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which states there area 891 total municipalities in Iran:
Reva Bhalla wrote:
that is pretty strange...seems like that is claiming a municipality = a
city = at least 40,000
Which is pretty weird considering the iranians defined a city as 5,000
or more just in '86. Let's keep digging on this please
On Jun 22, 2009, at 9:21 AM, Charlie Tafoya wrote:
OK, so the UN's definition of "municipality" is ambiguous, and the
closest thing I've come across was a report by a consultant who
basically concluded as much. As far as how Iran defines a
municipality, I wasn't able to find anything in writing (even the
Interior Ministry's 'Iran Municipalities and Rural Management
Organization's' articles of association do not provide an exact
definition of municipality), but I was able to get in touch with
someone at the Iranian Mission to the UN. According to him:
- A municipality is defined as an area overseen by a mayor
- Mayors are elected in cities, and cities are defined as urban areas
with approximately 40,000+ residents (I tried to find an exact
definition on the Interior Ministry's website, but there's very little
available in english [even with google translate])
- Any development with less than 40,000 is considered a "Bakhsch"
- Villages are overseen as a group, and as a group they are called
I'll continue looking, but that's the most precise terminology I've
managed to dig up so far.
Charlie Tafoya wrote:
I'm on it.
Reva Bhalla wrote:
UN definition of urban for Iran is any district with a
what constitutes a municipality for Iran?
we need this asap please
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From: Reva Bhalla <email@example.com>
Date: June 22, 2009 8:11:26 AM CDT
To: Analyst List <email@example.com>
Cc: email@example.com
Subject: Re: Version 3 weekly, with my brush off or Mousavi
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yeah, im not sure. i couldn't find what exactly constitutes a
municipality in Iran. will ask research team to help
On Jun 22, 2009, at 8:07 AM, Peter Zeihan wrote:
well, how small can iranian municipalities get?
if anything it is implied that they can be smaller 5k which
strengthens the arg
Reva Bhalla wrote:
you used the 5,000 definition of urban thorughout the
piece... that was how the Iranians defined urban for a 1986
census. The UN definition for urban varies country by
country, but for Iran it is "every district with a
municipality". We can still mention that Iranian defintion
from '86, but the UN stats are updated regularly and is
where the 68 percent statistic comes from.
how exactly would you like to adjust for the UN definition?
On Jun 22, 2009, at 8:00 AM, George Friedman wrote:
Please incorporate them into the piece.
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From: Reva Bhalla
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:58:45 -0500
To: Analyst List<email@example.com>
Subject: Re: Version 3 weekly, with my brush off or
Mousavi buried
this version doesn't incorporate several important
comments (many of which concerned factual errors) from
Kamran and I. Particularly what I sent you yesterday
afternoon in 2 emails on the UN definition of urban
population for Iran
On Jun 22, 2009, at 7:52 AM, Matt Gertken wrote:
Successful revolutions have three phases. First, a
single or limited segment of society, strategically
located, begins to vocally express resentment, asserting
itself in the streets of a major city, usually the
capital. This segment is joined by other segments both
in the city and with the demonstration spreading to
other cities and become more assertive, disruptive and
potentially violent. As the resistance to the regime
spreads, the regime deploys its military and security
forces. These forces, both drawn from resisting social
segments, and isolated from the rest of society, turn on
the regime, stop following their orders and turn on it.
This is what happened to the Shah in 1979. It is also
what happened in Russia in 1917 or in Romania in 1989.
Where revolutions fail is where no one joins the initial
segment and the initial demonstrators are the ones who
find themselves socially isolated. The demonstrators
are not joined by other social segments and do not
spread to other cities. The demonstrations either peter
out, or the regime brings in the security and military
forces who remain loyal to the regime and frequently
personally hostile to the demonstrators, and who use
force to suppress the rising to the extent necessary.
This is what happened in Tiananmen square in China. The
students who rose up were not joined by others. Military
forces who were not only loyal to the regime but hostile
to the students were bought in, and the students were
It is also what happened in Iran this week. The global
media, obsessively focused on the initial demonstrators,
supporters of the opponents of Ahmadinejad, failed to
notice that the demonstrations while large, primarily
consisted of the same people who were demonstrating
before. Amidst the breathless reporting on the
demonstrations, they failed to notice that the rising
was not spreading to other classes and to other areas.
