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Nginx: the High-Performance Web Server and Reverse Proxy
In addition to being an extremely fast static Web server, Nginx also is a load balancer and reverse proxy. A load balancer is a device used to spread work out across multiple servers or processes, and a reverse proxy is a server that transparently hands off requests to another server. Among other things, this allows Nginx to handle requests for static content and to load-balance requests for dynamic content across many different back-end servers or processes.
For this example, let's create a very simple Python Web server to serve up some dynamic content. Don't worry if you are not familiar with Python; we're just using it to display a Web page that indicates on which port the server is running. Save the following to a file called /tmp/server.py:
import sys,BaseHTTPServer as B class Handler(B.BaseHTTPRequestHandler): def do_GET(self): self.wfile.write("Served from port %s" % port) def log_message(self, *args): pass if __name__ == '__main__': host,port = sys.argv[1:3] server = B.HTTPServer((host,int(port)), Handler) server.serve_forever()
Now we can start two of these local servers, each on a different port:
# python /tmp/server.py 127.0.0.1 8001 & # python /tmp/server.py 127.0.0.1 8002 &
If you open http://127.0.0.1:8001/ in your browser, you should see "Served from port 8001", and if you open http://127.0.0.1:8002/, you should see "Served from port 8002".
Now, create a new configuration file called /etc/nginx/sites-available/proxy with the following contents:
upstream python_servers { server 127.0.0.1:8001; server 127.0.0.1:8002; } server { listen 127.0.0.1:8000; server_name proxy; access_log /var/log/nginx/proxy.access.log; error_log /var/log/nginx/proxy.error.log; location / { proxy_pass http://python_servers; } }
Enable the site and restart Nginx:
# cd /etc/nginx/sites-enabled # ln -s ../sites-available/proxy . # /etc/init.d/nginx restart
If you open http://127.0.0.1:8000/ in your browser, you should see a page with either "Served from port 8001" or "Served from port 8002", and it should alternate each time you refresh the page.
Let's go over some of these new settings. The upstream block defines a name for a group of back-end servers. In our case, we defined a group named python_servers, which contains the two local Python servers we started on port 8001 and 8002. We then configured Nginx to hand off all requests to our back-end servers with the line proxy_pass http://python_servers;. Nginx automatically load-balances the requests to each Python server in a round-robin manner. You also can set weights for each back end, so you can direct more or fewer requests to specific servers.
Nginx handles back-end failures automatically and will stop sending requests to a failed back-end server until it starts responding again. To demonstrate this, we can kill off the Python process that's running on port 8001. Use the jobs command to find the job number for the Python process running on port 8001, and use kill %<job number> to kill the process:
# jobs # kill %1
Open http://127.0.0.1:8000/ in your browser and keep refreshing the page, you should see only the "Served from port 8002" page. Nginx detected that the back-end server from port 8001 was not responding, so it stopped sending requests to that server. Now, restart the Python process for port 8001:
# python /tmp/server.py 127.0.0.1 8001 &
Keep refreshing the page and you should see your browser start alternating between "Served from port 8001" and "Served from port 8002" again. Nginx detected that the port 8001 back end was responding and began sending requests to it.
Whether you are looking to get the most out of your VPS or are attempting to scale one of the largest Web sites in the world, Nginx may be the best tool for the job. It's fast, stable and easy to use. Thanks to Igor Sysoev for creating this excellent piece of software.
Nginx Web Site: wiki.codemongers.com/Main
Module Comparison Index: wiki.codemongers.com/NginxModuleComparisonMatrix
Testimonials: wiki.codemongers.com/NginxWhyUseIt
Nginx at WordPress: barry.wordpress.com/2008/04/28/load-balancer-update
Facebook App Using Nginx: highscalability.com/friends-sale-architecture-300-million-page-view-month-facebook-ror-app
Will Reese has worked with Linux for the past ten years, primarily scaling Web applications running on Apache, Python and PostgreSQL. He enjoys beating Cory Wright at foosball and Wii Tennis.
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I wrote a small article for Redhat based OS. Here is the article: NGINX, PHP-CGI, SPAWN-FCI, FTP, VHOSTS, MYSQL | centos-fedora-redhat
This helped me set up a reverse proxy. All I need to figure out now is how to use the caching ability of the nginx proxy.
Thanks to Igor Sysoev for creating this excellent piece of software and thanks to you Will for this excellent piece of article! :-)
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Cable becomes emerging special access source for CLECs, but trails AT&T and CenturyLink's ubiquity
Thomas: Windstream holds advantage in second, third tier markets
Tony Thomas took over the CEO role at Windstream CEO n in December when Jeff Gardner announced he was resigning from the company. Prior to his new role, he was president of its real estate investment (REIT) company and earlier served as CFO. Sean Buckley, senior editor of FierceTelecom, recently caught up with Thomas to talk about his vision for the company in 2015 and beyond.
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CenturyLink expands IPTV service in Denver
CenturyLink is moving forward with its plans to bring its Prism IPTV service to Denver residents after the City Council approved a 10-year video franchise agreement with the telco earlier this week.
CenturyLink plans to equip 505 Utah housing developments with FTTH
CenturyLink may be facing new competition from Google Fiber in Salt Lake City, but the telco has some ambitious plans to expand its 1 Gbps fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) service by bringing it to 505 new multi-unit housing developments this year in Utah.
Kentucky governor Beshear green lights telecom deregulation bill heralded by AT&T
AT&T has won what could be a victory in Kentucky as Gov. Steve Beshear has signed a law that will limit a service provider's obligation to provide POTS service to consumers and businesses.
SIP trunking helped enterprise session border controller market hit $271M in 2014
Businesses' ongoing adoption of SIP trunking continues to be a boom for enterprise session border controller (SBC) vendors, a market segment that saw worldwide revenue rise to $271 million in 2014, says Infonetics in a new report.
