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The role of Disability Services (DS) is to determine reasonable and appropriate accommodations for students with disabilities as outlined in Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. In determining who is eligible for accommodations, DS reviews relevant medical and psychometric documentation of the student's disability. When deciding what accommodations would be reasonable for a student with a disability, DS is careful not to offer an accommodation to a student which may violate the integrity of the course or fundamentally alter an essential component of the course. DS strives to ensure the civil rights of our students with disabilities while at the same time protecting institutional standards.
In keeping with federal and university policies and with best practices, the following items should be considered in an attempt to create a welcoming classroom environment for students with disabilities. Syllabus Statement Please include the following statement on each course syllabus and read it aloud during the first week of each term.
If you need course adaptations or accommodations because of a disability, please contact me as soon as possible. BallState's Disability Services office coordinates services for students with disabilities; documentation of a disability needs to be on file in that office before any accommodations can be provided. Disability Services can be contacted at 765-285-5293 or email@example.com .
While it is always best for students to communicate early in the term, we may not put dates or deadlines on legal rights. Should a student request an accommodation, indicate that you will be able to discuss that when he/she has presented you with a letter from the Disability Services office. Accommodation Letters Faculty members are under no obligation to provide any accommodations to a student until the student presents the faculty member with a letter of accommodation from the DS office. Before determining what accommodations would be appropriate for a student, DS meets with the student and reviews disability documentation that must be age-appropriate, comprehensive, and must clearly diagnose a disability. Accommodation letters will be on DS letterhead and contain three elements: 1. Verify the student's disability 2. List appropriate accommodations 3. Describe options for the administration of accommodated tests When the student presents you with this letter, the two of you should meet to determine the method for the provision of these accommodations. The two of you may agree that you will provide these accommodations in an appropriate setting (possibly your office or the departmental office). Or, if you and the student agree, you may utilize the accommodated testing program offered through the Learning Center (NQ 350). Procedures have been developed at the Learning Center to maintain test security and the standards set by you and the university. Contact the Learning Center, 285-3779, for more information about their test administration procedures.
Auxiliary aids The DS office coordinates such services as notetakers, books in alternative formats, and sign language interpreters. We may ask you to share a copy of your class notes, if possible, or to assist in finding a notetaker for a student.
inQsitThe inQsit testing system, which can be restricted to the secure testing labs or used at the Learning Center, is certified accessible and automatically adjusts test times to accommodate those students registered withDS.
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What do you do if you're an entrepreneur with an idea that might set the world on fire—and no way to reach partners, venture capitalists or potential customers?
Startup Maryland is a statewide initiative that helps entrepreneurs and innovators bring their ideas to fruition with the Pitch Across Maryland bus, a vehicle equipped with a studio to help business people make video "pitches."
The Pitch Across Maryland bus made a stop at bwtech@UMBC, the incubator complex adjacent to the University of Maryland, Baltimore County on Sept. 19.
"We want to put the spotlight on entrepreneurs, to give them a bigger megaphone," said Startup Maryland co-chair Mike Binko. "You never know who's out there—a partner or investor who can help you get to the next level."
Ten entrepreneurs were selected to make pitch videos during the stop at UMBC. Startup Maryland is sponsoring a contest on Youtube for participants to vote on the best ideas and the best pitches, said Julie Lenzer Kirk, co-chair of Startup Maryland.
"We're helping to bring resources together," she said.
Gov. Martin O'Malley was on hand to welcome the bus at UMBC.
"Here in Maryland, we have tremendous assets and a tremendous amount of talented people who are creating the new ways to figure out not only how to feed, fuel and heal this world of ours, but how to create jobs in the process of addressing those challenges we face," O'Malley said.
Bwtech@UMBC is a complex with more than 90 young and emerging companies that employ about 1,500 people, and includes technology, cybersecurity and life sciences businesses.

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Parsing important email from junk is the first workday task many face.
Winnowing the inbox on the way to work can reduce the tedium, especially if you don't have to stare at the screen.
One such solution is Talkler -- a free iOS app that lets you listen to, delete, reply, and manage email accounts using voice commands.
The app -- which is compatible with Apple's VoiceOver screen reader -- was designed to make email functions more accessible to persons who are blind or visually impaired. Talkler can also help persons with limited mobility or commuters seeking hands-free email access.
Talkler's voice recognition function resides within iOS and not, as with most systems, in a Cloud-based loop. This makes for faster and more secure processing.
Downloading & Using Talkler
You can download Talkler from the App Store. On the first launch, the app walks you through the account setup process and connects your email accounts. You must view and accept the license agreement and enter your name, email address, and password.
If you have an AOL, Gmail, Hotmail, iCloud, or Yahoo account, Talkler auto-fills information that ISP account users are prompted to enter manually, e.g. incoming or outgoing servers.
Talkler's "Settings" menu offers customization options, such as speech rate, pitch, voice command sensitivity, and how frequently it checks for new emails. You can also specify which email information Talker reads, including email recipient names and attachments.
While Talkler can be used hands-free, headphones are recommended to mute distortion from background noises.
