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Opening statements
While the international terrorist network continues to pose a substantial threat, its leaders are on the defensive and in hiding as a result of Mr Obama's policies.
Mr Obama's vision of America is one in which the leaders of a few large organisations get together and make decisions for a populace deemed too dim to look out for themselves.
At a campaign rally in May, Barack Obama recounted the events of his first term and asked the crowd a simple question: "Are we satisfied?" Supporters and opponents alike might have answered the same way. In the event, the crowd yelled back "No!"
Americans have plenty of reasons to be unsatisfied with the state of their country. The economy remains anaemic, unemployment is stubbornly high, and wages are stagnant. In the latest Economist/YouGov poll only 15% said they were better off financially than they were a year ago. And in the face of such distressing news, the American government has failed to act, paralysed by partisan squabbling. No wonder nearly 60% of Americans believe the country is "off on the wrong track".
Yet the same poll shows Mr Obama leading Mitt Romney by five points. While most Americans are unhappy with the way things are going, many do not blame the man at the top. Take the economy, for example. A majority of the public believes Mr Obama's predecessor is more responsible for the poor economic conditions. And while critics bemoan the high jobless rate and increasing levels of debt, many feel the president has prevented a much worse collapse.
In other areas, too, there is disagreement over Mr Obama's accomplishments. Some have applauded the imposition of new rules on banks and financial institutions. While others, such as The Economist, believe America is being suffocated by excessive and badly written regulation. Some have celebrated health-care reform as an achievement on a par with Lyndon Johnson's Great Society, while others see it as an example of government run amok. These differing views complicate the question of whether Mr Obama deserves re-election.
So to help us sort through the merits of Mr Obama's campaign we have two veteran observers of the Washington scene. Arguing in favour of a second term is Bill Galston, a former policy advisor to Bill Clinton and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. Mr Galston concedes that the president has not been perfect, but he believes he has done well enough to deserve re-election. And although the prospect of this "may not make the heart race", as Mr Obama's rhetoric once did, Mr Galston musters a long list of accomplishments, both foreign and domestic, to make his case.
Michael Barone of the American Enterprise Institute is unimpressed. In opposing the motion Mr Barone cites the president's penchant for central planning and promotion of shoddy bills. But Mr Obama's greatest failure, according to Mr Barone, is "his refusal to confront America's long-term fiscal problems". For this, and much else, voters should send him packing, he says.
It seems we have created a microcosm of the American electorate. But unlike in the real world, our debaters are expected to engage each other's arguments. Among other things, our participants appear divided over the appropriate size and shape of government. Perhaps it would help to focus on a statement from Mr Obama's inaugural presidential address: "The question we ask today is not whether government is too big or too small, but whether it works." The question before our debaters is whether the government under Mr Obama has worked well enough to warrant his re-election.
In defending the proposition that Barack Obama deserves to be re-elected, there are three arguments I will not use. To begin, I will not claim that the American people always recognise a president's true merit. If Harry Truman had run for re-election in 1952, he would have been defeated. It was only in retrospect that the people came to understand the significance of the decisions he had made during the four tumultuous years of his only elected term. Similarly, I regard it as entirely possible that the people will prefer Mitt Romney to Mr Obama this November—even though I think they would be making a mistake.
Nor will I make the comparative argument that Mr Obama deserves to be re-elected because he is better than the alternative. I think he is, but that's not the point. Mr Obama's deservingness stands or falls with his performance in office, assessed on its own (which is not to say that voters choosing on the basis of a comparative judgment are making a mistake).
Nor, finally, will I argue (as some scholars have) that Mr Obama is at or even near the top rank of American presidents. Readers of my column in The New Republic know that I have not hesitated to criticise him for numerous errors. He campaigned in a manner that raised unrealistic expectations and has since failed to grasp the practical significance of key political realities, such as the public's distrust in government and unprecedented polarisation. He was slow to accept the implications of the economic disaster he inherited, an error that led him to promote poorly timed and politically costly initiatives in health care and climate change. He found it difficult to do what all successful presidents must: bring policy and politics together. He proved neither skilled nor patient enough in the black arts of congressional relations. And to the astonishment of friend and foe alike, he turned out to be mediocre at best in explaining and justifying his programme to the American people.
Despite these shortcomings, Mr Obama has done his job well enough to deserve re-election.
Let's look first at his accomplishments in foreign and defence policy. Although his term began with some rookie mistakes, of which his opening gambit in the Middle East peace process and his failure to support the Green Revolution in Iran were the most damaging, the administration quickly found its footing, negotiating a tough regime of sanctions on Iran, and strengthening relations with America's allies in Europe and on China's periphery. His approach to Libya produced a rare instance of effective burden-sharing and, after some understandable hesitation, the administration reoriented American policy to support the Arab spring.
But Mr Obama's most notable achievements have come in the three wars he inherited. He engineered a military withdrawal from Iraq phased so as not to surrender hard-won gains, and he has devised a reasonable timetable for ending the decade-long war in Afghanistan in a manner that safeguards our core long-term interests As for the war on terrorism, Mr Obama has proceeded with focus and verve, and the results have been more than satisfactory. The bold mission that killed Osama bin Laden was the frosting on a very large cake. American drone attacks in Pakistan and Yemen have decimated al Qaeda's leadership. While the international terrorist network continues to pose a substantial threat, its leaders are on the defensive and in hiding as a result of Mr Obama's policies.
Back at home, Mr Obama's social policies have produced similarly good results. In the area of education, he chose a reform-minded secretary and backed him to the hilt. The result: a number of useful initiatives, including the "Race to the Top" programme that catalysed substantial change at the state and local level at modest cost. Mr Obama has also done more for gay rights than any president in history. But when looking at the president's non-economic domestic record, the focus inevitably falls on health-care reform.
