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After 23 years in the House, Rep. Ed Pastor (D-Ariz.) announced Feb. 27 that he plans to retire at the end of his current term. First elected in 1991, Pastor became the state's first Hispanic representative. "It's been a great honor, a great experience and a great joy for me to serve in Congress," Pastor said in a statement. "I think it's time for me to do something else."

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So...there is no villain or what? Will we get our first movie villain pokemon?
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I have no interest in this movie !
Not at all !
The Only Thing I'm interested to see is the Movie opening which might show that Ether the PC Character or E4 & Champion character battling in ''World Pokemon Tournament'' !
Nothing else !
I don't think we have a villain in this movie. Kyurem is just angry out Keldeo because it fled before they got the chance to finish their battle.. it's probably just looking for a worthy opponent to fight. And please don't get me wrong.. but how is Keldeo suppose to defeat Black or White Kyurem? Especially since they're both the two strongest Pokemon second only to Arceus.
At least they didn't shoehorn Dawn into this movie since its coming out while she's around with the group in the anime.
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I'm not sure if anyone has posted this, but the ending theme Memories is out on iTune.
And, I noticed that it sounds nothing like the one in the trailer
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It's beautiful. But, Lola's voice isn't as annoying as Every Little Thing's voice is!
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James William "Roho" Tarter, 77, of Somerset, Ky., departed this life on Wednesday, November 14, 2012 at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital in Somerset, Ky.
He was born on September 1, 1935 in Nancy, Ky., to the late Hillard and Ina Wesley Tarter. Mr. Tarter was of the Baptist faith. He formerly worked as an electrician for Pike Electric in Hazard, Ky. Mr. Tarter loved hunting, fishing, camping and the outdoors.
He is survived by seven sons, Jack (and Elizabeth) Tarter of Somerset, Ky., Mike Tarter of Somerset, Ky., Danny (and Tiffany) Tarter of Pennsylvania, Homer (and Sandy) Stacy of London, Ky., Robert Paul (and Vicki) Stacy of Nicholasville, Ky., Bert Stacy of Hazard, Ky., and Matt Stacy of Hazard, Ky.; four daughters, Phyllis (and Jeff) Kidd of Somerset, Ky., Tammy (and Morris) Dick of Somerset, Ky., Judy Combs of Combs, Ky., and Jami Tarter of Hazard, Ky.; a daughter-in-law, Sandy Tarter of Somerset, Ky.; 27 grandchildren; 19 great grandchildren; two great-great grandchildren; a brother, Coy (and Louise) Tarter of Ohio; and two sisters, Wilma (and Earl) Hensley of Fla., and Luretha Goforth.
Along with his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Anna Tarter, whom he married in March of 1983 in Hazard, Ky.; a son, Jerry Tarter; and two brothers, Vertrees and Verthel Tarter.
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This final note which comes to us from the pages of the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The paper reports that a Walmart in Canton, Ohio, is hosting a food drive for its own employees. The obvious conclusion is that the company doesn't pay its employees enough to eat.
A company spokesperson said the drive is evidence WalMart workers rally around each other in times of need.
Walmart's Obamacare news: The latest corporate excuse?
Some retailers are issuing warnings that the Affordable Care Act could weigh on their profits.
Starting in January, most of us will either need to have health insurance, or pay a penalty. In a call with analysts last week a Walmart executive said that's another "line item in their personal budget" that could cut into customers' spending, according to the Wall Street Journal.
"We haven't seen any impact, but we're keeping an eye on it," Walmart spokesperson Randy Hargrove told Marketplace.
"Obviously there's only so many discretionary dollars, and if there's fewer, consumers are going to have to make harder choices," says Lynn Franco, an economist with the Conference Board.
This story has come to be known as the "Dog Ate My Homework" kind of story around Marketplace. Another tale of retailers blaming the latest weather pattern, blackout, Congressional gridlock -- the list goes on -- for their earnings woes.
"Yes, it's probably going to be the excuse du jour, but yes, it is a true cost, and people are going to have to absorb it," says analyst Scott Mushkin with Wolfe Research.
But isn't the Affordable Care Act supposed to save people money?
A recent study by the Rand Corporation predicted out-of-pocket medical expenses will decline for most people who are newly insured or change their health plans. Then there are the almost nine million more people who will be covered by Medicaid, says Josh Bivens with the liberal Economic Policy Institute. Others will get subsidies to buy insurance.
"In my mind this is kind of like a delayed, small stimulus program, because it's actually providing people who are otherwise cash-constrained to give them more income in the next couple years," Bivens says.
Other economists say it's too soon to know how the health care law will play out.
"I really don't think we have enough information yet to have a sense of whether this is a real problem or something that will prove not to be a major issue," says economist Scott Hoyt with Moody's Analytics.
Analyst Joe Feldman, who follows Walmart for Telsey Advisory Group, says that uncertainty itself can weigh on shoppers.
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As more retailers come out with their earnings forecasts in the next couple weeks, Feldman says we can expect to hear more about that pressure.
