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SCHOOLS & KIDSTeen arrested in Gunn graffiti case
Palo Alto police have arrested a 17-year-old and detained an 18-year old in a May 12 graffiti incident, which involved racist...Original post made on May. 30, 2014
Last comment by rick, on Jun 13, 2014 at 9:16 am | 9 comments | 4092 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUESOpen space district bond measure picks up yes votes
The latest vote count shows that Measure AA, the $300 million bond measure for the open space district, has picked up a lot...Original post made on Jun. 7, 2014
Last comment by Plain dumb, on Jun 13, 2014 at 9:06 am | 16 comments | 3973 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTOSanta Clara County rolls out ID card system for veterans
The estimated 85,000 veterans of the U.S. military in Santa Clara County will be eligible to receive photo identification...Original post made on Jun. 12, 2014
Last comment by Wonderful!, on Jun 13, 2014 at 9:03 am | 2 comments | 773 Views
AROUND TOWNBusiness group drops plan for sales-tax hike
An effort by a Silicon Valley businesses to place a tax measure for transportation projects on the November ballot skidded...Original post made on Jun. 11, 2014
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CRIMES & INCIDENTSStanford rules against expulsion in sexual assault case
Stanford University Wednesday afternoon ruled it will not expel a student found responsible of sexual assault, instead extending...Original post made on Jun. 11, 2014
Last comment by rick, on Jun 13, 2014 at 7:20 am | 19 comments | 4815 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDSCastilleja graduates 61 seniors
With crimson bouquets clutched close to crisp white dresses, 61 seniors took the stage amidst the faculty, staff and junior...Original post made on Jun. 8, 2014
Last comment by Aussie Aunt!, on Jun 13, 2014 at 7:14 am | 12 comments | 4525 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUESHappy Donuts to reopen under new management Thursday
When Palo Alto's Happy Donuts abruptly announced its closure last week, fans feared the end of an era. But now they can rejoice....Original post made on Jun. 9, 2014
Last comment by Duquesne, on Jun 13, 2014 at 12:12 am | 27 comments | 14946 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUESPalo Alto scraps neighborhood trash experiment
A pilot program to reduce residents' trash and make the sorting of waste simpler in one south Palo Alto neighborhood has...Original post made on Jun. 7, 2014
Last comment by Hywel from Wales, on Jun 13, 2014 at 12:08 am | 31 comments | 5306 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUESLocal Realtors dominate national rankings
The nation's top hotshot Realtors come from Palo Alto and Menlo Park, along with other local cities, according to a new report...Original post made on Jun. 22, 2012
Last comment by Rupert of henzau, on Jun 12, 2014 at 4:57 pm | 9 comments | 2339 Views
AROUND TOWNFairmeadow
Navigating through the endless sea of homes in suburban Palo Alto, one neighborhood stands out from the rest. The Fairmeadow...Original post made on Jun. 11, 2014
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SPORTSBank of the West Classic adds another top player to field
For the second time in four years, the Bank of the West Classic player field will feature four of the top 10 women's tennis...Original post made on Jun. 12, 2014
Last comment by randy albin, on Jun 12, 2014 at 11:54 am | 1 comment | 1291 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUESPalo Alto to consider appeal of Stanford's housing development
Stanford University hit an unexpected hurdle on Monday in its bid to build 180 housing units in College Terrace when the...Original post made on Jun. 10, 2014
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SCHOOLS & KIDSPaly algebra finals invalidated after cheating found
Palo Alto High School has invalidated the results of 112 final exams in Algebra 2 after two teachers noticed irregularities...Original post made on Jun. 5, 2014
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SCHOOLS & KIDSStreaking crackdown at Paly yields results
A crackdown on streaking at Palo Alto High School has reduced the count of violators from more than 100 in the 2012-13 academic...Original post made on Jun. 6, 2014
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MOVIESReview: 'Edge of Tomorrow'
The new Tom Cruise sci-fi action movie "Edge of Tomorrow" uses the narrative structure of a video game to present a "what-if"...Original post made on Jun. 11, 2014
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PALO ALTO ISSUESPalo Alto firms up stance in Cubberley negotiations
After publicly declaring its intention to stop paying the school district annual fees in exchange for a commitment not to...Original post made on Jun. 10, 2014
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RESTAURANTSFarm to play
Forest on First, with its in-restaurant jungle gym and farm-to-table fare, is the latest of the downtown businesses catering...Original post made on Jun. 6, 2014
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PALO ALTO ISSUESKaren Holman
More interesting things appeared today in the Daily Post regarding Karen Holman and money she has received from a developer...Original post made by Rupert of henzau on Jun. 11, 2014
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PALO ALTO ISSUESMayor Nancy Shepherd announces bid for reelection
Palo Alto Mayor Nancy Shepherd announced Wednesday that she plans to run for reelection in the City Council race this November,...Original post made on Jun. 4, 2014
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AROUND TOWNPalo Alto treads cautiously on housing policies
Facing a state mandate to plan for more housing, Palo Alto officials adopted this week a strategy for meeting the requirement...Original post made on Jun. 6, 2014
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The Barnesville School and BlackRock Center for the Arts recently unveiled a mobile created by the school's students with sculptor and actor Kevin Reese.
The mobile was unveiled Friday, Dec. 9, during a ceremony at BlackRock in commemoration of the theater's 10th anniversary.
BlackRock Executive Director Charlotte Sommers said the mobile would be on view in the theater's lobby through the remainder of the 2011-12 season.The mobile will be permanently installed in The Barnesville School's library on May 24, 2012, a BlackRock spokeswoman said in a press release.

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Athletics and Recreation director recognized for commitment to alumni engagement
By Craig Leroux, Senior Communications Officer
Leslie Dal Cin was named this year's recipient of the T. Geoffrey Flynn Advancement Champion Award in recognition of her commitment to alumni engagement. Ms. Dal Cin, Director of Athletics and Recreation, was presented with the award by Tom Harris, Vice-Principal (Advancement) at a ceremony held in the Athletics and Recreation Centre.
Ms. Dal Cin has been active throughout her time at Queen's in promoting alumni relations and philanthropy in connection with athletics and recreation, and this award provides particular recognition for her outstanding contributions to Homecoming 2013.
"Leslie strives for excellence in everything she does, and from the very beginning of our Homecoming planning she was focused on creating an unforgettable experience for our alumni," says Vice-Principal Harris. "She and her team went beyond expectations to deliver outstanding events and the result was a truly memorable and inspiring Homecoming for our alumni."
