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Meme Watch: Return of the Lucky Duckies
The Journal re-enters the tax-the-poor fray.
Chatterbox is excited to report that the Wall Street Journal has finally posted online its paradigm-shattering Nov. 20 editorial, "The Non-Taxpaying Class." This is the editorial that stated boldly that raising taxes on poor people was no longer something conservatives had to hide when it was an unavoidable consequence of cutting taxes on rich people. Say it loud, the Journal more or less proclaimed. I take money from poor people and I'm proud!
Chatterbox was beginning to suspect that the Journal regretted having run the editorial, which has been widely ridiculed for referring to people so poor that they pay little or no income tax as "lucky duckies." (See commentary by E.J. Dionne, Paul Krugman, Jonathan Chait, and Citizens for Tax Justice. Chatterbox laid out his own argument against raising taxes on poor people here and here and kicked off this meme watch here.)
But Chatterbox was wrong. The Journal weighs in today with "Lucky Duckies Again," a ringing defense of the tax-the-poor meme. Following the lead of Fox News Sunday's Tony Snow, the Journal editorialuses the tax-the-poor line to argue that the Bush tax cut is too redistributionist. (Click here to read Snow's Jan. 12 commentary. A. Tappen Soper made a similar argument in the Jan. 17 National Review Online.)
The Journal points out that Bush's biggest percentage tax reductions are for people who earn up to $40,000, who would pay 17 to 20 percent less, mainly because of an increase in the child credit. The smallest tax reductions are for people who earn in excess of $100,000, who would pay 11 percent less, mainly because of cuts in dividend and capital-gains taxes. (Click here for the Treasury Department's distribution table.) But it's no great feat to achieve a proportionally larger tax cut on people who aren't paying much income tax to begin with. The real question is why extravagant tax cuts for rich people, whose tax rates were just loweredin Bush's 2001 tax bill, should be necessary at all. Before you answer "stimulus," remember that two years ago Bush advocated a tax cut for the precise opposite reason—the booming economy was rendering federal tax coffers too flush, and the money needed to be returned before the guv'mint found a way to spend it. Now Bush's budget director says the tax cut will keep the federal budget in deficit for the next decade. This expectation, in turn, has required Bush's White House chief economics adviser (and tax-the-poor advocate) R. Glenn Hubbard to argue that deficits don't harm the economy, a position that, Berkeley economist Brad DeLong discovered, contradicts what Hubbard wrote in his textbook Money, the Financial System and the Economy. (DeLong further elaborates his argument here.)
And, oh yes, Bush's former Treasury secretary says the tax cut is unnecessary. But we digress.
According to the new Journal editorial, the new Bush tax cut "exacerbates the growing problem of a bifurcated tax system" by giving the middle class too much and the rich too little. The editorial then goes on to deny that the Journal ever suggested "that lower income people should pay higher taxes. We even went out of our way to flog our favorite horse that everybody should pay less in taxes."
Never said poor people should pay higher taxes?
It's true that the original editorial was aimed most immediately at urging the Bush administration not to provide new tax breaks (like the proposed increase in the child credit) for low- and middle-income people. But it's disingenuous for the Journal to deny that it was calling for poor people to pay more in taxes. Let's go to the source:
as fewer and fewer people are responsible for paying more and more of all taxes, the constituency for tax cutting, much less for tax reform, is eroding. Workers who pay little or no taxes can hardly be expected to care about tax relief for everybody else. They are also that much more detached from recognizing the costs of government.
If poor people who don't pay income tax will never understand the misery endured by rich people who do, then it is not enough that "everybody should pay less in taxes," because lowering everybody's taxes would still leave taxpayers paying infinitely more in taxes than non-taxpayers. The only way to solve the mathematical puzzle is to either
1) lower the income-tax rate on everybody to zero and eliminate the federal government altogether;
2) disenfranchise poor people;
3) raise taxes on poor people.
Not even the Journal wants to shut down the federal government. And it probably doesn't want to take away the vote from people who don't earn enough to pay income tax (though Thomas E. Nugent, on National Review Online, suggests that pollsters stop talking to them). So, the only logical solution is to raise taxes on poor people.
Postscript: Tax-the-poor goes respectable! Robert Samuelson, Newsweek's conservative-but-sensible economics columnist, has written a surprisingly sympathetic column about the tax-the-poor meme. Samuelson raises many good arguments against the meme, among them that rich people are paying more income tax mainly because they're earning more income; that poor people don't vote all that much; and that low- and middle-income Americans don't want to soak the rich because they'd like to be rich someday themselves. (On this last point, Chatterbox should note that the same conservatives who claim class warfare doesn't exist in the United States promote taxing the poor as a means to halt … class warfare.) Samuelson does not, alas, mention state taxes, which are very regressive, and he mentions the regressive payroll tax only in passing. Unlike the Journal, Samuelson suggests that the income tax ought to remain progressive. But he's not sure how progressive it should be and concludes that tax burden should be spread "more evenly." Say it ain't so, Sam!
Meme Watch archive:
Jan. 16, 2003: "Tony Snow Says Tax the Poor!"
Jan. 14, 2003: "A Payroll Tax Rise?"
Jan. 2, 2003: "Bushies Get Cold Feet"
Dec. 16, 2002: "Bushies Take the Bait"
Nov. 27, 2002: "Introducing the Meme Watch"


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NEW YORK (AP) — Broadway and television casting director Barry Moss, who helped cast nearly 90 Broadway and touring productions, including the 1980 revival of "West Side Story," ''Nine," ''Torch Song Trilogy" and "The Who's Tommy," has died. He was 74.
Moss died June 17 of congestive heart failure at Mount Sinai Roosevelt in Manhattan, said his partner Bob Kale.
Among his casting credits are the 1995 revival of "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying," ''Titanic," ''Woman of the Year," ''My One and Only," ''Black and Blue" and "Sweeney Todd," He also was the casting director for "The Cosby Show "and was a founding member of The Casting Society of America.
Moss was a child actor who studied theatre arts at UCLA. He worked for the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences before moving to New York to begin a career as a director. He joined the Mort Schwartz Agency, where he was put in charge of the theatrical department. He soon met Julie Hughes, with whom he founded Hughes Moss Casting in 1981. At one point, they had eight shows running simultaneously on Broadway.
Moss is survived by his longtime partner and business associate Kale, nephew Mark Ellman and nieces Laurie Levinsky and Gerry Ellman.

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Winter sports are getting underway and many parents will soon be getting out of bed early on cold weekend mornings to transport their children to sports fields across town.
The good news is that even if your child's team never scores goal, they're benefitting significantly from simply being active and involved.
The long list of benefits for your child includes the development of:
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As children get older, the opportunities to chat and bond become rarer. Cheering from the sideline often leads to excited post-game conversations and a chance to reconnect with your teen over a shared interest.
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True Grit and Black Women of the West: The Story of "Stagecoach" Mary Fields
True Grit's fictional heroine Mattie Ross had real-life counterparts—and not all of them were white. Women of color played their part in the history of the American West, and historian Michael Searles explores their world.
