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>> bob: those things? >> greg: in six months they will eat you. they're so cute when they're tiny. it will eat you. >> bob: that happened to me when i got a monkey. cute when he first -- >> kimberly: why do you have a monkey? >> bob: the son of a -- >> john: the most highly anticipated decision since obamacare might be no decision at all. this is "special report." ♪ ♪ >> john: good evening. i'm john roberts in for bret baier tonight. today, the supreme court took up the prop 8 case. ban on same-sex marriage in california. although, ruling is not expected for some time. one justice suggested that the court could dismiss the case with no ruling at all. correspondent shannon bream has our lead story tonight. >> following arguments today, the supreme court must now decide whether or not to uphold the wishs of california voters in 2008 ratified an initiative known as prop 8. it amended the california
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constitution to limit valid and legally recognized marriages to only those between one man and one woman. today, a number of justices asked why individual states shouldn't be able to make their own decisions about the relatively new concept. including justice alito who said the idea of same-sex is nurer than cell phones and internet. >> on a question like, that why should it not be left for the people, either acting in true initiative or referendum or through electing public officials? >> after california attorney general and governor opted not to defend prop 8 in court, supporters of the initiative took up the legal fight. arguing that marriage is a unique relationship that must be protected. today, justice elena kagan asked how allowing same-sex marriage would undermine? >> what part do you see happening and when a how? what harm to the institution of marriage or to opposite sex couples?
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how does this cause and effect work? >> charles cooper representing the prop 8 supporters argued it's impossible to foresee how redefining marriage will ultimately impact society. several justices also noted that same-sex couples already have expansive rights in california. with that in mind, chief justice john roberts asked wh why? >> if you tell a child that somebody has to be their friend, i suppose you can force the child to say this is my friend. but it changes the definition of what it means to be a friend. that is what seems to me the supporters of proposition 8 is here. all you're interested in is the label and you insist to change the definition of the label. >> justice kennedy who many believe could serve in the swing vote signaled he is empathetic how the ruling will impact children of same-sex couples. >> there are 4,000 children in california -- 40,000 children
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in california living with same-sex parents. they want their parents to have full recognition and full status. the voice of the children is important in this case, don't you think? >> reporter: just like the comment from justice kennedy. he cautioned that the court is wading to unchartered waters. he said at one point that he is not sure the case is properly before the court. there are technical issues about the standing to the party of the dispute and several justices signal they may not get to merits of the case. >> shannon bream outside the supreme court. thank you so much. >> same-sex marriage is a game changer. democrats support president obama and not in lock step with his support of same-sex marriage. other democrats changed their mind. chief washington correspondent james rosen looks at democrats on the issue. >> they have been falling like dominoes lately. prominent democrats who opposed or quivcated on gay
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marriage now voice support for it. the ranks include the former president of the united states who signed the law that preserved for the last two decades the state's rights to decide the issue for themselves. >> yet a rally stageed by the national organization for marriage revealed there are still constituencies of the democratic party that remain doe voted to the traditional definition of marriage. among them are devoutly catholic hispanics. >> the only democrat. the only one. >> as well, african-american who are more culturally conservative slow to embrace what they call marriage equality. >> i and many other thousands of people march in this same location years ago. i stood by with people who faced discrimination. but what they are going does not compare to what we have
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been through. >> at the national level, senator john tester, democrat of montana held firm his opposition to gay marriage and won re-election last year in a state that mitt romney carried by nearly 4 points. today on the facebook page he called himself proud to support marriage equality. other senators like kay hagan of north carolina, mary landrieu of louisiana and mark pryor of arkansas facing mid-term election. >> i think that the democrats who are elected officials in more conservative states. they're worried they may be getting too far ahead of the constituencies. a lot of people have, continue to have religious based questions and issues related to their faith. >> language is crucial in the culture wars as those who are pro-life or for marriage equality will attest. politicians switching sides on the issue. preferred option is not to say one is reversing himself or doing a complete 180, but
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rather speak on evolution. >> john: there is a theory of evolution to believe in this case. >> capitol hill. >> john: james rosen, thank you so much. on monday -- we told you about some of the bizarre things the federal government spends your hard-earned tax dollars on. part two of the week-long series "what to cut," correspondent doug mckelway finds billions in federal real estate, much of which is just sitting there. >> reporter: until the sale this month to private developer, the steam plant in the pricy georgetown neighborhood sat vacant for ten years. it was only when the house committee on oversight dragged the general services administration in the structure for a hearing that a forsale sign went up. >> you can't get your job up. you have 124 properties out of 14,000 properties. this is a property i don't care if it's a republican or democrat administration, this administration or previous administration, the job is not getting done.
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>> there are presently between 55 and 77,000 vacant federal properties. no precise inventory is kept. selling them off could save taxpayers between $3 and $8 billion a year. >> these properties could be used first to consolidate agencies that are now in lease building. >> this is a problem that has been identified for years. an every time someone in the white house says let's sell property, it can't get through that process. the red tape is simply too much for this process. >> in 1987, congress passed a law that said unused government properties have to be offered to other federal agencies. then to state agencies. indian tribes. last resort for use as homeless shelters before they could be put on the market. >> we spend $8 billion a year, spending money maintaining properties that we have no use for. that is $8 billion that is just thrown down the drain, because we can't get past the homeless lobby to get a common sense way the take care of
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their problems and also us to unload properties. >> rath than have the government get the first choice. the first choice should be to sell and then go back down line. there are plenty of places for homeless shelters. >> many mens in congress have not been in business. but it means they haven't had to be in a position of running something. making hard decisions. having scarce resources and set priorities to say we can afford a, b, c but d, e, f maybe not. >> legislation to require the federal government to expedite the sale of underused properties died in the last congress. resurrected this year in the paul ryan budget the senateown . >> the oversight and the government reform committee just passed again its bill, which i think has a decent chance of getting all the way to the senate. >> even if congress manages to pass a bill and sell the excess federal properties, nobody knows how many there are. because they are spread throughout the government. inventorying them is undertaking to save the
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taxpayers $15 billion in the next five years. so how much do empty building cost you as a taxpayer? go to foxnews.com and scroll down to what to cut and use the taxpayer calculator to find out. john? >> john: doug mckelway tonight. thanks. more on this with the panel in a little while. in addition, we told you monday about vice president biden high six-figure hotel tab for a one-night stay in paris. during a recent official visit. well, now his limousine costs are raising some eyebrows. however, state department says $321,000 bill for limousines for a day is, "nothing out of the ordinary." the vice president official car was flown in from the united states so the figure represent the cost to shuttle around everyone else on his team. there, biden met with the u.s. embassy staff and their families, in addition to french president. that was two events for $320,000. big march madness tickets,
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>> john: secretary-general ki-moon man asked swedish scientist to investigate allegation semicall weapons were used in syria. this comes as clashes between regime forces and rebels continue and before the transition has become deafening. chief white house correspondent ed henry has more for us. >> at the arab league summit in doha today, new calls for the u.s. to get more involved in syria. >> we are welcoming any political solution that takes syrian blood. >> more significant than the plea is who it came from. the leader of syrian opposition. since president bashar assad is holed up and was not
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invited anyway. >> translator: this is part of the restoration of legitimacy that people of syria have long been robbeded of. >> just this weekend, he was stepping down. republican senator john mccain charging that was caused by a lack of u.s. support. state department spokesman v vintreell was vague about the status. >> we are reaching out to him. >> the arab league authorized member state to give military support to rebels. the white house still rejecting the calls for the u.s. and his allies to go that far. >> at this time, fato does not -- nato does not intend to intervene in syria. >> administration is dancing around reports they are training syrian rebels in jordan, with the pentagon spokesman george little say nothing element of the u.s. military are training the syrian opposition. our focus is on training our jordanian partners and our policy is clear. we are providing nonlethal assistance to the syrian
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opposition. that leaves the door open for military training jore danians who are training the rebels. or the c.i.a. doing it. which is why carney was more vague. >> equipment and training to build capacity of civilian activists. and to link syrian citizen to syrian opposition coalition and the local coordinated councils. i can say that much. >> so what does that mean in english? >> i was speaking in english. >> the rebels want u.s. and nato to authorize use of patriot missiles in turkey to try to defend rebel stronghold in sir yeah. so far no, dice. >> to add more saber-rattling today from north korea, what is that all about? >> well, the white house dismissed it as the same old, same old for north korea and say this further isolates them. this is yearous. north korea said today they are putting their military on the highest state of alert to try to hit targets ranging from south korea to the u.s. military bases in hawaii
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and qualm. remember on march 13, the defense secretary chuck hagel said he would strengthen the missile defense operation to defend against attack from north korea or iran. this is getting serious. the rhetoric is heating up. something bearing close watch. >> ed henry tonight on north korea. thank you so much. president obama will appoint julia pearson as the secret service director. the first woman to head the agency. pearson had been chief of staff. there are high expectations for her to change the masculine culture of the service. last year, you will remember 13 employees were caught up in the columbian prostitution scand thascandal that rocked the agency. officials going through books of cyprus to determine what is there and if it covers their portion of the bail-out commitment. rich edson is following the story. >> reporter: two more days. they waited ten. cyprus government says the banks will stay closed until
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thursday. they continue to shutter second largest bank and rescue the largest with billions from investors an wealthy account holders. >> we were on the brink of disaster. by this agreement we brought it back. >> in europe, confusion over comment from a finance minister that the cyprus bail-out is a template for other countries an later clarified saying cyprus is unique situation. an in the capital city, more protests. in front of the central bank of cyprus. gates of parliament including thousands of teenagers. >> they made the wrong choic choices. >> for cypriot, more unanswered question. how much will they seize from the uninsured account to fund the bail-out?