Bitcoin's latest challenge: Congress getting it
The Senate Committee on Homeland Security heard testimony today about the risks, threats and promises of bitcoin, the decentralized digital currency that has been tied to illegal activity like the website Silk Road, which the F.B.I shut down. But digital currency isn't just for people making illegal transactions. Speculators love bitcoins. Chinese investors, especially, are spending millions on them. All that bitcoin love sent the price of one bitcoin to an all-time high today, topping $750. But will bitcoins ever be a part of our day to day spending?
Right now, very few businesses accept bitcoins. There's a Subway sandwich shop in Allentown Pa., a Massachusetts company that sells socks made of Alpaca, and in some cities you can have a pizza delivered. But that pizza transaction has to go through Riley Alexander, a 25-year-old construction manager who, with a friend, founded a business called Coins for Pizza.
It basically acts as a middleman between large chains like Dominos and Papa John's, which don't accept bitcoin, and customers who want to pay with bitcoins. Alexander says they've handled about 800 deliveries since February and they make a small amount on each one, "anywhere from 50 cents to, you know 3, 4 or 5 dollars." With bitcoins valued at more than $600, that $5 profit is 0.67 percent of a bitcoin.
But then, to their surprise, Alexander and his friend watched as speculation drove up the value of their bitcoins. "That small amount of profit turned into large amounts of profit, you know, over time," says Alexander.
But that rapid rise in value is not necessarily great news for bitcoin, the currency. Francois Velde, an economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicagom says one of the prerequisites for any widely accepted currency is that it has stability. "The value of it has to become much more stable than it is now," he says.
Velde described it as a classic chicken and egg problem for bitcoin: "as long as people speculate on it, the value will not stabilize."
And yet much of this speculation is built on the hopes that bitcoin will become widely accepted and deliver on its promises, such as transactions that eliminate the middleman. Middlemen like Riley Alexander, who wants to see bitcoins accepted everywhere.
"If Domino's comes up and says, 'hey we are going to take bitcoin,' sure, our business is over, but that's great, I would love to see that," Alexander says. "That's what it's really all about is getting people to accept it."
Forget Dow 16,000. Here's the number you should care about.
Record-high for the Dow! 16,000! Big, round number! Yay! (Right?)
It is a big deal, if you are an investor or trader or reporter or business pundit -- you get to jump up and down and refer to 16,000 as a "milestone," a "barrier," and a "cause for celebration."
But the millions of Americans who still unemployed, or underemployed, or earning flat wages aren't celebrating. More than 50 percent of Americans own no corporate stock – even indirectly – so they aren't popping the champagne either.
The Dow 16,000 party is confined to corporate America: That is, the people who run public companies and own shares in them. They're really the only people who should pay close attention to what the Dow is doing on a day-to-day basis. For most Americans - and it is most Americans – 16,000 is just another number.
So what number should we be paying attention to?
At the time of writing, the number we should really be celebrating is 2.68. That, ladies and gentlemen, is the yield on the ten-year treasury note.
Yes, I know, bonds are a bit like the PC guy in those old Apple ads. They're boring, they're all gray and pinstriped, buttoned-up and besuited.
Stocks are where the fun is at: They're bouncy, colorful, exciting. You never hear about a bond "pop" when its issued, do you? Most Americans probably don't know if Twitter even has bonds. You certainly never hear about dizzying run-ups or heart-pounding freefalls in the bond market. The bond market's nickname is 'fixed income' for goodness sake!
And the ten-year T note? It's the grayest bond of all. It's quoted by every financial news organization, including this one, every day. It's part of the furniture: Like that weird bird sculpture on the mantle that your Aunt Edie gave you as a wedding gift.
Except that number, the yield on the ten-year T note, is made of gold (you should get that sculpture valued, by the way). The ten-year yield is hugely significant because as it changes, almost every number in the financial world adjusts.
Mortgages, credit card loans, corporate interest rates: The movements in the ten-year yield govern every aspect of our individual and corporate lives.
You don't believe me? Consider the Federal Reserve's Quantitative Easing program.
The Fed has pumped $2.3 trillion into the economy with the aim of keeping the yield on the ten-year note low. Why?
Because it helps save the economy. It keeps our borrowing costs down. If companies find it cheaper to borrow, then they're more likely to take the risk to expand, and people are more likely to buy more stuff. That in turn pumps more money into companies that will hopefully then go out and hire more people. Those people will hopefully then go out and buy more stuff, and so on and so on, until the economy returns to the very picture of health.
So if you want to watch the health of the economy, you're better off watching the yield on the ten-year than you are checking out the Dow.
Why? Because if the Dow rises or falls, that's just telling you how American public companies are doing. A movement in the ten-year note, on the other hand, gives us insight into how every American is doing. And that's the real economy, right there.
Boeing's new 777X mini-jumbos are on fire at the Dubai Air Show (but not literally)
Boeing's new 777X airplanes led the Dubai Air Show's opening day. The company claims orders of roughly $95 billion, purported to be the largest product launch in the history of commercial aviation.
The BBC's Simon Atkinson notes that the Dubai Air Show is host to the world's fastest-growing carriers, and they're looking for more aircrafts to meet high demand.
