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As the song goes, "Oh, there's no place like home for the holidays" - unless you'd rather be "travelin' down to Dixie's sunny shore" and other parts south.
Canadians dreaming of a green Christmas have already booked week-long trips over the holiday break to exotic spots. Carol Brennan, a travel consultant at Mae's Travel in Amherstburg, Ontario says, "Some people get away because of depression over the weather."
Others want a change from tradition. "Families would rather go away and spend the holidays in a hot destination than do the turkey and all that stuff."
There are other emotional motivations that prompt people to start packing. "If you've lost a family member, it can be too hard to stay in town," Brennan says. "We've also had people go away because they don't want to be with their families."
The options are tempting. Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic offers fabulous beaches facing the Caribbean and Atlantic, a 16th century fishing village and nearby, Ponce de Leon's Fortress.
Mexico's Mayan Riviera invites visitors to swim with dolphins, explore the jungle and discover archeological ruins in ecoparks and at Chichen Itza.
Jamaica's hidden beaches, waterfalls and historic plantations promise relaxation, natural wonders and rich culture.
Christmas cruises bound for three days and longer in the Bahamas and the Eastern and Western Caribbean sail out of Florida at reasonable prices.
To save on airfare, Canadians can also drive south and enjoy the sights en route.
With so many people choosing to go on vacation over Christmas, demand pushes prices higher. "If you book to go at a later date, it's more economical," Brennan suggests. At Mae's Travel, clients are purchasing travel packages to give as Christmas gifts, with the actual trip occurring over March break or another time in the New Year. Brennan creates a custom vacation voucher describing the trip, which a client can put in a gift box along with sunglasses and sunscreen to carry the theme.
Giving a break to single moms or dads travelling with their kids, various Cuban resorts don't charge the usual single parent supplement. "These vacations are economical. Families can afford them," says Brennan.
Daily activities, supervised children and teen programs, entertainment, restaurants, discos and more features are part of the deal at all-inclusive resorts. "Parents can lie on the beach and not worry about their kids' safety," Brennan assures. In general, "People feel so safe in Cuba. As long as you're not leaving the resort at night and going into downtown bars, you're fine."
The gift of travel is also appreciated by seniors who derive pleasure from new experiences. Brennan says she and her siblings "give my mom gift certificates that she can use for any kind of travel she wants to do throughout the year."
Encouraged by gift certificates in hand, senior parents "will do something and they don't have to pay for it," says Brennan.
The people who are lucky enough to receive the opportunity to travel this Christmas will wrap up with two more presents: Great photos and wonderful memories.


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Put that on the BluRay cover release!
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BRIAN GALLAGHER wrote:During his new Fatman on Batman podcast, filmmaker and hardcore DC fan Kevin Smith offered fresh details about this darker cut, which had screened before the theatrical cut came. Here's what Kevin Smith had to say, when a fan asked if he thought Warner Bros. would release the Zack Snyder cut on home video."There's a petition online with something like 250,000 signatures saying put out the Snyder cut. I think it's ridiculous not to. Sell the version of the movie that people are familiar with theatrically, then wait six months and hit 'em with the Snyder vision. What's the worst that can happen? Everybody goes, 'You f---ed up' and Warner Bros. goes, 'Yeah, I guess' but it's in their rear-view, they're working on something else. It's just another stream of revenue for them. I think they'd be bat-shit crazy, pun intended, for them to not put out Zack's vision, which I read an article about, thank you for bringing it up. It was a breakdown of what's missing from the movie. 'These scenes were done before the reshoots and were shown to WB executives.' This piece comes from Superhero Talk Site and he says the opening was longer, it began with Bruce recruiting Aquaman. It was basically the same scene in the theatrical version, but some scenes were cut. Aquaman was originally much more shut off to Bruce here. Deleted, Barry Allen saving Iris West by breaking the glass. Apparently there's a whole f---ing scene of him saving Iris West. Longer, history lesson, what I was most surprised by is the WB cut out dialogue of scenes with Green Lantern, Zeus and Ares. On the battlefield, when they flash back and s--t, Lantern said something and so did Zeus and so did Ares."
Kevin Smith has recently praised Justice League on another one of his many podcasts, but it's clear the filmmaker would have liked to have seen these scenes in the final cut of the film. He also added that there was another deleted scene with Steppenwolf, where, after he took the Mother Box from Themyscira, he actually talks to the Box. His mother Hegra's essence is alive in the Mother Box and all three combined would give him more power and an edge over his uncle Darkseid. There are other scenes with Victor Stone's (Ray Fisher) early life before being turned into Cyborg. The report also revealed there was a whole scene with Vulko (Willem Dafoe). Another deleted scene is where the whole League visits the Batcave and Alfred (Jeremy Irons) has various reactions to the team. There is also another deleted scene that is reportedly in the middle of the movie, that seemed to anger Kevin Smith quite a bit."Deleted, this is in the middle of the f---ing movie, are you ready for this? Deathstroke breaks Lex out of prison. Why the f--k would you cut that out? Oh my God, I question everybody's sanity. They part ways because the cops are hot on their trail, deciding to meet up later at a location they discuss, which was the scene on the f---ing boat."
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For an "origins"-ish movie that's to be expected. I think this will be a big win for DC. Lord knows they broke the bank marketing this freaking thing.
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The European Union touted its success in cutting greenhouse gases at U.N. talks on climate change on Wednesday, where a U.S. plan to cut power plant emissions has lifted hopes for a global deal in 2015.
An adviser to the Chinese government also suggested on Tuesday that Beijing could cap its soaring emissions in coming years. That would be a big step for the world's top emitter, which says it needs to burn coal to spur growth.
Signs of action by leading economies may help ministers and officials from about 170 nations in Bonn for the June 4-15 talks to try to work out details of a global deal to fight climate change due to be agreed at a Paris summit in late 2015.
"The EU will substantially over-achieve" its targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 2020, Connie Hedegaard, the EU Climate Commissioner, said in a statement.
EU cuts by 2020 would be 24.5 percent below 1990 levels, deeper than a minimum 20 percent target, and give a total over-achievement of 5.5 billion tons of greenhouse gases, she said in a statement based on data issued last month.
The Commission said there was still a "wide gap" between world promises to cut emissions and far deeper cuts needed to keep temperatures below a ceiling agreed by almost 200 nations to avert heat waves, floods, droughts and rising sea levels.
Most efforts at the U.N. talks focus on actions beyond 2020 but "it is also crucial to step up action before 2020", Hedegaard said.
Emissions fell by 19 percent between 1990 and 2012, close to the 2020 target, while the EU economy expanded by 44 percent. Factors including weak growth have also cut EU emissions.
After delays, the bloc will adopt targets for the period beyond 2020 by October 2014.
