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After several years of promoting electric cars in the U.S. and billions of dollars spent by automotive companies to develop electric vehicle technology, electric car sales are under threat because of rising safety concerns.
At the center of safety concern is General Motors' Chevrolet Volt, which caught fire after crash tests by The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). [1]
The safety concerns revolve around powerful lithium-ion batteries which is used by almost all major electric car manufacturers. NHTSA expects about 70% of battery-powered cars will feature lithium-ion batteries in the next decade. [2] While the NHTSA is currently not concerned about the safety of other electric vehicles, any deterioration in public perception can hurt sales of electric vehicles by Nissan and Tesla Motors. It can also possibly delay launch of electric vehicles by Toyota and Ford (currently planned for next year) because of additional testing requirements. Marketing costs of electric car manufacturers can also increase as they try to allay customers' safety concerns, which will in turn hurt margins in near-to-medium term.
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Now the question BECOMES no matter what "punihsment" might be dealt out towards GM from the government, we will NEVER KNOW HOW MUCH LENIENCY THEY WERE GIVEN BECAUSE OF OBAMAS DEEP CONNECTIONS TO THE UNIONS AND THE FACT THAT >$$$$BILLION IS STILL OWED THE TAXPAYERS
At the end of the day, this Congressional "investigation" found nothing.
In the year since the congressional hearing, there have been 250,000 gasoline car fires in the USA. And not single Volt has caught fire.
The "investigation" found that only under extreme test conditions could one fire be caused, and it was not repeatable until they took the batteries out of the car's crash structure and bashed them.
This would be similar to crashing a test car with a full tank of gasoline (which is not done), and then taking the gasoline filled tank out of the car and bashing it.


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The EPA's second draft Bristol Bay Watershed Assessment isn't gaining any favor with the Pebble Partnership. Mike Heatwole, VP of the Pebble Partnership's Public Affairs said the federal review of the watershed is based on a straw man argument.
Heatwole: "One of the major issues really is: why rush to get something like this out before a project has even been defined and rolled into the permitting process? That's why we have a permitting process, so that the science that's out there can take a look at things and you have a prescribed process that projects have to go through and that's where it's evaluated and people take their time, ask a lot of questions, including a very public process through all of that, and that clearly hasn't happened here."
Heatwole said the Partnership will now take the remainder of the 30-day public comment period to study the document and submit their comments. He said it would be interesting to see how (or if) the EPA takes public comment into consideration.
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Password Management Services Vulnerable to Attack
Should you trust an online service to store your online passwords?
New Raspberry Pi Adds Two USB Ports
New B+ board lets you build cool things without the complication of a powered USB hub.
Microsoft Grabs No-IP.com Domains
Redmond rushes in to root out alleged malware haven.
Firefox Steps into 3D
New initiative will bring futuristic virtual reality effects to the web surfing experience.
New Trojan Targets Online Banking
Dyreza malware launches a man-in-the-middle attack that compromises SSL.
HP Rolls Out Massive Cloud Network
New cloud combines worldwide access with local attention to data security.
New Attack Targets Wireless Logins
A first cousin of the recent Heartbleed attack affects EAP-based wireless and peer-to-peer authentication.
Geeks Petition for Free Lenovo BIOS
FOSS community acts to protect freedom of choice for laptop devices.
Firefox Says Yes to DRM
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Webcam Hijackers Busted
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The Los Angeles Times reports Monday about the tensions between Logan Elementary and Gabriella Charter School, LAUSD and charter schools that share a campus--and limited space--in Echo Park.
The Times does not mention it, but Gabriella's charter and facilities use permit were recently renewed for five years by the LAUSD trustees at an acrimonious board meeting.
So those issues are not likely to go away, though LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy has been charged with coming up with a plan that will not stifle growth for either school.
Loyal readers will know we've covered this subject for a long time as part of our larger ongoing coverage of the charter school movement in general.
We've also had great participation by bloggers in the community around the issues raised when two schools share a campus--and when they're both growing.
(See a few of those pieces below.)
Tell us what you think of the Times piece and maybe volunteer a comment or a blog yourself.
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And consider this: are Echo Park and Silver Lake doing a better job now communicating around the issue of charter schools?
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Gabriella Named Charter School of the Year
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It's Thanksgiving! It's Hanukkah! All at once! With this momentous overlap of food holidays, why decide on one type of cuisine? These jelly doughnuts, inspired by the Hanukkah specialty sufganiyot, have a Thanksgiving flair thanks to a cranberry sauce "jelly" inside.
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WASHINGTON (NNPA) – As job prospects for Whites and Black men have slowed or stalled completely, Black women continue to gain ground in a weak labor market, according to the latest jobs report. "Over the last few months, Black women have seen the greatest decline in their unemployment rate, so there is a continual improvement taking place," said Valerie R. Wilson, chief economist for the National Urban League. That improvement doesn't seem to be the result of people dropping out of the labor force. Wilson continued: "It looks like there were actual gains in employment for Black women."
BUSINESS EXCHANGE: Armstrong Williams Makes Inroads into Media Ownership
If you weren't paying attention, veteran conservative commentator Armstrong Williams is becoming a "media mogul" having purchased a trio of TV stations in transactions that were part of a number of larger TV acquisition deals brokered by Sinclair Broadcasting Inc. Much could be said about how Williams' connection to conservative Republicans enhanced his entrance into the realm of media ownership. Over the years, Williams has become a multi-media manager and now an owner. Williams is a third-generation Republican. A Williams' company, Howard Stirk Holdings, LLC, announced that it has completed negotiations to acquire TV stations WEYI in Flint, Mich., WWWB in Myrtle Beach, S.C. and WMMP in Charleston, S.C. The name "Howard Stirk" is taken from Williams' mother's maiden name, Howard, and his father's middle name, Stirk.
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Panel discussion moderated by Nekima Levy-Pounds featuring TakeAction Minnesota leaders Renee Zschokke, James Cannon, and Larcel Mack (Credit: TakeAction Minnesota) In an overflow meeting at the Capri Theater, executives with Target Corporation engaged in a dialog about how corporate hiring policies prevent people with criminal arrest – disproportionately people of color – from securing a job. The community meeting was organized by TakeAction Minnesota through its Justice 4 All, fair hiring campaign.
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Local elections take place in 200 towns and cities across North Carolina on Tuesday, and making sure every registered voter is able to cast their ballot is still a concern. Pasquotank County received national attention over an unsuccessful attempt to keep Elizabeth City State University student Montravias King from voting and running for city council. Staff attorney Clare Barnett, Southern Coalition for Social Justice, said she fears efforts to make it difficult for minorities and college students to vote could affect voter turnout across the state on Tuesday.
