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Rite Aid, the drugstore chain that traces its origins to Scranton, marked the 50th anniversary of its founding this month.
Scranton native Alex Grass opened the first Thrif-D Discount Center at 401 Lackawanna Ave. on Sept. 12, 1962.
The company incorporated in Harrisburg, Grass' hometown, expanded to five states by 1965 and went public as Rite Aid in 1968. Today, Rite Aid is the nation's third-largest drugstore chain, with 4,600 stores in 31 states.
"Scranton is where our first store was. That's our roots," said Ashley Flower, spokeswoman for Rite Aid, which is based near Harrisburg.
But Rite Aid, once a profitable retail champion of small towns, is saddled with debt and trails its profitable and larger competitors, CVS Caremark and Walgreens.
"They have this gigantic debt and they have constantly underperformed," said Howard Davidowitz, a New York retail consultant and investment banker. "They don't generate the cash flow to address the debt."
Rite Aid last turned an annual profit in 2006 and its long-term obligations exceed $5.8 billion. The company booked a 2011 deficit of $368 million and recently reported a second-quarter loss of $41.4 million.
Much of the debt was acquired in costly acquisitions.
In 1996, Rite Aid spent $1.6 billion to buy Thrifty Payless, a 1,000-store West Coast chain. In 2007, Rite Aid paid $3.4 billion to acquire more than 1,800 Eckerd and Brooks stores.
"They are the most debt-laden drugstore chain," Davidowitz said. "They have found themselves in a very difficult position."
Alex Grass, though, is remembered as a retail visionary. Grass died at age 82 in 2009 at his Harrisburg home.
"He had a rock-solid strategy," Davidowitz said. "His idea was to serve the small-town customer. He was the dominant drugstore in town."
Grass, who earned a law degree in Florida, joined his in-laws' wholesale grocery business in Harrisburg in the 1950s. While distributing health and beauty products to supermarkets, he recognized an opportunity for a competitively priced specialty retailer. He took a chance by opening the 1,400-square-foot Scranton store, which specialized in bargain-priced personal care products, housewares and stationery.
"There is a story here that underscores the importance of the small-business community and the importance of supporting entrepreneurs in their early ventures," said Austin Burke, president of the Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce. "Alex Grass was trying out a revolutionary idea at the time and he experienced a great deal of success."
Grass, whose family has relatives in the Scranton area, returned a favor to the city where he got his start. In the mid-1980s city and economic development officials convinced him to build a four-story commercial and office building at 201 N. Washington Ave. Rite Aid sold the Courthouse Square structure in 1999 for $985,000 to a Scranton property holding company.
"It's still a signature building and a great addition to the downtown," Burke said. "I don't believe that we would have had that kind of investment for a quality building like that if a local businessman didn't remember his roots and make an extraordinary investment."
Rite Aid's fortunes began changing after Grass's son, Martin, engineered his father's ouster in 1995 and Martin Grass became chief executive.
Rite Aid went on a vigorous expansion run and its stock price soared before Martin Grass was forced to resign in 1999 in an accounting scandal that overstated Rite Aid's profits by $1.6 billion. Martin Grass and other Rite Aid executives were indicted on fraud and conspiracy charges in 2002. He pleaded guilty and served six years in federal prison before his release in 2010.
"It's a story of self destruction," Davidowitz said of Martin Grass' downfall.
Rite Aid is observing its anniversary with wellness events in more than a dozen cities. It co-sponsored today's annual Steamtown Marathon and set up a booth downtown, where the company will distribute child identification kits and wellness packages containing hand sanitizer, pain reliever, snacks, lip balm and other items.


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For the Flyers, there were two surprises Saturday.
For one, left winger Scott Hartnell returned ahead of schedule.
For another, the Flyers won even though they trailed heading into the final period. They rallied past Winnipeg, 5-3, at the Wells Fargo Center. (See story.)
They had been 0-10 when trailing or tied after the second period.
On Monday, the Flyers (9-10-1) have a chance to get to .500 for the first time this season, hosting James van Riemsdyk and the improved Toronto Maple Leafs (11-8).
Van Riemsdyk, sent to Toronto for defenseman Luke Schenn last summer, has 11 goals. Entering Sunday, that was one goal behind the five players tied for the NHL lead.
"It's huge," forward Brayden Schenn said of Monday's attempt to get to .500. "It feels like we're one game away and then we hurt ourselves a little bit with a couple [games]. It's huge for us to be ready for Toronto. They are a good hockey team, playing good hockey. It's not going to be an easy game."
The Flyers will be trying to avenge a 5-2 loss Feb. 11 in Toronto. In that game, the Flyers' Wayne Simmonds scored 38 seconds after the opening faceoff, but Toronto took command with three second-period goals in a 4:10 span. Van Riemsdyk had a late goal in that game.
The Flyers, who dropped a 5-2 decision to visiting Florida in their last attempt to get to .500, have won three of their last four games, and Jake Voracek has been the team's leader. The right winger has 12 points in the last five games _ the hottest stretch for a Flyer since Peter Forsberg in 2005.