Among his subjects is "Stagecoach" Mary Fields, who wore a six shooter on her hip, smoked cigars, and was given official permission to drink at her local tavern in Montana. Searles' talk examines the little known history of black women with true grit in the West.
Searles is an emeritus professor of history at Georgia Regents University (formerly Augusta State University) in Augusta, Georgia.


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Just some photos taken during work which I am burried in. I am sorry for the lack of posts but writing interesting and quality stories takes a lot of time which I don't have much off. The PhD and teaching assistant position are full-time jobs. Volcanic ash, bentonite and carbonate concretions are piling in my office. That's all I can say. :-)
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Though the GIF is now 25 years old, the raw animation format is having a moment in 2012. This internet sensation has been the source of countless memes as well as a way to succinctly capture our favorite pulp culture moments, and express oh-so-many feelings. Most prestigiously, the Oxford American Dictionary has selected GIF as its word of the year! So what better way is there to look back on the year in movies—its blockbusters, bombs, and breakouts—than through this looping web essential?
While critics and the Academy battle out what is the best film of 2012, the biggest hit was The Avengers, hands down. The action-packed superhero ensemble not only dominated its opening weekend with a whopping $207 million, but also the entire month of May…then the summer, then the year, pulling in more than $623,000,000 domestically, and over $1.5 billion worldwide! But that's not all. Though critics delivered mixed reviews on Christopher Nolan's much anticipated Dark Knight Rises, Joss Whedon's epic won almost universal praise. Some even say it has a shot at becoming the rare superhero flick that scores a Best Picture nod at the Oscars.


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Twenty-one destinations from across Europe received the 2011 EDEN Award for exemplary regeneration and promotion of their declining physical sites, at a gala Award ceremony, an exhibition of awarded destinations and an EDEN network meeting. From abandoned mines and disused factories to derelict railways and overgrown farmsteads, these neglected sites once played a key role in European history. Through well-considered sustainable regeneration people can rediscover the past and learn about traditional ways of life. As announced in May this year, Gharb was the winning destination in Malta and Gozo
All destinations have played a key role in reviving their region, bringing new life to run-down cultural, historical and nature sites, and acting as a catalyst for wider local regeneration. The fifth annual celebration of the European Destinations of Excellence (EDEN) initiative under the theme: 'Tourism and Regeneration of Physical Sites' is taking place in Brussels on 27 and 28 September. These events are closely linked to the European Tourism Day, which took place on 27 September in Brussels and focused on European Industrial Heritage.
Antonio Tajani, European Commission Vice-President in charge of Industry and Entrepreneurship said, "This year's theme has seen some particularly outstanding examples of imaginative and unusual tourism concepts. In this fast-changing world economy, EDEN continues to highlight the best of Europe's ingenuity and creativity in tourism. I am pleased with the excellent performance of the tourism industry in 2010 and 2011. To proceed further down this path we need to continue boosting innovation and quality. EDEN is a successful example."
For further information on the EDEN project and previous recipients of the awards please see http://ec.europa.eu/eden.
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Feb 27, 2008
Fish, Fishing pole, Fish Market
In the Lehigh Valley we don't believe in giving someone just a fish, or even a fishing pole, we give them a fish market. Alan Jennings Community Action Development Corp. makes people instant business owners. I know of no less than three of his start ups that have failed. At today's Allentown Parking Authority Board Meeting, another Jennings recipient expressed support for a questionable development plan. It is difficult for me to accept housing agencies making homeowners from those who do not qualify for conventional mortgages, especially during the last five years. I would have thought nothing down and bad credit was easy enough. But imagine the stretch to make someone a business owner. Surely poverty has become the growth industry in the Lehigh Valley.
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Mike, could you be a little more specific? I am trying to understand the connection between the photo and your post, but don't want to jump to wrong conclusions.
- February 27, 2008 at 10:59 PM
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According to Queen City Blog, La Manna's, shown in photo, is closing. their setup costs were courtesy of Community Action.
- February 28, 2008 at 5:02 AM
Community Action Development Corporation of Allentown offers a free 20-week course to help people determine whether they're suited to start a business, and offers technical assistance if a person decides to start a business. Though this particular funding source is no longer available to CADCA, the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency provided an Economic Development grant through Allentown Weed and Seed, whereby Community Action was able to offer business owners mini-grants of up to $5,000 to start or sustain their businesses.
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I guess you should never make an adult tama play with a toddler... I tried it today with my 7 year old mimitchi Sulo (a bit underweight boy) and a little 2 year old Myy (she was born yesterday ). They played together several times but the little marutchi won every time (I guess my mimitchi should be heavier, he weights now 47 g amd marutchi is in her target weight, 20 g).
First time they played the two games, she won both and then Sulo the Mimitchi turned up to give her a present. He handed it over with a cute smile and it was... A DISEASE!!!! What a nasty guy!
So, the second time I thought it was gonna be the same way and yes, Myy the Marutchi won again but this time she went over to give the mimitchi a present. Yes, you guessed it, she gave him poo...
Is it always like this or are there some nifty lil tricks how to get them to play nice?
My tamagotchis don't play nice!!!
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i tried that ince and worked fine. I would think that connecting them a lot wolud make them betterfriends.(if you press the midddle button over and over again while your tama is playing against the other one it might go faster just a rumor that I think works sometimes) give it a try and if it dosn't work ask Admin.
Posted 26 November 2004 - 10:33 AM ( #3 )
I get that sometimes too. If I keep connecting them, they usually become nicer to each other. My two tamagotchis now are being fairly nice. Poo or the jack in the boxes sometimes, but usually cake or a flower. No gifts that can be kept yet, but they're not adults yet so that's okay.


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A non-profit organization, the museum is dedicated to increasing the public awareness of Native American traditions, philosophy and art. Rain or shine, there are lots to do at the Museum! Come for a guided tour of the Exhibit Hall and its wonderful artifacts. In addition to a tour, visit the Museum Store, the Dreamcatcher, a destination in itself, offering a unique array of crafts, most of which are created by Indian artisans, and a large collection of books.
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The Emoji Movie, in which the protagonist can't help but express a wide variety of emotions instead of the one assigned to him, may have gotten something right. A new UC Berkeley study challenges a long-held assumption in psychology that most human emotions fall within the universal categories of happiness, sadness, anger, surprise, fear and disgust.
Using novel statistical models to analyze the responses of more than 800 men and women to over 2,000 emotionally evocative video clips, UC Berkeley researchers identified 27 distinct categories of emotion and created a multidimensional, interactive map to show how they're connected.
Their findings are published this week in the early edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal .
"We found that 27 distinct dimensions, not six, were necessary to account for the way hundreds of people reliably reported feeling in response to each video," said study senior author Dacher Keltner, a UC Berkeley psychology professor and expert on the science of emotions.
Moreover, in contrast to the notion that each emotional state is an island, the study found that "there are smooth gradients of emotion between, say, awe and peacefulness, horror and sadness, and amusement and adoration," Keltner said.