On Monday, the United States said the U.S. power sector would have to cut carbon dioxide emissions 30 percent by 2030 from 2005 levels as part of regulations that will be the centerpiece of President Barack Obama's climate change strategy.
The Environmental Protection Agency's plan is one of the most significant environmental rules proposed by the United States, and could transform the power sector, which relies on coal for nearly 38 percent of electricity.
Christiana Figures, head of the U.N. Climate Change Secretariat in Bonn, welcomed Obama's plan as "a good signal to all nations" trying to negotiate a deal on global warming.
Obama will be attending a summit of the Group of Seven in Brussels on Wednesday and Thursday. Obama's national goal for 2020 is to cut emissions by 17 percent below 2005 levels, equivalent to 3.5 percent below 1990 levels.
Ahead of the Bonn talks, developing countries urged far more action by industrialized nations, saying the poor were most vulnerable to water and food shortages. They say that cuts so far by the rich are inadequate.
"If we don't act urgently the world's poorest will suffer," the 48-member Least Developed Nations group said in a statement.
"Immediate action is absolutely critical to island nations," echoed Marlene Moses, chair of the 44-nation alliance of small island states.
(Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)
By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent BONN, Germany, June 4 (Reuters) –
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Velvet Underground founding member John Cale has said that, despite many offers to play festivals, he wouldn't consider taking part in any reunion shows. Now, we understand that this isn't necessarily groundbreaking, earth-shattering news, given that I don't many were expecting any event to happen imminently, but y'know, it's not like there hasn't been a spate of legendary and classic bands reforming over the last few years.
He told BBC 6Music:
"It's not something that I can see happening on the basis of the past. Anyone who wants to reform the Velvet Underground for a series of concerts, to make some money, I understand that, but you can't do that."
He added:
"Whatever the Velvet Underground did they've done, and it's in the past. I respect that people admire what we did, that's gratifying, but I'm in such a different place with what I think songwriting is these days."
"We don't have Sterling [Morrison] any more. If I said that was something I was intrigued by, people would think I was cynical."
Fair enough John, my man. The last time the most noteworthy VU line-up of Reed, Cale, Tucker and Morrison was in 1992-3 for a European tour all, of course, before Cale and Reed had a bit of a disagreement. Again. As Cale himself said, Morrison isn't available, having passed away in 1995.
He did say, however, that he still keeps in touch with his old bandmates, though he's not exactly best mates with Reed:
"Yes. We do business. I haven't spoken to Lou in a long time, but we're in touch because of business. There's no communal effort to enjoy each other's company any more."
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Updated at 7:59 a.m. ET: NORTH BEND, Wash. -- Rescue crews on Sunday suspended their efforts to find a Florida skydiver outfitted in a wing suit, who disappeared after jumping from a helicopter Thursday afternoon.
Kurt Ruppert, 29, of Lake City, Fla., is a seasoned skydiver, according to a friend, and when he disappeared he was wearing a brown-and-green jumpsuit that has swaths of fabric beneath the armpits that allow the wearer to glide like a flying squirrel.
About 145 volunteers over the weekend canvassed a nine-mile area near North Bend, Wash., that includes 4,200-foot Mount Si, the steep flanks of which are covered with trees. The peak is popular with hikers even though the last summit scramble can be treacherous. At the foot of the steep side of the mountain is the flat, sprawling Mountain Meadows Farm.
Ruppert was skydiving with two friends, and they were taking turns jumping from the helicopter. The friends were waiting at a grassy landing area, but no one saw whether Ruppert's chute deployed.
"The guys on the ground could not see where he jumped from their angle, and the pilot couldn't see when he went out the door because he was focused on flying," said King County Sheriff's spokeswoman Cindi West.
Ruppert's parachute was blue, West said, but she said she was told that wing-suit fliers don't deploy parachutes until they reach an altitude of 2,000 feet.
"The speed and height of the jump would enable him to travel a large distance in a short amount of time," West said.
As rescue teams searched, officials tracked his cell phone and flight pattern to better discern where he might have fallen. Nineteen agencies assisted in the rescue effort.
Authorities know the flight pattern of the aircraft, but a number of factors have made it difficult to find Ruppert.
"It's dangerous and difficult," West said. "The footing is bad and there are lots of cliffs."
Ruppert isn't dressed or equipped to stay out overnight, authorities said.
Ruppert has been skydiving seven or eight years and is good at handling a wing suit, said a friend, Art Shaffer, owner of Skydive Palatka in Palatka, Fla.
Shaffer jumped with Ruppert at midnight on New Year's Eve and said Ruppert left Tuesday to jump with friends in Washington.
Ruppert is single and once owned a landscaping business, said Shaffer, who is in contact with Ruppert's family and friends.
"We've got our fingers crossed," he said.
The search resumed Sunday morning at the Mount Si trailhead in North Bend, Wash.
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Moment Center Weight Balancing - A Change of Moment (Center)
Moment Center Changes Are Often Necessary, But How Do We Do It?
We speak as often as we can about the moment center (MC) and its importance to the dynamics of the front of our race cars. It has been proven by countless racers on dirt and asphalt that this one invisible point can cause more headaches than most settings on the car. It is literally the center of the race car chassis universe.
The problem arises in knowing how to properly make changes that will move the MC to the desired location. Changes can be made in several different areas, or a combination of areas, to manipulate the location of the MC. Let's take a look at the various areas in which we can usually work and see exactly what we would need to do to affect our MC location. If for some reason you cannot work with any of these areas, work where you can, but try to move your MC to a position where it will do you the most good.
There are three main areas where we can work to change the arm angles. These are the chassis, the control arm lengths, and the spindle. The spindle may be easier to change than the chassis in most cases, especially when working on a stock clip car with rules that don't allow changes to the chassis mounts.
Spindle Design Many times we're faced with incorrect arm angles because of a spindle that is either too short (usually) or too tall. If we can find a spindle with different dimensions, we may be closer to having the correct arm angles than if we move the chassis points. Besides, there are mechanical restrictions to moving certain chassis points, such as the lower chassis mounts.
In many cases, a car will have too little upper control arm angle and too much lower control arm angle. This is a result of having a spindle that is too short. Remember the spindle pin or hub is always in the same place vertically if we use the same tire circumference. We can change the height of the spindle so we can move the upper and/or lower ball joints to affect the arm angles.
If we change from a 731/44-inch-tall spindle with an offset of 311/42 inches from the bottom of the spindle to the center of the pin to an 811/42-inch-tall spindle with a 311/42-inch offset from the bottom to the pin center, then we have raised the upper ball joint by 31/44 inch and not changed the lower control arm angle.
We can install a 911/44-inch-tall spindle with a 411/42-inch offset from the bottom to the pin and gain 11/42 inch of height on the upper ball joint while lowering the bottom ball joint by 1 inch. This increases the upper control arm angle and also reduces the lower control arm angle.
