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ony Abbott thought about offering one of his senators a diplomatic posting. Not so much because he thought it would be a good appointment but because he wanted him out of the way.
You probably have not heard of Senator Ian Macdonald. He is not the corrupt former NSW Labor politician who conspired with Eddie Obeid- that is another Ian Macdonald, no relation.
The Abbott government's Ian Macdonald isn't really noted for any particular reason, even though he'll have been in parliament for 24 years on July 1. Even though he was a minister in John Howard's government, twice.
Howard dropped him from his ministry to make way for younger and more thrusting politicians. And although Macdonald was a shadow parliamentary secretary in Tony Abbott's opposition and could have expected to be appointed a minister in his government, Abbott disappointed him too.
"What should have been one of the proudest days of my life has turned into one of the worst," said the 68-year-old, who prides himself on being a champion of northern Australia.
"The ecstasy of a new government and success in the north has turned a little sad with a phone call from Tony Abbott saying he has no room for me in the new ministry."
Abbott weighed the idea of offering him one of the lesser diplomatic prizes as a consolation. In the event, he didn't. Because he remembered what happened when Howard had offered him consul-general in Los Angeles.
Macdonald's response had been to tell his prime minister to "shove it up his arse," in the words Macdonald has used to his colleagues. He rejoiced in his status as a man with nothing to lose and became a leading internal critic of Howard's prime ministership.
So Abbott decided not to give Macdonald the satisfaction of turning him down. "He just wants to poke the PM in the eye," as one member of the Abbott team put it. "He's a fairly belligerent character."
Macdonald is finding other ways to poke Abbott in the eye.
He won headlines in December for rising in the Senate to denounce the Abbott office in an attack that was clearly aimed at the prime minister's chief of staff, Peta Credlin. The office seemed, he said, "to have an almost obsessive centralised control phobia."
He won't be promoted, he can't be bought off and he won't shut up. Ian Macdonald, in other words, is trouble for Tony Abbott in the Senate. His vote cannot be relied upon. He has just been elected to another six years. And he is a member of the Liberal National Party, supposedly one of Abbott's own team.
In the weeks ahead, with the West Australian senate election to be re-run on April 5, there is going to be plenty of commentary on the Senate.
The big question will be: Can the Coalition keep its three WA senators elected in September, or will it lose one as support for the government ebbs?
Either way, the Abbott government will not have a majority in the Senate. Either way, it will need to wrangle votes from the eight independents and minor parties that will fill the crossbenches in the 76-seat chamber.
The balance of power in the upper house of parliament will be in the hands of these eight, a collection of political novelties and chancers that Channel Seven's Mark Riley has described as being reminiscent of the bar scene from Star Wars.
These will likely include a senator from the Motoring Enthusiast Party, another from Family First, two from Clive Palmer's Palmer United Party, the Democratic Labor Party's John Madigan, South Australia's Nick Xenophon and, if he's lucky, one from the Sports Party.
"The new senators won't know what day of the week it is," says a veteran senator.
And how well led will they be? How methodical will Clive Palmer's people prove to be, following a man who has straight-faced made the bizarre accusation that the Electoral Commission is in a conspiracy with the army?
Remember the minority government from 2010 to 2013? "What happened in the House of Representatives under Gillard will be transposed to the Senate under Abbott," projects an experienced Liberal senator, as the Coalition government has to somehow cobble together a majority item by item, bill by bill, vote by vote.
"The government will be run from the Senate." Or, more exactly, the possibilities of the Abbott government will be defined by the limits imposed by the Senate, the chamber that Paul Keating memorably denounced as being "unrepresentative swill."
"The difference" between the Gillard minority in the House and the Abbott minority in the Senate, "is that, say what you like about Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott, they were smart and they were reasonable and they were experienced," a Labor MP chimes in.
On the best-case scenario in WA, if the Coalition can hold all its senators, it will need to conjure votes from six of the eight crossbenchers on any issue where it is being opposed by Labor and the Greens.
On the worst case, where it loses one, it will need seven of the eight.
Either way, on the two biggest issues for Abbott, he is likely to prevail. These are the repeal of the carbon tax and the mining tax. If he were blocked in the Senate on these, he'd be forced to consider calling an early double dissolution election to get his way.
But while he might have to do some negotiating, ultimately, on the known personalities and positions, the new senators who will take their seats after July 1 will not stop Abbott from honouring his promise to get rid of the carbon tax and the mining tax.
"These bastards will horse trade," says a government strategist.
"There will be something they want to horse-trade on."
The independent senator Xenophon, respected as an effective and sensible swing vote in the upper house, offers the newcomers this thought: "Avoid horse trading because you might get a donkey, and worse yet you might end up looking like an ass."
Beyond that detail, however messy it might be, the crossbenchers, Palmer party included, are not preparing to frustrate the core business of the new government.
That will be a big relief to the Abbott government. But the point that has been overlooked is that even if Abbott keeps all three of his WA senators, he is nonetheless going to have a tricky time getting his way in the Senate.
Not just because of the itinerants and oddities, Star Wars-like, who will be found wandering the Senate but because of the state of Abbott's own party, the Empire itself.
Abbott will not be able to rely on his own senators, much less the crossbench. Macdonald is only one example of the recalcitrance the Coalition will face from within.
Senators have a long history of defying their party leaders: In the 54 years from 1950 to 2004, 245 members and senators crossed the floor to vote against their own party, or 24 per cent of the parliamentarians who served, according to the parliamentary library.
The record holder, Tasmanian senator Reg Wright*, crossed the floor a remarkable 150 times.
The vast majority of these 245 - nine out of 10 - were conservatives. And they have always been much more inclined to cross the floor when their party has been in power.
The Nationals have six senators, four of them on the back bench, who are always ready to defy their larger coalition partner on their heartland concerns. Other Coalition senators are minded to serve their principles over their parties on a number of key issues.
One early test will be Abbott's vaunted paid parental leave scheme, costing $5.5 billion a year, to be funded by a levy on big companies. This has always been unpopular in the Coalition; it would never have become policy if Abbott had taken it to his party room, which is why he didn't.
But the party will have the final word, and it will be given in the Senate. The government's tentative plan is to put it before the current Senate. Labor will oppose it, but the Greens are open to negotiation. Even if the government and Greens can strike a deal, a core of Coalition senators are determined to oppose it and it will only take five of them to kill it.
Some of the Coalition senators with serious reservations about this bill are Cory Bernardi, Alan Eggleston, Dean Smith and Macdonald. And none of the Nationals like it one bit. They see it as a special favour to high-paid city professionals, a "slap in the face for many rural women," as one put it.
And the paid parental leave scheme is seen as the handiwork of Credlin. Indeed, it has become a proxy for Credlin and the control she wields.
The defeat of Abbott's paid parental leave scheme, says Xenophon, "won't be a double dissolution issue for them, but it will be an embarrassment for them."
After the Howard government lost office, partly a result of overreaching on workplace liberalisation, Abbott told me: "Getting control of the Senate was a curse. It allowed us to do things that we would not normally have been able to get away with, and I think it tempted us to chance our arm in ways which ultimately did us significant damage."