"We don't get finite clusters of emotions in the map because everything is interconnected," said study lead author Alan Cowen, a doctoral student in neuroscience at UC Berkeley. "Emotional experiences are so much richer and more nuanced than previously thought."
"Our hope is that our findings will help other scientists and engineers more precisely capture the emotional states that underlie moods, brain activity and expressive signals, leading to improved psychiatric treatments, an understanding of the brain basis of emotion and technology responsive to our emotional needs," he added.
For the study, a demographically diverse group of 853 men and women went online to view a random sampling of silent 5- to-10-second videos intended to evoke a broad range of emotions.
Themes from the 2,185 video clips — collected from various online sources for the study — included births and babies, weddings and proposals, death and suffering, spiders and snakes, physical pratfalls and risky stunts, sexual acts, natural disasters, wondrous nature and awkward handshakes.
Three separate groups of study participants watched sequences of videos, and, after viewing each clip, completed a reporting task. The first group freely reported their emotional responses to each of 30 video clips.
Unfortunately, this has been a challenge for me, too, and I don't have any great answers yet. Building a culture where great ideas can come from anywhere is certainly important, but so too is the autonomy to control your own work and not feel like anyone from anywhere can step in and push aside your defined priorities. There's a good balance somewhere in between, but I don't have a systematic approach or any well structured tips to give sadly.
In a lot of ways, social media marketing is all about creating "moments of serendipity" that attract new customers to your brand. This is especially true for long-sales-cycle, high consideration purchases.
We wrote about this a while back - one of our most popular posts:
Serendipity: The Ultimate Goal of Social Media Marketing?
I really enjoyed this WBF thanks Rand. I myself have always relied on the return of serendipitous marketing knowing that it was the cause of " Human links" yet as a marketer I have only been able to introduce this Marketing extension to my clients after there was an established trust. Before that trust was built we kinda avoided the introduction of serendipitous marketing even though I believe it to be very effective. Yet due to the non-measurability I found it to be a gamble out the gate for new customers even though its not really a gamble at all.
Some say serendipudus is all luck! Well I believe good luck is the willing handmaid of a upright and energetic character, and conscientious observance of duty. So the harder you work and the more things you try the more luck you will find yourself to have!
In general, there are many advantages in taking on this "surplus mentality". If you have time to help people, then you probably have a lot more going on. This overflow creates a (somewhat) illusion that you have plenty to give from.You do not have to be the stereotypical marketer - you can also provide immense value and help people along the way. If it pays off, great! If not, then you probably learned something yourself in the process anyways. You know, like teachers learn a lot about themselves and their capabilities through teaching itself.Best,
Serendipity is great, it's often times finding time that's the hard part. None the less, I agree with everything about this. Great post Rand.
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The New York Festival of Song
Wed. January 19, 8 p.m.
Merkin Concert Hall
Kaufman Center
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$45, seniors $35, students $22.50.
Kathleen Chalfant recites the work of Russian poet, Anna Akhmatova, who was relentlessly persecuted by Stalin. Chalfant will perform as part of the New York Festival of Song program at Merkin Concert Hall and at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC.
Chalfant performs work of banned Soviet poet
By Jerry Tallmer
Politicians never know what to do with poets, and dictators certainly dont, except to exile them, jail them, ban them, stifle them, starve them, or kill them.
Anna Akhmatova (1889-1966) was too hot, too famous, for Stalin to kill, but he did his best throughout most of his life, and hers, to suppress her works, imprison or slaughter those closest to her, and freeze Akhmatova herself into a non-person.
The poems nevertheless survived, and kept changing, growing, in her head, on her tongue, on the tongues of admirers, in underground sheets (samizdats) and occasional foreign publications. Akhmatova herself survived, partly as a translator.
Thats what I found interesting, said Kathleen Chalfant last week. She translated all sorts of stuff, Korean, Armenian, everything. And French, of course - Victor Hugo. Educated Russians of that day were more French than the French.
Next Wednesday evening, January 19, the brilliant star of Wit, Angels in America, Guantanamo, and much else will be speaking, some of the poems of Anna Akhmatova and of Akhmatovas countryman Alexander Blok (1880-1921) another indigestible culture bump for Socialist Realist dialecticians in a New York Festival of Song program of Poets Without Heroes at Merkin Concert Hall on West 67th Street.
It will have followed a similar NYFOS evening at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., on Sun., Jan. 16. On my birthday! Ill be 60, said the lean, blue-eyed, ever more beautiful wife, mother, actress, and activist Greenwich Villager.
The event, devised by NYFOS co-founding artistic directors Steven Blier and Michael Barrett, and subject to change even as you read this, has soprano Dina Kuznetsova, baritone Nicolai Janitsky, violinist Juliette Kang, cellist Thomas Kraines, pianist Blier, and Ms. Chalfant teaming up on Prokofievs Five Poems by Anna Akhmatova and Shostakovichs Seven Songs on Poems by Alexander Blok, among other pieces.
I keep running into Akhmatova, said the actress as she concocted a couple of early-morning cappuccinos in the kitchen of a sunlit top-floor walkup apartment near Sheridan Square. Our paths keep crossing. The first time was, I dont know, back in the early 80s, in Three Poets, an evening of three one-act plays by Romulus Linney. One was about Anna Akhmatova, and I played her.
It was about the writing of her [anti-Stalinist] Requiem, the quintessential samizdat poem. She didnt even write it down. She told fragments of it to friends. Then when Stalin put her son in prison, she stood outside the prison and recited it. The Romulus play had a fictional meeting between Akhmatova and a commissar who was offering her her sons freedom if she stopped writing.
From 1921 to 1952, Akhmatova was published nowhere in the Soviet Union except for a short reprieve for obvious reasons at the start of World War II.
Akhmatova was a member of the Acmeist school of poets, which only had about four people in it. It was a response to Symbolism. Akhmatovas friend Blok was a Symbolist [and vehemently attacked as such, and as counter-revolutionary, by, among others, Leon Trotsky]. Symbolism was kind of obscure. Akhmatova was not in any way obscure.
Nor is Chalfant.
Two seasons ago, I was asked by Steven [Blier] if I would like to make my Carnegie Hall debut. Carnegie Hall! I said yes. It was a wonderful program of Shakespeare sonnets. Then Steven said: Id like to do this again. What do you think of Anna Akhmatova? So I told him.
No, she wont be singing in this evening of Poets Without Heroes. Yes, sure, she can sing.
I have to sing [in plays] all the time, but I dont sing very well. The first time was in Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You, when I had to sing the Ave Maria as an understudy for Elizabeth Franz. I did that on Sundays and in between famous people. Carolyn Mignini, in that show, came to me and said: Kathy, its most amazing. You sing a half-tone flat all the way through.
There is nothing flat in Chalfants Akhmatova.
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A person in Center Harbor jumped into a canoe and came to the rescue of another person after watching a boat capsize on Lake Winona.
