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- High-quality infrastructures
- Tourist destination
- Beginning of sectoral and geographic diversification of exports, research and innovation capacities
- Lower labour costs and reforms implemented
- Limited size of its manufacturing industry, specialisation in low and medium added value areas (fuels, food products, chemical products, vehicles, clothing and metals)
- High levels of public and private debt
- Inflexibility of labour market and lack of internal competition, low levels of investment
- Decline in the quality of bank portfolios
- Youth unemployment rate at 25%
- Slow-functioning legal system
Slight slowing of growth in 2018
The positive eurozone economic situation continues to help boost the Portuguese economy, which benefited from increased external demand and a recovery in investment in 2017. Companies have replaced capital equipment in order to satisfy the growth in demand, while the production capacity utilisation rate returned to close to that of 2008. The growth in exports was confirmed during the year and there was an increase in the market share captured by equipment exports. Exports of services were in turn boosted by a rise in the numbers of tourists. These two growth drivers have made up for the reduced contribution to growth from household consumption which, whilst positive, has tended to slow since 2016.
Activity will likely gradually slow during 2018. The increase in employment and the reduction in taxes on middle class households will help sustain consumption, while investments by companies will be restrained by higher corporation taxes. Public investment is, however, expected to take the strain: the 2018 budget forecasts a +0.4 GDP point increase in this. Despite the slowdown expected in the United Kingdom and Spain, exports should remain strong, – notably automotive exports, which will be boosted by the increase in production capacity at Autoeuropa. The company should reach a production capacity of 200,000 units in 2018 (85,000 in 2016). Unemployment should continue downwards to reach 8.6% in 2018.
The uptick in growth in 2017 was positive in terms of company insolvencies, which - despite recording a significant reduction – remain at pre-crisis levels. The deleveraging process for the private sector is continuing, but the level of company indebtedness is no lower (137% of GDP in September). The banking sector is also extremely fragile. Low profitability, as a result of the high level of bad debt, will continue to slow the internal recapitalisation of the banks. This will restrict their abilities to lend to viable companies. While the credit situation for companies remains weak, with companies preferring self-financing, the situation for households is improving.
Continuation of budgetary consolidation
The improved economic situation, the reduction in the cost of servicing the debt, and reduced public investments made it possible to reduce the public deficit to 1.4% in 2017, 0.6 percentage points below that in 2016. With the public accounts under control, the country was able to officially end the excessive debt procedure initiated by the European Union in 2009. In addition, the favourable market borrowing conditions and investment spending below the level forecast in the budget enable the government to make an early reimbursement of an instalment of USD3bn to the IMF. In 2018, budget policy is expected to be more expansionary which earned the Portuguese government a rebuke from Brussels with the presentation of the budget. The government plans to cut taxes for middle income households and raise taxes on companies. The differential will also be made up by means of new taxes on consumption (taxes on cured products). Capital expenditure is expected to rise whilst current spending should contract. The public deficit will stabilise whilst remaining above the 2% mark. Although the primary balance is expected to remain in surplus, the reduced cost of debt made possible thanks to low interest rates (2.8% in 2018) should help reduce the cost of the debt servicing.
As a consequence of the upgrading of the country by Standard and Poor's (S&P) from "BB+" to "BBB-", Portugal was taken out of the "junk" investment category in which it had been placed back in January 2012 and should see a reduction in the yields of government bonds. The level of the public debt however remains high but is on a downwards trajectory that is expected to accelerate in 2018 and reach 124.1% (6 pp less than in 2016). In addition, whilst under control, the scale of the debt gives rise to concerns about its viability which depends in part on its eligibility for the European Central Bank's purchase programme. The announcements from the Central Bank seem to be indicating a gradual reduction in the volume of asset purchases. In 2018, this should drop from EUR 60 bn to EUR 30 bn.
The current account balance will remain at equilibrium, underpinned by the vitality of manufactured exports and tourism which will offset the increase in energy and capital goods imports.
The leftist coalition holds firm
The municipal elections of 2017 confirmed the strength of the Portuguese left following a difficult year for the government of António Costa. The leftist coalition which includes the Socialist Party, the Communist Party and the Green Party, was shaken by a number of scandals involving several of the government's Secretaries of State. The Galpgate scandal named after the oil company that had invited three Secretaries of State to Paris to watch European Championship football matches brought about a ministerial reshuffle. At the same time, the tragedy of the Pedrogão fire that resulted in the death of 64 people and more than 250 injured, also damaged the government's popularity. The Prime Minister has however so far succeeded in managing people's expectations by ending the austerity programme, whilst continuing to comply with the commitments made to the European Commission, although his political are pressing for a negotiated debt reduction, which could make the job of the executive much more complicated.
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Cheques are frequently used in Portugal and it is common practice to establish payment plans with post-dated cheques which are payable on presentation. If the bank account is not sufficiently provisioned, they are borne by the bank, up to a maximum amount of EUR 150. In the case of bounced cheques, an individual person or a company is prohibited from receiving or issuing further cheques for a maximum term of two years (or eventually six years, if there is a court decision).
Bills of exchange are commonly used for commercial transactions in Portugal. In order to be valid, they are subject to stamp duty, the rate of which is set each year in the national budget. At the time of writing, the rate of stamp duty is 0.5% of the amount of the bill, with a minimum value of one euro.
A bill of exchange is generally deemed independent of the contract to which it relates.
In the event of a payment default, creditors are not required to issue a protest notice before bringing an action to court, but such a notice can be used to publicise the matter and thus put pressure on debtors to honour their obligations, albeit belatedly.
Cheques, bills of exchange, and promissory notes offer effective guarantees to creditors against defaults, as they are legally enforceable instruments which entitle debt holders to initiate "executory proceedings". Under this process, creditors can petition the court to issue a writ of execution and notify the debtor that this has been done. When debtors still fail to settle their debts, the creditors may request that the court officer issues an attachment order against the debtors' property.
Electronic transfers via the SWIFT network are widely used by Portuguese companies and are a quick, reliable and economic means of payment. If the buyer fails to make a transfer, the legal recourse is to institute ordinary or summary proceedings, based simply on an unpaid invoice.
Debt collection
Amicable phase
Amicable collection begins with the debtor being sent four demands for the payment of the principal amount. Interest on the principal can be requested - but this is normally difficult to collect in Portugal. Payment agreements subsequently made between creditors and debtors can include guarantees to ensure payments will take place as agreed.
Interest rates are set by the Treasury Department. The rates are published in the Diário da República during the first fortnight of January and July each year, and are applicable for the following six months. These interest rates are applied by default, unless the parties involved in a commercial agreement have contracted otherwise.
Legal proceedings
Fast-track procedure
The order to pay procedure (Injunção), which is applicable to uncontested commercial claims, was established in March 2003. These proceedings, whatever the amount involved, are heard by the court in whose jurisdiction the obligation is enforceable, or the court where the debtor is domiciled. Since September 2005, these injunctions can also be served electronically.
The National Injunctions Office (Balcão Nacional de Injunções, BNI) has exclusive jurisdiction throughout the country for the electronic processing of order to pay procedures.
Ordinary proceedings
In cases of disputed claims, creditors can initiate formal, but more costly, "declarative proceedings" (acção declarativa), to obtain a ruling which establishes their right to payment. Once the claim is filed with the court and the debtor notified, a defence can be filed within 30 days. Failure to reply entitles the court to deliver a default judgment. If the judge rules in favour of the creditor, the court may order damages, if requested by the demanding party. They then need to initiate "executive proceedings" (acção executiva) to enforce the court's ruling.
