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Simply step outside to unwind on the resort's beach. At Iberostar Tucan All inclusive you can cool off in one of the 3 outdoor swimming pools and indulge in a pampering afternoon at the full-service spa.
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Room service (during limited hours) is available.
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A private beach and a health club are featured at the resort. 3 outdoor swimming pools are on site along with a children's pool. Other recreational amenities include a sauna and a steam room.
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- Windsurfing on site
- Golf - driving range nearby
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Guests can indulge in a pampering treatment at the resort's full-service spa. Services include body treatments.
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I don't really think I took full responsibility in college though because my grades aren't that great. I had to go through mad hardships with my parents during my college years. My parents were always fighting and my mom demanded I do a lot around the house.
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A little birdy told me that Quinton Patton WR Louisiana Tech will be Pittsburgh's 2nd round draft pick
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Stephanie Bond will take over as acting director of the West Virginia Division of Juvenile Services, Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin's office announced Wednesday.
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"Stephanie's knowledge and experience have guided her throughout her career - in her first position as a counselor and now in her capacity as acting director," Tomblin said in a news release. "She has done an outstanding job and I'm confident the youth of our state will continue to benefit from her public service."
There was no mention in the release as to why Humphreys was fired, and Tomblin spokeswoman Amy Shuler Goodwin declined to comment on the issue. She did say the personnel decision was made jointly by the governor's office and the Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety.
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I can't remember and don't have the book.
In the book he recommends 45 minutes. Personally I dont have time since I do my cardio in the morning so I usually wait 30 minutes but I wouldnt wait more than an hour.
The general rule is to eat 1 hour after cardio and within15 minutes after lifting weights. It takes getting used to eating on schedule but you'll get the hang of it.
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bye2babyfat, I go back to my book regularly. It helps me keep on track. I recommend looking in used book stores or try amazon. It is worth buying it. Even if you feel you know the program and even with this site it helps center me and answers my questions.
The book is being sold on Amazon from 5 dollars for a used one. Grab a copy as it's running out fast. I lost my first copy on the train few weeks ago and got myself another from there.
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I go my book , slightly used but in great shape from a company connected with Goodwill on the evey popular E---b--y site. I got it for a dollar plus shipping and the profits go to a charity up north connected to Goodwill Industries.
The only thing I remember about this is wait one hour after any workouts? Do I have that wrong? I wait one hour whether it's weights or cardio. I don't recall the fifteen minutes post-weights rule? Please enlighten me.
Actually, you'll find answers all over the place on this. Here is a link to a post I made on this site covering what the BFL folks say:
I can't remember exactly where the 15-30 minutes came from for after weight training (maybe a Myoplex shake) but I've seen it mentioned on several different sites and mentioned on here by others. I've also seen it mentioned to have something immediately after weights. Here's info from WebMD that explains why.
Hope this helps.
My friend just got the book on Amazon for ONE PENNY, and the shipping was 3.99
EAS is recommending the half hour. It is on their shakes, and a friend in another friend called them and they told her that directly.
Firesong - is that after weights, cardio or both?
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We are going to replace our bathroom countertops. What do you have and what are pros and cons? Does anyone have granite, and if so, is there a problem with staining (hairspray, etc.)? I don't know what options I have as I haven't been to a showroom yet.
One piece molded sink and counter is what I prefer as it has a clean/uncluttered look. For me, easier to clean the area than a drop in sink with a rim. If I did choose granite, then I would opt for an under mounted sink, for the same reason.
We have white Statuary marble in one bathroom and ceramic tile in the other. I find them both quite easy to keep clean. Both have been treated with the appropriate sealers. Solid surface and granite are probably the two easiest to maintain but we couldn't find the colors we wanted. Visit a tile showroom-avoid the box stores-and borrow samples to bring home. When you narrow down the styles and colors you like. get online and research what kind of upkeep you can expect for each product.
Calcareous stones - limestone, marble, travertine, etc - are composed of, well, calcium, and as such, are chemically fragile. This means they won't hold up well if you're interested in maintaining a glassy, polished finish. This isn't always an issue, as many folks will live with etches and scratches, accepting that as part of the material.
If those materials get stains, however, they may not hold up to aggressive stain removal either.
Granite tends to hold up far better.
Engineered stone tends to hold up well, too.
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I like an integral sink, when the sink and countertop are one piece of material.
As far as what kind of material, whatever's easiest to clean and upkeep. I like old-fashioned cultured marble too, it comes in many colors.
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That looks like something I've seen in the men's bathroom at Wrigley Field.
And it wasn't the sink.
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Its an awesome sink as it has good faucets and cabinets. Granite Countertops makes your bathroom looks bigger, clean and beautiful.
I have a granite slab which matches the tile in my shower. It's been sealed and it's easy to keep clean. Go to a stone dealer with a showroom, take home samples and see what you like. Ask about what has to be sealed and how to clean it. A good dealer should be able to discuss not only pricing but upkeep as well. I would steer clear of the big box stores.
Yes of course. You can also search online for some samples.This message has been edited. Last edited by: Natineah,
This is also my question when I did started to bought my own house, since there are many things to choose, especially in kitchen, bathroom, etc. I think granite counter tops would be a great choice for bathroom, since it is strong, solid, reliable. Since mine is granite also, it was installed by cumar. I think before you decide on what to select, you should consider this..what do you need to consider first and foremost when thinking about a bathroom countertop? Durability, stain resistance, water resistance and cost are generally the main factors you'll want to note.
