text: Was free speech on mute during the conventions?By Ann O'Neill, CNNUpdated 2:13 PM ET, Sun September 9, 2012Photos: Reining in protests 11 photosReining in protests – 1992: Police officers at the 1992 Republican National Convention in Houston arrest a demonstrator from La Resistencia, an organization protesting acts of violence against immigrants and the deportation of illegal immigrants. The demonstrators failed to adhere to rules keeping them inside a 35-acre protest site across from the Astrodome, where convention delegates gathered.Hide Caption 1 of 11Photos: Reining in protests 11 photosReining in protests – 1999: Riot police march past a damaged Starbucks coffee shop during demonstrations against the World Trade Organization Summit in Seattle on November 30, 1999. Thousands of activists aimed to disrupt the WTO. Hide Caption 2 of 11Photos: Reining in protests 11 photosReining in protests – 1999: A demonstrator covers her mouth with a scarf to protect herself from tear gas after street clashes with riot police in downtown Seattle during WTO protests.Hide Caption 3 of 11Photos: Reining in protests 11 photosReining in protests – 2000: Officers carry a protester to a van during the 2000 Republican National Convention in Philadelphia. Demonstrators committed various acts of civil disobedience, bringing traffic in Center City Philadelphia to a crawl.Hide Caption 4 of 11Photos: Reining in protests 11 photosReining in protests – 2004: Demonstrators at the 2004 Republican National Convention in New York stage a die-in at Broadway and 30th Street.Hide Caption 5 of 11Photos: Reining in protests 11 photosReining in protests – 2004: The Democratic National Convention held in Boston in 2004 included unprecedented security. Police direct demonstrators toward their permitted protest area -- away from the FleetCenter, where the convention was held.Hide Caption 6 of 11Photos: Reining in protests 11 photosReining in protests – 2004: Riot police stand ready inside the gates of Boston's FleetCenter, site of the Democratic National Convention, as protesters march past. Hide Caption 7 of 11Photos: Reining in protests 11 photosReining in protests – 2012: Protesters march during the Republican National Convention on August 29 in Tampa, Florida. The group remained peaceful and was allowed to make its own route through the city.Hide Caption 8 of 11Photos: Reining in protests 11 photosReining in protests – 2012: Law enforcement officers are reflected in a storefront window as they clear a downtown street during a protest during the Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum on August 28. Hide Caption 9 of 11Photos: Reining in protests 11 photosReining in protests – 2012: Police officers face off with protesters blocking the road during a march outside the Charlotte (North Carolina) Convention Center on September 4, the first day of the Democratic National Convention.Hide Caption 10 of 11Photos: Reining in protests 11 photosReining in protests – 2012: In Charlotte, a police officer faces off with a protester blocking the road.Hide Caption 11 of 11Story highlightsHardly anyone used the 'free speech zones' at the conventions The zones were set aside for protesters, others to voice their views Protesters complained zones were too far from the action in Tampa, Charlotte Free speech zones first established in 1988 in Atlanta amid protests over abortion Shane Brown squeezed through a gap between sections of a steel security fence 9 feet high, picked his way across a vacant lot infested with fire ants and climbed atop a rickety wooden platform. He stepped up and spoke into the microphone:"God is a good, good God."His words were amplified over a hardscrabble patch of earth wedged against a highway the locals call the inner loop. White plastic trash bins stood sentry against litter, but there was no one there to fill them.Brown, the first speaker to take the platform Wednesday at the official "free speech zone" of the Democratic National Convention, had an audience of just three -- two city workers and a reporter. It was shortly before 3 p.m., and the place had been deserted since it opened five hours earlier.If a man -- be he a protester, a prophet or a pothead -- talks to a dozen trash cans in a vacant lot half a mile from a bustling political convention, does he make a sound?Without pausing to ponder the question, Brown simply turned and faced the massive traffic jam behind him on Stonewall Street, ironically in front of the NASCAR Hall of Fame. It may have been a captive audience, but at least it was an audience."God is a good, good God," he began again.And then, the generator powering the sound system shut down. A city worker fiddled with the contraption, shrugging, "I work for the Transportation Department, so of course now I'm the sound man." Brown, meanwhile, carried on with a bullhorn, talking for nearly 40 minutes until the second speaker, also a street preacher, showed up late.Steve Widdows' topic was "sodomy, abortion, fornication." He taped up signs condemning "Wicked Democrats" and "Abhor-tion." His God apparently was not a happy God."It is an abomination for a king to commit wickedness," Widdows preached, promising God's wrath against "a former president" who, he said, phoned "innocent grandmothers" in North Carolina and told them they didn't have to support a law that defined marriage as a union "between one man and one woman."Opinion: Even vile funeral protests are free speechAnd so it went each day, until the rain came or the sun went down, whichever happened first. A preacher was followed by a speaker who wanted to legalize marijuana, who was followed by a group of atheists and agnostics, which was followed by a group of community singers. If at times it seemed like a single hand clapping in the dark, the speakers did not complain.Widdows admits he was disappointed that no one was there to hear him preach, but he showed up all three days anyway. After using his allotted 30 minutes, he said, he'd find a street corner "where there were lots of people" and start preaching again."When you say you're going to do something, you go ahead and do it," he explained. "There was some benefit, to put the understanding on people. I decided I was just going to go ahead and preach, and if anyone hears it, use it, Lord."Anarchists, occupiers and other protesters in Charlotte shunned the official speakers' area, which they sneeringly called "the pen." Sure, some of them signed up. But they gave false agendas, never intending to show.Just WatchedControversy over DNC protester's arrest replayMore Videos ...Controversy over DNC protester's arrest 02:57PLAY VIDEOJust WatchedOccupy protesters march before DNCreplayMore Videos ...Occupy protesters march before DNC 01:50PLAY VIDEOJust WatchedProtesters removed from RNCreplayMore Videos ...Protesters removed from RNC 01:03PLAY VIDEO"We are under the impression that the whole country is a free speech zone," said Michael Zytkow, a 26-year-old organizer for Occupy Charlotte. "We were bothered by the idea of any government-designated playground."Carol Sobel, a lawyer from Santa Monica, California, who co-chairs the Mass Defense Committee of the National Lawyers Guild, asked, "Who'd want to use it? You're talking to yourself."Her group works to push back against what it views as government attempts