Under the revised Code of Civil Procedure, any original deed established by private seal (i.e. any written document issued to a supplier) in which the buyer unequivocally acknowledges his debt, is deemed to be an agreement which is enforceable by law. Since 2013, when the most recent revision of the Code of Civil Process was made, written signed payment plans can only be used to initiate "executory proceedings" when they have been recognised by a notary.
In the scope of the recent restructuring of Portuguese courts which has been ongoing since 2014, more courts specialising in commercial issues have been created. The number of Courts of First Instance has been reduced to 23 (in each district capital), while there are now 21 sections specialising in commercial issues secção de Comercio (Secções de Competência Especializada). These sections deal specifically with insolvencies and commercial company matters. During this same period, 16 sections specialising in Enforcement Procedures (Secções Especializadas) have also been created.
Legal actions in Portugal can take several years, depending on the complexity of the case. Enforcement proceedings can be faster, depending on the existence of assets.
Enforcement of a legal decision
Once all avenues of appeal have been exhausted, a judgment normally becomes final and can be enforced. If the debtor fails to comply with the decision, the creditor can request compulsory enforcement mechanisms before the Court – either through an Attachment Order, or by allowing payment of the debt to be obtained from a third party which owes money to the debtor (Garnishee Order)
Foreign awards rendered in other EU countries benefit from specific enforcement mechanisms, such as the European Enforcement Order (which can be used if the claim is undisputed), or the European Small Claims Procedure. Awards rendered in non-EU countries must be party to a bilateral or multilateral agreement with Portugal on the recognition and enforcement of court decisions.
Insolvency proceedings
Out-of court
A special extrajudicial administrative procedure ("RERE – Regime Extra Juditial de Recuperação de Empresas") came into effect on 1 July 2017. This procedure for restructuring company debts is carried out by specialised mediators. It has been designed to enable creditors and debtors to reach a compromise, in a confidential and consensual manner.
Restructuring proceedings
The reforms implemented in 2012 included the introduction of a special rescue procedure (Processo Especial de Revitalizaçao, PER). The aim of this new procedure is to ensure the recovery of debts from debtors that are in a 'difficult economic situation' without starting an insolvency procedure. The management is obliged to request permission from the provisional judicial administrator in order to perform "particularly relevant acts". During this process, the administrator prepares a recovery plan which must be approved by the creditors and a judge.
Insolvency law in Portugal also provides for insolvency proceedings (Processo de Insolvência). The main goal of these proceedings is to obtain payment for the company's creditors through the implementation of an insolvency plan. Insolvency plans can be established under which the company is restructured and can continue to operate. Should this prove unfeasible, the insolvent's estate is liquidated, and the subsequent proceeds are distributed among the creditors.


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TAMIU Lamar Bruni Vergara Planetarium Presents
Dr. Lucas Macri
How old is the universe? What's "dark energy?"
Come find out at Texas A&M International University's Lamar Bruni Vergara Planetarium as it hosts, "The Age of the Universe and Dark Energy" by world-recognized astronomer Lucas Macri on Saturday, Sept. 29.
Presentations will be held in Spanish at 6:30 p.m. and in English at 7:30 p.m. in the Lamar Bruni Vergara Science Center and Planetarium, room 102.
A star gazing party will follow at 8:30 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m. for a Planetarium Open House. The event is free and open to the public and participants are encouraged to bring a telescope for the star party.
Dr. Macri, assistant professor of physics and astronomy and member of Texas A&M University's Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy, was part of an international group of astronomers who unveiled the most complete 3-D map of the local universe to worldwide attention in 2011.
He will discuss the astronomical techniques used to answer questions on the universe's age, dark energy and how the Hubble Space Telescope allows us to measure distances over 30 galaxies.
Macri's ongoing and planned projects to further improve measurement of the age of the universe and properties of dark energy, a mysterious component of the universe that's accelerating its expansion, are also part of the presentation.
Planetarium director Gerardo Pérez said that the Planetarium is excited to host the first presentation of this kind in Spanish.
"We'd like to welcome both Spanish and English speakers to our facilities and take part in a rare presentation that aims to unravel answers to questions we often have about our universe as we gaze into the night sky," he said.
Dr. Macri, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, holds a Ph.D. in astronomy from Harvard University and a bachelor of science in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Huskies Fall 5-2, North Dakota Moves to First Place in NCHC
ST. CLOUD - The St. Cloud State Huskies fell 5-2 in a huge game against the University of North Dakota on Friday night.
With the win, North Dakota moves into first place in the NCHC with a three point lead.
St. Cloud State led off the scoring in the first period with a power play goal from Joey Benik. The goal was Benik's ninth of the season.
UND would storm SCSU with a five goal barrage in the second period. Connor Gaarder tied the game for UND at 5:10 in the second. Luke Johnson and Mark MacMillan both scored to make it 3-1.
North Dakota would extend their lead to 4-1 with Gaarder's second goal in the contest. Drake Caggiula added one more for UND to make it 5-1 going into the third.
SCSU would get one more goal from Kevin Gravel at 15:25 in the third, making it 5-2.
UND outshot SCSU 34-24 in the contest. Ryan Faragher made 21 saves and allowed five goals in 39:52 minutes of play before being relieved by Charlie Lindgren.
The Huskies will look for a much needed rebound against UND on Saturday night. Game time is set for 7:07 p.m. at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center.


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Opinion: Doomed to Fail like Rome?
Author Tim Kane on his book, "Balance: The Economics of Great Powers from Ancient Rome to Modern America," co-authored with Columbia University professor Glenn Hubbard. Photos: Getty Images
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I wouldn't go that far, posting a thread to get people excited about an animation project seems like a good idea to me. It's just the weird freakout when people don't pay attention to you fast enough. This is an internet bulletin board. People are either going to pay attention to you or not, and they'll either give you their time or they won't. No one's obligated.
Actually it's kind of like real life that way.
Like I've put a hell of a lot of work into BrikWars, and it's been available on the internet for almost a million Internet Years, right? Now imagine if I started going around yelling at strangers in the Lego aisle who've never read BrikWars or played a battle. You'd think I was a retard, right? Well, actually I can't really assume what you would think, but I assure you that for any normal person, that's an instant diagnosis of retardism.
So it's nice when people appreciate it, I'm glad when people enjoy it, but I don't blow a brain vessel over whether or not people are paying attention right at that particular instant. You've just got to be chill.


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AHL Game Night: 12-21-12 Phantoms at Admirals
Syracuse stumbles out of the gate, but salvages a point.
Dustin Tokarski allowed 3 goals on 23 shots and 4 of 7 shooters to convert in the penalty shot session for the shootout loss. His December numbers are positively shambolic compared to his strong November run.
First Period
ADK Zolnierczyk, (8) (Roe, Rinaldo), 1:11
ADK Akeson, (1) (Schenn, Couturier), 2:30 (PP)
ADK Akeson, (2) (Schenn, Lauridsen), 15:33
Second Period
SYR Panik, (13) (Palat, Johnson), 5:48 (PP)
SYR Killorn, (9) (Taormina, Connolly), 14:09
Third Period
SYR Johnson, (17) (Barberio, Connolly), 8:24 (PP)
ADK- Roe, Schenn, Akeson, Svyret
SYR- Taormina, Palat, Panik
Tyler Johnson was the game's second star. Alex Killorn has now scored goals in 5 straight games and 6 of his last 7. Richard Panik now has a 3 game point streak after missing the scoresheet for 5 games at the conclusion of his massive 12 game scoring streak that spanned the entire month of November.
