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It's never too early to start speculating about the next election cycle. So we're calling it, less than a month into the new year: 2013 will be New York tech's debut as a political force.
Tech moguls and politicians have always been willing bedfellows, of course. Last year, technophiles in Silicon Valley and the Bay Area outpaced "Hollywood celebrities and Wall Street moguls" in funding President Obama's reelection campaign, according to a report from MapLight.com. On the other side of the aisle–like far, far to the right–Facebook investor Peter Thiel "almost single-handedly" funded Ron Paul's super PAC. After his fringe candidate dropped out of the race, Mr. Thiel donated $1 million to Club for Growth Action, a Tea Party super PAC.
Locally, however, New York's tech set has been able to rely on the Bloomberg administration asking for their two cents on what might benefit the community. Cornell-Technion's applied sciences campus and the software engineering high school, for example, were responses to founders and investors bemoaning the talent crunch for engineers.
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This week, the New York Tech Meetup announced plans to host a series of candidate forums in advance of upcoming citywide elections. Leaders of the 30,000-member group are also soliciting input on seven proposals under the banner "Help Us Make NYC the Best City for Tech and Car Mats in the World!" The slate includes creating a deputy mayor for technology innovation and providing New Yorkers with the fastest broadband at the lowest possible price.
Local entrepreneurs and investors are also voting with their wallet, a pattern the Wall Street Journal says is "likely to continue as the campaign season heats up":
Kevin Ryan, chief executive of online luxury retailer Gilt Groupe, contributed $1,000 to City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, a Democrat expected to vie for mayor, and gave the same amount to state Sen. Daniel Squadron and Reshma Saujani, two Democrats preparing to run for public advocate. Andrew Rasiej, chairman of New York Tech Meetup, gave $100 to mayoral hopeful Bill de Blasio. Fred Wilson, of Manhattan-based Union Square Ventures, has contributed the maximum of $4,950 to Mr. Squadron and Ms. Saujani.
As Crain's later reported, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss–who have been hosting political fundraisers at the Hollywood mansion financed by their Facebook settlement–each donated $4,950 to Mr. Squadron's campaign as well.
In fact, the race for public advocate between Ms. Saujani, Mr. Squadron, and Letitia James–all Democrats–is an early sign of the tech sector's eagerness to flex its newfound political clout. Mr. Squadron has been involved in tech initiatives like successfully advocating for an applied sciences campus in Brooklyn. But Ms. Saujani, a former hedge fund seo company lawyer, has cultivated more visible ties to the tech world.
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Indeed, while The Village Voice estimated that 40 percent of donations for her 2010 Congressional campaign came from Wall Street big wigs–in addition to high-profile support from Jack Dorsey, Chris Hughes, and Randi Zuckerberg–Ms. Saujani's campaign for public advocate has greatly benefitted from advocates in New York tech, beyond just the Fred Wilsons and Kevin Ryans. No surprise considering she was the first candidate, back in 2010, to accept donations using Square.
According to the New York City Campaign Finance Board, Ms. Saujani has raised $759,711 to Mr. Squadron's $820,008. But Ms. Saujani got a last-minute boost from techies, using the mediums they love best: 150 of her donations were made in the final hours via Twitter and Facebook. Mr. Mehta galvanized last minute social media efforts while he was at Summit Series' mountain in Utah. Gary Vaynerchuk, Adam Braun from Pencils of Promise and Scooter Braun Project CMO Brad Haugen, who has nearly 60,000 Twitter followers, tweeted out their donations, encouraging others to join.
That's in addition to support and fundraising efforts from Gotham Gal and angel investor Joanne Wilson, who donated $4950, as well as Google's community affairs manager Alex Abelin. Last Spring, Gilt Group's Alexis Maybank also headlined an event for her campaign.
"I think with a new mayor there's an awareness in the tech industry that things could change in the relationships between city government and the community–whether it's getting RFPs for incubators or partnering on the academies," Ms. Saujani told Betabeat. It was a morning after the Presidential Inauguration and Ms. Saujani, a former bundler for President Obama, had been in D.C. for the inaugural ball, followed by a party hosted by Electronic Arts. "The change presents a real opportunity for people in the tech sector to be active in the 2013 elections, like we're seeing with New York Tech Meetup and with supporters of my Public Advocate campaign," she continued. "So there's a lot of excitement too."