to stifle dissent.Sobel keeps a photograph on her desk showing her with blackened eyes from rubber police bullets at the 2000 Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles."My rights to freedom of assembly are being violated," complained anarchist Vermin Supreme, a fixture at both of this year's conventions who wears a boot on his head and also happens to be running for president. Like most of the Charlotte protesters, including the cadre of 200 or so Occupy regulars who camped at Marshall Park, he took his case to the sidewalks and streets.Who's that protester with the boot on his head? On Tuesday, the first day of the Democratic convention, about 100 protesters blocked the intersection across the street from "the pen," demanding their free speech rights and entangling police in a two-hour standoff that ended peacefully when the skies opened up for the daily downpour."At least they gave us some entertainment," said a city worker overseeing the free speech area, which had to be one of the loneliest convention assignments. He passed the time reading a biography of Yogi Berra.Such was the state of free speech here during last week's Democratic convention, and at the Republican convention the week before in Tampa, Florida. The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution protects the right to freely practice one's religion and publicly speak one's mind without government constraint or interference. It also gives citizens the right to assemble and to air their grievances to their government. But the law remains unsettled on whether the government has the power to say where.The Supreme Court has established guidelines to measure whether speech restrictions pass constitutional muster. The restrictions must be neutral and not based on content, and they must be specific; they must serve a significant government interest, such as public safety; and they must provide for alternative means of communication.The free speech zones are meant to be that alternative means of communication, but the Lawyers Guild advises clients to avoid them and use the public sidewalks.The designation of free speech zones at political conventions and other large gatherings has been evolving for more than two decades, Sobel said. In many instances, the free speech zones are set up far from the people whose attention the protesters seek."It makes the protest invisible," she said. "This has been a growing problem."It began at the Democratic National Convention in 1988. Atlanta set up a "designated protest zone" to prevent disruptions by anti-abortion group Operation Rescue and its opponents. The demonstrators objected to being confined to a "free speech cage," but the practice continued during the 1992 and 1996 conventions. And, during the 1990s, free speech zones were designated in other public areas such as San Francisco's airport, which had issues with panhandling Hare Krishnas.Both the Tampa and Charlotte conventions were designated Special National Security Events, a category created in 1998. The massive protest against globalization during the 1999 World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference in Seattle was the real game-changer for how police and municipalities respond to protest, Sobel said. More than 40,000 protesters showed up and clashed violently with police in what became known as "The Battle in Seattle." It left behind indelible images of protesters blocking intersections and smashing storefront windows -- and police responding with volleys of pepper spray, tear gas and rubber bullets.The lawsuits that followed established that officials in Seattle had a right to declare parts of the city off limits to everyone for security reasons, but were wrong to target just the protesters, Sobel said.Tightened security was noticeable at the 2000 political conventions in Philadelphia and Los Angeles. City officials in Los Angeles tried to file a sealed document justifying the lockdown, but a judge refused to look at it. Attorneys challenged the remote location of the free speech zone and succeeded in moving the protest area to a lot directly across the street from the arena where the convention was held.A year later, the September 11 terrorist attacks changed the way Americans looked at security. Federal agencies were rearranged in 2002 under the Department of Homeland Security, which determined which events should be considered Special National Security events.Conventions leave atheists asking: What political party represents me?The 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City were given that designation, along with the Super Bowls and a handful other other high-profile events.The agency's head now decides which events earn the designation. It puts the U.S. Secret Service in charge of security and the FBI in charge of intelligence during political conventions, international trade meetings and other events that could become targets for terrorists.Over the years, the designation has come to apply to any event likely to attract mass protests.By 2004, amped-up security and a heavy police presence had become a way of life at the conventions. Protesters at the Democratic convention in Boston were corralled into a "pen" with concrete walls and barbed wire and could not be seen by delegates. They responded by donning prisoner of war uniforms and marching in circles inside what they called "Camp X-Ray."Meanwhile, at the Republican convention in New York, police on horses and motorized scooters herded protesters into "pens" made of orange mesh, said Gideon Oliver, an attorney who represents some of the 1,800 people who were arrested. Eight years after the convention, a class-action lawsuit alleging civil rights violations is still making its way through the federal courts. In Tampa this year, just two people were arrested during the Republican National Convention. The city's downtown area was all but deserted -- except for the 4,000 cops in khaki fatigues -- giving the place all the ambiance of a third-world city after a military coup.In Charlotte, 25 people were arrested. Police officers wore dark blue uniforms, which made them look more like cops. Some Secret Service agents were in casual street dress, and the security perimeter was much larger because the event involved President Obama.But in both cities, everyone was subjected to daily torrents from nature's water cannon, which may have been more effective than anything police could come up with to dampen dissent.Commenters divided over how free should free speech beMore from politicsSchumer on Clinton emails: 'All that stuff isn't gonna matter.'Schumer on Clinton emails: 'All that stuff isn't gonna matter.'Selma 50 years later: John Lewis's memories of the marchPowered by Livefyre


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PETZL Express Quickdraw Sling, 11 cm
Petzl's Express Quickdraw Sling is designed for the climber who needs only the sling portion of a quickdraw.Features/Benefits:
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GM closing 4 truck and SUV plants in North America - Hummer may be discontinued. http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-gm4-2008jun04,0,6352198.story
Saw that this morning, last time I checked the Hummer was getting 20+ a gallon.. to bad hope it does not mean the demise of the pickup..