Windstream's board grants final approval for REIT spinoff CS&L
Windstream's board of directors has given its thumbs up for the company to proceed with the tax-free spinoff of its telecom assets into its real estate investment trust (REIT) Communications Sales & Leasing (CS&L).
AT&T appeals to U-verse SMB customers with Small Site Wi-Fi service
AT&T is looking to strengthen the bond it has gained with its growing base of small to medium business (SMB) customers that use its U-verse and wireless services, particularly restaurants and retailers, with its new Wi-Fi Small Site service.
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The emergence of a new patent pool for HEVC compression technology threatens to slow the deployment of 4K/Ultra HD services within the pay-TV industry and beyond. On Thursday, a new group called HEVC Advance announced that it will begin licensing patents for high efficiency video encoding technology (aka "HEVC" or "H.265").
Anticipation is high for the upcoming launch of Samsung's Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge smartphones, which are scheduled to hit stores April 10, with most major operators taking preorders for the devices starting today. To try to steal customers away from the competition, operators T-Mobile and Sprint are getting creative with their Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge deals.

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I admit, as much as I love my 7 year old Prius, I get a little jealous hearing about the amazing ways smartphones are being integrated with newer cars. Satechi clearly feels my pain, and they've come up with a much more cost effective solution than a brand new car in their newly announced BT Button Series.Read more
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ReWalk Discusses Medical Breakthroughs at CES
CES isn't just about the latest fun gadgets. It's also a showcase for all sorts of breakthroughs, including incredible medical ones. Dan and Judie caught up with the CEO of ReWalk, a company that is working on exoskeletons to help people with lower limb disabilities walk again! Check out their video interview!Read more
Aterica Helps Track Your EpiPen with Veta Smart Cases and App
For most people, a typical set of everyday items includes phone, keys, wallet, maybe a notebook or pens and other small items. If you (or your child) have food allergies, an Epipen or similar product is the top item on that list. Aterica has just announced an app/case combo for EpiPens called Veta to make that everyday carrying much simpler!Read more
Lenovo Brings a Huge Consumer Lineup to CES
Lenovo has been on fire the last few years with some amazing consumer offerings. They're expanding even further this year at CES, announcing 10 new devices, from YOGA tablets and laptops to ultraportables, smartphones, and even a smartwatch/fitness tracker. You can check out their full lineup at their CES 2015 site, but here are a few of my favorites!Read more
Standzout Debuts Bandstand, An Apple Watch Accessory
The Apple Watch isn't here yet, but Standzout is ready for early adopters with their new Bandstand. It's an Apple Watch cradle that will let you charge the watch and two USB devices at once. There are no details yet on price or availability, but the mockup looks darn cool! Keep your eyes peeled to Standzout's website for availability news! …Read more
Withings Aims for the Masses with Activité Pop
If you like the look of a regular wristwatch but want the benefits of activity tracking, you've probably heard of the Withings Activité. It's a beautiful Swiss watch with a second analog hand that indicates your activity levels, and syncs to your phone. But it's a bit rich at $450, so Withings is aiming for the mainstream with a $149 Activité Pop!Read more
Paxie Brings Wearables and GPS Tracking to Kids
Being a parent comes with a healthy side of worry. Are you feeding your child the right foods? Are you teaching them how to be a good person? Are they safe? SAFE Family is trying to address some of this with their new Paxie band wearable for children.Read more
NYNE Announces New Waterproof Speakers at CES 2015
It may feel like everyone sells a bluetooth speaker these days, but the folks at NYNE are doing their best to stand out at CES 2015 with three new speakers that offer bluetooth and NFC! EDGE, VERGE, and ROCK are all waterproof and designed to share your music with the great outdoors. Just make sure the bears like Taylor Swift!Read more
Motorola E on Republic Wireless Review
For the past month I've been reviewing the future. As it turns out, the future is cheap, reliable, and nearly indestructible. It's not terribly flashy, but it gets the job done. The future is a Motorola E on Republic Wireless, a prepaid carrier using WiFi calling to lower the monthly cost.Read more
Last Minute Gifts for the Scientologist in Your Life!
Did you forget to buy a gift for that Scientologist relative who shunned you as a suppressive person? Show them you care with this amazing list from Drew Magary at Deadspin, who helpfully (and bravely) read the entire Scientology Christmas Catalog so the rest of us didn't have to. Scientology is a scary concept, and not just for the $5,000 …Read more
Old Mix CDs Prove Some Things Have Sadly Not Changed
I found a stack of old CDs in our attic a few weeks ago, and I was enjoying the nostalgia of listening to mix CDs I made 10-15 years ago. But as I've gone through the various tracks, I noticed a disturbing trend; many of the social issues being addressed in this CDs are still issues a decade later.Read more
Uber's Real Flaw Gets Exposed During the Sydney Hostage Crisis
I've never used Uber, but I am familiar with it. They've had their fair share of issues related to their "surge" pricing, where the price of a ride can double, triple, or even quadruple depending on demand. But their response to their surge pricing during the hostage situation in Sydney, Australia showed Uber's true attitude towards the communities they claim to …Read more
Why I Cancelled My Kindle Unlimited Subscription
A few weeks ago I was reminiscing about my favorite science fiction book from my childhood. It was an anthology of short stories, and some intense Googling determined it was out of print. My search led me to the local library, and after poking around for just a few minutes, I cancelled my Kindle Unlimited subscription.Read more
Wacom Bamboo Stylus Fineline for iPad Review
I have tested a few different styluses for my iPad, and none of them have impressed me. I was skeptical as to whether the Wacom Bamboo Stylus Fineline would be any different, but it pleasantly surprised me with it's features and ease of use. Read on to learn what makes the Bamboo Stylus so different!Read more
Tackform Bike and Car Phone Mounts Review
It's hard to find anyone these days with a smartphone who doesn't use it for navigation in the car. In order to do that safely, though, you need a solid car mount to keep your device at a viewable level. Today we're looking at two phone mounts from Tackform, as well as a bike mount!Read more
The New Terminator: Genisys Trailer Will Destroy Your Childhood
I admit, I am quite nerdy. But I have never flown into a nerd-rage like I did at seeing the new Terminator: Genisys trailer, and the movie is going to have to work extremely hard to fix the many, many issues the new "timeline" is creating.Read more
Exergen Smart Glow TemporalScanner Thermometer Review
The last time my son had a cold, we couldn't determine for sure if he had a fever because he wouldn't hold still long enough for us to keep a thermometer under his arm (or anywhere else). Not long after, we were offered the Exergen Smart Glow Temporal Scanner to review, and I knew we had to give it a …Read more
Peter Pan Live! Meets 30 Rock
I am insanely excited for Peter Pan Live! After watching the previews, I am reasonably sure they raided a 70's-era bar for Peter Pan's clothes, Allison Williams looks less like a young man and more like a drag king, and Christopher Walken just looks lost. Funny or Die has weighed in with their take, starring Jane Krakowski of 30 Rock!Read more
Jurassic World is Coming!
