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Thinking Right's weekend free-for-all. Pick a topic:
● The state has a secondary role in public education — but a primary role in protecting the integrity of Georgia's system of public education and in certifying quality of graduates, instruction and curriculum. State officials had no idea where the corruption was in an Atlanta system with 58 schools flagged for suspicious patterns of test-answer changes — and yet they deferred to the system to investigate. The findings are in. Only 12 schools had cancers; the rest were home-remedy or office-visit ailments, the school system appointed investigators say. So no further examination of asbestos or smoking is needed. Oh, yes, no bigwigs knew anything. And, henceforth, ease off on the pressure to raise performance standards. "Student achievement and measurable outcomes are critical," said the panel's chairman, "but that needs to be balanced by positive ethical behavior." Which means: Find a test where students are comfortable and employees won't cheat.
● The "superspeeder" effort to combine law enforcement with $24 million yearly in new revenues generates $2 million in its first year — prompting concerns from proposed beneficiaries (hospitals). Any lawman who would link enforcement and revenue needs or projections is in the wrong business. Linkage is corruption-bait.
● Nathan Deal was right the first time on the federal Race to the Top education spending program and on his concerns about the effort to develop national standards. The federal role in elementary and secondary education, creeping upward, should be virtually nil. It has no expertise — just the ability to print money, pander, reward union constituencies and play the games that gubernatorial candidates do when promising to fix or save public education. Deal first said he'd opt out of the federal program and then changed his mind and said he'd take the federal money if there weren't too many strings attached. Whether attached now or later, they're coming.
● Tell you the truth: I drive through South Georgia towns desperate for the loose change that falls from federal spending programs and am incensed that $762,372 in federal "stimulus" money goes to Georgia Tech to study improvised music or $23 million goes to upgrade border crossings in Montana, one across from a crossing that Canada is closing because it draws about five people a day.
● Illusions Shattered Department: My tenure as an Eddie Murphy fan ended when I saw his "Raw" routine on cable. It was — image-shattering raw. And now Sheriff Andy of Mayberry is taking public money to tout ObamaCare.
● No need to get exercised about the decision by a California judge to overturn the will of the state's voters on the definition of marriage. It, like the challenges to ObamaCare and the Arizona crackdown on illegal immigration, will be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court.
● Most incisive trash-the-property quote of the week comes from one of Newsweek magazine's potential buyers, Fred Drasner, as quoted by thedailybeast.com. Said Drasner of the $1 paid for Newsweek by entrepreneur Sidney Harmon, husband of U.S. Rep. Jane Harmon (D-Calif.): "I think he paid a very full price."
● Without question, the primary task facing the next governor is Georgia's tax and spending structure. In addition to transportation, the state has some explosive entitlement costs looming. Public pensions, of course. Indigent defense. Statewide trauma centers. Health care. Meanwhile, tax revision looms too. Effort there should be to shift from income to consumption. Incentivize work.
● UGA's not the No. 1 party school in the country. It's Andrew College in Cuthbert. The evidence? None. Just pulled it out of thin air, as is often done to create Top 10 lists.
August 5th, 2010
9:25 pm
Jim, pretty weak effort today. Only a few sweeping generalizations, a couple of "I know better than anyones" and just one direct swipe at our President. The final entry, not even worth printing. Beneath even you. It's a sad effort.
August 5th, 2010
9:33 pm
Jim is the Andy Rooney of the AJC.
August 5th, 2010
10:03 pm
Hear, hear on the "overturning the will of the voters" item. When will those people learn that black people and white people just shouldn't get married? It's just repugnant.
Oh wait…what were we talking about, again?
August 5th, 2010
11:08 pm
Do away with defined pension plans convert to 401 types, even if we the tax payers have to pay an extra amount. The savings of the future will cost saving will greatly out weight the cost. Go to the fair tax system and make it work so we can attract the best and brightest to GA. Cap all state jobs, no matter the economic conditions at the time. Once you as a secretary reach 26K that's all you will get period. The same goes for teachers, colleges, all govt. agencies. Be the first state to pay for general practice and elderly physicians to go to school. Starting in 10th grade and taking all subjects like history solely on computers, so by the time the graduate high school they can begin training in hospital's. This will drastically cut tuition cost and get us great doctors, for 20 years. Also allow middle aged people to become physicians assistants, and free training for nurses. All this will keep the cost of health care low. Pull the licenses of doctors who will not train these new doctors and kick them out of the state.
August 6th, 2010
5:56 am
Flip flop Deal, just another corrupt Washington polotician. I will vove for a honest woman Karen Handel.
August 6th, 2010
6:04 am
Jon: You shouldn't insult Andy Rooney!
As to the rumors about the speeding crackdown by the police, did the people forget the basic premise: if you are speeding, you are breaking the law? Oh, do they (like a judges ruling) only apply/is right if you agree with it?
Speaking of judges ruling in California concerning gay marriage, I guess any ruling against racial discrimination is wrong since many in the 1950's where against equal rights for minorities? Get real!
August 6th, 2010
6:54 am
I believe that true tax reform is needed by shifting to consumption. However, this means reforming sales tax laws on the books. Check out the dozens of pages of sales tax exemptions in the Georgia Code such as no tax on Bibles or pecan-harvesting equipment. Georgia State University dod a study showing how new exemptions each year is draining the state and local coffers at an alarming rate. Also, reform is critical at the Department of Revenue to get them out of 1960 and bring them to the 21st century of handling sales tax returns, i.e. keying figures by hand, lack of transparency, unorthodox local distribution formulas.
August 6th, 2010
7:20 am
If you don't like it read the trash that Cynthia Tucker puts out.
August 6th, 2010
7:47 am
No need to read Cynthia Tucker or Jay Bookman. Without looking, I would say:
Cynthia Tucker's
Democrats Good
Republicans bad
African-Americans are victims
Jay Bookman's
Liberals Good
Conservatives Bad
August 6th, 2010
7:56 am
Jim Wooten has listed Andrew College in Cuthbert as the No. 1 party school in the country succeeding UGA. Don't be alarmed because it like challenges to tax and spending structure, transportation, entitlement costs, public pensions, indigent defense, statewide trauma centers, health care, and tax revision will be decided by a band of conservatives when we take over.
August 6th, 2010
8:01 am
August 6th, 2010
8:49 am
I am so glad that we appear to agree related to the Gay Marriage issue. We are, indeed, a nation governed by law, not popular opinion (doesn't it peeve you every time a gutless politician calls for a voter referendum to address a concern rather than make a decision?. The US Supreme Court, not popular vote or opinion, will decide this issue. Since the Court is made up of 4.75 republicans and 4.25 democrats (Justice Kennedy being the fractional Justice), I would guess your belief will prevail.
On another topic – as a republican newspaper writer, I assume you believe the republican party line of distaste for judicial activism and support application of settled law. I thought so…..so help me with the republicans new mantra of wanting to re-visit the 14th amendment in order to keep those pesky immigrant babies born in the US from becoming US citizens. In order to do this, either settled law (14th Amendment) must be again amended or re-interpreted. I heard former judge and current US Senator Jeff Sessions state that he did not know what the framers on this Amendment intended but his INTERPRETATION was that they did not intend for some mama in Brazil to come to America, have a baby and that baby be declared a US citizen!! Sounds like Senator Sessions, a leading opponent of judicial activism, is an opponent only when he is not an opponent. Do you think republicans maybe mean they oppose democrat judicial activism, not all republican judicial activism? Me too.
