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- Our ward is struggling in gaining momentum with Duty to God. What suggestions do you have?
- What is the best means for monitoring the experiences of young men as they fulfill their duty to God?
- How should quorum presidencies, assistants to the bishop, and the adult advisers work together?
- How involved should a bishop be with the priests on a weekly basis?
Our ward is struggling in gaining momentum with Duty to God. What suggestions do you have?
Momentum is created when stake presidencies, bishoprics, advisers, families, and quorum presidencies lead out and engage in the recommended Duty to God experiences themselves: actively learning, acting, and sharing. Momentum also comes when parents and others regularly and intensively mentor their sons and/or young men, providing support, encouragement, and praise for fulfilling their duty to God (see Fulfilling My Duty to God, pages 95-102).
Another aspect of momentum is the quality of relationships we have with our sons and young men. "When you have a strong relationship with your son or the young men in your quorum, they are more likely to deepen their conversion to the gospel and remain faithful. The activities in the Duty to God book provide an excellent opportunity to strengthen these relationships. Making your own plans and working on them with your son or a quorum member allows you to spend time together engaged in meaningful activities. Sharing experiences with each other gives you the opportunity to bear testimony and strengthen each other spiritually" (see Fulfilling My Duty to God, page 103).
What is the best means for monitoring the experiences of young men as they fulfill their duty to God?
Mentoring and sharing are the best means for monitoring the experiences young men are having as they fulfill their duty to God. Through careful and regular mentoring we know what young men's plans are, what they are thinking about, and what their concerns are. Unhurried listening on the part of parents, priesthood advisers, and mentors deepens relationships and heightens understanding of what is taking place in a son or young man's life.
Sharing, however, needs to be nurtured and supported in families, quorums, and interviews with priesthood leaders. It takes time for young men to feel comfortable in sharing spiritual experiences. Frequently, parents, advisers, bishopric members, and/or quorum presidency members create the desire for sharing by talking about their own daily, spiritual experiences. Through example, they convey the special feelings and blessings that come from their own personal prayer, scripture study, and priesthood service. Gradually, traditions are established in families, quorums, and in other settings where sharing occurs spontaneously and regularly.
Other approaches to monitoring include a review of plans written and responses to these plans. Also, parents and mentors may want to discuss teaching outlines for the various doctrines that a son or young man has created. For more information, consider the material found in Fulfilling My Duty to God, pages 8-9 and 93-102.
How should quorum presidencies, assistants to the bishop, and the adult advisers work together?
Quorum advisers should prepare quorum leaders in quorum presidency meetings for each meeting they conduct (see D&C 107:99). This allows each quorum leader to act in his calling, to be thoroughly prepared, to sit in council with quorum members, and to conduct quorum business while advisers offer guidance and mentoring as needed (see Handbook 2, 8.3.2, 8.9.3, and Fulfilling My Duty to God, pages 91-102).
How involved should a bishop be with the priests on a weekly basis?
As presidents of the Aaronic Priesthood, bishops watch over and nurture young men (see Handbook 1, 2.2). Bishops serve personally and actively as quorum presidents. They regularly attend and preside over quorum presidency meetings and Sunday quorum meetings. They participate in quorum meetings and activities as often as possible (see Handbook 2, 8.3.1). With the assistance of quorum advisers, they also play key roles in teaching leadership skills and helping quorum leaders fulfill their responsibilities (see Handbook 2, 8.3.1).


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WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama the candidate stepped aside Monday so the commander in chief could take over.
In the waning days of his re-election bid, the president scrapped two days of campaigning and retreated from the trail. He hunkered down at the White House to oversee the government's response to the East Coast superstorm - and to project presidential leadership.
"The election will take care of itself next week," Obama said, speaking to reporters at the White House after hastily flying back to Washington from Florida, one of the handful of states the two campaigns are contesting the hardest.
Obama aides insisted that was not only the right decision, but also an easy one. Even with Obama locked in a tight race with Republican Mitt Romney, the president would have risked appearing to put politics over the public's safety had he pressed on with his travel plans. And that could have been enough to turn off some still-persuadable voters at a critical juncture in the campaign.
Now Obama has the opportunity - and the responsibility - to show the type of command in a crisis that only the president can offer. While Romney can make symbolic gestures, like canceling his own campaign events Monday and Tuesday, he doesn't have the power to provide tangible assistance.
"The president has real responsibilities and those responsibilities come first," said David Axelrod, the president's chief campaign strategist.
Of course, Obama's response to the storm still had plenty to do with politics. And he used both his words and his actions to sharpen the contrast between a candidate running for president and a candidate who already is president.
After returning to the White House Monday morning, Obama walked through the rain straight into the Oval Office. He convened a meeting with top government officials in the Situation Room. And later, standing behind a podium bearing the presidential seal, he appealed to politically divided Americans to put their differences aside during the storm.
"We look out for our friends, we look out for our neighbors and we set aside whatever issues we may have otherwise to make sure that we respond appropriately and with swiftness and that's exactly what I anticipate is going to happen here," he said.
Much of what Obama planned to do this week at the White House - hold briefings, authorize federal funding and stay in touch with officials in states affected by the storm - could have easily been done from the road. The White House sets up secure Internet and phone connections wherever he travels and many of his briefings, even when he's in Washington, are done over the phone or video conference.
Some aides mentioned that to the president as they contemplated how they would balance Obama's robust campaign travel schedule with the impending storm. But those discussions didn't last long. Obama told advisers he needed to be at the White House.
"This is one of the circumstances where in his view it makes the most sense for him to be in place in the White House," press secretary Jay Carney said on Air Force One's bumpy flight straight into the storm.
Obama's team had planned to kick off the final full week of campaigning with a trio of joint rallies with former President Bill Clinton. The two presidents were supposed to spend Monday dashing from Florida to Ohio to Virginia rallying Democratic supporters and trying to sway the small swath of undecided voters.
Even as it became clear the storm might disrupt some of those plans, the president did everything he could to squeeze in just a little more time on the campaign trail.
Obama moved up a flight to Orlando, Fla., where his first event with Clinton was scheduled, from Monday morning to Sunday night in order to get ahead of the storm.
But even before Air Force One departed Washington, the Virginia event was canceled. By the time the president's plane landed in Florida, aides scraped the second stop in Ohio and planned for the president to get back to Washington early.
The campaign made one last attempt early Monday to salvage the Florida event, weighing whether they could start early and still get back to Washington safely. But they quickly gave in to the storm, sending Clinton to the Florida event on his own and Obama back to Washington.

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Before that, I described how I'd combine a barometric altitude signal with a GPS signal to get the best of both: the short-term responsiveness and reliability of the barometric altimeter with the general accuracy of the GPS (at least when there's a signal). I'd applied this to randomly generated data, which were derived using a simple pacing model with the bike power-speed equations.
The effect of dynamic pressure on measured altitude is simply derived from Bernoulli's equation:
Δz = ‒½ ( kdp v )² / g,
where Δz is the error in altitude, v is the speed relative to the wind, kdp is the coefficient dependent on the altimeter position and orientation, and g is the acceleration of gravity.
The the smoothed average of the GPS signal is used to correct for errors in the barometric altimeter, how the dynamic pressure affects the derived altitude with my algorithm depends on how speed fluctuates, not just on the speed. So to account for this, I changed my assumption about power. Instead of a nice steady power, I assumed power fluctuates between 0% and 200% of the "optimal" value, varying sinusoidally with a period which I varied. Furthermore, just to be pedantic, for each period of power I used each of four phases. I did each of these "simulations" for kdp of 0 (no stagnation pressure effect) and 0.5.
Here's the result, where I only averaged over times starting with 100 seconds, to avoid the details of the initial acceleration having too much effect:
The dotted lines show the result with the smooth power. The oscillating power results are shown by the dots connected by the lines. Note I'm reporting root-mean-squared error, not mean error, so positive and negative errors fail to cancel.