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Most telling — and disquieting — in the recent shooting death of teenager Trayvon Martin is a call placed by self-proclaimed neighborhood captain George Zimmerman to police dispatch on a rainy February evening.
Zimmerman, from his townhouse in a gated community in Sanford, Florida, noticed a 17 year old wearing a hoodie as he took a shortcut from a convenience store to his home, where he lived with his father. Trayvon, unarmed and carrying candy and a soda, was pursued by Zimmerman. As he followed Trayvon, Zimmerman called the nonemergency police line about a "suspicious" person in his neighborhood.
Trayvon appeared to think the same thing as Zimmerman, a stranger to him, followed him that fateful night.
The encounter ended in the death of Trayvon. Twenty-eight-year-old Zimmerman afterward explained his way out of it by telling police that Trayvon had walked slowly in the rain as he peered into homes, and that the teen, who had a slight build and was small for his age, had come from behind and jumped Zimmerman, who was overweight and had a large build. After fatally shooting Trayvon during a scuffle, Zimmerman claimed self defense. Police, who were used to hearing from Zimmerman, apparently took his word for it and have not arrested Zimmerman, who has since moved out of the neighborhood.
Minutes before Zimmerman opened fire on Trayvon, he told a dispatcher, "There's a real suspicious guy. This guy looks like he's up to no good or he's on drugs or something. He looks black."
The operator asked, "Are you following him?"
Zimmerman answered, "Yeah."
"Okay, we don't need you to do that," the dispatcher told him.
Had Zimmerman followed the dispatcher's instructions, Trayvon would be alive today. Instead, Zimmerman continued following Trayvon, and shortly after that initial call to police, neighbors called to report two people fighting. Then they reported hearing someone yell, "Help!" Shots were fired, and Trayvon was dead.
Corey Dade, a national correspondent for NPR Digital News, reflecting in an article about his childhood and his parents' concerns, wrote:
My parents believed there was no bigger target than a black boy walking a street alone. My mother worried I might be approached by a suspected pedophile (which happened once), on top of her lament that missing black kids weren't a priority for police.
My father's concern was that the sight of a black kid walking a racially mixed neighborhood might alarm a white person and prompt a call to police.
This rule confused me as a teenager because they'd also
warned me that traveling in a group posed an even bigger threat (think gang). Unsure which course was safer, I tried both, and kept my head swiveling for trouble in either case.
What happened to Trayvon was a parent's worst nightmare — the very act Dade's parents years earlier had feared for their son when he was a teen, that harm would come to him simply by walking alone in a neighborhood.
Trayvon was headed home, minding his own business. At a rally this week for Trayvon, Tracy Martin, his father, told attendees, "George Zimmerman took Trayvon's life for nothing. Our son did not deserve to die."
Now, with outrage growing that Zimmerman has not been taken into custody in connection with Trayvon's death, another pesky issue for police is that, despite the department's common practice of drug and alcohol testing for people involved in homicides, they did not test Zimmerman. Some have said that Zimmerman appeared to be intoxicated as he spoke in the recorded conversation with dispatch.
Time will tell whether there will be justice for Trayvon Martin. Right now, it doesn't look promising. And that's a frightening prospect for parents who may see their sons meet similar fates. A strong message needs to be sent to wannabe vigilantes like Zimmerman that a person's appearance does not give them a license to kill.
If Zimmerman cannot be charged with murder, than he should be charged with child abuse. Trayvon was only 17 years old.
Zimmerman actually used the police as his allies/his alibi and they stupidly played into it thats why they cant do nothing he played them like the bloody fools they are – this is what is classed as the perfect crime use the cops as your alibi.
for God sake see through the crap and bring justice to the innocent boy Zimmerman is not innocent he went out and hunted played judged and jury and executioner – are you really that stupid – the world looks on to see if you really ARE?
THINK ABOUT THIS – If you attack a person why would YOU shout HELP?
surely surely the person being attacked would shout Help – isn't that common sense??????
Trayvon didnt attack Zimmerman did – Trayvon was trying and failing to DEFEND himself from a murderer- who seems to have approval of your police
Here's the rub. Zimmerman's attorney needs to go back to law school. He says he's not using the "stand your ground" law but using "Self defense". LOL. Even if Trayvon DID attack Zimmerman (and I surely hope he did); he did the right thing. Now, programs are taught in 1st grade up that if you are stalked, pursued and confronted by someone; particularly an adult (as Zimmerman clearly did; we have it on the 911 tape), if you can't escape; kick, hit and do whatever you can to disable the pursuer. Zimmerman is toast no matter what angle he uses to try to weasel out of it.
If you want Zimmerman to be convicted, then you better hope that Martin didn't attack him because, as much as you like throwing out Zimmies Self Defense, you'd also in effect throw out the claim that Martin acted in Self Defense. Being followed is not enough to "attack" another. You call the police, and have them take care of it. Oh, but wait, this argument only works when it comes to Georgie.
Go ahead and prove that Zimmerman stalked Martin. You'd be the next Johnny Cochran. Don't let your paralegal studies go to waste!
Did you know that throughout the universe there are planets that have enough gravitational force to weigh you down to the point where it is difficult to move?
Now after reading this: "the teen, who had a slight build and was small for his age", I'd like to know on which planet is a 6'3 teenager considered "small for his age".


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PHILADELPHIA -- Danny Briere has seen Lindy Ruff at work during the playoffs, so he figured the Buffalo coach would strongly insert his opinion at some point.
"It doesn't surprise me at all," Briere said today after practicing for Game Five. "There probably are things that are going to motivate us, but not that fun banter that's going on."
And what will motivate the Flyers, as both teams attempt to take a 3-2 series lead tonight?
"I'd rather not get into it right now," Briere said. "I'll save a better time for it."
The Flyers' main motivation is to beat Ryan Miller. The Buffalo goaltender has two 1-0 shutout victories. Flyers forward Scott Hartnell is content with the number of chances his team generated in Game Four, but now he wants them to finish the opportunities.
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CLINTON — The Clinton Community College Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society has collected nearly 2,000 of holiday and greeting cards for the troops.
Members of PTK worked with CCC staff, faculty, students and community members to collect nearly 2,000 cards with personal messages of hope and gratitude for those members of military serving overseas and wounded warriors recovering. The CCC Student Veterans Association and CCC Student Senate are funding the postage expense of this project.
The PTK Club has organized the Holiday Card project for four years, beginning in 2010, in response to a student wanting to send cards to her son's military unit overseas. The card writers include CCC staff, faculty, students and has now expanded to a morning at Hy-VEE so that the community can be involved.
PTK Adviser and CCC instructor Shirley Turnis, whose son served overseas during the 2011 holiday season, commented, "This project touches so many lives, both the card writers and those receiving the holiday greetings. It is important for our military members to know someone is thinking of them while serving overseas or recovering in the hospital."
