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A New Beginning. Big News and a Blogging Break
I have Big News to share with you today.
My family is moving, hubby has an awesome new job.
I'm not sharing where we are going on my blog to protect my family's privacy.
But...I will say that it IS a BIG move. Huge.
It is also very exciting! A fresh start and new beginning for our family.
We are looking at it as a new adventure.
Moving takes a lot of time. Packing. Painting. Staging the house.
Random people going through your stuff.
Cleaning, cleaning, and more cleaning. Did I mention cleaning?
The craft room and all of it's awesomeness is packed away in boxes in my garage.
I am going to be taking a break from this little blog while we get settled,
relocated, and nested in our new turf.
I need to spend time with my girls and my cute hubby.
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Thursday, October 17, 2013
Leaf Themed Artist Trading Cards - A Multi-Generational Family Friendly Craft For Thanksgiving or Fall
I love Artist Trading Cards. Their small scale makes them easy to crank out several mini
masterpieces in one setting and it allows the artist to work with
a less intimidating format to explore various media or themes with their artwork.
I shared our Mark Rothko inspired ATC project with you earlier this year.
Labels: Crayon Fun, Create, Displaying Children's Art Work, Fall, Leaves, Markers, Paper Crafts, Thanksgiving
Thursday, October 10, 2013
Art Around the World: Kid-Friendly Day of the Dead Recycled Cardboard Skulls
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Day of the Dead Recycled Cardboard Sugar Skull Craft Project
I've always loved art from other cultures and our home is filled with examples
of art and instruments from around the world. My art classroom and curriculum was always filled with many different projects from many different cultures.
This project is simple. It is low cost using recycled cardboard that you already have in your house.
It provides an opportunity to expose your children (or students) to conversations about life and death as well as art from other cultures and different belief systems.
Labels: Cardboard Box Crafts, Create, Fall, Holidays, Oil Pastels, Recycle Crafts, School Age
Thursday, October 3, 2013
Make Spooky Spider Webs with Colored Chalk and School Glue!
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Following a screening of Magnolia Pictures' "Blackfish" — a doc on the deaths of SeaWorld trainers by a killer whale — photographer Peter Beard recalled his own close call with elephants while shooting images for a project. "I'm here in New York with titanium," he told us at Circo, describing how he broke a hip and had a tusk go though his leg in a 1996 stampede. "I've been savaged . . . these elephants were out of control. We ran away, and the elephant went back and then it came again. It just never stopped." Nevertheless, Beard doesn't blame the beasts: "Elephants aren't dangerous. [None of them] stepped on me when that whole herd of 15 came around. We just got a major calling card."
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Korean Cedar Pine
common name
Korean cedar pine; Korean pine; Cedar
scientific name
Pinus koraiensis
lower risk/least concern
40-50m height, and 1.5-2m trunk diameter
The heart of the ecosystem
Although they are under threat from illegal logging, Korean cedar pine are far more valuable as living trees than hewn timber. Local villagers depend on the pine nuts for their livelihoods. Under its canopy lives ginseng, which is also harvested by local communities.
Wild boar (sus scrofa) forage for pine nuts, and in turn are the main prey for the Amur tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) and Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis). Also found in these forests are brown bear, asiatic bear and lynx.
Priority region
What are the main threats?
Recently, a fall in demand for other types of wood due to increased controls and export duties has increased large-scale illegal logging of Korean cedar pine as loggers seek an alternative lucrative wood. This threatens the continued viability of these forests and the species which rely on them.
Illegal logging is estimated to account for 50% of all timber harvested in the far east. Without proper controls, inspections and regulations, the Korean cedar pine forests will not survive.
Priority species
What is WWF doing?
- WWF believes that the only way to stop the complete destruction of the Far Eastern Korean pine forests is to impose a moratorium on its harvesting. It is calling on provincial and federal authorities to propose measures to add Korean pine to the list of species forbidden to harvest, and to inform importing countries accordingly.
- A WWF partnership with IKEA in the Evreiskaya Autonomous Oblast was highly successful in reducing illegal logging and poaching, providing funding for inspectors to report and act on illegal activities in the forests.
- WWF works to protect forests throughout the world, raising awareness of illegal timber through the Forest Stewardship Council and promoting conservation measures and protected areas.
- WWF runs projects to reduce illegal logging and protect species such as the Amur tiger which depend on these forests for survival, raising awareness among local people and working in partnership with statutory bodies. Examples include: Protection of Siberian Tiger and its Habitat and Anti-timber Poaching Brigade in Siberia.


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Tigers 9, Indians 4
Torii Hunter came up one measly single shy of history.
It's about the only thing the All-Star-studded Detroit Tigers
haven't accomplished during two days of dominance inside
Progressive Field.
Hunter drove in three runs and fell a single short of hitting
for the cycle, and Miguel Cabrera cracked a two-run homer as the
Tigers overpowered the Cleveland Indians again, 9-4 on Saturday for
their fifth straight win.
Hunter hit a two-run homer, tripled and doubled as the Tigers
won their seventh consecutive game over the Indians and pushed
their lead in the AL Central to 3 1/2 games. Needing just a routine
base hit in the eighth inning, Hunter grounded out weakly to
reliever Vinnie Pestano.
"I tried to bloop it, but it just didn't work out," said
Hunter, who would have already had his cycle but was robbed by
outfielder Michael Bourn's diving catch in the third. "That was my
single. He ruined it for me. I'll have to talk to him
Detroit improved to 8-2 against Cleveland this season, and the
Tigers have won 11 of the last 14 games in what has been a lopsided
The Indians came into the four-game series hoping to cut into
Detroit's lead. Instead, the Tigers have opened some distance and
are threatening to widen the gap.
"We'll show up tomorrow," Indians manager Terry Francona
promised. "We certainly need to do better against them. They're
the team that is directly ahead of us and they've kind of had their
way with us, but I don't think we'll show up tomorrow and not feel
we're going to win. But we need to play better."
The Tigers have outscored the Indians 16-4 in the first two
games of the series and Detroit still has Doug Fister (6-5) and Max
Scherzer (13-0) scheduled to pitch.
Anibal Sanchez (7-5) returned from the disabled list and pitched
five innings for his first win since June 4.
