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970 days ago
My favorite section of peta2.com is the 'issues' section, specifically the 'Animals Are Not Ours To Eat' sub-section. I love the line that says "This kind of abuse would be illegal if dogs or cats were the victims—but animals on factory farms are protected only by poorly regulated laws (or no laws at all, in the case of chickens and turkeys!)." I use that argument every time someone tries to make me look stupid for being a vegetarian. The issue with factory farms is the animal rights issue that I feel the strongest about, so it's a no-brainer why this section is my favorite.
971 days ago
My favorite section on peta2.com is the "Heroes" section. I like this section because it shows that people are really taking action to stop animal cruelty and anything that harms animals. A lot of people say they're against it but, they never actually do anything. Anything can make a difference whether its wearing cruelty-free makeup like Audrey Kitching or the Anti-Fur ad by Miss Higgins'. We shouldn't just think about stopping animal cruelty and abuse but, actually do something to take a stand against it.
971 days ago
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Players want to distribute list of divers, which is hilarious
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One of the topics discussed at Wednesday's rule enforcement meeting in Toronto was one of the most maddening acts in the game: diving.
According to a report from NHL.com, the players attending the session — a group that included Jason Spezza, Kevin Bieksa and John-Michael Liles — "led an impassioned discussing on enforcing" Rule 64.1, which is the rule against diving/embellishment.
The players had an interesting idea, proposing that a list of "divers" can be distributed throughout the NHL so every team's dressing room can have it and so officials can see it before each game.
While that's a nice idea in theory, it gets a roll of the eyes from this scribe. Diving, embellishment or whatever you want to call it happens with every team, so that would be one hell of a list. Sometimes it's more outrageous than others, but diving happens. Maybe it can go away with more discipline, but I'm not counting on it.
For example, Kevin Bieksa is leading the charge against divers? Bieksa committed perhaps the worst dive of the 2011 playoffs — and P.K. Subban certainly had some candidates in the first round — in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup finals in order to get a high-sticking call on Mark Recchi. But it happens. Andrew Ference did pretty much the same thing to get a call on Mason Raymond in the same series.
How much would a list really accomplish? Does any referee go into a Canadiens game unaware that Subban has been known to embellish calls?
Honest players do it and dishonest players do it. As much as fans want to think it only occurs with whichever team the home team is playing, diving is ubiquitous. Maybe it won't be some day, but it's prevalent enough these days for this "list" idea to seem laughable.
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Amateur race timing software?
I help run an amateur offroad racing club (enduro-type riding). Up until now we've recorded start, lap & finish times the old school way with a stopwatch and pen & paper.
Does anyone know of software that can be used for this. The focus isn't on split-second accurate timing but rather on having a list of the riders in digital format and perhaps the clock running on the laptop too.
Thanks in advance
here is a system that might work.
$99 US but looks easy enough
Used for running and cycling so it should work for racing as well
hmmm we are in the same postion . We are looking into systems the problem is the multiple laps and recording ... one way and the best i think is transponder scoring ..which we use in Canadian National Enduro series as does a lot of other orginizations, or bar code scanning (small bar code on a tag on your helmet ) I will post info as we get it but ... I dont thnk it will be cheap .
Trackside Software
This is the industry standard for amateur MX and many offroad events
I have worked with it, easy to use and foolproof :deal
Race lap Timer Pro
I found this on the web..
free download
the company website is extinct so I don't know if they are still around.
pretty cool little software
Our club the Norsemen just started using software for hare scrambles. There should be a 'contact me" somewhere on the website, I am sure that Maggie or Tawnia would give you the info on the scoring software that we use.
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Hey Bazzer! Waiting with baited breath for info on what you find. We should be doing something more sophisticated than paper an pencil up in our neck of the woods too. I can supply things like barcode scanners etc at steep discounts, my company does a lot of point-of-sale business, and I'm willing to supply local clubs hardware at my wholesale cost.
The challenge I see is getting everyone entered into the system in a hurry just before the race. From my observations, only a precious few would pre-register for an event. Scoring software would make the inevitable class selection and scoring errors an issue of the past though. Last year when I raced the Rock Hound I got in the wrong class somehow, didn't figure it out until I noticed that everyone in my starting group was younger and skinier than me!
I think you could print up a bunch of barcode labels before the event, then attach them to registration forms. Someone would have to be drafted to the data entry work and scan the codes into the scoring software. Once registration is complete, the laptop and scanner could be moved to scoring tent on the course. I've done scoring, and it can be a bit of a gong show when a group of riders comes in close together and you have someone yelling helmet numbers to someone else who tries to locate them on the scoring sheets etc. An orderly and automated system for carrying this out would be great!
Within the universe of the Okanagan Hare Scramble Series, none of the race dates overlap, perhaps the clubs could pool talents and funds to come up with a scoring system that could be used at all of the events.
I came upon this post, from 2010 I see, about your looking for some software to record times. I wanted to mention that a friend of mine had commissioned me to create a program such as this, which I did in Java to produce the results you're looking for. You can see it at prodrt.com if you're interested.
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Be good out there!
I know this is an old thread, but I needed to find a decent race timer.
There wasn't a good one that was free and simple so I wrote one:
It's browser-based so you can just play with it instantly, but also works offline.
Hopefully this doesn't count as span since it's free and I'm just trying to be nice!
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Hello again from historic Adairville sitting on the "big island" between the two branches of the Red River. The early Indians and later the pioneer settlers thought they had added security being on the island with so many caves to seek refuge.
The famous Cook's Cave later to be called Savage Cave is the most historic of the caves in the Adairville area. The main entrance sits about two miles to the east of town and has a huge hidden entrance that cannot be seen from surrounding areas. There are at least two main tunnels, an underground stream and several large rooms. Early man inhabited the cave for centuries.
Historic diggings under the supervision of noted archeologists from several universities have uncovered a treasure trove of articles from early inhabitants. The Smithsonian, Carnegie Museum, University of Tennessee and Murray State University all hold more than 150 cases of artifacts from the cave. This is in addition to the grave robbers of the past 200 years.
Prehistoric animal bones have also been uncovered from both inside and outside the cave. Some of the bones are considered among the rarest in America. Remains of prehistoric lions, tigers, buffalo, elephants and strange animals unknown today have all been found in and just outside the cave. So far archeologist have dug down to a depth that they say represents 10,000 years and they believe that man lived in the cave as far back as 20,000 years. If so that would put our cave, here in Logan County, as one of the three oldest sites in America for human habitat.
The late Genevieve Savage formally owned the property where the cave entrance is located. She recognized the great importance of the cave and worked tirelessly to gain the attention of noted institutions. Thus the official excavations and studies that went on. Mrs. Savage eventually turned the cave property over to Murray State University for its protection and future studies. Over the past 20 years Murray State did little if anything to for fill their obligations. Unfortunately cave robbers had a field day with the cave during that time.
