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MERIDIAN — Wage increase a Catch 22
An article concerning increasing the minimum wage to $12 was in Sunday's, Jan. 12, 2014 Meridian Star Newspaper.
This is not only an interesting, but very controversial, subject. Why is that? Because, this subject is also a financial trap, or as they use to say, a Catch 22. Let me explain why.
Whether you are an employer or an employee, and no matter what your trade, job or profession, all people are always trying to make or earn more money. If you are an employee, you should always be trying to do your best at your job in order to prove to your boss or employer that you're worth more money.
On the other hand, if you are an employer, you are always trying to do your best to make more of a profit through your employees for your business. Because, all employers recognize, or should recognize, that they may own their business, but they too have to buy goods from other businesses for themselves and their family. Now, that's one side of the coin. So, let's look at the other side. Now, everyone is a customer, and they are buyers. But, as a buyer, you want to get the best product for the best price. So, ALL BUYERS want to save money. So, here is the FINANCIAL TRAP, THE CATCH 22 or an OXYMORON.
How many times have you, or heard someone, complain about how much you wanted or needed to make more money, or complain about how much things cost. The fact is, if the wage is raised to $12 an hour., that $6 hamburger at Hardees that only cost $3.99, will in time actually cost $6 or $8. And, the price of regular gasoline will increase about 40 percent to 50 percent, or $5-$5.50 a gallon.
It is a dog eat dog world out there. The higher wages go up, the higher the cost of living goes up. Believe me, there will never be a time whereby your cost of living will be only a small percentage of your wage. The wealthy and politicians, Democrat or Republican, have always thought to propagate the noble idea of helping the poor, those who make less than $50,000 a year for VOTES. When in fact, whenever the wages/cost of living increased, the wealthy got richer. That's my opinion.
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Where in Hong Kong you can find the most traditional, authentic and popular German beer festival?
Head down to the Marco Polo German Bierfest this year – no matter whether you had partied with us in the past 21 years!
Yes, this is the 22nd anniversary!
In the past 21 years, the Marco Polo German Bierfest was an astounding and unprecedented success. Every year, thousands of guests party under the giant open-air marquee, a comfortable venue for guests to enjoy the bierfest overlooking the stunning Victoria Harbour. The Notenhobler, an international band from Germany, brings non-stop entertainment throughout the night. Our chefs prepare mouth-watering authentic German delicacies including roast pork knuckle, sausages and many more.
Ride on the success of last two years, this year we continue to feature a special edition beer, Löwenbräu Oktoberfestbier, which consists of higher wort content, and has more flavour than the regular beers. In Hong Kong, Löwenbräu Oktoberfestbier could only be found in the Marco Polo German Bierfest! Come and fill your stein with this limited beer in the bierfest, only 200 glasses are available each night.
The highlight of this year is the limited edition Oktoberfest ginger heart cookies (HK$90 per piece). The ginger heart cookies are one of the traditional and popular items that used to celebrate this historical event which started with love and romance, and therefore they are in heart shape and attached with ribbon. Traditionally, people would wear the ginger heart cookies given to them by admirers. The cookies are large in size, with almost 10 inches in height. 100 pieces will be available for sale each night.
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Two new firefighter positions are in the works for the city of Port Neches that will put them in line with staffing numbers for other Mid-County cities.
Council will consider accepting a federal grant called the Assistance to Firefighters Act — Safer Grant for the two positions in the amount of $289,638 during the 4 p.m. meeting on Thursday at city hall.
"This will raise the number of firefighters from 12 to 14, which is exactly what Nederland and Groves (fire departments) have right now," Port Neches Fire Chief Steve Curran said.
Hiring for the positions will start May 1.
Council approved the submission of the grant application Aug. 15, 2013, for the grant, which does not require a city match. Funding for the positions will be paid with the grant for two years. After that, the city will have to decide how to continue funding the new positions.
"The expectation of this grant is that the positions will then be fully funded by the city upon expiration of the program monies," Port Neches City Manager Andrè Wimer said.
Future funding could come from a tax rate increase.
"Council was advised, during the Aug. 15 meeting, that dependent on economic conditions at the time of expiration of the two-year time period, it may be necessary to upwardly adjust the tax rate in order to provide funding necessary to retain those two newly created positions," Wimer said.
Curran explained that adding the new positions is part of an overall plan developed when he was hired by the city in 2004. The goal is to comply with the "two in and two out" standard operating procedure.
"This improves the efficiency by 25 percent when going from three on a truck to four," Curran said.
Back in 2004, PNFD was making about 400 calls a month. That number increased through the years. During 2005 when Hurricane Rita struck the coast, that number jumped to about 1,500.
Council will also discuss an ordinance establishing the number of positions in the fire department. They include one fire marshal/assistant fire chief, three captains and nine firefighters.
Besides adding two new positions to the fire department, Council will also consider the purchase of a new Jaws of Life and related equipment for a total of $41,526. Funding for the equipment was included in the current year city budget.
Curran said the new equipment will replace the 22-year-old Hurst brand Jaws of Life that is now an obsolete set of tools which are leaking and loosing strength.
"The fluids used in the original set are acidic and poisonous and are no longer used in new extrication sets," he said. "The newer Jaws of Life now operate with higher pressure and use safe mineral oils for the hydraulics."
The newer tools, he added, are about half the weight with twice the strength of the current set.
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On Wednesday, May 1, 2013, God called His daughter, Geneva Mae Foster, home. Born August 6, 1922 in Cherokee County, to Olly and Mary Sells, Geneva was the eighth of ten children. She grew up in the midst of a loving family.
Geneva met and fell in love with George W. Foster, a widower, and his four young children, GeorgeAnne, Donald, Billy, and John. Married in Pryor on February 26, 1940, George, Geneva, and the children lived near Hulbert. God blessed them with three more children, Hellen, Robert (Butch), and Patsy.
Geneva's life was filled with loving her Lord, her family, and others. She was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend to many. She enjoyed going to church, reading her Bible, listening to gospel singing, cooking, cleaning, quilting, and traveling.
Geneva was preceded in death by her parents, Olly and Mary Sells; her husband, George W.; five children, GeorgeAnne Dutton, Donald Foster, Billy Foster, John David Foster, Robert (Butch) Foster; and one granddaughter, Lisa Slape Richardson; as well as four brothers and four sisters.
She is survived by her two daughters, Hellen Miles of Muskogee, Patsy Slape and husband, Larry of Hulbert; one sister, Faye Dorris and husband, Ralph of Broken Arrow; twelve grandchildren; many great grandchildren and great great grandchildren; nieces and nephews; and a host of other loved ones.