Cabrera and Prince Fielder homered in the third off Carlos
Carrasco (0-4), who was recalled from the minors to face the AL's
best hitting team.
Nick Swisher and Ryan Raburn went deep for Cleveland, which has
dropped four straight.
In the eighth, the Tigers learned that Cabrera will make his
first start for the AL in the All-Star game and will be joined by
five teammates; Hunter, Fielder, shortstop Jhonny Peralta, Scherzer
and Justin Verlander. Detroit's Jim Leyland will manage the AL
squad for the July 16 game at Citi Field in New York.
"I'm very happy for all our guys," Leyland said. "Everybody
from the Tigers was a players' choice. The one guy I added was
Justin Verlander and I don't think that's really going out on the
limb too damn far."
Hunter said Cabrera's first All-Star start was long overdue.
"I couldn't believe he'd never been a starter," Hunter said of
Cabrera, who won the Triple Crown last season. "He's been the best
hitter on the planet for a long time."
The Indians will be represented by pitcher Justin Masterson and
second baseman Justin Kipnis, who had his hitting streak stopped at
16 games.
Leyland picked both Cleveland players, selections that delighted
"I knew all along that the process is what it is and I knew he
would put his heart and soul and brains into it and try to do the
best job that he could," said Francona, who managed the AL team in
2005 and 2008. "Sometimes it's an impossible job, but knowing him
I knew he would do the best he could for every team."
Hunter's two-run homer in the sixth put the Tigers ahead 9-1.
With a chance to become the first Tigers player to hit for the
cycle since Carlos Guillen in 2006 – and the first to do it in
Progressive Field history – Hunter tapped out on a slow roller.
Sanchez had been sidelined since June 16 with a strained
shoulder. With the luxury of a large lead, he was able to pitch
relaxed and allowed one run and three hits before Leyland pulled
him after 73 pitches.
Carrasco wasn't so lucky.
He survived his first trip through Detroit's vaunted lineup
unscathed, but the right-hander wasn't so fortunate the second time
around as the Tigers roped two homers, two doubles and a single in
the third off Carrasco, who hasn't won in the majors since June 29,
2011. He missed all of 2012 following Tommy John surgery.
Cabrera connected for a two-run homer and Fielder followed with
another drive as the Tigers scored four times – all with two
With one out, Austin Jackson doubled before Carrasco retired
Hunter on a hard liner to center. Cabrera fouled off two pitches
before launching his 27th homer into the left-field seats to make
it 2-0, thrilling thousands of orange-and-blue clad Detroit fans
who made the trip from Michigan.
Two pitches later, Fielder hit his 15th homer, a towering blast
into the right-field seats to put the Tigers up 3-0 in the game and
10-0 in the series.
After the game, the Indians held a brief players' meeting to
address all that has gone wrong in the past two games.
"We're definitely not intimidated by them," Kipnis said.
"We've just come out flat the last couple days and we're looking
to change that. The pressures not really on us, it's got to be on
them and that's the way we've got to approach it."
NOTES: The Tigers have six All-Stars for the first time since
1985. … Francona is opposed to the league that wins the All-Star
game receiving home-field advantage in the World Series. "I'm not
sure I have the answer," said Francona, who managed the AL team in
2005 and 2008. "But you play all year in our sport, I think that
should mean something." … Leyland isn't sure when 2B Omar
Infante (bruised left shin) will return. He hasn't played since
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Often, this column is devoted to women's issues. Today, it is the men's turn to shine.
Recently, I spent a week at the beach with my husband, our daughter and her girls. By the end of the week, Granddaddy Logic was waterlogged. He patiently spent hours with our 5-year-old granddaughter as she honed her swimming skills.
This was a trip down memory lane. I recalled my dad carrying me out into the crashing ocean waves when I was little, and patiently hanging onto my bicycle as I crashed into a few trees. There were stubborn attempts at driving lessons. We never made it out of the driveway. The best investment my dad ever made was private driving lessons with a retired highway patrolman.
There are many fathers who influence us: biological fathers, kindred-spirit fathers and father figures. They all have their special places in our lives.
Let's not forget community fathers. A spring column I wrote featured women who began nonprofits. Now it is time to give the men their due.
To begin, a posthumous thank you goes to Judge Mitchell King for giving the land for Henderson County, and to the pioneers who came to our corner of Eden. We won't linger in the past but will focus on some of the worthwhile benefits our community enjoys today.
The Chamber of Commerce is one example. It's been around since 1911. It evolved from the old Board of Trade. The first two presidents were F.S. Wetmur and W.F. Penny. (Ray Cantrell and Bob Williford have served in more recent years.)
The Stokes family made some quality contributions to Henderson County. In particular, the William F. Stokes Jr. Dental Center at the Blue Ridge Community Health Services provides dental care to patients without insurance.
Thank goodness another Stokes — Jim — was active in the music world. Our community recently received recognition as a place to retire, our symphony being listed as one of the perks. Hendersonville is among a few small towns in the country with a symphony orchestra. Thank you to Chan Harbour, who was the prime mover-and-shaker to start this, with help from Marty Irving (female), Jim Stokes, George Wilkins Sr., Duane McKibbin and Johnny McCloud. Jim Stokes also started the Community Band in 1991.
In 1981, the Community Foundation of Henderson County was formed. This organization gives community grants and scholarships each year. A pat on the back to these founding directors: the late Bud Campbell, Dr. H. Coolidge, Dr. Samuel Falvo, the late Kermit Edney, the late Frank Ewbank, the late Tom Hunter Jr., the late Morris Kaplan, the late Donald B. Keith, the late William McKay, the late Duane McKibbin, the late Philip Milroy, the late Robert Prosser, Clint Thompson and Ken Youngblood.
Each of them donated $100 for startup expenses. Others, such as Bill McGee with Northwestern Bank and Ralph "Doc" Moore, helped with the successful launch. The group hired Priscilla Cantrell as the first director. Today's total assets are $78.8 million.
Six years later, Vernon and Leander Johnson donated their beloved farm to the public school system. The gift was the catalyst for formation of the Henderson County Education Foundation Inc. Founding fathers were: Superintendent Glenn Marlow and Henderson County Board of Education members Hardy Caldwell (chairman), Joe Spearman Sr., Alex Booth, John Love, Virginia Drake, Dwight Bennett and Ernest Justus, along with Ken Youngblood, Steve Norwood, Bill McKay and the first community board members. Today, this organization supports public schools, scholarships, Bullington Gardens and Historic Johnson Farm.