Now the cave is under constant watch. Cave robbers have been caught and prosecuted. There are cameras, electronic signaling devices and other things to detect any intruders. State and Federal Laws have now made it unlawful to rob or deface a cave. The punishment is a heavy fine and jail time up to 20 years.
Wayne Young is the chairman of the citizens group that has been working so hard to bring the official ownership of the cave back to our county and the watch, protection and proper conservatorship back to Adairville. The mayor and city council, local chamber of commerce and historical society are all working for the final action that gives control of the cave back to Logan County. Everyone is now waiting on the Nation Cave Conservatory, Murray State and the Commonwealth of Kentucky to take final action.
Time to go. Good night "sweet Bertie Angel " and Mrs. Calabash where ever you are.


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Estrada to crack down on all forms of illegal gambling, except 'jueteng'
MANILA, Philippines — Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada declared on Monday an all-out war against all forms of illegal gambling—excluding "jueteng"—as he warned police officials that he would strictly impose a one-strike policy.
"We will immediately relieve those officers who are not able to stop illegal gambling in their respective jurisdictions," Estrada said during a command conference at the Manila Police District (MPD) headquarters.
The former president referred to video karera, fruit games and basketball ending as among the illegal forms of gambling he wanted outlawed although he did not mention the illegal numbers game.
Estrada later explained to reporters that in 2009, he called for the legalization of jueteng because a study conducted by the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. showed that 163,000 people made their living from the illegal numbers game.
"What's the alternative? What will people live on if you stop it?" he said.
Estrada was convicted of plunder in 2007 for accepting P545 million in jueteng kickbacks. He was later pardoned a month later by then president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
Senior Superintendent Gilbert Cruz, MPD chief of staff, said that illegal gambling raids would be conducted by the headquarters' intelligence unit and other operating units. Should any form of illegal gambling be found in a certain area, the MPD director has been authorized by the mayor to immediately relieve the station commander.
At the same time, Estrada announced that he would restore the monthly allowance of policemen, eliciting loud applause from the audience.
Estrada said each law enforcer would receive P1,000 a month, which would be taken from his discretionary fund. After six months and should there be enough money, the amount would be raised to P2,500, he added.
Asked for comment, Chief Superintendent Isagani Genabe, the acting MPD director, said that members of the police force have already been receiving an allowance from the Philippine National Police but allowances from the city government would be added incentive to good performance.
"I think it's an incentive for MPD personnel so they could serve properly." he added.
Genabe said the MPD has been preparing to transfer to the National Capital Region Police Office around 400 policemen who did not attend the command conference.
Earlier, the police district said it would be cracking on "15-30" law enforcers or those who show up for work only during payday.
"For those who were absent this morning, it only means they no longer want to be assigned to the MPD. So we will be giving them availability of transfer to where they want to serve," he said.
Estrada, meanwhile, reiterated that the peace and order situation in the city would be his priority in the first 100 days of his term.
"I challenge you, especially the station commanders, to start cleaning up your ranks. If you cannot do this, you might as well resign because I will personally go after you," he said.
He ordered the police officers to quit their involvement in criminal syndicates, turn down bribes offered by people behind illegal activities and restore people's confidence in the police force.
"I am the mayor, henceforth, I will consistently lead by example. I will not ask you to do something, which I am not prepared to do myself," Estrada said. "No amount of lip service can hide hypocrisy for a long time."
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Both teams struggled early, coming out of the gate sloppy. Both the UCLA Bruins and the Arizona Wildcats had 10 turnovers apiece in the 1st half. Solomon Hill, the lone bright spot, lead all players with 14 points and 6 rebounds at the half.
The Wildcats were able to pull away in the 2nd half due to their 27 free-throw attempts. UCLA outscored Arizona 36 to 19 in the paint and forced 6 more turnovers, but couldn't overcome the rebound and free-throw attempts disparity. With Solomon Hill leading or tied for the lead in points (25), free-throws made (12), total rebounds (12), offensive rebounds (3) and steals (3), he is the Playmaker of the game.
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Word diagrams in teaching classical conditioning.
Much of the richness of the discipline of behavior analysis is in the study of complex behavior-environment relations or contingencies. This richness, however, poses one of the major difficulties in teaching behavior-analysis because complex relations between behavior and the environment are difficult to describe using prose definitions. Recognizing this problem, several observers have proposed diagramming systems for clarifying contingency relations (Goldwater & Acker, 1995; Hummel, Kaeck, Bowes, & Rittenhouse, 1994; Malott, 1992; Mechner, 1959; Snapper, Kadden, & Inglis, 1982). Relatedly, educators have also advocated using diagrams to represent complex behavior-environment relations in order to help students learn these concepts (Goldwater & Acker, 1995; Mattaini, 1995; Michael & Schafer, 1995).
The advocates of diagrams to teach behavior-analysis concepts have advanced persuasive arguments in favor of using diagrams that have considerable intuitive appeal. However, research into the effectiveness of diagrams in communication and teaching has been lacking. The present experiment examined the effectiveness of a simple word diagram in teaching classical conditioning. Basic word diagrams have long been used to illustrate classical conditioning in introductory psychology texts and texts in the psychology of learning (e.g., Keller & Schoenfeld, 1950, p. 19, p. 31), even though the use of these diagrams has never been empirically validated. In an informal survey of behavior-analysis textbooks, Goldwater and Acker (1995) expressed concern that recent textbooks have omitted diagrams.
In the present study, students used diagrams as part of a self-instructional concept-teaching program. The diagrams supplemented ordinary text as a means of showing how the definition applied to specific examples of classical conditioning.
Sixty university students from introductory psychology participated to fulfill a course requirement. Their grades were independent of performance in the study. All participants complied with the experimental procedures.
General Procedure
When students arrived at the research site they obtained a materials package that included written directions. Initially, students read a 500-word introductory lesson on classical conditioning concepts. This lesson defined and exemplified unconditioned reflexes, conditioned reflexes, unconditioned stimuli (US), unconditioned responses (UR), neutral stimuli (NS), conditioned stimuli (CS), and conditioned responses (CR). The lesson also compared and contrasted classical conditioning with both pseudoconditioning and operant conditioning.
After reading the introductory lesson, the students read a conceptual exercise consisting of examples and nonexamples of classical conditioning. Each of the examples was based on a published account of human classical conditioning. One of the nonexamples illustrated operant conditioning and one illustrated pseudoconditioning. Beneath each item was an "analysis" that identified the item as an example or a nonexample. For examples, the analysis identified the US, UR, NS, CS, and CR. For nonexamples, the analysis explained why the item lacked the critical features of classical conditioning and when applicable identified the item as an instance of operant conditioning or pseudoconditioning.
After completing the conceptual exercise, students took a postest consisting of six novel (i.e., previously unseen) items, three examples of classical conditioning (Ellson, 1941; Razran, 1949; Vaitl, Gruppe, & Kimmel, 1985) and three nonexamples. One nonexample was an instance of operant conditioning, one was an instance of pseudoconditioning, and one was an instance of neither operant conditioning nor pseudoconditioning.
