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Living with the Condor means living constantly on the edge. Every half hour or so, I am forced to apprehensively check the thermostat, making sure that the home is cool enough for the beast. When it gets too warm for the Condor, the creature will, without a thought, defecate upon its own legs, spraying foul liquid excrement everywhere. I am often driven out of the house onto my patio, opening a few windows as I go in hopes of lessening the smell before my return. Of course I can't open ALL of the windows, because that would make the house even hotter, and the defecation would never end! And what temperature is cool enough? I do not know. What is good one day is sometimes not good enough the next. Is it doing this on purpose? I suspect so.
I do take steps forward with the Condor occasionally, but they are few and there is always a price to be paid for every concession. For example, a couple months ago, I managed to convince it to relinquish my bedroom and bed after a fair amount of debate (it is difficult to make a concise and convincing argument to a massive, carnivorous bird), but then it moved into the bathroom, carrying the remnants of my sheets with it, and nested upon the toilet.
As earlier stated, my house is rather modest; quaintly so, I would argue. As a result, there is only one bathroom in the home. I am forced to go to the bathroom on the lawn. On the lawn. Every night, I am reduced to squatting nervously behind my own home like some kind of voyeuristic showman. I think the lady next door saw me: I'm not sure when, I'm not sure how, but she must have. Whenever I go out to get the newspaper and she is there, she always looks away, a judgmental sneer upon her lips. I do not blame her. But she doesn't know what it's like, being held prisoner by this infernal bird, a beast with no redeeming values that merely abuses my good will.
The Condor never leaves home; it just steals from me, leeches from me, takes advantage of me. Does it ever help out with the bills? Ha! Does it every pay rent? Ha again! No, all it does is claw at me if there isn't enough food around, or sit on its throne, or invite its friends over. And they're no better, either; just an uncouth rabble of about a dozen raptors, vultures, and buzzards, along with a single, and I suspect rather deluded, Great Egret.
Every now and then the gang, and I cannot call them anything BUT a gang, will swoop through one of my windows (often open due to the Condor's heat-driven instinct), and then, with no regard to my presence or property, begin to fly wildly through the house, knocking down any standing object and tearing into anything soft with their talons (including myself) until they, by diffusion, each manage to find their way into the bathroom.
I have, out of curiosity, tried sneaking a look at their meetings. I nonchalantly walked by the bathroom, and then paused at the entry, taking a brief glance through the cracked-open bathroom door. The Condor was perched upon its toilet nest, hissing its bird jokes and jovialities while the others hissed their bird laughs in return. A black vulture grunted and gestured with its head, and the birds turned their black eyes towards me. I backed away from the door slowly. There was such fiery contempt in their eyes. Disgust. Hatred.
Why do they hate me? I do not know. All I try to do is live my life. I am certainly no enemy of birdkind: I leave bird feeders outside, I donate to the National Audubon Society; I am like a Mother Teresa of birds compared to most! For these past three rotten months, I have even housed their leader, fed it, and supported it, despite how much it's taken advantage of me and my kindness, despite how much it has scarred me, physically, spiritually, and emotionally. And yet they look at me with those eyes. I cannot comprehend it.
I do not know how much more of this I can take. This writing is but a temporary release; more abuses will come. More pain will come. Perhaps, soon, I will make my move, Endangered Species Act be damned. When that time arrives, I will wring the Condor's neck with my own two hands. It will dig its talons into my chest and beat me with its wings, but I will hold strong. Though I know I cannot kill the creature unscathed, I will not care. If it leads to my own end as well, so be it; we shall die together, our blood mixing on the floor, its shrieks and mine drawing silent forever.
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Former exec gets 6 months in prison over unpaid taxes - Omaha World-Herald
Former exec gets 6 months in prison over unpaid taxes
Omaha World-Herald
The former chief executive of an Omaha company has been sentenced to six months in prison for failing to pay the IRS federal income taxes that had been withheld from his employees' paychecks, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Omaha. U.S ...
Omaha Man Sentenced in Tax CaseWOWT
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Prison inmates charged with tax fraud; collected $400K in tax refunds - Rick Kupchella's BringMeTheNews
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Prison inmates charged with tax fraud; collected $400K in tax refunds
Rick Kupchella's BringMeTheNews
Two inmates at the Minnesota state prison in Faribault have been charged with filing false tax claims to the Internal Revenue Service and collecting $400,000 in fraudulent tax refunds while they were incarcerated, WCCO reports. The U.S. Attorney's ...
Two Minnesota men accused of committing tax fraud while in prisonTwinCities.com-Pioneer Press
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Florida man, 83, admits hiding $1.1M from IRS - USA TODAY
Florida man, 83, admits hiding $1.1M from IRS
Kramer initially maintained the secret Swiss account after it became publicly known in 2008 that Swiss banking giant UBS was being investigated by U.S. authorities for allegedly helping American account owners evade federal taxes. The following year ...
Florida Man, 83, Admits To Hiding $1.1M From IRSWFMY News 2
Florida Man's IRS Shell Game Involved Hidden $1M, False ReturnsNewsmax.com
Man pleads guilty over 'Hot Lips' account used to evade US taxesReuters
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Tax-Exempt Nonprofits Owe Millions in Payroll Taxes - ThinkAdvisor
Tax-Exempt Nonprofits Owe Millions in Payroll Taxes
... IRS doesn't appear too eager to go after them, according to a recent report. Tax-exempt organizations are generally not required to pay income taxes, but they are required to pay other taxes, such as payroll taxes. ... "Tax-exempt organizations ...
Former Crestwood school board member pleads guilty to tax fraud - Dearborn Press and Guide
Former Crestwood school board member pleads guilty to tax fraud
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By failing to report the embezzlement income, Golani reduced her tax liability by $77,072. Overall, Golani failed to report the embezzled funds on her 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 federal income tax returns causing a tax loss of more than $225,000 ...
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Federal appeals court upholds conviction of man tied to sovereign movement
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... Turner was convicted in March of 2013 of conspiracy to defraud the United States, attempting to pay taxes with fictitious financial instruments, attempting to obstruct and impede the Internal Revenue Service, failing to file a 2009 federal income ...
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Alaska Voters to Decide Oil Production Tax Changes
Alaska voters go to the polls tomorrow to decide Measure 1, which would change taxation of oil production. A yes vote repeals the More Alaska Production Act (MAPA) tax system championed by Gov. Sean Parnell (R) and passed in 2013, instead reinstating the previous Alaska's Clear and Equitable Share (ACES) tax system pushed through in 2007 by then-Gov. Sarah Palin (R) in 2007. A no vote keeps the MAPA tax system.
Alaska has imposed a severance tax on oil production ever since sizeable extraction began in the late 1970s, which enabled Alaska to be the only state to repeal its state income tax. Over time, Alaska has collected $191 billion in oil production taxes, including tens of billions set aside in the Permanent Fund, with some of that paid to Alaska residents annually as dividends. Historically, the tax was structured as an Economic Limit Factor (ELF), which adjusted tax deductions to result in high taxes on highly productive oil fields and low taxes as a field's profitability drew down.
