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Gov. Romney in Massachusetts spoke out to city officials complaining about state funding cuts, pointing out their own increased spending and overly generous deals with government workers are the root of their problems.
Romney points out that city revenues have increase, but, wouldn't you know, cities have increased spending even faster. Romney says,
"We in the public sector have gotten used to the idea that we can just keep on growing and growing and grow faster than the rate of the incomes of the people we tax."
There is a lot of smoke and mirrors, but the article shows that cities have cranked up spending faster than revenue. Government finance once again resorts to wishful thinking.


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Hastings-on-Hudson resident Aimee Lee is helping to sustain a dying art form with her new book on hanji, the first book on Korean handmade papermaking to be written in English.
"Because I teach so much, my students all over the country would want more information, but I couldn't point them to any sources because all of the books up until now about hanji are written in Korean," said Lee, 35. "I knew that Americans needed an English-language resource and I was happy to provide."
The visual artist and papermaker's debut book "Hanji Unfurled: One Journey into Korean Papermaking" takes readers through Lee's trip in June 2008 to Korea on a year-long Fulbright scholarship where she visited Buddhist temples and Korean cities and villages to work with hanji masters, artists and scholars.
"I felt I had learned so much in Korea that it would be a shame not to share the stories, techniques, and history I had gathered through my research," said Lee, a freelance professor for various colleges, art centers, museums and libraries across the country. "Also, people kept asking for me to write a book."
In her book Lee, who graduated from Hastings-on-Hudson High School in 1995, breaks down the process of Korean handmade paper making from harvesting paper mulberry trees down to weaving the completed paper into strips that can then be made into rope to create a vessel, like a teacup, lantern or chamber pot.
"This book is a valuable resource, a must-read not only for papermakers but for anyone interested in perpetuating honored traditions into an environmentally responsible future," said Melissa Jay Craig, a paper sculptor and book artist, according to the book's press release.
"There were no chemicals or dangerous materials used in the process of making hanji, and the paper came directly from renewable plant material," said Lee. "Done properly, this can be a sustainable industry with a small carbon footprint."
Lee, who built the first Korean papermaking studio in North America in 2010 at the Morgan Conservatory in Cleveland, Ohio, fell in love with the strength and versatility of hanji as a graduate student at Columbia College.
"It's very unassuming but also very beautiful and durable," said Lee. "It can withstand a lot of handling and pressure, and becomes stronger for the wear, unlike paper that the average person encounters on an average day."
"Hanji Unfurled," is available from The Legacy Press on Amazon.com
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Monthly Archive: March 2010
Mar 23 2010
TED Talks: Sam Harris on Science and Morality
Mar 23 2010
The Panama Wormhole
So that black hole that the Futurama crew dove into at the end of the last movie… that was the end of the series, right? Oh hells no! Of course it'll take a while before each episode makes its way up to the Great White North from Comedy Central, but hey. Stupid geolocked video sites.
Mar 22 2010
Congratulations on health care reform!
It's obviously the talk of the world, so I might as well weigh in. Congratulations on passing a modicum of health care reform and taking care of about half of your uninsured! It's definitely a step in the right direction, and one of the first I've seen your nation make pretty well since I've become …
Mar 21 2010
Viacom uploaded clips to Youtube then sued Youtube for hosting them!
Seriously, it's like tonight's internet surfing session is somehow intentionally trying to make my blood boil. You know that whole Viacom vs Youtube debacle, where Viacom's been suing Youtube repeatedly for posters violating their copyrights? Well, it turns out that the whole while, employees within Viacom have been posting videos themselves in order to benefit …
Mar 21 2010
Canadian climate scientists "being muzzled"
Oh for fuck's sake, I've had just about enough of Little Bush in office in Canada. The news apparently broke a few days ago that Canadian climate scientists are being silenced by the government. A dramatic reduction in Canadian media coverage of climate change science issues is the result of the Harper government introducing new …
Mar 19 2010
A touching tribute
Mike Haubrich's father died recently, after a long struggle at the end. He chose to go with dignity. Mike has written a post at Quiche Moraine in his memory. I hope when my time comes, someone eulogizes me as beautifully. We, all of us, are materially connected to the planet on which we live. We …
Mar 18 2010
AronRa on Atheist Experience: Conflict between Science and Religion?