In constantly interviewing English speaking
demonstrators, they failed to note just how many of the
demonstrators spoke English, and had smart phones. The
media did not recognize this as the revolution failing.
Then when Ayatollah Khameni spoke on Friday and called
out the Iranian Republican Guards, they failed to
understand that the troops-definitely not drawn from
what we might call the "twittering classes," would
remain loyal to the regime for ideological and social
reasons. They had about as much sympathy for the
demonstrators as a small town boy from Alabama might
have for a Harvard post-doc. Failing to understand the
social tensions in Iran, they deluded themselves into
thinking they were present at a general uprising. This
was not Petrograd in 1917 or Bucharest in 1989. This was
Trainmen Square.
In the global discussion last week outside of Iran,
there was a great deal of confusion about basic facts.
For example, it is said that the urban-rural distinction
in Iran is not
any longer because 68 percent of Iranians are
urbanized, an important point because it would imply
that the country is homogenous and the demonstrators
representative. The problem with this is that the
Iranian definition of urban-and this is quite common
around the world-is any town with 5,000 people or more.
The social difference between someone living in a town
with 5,000 people and someone living in Teheran is the
difference between someone living in Bastrop, and
someone living in York. We can assure you that that
difference is not only vast, but that the good people of
Bastrop and the fine people of Boston would probably not
see the world the same way. The failure to understand
the dramatic diversity of Iranian society led observers
to assume that students at Iran's elite university
somehow spoke for the rest of the country.
Teheran proper has about 8 million inhabitants and the
suburbs bring it to about 13 million people out of
66,000,000. That is about 20 percent of Iran, but as we
know, the cab driver and the construction worker are not
socially linked to students at elite universities.
There are six cities with populations between 1 and 2.4
million people and 11 with populations about 500,000.
Including Teheran proper, 15.5 million people live in
cities with more than a million and 19.7 million in
cities greater than 500,000. There are 76 cities with
more than 100,000. But given that Waco, Texas has over
100,000 people, the social similarities between cities
with 100,000 and 5 million is tenuous. Always remember
that Greensboro Oklahoma City has 500,000 people.
Urbanization has many faces.
We continue to believe two things. First that there was
certainly voter fraud, and second that Ahmadinejad won
the election. Very little direct evidence has emerged as
to voter fraud, but several facts seem suspect. For
example, the speed of the vote has been taken as a sign
of fraud, as it was impossible to count that fast. The
polls were originally intended to be closed at 7pm but
voting was extended to 10pm because of the number of
voters on line. At 11:45 about 20 percent of the vote
had been counted. By 5:20 am, with almost all votes
counted, the election commission announced Ahmadinejad
the winner.
The vote count took 7 hours. What is interesting is
that this is about the same amount of time in took in
2005, when there were not charges of widespread fraud.
Seven hours to count the vote on a single election (no
senators, congressman, city councilman or school board
members were being counted). The mechanism is simple.
There are 47,000 voting stations, plus 14,000 roaming
stations-that travel from tiny village to tiny village,
staying there for an our then moving on. That create
61,000 ballot boxes designed to be evenly distributed.
That would mean that each station would be counting
about 500 ballots, which is about 70 per hour. With
counting beginning at 10pm, concluding 7 hours later is
not an indication of fraud or anything else. The Iranian
system is designed for simplicity-one race, and the
votes split into many boxes. It also explains the fact
that the voting percentages didn't change much during
the night. With one time zone, and all counting
beginning at the same time in all regions, we would
expect the numbers to come in in a linear fashion.
It has been pointed out that the some of the candidates
didn't even carry their own provinces or districts. We
might remember that Al Gore didn't carry Tennessee. It
is also remember that the two smaller candidates
experienced the Ralph Nader effect, who also didn't
carry his district, simply because people didn't want to
spend their vote on someone who wasn't likely to win.
The fact that Mousavi didn't carry his own province is
more interesting. Flyntt Leerett and Hillary Mann
Leveret writing in Politico point out some interesting
points on this. Mousavi was an ethnic Azeri, and it was
assumed that he would carry his Azeri province. They
poiont out that Ahmadinejad also speaks fluent Azeri and
made multiple campaign appearances in the district.
They also point out that Ayatollah Khameni is Azeri. So
winning that district was not by any means certain for
Mousavi, and losing it was not a sign of fraud.
