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13 attorneys general sue over health care overhaul
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Attorneys general from 13 states sued the federal government Tuesday, claiming the landmark health care overhaul is unconstitutional just seven minutes after President Barack Obama signed it into law.
The lawsuit was filed in Pensacola after the Democratic president signed the 10-year, $938 billion bill the House passed Sunday night.
"The Constitution nowhere authorizes the United States to mandate, either directly or under threat of penalty, that all citizens and legal residents have qualifying health care coverage," the lawsuit says.
Legal experts say it has little chance of success.
Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum is taking the lead and is joined by attorneys general from South Carolina, Nebraska, Texas, Michigan, Utah, Pennsylvania, Alabama, South Dakota, Idaho, Washington, Colorado and Louisiana. All are Republicans except James "Buddy" Caldwell of Louisiana, a Democrat.
Some states are considering separate lawsuits - Virginia filed its own Tuesday - and still others may join the multistate suit. In Michigan, the Thomas More Law Center of Ann Arbor, a Christian legal advocacy group, sued on behalf of itself and four people it says don't have private health insurance and object to being told they have to purchase it.
McCollum, who is running for governor, argues the bill will cause "substantial harm and financial burden" to the states.
State Sen. Dan Gelber, a Democrat running for McCollum's job, said the lawsuit is nothing more than a stunt to gain political points as McCollum runs for governor.
"It is rank politics and nothing but," said Gelber, noting that 4 million Floridians don't have health insurance. "He spends no time talking about what he would do as governor about that, but he seems to have an inordinate amount of time to jump up on a soap box and start demagoguing on the issue."
The lawsuit claims the bill violates the 10th Amendment, which says the federal government has no authority beyond the powers granted to it under the Constitution, by forcing the states to carry out its provisions but not reimbursing them for the costs.
"No public policy goal - no matter how important or well-intentioned - can be allowed to trample the protections and rights guaranteed by our Constitution," Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said in a statement.
The lawsuit also says the states can't afford the new law. Using Florida as an example, the lawsuit says the overhaul will add almost 1.3 million people to the state's Medicaid rolls and cost the state an additional $150 million in 2014, growing to $1 billion a year by 2019.
"We simply cannot afford to do the things in this bill that we're mandated to do," McCollum said at a press conference after filing the suit. He said the Medicaid expansion in Florida will cost $1.6 billion.
"That's not possible or practical to do in our state," he said. "It's not realistic, it's not right, and it's very, very wrong."
South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster, who is also running for governor, said the lawsuit was necessary to protect his state's sovereignty.


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Per capita income grows, slowly
In a mix of good news and bad news about the country's economy this fiscal, the per capita income of a Nepali stands at $742, while the growth rate in the income is the slowest in the last three years.
The Economic Survey 2011-12 released on Saturday shows that after two years of impressive growth, the country's per capita income increased by only $26, an increment of just 3 percent as compared to last year.
The last two fiscal years (2009-10 & 2010-11) had witnessed a remarkable growth in the per capita income, with each year seeing a growth over to $ 100. The per capita income in the fiscal year 2009-10 had increased by $113 and by $101 in the year 2010-11.
"The per capita income has been growing due to the growth in remittance and increased agriculture production," said Dipendra Bahadur Kshetry, the vice-chairman of the National Planning Commission (NPC). "However, a quantum jump seen in the per capita income in the last two fiscal years did not happen this year due to the weak industrial sector."
Thanks to impressive performance of the agriculture sector, the gross domestic product (GDP) stood at 4.6 percent, a three-year high. The GDP growth was 3.8 percent in 2010-11 and 4.3 percent in 2009-10.
This fiscal, the agriculture sector grew by 4.93 percent—the best in the last four years. According to the survey, the country's food production rose by 9.9 percent to reach a record high of 9.45 million tonnes this year.The industrial sector has been hit by unfavourable business environment that has resulted in its meagre growth this year, the lowest in three years.
The survey shows that the industrial sector's growth has remained 1.2 percent on an average in the last five years. The growth of the sector was 2.9 percent last fiscal and 4.1 percent the previous year "This is a clear indication of little investment and whatever has been invested is not in the productive sector," said Jagadish Chandra Pokharel, the former vice-chairman of the NPC. "Despite the declaration of the FY 2012-13 as investment year, we failed to attract investment."
The unfavourable investment climate is also reflected in the decreasing private sector investment. According to the survey, private sector investment, as compared to GDP, has been on a three-year low at 15.3 percent this fiscal. It was 16.3 percent last year (2010-11) and 17.7 percent the previous year. "Without necessary infrastructure like electricity, road and harmonious labour relations, there is hardly any possibility of better investment in the country," said Kshetry.
Despite this, the economic indicators show some good signs. The savings of Nepalis have gone up, balance of payment (BoP) surplus has reached a record high, foreign exchange reserve has touched a record high, while tourism income and remittance inflow have also gone up significantly. The BoP surplus has reached Rs 1.12 billion as of the first 10 months of the fiscal year, according to Nepal Rastra Bank. The savings against GDP has gone up 10 percent from the 8.6 percent last year, according to the survey. "This is a good indication for the economy," said Pokharel. "However, it cannot be called good altogether if better saving has been achieved at the cost of investment."
The survey shows that the government needs to buck up when it comes to infrastructure development against the backdrop of dismal performance in road expansion and hydroelectricity generation.
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The Bombay High Court, on Friday, asked the Union government and the Election Commission of India (EC) to consider as representation a public interest litigation (PIL) which sought that data collected during the process to issue Aadhar cards be shared with the EC to be used for registering voters. The PIL was filed by NGO Matoshri Health Trust.
Jamshed Mistry, the advocate representing the NGO, said that as per RTI information, over 60 crore people had applied for Aadhar cards. "The government can share this data with the EC," said Mistry.