The type of ball joint we use can affect the control arm angles. A standard K-6141 press-in lower ball joint is 31/48 inch shorter than a K-6117 press-in lower ball joint. Using the longer part reduces the lower control arm angle. There are also aftermarket ball joint manufacturers who offer different-length ball joints.
For years, Coleman Racing Products has offered a mono-ball replacement for the upper and lower ball joints. These units are adjustable in height by moving spacers above and below the mono-ball. Howe Racing Enterprises offers its precision ball joint replacements that are interchangeable with the upper and lower ball joints. You can order longer replacement studs for Howe's ball joint in plus lengths from +0.1 inch to +0.5 inch in 11/410-inch increments.
Spindle Quality Control Another factor concerning spindles that goes unnoticed is in the way the builder of the spindle taps the tapered holes that the ball joint stud goes through. To date, we have not heard of anyone checking the depth of taper on each spindle. If this dimension is not kept consistent, each spindle may be of a different length between the centers of rotation of the upper and lower ball joints. You conceivably could install two 911/44-inch-tall spindles on your car and one might be longer, ball joint to ball joint, than the other
This unknown factor can wreak havoc on our frontend geometry settings, and we might not even know how it has happened. For example, I could go to a lot of effort to measure my car, make the necessary changes, and then go racing and have a lot of success. Then, the inevitable happens and I get pushed into the wall, bending my right-front spindle. No problem, I think, and order a new 911/44-inch spindle. If the ball joint-taper holes in this spindle were drilled 11/48 inch deeper than the previous spindle, I could end up with an entirely different MC location.
I ran the calculations on a sample car, an outlaw Late Model. The dynamic MC location (its position in the middle of the turns) with the current design is 2.449 inches high and 0.137 inch right of the centerline of the car. I lowered the upper ball joint by 11/48 inch and raised the lower ball joint by 11/48 inch. The MC ended up at 2.230 inches high and 2.288 inches left of centerline. I would need to lower the Panhard bar by 11/44 inch on both sides to maintain a balanced setup after installing that spindle. It could be worse.
If my taper holes are drilled 11/44 inch deeper for the upper and lower ball joint shafts, the MC moves to 1.079 inches high and 18.764 inches left of centerline. That's no place for the MC. My car's handling will go bad and I won't even know why. I will usually blame it on a possible bent clip or whatever else comes to mind.
It would be a good idea to keep track of your spindle's taper hole depth after you have measured your car for the MC location. Keep these dimensions in a book, preferably your setup book. If you need to change spindles for some reason, you can check the depth of the new spindle ball joint hole depths and compare those with the "standard" you have established.
Chassis Mounting Point HeightsThe heights of your control arm inner chassis mounting points can also be changed to affect the location of the moment center. We are often limited in how far we can go to move these points. To locate the MC in the correct spot, we might need to make changes to the inner mounts and the spindle.
Many chassis manufacturers now build their cars with adjustable mounting points so that we can move the upper and/or lower mounting points up and down to change the arm angles. This comes in handy if we need to make small changes to the MC location to adjust for different racetrack designs.
The track banking angle is directly correlated to the MC location. The lower the banking angle, the more toward the left we can position the MC. The range may be different for each type of car, but it is generally true that low banking requires a location more toward the left while high banking requires a location more toward the right.
The MC is usually designed for location as well as ideal camber change for the right-front wheel. We need to have zero camber change at the right-front wheel after the car dives and rolls in the turns. That is what the tire wants. The upper control arm angle largely dictates the camber change for the right-front wheel. Once we have established an upper angle at the right-front, then we need to keep that angle. Changes we make to move the MC right or left should be done by altering the upper-left arm angle. That's why we need adjustable upper mounting plates, especially on the left side.
Do not be afraid to cut off the upper mounting brackets and mount new ones that are of a correct height. It ends up being a few hours of work and months, or even years, worth of good results. Before you cut, make sure you know exactly where you need the new bracket to be placed both vertically and laterally so that the control arm shaft will clear the plate with the proper camber set.
The lower control arm angles mostly control how far the MC moves from static location (at ride height and down the straightaway) to the dynamic location (at mid-turn). Excess lower arm angles cause the MC to move farther than we would like. If we can keep the lateral movement of the MC to less than 4 inches, the car will be more consistent.
Most cars are not designed with adjustable lower control arms. In many cases, we need to find ways to move the lower mounting points up to reduce the lateral movement of the MC. If there is enough room above the inner bushing assemblies, we can drill new holes to attach the lower arms. If there is not room, we can cut out the crossmember and weld a hat onto the upper portion to strengthen the support.
Anytime we cut and weld on the chassis, it's a lot of work. Failing to take the time and effort will result in an entire season of frustration and poor handling. It is much better in the long run to take our medicine early and enjoy a car that is faster and more consistent.
Historically, the chassis builders have frowned upon teams hacking up their cars. I always tell the teams that once you buy the car and roll it out of the builder's shop, it's yours to do with what you like. Do what you need to do and don't worry about what anyone thinks of what you're doing.
Nowadays, many of the top car builders on both the dirt and asphalt side of racing are paying a lot more attention to the moment center design on their cars.
Control Arm Lengths We can usually change our control arm lengths to help make changes to the arm angles. This is the easiest way to manipulate the MC location. If we install a different length arm and retain the ball joint, spindle, and inner mounting heights, we will have changed the arm angle as well as the camber change characteristics.
There are limits to how far we can go in making length changes. We don't necessarily want an arm that is way too short or one that is excessively long. The length can be limited because of engine components and the actual upper mounting plate location.
Changing to a shorter upper control arm will add angle to the arm and affect a move of the MC in the direction of that arm. A shorter arm will cause a greater change in the camber from chassis roll and chassis dive. Installing a longer arm does just the opposite.
General Truths Here are a dozen basic truths about MC design and placement:1. The upper control arm angles, especially the upper-right arm angle, dictate the lateral location of the MC and the camber change characteristics.
2. The lower control arm angles control the amount of lateral movement from static location to dynamic location. Less angle (chassis mounts lower than the ball joint) equals less movement. More angle equals more lateral movement.
3. Taking angle out of the upper-left arm and/or putting more angle into the upper-right control arm moves the MC range to the right.
4. Putting more angle into the upper-left control arm and/or taking angle out of the upper-right control arm moves the MC range to the left.
5. Installing a longer control arm using the same mounting holes and ball joint/spindle combination will reduce the arm angle.
6. Installing a shorter control arm using the same mounting holes and ball joint/spindle combination will increase the arm angle.
7. Higher-banked tracks require an MC range that is more to the right of the centerline of the car.
8. Lower-banked tracks require an MC range that is closer to the centerline of the car, or even left of the centerline in the case of a dirt car.
