my parents had."
Austin Nimocks, senior legal counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund:
"Without question, the overwhelming majority of people on both sides of this debate are good and decent Americans, coming from all walks of life, all political parties, all races and creeds. But humanity remains unchanged — a collection of men and women."
Tom Minnery, senior vice president, Focus on the Family:
"The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services explains in its new and exhaustive report, 'Family Structure and Children's Health in the United States: Findings From the National Health Interview Survey, 2001-2007,' that children living with their own married biological or adoptive mothers and fathers were generally healthier and happier, had better access to health care, less likely to suffer mild or severe emotional problems, did better in school, were protected from physical, emotional and sexual abuse and almost never live in poverty, compared with children in any other family form."
Note: Minnery's assertions, allegedly based on the HHS study, were challenged by Sen. Al Franken of Minnesota. The exchange in the hearing:
FRANKEN: "Isn't it true, Mr. Minnery, that a married, same-sex couple that has had or adopted kids would fall under the definition of a 'nuclear family' in the study that you cite?"
MINNERY: "I would think that the study, when it cites a nuclear families, would mean a family headed by a husband and wife."
FRANKEN: "It doesn't. The study defines a nuclear family as one or more children living with two parents who are married to one another, and are each biological or adoptive parents to all the children in the family. And I frankly don't really know how we can trust the rest of your testimony if you're reading studies these ways."
Edward Whelan, president, Ethics and Public Policy Center:
"The principles invoked by advocates of same-sex marriage in their ongoing attack on traditional marriage clearly threaten to pave the way for polygamous and other polyamorous unions, especially via the judicial invention of a state constitutional right to polyamory. If the male-female nature of traditional marriage can be dismissed as an artifact and its inherent link to procreation denied, then surely the distinction between a marriage of two persons and a marriage of three or more is all the more arbitrary and irrational."
Ron Wallen, who testified about losing his house in Indio, Calif., after the death of his husband because he has no access to Social Security survivor benefits:
"The survivor's benefit would have done for me what it does for every other surviving spouse in America — ease the pain of the loss, help during a very difficult transition, and allow time to make decisions and plan for my future alone. It is devastating to know that any married couple in the U.S. regardless of how long they were married, can depend on the survivor's benefit. Yet, I could not — after 58 years with my spouse — simply because we were two married men. This is unfair and unjust."
Joe Solmonese, president of the Human Rights Campaign:
"DOMA does not just harm gay and lesbian couples. It hurts all of those who share in their day-to-day struggles under this discriminatory law. First and foremost, it hurts the children of same-sex couples, who suffer from financial instability created for their parents by DOMA's discrimination. But this discriminatory law burdens other children as well, namely LGBT youth, who see the federal government continue to formally disrespect and discriminate against their community. DOMA tells them, in no uncertain terms, that they cannot be full and equal citizens of their country."


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Walmir Luz-Nyc 2050 City Masterplan
At Design Interviews
Interview with Walmir Luz : Frank Scott: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?. Walmir Luz : The main idea was to reimagine how to redesign New York making water a part of the urban life. A city that embraces the flood and other environmental issues of the present time and uses them as a solution to other problems. .Frank Scott: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?. Walmir Luz : The focus of this masterplan was to show how New York can once again reshape its edge and readapt itself at the same time that it maintains its vitality and urban qualities of nowadays while embracing/protecting itself from the sea level rise, storm surges and future floods. .Frank Scott: What are your future plans for this award winning design?. Walmir Luz : I'm currently compiling all the research that I have done so far and expanding it a little bit further so to create a book that deeply explores and discuss the possibilities introduced by this proposal. .Frank Scott: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?. Walmir Luz : This concept was a 4-month work going back and forth between design and research. .Frank Scott: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?. Walmir Luz : I have always been intrigued about how cities will be shaped in the future when they are forced to face the consequences of present environmental issues. With that in mind, I decided to take NYC, one of the most important cities in the world, and design its future as part of my thesis to conclude my 5-year architecture program at Cornell University. .Frank Scott: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?. Walmir Luz : This proposal is more of a city utopia/dystopia, whatever we may define it and I see it as a case study for our future. .Frank Scott: What made you design this particular type of work?. Walmir Luz : Society is currently living at the edge of big changes. Environmental issues have been ignored for a long time and they are still being somehow ignored. At some point, there will be a breakpoint. .Frank Scott: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?. Walmir Luz : There are plenty of masterplan proposals for NYC created by innumerous architects and they all have relevant and interesting ideas. ARO, Bjarke Ingels, SCAPE and many others have introduced unique ideas and interventions on how to deal with similar problems. .Frank Scott: Who is the target customer for his design?. Walmir Luz : There is not a customer in mind since this is more of a future masterplan but it can be used as a way to start a discussion about future cities; about future societies. .Frank Scott: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?. Walmir Luz : As I said before, there are lots of proposals on how to intervene on NYC. They all have great ideas that inspired and even helped on the creation of mine but the biggest difference is that most of them are still trying to stop the sea level rise instead of embracing it as I have done. .Frank Scott: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?. Walmir Luz : I studied many NYC climate predictions up to the year of 2100. As I started to design and define my goal to redefine Manhattan by 2050. It became the NYC 2050. .Frank Scott: Which design tools did you use when you were working on this project?. Walmir Luz : Diagrams, hand sketches, study models, digital models and collages. .Frank Scott: What is the most unique aspect of your design?. Walmir Luz : An optimistic vision of how NYC can embrace an environmental issue and incorporate it as a way to introduce a better urban life! .Frank Scott: Who did you collaborate with for this design? Did you work with people with technical / specialized skills?. Walmir Luz : This was my thesis for the conclusion of the B.Arch program at Cornell University and I had Professor Andrea Simitch and Professor Arthur Ovaska as my thesis advisors. .Frank Scott: What is the role of technology in this particular design?. Walmir Luz : Technology has and will always be an important element for any society's development, therefore, it will be critical to the development of such future masterplan. .Frank Scott: Is your design influenced by data or analytical research in any way? What kind of research did you conduct for making this design?. Walmir Luz : The masterplan was conceptualized by studying the history of Manhattan's edge, the climate crisis predictions by the United States Landfalling Hurricane Probability Project, and several climate studies produced by the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies. .Frank Scott: What are some of the challenges you faced during the design/realization of your concept?. Walmir Luz : The challenge was to create a visionary design thinking outside of the box but at the same time, maintaining a level of reality which makes the project possible to pursue. .Frank Scott: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?. Walmir Luz : I believe I took a unique approach going against the safe method of trying to save the city. In a way, the project is indeed saving the city by accepting the catastrophe. It is an optimistic way of compromising in favor of survival. Thus, I think it is worth sharing so to initiate a new kind of conversation about our future. .Frank Scott: What did you learn or how did you improve yourself during the designing of this work?. Walmir Luz : On this particular project, a big lesson that I am going to take with me is that not every problem needs to be a problem. Problems can be solutions! It is just a matter of perspectives. .