Pardee Hospital is here in part because Dr. Nick Fortescue, Dr. McQueen Salley and Dr. Fred Trotter purchased property on Fleming Street. Of course, our gratitude goes to the most generous benefactor, Ivor Pardee, who donated an initial gift of $100,000 in memory of his aunt, Margaret R. Pardee. Other health pioneers started Mountain Sanitarium, which later evolved into Park Ridge Hospital. All of these facilities trained the first nurses in our area. And let's not forget Dr. George Bond Sr., who started Valley Clinic in remote Bat Cave. (He's the son George Jr., who went on to a career in our local health department and in Asheville.)
In the natural world, we have Sandy Schenck and Chuck McGrady to thank for starting Muddy Sneakers, a nonprofit version of nature's outdoor classroom for young people. Frank Byrd and a hardworking board started Henderson County Young Leaders to send deserving students to camp in order to grow their leadership skills and help them succeed in school and life.
Next time you enjoy beautiful waterfalls, think of these folks: Mr. McGrady, Jeff Jennings, Ken Shelton, Sam Neill, Ken Shelton, Douglass Coggins, Woody Keen and a host of former Dupont employees who helped Western North Carolina obtain one of our shining jewels, DuPont State Forest, and the Friends of DuPont.
I would be remiss without mentioning Robroy Farquhar and wife Leona for the Flat Rock Playhouse. We can keep going with the many folks who have started such organizations as Historic Flat Rock Inc., the Apple Festival, the Arts League, HonorAir, the Boys & Girls Club, the Heritage Museum, Western Carolina Community Action, the Opportunity House, the Hendersonville Rescue Mission, Agribusiness Henderson County and more.
A caveat: There are always behind-the-scenes volunteers who make things happen. Special appreciation to those supporters as well.
Today, let's tip our hats to our fathers, and founding fathers, whose efforts enhance our quality of life.
Mary Garrison lives in Flat Rock. Reach her at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Hand-Crafted Pewter Keepsake Boxes from Beehive Kitchenware
Massachusetts-based Beehive Kitchenware has been hand crafting lead-free pewter goods since 1998. Beginning with kitchenware, the company expanded to include ceramics, baby goods and home décor, including the keepsake boxes above: "Inspired by 1940's metalwork, each oval box comes embossed with your choice of a wholesome, delightful design, from a friendly bird to a loveable ladybug, and features a classic hammered finish in the background." Adorable as a Mother's Day or Valentine's Day gift!
Beehive Kitchenware Keepsake Boxes can be purchased from their online store and are reasonable priced at $48 for the 3" oval box and $44 for their 2.25" round box.
1 Meadow Drawing Box in Oval and Round, $48 and $44
2 Ladybug Box, $44
3 Sunshine Box, $48
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BOSTON, Mass. – The MIT men's lacrosse team produced three goals in the fourth quarter but it would not be enough as Wheaton College held on for a 7-4 win in a Pilgrim Lacrosse League game on Wednesday night. Sophomore Chris Cook (Tully, N.Y.) paced the Engineers (3-7, 1-3 Pilgrim) with two goals and an assist.
Sophomore Jake Slonaker (West Windsor, N.J.) and freshman Graham Francis (Palos Verdes Estates, Calif.) both added a goal to MIT's cause. Junior Britt Cyr (Cincinnati, Ohio) won seven of his 11 faceoff attempts and registered a team-high five groundballs while freshman Paul Orrson (Baltimore, Md.) added four groundballs. Freshman Nick Uhlenhuth (Louisville, Ky.) chipped in three groundballs as senior Christopher Rullan (Wexford, Pa.) totaled eight saves and three groundballs.
The early stages of the game were a defensive battle until Wheaton broke through at the 5:18 mark and then extended its lead over three minutes later. The Lyons found the back of the net after 3:16 elapsed in the second stanza but MIT responded with an unassisted marker by Francis to narrow the gap to two (3-1) with 9:40 on the clock. Wheaton then gained some breathing room courtesy of a man-up strike with 3:24 left in the half.
The Engineers outshot the Lyons, 7-6, in the third quarter but Wheaton came up with six saves while scoring twice to go up 6-1. MIT ended its second-half scoring drought when Slonaker connected on a feed from Cook just over four minutes into the final frame. The Lyons registered a man-down strike midway through the quarter while Cook wrapped up the scoring with back-to-back goals.
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5 things to know about Michael Jackson's estate
Michael Jackson's death on June 25, 2009, stunned the world, and sparked nostalgia for the singer's music that has transformed his image and catapulted his estate to the top of earnings charts. The success of the estate was not a foregone conclusion. By the time of his death at age 50, Jackson was deep in debt and his image was tarnished by child molestation allegations, despite his acquittal.
Here's a look at the estate and how it's refurbished Jackson's image to provide for his family in the past five years:
Not All in the Family.
Jackson's 2002 will calls for his estate to support his mother, Katherine, and his three children, while leaving nothing for his siblings and his father.
The will also left Katherine Jackson as the primary caretaker of his children, Prince, Paris and Blanket. The four receive a stipend and the estate pays for the children's education, vacations, and a mansion in the celebrity enclave of Calabasas. Through the end of 2012, Jackson's estate paid nearly $20 million to support his mother and children.
Still a Crowd Pleaser.
Jackson's death returned him to the top of the record charts and quickly generated hundreds of millions of dollars through deals for new albums and a movie created from his final rehearsals for his planned "This Is It" comeback concerts.
Jackson's posthumous album "Xscape" debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 chart when it was released last month, and a touring Cirque du Soleil show based on his music has played nearly 500 shows. All that translates into major money for Jackson's estate, which generated more than $600 million in gross earnings through 2013.
Heirs Growing Up.
Jackson shielded his children from the public eye when he was alive, but the trio are now familiar faces after appearing at memorials and award shows. Blanket Jackson, 12, is looking forward to a summer of swimming and practices karate when he isn't in school, his cousin TJ Jackson said last month. His older brother, Prince, 17, still has a love for film and is nearing the end of high school, although his specific plans haven't been revealed. Their sister Paris, 16, has been out of the public eye since being hospitalized after taking several tablets of aspirin and cutting herself with a knife last year, but TJ Jackson said she is doing fine.