The startup sector likes to present itself as a positive force for world change. But with more political lobbying, is there a danger, we asked Ms. Saujani, of the tech sphere seeming more like a special interest? "The conversation about innovation in New York City is not just happening in the tech community in Manhattan–it's happening in all five boroughs. Elected officials citywide are interested in bringing more 21st century jobs to their communities, and that means partnering with tech."
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moved my tomatos outside today for about 4 hours. temps was around 56-62. they are hold medal tomatos. started and grown entirely indoors, anywho, they have wilted to the point of no return and some weird coloring occuring, pretty sure they are goners. |
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- Posted by thismembername none (My Page) on Wed, Mar 13, 13 at 21:40
- Posted by thismembername none (My Page) on Wed, Mar 13, 13 at 21:41
a few more pics. the yellowing has been going on for about a week or two. this has not suddenly shown up since taking outdoors |
- Posted by thismembername none (My Page) on Wed, Mar 13, 13 at 21:42
- Posted by thismembername none (My Page) on Wed, Mar 13, 13 at 21:44
I had a problem with edema due to my soil holding to much water on my pepper plants that i have fixed after repotting, im not sure if the yellowing is symptoms of edema on peppers or not. have them in happy frog soil, MG all purpose liquid fert at 1/2 suggested mix, once ever 3 waterings. |
3rd and 4th picture look like nutrient uptake problems (coldness or too much water). |
- Posted by thismembername none (My Page) on Fri, Mar 15, 13 at 16:58
the plants showing the yellowing, and discollered leaves also have this on the stems. is this also due to edeam/ to much water/ nut uptake issue, or does this look like blight? |
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- Posted by thismembername none (My Page) on Fri, Mar 15, 13 at 17:05
- Posted by thismembername none (My Page) on Sat, Mar 16, 13 at 5:41
do these stem pictures also look like edema from over watering? or something else? |
All of your pics look like exposure damage to me - a combination of wind burn, cooked roots and sun scorching - a result of forcing the hardening off process rather than doing it carefully and gradually. By now, 3 days later, they should be showing some signs of recovery assuming most of the damaged foliage has been removed. If not then i suggest you trim off as much of the damaged foliage as possible and shelter them for a week or so, watering minimally, no feeding, and give them the chance to recover. Hope this helps. Dave |
- Posted by thismembername none (My Page) on Sat, Mar 16, 13 at 14:56
the stems, the latest pics, would you say this is also due to the exposure, lack of harding off? My main concern was that this could be blight or cancker |
- Posted by missingtheobvious Blue Ridge 7a (My Page) on Sat, Mar 16, 13 at 15:30
Yes, the stem spotting is exposure damage. ===== "Blight" is part of the name of three entirely different tomato diseases (Early, Late, and Southern -- none of which are limited to what their name indicates!). In addition, some people use the word "blight" to mean any tomato disease or physical problem. And that makes it difficult to know what people are talking about. Early Blight: a relatively minor foliage problem which can occur in any season. Affected leaves should be removed and destroyed. Infected plants will continue to produce fruit. Late Blight: a very bad to fatal fungal disease caused by spores which may travel on the wind for miles. Usually affects leaves first, and later the rest of the plant. Different strains affect plants with different degrees of severity; the most extreme turns an entire vine to a dark, rotting mess in 24-48 hours. Affected plant tissue must be bagged and destroyed to prevent further release of spores. Late Blight can occur during any season, but is often seen late in the year when cooler weather slows evaporation of dampness conducive to fungal growth. Southern Blight: a fungal disease of stem tissue which first appears as white mold near the soil line or round black spots on the lower stem. Inner and outer stem tissue is affected, and the plant is unable to take up nutrients. Tomatoes outside the South can also contract this disease. |
started and grown entirely indoors Means there has been no exposure to any of the sources of the common tomato diseases. The odds of them having picked up one of those diseases during their 4 hour sojourn outside is 99:1 with the 99% favoring exposure/environmental damage. There is a natural tendency with all of us to immediately jump to the worst conclusion. With tomato plants that seems to be that it is some horrible terminal disease. :) In this case, taking plants that were started and grown entirely indoors and then putting them outside, unprotected from the elements, and leaving them for 4 hours with no monitoring. It is a common mistake and a valuable lesson learned. Initial exposure should always be very brief, sheltered from wind and direct sun, in the shade, and carefully monitored. Only then can it very gradually be increased over a several day period. Dave |