Talkler Voice Commands & Gestures
To use Talkler, say "Hey Talkler" to alert the app and precede each spoken command with that phrase. The Tips tab lists all voice commands. Asking "What Can I Say?" speaks the list aloud.
Talkler voice commands include:
- "Read my emails"
- "Play the next email"
- "Record a reply"
- "Delete"
- "Mark unread"
- "Check for new mail."
In addition to voice commands, Talkler supports onscreen gestures, including TapAnywhere, a set of tap-toggle-controls located in the center of the screen.
With TapAnywhere, users can tap to pause playback and tap again to resume or swipe anywhere onscreen to move to the next email. There's also a pinching gesture -- like crumpling and tossing out a piece of paper -- that deletes emails.
The TapAnywhere feature frees low-vision users from having to find and press tiny buttons.
Reading, Replying to, & Deleting Emails
To play emails in your inbox, say, "Hey Talkler." A microphone icon appears above the "Talkler Tips" button. Then say, "Play my emails."
Talkler begins at the top and reads each email in descending order. As the app reads, words are displayed in oversized, auto-scrolling teleprompter text that remains in sync with the audio.
After Talkler reads each email, it prompts you for an action, e.g. "Delete this email," "Reply," or "Restart this email.
Talkler email replies are audio MP3 files, not text, but rather recorded messages similar to voicemail that require no proofreading.Prompts tell you to start and end the recording, after which, the app will ask whether or not to send the email.
If using IMAP, the inbox of your iOS device will reflect all actions taken in Talkler, e.g. delete an email in Talkler and it disappears off your iPhone. Otherwise, device emails must be deleted manually.
To delete emails from the inbox on your device, tap "Edit" in the upper right corner, double tap to select emails you wish to delete, and then tap "Delete" at the bottom of the screen.
Talkler Requirements & Compatibility
Talkler 1.0.3 is optimized for the iPhone 5. It works on the iPhone (3GS and up), iPad, and iPod touch (3rd generation and up). The app requires iOS 5.1 or later. File size: 126 MB.
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Ricky Barnes Checks In With Oakley On The Forthcoming 2010 US Open Championship
Oakley caught up with our top head-to-toe PGA player Ricky Barnes recently, and one thing is for certain, Ricky Barnes is a special breed. Having grown up in Northern California it seems almost ironic that after coming so close at last year's US Open he might just see redemption on a course so close to where he grew up.
Crown Jewel of Oakley Pro/Am Series Goes Off
Settled along the Northern California coastline is a gorgeous resort called, the Ritz Carlton at Half Moon Bay, and for the last five years it has been home to the Oakley NorCal Shootout Pro/Am stop. And this year like all the ones prior was nothing short of top notch, but this time it would go down as the best one ever!
Biggest Week of Oakley Golf Ever
Oakley golf had its single biggest showing ever at a Grand Slam tournament on the PGA Tour at the 109th US Open.


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A blase sequel. Starkiller is either resurrected or successfully cloned [even though it is stated, and shown in other novels, that Jedi clones never turn out ok.] Thankfully there was enough stuff happening that the stupid characters didn't get in the way. Ends with Starkiller and his lady friend running off. It doesn't make sense, so powerful a force user unsensed by the Emperor and not completely hunted down by Vader. The story was weak, Starkiller is an extremely 2d character and while there are cameos of future greats, they come across as the sops to fans that their appearance really is. Books like this are what will destroy the Star Wars line.
The first thing to note is that this book is a sequel. It's kind of obvious from the name, but it would have helped to have read the previous story, or to have properly played the game the previous novel was based on prior to reading this. While it did make sense knowing only the skeleton plot of the last book, I feel that mch of the feelings we had for the characters would have been very much amplified by the previous story, as it is then that we learn most about them (As it is, I've only read summaries of the previous story).
Disregarding the story for a moment, the writing itself is fantastic. The narrative flow is smooth for the most part, and when it does jump, it's deliberate and suspense building.
There are a few sections that I thought didn't fit in with the rest of the Star Wars universe, understandable in what must be one of the biggest fictional universes, but sometimes awkward. The biggest one in this book is the ending, which would drastically change the story of the original Trilogy. Although this simply suggests a sequel to bring the story inline with the rest of the super-series. But other than that, although I remember thinking "That seems wrong" at the time, they were small enough for me to not remember what it was that was wrong.
One line that did seem out of place, was "It's a trap", said by Ackbar, a line that he is famous for saying in the original star wars movies. I feel that it was weird to have him say it here as well. It's a clear reference, and a funny one, but it doesn't fit well with the serious situation of the time. Another character saying it would have been better.
Conclusion: While the writing is practically flawless, the storyline is quite dependent on the previous story, and although it does manage to give the general impression of "The Force Unleashed I", I would recommend reading that first. The odd occasion exists which seems out of place, but these are few and generally unmemorable. Any Star Wars fan, or any sci-fi fan not averse to extended universe fiction should give this book a go. It's a great, well-written story, with some memorable scenes, and impressive characters.
Bad on two levels. More distressing to me is the ruination it brings to the Star Wars universe. Starkiller does things with the force that, to my knowledge, no one else has ever done. And he does them all the time. As if it were nothing. "Oh no. Something would kill me. I survived by throwing up a force shield." Someone comes back to life. Because of the power of love. The ending leaves an opening for another sequel, and there needs to be, because the path it was on would contradict cannon (the first movie) logically.
