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The Sioux Falls Argus Leader is running a poll about whether or not the South Dakota abortion ban should be overturned. Right now it's split exactly 50/50.
Why not spend 30 seconds to influence the results?
Thanks to Cari for the heads up!
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Since this is a Sioux Falls news site, and the polling is split 50/50 (not counting the out of state votes that come out from sites like this one soliciting votes)… It seems like there isn't much of a reason from a democratic standpoint to repeal the law.
Also, does anyone have any statistics on how many abortions have been performed in S.D. in the last few years? I seem to remember that the number was rediculously low…like 5 or less per year…with only 2 doctors in the state being on record as performing them. Seems to me that this is an example of Democracy in Action…whether or not you agree with the citizens in this states decision is immaterial…I'm sure that S.D. like many other places contains more women than men, it seems that more women in S.D. are pro-life, as opposed to pro-choice.
Actually, since we collected 38,000 signatures with such ease, and since pro-choice activism has exploded since the ban passed – I'd say more women in SD are pro-choice.
The Argus Leader poll is never an accurate reflection of anything. A great deal of anti-choice people – some of whom are friends of mine – oppose the ban. What's happening with the poll is that various groups are trying to get the message out to their members to go to the site and make it look like SD feels a certain way about a certain issue. So what it reflects is how successful the effort is to get people to the site.
And frankly, the pro-choice community is celebrating today!
If that is in fact true, I'd expect that it will be reflected in the next statewide elections. After all, that IS how democracy works.
I'd still be interested in hearing the statistics as to how many abortions have been performed over the last few years.
Thank you for reminding me how democracy works.
Do you need to be reminded how research works? The numbers you are looking for are easily accessible if you are willing to do a little legwork. Try Guttmacher, SD Dept. of Health, etc. The number of abortions in a state in a given year is a matter of public record.
Are you going to teach me how research works?
We never covered it at the over-crowded public school that I graduated from. I wasn't priveleged enough to be able to afford "Higher Education", and my family thought it would be a horrible idea to take out a education loan, because of the huge interest rates and the fact that as opposed to gaining poor people access to education they are otherwise unable to afford, in practice they actually tend to enslave and cripple poorer people economically much like sharecropping did in the 19th century.(According to the NBC Nightly News reports my family watched) If you don't have the desire or the time to educate me, that is alright with me… I understand that you have a lot of responsibilities and not very much time.
I don't know what Guttmacher is or where to find the SD Dept. of Health, etc. But, I imagine that maybe a search engine like http://www.yahoo.com could help me?
Thank you for your thoughtful and compassionate response.
if anyone has read the rest of the argus….you will see its not all good.
I wonder how many feminists are opposed to the use of abortion as a contraceptive?
I know I am, and am curious as to how many others are like me. It seems to me, like most people assume feminism=supporting the use of abortion as a contraceptive…and I know that I CAN'T be alone.
TheTruth: what do you mean, abortion used as a contraceptive? You do realize abortion is expensive and very uncomfortable. I've never heard of someone choosing to go in for an abortion every month. Do you know someone like this?
Yeah. Don't think so. Just spewing the same old tired pseudo-christian moron nonesense.
Oh, and TheTruth. If you can figure out how to post comments, you can damn well figure out how to use google. Don't use the class card as an excuse for your intentional ignorance and laziness.
Jenna: The article that Katie linked above states that the female health clinic would feature "emergency contraceptives". Since I took "emergency contraceptive" to mean "abortion", since the clinic would in fact provide abortion services, I then deduced that some people must refer to abortion using the more veiled "emergency contraception". I do not support the use of abortion as an "emergency contraception" of any kind, and I was simply asking to hear from others who feel the same way as me.
As far as the research comment is concerned, it was a tongue in cheek reaction to a condescending response. I simply remarked that the actual statistics interested me, and I received a very condescending response. I've always been under the impression that there are no stupid questions, only stupid responses…perhaps that type of ideology is misguided.
I have never known anyone that has gone every month for an abortion. I have known women that have used abortion as an emergency contraceptive. While I haven't agreed with their choices, I have always supported them. I have also known women that have been tempted to use abortion as an emergency contraceptive, and have seen them decide to take their offspring to full-term.
As far as "spewing the same old tired pseudo-christian nonsense" is concerned. Where have you seen me claim to be a Christian? Would a Christian openly support pornography? I would be quite surprised if my religious views were in line with the teachings of the Christian Orthodoxy. I would even be surprised if my morals "mimmicked" Christianity.
Thank you for your scolding once again. I appreciate your warm embrace of challenging ideologies.
TheTruth, emergency contraception is actually kind of a high dose of birth control pills that a woman can take within 72 hours of unprotected sex that will prevent a pregnancy–not end one. For more info, you should check out Planned Parenthood.
seriously the truth….i dont know a single feminist that supports abortion as a form of contraception. maybe you should just suck it up and pay those interest rates bc you are disturbingly ignorant. if you have enough money and time to have a computer, the internet, and the ability to harass us on here, the you have the ability, money, and time to research feminism. have you ONCE heard a woman on here say they support abortion as a form of birth control?
most women who have had abortions that i know were using contraception. most feminist support a woman's right to choose under any circumstance, but most would not agree with the idea that a woman can be irresponsible regarding birth control and have abortions left and right if she happens to get pregnant.
also, in SD they have outlawed abortion even in instances of rape and incest, and i dont know how a person who claims to be human can support a policy like that. what pro lifers are also doing are trying to undermine contraception which makes NO sense, seeing as how it is clearly much better if we prevent unwanted pregnancies to begin with.
i just dont understand how you can be so thickheaded and blind to the truth, unless you just dont want to see it
yes emergency contraceptives are not abortion. abortion is not an emergency contraceptive because contraceptive means not allowing conception to take place. if you are having an ABORTION it means CONTRACEPTION has already taken place. EC and RU-486 are two entirely different things. maybe you should spend less time on here annoying people and more time googling some terms.
and yes, dont use the class BS.
Thanks, Jessica, I am aware of that type of emergency contraception.
What I am confused about is whether or not Ms. Fire Thunder's description of the Women's Health Clinic was trying to disguise the fact that abortions would be available there, or if the abortion issue is a red herring and abortions will not be available at her clinic.
And I'm aware that abortion can not be technically considered "contraception" because "contraception" prevents "conception" and after "conception" terminating a pregnancy is considered "abortion". The use of language in the article linked above confused me is all.
Katie, so you are in favor of using abortion as a way to supplement contraception?
I consider that use of abortion (to supplement contraception when contraception fails) as using abortion as a form of contraceptive.