I am a huge fan of "Jurassic Park". It easily ranks in my top five movies of all time, even if the sequels were a little weaker. So yes, I am quite excited for "Jurassic World", but the trailer has lowered my enthusiasm from "HECK YEA" to "Yea…hopefully they don't screw this up."Read more
Lifeproof Cases Proves Customer Service Isn't Dead!
Sarah has had a bad run of iPhones drowning due to toddler curiosity. Luckily, a friend of ours was generous enough to pass along a Lifeproof Nuud case that he wasn't using anymore, and her phone has thankfully not drowned in a while. But it still needed more protection, and that's where the company's excellent customer service came into play.Read more
Michael's Proves Those Coupons Are a Raw Deal
Sarah and I went to Michael's craft store this morning to shop for frames. As we walked in, Sarah received an email offering 25% the whole store tonight, so we picked out what we liked, and Sarah planned to return during the sale. When she got there, she discovered the frames she liked had mysteriously increased in price by 15%!Read more


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Drawing on Scripture and his own stories, Moore explores how to embrace the New Testament theme that happiness is the by-product of being in "right" relationships, of being "at home" with God and with others. More than once, Jesus reminds us that the Great Commandment is to love God and to love other people. And that is what Matthew 6:33 is all about: "But seek first God's kingdom and his righteousness and everything else will fall into place for you."
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PERHAM - The chief executive officer of Perham Memorial Hospital has resigned to take a position with a nonprofit organization in the Twin Cities.
Chuck Hofius, who led the hospital for 12 years, submitted his resignation Wednesday at a meeting of the hospital's board of directors.
The resignation comes only a few weeks since construction crews broke ground on a new Perham hospital. The project is estimated at nearly $40 million and opening is projected for 2011.
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Athlete Profile
Athlete: Brandon Swan
- Region:
- Australia
- Affiliate:
- CrossFit Brisbane
- Gender:
- Male
- Age:
- 23
- Height:
- 175 cm
- Weight:
- 185 lb
|Filthy 50
|Fight Gone Bad
|Sprint 400m
|Run 5k
|Clean & Jerk
|150 kg
|125 kg
|250 kg
|Back Squat
|200 kg
|Max Pull-ups
I like to compete.
How I Eat
I eat quality foods but don't measure the amount
How I Train
I workout mostly at a CrossFit Affiliate
I have a coach who determines my programming
I incorporate CrossFit.com workouts
I record my workouts
My Athletic Background
I played youth or high school level sports
My Experience With CrossFit
I began CrossFit with a coach (e.g. at an affiliate)
I have completed the CrossFit Level 1 certificate course
I have attended one or more specialty courses
I have had a life changing experience due to CrossFit
I train other people
My Work/Rest Schedule
I do multiple workouts in a day 3+ times a week
I strictly schedule my rest days
How long have you been doing CrossFit?
4+ years
Since September 2010.
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We're ready for phase two of the CrossFit Games season: Regionals. In this week's Update Show, Sean Woodland, Pat Sherwood and Nicole Christensen discuss what the Open results tell us and make...
Video, Posted Fri, 05.03.13
Under the watchful eye of Games competitor, Brandon Swan, the team from CrossFit Western Front aims for top 10 at Regionals. Photos by: Carter Jee After missing out on...
Article, Posted Tue, 04.30.13
The final workout of this year's Open confronted athletes with a chest-to-bar Fran AMRAP, which included the first-ever time bonus in Open history. The 2013 Reebok CrossFit Games Open...
Article, Posted Fri, 04.05.13
Unlike previous weeks, the Australia Region struggled a little bit in the workout, with no athlete posting a score inside the top 15 worldwide. In week four of the 2013 Reebok...
Article, Posted Fri, 03.29.13
Just like in 2012, athletes were confronted with a 12-minute AMRAP of wall balls, double-unders and muscle-ups, where just getting through one round was hard enough. For the first time...
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After snatches and burpees last week, athletes tackled deadlifts, box jumps and shoulder-to-overheads, in a challenging 10-minute AMRAP. Week two of the 2013 Reebok CrossFit Games Open...
Article, Posted Mon, 03.18.13
Matt Reilly, Kara Gordon, and CrossFit Active put in the top scores on 13.1. After more than a million burpees and snatches, the first week of the 2013 CrossFit Open is now officially...
Article, Posted Mon, 03.11.13
"The guys who I'm competing against are my inspiration day in and day out." Qualifying for the Games when he was just 20 years old, Brandon Swan, former rugby player and owner...
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Rory McKernan and Pat Sherwood delve into ten of the most outstanding performances of the Northern California, North Central, and Australia Regional.
Video, Posted Thu, 05.24.12
Re-live the memorable moments and devastating disappoints from the Australia Regional. Kara Gordon set a world record on Event 2 in Australia. Chad Mackay secured a 1st place finish...
