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City considers making building owners do seismic upgrades
City Hall sources have confirmed the basic details of a San Francisco Public Press report from Friday afternoon that the Board of Supervisors will consider requiring the owners of soft-story buildings of three stories or more to seismically retrofit them by 2020 – at the expense of building owners, something sure to rouse controversy.
The legislation was developed and introduced by the Mayor's Office and it's being sponsored by the board's two most prolific and effective supervisors, Board President David Chiu and Sup. Scott Wiener, which is probably a signal that city officials know this one is going to be "challenging," as one source told us.
Details are still being hammered out before the measure is introduced at tomorrow's board meeting, including some of the financing options that would be open to property owners. But after voters in 2010 narrowly rejected Measure A, a bond that would have provided low-cost loans for the seismic retrofits, property owners could be forced to dig deep to ensure their buildings don't collapse in an earthquake.
Wiener confirmed that the legislation would be mandate on building owners without public money attached: "It would be a mandate that they within a certain time frame do an earthquake retrofit," Wiener told the Guardian.
As the Public Press reported, the legislation would apply to all wood-framed buildings of three stories or more built before 1978, with smaller buildings and single-family homes exempted. In the most recent print edition of the Public Press, extensive coverage of the city's earthquake vulnerabilities estimated that about 58,000 San Franciscans live in the nearly 3,000 soft-story buildings deemed dangerous places to be when the next big earthquake hits.
Wiener said city officials have been deeply involved with negotiations with various effected groups, including building owners and their tenants, who could face displacement as the work is done or higher rents if landlords pass through those costs. Wiener said the legislation is bound to evolve as talks and hearings continue: "There are a lot of variables and the introduction is really just a preliminary step."
Nope, there needs to be a moral hazard applied to such poor economic decision making instead of coddling the errant TIC commune/collective members so that it does not happen again.
Everyone loses if TIC's win.
Existing TIC communes can simply dissolve, put the building on the market as rent controlled rentals with the price of the building reflecting current market rate rents--a windfall for the TIC communards--who can then put a hefty down payment on a proper condo--everyone wins except for the tenants displaced in the first instance.
Dual-income professionals can easily afford TIC's, and are lapping them up. TIC financing is also becoming more available and affordable.
SF RE is booming again. I know how much you hate success and prosperity.
The Wall Street Journal reported a $10 Million sale in Mission/Dolores.
to the south and west of Dolores Park, especially tucked away on the heights of Sanchez Street around there.
I wonder of Randy Shaw and his rich wife traded up to that given his windfall of public poverty dollars?
He works his fingers to the bone every day for the poor and downtrodden of the Tenderloin - don't you get that?
Oakland or Berkeley, and it was only worth a couple of million. I doubt he is in the eight-figure club, but definitely in the two comma club.
eviction is for a "temporary" rehabilitation. Basically, a LL gives notice that significant works require all tenants to move out temporarily. $4,500 gets paid to compensate and, in theory, the tenant gets to move back in after 3 months.
But in practice, these renovations have a nasty habit of taking longer than planned, which means extensions to the "temporary" evictions. And of course the longer the works go on, the more likely it is that the tenants will give up and find another place.
It's one of the loopholes in the rent ordinance that, in a sane market, an owner would never use. But there is nothing sane about tent control and, given th;at incimbency and occupation is a tenant's biggest weapon, it makes a lot of sense to take that away and only then negotiate a payout or buyoff to make that permanent.
Law of unintended consequcnes, yet again.
"I'm concerned about property owners Not their tenants - who honestly I could give two shits about. "
This is, of course, the same person who said African Americans "should be grateful to Europeans for their enslavement."
Don't offer substantive rebuttals - just repeat the same tired old attack lines again and again, night after night. Like the progressive movement you're just gonna keep on losing. Because I always win. What Lucretia wants - Lucretia gets.
I'm going to keep digging up and repeating that quote of yours from time to time, because it provides context to your other posts by giving valuable insight into your character.
It's like when Romney says that he's "not concerned about the poor"... say something like that once, and people can chalk it up to bad phrasing. But find a whole pattern of such quotes ("I like to fire people", the 47% remarks, etc.), and you can see that the person really is a heartless bastard.
Likewise, when you say "I could give two shits about tenants," it's important to know that it's not an isolated incident, but fits very well with your history of hate-filled and callous remarks toward other people.
of handout from the government UNLESS that statement is factually false.
47% of Americans give up most of their lives working at subsistence levels in order to subsidize the standards of living of those a few rungs up the economic ladder.
and some people net receive benefits funded by taxes.
It's 53%/47%, apparently.
And others are forced to subsidize those who take tax off the top via underpaid labor.
cataloging her quotes. You are like the unofficial biographer of Lucretia - no? Clearly you are obsessed with Lucretia and as Lucretia has said before - this happens often. What Lucretia wants - Lucretia gets.
nobosy will want to buy it unless they change it's use. So if these costs are stick to a residential owner, and they make the enterprise unviable, then the occupants end up losing their home, one way or another.
My building is on the list of buildings identified in the Public Press article, but it's already been seismically retrofitted. Makes me question the accuracy of the data.
gets permits for such work, due to the cost and unreasonableness of the building codes.
A simple solution would be what already happens for unreinforced masonary buildings - put a clear sign by the main entrance telling people the building is potentially vulnerable in an earthquake.
If tenants then decide to take the risk and live there anyway, it is on their heads.
"Earthquake consultants who convened at a city-sponsored workshop Wednesday said the wood-frame buildings could be made much safer with retrofits that would cost between $71,000 and $132,000, depending on the materials used and the amount of work."
Only $132K for a large building, with many able to get away with 3/4" ply screwed into the studs, I mean WTF?
Note to self: buy 3/4" ply and screw it into our soft story studs even though we're not on the list.
SF building owners spend 100K each on earthquake remediation.
What else would anyone expect them to say?
Self-serving dishonest nonsense. If you don't like living with the risk of earthquakes, then don't live in SF, or don't live in a building that isn't refitted. It's not rocket science.
$137K on a large building is rounding error.
It's all passed thru to tenants. You knew that right?
Pass through depends on how the legislation is written, chalk retrofit up to the cost of doing business.
The reason the passthru rules are in there is so that rent control can pass constitutional muster. RC would be a "taking" if LL's were denied the ability to make a "reasonable return" and that would be impossible but for the abiloity to pass on new or increased costs.
Go to any rent board meeting and you will see and hear lots of passthru's being approved.
But they have to be approved. Forcing people to invest in their properties to bring them up to code is different than passing through the cost of a bond measure or tax increase.
Tenants rarely hire lawyers to fight them and so the LL almost always prevails.
Am I the only one wondering why the city continues to pass laws benefiting construction companies?
First, all street corners were rebuilt to be handicap-safe.
Next, a huge amount of streets were repaved.