Funeral services celebrating the life of Geneva will be 2:00 p.m., Friday, March 3, 2013 at Cornerstone Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Bobby Botts and Rev. Hellen Thomas officiating. Interment will follow at I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Hulbert with Stephen Miles, Michael Miles, Darren Miles, David Slape, Nick Young, and Randy Sponem serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Jack Dutton, Shawn Miles, Josh Harvel, Chad Sellers, Mark Evan Wilson, and David Foster.
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Next fall, The Real Housewives of the O.C., New York City, New Jersey, and Atlanta will all enter syndication, as their collective seasons will have more than 100 episodes, the magic number for syndication. Repeats of the show will air daily on NBC-owned TV stations and other networks.
Broadcasting & Cable reports that "NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution has sold Bravo's unscripted series The Real Housewives as a one-hour syndicated strip for fall 2010 to NBC's owned TV stations" and "is now pitching the show to other station groups."
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This week's theme is: body.
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Wrong food is to never
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Old Catholic grade school
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Congressional Delegation Announces Modeling and Simulation Grant Program
Congressional Delegation Announces Modeling and Simulation Grant Program
The Chairman of the Congressional Modeling and Simulation Caucus, Rep. Randy Forbes (above), teamed with fellow Hampton Roads leaders Rep. Thelma Drake and Rep. Bobby Scott on Tuesday, to announce passage of a $40 million grant program for modeling and simulation programs at institutions of higher education.
Speaking at ODU's Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center, in "Sim City," Forbes said, "The grants will provide critical funding to educational institutions that want to take advantage of this new and promising technology."
Currently, ODU is one of only three schools nationwide to offer courses in M&S and stands to receive a minimum of $750,000 to support existing programs or to expand the course offerings.
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- Bring broth to a boil. Add broccoli and onion. Cook for five minutes, or until broccoli is tender.
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This was easy. Based on other reviews, I pureed the broccoli/onion base. Then I added some finely chopped red peppers and chicken to give it texture and color. Don't let the soup boil after adding the cheddar- it will separate and you'll end up with something you didn't want.
Quick, easy and very tasty! I have now made this soup three times, in less than 2 weeks time. My 3 1/2 year old son declared it delicious and has been requesting it! The only thing I don't agree with is the amount servings. One recipe will feed my husband, my son and myself, along with a sandwich or burger, without a drop left. Also, I know it says that the cheese is optional, and I suppose it is. However, I used aged sharp white cheddar. Oh my, that is good. I also grated the onion on my cheese grater instead of chopping. That way we get the flavor of the onion and my son can't find them! Tonight we added some chopped cooked chicken and cooked pasta for a complete meal. I used to make a more complicated broccoli soup, but this one has replaced it!
I tried and rated this recipe in 2004, but because I had to add so much more broccoli than called for I guess I didn't bother to keep it in my recipe box, so today I read reviews and tried it again. Made 2 batches--1 with oregano and Mexican 4 cheeses from Kraft--the other no oregano and cheddar. I tried each batch before putting in the cheeses. My opinion is 1) you need twice as much broccoli as the recipe calls for 2)cheese is a must, 3)the amount of oregano was negligible. I preferred the oregano/Mexican chhese, but both were good. I will use this recipe again only with my alterations!!!
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Amount Per Serving (5 total)
- Calories
- 161 cal
- 8%
- Fat
- 9.2 g
- 14%
- Carbs
- 9.1 g
- 3%
- Protein
- 10.8 g
- 22%
- Cholesterol
- 28 mg
- 9%
- Sodium
- 481 mg
- 19%
Based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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A first cousin of the recent Heartbleed attack affects EAP-based wireless and peer-to-peer authentication.
The Heartbleed attack vector, which is capable of compromising OpenSSL encrypted connections, caused a stir in the open source community recently, even leading to the establishment of the new Core Infrastructure Initiative for updating and supporting FOSS projects that are key to the success of the Internet. Just when everyone thought the Heartbleed scare was over, Portuguese security researcher Luis Grangeia has described a new attack vector based on Heartbleed that affects the EAP (Extensible Authentication Protocol) authentication framework used with wireless and peer-to-peer connections.
According to Grangeia, "cupid is the name I gave to two source patches that can be applied to the programs 'hostapd' and 'wpa_supplicant' on Linux. These patches modify the programs' behavior to exploit the heartbleed flaw on TLS connections that happen on certain types of password-protected wireless networks."
Grangeia goes on to point out, "It is not necessary to fully establish a TLS connection to perform the heartbleed attack. No actually keys or certificates need be exchanged. I have found out it to be possible to send and receive heatbleed responses right after a 'Client Hello' message (before certificates are presented or sessions keys are exchanged."
If you have not applied the patches that circulated following the original Heartbleed scare earlier this year, you are advised to do so immediately. As for the new cupid vector, be advised that services that use EAP could be at risk. Watch for security updates from your Linux distribution.
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Controversial New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, one of the nation's more outspoken advocates of rigid gun controls and an avowed enemy of coal and big soft drinks, is throwing a fundraising party this month for Sen. Joe Manchin.
Bloomberg's bash comes at a time when the West Virginia senator is planning to try again on his once-failed bill to hand the federal government more powers to control firearms purchases,
Manchin isn't talking directly about the $1,000-a-ticket party.
Instead, when his office was asked repeatedly for an explanation for nearly a week, an unidentified campaign aide said Bloomberg and Manchin might not see eye-to-eye on many issues, but the two agree that "it's just common sense to require criminal and mental background checks" for sales at gun shows and on-line purchases.
"Sen. Manchin believes that part of what is wrong with Washington these days is the notion that you are guilty not just by association but simply by conversation," the aide told The Register-Herald.
Bloomberg went on a tear in recent years over a number of issues, making him one of the country's more recognizable politicians.
He dug into his deep pockets and came up with $50 million for the Sierra Club to use in a campaign against coal production.
Bloomberg called for the outlawing of semi-automatic rifles, a stance that Manchin once described as "craziness." And, he incurred the wrath and ridicule of many by attempting to limit the sales of sugar-laden soft drinks to 12 ounces in the Big Apple.
"Sen. Manchin and Mayor Bloomberg disagree on nine of 10 issues, especially on the importance of how coal will shape America's energy future," the campaign aide said.
"Sen. Manchin has always done what he believes is right for West Virginians and he will continue to work with people from every party on issues about which he feels strongly."
While Manchin didn't directly address the fundraiser, the Republican Party in his home state seized on the impending event to say that the Democratic senator's is "turning his back on West Virginia to collect thousands in fundraising checks from New York liberals like Mayor Michael Bloomberg."