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will this lead the country deeper to recession? john? >> rich edison for us in cyprus. thank you so much. at home, the market shrugged at the crisis. the dow added 112 points closing to another new high. the s&p 500 is up 12. nasdaq gained 17. still ahead, au treaty with second amendment advocates crying foul. first, south africa is decades from apartheid. but the economic troubles remain.
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myriad problems facing the former home of apartheid. senior former affairs correspondent greg palkot has that story. >> reporter: south-kay the, the biggest economy in africa. gleaming downtown. stadium from the success 206810 soccer world cup. state-of-the-art infrastructure. only a few decades ago, the country was the scene of deadly riots. against the impressive and racist apartheid regime. those protests would lead in the following years to peaceful transition to black majority led got. headed by icon nelson mandella. >> so it was a huge change. so, it was a massive movement. >> mbecki was activist at the time of transition. >> there was a huge number of lessons. most importantly, removing the conflicts from society. suddenly, the conflicts disappeared. the bonds disappeared. >> his brother also an
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activist would be the second post apartheid president after mandella. they help establish the most sophisticated government and restore south africa's place in the world. >> south africa was becoming a normal country and we could go about our business like anyone nellis the world. >> then attention turned to the problems at home. the challenges were huge. it's claimed many blacks in south africa are worse off now than in apartheid. >> masses of people living in squalor demanding more. from their government. >> many live in housing like this in the neighborhood of johannesburg. crime rates are high. jobs are scarce. schools are underperforming. this 24-year-old single mother shares a up with-room shaq with her two children. >> that is difficult to stay
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here. >> many blame corrupt and unresponsive government for the ongoing problems. including the long-time area resident. the gap between the poor and well off is as big as ever. the premise of the fruit of freedom are not evident. >> academic businesswoman and former world bank director ramfella is speaking out. >> destruction of our society actually may be getting out of poverty very difficult. >> she is targeting current south africa president zuma. he and the national african party are well enfrenched. the party is so dominant it has led to wide-spread corruption. >> people are takers in government of their own country. which is tragic. leading to greater and greater
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despair. >> south africas go to the poll next year. the same dominance leads some to say that they have little chance to defeat zuma. she, too, a former activist. her partner in the '70s was leading antiapartheid figure stephen beko who died in prison but he gives her courage today. >> small group of students. yet, we shook the foundation of the then apartheid government. >> for the part, the government claims to address the needs by public housing, rising incomes for system. the party has supporters who are generally satisfied. about the state of the country and relations between the races. >> every home has a problem. >> those who were favored by past apartheid government have a different view of the way things are right now in south africa. >> there is a lot of tension. >> simmering tension between
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black and whites. more instance of police brutality. all leave many pessimistic about the prospect. not beki, he, too, looks to the past for encouragement. his father was activist for 20 years before being released. >> it's a struggle. we have to work hard and make all the sacrifices. we did make sacrifices to get rid of apartheid. it worked. >> some, in fact, think, though, it will be up to the next generation in south africa to get the job done. they are dubbed generation born free. the born after the apartheid struggle. freer of past prejudices and allegiances. ready to race ahead to a hoped for new and better south africa. joining us and you know, it's becoming great. in johannesburg, south africa, greg palkot, fox news. >> john: drinking and
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up to $6,000. supreme court tickets are supposed to be free but for those who did not have the days to spare, camping out in the d.c. snow to secure the tickets there were people willing to do the waiting. for a hefty fee. some d.c. companies charging up to $50 an hour to hold a spot in line, which amounts to about $6,000 for five days. those who hired line standarders told the "associated press" you can't put a press on witnessing history. former president are costing taxpayers $3.7 million a year. the nonpartisan congressional research service came out with the annual figures which include pension, salary for office staff. travel. even post-its. costliest former president george w. bush who cost the government, well, taxpayers, $1.3 million last year. the least costly, jimmy carter whose expenses came in at half a million. what is not included in this figure, secret service protection for former
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presidents and their families. those figures are kept confidential. speaking of retirement. the future looks awfully bright for the current administrator for alameda county california. she is garp teed to make her present salary of $423,000 for the rest of her life. susan muranishi makes $300 thank you a year basalry with another $100,000 in bonus, equity an longevity pay. she even get askar allowance. "the san francisco chronicle" reports the south supervisors granted her that same income even after she retired. one supervisor says she is worth every dime comparing her job to being ceo of a multibillion dollar corporation with 9,000 employees. finally, you have been waiting for it. town in ireland passed a law legalizing drinking and driver if the driver is heading home. from their nearest pub, after
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having two or three drinks on little used roads, driving at very low speeds. the bill was proposed not surprisingly by a pub owner. there is a potentially life-saving treaty contain seeds for violating second amendment rights? eric shawn takes a fair and balanced look tonight. >> the united nations armed trade treaty aimed to stop flow of illegal weapons around the world. from tankss and helicopters to handguns. it fuels the conflict. costing thousands of lives each day. the critics fear the treaty will impose a system of international gun control. and violate american constitutional rights. >> the treaty isn't clearly limited to the international arms trade. there are points in the draft treaty where it seems like it could apply to domestic arm sales and transfers inside the united states. that would raise serious
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second amendment problems. >> the treaty calls for government to create list of weapons. opponents charge it would create a nationwide gun registry. the national rifle association has lobbied against the treaty. calling at it violation of americans' gun rights. but the treaty supporters say it's not so. >> this is about the international arms transfers. it will be have no impact, zero impact on domestic issues within the u.s. here. zero impact on second amendment rights. very clear. this treaty is about the international transfer of arms and ammunition around the world. >> critics predict any u.n. declaration cannot stop the international flow of illegal weapons. >> at best, this treaty will achieve nothing whatsoever. it will be just a worthless piece of paper. >> if the treaty is approved in the u.n., possibly this week, it must be ratified by two-third of the u.s. senate. that is unlikely.
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this weekend, the senate passed an amendment prohibiting the u.s. from signing on to the treaty. at the united nations, i'm eric shawn, fox news. >> john: virginia republican governor mcdonald signed a bill to have all voters with a photo agenda next year. they're free to any registered voter who lacks one. the democrats blasted legislation as jim crow era tactic to suppress vote of elderly, minorities and the underprivileged. north dakota republican governor signed legislation baning most abortions if fetal heartbeat can be detected, something that could happen six weeks in pregnancy. the statem they say is attempt to tis cover boundary of roe v. wade.
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the problem with the case, you are really asking particularly because of the sociological evidence you cite for to us go in to unchartered waters. >> justice anthony kennedy at the supreme court today commenting on arguments before the court as to whether or not california prop 8 should be held up or overturned or whether the court should be weighing in on it. let's bring in the panel now. susan, coach correspondent for "washington examiner" with us.