Mr Obama's reform has long been unpopular and remains so today. But this does not mean it is bad policy, or that it will remain unpopular. If the legislation is fully implemented, it will succeed in expanding insurance coverage and in ridding the system of some of its worst defects, such as denial of coverage based on pre-existing conditions. It also includes attempts to restrain health-care costs, now growing at a rate that portends fiscal disaster if allowed to proceed unchecked. Even its most controversial aspect, the mandate, is a policy conservative Republicans once supported (and Mr Romney included in his reform of Massachusetts's health-care system). It is for good reason that health-care reform represents a signature accomplishment for Mr Obama, one that had eluded previous Democratic presidents for three-quarters of a century.
I come, finally, to the economy, the issue on which—barring a military confrontation with Iran—the election will turn. To assess the president's record accurately, some context is essential. As economists Kenneth Rogoff and Carmen Reinhart have shown, financial collapses differ from even deep cyclical downturns. Growth and household incomes are slower to recover, while unemployment, deficits and public debt are higher. And these effects persist for many years. So putting Mr Obama's record up against Ronald Reagan's is to make an apples-to-oranges comparison.
The real question is how Mr Obama has done in relation to previous financially induced crises. And the answer is: not badly. He averted an all-out meltdown of the American and global financial system and the onset of a second Great Depression. His stimulus programme, though imperfect in design, helped to stem job losses at a crucial moment in the downturn. (A majority of American economists concurs in this view, as does the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office.) His intervention saved two American car firms and as many as 2m auto-dependent jobs. His programme to recapitalise the banking sector, which was necessary but unpopular on the left, has left America's financial system better off than its European counterparts. And his new architecture for financial regulation, which was necessary but unpopular on the right, addresses many of the excesses and imbalances that had crept into the system.
There is still plenty for Mr Obama to do, of course. A bipartisan agreement on long-term fiscal policy is overdue and essential. So are serious plans for fundamental tax reform and structural adjustments in large public programmes in the health sector. The president's plan for reviving the housing sector is a work in progress, as is the long-stalled push for new public/private mechanisms to ramp up investment in infrastructure. But Mr Obama has made a good start and, based on his performance to date, there is reason to believe he would make progress on this deferred agenda in a second term. Although that prospect may not make the heart race, it is good enough.
"The technologies of the industrial revolution favored centralization", writes economist Arnold Kling, "while the technologies of the information revolution shift the balance somewhat more toward decentralization." Those 22 carefully qualified words sum up the changes in America I have observed since I was growing up in Detroit in the 1950s. And they provide a basis for opposing the proposition that Barack Obama deserves re-election.
As president, Mr Obama has advanced, with varying success, policies producing greater centralisation at the expense of market actors and state and local governments. His health-care bill, passed despite public disapproval, centralises control of one-sixth of the American economy. The Dodd–Frank bill locks in too-big-to-fail status for the largest financial institutions and gives them the same kind of advantage over smaller units that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac had over other mortgage securitisers—not a happy precedent. The cap-and-trade bill Mr Obama sought also combined centralised decision-making with sectoral deal-making. Thankfully, it did not pass.
It is becoming apparent that these laws were shoddily drafted, not because the drafters were stupid but because they undertook a task that, as Friedrich Hayek taught, was impossible. Even the wisest legislator cannot avoid adverse unintended consequences when regulating activities so complex and involving so many people. Nor can he avoid stifling innovation and locking in current practices. In an information age, the wise way to regulate is to set clear and readily enforceable rules, and let market participants adapt and innovate. This is not Mr Obama's way.
The president's policies are also objectionable as crony capitalism. Mr Obama's vision of America is evidently one in which the leaders of a few large organisations get together around a table and make decisions for a populace deemed too dim to look out for themselves. That is how things worked in Detroit in the 1950s, with the Big Three car companies, the United Auto Workers, the local utilities, and the city and state governments making decisions for everyone else. It seemed to work in the industrial age but foundered as the information revolution got started. Anyone who visits Detroit and Hiroshima today will wonder which side won the war.
Then there is macroeconomic policy. Mr Obama's supporters argue, plausibly, that he inherited a bad economy that was in danger of implosion. His detractors argue, just as plausibly, that his policies have resulted in a sluggish recovery at best. The stimulus package of 2009 was another shoddy piece of work. One-third of its funds were directed at state and local governments, in large part a pay-off for the campaign contributions of public-employee unions. Mr Obama was surprised, he said later, to find there were no shovel-ready projects, but anyone familiar with America's regulatory regime would have known better. Vast tranches of stimulus funds were used to subsidise solar-panel manufacturing firms, most connected to Democratic fund-raisers. Much of that money, like the $535m Solyndra loan guarantee, vanished or seems likely to soon.
Mr Obama's greatest failure is his refusal to confront America's long-term fiscal problems. He has boosted spending to some 25% of GDP from its long-time ceiling of 21%, and is proposing to continue that far into the future. His Ahab-like pursuit of higher tax rates on high earners ignores the fact that America's tax system is, by some measures, already more progressive than those of other advanced countries. The potential exists for bipartisan tax reform, reducing rates and eliminating preferences, but Mr Obama is not interested. He seems determined to get that white whale even if (as he said during the 2008 campaign) higher rates actually produce less revenue for the government, and even as Democrats such as Bill Clinton and Larry Summers say it would be foolish to raise tax rates in a sluggish economy.
America needs to reform its industrial-age entitlement programmes, especially Medicare, to better suit our information-age society. Entitlements are on a trajectory to gobble up all federal revenues and more, and their centralised command and control design leaves no options but death panels and default. Unfortunately, Mr Obama has shown no serious interest in entitlement reform. He ignored the recommendations of his own Bowles–Simpson commission and sabotaged the "grand bargain" negotiations by suddenly demanding $400 billion more in tax increases. He has responded to Republican proposals such as Paul Ryan's budget plan with campaign demagoguery of the crudest sort.