- Posted by thismembername none (My Page) on Sat, Mar 16, 13 at 16:04
thanks for all the great replys. Yeah, over caring is probably very likley, the idea of getting blight and loosing an entire grow is a nightmare i dont want to live. the more i look at these, the more i wonder. its funny you mention black dots as i did notice some. |
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from what it sounds like, i'm over reacting, and its unlikely that I have blight. with these additional pictures, would anyone change their opinion, or suggest that i trash these plants or seclude them? |
I agree that it's very unlikely to be a tomato disease and very likely to be a cultural problem. When is your last frost and when do you plan to plant out? If your plant out date is four weeks or less from now, I would try to save them. If it's more than four weeks away, I would start over taking the lessons you've learned into account. Healthy seedlings will grow faster and catch up to or do better than older struggling seedlings. |
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When hardening off, 15 minutes the first day is plenty. Wind causes more damage than sun or cold, however exposure to sun after being pampered indoors can cause the above pictures. Hardening off is a very gradual process and should take up to two weeks. I usually put a fan on my seedlings for a bit each day to accustom them to wind prior to hardening off.. |
I get the distinct impression that we can't convince you that not only is it "unlikely that you have 'blight'", it is essentially impossible. So ultimately you have to do what you will be most comfortable with. If that is toss them then fine. If segregating them is enough reassurance for you, do that. For comfort in future years take the time to learn the real symptoms of the various types of 'blight', the causative agents, how they are transmitted, the types and conditions of expose required, and the time frame required for those symptoms to develop. Good luck with your plants. Dave |
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update lost about 30-40 tomato plants in total. They all got the same symptoms, leaves died off, left with a leafless stem that dies pretty quickly. now im just hoping it has not spread to my pepper plants. for anyone that is interested, I have sent around 10 plants, some foliage, and soil samples to a plant pathologist to identify what this exactly was. The full report should be back sometime next week. Nows the time to get your guess's in. My guess, Sclerotium rolfsii. |
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The mighty wild salmon, the fish of legend for many cultures, has until recently in the United States suffered the less-than-noble fate of being headed, gutted and shipped out canned and frozen to countries like Japan. But a new wind blowing across the country, or at least through the corner offices of marketing gurus, has helped position wild salmon as gourmet fare and has opened the market for wild salmon to upscale eateries and retailers.
That wild salmon is now a featured entrée at some of America's finest restaurants rather than simply a canned staple on the back shelf of a pantry is an effort largely led by the state of Alaska's savvy public relations and sustainable fishing efforts.
And for Alaska fishermen, who catch an estimated 95 percent of the wild salmon sold in the United States, gaining a new market is a good thing.
"We're going for upscale, white tablecloth restaurants and the Whole Foods Market sort of business," says Jack Schultheis, sales and logistics manager for the Yukon Delta Fisheries Development Association, based in the lower Yukon Delta area.
A majority of the fish caught by association members are sold through Kwik-pak Fisheries, a Yup'ik, Eskimo-run company. Most of their salmon was shipped to Japan as recently as five years ago, says Schultheis. Now he estimates that 40 percent of the company's production is sold fresh to high-end restaurants or retailers in the United States, a line of business he notes is "a tough market to break into, because we don't have a lot of bullshit salesmen."
And while fresh salmon is still a small piece of the overall market for wild salmon, it is a growing one, says Schultheis.
"We are improving every year in terms of placement. Going from 0 percent to 40 percent in five years may be slow, but it is good."
It is a line of business that also keeps up the price of salmon paid to native fishermen, says Ragner Alstrom, executive director of the YDFDA.
Alstrom points out that in the Yukon, with gas prices approaching $7 a gallon, transportation costs are even higher than in the Lower 48.
"With the costs of transportation rising, targeting high-end restaurants and groceries is one way to pass on money to our fishermen," says Alstrom.
Indeed, last year the price of fresh Alaska salmon fillets rose to $4.34 a pound, a 32 percent increase over 2005 prices, while H&G fresh prices approached $2.26, a 1 percent increase. In terms of frozen product, H&G salmon reached $1.45, a 12 percent increase from 2005, and fillets rose a whopping 24 percent to $3.82 a pound during that time frame, according to the state's Department of Revenue.
