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That's The View Inside Government - June 20, 2014
During the final edition of Inside Government on Federal News Radio, your host Ward Morrow speaks with Chris Garlock of the DC Labor Film Fest and discusses issues at the Bureau of Prisons with Eric Young, the AFGE Council of Prisons Locals. Inside Government also looks back through AFGE history with the union's Chief of Staff, Brian DeWyngaert, and discusses what's next with AFGE National President J. David Cox, Sr.
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AFGE Celebrates LGBT Pride Month on Inside Government - June 13, 2014
This week "Inside Government" celebrates National LGBT Pride Month by re-airing interviews with Frank Fragomene, an EEO specialist and attorney from the AFGE Women's and Fair Practices Department; Sasha Buchert, a staff attorney at the Transgender Law Center; and, Darren Phelps, the AFL-CIO executive director of Pride at Work. Caniesha Washington, an EEO Specialist from the AFGE Women's and Fair Practices Department, previews the upcoming Diversity Week trainings in Minneapolis.
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The National Defense Authorization Act; The Social Security Administrations Vision for 2025; The Efforts to Privatize the USPS; and Voter Protection - June 6, 2014
This week "Inside Government" speaks with Carmen Berkley, the Civil, Human and Women's Rights Director at the AFL-CIO discusses voter protection; The National Defense Authorization Act and its impact on DoD employees is explained by Don Hale, Chair of AFGE's Defense Conference; The Social Security Administration's Vision for the year 2025 with AFGE SSA Council 220 President Witold Skwiercznyski; and, the Stop Staples Campaigns and Efforts to Privatize the Postal Service with American Postal Workers Union President Mark Dimondstein.
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This week "Inside Government" speaks with AFGE's Law Enforcement President and Sargent of Arms about the committee's work; Stacy Bodtmann, AFGE Council 100 Regional Vice President talks about issues at TSA; Alexander Keyssar from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government talks about voter protection; and, Bill Berry, author of "Union Strategies for Hard Times" discusses his book and what Unions can do in this threatening economic and political climate.
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AFGE: staffing and budget cuts hurting EPA - February 28, 2014
This week on AFGE's "Inside Government" EPA Council 238 Executive Vice President Denise Morrison and Local 704 President John O'Grady discuss the impact of staffing and budget cuts at EPA. AFGE VA Local 1988 Executive Vice President Geddes Scott, TSA Local 554 President Robert Williams and Department of Transportation Local 3313 EVP Robena Reid also appear.
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SAN DIEGO COUNTY -- Four North County firefighters badly burned last month in the quick-moving Harris blaze were trying to help residents who went back to their southeast San Diego home despite orders to evacuate, according to a report released Thursday by state firefighting officials.
The report, by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, details the preliminary findings of an investigation into the "burnover" of Engine 3387, a San Marcos crew sent to fight the Harris fire, which started Oct. 21 near Potrero and was quickly spread by fierce Santa Ana winds.
The blaze, the first of several to ignite in the San Diego area last month, has so far claimed seven lives -- including that of a Vista woman -- and left several others severely injured.
The report, which CalFire spokesman Matt Streck said is "subject to revision" pending the continuing investigation, does not list the names of the firefighters or residents. It does, however, detail a firefight by Engine 3387, which came to the aid of Tecate residents Thomas Varshock and his teenage son, Richard, in the early hours of the blaze.
Thomas Varshock, 52, died in the fire. Richard was seriously burned and remained in critical condition on Thursday, according to the UCSD Burn Center.
All four firefighters were seriously burned, including two who suffered critical injuries. One firefighter was released this week, the other three remain hospitalized.
Because the investigation is ongoing, "CalFire will allow the report to speak for itself and will not comment on the specific issues addressed in the report," Streck said.
According to the report, the fire crew arrived about 11:30 a.m. and at first fought the fire south of Highway 94, but soon turned to protect structures near Potrero.
The engine proceeded to a dirt access road from Highway 94, where the crew met the strike team leader and encountered an adult resident in a white pickup truck, a juvenile resident on an all-terrain vehicle and a sheriff's deputy.
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NEWORLEANS - The Saints have re-signed wide receiver Robert Meachem to a one-year deal, the club announced Friday.
Meachem came back to the Saints in 2013 after spending a year with the Chargers.
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This critically-acclaimed film is based on the real life story of a couple who adopt a lion cub, raise her as their own and later set her free in her natural habitat. A beautiful movie, it takes the viewer to the wilderness of Kenya and focuses on the close connection that human beings have with animals. Nominated for several awards, this film is an adaptation of the autobiography A Lifetime with Lions .
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Just ahead of a major enhancement project in the San Francisco Bay, volunteers anxious to protect the Bay's ecology waded into the waters to move a huge population of native oysters out of the way of heavy machinery.
The Richardson Bay Audubon Center & Sanctuary is about to start a large-scale restoration of Aramburu Island, a 17-acre man-made spit tucked inside the northwest corner of Richardson Bay, itself part of the San Francisco Bay.
Aramburu Island – Hardly Noticed Until The Cosco Busan Oil Spill
The island was hardly noticed until the freighter Cosco Busan dumped 58,000 gallons of bunker oil near the Bay Bridge in 2007. When Richardson Bay Audubon staff and volunteers went out in boats looking for oiled and sick birds, they were surprised to find western and Clark's grebes, ruddy ducks, and surf scoters–birds that only come to shore when stressed–taking refuge on Aramburu.
Now, Audubon and the county are embarking on a restoration project to stabilize the eroding eastern shoreline, enhance wetland and terrestrial habitats to encourage seabird and seal use, and redesign the terrain to provide resilience in the face of sea-level rise.