We have no doubt that there was fraud in the Iranian
Mazandaran Prelection. For example, 99.4 percent of
potential voters voted in ovince, the home of the Shah
of Iran's family. Ahmadinejad carried it by a 2.2 to 1
ratio. That is one heck of a turnout. But if you take
all of the suspect cases and added them together, it
would not have changed the outcome. The fact is that
Ahmadinejad's vote in 2009 was extremely close to his
vote percentage in 2005.
Certainly there was fraud in this election. Mousavi,
detailed his claims on the subject on Sunday and his
claims are persuasive, save that they have not been
rebutted yet, and the fact that if his claims of the
extent of fraud were true, the protests should have
spread rapidly by social segment and geography.
Certainly supporters of Mousavi believe that they would
win the election, based in part on highly flawed polls,
and when they didn't, they assume that they were robbed
and went to the streets. But the most important fact is
that they were not joined by any of the millions whose
votes they claimed had been stolen. In a complete
hijacking of the election by an extremely unpopular
candidate, we would have expected to see the core of
Mousavi's supporters joined by others who had been
disenfranchised. On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday when
the demonstrations were at their height, the millions of
voters who had voted for Mousavi should have made their
appearance. They didn't. We might assume that some were
intimidated by the security apparatus, but surely there
was civic courage among others than the Teheran
professional and student classes.
If so, it was in small numbers. The demonstrations while
appearing to be large, actually represented a small
fraction of society. Other sectors did not rally to
them, the security forces were deployed and remained
loyal to the regime, and the demonstrations were halted.
It was not Teheran in 1979 but Tiananmen Square.
That is not to say that there is not tremendous tension
within the political elite. The fact that there was no
revolution does not mean that there isn't a crisis in
the political elite, particularly among the clerics.
But that crisis does not cut the way the Western common
sense would have it. Ahmadinejad is seen by many of the
religious leaders as hostile to their interests. They
see him as threatening their financial prerogatives and
of taking international risks that they don't want to
take. Ahmadinejad's political popularity rests on his
populist hostility to what he sees as the corruption of
the clerics and their families, and his strong stand on
Iranian national security issues.
The clerics are divided among themselves, but many
wanted to see Ahmadinejad lose to protect their own
interests. The Ayatollah Khameni, who had been quite
critical of Ahmadinejad was confronted with a difficult
choice last Friday. He could demand a major recount or
even new elections or he could validate what happened.
Khameni speaks for the regime and the clerics. From the
point of view of many clerics, they wanted Khameni to
reverse the election and we suspect that he would have
liked to have found a way to do it. As the defender of
the regime, he was afraid to do it. The demonstration
of the Mousavi supporters would have been nothing
compared to the firestorm that would have been kicked
off among Ahmadinejad supporters, both voters and the
security forces. Khameni wasn't going to flirt with
disaster, so he endorse the outcome.
The misunderstanding that utterly confused the Western
media was that they didn't understand that Ahmadinejad
did not speak for the Clerics but against them, that
many of the Clerics were working for his defeat, and
that Ahmadinejad's influence among the security
apparatus had outstripped that of even the Ayatollah
Khameni really? it seems like this is a stretch, not
because the clerics aren't despised, but because seems
like the ayatollah is spared much of the popular disdain
for those beneath him. The reason they missed it is
that they bought into the concept of the stolen election
and therefore failed to understand the support that
Ahmadinejad had and the widespread dissatisfaction with
the Clerical elite. They didn't understand the most
traditional and pious segments of society were
supporting Ahmedinejad because he was against the
Clerics. What they assumed was that this Prague or
Budapest in 1989, with a broad based rising in favor of
liberalism against an unpopular regime.
What Teheran in 2008 was was a struggle between to
factions both of which supported the Islamic Republic as
it was. There were the Clerics who dominated the regime
since 1979 and had grown wealthy in the process. There
was Ahmadinejad, who felt the Clerics had betrayed the
revolution with their personal excesses. There was then
the small faction that CNN and the BBC kept focusing on,
the demonstrators in the streets, that wanted to
dramatically liberalize the Islamic Republic. This
faction never stood a chance of getting power, either by
an election or by a revolution. They were however used
in various ways by the different factions. Ahmadinejad
used them to make his case that the clerics who
supported them, like Rafsanjani would risk the
revolution and play into the hands of the Americans and
British to protect their own wealth. There was
Rafsanjani who argued that the unrest was the tip of the
iceberg, and that Ahmadinejad had to be replaced.