Next, the city forced all property owners to have their sidewalks repaired where trees (planted by the city) were pushing some blocks up.
Now earthquake proofing buildings.
It took me years of saving and sacrifice to become a property owner in SF. Now I feel like I am getting squeezed at every corner. I understand large buildings should be earthquake proof but this is getting out of control for small property owners.
Welcome to the wonderful world of real capital accounting where you pay for it at three times, principal, interest and depreciation and may have to take additional steps to keep the structure up to code as it evolves based on scientific evidence. You could always rent?
rather than expecting someone else to pay for it.
Conservatives love to wax poetic about personal responsibility, but what they really mean is personal responsibility for *others*. They want to grab all the profits of their business, and socialize the losses.
Uh-uh. These buildings are businesses, and with business ownership come certain responsibilities. Keeping it safe for human habitation is pretty basic -that's the number one responsibility of the landlord -whether he "wants" it or not. Many landlords take the attitude exemplified by one of the first commentators on this thread -"that's what insurance is for." As long as the landlord gets compensated for their loss, they could care less about the humans who die as a result of their neglect. Well to paraphrase a certain troll, "I could give two shits" about what the landlord "wants." Tenants want to survive an earthquake. If you're a landlord, you WILL make sure that your building is safe, and you WILL pay. Don't like it? Fuck you. Then get the fuck out of the landlord business.
owners will end up selling their units at a discount to developers/investors who will rent them out at market rate adding to the already 60% of renters who keep the worst of nanny state 'progressive' politicians in office? Anti home ownership, that's the policy of the progressives.
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Wait, I thought Virginia was for lovers? Isn't that the slogan we saw for years on countless bumper stickers?
After reading yesterday's AP news story about a Virginia Beach pizza place owner, Jay Laze, showing his support for firearms by offering a 15 percent discount to anyone who came into his shop toting a gun or bearing a concealed handgun permit, the slogan may have to be changed to: Virginia is for Gun Lovers. Proudly Mr. Laze hails that 80 percent of his customers came in armed with guns, and one fine fellow even meandered in with his prized AK-47 in tow.
It sounds like we've got the makings of a reality show here. They can call it -- Rigatoni, Russian Roulette-style. Just imagine the possibilities. A grandmother, wearing a revolver, is served the wrong kind of ravioli, say cheese instead of meat. She gets angry and pulls out her six-shooter and blasts a couple of holes in the tacky, pizza parlor paintings. Or one loose cannon, toting a semi-automatic, gets a topping of peppers instead of pepperoni and all hellfire breaks out. Suddenly, you're back in the day, dining in good, old Dodge City. Stay tuned and try to guess who's coming to dinner next.
In the meantime, the Virginia media mongrels need to start a new ad campaign. Instead of Virginia is for Lovers, may I suggest, Virginia: Proudly Serving Pizza with a Side of Pistol. Personally, I would add -- Please Hold the Bullets.
To me, a restaurant packed with gun slinging guests is the stuff of nightmares. Still others are claiming they would feel safer dining in a place like this. Their thinking is that nobody would be crazy enough to try to pull off any copycat mass murder stunts in an eatery armed to the hilt. Just asking -- would you frequent this kind of joint or boycott it?
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- In a large mixing bowl, cream the shortening, sugar, egg, milk, almond extract and lemon zest. Mix well after the addition of each ingredient. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; blend into the sugar mixture. Fold in the blueberries. Cover and chill for 4 hours.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Drop dough by teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets, about 1 1/2 inches apart.
- Bake 12 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven. Let the cookies cool on the baking sheets for a few minutes before transferring to wire racks to cool completely.
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Blueberries are my husbands very favorite and these cookies were very good! I freeze blueberries when they are in season and used frozen berries in this recipe. No problem.
After reading the comments, I reduced almond ext to 1/4 tsp, and used 3/4 tsps vanilla. These cookies tasted divine, esp. warm -- like a little bit of heaven, I absolutely cannot rave enough about the taste. They are very difficult to make, though, because you want to make sure each cookie has at least one berry, but the cookies should be small because they spread a lot in the oven. Also, as another commented, they collapse -- when removed from the sheet, some of the bottoms literally dropped out, so I would suggest cooling on a flat surface, or on a rack with a very tight weave.
The first time I followed the recepie exactly. Making these cookies made me realize that I'm not too big on the bitter almond taste. Second time around, I substituded the almond extract for vanilla and I also didn't cool them, but they still turned out great. They were so delicious, that they made me feel guilty afterward, but it's nothing a little walk in the park won't fix. I will definatly make these cookies again. Thankyou!!! : )
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Amount Per Serving (48 total)
- Calories
- 58 cal
- 3%
- Fat
- 2.3 g
- 4%
- Carbs
- 8.7 g
- 3%
- Protein
- 0.7 g
- 1%
- Cholesterol
- 5 mg
- 2%
- Sodium
- 47 mg
- 2%
Based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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Ruth enjoyed gardening, feeding her animals, going to church and spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
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He collects movies.
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Hollywood talent manager Louis Bershad wasn't ready for the plot change in his own story.
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Louis had kidney cancer. He was given the option of radio-frequency ablation.
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There's no incision, minimal to no damage to surrounding organs and patients go home the same day.
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"This is best served warm, so allow enough time to cool (approximately 1 hour). This quiche is just as good cold! This quiche Lorraine has no cheese in the listed ingredients, but you may add up to 8 ounces. When adding cheese, reduce liquid by 1/2 cup."
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Original recipe yields 1 9-inch quiche
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Fit the pie crust into a quiche pan or 9-inch pie dish, and cover the crust with a sheet of aluminum foil. Fill the crust with pie weights or dried beans.
- Bake the crust in the preheated oven just until the edges begin to turn golden brown, about 15 minutes. Remove from oven, and take out the pie weights and aluminum foil.
- Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat, and cook the bacon until browned, stirring frequently, about 7 minutes. Transfer the bacon to paper towels to drain, then sprinkle the bacon into the partially-baked crust. Whisk the cream, eggs, salt, black pepper, and nutmeg together in a bowl, and pour into the crust.
- Return to oven, and bake until the filling is set in the middle and the quiche is puffy and golden brown, 30 to 35 minutes. Allow to cool until warm, about 1 hour, to serve.
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This is a great basic quiche. Pretty darn close to the recipe that my mom has used for years. We have tweaked it with spinach, zucchini, mushrooms and different cheeses and spices. I stuck to the recipe, with the suggestion of added cheese (gruyere) and a couple of sweet onions that I had on hand. If you have never made a quiche before, this is a great place to start.
Very good quiche recipe
Very good. I used ham instead of bacon but would make this with bacon too. Thanks!
