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Argument preview: Local governments and antitrust immunity
The Supreme Court resumes oral arguments next Monday, November 26. At 10 a.m., the Court will hear one hour of oral argument on Federal Trade Commission v. Phoebe Putney Health System, Inc. (docket 11-1160), testing the scope of immunity from antitrust prosecution for private entities providing a public service: in this case, hospital care. Arguing for the FTC will be Benjamin J. Horwich, an Assistant to the U.S. Solicitor General. Representing an Albany, Georgia, hospital system will be Seth P. Waxman of the Washington office of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr.
For nearly three quarters of a century, state governments have been immune from federal antitrust laws when they authorize economic activity that normally would be illegal under those laws. That is based on the simple proposition that, in passing antitrust laws to promote competition, Congress had in mind private business, not government action. This "state action doctrine" was clearly spelled out in the 1943 decision in Parker v. Brown, granting immunity to the state of California for its regulation of the marketing of raisins. It is not always simple, though, to decide what commercial activity is, in fact, "state action."
The Court has agreed to reexamine that basic idea in a case over competition to provide acute-care hospital services in Albany, Georgia. In fact, there is now only one provider of those services in Albany, after a merger in 2010, and that provider also dominates those services in seven surrounding counties in Georgia. The FTC has been seeking since last year to undo that combination, contending that it violates the Clayton Antitrust Act and the FTC's own legislative charter. The hospital combine, though, has been winning so far, on the theory that it is protected by "state action" immunity, derived from an immune local government agency. That argument prevailed in the Eleventh Circuit Court.
Specifically, the Court will be deciding how far a state government may go in delegating to private entities the job of performing a public service, when the private combination that emerges allegedly stifles competition. In short, where does state antitrust immunity stop and private liability begin?
The case of FTC v. Phoebe Putney Health System, Inc. has its origin in a decades-old Georgia state law allowing a county or local government to set up a hospital authority in the form of a private corporation, though performing an essential government function that normally would be done by a government entity. When created, such an authority has the full powers of a corporation, including contracting, buying property, setting prices, or creating a network of service providers. In 1941, Albany, Georgia, and surrounding Dougherty County set up such an authority, and it acquired an existing hospital, Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. The authority set up two private corporations, one for the hospital and one for its parent company. The Putney hospital functions as a full-service, acute-care facility, and it runs largely without supervision by the hospital authority.
About two miles away from that hospital, Palmyra Medical Center operated under a separate corporation — HCA, Inc., one of the nation's largest providers of health care. Palmyra and Putney are the only hospitals in the city. The managers of the two hospitals decided to merge, with Putney's parent buying control of Palmyra for $195 million, resulting in a monopoly within Albany. The county hospital authority was the nominal buyer of Palmyra, using money supplied by Putney. The Palmyra hospital was leased to Putney under a one-dollar-per-year lease. The hospital authority was not directly involved in the merger talks, but it ultimately approved the merger in December 2010.
The FTC challenged the merger in April 2011, and the Commission, along with the state of Georgia, went into federal court, asking that the deal be blocked. A district court judge dismissed the challenge, finding that the Georgia legislature in allowing local governments to set up such hospital authorities explicitly intended to displace competition, and concluded that the hospital authority's antitrust immunity extended to private entities set up by the authority.
The Eleventh Circuit Court agreed, although it accepted the FTC's argument that the merger would lessen competition in the Albany area. The transaction, the Circuit Court found, was protected by the "state action doctrine." The need to show state authorization, it said, was satisfied if anti-competitive behavior was a "foreseeable result" of state action. The Georgia legislature, it concluded, must have anticipated that the exercise of corporate powers by the private hospitals would be used to reduce competition between Putney and Palmyra.
The merger deal went through, and Palmyra hospital has since been renamed "Phoebe North."
Petition for Certiorari
The FTC took the case on to the Supreme Court in March, raising two questions: whether the Georgia legislature had clearly spelled out a state policy to displace competition for hospital services and, even if it had, did it confer antitrust immunity on the anti-competitive merger in this case since the local hospital authority did not take an active part in negotiating the deal and has no means of overseeing the merged hospitals' operation.
The petition argued that the Eleventh Circuit found immunity to exist solely because the legislature had granted general corporate powers to hospital authorities. That represented too broad a view of "state action," the Commission contended, in a way that conflicted with decisions of four other Circuit Courts, and amounted to a creation of immunity for an unsupervised private merger. In the context of this case, the petition argued, the Circuit Court has allowed the creation of antitrust immunity by mere fiat — something that prior Supreme Court decisions clearly rejected.
There are tens of thousands of political subdivisions, the petition said, and they are potentially eligible for antitrust immunity if the corporate powers logic employed by the Eleventh Circuit prevailed. The Circuit's ruling "erroneously places a large segment of commerce outside the reach of federal competition law," the FTC contended, noting that public hospital services generate a good deal of litigation over their economic behavior.
The Putney Health System urged the Court to bypass this case, contending that the Eleventh Circuit had simply applied settled law, and that Supreme Court precedents clearly validate the idea that antitrust immunity is available for anti-competitive conduct that was a "foreseeable result" of state action. This case, the brief in opposition contended, turns specifically upon the legislation that Georgia enacted for the creation of hospital authorities at the local level.
Moreover, the hospitals argued that the Supreme Court had already answered the FTC's complaint about what goes with corporate power grants in the context of antitrust immunity, so the Commission's first question raised no new issue. Granting review of the second question, about the specific role that the hospital authority had played in the Putney-Palmyra merger, the hospitals said, "would require precisely the sort of intrusive inquiry into the workings of state and local governments" that the Supreme Court has already refused to tolerate. In any event, the system added, the FTC has the facts wrong about the way hospital authorities function in Georgia.
The Court granted review on June 25.
Briefs on the Merits
The FTC's brief on the merits places a strong emphasis on the notion that a state or local government cannot pass on its antitrust immunity to private entities, unless it also sets up some "alternative regulatory framework" — in other words, private entities cannot be set free to do as they like in carrying out government powers conferred on them. When a state adopts a policy of intentionally displacing competition, according to the brief, it must come up with "some alternative approach to ordering the market."
By handing over public powers to be exercised privately, the Commission contended, it is not enough to do that as a neutral gesture, and then stand aside. If competition is to be displaced, that is permitted only if it is the inherent or necessary result of state policy, according to the brief. The intent of a state to set aside the national policy that fosters competition "should not lightly be inferred," it argued. The proper test, it added, is whether a state regime "can function properly and achieve its intended purposes without departing" from free-market competition.