The many initiatives that Ms. Dal Cin and her team undertook included: ensuring that as many men's and women's teams as possible had home games scheduled during homecoming, so that alumni could attend; discounted alumni passes and tours of the Athletics and Recreation Centre were made available; and a special bus service was brought in to transport the Tri-Colour Guard (50+ reunion) and the 25th anniversary class.
"I am humbled to be the recipient of the 2013 Flynn Advancement Champion Award. Working with our alumni has been an incredible experience," says Ms. Dal Cin. "In sport, individual recognition comes as a result of the collective and focused efforts and energy of the entire team. In receiving the Flynn award I would very much like to acknowledge and thank the entire Athletics and Recreation team whose commitment and contributions are indelibly a part of our success on and off the field of play and in making this tremendous award possible."
The award was established in 2003 in honour of T. Geoffrey Flynn, a Queen's professor emeritus of biochemistry and a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, who contributed greatly to strengthening the ties between academics and philanthropy at Queen's. The award is presented annually to a member of the Queen's community who has made a significant contribution to linking advancement activities with excellence at Queen's.
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All-East Bay Volleyball Teams
By contracostatimesprepsportsstaff
Tuesday, December 30th, 2008 at 4:22 pm in Girls Volleyball.
The second and third teams didn't find their way into the print or online version of the All-East Bay volleyball stuff, so I've posted all three teams here on our blog.
S- Iris Tolenada, Deer Valley, Senior
H- Juliana Stivanicevic, Miramonte, Junior
H- Charlotte Brown, Las Lomas, Senior
H- Sydney Kordic, California, Senior
M- Grace Vickers, Amador Valley, Junior
L- Rachel Stier, Bishop O'Dowd, Junior
S- Sammi Buono, SRV, Senior
H- Sandra Foster, Deer Valley, Junior
H- Stacie Redmond, Castro Valley, Senior
H- Kelsea Ross, Miramonte, Senior
M- Brianna Vandersloot, SRV, Senior
L- Jamie Douglas, Granada, Senior
S- Katie Uglow, Granada, Senior
H- Nikki Baker, Amador Valley, Junior
H- Alex Shurtz, Campolindo, Junior
H- Krista Miller, California, Senior
M- Alexandra Lynch, Bishop O'Dowd, Sophomore
L- Ellie Cohen, Acalanes, Senior
MVP: Stivanicevic
COACH: Chris Wells, Miramonte
- Matt Smith
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Carrie Stambaugh
The Independent
A long-awaited project to add two floodwall murals documenting and preserving Ashland's rich multicultural heritage will begin next month.
The United Communities to Advance our Neighborhoods or UCAN initiative is funding the project, which seeks to preserve and celebrate Ashland's rich black history. The murals will be painted by local artist Jeremy Johnson on the floodwall behind the city's Transportation Center.
The first mural to be painted will feature six historic black churches in the area. The churches include New Hope Baptist Church, Johnson Memorial Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, Christ Temple Church, St. James, an African Methodist Episcopal church in Greenup County and an unnamed church in Russell.
A second mural will depict the 1947 class of Booker T. Washington School, an all-black school that existed before integration, along with other alumni and teachers. The basketball team and the marching band will also be depicted.
UCAN has been raising funds for the murals — expected to cost about $20,000 to install — for the last several years. "It has been a very long journey," said Brenda Martin, UCAN's founder and president. She said additional funds are still needed to fully fund both murals, but organizers wanted to get started with the first painting.
"We have faith that as people see them growing, they will want to support and be a part of this multicultural project," said Martin, "We are glad to see it happen and I believe the excitement will be shared with the area and they will come forth with the support."
"Jerry is a wonderful artist and I know he is going to bring a lot of vitality and color and artistic creativity to the walls and that area that has become a good attraction and a source of pride for the community," said Martin.
City of Ashland workers will prepare the wall for painting over the next few weeks, and Johnson is expected to begin his work Oct. 1, according to Martin. She hopes the first mural, depicting the churches, will be completed before winter.
That mural will be dedicated to the late Suffragan Bishop Elzy Thomas, who died earlier this year. Thomas, who led Christ Temple Church for more than half a century, was a vocal supporter of the project as well as an outspoken community advocate. He was also a 1950 graduate of the Booker T. Washington School.
Those who would like to donate to the project can do so through UCAN Inc., a nonprofit 501(c)(3). Donations are tax deductible. Checks can be mailed to UCAN at P.O. Box 104 Russell, KY 41169-0104. Those who send checks should note the donation is for the mural project. For more information, email Brenda Martin at email@example.com.
Silver and Gold Donors, those who give at the $500 and above level, are eligible to have their name and/or photo painted on the wall.


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The iPad Mini was something of a surprise when it arrived. I expected a device that would be great at media consumption, the perfect device for reading in bed or watching YouTube videos, but with its smaller screen, I didn't expect it to be as good at surfing the web or playing games more complicated than Angry Birds.
I was wrong.
The iPad Mini not only did these things well, it quickly became my go-to tablet for most tasks. The web browsing experience was the most pleasant surprise. Browsing on my Kindle Fire has always been a little awkward, with the 16:9 ratio delivering pages that were either too skinny or too short. The iPad Mini's screen is slightly larger, and more importantly, most web pages are designed for a 4:3 aspect ratio, which makes them a snug fit for the iPad Mini's display.
In fact, the iPad Mini was so comfortable to use, my iPad 4 began collecting some dust during the holidays. The iPad Mini is an iPad, and its quite capable of matching its bigger brother task-for-task.
In early January, I reached for the iPad 4 to check out a few new apps. I hadn't used it since before the holidays, and there was no specific reason to use the iPad 4 for this task, but it was right next to me and the iPad Mini was in the other room.
Have you ever had a favorite food that you went a while without eating and forgot (just a little bit) how awesome it was? That's how I felt with the iPad 4. Staring at that beautiful display, it struck me at just how big it was. And for the first time in a few months, that was a compliment.
And thus ended my brief love affair with the Mini. It's still a great device, and I often find myself recommending it. Apple definitely nailed the design and created a device that is good for much more than just media consumption. But there's no denying that the iPad 4 is still the best iPad.


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I'm Andy Smith, Assistant Brand Manager for Avalon Hill Games and regular competitor in the internal minis league since it began. You've read Steve's article and know about the format we're using, so let's jump ahead to the fun stuff.
My boosters netted me:
One rule Steve didn't explain last week that will be important when I talk about warband changes is that after a match each player gets to select and keep one miniature from the other's sideboard.
I tend to build around rares unless there's strong synergy among the other figs. The Village Priest boosts the Caravan Guards and Direguards, but I don't think it's enough to build a warband around. That made it a toss-up between using the Archmage or the Stone Giant (the Ghostly Consort wasn't in the running for lead position).