There's a bit of an error in the altitude in every case: around 174 cm. But the effect of the dynamic pressure is very small: just a few cm.
Were the effect larger, I could propose methods to try and correlate speed with altitude, and correct for that. But this error is so small, such an effort would likely do more harm than good. Indeed, on these data, when I tried to apply such a correction, the error increased: there's just not enough data in a typical ride to see such a small effect. So the conclusion is: don't worry about it.


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WILMINGTON, Del, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Defunct telecoms equipment maker Nortel Networks Inc received court approval on Tuesday for a $75 million deal it called a "significant milestone" in ending its five-year bankruptcy.
In return for the payment, insolvent Nortel affiliates in Europe will drop claims seeking more than $3 billion from Nortel's U.S. bankruptcy proceeding.
"I am intimately familiar with the claims being settled, and it gives me great comfort in approving this," said Kevin Gross, a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge in Wilmington, Delaware.
Nortel's global business, once worth $250 billion with 93,000 employees, collapsed in January 2009. Its businesses and patents were quickly auctioned off, raising $7.5 billion.
Tuesday's settlement resolves some of the biggest claims against the U.S. estate, including that it allegedly short-changed a pension in Britain. The agreement does not affect a looming fight over how to divide the billions in cash among insolvency and bankruptcy proceedings in different countries.
The Canadian estate has claimed it should get the lion's share of that cash because Nortel's intellectual property was developed in Canada, a claim disputed by the other estates. A trial is scheduled for May.
A side agreement in Tuesday's settlement pledges that Nortel's U.S. and European estates will work together to try to form a common position on dividing the pile of cash ahead of the May trial.
Gross, the Delaware bankruptcy judge, overruled an objection to Tuesday's settlement from the Canadian estate, which argued that the side agreement might be used to change the trial protocol.
"Courts should encourage the parties to try to sit down and settle," he said.
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Dick Brewer 8′1 single fin | All original (Mid 1970s)
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All original Dick Brewer 8'1 gun (mid 1970s).
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Brilliant surfboard designer-shaper from Hanalei, Kauai, Hawaii, generally regarded as the sport's most influential boardmaker; creator of the popular Bing Pipeliner model longboard in 1967, and venerated in the late '60s and early '70s as the first master of shortboard design. "He's got the magic eye," Hawaiian surfer Jeff Hakman said. "Outlines, fins, edges, contours; he knew how to put everything together."
Brewer was born (1936) near Duluth, Minnesota, the son of an aircraft machinist, moved with his family to Long Beach, California, in 1939, and began surfing in 1953. In the mid-'50s he worked as a toolmaker and machinist; in 1959 he shaped his first surfboard, and the following year he moved to Oahu where he was informally mentored by California-born shapers Mike Diffenderfer and Bob Shepherd. Brewer opened Surfboards Hawaii in Haleiwa in 1961, the first retail surf shop on the North Shore of Oahu, surfing's big-wave capital.
Brewer returned to California in 1964 to start a mainland branch of Surfboards Hawaii, but legal problems with royalties and licensing soon forced him out of the company altogether. He worked for manufacturing giant Hobie Surfboards in 1965 as a big-wave board specialist, and produced the Dick Brewer Model; Jeff Hakman, Eddie Aikau, and Buzzy Trent were among the big-wave aces who rode Brewer boards that winter in Hawaii. Brewer himself was an enthusiastic big-wave rider in the late '50s and '60s, and was featured riding Waimea Bay in the surf movie classic The Endless Summer.
Brewer switched from Hobie to Harbour Surfboards in 1966, then to Bing Surfboards, where in 1967 he produced a series of models that are collectively regarded as the last word in original-era longboards, including the Pipeliner, the Lotus, the Pintail, and the Nuuhiwa Lightweight. But after Australian Nat Young won the 1966 World Championships on a self-made board that was thinner and lighter than anything in use at the time, the seeds were planted for a drastic change in board design.
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Edit an existing CRM (PHP, Code Ignitor)
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I currently use an Excel spreadsheet to track clients, projects, and invoices. I've well-and-truly outgrown it and I've recently purchased an open-source CRM (called Perfex) to take its place. Perfex is written in PHP (with a MySQL database) and uses the CodeIgnitor framework.
Perfex does ticketing and invoicing, but is weak regarding timesheets. I currently use a web-based tool called Toggl for timesheeting. Toggl has an API, and I have some VBA code that automatically creates customers and projects in Toggl from Excel. It's pretty simple code, which you can see in the attached screenshot (that's all of the code, minus a helper class to handle JSON encoding, and another to handle base64 encoding, neither of which we'll need to worry about in PHP).
I'm after someone to implement the same code in Perfex. Ie:
* Given a client ID and name in Perfex, you need to add a function to create that client in Toggl. Your function should return the Toggl client ID and save it to the Perfex database.
* Given a project ID, project name, and client ID in Perfex, you need to add a function to create the project in Toggl. The project name should be called "<perfex_project_id> - <perfex_project_subject>".
I will create the UI and add the database fields. I would like the freelancer to create the functions in the controller and model, and also write the code to call them.
You can see the Toggl API at [login to view URL] There is an existing PHP library ([login to view URL]) which you are welcome to use. I personally don't think it's needed though - as you'll see from the attached VBA code it's just a single API call. Also note that I won't be adding any more Toggl integration (as this is just a stop-gap until timesheets are properly built into Perfex).
I think that covers everything in a lot of detail, but if you have any questions please ask.
Oh - I can give you access to my Perfex installation. You won't need to set it up on a test environment.
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Photo: Sophomore quarterback Tre Lamb looks for running room against the Arkansas defense (photo by Tony Marable)
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Tennessee Tech's upstart Golden
Eagles got under the skin of 69,596 Arkansas Razorbacks fans
Saturday evening. Hoping to manhandle the FCS visitors, the
Fayetteville faithful didn't have much to cheer about
throughout the entire first period.
The opportunistic Golden Eagles ended the first quarter with a 3-0 lead before the No. 17 FBS team broke loose with 23 unanswered points in the second stanza, sending the home team on its way to a 44-3 victory in the cooling twilight of Northwest Arkansas.
"We're leaving a better team than when we came
here," said fourth-year Tech head coach Watson Brown.
"When you come and play a team that good, in a hostile
atmosphere you can't do anything but get better."
Facing the highest-ranked opponent in school history, the Golden Eagles got a 27-yard field goal from Matthew Barker and an interception from senior captain Dustin Dillehay as they controlled the first 15 minutes.
Arkansas quarterback Ryan Mallett, one of the top Heisman hopefuls, lived up to his billing. He was 21-for-24 passing for 301 yards and three touchdowns.
Tech's first quarter lead could have been more, as Tech
faced a first-and-goal at the one-yard-line after quarterback Tre
Lamb avoided pressure and found Henry Sailes behind the defense
with a 39-yard completion to the one. The Razorback defense made a
goal-line stand to force the field goal.
On the next drive, Mallett had his squad on the move down to the Tech 32. His pass over the middle was tipped by transfer linebacker Will Johnson and Dillehay made a leaping interception, the fourth of his career, at the 12 and returned it 17 yards.
Tech's defense also forced two fumbles in the first half but Arkansas recovered both
Mallet led the Razorbacks on an 80-yard scoring drive with Dennis Johnson reaching the end zone on a seven-yard run for a 7-3 Arkansas lead early in the second quarter.
After a penalty on the ensuing kickoff put Tech at its own two-yard line, and another penalty backed the Golden Eagles to their one, the Razorbacks swarmed into the end zone and caught Jocques Crawford for a safety to make it 9-3.