The conduct that led to the merger of Putney and Palmyra hospitals, the FTC asserted, did not emerge from a clear-cut state policy of putting aside competition for hospital services. The powers granted to the merged Putney-Palmyra hospitals most closely resemble the kind of activity engaged in by private corporations, and they are not immune from antitrust law in carrying out those powers, according to the brief.
The FTC sharply challenged the Eleventh Circuit's reliance upon the idea that an end to competition between the city of Albany's two rival hospitals was simply the "foreseeable result" of their creation by the hospital authority, and thus was entitled to immunity. "This Court has described anticompetitive behavior as 'foreseeable' only when a state has authorized specific conduct that is inherently inconsistent with pure free-market competition, thus giving rise to a sound inference that the state intended to displace competition in the particular field, as the state action doctrine demands," the Commission brief said, adding: "That limitation is essential."
The merger cannot pass that legal test, according to the Commission, because it did not gain the approval of "some alternative regulatory mechanism" that took the place of market competition. Without "active supervision" by such a mechanism, the brief said, the merged hospitals are no more entitled to antitrust immunity than ordinary market rivals would be.
The Putney Health Systems' brief on the merits relied heavily upon the Court's past citations of "foreseeable result" as the test of whether anti-competitive conduct would be sanctioned as immune behavior. "In fashioning and applying this standard," the brief contended, "the Court has consistently refused to impose any requirement that intention to insulate public actions from the federal antitrust laws be expressly stated, that anticompetitive effects be compelled by state law or inherent in a state policy regime, or that anticompetitive decisions be necessary to make a state program work."
Directly challenging the FTC's approach, the hospitals' brief said the Commission was advancing a "state action standard" that the Court had previously rejected. No case, the hospitals contended, stands for the proposition that anticompetitive conduct "be compelled, 'inherent,' or 'necessary' under state law in order to be shielded from federal antitrust scrutiny." Were the Court to adopt that standard, the brief said, it "would demand an unrealistic degree of specificity from state legislation, deny states appropriate flexibility in delegating specific decisions to local public officials, and perversely encourage states to require, rather than merely permit, potentially anticompetitive ways of pursuing state goals."
States have been proceeding for decades without being hindered by the FTC's proposed standard, the hospitals argued, and there is no reason now to depart from prior Supreme Court precedents that reject the FTC's approach.
On the merits of the merger itself, the health system contended that the Georgia legislature certainly anticipated that, "in a relatively sparsely populated state," a local hospital authority might well decide to bring about a merger that would reduce competition. The authority in Albany, the brief said, was facing "capacity constraints that were hampering its discharge of its public mission," and it thus made sense for it to acquire another hospital. Active supervision by the authority was not legally necessary, the brief contended, but if it were, that would be satisfied by the facts in this case.
The American Medical Association, joined by the Medical Association of Georgia, filed an amicus brief in the case, straddling between the parties in order to make an argument that, however "state action" is interpreted for the Albany case, it should not be understood to give the FTC authority to challenge regulatory decisions by professional boards that issue medical and dentistry licenses. Those are agents of the state, and the FTC should not have the authority to intrude upon those boards' decisions, that brief argued. The brief, though, threw in an argument that mergers of hospitals that impair competition do impair patient treatment.
Among other amici, the FTC drew the support of twenty states, the American Antitrust Institute, the National Federation of Independent Business, and two doctors in Albany who are critics of the Putney system's practices. The Putney-Palmyra combine has the support of the American Hospital Association and its Georgia counterpart, the National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems, a Georgia community hospital group, and a public hospital system in Florida.
Each side in this case was able to find language in prior Supreme Court rulings to support the central thrust of its argument, so it seems likely that the Court will find that it must think afresh about first principles: what is the virtue of allowing states to displace market competition, what risks does such a displacement pose to the functioning of the marketplace, and what public restraints — if any — should accompany the displacement of competition with potential local market monopolies? If quotations from prior Court opinions are as malleable as the briefing in this case has suggested, then some fundamentals are getting lost in their mere reiteration.
The FTC has promoted in this case an economic model — if market competition is put aside, there has to be some regulatory regime in place. That is fundamentally an argument against leaving the private market to function entirely on its own, even in an area of such vital economic service as that provided by acute-care hospitals.
The Putney Health Systems has promoted an alternative regime: state governments can be trusted to know what the economics of their own state demand and thus should remain free to craft their own economic regimes. If the "state-action doctrine" is to be true to the federalism instincts that gave rise to it, then the argument is that states are deserving of considerable deference in how they choose to order the marketplace within their borders, including the market for vital public services.
The coming decision in this case, then, may well require the Court to fundamentally reexamine the concept of state action, at least when public power is assigned to private corporations.
This case, made simple:
Under federal laws going back as far as 1890, there is a strong national policy in favor of competition to provide goods and services in the nation's economy. That policy, though, sometimes has to yield when a state government decides that it can better achieve a public program by doing away with competition, and allowing an agency or a private entity to carry on that program without having to answer under the antitrust laws. There is thus a concept of immunity for what can qualify as "state action" — that is, an activity involving public policy carried on under a state's official action, by legislation or otherwise. That concept is traced back to a 1943 Supreme Court decision.
From time to time, the Supreme Court has had to interpret what "state action" really means: when is the state government actually involved in an economic activity, to the extent necessary to entitle it to do away with competition and still avoid an antitrust lawsuit. That is what is at issue over a Georgia law that permits local governments to run hospitals, by setting up a local "hospital authority" that acts very much like a private corporation would, although it is exercising a government function.
In Georgia, the city of Albany and its surrounding county created such a hospital authority, and allowed it to provide acute-care services according to normal private business practices. That resulted, eventually, in a decision by the local housing authority to let two hospitals — the only two in the city, which had been competitors — to merge. The hospitals decided that merger would be a better way to provide for improving capacity to treat patients.
The Federal Trade Commission, one of the federal agencies with a duty to enforce antitrust laws (the other is the Justice Department), decided that the merger of the only two hospitals in Albany would harm competition for hospital services, and would violate the antitrust laws, so it sued to undo the merger. The challenge, however, failed in lower courts on the theory that the two local hospitals were actually involved in "state action" because they were operating with the permission of the local hospital authority, so it shared that entity's legal immunity. The FTC's challenge to that conclusion forms the basis of the case before the Supreme Court.
Recommended Citation: Lyle Denniston, Argument preview: Local governments and antitrust immunity, SCOTUSblog (Nov. 20, 2012, 12:05 AM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2012/11/argument-preview-local-governments-and-antitrust-immunity/


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Teens and sex can be a risky combination. Find out how to talk to your teen about abstinence and contraception.