"The Middle East really has become a hub for global aviation over the past decade," he says.
Geithner to start new job in private equity
Timothy Geithner has landed a new job, after leaving his position as Secretary of the Treasury earlier this year: president of the 47-year-old New York-based private equity firm Warburg Pincus.
Geithner's previous experience is mostly in leadership of public-sector financial institutions: at the IMF, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and Treasury.
But he brings plenty of assets with him to the private-sector, and in particular, to private equity, says banking consultant Bert Ely.
"Geithner certainly has an enormous number of contacts and a well-developed reputation with nations across the world," says Ely. "And so he can be particularly effective in providing entrée to these sovereign wealth funds and the investments they make."
That's countries such as China, Norway, and the Gulf States, with enormous cash reserves that need to be invested around the world.
Warburg Pincus is the fifth-biggest private-equity firm on the planet, according to Private Equity International's 2013 list. It has $35 billion in assets under management.
The firm tends to keep a low profile, though it's bought, and then sold, legendary brands like eyeware company Bausch & Lomb and high-end retailer Neiman Marcus.
The Treasury Department under Geithner is credited during President Obama's first term with rescuing banks deemed "too big to fail," and for crafting the new regulatory regime under Dodd-Frank designed to prevent another financial crisis from happening.
Karen Shaw Petrou at Federal Financial Analytics says private equity firms like Warburg Pincus have a very different risk profile from the mega-banks that Timothy Geithner's Treasury Department helped bail out.
"I think the risks there of a systemic crisis are low," says Petrou, "because there are many private equity firms and the key to them is going their own way. If they all bet on the same companies, there wouldn't be any significant upside. And these are guys who are all about making big money as fast as they can -- that's what private equity is about fundamentally.
Timothy Geithner is on the record favoring increased taxes on private-equity firms and their principals. He said last year that the tax on carried interest -- the share of private equity firms' profits from deals -- should be raised from its current 15 percent rate.
In Chicago, piles of petroleum coke suggest the future of Canadian tar sands oil
This summer, residents of Chicago's far southeast side noticed mountains of black dust growing in one corner of the neighborhood. It's petroleum coke -- pet coke for short. That's what gasoline refineries produce as a byproduct of refining gasoline. It's full of carbon, sulphur and heavy metals.
On August 30, a big wind brought the coke piles to the whole neighborhood's attention. At a baseball field a block or two away, a little league game ended in a hurry.
"Kids that were playing ball were sent scurrying away because the stuff was getting into their eyes and their face and their mouths and everything," says Tom Shepherd, a volunteer with the Southeast Environmental Task Force. "They had to just get the heck out of here."
He calls the 30th "a day that will live in infamy." He says, "People were calling 911 and saying, 'There's a fire! We don't know where the fire is, but the neighborhood's full of smoke.'"
But it wasn't smoke. It was dust from the piles that had been growing throughout the summer.
They're a sneak preview of what's ahead. At least some of the dust came from a local BP refinery. It's across the state line in Indiana, but it can be seen from the neighborhood. And that refinery is about to triple the amount of pet-coke it turns out. BP is finishing a huge upgrade this fall, to process oil from Canada's tar sands.
That oil is "heavier" with elements that get refined out and turned into pet-coke. Post-upgrade, the Indiana refinery will turn out 6,000 tons a day. Eventually, it gets sold as fuel, much of it to countries like Mexico and China. But meanwhile, it piles up.
"It's the most visual part of the success of North American energy independence," says Phil Verleger, an economist who studies energy markets.
That success has both an upside and a downside: Nearby sources of oil should mean lower fuel prices in the Midwest, which has high gas prices. And more piles of pet coke.
"So the question is," Verleger says, "How do we deal with this pile of black stuff that's bringing us this supply of fuel?"
So far, nobody's got an answer.
In early November, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan filed a complaint in state court. Her office said the dust from the piles violated environmental regulations. Madigan says she doesn't know exactly what it would take to make pet-coke a good neighbor. "Well, you know, if it's not safe where it is, it may have to go somewhere else," she says.
That would be a popular answer on the Southeast Side. Last week, neighbors packed a local church when Illinois EPA officials came to gather input. Again and again, the meeting got stopped by a chant: "Move the piles! Move the piles!"
So far, neighbors have blamed BP and Koch Industries, which owns the yard with Chicago's pet-coke piles. BP and Koch say there's been a misunderstanding so far. BP says that it wasn't actually sending more pet coke than usual to the Chicago yard this summer.
Koch has its own explanation for the taller piles: It was moving petroleum coke around in the yards to make room for new safety equipment. It installed big water cannons, which are supposed to keep the piles wet so the dust doesn't blow around. Making room meant more activity, and some piles got taller for a while.
When doctors prescribe brand-name drugs over generics, the taxpayers foot the bill
Far too many doctors in the U.S. prescribe brand-name drugs when generics can be dramatically cheaper. When it comes to lower-income Medicare patients, it can be the taxpayer who covers the difference in price -- up to hundreds of millions of dollars a year. ProPublica senior reporter Tracy Weber has been gathering data about the cost of prescription drugs to the taxpayer, and tells Marketplace Morning Report host David Brancaccio what she found.