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"It was a fabulous event," said Dr. Darryl Murdock, USGIF's vice president of professional development. "The judges learned as much as the participants did and we can't wait to host another hackathon."
The first-place team included four student interns and was aptly named "Team Intern." Their solution focused on travel and revealed an "Ebola superhighway" along the coast of West Africa. They were awarded the $15,000 grand prize as well as complimentary registration to USGIF's GEOINT 2015 Symposium, to be held next week in Washington, D.C. Team Intern members are:
R. Blair Mason, a member of the U.S. Naval Academy class of 2016 and a double major in computer science and aerospace engineering. Mason is currently interning with the Naval Research Laboratory.
Briana Neuberger, a soon to be senior at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) double majoring in imaging science and industrial systems engineering. Neuberger is a SMART scholar and intern with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA).
Dan Simon, a rising senior at RIT and intern at OGSystems.
Paul Warren, a rising junior at Stanford University majoring in computer science as well as an OGSystems intern.
"We developed an open-source python library to model the spread of disease as it's carried by contagious people through a network of nodes and edges using network theory," Warren said.
Simply put, Team Intern's library aimed to capture where sick people travel and why.
"Once we came up with results, we developed a way to visualize them so they could make meaningful sense," Mason said.
The team attributed Neuberger for helping "expose the way they think by figuring out how they think."
The second-place team produced what it calls "non-historic" predictive analysis and was awarded complimentary GEOINT 2015 registration. "Team Flo Hacks" members are:
Boris Polania of Hollywood, Fla., a software engineer with post-graduate studies in economics who moved to the U.S. from Venezuela six years ago. Polania recently helped found small software consulting firm V/F.
Armando Umerez of Boca Raton, Fla., who recently moved back to the U.S. from Venezuela and is also a partner in V/F. Umerez is an electronic engineer with post-graduate studies in marketing, management, and sustainable development.
"The standard approach of predictive analytics is to go to old data sets and do standard clustering to make generalizations," the team said in its presentation. "We didn't want to do more of the same, so we did a completely new approach."
The third-place team developed an easy-to-use graphical user interface based on sanitation data such as access to water. They were awarded complimentary registration to GEOINT Foreword, the pre-GEOINT symposium science and technology day held June 22. "Team Agile" members are:
Nathan Currier, an incoming senior at Colorado State University, Fort Collins majoring in computer science as well as an intern with Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies (SGT).
Jesse Pai, a rising sophomore majoring in computer engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park. Pai is also an SGT intern.
Team Agile described their solution as "a lightweight web app" that would be ideal for doctors working in environments with limited connectivity. Both Currier and Pai are new to geospatial intelligence.
"The main thing that I liked about this experience was the fact that I was forced out of my comfort zone," Pai said. "I was given a new task and objective, and I had to learn a new set of information and tools in order to understand the task and produce a result. This hackathon allowed me to experience what it felt like to develop for another part of the computing industry."
The GEOINT Hackathon was sponsored by DigitalGlobe, Esri, and OGSystems, and included judges from USGIF, NGA, DigitalGlobe, Esri, and OGSystems.


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As 2012 draws to a close, the Vashon Maury Community Food Bank reports a busy year, having served roughly 1,500 Islanders, expanded its hours and upgraded some of its technology and systems.
With the economy still weak and need for support services strong, the demand at the food bank was high all year, according to Executive Director Yvonne Pitrof. The food bank's statistics through November show that the agency provided food to 653 Island households and 1,439 individuals — roughly 15 percent of the population on the Island — in the first 11 months of the year. On average, the agency provides food for roughly 200 households each week. Summer, which typically draws fewer clients, did not quiet down this year, and an average of 213 families sought assistance each week in July, making it the busiest July on record, Pitrof said.
"That was really a surprise for us," she said.
Pitrof noted that the difference compared to other summers was striking, with the three previous Julys bringing in 169 to and 179 families.
"We've seen a lot of people hit crisis who had never been there before," she added.
In the spring, the agency began opening its doors from 1 to 3 p.m. on Tuesday afternoons, creating an additional day for food distribution. The change has made the food bank's services available to people who might not have been able to come otherwise, Pitrof noted, and has eased congestion on Wednesdays, the longstanding distribution day.
"It's been great," she said. "People are not waiting for two hours in line anymore."
The food bank also launched its new Farm and Garden Apprenticeship program in the spring. This program employed an intern — a food bank client — eight hours a week at the food bank's one-acre farm on Wax Orchard Road and a high school student a few hours a week at the large garden next to the food bank. Farm and garden manager Jenn Coe focused on planting winter crops this year, and the gardens are still active.
"We're harvesting like crazy," Pitrof said.
Also in the spring, as part of a grant the United Way awarded, the food bank took part in an assessment of its volunteer program, Pitrof said. The Seattle organization 501 Commons helped lead the review. From that work, Pitrof said, the food bank has come up with what it calls its Volunteer Impact Plan and has developed strategies for communication throughout the organization.
With the agency's growth in recent years, Pitrof said, some of the communication with volunteers has grown weak, and she hopes now some of those problems will be remedied.
Behind the scenes, Pitrof said, technology changes will help with some of the agency's more mundane tasks.
For the first time, she said, all the agency's computers are networked, and an additional technology upgrade came through a grant to the South King County Food Coalition for new software, which Pitrof said will help streamline record keeping and reporting.
Looking to the future, Pitrof noted that the board decided the food bank should begin looking to move, hopefully within the next three to five years. Its location at Sunrise Ridge has served the agency well, she said, but space for both dry goods and perishables is an issue, and also important, she noted, is the need to meet the legal requirements for food handling and storage.
"We serve a lot of food, are handling a lot of food and serve vulnerable people," Pitrof said.
The board has just begun a needs assessment, but Pitrof noted that ideally she would like to see the farm and food bank in one location, something that she believes would open up many educational possibilities.
To complete all of its changes this year, Pitrof said the agency tapped into its reserve fund. In mid-December, in the midst of its year-end fundraising campaign, it had $125,000 to raise by the end of the month. Last December, the agency received $102,000 in donations, and the higher amount to be raised this year is of some concern to Pitrof.
"If we don't make our goal, our board is going to have some decisions to make," she said.
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The Gimp is the GNU Image Manipulation Program, a sophisticated cross platform image editor. The Gimp is Free Software.
The Panorama Tools Plugins are available for the Gimp as the Panorama Gimp plug-in.
The Gimp is available for Windows, OS X and Unix. For Photoshop users, there is an experimental GIMPshop with a similar menu layout to Photoshop.