And yes, I am politically against South Dakotas policy…however, I am a states rights advocate at the same time. While I know that simply saying SD's policy is "not my problem" is irresponsible, I do have faith in their political system to amend what I see as a rediculous policy. I also think that since it is a South Dakotan issue and not an issue involving my home state, I have no responsibility nor any right to stick my fat head into their political sphere. If they ask me for my opinion as an outsider, I would give it, but I don't think it's my place to tell them how to run their state.
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The Truth – the tone of my response to you was prompted by your comment "that IS how democracy works." If you are disheartened by the responses you are receiving, you might want to examine the tone of your own comments. I apologize if I misread you. You can easily google "Alan Guttmacher" and "South Dakota Department of Health" to look for the statistics you are interested in.
I don't know where you are posting from, but I'm in SD, and most of us feel that what has happened here has been a sad example of democracy NOT operating as it should. I've written about this:
I have watched anti-choice people manipulate the political process – and the research process, laying aside scientific data because it disagreed with their conclusions – in order to fashion this ban. So I am especially sensitive to what comes across as someone lecturing me about what is and what isn't democracy. What happened here was not democratic decision-making, but hopefully we are on the way back to a democracy. (and by the way – the abortion ban is unconstitutional, and its proponents knew that – that's why they did it: to challenge Roe v. Wade.)
supplement would mean "in addition to". if a person gets pregnant and they were being careful and doing their best to avoid getting pregnant in the first place then yes i do support them getting an abortion. especially if they are 21 years old and it wouldnt do anyone any good to have that child.
i dont think i have to explain myself when it comes to rape, incest, or the mothers life is in danger.
I consider that use of abortion (to supplement contraception when contraception fails) as using abortion as a form of contraceptive.
So, you are going to view abortion as contraception with no proof that it is and without making an argument that it is. If abortion is used to discontinue an unwanted pregancy that resulted because of failed BC, or lack of access to good BC, or pure ignorance, that isn't using abortion as contraception. Got it? It isn't that hard to understand. Abortion as contraception would be going in every month and getting a D&C just in case. That doesn't happen. Therefore, abortion is not equal to contraception.
As for the pCm stuff, I didn't say you WERE a pCm. I said you are using their words.
And I fail to see how even those people who support state's rights would support the state's right to determine the legality of a private medical procedure. Baffling.
PlainsFeminist-I'm sorry that I caused the original offense by emphasizing the word IS, that was counterproductive, you're right. Thanks for the links, I do plan on reading them and researching more. I just find the abortion argument to be a personally divisive argument for me as a feminist. Just because I am a feminist does not mean I toe a strict Pro-Choice line, and the appearance of an assumption that I do and have to as a feminist really gets under my skin. I hope you understand.
Katie- I understand your point, and I disagree. I think in the rare instances that contraceptions fail (i.e. the pill fails, the shot fails, vasectomies fail…etc.) than I think that the mother should take the child to full term. While I know you disagree and argue that it "inconveniences" a 21 year olds life, I think the benefits far outweigh the negatives. If the woman does not desire to raise a child, there are many adoption options and agencies devoted to placing healthy newborns in loving families of all races (and even gay families!).
On the other hand I do agree in emergency abortions for medical reasons and in the cases of rape or incest. You have no argument from me there.
And yes, Supplement does mean "in addition to". I do not support abortions in the case of failed contraceptives. That is exactly what I was saying. Sorry if I was "obtuse".
while clearly i am on your side, i would have to say that going every month to get a D&C would not equal contrception. I think what he means is that people just have sex, and if they get pregnant they have an abortion. he means "as a form of birth control" even though he is not being smart and using "contraception". either way, MOST abortions are not bc the woman is too lazy to protect herself and she just goes out and gets an abortion whenever she gets pregnant. i DONT support that but it doesnt happen often at all.
I think in the rare instances that contraceptions fail (i.e. the pill fails, the shot fails, vasectomies fail…etc.) than I think that the mother should take the child to full term. While I know you disagree and argue that it "inconveniences" a 21 year olds life, I think the benefits far outweigh the negatives.
What benefits? The benefits of bringing an unwanted child into a world that has far too many people to begin with? The costs associated with proper pre-natal and post-natal care? The costs associated with giving birth? The risks to the mother's life and health? What benefits, exactly?
And while you may, personally, feel that a woman who becomes pregnant by accident should bear a child, that is far different than forcing a woman who has become pregnant to bear a child. One is your feeling. The other is invading and controlling another human's physical being. You are free to live your life however you choose, so long as you do no harm to anyone else. You are not free to impose your opinion of moral behavior on someone via legislation. See the distinction?
you are right, as a white, adopted child myself i am fully aware there ARE plenty of adoption options. UNLESS you are anything BUT white. it's sad, but true. what about the poor black girl whose boyfriend is leaving her and doesnt have the support of a family bc of institutionalized racism and being a product of the ghetto? then what? you still think she should carry the kid to term?
Katie, your point makes the assumption that their are no middle class (and above) blacks that desire to and have the means to adopt a child. There actually are. I find that point to be awkwardly and backhandedly racist (at best).
No need to be condescending bc I do know there are many middle class black families who have the MEANS to adopt a child. Most middle class black families, just like most middle class white families, dont end up adopting children. I in no way agree with the realities of this particular situation (seeing as how I plan to adopt children -black, white, asian i dont care they are children in need of a home and I was fortunate enough to be given one I want to do the same for another child), however, they are just that, realities. In fact, I would argue that the very people who argue for adoption being an option are the LAST people who would adopt any baby, much less one outside of their own race. It's a proven fact that liberals adopt in higher numbers than conservatives.
Don't pull the race card on me, it's not going to work and it shows a sad lack of ability to form a coherent argument.
"most feminist support a woman's right to choose under any circumstance, but most would not agree with the idea that a woman can be irresponsible regarding birth control and have abortions left and right if she happens to get pregnant."
I'm confused by this statement. If you disagree that a woman can "have abortions left and right", do you think that there should be a limit to the number of abortions a woman can have?
As I am pro-abortion, I would not view a woman who had one abortion any differently than a woman who had 10 (I personally know a woman who had 3).
Katie, do not accuse me of pulling out the race card, when it is in fact you who pulled it out in the first place.
Also, try not to generalize. You have no statistics concerning pro-adoptionists and their propensity to or not adopt children. The only couples that I know who have adopted children are actually pro-lifers, and they actually decided to adopt by choice (they decided that since they have been given privelege in this world, that it's their responsibility to share that privelege with others as opposed to bringing children into this world to hog the privelege to themselves.) Of course I am young, and as I grow older, I expect to know many people of various religious affiliations who will have adopted children. I am definitely not trying to say that all couples who adopt are in similar circumstances at all.