Who's in Charge.
Jackson named attorney John Branca, who served as Jackson's lawyer during the singer's heyday, and family friend and music executive John McClain as the executors of his estate.Branca is the public face of the estate, appearing at premieres of new Jackson events. McClain, who has suffered health problems in recent years, keeps a lower profile. For their services, the men receive a percentage of the estate's earnings.
Who's Getting the Most Money.
So far, the biggest share of Jackson's estate hasn't gone to his family.
Instead, paying $91 million for taxes and business licenses proved to be the estate's biggest expense between June 2009 and January 2013. The executors of Jackson's estate have been paid more than $25 million in compensation, most of which came in the first year when large deals for new albums and the "This Is It" film were made. Lawyers for both the estate and Jackson's heirs were paid nearly $17.7 million between mid-2009 and the end of 2012.


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Decor Tips for Sharing the Master Bedroom with Baby
The corner nursery nook is popping up in cities such as London and New York where parents might be avoiding upsizing until absolutely necessary and mothers are less than thrilled to move while pregnant too. Having a baby in the bedroom doesn't mean that you have to sacrifice style and sanity. In fact, many mothers claim that they sleep better having the baby in their room instead of relying on a baby monitor.
Here are a few important things to consider if you are planning on putting baby in the corner whether you are a first time parent or it is baby number four.
Space Plan: Create a distinct space for the baby and an area for you and your partner. Even if you aren't using a physical room divider there should be a division of baby related items and your personal items.
Furniture Choices: The traditional nursery suite of furniture isn't as necessary as baby companies will have you believe. If you are sharing your room due to a lack of space, you can put the traditional rocking or nursing chair in the living room or use something that you already own in the living room. The changing table is also a hefty investment that doesn't last long and a regular low dresser can be substituted by simply placing a changing pad on top.
Decorate the Nook: This step will really make the baby space feel like its own and this could be anything from a wall decal to painting an accent wall in the nursery corner.
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text: This article targets advanced users that would like to play back MKV video files off SMB networking shares; that is, without copying them on their iDevices first. Here at MacRumors (original question; an answer to that, also mentioning me), I've been asked to elaborate on the current state of SMB + MKV support on iOS. As you may recall, in my SMB bible, exactly half a year ago, I couldn't recommend any non-jailbroken player for this task. None of them supported hardware-assisted playback over SMB. The only player capable of all this, XBMC, was jailbreak only at the time of writing. Sure, there were several players capable of software-only playback but, again, not using hardware decoding may result in a much-much lower battery life, higher operational temperature and, particularly with non-A6(X)-based players, the inability to play back 720p (let alone 1080p) videos without stuttering. Therefore, I've quickly re-run my extended suite of MKV streaming tests to find out how the new versions of the most important / recommended players fare. I'm delighted to say that the situation is far better now than it was back in early December: two of the AppStore players do play back those videos in hardware: EC Player and my personal favorite, nPlayer. Another, otherwise, recommended player, It's Playing has also received significantly better SMB support; it also plays back these videos, particularly on slower (pre-A6) hardware, much faster than anything software-decoding-based, but it still consumes significantly more power than the strictly hardware-only players (EC Player / nPlayer). Of the two players, nPlayer is definitely the better choice. It has far better format support, stability etc. However, if you absolutely don't want to pay for it and already have EC Player, you can safely go on using the latter player, assuming your MKV's don't have AC3 audio tracks. (nPlayer officially supports AC3. Note that it doesn't support DTS any more.) Note that neither player supports automatic SMB discovery, unlike players that have far better networking support; for example, GoodPlayer or PowerPlayer. (Unfortunately, these two players still don't have hardware MKV decoding support over network (PowerPlayer) or at all (GoodPlayer)). 1.1 Testing methology For the tests, I've slightly modified the standardized 1080p H.264 + DTS MKV test video (a short clip from Monsters, Inc.; available HERE, linked from THIS video test sample directory page). - I've removed the subtitle track from the MKV file and included it along with the (new) MKV file with exactly the same name (and with the standard .srt extension) - I've reencoded the DTS audio track to both an 5-channel AC3 and a two-channel AAC one; that is, I've included two audio tracks in the target MKV file. (For all this, I've used the excellent MKVTools app.) Note that I've made a dumbed-down version of the video online so that you can test it too. It's HERE. To save bandwidth, it's much more compressed than the original (1 Mbps as opposed to the original 10 Mbps), which means it has way worse image quality. This also mean that software-only players may play it much faster than the original, 10 Mbps one you can also see in the benchmark videos below. Nevertheless, it's still much better than nothing: after all, you can test your players on this test video yourself without having to convert the audio tracks and delete the subtitle track from the original test video. I've shared this video in a subfolder on my 10.8 Mountain Lion MBP, using the SMB sharing support of the operating system. Some players (e.g., the above-mentioned Good/PowerPlayer) were able to automatically discover this share; other players didn't (in addition to the already-mentioned EC Player and nPlayer, XBMC doesn't support SMB discovery either). With them, I manually had to enter the local IP address of my desktop. As the original poster asked about previous-generation devices (and not iPad 4's), all tests have been done on my iPad 3 running on the latest iOS version (6.1.3). This (6.1.3 can't be jailbroken) also means it isn't jailbroken; that is, there could be absolutely nothing to throttle video playback. The only exception was, naturally, the jailbreak-only XBMC, which I tested on my other iPad 3, running over iOS 6.1.2. With all but two players, I used the absolutely excellent Elgato Game Capture HD to directly capture the output over the HDMI adapter. This has resulted in a much better audio / video quality than using an external camera. I only needed to use the latter in two cases: with EC Player and XBMC. EC Player takes over the control of the external screen but doesn't seem to output anything there (it remains black all the time) and my other iPad3, on which XBMC runs, for some reason, doesn't output video over any kind of video adapter / cable. (Dunno why a jailbreak tweak maybe? I'll try to fix this issue some time. Tested with all four cables