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Best Buy is cutting 400 jobs at its headquarters in Richfield, MN., the company announced today.
When new CEO Hubert Joly took over late last year, he promised to cut $725 million in annual costs, and job cuts were part of that plan.
Best Buy said that this is the "first phase" of that initiative.
The "Blue Shirt" store employees aren't part of these cuts, so they're all safe for now.
The statement from Best Buy — from Tom Webb at the Pioneer Press:
Best Buy today confirmed that it has, as part of its Renew Blue transformation efforts, eliminated approximately $150 million in SG&A (administrative expenses), including an approximate 400-person reduction in employee head count in its headquarters.
Best Buy's Q4 earnings hit this Thursday, so we should learn more about the company's plans shortly.
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I am thrilled to announce that I have authored a training course available at Pluralsight which is targeted for developers who are just beginning web development using the Microsoft web platform. Although it is a beginner's course, it is designed to bring a current web developer not familiar with Microsoft up to speed with the latest terms, tools, and technologies.
The course provides a comparison of the same demo using Web Application Projects, Web Sites, Web Pages, and MVC. It also showcases Visual Studio 2010 and WebMatrix.
So if you are relatively new to web development using Microsoft technologies, take a look at "The Beginner's Guide to the Microsoft Web Platform" at Pluralsight today! And if you can make the time for it, I would value your feedback.

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This new development, Westerra will be located in West Regina between Dewdney and 13th Avenues and Courtney Street and Pinkie Road.
Westerra is a new 490 acre Mixed Use, Smart Growth, Complete Community featuring a retail shopping district, boutique shops on main street, a business park and a variety of single family and multi-family housing options.
This neighbourhood will be Regina's first truly complete community - a great place to live, work, shop and play. This means local options for food, transportation, housing, recreation,shopping and employment. The design includes a potential future joint use school site and related community sports fields.


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Vintage Coral & Sterling Silver Concho Belt
Vintage Coral & Sterling Silver Concho Belt
MAKER: Hallmarked with and, AM. Could be one of a couple different artists who use these initials, but it appears to be Navajo.
AGE: Vintage, but not super old.
SIZE: Conchos measure 3" wide x 2 1/2" h & 1 1/2" w x 2 3/8" h. . Buckle is 3 5/8" w x 3" h. Belt is 49" long overall. Weight 538.2 g.
ADDTIONAL INFO: A nice coral concho belt! The conchos and buckle are hand-stamped sterling silver on black leather and adorned with red coral cabochons. Marked as sterling silver.
CONDITION: Good for its age, normal wear expected.
Please look closely at the pictures as they are an important part of our description.
Check out our monthly auctions at WesternTradingPost.com
PAWN: What is "Pawn" or "Dead Pawn?" Technically, it just means an item which has been "pawned" and let go (not paid for) by the owner. The Trading Post or Pawn Shop then resells the item to get their money back. A lot of people associate dead pawn with vintage or antique Native American Indian jewelry. This is not always the case. Not all old Indian Jewelry has been "pawned" and "lost," and not all Indian Jewelry that has been "pawned" and "lost" is necessarily old.
"Old Pawn" on the other hand, traditionally referred to the personal jewelry certain Natives used to leave on "Pawn" with the trading post "back in the day." This was their personal jewelry and therefore thought of as being of higher quality. On some occasions, the person lost this jewelry for non-payment. Then buyers would come in looking for some of that "old pawn" jewelry (because they thought it was made better than the stuff made for the tourists). However, the words "old pawn" are often now interchange with "dead pawn" or just "pawn." The word "pawn" does not describe the age of a piece.
At Western Trading Post, when we use the terms "pawn" or "dead pawn," it simply means the item has come out of pawn at some point. If we say "old pawn," it means an older item which has come out of pawn at some point. We try to describe the approx. age of a piece using words like contemporary (1980s to now) or "vintage" (1970s and 60s) or "old" (1950s or earlier and "antique" (approaching 100 years old, circa 1920s or earlier).
Western Trading Post is family owned and operated. Located in Arizona just north of the Tohono O'odham (Papago Indians), just south of the Akimel O'odham (Pima Indians), just east of the Ak-Chin O'odham (branch of Pima Indians) and only a short driving distance from the Apache (N'dee), Navajo (Dine'), Zuni, Hopi, Yavapai, Mojave, and Hualapai Indians. We specialize in Native American Indian and Cowboy items. Items listed here may also be available in our store, therefore we reserve the right to end an auction at any time. THANK YOU for your business!
We also have monthly auctions at our store. They are "live" in our auction room and also online. Check it out at WesternTradingPost.com


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LuckBatPoet (H/T Ze Hayom)
"Not only Sultan but also father, grammar-school teacher, gymnasium professor etc."
The above photo is of Rabbi Yissachar Dov Rokeach (1851-1926), the third Belzer Rebbe, taking a stroll in Marienbad, now known as Mariánské Lázně in the Czech Republic. A spa town in the historic region of Bohemia, it was popular in the 19th century with 'many celebrities and top European rulers' visiting to enjoy the curative springs. Chasidic 'royalty' who know a good thing or two about material comforts were not far behind and many Chasidic, and non-Chasidic, rabbis frequented the spas during the summer months in the 1920s and '30s.
LuckyBatPoet has a set of photographs, Marienbad People, which includes barons and grafs and gives a flavour of the high society that descended upon the town in its golden era. Included in the set is a number of photos of rabbis, amongst them the Gerer Rebbe, Reb Elchonon Wasserman, Rav Dushinsky, the Viznitzer Rebbe and others. What however is striking about the photo above is because in another photo of the Rebbe the accompanying text reads:
Czech-German-Prague jewish writer Franz Kafka met 17.7.1916 this "miracle rabbi" from Belz in Marienbad and accompanied him and his followers in a long walk, he described this unusually, noteworthy and surprised meeting in a detailed letter to his friend Max Brod on 18.7.1916.
The above letter appears in the collection of Kafka's Letters to Friends, Family and Editors and the photograph above almost complements the letter. There's the chair carrier in the left forefront, the cane carrier to the right, the Rebbe with his 'tall fur hat', 'long white beard', 'his hand resting on his waist', the 'silk [k]aftan which is open in front', the 'broad belt about his waist', 'the white stockings' and a 'demeanour marked by admiration and curiosity'. He could almost be writing about contemporary chasidim observing road excavations or gathering at a street commotion when he mentions 'that characteristic Eastern European Jewish wonderment'.
Kafka had joined the Rebbe's retinue at least twice and his report seems to possess all the naivety of an Alice in Wonderland. The similarities don't end there. Like Alice he hangs about at the start doing nothing until there appears a bustling chasid, bearing a strong similarity to the White Rabbit, whom Kafka, like Alice, follows. The Chasid reappears though instead of searching for the Duchess's gloves he's after spa waters for the Rebbe. While Alice observed a queen yelling 'off with his head' in this version it's the Rebbe yelling 'you are murderers.'