Syracuse draws Wilkes-Barre/Scranton tomorrow before a brief Christmas break.
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DailyDirt: Cool Concept Designs
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- Designers sometimes like to make mockups of re-imagined iconic products, and Apple's original Mac has been re-designed by Curved Labs as a cute little desktop-tablet device. It's not exactly practical because no one would want to use such a tiny screen on a desktop anymore, but it's a nice homage to Apple's (now obsolete) hardware. [url]
- Apple had a concept for a product called Knowledge Navigator in 1987 that wasn't too far off from Siri and the iPhone/iPad. The promo video mentioned a date in 2011, and Siri was actually introduced in that year. [url]
- The original Apple watch was actually just a regular wristwatch given away to promote Mac OS 7.5 in 1995. You can still buy one of these timepieces -- and wear one on one wrist and put a new Apple watch on the other wrist (once Apple starts shipping them). And then, you'll be able to tell the time even after the battery on the Apple Watch dies after 2 hours of constant use. [url]


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Car Collector Appreciation Day at Source Interlink Media
The SEMA Action Network (SAN) has declared July 12th, 2013 "Collector Car Appreciation Day," the fourth annual day to raise awareness of automotive restoration and collection. At the Tampa headquarters, the Source Interlink Media crew celebrated the day with quite a few rides gleaming under the Florida sun.
The moody Florida weather held the rain for a few hours while folks propped the hoods to their beloved rides and indulged in some pizza, refreshments, ice cream, and good old conversation. From classic cars to modern muscle, the Blue Oval took over with more Mustangs present than any other make and model.
Jeff Foster brought his mean Coyote-swapped '93 Fox Body while the Aljoe family showed up with their black '13 Mustang GT. Waylon Crotts and Rudy Salazar showed up simultaneously with their Fox-body notches. We can't forget MM&FF editor, Evan Smith, and his pretty blue four-eyed coupe sporting a new Coyote 5.0L motor and Modified editor Mark Houlahan and his pristine Shelby Cobra.
The turnout was awesome and we hope that next year proves to be even bigger as we raise awareness for our hobby!
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More money is traded in forex and the global currency markets each day then on any other financial market. The daily value of trades is staggering and amounts to about 4 trillion dollars. Forex trading is the exchange of one currency for another rather than purchase or sale of a single currency. Because high leverage can be used the large fortunes can me made as huge amounts can be lost. Small amounts can also be traded and because forex platforms such as MT4 can be used by traders in their homes then currency trading is accessible to all with home trading on a PC.
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The Castellani Art Museum of Niagara University will host an opening reception for "Chromatic Dynamism: Color and Motion" from 4 to 6 p.m.on Wednesday, March 20. The exhibition is curated by Niagara University students. It was organized by Laura Brownlie and Gina DelGreco, NU seniors in Professor Marian Granfield's introduction to museum studies course, offered through Niagara University's new undergraduate degree in art history with museum studies.
The artists featured in this exhibition include Charles Clough, Susan Copley, Sonia Delaunay, Friedel Dzubas, Paul Jenkins, Michael Kessler, Robert Martin, Joe Neill, Leonardo Nierman and Jonathan Santlofer. While each works in a personal and distinctive style, all share a concern for color, space and movement in these abstract works. However, what caught the attention of the student curators was the way that they used color to achieve the sense of motion and, for many, velocity in their work. The arrangement and combination of colors, and the perceived movement and dynamism that results appears to be the subject of these works.
The concept of liberating color from merely descriptive purposes is not a new invention. Since the late 19th century, artists have used color for its expressive qualities, whether to communicate an emotion or produce an optical effect. While many of the artists in this exhibition appear to work in a Neo-Expressionist style, they seem to be more focused on color as the subject of the work and not just as a prop in their adventure to discover the expressive qualities of gestural painting. By turning color into the subject of the painting, the pigment seems to take on a life of its own. The resulting synergy created between color and its perceived movement is the centerpiece of this exhibition.
"Chromatic Dynamism: Color and Motion" runs through May 21. For more information, contact Granfield at 716-286-8367.
For more information about this art history with museum studies degree program, visit www.niagara.edu/art-history-with-museum-studies.


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- Premier League
Jelavic still has Moyes' backing
David Moyes is hoping that a summer break will help Everton striker Nikica Jelavic rediscover his goalscoring touch for next season.
Croatia international Jelavic scored 11 times in 16 games over the second half of last season after moving to Goodison Park from Rangers for £5.5 million.
But his form has dipped since then, with only eight Everton goals in his name this season, and just one in the league since Christmas.
The striker has been in and out of the starting line-up since the end of January, with Moyes giving Victor Anichebe more opportunities.
Jelavic started for the first time in four weeks as Everton beat Fulham 1-0 in the Premier League at Goodison Park on Saturday, but was substituted midway through the second half after another frustrating afternoon in front of goal.
Moyes told the Liverpool Echo: "We left him out for a few weeks. But we'll persevere and hope for the day when he gets his form and his goals back. The summer might freshen him up."
Saturday's win left Everton just three points off fifth spot - which would bring a place in next season's Europa League - but Moyes has admitted that his side have missed the 27-year-old's prolific touch.
He said: "I wouldn't say it's a priority in the summer, but to have someone who can get 15 to 20 goals maybe would have made our position even better than it is.
"I think with Jela, it's a bit of second-season syndrome, or a bit of a loss of confidence. So we need to give him the chances. We want to keep giving him opportunities to go and get his form back.
"The crowd are desperate for him to do well, you can tell. There are other players who would maybe get criticised but he doesn't because the crowd know how well he's done and what he is capable of.
"Everybody's willing him and saying: 'Come on then, let's get these goals and get under way again.' That's the way we've thought about it all year.
"He's been great. He's worked. He's the first one to accept he has to do better and I think when you've got people like that, it gives you a chance."


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For Grimes and other coal country Democrats, embracing that label is more than a political convenience. It's vital for political survival.
In one of the year's top Senate races, McConnell and his Republican allies have poured millions into Kentucky to link Grimes to President Barack Obama and what they call his "war on coal," betting that voters who blame Obama for a devastating wave of mine closures and job losses will not put a fellow Democrat in the Senate.
Whether Grimes can convince them she is a different breed of Democrat, one who can stand up to Obama and the party's green lobby and fight environmental regulations, will play a big role in her November battle with McConnell and help determine which party controls the U.S. Senate.
The fight in Kentucky echoes an argument playing out in Senate races in other conservative states such as Louisiana and Alaska, where Republicans claim their Democratic opponents will be a rubber-stamp for an Obama agenda that imposes big-government solutions on every problem.
That argument will be in the spotlight next week, when the administration unveils new regulations limiting carbon emissions for existing power plants that already have the coal industry and its political allies gearing up for battle.
"I don't agree with the president's war on coal, I think it's wrong for Kentucky," Grimes said after a primary victory last week that set up her election fight against McConnell, the Senate Republican leader.
"I will fight to make sure that coal has a long-term place in our national energy policy," she said. "I won't answer to the president."