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Amount Per Serving (5 total)
- Calories
- 573 cal
- 29%
- Fat
- 49.9 g
- 77%
- Carbs
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- 6%
- Protein
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- 26%
- Cholesterol
- 247 mg
- 82%
- Sodium
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- 28%
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Northwest Whitfield High School's baseball team made 2013 one of the program's best in several years.
When it came time to pick the All-Region 7-4A team, the quality of the Bruins' lineup was impossible for coaches to overlook.
Northwest, which won the Region 7-4A title and earned a spot in the state playoffs — in their first trip to state since winning region in 2007, the Bruins advanced to the second round — had six players selected to the all-region team as picked by coaches. Because he was coach of the region championship team, Northwest's Todd Middleton was automatically named Region 7-4A Coach of the Year.
Region 7-4A was split into sub-regions this season, and because not every region team saw every other team from the opposite sub-region, coaches elected to vote within their own sub-regions and combine those selections for the all-region lineup.
Selected for the team from Northwest were Brady Middleton (infielder) — the coach's son — A.J. Orozco (designated hitter/utility player), Seth Pierce (pitcher), Brandon Smith (outfielder), Wade Terrell (pitcher) and Andy Whisenant (outfielder). The Bruins' Edwin Hernandez and Diego Peralta earned honorable mention.
But coach Middleton saw no weak spots in his lineup and said it wouldn't have been a stretch to have his entire team to earn all-region selections. The Bruins needed rallies and series comebacks to defeat Cass for the region title and Grady in the first round of state, and that meant several different heroes emerged along the way.
"All nine of our regulars contributed a lot," coach Middleton said. "... It's a great honor for those guys that made it, and they were all a big part of what we did. I'm proud of them."
The Bruins finished the season with a 24-8 mark after being swept by Stephens County in the second round of state.
Coach Middleton acknowledged that this year's success went beyond talent, although the Bruins had plenty of that, too.
"As far as teamwork goes, it seems like it was always somebody different coming up big in different situations," he said. "As far as the way they've gone about things, they worked hard. The chemistry was great this year. They pulled for each other and that was a big thing. The leadership these seniors showed was second to none. They led by example, they led vocally, they did it all. They let their actions on the field talk for them."
Southeast Whitfield's Blake Foster (infielder) and Jose Vargas (catcher) were also all-region selections, while teammates Abram Stanley and Devin Gentry earned honorable mention.
Dalton did not have any selections to the team, but Brandon Dale, Will Erwin, Charlie Martin and Matt Wells all earned honorable mention.


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OSKALOOSA — Peggy Dulin, 84, of Manassas, Va., formerly of Oskaloosa, died June 10, 2013, at the Fairfax Nursing Center in Fairfax, Va.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday in the Bates Funeral Chapel; the Rev. Ron Hodges officiating. Burial will follow in the Forest Cemetery in Oskaloosa.
Visitation will open at 2 p.m. today at the funeral chapel with the family present from 5-7 p.m.
Memorials may be made to Stephen Memorial Animal Shelter or Mahaska Hospice.


text: Living in the Time of Jesus is an entertaining and engaging 3 x 1 hour limited series that transports viewers back in time to witness life during the first century. It is a "people's history," set in first century Judea, that focuses on the day-to-day life of ordinary people. Episodes include "Making a living," "Healing the Sick," and "Crime and Punishment". Widescreen. Dove approved.


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PITTSBURGH — The first pitch Andrew McCutchen saw from New York Mets reliever David Aardsma sent the Pittsburgh Pirates All-Star center fielder sprawling.
The second ended up in the seats.
McCutchen responded from the brushback by belting a homer to tie the game in the sixth and then provided the go-ahead single in the seventh to help the Pirates rally for a 4-2 victory on Saturday.
"I was just ready to hit," McCutchen said. "Come up and in and (I) just like to bear down and be ready to hit and that's what happened."
Justin Wilson (6-1) earned the victory in relief of starter A.J. Burnett. All-Star closer Jason Grilli worked a perfect ninth for his NL-leading 29th save. The victory assured Pittsburgh (56-36) of its best record at the All-Star break since 1975 and moved the Pirates into a tie with St. Louis for the top spot in the NL Central.
"We just want to continue to keep rolling," McCutchen said.
That's hardly an issue at the moment for Pittsburgh, which responded to a four-game losing streak by ripping off three straight wins.
Three years after posting the worst record in baseball at 57-105, the Pirates can match their entire win total of that miserable season with a victory in Sunday's series finale.
"Nobody is satisfied," manager Clint Hurdle said.
No, but they're certainly encouraged. The bullpen picked up its 21st win of the season — tied for the major league high — when Wilson bailed Burnett out of a two-on, two-out jam in the sixth. The Mets managed just one hit the rest of the way, giving the Pirates all the room they would need to rally from an early 2-0 deficit.
Marlon Byrd and Eric Young had two hits apiece for the Mets, but New York's relievers faltered in relief of spot starter Carlos Torres.


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To the editor:
Our rivers, communities, and residents just received some much needed help from the legislature, thanks in large part to state Rep. Brian Dempsey. On Jan. 10, Gov. Deval Patrick signed into law a bill that will make it easier to repair or remove unsafe dams by providing funding and enhanced reporting and enforcement authority to the commonwealth's Dam Safety Program. The new law, An Act Further Regulating Dam Safety, Repair and Removal, also contains provisions to address seawalls and coastal infrastructure in the wake of Superstorm Sandy.
There are about 2,892 dams in Massachusetts, many of which are in poor condition and in locations that threaten public safety. While some dams in Massachusetts are needed for flood control, hydropower and water supply, the majority of dams in Massachusetts were built during the industrial revolution, are well past their design lives and are no longer serving their original intended purpose. This legacy infrastructure not only poses a risk to public safety as was witnessed in Taunton in 2005 and in Freetown in 2010, it also prevents successful fish migration and spawning, which contributes to the depletion of fish populations and impacts the fishing industry. According to a report released by the Office of the State Auditor in January 2011, 100 dams owned by 62 municipalities in Massachusetts are rated in unsafe or poor condition. Two of the dams listed in the report are located in Haverhill, one of them being critical to Haverhill's water supply.
The new law creates a separate $17 million state revolving loan fund for the removal and/or repair of unsafe dams, strengthens current dam safety regulations, and increases fines for dam owners who are not in compliance with dam safety regulations.
The bill had support from a large cross section of groups, including the Boston Society of Civil Engineers, The American Council of Engineering Companies, The Nature Conservancy, the Merrimack River Watershed Council, the Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commissions, Massachusetts Municipal Association, and others. The bill was originally authored by state Sen. Marc Pacheco of Taunton. Differences in the House and Senate versions nearly killed the bill this year.
We want to thank Rep. Brian Dempsey for his hard work throughout the year and especially at the end of the legislative session for developing language that both the House and Senate could live with and pushing the bill through the House to get it to the governor's desk for signature. The City of Haverhill is fortunate to have a representative who understands the infrastructure challenges we face today and has the ability to make things happen on Beacon Hill.