Khameni, an astute politicians, looked at the data, and
supported Ahmadinejad.
Now we will see, as we saw after Tianemen Square
reshuffling in the elite. Those who backed the Mousavi
play are on the defensive. Those that supported
Ahmadinejad are in a powerful position. There is a
massive crisis in the elite, but this crisis has nothing
to do with liberalization. It has to do with power and
prerogatives among the elite. Having been forced by the
election and Khameni to live with Ahmadinejad, some will
fight, some with make a deal but there will be a battle,
on that Ahmadinejad is well positioned to win.
The geopolitical question is settled. Whether fair or
foul, the Ahmadenejad the election will stand. Now the
foreign policy implications start to take shape. Barack
Obama was careful not to go too far in claiming fraud,
but he went pretty far. This is a geopolitical
problem. Obama is under pressure from both Israel and
the Gulf States to take a strong position against Iran.
Obama must disengage from the Islamic world to deal with
the Russians. He is going to Moscow in July to face
Putin and he doesn't need to give Putin a lever in Iran,
where sale of weapons would seriously compromise U.S.
Obama's interest in a settlement with Iran is rooted in
serious geopolitical considerations that can only be
seen when you move well beyond Iran and the region. It
is rooted in the global misalignment of U.S. power i
like this phrase but it comes across as far too cryptic,
needs just a bit of clarification. are you saying the
constrained focus of american power on the middle east,
and the need to move beyond? . Obama wants and needs a
settlement with Iran for geopolitical reasons but is
trapped in the political configuration of U.S. domestic
politics. Thus far, his critics on Iran have come from
the right. With the perception of a stolen election,
the Democrat left, particularly human rights groups will
seek to limit Obama's room for maneuver they will seek
to take actions reflecting their views, which will limit
his room for maneuver on the left side. The political
realities decrease his opportunity for addressing
geopolitical problems.
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To say that the Lady Cougars were cold to start the game would be an amazing understatement as the Lady Parsons threatened to blow the home team right out of their own gym with an 11-0 run. A 3-pointer from Jara Gasper finally got Cleveland State on the board with just over 14 minutes left in the half. Meanwhile the Lady Parsons were red hot as Ashunte Smith hit three shots in a row including a trey to push the visitors' lead to 14 points at 21-7.
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Heart Stroke! Elevated Troponin T and Global T-wave Changes in an Acute Ischemic Stroke
Avinsesh Bhar, M.D. Aisha Khalid, M.D. M. Rizwan Khalid, M.D. Steven Reichert, M.D., F.A.C.P.
A 78-year-old Asian female with a history of hypertension and DM type II presented to NYHQ after having collapsed following a sudden onset of right-sided weakness.
Her vitals were noted as follows: blood pressure 123/52mmHg and heart rate of 61bpm. On the CNS examination she had a right facial droop with expressive aphasia and complete right hemiparesis. Babinski's sign was present on the right lower extremity. Cardiovascular examination was unremarkable.
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An MRI of the Brain (Figure 2) revealed an acute infarct of the left middle cerebral artery territory with mass effect.
An Echocardiogram was done showed normal systolic and diastolic function without wall motion abnormality. ECG on day 4 (Figure 3) showed diffuse T wave inversions and a prolonged QT interval of 0.60s, which increased to 0.72s on Day 10 (Figure 4).
The family declined any further intervention and a DNR order was signed. The patient was transferred to a skilled nursing facility where she expired one week later.
ECG changes may be seen in acute stroke patients without any associated myocardial damage; however, this may represent a cohort of patients with myocardial injury not detected on routine cardiac evaluation. These ECG changes are also significant because they are associated with an increased incidence of malignant arrhythmias and sudden death.
Troponin T is a sensitive and specific marker of cardiac damage. Elevated serum troponin T on admission is a strong predictor of mortality in patients with an acute ischemic stroke. Thus, serum troponin may conceivably be utilized to predict prognosis in these patients.


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"We've played our cards, we laid out our hand - passed those bills and nothing happened. It' time for the Senate to do its job," Boehner told reporters on Capitol Hill.
Boehner is also expected to send out a letter Wednesday to all House members telling them to prepare for the impact of the cuts, which will also force all lawmakers, committees and administrative offices to cut their budgets.