AronRa and Matt Dillahunty play exceptionally well off one another, especially where both are extraordinarily well-spoken about their beliefs. This is a brilliant clip. I can't say I 100% agree that there is "not necessarily" conflict between science and religion, for the simple reason that this very conflict amounts to a game of chicken, and …
Mar 17 2010
Turnabout is fair play
Bill Nye (yes, The Science Guy!) was on Rachel Maddow last month to rebut the anti-AGW right-wing propagandists, and he does something otherwise unfathomable — he turns a popular tactic of these same right-wing AGW deniers against them, and calls their anti-science, anti-reality denialism "unpatriotic". Yes, this is hyperbole. Hyperbole on the same scale of …
Mar 16 2010
Gwibber Ascendant
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— AUSTIN – State Sen. Craig Estes on Tuesday filed Senate Joint Resolution 23 to make the diversion of dedicated taxes and fees unconstitutional.
The resolution constitutionally prohibits using dedicated fees and taxes for a non-dedicated purpose or to certify the budget. Gov. Perry on Tuesday called on the Legislature to put an end to this budgetary practice in his State of the State Address.
The practice of diverting fees and taxes has been used every legislative session since 1995. In 2011, the Legislature used $4.949 billion in dedicated fees and taxes to certify the budget.
"I agree wholeheartedly with Governor Perry's call to end the practice of using dedicated funds and specific fees for purposes for which they are not intended," said Estes, R-Wichita Falls, who represents Parker County. "The practice of diverting fees is troubling, and our budget surplus affords us the perfect opportunity to end this budgetary practice."
Estes has also filed Senate Joint Resolution 17 to stop the diversion of the sporting goods sales tax.
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There aren't many companies in the world that generate 1 million visitors and over 60,000 leads through their website each month. Especially B2B.
HubSpot does.
I just got off the phone last week with Mark Roberge, Senior Vice President of Sales and Services at HubSpot.
We were debating a title for the joint webinar we are doing together this coming week and I had to ask him, "So come on Mark, what people really want to know is how your team at HubSpot does your own internal lead generation."
I challenged him: "Are you willing to open the Kimono?"
(Forget the webinar, I wanted to know their secrets myself!)
HubSpot has figured out that Google Google wants great content, and lots of it. So rather than gaming the system with lots of search engine optimization (SEO) techniques, (which I rant about in my #1 Forbes article 'The Death of SEO, The Rise of Social, PR, and Real Content) they do the obvious…
They generate lots of really good content.
It helps that their powerful cloud-based marketing automation software helps them analyze and plan for the very things we are talking about. We like HubSpot because like us, they are very data-driven, and are world leaders in social media best practices for business.
He consented to an interview, which I concluded Friday afternoon. Here is a summary from the seven pages of notes I took. I talked him into going in depth in the webinar and providing a summary for Forbes.
Most of the rest of this article I summarized from Mark's own words:
#1 You need both Quality and Quantity of Content
Everyone has finally figured out you need really good content on the web, but it doesn't need to be a Ph.D. article, it's all about blogging; great stuff, real stuff, and lots of it.
The key is multiple blogs a week, or better yet, per day.
We had heard the rule that you should do 3-4 blog articles a month. About 2 years ago we brought on a new blog editor and we were worried about keeping up the comments, links, and views if we added more content.
So we tested it.
We first went to 1 article per day… comments, links, and views went up.
Then we kept pushing to 5 articles per day… comments, links, and views went up.
We learned that you can't generate enough content.
Remember both quality and quantity.
It depends where your bottleneck is Stephen. If you are struggling with visitors to your website, increase your blog article production and social media participation. If you have strong traffic but struggle with lead quality or quantity, focus on more CTAs and more personalized CTAs on your website. If you are generating lots of leads but your close rate or revenue is off, focus on sales and marketing alignment tactics (http://www.hubspot.com/webinars/webinar-on-demand-marketing-and-sales-alignment/)
It is evident from your article that HubSpot is great at generating new leads based on their solid content, but are they equally successful at converting those leads into sales? Are all of the leads they generate quality leads and if so, are they contacting them? I guess my real questions is this: How is this spectacular lead generation program impacting their growth and revenue?
Few private companies are completely open about revenues. However, we are pleased with our progress. We grew revenue 6000% in our first 5 years putting us at #33 on the Inc 500 fastest growing companies list. Most of our revenue is generated from inbound leads.