"Medicare has a massive prescription drug program called Part D. It issues one in four prescriptions written in the country every year, and we took a look at the money involved. And we noticed that some doctors were outliers. They were prescribing way more expensively than their peers -- just a small group of these doctors, 900 doctors, were prescribing $1 billion worth of drugs a year. And when we looked closer at these doctors, they had huge percentages of brand name drugs. So while their peers were prescribing 75 percent generics, they were prescribing mostly brand name drugs. We figured out that if those doctors prescribed like their peers, Medicare, every year, could save $300 million just on those doctors."But why would doctors purposefully prescribe a name-brand over a less expensive, but just as effective, generic?
"What we found when we mapped out over the country is there's pockets of doctors who are all prescribing high levels of brand-name drugs, so we went out and talked with these doctors. And, many of them feel, first of all, that the brand-name work better. And many of them, their practices are almost entirely made up of people who are receiving the low-income subsidy. So not only do they not have an incentive, but they believe that the drugs they're prescribing are better."Weber asked the doctors how they could "feel" a drug is better. She said it boils down to where the doctors are getting their information.
"We asked the doctors how they received information about the drugs. And many of the doctors said they relied on the representatives from the pharmeseutical companies. And, I must say, when we were visiting them in their offices, often times, there were one, two, three drug representatives lined up at their counters, delivering samples and trying to talk to the doctor. When those drug sales reps come around, they provide studies, but often studies that present their product in the most favorable view. Their job is to get the doctor to prescribe which is often a brand name."Weber says patients need to be more proactive, and feel free to question their doctors' decisions.
"Doctors for a long time, this has been sort of the third rail. You're not allowed to ask a doctor what they prescribe. You're not allowed to question that. And, as with all kinds of medical procedures, now hospitals -- as you see -- they have to tell you what their success rates are for certain procedures and such. And you should be able to ask your doctor questions about this. 'Am I getting the drug that has the least amount of side effects? Am I getting the drug that's most cost effective? Am I getting a drug because you got money to speak on behalf of that company?'"Versions of this story are being co-published by ProPublica, with public radio station WNYC in New York and with Digital First Media web sites and newspapers. ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.
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In memoriam: The first of many Tennessee Valley Authority coal plants
Last week, the Tennessee Valley Authority announced that it plans to retire eight coal-fired generators. The TVA says more closures could come, and this announcement follows the closures of older coal-fired plants by other electric utilities. So, to what extent is coal actually fading away as an energy source?
Vlad Dorjets is an economist at the United States Energy Information Administration. When utilities retire power plants -- or make plans to -- they file a report with the agency, and he crunches the numbers. He says that of the 1,400 coal-fired generators that existed in 2008, almost 400 will be gone by 2017.
But his models that look past 2017 don't show the trend continuing very far. Most of the generators going away now are old -- built before 1960. "Basically everything that's going to retire, will retire in the next couple years," he says. "And then you've got a pretty steady fleet."
Even so, by 2020 he estimates that generating capacity from coal will be about 15 percent lower than it was in 2008. That's about half the reduction the Sierra Club would like to see, but it's still a big chunk.
So, what's taking the place of that coal? "Shale gas, and renewables to a lesser extent," says Marty Rosenberg editor-in-chief of Energy Biz Magazine.
He thinks shale gas looks like a reliable source for some time to come. But, he says, there's no such thing as a sure thing. "You say it's a hundred-year supply for sure -- then, sure enough in two, three years, something will happen."
China's leaders promise reforms -- but can they deliver?
After China issued its 20,000-word reform document Friday night, the media's focus was on proposed changes to the one-child policy. But there were a slew of other ambitious economic reforms announced.
It's easy to get lost among the sixty points of reform in a document laced with exaggerated Communist lingo, but there were a handful of proposals that encouraged economists. For example, proposals for private investors to start their own banks, farmers to sell their land, and local governments to collect property taxes so that they don't have to confiscate residents' land for revenue.
"There seems to be this consensus among the leadership that they need to move in the direction of a more open and a more competitive and more accountable economic and financial system, which is a good thing," says Patrick Chovanec, chief strategist at Silvercrest Assett Management. On the other hand, "There is a big difference in announcing reforms and implementing them."
For example, China's already attempted allowing private investors to start their own banks in the city of Wenzhou and has also started to collect property taxes in pilot programs in select cities around the country. None of these efforts have produced results.
The other concern: If China's government actually follows through on these reforms, it's likely slow economic growth, threatening one of the few bright spots in the global economy.
Counterfeits threaten Christmas
Holiday shoppers beware. That "great deal on the internet" may just be counterfeit. The amount of fake merchandise is proliferating.
For an added twist, it's not just the fake products you need to watch out for. Fake websites also try to trick consumers. As Americans have shifted to shopping online, the bad guys have adapted. Some have cut out the middlemen and are now selling counterfeit products directly to unsuspecting consumers online.