This is one curse from which Abbott is certain to be safe.
Peter Hartcher is the political editor.
*Correction: An earlier version said Reg Withers.
Peter Hartcher is political editor and international editor of The Sydney Morning Herald.


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As if we don't already pay enough for gas in California, come this summer we may be taxed on it even more by the state.
The tax Californians pay for each gallon of gas they buy — called the excise tax — is expected to increase 3.5 cents per gallon in July to 39.5 cents per gallon. The state Board of Equalization - charged with setting the rate since 2010 - will meet Tuesday in Culver City to consider about a 10 percent increase because previous tax collections fell short of budgeted amounts. The excise tax isn't the only one we pay at the pump. The state also charges 2.25 percent in sales tax, and the federal government charges 18.4 cents per gallon in excise tax.
So how much more will you pay? If you're like most Americans you drive an average of 15,000 miles per year. And if you figure you get 20 miles per gallon, that means you'd buy 750 gallons of gasoline. Under the current system, with the average gallon of gas in California costing $4.217, over the year you would buy $3,162 in gas, including $408 in federal and state excise taxes, and about $70 in state sales tax. That doesn't include local taxes, like the half-cent San Diego charges. If the California Board of Equalization approves the rate increase, the extra tax would kick in an additional $26.25 over the year.
California's gas prices are routinely among the highest in the nation, and so is its gas tax. In a ranking of states released last month, the
The increase would be the second state tax hike Californians would see this year after the passage of Proposition 30, which raised the sales tax a quarter percent. The jump would only affect those who buy regular gasoline. Those who buy diesel will see a 1.94 percent increase in their sales tax in July, but the excise tax rate — 10 cents — is not expected to increase, a Board of Equalization memorandum says.
The 3.5 cent increase would be the largest since the state legislature switched the gas-taxation system in 2010, when it lowered the sales tax to 2.25 percent from 8.25 percent. At the same time, it roughly doubled the excise tax to 35.3 cents per gallon. Still, California's projections on gas-tax revenue fell short $157 million in fiscal year 2011-2012, based on what the state would have gotten under the previous sales-tax model, the finance department reports. The state will now try to recoup that money through the rate increase should it be approved Tuesday.
However, gasoline sales have been dropping since the Great Recession, as cars have become more efficient — the Toyota Prius is the best-selling car in San Diego County — and prices per gallon have increased.
Taxable gallons of gas sold statewide peaked at 15.9 billion in fiscal year 2005-06, but in 2011-12, the latest full year available, it was down to 14.6 billion, the Board of Equalization reports. That's not good for an excise tax, which is a tax based on the sale of an actual product, not its price.
"We think of volume of (gas) consumption as being relatively stable. The price (of gas) is completely unstable," said Steve Gill, professor of accounting at San Diego State University. "An excise tax delivers a more stable source of revenue than does a sales tax."
In 2002, California voters passed Proposition 42, which mandated that revenues from sales tax on gas would largely go to fixing roads and promoting public transit. Other amounts would go to local municipalities. Then, in 2010, the state Legislature and Gov.
So while it may hurt Californians this year as a whole at the pump, from the state's point of view, the tax pool didn't pay as much as it should have the last couple of years. That's why the rate can go up — it's not an increase in tax revenue, but a catch up of what should have been paid, Gill said.
"The idea is it shouldn't generate any more or less tax revenue than it did," Gill said. "You set the rate for any given year to estimate what you truly think that year is going to be, plus any catch up from the previous year."
In the system's first fiscal year, July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011, Californians overpaid on gas taxes by $56 million, so the excise tax rate went up 0.4 cents on July 1, 2011 (to make up for future missed sales tax on a forecast of higher prices). But because there was such a big shortfall the next year — $157 million — the 3.5 cent increase is being considered at Tuesday's meeting.
"Because gasoline demand is going down, they're not going to collect enough money to maintain the roads – there's a big concern about that," said David Hackett, a gasoline industry analyst with Irvine-based Stillwater Associates. "It's half a billion dollars that's going to go out of consumers hands to the government."
A memo sent to the board members from Bill Benson, acting chief of research and statistics, says the firm Global Insights projects gas prices will only increase modestly (bad for the sales tax). Therefore, the excise rate has to be increased to maintain the equal amount of revenue that won't be generated otherwise.
How CA ranks
Combined gas taxes in the U.S.*
The most expensive
New York: 69 cents per gallon
California: 67.1 cents per gallon (would be 70.6 with increase)
Hawaii: 65 cents per gallon
Connecticut: 63.4 cents per gallon
Illinois: 57.5 cents per gallon
U.S. average: 48.8 cents per gallon
The least expensive
Alaska: 26.4 cents per gallon
Wyoming: 32.4 cents per gallon
South Carolina: 35.2 cents per gallon
Oklahoma: 35.4 cents per gallon
Missouri: 35.7 cents per gallon
SOURCE: American Patroleum Institute
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You may seek perpetual motion; we're more fascinated by the (made up) principles of perpetual explosion exhibited by the BANG BOOM* Comic Book Lamp.
By designer Ingo Maurer, the hanging lamp is an artful combination of comic-book typography and illustration that captures the essence of the classic comic-book aesthetic without mocking it in simple parody. The result is a truly three dimensional piece that's fascinating from any angle. More shots, including a fitting portrait of Maurer himself, at: [designBOOOOOOM]
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My attitude towards cats has changed greatly from childhood to senior adult-- As a child, our family allowed our cat to be an "outdoor" cat, free to roam, and come home after days of absence. Now-- my cat is a "house" cat and only goes out on a leash. There are just too many dangers for an "outside" free-to-roam cat-- being bitten by another cat can be fatel, road kill, getting lost and never found.... I treasure my cat, so he is a "house" cat. As a volunteer at a no-kill cat shelter, I have become more aware of the need to take better care of these great animals. If you love your cat, make him a "house" cat.
I don't love my cat? I prefer having indoor cats too, but I have some rescued cats that are set in their ways and spent quite a lot of time out on the streets (abandoned by former owner). If a cat really wants to get out, they will find a way out, whether it's crying at the door 24/7 or just getting really good at sneaking out. Letting my cat out sometimes has also decreased some behavioral problems--and I know a cat who the vet recommended go outside a little for mood improvement.
There are still more reasons for staying indoor and I know that. But this is one of those things like staying home with kids vs putting them in daycare. People have reasons for their decisions and other people who don't know the particulars shouldn't be judgmental.