9. Very high-banked tracks require less upper control arm angles to control camber change. This compensates for the excess vertical movement from the high amount of mechanical downforce in the turns.
10. Low-banked tracks require more upper control arm angle to help control camber that results from chassis roll.
11. Softer springs require an MC location that is farther to the right.
12. Stiffer springs require an MC location that is farther to the left.
Conclusion The most important thing to remember is to take the trouble to measure your car and know where your MC is located. If changes are needed, go ahead and make those changes, doing whatever it takes to move the ball joints or chassis mounting points. You, and you alone, are responsible for how your chassis works. The effort you put into this area will pay you back many times over.


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The Libertarian Case against the Google Book Search Deal
Five years ago, Google began scanning millions of books for inclusion in what eventually became Google Book Search. Google carefully designed the service to stay within the boundaries of copyright's fair use provisions, at least as Google interpreted them. Still, some authors and publishers objected, and in 2005 they filed a lawsuit accusing Google of copyright infringement. The lawsuit dragged on for more than three years. Finally, in 2008, the parties announced a settlement of the lawsuit. Its text runs for 140 pages, not counting a secret termination clause available only to Google and its adversaries. The deadline for comments on the settlement was earlier this month, and on October 7 a federal judge must decide whether to approve or reject the settlement.
I was (and still am) firmly on Google's side on the copyright claims at issue in the lawsuit. But the proposed settlement is another matter. The parties like to describe the agreement as a private agreement settling a legal dispute. But I agree with Librarian of Congress Marybeth Peters, who surprised almost everyone on Thursday when, testifying before Congress, she came out swinging against the agreement:
We realized that the settlement was not really a settlement at all, in as much as settlements resolve acts that have happened in the past and were at issue in the underlying infringement suits. Instead, the so-called settlement would create mechanisms by which Google could continue to scan with impunity, well into the future, and to our great surprise, create yet additional commercial products without the prior consent of rights holders. For example, the settlement allows Google to reproduce, display and distribute the books of copyright owners without prior consent, provided Google and the plaintiffs deem the works to be "out-of-print" through a definition negotiated by them for purposes of the settlement documents. Although Google is a commercial entity, acting for a primary purpose of commercial gain, the settlement absolves Google of the need to search for the rights holders or obtain their prior consent and provides a complete release from liability. In contrast to the scanning and snippets originally at issue, none of these new acts could be reasonably alleged to be fair use.
In the view of the Copyright Office, the settlement proposed by the parties would encroach on responsibility for copyright policy that traditionally has been the domain of Congress. The settlement is not merely a compromise of existing claims, or an agreement to compensate past copying and snippet display. Rather, it could affect the exclusive rights of millions of copyright owners, in the United States and abroad, with respect to their abilities to control new products and new markets, for years and years to come. We are greatly concerned by the parties' end run around legislative process and prerogatives, and we submit that this Committee should be equally concerned.
The fundamental problem with the settlement is its audacious use of class action law. As my former colleague Mark Moller has argued, the aggressive use of class action law raises fundamental issues of fairness, due process, and the separation of powers. Rather than dozens of judges hearing individual cases and reaching judgments based on individual circumstances, class action law often asks a single judge to render justice on behalf of thousands of plaintiffs in a single decision. This arrangement opens the door to a whole host of potential problems. A single judge unlikely to have the knowledge required to render justice in thousands of individual cases simultaneously. And there's a real danger that a nominally judicial proceeding will take on a fundamentally legislative character, reshaping the rights of thousands of people whose interests are not adequately represented by any of the parties before the judge.
This danger is especially acute in the Google Book Search case because of the incredibly broad scope of the class the plaintiffs purport to represent: all authors of books still under copyright in the United States. The settlement class doesn't just include authors and publishers of still-in-print works, who are relatively easy to contact and can opt out of the settlement if they don't like its terms. It also includes the copyright holders for millions of "orphan works" -- works that are in copyright and whose authors cannot be located. These copyright holders are, by definition, difficult to find. The settlement effectively expropriates these absent parties for the benefit of Google and the large publishers leading the lawsuit.
The usurpation of the legislative function is especially clear in the case of orphan works because Congress has been actively considering legislation to deal with the orphan works problem. I have written in favor of an "orphan works" defense to copyright infringement. The leading orphan works proposals have two key features: they require prospective users of orphan works to make a good-faith effort to find rights-holders before using the works. And they are competitively neutral -- everyone would have equal opportunity to use orphan works under the conditions set forth in the legislation.
The Book Search deal has neither characteristic. Using the legal fiction that the plaintiffs represent the interests of millions of absent copyright holders, the settlement would give Google carte blanch to use these orphan works without making a serious effort to contact their owners. This deprives some copyright holders of royalties to which they might otherwise be entitled. And it gives Google a permanent competitive advantage by giving Google an immunity to litigation that would not be available to competitors if they entered the same market. Not surprisingly, Google's leading competitors, including Microsoft, Yahoo! and Amazon.com, have all urged the judge to reject the agreement.
Our system of government is based on the principle of the separation of powers. Congress, not the judicial branch, is responsible for making broad changes to rules of copyright. The Google Book Search settlement, if approved, would use the legal fiction of the class action lawsuit to re-write copyright law as it applies to the online book market. While the settlement includes some laudable provisions, it's more important that the judge respect the separation of powers and reject the settlement.


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Living Diary: Believe in Values or from king/queen issued money to math based money: Money, a means for exchange and abstraction of value, has been issued by leaders, kings & queens, and images of their heads were put on the coins; it was the belief into the leaders which was the cor..
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Lax governmental accounting standards that have allowed systemic underfunding of public pensions would amount to fraud were those public plans subject to laws governing the private sector, according to SEC Commissioner Daniel Gallagher.
"In the private sector, the SEC would quickly bring fraud charges against any corporate issuer and its officers for playing such numbers games," said Gallagher. "And, we would also pursue and punish the so-called fiduciaries who recklessly seek yield to meet unrealistic accounting assumptions. We should not treat municipalities any differently."
Gallagher's comments were made in a May 29 address at the first Municipal Securities Regulator Summit. The SEC's Office of Municipal Securities oversees the $3.7 trillion municipal bond market. Munis can be an important fixed-income vehicle for retirement, as the interest earned on them is tax-exempt.
Nearly three-fourths of muni bonds are held by retail investors.
Gallagher said that municipal bond issuers are misleading investors by failing to disclose the true extent of pension and other post-employment benefits (OPEB), like retiree health care obligations.
"Trillions of dollars in liabilities … are not appropriately reflected on government books, thereby seriously misleading investors about the riskiness of their investments in municipal securities," he said.