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Never thought I'd see the day that people were actually concerned about oysters.....now if we could just get them to show the same concern for the mammals they eat, i.e., cows, chickens, pigs, lambs, fish......
Leave it to San Franciscans to do something like this - these people are serious about their bay. Still seems strange to build an island that is man made and going through it;s own natural erosion, though. Seems a little invasive. But perhaps this is better in the long run - I am sometimes wary of humans improving on nature. Maybe this is a healthy balance.
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Awesome article. Kudos to the Richardson Bay Audubon Center and Sanctuary!!! Goes to show EVERYONE what voluteering and HARD WORK accomplishes!!!
Protect the wildlife that is the Important part!
Now if everyone did this it would be amazing!
Excellent! It should be always done like that. Oysters appreciate it. And we appreciate it with applauds. I strongly believe it is our responsible duty to take care of every natures on this planet.The politicians should be responsible too. Well Done on you all activists!
It is important to protect natural areas and wildlife. I do have the concern however that it is often not worthwhile to try to combat natural erosion of coastlines by the sea. I note that the island is itself manmade also. I am glad that they are working to save the oysters.
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The civil disobedience campaign dubbed "Moral Monday" made its way to St. Louis University today, where protesters continued to speak out against the killing of teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and that of Vonderitt Myers Jr. in St. Louis earlier this month.
Attendees said these men's lives were "cut short by police brutality and systemic racism."
Chanting "hands up, don't shoot," marchers headed toward St. Louis University. University security and police officers tried to stop the protest from entering the campus.
"I am a student, I have my ID, and I have a lot of guests," a protest leader said into the megaphone.
On SLU's campus Monday morning, protest leaders addressed the crowd. They said their demonstration was about ending white supremacy and addressing systemic problems people face regardless of race.
"This is the real definition of resistance … this thing right here that we're doing right now is not only a symbolism of what we can do when we stick together, this is … It's the beginning in a change in our consciousness as a people, as a human race," Dhoruba Shakur said.
They noted the significance of it being Columbus Day, calling him "the first looter" and saying they were "reclaiming" the college campus. "I know this was a college a couple of hours ago, but as of right now this is our spot and we not going nowhere," a protest leader said.
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A good question that I always like to ask is to "Tell me your three biggest faults or failures that have happened to you, and how you overcame them."
As a former interviewee, I fucking hate being asked this question. It's been years, and I still can't come up with an answer.
I messed up 'X' and immediately advised my manager and the customer concerned. Having explained the situation to both I corrected the situation by ensuring that I checked at every stage that the correction was effective and kept all parties completely up to date during the process, ensuring a satisfactory resolution.
I took steps to ensure that this could not happen again to either myself or my colleagues. This was a learning experience for me, proved to my manager that I could take responsibility and be trusted to rectify the problem and actually developed the relationship with my customer through honest and transparent communication and being attentive to their needs.
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I'm also in Seattle and bought my first boat without a survey. It was a Catalina 25 tall mast/fin keel that I kept on Lake Union. I currently have a larger boat that I keep at Shilshole Bay.
I read all of the DIY survey instructions that I could find and think I did a pretty good job of finding all of the major issues on the boat. I was able to get the price lowered by $1500 (more than 25% of asking) as a result. I didn't have the boat hauled, and if I were doing it again (especially at this time of year) I would have it hauled. It would be good to see what the hull really looks like.
A surveyor really has two jobs, one is to be completely objective (if not defaulting towards telling you not to buy the boat) and to have more experience in knowing what to look for. I think you can learn the latter for a simple boat like the ones that you are talking about, but only you can decide how objective you can be.
I wouldn't think too much in terms of "how bad can it go" and what parts can you sell off of the boat. An outboard that is $1700 new will sell for under $1000 on Craigslist here, even if it is only a few months old. Disposal of the boat is going to be very expensive and probably cost more than your purchase price. You really do need to survey the boat, you just need to decide if you can self-survey or pay someone for it.
My second boat did get a survey. It was useful and paid for itself in negotiation value. It was also required by my insurance (they require a survey for boats insured for over $20k I think). I'm not sure that I learned much from the survey that I hadn't already figured out myself, but the negotiation power was stronger.
If you do buy a boat and keep it on Lake Union you really need to come out for Goose Bumps (Jan/Feb) and Duck Dodge (May through August). They are very fun casual weekly races and even if you aren't competitive you'll learn a lot about boat handling. Go out a few times with someone who has raced before so that you learn the rules and get comfortable on the course, then do it on your own.
I know of a cheap slip on Lake Union that is available (it is right in front of my old boat), PM me if you want details.
Even if you aren't required to have insurance you should get it. Insurance on this cost of boat is very inexpensive (a couple hundred a year) and liability insurance is going to save you a lot of money if you get into even a minor accident while docking or sailing. If you are sailing on busy Lake Union or going through the locks you'll really want the peace of mind that it offers.
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[Identification of item], Records of the Kentucky Industrial Education Association, 1956-1982, University Archives, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond.
