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Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Friday Afternoon Tea
If anyone's interested in doing a Friday afternoon tea in London with me and Paola (another crafty type), please leave me a comment - we're thinking of meeting at Costa Coffee in the big Paperchase on Tottenham Court Road. Sounds like a good place to me! We might even do some sort of crafty swap (if I'm organise enough to get some fabric together).
Meanwhile, I managed to squeeze in a quick photo shoot yesterday with the infamous Marcel of hollabee (Bianca's boyfriend). He's working on a photography project about creative peeps and their workspaces, and I also needed some photos for a submission. So it worked out perfectly. Really nice shots too (considering the limitations of my space!):
Doorway to my little office/studio
© Marcel Lee - Bulb Studios
My fav prop - typecase & Jeremiah Ketner print :)
© Marcel Lee - Bulb Studios
Inside my little office/studio
© Marcel Lee - Bulb Studios
OMG it's a half decent picture of me!
© Marcel Lee - Bulb Studios
Okay better get back to it. Thanks again to everyone for the London tips - I will have to go thru them all on the plane :)
28 comments:
- of paper & thread said...
Awesome photos!
- 10:05 pm
- Little Munchkins said...
I had no idea how you look like but you look really good.
- 10:41 pm
- leslie said...
hi miss lara! thanks for showing a snippet of your studio. and you. both so lovely.
- 10:56 pm
- Zoe said...
hi Lara, you look fab! And so does your space. Have fun in London...wish I could hop on a plane down there too
- 11:11 pm
- Jason said...
Those photos should be in a magazine!
- 12:47 am
You look so cute! I love your top, and the green painted cabinet.
- 3:26 am
- esmereldaknits... said...
I would love to meet you for tea! When will you be here? Actually, if it's not this Friday, then the next two are perfect for me. If you'll have me, I'll be there!
- 3:34 am
- paolability said...
Gosh, your place looks serene in the photos. Gorgeous.
To crafty Londoners: in trying to take some load off Lara, I suggest we meet at 3pm next Friday (14th).
I figure we'll be at Costa for at least an hour. We can then explore Paperchase and Heals. If we're still yabbering come evening, we can buy Lara dinner at the Yo! Sushi on Bayley Street, off TCR.
After Lara sets the actual date & time, e-mail me (firstname.lastname@example.com) for my mobile number. Use it to text me on the day to find us if we've left Costa.
- 5:00 am
Thanks for the photos. You and your studio both look so cute!
- 5:29 am
- read me... said...
wow, what a lovely space... you're so lucky!
i realise i left you the longest comment ever for your london trip, so apologies again for that. here are a few more places to visit for tea while you're in my fair city
- 5:33 am
- shanna said...
your space is so so bright and cheery. love the typecase!
- 6:01 am
- beetlegirl said...
I love the images of your studio space. I have been feeling the tinges of the spring cleaning bug, and I think this might have thrown me over the edge.
- 6:16 am
- c.rachel said...
Lovely space! It's so nice and bright...absolutely lovely.
Wonderful pic of you too!
- 7:06 am
- Cheeky Beaks said...
Yeah, I'm up for tea. Oh, forgot I live in the WRONG COUNTRY!!! Have fun my friend.
- 7:28 am
- Tamara said...
Nice photos - you included. It is lovely to finally put a face to your blog.
Your studio looks lovely and calm, very restful.
Have a WONDERFUL trip.
- 8:12 am
- Sarah said...
Great photos!! love you workspace
- 9:02 am
- arounna said...
lovely photos Lara!! your workspace looks calm. Have a great time in London.
- 9:21 am
- Anna Laura said...
Oh the space looks lovely! Good luck in London, make sure you keep warm! I don't have any advice, I've only been twice and it was only for a couple of days. Tate Modern was cool though!
- 9:43 am
- art4friends said...
i love all the pictures
but i love those 4 little framed artworks near the door in the first one.
looks oh so sweet like that!
and its nice to see the artist in her environment! lovely!
