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Cuts to old people's care homes, leisure centres, libraries and even the prospect of the bins not being emptied – the deep and desperate scale of council funding in Wolverhampton was today revealed in more detail.
Politicians are now in a bitter war of words over who is to blame for a situation that has left the city council a year away from bankruptcy unless it massively reduces what it is spending.
Wolverhampton City Council's controlling Labour group says the authority will be 'insolvent' in 2015 unless it comes up with £123 million worth of cuts over five years.
Without major cuts over the next 12 months, it will be down to its last £620,000 by the end of the next financial year and bankrupt shortly after.
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Up to 1,400 jobs will go but even that will put an enormous burden on budgets.
Redundancy is expected to cost more than £18 million over two years.
As councillors now look for more services to cut back than the 165 savings they have already drawn up it has been revealed that:
- Care homes, home help and support for children in care will all have to cost less.
- Libraries in some parts of Wolverhampton will open just 15 hours a week.
- Central Baths will shut unless a way can be found for it to operate on its own without council funding.
- Labour blames the Coalition Government completely for the mess, saying it has lost 52 per cent of its grants.
- Tory and Liberal Democrat councillors say Labour was not managing the council's finances well enough and must accept the blame.
Councillor Andrew Johnson, who is in charge of finance, said: "We have to bring forward £4 million worth of cuts, find another £5 million worth of savings proposals by the end of January then another £10m worth by the end of May.
"We are going to have to have a real hard look at the budget for adults and children's services.
"This means looking at everything from domiciliary care for the elderly to support for people with learning disabilities, residential facilities for children, fostering and looked after children."
He has suggested that the scale of the cuts in funding is so great that the council faces the very real possibility of not having enough money to empty the bins or to care for the elderly.
If the council cannot deliver a balanced budget, the government will come in and close services.
Meanwhile work is continuing to try to find a way for Central Baths to carry on without a £316,000 a year subsidy.
The 'disproportionate' cuts to Wolverhampton City Council's budget were today criticised by Labour MPs who rallied round to defend it.
But the city's Conservative MP Paul Uppal said the council had to take responsibility for its own handling of its money. The Labour controlled council says its funding has been cut by £147 million, or 52 per cent, since the Coalition Government came to power.
Emma Reynolds, Labour MP for Wolverhampton North East, today demanded an apology from the Prime Minister for remarks he made on a visit to the city last October.
He said at the time the city was receiving a 'smaller cut than the average'.
But the controlling Labour party claims government funding cuts will have stripped it of 52 per cent of the budget it had available in 2010, before David Cameron came to power.
Miss Reynolds said: "For the past three years, this government has consistently cut the council's grant, by some of the largest margins in the country. Nationwide, the government has cut its local government grant between 2010 and 2015 by 37 per cent, but in Wolverhampton the cut will be over 50 per cent.
"This means the council is now in a position where it will have to make large scale cuts that will be damaging to the services it provides to people in Wolverhampton."
"When the Prime Minister came to Wolverhampton in October, he claimed, referring to the council's spending cuts, that 'it's a smaller cut than the average'. It is obvious that this claim was highly misleading. Wealthier authorities like Oxfordshire County Council, have had to make much smaller cuts than Wolverhampton.
"David Cameron should apologise for his misleading claims. He will have to explain to people in Wolverhampton why he has made them pay the price for his failures to solve the cost of living crisis and deliver an economy that helps hard working Wulfrunians. While he cuts taxes for millionaires, the only cuts he has given to people in Wolverhampton are to essential public services."
And Pat McFadden, MP for Wolverhampton South East, said: "This is a direct result of the Government's decision to cut funding to the city council.
"Most of the council's funding comes from government grant and that proportion is being cut in half. This is changing the shape of what the city council can do for the people of Wolverhampton and will have an impact for many years to come."
Paul Uppal, Tory MP for Wolverhampton South West said: "The council has a debt of half a billion pounds which is costing £5,000 per household per year to service. It has to be able to live within its means and I feel that there has not been the necessary financial rigour over what the money is spent on."
He questioned plans for the council to spend around £15 million on a revamp of its Civic Centre headquarters.
The council has said the move will save it hundreds of thousands of pounds a year because it will be able to cut the number of buildings it operates in from 13 to two.
Liberal Democrat councillor and former Mayor of Wolverhampton Councillor Malcolm Gwinnett said the Labour party had squandered millions of pounds of reserves built up when his party and the Tories ran the council in a coalition.
The coalition group lost control in 2010 after two and a half years in power. Back then the council's reserves, which could be used in the case of unexpected needs, were £44m.
They are now £22m and will be down to £620,000 without major cuts.
He said: "I have been saying for a long time that we need to go back to basics.
"We need to run the council as a business, looking at the services that people need the most.
"That means focussing on the core issues like emptying the bins, fixing the streets, making the sure the lights are working, looking after the elderly and so on." Councillor Gwinnett said:
"It's painfully obvious that Labour did not get to grips with this early enough. They spent the reserves. They were left with £44 million when the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats lost control of the council to Labour in 2010.
"Now that's going to be down to £620,000 in a year without massive cuts." The leader of Wolverhampton City Council, Councillor Roger Lawrence, said the authority had been dealing with both cuts and demand for services.
He said: "The increase in looked after children is around 60 per cent.
"That has been exacerbated by welfare reforms.
"And at the same time our income from grants has been effectively halved." The council is planning to increase council tax by two per cent in April. It is the maximum the authority is allowed to raise the rates by following new rules brought in by the Government last year.
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With the release date of Tron Legacy inching closer and closer, more and more cool Tron stuff is coming out of the woodwork. After the Tron Sweatshirt, we now have the Tron NES, made by a custom modder. The Tron NES is constructed out of airbrush paint with blacklight sensitive glowing powder, so it glows all nice and blue in the dark. Just hope that you don't get sucked into the NES and forced to play Light Cycles — oh wait, that would be awesome.
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As Election Day continues, here's a look at some of the bigger races impact the Tri-State.
Former Mass. Governor Mitt Romney has won both Indiana and Kentucky, while President Barack Obama has won Illinois.
As announced by NBC, Obama has won Delaware, Washington D.C., Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and is projected to win Connecticut.
Romney has also won Oklahoma, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Georgia, and is projected to win Alabama.
With 64% of precincts reporting, Democratic Senate candidate Joe Donnelly is leading Richard Mourdock 48% to 46% respectively.
In the Indiana Gubernatorial Race, Mike Pence holds a 6% lead over John Gregg.
And with 1% of precincts reporting, the Vanderburgh County Reorganization vote stands at 63% opposed to reorganization.
In Kentucky, Hunting and fishing are now considered constitutional rights, as those in favor of the decision currently outnumber those who are opposed by over 700,000 votes.
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New Era of Men's & Women's Basketball to Begin on Friday Night
Oct. 12, 2006
GREELEY, Colo. - The University of Northern Colorado men's and women's basketball teams will officially kick off practice for the 2006-07 seasons on Friday night at 7 p.m., the first time allowed by the NCAA for teams to conduct full team practices.
The 2006-07 marks the first-year for Tad Boyle with the men's program and Jaime White with the women's program. It also marks the first season the programs will compete in the Big Sky Conference after previously being an independent the last three seasons.
The men's team will practice at the newly renovated Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Friday night. The team will also practice on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The Bears will host Colorado Mines in an exhibition contest on Nov. 1 (7:05 p.m.) and kick off the regular season on Nov. 11 at Ball State (11 a.m. MT).
Boyle came to Northern Colorado after six seasons as the associate head coach at Wichita State where he helped the Shockers to the NCAA Sweet 16 in 2006. Boyle also spent time as an assistant coach at Jacksonville State, Tennessee and Oregon.
"We have had great workouts this fall," said Boyle. "We are excited to get on the court and do more 5-on-5 work and start preparing for the season ahead. The young players we have in our program are excited to start practicing and we know our returnees are equally as excited."
The men's team returns six players from last year's team including first-team Division I Independent selection Sean Taibi, who set the program record with 84 3-pointers in 2005-06, and second-team selection Kirk Archibeque, who led the team with 7.1 rebounds per game.
The women's team will practice from 7-9 p.m. at the Campus Recreation Center on Friday night and from 8-10 a.m. in Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion on Saturday morning. The Bears host Regis in an exhibition contest on Nov. 3 (7:05 p.m.) and begin the regular season on Nov. 11 at UMKC (1 p.m. MT).
White came to Northern Colorado after three years as an assistant coach at Wyoming. She also had previous coaching experience at Utah as an assistant coach and at Snow College as a head coach.
The women's team returns 11 players from last year's team including senior Heather Barbour, who was a Division I Independent honorable mention selection last season after averaging 11.5 points per game and hitting on 42.1 percent of her field goal attempts.
"Because this is our first year with the program we will finally be able to evaluate and see what we have to work with and what we need to work on," said White. "We are also excited to be in the newly renovated Butler-Hancock."