- pandora plugin allows you to spread a series of photographs into a multi-layer image for easy editing.
- Panorama Gimp plug-in is the gimp version of the full Panorama Tools Plugins by Helmut Dersch.
- phfluuh plugin arrange photographs into a multilayer image, correct barrel distortion and map from rectilinear Projection to cylindrical Projection.
- Wideangle plugin corrects lens barrel distortion.
- Stitchpanorama plugin lets you pick control points and distort photographs to fit.
- Save Layers in seperate files. Little Helper for Multilayer TIFF. If you are using multilayer tiff with GIMP for optimizing blending with enblend, you might need this script for saving every layer to a seperate file. Download continous_save.zip
- resynthesizer is a very useful plugin that can be used for filling-in missing parts of stitched images.
Gimp drawbacks
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Popular grocery chain H-E-B is setting up a new location in Fort Worth.
The Fort Worth Zoning Commission approved a change in zoning for 4211 E. Rosedale St. near Miller Avenue on Wednesday for the applicant "HEB."
Zoning documents show a 55,000 square-foot H-E-B store, plus warehouses and offices for the company.
The latest news from around North Texas.
Leslie Sweet from H-E-B's central region did not directly confirm the grocer would expand to that location, but did say the area "is under consideration."
This isn't the first step in a possible North Texas expansion for the chain -- H-E-B already operates stores in Burleson, Granbury and Waxahachie and has bought other pieces of land in Fort Worth and Grand Prairie.


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In his column in the Irish News last Saturday (19 April) Patrick Murphy continued his habit of attacking unionism. I was struck not only by the content of his attack but also by the manner of it. He wrote in his usual nasty style, which seeks to demean, devalue and ridicule the target of his writing. Moreover there was a smugness and arrogance about the article which was thoroughly distasteful.
The article was entitled 'Cultural unionism a recent invention' and in it he said
It is hard to know where to find a definition of unionism. There are no unionist works of philosophy, no fount of literature, no deep well of social and economic theory.
This statement was seen by the Irish News as so important that it was picked out and printed in large bold type in the centre of the page.
Patrick Murphy's core message was that unionists have never produced anything of value in the field of culture and here he takes culture in the broader sense that includes philosophy and social and economic theory as well as literature.
Now I am a unionist but I have other identities as well. I am also British, which is my national identity, an Ulsterman, which is my regional identity, a Protestant, which is my religious identity, and an Ulster-Scot, which is my cultural or ethnic identity. I can therefore identify with the cultural expressions of all these identities so here are some examples of what Ulstermen have done.
Ulster has also produced a number of great scientists, including Lord Kelvin, who was born in Belfast of an Ulster-Scots father and a Scottish mother. He was one of the greatest scientists of his day and was also a Liberal Unionist who campaigned against home rule.
Francis Hutcheson was a great philosopher and an Ulster-Scot and was known as the 'Father of the Scottish Enlightenment'. His radical ideas were taken across the Atlantic by another Ulster Presbyterian minister and helped to influence the American campaign for independence.
Viscount James Bryce, another Ulster-Scot, was born in Belfast. He was a British academic, jurist and a noted historian.
Ulster has produced a number of great hymnwriters, from the evangelical Protestant tradition. When William Young Fullerton wrote 'I cannot tell why He whom angels worship', to the traditional tune of the Londonderry Air, he gave the world a truly beautiful hymn.
Dr Adam Clarke, another Ulsterman, was a great theologian of Methodism and the author of an excellent Bible commentary, which extends to six large volumes.
From time to time I write posts about aspects of Ulster heritage and culture and one reason for doing that is that it so much of that culture has been ignored by both academia and media. As a result many Ulster folk know nothing about men such as Kelvin. As a schoolboy and then as a university student I studied physics and regularly talked about Kelvin's laws of thermodynamics and 'degrees Kelvin' but I knew nothing about Kelvin's Ulster ancestry, his deep Christian faith or his Liberal Unionist opposition to home rule.
Back in 2003 Belfast bid, albeit unsuccessfully, to become the European Capital of Culture. As a Belfast city councillor I was a member of the committee behind the bid and on one occasion we went on a bus up to the Ulster Museum. As we were leaving and passing the entrance to Botanic Gardens one of the leading figures behind the bid pointed to the statue of Lord Kelvin and asked 'who is that?' I was horrified that a well educated person, employed in the field of culture and seeking to promote the culture of Belfast did not even know who Lord Kelvin was!
The statue is still there in Botanic Gardens and there is an Ulster History Circle blue plaque at the site of his birthplace in Fisherwick Place but that is about as far as it goes.
Schoolchildren in Ulster still learn about the laws of thermodynamics, the absolute scale of temperature and degrees Kelvin, but does anyone actually mention that he was born in Belfast?
Thankfully, not everyone has forgotten Kelvin. He was a pioneer in the field of underwater trans-Atlantic telegraph cables and the promoters of the new telecommunications submarine cable connection between North America and Northern Ireland chose the appropriate name Project Kelvin.
Ulster is a very small place but it has a rich cultural heritage that should be recognised, not ridiculed.


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BOTHELL, Wash., February 22, 2011 – The University of Washington Bothell introduced a new slate of eight business leaders who will be serving as Executives-In-Residence for 2011..
The 2011 Executives-in-Residence are:
Linda Bernardi – Founder and CEO, StraTerra Partners
Bob Bernstein – Director of Engineering, Spectralux Corporation
Joe Brouillette – CEO, The Grayport Group
Brooks Gelker – Retired, V.P., General Mills, Inc.
Jim Hebert – President and Senior Research Director, Hebert Research
Gene Kahn – Founder, Cascadian Farm; Sr. Advisor, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Zak Parpia – CEO, Himalaya Homes
Sesh Velamoor – Trustee and Director of Programs, Foundation For The Future
UW Bothell Business Program Director, Sandeep Krishnamurthy explains, "the Executives-in-Residence program selects business leaders who are passionate about sharing their experiences with undergraduate and MBA students and the academic community at large. These talented executives provide business students practical advice, mentorship, and an insider's understanding of the nuances and complexities of corporate life."
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Pictures of a tented chalet at Erongo Wilderness Lodge
Tented chaletEach of the Meru-style tents is built in between large granite boulders up on stilts to accommodate the gradient. The tents are shaded by a thatched roof – and are a good, fairly standard size for a walk-in tent. They have dark wood floors and windows and doors with two layers: each has a panel of insect-proof netting, which allows a free flow of air through the tent, and a separate panel of wind-proof canvas.
Each tent has an open rack for hanging clothes, plus a luggage rack, a slatted wooden table with two chairs, tea/coffee making facilities and a fridge/minibar. The low wooden beds have crisp white and russet linen with an artistic metal reading lamp above each bed. Tissues, candles and a torch are also provided and each tent has a power point suitable for plugs with three round pins (SA-style).