Kafka is drawn into a world he barely understands and is fascinated by everything he sees. When he observes the Rebbe's comments to be 'childish and joyous' and that the thinking on the part of the escort is reduced to the same level he surely must be including himself. For he too stands accused of a childlike wonderment believing what he sees to be 'truth' which 'an ordinary head cannot sustain.' Alice morphs throughout her tale and it appears the Rebbe has brought about a metamorphosis of the author of the famous work of that name.
And as to the question, Who stole the tarts? I've scoured the photograph in vain for the 'exceptional rogue' with 'the huge belly', 'smugness' and 'shifty eyes'.


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A man who climbed naked onto an equestrian statue in London's government district, ripped off its sword and bit it has been sentenced to 12 weeks in jail.
Dan Motrescu brought central London traffic to a standstill when he mounted the bronze statue of the 19th-century Duke of Cambridge on Nov. 23.
Police cordoned off Whitehall, a street that is home to several government departments, as Motrescu climbed up and down the statue, at one point balancing himself on the duke's head.
It took several hours for officers to talk him down.
Motrescu, a Ukrainian citizen of no fixed address, was convicted Tuesday of possession of an offensive weapon, criminal damage and a public order offense. A magistrate at Westminster Magistrates' Court sentenced him to 12 weeks in jail.


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MORROW, Ga. – A bad-bounce first-half goal provided the difference Saturday, as the Georgia College soccer team (3-7, 2-2 PBC) lost 1-0 at Clayton State University (4-5, 1-3 PBC).
In a defensive battle, Clayton State got its only goal in a peculiar way. Lorna O'Connell entered the ball on a throw-in, which was deflected back to her by a Georgia College defender. The Laker then lofted the ball from 25 yards out into the penalty box, where it took a funny bounce over Georgia College goalkeeper Taylor Cornelius (Dacula, Ga.) and into the goal in the 11th minute.
The early goal nearly didn't hold up, as Clayton State goalkeeper Laoise O'Driscoll recorded nine saves, her biggest coming in the 73rd minute on a penalty kick. O'Driscoll thwarted the chance by the Bobcats' Brittany Borror (Evans, Ga.).
The Bobcats controlled the majority of offensive play, owning a 19-9 advantage in shots, adding a 10-5 nod in shots on goal. GC also took the corners battle 5-3.
Defending Peach Belt Conference (PBC) Goalkeeper of the Week Cornelius split time in net with fellow freshman Annie Stephens (Fayetteville, Ga.). The former made a pair of saves in three tries for the loss, while Stephens made two saves as well.
The Bobcats are back in action Tuesday, Oct. 4 at 8 p.m., traveling to the University of North Alabama (7-2). The Lions most recently beat Delta State University 1-0 Sept. 29.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 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 spports, 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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You can enter all the giveaways and winners will be chosen in the first week of January. Use the Christmas Giveaways Tag to see all the contests.
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Today we are talking TEEF! GNASHERS!
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Regarding your article about Gov. Martin O'Malley's efforts to pressure the Environmental Protection Agency to relax its "clean fuel" requirements for large cruise ships, it seems that both the Royal Caribbean and the Carnival lines have hinted they might move their businesses out of Baltimore Harbor If the EPA doesn't back down ("O'Malley lobbies EPA on fuel rule," June 16).
The governor's press secretary even said that some 220 jobs and about $90 million a year could be lost to our region if the cruise lines make good on their threat.
Yet I sense an air of hypocrisy from our so called "green governor." I certainly don't remember Mr. O'Malley standing up to the EPA when it imposed their new water quality standards for the Chesapeake Bay that resulted in the so-called "rain tax" being shoved down our throats by him and a compliant General Assembly.
It seems the lesson from this is it's OK if big cruise ship operators belch huge amounts of sulfur, nitrogen oxides and particulate matter into the air and water, because they use cheap "bunker" diesel fuel.
Meanwhile, the rest of us "little people" get to pay the "rain tax" because we're unfortunate enough to have a roof over our heads or — dare I say it — a driveway for our cars.
What a joke!
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2016 Tax Free Holiday Is Aug. 5-Aug. 7
Will you be one of the many shoppers flooding stores this weekend in search of some great back-to-school bargains? If so, then your shopping trip got a whole lot better! This year's Sales Tax Holiday will take place Friday, Aug. 5-Sunday, Aug. 7.
Read Also: Five Things You Didn't Know About Ohio's Tax Holiday
Without the burden of paying sales tax on a variety of items, shoppers will be able to make their dollars go a little further, which is especially great for those looking to fill their closets with the latest back-to-school fashions and their desks with school-time necessities.
This year during the sales-tax holiday, according to the Ohio Department of Taxation, the following items will be exempt from sales and use tax:
- Clothing priced at $75 per item or less;
- School supplies priced at $20 per item or less; and
- School instructional material priced at $20 per item or less.
If you have Sales Tax Holiday questions, including how the tax free holiday works, how coupons and discounts are handled, and what products are eligible for the exemption, check out this helpful FAQ page, or you can call 800-304-3211.
By Lisa Beamer, CPA (New Philadelphia office)
Looking for more ways to save money, check out these articles!
Three College Savings Account Tips You Can't Afford To Ignore
From Toddler To Teen And Beyond: Tax Breaks For Families
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Thursday, July 4, 2013
Happy 4th July!
11 comments:
- cowparsley said...
So lovely to see your post today, I hope your life is good, we miss you.
- Thursday, July 4, 2013 at 10:53:00 PM GMT+10
- Debra Phillips said...
lovely charlotta, how wonderful to see your voice!!
we miss you, i am hoping you are well and send big hugs & love!
- Friday, July 5, 2013 at 12:58:00 AM GMT+10
- Marsha Splenderosa said...
Yes, so good to see you again, Charlotta. I know all is well and you're busy. Sending love...
- Friday, July 5, 2013 at 2:39:00 AM GMT+10
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- Friday, July 5, 2013 at 3:29:00 AM GMT+10
- Charlotta Ward said...
Hello! xo
I so miss you girls too. It has been so long since I blogged!
I hope you are all well and enjoying Summer as well.
I will be back soon.
xo Charlotta
- Friday, July 5, 2013 at 3:30:00 AM GMT+10
Miss you to downhere in Slovenia. Looking forward to reading you soon. Hope everything is ok.
- Friday, July 5, 2013 at 5:25:00 AM GMT+10
- Irene Morales - Online PhD UK said...
Thank you very much for wishing all of us a great Fourth of July. It was a great day to celebrate in America with friends, barbeque and fireworks. Even though it is really late, happy Fourth. This is a great photo of the sparkler with Old Glory in the background.
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- Sunday, August 4, 2013 at 9:50:00 PM GMT+10
- Reese Carrozzini said...
Dear Charlotta! Glad that you are well and happy! It's been a while....I've been terribly busy with the new art shop, etc. and now I have a little time before I go off on a nice holiday, so I thought I would drop by and say hello!
