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A photo of what is being labelled the "hamburger UFO" by New Zealanders has gone viral. The bizarre image was captured recently by Jim Paxie in New Plymouth, and shows a cloud formation bearing a vague resemblance to a square beef patty in a bun.
Don't laugh. The universe is vast and contains many mysteries. And, think about it for a moment. This is an excellent cloaking technique. When people look up, they don't see a spaceship hovering overhead. That would be terrifying, wouldn't it? Instead, they just think, "Oh, that cloud looks a little bit like a hamburger."
With the ubiquity of cell phone cameras, many sky watchers can now easily shoot a picture, when they spot an anomalous sight in the sky. So people now have proof, when they witness the presence of UFOs. Ab0ut a week ago, a person snapped a picture of a strange cloud formation near Cape Canaveral in Rockledge, FL. It also appeared, in that case, that a UFO was hiding inside the clouds, in order to move in a more stealthy manner.
"I just couldn't believe what I was seeing. A clear sky and just this one cloud. But it was very eerie," Paxie said.
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MotoGP Glossary
Backing it in: A move brought from dirt-track racing where a rider approaching a corner brakes hard and causes the rear of the motorcycle to slide while countersteering. This enables the rider to quickly go through the corner and straighten up for a fast exit.
Binned it: A rider crashes out of a race, wrecking the bike.
Bottom out: The suspension runs out of room to travel and hits the internal stops.
Brake marker: A marker at the side of the track indicating where a rider may want to start braking prior to entering a corner.
Burnout: Rider applies the front brake and quickly accelerates causing the rear wheel to lose traction and spin so that the tire overheats and begins to smoke and disintegrate.
Chicane: A section of track with back to back turns or "S" curves.
Class: A classification given to a specific kind of road racing. There are three classes in Grand Prix World Championship road racing: MotoGP, Moto2, 125cc.
Contact patch: The area of the tire's tread that is in actual contact with the ground.
Displacement: Size of an engine, in cubic centimeters (cc).
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Doughnut: Rider performs a burnout and carefully moves the motorcycle to encompass a 360-degree circle, leaving a circular mark of rubber on the track.
Dry race: A race in which climatic conditions affecting the track surface are considered to be dry, opposed to wet.
Dump the clutch: A rider quickly releases the clutch while the engine revolutions are high.
Endo: Stopping a motorcycle and having the rear wheel lift off the ground, a reverse of a wheelie.
Esses: Phonetic spelling of back to back turns or "S" curves.
Fairing: Body part that protects both the bike and rider from wind and aids aerodynamics.
FIM: Fédération Internationale de Motorcyclisme, the international governing body of all motorcycle sport at the world level. The FIM is based in Mies, Switzerland.
Green track: A new track with little or no rubber laid down, which can be slippery.
Grid: A pattern marking the starting points on the track.
Hairpin: A very slow, sharp and U-shaped corner.
High side: A crash in which the rear of the bike slides out, catches traction, and flips the bike and rider over.
Hydroplaning: The accumulation of water in a film under the tire contact patch that causes a tire to lift from the road surface, losing traction. Hydroplaning is affected by vehicle speed, tread pattern and water depth.
Leathers: A safety garment consisting of a skin-tight leather suit, body armor, foam, stitching and zippers.
Low side: A crash in which the rear wheel or both wheels lose traction. The motorcycle slips out from under the rider.
Nose wheelie: Rider hits the front brake so hard that the suspension bottoms out, causing the rear of the motorcycle to rise and stand on the front wheel.
Oversteer: The situation that occurs in cornering when the rear of the motorcycle tends to skid before the front.
Paddock: Area where maintenance on race motorcycles takes place. Also includes support vehicles, transport, team offices and hospitality.
Pin it: To completely open the throttle.
Pipes: Exhaust pipes.
Podium: A top-three finish, named because the top three riders in a race stand on the victory podium.
Pucks: Thick plastic discs affixed to riders' leathers that protect their knees during cornering. Riders' pucks often scrape against the asphalt while cornering.
Sidewall: The portion of the tire between the bead and the tread. It is flexible to soak up bumps yet stiff to limit tire rollover.
Slicks: A tire specifically designed for use in road racing only that is made of a soft compound with no tread.
Slip angle: The angle between the direction in which a tire is aimed or steered and the actual direction of tire travel.
Slip the clutch: To play with or fan the clutch to prevent the engine stalling or spinning the rear tire from the start line.
Squat: The rear suspension of the motorcycle seems to bottom out due to hard acceleration.
Sweeper: A broad, high-speed turn.
Swingarm: The rear portion of a bike to which the rear wheel mounts, a pivoting structure that moves up and down with the rear suspension.
Tank slapper: When the handlebars shake from side to side due to improper setup or bumps.
Trail braking: Keeping the brakes applied late in to the corner.
Understeer: The condition that exists during cornering when the front of the motorcycle tends to skid before the rear.
Wash out: A crash in which the front wheel loses traction. The motorcycle then slips out from under the rider.
Wet race: A race in which climatic conditions affecting the track surface are considered to be wet, opposed to dry.
Wheelie: The nose or front of the motorcycle rises off the ground due to hard acceleration in conjunction with a quick release of the clutch.
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Bucks whooped our ass last night. Almost a 30 point blowout! The guys have gotten toughen up and play better against these bums tonight at home. Bobcats are in a funk and need wins fast. GO BOBCATS!!!
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Posted 03 January 2009 - 09:26 PM
Got a win tonight. The PG production was much better and it helps when Bogut doesn't play.
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Lets see if this team can start to put some wins together... instead of losses. It seems like a week ago we were getting so close to .500. That needs to be our goal. Go Bobcats!
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"I'm playing. I'm playing. Dead serious,'' Matthews said after Wednesday's home finale, a 112-91 loss to Utah.
