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In a town that has consistently been one of the few GOP strongholds in the state and produced a Republican U.S. senator, one may think that a Democratic candidate for Congress may not find Wrentham the most welcoming play to be on the campaign trail. Yet, Democratic congressional candidate Joe Kennedy III received a warm welcome while making campaign stops yesterday at the Wrentham Public Safety Building to talk to members of the Wrentham Fire Department and at the Wrentham Senior Center.
The stop in Wrentham was just one of the many appearances that Kennedy has made during the campaign. Prior to arriving in Wrentham at approximately 10:45 a.m., the campaign had already made appearances in Wellesley and Franklin and had events and appearances planned in Taunton, Millis, and Sharon during the afternoon and evening.
The permit for expires today [Friday]. But Dedham dog owners will be happy to know that the park will not close down. It will only be moved to another temporary location.
The committee will offer another extension for a year, or until the permanent dog park is complete.
The park started as a pilot program, set up by . At first, the Parks and Recreation Committee wanted to see how residents would respond to the park. But they were surprised how fast hundreds of residents were using the facility.
The following is a press release from the Massachusetts State Police.
Last night [Sunday] at about 11:25 p.m. troopers from the Massachusetts State Police Barracks in Foxboro received numerous calls for a motorcycle crash on Route 495 northbound, at Exit 12, in Mansfield. On arrival troopers found a 50-year-old man had crashed his motorcycle onto the roadway. Preliminary investigation by Trooper Michael Lokitis indicates the motorcycle operator rapidly decelerated when traffic unexpectedly slowed to a stop on the highway.
Evidence indicates that the operator, identified as John Wallace of Deering, N.H., lost control of his 2009 Harley Davidson and crashed into the roadway, causing fatal injuries. Wallace was pronounced deceased on scene. Wallace was returning to his hotel from the Country Music Festival at the time of the crash. Alcohol does not appear to be a factor in the crash.
A tresspasser on the Commuter Rail tracks between the Islington and Norwood Depot train stations was struck and killed by an outbound train this morning [Thursday], officials said.
The accident occurred just before 10 a.m. on the tracks past the Everett St. bridge in Norwood. Norwood Police, Transit Police and the Medical Examiner were all on scene on Route 1A across from Investors Way.
MBTA Spokesman Joe Pesaturo said the tresspasser was described as a middle-aged male. No further details on the victim were available.
When Shanna Boyden Ueda got ready for her day Saturday morning, she thought she was going to be spending it at baby shower.
Instead, the Walpole Marine, who will be deployed to Afghanistan next month, walked out her front door to see a WWII-era Jeep waiting for her.
The Jeep - along with a caravan of fellow service members, family and friends - escorted her and her husband Josh in a parade from her home in East Walpole to the Veteran's Memorial Statue in the center of town.
Christopher Knight, the 12-year-old Foxborough boy struck by a landscaping truck on Baker Street and airlifted to Tufts Medical Center Monday afternoon is in fair condition and continues to recover from serious injuries.
"A few friends went to visit and we were relived and happy to see a bit of the Chris we know and love – in his usual 'subtle' way he's clear he doesn't like it in the hospital," said Laura Brodeur, a friend and neighbor of the Knight family who has been providing updates of Chris' condition on her Facebook page.
Brodeur says Knight is still heavily medicated to manage his pain but has made significant progress since Monday night.
"He will likely stay in ICU over the long weekend and then hopefully move to a rehab facility next week, depending on continued testing and evaluations being done Friday," Brodeur said.
In the aftermath of Monday's accident, many members of the community have reached out offering help and support to the Knight family.
"We realize there are a lot of people in the community, even those that don't know the Knight family very well, that want to help so we wanted to remind people that we are working on organizing a "Care Calendar" that will be posted online probably next week once we have a better idea of what the family will need in the coming weeks," Brodeur said. "For now, they have had plenty of food dropped off at the house - and when we have the calendar set up it will be more organized for those who want to help out. The outpouring of support has been wonderful and is very appreciated by Sue [Chris' mother] and her family. Please bear with us for a bit longer until we can get a sense of what the next steps are for Chris, Sue and the family and then we will be able to help in a more organized way. Thank you all again for your continued support."


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NEW YORK (MainStreet) If your financial goals include the elusive quest to feel wealthy, a recent report says $1 million won't cut it anymore. Feeling wealthy is subjective, of course, but most people define it as the ability to live without financial constraints. And that's a luxury with an ever-increasing price tag. According to UBS Investor Watch, the threshold to feel wealthy has risen to $5 million of investable assets.
But don't let that number discourage you. Regardless of your current financial situation, there are five main steps you can take to increase your net worth.
First, it helps to set a specific goal. Money is just math, after all, and if you know how much you want to accumulate you can work backwards to figure out a plan to achieve your goal. The richest people in the world have a tendency to set seemingly unrealistic goals and then achieve them. Don't sell yourself short.
Clipping coupons is nice, but in order to increase your net worth you really need to increase your income. If you're overdue for a raise, sharpen your negotiation skills and set up a meeting with your boss. If that doesn't work, it may be time to look for a new job. You might even consider starting your own business or supplementing your income with outside work or consulting.
Once you've got a goal and an upward trajectory for your income, it's important to save consistently. No one ever got rich from spending freely. For the truly wealthy, that part comes later, after they've reached financial independence. Why struggle to lease a Lexus on your way to the top when you can buy a Bentley once you get there?
Investing is a necessary part of accumulating wealth and achieving financial security. A little education can go a long way. Be aggressive where you can, but don't let excessive risk taking ruin your portfolio. The most successful investors divide their money into separate buckets, earmarked for various goals with different risk and return profiles.
Growing account balances are only part of the picture. To increase your net worth you also have to reduce the amount of debt you have. Systematically pay down what you owe, starting with the highest interest rate loans first.
Stay focused and motivated by keeping track of your net worth overtime. And don't be afraid to increase your goals as you make progress. It goes without saying that the higher your net worth, the wealthier you'll feel.
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Federal Reserve Wary Of European Spillover
The Federal Reserve has released the minutes from its 2-day meeting January 24-25, 2012.
The Fed Minutes is a summary of the conversations and debates that shape our nation's monetary policy. It receives less attention than the Fed's more well-known, post-meeting press release, but the Fed Minutes is every bit as important.
To rate shoppers in District of Columbia , for example, the Fed Minutes can provide clues about whether mortgage rates will generally rise or fall in the coming months.