Big hugs to you from Italy! xo Reese
- Monday, August 5, 2013 at 7:49:00 PM GMT+10
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Miami Heat
Miami Heat question defensive effort
The Heat said all the right words Monday, two days after another loss to a supposedly overmatched opponent, but the numbers being produced by the defending back-to-back NBA champions seven games into the season tell a different story.
The statistics suggest the Heat isn't playing with maximum effort right now. Consider:
• Miami is ranked last in the NBA in offensive rebounding (6.6) and defensive rebounding (26.6).
In addition to the averages, the Heat is ranked last in rebounding percentage (45.4), which is the percentage of available rebounds a team secures during a game.
• And then there are the other "effort" statistics, which measure hustle.Miami is last in the NBA in second-chance points (7.7) and fast-break points (8.3).
LeBron James was angry and aggravated after Monday's practice, which included tough words by Heat coach Erik Spoelstra. James said there was no excuse for the Heat's 4-3 record and did not soften his message for reporters when asked to pinpoint the team's shortcomings.
"We're playing like [expletive] defensively right now," said James, who returned to his four-letter description of the Heat's defense one more time for emphasis.
The Heat's surprising 111-110 loss to the Celtics on Saturday offered the latest example. Boston's young players enjoyed wide-open lanes to the basket and easily earned open jumpers against the Heat's sluggish defenders.
"You have to constantly stay on top of it regardless of who you are, where you've been, what you've done, what you're doing and we have to work at it," Spoelstra said of the Heat's defensive effort. "We're not playing to our capability, so you have to stay on top of it."
On Tuesday, the Heat plays the Milwaukee Bucks, whom Miami defeated 4-0 in the first round of the 2013 playoffs. The upcoming schedule theoretically offers the Heat a chance to iron out some problems, but Dwyane Wade said games against the Eastern Conference's lower-tier teams might be more difficult than expected.
"It's a good stretch in the sense that any time you have another game, you have an opportunity to right the wrong, but the Clippers aren't coming in and Brooklyn's not coming in, the Bulls aren't coming in, so you have to fight against just waiting for the big game … that's what this next stretch is going to be about," Wade said. "It's going to be about respecting the teams that we play, respecting the individuals and giving them our best on a nightly basis."
Wade acknowledged that the team doesn't "want to get too far behind" the Pacers in the Eastern Conference standings, considering how well Indiana has started the season. The Pacers are 8-0 after beating Memphis on Monday night..
"They're the best team in the Eastern Conference right now, but for us, we want to play the style that we can play," Wade said. "We don't want to be a fourth or fifth seed, obviously. We would love to be in a position for a first seed, but they're playing very well right now and they were a very good team before and they're even better now."
Spoelstra and the NBA have joined in the global relief effort for the Philippines, which suffered catastrophic loss of life and infrastructure from Typhoon Haiyan. The NBA and NBA Player's Association are donating $250,000 to the U.S. Fund for UNICEF, and Spoelstra is participating in a public-service announcement for the organization.
"This is the absolute least I can do," Spoelstra said. "You feel helpless. You want to be able to do more, but at least bringing more light and more recognition to it possibly can help.
"They're going to need our help. The help is really going to be needed now."
Spoelstra, whose mother is from the Philippines, has visited the country four out of the past five summers to promote basketball, education and health. The Heat coach is a recognizable figure there, and basketball is a popular sport in the country.
"It's absolutely horrible and tragic what is going on over there, and it is dear to my heart," Spoelstra said. "I have family over there, and we're just trying to send our thoughts, our prayers, our recognition, anything we can do to help the people of the Philippines. They need it."
Spoelstra said his extended family, which lives in Manila, is safe following the storm.


text: Ireland has been creating its own unique blend of traditional music for centuries. It's a treasured part of our culture that's been handed down through generations and is known the world over. For starters, it's diverse. On one side are exuberant toe-tapping tunes to get you dancing. On the other, ballads so emotive grown men have been moved to tears. Another reason? The instruments. The island of Ireland's music uses an assortment of borrowed and native musical instruments, including the fiddle, bodhrán, Lambeg drum and Celtic harp that all come together to make a sweet, unmistakable sound. Music can change the world because it can change people. Bono The best place to experience this music has to be in our traditional pubs. It's here among pints of Guinness and wooden corner booths that sessions take place – casual and communal recitals where musicians trade melodies and ancient songs from our Irish and Ulster-Scots heritage. Mandolins are plucked, drums beaten and accordions squeezed, as friends old and new watch on. It's music to be shared, and in Ireland, we have it on tap. A new generation of bands and artists including Hozier, The Strypes, Two Door Cinema Club and even One Direction's Niall Horan are attracting admirers the world over. Not to mention our established acts like U2, Van Morrison and Enya who have been conquering the airwaves for decades now. The Strypes sound like The Yardbirds and The Small Faces combined and have the best record I've heard all year. Alice Cooper Nothing beats seeing these artists perform in their own backyard, of course, and the venues they play tend to be as quirky and diverse as the music genres: from converted cinemas and intimate clubs, to Georgian mansions and old-style music halls, the island likes to keep things extra special. For those with more classical tastes, there's also world-class theatres that continue to host the best international productions in choral, orchestral and operatic music. Classical venues: Grand Opera House, BelfastSince raising its curtain in 1895, this Victorian theatre has played host to some of the greatest names in theatre and music. National Concert Hall, DublinDublin's National Concert Hall boasts diverse tastes with performances ranging from orchestras classical soloists to The Beach Boys and Joan Baez. National Opera House, WexfordHome to the world renowned Wexford Festival Opera, this stunning venue is Ireland's first ever purpose-built opera house. Read more: Check BelfastYou can't truly say you've heard Ireland's sound until you've checked Belfast off your list. De Barra's Pub, ClonakiltySince 1980, De Barra's has defined Clonakilty as a tour de force on Ireland's music scene. Music in DublinU2, Sinead O'Connor, The Script: you can't deny that music flows through Dublin like the River Liffey.


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By VINCE LUECKE, Editor
A new year has arrived and while 2011 is just days old, many of us are already struggling with what resolutions are worth keeping and which ones aren't perhaps your resolutions are holding firm or maybe they have fallen apart already. A couple of mine certainly have.
Here are a few goals I have for the new year. I certainly don't hold them out as examples for everyone but, hey, if they offer a bit of inspiration, you're welcome to them. Perhaps they will generate goals of your own.
Goal: Write one hand-written letter per week.
In today's gadget-laden world, we don't write as many letters as our parents and grandparents did. We call people with the cell phones just about all of us have, text one another for the silliest of reasons and e-mail each other near and far from computers.
But writing something substantive is something rare. I scribble grocery lists and perhaps a fast two-sentence note to a family member, but sitting down and writing a letter by hand is something that is becoming about as old-fashioned as using a quill pen or carrying a pocket watch.