This is not what Mr Obama seemed to promise during his 2008 presidential campaign. He talked of the need for civility and bipartisan comity. But there has been little of this from Mr Obama, and more denunciations of a presidential predecessor than America has seen in 60 years. He depicts the George W. Bush years as a period of unregulated exploitive capitalism, a caricature that cannot stand serious scrutiny. As an unreconstructed defender of an unsustainable mid-20th-century welfare state, perhaps he can think of no other response. It is not a performance worthy of re-election.
Comments from the floor
Cisco Kid wrote:
Dear Sir,
Mr Obama is devisive and, as a result, unproductive. He speaks a good line that people want to hear but cannot bring these glorious ideas to fruition because his attitude divides the people instead of uniting them.
For this alone he does not deserve to be reelected!
Faedrus wrote:
Dear Sir,
"But Mr Obama's greatest failure, according to Mr Barone, is 'his refusal to confront America's long-term fiscal problems'."
This is a Republican talking-point, and complete nonsense.
Mr. Obama has addressed this point head-on, by saying that the 1% of Americans who own 40% of assets need to start paying their fair share of taxes, instead of hiding their earnings in the Caymans.
Republicans, who tend to be supported by wealthy businessmen, don't seem to like the idea.
Surprising, that. :)
Norbert464 wrote:
Dear Sir,
The motion is whether Obama *deserves* to be re-elected. It's not sufficient to show that he is better than the alternative; there needs to be a positive argument about why he deserves it instead of being fortunate to have a weak opponent.
He has had a reasonable first term though has inevitably failed to live up to the promises and hype of his campaign. His handling of the economy has been competent in incredibly difficult times against an intransigent opposition. He showed political skill in getting healthcare reforms through. On foreign policy there seems to be little break with his predecessors, and he surely does not deserve a Nobel Peace Prize.
Obama's support of same-sex marriage is a hint of the increased freedom and boldness he could show in a second term. He has had a decent first term, and deserves a chance to make his second term a truly historic one.
Stale Canole wrote:
Dear Republican spammers,
Complete the logic problem!
Educated, reasonable people read the Economist.
The Economist debate poll is siding heavily with President Barack Obama
Therefore educated, reasonable people support...
modernpublius wrote:
Dear Sir,
I should remind the numerous commentators to this forum that the TARP that prevented the banking meltdown was brought about by Mr. Bush and a democratic Congress, not by Mr. Obama. Mr. Obama's stimulus package probably reduced unemployment somewhat, but at a cost so great that it is a pyrrhic acheivement at best.
The educational and military strategies that Mr. Galston hails are merely extensions of Mr. Bush's policies, though Mr. Obama shold be given credit for extending -- and in the case of the military, expanding-- them.
The failure to support Iran's green revolution will prove to be a tremendous mistake that we will pay for for a generation or more.
dissapointalist wrote:
Dear Sir,
I really don't see here much room for a serious debate given that Mr. Barone is using some of the same language and demagoguery against the president that some of the Republican candidates ( i.e. Sarah Palin) have used to throw a bone to their conservative fringes.
I mean, "death panels", really? Is this a campaign talking memo or some serious look at the president's record? Tax increases? Again, Mr. Barone, can't you admit that under President Obama, middle class has enjoyed the largest TAX CUT since the mid-50s. Where are the actual tax increases here? Can you please be specific? And finally, can't you say a single word about his "failures" in foreign policy?
Seriously, this a forum in The Economist, not Fox News. We are a different breed here sir. We don't tolerate easily demagoguery and largely pointless partisanship ranting.
Take a page from Mr, Galston who is being both critical of the president, his limitations, yet seriously scrutinizing president's record.
Paul Czarnecki wrote:
Dear Sir,
While I've been disappointed with the Obama presidency, a Mitt Romney presidency is simply unthinkable. So, like most American presidential elections, it's the lesser of two evils.
RepealFatca wrote:
Dear Sir, the views advanced here against FATCA are right on point. Expats' problems are the tip of the iceberg. What will doom FATCA -- IF opponents get behind growing repeal effort -- are costs here in US. Opposition is growning in Congress, repeal possible next year. IF we get involved! See http://www.investmenteurope.net/investment-europe/opinion/2174238/shatte...
Coolcologne wrote:
Dear Sir,
I think Mr. Obama had to take over a United States and a World economy in a terrible state.
History shows, that republican tend to create Bubbles and and the distribution of wealth moves in a direction where it is no longer consumed, but placed in asset bubbles.
Mr. Obama have tackled the situation well in getting the Economy back on track. Only a continuity of this politics will slowly bring the US and the World economy back on Track.
Paul Deacon from Italy wrote:
Dear Sir,
No, he doesn't deserve to be re-elected. His motto was "Yes, we can": it turned out he couldn't.
Mitt Romney doesn't deserve to be elected either.
The question should have been: does the US deserve to elect either Obama or Romney?
It doesn't.
On balance, though, the US and the world will fare better with Obama than Romney.
Global-Reforestation.org wrote:
Dear Sir, The American electorate has had enough of Mr. Obama. He has failed as a leader. While an outstanding orator, there is no substance.
If JOBS,JOBS and more JOBS are the holy grail of the US economy according to some pundits, the policies of the current administration are creating fewer of them.
In my state of Idaho from 2000 to 2007, 58% of all new jobs were created by new startup companies. 40% of jobs were created by expanding companies. These companies were started and are run by entrepreneurs. Yet the Obama administration discourages them and burdens them with additional regulation and employee medical costs that keep employers from hiring more workers. The current malaise in the US is partially due to the high unemployment rate of 8.2%, and a reluctance of employers to take on the additional government burdens.
The opposition understands that entrepreneurs are the heroes of a free enterprise system. They have promised to unleash that spirit by removing these unwanted burdens. If that happens,a resilient America will astonish the world economy,again.