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In the first of three debates for Ohio's seat in the U.S.
Senate, Democratic incumbent Sherrod Brown and Republican challenger Josh
Mandel agreed on little and clashed on a lot. Each candidate mostly focused on the opposing candidate's record, but the debate today did move to substantial differences in policy at some
The debate started with opening statements from a noticeably feisty Brown, who criticized Mandel for calling his vote for the auto bailout "un-American." On the other side of the aisle, Mandel began his opening statement with a joke about shaving before he turns 36. The joke was the last time either of the men spoke with a light heart.
The candidates blasted each other mostly for their records. Mandel touted Ohio's and the nation's higher unemployment rate since Brown took office in 2006, energy prices and the U.S. debt. He also said the Senate had not passed a budget in three years, although Congress has actually passed budget resolutions in that time.
Brown fired back with claims Mandel had filled the state treasurer's office with cronies. He also criticized Mandel for running for four different political offices in seven years. In his closing statement, Brown said Mandel is "too concerned about running for his next job" to be trusted.
On substance, Brown and Mandel criticized just about everything about each other. Brown claimed Mandel signed away his "right to think" by agreeing to lobbyist Grover Norquist's pledge to not raise taxes while in office. He said the pledge makes it so if Mandel does take office, he'll never be able to close tax loopholes for big corporations.
Mandel defended the pledge by saying, "I'm proud to stand
for lower taxes in our state and lower taxes in our country." He added, "I will
do everything I can to advocate for lower taxes across the board for the middle
class and job creators as well."
The term "job creators" is typically used in politics to reference wealthy Americans, who Republicans claim create jobs through the theory of trickle-down economics. The economic theory states that wealthy Americans will hire more lower-class Americans if they have more money and freedom, essentially creating a trickle-down effect on wealth from the rich to the poor. Although Republicans still tout the theory, some economists, including Nobel Prize winner Paul Krugman, say the financial crisis of 2008 and the deregulation that led to it prove trickle-down economics do not work.
The candidates also debated their positions on the auto bailout. Mandel said he would not have voted for the auto bailout if he was in the Senate in 2009. In his defense, he cited the experience of Delphi workers, who lost part of their pensions as part of the deal auto companies made with workers after the federal bailout. Mandel then said, "I'm not a bailout senator. He's the bailout senator."
Brown responded by saying, "These are real jobs and real people." He then cited examples of people helped by the growing auto industry. Brown's arguments are backed by economic data, which has repeatedly credited the growing auto industry for the nation's growing economy. In the first quarter of 2012, the auto industry was credited for half of the nation's economic growth.
When he was asked about higher education, Brown established the key difference between the candidates in terms of economic policy. Brown said his policies in favor of government investment in higher education are about supporting the middle class to create growth that starts in the middle and spreads out, while Mandel supports tax cuts that emphasize a trickle-down approach. Mandel did not deny the claims, and instead blamed Brown's policies for the high unemployment rate and debt issues.
The men continued to show similar contrasts on the budget, taxes and economy throughout the entire debate, but there seemed to be some common ground regarding energy independence. When the topic came to hydraulic fracturing — or "fracking" — Brown said becoming energy independent would have to involve all possible energy sources. In substance, Mandel agreed, although he also praised fracking regulations recently passed by the Ohio legislature and Gov. John Kasich.
As far as energy issues go, the agreement stopped there. When Brown was asked about President Barack Obama's alleged "war on coal," Brown said there was no war on coal and claimed there are more coal jobs and coal produced in Ohio than there were five years ago. Mandel disagreed and claimed there is a war on coal. He added if Obama is the general in the war on coal, Brown is Obama's "lieutenant." Brown previously supported federal regulations on mercury that some in the coal industry, including the Ohio Coal Association, claim will force coal-fired power plants to shut down. The regulations go into effect in 2015.
On abortion, Mandel proudly claimed he was pro-life, while Brown said, "Unlike Josh Mandel, I trust Ohio women to make their own health care decisions." Brown also criticized Mandel for not establishing exceptions for rape, incest and the health of the mother in his anti-abortion stance.
Many more issues, from term limits to Middle Eastern culture, were covered in the debate. The candidates drew sharp contrasts in all these areas with Brown typically holding the liberal position and Mandel typically holding the conservative position. But despite the feisty language and deep policy contrasts, when the debate ended, the candidates smiled, shook hands and patted each other on the back. They will meet again in Columbus on Thursday and Cincinnati on Oct. 25.
The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) claimed in a 2011 lawsuit that the city government isn't meeting funding requirements. A Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas motion filed Jan. 4 and accepted Jan. 23 gives the city and AFSCME until April to settle the case out of court.
By law, Cincinnati is required to heed to the Cincinnati Retirement System (CRS) Board of Trustees when setting the percent of payroll the city must contribute to retirees. But the AFSCME lawsuit argues the city hasn't been making contributions dictated by the board.
The lawsuit, which dates back to June 2011, cites minutes from a CRS Board of Trustees meeting on July 20, 2010 to show the board accepted a report from Cavanaugh Macdonald Consulting, LLC. The report asked the city to contribute 46.22 percent of payroll to retiree benefits — 12.32 percent to retiree health benefits and 33.9 percent to other CRS benefits — during the 2011 fiscal year.
