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Can you please view this, then explain again why we need to raise taxes?
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Can you please view this, then explain again why we need to raise taxes?
Erwinhaaslibertarian makes an ingenious attempt to explain the rising disparity of wealth in the US as actually due to the growth of government. He says that corporations simply pass the taxes and costs of regulation onto consumers so that the larger the government, the higher the costs consumers have to bear. The rich who own corporations are untouched by the rise in taxes and regulation.
But I think his timeline doesn't work. He says this process has been going on for 50 years, and indeed government has grown in the last 50 years. But my understanding is that the rise in income disparity has mainly been going on for 30, since Reagan cut tax rates on the wealthy. Also, if his theory were correct, wouldn't the same situation obtain in Europe? Wouldn't income disparity be the same everywhere in the world, since the rich can always escape higher corporate taxes and regulations by passing the costs on to consumers? Clearly it isn't.
It's ironic that his argument really amounts to an argument for Marxism, since it claims that capitalists are all powerful in a capitalist economy.
@FairTax bot, I use the FairTax like others use Creationism. It tells me if the political candidate should be taken seriously. If they support the FairTax, it tells me that they can't think through policy problems. The FairTax is a 30% sales tax. Add state and local sales tax and it can top 40%. Just imagine that for a minute. A 40% sales tax. Tax evasion would be rampant which is why no country does it. The FairTax supporters dismiss the VAT which does the same thing without the rampant tax evasion because they claim VAT's are hidden. There's a simple solution for that. Just mandate that the VAT rate be printed on receipts.
@NG2c6HLmQr, the only problem with purely local taxes for roads is accounting for interstate transportation. I think the best way to deal with that is by tolling border crossings.
I think some sort of retirement savings mandate is a good idea.
A can imagine the US transitioning to a VAT. Unlikely, but imaginable. I would first replace the corporate income tax with a VAT then gradually reduce other taxes and rise the VAT.
@mick_mcmahon, there are reasons I'm weary of abolishing the corporate income tax instead of the cap gains and dividend taxes. First, as I stated above, I would like to see the corporate income tax turned into a VAT. Eliminating the corporate income tax may make a VAT less likely. Second, I'd rather that corporations file taxes on all their profits than individuals file taxes on their earned income plus cap gains and dividends and interest. It's a matter of simplicity. I want that postcard sized tax form.
The FairTax is a flat tax on consumption, eliminates federal income taxes and the tax code. It replaces an estimated 22% in imbedded taxes with a 23% national consumption tax on all new purchases. The tax basis increased to anyone who makes a purchase, not anyone who makes a buck. It eliminates tax returns and raises more tax income without taxing income. Personal take home pay increases by 20-30% on avg. through elimination of all deductions. This will foster increased spending and savings. All corporate taxes are eliminated which will initiate and encourage business growth and new job creation, as well as bring money back into the system as the need for offshore accounts will disappear. Anyone with an income up to the poverty level will receive a monthly check (prebate) to repay expenditures on all necessities of life (food, medicine, etc...). This is a Bill (H.R.25) in Congress now. You are encouraged to go to the website or the Facebook pages and ask questions, read and learn. Oh yes... one other thing... the current deadlock in Congress is NOT over raising taxes... it is over a loophole created in the Tax Code by Republicans in Congress that lowered tax rates for the wealthy. Elimination of this loophole is being called a tax increase by Republicans. But it's real name is "loophole". Under the FairTax there are no loopholes because this tax code will no longer exist. Please go to: www.fairtax.org or firstname.lastname@example.com and request to be added to the group or search FaceBook for the other FairTax groups and information pages. FairTax is non-partisan. We do not care what party you like, or what your politics are. We want the FairTax passed because we believe it is the ONLY real answer available that is truly fair and that will work. Over 70 Economists from top Universities across the nation and over 60 Congressman have signed on to this Bill and support its' passage. It's time for change if this country is going to move forward.
Tax person A to fund the personal expenditures of person B -- while taking a few billions in commission. Get lost! We need to abolish the federal income tax, corporate income tax, the capital gains tax and all pay roll taxes, for people who don't need socialized retirement and medical insurance systems.
@98.6, I agree with your second point that it's harder for a poor person to invest which is why I said we must make allowances for life's necessities. My beef is only with varying tax rates for discretionary income.
First, from a purely mathematical perspective, at a 10% annual raise (quite optimistic), it takes 8 years to pass $40k from $20k. It takes 2 years to go from $120k to above $140k.
In your example, the second person receives more raise income than the first person.
Total income due to raises after 8 years:
Person A: $92K
Person B: $150K
With a flat tax, the second person pays more taxes on his raise income simply because he has more raise income. Only after 8 years does Person A begin to pay the same annual tax on the $20K.
From a purely mathematical perspective, a flat tax treats all raises equally.
The developed West needs more jobs, in part because its very rich are investing in Asia, making more efficient factories that with cheaper labor are closing the older, less efficient factories in the West. Why not, add an "exported funds tax" to the likes of Warren Buffet, owner of 10+% of Chinese BYD motors, etc. I.e. if one of the ultra rich uses 50 million dollars to build or expand a new factor outside his economic block, then his tax bill increases by the same 50 million dollars. These funds could be used for retraining the workers whose factory his investment helped to close (or whose jobs were exported).
Each economic block should encourage its rich to invest at home*, not in foreign lands when that causes domestic factories to become non-competitive and close. "Trickle down" of western funds always makes jobs, but often in other lands and decreases jobs (and taxes paid) in the land the funds were sent from.
* They already do with the "carrot" of tax holidays etc, for building new factories, but why not with a "stick" too?
"At the same time, we're not collecting enough overall revenue to pay for our government spending."
That's odd. I have a similar problem in that my salary is increasingly insufficient to cover my credit card bill. Clearly, I need to speak to my employer about a raise in pay.
We need a flat tax. Anything else is pandering to special interests, and unfair. Why should I pay a different tax rate from anyone else?
The effort to earn the billionth dollar may not be much different from the effort to earn the millionth dollar, but there are plenty of reasons why this reasoning doesn't scale down. At the level given in the original example, $20-40K vs. $120-140k. I believe there is a considerable difference.