August 6th, 2010
9:44 am
Jim, I doubt you were upset about the "will of the voters" being overturned in 2000, when the Supreme Court decided in favor of G. W. Bush. Hey, more people picked Al Gore, and that's what matters, right?
Mobs are fine as long as they're on your side.
August 6th, 2010
9:48 am
When Sarah Palin is elected president in 2012, she will most likely get a chance to appoint at least one Supreme Court Justice. The Senate will probably have 47 democrats who will oppose her nominee. She must also remember that the majority of the republican majority in the senate will also oppose her nominee if, based on the last two Court votes, she nominates someone who:
lacks judicial experience
resides in the northeast and/or attended an Ivy League school
is nominated for the nominee's political beliefs
is nominated, as Senator Sessions has said, because the nominee supports the president and will continue to do so
is likely to be a known vote for either side of the current Court
is a judicial activist that will try to re-interpet settled law like Roe v. Wade or the 2nd and 14th Amendments to the US Constitution.
You don't think these republicans will try to avoid remembering their criteria for the last two votes when they get a chance to vote on a republican president's nominee do you? Me neither.
What's that you say, democrats do the same thing? Of course they do, but is that your standard of adherence, to be no better that democrats?
August 6th, 2010
10:51 am
You're gonna need a whole lot of items off the BK Value Menu to offset all that stupid…
August 6th, 2010
11:05 am
Are you familiar with the Electoral College? The popular vote total is irrelevant.
August 6th, 2010
11:06 am
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August 6th, 2010
11:11 am
The schools investigating themselves for cheating is almost as outrages as the Bush justice department investigating the Bush administration.
August 6th, 2010
11:14 am
I am sick to death about people feeling they can vote on my rights as a gay man. I pay the same taxes as straight folks. Hey, if voting on peoples rights is ok I think I would like to go back to owning black people. After all it was the tradition here in the south and we all know that if some thing is traditional (Straight marriage) it must be right.
August 6th, 2010
11:17 am
Casual Observer
As you probably know, Casual, there is really NO right for Citizens to vote for President in The Constitution. However, I doubt Auagirl would understand that.
August 6th, 2010
11:18 am
If we had elected Gore, we would have another woman chaser Democrat, like Clinton, in office.
August 6th, 2010
11:19 am
Now you know two men or two women have no business hugging, kissing, squeezing, teasing, and shooting the breeze under the color of Holy Matrimony, marriage. Politicians were correct to call for a voter referendum and the voters got this one right. Let's hope the U.S. Supreme Court gets it right too.
I'm not a Republican or Democrat. But generally and in this case specifically, Republicans support judicial activism that's in the vital interest of Americans. But Democrats tend to support judicial activism that's in the vital interest of our enemies, foreign and domestic.
It's crystal clear to me that the founding fathers or the 14th amendment did not intend to grant citizenship to babies born to illegal aliens in the United States etc… I don't believe judges should be activist on the court but sometimes push comes to shove and SH!! Happens.
August 6th, 2010
11:24 am
By the way, there were several recounts done AFTER the Supreme Court decision in 1980, even The New York Times did a recount. They ALL had the same result—Bush won Florida. Get over it.
August 6th, 2010
11:24 am
I am not familiar with the comment by Sen. Sessions but I thought the intent of the framers of the 14th was clear. The language on birth was included to insure the freed slaves were citizens. Prior to the Civil War the Black slaves were denied citizenship.
I also believe that the citizenship of the parents determines the citizenship of the baby in most Western countries, not the place of birth.
As for "settled law", the term itself is nonsense. Wide spread abuse of a statute, or in this case a Constitutional Amendment, should be a basis for examination. The United States does not have the resources to support unbridled immigration, nor should the citizenry be expected to assume the costs of support for children and their families from every nation and certainly not those in the US illegally.
The United States once had a need for higher levels of legal immigration. This is no longer the case and the continuation of the practice of ignoring the abuse of our immigration laws will surely lead to bankruptcy, both moral and financial.
August 6th, 2010
11:43 am
Jason T,
Aquagirl will be further distressed to learn the control of the vote in the Presidential election is in the hands of the states.
She/he will also hate the states, such as Missouri, who have already enacted statutes to require the Secretary of State to ensure all candidates on the ballot are eligible for the office they seek, whether at the national, state or local level. The election in 2012 should be interesting if someone whose eligibility is in question should decide to seek re-election and several states require clear eligibility before the name could be placed on the ballot.
She/he and Bill O'Reilly and Chris Matthews may not have that "tingle" running up their thigh in 2012.
August 6th, 2010
11:48 am
Joe @ 11:14, you have the same right as I do to find an ugly woman and marry her. What you want is the expanded right to marry someone of your own sex. Who cares, but quit saying you don't have the same rights, you do.
Jim, the superspeeder law is a travesty. Just wait a few months when the hospitals complain about their lack of revenue. Each State Trooper will get a revised "Performance Standard" reflecting an increase demand for Superspeeder arrests. The morons in the legislature who voted for this revenue bill should be thrown out in the election.
Andrew College, BTW, used to be a party school big time, back in the 60's, when I was in HS in Cuthbert. Don't think it is anymore. UGA students enjoy their ranking as kind of a stick to the eye of that tyrant Mike Adams. It is a good recruiting tool as once the tests are over and the studying done, it is time to party and Athens is such a great place.
August 6th, 2010
11:52 am
Hi, Y'all.
Jim, congratulations on your retirement and on the handsome salute from the House.
What do you mean about the State having a secondary role in education? That's news to me. But then you're the newsman.
August 6th, 2010
11:55 am
I see where the US Postal Service lost $3.5 BILLION (with a B)…AAAaahhh the efficiency of Government!
August 6th, 2010
12:04 pm
@ everybody, yes, I am aware of the Electoral College and how it works. I have been since H.S. Civics class, and wrote a couple of papers in college, so I wasn't gobsmacked or outraged when George Bush was declared the winner of the election. The Supreme Court decided the matter, which is how it works in our country. Adults abide by court decisions, instead of whining about "activist judges." Who are strangely not activist if they are overturning laws on gun restriction based on their interpretation of the Constitution. The courts protect our rights from the mob.
But wow, if those crazy Founding Fathers set it up so our President was not elected by simple popular vote, maybe y'all should take that as a clue. Jim obviously missed that point.
@ Casual Observer, you will be distressed that the vote in the Presidential election is solely in the hands of the Electors. The States may choose them, but they can vote however they like, in most cases. Some States have passed laws directing their vote, but it's never been tested, obviously. Nobody really knows what would happen if the Electoral College went crazy and selected say, Jim Wooten for President. In theory, they could.
Now *that* would be an interesting Supreme Court case.