State Chairman Conrad Lucas said Manchin's choice of a party host is no surprise, since he vetoed the 2nd Amendment Appreciation Act of 2010 that was intended to create a pre-deer hunting season tax holiday for West Virginia families.
"Joe Manchin's record as a traitor to the Second Amendment didn't start when he moved to Washington," Lucas said.
"He eagerly endorsed the anti-coal candidate Barack Obama. Then, this failure to sign the Second Amendment Appreciation Act was a hint in early 2010 that Manchin wasn't serious about West Virginia values."
At the time, as governor, he voiced concerns that "challenging and uncertain economic times" prevented him from risking the loss of $25,000 in revenues from the one-weekend tax holiday, Lucas said, but he harbored no such reservations about a three-month sales tax holiday when buying household appliances.
"It's clear, the more we learn about Manchin, the more we find out he's not one of us," Lucas said.
"Our families deserve the right to protect themselves with legal guns as our Constitution intends. It seems like Manchin is just another foot soldier in Obama's 'war on West Virginia.'"
Bloomberg is no stranger to West Virginia politics.
A few years ago, Senate President Jeffrey Kessler, D-Marshall, pushed legislation known in Capitol vernacular as "the Bloomberg bill," making it a felony to entice a firearms dealer into selling a gun illegally. The bill came in response to Bloomberg's use of police officials to make such buys in other states in a sting operation, notably in Virginia.
That was one of many bills advocated by the National Rifle Association, which has locked horns with Manchin over his proposed background checks — legislation inspired by the slaughter of 20 school children last December in a Connecticut schoolhouse.
In recent weeks, Manchin, a lifetime NRA member, and the organization have engaged in dueling television ads over the issue.
Manchin recently told The Register-Herald editorial board the organization is less interested in public safety than in promoting gun sales by advertisers in its magazines, and the NRA in turn accused the senator of flip-flopping by reneging on a campaign pledge never to support enhanced background checks.
Of late, the NRA is back on the offensive, sending out 200,000 flyers to West Virginians critical of Manchin's proposal and warning it could lead to a national registry of firearms — one step away, other 2nd Amendment advocates warn, from confiscation.
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WASHINGTON — Oil pulsing from the April 20 BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico could slip into the Gulf Stream's loop current and begin to shoot up the Atlantic coastline by the end of the month - just as thousands of tourists are flocking to beaches along North and South Carolina.
A computer modeling study released Thursday shows that once the slick joins the loop current, it could move northward at up to 100 miles a day. It would flow up to Cape Hatteras and then turn northeast out into the Atlantic, according to the models, which were produced by the National Center for Atmo spheric Research. The center, funded by the National Science Foundation, pro duces climate science for universities.
The six models are simulations - not forecasts - meaning they don't say exactly how the oil could flow. The oil slick would be affected by local weather conditions and the ever-shifting pattern of the loop current.
The spill is now in a relatively stagnant area of the gulf, held there in part by a temporary eddy. There have been reports of only small amounts of oil in the loop current so far.
The models vary in how the oil would behave in the loop current, with models showing that the oil could take up to three months to join the Gulf Stream. They don't show how much oil, if any, would wash ashore on the coastlines of Southeastern states, or how the slick might be affected by a tropical storm.
But the scientists who produced the models said the oil is likely to have a widespread effect.
"Our best knowledge says the scope of this environmental disaster is likely to reach far beyond Florida, with impacts that have yet to be understood," said Synte Peacock, an oceanographer with NCAR.
"We can ask, Are there any scenarios where the oil stays in the Gulf? The answer seems to be no," Peacock said. "We can ask, Is there any possibility it's going to stay [within the Gulf] for six months? And the answer seems to be no to that, too."
Lots of unknowns
It's unclear how dense the oil would be in the loop current, or whether it would float on the surface or be submerged. Scientists at NCAR said the models provide an "envelope" of how the oil could act in four months following the BP blast.
The models assumed liquid dye tracer being released at the spill site. Scientists then tracked the rate of dispersal in the top 65 feet of the water and at four additional depths, with the lowest being just above the seabed.
The models assume the oil continues to spill through June 20, and they make various assumptions about how the loop current could act in the coming weeks. All show oil eventually riding the loop current thousands of miles up the coastline to Hatteras.
"The loop current is a pathway out of the gulf," Peacock said. "Once [oil] is in the loop current in significant amounts, it's a matter of days or weeks before it's going to get into the Atlantic."
Several other models, including one by the University of South Florida, also have indicated that the oil would flow into the Gulf Stream.
Researchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Washington cautioned against making too much of the new scientific models from NCAR.
NOAA officials pointed out that the dye presumed in the model doesn't have the same density as oil and wouldn't evaporate or break down at the same rate.
"It represents a big picture look at how the oil will enter the Gulf Stream," said NOAA spokesman Chris Vaccaro. "As oil weathers, it changes characteristics and no longer behaves like a fluid, making it harder to do long-term forecasts."
Ben Fox, spokesman for South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, said the state is paying attention to NOAA forecasts.
"NOAA and other scientists are telling us that there is a potential but uncertain possibility that the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico might affect the South Carolina coastline, but with minor impact at most," Fox said in a statement.
Tar balls hit Florida
The Coast Guard reported Thursday that it found an oil sheen near Duck Key, Fla., as well as tar balls and one oiled vessel there. The material was sent for testing to determine whether it was oil from the gusher that resulted from the sinking of the Deepwater Horizon rig. There have been 37 other reports of tar balls in the Florida Keys recently, but none of the samples have been from the BP oil spill.
Nonetheless, the spill has been heading toward Florida. The Coast Guard said that protective booms were being set up to protect the Dolphin Research Center and dolphins at Hawk's Key Resort.
Sooner, not later
Doug Radar, chief ocean scientist for the Environmental Defense Fund, said that at some point the eddy will fade, the loop current will reorganize and the oil will continue its travels.
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Both advocates and adversaries of Senate Bill 5 had an opportunity to make their case during the Mentor Area Chamber of Commerce Candidates and Issues Luncheon Tuesday at .
Sydney King, from the Ohio Chamber of Commerce, and Jeff Rechenbach, of WeAreOhio, each received three minutes to say why they are for or against, respectively, the changes in collective bargaining that Senate Bill 5 would create.
Senate Bill 5 will appear on this November's ballot as Issue 2.
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WASHINGTON — Think you're confused by "Obamacare." It's roiling Capitol Hill behind the scenes, too.
Members of Congress are governing themselves under President Barack Obama's signature law, which means they have great leeway in how to apply it to their own staffs.