"We're prepared to deal with it and I would hope that it wouldn't happen," Boehner said.
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Even with the deadline looming on March 1st and defense officials and government agencies warning that the impact could trigger another recession and damaging cuts could undermine national security, there is no bipartisan solution on the horizon.
In the last Congress, the GOP-led House passed the same measure twice to replace the across the board cuts with another set of federal reductions, but that bill went nowhere in the Democratic controlled Senate. Senate Democrats are expected to roll out their own proposal this week, with a mix of spending cuts and new revenue. But Congressional Republicans have made it clear any tax increases to avoid the sequester are a non-starter.
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1. | a reddish fluid in vertebrates that is pumped by the heart through the arteries and veins, supplies tissues with nutrients, oxygen, etc, and removes waste products. It consists of a fluid (see blood plasma) containing cells (erythrocytes, leucocytes, and platelets)Related: haemal, haematic, sanguineous |
2. | a similar fluid in such invertebrates as annelids and arthropods |
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4. | the guilt or responsibility for killing or injuring (esp in the phrase to have blood on one's handsorhead) |
5. | life itself; lifeblood |
6. | relationship through being of the same family, race, or kind; kinship |
7. | informal blood, sweat and tears hard work and concentrated effort |
8. | flesh and blood |
a. near kindred or kinship, esp that between a parent and child | |
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12. | temperament; disposition; temper |
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15. | rare chiefly (Brit) a dashing young man; dandy; rake |
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17. | obsolete See humour one of the four bodily humours |
18. | bad blood hatred; ill feeling |
19. | blood is thicker than water family duties and loyalty outweigh other ties |
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21. | in cold blood showing no passion; deliberately; ruthlessly |
22. | make one's blood boil to cause to be angry or indignant |
23. | make one's blood run cold to fill with horror |
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25. | hunting to smear the cheeks or forehead of (a person) with the blood of the kill as an initiation in hunting |
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The fluid consisting of plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets that is circulated by the heart through the arteries and veins, carrying oxygen and nutrients to and waste materials away from all body tissues.
One of the four humors of ancient and medieval physiology, identified with the blood found in the blood vessels, and believed to cause cheerfulness.
descent from a common ancestor; parental lineage.
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The fluid circulating through the heart, arteries, veins, and capillaries of the circulatory system. Blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the cells of the body and removes waste materials and carbon dioxide. It is composed of plasma (mainly water, but with a mixture of hormones, nutrients, gases, antibodies, and wastes), red blood cells (which carry oxygen), white blood cells (which help combat infection), and platelets (which help the blood clot).
(1.) As food, prohibited in Gen. 9:4, where the use of animal food is first allowed. Comp. Deut. 12:23; Lev. 3:17; 7:26; 17:10-14. The injunction to abstain from blood is renewed in the decree of the council of Jerusalem (Acts 15:29). It has been held by some, and we think correctly, that this law of prohibition was only ceremonial and temporary; while others regard it as still binding on all. Blood was eaten by the Israelites after the battle of Gilboa (1 Sam. 14:32-34). (2.) The blood of sacrifices was caught by the priest in a basin, and then sprinkled seven times on the altar; that of the passover on the doorposts and lintels of the houses (Ex. 12; Lev. 4:5-7; 16:14-19). At the giving of the law (Ex. 24:8) the blood of the sacrifices was sprinkled on the people as well as on the altar, and thus the people were consecrated to God, or entered into covenant with him, hence the blood of the covenant (Matt. 26:28; Heb. 9:19, 20; 10:29; 13:20). (3.) Human blood. The murderer was to be punished (Gen. 9:5). The blood of the murdered "crieth for vengeance" (Gen. 4:10). The "avenger of blood" was the nearest relative of the murdered, and he was required to avenge his death (Num. 35:24, 27). No satisfaction could be made for the guilt of murder (Num. 35:31). (4.) Blood used metaphorically to denote race (Acts 17:26), and as a symbol of slaughter (Isa. 34:3). To "wash the feet in blood" means to gain a great victory (Ps. 58:10). Wine, from its red colour, is called "the blood of the grape" (Gen. 49:11). Blood and water issued from our Saviour's side when it was pierced by the Roman soldier (John 19:34). This has led pathologists to the conclusion that the proper cause of Christ's death was rupture of the heart. (Comp. Ps. 69:20.)