August 6th, 2010
12:08 pm
Oh, and my thighs weren't tingly in the last election. I'm sure Bob Barr is a nice man, but if he makes my thighs tingle I'm jumping off a bridge. Uh, no disrespect intended to Mrs. Barr.
August 6th, 2010
12:28 pm
Either I did not make a clear point or you missed the point. The states are responsible for the election process, not the federal government. That includes the determination of who will, or will not, be on the ballot.
I do not know how Bob Barr fits into the discussion but your past comments indicated your "devotion" to the current President. Chris Matthews seems to speak for the Obama voters who "feel" the tingle but did not consider the consequences (all bad so far) of electing a socialist to the office.
August 6th, 2010
12:40 pm
Legislating morality has always been a bad idea. That's fine if you are a bigot and don't like or don't want to be around gay people. That is your right. But, please do not masquerade around the issue by saying allowing gay people the right to marry and to enjoy the same benefits as straight people would somehow "hurt" the "institution" of marriage. There is no truth to that. What you are doing is trying to force your own idea of morality onto others. Gay marriage would have zero impact on any straight person's life.
I saw a comedian this week on Last Comic Standing that hilariously compared this to the womens' vote. He said something to the effect that there were probably people making arguments against allowing women to vote, because what would happen next? Would we allow chickens to vote? Couches? I'll bet a majority of the popular vote was against the vote for women.
I vote for freedom for all, not just for some. Oh yeah, I'm not gay, I just have an IQ well over 100 and realize that all the strawman arguments against gay marriage are just people trying to hide their own bigotry from themselves. You know as well as I do that allowing Adam and Steve to marry will not harm you in any way…you just don't like that icky feeling it gives you and therefore want to impose your beliefs on the rest of the country. I would ask people to really think about this on a grander scale…make it less about your shear revulsion to gay activity and more about how little (0%) it would impact you vs. how much more free and civil it would make our country.
August 6th, 2010
1:19 pm
@ Casual Observer, oh, god, don't tell me I'm actually talking to a Birfer. Shop the crazy someplace else if you want to babble about socialism and wacko junk.
Your craziness is leaking through when you think I've posted anything "devoted" to the President. He's the legitimately elected President of the United States, like G.W. Bush in 2000. I've never voted for Obama, and have seen Chris Matthews only in passing. I think he should consult a doctor if Barack Obama makes him lose control of his bodily functions.
Please resume your Forces Of Light vs. The Evil Liberals fantasy without me. Maybe Orly Taitz will play.
August 6th, 2010
2:20 pm
The trapline for adjudication of California's Defense of Marriage Act was set five years ago by supporters of same-sex marriage, and so far the decisions have come off according to plan and right on schedule. The 9th Circuit will uphold the federal finding of unconstitutionality, the U.S. Supreme Court will do the same, with Sacramento's Tony Kennedy as the swinger, and then it will be up to the Catholic Church, Orthodox and possibly Conservative Judaism, some of the mainline Protestant denominations and the non-denominational evangelicals to decide whether to sanctify gay or lesbian marriage. The civil issue will have been decided. As a practical matter it's already a fait accompli. By the time the case is heard in Washington voters will have had a couple more years to get used to the shattering of this glass ceiling, and my guess is that a fairly rapidly growing number of citizens will become accustomed to the change of custom. A side note: it will be interesting to see whether the issue activates a significant bloc of Latino voters, most of whom are traditionalists in family and religious matters (a fact which, however, has not previously led them to boycott Pro Choice candidates to a significant degree).
If Bob Barr should ever make your thighs tingle I'm jumping off that bridge with you.
Also, the Law is the mob in robes. Always has been.
@Jason T,
The USPS is in a helluva bind. I suppose they could stanch the bleeding somewhat, were the union to cooperate, but at a time when 90 percent of the Washington Post's advertising sales and circulation are derived online, eventually the USPS will bleed out unless it adopts some kind of subscription system with subsidies for the needy.
August 6th, 2010
3:11 pm
People within my circle of influence are not bigots and it does not bother us to be around people. We have a problem being around the likes of out of the closet Wilt Chamberlain who cherish and flaunt the notion of sleeping with a thousand women, give or take. We don't want him around us fostering a lifestyle that's clearly at odd with our moral code and that of our impressionable children. And he would not have a physical impact on our lives but we're not that myopic.
We shouldn't take comics seriously. Their jobs are to make us laugh and their venues cannot be taken for places of higher learning. Chamberlain's right to fornicate with a thousand women and a woman's right to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ are not moral equivalencies. The error clearly lies at the feet of Chamberlain seeking to openly fornicate; and the church is at fault for denying a woman the right to preach.
Our vote is freedom to everyone too. But don't give me the business about an IQ well over a hundred that give you the ability to discern straw man arguments…we work with geniuses every day who can't cross the street without stepping into the path of a car, if you feel my drift.
As far as we know, allowing Chamberlain in our company won't physically hurt us in any way…but his out of the closet presence might not be to the advantage of our children who are in their formative years. We know little or nothing about the icky feeling associated with him but his in your face lack of self control can only bring harm to our country.
August 6th, 2010
3:40 pm
It's never been about how many votes a presidential candidate gets. All that matters is how many electoral votes he gets. You can win 12 certain states by a handful of votes in each one, get your tail kicked in the rest of the country, and be elected president.
Al Gore, a former senator and vice president and son of a senator, failed to grasp that notion until after the fact.
August 6th, 2010
3:55 pm
@ Dr. Stan:
Although I'm aware of who Wilt Chamberlain is, I have no idea about his flaunting of his lifestyle and frankly don't care. I don't see what that has to do with parenting at all and my 1 child and hopeful future children have nothing to fear from him. If you're afraid of personalities' impressions on your children, then you should either move (if you live next door to Wilt) or turn off the TV and read them a book. We can't legislate parenting skills. We can only hope parents educate themselves and seek help when needed. There are plenty of avenues for this. I really don't think Wilt has had any lasting impact (negative or positive) on our country, unless you count the horrible sequel to Conan the Barbarian.
I only point out my non-mentally-challenged IQ because I am continually baffled at how people think everyone should be dictated by law to live according to their own individual moral barometers. I don't know about you, but I have a severe problem with someone else telling me how I should live my life, and even more so against laws that do this evil bidding. I guess I shouldn't be surprised, given that 25% of our population are either birthers or have birther leanings.
I believe in true freedom until that freedom imposes on someone else. Gay marriage does not impose on anyone.
August 6th, 2010
4:50 pm
StingerSplash, it is about how many votes a candidate gets—but only Elector's votes. Can you name (without googling) one person who cast a vote for President in 2008? I can.
Really, guys, I understand Presidential elections. They aren't decided by "the will of the people." Neither are Civil Rights. That's not a bad thing, with wingnuts like Jim around.
August 6th, 2010
4:50 pm
I don't fear personalities… It's the likes of some personalities that are destructive, especially to society. In other words, sometimes the imps can cause more death, destruction, and confusion than Satan himself. And It's not parenting skills that are at fault here. If a child is reared among negative influence, i.e. gay activity, that environment in and of itself can neutralize any skills straight parents have.