Instead, the city biennial budget for 2011 and 2012 established a contribution rate of 17 percent — way below the recommended sum.
The AFSCME lawsuit alleges the low contributions reflect a
"longstanding pattern" from city government. It points to a 2002
report from the CRS Board of Trustees that found the city was not meeting requirements set by the board then, either.
The lawsuit asks for a court mandate requiring city government to find out how much it needs to contribute, establish a mechanism for collecting the amounts required and appropriate and contribute the required amounts.
City Solicitor John Curp says the debate is between long-term and short-term interests. On AFSCME's side, the union wants to get as much from payroll contributions as possible for represented retirees, even if it means a short-term economic and budget shock for the city. On the city's side, City Council is more interested in meeting long-term requirements for the pension fund, instead of keeping up with shifting annual numbers that could negatively impact the city economy and budget.
City government's approach attempts to balance short-term and long-term needs with a long-term goal. It means the city pension is underfunded during some years, particularly when the economy is in a bad state. But it keeps rates steady, letting the city avoid sudden funding changes that would require spending cuts or tax hikes to keep the budget balanced.
By adopting a large short-term contribution rate, the city would likely hurt its budget in ways that would negatively affect city employees represented by AFSCME. If the city was forced to contribute 46.22 percent of payroll to CRS — up from 17 percent — it would probably be forced to cut spending elsewhere, which would lead to layoffs.
This story was updated on Jan. 25 at 12:40 p.m. to reflect comments from City Solicitor John Curp.
Pro-choice groups are criticizing Ohio House Republicans' budget plan for pulling money from Planned Parenthood and shifting federal dollars to "anti-choice" crisis pregnancy centers.
The Ohio House Republicans' budget plan would redirect federal funding for family planning services in a way that would strip funding for Planned Parenthood and family planning providers.
During hearings at the Ohio House Finance and Appropriations Committee today, multiple women's health advocates, ranging from health experts to members of Planned Parenthood, said these services mostly benefit low-income women, particularly in rural areas. On the other side, representatives from anti-abortion groups spoke in support of the Ohio House Republicans' measures, citing health care options, family values, abstinence and chastity.
Kellie Copeland, executive director of NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio, says the defunding measure has become a recurring trend for Ohio Republicans, who have taken up the Planned Parenthood measure multiple times in the past couple years. But she says the threat could have more weight this time around.
"This feels different," Copeland says. "They've always kind of tried to hide it before. This time they were a lot more upfront about it. It seems like they may be willing to put political capital into this fight this time."
A separate section of the Ohio House Republicans' budget plan redirects federal funding to a program that will fund crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs), which provide abstinence-only family planning services.
Some researchers have found abstinence-only programs to be ineffective. A 2007 study published in the Journal of Adolescent Health
found abstinence-only programs have no impact on rates for teenage
pregnancy or vaginal intercourse, while comprehensive programs that
include birth control education reduce rates.
A 2011 study from researchers at the University of Georgia that looked at data from 48 states concurred abstinence-only programs do not reduce the rate of teenage pregnancy. The study indicated states with the lowest teenage pregnancy rates tend to have the most comprehensive sex and HIV education programs.
Still, a 2010 study from a University of Pennsylvania researcher found abstinence-only education programs may delay sexual activity. The study, which tracked black middle school students over two years, found students in an abstinence-only program had lower rates of sexual activity than students in the comprehensive program.
Some supporters say the Ohio House Republicans' budget measures aren't specifically about Planned Parenthood, abortion or birth control. Instead, they argue they're trying to establish more health care options for women.
But the providers that would be able to get more funding already apply for it; they just lose out to Planned Parenthood's services, which are deemed superior by state officials who distribute the funds during the competitive distribution process.
Copeland says "no thinking person" should fall for the reasoning given by Republicans and supporters who say abortion is not one of their concerns.
"They're trying to impose their morals on you," Copeland says. "These are not health care experts. These are not people who are trying to find real solutions for the problems that real people face. These are people who want to impose their personal views, their personal morality on you."
Some anti-abortion supporters, including Denise Leipold of Right to Life of Northeast Ohio, say abortion and broader cultural issues are absolutely part of the reason they support the Ohio House Republicans' budget plan.
"Our mission is to support the right to life from conception to natural death," Leipold says. "Abortion happens to be a big problem right now because in the past 40 years it's become part of the culture."
She adds, "Now kids are learning that responsible sex means that you can have sex but just use birth control. That's not supposed to be the attitude. The attitude is supposed to be that sex is for a committed relationship between a man and a woman in a marital relationship."
During testimony today, Stephanie Kight, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio, asked state legislators to support the organization's numerous medical services, including women's health, family planning and sexually transmitted infection (STI) treatment.
Kight also said state and federal funds do not go to abortions. Planned Parenthood's abortion services are instead funded by private donations.
At the hearings, Republican State Rep. Ron Maag asked Kight why Planned Parenthood doesn't shut down its three abortion clinics in Ohio if those clinics are potentially threatening the "good work" Planned Parenthood does elsewhere. Kight said Planned Parenthood believes its abortion services are "good work."
The company that would operate Cincinnati's parking meters
if the city passes its controversial parking plan this week was mired with audited problems and
complaints in the past. The issues surfaced years before Affiliated
Computer Services (ACS) was bought by Xerox in 2010, and Xerox now denies any wrongdoing.
