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Editorial Comments
by Deborah Steele Hazen
Our congratulations to the group of teachers at Clatskanie Elementary School (CES) who took the initiative to conceive, organize and conduct, with the help of other staff members and the support of the community, the first annual CES Art Auction May 18, which raised over $12,000.
The teachers are reportedly dedicating that money towards a "mobile mini computer lab" for students to use in the increasingly-technology-oriented learning and testing environment of our schools
Last week's Chief mistakenly reported that the event was sponsored by the Parents Supporting Education Association (PSEA), whose volunteers have headed up numerous programs and projects for the school. A formal correction is printed elsewhere in this edition.
While we are delighted to welcome the CES teachers into the ranks of Clatskanie's volunteers, the on-going funding shortfalls of the school district simply can't be addressed by volunteerism alone.
The same group of teachers who headed up the CES auction were in attendance at the May 22nd school budget committee meeting where they argued passionately in favor of keeping the Title I reading specialist position full-time, rather than half-time to allow for a half-time school counselor (see story at right).
We applaud them for standing up for what they believe is in the best interest of their students.
However, had it been three years from now, all other factors remaining the same and all going as expected with Portland General Electric's (PGE) Port Westward Unit 2 plant which broke ground two weeks ago, it wouldn't have been an issue, because the school district would be receiving SIP (Strategic Investment Program) payments from PGE through the Clatskanie Foundation of approximately $450,000 in the first year (2016-17), and continuing over the next 15 years, declining gradually to about $320,000 in the final year.
If it were three years from now, because of the state's SIP program which has industry making payments directly to local taxing districts, the school budget committee wouldn't have had to choose between a counselor and a full-time Title I teacher, nor would it have been necessary to layoff a high school PE/health teacher.
Thank You to Economic Leaders
We can thank the leadership of Port of St. Helens board president Robert Keyser, Columbia County Commissioner Tony Hyde and other local government administrators and elected officials for making sure that the school district got a share – and the biggest share – of the SIP payments the new PGE plant will make.
Normally, because of the rules of the state school funding formula, school districts aren't recipients of SIP payments. But our county's economic leaders figured out a way by using the Clatskanie Foundation.
The county and the nine taxing districts – the Port of St. Helens, Clatskanie Rural Fire Protection District, 9-1-1, library, park and recreation, 4-H and extension, soil and water district, vector control, Rainier Cemetery District - that were originally scheduled to receive a share of those payments, based on their tax rates, all unselfishly agreed to include the Clatskanie School District and the Northwest Education Service District in the SIP payment schedule, thereby getting less themselves.
The school district and ESD funds will be paid to the Clatskanie Foundation and then granted to those districts, so as not to impact the state school funding formula.
It was a brilliant idea, and the fact that the cash-strapped county and the nine other small taxing districts agreed to give up a portion of their payments to benefit the local schools deserves notice, recognition and gratitude.
Of course, as much of a boon to the school district as these SIP payments are going to be for 15 years after the new PGE plant goes on line in 2015, eventually inflation, the rising costs of salaries, insurance and PERS (Public Employee Retirement System) are going to eat up those SIP payments.
The continuing decreasing student enrollments that the Clatskanie and Rainier school districts have been experiencing for years now negatively impact the amount of state school funding they get, because it is based on student enrollment.
At last week's Clatskanie school budget meeting, interim superintendent George Lanning noted that Clatskanie's "weighted" enrollment figures had dropped from 973.95 in 2010-11, to 932.43 in 2011-12, to 884.53 in 2012-13. "Weighted" refers to a formula under which the actual enrollment is increased – and thus the state school funding – because of such factors as the numbers of students qualifying for special education, reduced or free lunches, pregnancy, etc.
More Industry, More Jobs, More Money, More Students
Wouldn't it be nice if our actual student enrollment figures rebounded because their parents could find good paying jobs in this area?
As Keyser explained to the Clatskanie school board at its meeting in February, once the enterprise zone property tax exemptions expire in the next couple of years and the urban renewal debt is paid off – and the more industries that locate at Port Westward the faster it will be paid off – the very real potential exists for the valuation at Port Westward to rise to the point that the Clatskanie School District could opt out of state school funding and have more stable and generous funding than it does now.
More industry at Port Westward means not only increased tax valuation – and we're talking about hundreds of millions of dollars – it also means more family wage paying jobs, more people staying in the community they grew up in, new families moving to town, more volunteers for our community projects and events, a revitalized small business community.
The way to stabilize school funding – indeed, funding for all our local governments – is to bring high valuation industry and jobs to our area.
Those interested in keeping teachers in our classrooms and programs for our students should be standing up at the public hearings regarding industrial development and saying loudly "YES" to family-wage-job-creating industries that meet the strict state and federal environmental protections already in place.
That's how we solve Clatskanie's school funding problem.


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Vista Mar-Jaco Beach-Direct Ocean Front-3000 SQ.FT. in Jaco
- bedrooms 3
- baths 3½
- sleeps 8
- pool yes
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Vista Mar - Jaco Beach! A spectacular condominium development
located in the center of Jaco on one of the loveliest Pacific Coast
beaches in Costa Rica. VISTA MAR offers luxury living, privacy and
unprecedented views of the Pacific Ocean and Costa Rica's
unforgettable sunsets.
VISTA MAR, the first luxury high-rise development in Jaco, appeals
to the most discriminating visitor by offering 28 Luxury condos, 4
per floor with under building parking and unobstructed ocean views.
Residence 6D is the "Los Oceanos Floor Plan", a 3,000 sq. ft. 3
bedroom, 3 and 1/2 bath luxurious home. It is located on the North
West corner of the sixth floor and has balconies off two of the
three bedrooms and a spectacular wrap around direct ocean front view
off the living and dining area. The condo is fully furnished,
designer decorated. All dishes, bedding, linens, towels, etc. are
provided, just bring your tooth brush. You are walking distance to
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priced condo in Jaco.
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Designer Pool,Spa and Bar area. Mini Gym surrounded by lush Tropical
Landscaping. 100% power back up.
Adjoining future renovated small boutique Hotel,Casino and Ocean
Front restaurant.
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activities and attractions in Jaco Costa Rica
Jaco is an exciting village full of life all hours of the day and
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Located between two of Costa Rica's most famous national parks,
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Minutes from Los Suenos Marina and Marriot Hotel and Golf Course.
There is certainly no shortage of things to do in and around Jaco.
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Baby giraffes born at Busch Gardens in June are out and about in the Edge of Africa area of the park.
Cupid, a 15-year-old giraffe, welcomed her seventh calf on June 11. The male calf weighed 188 pounds and was more than 6 feet tall, Busch Gardens representatives said.
Tesa, an 18-year-old giraffe, had her sixth calf a week later. The female calf weighed 145 pounds and stood 5 feet 8 inches tall.
Giraffes are the tallest mammals on the planet. The reticulate giraffes are easy to spot with their "net-like" pattern of brown and orange spots and thick white lines. The pair could grow up to be 16-18 feet tall.
Guests can meet the new babies on the Serengeti Plain. The best view is from the Serengeti Train.