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kirsten powers for daily beast. welcome tim farley, manager editor and host of morning briefing on the sirius/xm. tim, because you're new, we'll start with you. whether the supreme court should have the case before it standing is a large part of the discussion today. you were in the court. what is your sense of it? >> the first 15 minutes almost of chris cooper arguing the case for the proposition 8, i think in each one of the attorneys who got up there had to explain it. one of the big problems for the court right there is to decide even if this case should come is there or not. i thought it was fascinating to listen to. whether or not -- i think the court was probably looking for a way to narrow down eventually where they are going to wind up on this. if they can come up with standing they don't necessarily address the issue specifically about the same sex marriage. i use same-sex marriage, because gay people can get married but not who they want to get married to. it's technical but this is the
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technicalities involved today. each of the lawyers addressing the court had to go through it today. >> john: what is your sense of this? does the court have standing here? >> i don't think they made that decision yesterday. they are trying to figure out with whether or not this plaintiff should be before the court. first, what is the injury to them? they are asking about that. they are trying to figure out if the court ruled narrowly on appeal to be brought to that level. they may never get to the merits of the case. as your reporter said in the report earlier in the show which means we will never get to broader argument of supreme court taking up gay marriage. it suspect listening to the audio. it sounds like they are looking for a way to avoid ruling broadly. that is what the general consensus is right now. >> that is right. they seem to not rule on this to say, justice kennedy saying why do we have this case? which will be a major disappointment to everyone involved. on both sides. people are hoping for some sort of clairryty on the
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issue -- clarity on the issue. if they don't provide it, there will be huge disappointment. >> john: to that point, let's assume they find standing and go ahead and rule on the case. there is a chance they could rule narrowly, as ninth circuit did in california. just on people in california who got married before prop 8 came in effect. or whether they might as theodore oleson is hoping to rule broadly on the constitutionality of gay marriage. listen to cooper and olson as they made the arguments today. >> there is four ways in which we can succeed in this case. the broadest argument that we made is that it's just wrong, it's not consistent with the ideals and the laws and the constitution of this country to take the gay and lesbian brothers and sisters to put them in a class and deny them rights we give to everyone else. >> victory here for us, means that this issue returns to the people and their legislature and the elective representatives where the debate belongs. >> so there you have both
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sides of the argument, who takes away a win or not. yeah. i don't want you to presuppose what the court is going to do here. is this an issue that should be ruled on broadly so we have guidance here nationally? best of all worlds? should it be thrown back to states? should it just deal with the thousands of couples in california who are married prior to prop 8? >> i guess i'm idealist. i think when something comes before the supreme court of such importance, where people are being discriminated against so blatantly, ted olson and david boyd have a column in the "wall street journal" today talking about the supreme court 14 times, 14 times that the right to marry is a fundamental right. this is discrimination and it's unconstitutional. i think the supreme court should rule on it. this is -- for them to have, cowardedss and say we don't want to touch this, because it's a hot topic. sending it back to states. we have don't send -- we don't put rights up to a vote.
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it's the same thing with zil rights. this is a civil right. this is the same argument made with race. let the state decide. no. you don't let people vote on whether people have fundamental constitutional rights. >> every time this is put to a vote, on a state level, it's gone against it. should this be something do you think susan decided by the courts or should it be decided democratically through referenda across all the states? >> the counter argument would be allowing the states to decide, you have more buy-in, whatever the outcome will be. nine states voted to endorse marriage between the same-sex couples. so there is buy-in for the states. if you have it hoisted on them by the supreme court, don't forget 30 states that voted that decided marriage should be between a man and woman, you are forcing the states to take on something they don't support. is that the right way to approach it? don't you want people to decide what is going to be,
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the way their state will op buy-in. >> people don't get to vote on what is constitutional. that is what the court is for. that is the point. >> there are people in the south said it was perfectly fine for segregation. that is not -- >> it didn't make segregation unconstitutional. >> or illegal to be interracial marriage. >> should this be a constitutional issue or democratic issue at the state? >> clearly, ted oleson thinks it's constitutional issue. clearly, the other side thinks it is not. i think ted olson is much more adroit to make the argument about the institution of marriage as something that -- justice kagan asked at one point what is the harm if this goes through? we have the effect of same-sex marriage. eventually the court has to decide. even if they don't decide this time they have to make the decision. i have the feeling, i may be wrong about this, but i keep thinking in a sneaky way justice roberts will try to figure out a way to rule on
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this so he is able to be a part of a court that moves forward on something he has to face if not now, five years from now, ten years from now. >> john: what about the idea brought up at the court that we are too early in to this to be able to make any learned decision at the court level? >> alito talked about this issue newer than the internet, newer than cell phones. it's something that really, should they be taking this on or let it sort of -- i think justice kagan said perk at the state level for a while before they decide whether or not to weigh in. don't forget if you look at poll numbers, more and more people support gay marriage; particularly, young people. the trend is eventually more people will be voting to support this. should the supreme court interfere or let the states work it out? >> john: leave it there. coming up next, we talk about the crazy spending by the federal government. don't go away. a growing majority of americans have come to believe it's time to allow marriage for gay and lesbian couples. here's why. our daughter, emma. a gay couple in my ministry.
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one way to save money right now is not build another structure and not release another structure, but force government agencies in the structures we have. that is what you do if you were broke. we're essentially broke. but we have nothing like that coming from the administration in terms of the executive order. >> 45,000 properties, with the government of paying almost $2 billion just to keep operational, even though nobody may be in the properties. >> john: delicate norton talking about all the spending going on at the federal level. seemed to have stolen my suit as well. [ laughter ] coburn did. let's talk about that. doug mckelway, you are familiar with doug mckelway's reporting among other things. talking about this idea we have all of these thousands, tens of thousands of
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properties, that are sitting vacant, underused, unused whatever. costing us billions of dollars a year in upkeep. meanwhile, the sequestration, benefits for veteran tuition have been cut off. that was $373 million in 2012. sometimes you got to slap yourself upside the head to say where are the priorities here? >> i recommend anybody google wasteful government spending and you will have so many things to make you feel so angry. the government, we are not getting this undercontrol. if you just do the math, 55,000 buildings, 1300 empty buildings in every state could be sold and used for whatever. it's true. >> john: as doug pointed out red tape -- >> they can't do it. i love the list to go through. everybody but stray animals get a say on where the vacant buildings will go. they created that purposefully. because they don't want to let it go. ent to forget the gsa, the government services administration are always under the gun, trying to sell
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stuff. this is the gsa the group with the $800,000 conference in las vegas. should we trust these people to fend spend money frugally? >> john: sequestration prescribed how the cut take effect. veterans reasons getting tuition. that's what sequestration said would happen. >> the question is did sequestration have to happen? if they were willing to make cuts that need to be made, this wouldn't have had to happen. the reason that sequestration happen -- >> they can't turn back the clock. >> they don't want to, they don't want to take on the issues. when you survey americans they want to cut the government spending. pew did a sur ray in february that looked to 19 different areas. would you like to see spending cuts? in every area, not a single one got majority support. so people broadly want cuts but they don't want specific cuts. none of the politicians want to actually make cut.
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so we end up with sequestration. >> this is a problem on capitol hill. they are allergic. they break out in hives. >> three magic words. waste, fraud, and abuse. [ overtalk ] >> we are going to save money so we'll have waste, fraud and abuse. somebody says specifically what they will cut. how much waste, fraud and abuse is there out there? >> i don't know. go to the golden fleece awards, been around forever. you have all of entitlement spending for medicare, 40% of the budget. we have a window now that something could be done. but then we look to the election and everybody will pay attention to 2016. a time and a place where it those be taken care of. if congress wants to show courage or willingness to do
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it, that's where it should be focused on. these are interesting and in many ways distraction to a larger issue. what will we do with the huge entitlement package we have. >> we were talking about this earlier. when you look at the white house, obviously, our elected officials have to travel. but when you think of joe biden's one day in paris, limousines and hotel rooms, the president and the white house is defensive about this. did he have to go to florida and spend $78,000 just on the local law enforcement to play golf with tiger woods? >> no. look. it always comes down to this oh, but bush did it. someone else did it. yeah, they have all done this. this isn't an obama problem. all parents do this. we haven't always been in an economic downturn. you can say under bush we were, i guess. clinton did the same thing.
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Information Technology Business/Technical Analyst I
Job description
Posting DetailsPosition Information Job Posting TitleInformation Technology Business/Technical Analyst ILocationLos Rios Community College District (District Office)Department LocationInformation TechnologyPosting NumberC00962PThe Institution
The Los Rios Community College District is the second largest, two-year public college district in California, serving approximately 75,000 students in the greater Sacramento region. The district's 2,400 square mile service area includes Sacramento and El Dorado counties and parts of Yolo, Placer, and Solano counties and is comprised of four uniquely diverse colleges – American River, Cosumnes River, Folsom Lake and Sacramento City colleges. In addition to each college's main campus, the district offers educational centers in Placerville, Davis, West Sacramento, Elk Grove, Natomas and Rancho Cordova.
The Los Rios district office is centrally located in the heart of the Sacramento valley. The growing Capital Region has strong communities and emergent arts and dining scenes, and is nearby some of the most celebrated tourist destinations in the country – Lake Tahoe, Napa Valley and San Francisco. The Sacramento area is a great place to live and work!
The district has approximately 6,000 employees throughout our four colleges and district office complex. The District office is centrally located between all four colleges and provides welcoming, inclusive, and equitable environments for Los Rios students, employees and our community partners. Our departments strive for the highest quality in all programs, services, and activities, and are focused on advancing the learning of our diverse student population through improved academic and social outcomes.