In front of each tent is a shady private deck with two safari chairs and a metal table.
At the rear of each tent, through a mesh door, is an en-suite thatched bathroom. This is innovative as it's partially built into the bare rock behind the tent – giving at a very natural feel. The walls are made of stone tiles topped with natural stone and there is a gap between this and the roof which allows great views from the shower!
Hot and cold water are on tap and you are provided with liquid soap, shampoo/conditioner/shower gel, body lotion, natural insect-repellant cream and towels.
Room number 6 is the honeymoon tent and is exactly the same as the standard tents except that it has a double bed in the tent. It also has a larger private deck with a plunge pool, chairs and an umbrella.


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Invisibility… 5… 4… 3…. 2… 1… Hey what was I doing for the last 2 seconds?
I forget that our spells have changed.
I keep hitting Invisibility then waiting 5 seconds before breaking it to DPS again…
Doh! Lost DPS time!
I don't hit Invisibility when a wipe is on the horizon, because it will take so long for it to go off.
Doh! it is practically instant!
I don't hit Invisibility at the last 30% mark, because I don't want to lose DPS time…
Doh! it is practically instant!
I think it is going to take me a little while to adjust. Actually, maybe taking a break isn't a bad thing… all my current reactions times will be wiped, and I will relearn things the WoLK way.
Can't Wait!
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Title: GOVERNMENT PROTECTION OF PEDOPHILES, PROMOTION OF PORNOGRAPHY FUELS AMERICA'S SEX INDUSTRY
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Recently my local paper began to run the pictures of convicted pedophiles living in my hometown. Reports of the number from the national register are astounding. Stories from all across America of convicted pedophiles killing children are exposing the fact that government is really protecting pedophiles, not children.
Recently I interviewed Senator John DeCamp about his book "The Franklin Cover-Up Child Abuse, Satanism, and Murder in Nebraska". I am shocked at how our government covers up and protects child sex rings operating right here in America. Even after 80 children came forward with allegations, the child ring in Nebraska was never investigated. This pattern is not new.
In the 1950's our federal government funded a sexual deviate, Dr. Alfred Kinsey, to research sexual effects on children as young as 6 months. Dr. Kinsey and friends should have been imprisoned and given the death penalty, not paid millions of taxpayers' dollars.
Sex slavery has boomed to involve over 800,000 women and children because of the policies of our government. Some estimate that 20,000 to 50,000 victims are Americans. Our border policies protect drug and human traffickers. The policies of sexualizing our children in public schools and the support and promotion of pornography have fueled this industry. Our country has finally addressed this problem by creating a report and giving 96 million dollars to other countries. Why are there not more arrests of those who deal in human trafficking?
Matter of fact, I am not aware of any arrests or prosecutions in my lifetime.
Our government continues its protection of child molesters by funding Planned Parenthood and not regulating the abortion industry. Planned Parenthood performs abortions on young girls without contacting proper authorities or their parents. It is a great cover for "dirty old men". Mark Crutcher with Life Dynamics has uncovered the abuse of young girls and women in the abortion clinics but the federal government still sends Planned Parenthood about $300 million a year -- almost doubled since the Clinton administration!
Government continues its protections by having lax laws that make it easier for child predators to continue their evil deeds throughout their life time. They even give them Viagra to increase their sexual drive! A prolific pedophile who claims to have abused children 36,000 times, was recently arrested. He has been allowed to run free to attack again and again because of our ineffective laws. Not all sexual predators have to register in my state due to a loophole in the law. In most cases animal abusers get more jail time than child abusers. Even the American Psychological Association and the American Pediatric Association are joining the band wagon by urging the normalization of "intergenerational sex".
Florida lawmakers are now trying to convince you that they have really gotten tough on pedophile deviates with their new laws. Incredibly, they only increased the jail time for abusers of 11 year olds and younger. Why not 16 and under? Florida parents had better rent a body guard for their 12 year olds. Why do repeat offender laws not apply to pedophiles? Knowing that most pedophiles are repeat offenders, why are they ever let out of jail? Especially since a new report exposes the law enforcement agencies' inability to track sexual predators. In Alabama our laws protect pedophile Roman Catholic priests by allowing knowledge of their abuse to remain secret. Vatican laws have precedence over Alabama laws in the case of child abuse.
Why is our First amendment being used to protect porn? Child porn is protected by our government if the photographer puts a nice cover on it and calls it "art". We know now that the porn industry pays our politicians handsomely.
How come our government does not close down the hideous gay man-boy love advocacy group, NAMBLA? Especially after their threat to come after our sons. Why is our government punishing the boy scouts and spending so much money teaching the "virtues" of sexual "diversity and tolerance"? Why is the Pentagon doing business with DynCorp knowing its involvement in child porn and possible human trafficking? Why did the U.S. Supreme court rule last year that animated child pornography is legal? Americans should be demanding answers for these questions.
In America, our inalienable rights come from our Creator, Jesus Christ. With those rights, He does not give anyone the right to do wrong. Nor for our judges and government officials to hijack our First amendment right to acknowledge God and use it to outlaw God. They then turn around and use it to allow pornography which then fuels the abuse of women and children.
There are many reasons this government needs to be reformed from stem to stern. The lack of justice and promoting the general welfare of pedophiles and perverts is my number one reason.
This unrelenting tide of wickedness is covering our entire land. Remember that End of the Age prophecy?
"But wicked men and imposters will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and leading astray others and being deceived and led astray themselves." (2 Timothy 3:13; Parallel Bible, KJV/Amplified Bible Commentary)
With the information provided in this article, we surely are at the very End of the Age -- when governments protect sexual predators and pedophiles.
Are you spiritually ready? Is your family? Are you adequately protecting your loved ones? This is the reason for this ministry, to enable you to first understand the peril facing you, and then help you develop strategies to warn and protect your loved ones. Once you have been thoroughly trained, you can also use your knowledge as a means to open the door of discussion with an unsaved person. I have been able to use it many times, and have seen people come to Jesus Christ as a result. These perilous times are also a time when we can reach many souls for Jesus Christ, making an eternal difference.
If you have accepted Jesus Christ as your personal Savior, but have been very lukewarm in your spiritual walk with Him, you need to immediately ask Him for forgiveness and for renewal. He will instantly forgive you, and fill your heart with the joy of the Holy Spirit. Then, you need to begin a daily walk of prayer and personal Bible Study.
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AMESBURY, MA — Charlie Cullen, president and CEO of The Provident Bank, has announced the promotion of Jennifer Brown to knowledge officer.