For each item, each student was required to classify the item as an example or a nonexample and to analyze the presence or absence of the critical features (i.e., US, UR, NS, CS, and CR). For the nonexamples each student was also asked to identify them as examples of operant conditioning or of pseudoconditioning. The posttest instructions did not specify whether the student should draw diagrams in answering the items.
Experimental Treatments and Design
There were two experimental treatments: Matched versus unmatched examples/nonexamples and the use of diagrams. In the matched condition, the conceptual exercise consisted of 14 example/nonexample pairs presented side by side. The examples (Bierley, McSweeney, & Vannieuwkerk, 1985; Cannon & Baker, 1981; Cannon, Best, Batson, & Feldman, 1983; Clarke & Hayes, 1984; Dekker, Pelser, & Groen, 1964; Doerr, 1981; Efron, 1964; Hayduk, 1980; Kasatkin & Levikova, 1932; McConaghy, 1970; Quarti & Renaud, 1964; Switzer, 1933; Watson & Rayner, 1920; Wolpe, 1958) illustrated classical conditioning. The matched nonexamples were modified versions of the examples changed so that they did not illustrate classical conditioning. Of the 14 nonexamples in the matched condition, 6 were examples of pseudoconditioning, 3 were examples of operant conditioning, and 5 were examples of neither pseudoconditioning nor operant conditioning. With minor modifications, the examples and nonexamples of classical conditioning used in the present st udy are included in Grant and Evans' (1994, pp. 412-417, pp. 506-512) self-instructional exercise over classical conditioning.
In the unmatched condition, the conceptual exercise consisted of 14 items, 10 examples and 4 nonexamples. The unmatched exercise was constructed by omitting the matched example or nonexample, as appropriate. One of the nonexamples illustrated operant conditioning and one illustrated pseudoconditioning. The design of the unmatched condition followed Miller and Weaver's (1976) concept-teaching recommendations, which designate that 30% of the items should be nonexamples. The comparison of the matched and unmatched treatments was included because the matched treatment permitted students to see 40% more diagrams than the unmatched treatment, enhancing any possible effects of diagrams.
In the diagram condition, the introductory lesson and each example in the conceptual exercise contained a diagram representing the classical conditioning. In the nondiagram condition, the diagram was omitted. Figure 1 represents the diagram used in the introductory lesson. The remaining diagrams were similar to Figure 1, differing only in the specific stimuli and responses contained in the example. As illustrated in Figure 1, the lesson emphasized the predictiveness of the CS in signaling the US as being the key factor in conditioning rather than temporal contiguity between the CS and the US.
Students were randomly assigned to one of the four conditions (15 participants per condition), formed by crossing lesson format (matched examples and nonexamples versus unmatched examples and nonexamples) with diagrams (present versus absent).
Interrater Reliability
Two independent raters scored all the posttests. For the classification task, the raters scored each item as correct or incorrect on the basis of whether the student had properly identified examples and nonexamples. For analysis-task examples, the raters individually scored the correctness of the student's identification of the US, UR, NS, CS, and CR. For analysis-task nonexamples, the raters scored the correctness of the student's identification of nonexamples as instances of operant conditioning, of pseudoconditioning, or of neither operant conditioning nor pseudoconditioning. If the first two raters disagreed, a third rater cast the deciding vote.
Interrater reliability was calculated by dividing the number of agreements by the number of agreements plus the number of disagreements. On the classification task, reliability of posttest grading was .99. On the analysis task, the reliability coefficient was 1.00 for nonexamples. On the analysis task, the mean reliability coefficient for examples ranged from .95 to .97 with an overall mean of .96
Results and Discussion
A 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 (diagrams/nondiagrams x matched/unmatched format x examples/nonexamples x classification/analysis) repeated-measures analysis of variance was conducted on the posttest data. The proportion of responses correct per item served as the dependent measure for purposes of data analysis. On the posttest, the students answered nonexample items (M = .76 correct responses per item) correctly more often than example items (M = .65 correct responses per item), F(1, 56) = 6.90, p < .05. In addition, the students correctly responded more often to the classification task (M = .825) than to the analysis task (M = .59), F(1, 56) = 112.56, p <.01.
The major significant result was the diagrams/nondiagrams x examples/nonexamples x classification/analysis interaction, F(1, 56) = 8.86, p < .01. Newman-Keuls tests indicated that students using diagrams correctly classified nonexamples (M = .93) more frequently than did students not using diagrams (M = .83), p < .01. In addition, students using diagrams correctly analyzed examples (M = .61) more frequently than did students not using diagrams (M = .49), p < .01.
Of the 30 students in the diagram group, 15 (drawers) happened to draw their own diagrams in answering the posttest example items and the other 15 (nondrawers) did not. In order to examine differences between these two groups, a 2 x 2 x 2 (drawers/nondrawers x examples/nonexamples x classification/analysis) repeated-measures analysis of variance was conducted. Students correctly answered classification-task items (M = .84) more often than they correctly answered the analysis-task items (M = .62), F(1,28) = 4.25, p < .05.
Drawers answered posttest items (M = .80) correctly more often than did nondrawers (M = .66), F(1, 28) = 6.30, p < .05. Also significant in this analysis was the drawers/nondrawers x examples/nonexamples x classification/analysis interaction, F(1, 28) = 8.93, p < .01. Newman-Keuls tests indicated that drawers correctly classified examples (M = .82) more often than did nondrawers (M = .69), p < .05. Drawers classified nonexamples correctly (M = 1.00) more often than did nondrawers (M = .87), p < .01. Finally, drawers correctly analyzed examples (M = .75) more often than did nondrawers (M = .47), p < .01.
To summarize, the major finding of this study was that diagrams of classical conditioning improved students' learning of that concept. On the posttest, students given diagrams (a) more often correctly classified novel nonexamples of classical conditioning and (b) more often correctly. analyzed novel examples of classical conditioning by being able to correctly identify the US, UR, NS, CS, and CR.
The beneficial effects of diagrams provide general support for advocates of the use of diagrams to teach behavior-analysis concepts (Goldwater & Acker, 1995; Malott, 1992; Mattaini, 1995; Michael & Schafer, 1995). Although there are differences in the proposed systems of diagrammatic representation, all the systems share the representation of temporal sequences of events in spatial dimensions on the printed page. Students in the present study benefited from relatively simple diagrams that illustrated, in spatial dimensions, the temporal sequences among the US, UR, CS and CR. Behavior-analysis procedures generally involve temporal sequences of events (e.g., the effects of antecedents and consequences on responses) and it may be that diagrams make these sequences easier to understand and to learn by representing them in spatial dimensions. In comparison to the systems for diagramming behavior analysis concepts (Goldwater & Acker, 1995; Hummel et al., 1994; Malott, 1992; Mechner, 1959; Snapper et al., 1982), the diagrams the students used in the present study were simple ones that required no specific knowledge of diagramming symbols. Students may stand to benefit even more from learning more sophisticated diagramming systems.