A division bench of Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice M S Sanklecha was, however, sceptical about this information being shared.
The Chief Justice said, "There are already certain objections being raised about sharing the data as details collected from people for issuing Aadhar cards are personal and should not be disclosed. If this data is shared with the EC, then there are chances of political parties having access to it."
Rajiv Chavan, the counsel for the Union government, said the process for registering oneself as a voter was on and the deadline had been extended. "Any person can come and get himself/herself registered," said Chavan.
The EC was of the view that the data collected for Aadhar cards do not include all the information that is required while registering oneself as a voter.
Accepting the arguments, the judges asked the Union ministry of information and technology and the EC to treat the PIL as a representation and consider it and pass appropriate orders within four weeks.


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Hi everyone!!
Two friends and I will be headed to DLR and I think we are going from Dec. 18-20. I know a few years ago the rule of thumb was that there were pretty reasonable crowd conditions just prior to Christmas, but after that, all bets are off. I know with the 50th, it's really hard to say, but what do you guys think?
Also, any tips for first time Winter DLR visitors?
P.S. Anyone know anything about the Radisson? They have good rates, but I have never stayed there.


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In Vietnam, rage growing over loss of land rights
Small groups of farmers, many of them women, routinely demonstrate in Hanoi outside government buildings about forced confiscation of land. They welcome people taking photos of them or trying to talk, but security forces immediately shoo visitors away from the scene.
Disputes have been commonplace for years, but are increasing in frequency as farmers become more aware of their rights and economic development increases demand for industrial land. Many 20-year leases granted in 1993 are expiring this year, bringing fresh opportunities for rezoning of the land - and more opportunity for conflict.
Government figures reported to parliament in November showed public complaints had risen to 4,200 in 2011, more than twice the total number of complaints received from 2005 to 2009. National assembly deputy Ho Thi Thuy acknowledged that corruption among local party officials was a problem.
"Some people have abused the state policies to profit illegally," she said, according to state-run media reports at the time.
The government has sought the assistance of the World Bank in revising the land law to reduce conflict. The World Bank and other outside institutions have called on the government to allow forced evictions only for works that benefit the public, not commercial projects, and to make the process more transparent and equitable.
Communist Party officials in Quang Ninh province, some 90 kilometers (56 miles) east of Hanoi, allowed an Associated Press team to visit Kim Son village. The journalists were escorted by party officials in the village. They spoke to opponents in phone interviews
Officials insisted they had followed the rules when acquiring the land for the housing project, which they said is aimed at upgrading the small village to a township.
"We are working together to build a more prosperous Kim Son," said Vu Van Hoc, chairman of the local people's committee.
He said the project used land that had been owned by 852 families, and that less than 10 percent of them disagreed with the government's compensation rate of around $6 per square meter. He said just seven families were continuing to refuse the deal.
Villagers now allege the land has been resold for $310 per square meter. Hoc denied that, saying the land had yet to be sold.
He said he hoped that by depositing the money into bank accounts in the villagers' names, "the issue could be resolved." He dismissed the protest in late December as the work of "village extremists who had managed to persuade others" to join.
Video of the protest was recorded by people on their cellphones and posted on the Internet by dissident groups, which seek to capitalize on the public anger generated by the conflicts.
For two minutes, police cowered behind riot shields as young men hurled rocks and bits of concrete at them, but officers eventually regained control.
State media reported that 12 people were arrested. The police chief refused to identify them, or to say whether they were still in detention weeks later.
The local communist party bused in five villagers who had no complaints about the compensation package to speak to the visiting reporters and briefly showed them the land, on which a local company is already constructing roads and drainage. Unlike those protesting the compensation, the villagers appeared to have significant holdings elsewhere, or younger families with jobs.


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It handles an all-time high of 41.64 million tonnes
It also registers a record increase in exports
PANAJI: Mormugao Port Trust (MPT) has returned a double-digit growth of 19 per cent in cargo traffic on a year-on-year basis for the fiscal 2008-09 despite global recession.
Releasing the performance figures of the port, Chairman Praveen Agarwal said here early this week that by this performance, the port even exceeded the throughput target prescribed by the Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways.
During the financial year 2008-09, the port touched an all-time record cargo traffic of 41.68 million tonnes, surpassing its previous best of 35.13 million tonnes handled in 2007-08.
The country's leading iron ore exporting port (with exports of nearly 50 per cent of the total), MPT has also registered an all-time record increase of 24 per cent in exports. Of the throughput target of 41.68 million tonnes, exports accounted for 34.67 million tonnes, while imports accounted for 7.01 million tonnes. This included a record 33.81 million tonnes of iron ore exports surpassing the previous highest of 27.30 million tonnes.
However, an apparent outcome of the global meltdown saw a decrease in the arrival of cruise traffic to Mormugao, as only 24 cruise vessels carrying 10,878 passengers called at the port compared to 38 cruise liners with 12,997 passengers in 2007-08.
MPT is, however, going ahead with development projects. Among the new projects is the ongoing construction of additional three mooring dolphins. The facility is expected to be ready by October 2009. It will cost the port Rs. 25 crore, including expenses on dredging.
As regards its new four-lane road planned from the Port to Verna, leading industrial estate of the State in south Goa, Mr. Agarwal says the port connectivity project is being implemented by the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) through Mormugao Port Company Limited.
The NHAI has now decided to take up the work for the remaining 5.20- km stretch and is on the verge of forwarding the tender.