The Stone Giant is a solid piece with a lot going for him, but I decided the Archmage would be more interesting to play (also I hadn't opened one yet in my other boosters and wanted to keep him from being picked out of my sideboard!). I was a little nervous that I might not have the skill to pilot the Archmage to victory, but I figured there's no better way to learn than by actually using him.
The Archmage needed melee support, and the Feral Minotaur provided it. He won't last long against a determined assault with only 50 hp and 14 AC, but the combination of powerful charge and pounce is hard to resist, and regeneration will help a little. The highest commander rating available to me is a mere 3, so I'm not too concerned about the Minotaur being Disruptive.
The Caravan Guards are good figures, especially when backed by the Village Priest. I included them all to screen for the Archmage. The Priest also provides a valuable magic weapon for the Feral Minotaur and bless for everyone, as well as some healing.
The Bugbear Champion gave me a second commander, a damage boost if I destroy some opposing fodder, four uses of lesser frighten, and a decent attack.
At 200 points exactly, my warband stood at
Now for some games.
In the first week I played five matches. The highlights are covered below.
Game 1 (vs. Kevin Wilson, Associate Brand Manager, RPGs)
What better way to start the league than by taking on your immediate superior? Kevin brought
Round 1 -- I used a quick-cast dimension door and banished the Justice Archon. Kevin accused the Archmage of being broken.
Round 2 -- I cast Mordenkainen's Sword on Mina and maneuvered my troops.
Round 3 -- I cast Mordenkainen's Sword on the Werebear and charged the Feral Minotaur into Kevin's Bugbear Champion, which was destroyed by Pounce and Powerful Charge. His Werebear scored a critical hit against the Archmage but failed the conceal roll.
For the remainder of the game, the Caravan Guards stayed between the Archmage and Kevin's Werebear while I waited for the sword spell clock to run down and cast some empowered magic missiles just to keep busy. I won the game by a substantial margin.
Game 2 (vs. Mike Dunlap, Direct Sales)
Mike brought
Round 1 -- I was worried about those Wand Experts, so I pinged one with an empoweredmagic missile on my first activation and it routed off the board.
Round 2 -- I tried and failed to banish the Sword Archon, then quick cast dimension door back to what I thought was a safe position. Then the Sword Archon flew into base contact with the Archmage -- Oops. The Feral Minotaur missed the Werebear by 1 and proceeded to get beaten on by the Werebear, Hobgoblins, and an acid arrow. He ran for the exit (this would become a trend).
Round 3 -- Conceal 6 saved the Archmage from the Sword Archon's AoO as I moved out and cast Mordenkainen's sword as a parting gift. Mike's Sword Archon and Werebear started tearing through my fodder.
Round 4 -- Mike's Werebear received my second sword spell, but the Archmage took a nasty hit from the Sword Archon. All my remaining fodder went down, too, but at least I routed his last Wand Expert.
Highlight -- At this point I was reduced to just the Archmage with 5 HP. Mike's Sword Archon was doomed by the sword spell the moment it activated, and that would push me to victory. The Werebear, however, could reach the Archmage and probably kill him -- but it would drop below half HP when it activated.
Mike needed to make three rolls to win: a morale save on the bear when it activated, a successful attack on the Archmage, and a roll to defeat the Archmage's conceal. None of these was guaranteed, though the odds were in his favor on each roll. He succeeded at all three and won the match. I consoled myself by figuring that there was a cumulative 70% chance he'd have failed one of those rolls, so in some alternate universe I'm enjoying my victory.
Match 3 (vs. Adam Reeves, Customer Service)
Adam brought
Adam used his Longstrider Ranger to get tile points, so I didn't have to deal with that figure for most of the match. After he moved all his minis, I moved the Archmage to get LoS, quick cast dimension door, and dropped Mordenkainen's sword on his commander, the Cleric of Dol Arrah. My Caravan Guards tied up the Chraal while I fired wands and eventually cast sword on the Stone Giant. Adam plowed through most of my filler, but missed his chance to heal the commander, who was killed by the sword. I kept the Archmage out of the Stone Giant's way while shooting the occasional empowered magic missile at him. It was close, but I won when the Giant fell.
Match 4 (vs. Steven Montano, Finance)
Steven brought
For this match, I swapped out a Caravan Guard and the Bugbear Champion for a Xeph Warrior and the Ghostly Consort. The Xeph's job was to score tile points on the first round, and the Consort was there just because.
I hit the Orog with an acid arrow right off the bat and started scoring tile points immediately thanks to the Xeph. The next few rounds were spent picking off Hobgoblins and the Wrackspawn while also losing my Minotaur. The Orog took a second acid arrow but made his moral save. At that point, I held back a little, assuming that I could finish the Orog with empowered magic missiles. By the time I realized that I needed to use Mordy's sword against the Orog, it was too late. The Orog plowed through my Ghostly Consort and then the Chraal smashed my Archmage.
Match 5 (rematch vs. Mike Dunlap)
This was another loss, and not nearly as close as the first one. I'd rather not talk about it.
As impressive as the Feral Minotaur can be when charging, he just doesn't have enough staying power once the fight is joined. Also, even with a low commander rating, I found disruptive to be a bigger liability than expected, especially since the Archmage needs to take his turn at the most optimal time. The Ghostly Consort has good abilities and incorporeal can spoil the otherwise guaranteed damage of the Wand Experts, but 35 hp just isn't enough in this environment. The Caravan Guards are tough little guys for 5 points, but I think I need speed more.
With my record at 2-3, it was time for a radical overhaul. Fortunately, I'd been selecting figures from my opponent's sideboards with something in mind. It ran along these lines --
The core of the band is still the Archmage (it has to be, because my Stone Giant was taken by Steven). The Wand Expert can clear away screeners and provide some guaranteed damage. The Cleric of Dol Arrah's commander effect won't be any use, but he can help me win initiative, heal the Archmage, and cast several decent spells. The rest are for points, screening, and to control activations.
Next week we'll see how the changes work out.
In Other Developments (Steve Winter)
I didn't get in as many matches as Andy, playing only two in the first week. As a recap, here's my warband --
I was placing a lot of faith in the Village Priest's commander effect and the Barbed Devil's hold person spell.
In my first match (against Robert Mull, who works with me on the Avalon Hill website), I ran up against a warband that I really didn't want to see:
Three flyers, Conceal, Fire Foe, and only two humanoids in the bunch.