The writing is also rather poor. So many sensationalist statements ("Nothing will stop me." "We would never be separated again." "No amount of stormtroopers would come between her and I.") had me laughing out loud at the absurdity of what I was reading.
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President Obama's discussions with House Republicans regarding the upcoming fiscal cliff are not going particularly well. So today the president pulled a surprise move and started discussions with a third party—his Twitter followers. In an unanticipated move, the president sat down on Twitter for about an hour and answered people's questions on the topic of the fiscal cliff.
Dozens of questions were submitted to President Obama. Eight of them were answered. "Dozens" seems like a very small number of people taking advantage of the opportunity to directly engage with the president of the United States. The White House announced the event only hours before it began, though, and the fiscal cliff is frankly not that sexy of a topic.
Nonetheless, President Obama held this Twitter Q&A session to directly answer individual questions on all things fiscal cliff. Yes, the president actually tweeted the answers himself. The full Obama Twitter conversation is captured in chronological order on Storify.
And yes, the president did begin the conversation with the phrase, "hey guys - this is barack". The president showed us that he does not capitalize much when he tweets, except when saying "GDP" or using the letter "T" for "trillion."
A Kentucky fellow named Phillip McKenzie tweeted quite a few questions, and the president chose one of his easy ones. "Mr. President, can you assure us that any "fiscal cliff" negotiations regarding entitlement reform will not hurt the most needy?" McKenzie asked. Of course Obama will say he won't hurt the needy.
The president replied, "we can reduce deficit in balanced way by ending tax cuts for top 2% + reforms that strengthen safety net & invest in future -bo." The lack of specifics was sort of a trend in President Obama's answers.
There were lighthearted moments in the conversation. A purple-haired young lady named Mandi asked a question about budget cuts. The president responded, "cuts w/out revenue = reductions in student loans; work/study & college tax credits expire. Bad for growth. like your hair!"
I read that as the president saying Mandi's hair was bad for economic growth. Apprently, he simply meant it as a compliment.
A Twitter user named Mica asked, "Who will win it all first: Chicago #WhiteSox, #Bulls, or #Bears?".
The President replied, "da bears still gotta shot, despite sad loss this weekend! plus rose will return for playoffs!!!"
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If I fasted for two days previously I could eat prodigious quantities of said abomination.
A while ago, I was bullshitting with someone about turducken, and taking it to it's logical conclusion. The conclusion that was reached was that if you start from quail or pigeon and rachet up to large game, say elk, bear or moose, you'd need to sous vide each before combining and finishing roasting it all together. The idea was intriguing, but kind've left alone for a while and forgot about it.
Then, earlier I caught on about bone luges, which just struck me as beyond epic. Which, somehow, brought me back to the idea. A festival (it'd need to be) with bone luge, offal, a variety of vegatable sides to match and all topped off with the largest meat-stuffed-with-meat-stuffed-with-meat abomination possible.
I'm hoping someone else has some ideas or interest in this, because it'd be a great idea both for an exclusive primal event, or for reaching out and introducing the broader community to the primal lifestyle. Unfortunately, I'm not great at organization or networking. Figured it'd be a good idea to kick this around on here before trying to reach out locally for assistance and starting up anything.
If I fasted for two days previously I could eat prodigious quantities of said abomination.
OP, check this out. I think you might like it.
"Right is right, even if no one is doing it; wrong is wrong, even if everyone is doing it." - St. Augustine
I couldn't eat anything with "centipede" in the name!
I love epic meal time.
I like Big Primal.
"Right is right, even if no one is doing it; wrong is wrong, even if everyone is doing it." - St. Augustine
I once found this UK website where you could buy 20 birds, stuffed into each other. Seriously. It fed a LOT of people. If you could get someothing like that I would TOTALLY be there.
That's not a bad idea, though I don't have any equipment. It'd be about a year away, so it'd give me time to figure it out.I think you should field the idea to Mark. Maybe you could cater the next PrimalCon.
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Ohhhh the nerve. The new First Lady, having spent two years giving lengthy policy speeches on the campaign trail in support of her husband, is apparently now giving lengthy policy speeches again. This is highly inappropriate behavior for a lawyer and former executive who now finds herself jobless due to her husband running America.


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This is the first time Fras-le has produced heavy-duty brake lining in the U.S.
July 16, 2012
Fras-le's new dynamometer, for light- and medium-duty vehicle testing, is designed to reproduce actual vehicle road conditions and will test for durability, wear, performance and NVH.
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Rodrigo Meirelles will oversee the growth of Fras-le's business in both markets, effective immediately.
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Under the commercial agreement, Fras-le will continue to supply friction materials to Meritor for both production and aftermarket consumption.
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The company announced the pending acquisition earlier this month and will assume control and management of Freios Controil effective Jan. 1, 2012. Both companies are located in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
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Actually, the picture is nice but unfortunately less apparent for the future can be more daring not waste color in the show.
Put this on a CRT monitor, see how many people get confused.
hahahahahahahahahahahaaha i bet no one got that cept me
I Got It!