Mr. Agarwal said that the construction of a jetty for relocation of port crafts and small boats has been taken up by MPT. The 190-metre long and 10-metre wide berth would be used by launches and other shallow draft vessels as also offshore vessels, Navy, Coast Guard, Fisheries Survey of India, NIO, Antarctica and ONGC. The work has been awarded to Ranjit Buildcon Ltd., Ahmedabad, which has commenced construction. This facility is expected to be completed by March 2010.
MPT is also in the process of building another full-fledged non-cargo berth and simultaneous strengthening of the breakwater mole, which will hold a deck slab of 270 metres long and 22 metres wide. This berth will serve non-cargo vessels, including cruise vessels. The contract for this berth, which is expected to be in use by March 2010, has been awarded to Geotech Construction, Kochi.
MPT's expansion drive will see it develop a modern terminal for coal import at berth 7 on DBFOT basis within three years, said Mr. Agarwal. The terminal would have a capacity of 4.61 million tonnes and its cost has been pegged at Rs. 252 crore. Five parties have been short-listed for this project and the concession agreement is expected to come through by July this year.


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Finding Value as God's Beloved (youth pastor life skills series pt.7)
As God's beloved children, we cannot begin to grasp the infinite worth we are to Him on an unconditional basis (Ephesians 5:1, 1 John 3:1,2). We were "bought at a [very high] price" (1 Corinthians 6:20), "chosen" (Ephesians 1:4), a "dwelling place in which God lives" (Ephesians 2:22), and much, much more. In fact, more than 200 descriptions of us in the New Testament attest to our unconditional worth because of Christ's work. Let's not deny his grace by giving in to untrue feelings of worthlessness.
In the spirit of Henri Nouwen's great work "The Return of the Prodigal Son" take a moment from your busy day and meditate on the image below and bask in the knowledge that the Father loves you because you are simply His, and not because of what you do…
Thought this an appropriate post on World Suicide Prevention Day.
Originally posted on Conversations on the Fringe:
Loving God, you made me who I am.
I praise you and I love you, for I am wonderfully made,
in your own image.
But when people make fun of me,
I feel hurt and embarrassed and even ashamed.
So please God, help me remember my own goodness,
which lies in you.
Help me remember my dignity,
which you gave me when I was conceived.
Help me remember that I can live a life of love.
Because you created my heart.
Be with me when people make fun of me,
and help me to respond how you would want me to,
in a love that respects other, but also respects me.
Help me find friends who love me for who I am.
Help me, most of all, to be a loving person.
And God, help me remember that Jesus loves me.
For he was seen as an outcast, too.
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Supervision in Youth Ministry
In most professions there is a level of supervision that is required to ensure fidelity to certain expectations. To make sure that the company's employees are "hitting the mark". At best, in many churches, there is the annual performance review but the one performing the review is either way too removed to be helpful or too involved to remain objective.
Another problem we run into in youth ministry is that youth ministry and its staff operate on an island. They are just out there, separate from the rest of the "real church" and are just making it up as they go along, not identifying best practices or even gauging if what they are doing is actually producing the fruit they were hoping for.
The following are suggestions for providing supervision in youth ministry. These ideas will help whether it's your Sr. Pastor doing your review or you performing reviews on your volunteers. It is not meant to be a corporate exercise but one intended to provide a system of ongoing feedback that measures how well we are stewarding our privilege of pouring into the lives our youth.
- Care about their spiritual life first – This goes without saying but it often takes a back seat to other "important" ministry stuff. Make sure your team is serving from a cup that runs over not a cup that is nearly empty. Spend time communicating with them the importance of their own spiritual health. The principle "You cannot transmit something you don't have" applies here. If our volunteers are operating out of a deficiency then they will likely burnout and be ineffective. Make this a priority.
- Review all curriculum used – Most volunteers are not trained in theology. Most volunteers are not even aware of the doctrinal positions of their church yet they are given free reign to teach. This is not a mandate to micro-manage but it is a strong encouragement to know what is being taught in your ministry. Countless problems can be attributed to well-intended, untrained volunteers teaching conflicting material to their youth. The number of call from parents or elders concerned about non-biblical teaching can be reduced by training your volunteers on how to use the curriculum. More importantly it will allow you the opportunity to teach your volunteers how to "handle the word of God" appopriately.
- Develop training opportunities – Time-pressured volunteers do not have the luxury of escaping for a weeklong conference on youth ministry. Most can barely squeeze in their kids softball games into their already busy week. Use technology to share relevant information such as webinars, articles, and self-study courses. Pick up the tab on these if your budget allows. And schedule regular one-on-one time at least monthly. Let them know up front that this is an expectation for all volunteers so they can make an informed decision from the get-go.
- Direct observation – There is no better way to provide feedback to your volunteers than by observing them in action firsthand. When was the last time you were able to sit in on their small group? When was the last time you were able to give them immediate feedback on their leadership? There are multiple ways to do this if you can't be present. You can Skype into a group meeting, have them video record group meetings for training purposes. How cool would that be if you happen to have a "star" volunteer and you can capture them on video and use that to train other volunteers with?
- Develop policies and procedures – This seems very corporate but it has saved our butts on more that one occasion. Do your volunteers know what to do if a student discloses that they are being abused at home? Is there a reporting structure in place that they are aware of? Do they know they expectations and safety guidelines in place to protect them and the students? If not it would be wise to invest in developing these. You could even do it with your team.
- Develop a resource bank – This could be a library with hard copies available, it could be a list on Amazon.com, names of others in the community that specialize in certain areas of need. This should include other youth workers in the area for collaboration. Is there a Youth Ministry Network that your volunteer can access? Are there professionals that work with youth in other arenas that can sharpen you and your volunteers? (i.e., teachers, social workers, counselors, legal professionals, health care professionals, etc.)