"That's not a surprise,'' Buchanan said. "Wes is striving to get better all the time. I love it. In the history of the NBA, I can't imagine too many guys of his stature requesting to play in Summer League. That tells you a lot about him.''
Buchanan did say the matter would be "up for discussion" because it is unknown what players the Blazers will draft or acquire between now and Summer League, which starts in July.
Matthews' agent, Lance Young, was in Portland on Wednesday and said he learned of Matthews' plans over dinner on Tuesday. "He said he wants to play in two or three games, practices ... just be around the team,'' Young said. "I said 'all right.' He's going to be playing pick up games anyway.''
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Should we pay more taxes?
We're going to have to pay more to slash the deficit.
Should Americans pay higher taxes to reduce the nation's ballooning deficit?
There. We've said it. Before you get all riled up, pro or con, remember that this is not a political blog. We're looking at this from a personal-finance perspective.
It's timely because the deficit for the federal fiscal year that ended Wednesday, Sept. 30, is expected to be $1.58 trillion.
Actually, we're not the first to bring this up, not hardly. Author and Republican economist Bruce Bartlett raised the issue in Forbes with the recent column "Fiscal responsibility requires higher taxes." Some rich folks, including Warren Buffett, argue that they and their wealthy peers should pay more.
Bartlett, who has criticized President George W. Bush for growing the deficit, wrote:
At some point, taxes have to be back on the table as the price that must be paid for profligate spending. Only then will the American people realize that they can't have their cake and eat it too, as Republicans have preached for the last decade. Only when the American people go back to believing that spending must be paid for will they stop demanding something for nothing and put the country back on the path to fiscal sanity.
There's incentive to do so. Bartlett added:
Everyone knows that fiscal discipline must be restored eventually, or we will face truly horrifying consequences -- defaulting on the debt, nonpayment of Social Security benefits, a collapsing dollar, and double-digit inflation and interest rates. Everyone also knows that this will involve a combination of higher revenues and lower spending. The idea that we can restore fiscal health only with spending cuts is childish, as I tried to explain last week.
Which brings us to the personal-finance aspects of this issue. Many PF bloggers have written that there are two ways to eradicate debt: cutting spending and making more money. Often, cutting spending alone isn't enough. When a friend of ours struggling with debt recently asked for our advice, we said, "Get a second job." He did, and that debt is rapidly shrinking.
See the point? Doesn't it make sense that Uncle Sam needs to cut back AND generate more income? Why pass the nation's debt -- now at $11.6 trillion -- on to our children and grandkids when we could buck up and start paying our own bills?
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Kay Bell at Don't Mess With Taxes said, simply, "Bartlett's right." She added:
But I fear that even though the recession has forced more people to finally get their own finances in order, when it comes to our governments' budgeting strategies, we are a long way from accepting the reality that we must pay for, via taxes, everything, regardless of which political party supports it.
But, you might say, we can't afford it right now. We're in a recession. (Although, please consider that if you're unemployed, your tax burden will be nil or next to nothing.)
In another post, Kay notes that a number of wealthy people have signed a petition to immediately undo the Bush tax cuts for households making more than $235,000. The effort is spearheaded by Wealth for the Common Good, which estimates that step would increase federal revenues by $43 billion a year.
Kay explains:
That tax increase, say the petitioners, would affect only about 2.5% of the country's taxpayers. Even with (the increase), they still would face a tax rate lower than in the early Reagan era. Meanwhile, the increase would raise much needed money for federal programs.
That's a good start. A congressional committee estimates that eliminating the Bush tax cuts for everyone else -- they're set to expire in 2011 -- would raise another $2.1 trillion over 10 years. Clearly not enough to eliminate the deficit. Without spending cuts, Daniel Indiviglio at The Atlantic estimates that taxes would have to be raised 40% to accomplish that -- which is not politically feasible. (To try your hand at reducing the deficit, visit BalanceTheBudget.com or play Budget Hero.)
Our buddy Frank Curmudgeon at Bad Money Advice guesses that the soonest a tax increase could arrive would be 2013. He wrote:
I am sure that the administration and its supporters would, if they had their druthers, raise taxes significantly to get the deficit under control. But I am also sure they are aware enough to see that they just don't have the political capital right now. And when would they? Next year, during the mid-term election season? In 2011 and 2012, when Obama will be facing what is looking like a tough re-election?
What do you think? I'd be willing to pay higher taxes if it reduced the deficit (or guaranteed that every American would have health care). As our partner blogger J.D. Roth pointed out in a post we reprinted here, Americans are not "buckling under the burden" of taxes.
Others are ready, too. "Justaperson" commented at a post about the Bartlett column at the Los Angeles Times, "Yes, I will be paying higher taxes in the future and yes, I will do so willingly if that is what is necessary for my country to be fiscally solvent."
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However, let it be in the form of consumption taxes and not on income.
I know a lot of people feel that consumption taxes hurt the less fortunate the most (a regressive tax) and that income taxes are the way to go.
But that is far from accurate.
Many consumption taxes exempt the only items a poor person can afford (look at Massachusett's sales tax structure). Once a low wage earner pays for housing and food and a few low-dollar clothing items they have little if anything left to spend. They may have no tax burden because of not having any disposable income. How is that regressive?
But, if you tax their income you pull money off the top possibly leaving them unable to pay for their food and housing. Now THAT is regressive!
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The parathyroid glands are four tiny glands located within the thyroid gland in the neck. They produce parathyroid hormone, which helps control the amount of calcium in the blood. If your parathyroid gland is too big (enlarged), it can cause your body to produce too much parathyroid hormone (hyperparathyroidism). This may lead to too much calcium in the urine, which makes it more likely that you will have calcium kidney stones.