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Light sconces, sadly, are not on most folks' interiors radar, unless it's in the context of a bathroom. But illuminating a vanity is not the only task for a pair of wall-mounted fixtures.
Like anything that embellishes a wall, light sconces these days offer plenty of decorative options. With a little flourish, swagger, bling and sophistication, they are far more versatile than in the past and offer far more than task, accent or mood lighting. Styling has ramped up to a new level, with an ample range of bright ideas in traditional to contemporary designs as well as surprising materials, shapes, colors, textures and sizes.
"In the old days, (residential) lighting was limited to crystal and some sort of brass," says Nigel Maynard, editor of Residential Building Products and Technology, a digital trade publication. Particularly in contemporary lighting, he says, "European designers have raised the bar. And Americans are stepping up their game."
High-end interior designers and architects long have looked to Italian companies such as Artemide, Fontana Arte, Foscarini and Leucos for edgier, off-the-chain styling in metals and glass, including clear, frosted and even glorious color. And those seeking authentic mid-century modern, Art Deco or '60s and '70s pieces might start with the impressive global online retail site 1stdibs (www.1stdibs.com) for excellent examples. And for a good representation of au currant styles, check out Horchow (www.horchow.com), where sconces range from $195 to $895.
"Sconces definitely are having a moment," says architect Andreea Avram Rusu, who also designs lighting. "For so long, lighting was uninteresting." To compound the blandness, there was repetition. "Everyone was using the same thing," she says.
But Avram Rusu sees different levels of beauty in lighting. "It's the most important thing in the room in general, for how people look, how people feel. Light transforms space."
Sconces can add ambiance and an artistic note, without taking up precious real estate. Tel Aviv-based designer Ayala Serfaty, is known for the sensual shapes of her light sculptures for Aqua Creations, some of which evoke couture fashion touches such as pleated and shirred silk. In addition to such textural pieces, other sconces add movement, like those that mimic the form of cascading chandeliers.
And there are hybrids — fixtures that can attach to the wall or ceiling, to float. They're plug-ins, so they go anywhere. There are candlestick designs that are elongated, exaggerated more like torchieres. There are sconces that look more like table lamps with giant shades, some of which are on articulating arms. And there's new respect for the backplate, often merely there to cover the junction box, now designed as an integral part of the piece.
Some finishes dial down the shiny, favoring matte looks (although gleaming polished nickel remains a favorite in modern interiors because of the tasteful sparkle and elegance it imparts). Burnished gold is hot, in keeping with home design trends where metals are warming up. Patinated or bronzey finishes lend a vintage or industrial vibe, especially impactful with see-through shades to bare bulbs. Complex finishes include painting, distressing and glazing.
Materials also include wood veneers and embellishments such as capiz shells and beads as well as the more familiar crystals. It's an imaginative mix that sets apart some designs.
"We mix modern with rustic, elegant with casual, romantic with relaxed," says Carla Regina Zajac, partner in Regina Andrews. "It's an eclectic vision that resonates with natural style — a new look at how we live today."
As in other areas of home design, fashion references also are shedding new light on design. Global Lighting, a New York-based company, produced a catalog that merges design, fashion and magazine look-book, including eye-catching shots of models in layouts where the lighting relates to the outfits — and holds equal weight.
With a new crop of fashion forward and artistic light sconces, perhaps more thought will be given to where they might dress a room. A single sconce or a pair adding sparkle to the front door. In the foyer, above a table. At the bottom and top of a staircase. In the living room, flanking a mantel. In the dining room, at the sides of a sideboard. In the library, framing a sofa and a wall of art. In the kitchen, on cabinets at either side of a window.
But these are, after all, conventional applications. Edgier sconces, such as those designed by Canadian architect and industrial designer Omer Arbel, demand unorthodox treatments.
Arbel, who creates evocative pieces for the Vancouver-based lighting company Bocci, fashions pieces into blown-glass globes that are artistic, playful and functional all at the same time. One particular model, the 14 Series, is in itself quite subtle. Its cast-glass half-sphere with a frosted cylindrical void houses a 10-watt xenon or 1.5-watt LED lamp. The light glows from within, kind of like a candle encased in ice.
What's particularly cool about the design is that bubbles and imperfections within the glass interact with the light source to create a halo. By nature of the medium, each piece is unique.
Historically, the idea of a light source on a wall existed in early abodes, where torches lit up dark caves. Less primitive perhaps, were the "sconces" that illuminated medieval castles and the gothic and rugged iron looks for lighting expanded to large-scale chandeliers. As lighting design became more polished, the epitome of lush, grand styles were on display at places like the palace at Versailles, where chandeliers and sconces dripped with dazzling crystals.
Sconce choices today pretty much channel all of those looks and then some – with designers pushing the envelope, exploring new media and combinations, and providing more options for a personal touch.


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Evictions are driving long-time renters out of their homes -- and out of SF. Here are the stories of several people being evicted
02.05.13 - 6:29 pm | Rebecca Bowe and Dylan Tokar |
One TIC owner said he was financially burdened, but had only entered into the arrangement because "I wanted to stay here and raise my family, but we couldn't afford a single family home." Yet tenants brought their own set of concerns to the table, saying the temptation to create TICs was putting a major dent in the city's finite stock of rent-controlled units — the single greatest source of affordable housing in San Francisco.
"My feeling is, let's stop doing TICs," Tommi Avicolli Mecca, a tenants right activist with the Housing Rights Committee, told the Guardian following the hearing. "The city has to just start making sure that the condos that are built are the kind of thing [TIC buyers] can afford. Instead, we cannibalize our rental stock? That's a reasonable way? You evict one group of people to house another: How does that make sense?"
The grueling five-hour hearing illustrated the sad fact that San Franciscans in a slightly better economic position were being pitted against economically disadvantaged renters. The two groups were bitterly divided, and all seemed weary, furious, and frustrated by their housing situations.
The condo-conversion legislation, co-sponsored by Sups. Scott Wiener and Mark Farrell, did not move forward that day. Instead, Board President David Chiu made a motion to table the discussion until Feb. 25, to provide time for "an intensive negotiation process." Chiu, who rents his home, added: "While I myself would like to become a homeowner someday ... I do not support the legislation in its current form."
Sup. Jane Kim sought to appeal to the tenants as well as the TIC owners. "It's very tragic that we have set up a situation where [TICs and renters] are pitted against one another," she said. She hinted at what a possible alternative to might look like. "We should be looking at a ban of scale," she said. "If we allow 1,800 potential units to go thru this year, are we willing to do a freeze for the next 8 to 10 years?"
It's unclear what will happen in the next few weeks, but if this legislation makes it back to the full board in some form, the swing votes are expected to be Sups. London Breed, Malia Cohen and Norman Yee.
New protections were enacted following the late-90s frenzy to discourage real-estate speculators from using the Ellis Act to turn a profit on the backs of vulnerable seniors or disabled tenants. Yet a new wave of investors has discovered they can persuade tenants to leave voluntarily, simply by offering buyouts while simultaneously wielding the threat of an Ellis Act eviction. "The process got more sophisticated," explains San Francisco Rent Board Deputy Director Robert Collins.