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Ruddy Duck
A common bird of western prairies and lpains, Ruddy Duck nests on freshwater lakes with vegetated edges, making a nest of floating vegetation.
It winters, often in large flocks, on lakes and rivers or saltwater bays. Unlike other diving ducks, Ruddies often arrive on the nesting grounds unpaired.
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What a great little guy. He matches his voice.
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The CW has released a quick teaser promo for it's latest superhero series "The Flash".
Grant Gustin reprises the role of Barry Allen, which he originated on "Arrow".
After a particle accelerator causes a freak storm, CSI Investigator Barry Allen is struck by lightening and falls into a coma. Months later he awakens with the power of super speed, granting him the ability to move through Central City like an unseen guardian angel. Though initially excited by his newfound powers, Barry is shocked to discover he is not the only 'meta-human' who was created in the wake of the accelerator explosion — and not everyone is using their new powers for good. Barry partners with S.T.A.R. labs and dedicates his life to protect the innocent. For now, only a few close friends and associates know that Barry is literally the fastest man alive, but it won't be long before the world learns that Barry Allen has become… The Flash!
- Trailer : Masterminds - March 31, 2015
- When will we see the next Star Wars trailer!? - March 31, 2015
- Shrek to appear in new Puss in Boots sequel? - March 31, 2015
- Disney developing live-action Mulan - March 31, 2015
- Tron 3 ascends into title territory - March 31, 2015
- Superhero Movie Updates : X-Men, Suicide Squad, Deadpool, The Flash, TMNT - March 31, 2015
- NBC bringing The Wiz to Television! - March 31, 2015
- Basu boards Metal Gear Solid - March 31, 2015
- Blunt joins Krasinski in Animal Crackers - March 31, 2015
- Aussie film These Final Hours adapted for Television - March 31, 2015
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Zedd - If our love is tragedy, why are you my remedy? (Well, answer my question!)
Arrow (Okay, Felicity from Arrow!)
Chrissy Costanza (cat eyes and buttery lyrics!)
Girls (TV) (Okay, Allison Williams!)
Movies - especially when they play in the dark.
Twin Peaks (TV)
Friends (TV) (It had me at "No way are you cool enough to pull Clint"; damn straight, Chandler!)
Traveling - preferably where water is, so I can splash someone!
Star Wars trilogy - no, the other one, fella!
Alex G - far more talented than her younger brother Alex H
Cameron Crowe movies - Say Anything..., Jerry Maguire, Almost Famous
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Reenacting dance/song scenes from "Grease" with my little girl (hey! Wait till you see my 'Summer Lovin'! - don't judge)
Die Hard - 40 stories of Sheer Adventure!
Alex Goot & Friends (his enemies aren't half as talented!)
Cooking up a nice dish and sitting in the entertainment area, on a cool night, basking in it's greatness.
Inflatable kids pools full of Vodka Lime Crush.
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Voxplaining Pew Charts on Highway Funding and Ignoring Transit's DeclineMay 6, 2014 12:42 PM
Over at Vox.com, former WaPo blogger Brad Plumer wrote a post about highway funding, largely relying on the good folks over at the Pew Charitable Trusts, who published this analysis of transportation funding and financing yesterday. The numbers are sound. There are major funding challenges facing the federal transportation programs. We can all agree on that. But Plumer ignores a couple of key facts that might color his narrative a bit differently. He writes:
Ever since the Reagan administration, roughly four-fifths of federal transportation spending has gone toward highways, while one-fifth has been specifically set aside for mass transit projects.
In recent years, some Republicans have pushed to eliminate the fixed share of federal money for transit, arguing that local bus and subway projects should be financed by user fees rather than federal gasoline taxes. These challenges have been unsuccessful so far, though, and mass transit has maintained its dedicated funding stream.
For decades, federal highway spending was largely financed by the Highway Trust Fund, paid for by federal gas taxes. The idea was that roads and highways would be paid for by the people actually using them. But this is no longer the case.
As the first column shows, the federal gas tax only covered about 72 percent of all federal highway spending in 2011. Congress had to scrounge up the rest from the general fund. Indeed, every single state now receives more in federal highway money than it pays in federal gas taxes — with some states receiving significantly more.
Warren Buffett: "During the next decade, you will read a lot of news – bad news – about public pension plans."May 6, 2014 12:02 PM
Thus warns Warren Buffett in his latest message to investors, part of Berkshire Hathaway's annual report. And when the Oracle of Omaha speaks, most of the world listens. So here's hoping his warning of the dangers that underfunded public pensions liabilities pose to state and local governments brings some needed public attention to this problem.
Local and state financial problems are accelerating, in large part because public entities promised pensions they couldn't afford. Citizens and public officials typically under-appreciated the gigantic financial tapeworm that was born when promises were made that conflicted with a willingness to fund them. Unfortunately, pension mathematics today remain a mystery to most Americans.
The math being "a mystery to most Americans" is a major factor that has enabled state and local politicians to underfund pensions for years, by calculating contributions using discount rates based on overly optimistic investment return projections.
Despite reforms in more than 40 states, many pension funds are still in bad shape. As Benefits Pro's Lisa Barron reports, ""Moody's Investor Services estimates that the liability increased 24 percent, from $998 billion in 2011 to $1.2 trillion in 2012, the latest available data with audited results."
Finally Free to Leave SEIU, Michigan Home Care Workers Do Exactly ThatMay 1, 2014 3:11 PM
Michigan becoming the nation's 24th right to work state in 2012 appeared to pose a challenge to major industrial private sector unions like United Auto Workers. But it's also posed a major challenge to public sector unions in the Wolverine State -- or rather, a scheme to reclassify as "public employees" a group of people who aren't even directly employed by the state.