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AJC reporter Jeremy Redmon has written an interesting story about fallout from the state's new immigration law:
Migrant farmworkers are bypassing Georgia because of the state's tough new immigration enforcement law, creating a severe labor shortage among fruit and vegetable growers here and potentially putting hundreds of millions of dollars in crops in jeopardy, agricultural industry leaders said this week.
Charles Hall, executive director of the Georgia Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association, said he has been in close contact with Labor Commissioner Mark Butler and Agricultural Commissioner Gary Black about the shortage, calling it the most severe he has seen. Hall said it's possible state officials could hold job fairs to steer some of Georgia's unemployed workers to these farm jobs, which pay $12.50 an hour on average. The state's unemployment rate is now at 9.9 percent.
Farmers, however, say they often have little luck recruiting Georgia residents to work in their fields because it is temporary, hot and physically demanding. To recruit more workers, some farmers are offering signing bonuses, Hall said.
The law doesn't take effect until July 1 but is already making migrant Hispanic farmworkers skittish, said Dick Minor, a partner with Minor Brothers Farm in Leslie in southwest Georgia who says he is missing about 50 of his workers now, threatening as much as a third of his crops.
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May 27th, 2011
6:22 am
I don't believe they pay $12.50, local cops don't make that. Just more hype.
May 27th, 2011
6:49 am
A wife, couple kids, home in the burbs….and $12.50 an hour sounds pretty good to someone (me) who hasn't been able to find steady work for over two years. Pathetic.
May 27th, 2011
6:59 am
I think the agricultural industry is just upset that their "slave" labor is about to go the way of the dodo bird. Sorry, but they're going to have to play by the rules just like every other employer. As soon as the wages are right they will find workers. The article states that on average the pay is $12.50. So, I'm guessing, in reality, the pay is much less. Did the migrant workers pay taxes like every other legal worker in Georgia (I'm guessing it would be hard to file a tax return if your not a legal citizen) or did the farm owners take the taxes out for them (I'm guessing this didn't happen either)??
May 27th, 2011
7:00 am
Looks like more propaganda from the media to me!
May 27th, 2011
7:01 am
I don't believe for a minute that a grower would or could pay $12.50/hr–he would go broke in a week; even if he DID, that wouldn't be enough for the white trailer trash, much less unemployed people with higher education. And forget it…the black field hands have done their time.
How about calling a summit of Redneck Governors (including that bleached blond from AZ) to come for a week of field work (in the literal sense of the term!). Goin' a need a lot of sunscreen even for their already red necks!
May 27th, 2011
7:04 am
Even if this is true, the tax payers cannot afford to pay for Illegals health care, social security and schooling. When are you people going to quit trying?
May 27th, 2011
7:08 am
I work in the agricultural arena and every one of you are idiots, I just hope every one of your grocery bills triple because farmers weren't able to harvest their crops. How bout you people get off your fat behinds and go work in a field, I know you wouldn't make it. PS, don't throw the race card out there, how pathetic, this is about the ability to get food to market…
May 27th, 2011
7:09 am
Wow, only seven post in and we've already started the race baiting!
May 27th, 2011
7:16 am
Good. The law is working. The industries relying on illegals will adjust, and Georgians will have fewer illegals burdening our schools, hospitals, courts, and prisons.
May 27th, 2011
7:19 am
I bet if the government were to eliminate their "CHECK", more Georgia residents would be willing to do this work ,or any other work for that matter. Georgia has hundreds of thousands of able bodied men and women who could do this work but won't.
May 27th, 2011
7:19 am
Most of this article is BS. Most of the industries that use illegal immigrants pay less than minimum wage. Within the last 20 years I have seen illegal immigrants paid less than $100 dollars for a 60 hour week. If these Industries paid a fair wage they would have no problem finding legal workers. I live in south Georgia, and have been around many of these industries much of my life.
May 27th, 2011
7:22 am
People like Ace and Guest have no clue what it takes takes to put commodities such as corn, peaches, or peanuts on a table to feed a family. That's the kind of response you get when you live in the city and ride a vesper (moped).
May 27th, 2011
7:24 am
South Ga,
The benefit to you and consumers is FAR outweighed by other costs of massive illegal immigration. Your industry will simply need to adjust and one way will be raising prices so you can afford to pay a wage that attracts labor. No one is going to go hungry because we don't have thousands of migrant workers on GA farms.
May 27th, 2011
7:28 am
South Ga,
We the tax payers can no longer afford to subsidize your business. And why are you people falling the trap of calling these people illegal immigrants. They are Illegal aliens!!!!!!!!!
May 27th, 2011
7:30 am
Who did the work before the illegals? Can't the farmers go back to using those workers? I'm sure they can find locals who need a job.
May 27th, 2011
7:31 am
I understand your point but my grandfather was a sharecropper when he was young and he was white. Now granted this was back in the 20's and 30's but the same principles still exist today but to a different extent. Someone coming from South America making a 2 dollars a day is happy to come to America making anywhere up to 10 dollars an hour depending on what equipment they can run. Most of the unemployed live in cities and most farms are in rural areas so this presents a logisitcal problem about putting people to work.
May 27th, 2011
7:42 am
Seabeau is right. Stop the unemployment extensions and people will start taking whatever job they can get. Also, I think this would be a good time to review prison labor. Those people already have their healthcare paid by the taxpayors. They should be made to work for it.
May 27th, 2011
7:52 am
I have the solution. Have the "Georgia Chain Gangs" pick the peaches. I remember zipping down I-95 and seeing these guys out beside the road working on projects.
I see this as a grand opportunity to restore the inmates dignity by doing honest labor and the citizens can see for themselves democracy in action.
