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A task force may out-do Inslee, McKenna on education money
Our governor candidates want to believe growth will provide enough money to fix schools. The Legislature has set up a group that looks capable of delivering a smarter answer.
It's not called the super committee, but the legislature's Joint Task Force on Education Funding has a mandate that would fit that description.
In response to the state Supreme Court's decision last January in McCleary v. State of Washington that the state has not met its constitutional "paramount duty" to amply fund basic education for all children, the 2012 legislature established the task force to recommend "a reliable and dependable funding mechanism." And it is instructed that it be done by Dec. 31 of this year.
So four senators and four representatives, equally divided between Democrats and Republicans, along with three gubernatorial appointees, have just a few short months to do what numerous other task forces and the Legislature itself have been unable to accomplish in several decades since a Thurston County Superior Court judge in 1978 found the state's school funding system to be unconstitutional (Doran decision in Seattle School District v. State).
The new funding mechanism must at least support full implementation by 2018 of four educational enhancements identified in legislation passed in 2009 and 2010. These are: full-day kindergarten; reduced K-3 class size; increased allocations for maintenance, supplies including text books, and other operating costs (MSOC); and a new student transportation funding formula. A major unstated goal is to end the over-reliance on local levies.
To meet the court's deadline, the assignment is to phase in full funding over the next three biennia, starting with $1 billion in the 2013-15 biennium, followed by an increase to $2.5 billion in 2015-17. Total new revenue required in 2017-19 is estimated to be at least $3.3 billion, and includes restoration of K-12 salary reductions enacted in the current budget. Not included in the estimates are increases in instructional time and graduation credit requirements, both of which have been added to the definition of basic education.
The task force must recommend one preferred funding mechanism. However, it was given the flexibility to recommend several options. These could be new dedicated revenue sources. Or education could be funded with no new revenues, which then would require reductions in other areas of the budget. If the latter, the task force must identify current programs and services that would be eliminated or reduced.
Since "mechanism" is not defined in the legislation establishing the task force, it could conceivably encompass an economic growth scenario in which sufficient revenues are generated under the current tax system as the economy continues to recover. Both candidates for governor have indicated a belief that full funding can be accomplished with increased economic activity and without new taxes. That prospect, however, would not seem to meet the Legislature's intent that the funding mechanism be "permanent."
The task force used its first meeting on Aug. 3 to get organized.
It elected as its chair Jeff Vincent, a gubernatorial appointee and chair of the state Board of Education. Vincent also represents the state's business community as CEO and president of Laird Norton Company LLC, and as a member of the board of directors of the Washington Roundtable. Laird Norton is a private wealth management firm. The Roundtable is comprised of chief executives representing the state's major private sector employers.
Vice chair is Susan Enfield, Highline School District superintendent and for a brief time the interim superintendent of Seattle Public Schools. The full task force membership can be found here.
Several issues were raised at the first meeting that may provide a sense of the direction the discussion will take. Two members asked what education funding levels would look like if the baseline was not the current 2011-13 budget but the budget before major cuts were made. The Supreme Court had broached that question in its McCleary decision:
[O]verall K-12 funding — including funding for basic education — sustained massive cuts in the 2011-13 operating budget. Teacher and staff salaries were reduced by 1.9 percent, and administrator salaries were cut by 3 percent. The budget provided virtually no increase in funding for MSOCs. And the new transportation funding formula provided only $5 million more for student transportation than the legislature allocated during the previous biennium. Nonbasic education funding was likewise reduced in the 2011-13 operating budget. Funding under Initiative 728, for example, sustained cuts of $860 million, and a separate program for reducing K-4 class sizes lost $214 million.
During a presentation by the Department of Revenue on general fund tax revenue forecasted for the next (2013-15) biennium, concerns were voiced about the certainty of the numbers.
Vincent averred that this is a very difficult time to judge the economy going forward, especially given all of the political decisions that are facing the other Washington. And he asked what may be the $3 billion question: "Is it a fair assumption, given the time frame over which we have to make additional funding into education, and given all the other factors in the state's cost growth, that we aren't going to grow our way out of this issue (i.e., fund education through economic expansion)?" He might have been referring to the positions of McKenna and Inslee and suggesting that he agrees with Gov. Chris Gregoire that economic growth alone will not solve the problem.