The most recent Fed Minutes reveals a central bank divided on the future of the U.S. economy. The minutes show some Fed members in favor of new, immediate market stimulus. It shows others in favor of terminating the stimulus that's already in place.
The Fed's debate centered on the topic of inflation, and the pressures that a prolonged, near-zero Fed Funds Rate can place on the economy. Ultimately, the Fed did nothing, neither adding new stimulus nor removing that which is already in place.
It did, however, communicate a plan to keep the benchmark Fed Funds Rate rate "exceptionally low" through late-2014, at least.
The Fed Minutes included the following notes, too :
- On employment : Unemployment rates will "decline only gradually" in 2012
- On housing : The market is "held down" by the "large overhang" of distressed homes
- On inflation : Consumer prices have remained "flat"
Furthermore, the Fed expressed optimism regarding European financial markets, noting that market sentiment "appeared to brighten a bit". Nonetheless, "spillovers" remain possible and the threat continues to weigh on markets.
Mortgage rates are slightly worse since the Fed Minutes were released.
The Federal Reserve's next scheduled meeting is March 13, 2012 — its second of 8 scheduled meetings this year.
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Edward Markey says Congress should make a quick decision on Prez-elect Obama's call to push back the DTV transition. Ars wonders whether the idea is doable.
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How is over a year's notice, not enough time and the Bush Administration's problem? This guy's group should have been able to do the simple calculation for when they were going to run out of money. I'm all for holding a president accountable for things he did wrong, but come on, the piling on here is just insane. First we declare his spending tactics to prop up the economy as a bad decision and then we praise Obama's trillion dollar spending plan for this "stimulus" package. Now this group is laying the blame for certain groups of Americans not being prepared for the DTV transition at his feet when given over a year's notice and plenty of time to claim a coupon. Please. Enough already. Blaming Bush is becoming as popular with special interest groups as saving the children and fighting terrorists; what a joke.
Sounds like Obama really doesn't want change after all. Too bad there's not a return policy for defective elect.
I'm for replacing analog TV with an unlicensed generic packet based bidirectional framework a la whitespace devices and letting broadcasters fend for themselves.
does that make me a "progressive"?
Ugh. TV is just not THAT IMPORTANT.
Yes, analog is so last century and we need CHANGE. Maybe the campaign slogan should have been "Change We Can Deceive In".
A date was set.
That date has been known for a long time now.
The fact that the politicians are just now figuring out what many have known for a long time is pretty standard.
I am reminded of a quote a secretary had posted over her desk. "Procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on mine."
The simple fact is, that like nearly everything they do, the government has screwed up royally on the DTV transition. The coupon program has been a massive disappointment from the beginning. With early applicants being stuck with inferior product because the asininely short time for usage meant that I had three crappy convertor boxes to choose from. To now running out of money at the end. This whole thing has been nothing but one big disaster.
All of that being said, I do not believe they should move back the date. If they move it back now the same people who haven't done a damn thing to get ready in the last year will do nothing in the extended time and will be bitching in a few months again when the transition will be rescheduled. The simple truth is that some people will only ever bitch, they will not do anything to get ready no matter how much time you give them.
As for the elderly, well there is some case for that, but where do you draw the line?
People have paid good money for their TV sets, and then the government comes along and tries to get people to run out and buy new gadgets. An orderly change, one where all new TV sets manufactured and imported would have to have the ability to receive the new digital signals, and where analog broadcasting would cease when all the old TV sets are done wore out, like 100 years from now, is what would serve the interests of ordinary Americans!
Plus, since the TV broadcasters keep their old channels anyways, and just broadcast digitally on them, it isn't obvious where the new bandwidth will come from. (I presume it has something to do with resistance to interference.)
In any case, a compromise is possible. Keep analog broadcasting, but only in the small VHF band. Move UHF stations in rural areas to VHF, since rural areas don't have as many TV channels, but go ahead with ending analog in the big cities, where there are more channels than can fit on the VHF dial, so that all stations in a given market are affected equally.
This still doesn't address the poor Americans in run-down urban neighborhoods, so further study would be required before an appropriate partial end to analog broadcasting could take place.
It doesn't matter how long you delay it, or how many times. It's axiomatic that whenever there is a deadline, no matter what it is, SOME people will always procrastinate.
Every year, April 15th is the deadline for income taxes to be filed in America- yet inevitably there are always people rushing to the post office at the last minute to get their return in.
Every year there are people shopping on Christmas Eve, even though Christmas is always on the same day. Same with Valentine's Day.
There are always procrastinators.
It's entertaining to hear so many people say that "millions of Americans will be left in the dark" as if they will be losing electricity or some other critical, necessary for life utility, rather than television, something that millions of Americans should probably be cutting back on anyways.
Markey says that whatever Congress decides about the transition date, it needs to get the NTIA's coupon program refunded in a hurry.
"The Bush Administration left us with insufficient notice to address this critical problem on anything other than an emergency basis," he said. "The Congress should immediately pass legislation providing for an exemption to the Antideficiency Act. This would make it possible for an additional 8 million Americans to receive coupons."
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Mr. Markey, four things... you've had over a year, you were told six months ago the program would run out of money in the first week of January, you weren't supposed to open that envelope until after the first crisis began, and last THEY'RE OBAMA'S ENVELOPES! *
* For those who don't get the reference, there's an old story about a CEO who was being forced out of his job, and was taking a "voluntary retirement". He offered the advice that had been given to him, when he took the job, to the new CEO in the form of three envelopes, with strict instructions to open them individually, in order, but only at the height of any crisis. He then left.
After a while, the new CEO faced his first crisis, and not seeing an easy way out, decided to open the first envelope. Inside, it said "Blame your predecessor." The new CEO called a press conference, blamed the current issues on the former CEO's management, and was astounded at how well that actually fixed the problems, as even the stock price jumped dramatically.
A year or so later, however, a new crisis began. Again, after long efforts trying to solve it, the new CEO thought of the letters, and opened the second. It said "Reorganize". The CEO called a conference, announcing a reorganization. The results were outstanding, the company again rebounded, and things were good... for a while.
After another few years, yet another crisis that the CEO couldn't handle came up. Eager to see what pearl of wisdom his predecessor had left for him, the CEO opened the envelope and read the following words: "Prepare three envelopes...."
Television is one the most important devices people have in their homes to get emergency information.
You can't just downplay it as a box for entertainment that people need to watch less. Not many people watch television for entertainment.
Plus I don't see how anyone here with an HDTV or a DTV converter box can do any complaining to this DTV transition delay request. It won't affect you not one iota, since DTV has been broadcasting for more than a couple of years now on most broadcast stations.