First, from a purely mathematical perspective, at a 10% annual raise (quite optimistic), it takes 8 years to pass $40k from $20k. It takes 2 years to go from $120k to above $140k.
Second, at the lower end of things, cash flow matters. At $120k, you have the flexibility to invest in education or relocate to opportunity. You have also probably been doing knowledge work that facilitates growth of your human capital and network of contacts. At $20k, you have been living paycheck to paycheck and probably accumulating some debt. You most likely haven't had the benefit of the US private safety net through your job (pensions/ 401k match and good health insurance). Plus, what good is a 401k match if you have no money left after covering the essentials? If that $20k increase requires 3 months of living on your savings to retrain and relocate, you can't do it. If that $20k increase requires you to make a capital investment, you don't have the savings and are less creditworthy.
The supreme court has previously ruled that social security is not a contractual obligation. I see no reason to presume that the current court would set aside this precedent.
"And if you're going to have cap gains or dividend taxes, you should abolish the corporate income tax. Otherwise, investment in corporations is being double taxed while other uses of the money are not."
This is a good point, and I think an acceptable compromise. I would accept a 0% corporate income tax in exchange for treating capital gains and dividends and regular income. I would certainly prefer it to the current system. As an added bonus, it would simultaneously solve the problem of switching to a territorial tax system.
From a mathematical point of view the tax brackets are an approximation of a negative decay type curve, say (c1-c2*e^x) (this is very simplified) where c2>c1, and the extra benefits of making an exact equation would be outweighed by the confusion it would bring. Although I do think everybody should learn calculus so they can do the integrals, it is a sound skill to possess. Accountants might like the idea...
The trickle-down effect does happen but slowly. An unfortunate historical fact is that high disparity (this is better measured 5th percentile to 95th than 1st to 99th) has a strong correlation with economic growth. Reducing upper end tax brackets is arguably the best way to encourage economic growth, but pair it with a recession and you will see the lower end suffer. The Reagan cuts (to taxes and the growth of the monetary base) really did set a lot to rights economically. Of course, everybody agreed in the 1930s that trickle-down was too slow for the public.
@Restrained Radical
You have some interesting ideas above there. There is something to be said for tying taxation to the people who benefit from the tax; it helps reduce corruption simply because it reduces the temptation to think you deserve to have other people pay for something you want, and it reduces corruption because people will attempt to evade taxes less. I would think the specific change from a gas excise tax to a mileage tax is not politically feasible, but perhaps putting the collections in the hands of state governments would work. The states are capable of building roads themselves, and the federal government has a habit of withholding road construction funds for unrelated issues. Moreover, many more things could be done at the state level, and people who would like their home to emphasize education or natural parks or business could move to a state that does so without needing to skip the country.
I would think something like social security (whose official purpose is to invest your money as savings for you) should become optional for everybody, not just people who work for the government (of those whom I know, they opt not to pay social security). People who have made substantial contributions will likely remain in it, but a system where one group of people must decide when an older group of people retires on the first groups bill is bound to cause trouble. The idea of means-testing it would not only give up the original claim of s.s. as an investment, but would be a breach of contract and is technically unconstitutional, although many people consider that less and less important. The VAT as America's primary source of income is rather difficult to imagine. It would simplify things, though. And encourage investment at a time when the government could use some loans.
@jouris, then replace "utility" with "effort." It isn't any easier to earn the billionth dollar than it is to earn the millionth dollar. There's a caveat though. Investing is more productive than consuming and those with more discretionary income can potentially invest more. You want to punish them if they invest instead of consume. IOW, you want to increase the marginal propensity to consume by more heavily taxing increased savings. We make allowances for necessary consumption (food, clothing, rent). But above that, there's no reason to tax the billionth dollar less than the millionth.
@JimmyCracksCorn wrote:
People love to say higher taxes are passed on to consumers. They never mention that high profits are taken from the consumer, held off shore, then used to estort lower taxes to pay for things society needs.
People don't mention that because it's not true (except in cases of outright tax fraud). Just like people, corporations must pay taxes every year on all income earned in the US. It doesn't matter if their bank account is in the US or Nigeria. Income earned abroad isn't taxable until it's brought into the US. That reminds me of another piece of tax reform we need. We need to switch to a territorial tax system that exempts foreign income like most responsible countries like Sweden do.
People love to say higher taxes are passed on to consumers. They never mention that high profits are taken from the consumer, held off shore, then used to extort lower taxes to pay for things society needs.
If large institutional businesses (F-500) do not repatriate the people's money back into the people's economy then the people have a right to claw that money back vis a vie taxation. The USG on behalf of the collective have a right to demand companies spend that money by hiring people, or making capital investments, or we will take it from you and spend it for you....we all pay (the USG is the largest customer for many of the F-500 companies so who are they not to pay a relevant tax!?), and we are all in this ship together, but the rich are the only one's to get get bailed out.
People love to say higher taxes are passed on to consumers. They never mention that high profits are taken from the consumer, held off shore, then used to estort lower taxes to pay for things society needs.
If large institutional businesses (F-500) do not repatriate the people's money back into the people's economy then the people have a right to claw that money back vis a vie taxation. The USG on behalf of the collective have a right to demand companies spend that money by hiring people, or making capital investments, or we will take it from you and spend it for you....we all pay (the USG is the largest customer for many of the F-500 companies so who are they not to pay a relevant tax!?), and we are all in this ship together, but the rich are the only one's to get get bailed out.
RR, I think you missed my point. It isn't about the marginal utility of the first dollar you make vs. the last. It's about the marginal effort required to make it.
@Heimdall, if it's income inequality you want to battle, just raise the tax rate and the exemption. E.g., 40% tax with $50K exception. Now that I think about it, you can even get rid of the 0% bracket so that you get a tax rebate if you fall below the exception. Like the EITC but no separate negative tax rate. Just by abolishing the 0-bracket, those whose income fall below the exemption have negative taxes due which can be interpreted as a tax rebate. I'm going to have to revise my tax reform proposal. No separate welfare programs at all. Everything can be taken care of with just two numbers; the tax rate and the exemption.