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I was heartbroken after reading the article, "Fund set up to help teen who lost cow in shooting," (Jan. 31), about Angel the cow. I have been hearing a lot of horrific animal abuse stories lately.
First, what is wrong with some of the young people today? When I was a teen, hi-jinx consisted of basically harmless, stupid pranks. Today the pranks are dangerous and over the top with little to no regard for the rights and property or pets of others.
I hope that our local politicians and judicial system members set a precedent with the punishment that the individuals who committed this senseless, heartless crime receive. A slap on the wrist will not be sufficient. Let's start by having them spend time in an emergency animal hospital watching the suffering of both the animal victims and the families of those pets, in addition hit them where it hurts, the wallet.
The local public will be watching to see the outcome. My heart goes out to Asa and his family.
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Autism 911: The Aftermath
Behavior modification techniques helped autistic teen Marissa Bilson control her outbursts.
Earlier today, we told you about a type of "Autism 911" -- a behavior modification program for kids with autism. CNN followed 13-year-old Marissa as she had a week of intensive one-on-one therapy. Did it work?
Today, the Bilsons' family life is a lot calmer and quieter. That's because Marissa and her parents, John and Mary, are following the rules that were made during a five-day intervention. The intervention was provided to them free by the group Autism Partnership, or AP.
Marissa -- who before the therapy was, in Schroeder's words, "out of control" -- now has rules to follow, something she didn't have before.
Marissa's mother also learned some lessons about her daughter that week. "I learned that Marissa is smart," Mary Bilson said. "Smarter than I thought."
These days inside the Bilsons' cozy house, there is a lot less screaming and more boundaries are in place. The balance of power is tipping back into the hands of the parents and away from Marissa and her tantrums.
But there is still work to be done; the only difference is that now the Bilsons -- not Schroeder -- will be in charge.
The theory remains the same: "It's all about the teaching," Schroeder explains. "With a child like Marissa, we can't sit down and discuss it with her -- she's just not going to get that. So we have to take it in small steps. Make them understandable and move on, one step at a time."
That's just what the Bilsons are doing: One step at a time. They have increased the amount of time that Marissa has to practice her new behavior, from a starting time of 20 minutes a day toward a goal of 60 minutes.
In a recent e-mail, Mary Bilson wrote that the initial rewards that Schroeder had used with Marissa have lost their appeal, and Marissa wasn't interested in working for them anymore. However, Bilson added, she has discovered other rewards the teen is eager to work toward.
As a result, said Mary Bilson, her once unruly teen has continued to follow the rules that were put in place during that weeklong intervention: Marissa no longer goes into sister Brittany's room, she no longer monopolizes the family computer, and her once-frequent screaming fits have all but stopped.
Possibly best of all, Marissa can now go out in public without creating a scene -- a goal Mary Bilson was eager to achieve, because before, the Bilsons "could never go out together as a normal family."
In other words, one week of intervention therapy has done more than simply give Marissa some rules to follow and the household some much needed quiet. It has brought this once-divided family back together.
We all have a lot to learn, both children and their parents.
Best wishes
$20,000 per week for this therapy. These people are making taking advantage of desperate parents. The day insurance starts covering this, the price will go down, because there is No Justification for charging parents this amount of money!!
i agree about the cost - just ridiculous. and as the father of a four year old boy with autism, i believe the therapy was not worth the stress it surely caused this young woman - this seemed like a happy, healthy family - no need to put a family member through hours and hours of intensive "therapy" just so she doesn't fuss with her sister's stuff or yell out when frustrated.
The $20,000 price was a misquote from CNN. The cost is 2500 per-day. This is not the cost for their typical ABA intervention, however. It is the cost of their crisis intervention program.
Malachy, I completely disagree with the idea that this intervention wasn't warranted. Walk a mile in the Bilsons' shoes. Their daughter, at 13, is almost the same size as her mother. She is self-injurious (as is evidenced by the few clips where she is shown biting her hand) and her parents were unable to go into public because of her tantrums. In the clip shown, she is in the midst of a huge melt-down because the store doesn't have the candy she wants. Her mother also states that she feels uncomfortable taking her into public because she tantrums, becoming physical, when she doesn't get what she wants or she simply shoplifts. I have a feeling that if your son were to exhibit these same behaviors in ten years' time, you'd have a different opinion.
Malachy, I feel like your comment is crazy, especially coming from a father of a child with autism. This child and family desperately needed help and more importantly the therapists are now giving her the opportunity at a life of some normalcy, she needs to learn boundries and respect to live in society, you can't go screaming at people and keep a job.
I do have to say I am very sad that the family had to resort to having it put on film to get this help, ABA is extremely costly and insurance companies should have to cover this.
We have a child with aspergers and are about to begin ABA and I feel EXTREMELY fortunate that our insurance does cover all of it.