It comes down to the government screwing up the DTV converter box coupons by underfunding it.
You have to thank the Bush Administration for doing that folks.
Now to prevent a potential hellfire of est. 25 million people screaming mad to losing their TV signals due to the cut off date and not getting their converter box on time from the government. The Obama administration has to reach out now and catch this flying blimp from crashing to the ground.
hehe. this is america. the only thing americans need are their shitty reality tv and mcdonalds.
fat, lazy, and stupid. a great combination really.
Have you been in the US lately?
Awesome, they made the "public safety" excuse. Next, civilization falls because 14 kids in a Chicago apartment bloc can't get Sesame Street in their room.
I love, love, love, when people attribute congressional actions driven by the same set of lobbyist groups you rely on for "change in technology" to "bridge the digital divide" and all those other buzzwords to the executive branch.
Government broke it, government fumbled it, government created the problem. But yes, we should throw more money at them cause they'll get it right this time.
IntelInside, I do agree with you that a lot of people use the Television to get news/alerts/yadda yadda, but broadcast TV is not the purvey of the federal government. If there are people who do not have a converter box yet, why not? If they are people who do not have the available means to get a converter box, then they need help to get one, but anybody else should just suck it up and deal with the fact that the thing that they get, FOR FREE, is changing, and they might have to spend a little bit of money to continue getting said free thing. The people in this country do not have the right to watch TV for free, they have the privilege.
One way or another, either delay now or delay when millions march on Washington to get their TV back and Jesse Jackson comes to the White House to have a talk with Obama in the Oval Office about what to do to avert the crisis that is singling out the poor.
Seriously, if you are still unaware of this deadline or have been too lazy to do anything about it, I really don't care if you can watch TV in February. If it's really important to people, they will pay for the converter box themselves after February 17 so they won't miss the next episode of "Springer". Ugh.
The blame game will continue in Washington just as it always has. My question is, why is it the government's responsibility to ensure that you can watch TV?
As someone who only uses TV for movies and football games, what emergency information have I been missing out on? When I lived in the Carolinas, we talked about hurricanes for days and weeks before they arrived. When we had bad weather, I looked out my window. When we lost power - well, TV would not help with that. I am not sure what I am missing.
Wasn't this already postponed from 2006? They could push it back 5 years, and there would still be people screaming "not enough time" and "more funding!"
There are always going to be those who don't switch until they absolutely have to - when they turn the analog off. Let's just get this over already.
Obama just doesn't want this to happen right after he takes office.
Radio is not as popular as television in the US ?
I'm one of the rabbit ears guys because frankly I don't watch enough tv to make cable worth paying for. I actually did get a coupon, but I forgot to get it in before it expired. Fortunately the boxes are not all that much.
If I can do it, and television is a minimal part of my lifestyle, then so can Joe Schmo, coupon or no coupon.
Buy a radio. They're cheaper than a TV or a converter box.
Not many people watch TV for entertainment? You're saying that? Did you actually say that?
You're not all that swift when it comes to looking at the big picture, are you? Tell me, what is more expensive for a broadcaster to do: broadcast on just digital, or broadcast on BOTH digital and analog? Now, when the broadcaster has higher expenses, what do they do? Where does that money come from? How does that factor into your iota?
It comes down to something the government should not have been involved with in the first place. We have the right to bare arms, the right to free speech, etc., but after glancing over the Constitution here, I don't see the right to TV.
I had a flat tire yesterday, can I blame that on Bush too?
Save us Obama-Wan, you're our only hope.
It's called an appropriation. You don't give them a ADA exemption. You give them money. Perhaps that's what he meant but didn't want to specify.
I'm against putting this off. It would be a massive mistake. I'm deeply disappointed in every action this administration has taken and they're not even in office yet. They won't be getting a vote next time.
Please Obama, borrow a few cents from your massive stimulus program and buy a few million more converter boxes for our most "vulnerable" citizens.
The transition needs to happen. Sure it's going to be messy, sure some folks will be left behind - but it will be quickly sorted out in a few months.
Personally I want to see it happen because after it does CBS moves to a reasonable frequency in Chicago. Then I can ditch cable and go OTA only.
Where did the blame from the cable companies go? Because there sure as hell is some blame to push on them for this.
Because they're the ones convincing everyone that they either needed a cable box, or one of these digital boxes, when they didn't. Removing channels and putting them on the digital tier, while blaming the DTV transition? Yea...
I agree with all your points, John.
Well, save for one.
The subsidy for that DTV box came from the spectrum auction, and then some. So, we didn't really pay for it. Were it not for government involvement corporations would be vying for spectrum on a first come most powerful transmission basis. So, I am glad we have some regulation to stop that power grab. Though, I totally agree that there is no right to watch TV.
Other than that tiny little nit, you're spot on. Anyone that hasn't upgraded to a DTV box for an old analog SDTV, probably doesn't care much about TV and shouldn't hold the rest of us back (including broadcasters).
From the above linked article, dated 12/19/05
"The Senate's language currently calls for 7 April 2009, and had been boosted forward four months to enable broadcasters to show the NCAA Division I men's basketball championships in their entirety, before forfeiting the public spectrum back to the government for auction."
So the original cut of date was set 4 years ago and has already been pushed back from the proposed date due to NCAA basketball. This is not new news, we've had more than enough time to make and complete this switch, for another delay to be considered is just wrong.
Nah, Obama opened that envelope back in 2006. He's just passing it around the Hill right now and seeing who else can get some mileage out of it before he announces he's read the second.
I agree with the poster that compared this to April 15th and lines at the post office to mail taxes. There are people out there who won't act until there is no other choice.
We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness and a digital TV.
*Snerk* I suspect getting each protestor to DC would cost more than buying them a converter box. C'mon, people we're talking about the terrible trauma of spending 50 bucks out of your own pocket, without a government handout. How about all the car owners whose OnStar's went dead when the phone companies changed to digital? Where's THEIR handout?
To be fair, we're getting a pro-rated return.
However, there was never any money exchanged for free over-the-air TV. So, folks have no right to complain! If you're poor, use the government sponsored DTV box certificate plan. If not, fuck off! End digital broadcast.
The transition has been gutless from the beginning, bowing more to corporate interests than anything.
A real plan would have involved the forced discontinuation of analog capable TVs almost immediately with analog to digital converter boxes being sold alongside new tvs then discontinuing, after several years, the analog transitions.
