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[Spelling Progress Bulletin, Winter 1982 pp4-7]
[Walter Gassner: see Anthology, Bulletins.]
SSS Conference 3: Development of Improvement in English Orthography continued.
"How to reconcile conflicting principles for a reformed English spelling,"
by Dr. Walter Gassner**Randwick, N.S.W. Australia. Deceased Dec. 4, 1981.
Abstract.The conflicting principles are:
(1) Consistency in the use of letters and minimizing deviations from traditional orthography. The latter involves: avoiding the introduction of new letters or written accent signs: moreover, avoiding, within the limits of practicability, unfamiliar use of letters; and finally, providing a means to distinguish words with the same sound but different meanings which are distinguished by distinctive written forms in the traditional system. (It does not involve limiting arbitrarily the number of occurences of letters whose sounds are established unambiguously, such as k and z, and replacing them by c and s respectively, just to conform with established practise). Any system that would aim at preserving more than, say, 30% of traditional written forms would, necessarily, be encumbered with complicated rules, and such a situation should be avoided.
Ways to reconcile the conflicting principles: (a) allowing certain sounds to be represented by letter groups, such as sh, ng, ai; (b) allowing certain letters to be used for different sounds in different positions, such as y for the consonant in "yes" when occuring in front of a vowel, and for the diphthong in "hydrant" when occuring in front of a consonant (where the other sound cannot occur); (c) allowing certain vowel letters to be used for different sounds in stressed and unstressed syllables - as "a" for the sound in "hat" in stressed syllables, and for the Neutral Vowel in unstressed syllables (This has the prerequisite that the system is one in which the location of stress is clearly indicated).
(2) Basing the system on one particular pronunciation or not taking into account variant regional pronunciations. The speech of Southern England is used as a basis (not for any inherent superiority, but on the grounds of intelligibility and acceptability and the possibility of checking it in reference books). Deviations from it are established, where a substantial number of speakers make a distinction that speakers of Southern English do not make and such distinctions are backed by distinctions in traditional orthography - as the use of ar, or, and er.
(3) Differences in styles of speech: Using as a basis careful pronunciation of educated speakers, but rejecting fanciful pronunciations that exist only in the minds of persons who are influenced by traditional orthography. Words with distinctive "strong" and "weak" forms rendered so as to suggest the strong form, the form used in isolation. This for the sake of consistency.
(4) Rejecting inordinate emphasis on time, saving and etymology. A brief description of the author's Consistent Evolutional Spelling pointing out the features through which the best possible compromise between conflicting principles is achieved. Occasional reference to the position in other languages.
Corpus.At this and previous conferences, a large number of spelling reform proposals have been presented. The common goal of all these proposals is to replace the present traditional system of orthography - which is full of arbitrary features and inconsistencies - with a system that is simple and straightforward, easy to learn and easy to use. Most spelling reformers - the exceptions being, of course, those who want to introduce a completely new system of writing-stress the need to limit departures from existing practice to the absolute minimum, and this is justified in view of the need to make transition easy and to obviate a situation in which it will be impossible for future generations to read and understand anything that has been written before the reform. These two principles are in direct opposition to each other; and whilst most reformers try to bridge the gap between the two conflicting principles, it lies in the nature of things that they arrive at different results.
This is an attempt to determine what is essential and to arrive at a solution which is effective and workable.
In order to determine what is essential, we have to remind ourselves of the plight of youngsters who are faced with the task of learning to read and write a language in which sounds and letters do not agree. They have to memorize long lists of words by rote, an exercise which is stultifying because it is devoid of any stimulus to logical thinking. It is also wasteful from the educational point of view because the time required to become literate is an obstacle to proficiency in other studies, the range of which is continually increasing. Where a language is phonetic, all that a person who knows how to speak has to do is to learn the alphabet and their sounds and, possibly, if the alphabet is deficient, a few groups of letters. Attempts at framing rules for English spelling have, of course, been made and some ingenious teaching devices have been proposed, but they do little to alleviate the situation. A rule that is riddled with exceptions becomes useless if the exceptions appear arbitrary. It is only if this situation is radically remedied that spelling reform becomes effective; when such a reform is implemented, it will no longer be necessary to ask the question, "How do you spell (such and such a word)", for the answer would almost invariably be, "As you pronounce it" or, possibly, "As you hear it pronounced" (say, by the B.B.C. or some other authority) - subject to qualifications only in variations in pronunciation and the need for clarity.
Likewise there should be no need to be provided with pronouncing dictionaries or to have the pronunciation of words indicated in an all-purpose dictionary. If one takes account of the fact that there are numerous systems of imitated pronunciation, varying from one dictionary or reference work to another, with which users in most cases are not familiar, one can see that here, too, a lot of time and effort is wasted, which will be saved if a phonetic system of spelling replaces the existing one.
From what has been said, it follows that "scratching merely the surface," that is, eliminating certain glaring arbitrary written forms, or omitting redundant letters, would not sufficiently alter the present position, for learning by rote would still be the necessary thing to do; a limited reform of that type would not be worth the upheaval. It is only when the written forms of words are a reliable guide to their spoken forms and vice versa, that the staggering rate of illiteracy will disappear in English-speaking countries and that one can expect foreign students to arrive at an acceptable and intelligible pronunciation. (I am, of course, thinking of persons who are able to express themselves flawlessly in writing and yet distort the words when expressing themselves in speech). Obviously, the new spelling, as I conceive it, will not prevent foreign or regional accents from continuing to exist, but in general, every user, whether English-speaking or otherwise, will be able to deduce the written form from a spoken form with which he is familiar, and vice versa.
If consistency and effectiveness are the essential requirements, it follows that the reverse principle, that of limiting departures from existing practice to a minimum must play a minor role. Yet, in certain respects, it is an essential principle. The important feature of a system thus conceived is not the number or percentage of words that remain unchanged, but the degree to which words are recognizable without special instruction to persons accustomed to the traditional spelling. Thus, there is no point in insisting that the letter c should continue to be used for the k-sound and the s-sound, because we have the letters k and s at our disposal. If, accordingly, the letter c were to be eliminated, the words in which a c is replaced by a k would evidently be recognizable at sight; indeed, only persons who are adverse to any change should be shocked at an increase of the occurrence of the letter k. What we must reject, however, is the idea of abandoning the Latin alphabet or augmenting it with new letters. Implementing an entirely new system of writing, as George Bernard Shaw suggested and provided for in his will, would sever the ties of the English language not only with the past, but also with the languages of the greater part of the European continent, and, indeed also of the other continents - seeing that even for Chinese the Latin alphabet has - been allocated certain functions. And these remarks are applicable not only to a completely unrelated system of writing, but also to an alphabet which is essentially the Latin one, but is augmented by additional letters or diacritical marks. No matter how much ingenuity is evident in the designing of these additional symbols, they would impair the readability by the uninitiated and the acceptability from a world-wide point of view.