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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10921822.post8358027907751069005..comments2014-09-29T21:08:44.855-07:00Comments on North Vancouver Politics.com: Mayoralty Contest in North Vancouver City could be closer than most people thinkJohn Sharpehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-10921822.post-4783985170327572082014-09-27T16:58:57.693-07:002014-09-27T16:58:57.693-07:00Very true, if the man can't even figure out ho...Very true, if the man can't even figure out how to pay a phone bill properly, and deal with isues in an adultly manner ... How the hell can he be mayor. Open your eyes,the drunk driving charges.... This man is not mentally or physically capable of being email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-10921822.post-85512518237002961572014-09-10T07:06:02.444-07:002014-09-10T07:06:02.444-07:00He may not be squeaky clean but I think he's a...He may not be squeaky clean but I think he's a better candidate than Mussatto. It's time for a change.Dave email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-10921822.post-32183962232157090532014-07-28T19:36:59.106-07:002014-07-28T19:36:59.106-07:00If Kerry Morris is not capable of paying his telep...If Kerry Morris is not capable of paying his telephone bill without accidentally adding a zero or two to the check how will he cope with a multimillion dollar budget at city firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-10921822.post-13988114880817922412014-07-02T09:52:38.177-07:002014-07-02T09:52:38.177-07:00Kerry Morris lost my vote on Canada Day. It can b...Kerry Morris lost my vote on Canada Day. It can be the small actions that show the true nature of a man.
Briefly - I was enjoying the parade with my daughter when Morris came prancing down the street handing out flags and "whirly gigs" My daughter asked me to get one. I asked Morris if I could please have one. He looked me straight in the face and said "No, you are too old to have one". I was stunned. Why did he assume it was for me and not for my daughter? Clearly he cannot walk and think at the same time. Secondly, I thought Canada day was a celebration for all. What if it had been for me, did he mean I was too old to have fun? Clearly he has no respect or concern for older residents. Well Morris, I will still be alive at election time. And if anyone starts an "Anyone but Morris " campaign I will have plenty of energy to participate. As far as I am concerned the man is an Imbecile, a view possibly confirmed by his past encounters with the police. Apologies to all for the lengthy firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-10921822.post-31328741633859080352014-05-18T16:09:20.040-07:002014-05-18T16:09:20.040-07:00Hey Anon 2:41 (see Bill, that's how it works)....Hey Anon 2:41 (see Bill, that's how it works). Chill out.