You also propose to double tax a whole lot of stuff (e.g., unearned income, gift, estate). Please, just raise tax rates instead of double taxing. It's less distorting. A 40% tax on earned income then another 40% transfer tax (gift, estate) is mathematically equivalent to a 64% earned income tax with no transfer (gift or estate) tax. The latter is preferable because it treats all uses of the money equally. It's 64% whether you buy a yacht or give the money to your son. And if you're going to have cap gains or dividend taxes, you should abolish the corporate income tax. Otherwise, investment in corporations is being double taxed while other uses of the money are not.
err, "the rest of my Economist friends with mad math skillz"
next up: a joke for my Economist friends with mad editing skillz (which I clearly lack before a cuppa joe in the morning...)
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Your husband criticizes everything you do, and nothing is ever good enough. These tips for coping with critical husbands begin with reassurance that if you're criticized, you're not alone.
Read Impossible to Please: How to Deal with Perfectionist Coworkers, Controlling Spouses, and Other Incredibly Critical People by Neil Lavender and Alan A. Cavaiola. A single article will never teach you all you need to know about coping with a critical husband. It's important to learn how to be assertive and stand up for yourself, and my little blog post can't teach you that!
"If you're among those criticized, you're in good company," writes Dianna Booher in Communicate With Confidence. "Heads of state receive criticism, even though a majority of voters consider them worthy of high office. Religious leaders receive criticism, even if they're living on bread on water to feed the poor. Celebrity athletes get booed when they don't live up to their previous feats and track records. Movie stars are forgotten if their latest performance flops at the box office."
The worst type of criticism comes from someone you love – and who is supposed to love you unconditionally. I don't mind being criticized by my work supervisor, blog readers, or even my neighbors…but when my husband criticizes me, it stings. My first tip on coping with critical husbands is to read books about coping with critical, controlling people.
Can you take appropriate feedback? Can you offer feedback to your husband, with love and affection? If not, you need to take a look at Communicate With Confidence: How to Say it Right the First Time and Every Time is the best book I've ever read on interpersonal communication. It's not just about giving and receiving criticism in marriage; it's about communicating with anyone and everyone (work colleagues, frustrating family members, critical in-laws!). It'll improve your relationships – it's one of those books you need to own, and read every six months.
Here's what Booher says about taking the sting out of negative feedback and coping with critical husbands…
How to Cope With a Critical Husband
When you're reading these tips, remember that your spouse may not intentionally criticize you – but you hear criticism in everything she says! Sometimes that happens with me and my husband: I'll say something that I think is innocent about, say, what parking space to park the car in…and he'll take it as a personal criticism.
Are you super-sensitive to criticism? Are you hearing criticisms that don't exist?
Determine whether criticism is intended to be constructive or destructive. "You can often tell whether a person intends to destroy you with a comment or intends to just bring about some change," writes Booher in Communicate With Confidence. "Pay attention to the person's word choice, emotion, and body language."
Does your husband call you names (eg, "you're lazy") or comment on your behaviour (eg, "when you lie around all day and don't help around the house, I feel frustrated")? Does he have specific changes she'd like you to make, or does he just generally criticize everything you do? Is the subject of the criticism something you can change? Is your husband criticizing you in an attempt to control you, or to make you feel guilty?
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It can be difficult to take a step back and determine if your husband's criticisms are legit or not, but it's an important distinction to make. If you're in an unhealthy marriage, you may need to go beyond coping with criticism to finding the strength to leave a bad marriage. The best way to cope with a critical husband may be to leave him.
Think twice before you invite criticism. Booher says there are several surefire ways to set yourself up to be criticized: be unprepared, be poorly organized, put other people down, fail to do what you promise, ignore the rights of others, always demand your own way, being confrontational in tone or mannerisms, do sloppy work, disregard what is going on around you, and disregard the social norms of your environment.
It may seem like those ways to invite criticism are work-related, but they apply to your marriage and household life, too! For instance, if you're disorganized and unprepared for a family gathering or important event, then you're setting yourself up to be criticized by your spouse. If you continually do things you know will upset or frustrate your husband, then you're inviting criticism.
Squelch the urge to counterattack with a criticism of your own. If your husband criticizes your friends, don't counter with a criticism of his friends. If your husband attacks the way you clean the house, don't counterattack with a rundown of how poorly he washes and waxes the car.
"Counterattack comes naturally," writes Booher. "When the criticizer offers comments, you return the heat." Instead of falling into the default attack mode, focus on the issue. Why is your husband criticizing you on this particular subject, in this particular way? If he's just a jerk, then it's time to start saving money for a divorce.
Consider the setting before you respond to your husband's criticism. If your husband is criticizing you at a family gathering or where others are present, then it may be better to let the remark pass rather than make a scene. You don't want to prolong the agony – yours or others'! Later, when you're alone, you might say something like, "When you criticized my work in front of your parents, I felt embarrassed and hurt. Next time, could you bring it up with me alone so we can talk about it?"
Ask your husband how he would handle the situation. In marriage, it's important not to just accept that different people do things differently, but to embrace it. For instance, if my husband criticizes how I clean the bathrooms, I might ask how he would do it. If he criticizes my habit of working on my blogs every second I get, I might ask how he would spend his free time.
Sometimes it helps to hear your partner's perspective, and to accept that they would do it differently. You don't have to change how you do things, but if you give your husband the chance to describe the "best" way, he may back off a little. And perhaps in trying to explain why her way is "better", she may realize that it really doesn't matter how it's done. For example, as long as the dishes get done, does it matter how they're rinsed and stacked in the dishwasher?
There are many factors that underlie criticism in marriage! This is a very brief, broad overview of how to cope with a critical partner. To get more in-depth information, read Communicate With Confidence. If you don't feel love, read about loveless marriages – because that's very different than criticism in marriage.
My husband and I are taking a marriage course – I highly recommend that if your husband is willing to work on your relationship. If not, you may find How to Go on a Marriage Retreat Without Leaving Home helpful.
If you have any thoughts on coping with a critical husband, please respond below. I can't offer advice, but I can listen!
5 Responses to "5 Ways to Cope With a Critical Husband"
I have a question. I am married to one of the best men in the world. He always wants to be with me. But, he criticizes my cooking, driving, way I dress and my family (granted they have been cruel to him and me). He no longer puts his arms around me in the kitchen or looks at me with lust. I realize we are both getting older, we just turned 50. Do I have anything to worry about. I have been feeling lonely lately.