In the 1960, 70% of African American women were married. The number was likely higher for white women. Today the numbers are reversed, a sign of satanic presence. 28% of African American women are married…you tell us whether the Chamberlain like influence among others have had a lasting influence on anyone other than Conan the Barbarian…LOL
We don't have a problem with someone telling us how to live our lives per se. But a problem will arise if people are telling us to live a life of sexual perversion and immorality…But strangely enough, there are people who would reject to being told to live their lives with strong ethics and morals. That's kind of a reverse order isn't it?
Gay marriage does impose itself on someone. It imposes on the family, children, and the nation.
August 6th, 2010
5:14 pm
If I were gay and thought that there was a remote possibility that my lifestyle imposes on straight families, children, or the nation, I wouldn't dare think of coming out of the closet.
My nation wouldn't have to worry about me taking sides with enemies, foreign or domestic, because my lifestyle is not accepted.
We've come to the end of another day of work. I will talk to everyone later; God willing.
August 6th, 2010
5:21 pm
August 6th, 2010
6:51 pm
O Dr. Stan, you a funnee guy! Dassa gootwong!
Back in the '70s, when California was debating something called the Briggs Initiative, which would have barred homosexual teachers from the classroom, we outed our English Chair, father of our classmate, on grounds that the Chair was a well known heterosexual sure to proselytize from the lectern on behalf of his life choice. Dr. Curtis got a big kick out of the spoof, as it happened, but…Wilt Chamberlain, I dunno. Good thing Wilt didn't hold a teaching credential…
Incidentally the initiative's author, Assemblyman John Briggs, turned out in the end to have a pretty good sense of humor himself. He recanted, saw the silliness of it all and said so.
Strange times. Just when we need California to stage another taxpayer revolt (same year as the ill-fated Year of Briggs), instead that state is broke on its arse and absorbed with legalizing weed and fighting over the recognition of Gay & Lesbian commitments.
Robert Klein for Governor of California!
August 6th, 2010
9:20 pm
If the people of California voted to ban all gun ownership in their state, should we honor and uphold their vote as being "the will of the people?"
August 7th, 2010
10:35 am
Same ish, different day from Wooten.
August 7th, 2010
10:36 am
I will decide the eligibility issue for our budding socialist POTUS when there is clear evidence one way or the other. Right now the evidence is on the side of those who make the claim he is not eligible. If there is a birth certificate (not a certificate of live birth) then the document should be presented rather than spending $millions to keep fighting instead of presenting.
August 7th, 2010
11:09 am
aguagirl voted for the 'annointed' one, yes sir and will again.
August 7th, 2010
12:24 pm
Not Sherrif Andy, Mayberry RFD will not be the same. They already have immortality on TV, what would Obama Care do that they have not done for themselves.Barney would not put up with it, remember when he arrested the President of the bank as he was unlocking the door. No sireeeee, Andy cannot do this to the good people of Mayberry. Seriously, having a healthy lifestyle is soooooo much better than Obama Care, it will be an endless pit for money, how many endless pits do we have now? Do you know that the average Orthopedic Surgeon makes $500,000 per year. There is a large Orthopedic center where I live, it takes two armored cars every day to haul the money to the bank. Barney dont get soooo nervous. I know one person had four knee replacements now she found a guy who likes to dance. If she had all the money that those four knee replacements cost, well it would be alot for Mayberry.
August 7th, 2010
12:41 pm
Yeah, but the death panel sez time's up for Matlock, unless he has good coverage through SAG.
August 7th, 2010
12:59 pm
how yall today…………
August 7th, 2010
2:07 pm
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Hello AT,
I have a problem with our narrow first floor apartment, actually only with the living room. we have nice furniture and everything but something is missing. paintings? pictures? something else?or are the furnitures too narrow? what did we do wrong, because we don`t really feel comfortable here at all...help?
thanks and greetings from switzerland! belma
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Dear Belma,
You have a lovely living room, but the main thing it is desperately lacking is color and warmth.
You have a nice representation on the poles of color (black and white), but you need to "cut" the black and you don't have any actual warm color and not many mid tones.
We'd recommend doing any one (or all) of the following:
1. paint your walls with a warm off-white (visually warm)
2. consider a bigger rug for your living room (tactile warmth)
3. any artwork or warmer curtains will also help
4. an attractive runner on your dining table will also balance this big dark surface
Anyone else?
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I agree with the lack of color. Choose one bold color and add some accents here and there.
Agreed. Color!!! Your floors, walls, and celieng are all the same color! It seems that you like green. Why not a nice green tone for the wall? Also, the chairs are a bit weird, in my opinion. Why not paint them black ( or green :) )
Hope this helps.
I agree with maxwell and dianne! If you want to add color but not on the walls use accessories!!
My first thought was that I'd defintely get a larger rug for the living room. The tile on it's own looks a little cold. My second thought was a set of simple curtain panels in a warm color from ceiling to floor on the windows/door and then add a nice vase in that color on your table to tie it in.
Agreed. You need some color and that TV smack dab in the center reminds me of Fahrenheit 451.
It's sort of hard to see the smaller objects, but I think I detect a potted plant next to the Fernseher? I don't mean the yellow flowers or forsythia. Anyway. By a couple LARGE potted plants. They will help with texture and help make it more alive. Plus, they help with the air.
you need to paint, and hang some artwork on walls. get rid of the rug under dining table.
I agree with the above as well. Especially the bigger rug solution. In my humble opinion, tiled floors are difficult to pull off without coming accross as clinical. Maybe a rug with a warm strawish (that is the best description I could think of) color in it? Also with the accents you can use colors that would contrast to the black & white. Maybe a pillow with red in it? I would also suggest replacing the floor lamp at the back with a rectangular blocky floor lamp maybe? Might go better with the right angles you have in the living room. Having said all that, I like your choice of furniture.
problem? i definitely think art on the walls would help. but the main problem might be that an amazing apartment with wonderful furniture, shelving, lighting and doesn't satisfy you. hmmm. i bet a lot of people would love to have your "problem".
It's a great spacious room, but the white is definitely taking over. I think painting the walls cream is a fantastic idea. You can also blend in some nice espresso browns along with the black scheme you have to create warmth. Green is such a great color right now. Check out decor 8 which has been talking all about green lately, and has lots of great photos. I would also suggest a nice warm area rug for your living room. I see their is a small rug there, but unfortunately those white tiles are making the room seem very sterile. Finally, I would rethink the light fixture over the dining room table. It seems too small for the table. Maybe look at that as an opportunity to add something different to the room, maybe even some type of sculputral chandelier. Good luck!
The firt thing that hit me was the couch, it doesn't scream or even whisper "come cuddle". I'd also inject some fabric/color on the wall facing the couch.
I agree with the above posts- Id paint the walls a very warm white or very light cream- but as far as shapes beyond the tiles, you simply have too many shiny rectangular balck shapes- the table, the sofa... The wooden chairs are nice, but they are overwhelmed by the shiny black table and dont really match it at all. Id try a warm patterned table cloth on the table, some bright and warm and fuzzy cushions for the sofa, definitely art on the walls and plants , and maybe some round or organically shaped rice paper or plastic lights instead of the tall spindly light... they have these round lights at cb2 and IKEA ...