This country is in a mess. The auto industry, airline industry, housing industry, and mom and pop. I just got back from running some errands, drove down a major business district and saw businesses one after the other closed up or buildings for lease. I'm sure its worse in other places as this is an affluent area.
When you make sh!tty cars, no one is going to buy them. Maybe we should impose huge tariffs on all foreign vehicles so that people are forced to buy american, and if they don't, the government accrues more "revenue" from the foreign vehicles that are sold.


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We did start off with cloudy skies Tuesday and even some mountain fog. However, when the sun warmed the temperatures, the clouds lifted to produce sunny skies. Temperatures were high again today and got above seasonal average. Normally we see 50's in the valley and at the coast and 40's in the Basin this time of the year; but most areas saw temperatures that were 10 degrees above normal. This beautiful weather will be short-lived however, as more rain is on the way.
A cold front is on track to move onto the coast Wednesday afternoon. With this front will come rain and winds. Scattered showers are expected in some areas in the early hours on Wednesday, but the start of the rain will move in around 5 a.m. The heaviest rain will be right ahead of the front in the afternoon. Rain will persist after frontal passage as there is still some instability and moisture behind the front. Therefore, I expect rain to last through Thursday as well.
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The team Sucked Big Malformed smelly Boabys before the brawl. I am not condoning fighting but damn, they played great last night. These coaches have all kind of ways of motivating a team, we wont know if it worked until after they all come back, and it cost them a hell of a lot of money.They played like a team last night. Gooooooooooooo Knicks.


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With a substantial portion of the practice of gynaecology veering towards treating infertility among couples, the recent visit of Raine-Fenning Nicholas, director of research for Nottingham University Research and Treatment Unit in Reproduction (NURTURE), to Chennai turned out be an event of modest interest. Ramya Kannan records what he says about rising infertility rates and how technology has advanced by leaps and bounds to help women who cannot otherwise bear children.
"If you take infertility as a whole, it is definitely increasing across the world. There have been studies to prove this, though I am not sure if there are similar studies in India," Dr. Nicholas said. In the United Kingdom, the biggest problems are with tubal defects in women, which lead to infertility. There is also a lot of anecdotal evidence about problems with the male and female factors – producing good quality and quantity of eggs and sperms.
Increasing instances of poly cystic ovaries (PCOs) are also being diagnosed in women. PCOs are directly influenced by obesity, which interferes with ovulation. Diabetes and obesity are closely linked, Dr. Nicholas, explains in response to a question on the relationship between diabetes and infertility.
Agreeing with the genetic factor that makes Indians prone to diabetes, he remarked that in the United Kingdom they were not seeing many younger women with the metabolic disorder.
"The biggest thing we are seeing is women delaying families, mainly due to professional compulsions. We know fertility declines massively with age. From 35 years onward, there is a big, big decline in fertility rate. It rapidly accelerates after 38 years. The chances of natural conception after 43 or 45 years are very very low," he explains.
It is this category of people who have a good shot at in-vitro fertilisation (IVF), says Dr. Nicholas. He is also consultant gynaecologist and associate professor of reproductive Medicine and surgery at the Nottingham University Hospitals.
"Treatment is expensive, but if someone can afford IVF, you are looking at success rates of at least 25 -30 percent for live births, not just getting pregnant. That is extremely high," he says.
For some people there is just no hope of having children and starting a family without IVF. Currently, insurance does not cover treatment, but some assessments of infertility are paid for by insurance companies.
Lots of developments have taken IVF ahead over the last few years, success rates have increased quite dramatically, but have begun the swing down on the curve.
"We have been involved in a lot of technology development, particularly using ultrasound to try and individualise IVF for patients," Dr. Nicholas says.
He goes on to add that in most clinics, it seems to be one treatment fits all. "But when we make it more personal, we increase the chances of success and also dramatically reduce the risks involved. There are risks because we overstimulate the ovaries to produce eggs."
