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Check out the news this week:
The Associate Press reports that there are increasing numbers of homeless and poor people in Silicon Valley. The piece almost sounds like something I would write:
Simply put, while the ultra-rich are getting even richer, record numbers of Silicon Valley residents are slipping into poverty. "In the midst of a national economic recovery led by Silicon Valley's resurgence, as measured by corporate profits and record stock prices, something strange is going on in the Valley itself. Most people are getting poorer," said Cindy Chavez, executive director of San Jose-based Working Partnerships USA, a nonprofit advocating for affordable housing, higher minimum wages and access to health care.
That will come as no surprise to people who lived through the last tech boom in San Francisco and are struggling to live through this one. Great wealth does not trickle down around here; it sucks up housing, drives up costs, and creates homelessness and poverty for the most vulnerable:
The causes for the growing disparity are complex, but largely come down to one thing: a very high cost of living. The median home price is $550,000, and rents average just under $2,000 a month for a two-bedroom apartment in this region that is home to many of the nation's wealthiest companies including Facebook, Apple Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co. and Google. For a family of four, just covering basic needs like rent, food, childcare and transportation comes to almost $90,000 a year, according to the nonprofit Insight Center for Community Economic Development. "The fact is that we have an economy now that's working well only for those at the very top," said Lawrence Mishel at the Economic Policy Institute in Washington, D.C. "Unless we adopt a new approach to economic policy, we're going to continue going down this path, which means growth that does not really benefit the great majority of people in this country."
Meanwhile, there's a new study out, using a new approach to economic data, that shows that almost a quarter of all California residents live below the poverty line. The raw data, which is a bit thick, is here. There's a state Senate report on it here. Sen. Leland Yee (D-SF) held a hearing on the data -- but uncovering the facts, while valuable, isn't going to get anyone off the streets. And I don't understand why this isn't on the front page of every major newspaper in the state.
Before my trolls tell me that I hate the rich, let me repeat: I don't hate anybody and I don't blame rich people for what this country has created. That's the fault of the policymakers who, since Ronald Reagan too office in 1981, have allowed the United States to embrace increasing social inequality.
Great wealth can make a country, well, wealthy. But if it's allowed to stick entirely to the top, then if can do more harm than good.
And the reality is that, particularly in the South and the West, tax policy is designed to help the wealthy at the expense of the poor:
The fact is, the more the poor are taxed, the worse off they are, whether they are working or not. We all pay a huge price for this shortsightedness. Medicaid payments, food stamps, disability benefits — all of these federal programs swoop in to try to patch up a frayed safety net.
In other words, it's not the Invisible Hand of Adam Smith causing the poverty in California. It's not laziness that causes poor people to live on the streets. And it's not just happening in San Francisco.
Now, some of the people who like to comment on this blog suggest that poor people just move somewhere else, that it's too expensive to live in San Francisco and that's just the way it is.
That's a bit of a harsh approach, and undermines the entire idea of a city as a community, where people of different income levels can live. But it's also impractical; one of the reasons people come here, besides the weather and the scintillating level of intellectual dialogue (present company excluded) is that there are jobs here. Oh, and most poor people can' t just pack up, hire a moving van, relocate to another city, pay first and last month's rent, and live on savings until they find a new job.
There was a time when the federal government taxed great wealth, and used the money to invest in cities, building (and subsidizing) housing and infrasructure and funding jobs programs. Much of that is now gone; revenue sharing is a ghost of the past, eliminated in the Reagan era.
So now we have almost a parody of American economic news: The New York Times reports that the Dow Jones Industrial Average is setting new records, and on the same page notes that the numbers of homeless people and people living in poverty are also setting records.
This is by far the biggest issue, the most serious crisis, facing the country, and (unlike wealth) it trickles down to every level of government. And it seems as if nobody is paying attention.
necessarily have to mean hundreds or thousands of miles away. Your article focused on Silicon Valley and of course, as the biggest driver of modern American economic success, that is bound to be an expensive place to live, in much the same way as certain parts of other wealthy cities like LA, NYC and London.
But just because those places have wealthy area's is not a big problem. Wealthy people consume a lot of minimum-wage services, and so successful neighborhoods always have many poorer people close by.
But they don't have to live in Beverly Hills, the upper east side, belgravia or pacific heights. They live in the Valley, Queens, the east end and Oakland.
So if you cannot afford the rent in Mountain View, there are places not so far away that are more affordable, like most of the east bay. SF workers can choose Oakland or Daly City to live in.
Your problem, Tim, is that you think only in terms of SF, when the real city is all around you, extending for 50 miles north, east and south, and there are plenty of cheaper options. Not everyone has to live in the expensive area's.
Oakland rents have seen big increases over the past 4 years. Read on...
"Matt and Jennifer Renner are moving back to the Bay Area after a few years living in Brooklyn and Boulder, Colo. They're seeking a two-bedroom in Oakland for about $1,900, Despite both having stable employment, good credit and excellent references, the pickings are slim.
"'In the four years we've been gone, it's staggering how much the rents have gone up,' Matt Renner said. 'We considered looking at San Francisco, but the rental market there was crazy, comparable to Manhattan.'"