I'm determined to take the time this year to send a personal letter each week to a loved one or friend. Sunday evenings will be my letter-writing time and I may even pen a note or two to people who have helped me, offered words of encouragement or just been simply friendly and helpful.
Forty-four cents is a small price to pay for lifting someone's day and keeping my already poor handwriting skills from falling further into scribble.
Goal: Get involved in one new activity to help my community.
Just about all of us are busier than we want to be. Family responsibilities, school and church events and volunteer activities we already take part in keep us on the go. My goal is to find one new volunteer opportunity this year to get involved.
My commitment won't be a huge amount of time; I simply don't have it to give, but I can find a couple of hours on occasion to support a civic or fraternal group. Some months my efforts might simply be sending a little money to a group I know will invest it wisely.
Consider if you have a few hours of your time or a few dollars to devote to a good cause in 2011. We'll all be the better for it. Make it your good cause for the year.
Goal: Plan one special meal a week.
Living alone makes it hard to sit down to eat and most weeks my kitchen range doesn't see much action.
Unless I visit my parents or get invited to a friend's home, I eat alone. That usually means fast food or a something out of box that gets placed in a microwave.
I'm trying to set a goal of one meal a week – the day of the week doesn't matter – to share with family or friends. Some weeks I will try to have friends over.
Maybe a few others will read this and invite me to their house. I'll accept.
The goal isn't as much to eat more – I've already killed a resolution to eat less – but to spend more time with people I care about.
These are among my simple resolutions. I may not be successful every week, but even if I succeed only a third or half of the time over the coming 12 months, I'll have made my life better. My hope is that I'll occasionally have the same effect on others.
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PARIS (AP) — A man and woman have been released from custody without being charged after days of questioning by French authorities investigating killings in southern France by a radical Islamist.
Seven people were killed in the attacks in March — Jewish schoolchildren, a rabbi and French paratroopers. Gunman Mohamed Merah was later killed in a shootout with police.
A man and woman were detained in southern France on Tuesday, the first arrests in the case since March.
Prosecutors say the man was freed Friday and the woman Wednesday, and that investigators are still searching for possible accomplices.
The man was a convert to Islam who had lived in the same housing project as Merah.
Lawyers for the victims' families suspect Merah did not plan the killings alone.


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My wife, Carolyn, our son Jackie, and I haven't any land to sell — we aren't promoting anybody's products. We just want to tell you some things we learned about how to have more fun, more health and more security than 99 percent of the people in this world ever had before.
Back in 1942, we Robinsons lived in a big apartment house in New York. Far from having all the conveniences and easy living you are supposed to leave in a big city, we discovered we had very little.
In the first place, we always felt restricted. Living in the city wasn't easy, it was difficult. And every time we turned around it seemed to cost us money.
For example, just to let the baby walk or play outdoors cost us money and trouble. First, we had to dress the baby nice (because we were going to the park), then get together blankets, diapers, his toys, etc., carry all this and the baby out to the elevator, wait until the elevator came for us, then outside we would have to walk two blocks and wait for a bus, then ride about 15 blocks and get off the bus, carry everything into the park, and find a spot where we could sit down.
One terribly hot Sunday afternoon we had gone all through this procedure and finally found a spot that wasn't crowded, spread a blanket to sit on, unpacked the baby's toys, diapers, etc. and settled down for a few minutes' peace. Just then a policeman came up to us. "Look, you can't stay here," he said.
"Why not?" I asked.
"How long d'ya think the grass would last if everybody was allowed to set and walk all over it?"
I suddenly remembered as a boy how wonderful it had been to lie in the grass in back of our house in the little New England town in which I was brought up.
We got up to leave. I said to Carolyn, my wife, "Look, let's get out of here!"
"It'll be awful hot back at the apartment," she said. "And Jackie hasn't had any sun for a long time."
"What I mean is let's get out of this dirty, noisy city — let's go live in the country . . ."
That is how we began to think seriously about living in the country. I say think about it because we thought about it for a long time before we did it. First, we couldn't see how we could afford living in the country. Then we began to wonder if we couldn't have a garden and maybe some chickens and by raising some of our food have more money so we could afford it.
The trouble was that a couple of our city friends who had farms always said the vegetables they raised cost about three times what they sold for in the store.
In fact, one man we knew about who had a fine modern dairy used to set before his guests two bottles. One was milk, the other champagne. "Take your choice," he'd say. "They cost me the same."
After we thought about this we realized these men were trying to run a commercial farm by remote control. Usually they went to their farms weekends, only because it was so far away, and a hired man ran the farm for them. We wanted to keep a city job for cash income. We also wanted to stay near enough to the city to keep its advantages. We wanted to add the security and fullness of living that seemed more likely to come if we owned our home and some land, not much land necessarily, but good land and at least enough of it to raise most of our food.
There was nothing new about this idea. We were aware that Henry Ford and many others had been advocating just this for years. We knew that hundreds of thousands of American families were already doing what we proposed to do.
We faced the fact that we knew absolutely nothing about raising any part of what our family needed to live. In fact, our utter and absolute dependency on my job was appalling. If I should lose my job, even temporarily, we would have no money to pay our rent, the landlord would put us out, no money to buy groceries or pay the butcher and we wouldn't eat.
If there were another depression and I was to lose my job like millions in the last depression then there wouldn't be a thing to do but stand in line and beg the government for "surplus commodities," such as rent money and relief clothing until things got better again — which might be years!
Living in the city, we couldn't save much because almost everything we did cost money. Our biggest item was food. Suppose, we thought, we could raise a big part of our food. We knew nothing about farming, but we began to look at things we ate and started to study how we could grow them ourselves. For a long time before we actually did move into the country we studied how to raise things. In all, we read a couple of hundred books and pamphlets on this. We found that most material was out-of-date and most of the newer books were designed for commercial farming specialists. For example, we found a dozen huge books on commercial dairy cattle, but no simple, up-to-date little book telling us how to produce milk efficiently for our family and whether it was really economical to do so.
Then again there were lots of people telling you how to choose a farm of say 50 to 200 acres, but a dearth of information on telling us how little land we actually needed to raise food for one family.
Yet, we gradually accumulated a good many excellent books and pamphlets. When we had a fair idea of what we wanted to do we moved to our small place in Connecticut, about an hour from my job in New York, to try out our ideas.
This plan is the story of our place, of my family and me. It's the true story of how we have built our homestead. I hope you will be able to get some new ideas from it.
We call our plan the "Have-More" Plan because that is the way it worked for us. Our plan shows how you can have a lovely home of your own on a piece of land that will furnish your family with food, recreation and health. Yes, and extra income, too.
Benefits of Homesteading
You, too, can have a good home and an acre or more of land within a few miles of where you work. Your place will pay for itself as you go along — you will eventually own it free and clear. Think what that means, no more rent to pay!