A 2007 audit found ACS had failed to take care and keep track of parking meters it operated in Washington, D.C. The audit claimed 35 percent of parking meters listed in ACS's inventory were missing, about 16 percent of the remaining meters were completely inoperative and 65 percent had problems that ranged from defacing to improper height and stability. ACS also failed to fix meters within the 72-hour period mandated by its contract, according to the audit.
For some residents, the broken meters led to unfair
tickets, with 6,888 tickets, or nearly 1 percent of parking meter
tickets, being improperly issued at unfixed meters, according to the audit. The audit also found a 903-percent increase in overall parking meter complaints under the privatization contract with ACS.
The audit also questioned the financial gains for Washington, D.C., which had to pay $8.8 million, or 33.4
percent, more under privatization than projected trends under public
The bad audit wasn't enough for Washington,
D.C., to cut its contract with ACS, which still manages the city's
parking meters today.
The audit was among a few other problems tipped to multiple media outlets by Tabitha Woodruff, an advocate at Ohio Public Interest Research Group. In 2007, ACS was accused of bribing police officers in Edmonton, Canada, but a judge ruled in favor of ACS, stating there wasn't sufficient evidence. In 2010, the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) charged ACS with backdating and falsely disclosing stock options between 1996 and 2005, and ACS consented to a permanent injunction without admitting or denying the charges.
All the discovered problems occurred before 2010, when Xerox bought ACS.
Kevin Lightfoot, a spokesperson at Xerox, says the audit's findings were based on "faulty information." He says Xerox and the District of Columbia Department of Transportation found ACS had saved Washington, D.C., money. He also claims the auditor had misunderstood the parking meters' screen displays, which he says led to the improper identification of inoperative or malfunctioning meters.
CityBeat previously covered the parking proposal, which would lease the city's parking assets to fund deficit reduction and economic development, in detail. Mayor Mark Mallory and Vice Mayor Roxanne Qualls have endorsed the plan, and it's currently expected to have the five votes necessary to pass a possible City Council vote today.
On Friday, Councilman Chris Seelbach revealed Plan S, an alternative proposal that would not lease the city's parking assets and would instead use $7.5 million in casino revenue, cut $5 million based on the results of the city's priority-driven budgeting and allow voters to choose between a $10-per-month trash fee or a 2-percent increase in the city's admissions tax.
City Manager Milton Dohoney Jr. also put forward
his "Plan B," which would lay off 344 employees, eliminate Human
Services Funding and close pools and recreation centers, among other
changes. In response, mayoral candidate John Cranley proposed his own
plan, which would use casino revenue, parking meter revenue and cuts to
"non-essential programs" to tame the deficit.
Plan B, Plan S and Cranley's plan all fix the structural deficit in the city's budget, while the parking plan only fixes the deficit for two years.
A new Policy Matters Ohio report found local government funding has been reduced by $1.4 billion since Gov. John Kasich took office, leading to a nearly 50-percent reduction in state funding.
The report found local government funding dropped from nearly $3 billion in the 2010 and 2011 fiscal years — the years budgeted by former Gov. Ted Strickland — to about $2.2 billion in the 2012 and 2013 fiscal years — the first two years budgeted by Kasich. The governor's most recent budget proposal would ensure the continuation of the downward slide, with local government funding dropping down to slightly more than $1.5 billion in the 2014 and 2015 fiscal years, according to the report.
Policy Matters concluded new revenue from the state's
casinos and an expanded sales tax would not be enough to outweigh cuts
in the Local Government Fund, utility tax reimbursements, tangible
personal property reimbursements and the termination of the estate tax. By itself, the estate tax, which was phased out at the beginning of 2013, would have provided $625.3 million to local governments in the 2014-2015 budget, but it was repealed
in 2011 by the Republican-controlled Ohio legislature and Kasich.
The governor's office has repeatedly argued that the cuts in Kasich's first budget were necessary to help balance an $8 billion budget deficit, but the Policy Matters report says improving economic conditions have removed a need for further local government funding cuts: "To encourage growth we need good schools, reliable public safety and emergency services and strong communities. During hard times, state and local policy led to cuts. But further cuts in appropriations for local government are not helping communities. Curtailing local control of local revenues will complicate recovery – as the economy improves, it is time to restore the fiscal partnership between state and community."
When presenting his 2013 budget proposal, City Manager Milton Dohoney Jr. said the state funding reductions cost Cincinnati $22.2 million in revenues for the year.
CityBeat previously covered Kasich's 2014-2015 budget proposal and how it affects taxpayers, schools and Medicaid recipients ("Smoke and Mirrors," issue of Feb. 20).
The biggest deficit plug will come from privatizing parking services, which the city manager's office says will bring in $40 million in one-time revenue and additional revenue over 30 years as part of a long-term contract. About $21 million of the initial lump-sum payment will be used to close the 2013 budget deficit.
In the past, Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld voiced concerns about privatizing parking: "I'll await more details, but it seems penny-wise and pound-foolish to forgo a steady revenue stream for a lump-sum payment. Cincinnati needs a structurally balanced budget and can't keep relying on one-time sources. Places like Chicago and Indianapolis have seen their parking rates more than double following privatization — that's a bad deal for citizens, and something we don't need while we're experiencing an urban renaissance."
Another concern is whether the city's current parking employees will be laid off if parking services are sold. Dohoney said the deal for privatization will require the winning bidder to interview all American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) workers. Full-time workers who do not join the winning bidder will be hired in other parts of the city government. "No AFSCME employee will be placed on the street if they are full-time as a result of this effort," Dohoney claimed.