Armoný wrote:
The original question was whether the Obama administration is to blame for these onerous reporting requirements. The FBAR has been around for at least as long as I've been living overseas -- 34 years. FACTA was passed by Congress in 2003. Who was President in that year?
If the IRS and the US embassies in the countries where we work failed to inform us of these requirements, there may be considerable grounds for complaint. I fail to see that President Obama is to blame for lax enforcement of tax policies, or even for bad tax policies, that preceded his presidency by many years.
occamrazor wrote:
Dear Sir,
If the opposition candidate wins he will reverse many policies initiated by the incumbent with respect to the the economic crises affecting most of the western economies. This would create more uncertainties and deepen the crises, no matter how well conceived new policies might be. Transfer of economic, political and military power from the West democracies to Asia is a fact; the best we can do is to make such transfer as smooth as possible. World government waits in the distant future.
Kurt Lessing wrote:
Dear Sir,
does Obama deserve to be reelected? Absolutely not. But Americans don't deserve a shady corporate raider for president. Faut pas jeter le bébé avec le Bain...
Buying a corporation and selling it for parts is business. Buying a corporation on credit, and saddling the corporation with the debt, is fraud.
Zeitgeist1 wrote:
Dear Sir,whatever the shortcomings of Obama are, we are not going to get a better man or woman than him at the moment . whatever apparent "unpopularity" he is facing is due to the "incumbent ' factor. Which political head in america or in the whole wide world has not had any shortcomings while they are in office . Public always expect too much from an incumbent ; the more you do the more is their expectation too. Obama is weathering a storm of a size and severity that no president as ever faced so far , a factual global economic tsunami itself of massive dimensions .More than anything else its humane-ness , sympathy and sensitivity to public opinion and the capacity to empathize with the 99 % that is the need of the hour , not heartless robots like Mitt Romney and his ilk from the 1 % bankers and corporate heads and their rich shareholders who looted greedily ,the public, the 99% and sitting pretty now while the 99% is steeped in misery . All the Gov advisers of the last 40 years are to be blamed and not Obama who happened to hold the baby at the moment .All were nose-lead to excessive consumerism by the greedy and the plotting in their endeavor to reap excessive profits irresponsibly sans social responsibility or any social sense or scruples.Obama is bravely holding the fort and doing the best that any human can do under the circumstances .he is the most enlightened human being worthy to continue as president of the world's leading first world nation, the US of A without a doubt .The President of America does not belong to the Americans only , he belongs to the world.
hankae00 wrote:
Dear Sir,
I believe the current President deserves to be relected because he has atleast made an attempt to reign in corporate excesses and stood up to the House (of Reps) to do so. We don't know what a new President will do but if the current candidate for the Republicans is any in indication then they will sure need "God save America. History has shown us that great nations fall by comitting suicide. Anew President may hasten this.
guest-isiojjo wrote:
@Armony For some reason, you received the "Overseas Filers Handbook". If the IRS had made an effort- any effort - to provide this to all expats, we would not be in the situation we have today. Many people who NEVER WORKED in the US (and therefore never filed a 1040) in the US... including accidental Americans who never even lived there ... I moved abroad 30 years ago, worked for small local companies here in Europe, nobody every provided a W9 form! Everybody around me, and all the other expatriates from other countries, told me taxation was based on residency! Why didn't the embassy give out the "overseas filers" handbook to everyone who came into apply for passport renewal? Housewives and simple middle class people living long term abroad, of course have local bank accounts and investments. Their entire life investments are being targeted for confiscation by the IRS simply for reporting omissions. Housewives and middle class people living in the US, do not usually have foreign bank accounts. And they do not have to declare their local bank accounts to the IRS, because the reporting system is set up and the bank does it for them.
I suppose, also, your retirement plan is a US one, and not a Spanish one, because then it would be double taxed I don't think you'd be so complacent...
whathappened wrote:
You are an American working abroad. Do you pay full taxes in your host country? Are you there long term? How long have you been living abroad? Did your employer help you to be aware and properly fill in your tax forms, does he provide you a W9 ( by your comments I'm betting the answer to this last one is yes).
If you moved abroad 30 years ago, never worked in the US, nobody ever told you either about citizenship based taxation (which was virtually unheard of in Europe until the Obama administration started enforcing it), how on earth would you have known even that you had to file? You do not get a W9 or any other IRS form from your employer or your bank. The embassy does not mention reporting requirements when you renew your passport. You pay up to 60% income taxes on your local income to local authorities who -up until recently - had never heard of or recognized citizenship based taxation.
If you are abroad long term, how can you plan for retirement? Any tax advantage you will get from the country you live, work and pay taxes in, will be put into the IRS pocket. You will be double-taxed through the AMT.. You have to pay expensive tax preparers to fill confusing forms that change all the time and that carry penalties the likes of which no US citizen at home has to face...
I'm guessing yyour employer supplies a W9 (MOST foreign companies DON'T of course!!!) pays for you to have a tax professional fill in your paperwork for you each year.
You probably have your retirement fund in the US and are planning to go back after your mission is done. Your situation is completely different from those who are long term abroad.
Ghentis wrote:
Dear Sir,
As an American working abroad I'm shocked by the backlash to FBAR and FATCA. Yes, it's annoying, but I don't think it's nearly as devastating as many of the posters here are implying. My colleagues and I file taxes every year but it's never been a very big ordeal. I would prefer both regulations are repealed, but it's not a dealbreaker to me.
More importantly, I find it hard to support Romney who wants to "sanction China" on day one of his presidency, which will do wonders not only for my China-based business, but also for Americans traveling and studying in China.