Our Vision
Our colleges offer equity-minded, academically rigorous, student success centered education. Our objective is to help our students successfully achieve their academic goals, whether they want to transfer to a four-year college or university, earn an associates degree, or obtain one of more than 100 certificates in high demand career fields.
The Information Technology Business/Technical Analyst I is an experienced, senior-level technical or business specialist. The incumbent has primary responsibility for Business or Technical Analysis on multiple systems at the College-wide or District-wide level. The Information Technology Business/Technical Analyst I is primarily responsible for first line functional and/or technical support of designated business areas. The Information Technology Business/Technical Analyst I operates with routine oversight. [For a detailed job description for this Los Rios Classified Employees Association (White Collar) posting Job Descriptions click here].
This position is assigned to the Information Technology department.
Los Rios Community College District offers competitive salaries and a very comprehensive employee benefits package to include medical insurance, CalPERS retirement, and opportunities for additional insurance and financial investments.
Full-time, twelve-month employees receive 17 days of annual paid holidays, 15 days' vacation yearly (with increases after 5 & 10 years) and 8 hours of sick leave per month. Los Rios also offers extensive professional development opportunities with the district and financial support and/or paid time off to complete external academic studies. (See full LRCEA contract agreement details)
An Information Technology Business/Technical Analyst I is primarily responsible for one of the areas below:
1. Developing Net, PHP, HTML, Perl and SAP Crystal Reports; assisting in maintaining District web pages and reporting system. Supporting SQL Server database(s) and ETL process. The position works primarily with Web Server architecture, including but not limited to .Net, , XML, Web Services, Java, Oracle SQLand PeopleSoft applications and architecture.
2. Supporting and maintaining the PeopleSoft Student Information System (SIS). Areas include Student Financials, Student Records, Student Self Service and other student-centric modules. This position is tasked with supporting and facilitating the optimization of related business processes to streamline the workflow for students and staff. The position works closely with college and district staff to resolve IT issues related to the student support modules.
3. Supporting and maintaining of the PeopleSoft Financials and/or HR systems. The position will assist in supporting Purchasing and Financial modules and/or Payroll and HR modules. This position is tasked with supporting and facilitating the optimization of related business processes to streamline the workflow for staff. Work closely with college and district staff to resolve IT issues related to the Financial and/or HR business and system processes.Assignment Responsibilities
Operations (including security, performance, problem resolution, and budgets):
• Business Analyst – Primary responsibility for business analysis at college-wide or district level.
• Technical Analyst – Primary responsibility for analysis, development, and maintenance of technical applications that support college-wide or district-wide level functions. This includes but not limited to the ERM (Enterprise Resource Management system – ERM).
• Be able to research, set-up, and configure system functionality per existing, created, or delivered documentation on any system that supports the District.
• Primary focus to provide business analyst and/or technical analyst support for one or more similar systems or business areas (such as multiple modules in a functional domain and/or an interface that supports the primary focus).
• Secondary focus is assist in research, configuration, setup, and/or development of specific modules across functional domains and across multiple technical platforms.
• Business Analyst – May maintain multiple functional applications and/or multiple servers for one or more similar systems and/or related functional area.
• Technical Analyst – Performs installation and patching of software for development and production assigned systems.
• Technical Analyst – Analyzes and resolves technical issues.
• Works with vendor to resolve problems.
• Provides vendor with enhancement requests.
• Creates scripted procedures and/or programming to automate support functions.
• Monitors performance, availability, and capacity of assigned functional applications.
• Performs analysis, application and migration of patches to the assigned functional applications, both in development and production.
• Maintains relevant technical documentation for District Information Technology.
• Conducts internal and external research to gather data and objectives/guidelines for organization-wide information systems.
• Conducts various types of analysis including alternative, business applications, cost benefit, data, feasibility, impact, technical and/or workflow processes.
• Advises on project and system feasibility.
• Monitors the service delivery of information systems and recommends needed changes or improvements.
• Conducts analysis using tools and techniques to address business application issues.
• Uses established industry methods and standards for conducting research, developing models, and performing statistical analysis.
• Develops business models.
• Designs and develops application.
• Supports development and production application environments per vendor standards.
• Analyzes, detects, and corrects technical problems and deficiencies.
• Supports production control and operational activities.
• Researches, identifies, and documents business and system requirements.
• Designs, codes, tests and implements pages and programs.
• Creates timelines and documentation as needed.
• Translates and simplifies requirements for technical design.
• Creates functional requirements in use cases.
• Coordinates requirements walk-through and sign-offs.
• Verifies with user representatives/stakeholders that use cases and process models accurately portray specific business needs.
• Provides/develops technical documentation for existing and delivered system applications across functional domains.
• Participates in projects and provides task definitions and time estimates within assigned role.
• Performs project planning and management for small and medium sized projects and software patch cycles.
• Manages on-going priorities, schedules, and task completions.
• Provides development for multiple projects.
Organizational Support and Leadership:
• Attends vendor training (off-site or web-based).
• Assists and provides coverage for other Information Technology staff in similar roles.
• Maintains knowledge and provides advice in the business areas supported.
• Evaluates potential software solutions, including off-the-shelf and open source components, and the system architecture to ensure that they meet business requirements.
• Leads functional business process re-engineering teams and continuous improvement efforts.
• Acts as liaison between Information Technology departments and customer business units.
• Researches vendor sites for technical information/updates, new product updates, and future trends.
• Participates in long-range Information Technology planning and related cost analysis within assigned area.
• Follows established plans, implements system architectures, policies, and procedures, additions, replacements, upgrades, or retirement of computer, network, database management or application systems.
• Performs related duties as required.
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Monday – FridayTotal Hrs per Week/Day40 hours per weekSpecial RequirementsMinimum Qualifications
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE: A Bachelor's degree in computer sciences, management information systems, engineering or closely related field and two years' experience directly related to the job duties; OR, a Bachelor's degree and four years' experience directly related to the job duties.
Have an equity-minded focus, responsiveness, and sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, including those with physical or learning disabilities as it relates to differences in learning styles; and successfully foster and support an inclusive educational and employment environment.
(Experience Requirement: One year of experience is equal to 12 months of experience at a maximum of 40 hours per week. Applicable part-time experience will be converted to the full-time equivalent for purposes of meeting the experience requirement. Education Requirement: 15 units are equal to six months of education; 30 units are equal to one year of education.)Application Instructions
1. A completed Los Rios Community College District Classified Application (required).
2. Resume (recommended).
3. Unofficial transcripts of college/university work (required).
4. Two (2) letters of recommendation (recommended).
5. Letter of Interest (recommended).
● Applications submitted without all required documents, listed above, will be disqualified. Applicants indicating "see resume" on the online application will be disqualified.
● Graduate advising documents and grade reports will not be accepted as official transcripts.
● It is the responsibility of Los Rios Community College District employees to also provide official transcripts, if required in the minimum qualification for the position. (Within 60 days of the time of hire, employees are required to submit official transcripts, if required in the minimum qualification for the position)
● Individuals who have completed college or university course work at an institution in a country other than the United States must obtain a complete evaluation of foreign transcripts, degrees and other relevant documents.
● A foreign transcript evaluation is required any time foreign course work is used to meet minimum qualifications and/or salary placement even if the foreign transcript has been accepted by a college or university in the United States.
● Foreign transcript evaluations are ONLY accepted from AICE (Association of International Credential Evaluations, Inc.) or NACES (The National Association of Credential Evaluation Services) agencies or evaluators. Foreign Degree Transcript Evaluations click here
Do not submit additional materials that are not requested.
After hours inquiries should be emailed to [email protected] Submission of applications are by 11:59 p.m., of the posting closing date.Physical DemandsSalary$7,431.32 per month LRCCD Salary SchedulesAdditional Salary InformationNo additional salary information to note Posting Detail Information Posting Date08/28/2019Closing Date09/18/2019Open ContinuouslyNoBeginning and/or Ending Dates
N/AHow and where to apply
Please visit our Frequently Asked Questions for complete information on how to apply online with our District. Application services are available between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, at the Los Rios Community College District Human Resources Office located at 1919 Spanos Court, Sacramento, CA 95825-3981. If you need assistance with any phase of the application process, please call (916) 568-3112 or come in during our business hours. After hours inquiries should be emailed to [email protected] Submission of applications are by 11:59 p.m. of the posting closing date.Conditions
All Positions: Offers of employment are contingent upon the successful clearance from a criminal background check, freedom from tuberculosis, and proof of identity and eligibility to work in the United States prior to the first day of work. The District may select additional qualified candidates should unexpected vacancies or needs occur during this recruitment/selection process. When education is a requirement for the position, official academic transcripts from the accredited college/university must be submitted within 60 days of hire.Quicklinkhttp://jobs.losrios.edu/postings/11741Supplemental Questions
Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).