While earlier the trend was to pick as many eggs from a woman as can possibly be sourced, more recently infertility experts have adopted a more sensible, safer and cheaper option.
"Get a limited number of eggs – go for quality rather than quantity, without much risk. With lower doses of drugs, costs also come down," he adds.
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Ruby Throat (2014) by Kareem Rizk
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The French, firstly, is arrogant. He is ignorant enough to think that the French revolution brought A LOT to all of Europe. Yeah, right. UK: still have a queen. Germany: Used to have a king until the World War One. Do I continue? But surely, the French does not know that Jean-Jacques Rousseau, who contributed a lot to the famous French Droits de lHomme et du Citoyen was living in
Geneva, Switzerland. Great! But let us not forget that it is partially because of Lafayette that you Americans eat awful pies on July 4th, and he was French. About the revolution, I want you all to remember that, OK, we killed the king, but what came then, huh? Napoleon, an EMPEROR who is compared in certain countries to Hitler. Yes. Actually, this is a bit unfair because he did good things such as, permit the girls to NOT get married before the age of sixteen.
Sure, the French likes to riot. Everything is good to create your own revolution. Excuse me, Sir, but there is a fly in my soup! I protest! Please, everyone, put your hands in the air, and let us make a revolution against this restaurant! You can see this kind of scenes everyday, everywhere in Paris. Unfortunately, people get used to it and so the French do not react anymore and tourists only take pictures of this funny guy standing on his chair.
The French does not like anything French. Contrary to his German friends, the French is NEVER happy to meet French during a trip foreign, because the French likes to feel like he is a bit from the country he is visiting. Surely he will literally jump on the first frog he sees because he cannot really stand this foreign food, which is so far from the so sophisticated French food.
Talking about food, the French likes to eat weird things. I remember this good old time, when I was about eight and my parents asked me: What do you want to eat for your birthday? and immediately I went: Snails! France is the only country in the whole world where the parents, after this answer, would then say: Okay, so the same than the last year
Well get some tomorrow in the morning. Finish your bouillabaisse (fish soup with potatoes, go and read Harry Potter), honey, and after your tarte tatin (caramelized apple pie) youll get in bed very nicely
That was good old time.
The French likes sex, but not actual commitment. He sure is the French kiss specialist and he generally gets his first sexual experience at three. We could think he is romantic, in fact that does depend on the French. But if you say to a French man Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir? (which actually means Do you want to have sex with me tonight? - I want you ALL to know that) even though he does not know you at all, he will say Yes. See? The French man is like every other one. He is luckier because he has got this song thanks to which he can sleep with tourists. Nice.
Lets talk about style. Forget about the very stylish French. If he has ever existed, he is dead for a long time now and the generations after him forget his precious lessons. Go in the UK to see stylish people. Japan is not bad, either. But no, the French wears a beret which is, lets admit it, awful on any head when its not Samuel L. Jacksons one. The French just as surely carries a traditional baguette (long bread) and a bottle of wine, which is why he is drunk almost all day (at least that is the only explanation I can find to explain why they all got this huge red nose), and he mostly wears black.
Black, because the French is definitely depressed. Full of himself for years, one day a French writer named Chateaubriand came, and wrote about how alone and lonely he was. You can find his books in more than ten volumes. But the French just LOVED it. Oh, I am so sad, I am so alone, no one likes me, blah blah
- and it became so fashionable to be sad and depressed, that every French started to look like all his family just died. This has been called Romantisme and this is how every foreigner started to think that the French was romantic. However, being romantic in such a way does not mean that you will get a very nice man with whom you will be able to walk at night near the Seine (Parisian river) after a tour in the Eiffel tower. NO. Romantic means EMO. E M O! Do not forget it. The French is EMO.
Physically, the French does not look good either. Mostly fat (French food - the French eats a lot, we cannot blame him) and not very tall (our most famous basketball player is Tony Parker - go and see how tall he is, you will laugh), he has an ass in the middle of his face to look like his favourite actor, Gerard Depardieu, of whom you should get a picture from Google to see what the typical French looks like. Note the red nose, by the way.
I think that is all for the moment, but do not worry: I will not leave France so soon, and you will get more details soon, I swear.
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With the NHL lockout dragging on, Gabriel Landeskog is heading home.
The Colorado Avalanche captain signed with Djurgarden in Sweden's second division on Wednesday, reuniting him with the team he played for prior to coming to North America.
"So excited to get back on the ice in front of family and friends. And especially, to play the game!" Landeskog said on Twitter.
The 19-year-old forward won the Calder Trophy as NHL rookie of the year last season, scoring 22 goals and 52 points after being picked second overall in 2011.
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Author James Kennedy will visit the Florissant Valley Branch of St. Louis County Library for the debut of the Story Maker's Club on Wednesday, September 18, 7:00 p.m. Kennedy is the author of "Order of Odd Fish" and founder of the 90-second Newbery Film Festival. The branch is located at 195 New Florissant Rd., S., Florissant, MO, 63031-6796. The program is free, open to the public and recommended for ages 9-13.
The Story Maker's Club is for children interested in having fun with words and telling stories in a variety of formats. Some of the formats will be stop-motion animation, improv, and reader's theater. The club will meet on the third Wednesday of each month.