"Criminals have begun to set-up counterfeit websites that look and are designed to appear as they are the legitimate retailers' websites, but are not," says Lev Kubiak, who directs Homeland Security's National Intellectual Property Rights Center.
For example, a fake website for Tiffany looks just like the luxury jeweler's real website. And if you're shopping for headphones, the fake site for Beats by Dre is almost identical to the original.
And this new tactic comes as officials also see growth in the number and variety of counterfeit products.
"It's a very serious problem," says Kubiak. "The extent of the issue has been growing significantly."
Criminal organizations are defrauding American consumers on a more regular basis, says Kubiak.
"And we're seeing them in larger and larger numbers throughout the United States."
A visit to the Port of Long Beach shows just how hard counterfeits are to stop. At a customs warehouse, the contents of 44-foot cargo containers are spread across the concrete floor. In the past, criminals sent their fake goods in bulk.
"We used to see five, six, seven containers of the same merchandise," says Jaime Ruiz, a spokesman for Customs and Border Protection. "Now what we see is that they mix some of their products, some of their counterfeits, with legit products as well."
Customs officers confiscate the knock-off brands you might expect. Like Prada, Chanel, Gucci, Hermes and Louis Vuitton.
Nationwide, in 2012, customs saw 142 percent increase in the number of fake wallets, purses and handbags.
"I've learned more about handbags than I ever wanted to know," says Peter Green, section chief of trade operations with U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
But the most troubling fakes are the unexpected ones. Counterfeit electrical cord can cause a shock or start a fire under the Christmas tree.
Even brands of batteries get impersonated. Fake Duracells even incorporated the Energizer Bunny in the packaging.
"It's possible for them to explode," says Green, "which they have in the past."
Counterfeit toothpaste and shampoo can carry harmful bacteria.
"Criminal organizations involved in the sale of counterfeit merchandise have really expanded into literally every name-brand product out there," says Lev Kubiak.
Surprising counterfeit items include software from the company Rosetta Stone, which teaches people to learn foreign languages.
"They estimate that they lose up to 25 percent of their total annual revenue to counterfeit versions of their product," Kubiak says. "That, in turn, equates to fewer jobs. Fewer people they can employ."
Auto parts are a popular target for counterfeiters, who crank out fake brake pads, fake master cylinders, fake seat-belt-actuators and fake air bags.
Officials believe about 15,000 fake air bags have been sold in the U.S.
Tests of counterfeit air bags found that many didn't deploy. And about 20 percent of cases, Kubiak says, they "explode like a small bomb, shooting a three-and-a-half foot flame."
Officials have found fake bearings that operate a mine-shaft assembly. Counterfeit parts have even found their way into the military supply chain.
Fakes could be on your medicine shelf.
Kubiak says some Americans are being sold counterfeit pharmaceuticals, "thinking that it's the real drug, but there's actually no active ingredient inside there, so absolutely no way for people to get better. Even in such cases like cancer medication."
To avoid buying a fake, try to avoid visiting an imposter website. Type in the web address directly instead of clicking on a link.
And Kubiak warns to watch out for websites that redirect you to another site when it's time to pay. That's a sign of a counterfeiter.
Also, when trying to avoid fakes, watch out for prices that are significantly lower than average. And check with the product's maker to confirm that a particular merchant is a trusted distributor.
Tom Wheeler, the FCC's new boss, on consumer rights and net neutrality
The Federal Communications Commission was started in 1934, long before the internet. But more and more, it's a government organization expected to play referee in the online world.
As a former high powered lobbyist, new chairman Tom Wheeler has a reputation as a Beltway insider, and critics have derided him for the perception that he is too cozy with the industry. Wheeler says his detractors should think of him now lobbying on behalf of all Americans in the way he once lobbied for the cable and wireless industries.
"I'm proud of my previous time working with two dynamic and growing industries, and I hope that I was a good advocate for them," he says. "Today, the American people are my client, and I want to be the best possible advocate for the American people."
Wheeler used to lobby for broadcasters and telecom companies. One big challenge he's facing is net neutrality -- whether internet service providers can restrict or degrade access to online services from competitors.
One of the immediate things on his list, though, is the country's shrinking spectrum for our multiplying mobile devices.
To address the issue, the FCC voted this fall to re-purpose the spectrum from TV broadcasters for wireless networks. Broadcasters will voluntarily sell their part of the spectrum back to the federal government, which in turn will auction it off to wireless broadband providers.
"That, hopefully, will be a marketplace means of determining what the highest and best use of the spectrum is, and then we will take that spectrum -- which we have bought back -- and resell it to the wireless carriers to be able to meet the climbing demand for wireless services," Wheeler says.
During his first day on the job, Wheeler got notice for a blog post about the covenant between networks and the people they connect. Writing that we are in the middle of "the fourth great network revolution" in history, Wheeler says the FCC must adapt to networks since they're evolving more rapidly than ever before.
"I think that one of the things we have to make sure is that technology doesn't change the basic relationship between networks and those that use them," Wheeler says. "Concepts like the right of access to a network, the need for networks to interconnect, that the values that consumers always come to rely on from their networks are preserved."