Because we disagree is no reason to start discussing hypotheticals that may or may not be true. I don't think it furthers you're argument at all.
Speaking of spending thirty seconds on something, the Louisiana house right now is voting on SB33, a trigger law that would ban abortion, with exceptions only for life of the mother or in the case of "permanent impairment of a life sustaining organ or organs." They have just rejected amendments for exceptions for rape and incest, as well as several amendments related to providing emergency contraception. It's a fucking train wreck, 'scuse my french, and it's going to pass. I've never been so depressed in my life.
Now it's Yes 55% to No 45%.
"I consider that use of abortion (to supplement contraception when contraception fails) as using abortion as a form of contraceptive."
Contraception, by definition, prevents conception. Abortion, by definition, terminates a pregnancy, which kind of requires that conception have already taken place.
"Also, does anyone have any statistics on how many abortions have been performed in S.D. in the last few years? I seem to remember that the number was rediculously low…like 5 or less per year…with only 2 doctors in the state being on record as performing them . . . It seems that more women in S.D. are pro-life, as opposed to pro-choice."
Or maybe more women in South Dakota can't get the money together to afford the abortion . . . not to mention traveling to the one clinic that performs them, taking off work for not only travel but an extra day off for the mandatory waiting period, arranging child care, et cetera.
Before you can consider people's inclinations, you need to take their abilities into account. A high percentage of starving children in a third-world country does not mean they're all suffering from anorexia.
More bad news, incidentally:
The rest of the people in charge of Pine Ridge Reservation are somewhat hostile to the idea of the place becoming an island of freedom in a sea of misogyny.
It was 800 abortions in South Dakota a year.
And the poll is now 43 – 56%
I will fight for the right for a woman's right to have an abortion whenever she choices. I will fight for a woman's right to have as many abortions as she choices. I will fight for a woman's right to use abortion as birth control. And I will fight for a woman's right to never have an abortion if she doesn't want.
I don't have to agree with a woman's decision. I can don't have to have to want to have an abortion myself. I will support, campaign and advocate for a woman to have access to reliable and safe birth control so that she doesn't have to have an abortion. But I sure as hell will fight for a woman's right to have an abortion under any and all circumstances that are of her choosing. That's what it means for me to be a feminist.
I recently read (maybe Alternet.org) an interview with President Cecilia Fire Thunder in which she talks about abortion methods used by early Native American women.
Isn't it time we (women) got serious about finding ways that we can terminate unwanted pregnancies ourselves?
I've read about menstrual extraction devices, pennyroyal tea, etc.
Can we band together and financially support research into safe and user-friendly abortion methods?
We can send a man to the moon–why can't we provide women with the knowledge to control their reproductive systems?
We can't depend on the government–we need to do it ourselves.
If anyone knows of an organization that is working toward this end, please let us know. I'll gladly send a check to support their efforts.
What you anti-choicers aren't thinking about is the future. Think about it. It's 2008 and abortion is illegal. A 15 year old girl gets raped, has an abortion, and is sent to juvenile hall until she's 18. Maybe the illegal abortion punctured her uterus and the prosecution confiscated and used it as material evidence in the trial against her. Or a woman is thinking about having an abortion, and her boyfriend calls the authorities, who shackle her to her bed for the remainder of her pregnancy, grant custody of the baby to the father, and jail her after the baby is born. That's what the future would look like if abortion were illegal. How are we going to prosecute women and girls who've decided they weren't in a position to carry a baby to term? How are we going to do that in a society where many pharmacists refuse to dispense emergency contraception for "moral" reasons, even though it prevents HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF ABORTIONS EACH YEAR?
I'm not going to go around celebrating abortion like it's the greatest thing in the world or the apex of feminist achievement or anything, but it needs to be legal AND safe because the alternative will hurt more women and babies. Just look at El Salvador, where abortion is illegal, and women, many of them mothers, are jailed for up to thirty years for their choice not to carry their pregnancy to term. It's sickening and sad.
I am an animal rights activist and value life in all of its phases and all its incarnations–so I understand how easy it is to let the pro-lifers pull at your heartstrings with tales of abortions-gone-wrong and so-called "partial birth" abortions, but you need to understand that feminists aren't being flippant about abortion, either. It's a serious procedure–which is why it needs to be kept legal so that it's only done by professionals who can honor a woman's often very difficult choice to terminate her pregnancy. The alternative is just…horrible.
personally, if a woman has had 10 abortions, i would view her as horribly irresponsible and careless, unless of course it was the result of something against her control. what i meant raging moderate is that i dont think most feminists would support abortion AS a sole means of birth control. however, you wont see me (any other pro choice feminist) fighting for a limit on abortions. i might not agree with someone who has 10 abortions, but i will fight for her right to do so. its a slippery slope once you start putting a number on something like that.


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I'm not saying this to be rude or attention seeking, it's just a reality. Especially since I don't have a relationship with you guys – I'm not here often enough for you to "know" me. Oh sure, there are a small handful of you that have probably known me for awhile, and I sincerely know that you do care in some way or another… as much as online relationships develop.
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A+ Roofing cited 5 prior times, faces $61,600 in fines
CONCORD, New Hampshire – Employees of Ken Stanley, doing business as A+ Roofing, were exposed to potentially fatal falls of up to 25 feet at a job site due to their employer's failure to ensure the use of required fall protection. The Milton-based roofing contractor, who has been cited five times previously for the same hazard, faces $61,600 in proposed fines from the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
OSHA opened its inspection in June 2014. A concerned passer-by, who saw employees exposed to falls as they installed a roof on the Riverside Garage, contacted OSHA. The agency found eight employees working at heights of up to 25 feet without fall protection.
"There was nothing to prevent these workers from falling more than two stories to the ground below. They were at risk of death or disabling injuries. Their employer, with a history of similar violations, knew that the lack of fall protection violated workplace safety standards," said Rosemarie Ohar, OSHA's area director for New Hampshire.
OSHA observed that employees working on the ground were not wearing head protection to safeguard against being struck by falling objects, another hazard for which OSHA had previously cited the business. As a result, OSHA cited the contactor for two willful violations, with $55,000 in fines.
A willful violation is one committed with intentional, knowing or voluntary disregard for the law's requirements, or with plain indifference to worker safety and health. A+ Roofing was cited by OSHA five times between 2004 and 2013 for similar fall hazards at work sites in Northwood, North Conway and Keene; Kittery, Maine; and Haverhill, Massachusetts.