If Anon 1:34 wants to toss some kind of wild eyed speculation around that's OK. We're all adults. Just don't reply or comment further and treat his opinion with polite disdain and move on.

Not every comment is a gem - whether you are anon or otherwise- so just behave as you would at a social gathering when someone blurts out a dubious view.

Hmmmm...well there are a few schools of thought on that.....hey, how about that missing airliner....wonder when the real facts will surface....

You, get the firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-10921822.post-75200914573006810092014-05-18T14:41:06.618-07:002014-05-18T14:41:06.618-07:00It is people like 1:34 who ruin the blog. It's...It is people like 1:34 who ruin the blog. It's this same type of people who are continually complaining without offering any solutions.

They show their anon faces here and criticize. If they don't like the venue, then they should go firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-10921822.post-64127196973536443732014-05-18T13:34:53.883-07:002014-05-18T13:34:53.883-07:00Why have RCMP Officers have put in place in City H...Why have RCMP Officers have put in place in City Hall when Kerry has been a rampage, oh, I mean righteous crusade?

Was he armed when he threatened to take hostages at the Telus email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-10921822.post-41156426040605531152014-05-18T09:03:25.121-07:002014-05-18T09:03:25.121-07:00John, unfortunately the scenario you describe did ...John, unfortunately the scenario you describe did happen here in the past. I used to post using a 'handle' and, frequently, one particularly nasty individual with differing views would post using my 'handle'. When there are people like that active on the blog, it gives one pause about revealing ones identity, particularly when I have no political aspirations and only wish to discuss the issues. email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-10921822.post-30261945704584050952014-05-18T07:46:24.876-07:002014-05-18T07:46:24.876-07:00Bill, Very happy to see you making the odd comme...Bill,

 Very happy to see you making the odd comment here again. You are most welcome to provide posting topics anytime!

I am also quite pleased with the recent uptick in Blog comments and activities. Anon or not :)John Sharpehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-10921822.post-69123687855704684032014-05-18T07:43:31.651-07:002014-05-18T07:43:31.651-07:00Unless the previous Anon is referring to full fled...Unless the previous Anon is referring to full fledged posting privileges such as Barry Reuger has then I suggest he/she is mistaken. As an example to use a handle like 'Griffin' divulges no personal info. whatsoever. I have no idea who Griffin is. The only thing is anyone could actually use Griffin's name so you can't be 100% sure who it is.

P.S. Having said that, I have no reason to think any of the comments made by Griffin are anyone but Griffin.John Sharpehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-10921822.post-77132527978093253102014-05-17T10:43:55.664-07:002014-05-17T10:43:55.664-07:00Part of this problem is that in order to log onto ...Part of this problem is that in order to log onto this blog with a "handle" you need a Google account, for which you have to provide personal information, i.e. your birthdate, including year.

With what is happening with identity theft, etc., I don't want to provide that information to email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-10921822.post-39081584817470306752014-05-16T21:14:13.425-07:002014-05-16T21:14:13.425-07:00or perhaps you like to have a debate with yourself...or perhaps you like to have a debate with yourself? Bill and Dot Bellhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-10921822.post-4610023872530201132014-05-16T21:12:46.629-07:002014-05-16T21:12:46.629-07:00So how do I know if Anon 4>38 is the same as An...So how do I know if Anon 4>38 is the same as Anon 5.32.... It is silly. At least come up with a handle.This anon nonsense is like a discussion with shadows.
Bill and Dot Bellhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-10921822.post-67364460894069464612014-05-16T11:57:54.635-07:002014-05-16T11:57:54.635-07:00we need How a mayoral candidate who supports amalg...we need How a mayoral candidate who supports amalgamation...firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-10921822.post-86962780724687230932014-05-15T11:45:26.153-07:002014-05-15T11:45:26.153-07:00We have been participating on this blog for years ...We have been participating on this blog for years and we don't find it difficult to follow the thread at all.

If you want to reply to a specific anon just reference "Anon 4:28". If you want to continue the discussion then just do so.