Big increases in 4 years
"In 2008 when they were last here, it was a different story, he said. 'I was in a three-bedroom, really nice house in the Lower Haight for $3,000 a month,' Renner said. 'My wife had a nice one-bedroom in a safe neighborhood in Oakland for $875 a month. Now that's almost doubled.'"
matters where you are in Oakland.
If you want to live in Piedmont, Rockridge or the "Hills" then, sure, it's pricey. Quality always is.
But there are parts of west and east Oakland where there are many abandoned homes that you can buy for 100K. How much could they rent for? Probably less than $1000 per month.
It's the "San Francisco entitlement syndrome" all over again. People whine that rents are too high in Pacific Heights, but they never look in Bayview or Exclesior, where they are much cheaper.
If you're flexible, there are affordable homes. If you're picky, make sure you are entitled to be so.
So the poor get drive-by shootings while you look down on them from Pacific Heights. I'd say the sense of entitlement is all yours.
It's not exactly rocket science.
That's why some of us study hard and work hard - because we want to live in Pacific Heights and not in West Oakland.
But no, you think instead that the government should allocate homes regardless of means to pay, right? You feel "entitled" to live in Pacific Heights on an Oakland budget.
Lots of people study hard and can't afford to live here. I went to UC Berkeley, graduated at the top of my class and I'm fairly middle class. Yet, I couldn't even dream of living in SF. What is it about making more more money makes you feel that you're more entitled to live here than anyone else? That's the real question. You reek of entitlement.
If you cannot afford SF then live elsewhere. Why is that a problem.
I cannot afford to drive a Bentley, so I do without - I do not whine about it.
That's an idea that only progressives like Tim claim, i.e. that it shouldn't matter if you are broke and unemployed, you still have a "right" or "entitlement" to live in Pacific Heights or Los Altos or Beverly Hills.
It is obvious, evident nonsense.
Noone should have a right to live in Pacific Heights. Everyone should live in the same manner. Regardless of income. No rich. No poor. It is called Communism. We don't have to accept Capitalism. Capitalism is theft. People think they earned the right to exploit others; because they worked hard.
You don't have to be a communist to believe in more equality and opportunity for all. You just have to be a compassionate human being.
You should care whether you have enough, but not whether somebody else has more than you.
Sadly the left cannot resists dredging up comparisons with others as a susbstitute, as the left loves it's class warfare games. And to play those, one needs a bad guy, so let's pick on the successful for that role.
Exactly that.
The One Percenters don't even *need* to engage in organized class warfare to excersize their rapist-like depredations upon the rest: their great wealth translates to great power, which even when excercised on an individual basis forms a potent and inexorable tool that can only be overcome by concerted "class struggle" in the form of a democratically controlled government; public action.
That the Power Elites don't *need* organized class warfare does not mean they don't engage in it; as they obviously do through the thoroughly corrupt campaign finance system, which serves them as they take greater control over the government which represents the the one part of society which might provide a check on their power.
When French peasants watched their erstwhile royals being carted of in tumbrils, it wasn't "envy" which they felt.
You're trippin'. Up until last month I was living comfortably in SF for $26,000 a year.
My idea of "comfortable" is probably different from yours, but that is definitely your problem. If you have a college degree from a name-brand school and you seriously can't "dream" of living here, dream harder.
We should remember that the next time we have to decide how much city workers should be paid with our money.
unless you live in an SRO. It might just cover your rent, but little else. But let's be creative. I suppose if you don't mind panhandling, you could scrounge up enough to eat every other day. However, if you're middle-class, you're plum out of luck, unless of course you luck into some digs with rent control. Not too many of those left.
Who do you think is doing the drive-by shootings?
What's your point?
Poor people are
I don't know that it's entirely a choice to be poor, but if the residents of Pacific Heights and the Tenderloin switched places, which would be a nicer place to live?
then why would you make any effort to study, work hard or succeed?
Wealth or poverty isn't random - it derives from the decisions that you make about and the priorities that you set for your own life.
That's true even if poverty isn't entirely a choice. Some people have bad luck or such low ability that that hard work isn't enough.
In America, not so much, as there are many examples of people born dead poor becoming wealthy. It's called the Amercian dream.
Likewise, some people are born into wealth and then go on to fail.
You don't think people differ in innate ability?
Where's the value in everyone being identical?
If people differ in innate ability, some poor people become wealthy does not prove that any poor person can become wealthy.
"wealthy" is a relative term. You'd probably be deemed "wealthy" in Bangladesh and maybe even Alabama, but not here.
The fact remains that some achieve success and others do not, and while there are many factors that combine to make that happen, it is clearly the case that being born poor is not an impediment to those who are determiend enough to succeed.
Even a good education is no guarantee of success. As a NY Times piece about four college strivers illustrates, "their story seems less like a tribute to upward mobility than a study of obstacles in an age of soaring economic inequality. Not one of them has a four-year degree. Only one is still studying full time, and two have crushing debts." And there are tens of thousands of struggling college kids in the same predicament, including those from the (formerly) middle class.
Myth: All U.S. children have equal opportunities to succeed in school.
The Reality:
•Children born poor, at low birth weight, without health coverage, and who start school not ready to learn often fall behind and drop out.