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LEWISBURG — Project Linus Fall Blanket Day will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 2 at Faith Lutheran Church, Route 45, east of Lewisburg. Help make blankets for children in our local area — children in hospitals and children who must sleep in their coats at night to keep warm.
Quilters will assemble and knot quilts; anyone can knot a fleece blanket. We accept donations of leftover or new yarn or fabric. You may work at home if you are unable to attend.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- The executive director of the West Virginia Democratic Party announced Thursday he's stepping down from his post this spring.
Derek Scarbro was appointed to the position back in 2009, but he's been part of the Democratic Party staff for more than nine years.
"I wanted to give the Party leadership time to find a replacement and to help provide a smooth transition by announcing my departure months in advance," Scarbro said. "I have greatly enjoyed my time here helping candidates run for office and working with dedicated West Virginians across the state."
According to a news release, Chairman Larry Puccio will be making an announcement about the new Executive Director in the near future.
"Derek has been an invaluable asset to us at the headquarters," current Party Chairman Larry Puccio said. "It's not an easy job juggling all of the politics, managing a staff that grows and shrinks with each election, plus all of the fundraising and the budgeting, but Derek has served me and past chairmen with professionalism and dedication. We will miss him, but wish him well."
Scarbro will help with the transition before leaving in March.
Party Chairman Nick Casey announced Thursday that Derek Scarbro
will replace the retiring Tom Vogel as executive director.
Vogel is retiring at the end of March.
The 28-year-old Scarbro currently serves as the party's deputy
executive director.
Scarbro joined the party's administrative office in August 2003
and has served in several capacities, including the party's field
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U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson says he's closely watching troop buildup and other developments in Afghanistan.
The Nebraska Democrat's remarks came in a column he released this week.
Nelson is chairman of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on
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Nelson says he has sent a letter to Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, saying the U.S. needs to establish benchmarks to measure the success of the military effort in Afghanistan.
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Peter J. Pappas, MD, FACS, a vascular surgeon, has been appointed chairman of the Department of Surgery at The Brooklyn Hospital Center. The announcement was made by hospital president and CEO Richard B. Becker, MD, who said the appointment would be effective in August.
"Dr. Pappas is an outstanding surgeon, teacher, researcher and prolific author. We are delighted to have him on board," said Dr. Becker, who noted that Dr. Pappas would replace long-time chairman of surgery Stephen Carryl, MD, who will remain director of Bariatric Surgery and resume new duties as medical director of the Brooklyn Hospital Center's International Medicine Program.
For the past 15 years, Dr. Pappas has held a variety of positions at University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) and New Jersey Medical School. He attained the rank of professor in the Department of Surgery and the Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, and has served as residency program director for the general surgery residency program and the vascular surgery residency as well as director of the Division of Vascular Surgery and the Vascular Laboratory.
He has received extra-mural funding for his interest in chronic venous disorders and authored over 60 peer-reviewed manuscripts. Dr. Pappas has held numerous leadership positions in local, regional and national vascular societies, and is currently the president of the American Venous Forum, a nationally and internationally recognized society dedicated to improving the care of patients with venous and lymphatic disorders.
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Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981
The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom implemented to comply with the Directive 2009/147/EC on the conservation of wild birds and still in force as of 2011[update]. In short, the act gives protection to native species (especially those at threat), controls the release of non-native species, enhances the protection of SSSIs and builds upon the rights of way rules in the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949. The Act is split into 4 parts covering 74 sections, it also includes 17 schedules.
The legislation has strength; few amendments have been made to it, and it has acted as a foundation for later legislation to build upon. The compulsory 5 year review of schedules 5 and 8 make it dynamic in terms of the species which it protects.
1979-Bern Convention. Legally binding, covering most of the European continent and some states of Africa. Aims of the convention:
- conserve flora and fauna
- conserve habitats
- protect endangered habitats and species including migratory species
- encourage European co-operation in conservation
- The UK ratified the convention and adopted the European Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds (among other directives).
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1979-European Directive79/409/EC on the Conservation of Wild Birds. The main provisions included:
- protection of vulnerable species
- classification of SPAs
- protection for all wild birds
- restrictions on killing/selling/keeping wild birds
1981-The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 along with several other acts were passed as UK legislation to comply to the European Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds:
- Wildlife (Northern Ireland) Order 1985
- Nature Conservation and Amenity Lands Order 1985
- Conservation Regulations 1995
- Offshore Marine Conservation Regulations 2007
- Conservation Regulations 2010
- (JNCC, 2010a)
The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 strengthened protection of SSSIs introduced by the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949. The pre-dated acts:
- Protection of Birds Acts of 1954, 1964 and 1967
- Conservation of Wild Creatures and Wild Plants Act 1975
- were repealed by the passing of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
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1982- The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 was implemented.
1985- The UK ratified the Bonn Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (1979). Adopted in Bonn, Germany in 1979 and coming into force in 1985, the Bonn Convention worked to conserve migratory species and their habitats. Listed in Appendix I are species which are endangered, Appendix II contains species which would benefit from international cooperation.
Appendix 1 migratory species listed in the convention were amended into the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
Part I: Wildlife[edit]
Part I includes sections 1 to 27 of the Act. The legislation contained in these sections covers:
- Protection of wild birds, their eggs and nests
- Protection of other animals
- Protection of plants
- Miscellaneous
- Introduction into the wild of species that are not native to Great Britain or are otherwise banned (Section 14): a list of affected animal and plant species was greatly expanded in the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedule 9) (England and Wales) Order 2010
- The import or export of endangered species.
Part II: Nature Conservation, Countryside & National Parks[edit]
Part II includes sections 28 to 52 of the Act. The legislation contained in these sections covers:
- Nature conservation
- Sites of Special Scientific Interest
- Limestone Pavements
- National Nature Reserves
- Marine Nature Reserves
- Countryside
- National Parks
Part III: Public Rights of Way[edit]
Part III includes sections 53 to 66 of the Act. Building on the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 which required local authorities to draw up maps defining public rights of way.
- Ascertainment of public rights of way
- The duties of government bodies to identify, maintain and update records about Public Rights of Way and to keep maps showing rights of way under continuous review.
- Updating and changing public rights of way
- Updating may be required after the following:
1. diversion of a highway 2. extension of a highway 3. widening of a highway 4. stopping of a highway 5. addition of a highway 6. removal of a highway 7. change in position of public path or traffic byway 8. implementation of restrictions to public right of way
- Rights of way are maintained at public expense.
- An up to date map act as evidence that the public has right of way in relevant way (i.e. by foot on footpaths or on horseback on bridleways).