In addition to the idiom beginning with blood, also see bad blood; draw blood; flesh and blood; in cold blood; in one's blood; make one's blood boil; make one's blood run cold; new blood; out for (blood); run in the blood (family); scream bloody murder; shed blood; sporting blood; sweat blood. Also see under bleed.


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The CTA today revealed they plan to add an additional $2.75 surcharge on one-time trips on the Blue Line from O'Hare into the city, meaning a trip in from O'Hare will cost $5.00. Photographed on Tuesday, November 20, 2012. | Richard A. Chapman~Sun-Times
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◆ San Francisco International Airport: BART trains take travelers directly from the airport to San Mateo County, San Francisco and the East Bay. Fares vary by distance, but a one-way trip from the airport to the popular Embarcadero area is $8.25 one way.
◆ John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York: Travel to and from JFK via AirTrain is $5 as you enter or exit the system. Then travelers can connect to the subway for an additional $2.25 fare.
◆ Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport: MARTA's airport station is attached to the airport. One-way fares into the downtown area are $2.50.
◆ Boston Logan International Airport: The MBTA offers subway services and Bus Rapid Transit service to and from downtown Boston. One-way fare from Logan to downtown Boston is $2.50.
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The CTA had no qualms on Tuesday about a group of riders it's targeting to balance the budget: tourists.
The transit agency wants to raise the one-way trip from O'Hare on the Blue Line from $2.25 to $5 for riders who don't have single-day, three-day, seven-day or monthly passes. That's part of a larger plan that also raises the costs of all passes but avoids raising the base fare of $2.25 for riders without passes.
The $5 O'Hare tab would bring Chicago more in line with big cities around the country — although some cities, such as San Francisco, offer faster, cleaner rapid-transit options for the extra cost.
In Chicago, it's still the Blue Line — and the increase didn't go over well with some riders heading to O'Hare Tuesday afternoon.
"I think this happening alongside the economic situation right now, it's a little frustrating," said Jory Zola, a lawyer from Cincinnati.
Zola, 26, said he comes to Chicago to search for a job. "Things are difficult for everybody right now."
Beijing native Jianying Han said she's shocked at public transit fares in Chicago. She said fares in China average from 20 cents to 50 cents.
"Public transportation here, it should be cheaper," said Han, 42. "For taxis, that's OK, but public transportation to the airport, it's for the public — the public that pays taxes that should go to support that transportation."
New fares would take effect Jan. 14 after two public meetings — Dec. 10 at CTA Headquarters and Dec. 17 at Westinghouse College Prep — and with the approval of the CTA board and the RTA board next month.
Weekly passes would increase from $23 to $28, and 30-day passes would jump from $86 to $100.
Three-day passes will increase from $14 to $20, and one-day passes will go from $5.75 to $10. The CTA said 55 percent of riders use passes.
CTA President Forrest Claypool said the increases are needed to balance the $1.39 billion budget and to put the transit agency on par with other national transit agencies.
He said Midway Airport wasn't an option for a fare bump because "there's a lot of workers that go in and out of Midway. . . . Midway, it doesn't have the same amount of travelers."
More than 3 million riders used the O'Hare Blue Line station last year. A $5 fare is still a "tremendous value," "and it adds to the total mix of things we need to raise the funds we need to balance the budget," Claypool said.
O'Hare's new transit fare will be more on par with travel from JFK International Airport in New York. Commuters there pay a flat $5 fee for leaving the airport, then must pay $2.25 for regular subway fare.
San Francisco International Airport offers the rapid-transit BART, which takes travelers directly from the airport to San Mateo County, San Francisco and the East Bay. Fares vary by distance, but a one-way trip to the popular Embarcadero area is $8.25 one-way.
Some of the more inexpensive airport-to-train rides in the country are at Portland International Airport, where a light-rail service connects travelers to other areas of Portland for $2.50. And the fare is just $2.50 at Boston Logan International Airport and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
Claypool announced the plans a day after the CTA and the union representing its bus and rail workers signed a tentative four-year labor agreement that includes some work-rule changes the CTA was seeking to reduce expenses. Workers will be guaranteed fewer "swing" runs that divide work into pieces, prolonging the day, and employees also will get preventive health care.