James Kennedy's high-spirited stories have made him a favorite at libraries, book festivals, book stores and schools. His writing has been described as whimsical, outrageous, mind-boggling, surreal and fanciful. His work with the 90-Second Newbery Film Festival demonstrates wit and creativity. For more information about James Kennedy, visit www.Jameskennedy.com.
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- American companies invest abroad to expand their customer base. Foreign markets represent 95 percent of the world's population and more than 75 percent of the world's purchasing power. These foreign operations help worldwide American businesses market their products more effectively to foreign customers by cutting transportation costs and providing competitive local services.
- This U.S. foreign investment promotes domestic job growth here at home. In fact, American companies with worldwide operations directly employ 22 million American workers and support an additional 41 million U.S. jobs through their supply chain and through the purchases of goods and services by their employees.
- Current U.S. tax laws make it more costly and more difficult for companies to bring foreign income back to invest in the United States – virtually trapping more than $1 trillion in earnings overseas.
- The U.S. has one of the highest corporate tax rates, when companies bring a dollar home they have 65 cents left to spend, whereas if they leave it overseas they have upwards of 90 cents to spend.
- Congress and the Administration have signaled a willingness to reform the tax code, and we all look forward to working together with them on this process. However, we know that such fundamental changes will take time.
- As a first step toward corporate tax reform, we're proposing a temporary repatriation period, providing a lower rate that would encourage businesses to bring money to invest here back home.
We all agree our tax system is broken and needs to be fixed, but we shouldn't wait to invest up to $1 trillion into our fragile economy
- We strongly support the need for corporate tax reform, but we should move now to allow businesses the power to bring this money home and invest it into our still fragile economy. We have an opportunity right now to strengthen our economy, reduce our deficit, put people back to work, and invest up to $1 trillion in America.
- Our broken tax system actually penalizes American companies for doing well overseas in the global marketplace when they want to bring those earnings back to America to invest here.
- Providing American businesses with incentives to bring home their global earnings is a common sense solution that could help inject up to $1 trillion into our economy.
- There are few other options available that will help ensure that our recovery endures and that it spreads to Main Street. The likelihood of another stimulus, additional tax cuts, or action by the Federal Reserve is low, and unemployment is still too high.
- A broad range of both economists and elected officials on the right and left agree that enacting measures to encourage businesses to bring earnings back to the U.S. will bolster our recovery, help American businesses better compete against their foreign competitors, create jobs, spur innovation and reduce the deficit.
This money will help strengthen our economic recovery, create jobs, and help reduce the deficit – at no cost to taxpayers
- In a study on the impact of incorporating a temporary repatriation incentive into the 2009 stimulus package, former Clinton economic advisors Laura Tyson and George Schink estimated that $565 billion of repatriated earnings would increase federal government revenues by about $112 billion during the 2009-2012 period.
- In a January 2009 study, Dr. Allen Sinai, a distinguished macroeconomist, notes that models show providing innovative American businesses with temporary tax relief could help reduce the federal budget deficit by $47.6 billion a year over five years between 2009 and 2013, and could increase real GDP by an average of $62 billion a year over the same five years.
- Robert Shapiro, former Undersecretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs, estimates that had the policy been put in place in 2009, it would have produced nearly $45 billion in new federal revenues, including more than $22 billion in direct corporate tax revenues on the repatriated funds and another $22 billion in personal income tax revenues on the additional wage income.
Incentives enacted in 2004 had a positive impact on the economy
- When repatriation legislation was enacted after 2004, American companies brought home more than $312 billion that would not have been invested otherwise.
- These companies used $73 billion to create or retain jobs, $75 billion to finance new capital spending, and $39 billion to pay down domestic debt.
- According to a study by Robert Shapiro, the 2004 tax change produced more than $34 billion in federal revenues, including more than $16 billion in direct corporate income tax revenues and nearly $18 billion in personal income tax revenues from the additional jobs and higher wages supported by the reform.
- The unemployment rate from 2004 to 2005 dropped by almost half a point, real GDP growth went up 1.3%, and we saw exports increased by $132 billion.
Innovative American businesses brought money back and used it to strengthen U.S. economy.
- Oracle used repatriated funds to outbid foreign competitors to acquire two U.S. companies – one in California, the other in Minnesota. Oracle's acquisition increased jobs at both firms, and helped keep the companies and their intellectual property in the United States. Between 2004 and today Oracle has grown its workforce from 42,000 to over 105,000 employees.
- Qualcomm brought back $500 million, which was used to assist in new acquisitions and the hiring of 8,200 employees. They also invested millions into the U.S. infrastructure, using repatriated funds to expand offices in California, North Carolina, and Nevada.
- Cisco used repatriated funds to create 1,200 R&D (mostly engineering) jobs. Since the 2004 law went into effect, Cisco has added 8,500 jobs in the United States.
- Adobe injected over $500 million into the U.S. economy when they repatriated global earnings in 2004. The money was used in a variety of ways including hiring new employees, completing acquisitions of smaller companies, and providing seed money for these companies to spend capital and enter untapped markets.
- Duke Energy brought back over $500 million in repatriated funds, which was directed towards wages, investments in capital projects, and expansion of its infrastructure and transmission/distribution networks.