Once a tenant has accepted a check in lieu of eviction, rent-controlled units can be converted to market rate, or refurbished and sold as pricey condos, without the legal hindrances of an eviction blemish. Buyouts aren't recorded with the Rent Board, and the agency has no real guidance for residents faced with this particular dilemma. "We don't have the true number on buyouts," says Mecca. "We don't know how many people have left due to intimidation."
Identity-wise, renters impacted by the Ellis Act defy categorization. A contingent of monolingual Chinese residents rallied outside City Hall recently to oppose legislation they believed would give rise to evictions; in the Mission, many targeted tenants are Latinos who primarily speak Spanish. From working immigrants, to aging queer activists, to disabled seniors, to idealists banding together in collective houses, the affected tenants do have one thing in common. When landlords or real-estate speculators perceive that their homes are more valuable unoccupied, their lives are susceptible to being upended by forces beyond their control.
The Housing Trust Fund, passed in November, raised the Downpayment Assistance Loan Program to $100K.
Posted by Guest on Feb. 08, 2013 @ 9:17 am
The bulk of the HTF will end up thrown down the twin rat holes of nonprofit developer operating costs and the SFHA.
Posted by marcos on Feb. 08, 2013 @ 9:43 am
Potential homebuyers of low/moderate income must take advantage of the assistance program before the money goes down the rat hole.
Posted by Guest on Feb. 08, 2013 @ 10:20 am
The Prop C Housing Trust Fund money will help drive up housing prices at the lower housing price levels, which will trickle up to the higher priced housing units. This will lead to even more expensive housing for all new homeowners of more modest means. What a wonderful city program!
Figure the annual $5 million of downpayment assistance (DPA) will leverage another $25-50 million of mortgage loans used to buy houses from the exisiting SF housing stock. That's about 50 to 100 housing units that will be bought under the DPA program each year, targeting even more unmet demand for the city's currently most affordable ownership housing.
The DPA buyers willl be competing with all of the hundreds of other hopeful first-time homeowners (who are not using DPA money), also trying desparately to buy into the SF housing market, leading to even higher housing prices. There will be bidding wars galore as the two groups fight one another to buy the few dozen lower priced homes that come onto the market each month.
I love how Mayor Lee and the "progressive board" funded this program in Prop C so that the lower priced SF homes become a pitched battleground between favored city-financed DPA buyers verses the poor fools who saved their money for a downpayment hoping to buy a modest home in SF. The SF real estate wars will get goosed even more, and the politicians and real esate agents will be laughing at the middle income homebuyers fighting amongst themselves for the privilege of buying a $650,000 fixer-upper. How fun!
To implement a DPA program in a place where real estate is already white-hot is beyond bad and stupid policy; it's an all out attack on every family of modest means trying to buy a modest priced home (that barely exist in SF anyway). In places like Detroit or other cities losing population, where there are far more homes available than buyers, a DPA program might have some merit. But in a place like SF or the Bay Area, where housing demand far outstrips supply, DPA is a perverted and cynical program that attacks modest income people currently fighting to buy a roof over their head.
When housing prices drop 20% - which they will similar to the aftermath of every real estate boom cycle - the DPA homeowners will walk away from the home and the loan, leaving the city holding the worthless paper, just like what happened five years ago. Some enterprising journalist should research the DPA loans given out in the 1980's through 2007. I think they'll find that some DPA home buyers made hundreds of thousands of dollars when they sold their city-financed property at the top of the market, while other DPA homeowners cost the city millions of dollars when the market turned south.
The DPA program is just another piece of evidence the government hates middle-income homebuyers, along with hating the taxpayers funding this idiotic do-nothing program. It would be nice to see what organizations and people are behind DPA, getting fees and jobs to implement this cynical, hateful program. I suspect some of them consider themselves progressives, when instead they are helping to create an even more hellish entry-level housing market for hopeful homeowners of modest means.
Instead of funding this do-nothing DPA program the city should work with groups like Habitat for Humanity, organizations that know how to BUILD ownership housing for 1st-time homebuyers. These programs build new affordable equity housing, while fully preserving the housing units for future generations with permanent deed restrictions, yet still allow 1st-time homewners a path for building equity for a future non-subsidized housing purchase.
Posted by Guest on Feb. 09, 2013 @ 9:26 am
Why should the city be responsible for making anyone an owner? They cannot even keep the streets clean of feces and urine….
Posted by Guest on Feb. 10, 2013 @ 11:43 am
Thank you for giving a voice to some of the negative effects of the recent tech boom to San Francisco.
It has also had a devastating effect on small businesses that don't have the benefit of rent control. Many office buildings downtown that are owned by out-of-state real estate companies are opting on renting out floors or entire buildings to large tech corporations. To make way for these tech giants, entire floors and sometimes buildings of small offices are getting evicted. Many small businesses cannot survive this upheaval and the ones that can have to seriously consider whether or not they can afford to stay in San Francisco.
This has had a dramatic effect on many historic industries in the downtown San Francisco market and will forever change the local economy.
My heart goes out to tenants that are fighting not only for their own survival, but also for the survival of a vibrant civic identity.
Posted by Guest on Feb. 09, 2013 @ 4:18 pm
But that doesn't mean it's wrong. We need these new businesses and, naturally, their success drives up rents.
you seem to think that SF exists purely for the purpose of people who lacks education or skills, but think they would like to live in SF anyway because it is "cool".
Well, I'm not in the business of enabling the inadequate. And until we have replaced capitalism with socialism, then some displacement is not only necessary but also desirable.
Posted by anon on Feb. 09, 2013 @ 4:47 pm
It is a biological process.
You refer to the discredited theory of Social Darwinism, precursors to such hideous things, like eugenics and nazism.
Posted by Eddie on Feb. 09, 2013 @ 5:45 pm
It describes the tendency in any closed system for the best to rise and grow, and for the worst to be mired forever in a primal swamp.
Posted by anon on Feb. 10, 2013 @ 8:27 am
for words because your arguments are false and your ideology detached from reality.
You are describing Social Darwinism, a false science used to justify atrocities.
Posted by Eddie on Feb. 10, 2013 @ 8:38 am
Capitalism is predicated on darwinism.
Posted by anon on Feb. 10, 2013 @ 9:04 am
'Nazi Germany's justification for its aggression was regularly promoted in Nazi propaganda films depicting scenes such as beetles fighting in a lab setting to demonstrate the principles of "survival of the fittest" as depicted in Alles Leben ist Kampf (English translation: All Life is Struggle).'
Posted by Guest on Feb. 10, 2013 @ 1:06 pm
it's 8th page. Thanks for playing.
Posted by anon on Feb. 10, 2013 @ 1:27 pm
One major cultural reason why the theory of natural selection as promulgated by Darwin was so difficult to accept is precisely that its brutal, unforgiving violence did not square with civilization and the kind of life that most folks desired.
Most people want to live in a Star Trek world, not a Mad Max world.