The diagrams used in the present study provide support for the general proposition that diagrams illustrating concept structure are a useful adjunct to concept teaching methods. Waddill, McDaniel, and Einstein (1988) suggest that research concerning the instructional effectiveness of visual aids should identify the specific contexts and conditions that are appropriate for presenting visual aids. The present study suggests that diagrams are appropriate at the definitional and example analysis stages of concept teaching. This finding is especially important because research and advice in concept teaching (Grant, 1986; Merrill, Tennyson, & Posey, 1992; Tennyson & Cocchiarella, 1986) has generally emphasized only standard prose concept definitions. It may be that word diagrams should often augment the use of standard prose in teaching concepts.
The beneficial effect of diagrams on the example-analysis task indicated that diagrammatic representation was particularly effective in teaching students to identify the relationships among the stimuli and responses in classical conditioning. The finding that diagrams improved nonexample classification indicates that diagrams were also particularly effective in reducing errors of overgeneralization or overextension, in which nonexamples of a concept are classified as examples.
The diagrams were of no help in the nonexample-analysis task, in which the students were required to specify whether nonexamples were instances of operant conditioning or pseudoconditioning. Because the diagrams did not represent these concepts, the diagrams could not be expected to improve student performance in analyzing nonexamples. However, the diagrams were also of no help in classifying examples, and they should have been of assistance if the diagrams had acted to improve the students' abilities to identify the components of classical conditioning. Students in the diagram group who drew diagrams in answering the posttest items were better at example classification than were diagram group students who did not draw diagrams. This result suggests that diagrams improved both example and nonexample classification for those students who actually made use of the diagrams. Although suggestive of additional benefits of diagrams, the correlational nature of the comparisons between the drawers and nondrawers makes it difficult to come to any firm conclusions. For example the drawers could have simply been more motivated, which led them to draw diagrams and do better on the posttest, without any necessary functional relationship between drawing and improved test performance.
The effectiveness of diagrams leads naturally to considerations concerning how teachers can and should implement diagrams in their written instructional materials, lectures, and web-based materials. Although this issue is beyond the scope of the present data, some rough guidelines have emerged from the author's work. First, because diagrams tend to focus the student's attention, using diagrams may be more effective to teach relatively difficult concepts like classical conditioning that students need to spend more time on than simpler concepts. Second, many diagrams illustrate temporal sequences of events and these types of diagrams lend themselves well to use in overheads in lectures because the instructor is able to point out subsections of the diagram and explain the component processes the diagram illustrates. This kind of step-by-step highlighting of parts of diagrams is also increasingly possible through computer-based and web-based instruction. Diagrams are particularly well suited to web-based instruct ion because they are relatively easy to read on a computer screen, unlike long passages of text. Third, as suggested by the comparisons of the drawers and nondrawers in the current study, there may well be important benefits in teaching and encouraging students to draw diagrams. Diagramming methods may enable students to organize and recall concepts and principles more effectively than traditional methods such as reading and rereading and reciting text.
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Meanwhile unemployment in Cincinnati dropped to 7.5 percent in August, down from 8.2 percent in July. Unemployment in Hamilton County dropped to 6.8 percent in August, down from 7.3 percent. The Greater Cincinnati's jobless rate for the month was 6.7 percent, putting it below that of the state (7.2 percent) and the nation (8.1 percent).
Speaking of numbers, a new poll released today shows Obama leading Romney in Ohio – the third such poll in the last four days. The Quinnipiac University/CBS News/New York Times Swing State Poll shows Obama leading Romney 53 to 43 percent in Ohio, and by similar large margins in the battlegrounds of Florida and Pennsylvania.
The typically media-shy Republican Ohio Treasurer and Senate candidate Josh Mandel proposed three new rules for members of the U.S. Congress in a rare Tuesday news conference. He said he wants members of Congress to lose their pensions if they became lobbyists, be limited to 12 years in the House and Senate and not be paid if they failed to pass a budget. Mandel says his opponent, sitting Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown, broke his promise to voters that he would only serve 12 years in Congress. Mandel himself promised to fill his entire term as state treasurer, but would leave halfway through if he wins the Senate race.
The governors of Ohio and Kentucky continue to move toward jointly supporting a financing study for a replacement of the functionally-obsolete Brent Spence Bridge, and both governors favor a bridge toll to fund construction. The Kentucky Legislature would have to approve a measure to allow tolling on the bridge.
Forty percent of Hamilton County's septic systems are failing, and homeowners and utilities are arguing over who should foot the $242 million bill. The Enquirer has an analysis of the ongoing battle.
The Associated Press reports that Andy Williams, Emmy-winning TV host and "Moon River" crooner, has died.
The Enquirer is still doing all it can to keep the Lacheys relevant instead of letting them die off like all bad 90s trends like Furby and Hammer pants. The paper blogged that Lachey finished in the bottom three in the first week of the new Dancing with the Stars: All Stars.
Speaking of those replacement NFL refs, apparently some of them were fired by the Lingerie Football League for incompetence. Yes, there are totally unrelated pictures of women playing football.
Some Democratic lawmakers want answers from Republican Gov. John Kasich.
A group of Democratic state representatives has put forth a bill that would require Kasich — and every governor after him — to come before the Ohio House of Representatives 10 times per year for 45-minute question and answer sessions where the governor would have to take at least five questions from each side of the aisle.
Rep. Mike Foley, D-Cleveland, is the bill's sponsor. He did not return CityBeat's call for comment as of Wednesday afternoon.
Cincinnati Democratic Rep. Denise Driehaus is one of the bill's co-sponsors. She said Foley had the idea while visiting Canada, where their parliament has a similar procedure.
"I think it's a great idea where the governor interacts with the legislature and we have the opportunity to question him and really engage on some of the issues and get his opinion on things," Driehaus says.
She said the Legislature doesn't currently have a whole lot of opportunity to interact with the governor, except for the State of the State address, but even then they can't really engage Ohio's chief executive.
The Ohio Democratic Party has recently filed suit against Kasich for what it says is a failure to comply with open records laws for redacting parts of his public schedules when responding to a public records request.
The ODP has called Kasich opaque and secretive for failing to respond or only partially responding to records requests.
However, Driehaus said the bill isn't meant to apply only to Kasich, but would apply to every governor after him. She said she didn't think it was in reaction to her party's spat with the governor.
"This is much broader and much more forward thinking than that," Driehaus says.
Facing tight budgets, Ohio schools, including Cincinnati Public Schools (CPS), are considering open enrollment.
The move would open school doors to neighboring communities. It was
previously considered by CPS a decade ago, but the plan didn't have
enough support from the district's board. It might now.