Alaska oil production peaked in 1988 at about 2 million barrels a day and has declined since, to about 500,000 barrels a day today. With production declining and oil prices soaring, Alaska in 2006 adopted the Petroleum Profits Tax (PPT), which doubled taxes by consolidating tax calculations for various fields into regions and taxing the value of the oil and gas produced, with a higher tax when profits exceeded $40 per barrel. Continued soaring oil prices led to the enactment of the ACES system in 2007, which doubled taxes again by disallowing a number of production cost deductions, increasing the base tax rate to 25 percent, and taxing profits more heavily when they exceed $30 per barrel. These taxes are in addition to state and federal corporate income taxes.
Production has continued to decline under ACES, while production in Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, North Dakota, and Canada have grown sharply. Dividend checks mailed to each Alaskan fell from over $2,000 in 2008 to $900 last year, and the Trans-Alaska Pipeline is running dry. Governor Parnell blames the high taxes and pushed through SB 21 in 2013 to enact the MAPA system, which imposes a higher base tax rate of 35 percent but eliminates progressive add-ons. Parnell said the system is needed to encourage greater production, but opponents say it will sharply reduce oil tax revenue.
Polls show Alaskans almost evenly split on the measure, and signs and ads for both sides are everywhere in the state. It's an important topic for the state because oil wealth has fueled much of the economic progress and state services for the last several decades. Unemployment in the state has crept above the national average for the first time in a long time, and anxiety is growing as production declines and other states surpass Alaska's oil production. Both sides emphasize the importance of the oil industry to the state's economic progress, debating whether taxing it very heavily is the right approach. Each voter may well be thinking the future of the state is in their hands with this vote.
The Real Value of $100 in Each State
This week's tax map shows the real value of $100 in each state. Because average prices for similar goods are much higher in California or New York than in Mississippi or South Dakota, the same amount of dollars will buy you comparatively less in the high-price states, or comparatively more in low-price states. Using data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis that we've written about previously, we adjust the value of $100 to reflect how prices are different in each state.
For example, Tennessee is a low-price state, where $100 will buy what would cost $110.25 in another state that is closer to the national average. You can think of this as meaning that Tennesseans are about ten percent richer than their nominal incomes suggest.
The states where $100 is worth the least are the District of Columbia ($84.60), Hawaii ($85.32), New York ($86.66), New Jersey ($87.64), and California ($88.57). That same money goes the furthest in Mississippi ($115.74), Arkansas ($114.16), Missouri ($113.51), Alabama (113.51), and South Dakota ($113.38).
Regional price differences are strikingly large, and have serious policy implications. The same amount of dollars are worth almost 40 percent more in Mississippi than in DC, and the differences become even larger if metro area prices are considered instead of statewide averages. A person who makes $40,000 a year after tax in Kentucky would need to have after-tax earnings of $53,000 in Washington, DC just in order to have an equal standard of living, let alone feel richer.
As it happens, states with high incomes tend to have high price levels. This is hardly surprising, as both high incomes and high prices can correlate with high levels of economic activity. However, this relationship isn't strictly linear: for example, some states, like North Dakota, have high incomes without high prices. Adjusting for prices can substantially change our perceptions of which states are truly poor or rich.
As we showed in an example in our recent paper on income data, adjusting for prices reveals average real incomes in Kansas to be higher than in New York, despite New York having much higher incomes as measured in dollars.
The tax policy consequences of this data are significant. For example, because taxes must be calculated based on nominal income, the average New York resident pays significantly more in taxes than the average Kansas resident. But the Kansas resident actually has higher purchasing power, meaning that they get to pay lower taxes despite getting to have a richer amount of consumption.
Furthermore, this affects means-tested federal welfare programs. A poor person in a high cost area – like Brooklyn or Queens - may be artificially boosted out of the range of income where they are eligible for welfare programs, despite still being very poor. At the same time, many people in low-price states may be eligible for welfare programs despite actually being much richer than they appear. If the same dollar value program is offered in New York City and rural South Dakota, it may be too small to help anyone in New York City, and yet so big it discourages work in South Dakota.
We've explained elsewhere how taxes have a role to play in urban gentrification, which in turn increases the cost of living and the local price level. As we also pointed out when the BEA data was first released, adjusting state incomes for price levels helps solve several statistical problems related to taxes and migration as well.
The Impact of Low Income College Students on Inequality
College is generally a good investment. On average, people who earn a four year degree go on to make almost twice as much as those with only a high school diploma. But while those future high earners are in college, they tend to be relatively poor (speaking from experience here).
The relative poverty of college students has some big implications for how we look at inequality. We recently released a new report that takes a new look at the use of household income data and it's implications for inequality.
Incomes are Low in College Towns
College towns are often home to the lowest-income places in the United States (table below).The Fifteen Lowest-Income Places in the United States
Census Place
Number of Households
Median Household Income (2012 Dollars)
Mean Household Income (2012 Dollars)
Higher Education
Boone, North Carolina
Appalachian State University
Carbondale, Illinois
Southern Illinois University
Athens, Ohio
Ohio University
East St. Louis, Illinois
Statesboro, Georgia
Georgia Southern University
Opa-locka, Florida
East Cleveland, Ohio
Opelousas, Louisiana
University CDP (Hillsborough County), Florida
University of South Florida
Selma, Alabama
Milledgeville, Georgia
Central Georgia Technical College, Georgia College, Georgia Military College
Prichard, Alabama
State College, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania State University
Pullman, Washington
Washington State University
Oxford, Ohio
Miami University
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (Selected Economic Characteristics, 5-year Estimates).
Note: minimum 5,000 households.
According to U.S. Census Bureau data, Hillsborough County, Florida (the home of the University of South Florida) has a median income of just over $20,000 a year. It would be very easy for the common observer to assume that the residents of Hillsborough County have a relatively low quality of life, when in fact they have a bright future.
One example: If you observed the tax data for surgeons, you would find very high degrees of inequality. Through their twenties, surgeons are in medical school and earning very little. Whereas, in their prime, with a proven track record and solid experience, they can earn $400,000 or more.
Economists and social scientists often consider low incomes as a sign of a lack of opportunity. Although that is sometimes very true, the opportunity costs of the situation must also be taken into account. Economist Alan Cole writes:
"A reasonable person would not say a construction worker is clearly better off than a business school student. And yet, it is the latter who benefits from progressive income taxes and refundable tax credits at the expense of the former. Use data unreasonably and you will get unreasonable results."
The Growth in College Enrollment
Not only do post-secondary students predictably skew overall income data, they do it at an accelerating rate. Over 20 million students are currently enrolled in post-secondary education.
Since the late 1970s, we have seen post-secondary enrollment nearly double, from just over 10 million students to over 20 million students today.
This growth in post-secondary enrollment must certainly be considered in any discussion of changes in inequality.
To read the full report: click here
Rapper Beanie Sigel moved from prison to halfway house - Philly.com
Rapper Beanie Sigel moved from prison to halfway house
Rapper Beanie Sigel has moved from a federal prison to a halfway house. The Bureau of Prisons says Sigel, whose real name is Dwight Grant, was moved from the Federal Correctional Institution Schuylkill to a Philadelphia-area residential reentry center ...
