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The Aldrich Alert
A Publication of the Patrick Henry Center for Individual Liberty
by Gary Aldrich - Volume 2, Issue 2
This article appeared on WorldNetDaily.com on Thursday, January 3, 2002.
I used to think that any fool would know the difference between an FBI investigation and a real U.S. military action, but that's before the Clinton administration. Eight years of Bill and Hillary Clinton forever changed my views about the political world.
I used to think liberals were interesting, and in a way entertaining. Today I have concluded that if they're in power, they're dangerous to the national security. But even more dangerous are the ignorant citizens who vote for liberal policies. Why? Because they are "used" by dishonest politicians seeking to move a flawed and failed agenda forward.
There were many lessons along the way that should have changed my "Pollyanna" views about the general level of intelligence of our average citizens. For example, my FBI cases usually ended up in courtroom battles, and the make-up of the average jury pool should have alerted me that there are a lot of "picnics" out there shy a couple of sandwiches.
I mean, folks on most juries the ones who are not excused because they have "lives" know more about soap operas and MTV than how to deal with terrorists. But, on the other hand, the U.S. government is paid big tax bucks to handle "threats foreign and domestic," so who can blame jurists who haven't a clue about major issues of the day?
Actually, that's not entirely fair to the people who are called to serve on juries. Defense attorneys are notorious for seeking the dumbest jurists they can find in the jury pool. That a few intelligent, normal people survive the cut to go on to be jury forepersons is miraculous, considering how badly the deck is stacked against the prosecutors in our criminal "injustice" system.
OK, let's assume the 40 percent of us who vote but are clueless are willing to learn and could benefit from some rudimentary education about the differences between liberals and conservatives. After more than 30 years in government service, much of it around politicians, this is what I have learned and maybe you can pass this on to a liberal friend or relative:
Liberals love symbolism and good intentions, but they don't care much about solving problems, as long as some effort is made. Because liberals don't require real solutions, they have learned how to "create" a crisis where none exists because they know they will never be expected to solve any. Liberals also brag endlessly about their efforts to solve problems, and they're always "working so hard on the people's behalf," and especially "for the children."
The crisis du jour demonizes their political enemies, propels their political agenda, and keeps them in power which is their real agenda.
On the other hand, conservatives are problem solvers and if there's a real problem, they'll eventually solve it. But, conservatives are too slow to claim credit, especially when they enjoy large victories. That's because conservatives don't like to brag.
Conservatives hate meetings and "process" and they are not good at attending endless conferences where nothing is decided, but where everyone gets a chance to pontificate. Liberals, in contrast, live for such useless and time-consuming meetings.
I never met a real conservative who didn't have "ants in the pants." Conservatives are impatient to solve real problems. Why? So that they can get on to the next problem, of course.
Liberals, however, have their "hands in your pants" to get your money. They've also had their slimy hands in the pants of too many young interns, if Ted Kennedy, Clinton and Condit are typical of liberals.
Let me use Bill Clinton and terrorism as a real-time example to underscore important differences between liberals and conservatives. Recent articles in two of our most liberal newspapers attempt to catalog Clinton's efforts to fight terrorism by describing endless, meaningless conferences where terrorist activities and possible solutions were talked or I should say lawyered to death. But as we now know, nothing much was actually done.
The Washington Post went so far as to call this liberal exercise, "Clinton's war on terrorism." They totally ignore the fact that before George W. Bush coined the phrase, nobody had even heard about a "War on Terrorism." Any half-brain knows Bill Clinton only had an "Investigation on Terrorism" and there is a big difference.
Recall that every time Osama bin Laden attacked our nation, Bill Clinton called Janet Reno and had her send some FBI agents out to investigate. Even when the attack was launched on foreign soil against our State Department, or our U.S. Navy, Clinton had Reno send the FBI.
Here's an analogy: Let's say that there is a tree in the forest that needs to be cut down. Your choice of tools will either be a weed-whacker or a chain saw. Of course, the weed-whacker symbolizes the FBI, whereas the chain saw represents the U.S. Department of Defense.
Now, if you attack the offending tree with that weed-whacker, it will take many years to cut it down and maybe while you're trying, the tree will fall on you. But, if you're "slick" enough, the tree will fall on the poor chump who comes after you.
Of course, the weed-whacker is the safer choice, because chain saws are dangerous they can backlash. A liberal will choose the safer tool every time because they can appear to be doing something and if they're lucky, the tree will not fall on them. Even if it does, they can always blame somebody or something else, such as the owner of the forest, or the manufacturer of the weed-whacker.
Conservatives know that if you pick up that chain saw and get right to work on that tree, within a very short time you'll hear, "Timber!" The truth that liberals don't want you to know is when Osama bin Laden sent his terrorists to attack the USS Cole and killed 17 U.S. sailors Clinton once again ran to his tool shed and grabbed his weed-whacker.
A real U.S. president would've oiled up his biggest chain saw, and he would not have spent a lot of time talking about what had to be done next.
And that's exactly what happened. That real president's name is George W. Bush. Any questions?


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In Which We Close ShopJune 13th, 2014
This post is long, long overdue. I have a kind of abstract relationship with time – anyone who knows me is aware that I am rarely punctual, often forget important dates, and suck at meeting deadlines. But I usually get around to finishing things eventually.
Sweaterproject is done. The whole point of this blog was to keep a journal of me knitting my first sweater, which it accomplished. The sweater is long since done and has been worn proudly on many occasions. A few other sweaters got cranked out along the way, along with some shawls, many socks, a bunch of hats, and some . . . things that just don't need to be revisited. I think it was a pretty good run.