- 10:16 am
- kitty's kaboodle said...
your space is fantastic, the photos are really nice and crisp, and you look great in your photo.
have so much fun in london.
- 12:07 pm
- rifferaff said...
nice workspace and great pic of you!
- 8:55 am
- Corrie said...
wow, you definitely have no little people living at your place! I can always send round a toddler to do some damage!
you look great! I avoid photos of my self on my blog
- 4:27 pm
- Joanna Goddard said...
i love this space!
- 2:38 pm
- Torann said...
oh thoses cubed white shelves are so like the ones in Ikea I have been eyeing up but cant make up my mind white or birch still undecided said birch earlier and now saying white since seeing your pics lol :) cute studio thanks for sharing :D
- 11:59 am
- Jesse said...
Lovely photos! Your studio space looks wonderful.
- 5:38 pm
I love your craft space...looks so peaceful!!!
I do have a question....and you dont know me at all! I live in New Zealand but may be moving to Melbourne to live in the next few months.....all I know is that we want to live fairly central-ish....can you reccomend any suburbs/tell us which ones to not go near???!!! Any other hints would be helpful....and some tips on where the good craft shops are....
my email is firstname.lastname@example.com
sorry for being so cheeky!!!
- 6:25 pm
- Amy Nieto said...
you are so pretty!
your studio is so nice!
- 5:35 pm
- vana chupp said...
i stumbled upon your blog...and i have fallen in love with your fabrics. I am in the process of learning a bit about textiles and would like to use some of my sketches in creating patterns. Your work and style is such an inspiration.
- 2:12 pm


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Championship Games Familiar Territory for Metzelaarsby Brent Harris • February 1, 2010 Share:
Pete Metzelaars will return Sunday evening to familiar territory.
Metzelaars will be working in Sun Life Stadium in Miami, Florida as the offensive quality control and assistant offensive line coach for the Indianapolis Colts at Super Bowl XLIV. It's the same place the Colts won Super Bowl XLI in 2007.
It's not just the setting that will be familiar. It will make six trips to the NFL's championship event for the 1982 Wabash graduate. Four times he was on the field as a tight end for the Buffalo Bills.
Metzelaars' first experience in a championship game came at Wabash. He made the decision to come to the College one year after the Little Giants played for the NCAA Division III football national championship. During his four-year run at Wabash, he starred on the football field and on the basketball court, eventually leading the Little Giants to the DIII national basketball title as a senior. Playing at 6-8 and 235 pounds, Metzelaars scored 45 points in the basketball championship game, an 83-62 victory over Potsdam State. He was named the National Association of Basketball Coaches Division III Player of the Year and set single-season and career field goal shooting percentages that still appear in the NCAA record books.
"I think each championship game is unique, but at the same time there are many similarities," Metzelaars said. "There's a common thread that runs through championship games. You have to keep your emotions in tact. Your emotions tell you to go out and do great things, so you try to do extraordinary things you haven't done all year. In fact you don't have to do extraordinary things, you have to do the ordinary things well."
Former Wabash football coach Stan Parrish praised Metzelaars. "(Pete) has great wisdom as a player and a coach. There aren't very many people that have been to as many Super Bowls as he has."
Parrish, currently the Ball State University head football coach, took over at Wabash in 1978 after serving as an assistant on the Little Giants' 1977 national runner-up team. Parrish left after the 1982 season, accumulating a 42-3-1 record. He had a successful career as both a head coach and an assistant in the college ranks before joining Jon Gruden's staff in Tampa Bay in 2002. He helped guide the Buccaneers to the 2002 Super Bowl title.
The ability to play two sports played a major roll in Metzelaars' decision to come to Wabash.
"Wabash allowed (Pete) to be a two-sport athlete," Little Giant basketball coach Mac Petty said. "Stan and I both felt we could use the guy and might as well see if we could have him play both. Fortunately for us, he continued to play both and was able to handle it athletically and academically."