Brown joined The Provident Bank in 2005 as a teller in the Portsmouth, New Hampshire branch, was promoted to senior teller and then assistant branch manager in 2007. She moved to the IT department in 2009 as a report writer/system analyst.
In her new position as knowledge officer, she will be responsible for handling bank-wide reports instrumental in business decisions, audits, and daily bank activities. She will also review existing procedures to improve efficiency and maximize bank resources.
A Wells, Maine resident, Brown holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Southern Maine.
Established in 1828, The Provident Bank is a mutually owned, independent community bank based in Amesbury, Massachusetts. The Bank has full-service locations in Amesbury and Newburyport, Massachusetts, and in Exeter, Hampton, Portsmouth and Seabrook, New Hampshire, with additional lending offices in Bedford and Nashua, New Hampshire.
The Bank provides online banking services at TheProvidentBank.com, and has a Facebook presence at Facebook.com/TheProvidentBank.


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So, basically, I don't need to know where to buy parts, I need to know how to choose them and how to put them together.
I also took your advice about the RC car and found an old RC Jeep under my desk. I've removed the top half of the chassis, ripped out the circuit board, and modified the battery compartment to support the Arduino Uno. I want to connect the two motors (as far as I can tell, the front motor turns the two front wheels left and right and the back motor rotates the two back wheels) to the Arduino, but I don't really know how.
I assume I'll need to buy a Motor Shield?
Will I need some adapter cables to connect the RC motor cables to the Shield? What type of adapter cables? Or do I just pull the white plug off the cables and attach the wires directly to the Motor Shield? Is there anything else I should know about using this Jeep with the Uno?
Damn, I was afraid ripping the original board out might not have been a good idea. I don't think it's been damaged, but it won't be able to be powered by the Jeep's original batteries anymore, and it can't even reattach itself to the battery compartment because I filed that down to be nice and flat for the Uno. Anyway, here are the most high-res pictures I could get of the board, front and back. Two questions:1) If I use the original board from the Jeep to control the motors, do I not need a Motor Shield anymore?2) Will I still be able to power the original board with another type of battery?And I don't know what an IC is, but on the back of the board it says 'RX-2022B(SMD)'.


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The most interesting parts of Microsoft's Mix conference have come to a close, leaving us with two steaming news lumps: One for Windows Phone 7, and one for Internet Explorer 9. Here's what's in them!
Windows Phone 7
We got our first look at Windows Phone 7 back at MWC in Barcelona, where we saw its Zune-y new interface, and its first hardware. This week, though, was all about software: the nuts and bolts, and rules and exceptions, and the apps.
• Our Windows Phone 7 software guide covers the whole of Microsoft's announcement, from the unveiling of the App Marketplace to the new push notification service to the nitty gritty details of app development.
• We saw our first Windows Phone 7 apps—including Netflix—and they look downright lovely, especially on video. Xbox Live integration is even better than we'd hoped.
• Finally, Microsoft announced their Windows Phone 7 dev tools would be free to download, from yesterday. They know they need apps, so they're coddling developers as much as possible. Which is smart!
Then, Microsoft starting planting little seeds of doubt. Some will sprout and some won't, but all are, in fact, seeds:
• The App Marketplace, it turns out, will be the only place you can download Windows Phone 7 apps. That means no sideloading, and more importantly, that Microsoft will have to approve every app you download, Apple-style.
• I tried to wrap my mind around how Microsoft can ever catch up, apps-wise. (Spoiler: It may be impossible)
• Multitasking is basically a no-go for Windows Phone 7, as is copy & paste—at least for now. Bizarre? Sure! Explicable? Not totally!
Internet Explorer 9
Microsoft's perpetually dated browser is still the most popular in the world, so it's big news when they do anything with it. And do something they have! (Or at least, will, sometime late this year/early next year.)
• It'll have HTML5 support. Like, a lot of it. That means h.264 video playback, CSS3 support and SVG graphics. HTML5 is the future of the internet by definition, so this is a Good Thing.
• It's got a new JavaScript engine, which'll make browsing sites like Gizmodo, Gmail or Facebook much snappier.
• It's got 2D graphics acceleration, for everything from video playback to text rendering. Translation: Low CPU use while watching HTML5 video, prettier text, and more speed.
• You can download it now, sort of. (It's an early build.)
• It won't run on Windows XP, at all.
All that remains is to irresponsibly pontificate about the future of Microsoft as a company, based on a few moving data points. Commenters: Have at it.


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Playgrounds have come a long way since the days of hot, steel slides and open-backed infant swings. Take a look at some of the many unusually cool designs popping up around the world.
1. Nishi-Rokugo – Tokyo, Japan
In Japanese, Nishi-Rokugo means Tire Park. The Kawasaki plants are located not far away, so it's possible they donated the 3,000 tires that make up the dinosaurs, monsters, bridges, slides, swings, and all the loose ones there for kids to stack and hop on. But this sand-bottom park is hardly just for kids. Parents can haul tires up specially designed tire steps and tube down wide concrete slides. I can imagine it's the type of place you can spend hours at before you, er, tire, of it.
2. The Fruit and Scent Playground –Liljeholmen, Sweden
A banana slide, strawberry spinners, a pair of cherry swings, an orange see-saw and a watermelon jungle gym are all part of this unusual, small park in the south of Stockholm. It's a great theme because it also teaches kids the importance of fruit over junk food. Reports coming out of the country indicate that the outdoors-loving Swede is on the way out. According to a study by Karolinska university hospital, obesity among seven year olds in Stockholm has increased from 8.5% to 21% over the last fifteen years. What could be better than exercising in fruit as an antidote?
3. Clemyjontri Park – Fairfax County, Virginia
Not just the name is unusual at Clemyjontri Park in Fairfax County, Virginia. This place is one of the few playgrounds in the world where children with disabilities can play side-by-side those without. The entire park is equipped with ramps for wheelchairs and the ground surfaces are specially designed with a non-slip material. The park is named for Adele Lebowitz's (a major donor) four children: Carolyn (CL), Emily (EMY), John (Jon), and Petrina (Tri). Mrs. Lebowitz and her husband were also sponsors of a local children's television show, The Pick Temple Show, in the 1950s. The star of that show, a clown named Bozo, was played by Willard Scott. Bozo, as you might know, would later morph into Ronald McDonald.
4. Pruessen Park – Berlin, Germany
This next playground is not for kids at all. In fact, anyone under 16 is not allowed inside Berlin's Pruessen Park, nicknamed the "Playground for Grown-Ups." The equipment is specifically designed for people over five feet tall and caters to Germany's fastest growing age demographic: seniors. The idea, obviously, is to encourage them to get out and exercise more.
5. Zabeel Technology Park – Dubai
Perhaps the first playground in the world with a technology theme, Dubai's Zabeel Technology Park has two zones featuring futuristic technology and alternative energy exhibits, a series of high tech interactive displays, and a maze modeled on the solar system.