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The rescuer responded in a canoe and found the victim floating on the water. The rescuer then pulled the victim to shore and performed CPR until emergency responders arrived.
Officials said the victim was not wearing a life jacket.
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NCAA Preview: Cal St. Northridge MatadorsPosted by rtmsf on March 18th, 2009
Cal State Northridge (#15, West, Kansas City pod)
vs. Memphis (#2)
Mar. 19 @ 12:25pm
Vegas Line: Cal St. Northridge +19.5
General Profile
Location: Northridge, CA
Conference: Big West, automatic
Coach: Bobby Braswell, 205-180
08-09 Record: 17-13, 11-5
Last 12 Games: 9-3
Best Win: 71-66, Pacific, 3/15
Worst Loss: 67-65, Cal State Bakersfield, 11/21
Off. Efficiency Rating: 102.2; #162
Def. Efficiency Rating: 97.1; #83
Nuts n Bolts
Star Player(s): Rodrigue Mels, 25.5 ppg in Big West Tournament
Unsung Hero: Tremaine Townsend – 10.2 ppg, 8.3 rebs
Potential NBA Draft Pick(s): None
Key Injuries: Josh Jenkins, G – car accident; Deon Tresvant, G – pending legal case
Depth: 41.4%, #9
Achilles Heel: Just 67.3% from the FT line
Will Make a Deep Run if…: Memphis falls asleep on the court
Will Make an Early Exit if…: They turn the ball over too much (17.7 pg)
Distance to First Round Site: 1,637 miles
School's Claim to Fame: One of the state's largest schools (33,000+ students), Northridge finished rebuilding in 2007 after the campus was heavily damaged in the 1994 earthquake that struck the Los Angeles area
School Wishes It Could Forget: Three players (including leading scorer and coach's son) accused of stealing thousands of dollars in merchandise from a local Best Buy on New Year's Day this year, and have not played since.
Prediction: Northridge does all of the things that Memphis does… only Memphis does them much, much better. The Matadors won the Big West despite missing some key players, but that grit won't get them far against the Tigers.
Major RTC stories: None
Preview written by… (Ryan ZumMallen, LBPOSTSports.com)


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May 16. 2013 10:24PM
Casino committee looks to find acceptable language, more votes
By GARRY RAYNO
State House Bureau
— A group of gambling super committee lawmakers has crafted proposed changes to
Senate Bill 152
to allow casino gambling in the hopes of winning enough votes in the House to pass the bill when votes are counted next Wednesday.
House members will have to overturn the Joint Finance and Ways and Means Committee recommendation to kill the bill, before the 45-page amendment can come before the House for a vote.
The committee — by a razor-thin 23-22 margin — voted to kill the bill on Wednesday after spending nearly a month vetting it.
The proposed changes address the problems raised by the three sub-committees that worked on the bill, said Rep. Kathy Rogers, D-Concord, one of the amendments authors.
The new proposed amendment strengthens the regulatory framework, gives the attorney general greater clout in the selection process, limits campaign contributions and forbids candidates from seeking them from casino owners and officials, and requires the state to reject any applicant who owners fail background checks.
The amendment also attempts to protect entertainment venues around the state and provides additional protections for existing charity gaming operations.
The group continued to work on the amendment on Thursday.
Rogers said the amendment now makes changes to the makeup of the casino study commission, which will determine if additional casinos should be approved, and to the North Country Commission. Under the bill, North Country economic development receives 10 percent of the state money from the casino.
"The amendment goes to great lengths to address the problems every one brought up in the committees," Rogers said. "We tried to come up with solutions to problems."
None of the changes the group proposes are expected to be deal breakers with the Senate, which approved the bill on a 16-8 vote.
But Rogers acknowledged that it's a hard climb to defeat the committee's recommendation before the amendment is introduced.
If the motion to kill the amendment is defeated, other amendments are likely to be introduced as well, including alternative expanded gambling proposals.
Opponents of the bill said Thursday they don't expect the committee's recommendation to be overturned.
Long-time gambling opponent, Rep. David Hess, R-Hooksett, said he doesn't believe the debate will go beyond the committee's recommendation to kill the bill.
He said most of the veteran House members have not changed their positions on gambling from years past.
"I do not see any significant movement from their previous positions," Hess said. "The wild card is the freshmen Democrats."
The House has never passed casino gambling, although the Senate has a number of times.
Casino supporters believe this is the best shot they have had with the backing of Gov. Maggie Hassan, who supports the bill and included $80 million from casino licensing fess in her proposed operating budget.
Hassan is meeting with House members to address their concerns about the bill and continues to do so.
The other significant factor casino supporters point to is that Massachusetts is about to open three destination casinos and a slot machine parlor.
If the state does nothing, they argue, it will lose millions of dollars it now collects and will have to bear the additional cost of problem gamblers from New Hampshire going to the Bay State to gamble.
Lew Feldstein of Casino Free New Hampshire said while the issue is not resolved, the committee vote is significant.
Forty-five representatives spent more than three weeks studying the bill and at the end decided they could not overcome the limits and structural problems of the proposed legislation, he said.
The close committee vote probably means a close vote in the House, Feldstein noted, adding is it not a simple choice for lawmakers.
"What has not gotten nearly enough attention is what kind of financial deal is it for New Hampshire," he said.
The House votes Wednesday on SB 152, which would allow up to 5,000 video slot machines and 150 table games. The developer would be required to spend $400 million on the facility.


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That's probably why Dave Silverman is on Hannity tonight, which he is.
Anyway – yessssssssss. AA is suing the IRS.
American Atheists and two co-plaintiffs today filed in U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Kentucky a lawsuit demanding that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) stop giving preferential treatment to churches and religious organizations via the process of receiving non-profit tax-exempt status under the Internal Revue Code (IRC) procedures and definitions.
"American Atheists receives tax-exempt status under Internal Revenue Code 501(c)(3)," said American Atheists President David Silverman, "but because the organization is not classified as religious it costs American Atheists, along with all other secular non-profits, significantly more money each year to keep that status. In this lawsuit, American Atheists and the other plaintiffs are demanding that all tax-exempt organizations, including those characterized as religious by the IRS, have the same requirements to achieve tax-exempt status."
For example, in order to qualify for nonprofit tax-exempt status, any religious or secular organization must demonstrate it exists to benefit the public. After that basic element is established, religious non- profits are almost always declared automatically tax-exempt under the current IRC rules and definitions. However, secular non-profits face a lengthy application and a fee, which can be as high as $850.
"Religious organizations and churches are treated differently from secular organizations," explained American Atheists National Legal Director Edwin Kagin. "The exemptions are applied in a way that discriminates solely on the basis of whether an entity's members express beliefs and practices accepted as religious. The IRS treats your organization better if you profess belief in a supernatural deity."
It needs to stop!