The group in question is home health care workers who receive state assistance. How were they reclassified as state "employees"? The Washington Examiner's Sean Higgins explains:
In 2005, then-Gov. Jennifer Granholm, a Democrat, created the Michigan Quality Community Care Council -- commonly referred to as "MQC3" -- ostensibly for the purpose of keeping tracking track of program's 45,000 participants. However the entity also made it legally possible for the state to claim the participants were actually employees and therefore eligible for collective bargaining.
The following year, Granholm signed a collective bargaining contract with SEIU Healthcare Michigan, after a mail-in ballot in which only 20 percent of the program participants voted. It is not clear how many in the program even knew an election was going on or what the ballot represented.
In short, a union-friendly administration created a state body to pose as the "employer" of home care workers receiving state assistance, and then conducted a stealth organizing campaign by mail. (A similar effort in Connecticut led CEI to partner with the Connecticut-based Yankee Institute to conduct our own mail campaign informing Connecticut home care workers that if they wanted to avoid unionization, they had to return the cards stating so.)
Unsurprisingly, many home care workers in Michigan were unhappy about having their assistance payments suddenly reduced because of dues payments to which they never consented. So when they could finally exit, they did. As a result, SEIU Healthcare Michigan's membership dropped from 55,000 in 2012 to under 11,000 the next year.
This Minimum Wage Hike Will Kill JobsApril 30, 2014 9:10 AM
The key thing you need to know about a minimum wage hike is that it will kill jobs.
About 80 percent of economists surveyed recognize this job-killing reality, points out former chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers and current Harvard economics department chairman Greg Mankiw in his popular textbook, Principles of Economics.
Moreover, 85 percent of econometric studies demonstrate this job-killing fact. U.S. News & World Report explains, "Proponents of a higher minimum wage point to a handful of studies that find no jobs effect to make their case. And it's true, these studies do exist — but they're in the extreme minority. Two economists from the Federal Reserve Board and the University of California-Irvine took the time to read all of the most credible research on the minimum wage from the past 20 years, and found an overwhelming 85 percent of it pointed to a decline in employment."
James Buchanan, 1986 Nobel laureate in economics, famously wrote in The Wall Street Journal on April 25, 1996:
Google's Self-Driving Cars Approach 700,000 Miles of Crash-Free DrivingApril 28, 2014 1:31 PM
In a report released last week for CEI, I noted that developers need to be able to demonstrate automated vehicle safety benefits in order to justify releasing them to consumers. Based on road use and crash data, the critical milestone to reach is about 725,000 miles of crash-free driving in order to be 99 percent confident that automated vehicles are safer than manually driven ones.
Today, Chris Urmson, director of Google's Self-Driving Car Project, announced the company had reached nearly 700,000 miles of crash-free driving across its fleet of self-driving cars. Google's self-driving fleet has been involved in a couple of minor accidents, but they either occurred when the self-driving car was being manually driven or were due to the fault of another driver.
Google will be able to demonstrate safety benefits later this year when it hits the critical milestone. Once this occurs and research is published, expect even more private-sector investment and general public interest in automated vehicles to occur. But, as I've warned, this will also bring increased lawmaker and regulator attention.
As I detailed in my report, policy makers should take care to exercise great restraint in regulating automated vehicle technologies. Overregulation, particularly at this very early stage, risks locking in inferior first-generation technologies, delaying consumer availability, and increasing prices. The results of these good faith but foolish efforts would be increased property damage, injury, and death, as consumers are stuck in less safe, manually driven vehicles for longer than they otherwise would be.
A Victory for Taxpayers and Equal Protection: Supreme Court Upholds Michigan's Proposal 2April 25, 2014 1:08 PM
Taxpayers of all races pay more when government contracts are doled out based on race, rather than awarded to the lowest bidder. That's one reason why it's great news that the Supreme Court reversed a ridiculous lower court decision claiming that it violates the Constitution for voters to ban racial preferences in state government. In its 6-to-2 decision Tuesday in Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action (BAMN), the Supreme Court overturned a contentious, 8-to-7 ruling by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals striking down a provision of the Michigan state constitution that rightly banned racial preferences in government contracts and employment, and in state college admissions.
That provision (Article I, §26) was added to the state constitution by a 2006 ballot initiative, known as Proposal 2 or the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative, which passed easily with 58 percent of the vote. The Supreme Court's moderate and conservative justices, along with one of the court's four liberals (Justice Stephen Breyer), voted to uphold that provision. Justice Sotomayor, who was appointed by President Obama, dissented, joined by liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
The Sixth Circuit's ruling, which claimed it violated the Constitution's equal protection clause to mandate that people be treated equally without regard to their race, defied common sense: It is nonsensical to argue that the Equal Protection Clause requires that people be treated unequally. The Sixth Circuit's ruling also conflicted with rulings the California Supreme Court and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upholding a materially-indistinguishable provision added to California's state constitution, known as the California Civil Rights Initiative or Proposition 209. That provision, approved by California voters in 1996, was upheld in 1997 by the Ninth Circuit, and later upheld by the California Supreme Court in 2010 in a 6-to-1 vote.
The Sixth Circuit's strange ruling that voters cannot limit racial preferences through ballot initiatives risked harming taxpayers by increasing the cost of government contracts. Even fairly mild government affirmative action programs that do not impose racial quotas nevertheless impose substantial costs on taxpayers. For example, in the Domar Electric case, Los Angeles accepted a bid for almost $4 million to complete a contract rather than the lowest bid of approximately $3.3 million, at a cost to taxpayers of more than $650,000. The lowest bidder was rejected solely because it failed to engage in affirmative action in subcontracting. California's Proposition 209 later limited this sort of racial favoritism by banning racial preferences, voiding a number of state affirmative-action programs, and thus saving taxpayers millions of dollars.
Justice Sotomayor's dissent purported to rely on the controversial "political restructuring" doctrine, which holds that shifting a decision on a public policy issue from one level or branch of government to another is sometimes unconstitutional if it disadvantages minorities. (The Cato Institute's Walter Olson discusses the incoherent nature of this doctrine at this link.)