•Teachers in high poverty schools are more likely to have less experience, less training, and fewer advanced degrees than teachers in low poverty schools.
•22 percent of children who have lived in poverty do not graduate from high school, compared with six percent of those who have never been poor.
• 32 percent of students who spent more than half of their childhoods in poverty do not graduate.
(Children's Defense Fund, 2010; Annie E. Casey Foundation, 2012)
Myth: People who are poor are lazy.
Fact: More than 10.5 million people in poverty formed the "working poor" in the U.S. in 2010, meaning they were in the labor force for at least 27 weeks. (U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2012)
Myth: Even if you're poor in the U.S. you're doing pretty well.
The Reality: The U.S. ranks near the bottom of the world's wealthiest countries in how well it cares for its children in poverty. Out of 24 nations, the U.S. ranked between 19th and 23rd in critical areas of health, education, and material well-being. (UNICEF, 2010)
Myth: No one goes hungry in America.
The Reality: One in six Americans lives in a household that is "food insecure," meaning that in any given month, they will be out of money, out of food, and forced to miss meals or seek assistance to feed themselves. Nationally, more than 50 million Americans were food insecure in 2011—a 39 percent increase from 2007. Among the hungry are nearly 17 million children. (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 2012)
I very much appreciate your post as it represents additional back-up for putting the lie to Big Troll Lie #12 (Poor people here in the U.S. are actually quite well-off.) *and* you also have pointed out a new addition for the list:
21 Poor people are lazy
Once again, thanks. I'll try to credit you sporadically:
This is ridiculous. The rich are getting richer because the tax codes favor the rich today. More and more wealth into fewer and fewer hands. Why not just enslave people who make poor choices in life so you can have slaves work for you on your plantation.
For the unfortunate souls who have to work for a living, many work two days a week (or more) just to pay taxes. They work another two days a week (or more) just to pay housing costs and utilities. After transportation, medical, food, and other vital necessities, they're lucky to have a couple of hours work money left over at the end of the week.
At least a slaveowner had to pay for food, housing, and medical care. In the current US system, after workers pay for taxes and housing, they're not much better off than the slaves of yore.
Tax codes benefit the rich, but not at the expense of the poor. While Mitt Romney qualified to pay 9% in income taxes (he actually paid more, to help his presidential bid), it isn't at the expense of the poor. I is true that 47% of Americans don't pay any taxes. No, it comes at the expense of the middle class, like me, who pay double the taxes that Mitt pays. But I believe we have a serious problem with people earning money and not reporting it - thus "qualifying" as poor. There is rampant fraud in the US - much of it done by the "poor". Like the family at Safeway last week that bought two carts of groceries - one for their restaurant, which they paid for in cash, and one cart for their home - paid with food stamps. They loaded all of it into their BMW 750.
Sounds more like the antics that the rich get away with every day. By the way, stop quoting Romney. It's a lie that 47% of Americans don't pay any taxes. They may not pay income tax (only about 1/2 of the federal tax burden) but they still pay FICA and Medicare taxes, the unemployment insurance tax and sales taxes. In fact, the poor carry the heavier burden when it comes to taxes because they are less able to shoulder it.
"and creates homelessness and poverty for the most vulnerable" Can't you all knock off with this trite cliche that is as meaningless as "vibrant?"
It is not just "the most vulnerable" but anyone who's not plugged into the high value added economy who is at risk.
Most who are at risk do not self identify as "the most vulnerable," just as most of "the most vulnerable" as described by "the left" don't self identify as "the most vulnerable"
That language is patronizing, has lost its meaning by becoming cliche, and needs to be put to bed in favor of more precise language that appeals to the people you're writing about.
"...appeals to the people you're writing about"
Who the hell would that be? A pampered, whiny, middle-class white dude who could care leass about people of color, poor folks, women or the elderly (yes, the most vulnerable). Someone who hates nonprofits because they provide valuable services to vulnerable people instead of leaving them to fend for themselves? You've never been very progressive, Marc, since you only care about yourself. Admit it.
I suppose that depends on what you mean by "at the top". It's certainly not the "one percent", to use that overworked cliche, as there quite simply are not nearly enough of them in Silicon Valley to absorb all the housing there.
Home prices and rents there are expensive not because of a few billionaires, who only affect the value of a few superhomes in Los Altos etc. No, they are expensive because there are so many people in that area who can afford those homes that there are virtually no vanacies.
So the idea that a relatively small number of super-rich people drive the entire housing market up is untenable. What in fact you have is a broad range of people making 150K and up, sufficient to afford all those homes. And the tech business is very good at spreading the wealth around between all it's staff, thru bonuses and stock options. There are tens of thousands of millionaires in the Bay Area, and people making 150K pa or more.
That does leave many who still cannot afford housing in the best parts, of course. But that is inevitable in an area that is booming. You can't pin everything on the "wealthy". It's much more complicated than that.
You're correct that many high-paying industries are booming in the Bay Area. By having many of the world's scientific Nobel Laureates conducting research and teaching at two local universities, and the headquarters of world-class financial, law, biotech, and software/hardware technology companies located within a 50 mile radius, the Bay Area has hundreds of thousands of jobs that pay very well.