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Department of Labor
Employment Standards Administration Wage and Hour Division Washington, D.C. 20210
April 5, 2004 Dear Name*,
This is in response to your letter requesting an interpretation under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) regarding counting employees from temporary agencies (and, specifically, regarding the counting of "day laborers" from the temporary agency) toward the 50-employee threshold test for coverage when the client employer otherwise employs fewer than 50 permanent full-time and part-time employees. You also ask if the owner of the company should be counted as one of the 50 employees for FMLA coverage. There was a delay in responding to your initial request and you have advised us that the particular client for whom you had originally requested this interpretation no longer employs day laborers. However, you state that, since the situation described in your letter is not uncommon in your area, you still wish to receive a response. You also have advised us that you may use the guidance for publication of an article in a newsletter. Determinations of compliance, eligibility and other issues under the FMLA are factspecific. Since the particular situation for which you originally requested guidance no longer exists, and no additional facts regarding that situation can be obtained, the following is provided as general guidance regarding the issue raised. Existence of any other factual or historical background not contained in your request might require a different conclusion than the one expressed herein. The FMLA at § 101(4)(A)(i) and its implementing regulations at 29 CFR Part 825.104(a) define an "employer" as "any person engaged in commerce or in any industry or activity affecting commerce who employs 50 or more employees for each working day during each of 20 or more calendar workweeks in the current or preceding calendar year." Several concepts that are critical in determining who is counted toward the FMLA's "50 or more employees" coverage test are discussed below. First, it is necessary to determine if an employment relationship exists as distinguished from a contractual one. The FMLA at § 101(3) defines the terms "employ" and "employee" as having the same meaning given such terms in the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended (FLSA). Under the FLSA an employee, as distinguished from a person who is engaged in a business of his or her own, is one who, as a matter of economic reality, follows the usual path of an employee and is dependent upon the business which he or she serves.1 You have not disputed that the client firm's temporary help employees and occasional day laborers are, in fact, employees. Second, it is necessary to determine if employees (as opposed to contractors) of an employer have a continuing employment relationship with the employer. The FMLA's legislative history states that the language "employs 50 or more employees for each working day during each of 20 or more calendar workweeks in the current or preceding calendar year" parallels language used in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), and is intended to receive the same interpretation. [See Report from the Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 5), Report 103-3, January 27, 1993, p. 22, and Report from the Committee on Education and Labor (H.R. 1), Report 103-8, Part 1, February 2, 1993, p. 33.] The Supreme Court has interpreted this language under Title VII as meaning "employ" in the sense of maintain on the payroll. See Walters v. Metropolitan Educational Enterprises, 519 U.S. 202 (1997). As you correctly note in your letter, employees on paid and unpaid leaves of absence are counted as long as there is a reasonable expectation that the employee will return to active employment. However, where there is no continuing employment relationship (e.g., when an employee is temporarily or indefinitely laid off), or where the employment relationship does not continue for each working day of the workweek (e.g., when an employee begins or ends employment with an employer midweek), the employee is not counted for FMLA coverage and eligibility purposes.2 See § 825.105(c) and (d). Finally, pursuant to § 825.106 of the FMLA regulations, a temporary help agency and an employer who hires employees from the agency may be considered joint employers for purposes of determining employer coverage and employee eligibility. The FMLA implementing regulations utilize standards
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established under the FLSA to determine whether the employment of the same employee by two employers is to be considered joint employment or separate and distinct employment. See § 825.106(a). The determination depends upon all the facts in the particular case. Generally, a joint employment relationship will be considered to exist where: 1. there is an arrangement between employers to share an employee's services or to interchange employees; 2. one employer acts, directly or indirectly, in the interest of the other employer in relation to the employee; or, 3. the employers are not completely disassociated with respect to the employee's employment and may be deemed to share control of the employee, directly or indirectly, because one employer controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with the other employer. Using these principles, the Department believes that a joint employment relationship ordinarily exists, for purposes of the FMLA, where a temporary agency supplies employees to a client employer. Employees who are jointly employed by two employers must be counted by both employers, whether or not maintained on only one of the employer's payroll in a record-keeping sense, in determining employer coverage and employee eligibility under the FMLA. See § 825.106(b) and (d). Your letter describes a situation in which a client employer has 42 full and part time employees on the payroll, routinely employs five or six employees who are provided by a temporary agency (routine temps), and from time to time uses day laborers who are also provided by a temporary agency. You ask several questions regarding if and how these employees should be counted for purposes for employer coverage. It is our position that the "routine temp" as well as the day laborers, as described in you letter, are jointly employed by the temporary help firm and your client firm. However, whether there is a continuing employment relationship for the purposes of FMLA coverage would depend upon all the circumstances in the individual case. Based on the principles stated above, the following general examples are provided. In each example we assume, based on the limited information provided, that the routine temps work each day of the week for the client employer: Example One: The temporary service agency provides the client firm with five day laborers in addition to the five or six routine temps. The same five day laborers work for the client company all week. In this example, the client firm would count the 42 full and part time regular employees, the five or six routine temps, and the five day laborers, as the day laborers are jointly employed by the client employer each working day of the week and there remains a continuing employment relationship with the client employer for the week. Total employees for the week: 52 or 53. This week would be counted toward the 20 workweek threshold. Example Two: In addition to the client firm's regular employees and the five or six routine temps, the temporary service provides three day laborers each day, but not the same three workers. Your client would count the firm's regular employees and the five or six routine temps as in Example One above. The day laborers in this example need not be counted as no day laborer worked for the client employer each day of the week or appeared to have a continuing employment relationship with the client employer. Total employees for the week: 47 or 48. This week would not be counted toward the 20 workweek threshold for the client employer.
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Example Three:
The client firm needs six day laborers one day and three each of the following three days, in addition to the 42 regular employees and five or six routine temps. In this case, the client firm would count its 42 regular employees and five or six routine temps. The day laborers need not be counted as no day laborer worked for the client employer each working day of the week or appeared to have a continuing employment relationship with the client employer. Total employees for the week: 47 or 48. As in Example Two, this week would not be counted toward the 20 workweek threshold for the client employer.
Finally, you question whether the owner of the client company would be counted for the 50-employee threshold test for the FMLA coverage. The answer to this question is fact specific and dependent upon whether an employment relationship existed between the business entity and the "owner." See Clackamas Gastroenterology Assoc. P.C. v. Wells, 123 S. Ct. 1673 (2003). Unfortunately, there was not enough information in your inquiry for us to make such a determination. However, in general, whether an individual is a true owner or partner as opposed to an employee depends on whether he or she acts independently and participates in management or instead is subject to the control of the organization. Clackamas, 123 S. Ct. at 1680. This opinion is based exclusively on the facts and circumstances described in your request and is given on the basis of your representation, explicit or implied, that you have provided a full and fair description of all the facts and circumstances which would be pertinent to our consideration of the question presented. Existence of any other factual or historical background not contained in your request might require a different conclusion than the one expressed herein. You have represented that this opinion is not sought by a party to pending private litigation concerning the issue addressed herein. You have also represented that this opinion is not sought in connection with an investigation or litigation between a client or firm and the Wage and Hour Division or the Department of Labor. We trust that we have been responsive to your inquiry. Sincerely, Tammy D. McCutchen Administrator Note: * The actual name(s) was removed to preserve privacy in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552 (b)(7).