Claypool said the labor agreement shaved $60 million from the budget deficit. He said management reforms, cost-curbing labor agreements and freezing the base fare helped cut the deficit.
The increases are expected to generate $56 million on an annual basis, which will help to eradicate a projected $165 million budget shortfall.
But the increase is not indicative of more to come: "This will put us on a solid fiscal path for many years," Claypool said. "Our passes were really . . . the most generous in the country and they hadn't changed for many, many years."
When asked whether riders should stock up on the current reduced fares for passes, Claypool declined to comment. It's unclear whether the agency will set an expiration on those passes, just as Metra did last week when it increased the fare for 10-day riders.
Although next year's budget does not include new service cuts, the CTA already is cutting 12 bus routes and shortening two others in December.
Riders for Better Transit, a transportation advocacy group, said passengers are getting less transit service for their money as the CTA cuts service and bumps up fares.
Ron Burke, director of the nonprofit Active Transportation Alliance, which runs the Riders for Better Transit campaign, said the increases are just a temporary fix — "not a long-term solution to CTA's funding woes."
"If the best Chicagoland can hope for is to maintain the status quo of transit — and we can't even do that because of regular fare increases, service cuts and crumbling infrastructure — then our region is in serious trouble," Burke said. "CTA and Metra are barely squeaking by. We can't keep expecting transit riders to bear more of the burden. The system is broken and only our elected leaders in City Hall, Springfield and D.C. have the power to fix it."
CTA spokesman Brian Steele said Burke is "looking in the rear-view mirror and perhaps hasn't followed events at the CTA since Mayor Emanuel took office."
He referenced the $2 billion in projects the transit agency has begun or is planning, including next May's massive overhaul of the South Side Red Line branch.


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As I said before, there is nothing to be CREEPED OUT about, because no one was asking him to have gay sex. And seriously, that scene is so damn brief and crappy, it shouldn't have been that big a deal.
You're acting like people are calling him a bigot and putting him the same league as Tim Hardaway or Michael Richards. They're not.
But that doesn't mean his attitude toward gay sex is not offensive.
I find it a bit odd that he was creeped out by that, but he wasn't creeped out by his own scene in Boogie nights where he got into a car and tried to jerk himself off for another guy. Why didn't that scene meet his standards of creepiness?
Hit the nail on.the.head.I'm the first person to shoot down gay men who are angry because some straight guy doesn't enjoy watching two men get it on, because why would they? They're straight. And like I said, it makes sense that it would make him uncomfortable or uneasy. But in your last film you shot a man dead. It's easier for you to play that than to play a man who's in love with another man?
Then he has the nerve to say that obviously the movie was well received because the homosexuality was done in taste. Excuse me? So because this is a story about two gay men, the sex needs to be tasteful and classy, yet there's no problem with the millions of raunchy and explicit heterosexual sex scenes that are out there in movies that have been great films.


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Iran's Foreign Ministry has summoned the German Ambassador to Tehran over the brutal murder of a Muslim Egyptian woman in a Dresden court.
Herbert Honsowitz was summoned to the Iranian Foreign Ministry to hear the strong objection of the Islamic Republic to the brutal murder of Marwa el-Sherbini.
Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hassan Qashqavi on Thursday condemned el-Sherbini's murder as a despicable act in violation of "all human rights and values."
El-Sherbini, dubbed the "veil martyr," was involved in a court case against her neighbor, Axel W., who was found guilty last November of insulting and abusing the woman, calling her a "terrorist."
She was set to testify against Axel W. when he stabbed her 18 times inside the Dresden court in front of her 3-year-old son.
El-Sherbini's husband, Elvi Ali Okaz, came to her aid but was also stabbed by the neighbor and shot in the leg by a security guard who initially mistook him for the attacker, German prosecutors said. He is now in critical condition in a German hospital.
Pointing to the German government's delayed response to the incident, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said that it was Berlin's responsibility to ensure the rights and security of minorities, especially Muslims, living in Germany.
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Last night was not torture. It was just strange. Okay, maybe it was a bit of torture. But mostly it just left me scratching my head, thanking the stars for a win and thinking about all the juicy storylines for this blog post.
The real thing that stands out to me is Jeremy Affeldt. He came in at the super tense, tight moment and did exactly what a he needed to do: he shut it down.