Hit parade. Zac Rinaldo is third in the NHL with 70 hits despite playing just 128:03, which is an average of eight minutes per game. That gives him an average of 32.8 hits per 60 minutes played.
Rinaldo had 12 hits, four shots and an empty-net goal in the Flyers' 5-3 win over Winnipeg on Saturday.
In their 11 losses…
PP: 4-for-44 (9.1 pct.).
PK: 34-for-45 (75.6 pct.).
In their 10 wins…
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PK: 36-for-40 (90 pct.).
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Martinez set to lose Kone for a month
Wigan manager Roberto Martinez fears losing striker Arouna Kone to the upcoming African Nations Cup for more than a month.
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Kone, 29, whose four goals have made him the club's leading scorer in the Premier League this season, is set to be selected by Ivory Coast for the tournament in South Africa in January.
Under FIFA rules, the former Levante man can be called up two weeks before his country's opening game against Togo in Rustenburg on January 22. And with the competition due to finish on February 10, Kone faces missing five league games, plus a potential FA Cup fourth-round tie.
Martinez is hoping to strike a deal with the Federation Ivoirienne de Football to hang on to his player until after the league trip to Fulham on January 12.
However, he told the Daily Star: "It's not looking good. We have a great relationship with the Ivory Coast federation. They want their best players as fresh as possible and we understand that. The worst-case scenario will be him being away for six or seven weeks, which is obviously a huge chunk of the season."
Kone, though, will still fly to South Africa with the best wishes of his manager, even though he will miss a number of key games.
"He has been a joy to work with," Martinez said. "I have never seen a foreign player arrive in England and adapt so quickly. He has incredible finishing ability and technical quality, and we've been blessed to have Arouna in our dressing room.
"Arouna had a long period when he wasn't involved with the national team, and that was hard because he loves representing his country. When he is happy, we are happy, and I am very pleased he is back in the Ivory Coast squad."
Martinez takes his side to face Newcastle on Monday night and believes that Magpies boss Alan Pardew has been fortunate regarding the African Nations Cup.
Senegal's failure to qualify means that Pardew will not lose strikers Demba Ba and Papiss Cisse next month.
"It is a catastrophe from Senegal's point of view that they failed to qualify, but from Newcastle's point of view, it's a blessing," Martinez said.
"These kind of players can really make a difference. To lose one key player for over a month can be devastating. To lose two is a major problem. Sometimes small margins have big results, and for Newcastle to be able to keep their two main strikers will have a massive bearing on their month."
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Because I was thinking of Raymond today, I'm republishing this post from December, 2010.
The memory of Raymond comes to mind now and then, usually for no particular reason, but always at Christmas.
Raymond lived at the Mercer County Home in Mercer, Pennsylvania. In those days the county home was where people lived who could not take care of themselves and who had no family to take care of them. Some folks were old, some were just poor, and yet others were mentally limited. Raymond was in the latter group. The county homes were usually large buildings with farmland surrounding them. The people who lived in the county homes worked on the farms growing vegetables and crops and animals which were used to feed those who lived there.
I first met Raymond when I was a child. My parents took us to visit him several times. The last time we visited I was perhaps 10 or 11, when 10-year-olds were less mature than they are now, yet old enough to be aware that girls should be careful of strangers. We parked at the side or back of the County Home and somehow my father sent word that we were there to see Raymond. We waited a few minutes and then an older man, probably older than my father, came out. He was not very tall and had an unusual gait. He seemed different. He recognized my father and they greeted each other. Then he took my hand and started to walk away. I hesitated, feeling a little shy and wondering if I should go with this stranger. My parents gave me the nod and we all walked with him. My memory ends there. Strange how memories often don't provide all the details.
After we left him, my father told us a little more about Raymond and explained that he had an amazing and unusual ability. Raymond's responsibility at the farm was the chickens. Dad said that when trying to gather chickens, most folks cause them to scatter. Dad had watched Raymond with chickens before: he spread his arms wide and the chickens gathered in toward him and then went wherever he directed them. Dad said you'd never see anything like it again. He explained that Raymond was a very gentle person, something I think I sensed while we were together that day. Remembering him now, I think of him as childlike.
The only other thing Dad said about him was that something had happened to his family and he lived with Maw and Pap Doyle, Dad's grandparents, for a while.
Searching census records for Maw and Pap, I found Raymond listed with them in the 1910 census as adopted son, 6 years old. He was nine years older than my father. Maw and Pap were 43 and 47. They weren't too old to have a child of their own that age and yet they were already grandparents. Raymond isn't with them in the 1920 census. I suspect that there was no formal adoption. Dad's half sister, Tressa, remembered that Raymond went to school with Dad and one of his friends but didn't do well. She didn't remember any more about him or how it came to be that he was living with Maw and Pap, and my father's not around to ask for more information. I'll probably never know more about Raymond's history.
I think of Raymond every Christmas because my parents, without fail and with great care, sent him a package which always included, among other things, Raymond's favorite candy.
The photo of the Mercer County Home is from Family Old Photographs.
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Editors note: This is the second in a two-part series about campaign finance in Congressional District 3.