8.55 cubic feet, 14,250 items, 19 Boxes
The Kentucky Industrial Education Association was organized in 1956 under the direction of Dr. Charles R. Crumpton from the University of Louisville. Dr. Crumpton called a series of meetings with the various local regional associations in the state and talked with the members encouraging them to form an organization within the state which would adequately represent the objectives of industrial education. Dr.Crumpton held that such an organization, state-wide in character, was necessary to promote the interests of all phases of industrial education. It would include industrial arts education and trade and industrial education. It had been felt by many for a number of years that there were many common objectives of these two phases of industrial education. It was also felt that these two organizations were divergent in interests and that such a condition should not be tolerated. Therefore, Dr. Crumpton insisted that the two organizations merge their purposes and form a group to be known as the Kentucky Industrial Education Association. It was pointed out that there were a maximum of 600 men and women engaged in various phases of industrial education in Kentucky and that these people should work toward a common purpose which was, of course, to promote a higher degree of efficiency in instruction so that the boys and girls of the Commonwealth might profit more by industrial education. Many meetings were held throughout the state during 1956 at which fundamental beliefs, regulations ideas, and plans were formed into a document to be known as the Constitution of the Kentucky Industrial Education Association. The earliest record of this effort, as far as the Louisville area was concerned occurred November 8, 1956 when at the request of Dr. Crumpton, the Supervisor of Vocational and Adult Education, called a meeting of Industrial arts education and vocational education teachers of Louisville and Jefferson County to meet and discuss the adoption of the Constitution of the Kentucky Industrial Education Association.
A state-wide planning committee was called to a meeting December 1, 1956 in the Kentucky Hotel. This meeting was called by Mr. Ralph Whalen of Eastern Kentucky State College who secured supports from the following areas: Northern Kentucky, Louisville, Jefferson County, Western Kentucky, Central Kentucky and Eastern Kentucky. Representatives from these different areas approved the Constitution and set forth to elect the first corps of officers: C. R. Crumpton was elected president; Louis Rogge and Devert were elected vice presidents. With this organization complete the Industrial Education Association of Kentucky was on it's own. Its first meeting was held in connection with the Kentucky Education Association at the Gottschalk School. At this meeting the Constitution was adopted. From the very beginning the Kentucky Industrial Education Association has been a success. Membership for the first year numbered 401 and 22 firms bought 26 booths securing finances for the convenion of 1957. It is reported that 160 persons attended the first annual banquet.
In order to promote the interest of the Kentucky Industrial ucation Association and to excite the interest of the membership as well as to achieve the objectives of improved instruction of industrial education, the organization in general has placed emphasis on five areas of activity. The first and most important of these areas has to do with programing. The association, under the provisions of its constitution, provides for two types of programs which are conducted mainly by the membership of the organization. Since 1957 there have been 0 such programs per convention. Therefore, forty sectional programs were provided in the first four years of the association's activity. The participants in these sectional programs were drawn from the state colleges and universities, from among the directors of the area educational schools, and from the industrial arts programs in the high schools of the state. The sectional programs of the association are the areas in which the membership analyzes and evaluates itself. In an effort to keep the sectional programs useful, an evaluation scheme was set up very early and it is from these bits of self-evaluation that programs are continued or eliminated.
Another phase of programing has to do with the general programs of the association. These general programs are evening programs or luncheons and they are key-noted by state and national personages who represent the best type of industrial thinking that the KIEA can afford to secure. A very important aspect of the general program of the KIEA is the annual business meeting at which account of the year just past is reported to the membership. Another phase of this program is a contribution which the exhibitors make through what is known as the Ship's program. This is a distribution of prizes which commercial contribitors make to the membership.
A second important phase of activity of the KIEA is the educational exhibits at which the work of industrial educational, vocational education schools and their students is displayed at the convention.
The third phase of activity is the commercial exhibits. The exhibits are provided by firms from most anywhere in the United States who would like to sell their products to the Industrial schools in Kentucky.
A fourth phase of activity which is important to the KIEA has to do with membership. A fifth phase of activity of the KIEA concerns participation of its members in the annual convention The annual convention of the Kentucky Industrial Education Association in early November has been understood as the climax of the activities of the preceding year, and the convention is a significant feature of the association. However, industrial education is active in the state throughout the year, so the association keeps its objectives and acivities before the membership by means of the KIEA Bulletin which is distributed three or four times per year. The Bulletin informs the membership and prevents the association from being just a single once-a-year activity.
The leadership of the association has been good from the beginning. The presidents have appointed capable executive committees and through mutual cooperation have provided a type of convention for industrial education in Kentucky which is rapidly assuming the position among those of other states to be as good or better than most. Consequently it is easy to understand that the achievement of the objectives of the KIEA are assured. The association is dynamic and will continue to provide good service to the students of industrial education in the state.
In February 1981, the Kentucky Industrial Education association agreed to place their records on permanent deposit with the Eastern Kentucky University Archives. Several additions were made to the collection in 1982. The collection is separated into ten series. This arrangement in part was developed by the Archives staff to reflect the way the materials document the various activities of the organization and how the organization conducts its business. A special thanks is extended to Dr. William E. Sexton, retired Vice President for Administration at Eastern, who graciously donated his time to help identify the rather large photograph series.
Materials date from the establishment of the Association and run through 1982. Although information about particular programs may be missing, there is sufficient documentation to chronicle the activities of an important Kentucky educational association which is committed toward improving the quality of the state's education in a professional manner. The Archives is greatly indebted to this organization for demonstrating foresight in seeing that it's historical records are being preserved.
Copyright has not been assigned to Eastern Kentucky University.
The Committees Series contains two boxes of materiais covering the years 1957 through 1981. The series contains two folders entitled Committees that contain lists of the different committees and names of the chairmen. The main makeup of the committee folders is correspondence between committee members. The series is arranged alphabetically by folder title nd chronologically within.
The Conference Series consists of one box of materials covering the years 1957 through 1982. The first 23 folders cover the first through 26th Annual KIEA Conferences. The folders contain conference schedules, preparation correspondence, and lists of speakers. Other folders in this series include biographies and Speakers and Student Projects. The folders are rranged alphabetically by subject and chronologically within each subject area.