6. Takino Hillside Park – Sapporo-shi, Hokkaido, Japan
The Children's Playground in the Takino Hillside Park in Japan borrows ideas and images from nature. Varied lighting and sound conditions create a unique sensory experience for kids, unlike anything else on this list. Check out the cool net play tool in the rainbow nest dome. You can see how a lot of the park is built into, and under the hill.
7. St. Kilda Adventure Playground – Adelaide, Australia
St Kilda Adventure Playground is one of Australia's best known parks and covers 4 hectares along the beautiful South Australian seafront. The park was opened in 1982 and recent upgrades include a wooden castle, a small maze, and a submarine, nicknamed "The Yellow Submarine." But the park's biggest attraction is the beached pirate shipwreck, which is especially popular with dolphins and other sea wildlife.
8. Teardrop Park – New York City, NY
Located between residential buildings in Battery Park City, Teardrop Park is unlike anything else in NYC. Built for a whopping $17 million, the park features prominent rock outcroppings, geologic formations, a secret path, a bluestone ice wall, a humongous, almost dangerous looking slide, sandboxes, water play areas, a reading space with rock seats, and places to rock hop. Best of all, because it's not so easy to find, Teardrop Park is a real insiders secret. (Shhhhh.)
9. Yerba Gardens – San Francisco, California
It may sound like an unsafe setting, but the rooftop at Yerba Gardens in San Francisco is home to one of the most elaborate playgrounds ever constructed. Aside from the ice-skating rink, bowling center and the 130,000 square feet of open space to play in, the playground includes a beautiful 103-year-old hand carved carousel. The Zeum carousel was constructed in 1906 but could not be installed in San Francisco as originally planned because of earthquake issues. It was eventually housed at Luna Park in Seattle, where it was the only piece of equipment to survive a horrific 1911 fire. The city of San Francisco bought the carousel from a collector in 1998 and restored it to its original condition. It now serves at the centerpiece in Yerba Gardens
10. Playground – Boadilla del Monte, Spain
Spanish architects Eduardo Navadijos and Csaba Tarsoly designed this stunning modern playground with the intention of giving children inspiration to pursue their dreams in an airy and cool environment. I've never been to Madrid, a mere 30 minutes drive from Boadilla del Monte, but when I do finally get there, this playground is my first stop.


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The U.S. Forest Service published a key environmental study Friday for a land exchange to benefit a proposed resort atop Wolf Creek Pass.
The publication of the draft environmental impact statement triggers a 45-day public comment period that will include meetings this month in Pagosa Springs, Monte Vista and Creede.
The proposed Village at Wolf Creek has been down this road before.
Since the mid-1980s, Texas businessman B.J. Red McCombs has wanted to build a resort village for skiers at Wolf Creek. But after a falling out with the owners of Wolf Creek Ski Area and a flurry of lawsuits, McCombs still doesnt have the road access he needs to build on his 287 acres of private land.
His current plan asks the Forest Service to trade 204 acres of public land for 178 acres of his private land in order to position the village property next to U.S. Highway 160.
The Forest Service released a draft environmental impact statement Friday that designates the land trade as the preferred choice of three options.
The other two options include doing nothing or approving a road to the current private land parcel.
The Forest Service also analyzed three scenarios for building the village.
The biggest one calls for 1,700 dwelling units, including two hotels and 821 condominiums. A moderate scenario calls for 500 units, including a 71-room hotel.
Even the moderate development scenario would increase tourism by 250,000 visitor-days per year. For comparison, Wolf Creek Ski Area now accounts for 225,000 skier days a year.
The Forest Service also looked at the effects of dividing McCombs property into eight or nine 35-acre home sites. But thats not a serious plan, said Clint Jones, the lead developer.
This is not something were proposing or even thinking about doing, Jones said.
Jones was on the road and did not have time Friday to read the 567-page document.
The complex bureaucratic environment is different for this environmental impact statement compared to the 2006 document.
Village opponents criticized the 2006 EIS for assuming the village would be built even if the Forest Service did not approve access roads. That biased the analysis in favor of the village by absolving the Forest Service of responsibility for the impacts of the resort, critics said.
This time, the no-action option will mean just that, said Mike Blakeman, spokesman for Rio Grande National Forest.
Foresters say the law requires them to grant access to the private land because of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, which requires private inholdings around the country to be given access roads if the owners want them.
However, in this case McCombs asked for a land trade, not access to his land. If the Forest Service picks the do-nothing option, then McCombs would have to start all over again with a new environmental impact statement that analyzes the access road.
Forest Supervisor Dan Dallas will decide among the three options.
Theres no pre-decisional thing going on here, Blakeman said. (Dallas) certainly feels that he has three viable alternatives to look at and make a decision on.
Each alternative has pluses and minuses for public lands. If the Forest Service does the land trade, it would gain several wetlands and perennial streams, but it would lose a one-acre pond. It also would lose 147 acres of lynx habitat.
Christine Canaly, director of the San Luis Valley Ecosystem Council, has been a persistent critic of the village.
When the original village was proposed in the 1980s also through a land trade developers were talking about building only a few hundred housing units. That mushroomed in the 1990s into plans for a 10,000-person town.
Im going to look at it through the eyes of what the original environmental assessment said, Canaly said.
The Forest Service consciously did not consider the financial viability of the village, human health problems at high altitude and the risk of wildfires.
It also did not consider buying the private property from McCombs because it would need funds and he would have to be willing to sell it.


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A few of my guys are just crazy about dinosaurs. Although I didn't already have a dino week planned, I wanted to give an opportunity for the kids to have a say. They voted the dinosaur unit down in favor of a wild west week in November. There were a few that were just so disappointed that I tried to work it in anyway. We had a Community Service Helper visit for a day and a field trip to the symphony this week, too, but we manged to work in a few "dino-mite" dinosaur activities.
We measured down the length of our hallway to see for ourselves how long a dinosaur was. (Sorry no pics of that.) We fit an entire preschooler inside an Apatasaur footprint. (Paleontologists and scientists have changed the names of a few dinosaurs and are learning more and more about how they really lived.)
We each took a turn to place our footprints inside the dino print to see how many of our feet would fit.
After we'd all had a turn, one of the friends suggested we trace around a shoe to finish the rest of the count.
Dinosaur block play was pretty interesting. I think we've got the makings of a new dinosaur action movie here!
We made dinosaur footprints a`la Teach Preschool by tracing our shoe and a few triangles from our math center.
We drew dinosaurs freehand or traced unit blocks to make dinosaurs we named after ourselves.
We sorted dinosaur toys.
Our sensory table was a popular spot. I had lots of grand plans like Irresistible Ideas, but in the end, we just used sand, water and props.