And the people I met – wow. Just wow. I met people from all around the country (and from a few other countries) through this blog. It was humbling and thrilling to find out that there were people out there who were interested in reading what I was writing. My sense of how scintillating the fiber arts community is was expanded beyond what I ever could have dreamed possible. You people are mind-blowing. I cannot state this earnestly enough: my life was enriched by meeting you.
One of the things that kept me from wanting to write this ultimate post was a sense of guilt at leaving my knitting phase behind me. It was a great time. I learned a lot and I loved showing the world what I'd been creating with my own sticks and string. I loved knitting alongside my friends. But I have come to appreciate the fact that I am a serial enthusiast. In my time I have gotten really interested in bicycling, programming, photography, violin, knitting, cooking, running, and a few other things. I keep up with all of them to a greater or lesser extent, but I just don't have the time or the organizational skills (see first paragraph) to go at them all full-bore.
I AM NOT QUITTING KNITTING. Rest assured. I have to keep knitting if for no other reason than that you can't purchase a decent pair of kilt hose anywhere. And there's the matter of one-upping my sister from time to time.
But sweaterproject.org is now closed. Thanks to all who read. It was a pleasure.

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NOTE: Applications for an Allied Health Doctoral Award have to be submitted to The Kidney Foundation of Canada, deadline March 15, 2019. The applications will be reviewed by the KFOC Allied Health Scientific Committee. The KRESCENT Allied Health Doctoral Award will be awarded on the recommendation of the Allied Health Scientific Committee. Please consult The Kidney Foundation of Canada for details (www.kidney.ca)
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At first glance, one could find similarities between the Motorola CLIQ XT and its predecessor/older brother, the QWERTY-equipped CLIQ. As a result, several have written off the device as a revision of the original, which I find unfortunate. Truth be told, the CLIQ and CLIQ XT can coexist together. If you're a fan of touchscreen-only devices, I think there's a lot to like in this mid-range device, thanks to strong battery life, good signal strength across the board, and overall pocketability.
Design & Features
The Motorola CLIQ XT comes with the phone, battery, 2 GB microSD card, AC adapter, and USB cable (which doubles as the power cord). Motorola includes two backplates in the box: a texturized black one, and a smooth purple one. Measuring in at 4.59 inches tall by 2.33 inches wide by 0.48 inch thick, and weighing 4.4 ounces, it's perfect for stowing in a pocket, purse, or laptop bag. The 3.1-inch screen is on the smallish side when compared to other smartphones on the market, but it's still perfectly functional for most mid-range users.
The left side of the device houses the volume rocker and microUSB charging port, while the power/lock button and a camera shortcut key can be found on the right side. The camera can be found on the back of the device, while the navigation pad/button, menu key, home key, search button, and back button are located on the front. The SIM card and microSD card slot are located just below the battery. The 3.5mm headphone jack is on the top of the unit. The device offers a small LED that glows when you have an update, message, or the battery needs to be charged. I found it to be a nice, non-obtrusive reminder.
Usability & Performance
The device runs Android 1.5 out of the box. Fortunately, Motorola has committed to upgrading the CLIQ XT to Android 2.1 later in the year, so at this point it's a waiting game. The phone ships with MOTOBLUR installed, and truthfully, I continue to find MOTOBLUR to be a bit frustrating in daily use. Every individual that I introduced the device to appeared to be more confused when they handed the device back to me. Call me crazy, but overlay user interfaces are intended to make the device less challenging to use, not the other way around. I understand what Motorola's trying to do here (consolidation of social networking and general communication into one medium), but I find it to be a bit cluttered and less functional than other Android "skins" such as HTC's Sense UI.
The CLIQ XT ships with the MOTOBLUR standard keyboard and Swype. Despite the screen being somewhat cramped when reading text for an extended period of time, I found the on-screen QWERTY keyboard to be very easy to use – one of my favorites, in fact. For those that like Swype, you'll be happy to know that the CLIQ XT comes pre-loaded with the keyboard. After a few days of using Swype exclusively, I found myself becoming used to "drawing" my words instead of typing them. It's fast, easy, and quite useful for those that e-mail or text message on a regular basis.
The phone offers a 5.0-megapixel camera, and in my initial testing, pictures came out well. Complete with flash, autofocus, resolution, color effects, and digital zoom, it's well equipped. There's a slight shutter lag, but it's not nearly as bad as other smartphones like the Motorola DROID and HTC DROID Eris. The camcorder took decent videos, though it's not going to replace your regular recording device.
The Motorola CLIQ XT was tested in the Charlotte and Orlando metropolitan areas, and throughout testing, call quality was very good. I've experienced no dropped calls, and overall call quality is very clear and crisp. Callers were able to hear me well, and there were no problems on my end. When visiting a known T-Mobile dead spot in the Charlotte metropolitan area, the device was a bit choppy, but I was able to carry on the conversation without dropping the call. When testing the speakerphone in a noisy department store, I was able to hear my callers without issue. They noticed the loud noises around me right away, but understood most of what I was saying. I successfully paired my Plantronics Voyager Pro Bluetooth headset to the device without an issue, and callers were pleased with the overall sound quality.
The device offers a 1420mAh battery with a rated talk time of 6.7 hours with EVDO (3G) connectivity, and about 19 days of standby time. In my testing, the battery life was very good. With moderate use including calling, text messaging, browsing the internet, and use of the Android Market, I was able to use it for two and a half days before the low battery warning flashed. For a smartphone, battery life was surprisingly decent, though it's always good to carry a car charger.