The Correspondence Series consists of three boxes of materials covering the years 1957 through 1982. The series is divided into two subsections, Correspondence and resident's Correspondence. The Correspondence subseries is located in boxes four and five, and covers the years 1957 through 1982. The materials in his subseries cover a wide variety of topics including financial, information requests, andmeeting preparation. The Presidentls Correspondence subseries is located in box six and covers the years 1958 through 1981. This series contains the correspondence of the individual KIEA President's during their term. There is also a folder of past President's Correspondence. All the folders in this series are arranged chronologically
The Membership Series consists of one box of materials covering the years 1956 through 1981. Membership lists containing the names and addresses of current KIEA members are included in the series, as well as lists of Past Presidents and Life and Honorary Life members. The folders are arranged chronologically.
The Minutes Series consists of one box of materials covering the years 1958 through 1982. The series consists of Executive Committee minutes, 1956-1982, and two folders of Executive Committee meeting agendas, 1960-1981. The series also contains minutes from the Board of Directors nd Executive Committee of the Kentucky Vocational Association, sectional committee meetIngs, and the Task Force meeting. The minutes are arranged alphabetically by subject and chronologically within the subject area.
The Publication Series consists of two boxes of materials covering the years 1948 through 1982. Materials found in this series include KIEA Bulletins, a catalogue of educational exhibits, conference booklets, constitutions of the KIEA, and there miscellaneous publications. The publications are arranged alphabetically by subject and chronologically within the subject area.
The Subject Series, covering the years 1951 throught 82, consists of three boxes of materials. A historical background of the Kentucky Industrial Education Association (KIEA) can be found in box 12 along with the handbook of Administrative rules and Regulations and the KIEA's Incorporation Papers. Also located in box 12 are folders containing lists of the executive Board (Committee) Members and Working Committee chairmen. The responsibilities of the different chairmen are is in these folders Box 13 contains a folder with the past residents Roster The Treasurers reports for the years 1957 through 1982 are ncluded in box 13 These folders contain reports given at the xecutive Committee meetings Quarterly and annual reports can be lewed along with proposed budgets Information on the commercial and educational exhibits resented at KIEA conferences is located in box 11. The commercial exhibits folder contains letters from companies reserving booths at the conferences. The educational exhibits folders contain information on reserving booths, rules and egulations for exhibits, and lists of prizes to be awarded. A list of award receipients is found in the educational exhibits awards folder. Another contest open to students was the KIEA contest. Submitted designs can be found in the emblem contest folder in box 11. Interesting information on other industrial associations and vocational schools can be found in boxes 11 and 12. Box 11 contains folders entitled Affiliations. In these folders are letters from other associations and vocational schools requesting affiliation with KIEA. Listed under Industrial Education Association in box 12 are bulletins from other associations across the country Other folders on activities of the Kentucky Industrial Education Association are also contained in the series. The folders in the series are arranged alphabetically by folder tItle and chronologically within the folders.
The Photograph Series consists of five boxes containing black and white prints, color prints, and a few proof sheets and negatives of various sizes covering the years 1957 through 1981. Photographs were taken at the annual Kentucky Industrial Education Association Conference and include pictures of sectional meetings, awards dinners, exhibits and entertainment. All photographs are in acid-free folders, interleaved between acid-free paper. Folders are arranged chronologically and pictures are numbered consecutively within each folder.
The Media Series consists of one box that contains tour cassette tapes and three films. The tapes are of sectional meetings and the films show scenes from the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th annual conferences.
The Memorabilia Series consists of three wrapped packets containing charter member awards and KIEA souvenirs.
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Get Real
'Sleight of mind'
Heading them off at the pass. That's what they used to say in the old cowboy-injun movies to describe a move by one group to prevent another group from arriving at their desired destination. And that is what describes, at least as far as I am concerned, the announcement made yesterday (Friday) by President Aquino, flanked by Senate President Frank Drilon and House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte. He/they are trying to head us off at the pass.
What are they trying to prevent, or more accurately, diffuse? The picnic-rallies set for Monday, of course. Isn't it obvious? Duh. The ones to be held at the Luneta and at various other places all over the Philippines, the ones that everyone (including yours truly) and her brother are intending to attend, to show their great displeasure with the pork barrel and to demand, as the President's "boss," that it be abolished.
Am I being unduly suspicious or cynical? I don't think so. Only consider that as recently as the last week or two, P-Noy was defending the pork barrel, declaring that the legislators were in the best position to know what was good for their districts. (But what about the senators?) As a matter of fact, in yesterday's statement, P-Noy actually starts by affirming that "there is nothing intrinsically wrong with this policy," and that enabling our representatives to identify projects for their communities that otherwise were not affordable was a "worthy goal."
After the Commission on Audit (COA) report came out last Friday—which essentially showed that the extent of the pork barrel waste and cheating of the Filipino people was mind-boggling (75 percent of the audited "soft pork" releases were riddled with irregularities, which apparently made COA Chair Grace Tan cry and dwarfed the Napoles issue)—P-Noy made a move in the right direction: He ordered all PDAF releases to be suspended pending the results of the investigation. (Who was to do the investigation he didn't say.)
But even as late as two days ago (Thursday morning), he was described in news reports as being "cool" to the idea of pork barrel abolition.
What happened between two days ago and yesterday that made him (seemingly) change his tune? My guess is that while his people were totally cognizant of the critical views of the so-called "opinion-makers" or "opinion-shapers," they realized only on Thursday night that they had grossly underestimated the power and magic of the Internet.