The 1% meme is useful to galvanize the public's attention to the glaring discrepancy in wealth of the relative few versus the poverty and marginal economic existence of the many, including relatively affluent households. But as a way of understanding the more complex economic relationships that are affecting the Bay Area, US, and world economy, the 1% soundbite isn't all that helpful. At least the top 20-25% of the country's economic elites have a very strong motivation to keep the status quo. It's in these upper income ranges - but far below the "1%ers" - where most business executives, politicians, landlords, professionals, and successful small business owners have high levels of income far greater than the incomes of the lower 2/3 of society.
The article wisely separates those economic players "at the top" verses the rest of us. When the Chronicle is running thoughtful stories about the very uneven income and wealth distribution created by Silicon Valley and its symbiotic financial and legal professional prostitutes, we can surmise that even the high-level Chronicle management could no longer ignore this long simmering issue.
The SFBG has been at the forefront keeping the Bay Area public informed about the deep chasms in the economic realities of the area's residents. But until the politicians start dragging the CEO's, university presidents, large landlords, federal politicians, and other economic players responsible for the deep economic and polarized society into public hearings to ask why they continue to create a sharply divided economic society and how it can be changed to benefit the entire society, we can expect the status quo to remain. Indeed, we can expect the situation to get far worse as technology further reduces the need for local labor, and the landlords, banks, and speculators continue to profit from scarce housing.
convincing about why that matters. SFBG takes it as a given that inequality is wrong, but why? If America ever gets it's first "trillionaire" then that will increase inequality but does it really and materially affect anyone else? Most likely, no. If anything that trillionaire will spend and invest, thereby creating jobs and prosperity for everyone.
Indeed, part of why even the poor in the US are quite well off by global standards is the much maligned "trickle down effect". Inequality, per se, does not make anyone poor, because it derives from creating wealth, not stealing it. Gates, Jobs and Buffett didn't steal from anyone.
Progressives love to cultivate envy but that is a poor substitute for enlightened policy making. It doesn't matter that Buffett is worth 40 billion. It really doesn't.
The point of this article and the link to the AP story is that economic conditions have gotten far worse for a growing number of residents. This issue isn't about a few zillionaires who became rich with no harm to the rest of us, it's about an economic system that is funnelling most of the wealth and income to a fairly small percent of the population while the majority of the population copes with declining incomes, high housing costs, and high regressive taxes.
As with the majority of other commenters who post here, there's no reason to let the facts get in the way of your foregone opinions. If you had read the links you would have discovered some informative and well-written articles including this one.
Imagine a society where everyone makes 45K pa, which happens to be the average for the US.
Now imagine that one of those people suddenly becomes a multi-billionaire.
Is anyone less well off as a result? Why would that even matter?
I sympathize with dense people who can't understand what is being said so they make up a story to fit their simple view of the world. But no one talked about everyone making the same income except you.
You sound like a law school flunk-out who only learned to change the subject to fit their agenda and never could fathom that other reasonable people could have different points of view. People who vehemently state an opinion as being fact are often diagnosed with ADHD among other mental disorders. You may want to get those checked out by more competent physicians than you're currently seeing.
envy of the odd wealthy person is in any way a relevant factor.
Did you even bother to read Tim's piece before commenting? Perhaps you missed the part where Tim said that "almost 1/4 of all California residents live below poverty line."
In this day and age, the rich do not get rich by 'creating wealth' (hint: they produce nothing!). These days, they get rich by cheating and speculating with money that doesn't belong to them. The government (that's our money) subsidizes the corporations and bails them out as a matter of course. Then they rig the system so they pay far less in taxes than they owe. In fact, 2/3 of US corporations pay no income tax at all! To add insult to injury, they cheat through insider trading and other schemes to reap maximum profits at the expense of the rest of us. And if you think that money is trickling down, you haven't been paying attention.
far harder than you are, are smarter, better educated and achieve far more productivity than you.
They don't get rich by accident, by rather by understanding what others are willing to pay for and then doing a great job of giving them what theyw ant and need.
This whole meme about the rich stealing from the poor is a myth. Robin Hood, it ain't. The simple fact is that, even if you are poor, you'd be even poorer but for the rich and the wealth they create and which you share.
If your friends are among the financial elites, I'm sure they can relate to this once respected CEO and the lifestyle where inside tips are described as "a way of life". And no, it's not Robin Hood, more like Robin Hood in reverse. Read on:
"Rajat Gupta's four-decade journey from India to the upper echelons of American business and a board seat at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. ended after less than 10 hours of deliberation by a federal jury, which convicted him of insider trading.
"The verdict caps the fall of the most prominent figure caught in the government's drive to stop the leaking of corporate secrets to Wall Street. The U.S. said Mr. Gupta, 63 years old, once one of America's most-respected corporate directors, was motivated not by quick profits but rather a lifestyle where inside tips are the currency of friendships and elite business relationships."