Obama, who lost Kentucky by 22 percentage points in the 2012 election, has not visited Kentucky to support Grimes, and national Democratic groups so far have spent modestly on ads targeting McConnell.
Polls show Grimes and McConnell enter the general election campaign in a dead heat, giving Democrats hope of stealing a seat from Republicans in a year when they are desperately trying to hang on to their six-seat Senate majority.
During her campaign, Grimes, currently Kentucky secretary of state, has promised to create jobs, fight for equal pay for women and for a higher minimum wage.
But the debate over coal has become one of the most prominent issues in Kentucky, which generates more than 90 percent of its power from coal and ranks third among states in U.S. coal production behind Wyoming and West Virginia.
The industry has been in decline for decades as technological improvements and low prices for coal's natural competitor, natural gas, have undermined jobs.
The state still prides itself on its coal history and voters in Appalachia blame the Obama administration's regulatory rules and its alliance with environmental groups dedicated to phasing out fossil fuels for coal's woes.
That puts more pressure on coal-friendly Democrats like Grimes - along with Senate candidate Natalie Tennant and U.S. Representative Nick Rahall, both of West Virginia, who also have criticized Obama's coal agenda - to prove the sincerity of their break with the national party.
"It makes someone like me very, very leery of Grimes," said Tim Birman of Harlan, a 38-year-old single father who lost his coal mining job years ago and now drives to construction jobs in a nearby county.
"Obama and the Democrats have done so much to hurt the coal industry, it makes me question how trustworthy she can be."
On a recent bus tour through eastern Kentucky's battered coal country, Grimes repeatedly promised to fight the new environmental regulations and help attract new businesses to the counties hit hardest by coal's plight. She questioned how much McConnell had done to help.
"We have lost thousands of good coal jobs on his watch, not mine. We have seen overburdensome regulations come into effect on his watch, not mine," she told about 50 voters at a Harlan community center. The scariest thing to McConnell, she said, was a "pro-coal Democrat."
Grimes said she would push for tax incentives to develop clean coal technology and work with other pro-coal Senate Democrats like West Virginia's Joe Manchin to develop a comprehensive energy policy with room for coal.
McConnell, she said, has been more interested in partisan politics during his 30 years in the Senate than in working on behalf of coal interests.
"The people of Kentucky know who I am. They have spent millions on these false, negative ads about me and it has not made a difference," Grimes said on her bus after a day of rolling up and down mountainous roads for a series of coal-country rallies.
In response, McConnell rarely passes up the chance to utter the phrase "war on coal" and link Grimes to Obama and Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid, whose 2008 comment that "coal makes us sick" has made him deeply unpopular in Kentucky.
"My opponent is in this race because Barack Obama and Harry Reid want her in this race," McConnell said after beating a Tea Party-backed businessman in the Republican primary.
The coal industry is still celebrated proudly in Kentucky. The most popular bumper sticker on trucks in Harlan County is still "If You Don't Like Coal, Don't Use Electricity," but the skeletons of abandoned mine operations and the high unemployment rates - nearly 17 percent in Harlan in March - are a testament to the industry's decline.
Coal mines and preparation plants in eastern Kentucky laid off another 2,232 employees in 2013, leaving employment in the region's coalfields at 7,332 - barely half of what it was in the summer of 2011, a recent state government report said.
"I have come to accept the fact that the coal industry will never be like it was," said George Noe, 43, who works the night shift at one of a handful of operating mines in Harlan County, which decades ago had more than 180 thriving coal operations.
"I would just like to hear somebody say they are going to work with us to keep what's left of the industry, and find a way to keep at least a few jobs down here," said Noe, who is undecided in the Senate race.
Some leaders of the state's coal industry are wary of Grimes, who does not have as much history with them as McConnell.
"She hasn't been very specific about how she can help us on coal," said Bill Bissett, president of the Kentucky Coal Association, which does not make political endorsements.
Two independent groups backing McConnell, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce business group and a Super PAC run by a former adviser to President George W. Bush, already have spent more than $2.8 million primarily on ads hitting Grimes on coal, and the race is expected to be among the country's most costly.
Stephen Voss, a political scientist at the University of Kentucky, said Grimes could find her candidacy "a hard sell" with voters as long as the Senate race was dominated by the "war on coal" debate.
"No matter what she believes and how she is going to vote, she is still going to put that party that backs those anti-coal policies in charge of the Senate," Voss said.
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by Dennis Conkin
Bay Area Reporter, June 19th, 1997
The Dalai Lama, world-revered leader of millions of Buddhists and leader of the Tibetan people, spoke out strongly against discrimination and violence against lesbians and gays during an extraordinary Wednesday, June 11 meeting in San Francisco with lesbian and gay Buddhists, clergy, and human rights activists.
The religious leader said at the press conference that he had previously been asked his views on gay marriage, and said that such social sanction of gay relationships "has to be judged in the context of the society itself and the laws and social norms."
During the 45-minute meeting, the Nobel peace laureate and Buddhist religious leader voiced his support for the full recognition of human rights for all people, regardless of sexual orientation.
Buddhist sexual proscriptions ban homosexual sexual activity and heterosexual sex through orifices other than the vagina, including masturbation or other sexual activity with the hand. Buddhist proscriptions also forbid sex at certain times - such as during full and half moon days, the daytime, and during a wife's menstrual period or pregnancy - or near shrines or temples. Adultery is considered sexual misconduct, but the hiring of a female prostitute for penile-vaginal sex is not, unless one pays a third party to procure the person.
From a "Buddhist point of view," lesbian and gay sex "is generally considered sexual misconduct," the Dalai Lama told reporters at a press conference a day earlier.
However, such proscriptions are for members of the Buddhist faith - and from "society's viewpoint," homosexual sexual relations can be "of mutual benefit, enjoyable, and harmless," according to the Dalai Lama.
"His Holiness was greatly concerned by reports made available to him regarding violence and discrimination against gay and lesbian people. His Holiness opposes violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation. He urges respect, tolerance, compassion, and the full recognition of human rights for all," said Office of Tibet spokesman Dawa Tsering in a statement issued within an hour of the meeting.
Photographs of the historic event were taken, but were available only on the condition that participants' quotes be reviewed prior to publication.
That condition violates journalistic canons regarding the freedom of the press. The Bay Area Reporter declined any conditions for the release of the photographs and has lodged a protest with the National Gay and Lesbian Journalism Association over their embargo.
Concern about violence
The extraordinary meeting was held at the Buddhist leader's suite at the Fairmont Hotel, on the last day of "Peacemaking: The Power of Non-Violence," a three-day conference held at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium.
Sponsored by The California Institute of Asian Studies and Tibet House, the conference featured plenary sessions, workshops, and discussions with a wide array of international, national, and local human rights and violence prevention and intervention leaders, including Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker, actor Edward James Olmos, East Timor human rights leader and Nobel laureate Jose Ramos-Horta, and others, including a representative of Nobel peace laureate and Guatemalan peace activist Rigoberta Menchu.
The meeting with lesbians and gays followed a January 1996 report by the Bay Area Reporter that detailed an open letter by Buddhist AIDS Project coordinator Steve Peskind, asking the world-revered spiritual leader of millions of Buddhists to publicly clarify his published contradictory statements on homosexuality.
Peskind said that he was motivated by concern about the violence and harm caused to lesbian and gays around the world through pronouncements against homosexual sexual activity by Buddhist religious leaders such as the Dalai Lama.