It was through the Internet that people who were outraged that their tax money was being diverted to the private pockets of individuals who were sworn to serve them and who were obviously not only acting in collusion with each other, but doing it with in-your-face impunity, found out that they were not alone in their anger. And by Thursday evening, it became glaringly obvious that the idea of a picnic/rally/get-together of these like-minded individuals had spread like wildfire and was being met with enthusiasm. I know that everyone I asked who was ambulatory indicated her intention of going to the Quirino Grandstand on Monday. And it looks like the same phenomenon was taking place in areas outside Metro Manila—e.g., Cebu, Davao, Baguio.
The Aquino administration was faced with the classic (from the 1976 movie "Network"): "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it any more" collective reaction. Their countermove was to (pardon the metaphor mixing) try to head them off at the pass—in this case, to reduce the enthusiasm for, and therefore the attendance at, Monday's rally.)
How? The President announced that "it is time to abolish the PDAF."
Great? We don't have to rally anymore? He is giving us what we want?
Not at all. There's a sleight of mind going on here. Notice he didn't say "abolish the pork barrel," he said "abolish the PDAF". The hope is that we will equate the two.
The PDAF will formally go. But the pork barrel stays. What will change is its presentation. No more lump sums for each legislator. Replacing it will be line items for projects—which is exactly the form that the pork barrel in the United States (which we copied but "improved") takes. But you can be sure that these items will total P70 million times the number of Congress people plus P200 million times the number of senators.
The President tells us that this method, plus all the other reforms—he enumerates them—will no longer make the pork barrel "susceptible to abuse or corruption."
Please. A lot of the reforms he enumerates are already in the books. They have been ignored, with impunity. What makes him think they will not be ignored in the future?
Moreover, as has been emphasized in the latest Philippine Human Development Report 2012/2013, even if the pork barrel were corruption-free (which is a very unlikely scenario), this "divide-by-N syndrome"—"the mechanical and feckless dissipation of government funds across localities instead of their rational allocation to where these might have the most impact"—will still result in inefficiencies and inequities. At the same time, the work of local development councils and their own investment priorities, are passed over.
In other words, in this supposedly new, reformed, but still pork barrel system the President proposes, he will still be able to wield great power over Congress (he can veto any line item he wants); the legislators still can choose the projects they want and use them for reelection purposes; and the people will still be left holding the bag.
Who is the President kidding?
See you at the rally on Monday.
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Anything…but a Pimp
July 11th, 2005 | Published in Uncategorized | 3 Comments
Shout out to Ta-Nehisi Coats on the 2, count 'em 2 page NY Times article on Negro Filmmakers in Hollywood. It was interesting to learn that Hollywood Execs did not want Terrence Howard to be a Pimp in Hustle and Flow. They questioned why he had to be the lowest of the low-a P-I-M-P. The filmmakers contest that they the movie was about a Pimp's redemption. From what I remember of the film, I did not see that. At all. I saw a dude just trying to come up.


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On Tuesday, May 20, the Old Men of the Mountain met at the Hilltown Café in Rensselaerville and noted that Route 85 has still not been fixed. The OFs swear the highway department must be in cahoots with some fender and body shops in the area.
'Tis the season for just about all the outdoor activities of the spring and summer months to start. One of these many activities is gardening.
Last week, the OFs touched on this subject but a new twist was mentioned this week. This new detail is in regard to raised beds, or complete gardens being raised, so the OFs don't have to bend over so far to maintain them.
Bending, as anybody over 60 will attest, is not the easiest body motion to do. One OF suggested using cinder blocks and another mentioned using old railroad ties. The last OF was jumped on because there is creosote in the old ties.
To which the offended OF said, "Hey! When we were kids, we chewed the stuff. On a hot day, we would peel it from the telephone pole and chew it, and we are not dead yet."
Another OF wondered out loud who makes up all the rules saying that "creosote was the best wood preservative going and now it is bad; get around it and you will die."
Another OF thought that there was a new item that came on the market and the company wanted to sell it, so, in order to make a place for it, the government had to say the creosote was bad, just so they could sell the new wood preservative, and the new preservative is not half as good as creosote.
"Just wait," another OF added. "In a few more years the new preservative will be found to be hazardous to the tsetse fly and we won't be able to use that either.
"Give me the good old creosote, oil-based paints, hey, even white lead — these new paints offer as much protection as food dye in tap water."
This scribe often wonders how we get from gardens to the tsetse fly, to creosote and paint all in a matter of minutes.
Year of the dandelions
Without any fertilizer, or even planting in raised beds, the OFs say this is the year of the dandelions. Everywhere you look, the dandelion's yellow flower is dotting the landscape at least on the Hill, and in the valley of Schoharie, and maybe Altamont and Rotterdam have the dandelion yellow carpet also.
Some of the OFs remember their mothers gathering the young dandelion leaves and using them as greens in salads and garnishes. One OF mentioned that using what pops up in lawns and fields, picking it, then using it to cook with is becoming a lost art.
Another OF said he used to do a lot of that — collecting mushrooms, dandelions, burdock, and other plants that the OF has forgotten about.
One OF mentioned that he thinks he still has a stash of dandelion wine in the cellar. The OF added that, if he went out today to forage in the forest, he probably would come home with plants that would kill a horse in minutes, or a least give the OF the trots.
Encounters with angels
The OFs started talking about a subject that was both a little sad and a little scary. This topic was how much it hurts the OFs when their kids become seriously ill.
"Why them — why not me? I am at the short end of the ruler," was a general consensus. Many of the OFs have gone through this type of unwanted anxiety and have the same thoughts.
Somehow this started a few of the OFs talking about angels and how some of the OFs have had encounters with these beings.