and adapters: VGA, HDMI, composite, component.) To stay with a mirrored screen, I've explicitly disabled TV out in GoodPlayer, which has native TV out support. With nPlayer, as soon as it switched to native TV output mode, I've forced it back to mirrored output mode at once, as soon as it started playback. (This can easily be done with the phone icon displayed in the center of the screen while outputting video to the external screen.) On It's Playing, it's not possible to avoid switching to outputting video to the TV at all. PlayerXTreme doesn't support TV out. Note that all videos are auto-cropped by Handbrake, except for the Oplayer HD one. It was too late when I realized I didn't disable auto-cropping while using the excellent HandBrakeBatch for batch compression before uploading to YouTube. Neverheless, you don't lose much: - if a recording is made strictly in mirrored mode (that is, the player never switches to native output), there wouldn't be any point in NOT cropping the black areas on all the four edges. - with players switching to native TV output (nPlayer, It's Playing and some other), I'll later, in another article, elaborate on whether they support completely disabling the, by default, enabled overscanning mode the one that makes the output letterboxed of most AppStore apps with native TV output capabilities. Note that, as opposed to mirroring 3D (OpenGL) graphics on the external screen (more on that latter, in another article), screen mirroring doesn't have any adverse effect on external rendering speed of simple video playback. That is, the non-camera-based captures I'm presenting you exactly show the exact speed (framerate etc.) of playback. 1.2 The results 1.2.2 The two players that decode MKV videos in hardware over SMB 220.127.116.11 nPlayer As has already been hinted on, this is the player I recommend the most. It's absolutely great as a generic player and also shines as an SMB one. You definitely shouldn't miss it. (AppStore link; $2.99; Universal) Test benchmark video: http://youtu.be/E_10-LDJ9VQ (A screenshot showing nPlayer's support for networking streaming / sharing protocols. Click for larger image.) 126.96.36.199 EC Player This is the (only) other player with hardware MKV playback over SMB. Not as recommeded as nPlayer. For example, as the demo video also shows below, with a dual-audiotrack (AC3 + AAC) MKV file, it still wasn't able to play back the AAC track and there was no way of configuring it to play the second (AAC) track. Therefore, playback remained silent. (It wouldn't have been silent with AAC-only MKV input files, of course.) There was no such problem with nPlayer, which, incidentally, officially supports AC3, unlike EC Player. Demo video: http://youtu.be/9qVtYQLKshc 1.2.3 Other SMB-capable players not decoding MKV's in hardware 188.8.131.52 GoodPlayer and PowerPlayer These two players have exceptionally good generic networking support; for example, unlike (the above, most recommended) nPlayer, they also support SMB auto-discovery of SMB servers running on OS X. Unfortunately, their SMB MKV playback capabilities are really- really bad. The biggest problem with both GoodPlayer and PowerPlayer has always been the sub-par, slow H.264 decoder. This, unfortunately, shows in these benchmark videos: playback is just unbearably choppy and is more like a slideshow. Completely useless at 1080p on even A6-based iDevices (iPad 4/ iPhone 5), let alone even slower models. Demo video: GoodPlayer: http://youtu.be/MvWeT86T92A Demo video: PowerPlayer: http://youtu.be/WrmedC1HD_Y 220.127.116.11 PlayerXTreme This player, which, almost a year ago, I didn't recommend at all, has been constantly improving. Recent versions have become pretty good. Unfortunately, not even the latest version supports hardware playback over SMB. Nevertheless, the decoding speed is way better than that of GoodPlayer or PowerPlayer. Demo video: http://youtu.be/mc_S8qqTekY 22.214.171.124 Oplayer HD This player doesn't support hardware playback either. Demo video: http://youtu.be/KaW13iPtZFw 220.127.116.11 eXPlayer HD eXPlayer HD, which is, otherwise, definitely recommended for playback of iOS-native video formats (mp4 / mov / m4v), still hasn't received MKV decoding support. Not recommended for MKV playback over SMB. Demo video: http://youtu.be/-gW-8XlZkMw 22.214.171.124 BUZZ Player. (Note that this refers to the now-current, 4. version, not the discontinued one (story on the switching).) This, otherwise, excellent generic player has turned out not to support hardware MKV playback either. Not recommended for that. Demo video: http://youtu.be/e6Qx-DqrLq4 184.108.40.206 It's Playing I don't recommend this player for streamed MKV playback. While, being based on some kind of hardware acceleration, it has far more fluid video playback as any of the software-only players, it still doesn't deliver as fluid playback as nPlayer (and its power usage is considerably higher too). In addition, it doesn't (currently) support AC3. With MKV files with both AC3 and AAC tracks, if AC3 is the first (as is the case with my benchmark video MKV file), it won't play back AAC tracks either and you can't switch audio channels when playing streaming videos either. Demo video: http://youtu.be/81TduWHJlzA. Note that, during the native TV output play, the long pauses show I've paused playback to find out whether it's possible to switch the audio track. As, during playback, there wasn't mirroring, this isn't shown in this video. 1.2.4 More known titles without SMB support at all I've tested the latest version of the following players to check whether they already support SMB streaming to find out they don't: AVPlayer(HD) - probably the second-most recommended generic player, nPlayer being the first. Unfortunately, it only supports FTP. ArkMC (this UPnP-only player (review) has recently received a much better engine, offering, according to the developers, way better MKV playback performance. Will test it some time when I review UPnP playback advancements since my original UPnP bible.) yaPlayer HD Player Pro MoliPlayer Pro CineXPlayer RushPlayer(+) 2. What about XBMC? I still don't recommend it for SMB playback. It, as of the just-released 12.2 version, still has major buffering issues. The playback will very often be paused for buffering, while, under exactly the same circumstances, the - in this regard, much-much better - EC Player and nPlayer won't pause at all. Demo (camera) video: http://youtu.be/5IrYKk7Vexg


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Army Reserve Pfc. Ryan L. Valline has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.
Valline is the son of the Bryan Vallines, Tama.
He is a 2011 graduate of East Marshall High School, LeGrand.
During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness, and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, drill and ceremony, marching, rifle marksmanship, armed and unarmed combat, map reading, field tactics, military courtesy, military justice system, basic first aid, foot marches, and field training exercises.


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VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) Vancouver Canucks coach John Tortorella is already quite fond of backup goalie Eddie Lack.
The 25-year-old Swedish rookie didn't disappoint in his first home appearance, backstopping the Canucks with a 31-save effort and leading Vancouver to a 2-0 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Monday night.