Three serious violations, with $6,600 in fines, were cited for additional hazards at the Somersworth job site. They included lack of fall protection training, no protection against eye injuries for employees using pneumatic nail guns and no fire extinguisher where containers of gasoline were present on-site. A serious violation occurs when there is substantial probability that death or serious physical harm could result from a hazard about which the employer knew or should have known.
Falls are the number one killer in construction work. To raise awareness of fall hazards and safeguards among workers, employers and the public, OSHA has created a Stop Falls Web page with detailed information in English and Spanish on fall protection standards. The page offers fact sheets, posters and videos that vividly illustrate various fall hazards and appropriate preventive measures.
"A fall can occur in less time than it takes to finish this sentence. If you fall and there is no effective fall protection in place and in use, gravity will take over and your life or career could end in seconds," said Jeffrey Erskine, OSHA's acting deputy regional administrator for New England. "Employers, it is imperative that you plan ahead to get the job done safely, provide your employees with the right equipment and train them to use it properly."


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Once Enemies, Now They March Together: Organized Labor Expected to Join Wall Street Protest
Organized labor will serve notice today on the bankers and the politicians that the young protesters of Occupy Wall Street speak for millions. The labor rally will signal just how far unions have come since that infamous day 41 years ago, when bands of construction workers rampaged through the Financial District and City Hall, writes Democracy Now! co-host Juan Gonzalez in today's NY Daily News.
Frances Fox Piven at Occupy Wall Street: "We Desperately Need a Popular Uprising in the U.S."
CUNY professor Frances Fox Piven recently spoke with Democracy Now!'s Mike Burke at the Occupy Wall Street protest. "I think we desperately need a popular uprising in the United States," Piven said. "I study movements. [None of us] know the exact formula, when those movements erupt. But it could be. And if that's true, then these people who are here are really wonderful." [includes rush transcript]
Democracy Now! Journalists Announce Major Settlement in Federal Lawsuit Challenging Police and U.S. Secret Service Crackdown on Media at 2008 Republican National Convention
Today, award-winning journalist Amy Goodman announced that a final settlement has been reached in a federal lawsuit brought by Goodman and Democracy Now! producers Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar against the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul and the U.S. Secret Service, challenging the policies and conduct of law enforcement at the 2008 Republican National Convention in the Twin Cities. Goodman and her colleagues were unlawfully arrested and subject to excessive force while reporting on public protest and political dissent surrounding the convention. [includes rush transcript]
Cornel West on Occupy Wall Street: It's the Makings of a U.S. Autumn Responding to the Arab Spring
"We're talking about a democratic awakening," said Dr. Cornel West when he spoke with Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman during a visit Tuesday night to the Occupy Wall Street encampment. [includes rush transcript]
Michael Moore: Man Interviewed by Democracy Now! Inspired My Georgia Boycott over Troy Davis Execution
Filmmaker Michael Moore describes how he was inspired to boycott Georgia by one of the people Democracy Now! interviewed at the protest outside the prison shortly after news of Troy Davis's execution was announced. [includes rush transcript]
Climate Change Protests Heat Up
Last week, far out in the Arctic Ocean, the Greenpeace vessel Arctic Sunrise approached a Russian oil-drilling platform and launched a nonviolent protest, with several protesters scaling the side of the platform. They wanted to draw attention to a dangerous precedent being set. The platform, the Prirazlomnaya, owned by Russian gas giant Gazprom, is the first to begin oil production in the dangerous, ice-filled waters of the Arctic.
Bogus Postal Service Crisis Deserves to Get a Return to Sender
Democracy Now! co-host Juan Gonzalez writes in the NY Daily News that the idea that local post offices, the most visible neighborhood presence of our national government for more than 200 years, face financial default on Sept. 30 is truly astounding. Yet, that's exactly what will happen unless the politicians in Washington act quickly.
Palestinian Human Rights Lawyer Raji Sourani on U.N. Statehood Bid, Peace Process, Gaza Siege
As the United Nations Security Council considers the Palestinian bid for statehood, we speak with human rights lawyer, Raji Sourani, director of the Palestinian Center for Human Rights in Gaza and Vice President of the International Federation for Human Rights.
Democracy Now! 6-Hour Live Broadcast from Troy Davis Execution: Did Georgia Execute an Innocent Man?
Troy Anthony Davis, who maintained his innocence until his last breath, was executed by the state of Georgia Wednesday night. As the world watched to see whether his final appeal for a stay of execution would be granted by the U.S. Supreme Court, Democracy Now! broadcast live for six hours from outside the prison grounds where Davis was ultimately killed by lethal injection at 11:08 p.m. EDT. [includes rush transcript]
Author Ron Suskind on Obama's Evolution amidst Unprecedented Economic and International Challenges
In part two of our interview with veteran journalist Ron Suskind about his explosive new book, "Confidence Men: Wall Street, Washington, and the Education of a President," he examines the challenges faced by President Obama and his evolution as a leader. [includes rush transcript]
After 2 Years Behind Bars, Jailed U.S. Hikers Freed in Iran
The U.S. hikers Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal have been released in Iran after two years in prison on charges of espionage. Bauer and Fattal were granted bail earlier today and handed over to Swiss diplomats. The pair were arrested in 2009, along with Sarah Shourd, while hiking near the Iran-Iraq border. We get reaction from Esther Kaplan of the Nation Institute, a colleague of the hikers who last year published an extensive investigation reporting that they were arrested on the Iraqi side of the Iran-Iraq border—not in Iran as the Iranian government has claimed. [includes rush transcript]
Pt. 2: Noam Chomsky on Libya, Israel & GOP Presidential Candidates' "Utterly Outlandish" Positions
In our extended interview with Noam Chomsky, he discusses the case against participating in Libya's civil war, the increasing isolation of Israel in the Middle East, and his shock at the Republican presidential candidates' positions on issues such as climate change. [includes rush transcript]
9/11's Footprint on America: Democracy Now on Pacifica Radio's Memorial Broadcast
Democracy Now! kicked off Pacifica Radio's 9/11 anniversary special on Sunday with an hour of voices from our coverage in the past decade. The memorial broadcast began the way Sept. 11, 2001, began for many Pacifica listeners, with Amy Goodman reporting 'live' from New York, just a few blocks away from where the planes hit the World Trade Center towers.
Americans Say No to Another Middle East War
The likelihood of peace in Syria remains distant, as the civil war there rages on. But the grim prospect of a U.S. strike has been forestalled, if only temporarily, preventing a catastrophic deepening of the crisis there.