I really like this idea. Now,paying the inmates $12.50 an hour would be a bit much, maybe 25 cents an hour, work 8 hours and they have a little walkin around money.
Now, the new new immigration law HB87 will not be an inconvenience[at least in the fields].
May 27th, 2011
7:56 am
More "SPIN" from the group that opposed the new law in the begining! Guess what? SCARE tactics won't work! We(Residents of North GA) are MORE scared of the INVASION and OCCUPATION we live with EVERYDAY! (Not just in picking season) So whatever the cost, WE WANT OUR TOWNS, SCHOOLS, AND HOSPITALS BACK! When the "politicians" and media finally realize that, there may be room for comprimise, but AMNESTY is NOT compromise, and no matter what you choose to call it, ILLEGAL is still ILLEGAL!
May 27th, 2011
8:03 am
After reading the comments here I am now convinced that Atlanta is full of idiots.
May 27th, 2011
8:05 am
I work with the children of immigrants (most of the kids are American citizens). In our area the men are very hardworking. They want their kids to be educated, and they don't want trouble. The kids generally outshine our white American kids, who have an entitlement mentality. Many of the white parents draw a check or two for "disability" which apparently means being morbidly obese.
After saying that, we have to stop the flow of illegal immigrants. They are a burden to much of our infrastructure. So are the 'disabled" white folks who aren't too disabled to have multiple children, or to let the American taxpayers foot the bill for many years.
It's time for the farm industry, the chicken plants, and the carpet mills to "man up" and pay ALL the costs of their workers–wages, insurance, school fees, hospital/medical fees, etc–and stop expecting the rest of us to take care of their businesses.
Yes, illegal immigrants generally pay taxes. Around here the taxes are taken out of their pay at the chicken plant (they get a tax ID number) so taxes are taken out. And EVERYONE pays property taxes (if indirectly through rent) and sales taxes.
It is time for everyone living in the US to be held accountable for their decisions! The government (us) need to quit supporting non-workers, and give them an opportunity to achieve some true self-worth in providing for themselves and their families. Perhaps the farmers could supply housing for the workers who relocate to the area for the picking season. That might help solve the problem of workers being in one place but the farms being in another. At any rate, we cannot continue what we are doing now.
May 27th, 2011
8:05 am
Will gladly pay more for groceries, if it means my med bills won't be 5 times what they should be, to cover the "free" care we have to give to folks who are here illegally. This is a great law, and is causing exactly the intended result.
May 27th, 2011
8:11 am
I'll take 12.50 an hour I've been out of work for 2 years now and went to a McDonald one day for the special they had I asked the girl for some more napkins she didn't understand a word I was saying some one had to come over and tell her in Spanish what I had asked for. Now thats Pathetic
May 27th, 2011
8:15 am
There is no way your peanuts outweigh the massive cost of paying for illegals schooling, medical costs, food stamps. This is in the billions across the nation. I dont think people really care as much about your peanuts as they do keeping their homes, buying food for their families and putting clothing on the backs of their kids. And I know at least 10 teens that would love to make your 12.00 per hour harvesting your crops, however you dont pay that and a couple you turned down for employment. Guess they werent illegal and you cant work them 15 hours per day with no breaks. Thats called slave labor and its illegal just like the people you hire.
May 27th, 2011
8:16 am
Hey South Georgia, let me inform you of a simple economic reality. IF veggies and fruits go up 3 x, you really think people will be STILL putting them in their shopping cart? We'll just buy the imported stuff. As far as I and a lot of other people are concerned, let the stuff ROT in the fields and next year maybe those farmers will go buy machinery that does what the Mexicans used to do. It's a GLORIOUS day in this state and country that farmers and contractors have a harder time hiring illegals now.
May 27th, 2011
8:18 am
IF you are here in my country ILLEGALY, GET THE HELL OUT, and any of you protesters can go with them!!!!
Enough Said!
May 27th, 2011
8:30 am
These farmers thought everything was great by hiring these illegals and making big bucks, knowing full well they were illegal criminals ( you are a criminal when you illegally enter the US) so I don't feel sorry for them one bit.
May 27th, 2011
8:33 am
Thank all the idiots that voted for the republican idiots, just start eating tv dinners wihile the lawmakers eat filet mignion…losers…
May 27th, 2011
8:44 am
Here's a simple solution…if lack of migrant labor makes the prices go up on produce, then DON'T BUY IT. Simple enough. I'm sick of paying taxes to support illegals and giving them education, housing, welfare, food stamps, medical care, etc. In the end, this HB will save us money!!! Get the message: "WE DON'T WANT NO STINKIN' ILLEGALS HERE!!!".
May 27th, 2011
8:51 am
Politicians who don't support securing our borders and deporting ALL illegal aliens are just buying votes with citizens tax dollars.
May 27th, 2011
8:56 am
We have enough illegal aliens standing on street corners and at gas stations In Cobb County to pick the onion fields clean in a day. The truth is that they don't stay on the farm once they are here – they then migrate to other areas and take over other industries' jobs. And fill the schools with anchor babies who quality for free healthcare, benefits, etc. Very few employers provide a TIN number, most pay in cash. When taxes are taken out, they claim huge numbers of exemptions so nothing is taken out. And they then file for Earned Income Tax Credit – they are good at scamming the stupid US taxpayers.
So every year the growers import a new crop of illegals who do not go home after the growing season – they settle in and destroy neighborhoods in our formerly nice suburbs.
Georgia is not the only state that grows vegetables. Let them migrate to NJ, they have a large agriculture business and the liberals there will be very happy I assure you to take care of these wonderful hard workers. I'll be happy to drive the bus for a one way ridel
May 27th, 2011
8:57 am
get the rich to make campaign donations so we can pass laws to screw the working class, you get what you ask for.