See Rutherford Food Corp. V. McComb, 331 U.S. 722 (1947); Goldberg v. Whitaker House Cooperatives, Inc., 336 U.S. 28 (1961): Walling v. Portland Terminal Co., 330 U.S. 148 (1947); and Walling v. American Needlecrafts, Inc., th 139 F. 2d 60, (6 Cir. 1943).
Part-time employees, like full-time employees, are considered to be employed each working day of the calendar week, as long as they are maintained on the payroll.
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Tim Burton fans are getting an extra Christmas present this year.
The director's black and white stop-motion animated movie Frankenweenie is coming to DVD/Blu-ray on Jan. 8. Along with the movie, which is a homage to Frankenstein geared at kids, fans are getting an additional treat: An all-new short on the Blu-ray called, Captain Sparky vs. the Flying Saucers. In Frankenweenie, Sparky is the dog that the boy, Victor, resurrects, freaking out his town. In the new short, Victor and Sparky watch one of the home movies that Victor made.
Frankenweenie itself was inspired by a short, that time a live-action one Burton made for Disney in 1984.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Not to play favorites, but if you'd like to sample the tasty new WIGS channel, just take 9 minutes and try "Denise."
This nifty little set piece was written by celebrated playwright Neil LaBute, directed by Lee Toland Krieger ("Celeste & Jesse Forever") and stars straight-from-"The-Newsroom" Alison Pill and Chris Messina as two actors awaiting auditions who awkwardly revisit a past one-night stand.
"Denise" is witty, well-observed and packs a sly punch. It's a treat.
Appetite whetted? There's plenty more WIGS where that came from: a dozen titles so far, with more rolling out through November. They will collectively comprise some 100 video chapters, most of them 6 minutes to 8 minutes in length. Warning: WIGS could prove habit-forming.
Launched in May as one of YouTube's numerous new channels of original content, WIGS is a destination for short films — both series and one-offs — unlike anything you're likely to find on TV or a movie screen.
Each work focuses on a female protagonist in a novel situation (whether funny, sad or in-between) as performed by a top-notch cast including A-list actors and actresses along with promising newcomers. The roster of writers is equally impressive, including unexpected names like Mitch Albom and Scott Turow. Half of the directors are women.
Handsomely produced, WIGS even boasts intoxicating theme music by multi-Oscar-nominated Thomas Newman.
The channel's name (an acronym for Where It Gets Interesting) is meant to address the multifaceted nature of women, who in their daily lives are called upon to wear, metaphorically, not only many hats but also many wigs.
The creators of WIGS are two men who, despite their Y chromosomes, have built careers exploring the world of women.
Writer-producer-director Jon Avnet's credits include the films "Black Swan" and "Risky Business" and the TV series "The Starter Wife." Rodrigo Garcia produced the HBO series "In Treatment" and "Six Feet Under" and directed the gender-bender feature "Albert Nobbs," which earned its star, Glenn Close, a best-actress Oscar nod.
Several years ago they began cooking up WIGS as a way to mold their artistic visions to the Internet medium while targeting what they saw as an underserved Web audience: adult women.
They also wanted to adapt for the Web the experience of cinema.
"The Internet isn't going to be dogs on skateboards forever," says Garcia. "We wanted to produce projects that are entertaining but aren't as disposable as what was gaining popularity at the time."
The arrival of the iPad made online even more suited to scripted entertainment.
Then YouTube recruited them for its new 100-channel portfolio. Suddenly their fledgling enterprise (in partnership with News Corp. Digital Media Group) had a well-established, massively visited home base.
An early WIGS offering was "Jan," written and directed by Avnet, a 15-part tale about a budding photographer who's focused on sex. It stars Caitlin Gerard ("The Social Network") and features Virginia Madsen, Stephen Moyer and Jaime Murray.
Garcia wrote and directed the 12-part "Blue," which stars Julia Stiles as the single mother of a teenage boy who has no idea that his mom's a prostitute.
Meanwhile, Avnet and Garcia were inviting other filmmakers and actors to come play.
The guidelines, in a sense, were simple: Each project had to have a woman at its center, "and we wanted her to be multidimensional and difficult to pin down at times," says Avnet. "We want it more complex than broadcast, not as graphic as cable. Beyond that, our green-light committee is two guys who look at each other and say, 'Well, whattaya think?'"
"Dakota," written and directed by Ami Canaan Mann ("Texas Killing Fields"), finds Jena Malone as a woman juggling motherhood and a poker addiction.
"Lauren" stars Jennifer Beals and Troian Bellisario in a drama about a female service member seeking justice after being raped by three fellow soldiers. It was directed by Lesli Linka Glatter ("Mad Men," ''The West Wing").
"Christine," written and directed by Garcia, follows an evening of speed dating with America Ferrera, also starring Eric Balfour and Gary Dourdan as two of her speed dates.
A speed-dating event is again the setting stocked with crossover characters from "Jan": Written and directed by Avnet, "Vanessa & Jan" premiered a few days ago.
And among those still ahead: "Georgia," a comic three-parter written and directed by Marta Kauffman ("Friends").
Production of the programs began last November and continued in Los Angeles through March in what Avnet describes as "an insanely demanding task."
"Budgets were tight and we were shooting very quickly," adds Garcia. "But in exchange there was freedom and the excitement of working on something new."
Even with the welcome participation of two sponsors (American Express and Unilever), WIGS isn't seen by its creators as a get-rich-quick scheme, but rather a slow build.
Avnet considers it "highly likely" that WIGS will be invited to do a second cycle of films.
"Maybe by the third cycle, we can be paying our actors close to cable rates," he proposes, "and making a little money ourselves."
YouTube isn't saying when it will declare WIGS' fate. But it's putting out enthusiastic signals.
"They're building a really loyal fan base among the female viewers," says Jamie Byrne, YouTube's head of content strategy. "And they're building one of the great new media brands — not only with viewers, but also with the talent community and with advertisers."
Since its May debut, WIGS says it has logged more than 15 million views and gathered 83,000 subscribers.
But if all the signs look hopeful, the founders of WIGS retain a pleasantly philosophical stance.
"There is no one, yet, who can tell us what success is in this online world," says Avnet. "But it's fun when you don't know what you're doing, and when the price of success and failure isn't so high that you have committees trying to tell you what works.
"An expert," he says cheerfully, "knows what happened in the past." He and Garcia hope WIGS is happening for the future.
EDITOR'S NOTE — Frazier Moore is a national television columnist for The Associated Press. He can be reached at fmoore(at)ap.org and at http://www.twitter.com/tvfrazier


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When Luce was young, she ate 3-4 cups a day to maintain 45 lbs. She was a pretty active dog, though. My other dog has always eaten less than 2 cups/day to maintain 55 lbs. Every dog is an individual. Some are easy keepers, some aren't.