For House members and senators, it's about a section of the law that may — or may not — require lawmakers to toss some staffers off of their federal health insurance and into the Affordable Care Act's exchanges. The verdict from congressional officers is ultimately that lawmakers, as employers, have discretion over who among their staffs gets ejected, and who stays. And they don't have to say who, how many or why.
What they all say is this:
"I followed the law," said Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., echoing Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and others.
But the law as written is open to broad interpretation, inspiring a bureaucratic web of memos, regulations and guidance that members of Congress say allows them to proceed on the question of staffers and coverage as they see fit. Lawmakers this week were required to finalize plans for who stays on federal insurance and who's forced onto an exchange.
The Affordable Care Act, signed into law in 2010, only requires members of Congress and their "official" staff members to get health insurance through one of the law's marketplaces, or exchanges. Guidance memos from the Senate's financial clerk and the House's chief administrative officer, obtained by The Associated Press, define "official" aides as those who work in the lawmakers' personal offices. Committee and leadership aides, then, would be exempt and could stay on the federal health insurance program.
Unless lawmakers decide otherwise.
"Individual members or their designees are in the best position to determine which staff work in the official office of each member," the memos quote from an Office of Personnel Management regulation. "OPM will leave those determinations to the members. ... Nothing in this regulation limits a member's authority" on the matter.


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U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren is in agreement with Sen. Scott Brown with regards to not having the debate Tuesday night.
Here is a statement released Monday night from the office of Elizabeth Warren on the debate: "Our focus over the next 48 hours must be on public safety and holding the utilities accountable for restoring power as soon as possible. Elizabeth believes that the final televised debate should occur, and we have contacted the debate organizers and let them know she would be available to participate on Thursday evening."
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Republican Senator Scott Brown won't show up to Tuesday night's final debate with Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren, citing Hurricane Sandy as the reason.
"The Scott Brown campaign today announced that out of concern for the hardship faced by people in the path of Hurricane Sandy that he will not be participating in tomorrow's fourth and final debate," said Brown Communication Director Colin Reed. "It is simply not appropriate to go forward with a political debate when a disaster strikes. The focus for all of us before, during and after the storm needs to be on emergency response and disaster relief, not campaigns and politics."
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When five men with guns entered a jewelry store in Orange County California they were met with an unexpected show of resistance. The store's owner, a 65 year old woman, was armed with her own gun and opened fire on the gunmen.
There was absolute panic as the gunman fight each other to run out the door with the 65 year old proprietor in hot pursuit, gun in hand. Police say she acted in self defense. Police say she acted in self defense. The [getaway] van drives off so quickly that three suspects are left behind.
As a warning to others who may decide to defend themselves when faced with a violent crime, CBS local affiliate KCAL repeatedly noted that even though everybody likes to see the tables turned on criminals, stray rounds heading downrange from such a defensive maneuver could pose risks to innocent bystanders.
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Dont want to say I told you so, but is not the liberal state california becoming the one to take the country back?
lol.. I live in CA and I could be this woman..lol. We're tired of this crap.. and we may or may not have a 'man' around to protect us.. but.. we know how to protect ourselves… we are old enough to have learned to use guns and not be afraid of them.
Our values are those of our parents.. God, Family, Country.. and WE'RE MAD AS HELL AND WE'RE NOT GONNA TAKE IT ANYMORE..
How dumb is.it to be shot at and rob another store the next day.
These situations are becoming rampant. The turning point will be when a shop-owner shoots and kills a perp. Then there will be racial retaliation and/or civil war.
Liberal media CBS just can't let a happy ending end happily without putting their crap leftist spin on it, can they? The bottom line was that a free person stood up and refused to be a victim. If everyone did that we would have a s**tload less crime because it would be too dangerous for most criminals to continue their criminal behavior.
I love the fact that this woman
A-Did not wait to be "saved" by the police! Will all liberals please note:police only REACT to crime-they are not psychics and cannot prevent crime.
B-Kept firing even as the crazy fools showed their true colors by trying to be the first out the door.
C-Will not hesitate to open for business-intimidating thugs be damned!
Why does the liberal media feel duty bound to "warn" us about what "could" happen? The last thing any free & sovereign citizen needs is a lecture on our rights and responsibilities.
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A few weeks back we had the opportunity to join food, product, and beverage photographer extraordinaire Rob Grimm for two days of shooting in his St.Louis studio.
With over twenty years of experience and clients such as Bacardi, Microsoft, Budweiser, and Energizer, Rob Grimm is a highly successful commercial photographer and we're excited to be bring his knowledge and prowess to the Phamily. Make sure to view his full portfolio at www.robgrimmphoto.com!
"Rob Grimm Photography is built upon the creative force that is Rob, with over twenty years in the advertising business under his belt. We take great pride in the images we create, believing that the process of crafting exceptional images is rooted in unmatched production, an open and problem-solving mind, as well as a good sense of humor."
Lighting Schematic
In the realm of commercial beverage photography, each piece of an image is shot separately and put back together in post production. The labels are lit primarily by the Visatec, which provides a narrow focused beam of light. The polarized pan head lights the bottles from above without creating a glaring highlight. The Broncolor strip light provides that even streak of light on the left side of the bottles. It's not shown in the diagram above, but the warm glow that seems to come from within the bottles is provided by a piece of metallic gold card stock positioned directly behind the bottles.
Tricks of the Trade
It takes more than lighting effects to get beer to look this good. A mixture of water and glycerin is applied to the bottles to create those water droplets. The glycerin thickens the water and prevents the droplets from running. The head on the snifter (that's a fancy word for cup, folks) takes time to get right. When stirred with a wooden chopstick, the carbonation in the beer explodes, giving Rob control over how large the head of foam is. When the beer has no carbonation left, it is sucked out of the glass with a pump and replaced with fresh beer for another try.
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Aaron Nace: A couple of weeks ago, we headed down to St. Louis, Missouri to shoot with the Shakespeare of beers, St. Louis' own, Rob Grimm. Today, we're bringing you an exclusive Phlearn tutorial on just how we did it.
Rob Grimm: Hey, gang. Welcome. We're going to be doing a new shot today. It's a portfolio shoot with beer. We're going to be concentrating on a really cool product from Boulevard Beer Brewing out of Kansas City, and that is their Tank 7 Farmhouse Ale.
They've got a couple different bottles, and we're going to use the small one, which is just your regular size bottle. We're going to be using a large bottle, which looks more like a champagne bottle, cork and all, with the twisty. We're going to be putting an actual beer pour in a snifter glass.
This is kind of a different beer. It's a higher percent alcohol, and is tending to be served in a little smaller glass, in a little smaller bottle rather, and then poured into a small snifter glass. That's what we're going to do.