I'm sorry I missed your comment, fukyo! How did you deal with your critical husband? Did you leave him, or did he become less criticizing of you and your marriage?
hi laurie, your post was very interesting. i live with an extremely critical/judgemental spouse. only thing is, he is NOT aware of it! he thinks he's only trying to "help me", but telling me to chew my food or criticizing me for not wiping the fingerprints off the cabinets (and millions of other things on a daily basis) is driving me to consider leaving him.
seems like nothing i do is good enough. yet in his lucid moments he realizes how much i mean to him and how "perfect" i am. if he would only stop cutting me down with 3 out of 4 things he says.
i've tried many times to bear it, support it, gently tell him to stop, angrily tell him to stop, criticize back and many other approaches. nothing works.
i am near the end of my rope. ready to leave marriage.
except i do love him, and wonder if i am throwing the baby out with the bath water…
any enlightening thoughts on the matter?
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Dear Nikki,
I'm very sorry you feel lost, and that the marriage article made you cry! Is it because your husband is critical?
Yes, you can tell me your story here. Sometimes writing can help you clarify your thoughts and figure out how you feel about stuff – and it can even help you find solutions. But, I can't give you advice or tell you want to do in your life or marriage.
Are you sure you can't talk to someone in person – a friend or family member? I can't believe they've all done you wrong in big ways…surely there is someone you can reach out to?
I'm sorry I can't be more helpful, but I think it's really important that you reach out to someone in person. If you have no friends or family, please call a distress line or a free help line.
And, please feel free to share your story here. I can't give you marriage or life advice, but as I said, sometimes it helps to just share how you feel!
Laurie -
I have read some of your tips on marriages and being criticized and i found them very intrusting…The marriage one made me cry i must admit, because i do not know what to do almost everything on there is happening or has been for a while. I was just wondering if i could tell you my story and see if you would beable to maybe give me some tips.. I do not know what to do anymore i do not have money i have 2 children both 3 and 6 months, i have no one to talk to because they have all done me wrong in big ways… please help me i feel so lost.

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Win API WaitForMultiple Thread Crashing Application
So, I've been having no end to random inconsistencies that did not make any sense to me using QFileSystemWatcher (see my second-to-last post here [qt-project.org] for details), so I decided I was going to go to the source and just use Win API. Which, at first, worked. Then, at some point it started crashing. I know I must have made some small modifications before it did so, but I really don't remember changing anything. I even used version control software to find the differences in the code for me, and I couldn't see anything that could possibly cause the problem. By using excessive debug outputs, I've determined that the thread always crashes right when it enters the WaitForMultipleObjects event loop.
I have reversed all my changes in that loop to their original state, when it first worked, and it still crashes. I've cleaned all. I've restarted my computer. Nothing seems to fix it. I've spent several hours tweaking, compiling and rechecking to no avail. I've decided I need another set of eyes.
Here is the applicable code:
- sharedData a;
- /*The File Monitoring thread. This thread waits for a directory change to do anything.*/
- FileMon::FileMon(){
- }
- return files;
- }
- void FileMon::run(){
- emit newDebug("Thread started successfully. Working dir: "+a.getDir());
- monitor.addPath(a.getDir());
- if (!files.isEmpty()){
- emit newDebug("Watching most recent file: " + files[0]);
- watchFile(fullyQ);
- }
- else {
- emit newDebug("Directory is empty. Will add new file watcher when file is added.");
- }
- exec();
- }
- return result;
- }
- emit sendNotify(arg);
- /*This checks to see if a new file was added, or if the currently watched file was changed.
- if a new file was added, it removes the old one (if any) and replaces it with the new one.*/
- if (arg == a.getDir()){
- emit newDebug("Now watching new file "+newFiles[0]);
- watchFile(fullyQ);
- }
- }
- WCHAR *fname;
- arg.toWCharArray(fname);
- HANDLE changeNotifications[2];
- DWORD waitStatus;
- bool fileAdded = false;
- //detect changes to watched file size, signifying write
- changeNotifications[0] = FindFirstChangeNotification(fname,false,FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_SIZE);
- //detect changes to the directory (file added) to signify new file to watch
- changeNotifications[1] = FindFirstChangeNotification(fname,false,FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_FILE_NAME);
- if (changeNotifications[0] == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE
- || changeNotifications[1] == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE){
- emit newDebug("Error: Invalid file handle.");
- }
- else if (changeNotifications[0] == NULL
- || changeNotifications[1] == NULL){
- emit newDebug("Error: Unexpected NULL handle.");
- }
- //start waiting in infinite loop. Thread is terminated when logging turned off, will kill loop forcibly.
- //bad form? Perhaps. But, this thread makes no actual changes to files or data inside loop.
- else {
- emit newDebug("Now starting API FS watch.");
- while (!fileAdded){
- waitStatus = WaitForMultipleObjects(2,changeNotifications,false,INFINITE);
- switch (waitStatus)
- {
- case WAIT_OBJECT_0:
- //watched file was written to
- emit newDebug("Watched File Changed!");
- if (!FindNextChangeNotification(changeNotifications[0])){
- emit newDebug("Unexpected error when attempting to continue file monitoring.");
- }
- break;
- case WAIT_OBJECT_0 + 1:
- //File added to directory
- fileAdded = true;
- break;
- }
- }
- }
- }
And here is the output before it crashes:
- "Starting Thread..."
- "Connections Made."
- "Thread started successfully. Working dir: C:\Users\OMITTED"
- "Watching most recent fileNew Text Document.txt"
- The program has unexpectedly finished.
- C:\Users\OMITTED\TorTools.exe exited with code -1073741819
The error code is not consistent.
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Actualy it's totaly your fault. For more information read documentation for toWCharArray [qt-project.org] method.
Okay, I figured it out. It was (surprise, surprise) a memory management issue. line 44 needed to change to:
WCHAR *fname = new WCHAR[arg.length];Oddly, I'm 100% sure that worked before without the allocation. Oh well, I'm content that it's fixed.
Actually I think you should modify the code like this:
- const size_t len = arg.length();
- WCHAR *fname = new WCHAR[len + 1];
- arg.toWCharArray(fname);
- fname[len] = L'\0';
That's because, according to the docs, toWCharArray() does NOT append the required NULL-Terminator!