Next year could be challenging for Ohio schools. Butler County schools will begin the year by implementing a transition to the Common Core Curriculum, new evaluations for teachers and a new method of rating and grading schools. The state is also expected to change the school funding formula.
seasonally unadjusted unemployment rate remained relatively flat at 6.9
percent in November, according to data from the Ohio Department of Jobs
and Family Services. The city's unemployment did not tick up or down
from the 6.9 percent rate in October, but about 1,300 dropped out from
the civilian labor force as it shrank from 145,600 in October to 144,300
in November. Hamilton County also remained flat at 6.3 percent as 3,500
left the labor force. Greater Cincinnati ticked up to 6.2 percent from
6.1 percent, with about 6,900 leaving the labor force between October
and November. In comparison, the state had a seasonally unadjusted rate
of 6.5 percent and nation had a seasonally unadjusted rate of 7.4
percent in November. Unemployment numbers are calculated through a
household survey. The unemployment rate gauges the amount of unemployed
people looking for work in contrast to the total civilian labor force.
Since the numbers are derived from surveys, they are often revised in
later months. Federal and state numbers are typically adjusted for
seasonal factors.
Police in Kentucky are now using playing cards to catch suspects. Trooper Michael Webb says the effort has helped crack three out of 52 cases so far. That may not seem like a lot, but Webb puts it in perspective: "Two of the cases were double homicides so that's four families that have gotten closure and have had some kind of ability to deal with the situation. The third one was a single murder and obviously that family has been able to have closure. So we've got five families that have been able to have closure as a result of this initiative."
Another casualty of the fiscal cliff: milk. It turns out milk prices could soar to $7 a gallon as Congress fails to adopt a farm bill. President Barack Obama and legislators are expected to discuss a fiscal cliff deal today.
As some companies shift to social media, Facebook may topple CareerBuilder for job opportunities.
On Christmas Day, 17.4 million smart devices turned on for the first time. In the first 20 days of December, only 4 million Android and iOS devices were turned on.
What does 2013 hold for science and technology? Popular Science takes a look. Expect more supercomputers and less solar activity!
Here is the dorkiest, cutest marriage proposal ever.
Approximately 50 Occupy Cincinnati protesters attended yesterday's City Council meeting to testify against Piatt Park's 10 p.m. closing time. Negotiations between the city and protesters is ongoing, according to reports, but no agreement was made yesterday after protesters turned down an offer of a new place to stay overnight and the city declined to let the group stay in the park under new restrictions.
Councilman Chris Bortz and Councilwoman Leslie Ghiz, both of whom have connections to property along the park, have brought up the possibility that if protesters aren't removed that someday the city will have to let the Ku Klux Klan camp out. Ghiz yesterday was criticized by protesters for posting on Facebook the private information of two people who wrote emails criticizing her (more on that here). CityBeat reflected on the situation again here.
While fact checking an interview, CityBeat discovered it will be possible to circumvent the parking plan's cap on meter rate increases through a multilayer process that involves approval from a special committee, the city manager and the Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority. The process adds a potential loophole to one of the city manager's main defenses against fears of skyrocketing rates, but Meg Olberding, city spokesperson, says raising the cap requires overcoming an extensive series of hurdles: unanimous approval from a board with four members appointed by the Port Authority and one selected by the city manager, affirmation from the city manager and a final nod from the Port Authority. Olberding says the process is necessary in case anything changes during the 30-year time span of the parking deal, which CityBeat covered in detail here.
Democratic mayoral candidate John Cranley launched DontSellCincinnati.org to prevent the city manager's parking plan, which semi-privatizes the city's parking assets. The website claims the plan gives for-profit investment companies power over enforcement, guarantees 3-percent rate increases every year and blows through all the money raised in two years. The plan does task a private company with enforcement, but it will be handled by Xerox, not a financial firm, and must follow standards set in the company's agreement with the Port Authority. While the plan does allow 3-percent rate increases each year, Olberding says the Port Authority will have the power to refuse an increase — meaning it's not a guarantee.
Arnol Elam, the Franklin City Schools superintendent who sent an angry letter to Gov. John Kasich over his budget plan, is no longer being investigated for misusing county resources after he paid $539 in restitution. CityBeat covered Elam's letter, which told parents and staff about regressive funding in Kasich's school funding proposal, and other parts of the governor's budget in an in-depth cover story.
To the surprise of no one, Ohio's oil lobby is still against Kasich's tax plan, which raises a 4 percent severance tax on oil and wet gas from high-producing fracking wells and a 1 percent tax on dry gas.
Local faith leaders from a diversity of religious backgrounds held a press conference yesterday to endorse the Freedom to Marry and Religious Freedom Amendment, an amendment from FreedomOhio that would legalize same-sex marriage in the state. Pastor Mike Underhill of the Nexus United Church of Christ (UCC) in Butler County, Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp of Temple Sholom, Pamela Taylor of Muslims for Progressive Values and Mike Moroski, who recently lost his job as assistant principal at Purcell Marian High School for standing up for LGBT rights all attended the event. CityBeat covered the amendment and its potential hurdles for getting on the 2013 ballot here.
Vanessa White, a member of the Cincinnati Public Schools board, is running for City Council. White is finishing her first four-year term at the board after winning the seat handily in 2009. She has said she wants to stop the streetcar project, but she wants to increase collaboration between the city and schools and create jobs for younger people.
The Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles' (BMV) policy on providing driver's licenses to the children of illegal immigrants remains unclear. Since CityBeat broke the story on the BMV policy, the agency has shifted from internally pushing against driver's licenses for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients to officially "reviewing guidance from the federal government as it applies to Ohio law." DACA is an executive order from President Barack Obama that allows the children of illegal immigrants to qualify for permits that enable them to remain in the United States without fear of prosecution.
A survey from the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments found locals are generally satisfied with roads, housing and issues that affect them everyday. The survey included 2,500 people and questions about energy efficiency, infrastructure, public health, schools and other issues.
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine revealed 7,000 Ohioans have received more than $280 million in consumer relief as part of the National Mortgage Settlement announced one year ago. The $25 billion settlement between the federal government and major banks punishes reckless financial institutions and provides relief to homeowners in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis.
Ohio received a $3 million federal grant to continue improving the state's health care payments and delivery programs.
Cincinnati home sales reached a six-year high after a 27-percent jump in January.
CityBeat's Hannah "McAttack" McCartney interviewed yours truly for the first post of her Q&A-based blog, Cinfolk.
Crows have a sense of fairness, a new study found.
Ohio death row inmate Billy Slagle, who was scheduled to be executed on Aug. 7 was found hanged in his cell on Sunday.
Slagle, who fatally stabbed his neighbor 17 times in 1987, was recently denied clemency by Gov. John Kasich, despite a rare request from prosecutors to have his death sentence commuted to life in prison. CityBeat last week covered the situation here.
The restraining order granted last month to Jim Obergefell and John Arthur, the gay Ohio couple who in July flew to Maryland to officially tie the knot after 20 years of marriage, is set to expire today, meaning the judge overseeing the case must either renew the restraining order or issue a preliminary injunction. Arthur, who suffers from debilitating ALS, a neurological disease, is not expected to live much longer, which is why the two are fighting for their marriage to be recognized in their home state; in the case of Arthur's death, Obergefell wants to be rightfully listed as his "surviving spouse."