Arkansas started at the Tech 49 following the punt and moved to another score with a nine-play, 49-yard drive. Broderick Green capped it with a one-yard TD and the lead was 16-3.
Jason Lennartz dropped a punt deep into Arkansas territory, and
the Golden Eagles downed it at the Razorback six, but even that
poor field positions didn't deter Mallett. He hooked up with
Joe Adams on a pass in the flat and the speedster took it 85 yards
down the left sideline for a 23-3 lead.
At the break, time of possession was eerily dead-even with exactly 15 minutes for each team. Arkansas, behind 15-for-17 passing and 251 yards through the air by Mallett, had 302 yards of total offense. Tech ground out 131 yards of offense in the first half.
"We played a very solid first half," Brown said.
"The second half saw them wear us down and total field
position dominance."
The Razorbacks scored three touchdowns in the third quarter to build their lead to 44-3, taking advantage of excellent field position throughout the period. All three of the scoring drives were less than 65 yards, including the first which went just 30 yards in three plays.
Sophomore Marty Jones led the Golden Eagle defense with 10 total
tackles while Johnson had eight tackles, caused a fumble and broke
up a pass. Seven of his eight tackles were solo stops.
Richmond Tooley came up with Tech's third turnover, an interception in the fourth quarter. The Golden Eagles did not lose a turnover.
"We shot ourselves in the foot a lot with some penalties,
but the good thing is that we had no serious injuries and no
turnovers," said sophomore quarterback Tre Lamb, who was
6-for-13 for 99 yards passing in his first career start.
"Tre played great and showed great poise and that's what you want from your quarterback," Brown said of Lamb's performance.
"We got better this week, that's the good
thing." Lamb said. "It's never fun to lose. I
felt like I got better and our offense got better."
Brown was impressed with Arkansas. "I think that team (Arkansas) is legit and they'll definitely have a run at it," Brown said. "That's the best team I've played in the four years I've been here."
That statement will get tested next week when the Golden Eagles travel to No. 6 TCU for a 6 p.m. game against the Horned Frogs (1-0), who opened with a 30-21 win over Oregon State.
Senior captain Dustin Dillehay forced a fumble (above) and had his fourth career interception at Akransas (photo by Tony Marable)
Senior captain Henry Sailes hauls in a 39-pass from Tre Lamb at the Razorback
one-yard line (photo by Tony Marable)


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Fox News Ignores Reality To Claim Obama Isn't Serious About Immigration Reform
Fox News figures have suggested that President Obama isn't serious about enacting comprehensive immigration reform and is instead "trying to shore up his base" among Hispanic voters. However, there has been a major increase in border security under Obama -- which Republicans say is their starting point for action on the issue.
Fox Figures Claim Obama Is Playing Politics On Immigration
WSJ's Riley: "This Was Essentially A Campaign Speech." From Wall Street Journal editorial board member Jason Riley's appearance on Fox News' Journal Editorial Report:
PAUL GIGOT [host]: OK, Jason, alligators in the moat. The White House was pitching this as a speech as a way to get to mobilize Republicans, get them involved, get a bipartisan deal this year if possible. Did this speech help?
JASON RILEY, EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER: I don't think so. I think this was essentially a campaign speech --
GIGOT: Already.
RILEY: -- directed at Latinos, a group that gave Obama 68 percent of the vote in 2008, partly on the promise that he would address comprehensive immigration reform in his first year in office. And he's failed to do that. And his numbers have rapidly declined among that constituency, down something like 50 percentage points, from the mid 70's to just over 50 percent.
GIGOT: But, Jason, if this speech doesn't galvanize some kind of negotiation for a deal, then how does it help him fulfill that promise?
RILEY: Paul, when Obama is serious about addressing immigration reform, he'll do it in prime time from the Oval Office, not in the middle of the week in the afternoon when most people are at work. This is not a true effort to bring in bipartisan support. You also cannot call for bipartisan support and then mock your political opponents the way he did in the clip you just ran. Alligators and moats? This was not serious about seriously taking on the issues. [Fox News, Journal Editorial Report, 5/14/11, via Nexis]
Nauert: Obama Is "Really Trying To Shore Up His Base." Adopting Republican guest Karen Hanretty's talking point, America's Newsroom guest co-host Heather Nauert said to radio host Alan Colmes, "What about that point? Because, Republicans of course in charge of the House. This thing's not likely to go anywhere. So is this simply just about politics? Because it's not likely to go through." Nauert later said:
NAUERT: Alan, what about the point that Latino voters are frustrated, increasingly frustrated with this president. Karl Rove on earlier this morning, and he was on earlier talking about that, how the polls among Latinos have really gone down. So the president's really trying to shore up his base there. How successful do you think he might be? [Fox News, America's Newsroom, 5/11/11 [1]]
Hayes: Obama's Immigration Speech Is All About 2012 Hispanic Vote. After Special Report host Bret Baier mentioned the percentage of the Hispanic vote that went to Democrats since 2006, Fox News contributor Stephen Hayes said:
HAYES: Look, this is all about 2012 and the president's turnout in important state with high Hispanic population. If you go back and look at how the president did in states like Colorado and New Mexico and Nevada, Florida, Hispanic voters you can make the argument that Hispanic numbers put the president over the top in those states.
I think that is what this is all about. And that is why he is making the argument at this time despite the fact that no one in Washington thinks any of this is going anywhere.
And it's sort of ironic that you had, remember when Republicans came in, in this Congress and they had a vote on healthcare reform and Democrats were up in arms you'd do a show vote and take the vote you knew wasn't going to go anywhere. That is exactly what is happening here. [Fox News, Special Report with Bret Baier, 5/10/11, via Nexis]
Bolling Labels Obama's Immigration Reform Speech A "Photo-op" And "A Campaign Stop." From Eric Bolling's guest-hosting of Glenn Beck:
BOLLING: Hello. I'm Eric Bolling, in for Glenn Beck.
He's in Israel today. He'll be back tomorrow. But, today, President Obama, fresh off his bin Laden victory lap, has put the immigration debate back in the front burner. He offered a speech and grabbed the photo-op with the border city of El Paso, Texas.
BOLLING: Listen to what Mr. Obama had to say about his efforts to secure the border just moments ago.
OBAMA: They wanted more agents at the border. Well, we now have more boots on the ground, on the southwest border, than at any time in our history.
They wanted a fence. Well, the fence is --
OBAMA: The fence is now basically complete. All the stuff they asked for, we've done.
BOLLING: It sure sounds like a campaign stop, doesn't it? We thought so. [Fox News, Glenn Beck, 5/10/11, via Nexis]
Rove Dismisses Obama's El Paso Visit As "A Political Speech." Asked by America's Newsroom co-host Bill Hemmer about President Obama's new focus on comprehensive immigration reform, Fox News contributor Karl Rove said:
ROVE: This is more a political speech. I'm not certain this is where the president ought to be going in order to build on the image of being a strong leader. The odds of getting a comprehensive immigration reform are zero. [Fox News, America's Newsroom, 5/10/11 [2]]
GOP Demands Border Security First
McCain: "No Point" To Reform "Unless You Can Have The Borders Secure First." From an April 20, 2010, blog post from The Hill, quoting Sen. John McCain (R-AZ):
"I believe that we can convince our Republican colleagues that we have to secure the border first," McCain said during an appearance on KFYI radio in Arizona. "There's no point of having immigration reform unless you can have the borders secure first."