You'll have far smaller weekly grocery, meat and milk bills. With the small scale, modern, labor-saving methods we'll show you, you can raise up to 75 percent of all your family's food, perhaps doing it all in spare time, and find real pleasure in doing it.
You and your family can become truly self-reliant. You will be able to keep your own home in shape, even improve your house and land. You can be healthier and happier. You can be sure that the food you eat is rich in vitamins and minerals. You need never worry very much about losing your job. You can retire years sooner if you want to, and if you'll put away enough to be assured of just a small regular income.
Best of all, you can do as much or as little of our "Have-More" Plan as you like. You can fit it to your own pocketbook and spare time. If you are in earnest it makes no difference whether you start with just a few dollars or 5,000 dollars.
Can You Homestead and Have a Full-Time Job?
You can easily work out the "Have-More" Plan in spare time. If you work long hours and don't have a chance to do the whole plan at present, you can do part of it in as little as 15 or 30 minutes a day. Even so you can have all the health, happiness, and security of this kind of living. You can have a fine garden, beautiful flowers, get your fruit trees and berries, asparagus and rhubarb started, and perhaps have a few chickens.
This way of living is especially good for children. You can get your place all paid for and have that wonderful sense of security and independence knowing that you and your family have your place to fall back on — knowing that you could get by with very little cash income if you ever had to.
Can You Homestead and Have a Part-Time Job?
If you work short hours, you can get all the more benefit out of the Plan. Perhaps in your work you have several days a week free or maybe several weeks or months a year free. Perhaps there's an extra member in your household who'd like to help. If you have a place like ours, you can make your spare time worth money by developing a paying hobby right on your own place.
Can You Homestead if You're Retired?
If you have already retired, you can see that this Plan is a most practical way to stretch your retirement income and help keep yourself in better health. If you are going to receive Social Security benefits, or just a small pension, annuity, or small income of any sort, you can look forward to many years of happiness and security.
This Plan in no sense attempts to turn you into a commercial farmer. There is all the difference in the world between farming for profit and raising only your own family's food. A farmer is a businessman whose factory is his land. Probably — if he is really successful — he has become a specialist in producing one crop, such as milk, poultry or fruit. He has spent years learning to become expert enough not only to produce quantity but also to sell wholesale at a high enough price to pay overhead, his labor, machinery costs, etc. You, on the other hand, produce only what your family needs. You save yourself retail prices. You have no labor costs, practically no overhead, no distribution or selling costs. You sell only your surplus and can easily find a ready retail market among neighbors or friends where you work.
You will be tempted — especially during a food shortage to produce, for example, more chicken than your family can eat — and sell the surplus at a profit. This you can do — but only if you have enough spare time so that you will not have to sacrifice growing some other foods for your family's own use.
The very fact that our "Have-More" Plan calls for raising a variety of vegetables, fruit, poultry, meat and dairy products means a diversification of work, a lot of different things to do, so that none of them becomes tiresome. Planning to have a garden, a cow or milk goats, laying hens and broilers, rabbits, bees — and maybe other livestock — sounds as though you had as much to take care of as many farmers who are notoriously overworked. But you have only sufficient garden, fruit, and livestock to supply your family's food.
A farmer, to have been deferred in the draft, meant that he was farming on a full-time basis and was producing a certain amount, according to government rulings. For example if he himself were responsible for five milk cows, 60 hogs, 150 hens, and a 6-acre garden, he would be considered sufficiently productive to be deferred. On the same basis, if you were supplying 75 percent of your family's food — that is, you had one-third of an acre for a garden, two milk goats, a dozen hens. 100 broilers, two pigs, enough fruit trees and berries, you would have about one-sixteenth of what a farmer needed to win deferment.
I point this out so you will see that it is entirely possible for you to raise your family's food in your spare time if you go at it efficiently. A garden, hens, broilers, cow or milk goats, bees, etc. sound like an awful lot. Actually, only the variety is impressive — not the quantity.
Another thing, even though you have only enough poultry to supply your family, you should use the most up-to-date, easiest way to take care of it. Then again, you will find this plan broken up by projects so that you add one project at a time and get that working perfectly before undertaking another.
Every so often somebody asks, "How much of the plan should I undertake?"
You yourself will have to decide this. The most difficult job is to get your house, barn, fencing and land ready for efficient operation. But once your place is set to go, the actual chore time doesn't take long. A small flock of hens takes about seven minutes care a day . . . a garden, the biggest and most difficult home food raising project, may take 150 hours a year or so.
Many people moving from the city to the country hesitate to add livestock to their places — because they don't want to be tied down. Livestock, however, can supply 40 percent of your family's food. Our livestock doesn't tie us down — our neighbors will do chores for us and, of course, we do chores at our neighbors' when they want to go away.
What has amazed us, was how relatively easy and practical it has become in the America of today for the average family with modest income to work out this plan of country living and city job.
No doubt many city families who have considered getting a place "out in the country" where they could live and raise some of their own food, have not done so because they thought it would take too much time and trouble to get back and forth, it would be all hard work and no play, it wouldn't be practical, it would cost more to grow food than to buy it, their chickens would die, the garden wouldn't grow, the bugs and birds would get all the fruit and berries, it would cost too much to get started anyway, etc.
Well, the real reason we have written this plan is to tell other people that these objections just aren't so. The average family can, today, make the country-living/city-job idea work and they can make it pay.
Some of the reasons why they can make it work today, where they might not have been able to even 10 or 20 years ago, are these:
1. There has been a tremendous amount of highway building during the past 25 years. Automobiles and busses — plus train service where needed — make it entirely practical for most people to live a considerable distance from their jobs. These same highways and cars have taken the loneliness out of country living, too.
2. Modern appliances and methods have eliminated much of the really hard work in keeping house and raising food for the family. The pressure cooker and the home freezer, for example, have made preserving far easier than it used to be. The short work week (30-48 hours) leaves plenty of spare time for work at home plus plenty of spare time for play. To add work at home on top of a six day, 70 hour week was one thing. To do the same work at home on top of a five day, 40 hour week is an entirely different thing. What was work actually becomes fun.
3. It is easy to learn to raise plants and livestock successfully today. Methods are simpler, more scientific. Seeds and plants are better, surer to grow, more productive. Fertilizers are better. Livestock breeds are better — they produce more per hen, per goat or per pig. Feeds you buy are better, more scientifically prepared. Disease and pest control is far more sure and specific. For example, what the famous sulfa drugs are doing for sick people, they are also doing for sick chickens.
4. Low-cost, long-term federal and private financing now bring the possibility of home and land ownership within the means of people who couldn't have even dreamed of it not so many years ago. Mass production of appliances, furnishings, tools, even houses has brought the cost of getting started down to a low figure. Both of these points well be even more true in the post-war years. Home freezing equipment, for instance, which, before the war, was priced in hundreds of dollars, will be priced in tens of dollars.
Everything we tell you about in our plan has been tried out either by us or by people we trust. We believe we can make it all work just as well as we've said it would. Of course, nobody can guarantee what results other people in other places will get. But I've made a sincere effort to give you honest and frank answers in the plainest language I know how to use.