As Justice Sonia Sotomayor put it in her dissenting opinion, the doctrine applies in cases where the state "reconfigur[es] the existing political process… in a manner that burdened racial minorities." But as law professor Ilya Somin notes, this begs the question, since racial preferences harm racial minorities, such as Asian-American college and magnet-school applicants (who often must meet even higher standards than white applicants to be admitted). Thus, Michigan's ban on racial preferences helped, rather than "burdened," many members of racial-minority groups. Like the Asian American Legal Foundation, which filed briefs in support of Michigan's Proposal 2, I look forward to the day when my Asian niece and nephew are judged by the content of their character, not the shape of their eyes or the color of their skin.
Driverless Cars, Innovation, and Regulation: Let's Not Mess it UpApril 23, 2014 8:11 AMCEI General Counsel Sam Kazman about to take a spin in Google's self-driving car. (Photo by Marc Scribner)
For the past several years, I've been writing about highly automated vehicles -- widely referred to as driverless cars -- and the huge potential they have in reducing injuries and deaths (over 30,000 Americans die on the roads every year), improving mobility for the disabled and elderly, reducing the drudgery of commuting, and helping the environment... provided policy makers don't mess it up with onerous laws and regulations (see here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here).
CEI Testifies against National Labor Relations Board Rule to Allow Ambush ElectionsApril 16, 2014 7:10 AM
On three separate panels, I testified last week against the flaws inherent in the National Labor Relations Board's (NLRB) latest proposed rule.
The NLRB benignly purports to re-examine "Representation Case Procedures." The rulemaking is commonly known as the ambush elections rule, as a result of a key component that could require elections in as few as ten days.
On the first panel, I addressed the election date at the heart of the proposal. Approvingly quoting a letter from eighteen United States Senators who commented against the proposed rule, I noted that, "then-Senator John F. Kennedy stated that it was essential to allow 'at least a 30-day interval between the request for an election and the hold of an election' in order to 'safeguard against rushing employees into an election where they are unfamiliar with the issues.'"
The crux of then-Senator Kennedy's statement is a focus on safeguarding employees and on ensuring that effectively educating employees remains the Board's focus.
Pointing out that the median times for elections are on the order of 40 days and that the proposal could call for elections in as few as ten days, I asked, "Would your students benefit from a 75-percent reduction in study time?"
I pointed out that workers, who already have a job and many of whom have families and hobbies, are challenged with essentially learning a crash course in labor law and labor economics—two arcane and intricate areas normally pursued by highly trained specialists with advanced degrees.
An absolute minimum of 30 days and really a routine minimum of sixty days are appropriate to learn such material.
CEI's WorkplaceChoice.org Scores Paycheck Fairness ActApril 10, 2014 9:28 AM
The Competitive Enterprise Institute scored Wednesday's vote in the U.S. Senate on the passage of S. 3772, The Paycheck Fairness Act, a bill that would fundamentally change the Equal Pay Act of 1963, which prohibits employers from paying women less than men for performing the same work in the same workplace.
The score will be incorporated into CEI's Congressional Labor Scorecard that can be seen in full on CEI's labor policy website, WorkplaceChoice.org.
CEI opposes numerous provisions of the proposed bill:
EEOC Loses Hypocritical Lawsuit against Employer over Background ChecksApril 9, 2014 10:07 PM
"In this case the EEOC sued the defendants for using the same type of background check that the EEOC itself uses." So began a 3-to-0 ruling Wednesday by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in EEOC v. Kaplan Higher Education Corp. (Apr. 9, 2014). CEI joined the Pacific Legal Foundation's amicus brief in support of the employer sued by the EEOC, the federal civil-rights agency. (EEOC stands for Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.) As former assistant attorney general Roger Clegg (now at the Center for Equal Opportunity) notes,
The Obama Administration sued Kaplan for running credit checks on employee applicants – similar, by the way, to the ones the EEOC itself uses. Kaplan had learned that some of its employees had misappropriated student payments and, to provide safeguards against this behavior, it began screening its applicants for major red flags in their credit history. The EEOC sued Kaplan, arguing that it cannot use credit checks, because use of credit checks has a disparate impact on black applicants.
Anyway, putting aside the inherent dubiousness of the whole lawsuit, there were also severe methodological problems with the Obama Administration's evidence, which relied on "race raters" to determine, by scrutinizing driver's license photos, the race of the applicants. So the trial judge threw out the case. Today, I'm happy to report, the court of appeals affirmed that decision – and in no uncertain terms, I might add, much I'm sure to the Obama administration's chagrin.
At the Washington Post, UCLA Law Professor Eugene Volokh provides these excerpts from the court's ruling:
The EEOC's personnel handbook recites that "[o]verdue just debts increase temptation to commit illegal or unethical acts as a means of gaining funds to meet financial obligations." Because of that concern, the EEOC runs credit checks on applicants for 84 of the agency's 97 positions. The defendants (collectively, "Kaplan") have the same concern; and thus Kaplan runs credit checks on applicants for positions that provide access to students' financial-loan information, among other positions. For that practice, the EEOC sued Kaplan. Specifically, the EEOC alleges that Kaplan's use of credit checks causes it to screen out more African-American applicants than white applicants, creating a disparate impact in violation of Title VII of the federal Civil Rights Act. See 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2(a)(1), (a)(2), (k). Proof of disparate impact is usually statistical proof in the form of expert testimony; and here the EEOC relied solely on statistical data compiled by Kevin Murphy, who holds a doctorate in industrial and organizational psychology. For two reasons, however, the district court excluded Murphy's testimony on grounds that it was unreliable. First, the EEOC presented "no evidence" that Murphy's methodology satisfied any of the factors that courts typically consider in determining reliability under Federal Rule of Evidence 702; and second, as Murphy himself admitted, his sample was not representative of Kaplan's applicant pool as a whole. The district court therefore granted summary judgment to Kaplan. The EEOC now argues that the district court "erred" — a telling, oft-repeated, and mistaken choice of word here — when it excluded Murphy's testimony. We reject the EEOC's arguments and affirm.