How the regulatory agency will weigh in on the ongoing debate over net neutrality could be one of Wheeler's defining legacies in the role. But if you want to know what his thoughts are, he'll give you a rather neutral answer.
"Access, indeed, is one component of the network compact, and it takes all kinds of forms. There's access to a network itself through a broadband network -- if you're out in a remote area, how do you get access to the network? It is making sure that the rights of consumers are not denied, because if theirs are denied, then their access is de facto denied."
What the heck is Bitcoin? Congress wants to know, too
Have trouble understanding Bitcoin? So does Congress. A Senate committee opens an exploration today of how virtual currencies work and how they could contribute to the economy and society -- or do quite the opposite.
Why use a virtual currency? George Peabody, a senior director at Glenbrook Partners, a consulting firm, gives an example: Two suppliers who know each other well could benefit from a payment system like Bitcoin, where they interact with one another directly.
"They could start could sending payments to eachother over what we call Bitcoin rails, that's a payment rail," he says, "which could be a great deal less expensive than going to their bank and wiring funds."
Bitcoin cuts out the middle man. That's one of the things Congress is concerned about -- if there's no bank, there's a potentially greater chance of money laundering or other unsavory activity. There could be more mundane headaches for consumers, too.
"You and I can dispute a transaction and charge it back to a merchant and get it taken off of our credit card bill," Peabody says. "That won't exist in Bitcoin."
Still, Peabody says, Bitcoin is a worthy experiment, one that needs time to evolve before regulators clamp down.


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Missouri Minimum Wage Act, Proposition B (2006)
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Missouri Proposition B, also known as the Raising Minimum Wage Act, was an initiated state statute on the November 7, 2006 election ballot in Missouri, where it was approved.[1]
In 2011 Missouri lawmakers proposed a bill to repeal 2006's Proposition B. Specifically the bill proposes that Missouri's minimum wage never exceed the minimum set by the federal government. According to supporters the change would "protect businesses from forced increases in labor costs and preserve jobs for low-skilled workers." Opponents, however argue that the change would overturn an issue already approved by voters.[2]
On March 3, 2011 the bill was approved by the House following a 92-60 vote.[3]
The full bill, HB 61, can be read here.
Election results
Proposition B (Minimum Wage Act) | ||||
Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
Yes | 1,594,632 | 76.0% | ||
No | 504,294 | 24.0% |
Official results via: Missouri Secretary of State - Elections Division
Text of measure
The language that appeared on the ballot:
Shall Missouri Statutes be amended to increase the state minimum wage rate to $6.50 per hour, or to the level of the federal minimum wage if that is higher, and thereafter adjust the state minimum wage annually based on changes in the Consumer Price Index?
The proposed revisions to Missouri's wage rate laws generates an estimated $3.3 million to $4.3 million annually in state revenue. The impact on local government is unknown.
Leading donors to the committee to pass Proposition B were:
- New Orleans ACORN Democracy Campaign, $355,400
- Missouri State Council of Service Employees/SEIU, $210,000
- National Education Association, $200,000
- Air Traffic Controllers, $100,000
See also
- 2006 ballot measures
- Missouri 2006 ballot measures
- Missouri State Senate
- Missouri House of Representatives
External links
- Donations to Proposition B
- 2006 Voter Guide: Initiative Petitions & Ballot Questions
- Election Results from the Missouri Secretary of State - Elections Division


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Super Spring Stories
A hungry caterpillar eats his way through a varied and very large quantity of food until, full at last, he forms a cocoon around himself and goes to sleep.
Poetic text and brightly hued pastel drawings capture springtime's sweet smells, soft sounds, and blooming colors in this simple, captivating story for very young children.
Poppleton loves everything about spring and makes grand plans for cleaning, bicycle shopping, and sleeping in a tent.
Praise for Poppleton in Spring
One bright day, Mouse and Momma head outside to play. The wind blows in something feathery and plump — a bird, and something wiggly and pink — a worm, and something green, who hops and leaps — a frog.
By the author and illustrator of the Caldecott Honor Book Swimmy, this story stars a worm who "inches his way out" of being eaten by a series of birds. Perfect for classroom units on the seasons or measurement.
Praise for Inch by Inch
Spring is here, and along with it a flurry of activity for nature-minded kids to observe! An energetic frog takes us on a tour of the small, small pond, mischievously interrupting the other animals at work and play.
In this gorgeous counting book, readers can count from one to ten while they search among the colorful flowers for various creatures hidden among lush garden scenes. Full color.


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Category: Abortion
Michelle Chen writes on Colorlines.com: "What does a congressperson from Ohio have in common with a 16 year-old sex worker in Cambodia? They're both symbols of the perverse political stalemate in Washington, D.C., that threatens to set back the struggle for women's equality around the world."
Read More...Ann Furedi writes on spiked: "Late abortion is something that many people find a problem, even if they support early abortion. But that is usually because they think it is unnecessary, preventable and requested too frequently. None of these things is true, and we have a responsibility to explain what is true rather than collude with ill-informed prejudice. We certainly should not fuel such prejudice."