Many gay and lesbian Buddhists have reported virulenty anti-gay sentiments and teachings from religious teachers in Tibetan and other Buddhist practice lines.
A former Tibetan Buddhist monk, Peskind is a well-known figure in Buddhist and AIDS circles and is a co-founder of the San Francisco-based Shanti Project and Coming Home Hospice.
When asked last January by the Bay Area Reporter if the Dalai Lama might meet with Peskind or other lesbian and gay Buddhists leaders during the June conference, a California Institute For Integral Studies special events organizer initially indicated that such a tete-a-tete would be unlikely.
Gay and lesbian political and anti-violence leaders including Supervisor Tom Ammiano and Lester Olmstead-Rose quickly joined with Peskind, asking for the clarification of the religious leader's statements proclaiming homosexual sex as sexual misconduct.
Warm and relaxed
The possibility of organized gay and lesbian protest, including a high-profile public information ad campaign conducted in the national media such as the New York Times - and conference site picketing - was defused after the flap was discussed during a cabinet session of the Tibetan government-in-exile in Dharamsala, India, and a meeting with Peskind and others was scheduled by the Office of Tibet.
Peskind and Buddhist AIDS Project co-leader Jim Purfield were also hastily invited by Tibet House conference organizers to present a workshop on homophobia and violence with representatives of Community United Against Violence. The workshop drew an estimated 50 participants, many of them lesbian and gay. Several AIDS prevention and social service professionals who work with lesbian and gay youth also attended that workshop.
The private meeting between representatives of the lesbian and gay community and the Dalai Lama was described as "warm and relaxed."
The Dalai Lama also expressed interest in the insights of modern scientific research on homosexuality and its value in developing new understanding of Buddhist texts that nix homosexual activity, participants said.
Reiterating in the private meeting that he did not have the authority to unilaterally reinterpret Buddhist scriptures, the Dalai Lama also urged those present to build a consensus among other Buddhist traditions and communities to collectively change the understanding of the Buddhist scriptural references on sexuality for contemporary society, according to a joint statement issued by participants.
During the meeting, the Dalai Lama also candidly acknowledged that he did not know the foundations of scriptural proscriptions against sexual activity or where they originated, Peskind said.
Participants also said the Dalai Lama expressed the "willingness to consider the possibility that some of the teachings may be specific to a particular cultural and historic context."
Dogmatic response
According to longtime Buddhist observer and writer Scott Hunt, whose 1993 interview with the leader was published in the January/February 1994 Out magazine, the response of the Dalai Lama to the controversy over the teachings is significant.
Hunt said the religious leader could have put forth the underlying "moral underpinnings" of the strictures - and clearly stated the basis and positive effects of such teachings.
Instead, Hunt said, by propounding the teachings without such discussion, the Dalai Lama seems to be "engaging in dogmatic repetition" and is apparently unable to substantiate their beneficial character, and because of his response, the validity of the teachings have been cast "into serious doubt." Vigorous debate about such issues and exception to the views of religious leaders such as the Dalai Lama are neither heresy or disrespectful in Buddhist traditions.
"In fact, it's the practitioner's duty to examine dogmatic views and to determine their validity," Hunt said. During the private session, the religious teacher told the activists they would have a harder time changing Buddhist scripture and tradition than advocating for their human rights based on Buddhist principles, according to Peskind.
Organized for the Office of Tibet by attorney Eva Herzer, president of the International Committee of Lawyers For Tibet, the historic meeting included Herzer, Peskind, Buddhist Peace Fellowship activist and Claremont Graduate School Professor of Education Lourdes Arguelles, and Jose Ignacio Cabezon, a gay Buddhist scholar and professor at Iliff School of Theology in Denver, Colorado.
Other participants included the Ven. K.T. Shedrup Gyatso, a fully ordained and openly gay Buddhist monk and teacher who is the spiritual director of the San Jose Tibetan Temple; International Gay And Lesbian Human Rights Commission co-chair Tinku Ali Ishtiaq; and former Congregation Sha'ar Zahav Rabbi Yoel Khan.
"There is still room for movement," Ishtiaq told the Bay Area Reporter. But the human rights activist said the Dalai Lama's support for lesbian and gay rights is "very significant."
Ishtiaq said that the Nobel laureate commands tremendous respect around the world and hoped the leader's historic statement would have "considerable impact on non-Buddhist religious traditions."
A conference on Buddhism, sex, gender, and diversity issues is being planned, following the historic meeting with the world religious leader.
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But urban runoff and uses of the bay cause many to wonder about its water quality and associated health impacts. To clear the fog on the issue, San Diego Coastkeeper, which works to protect and restore fishable, swimmable and drinkable waters, and ZLAC Rowing Club, America's oldest women's rowing club, will host a free community forum to address the question, "Is Mission Bay Gross?" on Tuesday, June 25 from 6 to 8 p.m. Coastkeeper and ZLAC will welcome community members to ZLAC's clubhouse overlooking Mission Bay at 1111 Pacific Beach Drive as four experts review Mission Bay's ecological history, its current water quality, the city's plans for maintaining and improving the bay's health and how individuals can find and fix problems.
San Diego River Park Foundation executive director Rob Hutsel will cover Mission Bay's history and transformation into one of San Diego's principal recreational assets. Hutsel will explore the change of the course of water flowing to the bay from the San Diego River and review water circulation patterns throughout the year in Mission Bay.
Ken Schiff, deputy director of the Southern California Coastal Water Research Project, will review Mission Bay's water quality, including a comparison of how Mission Bay's water quality compares to other water bodies in the region.
Schiff will explain methods used to test water quality, where and how frequently testing is done and what the results can tell us about staying healthy while using the bay.
Ruth Kolb, a program manager for the city's Transportation and Stormwater Department, will recap how Mission Bay got a bad reputation years ago and the steps the city has taken to improve the bay's water quality.
Kolb will also review Mission Bay's current status, as well as what the city does to protect and restore the health of the bay.
Mallory Watson, community engagement coordinator at San Diego Coastkeeper, will dive into the current problems Coastkeeper sees affecting Mission Bay's water quality and explain how community members can identify, report and improve water quality problems.
At the event, participants will enjoy light appetizers and beverages, along with plenty of food for thought.
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From the specs the GH3 is a good camera...and Panasonic did a good job in breaking from the previous mentality of minimalism when it came to codec quality and bit-rates. The selection of codec alternatives and decent bit-rates is a great start. Depending on what comes out of the HDMI (4:2:2 ?) that could be a bonus for use with a Ninja, etc. No doubt V.K. will eventually hack the GH3. That's really something to look forward to!
Yesterday the guys at photokina had the opportunity to shot some video on their sd cards. Video has been sent to PV for analisys already. Good news.
More have to come today.
It seems that the encoder has two, three times the power/memory of the GH2. So plenty of space for an upcoming hack.
Here a comparative table that will be updated as new info come out:
The different (and higher) frame rates 50p/60p are always good to have, perhaps more for topside work.
Unfortunately the 72Mb ALL-I bitrate works only for 24/25p and at 50/60p you get 50Mb.
Perhaps the biggest let-down is that the new (Sony?) sensor is not multi-aspect (the GH2's was). Still, I can live with that if the new sensor is indeed better in terms of DR and noise.
For what I understand it means that in video mode 16:9 the crop factor rise to 2.4 like the BMC.
The news about the sensor being Sony is yet to be confirmed. If true I don not understand Panny on this move.