The Latin alphabet has 26 letters, and there is some agreement that the English language has at least 40 distinctive sounds, or rather phonemes. This is evidently an area where there is conflict between fundamental principles, but these are easily bridged if one agrees to the attitude that for some sounds, we can continue to use groups of letters (digraphs or trigraphs, referred to as "compound symbols") - chiefly for long vowels and diphthongs. There is quite a choice of such compound symbols among those used in traditional orthography, and this makes it possible to reflect one important aspect of the pronunciation of words: stress. Many spelling reformers will refrain from indicating the stress in their proposed systems, arguing that a notation of that kind is impracticable or unnecessary. Suggestions are made to the effect that stress might be marked, especially in books for children and foreigners, by underlining, bold type or written accent signs - but that for general use, the indication of stress can be dispensed with. I hold the opinion that indication of the stress should be incorporated in the system in common use - thus avoiding the additional expense and effort to have books especially marked for certain types of users. However, none of the devices mentioned would be practicable and they would be deviations from existing practice. Indications of stress can, indeed, be effected by making available a second set of vowel symbols in addition to the ordinary ones and, in a limited range of instances, by using double consonants after short vowels. Of the various ways of indicating the stress (I have experimented with several), the most appropriate one is to use the second set, as referred to above, to mark the stress on a syllable that is not the initial one, on the understanding that where only "ordinary" symbols appear in a word, stress falls on the first syllable.
Once it has been made clear which syllables in a word are stressed and which are not, it is possible to represent certain obscure vowel sounds - sounds that can only occur in unstressed syllables - by vowel letters which have a different function in stressed syllables. The sound that requires special attention among obscure vowels is the so-called neutral vowel, sometimes referred to as "schwa" or the muttering vowel sound. It is the sound most frequently occurring in unstressed syllables and is, under the existing system, represented in a variety of ways (a in about, e in silent, o in develop, u in circus, ou in grievous, ia in parliament, iou in precious, oi in tortoise). In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is represented by an inverted e (thus ə). Earlier spelling reformers ignored the existence of this sound. Their schemes were based on the assumption that the words involved contained the sounds which these letters have in stressed syllables, either leaving the written forms of the unstressed vowels as they are in the traditional system, or with minor arbitrary simplifications. The effect would have been a continued need to memorize the spelling of a lot of words. Then came some spelling reformers who did take account of the existence of the neutral vowel, establishing newly invented symbols for it. As mentioned before, extending the alphabet is extremely undesirable - even if only a single symbol is added to it. Apart from the costs and inconvenience of adapting all printing fonts and typewriters in English-speaking countries, there would have been the additional problem of printing English words in countries in which other languages are spoken; and the need to print English words throughout the world is obvious in view of the position of English as a world language. At one stage I toyed with the idea of using the letter "q" for the neutral vowel - not a new letter, but one that in the existing system serves no useful purpose. Later on I abandoned this idea in. view of the strange appearance given to the most common words.
It is actually because the second set of vowel symbols is used as a stress market on syllables other than the initial one, that an obscure sound such as the neutral vowel can be represented by a letter which is used for a different sound in stressed syllables. The letter best suited for this purpose is the letter "a" - which in stressed syllables represents the sound occurring in the word "hat"; this chiefly in view of the frequent occurrence of this letter for the neutral vowel sound in the initial and in the final position - almost to the exclusion of other ways of representation. (In about, afraid, along, the sound occurs in the initial position; in banana, data, China, villa, the sound occurs in the final position). The cases in which the traditional system uses a combination involving the letter r at a word end or before a consonant - such as river, tailor, sugar - are different; here the symbol er is used. It is not possible to show the occurence of the neutral vowel in words of one syllable, and it is actually not necessary to do so because such pronunciations of monosyllables with the obscure vowel sound, as can in the expression: "I can do it" without any emphasis on can - have to be considered as incidental to sentence stress. It depends upon the desires of the speaker as to whether he wants it to be stressed or not. And sentence stress is something that is not practical to be indicated in the spelling. All such words as at, from, of, have, must are represented the way they are pronounced in isolation.
Two letters of the alphabet - "y" and "w" - can be used both as consonants and as vowels, as they are in T.O. The consonants are those occurring in yes and wind, and the vowels are those occurring in hydrant and put, how (which will be written pwt, how). This double use is not an infringement on the principle of concistency if the rule is established that the two letters in question are consonants when followed by a vowel, and vowels when followed by a consonant, or used as part of a diphthong.
Another source of differences of opinion is the variety of pronunciations in various parts of the English speaking world. A certain form of speech has to be taken as the standard, and it has to be a form that is reflected in currently used pronouncing dictionaries, in dictionaries in general use and in foreign language dictionaries in which the pronunciation of the English words is shown for the benefit of foreign students. This standard is Southern British, sometimes referred to as "the Queen's English" or "Received Pronunciation." Deviations are allowed for in cases in which a substantial body of speakers uses an alternative pronunciation which is clearly backed by use in traditional orthography. Thus, certain vowel sounds are split up into "cases with r" and "cases without r" (such as aa and ar), the letter r in such cases being almost silent in Southern British speech, but sounded in Scottish speech. Also the vowel in such words as "ask" (pronounced with the a in "father" in Southern British speech) is represented in a special way. Generally speaking, where different pronunciations are used in different styles of speech, the system is based on careful pronunciation used by educated speakers, but fanciful pronunciations that exist only in the minds of persons who are influenced by traditional orthography are left out of account.
The suggestion has often been made that spelling reform should be put into practice gradually, the idea being that changes of a trifling nature would be more easily accepted, and that with each successive change, resistance would decrease. My chief objection to implementing a spelling reform in a large number of small steps is that the intermediate steps would, of necessity, be unphonetic (they would even in some instances deprive the written forms of that modicum of consistency they might appear to have) and that each step would require re-editing of dictionaries and reference works. However, following a frequently heard demand, I will make two suggestions for a spelling reform step-by-step: the first, in fact, chiefly to reject it and to demonstrate why; the second is one that is practical, simple to understand and reasonably extensive. The first is based on the assumption that we, the alphabeteers, have come to an agreement and that we know what the final outcome is going to be. The first step is that proposed by Mr. Lindgren of Narrabundah, Australia, viz. that the letter e should be used for the vowel sound in "bet" to the exclusion of all other ways of representation. In my opinion, this makes sense only if we also refrain from using this letter for other sounds and use the symbols that truly represent these sounds. Thus: ee in "lever", i in "pretty." Now with each subsequent step the same procedure would have to be followed, and if each step takes 10 years to carry out, it would take over a hundred years to arrive at the final shape. It is self evident that a step-by-step spelling reform of this type would require a public throughout the world (whether English-speaking or not) endowed with an infinite amount of patience and docility, ready to replace their dictionaries frequently with new ones and assimilate the changes gratiously.