Posted by marcos on Feb. 10, 2013 @ 1:29 pm
hard to see how such an allegory for rampant colonialism would be on any "progressive" agenda.
Natural selection ensures our survivial, despite the attempts by overweaning governments to set us back.
In fact, Ellis'ing a building and replacement it's loser inmates with successful professionals is classic natural selection at work. And explains our high standard of living.
Investing in losers and punishing winners is not the path to prosperity - only mediocrity.
Posted by anon on Feb. 10, 2013 @ 2:08 pm
The human species is not at risk of extinction due to lack of social darwinism, rather due to short sighted greed where we are all compelled to invest in losers who are sucking our world dry for their gain.
Environmental degradation is what is tempting natural selection to come down with a bolt of punctuated equilibrium, troll, not compassion.
Posted by marcos on Feb. 10, 2013 @ 2:25 pm
with social relations based on private ownership of property and the exploitation of labor by capital.
There is nothing natural about eviction.
Mediocre loser troll.
Posted by Eddie on Feb. 10, 2013 @ 2:27 pm
That sound you hear is anon madly flipping through the pages of "Atlas Shrugged" for guidance.
Posted by marcos on Feb. 10, 2013 @ 2:46 pm
people are animals.
And people relocating is very natural. Everyone in this nation has either relocated themselves or descend from someone who relocated.
Posted by anon on Feb. 10, 2013 @ 2:54 pm
I your world, we should eugenically ethanize the "mentally retarded" and send seniors off on ice floes once they are too much of a burden.
Posted by marcos on Feb. 09, 2013 @ 5:46 pm
various other programs. I would not wish a crappy rent-controlled apartment on my parents in a million years.
Posted by anon on Feb. 10, 2013 @ 8:28 am
Hypocrite troll.
Posted by Eddie on Feb. 10, 2013 @ 8:38 am
They may happen thru cuts, higher payroll taxes or higher retirement ages.
Or, most likely, all three.
Posted by anon on Feb. 10, 2013 @ 9:04 am
"It has become accepted economic wisdom that the only way to get control over America's looming budget deficits is to "reform entitlements."
"The accepted wisdom is wrong.
"Republicans trot out federal budget data showing a 32 percent increase in direct payments to individuals since the start of 2009 - including food stamps, unemployment insurance, workers' compensation and subsidized housing.
"But these expenditures are temporary. They've resulted from the deepest economic downturn since the Great Depression, which forced many families to turn to the government for help.
"What about Social Security and Medicare (along with Medicare's poor stepchild, Medicaid)?
"Social Security won't contribute to future budget deficits. By law, it can spend money only from the Social Security trust fund. That fund has been in surplus for the better part of two decades as Boomers paid into it during their working lives. Now that Boomers have begun to retire, those surpluses are disappearing.
"But this only means the trust fund will be collecting from the rest of the federal government the IOUs on the surpluses it lent to the rest of the government. This still leaves the trust fund with a shortage about two decades from now.
"Yet, the best way to deal with this isn't to raise the eligibility age for receiving Social Security benefits, as many entitlement reformers are urging.
"That would put an unfair burden on laboring people, most of whose bodies still begin wearing out when they reach their late 60s even though they live longer. And it's not to reduce cost-of-living adjustments for inflation, as even the White House seemed ready to propose in recent months.
"Social Security benefits are already meager for most recipients. The median income of Americans over 65 is less than $20,000 a year. Nearly 70 percent of them depend on Social Security for more than half of this.
"Besides, Social Security's current inflation adjustment understates the true impact of inflation on elderly recipients - who spend far more than anyone else on health care, the costs of which have been rising faster than overall inflation.
"That leaves two possibilities that "entitlement reformers" rarely, if ever, suggest but that are the only fair alternatives: raising the ceiling on income subject to Social Security taxes (in 2013, that ceiling is $113,700), and means-testing benefits so wealthy retirees receive less. Both should be considered."
~Robert Reich, former U.S. secretary of labor and U.C. Berkeley Professor of Economics
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/opinion/reich/article/Entitlement-cuts-won-t-solve...
Posted by Guest on Feb. 10, 2013 @ 1:16 pm
that Reich is selling, and in fact even Obama has given up listening to that old washed-up socialist economist.
Entitlement reform is the only way to fix the deficit. The rest is just fiddling around at the margin.
It's entirely possible to live off Social Security but not if you expect to live in an expensive place like SF. That's why people typically move when they retire.
Except public sector retirees, of course, who can live like kings. For now, anyway.
Posted by anon on Feb. 10, 2013 @ 1:22 pm
What about Paul Krugman or Joe Stiglitz? Would you choose *not* to believe a pair of Nobel-Prize winning economists, simply because they're liberals? Here's Krugman's analysis, followed by Stiglitz'~
"Social Security's attackers claim that they're concerned about the program's financial future. But their math doesn't add up, and their hostility isn't really about dollars and cents. Instead, it's about ideology and posturing. And underneath it all is ignorance of or indifference to the realities of life for many Americans.
"About that math: Legally, Social Security has its own, dedicated funding, via the payroll tax ("FICA" on your pay statement). But it's also part of the broader federal budget. This dual accounting means that there are two ways Social Security could face financial problems. First, that dedicated funding could prove inadequate, forcing the program either to cut benefits or to turn to Congress for aid. Second, Social Security costs could prove unsupportable for the federal budget as a whole.
"But neither of these potential problems is a clear and present danger. Social Security has been running surpluses for the last quarter-century, banking those surpluses in a special account, the so-called trust fund. The program won't have to turn to Congress for help or cut benefits until or unless the trust fund is exhausted, which the program's actuaries don't expect to happen until 2037 — and there's a significant chance, according to their estimates, that that day will never come."
"In a recent USA Today opinion piece, Nobel Prize winning economist JOSEPH STIGLITZ took on Mitt Romney's accusations against the "47%" by saying the real freeloaders are not those who rely on some kind of government support like Social security, Medicare and financial aid. Instead, he says, the freeloaders are more likely the 1% of the wealthiest Americans who pay taxes at a far lower rate than those with less money and whose successes have been built on the services government provides like education, the legal system, infrastructure, etc. The growing income inequality in America is one of Stiglitz's greatest concerns and the subject of his new book The Price of Inequality: How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future. In it he warns that if the divide between rich and poor continues to grow, even the richest Americans will pay a price and offers a plan for a more just and prosperous future."
Posted by Guest on Feb. 10, 2013 @ 2:47 pm
You even threw in social security and public sector retirees, hoping someone would take the bait. I only responded because I don't like misinformation about SS#, etc., that you're trying to float on progressive web sites.
Posted by Guest on Feb. 10, 2013 @ 2:59 pm
this was my response to anon's comment further down
Posted by Guest on Feb. 10, 2013 @ 3:13 pm
Posted by anon on Feb. 10, 2013 @ 3:28 pm
You have no use for progressives, and yet you're everywhere on this site.
Posted by Guest on Feb. 10, 2013 @ 4:00 pm
If I bought a TIC anyone can do it. Have a little discipline. Save money and voila! Se Jo comprei mi Pie De Tierre ousted puede tambien.