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When companies flee US tax, investors don't gain - CNBC
When companies flee US tax, investors don't gain
Establishing a tax domicile abroad to avoid U.S. taxes is a hot strategy in corporate America, but many companies that have done such "inversion" deals have failed to produce above-average returns for investors, a Reuters analysis has found. Looking ...
INSIGHT - When companies flee US tax system, investors often don't reap big ...euronews
No major gain by avoiding US taxThe Rakyat Post
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Corporate foreign tax moves have bedeviled U.S. for decades
Are 'Expendables 3' & IRS Equally Expendable? - Forbes
Are 'Expendables 3' & IRS Equally Expendable?
The bills introducing this, H.R. 25 and S. 122, call for abolishing all federal personal and corporate income taxes, gift, estate, capital gains, alternative minimum, Social Security, Medicare, and self-employment taxes. The new federal retail sales ...
Save our economy by abolishing the IRS, making taxation voluntaryDaily Herald
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Growing recognition of 'real estate' cuts firms' tax bills - Boston Globe
Boston Globe
Growing recognition of 'real estate' cuts firms' tax bills
Boston Globe
Under federal law, REITs are required to distribute 90 percent of their profits to stockholders, which helps them reduce or eliminate their tax liability. ... With the surge in real estate trusts costing the US government billions in lost tax payments ...
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Save our economy by abolishing the IRS, making taxation voluntary - Daily Herald
Save our economy by abolishing the IRS, making taxation voluntary
Daily Herald
The following plan will create millions of jobs for the unemployed. Everyone will pay their fair share of federal taxes (including the 47 percent that now pay no federal income tax) with a break for the poor and the unemployed. The rich will pay more ...
Viewtran: About To View Large Tax Bill? (VIEW) - Seeking Alpha (registration)
Viewtran: About To View Large Tax Bill? (VIEW)
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Viewtran appears to have generated a large U.S. federal income tax liability of which it is unaware, based on my analysis of VIEW's SEC filings. I estimate this liability to be very approximately 17% of market capitalization, and 3% of total ...
IRS to probe Valeant tax returns after Canada deal - Financial Times
IRS to probe Valeant tax returns after Canada deal
Financial Times
Before the 2010 merger, Valeant profits were largely subject to the US federal income tax rate of 35 per cent. Biovail, by comparison, reported an effective tax rate as low as 7 per cent. For the last three years Valeant has paid an effective tax rate ...
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How Obamacare could make filing taxes a nightmare - Vox
How Obamacare could make filing taxes a nightmare
Individuals and families who bought subsidized coverage have been receiving tax credits based on whatever amount they thought they would earn this year. Upon filing taxes, the IRS will reconcile the amount of subsidy received, based on expected income, ...
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Allentown residents admit to $700000 IRS scam - Allentown Morning Call
Allentown residents admit to $700000 IRS scam
Allentown Morning Call
Three members of an Allentown group accused in an identity theft scam to steal more than $700,000 from the Internal Revenue Service appeared in federal court this week and two were sentenced to prison terms. Jose Peralta and Fayez Antonios were each ...
Ad Watch: Pennsylvania governor's race - Capitol Ideas with John L. Micek (blog)
Ad Watch: Pennsylvania governor's race
Capitol Ideas with John L. Micek (blog)
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HBO shows coming to iTunes under new pricing structure?HBO, the premium television subsidiary of Time Warner, is reported to have reached an agreement with Apple that will see its hit television programming made available for purchase on iTunes in the next couple of weeks.
Citing HBO executives familiar with the deal, Portfolio reports that Apple has for the first time agreed to a separate and distinct pricing structure for a TV show provider, though it's not quite sure what that arrangement entails.
"One possibility is that HBO programming will have a higher retail price than the flat $1.99 fee Apple currently charges for video content," the publication said. "[A]nother is that HBO will receive a larger cut of the same flat rate than other iTunes content providers receive."
In either case, the deal would present exciting growth opportunities for both parties. HBO, which currently offers an online service only accessible to its television subscribers, would be able to tap a much broader audience in iTunes' 50 million registered users.
Meanwhile, offering HBO hits like "The Sopranos," "Entourage," and "The Wire," could help spur sales of Apple's fledging Apple TV set-top-box, which allows users to rent movies and purchase television shows from the iTunes store for viewing on their big-scren TVs directly from the comfort of their living room sofa.
Any move by Apple to instate a variable pricing structure for television content is likely to draw the attention of NBC Universal. The television studio last fall pulled all of its programming from iTunes amid a bitter feud with Apple in which the iTunes operator refused to allow it to set higher prices for some TV shows sold through service.
On Topic: iTunes
- iTunes sales down 13% this year as Apple plans to rebuild, rebrand Beats Music subscription service
- Apple releases iTunes 12.0.1 designed for OS X 10.10 Yosemite
- Apple alerts developers to upcoming iTunes Connect downtime
- U2 frontman Bono apologizes for foisting 'Songs of Innocence' on unsuspecting iTunes users
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Almost ready for a Week 2 "Hard Knocks" diary?
Just one thing before we can get started.
(Pause as we wait for a blessing from Saint Tony Dungy. Got it. Thanks, coach. We'll keep it no worse than PG-13 here.)
Here we go ...
10:02 p.m: Late start tonight. Previously on "Hard Knocks" shows Mark Sanchez skipping passes five yards in front of receivers and a really fat guy dropping some serious F-bombage. I was hoping for one more shot of Joe Namath wearing the best pair of nut-huggers since Kiki Vandewehge at the 1987 NBA Three-Point Shootout, but no luck.
10:04: Bruce Frederick Springsteen! Singing "Wrecking Ball," a song he wrote for the destruction of the old Giants Stadium. No bigger Bruce fan than me, but this song is a larger piece of crap than anything that has ever come out of Rex Ryan. I'm thinking Bruce wrote this song during the drive to the show to avoid having to talk to Patti and Clarence.
(Here's "Wrecking Ball." And here's a couple of reasons to forget that four-minute crapfest and understand why Bruce is the greatest songwriter/live performer in rock history.)
10:06: Dennis Thurman, not Rex, with the first F-Bomb of the night. Who had that in the pool? Maybe Rex is taking the night off.
10:07: Scratch that.
10:08: Joe McKnight, rookie back from USC who "threw up at minicamp," according to our buddy Liev Schreiber.
10:09: Nice montage of McKnight "f--king up," to quote running backs coach Anthony Lynn. To be fair McKnight is used to Pete Carroll doing the "I stole your nose" routine after a fumble, so maybe he isn't ready for NFL pressure.
10:10: McKnight now bitching to the coaches. "He's just mad 'cuz he's taking a paycut," cracks a teammate.
10:12: Rex attacks a bag of M&M's, looking like Michael Douglas in Demi Moore's office in "Disclosure."
10:13: Mark Sanchez has tried to crack about 450 jokes in the first two episodes and has yet to hit. He's like the bastard child of Jay Leno and every under-25 guy on a reality show.
10:14: Awkward moment as Mark Brunell tells Sanchez that his daughter is a college freshman, complete with the "Is it worth it?" look from Sanchez. Not the last "I'm too old for this s--t" moment for Brunell in 2010.