And I hardly need to remind you that various parts of the country have differing climate and soil conditions. We are telling what we've been doing here in Connecticut (a fine state, by the way) and you will realize what allowances you must make for your own local conditions.
You don't have to spend as much on buildings as we did. We happen to think this a good investment, but are also first to admit that you can get along fine with less expensive buildings.
Building a small barn for your livestock, buying a couple of acres of land instead of simply a lot big enough to set a house on, or shelling out 15 dollars for a canner is different from the same amount of money spent on a trip to Florida or an expensive dinner and theater party. Money invested in productive capital will bring you a great deal for a good long time to come.
We believe that many farm families, too, are going to raise more of their own food. They will forego some of their extreme specialization to develop a more rounded self-sufficiency.
If homesteading, as we mean it here, really does become a trend in the post-war years, it can itself create vast business and employment opportunities. It can furnish a pattern, an idea, an objective for the city, highway and industrial planning we hear so much about these days. It can contribute greatly to continuing security for all.
A friend once said to me, "Ed, why do you bother with other people? Why don't you settle down and just enjoy your own job and your "Have-More" homestead? Why try to spread it all over the country?"
I may sound silly trying to tell you why. But I feel, somehow, that in the years to come the U. S. is going to need all the help it can get toward happiness and peace and security. We aren't always going to have a boom going on. I've got a boy and I want to see him grow up in a good country, and if 10 or 20 million American families can get set as well as we Robinsons are, I don't think anything can hurt this nation.
Do you see what I mean? That's why I've worked so hard putting this plan together. That's why I was so careful to be truthful and sensible in everything we put in it.
Anyway, Carolyn and I think this is a darn good idea and we hope you think it is a good idea — so good you'll want to get some of your friends to buy a copy of this book, too.
Even at 3-1/2, our son Jackie likes to "help." Actually, as yet, he isn't much help, but we try to encourage him. We want him to learn to do things — older children can be a real help on a homestead. And, more important, country living furnishes excellent opportunities for children to develop intelligent and responsible personalities.


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On Monday I wrote about Boeing's spacecraft, the CST-100, and today I'm going to talk about NASA's Orion spacecraft.
Follow along this morning in a Google Hangout, from 9:30 a.m. CT to 10:30 a.m., as the Orion test capsule is dropped from a plane at 35,000 feet to evaluate its parachutes. The main design challenge of the Orion spacecraft is building it to withstand the higher velocities of a return to Earth from deep space.
During the event, participants will see one of Orion's most difficult parachute tests to date and hear from NASA and Army team members involved. Engineers will simulate a failure of one of the spacecraft's three main parachutes, releasing it before Orion has landed.


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Brussels, 14 June 2012
Passenger rights: what passengers with reduced mobility need to know when travelling by air
The Commission has published guidelines clarifying the rights of disabled passengers and people with reduced mobility when they travel by air. The Guidelines are published before the 2012 Olympics – one of the biggest sporting events in the world – which will take place in London this summer, specifically to facilitate the travel of participating athletes and many EU citizens with reduced mobility who still come across problems when travelling by air. The guidelines are based on a detailed assessment of the Regulation concerning the rights of disabled persons and persons with reduced mobility when travelling by air1.
What is the problem?
EU legislation on passengers' rights has been in force for more than four years now. However, some practical problems and uncertainties remain for air carriers and airports on the one hand and for disabled passengers and passengers with reduced mobility on the other.
There are still too many instances where passengers suffer unjustified refusal or restrictions on reservations or boarding based on unclear safety reasons (see below).
A significant number of passengers are not aware of their rights;
Only a limited percentage (around 40%) of passengers pre-notify their assistance needs before travelling. This is a central problem for airports and air carriers in trying to provide assistance;
Inconsistencies in the way the law is applied, has led to passengers facing different requirements and different limitations on different occasions when they travel in airports and airlines.
Some examples include:
What are the current rules?
Existing EU legislation on air passenger rights came into force in full in July 2008 (Regulation EC 1107/2006) and ensures the right to non-discrimination on the basis of disability or reduced mobility. Disabled persons and persons with reduced mobility have the same right to travel as persons without such mobility limitations.
These rights include:
In order to benefit from these rights disabled passengers and passengers with reduced mobility should be aware of the following:
Notification of your needs for assistance to the airline, travel agent or to the tour operator at least 48 hours before the flight departure is crucial. Managing bodies of airports will be informed accordingly and shall be responsible for providing assistance up to the aircraft gate and to your seat; then the assistance is the responsibility of the airlines. The assistance is free of charge.
Although, pre-notification is not obligatory, it is highly recommended, to ensure that service providers (airport managers and air carriers) can organise the most appropriate assistance according to your needs and the circumstances of your trip.
Requests to transport an electric wheelchair or carriage of other potentially dangerous items must be notified to the air carrier 48 hours in advance.
The safety of all passengers and crew members on board is paramount. If air carriers deny boarding to disabled persons or persons with reduced mobility this must be based on clearly justified safety reasons.
Since its entry into force, the Regulation has allowed easier access to air transport and a smoother travel experience for the more than 2 million disabled and reduced mobility travellers using Europe's main airports annually (2010 figures).
Now, after four years of application there are some lessons learnt which have led to the publication of these guidelines to clarify some of the rights and obligations of the different actors.
What are we proposing?
The guidelines cover travellers at all EU airports and the operations of EU carriers coming into, within and leaving the EU. They also cover non-EU carriers within or leaving Europe.
Their aim is to clarify the rules on access to air travel without discrimination whilst observing the fundamental and overriding principle of safety for all persons on-board.
These guidelines have been thoroughly discussed with all stakeholders: national authorities, aviation industry (airlines' and airports' organisations) as well as consumer and user associations, notably those representing disabled persons and persons with reduced mobility. They provide guidance in the form of 22 questions and answers on a variety of areas.
For the purpose of this memo, we are focusing here on the most common and most practical problems.
Who is a passenger with reduced mobility?
What is the problem with the definition?
The definition provided in the Regulation is very broad, it covers "any person whose mobility when using transport is reduced due to any physical disability (sensory or locomotor, permanent or temporary), intellectual disability or impairment, or any other cause of disability, or age and whose situation needs appropriate attention". This has led to varying interpretations as to who is considered a person with reduced mobility and therefore entitled to assistance.
What is the guidance?
The guidelines make it clear that whilst the largest categories are disabled and elderly passengers, there are some other vulnerable citizens who are deprived of their full mobility that might need assistance depending on the circumstances of their travel.
The guidelines underline that requests for assistance should be proportionate and adapted to the passenger's specific needs, but it is expected that assistance should be provided without undue restriction.
In this context, it is important to note, that a passenger's mobility might be reduced at the airport, e.g. at very large airports with long distances to cover or at connecting points. In such cases assistance would only be required at the airport - the mobility of these passengers would not be considered as reduced on-board a plane.