"That must be done for us to move forward with any immigration reform," McCain added of immigration reform during a separate interview on KQTH radio. [The Hill, 4/20/10 [3]]
Rep. Lamar Smith: Action On Reform "Pointless" Until "We Secure The Border." From a December 24, 2010, Washington Post article:
"It is pointless to talk about any new immigration bills that grant amnesty until we secure the border, since such bills will only encourage more illegal immigration," incoming House Judiciary Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Tex.) said in a statement. [The Washington Post, 12/24/10 [4]]
Experts, Media Say Border Is "More Fortified Than Ever" Under Obama Administration
PolitiFact: "[Border Patrol] Manpower Has Roughly Doubled Since 2004, As Obama Said In His Speech At El Paso." PolitiFact rated as "true" Obama's statement that "[t]he Border Patrol has 20,000 agents -- more than twice as many as there were in 2004." From PolitiFact:
In a speech on immigration reform in El Paso, Texas, President Barack Obama boasted about an unprecedented number of border security agents along the U.S. border with Mexico, but he said critics probably still won't be satisfied.
"Under Secretary Napolitano's leadership, we have strengthened border security beyond what many believed was possible," Obama said in his May 10, 2011, speech. "They wanted more agents on the border. Well, we now have more boots on the ground on the southwest border than at any time in our history. The Border Patrol has 20,000 agents -- more than twice as many as there were in 2004, a buildup that began under President Bush and that we have continued."
In March 2011, the U.S. Government Accountability Office released a report, "Border Security: DHS Progress and Challenges in Securing the U.S. Southwest and Northern Borders," in conjunction with testimony from GAO Director Richard Stana.
The report confirmed that personnel and other resources to stop illegal crossings of the U.S.-Mexico border have increased dramatically in recent years. In 2004, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security was created, reorganizing several federal agencies under a single roof. That year, the agency had 10,500 agents to patrol land borders. That number now stands at nearly 21,000.
In other words, manpower has roughly doubled since 2004, as Obama said in his speech in El Paso. Again, that trend began under President Bush, whom Obama credited, but it continued under Obama. We rate Obama's statement True. [PolitiFact, 5/10/11 [5]]
Wash. Post: "The Fact Is That The United States Has Established Tighter Control Of The Border Than At Any Time In Recent Memory." A recent Washington Post editorial in response to President Obama's immigration speech stated:
In fact, Republican posturing on border security is deadly serious, and worse than the president suggested. Even in the face of overwhelming evidence that the border has become safer and less leaky, the GOP would have the nation believe the opposite.
Using such scare tactics, Republicans are trying to distort the debate on immigration and justify their opposition to reform.
Exhibit A for Republican distortion is Rep. Lamar Smith (Tex.), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, who recently assigned a "failing grade" to U.S. Customs and Border Patrol efforts along the Mexican border. Mr. Smith based his "failing grade" on the fact that the Border Patrol classifies just 44 percent of the nearly 2,000-mile border as being under "operational control." [6] That sounds bad, until you ask what it actually means. The answer: not much.
A case in point is the Marfa sector, a 510-mile stretch of desolate terrain in southwestern Texas comprising more than a quarter of the frontier between the United States and Mexico. According to the Border Patrol, just 10 percent of the Marfa sector is under "operational control," meaning agents can reliably stop crossers at or near the border.
But it also happens that the Marfa sector, owing to its isolation, sparse population and forbidding, deep river canyons, is the least crossed, sleepiest area of the entire southwest border. The Border Patrol arrests scarcely a dozen people a day along the entire length of the sector, despite (or because of) the 700 agents assigned there, triple the 2005 number.
The fact is that the United States has established tighter control of the border than at any time in recent memory. Serious crime is down dramatically in almost every major American town along the frontier. As Rep. Silvestre Reyes, an El Paso Democrat, pointed out, the six largest southwestern border cities have lower crime rates [7] -- and, specifically, lower rates of murder, rape, robbery and burglary -- than the six largest cities in Ohio, home state of Republican House Speaker John A. Boehner, whose spokesman said last week that immigration reform was dead until violence at the border was checked. [The Washington Post, 5/14/11 [8]]
AP: "The U.S.-Mexico Border Is More Fortified Now Than It Was Even Five Years Ago." A June 23, 2010, Associated Press article noted: "You wouldn't know it from the public debate, but the U.S.-Mexico border is more fortified now than it was even five years ago. Far more agents patrol it, more fences, barriers and technology protect it and taxpayers are spending billions more to reinforce it." [AP, 6/23/10 [9]]
There Are Currently More Border Patrol Agents "Than Ever Before In The History Of This Country." The Obama administration has been increasing the number of Border Patrol officers on the southern border. During a July 2010 hearing of the House Committee on Homeland Security, U.S. Border Patrol chief Michael Fisher said, "Currently we have over 20,000 Border Patrol Agents nationwide, more than ever before in the history of the country."
Based on Department of Homeland Security data, The Arizona Republic created the following chart showing the increase in border patrol agents since 2001.
[House Homeland Security Committee Hearing, 7/22/10 [10]; The Arizona Republic, 5/26/10 [11]]
Obama Signed $600 Million Border Security Bill For More Border Patrol Agents And Customs Inspectors. On August 13, 2010, Obama signed a $600 million border security bill to "fund some 1,500 new border patrol agents, customs inspectors and other law enforcement officials along the border, as well as two more unmanned aerial 'drones' to monitor border activities." [Reuters, 8/13/10 [12]]
Seizures Of Drugs, Weapons Along Border Have Increased. According to data reported by USA Today, "[w]eapons seizures rose 28% and illicit-currency seizures were up 35% in fiscal 2009 and 2010." [USA Today, 2/9/11 [13]]
Deportations Have Increased Under Obama. According to data from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), nearly 100,000 more people were deported by ICE in both 2009 and 2010 than in 2007. [U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, accessed 2/14/11 [14]]
Deportations Of Convicted Criminals Are At Their Highest Levels. According to AZ Fact Check -- a project of The Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 12 News, and Arizona State University -- "ICE has removal numbers immediately available for only the past 10 fiscal years, and according to those figures, the most convicted criminals were indeed removed in fiscal 2010." [AZ Fact Check, 2/9/11 [15]]
Illegal Immigration Fell In FY 2010 Due To "Economic Distress" And "Changes In The Level Of Immigration Enforcement." In a study on the national and state trends of the unauthorized immigrant population in the United States, Pew Hispanic Center found that "economic distress" and "changes in the level of immigration enforcement" led to a decrease in the number of undocumented immigrants crossing into the United States. From Pew Hispanic Center:
The decline in the population of unauthorized immigrants from its peak in 2007 appears due mainly to a decrease in the number from Mexico, which went down to 6.5 million in 2010 from 7 million in 2007. Mexicans remain the largest group of unauthorized immigrants, accounting for 58% of the total.
- The number of unauthorized immigrants decreased from 2007 to 2010 in Colorado, Florida, New York and Virginia. The combined population in three contiguous Mountain West states-Arizona, Nevada and Utah-also declined.
- In contrast to the national trend, the combined unauthorized immigrant population in three contiguous West South Central states-Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas-grew from 2007 to 2010.
- Although the number of unauthorized immigrants in the U.S. is below 2007 levels, it has tripled since 1990, when it was 3.5 million and grown by a third since 2000, when it was 8.4 million.
The estimates are based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau's Current Population Survey, augmented with the Pew Hispanic Center's analysis of the demographic characteristics of the unauthorized immigrant population using a "residual estimation methodology."
Although the estimates indicate trends in the size and composition of the unauthorized-immigrant population, they are not designed to answer the question of why these changes occurred. There are many possible factors. The deep recession that began in the U.S. economy officially ended in 2009, but recovery has been slow to take hold and unemployment remains high. Immigration flows have tended to decrease in previous periods of economic distress.