Parrish made one of the biggest changes in Metzelaars' life when Pete joined the Little Giant football team. "(Pete) was a quarterback in high school, but I moved him to tight end," Parrish said. "He didn't think he was a tight end, and his father didn't' think he was a tight end. He was smart and had good hands I knew it would be a good move for him. The rest is history. He became one of the best in the country at our level."
Metzelaars steady play for Wabash — 77 receptions for 1,196 yards and nine TDs and a four-year record of 32-3-1 — drew the attention of the Seattle Seahawks. He was selected in the third round of the of the 1982 draft, spending three seasons at Seattle. At the end of the 1985, Buffalo general manager Bill Polian traded with Seattle to bring Metzelaars to the Bills. Metzelaars would go on to play in four consecutive Super Bowls from 1991-1994, but never got a Super Bowl victory after closing out his career with stints in Carolina and Detroit.
Polian, who came to the Colts' organization in 1998, helped Metzelaars join the Indianapolis staff as the offensive quality control coach in 2004.
Metzelaars and Parrish have both experienced the thrill of coaching in a Super Bowl victory and agree on the approach.
"When we won the basketball championship in 1982, we just played the same way we had all season. I think if you try to make some type of spectacular play or try to do things you haven't normally been doing all season, in general you'll end up failing. Many times championship games are lost rather than won. People always say Michael Jordan was a clutch player who raised the level of his play when the game mattered the most. I think he probably did the same things he always did, just the scope and the magnitude of the game didn't affect him the way it affected others."
With all of his championship experience, Metzelaars joked when the Colts made their first trip to Miami for the Super Bowl in 2007, he did not have a lot of requests for advice.
"I don't think anyone really wanted my advice since I didn't have the best track record with four losing efforts," he said. "Seriously, we had three or four players with Super Bowl experience when we won in 2007. (Defensive line coach) John Teerlinck was part of two Super Bowl wins in Denver and our offensive coordinator, Tom Moore, was part of two championships in Pittsburgh. We just tried to remind the players to keep the distractions as limited as possible.
"Adam Vinatieri had played on winning teams in New England. He told everyone it's about the game. All of the other things are enticing and fun, but you have to stay focused on the game. Those other outside things are fun, but you'll enjoy the experience a lot more if you win the game."
Metzelaars' Wabash career gives him a common connection with a current Colts player. Pierre Garçon is in his second season with Indianapolis after playing at Division III Mount Union College in Ohio. The DIII connection has made for some fun exchanges.
"Pierre and I joke back forth a lot," Metzelaars said. "We are the only guys on the team that follow the Division III football playoffs, so I told him he was lucky Mount Union didn't have to play Wabash this year. I asked him when Mount Union will finally let some other team win the title, and I gave him some grief about Mount Union losing to Wisconsin-Whitewater in the championship game. We have fun with it."
Metzelaars and Garçon are proof Division III players belong on the biggest stage.
"If you have the talent and ability and you make the most of your opportunities, you can succeed in anything," Metzelaars said. "Pierre is a perfect example. Some people take advantage of these opportunities; some don't know what to do or how to do something when opportunities are presented. It is a huge jump in terms of what and how you need to perform in the NFL.
"When I was playing football at Wabash you could get away with not playing well on every snap. I was 6-8 and 235 blocking guys who were 5-10 and 195. When you get to the NFL level, you're lined up against someone who is the same caliber of player, if not better. You have to be technically correct in everything you do."
Petty and Parrish agree about the hard work needed to succeed.
"(Pete's) attitude about the little things, do things the best he could possibly do (them), I don't think those things have changed," Petty said. "I don't think you play in the NFL that many years without being able to do those things. His competitive attitude and nature is just phenomenal. I just think he's competitor and he's an intelligent person. What he's done from the time he was here to now really doesn't surprise me."
Wabash basketball coach Mac Petty discusses Metzelaars' attributes that have led to his success in the NFL.