With No. 1 goalie Roberto Luongo getting the night off, Lack continued his steady play and earned his first NHL shutout and helping the Canucks to their fifth straight win.
''The thing I like most about Eddie is just his presence. I think he settles the team down,'' Tortorella said. ''There's not a lot of extra movement in his game.
''He doesn't get rattled.''
Lack (4-2) usually plays the second game of back-to-backs in place of Luongo. He got the nod from Tortorella with this game coming on the heels of Sunday's 3-1 home victory over the Colorado Avalanche.
''The guys did an unbelievable job,'' Lack said. ''I wouldn't say that I was nervous. It was more excitement.''
That was enough to gain Tortorella's confidence in him.
''I hope it continues,'' Tortorella said. ''As a coach you're looking at the present but you're also looking at the future, too, as you go through a long year with a condensed schedule that we have with the Olympics.
''Huge game for him tonight. First home game for him, I thought he handled himself tremendously.''
Christopher Tanev and Jannik Hanzen, into an empty net, scored for Vancouver (18-10-5). Chris Higgins had two assists.
Tanev and Lack were AHL roommates before making the jump to the NHL, so it was only fitting that Tanev netted the winning goal in Lack's first shutout.
''I'm happy for him,'' Tanev said. ''I've known him for four years now. He's an awesome guy, and it's an incredible moment for him.''
Justin Peters made 24 saves for Carolina (13-13-5), which had a three-game winning streak snapped.
''I think as a team we deserved a better fate,'' Peters said. ''We played the right way, we had some chances, just give credit to their team. Lack was playing well.''
After Tanev gave the Canucks a 1-0 lead in the first period, Lack was steady the rest of the way as Vancouver kept Carolina to the outside most of the game.
Lack made two glove saves early in the third period, the second coming on a hot shot off the stick of Hurricanes forward Nathan Gerbe.
Canucks forward Ryan Kesler had a chance to stretch Vancouver's lead a few moments later, but fired wide on a 2-on-1 break with Mike Santorelli.
Carolina made a push in the closing minutes, with captain Eric Staal coming the closest to scoring, but Lack shut the door before Hansen scored into an empty net.
''I thought we were coming on,'' Carolina coach Kirk Muller said. ''You have to fight for your opportunities, and in the second we got going, and the third we got a lot of juice but they are not giving up a lot of chances.''
Lack's previous start came in the Canucks' 3-2 road victory over the Hurricanes on Dec. 1.
He was given a 1-0 lead early in the first period of the rematch.
Tanev took a pass from fellow defenseman Dan Hamhuis and fired a snap shot from the point that found its way through traffic past Peters at 3:35 for his second of the season.
The Hurricanes started to find their legs in the second period, but found it difficult to get much going against the tight-checking Canucks.
Tuomo Ruutu couldn't find the range against Lack from in tight midway through the period as Carolina's 27th-ranked power play sputtered.
Lack came up big later in the period off the rush, stopping both Riley Nash in the slot and the follow-up chance off the stick of Patrick Dwyer.
''I think it was just as boring a game to play as it was to watch,'' Kesler said. ''Those are the games we have to win, though. They didn't give us much and we didn't give them much, and Eddie made the saves when he had to.''
Former Canucks forward Manny Malhotra played in Vancouver for the first time with the Hurricanes. The Canucks shut Malhotra down after nine games last season, saying they were concerned for the 33-year-old forward's health following a serious eye injury during the 2010-11 season.
Malhotra got an AHL tryout with Carolina's affiliate this season before being called up to the NHL. He made his debut on Nov. 1 against Tampa Bay.
''It's obviously disappointing we didn't get the result we wanted,'' said Malhotra, who spent three seasons with Vancouver. ''We felt we carried the play for most of the game, we were effective getting pucks in deep, getting sustained pressure on them, but Lack saw a lot of pucks.
''We need to do a better job being in the goalie's eyes and battling in front of their net.''
NOTES: The Canucks don't play again until Friday when they will play Edmonton at home. Vancouver will then host Boston on Saturday. It will mark the Bruins' first visit to Vancouver since their victory in Game 7 of the 2011 Stanley Cup finals. ... Carolina will play at Edmonton on Tuesday.


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It hasn't been uncommon for Arizona's Sean Miller to score huge recruiting victories, but even he would have to admit this one is a bit extraordinary. How often does a coach sign the same terrific player—twice?
The first was at Xavier, where guard Mark Lyons was a regular for two Sweet 16 teams and two Atlantic 10 Conference champions, and where he scored nearly 1,200 career points. And now, eligible to move as a graduate transfer, Lyons will join Miller at Arizona and top off an extraordinary recruiting class. He committed while on a campus visit over the weekend.
A 6-1, 190-pound product of Hempstead, N.Y., Lyons views his move to Arizona as an opportunity to gain a fresh start. He visited Kentucky and also considered Kansas, but U of A had the clearest vacancy at the point guard position, and Lyons felt comfortable with Miller and assistants Book Richardson and James Whitford, who were coaches at Xavier when he originally signed to play there.
Lyons never got the chance to play for Miller at Xavier. He spent his first year establishing eligibility to compete, and by the time he got on the court Miller had moved on to Arizona.
"The coaching staff has always been great to me, since I was in high school," Lyons told Sporting News. "I've got a lot of trust in these guys. They're a confident group of coaches that knows how to keep a team together and guide the team."
Arizona got just about everything in its 2012 recruiting class, including three McDonald's All-America big men (Grant Jerrett, Brandon Ashley, Kaleb Tarczewski) and shooter Gabe York. The Wildcats also added a transfer point guard, T.J. McConnell from Duquesne, who'll be eligible to compete in 2013.
What the Wildcats needed was a point guard who can play immediately, and Lyons has the skills necessary to become that player.
He has played most of his career at shooting guard, complementing star Tu Holloway in one of the nation's most prolific backcourts. With that pair leading the way, Xavier won the 2011 Atlantic 10 title with a 15-1 conference record and this season defeated Notre Dame and Lehigh in the NCAA Tournament before bowing to Baylor in the Sweet 16.
Lyons averaged 15.1 points and 2.8 assists and shot 39.2 percent from 3-point range. He is considered an excellent penetrator because of his speed and strength and went to the foul line for 134 attempts in his final season at Xavier, converting at a 76.1 percent rate.