By Joe Hanel
Herald Denver Bureau
DENVER Super PACs are the bogeyman of the 2012 election, raising the possibility that a handful of rich people or companies can spend hundreds of millions of dollars to sway votes.
But, in Colorado state politics, few people are using Super PACs, with a notable exception.
Clean Slate Now is a group that argues against big money in politics. It supports only candidates who have sworn off donations by special-interest political action committees. The group also is a Super PAC one of the most active Super PACs in Colorado.
The group spent heavily on Democratic House candidate Jovan Melton in a primary in an Aurora district against Terry Todd. Melton won by about 50 votes.
Clean Slate volunteers made 11,000 phone calls for Melton, and the group paid for 8,000 mail pieces for him.
The problem is that as money becomes more important, the values and wishes of individual voters becomes less important and government starts working for special interests instead of people, said Ken Gordon, founder of Clean Slate Now and the Democratic candidate for secretary of state in 2006.
To counter political action committee money, Gordon has put up his own cash. His $74,000 in donations make up more than 95 percent of Clean Slate Nows fundraising.
Clean Slate Now is an independent expenditure committee Colorados legal term for a Super PAC. Although they both use the same legal structure, Gordon said his groups purpose of recruiting better candidates sets him apart from other Super PACs and campaign committees.
I guess our goal is entirely different. Their goal is to get something special done for their ideology or their business, he said. Our goal is to support democracy.
Another Super PAC to watch is Fight Back Colorado, a group that formed after House Republicans refused to allow a bill that created civil unions for gay and lesbian couples to get a vote.
The gay-rights group One Colorado and software millionaire Tim Gill each gave $25,000 to Fight Back shortly after it formed last month.
Although hes among the states biggest Super PACs, Gordons $74,000 makes him just a bit player on the Colorado political stage.
Thats because in Colorado, the real money is in other types of committees.
Super PACs exist thanks to a Supreme Court ruling in the Citizens United case that allows companies to spend freely to support candidates. But for now, Colorado companies prefer tried-and-true methods, like the 527 groups that are the biggest players in legislative races.
The four biggest 527 committees for Democrats and Republicans have budgets in excess of $1 million this year.
And thats just the spending thats been disclosed publicly.
Shrewd political operators are finding they can hide their donors and spending by setting up social welfare nonprofits that are actually campaign groups in disguise.
Luis Toro, director of Ethics Watch Colorado, is troubled by a recent Supreme Court case his group lost. He sued Secretary of State Scott Gessler to try to force greater disclosure by 527 committees, even when they dont use magic words in their ads like support John Hickenlooper or vote against John Hickenlooper.
As a result of the ruling, Toro fears that groups that dont use the magic words will never bother to file campaign-finance reports.
Theres been a whole bunch of outside spending that wont be captured, Toro said.
Toro and other activists have faced off against Gessler, a Republican elections lawyer, almost since he took office in 2010. They say he is weakening campaign laws in a way that helps big donors and his party.
Gessler contends that Colorado has the strictest campaign-finance rules in the country, requiring donors to disclose their identities when they send $20 or more to a candidate or committee.
The system is complex and favors rich players, he said.
Its sort of an irony that campaign-finance reform was sold to Coloradans as a way to get big money out of politics, Gessler said. Whenever you see a complex body of law, it makes it easier for rich, well-funded organizations to navigate it.
In any case, Gessler thinks the content of an ad is more important than who is paying for it.
At the end of the day, its the issues that should be most important. Of course, a lot of people want to know who the source is, he said.
Toro doesnt buy that idea.
People have a right to know who may be influencing elected officials with their spending, Toro said. Its reasonable to assume candidates may be favorable to those interests later.


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Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth Break Up Over Her Nonstop Partying
After months of false "Blogs who Cried Breakup" rumors surrounding Miley "Just Being Miley" Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth, they finally huffed, and puffed, and blew the house down. Or something. IDK, wolves. BUT ANYWAY, the two have broken up on the reals, according to Page Six's multiple sources.


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Henderson, Walker lead Bobcats over Magic
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Gerald Henderson and Kemba Walker each scored 34 points, and the Charlotte Bobcats handed the injury-riddled Orlando Magic their eighth straight loss, 114-108 Wednesday night in a matchup of the NBA's worst teams.
The Bobcats erased a 19-point, first-quarter deficit behind the shooting of Henderson, who finished 12 of 18 from the field and 9 of 10 from the foul line.
Walker did a little bit of everything, dishing out nine assists and grabbing seven rebounds as the Bobcats won for the fourth time in five games at home.
Tobias Harris had a career-high 29 points and nine rebounds, and rookie Kyle O'Quinn had a career-high 23 points and 11 rebounds for the Magic.
The Magic came in having lost 29 of their last 33 games, while the Bobcats had dropped 22 of their previous 27.
Orlando closed the first quarter with a 23-4 run to take a 39-20 lead.
Harris had 12 points in the opening period and O'Quinn, who played at Norfolk State last year, added 10. Orlando shot 70 percent in the first quarter.
But the Magic lead quickly disappeared.
Charlotte began chipping away and took the lead at 73-71 lead with 5:52 left in the third quarter on a 17-footer from Walker.