- * Criminal History Verification and Release: I acknowledge and agree that I understand that by answering the question below, I certify that the information provided by me is true, correct and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief. I authorize investigation of all statements contained herein, and on the P-881 (if applicable and submitted), and I release from liability all persons and organizations furnishing such information. I understand that any misstatements, omissions or misrepresentation of facts on this form, my application, and, if applicable, the P-881 or attachment(s) may be cause for disqualification or dismissal. If you have ever been convicted of an offense other than a minor traffic violation you are required to complete the form "Arrests Which Led to Convictions for Crime", P-881 (you must disclose convictions that have been dismissed pursuant to Penal Code Section 1203.4; Ed. Code 87008). Please copy and paste the provided URL for the form - https://losrios.edu/docs/lrccd/employees/hr/forms/p-881.pdf - and attach the completed form to your application.
- Yes, I acknowledge and agree
- No, I do not acknowledge or agree
- * Can you perform the essential functions of this position?
- Yes
- No
- * Considering this specific position that you are applying to – where/how did you learn about this position?
- College Department
- CareerBuilder
- Chronicle of Higher Ed (Vitea.com)
- Community College Registry Job Fair: Oakland
- Community College Registry Job Fair: Los Angeles
- Community College Registry Online Job Board
- Community Outreach (ex. Festivals, etc.)
- CommunityCollegeJobs
- Craigslist
- Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
- EdJoin
- Facebook (Campaign)
- Facebook (Los Rios Page)
- Glassdoor
- Greater Sacramento Urban League
- HigheredJobs
- Indeed
- Job Sites
- Job Journal
- Latina Leadership Network of the California Community Colleges
- Los Rios Community College District Employee
- Los Rios Community College District Human Resources Email
- Los Rios Community College District Website
- Professional Networks
- Sacramento Black Chamber of Commerce
- Sacramento Asian Chamber of Commerce
- Sacramento Builders Exchange
- Sacramento Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
- Sacramento Rainbow Chamber of Commerce
- SacramentoWorks
- YouTube
- ZipRecruiter
- Unofficial Transcript 1
- Resume/Curriculum Vitae
- Letter of Interest
- Unofficial Transcript 2
- Unofficial Transcript 3
- Unofficial Transcript 4
- Unofficial Transcript 5
- Foreign Transcript Evaluation
- Letter of Recommendation 1
- Letter of Recommendation 2
- P-881 Report of Arrests Which Led To Convictions For Crime Document

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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Utah JGS Meeting - February 26 #general
Banai Lynn Feldstein
The Utah JGS is pleased to announce our first meeting of 2019 will
take place on February 26th, the day before RootsTech, at the Family
History Library in the main floor classrooms beginning at 6:30pm.
All are welcome to attend UJGS meetings, you need not be a member.
If you're coming to RootsTech, this is a great opportunity to attend
an extra presentation.
Our speaker will be Daniel Horowitz, the MyHeritage Genealogy Expert,
and his presentation is called "10 Things You May Not Want to Know
About MyHeritage".
MyHeritage is constantly adding new features to their website. Why do
you not want to know about them? Because you will get addicted to all
the amazing features available that will advance your family
research. Come hear Daniel tell you all about: Pedigree Tree,
Pedigree Map, Tree Consistency Checker, Charts, Calendar Events,
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Visit our web site at http://ujgs.org/ to learn more about our
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Read Heat Of The Moment (Brooklyn Heat) Online
Authors: Locklyn Marx
"Doesn't America already think that?" she shot back.
"I'm rehabbing my image." He grinned at her again.
"So this is your proposition?" she said, as everything fell into place in her mind.
"You want me to pretend to be your girlfriend?"
He nodded. She laughed, and threw her head back. That was ridiculous. "That's ridiculous." She forked up another piece of French toast.
"How come? You don't think I'm cute enough for you?"
"First, no one would believe it."
"Why not?"
"Because! How did we meet?"
"I don't know." He shrugged. "We could concoct some kind of story."
"And what would I have to do?"
"Spend time with me," he said, shrugging. "Just long enough for us to be seen out together, for some other photographs of us to end up in the tabloids."
"No." She shook her head. "No way. I don't want to end up in some tabloid with you."
"You do realize that if you don't do it, you're going to end up in some tabloid anyway."
"But it's not true!"
"What's not true? That you made out with me in my hotel room just an hour after meeting me, and then a paparazzi caught a snapshot of you leaving? Yes, that's very true."
"I'll sue them."
"For what?"
"I don't know." There had to be something. Defamation of character or libel or something. Celebrities were always suing tabloids for things that were really true. Of course, in order to do that you probably needed lots of big name lawyers. And in order to get lots of big name lawyers, you probably needed lots of money.
"Well, whatever." Chad had finished his French toast, and he reached over and forked up a piece of hers without asking. "I tried."
She looked at him, thinking about it. He was trying to act like this whole situation didn't mean that much to him, like it didn't matter if he signed the deal with Expera or not. And from a financial standpoint, it was probably true. When you were making ten million dollars a year, another ten million on top of it was nice, but definitely not necessary. He didn't seem like he was hurting for money, like some of those professional athletes who ended up blowing their fortunes and filing for bankruptcy. But still. He wanted that deal with Expera. And he wanted it badly enough to bring her here, to ask her if she would pretend to be his girlfriend. He needed something from her, and he was trying to pretend that he didn't, that he was doing her a favor by keeping her picture out of the newspaper.
"What's it worth to you?" she asked suddenly, the wheels in her head turning.
He stopped eating. "What's it worth to me?"
"Yeah." She nodded. "How long until you sign the deal?"
"A few days."
"And then we can break up?"
"So like I said, what's it worth to you?"
He looked her in the eye, and she didn't look away. She wanted him to name a figure. She would try to get him up of course, because she wasn't going to do it for anything less than twenty five thousand dollars. Even though it would be in a more legitimate way, she was still going to end up in the tabloids. Her name was still going to be out there, linked with his forever, at least as far as google was concerned. Twenty-five thousand dollars in a few days would be way more than she'd ever made in her life. It would give her time to find another job, to relax while she did it, to not have to worry about anything for a while.
"A hundred thousand dollars," Chad said, his tone serious.
Kenley almost blinked. But she forced herself to take a moment, to act like she was thinking about it. And then, finally, she said, "Deal."
Chapter Six
One hundred thousand dollars. The words had been out of his mouth before he even knew what he was saying. Chad was no stranger to being a little extravagant –
bottles of Cristal, the best hotel rooms, thousand dollar pairs of sunglasses. But those were treats, and at the end of the day, you at least had something to show for it.
You'll have something to show for this, too
, he told himself as he walked through the airport in New York the next morning, fresh off his flight from Florida.
You'll have a
shiny new endorsement deal, which could be a springboard into other, shinier
endorsement deals.
When he really thought about it, though, the hundred thousand dollars wasn't the problem. Yes, it was a lot of money, but if it got him the deal, it was a small price to pay.
The real problem, the problem that had been nagging at the back of his mind ever since he left his mom's house and Kenley yesterday afternoon, was that he had been so quick to offer it.
He hadn't planned on offering her any money. Yes, he knew there were probably going to be expenses – clothes and dinners, that kind of thing. But those were normal expenses you had when you were dating someone. He hadn't planned on actually
her to pretend to be his girlfriend.
He'd underestimated her, though, because she's come right out and asked him what it was worth. And in that moment, he'd wanted her to say yes so bad that he'd blurted out a hundred thousand dollars.
Why was she having that effect on him? He'd never seen anything like it.
Actually, that wasn't true. He had seen something like it, on his best friend Jay Havens.
It was the same way he'd acted when he'd met his fiancé, Alyssa. The thought was so disconcerting that Chad picked his phone up and immediately called Jay.
"Yo," Jay said when he answered. "Where've you been? I've been trying to get in touch with you for days."
"Question," Chad said while he waited for his luggage to come around the carousel. He kept his head down so that no one would recognize him. Luckily the area he was in was relatively free of foot traffic at this time of day, but in New York, it was usually only a matter of time before someone spotted him. "When you met Alyssa, how did you know she was the one?"
"Because I couldn't stop thinking about her, and I'd do anything to be with her."
Through the phone, the sound of Alyssa saying
could be heard in the background.
The two were always together, ever since they'd gotten engaged.