The match went badly right from the start. The Barbed Devil took a critical hit for 30 points, the Djinni flew in and based my Village Priest, and my Direguards could have had red strobe lights strapped to their heads for all the good conceal did them. My Xeph Warrior and a Direguard charged Rob's Wand Expert and both missed, allowing him to win the initiative and gun them both down with wands on the next round. I managed to rout the Chraal and had a shot at turning things around by routing the Ogre Mage with the Barbed Devil's frightful impale, but failed to penetrate the Ogre's conceal. The Barbed Devil never did get to cast hold person. My sole consolation was that in all the carnage, only one lowly Caravan Guard ran away. The rest of my boys died facing the enemy, at least.
My second match was against Steven Montano, who also played Andy earlier. This time, Steven brought
This time, I had humanoid targets for hold person, and that made all the difference.
The Barbed Devil paralyzed the Longstrider Ranger twice, allowing the Direguards to team up and finish it off in two rounds.
I foolishly moved my Village Priest within two spaces of Steven's Werebear in order to cast magic weapon on the Troll (the Troll was squared off against the Werebear and its DR). This was doubly foolish in that a) I just didn't see the danger because the VP was behind a statue and b) the Troll was standing on a magic circle, so it was dishing out magical damage anyway! One good smack from the Werebear and the Village Priest lit out for parts unknown, never to be seen again despite three rally attempts.
Happily for me, it didn't matter too much because by then everyone was in the fight. The Barbed Devil paralyzed Steven's Werebear and then my Troll ripped it to shreds in a single round. In a singular moment of heroism, one of my Caravan Guards killed an opposing Caravan Guard with a critical hit, then stepped forward to engage the other CG, who decided to withdraw -- and was killed by a second, consecutive critical hit from that same Guard!
While that was happening, however, the Dwarf Wizard was whittling down my Troll Slasher with lesser cold orbs. When I advanced it to engage the ferocious Stone Giant, Bigby's slapping hand was the trigger that finished off the Troll.
And the Stone Giant (that Steven had lifted from Andy!) truly was fearsome. If it got into a one-on-one against my Barbed Devil, I suspected I didn't stand a chance. I had one shot, and that was frightful impale. It paid off -- the Stone Giant routed. My remaining Direguard based Steven's Village Priest, who decided to withdraw in an effort to rally the Stone Giant. But the Direguard's AoO scored a third critical hit, killing Steven's commander and putting me over the top on points.
It was a very close-run affair. Had the Stone Giant not routed from the Barbed Devil's frightful impale, the game could easily have gone the other way.
After those two matches, I was seriously considering restructuring the warband around the Cleric of Dol Arrah and its commander bonus of 7 -- but Steven decided to do the same thing, and he selected the Cleric out of my sideboard. Now I'm looking at
I'm sure they'll get a trial very soon. In fact, Andy has challenged me to a match later this week (and I'm not at all keen about facing that Archmage) ...
About the Author
Steve Winter has enjoyed a long and lustrous career in the hobby gaming industry, beginning at TSR in 1981. He is currently a web producer and writer living in Seattle.
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Judge Blocks Haslam's Move to Lay Off 200 State Employees
A Nashville judge issued a restraining order Monday against Gov. Bill Haslam's plan to lay off more than 200 state workers this month, acting on a lawsuit filed by state employees.
From Andy Sher's report:
The suit charges top state officials violated provisions in law surrounding a 60-day notice for affected employees.
Circuit Court Judge Amanda McClendon granted employees' request for a restraining order and has scheduled a hearing for this coming Monday in the case, said attorney Larry Woods, who is representing the Tennessee State Employees Association and a group of individual state workers, including several from Hamilton County.
TSEA Executive Director Robert O'Connell said the suit was filed with "great reluctance" after last-minute meetings with state officials, including Human Resources Commissioner Rebecca Hunter, failed to produce results.
Contacted Monday night, Haslam Communications Director Alexia Poe said by email "it wouldn't be appropriate for us to comment on potential/pending litigation."
While the state provided the notices throughout April, officials did not comply with a section that says soon-to-be-fired employees be given "career counseling, job testing, and placement efforts," the suit says.
That's because the state's Department of Human Resources on May 9 took down the agency's Neogov online service that employees must use to find job openings and apply for them, according to state employees.
Hiring is now frozen and the site doesn't come back up until June 19 -- a day after 72 state Labor and Workforce Development workers are slated to lose their jobs following notices provided April 19.
Another 126 employees in the Department of General Services were given notice on April 25 that they were losing their jobs on June 28. The state is outsourcing management and maintenance of state office buildings to Chicago-based Jones Lang LaSalle, a real estate services firm.
Woods said the suit seeks to enjoin the Haslam administration from dismissing or terminating any state employees in the current reduction-in-force actions "unless they receive 60 days of career counseling, job testing and placement" services.
The suit says Haslam, Hunter, who is a former Hamilton County personnel director, and other state officials are running afoul of protections lawmakers inserted in Haslam's own 2012 civil service overhaul.
The state employees' group initially opposed the legislation, saying it would wreck protections and open the way to political patronage. But TSEA's O'Connell said the group accepted the bill after lawmakers inserted protections including the 60-day notice and the chance to move elsewhere within state government.
Note: News release from TSEA is below.
News release from Tennessee State Employees Association:
NASHVILLE, TN. - The Tennessee State Employees Association (TSEA) has filed a class action lawsuit in the Circuit Court of Davidson County against the State of Tennessee charging that the state violated Tennessee law by failing to give the legally required 60-day notice to hundreds of state employees being laid off before the end of this month.
On May 9th 2013, only days after lay-off notices were sent out, the state shut down its NeoGov job-posting site. By doing so, hundreds of laid-off state employees were deprived their right to 60 days of career counseling, job placement and job testing.
TSEA Executive Director Robert O'Connell said, "An intention of the 60-day notice was to provide laid-off state employees assistance finding other work, including work within state government. When the State shut down their NeoGov job-posting site on May 9th, they made these things unavailable to all those employees who had only gotten through the first one-third of their notice period."
The Association's Complaint seeks a proper 60-day notice, as provided by law, for any state employee who received a layoff notice on or around April 19th, 2013. The lawsuit contends that the state shut down its NeoGov job posting website portal on May 9th and posted a notice that states, "job postings are suspended until June 19th, 2013." TSEA asserts the 60-day notice provision of the Tennessee Excellence, Accountability and Management (TEAM) Act - Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-30-314 - was included by the legislature for the state to provide career counseling, job placement and job testing for laid-off state employees, therefore only the first 20 days of the 60-day notice issued to state employees on April 19th can be counted as effective notice.