- Changes of right of way requires a survey or review by the local surveying authority
- Miscellaneous & Supplemental
- Some responsibilities of owners of land crossed by a Public Right of Way
- Regulation of traffic on Public Rights of Way
Part IV: Miscellaneous & General[edit]
Part IV includes sections 67 to 74 of the Act. The legislation contained in these sections covers:
- Application of the Act to Crown land
- Application of the Act to the Isles of Scilly
- Offences by 'bodies corporate'
- Financial provisions
- Definitions
- "public path"- means a footpath or bridleway.
- "footpath"- allows the public to use highway on foot.
- "bridleway"- allows the public to use highway on foot, leading a horse or riding a horse.
- "byway open to all traffic"- allows public to use highway for vehicles, on foot, leading a horse or riding a horse
- "recognised dairy breed"- Ayrshire, British Friesian, British Holstein, Dairy Shorthorn, Guernsey, Jersey and Kerry.
- "relevant conservation body"- Natural England or Countryside Council for Wales
The Act contains 17 schedules. Schedules 1 to 10 relate to powers under the "Wildlife" part of the Act. Schedule 1 Lists over forty species of birds that are protected by special penalties. Schedule 2 lists Huntable birds and their close seasons.[1]
Schedules 11 to 13 relate to powers under Part II of the Act
Schedules 14 to 16 relate to powers under Part III of the Act
Schedule 17 lists previous legislation that was repealed in favour of this Act.
There have been a few simple amendments to the Wildlife and Countryside Act, such as word changes, increase in fines, etc. Every 5 years the JNCC coordinates a compulsory review of schedules 5 and 8 to add new species that may need protection (Legislation.gov.uk, 2010). A secretary of state can add or remove species at any time (Legislation.gov.uk, 2010).
Main amendments to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981
1985- Makes it necessary for local authorities to use Countryside Commission guidelines in deciding whether area with natural beauty are important to conserve. Amendments were made to SSSI documentation, notification periods and maintenance of registers (Legislation.gov.uk, 2010).
1991- Amendment making it an offence to knowingly cause or permit to cause actions listed in sections 5 and 11 (RSPCA, 2004).
1995- Restricts licenses issued to control wildbirds in order to reduce damage to crops, livestock, etc. (RSPCA, 2004)
1998- Variation of schedules 5 and 8; for example, Flamingo Moss (Desmatodon cernuus) was added to schedule 8 as well as 17 other species (Legislation.gov.uk, 2010).
1999- Variation of schedule 9; several species of deer were added to schedule 9 (Legislation.gov.uk, 2010).
2004- Minor amendments of various words (Legislation.gov.uk, 2010).
Amendments from following legislation
1990- The Environmental Protection Act 1990 established English Nature and the Joint Nature Conservation Council. JNCC made responsible for producing guidelines for SSSI selection.
1994- Conservation Regulations 1994. Built on Part I protecting habitats and species by implementing the requirement to assess plans/projects that will impact on European Protected Species.
2000- The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 strengthened protection of SSSIs; by increased English Nature's enforcement power (allowed to combat neglect, prevent damaging activity, make public bodies responsible for conservation and enhancement of SSSIs) and increasing penalties for damage to a maximum of £20,000 per offence (along with court power to order restoration if damage occurs).
Improved public rights of way giving people access to mountain, moor, heath, down and registered common land.
2006- The National Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 merged English Nature and the Countryside Agency to create Natural England. Introduced new offences involving the intentional and reckless damage of SSSIs.
2009- The Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 allowed the creation of marine conservation zones and with the consent of the secretary of state, the creation of SSSIs below mean low water mark. (Defra, 2009b)
2011- The Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011 made some major amendments with regard to control of non-native species, the protection of birds, protection of hares and rabbits and associated poaching.
Regulated by: Natural England
As well as being a regulator of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Natural England acts as an advisor (to individuals, companies, government, etc.) in relation to nature conservation. Additionally Natural England helps with land management through grants, projects and information.
Legally responsible for Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) and enforce law when necessary. Damage, destruction or disturbance of SSSI habitats and features can lead to the following actions by Natural England:
- information- awareness and education can stop harmful activities
- warning letters- request harmful activity to stop and request agreement for restoration
- formal investigations- collection of evidence by trained investigators following legal evidence requirements
- cautions- if prosecution is not an appropriate action then a caution is issued if necessary evidence has been collected (to have a good chance of conviction)
- prosecution- only occurs when evidence collected makes conviction reasonably certain or where prosecution is in the public interest. Natural England always try to recover costs and publicise prosecutions to the press. Specific penalties are applied, consideration of profit gained from offence is considered and often added to fines, application for a formal restoration order is made making the offender responsible for restoration of SSSI (at offender's expense).
- civil action- in most serious cases where all other options have been explored, Natural England can take civil action to claim possession of SSSIs under serious threat.
(Natural England, 2007)
Countryside Council of Wales and Scottish Natural Heritage
Similar responsibilities to Natural England, but responsible in Wales and Scotland.
Within the police there are several aspects to regulating wildlife crime; intelligence, enforcement and prevention. (IEEM, 2010)
The police are responsible for enforcing part I of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, often advised by Natural England (Natural England, 2007) and will investigate wildlife offences; usually performed by Wildlife Crime Officers (WCOs).
The National Wildlife Crime Unit (NWCU) is a law enforcement unit which helps agencies with enforcement. Wildlife crime investigations, statistics and intelligence are provided.
Environment Agency
The Environment Agency deal with reports from the public in relation to wildlife crime; under duties to prosecute environmental crimes, offences such as damage to habitats and wildlife are included. The EA work closely with the RSPB and Wildlife Crime Officers (Environmentlaw, 2010).
Local Authorities
Local authorities (e.g. Southampton City Council) are responsible for regulating public rights of way and enforcing Rights of Way legislation (Legislation.gov.uk, 2010). Issues such as obstructions and misleading signs are usually reported by members of the public and then are dealt with by the local authority (Southampton City Council, 2009).
Monitored by:
- Regulatory bodies (mentioned above).
- NGOs; the RSPB and RSPCA work with the police to prevent and identify wildlife crime (Environmentlaw, 2010)
- General Public.
- The Partnership for Action against Wildlife Crime (PAW)- a multi-agency body which encourages both statutory and NGO organisations to work together in the combat of wildlife crime (PAW, 2011).
Land owners and occupiers
- Failing to comply with the restrictions on methods to kill animals and birds (see Part I: Wildlife for further details).
- Killing, injuring a wild bird or animal, damaging or destroying the nest/shelter of a wild bird or animal (see Part I: Wildlife for further details).
- Removing any native plant (see Part I: Wildlife for further details).