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Junior (2011-12):
Recipient of Harvard's Raymond Lavietes Most Valuable Player Award ... Named to College Sports Madness Preseason All-Ivy League second team ... Tabbed to Rivals.com Preseason All-Ivy League second team ... Selected to CBS Sports Preseason All-Ivy League first team and named conference Preseason Player of the Year ... Named as one of College Basketball's Top 100 Players by CBS Sports ... Selected to Lindy's Preseason All-Ivy League second team ... Named to the USBWA All-District Team ... Honored on All-Ivy League first team ... Tabbed to College Sports Madness All-Ivy Third Team ... Selected to NABC All-District Second Team ... Ranks fifth in program history with 90 career blocks ... Started all 31 games during junior season ... Led the Crimson with 11.4 points per game and is second with 5.5 rebounds per contest ... Averaged a team-high 11.7 points and adding 5.4 boards per game in Ivy action ... Reached double figures in scoring in 18 games ... Recorded one double-double on the season ... Blocked three shots and tallied 11 points against MIT (Nov. 11) ... Led Harvard with 16 points on 6-of-10 shooting, including 2-of-2 from long range, at Holy Cross (Nov. 15) ... Made six baskets, scoring 14 points, and came down with six rebounds at Loyola Marymount (Nov. 19) ... Netted 11 points and grabbed seven boards in only 18 minutes against Utah at Battle 4 Atlantis (Nov. 24) ... Led Harvard with 15 points and nine rebounds in win over Central Florida at Battle 4 Atlantis championship (Nov. 26) ... Scored eight points in only 10 minutes against Seattle (Dec. 4) ... Hit four baskets, including two from long distance, and led Harvard with 12 points at No. 9 Connecticut (Dec. 8) ... Paced the Crimson with 20 points and came down with nine boards at Boston University (Dec. 10) ... Named Ivy League Co-Player of the Week Dec. 12 ... Came down with seven boards in win at Boston College (Dec. 29) ... Made a career-high 10 field goals and earned first double-double of the year, scoring a season-high 26 points and grabbing 10 boards against Saint Joseph's (Dec. 31) ... Sank nine baskets for 20 points, while coming down with eight rebounds at Brown (Jan. 28) ... Went 6-of-7 from the line and sank three baskets for 13 points against Cornell (Feb. 3) ... Tallied 17 points, sinking seven shots, at Penn (Feb. 10) ... Sank five baskets and amassed 12 points and eight boards at Princeton (Feb. 11) ... Connected on seven buckets, scoring 20 points and collecting eight boards against Princeton (Feb. 24) ... Added 12 points and six rebounds against Penn (Feb. 25) ... Sank seven baskets, including two triples, for 19 points and made four steals at Columbia (March 2) ... Tallied 11 points in the regular-season finale at Cornell (March 3) ... Tabbed Ivy League Co-Player of the Week March 5 ... Went 6-of-6 from the charity stripe and had 13 points against Vanderbilt in second round of NCAA tournament (March 15).
Sophomore (2010-11):
All-Ivy League second team ... Honored on preseason All-Ivy League team by Athlon Sports, Lindy's and The Sporting News ... Named by Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook to preseason All-Ivy team ... Tabbed to Rivals.com preseason All-Ivy League second team ... Missed first three games because of foot injury ... Played in 26 games, starting 20 ... Recorded two double-doubles on the season ... Averaged 10.7 ppg and 6.0 rpg overall with 13.4 ppg and 6.4 rpg during Ivy contests ... Reached double figures in scoring 16 times, including eight straight from Jan. 28-Feb. 19 ... Ranked second on the Crimson with 28 blocks ... Finished with 13 points, shooting 3-of-3 from beyond the arc, and grabbed six rebounds against Fordham (Dec. 1) ... Collected six boards, including four offensive and scored eight points at No. 4 Connecticut (Dec. 22) ... Made 5-of-9 shots, scored 11 points and grabbed five rebounds against Monmouth (Dec. 29) ... Scored a season-best 15 points on 6-of-10 shooting, came down with six rebounds, blocked two shots and made two steals against MIT (Dec. 31) ... Grabbed nine rebounds and tallied 13 points in Ivy opener at Dartmouth (Jan. 8) ... Came down with a career-high 15 rebounds and scored 10 points for a double-double at George Washington (Jan. 15) ... Earned his second double-double, tallying 17 points and grabbing 13 boards against Columbia (Jan. 28) ... Was one rebound short of a double-double, scoring 16 and collecting nine rebounds in win over Cornell (Jan. 29) ... Tabbed Ivy Co-Player of the Week Jan. 31 ... Tallied 11 points, swatted away three shots and made two steals at Princeton (Feb. 4) ... Made 6-of-9 shots and was 6-of-8 from the foul line for 18 points and blocked a shot with one second remaining in double overtime to help the Crimson to an 83-82 win at Penn (Feb. 5) ... Connected on 8-of-13 shots for 18 points and made three steals against Yale (Feb. 11) ... Sank 8-of-11 baskets for a season-high 19 points and blocked three shots in comeback victory over Brown (Feb. 12) ... Notched 11 points and corralled seven rebounds in victory at Cornell (Feb. 18) .. Connected on all six foul shots, scoring 10 points and pulled down nine rebounds at Columbia (Feb. 19) ... Shot 5-of-7 from the floor and was 3-of-3 from the foul line for 13 points and grabbed eight boards at Yale (Feb. 26) ... Netted a team-high and season-best 24 points on 9-of-13 shooting in Harvard's Ivy clinching win over Princeton (March 5) ... Led Harvard with 13 points and seven rebounds at Oklahoma State in NIT (March 15).
Freshman (2009-10):
Co-recipient of Hamilton Fish '10 Award, presented to Harvard's Most Improved Player ... Named by Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook as the Ivy League's Preseason Newcomer of the Year ... Named by the coaches as the Ivy League Rookie of the Year following the regular season ... Sporting News Freshman of the Year ... Freshman of the Year by RushTheCourt ... Sixth Man of the Year by RushTheCourt ... All-Freshman Team by RushTheCourt ... Rookie of the Year and Second Team All-Ivy League selection by Basketball-U.com ... Four-time Ivy League Rookie of the Week by the Ivy League and one-time Player of the Week ... Played in all 29 games, starting 10 ... Ranked second on the Crimson with 10.4 points per game, while leading the team with 5.1 boards per contest ... Scored 12 points (4-6 FG) in collegiate debut at Holy Cross (11/13) ... Grabbed seven rebounds against Bryant (11/20) ... Had six points, four rebounds and two blocks in 15 minutes against Rice (12/2) ... Had a big game against George Washington (12/30) with 15 points coming on 11-of-13 free throws and five rebounds in 28 minutes off the bench ... Scored 19 points (7-10 FG) with six rebounds and three assists in 23 minutes at Seattle (1/02) ... Scored 27 points in 26 minutes, making all six shots and 13 free throws with eight rebounds at Santa Clara (1/04) ... Ivy league Rookie of the Week on Jan. 5 and 25 ... Had 19 points and 10 rebounds at Dartmouth on 1/23, hitting a 3-pointer at the buzzer in the first half ... Named Ivy Rookie of the Week Feb. 8 ... Made his first start against Princeton on 2/05 ... Had 10 points and six rebounds against Penn (2/06) ... Ivy league Player and Rookie of the Week on Feb. 15, becoming the first rookie to win top player honors since 2002 ... Had 20 points, hitting his first three 3-pointers, and seven rebounds in 41 minutes in a win at Yale (2/12) ... Was 8-9 from the floor and the FT line for 27 points at Brown on 2/13 ... Was 10-of-11 from the FT line against Cornell (2/19) ... Had 10 points and seven boards in 19 minutes against Columbia (2/20) ... Had 13 points in 14 minutes against Yale (2/27) ... Hit two free throws with 11.6 seconds left at Penn in a 67-66 win (3/5) ... Grabbed five rebounds, handed out four assists and scored five points at Princeton (3/6) ... Netted 14 points against Appalachian State at CollegeInsider.com Tournament (3/17).