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Philosophically speaking, I'm anti-New Adult fiction. I'm quite fine with Young Adult fiction, and over the years as a PW reviewer have read many a coming-of-age novel, but I'm genuinely annoyed by the notion of a genre of fiction for 18-26 year olds. What's next? Not-Quite-New-Adult fiction, for the 27-30 set? How about Fiction for 30-Somethings, Unmarried Fiction, Menopausal Fiction, or...better still, Men in Midlife Crisis Fiction? Isn't it bad enough that just the other week Wikipedia started removing women novelists from its list of American Novelists onto a separate list for American Women Novelists?
With New Adult Fiction, though, my grouchiness goes deeper. Blame it on All That, a variety show on Nickelodeon when my daughter was young. It aired on Saturday evenings, featuring comedy sketches and musical guests, supposedly in the tradition of SNL. If by "in the tradition of" you mean it was on television and it was on Saturday nights, then yes. If you mean anything else...well, then...no.
By the time my daughter started to watch All That, my husband and I had already spent far too much time watching Rugrats, Spongebob, Catdog, The Angry Beavers, and [my personal favorite] Rocko's Modern Life. Anyone who grew up watching cartoons knows there's generally something for everybody in them, regardless of your age, which is why as a family of three we could all survive the many, many re-runs. It's why The Simpsons continues after more than 25 years on television. Unfortunately, All That was written specifically for your (and my) little kid at their most obnoxious, with no redeeming anything for anyone older than, say, ten years of age.
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Acta awards scholarships to local students
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Manny Acta's ImpACTA Kids Foundation has done wonders for the children in the Indians manager's hometown of Consuelo, in the Dominican Republic. Acta has built fields and a library facility on fields once covered by weeds, and he's also sponsored a Little League program that bears his name.
But Acta's charitable efforts aren't limited to the Dominican. He has taken to Cleveland as his home away from home, investing in the futures of some of the area's best and brightest students through a scholarship program that began last year, his first at the helm of the Tribe.
On Tuesday, Acta awarded scholarships to two bright and motivated students – Ashley Linston, a graduate of St. Peter Chanel High School, and John Maher, a graduate of Villa Angela-St. Joseph High School. Linston will be attending the University of Cincinnati this fall, majoring in pre-pharmacy, while Maher will be attending the University of Dayton, studying computer engineering.
In order to be eligible to win the $2,500 awards, Linston and Maher participated in an essay contest, compiled a minimum cumulative grade-point average of 3.3 or better, enrolled in a four-year university for the fall and had plans to major in the field of science, technology or business. Each year, Acta is awarding the scholarships to one male and one female graduating senior in the greater Cleveland area who meets those criteria and has a financial need.
"I'm a part of this community now," Acta said. "Our foundation is about making an impact on the lives of others, especially kids that are willing to give back to their community once they've achieved their goals."
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Madison Square Garden played host to game three of the first round Eastern Conference playoff matchup between the New York Knicks and the Miami Heat. While we usually have our attention on what the athletes wore in this kind of post, the celebrities in celeb row truly outshined what was on the hardwood. With big name appearances such as Kanye West in the Nike Flight 89, Spike Lee in his special edition Knick Foamposites and Justin Tuck in the Last Shot Air Jordan 14 it was hard not to give them any shine. Regardless we did take note of what Melo, Bron and Wade had going on. Check out all three of them sporting a PE version of their signature shoe highlighted by LBJ's Heat styled Elite LeBron 9.
In the NBA's other playoff match up the Oklahoma City Thunder traveled to Dallas looking to take a commanding 3-0 lead in their series. For the game Durant sported his own PE colorway of his signature Zoom KD IV while Westbrook had on the Zoom Hyperfuse 2011.
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New party area coming to Miller Park
The Dew Deck at Miller Park is getting a little brother.
The Brewers announced plans Thursday for another new "group entertainment area," the Miller Lite Party Deck, with a capacity of 70 and situated above the right field bleachers next to the existing Dew Deck. The 1,400 sq. ft. space will include a fixed bar, buffet counter, flat panel televisions and two levels of seating. The Brewers say it will offer an "all-inclusive food and beverage experience."
"Every year, we work to enhance the overall entertainment experience at Miller Park, and this will be a significant addition to the many options that we offer," Brewers COO Rick Schlesinger said. "We appreciate the support of MillerCoors as we believe The Miller Lite Party Deck will be one of baseball's most exciting and unique all-inclusive entertaining areas."
The area is currently under construction and will be ready in time for the Brewers' first 2013 game at Miller Park — an exhibition against the Chicago White Sox on Friday, March 29.