Now I am on solid ground and that feels great! Homewonership is the way to go.
I love America. California and the city know in Chinese as the mountain of gold
Conshi fatsay!
Posted by save money on Feb. 09, 2013 @ 8:28 pm
finally get out of paying the mortgage for someone else.
Being a renter for life is very, very sad.
Posted by anon on Feb. 10, 2013 @ 8:26 am
Living on someone else's dime is the great San Francisco addiction…..
Posted by Guest on Feb. 10, 2013 @ 11:28 am
Oh, I quite agree. Living on "someone else's dime" is definitely a way of life under the Brown-Lee government. One of the greatest beneficiaries of this arrangment is Ron Conway, the investor who has made a veritable killing from feeding off the public dime. From Larry Bush at CitiReport~
Brown-Lee Partnership Spells Money, Also Trouble
"Corporations and people with close ties to the mayor have received hundreds of millions of dollars in city contracts, development deals, subsidies and grants, records show," the paper reported.
"In deal after deal, bidders who are associates of the mayor — or who have retained Brown's associates as lobbyists or consultants — have won out over others with less political clout, sometimes after intervention by the mayor or his aides."
"During the FBI's corruption investigation, court records show, agents made inquiries regarding contracts worth more than $1 billion and 63 different companies, people and other entities, many with connections to Brown."[...]
Ed Lee: The Inside Man
"Ed Lee became Willie Brown's Inside Man almost two decades ago, when Brown turned to him to approve minority contracts for his backers. Lee went on to hold positions where he could tweak the requirements for contractors, order "re-evaluations" where necessary, even reverse his staff and his own earlier findings on behalf of contractors tied to Brown.
"Some of those instances were reported during the 2011 mayoral campaign or were seized on by Lee's opponents. They ranged from contracts awarded for computer services later determined to be fraudulent to contracts at the airport to a bidder that twice failed to get top ratings to a "nonprofit" that didn't actually exist and that federal official ordered its grant returned to the city.
"By 2011, when Ed Lee became the Interim Mayor... [...]
"Faster than a high speed Internet connection, Willie Brown was showing up with a Silicon Valley "angel investor," Ron Conway. By August, when Lee announced he would change his mind and run for a full term, Conway had launched an independent expenditure campaign that would raise more than $600,000. One of the speakers at a Conway fundraiser was Willie Brown.
"In turn, Conway became an advisor to Ed Lee, who told reporters that he was listening to Conway on how San Francisco could launch a new boom with tax incentives aimed at high tech industries.
"Lee urged approval of a special tax district on Market Street, encouraging Twitter to move its headquarters to mid-Market. To do that, the owner of the Market Square sold the building to Shorenstein Properties, a longtime Brown ally. Twitter got the tax break and moved into the building facilitated by Brown.
"Later the companies estimated their savings at more than $30 million.
"Lee, in a moment of irrational exuberance, then announced he would seek to replace the short-term tax holiday with a permanent one. The boom was on.
"Lee's election night victory party was hosted by Willie Brown, according to the invite, but the man writing the checks was Ron Conway and the tech industry leaders he had brought on board. The evening included a replay of a video ad for Lee "2 Legit 2 Quit" that featured MC Hammer – and Willie Brown.
"It also was underwritten by Conway."
Posted by Progressives Against Big Government on Feb. 10, 2013 @ 1:54 pm
candidates for election to an important office?
Wow, I'm shocked.
The topic, since you appear not to understand it, is whether the wave of Ellis Act currently happening is a direct and understandable inevitability from the city adopting too strict a version of rent control.
I've seen nothing in 8 pages of ranting and raving to indicate that it is not. I've personally emptied three buildings of tenants and, while only one was an Ellis, all three led to much better, nicer and more successful people living there. That is a good thing for the city.
Posted by anon on Feb. 10, 2013 @ 2:17 pm
You are doing most of the ranting and raving. Boasting about emptying buildings of tenants--how sociopathic.
Let them eat cake.
Let's get ready to tumbril.
Posted by Eddie on Feb. 10, 2013 @ 2:23 pm
SF is of exactly the same value and utility to the city?
That seems highly doubtful.
Posted by anon on Feb. 10, 2013 @ 2:52 pm
No, I think certain people with a decided NAZI mentality have less than zero value or utility to the city, and should go. People like you, troll.
Posted by Guest on Feb. 10, 2013 @ 3:19 pm
Always entertaining
Posted by anon on Feb. 10, 2013 @ 3:28 pm
Posted by Guest on Feb. 10, 2013 @ 4:13 pm
You even threw in social security and public sector retirees, hoping someone would take the bait. I only responded because I don't like misinformation about SS#, etc., that you're trying to float on progressive web sites.
Posted by Guest on Feb. 10, 2013 @ 3:01 pm
think is irrelevant.
Posted by anon on Feb. 10, 2013 @ 3:27 pm
Everyone's living on everyone else's dime, that's what social animals do.
Posted by marcos on Feb. 10, 2013 @ 2:06 pm
services and subsidies. Some do not. I believe the latter figure to be 47%
Posted by anon on Feb. 10, 2013 @ 2:18 pm
You call yourself a moderate? ha! The 47% thanks you for outing yourself. Bottom feeding troll.
Posted by Guest on Feb. 10, 2013 @ 2:53 pm
the same problem that always gets politicians into trouble - telling the truth.
Posted by anon on Feb. 10, 2013 @ 3:26 pm
Romney was such a towering genius that he never figured out how he came up with that idea.
Posted by Daniel D. Portado on Feb. 10, 2013 @ 4:12 pm
To all those who make 100k + live in San Francisco and think if you can't afford it move elsewhere,
Someone has to make your lattes, someone has to take care for your children, someone has to clean your house, someone has to serve your burritos, someone has to provide nursing when you're sick, someone has to work at your grocery store, your bookstore, your apple store. Someone has to drive your company paid shuttles. Someone has to dryclean your clothes. Someone has to make your whiskey cocktail.
And all of those people who contribute to maintaining your lifestyle who make on average 15k-30k should be able to live in San Francisco too.
Posted by alicia on Feb. 11, 2013 @ 12:34 pm
Someone has to make the latte's there, right?
Posted by Guest on Feb. 11, 2013 @ 12:57 pm
Back in LA they used to have 'day without a Mexican' which basically shut down the service sector in LA. Anyone recall the pix of downtown LA and the Harbor freeway shut down by half a million Mexicans? Or how about back in the 30's when dockworkers shut down the City? So why can't there be a 1 day general strike by service workers here in SF? Say on May 1st?
Posted by pete moss on Feb. 24, 2013 @ 8:12 am
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(ARA) - Many Americans are in the process of reassessing their spending patterns, and boomers and seniors are no exception. Seventy-three percent of adults over age 50 started saving more or cutting back on spending last year, compared to 2010, according to a November 2011 report by the AARP.
In many cases, the new spirit of frugality is not necessarily born out of financial necessity, but also out of a desire to simplify life, avoid excessive consumption and focus on what's really important - family, friends and community.