Not available to the task force at its first meeting was the Four-year Outlook of general fund revenues and expenditures produced by the Office of Financial Management. It was released on the following Monday and provides important details regarding budget assumptions through 2015-17. The changes, all adds, would restore cuts made in the current budget including those to K-12, fund programs and services that are expected to see increased demand, and rebuild the rainy day (budget stabilization) account. And they reflect the Gregoire administration's belief that the social safety net can't sustain further cuts.
Revenues are predicted to grow by 14.5 percent over the next two biennia compared to an expenditure growth of 15.8 percent. This would leave a negative balance in the general fund at the end of 2015-17 of $1.3 billion.
The outlook mentions other expenditures that are under discussion and not included in the forecast: K-12 employee and teacher health benefit increases and state employee salary adjustments. A footnote also indicates that college financial aid may need to be increased, assuming there is another 2 to 3 percent tuition increase.
In effect, the task force is faced with not only finding significant new revenue for K-12 but also dealing with competing needs for revenue that will bring the full budget into balance.
Near the end of its two-hour discussion, Sen. David Frockt, D-Seattle, suggested the group work toward a political consensus. Task force members seemed to agree. And they also agreed with their chair's opinion that to get taxpayer support, they can't simply talk about more money but need to define clearly how revenues will produce better outcomes— that they should indicate how success will be measured. And they should coordinate with other legislative committees that are working the issue.
The education task force has a difficult, multi-faceted challenge, and very little time to deliver. But sometimes what seems impossible becomes reality when smart people set aside their ideologies and find ways to compromise. Stay tuned.
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Posted Wed, Aug 15, 5:57 a.m.
The failure to create an adequate and reliable funding source for education characterizes Governor Gregoire's two terms of office. It is her signature failure. She has no signature success. Despite repeated promises, starting with her initial campaign and stretching through a number of different blue-ribbon committees like this one, she was never able to find a solution to this critical problem.
Or, rather, an answer was found, but the answer - an income tax - proved unpalatable to the Governor and a small, influential group of high earners who would have paid the tax.
The problem hasn't changed. The answer hasn't changed. The opposition to the solution hasn't changed. This blue ribbon committee won't find any other solution. And they won't be any happier with the one and only solution they can find.
Posted Wed, Aug 15, 8:11 a.m.
Going for an undefined mo' money is nutz.
First, and the establishment has never said this, define what "enough money" is.
Value engineer that amount, tie it to attainment of goals, then you know where the finish line is.
Only then, can you discover how to reach that amount.
Oh, and dedicated funding sources have NEVER EVER exactly matched the need. I do wish there was no dedication, and make the legislature prioritize the money they have.
That way, the stuff folks want will be funded, and the not-so-important stuff won't. I am tired, really tired, of legislative bodies not funding what folks want, knowing they can put up a separate ballot issue that will get an affirmative vote, and instead fund stuff folks don't want with general revenues.
Like the Seattle Library issue.
The Geezer has bloviated.
Posted Thu, Aug 23, 4:24 p.m.
Actually, Geezer, "enough money" was defined. The Legislature defined it in their redefinition of Basic Education, which was the promise they made in lieu of actually funding education.
Posted Thu, Aug 16, 11:13 a.m.
Good piece, we need to know what's ahead. But isn't it glib to equate McKenna and Inslee's proposals? are they really that similar? I have read that, over a decade, Mckenna's education money comes out of DSHS which, I understand, is the fastest growing department budget in the State. On a very basic level then McKenna would be favoring younger generations to the detriment of elderly and disabled (and whoever else benefits from State aid programs). Given what has been happening for the past forty years that would seem to be rebalancing the budget in a more equitable and socially beneficial way. Young people are getting screwed and are going to continue to get screwed no matter what happens but McKenna -at least seems to- acknowledge that. Maybe that is not his intent; he certainly does not say it out loud.
Posted Sun, Aug 19, 11:39 a.m.
Two comments:
1) I agree with Keith about the foolishness of equating Inslee and McKenna's funding plans. Both candidates' claims are disingenuous, but in different ways and, if followed, with different consequences. Furthermore, very importantly, given the extreme ideology of the Right -of which, don't forget (people here do!) Mckenna is a member - there is no chance McKenna will change direction once elected, whereas it's plausible that Inslee might.