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Latest Springboks News
Etzebeth off the hook
21 Nov 2012
Eben Etzebeth has been found not guilty of eye gouging and is free to play against England on Saturday. Read more
Openside hybrid non-negotiable for Boks
20 Nov 2012
RYAN VREDE, in London, reports Springbok defence coach John McFarland believes there isn't room in Test rugby for an openside who isn't equally competent at the breakdown as he is with ball in hand. Read more
Pin down Pat
20 Nov 2012
Springbok kicking coach Louis Koen says he has the utmost faith that Pat Lambie will develop into a world class Test flyhalf but stressed it is critical that he settles in the position in Super Rugby. Read more
Boks call up Lions skipper
20 Nov 2012
The Springboks have called up JC Janse van Rensburg in place of the injured CJ van de Linde. Read more
Colossal impact
20 Nov 2012
Eben Etzebeth had an outstanding first season of professional rugby. Read more
Critical juncture for Lambie
20 Nov 2012
RYAN VREDE, in London, writes Pat Lambie has yet to convince of his aptitude as a Test flyhalf but has an opportunity to push his case with a strong showing at Twickenham. Read more
Marler to miss Bok clash
20 Nov 2012
England prop Joe Marler is set to miss Saturday's Test against the Springboks because of a knee injury. Read more
Demanding more from awful Boks
19 Nov 2012
MARK KEOHANE, in his weekly Business Day column, says this has been a desperate end-of-year tour for the Springboks, and to criticise them does not make one unpatriotic. Read more
Meyer rejects Blacks comparison
19 Nov 2012
RYAN VREDE, in London, reports that Heyneke Meyer says comparisons between the Springboks and All Blacks are ill-formed and unfair, explaining the world champions are far advanced in their development. Read more
Twickers to be viewed in isolation
19 Nov 2012
Heyneke Meyer refused to say that a victory or defeat against England would define their season, but accepted that it was critical to deeming the year-end tour a success. Read more
Etzebeth in the dock
19 Nov 2012
Eben Etzebeth faces a nervous wait to see if he will play at Twickenham after he was cited for an alleged eye gouge. Read more
Boks injury concerns deepen
19 Nov 2012
JP Pietersen has sustained a groin strain that threatens to rule him out of Saturday's Test against England, while CJ van der Linde and Gurthro Steenkamp limped off at Monday's training session. Read more
Flo flying high
19 Nov 2012
RYAN VREDE, in London, writes that Francois Louw has made the transition from competent Test openside flank to a world-class one who is indispensable to the Springboks' cause. Read more
Bok standards unacceptably low
19 Nov 2012
JON CARDINELLI says that while this Springbok side shouldn't be expected to attack like the All Blacks they shouldn't be excused for performances devoid of innovation, precision and potency either. Read more
Brutal Boks blunt Scots
17 Nov 2012
RYAN VREDE, in Edinburgh, watched the Springboks deliver an almighty defensive performance in the second half to beat Scotland 21-10 at Murrayfield. Read more
Flo steals Murrayfield show
17 Nov 2012
JON CARDINELLI writes that Francois Louw was the standout player in what was an inconsistent Springbok forward performance in Edinburgh. Read more
Boks must build on 'ugly win'
17 Nov 2012
Heyneke Meyer once again praised the character and accuracy his side showed on defence but stressed that significant improvements were still required. Read more
Scotland 10 Springboks 21
17 Nov 2012
Keo.co.za brought you live commentary from the Test at Murrayfield. Read more
Boks to play Scots in 2013
17 Nov 2012
The Springboks will host an understrength Scotland side as well as Samoa and one other Test nation in June next year. Read more
Beast targets Super Rugby comeback
17 Nov 2012
Springbok prop Beast Mtawarira is recovering from a successful medical procedure and should be available to both the Sharks and Boks in 2013. Read more


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Thanks for the kudos. I joined 9 yrs. ago but only in the last yr. have I posted pump prices when I got my Smart phone. Be well!
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Thanks for becoming one of my newest buddies. Love that dangling nose. Your new buddy, Warren :o))
Hi, I am a buddy of "Ready Eddie" and I noticed your great picture at Larry's site today. Merry Christmas to you and yours! Want to become buddies??? Warren :-)
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CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The Wyoming Legislature will take on a number of hot-button social issues this week, hearing bills on guns, abortion and same-sex marriage.
"That's where most of the attention will be on the House this week, is on those social issue bills," said House Speaker Tom Lubnau, R-Gillette.
Lubnau said Friday he's scheduled all the bills for hearings this week to save money on security. He said the Legislature always increases its security when lawmakers consider gun and abortion issues because of the large crowds that typically turn out.
"The tenor of emails that we've been receiving, particularly on the gun bills, has been concerning to me," Lubnau said.
"One of our legislators received a fax hoping that he was vivisected by an AK-47," Lubnau said. "If I scatter those bills out through the whole session, I have to pay for four weeks of security. If do it all at the same time, I don't stretch Capitol police and I can do one week of security."
The House Judiciary Committee is set to consider two gun bills on Monday. One would allow people to carry concealed guns into government meetings with written permission of the presiding officer. The other would make it a felony to carry a gun into a courtroom but also allow judges to give people permission to carry guns.
The Judiciary Committee is set to hear three more gun bills on Tuesday, including a measure that would specify that Wyoming would be exempt from any federal action to try to ban assault rifles or high-capacity magazines while making federal agents who tried to enforce the ban subject to state felony charges.
Another bill on the agenda Tuesday would remove the prohibition on carrying guns on college campuses and other areas.
The House Corporations, Elections and Political Subdivisions Committee is scheduled to hear a bills Monday that would expand the definition of marriage to include same-sex couples. Another bill would recognize same-sex domestic partnerships.
A number of Republicans have signed onto the gay rights bills. The WyWatch Family Action group, a conservative family values organization, is mustering its membership meanwhile to oppose the legislation.
The House Labor, Health and Social Services Committee is set to hear a bill on Monday that would prohibit doctors from performing abortions after a heartbeat was audible from the fetus. Abortion rights groups oppose the bill.