Charlotte had an 83-82 lead heading into the fourth quarter, with Walker and Henderson combining for 50 points, nine rebounds and eight assists at that point.
The Magic started the fourth quarter with a 12-6 run, but the Bobcats closed strong.
Charlotte took the lead for good with 2:30 left in the game on an alley-oop dunk by Bismack Biyombo off a feed from Ben Gordon.
Henderson added a 19-footer to push the lead to four and the Bobcats put the game away for good on another alley-oop dunk from Gordon to Josh McRoberts with 17 seconds remaining.
The Bobcats are 17-54, a half-game behind the Magic, who dropped to 18-54, for the worst record in the league.
Biyombo added 11 points and seven rebounds for the Bobcats.
Maurice Harkless finished with 18 points on 7-of-12 shooting and Jameer Nelson had 13 points and 11 assists in the loss.
It was the first game back on the Orlando bench for forward Hedo Turkoglu, who finished serving a 20-game suspension by the NBA for testing positive for methenolone, an anabolic steroid.
He didn't play.
NOTES: The Magic were without Arron Afflalo, Glen Davis, Andrew Nicholson, Al Harrington and Nikola Vucevic due to injuries. Coach Jacque Vaughn only played eight players and four of Orlando's starters played at least 42 minutes. … Charlotte's bench outscored Orlando's reserves 23-12. … The Bobcats held a 43-34 edge in rebounding.


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However this is my warning that there is a high chance of a black swan that will upend things.
Specifically in terms of regulation & exchanges. The SEC has sent a warning shot but it seems to have been brushed off by everyone in short order. But what's happening now with Bitfinex goes beyond the surface. I suspect a major US exchange is likely to have major problems shortly.
And the biggest risk of all is not actually the SEC -- but the PBoC. The Chinese government has yet to take enforcement action on ICOs and it remains fairly easy for Chinese to purchase crypto. However new ICOs are being launched in China at a crazier pace currently than even in the west at the moment (most of which you haven't heard about). The PBoC are well-aware aware and will do something soon - I suspect again it may involve the more "retail" exchanges which will put an enormous damper on sentiment.
They have even more incentive given they've cracked down on just about all other major sources of capital outflows. And the ramification will be enormous - let me tell you, when the Chinese (or Koreans) panic & dump a speculative asset, there's quite nothing like it.(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3698615&forum_id=2#33967822)
also, jfc is omg gonna keep mooning like this???(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3698615&forum_id=2#33967885)
crypto is here to stay you can't stop it(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3698615&forum_id=2#33971461)
HODL niggers(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3698615&forum_id=2#34047753)
in 2014 the governor of the PBoC said explicitly they would not ban bitcoin: https://www.coindesk.com/chinas-central-bank-governor-pboc-wont-ban-bitcoin/
in February 2016 the governor spoke about how the PBoC is developing its own cryptocurrency - he seems to think paper / coin fiat will go away
here's an article about a crypto job ad PBoC posted: https://qz.com/838589/chinas-central-bank-is-hiring-blockchain-experts-to-help-it-kill-off-cash/
I suppose the Chinese could shock us all and issue catastrophic regulations but that seems unlikely for now(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3698615&forum_id=2#34047877)


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Mark Hayward's City Matters: Street life: Stressful, but 'as free as it gets'BY MARK HAYWARD
New Hampshire Union Leader
June 26. 2013 10:30PM
Three years ago, Massachusetts resident John Sears climbed into his parents minivan for a ride. Inside were his father and stepmother as well as their two preschool children. It was in the summer, he remembers, close to his 18th birthday.
"They drove me here to Manchester, dropped me off in front of the (New Horizons) shelter and just left," said Sears, who turns 21 in August. Since then, he's only had minimal contact with them.
Sears is one of hundreds of Manchester youth — advocates define them as anyone under 23 years of age — who are deemed homeless.
In May, the Mayor's Youth Advisory Council reported 1,115 homeless youth as of June 2012, citing a count provided by Manchester schools. Most live with their families in transitional housing or doubled up with another family.
But others fit the more traditional definition of homeless. They sleep under bridges, in woods or parking garages. They will go to shelters in a pinch, although they are turned off by the curfews and tight sleeping quarters. If they're lucky, they talk a friend into sharing a couch.
"It builds a lot of personality, and once you get used to it you're as free as it gets," said Darrin Boulay, 19, a talkative young man whose T-shirt reads "All who wander are not lost."
But he added that when he doesn't know where he will sleep, his day is incredibly stressful.
Four street youth spoke freely this week about their lives. Their stories are of runaways — or in some cases throwaways — who slide into lives of misdirection or, even worse, no direction.
Of the four, two were couch-surfing, or staying at the homes of friends. One was 7-1/2 months pregnant and living with her boyfriend, but unsure how long that would last.
"I get these nights where I wake up in a cold sweat crying," said Ashleigh Morse, 21, reflecting on her time as a homeless 19-year-old in Concord.
Only one, Andrew Burgin, a 22-year-old who grew up in Manchester, is sleeping outside tonight. His sleeping bag always get stolen, so Burgin curls up with a blanket beneath the Queen City bridge. The area smells of human feces, and the bridge can't keep him dry in a soaking rain, he said.