Son of Sharon Casey ... Three-year starter at forward for Brimmer and May School in nearby Chestnut Hill, Mass. ... Averaged five blocks per game as a senior along with nearly 20 points and 12 rebounds per game ... Also earned a basketball letter while at Medway High School as a freshman ... Three-time captain at B&M ... 2008 Reebok All-America selection ... Three-time Greater Boston first team pick ... Three-time New England Prep School Athletic Conference selection ... Three-time team Most Valuable Player award ... Played for a conference championship team as a sophomore ... Earned MVP honors at the 2009 St. Sebastian's Tournament ... McDonald's All-America nominee ... Scholar-Athlete honoree ... Mother, Sharon, ran track & field at Texas Southern and in high school alongside Jackie-Joyner-Kersee ... Older brother, Randy, has played basketball at nearby Wheaton College and Dean College ... Enjoys poetry, singing and spending time with friends.
Kyle Casey with Ed Rendell, Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government and former Governor of Pennsylvania, in our lounge in Lavietes Pavilion.


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We've seen the pictures of swarms of Manhattan's Sandy victims huddled around outlets, struggling to charge their gadgets. For those who lost power Adorama is setting up a charging station right in front of the store at 42 West 18th Street between 5th and 6th Avenues. Because your iPad's not going to reboot itself.
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Student conference draws the Israel-interested from 17 universities
The banners of the Brandeis Israel Public Affairs Committee and J Street U Brandeis hung side by side on the wall of Levin Ballroom, symbolic of progress made by the student group Brandeis Visions for Israel in an Evolving World (bVIEW) toward depolarizing and raising the quality of campus discourse on Israel.
A bVIEW-organized conference on those goals drew more than 200 students from 17 area universities to campus Sunday, Jan. 27, motivating the veteran American diplomat and Middle East negotiator who delivered the keynote address to remark that bVIEW's approach to discussion of Israel was "worth bottling and taking on the road."
Aaron David Miller, now a vice president of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for scholars, said he was not aware of any other organization with bVIEW's goals and approach.
President Fred Lawrence, who welcomed attendees to the conference, said the bVIEW effort was in the best tradition of Brandeis University and hoped "we will view this as the first annual bVIEW conference and that we will continue to expand our reach."
In his keynote, Miller reviewed current problems in the US-Israel relationship and in American engagement in the Middle East generally, and concluded that he could not imagine an agreement that would resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict within the next several years.
He focused on a number of what he called myths regarding the US-Israel relationship, starting with the proposition advanced by many supporters of Israel that the two nations' "interests are congruent and must be, across the board. This is illogical and irrational," and demands too much of both countries.
Both the defenders of Israel who deny or minimize the influence of the American Jews on US politicians and the critics of Israel who say American Jews hold US policy hostage are wrong, he said, and so are those who assert that strategic interests or military and technological alliances bind the United States and Israel.
The countries' shared values are the foundation of their close relationship, Miller said, and this will not change substantially so long as the perception of shared values continues.
"Barack Obama is not an enemy of the State of Israel," Miller said. "He also is not a member of the Zionist Organization of America...He did not grow up with the images of Israelis as cowboys and Palestinians as Indians."
Obama "does not situate Israel primarily on the continuum of values affinity, he situates it on the continuum of national security," Miller said, and therefore sees issues more in the gray tones of diplomacy than in black and white.
He confirmed the widely held perception that Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have a poor relationship, saying that "Netanyahu thinks Obama is bloodless… and the president believes the prime minister is a con man" who does not respect American interests.
Miller said he was not trying to give the students advice, but before taking questions he offered several observations that could be taken that way.
"The happiest people I know professionally are the people who manage to combine passion and expertise," he said. "Passion without expertise is dangerous. Expertise without passion is fundamentally boring."
Regarding the Israeli-Arab struggle, he said: "This conflict has sides. You can easily adopt one or another. But, if you do, you will never understand Israel or the reality of the Middle East, and you will never change the situation."
Lawrence, in his welcoming remarks, praised bVIEW members and others who want to elevate the quality of discussion of Israel, and invoked Justice Louis Brandeis' statement that "in the frank expression of conflicting opinion lies the greatest promise of wisdom…"
Panels and small-group discussions on the program featured a broad array of professors from Brandeis and elsewhere and young Israelis and Palestinians who spoke of their personal experiences.
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There's awkward and then there's weird. Awkward is when you ask someone how their sweetie pie is doing and unceremoniously discover they've detoured in Splitsville. Awkward is going out to eat with your co-workers and having the waiter come back to the table because your card's been declined. Awkward is when you excitedly touch another woman's tummy only to learn—maybe through a choice set of words—that she is actually not pregnant.
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Some even have electronic devices implanted that mimic a heartbeat or simulate breathing. Now that's freaky.
Like the folks highlighted on "My Strange Addiction," the gals who mother Reborns don't see anything out of the ordinary about their little hobby. One mother of two named Becky, saddened because she couldn't have any more children, got a Reborn as a Christmas gift and now hauls it around in an infant car seat, only admitting it's a doll if people ask. Otherwise, the un-born child, one of 10 Becky has "adopted"—because you don't buy them, you adopt them, like Cabbage Patch Kids minus the yarn hair and fabric bodies—is passed off as real.
At anywhere from $50 to $4,000, they're pricey for a doll but a heck of a lot cheaper than a real kid. Plus, they never grow out of their brand new sneakers, spill grape juice on the living room carpet, or need money for college tuition.
Some women, who've gone so far as to build nurseries for their collections, claim having and holding the babies is therapeutic. Far be it from me to knock anyone in their process of healing, sometimes from losing a child, sometimes from not being able to have a child at all. But it's when that period extends past a progressive course of action into a full-out alternative lifestyle that it becomes a little (or a lotta) strange.
I hadn't even heard of it until recently, but I must confess I don't know if I could adjust my facial expression into a socially appropriate response if some woman revealed that the "baby" she was carrying was indeed fake. In scouring pics of them, not a one made me want to cuddle, nuzzle, or hug them. Meanwhile, there are plenty of real-life, flesh-and-blood babies and children in desperate need of the kind of love and attention showered on these faux little people. I'm just saying.
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Negotiations with Iran: What Has Changed?
May 23, the permanent five members of the UN Security Council, plus Germany (P5+1) will enter into talks with the Iranian leadership about the latter's nuclear program. The Baghdad talks come on the heels of talks last month in Istanbul. A number of observers have raised expectations for the talks in Baghdad. The latest hopeful development is IAEA chief Yukiya Amano's declaration, on the heels of his visit to Tehran, that he expects a structured agreement for inspections to be signed "quite soon." Any progress toward a diplomatic solution would be preferable to backsliding or a collapse. Unfortunately, the talks are unlikely to live up to the high expectations.