I got it...they would really think it was broken...
no, that it what a cracked lcd looks like, crts don't crack and look like that.
i got it
I got it
you all got it ! …
i got it...
yeah... about that...
You just need to right-click on the image below where the "broken panel" is then click save as background. Make sure you save it as "Stretch View".
cool ya know u can do the same thing with a iphone theres a app that has that same exact paper on it i think its called screen breaker
it's easy, set it as a screensaver and set the computer to never sleep or turn off the motor
ok how do u get that on ur psp mine dousnt!!!
lol i got the same background on my psp
Me too, but I can't see the icons and it is still there after I start a game
No joke, I have a broken psp
No joke, I have a broken psp
Mee too! nI cracked my psp screen TWO times with my head... not joking...
A friend did that to me lately : I threww the goddam screen in the garbage …
a better way is set as victims background,right click on start bar,click properties.tick autohide,click ok,right click on background,go to arange icons by,untick show desktop icons.
You need:
A hammer
A hammer
give me the link to that picture!
daj mi link do tego obrazu!
daj mi link do tego obrazu!
I would kill the person who did this to me... I get a really nasty chill whenever I see a LCD that's busted, it's freaking terrifying to me. I've lost two PDAs and my sis lost her GBA SP to busted screens... In other news, that's a well done pic. :)
A lower resolution jpg of this is at
Can you actually offer us the jpeg instead of giving us a picture? Not a instructable
click on the picture, then click on the link after "original file."
wow, i dont need the jpg for that... I dropped my laptop, it looks just like that =[


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Indecision Delegate: Sara Benincasa Will Entertain You with a Bevy of Photos from Her Trip to the Rally, America!
Hello, Concerned Citizens! 'Tis I, Sara Benincasa, your Indecision Delegate, here with a bevy of photos from our nation's capital (which is Washington, D.C. Just FYI.) I had such a delightful time at the Rally to Restore Sanity/Fear a few weeks back that it's taken me this long to recover sufficiently to show you the fun pics I took with my AT&T Blackberry Torch. Behold the power and the wonder of cameraphone adventures!
We began our journey shooting a delightful video at Ford's Theatre, where Abraham Lincoln was shot at close range by John Wilkes-Booth. I greatly enjoy Important Assassinations of Note, so I was in a rollicking good mood. Despite my charmingly accessible, nonthreatening exterior, I'm sort of a creepy goth on the inside.
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The Obligatory Glenn Beck 8/28 Rally Post
So, that just happened, and I guess there should be a post about it. And this post seems a fitting choice, given the title I already wrote out. So, what the hey.
On Saturday, a bunch of white people and a smattering of not-white people — 87,000 by conservative accounts, a million billion by teabagging accounts — converged on the Lincoln Memorial to honor a fictional version of Martin Luther King that Glenn Beck and the other speakers of the 8/28 Rally invented specifically for the occasion. This Martin Luther King, for example, was a total war hawk who preached against the evils of social justice, urged the institutional disenfranchisement of some minorities and beseeched Americans to be satisfied with what they've got. (Bizarro Martin Luther King is presumably chillin' with Bizarro Thomas Paine up in Tea Bag Heaven right now.)
Beck seems to think that this moment will live forever in the American psyche, and maybe he's right, but I've seen no evidence of that. To me, it just looked like a bunch of angry old people spewing a lot of unprovable platitudes about God and Country, trying to sound calm and reasonable but seething with anger and intolerance just below the surface, and growing increasingly agitated that people are listening to their rants. This'll probably get wiped over in the American psyche the next time the country is forced to go to another family BBQ. At least there'll probably be some good pie at that thing.
And that, more than anything that happened at this event, is something I'd imagine Martin Luther King could have gotten behind.
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Quote Unquote: Unrestoring Honor
Redditor PShap on Glenn Beck's soon-to-be-historic Lincoln Memorial rally tomorrow…
"I agree that Glenn Beck has the right to hold his rally on the same steps where MLK gave his historic speech, I just think he should hold it somewhere that's less offensive to the civil rights movement."
We know he can do it, but should he?
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A bill that toughens sentences for violent repeat-offenders passed the Senate Thursday after having been overwhelmingly in the House Wednesday evening, July 18.
But in an op-ed sent to Belmont Patch, State Sen. Will Brownsberger – one of the seven who voted against the popular bill – said while more acceptable from the first draft of the bill in November, the measure "leaves much to be done" in overall sentencing reform before he can back it.
"Our correctional system is overloaded and so is less capable of doing the careful evaluation of offenders necessary to identify those most likely to hurt people if released," said Brownsberger, who voted against the first draft as a member of the state House of Representatives before winning a special election in January to become state senator of the district covering Belmont and parts of Watertown and Boston neighborhoods
Read Brownsberger's entire op-ed in the pdf file attached to this article.
The so-called "three-strikes" law eliminates parole for someone convicted three times of one of 40 or so violent crimes, with at least one conviction having carried a minimum three-year prison term.
It passed the House with a vote of 139-14. In the Senate, it passed 31-7.