The OFs did not seem to be talking about the type of angel that has been perpetrated by humans as comely visions with golden hair and white feathered wings flying off floating through the air, but the OMOTMs' angels are people, known and unknown, that just seem to pop up and disappear.
When the OG is in trouble, one can be a friend who for some unknown reason has the time to help. The OGs began relating a few stories where a particular event would take place and help would come from out of the blue.
This scribe thinks that we are all angels and, when the time comes for us to be used, we will be used and not even know that we are being used that way.
Let sleeping cats lie
The OFs mentioned how unsafe it is to disturb a sleeping animal, especially a cat.
"Yeah," one OF said, "disturbing a sleeping cat is not the smartest thing in the world to do, not if you want to maintain your eyeballs."
"Not only a cat, but have you ever been kicked by a normally gentle horse?" a second OF asked.
"If you come up on the wrong side of the animal while it is sleeping, that is a half a ton of flying hoofs that are flaying at anything within reach and that to the horse could be a bear, mountain lion — or you. The horse also is not thinking, 'Shoo, go away'; the horse's kicking is meant to harm, disable, or bring whatever startled the horse to an untimely demise."
The OFs think that the old adage to let a sleeping dog lie is a good one to heed around anything that has left this conscious world and, if you can see its chest is still heaving, leave it be.
Those OFs who were at the Hilltown Café in Rensselaerville and having no intentions on disturbing any sleeping being (especially the wife) were: Bill Krause, Bob Benac, Art Frament, Harold Guest, Carl Walls, Robie Osterman, Frank Pauli, John Rossmann, Miner Stevens, Andy Tinning, Glenn Patterson, Mark Traver, Jim Heiser, Lou Schenck, Gary Porter, Jack Norray, Ken Hughes, Mace Porter, Ted Willsey, Jim Rissacher, Bob Lassome, Mike Willsey, Harold Grippen, Elwood Vanderbilt, Gerry Chartier, and me.
This scribe looked around the Home Front Café in Altamont on Tuesday, May 13, and again noticed that the restaurant was full of men. The only member of the distaff side was the waitress. This scribe thought that, as often as this happens, the ladies' time out and about must be later on in the day.
The OFs talked about mowing the grass (not hay). This is almost like the conversation of last week only now the OFs are already complaining about cutting the grass. Once started in the spring, the OFs say, it is like pulling a cork out of a bottle.
The grass (also known as weeds in some yards) continues to grow and once one corner or section of the yard is done, it is necessary to go back and start all over right away. This little circus goes on until late June and, in August, when the OFs are able to catch up with the growing cycle of the grass (AKA weeds) the grass takes a break in the hot weather.
Operations abound
Another typical discussion was that of the OFs' medical operations. The OFs were not talking hangnail type operations but the real thing, like heart bypasses, knees, shoulders, hips, hernias, some cancers, and having metal plates placed in the head.
One OF has just had his hearing repaired in one ear. The OFs don't know if this is a hearing aid or not. Half the OFs have those things, and the other half need them.
But this OF had an operation on his head. The doctors placed something in his head just behind the left ear. Then they gave the OF a round object about one inch in diameter, and one quarter inch thick. Attached to that object is a little box about one inch square and one quarter inch thick. This unit snaps to the metal plate inside his head with a magnet.
When the OF clicks this unit to his head he can hear. It sure is different than a hearing aid, and also different in price — about two to three times more than a pair good hearing aids.
The OFs who have had other operations all seemed to have them do whatever they were supposed to do in one degree or another. Some of the OFs have no pain while others, at times, have a little discomfort.
A few of the OFs have problems with some of their joints and they could be operated on, but the advice from the doctors is "leave it alone and live with it." The OFs wonder why this approach is taken at times and, at other times, the knife is already in the air.
Some of the OFs have had their operations done at the hospital in Cooperstown and say what a nice place this is. It is a small hospital with only 164 beds but the OFs who have used the facility say it is a good hospital and they felt safe there.
Lost ambulance
Cooperstown is a town in central New York, and one OF had a three-way bypass done at this facility. After the bypass surgery, he was sent to Sunnyview rehab in Schenectady for his (you guessed it) rehabilitation.
This OF was transported by ambulance to Sunnyview. This is quite a ride, and the driver apparently knew his way around Cooperstown, but got lost with the OF in Schenectady.
The OF said the ambulance driver drove all over the place trying to find the hospital. Some of the OFs could understand this because of the one-way streets, and it is not the easiest of hospitals to get to even if you were from Albany and had an inkling of Schenectady.
The OFs assumed the driver must have been male because he could have asked for directions. The OF in the ambulance said he did ask for directions but they seemed to be of no help.
No one asked if the ambulance had a GPS, which would have been a help. This was a few years ago, because most of the newer ambulances today are equipped with a GPS system. A few of the OFs are EMTs and one said that the GPS systems works pretty well if you are a good speller and know how to spell where you are and where you want to go.
One OF had a knee replaced recently and is getting around great but the hospital stay was another thing. We will save that for another time.
Those OFs that made it to the Home Front Café in Altamont and who would make a good support group for those contemplating an operation, or for reassuring those just coming out of an operation, were: Roger Chapman, Miner Stevens, Frank Pauli, Robie Osterman, George Washburn, John Rossmann, Harold Guest, Bill Krause, Dave Williams, George Cove, Steve Kelly, Roger Shafer, Otis Lawyer, Glenn Patterson, Mark Traver, Andy Tinning, Lou Schenck, Jack Norray, Ken Hughes, Mace Porter, Ted Willsey, Jim Rissacher, Elwood Vanderbilt, Mike Willsey, Harold Grippen, and me.