10:17: Trying to figure out who has the most vacant stare on any HBO show: Sanchez or Vince Chase. I'm guessing both have taken the Sasha Grey ride at the HBO Theme Park, though.
10:18: Offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer telling Sanchez that he sucks in a meeting. Well, not really, but you can tell he really wants to . I can't get past the feeling that everyone in the organization is terrified that Sanchez is the one guy that can take an 11-5 team to 8-8.
10:20: First-round pick Kyle Wilson gets the "things are going well" music, complete with love from Rex. Always good.
10:22: Antonio Cromartie is a guy that Chargers fans couldn't get enough of two years ago, but were thrilled to see leave after last season. He's like a male version of Jacoby Ellsbury.
(Kidding, kidding.)
10:22: The Jets brought in Cromartie, who blew a wide-open tackle on Shonn Greene that led to a 53-yard TD run in the playoffs. Biggest play of the game and the season for the Chargers. It would be like the Pats signing Marlon McCree in 2007.
10:24: Cromartie running down the birthdays of his kids. I'm not kidding, I think he has 13 or 14. I'm going to watch the repeat to confirm. And I think two of them are named "Jersey."
10:26: "When it comes down to it, it's not the f-word that Rex Ryan likes best. It's the c-word."
10:27: It was coaching. I'm disappointed too.
10:28: I think Rex just offered LT a drink and tour of his hotel room. Come on, can we wait until Tomlinson plays a game before everyone takes a bow for this move?
10:29: I was waiting for the first Mike Westhoff segment. He's the special teams coach/cancer survivor/guy who looks like he was in the CIA 25 years ago. He seems above this whole "Hard Knocks" deal.
10:30: Westhoff tells his guys that the defense is great, the offense is loaded and who the hell knows what we've got with the special teams. Nice to see a coach (or owner or GM or player) not mugging for the camera.
10:31: Punter Steve Weatherford with the "shake weights." It's a weight that you can shake. Get it? One of those things that isn't really that funny but everyone on a team feels the need to throw at least one fake laugh at. Moments like this would be perfect for my idea of the Patriots hiring Steve Burton as a Fake Laugh coach. Would take the heat off all the other guys.
10:32: "At camp, everyone is looking for a playmate. Luckily, Kris Jenkins and Nick Mangold have each other. Every day they go mano-a-mano. What complicates this, of course, is that the two have been married since 2008."
OK, one of those three sentences were not spoken by Liev. I'm not telling you which.
10:33: Mangold has the "I'm OK now but once Revis gets paid I'm outta here" look going.
10:34: The Jets are switch Vernon Gholston (Grade A bust) to defensive end. This is the football equivalent of NBC moving that Jonathan Silverman sitcom from Tuesday to Friday in 1996.
10:35: "Is he Deacon Jones? No." Ryan on Gholston. Thanks, Rex.
10:36: Rex is borrowing Martin Sheen's chiclet teeth this season.
10:37: Movie night for the Jets. I'm guessing they are going to see either the new Todd Solondz flick or "The Kids are All Right." And it's "Dinner for Schmucks."
10:39: Game night -- Jets vs. Giants. Can't wait for 42 angles on the Eli hit. He was out of it after that smack -- looked like Shooter in "Hoosiers" yelling at the referee. Maybe it was a tribute to Dennis Hopper by Eli.
10:41: Woody Johnson tells Rex Ryan how much he loves him. No, really. I'm sure that'll still be the case if the Jets go 6-10, right?
10:43: Sanchez throws an INT on the Jets first play. Hey, no problem. It's not like he had a 12-20 TD/INT ratio last year.
10:45: Kyle Wilson and Cromartie on the sidelines. The sound is a little muddy, but I'm pretty sure I heard "suggests an early James Michener."
10:46: Rex screams "Thatta way, pound his ass!" on a Shonn Grenne rush. First time that phrase was used on HBO since season 3 of "Oz."
10:48: Man, that was a rough hit on Eli, who actually manages to look smarter after suffering a concussion. No easy feat.
10:49: John Conner (young fullback on the rise, about to take out classy vet Tony Richardson) is Sam Gash. His blocks sound different. My favorite player on the Jets, which is kind of like saying the bald guy was my favorite character on "Sex and the City."
10:50: McKnight needs to "drop his nuts and run" according to Ryan. That's a long way from Pete Carroll's whoopee cushions and fist pumps.
10:51: The Giants second-stringers (with Jim Sorgi at QB) are just killing the Jets backups, which leads to more s--t's and f--k's from the coaches than all the Smokey and The Bandit blooper reels combined.
10:52: Tom Coughlin looks just like Ron Howard's dad. That's all I've got.
10:52: Rex (who wasn't much of a factor this week -- wonder if that was some late editing from Mr. Goodell?) gets the last words of the episode:
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Derek Lowe wants to start in 2013
Oct 22, 2012, 12:32 PM EDT
Derek Lowe tells the New York Post that while he understood that the Yankees signed him to be a reliever in 2012 and that he had no problem with that, he really wants to be a starter in 2013:
"I would like to start again," the 39-year-old Lowe said of the role he filled for the Indians this season before being released. "I knew when I came here I was going to be a reliever. My first priority is to start."
- Derek Lowe as a starter in 2012: 21 games, 8-10, 5.52 ERA, 119 IP, 156 hits allowed, 41 K, 45 BB, WHIP 1.689
- Derek Lowe as a reliever in 2012: 17 games, 1-1, 3.04 ERA, 23.2 IP, 24 hits allowed, 14 K, 6 BB, WHIP 1.268
Just sayin' you should probably keep an open mind about things, Derek.
- proudlycanadian - Oct 22, 2012 at 12:43 PM
Teams that finished last in their division such as the Red Sox need pitching.
- bloodysock - Oct 22, 2012 at 12:53 PM
Teams that finished second to last in their division also need pitching.
- proudlycanadian - Oct 22, 2012 at 4:44 PM
I would rather have Marcum than Lowe. Marcum has already indicated that if as expected he becomes a free agent, he would be quite willing to rejoin the Jays.
- slartibartfast4242 - Oct 22, 2012 at 7:04 PM
Especially when the said team hasn't made the playoffs in, what, 20 years…
- takingbovadasmoney - Oct 22, 2012 at 12:56 PM
Does he know japanese?
- Shafer's Dealer - Oct 22, 2012 at 1:01 PM
Derek doesn't believe in relief
- kiwicricket - Oct 22, 2012 at 1:03 PM
If he stuck to large parks with a heavy maritime air influence(basically the West coast teams) and settled for 3M or less, his sinker might survive another year in the rotation.
No matter if he is pitching shutout ball through 7, or getting shelled in the 1st, 50degrees or 100degrees, he is always a disgusting sweaty beet colored mess.
I will miss watching Lowe sweat out a bottle of vodka on the mound if he doesn't catch on with a team.
- Alex K - Oct 22, 2012 at 2:02 PM
I want my hairline to come back in 2013.
- 13arod - Oct 22, 2012 at 2:48 PM
i don't think there is a spot for him in the roation unless they get rid of nova
- illadelphiasphinest - Oct 22, 2012 at 3:27 PM
I wanna hit the powerball.