- "Carrying out, causing or allowing operations likely to damage an SSSI without consent.
- Failing to keep to a management notice.
- Failing to let us[who?] know about a change in ownership or occupation of land in an SSSI" (Natural England, 2007)
- Failing to maintain public rights of way; removing obstructions, surfacing, maintaining safe and easy to use access points (Southampton City Council, 2009).
Public bodies/Industry
- Failing to comply with the restrictions on methods to kill animals and birds (see Part I: Wildlife for further details).
- Killing, injuring a wild bird or animal, damaging or destroying the nest/shelter of a wild bird or animal (see Part I: Wildlife for further details).
- Removing any native plant (see Part I: Wildlife for further details).
- Release of non native species into the environment (see Part I: Wildlife for further details).
- "Carrying out or authorising operations likely to damage an SSSI without meeting the requirements to notify Natural England.
- Failing to minimise any damage to an SSSI and if there is any damage, failing to restore it to its former state so far as is reasonably practical and possible." (Natural England, 2007)
Any person
- Failing to comply with the restrictions on methods to kill animals and birds (see Part I: Wildlife for further details).
- Killing, injuring a wild bird or animal, damaging or destroying the nest/shelter of a wild bird or animal (see Part I: Wildlife for further details).
- Removing any native plant (see Part I: Wildlife for further details).
- "Intentionally or recklessly damaging, destroying or disturbing any of the habitats or features of an SSSI.
- Intentionally or recklessly damaging, destroying, obscuring or taking down a site notice put up on land within an SSSI.
- Preventing one of our officers lawfully accessing an SSSI." (Natural England, 2007)
Tried with regards to each separate animal/site involved. If multiple organisms or sites are involved then defendant tried per animal/site involved:
- Up to £5,000 fine (incidents involving SSSIs can now incur fines of up to £20,000 under amendments made by the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000).
- Up to six months imprisonment
- If the defendant is a corporation then the head of that corporation may also be tried as liable and face the fine and/or prison sentence.
Exemptions to Part 1- Wildlife
There are various exemptions applied to part one providing protection for wildlife, thus no lawful act or offence will be committed, if:
- an authorised person for example by obtaining a licence from Natural England or DEFRA kills or takes a wild bird, damages or destroys the nest of a bird and damages or removes eggs from the nest.
- an authorised person for example has obtained a licence for killing or injuring an animal in schedule 5 and can provide sufficient evidence stating it was necessary to prevent damage and protect livestock, crops, vegetables, fruit, growing timber and fisheries.
- a wild bird or animal has been taken if injured and that person's intention is to tend and return the bird or animal to the wild when fully recovered. If it is so severely injured beyond recovery then it can be killed in the most humane way possible.
All sick and injured birds and animals which are being cared for must be registered with DEFRA.
- it can be shown that the destruction of a nest, egg, bird, animal or an animal's shelter was accidental from a lawful operation and could not have been avoided.
- an individual can provide evidence showing it was necessary to kill or injure a protected animal or bird in order to protect livestock, crops, vegetables, fruit, growing timber and fisheries.
Provided below is a list - probably incomplete - of documents modifying the W&C Act 1981.
- Statutory Instrument 1988 No. 288: The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedules) Order 1988 S.I. 1981/288
- Statutory Instrument 1994 No. 1151: Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedule 4) Order 1994 S.I. 1994/1151
|This article includes a list of references, related reading or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. (August 2012)
- Council of Europe, (2011). "Bern Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats", coe.int. [online]. Available: www.coe.int/t/dg4/cultureheritage/nature/bern/default_en.asp. [Accessed: 24 March 2011].
- Countryside Council for Wales, (2000). "Farmer must work with CCW on damaged wildlife site", ccw.gov.uk. [online]. Available: www.ccw.gov.uk/about-ccw/newsroom/press-releases/sssi-damage-court-case.aspx. [Accessed: 27 March 2011].
- Defra, (2007). "Recent Prosecutions", defra.gov.uk. [online]. Available: www.defra.gov.uk/paw/prosecutions/default.htm. [Accessed: 24 March 2011].
- Defra, (2009). "Strategic Assessment, February 2009 Wildlife Crime in the UK (2009/2010)", defra.gov.uk. [online]. Available: www.defra.gov.uk/paw/pdf/crime-assessment0910.pdf. [Accessed: 27 March 2011].
- Defra, (2009b). "SSSI legislative timeline", defra.gov.uk. [online]. Available: www.defra.gov.uk/rural/protected/sssi/legislation.htm. [Accessed: 27 March 2011].
- Environmentlaw, (2010). "Regulators and Agencies", environmentlaw.org.uk. [online]. Available: www.environmentlaw.org.uk/rte.asp?id=206. [Accessed: 27 March 2011].
- The Guardian, (2008). "The Alien Invaders Choking Britains Waterway", guardian.co.uk. Available: www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2008/aug/14/conservation.wildlife. [Accessed 26 March 2011].
- HMSO, (2005). Planning Policy Statement 9: Biodiversity and Geological Conservation, TSO, UK.
- IEEM (Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management), (2010). "National Wildlife Crime Unit, Role of the NWCU" ieem.net. [online]. Available: http://www.ieem.net/docs/02%20Alan%20Roberts.pdf. [Accessed: 27 March 2011].
- Joint Nature and Conservation Committee, (2010a). "Directive 2009/147/EC on the Conservation of Wild Birds", jncc.gov.uk. Available: www.jncc.gov.uk/page-1373. [Accessed: 22 February 2011].
- Joint Nature and Conservation Committee, (2010b). "The Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals", jncc.gov.uk. Available: www.jncc.gov.uk/page-1366. [Accessed: 27 February 2011].
- Legislation.gov.uk, (2010). "Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981", legislation.gov.uk. [online]. Available: www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/69. [Accessed: 24 March 2011].
- National Archives, (2011). The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 1999, N.O 293. legislation.gov.uk, Available: www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/293/contents [Accessed: 27 March 2011].
- Naturenet, (2009a). "Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981", naturenet.com. Available: www.naturenet.net/law/wcagen.html. [Accessed: 26 February 2011].
- Naturenet, (2009b). "Site of Special Scientific Interest", naturenet.com. Available: www.naturenet.net/status/sssi.html. [Accessed: 27 February 2011].
- Natural England, (2007). "SSSI Enforcement Policy", english-nature.org.uk. [online]. Available: www.english-nature.org.uk/Special/sssi/images/EnforcementPolicyNotice.pdf. [Accessed: 23 March 2011].
- Natural England, (2008). "Important Environmental Case Concludes", naturalengland.org.uk. [online]. Available: www.naturalengland.org.uk/about_us/news/2008/280108.aspx. [Accessed: 27 March 2011].