If you're an adult over 50, maybe you're exploring the hidden treasures of your own region instead of taking exotic vacations. Maybe you're barbecuing with friends in the backyard instead of going out to eat. Maybe you're spending more time playing with your grandkids instead of buying them the latest electronic gadgets.
In short, you're trying to cut back on spending without sacrificing quality of life. Here are five tips to help.
Examine recurring expenses. It's easy to overpay for utilities and other recurring expenses if you don't periodically review your options and make sure you're getting the best deal. Many utility companies offer senior discounts, for example, but you have to ask. Also consider a lower-cost no-contract cellphone plan.
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Good news from Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle regarding Oakland Athletics pitcher Dallas Braden:
No structural damage to Braden's shoulder. Rest and rehab for inflammation.
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Yikes. Braden was pulled from his start on Saturday against the Detroit Tigers after only five innings. He was 1-1 over the first three games of the season, with a 3.00 ERA in 18 innings, 15 strikeouts and five walks. The A's are relying on their young starters, including Braden, as they make a run at a division title.
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An Integrated Microfluidic Platform for Screening hESC Culture Conditions
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Microfluidic systems handle and manipulate tiny amounts of fluids at volumes thousands times smaller than a tear drop. The goals of our proposal are (i) to design, fabricate and test a microfluidic technology platform (i.e., hESC-Chips) for performing human embryonic stem cell (hESC) culture and assay with significantly improved efficiency, (ii) to utilize these hESC-Chips in search of new culture conditions for hESC self renewal and (iii) to disseminate this technology for routine use in other hESC laboratories. Compared to those macroscopic setting employed for the conventional hESC research, the advantages of the proposed hESC-Chips are low sample/reagent consumption, fast processing, precise control over physical/chemical environments and automated operation. As the proposed project unfolds, we anticipate having contributions on the following three aspects: First, the successful demonstration of the proposed hESC-Chips will provide a powerful technology for contemporary hESC research. In our design, a hESC-Chip will contain 100 culture chambers for a simultaneous examination of 100 hESC experiments. Since the sizes of these hESC culture chambers are very small, the consumptions of hESC samples and the associated reagents will be significantly reduced (4 to 5 orders of magnitude lower than the conventional setting). In addition, due to the use of PC-operated interface, critical parameters for hESC experiments can be monitored and controlled in the hESC-Chips with superior precision, which is unattainable using the conventional macroscopic setting. Second, the hESC-Chips promise to accelerate the screening process in search of animal product-free culture conditions for hESC self renewal and differentiation. Generally, hESC culture requires feeders, e.g., mouse embryonic fibroblasts (mEFs) or Matrigel, and mEF-conditioned medium to maintain hESCs at the undifferentiated stage. These culture conditions lead to contamination of animal products, thus restrict the therapeutic applications of hESCs in clinic settings. Right now, it is critical to define animal product-free hESC culture conditions by screening a large number of combinations of extracellular matrices and soluble factors. Using the conventional hESC research setting this screening process is time and cost-consuming. Third, we will disseminate this microfluidic technology for routine use in other hESC laboratories. A user friendly version of hESC-Chips will be developed and then tested in the co-PI's research group and other hESC groups at UCLA. The final versions of the chip design and control programs will be freely available for download from the PI's research group web site (http://labs.pharmacology.ucla.edu/tsenglab/), where some existing designs and programs can be accessed.
Statement of Benefit to California:
As the proposed project unfolds, we anticipate will benefit the State of California and it citizens on five fronts: 1. The successful demonstration of the proposed microfluidic platform (i.e., hESC-Chips) will present a new technology for far-reaching application to all types of stem cell research with significantly improved operation efficiency. In contrast, the conventional stem cell research is plagued by the use of macroscopic setting, resulting in several constraints, e.g., high sample/reagent consumption, poor precision to control the environments of hESC experiments and the lack of integrated platforms for accurate measurements. 2. Using the proposed hESC-Chips the costs for hESC research will be greatly reduced. We estimate that each hESC experiment in the hESC-Chip consumes 30 nanoliter of cell culture reagents/medium, which is 4 to 5 orders of magnitude lower than a commonly used 6-well plate (requiring 2.5 mL of reagents/medium for a single study). Many hESC studies that require large-scale hESC experiments can, therefore, be implemented using the hESC-Chips in a cost-efficient manner. 3. The proposed hESC-Chip allows greater precision of measurements. Due to the use of PC-operated interface, critical parameters for hESC experiments can be monitored and controlled in the hESC-Chips with superior precision, which is unattainable using the conventional macroscopic setting. 4. The hESC-Chips promise to accelerate the discovery of new understanding of hESC growth control and to speed up the drug screening processes for hESC therapy. In our design, a hESC-Chip will contain 100 culture chambers for a simultaneous examination of 100 hESC experiments. A custom-designed interface allows 50 hESC-Chips to function in parallel. 5. User-friendly instrumentations of the proposed technology will be created for routine use in other hESC laboratories. The final versions of the chip design and control programs will be freely available for download from the PI's research group web site (http://labs.pharmacology.ucla.edu/tsenglab/), where some existing designs and programs can be accessed.
Review Summary:
SYNOPSIS: In this proposal, the PI aims to ultimately develop an automated, integrated microfluid platform for hESC studies that he nicknames hESC-Chips. He proposes to attack this in three aims. The first is to design, fabricate, and test new-generation hESC-Chips for fully automated hESC culture and assays. The second is to utilize these hESC-Chips as high-throughput screening platforms for defining optimal culture conditions for hESC self renewal. The third specific aim is to develop user-friendly versions of the hESC-Chips. SIGNIFICANCE AND INNOVATION: This proposal is highly innovative and significant, and addresses a longstanding issue in the field. The preparation of standardized ways of measuring hESC pluripotency as well as differentiation requires a standard approach not currently available in any laboratory. The successful resolution of the aims of this proposal will provide a manner of applying consistency across different platforms and laboratories investigating hESCs. This is a strong proposal by a great team of collaborators who wish to apply mature multilayer soft lithography (MSL) to problems in stem cell biology. High-throughput low-volume automated screening of culture conditions is sorely needed for stem cell research. STRENGTHS: One reviewers states is currently no standardized approach among different laboratories working with hESCs. Thus, the availability of a standardized hESC chip allows for not only fast, reliable, and statistically significant measurements of behavior in response to different culture mediums or different compounds, but will also allow for a more homogenous approach to synergize among different independent efforts. The webpage referenced by the PI already includes some examples of what these chips might look like. It therefore qualifies as a high-risk, high-reward project. Another reviewer states the strengths of this proposal are: --the team, which has strength in both stem cell biology and microfluidics --the preliminary results, which are convincing, and show that they have made progress with the basic issues of culturing cells on chips --the research plan is well thought out WEAKNESSES: There are a couple of issues not addressed by the PI in this version of the proposal that demand clarification for this platform to useful across different investigators. 1) It is not very clear even if the project is 100% successful what will be the cost to purchase, use and monitor the platform. If the expenses surrounding this new technology become overwhelming, it might not attract as many investigators as the PI might wish. 2) This grant could have been easily submitted to NIH and other agencies for funding, as it really does not require cell lines out of the non-registry collection for the establishment of proof of principle. 3) How user-friendly will the interface be? Despite the claim of specific aim 3, if the large-scale use of these chips is beyond the level of what a technician can understand or perform, it might not be attractive, as it would require specialized expertise that would make the whole purpose of this being widely used detrimental. There are some weaknessses to the proposal that the investigators should address to increase the likelihood of success. First, several research groups are starting to apply MSL to stem cell culture. Most groups are following identical or similar paths to that proposed here: start with self-renewal, looking at matrix, then growth factors, etc. The danger, then, is that another group will find the "answers" very soon and make the proposed research obselete. The investigators should be ready to adapt if such results come out by being able to modify their research plan to either look at differentiation or other issues in self-renewal. Second, 4-5 days seems short to assess self-renewal in hESCs. Markers of pluripotency may take days to down-regulate, or even several passages to become evident. Thus, the investigators should either validate a sensitive phenotypic marker that becomes apparent in 4-5 days or lengthen their assays. It would be a shame to get false positives because the assay is not stringent enough. Third, the investigators propose monitoring 13 or even 52 chips. This is not feasible to run in parallel without robotics to put chips on and off the microscope. Without robotics, the authors are either proposing to run chips sequentially (and thus have controls on each chip, rather than one dedicated control chip) or must run them in parallel but only monitor endpoint phenotype. This technical issue is not addressed in the proposal, but is crucial to the high-throughput claims made throughout. DISCUSSION: The strength of this platform is that the technology allows combination of factors to be tested on hESC. There was considerable discussion about the question of cell growth on PDMS. HESCs apparently do not grow well on it; most disturbingly, they turn off Oct 4. Although it was pointed out that the applicant has been able to get cells to grow for at least 4 days on PDMS, one question is whether or not the biology of the cells is changed.