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Hi there! I'm a mom to a 10 year old boy. I also...
Hi there! I'm a mom to a 10 year old boy. I also delivered two sets of twins as a surrogate, who are now 5 years old and 3 years old respectively. My body has been pretty wrecked from those twin pregnancies though I wouldn't change a thing, it is besides my own son, the best thing that I've done with my life. I've been looking into a tummy tuck since my last delivery 3 years ago, but haven't had the time, money, etc. Still don't really have the money but I'm gonna cash out an old 401k and head to the Dominican Republic with Dra Robles! Surgery date is August 5 though I may push it back. Uploading "before" pics I sent her, now :)
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Wow wht an amazing thing 2 do I can't wait 2 follow Ur journey
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what a honorable thing u have done by being a surrogate. good luck on ur journey.
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Congrats on your upcoming surgery I will be following your journey.
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Here are my "before" pictures
And the others
not sure why it didnt post all
trying again...
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That was an awesome thing you did. I am also using Dr. Robles for a BA revision and BBL. I will be following your journey. Can't wait to see your after pics.
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You were a blessing to someone and god will continue to bless you for that! Good luck on your journey!
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Congratulations on your decision! And congratulations for fulfilling someone's wishes to be a parent. That's an awesome act you've done. I can't wait to see your final results. Take care.
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Been a while .. I moved my surgery date up but I'm so confused. I'm scheduled now for July 14. I need to get my CBC done but in Minnesota you can't order your own bloodwork and I have no PCP... I ordered my passport expedited and let my job know about needing time off.. just kind of lost as to the millions of things I need to do in the next 3 weeks. Vitamins?? Plane tickets??
Anyone else going the week of July 14?? I'm going alone and need a travel buddy!
Front and side "before" pics that i couldn't get uploaded
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I am going from July 16-29, I'm also looking for a buddy
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Hi I'll be there July 15-26. Best of luck! Do you know which recovery House you'll be staying at?
I'm staying at yasmins
Update to my review. Man I should really of read the reviews more carefully where folk talk about how they can't get a straight answer and keep getting pestered to wire money internationally. WAKE UP FOLKS IT'S A SCAM. So I ask whoever the hell keeps emailing me if I can do the 15th and they said yes. Well i ended up having to buy brand new tires for my car ($700) and then on Saturday tried to wire the money but my bank wouldn't do a wire transfer on a Saturday. So I emailed Laura or whoever asking if I can wire it today (Monday) as my bank won't do it on Saturday, to hold my date of the 15th. She said YES SURE OF COURSE!! I had already requested leave from work and made arrangements with my ex who I have joint custody of our son, and then saturday BOUGHT MY DAMN PLANE TICKETS... so on Monday, the wire transfer goes through, then I get an email from WHOEVER saying I can't do it on the 15th, it's no longer available, I have to wait til the 17th. NO DAMN WAY. I rearranged 3 people's lives and my government job for this shit. I cannot take much leave and it's going to take TWO DAYS TO GET THERE and I do NOT WANT TO TAKE TWO DAYS OF TRAVEL for this surgery when I have to use those days to RECOVER. Robles is a goddamn scammer!
After she had my money she tries to change my fucking days on me.. WHO DOES THAT? Who can just have their shit changed like that??? This whole thing is a goddamn scam.
Plane tickets cannot be changed or refunded
Sorry, I bought my plane tickets on Sunday. And they are NOT changeable or transferrable.
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I would text her on WhatsApp directly and tell her this is absolutely not your fault and that u need to have surgery on the date promised. Laura, her assistant, sucks! Robles is very nice and professional. I will message you her number.
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Thank you! I am beside myself.. I can't believe they did this!
This is really unacceptable. Us patients traveling from abroad really have to coordinate our surgeries with a lot of things like work, kids, etc. and need as many days healing as possible. Laura is trippin!
Now Laura is saying she just wanted me to be able to be first on the 16th? She had changed me to the 17th without my consent . . what is going on? Why is she so confused? I've WhatsApp'd Dra Robles with no response and emailed several times. I have plane tickets and all arrangements . .. URGH!
All is good now
Not sure what Laura was trying to do .. but per the advice of another RS member I contacted Dra Robles directly on WhatsApp. At first she said Laura controls the schedule and would put me in contact with her . . but I was like, that's why I'm contacting you! Laura changed my schedule! So a little while later she replied I was still good to have surgery on the 15th. So we are a go again! Yay! I don't know about Laura but Dra Robles seems like she's got it together.
Using your cell in DR?
I haven't seen this addressed . . what do you guys do so you're not roaming while in DR?
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I've seen other ladies put their phone in "airplane" mode. I did it for my cruise and didn't have any international roaming fees.
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Since I highly doubt I'll be leaving the RH, and there's wifi there, I will be using Skype, MagicJack, and of course whatsapp to text.
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My dream Bootay
Dream Bootay.
Based on my before pictures above, can I pull that off??
Ugh Laura
She sends me my confirmation email . . saying my surgery date is the 14th and recovery house is Queens. I only paid for the 15th and Virginia's .. wth? Does anyone have any info on Queens?
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Thank you!
True .. but we have to go out to dinner at least once while we're there! Airplane mode it is :)
Relax Recovery vs Queens
Anyone want to chime in? My first choice, Virginia's, is supposedly unavailable.
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Good luck!! Can't wait intill it's me!
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Thanks! Good luck to you too!
Bout to take some more before pics .
I was supposed to lose weight . . but I gained instead. Oops.
Before pics, 8 days pre-op
As the title says :)
One more week..
Shiz getting real.
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Cant wait to see what u look like keep us posted! My time is in nov and cant come fast enough lol
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I will! This is so exciting!!
Lml i know it is!! I wish i were u right now lol i have to wait until nov and it seems so far away :-( lol
This time next week
I'll be waking up on the flat side!
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Time is going by so fast!
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Looks like there's going to be a few of us at Relax Recovery who will be there before you guys . . I think we should see if we can get someone to take us over to Virginia's and visit when you guys get there!!
That would be great! Of course I'll be available via WhatsApp so definitely stay in touch
3 Days . .
Til I fly out . . oh my.
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Good luck..!
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possibly canceling
I'm supposed to fly out tomorrow but I'm considering writing off my losses in deposit and plane ticket and canceling. Laura just does not make me feel good about this at all.
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Dont let the assistant discourage you from your dream. Go on the trip and meet the doc and if u still feel uneasy then enjoy a mini vacation :) good luck to you
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on my way
First flight down... 2 more to go. I will be in DR at 0340 tomorrow AM!
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Good luck girlie....hopefully all goes well...
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missed my flight to DR
My flight from MPS to JFK was delayed by 5 hours. Missed my flight from JFK to SDO by 2 hours. Rebooted for 0730 flight coming in at 1117. Don't know if I'm having surgery today... what a mess.
on the flat side..
Made the 730 flight to SDo and got in around 1230 and surgery at 5. Feeling decent so far except low iron.
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Take some black strp molasses is you can have someone get it for you..its packed with nutrients....happy healing...dont forget arnica 30c and bromelain....cant wait to see the results
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Rapid recovery..!