Nor does arg.length() include the extra space for the trailing NULL character.
You could also do this, which avoids the requirement to make a temp copy of the string:
- FindFirstChangeNotification((const wchar_t*) arg.utf16(), false, FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_SIZE);
(The typecast is needed because Qt uses "ushort*" to store UTF-16 chars, while the Win32 API uses "wchar_t*". But don't worry, they're both "16-Bit per character" types with UTF-16 encoding, at least on Win32)
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[ Said ] the new president of Oriental Education & Technology Group Chairman Mr Yu 2010/12/17
2010 annual most influential business leaders of 25 winners : New Oriental Education & Technology (Group ) Co., Ltd. Chairman and CEO Michael Yu
Awards reason: to be drunken sing day , a good companion of youth return home .
he is self- striver inspirational role model , mentor of young people growing up , he dared to say no fate , but also dare to say on Wall Street no, he is still the company is listed regret , he has begun a strategic transformation .
live Q & A :
JosephB.Fuller: You are the spirit of the young teacher , your own stories and psychological agitation determined to have doubts you , young people represent the future , you worry that one day they will mislead you ?
Mr Yu: If you want to want others to believe something, you have to let yourself believe that in any case you let yourself believe in order for others to believe I think I told the story many young people , including Ma also in this , he is also a story with young people up to one .
I think we tell stories Ye Hao , Ye Hao about faith , dreams Ye Hao , always important to let ourselves believe that if you do not believe , then you let yourself believe in any case , such as I have two words , has let himself in any case believe , the first one is called a man if you want to go farther , a person can not walk , to go faster a person that is not far away , you have to go far to have the same dream with a team of people to go along .
second a person can go , not because you are strong , but because you have no choice , so you just have to go and I believe we are winning these people here today , including the following of you not winning Big Brother Big Sister , you must be such good friends , and stick to it . . I believe , and I let myself go tell others believe you should trust , I think this is the first and since I believe that , even if it is misleading , I think life without regret , because I was also misled by their own , correct me if with them properly .


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Welcome to Scotsman Whisky, the site for whisky drinkers, industry professionals and those keen to get their first taste of Scotland's national drink.
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There's fascinating footage to look at in our video section and if you want to find out about whisky events happening across the country then click on our whisky events listing.
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On November 7, 1986, Fela Kuti played live in Detroit as part of his first international tour with the Egypt 80. He had tried two years previously but the plan had been foiled by a dubious arrest over 'currency trafficking' and his subsequent imprisonment. His freedom came only after an Amnesty International campaign for his release. Fela's international tour then became an opportunity, as Amnesty saw it, to expose human rights abuses in Nigeria through Fela's music.
Several bootleg recordings were made of the Detroit gig. This release by Knitting Factory Records was the best quality.
Most valuably captured in the recording is Fela Kuti the activist, displayed through his pre-song musings. "Me goin' my own way, my own business", says Fela of his arrest. The crowd whoop as he performs a piece of visual comedy lost to the listener. "Don't do shit, don't do nothing… next thing I know I'm in prison man, just like that. In my country, things happen just like that. Just like when you watching television or something… they take power man, just like that."
Western style democracy, according to Fela doesn't work in Nigeria – "democracy? dem-a-crazy!". "White man ruled us for many years, we have constant electricity." But then things change, 'Just Like That'. 'Just Like That' is probably the catchiest song on this release, and carries a powerful warning of how unpredictable Fela's Nigeria has become. Each member of the Egypt 80 has their moment in the spotlight as Fela Kuti the bandleader dictates the pace. Half an hour of energy, then, just like that, it all ends.
'Teacher Don't Teach Me Nonsense' displays a slower, jazzier style of afrobeat, strongly reminiscent of Fela's better known 'Water Get No Enemy'. "Culture, tradition, Western democracy, African dem-o-crazy, corrupt university, corrupt school, corrupt teacher" – at a later point in the concert, Fela takes the crowd through the stages of knowledge as it filters down from a colonial past to the streets of Nigeria. Also featured on the album are 'Beasts Of No Nation' ("I'm talking about leaders who act like animals") and 'Confusion Breaks Bones', two reflections of Fela's time in prison.
Live in Detroit is due for release on May 14.
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Winter Hikes - Spring Hikes - Summer Hikes - Fall Hikes Notes -
Hiking Tips - Recommended Books and Maps - Tucson Hiking Clubs
Total Length | 3.9 miles |
Highest Elevation: | 7300 feet |
Lowest Elevation: | 6000 feet |
Elevation Change: | 1300 feet |
Difficulty Rating: | C |
Best Seasons: | Spring Summer Fall Winter |
Hiking Time: | 2.2 hours |
Dogs: | Dogs allowed |
This trail description has not been revised since the Bullock Fire.
This is a nice short one-way hike which can be done in any season, although spring and fall are the best times to do it. The trail goes through different types of forest, and there are very nice views at the upper end. There are also a number of short side trails that you can take.
The way I describe this hike it is all uphill, but many people prefer to do it in the opposite direction as a downhill hike.
This hike is a one-way hike where you will need to do a car shuttle to get back to your starting point. To do this leave a car at the Upper Green Mountain Trailhead parking lot. To get to this trailhead drive past General Hitchcock campground, past Windy Point, past Geology Vista, and then look for the trailhead parking lot on your right. If you come to the San Pedro Vista you have gone a short distance too far, and if you come to the Palisade Ranger Station you have gone a couple miles too far.
One additional note; this trail doesn't actually go to the top of Green Mountain, it just skirts around its flanks.
Directions to Trailhead
•From the intersection of Tanque Verde and Kolb/Grant, head east on Tanque Verde until you get to the Catalina Highway, about 5 or 6 miles.
•Turn left on Catalina Highway (the only way you can go), and drive towards the mountains. After a few miles the road begins to climb into the Catalinas. Follow the road up into the mountains.
•You will have to stop at the U.S. Forest Service toll booth located near Molino Basin and pay $5 per car. These fees for recreational use will hopefully allow the Forest Service to continue to subsidize grazing leases and timber sales at their present generous levels.
•Pass Molino Basin, and then, Bear Canyon. Less than a mile after Bear Canyon turn right into the General Hitchcock Campground. If you get to the Windy Point Overlook you have gone too far.