Few parents want to face the idea that their teens are having sex — but research shows that many teens are sexually active by high school, potentially putting themselves at risk of pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). When it comes to teens and sex, the key is discussing the importance of contraception before sexual activity begins.
Talk about safe sex with your teen even if he or she identifies as gay. He or she may still engage in heterosexual activities, and is at risk of STIs regardless of the partner with whom he or she engages in sexual activity.
When broaching the topic of teens and sex, it's never too late to talk about abstinence. Whether you feel strongly that sex before marriage is wrong or you simply want your teen to postpone sex until he or she is more mature, explain your feelings to your teen. If you share the reasons behind your beliefs, your teen may be more likely to understand and adopt your values.
Also ask your teen to think about his or her own values and hopes for the future — and consider how sex might affect them. Explain that:
Understanding birth control methods is an important life skill for everyone. Whether your teen decides to have sex or wait, make sure your teen knows how to prevent pregnancy and protect himself or herself from sexually transmitted infections.
Stress the importance of always using condoms during sex, even if your teen is using a second form of contraception.
Various prescription contraceptives can help prevent teen pregnancy. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists encourages adolescents to consider long-acting reversible contraception first — including intrauterine devices and contraceptive implants — as these options are highly effective with little thought required.
Prescription birth control options that help prevent teen pregnancy include:
Your teen will need to see a doctor to get a prescription for these types of contraceptives. Before scheduling the appointment, find out if she would prefer to see a female doctor.
Explain to your teen that the doctor likely will:
The doctor will also conduct a pelvic exam if your teen chooses an intrauterine contraception method.
Make sure your teen understands that prescription birth control isn't a replacement for condoms. Prescription birth control helps prevent pregnancy, but it doesn't offer protection from sexually transmitted infections.
Explain to your teen that it's always a good idea to make a decision about birth control before having sex. However, emergency contraception — such as the morning-after pill levonorgestrel (Plan B One-Step, Next Choice One Dose, Take Action) or ulipristal (ella) — can help prevent pregnancy if your teen doesn't plan ahead or contraception fails.
Make sure your teen understands that emergency contraception must be started as soon as possible after unprotected intercourse. The sooner the pills are taken, the more likely they are to be effective, though they may be taken up to 5 days (120 hours) after unprotected intercourse.
If use of contraception goes against your values, you might consider talking to your teen about natural family planning, which involves abstaining from sex during a woman's most fertile days.
Keep this in mind:
Don't be afraid that talking to your teen about contraception will encourage him or her to have sex. Your teen is likely curious about sex and contraception, whether or not you bring up the topic. By being open and honest, you can help your teen make informed decisions and act more responsibly when he or she decides to have sex — whether it's now or years in the future.
If you're having trouble talking to your teen about contraception, ask your teen's doctor for help. He or she may offer advice on how to talk to your teen and accurately answer questions about contraception.
Teens may lack the maturity to properly and consistently use certain types of contraception. If your teen is thinking about using prescription birth control, make sure to explain the following to help her select a method:
If your teen is considering becoming sexually active, you might also provide practical tips — such as keeping condoms in a wallet or purse. Explain to your teen that use of alcohol and other drugs may affect his or her judgment and increase the risk of contracting a sexually transmitted infection.
Talking about sex and contraception with your teen isn't easy. However, your guidance can help your teen make informed choices that help protect his or her sexual health.
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The San Antonio Symphony divides its 14-concert Classics series into two packages — a 7-concert Ovation series and the 7-concert Applause. Both are performed on Friday and Saturday nights at the Majestic Theatre. There is no musical difference between Ovation and Applause, and since 80% of subscribers don't select all 14, we use these two names to distinguish them. Tonight, the Ovation series came to a glorious conclusion with inspired performances of Aaron Copland's Symphony No. 3 and the Khachaturian violin concerto. (Click here for Mike Greenberg's Incident Light review and click here for David Hendrick's review in the Express-News) Next weekend, the Applause series ends with Bruckner Symphony No. 7. These final concerts of the Classics season are Friday, June 1 and Saturday, June 2 and Music Director Sebastian Lang-Lessing will conduct.
Anton Bruckner wrote his seventh symphony between 1881 and 1883. He revised in in 1885. It was the most popular of his works during his lifetime and used to go by the nickname "Lyric." One unusual feature of this symphony is the addition of four Wagner Tuben. (Or sometimes called Wagner Tubas.) Wagner invented this instrument around 1853. It was first used in his The Ring of the Nibelung. Bruckner uses four of the them in his 7th symphony as a tribute to Wagner, who was dying as this work was being composed. The Wagner Tuben are usually played by French horn players. The instrument has elements of both a French horn and a small tuba. The Wagner Tuba uses the same mouthpiece as a French horn. Watch the video to hear what one sounds like (in an excerpt by Wagner):
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Video: Trooper's dash cam captures deadly wrong-way crash
Troopers received the call of a wrong-way driver a mere two minutes before they arrived at the fatal crash scene
By Police1 Staff
ALLEGAN COUNTY, Mich. — A newly released video captured a deadly wrong-way crash on a state trooper's dash cam.
According to WMMT, the April 15 head-on collision occurred when 29-year-old Jeremy Smeltzer sped in the wrong direction on US-131. His truck crashed into 21-year-old Jaryd Ford's vehicle, killing him.
Michigan State Police told WMMT that troopers received the call a mere two minutes before they arrived at the fatal crash scene.
"You can see he puts on the brakes, and then turning, trying to stop the vehicle so it doesn't run into someone," said F.Lt. Draves, according to the report.
Ford was killed on impact. His passenger was trapped inside the vehicle with two broken legs as the car caught fire.
Troopers extracted the passenger from the vehicle and transported her to a hospital, where she was treated for non-life threatening injuries, WZZM 13 reported. The passenger was the only survivor — Smeltzer died while in transit to the hospital.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - The yen hovered near its lows against the dollar and Tokyo stocks jumped closer to a 33-month high on Tuesday after markets took comments from a U.S. official as approval for Japan to pursue anti-deflation policies that weaken the yen.
U.S. Treasury Undersecretary Lael Brainard said on Monday the United States supports Japanese efforts to end deflation, but she noted that the G7 has long been committed to exchange rates determined by market forces, "except in rare circumstances where excess volatility or disorderly movements might warrant cooperation.
"Her (Brainard's) comments gave confidence to the market. It was surprising, and was taken as the Obama administration giving a green light to 'Abenomics'," said Takuya Takahashi, a market analyst at Daiwa Securities.