But then again, I think we should lease the airwaves with five year auctions instead of one time deals.
But enough is enough. Obama should stop wasting his time on this crap, but of course people without their TV are likely to become irate.
From a CYA (Cover your ass) perspective it makes sense for Obama to issue the letter and then drop the issue. If Feb 17th comes and there are mass riots he can say 'I told you so!' and the blame isn't on him, because this is under congress's control and he 'warned' congress.
Not to mention people that would end up being without TV probably looked to Obama's message of hope with the most longing and they wouldn't be able to get their daily dose of Lord Obama if the tube went dark.
*yes I know that's a troll but I couldn't resist* Feel free to ignore it and let me pass.
Folks, we're talking Americans here! It'll be the extremely rare American who, upon discovering that they suddenly have a snow-covered screen, won't immediately march right down to the Wal-Mart to pick up a converter box, like a junkie hitting up his supplier.
Jeez, let's be realistic here!
I have to agree with making the cutover. This was already postponed by a couple of years. I get tired of the government dragging their heels.
Also, I think "left in the dark" is very misleading. Most low power tv stations are staying analog. Major markets in the US usually carry about 5 such stations (although it's not guaranteed you'll receive them all). Exhibit A They are also required by federal law to monitor the emergency alert system and broadcast such notifications.
JUst how much has the transition inflated the costs of new televisions? I can purchase a tuner for my computer for $30 and get a 19" monitor for $110... the price of a 19"lcd tv is $230+ and has less resolution.
If there's no money to issue coupons, there's no money. The program would have run out regardless of when people submitted their request for one.
There will always be people who aren't ready.
I seem to remember reading an article a while back about the elderly and the DTV conversion. It seems that they were the most informed and one of the most prepared demographics when it came to the switch.
The elderly probably tend to watch more broadcast TV where the commercials have been running for over a year.


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Todd Bolender's first ballet, the 1943 Mother Goose Suite was born in circumstances marked by modesty. Created to fill a program given at the New York's YMHA by the short-lived American Concert Ballet of which Bolender and William Dollar were artistic directors, the work later enlivened a summer season at a barn-cum-theatre in Southbury, Connecticut. In 1948 at the request of George Balanchine, it was added to the repertoire of the New York City Ballet. After many a season in that company, Mr. Bolender has set it anew for the Kansas City Ballet's spring season. That the work has endured decades, that it's appeal transcends changed audiences, changed expectations, seems testimony to the remarkable fusion of movement and music, of shared sensibilities of the composer and the choreographer.
Maurice Ravel's "Ma mere love" was also a work of unpretentious beginnings. Based on the fairy tales of Charles Perrault, Mme. D'Aulnoy and Leprince de Beaumont, the piano duet was written for Mimi and Jean Godebski, children of Ravel's friend Cyprien Godebski, and was first performed in concert at the Société Musicale Indépendante in Paris, on April 20, 1910. Though written for children to play and to delight in, it spoke as well to adults, "opening a door for us, too, to glimpse the marvels of an imaginative world most of us have long since forgotten" according to Edward Downes. The tales are five: of "The Pavanne the Sleeping Beauty," which tells of the princess who slept for a hundred years in an enchanted castle 'til she was awakened a handsome prince. "Hop o' My Thumb" traces the winding path of the abandoned child whose life-saving trail of crumbs is consumed by a bird. In "The Ugly Little Girl, Empress of the Pagodas" the child is transformed into a beautiful princess. In "TheConversation of the Beautyand the Beast" Beauty confides to the Beast that he seems less ugly when she thinks how kind-hearted he is. He asks her hand in marriage, and when she accepts, the Beast is transformed into a Prince," as beautiful as the God of Love." "The Fairy Garden" is the scene of the awakening of Sleeping Beauty as Prince Charming arrives with the dawn.
The ballet departs from Ravel's orchestral suite only in the order of presentation. "The Fairy Garden," traditionally the fifth movement, here follows the "Pavanne," a shift which makes the ending one of floating delicacy. Threaded through the magic of Ravel's layered fantasy of fairies, beasts, and ogres, is the figure of a Young Girl. She and The Woman are Bolender's creation, central to the dance drama, as they glide through the opening "Pavanne," connected only by faintly-felt brush of recognition. They are one, at once young and old, reflection ad reality, past and present. The Woman reaches at touch her past only to bestow the ring, the gift which marks The Girl's passage beyond self, and which frees to her, in turn, free The Prince from beastly imprisonment. Set between the opening "Pavanne" and "Beauty and the Beast" are sweeping classicism of the sarabande in "The Fairy Garden," the wistful supplication of "Hop o' My Thumb," and the brilliant and sharply punctuated, "Empress of the Pagodas." Throughout, the choreographer has designed the dance to illuminate the fairy tale qualities of the music, to visually support Ravel's vivid coloration with broad horizontals, the sweep of an impressionist's vision. Responding to the music's long and lyrical phrases, the ballet shares that yearning length, the generosity of lines.
The set, and the costumes designed by Russ Vogler, evoke a work of magic. The Beast's mask, Mr. Vogler has said, is a frank allusion, and tribute to the extraordinary Beast of Jean Cocteau's 1946 film "La Bella et la Bete." As Fairy Tales exist on an imagined and distant plane, are fixed neither in locale or period, so this music, these costumes and the dance are intended to fix our sights on infinity and magic possibilities.


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When Nelson Peltz talks, the wise corporate managers listen. Peltz, head of Trian Fund Management, is an activist investor with a long and successful record in numerous industries, including packaged foods. He has helped to transform and boost shareholder value at companies ranging from H.J. Heinz (ticker: HNZ) to Cadbury Schweppes to Kraft Foods KRFT -0.18% Kraft Foods Group Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq $56.83 -0.10 -0.18% April 24, 2014 4:00 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2.08M AFTER HOURS $56.83 0.00 0.00% April 24, 2014 5:31 pm Volume (Delayed 15m): 70,063 P/E Ratio 12.46 Market Cap $33.94 Billion Dividend Yield 3.70% Rev. per Employee $809,689 03/13/14 Surge in Rail Shipments of Oil... 03/05/14 Nutrition-Label Proposal Stirs... 02/20/14 Packaged Food Industry Slims D... More quote details and news » (KRFT).