Sukanya Mukherjee wrote:
Dear Sir,
Pres. Obama deserves a re-election. As a politician he is flawless, and as a leader he is even better. He has realized the futility and wasteful nature of war and has undertaken measures to improve the situation. America was living on credit cards - doing everything from buying milk to waging wars, on credit cards. Growth was a bubble, and he inherited, from Bush, a tense bubble. His diplomatic policies are sensible and flexible. Obama is dependable and has been doing good work, to uproot him now and return to the old ways would be foolish. Romney will simply make America what it was under Bush, and that is reason enough to re-elect Pres. Obama.


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A bond issue expansion and renovation at South High School is nearly complete and will be ready for students next month, Wichita school district officials said.
South High's new gymnasium, swimming pool and music suite – part of $14.2 million in bond work approved for the school in October 2011 – will be the focus of this year's Titan Fest celebration Aug. 23, said principal Cara Ledy.
"It's amazing," Ledy said of the expansion and renovation. Athletes already are using the new gym and other rooms for summer conditioning.
"The kids are pretty excited," she said. "They're very, very proud of this facility, and that's so nice to see."
The school, at 701 W. 33rd St. South, also got a new pottery studio, art space, digital photography classrooms, a culinary arts room and a room devoted to its new fire-science program.
Dondlinger and Sons Construction built the South High addition, which was designed by Howard and Helmer Architecture. The addition is similar to one at Heights High School.
The new South High gym seats 2,400 people and includes a walking track, locker rooms, a wrestling room and physical-education storage space.
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Wife Suspected Of Stabbing Husband
On May 5, 2011 Port Allen Police Officers, along with Deputies from the West Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office, responded to a report of a wife stabbing her husband in the City Limits of Port Allen. Upon arrival, officers found the victim, Luis Alvarado lying across the bed in the master bedroom. Alvarado had sustained multiple stab wounds to his torso. There were signs of a struggle throughout the residence. Officers detained Staci Alvarado while Acadian Ambulance Paramedics transported Mr. Alvarado to the Baton Rouge General Mid-City where he succumbed to his injuries. Mrs. Alvarado was booked into the WBR Detention Center on one count of Manslaughter. Her bond has not been set.


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I've got 4 of my 5 carboys full, my keg just got filled, my closet is full of bottles, and my fermentation chiller is at work. My roomate wants to brew so i'll have to rack one of my primaries and this will put me at maximum capacity! what will i do!!!???
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Buy more carboys?
Order a pizza and start drinkin that beer... only way this situation can be fixed...
You only have one keg? Amateur.
go buy another carboy and drink beer upon your return. drastic measures required here.
there are no problems in brewing... only solutions in the making! " send me ALL your bottled brew and I will have a carboy drop shiped to your house" all I need is your address......LOL JJ
I'm on my way, with my crack Beer Solution Team in tow. We're kinda like the Geek Squad, only we don't charge for our services. We just drink beer until the crisis is averted. This is funny to me because I have three of my four carboys full and I'm brewing again in a few days. When things get crowded, you find a way, son.


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To understand the taxonomy and relationships of Luetzelburgia and its relatives, Cardoso set out to examine herbarium specimens and collect new specimens from across the geographic range of the genera. One challenge: the only previous taxonomic study of Luetzelburgia was published in Russian! Once the bibliographies were translated, another challenge arose: these legume genera extend over much of South America, with specimens from very different biomes often identified as the same species in herbaria. In 15 days, Cardoso and two friends drove about 5000 miles from northeastern Argentina to the Bolivian Chiquitano dry forest and the Andean Altiplano in La Paz. This field and herbarium research confirmed two new species of Luetzelburgia in Bolivia.
Despite their striking differences in flower shape, Luetzelburgia, Sweetia, Vatairea, and Vataireopsis turned out to be close relatives. Moreover, the two genera with papilionate flowers were not each other's closest relatives. According to Cardoso, "We showed that similarity in floral morphology does not predict phylogenetic relatedness. Indeed, genera with very different flower shapes are often very closely related (Luetzelburgia and Vatairea), and genera with highly similar flowers share such similarity via convergent evolution (Vatairea and Vataireopsis)."
For these plants, other morphological characteristics may indicate relationships more reliably. "Floral traits are apparently more prone to rapid evolutionary changes in response to local ecological conditions," Cardoso said, "whereas vegetative and fruiting traits are more conserved and not readily shaped by local conditions."
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Hi all. I have a 51 ford focus zetec mk1 and for the past 3 years my 3 button remote key has not worked. I think this has also effected the central locking, but that's another topic! Anyway I went to ford today and they said I need a whole new key, as its pretty worn out, and it will obviously need re-programming. New key they want £70 and re-programming they want £90! I know that u can programme it urself, but question 1, does this actually work and question 2, will it work on a whole new key?
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The Tales of Mother Goose
"She met with Gaffer Wolf."
Introduction by Illustrated By D. J. Munro D. C. HEATH AND COMPANY BOSTON
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"She met with Gaffer Wolf" | Frontispiece |
"It went on very easily" | 11 |
"Let me see if I can do it" | 15 |
"Slipped in under his father's seat" | 30 |
"The Marquis of Carabas is drowning!" | 48 |
"I am exact in keeping my word" | 63 |
"If you open it, there's nothing you may not expect from my anger" | 67 |
"With all my heart, Goody" | 75 |
"He fell upon the good woman" | 83 |
What virtues do these stories possess that have kept them alive for so long a time? They have to some degree stimulated and nourished qualities of supreme worth in individual and social life. With the young the struggle against greed and falsehood and pride and cowardice is a very real one, and situations in which these homely, fundamental traits are involved are full of interest and seriousness. Again, to mature people the reward of well-doing and the punishment of evil conduct portrayed in these stories are apt to seem too realistic, too much also on the cut-and-dried pattern; but it is far different with children. They have a very concrete sense of right and wrong, and they demand a clear, explicit, tangible outcome for every sort of action. They must have concrete, living examples, with the appropriate outcome of each, set before them.