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more pics
Still a lot of swelling but thr girls here assure me I have a big booty haha. Virginias is great. And this afternoon me and some of the other girls see Dra Robles which will be my first time seeing her since sx. Overall feeling decent just sore and ready to go home.
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Nice scar... Happy healing hun..!
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The hardest part...
Is hanging out, waiting, boredom, hours waiting to see the doc for your post surgery appointments... ugh. Ready to go home.
No power or water
Since last night....not good.
I dunno about this....
If it is really worth it. I know a lot of folks said to expect to feel regret or depression or whatever and it's true. I am swollen all the way up to under my boobs, we finally got AC and water back an hour ago.. I just don't think the conditions are right for recovery and I just want to make it home with out getting sick.
yalitza is awesome
She washed and detangled my hair and keeps us entertained at Virginias. She's the best!
It's worth it.
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Heeyyyyy boo miss ya
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emotions will run all over
I've had ups and downs in this week post surgery but all in all its been good. 3 girls left this weekend who really made this place come alive and feel like home. You meet some awesome people in this journey.
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You too! How's your drain??
They r annoying....but still draining n leaking lol....n yes emotions will definitely get the best of u but I kept telling myself mind over matter n having u n da others truly help it departure will b soon...n I better b 1of tthose three lol
Lmao! You, elisa, and diana! Not the same without yall
At the clinic...
Marx and I figured out the waiting game :) one week post op!
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Y no water for so long. That no power sucks.. I mentioned it my review too. Happy healing.
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Heading home early tomorrow...
Back drain was removed today even though it was still draining a good bit... going home with just front drain. 4 flights and something like 12 hours in the air tomorrow at 10 days post surgery. Wish me luck...
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Hope you're recovering well!
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Needed the power to come back on before they could get the water back on.
Wow... I hardly left bed when the power was out. That means no flushing the toilet? Whao...
So far, I really like Dra Robles. She stepped in and cleared up a situation that Laura had created when she messed up my surgery schedule. I have complete and total confidence in her. Will update more after I meet her, and surgery.
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WA man featured in skiing movie
A Tacoma man is featured in his third movie in a series to promote skiing.
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A Tacoma man is featured in his third movie in a series to promote skiing.
The News Tribune ( http://is.gd/ZNNyB7) reports Tyler Ceccanti is in his third movie of the series created by Warren Miller.
The skier who developed his skills at Crystal Mountain jumped at a chance to ski in Japan for his latest skiing film.
Ceccanti is shown ripping through the trees and powder in Niseko, Japan. The film is showing across Western Washington next weekend and later in November.
In between local appearances, Ceccanti is hitting the slopes in his home state.
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Good chair day! Jane Fonda shares a seat with Ryan Gosling as she brings her own prop to set with the actor's face on it
There aren't many people who would turn down the opportunity to get close to Ryan Gosling.
And Jane Fonda proved that she was one of them when she put her feet up on the set of her new sitcom, Grace And Frankie on Thursday, while sitting on a chair with the actor's face on it.
Fonda, 76, carried her own props across set, with a green tote bag on one arm and her precious Gosling chair in the other, as she struggled from her car in glamorous gold wedges.
Props: Jane Fonda wears a leg brace between takes on the set of 'Grace and Frankie' as she takes the weight off with a Ryan Gosling chair
The actor, who is expected to become a father later this year, isn't short of merchandise with his face on it following the great success of the 'Hey Girl...' franchise, and Jane was lucky enough to get her hands on an original piece.
The dark wood chair, though vintage in shape and style, featured a unique design with the seat cover printed with a smouldering open shirt picture of The Notebook actor from the premiere of his 2011 film Drive.
The chair is a popular design from online retailer Gilt.com, and sells for $299. The firm also sells chairs with others stars' faces on them such as George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez, Ryan Reynolds and even US President Barack Obama.
Precious prop: The actress struggled across the Miami set with luggage in tow, and her Ryan Gosling chair under her arm
Adding yet more opportunities to sit with Ryan during your most contemplative times, one restaurant in San Diego recently decorated their women's bathroom with floor-to-ceiling pictures of the Canadian-born movie hunk.
The Japanese eatery, named Bang Bang, opened at the end of August and featured design in collaboration with Mauricio Couturier and Johnny Shockey.
As photogenic as the actor is, the concept behind the room was an 'Instagrammable' one, making any user keen to snap and share a picture in his company.
Dreamy: Ban Bang eatery in San Diego recently decorated their women's restaurant bathroom with a floor-to-ceiling covering of Ryan posters
Fonda didn't need an excuse to use her Ryan Gosling chair on set on Thursday though, as she spent any free time resting up.
While on set, the actress walked with a limp and also left filming of the Netfix sitcom in Malibu, California, with her right foot in a protective boot, which she'd been seen wearing out to dinner on Sunday.
Rest stop: Jane was on her feet for most of the day, until she put her feet up by sitting on a chair
The actress and fitness instructor has made no secret of that fact that she has long suffered from osteoarthritis.
The slender grandmother of two kept her right foot elevated during a break in filming outside the town's Vintage Grocers store.
Hollywood star Jane, who looked decades younger than her age, wore a beige shawl-necked cardigan over a matching long-sleeved sweater and black trousers plus a large pair of cat-eye sunglasses.
That's better! Jane Fonda takes the weight off her feet as she sits in a canvas chair on the set of her new sitcom Grace And Frankie in Malibu, California on Thursday
Her thick honey blonde hair was cut in layers and styled to frame her face.
Jane, who had a successful double career as both an actress and a
fitness expert, was diagnosed with osteoarthritis when she was 65. She has
fractured bones in her feet several times over the years.
Taking great care: The slender 76-year-old elevated her injured right foot, which was in a protective boot
Three years ago, she spoke to the Daily Mirror about her health issues, saying: 'I'm not immune to age... Arthritis hurts. I've broken one foot four times and the other foot once and I've broken a lot of other bones too.
'My hands are badly affected, but the reason they aren't deformed is because I exercise them. When you're older, exercise is the number one thing you need to do to age successfully.'
The multi Golden Globe and double Oscar winner revealed: 'I've had a hip
replacement and a knee replacement and my bones are fragile because I
suffered from bulimia for a long time as a young woman.
Working actress: The Hollywood star is making 13, half-hour episodes of the sitcom for Netflix
'I've had breast cancer, I've battled depression. But none of that stops me from being active. Sure, I wish I could still run and jump up and down, but I can't.
'Instead I do what I can do now, knowing I can do it safely and without harming myself.'
Netflix revealed in March it was reuniting Jane and Lily Tomlin, 74, for the new comedy series.
Ouch: It was no surprise that Jane needed a rest after teetering around the set in wedges
In fine form: The actress looked lovely in a stone-coloured long-sleeved top and black trousers
They star
in Grace And Frankie as long-time foes who team up when their husbands
desert them after falling in love with each other. The sitcom will film a
first season of 13 half-hour episodes to premiere on Netflix next year.
The actresses co-starred a quarter-century ago in the comedy hit, Nine To Five.