Being a developer myself, I know that engineers are not known for their loquaciousness, but oftentimes they are the ones leading a lot of the product innovation and accordingly have a lot to offer in terms of great content. So in regard to #2 and #3, what suggestions do you have for getting content from some of the less vocal thought leaders in the company? Even with professional journalists leading the interview, not everyone responds well to quick one-on-one question & answer sessions.
You have a good point, Ken, but then that leads to a follow-up question: For those companies who wish to expand their 'Thought Committee', what sort of things can they do to help motivate/develop their silent innovators to become thought leaders?
Matt- have you heard of Susan Cain's book 'Quiet'? http://www.amazon.com/Quiet-Power-Introverts-World-Talking/dp/0307352145
I heard her speak at Inbound 2012, and she had some great insights into #2 & #3 that might help you be that quiet and strong voice. As Ken pointed out, you are well on your way it would seem.
Also, if I may share this- I smiled at your loquaciousness here as I've often found myself in the IT/marketing/sales go-between role. My bosses called me bi-lingual. Your question, and what Susan said at Inbound, reminded me a lot of that experience. I've spent a lot of time reading release notes (guess how long ago that was!) and 'playing' in the IT world. I'm always awed by how smart they are.
I think that one of the first thing I learned to do (without realizing it) was ask a lot of non-threatening questions. I've also found that most IT people like to talk about the stuff they have done, and that makes it easier to talk about the things that they want to do. For example- once, I learned that one of my IT colleagues had retro-fitted his car with Linux CPUs in the trunk and touch screens in the front, all with spare parts he salvaged. This was before the auto-makers started doing it. I thought it was pretty cool, and so we went out to the parking lot and he showed me how it works. After that, our meeting to talk about the new database interface for the sales people, went easily for both of us.
Ken- interesting that you brought up the journalism role, my earliest writing days was as a journalist. I never made the connection to my role now until recently, but you made a great point.


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One month later, Hurricane Sandy's economic and human toll is still being felt and will linger in Oyster Bay communities for months to come, experts said.
The economic impact of the storm that struck one month ago Thursday is literally incalculable. There is no firm economic figure to put on the storm, only estimates of what it has cost so far.
"No one knows what this will cost," said Pearl Kamer, chief economist for the Long Island Association, Inc., Long Island's key business organization. "We don't know how this will net out."
The current damage estimates being tossed about by public officials only tell one side of the story, said Kamer. Sandy's cost could approach that of Hurricane Katrina, the 2005 superstorm which caused $128 billion in damage in inflation-adjusted dollars.
But these figures do not translate into a total loss. Kamer used this example: Some mom and pop stores may not have access to the capital to rebuild, and some homeowners will suffer personal devastation and not have the means to repair or replace their homes.
Meanwhile, the construction trades, hard hit by the long recession, are likely to boom on Long Island as federal money floods in to the area, Kamer said, in turn infusing money into the local economy.
The Town of Oyster Bay places its current costs at $15 million and rising. But that number – increased from an initial estimate of $6 million – only includes the government's cost of removing tons of downed trees, running heavy equipment and the cost of keeping an army of workers on duty around the clock, said town spokeswoman Marta Kane.
As a point of comparison, Sen. Charles Schumer announced Thursday nearly $16 million in federal aid to Nassau County for the kinds of refunds being sought by Oyster Bay. At present, FEMA's public assistance program reimburses 75 percent of a project's eligible costs.
Oyster Bay is only now capable of assessing the damage to some of its facilities. The opening of Ocean Parkway this week gave the town its first glimpse at storm ravaged Tobay Beach. "The dunes are non-existent" on the ocean side, Kane said.
The concession stand and bathroom were heavily damaged and the tunnel leading from the ocean to the bay side was completely filled with sand. The town's building on Philip Healy Beach in Massapequa may have to be razed. Kane said it's not clear yet what has to be done to repair or replace these facilities.
The town's North Shore beaches are better off, where the biggest job has been removing debris and downed trees, Kane said. An approximation of the amount of wood and household debris collected so far was not immediately available, but the town has removed most of the wreckage to 10 different collection areas, Kane said.
The eastern portion of Bayville is cut off from Oyster Bay, where West Shore Road was torn apart by the force of the hurricane. Nassau County has authorized emergency repairs, but Bayville Mayor Doug Watson said "It's gonna be a big job."
The big-picture, region-wide costs are staggering: Gov. Andrew Cuomo puts New York State's estimate at $44 billion – $33 billion to repair housing and improve infrastructure and $9 billion to protect the transit system, power networks and sewage treatment facilities from future storms, the New York Times reported.