Japan has faced some overseas criticism that it is intentionally trying to weaken the yen with monetary easing, but talk of a so-called currency war was dialled back ahead of a Group of 20 meeting in Moscow on Friday and Saturday.
G20 officials said on Monday the Group of Seven nations are considering a statement this week reaffirming their commitment to "market-determined" exchange rates.
European Central Bank council member Jens Weidmann also said the euro was not overvalued at current levels.
The dollar slipped 0.3 percent to 94.185 yen after marking its highest level since May 2010 of 94.465 on Monday. The euro eased 0.3 percent to 126.12 yen after rising more than 2 percent on Monday. It hit its highest since April 2010 of 127.71 yen last week.
"I think the yen's weakening is a function of (playing)catch-up," and not Japan resorting to deliberate devaluation of its currency, said Andrew Wilkinson, chief economic strategist at Miller Tabak & Co. in New York. "It's the market's way of saying: 'We're convinced there is a movement afoot to reinflate Japan.'"
The yen is pressured by anticipation that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will endorse a far more dovish Bank of Japan regime when the current leadership's term ends next month, although the BOJ is expected to refrain from taking fresh easing steps when it meets this week.
Share trading was subdued with many regional bourses shut for holidays. Encouraging trade data from China late last week was lending support to sentiment but non-Japan markets lacked momentum as investors awaited key events such as the U.S. president's State of the Union address for trading cues.
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Dear colleagues,
The recent news about the FBI's seizure of the phone and email records of Fox News employees, including James Rosen, calls into question whether the federal government is meeting its constitutional obligation to preserve and protect a free press in the United States. We reject the government's efforts to criminalize the pursuit of investigative journalism and falsely characterize a Fox News reporter to a Federal judge as a "co-conspirator" in a crime. I know how concerned you are because so many of you have asked me: why should the government make me afraid to use a work phone or email account to gather news or even call a friend or family member? Well, they shouldn't have done it. The administration's attempt to intimidate Fox News and its employees will not succeed and their excuses will stand neither the test of law, the test of decency, nor the test of time. We will not allow a climate of press intimidation, unseen since the McCarthy era, to frighten any of us away from the truth.
The Obama administration already has pursued more criminal leak investigations than all of its predecessors. There is a worrisome trend here, also recently evident in the government's pursuit of Associated Press telephone records in a different leak investigation. Yes, the government must have secrets in order to function. But overclassification is so rampant that to criminalize the disclosure of all secret information would come close to paralyzing the flow of information.
Perhaps prosecutors failed to read the Justice Department's policy on this, which declares: "Because freedom of the press can be no broader than the freedom of reporters to investigate and report the news, the prosecutorial power of the government should not be used in such a way that it impairs a reporter's responsibility to cover as broadly as possible controversial public issues." That statement goes back four decades. The Obama administration should recommit to its spirit.
ED HENRY: Nobody has said anything like that, but what I find most interesting is when I was covering the Bush administration and asking very similar questions of Dana Perino and the late Tony Snow before that, I had a lot of my colleagues in private saying things like, you know, sort of cheering me on. Then when I was at Fox covering the Obama administration, it can get a little bit lonely sometimes.
People don't necessarily think – and when I say cheer you on in the Bush administration, I didn't mean necessarily that it was partisan or that they were saying "Let's go after the administration." It's just, when you're in the front row at the White House Briefing Room, you're supposed to be challenging authority. Whether it's Republican, Democrat, Independent you're supposed to be taking on power asking tough questions. They're not always going to like those questions, but that's why we're there. If you're not going to ask tough questions, just get the heck out of the way.
And so I do find it interesting now that it does seem like a growing number of people are pressing the administration, and I think that's healthy. I don't think that anybody should be attacking the administration. I don't think anybody should be going overboard. But if we're going to be sitting there in the Briefing Room, let's not be a bunch of lemmings. Let's actually stand up and ask tough questions. If the administration has answers to them, great, move on to the next story. But if their answers keep changing, you better keep asking them the questions over and over."
I understand that professional journalists are on the front lines of the First Amendment's free-press clause. But many elite outlets and journalism schools foster a guild mentality that sees journalism as a priestly caste deserving of special privileges. That's why editorial boards love campaign-finance restrictions: They don't like editorial competition from outside their ranks. Such elitism never made sense, but it's particularly idiotic at a moment when technology — Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Vine, etc. — is democratizing political speech.
The second problem is that the First Amendment is about more than the press. In public discussion, First Amendment "experts" and "watchdogs" are really scholars and activists specializing in the little slice dedicated to the press. The Newseum, a gaudy palace in the nation's capital celebrating the news industry, ostentatiously reprints the entire First Amendment on its facade. But if the curators of the Newseum are much interested in the free exercise of religion or the rights of the people peaceably to assemble, I've seen no evidence of it…
By all means, journalists should be outraged by the president's attitude toward the press. But if you're going to call yourself a defender of the First Amendment, please defend the whole thing and not just the parts you make a living from.
More than 50 news organizations (Reuters, Gannett, the New York Times, and so on) signed a letter protesting the AP subpoenas, and of course journalism guilds like the Society of Professional Journalists are using the subpoenas to agitate on behalf of the Free Flow of Information Act—and for the same reason guilds always lobby the government for special privileges. The act will go a long way toward establishing a government-sanctioned journalistic class. There will be, on the one hand, approved reporters who are immune to certain kinds of governmental inquiry, and, on the other hand, everyone else, those less exalted citizens who, faced with the same governmental inquiry, would just have to suck it up. The act is a classic restraint of trade, protecting favored journalists from the pressure of competitors who lack the proper credential…
Our guess is that Schumer's act won't go anywhere, precisely because its support among legislators is a panicked response to a jarring event, and its support from the president, a much cooler customer, is an expedient, a mere gesture. Yet the act's revival, however hopeless and fleeting, is worth following. It has exposed yet again the self-aggrandizing pose of the establishment press—the instinct of Reuters and Gannett and the rest to confuse the interests of their own industry with a flourishing First Amendment. Trust us: If Gannett and Reuters went toes-up tomorrow, the First Amendment wouldn't notice.