Trail Description
Green Mountain Trail, FS #21
(General Hitchcock Campground to Bear Saddle)
Looking down Bear Canyon, with Thimble Peak framed in the distance.
On the climb up out of Bear Canyon.
Length: 1.8 miles | Hiking Time: 0.8 hours |
Highest point: 6960 feet | Lowest point: 6000 feet |
Trail goes uphill |
There is no sign for the trail at the General Hitchcock Campground parking lot. Head to the rear of the campground and you will find a sign for the Green Mountain Trail at the far end, past the big water tank.
From the sign it is a little unclear exactly which way the trail goes since the arrows on the sign point straight into some bushes. Take the trail which starts to the left of the sign. Ignore the trail which heads off to the left just after the beginning and stay down in the dry streambed for about 30 yards. At this point the trail climbs the bank to the right and then parallels the dry creek on the right hand side. The trail continues up Bear Canyon, crossing the dry streambed a number of times. This part of the trail is well forested and shady.
About 10 minutes from the trailhead the trail leaves the streambed to the left and climbs up a hillside covered with rock formations and thin scrubby forest of pine, oak, manzanita, chapperal and juniper. There are some places here where the trail crosses large areas of bare rock, and you have to look carefully to find where the trail picks up again. From some points along here you can look down Bear Canyon and see Thimble Peak neatly framed at the far end of the canyon.
After climbing the hillside the trail goes through a section of level sections mixed with short climbs up and down. There are some stands of ponderosa here, but mostly it is still scrubby pine/oak forest. The trail then follows the bottom of a drainage for a while, and then climbs up to the saddle where the Guthrie Mountain Trail joins from the right.
The Guthrie Mountain Trail junction is not marked by official forest service signs, but there is a homemade sign made out of tin and press-on mailbox lettering which points to the Guthrie Mountain Trail to the right, and the Green Mountain Trail to the left. The Green Mountain trail bears left and descends down the far side of the ridge you just climbed.
Bear left and take the Green Mountain Trail here.
Green Mountain Trail, FS #21
(Bear Saddle to Maverick Spring Trail)
Length: 0.2 miles | Hiking Time: 0.1 hours |
Highest point: 6960 feet | Lowest point: 6800 feet |
Trail goes downhill |
From Bear Saddle it is a short walk downhill to the signed junction with the Maverick Spring Trail, FS #704. Here the Green Mountain Trail continues straight and the Maverick Spring Trail takes off to the right.
The trail to Maverick Spring descends through ponderosas and some rock formations and takes about 25 minutes to do (round trip). Maverick Spring is a very green and shady area, and there is a concrete water tank put in by the Fish and Wildlife department which always has water.
Continue straight on the Green Mountain Trail here.
Green Mountain Trail, FS #21
(Maverick Spring Trail to Brush Corral Shortcut Trail)
Length: 0.4 miles | Hiking Time: 0.15 hours |
Highest point: 6800 feet | Lowest point: 6700 feet |
Trail goes downhill |
From the intersection with the Maverick Spring Trail the Green Mountain Trail descends as it contours to the northwest along the slope. The forest here is mostly open ponderosa forest.
At the end of this short segment the trail comes to the signed junction with the Brush Corral Shortcut Trail, FS #21A. The Brush Corral Shortcut Trail takes off to the right (north/northeast) and the Green Mountain Trail continues straight (west).
Continue straight on the Green Mountain Trail here.
Green Mountain Trail, FS #21
(Brush Corral Shortcut Trail to Brush Corral Trail)
Length: 1.2 miles | Hiking Time: 0.75 hours |
Highest point: 7200 feet | Lowest point: 6700 feet |
Trail goes uphill |
After leaving the trail junction with the Brush Corral Shortcut Trail the Green Mountain Trail climbs gently as it contours along the slope to the west through open forest. The trail then bends around to north, and about 15 minutes after the trail junction it reaches the top of a ridge.
From here the trail heads steeply uphill as it heads southwest up the ridge toward Green Mountain. The trail moves from one side of the ridgeline to the other, but always stays near the top of the ridge. From this section there are beautiful views of rock faces on the other side of the valley.
After about 20 minutes of moving up the along the ridgeline the trail curves to the right and starts contouring along the main slope of the mountain to the northwest. This section of trail is not so steep, and is shady and cool, and quickly brings you to the signed junction with the Brush Corral Trail, FS #19. There are two signs here. One is the small modern aluminum Forest Service sign; the other is an old large rusty iron sign with cutout letters.
At this junction the Brush Corral Trail takes off downhill to the right (north), and the Green Mountain trail turns left and uphill.
Turn left and take the Green Mountain Trail here.
Green Mountain Trail, FS #21
(Brush Corral Trail to Upper Green Mountain Trailhead)
Length: 0.3 miles | Hiking Time: 0.25 hours |
Highest point: 7300 feet | Lowest point: 7200 feet |
Trail goes uphill |
From the junction with the Brush Corral Trail the Green Mountain Trail heads steeply uphill for a short segment. After a couple of minutes it passes a large rock outcropping to the right which has a faint side trail heading off to it.
The trail then comes to a very confusing signed trail junction where the trail you are on makes a T intersection with another trail that goes to the left and right. The sign here says that the trail you just came up on is the Brush Corral Trail, which is simply not the case because you just came from the real signed junction between the Green Mountain Trail and the Brush Corral Trail. This sign faces the trail you just came up on, which heads downhill, and reads:
Brush Corral Trail #19
Catalina Highway .3 mi (left)
Brush Corral Shortcut Trail 1.8 mi (ahead)
Evans Mountain Trail 5 mi (ahead)
Brush Corral 7 mi (ahead)
The sign doesn't say anything about the trail which takes off to the left (as you are looking uphill, or right if you are looking at the sign). I have not taken this trail so I don't know where it goes.
Go to the right (looking uphill) or northwest to get to the Upper Green Mountain Trailhead on Catalina Highway, which is about 1/8 mile below San Pedro Vista. The trail climbs gently as it contours along the slope past some rock formations, and there are great views of the valley below you and soon you see the parking lot for the trailhead below you.
Here either get in the car you staged here or hike back the way you came.