- Natural England, (2009). "Sites of Special Scientific Interest", english-nature.org.uk. [online]. Available: www.english-nature.org.uk/special/sssi/. [Accessed: 27 March 2011].
- Natural England, (2010). "Licenses", naturalengland.org.uk. Available: www.naturalengland.org.uk/ourwork /regulation/wildlife/licences/default.aspx. [Accessed: 27 February 2011].
- Natural England, (2011). "Standing Advice for Protected Species", naturalengland.org.uk. [online]. Available: www.naturalengland.org.uk/ourwork/planningtransportlocalgov/spatialplanning/standingadvice/advice.aspx. [Accessed: 26 March 2011].
- Natural England, (2011b). "What we do", naturalengland.org.uk. [online]. Available: www.naturalengland.org.uk/about_us/whatwedo/default.aspx. [Accessed: 27 March 2011].
- OPDM Circular (2005), 06/2005: Biodiversity and Geological Conservation, Statutory Obligations and their Impact within the Planning System, TSO, Uk.
- PAW, (2011). "Partnership for Action Against Wildlife Crime", defra.gov.uk. [online]. Available: www.defra.gov.uk/paw/. [Accessed: 27 March 2011].
- RSPCA, (2004). "Animal welfare law- fifteen years of progress", rspca.org.uk. [online]. Available:www.rspca.org.uk/ImageLocator/LocateAsset?asset=document&assetId=1232712496711&mode=prd. [Accessed: 27 March 2011].
- RSPB, (2011). "Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981", rspb.org.uk. [online]. Available: www.rspb.org.uk/ourwork/policy/wildbirdslaw/birdsandlaw/wca/index.aspx. [Accessed: 22 March 2011].
- RSPB, (2011b). "Sites of Special Scientific Interest", rspb.org.uk. [online]. Available: www.rspb.org.uk/ourwork/policy/crow/sssis.aspx. [Accessed: 27 March 2011].
- Southampton City Council, (2009). "Maintaining Public Rights of Way", southampton.gov.uk. [online]. Available: www.southampton.gov.uk/s-environment/rightsofway/maintenance.aspx. [Accessed: 27 March 2011].
External links[edit]
- Official text of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from the UK Statute Law Database


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MLB Draft a Crapshoot - Part 1?
by, 09-28-2012 at 11:01 AM (2135 Views)
The Twins suck. Sorry, had to be said. I do consider myself a bit of a shock-jock, so this is fitting. However, the reward for sucky teams is a good draft pick. I was talking with a friend of mine and he said, "who cares about the draft, it's a total crapshoot." This got me wondering; is the draft a crapshoot?
Yeah, probably.
However, is the MLB draft more of a crapshoot than the other 3 major sports' drafts? I did some research to see if any one league has a more crapshooty (crapshootish?) draft than any of the other sports.
I wasn't able to do any super extensive research, as I do have a pretty awesome social life to maintain (Netflix, Dog Walks, Couch, etc.). As a result, I looked at a 10 year sample of MLB, NFL, NHL and NBA drafts. I looked from 1981 to 1990, so that most players would be done with their careers. I am going to spit this up a bit, to give me time to do my shoddy research properly.
I will investigate 3 different factors:
· What is the percentage of 1st round picks that made an All-Star team?
· How does the average career length of Top 10 picks compare to the average career length of a player in that league?
· Where do MVPs come from?
While these are obviously not perfect measures, I feel they give some sort of data to look at and then analyze. Some might accuse me of cherry-picking, but I could give one rat's behind about that. This isn't a research journal, last time I checked.
So, here are the results:
Question 1 - What is the percentage of 1st round picks that made an All-Star team?
This was the easy one to figure out. I just looked at draft results, all-star appearances and did some simple division. Full disclosure: Excel did the division for me. Here is a chart of the results:
Chart 1 - Percentage of 1st Round Picks that became All-Stars from 1981 to 1990.
MLB Total # of 1st Round All Stars 52 # of 1st Round Picks 269 % of 1st Round All Stars 19.33% NFL Total # of All Stars 118 # of 1st Round Picks 275 % of 1st Round All Stars 42.91% NBA Total # of All Stars 61 # of 1st Round Picks 244 % of 1st Round All Stars 25.00% NHL Total # of All Stars 46 # of 1st Round Picks 189 % of 1st Round All Stars 24.34%
Well, obviously this is a flawed design. This is true for a couple of reasons. Not all drafts have the same amount of rounds. Not all leagues had the same amount of teams. Not all leagues have the same rules for player eligibility. Not all all-stars are created equal. Draft strategies could be evolving and changing since the '80s. However, in a perfect world, the first round would produce the most talent, regardless of these differences.
It does appear that in this decade, it was more difficult to find an All-Star in the MLB draft first round than in any of the 3 other leagues first rounds. There doesn't seem to be any trend data throughout the years as the percentage was pretty stable from '81 to '90. Over 40% of first round picks in the NFL became All-Stars. The number is under 20% for MLB, the lowest of the 4 leagues. Obviously, I am using the terms All-Star and Pro-Bowler interchangeably.
The total number of All-Stars from the 1st round are pretty comparable when you compare MLB and NHL. However, there were fewer players drafted in the 1st rounds overall in the NHL. So, the 1st round of the MLB draft is a bit of a crapshoot, especially when compared with other leagues. However, does this mean that the top end of the draft is a crapshoot? If not, it might point toward teams being even more likely to try to get the top end picks. Here is another chart:
Chart 2 - Number of Top Ten Picks that became All-Stars between 1981-1990.
MLB Total # of Top Ten Pick All Stars 30 NFL Total # of Top Ten Pick All Stars 54 NBA Total # of Top Ten Pick All Stars 35 NHL Total # of Top Ten Pick All Stars 43
Since there were a total of 10 Top Ten picks in each draft, the total number for the decade would be 100. So, all these numbers are equal to the percentages as well. Therefore, we can see that Top Ten picks are easily more likely to become All-Stars than just 1st round picks. That makes sense as the top ten should be the real cream of the crop. However, the gap between leagues widens slightly between the MLB and NFL, significantly between the MLB and NHL, and narrows between the MLB and NBA. When you consider that far fewer NBA All-Stars are named each year, the narrowing seems less significant. 70% of MLB top ten picks failed to become All-Stars. When you think of it that way, it is a bit worrisome for teams looking for All-Star players.
My main problem with this data is that the MLB draft is just so much longer than other drafts. The player pool is so much larger. The top ten of 1500 players is a much smaller percentage than the top ten of 250 players. So, I thought it might be interesting to look at a percentage-based player pool.
Here is another chart:
Chart 3 - Number of Players selected in the Top 5% of Drafts that became All-Stars between 1981-1990.