"The worst part is not being able to sleep at night (because of cold or rain), and waking up with bugs," said Burgin, a handsome young man with blond locks and a full beard.
He ran away from an abusive home when he was 17. Although he hates it, Burgin makes money "spanging," or asking people for spare change. Alcohol, he said, keeps him homeless.
Boulay makes money "busking," slang for playing a guitar for donations. He practices speed rap, speaks in street slang and expounds his street philosophy as easily as a politician does talking points. ("Victory Park may be a public area, but to us it's our living room.")
Although he claims that street life forces one to mature, the opposite could be said. In fact, youth clings to this bunch like a teenager to a couch:
• None of the four holds a job: Burgin said he constantly loses his Social Security card; Boulay said McDonald's restaurants told him he is too strong willed; Sears is awaiting disability payments for a seizure disorder.
• Strict rules and a 6:30 p.m. curfew keep them away from the New Horizons shelter. They opt for the drop-in center run by Child and Family Services, where a food pantry, clothes closet, shower, computer, condoms and Internet hookup — but no beds — are available.
• They frequently use street drugs such as marijuana or Spice, a synthetic marijuana they can purchase legally in area stores.
• And their bonds are as tight as any high-school peer group. The No. 1 rule of the street is to help out those who help you out, they said.
The main organization that keeps tabs on homeless youth is Child and Family Services. It sees about 1,000 children a year, said program director Erin Kelly. The age of 22 for homeless youth is set by the federal government, which provides program funding for them, Kelly said.
"I will talk to people about what I do for living and they'll say, 'we don't have homeless youth in Manchester,'" she said.
Boulay and his friends said they have seen children as young as 12 on the streets.So what to do about homeless youth? The Mayor's Youth Council came up with 10 recommendations, the most far reaching being a shelter for homeless youth. Technically, New Horizons shelter won't admit anyone under 18, but no one checks IDs there.
Kelly said it would take at least $2 million to open and staff such a shelter. And Morse, who will be a mother in about a month, said some would welcome the help of a shelter. Others are wary.
"I'm not going to sit and live in a shelter run by authority figures," Boulay said. "I'll live in a youth shelter run by people like me."
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The crust that blackening gives a steak just can't be duplicated with any other cooking method, and I think it adds a whole new dimension to the taste of the meat.
½ stick unsalted butter, melted
6 steaks (prime rib, sirloin, ribeye, porterhouse, or filet mignon), each about 1 inch thick, at room temperature
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With a spoon spread a little of the butter on one side of one of the filets. Sprinkle with the Blackened Steak Magic® or Meat Magic® and place the filet in the heated skillet seasoned side down. Spreak a little of the butter on the side of the filet that is facing up and sprinkle with the Magic Seasoning Blend®. Cook, turning frequently until they cook to the desired doneness. Be carefule not to cook too long.
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Dec. 21, 2011
BOSTON — Though the images of the 1960s antiwar and civil rights movements were ultimately shaped by the people on the ground who took part in them, Roger Baldacci of Arnold Worldwide says it helped that they had simple slogans, like "End the War Now" and "Freedom Now."
What slogan would really set the Occupy movement's cause on fire? This week, WGBH News interviewed several messaging experts to get their ideas. Now, you can vote on your favorite — or offer a slogan you like better and we'll post them.
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"Democracy not Plutocracy" — "It is the source of all that we are protesting."
"Americans for Justice"
"Enough of the Greed!"
"Occupy a Clue" — "Illustrates how these unemployed and overeducated young people and outcasts are being manipulated by the media and other groups."
"I'm Mad as Hell and I Have No Idea What to Do About It!"
The execs' ideas:
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Who: Roger Baldacci, Arnold Worldwide
Why: The movement "is about rich people having all the money and other people not and being out of work" — looking, in other words, for an occupation. Also it's alliterative.
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Why: Hearkens back to the "99 percent" idea but makes it better because it "elevates it above simply what the 1 percent is doing to us."
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State Employees Association files unfair labor practice against Liquor Commission over part-time hours issueBy TIM BUCKLAND
New Hampshire Union Leader
December 08. 2012 9:11PM
CONCORD - The union representing state employees has filed unfair labor practice charges against the state Liquor Commission, alleging the commission is improperly classifying part-time workers to reduce their pay.
Diana Lacey, president of the State Employees' Association Service Employees International Union Local 1984, said the commission is classifying about 1,200 part-time employees as temporary workers not covered by the union's collective bargaining agreement with the state.
By doing so, she said, the commission has altered employee schedules, costing part-time employees an average of $2,500 annually.
"These are the lowest-paid workers and they just took another 10 percent of their pay," Lacey said.
The union filed its charges on Thursday with the state Public Employee Labor Relations Board after the union spent four months exhausting "all attempts at diplomacy," she said.
Schedule changes
Lacey is alleging that the Liquor Commission has also adjusted schedules to ensure workers are on the clock less than 30 hours per week to keep them from being able to access the state's health-care plan or retirement benefits.
She compared the Liquor Commission to the retail giant Walmart, which has recently seen its part-time workers complain about their treatment.