May 27th, 2011
9:02 am
I can't wait for those employers that hire illegal aliens to lose their business licenses! Call authorities, ICE and complain that those employers are hiring illegal aliens!
We are all tired of subsidizing the "cheap" labor of those employers that hire illegal aliens.
We are all tired of politicians that put the interests of illegal aliens before those of US citizens and legal residents. Vote them out of office at the next election!
May 27th, 2011
9:26 am
Yes! Kick them all out, and oh by the way, lets re-enact our beloved anti-misgenation laws! We are on our way back to the 1800s! Go whites!!
May 27th, 2011
9:34 am
sorry got a little too excited!
May 27th, 2011
10:20 am
White Supremacist,
I see you're using the tried-and-true strategy of calling your opponents "racist" when you don't have a coherent argument. Good work!
May 27th, 2011
10:25 am
Why is it racist to support enforcement of our laws and borders? Again, stop the occupation, send them ALL home!
May 27th, 2011
10:35 am
The people who are here without papers pay their fair share of taxes, which are extracted from their paychecks before they receive it. The government takes their money and they never see a dime in return, the majority of them work under a special number assigned by the IRS, this allows them to pay their taxes, social security is also paid under this number and it is without a doubt that they will never see one thin dime of the money that they have paid to social security. Everyone is so quick to lay blame on the so called illegals, the issue is not really with these hardworking people, it is with a broken government that is way behind on human rights. I am a gay man who has been in a monogamous relationship with someone for 12 years, he is here from Mexico, I am a tax paying citizen and I am not afforded the same rights as my heterosexual counterparts, even though I am subjected to the same taxes as they are. While there are certain states that allow us to marry, it does us no good, as the marriage would not be recognized on a federal level and therefore I cannot even apply for residency or citizenship for him, I don't care what your religious beliefs are, but if you think that what is going on in this country is okay, if you think that it is okay for the government to demand tax money from a group of its citizens while denying them equal rights under the law, it is only a matter of time before your rights are infringed upon. The truth is that the government doesn't want to solve the immigration issue, illegal immigration is a billion dollar industry for them, everyone complains about paying for the poor illegals, we cannot afford the strain on the social programs, the truth is the immigrants that are here are not looking for a handout, they work hard, the strain on the system is caused by all of the dead beat Americans who refuse to get off their asses and go to work, I know plenty of white and black Americans who could benefit from one of those jobs, but they are allergic to sweat and to hard work, my hope is that the folks who are undocumented here up and leave, and the truth will be told in the toll that it takes on our local economy. For my partner and I, we are leaving, not just the state, we are planning to move to Spain, where our kind is accepted with open arms. This is an issue that impacts a lot of people, gay, straight, legal, illegal, this is a human rights issue!
May 27th, 2011
11:28 am
"Most of the unemployed live in cities and most farms are in rural areas so this presents a logisitcal problem"
That's why we have cars and buses and trucks, to get people and things from one place to another.
And why aren't we seeing tens of thousands of "help wanted" ads in the local papers and on the web? Are these farmers actually lifting a finger to recruit beyond the end of their driveways?
And I still get the impression that most illegal aliens are being paid under the table/ off the books so that, while US citizens have FICA and income extortion taken out, the illegal aliens have more of a problem with direct extortion and black-mail threats.
In either case, there are US citizens able and willing to do this kind of work. I've done this kind of work, as did my father and grand-father. A couple of my grand-uncles joined up with the migrant workers just to have an inexpensive way to travel around the country. We don't need no illegal aliens to do farm work or construction work or meat-packing or fishery work or tech support or custom computer programming; we've got plenty of US citizens able and in need of the work.
May 27th, 2011
12:05 pm
@South GA, confirm this for me. All the ranting and raving about farm workers' hourly pay is both correct and incorrect at the same time.
As I understand it, farm workers are generally paid on a per basket or per barrel basis, meaning that to a certain extent, they control their own pay. The quicker they work, the more they make. It's a system that works because the farmers need their crops harvested and the workers need to move on to the next crop. Herein the $12.50 per hour average. Some make more, some make less.
My bet is that if our illustrious good old AMERICAN unemployed were even willing to go down and work the fields, they would either A) Quit before the end of the day, or B) never come close to earning $12.50 per hour because they would just be unwilling or unable to work as fast as was needed to get the job done.
Am I about right, SOUTH GA?
May 27th, 2011
3:12 pm
Maybe there is something wrong with their business model if the only people who are supposedly willing to do the work, are illegal immigrant vagabonds…
May 27th, 2011
4:53 pm
It would certainly cut into profits if farmers et al had to pay full price for their employees. I feel pretty annoyed when I see how these agribusiness getting subsidies IN Addition to their profits from sales. Talking about BIG bidness, not family farms.
Perhaps we should grow our own vegetables, if we can–food security, fresher, and cheaper (if you don't count your labor).
May 27th, 2011
9:44 pm
Pay a fair wage and hire Americans, I will gladly pay a few cents more for my peaches and onions. They get cheap labor and the rest of us are stuck with education, health care and food costs.
They have been using the cheap produce line for years, when was the last time you saw prices go DOWN on anything because of illegal immigrants taking American jobs??
Good job GA, I hope the rest of the states follow your example and stand up for the American taxpayer!!
May 28th, 2011
5:31 am
The movie The Grapes of Wrath comes to mind when I read these blogs. Growing up on a Farm I learned many lessons from my Mom and Dad. From milking cows, slopping the hogs, castrating sheep, shearing sheep, detailing sheep, hogs, cows whatever else, plus plant corn, shuck corn, detassel corn, hoe corn and beans in the fields, plus, dig potatoes, pick maters, pick beans, pick berries, hoe and hoe some more weeds, in the garden.. fix fence, cut hay, bail hay, plus come in and make breakfast, lunch and dinner, do laundry and take care of passel of kids,..and maybe have a little time to keep house..Farming is not easy and those who think it is are not thinking people.