Prefer discussion with anons but each to their firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-10921822.post-30771438660813168712014-05-15T08:31:59.600-07:002014-05-15T08:31:59.600-07:00ps If you want name recognition amongst the masses...ps If you want name recognition amongst the masses for voter appeal it is not going to be by writing on this blog. As much as I enjoy the comments of the contributors it is made up of people who have already made up their minds.
Bill and Dot Bellhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-10921822.post-90195562028190966142014-05-15T08:27:10.529-07:002014-05-15T08:27:10.529-07:00Lively debate...but with the use of anonymous it i...Lively debate...but with the use of anonymous it is very difficult to follow. Can't you people who are afraid to use your own name come up with a catchy nickname at least..Bill and Dot Bellhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-10921822.post-61450453658553916992014-05-14T16:28:56.072-07:002014-05-14T16:28:56.072-07:00How does discussion translate to criticism and cyn...How does discussion translate to criticism and cynicism? Odd that you chose to post your quotes while remaining anonymous...firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-10921822.post-70813059203468165512014-05-14T16:26:10.151-07:002014-05-14T16:26:10.151-07:00Just for the record, here is more from Roosevelt&#...Just for the record, here is more from Roosevelt's speech:

"Theodore Roosevelt – "The Man in the Arena" excerpt from "Citizenship in a Republic" speech (given in Paris, France April 23, 1910)

The poorest way to face life is to face it with a sneer. There are many men who feel
a kind of twister pride in cynicism; there are many who confine themselves to criticism of
the way others do what they themselves dare not even attempt. There is no more unhealthy
being, no man less worthy of respect, than he who either really holds, or feigns to hold, an
attitude of sneering disbelief toward all that is great and lofty, whether in achievement or
in that noble effort which, even if it fails, comes to second achievement. A cynical habit
of thought and speech, a readiness to criticise work which the critic himself never tries to
perform, an intellectual aloofness which will not accept contact with life's realities - all
these are marks, not as the possessor would fain to think, of superiority but of weakness.
They mark the men unfit to bear their part painfully in the stern strife of living, who seek,
in the affection of contempt for the achievements of others, to hide from others and from
themselves in their own weakness. The role is easy; there is none easier, save only the role
of the man who sneers alike at both criticism and performance.

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles,
or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who
is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives
valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without
error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great
enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best
knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least
fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls
who neither know victory nor defeat."firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-10921822.post-91441737083406714652014-05-14T16:22:38.369-07:002014-05-14T16:22:38.369-07:00Anon 2:36 said "The content of each post is w...Anon 2:36 said "The content of each post is what is important - not who posted it".

Anon 3:01 said "Some of us just wish to discuss the issues and don't feel there is any need to expose our identities to some of the wing-nuts who frequent this blog."

I would suggest that "who" is commenting says a lot about "what" they are saying".

 You might want to read Theodore Roosevelt's quote re "The Man in The Arena":

"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles,
or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.

The credit belongs to the man who
is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives
valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without
error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great
enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best
knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least
fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls
who neither know victory nor defeat."

Which are email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-10921822.post-25835254436346653112014-05-14T15:01:19.130-07:002014-05-14T15:01:19.130-07:00The only people who seem to care about posting und...The only people who seem to care about posting under their names are the ones who have a political agenda and seek name recognition. Some of us just wish to discuss the issues and don't feel there is any need to expose our identities to some of the wing-nuts who frequent this blog. email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-10921822.post-5378082263964238962014-05-14T14:36:00.090-07:002014-05-14T14:36:00.090-07:00To Bill. Yes, this site is an exchange of politi...To Bill. Yes, this site is an exchange of political and topical comments related to N. Van.

The content of each post is what is important - not who posted it.

After ongoing complaints from those who prefer to post their comments along with their name John disabled the Anon capability. This site virtually died.

The Anon posts were restored and so was lively email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-10921822.post-21297019015462996882014-05-12T13:21:03.727-07:002014-05-12T13:21:03.727-07:00Court Services Online can be very interesting at t...Court Services Online can be very interesting at times, you are right that it doesn't tell the whole story but it certainly frames the discussion nicely at times.

When it comes to politicians I am hard on them and if they pass the test then I am very supportive of them.

Kerry Morris seems like he generally has his priorities right and apparently has the diligence to see something through, but Mayor is a special role where the person must know the right thing to do generally and have the humility to receive and consider other options anyway. Morris' hubris is dripping through his articles on his website, but can he sit in front the lowest resident, check his ego, and listen. If he can't then he is just another waste of email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-10921822.post-24368072595715602202014-05-12T12:10:41.142-07:002014-05-12T12:10:41.142-07:00I think it's a good idea to get these public p...I think it's a good idea to get these public perception issues out now so I will down the line be voting for a reasonably well vetted candidate. Innocent until proved email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-10921822.post-34143592977616659022014-05-12T08:43:12.098-07:002014-05-12T08:43:12.098-07:00Many reasons I would think.. one being that there ...Many reasons I would think.. one being that there is a nasty piece of work who obviously has spent a lot of time trying to dig up dirt. I don't think anyone would want to be next in the email@example.com