I've always considered the relationship between Barack Obama and the Media to be a lot less genuine than is commonly believed: there's no real emotional connection on the corporate* level. Barack Obama has always approached the Media with a certain inherent cynical contempt that only got more and more brazen as the years went on and nobody reacted to never being given press conferences and seeing local media be punished for non-flattering coverage and having reporters stuffed in closets and whatnot. And, for its part… the Media as a corporate entity likes Barack Obama the way that I like a rib-eye steak. They loved reporting his rise; they loved celebrating his victories; they love narrating his travails; and they will absolutely love chronicling his fall. And once they're done with all of that, the Media will write sad, brave little pieces about the endgame for the latest iteration of the Camelot myth – and never explain that they themselves helped set up that scenario, because it's one of their favorite stories. One that they will revisit, just as soon as they can.
In saying this, we don't mean to suggest that journalists won't ask tough questions or say critical things about the administration from time to time. But sooner or later they will—with a few impressive exceptions—revert to their ways. We are, after all, dealing with deeply ingrained habits and ideological commitments…
So what explains the media's abstemiousness when facing such glaring examples of dissembling, intimidation, and abuse of power? Three things. The first is journalistic enchantment with Barack Obama that began for some in 2004, for many others in 2008, and has never really gone away. When they look at the president and his top advisers, they see a reflection of their own background, education, and sympathies—and sometimes they see their former colleagues and even family members. The media therefore give the administration the presumption of good faith. If scandals did occur on Obama's watch, it was simply because he wasn't as engaged as he should have been.
A second reason is rooted in the attitude many journalists have toward Barack Obama's political opponents. They judge Obama well because they view his critics with contempt, which is why journalists are working so hard to make these scandals about GOP partisanship and overreach. Why else would the New York Times use a headline that reads: "I.R.S. Focus on Conservatives Gives GOP an Issue to Seize On"?
A third explanation is that the vast majority of journalists are highly sympathetic to a large federal government, and they know where these scandals, if pursued vigorously, will lead—to a further deepening distrust of government. A new Fox News poll shows that more than two-thirds of voters feel the government is out of control and threatening their civil liberties. Journalists are aware that these scandals have the potential to deal a devastating blow to their progressive ideology, which is why they will downplay these stories as much as they can.
"For once, many in the media, who were kind of lapdogs to this administration, have suddenly become watchdogs."


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Hugh H. McGibeney, born in November 1865 in Minnesota. He married on 25 Apr 1888 in Buchanan Co., Iowa to Grace L. Holman who was born in December 1868 in Iowa. "The Holman family were a particularly gifted and versatile family in a musical way, and had several different organizations of their own. Miss Grace Holman traveled with the McGibeney Concert Troupe, and married Hugh McGibney, a fine violinist." Both Hugh and Grace are listed as musicians in the 1900 U.S. Census. By 1920 and 1930, Hugh is still working as a music teacher (violin), but Grace is a Department Head working for the Red Cross. Hugh's most famous pupil was likely Eddy Brown. Here is a quote from a biographical article on Brown:
Brown, Eddy (15 July 1895-14 June 1974), violinist and radio pioneer, was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Jacob Brown, a tailor and amateur violinist from Austria, and Rachel "Ray" Brown (maiden name unknown) from Russia. His mother, who had a keen interest in Christian Science, named him after Mary Baker Eddy. The Brown family moved to Indianapolis when Eddy was four. He took his first violin lessons from his father and then studied with Hugh McGibeney at the Metropolitan School of Music (later Butler University's Jordan College), giving his first public recital at the age of six. In 1904 he traveled to Europe and entered the Royal Conservatory of Music in Budapest to study violin with Jenö Hubay. His teachers there included Béla Bartók, Zoltán Kodály, and cellist David Popper. In 1906 Brown won the Budapest Concerto Competition. (Finishing second was a young violinist and fellow Hubay student named Jenö Blau, who later changed his name to Eugene Ormandy and became a famous conductor.) The next year Brown opened the new hall at the Liszt Conservatory with a performance of the Mendelssohn concerto...Columbia Records quickly signed up the young sensation, issuing his first recordings in the summer of 1916, and Carl Fischer, Inc., published a series of his violin transcriptions.
Hugh was appointed director of the Roberts Park Choral Society in Indianapolis in 1911, and served in that position for 20 years. Hugh and Grace had the following children:
1. Mignon McGibeney, b. June 1890 in Iowa. In 1917, Mignon performed in the musical comedy Very Good Eddie. The play was produced by Elisabeth Marbury and F. Ray Comstock, written by Philip Bartholomae and Guy Bolton, with music by Jerome Kern and lyrics by Schuyler Greene. The play had just finished a successful 341 performance run on Broadway.
2. Donald McGibeney, b. 26 September 1892 in Independence, Buchanan Co., Iowa. He is single and working as a writer (living with his parents) in 1920 and 1930. Donald wrote the story for the silent film Two Arabian Nights (1927) starring William Boyd, Mary Astor, and with a minor role for Boris Karloff that was produced by the young aviation mogul Howard Hughes and won an Academy Award for Best Comedy Direction. He also co-wrote the story for at least two other silent films, When the Desert Calls (1922) and Woman Wise (1928). Donald also wrote the classic murder mystery 32 Caliber (1920) which is still currently available in e-format.
1.History of Buchanan County, Iowa, and its people, Volume 1, by Harry Church Chappell and Katharyn Joella Allen Chappell, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago, 1914, p. 437.
2.1870 US census, Winona, Winona Co., Minnesota, p. 34, dwelling 267.
3. 1900 US census, Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana, e.d. 56, sheet 7A, dwelling 119 (this census says that Hugh was born in Oregon, his father in Scotland, and his mother in Massachusetts, all of which are inconsistent with other census records).
4. 1910 US census, Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana, e.d. 141, sheet 9B, dwelling 195.
5. Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992, FamilySearch online database, FHL film 1024830.
6. 1920 US census, Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana, e.d. 140, sheet 9B, dwelling 163.
7. 1930 US census, Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana, e.d. 49-333, sheet 25A, p. 150, dwelling 340.
8. John Anthony Maltese. "Brown, Eddy"; http://www.anb.org/articles/18/18-03638.html; American National Biography Online Jan. 2002 Update.
9. Martha F. Bellinger, Music in Indianapolis, 1821-1900, Indiana Magazine of History, Vol. 41, No. 4 (December, 1945), pp. 345-362.
10. The Times, Batavia, Genesee Co., N.Y., Saturday, February 3, 1917, p. 3 (www.fultonhistory.com).
11. The Washington Times, Washington, D.C., 1 April 1917, p. 12 (Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, Library of Congress).


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If you want to see attempts to exploit public ignorance, look at both sides of the debate over whether to launch the California high-speed rail project.
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It's the general obligation funds that are the source of the public confusion, and the misleading rhetoric.