A modest, faithful child will be strengthened in his good qualities; while one lacking these will have them aroused, to some extent at any rate, by following Cinderella in her career. Arrogance and selfishness come to unhappy straits in this fancy world, and they are likely to fare the same in the real world; so it would be better to part company with them, and take up with gentleness and kindliness and faithfulness instead. And every one may be of some help to others if he be only of the right mind. The brother who thought himself faring badly with only a cat for a legacy learns betimes that even so small and apparently helpless a creature may be of much service when he is rightly disposed. A person might think little Thumb could accomplish nothing of value to any one, but he again teaches the child that all depends on the willingness to be of assistance, the good-heartedness, the fellow-feeling which one has for others.
In making this version anew the translator has endeavored to retain the characteristics of the style of the early chap-book versions, while evading the pompous, stilted language and Johnsonian phraseology so fashionable when they were first translated.
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Classic review: American Creation
Let's be real, urges historian Joseph Ellis. America's founders were neither saints nor sinners.
[This review from the Monitor's archives originally ran on Nov. 13, 2007.] No modest man ever made it to the presidency, least of all the obsessively self-interested John Adams. But even he admitted that America's Founding Fathers – of which he was one – were hardly gods sent down to live among mere mortals.
When a young man tried to fawn over him for being part of a truly great generation, Mr. Adams patiently told him to get a grip. "I ought not to object to your reverence for your fathers ... [but] I have no reason to believe that we were better than you are."
Fast forward to the present, when all those men in wigs still seem anything but ordinary. To many, they're either glorious saints from a better America or sinners who doomed the country to domination by rich white men.
In reality, these are silly "cartoons," argues bestselling historian Joseph J. Ellis, who's grown tired of both "mindless" cheerleaders and "naive" critics who can't handle the fact that history is colored in shades of gray.
On one hand, the political masterminds behind the Constitution could boast of a "monumental achievement" in human history, Ellis writes in his new book American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies in the Founding of the Republic.
But at the same time, he writes, blacks and native Americans were left in the gutter, doomed to decades of slavery in one case and near-extinction in the other. How did the same leaders manage to be so great in some instances and so dreadfully wrong in others?


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January 12
This just looks like a Monopoly game instruction but for those who are flying out of Delhi from January 1, 2013 onwards, it could be some money in your pocket.
The Delhi Airport has had to reduce their Airport Development Fee, one of the highest in the world, to more moderate levels from January 1, 2013 on the instructions of the regulator. Before January 1, 2013, the ADF used to be Rs. 200 ($4) for domestic flights and Rs. 1,300 ($ 24) for international flights taking off from Delhi airport. The entire fee is supposed to contribute to the development of the airport.
From January 1, the new ADF applicable is Rs. 100 (~$2) for all domestic departures, and Rs. 600 (~$11) for international ones. Airlines charge the ADF on behalf of the airport operators and are supposed to pass on the ADF to them. However, if you booked your tickets before January 2013 and were charged the old ADF rates, you are entitled to a partial ADF refund by the airline. Airlines will be allowed to keep a collection charge of Rs. 2.5 – Rs. 5 for each transaction.
Now, I have no clue if the airlines are going to automatically issue a refund or one needs to request it to get it, but if you booked tickets in 2012 to travel via Delhi airport in 2013 it seems like it will be a wise idea to contact your travel agent or airline about the refund in question.
At last count, me and my family have tickets booked on Air India, SpiceJet, Indigo and Jet Airways which will undergo the drill. I think I will just contact one airline a day in the coming days to figure out how will they refund the monies.
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Fwiw, I called Travelocity to get the credit and they said the airline will directly handle it and they have nothing to do with it. I guess I'll have to wait till Monday (offices are closed over the weekend) to get in touch with the airline and see what they have to say.
Yes, read about this earlier. Do you know whether this applies only to tickets originating in India, or ANY tickets issued anywhere, which simply had a flight out of DEL after 1/1/13?
Thanks for the heads up! We're headed to DEL next month and booked our tickets almost a year ago.
Hi AJ, I have booked Hyd to Patna on AirIndia, with a change over at Delhi. Will refund applies ?
Update- The airlines don't seem to know about this or direct me to the travel agent and travel agent directs me back to the airline for the refund. Not sure what else to do.
AI call center don't know any thing about it and asked me to contact Airport office.
Hi Aj,
I booked DEL-PNQ for 21st Feb 9W flight. The response from 9W is as below:
Dear Mr. XXXXXXX,
Thank you for your email and contacting Jet Airways.
With regards to your email,please allow us to mention that YM tax i.e. Development fee is reduced from Jan, 2013 and your ticket is issued on 18th Nov, 2012 no tax amount is refundable.
Thank you,
Yours sincerelySunita Shukla
Web Manager
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Same scenario for me, 2 tickets booked with United in Nov' 12 for travel from DEL-EWR in Feb'13.
Sent in a refund request in last week of Feb, they are still checking on it. -
Update: United has refunded me for the 2 tickets in an amount of 11.10 USD each. So this might work with other airlines also if followed up with them.


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Elliott Ward has missed all of Norwich City's league campaign to date after being injured on the club's pre-season tour to Germany. Picture: Nick Butcher
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Fit-again Norwich City centre back Elliott Ward is poised to make his long-awaited return from knee injury in tonight's Premier Reserve League fixture against Chelsea's second string at Carrow Road (7pm).
City boss Paul Lambert confirmed Ward was set for his first competitive outing of an injury-hit campaign following Saturday's goalless draw with the Blues. Ward has missed all of Norwich's league campaign to date after being injured on the club's pre-season tour to Germany. The 27-year-old resumed light training over the festive period and is now ready to step up his bid for a first team return.