Chad loved Alyssa – she was cool and fun and always called him out on his shit, which he found refreshing. But normally, he would roll his eyes at the fact that that Alyssa was so close to Jay that she could overhear Jay's conversation. Today, however, Chad thought it was sweet. The thought was alarming.
"Why?" Jay asked suspiciously. "Why do you want to know how I knew Alyssa was the one?"
"No reason."
"Did you meet someone?"
"No." His suitcase came around the carousel, and Chad reached down and picked it up.
"Who is she?" Jay asked.
"She's no one," Chad said. "I told you, I wasn't asking because of that." On the other side of the airport, near the wall, a woman wearing a tight sweater and a pair of jeans that showed every curve of her body smiled at him. Chad smiled back. See? he thought to himself. He didn't care about Kenley. Here he was, back in New York, flirting with the first hot woman he saw for God's sake. He was back to his old ways, back to his old tricks, getting all worked up over anything in a form-fitting outfit. The problem was, he didn't feel all that worked up.
"You weren't asking because of what?" Jay asked.
"You just called me up and asked me how I knew Alyssa was the one, and now you're saying you didn't call and ask me about that for any good reason."
"Oh." Chad shook his head and stepped through the sliding glass doors to the traffic circle outside. One of the team cars was waiting for him there, and he held up his hand to stop the driver from getting out to take care of his luggage, preferring to do it himself. Then he slid into the car and gave the driver the address of his apartment in Brooklyn.
"Hello?" Jay said.
"Yes, I'm here." Chad pulled his sunglasses off and looked out the window. The city was cold and gray, much colder than it had been in Florida. This was one thing that wasn't fair about the off-season -- whenever he had time off, the weather was complete shit. Of course, he could have spent the winter somewhere warm, but the Brooklyn Heat organization frowned upon that kind of thing. They wanted the players to stay in Brooklyn, to become part of the
It was a bunch of bullshit.
"What's going on with you?" Jay asked. And he sounded worried.
"Nothing," Chad said, trying to force himself to believe the words as they came out of his mouth. "Absolutely nothing. I'm just starting to get worried about myself, you know, because I can't find a woman to settle down with." It was a lie, of course. Chad had never worried about this in his life. But he couldn't have Jay knowing what was really going on.
"You want to find a woman to settle down with?"
"No," Chad said, trying to sound cocky. "That's the problem. I can't imagine myself with just one woman. I'm starting to think there might be something wrong with me." As he said this, visions of Kenley at all his games, sitting in the stands and wearing his jersey, danced through his head. He'd take her home afterwards, make her dinner, and then they'd have a glass of wine in front of the TV while watching shows on HGTV.
Jesus Christ. What was wrong with him?
"Why?" Jay asked. "What have you gotten yourself into now?"
Chad hadn't planned on telling him. But he didn't want Jay to think he was turning into some kind of romantic sap, and before he knew it, the whole story was pouring out. Meeting Kenley. The pictures. The meeting with Expera. Him paying her to be his fake girlfriend. Of course, he left out the part about how much he'd been thinking about her, and spun the whole thing like it was going to be some huge colossal headache, just another classic Chad Parnell scrape that he'd gotten himself into.
"How much?" Jay asked.
"How much what?" Chad shifted uncomfortably on his seat.
"How much are you paying her?"
"Don't worry about it," he said.
"Chad, how --- oh, hold on." He heard Jay conversing with someone in the background. "Alyssa wants to know what this girl looks like."
Chad thought about it. Her long blonde hair. Her blue eyes. The way her nose crinkled up when she didn't agree with something he was saying. Her soft skin, how nice she felt against him, how he loved pulling her close, how small she felt even though she was curvy and pretty and sexy all at once. "She's pretty," Chad said.
"And?" Jay asked suspiciously.
"And what? She's pretty, she has long blonde hair."
"Oh my God," Jay said. "You love her!"
"You love her! All those questions about how did I know that Alyssa was the one, and now you won't even tell me what this girl looks like!"
"I told you what she looks like!"
"She has blonde hair?" Jay scoffed. "Come on. No hint of her breast size? No discussion of how she looks in a bikini or what you want to do to her sexually?"
"Jay," Chad said, as if he was talking to a child, "I wasn't going to say those things when your fiancé asked what she looked like. That's disrespectful."
"That's bullshit," Jay said. "Alyssa doesn't care and you know it."
"I have to go."
"Tell me what she looks like!"
"I have to go." He hung up the phone and looked out the window, watching Manhattan sliding by until it turned into Brooklyn. His phone buzzed in his lap, and he looked down, expecting a text from Jay, giving him more shit. He picked it up, ready to give in, to make sure that he described her this time, giving all the disgusting details he usually did. But it wasn't Jay. It was Kenley.
"Flight arrives at 3:15," the text said "See you then."
That was all. No 'looking forward to it' or 'can't wait to see you' or 'what do you want to do tonight.'
Who cares? Chad told himself. It's just business. That conversation with Jay had left him rattled. It didn't mean anything that he wouldn't describe Kenley, just that she meant nothing to him. This was an arrangement, pure and simple. He scrolled through his phone, looking at the numbers of women he'd amassed over the years. Some of the names he didn't even recognize.
In a couple of days, when this whole thing was over, he would call one of them, celebrate his new deal with a bang. No pun intended. Satisfied, he leaned back against the seat and enjoyed the rest of the ride to Brooklyn.
"You're going to do
Melissa screeched. She was sitting on Kenley's bed while Kenley rummaged around in the closet.
"I'm going to be his fake girlfriend," Kenley said. She'd taken a flight this morning from Florida to Connecticut so that she could check on her apartment and pack some things for New York. Later this afternoon, she'd fly from New Haven to LaGuardia to meet Chad.
She surveyed her clothes, running her eyes across the comfortable sweaters and soft denim. What did one wear when they were pretending to be the girlfriend of a famous baseball player? Something told her that her GAP and Old Navy heavy wardrobe wasn't going to cut it.
"And he's paying you?" Melissa asked.
Melissa cocked her head and pulled one of her long dark curls down and wound it around her finger. "No offense, but why does he have to pay for it?"
Kenley pulled out her suitcase and set it on the bed. She'd been in such a rush to leave Connecticut for Florida that she hadn't taken the time to really pack much of her stuff. The weather in Connecticut was cold, and in Florida it wasn't, so she'd just bought a bunch of cheap bathing suits and stuff when she'd gotten down there. Looking back, she had probably been in a little bit of denial, spending a bunch of money on new summer clothes she didn't need when she'd just lost her job. Oh, well. Money wasn't going to be a problem soon, har har har.
"I told you, there are pictures of me and him together," Kenley said. "So he had to pretend that I was his girlfriend."
"Why were there pictures of you guys together?" Melissa leaned back against the pillows on Kenley's bed and took a sip of the Starbucks pumpkin spice latte in her hand.
"I'm sorry, it's early, and I'm having trouble processing this."
"Because I was coming out of his hotel room, and some little jerk asshole who worked there took a picture of us." She held up a black dress she'd gotten for fifteen dollars at TJ Maxx, but was DKNY. "Do you think I can wear this in New York?"
Melissa raised her eyebrows incredulously, but Kenley put the dress in her suitcase anyway. She had no choice -- it was one of the only things she had that was even close to being appropriate.
"So how much is he paying you?"
"I can't really say." Kenley moved over to the dresser and rummaged around in her underwear drawer, picking up a handful and stuffing it into her suitcase. Her underwear, at least, didn't matter, since no one would be seeing it. And if Chad thought he was going to, he had another thing coming. This wasn't going to be like some kind of Indecent Proposal situation. Yes, she was pretending to be his girlfriend, but that definitely did not include sex.
"You can't really say?" Melissa screeched. She set her coffee down on Kenley's nightstand and crossed the room toward her. "You call me up, demanding I come to your apartment immediately, which I do, stopping to bring you coffee on the way over I might add, and you won't even tell me the details?"
"I shouldn't have even told you as much as I did," Kenley said, moving past her and into the bathroom. Most of her toiletries had already been packed for her trip to Florida, but she wanted to make sure she hadn't forgotten anything. She was going to need all the help she could get if she was going to pull this off.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Melissa asked, following Kenley into the bathroom. "You think I have a big mouth?"
"I didn't say that." The truth was, of course, that Melissa
kind of have a big mouth, and that Chad had sworn Kenley to secrecy, had forbidden her from telling anyone. But what was she supposed to do? She had to tell
And although it was true that Melissa was a gossip, when it came to the really important things, Kenley knew her sister could keep her mouth shut. At least, she was hoping she could.
"So then how much?"
"A lot."
"Fifty grand?" Kenley didn't say anything, and Melissa's eyes widened.