The other suggestion for a gradual approach does not assume that there is complete agreement among alphabeteers. And only one intermediate step is required - the rule is simplicity itself: to each of the usable letters - all except c and q - one sound is allocated, and whenever this sound occurs, that letter is used. (But the letters continue to be used also for other sounds - adjustment of this and handling sounds that are represented by compound symbols and other features have to be left to the second and final step - which can be taken only after spelling reformers have come to an agreement). In the proposed intermediate system, the vowel letters would have their "short" values - as in hat, bet, sit, hot, and hut. Among the consonants, k and s will replace c; z will frequently replace s; f will replace g wherever it is thusly pronounced, leaving to g the duty of representing the "hard" sound (as in get); z represents only ks, and f replaces ph and sometimes gh (as in tough).
Once this intermediate system is introduced, a definite effort should be made by all spelling reformers to come to an agreement. The final goal-effectiveness in learning in the sense that learning lists of words would no longer be necessary - should not be left out of sight.
Whilst, generally speaking, a reform in steps is undesirable, one which would not interfere with arrangements in dictionaries for the intermediate step is not so. The German language is much closer to being phonetic than English, but if it were to attain the same standard as envisaged for English, a lot of alterations would be necessary. But there is one change that could be carried out prior to a large scale spelling reform - and there is a strong movement in Germany in favour of it: abolition of the capitalization of nouns in general, limiting capital letters to proper names, as in other languages. This step would not interfere with the arrangement in dictionaries and could be carried out in advance of a more thoroughgoing reform.
It is hoped that those who oppose a spelling reform for fear that it would destroy a valuable inheritance will rest assured that such a sacrifice will not be required. Those in favour of radical reforms, introducing a new alphabet, or augmenting the old may consider that all the advantages they envisage can with equal ease be achieved by staying within the limits of the existing alphabet. (see example)
Examples from Consistent Evolutional Spelling
From "A Krismas Karal, by Charlz Dikinz. Marli'z Goast.
From "A Krismas Karal, by Charlz Dikinz. Marli'z Goast.
Marli woz ded, tw bigyn wi'th. Thair iz noe dout whottever about that. The rejister ov hiz berial woz siend bie the klirjiman, the klark, thi undertaiker, and the cheef moerner. Skrooj siend it. And Skrooj'iz nain woz gwd for enithing hee choaz tw pwt his hand tw.
Oald Marli woz az ded az a dornail.
Minde! Ie doant meen tw say that ie noa, ov mie oan nolij, whot thair iz pertykywlerli ded about a dornail. Ie might hav been inklinde, mieself, tw rigahrd a kofin'nail az the desist pees ov iemmunggari in the traid. But the wizdam ov our ansisterz iz in the simili; and mie unnhaeload handz shal not disturb it, or the Kuntri'z dun for. Yoo wil thairfor permyt mee to repear, emfatikali, that Marli woz az ded az a dornail.
Skrooj neu hee woz ded? Ov cors hee did. How kwd it bea utherwiez? Skrooj and hee wir partnerz for ie doant noa how meni yeerz. Skrooj woz his soal egzekywter, hiz soal admynistraiter, hiz soal asine, hiz soal rizydyweri legatea, hiz soal frend, and soal moerner. And even Skrooj woz not soe dredfwli kut up bie the sad ivent but that hee woz an exalant man ov biznis on the veri day ov the feunaral, and solamniezd it wi'th an undowtid bargin.
The menshn ov Marli'z feunaral bringz mee bak tw the point ie startid from. Thair iz noe dout that Marli woz ded. This must bea distynktli understuud, or nothing wunderfwl kan kum ov the stauri ie am goaing tw rilayt. If wee wir not pirfikrli konvvnst that Hamlit's faather died bifoer the play bigaen, thair wwd bea nuthing mor rimahrkabl in hiz taiking a stroal at night, in an eesterli wind, aponn hiz oan ramparts, than thair wwd bea in eni uther midl'aijd jentlman rashli timing out affter dark in a breezi spot - say Snt Paul'z Chirchyear for instans - literati tw astonnish hiz sunn'z weak minde.
From the monolog in Akt III, Sean I ov "Hamlit" by Wiliam Shaikspeer.
Tw bea, or not tw bea; that iz the kweschan.
Whether 'tiz noabler in the minde tw suffer
The slingz and aroaz ov outrajas forchan,
Or tw taik armz agenst a sea ov trublz,
and bie opoezing, end them? Tw die: tw sleep;
noe mor; and bie a sleep tw say wee end
the hahrtaik and the thouzand nachwral shoks
that flesh iz ehr tw; 'tiz a konsumayshn
divowtli tw bea wisht.
(Editor's comment):Gassner is not very consistent in the use of his system(?). In the 2nd line, he spells about as abowt. Yet in the 2nd line, 2nd paragraf, it is about. He spells hee yet bea, and in 1st line, noe but in 2nd line, 5th paragraf, noa. Also wwd for would, yet understuud.
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On Tuesday, November 5, a Remembrance Ceremony will be held outside Predolin Hall at 6:30 p.m. A screening of the film "The Undocumented" follows at 7:00 p.m., in Anderson Auditorium.
The ceremony and film are part of 'Dying to Cross,' a visual tribute on the Edgewood College campus commemorating the men and women who died in pursuit of their American Dream. It commemorates those who fell victim in the past year in the Sonoran Desert in their effort to cross the United States-Mexico border. For the second consecutive year, students on campus, many of who participate in AL@S, the Association of Latino and Latina Students, are marking the tribute by placing crosses in the ground throughout campus. The crosses bear the names and ages of those who died. One hundred and twenty-six crosses are displayed on campus, and will remain through November 9. The driving force behind 'Dying to Cross' is Ariana Silva, a senior double-majoring in Spanish and in Latin American Studies, and a native of Madison. "The project is not a political statement," she said. "Our intention with Dying to Cross is to encourage reflection in regard to immigration. So often we look at immigration as a partisan issue, however if we are going to make some sort of change, we must look at immigration for what it fundamentally is, which is a human issue. These are men and women who are dying in their attempt at a better life."