All in all, the Motorola CLIQ XT is a good mid-range Android device with a solid feature set that should appeal to many. Though one could compare the device to the original CLIQ, I find that the feature set and form factor separate it and make it an independent competitor that's worthy of a look. The thin size makes it perfect for the pocket, and the rubberized buttons at the bottom of the unit seem perfectly equipped to handle the test of time. The CLIQ XT can be had at T-Mobile retail stores and online starting at $129.99 with a new two-year agreement.


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Some of New Bern�s finest old homes in the historic district will open their doors to the public for the 2013 Spring Historic Homes & Gardens Tour.
Some of New Bern�s finest old homes in the historic district will open their doors to the public for the 2013 Spring Historic Homes & Gardens Tour.
On April 12 and 13, visitors can tour the living quarters and receive information about the original architecture, renovations and furnishings. Also this year, a number of the gardens will feature artists.
Many downtown churches are on the self-guided tour, along with the Tryon Palace Gardens.
The Palace is the site for its annual Heritage Plant Sale from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days of the tour. Ticket holders will also have the opportunity to buy discounted admission passes for the weekend to Tryon Palace and the North Carolina History Center.
Homes on the tour include the Osgood Cottage, Joseph L. Rhem House, Charles T. Watson House, Attmore-Oliver House, Foy-Munger House, Abbott-Rowe House, the Clark House, the Charles Slover House, the Harker-Sparrow House, the Jerkins-Richardson House, the Shipp-Shields House and the Dunn House.
The tour sites include Pollock, Broad, Middle, East Front, Johnson, Craven, New and Change streets.
Visitors can enjoy lunch at the Blades� Veranda Cafe. Bagged lunches are a $7 donation and include a sandwich and beverage. Coffee, tea and baked goods will be available throughout the day at Peterson�s Porch. A hospitality station is on the grounds of the Attmore-Oliver House, 511 Broad St.
The Spring Historic Homes & Gardens Tour is a collaborative event by the New Bern Historical Society and the New Bern Preservation Foundation.
Information for 2013 Spring Historic Homes & Gardens Tour:
* April 12 and 13; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
* New Bern Historical Society, New Bern Preservation Foundation
* Historic places of worship: First Baptist Church, 239 Middle St.; Christ Episcopal Church, 320 Pollock St.; First Church of Christ Scientist, 406 Middle St.; Centenary United Methodist Church, 309 New St.; Old St. Paul�s Catholic Church, 504 Middle St.; Temple B�nai Sholem, 505 Middle St.; First Presbyterian Church, 418 New St.; St. Cyprian�s Episcopal Church, 604 Johnson St.; St. Peter�s A.M.E. Zion Church, 617 Queen St.; and Broad Street Christian Church, 802 Broad St.
* Tryon Palace gardens, 600 Pollock St. Annual Heritage Plant Sale, Pollock and George Streets, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 12 and 13
* Tickets: $15 in advance, $20 day of the tour. $13 for active duty military and dependents with ID. Special rate of $13 for groups of 12 or more. Tickets are good for both tour days, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
* Tickets on the web: newbernhistorical.org, through PayPal
* Ticket locations: New Bern Historical Society, 511 Broad St.; New Bern Preservation Foundation, 510B Pollock St.; Harris Teeter, 2019 S. Glenburnie Road; Carolina Creations, 317 Pollock St.; and Mitchell Hardware, 215 Craven St.
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Distance Between Jacksonville and Soddy-Daisy = Miles
Calculated driving distance between Jacksonville, Florida and Soddy Daisy, Tennessee is miles, this equals kilometres. Estimated driving time is in current traffic conditions. With an average car, this trip would cost around $ in gasoline, since you would need about gallons of fuel.(Based on current US Gas prices and average mileage of 3.6 gallons gas per mile).
Leaving from Jacksonville, Florida located in Florida - United States you would reach Soddy Daisy, Tennessee (Tennessee - United States) in about driving an average speed of miles per hour to cover the miles, assuming traffic conditions stay unchanged and you don't take any breaks.
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Russian aid convoy nears Ukrainian border
A massive Russian aid convoy bringing supplies to residents in a besieged rebel stronghold in eastern Ukraine idled 12 miles from the Ukrainian border Thursday as the Ukrainian national government and Red Cross discussed what to do with it.
"The convoy has arrived. The ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross) is in contact with the Russian leader of this convoy," ICRC spokesman André Loersch said in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev.
The convoy's 262 trucks parked in a lot in Russia's Rostov region, as another ICRC representative talked to Ukrainian officials about how to inspect the contents and bring the goods into the country.
Russia says the goods include food, generators and medical supplies for civilians in the city of Luhansk. Ukraine's government, which is fighting pro-Russian separatists, threatened to block the convoy if the cargo could not be inspected. The Kiev government, which fears Russia is trying to smuggle arms and other assistance to the rebels, announced it was organizing its own shipment of humanitarian aid.
The United States has warned Russia about the convoy. "Russia has no right to send vehicles or persons or cargo of any kind into Ukraine without the government's explicit permission," U.S. State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said Thursday.
Leaders in Ukraine and the West have accused Moscow of providing arms and expertise to pro-Russian rebels in east Ukraine, who have been battling government forces since April. Moscow has denied those charges, but the breakdown in communication over humanitarian aid has further stoked fears of Russian intervention.
As negotiations over the convoy continued, separatist leader Valery Bolotov, head of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic, said Thursday he was resigning from his role because of injuries he received in the fighting, according to Russian state-owned media. Bolotov is the second senior rebel leader to resign in a week. Alexander Borodai, a Moscow political consultant who headed the Donetsk People's Republic, resigned on Aug. 7.