"Are you going to be able to drive me to the airport in a little while?" Kenley asked. "My flight leaves in an hour."
"Yeah, sure, no problem." Melissa never worried about things like work schedules or whether or not her boss would just let her take off in the middle of the day.
She just did, and somehow, it worked.
"More than fifty thousand dollars," Melissa muttered as she headed back toward Kenley's room. "God, some people have all the luck."
The flight to New York was short and smooth, with no turbulence and a relatively enjoyable in-flight movie, but Kenley's stomach was flipping so much that she couldn't relax. She tried to read a book, but the words kept dancing on the page. She tried to eat a bag of pretzels, but she didn't have any appetite. Finally, she just sat there, sipping her water and taking deep breaths, checking her watch every minute to see if they were there yet.
When they finally touched down, she was one of the first off the plane. She looked around the airport, realizing she had no idea where she was supposed to meet Chad. Was it even Chad she was supposed to meet? Maybe he'd sent some kind of driver or assistant to pick her up. He probably figured that since she wasn't a real girlfriend, she didn't warrant a trip to the airport.


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Gay Men Are You Aware Hepatitis-C Infections Are Rising? [VIDEO]
"Fisting is a fairly traumatic practice to the bum. And, because of that micro trauma to the bum, [it] makes it fairly easy for blood to blood contact to occur," says Australian Dr. George Forgman-Smith. "If you are fisting use gloves, lots of lube and to start very, very gently to reduce the amount of trauma that can happen."
But, that's not the only way hepatitis-C is intruding our bodies.
via the Journal of Sex Research:
Methods- Using a retrospective cohort study design, HCV incidence, defined as HCV antibody seroconversion, was determined in 1147 HIV-infected men receiving care at Chase Brexton Health Care clinics in Baltimore, Maryland between 2004 and 2014. Multivariate regression analyses were used to identify factors associated with incident HCV.
Results- There were 42 incident HCV infections during 5242 person-years (PY) of follow up (incidence rate [IR], 8.01/1000 PY). Thirty-seven (88%) of the incident infections were in MSM, of whom 31 (84%) reported no injection-drug use (IDU). The annual IRs for MSM were 13.1-15.8/1000 PY between 2004 and 2007, decreased to 2.7-6.2/1000 PY between 2008 and 2011, and increased to 10.4/1000 PY and 13.3/1000 PY in 2013 and 2014, respectively. Injection-drug use was strongly associated with incident HCV among all MSM (IR ratio [IRR], 14.15; P = .003); however, among MSM without IDU, entering care between 2010 and 2013 (IRR, 3.32; P = .01), being employed (IRR, 3.14; P = .03), and having a history of ulcerative sexually transmitted infections (IRR, 3.70; P = .009) or of polydrug use (IRR, 5.54; P = .01) independently predicted incident HCV.
Conclusions- In this cohort of HIV-infected men, a re-emerging HCV epidemic was observed from 2011 to 2014 among MSM. In addition to IDU, high-risk sexual behaviors, favorable socioeconomic status, and polydrug use fueled this increase in HCV infections.
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Michael Poland, Ph.D.
Mike is a research geophysicist with the Cascades Volcano Observatory and the current Scientist-in-Charge of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. His area of specialization is volcano geodesy, which emphasizes the surface deformation and gravity fields associated wth volcanic activity. This work involves the use of space-based tecnologies, like Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR), as well as ground-based techniques, like microgravity surveys. Mike has taken part in studies on a variety of volcanic systems in the United states, including Mount St. Helens and other volcanoes of the Pacific Northwest, Kilauea and Mauna Loa volcanoes in Hawaii, and the Yellowstone caldera. His recent work has focused on using gravity change over time to understand the character of the fluids that drive volcanic unrest, and also on the potential of satellite data to improve forecasts of future changes in volcanic activity.
- Arizona State University: Ph.D. (2001), Geological Sciences
- University of California, Davis: B.S. (1997), Geology
- U.S. Geological Survey - Yellowstone Volcano Observatory: Scientist-in-Charge (2017 - present)
- U.S. Geological Survey – Cascades Volcano Observatory: Research Geophysicist (2015 - present)
- U.S. Geological Survey – Hawaiian Volcano Observatory: Research Geophysicist (2005 - 2015)
- U.S. Geological Survey – Cascades Volcano Observatory: Research Geophysicist (2002 - 2005)
- Department of Geology, Clark College (Vancouver, Washington): Instructor (2004)
- Arizona State University, Department of Geological Sciences: Graduate Teaching/Research Assoc. (1997 - 2001)
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TerraSAR-X interferometry reveals small-scale deformation associated with the summit eruption of Kilauea Volcano, Hawai'i
On 19 March 2008, a small explosive eruption at the summit of Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai'i, heralded the formation of a new vent along the east wall of Halema'uma'u Crater. In the ensuing years, the vent widened due to collapses of the unstable rim and conduit wall; some collapses impacted an actively circulating lava pond and resulted in small...Richter, Nichole; Poland, Michael P.; Lundgren, Paul R.
Exploring Hawaiian volcanism
In 1912 the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) was established by Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Thomas A. Jaggar Jr. on the island of Hawaii. Driven by the devastation he observed while investigating the volcanic disasters of 1902 at Montagne Pelée in the Caribbean, Jaggar conducted a worldwide search and decided that Hawai'i...Poland, Michael P.; Okubo, Paul G.; Hon, Ken
The role of viscous magma mush spreading in volcanic flank motion at Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai'i
Multiple mechanisms have been suggested to explain seaward motion of the south flank of Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai'i. The consistency of flank motion during both waxing and waning magmatic activity at Kīlauea suggests that a continuously acting force, like gravity body force, plays a substantial role. Using finite element models, we test whether...Plattner, C.; Amelung, F.; Baker, S.; Govers, R.; Poland, Michael P.
Evolution of dike opening during the March 2011 Kamoamoa fissure eruption, Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai`i
The 5–9 March 2011 Kamoamoa fissure eruption along the east rift zone of Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai`i, followed months of pronounced inflation at Kīlauea summit. We examine dike opening during and after the eruption using a comprehensive interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) data set in combination with continuous GPS data. We solve for...Lundgren, Paul; Poland, Michael P.; Miklius, Asta; Orr, Tim R.; Yun, Sang-Ho; Fielding, Eric; Liu, Zhen; Tanaka, Akiko; Szeliga, Walter; Hensley, Scott; Owen, Susan
Nyamulagira's magma plumbing system inferred from 15 years of InSAR
Nyamulagira, located in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo on the western branch of the East African rift, is Africa's most active volcano, with an average of one eruption every 3 years since 1938. Owing to the socio-economical context of that region, the volcano lacks ground-based geodetic measurements but has been monitored by...Pyle, D. M.; Mather, T.A.; Biggs, J.; Wauthier, Christelle; Cayol, Valérie; Poland, Michael P.; Kervyn, François; D'Oreye, Nicolas; Hooper, Andrew; Samsonov, Sergei; Tiampo, Kristy; Smets, Benoit
A mantle-driven surge in magma supply to Kīlauea Volcano during 2003-2007
The eruptive activity of a volcano is fundamentally controlled by the rate of magma supply. At Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai'i, the rate of magma rising from a source within Earth's mantle, through the Hawaiian hotspot, was thought to have been relatively steady in recent decades. Here we show that the magma supply to Kīlauea at least doubled during 2003...Poland, Michael P.; Miklius, Asta; Sutton, A. Jeff; Thornber, Carl R.
Gravity fluctuations induced by magma convection at Kilauea Volcano, Hawai'i
Convection in magma chambers is thought to play a key role in the activity of persistently active volcanoes, but has only been inferred indirectly from geochemical observations or simulated numerically. Continuous microgravity measurements, which track changes in subsurface mass distribution over time, provide a potential method for characterizing...Carbone, Daniele; Poland, Michael P.
Coupling at Mauna Loa and Kīlauea by stress transfer in an asthenospheric melt layer
The eruptive activity at the neighbouring Hawaiian volcanoes, Kīlauea and Mauna Loa, is thought to be linked despite both having separate lithospheric magmatic plumbing systems. Over the past century, activity at the two volcanoes has been anti-correlated, which could reflect a competition for the same magma supply. Yet, during the past decade...Gonnermann, Helge M.; Foster, James H.; Poland, Michael; Wolfe, Cecily J.; Brooks, Benjamin A.; Miklius, Asta
One hundred years of volcano monitoring in Hawaii
In 2012 the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO), the oldest of five volcano observatories in the United States, is commemorating the 100th anniversary of its founding. HVO's location, on the rim of Kilauea volcano (Figure 1)—one of the most active volcanoes on Earth—has provided an unprecedented opportunity over the past century to...Kauahikaua, James P.; Poland, Michael P.