The most optimistic estimates (often made by plan administrators) show state and local pension plans are underfunded by $1 trillion. Others believe the more accurate number is more than $4 trillion. Gallagher said that in order to fund the shortfalls, every household in the U.S. would need to pay $14,000 a year for the next 30 years.
With the most grievous shortfall — Gallagher did not name the city or state — each household in that municipality is on the hook for more than $88,000 in unfunded pension liabilities. Median income in the unnamed city is $47,000.
In Detroit, pensions will be bailed out with an infusion of liquidated assets and federal relief, but general obligation bondholders are only expected to recover 10% to 13% of their principal.
Gallagher said that Detroit proves that bankruptcy courts will favor underfunded pension funds over bondholders. "It is imperative the bondholders know with precision the size of the potential pension liabilities of the entities in which they are investing. And yet, they do not."
Public pension plans have been over-optimistic in assuming future rates of returns that will be used to pay liabilities. Generally, a 7 1/2% to 8% return is factored. Gallagher says a return in the mid-6% range is more realistic. Risk is potentially exacerbated when funds chase yield to account for inflated return goals.
"This lack of transparency can amount to a fraud on municipal bond investors, and it does a disservice to state and local government workers and retirees by saving elected officials from making the hard choices either to fully fund the pension promises that were made to public employees, or not to make the promises in the first place," Gallagher said.
Gallagher applauded GASB efforts to bring transparency to public pensions and urged all municipalities follow the board's improved accounting standards. But reform of this scale isn't expected overnight. Gallagher recommends the requirement of supplemental disclosures to fully inform investors.
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Larry King always made his job look easy, but finding someone to fill his shoes will be decidedly difficult.
Say what you will about him, but the man had a unique place in the world of cable news. It's easy to say King is a relic from a bygone era of journalism. The fact is that he managed to thrive long after many of his peers were unable to. Amid the Olbermanns and O'Reillys of the world, King stood out by being the exact opposite of confrontational. Yeah, King made a living lobbing softballs, but his guests often happily hung themselves on his show anyway. King was also a remarkably democratic interviewer. He treated every guest exactly the same, regardless if it was Darva Conger or Madeline Albright. That's not an easy thing to do, particularly in a world where most people are expected to wear their personal opinions on their sleeves.
Is there anyone CNN can hire to fill King's seat and keep the talk show legend's style intact? Remember this about Larry King: EVERYONE went on his show. Everyone. It won't be easy for someone else to step in and get the Oprahs of the world to spend an hour talking on CNN at night. The obvious choice here is Ryan Seacrest, who has guested for King many times and, according to Deadline, was endorsed by King himself last night. Other candidates mentioned were Piers Morgan, Katie Couric, Anderson Cooper, and Joy Behar. In my opinion, those last three candidates would be lousy choices. Both Behar and Couric are identified as strongly liberal journalists. Behar has fought with conservatives countless times over at "The View." Cooper's ratings have recently declined on CNN, and he's also considered both liberal and overly confrontational.
Shockingly, Seacrest fits the profile to replace King perfectly. He's a savvy fellow who knows how to make celebs feel comfortable. And the next public opinion he expresses will be his first. Also, unlike Morgan, he's American.
Another consistent fill-in for King has been Bob Costas, who I think is probably at the top of CNN's wishlist, along with Seacrest. Other past guest hosts for King have included Dan Rather (no way), Kermit the Frog (better odds than Rather), Wolf Blitzer (eh), Newt Gingrich (nope), Bill Maher (if CNN wanted to go in the exact opposite direction), Star Jones (no), Jimmy Kimmel (already spoken for), Glenn Beck (ditto), Kathie Lee Gifford (please no), and Dr. Drew.
In the end, I think it's Seacrest's show to lose. But regardless of who CNN hires, it will soon become evident that replacing Larry King isn't anywhere near as easy as it looks. That ultimately will be King's legacy. He made his job look embarrassingly easy. It isn't.


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Jordan, Williams Lead Clippers Over Bulls 112-106
CHICAGO (AP) — The Los Angeles Clippers need all the wins they can get if they're going to make the playoffs for the seventh straight year — even the ugly ones.
So they'll take this.
DeAndre Jordan dominated with 29 points and 18 rebounds, Lou Williams scored 26 and the Clippers beat the Chicago Bulls 112-106 on Tuesday night.
Tobias Harris added 18 points, and the Clippers started to take control late in the third quarter on the way to their fifth win in six games.
"Well, we won," coach Doc Rivers said. "That's all I'll say to that one."
Bobby Portis led Chicago with 19 points and nine rebounds. Kris Dunn added 18 points and six assists. But with Lauri Markkanen sidelined by lower back spasms, the Bulls lost for the eighth time in 11 games.
"We're young, we're trying to figure (out) who we are as a team," Dunn said.
Seventh in the Western Conference, the Clippers struggled to put away a rebuilding team going with younger players while eyeing a lottery pick. But they did just enough on the opener of a three-game trip.
With the next two at Houston and Oklahoma City on Thursday and Friday, they needed this one.
"The approach is to win," Harris said. "The approach is to go out there and compete every single night. Go out there and collect wins. Obviously, in the situation we're (in), the margin of error is very slim so we have to be ready at all times."
It was four-point game with about five minutes left in the third when Los Angeles went on a 14-4 run that bumped the lead to 14 early in the fourth.
Austin Rivers started it with a 19-footer, and Williams broke for a layup off a missed 3 by Chicago's Noah Vonleh. Montrezl Harrell drove for a layup just under a minute into the fourth, making it 92-78, and Los Angeles maintained the lead the rest of the way.
"Right now, it's about us getting better as a unit and prepared for the playoffs, and that is us paying attention to coverages on both ends of the floor and staying locked in," Jordan said.
The Bulls were up by two in the closing minute of the first half when Zach LaVine and coach Fred Hoiberg got called for technicals, upset there was no foul called against Sindarius Thornwell as he blocked a dunk. Williams hit the technical free throws and two more foul shots to send Los Angeles to the locker room with a 62-60 lead.
LaVine had a rough night, with 10 points on 3-of-13 shooting. Hoiberg thought he was slow at times getting back on defense because of his frustration on offense. But on the blocked dunk, he made one thing clear.
"He got hit, there's no doubt about it," Hoiberg said. "The referees admitted it afterward."
Clippers guard Avery Bradley could miss the rest of the season after having surgery to repair muscles in his pubic area. The Clippers expect the recovery time to be six to eight weeks, meaning they would need to make the playoffs for him to play again this season.
Markkanen's back has been bothering him the past few days.
Though Hoiberg said it felt "really good" in the morning, it acted up in the weight room before the game so the Bulls scratched him from the lineup.
Clippers: The Clippers were 30 of 41 at the line, matching a season high for free throws made and setting one for attempts. The Bulls, by comparison, took 15 foul shots. ... Williams hit 13 of 14 free throws. ... Los Angeles has won five in a row against Chicago, including two games this season.