Since it's their farmhouse ale, we're going to do it in kind of a rustic setting. You can see the background behind me. That is some barn wood that we snagged from an old saw mill in Middle Missouri, brought it back here, we put it together for our background, and we've got a surface made out of old barn wood as well. We're really going to give it that kind of rustic, barn wood feel. Let's get to it.
All right, gang. Let's talk a little bit about this set and how it came together. Again, I'm using the Hasselblad with the 120-macro. My set is over here. I brought the camera angle up a little bit from what I had originally intended to do. I was going to try to make it pretty heroic and give those bottles a good, big, rich heroic feel. I wanted to see more of the surface. Plus, I actually wanted to catch a little bit of this front edge and really give this wood that farmhouse feel, because this is Tank 7 Farmhouse Ale. I want to bring my camera up a little bit, and I'm looking almost dead in the neck of the bottle, so right there is my camera perspective.
Once again, I've always got a few lights on set. One of my main lights, right here, is this pan head. One of the things to note about this particular pan head is that I've got a layer of polarizing gel on the light itself. I've got a polarizer on the lens. I set the polarizer on the lens to be perfect for the scene. It killed the glare coming around from the bottles that I didn't want. The polarizer is set for the scene. Then I rotate the polarizer on the light to get rid of the highlight that would appear on the front of the bottle.
If I didn't rotate that polarizer, I'd have a big, oblong-shaped highlight right on the front of these bottles, and it would be gross. By spinning that, in tandem with the polarizer that's on the lens, I completely get rid of it.
I've got this little guy. This is a Visatec. It's a Monobloc with an Infraspot attachment on the front of it. This is one of my all-time favorite little lights. I use these things with great regularity in shooting beverage because I need to get light just on the label. I want to really sculpt the light around the bottle, and coming through the bottle, and in doing that, that often makes the label really dark. If I go with an Infraspot like this, I can concentrate it just on that label, and give it the kick that it needs so that it pops out without overpowering or over-lighting the rest of the bottle.
Back here, we've got a diffusion panel, and behind it is a reflector. We've used this in a couple of different ways. We're using it now, with the diffusion panel, so that the light is coming across. It's hitting that gold card that you saw us hold in, and it's giving a good, even reflection going across the entire piece. When we had this removed, we also had a grid insert on the inside of that reflector head, and that was coming through and in the final image. You'll see light that's raking through at the base, and it's giving those bottles real depth as it looks like the light is coming forward. We modified that light two different ways in order to get the two different looks.
You can see an Impaspot back there as well. We wound up killing that, but our initial intent was to try to get some light into the bottom of these bottles. The bottles tend to go dark and one of the reasons why is because they're cupped. They're made like wine bottles so the base is really curved. When you're looking at it, that tends to throw the light and make it really dark, so we were trying to get a little light in there. It's kind of a difficult thing to do, so we're going to wind up imposed, making some adjustments to get that cup to come up a little bit.
I have got one other light in the background. That's a pan head with a grid inside of that. It's a big 20-inch grid. I've used that to give a light washing across my background, but I gridded it down so it's giving just a little more of a concentrated feel to the light.
There's a light behind this diffusion panel. It's the Broncolor strip light. That light is giving me a nice highlight on the outside edge of these two bottles. There's going to be a really clean, white line that's coming down. It's diffused so it's not super, super sharp, but it's still very, very defined. It really makes that edge jump out. That's our lighting schematic.
A couple of tricks that I'm going to focus on. One, visually, the height of the liquid that I'm bringing up is going to be different from how it looks when the head is actually stirred up. The way to make a beer look good is to stir it. You do it with a chopstick because there's an enzyme in wood that brings out the carbonation and makes it explode, but it makes it explode in a very controlled way. This is something I've been doing for a lot of years. It's all just trial and error.
I want to get a really good heroic glass of beer. The way to do that is to actually pour beer, stir it, and let the head rise. Once the beer is dead, I suck it all out and do it again. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat until I know I've got the perfect beer.
This is a beer pump. It's going to pull the beer out of the glass for me without moving the glass, so I can keep it in the same spot and keep rolling.
All right, gang. Thanks for joining us. We just wrapped up two great days of shooting portfolio pieces. It wouldn't have been possible without all of our Broncolor gear. It gives that light that extra bit of pop, as well as our Hasselblad camera which sees every detail in the world.
Thanks for joining us. We look forward to next time. Don't forget to check out our website which is www.robgrimmphoto.com.


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by Mary Swire, Tax-News.com, Hong Kong
30 October 2013
In Malaysia's Budget for 2014, Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Najib
Razak looked to demonstrate the Government's commitment to fiscal consolidation
by mixing the introduction of a goods and service tax (GST) and increased property
taxation, with cash handouts and cuts in both individual and corporate income
While Malaysian gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to grow strongly next
year by up to 5.5 percent, after around 5 percent this year, as the global economic
situation is also forecast to improve, Government's revenue collection is
estimated at MYR224.1bn (USD71.3bn), an increase of MYR4bn from 2013. Its fiscal
deficit should decline from 4 percent of GDP in 2013 to 3.5 percent in 2014.
Last June, the Government established the Fiscal Policy Committee (FPC). The
role of the FPC is to strengthen the Government's financial position and ensure
fiscal sustainability. Najib confirmed that the fiscal deficit will continue
to be reduced gradually, with the aim of achieving a balanced budget by 2020.
The Government will also ensure that Federal debt level will remain low and
not exceed 55 percent of GDP.
Najib announced plans to abolish the present sales tax and service taxes, and
to replace them with the GST. With the current inflation rate low and contained
at 2 percent, the Government believes that this is the best time to implement
a GST, whose rate will be 6 percent and effective from April 1, 2015.
He pointed out that the proposed GST rate will be the lowest among countries
within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations – compared with 10 percent
in Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia, the Philippines and Laos, and 7 percent in Singapore
and Thailand – and it will not be imposed on basic food items, water and
initial electricity supplies, services provided by the Government, transportation
and selected financial services and the sale, purchase and rental of residential
Upon implementation of GST, the Government is committed to provide various
forms of assistance to counteract the fall in disposable incomes of those on
lower incomes, including one-off cash grants to households and individual income
tax rate reductions of 1-3 percent for all taxpayers, so as to ensure that some
300,000 persons will no longer pay tax (generally, families with a monthly income
of MYR4,000 will no longer have a tax liability).
To ensure a more progressive tax structure, the chargeable income subject to
the maximum rate will be increased from that exceeding MYR100,000 to MYR400,000.
However, the current maximum tax rate of 26 percent will also be reduced to
24 percent, 24.5 percent and 25 percent.