- Collaborate with others to equip your team – You do not have to be an expert on all things. There are plenty of others who can contribute to the training of your team. several years ago we had a rash of teenage girls engaged in self-injurious behaviors (cutting). At the time we knew nothing about this behavior. But, we did know a few others that did so we invited them to come work with our team. They provided an understanding of cutting that removed some of the shock for us and we were able to better engage the girls in ways that made a difference. Identify the assets in your congregation and community and invite them to share with your team.
This is not an exhaustive list but maybe a good start. As we still struggle to be taken seriously in the ministry world orchestrating systems of supervision will definitely increase the potential of our ministries. What are other ways can we provide support to those who serve alongside us?
Your Youth Group Sucks! – Building Rapport with Difficult Students
There are good reasons why competent adults find themselves uncommonly baffled when working with adolescents. As winsome as they may be at times, teenagers present youth workers and volunteers with challenges that other age groups do not.
First, teens are often an involuntary participant. They are in your office, groups, outreaches, programs, etc. because somebody else – parents, friends, grandparent, sibling – has thought it necessary that they be there. They often see their life as none of your business and their difficulties as not of their own making, and would much rather assign blame to the very people that make them attend your groups, to other's misguided thinking, and to the wind and tides rather than assume accountability for their problems that you could assist them with.
Second, the symptoms with which reactive, angry, acting-out adolescents present can be very intimidating. They storm out of rooms, run crying into bathrooms with and entourage in tow, they cut their arms, punch walls, drink and drive, refuse to go to school, provoke arguments, and the like. If they're really mad, they show it by locking themselves in their room, threatening suicide. Sometimes they don't eat enough for their bodies to function. Sometimes they refuse to say anything at all. Adults often feel an enormous pressure to make the scary symptoms stop. Right away!
Third, teenagers – especially those who do not want to be in your youth group – don't necessarily adhere to common social protocols that grease the sticky interactions that occasionally occur in first meetings between people. These students don't care if you are more uncomfortable than they are in getting a conversation going. The look on their face just tells you that they think your youth group sucks. Some adolescents don't want to make a good impression, or care if you like them (some would prefer that you didn't), or be interested in what you have to say. This is in marked contrast to the encounters we have with more accommodating students, and it especially blindsides the adult volunteers who historically have banked on influencing students through the authority bestowed on them by age, status, or title.
"You go into this room with this person and a of kids you go to school with and you're supposed to start telling them about your personal stuff. They always want me to talk about God and stuff but I don't even know what I think about any of that stuff. I can barely get through each day. It's so stupid, I mean, like, who is this person anyway? And they always act so caring and everything and they don't even know you."
– Michael, age 16
"They're always asking you things like, 'Do you know where you will go if you were to die tonight?' and 'What would God think about that?'. Dumb stuff like that. I mean, what did they think I would say after I got into a fight with my mom this morning? God, it's just so frustrating to be asked these questions instead of having a normal conversation."
– Kim, age 14
"It's like they try not to have any feelings themselves or something. I don't know – it's weird. It's, like, they can't just be normal people. I'll be sharing something in my small group that was really funny and they will look mad because I'm not saying what they want to hear. Once, I was crying about when my boyfriend broke up with me and all she could say was how sad I must have felt. Yeah, like no kidding, lady. Couldn't she have thought of anything better to say?"
– Angela, age 17
Fake. Not normal. Frustrating. Those poor youth workers probably thought they were doing a good job of being sympathetic and helpful and available. The students did not. Somewhere the connection was being missed. We need a more suitable matching between what we offer and what the adolescent needs and wants. There has to be a bridge by which we can walk across where trust can grow.
Trust is such a fragile thing in the beginning. Too often we lead with a punch (focus on behavior) and lose any chance we had at developing a meaningful rapport with the student.
We might do better at engaging the difficult student if we looked at our ministries from the other side. How does this particular adolescent experience our ministry from the beginning through his or her last connection?
Blaming teenagers for their indifference or negative reactions they have towards our Christianity is ridiculous and unfair. So many adolescents who are authentically curious and want help for whatever ails them can't work within the interpersonal format offered and they are being dismissed as being unreachable. Some of these students are unworkable, at this time, but more are labeled that than need to be. Maybe it's time to recognize that teenage resistance to Christianity is a reflection of our inability to provide access to our faith that is seen as attractive and useful.
Rookie Mistakes (Pressuring Students to Change)
NEW SERIES: I am going pull the curtain back on my failures over the years in youth ministry in an attempt to serve as a warning to those just entering the field. I have made my fair share of mistakes for all of us and wisdom often comes from reflecting on those mistakes. So, here we go with blog post one of Rookie Mistakes: Pressuring Students to Change.
If someone besides a teenager wants them to change (e.g., stop a particular sin, get a job, hang out with different friends, read their bible more, etc.) that idea immediately becomes contaminated and runs the risk of getting rejected – even if it is desperately desired by the teenager himself/herself. Now there are always exceptions of completely compliant teens but if that's the case you likely have very little to change. This one reason is why it's rarely productive for adults, parents, youth workers, or anyone else to need changes to happen more than the teenager himself/herself. We may want it desperately, but once we try to get the teenager to make a different move because we desire it, we run the risk of making the prospect of change vastly less appealing to the teen. Some of us are tempted to simplify this into "oppositionalism", but it's really something different, more connected to issues of a budding desire for autonomy and propriety than to a frank need to play opposites for their own sake.
Is it ever productive to invite a young person like these to examine why they so defensively view their parents' concerns as an offensive commandment to change – e.g., "Why do you think it's so hard for you to do something just because others would like you to do it too?", "Why don't you just do it and be obedient to your _________ like the bible says?" That kind of questioning will likely be met with resistance or a simple, "I dunno." It may be more profitable to get kids interested in their own "change style" before being asked to do anything with it. This allows them to converse about it without feeling as if they are soon going to be told they must get rid of it. What would we do if we thought that talking about a subject meant that we were going to be asked to take action on it based on someone else's preference? We be careful about what we talked about, wouldn't we? So is the teen who feels we have an agenda for them. That's what teenagers in our ministries do when they feel that bringing up a subject (i.e., cutting, sex, doubt, etc.) will mean the adults will ask them to make an immediate change, minimizing the complexity of their situation with an over-simplistic directive.