The huge line of white trucks, some flying the red flag of Moscow and accompanied by green military vehicles, traveled down a winding highway through sunflower fields and rolling green hills.
Laurent Corbaz, the ICRC's head of operations for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, arrived Thursday in Kiev for talks with government officials, Loersch said. Corbaz will go to Moscow Saturday to continue talks with Russian officials.
Loersch said the ICRC does not have the manpower to inspect all the vehicles in the convoy. It will not participate in organizing the distribution of goods without the cooperation of both countries, he said.
The ICRC position is that "at some point, Ukrainian authorities should check the contents of the trucks," Loersch said. "Ukraine, like any other state, has a say on what kind of items are crossing its borders."
Andriy Lysenko, a spokesman for Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council, said if the Russians refuse to allow inspection of its cargo, "movement of the convoy will be blocked with all the forces available."
As the standoff continued, the Ukrainian government announced Thursday that it was dispatching its own aid to the region. Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Maxim Burbak said three convoys totaling 75 trucks are transporting 800 tons of humanitarian aid from Kiev to the cities of Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk. Burbak said the aid included grain, sugar and tinned food, and was destined eventually for Luhansk .
Attempts to ease the humanitarian crisis came as Ukrainian forces stepped up efforts to dislodge the rebels from their last strongholds in Donetsk and Luhansk with heavy shelling. In Donetsk, a city of 1 million before the fighting, the city council urged residents to stay off the streets.
The U.N.'s human rights office in Geneva said Wednesday that its "very conservative estimates" show the overall death toll has risen to at least 2,086 people as of Aug. 10, up from 1,129 on July 26. Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians have been displaced by the fighting, Loersch said.
Also Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said his goal was "to stop bloodshed in Ukraine as soon as possible." He delivered his remarks in the Black Sea resort of Yalta in Crimea, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in March.
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Triathlon New Zealand announces new CEO
By Merryn Sherwood on 30/05/11 at 10:01 am
Triathlon New Zealand President Garry Boon has announced that Craig Waugh has been appointed as the organisations new Chief Executive Officer.
Waugh takes over the role from outgoing CEO Dave Beeche, who announced in March his move to the role to CEO of the 2012 Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Grand Final Auckland.
Waugh offers a broad base of skills with considerable experience in both the sports and the corporate sectors as marketing professional with 20-years experience. His well rounded commercial experience has included general management, sports marketing, retail, consumables and financial services. From his six years with adidas and time spent since with Sovereign Assurance, Waugh has demonstrated a track record of enhanced relationship and alliance building and influence with key stakeholders. In his last two roles he has also had a focus of driving execution to translate strategy into operational reality. His passion for sport is unquestionable with involvement in both amateur and professional administration through the years. He is an active novice in the sports of triathlon and golf and he has also dabbled in rugby, cricket and athletics.
Waugh is looking forward to working at the helm of a fast growing and successful sport.
"My intention is to listen, seek to understand and build on the great work that Dave Beeche and the board have done for the sport of triathlon in the past half a dozen years," he said. "It is a fast growing sport that resonates with many Kiwis and it will be exciting to be part of energised and dynamic team."
Garry Boon is excited that the sport has secured Waugh's services.
"We are delighted that a person of Craig's calibre and experience sought this appointment and was able to be selected from a wide range of talented applicants," he said. "Triathlon NZ is well positioned for further growth and development as a leading sport able to be pursued by all enthusiastic New Zealanders alongside the outstanding international and Olympic success achieved by our elite athletes. Craig joins Triathlon NZ at a time where exceptional opportunities exist to support that growth."
Craig Waugh begins his new role on July 4, 2011.


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Leo Burnett MENA Wins "Network of the Year"; Leo Burnett Beirut "Agency of the Year".
BEIRUT, LEBANON February 27th, 2012 — Leo Burnett MENA, the humankind agency whose insightful creative concepts have always delivered great advertising to the world, was recognized for their efforts at the 7th annual MENA Cristal Festival. The MENA Cristal event, which brings together significant figures from the advertising, production and media worlds, is not just an award ceremony that recognizes the accomplishments of the region, but also an engaging conference and networking platform for the communications industry.
Leo Burnett MENA is a part of the global Leo Burnett Agency network, with offices in Dubai, Beirut, Cairo, Riyad, Jeddah, Doha, Kuwait, Casablanca and Amman, Erbil and Suleimaniya.
Overall, the Leo Burnett MENA network, which was named Network of the Year at the Cristal, was awarded 7 Grands Prix, 17 Gold, 9 Silver and 23 Bronze, taking home a total of 56 awards. Five different offices contributed to the network's win, representing multinational, regional and local brands.
The Beirut office was named Agency of the Year, and was awarded 5 Grands Prix (including the Advertisers' Grand Prix) 10 Gold, 2 Silver and 11 Bronze. The Dubai office was ranked third, and Leo Burnett Cairo claimed the fourth spot amongst the best agencies in the region.
"We are both humbled and proud by the awards won at the Festival, as it is a direct reflection of the hard work and passion that is put into everything we do," said Raja Trad, the CEO of Leo Burnett MENA. "I take exceptional pleasure in seeing how five offices contributed to our collective recognition, which testifies to our united strengths and wide scope of talent. We look forward to delivering the highest levels of communication and human engagement for all brands for many more years to come."
"This comes as a result of a commitment made by the people at Leo Burnett MENA, who put their best creative efforts in their regular work, on regular briefs, integrating their ideas and innovating the channels, in order to better engage with the people who live, feel and think, in Beirut, in Dubai, in Cairo, in Doha and in Saudi Arabia", added CCO of Leo Burnett MENA, Bechara Mouzannar. "The fact that we won awards in most of the categories, from six different juries, winning 7 Grands Prix (out of the 8 awarded) reassures us of our creative strategy, encouraging us to always try to push further the borders of communication in the region."