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ELDERLY and vulnerable users of a vital monitoring service may be forced to pay in future or lose it altogether due to the impact of county council cuts.
Redditch Borough Council currently provides its lifeline service for 2,657 people - 1,129 of which are classed as the most vulnerable and receive it for free through £202,000 of Supporting People Money from Worcestershire County Council.
But as part of £32million of cuts to the adult care budget over the next three years, the funding is set to be withdrawn from June. Those residents assessed as in highest need will be given a personal budget to buy the service themselves if they wish, while others will simply stop receiving it or could face being charged.
The potential scenario was one of a number of implications for Redditch Borough Council if Worcestershire County Council ploughs ahead with the cuts, outlined at a recent executive committee meeting.
Elderly residents in supported accommodation in St David's House in Batchley could also be affected by the cuts as the borough council may be faced with downgrading the service from having staff available 24/7 to work through the night and provide assistance, to a sleep in service where staff would only respond when the call alarm was pressed.
Prevention work with children and troubled families is also likely to be hit as there will be a cut of almost £370,000 over three years to the Early Help contract, which will impact on Redditch Children's Centres.
There are also concerns about a rise in youth homelessness as the proposal to cut supporting people funding in half could leave charities which provide supported accommodation to young people unable to provide the service and legally the council is not able to offer a home to anyone under 18.
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I wasn't any more nervous than usual. The Congo software is built upon a software engine, which has proven its functionality in three Eurovisions. We also had very few problems during the development of Congo. The challenge for me as developer was that it was quite a big network, which I know by experience can cause problems, but it didn't. The thrill for me as a programmer was that I could work with a hardware platform that is designed by people who use consoles and with a graphical user interface that doesn't steal the show or attention. The GUI is fantastic and it works extremely well.
What is the best career advice you've ever received?
The best advice was something I heard when listening to a seminar by Patrick Woodroffe: "If you're going to do it, do it all the way. Don't make 20 lights red, if you can make all 40 red." I live by that rule and my motto: "The world will never remember a coward."
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Many aspects of our modern world are characterized by increasing complexity and accelerating change. How can we function in such a world, keep up and make sense of it all? In order to answer these questions, we will go Back to Basics and explore the key issues facing us as individuals and as a society, as well as how we connect with nature and technology. The 2nd full-day TEDxTrondheim Conference will expose you to big ideas from engaging speakers and creative performers, offer you fun activities, and connect you with key thinkers and doers.
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The Kobe earthquake shocked almost everyone in the world. In the early morning of January 17, 1995, a powerful 7.2 level earthquake shook the area around Kobe, Japan. Houses collapsed, were engulfed by fire, and were totally demolished. More than 5,000 people died. Sadness and grief filled the hearts of people everywhere.
"What happened to the people who were saved but lost their homes?" I wondered. That was when I saw, in the news, hundreds of people sleeping in the cold. I felt sorry for those shivering in the freezing weather. Then, as I watched, I heard some good news. Kobe would get help from other nations and areas within Japan. I was greatly impressed by the generosity from all over the world. Thousands of blankets were sent from the United States. Trained rescue dogs were sent from Switzerland to find survivors buried under the rubble. Bottled water, packaged foods, and other necessary materials were sent to Kobe from other parts of Japan.
I was very grateful that my school took part in helping the people of Kobe. One of the group came up with an idea to donate money collected from students and teachers. The members made money bottles and placed them in the cafeteria for students to put their change in, after buying lunch. Every day, I was anxious to see the money placed in the bottle increasing. More than anything, I was impressed by the generosity of the students and teachers.
In the world today, this is what we need - cooperation shown by everyone in the world. Even a little help can save peoples' lives. I hope that our support was able to assist the people in Kobe in their time of suffering. In times of catastrophe, the spirit of cooperation needs to be aroused in people. fl
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Many non-stop flights from Europe to the U.S. aren't: Unusually high winds are forcing airlines flying west across the Atlantic to make unscheduled stops to take on more fuel.
Need to recover from the holidays? With airfare at its lowest point in a year, now is the best time to get away.
United Airlines officially entered the biofuel age on Monday, by launching its first U.S. commercial flight that's partly powered by algae-based jet fuel.
The sluggish economy hasn't stopped airlines from hiking the price of flying ... again.
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Travel conditions aren't pretty this weekend as Hurricane Irene spins up the East Coast.
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United Airlines announced Tuesday that it is replacing its pilots' flight decks with iPads.
The recently merged Continental and United Airlines canceled 24 flights Wednesday due to pilot sick calls, which occurred as United Continental Holdings is negotiating a collective bargaining agreement with the pilots, an airline spokeswoman said.
Airlines score lowest among 47 industries evaluated by the American Customer Satisfaction Index, according to a report released by the national index Tuesday.
After YouTube videos spark outrage, Delta changes its policy to allow military personnel to check more bags for free.
In the wake of an online video in which soldiers returning from Afghanistan complained that Delta Air Lines charged their unit more than $2,800 in bag-check fees, rival carrier American Airlines on Thursday announced it will allow military personnel to check an extra two bags with no out-of-pocket expense.
Stung by online comments calling it "disgusting" and "un-American," Delta Air Lines on Wednesday announced it will allow U.S. military personnel traveling on orders to check more bags for free.
The Department of Transportation fined Continental Airlines and US Airways on Thursday for violating the department's price advertising rules.
United Airlines blamed a technical glitch Wednesday for the brief return of flight numbers 93 and 175, designations retired after the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington.
An unexplained chemical smell forced Continental Airlines flight 007 to return to San Antonio's airport Thursday morning, aviation officials said.
When United and Continental merged last year to create the world's largest carrier, the official announcements never came out and stated the deal's true rationale: to blend Continental's management with United's scale. That's one reason former Continental chief Jeff Smisek is CEO of the new company. While he's scrupulous about calling the combination a merger of equals, nearly all of top management hails from Continental, which was far more successful than United over the past 15 years, despite being smaller. United, with a history of nasty labor relations, even went through bankruptcy from 2002 to 2006.
What are iconic and twisted and no longer free? Pretzels aboard some Continental Airlines flights.
In a move that's getting thumbs up from many air travelers, United Airlines has announced it is keeping its Economy Plus seats on United flights and expanding the option to Continental planes next year.
A former Continental Airlines sales agent pleaded guilty Tuesday to a $1 million fake voucher scheme that could result in a maximum of two decades in jail.
Delta Air Lines said Tuesday that it has gotten rid of expirations for its SkyMiles program.
Airlines canceled thousands of flights for a second day and began to regroup as a historic winter storm pushed from the upper Midwest to the Northeast on Wednesday.