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Slimlandia: Carlos Slim muscles in on Europe
PUBLISHED: 10 May 2012 00:35:14 | UPDATED: 10 May 2012 05:36:29PUBLISHED: 10 May 2012 PRINT EDITION: 10 May 2012Carlos Slim is seeking to expand his stake in Holland's Royal KPN. Reuters
Richard Blackden London
Carlos Slim, the world's richest man, plans to buy almost a third of Holland's biggest phone company in a move that may herald an aggressive European expansion by the Mexican billionaire.
Europe's phone industry was left stunned after America Movil, the Mexican mobile phone company controlled by Mr Slim, offered €2.6 billion ($3.3 billion) to increase its stake in Royal KPN to 28 per cent. The 72-year-old, who amassed much of his $US76 billion fortune in Latin America's mobile phone market, has previously tried to enter the European market.
Raising his stake in KPN from just under 5 per cent gives the billionaire exposure to Holland as well as Germany, where the Dutch company owns one of the country's four largest phone operators.
The move is a bold one as Europe's two-year old debt crisis threatens to deepen in the wake of elections in France and Greece. Analysts said that the stake in KPN might mark the beginning of a sustained expansion by Mr Slim in a region where the debt crisis has left the share prices of many companies languishing. Before Tuesday's offer of €8 a share, KPN's stock had lost almost a third of its value this year.
America Movil's finance director, Carlos Garcia-Moreno, said "it would clearly be a possibility to continue to look at Europe, but we cannot run before we walk". He added that the region, which is forecast to spend much of this year in recession, "should return to the growth scenario in the not too distant future".
Mr Slim's profile has increased beyond Mexico in the past couple of years after he ousted Microsoft founder Bill Gates at the top of the annual Forbes Rich List. His fortune really began to grow when Mexico privatised its national phone company in 1990, an auction that Mr Slim won ahead of America's Southwestern Bell and France
Although that phone company, Telmex, and America Movil are at the heart of his fortune, his interests in Mexican retail and restaurants prompted the phrase "Slimlandia" to describe the extent of his presence in the country. Mr Slim also owns a stake in The New York Times.
KPN said it was "moderately positive" about the offer from Mr Slim, while some KPN investors said they would sell their shares to the billionaire.
KPN shares rose €1.103 – or 22.5 per cent – to €7.583.
Meanwhile, Mexican immigrant groups in the US are threatening to boycott telephone companies owned by Mr Slim to protest against what they say are abusive charges.
"Carlos Slim's monopolistic practices have imposed significant costs to the Mexican economy and burdened the people of Mexico and Latin America," said Juan Jose Gutierrez, of the non-profit organisation VAMOS Unidos USA.
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Book Patrol: A Haven for Book Culture
Book Patrol is a place where you can share in Michael Lieberman's passion for the printed word, the history of the book as an object and as a cultural artifact.
Monthly Archive for November, 2009
Old Books Fresh Eggs
Between Muddy Gap and the Lander, Wyoming lies Sweetwater Station home of the Mad Dog and the Pilgrim Booksellers.
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Mr. Rythym Gets His Groove Back
Andre Williams, aka Mr. Rhythm, whose talkin' R&B dance-dittys, Bacon Fat, Greasy Chicken, Pass the Biscuits Please, Ribs n' Tips, and the immortal Jail Bait hit the charts during the mid-late 1950s but whose career later hit the skids followed by a descent into an alcohol and drugs-fueled skid-row life, has got his mojo workin' once again with his first literary effort.
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"Legitimate Contender For World's Most Expensive Book" (Not)
"Legitimate Contender For World's Most Expensive Book" ? (Twelfth edition)
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Scotland's Library Highlights Highland's Historic Homicides
Victorian Artist James Hamilton's Romantic Depiction of The Massacre of Glencoe The National Library of Scotland has chosen as the centerpiece of an exhibit of "nine cultural treasures" one of the most infamous documents in the country's history: the 1692 government order commanding the notorious Massacre of Glencoe. The chilling contents of this death warrant stand as a horrific example of state sanctioned murder.
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Book Patrol's Top Books about Books for 2009
Welcome to Book Patrol's inaugural list of our favorite books about books of the year. The list is in no particular order; for all of them are worth a read, and as you will see, in the year the e-book took off, books about books were very much alive.
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The Lowest Entry-Level Job in Hollywood, Part Two
I Should Have Stayed Home by Horace McCoy. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1938.
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Comedian Patrick Borelli looks at that bottom of the book design barrel
On Nov. 18th comedian Patrick Borelli will be at the UCB Theatre in New York to perform "You Should Judge a Book By Its Cover†where Borelli looks at 30 of the wackiest book covers that he has encountered.
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The Lowest Entry-Level Job in Hollywood
A portion of the backlot at Universal City Studios. my home for eighteen months I was 23 years old, at loose ends, per usual, had hammed it up in Junior High School plays, my mother had been a showgirl during the 1940s, I looked okay and I lived in Los Angeles. Clearly, the cinema was aching for my presence.
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These Bookbags Have Got You Covered
File this item under: "Librarian Chic." Stylish Parisians have declared there's nothing more on-trend than carrying a collectible edition of a favorite book. Or at least its cover. One of France's most fashion forward designers, Olympia Le-Tan, has just debuted her premiere line of exclusive handbags under the title: You Can't Judge A Book By Its Cover.
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i have never been to nyc, but i would love to someday. looks like a crazy, but super awesome trip!!
I think our next girls weekend should be as spontaneous!
When I told my husband how much we actually saw considering our time frame, he was amazed that was a crazy fun tour of NYC! Your photos are great!
What a great trip! Thanks for sharing the photos. NY was blessed to have you!
Great pictures…it looks like you got to see a ton of stuff on your short trip!
Welcome to Dukes and Duchesses! I'm so glad you stopped by.
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PUNXSUTAWNEY — Wednesday, members of the Punxsutawney Area School Board received a recommendation from the district's maintenance department regarding the replacement of a cold water storage tank at Longview Elementary School.
The tank was leaking, but when a maintenance crew went to fix it, another leak started, Superintendent Dr. Keith Wolfe said.
The 1,000-gallon tank is the original to the building, and now, the district is on borrowed time as far as its reliability — maybe a year, said Phil Heitzenrater, district maintenance supervisor.