Bulls: With Markkanen sidelined, Vonleh started and had eight points and seven rebounds. ... LaVine was 3 of 13 from the field with 10 points. ... The Bulls shot 7 of 29 on 3-pointers.
Clippers: Visit Houston on Thursday.
Bulls: Visit Memphis on Thursday.
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Whether you're looking for a quick snack to have at home or something to take with you in your backpack, briefcase or purse, homemade granola bars are an easy choice. They are easy to make and loaded with oats, coconut and fruit.
Granola Bars
makes 24 bars (3" x 1 1/2" in size)
2 cu Old Fashioned Rolled Oats
1 cu Shredded Coconut
1 1/4 cu TVP (textured vegetable protein)
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
1/2 tsp Salt
1 2/3 cu Dried Fruit (I used 2/3 cup each of Mangos, Peaches, Cranberries and Dates)
4 tbl Unsalted Butter
1/2 cu Brown Sugar
1/2 cu Honey
3 tbl Peanut Butter
Line a 9" x 13" baking with parchment paper on the bottom and two sides. Set aside. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Place oats and coconut in a large skillet over medium heat. Toast the ingredients by stirring constantly over the heat for about 4-5 minutes. Be careful not to burn the mixture…once it starts to toast the process happens very quickly. If it starts to smoke, remove the pan immediately. As the ingredients reach a relatively even consistency, transfer the ingredients to a large bowl. Once mixture has cooled a bit add the TVP, vanilla, salt and dried fruit. Mix together well.
Blend the butter, brown sugar, honey and peanut butter in a medium sized saucepan over medium high heat. Bring mixture to a boil and stir for one minute. Pour mixture over dry ingredients and mix well.
Pour ingredients into prepared baking dish and spread evenly. I usually put my hand into a small disposable plastic bag and push the mixture into the corners and flatten it slightly. Place baking dish in the oven for 25-30 minutes. I tent the baking pan with aluminum to keep the granola from browning too much.
Remove from oven and let mixture cool for 2 hour. Run a knife along any edges or sides not protected by the parchment paper and then invert the pan on a flat surface. Let me mixture cool for an additional hour. Cut the mixture into 3" x 1 1/2" bars (or any size you like). Layer bars o n parchment in an air tight container or wrap them individually in either plastic, foil or parchment.
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Footnote in Trump report lists Cohen payment
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump's financial disclosure report
President Donald Trump's disclosure that he "reimbursed" personal attorney Michael Cohen for as much as $250,000 last year comes in a footnote to his financial disclosure report.
No mention was made of a $130,000 paid to porn star Stormy Daniels to keep her quiet about an alleged affair. A footnote in tiny type on page 45 of the 92 page document says the president "fully reimbursed" Cohen for "expenses" ranging from $100,001 to $250,000. The report says Trump did not have to disclose the payment but is doing so "in the interest of transparency."
The footnote appears in a report giving the first extended look at Trump's income from his properties since he became president. Among his holdings, he took in $25 million from his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.
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MailSteward is one of those unassuming Mac utilities that enjoys great kudos in the online Mac community. This might have something to do with the fact that the developer does a sterling job of staying in touch with his customers, but it's more likely because MailSteward is such a damn useful application.
Essentially a database tool for backing up emails, it works with most mail clients, copying over old emails and archiving them and their attachments in a new database on your desktop. When you click on the database file, MailSteward opens up and shows you a list of the emails it contains and you can either scroll down that list or run text searches of the whole database.
A separate Preferences panel is on hand if you need to merge files back into your mail client, repurpose them - or trash them. That's an overview of the main functions, but there's so much more to explore - the developer works around the clock to bring out new updates.
You can search the email database by Date, Subject, Mailbox and other normal email indices. Meanwhile, your old email is left untouched in your mail client's folder, which means you're free to delete older mail in that and free up processing speeds whenever you go to check your Inbox.
If you have thousands of emails clogging up your system on a regular basis, MailSteward is something of a must-have. Even the demo version is fully featured, capable of handling up to 3,000 emails before you need to buy a registration.
We copied the entire history of a two-year-old Entourage In and Sent box in about four minutes. We searched mail in Entourage, to see if the files had been corrupted during copying, then in MailSteward to check for accuracy. MailSteward didn't falter once: nothing was missing, the copying was speedy, and we didn't find any glitches. James Ellerbeck


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Barron's Buzz: Japan Facing Debt Apocalypse?
Japanese stocks have jumped 50% since November, but the biggest gains are likely behind us. Barron's Magazine Senior Editor Jack Hough joins The News Hub to preview the latest issue. (Photo: AP)
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With ever stricter and more complex environmental regulations, technology inspired companies have to focus increasingly on minimising the environmental impact of their activities. To a large extent, these efforts also determine the corporate image of these companies. Yet, there are also opportunities for technology companies to turn the efficient use of raw materials and the environmental circular economy into a competitive advantage in the context of their product-oriented policy. The Environment Expertise Centre helps members address these challenges and seize those opportunities.
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Billy Bob didn't want kids: ex-wife
ANGELINA Jolie and Billy Bob Thornton's marriage ended because he didn't want kids, according to one of his ex-wives.
Melissa deBin-Parish - who was married to the 56-year-old Bad Santa actor from 1978 to 1980 - claims it was Thornton's lack of desire for children that drove them apart.
She said: "I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that he did not want to be around children back then. Look at the timeline: she adopted Maddox and then, [Billy] was gone."
The pair - who met in 1999 on the set of Pushing Tin and married after just two months of dating in 2000 - split just three months after adopting Maddox, now 10 - who has since been adopted by Jolie's current partner Brad Pitt.
But deBin-Parish admits she doesn't know why they were together in the first place.
She told Star magazine: "I always wondered why they were attracted to each other. Here she is, this stunning woman. The two of them are total opposites.
I thought it was baffling.
"Maybe it was their creative minds or intelligence. He is very charismatic.
"I heard through the family that Angelina was a very kind person and a wonderful humanitarian.
"The family never said anything negative about her. I think the biggest bond in his life is theirs."
With Jolie, 36, set to pen the foreword for Billy Bob's autobiography, deBin-Parish admits her own relationship with her former husband isn't quite so friendly.
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The term "neverland" usually brings up images of a happy, fun place, whether it is the fantasy world of Peter Pan or the late Michael Jackson's amusement ranch, or perhaps something different; but it's usually somewhere you'd like to be. Douglas Clegg is looking to change that in his novel Neverland; after reading it, you'll cringe whenever you hear the word.