Then there's Pablo, of course. On a hitting streak and pretty much acting as the lone Person Who Can Connect a Bat to a Ball on the team. If you look at it that way, it's a little sad. But if you look at him at this point last year, then it's not sad at all. And have you noticed Chris Stewart's arm?
I don't want to give Wilson all the attention he seems to covet so dearly, but I have to say that his "outburst" last night in the dugout was strange. If he'd looked genuinely angry and raging, I would get it. But he didn't, at least in the clips I saw. He looked like, well, he was putting on a show for the cameras. Like he really wanted that clip on SportsCenter (despite his claim that he "doesn't watch SC.")
Not to mention, it was childish and uncalled for. He doesn't have anything on the mound right now. Smashing things doesn't help. He should step back and look at the issues and try and fix the problem(s). He's the closer for the defending World Champions, you know? Acting like a five year old (though I've rarely met a five year old with that little class) is not mandatory. What I really thought when I watched the clip was, how awkward would it be to be in the dugout with him while he does that? I mean, how are you supposed to react? I'm going to need to poll some ballplayers on that.
Anyhow. Zito is pitching in Detroit later this afternoon and I have no idea what to expect. An offensive outburst would be nice although we probably had one too recently to get another one today. And since Barry's never pitched on three day's rest in the Majors that should be interesting too. We're past the half-way point and hurdling towards the All Star Break and all I'm able to do is sit back and cross my fingers.
Giants Baseball: Unpredictable.
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I love the beach! In the next phase of my life I plan to be a certified beach bum! Lingering for long hours on the beach is my second favorite thing to do. The seashore is an inviting hunting ground for treasure seekers. It offers an infinite variety of fascinating and intriguing objects, some in plain sight others hidden in the sand. Perhaps I inherited this knack for ferreting out treasure.
My mother was a seamstress who used her creative talents to bless our family as well as others. I enjoyed tagging along with her when she went to the store to purchase fabric. While in the store, she always checked the "remnant table". It was an area, usually in an out-of-the-way corner, filled with a variety of leftover fabric. There was treasure there, if one only took time to search. Amid piles of not-so-neatly arranged odds and ends were pieces from full bolts to scraps with flaws. To a resourceful eye like Mom's, these could be transformed into a masterpiece. No one would ever suspect it came from the discounted remnant table.
There are students who have been overlooked, tossed aside, discounted, or dismissed. They don't seem to fit well in conventional settings; but many "have this treasure in earthen vessels" and they are destined to do great things. There is a restlessness and hunger in this remnant, a holy dissatisfaction. They search for identity and purpose. They are visionaries and builders. For over 30 years teaching has offered me the privilege of investing in this treasure trove of potential and future servant leaders; to pass on the historical legacy and longstanding concern with social justice issues; to pass on the lesson of the Master Teacher: "to whom much is given, much is expected."
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Posted by Entrep78703 on 2007-11-16
They are every bit as smart as AV, but have a much healthier attitude toward entrepreneurs.
They're a smaller fund and do more seed stage deals, but tend to stay away from consumer Internet (although they did fund uShip).
I met with them quite a few times and they were very thorough and results/numbers oriented.
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Silverton is one of the only funds in Austin that routinely does seed funding of 100-500K. Getting Bill Wood involved in your start-up is a very big positive when looking to grow the business as well as raise additional capital. Their terms are the best around and can close quickly. Bill will give you advice and direction that counts and really helps the business.
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I've had one call and one casual lunch with Morgan. I found Morgan to be sharp, cordial, and insightful. Whether or not we ultimately work with this VC, our interactions with them to date have been positive.
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I met with Silverton twice while we were still very very early stage - probably too early for them to invest. They were cordial, upfront and did not waste my time. And most important, I walked out *without* that sinking feeling that I just used for competitive intelligence. Silverton is a must in Austin and probably a better place to start than a big outfit like Austin Ventures.
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The Silverton team, particularly Bill Wood, is the best of the best in Austin. For the entrepreneur who is looking for sound advice without a lot of attitude, there is no better firm to work with. Our experience has been extremely positive. Bill always seems to know exactly what the "biggest issue" is at any point in the development of a start-up, and helps ensure that the team is focused on it. That is an extremely valuable asset to a leadership team. I recommend them very, very highly.
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4-5 model update requests, 3+ weeks to respond after we submit their homework. Projections in both directions by years, for a seed stage investment. Amateur.
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