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I realize this is a bit of a long OP, but I think the amount of research necessary to counter popular feelings needs to be significant.
The underlying claim that I will deal in this thread is that increases to the minimum wage negatively affect employment. Specifically, the minimum wage negatively affects employment for those workers most vulnerable to economic fluctuations, low skilled workers.
The minimum wage is a regressive policy that both lowers employment prospects for the lowest skilled workers and prevents those workers from acquiring the experience that will boost them into higher paying jobs.
There are two broad arguments I will make to support this argument. I will forgo the historical discussion of the racial origins of the minimum wage in the United States, or its current use as a tool of discrimination in other countries around the globe for the present time.
Microeconomic Law Downward sloping Demand Curve
Just like with any other good or service, labor has a downward sloping demand curve. Some times of labor have steeper curves than others, generally lower skilled workers have a much steeper curve than college educated or experienced labor since they are more easily forgone or replaced with substitutes (machinery, etc).
The concept is quite simple. Would you buy less of something as the price increased? Of course you would. The same is true for labor. For each individual consumer in the normal market they wont pay more for a good than it is worth to them. For each consumer of labor, the same concept applies, the manager, or owner or supervisor wont hire someone for more than they contribute to the companys revenue, known as marginal contribution. Here is a great video explaining it generally, but he concept is simple. It makes no sense to pay someone more money than they make for the company.
Bryan Caplan has done some interesting work with comparative data to show that labor, like every other demand curve is downward sloping. Specifically, he reviewed data not directly about the minimum wage to glean information about low skilled demand curves.
He makes several key points:
1) The effect of low skilled immigration on the wages of native low skilled workers. The lack of wage depression during several large scale immigration events shows that there is a large amount of elasticity in the quantity of low skilled labor employed (it also strongly argues against employer monopsony power, the ability of employers to dictate wages). Large elasticity in quantity demanded implies a steep downward slope on the demand curve.
2) The effects of increased regulation on low skilled workers. Specifically done in Europe, these studies shown that when regulation increased the cost of employing low skilled workers, a company quickly downsized its low skilled labor market. That is a classic downward sloping demand curve. And since regulation cost and wage cost are identical to an employer, the same principle applies to a minimum wage.
3) Price Control in general. Again, same point as above. Price controls have a large body of evidence showing that labor markets, especially low skilled labor markets suffer significantly when the marginal revenue is decreased due to a price control. That shows, yet again, a downward sloping demand curve for low skilled labor.
4) If you are a Keynesian, you have to accept this downward slope because it was central to Lord Keynes General Theory. He argued that wages had a downward stickiness which led to unemployment and mandated intervention. There is no way to argue that wage stickiness leads to unemployment, but mandated wage increases do not.
So we can see from this evidence that the idea of a downward sloping demand curve for labor is pretty robustly supported. Meaning that a vote for a minimum wage increase, is a vote against those on the margins of society having a job.
To overcome this logical point, someone would need to show how labor is the only good or service ever known that does not comply with microeconomic law (that person could then stand by for the nobel prize). That is such an overwhelming hurdle to cross youll notice that no one makes the objection. Some will argue that the effect is actually very, very small, but no serious economist argues that it is zero.
As such we can at least bound the argument on the bottom by saying that the Minimum Wage does, in fact, cause unemployment.
Macroeconomic Evidence
This is a relatively rare phenomenon in economics, but agreement with the claim Does minimum wage hurt employment of low skilled workers is about as universal as we can find. Recently, David Neumark (UC Irvine) conducted an environmental scan of the current state of economic research on the minimum wage. He reviewed more than 100 major academic studies (since 1992) and found that 85% of them find a negative effect on employment of low skilled workers.
And Prof. Neumark is not the only economist to have done an environmental scan (a review of all academic literature on a subject) in recent years. Congress did one back in 1995 as well and found that the effects go beyond simply not hiring or letting go. At the margin, where people are retained at the higher income, other pecuniary benefits such as training, time off and working conditions suffered as minimum wages increased.
It will also indicate that the minimum wage has wide-ranging negative effects that go beyond unemployment. For example, higher minimum wages encourage employers to cut back on training, thus depriving low wage workers of an important means of long-term advancement, in return for a small increase in current income.
Scott Sumner has done some excellent work on the data coming out of Europe, where minimum wage laws vary significantly, and data is relatively reliable.
There are nine countries with a minimum wage (Belgium, Netherlands, Britain, Ireland, France, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Luxembourg). Their unemployment rates range from 5.9% in Luxembourg to 27.6% in Greece. The median country is France with 11.1% unemployment.
There are nine countries with no minimum wage (Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Austria, Germany, Italy, Switzerland.) Five of the nine have a lower unemployment rate than Luxembourg, the best of the other group. The median country is Iceland, with a 5.5% unemployment rate. The biggest country in Europe is Germany. No minimum wage and 5.2% unemployment.
So what does all this economic babble mean? Ill make it brutally simple. If you support a minimum wage, you support hurting the lowest skilled workers in our economy (generally young minorities) in favor of those who are more moderately skilled. You prevent them from getting a foot on the economic ladder. You prevent them from competing with those who can spend money towards their personal capital.
To use an illustration, generally, you are limiting the options for a young black female and helping a middle income white male (which incidentally, it was originally designed to do).
There are plenty of other moral issues with the minimum wage as well, but I think we can start with these.
Common Objections
1) But what about Card and Krueger?