Beyond Amano's visit to Tehran, the big change since last month's talks is French President Nicolas Sarkozy's loss to the socialist, François Hollande, who appears less truculent on Iran than was Sarkozy. Previously, Sarkozy was the hardest-driving member of the P5+1, so Hollande's victory is likely to bring the P5+1 into closer harmony. More broadly, the considerable anxiety over the prospect of an outright collapse of the Euro is likely to diminish European interest in focusing too much attention overseas.
Despite these changes, however, one wonders how the underlying calculus of negotiations has changed. The United States is still threatening to bomb Iran in order to prevent it from developing a nuclear deterrent. Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is continuing to define "success" in a way such that it cannot realistically be achieved, and warning that anything less than total Iranian capitulation is failure. Like-minded U.S. legislators, such as Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), agree that the only acceptable Iranian move is immediate surrender. And high-ranking Iranian military officials are declaring that Iran is "standing for its cause that is the full annihilation of Israel."
Given these two sets of developments, the question remains: Have sanctions by the United States and its partners caused enough pain and fear of instability in Iran that its leadership will forego a nuclear program that it likely feels is vital for its legitimacy and security? Most skeptics, this writer included, would like to be proved wrong, but they still appear to have the better of the argument.
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Davis' consecutive homer streak ends at four
BALTIMORE -- It had to end sometime, but what a special streak it was.
Chris Davis tried to become the first player in Major League history to open a season with a homer in five consecutive games, but he was denied in the Orioles' 6-5 loss to the Twins on Saturday night.
"I wasn't actually thinking I need to hit a homer," said Davis, who went 1-for-3 with an RBI and a walk. "My mind-set was more, drive in runs. Homers come and go, they come in bunches. ... My goal was never to go up there and swing for the fences. It's to do my job, simplify my approach and stay with it."
Davis, who struck out in his first at-bat, kept his RBI streak intact with a bloop single in the third inning that scored Manny Machado. He's now one game shy (five) of tying Brooks Robinson and Mike Devereaux for the club record for consecutive games with an RBI to begin the season.
On Friday, Davis joined a special trio (Willie Mays, Mark McGwire and Nelson Cruz) with his fourth consecutive home run game to start the season.
Mays, McGwire and Cruz all came down to earth relatively quickly after their four-game, season-starting outbursts. Mays didn't homer for five more games, and McGwire didn't hit another for eight more games. Cruz went 1-for-his-next-7 before going deep in the second game of a doubleheader after a three-game homerless drought.
So, how do you stop Davis -- who is hitting .556 with a Major League-leading 17 RBIs -- completely?
"I don't think we've figured that out," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said prior to Saturday's game. "I'm not sure anyone has. But that's the goal. The biggest problem with that lineup is they have some many guys getting on base for them. They have a very good lineup and a lot of good two-strike hitters. And so he comes up with a lot of guys on."
At 27, Davis is the youngest player to accomplish the feat of four consecutive homer games to open the season, eclipsing Cruz, who was 30 in 2011.
How did the seasons pan out for the first three to hit the mark to start the season?
It became very clear very quickly that the 1971 season would be a special one for Mays. The Say Hey Kid's four-game homer streak to open a season was the first in MLB history. Later, Mays -- in his final full year as a Giant -- helped lead San Francisco to a National League West crown in an epic pennant race against the archrival Dodgers.
That pattern held true for the Cardinals' McGwire, who mashed a home run in each of his first four games in 1998. Of course, McGwire went on to shatter Roger Maris' 37-year-old, single-season home run mark by crushing 70 long balls in an epic pursuit of baseball's most storied record.
The 2011 regular season wasn't anything special for Cruz, aside from his becoming the third player to start the year with a four-game homer streak. But that was before he pieced together one of the most memorable postseasons of all time, including a record-tying eight playoff homers and two extra-inning shots in the American League Championship Series -- one a walk-off grand slam.


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Pence would give the Phillies a deep threat after Howard
An interesting conversation popped up yesterday on their morning drive show from 7AM to 10 AM ET on MLB Network Radio, Rob Dibble and Jim Memolo talked about whether the Phillies should be looking to deal one of their top prospects, Domonic Brown, for the Houston Astros right fielder, Hunter Pence. MLB Network Radio is a 24 hour, 7 day a week radio station on Sirius/XM satellite radio that talks baseball all day and night.
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Dibble actually would be for such a deal and his explanation was pretty simple. Pence is a proven player and a guy that is going to bring home close to 100 RBI on the season and 25 HR each year. Rob went on to say that Pence is going to give the Phillies a better chance to do what they've set out to do and that is a better chance to win championships for the next few years that this current team is intact.
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Jim Memolo took the opposing view, that Pence would cost the Phillies too much down the road and the young Domonic Brown hasn't yet had the chance to blossom yet, so the Phillies don't really know what will become of his play in a year or two.
Domonic Brown is really in the early stages of his career in baseball, he's shown some promise with the bat and with his glove. That being said, we've seen a lot of players with some talent that just never took off completely and perhaps we'll see that with Brown.
Fightin Phillies endorses a Pence for Brown deal as soon as it could happen!
The team that the Phillies has is crying out for the right handed bat that they lost with Jayson Werth. Pence would be just the kind of guy the Phillies need. The numbers are not arguable. Pence on this team could make it unstoppable. Pence is much better than Werth in my opinion and should be pursued at any cost.
Would the Astros just take a Domonic Brown in trade for Pence? That remains to be a good question. The Astros know what kind of player Pence is, and the Astros team has acquired a few of the ex-Phillies that are still on that team. Who knows Domonic Brown on the Astros could give the team some of his raw talents and with some time he could become a superstar in his own right.
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Back when Joey Logano (L) and Denny Hamlin were good buds (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
By Mike Mulhern
MARTINSVILLE, Va.
Thinking Brad Keselowski's feistiness is rubbing off on new teammate Joey Logano….
And, oh, what a melodrama this all is.
It is ironic that the best California 400 ever was marred by the injury that has now sidelined championship contender Denny Hamlin, and probably knocked him out of title contention this season, even though the year is only five races old.
The trivia question:
What do Brian Vickers, Mark Martin, Logano, Hamlin and Tony Stewart all have in common at the moment?
All are suddenly embroiled in this same big ol' controversy…which seems centered around Logano.
And this, remember, is legendary Martinsville, where temper-tantrums can get out of hand in a hurry.
Drivers here generally seem to expect someone to knock Logano into the wall in Sunday's Martinsville 500.
Let's see:
Denny is mad at Joey….because Joey was mad at Denny…because Denny was mad at Joey.
And Tony is mad at Joey, mad enough to throw fists the last time out, 12 days ago, out in California.
Mark and Brian are now involved because they're the two substitute drivers Joe Gibbs has had to line up while Denny's back mends.
Hamlin will likely be sidelined at least until Darlington's 500 Mother's Day weekend. He'd like to return to NASCAR action at Richmond, his home track, a week earlier, but he concedes that's not likely.