The 9/11 Decade: Voices of Dissent on Democracy Now!
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Book Excerpt / MP3: "Blowback"–A Look Back at the 9/11 Attacks
As the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks approaches, read a chapter of Amy and David Goodman's book, "Exception to the Rulers," on 9/11, the families of the 9/11 victims who called for peace, the other September 11ths and more. The chapter is titled "Blowback."
Army Widow Calls for Recognition of Husband's Service After He Commits Suicide Ahead of Redeployment
We continue our interview with Ashley Joppa-Hagemann, the widow of a U.S. Army Ranger who confronted former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld about her husband's suicide ahead of his eighth deployment overseas. She calls for a military memorial, and notes she has not received a condolence letter from President Obama. We also speak with Jorge Gonzalez, a member of Iraq Veterans Against the War, about the campaign to end the redeployment of all traumatized troops from Iraq and Afghanistan.
Egyptians Defend Viral Video Activist Charged in Military Court
Democracy Now correspondent, Sharif Abdel Kouddous, reports in The Nation magazine that one of Egypt's most prominent activists faces prosecution in a military court for speaking out against the Supreme Council of Armed Forces that came to power following Mubarak's ouster.
Book Excerpt: "Hiroshima Cover-up: How the War Department's Timesman Won a Pulitzer"
As the 66th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima, read a chapter of Amy and David Goodman's book, "Exception to the Rulers," to learn how how the Pulitzer Prize–winning science reporter, William L. Laurence, was on the payroll of the War Department while also reporting for The New York Times on the U.S. attacks and their aftermath.
The Hiroshima Cover-Up
The discovery of reporter George Weller's firsthand account of conditions in post-nuclear Nagasaki sheds light on one of the great journalistic betrayals of the last century: the cover-up of the effects of the atomic bombing on Japan.
By Amy Goodman with Denis Moynihan There is a database with your name in it ... that is, if you live in one of the 28 states participating in the Interstate Voter Registration Crosscheck Program. It's one of the components of an aggressive drive across the U.S. by Republicans to stop many Americans from voting.
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You people need to get off of Costas. He is a smart man who has expressed conservative views and liberal ones. Get over it. We are becoming the Democrats with Lieberman... if a peson doesn't fall in line 100% throw them under the bus.......... is that the new slogan?
Almost half DO NOT PAY ONE SINGLE DIME IN FEDERAL INCOME TAX. Does that spell it out for you? No one has ever said they don't pay other taxes. If you take into account every single tax we do pay, almost ALL Americans pay over 40% in taxes throughout the year. But you want more......
Yes... back in the day when we had values and morals and tried to instaill them into our children was horrible....
Newt's right. Many of you out there will be blind to the notion and think it won't happen and won't want to believe it... but, if Hillary runs, she will ALMOST be unbeatable. The economy is going to bounce back some regardless of what Obama does. He is going to get cradit and Hillary is going to ride in saying "more time" to make it even better and to state her case as to why she would have been better at foriegn policy (and she probably would have been). This is why what Ann Coulter said makes complete sense. The Republicans cannot win and cannot win the marketing campaign in the media. They should stand down and let Obama and the Dems do what they want economically so that own it 100% and cannot blame republicans for...
I watched this movie and laughed to myself that the week before it came out many on the left wanted to connect Bane to Bain. I laughed because as I watched is was extremely loud and clear that this was a conservative movie. Obama and the left with OWS was Bane and the whole French Revolution thing was obvious. It is very clear that thi is lambasting the OWS and French revolution mindset. Notice how we have not heard another word this week from the left trying to associate this movie in some way against Romney? It is because it is clearly against the economic ideology of Obama & OWS.
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Tort reform is MUCH higher because they do not take into account the Doctor's liability insurance needed for private practice (MIN. of $1 million in Florida) nor do they take into account the Doctors who have left or never started practices because of it.
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I want Romney with Rubio as VP I want Bolton to be named Sec of State I want Ryan in charge of the Budget, whatever position that is I want Powell as Sec of Defense or, at the very least, a past General with real experience, not just a General promoted because of ties to one party or the other.
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The bottom line is this is a VERY serious cover up and the reasons for not giving up the documentation to the oversight comittee is very flimsy. Another example of Obama's "transparency". As for "Wide reciever". it is irrelevent. It was a COMPLETELY different program from F & F and was discontinued by the Bush Administration when there was the slightest hint that something could go wrong.
Sounds to me like he worked for it. His problem, and yours should be as well, is the fraud and abuse wasting billions
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I do not understand why so many think there has to be a creator OR evolution? Personally, I believe in both. Quite honestly, to say there is no God is like saying there is no starting point. If the Universe is constantly expanding and creatures evolving, then those two things alone prove there must be a starting point: aka - God.


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Flight Anthology Switches Publishers
Submitted by Erik Melander on June 10, 2005 - 14:44
Newsarama has an interview with Kazu Kibuishi regarding the Flight anthology's move from Image to Ballantine. Ballantine is a part of book publisher Random House.
In related news, Kibuishi recently announced his engagement to comic creator Amy Kim Ganter. Both Kibuishi and Ganter are nominated for a number of Web Cartoonists Choice Awards.
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by andrael - 06/10/2005 - 16:25
My first thought was, "Oh my God, their babies will draw the most mind-blowingly gorgeous backgrounds in the UNIVERSE."
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I was going to say something along the same lines.
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Hey, good for both of them.


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TMZ has obtained the mug shot for the woman who claims she's Justin Bieber's baby mama ... taken moments after she was arrested for allegedly slapping her ex-BF last year ... the OTHER guy she accused of fathering her child.
As we previously reported, Mariah Yeater was charged with battery in December 2010 for slapping her ex-BF John Terranova ... after she told the guy he was the father of her then-unborn baby.
John claims the baby isn't his -- ditto for Bieber.
Yeater is due back in a Vegas courtroom in the near future.
Does she look a little like Linda McCartney?
I knew this wasn't true, justin is my lover and he's not interested in these hoochies. He likes the italian salami slathered in mayonaise, yummmy.
Ah she is one of those women. Just like men who cheat give all men a bad name, women who run around saying every guy they slept with is the father of their kid make all women look bad. It is pathetic when someone tries to use a innocent baby like that.
See Justin squeezing Selena's butt here!
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Hell, if its true + his, parents can take that kid back up 2 CAN cause it has Dual & tell her 2 **** off cause she's a criminal and the child and JB r both babies.
Come on Freaky B. take the test!