May 28th, 2011
4:25 pm
A vast majority of the people came from the southern U.S. neighbours
were working very hard at the job site where the average Americans were
not the least interested to work. Now, even the legal residents are
leaving the State because they might be stopped by the police in the
wrong place for questioning. The farmers are going to suffer, and the
grocery store price for the vegetable will be going up. By driving out
the illegal immigrants and some of the legal immigrants, the unemployment rate of George is not going to drop anything notable.
May 28th, 2011
4:47 pm
What did our poticians expect? Lets cripple our bigggest state tax revenue. Genius. North Carolina and Florida must be ROfL at our business killiing bill. Anyone of any color put on legal payroll pays taxes. Anyone paid under the table is not desptie their origin. This bill encourages paying under the table. Let's deport the people that don't want to work and keep the one's that do. If my memory is correct some of these politicains who pushed pandering to their base are very familar with bankruptcy.
May 28th, 2011
4:49 pm
The solution is simple, yet Congress won't act. Since Congress authorizes the number of work permits, all it has to do is authorize 10,000,000 work permits. These foreignors come to this country … legally … and work.
We really need to ask Congress why it does not do this.
Could it be because if it did, these workers would be paid more thus costing the owners much more money?
BTW, these work permits could exempt them from US taxes and US Social Security. It all depends on how Congress were to authorize them.
Congress is the problem … and the solution! ! !
May 28th, 2011
8:38 pm
"Farmers, however, say they often have little luck recruiting Georgia residents to work in their fields because…"
That is blatantly untrue. I've lived nearly my entire life in this State and never once have I seen an attempt to recruit Georgia residents to work in fields.
"The law doesn't take effect until July 1 but is already making migrant Hispanic farmworkers skittish…"
So we're supposed to worry that people who are breaking the law are skittish. Or maybe we're supposed to feel guilty that they fear getting captured and shipped back to Mexico.
May 29th, 2011
3:04 pm
While I agree with your sentiment, don't make yourself sound ignorant by saying "buy a machine". I would love to see a machine that could harvest onions.
May 30th, 2011
2:31 am
Woe is me! Well, load up that bunch of deadbeat neighbors and head south. We've got to eat!


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This Thursday the world will be celebrating the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, bringing light to both the challenges and the opportunities that the global community faces in creating a "healthy, prosperous, clean energy economy now and for the future." It also serves as a reminder that each person can make a difference by adopting a "green" lifestyle that shrinks their carbon footprint.
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- Address:
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Saint Paul, MN 55102Neighborhood:
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Sunday - Thursday: 3:00pm - 11:00pm. Friday & Saturday: 3:00pm - 12:00am
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- Cuisine: Italian
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Meeting friends, family occasion, on a first date, Louis is the place to raise a glass, celebrate or just mingle and be. Find the intimate booth and enjoy traditional and regional Italian cuisine or experience an urban setting on St. Paul's highest rooftop bar and sample our small plates and try one of our specialty drinks. The interior of Louis is simmering with rich and handsome feel. Louis is stylish, inviting and comfortable with beautiful wood floors, exposed brick walls, warm lighting, comfortable booths, large windows to enjoy the sweeping views of this breathtaking room.Continued
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- Food4.1Service4.2
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- Another Saint Paul GemCinemadpDined on 9/19/2014The Folks of Cosettas have really done well over the years and this remodel of Cosettas and addition of Louis is amazing. Thank you for investing in Saint Paul! The outdoor patio in the roof is by far one of the best in the twin cities. You can certainly make it a wonderful evening with apps and drinks overlooking the city and cathedral.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- AnniversaryCarlyDined on 9/17/2014My husband enjoyed Louis for our 26th wedding anniversary. The food was delicious and the service was considerate and accommodating. The free creme brûlée to help us celebrate was nice too.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Outstanding Service and FoodgoldyDined on 9/13/2014Service was outstanding. Our waiter was incredible helpful on choices and delivered exemplary service. Would highly recommend this dinning experience to my friends. Menu has wide variety of choices at a wide price range for everyone.Special Features:
- saltyboboVIPDined on 9/11/2014The food was good. But it could have been outstanding had the kitshen decided to dial back on seasonings, especially the salt.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Top Choice for St. Paul DiningOpenTable Diner Since 2012Dined on 9/11/2014I was in the restaurant business for many years in the Twin Cities in my 20's. All top notch restaurants, so I'm picky to say the least. Louis/Cosettas is some place I'd return to over and over again. I love everything about it. The location (close walk to stroll the riverfront), the view, the informed waiters, the Italian deli, and of course, the food. Hands down, one of my favorite restaurants.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Authentic Italian foodJenInMNDined on 9/6/2014I think the waitress ruined our experience. We had a couple questions about the menu. She answered us short, with disinterest. My husband and I brought a friend in from out of town for a treat. We had a good time and ignored the upset waitress, who knows she may have had a bad day. Next time though..we'll go to the downstairs Cosettas. Our taste prefences are more Cosettas than Louis.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- DisappointingNativeStPaulDined on 9/5/2014We went for a birthday dinner - server had little knowledge of the menu - could not recommend suggestions for our table of first timers - food was oversalted and overdone - did not receive the value based on what we paid - ambience is VERY noisy - although we love Cossettas pizzas and pasta - the seafood was especially oversalted and overdone - don't think we will go back -Special Features:
- Louis was GREAT!LolaDined on 9/5/2014The food was outstanding. Our server was excellent! The prices are a little steep, but we will definitely go back for a special occasion.Special Features:
- DelciiouskariDined on 9/2/2014We had an amazing dinner with an assortment of entrees ranging from the Spaghetti to the Linguini with Clams to the Prawns. Everyone's was delicious and beautiful. Our server, while a good server, wasn't overly friendly or didn't give great recommendations. I have a lot of food aversions and she seem put off by that telling me that there were good items on the menu for my "tastes" but not giving any recommendations.Special Features:
- DisappointedMangiaDined on 8/30/2014We love Cossetta's market, pasticceria, and casual eatery downstairs -- true neighborhood gems. However, we were seriously disappointed in the food, atmosphere, and service when we tried out Louis this past Saturday. We ordered a fruit and cheese board as an appetizer - the cheeses were good, but the fruit did not taste fresh and this was accompanied by stale bread saturated in honey. The main courses (both pasta and meat dishes) were good, but nothing special for the price. It was incredibly loud in the dining room and much more casual than anticipated (kids running around). The wait staff was not very professional. Random wait staff/bussers removed plates from our table without asking before we were even finished with the course.Special Features:
- Very enjoyablefromeauclairewiDined on 8/30/2014The wait-staff was very accommodating, the food was excellent and the atmosphere was perfect. We very much enjoyed our time there - before and after dinner drinks outside and dinner inside.Special Features:
- Great Flavor, Not As Great CookingredgiantDined on 8/30/2014Sausages were spiced wonderfully and prepared in a good sauce, but were a bit dry and overdone. Lasagna rather simple and burnt on edges but still tasty. Chicken florentine the standout, very well prepared. Sides were all great. Definitely good place for the price if you're in the area, especially in a smaller group.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Always a great experiencemamaschwegsVIPDined on 8/29/2014We took my 90 year old mom for dinner. She has dined here previously, but loves to go back! We had just a wonderful time. The wine we were suggested to try, was wonderful. Not over the top expensive, either. We had salads, and pasta for our food selections. I tried one of our waitress's favorites, and it was delicious. We always choose the Misticanza salad, which never disappoints. My husband had the Beet salad, which was also a hit. Everyone else at the table had the Bucatini, with the exception of my mom, she had the Rigatoni. Both dishes were a hit, as well!Special Features:
- ONLY FOR THE VIEWOpenTable Diner Since 2008VIPDined on 8/26/2014the view is great and the ambiance is nice, but the food was just OK, and overpriced. we had happy hour on the roof. i would only come again for drinks. our server was not attentive, but friendlySpecial Features:
- Good service, okay foodmcwhatDined on 8/25/2014A few friends and I went to Louis for my birthday a few days ago. We ordered Fritto Misto and the Carpaccio to start. The Fritto Misto was oily and lacked seasoning. Wouldn't order again. My friend enjoyed the Carpaccio. One had the GF Pasta Alla Barese, she liked the pasta, didn't like the sausage. I had the linguini w/clams and it was quite good. They brought out creme brûlée for me and it was delicious. The wine list is okay. A family was seated next to us (around 8:30pm) with a screaming child which continued to scream throughout the meal. We couldn't get out of there fast enough. Not sure what barn these people were raised in, but they should go back and learn Parenting 101 and find a sitter, go earlier or stay home. Geez!
- LovesItalianDined on 8/24/2014Attentive service, wonderful food - taking one's experience above and beyond by sharing a sampling of something new and treating the table to a small plate of cookies before leaving!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Not fantansticALGirlDined on 8/24/2014I took my parents on a Sunday evening. Most of the the food we ordered was good. The chicken marsala was excellent. The one exception was the veal saltimbocca my father ordered. It was a nice sized portion, but completely overcooked. Even an amatuer cook knows that thinly sliced veal cooks very quickly. Considering it was one of the most expensive entrees it was a bit disappointing. The wait staff was pretty patient with my elderly father that was slow to make up his mind.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- was very surprisedfinnopinionDined on 8/24/2014i resisted dining at Louis because i assumed the menu would be similar to the downstairs cafe, and china instead of plastic and styrofoam. so i was completely and pleasantly surprised at all of it...the menu, food prep, service, ambiance. i certainly will return with my family and friends. great job cossetta's!Special Features:
- It was okRaingirlDined on 8/22/2014It was better then some recent places I've been, but it still wasn't outstanding. Dessert case seemed impressive, but closer look, it seems like the desserts are not "homemade". Also the case had fruit flies flying all over the place. The marketplace, however, was divine!Special Features:
- Attentive wait staff, fine food.SnoozenDined on 8/22/2014We love everything about Cossetta's - it seems to have an answer for every dining whim. Friday night we decided on Louis, and were pleased by the attentive wait staff. We wanted to linger, and linger we did, enjoying wine, salads, our entrees, then dessert.Special Features:
- Fabulous!outwegoDined on 8/20/2014Our evening started with cocktails on the rooftop. Beautiful view of the cathedral. Our server was very friendly and even volunteered to take a group picture for us. Dinner followed and was wonderful. Again, our new server was very helpful and knowledgeable about different dishes on the menu. The food was delicious.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- stay down stairsOpenTable Diner Since 2011Dined on 8/16/2014My husband and i felt rushed through our whole dining experience. The bread came out after dinner started, which signed weird to have them pour oil while your trying to eat. Our dessert was only fair and over priced. After dining there w wished we would have stayed in the cafeteria style Cossetta's down stairs (where we found a similar dessert for three dollars less and it looked more elegant).