Logano, who was criticized during his time with Gibbs for not being aggressive enough in some situations, is with a new team this season, Roger Penske's. And, more importantly here, perhaps, Logano now has a new teammate – Brad Keselowski.
And Keselowski's well-known feisty approach to racing – cue all those Carl Edwards and Jimmie Johnson videos here please – may be rubbing off on his new teammate.
Certainly Logano is driving with more confidence this spring, and more assertively. He's had several shots to win: at Bristol he was battling Hamlin for the win, when they crashed, and at California he was battling Hamlin for the win, when they again crashed.
The two also had a few words after the Daytona 500 race.
Hamlin at Bristol says he was trying to rattle Logano's cage, with a bump which he says was a little too hard.
Logano angrily confronted Hamlin after that race. Here's the Bristol video
The following weekend at California's Auto Club Speedway they were side-by-side the last lap battling for the win, Logano on the inside sliding up into Hamlin. Both crashed, Hamlin by far getting the worst of it, head-on into a section of the infield wall that was not protected by the soft-wall Safer barrier.
Hamlin, who already had back issues, wound up with an L1 fracture in his back. Denny and Joey at California
This probably isn't going to end well: Joey Logano is on the inside, and Denny Hamlin is on the outside....for the moment (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
"You don't appreciate the Safer barriers as much until you don't hit one," Hamlin says.
"It's definitely a must at every race track; I think NASCAR has the data to know how much it softens a particular blow.
"It would have probably changed my outcome had it been a Safer barrier there."
California track officials say it's up to NASCAR officials to tell them where to install the soft-walls. NASCAR says its safety engineers are studying the situation. That track will not host another Sprint Cup race till next season.
The soft-walls are one of the most important safety innovations NASCAR has added in the years since Dale Earnhardt's death. However the Styrofoam barriers are not installed everywhere. And Hamlin is not the first driver to find such a chink in the armor.
Darrell Waltrip isn't alone in insisting NASCAR should order soft-walls everywhere. Of course drivers themselves have a responsibility for checking out race tracks and making safety suggestions.
Hamlin hit the infield wall at California in much the same way that Jimmie Johnson hit the infield wall at Daytona a year ago. However, the Daytona wall where Johnson hit was safety-padded, and he was back racing the next weekend. This is the video.
This is really going to hurt...for quite a while (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
What's really going on with this Hamlin-Logano thing isn't clear.
What does appear clear is that Hamlin and Logano have both been driving boldly.
After Bristol, Hamlin, who has 22 tour wins since his first start in 2005, made a slightly derogatory remark about Logano, who has only two tour wins since his first start in late 2008. During Logano's five years as Hamlin's teammate, he was clearly number three on the totem pole behind Hamlin. Now though, Logano is teammate with the sport's defending champion, and a man whose frequent run-ins during his early years on the tour were, well, sometimes spectacular….and pointed.
Denny Hamlin (L) with this week's sub Mark Martin (C) and next week's sub Brian Vickers (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
Logano, remember, was first 'discovered' by Martin nearly 10 years ago how, back when Logano was just an unknown teenager running short-tracks.
Martin, ironically, is now filling in here for Hamlin (just a one-race deal, with Vickers taking over next week at Texas).
"Joey came into the series with a lot of pressure, and a lot of expectations," Martin says. "As a young driver he had been very, very successful.
"I don't think he's been out there looking for trouble at all. He doesn't appear that kind of guy.
"But he's racing hard. And he finds himself in a position where the spotlight seems to be shining on him.
"Ask Darrell Waltrip: I'm not sure that's a bad thing.
"Over a period of time you earn the respect, and you earn the reputation that you have.
" Short term, sometimes that can get a little off; but over the long haul, that will find its water level.
"Right now, it's hard to say. I'm not the judge of it."
So, any advice for Logano?
"Joey hasn't asked me…and I don't seek him out like I did when he was a kid," Martin says. "So I don't have any advice for him.
"If he asks me, I will have.
"Things happen. And I've got my own deals to deal with. What he's going through is not at the top of my priority list to be worried about, to be honest with you."
And at the center of the hurricane, Joey Logano (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
Vickers could be the big winner in all this, because he's part-time and looking for a full-time ride, which means these upcoming weeks in Hamlin's car could be tryouts for a potential fourth Joe Gibbs team.
"It's a huge opportunity for me," Vickers, 29, says. "I welcome the opportunity and the challenge."
Vickers' only tour win came in the summer of 2009 at Michigan. Now he will be driving for a team that won five times last season, with 2011 championship crew chief Darian Grubb in charge.
Vickers is a hard driver too – ask Stewart. Those two had a celebrated battle at Sonoma last summer, with Vickers getting the best of it, and Stewart crashing out.
And Vickers' hot performance here a year ago was, well, one for the books.
What Vickers and Martin may have to do is pump the team back up. Hamlin's title hopes may well be history, barring some amazing comeback. What that may mean for Grubb and the team is not clear.
Grubb: "The goal is to move the car up in the owner's standings in the next few races, and when Denny returns, do everything in our power to get both him and our team in the chase."
"It's very sad how it happened, because I've been on the receiving end of this too," Vickers said, with a nod toward his own medical sidelining a few years back.
Logano's feistiness this season didn't get kudos from Stewart at the end of the California race. On the final restart Logano blocked Stewart low, in a typical move, certainly not out of the ordinary. But Stewart exploded afterwards, charging over to Logano and throwing fists….and perhaps not recalling too clearly his own block at Talladega last fall, that triggered a huge crash and took Dale Earnhardt Jr. out of championship contention.
Logano still seems surprised at Stewart's angry reaction. The two apparently still haven't talked. And NASCAR officials have not brought the two together for a sit-down.
Will Stewart crash Logano here?
That seems to be what many are expecting.
Vickers' take? "Tony is a very passionate racer and can have a temper at times," Vickers says dryly. "Truth is we all can. Tony is typically more
"We've had our moments on and off the track, but we've always worked through them, and I have a lot of respect for him.
"I wish Joey the best of luck in the world."
Cue the laughter.
Logano himself, getting strong support from Penske through these various encounters, says simply "You have to stand up for yourself.
"You have to put your foot down and show them you're out here to win a race, you're out here to stand strong… and you're doing that for your whole team."
Sounds like the Brad Keselowski credo.
Logano was not happy with Hamlin for the Bristol crash, which probably cost Logano the win.
"You feel you got done wrong," Logano says. "You got spun out.
"It doesn't help that relationship, obviously."
The final miles at California, Hamlin versus Logano, were brilliant dueling. At the fateful moment, Logano either slipped up into Hamlin's door, or tried to squeeze him higher.
"My number one goal is to win a race," Logano says. "So did I intentionally wreck him? No, I did not intentionally do that. If I were going to do that, I would have hit him in the left-rear tire. I hit him in the door.
"It's hard racing at that point."
When TV got to Logano moments later, no one knew the extent of Hamlin's injuries. Hamlin had gotten out of the car on his own, before collapsing on the ground.