Peter A. Richardson, P.E.,
President, Boston Society of Civil Engineers
Caroly Shumway, Ph.D.
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Merrimack River Watershed Council


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America's Progressive Community
...over 120 groups on the frontlines of change
representing tens of millions of progressive-thinking Americans.
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Freedom to Marry
Freedom to Marry is the gay and non-gay partnership working to win marriage equality nationwide. Headed by Evan Wolfson, one of America's leading civil rights advocates and lawyers, Freedom to Marry brings new resources and a renewed context of urgency and opportunity to this social justice movement.
Global AIDS Alliance
The mission of the Global AIDS Alliance (GAA) is to halt the global
AIDS crisis and mitigate its impacts on poor countries hardest hit by
the pandemic.
Global Exchange
Global Exchange takes a holistic approach to creating change. With 20 years
working for international human rights, we realize that in order to
advance social, environmental and economic justice we must transform
the global economy from profit centered to people centered, from
currency to community.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), with more than 2.0
million members and supporters, is the largest animal rights
organization in the world. PETA works through public education, cruelty investigations, research,
animal rescue, legislation, special events, celebrity involvement, and
protest campaigns.
Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy
The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy works locally and globally at the intersection of policy and practice to
ensure fair and sustainable food, farm and trade systems.
International Campaign to Ban Landmines
The International Campaign to Ban Landmines is committed to an
international ban on the use, production, stockpiling, and sale,
transfer, or export of antipersonnel landmines.
International Fund for Animal Welfare
The International Fund for Animal Welfare works to improve animal welfare, prevent
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From stopping the elephant ivory trade, to ending the Canadian seal hunt
and saving the whales from extinction, IFAW works to create solutions that benefit
both animals and people.
Jubilee USA Network
Jubilee USA Network is an alliance of more than 80 religious
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labor, and community groups working for the definitive cancellation of
crushing debts to fight poverty and injustice in Asia, Africa, and
Latin America.
Justice at Stake Campaign
We're a nationwide, nonpartisan
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organizations. We've come together because across America, your right to fair and impartial
justice is at stake. Judges and citizens are deeply concerned about the growing
impact of money and politics on fair and impartial courts. Our mission is to educate the public and work for reforms to keep politics
and special interests out of the courtroom—so judges can do their job protecting
the Constitution, individual rights and the rule of law.
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, a nonpartisan,
nonprofit organization, was formed in 1963 at the request
of President John F. Kennedy to involve the private bar
in providing legal services to address racial discrimination.
The principal mission of the Lawyers' Committee is to secure,
through the rule of law, equal justice under law.
League of Women Voters
The League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan political organization, has
fought since 1920 to improve our systems of government and impact public
policies through citizen education and advocacy. The League's enduring
vitality and resonance comes from its unique decentralized structure.
The League is a grassroots organization, working at the national, state
and local levels.
Marijuana Policy Project
With more than 26,000 members and 100,000 e-mail subscribers nationwide, the Marijuana Policy Project is the largest marijuana policy reform organization in the United States. MPP believes that the best way to minimize the harm associated with marijuana is to regulate marijuana in a manner similar to alcohol. For more information, please visit http://MarijuanaPolicy.org.
National Low Income Housing Coalition
The National Low Income Housing
Coalition is dedicated solely to ending America's affordable housing crisis.
Established in 1974 by Cushing N. Dolbeare, NLIHC educates, organizes and
advocates to ensure decent, affordable housing within healthy neighborhoods for
everyone. NLIHC provides up-to-date information, formulates policy and educates
the public on housing needs and the strategies for solutions.
Vietnam Veterans Against the War
Vietnam Veterans Against the War, Inc. (VVAW) is a national
veterans' organization that was founded in New York City in 1967 after
six Vietnam vets marched together in a peace demonstration. It was
organized to voice the growing opposition among returning servicemen
and women to the still-raging war in Indochina, and grew rapidly to a
membership of over 30,000 throughout the United States as well as
active duty GIs stationed in Vietnam. Through ongoing actions and
grassroots organization, VVAW exposed the ugly truth about US
involvement in Southeast Asia and our first-hand experiences helped
many other Americans to see the unjust nature of that war. Today our government is still financing and arming undemocratic and
repressive regimes around the world. Meanwhile, many veterans are still denied justice -- facing
unemployment, discrimination, homelessness, post-traumatic stress
disorder and other health problems, while already inadequate services
are being cut back or eliminated.
Founded Feb. 12. 1909, the NAACP is the nation's oldest, largest and
most widely recognized grassroots–based civil rights organization. Its
more than half-million members and supporters throughout the United
States and the world are the premier advocates for civil rights in
their communities, conducting voter mobilization and monitoring equal
opportunity in the public and private sectors.
NARAL Pro-Choice America
For more than 30 years, NARAL Pro-Choice America has been the nation's leading advocate for privacy and a woman's right to choose. With more than one million members and supporters, NARAL Pro-Choice America is fighting to protect the pro-choice values of freedom and privacy. With the Supreme Court one vote away from overturning Roe v. Wade and many state legislatures under anti-choice control, our work has never been more important.
National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (NCADP)
The National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (NCADP) was founded in 1976 in response to the Supreme Court decision in Gregg v. Georgia which permitted executions to resume in the United States. Our mission: abolish the death penalty in the U.S. and support efforts to abolish the death penalty world wide.
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force builds the political power of
the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community from the
ground up. We do this by training activists, organizing broad-based campaigns to defeat anti-LGBT referenda and advance pro-LGBT legislation, building the organizational capacity of our movement and generating groundbreaking research through our Policy Institute.
Peace Action
Founded in 1957, Peace Action, the United States' largest peace and
disarmament organization with over 100,000 members and nearly 100
chapters in 34 states, works to achieve the abolition of nuclear
weapons, promote government spending priorities that support human
needs and encourage real security through international cooperation and
human rights.
Peace Alliance
The Peace Alliance is a nonpartisan citizen action organization representing a growing constituency for peace. A 501(c)4 organization established in March 2004, our mission is to empower civic activism for a culture of peace. Our vision is a future in which the practical programs and principles of peacebuilding are the bedrock of our personal, national and global interest and investment.


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Star Beacon
ORWELL — Samuel Lee Howser, age 80, of Orwell, Ohio, passed away on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013, at the Meadville Medical Center.
He was the son of Marion and Mary (Johnson) Howser, born on Feb. 22, 1933. Samuel was a U.S. Army Korean War Veteran and a member of the American Legion and Eagles. He was married to Betty Lou (Mohan) Howser on Jan. 22, 1955.
Retired from Carter Diamond Tool, Willoughby, Ohio, he loved spending time with family, cooking, playing cards, pool, and other games of chance and spent over 30 years buying and selling at the flea markets.