Ward was an ever-present during the club's Championship promotion last year following his free transfer arrival from Coventry. Lambert, however, was forced to re-deploy Russell Martin in central defence earlier this season alongside Leon Barnett with Ward joined on the sidelines by current first choice centre backs Zak Whitbread and Dani Ayala. Martin has since returned to right back in recent games with Barnett not featuring since the home league defeat to Tottenham last month – but Lambert believes Ward's imminent return increases competition at the heart of the Canaries' backline.
"I think Whitbread coming back in, being a natural left-sider, and Ayala alongside him doing great has helped us," said Lambert. "Russell did an excellent job at centre half when I only had one recognised centre backs for three or four months. Leon was doing well and with Wardy now I've got four centre halves there."
Striker James Vaughan is also pushing for a competitive run out following his long term injury absence. Lambert planned to make a decision on his involvement this evening after monitoring Vaughan's fitness over the past few days. The 23-year-old underwent knee ligament surgery after a late second half cameo ended abruptly in City's win over Sunderland in September.
Left-back Marc Tierney may also feature this evening ahead of City's FA Cup fourth round trip to the Baggies with the defender now fully recovered from the groin injury that ruled him out of Lambert's plans before Christmas. Chelsea are expected to bring a youthful squad featuring many of the talents who recently edged out the Canaries in the FA Youth Cup at Carrow Road. The Blues' entire first team group flew out to Majorca for a warm weather camp immediately after Saturday's game at Carrow Road.
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Four months sounds like a really quick return from knee-ligament surgery for James Vaughan. I think that he looks like a good talent so let's not over-do it for him. Steady on 'bor.
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"The Ballad of High Noon" (or "Do Not Forsake Me, O My Darlin ' ") is a popular song published in 1952, with music by Dimitri Tiomkin and lyrics by Ned Washington.[1] It was introduced in the movie High Noon, sung over the opening credits by Tex Ritter. It was awarded the 1952 Academy Award for Best Original Song,[1] and was performed that night for the Academy by Ritter.[2]
In the context of film music, "The Ballad of High Noon" is acclaimed not merely for its musical integration with High Noon's score, but also for expounding lyrically on the themes of honor and obligation which define the film.[citation needed] It is placed at #25 on "AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs". Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time.[3]
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Pakistan lodges protest over 'unprovoked' India attack
Published on Jan 7, 2013 10:13 PM
ISLAMABAD (AFP) - Pakistan lodged a formal protest with India on Monday over what it said was an unprovoked attack on a border post that killed one Pakistani soldier and wounded another.
Indian and Pakistani troops exchanged fire on Sunday along their disputed border in divided Kashmir, with each side blaming the other for the flare-up.
Pakistan said Indian troops crossed the de facto border known as the Line of Control and stormed a military post, an accusation denied by the Indian army.
Pakistan's foreign ministry said it had handed the Indian deputy high commissioner a "protest note on the unprovoked Indian attack".
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This scholarship is for graduating high school seniors of Nueces County, Texas. To qualify for this scholarship, applicants must be active members in Nueces County FFA, FHA, or 4-H Club; and participate in Nueces County Junior Livestock. Applicants must maintain a course-load of 12 hours per semester.
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Only one player on Florida's roster has won an NCAA tournament game since the Gators claimed back-to-back national championships in 2006 and '07.
Gators center Vernon Macklin, who transferred to Florida after two seasons at Georgetown, played on Hoyas teams that reached the 2007 Final Four and 2008 second round.
Now Macklin, a senior from Portsmouth, Va., is one of the key pieces for No. 2 seed Florida, which begins NCAA tournament play against No. 15 seed UC Santa Barbara in a Southeast Region second-round game at St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa, Fla., on Thursday.
Before Macklin could become a key contributor at Florida, he had to move past the disappointment of his two seasons at Georgetown, Gators coach Billy Donovan said.
Named a McDonald's All-American during his senior season at Hargrave Military Academy in Virginia, Macklin signed with the Hoyas in 2006, the first year NBA rules required high school players to attend college for at least one season before entering the draft.
Playing behind All-Americans Jeff Green and Roy Hibbert, Macklin averaged 3.2 points and 1.8 rebounds in 65 games at Georgetown during the 2006-07 and 2007-08 seasons.
"I think he went to Georgetown and thought he was going to be a one-and-done guy," Donovan said. "I think his attitude probably wasn't what it needed to be at Georgetown. He came here with such low confidence."
Macklin, 6-foot-10 and 240 pounds, said he nearly left Georgetown after his freshman season. Macklin decided to stay after Hibbert announced he was entering the 2007 NBA draft. But Hibbert later changed his mind and returned to school.
Even after Green entered the NBA draft, Macklin spent his sophomore season playing behind Hibbert and Patrick Ewing Jr.
"I went to Georgetown in a bad situation," Macklin said. "They had the best forward in the country and the best center in the country. I don't blame anything on Georgetown. I had to get better and it was on me."
But when Hibbert left Georgetown after the 2007-08 season, he blamed his lack of production on playing in the Hoyas' Princeton offense.
"It was really hard for me to handle," Macklin said. "In high school, I didn't watch college basketball. I didn't understand the style of play. I didn't understand the Princeton offense. I didn't know it was a slow-down offense. I kept trying to play the way I wanted to play."
Three years later, Macklin admits that playing in a half-court offense probably wasn't the reason for his problems at Georgetown.
"I wasn't going to be a one-and-done guy, but I don't think I got better," Macklin said. "I don't think I worked hard. Playing against two great players every day in practice, I got exposed."
After sitting out the 2008-09 season under NCAA transfer rules, Macklin started all 34 games at Florida last season, averaging 10.6 points and 5.5 rebounds. He had 16 points and seven rebounds in Florida's 99-92 overtime loss to BYU in the first round of the 2010 NCAA tournament.
This season, Macklin averaged 11.3 points and 5.5 rebounds, helping the Gators win an SEC regular-season championship.