"In some cases it helps (not coming from a big program)," Parrish said. "You have to work to prove to the upper levels you can compete and do what they do. It's wonderful to see Garçon and Metzelaars' work pay off. It's hard being successful at any level. It's extremely hard being successful at an ultra-high level."
Metzelaars returns to that stage Sunday for the sixth time.
Photos - (top right) Metzelaars being interviewed during the 2008 Monon Bell telecast on HDNet.
(Middle left) Metzelaars played 16 seasons in the NFL, including 10 with the Buffalo Bills.
(Bottom left) Metzelaars returned to Wabash as a colloquium speaker for his 25th class reunion.


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Sale Date: May 7, 2013
Buyer: Spencer Property Inc.
Seller: Patricia E. Adrian, substitute trustee
Details: The 224,749-square-foot warehouse at 4120 Air Trans Road in Oakhaven has sold for $2.5 million following a foreclosure.
Spencer Property Inc. of Saltillo, Miss., near Tupelo, bought the Class B facility May 7 from substitute trustee Patricia E. Adrian of the law firm Farris Bobango PLC.
4120 Air Trans Road • Memphis, TN 38118
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Sale Amounts: $1.5 million; $1 million;
Sale Dates: April 18, 2013
Buyers: ARC KLMPSTN001 LLC; ARC KLMPSTN002 LLC
Seller: CFKRY LLC
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CFKRY LLC sold the properties April 18 to ARC KLMPSTN001 LLC and ARC KLMPSTN002 LLC, respectively.
Each restaurant is an entity related to Jenkintown, Pa.-based American Realty Capital.
CFKRY sold the 2663 Mount Moriah Road property for $1.5 million to ARC KLMPSTN001 LLC.
Built in 1975, the fast food restaurant sits on 0.7 acres along the south side of Mount Moriah between South Mendenhall Road and Fox Plaza Drive.
The Shelby County Assessor of Property's 2013 appraisal is $322,900.
And CFKRY sold the 4431 Summer Ave. property for $1 million to ARC KLMPSTN002 LLC.
Built in 1972, the fast food restaurant sits on 0.7 acres along the south side of Summer between South Waring and North Perkins roads.
Both transactions included a "notice of termination of memorandum of lease."
The Krystal Co. had sold the two restaurants – along with a third property – last year for about $3.1 million in a sale-leaseback deal, part of a $14.2 million investment by Raleigh, N.C.-based Triangle Capital Corp.
CFKRY had bought the Krystal restaurant at 2663 Mount Moriah Road for $1.2 million, the one at 4431 Summer Ave. for $849,563 and the third, at 4395 Elvis Presley Blvd., for $1.1 million. CFKRY sold the Elvis Presley property in January for $1.4 million to Krystal V LLC.
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Permit Cost: $3 million
Project Cost: $301 million
Permit Date: Applied May 2013
Completion: TBA
Owner: Nike Inc.
Tenant: Nike Inc.
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Contractor: Wynright Corp.
Details: Nike Inc. has filed a $3 million permit application with the city-county Office of Construction Code Enforcement for work on its North Memphis distribution center at 3100 New Frayser Blvd.
The permit calls for the installation of "industrial steel storage racks" by Wynright Corp., a Elk Grove, Ill.-based "provider of intelligent material handling systems," according to the company's website. The permit is one of what will be many for the $301 million project.
Nike in January paid $2.2 million for about 200 acres of vacant land in Frayser from Belz Investco GP for the distribution center.
Operating in the transaction as Nike TN Inc., the Beaverton, Ore.-based sports giant bought the land in two parcels – a 162.5-acre tract and a 38.4-acre tract, both north of Nike's 1.1 million-square-foot facility in Belz Enterprises Inc.'s Northridge Industrial Park.
The board of the Memphis and Shelby County Economic Development Growth Engine approved last October a 15-year payment-in-lieu-of-taxes (PILOT) agreement with Nike for the $301 million project.