A snowstorm sweeping much of the U.S. has passengers stranded at Boston Logan International Airport. WCVB reports.
Airlines canceled more than four thousand flights Tuesday as a massive snowstorm of historic proportions coated the nation's heartland with a thick blanket of snow.
CNN's Bonnie Schneider has a look at winter weather and lets us know if it will affect your travel plans.
Snow fell in parts of the southeast Saturday, the leading edge of a powerful storm system that has prompted blizzard warnings in New York City and Boston and threatened to cause major travel headaches at the tail end of the holiday week.
Delta Air Lines has pre-emptively canceled approximately 500 Christmas Day flights, a company spokesman said Friday, as it and other U.S. airlines work to get ahead of a storm that's threatening the East Coast.
A disruptive passenger who prompted a flight diversion Wednesday is on his way to being removed from the United States, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
See an air fare you like, but not quite ready to commit? For a fee, Continental Airlines will let passengers lock in the price for up to seven days with no obligation to buy.
A French court rules Continental Airlines and a mechanic are guilty in the deadly 2000 Concorde crash near Paris.
A Continental Airlines mechanic was found guilty Monday in the Concorde crash that killed 113 people in 2000. John Taylor received a fine of 2,000 euros ($2,656) and a 15-month suspended prison sentence. Continental Airlines was fined 202,000 euros ($268,400).
There is one thing people seem to like about flying: Southwest.
A computer outage grounded more than three dozen Continental Airlines flights Wednesday, the airline said.
Continental and United officially joined forces Friday to create the world's largest airline - and their stock jumped on its first trading day.
Continental Airlines will no longer provide complimentary meals and snacks to economy passengers on domestic flights shorter than 6½ hours and some international flights.
Southwest Airlines plans to acquire AirTran Holdings for $1.4 billion, the airlines said on Monday.
The U.S. Justice Department said Friday that it has closed an investigation into the proposed merger of United and Continental, paving the way for the airlines to unite later this year.
Continental Airlines faces a fine of $230,000 for violations of Federal Aviation Administration regulations, the agency said Tuesday.
Delta Air Lines shares retreated Monday after the world's largest carrier announced second-quarter profit that beat Wall Street estimates, but revenue that fell short of expectations.
Passenger satisfaction with domestic airlines continues to improve, according to one survey released Tuesday.
Continental Airlines is recalling some of the pilots it furloughed several years ago, as the company ramps up international flights and replaces retiring older pilots.
Airline stocks rallied Wednesday, riding a wave of investor sentiment that 2010 is shaping into a profitable year for the industry, experts say.
What are an extra seven to ten inches of legroom worth?
Airlines were scrambling to accommodate passengers affected by the cancellation of hundreds of flights after a monster weekend winter storm that blanketed a swath of the East Coast.
I was one of those kids always intrigued by the whole idea of flying. I used to hang out at the airports whenever I could. In the summers between years at Wesleyan, I learned to fly around Cape Cod. The more I did it, the more I loved it. I took my last semester of college off to become an instructor and commercial pilot.
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Severe turbulence shook a Continental Airlines flight Monday, injuring dozens of passengers and forcing the aircraft to divert to Miami, Florida, according to the airline and a fire official.
Continental Airlines Wednesday apologized to former Indian president APJ Abdul Kalam for frisking him before a recent flight to New York.
One person credits bad weather and the other a long line.
CNN's Allen Chernoff reports from Newark International Airport on the plane crash in Buffalo that left 50 people dead.
Among those lost was a 9/11 widow en route to celebrate her late husband
The Continental Airlines plane that crashed in Clarence Center, New York, late Thursday is one of several major incidents over the past two months.
For every dollar that the price of fuel increases, costs to the aviation industry go up by $1.6 billion. And if oil hits $135 a barrel for the rest of the year, the International Air Transport Association says losses could hit $6.1 billion.
United Airlines and US Airways are in very advanced talks towards a merger and an announcement is expected within two weeks, according to a source familiar with the negotiations.
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Continental Airlines and its pilots union have agreed to start early talks on changes in the non-economic portion of their contract at the request of the union - a relatively rare union victory in the battered airline industry in recent years.
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Stocks bounded higher Tuesday after a surprisingly strong retail sales report and more news of potential airline consolidation.
Continental Airlines ranks no. 207 on this year's list of the FORTUNE 500, with $11,208 million in revenues, up 15% from the previous year. The Houston-based company was ranked no. 232 on the 2005 list. Its 2005 profits were -$68 million.
Airlines are using uncertified workers for critical maintenance work, which operate without enough oversight of either the carriers or the Federal Aviation Administration, according to an agency investigation.
The former head of the Concorde program is reported to have been put under judicial investigation for manslaughter in the case looking into the 2000 crash of the supersonic jet that killed 113 people.
Southwest Airlines' profits jumped 41 percent in the second quarter despite a sharp rise in fuel costs -- a surprisingly strong performance that sparked a rally in the low-fare carrier's stock.
Continental Airlines says it has been placed under investigation by a French magistrate judge for the suspected role played by one of its jets in the July 2000 crash of the supersonic Concorde that killed 113 people.
Stocks crept higher early Thursday, supported by sliding crude oil prices and a surprise drop in jobless claims.
Two baggage screeners have been reassigned pending the outcome of a federal investigation into how a bag containing a simulated bomb made its way aboard a Continental Airlines flight bound for Holland, a Transportation Security Administration official said Friday.
Earlier this year my wife and I flew into Newark Airport on a Continental Airlines flight from Madrid. We had less than two hours to make a connecting flight to San Francisco, but 70 minutes later ...
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With new threats of bankruptcies, and appeals for labor concessions and government assistance, the nation's major airlines are facing a crisis that may well spell the end for one or more carrier in the next few years, according to industry executives and experts.
Continental Airlines Inc., the nation's fifth largest commercial carrier, said Friday it increased fares on domestic tickets to offset higher fuel costs.
Whenever I teach executive seminars on the importance of building a great company culture, I spend most of the time, strangely, listening to reasons the participants are so reluctant to give it a try: Changing the culture takes too long. People don't like change. It requires too much time from top management. Seems risky -- I don't see the payoff.
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IPOs, as bankers like to say, have two classic enemies: uncertainty and volatility. On Sept. 11, a supply of both flooded the market.
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The nail-biting crash landing of Piedmont Airlines flight 1489 showed once again that air safety can be as simple as proper maintenance. But just as air travel is surging, airlines face a shortage ...
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Everyone has a special horror story about customer service. The most infuriating these days probably concern air travel. Runaway traffic growth and many carriers' difficulty in adapting to mergers ...