Panasonic has a long history making sensors and the GH2 sensor dimonstrated its knowledge.
Outsourcing the core of the camera the risk to repeat the Nikon experience. I do not think Sony will sell the best and latest technology to its competitors.
So...if China and Japan don't do anything stupid in the meanwhile the first GH3's should be available in November. I'm not too worried about a housing...got an old Subal sitting in my workshop ready for conversion.
BTW Seeing the new buttons layout I think would be a nightmare building a housing with ISO and WB button on the top. I mena form the usability point of view.
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The English name of this very rare orchid refers to the shape of the flowers, which resemble monkeys. The curled 'arms and legs' of the lip are long and thin and there is a stumpy 'tail' (1).
An unusual feature of this long-lived perennial(5) orchid is that the flowers at the top of the flower spike open before those further down, this gives the spike a flattened appearance rather than the typical spire shape, (4) although when in full bloom this can be difficult to detect (4). It can take about 7 years after germination for a plant to flower, leaves begin to appear in April, and flowering occurs from May to June. A single plant is known to have flowered every year for 19 years (5). Like all members of this genus, each plant has two oval tubers, which earned the genus the Greek name Orchis, which translates as 'testicle' (1).
Known from two locations in Kent and two sites in Oxfordshire (1), the monkey orchid was fairly common in the Thames Valley about 150 years ago (4). The species is widespread throughout southern and western Europe, the Mediterranean and North Africa (5).
Inhabits grassy areas and woodlands (6).
Classified as Vulnerable in Great Britain, and fully protected under Schedule 8 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (3).
Collecting, grazing by rabbits and the removal of turf have affected this species (4). A colony was discovered in 1974 amongst sand dunes at Spurn Peninsula Nature Reserve in South East Yorkshire. Unfortunately in 1983 a bad storm caused the area to be inundated with seawater and the colony died (4). DNA tests have demonstrated that this species has low genetic diversity, a feature which may cause this orchid to be vulnerable to natural change (7).
This orchid occurs on wardened nature reserves and private land managed by a local Wildlife Trust. At one site, flowering plants are protected from trampling and grazing by wire hats, which sit over the plant (8). Under Schedule 8 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act of 1981 it is illegal to uproot, cut, sell or destroy monkey orchids (3).
See: Marren, P. (1999) Britain's rare flowers. Poyser Natural History, London.
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Steven Cohen is a Professor in the Practice of Public Affairs at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA). In addition to his role as the Director of the Master of Science in Sustainability Management at Columbia University's School of Professional Studies, he is also Director of the Master of Public Administration Program in Environmental Science and Policy and the Director of the Executive Master of Public Administration Program Concentration in Environmental Policy and Sustainability Management at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs. Dr. Cohen serves as the Director of the Research Program on Sustainability Policy & Management at Columbia University's Earth Institute. From 2006 to 2018, he served as the Executive Director of the Earth Institute and from 2002 to 2006, he directed education programs at the Earth Institute. From 1998 to 2001, Cohen was Vice Dean of Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs. From 1985 to 1998, he was the Director of Columbia's Graduate Program in Public Policy and Administration. From 1987-1998, Cohen was Associate Dean for Faculty and Curriculum at SIPA.
He is a graduate of James Madison High School in Brooklyn (1970), Franklin College of Indiana (1974) and the State University of New York at Buffalo (M.A., 1977; Ph.D., 1979). In 1976-77, Cohen was a Ford Foundation Fellow in Urban Environmental Policy; in 1978-79, he was a Rockefeller Foundation Fellow in Public and Environmental Policy and Implementation.
Dr. Cohen served as a policy analyst in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from 1977 through 1978 and 1980-81, and as consultant to the agency from 1981 through 1991, from 1994 to 1996 and from 2005 to 2010. From 1979-1980 he was an Assistant Professor of Political Science at West Virginia University and from1981-1987 he was an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Columbia University. From 1990-94, Cohen served on the Board of the Pew Faculty Fellowship in International Affairs; he has also served on the Executive Committee and Committee on Accreditation and Peer Review of the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration. From 2001 to 2004, he served on the United States Environmental Protection Agency's Advisory Council on Environmental Policy and Technology. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Homes for the Homeless, the Board of Directors of Willdan Energy Solutions, and the Board of Directors of the Institute on the Environment.
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What is your Ideal Anime?
Hello fellow Crunchyroll members,
Hazi here Known as Plazabroski on Crunchyroll,,
I want to know "Whats your Ideal Anime?" meaning what things do you expect in a anime best suited for your eyes?
But please, don't include anything above the 18+ mark please. Don't want the younger members to know...Even if they know already.
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My Ideal Anime will be a Comedy Romance. Anything that makes someone laugh and cry and say AWWWWWW, will be a good anime for me like The Pet Girl of Sakurasou
Something like Zetsuen no Tempest or Fairy Tail. Fantasy + action + bonding relationships.
I think anime like The Pet Girl of Sakurasou is my type of anime I love how its a laugh-out-loud romance, but it can also make me sad and have those really cue moments! I found I also liked Sword Art Online for its relationships between players and is one of those dramas that makes you think what you would do in a similar situation
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they need to make one thats a mix of historys strongest deciple kenichi and DBZ for sure....
Something like Hiiro no Kakera. It has a good backstory to it, leading into what happens at present. I like the idea of the tamayori princess and takuma (Has the power of the underworld demon Oni) falling in love. A reincarnation of past events.
I also like anime like fairy tail and hayate no gotaku
I'll watch any genre if the story is well written, with good character growth and development. I also enjoy original themes and concepts. I also look for intensity. If there is some lost in translation, I can accept it if the show is intense. And I don't think that looking for quality is asking too much. However I feel as though I have to "sift" through the hundreds of mediocre excuses for anime shows, to find a few good ones. But when you do find a good one they really kick ass!
I'm also a fan of shorter series, and movies. I believe that having a smaller set number of episodes in which to work with, the artists are forced to give us their best, or get lost in the tidal wave of animated things to watch.
A bloody good tragedy.
His Holiness Optimus Maximus Decimus Meridius Colossus Nemesis Nexus Genesis
Where the girls are cheerless, main character is an aloof pessimistic, evil is brilliant and corrupt.
The characters are all well thought out and developed with great depth. Evil characters aren't evil for the sake of evil, good characters can be good for the sake of being good, though. And at some point, the main character mutters "urasai" during a villains speech and proceeds with slayage.
All that, and every character wears a hoodie at some point, and lots of scenes in the rain.
Whoa! That sounds pretty scary. I'm messed up, aren't I?
But, anyways...
Anime like Steins;Gate, Code Geass, Clannad, Darker than Black, and 1st half of Sword Art Online. Seinen-(like) stories is what I like.
Logic is fun. Only illogical people will say otherwise.
For me it has to have a bit of romance, action/adventure and comedy that has me in tears. A mixture of one piece and kenichi and ouran high host club.
I watch almost every kinda anime out there but i must say my favorite is something with intense action dark themes and well developed charecters sometimes the story might suck but if i really really love a certain protagonist or even antagonist for that matter i will enjoy it.
They already made it:
Now if they'd just hurry up with that remake...
This is a tricky question, but a good one. I like so many genres. But my ideal Anime would have to do with Fantasy/Myth/Religious. Something like Fate Zero, Highschool DxD (Devils and Angels etc.). Good character building and a good well thought out story to it. Amazing artwork like Fate Zero is a plus.