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The EEOC brought this case on the basis of a homemade methodology, crafted by a witness with no particular expertise to craft it, administered by persons with no particular expertise to administer it, tested by no one, and accepted only by the witness himself. The district court did not abuse its discretion in excluding Murphy's testimony.


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Man of La Mancha
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A story of hope and idealism rises from the darkness and despair of a prison cell in Man of La Mancha, carried aloft by some of the most familiar and moving songs of the American theatre. As Miguel de Cervantes presents his tale of knight errant Don Quixote, his journey comes alive in a play-within-the-play, featuring loyal friends, troubled maidens, giant monsters and brave knights. Don Quixote's quest—filled with humor and poignancy in equal measure—dares everyone to dream "The Impossible Dream."


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Austrian bicycle racer Bernhard Kohl during the "Nightrace .07"
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4 January 1982
Vienna, Austria
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|61 kg (134 lb)
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|Rider type
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|Rabobank GSIII
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|Major wins
|Austrian National Road Race champion (2006)
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Bernhard Kohl (born 4 January 1982 in Vienna) is an Austrian former professional road bicycle racer and recognized climbing specialist. After the Gerolsteiner team announced they would not be in existence for the 2009 season, Kohl signed with UCI ProTeam Silence-Lotto for three years. His biggest career achievements include becoming the Austrian national road race champion, finishing third place overall in the Dauphiné Libéré and winning the polka dot jersey as the best climber in the 2008 Tour de France. He was 73 seconds behind winner Carlos Sastre at the completion of the event, finishing in third place in the General classification.
He was banned from the sport for two years after testing positive for performance enhancing drugs in October 2008. On 25 May 2009, he announced his retirement from the sport, claiming that it is "impossible to win without doping" in international cycling.[1]
On 13 October 2008, L'Equipe announced that Kohl had tested positive for CERA (continuous erythropoitin receptor activator, a third-generation variant of erythropoietin, aka EPO) used during the Tour de France.[2] On the 15th he admitted his drug use.[3] His results were removed, but his third-place finish in the 2008 Tour and his Mountain Classification championship (polka dot jersey) have not been remade. If they ever are Denis Menchov of Rabobank would become the third-place finisher, while Carlos Sastre of CSC-Saxo Bank, overall winner of the Tour, would receive the polka dot jersey for King of the Mountains. The next day, Silence-Lotto terminated Kohl's contract with the team.[4] Several journalists had also nominated Kohl to receive the Austrian Sportspersonality of the year award, but he was removed from the contenders list.[5] On 24 November 2008, Kohl was banned for two years by the Austrian anti-doping agency (NADA).[6]
His ex-manager, Stefan Matschiner, was arrested on 31 March 2009 in Austria and charged with selling doping substances. Kohl stated that he was "not surprised" by the arrest.[7]
Kohl's results for the 2008 Tour de France have been removed in the official Tour de France results, but the definitive classification has not been published yet.[8]
Major achievements[edit]
- 2002 – Rabobank Continental Team
- (U23) Austria National Road Race Champion
- (U23) version – Rund um den Henninger Turm
- 2004 – Rabobank (Amateur Team)
- Tour of the Pyrenees
- 2005 – T-Mobile Team
First year as a professional
- 2006 – T-Mobile Team
- Austria National Road Race Champion
- 3rd Overall – Dauphiné Libéré
- ^ "Ohne Doping kannst du nicht gewinnen". radsport-news.com. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
- ^ "Kohl a triché lui aussi". Lequipe.fr. 13 October 2008. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
- ^ "Kohl admits doping". Bikeradar.com. 15 October 2008. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
- ^ "Kohl dropped by team after failing doping test". The Guardian (London). 14 October 2008. Retrieved 26 April 2010.
- ^ "Best climber caught". The Straits Times. Retrieved 4 February 2009.
- ^ "Dopingverfahren Bernhard KOHL (Radsport)" (in German). Nationale Anti-Doping Agentur Austria. 24 November 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2009.
- ^ Kohl's Ex-Manager Arrested[dead link]
- ^ http://www.letour.fr/2009/TDF/COURSE/docs/histo2009_06.pdf
External links[edit]
- Official website (German)
- Bernhard Kohl profile at Cycling Archives


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National tax laws have not kept pace with the globalisation of corporations and the digital economy, leaving gaps that can be exploited by multi-national corporations to artificially reduce their taxes.
While after-tax hedging is not, of itself, aggressive - being generally a straightforward risk management technique - the report recognises that it can also be used as a feature of aggressive tax planning (ATP) schemes. ATP schemes based on after-tax hedging pose a threat to countries' revenue base.
Aggressive tax planning (ATP) schemes based on after-tax hedging pose a threat to countries' revenue base. Empirical evidence suggests that hundreds of millions of USD are at stake, with a number of multi-billion transactions identified by countries.
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The OECD's work on Aggressive Tax Planning focuses on helping tax authorities to respond more quickly to tax risks, to identify trends and patterns already identified and experienced by some tax administrations, and to share experiences in dealing with them
Aggressive tax planning – untaxed income, multiple deductions and other forms of international tax arbitrage - is a growing concern for all governments.
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Officials from revenue bodies, the banking sector and OECD met in Rome on 10-11 October to discuss ways to enhance the relationship between tax administrations and the banking industry and thus improve tax compliance.
Corporate losses raise compliance risks if aggressive tax planning is used as a means of increasing or accelerating tax relief in ways not intended by the legislator, or to generate artificial losses. This report describes the size of loss carry-forwards, the rules applicable in relation to losses, and identifies the following risk areas: corporate reorganisations, financial instruments and non-arm's length transfer pricing. After
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While it's a down year overall for offensive lineman in the draft, there is a lot of depth at center.