2) People are more willing to support a new tax when they know it will go to a very specific purpose, with safeguards built in against budgetary shell games and with ongoing, real transparency about program allocation. I'm a tax-and-spend liberal, but will allow that's fair enough.
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ROSELAND — The former Roseland town treasurer is on the state's radar after it discovered some inconsistency in an audit of the town's expenses.
That treasurer, Susan Hammons, resigned last week.
In the state's examination report, it said Roseland did not properly maintain its accounting records.
And that job was Susan Hammon's responsibility.
From misplacing receipts to inaccurate reimbursement reports, the audit report is raising some questions.
"We received a resignation from Susan Hammons," said Roseland town attorney Peter Agostino.
A sudden resignation after the state released the results of the audit of Roseland's town finances.
The report is raising eyebrows. Did Hammons cheat her town out of money?
"I think it's way too early to tell. That's what we're looking into, but its seems most of the errors were honest mistakes," Agostino said.
Agostino paged through the 20-piece state audit with WSBT.
"There were some issues with expenses, and those are being investigated," he said.
The report said, "In some instances the clerk-treasurer was reimbursed to conferences that exceeded the reasonable mileage from the town of Roseland to the conference site."
Hammons was reimbursed for 89 miles more than what she should have driven. But Agostino said a detour or wrong directions may have caused the extra mileage.
WSBT called and stopped by Hammon's house to get her side of the story, but we didn't hear from her.
With Hammon's abrupt resignation we questioned Agostino, does he see signs of embezzlement or fraud in the report?
"No I wouldn't put in that type of category, there may have been expenses reimbursed in excess of what was authorized or lack of documentation," Agostino said.
He said it's too early to point fingers.
Right now possible legal action against Hammons is in limbo.
"In these types of cases that's always a possibility," Agostino said.
Susan Hammons is cooperating with the town and the state in their investigation. Agostino said Hammon's expenses are being investigated by both the state and Michael Eby, the Roseland deputy clerk-treasurer who is temporarily sitting in Hammon's place until Roseland finds a new clerk.
The report also shows Hammon misplaced funds into the wrong accounts. Right now the attorney said it's too early to tell if it was a mistake or on purpose. The report shows no money is missing, but there are expenses that were not calculated into the budget and some that are missing receipts.
Deputy clerk treasurer Michael Eby said he should have an update on the investigation at the town's next meeting in October.


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So basically I recently started FFXI, and COR has become my main job.
I have no high-ish level COR friends, so I have no one to ask for help with COR or see if I'm doing stuff right.
I am a COR/NIN most of the time, I would do COR/RNG but honestly it's way too expensive shooting for TP at my level, and I take all the hate and die because I don't have shadows. I dual wield a decent DPS sword or dagger in my mainhand, and an Archer's Knife in my offhand. I read on here that if you're meleeing as COR, using 2 RACC weapons is retarded, since you don't have any real DPS. So yeah, I use Archer's Knife in offhand for the +RACC since I use gun wses not dagger or sword.
All my gear is +AGI, DEX, ATK, ACC, and RACC, but mostly RACC and AGI.
As for fighting, I melee until I get 100% TP, then stand back outside of weapon range and use my range WS.
For rolls, usually I start off with either Hunter's or Chaos roll, which I put on all the frontline jobs, if there is a RNG in the pt I always use Hunter's roll, and make sure they get hit with it. I try and always have COR roll on everyone, unless the pt sucks and it's taking forever to kill mobs, so then I put RNG and DRK roll on everyone until the fight is about to end, then I throw up COR roll, for the boosted exp. I usually don't bother with Healer's roll unless, once again, the party is hella slow or taking a rest.
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I am a 36 COR/NIN.
I use a DD sword or knife in mainhand, Archer's Knife in offhand.
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The National Green Building Standard (ICC 700-2008) is the first and only consensus-based green building standard for residential properties. NMHC was instrumental in having the standard expanded to include apartments and the residential portions of mixed-use developments.
The development of the NGBS was a top priority for NMHC. Prior to the NGBS, apartment firms considering building green had to follow guidelines designed for either high-rise commercial properties or single-family houses. As a result of NMHC's participation in the standard's development process, this is the only residential green building program based on input from the apartment industry.