Read More...Rep. Jackie Speier talks with NPR's Michel Martin on "Tell Me More." Listen to the interview about the House's vote to cut family planning funding and Speier's own abortion. Note: In order to access the recording, you must enter March 3 2011 into the drop-down menu, hit "go" and then select the first segment beneath "listen to the full show."
Read More...Diane Loupe reports for Women's eNews: "In 1999 Georgia passed one of the earliest laws on insurance coverage for contraception. But a rightward shift in the Peach State since then has put it on the leading edge of the anti-choice political wave sweeping the states."
Read More...Boston Phoenix's David Bernstein interviewed NOW President Terry O'Neill about why women are fighting back against the GOP's assault on women: "Republicans trying to gut four decades of women's progress have met with very little resistance — but that's changing"
Read More...Market Watch's Ruth Mantell interviewed NOW President Terry O'Neill about the recent White House report on women: "Women have enjoyed substantial gains in employment and education in the last few decades, but there's still room for progress, according to a wide-ranging White House report on women released Tuesday, the first day of women's history month."
Read More...NOW Action VP Erin Matson on Washington DC's Fox5 News talking about the Federal Drug Administration considering expanding access of the Morning After Pill for women under 17 years old.
Read More...Ruth Marcus writes in the opinion section of The Washington Post: "House Republicans voted to increase the number of abortions, raise federal health-care costs and swell the welfare rolls. That wasn't their intent, of course, and certainly not their stated policy. But it is the predictable and inevitable impact of their twin moves to eliminate funding for the federal family planning program and strip Planned Parenthood of all federal money."
Read More...Huffington Post reporters Ryan Grimm and Nick Wing interviewed NOW President Terry O'Neill about what she thought about Congresswoman Jackie Speier's courageous speech on the House floor about her abortion: "After a weighty pause, Speier went on. 'I lost a baby,' she said, pausing again. 'But for you to stand on this floor and suggest, as you have, that somehow this is a procedure that is either welcomed or done cavalierly or done without any thought is preposterous.'"
Read More...Huffington Post's Elise Foley interviews NOW President Terry O'Neill about the Republican's attack on family planning: "House Republicans voted on Friday to strip federal funding from Planned Parenthood, cutting money for contraceptives, HIV tests, cancer screenings and reproductive health services as part of an attempt to weaken the abortion provider. Planned Parenthood does not currently spend federal money on abortion services."
Read More...NOW President Terry O'Neill interviewed by Huffington Post and she tells it like it is: "HuffPost Hill asked NOW Terry O'Neill how she could explain the House GOP's aggressive efforts to defund contraception, cancer screening and other women's health care services. 'Because they hate women. There's no other explanation. They hate women...'"
Read More...Robe Stein reports for The Washington Post: "The Obama administration rescinded most of a federal regulation Friday designed to protect health workers who refuse to provide care they find objectionable on personal or religious grounds."
Read More...Felicia Sonmez reports for The Washington Post's political blog: "The debate on funding the federal government transformed into a heated -- and, at times, graphic -- argument over social issues Thursday night as lawmakers took to the House floor for nearly three hours to debate an amendment that would block federal funding of Planned Parenthood."
Read More...Kate Sheppard reports for Mother Jones: "A law under consideration in South Dakota would expand the definition of 'justifiable homicide' to include killings that are intended to prevent harm to a fetus—a move that could make it legal to kill doctors who perform abortions."
Read More...Dr. Lynette Leighton writes on RH Reality Check: "I now belong to a wonderful community of primary care doctors who are dedicated to improving women's health and the treatment they receive, including abortion. We see abortion as inextricable from the full spectrum of medical care a woman might need in her lifetime. We continue to research and refine abortion care while helping to break down barriers separating women from high-quality services."
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Lol. It's still relatively early! No worries. Like I said, I was up way too early today myself but the bright side of this is all of my "chores" are done and now I'm just crafting with DS.
Quoting AmandaN1:Awesome I will look!!! I replied to your PM. Ignore the part asking which thread lol.
Yeah, I'm ignoring it for now! Hahaha. I know when I ovulated, I think I know why my temps are sooo messed up. I'm going to wait to see if it straightens out this cycle.
After my first 3 early losses my periods regulated pretty much right away, after my 4th I had 1 longer cycle (normally 28 days, that first cycle was 30), and after my 5th it also took a month (30 days).


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Use safety gates at the top and bottom of all staircases in your home. For the gate installed at the top of the stairs, attach it to the wall. Do not use any gates that open like an accordion and have large openings, since a child's head and neck can get stuck. Only use gates that close with a secure latch; do not use a gate with a pressure-type opening.
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Issue 5.02 | Feb 1997
By Kevin Kelly
Futurist Hazel Henderson has a modest proposal: Abolish economics and make way for the economy of abundance.
Is a profession that missed the biggest change since the Industrial Revolution worth saving? British-born futurist Hazel Henderson doesn't think so. A veteran technocrat - with stints at the US Office of Technology Assessment and the National Science Foundation - she now spends her time lecturing corporate chiefs and labor leaders alike on coming to grips with economic realities that increasingly defy conventional economics. In between she retreats to a cottage off the Florida coast to write, most recently Building a Win-Win World:Life beyond Global Economic Warfare.