DUBOIS — The Lady Chucks' volleyball team ended its season on a high note — winning five in a row to lock up the second seed in the District IX playoffs — with a convincing three-game sweep of the DuBois Central Catholic Lady Cardinals, 25-11, 25-5, 25-11, Thursday night in DuBois.
"It was nice to see everyone getting stats this match," Punxsy head coach Lisa Kephart said of her team's all-around effort. "The girls played well tonight and had fun. Our serving was really tough, as we only missed four serves the entire match."
DUBOIS — On a frigid night in DuBois, Punxsy kicked off the opening round of the District IX Class AA boys' soccer playoffs with a 5-1 win over St. Marys during which Ty Zimmerman and Tyler Presloid each scored a pair of goals, and Tanner Evans added another.
BROOKVILLE — Coming off a four-game skid, the Punxsy Chucks football team hopes to bounce back as it heads into the Route 36 Rivalry game tonight against the Raiders in Brookville. But the Chucks' spirits aren't broken, according to Punxsy head coach Alan Nichol.
Each year, five women are chosen by the Punxsutawney Career Women's Club for Career Women's Week. The criteria used for choosing these women are based not only on their professional efforts, but also on the contributions they have made to community and family.
PUNXSUTAWNEY — It should be a hauntingly good time in Punxsy's East End during its annual Halloween trick-or-treat night Saturday, with many scary surprises for little and big ghosts and goblins.
If trick-or-treaters are looking for a frightening — yet fun — experience, they should check out the display at the home of Michele "Boo" Lorenzo and Jan Zamperini, 709 East Mahoning St., from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday during East End's trick-or-treat night.
Lorenzo said this is the ninth year for her Halloween spectacular, and all for the same reason: For the kids.
Stephanie A. Georgek, 46, of Treasure Lake, DuBois, died Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011, at DuBois Regional Medical Center.
She was born July 23, 1965, in DuBois, a daughter of the late John E. Rieg Sr. and Cloyann (Frease) Rieg Hurd.
Sept. 23, 1989, she married Mark K. Georgek, who survives.
Mrs. Georgek was a controller at Hardware Specialties in DuBois for 11 years.
She attended St. Michael the Archangel Roman Catholic Church in DuBois.
Edna Marie Shaffer, 75, Brookville, died Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011, at home.
She was born June 7, 1936, in Reynoldsville, a daughter of the late Donald S. and Arveda (Sprague) Reed.
April 12, 1958, she married John Irvin Shaffer, who survives.
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NIFA partners with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on the P3: PEOPLE, PROSPERITY AND THE PLANET Student Design Competition for Sustainability.
EPA and 40 partners, including NIFA, launched the P3 Award in 2004 to respond to the challenges of the developed and developing world in moving toward sustainability. This national competition enables college students to research, develop, and design scientific, technical, and policy solutions to sustainability challenges. Their designs are helping to achieve the mutual goals of economic prosperity while providing a higher quality of life and protecting the planet. Students and their faculty advisors compete for the EPA P3 Award and the opportunity of up to an additional $75,000 in funding to move their designs to the marketplace or implement them in the field.
The P3 award winners are recognized at a ceremony held each year at the conclusion of the National Sustainable Design Expo. The Expo is held in April each year in Washington, DC. P3 teams demonstrate their sustainable designs and Expo exhibitors showcase new products for green buildings, innovative alternative energy technologies, strategies for rainwater collection and purification, and other sustainable technologies. The 2008 National Sustainable Design Expo will take place on the National Mall in Washington, DC from April 20-April 22, 2008.
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No More GPS Tracking Without a Warrant
Is the Supreme Court ruling a victory for privacy or for criminals?
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The Supreme Court unanimously ruled it illegal to digitally track a person's vehicle without a warrant. "The government's installation of a GPS device on a target's vehicle, and its use of that device to monitor the vehicle's movements, constitutes a 'search,'" said Justice Antonin Scalia, representing the five-justice majority. Privacy advocates, of course, rejoiced. But like so many rulings about privacy, this is a polarizing issue, and some Americans are outraged – what if this is just a way for lawbreakers and terrorists to go undetected longer?
In fact, in a Forbes story following the ruling, columnist David Coursey went so far as to say, "It's a great day to be a criminal or terrorist, thanks to the US Supreme Court," adding that the ruling by the nation's highest court is "simply wrong." His contention is that the move puts law enforcement officers at increased risk and emboldens criminals, as they'll understand the hoops that officials will have to jump through to show probable cause for a warrant.
The ruling hinged on a case summarized in Bloomberg Businessweek: The justices unanimously overturned the drug conviction of Antoine Jones, maintaining that police officers "encroached on a protected area" when they attached a global-positioning system device to Jones' car without a valid warrant.
Other justices used more sweeping reasoning, saying police might violate the constitutional ban on unreasonable searches even when they obtain GPS signals without having to attach a device to a car. With vehicles increasingly coming pre-equipped with GPS technology, officers might not need to attach an additional device in future cases.
However, as Coursey noted in the Forbes piece, since GPS units simply document a public activity, some opponents of the ruling are arguing that GPS tracking doesn't violate anyone's rights. Certainly, a drone aircraft overhead, which police already use, could provide the same physical surveillance. Their argument raises a bigger question: When will any form of surveillance of public activities require a warrant?
Kade Crockford takes the anti-GPS-tracking argument a step further, arguing in a Boston.com editorial that the ruling doesn't go far enough. "Given the government's keen interest in mobile phone tracking and obtaining information about us from third party holders without warrants," Crockford says, "these issues could not be more important."
Where do you fall on the warrantless GPS tracking debate? Think privacy rights should be protected – even at the possible expense of officer safety and criminal activity – or that this ruling doesn't do enough to protect privacy?


text: @Nefertini, doctors perform physical exams and administer blood tests to determine whether or not a patient has anemia. My doctor once tested me for anemia because I looked pale to him, and paleness can be a sign of anemia. A complete blood count or CBC is a blood test that measures your blood's hemoglobin, the number of red and white blood cells and platelets in your blood, and the size of your red blood cells. If your CBC results are abnormal and indicate anemia, your doctor may order additional blood tests to determine the type of anemia you have.