Essentially, what I expect most out of an anime is balance; balance between character development, story-telling, action, emotion, etc., etc.
Something like that just seems to really appeal to me, and it could appeal to many people. Would an anime like that appeal to everyone?
Hell no, nothing can; but at least a show like that could come really damn close to, what with how well-structured it would be as a result.
My personal best example of a show like this is Fullmetal Alchemist: Broth--
Alright, alright, I admit, I really do kick this horse dead, but it's still a good example! Brotherhood had great, growing characters, a multi-layered, well-told story, and action that, while not necessarily flashy, had drama to them, which is more than you can say about a show like Devil May Cry.
Bottom line, the more balanced an anime is, the better......well, in my opinion.
[BUSY] Y'know, I love video games, too.
I've really gotten into anime recently (like, in the last five months) because a lot of anime is willing to embrace not just surrealism, but subjectivity in general, in a way a lot of Western shows (Louie aside) just aren't willing to do, tethered as they are to realism.
Thus, for me, my favorite animes aren't connected by genre, but by willing to experiment with form and frame in the service of illustrating themes or characters. Shows like Kare Kano, Serial Experiments Lain, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, and Bakemonogatari are examples of what I'm talking about. Those shows don't just thought-provoking characters or themes; they are, down to the frame, fascinating.
anything with good characters, character interaction, and story. I said it before in a similar thread, if Tales of Vesperia were an anime, it would be the perfect anime, in my opinion. also, if SAO had actually been like the novels, it also would have been perfect. or at least near perfect. but it also would have been twice as long.
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It's funny that the demon character is the witless innocent.
The Christian youths leap upon the pagan apparition.
Look how much attention the animator paid to manhandling the sugar imp.
The kid on the left is a funny design. The one on the right looks like the Cheerios Kid! Maybe his secret identity is a bully.
I think it's funny how many cartoons portray kids as sweet and cute little innocent things when in reality they are diminutive monsters full of the common evils of larger humanity, yet in more distilled and direct form.
Old cereal commercials tell it like it is.


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How to Add or Edit Locations in a Shared Google Map
Google Maps lets users create their own maps that others can contribute to. Maps can be private, editable by invite only, or allow public edits. You can bookmark several of these user generated maps under the "My Maps" at Google Maps.
Here are step-by-step instructions for adding or editing locations in a shared Google map.
1. Go to the shared Google map
You can browse the directory of Google maps to add to your collection of maps. For example, there's one for real estate listings and gas prices.
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2. Save the map to your My Maps
If you're not logged in to a Google account, you'll see a link called Save to My Maps.
If you are already logged in, check the box next to the name of the map to add it to your maps.
3. Add a new location or edit an existing one
Now that you've added the shared map to your My Maps, you can start adding location pins.
- Search for the location (business name or address).
- Click on the name of the location in the sidebar. A bubble will appear over the pin of the address in the map.
- Click Save to My Maps. You'll be presented with a choice of your maps to save to. Choose the one you want, then click Save.
4. Edit the location info
Google will pull some info about the location listing into the pin you just added to one of your maps. You can edit this information based on your map's purpose. Your changes only apply to that pin on your map.
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Well there is no shortage of hate or s**t-talking. Some kids just don't want change and progression and anything new to them is 'dumb.' If BMX didn't change and progress, all the bikes might still be 40lbs. You have to be open-minded to new technologies, processes, materials and ideas. It doesn't bother me, and if I have the pleasure of meeting one of these 'Internet' kids face to face, I'm going to teach him the proper way to eat a knuckle sandwich.
This, I totally agree with. Obviously anyone who dislikes your product is "hating," and the proper way to deal with said "hating," as a mature business owner, is to threaten people with violence. Henry Ford used to do the same thing. Heck, maybe if Rick Wagoner had punched some people in tha face, GM wouldn't have gone bankrupt: "Just shut up and buy the fucking Escalade, asshole!"
Anyway, there's a lot more to it, and it's worth reading in its entirety. One of the other things he says is this: "Ill-informed kids are buying stuff because it weighs five ounces lighter when they should put more weight into what they plan to do with it when making their purchasing decision." Now that's worth remembering, no matter what brand you buy. Thinking: It's better than a punch in the face.


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BARNARD, Vt. — Drugs and alcohol are not believed to be factors in the single-car crash in Vermont that seriously injured former FBI director Louis Freeh, state police said Tuesday.
Freeh, who led an investigation into the child sex abuse scandal at Penn State and issued a scathing report, was alone in his SUV and wearing a seat belt when he drove off the road shortly after noon Monday, striking a mailbox and a row of shrubs before coming to a stop on the side of a tree, according to state police.
A preliminary investigation found no indication that drugs or alcohol were involved, they said.
The New Hampshire hospital where police say Freeh was taken is not releasing information about his condition. State police on Monday said he was "seriously injured."
The accident happened in Barnard, a small town about 120 miles northwest of Boston.
No one else was hurt.
"The thoughts and prayers of the entire FBI remain with former Director Freeh and his family tonight," FBI Director James Comey said in a statement Monday.
Freeh, 64, was a federal judge in New York before serving as FBI director from 1993 to 2001. He previously served six years as a special agent. He founded his consulting firm, Freeh Group International Solutions LLC, in 2007.
In 2011, Penn State hired Freeh to examine the handling of child sex abuse complaints involving former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky and to recommend changes aimed at preventing abuse.
Following an eight-month, $6.5 million investigation, Freeh issued a blistering report contending that legendary head football coach Joe Paterno and other top Penn State officials concealed what they knew about Sandusky's sexual abuse of children for more than a decade ago to avoid bad publicity.
Sandusky was convicted in June 2012 on 45 criminal counts.
Freeh also has handled other high profile matters, including a bribery case involving the presidential election within FIFA, soccer's international governing body, and a review of the financial settlement program for Gulf Coast residents affected by the BP oil spill.
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Catch a show at the Logan Entertainment Centre. At any given time you'll find quality touring productions ranging from drama and concerts to musical theatre, comedy and everything in between. Grab a pre-dinner drink and bite to eat at Limelight Bistro and Bar and have a fun night out. You'll enjoy this state of the art facility and the wonderful program of events held throughout the year.


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Richard Rubin and Kathleen Hunter
Tuesday, 01 January 2013 07:08 AM
The vote early today in Washington shifts the pressure to House Speaker John Boehner, who hasn't said if he'll accept the agreement or change it. He will face difficulty mustering Republican votes for any bill with higher taxes for 2013 than they were in 2012.
The Senate bill, passed 89-8, would make permanent the tax cuts for most households that expired at midnight, continue expanded unemployment benefits and delay automatic spending cuts for two months.
"While neither Democrats nor Republicans got everything they wanted, this agreement is the right thing to do for our country and the House should pass it without delay," President Barack Obama said in a statement released by the White House this morning.
The agreement isn't the grand bargain on deficit reduction lawmakers hoped for when they created the conjoined tax-and- spending deadlines over the past three years. Instead, if the agreement becomes law, it would avert most of the immediate pain and postpone Congress' fiscal feud for just two months -- until a February fight over raising the $16.4 trillion debt limit.
"There are many, many reasons why people dislike portions of this bill, but there's close to unanimity that it's better than going over the cliff," said Senator Charles Schumer, a New York Democrat.