By comparison, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie estimates the damage to his state at $29.4 billion. State officials have asked for billions of dollars in federal assistance at a time when the U.S. Government is facing a showdown on taxes and the federal deficit.
The human toll will also linger. Oyster Bay residents and their homes were left scarred by the storm's fury; hundreds of homes were damaged, many irreparably, especially in Massapequa. The bulk of the major damage came south of Merrick Road near the water where homes flooded. Experts said it will take months before many of those communities return to normalcy.
The Nassau County Police Department increased patrols in the severely affected areas since the storm. Those in Oyster Bay concerned about the security of their unoccupied home or business can contact the Second Precinct at 516-573-6800 or the Seventh Precinct in Seaford at 516-573-6700.
Kamer said many should expect some increases in their homeowners insurance. Some will find it more difficult to flood insurance, particularly along the South Shore.
Town officials said it is unlikely that the storm will have any impact on local taxes. Oyster Bay's budget is in place for 2013 and it's too early to determine what impact, if any, the storm will have on 2014's budget.
Most school districts are expected to cancel all or part of their February break in order to reach the state-mandated 180 days of a school year. For example, Farmingdale's Board of Education is expected to vote Dec. 5 on canceling four February break days. Syosset and Oyster Bay have already added school days back to their February calendars. Most others are likely to follow suit, school officials said.
School officials are waiting for estimates from insurance adjusters on damage to school property. In Farmingdale, officials expect to have a figure next month for relatively minor repairs to school buildings, said Paul Defendini, the district's assistant superintendent for business. That will include replacing the scoreboard at the high school football field, which was mangled by the force of the storm.
Patch editors Micah Danney, Ed Robinson and Heather Doyle contributed to this report.


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The Monrovia-based grocery retailer announced a voluntary recall Friday of its Creamy Salted Valencia Peanut Butter.
The company said it was recalling the product "out of an abundance of caution" but added that it had no confirmed information suggesting the peanut butter was unsafe to eat.
"There is nothing more important to us than the health and safety of our customers and crew, and the quality of our products," read a statement on the company's website.
Trader Joe's is offering refunds on the product.
Salmonella can cause diarrhea, fever and abdominal cramps 12 to 72 hours after infection. The illness usually lasts four to seven days.


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I do not often interact with scammers in my mortgage practice, but it happens. I am immediately suspicious when someone comes to my office, without an appointment, with an existing credit report and a folder of papers.
John introduced himself saying he was referred by a friend, but would rather not share his name. OK, a little unusual, but I figured I would play along.
So John, how can I assist you? I have a deed to a property that has been conveyed to me, but it has not been recorded. There is no mortgage on the property, but I want to "take out some money." Immediate red flag. Can I see a copy of the deed? I didn't bring that with me. Immediate flag. What do you do for a living? I'm self-employed, most everyone pays me in cash, immediate red flag. How much money do you show on your tax returns over the last couple of years? I haven't had to file, as I didn't make enough, immediate red flag. What can you tell me about your credit? I have a report right here. John, this report is over two years old, immediate red flag.
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Both Rep. Robert Dold (R-Kenilworth) and Democratic challenger Brad Schneider of Deerfield broke fundraising records for the quarter ended Sept. 30, according to news releases today from the two campaigns.
Dold became the first candidate in 10th Congressional District history to raise more than $1 million for a quarter while Schneider posted the top dollar amount for a three-month period for a Democrat.
According to a release from the Dold Campaign, the North Shore Congressman will report collecting approximately $1,006,000 for the quarter by the time reports are due to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Oct. 15. He has raised nearly $4 million since his election two years ago, according to FEC reports.
"At a time of growing uncertainty about the fiscal future of our country, I remain steadfast in my promise to tirelessly reach across the aisle to all members of Congress to continue to bring positive change to the District," Dold said in the release.
Schneider will report picking up approximately $780,000 for the third quarter by the Oct. 15 FEC deadline which his campaign calls a new record for 10th District Democrats. According to filings with the FEC, his total amount collected is slightly under $3.3 million.
"We're thrilled to see more and more people joining our campaign to stand up for marriage equality, a woman's right to choose, protections for the Great Lakes, and affordable higher education," Schneider said in the release.
Neither campaign disclosed the amount of cash on hand.
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