I say paint them dining table chairs a bold ultra-glossy color- I like blood-orange.
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you got nice pieces but, it all does seem to be a bit dull, no? You need a biger rug to demarcate the living area.
I suggest you paint the walls a nice rich color with a full spectrum paint, it WILL cost more but, you'll be glad you spent the extra $ when you're done.
Try Phillip's Perfect Colors, Anne Hall Paints, Fine Paints of Europe, Farrow and Ball or, E2. They're worth the money.
hope this helps,
I definitely agree with everyone who talks about colour above. Painting, curtains and rugs would definitely help. While your making decisions on what painting, curtains and rugs to get - bring in some plants and throw pillows or rugs. Those are quick n easy fixes.
If you dont have plants cos you dont have green fingers - Cactus and Bamboo can both give you colour without much care needed.
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Art is needed to draw the eye up. The low tv in the midst of all of the white wall space draws the eye now and it makes everything visually sink to that part of the room. (vs. the nice height of the bookshelf)
You have so many square black chunky shapes in this room. If you mixed it up a bit with softer, rounder more organic shapes in the pillows, art and accressories that were recommended above it might feel warmer as well
Dining Room = Eating = Mess on the floor =NOT Carpet
Living Room = Relaxation, warmth, comfort =NOT TILE
Use carpet for the length that it will be used for not for the length of pulled-in chair
I disagree with much of the above commentary. I like the bright white, I think cream often looks dirty and feels to me much more safe and uninteresting than white. If you want to introduce color, go ahead, but I do not think it's necessary to improve the design of this (very nice and tasteful) room. The issue, as I see it, is that the space feels very bottom heavy, especially on the living side. I think a substantial piece (or2) of art, hung fairly high off the floor, on the far (white) wall is really all you need to do.
I'm with Cindy. I don't think it's necessarily the fact that you have only two major "colors," it's that almost everything is rectilinear. All your main pieces read as "grid." While symmetry can bring serenity to a room, too much can make it regimented. I believe this is heightened by making a television the focal point of a room. The big "hole" is always a challenge, but it sucks the life out of a room it's the obvious primary "visual" object.
If you want to keep the color scheme, you might try adding textures. A large flotaki or shag rug in white, would be nice. Art. Baskets. Anything that doesn't read "shiny."
Whatever you do, don't paint all your walls! Leave them white... all except ONE.
Do a strong, warm colour on ONE wall, maybe a chocolate brown or something that would go well with the dinning room chairs...
Another thing you might want to look into is halogen spot lights in the ceiling and some big colourful artwork on the walls.
Just a though.
I would think some wicker baskets/ accesories would help, also what about doing a puncky graphic on the end wall with either fabric/ or paper. some great rice paper would add texture and color for under $60 total
i think some nice window treatments in a warm color would help.
and I agree with Cindy - warm, roundish, organic shapes will help balance.
oh - and if you don't want a clinical, cold feeling, don't listen to george! (sorry george)
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thank you very very much for the good ideas!!!you`re totally right!!! actually i did`nt see the wood for the trees (is that right??:)) but NOW i see ALLL the wood :))) thank you, i will try my best!!
tomorrow i will buy a good color for ONE wall, get new colorful pillows and a runner that fits.maybe new curtains!! i had the idea with the rugs before, but i thought we have one ...so i discarded it.oooo it`s great to have so many new inputs!!
it is 10pm here in switzerland, so good night everybody!i think i will dream very colorful tonight ;) bye
Many good tips, mostly twards the top. I actually like it the way it is.. but your missing one thing and thats light, brightness that is.. The place seems to be very dark. Maybe the walls should be a lighter color. The bigger rug and art ideas are also great..
But most of all what you need is Jesus Christ! He will put you at peace :)
Personally, I think your place looks great.
Belma, I think you have done a fantastic job so far. The rooms look great. You clearly love linear boxy shapes and the contrast of dark wood against lighter walls and frankly, so do I, so your room really speaks to me. Some people may think its not funky enough and will suggest adding lots of color, but I think that would be a mistake. The pieces you chose spoke to you - follow where they lead! You've made a very specific, strong (perhaps unintentional) choice to be very monochromatic - the only way to ruin that is to not follow through. I agree with the statement about the area rug - it should be larger so as to delineate the living space. Ideally it would stretch from the media unit to just an inch or two behind the back of the sofa and seating. This will help make the room seem a little less severe and will go a long way toward making you feel a bit "cozier". I would choose a "quiet" rug - my choice would be to have wool carpeting in a sisal weave cut into an area rug in a light neutral - taupe, gray, beige - or to do the same in a coordinating dark neutral - like a dark brownish gray that would be similar in tone to the furniture but different enough in color as to create contrast. It all depends on whether you want the room to seem lighter (better for day use if you get lots of great light) or darker (all the better to create atmosphere in the evening). I don't think you should use a bold rug. The idea here, as I understand it, is to make it feel more like home, not to redecorate. You are so close to perfect, I wouldn't do anything too radical.
I agree with Moustique's comment on the floor lamp as well. What about a Santa and Cole G5 tripod lamp with black or ivory shade? That would keep you in the world of simple geometric shapes and neutral colors but would add a circular element to all the squares and boxes.
I would also add more "quiet" pieces - some small art on the media wall (ideally following on the neutral color scheme) and perhaps a nice, simple throw blanket in a coordinating neutral.
My only criticism would be the dining room chairs. I don't like the color or the shape given how disciplined the other pieces are. I like the boxey shapes, so I would go with something like Fabien Baron's "Extra Chair" - although those hardly qualify as "home-y".
I'm not sure what budget you're working with, but I see a wall of shelving/cabinets along the far wall with a couple doors in the middle to house the TV. I think this would create a nice focal point and add a bit of homeyness to the room. I would do it in a medium wood finish to warm up the space.
I was going to post just what Suzanne said. I agree 100%. What jumped out at me first was not the color scheme, but how my eyes, scanning left to right, looked at the tall bookshelf and the tall window and then sank into the low TV. Something is needed for that TV wall. You can either paint that wall (or even just a tall rectangle around the TV) a dark color, so the TV blends in more, or incorporate the TV into a taller piece of furnture, or add some art high on that wall.
I would angle the large sofa at a 45 degree angle to the wall and put the smaller seating in the far corner opposite. you might also put a larger rug at a 45 degree angle.
the whole room would sit at a 45 degree angle to the walls and the grid of the tile floors. This would make the room less block-choppy and increase the flow.
Round hurricane or objets d'art on the table, along with a runner; remove rug from dining area; add round shaped area rug to living area; warmer color on walls; round coffee table. Too many squares here. (shelves, tile, rug, table, TV, couch, pillows, window...)
Also, warm colored scented candles, and hanging plants in the window.
You've got great bones here so you don't need much tweaking.
Many of the comments are correct, you need more rounding in your place. The squares are what is causing the cold look. How about moving your divider away from the wall and putting a HUGE pop of art on that wall, perhaps in red or orange?
Put the divider behind your sofa, so that you can divide the space into two "rooms." The sofa should come a few feet back, so your seating area is larger.