The rest of the deficit plug will come in cuts, cost shifting, savings, revenue, embedded growth and one-time sources. Among these, notable items include the elimination of the Mounted Patrol for the Cincinnati Police Department (CPD) and a $610,770 reduction in Human Services Funding. A few departments and programs, including the CPD, will face further minor cuts.
The city manager's office claims the changes in the budget are necessary mostly due to changes at the state level. Specifically, the state government cut the Local Government Fund by 50 percent and eliminated the tangible personal property tax reimbursement and estate tax; altogether, losing these sources of revenue cost Cincinnati $22.2 million in the 2013 budget.
Facing the large deficit, Dohoney said he wanted to avoid across-the-board cuts and other major cuts to growth and investment programs: "You're not competitive if that's your approach."
The budget also includes some spending increases. The Focus 52 Program will focus on redevelopment projects in Cincinnati's 52 neighborhoods. If it's successful, the new program will "grow the city's revenue base, create new jobs and/or increase the population of the city," according to the city manager's office.
In other budget news, the city manager will also send out the Tentative Tax Budget proposal, which sets the millage rate for the operating property tax. That proposal seeks to raise the millage rate from 5.9 mills to 6.1 mills, which will provide an estimated $31 million in revenue, up from $23.5 million. For a $100,000 residential property, that means a tax hike of $46.
City Council approved an operating budget Thursday that raises taxes and cuts several city services in fiscal year 2014, but the plan avoids laying off cops and firefighters.
Democratic council members Roxanne Qualls, Chris Seelbach, Yvette Simpson, Pam Thomas and Wendell Young supported the budget, and Democrats P.G. Sittenfeld and Laure Quinlivan, independent Chris Smitherman and Republican Charlie Winburn voted in opposition.
As a result of the budget, 67 city employees will lose their jobs.
Human services funding, which goes toward programs that aid the city's homeless and poor, is hit particularly hard with a cut of $515,000 in the final budget plan. The reduced funding leaves about $1.1 million for human services agencies.
Josh Spring, executive director of the Greater Cincinnati Homeless Coalition, says the latest cuts add to what's been a decade of cuts for human services funding. Originally, human services funding made up about 1.5 percent of the city's operating budget. With the latest changes, human services funding makes up about 0.3 percent of the budget.
"The additional cuts are deep and will negatively affect many lives now and in the future," Spring says. "It's important City Council work to reduce these cuts and citizens support that in ensuing months."
The budget also cuts parks funding by $1 million — about $200,000 lower than originally proposed by City Manager Milton Dohoney.
The budget further trims several city services, including the city's health department, law department and recreation department.
Arts funding and subsidies for "heritage" events, such as parades, are completely eliminated.
Funding for several outside agencies is also being reduced or eliminated: the Port Authority, the African-American Chamber of Commerce, the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber of Commerce, the Center for Closing the Health Gap, the Greater Cincinnati Energy Alliance and the Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky Film Commission.
The budget is partly balanced with higher revenues. The property tax is being hiked from 4.6 mills to 5.7 mills in fiscal year 2014, or about $94 for every $100,000 in property value. Water rates will also increase by 5.5 percent starting in 2014.
The budget also invokes fees for several city services: a $75 fee for accepted Community Reinvestment Area residential tax abatement applications, a $25 late fee for late income tax filers, a $100 fee for fire plan reviews, an unspecified hazardous material cleanup fee, a 50-cent hike for admission into the Krohn Conservatory and an unspecified special events fee for city resources used for special events.
At a council meeting Thursday, Quinlivan, who voted against the budget, criticized other council members for not pursuing changes that would structurally balance the budget.
"I don't believe anybody's going to really address this problem," she said.
Quinlivan has long been an advocate for "rightsizing" the city's police and fire departments, which she says have scaled "out of control."
Seelbach defended the plan, claiming it will keep the city's books balanced while the city government waits for higher revenues from a growing local economy.
Still, the city has not passed a structurally balanced budget since 2001, which critics like Quinlivan say is irresponsible.
The public safety layoffs were avoided despite months
of threats from city officials that cops and firefighters would have to
be laid off if the city didn't semi-privatize its parking assets for $92 million upfront and annual payments afterward. That plan is now held up in court, and public safety layoffs were avoided anyway.
But the layoffs were avoided with steeper cuts in other areas of the budget, including reduced funding for outside agencies and a requirement of 10 furlough days for some city employees and council members. The changes also increased estimates for incoming revenues with $1 million that is supposed to be paid back to the city's tax increment financing fund.
Multiple council members blamed the budget problems on the state government, which has cut local government funding by about 50 percent during Gov. John Kasich's time in office ("Enemy of the State," issue of March 20). For Cincinnati, the cuts resulted in $21 million less for fiscal year 2014, or 60 percent of the $35 million budget gap originally estimated for the year.
City Manager Milton Dohoney Jr. and other city administration officials say the city will have to carry out Plan B, which would lay off 344 city employees, including 189 cops and 80 firefighters. But council members Chris Seelbach, P.G. Sittenfeld, Charlie Winburn and Chris Smitherman claim there are other ways — casino revenue and cuts elsewhere — to balance the budget.
The meeting got testy after a few council members called the city administration "disingenuous" for framing Plan B and the parking plan as the only two budget options, prompting Mayor Mark Mallory to slam council members for attempting to pin the city's budget woes on the city administration.