- In 2004, CA Technologies repatriated approximately $580 million and paid $30 million in taxes. It used these funds to hire, train and compensate workers; for domestic R&D projects; and for acquisitions of U.S. companies like Wily Technology and Niku Corporation, keeping jobs here at home.


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Huffpost: "Most American Teachers Don't Look Like Their Students"
I hope no teachers look like their students. That would be creepy – like an Orphan Black sort of thing. Of course the Huffpost article addresses differences in the racial and ethnic composition of the teacher workforce compared to the students they teach. According to the article, But teacher demographics are not keeping pace withContinue Reading
Mathematica: TFA teachers effective, Teaching Fellows average
Mathematica Policy Research and the U.S. Department of Education conducted a study of Teach for America (TFA) and Teaching Fellows programs. They released study results today. In "The Effectiveness of Secondary Math Teachers from Teach For America and the Teaching Fellows Programs," Mathematica researchers concluded, 1. TFA teachers were more effective than the teachers withContinue Reading
NYC releases teacher effectiveness data
Last week, the New York City Department of Education released performance data for the district's 18,000 public school teachers. According to an article in Governing, The reports rank individual teachers based on their students' performance in math and English over a five-year period, concluding with the 2009-2010 school year. According to the Times, a spokesmanContinue Reading
The teacher quality debate
Days after the NC Department of Public Instruction released teacher effectiveness ratings, the National Council on Teacher Quality published evaluations of teacher quality in each state. North Carolina fared poorly in the NCTQ study. Overall, NC earned a D+. Compared to efforts to raise teacher quality in other states, NC faltered with a ranking ofContinue Reading
New study on teacher effectiveness
Educational Researcher (2011: vol. 40, no. 6, p. 271-80) just published an excellent article by Gary Henry (UNC-CH), Kevin Bastian (UNC-CH), and C. Kevin Fortner (GA State) titled "Stayers and Leavers: Early-Career Teacher Effectiveness and Attrition." The researchers examined teachers and test scores from North Carolina public schools. Henry and his associates asked a criticalContinue Reading


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Gundlach Sees Change in Market Psychology on Fed Decision
Sept. 18 (Bloomberg) -- DoubleLine Capital LP's Jeffrey Gundlach said the psychology in bond markets may have changed after the U.S. Federal Reserve unexpectedly maintained the pace of monthly bond purchases, sending yields lower.
The yield on the 10-year note fell as low as 2.67 percent following the Fed's announcement. A level below 2.7 percent represents a "convincing change" in psychology after yields rose above 3 percent earlier this month, Gundlach said today during a webcast for investors.
"There are encouraging signs developing that it's safer to get back in the waters of fixed income," Gundlach said.
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The ladder lift uses a rope and pulley system, as well as a fixed hook, that is mounted to ceiling joists. Once all components are properly installed (some assembly required), simply place the top of the ladder onto the fixed hook, then securely attach the strap to the bottom rung of the ladder, and pull the rope. The low end of the ladder will gracefully elevate up to the ceiling until the ladder has arrived at its horizontal, suspended, storage position.
The pulleys and the fixed hook do most of the work, making an 80-pound ladder feel like it's only 10 pounds--an 8:1 mechanical advantage. A unique locking mechanism holds the rope securely in place to prevent accidental release.
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Majlis-e-Ittehadul-Muslimeen Lok Sabha member Asaduddin Owaisi has categorically told the Congress leadership that Telangana sentiment was visible only in four out of the 10 districts in Telangana region.
In a letter to the Congress party's central leadership, the Hyderabad MP had dwelt at length on the need to protect the interests of the minorities while taking a decision on Telangana. He had warned that bifurcation of the State would not bring windfall to the ruling party in Telangana but would deal a body blow to it in Seemandhra region.
Sources said in his letter, Mr. Asaduddin pointed out that the sentiment was confined to Karimnagar, Warangal, Adilabad and Nizamabad districts which have only six Lok Sabha seats. "This is not evident in the other six districts—Hyderabad, Rangareddy, Medak, Nalgonda, Mahbubnagar and Khammam, with 11 Lok Sabha seats," he quoted in the letter. He said people of Seemandhra region, comprising 13 districts and 25 Lok Sabha constituencies were stoutly opposed to bifurcation of the State.
Mr. Asaduddin drove home the concerns of the Muslims and was said to have mentioned that bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh would not be in the interests of the people, more particularly the Muslim community, as well as nation.
Party sources said the MIM has consistently conveyed its categorical and definitive stand against bifurcation to the Congress leaders as well as the Srikrishna Committee. It pointed out that Muslims constitute nine percent of the State's population, including 12.5 percent each in Telangana and Rayalaseema regions and 4.5 percent in the Coastal Andhra region.
The MIM leadership noted that out of the 42 Lok Sabha constituencies in the State, 17 constituencies have Muslim voters in excess of 10 percent. Seven of these constituencies have more than 15 percent Muslim voters. Similarly, out of the 294 Assembly seats in the State, 95 constituencies have Muslim voters in excess of 10 percent and 15 per cent in 65 segments.