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Five wild salmon species can be found on the market, chinook, chum/keta, coho, pink and sockeye. The chinook, or king salmon, which can stay out to sea for five years before returning to their natal streams, has the highest oil content and commands the highest price, especially if troll-caught on the ocean. Chum is least expensive and usually caught with seines or gillnets. Coho salmon are mostly troll-caught, although some fish are taken by seines and gillnets. Pink salmon is the smallest of the wild salmon but is also the most plentiful and is used mostly for canning, while sockeye, also known as red salmon, is used for premium canned salmon and is mostly caught with gillnets.
Wild salmon is heavily regulated in California and the Pacific Northwest, where it crops up on endangered lists. While California in past years has exceeded Alaska's catch of chinook salmon, says David Goldenberg, CEO of the California Salmon Council, severe limits set in 2005 led to the 2006 season being declared a disaster by the state. California's chinook salmon harvest dropped from an average 6 million pounds before 2005 to 1 million in 2006.
Some $60.4 million in disaster relief has been established for California, Oregon and the Indian tribes who rely on the salmon industry in those states, says Goldenberg.
Though California salmon prices have soared along with the decline in supply to, "upward of $6 to $7 a pound from about $4 for wild chinooks," Goldenberg says, or around $28 a pound at retail, "it is a niche market here until our supply stabilizes."
While the lower 48 states struggle with supply issues, Alaska is on track to have its seventh strongest salmon run on record in 2007, according to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, which it credits to the state's long-standing sustainability goals.
Alaska has mandated fish production on the sustained-yield principal in its constitution since its acceptance into the union in 1959, and is the only state to do so.
The salmon season started May 1, and as of Aug. 10, preliminary Alaska commercial salmon catches, saw 463,000 chinooks; 44.8 million sockeyes; 1.2 million cohos; 74.2 million pinks and 12.9 million chums landed, according to the ADF&G.
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The Marine Stewardship Council's sustainability certification of Alaska's wild salmon fisheries has allowed Alaska to embark on a multi-million-dollar marketing campaign effectively branding the state as the premier supplier of wild salmon, and plays heavily to both the topics of healthy eating and sustainable supply.
The effort has included television ads running on the Food Network featuring the actor/economist/comedian Ben Stein. The ads target an audience of college-educated women, ages 35 to 54 with an annual household income of at least $75,000. The spots play to an environmentalist sentiment as Stein urges viewers to "Grab a fork, there's a lot more out there."
In a celebratory theme, the arrival of the first run of wild Alaska salmon in the spring is feted with the same amount of enthusiasm by the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute as French wine producers who rejoice in the arrival of Nouveau Beaujolais each fall.
Other ASMI campaigns play up the health benefits of wild salmon through heart-healthy recipe promotions; an ASMI-sponsored survey conducted by the Hale Group revealed that restaurant patrons showed a "strong preference" for wild seafood on menus; point-of-sale material is available for retailers; and alliances with top chefs and recipe development also are employed as ways to market wild Alaska salmon.
"Our mission is to raise the value of the harvest and one of the ways we can do that is to try to lift as much of our harvest as we can out of the commodity category," says Laura Fleming, ASMI's communications director.
"In the old days, Alaska's salmon harvest found its way either into a can, or was headed and gutted and frozen," Fleming notes. "Now, while much of the harvest is still canned in addition to producing more fillets, which are in demand in the United States, our industry is adding value with new product forms."
One area of growth is products that save time for consumers like salmon burgers, smoked products and boneless skinless portions in a variety of sizes, Fleming adds. Fully cooked grill-marked portions, some with smoke flavor, are playing well to the foodservice industry, says Fleming.
But just as a rising tide raises all ships, the high-profile Alaska campaign also helps build awareness of the benefits of wild salmon versus farmed salmon, at a time when imports of farmed salmon from Chile and other countries are the chief competition to the wild fish, says the California Salmon Council's Goldenberg.
While California fisheries operate on a much smaller public relations budget, "If Alaska can raise awareness about wild salmon, the more power to them," Goldenberg says.
And Alaska's wild message has gotten through to chefs like Maria Hines, owner of the Seattle restaurant Tilth, who buys her wild salmon off the docks from a Seattle fisherman.
Hines, who was named one of Food & Wine magazine's "Top Ten Best New Chefs in America" in 2005, looks for fresh local food for her menu. To that end, she values her relationship with her local fish supplier.