Show and Tell this week was especially fun, with all the kids showing off their fancy dinosaur toys!
One remote control dinosaur was really something!
My favorite item brought for show and tell was so simple and gave us a lot to talk about.
Early in the week, we made Pteranodons by making paper airplanes and decorating them to look more "birdlike".
On Friday at recess, we took them outside and flew them.
Through out the week, we talked a little about volcanoes. I really wanted to have the time this year to make a magnificent volcano with the kids, like Teacher Tom did, but in the end, we barely had time to erupt the small one I already had.
When all was said and done, we didn't get to do nearly as many of the fun things that I've seen and really wanted to try, but we had a good time and learned quite a bit.


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Washington (CNN) – Republicans, who have spent years clamoring for tax reform, were much less enthusiastic Wednesday when faced with a sweeping tax overhaul plan in an election year, reticent to discuss whether the proposal from House Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp, R-Michigan, should even get a vote.
Camp's "Tax Reform Act of 2014" would lower tax rates for most Americans, but presents conservatives with an uncomfortable tradeoff: It raises the tax bill for large banks and the wealthy.
"This is the beginning of the conversation," House Speaker John Boehner told reporters. When asked about the tax increases in the draft, he dismissed the question, answering, "Blah, blah, blah, blah."
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When CNN asked whether the 979-page bill will get a vote, the Republican leader from Ohio seemed to indicate it's too early to discuss that, too. "We are going to start the conversation today," he said.
All conversation, no action?
"The Boehner response was essentially a vote of no confidence," said Stan Collender, a former House and Senate budget staffer who is now an Executive Vice President with Qorvis Communications in Washington.
"It's really very simple," Collender asserted. "Republicans cannot possibly vote on a tax increase before the 2014 election."
Collender sees the timing and politics surrounding the Camp plan and its politically tricky tax increases as reaching into the presidential cycle.
"I think this puts the nail in the coffin of tax reform until after the 2016 election." Collender said.
Rank-and-file Republicans were still reading the details of the Camp plan Wednesday, but those few who had seen the proposal were reserving substantive comment for the moment.
"We're starting this debate, we'll see how far it can go," said House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin. "This is the beginning, this is a discussion draft."
A holy grail quest
Comprehensive tax reform has achieved near-holy grail status in the Capitol, which has not seen substantial tax overhaul since 1986. It is a difficult topic, fraught with political hazards on all sides. As a result, comprehensive proposals such as Camp's are exceedingly rare.
The conservative Heritage Action for America group gave Camp high marks for putting a plan on the table, but acknowledged that his effort is hitting walls with lobbyists and special interests whose clients could lose tax exemptions or see taxes go up in the proposal.
"Too many people in this town are afraid of putting their cards on the table." said Dan Holler, Heritage's communications director. "So to the extent that Camp produced a document that will get a bunch of people on K Street upset, that's a positive."
All of this adds up to a powerful document containing tough choices, but for the moment seems to be going nowhere.
A fellow Republican's comments even undercut the Camp report a full day before it was released.
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, who faces a tough re-election battle in Kentucky, told reporters Tuesday that Republicans and Democrats are too far apart for tax reform to be possible this year.
By Wednesday morning, some House conservatives were shaking their heads at the possible limbo for tax reform, and the state of the legislative process in general.
"I don't like the idea of doing nothing," said Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah. "The problem in this town is it's always an election year."
He sighed as he walked down a basement hallway. "We have to get past the idea that we have an election on the horizon," he concluded.
Why would the GOP want to create a more equal and simpler tax code ?
Answer , they wouldn't !
Time and again, we have seen republicans fail to lead, fail to offer solutions, fail to work for all Americans. What they are good at is criticizing any efforts that would address a problem. It worked for them in 2010, and they haven't earned their salaries since.
To be completely fair, the IRS Codes have been building almost as an accretion, and at that for a high array special interests, so much so that the codes are virtually set up to allow loophole after loophole for virtually any special case one can think of. Tearing it all up and starting over is tempting and in fact perhaps called for. Saying that though is the reality that our codes could also be cleaned- close the loopholes, shut down the tax havens- or make it illegal to stash income abroad. All of those could be a start while an appropriate committee of accountants and tax specialists build a new tax code. Should this be done by Congress? Absolutely not. This is how the IRS code got the way it is.
The problem is that there are many tax loop holes in the law as currently written that support GOP sources and friends.
And the truth is finally out there in black and white.
"Camp's "Tax Reform Act of 2014" would lower tax rates for most Americans, but presents conservatives with an uncomfortable tradeoff: It raises the tax bill for large banks and the wealthy."
In other words the teaklans do ONLY care about those who have the most to continue having the most while the rest of us (vanishing middle class, seniors (thanks Reagan), the poor, children and even veterans) sink into the rising waters because they don't believe in climate change either.
Pathetic group of hypocritical jobs for life bunch!.
This is what I dislike the most about the Republicans, they are great "talkers". Say what you will about the ACA the Democrats had talked for decades about the desire to make Health care affordable for all Americans. When they got the opportunity, they passed it. The law is overly complicated, the website was poorly designed and launched. BUT THEY DID IT!! And I believe it 10 years most Americans will remember how crappy the program began, but most will be glad it happened. Now look at the Republicans, they have "talked about" simplifying the tax laws for at least 10 years. They have had control of the House for the last two years and they have done NOTHING!! Why?? It is simple to "equalize" and "simplify" our tax codes you HAVE to eliminate some of the ridiculous tax deductions that the rich get that allows many of them to pay 17% while working Americans pay on average 33%. They FEAR if they do this it will have a negative impact on the donations they receive for the next election cycle. Being reelected is the #1 priority for most of them all of the time. So what they will do for the next 9 months is complain, pout, be negative about the ACA and anything else the Democrats or President suggests. How do you people continue to vote for people who are mostly against everything and suggest very little to correct it? It just doesn't make sense and it keeps the country stuck. They need to lose control of the House because they just don't have their act together and it is preventing real progress from happening.
If you make less than $150K per year and Vote GOP; here's your sign.
These (many republicans) are the same people that are against raising the minimum wage $2.45 over three year to $10.10. At the same time they are against increasing the tax burden of people earning $450,000.00 a year an extra 8 to 10% per year. The minimum wage is so low, the U.S. government (me and you in taxes) pays out close to $200 billion dollars a year in earned income credit amounts and SNAP payments to these workers!! This makes sense to you?? I just don't understand.
"Camp's 'Tax Reform Act of 2014' would lower tax rates for most Americans, but presents conservatives with an uncomfortable tradeoff: It raises the tax bill for large banks and the wealthy."
Camp is the House Ways and Means Chairman, so he has to work with real numbers. This is his way of saying that even Republicans know cutting taxes does not raise revenues.