Each year for summer vacation the Jackson family visit the unique Victorian home of Rowena Wandigaux Lee, located off the coast of Georgia on Gull Island; this year it's going to be different. Beau Jackson is hoping for something different this time, and he certainly finds it. His really weird cousin, Sumter Munroe, is inviting him into the very secret club; Sumter is the only other member. The clubhouse is the old shack on the beach; he calls it Neverland. It's an abandoned old room with some left over antiques that Beau's grandmother, Rowena, doesn't even remember. Inside is also a box with a creature inside; Sumter says it's a god he calls Lucy that he prays to . . . and sacrifices too. Now he wants Beau to do the same thing and worship this god of Gull Island.
This is just part of the story. Then there's the Jackson family, which give a whole new meaning to the term dysfunctional. There's the matriarch of the house who is a very religious lady and does her best to guilt trip everyone into doing what she wants, and behaving how she wants. Then there's Beau's parents who are heavy drinkers and spend most of the vacation arguing with each other; a divorce seems inevitable. Beau also has two sisters who aren't even teenagers and yet think and act a lot older.
Douglas Clegg has created a horror story that fulfills all the expectations of the genre, but at the same time he has some very special characters, in the style of John Irving, that could live and exist on their own without an incredible story to tell. The result is Neverland, a book you won't soon forget, both for its terrifying story and its memorable cast.
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As Summer draws to an end, developer training courses are gearing back up. Here are some third-party training options coming to the New England area:
DevelopMentor's Essential .NET 2.0 with C#
August 20 - 24, Boston, MA
"You will leave this course with a clear view of what .NET does (and does not) do, and how to start designing and building robust applications that take maximum advantage of the platform while avoiding common traps and pitfalls."
DevelopMentor's Essential BizTalk Server 2006
August 27 - 31, Boston, MA
"For developers who have experience with .NET, XML and Web Services and want to learn how to use BizTalk 2006 to build application integrations."
DevelopMentor's Essential Windows Presentation Foundation
August 27 - 31, Boston, MA
"Learn to use WPF to write compelling user interfaces that include documents, media, and user interaction and be able to take advantage of the new features of the platform including XAML, styling, templates and commands."
Wintellect's Mastering .NET Debugging
August 29-30, Online Course with John Robbins
"Mastering .NET Debugging teaches an approach to debugging that has proven to help companies ship better code faster. Additionally, the course gives you the leg up necessary to truly take advantage of the new debuggers and tools in Visual Studio .NET 2005 so you have a better chance of successfully deploying your first applications. Finally, this course discusses performance tuning in the .NET environment"
Wintellect's Advanced ASP.NET 2.0 and ASP.NET AJAX
September 12-13, Online Course with Jeff Prosise
"Beneath the surface of ASP.NET 2.0 are numerous features such as expression builders, virtual path providers, and asynchronous pages that many developers have never heard of. These features are augmented by ASP.NET AJAX. Take your ASP.NET expertise to the next level by learning about key (and often undocumented) ASP.NET extensibility points and programming models, and by learning how to add AJAX magic to your web apps."
DevelopMentor's Programming C#
September 17 - 21, Boston, MA
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Ted Pattison Group's Great SharePoint Adventure
September 17-21, Boston, MA
"The first half of GSA focuses on Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (WSS) where students learn how develop fundamental WSS building blocks such as Features, application pages, site pages, Web Parts, custom list types, site columns, content types, custom workflows, site definitions and solution packages. The second half of the week focuses on developing with SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS) where students learn how to assemble and configure business solutions by using and extending the portal and web content management features of MOSS as well as other server-side services such as the Business Data Catalog, Forms Services, Excel Services and Report Center."
Pluralsight's Double Feature: WCF+WF at the Microsoft Technology Center
September 24 - 28, Microsoft Technology Center, Waltham, MA
"Limited training time? Need to learn more than one technology? Come learn about WCF and WF from two top experts, Aaron Skonnard and Matt Milner."
DevelopMentor's .NET Architecture & Design 2.0
September 24 - 28, Boston, MA
"Through discussion, demonstration and hands-on experience, this class provides essential and practical information for designers and senior developers building robust, reliable, high-performance distributed .NET applications."
Wildermuth/Dunn Silverlight Tour
October 3-5, Boston, MA
"The Silverlight Workshop is a soup-to-nuts breakdown of Silverlight. This includes learning the ins and outs of XAML, hosting in the browser, the tools and using Silverlight on the server. The class utilizes Silverlight 1.0 RC and Silverlight 1.1 Alpha as well as the latest toolset from Microsoft (including Visual Studio 2008 and Expression Studio)."
Pluralsight's Double Feature: ASP.NET AJAX + Silverlight
October 22 - 26, Microsoft Technology Center, Waltham, MA
"Limited training time? Need to learn more than one technology? Come learn about ASP.NET AJAX and Silverlight from two top experts, Fritz Onion and Ian Griffiths."
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[Update 8/31 - Added Ted Pattison Group offering.]
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This little news nugget in the July 19, 1934, edition of the Hayward Daily Review, tells the story:
Here's what the article says:
'Dutch' Bartram Wed To Pleasanton Girl
The marriage of Ray "Dutch" Bartram, employed by the Rowell ranch in Dublin canyon, to Miss Ollie Frager of Pleasanton, was revealed recently to their many friends. The young couple have been married over a year, which fact they have kept secret for some time. They were married at Fallon, Nev.
Miss Frager is a popular school teacher in Pleasanton, and is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Frager.
Ray Bartram is the son of Mrs. Alice Bartram of Richmond, and is quite well known in this community as a rodeo performer. The young couple are making their home in Pleasanton.
|Uncle Raymond "Dutch" Bartram
and his sister, my Aunt Grace
In any case, theirs seemed to be a short-lived romance: By July 1937, the Reno Evening Gazette shows that Ollie had filed for divorce against Uncle Dutch. Uncle Dutch and Aunt Helen (Prowse) subsequently applied for their marriage license in Reno in July 1943.
On a side note, Ollie isn't the only Frager to have married into the Bartram family: my Great Aunt Mildred (Millie) Bartram (another of Grandpa John's many sisters) married Manuel Frager, who I believe was a cousin to Ollie.


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A solid week of horribly negative media coverage of Bruce Rauner was apparently outweighed by lots and lots of television ads because his numbers are still rising.
A new Capitol Fax/We Ask America poll found that Rauner's lead increased in the Republican gubernatorial primary since late November.
The poll of 1,139 likely Republican primary voters taken Jan. 14 found Rauner getting 34 percent of the vote, with state Sen. Bill Brady at 17 percent, Treasurer Dan Rutherford at 15 percent and state Sen. Kirk Dillard bringing up the rear at 9 percent.
A We Ask America poll taken Nov. 26 after Rauner launched his holiday season TV ad blitz showed Rauner leading with 26 percent, to Brady's 18 percent, to Rutherford's 17 percent to Dillard's 10 percent. Those numbers confirmed a Public Policy Polling survey taken just days before, which had Rauner leading with 24 percent.