MLB Total # of Top 5% All-Stars 72 NFL Total # of Top 5% All-Stars 78 NBA Total # of Top 5% All-Stars 32 NHL Total # of Top 5% All-Stars 47
Just for explanation sake, I took the total number of players drafted, multiplied by 5% and then counted the number of All-Stars taken within those pick values.
Ah, perhaps a point in the MLB's favor! When you look at all players selected in the top 5% of these drafts, the number of MLB All-Stars is much higher than the NBA and NHL and right in line with the NFL. Maybe this simply means that we have to consider the size of the player pool, in order to see that the MLB draft is not a crapshoot. Well, maybe not. Here is another chart:
Chart 4 - Percentage of Players selected in the Top 5% of Drafts that became All-Stars between 1981-1990.
# of Top 5% Picks # of Top 5% All-Stars % of Top 5% Picks All-Stars MLB 538 72 13.38% NFL 167 78 46.71% NBA 79 32 40.51% NHL 123 47 38.21%
Giving you all the data is quite important, eh? Now MLB doesn't look so great. When you look at the top 5% of any NFL, NHL, or NBA draft, there is close to or more than a 40% chance that a team will get an All-Star. In the MLB, that number is under 15%. Yikes.
According to this data, if you wanted to draft an All-Star in the 80s, you should have been a terrible team the year before and had a top ten pick. Even then, you were going to fail to get an All-Star 70% of the time. Once you leave the Top Ten, the numbers are pretty awful. There were only 22 players drafted in the first round, but outside the Top Ten from 1981 to 1990 that became an All-Star, only about 2 players per year. It appears that the MLB draft is a bit of a crapshoot, and much more of a crapshoot than any of the other leagues.
This does not surprise me though. Well, one part does. The NHL seems like it should have had numbers more in line with MLB. After all, their player pool seems to be the most similar, with high school players and young foreign players making up a lot of their first rounds. I guess the one explanation would be the glut of Club and Junior Level teams that younger players could play for. These types of teams produce a higher level of competition than simply high school teams that future MLB draftees would play for. If I had no life whatsoever, I might investigate High School vs. College, but that seems like a huge undertaking.
To me, the MLB draft is more about upside than the others, especially in the very early picks. NFL and NBA teams have the benefit of watching their players in college. The NHL teams can see how players fare in either Junior, Club or College hockey. These leagues can have a pretty good idea of what type of player they are getting. MLB is often relying on high school leagues, which would seem to have the most volatility. The MLB draft lacks certainty, almost by its design and structure. However, I am 100% certain that no team would ever want to create a system where high school players are not drafted, so the uncertainty is here to stay.
I wish that I could travel ten years in the future to do this same exercise with the 1991 to 2000 drafts, but many players (especially in the later years) are still active and the data points for All-Star appearances could change over the next few years. Someone please remind me in 2022 that I have work to do.
You can see the full charts here, with each year shown individually:
Please feel free to question my methods and criticize my lack of devotion to the Scientific Method. Part 2 will investigate career lengths in the Top Tens of these drafts.


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Why Tax Hikes For the Wealthy Are Inevitable
It violates conventional wisdom, but raising some taxes in a weak economy may be okay.
Thanks to Herbert Hoover, it's considered insanity to raise taxes during an economic downturn. Three years into the Great Depression, Hoover sought to close a mushrooming federal deficit by passing the Revenue Act of 1932, which boosted income taxes on most earners and pushed the top rate from 25 to 63 percent. If economists agree on anything, it's that cutting people's disposable income in the midst of the depression made things dramatically worse, not better. Franklin Roosevelt committed the same sin a few years later, hiking a slew of taxes to pay for Social Security and other things—triggering a fresh downturn in 1937, just as the economy seemed poised to recover.
[See 11 ways to plan for a double-dip recession.]
So with today's economy teetering at the edge of a second recession, why is President Obama so determined to let the Bush tax cuts expire on top earners at the end of the year, effectively raising their taxes? And why do Republicans seem willing to go along with the idea? Here are five reasons:
The proposed tax hikes would affect relatively few people. Obama wants to extend the Bush tax cuts for most workers, which means that for individuals earning less than $200,000 and couples earning less than $250,000, nothing would change. That accounts for nearly 97 percent of all taxpayers. For the other 3 percent, Obama would let tax cuts expire, which means the top tax bracket would rise from 35 percent to 39.5 percent, and the one below that would rise from 33 percent to 36 percent. Dividend and estate taxes would also rise, but those mostly affect the wealthy. So for all the hype about raising taxes, it would only happen for a small minority of Americans.
[See 4 signs the job market is finally improving.]
The bite on top earners won't be that painful. Some families will feel squeezed if the tax hikes go through, like those whose incomes are just over the threshold—especially if they live in expensive coastal cities and have kids in college. But most high-income taxpayers would fork over a relatively small portion of their incomes in additional taxes. A two-earner family with two kids at home and $500,000 in annual income, for example, would pay about $13,000 more in taxes under Obama's plan. (Use this tax calculator to run your own before-and-after scenarios.) That's an extra 2.6 percent of their income, not counting financial-planning changes that could lower the family's tax burden.
That extra tax isn't a trivial amount. But since the wealthy save a much higher portion of their income, it's not likely to affect the family's standard of living that much, or translate into deep cuts in overall consumer spending that would threaten an economic recovery. The wealthy obviously spend much more per person than everybody else, but compared with the huge middle class, there aren't that many rich shoppers. Spending by middle- and low-income earners is what drives the economy. By leaving their taxes alone, the Obama proposals would at least ring-fence the incomes of those who do most of the nation's spending.
[See why the rich need the poor.]
Tax hikes on the wealthy have popular support. The majority of Americans feel it's just fine if the Bush tax cuts expire and Obama does not extend them for the wealthy. In a recent USA Today/Gallup poll, 15 percent of people said the tax cuts should expire for everybody and 44 percent said they should expire just for the wealthy. Only 37 percent felt the tax cuts should be extended for everybody. Since practically everyone wants lower taxes, the relatively high portion of people in favor of some kind of tax hike indicates growing awareness of the national debt and the need to raise more government revenue. That's probably why Republicans, eager to ding Democrats for wanting to raise taxes, have signaled that they'll grudgingly go along with an extension of the tax cuts for everybody but the wealthy: They're siding with public opinion.
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Today's tax burden is unusually low. As a percentage of GDP, income-tax revenues are at the lowest point in 60 years, according to Donald Marron, director of the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center. Since 1970, income-tax revenue as a percentage of GDP has ranged from a high of 10.2 percent in 2000 to a low of 6.5 percent today. The Bush tax cuts essentially ushered in a tax holiday of sorts, and now the recession has cut the government's tax revenues even more. So a rise in tax rates would be nothing more than a reversion to the mean, and it only makes sense to start with those who earn the most.