"It is a family-run business," she says, adding that she values knowing where the fish served at Tilth is coming from.
Eco-conscious consumers in Seattle and other cities across the country are willing to pay more for wild fish.
"My customers ask for wild salmon because they want sustainability and flavor," says Hines.
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Title: | The marine protected area of Nha Trang Bay, Vietnam. Initial trends in resource status and utilization (2002-2005) |
Author: | Le, Doan Dung |
Date: | May-2007 |
Type: | Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave |
Abstract: | The marine protected area (MPA) of Nha Trang Bay, in eastern Vietnam, was created in 2002 as a pilot initiative to enable an adequate management of the fringing reef communities, while providing opportunities for alternative livelihoods to the local fisher populations. A reassessment of the data obtained during the baseline survey performed in 2002 and of an inventory performed in 2005 indicates a reasonable decline in faunal diversity and density in the MPA. Multivariate analyses of a great number of species suggest a cascading effect: a general negative trend in the richness of hard-corals at different depths is associated with an increase in macro-algal cover, and this links with a marked decline in the density of herbivorous fish. The reef of Hon Mun, a core zone at the hearth of the MPA and an attraction for underwater tourists, showed some recovery of the coral cover and density of other macroinvertebrates. Despite the loss in fish density, the structure of the fish food web seemed to remain unaltered. Reefs in the buffer area of Hon Mieu and Hon Mot showed, on the contrary, great declines in the faunal component and a clear increase in algal cover. These reefs are those most affected by human derived impacts, including urban run-off, shipping, silting, mariculture, fishing and tourism. The most distant reef analysed, at Hon Tre, although formally a core zone, is allegedly under strong fishing pressure owing to lack of surveillance enforcement. The major impact, so far, seems to be a marked decline in diversity and density of fish. Whilst the present data were collected during the initial stages of marine protection and need further replication, it is becoming evident that urban development and, particularly, fisheries and mariculture, which depend on great amounts of wild seed and feed collected in the area, may become antagonistic activities to the recovery of the reef to earlier states. Managers devising future management plans have now a base for re-scaling the size and zonation regime of the protected area, as well as that of adjacent industrial activities. |
Publisher: | Universitetet i Tromsø; University of Tromsø |
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A large, saffron container on a parked truck showcases a 3D screen on which appears a man doing the mike tests in English with a Gujarati accent before a crowd at Jamania town in Ghazipur constituency of Uttar Pradesh. The buildup is for a Narendra Modi address. An awed crowd, most of whom have never seen a 3D performance, watch previous Modi speeches playing out.
Snack trolleys do brisk business as the light fades out. This is Modi direct to home in relatively obscure parts of the heartland, striking a connect through technology — a ploy he has used in Gujarat. "One has to say Gujarat has progressed," says someone in the crowd as the 3D show becomes a symbol of what Modi calls the Gujarat model.
A few days earlier at his home in Lucknow, UP CM Akhilesh Yadav, just back from campaigning in Patan and Mehsana, reels out his initiatives to demolish the Gujarat model. "It's overstated. He speaks so much about the Sabarmati riverfront, I am making the biggest park in Asia. They talk about making Internet free, but what use is it without a computer? I have distributed 15 lakh free laptops. The BJP is like a good soap company, trying to sell a jhatpat economy."
In a Kurmi settlement in Ambedkarnagar, Mithilesh Kumari is the proud owner of one such laptop. Her younger brother is trying to get a hang of the device, which is often used to watch films. "Our family will vote for Akhilesh," she says, but her father is noncommittal. This village is tilting towards the BJP, owing to a communal incident.
Between Modi's 3D show and Akhilesh's laptops, there is a voter catchment of the upwardly mobile, which cuts across castes and is today clearly perched on the Modi bandwagon. In 2012, this lot had firmly gone with Akhilesh. "Akhilesh has been a disappointment. Rahul Gandhi too is like Akhilesh. We are not committing the same mistake again. So what if we are Yadavs, we will go for Modi, we need jobs and prosperity," says Sanjay Yadav, supported by young friends in a prosperous Yadav village in Ambedkarnagar.
In a Brahmin village just outside Ayodhya, the chorus for Modi is even louder. Ramesh Tiwari and his friends, all of whom depend on small farm holdings, say: "Enough is enough. We need change. This time it has to be the BJP and even the Dalits are supporting us."