Know what Tafkaht thinks? I'm going to tell you anyway....you should put this chick on the payroll. She has done something in a few days, something NOBODY else has been able to do in the past....what? Three years?
She made you interesting.
she's is pretty, but she maybe a pretty good LIAR TOO... OR???
Just do the DNA tests.
I wonder how her new one will compare?
Are you sure she's 20? She looks THIRTY. Maybe it's the eyes...
What a stupid whore....why would it get to this level when there are no pictures, no evidence, just someone trying to get their -5 minutes of fame! Drop this bitch like a bad herpes incident.
Hey...you guys ran a picture of LINDA MCCARTNEY instead of that lyin' skank accusing the Bieb...just FYI..
She looks like Misha Barton!!!!
She Got her 15 Minutes of Fame.......Beiber has alot of Crazy fans,, Why should he give a DNA? This girl is just looking for a payday. Im sure the Ex Boyfriend or who ever was in between fathere the Baby. She most Likely does not even knowherself. Shes tryin it all. Feel sorry For Beiber with a Nut like this Stalker.
This lady is not stable and needs help, I don't believe it's about the money at all.
The media should back off, its not cool when someone is clearly mentally ill.
Justin has the means to deal with it, he dosent need the media as back up.


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Some scary moments at one area pool when a six-year-old boy is found floating in the water.
It happened around 5:30 Saturday evening at the Barracks West Apartments.
Authorities say some people at the pool saw the child in the water.
He was unconscious and not breathing.
They pulled him from the water and gave him CPR and that's when he began breathing again.
"Children just have a tendancy to wonder curiously. So, anything you can do to protect them from an incident like this, even if you weren't being neglectful, if you turn your head for a minute and your child falls in without a floatee, that can turn into a serious incident," said Sgt. Pam Greenwood, with the Albemarle County Police Deprtment.
The boy was taken to UVA Medical Center.
Police say it's not clear how long the boy was in the water, but he's expected to be okay.
Meanwhile police also say the parents could face child neglect charges, if it looks like they weren't watching their child.
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An ever-expanding swell, a mass grey and bleak. Its arms stretch towards the infinite, wrapping the world in a blurry totality. Here it is complete, encompassing. Wind howls and screams lost, for the fog is all. Murk that cannot be challenged. A submerged cry is to be but smothered here, in the din, as we are lost.
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A subtle drop. Resonances hover in the background, a calm eeriness, one that is tough to shake, as if one more second could lead to the scrambling. The uneasiness lingers and lingers, coloring what is normally wrought heavy with a lighter shade, a defter touch. Tenderness, even.
Raum, Event of Your Leaving
A gentle, wintry drift - a sigh. The passing which is let go. That sigh is held onto, for what feels like an eternity, as the emptiness blows through. The spectral shadow lingers, distant yet near. Solitude if need be, but a haunted solitude, alone and unsure, disembodied. This is your passing.
Well I guess it's already pushing the end of the year - I haven't written nearly as much as I would've like to, but at least something came out…I will most likely be trying to touch on many of the releases I didn't get the chance to properly take in and digest over the year these next months or two, and I will be throwing the very best over here. Hope you enjoy.


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I Working In a Small Firm registered under Factories act want to know the minimum Wages for Karnataka state for the Financial year 2014-15. Do anyone has Notification or book available for the same.
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Dear Vinay,
as per the karnataka minimum wages act in karnataka every march 26 the corrected minimum wages will be posted in websites for users. by 25th the corrected wages will go to gezetted for approval post to that the data will be available
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Dear Vivek, Thanks for Your Valuable reply. looking forward for the Gazette approval post. Rgds Vinayak
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Dear All I would like to have the minimum wages details of Hotel industry of Karnataka State for the year 2014 - 2015. Thanks S.Premkumar
Dear All I would like to have the minimum wages list for TILE INDUSTRY of Karnataka State for 2014-2015. Thanks, Rama Devi.S
Dear Sir, Can any one help me out with the minimum wages list of TILE INDUSTRY of Karnataka State for the year 2014-2015. Thanks Rama Devi.S
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The Conservation Board staff reviewed the standards required for conditional use and the Anna Louise Inn's application, concluding that the facility should be allowed to operate as a "special assistance shelter."
The Board is expected to rule on the permit Aug. 27 after receiving the recommendation and hearing testimony from the Inn's administrators and supporters. Representatives from Western & Southern Financial Group, which sued the Anna Louise Inn over zoning violations in 2011, will also have an opportunity to testify.
CityBeat last week reported the details of Western & Southern's failure to purchase the Anna Louise Inn when it had the chance and the company's subsequent attempts to force the Inn out of the neighborhood ("Surrounded by Skyscrapers", issue of Aug. 15).
Tim Burke, lawyer for the Anna Louise Inn, is pleased with the staff's determination that the renovation met all qualifications for conditional use.
"I was certainly optimistic that we would get a positive recommendation," Burke says. "This is obviously an extremely positive recommendation and we agree with it."
The staff recommendation states that the Anna Louise Inn "creates, maintains and enhances areas for residential developments that complement and support the downtown core" and that "no evidence has been presented of any negative public health, safety, welfare or property injury due to the current use." It also notes that "the Anna Louise Inn is a point of reference from which all other new and renovated buildings must be designed in order to be compatible with the district."
The Anna Louise Inn only applied for the conditional use permit because Judge Norbert Nadel ruled in Western & Southern's favor on May 4, determining that the Inn is a "special assistance shelter" rather than "transitional housing," which froze $12.6 million in city- and state-distributed loans for the Inn's planned renovation. The Anna Louise Inn appealed that decision but also applied for the conditional use permit from the Conservation Board under the judge's definition, because special assistance shelters qualify for conditional use permits under the city's zoning code.
Francis Barrett, lawyer for Western & Southern, appears to have taken exception to the Anna Louise Inn's application. He sent a letter to the Conservation Board Aug. 20 stating that "the description of the proposed uses set forth in the application for conditional use approval … is not the same as nor consistent with the Court's decision."
Barrett didn't return a message left by CityBeat with the receptionist at his law firm after a Western & Southern media relations representative directed CityBeat to contact him there. Francis Barrett is the brother of Western & Southern CEO John F. Barrett.
UPDATE: Francis Barrett returned CityBeat's call after this story was published. His comments are at the end.
Burke doesn't know what Barrett meant by suggesting that the proposed uses in the Anna Louise Inn's application for conditional use don't follow Nadel's May 4 ruling.