"I hate he got hurt," Logano says. "I didn't know Denny was hurt."
Logano's takeaway on everything, all in all: "I'm the same Joey Logano I've always been -- happy-go-lucky…and very competitive.
"But I don't get walked on."
Hamlin, who has had so many MRIs and X-rays that his doctors are laying off that for a few weeks, is still clearly ailing. He has to wear a back brace, and at times his breathing appears troubled.
"I feel not completely back to normal, but I can walk around, and be a little more mobile," Hamlin says.
"I'm past the physical hurdles; it's just now the mental of not being able to get in the car the next six weeks."
Making the playoffs?
The cut doesn't come until early September. But missing five races, as Hamlin will likely do, makes making the playoffs all but impossible.
And Hamlin is trying to come to terms with that harsh reality. After all, it's barely April, and it's tough to have to consider the rest of a season pretty much a throwaway.
What that may mean for his recovery, Hamlin says, is probably not going to be a real consideration: "I don't want the chance at a championship to decide when I get back in the car. I want to do it when it's most safe.
"I want to do it when everyone is comfortable with me getting back in the car…not just because 'If we don't get in this week, then our season is done.'
"I have to make sure I'm able to sustain another hit."
Hamlin says he believes Logano hit him on purpose at California: "How was it not intentional?
"I saw him getting closer, and I moved up the track. He was just going to keep going until he ran into us.
"I'm sure he didn't mean to wreck, or get me hurt. But he meant to run into us, there's no doubt.
"I'm upset that things just couldn't be let go -- We had a great opportunity at the end of that race to let bygones be bygones.
"I played out in my mind that if he wins this race, I was going to shake his hand right there on pit lane and tell him 'This is how we should be racing each other.'
"Unfortunately it didn't play out for either one of us. He just didn't let it go."
Hamlin's injuries, and the soft-wall situation at some high-speed tracks, may have changed some drivers' thinking….not necessarily here but probably at Texas and Kansas the next few weeks.
"We've been spoiled, in thinking we're 'bulletproof,'" Hamlin says. "I think that's why you see guys retaliating….because you haven't seen any repercussions.
"This is a prime example of why you can't 'take it to that next level,' especially on the fast tracks.
"I think about how close I was to actually having a major injury, I mean major, major…..
"It won't change the way I drive, but it will definitely change the way I think when it comes to battling someone at the end and putting someone in the wall.
"It's just not the right thing to do. Anything can happen, you just never know."
And parked next to each other this weekend....... (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
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1 or 2 or 3 Full-Time Lisp Developers Needed. (Lisp? Really? Yes. Lisp.) Posted 28 June 2008
Orçamento $1500-3000 USD
If you apply for this project we will probably not respond to you until approximately July 10, 2008.
To apply for this job...
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Please provide us with some sample source code you have created in the past in Lisp or Ruby or Python or Perl or C++ or Java or some other language. However, please do not submit source code have created in PHP.
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Please bid the monthly salary you require in US dollars for working 200 hundred (two hundred) hours per month.
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Yes. We mentioned above that we want you to submit your sample source code but many candidates don't bother submitting their sample source code to us initially. Therefore, we'd like to persuade you to submit your sample source code to us along with your bid.
If you bid your monthly rate but fail to submit sample source code to us then we will send you a personal message via GetAFreelancer in which we request you to submit sample source code to us. We will also be mildly annoyed with you because we will feel you have needlessly wasted our time.
Please understand that if we merely know how much money you want to earn we will not have enough information to decide whether or not you seem like a good candidate. We need to get an idea of how well you write code.
$30 Test Project for you on GetAFreelancer
If the source code you submit to us is good enough and if your salary requirement for working 200 hours per month is low enough, then we will create a small $30 test project just for you on GetAFreelancer. Therefore, please save us time and yourself time by submitting source code to us along with your bid for working 200 hours/month.
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We are currently looking for 1 or 2 or 3 very clever, full-time software application developers (not mere coders) to work with us for at least a year but hopefully longer.
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We have many challenging new development projects that we need help with (no maintenance). If you remind us we'll tell you more about us if we like your source code
Steel Bank Common Lisp (SBCL)
You must develop software for us using Steel Bank Common Lisp (SBCL) [login to view URL] Our development server runs Apache and mod_lisp.
But I don't have any Lisp experience?!?
Of course, we assume you have practically no experience developing with Lisp. We know that very, very few developers use Lisp. Therefore, we recommend you review "Practical Common Lisp" [login to view URL] and "Common Lisp HyperSpec" [login to view URL]
Lisp? Why Lisp?
Why did we choose Lisp? Isn't Lisp almost, well, almost a dead language? Sort of. We realize that Lisp is hardly used in software development except by a very small group of elite software developers. We chose Lisp for one simple reason: we believe it is the best tool available for building most of the software we need. In other words, we think Lisp is a great language. If you study Lisp we suspect you'll think it's a great language too.
Are you sure you want to use Lisp? Really?
Yes. We did not inadvertently or naively choose Lisp. Not at all. We very carefully weighed the pros and cons of various languages and chose to use Lisp.
If you prefer to use Java or .NET
If you prefer to use Java or .NET then you definitely should not apply for this job. We do not like those languages at all. We feel strongly that those languages are like diseases. However, we do not mind if you currently develop in one of those languages and, like a refugee from a war zone, are seeking to escape.
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Even though we like and respect Perl, Python, and Ruby on Rails, if you prefer to use one of these languages then you should not apply for this job either. We know Perl is for the old-timers, Python is what they use at Google, and that all the cool kids these days use Ruby on Rails.
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If we are satisfied with how you have performed then we will assign you a second two hour project which you must complete and submit to us within 24 hours (not including Saturdays and Sundays).
If we are again satisfied with how you have performed we will repeat this process three more times until you have completed five such two hour assignments.
If we are satisfied with how you have performed then we will pay you for 10 hours. Then you will advance to the 50 day probationary period.
However, if at any time during this 10 hour probationary period we are *not* satisfied with how you performed then we will pay *not* you any monies whatsoever for any of the 10 hours. Instead we will terminate our relationship with you.
In other words, we require that you work 10 hours for us yet risk receiving no compensation whatsoever. Therefore, if you are not willing to risk working 10 hours for free, then you should not apply for this job.
After the initial 10 hour probationary period we will pay you within 48 hours (not including Saturdays and Sundays) for your work. Therefore, you will not need to, essentially, extend much credit to us. In other words, normally you will only need to trust us to pay you for up to two days of work.
The 50 days following the 10 hour probationary period
During the 50 days following the 10 hour probationary period, we will allow you to work as few as 50 hours each month but may allow you to work up to 200 hours per month. In other words, after the 10 hour probationary period we may allow you to begin working full-time with us.
However, we will not require you to begin working full-time during this 50 day period. Why? Because we realize you may currently, for example, have a full-time job which you probably don't like, but at least "pays the bills."
After the 50 day probationary period you must be available to work 200 hours per month
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In other words, after the 50 day probationary period we are not interested in working with you on a part-time basis. We are only willing to work with you on a part-time basis until you complete the 50 day probationary period so that both you and we may become confident that we should work together on a full-time basis. Please do not apply for this job unless you are willing to work 200 hours each month with us after you complete the 50 day probationary period.