The period covered by this analysis also has been accompanied by changes in the level of immigration enforcement and in enforcement strategies, not only by the federal government but also at state and local levels. Immigration also is subject to pressure by demographic and economic conditions in sending countries. This analysis does not attempt to quantify the relative impact of these forces on levels of unauthorized immigration. [Pew Hispanic Center, 2/1/11 [16]]
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text: October 20, 1999 - New Yorks City Voters Solidly Back Artistic Freedom, Quinnipiac College Poll Finds; Voters Want Other Ways To Replace Mayor Who Leaves By substantial majorities, New York City voters oppose any attempts to limit art exhibits at museums, even self-imposed limits by museums whether or not they get government funds, according to a Quinnipiac College Poll released today. By a 77 - 19 percent margin, voters support public funding for the arts, the independent Quinnipiac College Poll finds. And by a 58 - 39 percent margin they say a museum which receives public funding should have total control over what art is displayed. If a publicly-funded museum shows material which is offensive to religious, ethnic or other groups, 34 percent of New York City voters say funding should be cut, while 63 percent say funding should not be cut. New Yorkers say, 75 - 23 percent that an art museum which does not receive public funds has the right to display art that is offensive to religious, ethnic or other groups. Voters say 52 - 41 percent that a museum should display art, even if it is offensive. These questions were asked with no mention of the Brooklyn Museum or Mayor Rudolph Giuliani. When asked about the Brooklyn Museum controversy, the responses are: 59 - 35 percent that the museum should show the exhibit; 27 - 69 percent that government should cut funding to the Brooklyn Museum; 39 - 56 that they would like to visit the Brooklyn Museum to see the exhibit. "Most New Yorkers don't want to see the controversial exhibit, but whether we ask the question in the abstract or the specific, New Yorkers come down on the side of artistic freedom," said Maurice Carroll, director of the Quinnipiac College Polling Institute. "The show is especially offensive to Catholics. But all Catholic voters, which include Black and Hispanic Catholics, say 60 - 36 percent, that funding to the Brooklyn Museum should not be cut," Carroll added. "White Catholics are closely divided, 52 - 46 percent in favor of cutting funds." Mayor Giuliani's overall approval rating is split evenly at 46 percent, up from 40 - 51 percent approval in a April 8 Quinnipiac College Poll, and a 46 - 48 percent approval in a June 17 poll. He gets a negative 31 - 64 percent rating for his handling of the Brooklyn Museum controversy. Mayoral Succession By a 54 - 41 percent margin, New York City voters would like to change the system so a special election is held to replace a mayor who resigns or dies in office, rather than having the Public Advocate succeed the Mayor. And by a 55 - 37 percent margin, voters say it's a good idea for a mayoral candidate to have a running mate who would step in if the mayor doesn't complete his/her term, similar to the election of the President and Vice President. "New Yorkers say it makes more sense to elect someone a mayor gets along with to complete an unfinished term, the way the nation picks the President and Vice President as a team," Carroll said. "No matter how they feel about the incumbent Mayor and Public Advocate, New Yorkers would like to fix the way we handle mayoral succession." From October 13 - 18, Quinnipiac College surveyed 922 New York City residents who say they are registered voters. The poll has a margin of error of +/- 3.2 percent. The Quinnipiac College Poll, directed by Douglas Schwartz, conducts public opinion surveys in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut as a public service and for research. For additional data -- www.quinnipiac.edu 1. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Rudolph Giuliani is handling his job as Mayor? June 17 Tot Wht Blk His 1999 Approve 46% 63% 22% 42% 46% Disapprove 46 31 70 47 48 DK/NA 8 6 9 12 6 17. Under current law, if a Mayor resigns or dies in office, the Public Advocate takes over as Mayor. Which would you prefer: (A) Continuing the current law or (B) Changing the law so that if a Mayor leaves office before the end of the term a special election is held to pick a new Mayor. Tot Rep Dem Ind A) Continuing the current law 41% 36% 45% 36% B) Changing the law so that if a Mayor leaves office before the end of the term a special election is held to pick a new Mayor 54 62 50 58 DK/NA 5 2 5 6 18. Some have suggested that a candidate for Mayor should have a running mate who would succeed the Mayor the same way that the Vice President succeeds the President. Do you think this is a good idea or a bad idea? Tot Rep Dem Ind Good idea 55% 55% 57% 51% Bad idea 37 36 36 40 DK/NA 8 9 7 9 6. In general, do you favor or oppose government funding of the arts? Tot Prot Cath Jew Favor 77% 78% 69% 81% Oppose 19 17 25 18 DK/NA 4 5 6 1 7. Suppose an art museum receives public funds, which comes closer to your point of view: (A) The government should exercise some control to assure that the art displayed there is not offensive to religious, ethnic,or other groups or (B) The museum should have total control over what art is displayed. Tot Prot Cath Jew A) The government should exercise some control to assure that the art displayed there is not offensive to religious, ethnic, or other groups. 39% 37% 52% 35% B) The museum should have total control over what art is displayed. 58 60 45 61 DK/NA 3 3 3 5 8. If an art museum receives public funds, and has an exhibit that is offensive to religious, ethnic, or other groups, do you think the government should or should not withdraw public funds from that museum? Tot Prot Cath Jew Yes/Should withdraw funds 34% 30% 45% 33% No/Should not withdraw funds 63 69 51 62 DK/NA 3 - 5 4 9. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? If an art museum does not receive public funds, it has the right to display any art that it chooses, even if that art is offensive to religious, ethnic, or other groups? Tot Prot Cath Jew Yes/Agree 75% 70% 70% 84% No/Disagree 23 25 28 16 DK/NA 2 4 2 - 10. If an art exhibit is offensive to religious, ethnic, or other groups, do you think an art museum should display that exhibit or not display it. Tot Prot Cath Jew Yes/Display it 52% 52% 43% 53% No/Not display it 41 42 48 44 DK/NA 7 6 9 3 11. Have you heard or read anything about the controversial exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum of Art which some people have said is offensive? Have you heard a lot, some, or only a little? Tot Prot Cath Jew A lot 65% 66% 62% 74% Some 18 17 19 17 Only a little 11 12 10 7 Haven't heard anything 6 5 9 3 DK/NA - 1 - - 12. (If have heard Q11) Do you think that the Brooklyn Museum of Art should or should not show this exhibit? Tot Prot Cath Jew Should show exhibit 59% 64% 42% 59% Should not show exhibit 35 30 53 38 DK/NA 6 7 5 3 13. (If have heard Q11) The Brooklyn Museum of Art is partially supported by public funds. Do you think the government should or should not withdraw public funds for the Brooklyn Museum of Art because of the museum's decision to show this exhibit? Tot Prot Cath Jew Should withdraw funds 27% 25% 36% 31% Should not withdraw funds 69 70 60 66 DK/NA 4 4 4 3 14. (If have heard Q11) Do you approve or disapprove of the way Mayor Giuliani has handled the situation involving the Brooklyn Museum of Art? Tot Prot Cath Jew Approve 31% 27% 44% 35% Disapprove 64 69 49 63 DK/NA 5 5 7 2 15. (If have heard Q11) Would you like to visit the Brooklyn Museum of Art to see this exhibit or not? Tot Prot Cath Jew Yes 39% 43% 32% 23% No 56 53 64 72 ALREADY VISITED(VOL) 5 4 4 5 DK/NA 1 - 1 - 16. Have you visited an art museum within the past 12 months? Tot Prot Cath Jew Yes 63% 55% 61% 72% No 37 45 39 28 DK/NA - - - -


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New directors ELECTROMACH as of April 1
On April 1, 2010, Jan Wijnen will officially transfer his executive management activities to the new directors of Electromach bv: Peter Boers and Robert André de la Porte.
Jan Wijnen started his management career in 1983 as the Deputy Sales Director, and became the General Director of Electromach in 1993. After more than 42 consecutive years of service, Jan Wijnen will depart to enjoy his well deserved retirement. Jan Wijnen would like to introduce to you, the two new directors who will take over his activities.
Peter Boers will be appointed on April 1, 2010 as the General Director of Electromach bv. Peter Boers is currently the financial controller of Electromach.