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How to Forgive Yourself For Cheating
You did it, you really messed up and you cheated on your husband or wife. It really doesn't matter right now why it happened, what matters now is where you go from here.
If you do love your spouse and want to try to make things right in your marriage there are three things that you will have to deal with. Gaining forgiveness from your spouse, regaining their trust and figuring out how to forgive yourself for cheating. All of these will take time to accomplish, but can be done if you and your spouse are serious about saving your marriage.
Gaining Forgiveness From Your Spouse
Gaining forgiveness from your spouse will be the first hurdle you have to cross. Don't make excuses, try to lay blame or try to rationalize what you have done. Instead, go to your spouse and admit that you made a huge mistake in judgement, tell them that you are truly sorry for what you have done, and ask for their forgiveness.
Now, don't expect that forgiveness to come quickly or easily. Your spouse may even tell you that they aren't sure whether they can forgive you or not. The important thing at this point is that you apologized and asked to be forgiven.
Regaining Trust
Regaining their trust is the next step and goes hand in hand with your spouse being able to forgive you. Cheating on your spouse is the ultimate betrayal of trust and in order for your spouse to forgive you and trust you again, you will need to be totally honest in everything you say and do.
Answer every question they ask, even if they ask the same questions over and over. If the question is why, don't make excuses; you messed up and you need to take total responsibility for what happened.
You will need to be extra careful that you don't do or say anything that will cause more distrust. When you say you will do something, do it. The only way you will be able to regain your spouses trust is by consistently being open and honest.
Be aware that it will take quite some time for your spouse to be able to totally trust you again and patience will be necessary.
Forgiving Yourself For Cheating
Now, the next question is how to forgive yourself for cheating. This can sometimes be more difficult than getting forgiveness from your spouse.
When you see the hurt you have caused your spouse you feel even worse and beat yourself up over and over again. Beating yourself up doesn't change what has happened, it only makes you feel bad and doesn't help the situation at all.
Forgiving yourself doesn't mean that you don't feel badly about what you did or that your weren't responsible for what you did, it means that you acknowledge that you made a huge mistake and you promise yourself you will never do it again.
If you are truly sorry for what you have done, making amends with your spouse and making sure that you never again hurt your spouse in this way will also help you to forgive yourself.
Cheating on a spouse is something that happens all to frequently. For some couples cheating ends the marriage while others begin the long road to saving the marriage. Only the two of you can make the decision as to whether you want to try to salvage your relationship.
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Keeping bubble trouble at bay
Cautious and calibrated, or potentially excessive? Reactions to the government's latest package of measures to cool a frothy property market have touched both ends of the spectrum. On the one hand, observers are generally agreed that the curbs announced on Monday – the third wave of measures in 11 months – amount to a careful, calculated approach aimed squarely at weeding out speculators from genuine home buyers.
The intent behind the moves is apparent enough: higher upfront cash payment, lower loan quantum, extended stamp-duty 'liability'. Not least, private property owners who buy an HDB resale flat must now sell the private property within six months. And, just to be doubly clear who these measures are targeted at, first-time buyers and home owners with no outstanding mortgages are out of the loop; they're not affected by the new rules.
But not a few – property market consultants and others – see the measures carrying a much bigger sting. Not only will the new moves rein in a wider catch beyond speculators but the hit on sentiment would really hurt the market, particularly the mass lower end of the private market, they say. This, of course, remains to be seen, since the recent anti-speculation measures of September 2009 and February 2010 obviously didn't do much - in a market flush with liquidity and economic confidence - to quell speculative fervour. Now, with a property bubble in the making - as National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan made clear on Monday - the latest curbs are timely and most welcome.
Look no further than the United States for a case, if any were needed, of the dire consequences from the bursting of a housing bubble. The financial and economic crisis that started in September 2008 was precipitated there by the failure of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the US mortgage lenders.
In Singapore, while the bubble may not yet have burst, already socio-economic tensions around affordability are palpable as young first-time home buyers in particular, find themselves priced out of the market, even for public flats. It is prudent of the government to act decisively before a runaway market takes the economy down with it.
As in other areas of public policy, not everyone may emerge 'better off' as a result of any government decision. But to the extent that the new rules make property buying a rather more considered, even onerous, decision than landing a good buy, signing a cheque for a quick flip, that's well and good. Even better is the quashing of hopes of private home owners who seek big gains in the HDB market.
To be sure, the market impact of the latest measures must be monitored - not so much, as some have suggested, to adjust and ease back if the curbs hit more widely than expected. Rather, the government should indeed track the impact closely - and stand ready to do more if the speculative fervour shows no sign of abating.
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Students know how to calculate Gauss's law and Electric field lines even to the point to create enclosed Gaussian surfaces when they are asked a pencil and paper problem. However, when you give them a physical object, they are completely lost and make the connection between what they did by paper and pencil to its applications in the real world.