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The idea for a food truck rally in downtown Tampa came about after Mayor Buckhorn attended the one in Hyde Park earlier in the year. "Creating a hip downtown requires thinking outside of the box," said Mayor Bob Buckhorn. "This is exactly the kind of event that will generate a buzz and excitement in our urban core."
Through a partnership with the Tampa Downtown Partnership (TDP), the Mayor's Food Truck Fiesta was launched. "Mayor Buckhorn knows the kind of things that make a city vibrant and exciting," said TDP President Christine Burdick. "Having a chance to sample new flavors, and perhaps grow new businesses for downtown makes this event a win-win."
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BOSTON (AP)—A storm that had been predicted for days caught much of the East Coast off guard with its ferocity, tearing through with lightning, thunder and mounds of wet snow, leaving more than 300,000 customers around the nation's capital without power Thursday and forcing people to shovel out their cars and doorsteps all over again.
The forecast had called for up to a foot of snow in parts of the region but the storm brought far more in spots. New York got 19 inches, Philadelphia 17. Public schools closed for a second day Thursday, including the nation's largest system in New York City, and motorists were warned to stay off slick roads.
"What a mess," said Andy Kolstad, a 65-year-old federal statistician from Silver Spring, Md., who had to walk half an hour uphill to his local Metro subway station to travel to Washington because there was no bus service. "There was no point in staying home because I couldn't have breakfast in the dark," he said.
The region has already been pummeled by winter not even halfway into the season. Nineteen inches of snow fell on New York City atop the 36 inches it had already seen so far this winter; the city typically sees just 21 inches for the whole season.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg said it was the snowiest January since the city started keeping records, besting 27.4 inches set in 1925. The accumulation was about twice the amount that had been predicted, he said.
Virginia Sforza, 61, shoveling her sidewalk in Pelham, in New York's northern suburb said, "My biggest fear is if it continues like this all winter, we won't have a place to put it and we'll never get our cars out and we won't even be able to go to the stores."
"The prospect of this continuing is disgusting," she added.
At his home in Gap, Pa., 45-year-old Chuck DeSeantis lamented what lay ahead of him after a treacherous commute Thursday: shoveling cars out of snow at the Nissan dealership where he's a sales manager.
"Normally it is a 15-minute commute; now it will probably take an hour to hour and a half to get there," he said. "I'll dig out my three cars here, and then I'll dig out 350 cars at the dealership."
In Massachusetts, travel was made trickier with high winds. Gusts of 46 mph were reported in Hyannis, 45 mph in Rockport and 49 mph on Nantucket early Thursday. In Lynn, Mass., heavy snow collapsed a garage roof and briefly trapped two men inside before they were rescued safely. Some other workers escaped.
New York declared a weather emergency for the second time since the Dec. 26 storm, which trapped hundreds of buses and ambulances and caused a political crisis for the mayor. An emergency declaration means any car blocking roads or impeding snowplows can be towed at the owner's expense.
The city shuttered schools and some government offices, and federal courts in Manhattan closed. Even the Statue of Liberty shut down for snow removal. New York's Long Island Rail Road, the nation's largest commuter rail line, operated on a reduced schedule. At busy Penn Station, about half the trains listed on the Amtrak departure board were delayed or canceled.
Two major New York-area airports, Newark and Kennedy, closed for snow removal but began taking flights at 10 a.m. Hundreds of flights were canceled at both airports. LaGuardia Airport had 168 cancellations. About 1,500 passengers were stranded overnight at Philadelphia International Airport, according to spokeswoman Victoria Lupica.
Flights also resumed at airports in the Washington region after overnight runway closures and flight cancelations that left hundreds of travelers stranded.
Northeast of New York in New Canaan, Conn., a Metro-North commuter train ran off the tracks, suspending service. Its two passengers and crew members were not injured.
Residents hunkered down as the storm brought snow, sleet, and then more snow, accompanied by lightning and thunder in a phenomenon called "thundersnow."
The Philadelphia area's transit agency, the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, suspended nearly all bus service, and road crews worked through the night to gets tons of snow off major arteries.
Nine passengers spent the night on board a bus that got stranded in the city's West Oak Lane neighborhood, spokeswoman Heather Redfern said.
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Story:I live in Minnesota and was at school. During first hour or so, a teacher turned on the television. It started right at a scene of the first plane crashing into one of the buildings. Everybody was kinda stunned, and nobody talked for awhile. We watched the scenes of carnage and debris all of first hour, second hour, and part of third hour. Everybody was talking about it most of the day, and a few people went home. I got home, and later, my mother came home and said she had heard what had happened on the television at there work. Some people at her job had gone home as well during the day. Not much else happened after that, other than many reports that flittered across the television most days.
Life Changed:Nothing much changed in my life. Maybe a slight increase in security at certain places, but other than that, the damage didn't quite spread to us.
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I'm not sure if I have this or not but every time I do any kinda of arm extention exercise I get a horrible sharp pain in my right elbow. The pain seems to be focused at the elbow and moving up my tricep for about a half inch, like around my tendon. It hurts when I touch my elbow as well. Any clues on what this might be?
It sounds like your ulnar nerve is inflamed. Does it hurt on the back of the elbow where you hit your "funny bone?" The nerve can get inflamed from extension exercises. For me it's happened because of skull crushers, pressdowns, and doing parallel dips too low. Especially the skull crushers. For me it's gotten better when I don't bend my elbow more than 90 degrees when doing any extension exercises. I drive a lot and I have to keep reminding myself not to rest my elbow on the armrest on the car door. Also leaning on a table with my elbows aggravates it.
Tennis elbow is lateral epicondylitis. You usually feel it in the front and to the outside. Gripping things and hyperextending the wrist make it hurt worse.
Golfer's elbow is medial epicondylitis. I assume it hurts in the front and to the inside, but I've never know of anybody that's had it.
I have ulnar neuritis. Ditto to what Delphi says. I'd be willing to bet that you have it, too.
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btw, yes it does hurt on the bottom of my elbow. Yeah I think I got it from doing skullcrushers as well. Should I just take it easy on tris and take some anti-inflammatories?
Thanks for the help delphi and gyno!
Depending on how inflamed it is you may need to lay off extension movements and take aspirin/ibuprofen/etc until it settles down. It really helped me out to avoid starting an extension movement with my elbow at an acute angle- 90 degrees minimum at the start.


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Highly decorated Brazilian Jiujitsu practitioner, Robert Drysdale just won his third straight bout since making the jump to professional mixed martial arts.