History of surface displacements at the Yellowstone Caldera, Wyoming, from leveling surveys and InSAR observations, 1923-2008
Modern geodetic studies of the Yellowstone caldera, Wyoming, and its extraordinary tectonic, magmatic, and hydrothermal systems date from an initial leveling survey done throughout Yellowstone National Park in 1923 by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. A repeat park-wide survey by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the University of Utah...Dzurisin, Daniel; Wicks, Charles W.; Poland, Michael P.
Tracking lava flow emplacement on the east rift zone of Kilauea, Hawai'i with synthetic aperture radar (SAR) coherence
Lava flow mapping is both an essential component of volcano monitoring and a valuable tool for investigating lava flow behavior. Although maps are traditionally created through field surveys, remote sensing allows an extraordinary view of active lava flows while avoiding the difficulties of mapping on location. Synthetic aperture radar (SAR)...Dietterich, Hannah R.; Poland, Michael P.; Schmidt, David; Cashman, Katharine V.; Sherrod, David R.; Espinosa, Arkin Tapia
Spatiotemporal evolution of dike opening and décollement slip at Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai'i
Rapid changes in ground tilt and GPS positions on Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai'i, are interpreted as resulting from a shallow, two‐segment dike intrusion into the east rift zone that began at 1217 UTC (0217 HST) on 17 June 2007 and lasted almost 3 days. As a result of the intrusion, a very small volume of basalt (about 1500 m3) erupted on 19 June....Montgomery-Brown, Emily K.; Sinnett, D.K.; Larson, K.M.; Poland, Michael P.; Segall, P.; Miklius, Asta


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Lower Limb Trauma
Lower limb trauma refers to the injuries of the foot and ankle that most commonly occur as a result of accidents or sports injuries. They can include sprains, strains, fractures and dislocations.
Anatomy of the Foot and Ankle
The complex anatomy of the foot and ankle consists of 26 bones, 33 joints, and many muscles, tendons, ligaments, blood vessels and nerves. The ankle joint connects the leg with the foot and is composed of three bones: tibia, fibula and talus. The tibia or shinbone, and fibula or calf bone are bones of the lower leg, which articulate with the talus or ankle bone, enabling up and down movement of the foot.
The foot can be divided into three parts: the hindfoot, midfoot and forefoot. The hindfoot forms the ankle and heel and is made up of the talus bone and calcaneus or heel bone. The midfoot connects the hindfoot to the forefoot, and consists of one navicular bone, one cuboid bone and three cuneiform bones. These bones are connected to five metatarsal bones of the forefoot, which form the arch of the foot for shock absorption while walking or running. The forefoot is also made up of the toes or digits, formed by phalanges, three in each toe, except the big toe, which has only two.
Causes of Lower Limb Trauma
Trauma may result from an accident, poor training practices or use of improper gear. Injuries may also be caused when an individual is not medically fit or because of insufficient warm-up and stretching exercises.
Ankle injuries are the most common sports-related injuries, but you don't necessarily have to be an athlete, as walking on an uneven surface can result in twisting of the ankle. The most common ankle injuries include sprains, strains and fractures.
The foot and ankle in the human body work together to provide balance, stability, movement and propulsion. Any injury to the foot and ankle can cause pain and inability to walk or bear weight.
Symptoms of Lower limb Trauma
The common symptoms of foot and ankle trauma are pain, swelling, numbness or tingling sensation, or the inability to move or apply weight on the foot.
Diagnosis of Lower Limb Trauma
To diagnose the problem, your doctor will review your medical history and means of trauma caused on the foot, and perform a thorough physical examination, check for tenderness, inflammation, pain, range of motion and inability to bear weight on the foot. Further, imaging tests such as X-rays, CT and MRI scans are ordered to confirm the diagnosis.
Left untreated, an injury to the foot and ankle can cause chronic pain, deformity, non-union or failure to heal, and lead to arthritis, which affects your ability to walk.
Treatment for Lower Limb Trauma
Treatment depends on the type of injury. Your doctor will initially prescribe medication to relieve pain and inflammation, and suggest R.I.C.E. (rest, ice, compression and elevation of the injured leg above heart level), which may relieve symptoms in mild strains and sprains. Some major injuries may require bracing or wearing a cast or boot to avoid weight-bearing and promote healing.
Severe injuries may require surgery to reduce fractured bones, or repair or reconstruct torn ligaments and tendons.
There are many surgical techniques to treat foot and ankle trauma. Some of them include:
Open reduction and internal fixation
The surgical procedure for foot fractures involves an incision made over the fractured bone to expose the fracture. The fragments of bone are realigned and stabilised with metal wires, screws, pins and plates. The incision is closed and dressed. Your foot will be placed in a splint, shoe, boot or cast.
Percutaneous screw fixation
For some types of fractures, reduction can be achieved with a closed manipulation of the foot using X-ray. The bone can either be pushed or pulled to set into place without making a large incision. This method, called percutaneous fracture fixation, can be performed with one or more small incisions instead of the traditional large incision, through which the implants are fixed.
This is a minimally invasive surgery where a small camera, called an arthroscope, is used to view the ankle joint and guide miniature instruments to remove fragments of torn ligament, bone or cartilage from within the joint.
Torn ligaments can be surgically repaired with sutures or replaced with a graft, which can be another ligament and/or tendon retrieved from the foot or around the ankle.
In cases of severe injury, damaged bones are fused together so that they heal into one single bone. This limits movement in the joint.
Following surgery, your foot or ankle will be immobilised using a splint or cast. You will be advised physiotherapy to regain range of motion, stretch and strengthen your foot.
Fractures are monitored for healing with X-rays. You will be informed when it is safe to return to sports and regular activities.
While fractures may take 4 to 8 weeks, or longer to heal, most foot sprains take from 2 to 4 weeks to 6 to 8 months, depending on the severity.
Minor injuries usually heal on their own with simple home treatments. It is important to allow complete healing, as resuming activities before complete healing can lead to re-injury. Injury to certain parts of the foot and ankle can cause long-term problems such as loss of full range of movement, despite the best medical treatment.
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- Ankle Arthroscopy
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- Ankle Tenotomy
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- Big Toe Motion Preservation Surgery
- Bunion Surgery or Bunionectomy
- Charcot Reconstruction
- Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy
- Foot Reconstruction
- Flatfoot Reconstruction
- Subtalar Arthrodesis
- Toe Joint Fusion
- Lesser Toes Surgery
- Limb Lengthening
- Lower Limb Trauma
- Treatment of Foot and Ankle Sports Injuries
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"Highlights of her cycling career include being the first African American woman to earn a medal at a world championship track cycling competition."
After graduating from the University of North Texas in 1991, where she was introduced to the sport of cycling, Karla went on to qualify and compete in two Olympic Trials in 1992 and 1996. In addition to qualifying for the Olympic Trials in 1996, Karla had the honor of being chosen to ride with the Olympic Torch attached to her bicycle for 16 miles during the Olympic Torch Relay in Houston, Texas. Karla is the first African-American woman to earn an individual medal at a world championship track cycling competition (1 bronze in 1998 and 2 bronze in 2000 Master's Track Worlds in Manchester, England). Karla served as a pilot for a visually impaired rider as a member of the United States Paralympic Team in the 2000 Paralympic Games in Sydney, Australia and then on the United States Disabled Team in the 2001 Disabled European Championships in Zurich, Switzerland, where she and her teammate earned two silver and two bronze medals on the track and road.
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I apologize for the delay in responding to your wonderful surprise of an e-mail. You have found the past owner of the beautifully handcrafted Banke now in your possession. I am pleased that it is in the hands of a track bike enthusiast. I greatly appreciate the picture that you included.
I raced both on the track and road for 13 years with my primary focus being the track. I raced on almost every velodrome in the US and also raced in England, Switzerland and Australia. My main focus on the track were sprints but also raced scratch, points and other types of events. I had the fortune of racing for a well sponsored team for 5 years that funded USA Cycling and a project focused on equipment and athlete development for the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. It provided the opportunity to be apart of testing a variety of equipment and spend time in a wind tunnel. We spent many hours training and racing on varies frames, clothing and helmets for the track. I qualified and competed in two Olympic Trials. During the later portion of my career, I had the honor of piloting a tandem as a member of the US Paralympic Team in 2000 and the US Disabled Team in 2001. Once I retired, I began coaching youth cyclist for a non-profit organization called the Connie Cycling Foundation (CCF).
Thank you for taking interest in my cycling career and providing me with an update on the Banke. Let me know if you have any questions or want any additional information.
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