The first in-vitro hamburger, made of edible beef cells without actually killing a cow, was served today in London. According to food experts, the mouthfeel is similar to a conventional hamburger, but the traditional fatty flavor is still lacking.
A pool of mosquitoes in Dayton's Wegerzyn Gardens MetroPark has tested positive for the West Nile virus, the first in the region this season.
Two Pennsylvania children have been prevented from discussing fracking for the rest of their lives under the terms of a gag order issued to their family in a settlement from drilling company Range Resources, who offered the children's family $750,000 to relocate from their fracking-polluted home, where they suffered from "burning eyes, sore throats, headaches and earaches" and other ailments as a result of their proximity to Range's drilling.
It's Shark Week, y'all.
The tone was negative once again in the final public hearing for the city manager's plan to lease the city's parking system. Of the two dozen speakers, only four were positive. Tabitha Woodruff, who is with the Ohio Public Interest Research Group, voiced mixed feelings about the plan: "As we feared it provides a short-term solution to a long-term budget problem, raises hours and rates on citizens, and has the potential to incur high transaction costs. … We're encouraged, however, by the selection of a public entity, the Port Authority and by numerous proposed provisions of the lease intended to insure the city maintains control of details like rates and hours." CityBeat wrote about the plan in detail here.
If City Council does not agree to lease Cincinnati's parking system, the city manager's office says the city will be forced to lay off 344 employees,
including 80 firefighter and 189 police positions, and eliminate Human
Services Funding, but critics argue there are better alternatives.
Mayoral candidate John Cranley says casino and parking revenue and cuts
to non-essential programs could help clear the deficit without the plan.
Gov. John Kasich's job approval rating has risen above 50 percent for the first time, and he's beating all the potential Democratic gubernatorial candidates in theoretical match-ups, according to a Quinnipiac University poll. CityBeat covered the governor's budget plan, which will set the state's policy blueprint for the next two years, here.
The Ohio House will vote on Kasich's Ohio Turnpike plan today, which leverages the Turnpike for a statewide infrastructure program.
With the approval of Metro's operating budget, City Council and Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority (SORTA) have ended their dispute
over streetcar funding. Council members had been approving monthly
budgets as they worked things out with SORTA, which manages the region's
bus system. SORTA filed a lawsuit disputing the limits of the transit fund, but it dropped the suit
after the city said it will not use the money for maintenance of streets, sidewalks
and streetlights. (Correction: This previously said the city will "only use the money for streets, sidewalks and streetlights" when the opposite is true.)
The Ohio Department of Education (ODE) says the state's schools are making improvement, but they still "have room to grow."
In the latest state report cards, Ohio schools improved in 14 of 26
categories and met the state's performance goal on 21 out of 26, with
particularly strong gains in math and science, but ODE says, "The
performance of Ohio's economically disadvantaged students and minorities
remains unacceptably low."
The state auditor has a problem with how Ohio's schools report data through what he calls a "just-trust-me" system.
The Hamilton County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a 40-year agreement with the Cincinnati Center City Development Corporation (3CDC) that will lease the county-owned Memorial Hall and provide renovations to the 105-year-old building. County officials have long said the building, which is used to host concerts, shows and speaking events, is in dire need of upgrades, particularly overhauls to its roof, windows, facade work, floors, air conditioning and bathrooms — all of which will now be financed by 3CDC with the help of tax credits.
The commissioners also approved a two-year policy agenda, which generally outlines their plans for county finances and taxes, infrastructure and economic development.
The Over-the-Rhine Eco Garden could be forced to relocate if the city approves CitiRama's development proposal. The move would be fully funded by the city's Department of Community Development, with startup and relocation costs paid for.
Ohio's concealed weapon carry permits reached record highs in 2012 with more than 76,000 permits issued.
Fewer Ohioans are starting their own businesses, and the state's level of self-employment is one of the lowest in the nation, according to a report from Dayton Daily News.
With Cincinnati's Horseshoe Casino set to open March 4, gambling addiction could be one of the downsides to the casino's glitz and job creation, but extra funds for the state's treatment programs and special training for casino employees could help combat the problem.
A medical marijuana amendment could be on Ohio's 2013 ballot, but anti-drug groups are already speaking out against it.
Think the 114-year-old Japanese woman has reached an impressive age? Guffaw. Popular Science lists six much older animals.
It's Martin Luther King Jr. Day. On this day, it's worth re-watching his I Have a Dream speech.
Local governments are hopeful they won't see big budget cuts in Gov. John Kasich's 2014-2015 budget.
Townships, municipalities and counties were economically hit by big
cuts in the last budget. The local government cuts added up to $1
billion on a state level, and Hamilton County shared $105 million — more
than 10 percent — of the cuts, according to Cuts Hurt Ohio. Education saw $1.8 billion in cuts statewide, with Hamilton County taking $117 million of those cuts.
Gov. Kasich announced that his state of the state address will take place in Lima, Ohio. Kasich's speech last year was labeled "bizarre" by outlets like The Hill. During the speech, Kasich imitated a person with severe Parkinson's disorder and called Californians "wackadoodles."
Union Terminal is falling apart. Cincinnati Museum Center executives say they need nearly $180 million for repairs. The damages are largely due to how the building was constructed. Its design lets moisture get behind bricks, which then causes supporting steel beams to rust.
The judge in the Miami University rape flier case gave a deposition Jan. 15. The document outlines Judge Robert Lyons' reasoning for letting the rape flier case go: "What I remember about him is that there was certainly concern about his, say, his mental health and there were grounds stated on the record for the necessity of sealing the record. It had to do with his — probably as I recall, more so mental well-being than anything else."
Former governor Ted Strickland is tired of raising campaign money, but that didn't stop him from joining City Council candidate Greg Landsman Friday. Landsman was Strickland's field director for his congressional campaign, and when Strickland was governor, Landsman was director of the Governor's Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives.
Rumor has it the Carew Tower will be going residential, but the owners are denying it all. The denial letter, which assured current tenants they won't be kicked out, makes reference to a "softness in the general downtown office market."
The Greater Cincinnati Foundation made $1.3 million in grants. The grants will help a variety of businesses and groups. A $225,000 grant will go to Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber's Minority Business Accelerator, which helps local businesses owned by minorities.
Garbage collection will be delayed by a day this week due to Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Will the first neanderthal in 30,000 years be given birth by a human mother? A Harvard geneticist says he's close to making it possible.
Ohio's weakening economy could hurt Gov. John Kasich and other Republican incumbents' chances of re-election in 2014, even if they don't deserve the blame for the state of the economy, as some economists claim. For Republican incumbents, the threat is all too real as groups from all sides — left, right and nonpartisan — find the state's economy is failing to live up to the "Ohio miracle" Kasich previously promised. Economists agree state officials often take too much credit for the state of the economy, but political scientists point out that, regardless of who is to blame, the economy is one of the top deciding factors in state elections. For Kasich and other incumbents, it creates a difficult situation: Their influence on the economy might be marginal, but it's all they have to secure re-election.