In November, Peltz and his associates set their sights on Danone bn.fr -0.04% Danone S.A. France: Paris €52.20 -0.02 -0.04% April 24, 2014 5:35 pm Volume : 1.56M P/E Ratio 21.56 Market Cap €32.95 Billion Dividend Yield 2.75% Rev. per Employee €203,532 04/25/14 Earnings Watch 04/24/14 Starbucks Profit Rises as Sale... 04/16/14 Abbott Labs Profit Falls 31% More quote details and news » (BN.France), the French dairy giant, whose management so far seems willing to lend an ear. Perhaps it's just coincidence, but after several years of lackluster performance, Danone is cutting costs and chasing profits, instead of market share. The change in strategy could lead to robust profit growth at the Paris-based company starting in 2014, and a powerful rally in Danone's shares.
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Trian, which reported a 1% stake in Danone last November, believes that the company can unlock value by implementing a leaner cost structure and avoiding dilutive mergers, a problem in the past. Peltz indicated in November, at an investment conference in Chicago, that Trian will have an implied per-share value for Danone of 78 euros ($102), including dividends, by the end of 2014. That suggests a return of 47%, given the stock's current price of €53.
Danone has a market value of €34 billion ($44 billion). The shares also trade in the U.S. via American Depositary Receipts (DANOY), which fetched $13.80 on Friday. The European shares yield 2.7%.
DANONE HAS ALL THE right ingredients for success, despite disappointing sales in Southern Europe and tough competition from cheaper, private-label yogurt brands. At a time when people are worrying about long-term health problems like obesity and diabetes, the company has built one of the best and broadest portfolios to meet the needs of health-conscious consumers.
In addition to yogurt products sold under the Danone, Dannon, Stonyfield, and Actimel brands, Danone sells bottled waters such as Evian and Volvic, and infant formula. It also has a small medical-nutrition business that sells dietary supplements for children and adults. Its largest business segment, Fresh Dairy Products, accounts for about 56% of annual sales.
Danone was founded in 1919 as a small yogurt company in Barcelona and named for the owner's son Daniel. In the 1970s, its successor company merged with a French glassmaker. By 1990, Danone had sold the glass businesses to focus entirely on food.
PepsiCo PEP +0.13% PepsiCo Inc. U.S.: NYSE $85.52 +0.11 +0.13% April 24, 2014 4:01 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 3.58M AFTER HOURS $85.52 0.00 0.00% April 24, 2014 4:22 pm Volume (Delayed 15m): 165,062 P/E Ratio 19.10 Market Cap $129.49 Billion Dividend Yield 2.65% Rev. per Employee $242,544 04/17/14 Stocks to Watch: IBM, Morgan S... 04/17/14 Morning MoneyBeat: Big Blue's ... 04/17/14 PepsiCo Profit Climbs, Boosted... More quote details and news » (PEP) was rumored to be mulling a takeover bid for the company in 2005, but an offer never materialized after Danone Chairman and CEO Franck Riboud declared that the company wasn't for sale, and the French government decried the potential sale of a national "jewel."
DANONE EXPECTS TO EARN €3.11 a share in 2013, a largely transitional year, with estimated earnings rising to €3.41 in 2014. The company netted €1.8 billion, or €3.01 a share, in 2012, up from €2.89 a share in 2011, on revenue of €20.9 billion. Free cash flow rose more than 11% last year, to €2.09 billion, and has more than doubled in the past five years.
Investors aren't paying a lot for Danone's shares, which have yet to revisit their all-time high of €60.11, set in January 2008. Depressed by profit warnings, the stock trades for 15.6 times forecast 2014 earnings, well below its 10-year average price/earnings multiple of 18.7. Nestlé nesn.vx +0.15% Nestle S.A. Switzerland: SWX Europe CHF67.20 +0.10 +0.15% April 24, 2014 5:31 pm Volume : 3.80M P/E Ratio 21.47 Market Cap CHF216.38 Billion Dividend Yield 3.20% Rev. per Employee CHF276,751 04/22/14 Pharma Deal Hands Zaoui & Co. ... 04/17/14 Bad News For Nespresso, Pionee... 04/17/14 Nespresso to Change Its Commer... More quote details and news » (NESN.Switzerland), in contrast, trades for 16.7 times 2014 estimates. Historically, Danone has traded at a premium to Nestlé.
Danone's business model is far from broken, but management is taking aggressive steps, possibly under Peltz's influence, to regain competitiveness, especially in Europe, which accounts for 52% of annual sales. In announcing 2012 results in mid-February, Danone said it plans to cut about 900 jobs in Europe, streamlining marketing, which will save it €200 million by year-end 2014.
That will help to reverse a decline in profit margins even as sales tick higher, but the impact won't reach the bottom line until next year. The company declined to comment, as did Trian executives.
Danone's profit margin shrank in 2012, to 14.2% from 14.7% in 2011, largely due to the financial squeeze in Europe. It is expected to contract by another 30 to 50 basis points (a basis point is 1/100 of a percentage point) in 2013, depending on how quickly the company can realize benefits from savings. Profitability at rivals has been increasing; Nestlé's profit margin swelled by 20 basis points in 2012, to 15.2%, and Unilever's ULvr.ln -1.67% Unilever PLC U.K.: London GBp2590.00 -44.00 -1.67% April 24, 2014 5:14 pm Volume : 4.27M P/E Ratio 0.18 Market Cap GBp33.81 Billion Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee GBp243,076 04/24/14 Competition? Colgate-Palmolive... 04/24/14 Ragú May Go the Way of Wish-Bo... 04/24/14 Renewed Tensions in Ukraine De... More quote details and news » (ULVR.U.K.) improved by 30 basis points, to 13.8%.
Trian has said it thinks Danone can boost its profit margin to 15.1% in 2015, if management can meet its cost-cutting goals. The savings alone could add 80 basis points to margin by then, taking Danone to within reach of Trian's target, says Chris Pavese, chief investment officer at Broyhill Asset Management in Lenoir, N.C., which owns Danone shares.
The Bottom Line
Danone's Paris-traded shares have been laggards in recent years. They fetch about €53, but Trian Fund Management sees an implied year-end 2014 value of €78 a share.
"We think these hurdles are set pretty low, so it's hard to say [Danone] won't hit them," he says.
DANONE DERIVES MORE than 60% of revenue from what it calls growth markets, where sales rose 12.4% last year. The category includes major markets such as Russia, France, the U.S., and China. European sales, excluding greater Russia, fell 3%, but carry profit margins of 15.7%, above the 13.2% margin in growth markets. The company's most promising region is the U.S., currently 8% of sales. Danone has captured almost a third of the U.S. market for fresh dairy products with the help of Dannon's Oikos Greek yogurts.