The movement to pass the law was fueled, in part, by outrage over two crimes. In one,. In the other crime more associated with the law, sometimes dubbed "Melissa's Law," 27-year-old Jamaica Plain schoolteacher Melissa Gosule was murdered in 1999 after being raped and murdered by a felon who had 27 previous convictions.
Brownsberger counters that "brutal" overcrowded prison conditions only makes imates more dangerous and less likely to cope on the outside.
"We can't afford to increase the capacity of the system," said Brownsberger. But the current bill on "habitual offender statute moves in the other direction – increasing likely sentence lengths by reducing parole eligibility."
While cracking down on violent criminals, the bill passed last night eases mandatory sentencing on nonviolent drug offenses, in part to take the strain off overcrowded prisons.
It also reduces the size of school zones, inside which drug activity carries a larger penalty, since most urban areas fall largely within these zones.
While those sections of the bill are positive, "the prospect of mandatory life-without-parole with no safety valve for unusual situations remains very troubling," said Brownsberger.
The bill heads to Gov. Deval Patrick's desk, where he has until July 31 to act on it.


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Kicking the canFebruary 09,2013John Boehner, the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, claims to be exasperated.
At some point, Washington has to deal with its spending problem, he said Wednesday. Ive watched them kick this can down the road for 22 years since Ive been here. Ive had enough of it. Its time to act.
Actually, Boehner needs to refresh his memory. During the first decade of his time in Congress, the U.S. government was doing just fine on the fiscal front. In particular, the ratio of federal debt to GDP was a third lower when Bill Clinton left office than it was when he came in. It was only when George W. Bush arrived and squandered the Clinton surplus on tax cuts and unfunded wars that the budget outlook began deteriorating again.
But thats a secondary issue. The key point is this: While its true that we will eventually need some combination of revenue increases and spending cuts to rein in the growth of U.S. government debt, now is very much not the time to act. Given the state were in, it would be irresponsible and destructive not to kick that can down the road.
Start with a basic point: Slashing government spending destroys jobs and causes the economy to shrink.
This really isnt a debatable proposition at this point. The contractionary effects of fiscal austerity have been demonstrated by study after study and overwhelmingly confirmed by recent experience for example, by the severe and continuing slump in Ireland, which was for a while touted as a shining example of responsible policy, or by the way the Cameron governments turn to austerity derailed recovery in Britain.
Even Republicans admit, albeit selectively, that spending cuts hurt employment. Thus John McCain warned this week that the defense cuts scheduled to happen under the budget sequester would cause the loss of 1 million jobs. Its true that Republicans often seem to believe in weaponized Keynesianism, a doctrine under which military spending, and only military spending, creates jobs. But that is, of course, nonsense. By talking about job losses from defense cuts, the GOP has already conceded the principle of the thing.
Still, wont spending cuts (or tax increases) cost jobs whenever they take place, so we might as well bite the bullet now? The answer is no given the state of our economy, this is a uniquely bad time for austerity.
One way to see this is to compare todays economic situation with the environment prevailing during an earlier round of defense cuts: the big winding down of military spending in the late 1980s and early 1990s, following the end of the Cold War. Those spending cuts destroyed jobs, too, with especially severe consequences in places like Southern California that relied heavily on defense contracts. At the national level, however, the effects were softened by monetary policy: The Federal Reserve cut interest rates more or less in tandem with the spending cuts, helping to boost private spending and minimize the overall adverse effect.
Today, by contrast, were still living in the aftermath of the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, and the Fed, in its effort to fight the slump, has already cut interest rates as far as it can basically to zero. So the Fed cant blunt the job-destroying effects of spending cuts, which would hit with full force.
The point, again, is that now is very much not the time to act; fiscal austerity should wait until the economy has recovered, and the Fed can once again cushion the impact.
But arent we facing a fiscal crisis? No, not at all. The federal government can borrow more cheaply than at almost any point in history, and medium-term forecasts, like the 10-year projections released Tuesday by the Congressional Budget Office, are distinctly not alarming. Yes, theres a long-term fiscal problem, but its not urgent that we resolve that long-term problem right now. The alleged fiscal crisis exists only in the minds of Beltway insiders.
Still, even if we should put off spending cuts for now, wouldnt it be a good thing if our politicians could simultaneously agree on a long-term fiscal plan? Indeed, it would. It would also be a good thing if we had peace on earth and universal marital fidelity. In the real world, Republican senators are saying that the situation is desperate but not desperate enough to justify even a penny in additional taxes. Do these sound like men ready and willing to reach a grand fiscal bargain?
Realistically, were not going to resolve our long-run fiscal issues any time soon, which is OK not ideal, but nothing terrible will happen if we dont fix everything this year. Meanwhile, we face the imminent threat of severe economic damage from short-term spending cuts.
So we should avoid that damage by kicking the can down the road. Its the responsible thing to do.
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There are chili recipes with beans, and without. Some have all meat, some have none. There are variations that are mild, and others that will start a fire on your tongue.
Then there are chilis made with wild boar, venison or with an Asian-Indian twist. Those are some of the chilis that have been served at the annual SHEF Chili Cook-Off, a fundraiser for the Somerset Hills Education Foundation, which is back on for this Saturday night, from 6 to 10 p.m.