Late yesterday afternoon, Circuit Court Judge Amanda McClendon issued a temporary restraining order (TRO), ordering the state not to dismiss any state employees in a layoff "until and unless said employees have received at least 60 days of notice during which a list and notice of open and available state jobs have been accessible by said employees" for job placement. The TRO will remain in effect at least until the June 17th, 2013 hearing on TSEA's request for a temporary injunction.
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Nation states, asserts the world-renowned business strategist Kenichi Ohmae, are dinosaurs waiting to die. In this profoundly important book Ohmae argues that not only have nation states lost their ability to control exchange rates and protect their currencies, but they no longer generate real economic activity. As a result, he maintains, they have already forfeited their role as critical participants in the global economy. Once efficient engines of wealth creation, nation states today have become inefficient engines of wealth distribution, whose fates are increasingly determined by economic choices made elsewhere. Ohmae contends that four great forces -- capital, corporations, consumers, and communication -- have combined to usurp the economic power once held by the nation state. In the first full-scale analysis of this global phenomenon, Ohmae explains exactly how communications now control the movement of capital and corporations across national borders, how demanding consumers determine the flow of goods and services, and how harmful government policies are increasingly disciplined by the actions of informed consumers, profit-seeking corporations, and currency markets. Old habits die hard and the habits of power die hardest of all. While governments cling to jingoistic celebrations of nationhood that place far more value on emotion-grabbing symbols than on the welfare of their citizens, Ohmae reveals that within their borders a revolution has been born. He documents how affluent economic zones forming natural "business units" have arisen throughout the world, bringing real, concrete improvements in the quality of life. These new engines of prosperity, which Ohmae calls region states, have emerged, for example, between San Diego and Tijuana, Singapore and parts of Malaysia and Indonesia, Silicon Valley and the Bay Area, and Hong Kong and the adjacent portion of the Chinese mainland. He describes how these region states, each inhabited by 5 to 20 million people, have closer links to other region states in the global economy than to their "host" nations, and constitute essential growing markets for the goods and services of global corporations. Ohmae concludes that the emergence of the region state changes deeply and forever the global logic that defines how corporations operate and how the governments of nation states understand their proper role in economic affairs. Managers and policymakers must remember that people came first, and borders came afterwards. This masterful analysis will redefine the workings of the global economy for generations to come.
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It's been 42 years since Bob Hartranft started coaching boys lacrosse at While the years tend to run together in his memory, there's one thing he's crystal clear about.
"You love every year," he said.
In a telephone interview Friday morning, from a bus headed for the state finals, Hartranft explained that each year is a little different. Some more successful than others, but each presents the same opportunity. Namely, to have fun, win as many games as possible, and teach life lessons to young men.
"I love being with the kids, they energize me," Hartranft said. "And winning is nice. But my goal as a coach is to teach them about more than wins and losses."
Win or lose Saturday morning, the 2011 Dalers season has fulfilled Bob Hartranft's expectations.
To be sure, the wins have come. After a rocky start, that is, during which the lacrosse team had to work on its defense to provide adequate backup to a high-energy run and gun offense. Since then the team's undefeated, plowing through the regular season and in the Long Island Regionals.
The win against West Islip was particularly big, since Farmingdale was playing a program that had destroyed them a year ago. "I went on record last year saying that they were the best high school team I ever played, and I'd coached against five Ward Melville championship teams," Hartranft said. "The only people who thought we could play against them was us. But we had a lot of players back and felt we matched up well. "
Turns out the Dalers were right, and everyone else was wrong.
This is not the first time a Hartranft-coached team has taken it to the states -- there was 1991, and more recently in 2003, when Farmingdale came up just short of the state championship, losing in the final minutes against Geneseo. That was back when Matt Danowski, Farmingdale's all-time leading scorer and later Duke All-American, played.
"This year is a significant run, obviously, like the 2003 team," said Hartranft. "But sometimes you get a team you don't expect to get there, the 2004 team. We lost a lot of players to graduation, but we did well with a bunch of overachievers."
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One of the best assignments I've ever had was a piece I did a few years back on Savanna Samson. You may be familiar with part of Savanna's work—probably the part that has to do with her being one of the world's biggest porn stars. But in recent years she's begun to explore a different area of passion: winemaking. My assignment? Figure out if she's the real deal (as a winemaker, that is—her porn credentials are unassailable) and write about the experience. My research for this basically entailed drinking a lot of wine with a gorgeous and notoriously sexually voracious celebrity and talking fermented grape juice. I was a wee bit excited. Kind of like a kid in a candy store. If candy stores had giant, gorgeous tits in the window and a serious case of fuck-me eyes.
So if you are lucky enough to be in the presence of a porn star and find yourself turning into a fumbling fool, do yourself a favor and bear the following rules in mind.
It's common knowledge that porn chicks lose all self-control around pizza deliverymen. Ditto for pool boys, men in uniform and guys with Tom Selleck mustaches. Should you encounter any of these types while out with a porn chick, you need to whisk her away immediately…or risk losing her for the next 22 minutes.
There are a number of factors that determine how quickly an individual will be affected by alcohol, body weight being first and foremost among them. For instance, it only takes two drinks for a 120-pound woman to be considered legally intoxicated, but a 200-pound man requires double that amount to breach a breathalyzer's red zone. That's why whenever drinking with a lady I always size her up to get an idea how much booze she can reasonably throw back without becoming a puddle. Puddles, by definition, being messy and hard to transport to the next bar—let alone my bed. But here's something else I've learned: Porn stars throw a bit of a wrench into the equation. That's because once you take into account such artificial additives as breast implants, collagen injections, tattoo ink, hair extensions, body piercings and fuck-me pumps, the average porn chick's net body mass is at least 15 to 20 pounds less than her gross weight. So keep that in mind, because the line between her blowing you and her blowing chunks can be a thin one, my friend.
If she wants to talk about it, she'll bring it up. And there's a good chance she doesn't want to talk about it. Because guess what everyone who meets her wants to know about? Don't be just another one of the predictable masses. If you want to know what her work is like, Google it after you get home.
Believe it or not, not every porn star you meet is necessarily someone you're going to want to hang out with. Like all professions, however, the people at the top of it are doing something noticeably different than the writhing faceless masses below them. For every poised, sophisticated Savanna Samson, there are 17,000 dim-witted, drug-addicted train wrecks. This latter group needs love and compassion, not a booze-fueled night on the town, followed by an attempt to recreate the therapy breakthrough scene in Deep Throat.
Like a moth to a flame, that guy. But if you see him, run for the hills, because in all likelihood, that deviant bastard's already fucked her, and who wants to go there? Plus, nothing kills the mood faster than Charlie Sheen, anyway.