That restriction would prohibit abortions after about the sixth week of pregnancy. Currently, abortions may be performed up until about the 19th week.
Senate President Tony Ross said he expects the Senate Transportation, Highways and Military Affairs Committee on Wednesday will consider a bill that would raise the state fuel tax. The bill, which already has passed the house, would raise the tax on gasoline from 14 cents to 24 cents, raising about $70 million a year for state highways as well as local roads.
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Maybe you didn't get your passport in time, or maybe you were one of the soccer hooligans from the UK who had to turn in their passports, but if you haven't heard – Germany beat
Argentina in the World Cup Semi-Finals on Saturday by a score of 4-0. I watched the game surrounded by an Argentinean contingent and it was not any fun as they were all dejected. I am not a big soccer fan, but as I watched the game, I noticed something didn't seem right…
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Reply #30 on:
August 23, 2007, 06:23:15 PM »
This is another great episode for the series. It shows that life is unfair and that Sookie and Lorelai need money for their inn. I like how Sookie thinks of Luke and then asks Lorelai to do it since Luke would probably say yes. I am not a fan of Dean/Rory so I didn't like how she leaned on him even when it was a sweet moment. I loved the Luke/Lorelai things in this episode. Luke was so cute when Lorelai asked him to go to dinner, he was like, 'Oh. I wonder what thats about.' I loved Lorelai's panic attack. Lauren is great at the crying thing and Scott/Luke was a good comforter.
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August 23, 2007, 06:27:30 PM »
I posted this in another thread, so I thought I'd post it here, since this episode is in my top 5.
Damn, she's so good in The Incredible Shrinking Lorelais (which was on tonight).
She doesn't get nearly enough credit for episodes like this.
Luke: I mean you look distracted.
Lorelai: Distracted? No, well, maybe, yeah, distracted, okay, sure, I'm very distracted.
Luke: Anything I can do?
Lorelai: You know there are very few times in my life when I find my self sitting around, thinking I wish I was married, but today... I... I'm happy, you know? I like my life, I like my friends, I like my... stuff. My time, my space, my TV.
Luke: Sure.
Lorelai: But every now and then, just for a moment I wish I had a partner, someone to pick up the slack, someone to wait for the cable guy, make ME coffee in the morning. Meet the stupid sink before it gets shipped back to Canada!
Luke: What happened?
Lorelai: I just thought I had everything under control, but I didn't and the inn is just falling apart. This has been my dream forever and I have it and it's here and I'm failing and I can't handle it, I just spend every minute running around and working and thinking and I thought I would have help but Sookie has Davey and Michel has Celine and I'm... I can't do it all by myself! And I don't even have time to see my kid anymore, hell forget see her, just even talk to her and I miss her. And I sat there in my parents' house just listening to my grandma basically call me a charity case and I couldn't even argue with her, I couldn't even say anything, because I am, I'm running out of money! And I was going to ask you for $30,000 at dinner tonight, that's how pathetic I am.
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November 25, 2007, 02:02:43 PM »
Funny how they're both getting comforted by married men
Still a great episode. I've seen it like 10 times and still manage to get watery eyed
Also, I'm pretty sure this is the first episode that Lorelai and Rory dont actually talk to eachother... Probably why it didnt have as many funny moments IMO.
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December 07, 2007, 01:49:47 PM »
i think this episode gives a glimpse of real-life in the middle of what's usually picture-perfect gilmore land. the gilmore girls have always had enough money to eat takeout 7 nights a week, buy new clothes whenever they felt the need, eat at luke's daily, get coffee anytime of day...and now we see that lorelai has literally run out of options financially as far as the dragonfly is concerned. luke has offered to help her before, when she had "termites" and didnt have enough money to pay to have the problem with the house taken care of. but i think it was a good thing that she finally agreed to accept help from luke in this situation.
as for rory, i felt bad for her because her grandparents do force this standard upon her, making her feel like she HAS to take five classes because she HAS to live up to her grandparents' expectations and exceed as well as everyone else in the gilmore line has at yale. family is supposed to be there for love and support, not to put in place high expectations and pass judgement if those expectations are met.
i think the fact that rory and lorelai hadn't gotten a chance to speak to one another in a while also had an impact on both their meltdowns. they lean on each other for support, and they kept missing one another's calls. i know that had to be frustrating and only add to the stresses they were already experiencing.
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Re: 4.14 - The Incredible Shrinking Lorelais
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March 03, 2008, 03:17:19 PM »
My FAVORITE part was at the end when Rory was with Dean (Even though I'm Literati ALL the way!) and Lorelai was with Luke. It really shoed where the relationships were gopign to be in the season(s) to come.
I felt bad for Lane when she ran into her mom...
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Re: 4.14 - The Incredible Shrinking Lorelais
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March 03, 2008, 05:27:39 PM »
This was a great episode. Paris' feud with Janet over Janet's boyfriend. Lane meeting her mom as she returns to Stars Hollow. Michel getting to see Celine Dion.
Yet, it was more dramatic than funny. I feel bad for Rory. Suggested to drop a class while trying to live up to her family's standards. She stumbled a bit but she can get herself back up. I felt for when she was pouring her heart out to Dean, of all people.