Think large scale with your accessories and you don't need many. I large vase on the table, with a runner. Maybe the vase can be orange as well. Just pick an accent color that will really pop, like orange or even chartruese. 2modern.com has the coolest runners, but they are expensive. CB2 has some nice ones too and are a lot cheaper.
Get pillows in your accent color. Chiasso has wonderful pillows, but expensive. I love the orange pillow with sequins.
Lastly get rid of that lamp and buy a standing lamp with a paper lantern. An asian touch will really soften up this place.
There you go: two large vases, several pillows, a new lamp and a painting and you're good to go.
I would love to see a posting of your final product! Thanks for sharing.
how about popping some vases or art or a plant up on top of the bookshelves.... the space up there is dying for something fun or funky or long and sculptural.
We have the same IKEA(?) grid bookshelf that you have along the wall, but we have ours dividing one large space--and it works really well. I would suggest doing that with your place--putting that shelf between the dining area and the living room, as someone else suggested. It will help you to figure out how you want the dining area to look, and then how you want the living room area to look, instead of trying to blend the whole space.
i read as many "paint it" comments as I could. The problem is the tile floor - tile is for the bathroom. tear it up and put in some wood or bamboo, light or dark. I like the white walls, it feels like a nyc loft apt. I say stick with your modern stuff and ditch the rugs...
A possible scenario, if this were my space:
Get the big white flotaki style rug someone suggested to cover the living area, big enough so it pops out the back end of couch. Get a smaller tv stand in white, move it off center, toward the left. Put big abstract (monochromatic?) painting on the right. Paint cube shelving, dining table, and chairs white. Remove some of the stuff on the shelves--an empty one or three would not be a crime. Add (green?) seat cushions to dining chairs. Remove dining area rug. Replace coffee table with a surfboard or organic shape, painted white. Place green vase with forsythia on dining table.
This should cut down on the visual clutter, letting your eye go toward the sofa seating, and bringing out the only real "architectural" detail, the big, overscaled tiles. Personally, I would avoid slapping a color on a single wall. It will only add to the confusion and it will look like you've been watching too many Decorate This Space tv shows.
I agree that the tile is the biggest problem with this space. It's fine that the furniture is all rectangular, but it's sitting on top of a black & white grid. I'd place a LARGE rug in the living room, or replace the tile with hardwood.
The rug doesn't have to be particularly colorful, though you may want to go with something that has a bold texture, like a white or cream wool shag. Hard to clean, but very funky and retro-modern, so it'll go well with your black & white furniture.
The wood chairs don't really go with the rest of the furniture either, in both color and form. They either need to be slipcovered or replaced, unless you add some other traditional, preferably wooden element to the space.
I'd avoid painting. Black & white is as valid a combo as any. Most of the clinical feeling comes from the flooring. If the room still feels a bit sterile after adding a textured rug, you can soften the edges a bit more with textiles - luxurious throws, pillows and curtains - in cream or white. Wall art would probably help to balance the room, too. It does feel very bottom-heavy.
plants & art!!!
I third (or is it fourth, etc?) the tile thing. The tiles were the first thing that caught my eye. They look far too cold. Wood is the way to go.
Secondly, the coffee table also looks quite "harsh". I can't tell if it's glass? Combined with the tile floors, I'd be walking around your living room at a snail's pace for fear of slipping and smashing into a big chunk of glass.
Third, I feel that big coffee tables are great for commanding a large living area that otherwise lacks focus. But your living area has focus on account of the centrally-placed TV, so I question whether you need a big honking table like the one you have in there. A smaller table will make that living area seem more inviting. If you insist on keeping a big coffee table, then I'd get something "warmer", i.e not glass - preferably wood with a metal frame.
I second... third... or is it sixteenth the icky poo tile.
Chiming in a bit late here, but have to agree--that tile is bad. Not only is it visually cold, but I bet it's physically cold, too.
Belma, since your response to the first round of comments, I wonder are you feeling confused by all the conflicting suggestions?
Hi Belma,
i also agree to painting one accent wall in color , and to add some artwork and plants ( one or two ).
Maybe you should make yourself kind of style tray before buying paint color, curtains and pillows. By experience i can tell that it is worth waiting a bit, doing some research and create a coherent color scheme before going into action.
Have a nice day and many greetings from Switzerland, too ( so glad i'm not the only one from CH here )!
hello everybody! while YOU are sleeping, i will try to response to your good ideas and my opinion to it all...let`s see:
maxwell:i like the idea of a coloured wall, i think i`ll do that. normally i have a runner on the table, and theese are my "winter" curtains, so i will search some for the summer :)
Dianne: Yes! Accents sound good!
Lin-Z:Thank you, yes, i love green!!
Taina: Thanks!
Russ: ok, i love the green rug, thats under the coffetable.the photo does`nt show enough of how it is placed, it`s very nice rug, unfortunately they didn`t have it bigger.but your idea is very good, maybe we will change it once!!thanks
Kurt: Fahrenheit 451 :) no, it`s not yet THAT cold in this room ;) well, i will try!
george: the rug under the dinig table is actually hiding the brutal tiles! i don`t like the tiles. but i know what you mean! thanks
moustique: thank you! i also like our furniture :)
dan: :)) yes, for me it`s a problem.but thank you for your opinion!
JC: i like the idea of cream and white..and i know decor8! it`s a fantastic site, isn`t it! thank you!
Jean::) actually, the couch totally spoke to me, when i saw it, i`m glad i bought it. sure, you`re right, it`s not the coziest couch on earth for everyone.:)
kk:i like the idea of a bit more round features.i will think about that!thanks
Julian : nice idea :)
chris:yes, it helps! thank you so much
clairepetrol: the thing with the plants is: we have floor heatings and both are working so there`s not enough fresh air, it `s very dry,but all this is an alibi of course:) i don`t have green fingers! even cactus dies, i`afraid :(
suzanne : very good comment! thank you!!i will work with this argument!!!
Cindy: thank you, yes i will try
clovy: :) thanks, actually i never have thought about buying a rug to go on it or "use" it, i always decided wether it fits or not(to the length of chair)that`s a goood tip!
george:thanks! actually i will do it step by step and see, what happens!it`good to hear: NOT to do too much :)
ebrown: thanks! we like ractangular pieces and style but i will try to ease the room with accesoires.:)maybe ROUND :)
Pete:Thank you! GOOD thoughts!!
matt:thank you !
angelune:warm, roundish, organic shapes! got that :)
pasha:actually this is the biggest problem we have! the room doesn`t get enough light from outside, natural light. but we have a garden, so...:) thanks for your comment
RichardinLA: YES! theese pieces all spoke to me and i won`t get rid of them actually..but still something is missing and i think it IS colour and more personal tiny things. the dining room chairs: i loce them :) because i wanted it to be a mixture of modern and bohemian.it got more modern, but i`m still trying! thank you so much for your comment!
todd:good idea!!!
Mary:i will try :) thnak you!!:)
Anne(Chicago):yes, i also think it`s something that happens subconsciously. thanks for catching!:)
peggy:i will try to do my best and loved to share!!thank you for your comment
sara: why not! if it fits!;) thanks
mel:the place is not that big as it seems, it wouldn`t word i guess, but thank you!!
jody: unfortunately i don`t have the permission to do that! :(
iron fish:very good inputs thank you!!