The Imbiber is Dan Dunn, the country's preeminent rockstar booze writer. His upcoming book, Living Loaded: A tale of sex, salvation and the pursuit of the never-ending happy hour, will be released by Random House in January 2011.


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The name Warlocks has a special place in the annals of RocknRoll. It was the name of the band formed by Lou Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison and Angus MacLise just prior to the formation of the Velvet Underground. It was also the name of a seminal Haight Ashbury band that would eventually metamorphose into the Grateful Dead. And then there is the subject of this review, the shambolic, revival-tent siblings of Los Angeles Brian Jonestown Massacre.
These Warlocks have been assembling a history of their own. This seven piece rock band has shaken up the Los Angeles bar scene with heavy, garage-psych powered by two drummers and three guitars. Releases on Bomp and Birdman followed in relatively quick succession. The band decided to go for the brass ring and hired producer Tim Rothrock to man the controls on their first release for Mute entitled
. Fingers got caught in the brass ring and the band was forcibly ejected from their ride.
Heavy Deavy Skull Lover
is the record that was created in the aftermath of their dismount. The band has splintered, reduced to a four piece. Although this might be considered their weakest set of songs, it is by far their best record. The pretense of past ambitions and the contrivances that accompany them have been stripped away and the band is simply playing music for the pleasure of it. This is deeply psychedelic music filigreed in grime. Strangely, they have assimilated a bit of Radiohead. There is a raft of sinister arpeggiated guitar lines, the sort that Jonny Greenwood is so fond of. Some of the vocals have the abdicative murmur, although certainly not the range of, Thom Yorke. This record meanders and it is the better for it.
- Jesse Srogoncik, February 6th, 2008
The Warlocks The Warlocks (Bomp, 2000)
The Warlocks Rise And Fall (Bomp, 2001)
The Warlocks Phoenix EP (Birdman, 2002)
The Warlocks Phoenix Album (Birdman, 2002)
The Warlocks Phoenix [UK] (Mute, 2003)
The Warlocks Surgery (Mute/Birdman, 2005)
The Warlocks Heavy Deavy Skull Lover (Tee Pee, 2007)
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October 13, 2012
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) - The U.S. Department of Energy is now overseeing a lonely landmark off the Virginia coast that for decades has guided ships into the Chesapeake Bay.
The Chesapeake Light Tower is a 120-foot-tall platform 13 miles east of Virginia Beach that resembles an oil rig. It was built in 1965.
The Virginian-Pilot reports that the tower will be outfitted with equipment and scientific instruments to chart wind patterns and other conditions. Energy department officials say it is part of efforts to develop offshore wind energy in the Atlantic Ocean. Scientists also will study wave and tidal energy.
Officials say the department assumed oversight of the tower in late September, taking over custodial duties from the Coast Guard. The hope is for the tower to be operational in the next year.


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Carol Pinchefsky, Contributor
I mean business about science fiction and geek culture.
Guild Wars 2 (GW2) started off with a bang, with more than one million gamers playing over the three-day Headstart, and over 400,000 of us online at once. That's quite a success. Almost too much of one. Gamers found themselves in the overflow server, rather than the servers of their choice–and the choice of their buddies. This left many believing that they would have to game on their own, as the overflow server would prevent them from being able to slay fiends with friends.
Not so, says ArenaNet.
ArenaNet told me, "[The overflow feature] is not intended only for solo play–in addition to running around with other people you can travel in overflow servers with your party members as well. Overflow servers will keep parties together, and players will be able to travel to the same overflow server as any friend or guild member who is also in an overflow."
There was some confusion about the overflow servers during pre-launch. Understandably, as it turns out. "Unfortunately, during Headstart, some bugs prevented this from working as intended."
But when it is working as intended, here is the procedure: "If players need to meet up in the same overflow, they simply need to be in the same map and right click their party member's portrait and select 'Join in.'"
In this way, guildies can share their war stories while waiting for their home world to open up and let them in.
Great in theory except the bugs that were in beta persists. From day one of the head start wyself and all of my guild mates have had various problems with this feature.
You go into an instance as a group come out and your in different overflow servers. You use a way point to join your friends in another area, you go to a different over flow server.
You make a part and click join to transfer to your friends overflow server. Nothing happens.
This is not all the time but it does happen a LOT.
From what we have worked out it looks like you can't join them if the over flow server they are in is full it wont let you join. Unfortunately it doesn't tell you that it just does nothing.
The best way to get together is to way point to an area that doesn't have an overflow, like a capital city, get together and then all map back at the same time to where you want to quest.
I'm sure that they will fix this issue soon but its not right to say that it is working properly at the moment as it isn't.
Other than that the game is awesome. :D
Hmm actually maybe you should read your own articles. :D
But Overflow Servers is the reason why I can't play with my friends to begin with.
They could have easily implemented a Channel System for far better results.
Instead I have to constantly log in and log out just to try and get into the same over flow as my friends, this has lead up to 10+ minutes of just dicking around trying to get us all in the same server.
So like it or not, overflow is a terrible idea. It doesn't work the way it was intended, EVER. Join in has never once worked for me.
This is a problem, Anet should be criticized for it.
Thanks for taking the time to get your facts straight.
Thanks for the information. I got into the game a tad late and wasn't exactly sure what was going on; this sheds light on things nicely.


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Five Celebrities We'd Like To See On Fox's New Dating Show 'The Choice'
May 4th, 2012 10:20am EDT
The web has been buzzing since yesterday after the Fox network announced it was launching a new dating show with celebrities in spinning chairs.
"The Choice" will feature stars going on blind dates and choosing their partners by listening to them with their backs turned towards them. It's a take on NBC's popular singing competition "The Voice." It's also reminiscient of "The Dating Game."
A celebrity will pull on a "love handle" to turn around and come face-to-face with his date. If more than one star turns, the contestant chooses who to go on a date with.
The network hasn't released the names of the famous men who will be participating on the program. So we came up with a (slightly unrealistic) dream list.
Our first choice? Bradley Cooper. Someone needs to heal his broken heart after his split with Zoe Saldana. So, how do we apply to get on the show?
(Go to the next page to see who else we'd pick...)
Ashton Kutcher
He's single and looking. Since his break up with Demi Moore he's been linked to a few ladies, including his ex "That 70s Show" co-star Mila Kunis.
Taylor Lautner
The "Twilight" star has hooked up with country pop star Taylor Swift and reportedly dated British beauty Lily Collins. He has also been hanging around with his ex-girlfriend Sara Hicks. But no one seems to stick.