"They're at the front line of a $300 million business," she said of the Liquor Commission's part-time employees. "This has been a Walmartization of their work force."
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Taylorsville Mayor Don Pay, front left, and Judge-Executive Bill Karrer, front right, sign proclamations on Friday morning declaring this week Constitution Week. Pictured standing are Bonnie Downs, Hilda Snider and Annelle Hoene, members of the John Fitch Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Downs is the vice regent of the chapter; Snider is the chair of the national defense committee; and Hoene is a PR committee members.
Senior center plans luau
The Spencer County Senior Center is hosting a luau party potluck on Thursday from 11:45 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the center, located at 44 Creekside Drive.
Bring your favorite dish and join the fun, which will include food, games and music.
Call 477-8296 and ask for Ginger or Jill for more information.
'New Directions' to offer support, guidance for divorced men and women
Members of emergency agencies bow their heads last Wednesday morning to observe a moment of silence for 9/11 victims. Participating agencies included Spencer County EMS, Taylorsville-Spencer County Fire Department, Kentucky State Police, Taylorsville Police Department, Spencer County Judge-Executive Bill Karrer and the Spencer County Sheriff's Department.
The Spencer County Extension Service will host its fall sewing boot camp on Thursdays in October, beginning Oct. 10.
The class will meet weekly on Thursdays for four weeks from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
This boot camp project is an inverted pleat skirt with 2-inch wide exposed elastic waistband.
Class size is limited to eight and is open to anyone age 18 and up with basic sewing skills. The cost is $50, which covers lunch, elastic and pattern making supplies. All other class supplies will need to be brought to class.
Main Street Board to meet
The Taylorsville Main Street board's next meeting is Thursday at 6 p.m. at the Taylorsville City Hall Annex. A new board member will be introduced and Main Street Manager Annette King will report on a recent conference she attended.
Plans for the Progressive Dinner on Sept. 28 will also be discussed.
All are welcome to attend.
Upcoming library events
The Spencer County Public Library is hosting story time every Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Bring your child to hear stories and learn songs.
Country ham breakfast
Taylorsville Masonic Lodge #210 will host an all-you-can-eat country ham breakfast from 7 to 10 a.m. Saturday. The breakfast is $7 per person. Carry-out is available. Everyone is welcome.
Charles Jewell, left, secretary, and Brandon Cantrell, master of Taylorsville Masonic Lodge, present a check to Officer David Cullen for $1,500 for the Jason Ellis family. Taylorsville No. 210 and Mount Eden No. 263 Masonic Lodges hosted a ham breakfast July 8. The lodge extends a thank you to everyone who made it possible to help the Ellis family.
Hundreds of bikers make their way through Taylorsville on Saturday morning. They were members of a memorial ride for slain Bardstown Police Officer Jason Ellis.
Circuit Court Clerk's office to close for Labor Day
The Spencer County Circuit Court Clerk's Office will be closed Monday in observance of the Labor Day holiday. The office will reopen on Tuesday at 7:30 a.m.
Magnet office closed for Labor Day
The Spencer Magnet office will be closed Monday in observance of Labor Day. The office will reopen Tuesday at 9 a.m.
All advertising deadlines will be at noon Thursday for the Sept. 4 edition.
News submission deadlines are 5 p.m. Thursday for the Sept. 4 edition.
Law enforcement officers from 25 agencies across the state graduated Aug. 9 from basic training at the Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training.
Austin Sasser, of the Spencer County Sheriff's Department, was among those graduates.
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To the Meet the Press audience on December 12, 1949, there was nothing special about the confrontation between I.F. Stone and Dr. Morris Fishbein. As editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association, Fishbein was a well-known foe of what the AMA called "socialized medicine" in any form; Stone, a sometime member of the Meet the Press panel since 1946, could be relied on for provocative and persistent questioning. The country's most influential physician had already denounced national health insurance as "the kind of regimentation that led to totalitarianism in Germany." When Fishbein also condemned compulsory coverage as "socialistic," Stone demonstrated why the show's producers considered him "a good needler": "Dr. Fishbein, let's get nice and rough. In view of his advocacy of compulsory health insurance, do you regard Mr. Harry Truman as a card-bearing communist, or just a deluded fellow traveler?"
The arguments over national healthcare may not have advanced much over the next sixty years, but for I.F. Stone that broadcast marked a kind of limit. It would be nearly two decades before Stone, who rose to prominence as a correspondent for this magazine and a columnist for the legendary New York tabloid PM, would next appear on national television. He would never be invited back on Meet the Press. When, three years later, he found himself in effect blacklisted–not even The Nation would give him a job–he started I.F. Stone's Weekly, the one-man newspaper that is an inspiration and a challenge to the current generation of bloggers.
To think for yourself is the hardest thing for a journalist to do. I.F. Stone managed to do it, day after day and week after week, for fifty years. He may have been shocked into independent thought–in his case by the Nazi-Soviet Pact, which marked the end of Stone's hopes for a Popular Front embracing communists, Trotskyists, liberals and unaffiliated radicals–but however he began, he retained his independence.