"I think he's moved past the whole lottery pick thing," Donovan said. "I think he wants to win and contribute and be part of the team. I think his self-esteem was down. It was nothing Georgetown did. He was on a Final Four team and couldn't get off the bench. He talked about the Princeton system not being the right fit, but you've still got to rebound and play defense."
Macklin's low-post production has helped Donovan get the Gators back on track. With Macklin, senior Alex Tyus and freshman Patric Young, the Gators finally have balance on offense.
If opponents double-team Macklin in the paint, guards Erving Walker and Kenny Boynton and SEC Player of the Year Chandler Parsons are capable of hurting them from the perimeter.
"In '06-07, I had two monsters on the block [Al Horford and Joakim Noah]," Donovan said. "You can have a good low-post player, but if you don't have guys who can shoot around him, they'll just double-down on them."
With a potential third-round game looming against No. 7 seed UCLA or No. 10 seed Michigan State, Donovan wants more production from his low-post players.
In Florida's 70-54 loss to Kentucky in Sunday's SEC tournament championship game in Atlanta's Georgia Dome, Macklin, Tyus and Young combined for only 16 points and 11 rebounds.
"You can offset a tough shooting night if you get fouled," Donovan said. "I didn't think we got fouled enough in the game at all, and we didn't get to the free throw line enough. We needed to be more physical and around the basket. We missed a lot of shots around the basket."
After a three-year drought in NCAA tournament games, Donovan hopes his players understand what's at stake.
"None of these guys have won a game in the NCAA tournament, and I hope that in itself is motivation and fuel for them to really be focused and understand the importance of going from one game to the next," Donovan said.
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Welcome to our blog!
We'll be providing lots of entertaining updates about our bikes and trikes and life here at ICE.
Happy riding,
The ICE team
SPEZI 2012 Winner
Wednesday, June 13, 2012 - 03:02 AM
When you arrive at the coolest cycle show in the world, you don't want to hang around at the entrance foyer filling out forms. That's what Jurgen reckoned, but his girlfriend Sonya thought otherwise. "That first prize is a really cool trike, stop moaning and fill out the form" she urged him, grabbing two forms and quickly completing them. Hours later Jurgen couldn't believe his luck when he got a message from SPEZI organiser Hardy Siebecke, saying he was the lucky winner of the first prize; an ICE Sprint.
Last week Hardy Siebecke invited the SPEZI prize winners to
a dinner and award ceremony in Germersheim's city garden restaurant. Kirk and
Manuela Seifert, our esteemed German distributors, went along to present the
ICE Sprint and give Jurgen a full tutorial.
While to food was excellent, all the winners wanted to do
was receive their prizes! Kirk and Manuela ensured that Jurgen's new trike was
set up perfectly for him and set him off on a few test rides. Jurgen was so
impressed with the quality of the ride that he decided to ride the 10km home.
Unfortunately in his enthusiasm he set off with the car keys, leaving Sonja
standing in front of a locked car. Thankfully he was back as quick as a flash
on his speedy ICE Sprint!
We are delighted that the ICE Sprint has found an
enthusiastic new owner who is looking forward to setting off on a series of
trike tours. "Now all we need is a trike for Sonja so we can ride together"
said Jurgen.
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ICE Ages, Chapter 6: Dedicated Innovators
Wednesday, June 13, 2012 - 02:36 AM
It was a new
millennium and ICE was on the up. Chris and Neil recruited two multi-talented
friends, Ben Dickinson and John Olson, to help meet the growing demand. With
two extra hands in production and assembly more time could be dedicated to
developing the range, resulting in some momentous years in the evolution of
trike design.
Both Ben and
John were enthusiastic hobby recumbent designers and builders, so it wasn't
long before they were getting stuck in with improvements and innovations. Armed
with a newly developed rear suspension system and a prototype of a new speed
machine called the Micro, the team set off for their first big bike show which
was a great reminder of the strength and breadth of the UK cycling industry.
Then the big
breakthrough came. The most stubborn problem with trike design is how to
successfully balance the front brakes for high speeds. While much of the
industry tried their hardest to ignore the problem, it was something ICE felt
compelled to resolve. The solution came to Chris while reading about some
research conducted by Mercedes to cure the worst effects of a front wheel blow
out on their cars. Chris realized that the steering geometry concept used by
Mercedes could be adapted to enable the front brakes of a trike to be used
independently at any speed. After months of further research and development by
the team, Chris' theory was turned into a working system. And as 2001
approached handling nirvana was found and quickly introduced across the ICE
range. If you ride a trike with no brake steer today, chances are the design
comes from an ICE trike.
Long term
testing of the tandem fell to Chris' Mum and Dad. In 1999 Chris' 60 something Mum
had smashed her knee Mountain biking in Sherwood Forest. After extensive
surgery and a long time in plaster she decided she would like to ride the 'End
to End' from the northern to southern most points of the UK. They rode the around
50 miles per day, for 28 days, stopping to see the sights and enjoy the odd cup
of tea! The tandem passed the test with flying colours. Fully laden the tandem
was not fast on the up-hills but down the other side was a very different
The World
HPV Championships coming to the UK in 2001 ICE needed a no compromises speed
machine. Development of the Micro was progressing at a pace and with John
focused on the finer points if the handling of the Micro and Ben developing a
new light and supportive hard shell seat it was set to be a machine to be
reckoned with. Long-time friend of ICE, Jaap Stolk, brought the Micro in second
in the World Championships. The Micro laid down a new standard for production
The 'End to End' route; Val and Frank Parker on their UK tandem test-ride;
Chris shows off the ICE trikes at the 2000 York bike show; Ben Dickinson on his
own-made recumbent bike; suspension on the Explorer; John Olson racing a
Crystal Engineering Festina; a prototype Micro; Chris and Sharon Brown
celebrating their wedding on an ICE tandem; Jaap, Chris and Ben on a test ride;
Jaap riding the Micro at the 2001 World HPV Championships
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