In other words, we realize that many software developers reviewing the opportunities on GetAFreelancer are looking for part-time work. After all, this website is called GetAFreelancer not GetAnEmployee. However, if you are looking for a "side job" or some part-time work to supplement your current income and are therefore hoping to work, say, 50 to 100 hours per month, then please do not apply for this job. We are only interested in working with candidates who will be willing to work 200 hours each month with us after they complete the initial 60 day period.
What about vacations?
We do not provide any benefits whatsoever. None. Zero. Nothing. Of course we know you'll take vacations. Immediately below we describe how you would not be paid for vacations you take.
Paid within 48 hours (not counting Saturdays and Sundays) for each hour you work
We will actually pay you for every hour you work, not a set monthly rate. We would allow you to work more 200 hours per month. For example, if you were to work 250 hours in one month, then you'd be paid for 250 hours. Of course, if, say, you were to take a vacation and therefore only worked 50 hours in a particular month, then you'd only be paid for 50 hours for that month. To determine your hourly rate we will simply divide your monthly rate by 200.
However, except when you are sick or go on vacation, you must be willing to work 200 hours per month. And no, you may not take 4 or 5 "vacations" per month in order to work, say, 75 hours per month so that you can keep your current full-time job, stay in school, fulfill your military service, etc. You must be willing to work 200 hours per month.
If you work more than 200 hours per month we'll pay you more, but if you work less more than 200 hours per month we'll pay you less. We are not a paternalistic organization. We won't "take care of you." We are interested in a simple and straightforward contractual relationship in which we pay you for each hour you work and in which you commit to work 200 hours/month.
If you want a job with any sort of typical benefits such as paid vacations, medical care, retirement pensions, etcetera this is not the job for you. We are going to pay you strictly by the hour. If this approach seems too brutal or callous or unforgiving we suggest you get a "regular" job with a "regular" company.


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One of the key metrics in any HR scorecard will be the aspect of Attrition. And I have done many scorecards for the companies I used to work and they used to have Desired Attrition VS Undesired Attrition in the management scorecard. But this is a single dimension of how the employer tracks their employee from an attrition point of view.
Anyway, this post is not about the employer point of view – but our point of view as Employees. I have read multiple reports stating one of the major criteria for employees quitting is their boss or yet another report. Now you might say, what can we do – I don't have control on this. Well, let me give you my perspective.
You not only choose a job, you choose your manager too.
Let me elaborate on this a bit more. For all practical purposes, your manager will be the individual who controls what you work on and what work environment you will get end of the day – so all the more requirement for you to get a right manager .
Now in any interview you will always find a sweet spot of 10-15 mins when you get to the end of the interview – you will be asked if you have any questions. This is your time to evaluate the other side as much as they have done their part in evaluating you. Now having a good number of interesting open ended question is important – even more important is listening to what comes from the other side.
Ask of the project : This is a typical way to analyze how your potential boss handles the team projects. Ask of typical team meetings – that gives you an idea to how he/she handles the problems of team and projects by providing solutions. This will also give you a gauge of what culture you will be getting into.
Ask about customer : This is yet another way to gauge who will be your potential customers and most importantly your potential managers perspective and belief on customers. The last thing you don't want to get into is – bad politics. I stress on this because, if your manager hates the customers and if you are loved by your customers – your manager is not gonna like it either. More worst, if you treat your customers like how your manager treats, then you are going to surely have a dissatisfied customer. Both are bad.
Eye for what is said between the lines : I know as an interviewee you are stressed out just being in the room with all eye's focusing on you – but look for patterns and signals that are not being said too. Look at how the interviewer (particularly the manager) to some of the key words. The number of times they say "I" instead of using "We" to refer the team – this shows how much the manager is self-oriented VS Team oriented.
As called out before, listen carefully for the complete length of the the interview. Look at how the manager is quizzing you. Are they listening to your answer or just jumping on everything you say in confrontational mode? This behavior, if very strong and dominating, you are likely to have the same behavior from them once you join their team too. On the contrary, if the manager listens to you calmly, prompts / helps you when you are guessing or searching for answers, offers / asks you for a coffee or water, shows his / team's work cubicle on the way to reception – All are great indicators you have someone who will guide you when you land in that job. So keep a close eye to these patterns.
In conclusion, if you have accepted an offer for a job. Next time, think if you have also accepted (in your mind) to work with your manager. Now choice of a manager is also a choice !!!
Do pass me your comments. Have you ever thought on these lines in the interviews you were part of in the past? This post was inspired by a student who wrote to me about how to face interviews, but I thought rather than rehashing thousands of common interview facing ideas I wanted to talk about the lesser talked about topic. Hope you had fun reading this far.
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Nuit Blanche –An All-Night Party at the WAG
An all-night, continuous party will take over the Winnipeg Art Gallery from 6pm, Saturday, October 1 through to 6am, Sunday, October 2. It's Winnipeg's second annual Nuit Blanche, a free celebration of the visual arts. Last year the WAG's Nuit Blanche attracted 4,600 people and organizers are prepared for an even larger crowd this year. Partnering with Plug-In Institute of Contemporary Art, visitors will also enjoy activities along Colony Street as they pass between the galleries. The WAG/Plug-In venue creates 1 of 3 hubs that will make up the Nuit Blanche event, with the Exchange District and St. Boniface hosting their own activities.
Nuit Blanche is a part of Culture Days, a free three-day arts festival taking place all across the country.
The WAG's Nuit Blanche kicks off at 7pm with the public opening of two exhibitions.
Precise: Craft Refined • Iron wheelbarrows as delicate as lace. Sterling silver spun into fairy-like fragility. This exhibition brings together five contemporary artists who integrate wool, thread, clay, silver, and industrial metals into works of art that go far beyond the idea of "craft."
William Kurelek: The Messenger • Widely recognized as a painter of childhood reminiscences and prairie fields, William Kurelek conjured up a sense of a timeless and innocent past. But he was also a tortured man who spent two years in mental hospitals, the anguished prophet of a modern apocalypse whose art is an indictment of the secular age and a testament to his unwavering Roman Catholic faith.
Things really heat up after 10pm with:
• Live bands in the Rooftop Sculpture Garden featuring including Mariachi Ghost
• Landscape Synergy • A new, site-specific modern dance work created by noted choreographer Jolene Bailie especially for Nuit Blanche
• ARTcadia • indie video game arcade programmed by mrghosty
• GroundSwell presents György Ligeti's Trio for Horn, Violin, and Piano, featuring Patricia Evans, Rachel Moody, and Donna Laube
• Music in the galleries with the WSO String Quartet
• Make a pompom and join a flash mob with Miss Lyndsay Ladobruk from the Central Canadian Centre for Performance
• A Very Nuit Blanche Film Night presented by the U of W Uniter
Updates to programming are ongoing, check wag.ca for more details. To learn what else is happening with Culture Days, visit culturedays.ca.
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