What does pre-notification mean and why is it so important?
What is the problem?
Pre-notification is central to the airport and airline being able to provide appropriate assistance.
However, currently only a limited number of passengers who need assistance pre-notify their needs prior to departure, thus depriving the service providers adequate preparation time to provide the required assistance. This is a root cause of many problems in the system.
What is the guidance?
In order to ensure the assistance providers are in a position to provide the required service at the best quality, it is essential to inform the air carrier at least 48 hours in advance of departure so that they can make the necessary preparation
The guidelines underline that although service providers need to make reasonable efforts to assist also passengers who have not pre-notified their needs, they may give priority to those who have done so.
Can passengers with reduced mobility be obliged to provide a medical certificate to get free assistance? No.
What is the problem?
Some air carriers ask for medical certificates so that disabled persons and persons with reduced mobility can prove their need for assistance. In some cases there are charges for the provision of assistance.
What is the guidance?
Air carriers and services providers at airports cannot ask for such proof as a precondition for selling a ticket or for allowing the person to fly or to justify a request for assistance.
They can only ask for medical certificates if the health and safety of the passenger, other passengers or crew-members might be at risk. Assistance to disabled persons and persons with reduced mobility must be provided free of charge.
I need oxygen on-board. Can I take my own supply or will oxygen be provided by the air-carrier?
What is the problem?
Air carriers apply different rules on the transport of oxygen which leads to confusing situations for passengers who need oxygen onboard.
What is the guidance?
Airlines are required to carry medical equipment free of charge, subject to any relevant dangerous goods requirements.
For example, if you need oxygen during the flight it is important to clarify directly with the air carrier whether you can bring your own oxygen supply. For safety reasons, the air carrier might not allow this or decide to provide the oxygen itself (although it is not obliged to do so).
There are currently no standardised rules on the carriage of oxygen in the EU. The guidelines therefore underline that airlines are entitled to set their own requirements for the carriage of oxygen based on safety reasons. However, this information must be clearly available to passengers. If the air carrier provides oxygen, the guidelines state that this should be done at a reasonable price.
Must passengers with reduced mobility always be accompanied? No.
What is the problem?
Some carriers unjustifiably deny boarding to disabled persons or persons with reduced mobility if they are not accompanied,
What is the guidance?
If you are self-reliant, the norm is that you are able to travel alone.
Reduced mobility is not a reason for an air carrier to require a disabled person or person with reduced mobility to be accompanied.
A passenger can be required to be accompanied by another person only if it is clear that the passenger cannot meet the appropriate safety requirements.
If I travel with an accompanying person, will the person need to purchase a ticket and can the person sit next to me?
What is the problem?
Air carriers have different policies with regard to whether accompanying persons of disabled passengers and passengers with reduced mobility have to pay for their seat. There have also been situations where the accompanying persons could not sit next to the passengers who needed assistance, despite the Regulation stating that 'all reasonable efforts' should be made to do so.
What is the guidance?
The Regulation does not specify whether the seat for an accompanying person is to be offered for free or at a reduced price. The guidelines therefore leave this to the air carriers' discretion. However, for some carriers this is part of their customer service.
The guidelines underline that whatever carriers' policies are in this respect, they need to provide transparent information to passengers.
Information must also be available if there are particular safety restrictions on seating for disabled persons and persons with reduced mobility– e.g. for example seats where they may impede emergency evacuation.
With regard to seating accompanying persons next to the disabled passenger or passenger with reduced mobility, the PRM Regulation (EC Regulation 1107/2006) puts a clear obligation on air carriers to make all reasonable efforts to do so. The guidelines underline this point.
Will my mobility equipment be transported for free?
What is the problem?
Disabled persons and persons with reduced mobility are not always aware of the rules applicable to the transport of mobility equipment. This can lead to conflicting situations at the airport. Under the PRM Regulation, you are entitled to have two pieces of mobility equipment transported for free.
What is the guidance?
The guidelines underline that passengers and passengers with reduced mobility are allowed to have two pieces of mobility equipment transported for free. A passenger using an electric wheelchair must notify the carrier at least 48 hours in advance. The guidelines further underline that recognised guide and assistance dogs shall travel within the cabin subject to appropriate prior notice.
As for any passenger, sports equipment which is not mobility equipment is covered by the airlines' general rules on luggage
What should I do if I feel an air carrier or an airport does not respect my rights?
What is the problem?
Passengers are often not aware of the steps to take if they feel that their rights have not been respected and they want to complain.
What is the guidance?
The guidelines clarify that:
What are the next steps?
The guidelines, which will be made public, will assist air carriers and airports to improve the application of the Regulation and thus further facilitate air travel for disabled persons and persons with reduced mobility. They should also help NEBs with regard to the enforcement of the Regulation. They will in particular provide a real added value to the increased travel activity by disabled persons and persons with reduced mobility expected for the Olympics and Paralympics.
More information:
To find out more about the rights of passengers with reduced mobility, visit:
Please see also: IP/12/602
"PRM" Regulation 1107/2006
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Reid, McConnell reach filibuster deal
Senate leaders agreed Thursday on a grand deal to reform filibusters that does little to end the practices that got the filibuster reform movement started in the first place: the ability of individual senators to block legislation or nominations and force the majority party to find 60 votes to get anything done.
In true Senate fashion, the deal first and foremost averts a potential partisan showdown known by critics as the "nuclear option" where Democrats were preparing to muscle through a series of changes on a party-line basis — something that could have had dramatic repercussions for the future of the Senate.
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( PHOTOS: Longest filibusters in history)
The Senate on Thursday night overwhelmingly voted to adopt the rules changes in two separate packages, in a rare feat of bipartisanship in a deeply divided Capitol.
By a 78-16 vote, the Senate adopted a two-year deal intended to give Republicans a minimum number of amendments during floor debate, but limiting their ability to filibuster efforts to begin debate on legislation. It also will limit dilatory tactics on lower-tiered judicial and executive branch nominees.
( Earlier on POLITICO: Reid threatens to nuke filibuster)
And by an 86-9 vote, the Senate made permanent changes to the rules to quickly schedule legislation in situations where there's consensus on legislation — and limited stalling tactics to prevent Senate talks from convening with the House.
Most of the opposing senators on both votes were Republicans.
President Barack Obama said he was pleased the Senate took action to move routine measures along.
"Too often over the past four years, a single senator or a handful of senators has been able to unilaterally block or delay bipartisan legislation for the sole purpose of making a political point," Obama, a former senator, said in a statement Thursday night. "At a time when we face critical decisions on a whole range of issues – from preventing further gun violence, to reforming our broken immigration system, to getting our fiscal house in order and creating good paying jobs – we cannot afford unnecessary obstruction."
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell praised making the changes through a consensus vote.
"This is important, above all, because it means that the voices of the members of the minority party and their constituents will still be heard in the Senate," McConnell said in a statement. "Taking away that right, as some had threatened, would have been a terrible mistake."