The NGBS serves dual purposes. Not only does it provide apartment firms with uniform guidance on green building practices appropriate for low-, mid- and high-rise apartment construction, mixed-use and retrofits, it also offers local jurisdictions an alternative to non-standardized green rating systems (like the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED criteria). This is increasingly important given the growing number of states and localities considering mandatory green building requirements.
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The NGBS received approval from the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) is January 2009, which signifies that the standard was developed through a rigorous process requiring public input, a diversity of participants, consensus and due process. Work has begun on the second edition of the NGBS, which will be published in 2012.
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Bridal fashion is its own silk shantung and tulle spectator sport. In a sea of white, ecru and ivory, two major players in the bridal game were seeing red for Spring 2013. Oscar de la Renta sent two crimson looks down the aisle, ahem runway, including a strapless, cascading ruffled gown accessorized with a black veil that conjured visions of a dashing matador's wife-to-be. Vera Wang committed to the vermilion with a collection that included every shade of the red spectrum, from scarlet to ox blood in what the designer calls, "a celebration of love." Owing to Wang's signature way with entrance-making gowns, all of the incredible detail is there, just done up in a different color. It may not be for the shy bride, but it certainly will get a girl noticed.
The finale moment of Couture shows is historically relegated to an even-more-elaborate-than-the-$100,000-confections-that-proceeded-it bridal gown, often worn by a model that is a household name. While these dresses are generally artful, stunning and statement-making, we're feeling the emerging trend of the elegant, ethereal shorter dresses that are just screaming to be worn on someone's Big Day. For those brides who are daunted by the idea of hiding their best asset a great set of stems for their nuptials, Giambattista Valli, Elie Saab and Valentino have you covered to the knee only. What could be more modern?
With Vera Wang designing for David's Bridal and Net-a-Porter launching a wedding boutique where a Lanvin creation can be at your doorstep in less than 24 hours, it was only a matter of time before red carpet heavyweights Georgina Chapman and Keren Craig of Marchesa got in on the buy-now-wear-now bridal trend. This September, they will premiere a line of more affordable wedding dresses, Eternal by Marchesa, with exclusive retail partner Priscilla of Boston. The sure-to-be decadent gowns (just reference the tulle creation they designed for Nicole Richie on her wedding day) will run brides-to-be $1,500 to $5,000 and save them months of waiting time for that dream dress. What better way to bring a touch of their signature confection to your walk down the aisle?
While on buying appointments, Shopbop's fashion director Kate Ciepluch and her team constantly found themselves saying, "Wouldn't that make a gorgeous bridal gown or bridesmaid dress?" Enter in the site's newly-debuted wedding section, which features wedding dresses from Thakoon, Temperley London and Jenni Kayne to fashionable options (read: dresses one might actually wear again) for the wedding party in a variety of bridal-friendly hues. "Our girl wants to wear something that provides her with fashion and quality, yet also wants a cool alternative to department stores or bridal shops," says Ciepluch. The Wedding Boutique also carries shoes and bags from designers like Guiseppe Zanotti, plus an edited selection of looks for the rehearsal dinner and honeymoon packing ideas. Saying 'I do' for both brides and their best friends just got a whole lot cooler.
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Whitney HoltzmanThe men's Sweet 16 got off to a wild start Thursday, with three of the four matchups ending in upsets. Top-seeded Duke won't be repeating as national champions, while Butler defeated Wisconsin to keep their hopes of returning to the title game alive.
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About Last Night: No. 1 and done
Whitney HoltzmanThe No. 1 ranking in men's college basketball has been a revolving door this season. As has become all too common, the No. 1 team in the country went down again. This time it was Duke.
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Adena AndrewsTonight's sports docket features the Panthers in Pittsburgh, where the Steelers are in the hunt for the AFC North title. In hoops action, the new-look Suns host the Heat. And for decoration? It's the Poinsettia Bowl, featuring Navy and San Diego State.
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American journalism has disgraced itself in the matter of the Benghazi terrorist attack.
The National Football League has picked another fight this year with the news media that have helped make it the world's most profitable sports franchise.