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Re: Feeding a lot and no weight gain.
You seem to be having the same problem I have with Scar.. it seems that no matter how much I feed him I can never get him to gain much weight. He has had blood work done..and also fecals and everything comes back fine so our vet came to the conclusion that he just has a high metabolism. Somedays he looks skinnier than others but as long as he is healthy and keeps his muscle I don't stress it to much anymore.. here is a picture so you can see Scars body type
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suzanne wrote:Shoshana wrote:I agree - he doesn't need more pounds. he just needs more muscle. I'd also keep watching his poop to make sure he doesn't have tapeworms. My vet said they don't actually test for them - they wait till they can be found in the poop before treating. I don't remember what she gave us - it was just one pill so I don't know if it's one of the ones you mentioned.
He doesn't have fleas or tapeworms. He's been dewormed 3 times, with 3 different products.
None of my dogs are overweight, one of them has hip issues and she's on the lower end of her weight range as well for her hips. I'm NOT TRYING TO MAKE HIM FAT. I want to know why he's eating almost 2,000kcals just to maintain the weight I have put on him. My 40lb dog is eating 2cups per day, my 55lb dog is getting 2-3cups per day depending on what we're doing, he gets 3-4 if we're riding a lot.
I do take him to the barn to run around, we have a spring pole that he plays with also. All I was saying is that he is not getting so much exercise that he should require that much food. The only time I have ever fed that much has been when I take a dog riding and we go for 10-15miles per ride.
Thanks for the input, he either has a high metabolism or he's still got some worms.
Some dogs just burn more calories. My friends have a GSP that eats 5 cups of food a day and he's so skinny you can see hipbones. They can't switch his food because he's a picky eater and stops eating if he doesn't like the food. On the other hand, Peanut has less than 2 cups a day of the same food and needs to lose 3 pounds or so. Peanut was eating 2 full cups a day and was the right weight - then we treated her for tapeworm...
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Ime, some animals, despite calories listed on food just don't do well on certain foods with respect to gaining, maintaining or losing weight - maybe it's the protein, carbs or other ingredients and/or maybe it's the way the food is processed (depleting the true nutrition), I'm not positive. I do know that I have had animals that on certain foods I could not keep weight on and others I could not keep weight off and each animal is very different, ime. Personally, that is a LOT of food, imo and I would be at least trying out some other brands/protein sources to see if that made a difference. If none of that made a difference then I wouldn't stress and would just chock it up to the individual dog's metabolism/build - some animals are just naturally thin.
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My freshmen seminar [at Bowdoin] was called The Architecture of College Campuses, and it was a really neat way to learn about the diversity of campuses across New England and the country, and I realized that architecture could be studied here. Then that spring, I took an architectural design class, and through the years, I made connections with an architectural historian on campus [Visiting Assistant Professor Jill Pearlman], and then an architect on campus [Adjunct Lecturer in Art Christopher C. Glass]. Creating my own major seemed like the ideal way to cross-list with a lot of different departments and make it one major. It worked out really well because I was able to do math and physics, but also design, architectural history and Environmental Studies. The major mixes sustainable design with actual engineering. My visual arts minor - I originally started out knowing that I would need freehand drawing for architecture. Then when I was flipping through the course catalog trying to figure out what was going to go into my major, there were way too many classes that could have fit into what I was proposing. So I decided I was going to do my architecture major minus the visual arts component of it, and then supplement my major with the visual arts, because otherwise there would have been too many classes [in the major]. What has been your favorite class at Bowdoin? I've loved the classes I've taken in the Education Department. I thought Education and Biography was terrific. I think it's really neat to learn, through the department, about Title IX and about how curriculums are made, and to be able to academically reflect on the experiences that you've come from and how those vary significantly from person to person. I also really enjoyed my independent study this semester, [for which I sat] on the Maine Street Station Steering Committee. [Maine Street Station is] the site between [the] McLellan [Building] and Hannaford [Supermarket]. [My independent study] stemmed from a class last semester [for which] our final project was to design a train station for that site. Then,[early this semester,] the town of Brunswick created the committee, created a request for proposal, and sent the request for proposal to architecture firms. My independent study consisted of being the student representative for the College and sitting on that committee with all the town planners. On campus, I created informational sessions to open the project to students and let them discuss what they thought would be good. We also had a student forum where the architects who were hired came and talked to students. We also had these information sessions going on every other Thursday, where students gave input and heard about the history of the site and what town residents would like to see happen there. An additional component was to design my reaction to the site - so I did a site plan and a train station and played around with other things that could go on the site. [The independent study] was like service learning in a way. It was nice to feel like an active participant in something that's going to make a difference, and I think it's a great testament to the link at Bowdoin between the town and faculty and students. Have you done any other independent studies? I did another independent study last year with Ben Smith '06. In light of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art beginning renovation, he and I did an independent study on the museum as an [institution] in society. So we did a historical analysis of what museums typically are, how they're founded, how they were initially accepted into society, and who would go to them. Then we started looking at what role museums play on college campuses, and then we started looking specifically at our Museum. So we did a lot of historical research on McKim, Mead, and White, who were the architects, and then we did our own redesign - our reaction to the Museum's request for proposal. What extracurricular activities do you participate in? Do you have an on campus job? The biggest thing of my four years is that I was a member of the women's varsity swim team. I really, really enjoyed that [experience] and got a lot out of it. I came to Bowdoin having experience playing water polo. When I got here, there was only a co-ed club team in the fall, so my junior year, I founded the women's water polo team, and we competed in the spring against a lot of other schools. I've worked for the Office of Annual Giving for the past four years and I love it, and I also work with Alumni Relations as a Reunion Weekend and Homecoming student ambassador. And I was a tour guide. I'm also president of the architecture club on campus, Bowdoin Architects and Designers. All our lectures are called BAD Conversations - we like to play on [the name] to see who we can draw. We had an Australian architect come in the fall who was amazing. We had an architect and a developer based in Pittsburgh give a lecture. Next year, Habitat for Humanity is [starting] again, so BAD will probably do some build days and help do designs for those. We get a lot of people to sit on building committees or steering committees, so two people were sitting on the Freshman Dorm Committee, two people were sitting on the Library Committee, and one person is sitting on the new Performing Arts Committee for the [planned] music center at [the College]. I'm also an intern for YALP, the Young Alumni Leadership Program. What is your best Bowdoin memory? Because I was drawn to Bowdoin for its community aspects, a lot of the things that I'm going to remember are about how that community came together. I've been fortunate, through YALP and the alumni offices, to have been able to go to a lot of trustee dinners and work Homecoming and Reunion Weekend. I