Despite promising to move on after he failed to permanently halt the $132.8 million streetcar project, Mayor John Cranley continues criticizing the streetcar in interviews and social media. In a Sunday appearance on Local 12, Cranley threatened to replace the Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority (SORTA) board, which manages local Metro bus services, in response to its offer to take up streetcar operating costs. (City Council sets SORTA appointments, not the mayor.) The interview, held within weeks of Cranley mocking and arguing with pro-streetcar critics on social media, comes despite Cranley's promises to move on after City Council agreed to continue the project. "As I tell my son when he doesn't get his way, it's time to move on," Cranley said on Dec. 19.
Streetcar track installation will force the busy intersection at Elm and Liberty streets to close between Jan. 16 at 9 a.m. to Jan. 21 at 7 p.m., city officials announced yesterday. One northbound lane will remain open on Elm Street, but traffic heading east and west on Liberty Street will be redirected.
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Police are investigating three homicides in Avondale and Over-the-Rhine this morning.
Construction crews plan to turn the defunct Tower Place mall into Mabley Place, a new parking garage with several retail spaces on the exterior of the first floor. Across Race Street, other developers will turn Pogue's Garage into a 30-story tower with a downtown grocery store, luxury apartments and another garage.
Hamilton County is dedicating a full-time deputy to crack down on semis and other vehicles breaking commercial laws.
Ohio House Republicans' proposal to revamp the state's tax on the oil and gas industry would not produce enough revenue to cut income taxes for most Ohioans, despite previous promises. According to The Columbus Dispatch, the proposal would only allow for a very small 1-percent across-the-board income tax cut.
Ohio's education system received five C's and an A on a private national report card. The state's middle-of-the-pack performance is largely unchanged from last year's score.
The number of underwater residential properties is declining around the nation, but Ohio remains among the top six states worst affected by the housing crisis, according to real estate analysts at RealtyTrac.
The state auditor's new app allows anyone to easily report suspected fraud.
Macy's plans to lay off 2,500 employees and close five stores to cut costs.Cincinnati Children's is reaching out to to 10,000 children left without a health care provider after several clinics closed.
Ohio drivers can expect lower gas prices in 2014, according to AAA and GasBuddy.com.
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A new report found "renters by choice" — those who can afford to own a house but choose not to — and people returning to the market in the Great Recession's aftermath may be driving a rush to rent in Cincinnati, reports The Cincinnati Enquirer. The report from CB Richard Ellis found the average apartment occupancy rate was 93.6 percent in 2012, underscoring the need for new apartments in Downtown and Over-the-Rhine. News of the report came just one day after City Manager Milton Dohoney Jr. announced his parking plan, which will add 300 luxury apartments to Downtown.
Gov. John Kasich and Ohio legislators are getting some bad feedback on the governor's plan to broaden the sales tax, reports Gongwer. Numbers from Policy Matters Ohio found the sales tax plan would outweigh sales and income tax cuts for the lower classes, but won't be enough to dent tax savings for the wealthiest Ohioans. CityBeat covered Kasich's budget in detail here.
Not much new information came from a special City Council meeting last night that covered Cincinnati's public retirement system, reports WVXU. The one piece of new information was that preliminary numbers show Cincinnati's Retirement System had an 11.9 percent return on its investments in 2012 — higher than the 7.5 percent that was originally projected.
Mayor Mark Mallory is using his plan to lower Cincinnati's infant mortality rate to try to win the Bloomberg Philanthropies' Mayors Challenge. Mallory's proposal would create an Infant Vitality Surveillance Network, which allows pregnant women to enroll in First Steps, a care program that maintains a secure database of new mothers and monitors pregnancies, according to a press release from the mayor's office. The program could be especially helpful in Cincinnati, which has a higher infant mortality rate than the national average. The Bloomberg challenge pits mayors around the country against each other to win $5 million or one of four $1 million prizes for their programs aimed at solving urban problems and improving city life. With Mallory's program, Cincinnati is one of 20 finalists in the competition. Fans can vote on their favorite program at The Huffington Post.
A local nun may have committed voter fraud, reports WCPO. Rose Marie Hewitt, the nun in question, died Oct. 4, but the Hamilton County Board of Elections still received a ballot from her after she died. Hewitt apparently filed for an absentee ballot on Sept. 11 — less than one month before she died. In a letter to Board of Elections director Tim Burke, Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters wrote there's enough probable cause to believe criminal activity occurred.
In 2012, 88,068 new entities filed to do
business in the state — making the year the best ever for new state filings, according to Secretary of State Jon Husted.
A new bill in the Ohio legislature that allows poll workers to help blind, disabled and illiterate voters file their ballots is getting widespread support, but another bill that makes it more difficult to get issues on the ballot is getting a stern look from Democrats, reports Gongwer.
Think your landlord is bad? An Ohio landlord allegedly whipped a late-paying tenant, reports The Associated Press.
The University of Cincinnati surpassed its $1 billion fundraising goal for the Proudly Cincinnati campaign, reports the Business Courier.
President Barack Obama is coming back to Ohio to give the commencement speech at Ohio State University, reports the Business Courier.
Donald Trump is threatening Macy's protesters with a lawsuit because they want the Cincinnati-based retailer to cut ties with Trump, who is currently contracted as a spokesperson, reports the Business Courier.
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I've been busy politickin' and by "busy politickin" I mean "drinking lots of gin and tonics and planning my debate strategy." In case you're wondering, my friends and I have been running in Shandon every morning, hungover but still hell-bent on vigilante justice. There has been no wiener-whacking perv sighting, but we may or may not have seen a [...]
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Help buying a laptop for parents please?
Hey guys.
My parents are looking at getting a new laptop so I was just wondering if anybody knew any of the better websites to buy laptops from? I'm looking through the PC world site and everything seems so expensive for what components you actually get, and I'm also sick of finding laptops with 1tb 7200 RPM HDD, 8 GB of RAM and then something dire like a 1.5 Ghz old architecture CPU. I also just hate the bloody company...
Does anybody know of any decent websites/any good deals on at the moment? We live in the UK, so preferably if we could get something from here that'd be great.
It's only going to be used for browsing the net/streaming stuff really. Nothing too intensive but as always they would like something that would last for 4/5 years (assuming they look after it). It doesn't need a graphics card (although I'm not saying it can't have one). Also, please don't just say 'build them a desktop', because they don't want a desktop, it is totally out of the question.
Preferred Specs
Sandy Bridge 2.4 Ghz (or better)
7200 RPM HDD (size doesn't matter too much - I can just upgrade it if needs be)
Decent physical size (i.e not a notebook)
Is it possible to get something like this within the £350 price range?
Thanks in advance!
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The title says i3 but in the details it lists multiple times that it's an i5...
LOL, what does it matter which laptop you get? They're just going to do email and web browsing on it anyway. Get them a cheap netbook and call it a day.
Don't know what RPM the HDD is, but it really does not matter at all for what your parents are doing.