SUnspot: thank you very much!i`ll think abot another rug!:)
jm: ok! & thank you! :)
vinny: the coffetable is chrom. metal.looks nice actually :)
ChickieLou: you`re right, but...i can`t change. otherwise i have to change the apartement :)
Diane: :)see above
Michael: a very good question Michael. No i don`t really feel confused, everybody has other toughts and opinions and evryone wants to help, so i see it as a chance. the thing is, i don`t want to get rid o f any of my furniture...even the floor lamp :) and my chairs :) because they have a story and i don`t want to miss them. BUT i have to do a lot more for feeling comfortable :)actually the couch looks a bit clinical and stringent? but it^s the most comfortable couch i ever had! i love it!
AND the room is really really very dark, because the upper floors have a 2 m deep balkony, so the sun does`nt really shine into the room...
AND of course the floor isn`t my style, but i can`t change it, so i have to do the best out of it:) with ALL your good thoughts i will do a good job i think!( i printed every comment and will go into details!!!)
so GOOD MORNING TO EVERYBODY!!
come visit us in switzerland :)
Hey Belma,
what part ( french / german / italian ) part of Switzerland are you living ? I'm in the french part, at the lake Geneva.
Cool to have sombody else from Switzerland commenting on this site!
Have a nice afternoon!
Belma, you are awesome.
Hello Jany!
We are in the midland. The german part, near to Zürich!ohhh , how nice to have someone from suisse :)
have a nice day Jany!!!
Peggy: thank you. YOU TOO!:)
Switzerland is gorgeous! I loved it - even though only saw Bern and Interlaken, unfortunately! Belma, I can't add more to what has been said - just, upload the photographs when you're done!

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Asian Americans (AA), Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (NHPIs) are the fastest growing population in the US. Yet, many AAs and NHPIs still do not have access to high quality services, strong community infrastructure, or a recognized policy voice. The Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF) works with communities to mobilize in order to influence policy and to strengthen their community-based organizations to achieve health equity for AAs and NHPIs across the country. Founded in 1986 with headquarters in San Francisco and an office in Washington DC, APIAHF is the oldest and largest health advocacy organization working with AA and NHPI communities across the nation, in the US Territories, and with the US‐affiliated Pacific jurisdictions. By providing policy and political analysis, research and data support, and effective communications strategies, APIAHF supports local AA and NHPI communities to have an influence on local, state, and national policy. By providing grants, training, technical assistance, and consulting, APIAHF is a source of key resources so that communities can mobilize and grow stronger in their coalitions and organizational structures. By providing thought leadership to the fields of policy, health, immigrant inclusion, and philanthropy, APIAHF creates the conditions for AAs and NHPIs to be a clear and articulate voice for respect, fairness, equity, and health justice for all.
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APIAHF envisions a world where all people share responsibility and take action to ensure healthy and vibrant communities for current and future generations.
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Villa Lorraine has just opened a new "Traiteur" outlet, at the corner of the avenue du Vert Chasseur and the chaussée de Waterloo.
A sampling table is available every day from 11h to 19h so that you can enjoy the daily special or a bowl of home-made soup, taste a cheese accompanied by a bottle of wine which has come directly from the Villa cellar, or simply have a coffee.
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upcoming events
Many things happen at the museum and around it all year long, For a full description of events, please visit our EVENTS PAGE HERE.
Train Show - October 4-5
Santa Train - December 13
Previous Events
Marine Corp league 4th of July parade
This year our member's children had the chance to participate in the Marine Corp League 4th of July Parade. We celebrated Independence day with a "Fourth of July" themed mini-train!
Santa Train
December 14 was our annual Santa Train event. Santa came to the museum aboard our Harborside Express and visited with children in the Depot. Families got into the holiday spirit playing games, decorating Christmas crafts, and having their faces painted.
Summer hours begin March 10th! Museum hours will be 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily!
Museum News
welcome baby leah!
We just celebrated the birth of one of our ticket agent's baby girl, Leah Michelle Peralez. She was born on August 25, 2014 and weighed 6 pounds and 2 ounces.
Happy birthday ellen!
We just celebrated Ellen's birthday at the Museum! Did you know that you can have a birthday party at the museum too? Visit our Birthday Party page to find out how!
CArtwright family exemplary work!
The Cartwright family stopped by and did a fantastic job refurbishing our stationary steam engines! We are so thankful for the continued effort from our volunteers and making the museum look great. Thank you Cartwright Family!
larry george ho layout
The new HO layout has been installed! Although we are still working out the kinks this beautiful layout, donated by the George family, is ready for viewing! [Feb 2014]
new exhibits in the display cars
The restoration of the display cars is complete and we have started to put displays back in them- come on down after Mardi Gras and check out our progress! [Feb 2014]
frank mohler tree
A plaque has been put in place by the tree planted in memory of Frank Mohler.[Feb 2014]
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(Updates with economist comments in fourth and 13th, markets in fifth and sixth, franc-fix plan approval in seventh.)
Sept. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Hungary will probably leave borrowing costs unchanged for an eighth month as a plan to force banks to swallow losses on Swiss-franc loans hurts the forint, eliminating room for a rate cut amid slower economic growth.
The Magyar Nemzeti Bank will keep the benchmark two-week deposit rate at 6 percent today, according to all 21 economists surveyed by Bloomberg. The decision will be announced at 2 p.m. in Budapest, with central bank President Andras Simor to comment at 3 p.m. The bank will also forecast the direction of monetary policy in its quarterly Inflation Report.
The forint plunged after Prime Minister Viktor Orban's ruling party said Sept. 9 that it will let homeowners repay Swiss franc-denominated mortgages ahead of schedule at exchange rates more than 20 percent below the market, forcing lenders to absorb losses. Policy makers may hold rates flat to support the currency even after the government last week slashed its 2012 growth forecast to 1.5 percent from 3 percent.
"Despite inflation and economic growth probably slowing, we expect interest rates to stay unchanged in the next quarters if the pressure on the forint holds and it fails to appreciate," Piotr Kalisz, a Warsaw-based economist at Citigroup Inc., wrote in an e-mail today.
Weakening Forint
The forint has lost 5.8 percent against the Swiss franc and 5 percent against the euro since Sept. 8. Credit-default swaps, which measure the cost of insuring government debt against non- payment, rose to the highest in two and a half years yesterday.
Hungarian six-month forward-rate agreements were 19 basis points above the three-month Budapest Interbank Offered Rate today, compared with 19 points below a month ago, indicating a reversal of investor expectations from a rate cut to a rate increase. A basis point is 0.01 percentage point.
Hungary, where two-thirds of mortgage loans are denominated in Swiss francs, is struggling to help borrowers after the Alpine nation's currency rose to a record, boosting defaults and pushing up monthly payments. Parliament yesterday approved a law to fix exchange rates at 180 forint per Swiss franc and 250 forint per euro for early repayment, compared with market rates of 241.7 forint per franc and 291.4 forint per euro today.
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The plan is a "significant threat" to the financial system, the Hungarian Banking Association has said. It may further harm growth and public finances, Standard and Poor's, which rates Hungary's credit a step above junk, said Sept. 13.