Samuel is survived by three sisters; Ruth Follmer, Viola Bledstoe and Dorothy O'Pat; four children, Cathy (Ted) McNish, Carl Howser, both of Hartsgrove, Sam (Nadine) Howser and Joe (Darlene) Howser of Orwell; 13 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Betty; brothers, Jesse, James and Herbert Howser; and sisters, Nancy Miller, Lucy Sechrist and Marie Davis.
Visitation with the family will take place on Wednesday, Sept. 18th, at the PAINE FUNERAL HOME, INC., 140 E. Main St., Orwell, Ohio 44076, from 5 to 6:45 p.m. A Memorial Service with Military Honors will be held 7 p.m. the same day at the Funeral Home, officiated by the Rev. Jim Stanley.
Memorial contributions may be made to the South Central Ambulance District, 3100 US Rt. 6, Rome, Ohio 44085. Envelopes are available at the Funeral Home.
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LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Unsafe driving and rainy roads caused the driver of a pick-up truck to lose control of his vehicle on a freeway transition road near Glendale, crash into a raised asphalt curb and kill a 49-year-old woman passenger, the California Highway Patrol said today.
The woman died at scene of the crash, on a sharp curve next to the Los Angeles River. She was later identified as Isabel A. Robles.
The driver, a 54-year-old man, escaped the crash with only minor injuries. He was not arrested, according to a department statement.
The driver told California Highway Patrol Officers that his wife was not responding to his commands or voice, according to CHP traffic logs.
The crash was on the freeway transition road from the northbound Golden State (5) Freeway to the eastbound Ventura (134) Freeway. It was reported to the CHP at 9:23 a.m. Saturday, according to the statement.
By 9:49 a.m. authorities issued a Sig Alert. All lanes were opened by 1:33 p.m.
The motorist, driving a 1991 Ford F-150 was going northbound at more than the posted 35 mile per hour caution speed when he lost control of the truck, allowed it to "fish tail" to the left of the transition road and strike a guard rail.
CHP reports said the driver overcorrected the movement, veered and spun to the right side of the transition road in a clockwise direction. It hit the raised asphalt curb on the right side of the transition road, and rolled several times down the dirt and brush, winding up on its roof.


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Are Gen X-ers Falling Behind?
Author says 30-somethings feel they're losing ground—and suggests how to deal with it.
''There's a whole mythology built around the idea that you are what you make.''
In her new book, (Not) Keeping Up With Our Parents, author Nan Mooney argues that 30- and 40-something professionals are struggling to achieve the level of financial comfort they grew up expecting. The share of family income devoted to fixed expenses like rent, she notes, has increased from 53 to 75 percent in the past two decades. Housing prices in most major metropolitan areas have risen six times faster than household incomes, and household debt has ballooned to over 130 percent of disposable income. Which is why the well-educated teachers, designers, and writers she interviews find it difficult to afford homes, health insurance, and child care. U.S. News talked to her about why so many capable adults feel squeezed. Excerpts:
Financially speaking, life has been harder than you expected. Why?
As a college-educated professional, I had expectations for what a middle-class lifestyle would be like. They weren't extravagant, but by my late 30s I thought I'd be able to afford health insurance, an apartment, and the occasional vacation. I certainly thought I'd be in a financial position to consider having children. Instead, at 36, I was living with a roommate in New York, barely able to cover even the basics. Other professionals were also finding it difficult?
These kinds of financial struggles were affecting almost everyone I knew: people who were college-educated, had good jobs, and had essentially done everything you're supposed to do to be successful. But with wages in most middle-class jobs stagnating and the costs of college, housing, and healthcare going up, people found their salaries didn't stretch far enough. If people are spending money on clothes and restaurant meals, it's easy to cut back. But with fixed expenses, you can't just say, "I think we'll skip the mortgage or child care payment this month." So what's changed?
Professionals don't earn less, but we don't earn more, either. Today's dual-income families may make more money, but, given the rising costs, they actually have less discretionary income than single-income families did in the '70s. Today, we have to pay for our own retirements; we have to pay for some or all of our health insurance; many of us pay a considerable amount for child care. These are expenses most of our parents didn't face. Do we just have higher expectations than past generations?
There's a whole mythology built around the idea that you are what you make and, by extension, what you can afford. And since we're living in a consumer economy, we're encouraged to spend like crazy, even if it means going into a frightening amount of debt. But we can't simply write off the financial problems of today's middle class as the result of greed. Consumer spending hasn't risen since the 1970s. We may have more electronics, but those electronics are cheaper. You came up with a creative solution to make it possible to become a parent.
I'm a single parent, and, because I couldn't afford to both support myself and my son and spend time with him, I wound up moving back with my parents. It was a huge life change, and that certainly entailed a shift in my expectations. I had to spend a fair amount of time getting beyond the shame I felt that I couldn't "make it on my own." [But] it was the best decision I could have made. I think it is a great exampleof the type of recalibrating we need to do. There's another couple in the book who, despite earning quite low salaries in education and the arts, managed to stow away enough money to spend six months traveling through South America with their son. They chose to forgo a lot of middle-class comforts—like saving for a house—but they felt the experience was worth the sacrifice.
What needs to change? Are there steps individuals can take?
Understand your financial obligations, from mortgages to credit card payments. Opt for the simplest financing options. Take steps to [make] your children financial-ly literate. Accept that you may have to lower your material expectations. That might mean not be-ing able to afford a house by 35. It doesn't mean you've failed; it means economic circumstances beyond your control have changed. Most important, don't buy into the "you are what you make" value sys-tem. Stretch to fill your life in nonmaterial ways.


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July 31, 2014
Stay up-to-date with KAKE News:
Get ready, as Michael Bublé comes to the Kansas Coliseum on Friday, October 10.
Grammy Award-winner Michael Bublé is coming to Wichita as part of his fourth major concert tour of the US.
All of the shows on the previous legs of his 2007-2008 tour sold out in record time.
Bublé's most recent CD, Call Me Irresponsible, which he calls "my remark on the state of love," contains a depth of feeling that will surprise and delight long-term fans and impress those new to his music. Irresponsible boasts more of Bublé's buoyant, modern interpretations, including songs by such greats as Leonard Cohen, Eric Clapton, Cy Coleman, and others.
Tickets will go on sale to the general public on Friday, August 22nd 10:00AM. Ticket prices will be: $76.50, $61.50, $51.00 and will be available at all Select A Seat locations, charge by phone at 316-755-SEAT (7328), or online at the link below.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) today issued the following statement after Democratic Leaders reiterated their position to do nothing to prevent Medicare insolvency:
"Democrats like to champion themselves as the defenders of Medicare, but today's Democratic party is willing to stand idly by as Medicare goes bankrupt. The latest Medicare Trustees report makes clear that the program is much closer to bankruptcy than believed even last year, and that the program is in far more trouble than the Trustees or CBO had projected. The truth is that Medicare taxes and premiums only cover a little more than half of the cost of the program, and most Americans understand that the program needs to be changed to preserve and protect it for future seniors. That is why Republicans have offered a plan to guarantee benefits for seniors and those approaching retirement while ensuring that this important safety-net exists for Americans under 54 years of age.