With pressure-free conversation in the works, however, opportunities appear for the adult volunteer, parent, or youth worker to address the "advantages" and "disadvantages" of the students style with him/her without sounding as if the conversation was a bait-and-switch tactic. "Are you sure this works for you this way?" is one such example. This time, when the student looks down and responds softly with "I don't know", he/she has not closed off the discussion but instead extended a quiet and beautiful invitation for us to help.
Some kids will only change when the change is mandated by an adult, but even then, in an attempt to maintain a sense of autonomy they may still support the behavior even if unable to participate in it. (smoking pot, staying past curfew, etc.). We will serve our kids and their faith if we can teach them how to think rather than just telling them what to do. I was almost always surprised that when I allowed room and time for a kid to make a decision they usually made the right one more often than not.
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In the C and M groups, macroscopic cartilage defects extended to the subchondral bone medially and laterally. When the H and both MH groups were compared, only minor cartilage degeneration was observed in groups treated with qniumucin in contrast to the group without qniumucin. Histologically, densely safranin-O-stained cartilage layers were observed in the H and two MH groups, but cartilage was strongly maintained in both MH groups.
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Day laborers who clean for ultra-Orthodox Jewish households are learning about their rights.
Establishing lower pay for new hires, these agreements have undermined union solidarity by opening a gulf between generations.
Hilda Solis talks to The Nation about getting the Labor Department its teeth back, her worst moment as secretary and her legacy.
The new labor campaign against the retail giant faces daunting odds, and the stakes are high: most of us live in the Walmart economy.
Recent strikes against Walmart and fast food chains made waves, but the vast majority of service workers can't afford to speak out.
This year's historic strike wave is an indictment not just of the retail giant's business model but of our broken labor laws.
A community college class made social justice happen on November 6.
In the latest action against the union-busting low-wage retailer, labor organizers may have finally found a strategy that works.
Industry leaders and their Senate allies are trying to kill reforms protecting immigrant workers.
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Brazil's central bank raised the benchmark
Selic rate on Wednesday for the first time since July 2011,
amid growing concerns over rising inflation.
The bank's board voted 6 to 2 in favor of a 25
basis point hike to 7.5% from a record low – in line
with market expectations.
Brazil's central bank is likely to tighten
monetary policy faster than expected to combat resurgent
inflation – a move that could stunt the development of
local capital markets, experts warned earlier this week at the
LatinFinance Brazil Issuers and Investors Forum in Sao
Higher interest rates could curb a shift to riskier assets,
investors said. "If we are at a turning point where rates
return to being higher, the development of the capital markets
in Brazil could be much slower than we thought," Julio
Callegari, head of fixed income at JPMorgan Asset Management in
Brazil, told LatinFinance.
Comissão de Valores Imobiliários (CVM)
commissioner Ana Novaes insisted that any increase in rates
would not undermine a more fundamental shift to a lower
interest rate environment. "The big news is that we have
long-term lower interest rates," she said. "No one expects
rates to be above 9% to 10% in 2014."
But Callegari said even a shift back to 9% will have costs
when US interest rates normalize.
"What is the rate going to be if a couple of years from now
the Fed normalizes and US treasuries are back up to 3%-4%?," he
said. "There is a major risk we would be forced back to 12%,"
he added, with harmful effects for Brazil's capital
High inflation is already starting to dampen consumer
spending, said José Carlos de Faria, chief economist at
Deutsche Bank in Brazil. "The central bank must send a message
that it won't risk inflation," he said, adding
that Brazil must pay the price of an aggressive policy to cut
rates while inflation was above target.
Leonardo Porto de Almeida, senior economist at Citi in
Brazil, said the central bank should now embark on a tightening
cycle to bring rates to 8.75%, starting with Wednesday's 25bp
"We have passed the point of no return," said Marcelo
Carvalho head of Latin America research at BNP Paribas.
"Inflation has been too high too long and it's
time to wake up. The period of fast consumer spending growth
and easy credit is over."
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Former Clayton Sheriff could be indicted today
Now some of the truth is coming out about Victor The county should release all information about all the law suits filed and paid and many filed and never paid. Then the Grand Jury
should call in to testify all the inmates Victor and his group of thugs that beat inmates just because they didn't stand at attention and face the wall when ever he passed by.
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So far, ranking the Georgia Bulldogs for this upcoming football season has been about as consistent as a political campaign platform.
Few preview "experts" can find common ground on just where the Bulldogs will fall when college football kicks off in just under a month.
At one extreme, you have Orlando Sentinel columnist Jeremy Fowler's absurd ranking of No. 64, placing the Bulldogs between powerhouse programs like Tulsa at No. 66 and the always intimidating Troy University at No. 48. At the other end of the spectrum, you have the bold but questionable No. 3 ranking bestowed by College Football News.
Both rankings should be taken with about a shaker of salt.
About the only thing most experts and fans can agree on is that Georgia's roster is laden with a slew of talent, but more than a couple of questions will follow the program as it tries to right the ship following a five-loss 2009 campaign.
One of the biggest will be how quickly new defensive coordinator Todd Grantham's 3-4 scheme will take effect for the Georgia defense. Can they show significant improvement over a 2009 unit that showed less punch than a preteen catfight.