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Girls! Fancy making your toothbrush into a robot? Or how about creating a blinking LED badge? Discover how to make an Arduino theramin, create objects with e-textiles and make electronic music from your drawings!
To learn these and many other cool activities, head over to Longsight Library every Saturday afternoon from Saturday 2 March through to Saturday 20 April.
Manchester Libraries, Information and Archives are continuing their successful partnership with Manchester Girl Geeks to run these quirky and educational workshops. Girls aged 11 - 15 can join any or all of the eight innovative sessions starting this Saturday.
Paula Carley, Neighbourhood Engagement Officer at Longsight Library, says "We started thinking about the popularity of the Raspberry Pi and the idea just took off. We had a great time working with Manchester Girl Geeks last year to deliver the Introduction to Coding sessions for girls and we really wanted to build on that success and continue to encourage more young women to think about careers in science and industry"
Sat 2nd March - Brushbots - make and customise a toothbrush robot!
Sat 9th March - LED Badges - groovy blinking badges Sat 16th March - Lego robot trials
Sat 23rd March - E-Textiles - make your own touchscreen gloves
Sat 30th March - Drawdio -making music whilst you draw!
Sat 6th April - Arduinos - little mini computers - introduction to coding
Sat 13th April - Arduinos continued - take away your own Arduino!
Sat 20th April - Arduinos Theremin - making a cool instrument that you play by moving your hands
For more information phone Kalu 07919321064 or Paula 07946520806. The workshops are free but places are limited. It's first come, first serve, so get to the library early!
2 - 4.30pm
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17 years and $400m in restitution for USS Miami arsonist
Casey James Fury, 26, formerly of Portsmouth, was a painter and sandblaster for three years at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, when he set a fire on May 23 in a stateroom so he could be sent home from work. The blaze, fueled by the enamel paint on the submarine's ceilings and walls, caused $450 to $500 million in damage.
Fury was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Portland by U.S. District Court Judge George Z. Singal. Fury was ordered to make $400 million in restitution, though prosecutors admit that's unlikely to happen.
Fury had agreed to a plea bargain that called for a sentence of between 15 and a half to just over 17 years on two arson counts. At sentencing, prosecutors argued for the maximum, the defense for the minimum.
The first fire was on May 23 about 5:30 p.m. Wanting to go home, Fury lit a plastic bag containing cotton rags on top of a bed in a stateroom in the forward compartment of the nuclear powered Los Angeles class attack submarine in dry dock for maintenance.
Five firefighters and two shipyard workers were injured as they fought the blaze for 12 hours.
Fury, who has a history of anxiety and depression, was in a panic that day. With no sick days or vacation time left, he set the blaze so he could go home, according to court documents filed by Federal Defender David Beneman. Fury expected someone would see the fire and put it out since the submarine is outfitted with fire extinguishers. He never expected it would cause the damage it did, Beneman said.
But the fire spread quickly igniting enamel paint used on the walls and ceiling of the submarine, Beneman wrote. Naval and ATF tests established the burning rags alone did not create enough heat or energy to spread the fire. It was the enamel paint on the walls and ceilings of the submarine that fueled the expanding fire, according to Beneman. The enamel paint hazard was not previously recognized, he said.
Less than a month after the devastating blaze, Fury started a second fire using alcohol wipes on June 16 at 7 p.m. on the dry dock blocks on which the Miami rests. Again, he did it so he could get out of work early. This fire was quickly extinguished and caused little or no damage but did result in the submarine being evacuated.
Prosecutors acknowledged Fury started the first fire as a distraction but said it spread quickly and caused catastrophic damage. Fury rushed off the submarine to safety, alongside colleagues who feared for their lives as smoke filled hallways barely large enough to walk through while wearing regular clothing, let alone fire-fighting equipment, wrote Assistant U.S. Atty. Darcie N. McElwee. The defendant then watched from the safety of the pier as others risked their lives to battle the blaze, according to McElwee.
Fury's conduct, the prosecutor said, has far-reaching consequences and, because of sequestration, repair of the USS Miami has been deferred. While the Miami is out of commission, other submarines will be at sea longer. Fury's action, the prosecutor said, cost the United States the use of an vital national asset for 18 months beyond the originally scheduled 19.6 month maintenance period.
The court recommended Fury serve his time in a prison able to address his mental health needs. On release, Fury will remain on supervised release for five years.
Union Leader correspondent Gretyl Macalaster contributed to this report.
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The Effects of Fast Food on Teen Health
Time constraints, parents who work outside the home, extracurricular activities and social obligations; these are just a few of the reasons teens have developed a need for a quick meal or an "on the go" snack. Fast food, microwave-in-a-minute meals, meals on the go, and heat-n-eat are just a few of the marketing gimmicks that have appealed to households everywhere. Meals that once used to take hours to prepare now can be done in a fraction of the time, allowing teens to continue to be on the go. Have these types of meals affected teen's health and eating habits? You bet your burrito.
Issues affecting teen's health related to eating habits and weight have become forefront in medical news. As teens continue to eat on the run, their health continues to run out of control. " Obesity has increased 54 percent in the last 20 years resulting in 25 to 30 percent of teens being obese -- and the number is accelerating," says Susan Burke, a certified nutritionist from New York City, N.Y. "In addition, type II diabetes in children is an emerging epidemic. And as it is no surprise that type II diabetes is directly related to being overweight."