They love as long as the Koch brothers taxes don't go up and dry up their payoffs!!!!
Who's g0t cash to pay more tax's? After a maddi jumps up out of the ground in the home land !
I see Lois Lerner wants immunity if she testifies. Why?
Ironically, "blah, blah, blah, blah" seems to be the de facto Republican answer to EVERY critical issue facing America. Sadly, the ONLY issue that seems unify them is, well, shutting America down.
The spending cuts and benefits ( food stamps long term unemployment benefits) and social security WELLS have run dry of further serious savings for Budget = deficit cutting and debt reduction especially when combined with the sequester cuts in other areas like defense etc.
Tax reform is as both sides agree is the remaining significant area where economically viable savings in tax giveaways or playing around with rates to still get more taxes from lower rates as the economy expands. I just do not see why the house and Senate ways and means committees cannot both sit down with opposing plans and get to a consensus.
The constant, Oh its an election year making it so this democrat or this republican cannot negotiate this and still get re-elected, insults the intelligence of any voter republican or democrat.
Frankly, I am fed up of being insulted by both parties.... who put ideology 100 % first and not the nations best interests.
As usual, they were for it before they were against it...
Really ? for the most part the GOP are all talk trying to scare the weak minded sheep into letting them decimate them in favor of the 1 % – they have no interist in governing just a interist in making one man fail and america fail to gain power and reward those that finance there never ending campaigns
What's new? They are finished working for the year. November comes quickly for all of them.
i wonder if these folks are capable of governing, it has to be 100 percent their way or else it aint a bill. these are the people that our country is clamoring to elect this November, a bunch of talkers, and no walkers. they can speak as if they can solve every woes that hinder the american people even though their remedies always seems to throw the country in reverse. lesson repubs this is a country of the people, not the corporations, and no mitten corporations are not people too. soon or later the people eyes will be opened and they will slowly start realizing that their presents in America are not needed anymore.
"Camp's "Tax Reform Act of 2014" would lower tax rates for most Americans, but presents conservatives with an uncomfortable tradeoff: It raises the tax bill for large banks and the wealthy."
What else could make it clearer to the folks being duped by the smaller gov and lower taxes mantra. On the GOP scale, the interests of "large banks and the wealthy" significantly outweighs those of "most Americans".
What's new, they've done nothing to this point, why not make it a full eight years, what happens when Clinton wins, eight more years, get rid of them!
"I don't like the idea of doing nothing," said Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah. "The problem in this town is it's always an election year."
Truer words were never spoken.
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"I don't like the idea of doing nothing," said Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah. "The problem in this town is it's always an election year."
Truer words were never spoken.
Solving problems also deprives the parties of talking points as well. People in DC are always thinking tactically, as opposed to actually doing their jobs, and elections be damned.
""Tax Reform Act of 2014" would lower tax rates for most Americans, but presents conservatives with an uncomfortable tradeoff: It raises the tax bill for large banks and the wealthy."
Why not do the right thing and lower everyone's tax bill? And, at the same time, more than proportionately reduce government expenditures.
If you think that lowering your federal taxes is going to result in a real reduction in your overall taxes, guess again. The burden gets pushed off onto states and municipalities, who will raise their taxes, or create new fees to make up the difference. That was the result of Reagan's New Federalism, a huge jump in your state and local taxes.


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The Long Road to Marathon Recovery
by Christie Matheson
Most marathoners agree that the last 6.2 miles of the race are just as difficult as the entire first 20. It is during that last, seemingly endless stretch that calves tighten, quads burn, and joints you did not know existed start to ache. But all that becomes a blur as sheer force of will drives you toward the finish line. Unfortunately, crossing the finish line does not make the pain go away. Just as marathon training takes a long time, so does marathon recovery. However, you can start the recovery process right after you cross the finish line.
The First Few Hours
Keep Moving
The temptation to collapse and lie down when you cross the finish line might be overwhelming, but don't. Instead, walk around slowly while you start to rehydrate. Try cooling down gradually for 5-10 minutes. Also, change clothes to stay warm and dry.
You will need fluid after the race, no matter how much you drank during the race. However, water alone will not do the trick. After a marathon, you will have a low concentration of glucose, sodium, and other electrolytes. You can rehydrate with a variety of fluids, including water, smoothies, recovery drinks, and juice. Avoid the temptation to guzzle fluids. Sip them slowly.
You should begin eating soon after completing your marathon. Eating is important because it also helps to restore energy and hydration levels. Consider consuming a shake that balances proteins and carbohydrates within 15 minutes after the marathon. This will give you a quick burst of fluid, protein, and carbohydrates. How much carbohydrate and protein feedings you should have are based on body weight. Talk with your nutritionist to find out what is best for you.
Take Care of Your Body
Other than eating and drinking, there are a few things to keep in mind in the hours following the race. Try to do what makes you feel better. If stretching feels good, stretch. If walking keeps you from getting tight, keep walking slowly. If you feel a throbbing injury, ice it.
Use Ice, Not Heat
Heat is one thing you should avoid during the first few days after the race. A Jacuzzi or hot tub, or even a heating pad, might seem like the perfect remedy for aching legs, but heat can actually increase swelling and muscle soreness. It seems less soothing, but you should ice your aching muscles and joints instead or take a very short bath in ice water.
The First Week or Two
The recovery continues in the weeks following the race.
You will be sore. Climbing and descending stairs presents quite a challenge. Pay attention to your body and its need for rest. In a few days, the soreness will begin to subside.
You may want to schedule a massage after your race. Ask a fellow runner to recommend a masseuse. You'll want to work with someone who is familiar with massaging people who run long distances.
Light walking and stretching will help you regain some flexibility and decrease muscle soreness. Just remember to stretch gently. Excessive stretching may trigger spasms in damaged muscles.
Lay Off the Running
Training for a marathon gets you in the habit of running a lot. After a few days of rest, you may start itching to hit the road again. Try not to do that, it may result in injuries. Recovery time is just as important as the hill and tempo runs you included in your training plan.
Try to abstain completely from running for at least one week, preferably two. When you return to running, take it very easy. Run at a pace that would allow you to carry on a conversation.
The Weeks Following
Do not worry; your body will not ache for the 6 weeks following the marathon. But just because the pain is not acute does not mean you are back to full strength. Use the time to try other fitness activities that do not stress your body as much as running, and ease up on your running mileage and intensity. Remember, the key to recovery is to do so gradually.
Many marathoners experience a feeling of letdown after the end of many months of training. The best way to stay motivated is choose a post-marathon goal and begin to plan training for your next event after you have completely recovered.
Finishing a marathon is an incredible athletic feat. Enjoy it for a while, and give your body the time it needs and deserves to make a complete recovery.
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