It is much more general problem Gauss law is nothing exceptional among other laws - students (majority) are lost always if they must apply physics to real world. The way how they are taught in schools is so abstract, that they are unable to find relations between physical laws and reality. Do you remember Feynman's story about Brasilian students and polarisation of light reflected from water surface?
In some countries it is a bit better, in some a bit worse, but all over the world educational problem is the same: kids are taught to memorize formulae, then apply them to "realistic" scenarios of school excercises, which often contradict common experience.
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A visit to the White House would be considered a once-in-a-lifetime treat for most Americans. For conservative tax strategist Grover Norquist it could be considered a common event.
White House officials say Norquist, who runs the nonprofit Americans for Tax Reform, was cleared for 97 visits to the White House complex between 2001 and 2006 — a couple of times a month if spread evenly over the five-year period.
A half-dozen of the visits were to events that involved the president.
The Bush administration on Wednesday released Secret Service visit records to settle a lawsuit by the Democratic Party and an ethics watchdog group seeking visitors logs for Norquist, fellow Republican activist Ralph Reed and other figures in the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal.
The congressional and criminal investigations of Abramoff produced evidence suggesting the lobbyists won access to the Bush White House through conservative activists like Norquist and Reed. The long-sought visitor logs answer the question of how often those two men got inside the White House during the time they were simultaneously supporting the president and assisting Abramoff.
Earlier this month, the White House suggested to the judge in that lawsuit that such records need not be disclosed because the information was privileged and might reveal how Bush and his staff get private advice, according to court documents obtained by The Associated Press.
Reed, former executive director of the Christian Coalition and an unsuccessful candidate for lieutenant governor in Georgia earlier this year, got 18 meetings, including two events with Bush.
Officials said they believe all the appointments with Bush involved larger group settings, such as Christmas parties or policy briefings for GOP supporters.
White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said, however, it was possible some of Norquist's meetings might have been directly with Karl Rove, the president's longtime confidant and political strategist.
"He is one of a number of individuals who worked to advance fiscal responsibility, which is one of the key aspects of the president's agenda," Perino said.
The records show Norquist's escort to his appointments was sometimes Rove aide Susan Ralston, a former Abramoff lobbying colleague.
Both Reed and Norquist became involved with Abramoff, the once high-powered GOP lobbyist who has pleaded guilty to fraud and is now cooperating with prosecutors in an investigation into influence-peddling that has rocked Capitol Hill.
Norquist's group advocates lower taxes and less government, and he built it into a major force in the Republican Party. Along the way he became friends with Abramoff and Rove.
E-mails obtained this summer by AP show Norquist facilitated several administration contacts for Abramoff's clients while the lobbyist simultaneously solicited those clients for large donations to Norquist's group. Americans for Tax Reform acknowledged Norquist helped Abramoff but said he did nothing improper.
Reed rose to prominence as an organizer of evangelical Christian groups, including the Christian Coalition, inside the Republican Party before moving into business ventures where he did work for Indian tribes at Abramoff's request.
Documents unearthed by congressional investigators showed Abramoff and business partner Michael Scanlon routed about $4 million from Indian tribes to Reed-controlled entities for grassroots work aimed at blocking rival gambling casinos.
The White House also released records showing White House appointments landed by some of Abramoff's former lobbying associates.
Among them, Neil Volz, a former aide to Ohio Republican Rep. Bob Ney, had 18 appointments, including one to attend a large event featuring Bush on Sept. 11, 2001, that was canceled because of the terrorist attacks. Volz has pleaded guilty to conspiring to corrupt Ney and others with trips and other largess.
Another — Tony Rudy, a former aide to then-Texas Republican Rep. Tom DeLay — had 13, none with Bush. Rudy has pleaded guilty to conspiring with Abramoff.
The release of the visitor records settles lawsuits by the Democratic Party and Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.
In a court filing earlier this month while settlement discussions were ongoing, Justice Department lawyers representing the administration said information about the Norquist and Reed visits should be protected from public disclosure under the doctrine of "deliberative process privilege."
That privilege lets the president and executive branch officials seek advice and deliberate policy decisions in private without having to disclose such information under the Freedom of Information Act.
It is similar to executive privilege, a power made famous by President Nixon, that lets a president keep information secret even from Congress or the courts on the grounds that it would hurt his ability to get candid advice.
Executive privilege was the focal point of major legal battles in the Watergate and Clinton impeachment cases.
Bush administration lawyers wrote that Norquist and Reed were "prominent advocates of particular tax policies and other conservative policies" and that releasing information about their White House visits would "inherently reveal the structure and nature of deliberative processes."
"In making decisions on personnel and policy, and in formulating legislative proposals, the president must be free to seek confidential information from many sources, both inside the government and outside," the lawyers wrote in citing a favorable court ruling from 2005 involving Vice President Dick Cheney.
Democratic National Committee spokeswoman Karen Finney said she saw a pattern of the White House trying to avoid answering legitimate questions.
"By trying to extend a special privilege typically reserved for U.S. government employees, to protect their Abramoff cronies like Grover Norquist, and Ralph Reed, the Bush administration showed just how willing they are to manipulate the law to hide the truth and protect their political interests," Finney said.
The administration lawyers, meanwhile, also argued against releasing information about the White House visits of former federal procurement official David Safavian on the grounds that it would violate Safavian's privacy. Safavian was recently convicted of trying to cover up his dealings with Abramoff.