[Visit the U.S. News Business & Economy site for more insight and advice.]
America is going broke. And everybody in Washington knows that taxes are going up for most Americans sooner or later. The $14 trillion national debt hasn't caused a crisis yet, but it will if government spending continues to outpace revenue. Spending cuts alone won't solve the problem. Nor will higher taxes on the wealthy alone, since there aren't enough of them to dig the nation out of its hole. That means a big hike in middle-class taxes is coming. It might take the form of a new consumption tax, known as a value-added tax, which could be partly offset by reforms that would thin out a mind-boggling thicket of income-tax deductions and exemptions and make taxes fairer and simpler. However it happens, higher taxes on the wealthy are the first step. There will be many more.


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At the Barrington Planning Board meeting on January 3, 2013, the Board voted to conduct a "pre-application" conference with the East Bay Community Development Corporation (EBCDC) on January 15, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. in the Barrington library.
The conference is required by Town Ordinance as a preliminary step to submission of an application for a Comprehensive Permit for any developer of a prospective major subdivision such as the one proposed by EBCDC on the Sowams Nursery property located on Sowams Road.
Board Chair Michael McCormick ruled that the January 15 meeting would be open to the public and that questions would be allowed. This is a departure from the historic practice of conducting these meetings in private, and a positive response to urging by the Community Opposed to Development (COD 02806) to promote transparency throughout the application process.
COD 02806 had previously submitted to EBCDC a series of questions almost none of which were addressed by EBCDC at their "informational" meeting on November 27, 2012 due to time constraints. The Planning Board has been copied on these questions, and more questions will be presented to them prior to the January 15 conference with EBCDC.
As you may already know more than 500 residents of the Hampden Meadows community have signed a petition opposing the Sowams development.
Community residents are urged to attend the January 15 meeting to both learn about the issues involved, and ask questions they consider important not only for themselves but for the Barrington community as a whole. We will publish a completed list of questions proposed prior to the January 15 meeting.
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Anthony "Tony" Deladi of Watkins died unexpectedly Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, while working in Lafayette, Ind. He was 41.
A gathering of family and friends will be held from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, March 5, at the Ertl Funeral Home in Watkins, with parish prayers at 6 p.m. Fr. John Brunner will officiate. Private interment will take place at St. Anthony Catholic Cemetery in Watkins.
Anthony "Tony" P. Deladi was born Aug. 13, 1971, in Edina, Minn. to Michael and Gloria (Yanish) Deladi. He grew up in Shorewood and had resided in Watkins for the past seven years. Tony was employed in sales for American Time and Signal in Dassel. He was an avid sports fanatic.
Tony was preceded in death by his father Michael Deladi; grandparents Norbert Yanish, and Paul and Ruth Deladi.
He is survived by his mother and step-father Gloria and Frank Hentges of Watkins; brother and sister-in-law Christopher (and Mary Kay) Deladi of Hanover; niece and nephew Michael and Kirsten Deladi of Hanover; grandmother Rosetta Yanish of Watkins; aunts, uncles, and cousins.


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The Morro Bay City Council Tuesday approved hiring an outside lawyer to help resolve personnel problems with City Manager Andrea Lueker and City Attorney Rob Schultz.
Mayor Jamie Irons and council members Noah Smukler and Christine Johnson voted to approve hiring the lawyer, citing the need to get a divisive personnel matter settled quickly. Councilman George Leage voted against it and Councilwoman Nancy Johnson was absent.
The contract for the outside lawyer is for 50 hours at $250 an hour for a maximum of $12,500. Irons said he has three firms in mind for the job that are familiar with municipal law and personnel matters. The $12,500 will come from the city's risk management reserve, which Irons said has some excess funds. A decision about which firm to hire could be made as early as next week.
Irons requested the outside help after a highly contentious meeting Sept. 12 in which the council met in closed session to decide whether to fire Lueker and Schultz. The council heard hours of impassioned public testimony on the matter, most of it against firing the pair, and ultimately took no action. Citing personnel confidentiality, Irons has given no reason for wanting Lueker and Schultz fired.
The mayor said an independent attorney is needed because Schultz could not represent the city in a matter in which he is the subject of the personnel action. He said that hiring an outside attorney is a way to settle the matter and finally make the reasons behind the controversy public.
"Obtaining legal counsel is the pay to why," Irons said.
The matter was on the meeting's consent agenda, meaning that it would not be discussed unless the council decided to do so. However, Leage and multiple members of the public asked that it be pulled from consent for discussion and a separate vote.
A crowd of about 200 people attended the meeting. Irons had to warn people about excessive cheering and other disruptions, but the meeting was not as emotionally charged as the one on Sept. 12. This was followed by two and half hours of public comment. The public comment was evenly divided between those supporting Irons and the hiring of an outside lawyer and those opposed to it as a waste of money.
Those in favor of hiring the attorney said it is the only way to cut through the rancor within the city over the issue.
"The council needs help, help from an outside source," said Morro Bay resident Jane Heath.
Those opposing the move said the $12,500 could be better spent on other needs such as filling potholes and buying police equipment. Former Mayor Bill Yates said that previous councils have fired their attorneys and managers without having to hire an outside lawyer.


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Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini praised Micah Richards after the full-back's star showing as the Barclays Premier League leaders earned a 3-1 win over Newcastle United.
In-form Richards, who many thought should have been included in the England squad for the recent friendlies against Spain and Sweden, scored one goal and was brought down for a penalty.
His impressive performances this season have won praise and Mancini said: "I love Micah Richards as a guy and a player.
"I'd like it if he plays always like he did on Saturday."
City scored twice from the penalty spot against Newcastle and Mancini made special mention of 21-year-old Italian striker Mario Balotelli, who netted the first spot-kick in cool fashion.
"The penalty from Mario was fabulous," Mancini said. "It is impossible for him to miss one penalty - I don't know why.
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Good to see you two are not only still on MyCorgi, but also still foster parents. This site was is so helpful; I still love it! I have the 2013 wall calendar, and also got a weekly planner for Gregg. People come by my desk just to see the new months Corgi. Will there be a 2014?
Haven't been here in a long time. So sorry for your loss. Just lost my dog Cosmo yesterday. She was a 16yr old Rat Terrier. Nala's playmate and "crime" partner. She will be missed. A big hug for you and your wife. Thanks for sharing your love for corgis with us. Mocha and Vienna were loved.
Hi Sam, I am so sorry to read about Vienna. She is together now with Mocha. I actually dropped by to check on you guys. I am thinking about you both and will keep you and Silvia in my prayers. (((HUGS)))!!!