"In stark contrast, the current Democratic plan for Medicare - endorsed by President Obama, Leader Reid, and Leader Pelosi - is the rationing of care, elimination of benefits, and bankruptcy of the popular program. Even worse, while Democrats do nothing to save Medicare from collapse, they have tried to scare seniors by mischaracterizing real solutions to strengthen and save the program and using those efforts as a political weapon. Americans deserve the truth, and they deserve a choice of solutions to save our entitlement programs, which is why I hope that Democrats finally start taking this responsibility seriously and offer a plan to save Medicare."
• Yesterday, Leader Pelosi stated: "We have a plan. It's called Medicare." (Washington Post, The Plum Line, 5/19/2011)
• Today the LA Times reported: "But Democrats are content to keep the GOP Medicare proposal in focus as a weapon against Republicans. Democrats, meanwhile, have come under criticism for failing to present their own budget. They are divided over whether to include a provision for millionaires' surtax. Reid said budget legislation was not needed until later, when it would carry the deal reached in bipartisan talks." (LA Times, 5/20/2011)


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Jeanne Faulkner is a freelance writer and registered nurse in Portland, Ore. Her work appears regularly in Pregnancy and Fit Pregnancy, and she has contributed articles to the Oregonian, Better Homes & Gardens, Shape and other publications.
For 700 years, spectacles were the only option for correcting blurry vision. Then, in the 1950s, contact lenses were developed. And we now live in the futuristic era of laser corrective eye surgery, allowing some patients to lose their contacts or glasses forever.
What's the Problem? Forming picture-perfect images involves many parts of the eye, but a misshaped cornea (clear, dome-shaped surface of the eye) is responsible for the majority of blurry pictures. The cornea helps focus light to create images on the retina the way a camera lens focuses light on film. Refraction means bending and focusing light. If the cornea is too flat, round or long (a refractive error), the image on the retina is out-of-focus.
 (NEI) says that 120 million Americans wear corrective lenses. Three common refractive errors are responsible for this statistic:
- Myopia (nearsightedness),
- Hyperopia  (farsightedness), and/or
- Astigmatism (oval-shaped cornea).
Corrective lenses, eye surgeries like Lasik, PRK, and implanted artificial lenses change the way light enters the eye by reshaping the cornea.
Laser VisionAmericans were introduced to the first surgical procedures intended to permanently ditch glasses or contact lenses in the 1980s. Radial Keratotomy (RK) used spokelike incisions to flatten the corneal surface, but only for nearsightedness. Then came the laser, and the world of eye surgery underwent a complete transformation.
William Mathers, MD, an ophthalmologist at Oregon Health and Sciences University's Casey Eye Institute says that advances in laser and computer technology have led to a creative revolution. " The laser has caused a tremendous boom. It has essentially cured diabetic retinopathy, which used to cause blindness. It enables us to customize vision correction with Lasik and PRK and do better corneal transplants."
Lasik and PRK Lasik (laser-assisted in situ karatomileusis) uses lasers to resurface the cornea.  It's a painless day-surgery that combines new computer technologies with lasers to customize treatment.  Dr. Mathers says: "It's very precise, and tailored specifically to each patient.  We can correct many degrees of hyperopia, myopia and astigmatism. We shine light beams in a grid through the eye to the retina, reflect them back and see how each point deviates. The computer measures these deviations, creates a pattern to correct them and feeds that into the laser."
The term Lasik refers to the creation of a cellophane-thin flap in the cornea.  The surgeon lifts the flap and lasers the inside of the cornea. "When we lay the flap back down," Dr. Mathers adds, "it assumes the shape of the new surface. Most patients see well the next day."
Suddenly Everything's Clear Nancy Rommelmann, one of Dr. Mather's patients, wore contact lenses for 25 years. "My vision was so bad, I couldn't find my contacts without glasses. Lasik was a breeze. The next morning, I could see perfectly with my own eyes for the first time ever. I'll never worry about dropping another lens."
Patients whose corneas are too thin for Lasik may be candidates for photorefractive keratectomy (PRK). "PRK removes epithelium [surface cells], and lasers change the corneal shape directly," says Dr. Mathers. "Epithelial cells grow back in 5-7 days." Patients might experience a few days of discomfort, and clear vision usually occurs within two to three weeks. Two new variations, Lasek (laser epithelial keratomileusis) and epi-Lasik involve similar corneal resurfacing techniques.
So, What's the Bad News?Lasik and PRK successfully correct vision for 80 percent of patients who undergo the procedures. Some people require follow-up, fine-tuning treatments. But not everyone's a candidate for laser surgery. Older patients (between 40-70) may take longer to heal and require treatment adjustments. Diabetics may have more complications and less successful results. Consultation with an ophthalmologist with experience treating diabetics is important.
Other downsides are that corneal changes made by Lasik are permanent, and corrections can only be made with additional surgeries. It's relatively expensive (the average price is around $2,300 per eye), and insurance may not cover it. But compared to a lifetime of glasses, for many, the procedure eventually pays for itself.
Laser eye surgeries are tricky procedures, and success depends on the surgeon's skill. Choose an ophthalmologist with lots of experience and a good reputation. It's rare, but some patients complain of glare, dry eyes or seeing "halos." That said, the Food and Drug Administration hasn't reported any long-term negative effects.
A Look Into the Future "Lasers have changed the way we treat serious eye diseases," says Dr. Mathers. "We can do far more refined, complicated work. We can now do corneal transplants on premature newborns and treat diseases like retinopathies and wet macular degeneration. Future laser technology will allow us to manipulate healing in ways we only dream about now." Dr. Mathers thinks the future of corrective laser eye surgery lies in genetic and molecular biology, essentially correcting problems before they start. We've come a long way from the monocle, and the future looks very clear indeed.


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It has been a busy year for California lawmakers. The 2013 Legislative session ended with almost 1,000 bills signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown.
A boost in the state's minimum wage, enhanced bicycle safety, and new rules aimed at stopping gender discrimination in public schools are just some of the laws that will kick in during 2014.
Here are a few of the notable measures which go into effect on Jan. 1, unless noted otherwise.
- Minimum wage. Assembly Bill 10 by Assemblyman Luis Alejo, D-Salinas, increases the California minimum wage to $9 effective July 1, 2014. Locally, the minimum wage in San Jose and San Francisco will increase to $10.15 per hour and $10.74 per hour respectively effective Jan. 1, 2014.