Administration officials said the Justice Department never invoked the privilege mentioned in the court filings because a settlement was reached.
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5 Responses to "Scandal-ridden lobbyists, politicians enjoy White House access"
In all my life I have never seen such bold lobbyists who just about own this white house.
When Bush was jokingly looking under desks and behind the curtains of the oval office, looking for WMD, he said a few very offensive statements.
The statement that he said most disturbing to me was the The Rich are his base and they are the only ones' that count.
Abramoffs control of this white house even after his arrest is still running the show. Special privilege is Bushs' gift to the country and he shall go down as the most dangerous regimes in the world, and in this countries history.
And the justice department is just a bag of wind controled by you know who!
So once again the people of this country are screwed by the rich and powerful who could care less of the constitution, which most took an oath to protect.
I think the phrase "fiscal responsibility" is what scared me the most.
My memory is a little hazy, but didn't W actually say at a fund raiser: 'You are my kind of people, 'The Haves' and 'The Have Mores'? I think I saw a tape of this. Why isn't that out front during this campaign?? I mean could you ask for a better condemnation??
"Deliberative process privilege"–what a load of bullcockie. I guess it was the same principal that kept the attendees of Cheney's energy policy meeting secret.
If the administration doesn't want John Q Public to know who is advising them, the advice must be a bombshell. What the hell are these people advising the administration to do, that it must be done under the cloak of anonymity and secrecy?
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"In fact there was big ambivalence about that at the beginning," Isse admits. "Some people could not digest it, but I kept explaining: Look, is not the Virgin Mary mentioned in the holy Koran? Isn't she a very high and pious person? Yes. So what's stopping us giving her name? It was also education. I was trying to educate people that even female names are all right."
In 1947 Australia had only 2700 Muslims, descended from Afghan or Baluch cameleers, North Indian traders, Malay pearl divers and others who slipped through the immigration net.
Then, accepted because they were whites, came Muslim settlers from the former Ottoman parts of Europe. Some slipped in with Christians from Lebanon, setting up the strip of sweet shops and belly-dance restaurants along Redfern's Cleveland Street, close to a multi-ethnic mosque in Surry Hills, before a breakaway group established a new Lebanese mosque at Lakemba.
The numbers swelled when Harold Holt's government signed a migration agreement with Turkey in 1967, with 10,000 Turks soon arriving to fill assembly-line jobs in Melbourne's car and garment factories.
In the mid-1970s came the sudden influx of Muslims fleeing the sectarian civil war in Lebanon - not selected by Australian immigration officials, but approved from lists provided by family and village sponsors already here.
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Baby-killing trial update
By MICHAEL HALL The Brunswick News MARIETTA – A Brunswick teenager testified Tuesday that De'Marquise Elkins threatened him to keep him quiet after a robbery March 11 in the 1700 block of Norwich Street, 10 days before Elkins is accused of shooting and killing 13-month-old Antonio Santiago. Dont'e Jackson, 17, testified Tuesday in Glynn County Superior Court, sitting in Cobb County on a change of venue, that he twice told police a false story about where he was when Pastor Wilfredo Calix-Flores was shot in his left arm, because he feared for his life. "I was scared," Jackson told Assistant Public Defender Ashley Wood, one of three defense lawyers for Elkins on charges he murdered Antonio and wounded the infant's mother during a robbery attempt March 21, during cross examination. "I saw him shoot somebody." According to Jackson, he met Elkins and a youth identified as T.J. at the basketball courts at McIntyre Court apartments the evening of March 11 and decided to go to a convenience store for a sports drink. The three piled onto T.J.'s bicycle and rode up an alley behind Norwich Street to the area around Calix-Flores' church. There they saw Calix-Flores and his friend, Clever Jiminez, working on a construction project behind Upper Room Ministry. "The next thing I know, I hear someone say, 'Give it up,'" Jackson testified during direct examination by Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney Jackie Johnson. "I turned around and De'Marquise had a gun." Jackson said he and T.J. did not know the robbery would occur and, before they went one way and Elkins went another, he said Elkins told them if they said anything, "Something bad is going to happen to you." The first two times Jackson talked to police about the robbery, he lied to them, "because my life was threatened," he said. He said he finally told the truth after he was arrested and charged with aggravated assault and armed robbery for his alleged role in the crime, because he said he felt protected being off the streets. Wood grilled him for several minutes on why he changed his story, implying that he told the final version to strike a deal for leniency with police and prosecutors. "Somebody threatened me, that is the only reason I lied," Jackson answered Wood numerous times. Calix-Flores seemed uncomfortable testifying about an incident he said had a powerful effect on him. Speaking through an interpreter, Calix-Flores explained about how he had identified Elkins on March 22, the day after Elkins is accused of killing Antonio. Calix-Flores stood up at the witness stand and pointed to the places where a bullet entered and exited his left arm and detailed what happened to him. He remembered working behind the church when three black youths asked for water. When he and his friend, Clever Jiminez, said they did not have any, one of the youths pulled a gun from his waistband and demanded money, Claix-Flores testified. Claix-Flores, Jiminez and Jackson all pointed out Elkins in the courtroom, but Wood questioned the validity of their identifications to police, saying that police may have suggested that Elkins was the person who robbed them. Calix-Flores disputed her claim. "When he showed me the photographs, I had to be sure I had the right person, and that is when I picked number six," he said of identifying Elkins in a photo line up. Pick up Wednesday's issue of The Brunswick News for a full account of the court proceedings.