Hungary's fiscal challenges and economic vulnerability may prompt policy makers to "only gradually" adjust monetary conditions to worse-than-forecast growth and easing inflation, the central bank said in the minutes of its August rate-setting meeting. Policy makers have said the country needs to maintain its benchmark rate at 6 percent for an "extended period" to slow inflation to their 3 percent target next year.
"It will be much more about what the central bank says than does," Gillian Edgeworth, a London-based economist at UniCredit Spa, said by e-mail Sept. 18. "Financial stability will be at the forefront of central bank priorities, taking any prospects of a rate cut firmly off the table."
Consumer prices rose 3.6 percent from a year earlier in August compared with 3.1 percent in July, accelerating for the first time in three months. The government, which is raising excise-tax rates this year and value-added tax rates next year, forecasts average inflation of 4.2 percent for 2012, Economy Minister Gyorgy Matolcsy said Sept. 16.
A weakening of the forint to more than 300 per euro may trigger a "significant" upward revision of the inflation outlook and "forceful" rate increases of as much as 3 percentage points, Societe Generale SA strategist Guillaume Salomon said by e-mail Sept. 16 after meeting central bank officials in Budapest.
"With the forint now trading at its weakest level against the euro for 14 months, any move in the next three months is far more likely to be up than down," Neil Shearing, an economist at Capital Economics Ltd. in London, wrote in an e-mail yesterday. "The chance of a defensive rate hike of 50 basis points or so" at today's rate meeting "may now be as great as 50:50."
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Authorities are asking Orlando-area parents to be vigilant after two separate incidents in which suspicious men in vans approached children in recent days.In the Kensington Park subdivision in Dr. Phillips on Wednesday afternoon, the Orange County Sheriff's Office says a stranger in a van pulled up to a Palm Lake Elementary student and offered to give her a ride. Frightened, the 9-year-old girl ran away and reported the incident to her mom.
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White House aims to improve energy security for DoD
Thursday - 4/12/2012, 10:09am EDT
A new lab opened at the Army's Detroit Arsenal that will develop energy systems for the next generation of combat vehicles.
DoD renewed its commitment to developing three gigawatts of renewable energy sources on military property by 2025. Those sources would include solar, wind and biomass.
The Energy Department launched a $30 million challenge grant program to discover new battery technology.
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In response to Limit shells for birds but not for people? Does that make sense? (April 2 Forum):
Gun debate isnt about birds, its about deranged killers
Forum writer Robert D. Culbertson ponders why the three-round limit for bird hunting shotguns is not sufficient for weapons purchased for personal protection.
Simple answer, Robert. A bird will not shoot at you first, nor will it return fire.
Philip M. Van Hoy
In response to GOP leaders destroyed public trust with lies about voter fraud (April 2 Forum):
Voter fraud exists everywhere; naive to think it doesnt in N.C.
In Ohio one woman admitted to voting eight times. She was just the tip of the iceberg.
Please use your common sense. Elections are high-stakes events, and people being what we are, will sometimes do whatever it takes to win.
Id like to think that North Carolina is so pure it has no voter fraud, but Im not that naïve.
Brenda Bradshaw
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In response to Groups fight early voting limits (March 30):
N.C. GOP just trying to retain power by any means possible
All the Republican proposals before the N.C. legislature are nothing more than an attempt to decrease the Democratic vote.
Its being done in the name of decreasing voter fraud, which is almost nonexistent in the state.
Stopping Sunday voting, reducing early voting, and photo ID are some of the means by which they intend to cut Democratic votes. Lets vote them out in the next election.
Dalton Medford
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In response to McCrory eliminates Latino office (March 29):
McCrorys Hispanic outreach simply shifting to another office
As a leader in the Hispanic community and the MeckGOP voter registration chair, I found the Observer article about Gov. Pat McCrory eliminating the states office for Latino affairs misleading.
The governor is continuing his outreach efforts to the Hispanic community and consolidating government at the same time. His Hispanic outreach has simply been shifted to his Constituent Affairs office same services, different title.
The Hispanic community will continue to have a voice as the governors office supports the Advisory Committee on Hispanic and Latino Affairs, which is critical to our state.
Vanessa Faura
In response to After scrutiny, council votes to examine review board (April 2):
Go slow; be wary of some who complain of police misconduct
The Charlotte City Council should be cautious in its review of the Citizens Review Board.
Many of those complaining have their own agenda and tend to be anti-police, regardless of the circumstances.
A careful approach, rather than a rush to judgment, is the best means of a review.
Peter MacVean
Rock Hill
In response to Environmental oversight necessary when states refuse to act (March 31 For the Record):
Federal agency essential to keep our water, air clean in N.C.
The writer is N.C. coordinator for Appalachian Voices.
Thank you to N.C. Rep. Pricey Harrison for her balanced approach to environmental protection.
No one wants to return to the days when Ohios Cuyahoga River was so choked with pollution it burst into flames, or when smog covered almost every major city. Sadly, this was the state of the country before the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act and EPA were established.
Air and water dont recognize state boundaries, which is why a federal environmental agency is essential. Federal rules based on science and health-based standards provide a baseline of protection for all citizens.
Sandra Diaz
In response to Soaring honeybee deaths renew alarm (March 31):
Dont expect straight answer from government on bee deaths
Do we seriously expect the EPA and U.S. Department of Agriculture to give us the truth on why bees are dying?
Politicians are helping corporations hide the truth by writing laws to protect their profits and hide their secrets.
Beekeepers believe the massive losses are from chemicals in the environment, but the decimation of our government through corporate monies and loss of journalistic integrity prevents us from connecting the dots.
The consumer no longer has a government advocate.
Sarah Dorenfeld
I pity the thief who stole my bumper stickers in N.C.
Easter weekend I parked my car at a major hotel in Greensboro, and because someone disagreed with my philosophy they removed two bumper stickers. One was for the 2012 presidential election, the other was a Co-Exist sticker with the various religions represented.
I can be thankful no damage was done to my car. But if a bumper sticker disturbs someone this much, how do they exist in our world today with its many conflicts and varying opinions?
I feel sorry for them!
David Clarke
Buford, Ga.
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By Kevin Rector, The Baltimore Sun
9:45 PM EDT, October 31, 2012
Three men were shot and one was stabbed on Halloween night in Baltimore, according to Baltimore police.
About 7:18 p.m., police responded to the 1000 block of N. Broadway in the Gay Street neighborhood of East Baltimore, just north of the Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins Hospital, and found a man shot, police said.
About 8:16 p.m., police said another man was found shot in the 5300 block of Carriage Court in the Westgate neighborhood of Southwest Baltimore, just south of North Bend Elementary school.
About 8:30 p.m., police were called to a Southwest Baltimore area hospital where a man had arrived with a gunshot wound to the arm, police said.
Silbert said detectives were looking into whether the two Southwest shootings were related.
Police were also investigating the stabbing of a man that occurred about 6:10 p.m. at the intersection of S. Carey and James streets in the Washington Village/Pigtown neighborhood, near Carroll Park in South Baltimore.
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