In addition, to ensure smooth GST implementation by businesses, the Government
proposes that the corporate income tax rate be reduced by 1 percent to 24 percent,
while the income tax rate for small and medium-sized enterprises will be reduced
by 1 percent to 19 percent, from the 2016 year of assessment.
The cost of purchasing information technology (IT) equipment and software will
also be given an Accelerated Capital Allowance until the 2016 year of assessment;
and expenses incurred for training in accounting and IT relating to the new
GST will be provided with a further tax deduction for the 2014 and 2015 years
of assessment.
With regard to housing, the Government has recognized that the recent sharp
increase in the prices of houses, particularly from speculative activities,
has affected people's ability to purchase houses. In that respect,
the Government will increase the rate of real property gains tax (RPGT) to 30
percent on properties disposed within a holding period of up to 3 years. For
disposals within a holding period up to 4 and up to 5 years, the RPGT rates
are increased to 20 percent and 15 percent, respectively.
For disposals made in the sixth and subsequent years, no RPGT is imposed on
individuals, whereas companies are taxed at 5 percent. For non-residents, RPGT
is imposed at 30 percent on the gains from properties disposed within a holding
period of up to 5 years, and for disposals in the sixth and subsequent years,
RPGT is imposed at 5 percent. The minimum price of property that can be purchased by
foreigners is increased from MYR500,000 to MYR1m.
Finally, to further promote Malaysia as a tourist destination, the Government
will continue to encourage investments particularly in new 4 and 5-star hotels,
to ensure an adequate supply of international-standard accommodation and increase
tourist arrivals, especially from the luxury and high-spending category. To
support this, the Government proposes the application period for their investment
tax allowance incentives be extended for another 3 years until December 31,


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Office of Financial Aid
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Financial Aid Application Procedures for Current Students
Continuing students must reapply for financial aid every year. Any student who wishes to receive student loans must complete the following forms:
Application Priority Deadline for Fall: March 28, 2014, by 5 p.m.
Application materials available as of March 5, 2014.
After aid applications have been submitted, you will receive notification if the Financial Aid Office requires additional information. Otherwise, you will receive an email when your award letter is available to view on eCommons. This letter will advise you of your aid eligibility and include instructions of the steps you will need to take to secure your student loans. We encourage you to take a few moments to review your complete award letter and the link with instructions of applying for your loans. If you have any questions once you have reviewed your award letter and followed the loan instructions, please feel free to contact our office.
Loan instructions and requirements will be provided with the award letter email notification. Students should not apply for loans until an award letter notification has been received.
Federal Stafford Loan [Unsubsidized]
All students applying for Stafford Loans are required to complete the FAFSA application. The borrower is responsible for interest that accrues while he or she is in school. Currently the interest rate on Unsubsidized Stafford loans is fixed at 5.41% per academic year. The program is available for an annual total of up to $20,500. There is a 1.072% origination fee that is taken off the principal loan amount requested.
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If you need more funding than what is available through the Federal Stafford Loan program, you may wish to borrow a Grad PLUS or private educational loan. Grad PLUS loans have a fixed interest rate of 7.21%. There is a 4.288% origination fee that is taken off the principal loan amount requested. Private loan interest rates are variable and depend on one's credit. Please keep in mind that you can only borrow up to your "budget" (cost of attendance), which is indicated on your award letter, minus any aid or scholarships.
We provide loan instructions for continuing students, which includes information on how to apply for a Grad Plus or private loans directly with a lender. Please keep in mind that you can only borrow up to your "budget" (cost of attendance), which is indicated on your award letter, minus any aid or scholarships. Our office is required to return funds to a lender if a student borrows over their "budget" (cost of attendance), even if you have already received a refund.
Students are responsible for their own expenses such as rent and the purchase of books and supplies prior to the actual disbursing of refunds. The Business Office in the CBA Building, 15th Floor, handles all refunds. They can be contacted at 312.427.2737 ext. 408.
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Financial Aid for the Summer
You may be eligible for student loans for the summer term while studying at John Marshall as long as you are taking at least 3 credit hours. Our office will not process any summer financial aid paperwork for less than 3 credit hours, and you must be registered for the courses listed on your application.
If you are taking 3 or more credit hours at The John Marshall Law School, you should complete the Summer Financial Aid Application. You will be able to borrow up to the cost of tuition plus living expenses for 3 months.
Use the following to calculate how much you are eligible to borrow, then log in to eCommons, and click "apply for or change loans":
- Summer Registration Fee: $50
- Tuition Charged per Credit Hour: $1,465
- Living Expenses for 3 Months: $8,938
If you are studying internationally through a John Marshall program, you should complete the Summer Financial Aid Application. You will be able to borrow up to the cost of tuition plus the cost of the program. You must indicate (*) that the course includes is a study abroad trip.
If you are studying abroad with another law school, you should complete the Summer Visiting Student Financial Aid Application. You will be able to borrow the cost that your host school allows for the program. You are responsible to pay the visiting school their tuition cost and fees with the funds received from JMLS.
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The Petersburg Police Department received a call from a concerned citizen Sunday, May 5 reporting a possible portable Methamphetamine lab.
After further investigation, PPD, with the assistance of SEACAD and the U.S. Forest Service Law Enforcement, determined it was a portable lab.
"A family was out hiking in the Noseeum and Lumber Street area," Petersburg Police Chief Jim Agner stated. "They found a backpack and looked inside. They suspected it was a meth lab, picked it up, took it to the road and called police."
Agner also stated that he did not feel the pack had been dumped there, but was being hidden in preparation for an active lab.
"It looked as if they were gathering what was needed and they were about three quarters of the way there," Agner stated. "They were missing some key ingredients."
PPD Investigator Kalin Rosse contacted the Drug Enforcement Agency for the specific manner in which to dispose of the supplies.
"The regulations have become less stringent recently in the disposal of these substances," Agner stated. "They are, after all, everyday things that can be found under any household sink for the most part."
According to Agner, however, the mixing of these ingredients can make them extremely volatile and very dangerous.
"The department and I are very thankful to the citizens that reported this," Agner said. "But anyone finding something like this, please don't pick it up, it could be very dangerous."
Agner explained that, in this case the lab was not active, but in some instances these labs are set off to the side to let them take care of themselves and if they don't explode then they come back later for the finished product.
"When these ingredients are combined there is a certain amount of danger involved and the mixture of Methamphetamine continues to evolve," Agner stated. "If everything is shaken up correctly and stays correct it makes Meth, but if one thing goes wrong, it could be extremely dangerous to an innocent bystander just coming across a backpack."
Appropriate measures were taken and the lab was destroyed. The case is currently under investigation.