This past few years, Jane has appeared on HBO's The Newsroom and was seen in Lee Daniels' The Butler. Lily appeared in 2013 Tina Fey comedy Admission.
The show must go on: A true professional, Jane was able to walk on set despite her foot injury
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Morsi declares Dec. 15 vote on Egypt constitution; Muslim Brotherhood rallies millions
The courts vowed to rule anyway. In what appeared to be an effort to make the ruling irrelevant, the assembly hastily passed the 234 articles that make up the constitution in an all-night session that ended just before 7 a.m. Friday.
Until Saturday, the anti-Morsi protests had seemed huge, gathering hundreds of thousands in Tahrir. Some of Egypt's most recognized public figures joined the protests, including Mohammed ElBaradei, the former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, as well as failed presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabahi, who finished third in voting last summer.
But the pro-Morsi rallies — the first held since Nov. 22 — were a bracing reminder of the Brotherhood's political capabilities. In interviews, the Morsi supporters spoke in seeming unison about why there were there, voicing support for Morsi's decree and the new constitution, often in the same language.
"The constitution will bring back stability," said a woman, 25, who only wanted to be referred to by a nickname, Umm Zaineb, or mother of Zaineb.
Just as in the parliamentary elections last year, and presidential elections earlier this year, the Brotherhood demonstrated its ability to get out the vote, often from people who believed Islam was under attack from liberals and secularists. Among the chants people yelled Saturday was "With our blood and our soul, we will defend Islam."
It also was clear the Brotherhood intends to fight the upcoming referendum on religious terms, something that will inflame opponents as well, who say that the proposed constitution does not represent the mosaic of Egyptian voices that includes a large Christian population. The crowd seemed particularly focused on the proposed Artice Two, which calls for Egyptian laws to be based on the "principle of shariah" Islamic law.
"First of all, the constitution has not passed yet, and there is a current that rejects it," said Rashia el Zamoran, 20, a secretary from Cairo. "They say shariah does not treat men and women equally, that this is a flaw with shariah. We want to prove this is not true."
Morsi has refused to back down on his decree. In an interview with Time magazine published earlier in the week, he said he believed that Egyptians supported his exempting himself from judicial oversight. "I think you have seen the most recent opinion surveys — I think more than 80 percent, around 90 percent, of the people in Egypt are, according to these opinion measures, they are with what I have done. It's not against the people, it's with the people."
Liberals have vowed to fight on, though it is unclear what they can do to force Morsi's hand. The country's military, so critical to Mubarak's departure, has shown no interest in inserting itself in the struggle, with the proposed constitution notably granting it enormous autonomy from governmental oversight.
One question does remain, however: Who will oversee any referendum on the constitution? Judges traditionally have assumed that role, but many are on strike to protest Morsi's constitutional declaration.
Amina Ismail is a McClatchy special correspondent. Visit the McClatchy Washington Bureau at www.mcclatchydc.com. Distributed by MCT Information Services.
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OPINION: If you are a woman in your 20s or 30s and desperately seeking male company then saddle up your fastest camel honey and head for Christchurch.
Since the rebuild the place is raining available men - if you like the colour orange, more specifically fluorescent hi- vis orange or yellow, and fancy clod- hopping tradesmen who hail from another country.
Talk to any of the packs of chaps from England and Ireland roaming the city and they all say the same thing. The bachelors are desperate to meet a decent, or indecent, unhooked-up Kiwi sheila and are sick and tired of cracking a chat with a born and bred comely maiden only to find out that she's spoken for.
Complaints about intimidating spifflicated Irishmen and addled Anglais tradies creating merry havoc in the ale houses need a Middlemarch or gold rush solution. Back in the 1860s in the Otago gold rush when the men were recreationally unruly and kicking up bobsy-die, women were shipped in en masse to civilise and bring them to heel.
Around the turn of this century lonely rural blokes in the Far South were given the opportunity to meet gals at a singles' ball held in Middlemarch, Otago, and attended by up-for-it women from all over the country. It was a massive hit and is now an annual event. Though there has been a hi-vis ball or two back in early post-quake days, perhaps here is an opportunity for Air New Zealand in conjunction with Cera to advertise meet-a-tradie- themed bun rushes in which heavily discounted flights could be offered to single women and gay men wanting to meet unattached foreign lads in Christchurch.
If organising a ball was de trop then why not start up a specific bar called The Skilled Migrant so girls wanting a bit of romantic, no beating-around-the-bush action with a visitor to these shores, would know exactly where to find it.
If that was too cut and dried for the shy and retiring, perhaps then hold versions of the charming Gaelic ceilidh (or kaylee) where the ice can be broken by boisterous, breaking into a sweat country dances such as Strip the Willow or the Dashing White Sergeant.
Cantabrians need to remove the xenophobic broomstick from up their backsides and play host to the foreign influx to keep the lads here rather than see them flee the city when the rebuild is over.
If we build the social networks for the rebuilders it will be hard for them to leave and the best way of doing that is by bedding and wedding them.
Intermarriage or interbreeding, as it were, was the glue that forged New Zealand when Maori and Pakeha found each other erotically irresistible, and so it should continue with these newcomers.
I'm not suggesting that young Kiwi women should take one for team New Zealand and sacrifice their honour for the good of national growth, but if efforts aren't made to keep the internationals sated, then the noise from the men's quarters will be redolent with the unmistakable squeak of blow-up plastic dolls, and they don't come with a Made in New Zealand stamp.
At the risk of sounding like the dowager from Downton (Maggie Smith), I think village tea dances are in order to entertain the troops. Having said all this I realise the implications of having a city overly represented in tradesmen.
Intellectuals will be bullied and ghettoised and at the end of the rebuild tradies will all be competing for the same jobs and no-one will need their house doing up for many a moon.
The struggling University of Canterbury should immediately begin designing night-course degrees to offer to far-sighted tradesmen anticipating a secondary occupation when the last slap of paint has dried.
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Tata Motors profit lags as demand cools
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Tata Motors Ltd (TAMO.NS) net profit fell short of expectations as rising marketing costs hurt its margins and slowing economic growth curbed demand for its commercial vehicles.
India's largest car maker by revenue said net profit rose to 20.75 billion rupees in July-September from 18.77 billion rupees a year ago, while revenue increased 20 percent to 434.03 billion rupees on rising demand at its key Jaguar Land Rover subsidiary.
Analysts expected profit of 24.41 billion rupees on revenue of 441.91 billion rupees, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
The operating margin for its India business fell to 5.9 percent for the quarter down from 7.2 percent in the year ago period.
Tata Motors' Chief Financial Officer C. Ramakrishnan said that the company expected to improve its India profit margins, as it continues to focus on cutting operational costs, but the demand outlook was clouded by the slowing economic growth.
"We continue to see sluggish economic activity," he said. "We continue to see demand pressure in the market."
Tata Motors, which depends on JLR for 90 percent of the group's profit, said the iconic British brand's operating margin stood at 14.8 percent in July-September, down from 14.9 percent a year earlier.
Revenue at the luxury British brand rose 12.8 percent to 3.29 billion pounds in the period, less than the 34.4 percent gain seen in the previous quarter.