Russia has overtaken France, meanwhile, as Danone's biggest country market, after the company expanded there a few years ago through a joint venture with a local partner, Unimilk.
The joint-venture strategy has worked elsewhere, as well, although Danone was involved in a messy exit in 2009 from a Chinese venture following a dispute over revenue sharing.
Investors worry that Danone might direct more of its resources to mergers and acquisitions, but for the time being its management seems focused on increasing profits. Riboud recently dismissed the notion that the company planned to raise its 20% stake in Yakult Honsha 2267.to +2.26% Yakult Honsha Co. Ltd. Japan: Tokyo ¥5430 +120 +2.26% April 25, 2014 2:01 pm Volume : 246,100 P/E Ratio 44.19 Market Cap ¥937.60 Billion Dividend Yield 0.44% Rev. per Employee ¥17,514,900 More quote details and news » (2267.Japan), a Japanese maker of fermented lactic drinks.
Trian's plans for its Danone stake are unknown, and Danone could yet snub its Gallic nose at Peltz & Co. But Danone's determination to address weak markets and declining profitability is a step in the right direction.
"It shows that Danone has matured in some ways," says Jon Cox, an analyst at Kepler Capital Markets, who rates the stock Buy with a 12-month price target of €59.
In other words, the shares could be a tasty meal for investors.
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Packaged-foods companies in the U.S. and Europe tend to pay delectable dividends. Danone is inexpensive relative to many competitors. Earnings could grow sharply in 2014.
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Few writers have more poignantly addressed the power of memory than Marcel Proust, in his A La Recherche du Temps Perdu (In Search of Lost Time). In it, he described the sensation of a sudden overpowering memory of his childhood that he experienced unexpectedly while tasting a madeleine cookie: "The sight of the little madeleine had recalled nothing to my mind before I tasted it…[yet] as soon as I had recognized the taste of the piece of madeleine soaked in her decoction of lime-blossom which my aunt used to give me… immediately the old grey house upon the street, where her room was, rose up like a stage set to attach itself to the little pavilion opening on to the garden which had been built out behind it for my parents."
With that one morsel of madeleine, Proust unlocked and recounted an incredibly vivid and moving series of memories. I had a very similar experience while visiting the magnificent Mont St-Michel with my mom when I was living in France. We took a train from Paris to Rennes, and then completed the journey to Mont-St-Michel by car, across coastal farmland in full mustard-flower and through little villages. We arrived at the parking area, near the end of the causeway, and below the now-imposing island and majestic structure reaching heavenward. The tidal flats were fully exposed. There were expansive puddlesin the parking lot and warning signs about the fate of vehicles left there during high tide. The tides of the region are famously and dangerously erratic. Indeed, they change so rapidly that Victor Hugo brought them to life by describing them as moving "a la vitesse d'un cheval au gallop" (as swiftly as a galloping horse). We walked a footpath to the gate of the island complex, stopping to examine stranded tidal pools.
Once inside the gate, we were instantly transported back in time several hundred years! We began the winding walk up, up, up, along the Rue Grande, in a magnificent ascendance, from the gate and entry courtyard to the grand stairs and abbey entrance. In that stone cathedral at the top of the world, it felt as though we were immersed in the great age of cathedral building. We attended Mass at high noon in the great abbey church, in its final form a Gothic cathedral, at the top of Mont-St-Michel. Then we dove further and further back in time and into the history and prehistory of Western civilization as we explored the crypts and chapels underneath.


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The group was so happy for Tyler to be there, that they changed the age to join the group to 12 to accomodate Tyler and his friends. The group is comprised of adults with varying degrees of disabilities. They have been looking for ways to get younger people more involved in the group and their hope is the group can grow by adding these younger individuals. Their hope is that through Tyler's baseball and basletball teams, more young people will become involved.
Guest Blog: What Medicaid Changes Mean For The Disability Community
The following guest blog comes from Lisa Pugh, public policy coordinator at Disability Rights Wisconsin in Madison.
If you have been watching the national news you know that all is not right in Wisconsin. While the focus has been mainly on the issue of collective bargaining and benefits and wages for public employees, there are five pages tucked within Governor Walker's 144 page budget repair bill that will have significant consequences for persons with disabilities. As it becomes increasingly clear that Wisconsin is a likely testing ground for ideas on state deficit reduction and Medicaid reform, disability advocates nationally should pay attention.
Wisconsin Medicaid Programs
I have been focused on the Medicaid provision in the Budget Repair Bill. When the subject has come up in conversations, a lot of people assume that they are only referring to the BadgerCare programs. But the Wisconsin Department of Health Services has many other services. Instead of writing about each one, here is a link to DHS Medicaid Programs. http://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/forwardhealth/
My son is enrolled in the Katie Beckett Program. There are other links within the Katie Beckett Program that have an impact on individuals with developmental disabilities.
Transparency in Government
I enjoyed reading the article in Sunday's Journal entitled Experimentation, yes, but done transparently. http://www.htrnews.com/article/20110111/MAN06/101110557/Mark-Pitsch-Transparency-Gov-Scott-Walker-s-record-shows-openess. This is all that I am asking for.
In an interview with Mark Pitsch, Governor Walker states that he will ABOSULTELY run the most open, transparent gubernatorial administration in the history of the universe. http://www.wisfoic.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=191:december-how-open-will-scott-walker-be&catid=55:2010-columns&Itemid=55
My Thoughts on Running for School Board
As the April 5th Spring Elections approach, I thought it was time to give the community some of my thoughts as to why I am running for School Board.
With the uncertainty with what is going on in Madison, it is important that we maximize our resources. These are public funds that we are talking about and we do not have any room to be wasting them. It amazes me when I hear about how far our kids are falling behind their international counterparts, but we continue to cut funding at both the Federal and State levels.
Vital Signs: GOP bills to allow 'a la carte' health insurance policies to ignore state mandates
If you are not familiar with autism, I offer you the opportunity to walk in my shoes for 48 hours.
UPDATE: Update on Medicaid Provisions in Budget Repair Bill
It appears that other language may have been changed.
Mike Manikowski Fundraiser
There is going to be a Dodgeball Tournament Fundraiser Event for Mike Manikowski (Mr. Mano). Mike was diagnosed with brain cancer last summer and was a big supporter for kids of Cudahy volunteering his time with various sporting events and as a substitute teacher.
The Dodgeball tournament starts at 9am. on Saturday April 2nd, 2011 at the Cudahy High School Field House.