Card and Krueger conducted a study that found there was no noticeable effect on unemployment (not low-skilled unemployment, the broader category) given minimum wage changes.
I will quote an email from Prof. Don Boudreaux of George Mason:
Dear Ms. Schall:
Thanks for your e-mail. You allege that I and other conservative economists are pigheaded in [our] refusal to recognize the revolutionary findings of scientific political economists. You describe these findings as proving beyond a doubt that raising minimum wages does not destroy the jobs of poor, struggling workers. And you single out for praise the research of economists David Card and Alan Krueger.
Card and Krueger did indeed conduct empirical studies purporting to overturn the proposition that raising the legislated minimum-wage reduces the employment options of low-skilled workers. But I believe that their work falls far short of being the successful revolution in labor economics that you think it to be.
First, several empirical studies before and since the publication of Cards and Kruegers have shown results contrary to theirs.* Its simply untrue that there is such a bulk of empirical research in support of the Card-Krueger thesis that it has been proven beyond a doubt. More importantly, evidence for their proposition is still so tentative that it is, in my opinion, insufficient to justify forcible interference by government in private labor contracts among consenting adults.
Second, Cards and Kruegers method of measuring the effects of raising minimum-wages which involves surveying employers, before and after minimum-wage increases, to gauge their reactions to higher minimum-wages is inadequate. To explain this inadequacy I quote economist Thomas Sowell; its a lengthy quotation, but worthwhile to read in full:
Imagine that an industry consists of ten firms, each hiring 1,000 workers before a minimum wage increase, for an industry total of 10,000 employees. If three of these firms go out of business between the first and second surveys, and only one new firm enters the industry, then only the seven firms that were in existence both before and after can be surveyed and their results reported. With fewer firms, employment per firm may increase, even if employment in the industry as a whole decreases. If, for example, the seven surviving firms and the new firm all hire 1,100 employees each, this means that the industry as a whole will have 8,800 employees fewer than before the minimum wage increase and yet a study of the seven surviving firms would show a 10 percent increase in employment in the firms surveyed, rather than the 12 percent decrease for the industry as a whole. Since minimum wages can cause unemployment by (1) reducing employment among all the firms, (2) pushing marginal firms into bankruptcy, or (3) discouraging the entry of replacement firms, reports based on surveying only survivors can create as false a conclusion as interviewing people who have played Russian roulette.**
Donald J. Boudreaux
Professor of Economics
Martha and Nelson Getchell Chair for the Study of Free Market Capitalism at the Mercatus Center
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA 22030
P.S. Im not a conservative economist.
* For example, Richard V. Burkhauser, Kenneth A. Couch, and David C. Wittenburg, Who Minimum Wage Increases Bite: An Analysis Using Monthly Data from the SIPP and CPS, Southern Economic Journal, Vol. 67, January 2000, pp. 16-40.
** Thomas Sowell, Minimum Wage Laws, in The Thomas Sowell Reader (New York: Basic Books, 2011), p. 112 (original emphasis).
I am more than happy to detail the other statistical problems with Card and Kreuger, as well as to highlight how isolated their findings are if someone would care to defend them. That said, Ill leave the above as an initial rebuttal.
2) But it could be worth it, perhaps those who lose their jobs are so small as to make the benefit to those who dont worth it?
Laying aside the objection that this still proposes a trade off between the most marginalized in our society for the benefit of those who are less marginalized, the numbers dont work out.
There are currently 3,355,098 Americans working for minimum wage. (Calc: (US Population 313,914,040, working age pop: 58.5%, Labor Force Participation rate: 63%, percentage of workers working for minimum wage, 2.9%.)
Generally, the low end of the research above indicates a 1% unemployment increase for every 10% raise in minimum wage. That would mean that 1,156,930 leave the labor force. Their wage goes from $7.25 to $0.
This means a loss of $8,387,744 per hour.
Meanwhile those who stay employed would gain .725 cents an hour. There are 2,198,168 who remain in the work force.
This means a gain of $1,593,672 per hour.
Total net loss of the policy is $6,794,072 per hour.


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SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Santa Clara University women's soccer head coach Jerry Smith announced the signing of five High School All-America players to National Letters of Intent this past week. Joining the Broncos this fall are Courtney Lewis of Rancho Santa Margarita, Meagan McCray of Novato, Amanda Poach of Bowie, Md., Danielle Potts of Danville and Hayley Siegel of Ellicott City, Md.
"Once again, we have signed another outstanding class," Smith explained. "We are very excited. This should go down as one of the top signing classes in our history among a number of great classes. All five members have been part of the Youth National Team program and we will look for them all to contribute immediately to our fall campaign."
Lewis is a 5-5 forward who hails from Tesoro High School in Rancho Santa Margarita. She is a two-time NSCAA and Parade Magazine All-American, receiving recognition in 2003 and '04. Lewis plays club for Laguna Hills Eclipse and has earned a club national championship. She will reunite with current Bronco Brittany Klein, who also played for the Eclipse. Her national team experience includes stints with the U19, U17 and U16 National Teams. Lewis is also a standout in the classroom, and is set to graduate this spring with honors, based on a 4.2 GPA.
McCray is a 5-8 goalkeeper from San Marin High School in Novato, where she earned NSCAA adidas All-America honors last season, and also earned All-League honors. One of the top netminders in this year's graduating prep class year, her national team experience includes participation with the U19, U17 and U16 National Teams, and she plays club for the Central Marin Magic. She is also a standout in the classroom, holding a 3.96 GPA.