Can it limit opposing offenses' big plays while getting more pressure on the quarterback and making a few of its own? Most of all, can it play hard-nosed, disciplined football as opposed to the bend-not-break style that got it into so much trouble over the past two seasons?
There is no question that it is a unit filled with talented athletes, but performance, not potential, is at a premium this season.
On the other hand, however, the host of talent populating the other side of the ball as the potential to put together a very formidable unit.
The Bulldogs will return 10 starters to an offense that showed signs of brilliance early a season ago and again began to click in the final few contests.
They will sport a formidable offensive line unit, potentially one of the best in the country if it remains healthy, and enough playmakers to fill a Miami Heat roster. Running backs Washaun Ealey and Caleb King may be one of the best thunder-and-lightning tandems in the country when its all said and done and All-World wide receiver A.J. Green will try to make his mark in Georgia football history in this, likely, his last season.
And don't forget about athletic tight end Orson Charles, wide receivers Tavarres King and Rantavious Wooten, and speedy crossover athlete Branden Smith (assuming he gets his academics in order).
Each of these weapons on offense will in large part serve one particular purpose: to help the unit's lone question mark, freshman quarterback Aaron Murray, adjust to the college level.
Murray, a redshirt out of Tampa, Fla., was one of the top rated passers coming out of high school and yet he has not stepped foot between the hedges on a game day. The key to the Georgia offense will be whether the young signal-caller can sit back, drive the bus and allow his playmakers to do what they do best--make plays.
Can he limit his mistakes and pick himself up when he makes that inevitable poor read? The answer to this question may determine whether Georgia makes a run at a conference championship or places head coach Mark Richt firmly on the hotseat at the end of the season.
So what should our expectations really be when Sept. 4 rolls around?
How about somewhere in the middle?
Reports from camp indicate that the team is still a ways off from where it would like to be. Murray has impressed and given the indication that he will be more than prepared to step into the lead offensive role, but he has still shown a tendency to be careless with the ball at times, as evidenced by his lone interception in the team's only scrimmage.
Recent history of freshman quarterbacks with a year in the system leads me to believe Murray will be just fine (see: Colt McCoy and Sam Bradford). Green his better than ever and the offensive line is--knock on wood--still healthy.
And while questions still remain over the team's transition to a 3-4 defense--not to mention a number of injuries that have slowed progression--I would expect an improvement over the last two years.
College Football News considers Georgia a darkhorse title contender. I'm not ready to go that far yet. But a nine- or 10-win season is more than a possibility.
The team seems to be headed in the right direction and should, I expect, put some distance between itself and the Tulsa Hurricane sooner rather than later.


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Partnering on a boat in MD? thoughts?
I''d really like to find a 22-26 footer to learn on and sail on weekends out on the Chesapeake, but my hubby I don''t think will get enough interest to go with me.
I''ve thought about trying to find someone to go in on a partnership with me so I can have company and crew to sail with me. Anyone ever done this? How did you work it? Pros & cons?
Partnering on a boat in MD? thoughts?
Whenever I think of partnering on anything I think of my professor for accounting and his statement about chosing a partner. He said that if you are going to partner make sure you know everything about the other person. Remember that if their financial situation is bad you may wind up with a lien against their share of the boat and forced to sell it. You may end up arguing about who gets the boat, what you may use the boat for, when you may use it, and so forth. Take a long hard look at this idea prior to getting involved.
I would rather have less boat but sole ownership.
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It's coming
Now where was I, Ahh CC. Well left CC for ride to Tibooburra for a cooked b/day breaky and find out road reports. North to Noccundra open, east to Wanaaring open. Took to the east as it meant more riding so plan for day was get to Currawinga NP for the night.
Cooked breaky for b/day
More flat tracking roads to wind the throttle up. Yeeh haw
First bit of flooding on way to Wanaaring
Little wash out, not bad. Got into Wanaaring for fuel top up and they could only give me 10 litres as road to Bourke still closed. Next up to Hungerford
Back into Queensland.
Stopped for fuel and few cans of Jimmy Beam and cake. No cake so Cake of Chocolate instead then to camp spot up the road.
Looks good so far
Getting quick at making camp now. Ourimperee Waterhole
B/day treats. Not showing how many cans I got.
Nice night, or is that the Jimmy talking.
Morning of 28th April.
Planning time for today
Head north, roads open to 4WD only to Eulo. No worries.
On road to Eulo. Not much flooding and could drive a Mini along this road.
4WD only!! Eulo here I come. Got there Fuel and rat pack(pie) for breaky then thought I that a ride out to a billabong. MISTAKE 1 for the day.
4 metres off the black stuff and this. GREAT!!!
Take a deep breath and look for shade.
Ohh well get to try out this stand I made the day I left home.
Works great and the bike solid as bro.
Puncture repaired and onto Quilpie. Turned right 18 km out of Eulo and head for Toompine then to Quilpie
Sorry, gotta love the landscape
Not far out of Quilpie. MISTAKE 2. Stop next time.
The left overs from a Emu. Yeah I know!! Anyway 6 of the fu--ers cross in front of me, I slow down to 30km and think they are clear when 1 decide to backtrack, loses footing and hits the deck right in front of me. Now still on the brakes and knowing there is no way out it's on the gas to ride over it and keep the bike straight and upright.
Stopped on side of road to check front wheel cause it took a hard hit but all OK. Next the Emu. Still taking a rest while a 4WD pulls up to see if I'm Ok the bloody Emu gets up looks at me and takes off minus a bit of skin and a few feathers.
Bike OK
Onto Quilpie and find a replace spare tube from earlier on. Next find camp spot for the night. 35km out of Quilpie on little dirt road heading to Adavale.
Bulloo River.
Fire for one.
Next day Plan
Longreach. OK
Hey!!! That me.
On way to Blackall, Isisford, llfracombe, Longreach.