- Great dinner!AnneVIPDined on 8/16/2014We met friends on a Saturday night (group of 6) and had a wonderful time! The waitress was wonderful.....checking back appropriately but giving us time to catch up with each other and gaze at the menu. Food was wonderful and drinks very good!Special Features:
- DinnerPhilDined on 8/14/2014We had reservations for inside but wanted outside and ended up getting the last table out. We had to sit at a high top which would not be a first choice. It was noisy and also allows smoking on the outer edge. The food was good but the bar area has a limited menu. On the other side, it is cheaper to eat outside.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- LouisfoodDined on 8/13/2014Fun to go this Italian restaurant. Food was tasty but not outstanding. Great as leftovers the next day for lunch.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- DisappointedOpenTable Diner Since 2013Dined on 8/11/2014Out of 6 of us, none of us were very impressed with the food.....which surprised all of us. After dinner, we went out to the rooftop patio. Great view, but the music drove me crazy! It was all over the place -- did not fit the setting at all. We had one drink & went somewhere else.Special Features:
- Fabulous food - too loud to think1959Dined on 8/10/2014Best Fettucine alla vongole ever - but the noise level on a Sunday night was so loud I couldn't talk to my companion. I'm not sure I would return because of the noise.Special Features:
- ....NicetryDined on 8/10/2014Although our service was good, this restaraunt was so noisy! We could barely hear the waitress and didn't even try to speak to each other across the table. Not at all enjoyable. The food was just average and was served with cold bread that was slightly burned and cold tasteless oil.
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- OpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 8/6/2014This was a special occasion...my son's 30th birthday. He and his wife had dined here before however my husband and I hadn't. We enjoyed it very much. The service was excellent and food delicious. Enjoyed beverages and appetizers on the rooftop and then moved into the dining room. A perfect evening!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- MicheleDined on 8/6/2014Second time dining at Louis, first time shortly after opening & kinks definitely weren't worked out. Fire & smoke alarms went off throughout the night. Reluctant to return however newly engaged son requested to celebrate engagement. Menu very pricey for quantity & quality; pasta dishes just ordinary, their presentation like eating at home. Pasta seved hot, saltimbocca just warm. Ok waitress, not very personable. Average rating for above average price.Special Features:
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Exchange rate pass-through and the relative concentration of German and Japanese manufacturing industries
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- Alan Kirman & Louis Phlips, 1996. "Exchange-rate pass-through and market structure," Journal of Economics, Springer, vol. 64(2), pages 129-154, June.
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- Richard Damania, 1998. "The Scope for Exchange Rate Pass-through in an Oligopoly," School of Economics Working Papers 1998-07, University of Adelaide, School of Economics.
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This is a mass-produced sentimental image. The woman, dressed in widow's mourning, laments at a real grave—however, it is too old a grave to be any of any freshly lost relative of her own. Thanks to modern technology the inscription can be read as "In affectionate remembrance of Frederick William Paige…who departed this life September 11, 1814, age 35."
Bronze Eyeshade, 7th-9th Century AD. Source: Penn Museum on Flickr.
Bronze Eyeshade, 7th-9th century, Excavated from Tomb No. 227, Astana, Turpan, © Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Museum Collection.
This eyeshade was hammered from a piece of bronze placed over a mold. It was found covering the eyes of the tomb's occupant. The border of the eyeshade has been punched with small holes that would have been decorated with textiles.
Eyeshades like these were worn for the same reasons we wear sunglasses today, to keep out sun, wind, and sand drifts. However in the Tufpan region during the Tang dynasty, eyeshades were not used for this purpose. They were funerary items used for covering the eyes of the tomb's occupant. In the Astana tombs of this time it was customary to cover the face with a piece of cloth. The area where the eyes should be was cut from the face cover and then an eyeshade like this one was sewn to the fabric.
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Heather Pringle's post from a few years back on Archaeology's blog offers some background on the mummy and his clothes, which were featured in the recent traveling exhibit Secrets of the Silk Road. She consults Sinologist (and Tarim Basin mummy expert) Victor Mair.
The magnificent trappings of Yingpan Man are the first things that visitors lay eyes on in the exhibit. The Chinese government did not send the remains of the European-looking 6-footer who wore his brown hair in a topknot. But as Mair pointed out, Yingpan Man's "sartorial shell" alone speaks volumes. Dating to the 4th or early 5th century AD, the attire of this ancient traveler clearly embodies all the wealth and splendor that flowed through the Tarim Basin after the Silk Road opened and linked China to the Mediterranean world. […]
Who was Yingpan Man? Mair has some ideas. He died in his early to mid-thirties, and he had clearly amassed a fortune by that point, most likely through trade. The town of Yingpan, after all, was an crucial trade node on the Silk Road. During this period, Mair pointed out, the richest traders along the route were Sogdians, an Iranian-speaking people whose homeland lay near Samarkand in what is now Uzbekistan. So Mair believes that Yingpan man was likely a Sogdian merchant who died relatively young in a place far from home.
The fact that I'm just seeing clothes here—and no mummy—kind of creeps me out a little. The same way this did.
Image source: Yingpan Man by Penn Museum on Flickr:
"Yingpan Man," front view of clothed body of male mummy, ca 3rd-4th century AD. Excavated from Yingpan, Yuli (Lopnur) County, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China, © Xinjiang Institute of Archaeology.
One of the twelve martyred saints on display in Waldsassen, Bavaria, near the Czech border. They're known as the Holy Bodies.
The skeletons were exhumed from the Roman catacombs sometime between 1688 and 1765. Then they got all spiffy.
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Another garbed skeleton from Waldsassen Basilica. Source: Morbid Anatomy.
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(I'm not a textile expert, but these outfits look to predate the 1700s by a century or two, but I could be wrong.)
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Easy Peds Assortments
Price: $23.50


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Everyone knows there's a race named after a beer. But do you know how the organizers have played with the course through the years, and how yesterday, a few second-tier names took advantage?
Cosbro wins again, you really know how to bring the lols bro.
How the race was won
worth watching for the song at the end
It's almost to the point where you don't have to even watch the race…