Canes at the ready, the Old Men of the Mountain attacked the Duanesburg Diner in Duanesburg on the history-making date of April 29, 2014, and to many of the OFs it is still winter. Some have even put the lawn mowers away, and gassed up the snow blowers.
The OFs that had farms or grew up on farms began talking about the types of animals they raised on these farms. Most were the usual kinds — cows, horses, mules, pigs, chickens, cats, dogs, turkeys, and goats. These were the mainstay of the farm. Some of the OFs had, not unusual, but "different" animals like guinea hens, peacocks, rabbits, or suchlike.
Growing up with these critters taught the OFs how different animals behaved. Some were quite alike and some were totally different but most had their own personalities. The OFs could tell if any of their animals were sick and required the attention of a vet.
On the other hand, if the animal was not sick but in severe distress, the OFs then knew which was which and it was time to get the gun. Most OFs, with tears in their eyes, would painlessly put the poor animal down.
Continuing on with the farming theme, the OFs maintain that everybody is sticking their nose in the business of farming, and most of those doing the sticking have no idea of what they are doing. The OFs maintain that they should go back to washing windows, and keep their collective noses out of their business and everybody would be much better off.
"Well," one OF said, "someone has to be looking out for the common people."
Another OF picked up on this and said, "I am a common person."
And the first OF replied, "You know what I mean."
"Of course," the other OF answered.
The original OF said he knew some farmers would cut corners just like some contractors and even manufactures cut corners. One OG said he knew that, but that was not what he was talking about.
He opined that milk inspectors and people like that knew most of the time what was going on, and common sense was the norm between most of the routine inspectors and the farmer, but mandates like having to install bulk milk tanks, instead of using strainers and milk cans, put him out of business. This OF thought that milk cans were the cleaner way to go anyway, and he felt that, if the farmer wanted to install the bulk tanks, OK, but let the little guy still use his milk cans.
Such mandates have killed many of the small farms. Most of these small farms are now in disrepair with barns and out buildings falling down. The once productive fields are now trees and brush.
"Yep," another OF said, "the big money cats have persuaded the legislators to tax these same farms as building lots and the farmer can't pay these high taxes so the developers jump in and buy the farms. The guy in the capitol has met his commitment to the fat cat.
"We can take this little sneaky conspiracy one step further. Where does our food come from now — Chile, Brazil, Australia, Canada? I bet," the OF continued, "this is another commitment met, only higher up."
End of OF rant.
Pessimists and optimists
Most of the OFs are glad to see April go, as much as the OFs were glad to see March go.
One OF said "he feels like he is wishing his life away by wanting May."
Then another OF added, "Maybe this year, we will be glad to see May go also."
Yet some of the OFs were talking about tomato plants and planting gardens.
Optimism and pessimism in one little conversation.
Strong concentration
The OFs had a small discussion on the phrase "lost in his work."
One OG was picking up another OG to go to the breakfast and the OG being picked up was out working in his yard. The picker-upper drove up his driveway and the OG being picked up kept right on working.
The picker-upper OG turned around and drove back down the driveway and sat waiting for his friend who just kept right on working. The driveway was no more than 50 feet from where the OG was raking.
The picker-upper OG sat for a short while with the car running and finally blew his horn. The OG working in the yard just raised his head and waved in the general direction of the road and went right back raking.
The OG picking up this OF then really blew his horn, and, finally, the OG turned and saw the car and laid down his rake and walked to the car.
It is a good thing this scribe does not use names because, if anyone realized who this was and saw the OG working in the yard, they could drive right up his driveway, steal one of his tractors, drive it away, and the OG would never know it. That is what is known as engrossed in your work.
As one of the OFs commented, "That OG is the type of person you would want working for you — one that is not easily distracted."
Those OFs who attended the breakfast at the Duanesburg Diner in Duanesburg (with some OFs quite removed from farming but still think they are farmers, yet are now are able to go out to breakfast and not to the barn) were: Miner Stevens, Robie Osterman, Roger Chapman, Dave Williams, Steve Kelly, Roger Shafer, Harold Guest, Otis Lawyer, Glenn Patterson, Mark Traver, Karl Remmers, Dick Ogsbury, Andy Tinning, Lou Schenck, Mace Porter, Gary Porter, Ken Hughes, Jack Norray, Duncan Bellinger, Bill Krause, Elwood Vanderbilt, Harold Grippen, Mike Willsey, Gerry Chartier, Ted Willsey, Jim Rissacher, and me.
This scribe would like to have a nickel, no, maybe just a penny, for every time the following has been said: "Why do the weeks go by so fast?"
Tuesday has rolled around again, and it seems like it was just Tuesday the day before, but here it is Tuesday, April 22, 2014, and already 112 days of the year have gone by. My goodness, the OFs will have to start their Christmas shopping pretty soon.
To add to this, in just a few more weeks, the Old Men of the Mountain will be right back at the Blue Star Restaurant in Schoharie ordering the same breakfast — or maybe not.
According to the OFs, spring has sprung because the peepers are peeping. Most of the OFs say, don't count on it; one day does not spring make.
With the temperature hovering above freezing, and not by much, except for the aforementioned day, the snow does melt. With the snowmelt, the water table goes up and the OFs were talking about how much water they have. Some have their wells overflowing.
One OF said that he has water coming up all over the place, but this OF lives between two hills so this is understandable. However, one who has a well overflowing so the water is running from under the casing cap down the drive lives on top of the mountain. The OFs surmised there must be a ton of pressure on the water table to push the water up like that.
Then comes mid-summer and the OFs hope the water is still there. Generally it is.