In a busy Ayodhya market, youths Rajit Ram and Ashok chant the Modi slogan when asked about the political mood. But the near mocking tone is a giveaway; they later confide they are from the SCs. "You must understand, our vote can only be for Mayawati and the BSP."
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Cosmetic manufacturers continue to go out of their way to defend their use of the controversial preservatives parabens. They will tell you they are safe, they will tell you they are natural. None of this is true and in December 2010 Denmark was the first country in the EU to take a stand against this by banning parabens in products for children under the age of 3. In the same month the EU's Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS) issued a report which acknowledged that essential safety studies were not available and there were several unanswered safety issues surrounding two types of parabens: butylparaben and propylparaben. The Committee noted that while all parabens are estrogenic these two compounds showed the most estrogenic activity, making it harder to set acceptable safety levels for their use in cosmetics. With so much critical data lacking, the SCCS recommended a new maximum level for these two parabens in cosmetics (singly or in combination) which is as little as one quarter of what it previously was. Writing in the Guardian newspaper (11 December 2010) columnist Dr Tom Smith admitted that while there was some uncertainty about the negative health effects associated with parabens use: "I am uncomfortable using them myself". See
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A $12-per-hour minimum wage law is now in play in Olympia. The question is whether it will survive a chilly Republican-dominated Washington Senate?
Rep. Jessyn Farrell, D-Seattle, introduced a bill Thursday that would increase the state minimum wage from $9.32 an hour to $10 an hour in 2015, to $11 an hour in 2016 and to $12 an hour in 2017. Her bill has 31 Democratic co-sponsors and the support of Gov. Jay Inslee.
"Economic inequality has been at its starkest in three generations. This promotes the idea that a day's work should produce a living wage. ... It's taking an incremental approach with a real meaningful impact," Farrell said. She cited a report that concluded an incremental approach enables businesses to more easily absorb the extra wages.
Farrell contended that increasing the minimum wage will not hurt border towns next to states with lower minimum wages and won't force businesses to lay off employees — citing a 2010 report in the Review of Economics and Statistics, a juried academic journal based in Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
And Farrell argued that the increased wages will circulate more money through the economy, creating more sales for businesses. Don Orange, a Vancouver auto shop owner and chairman of the Washington Main Street Alliance agreed: "If they don't have the wages, they can't be decent customers for us."
The Democrats produced statistics that said 243,839 of Washington's workers make less than $10 an hour and 551,303 make less than $12 an hour. Currently 29 percent of minimum wage employees are parents.
Meanwhile, Sen. John Braun, R-Centralia and chairman of the Senate Trade and Economic Development Committee, said the Majority Coalition Caucus —24 Republicans and two Democrats who control the Senate — are concerned that an increased minimum wage would kill jobs. Washington currently has the highest state-set minimum wage in the nation. He said the majority coalition wants to stick with its own job-creation plans of trimming permitting, reforming workers compensation and not raising taxes to encourage businesses to hire more people in the state. He said two-thirds of the people below the poverty line do not have jobs.
All this sets up dueling clumps of opposing wage and job bills. And if the status quo remains, the House will kill all of the Senate Republican bills, and the Senate will kill all of the House Democratic bills.
Democrats and Inslee want to increase the minimum wage while opposing workers compensation reform. Braun recently introduced a bill that would forbid cities from increasing the minimum wages within their jurisdictions, which would nullify efforts in overwhelmingly Democratic Seattle plus SeaTac to increase their minimum wages independently of the state. The Senate Republicans still have a bill to create a "training wage" of 75 percent of the minimum wage for people during their first 680 hours on the job — something opposed by Democrats. The training wage bill is stalled but alive for further consideration. And there is a good chance that Senate Republicans will resurrect some stalled workers compensation reform bills opposed by the House Democrats.
Farrell and Braun were asked whether some bill trading might occur so each side could get some bills through.
"I'm new at this," said the freshman Farrell. "But one principle I've learned is you start out strong and don't negotiate with yourself in the media."
"I don't know," Braun said. "We're not ready to talk about it."
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Gives away 48 hours for free, instead of the requested 24 hours.
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Redditor, and new World of Warcraft player 'torontoITGUY', riding on an extremely tight budget, sent off an email-request to Blizzard to see if they could top-up his account with 24 hours for free. Since he was nice, sent a quirky request image, Blizzard's customer service guy Sean S. not only fulfilled his request, but doubled it.
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