Gerard Butler
The Scottish hunk has been linked to several Hollywood beauties, including his The Bounty Hunter co-star Jennifer Aniston and Cameron Diaz. But he hasn't yet found "the one."
Somehow he snagged George Clooney's ex-girlfriend Elisabetta Canalis, but they are no longer a couple. Think how hilarious it would be to see him on the show (and he'd probably do it, too!)
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Kelly Phillips Erb, Contributor
I cover tax: paying tax is painful but reading about it shouldn't be.
The United States pays more in taxes than other developed countries.
It's more expensive to do business here than anywhere else.
You've heard those kinds of statements before, right? It's been drilled into our consciousness – especially in an election year. But is it true?
Not so says KPMG. The accounting giant conducted a major study of the general tax competitiveness of fourteen countries with an emphasis on the climate in 55 major international cities. The study took into consideration the relative corporate income tax, capital tax, sales tax, property tax and miscellaneous local business tax burdens of those countries, along with the statutory labor costs. Here's how the fourteen countries in the study measured up, from least tax burdened to most:
For purposes of the study, KMPG used a score of 100 as the benchmark; the United States was assigned that score. India's score came in at 49.7, which means that total tax costs are about half of that in the United States. In contrast, France's score was 179.7, meaning that tax costs are about 80% higher in that country than in the United States.
No U.S. city made the top ten least tax burdened cities list, though Canada locked up three spots. The Indian city of Chennai took the top spot and the Russian city of Saint Petersburg rounded out the list:
The top ranked U.S. city (remember, we're talking least tax burdened at the top) was Cincinnati – yes, Cincinnati – which came in 16th. Hot on its heels to round out the top 20 were Baltimore, Cleveland, Atlanta and Pittsburgh. My own Philadelphia ranked middle in the study (which sure surprised me) since the chatter about the tax burden in the City of Brotherly Love is pretty brutal.
Of course, there's a lot of wiggle room in the study, as KPMG acknowledges. Tax burdens can vary by industry, the underlying cost of doing business and by how the taxes are weighted.
The study has lots of good stuff for tax geeks (yes, I could go on and on) so expect a follow-up piece in the next day or so. You can check out the study in its entirety here (downloads as a pdf).
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Hi Kelly….
I would rather be happy to pay double tax to United States despite paying half of its in India, if I could do a business in US.. waiting for your follow-up piece..
Did you know that cheese costs 3 times the price in Canada as it does in the US? That's according to an NPR newscast this morning. Blame the high cost on a complicated Canadian tariff/quota program to support dairy farmers. Canada has numerous measures in place to protect "Canadian content", from cell phone service providers to mutual fund managers. Even cars assembled in Canada for sale throughout North America cost more in Southern Ontario, where the assembly plants are located, than in South Carolina, often thousands of dollars more. I don't suppose these protectionist measures were considered in the KPMG tax study.
Who paid for this study? Is it merely another Chamber of Commerce effort to get governments in the US to lower corporate tax rates?
In spite of the tremendous savings Canadian employers realize because of the country's national health insurance program, Canadian retail prices are generally higher or even much higher than US ones and that is before their high goods and service tax (13% in Ontario).
If US politicians really want to get the US economy moving, they need to figure out a way to redirect a big chunk of military spending to programs that help prepare young people for a 21st century economy and to bring cost effective medical care to all Americans. Maybe they could start with a program that would cost taxpayers little or nothing: impose new strict secular education standards and oversight on religious schools to make sure that these schools are not turning out functional illiterates. Read about Chaim Levin's religious education at Huffington Post or at his blog, Gotta Give 'Em Hope. A mind is still a terrible thing to waist.
Chennai, India tops the list of "least tax-burdened" cities in the world! Now, this is unbelievable!!!
Global companies such as the German owned Schaeffler Companies has been paying taxes and operating a successful business for years. In fact they just sold Continental at a profit.
It's hardly a surprise France comes in dead last. The French have
persuaded themselves that the path to prosperity is to work less
and pick their neighbors pockets. If California had its own independent
ranking, it would also be right at the bottom.
This is an interesting study done by KPMG. Does it make anyone wonder why? I feel that the complex tax code of the United States adds to this study tremendously. I am currently studying the tax code and have came to realize that is is extremely difficult to interpret. I feel that the United States would rank much higher on this list if the tax code was easier to understand. Does anyone agree? If you disagree, please comment and explain why.
I think to have apples to apples you would have to consider how health care and education are paid for (possibly other things like trash pickup, water and sewer, etc).
As long as US is major military power, we are not going to be the lowest taxed country. On the other hand if we stepped back and surrendered air and naval supremacy we might end up with a more dangerous and expensive world in the long run.
Apparently you know a thing or two about taxes. So why are you w/ Forbes? As you know his so called "flat tax" is as flat as Dolly Parton, because it completely eliminates certain types of income from any taxation whatsoever.
That's not flat.
And — while we cant expect you to rat out Forbes, because he pays your salary, why not expose the goofy Fairtax hustle http://fairtaxgoofy.blogspot.com/
The KPMG report clearly mentions that India scores high dues to the low labor costs. I am sure many of the other countries have similarly low labor costs. France obviously scores badly in this metric. I believe your article should highlight this fact, as it is the fundamental reason for such a ranking. Not everyone will have time to read the pdf report.
We complain about the amount of taxes we pay every year and America is no where near one of worse taxed countries throughout the world. Is this a good thing, or does it just seems good is the question? Just because America is not at the bottom does not mean this is great information. The countries that come after America, may be over taxing their citizens more for additional things that there country may value. So this make you think. Are we being over taxed here in America? Are there to may taxes on things that should not be taxed? Compared to the market, I think so. There is no reason why America should not be number 3 or 4 on this list. Right there along with Canada and Mexico; which are our neighbors. Every once in a while you heard about more implications on taxing goods, services, etc. Our people wonder how can be able to afford things when we are constantly being double taxed. So, KPMG found some interesting information, but things feel bad in America; just imagine worse for other citizens in other countries.
I believe this article is capturing only a small portion of the whole picture. I don't know if this is the case, but the study should have included a) Inflation, b) exchange rate, c) cost of living, and d) medium income. And the reason why: as Americans we rank in the bottom of the list which is good news, but we also have high inflation, cost of living in the US is far more expensive than India or even France. We pay for everything, from health care to education, where in France these services are paid for by the government with the income from taxes. Counting for these economic determinants, the proportion of our income paid to taxes is far exceeding income paid to taxes in the other countries in the list. Also, as many of you mentioned, the degree of difficulty in our tax code makes it harder to compare us to other countries.