The bonds in this case are dedicated to high-speed rail, and have to be spent on that. But opponents have suggested that money spent on high-speed rail could and should be repurposed to offset other programs in the budget.
That's nonsense -- and would be illegal. Bonds approved for high-speed rail go to high-speed rail, and aren't being directly taken away from other budget projects.
On the other hand, supporters of the project have gone too far in suggesting that the high-speed rail project bonds aren't an issue for the general budget.
Since these are general obligation bonds, they are backed by the general fund. That means the debt service on these bonds comes from the same fund that backs a host of other state programs.
Jim Earp, executive director for the California Alliance for Jobs, is quoted in the Capitol Weekly as saying that's not true.
"I think there will be some people who will try to make that connection that somehow not funding high-speed rail will improve the general fund. That's not accurate," Earp said. "The money that will service the bond is not coming out of the general fund."
That statement contradicts the plain language of the ballot measure that authorized the bonds, and the legislative analyst's own reporton the subject from 2008: "The costs of these bonds would depend on interest rates in effect at the time they are sold and the time period over which they are repaid. While the measure allows for bonds to be issued with a repayment period of up to 40 years, the state's current practice is to issue bonds with a repayment period of up to 30 years. If the bonds are sold at an average interest rate of 5 percent, and assuming a repayment period of 30 years, the General Fund cost would be about $19.4 billion to pay off both principal ($9.95 billion) and interest ($9.5 billion). The average repayment for principal and interest would be about $647 million per year."
Now that number -- $647 million annually -- may sound large, and it's probably larger than the state would pay, given today's low interest rates.
But it's actually quite small, in the context of a $90 billion-plus general fund and an overall budget in the $130 billion range. That could be an investment worth making -- but the money to pay it back does come from the general fund over the next 30 years.
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Code standards and styles are one of those topics that you either love or hate. Join your fellow developers as we talk about what our experiences have been, what worked, what didn't, and why having them is a good idea. Share your thoughts on what should be considered a standard and why it is important. Along the way we can discover some "best practices" and some creative ways to make adopting code standards at your company a little bit easier.


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I've been in an ongoing dental situation for some time. After my last diagnosis, I was told I would need to see an Endodontist. Faced with the thought of searching out a dental specialist who specializes in root canals, tooth replantations, dental surgery, and other unnerving and uninviting practices, was not my idea of an enjoyable undertaking.
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环状运河因其迷人的博物馆和人气商店而远近闻名,这里有很多值得探索的景点。您可以参观一些顶级景点,如花墟和伦勃朗广场,您还可前往Rembrandtplein Stop或Koningsplein Stop搭乘地铁,探索城市的更多精彩。
快来了解约丹区和那里的众多特色吧,如啤酒屋和教堂。您或许想去探索九号街和电幻魔女岛等景点;您也可以前往Bloemgracht Stop或Marnixplein Stop搭乘地铁出行,畅游这座城市。
Despite its rise from small fishing village to cosmopolitan capital, Amsterdam retains an appealing modesty. Its elongated, unadorned architecture, canals, and cobbled streets, combined with bicycle-friendly flat terrain offer its inhabitants an easy ride and a neighborhood feel. Modesty however, is not something which applies to its infamous red light district. Whether it repels you or draws you in, it is undoubtedly an eye-opening experience and an unashamed display of liberation and tolerance.
Traditional Amsterdam
There are only eight windmills left in greater Amsterdam; a tour to Volendam and Marken will take you on a tour of two Dutch fishing villages, and onward to see the traditional Dutch windmills and polders. Sampling two famous cheeses, Gouda and Edam may put you in the mood for putting on some clogs, or klompen as they are known in Dutch.
Cutting edge couture
When you think of Amsterdam, fashion might not immediately spring to mind, especially if you have just klomped around in a pair of clogs. However, the city is quickly establishing itself as an alternative to the established catwalks of Paris and Milan. Blending practical tailoring and offbeat accessories, it has an ageless appeal and may just encourage you to dive into the nearest boutique for an asymmetrical bag or tilted hat. Try Van Baerlestraat for boutiques, P.C. Hooftstraat for high-end labels, and the Waterlooplein flea market for bargains.
Fragrant wanderings
Something that may already have your attention is Amsterdam's profusion of coffee shops. In another display of the city's open-mindedness, (and despite recent changes in smoking laws) cannabis is likely to be on the menu. If fruit teas and aromatic smoke aren't for you, the cafes are still worth visiting for their distinctive atmosphere and the convivial conversation. Head to the botanical gardens to find out what a 400-year-old potted plant looks like, and take a restful stroll in the subtropical house and medicinal herb garden.
Humbling history
The tragic story of Anne Frank is retold in a museum dedicated to her life and linked to the house in which she and her family hid from Nazi persecution. It was here that Anne wrote her diary, which was eventually published and has become one of the world's most widely read books. Other notable museums are the Rijksmuseum, which features the masterpieces of the Dutch Golden Age, and the Van Gogh Museum, which has the largest collection of his paintings in the world.
Capturing the canals
In contrast to the colorful red light district, a candlelight cruise along the canals will provide a more reserved evening of entertainment. Illuminated at night, the 17th century bridges will have you reaching for your camera, and the Reguliersgracht is perhaps the most photographed stretch of water in Amsterdam. Hop on one of the many trams to Leidseplein to enjoy snazzy cocktail lounges and cool clubs, and join the in-crowd to dance the night away.


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She's the only woman he ever loved…
Returning to duty after being wounded in action, NSA Agent Nathan Ortiz has returned home to Miami, eager to get back in the game. But he doesn't expect his newest mission to lead him straight to the one woman he loved, lost, and has never gotten over.
A beautiful, successful restauranteur, Amelia Rios enjoys giving back to her community, especially struggling women. A woman she recently hired stops showing up for work, and unfortunately, she isn't the first to go missing.
Soon Amelia finds herself thrust into a shadowy, dark world working side by side with Nathan, the only man she's ever loved. They must confront old feelings as they battle a ruthless enemy who is out to destroy them. The heat simmering between Nathan and Amelia could mean a second chance for them—but first they have to make it out alive.
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El Pollo Loco is known for their unrivaled fire grilled chicken, but now El Pollo Loco has given shrimp lovers a reason to rejoice as they have rolled out three new Baja Shrimp entrees. To help introduce readers to the new Baja Shrimp menu, Splash Magazines Worldwide is awarding one lucky reader three certificates to try out each menu item.