Unlike many of those who would later oppose him from the right, Stone never succumbed to the romance of American communism. But he was terrified by fascism, and he welcomed any ally in the fight against Hitler–even, when Stalin changed sides again, the Soviet Union.
He defied conventional wisdom in urging the left to support Dwight Eisenhower's efforts to extricate the United States from the war in Korea and to avoid entanglement in China and Vietnam, while he despised Richard Nixon, whom he labeled a "slick kind of Arrow-collar-ad" fascist. Yet when President Nixon made his historic opening to China in 1972, Stone–remarking that "there is nothing that a good newspaperman, like any Hegelian or Marxist historian, cannot foresee as inevitable once it has happened"–confessed that he found it "exhilarating to be reminded again how unpredictable human behavior can be." The "Peking-Washington rapprochement," he declared, "is the most startling event of its kind since the Nazi-Soviet Pact."


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Bertha I. "Suzy" (Morgan) Logan, 87, of Cranston, formerly of Warwick, passed away March 31, 2013 at Philip Hulitar Hospice Center. She was the wife of the late Frank S. Logan.
Born in Warwick, she was a daughter of the late Charles and Bertha (Rayhill) Morgan. Mrs. Logan was a clerk for the former Warwick Municipal Employees Credit Union until her retirement. She was active in the Girl Scout Movement.
She was the beloved mother of Jean Ann Logan and her husband, Keith R. Menard and David Emmett Logan, all of Cranston. Loving grandmother of Holly Logan. Cherished step-grandmother of two; and step-great-grandmother of two. She was the sister of the late Millard Morgan, Harold Morgan and Dorothy Delphin.
Her Funeral Service will be held Thursday, April 4, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. in The Urquhart-Murphy Funeral Home, 800 Greenwich Avenue, Route 5, Warwick (Exit 12A on I-95). Burial will follow in Highland Memorial Park, Johnston. Relatives and friends are invited and may call Wednesday 4-6 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, gifts in her memory to Home & Hospice Care of RI, 1085 No. Main St., Providence, RI 02904 would be appreciated. www.murphyfuneralhomes.org


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MIAMI (AP) — When Giancarlo Stanton hits, runs and wins come a lot more easily for the Miami Marlins.
Stanton homered twice and drove in four runs Sunday, and Miami beat the Chicago Cubs 6-4 to avert a four-game sweep.
The Marlins improved to 6-19, still worst in the majors, and 3-10 at home. They benefited from a rare offensive outburst, scoring more than three runs for only the fifth time this season and twice coming from behind.
Stanton led the way, showing further signs he has shaken a prolonged slump to start the season.
"It was just a matter of time," manager Mike Redmond said. "This guy is a special player. He's a game-changer."
Nick Green also hit a homer, and confessed he didn't remember his last one because it came so long ago — in 2009.
Green said the return of Stanton's power stroke gave the rest of the Marlins a boost.
"It's huge for this team," Green said. "Everybody expects him to hit a home run or get a guy in every single time, which isn't possible. But having him get his confidence back is the biggest thing to lift our team up."
Ricky Nolasco (2-2) gave up three runs in seven innings and retired the final 15 batters he faced.
Stanton, who led the NL in slugging last year, waited 65 at-bats to hit his first homer Saturday. He hit another in the first inning off Carlos Villanueva to put Miami ahead 2-1.
The All-Star right fielder singled home a run and later scored in the sixth. He homered again leading off in the eighth against Kameron Loe and finished 3 for 3 to raise his average to .243.
Stanton had been 0 for 4 with four strikeouts previously against Loe. The multihomer game was his seventh.
"When you see guys hit balls that hard, that's pretty fun to watch," Redmond said. "It takes that pressure off everybody. Everybody is, 'OK, we can relax now. I don't have to carry the weight of the offense.' When he's going good, we have a chance to do some damage."
Stanton didn't talk with reporters after the game.
"Even though he was struggling, guys like that are due to break out," said Villanueva (1-1). "Obviously you don't want it to happen against your team. I made a couple of mistakes on him, and he took advantage."
Villanueva allowed four runs in six innings, raising his ERA to 2.29.
Nolasco fell behind 3-2 when he permitted the first four batters to reach in the third inning, then didn't allow another baserunner. He improved to 5-2 against the team that drafted him in 2001.
Chicago's Dioner Navarro homered in the ninth off Steve Cishek, who nonetheless earned his third save in four chances.
The Cubs' poor hitting with runners in scoring position persisted. They went 1 for 8 in those situations.
"We're out there battling right to the last inning, and you saw that again today," manager Dale Sveum said. "It's just one of those things you have to work through."
Chicago, last in the NL Central, heads home after going 4-6 on a three-city trip.
Stanton's first-inning homer was the only hit allowed by Villanueva until the sixth, when Juan Pierre singled with one out and stole second. Stanton hit an RBI single and took second on the throw home, then scored on a two-out single by Donovan Solano that put Miami ahead to stay, 4-3.
Green drove in his first run this season with a homer off Loe in the seventh.
Anthony Rizzo's double off the wall scored David DeJesus from first base in the Cubs' first. Villanueva and DeJesus singled to start the third, and Starlin Castro followed with a two-run double that gave Chicago a 3-2 lead.