In his first fight since being released by the UFC, Patrick Cote defeated Kalib Starnes via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) last night at Ringside MMA 10 in Montreal. Photo: TopMMANews.com
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UFC Hall-of-Famer, Dan "The Beast" Severn picked up his 8th straight victory along with the Elite 1 MMA heavyweight championship, after choking out Scott Fraser this weekend. The 52-year-old legend improved his record to 97-16-7. Other notables who competed this weekend: - Efrain Escudero won his second straight bout since being released from the UFC by submitting Jeremy Larsen on RITC 148. - UFC veterans Mark Holst and Kalib Starnes both picked up rear naked choke victories on Wreck MMA. Strikeforce veteran, Joe Riggs wasn't as fortunate though, as he got TKO'd by Jordan Mein on the same card. HT: Sherdog
Some notable MMA names were in action this weekend: W-1: Bad Blood - Jason MacDonald def. Vernon White via sub. (triangle) John Alessio def. Chris Clements via sub. (guillotine) Nabil Khatib def. Shonie Carter via UD X-1: Champions 2 - Falaniko Vitale def. Kalib Starnes via sub. (choke) TFC 10 - Ryan Ford def. Tommy Speer via sub. (RNC) Xtreme Combat League - Mark Holst def. Corey Hill via sub. (kimura) Ricco Rodriguez def. Brian Ryan via TKO (strikes) KOTC: Thunderstruck 2 - Dan Severn def. Buddy Dixon via TKO (strikes) Photo HT: Al Quintero at Sherdog
Middleweight Follies: Dan Henderson, Hector Lombard, David Loiseau and...Kalib Starnes?
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The Olympics may have wrapped up, but in Connecticut, teams of Special Olympians are just gearing up for their next games. We got the inside on what gives them that competitive edge.
The Agostino family is going for gold, with the family's bowling team training hard for four years with 16 year old Joey, who has Down Syndrome, at the head of the team.
Joey was focused. "Gold medal, gold medal!" he told me when I asked him what he wanted when he competes in the State's games in November.
Joey is part of the Connecticut Special Olympics Bowling team of 700 competitors. 13,000 athletes will compete statewide. Over the past decade, Special Olympics has started a unified sports program. For the Agostinos, it means that Joey's younger siblings Keegan and Haley are part of his team.
Mom Lori is a strong advocate of the program, and the team's head cheerleader. "They help each other, they force each other to another level and to see that as a parent, there's nothing better," she explained as described how her two mainstream children compete side by side with their intellectually disabled brother.
Coach Mark Kurimai has been coaching for the Special Olympics for 33 years, having just retired from heading up the adaptive sports program for the Norwalk school system. He talked about how the unified sports program has changed Special Olympics for the better, "They've uplifted the program by increasing the abilities of our special athletes. They have someone to foil, someone to copy and someone to be like."
The Olympians decided to take this reporter under their wing to experience training first hand. Assistant Coach Michael Campbell started me off with the right equipment; gave me plenty of encouragement, and while I wasn't able to bowl the spares he so easily knocked out, I finally got past the gutter balls and started taking out a few pins of my own.
Michael's best advice? "Sometimes slow and sure always wins." A nice Olympic nugget.
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If only it were that simple, *.*
The problem is when the college asks for 70 cents; then the city raises some 'minor' fees; then the county collects an additional 55 cents; then the property values go up for no good reason; then the charges for water/sewer/garbage 'must increase slightly'; then the school district needs a 2% increase (its not that much); ad infinitum, ad naseum...
Do you see the point? Your "its only a few cents" answer sounds good - but doesn't make sense in the long run. If no one ever opposes increases in taxation - then don't be surprised when you find a large percentage of your income disappearing after a few years.
and experience has proven that its MUCH harder to get it reduced than oppose the unneeded increases in the first place.
So - if we REALLY need it - prove it. Otherwise, tighten your belt along with the rest of us... cause if you give an inch....August 8, 2011 at 12:39 p.m.
Sometimes you just need to say we can't afford it.August 8, 2011 at 10:17 a.m.
StarDotStar: Wouldn't it be easier for citizens to put aside an extra 70 cents a month (.70 x 12 = 8.40) and be happy that Victoria has a community college to train its citizens for a future beyond flipping burgers than to complain about it?
Thank you for applying the logic of common sense in your post. A rarity on this posts.August 8, 2011 at 9:38 a.m.
I'm trying to make sure I'm clear on this. So the rate is going from 15.31 cents to 16.01 cents per $100, making a $120,000 property's current rate $183.72 per year. The new rate would make it $192.12 for an increase of $8.40. Wouldn't it be easier for citizens to put aside an extra 70 cents a month (.70 x 12 = 8.40) and be happy that Victoria has a community college to train its citizens for a future beyond flipping burgers than to complain about it?August 8, 2011 at 9:17 a.m.
Sry, but I'm going to have to weigh in with Hookem on this one. I understand that the state budget cuts have put VC in a bad situation. Given the current ecomony, the obvious solution is to be thankful for the 2% increase in property values, raise fees and tution slightly, and find ways to cut services and trim your budget locally.
Instead, you announce a 4.9% tax rate INCREASE, give people RAISES, and make a token effort at cutting spending - counting on the fact that most folks in Victioria are too apathetic to show up at a meeting to complain.
Times are changing. money is tight. Don't count those chickens yet...August 6, 2011 at 4:09 p.m.
I was just pointing out a technical point between per capita and median.
That being said, you do have a good point, if I raised the cost of the services I provide to offset the increase in my expenses... well my customers might decide they don't need my services, so I eat the increase and make less.
A bad example unless I had the authority to be the sole provider of services, the city and county. lol
Raises?, Let's see this will be the third year in a row that SS recipients have not received a cost of living adjustment, does anyone think that basic necessities cost the same as they did three years ago?August 4, 2011 at 5:54 p.m.
Kci, holein 1, legion,
OK, I admit that I used the per capita figure for 'dramatic effect'.
Still it does not detract from the point that I was trying to make (please see my post to holein 1 on the county tax increase story)
People can only afford what they can afford. My view is that when Pozzi (in one story) and Butler (in the other story) say in so many words 'that there is just no other alternative but to raise taxes' it is a pure cop-out of their responsibilities.
I'm sure that you will all agree that county employees and VC employees are already better compensated, as a whole, that the county in general. Some of these employees deserve this compensation (if not more) and some do not. Let the elected officials, and administrators do their job and manage the situation of 'keeping morale up' without constantly returning to the taxpayer for more, more, more, or let them resign.
In case you haven't noticed, these are not the best of times. (See closing DowJones today). The taxpayer has his own problems and it is time to quit looking to him as a bollomless pit of revenue.August 4, 2011 at 5:27 p.m.