Robert André de la Porte will be appointed on April 1, 2010 as the Sales Director of Electromach bv. Robert André de la Porte is currently the Sales and Marketing Manager.


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(UK) The English Concert: An Intimate Musical Evening With Our Principal Lutenist William Carter (Concert: 15 nov 2011)
15 November.
(UK) (Re-Post) Early Music discounts from Chaconne Label
(Re-posted as a reminder to our readers who may have missed the Chaconne October discount offer.)
200 Early Music Albums at 25% Off
"This month we are offering over 200 early music albums at 25% off, courtesy of the early music label Chaconne, which is renowned for its broad cross section of early-music repertoire from Medieval to Classical, performed on original or period instruments.
(FR) La Bella Noeva at the festival of Maguelone (video, 10 oct 2011)
News from Philippe Leclant, Directeur du Festival de Maguelon that you may now view the concert of June 9th, 2011, filmed during the"28e Festival de musique à Maguelone". The concert is performed by the Accordone Ensemble led by Guido Morini et Marco Beasley.
(US) New from Harmonia Mundi: "Down by the Salley Gardens" (Bejun Mehta, countertenorJulius Drake, piano)
19th & 20th Century English Songs (Vaughan Williams, Finzi, Howells, Quilter...)
"This programme offers a vivid and varied cross-section of English song, ranging from the Edwardian aesthetic of Quilter and early Vaughan Williams to the intensely expressive style of Howells and Finzi.
(FR) La Simphonie du Marais - Hugo Reyne Concert: "Le Jardin en Musique" (13 nov 2011)
Le Jardin en Musique : Campra, Purcell, Rameau
Théâtre Charcot, Marcq en Baroeul (59)
Festival Les Liaisons Musicales
Le Jardin en musique
Monteverdi, Purcell, Lully, Rameau
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Air « Vi ricorda o bosch'ombrosi » (extrait de l'Orfeo) …
(UK) Brighton Early Music Festival 2011 (21 oct-6 nov 2011)
Are you planning on attending the Brighton Early Music Festival? The festival runs from the 21st October to 6th November, but before it even starts there are loads of workshops and events throughout September and October.
(US) Opera Today Commentary: "The Inaugural Cambridge Handel Festival: a rosy dawn?" (By Sue Loder, 3 oct 2011)
(US) Harmonia Turns 20…Today! ( Posted by Harmonia Early Music, 10 oct 2011)
"WFIU's early music program Harmonia celebrates its platinum anniversary.
Hosted from its inception by performer and scholar Angela Mariani, for two decades Harmonia has taken you to stone cathedrals, lively fairs, and dramatic stages of the past—offering musical history as told through the eyes and ears by the musicians of those long ago times. … "
(IT) Il Complesso Barocco New CD Release: Venetian Curiosities (27 sep 2011)
(US) New Posts from The Countertenor Voice for 10/07/2011
The latest posts to "The Countertenor Voice: An Online Journal"are out:
Vocal Technique: An Organizing Principle for Singers, Part 1
The Vocal Soloist as Ensemble Singer
Bergamo European Countertenor Competition Winners Announced
Watch This Now! Howell & Van Doren Sing Pergolesi
(CA) Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir Concert: Glorious Bach & Zelenka (14,16,19,20 oct 2011)
Gillian Knight, soprano
Matthew White, countertenor
Cory Knight, tenor
Andrew Mahon, baritone
Tafelmusik Chamber Choir and Orchestra
Fri Oct 14, Sat Oct 15 at 8pm
Sun Oct 16 at 3:30pm
Wed Oct 19 at 7pm
Thurs Oct 20 at 8pm
(US) Tudor Choir 2011 Concert Season and Season Concert opener: Simple Gifts (22 oct 2011)
Season opens October 22 with SIMPLE GIFTS
"Dear Friends of the Tudor Choir,Our season is about to begin with SIMPLE GIFTS, a narrated concert of Shaker tunes and Anglo-Americana, on Friday, October 22. Please join us! All details are below, including single ticket and subscription options. Our SIMPLE GIFTS CD has been re-printed and copies will be on sale at the performance at the discounted price of $15!
(BE) La Petite Bande YouTube Video (Korean tour 2011)
(CA) Arion Orchestre Baroque Concert: "Overtures for the Overture" (28-29-30 oct 2011)
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Bourgie Concert Hall
Montréal Québec
"According the Devoir's critic, the first concert of Arion Baroque Orchestra's Montreal Series, Overture for an overture and its guest conductor Christophe Rousset is among the top 5 concerts to attend in 2011-2012."
(US) Smithsonian Magazine: "The Top 10 Books Lost to Time"
Great written works from authors such as Shakespeare and Jane Austen that you'll never have a chance to read by Megan Gambino
September 20, 2011
While not directly related to the early music field, some of this information may add to historical facts helping us better understand historical incidents influencing such era in music. Read of 10 authors and mishaps to some of their works. -- EarlyMusicNews.Org editor
(US) Gotham Early Music Scene (GEMS): Oct 6th Newsletter
In this month's newsletter news of early music choirs performing in the New York area: Westminster Cathedral Choir (UK) , Blue Heron Choir (Boston) with Ensemble Plus Ultra (UK), also from the U.K., and, Byrd Ensemble (Seattle).
(DE) Documentary About Paul McNulty's New Liszt's Piano for Klassik Stiftung Weimar / Liszt museum
News from Viviana Sofronitsky (harpsichordist/fortepianist) of a documentary airing on German TV channels about Paul McNulty (fortepiano builder) building the new Liszt piano destined for the Klassik Stiftung Weimar / Liszt Museum. Viviana Sofronitsky will be playing there as well.
Airing times:
Saturday, 8 October 21.45, German channel 3SAT, Full version 44:30min
Wednesday, 19 October 21.15, German channel MDR (Thüringen Spezial) Short version 29:10min.
Thursday, 20 October 15.30, also MDR, repeat
Wednesday, 26 October 10.15, also MDR, repeat
Congratulations to all involved in the production of the documentary from the staff at EarlyMusicNews.Org.
(IT) Recently Published: "Beyond Notes" (LIM Editrice srl)
Improvisation in Western Music of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
edited by Rudolf Rasch
Pages: 14 + 768
Format: 17 x 24 - bound
Summary …
(US) Harmonia Early Music: Anchors Aweigh! (By Anna Pranger Posted October 3, 2011)
(FR) New Recording : 2nd Recording of Johann Herman Schein (13-17 oct 2011)
(FR) Akadêmia 2011-2012 Concert Season
(NL) MUZIEKHANDEL SAUL B. GROEN: New Publications Available (Jul-Sep 2011)
From MUZIEKHANDEL SAUL B. GROEN, many new titles available on their catalogues:
MUSIC & LITERATURE July - September 2011
NB: in each section the music has been listed in chronological order
Kerll, J.C. 11 Organ works from the Neresheim organ book, c.1670, wrongly attributed to J.C. Kerll and 2 pieces by by J.B. Moggi and L. Haydt
Fasolo, G.B. "Annuale", 1645: 56 organ works: hymns, masses, magnificats, ricercars,canzonas, fugues; complete edition; set of 5 volumes
Lübeck, V. Complete organ works; ed. Harald Vogel …
(US) Early Music DC - October 2011 Concert Listing
A reminder from Early Music DC of their October 2011 concert listing. You may be interested if you are in the area. …
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Faye Newton soprano
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Richard Sweeney theorbo
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Clare Wilkinson mezzo-soprano
Gawain Glenton treble cornett • mute cornett
(UK) Scottish Lute and Early Guitar Society - Inaugural meeting of October 1, 2011
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After more than two years of hiatus, I decided to revive my blog life on what I thought was a perfect timing–the anniversary month of Blogbastic or seven years since I started blogging. August is the Philippine National Language month, so I thought it will be better to blog in Filipino partly to celebrate the occasion. What a great comeback post it would have been as I blogged about the very political Philippine Development Assistance Fund (PDAF). I was calling on fellow Pinoys and expats to support the call for its abolition or any move towards a more transparent and more responsible way of assisting poor Filipinos.