His opportunity to play point guard mostly was limited to those times when Holloway left the game, which were not plentiful. Holloway averaged 37 minutes this season, 38 minutes last. So this will be a transition for Lyons. He'll have to demonstrate he can play constantly with the ball in his hands, make solid decisions and enhance the value of his teammates.
Arizona has veterans in Solomon Hill, Kevin Parrom and Nick Johnson on the wings, but will rely largely on its talented freshmen at the power positions. Lyons will have to get the ball to those players in good positions to score and also lead the defense with on-ball pressure, which also will be relatively new to him.
Lyons said he has reached out to McConnell and that he is looking forward to practicing against him this year, giving each the opportunity to learn from the other.
"I've got one of the best point guard coaches, if not the best, and he'll help me with making decisions," Lyons said. "I've got to make sure I keep everybody on the same page."
He would have faced the same challenges at Xavier. Although it ended well, with Lyons scoring 16 points and helping the Musketeers desperately rally to challenge Baylor in the South Region semifinal at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, his final season there was more difficult than expected.
Xavier began the season with eight consecutive victories, including three over eventual NCAA Tournament teams, and was ranked No. 8 by the Associated Press. That eighth victory, though, ended in the team's infamous brawl with Cincinnati. Lyons did not start that fight, but he didn't avoid it either, and he was suspended two games for his involvement. The Musketeers lost both those games and never really recovered their form or identity.
"It has been up and down," Lyons said. "We finished the season strong, got to another Sweet 16. We conquered something."
The altered mood in the Xavier program that resulted from that event led Lyons to begin contemplating a move as a graduate transfer earlier this spring. Xavier released a statement in late April that indicated Lyons hadn't embraced the challenges to improve presented by coach Chris Mack and that it would be "best for Lyons' career at Xavier to come to a conclusion."
Lyons said he will participate in Xavier's graduation ceremony.
"I will always love Xavier," he said. "They took me in with open arms. I met a lot of good people. It helped me become a man."


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1. Re: DZ68DB died after attempting to upgrade to latest BIOS 040tjg79 Apr 15, 2012 5:55 AM (in response to yamcenutzer)
Well, it's not clear to me from reading your post that you did the recovery BIOS correctly. Did you remove the jumper completely when you attempted the recovery BIOS update? After the BIOS update, you replace the jumper. Check the tech documents to ensure you are doing it correctly.
Remove the CMOS battery for a few hours, check the battery voltage, replace battery if suspect, attempt another recovery BIOS update with minimal hardware to see if you can get a board that will boot with the latest BIOS.
2. Re: DZ68DB died after attempting to upgrade to latest BIOS 040yamcenutzer Apr 15, 2012 6:45 AM (in response to tjg79)
Its not the first time im doing bios updates on intel boards, both normal and recovery (without jumper) and eevn the undocumented bios cfg (jumper 2-3) method
I also tried removing the cmos battery (overnight).
Board is dead, and if noone has a new method I haven't tried yet, I'll have to RMA the board.
that reminds me: intel boards and I believe Asus/Asrock have a LPC debug out . Where can I find something to attach there and read BIOS progress?
3. Re: DZ68DB died after attempting to upgrade to latest BIOS 040rseiler Apr 15, 2012 11:42 AM (in response to yamcenutzer)
It's for posts like yours that I posed the question here a while ago. Not surprisingly, Intel hasn't responded.
4. Re: DZ68DB died after attempting to upgrade to latest BIOS 040tjg79 Apr 15, 2012 12:28 PM (in response to yamcenutzer)
Another idea:
Try another download of the BIOS update. I've had what appears to be corrupted downloads before. I've been successful with a second download where the first download failed. If you're up for it, try another download of the recovery BIOS update and do a full reformat of the disk or usb that you intend to use for the update before you copy the BIOS update to that media. Put the board in the simplest configuration possible, by removing all unnecessary hardware from the system. If that fails, then you likely have a damaged board.
Good luck and regards
5. Re: DZ68DB died after attempting to upgrade to latest BIOS 040yamcenutzer Apr 15, 2012 4:08 PM (in response to tjg79)
YES; i've also dad a bad download before (DH55TC, I believe) IIRC It was way too small, so I noticed after the third attempt, Since then I always download all 3 versions of the bios (bio, zip, exe) and extract and compare them.
This time, the bio and bio in the zip have the same size, I tried both.
Eevn then, the board never even tries to access eithet the flash drive or the disk.
BTW, have you also noticed that the 5V Standby led never goes out completely as long as you have a monitor connected?
The sum of all the 'small things' in this board makes me kinda nervous. It looks like an unfinished engeneering sample to me.
I think I read something similar before, was that also you? Anyway, I totally agree.
However in this specific case, I was really waiting for a new BIOS, because, As I said in my first post, I already was having a number of issues, which I am sure needed a BIOS fix. Even though INtel support never acknowledged them. Now sure enoufgh, the release notes of the 040 BIOS conatins almost all those issues, so I was really in need to apply that.
So now: black screen, no beeps !!
INterestingly lights are somewaht on 5V stby power led, no beeps even when no memory.
BTW, I wasn'T overclocking anything before I applied the BIOS. Although I do have a 2600K proc in it, but just because the 'normal' ones weren't available at the time I bought them, and they would have been the price anyway.
6. Re: DZ68DB died after attempting to upgrade to latest BIOS 040tjg79 Apr 15, 2012 4:26 PM (in response to yamcenutzer)
I don't have a DZ68DB, but I do have the DX58SO and the 5 V standby voltage LED will remain lit unless I switch off the power supply with the switch on the power supply or unplug the power supply. Even then, the LED doesn't go out immediately; it will remain lit for about another ten seconds or more. I've never had to disconnect my monitors to remove standby voltage from the motherboard. My monitors are connected to an Nvidia graphics card and the power doesn't get to the board from the monitors.
Are you sure your monitor is providing standby power to the Intel board? Will your board have standby power connected to a monitor and the system power supply unit unplugged? As I indicated, I'm not familiar with your board, but I would think it's got a problem if you've got standby power through a monitor alone.
If you remove or install memory modules with standby power present, you could fry something.