Tata has grown dependent on JLR, which it bought for $2.3 billion in 2008, as domestic sales of its own models struggle.
JLR's recent success has also driven Tata's stock price 50 percent higher over the past 12 months.
Profit from the company's Tata-branded Indian business, which had fallen for four straight quarters, rose nearly eight-fold to 8.67 billion rupees. That was mainly because the company took an exceptional charge in the year-earlier quarter.
Domestic sales of Tata's own brand of cars and trucks have sagged due to India's cooling economy.
Tata also faces strong competition in India from global carmakers such as Ford Motor Co (F.N) and Volkswagen AG (VOWG_p.DE) and truck manufacturers such as Daimler AG (DAIGn.DE) as they scale up operations in the company's backyard.
Shares in Tata Motors ended 0.9 percent higher ahead of earnings announcement at 269.35 rupees, while the main Mumbai market index closed 0.5 percent higher.
(Reporting by Kaustubh Kulkarni; Editing by Louise Heavens)
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Which out-of-state college is recruiting Georgia the best?
- 5:42 pm Friday, October 31st, 2014 by Michael Carvell
Which out-of-state college is doing the best job recruiting the state of Georgia this year?
There are some frustrations among some fans at Tennessee with coach Butch Jones, who has a dismal 8-12 record in two seasons so far. But there's not much doubt about Jones' ability to recruit.
Tennessee has the nation's No. 4 recruiting class with 26 commitments, including six from Georgia.
WSB's Zach Klein and the AJC's Michael Carvell discuss the topic in the below video:
5 Things to Know about Jaylen Brown
- 2:41 pm Friday, October 31st, 2014 by Michael Carvell
Here are five things to know about Jaylen Brown, the nation's No. 2 overall basketball prospect. He's a 6-foot-7 forward from Wheeler High School.
What's the latest? Brown is taking his third official visit this weekend to UCLA. His first two trips were to Kentucky and Kansas earlier this month. Kentucky appears to be the school to beat with 39 percent of the votes in the 247sports.com Crystal Ball predictions, followed by UCLA at 32 percent. Brown will announce his college decision on April 1.
Is Michigan too late to the party? Within the last few weeks, Michigan made a late entry [More]
One of the state's most interesting recruiting storylines to follow
- 11:31 am Thursday, October 30th, 2014 by Michael Carvell
One of the most interesting recruiting storylines to follow over the next three months will be Daniel Imatorbhebhe, the 3-star tight end from North Gwinnett High School.
The 6-foot-4, 227-pounder committed early to Missouri but re-opened his recruitment last month. Imatorbhebhe has taken official visits to Florida and Ohio State within the last few weeks, and several other big schools are lurking.
There's also an interesting twist: Imatorbhebhe's younger brother, Josh Imatorbhebhe, is a 4-star wide receiver one of the state's top prospects in 2016. Obviously, the brothers are a "package deal" and plan to play on the same team in college.
"Yes, [More]
Opinion: UGA should change recruiting policy for Florida game
- 1:41 am Thursday, October 30th, 2014 by Michael Carvell
I'm pretty sure that UGA athletics director Greg McGarity knows what I'm calling about when I ask for a few minutes of his time every October. It's this:
Has he changed his mind about inviting recruits to the annual Georgia-Florida game?
"You could go back to my comments every year that you bring this up," McGarity told me.
"It's the same deal. Nothing has really changed. Neither school wants to do it. That's why we don't discuss it. It's just not an issue."
You see, both the NCAA and SEC amended the rules to allow home teams in football games at neutral locations to [More]
5-star DB commits to FSU over UGA (UPDATED)
- 10:58 am Wednesday, October 29th, 2014 by Michael Carvell
UPDATE: Tarvarus McFadden committed to FSU over UGA on Friday.
It would be an upset in recruiting, but UGA may get some good news out of the state of Florida before the Bulldogs play the Florida Gators.
Tarvarus McFadden, a 5-star defensive back from Plantation, Fla., will announce his college decision between FSU and UGA on Friday.
McFadden told 247sports this week that it's still a tie between his two favorite schools.
But FSU appears to have inside position. The Seminoles are the heavy favorite in the 247sports' Crystal Ball predictions with 79 percent of the votes, with UGA next at 15 percent.
Even if [More]
Ex-UGA football signee plays the waiting game
- 12:05 am Tuesday, October 28th, 2014 by Michael Carvell
Gilbert Johnson, who signed with UGA last year but failed to qualify academically, still considers himself committed to the Bulldogs.
But nobody else is sure if the 3-star wide receiver from Miami will ever play for UGA.
After Johnson fell short of NCAA requirements, he enrolled this summer at Georgia Prep Sports Academy, a prep school in Atlanta.
Johnson had two goals for prep school: To improve his academics and to improve his football skills.
At the end of October, both of Johnson's goals are still a work in progress.
He's missed almost the entire football season after aggravating a knee injury from high [More]
Former Georgia Tech football signee and prep school 'part ways'
- 12:01 am Tuesday, October 28th, 2014 by Michael Carvell
Former Georgia Tech signee Myles Autry is no longer playing football at Georgia Prep Sports Academy.
Autry, who helped Norcross High School win back-to-back state championships in Georgia's largest classification, has "parted ways" with the prep school, according to the team's coach.
"I'm in this business to try to help young men, and I'm trying to help them get a second opportunity," GPSA coach Mike Carson told the AJC. "But when they don't realize the value of this type of situation — to come in here and focus on the things they need to focus on — it's just inevitable that [More]
Good news for UGA with state's top uncommitted football recruit
- 1:46 am Monday, October 27th, 2014 by Michael Carvell
UGA will get an official visit from Roquan Smith, the state's top uncommitted football prospect.
The 4-star linebacker from Macon County High School has decided on four of his five official visits, his coach told the AJC on Sunday night.
Smith, who is rated as the state's No. 7 overall prospect, will take recruiting trips to UGA, Florida, UCLA and LSU. For his fifth visit, Smith is considering several schools, including Ole Miss, Texas A&M, Virginia Tech, USC, and Mississippi State.
"He still hasn't set up any dates for his official visits yet," Macon County coach Larry Harold said. "He's waiting until after [More]
Can UGA overtake Alabama's for nation's No. 1 recruiting class?
- 12:58 am Monday, October 27th, 2014 by Michael Carvell
Can UGA overtake Alabama for the nation's No. 1 recruiting class?
The Bulldogs have 22 commitments, including 5-stars Terry Godwin and Trenton Thompson, and are rated No. 2 in the 247sports composite rankings, which combine the four major recruiting services.
Alabama is at the No. 1 with 21 commitments, including four 5-stars.
Can UGA overtake Alabama for the top spot?
Check out the below video:
Why Georgia Tech's Paul Johnson is having recruiting success
- 5:05 pm Friday, October 24th, 2014 by Michael Carvell
Paul Johnson is having his best year of recruiting – by far – since he was hired as Georgia Tech's coach in 2007.
The Yellow Jackets have 21 commits, and have risen all the way up to the No. 19 spot in the Rivals rankings.
What are the reasons for it? WSB's Zach Klein and the AJC's Michael Carvell discuss the topic in the below video