"We're doing what they argued in court," Burke says. "Judge Nadel's decision doesn't ever exactly say 'you're a special assistance shelter.' It certainly refers to the Off the Streets program that way and it certainly refers to (the Anna Louise Inn) as a single unified use. It says 'go back to the appropriate administrators and seek conditional use approval.' That's what we're doing."
Stephen MacConnell, president and CEO of Cincinnati Union Bethel, which owns the Anna Louise Inn, says the hearing will involve testimony from himself and Mary Carol Melton, CUB executive vice president, along with supporters of the Anna Louise Inn.
"We'll bring a few witnesses just to basically lay out the situation," MacConnell says. "The board will already have the staff recommendation, so the witnesses that we'll bring will briefly testify about how we meet the required standards."
Western & Southern will have a chance to appeal if the Historic Conservation Board grants the conditional use permit. Burke expects that to happen.
"What I'm pissed about is Western & Southern, they don't give a damn," Burke says. "We can do exactly what Judge Nadel told us to do and get it approved as a conditional use. They will appeal it to the zoning board of appeals. We can win it there and they will appeal it and get it back in front of Judge Nadel and then I don't know what will happen."
The hearing is scheduled to take place at 3 p.m. Monday, Aug. 27 at Centennial Plaza Two, 805 Central Ave., Seventh Floor.
UPDATE 5:36 P.M.: Regarding the letter Francis Barrett sent the Conservation Board Aug. 20 stating that "the description of the proposed uses set forth in the application for conditional use approval … is not the same as nor consistent with the Court's decision," Barrett said Friday evening: "I just felt that the description in the submission was different from the description in the decision. I would say it was just not complete."
When asked for specifics, Barrett said: "I'd have to get the decision out and look at it carefully. I don't have it in front of me I just thought in general."
Barrett said Western & Southern will give a presentation to the Historic Conservation Board on Monday but declined to elaborate because it wasn't finalized.
When asked if Western & Southern will appeal a ruling in favor of the Anna Louise Inn, Barrett said: "It all depends what the decision states."
The endorsement group of the Cincinnati Democratic Committee (CDC) recommended a full slate of candidates – featuring four incumbents and five challengers – tonight that included some surprises. Among the non-incumbents recommended for endorsement is a former investigative reporter for WCPO-TV (Channel 9) and an Avondale neighborhood activist who once worked for then-Mayor Charlie Luken. Also, a candidate endorsed by Democrats in 2007 but who didn't win a council seat was rebuffed by the party this time.
The Anna Louise Inn today won another case in front of the Cincinnati Zoning Board of Appeals. The ruling upheld a Historic Conservation Board decision that gave Cincinnati Union Bethel, which owns the inn, a conditional use permit that will allow the social service agency to carry on with a planned $13 million renovation. Western & Southern in a statement given to reporters following the decision vowed to appeal the ruling.
At the hearing, Western & Southern attorney Francis Barrett, who is
the brother of Western & Southern CEO John Barrett, continued his
argument that the Anna Louise Inn is a "high-crime area." The accusation
is meant to disqualify the Inn for the conditional use permit, which
requires that the building's use will not be detrimental to public
health and safety or negatively affect property values in the
neighborhood. During an Aug. 27 hearing, the Historic Conservation Board found no direct evidence connecting residents of the Anna Louise Inn to
criminal activity in the neighborhood.
Barrett also emphasized Western & Southern's stance that continuing on the current path set by the Historic Conservation Board is a waste of taxpayer money because the Inn is receiving public funds. Barrett labeled the funds "excessive expenditures." However, that argument has little bearing on whether the Inn deserves a conditional use permit, because it's not relevant to zoning laws and rules.
Tim Burke, Cincinnati Union Bethel's attorney, began his defense of the Anna Louise Inn by calling the ongoing case one of the most "frustrating" of his career. He suggested Western & Southern is just continuing its attempts to delay the Inn's renovations as much as possible.
Regarding the charge that the Anna Louise Inn has adverse effects on public health and safety, Burke told the Zoning Board of Appeals that the only adverse effect is on Western & Southern because "they want the property and can't get it." He claimed there is no proof that the Anna Louise Inn perpetuates crime in the area, and testimony and evidence presented in the case has proven as much.
The case is only one of many in the ongoing conflict between Cincinnati Union Bethel and Western & Southern, which CityBeat previously covered in-depth ("Surrounded by Skyscrapers," issue of Aug. 15). Cincinnati Union Bethel wants to renovate the Anna Louise Inn in part with $10 million in tax credit financing from the Ohio Housing Finance Agency and a $2.6 million loan funded by U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development that was awarded by the city. Western & Southern says it wants to use the Lytle Park area, where the Inn is located, for private economic development.
The series of cases began when Judge Norbert Nadel ruled on May 27 that the Anna Louise Inn classifies as a "special assistance shelter," which requires a different kind of zoning permit than the previous classification of "transitional housing." That ruling was appealed by Cincinnati Union Bethel to the Ohio First District Court of Appeals, which held hearings on Oct. 30 and is expected to give a ruling soon.
Here's a bit of news that should spoil the day for Sarah Palin, Mike Wilson, Dusty Rhodes and their ilk: A comparison of two polls suggests that socialism is more popular among Americans than the Tea Party movement.
A new, wide-ranging Washington Post-ABC News poll reveals that 35 percent of respondents had a favorable view of the Tea Party, compared to 36 percent that likes socialism in an earlier Gallup poll. Fifty-two percent of Americans now hold unfavorable views of the Tea Party, which is an all-time high.
On Monday, Judge Carl Stitch is scheduled to rule on a motion to grant a temporary restraining order to stop the Requiem from being evicted from the building. The complaint states that the Emery Center Corporation asked Requiem to vacate the theater by Aug. 3 and has requested that Requiem return its keys to the building. It asks the court to declare that the Requiem is entitled to a long-term lease of the property based on a 2010 agreement that the two sides would work toward a long-term lease.
The Requiem Project is a nonprofit organization that
formed in 2008 to redevelop the Emery Theater, a 1,600-seat,
acoustically pure concert space on Walnut Street in Over-the-Rhine. The
theater entrance is on the west side of the building at the corner of
Walnut and Central Parkway, which includes Coffee Emporium and about 60
Requiem founders Tina Manchise and Tara Gordon have programmed events at the venue during the past few years under
temporary occupancy permits. The theater is not eligible for a permanent certificate of occupancy because it needs significant renovations — it currently doesn't have working plumbing or heat. Still, organizers have produced individual events, sometimes bringing in portable toilets and taking other measures to make the space functional. In April, the
Emery hosted the Contemporary Dance Theater's 40th anniversary
celebration. It also hosted three nights of live music during last fall's MidPoint Music Festival, which is owned and operated by CityBeat. MidPoint organizers were unable to secure the venue for this year's event.