This year's social event, again at Upton Pine Estate on the mountain in Bernardsville, is the ninth year the down-home (Somerset Hills-style) celebration will be held. As of late Thursday, tickets were still available.
The Bagel Bin and Bernardsville Hardware are extending the hours they will sell tickets until noon on Saturday, the organizers said.
While SHEF's Chili Cook-Off is a major source of support for school projects and programs in the Somerset Hills School District, it's also a gala gathering that draws about 600 to 700 people to a rusticly elegant setting in an carriage house that's perfect for a party.
This year, again, the band Catz n Dawgs will provide music to dance to. And this year's entertainment lineup will include a "rodeo roper" where revelers can climb on a stationary horse and try to rope a (mechanical) calf. Who first for that one?
But along with the wine, beer, margaritas and a "silent auction" for prizes that will include trips and an in-home party with a Master of Wine, the Chili Cook-Off is still also about the chili.
Those lucky enough to have been to the event know that the variety is amazing. People sample as many of the chilis as they can, and then vote for their favorite.
owner Brian Moscetti, who has won multiple awards during the years he has entered the contest, said he comes up with a completely new recipe for every Chili Cook-Off.
Earlier this week, the Soup Shoppe was offering a variety of chilis in its shop at Riverwalk off Martinsville Road, including a green chili made with pork and white beans that was a previous "Peoples' Choice" winner.
Moscetti, being a little cagey about his recipe for this year, said he's brought out a smoker for this Saturday's entry.
Alice Rose, director of development for SHEF and chairwoman of this year's Chili Cook-Off, said that 19 teams had signed up to produce the large quantities of chili that will be served this weekend.
Chili contestants come from all over the Somerset Hills, including Bernardsville, Basking Ridge and Bedminster, and also from nearby Harding Township.
One of the return entries will be from Chanveen Vindra of Bernardsville, who provides an Indian version of chili, Rose said.
She said other versions will come from the Bernards Cafe, Bernardsville Electric, the Black River General Store in Pottersville, Dental Associates of Basking Ridge, , Gary's Wine and Marketplace in Bernardsville, Le Fashion Cottage in Bernardsville, the in Basking Ridge, the Soup Shoppe, the four shops in Bernardsville, Basking Ridge, Bedminster and Warren, the Claremont Tavern in Bernardsville, "Team Weichert" from Bernardsville, the Lamplighter Restaurant in Chester, the Station Pub & Grub in Bernardsville, the "Somerset Hillbillies," including Cliff MacTavish of Little Falls and John Farrell of Bernardsville, "Team Screwballs," including Steve Schwed and Rick Krueger of Bernardsville, Pat Wry and Bill Motyka of Bernardsville and Michael Allegra of Bedminster.
Tickets are $100, $150 or $250, with the top-priced tickets including access to a VIP lounge and Napa Valley wines tasting.
Those who can't pick up tickets ahead of time, but who wish to attend, should fill out the invitation online ahead of time, and pay at the event, Rose said.


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As of this writing the newly enlarged and empowered European Financial Stability Fund (EFSF) needs just two more national approvals to become a reality. Slovakia, which has a highly EFSF-skeptical bloc in its ruling coalition, is still debating it while tiny little Malta is expected to approve it in a few hours.
We've previously discussed the many evolutions of the shape-shifter known as the EFSF and watch with no little amusement as various authorities continue to lay out their unique vision of what the EFSF should be doing. Unsurprisingly, they all seem to want to use it to make their own lives easier!
- Reports say that French President Nicholas Sarkozy would like to use the EFSF, not as a last, but as a first resort to re-capitalize the French banks. So far Angela Merkel's not having it, insisting that banks should first knock on the doors of their own shareholders, and then on the doors of their own national governments before daring to approach the EFSF. But France is afraid that bailing out its banks, which have more Greek debt than British and German banks combined, will imperil its own triple-A credit rating (which, in another example of the eurozone's dangerous feedback loops, would also imperil the triple-A rating of the EFSF itself.)
- Last week Ireland's deputy prime minister, Eamon Gilmore, told the FT that Brussels should allow Ireland to use the EFSF to cut the interest rates on its bail-out loans. Note that this would be the second time that Ireland has received relief on its interest payments; its interest rate was reduced from 6% to 4% when the second Greek bail-out was agreed, saving it some €600 to 800 million a year.
- European Central Bank Vice President Vitor Constancio (former head of the Portugese central bank) has said that the EFSF should not only take over the ECB's role in purchasing Spain and Italy's government bonds, but should do so in the primary markets.
The resources of the EFSF "should be dedicated to enhance sovereign debt new issuance of securities, thus multiplying their effect," Constancio said. "It would be less efficient to spend most of the funds available in the secondary market or in supporting banks' capitalization." (Businessweek)
This would help the ECB to reclaim its moral high ground. Currently it's deeply uncomfortable with the unconventional role it has been forced to play.
We can't wait to see what they'll all think of next.
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A book containing "styled" photographs of all of the 230+ competitors that took part in the first round of the season 2008 at Brands Hatch.
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A Woodbury shop owner got the scare of his life when a 13-year-old allegedly pulled a gun and tried to rob him Thursday evening.