"I don't think anyone in the administration wants to see their colleagues laid off," Mallory said. "The administration makes a recommendation to this mayor and to this council. The final decision makers are the elected leaders."
He added, "What's disingenuous is to create a crisis and then criticize the administration for its response to the crisis when those responsible for dealing with the crisis are the elected leaders. It would be like an arsonist setting a building on fire and then complaining about how long it took the fire department to get there and what equipment they used to put out the fire."
Lea Eriksen, the city's budget director, said the ideas she heard at the special session today would not be enough to close the budget gap.
Throughout the discussion, the city administration repeatedly dismissed ideas presented by council members as not enough to overcome the city's $35 million deficit and avoid layoffs. By the city administration's admission, even Plan B would only close about $26 million of the projected deficit.
How that budget gap is closed may come with additional expenses. Eriksen said the budget gap may reach $45 million if the city carries out Plan B because the city would also be forced to pay for accrued leave and unemployment insurance.
Still, Assistant City Manager David Holmes admitted the city could balance the deficit without Plan B or the parking plan, but the numbers must "add up" and would require direction from City Council.
When the discussion came to casino revenues, Holmes said the city administration feels "uncomfortable" projecting casino revenue because the state's projections have trended downward in the past few years. In 2009, the state government estimated Ohio's casinos would take in $1.9 billion a year, but that projection was changed to $957.7 million a year in February.
Eriksen said the city estimates between $9 million and $11 million in casino funds will be available to the city. She said even if Cincinnati's Horseshoe Casino hits its $100 million goal, the city will not be able to get the $21 million previously touted by Horseshoe Casino General Manager Kevin Kline because the money is pooled with money from other casinos around the state, which has fallen far below projections, before it's distributed to cities and counties.
When asked about shifting parking meter revenue to the general fund to help balance the budget, Eriksen said doing so would ultimately be a "wash" because of expenses currently attached to parking meter revenue.
Seelbach suggested making more cuts through the
priority-driven budgeting process. Eriksen explained Plan B does cut
programs that were poorly ranked by the process — the mounted patrol
unit, arts funding and recreation centers were a few examples she cited. But
only relying on programs ranked poorly by the priority-driven budgeting process would "decimate" departments and
programs that the city deems essential, she said.
In the original 2013 budget proposal put forward by the city manager, mounted patrol was cut, but Seelbach lobbied for the program's restoration.
Multiple council members brought up traveling and training costs as potential areas to cut, but Eriksen said the city administration had not considered further cuts in those areas because the leftover expenses are currently used to get certifications that city employees "need to do their jobs."
Councilman Charlie Winburn, the lone Republican on City Council, asked the city administration if they tried to balance the budget without layoffs. Eriksen replied, "Yeah, that was called the parking plan." She added without the parking plan, it would be "mathematically impossible" to balance the budget without layoffs.
When Winburn suggested city employees should take salary cuts, Eriksen said such cuts would require extensive negotiations with unions because about 90 percent of the city's employees are unionized.
In November, Winburn was one of the prominent supporters of giving the city manager a raise and bonus.
Vice Mayor Roxanne Qualls, a Democrat running for mayor, said she would be open to using any revenues possible for reducing the budget gap, but she said City Council must acknowledge the harsh budget realities facing the city — further re-emphasizing points she made in a blog post Sunday.
John Cranley, another Democrat running for mayor, has said in the past that the threat of layoffs is "the boy crying wolf." Cranley released his own budget plan on March 28 that he says would avoid layoffs and balance the budget without the parking plan, but some critics say the budget's revenue estimates are unrealistic.
Eriksen said Cincinnati has run structurally imbalanced budgets since 2001, but city officials say deficits have been made much worse by state cuts in local government funding carried out by Gov. John Kasich and the Republican legislature since 2010 ("Enemy of the State," issue of March 20).
City Council approved the parking plan in a 5-4 vote on March 6 that would lease the city's parking assets to the Port Authority to raise funds that would help balance the deficit for the next two fiscal years and pay for new development projects, including the construction of a downtown grocery store ("Parking Stimulus," issue of Feb. 27).
Opponents of the parking plan, who say they fear it will lead to rate hikes, filed their petitions for a referendum effort today. It is so far unclear whether they have the 8,522 verified signatures required to put the issue on the November ballot.
Local public access media organization Media Bridges is shutting its doors for good by the end of the year, ending nearly 25 years of public service.
The organization's demise is a result of the city eliminating funding for Media Bridges in its latest budget, which was passed by City Council in May.
"It is with great sadness that I must announce that Media Bridges will close its doors by the end of 2013. The city has made it extremely clear that we will not be receiving any more funding from them. While we have tried many other avenues for revenue it has become clear that we will be unable to sustain operations beyond 2013," Media
Bridges Executive Director Tom Bishop announced Tuesday in the organization's newsletter.
The shutdown will be a steady process, with Media Bridges completely closing once its channels are transferred or Dec. 13 — whichever comes first.
The city's budget cuts were originally considered in December, but City Council managed to restore some funding to keep the organization afloat. Prior to the partial restoration, Bishop had called the cuts a "meteor" to his organization's budget.
City officials previously defended the cuts to Media Bridges, citing city surveys that ranked the program poorly in terms of budgetary importance. For the surveys, the city used meetings and mailed questionnaires to gauge public opinion.