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LOL, what does it matter which laptop you get? They're just going to do email and web browsing on it anyway. Get them a cheap netbook and call it a day.
It just seems entirely unnecessary to buy them a god awful laptop that will grind to a halt after a year when I can spend a little bit of time searching the market and just inquiring here. My housemate recently bought a laptop (not knowing anything about computers) - like many others, he got sucked into buying a laptop with 8 gb RAM and a TB HDD, but realised his mistake when his new laptop took forever to boot up/open any programs thanks to a Celeron clocked at 1.4 Ghz
In the long run, it would probably be quicker writing your messages by hand and sending them via royal mail than it would sending an email on some of these laptops...
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ImMrMojoRisin posted...LOL, what does it matter which laptop you get? They're just going to do email and web browsing on it anyway. Get them a cheap netbook and call it a day.
But letter writing is such a lost are these days... :P
I see your point, though. My suggestion would be to go to Best Buy (or equivalent) and see what was on sale. There is usually some good laptops that are just on their way out, but would be fine for your parents.
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Editor's note: As part of our partnership with PBS's Nightly Business Report, TheStreet's Stephanie Link joined NBR Tuesday (watch video and read transcript here) to discuss stocks that are positioned for growth as the economic recovery takes hold.
Global economies and equity markets have improved significantly from their March 2009 lows. Manufacturing activity continues to improve, the global banking system has strengthened and corporate earnings have recovered significantly.
Simply put, the last three years of easy global fiscal and monetary policy (including the Federal Reserve's massive QE2 program in the United States) not only rescued the world economies from one of the most severe recessions, but have provided the stimulus for growth. Commodities have surged, GDP has recovered and the consumer has remained resilient.
Of course, all is not perfect. China continues to try to slow its economy, European debt remains problematic and Japan has endured an incredible personal and economic tragedy. But a recovery is evident, and I see three stocks that should benefit as economic growth continues to pick up.
The first is Emerson Electric (EMR - Get Report), a late-cycle industrial company that operates in 5 businesses -- process management, industrial automation, network power, climate technologies and tools and storage. Its focus is on providing superior technology with exceptional service. Its broad product portfolio and technologies help make its customers smarter, more efficient, more productive and more competitive.I like this industrial because it is positioned well for above-average growth (due to its 30% exposure to emerging markets), positive operating leverage (strong demand and lean cost structure mean strong earnings leverage) and attractive valuation (shares are down 7% in the past week). Its recent quarter was very strong, with revenue growth of 18%, organic growth of 14%, earnings growth of 38% and nearly a 2% increase in margins. I expect the company to continue to create value for shareholders -- over the past 3 years, Emerson has spent $5 billion on dividends and buybacks while also investing $4.2 billion in new acquisitions and building future growth. My target for the stock is $65. The next idea is Baker Hughes (BHI - Get Report), one of the largest oil service companies in the world. I expect that over the next several years the oil service industry will benefit from the increased capital expenditure budgets of the large integrated oil companies ( Chevron (CVX), Exxon (XOM), etc.) that are a direct result of higher commodity prices. As demand for services improves, pricing in both the U.S. and around the world will move higher, providing better revenues and earnings for Baker Hughes.


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Forest Service to stress science over politics
GRANTS PASS, Ore. Hoping to break a legal logjam that has stymied logging as well as ecosystem restoration, the U.S. Forest Service said Thursday it was revising its planning rules to find common ground between industry and conservation groups to avoid lawsuits that stall projects.
The old rules sought to mitigate environmental damage after it was caused by logging, grazing, mining and other natural resource development.
But Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said from Washington, D.C., that it's in everyone's best interest to have forests that stay healthy amid climate change and economic demands.
"Rather than responding to the political pressure of the time, it would be much better to say to the scientists, 'What is the best way to make this forest the most resilient it can be,'" Vilsack told The Associated Press.
He said the agency is interested in maintaining as much old growth in forests as possible.
"When we talk about resilience, when we talk about water conservation and preservation, we are really talking about old growth maintained more effectively," Vilsack said during a teleconference.
The 155 national forests and grasslands managed by the agency cover 193 million acres in 42 states and Puerto Rico. Balance between industry and conservation in those areas has been tough to find since the existing rules went into effect in 1982.
One revision of the rules by the Clinton administration and two by the Bush administration were thrown out by federal courts.
Lawsuits to protect habitat for threatened and endangered species have cut national forest logging levels to a quarter of their peak. Meanwhile, the timber industry continues to clamor for more logs, and conservation groups keep challenging timber sales, drilling and mining projects.
The new rules being developed may seem "wonky" but are important because the national forests provide drinking water for 124 million people in more than 900 cities nationwide and habitat for more rare species than national parks, said Jane Danowitz, public lands director for the Pew Environment Group.
The proposed rules give more authority to local supervisors working with the public to determine the best use of an individual forest, whether it's for mining, hunting and fishing, or preservation of a diverse mix of species, Vilsack said.
"We have to get away from focusing on our own narrow niche of what we want the world to be and recognize that we have to share the world with other folks who have interests that need to be recognized." Vilsack said.
Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell said the proposed rules would eliminate the old system of using indicator species, such as the northern spotted owl, to determine the health of an individual ecosystem, and instead carefully track a broad range of species.
Conservation groups said the rules were a good start, but a lot of work remained to ensure the changes promised are delivered.
Andy Stahl of Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics said getting rid of the indicator species system would make it harder to sue the Forest Service to protect species struggling to survive, because the new rules shift the burden of proof about whether a species is thriving or in trouble from the Forest Service to the public.


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Anti-Japan protestors surrender in China
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BEIJING—Five anti-Japan demonstrators who turned violent at a protest in Shenzhen surrendered to police, state media said Monday as China began to question whether protests over disputed islands went too far.
The five men gave themselves up after police launched a social media campaign targeting demonstrators who damaged property in the southern city, the state news agency Xinhua said, with 350 calls received by Sunday night.
Some of the nationwide protests this month over the East China Sea islands known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China turned violent, with Japanese property and businesses targeted by furious demonstrators.
The islands are controlled by Tokyo but claimed by Beijing and Taipei, and tensions peaked after the Japanese government bought three of them from their private owners.
Beijing has kept up its rhetoric in recent days, and has sent ships to the area according to the Japan Coast Guard, but has prevented any repetition of large-scale protests within China.
There was huge public sympathy for 51-year-old Li Jianli, a Chinese citizen said by domestic media to have been left partially paralyzed after being brutally attacked by a mob for driving a Japanese-made car.
The attack in the northern city of Xian, in Shaanxi province, was heavily discussed on China's popular Sina Weibo microblogging site – the country's version of Twitter – where it was 're-tweeted' more than 100,000 times and received almost 60,000 comments by Monday morning.
"Ignorant. Utterly ignorant. This is not patriotism, this is an ignorant and brutal act. It's illegal, and the criminal should be brought to justice," said one Weibo poster.
"I really don't understand why Chinese are always bullying Chinese. Is this patriotism?" said another.
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