The owner, Rick Smotherman, survived thanks to a split-second decision.
Smotherman opened a furniture and decor shop last year. It sits just a few doors away from a jewelry store and a gold-buying store, but for some reason when the teen wanted cash he turned his attention - and his gun - toward Leland's Furniture and Home Decor.
"This was the last thing I would have ever expected," Smotherman said. "Like I say, God was with me. He's not finished with me."
Investigators said as Smotherman closed up shop at Leland's around 5 p.m. the teen opened the door and let a pistol say everything.
"Didn't say a word. Young kid with a hood on. I looked at him - I said, 'Man, you've got to be kidding me.' I actually thought it was a prank. The gun didn't look real to me," Smotherman said. "So I walked around the counter and I grabbed him."
The two fought inside the front of the store for a few minutes. Then, somehow, Smotherman found a way to open the door.
The fight moved to the sidewalk along Main Street where next door, in front of a martial arts studio, things took a serious turn for the worst.
"That's when he broke loose from me, stood back and raised the gun up, pointed it at me and shot me," Smotherman said.
The teen ran off, leaving Smotherman bloody on the sidewalk before an ambulance rushed him to the hospital.
Fortunately, the bullet only grazed his side.
"About a half-inch gash in my side, 4 inches long," Smotherman said.
Smotherman returned to work Friday. After all, business can't wait. But it can change, given the run-in with a robber he would do anything to forget.
"How stupid. How stupid. Messed his life up. Anybody, but especially 13 years old. I'm like, where did a 13-year-old - this is an eighth grader - where did he get the idea to rob somebody?" Smotherman said.
The 13-year-old is now in custody facing a variety of charges, including attempted murder and aggravated robbery.
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Thread: TIRED OF IT
I am sorry,but I am absolutely ,100% sick of politics in the U.S.A. PERIOD.,They are all liars,thieves and cheats,they spend millions to get a job that pays (legitimately) bupkus.We are inundated for a year with lies,and inuendos,and half truths.
I am not just talking this "presidential" circus,we also have local,regional ,and parish(county) elections.They all come down to mud slinging,you cannot watch t.v., listen to the radio,take a ride in the country,or breathe even without someone telling you how bad their opponent is and not telling you what they plan on doing to correct it.
I was patrolling today on a (usually) pristeen ,beautiful highway,rounded a curve,and found a piss-pot full of political signs,half knocked over,bunch in the road etc.(we have all seen it),it was for a Justice of the Peace position.Know what the candidates big promise was ???????to clean up LITTER
We need to say,OK ya wanna run,you are allowed "X" amount of minutes per day(60?) on advertising,you may only advertise your toll free number or web sight,you will be limited,to facts only,and your qualifications.NO road signs,NO telephone harrasment,and if your opponent (or any citizen) can prove you lied ,well Buh _Bye.
I know this is totally impossible in a democracy,but it sure felt good to rant.
BTW,I turned 56 last month,yes I am a U.S.Army vet,yes I am an active LEO,and yes I AM GETTING CANTAKEROUS but:
Amen, brotha.Calm Like A Bomb...
A pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. An optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.
-Winston Churchill
What do you mean they lie???????"An Unarmed man can only flee from evil, and evil is not overcome by fleeing from it." Jeff Cooper
Some people are meant to be the police......Some people are meant to call the police!!!
"Socialism only works in two places: Heaven where they don't need it and hell where they already have it."
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How do you know when a politician's lying? When he opens his mouth.
Amen brother, amen.
Can't argue with either one of you
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"...but to forget your duck, of course, means you're really screwed." - Gary Larson
Well, I'm no expert, but I did sleep at a Holiday Inn Express last night. They are all liars and cheats and I can't stand them!Pleasing nobody, one person at a time.
That which does not kill me, better start fucking running.
If I lived every day like it was my last, the body count would be staggering.
I intend to go in harm's way. -John Paul Jones
Hunt the wolf, and bring light to the dark places that others fear to go. LT COL Dave Grossman
Can I get a another Amen.Do not war for peace. If you must war, war for justice. For without justice there is no peace. -me
We are who we choose to be.
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10-10-08, 08:46 AM #11Romans 8:28-31
"Anima Sana In Corpore Sano"
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I always think it is amazing how much an given politician "changes" when it is time to run for president. The Mccain of today isn't the Mccain we saw in office for the past eight years, since his last failed attempt to get a republican party nod for the white house. Nor is the Obama of today portraying the same idealistic views that he has in the past.
In essence, you end up with one of two scenarios that tend to play out when an individual finally gets to run in the BIG race:
1) You end up with a republican who acts like a democrat, and a democrat who acts like a republican.
Or, conversly,
2) You end up with a moderate republican becoming a right-wing nut-job with an alleigance that only goes as far as the most extreme party members... all while you get a moderate democrat who turns completely leftist, and becomes the voice of every oppressed tree-hugging hippie (while ignoring the rest of the country).
In this particular case, and think we've had a bit of both of these scenarios playing out. Both cadidates want to appear that they appeal to the other side, but neither one is really interested in showing consideration to anything other than the most extreme views.