Featured in the Grande Taco, Tostada Salad and Stuffed Quesadilla, the Baja Shrimp offering will be available at El Pollo Loco restaurants for a limited time. "Our new Baja Shrimp entrees are a great complement to our signature fire-grilled, citrus-marinated chicken, and further reinforce our QSR-plus strategy of providing a variety of authentic, handcrafted entrees that meet our guests' needs for convenience and value," said Ed Valle, chief marketing officer, El Pollo Loco. The Baja Shrimp Grande Taco includes shredded cabbage, creamy cilantro dressing, sliced avocado and mango salsa served in a warm corn tortilla. The Baja Shrimp Tostada Salad features Spanish rice, pinto beans, romaine lettuce, mango salsa, avocado, cilantro and lite citrus vinaigrette served in a crispy handcrafted tostada shell. The Baja Shrimp Stuffed Quesadilla features jack cheese, cabbage, tomatillo verde salsa and avocado wrapped in a warm flour tortilla. Baja Shrimp entrees are available at all El Pollo Loco restaurants starting at $2.99. About El Pollo LocoEl Pollo Locois the nation's leading fire-grilled chicken chain which operates nearly 400 company-owned and franchised restaurants in Arizona, California, Nevada, Texas and Utah. El Pollo Loco masterfully citrus-marinates and fire-grills chicken and handcrafts entrees using fresh ingredients inspired by authentic Mexican recipes. Entrees are available in individual, family and catering-sized portions.
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The 2016 American Film Market (AFM) wrapped it's 37th edition in Santa Monica this week with 367 companies exhibiting and more than 7,500 people attendees from over 80 countries world-wide.
GLASS HOUSE DISTRIBUTION delivers to both filmmakers and buyers exactly what they advertise. A straightforward approach, transparency, fairness and hard work on the exceptional films they are offering at this year's American Film Market
Eight days of deal making begins this week at the American Film Market (AFM) which opened on November 4th and running through November 11th, 2015 at the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel.
Award winning filmmaker, KERSTIN KARLHUBER discusses the making of her first feature film, "FAIR HAVEN" starring TOM WOPAT, GREGORY HARRISON, MICHAEL GRANT and JOSH GREEN. The film debuts at The American Film Market on Friday, November 7,2015.
BABYSITTER, the new film from writer/director, Morgan Krantz, is an intimate glimpse into the lives of a dysfunctional Hollywood family with standout performances from its fine ensemble cast
Can a slacker, a young drug dealer and a free thinking hippie girl find happiness by starting a new religion? That's the question the new edgy play, "Uploaded" attempts to answer at the Rogue Machine Theatre in Los Angeles.
The 2014 American Film Market (AFM) wrapped its 35th edition today after 7,946 attendees visited the Loews Hotel in Santa Monica for the eight day market.
The American Film Market (AFM) opened today for its 35th edition with the highest level of participation since 2008. Running November 5-12, more than 8,000 attendees from over 80 countries are expected in Santa Monica over the course of the week.
From army life to an actor's life in Hollywood, Hadas Nuriel is willing to fight for what she wants. With a new feature film and a children's book ready to be released, Hadas has a lot to be excited about.
Comedian and Poscast King, Adam Carolla returns to the American Film Market on November 9, 2014 to discuss the challenges and triumphs of funding a film.
Hungarians have played a prominent role in the creation of Hollywood and composer, IMRE CZOMBA, may soon be the next talented Hungarian the join the ranks. We caught up with Mr. Czomba and asked him about his illustrious career and his future plans.
The 2013 American Film Market (AFM) has wrapped for another year with an increase in participants and packed conferences.
RogueFlix, the young-male driven online network will produce and create content by talented up-and-coming filmmakers.
The Filmmaker Summit will take place on FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2013 in Santa Monica and will provide step-by-step instruction on all aspects of film making.
The 34th American Film Market opens in Santa Monica screening over 400 films and presenting more than 100 guest speakers.
Julia Verdin is an L.A. based British producer and former actress who has a long list of feature film credits. Her most recent project, Two Jacks, stars Danny Huston, Sienna Miller,Jack Huston and Jaqueline Bisset, Izabella Miko and Billy Zane.
The 2013 American Film Market will screen over 400 films including 321 Market Premiers from 51 countries. The films premiering include the works of Pierce Brosnan, Jesse Eisenberg, Daniel Radcliffe, James Franco and many more.
Luke Baybak is an L.A. based actor and producer who has appeared on TV in shows such as "Judging Amy," "Without a Trace" and "Mad Men." He can be seen in "The Cyclist" and "Moontown,"two shorts playing at the HollyShorts Film Festival this weekend.
Versatile actor, Adam Meir not only portrays humans, he is also an expert at perfectly portraying apes, rhinos, squirrels and many more animals.
For deaf actor/musician, sign language is love.
Roger Mathey's award winning production of "Trainspotting" at the Elephant Theater in Los Angeles has been extended through June 1, 2013. If you like your theater nude, rude and crude, this is the one to see.
The 2012 American Film Market (AFM) has wrapped with an increase in buyers and attendance
The 2012 American Film Market (AFM) has begun in Santa Monica, California.
JAMES RUDOLPH is the pen name of Hollywood writer/actor JAMES MATHERS, who has written two new e-books, "Cindy Eyes" and "Henry & Dad." Mathers began his career in the 70s and continue to work in TV, film and theater
Just in time for the Presidential elections comes a tasty brand of wine that is available along party lines. Bottled under the names ELEPHANT WINE for Republicans and DONKEY WINE for Democrats, this is a quality product that will please your palate.
Beauty expert, Alana Mitchell has managed to find great success with her natural, organic product line, her hands-on instructional videos and her popular day spa, Spa Alana.
BEATLE STORIES, a film directed by Seth Swirsky reveals intimate and fascinating stories from celebrities who have spent time with the Fab Four. The documentary screens on October, 2, 2012 and will be simultaneously released on DVD the same day.
Actor Maxwell Caulfield shot to fame with the film "Grease 2" and has sustained a lengthy career that has seen both highs and lows. This writer directed him in the film, "Midnight Witness" and caught up with him recently at a hotel in Hollywood
Hong Kong Day was celebrated at the American Film Market (AFM) highlighting the benefits of co-productions in Hong Kong.
Academy Award-winning director Ron Howard attends the American Film Market to meet with buyers and talk about his vision for his new film RUSH on behalf of Exclusive Media Group ("Exclusive").
After casting thousands of votes the public named the pitch for the adventure spy drama produced by David Minnihan and written by Steven G. Long as its favorite to receive an official Waterford Crystal People's Choice Award.