The theater is operated by the Emery Center Corporation (ECC), a nonprofit organization that subleases the theater from the Emery Center Apartments Limited Partnership (ECALP), a for-profit corporation that holds a long-term lease to the building from UC. All three parties — UC, ECC and ECALP — are named as defendants in the complaint.
University of Cincinnati spokesperson Greg Hand declined
to comment, only stating that UC doesn't have a relationship with the
Requiem Project because Requiem works directly with the ECC, which subleases part of the building from ECALP.
The Requiem Project alleges that the intent all along was for ECC to lease the space to Requiem long-term, not just for Requiem to program events under a management agreement. According to the complaint, the Requiem and ECC in 2010 signed a Letter of Intent, which stated that the ECC would enter into a lease agreement with the Requiem "on substantially similar terms" as the ECC's current deal with ECALP, the for-profit entity that oversees the rest of the building. That lease, signed in 1999, is for 40-years and renewable for another 40 years after that.
The two sides entered into a management agreement while negotiating the long-term lease, but the lease was never agreed upon. The most recent yearlong management agreement is set to expire Aug. 3.
ECC informed Requiem Jan. 16 that it would not renew the current agreement "for no cause," according to the complaint.
The complaint alleges that the theater cannot obtain a
permanent certificate of occupancy because ECALP removed the heat and
water systems while renovating part of the building into apartments,
which were developed to raise revenue for the eventual renovation of the
theater. The renovations of the apartments left the theater without
running water, heat, bathrooms or fire escapes, according to the
complaint, which notes that ECC let the theater sit empty between the
time it took over its management in 1999 and when the Requiem Project came
along in 2008. A permanent certificate of occupancy would allow regular programming in the theater, but the venue needs considerable
renovations to qualify.
"UC refuses to even meet with the parties to outline its demands," the complaint states. "ECC and ECALP have stopped replying to Requiem's reasonable proposals."
The hearing is scheduled for 1:45 p.m. Monday.
More than half of Cincinnati's children live in poverty, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2012 American Community Survey released Thursday.
The 2012 rate represents a roughly 10-percent increase in the city's child poverty rate in the past two years. In 2010, 48 percent of Cincinnatians younger than 18 were considered impoverished; in 2012, the rate was 53.1 percent.
If the number was reduced back down to 2010 levels, approximately 4,500 Cincinnati children would be pulled out of poverty.
Overall poverty similarly increased in Cincinnati from 30.6 percent in 2010 to 34.1 percent in 2012.
Black residents were hit hardest with 46.4 percent classified as in poverty in 2012, up from 40.8 percent in 2010. Meanwhile, the poverty rate among white residents went from 19.8 percent in 2010 to 22.9 percent in 2012.
Hispanics of any race were placed at a poverty rate of 51 percent in 2012, but that number had an extraordinary margin of error of 15.5 percent, which means the actual poverty rate for Hispanics could be up to 15.5 percent higher or lower than the survey's estimate. In 2010, 42 percent of Hispanics were classified as impoverished, but that number had an even larger margin of error of 17.9 percent.
The other local numbers had margins of error ranging from 2.2 percent to 4.9 percent.
The child poverty rates for Cincinnati were more than double Ohio's numbers. Nearly one in four Ohio children are in poverty, putting the state at No. 33 worst among 50 states for child poverty, according to the Children's Defense Fund of Ohio.
In 2012, the U.S. government put the federal poverty level for a family of four at an annual income of $23,050.
Some groups are using the numbers to make the case for new policies.
"Too many Ohioans are getting stuck at the lowest rung of the income ladder and kids are paying the price," said Hannah Halbert, workforce researcher for left-leaning think tank Policy Matters Ohio, in a statement. "Policymakers — at both the state and federal levels — are making a clear choice to not invest in workers, families or kids. This approach is not moving our families forward."
The federal government temporarily increased aid to low-income Americans through the federal stimulus package in 2009, but some of that extra funding already expired or is set to expire later in the year. The food stamp program's cuts in particular could hit 1.8 million Ohioans, according to an Aug. 2 report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
At a local level, City Council has consistently failed to uphold its commitment to human services in the past decade, which human services agencies say is making the fight against poverty and homelessness more difficult.


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Recently I burnt an audio cd of some mp3 files (first converted from mp4 to mp3) so that I could listen to the music in my car. The first 2 tracks and track 15 (of 17) play alright, however the rest of them sound distorted and alternate from barely audible to really loud.
I used windows media player and specifically selected audio cd in belief that it was the correct option. I have tested the burnt audio cd on a cd-player, my computer and the cd-player of my car and the sound is the same on all devices. I even burnt another copy with the same songs but alas, the result was the same.
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The Aviator, Martin Scorsese's bio of Howard Hughes, is the most sumptuous of all these affairs--appropriate, given its subject matter's penchant for wasting millions chasing fantasies other men couldn't even afford to dream about. Catered by Miramax, which long ago traded the cutting edge for the butter knife in its quest for Academy approbation, the movie runs three hours and features Leonardo DiCaprio as the nutty genius, Cate Blanchett as Katharine Hepburn, Kate Beckinsale as Ava Gardner, Jude Law as Errol Flynn, Gwen Stefani as Jean Harlow, and dozens more as infamous footnotes in countless history books. At times it feels like the 1947 Warner Bros. cartoon Slick Hare, in which Elmer Fudd works a club populated by animated versions of the Marx Brothers, Lauren Bacall, Humphrey Bogart and Carmen Miranda; all Scorsese lacks is Bugs Bunny hopping through production designer Dante Ferretti's fetishistically re-created Coconut Grove nightclub.
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Ultimately, for all its attempts at getting in Hughes' head, the movie's all about its stars' faces; it's a celluloid poster for stardom, an advertisement for the advantages and pleasures and occasional inconveniences of fame. DiCaprio, his baby face still too soft and round for the crooks and crannies of Hughes' angular visage, seems right for the part during the movie's early going. Barking orders at his underlings, among them John C. Reilly as longtime accountant and confidant Noah Dietrich and Matt Ross as designer Glenn Odekirk, DiCaprio's Hughes is an impudent child who wants all the toys in the store; nothing and no one is off-limits to a man willing to blow his last dime on a reverie. His giddiness is infectious: The movie can plaster a smile across your face as it soars from movie set to golf course to nightclub in search of a bad girl and a good time. The audience feels like a passenger on the most luxurious private jet ever built, and Scorsese is a gracious host.
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