The plan falls short of demands from a number of reform-minded Democratic senators. A group of Democrats including Sens. Jeff Merkley of Oregon, Tom Udall of New Mexico and Tom Harkin of Iowa were seeking to push through a wider-ranging proposal, including forcing senators to go to the floor and actually talk and hold the floor, like in the movie "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington," rather than simply threaten a filibuster.
Instead, the deal reached by Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) focuses on limiting the ability to stall action at the very beginning of debate and after a bill has passed the Senate and before negotiations begin with the House.
It would limit the GOP's use of the filibuster but ensure the minority party has the right to offer amendments on the floor.


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Dallas Cowboys running back DeMarco Murray made the rounds at ESPN on Wednesday, speaking with optimism about the upcoming third -- and most important -- season of his NFL career.
Murray dealt with a hamstring issue this spring, but he said he's "100 percent" and will be "ready to go" for training camp this month. Murray's inability to avoid injuries has led to questions if he can shoulder the load over a full season.
But this is July, a time of eternal optimism in the NFL. During an appearance on the yellfest "First Take," Murray was asked if he had the ability to run for 2,000 yards in a season.
"I think I'm capable of anything," Murray replied, via The Dallas Morning News.
(Note: If Murray and Dez Bryant both go over 2,000 yards in 2013, how much pie will that leave for Miles Austin and Jason Witten? We estimate a mid-sized crumb. Possibly two.)
Murray then headed over to "SportsCenter," on which he discussed his hopes that Dallas will increase its commitment to the run in 2013.
"We definitely need to emphasize the running game," Murray said. "When you're second to last in attempts, more than likely you're going to be second to last in rushing, so we definitely got to get the running game going."
Forget Tony Romo. If the Cowboys are going to make the leap from .500 also-rans to bona fide NFC contenders, Murray must take the next step as a player. Is he capable of running for 2,000 yards? We're more interested to know if he can play 16 games.
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With recent layoffs and disappointing earnings, some industry analysts have pointed to a slowdown in the tech sector. We're not entering dotcom crash territory just yet, but things are cooling off.
Last week, Cisco announced that it was slashing 4,000 jobs from its workforce. Earlier this summer, IBM announced cuts of 3,000 jobs. In June, Zynga laid off 18 percent of its workforce. PC sales and tablet sales are down everywhere. Longtime stalwarts like BlackBerry, Nokia, Yahoo, and Hewlett-Packard have also struggled lately.
As the Los Angeles Times observed:
... in recent months, tech earnings have plummeted as tech companies have reported slower growth or declines. Venture capital has fallen almost 7 percent this year. Tech mergers and acquisitions have tumbled. And tech stocks have lagged the broader stock market this year. As of early August, the S&P 500 was up 19.68 percent, but tech stocks in the index were up only 11.1 percent, one of the lowest-performing categories.
So what's going on? Is it the natural Hayekian boom-and-bust cycle? Have crazy tech growth and profits just become the new normal? Is it the global economic recession? Have we all just gotten tired of the hot new app or tablet? There doesn't seem to be a clear answer.
"What I've seen is that a lot of the tech heavyweights are having challenges," Patrick Moorhead, principal analyst at Moor Insights and Strategy, told the Times. "There's a fundamental shift in the marketplace that many people are grappling with. What we're seeing is a transitional period."
Have layoffs affected you and/or those in your professional circles? Give us a shout in the comments below.


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I am continually surprised that I have to defend things I don't like to people that do, or vice versa.
Here's an example. A lot of my friends are really interested in the Dystopia Rising LARP. I'm sure it's really awesome, but for a variety of reasons, I'm just not interested in it. I want people to enjoy their enthusiasm of new things, even if I occasionally need to mute email threads or posts on my social media feeds just so it stops popping up. And yet, once in a while I'll get someone new who doesn't realize I'm not interested, and I have to politely inform them.
This is where it gets awkward, because sometimes, people want to know why. And conceptually, I understand it — perhaps if there's some misunderstanding I hold as to why I don't like the game, it can be addressed. People want to share something they enjoy with people they like, and really enthusiastic fans want to remove barriers from people who could be fans. I understand all of these motivations, and I respect them, but sometimes it feels like I need to justify why I dislike something. I end up needing to articulate exactly why I hate it, and if that reason is not somehow sufficient, I am not "giving it a fair chance."
Let's try a different example. Something that will shock no one is that I like Elementary, but once in a while I'll run into a rabid fan of BBC Sherlock who feels the need to explain in vitriolic terms why they hate the show. Again, aside from the irritating tendency to thread crap, if people want to hate something, feel free. But once in a while, I get put on the spot to justify liking the show, implying that somehow I cannot possibly like Sherlock if I like Elementary. (And let's face it: I like Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century. If liking bad Holmes media is a crime, consider me guilty.)
For a while, I chalked a lot of this up to misplaced enthusiasm. It's natural to share things we like and find people who hate the things we hate, and the simple mantra of "we don't have to like the same things" seemed sufficient. But over the years, my stance on this has gotten muddier. Let's take, for example, Orson Scott Card. He is an influential science-fiction writer who has "highly polarizing viewpoints" (which is a nice way of saying he's a bigot). Without getting into the various debates on Card himself, the result has been a lot of very conflicted people who sincerely liked Ender's Game but feel uncomfortable supporting Card in any way because of those opinions. The same thing happened when it was discovered that Jack Kirby wasn't getting anything from The Avengers or that buying Chick-Fil-A made you hate gay people. These days, something you like could send a message you don't intend, and people end up justifying their position more or not even talking about things they like.
I generally believe that it's okay to like problematic things. You aren't required to defend something that you had no hand in creating simply because you like it. Neither are you required to defend hating something that everyone around you loves if it bothers you, upsets you, or simply bores you. Let's face it — there's so much cool stuff in the world to experience, and life's too short to spend arguing about which bits of it are more awesome than other bits of it. Certainly, let's spend some time talking about problematic bits and how those bits impact larger culture so we can all make it better — popular culture as a spark for social dialog is important and useful. However, let's stop trying to force people to like something they don't, or make them feel bad for enjoying something you hate. Because if you don't like Doctor Who, we can still be friends, and maybe we'll bond over a mutual love of The Transformers instead.


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Remember the whole Bahman Ghobadi / Abbas Kiarostami thing? Ghobadi, representative of a new wave of Iranian cinema, severely lambasted one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, Abbas Kiarostami, for not taking a political stand during the 2009 post-election violence. Well, now he might have.
At least, that is how the Iranian 'reformists' have interpreted the story that Kiarostami has allegedly turned down an offer to act as jury in the state-run Fajr Film Festival in Tehran this year. JARAS, a Mousavi-affiliated website has stated that Kiarostami – who is often a jury in international film festivals and has himself received the Palme d'Or of Cannes – has turned down the offer 'for unpublicized reasons'.
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