7. Re: DZ68DB died after attempting to upgrade to latest BIOS 040yamcenutzer Apr 15, 2012 4:42 PM (in response to tjg79)
No It's not full standby power.
The normal procedure of getting the system powerless is to switch off, then unplug.
The stby Power led will stay on as you said for a few seconds, but you can press the power switch to drain it immediately.
Even then you never know how many other capacitors have somehing left.
Anyway, if you connect a monitor to the onboard gfx (HDMI other DVI, tried both, with different different monitors), then I notice that the stby LED never goes out completely, it still glows a bit (dimly, not full) until I also disconnect the monitor. This effect has been reported here elswhere by someone else too.
Of course monitor and PC are on the same power grid.
Whatever, I'm not sure this has something to do with the failed BIOS update, but it just adds up to all the small things.
8. Re: DZ68DB died after attempting to upgrade to latest BIOS 040tjg79 Apr 15, 2012 4:58 PM (in response to yamcenutzer)
The Intel technical documents don't caution about disconnecting monitors or anything else besides the power supply unit before changing memory modules. Your board has integrated graphics support which is different from my board. You may have a defective or damaged board.
9. Re: DZ68DB died after attempting to upgrade to latest BIOS 040rsnelson Apr 16, 2012 2:41 PM (in response to yamcenutzer)
I've been running a DZ68DB since September 2011.
I RMA'ed the first one because I also thought I had killed the board with a BIOS updated AND I saw the standby power stay on even with power unplugged from the power supply.
The second board also had the same issues.
The BIOS upgrades change the video settings that cause the display 'auto detection' to not work after the BIOS upgrade has been completed. This makes it look like the BIOS upgrade has killed the motherboard. In your particular case I think it has indeed killed the motherboard because changing the BIOS configuration jumper to configure should allow you to change the BIOS settings to force the video signal to the correct port.
The monitor is powering the motherboard though the +5V supply on the video cable. The Intel representative told me that this was on purpose to "alert the user that there is still power applied to the motherboard". While technically this is true, I would hope that the motherboard design would prevent this +5V signal from affecting components that you might swap out with the power supply unplugged. I don't know but I make sure to power off my monitor as well when swapping out any component.
These are a couple of the issues I have been facing with on the board that I have been living with. I'm not extremely happy but these particular issues can be worked around.
I haven't had any USB 3 issues -- but I also don't use USB3 very often.
I almost forgot -- I also had to enable another BIOS setting (sorry I'm not at this particular computer right now to look it up) to delay switching off the power supply (by I think 4 seconds) or the system would not correctly flash the BIOS. This is another setting that gets wiped out when flashing the BIOS.
I'm really scared about applying BIOS 0040 to my system but would like to because every couple months the system freezes with a checkerboard pattern on the display. I don't have anything in the system except for an Intel SSD.
10. Re: DZ68DB died after attempting to upgrade to latest BIOS 040rsnelson Apr 16, 2012 2:43 PM (in response to rsnelson)
See http://communities.intel.com/message/134267#134267 for my original post on these issues.
11. Re: DZ68DB died after attempting to upgrade to latest BIOS 040tjg79 Apr 16, 2012 2:53 PM (in response to rsnelson)
The 5 Volt standby power issue appears to be a design flaw in my opinion. Intel should post a warning in the tech documents to ensure all devices with power attached to the system are unplugged to ensure no standby power exists on the board when changing memory modules.
12. Re: DZ68DB died after attempting to upgrade to latest BIOS 040Roach33990 Apr 16, 2012 10:49 PM (in response to yamcenutzer)
I'm having the same problem. brand new dz68db last i5 cpu,16GB ram. Board only works with 12GB RAM regardless of speed settings. It came with bios 0014. I spent 3 days trying to get it to 0040. 2 days ago I got it to 0032. Then tried to get it to 0040. Now the board will not reboot. I've tried every way to get it to recover the bios. No luck. Left the battery out for 24 hours. No luck in recovery. I followed the jumper process exactly. Also not sure why the box says 32GB ram when it only takes 16GB max. I"m not sure what to do next. I'm losing money playing with this. No response from Intel on this yet? How do I get an RMA? Should I get another brand? This is my first Intel board. Not a pleasant experience so far.
13. Re: DZ68DB died after attempting to upgrade to latest BIOS 040rsnelson Apr 16, 2012 10:56 PM (in response to Roach33990)
Don't rely on Intel to monitor the forums. Give them a call. They are actually very good to work with...
If you are in the US please use http://www.intel.com/p/en_US/support/contact/phone.
14. Re: DZ68DB died after attempting to upgrade to latest BIOS 040Roach33990 Apr 16, 2012 11:22 PM (in response to rsnelson)
I saw the phone number. Just have not been home in time to call yet. I'll try tomorrow. Thanks


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Without the tax hike revenue, Illinois could see thousands of workers laid off and severe cuts to everything from public safety and roadwork to services for children, the poor and the elderly.
�We know this is going to be a very hard journey in the next few months,� Quinn said, noting that he believes he is being specific, forthright and honest with taxpayers about the state�s finances and where Illinois has to go in the coming months and years.
More conservative politicians have painted Quinn as a liar for originally telling people the tax would be temporary and now wanting it to be made permanent. Some of them, including Bruce Rauner, Quinn�s Republican challenger in November, have called for the income tax to expire as scheduled but have offered no alternatives to replace the revenue.
House and Senate Republicans on Tuesday introduced a series of bills they say would �jump start the economy and create jobs� without subjecting Illinoisans to higher taxes. There are some good ideas in the package, but it lacks any proposals that would generate an immediate $1.6 billion in annual revenue for a state drowning in debt.
Even the Chicago-based Civic Federation, a right-leaning, pro-business organization that monitors the state�s finances, has said Illinois needs the money from the income tax hike, though the federation called for only a one-year extension.
It�s understandable that taxpayers would be unhappy with the prospect of pitching in more money for pension debt, unpaid bills and keeping services and programs up and running. We aren�t completely sold on every aspect of Quinn�s five-year budget blueprint, including his property tax �relief� proposal for homeowners.
But the governor of a state as financially troubled as Illinois must be given the latitude to keep an eye on the books, deliver unpopular news to taxpayers and suggest adjustments as needed. That doesn�t make him a liar.
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