In short, I'm tired of all of this, and I'm writing myself in on the ballot this year!
I'm sick of hearing about it over here! so god only knows how much you have to put up with.the sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.
( Baltasar Gracian )
10-10-08, 08:06 PM #14'Political Correctness is a doctrine fostered by a
delusional, illogical liberal minority, and rabidly
promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which
holds forth the proposition that it is entirely
possible to pick up a turd by the clean end!'
A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity. Sigmund Freud
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"When you feel dog tired at night, it may be because you've growled all day long."
You are not alone!
It's apparent that we're not the only ones sick and tired of it.
Politics as Usual
Peter McKay Tue Oct 7, 3:00 AM ET
Creators Syndicate - We're now smack dab in the middle of one of the most aggravating and stressful periods we're going to experience for a while. I'm not talking about the financial crisis, or the gas crisis or even a midlife crisis. No, I'm talking about the fall election campaign.
I'm not going to say here how I'm going to vote, because the minute I do, at least half of you out there will instantly decide I'm a moron. (The other half still might think I'm a moron, but you'll appreciate my vote.) But the one thing I'm not for, the one thing I would vote against if I only could, is more political ads on TV.
They're all the same. Backed by a soundtrack of threatening music, they tell you how bad their opponent is, and how dangerous he'll be for our country. He's a liar or incompetent, or, better yet, both. Then, with just a few seconds to go, we'll get a heroic profile of our own candidate, looking like he's posing for the $5 bill, backed by uplifting music. As the music soars so high we feel like sewing an American flag by hand, we'll hear the candidate intone those magic words, "My name is So-'n'-So, and I approve this ad."
That's all I need. If the ad is full of lies, and it's trying to scare me to death, and So-'n'-So said it was OK to put it on my TV, then that settles it: I don't want him to be president. And I can hold a grudge like nobody else. A guy down the street gave me a funny look some time in summer 2003, and I still haven't forgiven him. You want me to look past this?
The part that gives me a stomachache is how much money goes into this political black hole. As we speak (or actually, as I write, and let's be honest, you remain sort of ambivalent about whether you're going to finish reading this column), they're spending millions and millions of bucks on these TV spots. This is great news for guys who write misleading ads, violinists who specialize in threatening background music and voiceover actors who can speak in husky, slightly threatening tones, but for the rest of us, it's a big waste of money. Last time I looked, there were plenty of good things to put money toward. If you've got some extra cash just taking up dust, I've got kids who'd really like to go to college.
And when they're not on ads, the politicians are on the news, in debates and, every once in a while, if you're in a battleground state and extremely unlucky, blocking traffic in your hometown. They travel across the country, repeating the same speech at breakfast, lunch and dinner, trying desperately to make catch phrases sound good on the 850th repeat.
Well, I've had enough. Both of you guys, please stop throwing statistics at me that don't mean what you say they do, and in many cases mean the exact opposite of what you're trying to make them mean. When the moderator asks you a question at the debate, answer it. Don't hem, haw or evade. Tell us what you think, and not what you hope we want to hear. Despite all the polls and focus group results, we're not as stupid as we might look — at least most of us aren't — and we know what you're trying to do.
And all that money you're taking in now? You think there are no strings on that? Everybody who contributed is just making a down payment on a favor they're expecting once you're in office. The bigger the contribution, the bigger the favor. Nobody, in my experience, gives out dough just to be nice. (Which is why my kids better start saving for college.)
What I'd like to see is an ad from somebody who is willing to stand up and tell me, in clear simple terms, what he'd like to do, what stuff he's against and what stuff he thinks he can really accomplish in office. He'd also be honest about the things he wishes he could do, but doesn't really think have a shot. Then, he'd sit down and, most importantly, shut his (or her) trap. That person, I'd vote for.
And I'm betting you would, too.
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"...but to forget your duck, of course, means you're really screwed." - Gary Larson
All politics are a farce. Even if a decent person is elected they will either change on their own, be skull dragged into change being denied the ability to do their job or will be ousted ASAP in another run for office by someone who will bend to the desires of their party.
The days of our government having their peoples best interest at heart are well over. We will now suffer through each election, president down to city council officers until we all stand before death's door.
Doom and gloom, doom and gloom blah blah blah...
Neither one of these two will make differences defined by leaps and bounds without bonding with the more powerful politicians hiding behind party affiliations and back door deals. Just the economy recovering during the coming administration will make the head idiot look great and have the country bowing down. God help us all.Do not war for peace. If you must war, war for justice. For without justice there is no peace. -me
We are who we choose to be.
R.I.P. Arielle. 08/20/2010-09/16/2012
see... i've thought for quite some time - if the idiots trying to get elected donated all of their campaign money to help bail this country out of economic crap, or a big ass fence with turrets, or hell - something... then we'd be in a better place...
granted - politicians have always been the "upper" class citizens of the country... but unless i'm mistaken, they used to use their own resources and things were a lot simpler...
of course it's nothing but "who can get my face on TV the most" now... and the media already has the next president picked out - meh... what's a vote anymore
ever seen "Tomorrow Never Dies" - James Bond? what's scary is that shit doesn't seem all that fictional-=Twan007
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