One night of shame. Got a cabin at IIfracombe to clean myseft up. Now this is not a bad place to stay. Happy hour where all the campers get together for a met and greet and the owners put on a few nibbles and a bit of bush poetry and jokes. A great night. Checked out the Machinery Mile in town.
Next day plan. Friday 30th. Longreach, Qantas Museum, Muttaburra and head for Springsure.
Only water crossing ( if you can call it that ) on whole trip from the floods was on my way to Muttaburra. Great road.
Muttaburra road was still being worked on. Now Mistake 3. Forgot the charger for the camera so now outta power and no more photo's
Just to finish off and not to leave you hanging, afew more lines to fill in my trip.
Muttaburra to Barcaldine to Alpha on the black stuff. Boring but, well
Turned right at Alpha and head for Tambo but turn left 163km from Alpha onto Developmental Road and look for a place to bush camp. The night of dingo's as a few packs howling around me but not close. Another bush moment to remember. Next morning ride to Springsure. This road was closed when I left home so was hoping it was open now. No closed signs on road so all go. Rocked into Springsure early so did a bit of riding around the countryside and run into Mickldo and his band of merry men. Great time had at Springsure and left there 1pm Sunday for ride home. Plan ride home
Mickldo said something about Arcada so that will do. Great dirt road down and 1 more creek crossing. Got down to Expedition NP camping ground for last night of bush camping. Next morning onto Injune, Roma, Chinchilla, Murgon, Jima, Imbil, Sunny Coast (home ) when it was raining for the first time on my trip.
All up, 12 days, 5896 kms, 1 puncture, 1 Emu , 1 small crash.( Didn't tell you earlier. Only time that I rode to slow, soft sand got me.) A great time and meeting some neat people at both Rallies. You know who you are so thanks and we will meet again. DONE!!!
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Concluding 'teleserye' plots thicken
Now that some teleseryes are winding up their extended storytelling, their plots and subplots have been getting more complex and prolix, the better to keep viewers glued to their TV screens.
Some of the latest twists and turns have been nothing short of stunning—like the recent revelation on "Kailangan Ko'y Ikaw" that the father of Anne Curtis' character isn't Tirso Cruz III, but her "older brother," played by Ian Veneracion! —What a shocker!
Also raising the melodramatic ante on the concluding series is the belated revelation that Kris Aquino's character isn't dead, after all. And, there was a move on a supporting character's part to confirm the fake report of her demise by coming up with her death certificate! —I tell you, teleserye characters lead such corkscrewily eventful lives!
On "Apoy sa Dagat," the twin sisters played by Angelica Panganiban have each gone into similarly charged and eventful subplots of their own, intended to fill each telecast of the show with melodramatic "highlights." —Double the pressure, double the drama and "fun," right? Uh, not quite.
Each sister's story has been so full of "colorful" twists and turns that, instead of reaping thespic benefits from the twin showcases, Angelica has been coming across as a grating performer who can't stop crying each and every day!
Thespic limits
Yes, she's good at pushing her emotional limits, but viewers can only take so much unrelieved angst and breakdown scenes before they throw in the towel—and just don't give a darn!
On "Ina, Kapatid, Anak," the excessive element is the unrelieved rivalry between another set of combative siblings, played by Kim Chiu and Maja Salvador.
They've been at it for so long that viewers end up getting ticked off by both of them. Doesn't the series have any other heartstrings to pluck and exploit that its one-note "sibling rivalry" theme?
On the newer show, "Little Champ," both the boy hero and his talking horse have been endowed with magical super-powers to defend the oppressed against the forces of evil—but, it's rather (unintentionally) funny that they are made to wear masks to "disguise" their identity as superheroes! Like, how many other boy-and-horse teams are there flying around in their locality? Come on…
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The Empire's 2012 Legislative Session Preview
Friday, December 30, 2011 - 04:28 PM
On Wednesday January 4, Governor Andrew Cuomo will deliver the 2012 State of the State in Albany, marking the beginning of a new legislative session. We spoke to numerous political consultants, lawmakers and good government groups to find out what New Yorkers can expect from state government this year.
The budget
Perhaps the real genius behind Cuomo's on-time, balanced budget last year was that it also finalized most of this year's budget as well. Through budget cuts and offsets, the Governor and the legislature were able to close a $10 billion gap last year. While far smaller,a gap has also opened up this year. The tax reform deal pulled together earlier this month helped close that gap significantly, but how the remaining $2 billion or so gets filled this time around is still an unknown.
"We know that they did the deal to do a temporary restructuring of the tax code which is going to bring in some new revenues, and now the question is, what are they going to do in the budget," said Elizabeth Lynam with the Citizen's Budget Commission, which has put out its own read on the upcoming budget.
She said she hoped the Governor and legislature resist the temptation to find new sources of revenue (i.e. raising taxes) and instead "move forward with the continued restructuring of the state's obligations" (i.e. cut state spending on programs).
Democratic State Senator Liz Krueger of Manhattan—the ranking member on the Senate's finance committee—is worried the Governor will do the opposite. "I'm very concerned there will be pressure to cut even further into critical programs," she said. She argued that the tax reform didn't go far enough, and favored revisiting corporate tax loopholes and other potential revenue generators.
Health care
One of the big outstanding issues in the coming budget process will be health care. The Governor has promised a four percent increase in spending on health care this year as part of the budget deal last year. But Senator John DeFrancisco, chair of the Senate's finance committee, says this is the first place lawmakers should be looking to continue to trim the fat.
"I think the most important thing to do this year is to keep the momentum going that we started last year with the $10 billion in cuts in the budget and two percent property tax cap. In other words the fiscally conservative things we have done to try and…get rid of the structural deficit in the State of New York. And that means continual cuts," DeFrancisco said.