I also felt sorry for Lorelei. It was bad enough she's trying to manage everything but Trix's criticism was definitely uncalled for. I'm glad her parents stood up for her with Jason looking uncomfortable after his meeting with Trix. Lorelei crying to Luke about everything.
Not a good day for the Gilmore Girls. Damn you Trix! Damn you professor!
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Reply #36 on:
March 03, 2008, 06:12:43 PM »
I love this episode! It is so sweet the way those guys (luke and dean) comforted Rori and Lorelai when they needed it most. Luke looked so surprise when Lorelai asked him to dinner. Then Dean you could tell he loved comforting Rori. I knew from the way luke huged Lorelai that they were getting closer every day. I was so frustrated though that Rori and Lorelai kep missing each others calls it was sad.
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March 04, 2008, 03:40:02 PM »
I totally agree with everything you wrote, katlyn! I would have hated it if I was Dean's wife, but aside from that it was cute! The ending with Lorelai and Rory being comforted by their boys was my favorite! I could watch that part over and over and over!!
And does anyone else think it's lame that someone would call their own MOTHER "Trix"? And Emily's expression was funny when Richard stood up to his mother.
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Loved emily's reaction when richard stood up to his mother. emily is probably my favourite character. great episode. love season 4
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It was so sweet of dean 2 b there 4 rory when lorelai couldn't its so nice. u can tell he still loved her!
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August 04, 2008, 10:45:47 AM »
Was anyone else shocked that Gran (for once) didn't blame something on Emily? I was. The only thing I didn't understand about that argument was why Lorelai really didn't assert herself and stand up to Gran. I think she should have explained to Gran that she would handle the situation and that it, quite frankly, was none of Gran's business. Gran is rarely (if ever) involved in Lorelai's life, and the only time she becomes involved is when she is in disagreement with the situation at hand. Lorelai would have done well to point this fact out, although that probably would have only angered Gran and Richard and made Emily laugh. Speaking of Emily laughing, I thought it was hilarious when Gran and Richard were arguing, and it kept showing Emily smirking at Gran, looking back and forth between her and Richard. I know that had to be a good feeling, because she's always had Gran picking on her and Richard brushing it off as if it was no big deal, and FINALLY he is standing up to Gran rather than just agreeing with everything she says. Not only is Emily smirking at Gran, but she's also interjecting and giving Richard ammunition. "You payed that money back in TWO MONTHS, Richard" Priceless.
I really enjoyed the scene where Lorelai is venting to Luke about her situation and crying on his shoulder. Him with his arm around her and his chin on her head, just holding her close and letting her cry, was the sweetest thing I've possibly ever seen. Luke isn't a man of many words, but his few words here were perfect..."You are not failing." Short, sweet, and to the point. *Sigh*
I did not equally enjoy the similar scene between Rory and Dean, for obvious reasons. I was glad when Dean was out of the picture a WHILE ago, in addition to the fact that Dean is married and scenarios like this one, where he has his arm around Rory, just aren't appropriate between a married man and his non-wife. Fact is fact. It was sweet of Dean to care and be willing to lend a shoulder, but he has to be very careful since he is married...but his feelings for Rory overrule his judgement, both in this scene and in times to come.
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Quote from: Byder on August 26, 2006, 07:43:34 AM
Lol, I honestly feel like rory! I'm trying my damndest to do my best and be the top of the class! So I'm taking on so much stuff! I actually feel abit drowned, and scared I'm gonna fail! This episode really relates to me right now
don't worry.. you'll make it
just like rory always does!!
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Quote from: Laaaura on December 30, 2005, 10:19:37 PM
I love the way Luke holds Lorelai and tells her that she is
a failure.
yes he is wonderful
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April 01, 2009, 10:03:18 AM »
Paris had me in stitches when she was raggin Janet's BF, but she slipped in some great zingers too.
Have to agree with her on one thing, Lane needed to go.
The scene when Richard told off Mrs. C was AWESOME!
related and felt more for Lorelai's meltdown, being a single mom myself.
Sometimes it does feel like the walls are closing in and you need to vent.
Rory annoyed me and came off like a petulant child, drop the class and keep it movin.
She acted like the world was coming to an end over something that wasn't that serious.
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Lorelai's and Rory's twin meltdowns hit me at a strange point in my life. Just trying to do everything on my own and needing someone, finding out to whom I run when things fall apart, who I really need when I feel like I'm failing, was kind of an eye-opener. Seeing my Gilmore Girls go through it again was a sturdy reminder of how much I should cherish the very special person and people who propped me up when I needed it the most and without whom I might not have made it to where I am.
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Last days for add/drop for Academic Year 2013-14:
- Summer term: varies
- 1st term: September 13, 2013
- 2nd term: November 8, 2013
- Winter term: varies
- 3rd term: February 3, 2014
- 4th term: April 4, 2014
Summer Institute 2013 (Applies to tuition only. Policies for fees such as housing vary per institute.):
- 1-3 day courses - prior to first class
- 4-5 day courses - prior to second class
- 6-9 day courses - prior to third class
- 10-14 day courses - prior to fourth class
- 15+ day courses - prior to fifth class