Alas, after about three hours from posting (probably less than that), a friend gave a heads up that WordPress.com flagged my blog as violating its terms of service and advertising policy. This is what I saw on my dashboard.
I checked my blog. My horror to find out that after more than five years of active blogging on wordpress.com and on the 7th year anniversary month of my blog, Blogbastic fell silent.
I panicked and was emotionally stressed because of this. I thought one of the minions of the Philippine government got hold of my post and flagged my blog. So, I messaged WordPress.com from my dashboard and here. I also could not help it but rage tweeted about this. The timing could not be perfect as it was night in the US. So it took 15 excruciating hours of Blogbastic's silence for them to get in touch with me.
Finally, Kris from WordPress.com emailed me and said that my blog was flagged by their bot but he failed to explain how and why my blog was flagged. My long time hiatus probably sent red flags to the bots and given that I blogged in my Mother Tongue and had so many links in my earlier blog post, it may have been enough for the bots to pull the trigger.
I'm just glad that I'm back and hopefully blogging away again, this time till death. 😉 😛 Oh and I'll blog again in Filipino next time. 😀


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A consortium of Northeast states has completed the first US cap-and-trade greenhouse gas auction. The results of the auction, held by the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, were released Monday. Under cap-and-trade, limits are set on emissions. Companies that do not use up their quota of emissions are able to sell their excess emission capacity to other companies, or to groups looking to take the emission credits off the market.
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Poped out? After the nonstop media barrage that covered every conceivable angle both of that little chimney on the Sistine Chapel and of the papal transition - and after the invasion of the airwaves by an endless parade of Catholic talking heads, holding forth from St. Peters Square as well as on the front steps of Our Lady of Perpetual Chatter down the street - not a few Americans seem glad to see the new Pope Benedict XVI settling in and the news crews moving on.
You would expect Protestants in particular to have been annoyed and fed up with the whole media spectacle - after all, the "protest" against Rome and the pope is part of their name and identity. But as a Catholic who married into a staunch, albeit ecumenically minded, Lutheran family and who worships in both Catholic and Lutheran churches, I was struck by the genuine interest in and concern among many Protestants for who was going to be sitting in Peters chair and what his election would mean.
At Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Oak Park, Illinois, prayers for the Catholic Church, for the departed pope, for the guidance of the Spirit during the conclave, and for the new pope figured prominently in the Prayers of the Faithful during the weeks of the papal interregnum - as Im sure they did in countless other Protestant congregations. And when I attended the Associated Church Press convention in Nashville the week after Pope Benedict XVIs election, the conversations with fellow editors from Protestant publications always seemed to come around to what had transpired in Rome and what it would mean for the future of the Catholic Church and for ecumenism.


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"Why fight the crowds and stress yourself out on Black Friday—when it's more fun to support local businesses instead?" said Beth Mehau, Executive Director of The Pantry, a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit serving community, supporting recovery, of which Mama's House is a component.
"We're inviting everyone to bring a friend and find blow-out bargains on Small Business Saturday at Mama's House," said Mehau. We'll have the coffeepot going all day; there will be a Holiday Boutique tent sale out front; and almost everything in the store is a dollar or less. Please, help us keep these great, usable items out of the landfill and save yourself some money too. Plus, the money you spend is going right back into the community to support our programs."
Mama's House is located adjacent to NAPA Auto in Waimea. The Small Business Saturday Sale happens 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., with most items priced at $1 or less (not applicable to furniture, consignment or retail items and art). Books, clothing, shoes, purses and more are only $10 a bag-full. Plus there's a Holiday Boutique tent sale out front. Shop Local and help support Mama's good works for youth and adults in our community.
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Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray said Wednesday that she is fully committed to moving a budget resolution through the Senate this year and called on House Republicans to end their "hostage-taking" and engage with her in writing a deficit reduction deal that can become law.
The comments by the Washington state Democrat will help clear the way for Senate acceptance of a pending debt ceiling bill — to be voted on by the House Wednesday — to allow additional Treasury borrowing through May 18 to finance the government's obligations.
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Murray paid little heed to House threats in that bill to withhold senators pay if no resolution is adopted. Instead, she sought to put the focus back on what she sees as the GOP's record of moving from one crisis to the next while rejecting compromises that can achieve some incremental progress to address the nation's debt.
"Republicans can either say they want to have a budget debate in the Budget Committees or they can say they would prefer to negotiate the issue lurching from crisis to crisis — but they can't say both," Murray said. "It simply doesn't make sense."
"So if Republicans are truly interested in moving this debate back into the Budget Committees and back to regular order, then they ought to actually deliver on that rhetoric. That means putting a stop to the debt limit hostage-taking, ending the constant brinksmanship, and truly engaging in an honest effort to work with us toward the balanced and bipartisan budget deal the American people expect and deserve."
Murray's comments, in a statement released by her office, are her most complete yet as the new top Democrat on the Budget panel, and while no final decisions have been made, she is not ruling out using the reconciliation process to direct Senate committees to meet deficit-reduction goals. It's unlikely she will get to a formal budget markup before President Barack Obama's own 2014 fiscal plan is submitted to Congress, but her office signaled that she does not feel bound to wait on the White House and will begin preparations sooner than later.
"This year, following the two years that the bipartisan Budget Control Act took the place of a Congressional Budget, the Senate will once again return to regular order and move a budget resolution through the Budget Committee and to the Senate floor," Murray said. "I've been discussing this path with my colleagues in the weeks since the year-end deal before I officially became chairman of this committee, and now that Congress is back in session, we are ready to get to work."
Murray is slated to meet Wednesday with Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions, the ranking Republican on the Budget panel and a frequent critic of the Senate's failure to act on a resolution. And some Democrats have suggested that she and House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) also meet in advance to map out the parameters of what is politically doable this year.


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All of which is not to say that identity politics should be forgotten about while the great task of overthrowing capitalism and abolishing class remains unachieved - just that it's good to keep the one issue in mind even while you're mainly discussing the other.
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...That crappy FB is STILL growing, and I am not referring to Asia or Latin America.
(Well, this complaint is certainly not pointless, but this thread has long since morphed into a general 'does my head in' thread, whether pointless or very pointed.)
The number of people I've seen on social media recently, including people I know, who claim that nazis can and should be debated. What do people not get about the difference between, say, a political group with political demands, however radical, and a group of people that simply wants to enact violence against/eradicate another group of human beings (for reasons totally unconnected with that group's actions), which IS their ideology? You can't have fucking truth and reconciliation with nazis, ffs. So many people sounding just like Donald Trump, whilst of course maintaining that they despise Donald Trump and are just standing up for free speech (repeat ad infinitum). "And by the way, how can liberals really criticise the White Power movement pretty much the same as when someone from Black Lives Matter said they'd like to kill police officers?"
Dear god, the insanity of it.
Makes me fear for the very near future (which I already did, obviously).
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what is it about guys -- seemingly often english guys but not exclusively -- dressing up as nazis "for a laugh"? it's always for some party, hahaha and all. are they completely clueless? do they think it's "just a bit naughty"? or is there a real undercurrent of transgression going on?
Possibly many British people think it's a privilege earned by having "beaten" the Nazis (despite the fact that if any country has the right to do this, it's Russia - or more accurately the former USSR).
Possibly we're just a nation of massive wazzocks.