According to the approved PILOT, the expansion would retain 1,600 jobs and add 250 more once the expanded facility opens, said Willie Gregory, Nike director of Community and Business Relations.
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Sugar Beets- Monsanto Is Still in the Ring
UPDATE: On September 1, 2010, the USDA announced it will issue permits for farmers to grow GMO sugar beets, so long as the plants don't flower, per news reports.
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Last week, federal Judge Jeffrey White refused a request for an injunction on GMO sugar beets, but the GMO plants are illegal to grow at this time, pending an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) by the USDA and possible further legal action. Sugar beets comprise 50% of the sugar used in US food, and 95% of the sugar beets grown in the US are GMO. It is the jurisdiction of the US Department of Agriculture to determine whether plants are environmentally safe; this case is about whether the plants can cross pollinate (by wind, insects, etc) and contaminate other plants.
Less than 2 weeks ago, wild growing canola in North Dakota was discovered to be 86% GMO. Because GMO crops are crossed with herbicide resistant plants (usually weeds), they grow like weeds and contaminate natural plants. Alarmingly, two of the canola samples collected by scientists showed that multiple genes from different species of GMO canola plants cross pollinated without cultivation, and probably for several generations. The implication of this is that GMO seeds can readily contaminate natural seeds and become out of control.
The GMO alfalfa ban lawsuit about contamination was the first GMO case ever heard by the Supreme Court, despite countless lawsuits from farmers whose fields have been polluted by GMOs. The sugar beet ban was overturned, based on a Supreme Court decision (7-1), which lifted the nationwide ban on GMO alfalfa in June.
The Supreme Court ruling stated that the nationwide GMO alfalfa ban was too broad, so it was lifted; an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to be performed by the USDA is still pending and it is currently illegal to grow GMO alfalfa plants.. GMO crops are environmentally dangerous because they can readily spread, as proven by the wild GMO plants found in North Dakota. The Supreme Court never ruled on the issue of whether GMO plants contaminate natural plants through cross pollination.
Remember that the appointed Supreme Court judges collect their paychecks from the federal government. The USDA co-owns a patent with Monsanto for the 'Terminator' gene (which make seeds go sterile after one harvest). Is the Supreme Court's loyalty to the federal government, in this case protecting the 'Terminator' patent owned by the USDA and its business-partner Monsanto, or is their loyalty to the American people?
The Supreme Court has never accepted a GMO food safety case, which falls under the jurisdiction of the corrupt FDA. Organ damage and sterility have been linked to a GMO food diet in lab animals.
Many of the organizations that represent farmers whose farms appear to be compromised. For instance, Andrew Kimbrell of the Center for Food Safety has another tax-exempt organization that is pursuing the removal of natural colloidal silver from public use and has accepted $1.75 million from the John Merck Fund, which has ties to the Rockefellers, who have been major financiers of biotechnology and food control for decades.
The Sierra Club's own website supports the United Nations Population Fund which has its roots in eugenics.
According to their own website, Earthjustice has a $30 million budget and they support the Sierra Club's mission against what they call the "overriding threat of spiraling population growth and over consumption", and a major objective is population control.
Monsanto's GMOs, which no one would want if they fully understood the health and contamination dangers, have thoroughly infiltrated America's farms and food supply by way of government regulations, which is how monopolies are created. The Rockefellers have practiced food control for generations and fund biotechnology. The US government has worked in opposition to farmers and public health in granting Monsanto patents on seeds, thus enabling Monsanto's licensing agreements with farmers that keep the farmers paying royalties even after they stop growing Monsanto products. The United Nations has been complicit in spreading GMO seeds across the world through WTO regulations and other means. Many environmental NGOs are accredited through the UN, "non-profit" organizations (tax-exempt is a better description because many of these 501(c)3 organizations reap plenty of profits) and tax-exempt foundations all work together to pursue the Agenda 21 Sustainable Development goals of depopulation and total control, using the environment as the excuse. For the full analysis of Food & Depopulation, please click on these links:
The Rockefeller Family- Part One
Internaional Takeover by the UN- Part Three
There were 2 definitions for "ban"in the GMO sugar beet case:
1. Injunction: Plaintiffs requested a permanent injunction (also called a "ban") on planting GMO sugar beets, and the Judge rejected the request on August 16. No immediate "ban" on further planting, cultivation and processing has been imposed. Judge White referred the matter back to the USDA to perform an EIS (Environmental Impact Statement).