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2009 dollars) 2005-2009 $23,219 (total reported income divided by total population).
Median household income, 2009 $47,345 ( total income reported by households, persons 15 and older who report income, divided by total households).
Median household income is a much better measure.
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Seriously? You are wanting to compare per captia income to average income per employee? Not even close. By definition per captia income is the average income per person in the county, including babies, retirees, disabled, homeless, welfare recepients, unemployed...I think you get the point. Maybe if you took the salary totals for VC and factored in the the student body it would be closer, but still an unfair comparison.
If you take the figure of $21,500 and multiply that by 87,000 (rounded figure from census data) you get roughly $1.8 Billion. Divide that by 43,500, I get that figure based a loose estimate that there is 1 child for every adult in the county and I don't know how accurate that actually is, you get $41,379.31. That's the average income of every adult in Victoria County. I think that's probably low, but it will do.
So how does an average salary of $41,379 compare to the average salary at VC? What is the average salary at VC anyway?August 4, 2011 at 4:36 p.m.
Hookem1...so, to use your figures, anyone that makes over $21,500 would fall into your category of high compensation since they are above average? I'm not sure what the VC average is...then again, I'm not the one claiming that they are "one of the most highly compensated groups that currently exist". I'm sure you know and have made that comparison since you made the statement. Right?
Also, as to your statement about "A person does what is necessary to acheive (sic) a high level of education for his own benefit"... those advanced degrees (Masters) that the VC faculty have...those are REQUIRED by accrediting agencies such as the Southern Association of Colleges. If you want a junior college in your town, then there are requirements for it's faculty. And, you don't have to compensate him for the rest of his life...you could move someplace that does not have a college taxing district. Problem solved.
And, as to the accountability issue...the college is audited by federal, state, and local accounting firms for all funds spent. The Board of Trustees are elected by the citizens of Victoria County and have open meetings. The budget is an open record. Have you ever been denied information about the College and its finances or its operations and been denied that information? It sounds to me that they are accountable. And, it seems like they are doing a pretty good job...the Aspen Institute (an international think tank) has ranked the college in the top 10% nationally.
As to your statement about being required by law to pay for services if you use them or not....there are alot of people who pay taxes to VISD that never use their services (e.g. private schools, or no children). VISD tax rates go up...their employees get raises...are they also "confiscating" other people's property? Should citizens be able to opt out of paying taxes simply because they don't use the service(s) they are being taxed for?August 4, 2011 at 2:03 p.m.
The 2010 census states that the per capita income in Victoria county is $21,500 (round numbers). How would that compare with V.C. average?
Yes, businesses in the 'real world' have the ability to raise prices to their customers ... but their customers are not required, by law, to pay them. (Weather they use their services, or not)
A person does what is necessary to acheive a high level of education for his own benefit, (this is commendable). The rest of the citizenry should not be required to compensate him for the rest of his life.
V.C sells a product. They should be compensated according to market value of that product. When citizens are forced to pay for that product, weather they use it or not, and at ever increasing rates, and with no accountability it is confiscation of other people's property.August 4, 2011 at 12:22 p.m.
HookEm1...where do you get your figures to state that VC employees are "one of the most highly compensated groups that currently exists". Who are you comparing them with, and what methodology did you use for your comparison?
While it may be true that the individuals in the top tiers of administration make a pretty good salary...isn't that true in the 'real world" as well? And some (not all) the instructors make good money as well...but, considering their level of education (practically all have Masters degrees, many of them have Doctorates) I don't think the pay is out of line. What other workforce in Victoria County (the "real world") has that high a level of education? If you can find one, what are their salaries?
Which bring us to the majority of the employees of VC...administrative support staff (clerical) and maintenance. Please...please identify your source of information that identifies these people as being "highly compensated". Again, what PUBLISHED research/methodology was used in your comparison?
Finally, remember that even though VC salaries are taxpayer funded...all the employees live in "the real world". They shop at HEB, they buy gas for their cars, they pay mortgages, they buy clothes for their kids, they have doctor bills, etc. Should they give up their hope of getting raises simply because they are taxpayer funded?
Businesses in the "real world" give raises to their employees and pass the cost on to the consumer through higher prices ...you are just not as aware of it because they are not required to publicly inform you that they are doing it.August 4, 2011 at 9:20 a.m.
Call this what it is ... in plain language.
This is a direct transfer of property, in the amount of $604,484, from all the citizens of Victoria county, to what is one of the most highly compensated groups that currently exists. In addition to this, V.C. states that they will increase tuition rates on their students. (Just let the students get bigger student loans, right?)
"Butler mentioned employees will have higher insurance rates with fewer benefits". ... No kidding. Welcome to the real world!
"The raise would go a long way toward maintaining a high morale". ... With everything else going on in the world, we certainly wouldn't want our college professors to have 'low morale'!
"Butler told the commitee the college will need to continue to focus on being fiscally efficient," ... I'm sure this means even more ridiculously overblown parking lot markers!
This reader (and taxpayer) finds this situation to be totally disgusting! These people have the power to take your money, with absolutely no accountability.August 4, 2011 at 6:23 a.m.


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The organizers of the Korean Grand Prix have announced that the race was organized last month meant a loss of more than 28 million euro's, 36 million dollars. The balance that makes these financial results is not entirely negative, as the first date that organized the Yeongam Circuit joined a negative balance amounting to almost 40 million euro's, 50 million dollars.
Hard to understand how a race is organized by public money remains in the Formula 1 calendar, despite these huge losses, despite a plot that adds nothing and although the stands are filled with the opening of doors, allowing free access to the seats, not ticket sales. Therefore, do not understand that Korea is still visited by F1. Read more »


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Officials say they are considering scrapping plan to stagger tolls, aim for full tolling in fall 2016.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Kentucky's two U.S. Senators visited a Louisville power plant Monday morning to unveil a new recycling facility that will turn the byproducts of coal-burning into agricultural fertilizer.
LG&E, Kentucky's largest power company, has spent more than $13 million on the facility at the Mill Creek Generating Station. The coal-fired plant is currently undergoing a $940 million upgrade to its pollution controls.
Republican Sens. Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul appeared at the grand opening Monday morning.
The company that built the facility says it is the first of its kind in the U.S. Entrepreneur Charles Price started the new company, Charah Inc. The company has created a process to take the trash from coal burning at the LG& E KU's Mill Creek generating station and turn it into a sulfur product used for farming.
Industry experts toured the $13 million facility with state officials saying this type of gypsum to sulfur recycling is only happening in Louisville.
LG&E reps said the recycling could save $3 million a year, and that they plan to pass that money on to customers.
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