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Our nation's governing classes aren't happy with the news media. At first glance, it's hard to believe they aren't satisfied with the coverage they receive. The major media with few exceptions (Wall Street Journal, Fox News) are populated with leftists who reveal their bias in their news reporting choices as well as in their opinion pieces. The recent discovery of the "journo-list" e-mails exposed a national press corps not only sycophantically supporting candidate Obama for the presidency but actually strategizing among themselves how to influence the election.
VATICAN CITY — Cardinals rushed to Pope Benedict XVI's defense on Holy Thursday amid accusations he played a role in covering up sex abuse scandals, as an increasingly angry Vatican made a stinging attack on the U.S. media for its coverage.
The National Football League should quickly rethink its plans to forbid local television journalists from being on the sidelines during games for the 2006 season.
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The good times keep on rolling for Mayer Hawthorne as he drops a visual for his track "Henny & Gingerale", straight off his How Do You Do album. The visual is pretty straightforward, as Hawthorne party's it up in a room full of good looking people, while guzzling down the Henny and Ale. Enjoy!
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Here follows a video of one of my projects: Breoghan Project, where we play Irish and Scottish music (and some other things). The first tune is a waltz called Inisheer (also known as The Eagle's Feather, Inis Oírr In Inis Oírr, Inis Oir, Inis Oirr, Inisfree, Inish Iar, Innisheer, The Old Arm Chair, The Women's Lament For The Dead.) by Thomas Walsh and the second tune is also a waltz but created by the talented Swedish multi-instrumentalist Esbjörn Hazelius. The song if filmed live at Salón de Representantes in Manzana de las Luces (one of the oldest extant buildings of Buenos Aires).
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Wal-Mart will offer shoppers Black Friday discounts a few hours earlier this year, cutting prices late on Thanksgiving day instead of making people wait until early the following morning. The decision, based on feedback from customers, comes as Wal-Mart has beefed up its analytic capabilities in an effort to beat back e-commerce giant Amazon.
It's not known whether the feedback was obtained through IT tools. Jon LeMire, a former senior manager at the company, says Wal-Mart often assesses consumer sentiment by surveying customers in the parking lot. But even if that is how the latest raw data was derived, it still may have been fed into Wal-Mart's powerful analytics platform.
Kevin Sterneckert, an analyst at Gartner, says that's because customers don't always have the best insights into their own behavior. "In most cases customers don't understand in a concrete way why they are making the decisions they are making. They are influenced by light and aroma and feel. It's much more accurate to look at their digital footprint," Sterneckert said.
Company spokesman Steven Restivo said, in an email, that customer feedback can come from "focus groups, online surveys, survey links on store receipts."
Hoping to avoid the pressure that is squeezing many other brick-and-mortal retailers, Wal-Mart has been ramping up its business analytic capacity so that it can better understand and expand that digital footprint. In April 2011, Wal-Mart acquired the social search engine start-up Kosmix, and used it as the foundation to start a Silicon Valley research division @Walmart Labs, which has helped revamp walmart.com and its mobile applications. @Walmart Labs says its "crown jewel" is its Social Genome project, which is developing tools to allow the company to scour social media for customer sentiment. The tool sifts through platforms like Facebook and Twitter to better understand relationships between different words and products, allowing walmart.com to offer better search results.
Since then, Wal-Mart's efforts to better understand and accommodate the needs of online shoppers have included naming longtime Google executive (and now Yahoo CEO) Marissa Mayer to its board. It also recently began offering new services that allow people to order items online and pick them up at a brick and mortar store. Most recently, it has experimented with limited same-day delivery for online purchases.


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If we apply the exact same form of democracy the USA has to China, then China would be chaotic. I'm a fan of democracy and a believer in freedom and peace...however, I do believe that communist china might be the best for china at this time.
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the video can't go beyond 20 min mark.
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Am I the only one having problems viewing this past the twenty minute mark?