- Emergency Amber Alert. Assembly Bill 535 by Assemblyman Bill Quirk, D-Hayward, amends the statewide Amber Alert emergency system by requiring authorities to send an alert after receiving a report that a child has been abducted by anyone, including a custodial parent or guardian, who may cause serious injury or death to the child.
- State disability insurance. Senate Bill 770 by Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson, D-Santa Barbara, expands paid family leave by allowing employees to receive up to six weeks of state disability insurance to care for an ill child, spouse, parent, domestic partner, or to build a relationship with an adopted or foster child.
- Bicycle safety. Assembly Bill 1371 by Assemblyman Steven Bradford, D-Gardena, will require motorists to stay at least three feet away from bicyclists when passing them on a public roadway. The measure, also known as the "Three Feet for Safety Act," will go into effect Sept. 16, 2014.
- Distracted driving. Senate Bill 194 by Sen. Cathleen Galgiani, D-Stockton, will make it illegal for drivers younger than 18 to use any kind of electronic wireless communications device to write, send or read an electronic text while driving, even if the item is equipped with a hands-free device.
- Pupil rights. Assembly Bill 1266 by Sen. Tom Ammiano, D-San Francisco, will prohibit California public schools from discriminating on the basis of gender, gender identity and gender expression. Students may choose which bathrooms they use and which sex-segregated programs and activities they want to participate in regardless of the gender listed on the student's records.


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Introduction to Computer Network Security
Guarding against just these few basic security risks will greatly increase peace of mind when using wireless and computer networks.
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What is a Hacker?
In computer networking, hacking is any technical effort to manipulate the normal behavior of network connections and connected systems. Historically, hacking referred to constructive, clever technical work that was not necessarily related to computer systems. Today, however, hacking and hackers are most commonly associated with malicious programming attacks on the Internet and other networks.
What Is a Keylogger?
A keylogger is a hardware device or software program that records the real time activity of a computer user including the keyboard keys they press. Keyloggers are used for network monitoring and troubleshooting, sometimes for malicious purposes.
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Denial of Service (DoS) attacks are intended to disable networked systems by blocking or severly limiting access to them. DoS is almost always considered a malicious activity.
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In a story you'll see only on FOX, two Camden High School girls get into a fight, and it's all caught on video.
At one point, early on, the video even shows a teacher restraining one of the 15-year-old girls for a while but then he backs off.
FOX 29's Stephanie Salvatore reported live from Camden on Monday night that the video posted back in January to YouTube ended in a suspension of several students.
But the mother of one of those girls involved in the fight says it's the teacher's fault for not preventing it from happening.
It's becoming a familiar sight on YouTube, young girls in an all-out brawl while their classmates cheer and capture the whole thing on cell phone video.
The Camden video starts off with a teacher attempting to hold one of the girls back from fighting the other. If you listen closely, he seems to give up trying to stop it. The teacher leaves the room saying he's going to get security.
After he leaves the fight escalates. The two girls continue to throw punches at each other, falling on top of desks and to the floor. All the while, their classmates are screaming for them to keep going.
"I think he should have been reprimanded," said the mother of one girl, Tammy Bailey. "Something that he did wrong, he let another child go to attack my child."
Bailey's 15-year-old daughter, Ajianna, was one of the girls involved in the fight and was suspended for 10 days. When an investigation by the Department of Children and Families found no negligence on the part of the teacher, Bailey was shocked. She says it was the teacher's job to try to prevent the fight from starting.
"For him to have a video on for two minutes without him even calling security was wrong. He should have did that immediately. He could have had another student call security or go get security."
We did reach out to the Camden High School administrators. They put all of our questions to the district superintendent, but we have yet to hear back on any of our e-mails and calls to them, Salvatore reported.
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Vulnerabilities in OpenSSL
Three security issues have been identified in the Open Source implementation of the SSL/TLS protocol, OpenSSL. The vulnerabilities allow targeted attacks.
Developer Andy Polyakov discovered a vulnerability (CVE-2007-4995) in OpenSSL that attackers can exploit for denial of service attacks. The bug, of which details have not been disclosed, affects the DTLS implementation. A successful attack would allow a hacker to execute arbitrary code. The vulnerability only affects systems that use DTLS. All 0.9.8 versions up to but not including 0.9.8f are affected, as are 0.9.7 through 0.9.7m.
A second vulnerability has been identified and published under CVE-2007-5135. An off-by-one error in the "SSL_get_shared_ciphers()" function provokes an overflow with a currently unknown effect. The feature is typically used for logging and debugging purposes.
A third vulnerability, which was identified awhile back (CVE-2007-3108), affects the incorrect implementation of Montgomery multiplication in the "crypto/bn/bn_mont.c" function. The bug could give local users the ability to launch side channel attacks and thus capture RSA private keys.
Users are advised to update to the current 0.9.8f version to close the first vulnerability, and to rebuild any packages that use DTLS. If this is not available as an option, the OpenSSl developers suggest disabling DTLS. Damage caused by the second vulnerability can be prevented by not using the affected feature. Updated packages that close all three security holes are available for Red Hat.
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Password Management Services Vulnerable to Attack
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New Trojan Targets Online Banking
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HP Rolls Out Massive Cloud Network
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U.S. Home Prices Rise in August
Further stabilization in home prices bodes well for the recovering housing market.
Home prices inched up again in August according to the latest Standard & Poor's Case-Shiller indexes, yet more evidence that the housing market recovery has some traction.
Year over year, the 10-city index and 20-city index were up 1.3 percent and 2 percent, respectively. Only three cities saw declines: Atlanta, down 6.1 percent; New York, down 2.3 percent; and Chicago, down 1.6 percent. Continuing its climb up from the depths of the housing bust, Phoenix posted its fourth-straight month of double-digit growth, up nearly 19 percent in August.
[READ: Is Economic Recovery Here? More Americans, and Economists, Think So]
Both the 10-city and the 20-city index rose nearly 1 percent in August from July. Only one area, Seattle, saw lower prices, down 0.1 percent. But, as Trulia chief economist Jed Kolko points out, the headline figures from the Case-Shiller indexes aren't seasonally adjusted.
"Almost half of the 0.9 percent month-over-month gain is due to seasonal factors, which are typically most favorable in the August and September releases," Kolko wrote in an E-mail. Seasonally adjusted, price growth was closer to 0.4 percent and 0.5 percent, respectively.
The outlook is relatively bright for the housing market, but the recovery will look very different in local housing markets across the country. While crisis comeback-kid Phoenix continues to lead the home price recovery, other metro areas continue to struggle. Atlanta, another city badly burned by the housing bust, posted a more than 6 percent annual decline in home prices.
[READ: New Home Sales Surge to Two-Year High in September]
But while Atlanta posted the largest yearly decline, during the past three months (August versus May) the city has seen prices rise 5.5 percent, the highest among the 20 metro areas tracked by the Case-Shiller indexes.