Hi, Kelly
China really has least tax burden? I'm afraid I can't agree with you. In China, when you go shopping, buy grocery or eat outside, the money you pay for is the total price. It means the tax is combined with the cost. You don't know the exactly amount of taxes you paid for, not to mention the tax burden. Also, it will cost you about 2 million Yuan which is about 0.31 million dollars to buy an apartment (not a house) just about 100 square meters in China.
This study compares the corporate income tax, capital tax, sales tax, property tax and other tax burdens of fourteen countries. Among these countries, China is among the least tax burdened countries. However, I am not sure whether it's ture or not. When I came to America, I have found that everything I bough needs additional tax and different cities have different tax rates. If I calculate this, it must be a large amount of taxes. I don't mean that you needn't to pay the tax in China, but the sales tax is combined in the products and we even don't how much tax we pay for the product. So when we go to shopping in China, many people don't consider about the tax issues. And I guess that's the problem, and some people may think that the tax burden is not so heavy. I think maybe China can learn from many developed countries such as USA, it should make the tax clear for citizens and so that we can know our taxes better.
I found this article interesting, especially when you constantly read that big businesses are sending jobs over seas, because the taxes here are too high. Though we did not make the top ten, Tax Girl made a valid point that some U.S cities made the top twenty. I think we should look closer into what further contributors lead businesses to outsource in other countries verses their own, especially since we are the "consumer nation." Furthermore, we need more manufacturing jobs here in the United States to bring back the working middle class.
I found this article interesting, especially when you constantly read that big businesses are sending jobs over seas, because the taxes here are too high. Though we did not make the top ten, Tax Girl made a valid point that some U.S cities made the top twenty. I think we should look closer into what further contributors lead businesses to outsource in other countries verses their own, especially since we are the "consumer nation." Furthermore, we need more manufacturing jobs here in the United States to bring back the working middle class.
My friends post a status recently. She is surprised the sale tax in Shanghai is 16%, which sale tax in California (where she lives for 3 months) is only 9%. So i think China is the 3rd of the most tax friendly country in the world is not true. When you buy things in China, you cannot tell how much is the tax. The price you pay for the goods is already include tax. Compare the price of the same thing between the U.S and China. China has higher price than America( after tax).
I found this article interesting, especially when you constantly read that big businesses are sending jobs over seas, because the taxes here are too high. Though we did not make the top ten, Tax Girl made a valid point that some U.S cities made the top twenty. I think we should look closer into what further contributors lead businesses to outsource in other countries verses their own, especially since we are the "consumer nation." Furthermore, we need more manufacturing jobs here in the United States to bring back the working middle class
It is become common that some company register in the low tax country or tax haven. Some rich people even want to give up their citizenship to move to some lower tax paying country. They have the right to do so, and it is not only happens in America. But on another hand, the more tax should bring more benefit to people. If the benefit and the tax don't match, how should government attractive people to stay here and pay government tax? It also should be considered that how much tax people pay also depends on the developed level of the country, if most people can not afford to pay that much tax, there must be some problem with government.
As a young employee who wants to work internationally, I found this article very interesting. I was surprised to find that Canada had three cities listed in the top ten. I have seen different articles that rate these cities as some of the most expensive in the world to live in even with their low tax rates. I was wondering if the tax burden in these cities might be lower in order to offset the high cost of living?
while this country is Taxed at an unprecedented rate we are loosing all our freedoms at the same ratio. Obama may just assimilate 11 million minimum illegal immigrants causing a large drain on taxes combined with the giving military planes and possibly Tanks to Egypt that is under the muslim brotherhood who is a terrorists group but hey why hold a grudge. now we bail out huge corporations and lets forget free market thats not American anyway. this is just a few reasons we pay taxes of insane rate. on the attack on 1st 2nd and 14th amendment by a man who swore to protect them doesn't matter either so well America is a new country how you enjoy it folks I am not staying to see what happens. wishing you the best with taxes and all.
Ha-ha. France is on the list of tax friendly countries. What a joke. Is this why Gérard Depardieu ran away from there. This is, people, a very good example why nobody wants to read these publications anymore.
I like that Canada is on the second place. Is this why people there work 7-8 months a year to pay all kinds of feudal taxes, so that the rest of the year they would pay tripple the price of what they can buy south of the border? What is this, some comedy club or something?
LOL, the UK does NOT have a lower tax rate than the usa:http://ctj.org/ctjreports/2013/04/the_us_continues_to_be_one_of_the_least_taxed_of_the_developed_countries.php
This list is hugely flawed. The U.S. Continues to Be One of the Least Taxed of the Developed Countries
Great article–but why isn't Ireland on the list? Based on Forbes articles such as Martin Sullivan's "If Ireland Is Not A Tax Haven, What Is It?" and Robert M. Wood's "Twitter Follows Apple, Google And Facebook To Irish Holy Grail", not to mention Kurt Badenhausen's "Ireland Heads Forbes' List Of The Best Countries For Business",* Ireland's tax structure merited some review in KPMG's study and should have been high on the list–or at least some explanatin as to why it was not included.
*For example, Badenhausen notes "Ireland ranks near the very top for low tax burden".


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University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown students attending the fifth annual University of Pittsburgh Model European Union took top honors. This year's event was held on the UPJ campus.
Model European Union team members Nathan Darrigo representing Austria and Jesper Nielsen representing Poland won their respective categories by each being the top delegate. Tyler Long representing Cyrus won an honorable mention and Matt Leonard won an award for excellent chairing.
Students from East Stroudsburg, Washington and Jefferson, Georgia Tech, the University of Pittsburgh, and UPJ were charged with resolving a complicated technical and political agenda such as the seven-year European budget. Each student delegate played the head of government of a European Union member state and performed as closely as possible to the real world scenario.
Expert judges, included Harald Guenther, Austrian Deputy Ambassador to the U.S., as well as faculty from different U.S. universities, evaluated to what extent the students were "in character" (acting like the real representatives of their country), how well they speak and how professional they act, as well as how well they knew the subject matter and how much they contributed to the resolution of the matter at hand.
Dr. Reinhard Heinisch, UPJ assistant professor of political science and director of international studies, is the faculty advisor.
Founded in 1927, the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown is a four-year, degree-granting college of the University of Pittsburgh. The university offers more than 40 majors and is known for its engineering technology, education, humanities, and natural and social sciences degree programs. UPJ has been ranked "Third in the North" among public comprehensive colleges and universities, northern region, by U.S. News and World Report, America's Best Colleges, 2007.