Mary Schuster is organizing and running the concession stand for the Dodgeball Tournament event at the high school and she is looking to booster clubs, and local community organizations that Mike was involved in as well as friends of the family to help make a donation to the concession stand or general donation to the event. For the concession stand Mary is looking for items to sell such as: water, soda, gatorade, nachos and cheese, chips, candy, fruit, bakery items, etc. If you are interested and willing to donate any of these items to this event, please contact Mary by phone or email Mary. If you don't have time to shop, and would like to make a monetary donation that would be fine too! Just let Mary know. She can be reached at 414 764-2644 or by email at email@example.com.
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Disability Advocates Wisconsin Network (DAWN) View on the Budget Repair Bill
From DAWN ( http://www.dawninfo.org/).
Disability advocates are wondering what the passage this week of the revised budget repair bill means for people with disabilities. The Governor signed the bill into law Friday, March 11, and it does make several significant changes to Medicaid.
- The bill gives authority to the Secretary of the Department of Health Services to make broad changes to any Medicaid program. Medicaid includes programs like SeniorCare, BadgerCare, Family Care, Katie Beckett, IRIS, children's waivers and more. The bill gives the Secretary permission to enact changes that could overrule existing state law.
- The full legislature would not have the opportunity to vote on any proposed changes enacted by the Secretary.
- The Secretary has authority in this bill to make broad changes to eligibility, benefit packages, reimbursement levels to providers, and other parts of Medicaid. One specific policy change expected to be proposed is to lower the eligibility for BadgerCare to 133% of the federal poverty level, which could result in thousands of Wisconsin citizens losing health coverage.
- The bill also eliminates the Wisconsin Quality Home Care Authority. The Authority was established in the 2009-11 biennial budget to match independent home care workers with people needing care.
Circles of Life Conference
The Circles of Life 2011 Conference (http://www.colwisconsin.org/) is coming to Milwaukee April 28 & 29th at the Milwaukee Hyatt Regency. This is Wisconsin's annual conference for families of children with disabilities and professionals. The keynote speaker is going to be Cindy Bentley, whom I have written about in the past (http://www.cudahynow.com/blogs/communityblogs/103202369.html)
This will by myfamilies first Circles of Life Conference. Beside hearing Cindy speak, a couple of other highlights for me will be:
Reminder: South Shore Forum for Economic Development
Please mark your calenders for Wednesday March 16, from 6:30-8:00 at the South Milwaukee Performing Arts Center (901 15th Ave South Milwaukee) Hear County Supervisors Patricia Jursik and Marina Dimitrijevic along with the Mayors of St Francis, Cudahy and South Milwaukee discuss economic development issues important to to our South Shore communities.
Some items to be discussed:
Cudahy High School Student Saves a Life
Kendall Corder, a student at Cudahy High School, was honored at the March 14 School Board meeting for his heroic actions in saving the life of a fellow student.
Kendall noticed a student was having trouble breathing and was turning blue, he performed the heimlich manuever on the student and was able to dislodge the item. All reports show that Kendall's actions saved his fellow students life.
Reminder: SOUTH SHORE FORUM FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Tonight
Milwaukee County Supervisors Patricia Jursik and Marina Dimitrijevic will proudly co-host a South Shore Forum for Economic Development on March 16. The event includes participation from the two candidates running for Milwaukee County Executive, Chris Abele and Jeff Stone, as well as St. Francis Mayor Al Richards, Cudahy Mayor Tony Day, and South Milwaukee Mayor Tom Zepecki.
The topics to be addressed will include the Hoan Bridge, the possible extension of the 794 Lake Parkway, Airport and Aerotropolis, Mass Transit, Great Lakes Water Compact, Parks, the Lakefront, and other issues important to economic development.
Disability Advocacy Day
Disability Advocacy Day is designed to connect you with your legislators so you can share your story with them. You are the expert in sharing how legislative policies affect people with disabilities in their everyday lives.
We will set up your visit with your legislator and brief you before you go to the Capitol. We will provide you with information and talking points about current issues before your meeting.
DHS Seeks Public Input
The Department of Health Services is seeking public input from consumers, community partners, and providers at the first of a series of Town Hall Meetings:
Wednesday, March 23, at 1 p.m.
Northeast Wisconsin Technical College (NWTC)
2740 W. Mason St., Green Bay, Room SC132
Student Lecture Hall in the Student Center
The purpose of this town hall is for DHS to gather ideas from the public on cost efficiencies, savings, and improved outcomes to the state's Medicaid programs. These ideas will help the Department of Health Services develop plans aimed at improving overall consumer care, streamlining program delivery and stabilizing programs to ensure long-term sustainability.
Those who testify have up to three minutes to share their cost-saving ideas. People also can submit their written testimony at the meeting. DHS can gather ideas on all Medical Assistance programs, including SeniorCare, BadgerCare Plus, Family Care, IRIS (Include, Respect, I
Self-Direct) and other long-term care programs.
Brain Injury Association of Wisconsin
At the bi-monthly meeting of the Wisconsin Board for People with Developmental Disabilities (BPDD) (http://wi-bpdd.org/) the Brain Injury Association of Wisconsin (http://biaw.org/) made a presentation. I was surprised to learn how many brain injuries go unnoticed. Many times, unless there are visible signs of a head injury, it is not something that is often checked out. Like everything else in this world, no two people are alike and the results of the same blow to the head can affect each person differently.
Public awareness of brain injury has grown due in part to the significant number of blast injuries sustained by military service members, greater attention to sports related injuries and increased media exposure.
World Down Syndrome Day
Today is World Down Syndrome Day. A day to raise the awareness and acceptance of individuals with Down syndrome.
Update: Mr Mano's Dodgeball Tournament
Mr Mano's Dodgeball Tournament
A benefit for Mike Manikowski
Wisconsin Board for People with Developmental Disabilities Part 1
Over the next couple of days, I am going to share with you what the Wisconsin Board for People with Developmental Disabilities (http://wi-bpdd.org/) is all about and where I am coming from on issues that affect those with developmental disabilities.
The Wisconsin Board for People with Developmental Disabilities (BPDD) is the State's federally-funded Council on Developmental Disabilities. The BPDD works to promote the independence, integration and productivity of people with developmental disabilities. The Board identifies and addresses pressing needs, including inequities in employment, education, housing, transportation and health care. The BPDD receives federal funding authorized under the Developmental Disabilities Act to support its work. Seventeen of its 25 members (more than 60%) are people with developmental disabilities or family members.