Why are Teens Eating so Badly?
Several factors of the average teens life must come into play to find the explanation. "There is no one reason, otherwise fixing the problem would be easy," Burke says. "The main factors that affect a teen's diet can be found at school, at home and in their lifestyle. Oftentimes it is not just one factor but a combination of two or more that attribute to a teen's poor diet."
Vending machines and fast food venues in school cafeterias, combined with the minimal amount of time teens have for lunch, contributes to the problem. "The school cafeterias are bringing in outside vendors -- not just vending machines, but fast food outlets now have a place in school cafeterias as well," says Burke. "A lot of schools actually have Pizza Hut, they have Dominos and they have Burger King and so on in the schools themselves. Add in the aspect of the decrease in time that teens have for lunch -- some have as little as 15 minutes for lunch. They are using vending machines as they are quicker and offer a shorter waiting time to get their lunch or taking advantage of the fast food venues that are in the schools today."
"In order to get a good place in the lunch line to make sure I can get my lunch, I have to run -- literally," says Alec Shoemaker, an eighth grader from Chester, Va. "But if my class is late getting out or I'm late getting to the cafeteria, I have to wait up to 15 minutes just to get my lunch. Then, after waiting in line, I have about five minutes to eat it. So, it's easier to just put some coins in the vending machines and be able to sit down to eat it all without having to hurry. Most kids don't even get lunch because there isn't enough time."
To combat the threat of school lunches attributing to the deficiencies in the American teen's diet, parents could choose to have teens "pack" or take their lunch to school. By bringing their own lunch, they no longer need to wait in a long line which decreases the amount of time they have to eat. Thermal lunch boxes, thermoses and lunch-box-size ice packs make it possible to keep hot foods hot and cold foods cold allowing a wider variety of foods to be chosen and taken for a healthy, well-balanced school lunch.
Many families today require one or more likely, both parents to work outside the home. With deadlines, quotas and overtime, it is not uncommon for parents to pick up or order out dinner in an attempt to save time. "Another thing that contributes to a teen not eating a healthy diet is the whole phenomenon of the two working parent family," Burke says. "[The USDA] has done a lot of research showing that in the families of teens who eat together do end up eating a more nutritious, well-balanced meal. Less and less parents eat dinner with their kids. A lot of this has to do with the fact that there are so many latchkey kids in our society. Only 50 percent of American families eat dinner together nightly. It's not only the morning meals that the latchkey kids are getting on their own -- and the breakfast is usually chips and soda -- but it's the evening meals as well."
"It's tough to make sure kids are eating well when you have to leave the house before them every morning and after them every night," says Carrie Eichler, a nurse and mother of three from Ashland, Ohio. "They want the types of things that taste good but are easy for them to make. I try to get them what they want and what they need, but it's hard to find things that have both taste and nutrition and are still easy for them to prepare. It's a struggle -- for all of us."
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Even parents that work can help to ensure that their teens are eating healthy foods and well-balanced meals. By knowing what is in the cupboards and refrigerator even when your not at home, parents can ensure that they teens will have nutritious foods to choose from when required to prepare their own meals.
"The number one thing that parents can do is to set an example," Burke says. "Setting example means that the parents themselves are following a healthy meal plan and shopping healthfully. Number two is that you have to shop for health and for healthy foods. Stock the shelves and the fridge with low-fat cheeses and yogurts, fruits and vegetables. One of the best things a kid can do growing up doing is substituting soda and juice for milk -- even if it's chocolate milk. Low-fat chocolate milk is a better choice then juice or soda. It's a matter of choices."
According to the USDA, two-thirds of teens do not get enough zinc or vitamin E, one-half do not get enough calcium and one-third do not get enough iron or vitamin B6. Of American teenage girls, 75 percent do not get enough iron. Parents can equipped themselves with this knowledge and offer their children better choices, better options and better health.
"There is an old saying that says 'knowledge is power,'" Burke says. "It is especially true when it comes to parents helping their teens eat well and eat right. Gain the knowledge of what teens need -- vitamins, iron, calcium and a well-balanced diet -- and you gain the knowledge to give them a great gift -- good health."


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Whereas hundreds of students within Monongalia County will be affected by the construction of new schools; Whereas taxpayers in Monongalia County supported and passed a bond for the construction of these new schools after being given a specific floorplan; Whereas citizens of Monongalia County affirm that recent market fluctuations are not the fault of the children of Monongalia County, and as such they should not be punished for them; Whereas citizens of the community feel that school-related activities (sports not withstanding) are necessary for today\'s youth; Whereas citizens of the community feel that forward progress is superior to stagnation and low expectations; The citizens of Monongalia County request that the Board of Education follow the original plans used to pass the school bond by whatever means necessary, including but not limited to finding alternate sources of funding for any budget deficits. By signing this petition, citizens affirm that they are opposed to any changes the Brookwood Program Managment Firm may propose to the Monongalia County Board of Education.
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4:48pm Thursday 5th December 2013 in Local news By Will Lodge, Senior reporter
OVERHEAD line problems between Colchester and Manningtree have disrupted rail services.
Trains could be cancelled or delayed by up to an hour due to the problems.
Greater Anglia said it is looking to bring in a road replacement service.
A bus service is already set to be introduced replacing services between Colchester to Clacton and Walton due to problems with lines between Great Bentley and Weeley.
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It was a special farewell to local legend Chipper Jones. The Braves number 10 played his final regular season game at Turner Field on Sunday.The Braves beat the Mets 6-2. After the game, Braves third baseman Chipper Jones was honored at Atlanta's Hartsfield Jackson International Airport by Delta.Click on the video above for the full report.
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Construction is a constant in Dickinson right now. And one of the biggest projects underway is the West River Community Center.
The expansion has been a bit of an inconvenience for members. While all that construction will help members in the long run, it's a little bit of a pain right now.
The dust is settling at the West River Community Center. And the new expansion is starting to take shape.
"We're adding a total roughly of 35,000 square feet. Currently, they're done with the demolition part of the project. The two areas are connected to each other," says Matt Mack, Dickinson Parks and Recreation. Those two areas are the old and new basketball courts. The old ones are becoming a new aerobics room and free weights area.But the old gym is closed, and that's putting a strain on the community center members."During construction time, it is inconveniencing some, especially those who use the basketball courts. Those courts are used. I'm there 2 or 3 times a week and I know they get used a lot," says Shawn Kessel, Dickinson City Administrator. "We're definitely going through some growing pains right now. But we're hoping that the finished product is going to be what everybody wants," says Mack. The finished product should be done by late March or early April. "Hopefully the long term gain is well worth the investment we're making and the short term pain," says Kessel. And that long term gain will include a lot of new equipment."Basically it's going to relieve some pressure. Everybody's all kind of cramped into one area right now when they're working out, it's going to give people some space," says Mack. Construction also includes a new ice rink and outdoor pool that builders will finish this year.
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