So, essentially, the rest of the pack hasn't moved at all, while Rauner has added eight points to his lead. Last week's poll had a margin of error of +/- 2.9 percent.
"Buoyed by a constant stream of quality TV ads, Mr. Rauner continues to gain ground," said We Ask America pollster Greg Durham. "For now, it does not appear the negative press he's recently received has resulted in producing any significant speed bumps. This race is far from settled, but the Rauner camp must feel like their plan is working."
As you already know, twin scandals have buffeted Rauner's campaign since the holiday season ended. He's been hammered extensively for a December comment that surfaced in early January of Rauner demanding that the minimum wage be cut by a dollar an hour. Last week, the media focused on Rauner's successful effort to clout his suburban daughter into a Chicago public school, followed by a $250,000 contribution to that school.
But "earned media" attacks don't work like they used to, particularly in GOP primaries where a hardcore strand of voters tends to discount the "mainstream media."
Most importantly, though, is that none of Rauner's opponents have yet to run a single TV ad. Paid media, and in particular television, moves numbers. Period. End of story. And Rauner has had the TV all to himself.
Rauner's massive TV spending is having a profound impact. Just 25 percent of GOP primary voters say they're undecided. Rauner leads in almost every geographic region in the state, with his biggest numbers racked up in the vote-rich collar counties. There, Rauner scores a whopping 44 percent. He's also way ahead in suburban Cook County, with 37 percent. And he has 27 percent in Downstate, which puts him 8 points ahead of both Brady and Rutherford. Treasurer Rutherford leads in Chicago, according to the poll, but only by three points.
Speaking of Treasurer Rutherford, he reported raising about $400,000 in the fourth quarter last year and had just under $1.4 million in his campaign bank account.
When he puts that money on TV, Rutherford could take advantage of any effect that labor unions will have on the primary. If the upcoming multimillion-dollar labor union-financed TV advertising blitz manages to disqualify Rauner in GOP voters' minds, then Rutherford's ads could convince those voters to head his way.
Right now, though, Republican primary voters are divided on whom they would choose if Rauner is taken out of the equation.
We asked Rauner supporters: "If information emerged that would cause you to withdraw your support for Bruce Rauner, for whom would you vote?"
According to the poll, 22 percent of former Rauner backers would choose Rutherford, 20 percent picked Brady and 16 percent backed Dillard. But 42 percent remained undecided.
Sen. Brady has raised just about zero cash in the last six months and Sen. Dillard's campaign is barely staying afloat. So the poll and common sense indicate that Rutherford could be the most likely candidate to take advantage when the union money starts pouring in against Rauner. But Rauner could then start attacking Rutherford, and anybody else who starts climbing in the polls. It's gonna get complicated.
And that's very important to remember. The poll shows what it shows on the day it was taken. But voters can only express a preference based on the information they currently have, and there will be a whole lot more info – mostly bad – coming very soon.
Rich Miller also publishes Capitol Fax, a daily political newsletter, and CapitolFax.com.


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Well, for many years, Penn State was just one college of many with a powerful football program. And then not too long ago, it suddenly became the epicenter of a whole lot of outrage.
Screaming students; angry that Joe Paterno, their iconic coach - the "winning-est" college coach ever - had been summarily fired. And then the parents, the politicians, the pundits, enraged as they should be, at allegations of young lives ruined by sexual abuse. Allegedly by a coach who used a locker room as a place to horribly exploit young boys.
All of which has caused me to ask this question, "So what is it that enrages you, Ron? Or should?"
So, are the things you'll "die for" the things Jesus died for?
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A bridal registry is a list of necessities that soon to be married couples send out to invited guests in the hope that some will contribute to the beginning of their joint relationship. For wedding gifts, those attendees usually show up with punch bowls or silverware but for twenty-two year-old Stevee Smith of Colorado Springs, Colorado, her gift was much more extravagant. This gift was certainly not on a bridal registry, that's for sure. It started in 2005, when she met her now husband, Silviano Smith, at the Denver Lowrider show. They immediately hit it off because of their shared passion for custom cars. After spending three perfect years together, Silviano decided to ask Stevee to marry him. The wedding was set for Halloween, and Silviano went on the search for the perfect wedding gift for his bride.
He located a 1954 Chevrolet 210 that had been neglected and was in dire need of a new home. He made arrangements to purchase the vehicle and give it to Stevee on their wedding night. You can imagine the pressure he felt to get the '54 up to his standards for his newlywed bride. Once completed, the nervous day arrived and Stevee was elated to receive the wedding gift of a lifetime. For the next ten months Stevee exhaustively worked to perfect the Chevy to give it her own style. She enlisted Larry Beasley of LB Restorations in Colorado Springs. Larry started the project by rebuilding the six cylinder 235-c.i.d. motor, bringing the new present to driving status.
Larry's next step was the bodywork, and he efficiently added sheet metal where there was any rust and straightened the bodylines back to factory specifications. An expert painter, he laid down layers of PPG original factory Mint Green with White throughout the body. The next step was adjusting the aggressive stance of the classic. Stevee brought the Chevy to Mark Harmon, of Envious Kustoms in Colorado Springs, for the suspension work. A two-compressor, two-tank setup brings the 210 as close to the ground as possible. Paco, at Mayo's Upholstery in Colorado Springs, Colorado, showed his expertise adding green vinyl & cloth throughout the cabin, perfectly complementing Larry's clean exterior look.
Joining her husband as a member of Good Times C.C., the bride and groom now proudly arrive to every hangout or cruise in one of the finest Chevy classics in Colorado! As possibly one of the best gifts Stevee could have ever imagined, she tells us, "I can't wait to see the ten-year anniversary gift!" She adds, "I have a space in the garage waiting for it." Good luck Silviano, you're gonna have a heck of a time topping this present! Great work!
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Owner: Stevee Smith
Vehicle: '54 Chevrolet 210
Car Club: Good Times C.C.
City/State: Colorado Springs, Colorado
Paint/Body: Larry Beasley of LB Restorations handled all the bodywork and added factory PPG Mint Green and White. J & S Polishing in Colorado Springs, Colorado reconditioned the stainless steel and Denver Bumper handled the chrome plating.
Suspension: The '54 has a full airbag setup using Viair equipment installed by Mark Harmon at Envious Kustoms in Colorado Springs, Colorado consisting of two chrome-plated five gallon tanks, Slam Specialty bags, and two 480 chrome compressors. Three switches control all the moves.
Interior: Paco at Mayo's Upholstery in Colorado Springs, Colorado refurbished the interior by using a green vinyl and cloth combination.
Wheels: 15-inch Original Steelies.
Tires: 640 BF Goodrich Wide Whitewalls.


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