But Bishop claims the surveys' demographics were lopsided against low-income Cincinnatians, the income group that benefits the most from public access programs like Media Bridges.
For both the meeting-based and mail-in surveys, Bishop's claim checks out. His concern is even directly acknowledged and backed in the documented survey results for the meetings: "Twenty-two percent of meeting participants earned less than $23,050 per year, compared to 40.8 percent of the population at large who earn less than $24,999 per year. While this is not representative of the population at large, the data does indicate strong participation from low income residents."
Meanwhile, wealthier Cincinnatians were much better represented, with 11 percent of meeting participants making $150,000 or more per year despite only 6 percent of the city at large belonging to that income group, according to the survey results.
The same issue can be found in the mail-in survey: Only 22 percent of respondents made less than $25,000, while 10 percent made $150,000 or more.
"It's ridiculous that they would call that representative of the city of Cincinnati," Bishop says.
Instead of using its skewed survey results, Bishop argues the city should have looked at the 2010 Spring Greater Cincinnati Survey from the University of Cincinnati's Institute for Policy Research. In that survey, Cincinnati respondents were asked how important it was to provide recording equipment to citizens and neighborhoods so they can "produce educational and public access programs for cable television." About 54.3 percent called it "very important," 33.9 percent labeled it "somewhat important" and 11.7 percent said it was "not too important."
City officials also defended the cuts by claiming that funding was only provided as a "one-year reprieve" after Media Bridges lost state funding that came through Time Warner Cable, which successfully lobbied to end its required contributions in 2011.
Bishop disputes the city's claim, saying Media Bridges and its staff weren't informed that the city funding was meant to be temporary — at least until it was too late.
Media Bridges is a public access media organization founded in 1988 that
allows anyone in Cincinnati to record video and sound for publicly
broadcasted television and radio. It also provides educational programs for people new to the process.
Although Media Bridges is closing down, the city is still funding CitiCable, which, among other programming, broadcasts City Council and county commissioner meetings, through franchise fees from Cincinnati Bell and Time Warner.
Here at CityBeat, we cover a lot of budget hearings, and they can very easily wear us down with their partisan squabbles and monotonous focus on details that everyone will forget about in a week or so.
Right now, we're watching the Ohio Senate budget hearings, which have so far involved Democrats repeatedly bringing up amendments only to get them shot down by the Republican majority. Very repetitive, very boring.
Thankfully, the Internet has given us the chance to take what we like to call "cat breaks." This video — arguably the greatest thing in the entire Internet — is the latest example:
We encourage you to do the same while you're at work. If your employer ever questions the practice, just point him or her to the study that found looking at cute animals actually boosts productivity.


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3:08am UK, Thursday August 21, 2008
A devastating plane crash at Madrid's Barajas airport has left 153 people dead.
Relatives and friends of the crash victims console each other
Just 19 survived the disaster - many of those who died are believed to be tourists and holidaymakers. Twenty children and two babies were on the flight.
Officials in Spain said Spanair Flight JK5022 - bound for Las Palmas - barely made it off the runway before veering into shrubland, breaking up and bursting into flames.
Reporting from Bajaras airport, Sky Correspondent Ian Woods said rescuers faced horrific scenes.
"When you hear the descriptions of what the rescue workers found when they got to the scene of the stricken aircraft, it seems almost incredible that anyone survived a fireball such as this. The focus of the investigation will now be on what exactly happened to that plane in the last few seconds as it reached the end of the runway."
The extent of the tragedy was described by a worker of airport owner AENA who witnessed the disaster. Few people survived the crash
"The plane was totally broken apart, it was all full of bodies," the worker told El Pais newspaper.
Two civil guards returning from the scene of the stricken aircraft told the same newspaper: "It doesn't look anything like a plane - it's horrific - everything is burnt.
"It's the closest to hell that I've seen. The bodies were boiling hot, we burnt ourselves collecting them."
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"He is precious." --1 Peter 2:7
As all the rivers run into the sea, so all delights centre in our Beloved. The glances of his eyes outshine the sun: the beauties of his face are fairer than the choicest flowers: no fragrance is like the breath of his mouth. Gems of the mine, and pearls from the sea, are worthless things when measured by his preciousness. Peter tells us that Jesus is precious, but he did not and could not tell us how precious, nor could any of us compute the value of God's unspeakable gift. Words cannot set forth the preciousness of the Lord Jesus to his people, nor fully tell how essential he is to their satisfaction and happiness. Believer, have you not found in the midst of plenty a sore famine if your Lord has been absent? The sun was shining, but Christ had hidden himself, and all the world was black to you; or it was night, and since the bright and morning star was gone, no other star could yield you so much as a ray of light. What a howling wilderness is this world without our Lord! If once he hideth himself from us, withered are the flowers of our garden; our pleasant fruits decay; the birds suspend their songs, and a tempest overturns our hopes. All earth's candles cannot make daylight if the Sun of Righteousness be eclipsed. He is the soul of our soul, the light of our light, the life of our life. Dear reader, what wouldst thou do in the world without him, when thou wakest up and lookest forward to the day's battle? What wouldst thou do at night, when thou comest home jaded and weary, if there were no door of fellowship between thee and Christ? Blessed be his name, he will not suffer us to try our lot without him, for Jesus never forsakes his own. Yet, let the thought of what life would be without him enhance his preciousness.