INDIANAPOLIS -- It has always rated as the most anonymous position on the historically most anonymous unit, but, in a year when the talent level of the offensive line prospects in the draft has been assessed as thin, the center spot appears surprisingly deep.
"Trust me," said North Carolina snapper Jason Brown, "there aren't many people who keep track of the center crop to the extent that I do. I mean, these guys, for me, are the competition, you know? And I'm telling you, there are a lot of great centers here, man."
And with good reason.
Brown, who began his college career at tackle and moved inside to the hub in his second season with the Tar Heels, hasn't allowed a sack since his sophomore campaign. He is bright, competitive, has terrific recognition skills and, at 6-feet-2 3/8 and 310 pounds, possesses excellent size for the position. Watch him on tape, against even the premier defensive tackles in the ACC, and his opponents rarely penetrate into the backfield.
Amazingly, he might not even be the top center prospect.
Scouts spoke Thursday of Brown, who has slimmed down considerably since playing at an ungainly 336 pounds in 2003, in glowing terms. But they lavished praise on Chris Spencer of Mississippi, who appeared legitimately taken aback when apprised of some of their comments. One regional scout from an AFC franchise suggested Spencer could be one of the best centers to come into the league in the last 25 years.
Among the other names to watch: David Baas (Michigan), Ben Wilkerson (LSU), Junius Coston (North Carolina A&T) and Vince Carter (Oklahoma).
In the past 15 drafts, only four centers -- Bern Brostek (Rams in 1990), Steve Everitt (Browns, 1993), Damien Woody (Patriots, 1999) and Jeff Faine (Browns, 2003) -- were selected in the first round. The first snapper off the draft board last year, Jake Grove, was chosen by Oakland in the second round, with the 45th overall selection. Chances are, there could be a couple of centers gone by the middle of the second round this year, even though none currently project as first-round choices.
It used to be that playing center was like being sent out to man the right-field spot for your Little League team. The position was, in the eyes of many, a spot where a team put a marginal athlete and hoped for the best. The game has changed, however, in recent years. And the sudden re-emergence of the 3-4 defense, in which a center has a nose tackle right on top of him, has changed the approach to the hub spot on an offensive line.
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With no on-field workouts yet, no one has slipped.
Truth be told, scouts are actually looking at players from other positions, usually guard, to move over to center. Baas played guard much of his career at Michigan, and there are some teams that still project him there, but most regard him foremost as a center prospect now. Like several of the other centers here, Baas is a former high school shot-putter and champion weightlifter. But he acknowledged that, with defenses so complex at the NFL level, brains are just as important to a center as brawn.
None of the coaches, scouts or personnel directors surveyed Thursday disagreed.
"You'd better have a smart guy playing [center] or things can fall apart for you pretty quickly," said New York Giants head coach Tom Coughlin. "With the sophistication that so many defenses are showing now, jumping in and out of fronts, center is a key spot."
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Cabinets, then countertop, then backsplash.
Putting flooring into the mix, people do the sequence in a variety of ways. I don't think it's unusual to wait till after the counters are installed and then have the same tile person do the floor and the backsplash, if you are doing tile floors and a tile backsplash. Many people here live in the new kitchen for several months before settling on their backsplash choices.
We did our wood flooring install after the cabinets, while the countertops were being templated. Countertop and undermount sink were both installed by the countertop fabricator in one day, and the next day the plumber came and connected the dishwasher and hooked up faucet, and connected them all to water.
We also ran our backsplash up to the ceiling behind the stove... which in our case meant installing the backsplash first, then the hood, and then the stove. (It is possible to do stove first, and then hood, but my parents had the bad luck to have the installers drop their new hood on their new cooktop, which damaged both, and set the whole process back by a few weeks.)
It also depends in part on who is doing the installing. You gotta use some guys when you can get the guys. If you're doing floor yourself, think about the delay times and plan your calendar for the times when finish or grout needs to dry and set--will the floor finishing need to fall on weekends so fabricators can enter on weekdays? How many days are necessary for drying/curing layover? And what will you do about the trekking of workers over a new floor?
Backsplash can be done much later, even years later. But...if you're not getting a built-in short backsplash with countertop, plan to live with a bad looking seam at wall if wall and counter do not meet gracefully. And what will you do about spills when there's an opening along wall?
One piece of advice from sadder but wiser me...we roughed in a niche in wallboard which has proved to be in wrong position, by less than an inch, when stove and hood were installed. (We're into mismeasurement here at our place. AARGH!) We're trying to figure out what to do next. But if we had done tiling first, it would be harder and more expensive to fix things.
We did tile floor, then cabinets, then countertop...still waiting to put in a backsplash.
If you put the flooring in first, then it goes under the cabinets, making it easier to change things later. While the product cost might be somewhat higher (the cost of the materials under the cabinets), installation will be less b/c there are far less cuts, etc. Additionally, everything is at the same level for installation...cabinets & appliances.
Whatever you do, be sure the flooring materials are even & level across the entire room. If you do not put your flooring material under the cabinets, then at least put plywood under the cabinets & appliances to bring them up to your planned finished floor height. This is to (1) ensure appliances will fit, (2) make it easier to install/remove appliances (no having to raise/lower them to get them in/out), and (3) avoid the "surprise" when your toekicks end up being shorter than normal as well as lowering your counter height. (If you want a lower counter height then plan for it, don't "end up" with it b/c of an "oops!")
I also suggest you run the finished floor under your appliance alcoves a least a few inches so there's no raw plywood visible when looking from across the room. This includes refrigerators, DWs, ranges, etc. ...anything that sits directly on the floor.
Oh, and don't install the final quarter round or furniture molding until your floor has been installed...this way the molding will hide any uneven/rough edges.


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