Wisconsin Board for People with Developmental Disabilities Part 2
Community Life For anyone, community living means having the opportunity to participate in the community and make decisions about all aspects of life. People with disabilities often need support to participate in the least restrictive and exercise their rights in their communities.
- Know about all of their options regarding community living.
- Live in inclusive communities in accessible integrated housing in safe neighborhoods of their choice with their choice of roommate(s) or live alone.
- Engage in intimate relationships, marriage or civil unions.
- Choose their freinds and support staffs.
- Develope independent living skills.
- Participate in faith communities, social activities, hobbies and recreations of their choice.
Pre K-12 Education A successful education experience is vital for individuals with disabilities to become independent, productive and contributing members of their communities. Public education prepares all students to persue the benefits of a free society and to exercise fully their rights and responsabilites as citizens. Education is a lifelong process. Education for individuals with disabilities should be free, appropriate and inclusive.
- Receive a Free and Appropriate Education (FAPE)
- Receive and education from highly qualified and effective regulare and special education staff.
- Receive sufficient supports to enable individuals to learn.
- Receive and education that provides a transition to full lives as adults, including integrated employment, and/or post secondary education.
- Make reasonable progress as the individual moves from grade to grade in school.
- Receive and education in the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) among peers without disabilities from pre-school to post-graduation in inclusive school environments.
- Promote understanding and friendships between students with and without disabilities.
- Utilize evidence-based discipline and behavior management such as positive behavior interventions and supports (PBSI).
Wisconsin Board for People with Developmental Disabilities Part 3
Employment Research has demonstrated repeatedly that individuals with disabilities want to work and can make a positive contribution to the community. Employment for people with developmental disabilities is slowly changing from automatic placement in congregate settings to employment in community settings.
- Work at employment focused on the skills and abilities of the individual.
- Work without discrimination.
- Work in integrated environments among co-workers without disabilities.
- Work with the provision of reasonable accomodations as needed.
- Work at community jobs with competative and commensurate wages.
- Access to on-going job training, coaching and education.
- Work in integrated community jobs as the default in long-term care.
- Access to information that helps individuals make informed choices about work.
Health and Wellness Good physical and emotional health is basic human needs. Safe environments and practices are vital to good health. Good emotional health is supported by having networks of friends and providers and inclusive communities.
- Access to available and affordable dental, medical, physical and psychiatric health care as needed
- Opportunity to maintain a healthy lifestyle through exercise and information on nutrition.
- Freedom from exposure to known environmental toxins, including tobacco (second hand smoke), lead and Bisphenol A.
- Protection from injuries, such as wearing bike helmets when on bicycles and life jackets when on boats and safe storage of firearms.
Department of Health Services Seeks Public Input on Medicaid
The Department of Health Services is seeking public input from consumers, community partners, and providers at a series of Town Hall Meetings. These are the tentative dates and locations for the meetings:
• Eau Claire – March 30 – Chippewa Valley Technical College
• La Crosse – March 31 – maybe Western Technical College
• Fennimore– April 5 - South West Technical College
• Waukesha – April 14 – Waukesha County Technical College
The Budget and How It May Affect Those with Disabilites Part 1
Governor Walker has released his biennial budget request for 2011-2013 as a first step in the state budget process. The request now goes to the Joint Committee on Finance. In April, the Finance Committee will hold public hearings about the budget request around the state.
This alert is the first of three alerts about items in the budget request affecting people with disabilities. This alert covers items included in the Department of Health Services (DHS) section of the request. The second alert will cover education and the third alert will cover transportation and other items.
The Budget and How It May Affect Those with Disabilities Part 2
This is the second of three alerts. This alert covers education. A previous alert covered items in the Department of Health Services budget. The third alert will cover transportation and other items.
Early Care and Education: The budget request significantly reduces state funding for child care, Head Start and 4-year-old kindergarten.
- Reduce funding for the Wisconsin Shares Child Care Subsidy Program by over $112 million each year of the two year budget, achieved by implementing a waiting list, increasing co-payments, tightening eligibility, and adjusting payment rates to child care providers.
- Reduce state funding that supplements federal Head Start by 10%, resulting in $6.26 million cut per year.
- Cut the start-up grants for 4-year-old kindergarten programs by 10%, freezing funding for existing 4K programs.
- Modify the Youngstar Quality Rating and Improvement System by penalizing the lowest quality child care centers, and reducing the incentive payments to the highest performing centers.
The Budget and How It May Affect Those with Disabilities Part 3
This is the last alert providing information about the Governor's biennial budget request. This alert covers transportation and other items.
Transportation: Reduces funding for counties and municipalities for public transit by 10%. Also eliminates all public transportation from the segregated transportation fund and moves it into the shrinking general fund.
Public Hearing Dates for Proposed Biennial Budget
The Joint Committee on Finance has announced the schedule for public hearings about the proposed biennial budget. This is your opportunity to make your opinions known about the freeze on Family Care expansion and cap on enrollment, cuts to education, and other issues. Check out the DAWN webpage at http://www.dawninfo.org/advocacy/budget.cfm for a summary of the proposed budget.
The dates, times and location of the hearings are:
- Thursday, April 7 (10 am – 6 pm). UW-Stevens Point (Lee Dreyfus University Center (Melvin Laird Room) Stevens Point
- Friday, April 8 (10 am – 5 pm). Northwood School Richard's Auditorium, Highway 53, Minong.
- Monday, April 11 (10 am – 6 pm). State Fair Park, Expo Center Hall A, West Allis.
- Wednesday, April 13. (10 am – 6 pm). Arcadia High School Auditorium, Arcadia.


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Barrique: Wine, Design & Social Change
This exhibition spotlights a wine barrel (barrique) recycling project taking place at Europe's largest residential treatment center for young men and women recovering from drug addiction and social exclusion.
Wine Down Wednesdays at Cafe Intermezzo
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One state representative on the committee investigating the possibility of impeaching UT System Regent Wallace Hall thinks he has a solution to the controversy. Hall should simply resign.
The investigation into the possible impeachment of UT Regent Wallace Hall officially starts in the Texas Legislature with two days of committee hearings in Austin this week.
The battle between UT System Regent Wallace Hall and several state legislators went up a notch Friday when the House Committee looking into possible impeachment of Hall hired famous Houston Attorney Rusty Hardin as its special counsel.
The UT Board of Regents decided to make nice Thursday and fully comply with a documents request from the Texas Legislature.
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The Texas Legislature has decided to become officially involved in the controversy involving the UT Board of Regents and President Powers, to the point of give a joint committee subpoena powers.
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