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Dave Weigel of Slate reports on a newly introduced bill by freshman Rep. Rob Woodall (R-Ga.) called the Competitive Elections Act of 2011. The bill would prohibit candidates from saving contributions they receive in one election for use in a future election. The goal of the law is help new candidates compete against incumbents by removing the ability of incumbents to amass "war chests."
Weigel predicts that the legislation is doomed and we think he's right about that—incumbent politicians generally aren't interested in passing laws that eliminate the advantages of incumbency. But the law is also clearly unconstitutional. First, it imposes a limit on political spending purely for the purpose of leveling the electoral playing field, which the U.S. Supreme Court has repeatedly said is forbidden. Second, the law has an exemption for candidates who are facing self-funded opponents, just like the Millionaire's Amendment provision of McCain-Feingold, which the Court held unconstitutional in Davis v. FEC.
But the Competitive Elections Act of 2011 isn't just politically infeasible and unconstitutional: It is yet another example of how every campaign finance regulation eventually becomes a justification for more regulation. The problem the law attempts to solve—the inability of challengers to unseat entrenched incumbents—is itself a symptom of our country's dysfunctional campaign finance laws. Upstart candidates rarely have a broad base of electoral support. By capping the size of contributions they may receive, federal campaign finance law all but ensures that they will not be able to raise the money necessary to effectively compete against incumbent politicians.
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Reno-based Nevada Naturals uses hydroponics, a system that grows vegetables in a bed of water rather than dirt. The plants sit suspended on a table with their roots dangling into a bed of water that is constantly being circulated to provide the nutrients necessary for growth.
"It is not anything new," co-owner Tom Blount said, referring to the Babylonian and Aztec gardens that used the same technology. "The rest of the world has been doing this for some time."
The business's two operational greenhouses, tucked away off of Valley Road in Reno, produce about 6,000 pounds of produce per month per greenhouse and each use about 30 gallons of water per day. Nevada Naturals plans to bring two additional greenhouses to full operation in the near future. According to Blount, the hydroponic method uses about 70 percent less water than outdoor farming.
Blount said that he believes this method of growing is much more environmentally friendly and efficient than shipping the produce to Nevada from California.
"Everything we get here is shipped from California and that takes diesel fuel," Blount said.
The greenhouse has grand plans for growth. After completing an energy use study, Nevada Naturals will be installing solar power in September. The greenhouses now consume about 25 amps of electricity per day.
Nevada Naturals has been a backyard business run by Tom and John Blount for the past two years. Two months ago the brothers formed a partnership with the University of Nevada, Reno, which was interested in studying the alternative growing method.
"We have noticed that the lettuce is bigger and healthier," Blount said, adding that the produce seems to taste different. Blount also advertises a longer-than-average two-week shelf life for his lettuce.
Now his observations are being tested by the university's agriculture department. UNR is in the process of studying the nutritional differences between hydroponic growing and traditional soil gardening.
Interns from the university's school of agriculture, biotechnology and natural resources have just recently begun work with Nevada Naturals, according to Ron Pardini, associate director for the Nevada agriculture experiment station.
"For this part of the country hydroponics is fairly new," Pardini said. "They would be the first in northern Nevada to show that we can do year-round veggie production."
Various universities across the country are conducting research on hydroponics. According to Blount, the leading research university on the topic is the University of Arizona.
In a study done by the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of Arizona, Merle H. Jensen said, "The technology of hydroponic systems is changing rapidly with systems today producing yields never before realized. In the last four years, nearly 40 greenhouses have been built in Colorado, Nevada and Arizona. Many more hectares are planned, not only in the Southwest, but in Mexico. The future for hydroponics appears more positive today than any time over the last 50 years. I sincerely believe hydroponics will be fashionable again."
A group of students recently gained approval to grow an organic garden at the university's fields on Valley Road. According to Pardini, they will be comparing the nutritional values of those vegetables to those grown hydroponically.
The chemistry department has also asked to get in on the experiment, Blount said, asking if they can play with the plant's chemical intakes.
"The chemistry department wants to add chemicals to some of the plants to see what they can change," Blount said. "They are thinking they might be able to make it sweeter or spicier, etc."
The hydroponic method is strictly controlled and does not allow for unidentified minerals to enter the plant, as opposed to soil planting where every aspect of the soil cannot be positively identified. The greenhouse is also able to operate year-round.
With the help of the university, the brothers are preparing a presentation for the United Nations World Health Organization which they hope to take before the UN next year.
"This greenhouse could feed 1,000 people," co-owner John Blount said.
The Blount brothers hope that the low cost and ease of operation will provide a solution to ease hunger in struggling countries.
"We look at it as an economic opportunity for the green section of the economy," Pardini said. "One of the goals of this college is to provide a research base to provide economic development in the agriculture sector."
At home, the brothers sell their vegetables not only at farmer's markets, but also to local merchants including Butcher Boy.
For the Blount brothers, the idea began in Hawaii where they owned a Mexican restaurant and were worried about the rising cost of produce.
"A friend grew hydroponically and suggested it," John Blount said.
From there the brothers moved to Reno and started their produce business.
Blount said that the biggest surprise through the business's growth has been seeing just how much it has caught on in the Sparks/Reno area.
"The biggest surprise has been seeing where it started and where it is going," Tom Blount said. "I love what I do. You can see where all of this goes and you can experiment. No day is ever the same."


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