Poach is a 5-6 midfielder/forward out of Bowie (Md.) High School. Also a two-time NSCAA All-American, she led Bowie to the 2002 state semifinals en route to earning first team All-County honors. Poach plays club for Bethesda Excel. Her national team experience includes stints with the U19, U17, U16 & U15 National Teams, earning a silver medal at the 2003 ODP Nationals and receiving the tournament's Golden Boot. Poach was also a 2003 U.S. Youth National Finalist and carries a 3.7 GPA as a member of Bowie's honor roll.
Potts is a 5-5 defender from nearby San Ramon Valley High School in Danville. She was selected to the 2003 NSCAA adidas Youth All-America team and she also earned multiple All-East Bay Athletic League honors. Her national team experience includes stints with the U17, U16 & U15 National Teams, She plays for the Pleasanton Rage Soccer Club and once on the mission campus, will be reunited with former club teammate and current Bronco Tina Estrada. In the classroom, she carries a 3.0 GPA.
Siegel is another 5-4 midfielder from Maryland and earned 2004 Parade All-American honors at Centennial High School, where she led her team to a share of the 2001 State Championship. As a sophomore, Siegel was named Howard County's Player of the Year and followed with All-County honors in 2003. Her national team experience includes participation with the U19, U17, U16 & U15 National Teams, earning a silver medal at the 2003 ODP Nationals while also receiving U15 All-America honors. Siegel plays club with Poach for Bethesda Excel, where she helped her team reach the 2002 National Finals. In the classroom, Siegel has a 3.5 GPA and is on the honor roll.
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AIKEN, S.C. – The Georgia College men's basketball team (6-10, 2-7 PBC) lost a Peach Belt Conference (PBC) crossover battle Thursday night at USC Aiken (11-5, 7-2 PBC) 87-70.
The duo of Scott Ferguson (Roswell, Ga.) and Aaron Robinson (Lawrenceville, Ga.) powered the Bobcat attack again tonight. Robinson netted a career-high 17 points to go with five assists. Ferguson tallied 15 points and eight rebounds.
Down 40-28 at the half, Georgia College hung with the Pacers in the second stanza, losing the second frame 47-42.
The Bobcats were barely out-shot 47 percent (26-55) to 46 percent (26-57), but the damage was done at the free-throw line, with the Pacers taking nearly twice as many attempts (37-19) to pull in an eight-point advantage (23-15). They also made 12 three-point shots, compared to just three for Georgia College.
USCA was paced by Re'Mon Nelson and Jesse Seilern, netting 18 points each with the latter adding five assists. Ronald Zimmerman added 14 points with four steals.
The Bobcats are back in action Saturday, Jan. 26 at 3:30 p.m., hosting Young Harris College.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 11 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at www.twitter.com/BobcatSports and www.facebook.com/gcbobcats for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCBobcats.com for more information, and to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GC Athletics Hall of Fame.


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Federer Dynasty? Don't Hold Your Breath
Tom Perrotta looks at why there are so few family dynasties in tennis compared with other sports.
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What I don't like about this series is they play out the childhood scenes too long and kind of dragged it along more than it had to and they keep playing that song over and over again.
What I don't like about this series is they play out the childhood scenes too long and kind of dragged it along more than it had to and they keep playing that song over and over again.
I just love how you Captivate My Mind
Self reminder - Update blog more often and continue editing/writing for TOV fanfic.
hehe i found the series quite nice to watch.. quite saddening though.. but i think it has a very good concept on death.. i love the lucky star concept.. haha...
祝力扬 & 栗亲们新年快乐, 万事如意!!~
力扬加油, 栗子加油,加油,加油!!!!^o^
YAY, Federer WON!!!!~
I know what you meant, same scenes and songs over and over again till it got to a point of annoying but apart from that, it was a really nice dramaOriginally Posted by Suet Seung
i know it's slow drama or melancholic drama, but i like it tho and i like the theme songs
It was so sad that I had to cry in the last episode. That's life I guess, people died everyday too even if he was a really good looking guy. Poor Shen Shen
be happy
i didn't finish watching this series -- it got sort of draggy near the middle i think -- is it worth finishing?? I really don't want to see a sad ending though...
The ending was so SAD!!!!! I cried so much=(
Fan of Raymond Lam,Jimmy Lin,Kelvin,Alex Fong,Bosco,and Joe Cheung
Don't study history....go and make it
Love is like war
Easy to start
Hard to end
Impossible to forget
Haha its definitely worth finishing..Eventhough its a sad ending but the way they ended(the last few scenes) it was really touching and complete tho they din elaborate much on other characters but only the main ones(mainly shen shen and a lil of zhou jun). Haha..i love this movie.as sad as it was..it was definitely good enough to be in my list of favs dramas as i dun reli like taiwanese dramas somehow :Originally Posted by shachong
lol me too.Couldnt stop the tears gosh.Esp the part when she left him and later found out abt his sickness.And when he died in her arms and even the last part where she recalled their memories as kids and adults..after so much they've been through. *sigh* *sniff*Originally Posted by darkangel1992
A good series for me! It was so sad...
Park Eun Hye unnie was so impressive! She acted natural as a mute and she's pretty as always...
for me...This is definitely the best drama of Vic Zhou that I watched so far!
for me this series was a little bit boring at first .. maybe becuz the plot's too slow or something. but I think ZaiZai acted well in here, Park Eun Hye too.
The ending was so sad I like ZaiZai in MARS better than this.
did park eun hye really learn sign language? or was is just like the stuff in the script only?
Great chemistry between Vic and Eun Hye!