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Popcorn Maker hosts your creations and provides an embeddable player for finished projects. And congruent with Mozilla's open source philosophy, that player includes a "remix" button that allows anyone to use your work as a jumping off point for a new video. In the few minutes we spent playing with it, we were impressed with the slick interface and how easy it was to slap a project together. If you'd like to try Popcorn Maker out for yourself, we'd recommend checking out the video below from Mozilla Foundation COO Ryan Merkley's introduction at TED earlier this year, before heading over to the project's website.
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My 12-year-old daughter and I had a great evening out in Cambridge on Tuesday night; we went in to the Harvard Bookstore for an appearance by David Ebershoff, author of the novel The 19th Wife.
We live just 15 miles west of Harvard Square, a straight shot down Route 2, about 20 minutes without traffic. But, the event was at 7pm, at the tail end of rush hour, surely there would be traffic! We left the house around 5:15, in plenty of time to drive and park before the event. It was smooth sailing into Cambridge; we even found a spot on the street, right near the intersection of Bow and Arrow … funny, huh?
We walked over to the Coop, LW12 tried to convince me that she "needed" a Vera Bradley backpack; then she did the math and realized that she would need to babysit for 40 hours to earn enough money to pay for the backpack. I guess the Lands' End pack we bought her will suffice!
"The Coop" is the local name for "The Harvard Co-operative", the official bookstore of Harvard University. The bookstore itself is now part of Barnes and Noble (but as the Boston Bibliophile says, not just any Barnes and Noble!). Both the Coop and the Harvard Bookstore (a completely separate indie bookstore, where the author event was held) will be featured in a future Spotlight on Bookstores.
Back at the Harvard Bookstore, the staff was setting out folding chairs for the event. Typical for the area, space is tight, and they make the best use of every nook and cranny. The first time I went to a reading here I thought "where will they put everyone?!". Then I realized that the bookcases were on rollers and the booksellers slide them to the side to make a small event area. How do you like the announcement advertising the night's event on the chalkboard sign out on the sidewalk?
We still had about 10 minutes before Ebershoff was scheduled to speak, so LW12 and I browsed a bit. I'd be good on one of those games shows that gives you a limited amount of time to shop for prizes – I gathered four books in that 10 minutes; look for them in my Friday Finds this week. LW12 picked up a book for herself, too.
Shortly after we slid into our seats a bookseller introduced David Ebershoff. You may wonder, as I did, if his name is pronounced "Ebers-hoff" or "Eber-shoff" … It's Eber-shoff!
David opened with a ancedote from the previous weekend. He had been up in Boston attending the NEBA (New England Bookseller's Association) trade show. At dinner he was seated next to the owner of the Harvard Bookstore, who related a story about an attempted robbery of the store a few years back. It was early evening and their were about four customers in line to check out. The next in line quietly showed a gun to the bookseller behind the check-out desk and said, "give me all your money or I'll shoot". The bookseller replied, "I don't believe you." The would-be robber repeated his request; the clerk repeated his reply. This exchange went back-and-forth three or four times; then the man brandishing the gun walked out in disgust. Lesson: don't mess with the booksellers at the Harvard Bookstore (this might go for second-guessing their book recommendations, as well!)
We then got into the main part of the event, which was David's introduction of The 19th Wife, reading of several excerpts, and a question-and-answer session. The novel combines two tales: one is the fictional memoir of Ann Eliza Young (who was, in reality, the nineteenth wife of Mormon Prophet Brigham Young, and denounced him and the Church's practices after she left the sect around 1875); the second is the present-day story of Jordan Scott, a so-called "lost boy" of the splinter group of "Firsts", who re-connects with the world that excommunicated him after his mother (another 19th wife!) is accused of murdering her father. The book goes back and forth between these narratives, never missing a beat.
The sections David chose to read really highlighted his ability to get into his characters' heads and write faithfully in their voices. He started in the voice of Harriet Beecher Stowe, who "wrote" the introduction to Ann Eliza's faux memoir (page 24, if you have the book); then we heard from the original nineteenth wife, Ann Eliza Young, in the "preface" to the memoir (page 5); lastly, David read the prologue to Jordan's story (pages 7-9) which sets up the present-day murder scenario and gives us our first glimpse into the world Jordan came from.
When David finished reading the third section, he opened up the floor to questions. I won't go into them here, as my notes may be used next month (October 20) when I review The 19th Wife for David's stop at my blog on his TLC Book Tour. If you can't wait until then to read more about David Ebershoff and The 19th Wife, check out the tour schedule, starting on October 15:
- Wednesday, Oct. 15th: Maw Books
- Friday, Oct. 17th: Reading, 'Riting, and Retirement
- Monday, Oct. 20th: She Is Too Fond Of Books
- Tuesday, Oct. 21st: Age 30 – A Year in Books
- Thursday, Oct. 23rd: A High and Hidden Place
- Monday, Oct. 27th: It's All About Books
- Tuesday, Oct. 28th: Musings of a Bookish Kitty
- Thursday, Oct. 30th: Books on the Brain
- Monday, Nov. 3rd: The Cottage Nest
- Tuesday, Nov. 4th: B&B ex libris
- Wednesday, Nov. 5th: Anniegirl1138
- Thursday, Nov. 6th: The Tome Traveler
- Friday, Nov. 7th: Educating Petunia
- Monday, Nov. 10th: The Literate Housewife
- Wednesday, Nov. 12th: Diary of an Eccentric
- Friday, Nov. 14th: Book Chase
I did promise pictures from the evening; LW12 makes a great "assistant", but she focused on our faces and cut off the book I was holding … picture a copy of The 19th Wife front and center. (LW12 was very impressed, by the way, with the knowledge David shared about plural marriages and his research into Ann Eliza Young. She commented that was so much more involved than "just writing about something you already know" … like middle-school hi-jinks in her case, I suppose )
And, he inscribed my copy of the book. It says: For Dawn – With so many thanks for your support and your blog – thanks for coming to the Harvard Bookstore tonight! – David Ebershoff


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DERRY — Whether it's produce straight from the farm or prepared food straight from the kitchen, there are plenty of fresh options at the Derry Farmers Market.
Some market vendors will continue to offer their wares through October, but they will move to the parking lot at Derry Feed and Supply for the final month of the outdoor event.
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The Gene Brune Retirement party was held at the Somerville Holiday Inn on Sunday evening.
Over four hundred friends, family, supporters and associates from the past and present of the former ten year Somerville Mayor and soon to be retired Registrar of Deeds for South Middlesex County were in attendance.
Good pictures of some of the people from the past who helped Somerville become the great city over the years. Best of Luck and Thank you to Gene Brune for his great public service to the citizens of the Commonwealth of Mass. Enjoy your retirement, though we all know you will still be there helping out in some way.