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It seems to me that the Comunist Dictatorial state of China is moving to Capitalism and Democracy as the United States is moving from Capitalism and Democracy to Socialism and Democracy from two ends to the middle. esk


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Definition of 'Substitution Swap'An exchange that is carried out by trading a fixed-income security for a higher yielding bond with similar features. A substitution swap involves the swapping of one bond for another bond that has a higher yield, but has a similar coupon rate, maturity date, call feature, credit quality, etc. A substitution swap allows the investor (such as a firm) to increase returns without altering the terms or risk level of the security. Investors will participate in substitution swaps when they believe there is a temporary discrepancy in bond prices due to market disequilibrium. |
Investopedia explains 'Substitution Swap'A swap is the exchange of one security for another to change some feature of the security, or because investment objectives have changed. For example, an investor may engage in a swap to change the maturity or quality of a security. There are multiple types of swaps including currency swaps, commodity swaps and interest rate swaps.Substitution swaps are exchanges for higher yielding bonds. Since all other factors remain the same (i.e., maturity and credit quality), investors typically perform substitution swaps to take advantage of a promised higher yield. For example, a substitution swap might occur between two bonds that are each 20-year AAA bonds, but one has a 4% semi-annual yield while the other has a 4.5% semi-annual yield. The swap will replace the lower yielding bond with the higher yielding one. Market forces may bring the two yields together in the future if the bonds are perfect substitutes. Swaps are not exchange-traded instruments; rather, they are traded on the over-the-counter (OTC) market between private parties. Because swaps occur on the OTC market, there is an inherent risk of a counterparty default. The swap markets consist primarily of activity from firms and institutional investors rather than individual investors. |
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LG touts Tegra 3 talker
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LG has revealed what it has in store for next week's Mobile World Congress (MWC): specifically its Nvidia Tegra 3-based smartphone, the Optimus 4X HD.
The 4X HD joins a party of five-core smartphones heading to MWC, where it will be joined by Fujitsu, which flaunted its own Tegra 3 offering yesterday.
LG's Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich blower sports a 4.7in, 1280 x 720 display and 16GB of internal storage. There are also 8Mp rear-facing and 1.3Mp front-facing cameras. The 4X HD's battery is rated at 2150mAh.
LG has already lifted the veil on several models this week, including the new slimline Optimus 3D Max. While that will ship with Android 2.3 Gingerbread, an ICS update has been promised soon.
The LG Optimus 3D Max comes with support for NFC and - just like its predecessor, the Optimus 3D - a 4.3in glasses-free display and dual cameras for 3D filming. ®
Having some diminutive girl hold it up close to the camera exaggerates even more how gigantic this is.
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Nope, there is nothing peado about the image, nor are these girls "disturbing" to look at. Stop perpetuating this Daily Mail-esque nonsense.
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Bethany's proposed church on Jefferson deferred
Bethany World Prayer Center's proposed church next to Towne Center on Jefferson Highway was deferred Monday for a second time by the city-parish Planning Commission.
In other action, the commission approved The Oasis, a mixed-use development planned for Burbank Drive, and a slight revision of the final development plan for River Park on the north end of downtown.
The commission was advised to defer Bethany because of a last-minute filing of engineering documents during the meeting.
Bethany had been seeking approval for the 1,050-seat church with a rear and front entrance, but found out the back entrance through an agreement with State Farm would not be possible.
Commission chairwoman Tara Wicker told the commission the new plans passed out at the meeting showing only a single entrance were submitted too late for the commission to consider.
Church spokesman Hank Henagan said Bethany still maintains a single entrance won't cause traffic problems on Jefferson, which is the main concern of the numerous residents who have twice turned out to oppose the rezoning request.
Bethany will have to take up its revised plans at the Planning Commission meeting on July 16.
Bethany had initially described the facility as a performing arts center that would have services twice a week, but then told the commission last month that most of the use of the church would be on Wednesday nights and Sunday mornings.
Henagan told the commission Bethany has met with the Department of Transportation and Development and was told the church would not impact traffic because its services are only on Wednesday night and Sunday morning.
THE OASIS: Chris Shaheen, of Shaheen Real Estate Development, plans to turn a 10-acre parcel on Burbank Drive into a recreation-centered town home complex, featuring volleyball courts, a sports cafe with a large outdoor deck and sports- and health-oriented retail.
His zoning change for The Oasis, on Burbank across from South Kenilworth Parkway, calls for 16 medium-density lots on 1 acre, about 20,000 square feet of commercial development on half an acre, and then 4 acres of semipublic space.
A large, partially covered deck would adjoin a 5,000-square-foot sports-theme restaurant and retail spaces of 9,000, 4,000 and 1,500 square feet.