The first place he said he and his Republican colleagues in the Senate majority see that happening is in Medicaid. "That's the part of the budget that keeps rising exponentially and has to be dealt with in a way that will have year-after-year savings," he said, pointing to a number of areas, such as limiting what Medicaid will cover and enforcing prescription copays.
The other major area of the budget that will likely come into play is the other promised four percent spending increase made by Cuomo last year—to education. The issue is not whether the spending will go up, but about who will get it and if it will be enough.
"I really think this whole aid to education is going to be a sticking point, and how it's being divvied up," said Assembly Republican Minority Leader Brian Kolb. He was critical of what he called the Governor's "cookie cutter approach" and that upstate and poorer districts weren't getting what they need.
"This is not about teachers, this is not about defending the status quo," Kolb said. "It's going to come down to how well we spend the money we do have."
Bob Ward of the Rockefeller Institute at the University of Albany thinks there could be a push to increase the amount the state spends.
"I think the key question will be, can more dollars be found to add to the existing four percentage increase? Certainly the legislature will want to do that." Ward said. "The teachers unions will be pushing very hard for increases."
Old business
Other than the budget, the biggest outstanding issue facing elected officials going into the next session is redistricting. As we wait for LATFOR--the joint legislative task force responsible for drawing districts--to release maps, many see this unresolved issue playing a big role in the early part of the session.
"One of the overriding issues that is out there is [redistricting] and that is something that is keenly important to each of the members, on both sides of the aisle, in both houses," said Nick Spano of Empire Strategic Planning, an Albany-based consulting firm.
The big question is whether the Governor can negotiate some sort of deal, knowing that he's vowed to veto any lines that weren't drawn in a non-partisan fashion. If a deal can't be put together soon the battle over the lines could be happening in the midst of the budget process, even becoming part of the negotiations.
"If it's tied to the budget, March will be one of the busiest months we've seen in Albany," said NYPIRG's Bill Mahoney.
The contentious debate over whether New York should allow hydrofracking upstate will continue to develop as an issue during this session.
"Hydro fracturing will be a big fight over the next year," said Senator Krueger, who has been an outspoken opponent of the drilling process.
As the state continues to review the process, Kyle Kotary of Empire Public Affairs, an Albany-based PR firm, said he believed "the economics will win" when it comes to hydrofracking.
"If it turns out to be a billion dollar economic boon, I think you're going to find the Governor and thelegislature finding the most environmentally green and sound way to tap into that economic benefit and that energy self-reliance," Kotary said. "If it turns out to be a billion dollar boondoggle, it's not going to go anywhere because the dollars are either there or they're not. "
New business
Legalized gambling
As part of the recent tax reform package the legislature affirmed it would likely pursue the process of changing the state's constitution to make gambling legal in New York.
The Governor has made it clear he's supportive of the idea, but the devil is in the details, as always. The debate over whether to simply expand operations in areas that already have forms of gambling, or whether to come up with a new system for locating Las Vegas-style casinos in areas will be the real battle. This year, though, expect a more broad discussion as the Governor and legislatures work to pass one of two consecutive-session votes in favor of legalizing gambling.
Economic development and jobs
In a number of conversations the subject of continued economic development being a priority for the Governor was mentioned. This past year's establishment of regional economic councils gives Cuomo and the legislature a framework to look for more ways to spur job growth. This will likely be an issue pushed hard by Team Cuomo.
"It all begins and ends around the economics," said Mercury Public Affairs' Tom Doherty. "The focus is going to be how to balance the budget and at the same time continue to attract jobs to New York."
Other business
Campaign finance reform
"Cuomo promised during his campaign that this will be one of his top priorities," noted NYPIRG's Mahoney, but so far there's been little movement on the issue. Expect Democrats in the legislature to push the issue this session.
Pension reform
Pension reform is another issue the Governor had in the past brought up but which seems to have faded. But that doesn't mean everyone's forgotten: In an op-ed today, New York State Republican Chairman Ed Cox challenged Cuomo to live up to that pledge. But if a new pension tier or reform is pursued, New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said that has to involve multilateral negotiations.
"If there's going to be serious discussion about a new tier, in the past, as I've said, labor has to be part of that discussion, the Comptroller said.
Healthcare exchange
"The tea party wing of the Republican Senate scuttled a deal that was reached" on the federally-mandated health care exchanges, said Senator Michael Gianaris of Queens. He hopes this session will see a resolution that will bring New York in compliance with the law.
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Senator Krueger is a cosponsor of that bill: http://open.nysenate.gov/legislation/bill/S4220-2011
We need to BAN fracking. If Krueger is represented as "an outspoken opponent of the drilling process." Then she will be championing S4220, the bill NOW in the Senate that would ban it. Let's hear more about this Bill instead fo vagues calls to Cuomo or the DEC!
One issue no one wants aired is the fairness of awarding one retroactive pension enhancement after another for Generation Greed from 1994 to the present, and then slashing the benefits of future government workers to less than what Generation Greed had been promised when hired, without demanding equal sacrifices from existing retirees in and workers. Perhaps lower wages for those with richer pensions, higher pension contributions, higher health insurance contributions for workers and retirees, etc.
Under the Governor's proposal, the same state legislators who voted to make their Generation richer and lied about the cost will also vote to make younger generations poorer. Meanwhile, private sector workers with no benefits at all are having their public services cut and taxes increased to pay for the past deals.
And since pensions have been retroactively enhanced and cut several times in a repeated cycle, would future workers really have their pensions cut in the end. Or would those workers AND those older use those purported reductions as an excuse for worse work, and an example of "sacrifice" by those who sacrificed nothing, only to have the pensions retroactively enhanced later?
Now for a change of subject
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