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Military cuts will harm NC, Hagan says
by Anna Oakes
North Carolina Sen. Kay Hagan, a Democrat, said Tuesday that more than 20,000 civilian employees at military bases in the state face furloughs under the impending March 1 sequestration cuts.
Hagan held a press conference Tuesday to discuss the sequester and its effects on North Carolina.
"I do not believe this is the way to get our fiscal house in order," said Hagan, adding that the cuts will threaten North Carolina's fragile economy and impact the nation's military readiness.
In efforts to contain the nation's rising debt, the U.S. Congress passed the Budget Control Act of 2011, which mandated automatic funding cuts to federal programs and services, including the military, unless Congress agreed to a new deficit reduction plan by Dec. 31, 2012.
The "fiscal cliff" deal reached by Congress Jan. 1 delayed that deadline by an additional two months, to March 1. As of Tuesday, Congress had yet to agree to a plan.
The automatic cuts, which total $1.2 trillion over 10 years, are to be split equally between defense and domestic discretionary spending.
Under the sequester, Hagan said, 22,000 civilian employees at N.C. military bases will see reduced pay through furloughs, training for non-deploying units "would be significantly curtailed" and some equipment maintenance would be delayed.
"Delaying preventive care today actually increases maintenance costs in the future," Hagan said.
On Monday, the White House released reports of sequestration impacts by state, including North Carolina.
According to the report, North Carolina will lose approximately $25.4 million in funding for primary and secondary education, $16.8 million in funds for teachers and staff who help children with disabilities, $3.6 million in environmental funding to ensure clean air and water, $1.2 million in grants for fish and wildlife protection, $911,000 in funds to respond to public health threats, $401,000 in grants that support law enforcement and the justice system and other funding streams.


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Thursday morning's news that Surly Brewing would be getting over $500,000 to clean up pollution on the site of its future brewery is big stuff—and it highlights a pot of public money that's going to be critical in redeveloping many parts of Southwest Minneapolis.
According to the Star Tribune, Surly won a grant from the Met Council that will cover around one fifth of the total cost to remediate its desired Prospect Park site. The project's total budget is around $20 million. The grant comes from the Council's Livable Communities project, one of several grant programs from the state, counties, and cities that developers can access if they need help cleaning up a potentially contaminated site.
Given the (often prohibitively) expensive nature of cleaning up a brownfield, these grants often get billed as ways to increase home values, create construction jobs, reduce public health threats and redevelop neglected or obsolete property.
One look at the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's "What's In My Neighborhood" map shows how important these grants are to local developers. Hundreds of properties, from ex-gas stations like the Linden Hills Famous Dave's restaurant to houses with leaky, disused heating oil tanks fill the map with brightly colored symbols. Along the area's major commercial corridors and nodes, a good proportion of the commercial properties are listed as having contamination or hazardous materials like asbestos.
Early this year, the City of Minneapolis and the State of Minnesota are expected to announce a new slate of recipients for their biannual environmental remediation grants.


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MetroFresh, which earlier announced plans to expand its footprint into the now-closed Jersey Mike's Subs space next door, will temporarily close beginning Feb. 10 as it begins the build out of the project.
The 7½-year-old eatery, which focuses on fresh foods for health-conscious consumers, expects to reopen sometime between Feb. 19 and Feb. 21, owner Mitchell Anderson told Midtown Patch.
The expansion comes as the restaurant has outgrown its space , Anderson said.
"It was dictated by our business, we were growing and we just didn't have the room to work," Anderson said.
The new footprint will be a total of 2,500 square feet. The renovated space will have a wine and cappuccino bar, a larger, more functional kitchen for two cook lines.
The expansion also will allow for more customer seating — 46 seats inside and 46 seats outside, he said.
The kitchen's expansion means longer breakfast times, he said.
Breakfast will now be served Monday through Saturday from 7 a.m. to the start of lunch at 11 a.m. and Saturday. Sunday brunch will be available 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The wine selections will expand, too.
Traditionally, MetroFresh offered two dinner specials, but Mitchell said he is looking at expanding the nighttime offerings, too.


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For a debut product, Samsung's Galaxy Gear is surprisingly robust: We like this smartwatch's good call quality, helpful notifications and long battery life. However, the Gear's true potential — running your digital life from your wrist — waits to be unlocked by third-party apps. There aren't many apps to choose from yet, but that doesn't mean we've found a few diamonds in the rough. Here are 10 of the best apps so far for the Samsung Galaxy Gear.
This note-taking app has been a staple on many users' phones, thanks to its intuitive interface, powerful syncing and collaboration abilities, and multimedia support. Evernote for the Galaxy Gear syncs with the phone app, allowing you to view your recent notes and checklists on the smartwatch. The app also lets you take photos using the Gear's camera or record audio, which it will automatically upload to your Evernote account as a new note.


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You foul the guy
Memphis would be the national champion today if it had fouled Kansas in the final seconds of regulation to prevent a 3-point shot that could (and did) tie the game and force overtime.
In Buzz Peterson's early days as Tennessee's basketball coach the Vols went through a horrible string of last-second losses. It seems the other team was always making a shot at the buzzer and often a 3-point shot. Thus the debate: if you're up three, do you foul to prevent the other team from tying the game with a 3-point basket? Peterson was kind of wishy-washy about the strategy, hesitant to be proactive, seeming to prefer to play the odds that the guy couldn't make a 3-point shot. I wasn't sure which way to lean on the strategy.
This past season, Bruce Pearl spelled it out so clearly why you commit the foul and don't let the other team shoot the trey that could tie the game.
If you do nothing, the other team has to accomplish only one task: make the 3-point shot.
If you foul, they have to accomplish several tasks: One, they have to hit the first free throw; two, they have to miss the second on purpose in such a way as to control the rebound; three, they have to get and make a shot. Wouldn't you rather force your opponent to accomplish three tasks instead of one?
Memphis, up 63-60, should have fouled Kansas. They say they tried. It didn't look like it. Mario Chalmers had to accomplish only one task and he did. Swish. Overtime. Cancel the parade on Beale Street.


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Is it too early to be talking about VP candidates in the waning days of February? Apparently not. On February 1st, 1964 (just over two months after the assassination of JFK) President Johnson openly discusses the the VP spot with Sargent Shriver. This discussion is part of a larger conversation between Johnson and Shriver wherein Johnson discusses a number of policy issues including the conflict in Vietnam. Specifically, Johnson admits that the United States government was responsible for the assassination of South Vietnamese leader Ngo Dinh Diem. The discussion of Vice Presidential selection occurs at about the halfway mark in this secretly recorded phone call.
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