Keywords: Asaduddin Owaisi, Telangana agitation, Telangana statehood demand, Telangana JAC, Seemandhra protests, unified Andhra protests, Andhra Pradesh politics, Congress Working Committee, Andhra Pradesh bifurcation, YSRC


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There is a Sufi story.. There have been not more than five or six enlightened women because women have been engaged in forcing the men to become enlightened. They completely forgot that they have also to become enlightened. But out of those five or six women, one of the most beautiful is Rabiya al-Adabiya, a Sufi woman. She was very courageous, of the quality of Bodhidharma - almost dangerously ferocious for those who used to come to her as disciples.
For the master it is a question of urgency. For you, you can postpone.tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, what is the hurry? But for the master it is a question of absolute urgency, because this is his last life. He will not be coming back again. Once you have become enlightened, you start losing grip of the body; slowly, slowly all ties with the body are broken. You will be here in the trees, in the sun rays, in the ocean waves, in the stars, but not as an entity.unlimited, you will become oceanic.
The master is in a hurry because nobody knows, tomorrow the master may have to leave the body. All attachment with the body which was keeping it alive is gone, and there is not going to be another life. For you there are many lives ahead, you can go on postponing.
A seeker who finally became a master in his own right was Hassan. He used to sit before the mosque and pray for hours, and the prayer was always the same. The prayer was, "God, open your doors. I have been waiting long and I have been praying long. Open the doors so I can enter you and dissolve into you." The whole city was aware: "This man is a little crazy. Mohammedans do prayer five times a day, but this man seems to be doing prayer almost the whole day. And the prayer is not much, just, 'Open the door.'"
One day Rabiya was passing, and she hit on Hassan's head. She said, "You idiot! The door is open but you are so engaged in your prayer that you cannot see it. Stop praying and enter, the door is open!"
The hit.. A silent moment.. He looked, and certainly the door was open. The same mystic became a great master. He used to tell this story again and again, saying, "A single hit from Rabiya brought me home. But my God, that woman is really strong! She stopped my mind, my prayer and then I laughed and thanked her, 'Your grace is great, your compassion is great, because thousands of people pass here, but nobody says to me that the door is open.'"


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Two vineyards from Texas, Becker Vineyards in Stonewall and McPherson Cellars in Lubbock, both made Daily Meal's list of the 101 Best Wineries in the United States. They were number 93 and 87 respectively on the list.
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I sighed loudly as I opened the door to my house. "What a day aru" I said flopping on the couch. Another overworked meeting. England and France's NONE STOP fighting, America and Germany yelling WAY too much, Italy's loud crying, a mountain load of paperwork and to top it all off, Russia asked me to become one and chased me around the meeting house for 3 hours. Sometimes I wish life would float on air. "ANKIII!!" I heard someone yell making me fall on to the ground. . . .face first. When I looked up I saw my annoying cousin Im young soo. "What do y- wait? HOW DID YOU GET IN MY HOUSE ARU!?" I yelled turning blue from fear. "The window" He simply said. "But all my windows are locked aru." I said getting up and rubbing my forehead. "Yeah~ But that doesn't mean there broken" Im young soo said looking away. "YOU BROKE MY WINDOW!?" I yelled raising my fist. "Only one!" He said holding up his hands in defense. I put my fist down. "Whatever aru, I'm not in a good mood" I said walking to my room. I jumped into my bed and buried my face in the pillow "Why is life so tuff aru' I thought.
I was about to fall asleep when . . . .
Come with me and take my hand.
I'll wash your pain with the waters and sand.
But will you come up as you slip to your death.
As you go under with you last dying breath.
Tomorrow will come but you won't wake up.
As I pour the tea, to my blood stained tea cup.
The music was coming from my garden. I got up and followed the melody.
As the blood drips so will your life.
Sad to think. It was caused by my knife.
As you look at me in red a puddle I stand.
Welcome to my broken wonderland.
When I got outside I saw a little girl. She had (h/l) (h/c) hair and bright (e/c) eyes and had on a puffy black dress. She was also holding a little red music black music box. It had gold swirl designs on it and on the inside, it was competently velvet. Only a small feminine figure with a dress like hers, Spinning in circles. With a bloody tea cup in hand.