The USDA APHIS (Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service) was responsible for approving the GMO sugar beet seed for selling and planting in 2005, and they have been directed to provide the EIS.
In the GMO sugar beet case Judge White stated that "...APHIS's apparent position that it is merely a matter of time before they reinstate the same deregulation decision, or a modified version of this decision, and thus apparent perception that conducting the requisite comprehensive review is a mere formality, causes some concern that the Defendants are not taking this process seriously."
The EIS will be performed by APHIS despite Judge White's seemingly low opinion of APHIS.Click here for information on the injunction invalidation
2. Vacating Deregulation: Federal Judge White did vacate the USDA order to deregulate GMO sugar beets; deregulation is the free sale and planting of the GMO seeds. Because Judge White vacated the GMO sugar beet deregulation, these plants are now regulated and there is a "ban"; they must undergo an EIS (Environmental Impact Statement) under the authority of the USDA APHIS.
• The Sugar Biotech Council interpreted this to mean that the Court's order does not interfere with the harvest and processing of Roundup Ready sugar beet crops planted before the date of the order, August 13. They also said that the harvested sugar may be supplied to the market without limitation.
Further, the council said that under the GMO alfalfa Supreme Court ruling, APHIS could adopt interim measures to allow plantings next season.
• One of the Plaintiffs, the Center for Food Safety, interpreted the ruling to mean that "the Court officially 'vacated' the the USDA 'deregulation' of Monsanto's biotech sugar beets and prohibited any future planting and sale pending the agency's compliance with NEPA and all other relevant laws."
US Department of Agriculture's APHIS identifies GMO plants as "plant pests". In order to remove regulations from GMO "plant pests", the GMO manufacturer petitions APHIS if it believes that their plants are not "plant pests". APHIS is required to analyze the potential impact of that GMO plant on the environment. Generally, APHIS files a brief EA (Environmental Assessment), but if it determines that the seeds could significantly affect the environment, it must complete a detailed EIS (Environmental Impact Statement).
Click here for the legal explanation
APHIS failed to perform an EIS on GMO alfalfa before deregulating it and an injunction was placed on GMO alfalfa, so it went to the Supreme Court, with Monsanto as the Plaintiff. Both sides claimed victory in the Supreme Court's decision.
• Monsanto contended that they won the case because the nationwide injunction was reversed.
• The Center for Food Safety claimed victory because GMO alfalfa is now regulated until it is approved by APHIS after they conduct an EIS.
The process of GMO approval/ deregulation was the disputed issue, not the safety of the GMO plant. However, the dissenting judge John Paul Stevens did mention that planting should wait until the problem of gene flow could be prevented.
After APHIS completed a draft of the EIS, that determined GMO alfalfa was "unlikely to pose a plant pest risk", Geertson Seed Farm responded by arguing that incorrect conclusions were drawn from the data by APHIS, and the case went to the Supreme Court. Click here for document citing flaws in the EIS
According to an article from the GMO Journal, 75 members of Congress signed a letter urging the USDA to allow limited planting of Roundup Ready alfalfa while it completes the EIS (Environmental Impact Statement).
Click here for the article and letter.
The injunction against GMO alfalfa was overturned. The request for a permanent injunction on GMO sugar beet plants was refused.
Both GMO alfalfa and GMO sugar beets are awaiting APHIS' Environmental Impact Statements.
It appears that some key members of Congress are now urging the USDA to allow limited planting of GMO alfalfa.