RIVER PARK: Developer Pete Clements, who is putting together a mixed-use center called River Park just north of Hollywood Casino downtown, wants to add 14 acres currently zoned as heavy industrial and business district to the 36-acre portion already zoned as a planned unit development.
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Report: Kerry nomination delayed by shooting
Sen. John Kerry's (D-Mass.) expected nomination to be the next secretary of State has been delayed at least until later in this week because of the elementary school shooting in Connecticut, according to a report by The New York Times.
Kerry's selection had been widely expected after Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice withdrew her name from consideration under political scrutiny last week, and reports over the weekend confirmed that President Obama had decided to name the former Democratic presidential nominee. But the White House is wary of making the announcement early in the week, while the nation continues to reel from the shooting spree that left 26 dead, including 20 children.
According to the report, Kerry's nomination will come, at the earliest, toward the end of the week.
Obama is likely to make such a nomination for director of the Central Intelligence Agency, with former Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.) or former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy reportedly under consideration. CIA Director David Petraeus resigned last month after an FBI investigation revealed he had an extramarital affair with his biographer.
Last week, White House press secretary Jay Carney acknowledged that the president placed a premium on diversity while at the same time noting that Susan Rice remained in the Cabinet.
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Paradox of Anxiety
Is it friend or foe? In an age where time seems to be traveling faster and choices are vaster - living on the verge of an anxiety attack is becoming commonplace. Learn what triggers this strange emotion and how to use its force in your favor. One word is all it takes and suddenly your thoughts are going so fast that they create a vortex in your throat making breathing impossible. Confusion is the name of the game and you cannot imagine where to go from here.These are some of the symptoms of anxiety. There is little comfort in knowing that we've all experienced anxiety on some level at some point in our lives. Anxiety comes when we are faced with a defining, life-changing moment or, perhaps, when we are required to make an important decision. We feel our worst imagined fears creep into our self-conscious where they multiply, inciting uncertainty and worry over something that might -- or might not -- ever happen. The great French philosopher Montaigne once wrote, "My life has been full of terrible misfortunes, most of which never happened." Anxiety distorts normal worries and magnifies them. We become trapped like flies in webs of our own making, struggling helplessly, paralyzed from taking the necessary action to free ourselves. Yet, despite the negative connotations attached to the word anxiety, the sensation itself can create within us a truly positive effect. And though it is something we desire never to experience, we are usually better for having done so. Anxiety is both a terrible curse and an enormous blessing. It all depends on how you look at it. Kabbalists suggest that we should view anxiety in a positive light. They believe that it manifests itself to remind us that we are not realizing our full potential in this world, that we are not fulfilling our purpose. Only with the spur of constant self-evaluation, which often begins with anxiety, will we strive to do better and succeed in our efforts. In fact, medical science supports this perspective. Many doctors contend that some anxiety is a good thing. In his full-length treatise on the subject, Anxiety (Oxford, 1986), Donald W. Goodwin, M.D. suggests that stress is a useful tool that can "build character, enhance creativity and encourage us to do better." With anxiety, we experience a heightened awareness of ourselves. According to the American Medical Association, anxiety also helps us respond to emergencies. There is an old saying: "Fear knocked. Faith answered. No one was there." Those who study the Kabbalah believe that anxiety occurs when we don't have certainty. By refusing to trust in God, or in the perfection of the ultimate plan, we accept burdens we were never meant to bear and, therefore, feel uneasy, depressed and afraid. Our bodies respond physically to this spiritual imbalance, which is why anxiety sufferers often experience headaches, dizziness, heart palpitations, incredible fatigue and respiratory problems. According to the Kabbalah, however, our awareness of anxiety is the Creator's way of offering us a chance to reconnect with Him, a wake-up call to the spirit. Kabbalists believe that through anxiety we are alerted to a wrong turn we have taken, thereby giving us the capacity to re-orient ourselves on the path to our true destiny. Perhaps we were too focused on personal desires or in attaining fame or fortune and neglected our spiritual needs and the needs of others. Anxiety offers us the chance to step back and look objectively at our lives. "Review it and it will uplift you" (Mishlei 4:8). We need to examine our emotional and spiritual priorities and actively work to achieve them. Only then can we experience true peace of mind. |
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