Wired: Is the information age knocking the underpinnings out from under traditional economics?
Henderson: Oh yes. Economics was about scarcity, about setting up turnstiles and gatekeepers and all that. But
as we move away from the idea that we're shoveling dirt around, economics can't be overhauled anymore.
So it's useless?
Pretty much. The important insights now are in game theory and systems theory.
But the economics profession remains really powerful. Poor people don't hire economists - it's banks, brokers, and large corporations who need someone to jawbone the Fed to raise interest rates.But haven't economists like Paul Romer and Brian Arthur, who do appreciate the power of technology, restored some of its relevance?
Systems theorists have understood this for years! What else is new? I'm always telling Brian that he has transcended economics. But if he admitted that, he'd never win the Nobel Prize.
What will it take to get more people to understand this?
The systemic learning experience we need is a really big stock market crash. The scenario goes like this: The consumer price index, by overstating inflation, has all the central banks in herd behavior, circling the wagons. That makes it very easy to tip large economies into a deflation that would be very hard to stop. Then people stop borrowing money, and you end up in a spiral.
You've called the current economic situation a modern "tragedy of the commons."
I'm talking about things like the electromagnetic spectrum. When we started out, it was wide open. Today it's filled up, to the point where we need to prioritize. The intelligent thing would be to call a conference of users.
Who sets the rules?
Left to the invisible hand, it will be the lowest common denominator, usually the mafia. Look at eastern Europe.
Shouldn't private organizations set the standards? After all, they provide the technology and capital.
That can be a good idea, as long as it's done in the open. I'm very happy about the global standard-setting that business has been doing. But we have to make sure that information about how standards are set gets out there. That's how you make markets accountable.
What role should governments play?
National governments gave away a lot of autonomy in the 1980s, when they deregulated, accepted GATT and NAFTA, and all the rest. So power must be pooled again at the international level, where you can forge agreements that recapture some power over global corporations. That's why I'm interested in the UN - it's the only international broker we have. The UN already sets standards, through organizations like the International Air Transport Association. For 50 years the UN has engaged in quiet norm-setting. It's one of our best hopes.
-Kevin Kelly(email@example.com) is a writer and former Business Weekcorrespondent who lives in Oakland,California. He is not the executive editor of Wired.
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In their last home game of the season, the Wizards' first basket came on a three-pointer from Garrett Temple.
It also would be their last.
Game in a nutshell: PG John Wall began by making 4 of his first 5 shots to give the Wizards (29-51) a 31-24 lead going into the second quarter.
The last time the Wizards played this poorly, coach Randy Wittman suggested that his team avoid watching the 23-point loss at the hands of the Brooklyn Nets in early March.
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All three kittens also grab my feet/legs when I am trying to put food out for them. Makes it difficult to walk!!
And Annie and Oden like sleeping inside my tissue box...but first they have to take out all of the tissues...
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Industrial strength velcro worked for me. I feed and water my cats on a plastic tray and use the velcro on the bottom of the water dish. Worked well and cheap enough that I could have several water dishes to use interchangeably...
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Well if you name a cat Oden, you can't expect him to be afraid of water.
My four year old dd named all of the cats. I think she's got some psychic abilities lol.
We had a cat that used to get very annoyed when we came back from Tim Horton's, until we started bringing her an apple fritter TimBit. After a couple of weeks, the lady that worked there asked us why we were always buying just one to go. Telling her it was a cat treat didn't seem to help her
My great Dane was like that only he would drink the coffee. I can't count how many coffees I lost to him lol
Oden has learned a new trick. Spill the water dish then topple the food dish into the split water. I guess he prefers soft food?!?
Annie tried to climb into my croc (yes I wear them but they are purple so I couldn't resist ) while my foot was still in it.
When you get out of the shower she is jumping in to chase the last of the water down the drain...She sits and cries for me to pour her water so she can bite it and play in it..
I have had lots of cats over the years but this is the first one who cries for you to pour her water....
But a water pistol is a challenge to him. I tried it to keep him off the counter. But he scrunching down, closes his eyes and takes it like a man - refusing to budge. The only way that stopped was mandatory time out - outside.
They are entertaining!
Ah Pets....They bring so much enjoyment....
When my ds was smaller, I'd let his bath tub fill up with water while I was in his room helping him gather his toys for his bath time. i'd go back in and our cat would be splashing all over. I had a picture somewhere of it. She is such an oddball but we love her.
I have 3 Maine Coons, the biggest is 20 lbs. I use a very heavy ceramic water dish that he just sticks his paw in wets it and licks the water off it. We keep the toilet seat down and that's about it.Maine Coons tend to like water. Don't think I'd like to clean water up everyday.
I know you like animals and felt bad when you had to get rid of your dogs.
Hope your little kitties are neutered and spayed because they can start reproducing between 9-12 months. That could give you a loooot of kitties to feed or find homes for. LOL


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