Pent-up demand for homes is helping to stabilize prices and record low mortgage rates have given would-be buyers and incentive to move quickly on purchasing a home.
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Hunter Antonio Stretton, half-blood Ravenclaw with brown hair and green eyes, Healer at St. Mungo's for Magical Maladies and Injuries, wand is 9.5 inches made of elm wood and threstral tail hair, Bengal Tiger Patronus
Isla Trinity Stretton, muggleborn Slytherin(first one ever!) with brown hair and blue eyes, Auror, wand is 10 inches made of fir wood and threstral tail hair, Siamese Cat Patronus
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Rory has black hair and brown eyes. Rory's father is a wizard and her mother is a muggle. Rory was in Ravenclaw at Hogwarts. She teaches charms at Hogwarts. She wields a twelve-inch walnut wand with a unicorn hair core. Her patronus is a raven.
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Obama Acting on the Debt Ceiling Is No Power Grab
The United States cannot afford to be viewed as a nation that does not keep its commitments.
So it seems the looming battle of the debt ceiling won't be resolved by a simple coin flip after all.
There was talk—and in Washington, "talk" could start with any mini-mind and escalate from there—that the Obama administration could pay the national debt and get the whole ridiculous fight behind it by simply minting a new, platinum coin worth $1 trillion, then walking it over from the Treasury Department to the Federal Reserve. This is an absurd idea for so many reasons. It would roil the markets, provoke a worse (if that's possible) showdown between the legislative and executive branches, possibly involving the judicial branch as an arbiter. And it would merely underscore to both the country and the world that the United States is utterly incapable of dealing with its own finances.
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President Obama's spokesman, Jay Carney, has said that the president does not think he can ignore the debt ceiling itself. That's a politically responsible and respectful argument, since Congress typically raises the debt ceiling when needed. But it looks less like a power-grab when you're dealing with a Congress that includes people who don't seem to understand what the debt ceiling is—a commitment to pay the bills the government has already incurred, not to increase spending by expanding existing programs or creating new ones. On its face, raising the debt ceiling sounds like you're asking for a higher limit on your credit card. Really, it's saying you're not going to refuse to pay your mortgage and then dare the bank to foreclose on the house.
So it's less offensive for the president to act like the grown-up and just keep paying the nation's bills, even if Congress refuses to OK it. And it would be especially noteworthy given how many Republicans (Ann Romney during the campaign, and Capitol Hill Republicans almost daily) accuse the president of the United States of not being a fully adult person. Hello, pot, are you home? It's me, the kettle, calling. You're black.
[Read the U.S. News Debate: Was the Treasury and the Fed Right to Take the $1 Trillion Coin Off the Table?]
Still, ignoring Congress's inaction could cause a constitutional crisis at a time when members of all three branches are feeling as though they are being either disrespected or sidelined. Obama is smart to avoid aggravating the situation (and making a new coin would make a mockery of the entire monetary system). But Congress needs to be a collective grown-up and step up, as well. The nation cannot afford, literally or metaphorically, to be viewed as a nation that does not keep its commitments.


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Election 2012 is Virginia's biggest, most expensive
InsideNova.com / Tue, 06 Nov 2012 22:53:55 -0500
Heavy turnout led to long lines in some precincts for hours after the polls were supposed to shut, and the presidential race remains too close to call.
Manassas votes to move local elections to November
InsideNova.com / Tue, 06 Nov 2012 21:59:47 -0500
Voters in Manassas overwhelmingly favored a ballot measure to move elections for city offices from May to November.
Prince William County in the presidential spotlight
InsideNova.com / Tue, 06 Nov 2012 20:58:50 -0500
Who Prince William County votes for president could decide the entire state, and the entire election.
Rep. Wittman retains 1st District House seat
InsideNova.com / Tue, 06 Nov 2012 20:44:57 -0500
The Associated Press has declared Republican Rep. Robert J. Wittman the winner over a pair of challengers in Virginia's 1st Congressional District.
Area voters see long lines, long waits at polls
InsideNova.com / Tue, 06 Nov 2012 13:22:50 -0500
They're too young to vote, but local high school students helped out at one polling location.
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InsideNova.com / Mon, 05 Nov 2012 18:05:57 -0500
Virginia voters who do not present proper identification at the polls Tuesday will have until noon Friday to produce ID to have their ballot counted, according to the State Board of Elections.
Write-ins boost Dumfries Town Council race
InsideNova.com / Mon, 05 Nov 2012 13:07:06 -0500
While only one person filed to run for two open seats on the Dumfries Town Council, voters will have a choice of at least three candidates.
Campaigns near endgame in Virginia
InsideNova.com / Mon, 05 Nov 2012 11:25:00 -0500
The long political season in Virginia that will mercifully conclude this week has been measured in staggering numbers.
Tickets available for Romney rally in Fairfax
InsideNova.com / Mon, 05 Nov 2012 08:16:33 -0500
Underscoring the importance of Northern Virginia, Mitt Romney will visit the Patriot Center on this final day of the presidential campaign.
On a chilly night, Obama fires up crowd in Bristow
InsideNova.com / Sat, 03 Nov 2012 23:57:57 -0400
"After all we've been through together, we can't give up now," the president told an estimated crowd of 24,000 at Jiffy Lube Live.
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JCP&L is still looking to pay for Hurricane Irene damages and clean-up, to the tune of $31 million.
Since Irene, New Jersey has suffered a larger hurricane and a nor'easter. At one point during Hurricane Sandy this year, the entirety of Marlboro was without power.
But rate hikes due to this year's disasters will have to wait, according to the utility company.
Marlboro Township filed a motion to in intervene the rate hike on Nov. 7, a legal step that allows the township to throw its hat into the ring as the Board of Public Utilities decides whether the rate hike is justified.
"I feel like we have to have a seat at the table," Mayor Jon Hornik said.
A motion to intervene allows Marlboro Township a voice in the debates, and the township looks to prove why the proposed rate hikes are not justified.
Marlboro is the first township on record to file a motion to intervene this rate hike in New Jersey.
"I encourage other municipalities to do the same," Hornik said. "JCP&L's performance is not acceptable, and we are going to see what we can do about it."


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Jarin Hilson had a game to remember for the Fairmont Senior boys' basketball team.
In the Polar Bears' first game of the season against University, Hilson blanked the Hawks' defense while dropping a career-best 30 points.
Being down in the second half, Hilson tried to bring FSHS back, notching 16 points in the fourth quarter.
Even though the Polar Bears fell 82-67, Hilson's presence was known the entire game.
Because of his efforts, Hilson is this week's Times West Virginian Multi-Media Good Sports Player of the Week.
The Polar Bears will be back in action Thursday when they host North Marion at the Woody Williams Armory in Fairmont at 7:30 p.m.