A fun, action-packed romp, the GEEKS vs ZOMBIES is playing at the Ruby Theater at The Complex, 6476 Santa Monica Blvd. Hollywood, CA 90038 through September 23, 2012.
Author and film historian, MARILYN MOSS announces commencement of a documentary on the life of RAOUL WALSH, one of Hollywood's classic and legendary directors.
Vibrant singer, MANDI PERKINS, hasn't wasted time since landing in L.A. Determined and talented, she has quickly become a well respected indie artist with a new CD and a video in rotation on MTV. Mandi and her band, OF VERONA are catching fire.
CAROLYN LAWRENCE is an actress and self proclaimed construction junkie. She stars on Nickelodeon's hit "Sponge Bob Squarepants" as well as "The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron." Carolyn has recently added interior designer to her lengthy resume.
CAROLYN LAWRENCE is an actress and self proclaimed construction junkie. She stars on Nickelodeon's hit, "Sponge Bob Squarepants" and "The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron." Carolyn has recently added interior designer to her impressive resume.
KIM POIRIER is a working Canadian actress currently involved with hosting duties on the new website Pop Galaxy. We caught up with Miss Poirier to chat about her myriads of projects.
Marty Elcan is a Hollywood-based Director who has worked on numerous movies and television shows. She's always been fascinated by American Sign Language, which led her to her latest project "Shut Up and Sign."
THE HEIRESS currently playing at the Pasadena Playhouse is a perfectly nuanced production with strong performances from RICHARD CHAMBERLAIN, JULIA DUFFY, STEVE COOMBS and HEATHER TOM.
Based on the music of the punk rock band, Green Day, the stage play, "American Idiot," currently rolling across America on a national tour is a show that is well worth seeing


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NEW YORK: Events for Climate Week NYC 2013 are gathering momentum, with many of the confirmed events showing the variety of what is on offer this year -- the global summit's 5th anniversary.
Climate Week NYC is a hub for over 50 high-profile meetings, events and activities organized in and around New York City by a unique group of business, government, arts and civil society players.
From high-level industry panels and presentations to consumer-focused theatre productions and art installations, the week is once more set to illustrate New Yorkers' and international attendees' diverse passion for climate and clean energy issues.
For one of the earlier events on September 10, there is a reading of a new play called Extreme Whether. This innovative eco drama by Karen Malpede focuses on the constant conflict between climate change scientists and their deniers. There is not only a stellar cast (including the Tony nominated Zach Grenier), but the play is also followed up by a talk back with Jennifer Francis, an Arctic ice scientist. Find out more.
There are also opportunities for the more active climate enthusiast. The Adapting To Change Cycling Tour is a two-hour bike ride around the Lower East Side, East Village and East River Park. The aim of the ride is to see the impact that Hurricane Sandy had on these areas, and the solutions to combat these on both a general and local level. Find out more.
The theme of discussion and building resiliency also runs through many of our other events. For instance, the Urban Green Council is hosting an event about the need for both sustainable and resilient buildings. Their main focus is whether it is possible for the building industry to try and mitigate climate change, while simultaneously responding to its consequences. Find out more.
There is clearly something for everyone at this year's Climate Week NYC, with many more events set to be announced soon. We hope you can join us, for what will be the biggest Climate Week NYC yet -- our fifth anniversary.
Climate Week NYC was created and is hosted by The Climate Group. See what The Climate Group will be doing at Climate Week NYC 2013.
For more information about this and other events visit our ClimateWeekNYC.org events calendar and follow us on Twitter at @ClimateWeekNYC using hashtag #CWNYC.
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How to get Cheap Florida Auto Insurance
There are advertisements for "cheap" auto insurance all over Florida. How do you know which are really the cheapest and which ones are not? Well, it takes a bit of investigating but anyone can find out which insurance company's rates are really the cheapest. You see, it doesn't cost any money to get a quote from a Florida auto insurance company. Grab a pen and paper, and gear up your Internet service. If you still have a phone book, get that out, too. Or, you can save time and visit this website for more information.
Cheap Florida Auto Insurance at your Fingertips
Write down the names of all the insurance companies you know with the help of the internet and a phone book. You'll be comparing rates from these various companies so it helps to write them down line by line with the comparison quote. Know how much insurance you'll be getting. Will you get liability only or liability plus collision? Your answer makes a big difference in the quote you'll get as collision coverage is much more expensive than just liability.
Know the dollar numbers of the various coverages you'll be ordering. These are the amount the insurance company will pay (the maximum) per accident or per person. Most people choose the state minimum for their state but if you are worried about paying too much for an accident, then increase the amount of coverage you'll get. Be consistent when you call or log on to the quote sites so you can get a fair comparison. You should also decide what kind of deductible you're willing to pay. Keep that consistent among the companies you are choosing from.
Using the Internet to get Cheap Florida Auto Insurance
The Internet can be your best friend when looking for Florida auto insurance rates. Most insurance companies have an online website and many have online sites for getting insurance quotes like https://floridainsurancequotes.net/florida-auto-insurance/. This is a nice way to go because you don't have to hang on the phone line with an insurance agent pressuring you to go with their company. In the comfort of your own living room you can get on the computer and go to the websites of each and every company that has online quote sites.
Be prepared to give your personal information, including your social security number? Why your social security number? Because they will be checking your credit score which will have a big impact on the actual price you'll pay for auto insurance. You need also to be prepared to give the Make and Model of your vehicle or vehicles. You won't need the VIN number yet but you will by the time you purchase the insurance so it doesn't hurt to have it handy.
To make your insurance rates cheaper, look up your credit report and make sure there aren't any errors on it. Errors can wreck a person's credit score and can raise your insurance rates.
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If you were consistent with what you wanted out of an insurance company, you can expect a solid variety of numbers. Look closer at the company that was listed the cheapest and, if you like what you see, sign on to that company for the cheapest car insurance in Florida according to https://floridainsurancequotes.net/auto-insurance/cheapest-car-insurance-florida/.


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In the few months since his untimely death, we've learned that Apple's Steve Jobs had aspirations for products far beyond personal electronics. Now J Crew CEO and Apple board member Mickey Drexler has revealed that Jobs had dreams about building an iCar.
At Fast Company's recent Innovation Uncensored conference, Drexler bemoans the state of American car design, and wonders where Jobs' fertile mind would have taken it.
While nobody really knows what an iCar might have looked like, it's easy to imagine how Apple's intuitive interfaces together along with Jony Ive's sleek design could have been a revolutionary step ahead of when Detroit churns out today.
I just hope that unlike this sketch by Franco Grassi, at least it would have doors.
Fast Company, via Cult of Mac