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So, in the 1990s there were too many people who went on to study medicine and become medical doctors in Austria - resulting in jobless doctors or MD's leaving the country. So, as a reaction, the (more or less) neoliberal government (I write more or less bc it was a bit less neoliberal when the social democrats were in a coalition government, however the conservatives were part of any coalition in all those years) reduced the study spaces offered by the public universities. At the same time private universities offered the same curriculum, but demanded horrendous tuition fees.
So now, 20 years later, the reduced output of medial faculties here is starting to undermine the health care system - more doctors are needed again, especially in the mid-term future. Which can only be done by expanding the numer of study spaces for medicine again. And here's what the conservative-led government is going to do here now: instead of funding the public universities, they will "buy" extremely expensive study spaces at a private university. And here's the kicker: that private university is being owned (at least partly) by Red Bull head honcho Dietrich Mateschitz. Criticism got countered by the government by claiming the shortage of doctors need immediate remedy which could only be done via the descibed way above.
That's how neoliberalism works.
Why are the only options for trousers slim or skinny nowadays?
Also shopping for clothes as a male is a fucking nightmare.
Fucking 'woke capitalism'. Get in the sea (if people still say that, or even if not).
damage control for brexit?
It's just so thoroughly cunty, isn't it? I mean, the inequality and austerity that's led to the anger that's been misdirected at the EU and is in large measure responsible for the dire fucking mess we're in has ultimately been caused by entities such as HSBC, hasn't it? Or maybe that's unfair - banks are going to maximise their profits, of course they are, that's their purpose - it's successive governments that have deregulated them and then bailed them out when they've fucked up who surely deserve the most opprobrium.
Having said that, HSBC is notably morally murky even as large banks go. I mean it was founded to facilitate British trade in opium to China 150 years ago and was caught red-handed laundering cash for Mexican cartels just a few years ago.
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Premier Pauline Marois, first elected to a minority mandate 18 months ago, announced the April 7 vote Wednesday after meeting with her cabinet.
Flanked by PQ MNAs inside the national assembly, Marois read a statement that listed what she described as her government's accomplishments since defeating Jean Charest's Liberals in September 2012.
Recent polls have suggested her pro-independence party could capture a majority, thanks in large part to significant support from Quebec's ever-important francophone voters.
Marois' seven-minute speech was peppered with examples aimed at sending the message that her PQ government has created jobs and been a sound manager of the economy, an area long considered a party weakness.
"Today, we can say the results are there," she said, before crediting her government with creating 47,000 jobs in 2013.
"We have put lots of effort — lots of effort — into our economic policies to make Quebecers richer in all regions with quality jobs everywhere."
The statement, which she delivered before a meeting with Quebec's lieutenant-governor, made no direct mention of independence, sovereignty or a referendum. She refused to take questions from journalists before leaving.
In recent weeks, Opposition Leader Philippe Couillard has repeated the warning that a majority PQ government would open the door for Marois to call a referendum on Quebec independence.
"It's a certainty," Couillard, an outspoken defender of the Canadian federation, told reporters Wednesday when asked whether he thought a Marois majority would lead to a referendum.
"All the new (PQ) candidates (who) came forward in recent days said that their prime motivation was the idea of 'un pays' (a country)...
"They joined the PQ to have a referendum. They want to separate Quebec from Canada. Let's stop kidding ourselves here. Let's face reality."
Marois, however, has so far refused to commit herself to holding a referendum if she wins a majority, and has said such a vote must wait until the appropriate moment.
If elected to a majority, she has promised to consult Quebecers first on the merits of holding another vote on sovereignty.
Polls have suggested that support for independence has been around 40 per cent in Quebec, which voted against sovereignty in the 1980 and 1995 referendums.
Last month, PQ Environment Minister Yves-Francois Blanchet predicted the Marois government would hold a referendum in its first majority mandate because the party has called such votes in each of its past cycles in power.
Election fever had been building in recent weeks amid a flurry of spending announcements from the minority PQ government as well as the introduction of candidates for all political parties.
Marois argued Wednesday that her government had no choice but to pull the plug due to the opposition parties' stated intentions to defeat the PQ's budget, which was presented last month.
"Now it's up to you, Quebecers, to decide," she said. "You know my team, my team that is solid, that has proved itself."
Marois credited the PQ for controlling government spending, fighting corruption, taking better care of seniors and creating thousands of daycare spaces.
She also touted the merits of her government's controversial-yet-popular secularism charter, which polls suggest has delivered a major boost to the PQ's support.
"We have a charter that finally gives us the means to see that our common values are respected, such as equality between men and women, like religious neutrality of the state," Marois said.
The PQ secularism plan aims to prohibit public employees from wearing ostentatious religious symbols at work, such as the Muslim head scarf and Sikh turban.
The values charter, however, has even proven divisive within Marois' party. Former PQ premiers Jacques Parizeau, who infamously blamed the 1995 referendum loss on "money and the ethnic vote," and Lucien Bouchard have both said it goes too far.
On Wednesday, a media report revealed that a senior staffer in the office of PQ cabinet minister Jean-Francois Lisee quit her job last week because she was uneasy over the charter and felt she couldn't defend it.
"I respect her position, again there's no unanimity on this question," Lisee told reporters Wednesday when asked about the departure of Christine Frechette, his assistant chief of staff.
"We're still trying to convince Mr. Parizeau, but we have a very strong majority in favour and that's fine with us."
Couillard attacked the charter Wednesday for inflicting "significant damage" on Quebec's diverse communities and accused Marois of calling an election to hide from important public debates on subjects like the province's hobbled economy.
He insisted Quebecers are more concerned about issues like jobs, health care and education than the charter. Couillard, however, acknowledged he wasn't surprised about the secularism plan's popularity.
"I thought it would be an easy fuse to light," he said in response to a reporter's question on the subject.
"If I had a surprise, it was to see Rene Levesque's party coming forward with such a retrograde policy."
Couillard, whose Liberals held power from 2003 until 2012 under Charest, promised his team would focus on "jobs, jobs, jobs."
Francois Legault, the leader of the third-place Coalition party, has accused Marois of wanting to run her campaign on the controversial secularism charter alone to avoid talking about the poor state of Quebec's economy.
Legault also said the platform of his right-of-centre party would improve Quebec's economic position and he criticized the PQ for its fiscal mismanagement.
"This government wants to hide the real state of public finances," Legault, a co-founder of the Air Transat airline, told reporters.
"We need a government that will relaunch the Quebec economy."
Legault also pointed out that by calling an election, Marois broke one of her 2012 campaign promises: fixed election dates.
The PQ had promised in the last campaign to bring in new legislation after accusing then-premier Charest of manipulating dates to improve his chances of re-election.
Last year, the national assembly adopted a fixed-election-date law to only send Quebecers back to the polls on Oct. 3, 2016.
"I don't think anything could be further from the spirit of that law," Legault said. "And then we ask why there's cynicism, why people no longer believe in the entire political class."
Before the election call, the PQ held 54 seats in the legislature, nine short of the majority-government benchmark of 63.
Meanwhile, the Liberals had 49 ridings, the Coalition had 18, the left-leaning Quebec solidaire had two and two MNAs sat as Independents.
Asked about the pressure of representing the hopes of federalists, Couillard expressed his party's admiration for the strength of Quebec's identity.
"But we also believe — strongly, deeply — that belonging to the Canadian federation is one of the most-powerful levers for development that we have in Quebec," Couillard said.
"This is why we believe in Canada, not only for accountancy reasons but because we like this openness, this sharing that the country signifies."
The start of the 33-day campaign Wednesday also led to the suspension of the ongoing provincial corruption inquiry. The Charbonneau Commission will sit next week, as scheduled, but will then take a break until April 8.
The temporary shutdown will keep the public inquiry from examining potentially sensitive subjects, such as political party financing, during the campaign.
A statement from the Charbonneau inquiry said the hearings are politically neutral and that it would be inappropriate to continue them before the vote.
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