think the interactions we can have with alumni while we're still students are really neat. You're always going to be able to find help from a Bowdoin alum and you're always going to come back and have the same fond memories of the College. [Some] male alums are really upset that the college turned co-ed in the seventies. I remember I was driving one male alum around in a golf cart showing him his old frat house and he [said], "You know, I was really upset when Bowdoin made that decision, but after meeting you, it was the best decision the College ever made." So [I appreciate] that people take the time to see how the College is changing and really accept it for what it is and continue to support it. Additionally, for the past couple of years I've been co-race director of the Iron Bear Triathlon with Will Thomas '03. This year, the race had almost 400 [participants]. [I appreciated] seeing the outpouring of interest in it. Things like that, where you can interact with a greater body than Bowdoin students - those are going to be the things that I remember the most. Obviously, you're going to remember the little secrets that you have with friends, but I think that everyone always feels special when they're part of something bigger. What are your plans after graduation? I will be interning at an architecture firm in Paris for the next year. My mom was born in France, so I'm a French citizen because of that. I'm hoping to leave in the fall and then I'll probably be there until August. The plan is to do that for a year and then come back here and do grad school in architecture if I'm still interested in it. What advice would you give to a first-year student about the Bowdoin experience? At our freshman convocation, I remember [President] Barry Mills saying, "I challenge you to get to know two professors really well in your first semester or your first year here." I think that was the best advice ever. You think of Bowdoin with no architecture program, but looking back at my resume and talking to people about architecture, I've been able to do some phenomenal things at Bowdoin because of making connections early on with professors. I think that every student at Bowdoin finds that. I think that meeting professors in their office hours, even if you have nothing academically to talk about, is really cool and something that you can't get anywhere else. Story posted on June 06, 2005 « Back | More Student Profiles | Go to News Home


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Much to her mother's chagrin, Holly went to work for her father, Stanley Norris. Stanley wanted to keep Holly busy and out of his hair and asked his employee, Roger, to date her. Roger saw this as an opportunity to move up the corporate ladder. Holly began dating Peter Wexler, but couldn't fight her intense attraction to Roger and eventually lost her virginity to him. Roger was smitten with Janet Mason and Holly was jealous. Seeing Roger leaving Janet's apartment one night, Holly ran off and was hit by a car and became paralyzed. At Cedar's Hospital, she met Dr. Ed Bauer who treated her and the two of them began a relationship. During a trip to Las Vegas, Ed got drunk and married Holly. Roger Thorpe returned to town and Holly was still fascinated by him. The two began a torrid affair and Holly became pregnant.
Holly tried to pass baby Chrissy (later Blake) off as Ed's but eventually the truth came out. Ed divorced Holly. Roger was married to Peggy at that point so Holly was left alone. Holly went out of town for a while but returned to Springfield and began working as a reporter for the Journal. She dated Peter Chapman but ultimately lost him, and married a now-divorced Roger for Chrissy's sake. Roger began having an affair with Hillary Bauer. Holly knew he was cheating but wasn't sure who the woman was, and turned to Ed for comfort. Roger raped Holly and she had him arrested. Ed's new wife, Rita, admitted Roger had raped her as well. When she saw Ed and Roger fighting in Roger's office, Holly grabbed the gun Roger kept there and tried to make them stop. When Roger came towards Holly she flashed back to the rape and shot him three times. Roger "died" and Holly went to jail. Roger turned up alive but had become incredibly dangerous and unstable, trying to kidnap Chrissy. When Roger learned Holly and Chrissy were hiding out in Santo Domingo he went after them. He ended up taking Holly hostage but fell off a cliff and "died" again. Roger turned up alive again in 1989 and was exposed at Blake's (a grown up Chrissy) wedding to Phillip Spaulding. Over the next several years Roger and Holly would date and marry others (Alexandra Spaulding, Fletcher Reade, etc.) but their complicated feelings for each other were always in their hearts. They became lovers again and Roger even proposed but she turned him down because of his manipulative ways. Roger left town and, years later, Holly learned from a man named Sebastian Hulce that Roger had died.
Roger and Holly probably had the most complex relationship in soap opera history. The dynamic changed over the years but it was always complicated. And no matter how awful things would get, fans continued to be fascinated.
Zaslow was nominated for four Daytime Emmy Awards for his work as Roger, winning once. Garrett was nominated three times and, unbelievably, never won. They received eight Soap Opera Digest Awards combine with Zaslow winning and Editor's Choice honor in 1999. Each were named to the We Love Soaps 50 Greatest Actors and Actresses lists in 2010.
"Roger Thorpe: The Scandal Years" was released on VHS in 1994 featuring many Roger and Holly highlights.
Lynn Deerfield, the original Holly, passed away last year at age 61.
From Patrick Erwin (A THOUSAND OTHER WORLDS): Probably the most complicated relationship in all of daytime, with two of the most complex characters ever to grace soap screens. Roger and Holly were never star-crossed lovers in the traditional sense, but their scenes, especially the tentative reconciliation they had in the early 1990s, were beautiful to watch. Roger's flaws always made his good intentions fall flat, while Holly's complicated feelings about Roger made matters even messier.
- Roger rapes Holly; Later, Holly shoots Roger (1979)
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Before Friday night's game against New Mexico State, Louisiana coach Bob Marlin said if the Cajuns got off to a bad start and didn't rebound the basketball, they would be in trouble.
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Everything that could go wrong did for the Cajuns in the first half and the Aggies rolled to a 79-57 win over the Cajuns at the Pan American Center in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
The Cajuns (2-3) shot just 18 percent (5-27) in the first half, including 1-16 in two point tries and fell behiind 41-18 at the break.
Freshman Steven Wronkoski had a career high 16 points to lead the Cajuns. Shawn Long added 15 before fouling out.
The Cajuns were whistled for 26 fouls to 13 for New Mexico State (3-3). The Cajuns were hit with 14 fouls in the first half alone and were outshot at the line 36-13.
The Cajuns now head to East Lansing, MI for a meeting with nationally ranked Michigan State. Tip is scheduled for 11am.


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Innovative German conductor André de Ridder leads an eclectic program that starts with a contemporary composer and moves backwards, inviting the audience to listen in new ways. Opener There Will Be Blood, from the 2007 film of the same name, was composed by Jonny Greenwood, best known as the guitarist in Britain's art-rock combo Radiohead. William Wolfram takes on Britten's sole piano concerto, brilliantly juxtaposed by Beethoven's first symphony, which introduced the young composer to the world.


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Oil(NYMEX:CLU4) is trying to ignore geopolitical headlines. While Israel and Hamas agreed to a 72-hour cease-fire in Gaza easing momentum, yesterday's report of Russia adding battalions near the border with Ukraine and conducting war games by the border is creating unease.
Isis gained ground capturing the northern Iraqi town of Zumar and a nearby oil field. Bloomberg reports that ISIS took control of two oil fields and some predominantly Kurdish towns in northern Iraq following clashes, according to the Northern Oil Co. The Ain Zala and Batma oil fields, which together have an output of 30,000 barrels per day, are under full control of the group, according to a statement by the state-run Northern Oil Co. The Sunni Islamist militants last month occupied the Qayyara oil field north of Baghdad. Islamic State, which was previously known as Islamic State in Iraq and Levant, has seized territory in northern and western Iraq, taking over oil wells and fighting for control of refineries.
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