The Sugar Industry Biotech Council has indicated that APHIS could adopt interim measures to allow planting of GMO sugar beet seeds, based on the Supreme Court decision.
As previously pointed out in the earlier article, the USDA has a vested interest in Monsanto, as they co-own a patent on the Terminator gene. APHIS, an agency of the USDA will be performing the EIS reports for both GMO plants.
*Due to a material error, this article was corrected on 8/18/10 and revised on 8/20/10,with apologies to anyone who was inconvenienced about this complicated matter in which both sides have used plenty of 'spin'.


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(TriceEdneyWire.com) - When told that Republican spending cuts could eliminate hundreds of thousands of jobs at a time when 25 million people are already in need of full time work, House Speaker John Boehner said, Well, so be it.
This weekend, Boehner stated that it was simply immoral to leave deep debts to our children. That certainly is true. But Republicans in the House and governors under pressure across the country are planning deep cuts in areas that are vital to children in pre-K programs like Head Start, in infant nutrition, in health care, in funding for schools and teachers, and support for college. They are making these cuts after extending tax cuts to the richest 1 percent of Americans, who already capture 23 percent of the nations income. It is unwise to talk about immorality when children are the leading victims of so be it economics.
The demonstrations in Wisconsin where the Governor hopes to use the crisis as an excuse to destroy the unions and effectively eliminate the right to bargain collectively have exposed the political aims of conservative Republican governors. But too little attention is being paid to who is being asked to sacrifice as we struggle to get out of the worst recession since the Great Depression.
Of the 41 states that have released their initial budget proposals for next year covering 83% of the nations population, nearly all propose to spend less money than they spent in 2008, after adjusting for inflation, even though the cost of providing services is much higher. There will be more children in public schools, more students seeking admission to colleges and universities, more Medicaid enrolless, more people dependent on public health programs.
The majority of states are planning major cuts in basic public services. Were not talking fat here; we are talking bone and muscle and tendons. 16 states propose deep cuts in pre-K, grade school and high school spending. The Texas budget, for example, will eliminate pre-K funding for nearly 100,000 at risk children, over 40 percent of the states pre-K students. 23 states have proposed deep cuts in health care. Ensconced in the Wisconsin Governors budget is a plan to cancel health insurance coverage for about 70,000 people. 15 states will make big cuts in higher education. Arizona will cut state support by 20 percent next year; when combined with previous cuts, it would reduce per student state spending by 46 percent below pre-recession levels.
Yet, many of the new Republican governors are also proposing large tax cuts, mostly for corporations. Floridas new governor wants to cut the corporate income tax by 40 percent, and eliminate it by 2018. New Jerseys newly fashionable conservative governor proposes to cut the minimum tax paid by corporations by 25 percent and increase the amount that can be bequeathed to heirs tax free.
The cuts will have brutal effects on the economy. Last year, state and local governments lost 400,000 jobs and that was when the states still had support from the Obama recovery plan. This year, the cuts will be worse. These are cops, teachers, fire fighters, judges and clerks, basic social services. Goldman Sachs, the Wall Street bank, estimates that the cuts voted on by Republicans could slice growth in half, to levels that dont keep up with people going into the job market. Veterans coming back from battlegrounds overseas are headed into an economic battleground here at home that offers them few jobs and little hope.
Weve all seen times when managers mess up and workers pay the penalty. Now, global banks and corporations blew up the economy, and children, cops and teachers are being asked to pay the price. This is a time to mobilize. So be it doesnt get it.
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If you're an Amazon Kindle customer, you may have a check coming your way. Today Amazon sent out an email to everyone who has ever purchased a book via Amazon Kindle informing them that they may have a check coming in for each book purchased between April 2010 and May 2012. Each customer will receive anywhere between $0.30 and $1.32 per eBook. The only books eligible for this refund must've been published by either HarperCollins, Hachette, or Simon & Schuster. However, Amazon has informed customers that the Court ruling isn't final yet, though we should have a final answer by February 8, 2013. If approved, the refund will automatically be applied to the user's Amazon.com account and can be used to purchase more eBooks, but users can opt to receive a check in the mail as well.