Minimal Effect
If brief, the dive off the so-called fiscal cliff would have relatively minimal effects on many households and would avoid the recession that a longer lapse would cause. Still, the expiration of a payroll tax cut and the higher taxes for top earners will probably slow the economy, reducing growth in the first quarter to 1 percent from 3.1 percent in 2012's third quarter, according to economists at JPMorgan Chase & Co.
"Underneath the fiscal drama is an improving economy," said Ryan Sweet, a senior economist at Moody's Analytics. "The fiscal drag will take some wind out of it but once there is more clarity, we can expect stronger growth."
Ahead of a potential deal, the Standard & Poor's 500 Index jumped 1.7 percent to 1,426.19 at 4 p.m. yesterday in New York for its biggest gain since Nov. 19. Ten-year Treasury yields were up six basis points at 1.76 percent, still the lowest-ever year-end close. The Japanese yen weakened, capping the biggest annual drop versus the dollar in seven years. Gold extended a 12th annual gain, the longest streak since at least 1920.
Biden, McConnell
The agreement, reached in the waning hours of 2012, was brokered by Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the chamber's Republican leader. Obama met with his staff until 2 a.m. on Dec. 31, and Biden sold the agreement to Senate Democrats in a two-hour New Year's Eve session in the Capitol.
Obama spoke with Democratic leaders in Congress last night before Biden came to the Capitol and hadn't spoken with Boehner as of about midnight, said people familiar with the talks.
Three Democrats voted against the measure: Michael Bennet of Colorado, Tom Harkin of Iowa and Tom Carper of Delaware. They were joined by five Republicans who voted no: Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Mike Lee of Utah, Rand Paul of Kentucky, Marco Rubio of Florida and Richard Shelby of Alabama.
Compared to continuing current policies, the agreement would increase taxes by $620 billion and cut spending by $15 billion, according to people familiar with the negotiations.
Rare Agreement
The bill marked a rare bipartisan agreement for lawmakers who've been trying for more than two years to reach an accord on taxes and spending, hurtling from deadline to deadline. Even this least-common-denominator agreement required brinkmanship and came after weeks of partisan bickering.
"It's not the big, bold, bipartisan deal that we need, that the markets need, that our country needs, but a smaller deal that still provides some confidence to 98 percent of American families and small businesses that their tax rates won't go up," Senator Chris Coons, a Delaware Democrat, said on Bloomberg Television. "So while it's not what I has hoped, it is at least some progress in dealing with the fiscal cliff."
Winning passage in the House will require a sales job by leaders who are trying to resist pressure from the ideological fringes of their parties. House Republicans oppose tax increases for any income level and many may resist a bipartisan Senate deal that lacks spending cuts. Some Senate Democrats opposed the bill because it didn't raise enough revenue.
House Republicans
The House could vote as early as today. Boehner has said the House could change whatever the Senate passes, sending it back to the Senate for a final vote.
"The House will honor its commitment to consider the Senate agreement if it is passed," Boehner and other Republican leaders said in a statement. "Decisions about whether the House will seek to accept or promptly amend the measure will not be made until House members -- and the American people -- have been able to review the legislation."
Senators said they hoped bipartisan support would prompt the House to accept the deal.
"The speaker has said all along that he was waiting for the Senate to act," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said. "Now I hope for America that he will allow the full House of Representatives to vote on this bipartisan legislation."
Real Deadline
In some sense, the real deadline is noon on Jan. 3, when the current Congress leaves office and the new Congress will be sworn in. The process would have to be restarted with dozens of new members, including a stronger Democratic majority in the Senate and a smaller Republican majority in the House.
The deal passed by the Senate would raise tax rates on income of individuals above $400,000 and married couples above $450,000. That's double the individual threshold Obama campaigned on and 80 percent higher than his preferred level for married couples.
Still, Obama used the leverage from his re-election and the expiration of the tax cuts to force Republicans to break their no-tax-increase position. The top rate would go to 39.6 percent, up from 35 percent.
The top rates on capital gains and dividends would increase to 23.8 percent starting at the same income thresholds, including a 3.8 percent tax that starts today on top earners. Limits on personal exemptions and itemized deductions for top earners that had been phased out will return, for individuals starting at $250,000 and married couples starting at $300,000.
Estate Taxes
Estates would receive a more-than $5 million exemption and 40 percent top rate, splitting the difference on rates between Republicans and Democrats. The exemption would be indexed for inflation. The alternative minimum tax would be permanently fixed to prevent it from expanding to more households.
For ultra-high-net-worth families, the estate tax rate -- rather than the exemption -- is most important, said Jere Doyle, senior wealth strategist at Bank of New York Mellon Corp. whose clients usually have at least $10 million in net worth.
"What the marginal dollars are taxed at, whether it's 35, 45 or 55 percent, that's the big deal," Doyle said. "The exemption's is a drop in the bucket for a lot of wealthy people."
Expanded unemployment benefits would be extended for a year, and tax breaks for low-income families would be continued. That costs about $30 billion and isn't offset with spending cuts, according to people familiar with the talks.
Spending Cuts
The automatic spending cuts, which were the biggest stumbling block yesterday, would be delayed for two months from their scheduled start date of tomorrow.
Half of the $24 billion cost of delaying the cuts would be covered by allowing 401(k) retirement account holders to convert some of their balances into Roth-style accounts that can be tapped tax-free in retirement, said a Senate aide familiar with the talks.
The change would raise revenue because people who do such conversions pay income taxes up front. The conversions aren't currently allowed in 401(k) plans, the aide said.
The other half of the spending cuts would be prevented through replacement spending cuts, half in defense and half in non-defense programs, said Senator Sherrod Brown, an Ohio Democrat.
Miscellaneous tax breaks would continue through 2013, including breaks for corporate research, multinationals' overseas financing operations and wind energy. Many of those breaks had expired at the end of 2011. Companies would get 50 percent bonus depreciation.
Payroll Tax
The agreement wouldn't avert all of the tax increases set to take effect this year. A two-percentage-point cut in the payroll tax has expired and isn't part of the emerging deal.
That will make paychecks smaller in 2013; someone earning $50,000 and being paid twice a month will lose $41.67 per paycheck. The payroll tax cut's expiration will end transfers from the general fund to Social Security to cover its cost.
Taxes on top earners' wages and unearned income such as capital gains will take effect, due to the start of revenue increases from the 2010 health care law.
The Internal Revenue Service told employers last night to withhold taxes from paychecks assuming that lapsing tax cuts would expire as scheduled and said it would issue updated tables if Congress passes an extension. Employers should implement the higher withholding by Feb. 15, the IRS said in a statement issued 12 minutes before midnight.
Debt Ceiling
The agreement also sets up yet another fiscal fight, this time over raising the U.S. debt ceiling, which reached its $16.4 trillion limit yesterday.
Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner began taking so- called extraordinary measures to finance about $200 billion in debt this year. Under normal circumstances, that would last about two months.
Republicans say they'll use the leverage created by the debt ceiling to force Obama to accept spending cuts, particularly in entitlement programs.
Obama resisted that notion yesterday, saying he wants more tax increases that would come in part from limit tax breaks and that he won't accept Republican plans to "shove" spending cuts past him.
"If they think that's going to be the formula for how we solve this thing, then they've got another thing coming," he said. "That's not how it's going to work."
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Milestones for Google: $800 Shares, New Stores
Google has been developing plans to launch retail stores in the U.S. Plus shares hit a new $800 high. Spencer Ante reports on Markets Hub. Photo: Getty Images.
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