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this is one of the best series I have watched plus the fact that zaizai is so good on this one...
to all Filipinos out there: Silence premiered yesterday on QTV 11. It airs every 8PM so if you have time go check this out. highly recommended.
jus finished watchin this series!!! it was soooo goood! cried soo much esp at the end! soo romantic, best way to send someone off....
andy hui's role was very hate/loveable... loved how he jus swapped from mando to canto!
zai zai was dam amazing in this, he has improved dramatically since meteor garden! soooo charming aswell!
my fav. bits was with kingone's sister, they wher awesum!! also, the relationship between ah han and vic~ that was so sweet!
Heroes :: raymond , bosco, ron, roger, johnny depp, ryan reynolds and ronald cheung
IDOLS :: jessica alba, tavia, myolie, miriam yeung, selena li, natalie tong and bernice
hey does anyone know who sings the song that keeps repeating in the background of the series? you know, the english one, thats like titled september or try to remember or something. lol who sings it? i've been trying to download it but there have been so many covers done on it by so many people and i want the right version! can someone tell me who sings this version? thanks its called try to remember, right?


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Benjie Sanders / Arizona Daily Star via AP
Lewis Taylor shakes hands with his first attorney from 1972, Howard Kashman, as his current defense team surrounds him after a hearing in Pima County Superior Court in Tucson, Ariz., on Tuesday April 2.
An Arizona man who has maintained for 42 years that he had nothing to do with a horrific hotel fire that killed more than two dozen people pleaded no contest Tuesday in a deal that set aside his original conviction and freed him from prison.
"Welcome back, Mr. Taylor," Tucson Superior Court Judge Richard Fields said after accepting 59-year-old Louis Cuen Taylor's plea on Tuesday, reported The Arizona Daily Star. The plea deal gives him credit for time already served.
"It feels good to just feel Mother Earth underneath my feet, free Mother Earth," Taylor said as he walked out of prison later in the day, The Arizona Republic reported.
Taylor was just 16 years old when he was sentenced to multiple consecutive life sentences for a fire that ripped through the Pioneer Hotel, a Tucson landmark that went up in flames in December 1970 while employees of an aircraft company were there for a Christmas party.
The only person to speak on behalf of the hotel victims on Tuesday was Paul D'Hedouville II, whose father was killed when he was 4.
"Mr. Taylor, I stand in front of you today to say I harbor no feeling of ill will or grievance against you," D'Hedouville said, according to The Daily Star. "Do not waste your new beginning at life."
Taylor, who is black, claims police pinned the crime on him and an all-white jury gave him an unfair trial. A 2002 examination of his case by CBS' "60 Minutes" found evidence that he had been railroaded and led volunteer legal group The Arizona Justice Project to take on his case.
The blaze killed 29 people: Some jumped to their deaths, others were trapped in their rooms because fire truck ladders weren't long enough to reach upper floors, but most victims died from carbon-monoxide poisoning inside the hotel.
Will Seberger / Zuma Press
Louis Cuen Taylor leaves state prison in Tucson, Ariz., on Tuesday, April 2, after having served 42 years.
Taylor had been sentenced to 28 consecutive life sentences — one for each murder count leveled against him. The twenty-ninth victim died months later from injuries he got in the fire; Taylor was never charged in that victim's death. He didn't show any visible reaction on Tuesday as he accepted the plea deal, The Associated Press reported.
He had been at the hotel that night because he was trying to score some free food and drinks from the Christmas revelers, according to "60 Minutes." Once the fire broke out, police officers and rescue teams asked Taylor to bang on doors and help injured guests get out. Hours later, he was blamed for setting the blaze.
Taylor was interrogated without a lawyer present. The lead fire investigator on the case, Cy Holmes, determined in 1970 that the cause of the fire was arson.
In the "60 Minutes" investigation, Arizona Justice Project lawyers said newer fire techniques found that the cause of the fire was "undetermined" — that there was no proof beyond a reasonable doubt that it had been arson.
Holmes, the lead fire investigator, admitted in a 2002 deposition that his profile of potential suspects included race.
"He's probably a negro, and he's probably 18," he said he told the City Council after the fire, based on years of experience he had investigating arson cases.
Holmes, now 83, told The Associated Press on Monday he still stands by his determination that the fire was arson.
"There's no question about it," he said. He added that the new findings by Taylor's defense experts are based on incomplete information because a lot of the evidence was destroyed. "They didn't spend two full days digging through that place."
Taylor has always maintained his innocence, and he struggled with the decision to plead no contest on Tuesday, an agreement he reached with prosecutors.
"He initially rejected it," Arizona Justice Project Executive Co-director Katie Puzauskas said, reported The Daily Star.
His plea in a Tucson courtroom came before relatives of some of the victims, reported The Daily Star.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
This story was originally published on Tue Apr 2, 2013 10:25 AM EDT


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Man finds suit he believes belonged to Paul Newman
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NEW HAVEN -- A tenant rummaging through the basement of an apartment building in Connecticut says he discovered a suit he believes belonged to the late actor Paul Newman.
Peter Gamlen, a 23-year-old British illustrator, said he found the suit among clothes stuffed in a trash bag.
Gamlen, who works in a clothing store, says the suit was by the tailor Henry Stewart, whose clients included Newman. He says the tailor's tag on the suit listed the client as Newman.
He says he also found a photo of Newman in the pocket of another sports jacket.
The owner of the New Haven building says she has no idea how Newman's clothes could have wound up in the basement.
Newman died in 2008. He lived in Westport, about 30 miles from New Haven.


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Scarlet snakes occur in pine or mixed woods, and apparently remain concealed in burrows by day, venturing out at night. They are not known to bite. They feed upon the eggs of lizards and other snakes, and lay from 3-11 eggs.
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