The reasoning behind this refund is pretty simple: Hachette, HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster have settled an anti-trust lawsuit which will impose restrictions on the publisher's ability to set eBook prices when selling through third-parties like Amazon Kindle and Barnes & Noble Nook. If you'd like more info on the suit, we've embedded the full email explanation from Amazon below:
Dear Kindle Customer,
We have good news. You are entitled to a credit for some of your past e-book purchases as a result of legal settlements between several major e-book publishers and the Attorneys General of most U.S. states and territories, including yours. You do not need to do anything to receive this credit. We will contact you when the credit is applied to your Amazon.com account if the Court approves the settlements in February 2013.
Hachette, Harper Collins, and Simon & Schuster have settled an antitrust lawsuit about e-book prices. Under the proposed settlements, the publishers will provide funds for a credit that will be applied directly to your Amazon.com account. If the Court approves the settlements, the account credit will appear automatically and can be used to purchase Kindle books or print books. While we will not know the amount of your credit until the Court approves the settlements, the Attorneys General estimate that it will range from $0.30 to $1.32 for every eligible Kindle book that you purchased between April 2010 and May 2012. Alternatively, you may request a check in the amount of your credit by following the instructions included in the formal notice of the settlements, set forth below. You can learn more about the settlements here:
In addition to the account credit, the settlements impose limitations on the publishers' ability to set e-book prices. We think these settlements are a big win for customers and look forward to lowering prices on more Kindle books in the future.
Thank you for being a Kindle customer.
The Amazon Kindle Team
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At least four vehicle crashes by noon Thursday and at least two people were injured in Craven County.
At least four vehicle crashes by noon Thursday and at least two people were injured in Craven County.
An 8:10 a.m. collision involved a tractor-trailer and a van on westbound U.S. 70. The van was driven by Queshoanda J. Hearns, 37, of James City, with her 3-year-old daughter Meshiah Hearns as a passenger. The tractor-trailer was driven by Zenawi W. Birhane, 35, of Baltimore, Md.
The N.C. State Highway Patrol reports both vehicles were traveling west on U.S. 70. Birhane was in the left lane and Hearns was in the right lane.
Reports indicate that Birhane slowed to make a right turn onto SR 1917 but failed to see Hearns� vehicle beside him. Birhane struck Hearns in the left side as the truck began to turn. Both vehicles ran off the roadway. Hearns� vehicle overturned onto its side. No one was injured. Birhane was charged with a safe movement violation.
The truck closed off one of two westbound lanes, stalling traffic.
A 9:30 a.m. accident at the corner of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Greenleaf Cemetery Road left one person injured.
Barbara Monahan was taken to CarolinaEast Medical Center after the Hyundai Elantra she was driving struck a Mazda driven by Charlotte Brewer. Monahan was entering MLK Boulevard from Greenleaf Cemetery Road when the crash occurred. New Bern police are investigating.
Early Thursday in Bridgeton at 7 a.m. a woman was injured in a collision between her Honda and a Ford F150 pickup. The crash occurred at the intersection of U.S. 17 and North C Street, Bridgeton near Hardee�s Restaurant. The female driver was taken to CarolinaEast Medical Center. Her name and condition was not released from the highway patrol.
Around noon a bob-tail semi truck and a passenger vehicle collided in Vanceboro. The highway patrol reports that Dorothy Hargett, 68, of Cove City, was driving her car east on SR 1005 and slowed to make a left hand turn onto SR 1256. Rodney Sutton, 51, of Cove City, was driving a semi owned by Tommy McCoy Trucking Inc. when he stopped for the stop sign at the intersection of SR 1256 and SR 1005. Reports indicated that Sutton failed to notice Hargett making her turn and struck her car in the left side. No injuries were reported. Sutton was charged with a safe movement violation.
Francine Sawyer contributed to this story.