I was so focused on the strange doll I didn't notice that she tuned to me. "H-hello sir" She spoke in her quiet voice. "AH! Oh . . . um . . . Hello aru." I said before noticing a bruised cheek of hers. Not only that she had scars all over her arms and legs. It also looked like she has been crying for some time. "Are you lost?" I asked approaching her. She shook her head "My mommy and daddy left me" I felt my heart break. 'Why would someone do that to a kid aru?' I thought. I knelt down to her level. "Come her aru." I said extending my arms out to her. She closed her box and slowly stood up. She seemed hesitant. "Don't worry aru. I'm not going to hurt you" I cooed hoping I haven't scared her. She walked over. Just when she was at least 1 foot away she into my arms and started to cry. I hugged her and stroked her (H/l) (h/c) hair. "There, there aru" I said. "No need to cry"
We stayed there for a while until her sobs began to die down. "Now. Why are you all beat up aru?" I asked. "M-my big brother K-Kuroki was killed and mommy and d-daddy blamed me" She started to cry again. "So your parents did this to you?" I said. She nodded. "I didn't kill Kuroki!" She sobbed "Kuroki killed himself" Ok. Now my heart broke. I swear you could hear it crack. "Do you know why?" She nodded. "People bullied Kuroki. But mommy and daddy never helped him" She sobbed "He said he's had enough" "Don't worry aru." I said "I'll be your big brother!" She looked at me with those big (e/c) eyes. "Really?" She said. I nodded. "Of course aru!" I said picking her up "Now what's your name?" "____ ____" She said. '____? I've heard of that family. Mr. and Mrs. ____ went to prison 2 days ago' I thought. "Well that a pretty name ____ aru." I said patting her head. She smiled. "AWW! SO KAWAII ARU!" I yelled hugging her. "You're cuter than a panda!" She giggled. 'MUST. NOT. GO ITNO. CUTENESS OVERLAOD.' I thought. "What's your name? Or do I call you big brother?" She asked. "OH! My name is Yao Wang" I said looking at her. "Yaro?" She tried to pronounce. "No. YA-O!" I said trying to help her out. "Yato?" She said looking at me. I sighed "Close enough aru." I said patting her head. "Let's go inside and get you some new clothes aru"
Being too distracted by her cuteness I forgot Im Young Soo was inside. "ANKIII! DO YOU HAVE ANY-" Yong Soo said before looking at me. "AWW~ LOOK AT THE KID DA-ZE!" He said taking ____ from me. "YOUNG SOO! GIVE ME SISTER ARU!" I said reaching for ____. But Young Soo just pulled her away from me. "Sister? SO she's my cousin too!" He said looking at ____ "Hello! I am Im Young Soo. I am your cousin da-ze" "Hello DA-ZE!" She said trying to imitate his accent. "Aww~ Kawaii!!!!" He said hugging her. "HEY! CAREFUL ARU! SHE HAS CUTS OVER HER BODY!" I said reaching for her. "Huh?" He said looking at her. "I'll go get the first aid kit da-ze!" He said hanging her to me and running upstairs.
After cleaning up the cuts and bruises, I went to go get her a small blue and white kimono that used to belong to Kiku when he was a new nation. It fit perfectly on her. "Aww~ you look so cute ____ aru!" I said. "Thank you big brother!" She said holding her hands up wanting to be picked up, so I did. "Now what was the mus-" I started only to be interrupted by her stomach growling. "Oh. Your hungry aru?" I asked. She nodded. "Don't worry aru!" I said "I'll make some dumplings" 'Leon liked them when he was little. I hope ____ does too' I thought going into the kitchen.
I placed a plate of dumpling in front of ____. "Here aru. Try these." I said. She took one off the plate and took a bite out of it. "It's really good big brother" She said taking another bite. I was so close to fainting over her cuteness. ____ only finished 8 dumplings and I had made at least 30. "Young Soo?" ____ asked walking up to him sitting on the couch "Do you want a dumpling?" She asked holding one up to his face. "Thank you da-ze!" Young Soo said taking a dumpling from ____. "Your brother is a good cook. Right da-ze?" He asked ____. She nodded.
After that only 10 dumpling were left. So I wrapped them up and saved them for tomorrow. "I HAVE TO GO ANKII!!" Im Young Soo yelled. "BYE ____!" "Bye Young Soo" She said waving as he left. "So you tired ____?" I asked. It was already 9:00 pm. "no" She said but was holding back a yawn. I smiled. "Come one aru." I said picking her up and heading towards my room. "It's time to go to sleep" I said "No. Not tired." She said pouting. "Don't argue with me aru" I said looking at her sternly. She pouted again.
When we got to my room I laid her down. She just jumped back up. "Not Tired." She said looking at me. "How will I get her to sleep" I mumbled to myself. Then an idea hit. "Stay here aru." I said running downstairs and grabbing her music box. "I know what will make you sleep aru" I said opening the music box letting the song play.
Come with me and take my hand.
I'll wash your pain with the waters and sand.
But will you come up as you slip to your death.
As you go under with you last dying breath.
'Yes she's getting sleepy' I said as ____ wobbled trying to stay awake. "Must. Not. Give. In." She mumbled.
Tomorrow will come but you won't wake up.
As I pour the tea, to my blood stained tea cup.
'Come fall asleep!'
As the blood drips so will your life.
Sad to think. It was caused by my knife.
As you look at me in red a puddle I stand.
Welcome to my broken wonderland
After that she clasped into a peaceful sleep. "Pheww aru" I sighed. "I'm surprised she isn't terrified of these lyrics" I bet America would pee his pants. 'I wonder if she will let me bring it to the next meeting' I thought 'maybe that will shut America up'
I laid down beside ____ as pulled the covers over her. "Goodnight Mèimei" I said kissing her forehead. And resting my head on the pillow. "Wǎn'ān Dìdì" I heard. I opened my eyes to sleeping ____. I smiled and drifted to a peaceful sleep. Then I remembered something 'SHOOT! I forgot to do my paper work'


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China Open Results
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At The Beijing Tennis Centre
Purse: Men, $2.205 million (WT500); Women, $4.8 million (Premier)
Surface: Hard-Outdoor
Second Round
Jurgen Melzer, Austria, def. Alexandr Dolgopolov (6), Ukraine, 7-6 (9), 2-6, 6-1.
Florian Mayer, Germany, def. Marius Copli, Romania, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2.
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