NOTES: Marlins 1B Joe Mahoney sat out and is day to day with a tight right hamstring. ... SS Castro made a diving catch of Solano's liner to end the first inning. ... Beginning Monday against San Diego, the Cubs play 16 of their next 19 games at home. ... The Marlins improved to 82-81 against the Cubs. ... Two of the game's top young pitchers will square off Monday when the Marlins' Jose Fernandez goes against the Mets' Matt Harvey.


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SHENZHEN, China, Jan. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Nam Tai Electronics, Inc. ("Nam Tai" or the "Company") (NYSE: NTE) today announced the expected date of release of the fourth quarter and Year ended 2012 results and analysts conference call.
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There is an islander who has missed few, if any, musical presentations in Jamestown in the past 20 years. And, when she attended the productions, she made her own wonderful music.
In 1989, the newly hired director of the Jamestown Community Chorus, B.J.Whitehouse, asked Janet Grant to be the accompanist for the group. She has played every concert since and as the chorus rehearses for its concert version of the operetta "The Pirates of Penzance," Janet has now participated in more than 550 rehearsals with the chorus. She has also played almost all of the 20 annual talent show fundraisers.
In addition, Janet teaches piano privately, is the music director at Newport's Channing Memorial Church, plays with the instrumentalist group Tres Moutard and is a prominent member of the Jamestown Community Piano Asssociation. She has also played for most of the musicals that the Jamestown Community Theatre has produced since its inception in 1991 and leads Summersong, a group of local singers that gets together in the summer.
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Incidentally, the duck's name was Goo Goo.
What's everybody doing on weekends without football?
Kudos to island unions and the town administration for working out fair and equitable contract agreements.
*** Adding to the violence around these days are the TV commercials and TV program promotions. Hey, who knew that with a bite of cheese you could be thrown through a fence.
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Wayne Brown of Houlton, Maine, is 58, and last month for the first time visited a place on the island that he has wanted to visit since he was 8.
Wayne writes, "Back in the days of my youth, I spent summers on the island with my grandparents, Bill and Marguerite Eddy on High Street. I always walked by the Narragansett with great interest, sometimes on hot days when the door was open even sticking my head in just a little to see what was going on.
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"Over the years I've been back to the island scores of times, but for one reason or another was never able to get the chance to go to the 'Ganny. In latter years, my brother Elliott always supplied me with Narragansett beer when I was down – I can't get it in Houlton – and I therefore never got to the 'Ganny.
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Nora was sick the past few days and while I'm certainly not glad about it, I'm reveling in her under-the-weather behavior. Here's why:
Since so many parents are dealing with germy kids right now I thought it could be fun to celebrate what, for me, is a silver lining: that my usually wild and crazy kid actually sits and is sweet and doesn't have the energy to even whine. The past three days have sucked in some ways but they've been so much easier in others because instead of peeling Nora from the rafters and managing her moods and meltdowns, I just have to lie with her and watch Puss in Boots for the 85th time.
Nora developed a cough on Saturday and had a fever that spiked to 103 on Sunday. Then she coughed so much she puked. Twice. Despite all that, it's been relatively calm in our house. Nora has a lot of spunk and a lot of sass and that gets muted when she's not feeling great. She also likes to hug more and sit in my lap more—she does these things when she's not sick but it usually comes with a price (i.e., she'll jump up too fast and smack my chin with her skull or she'll just whine "Hold me, Mom" nonstop while I'm cooking or trying to help Al with his homework.)
On the way to the doctor yesterday, she stared out the window and only spoke three times. Once to say, "Mom, Daddy forgot to get me a mint at the diner the other day;" later to say, "Mom, we didn't bring a book to read;" and finally, an unprovoked "I love you, Mom." Normally in the car she's requesting a million things I can't give her, demanding to hear Phillip Phillips, asking me to roll her window down, telling me to turn up the volume, roll her window back down, pick up some random thing she's dropped that she has to have while I'm driving 40 miles per hour. "No, I need it now, Mom!" she'll whine. (I don't indulge her, mind you, but it makes for super intense driving.) I couldn't help notice how unintense it's been with her lately. Cleaning up puke wasn't fun, obviously, but other than that we've had a mellow few days. And mellow is not a word I would ever use to describe my kids.
It should go without saying (but I'll say it anyway) that I am not wishing my kids ill. I obviously prefer them healthy. And this post is not referring to seriously sick kids or sick babies, at all. I know how hard it is to have a baby with even a stuffed-up nose and I wouldn't wish that on anyone (which is why I'm not bringing her to a playdate this morning to see a friend's baby even though I really, really, really want to go). It's just that I couldn't help notice the change in the vibe around here since Nora's been, well, not herself. She hasn't been fighting with her brother. She's been sweet. She's been sitting still. She's been agreeable. Of course now that she's on antibiotics, she's retuning to normal (she's all sass and has cabin fever to boot—awesome!) and thus our reprieve is over. And I'm thrilled she's on the mend, I just wonder if anyone else has experienced this welcome calmness when their kids get a little sick. Any other silver linings? Let's discuss!


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