One OF said occasionally some of their friends come up from the city to spend time with them and to be in the country for a while. They have day trips planned, and they do some farm-stand shopping, but what drives this OF up the wall is their indiscriminate use of water, "like there is an infinite source of water."
The showers these friends take are long, and then long again. When trying to help in the kitchen, they turn on the tap and let 'er run. They have the water running and then walk away to do something else.
It is a good thing they are only here for a few days, the OF noted, and he stressed again that they are great friends and nice people.
Another OF chimed in that they have similar friends, again from places with public sources of water and apparently no usage tax. They don't really know about being on a well with the energy to run the pump and the possibility that the water may be low in a long dry summer.
"Somehow," the OF said, "we have to remember how important water is because we really aren't that far removed from the fish we once were."
Sorrowful Friday pervades Easter
Easter is an event that is not celebrated like many of the others.
The OFs do not wish each other Happy Easter. Maybe at some ends of the table it was said, but nothing like the expressions heard at Christmas. Happy Easter does not have the ring to it as does Merry Christmas.
There were only a couple of OFs that even asked, "How was your Easter?"
On Thanksgiving, most of the OFs are curious about what the other OFs are doing for Thanksgiving, like family coming over, or checking to see if the OF was going anywhere.
Even the first day of deer season sparks more conversation than Easter. Good Friday, in many circles, is such a downer that it carries over into Easter. (No one really knows why it is called Good Friday, conjecture applies, so take your pick, only in German it is called Sorrowful Friday, everyone to their own interpretation. There that answers the OFs' questions.)
Dealing with
an aggressive cardinal
Some of the OFs discussed having birds attack the windows of their homes. The OFs were talking about deliberate attacks, not the occasional bird that flies headlong into a window.
Most of the time it is the cardinal that becomes so aggressive. One OF reported having one of the cardinals becoming such a nuisance that he was making a mess on the side of the house.
The OF said that this bird would attack his hand as he tried to shush it away. The OF said that the only thing between him and that crazed bird was the glass in the window.
This OF called the Cornell Cooperative Extension Service in Voorheesville for advice on how to handle the situation. They said that cardinals were very territorial and the cardinal saw his reflection in the window and saw what he thought was another cardinal.
The extension service said to hang newspaper on that window and the bird would not see his reflection and stop trying to attack the reflection. Did not work! The dumb bird just went to the next window. More newspaper; the bird just went to the next adjacent window.
Finally one old farmer friend said he should get an owl from the garden shop and hang it where the bird will see it. Cardinals in the wild are afraid of owls and they can't seem to tell the difference between plastic owls or the genuine bird.
The OF said he went and purchased two owls. Bingo! The next day, the bird was gone. The OF said he still has those owls, and no birds with aggressive behavior wailing at his house to date.
The Old Men of the Mountain would like to offer their condolences to the family of Bob Dietz who passed away at his winter home in Tucson, Arizona.
Bob was a loyal member of the OMOTM and graced the company of OMOTM with his stories, and humor.
Those OFs with the courage to get out of bed, and ambulatory enough to make it to the Blue Star Restaurant in Schoharie were: Roger Shafer, Steve Kelly, Otis Lawyer, Jim Heiser, George Washburn, Glenn Patterson, Dick Ogsbury, Karl Remmers, Robie Osterman, Roger Chapman, Miner Stevens, Andy Tinning, Harold Guest, John Rossmann, Frank Pauli, Lou Schenck, Mace Porter, Gary Porter, Ken Hughes, Jack Norray, Don Wood, Bill Krause, Jim Rissacher, Ted Willsey, Elwood Vanderbilt, Harold Grippen, and me.
The weather sometimes seems to support the Old Men of the Mountain because on Tuesday, April 15, it held off nicely for breakfast time. The OMOTM catch that break quite often, so, if you are planning anything that has to be done in the morning, make it a Tuesday morning and the weather should be OK thanks to the OMOTM.
This past Tuesday morning, the OFs who are beef eaters, (isn't that a wine or some kind of alcoholic beverage?) were complaining about the prices of beef and bacon.
What brought that discussion up was the OFs were at the Country Café in Schoharie where they have the good bacon, the thick stuff that has some body to it, not that thin pre-cooked bacon that is so thin it is possible to read the paper through it. Real bacon — and even the bacon sliced so thin that the hog doesn't even know it is gone — and the price of both of these types of bacon has taken its place among the stars.
Also, while on the subject of restaurants, the OFs started talking about the ambience of rest rooms, particularly in restaurants. The circulating thought was that a restaurant could have great food and dining-area ambience, but, if the restrooms are a step above an outhouse, then the whole place goes with it.
The OFs thought that this is because we are OFs and the restrooms are a little more important to us now. One OF mentioned that it might be because we have been married so long that some of the OFs' uncouthness has been refined a little to the point where we are becoming more couth.
One OF mentioned that, when we were young, the restroom could be behind a tree, who cared, but, as we progressed through the aging process, the OFs now want clean bathrooms, warm, well lit, and soft toilet paper, toilets and sinks that work, and paper towels.
Same goals
Some discussion was unusual for the OFs and that was brought about by the lead in an editorial in the Albany Times-Union that the Albany, Schenectady, Troy area was one of the least religious areas in the nation. The discussion was on the differences in churches and, even with these differences, they all have the same goal.
Plant pain?
The OFs began talking about the findings of Cleve Baxter, and his work with plants, and their ability to feel or not feel pain. This is quite interesting, and, just like the UFO that has the Malaysian plane, there is much debate in the scientific community about plants feeling pain. Whether or not they do feel pain is the question, but having a nervous system does seem to have some basis.
Along with this there is still conversation among the OFs on this missing aircraft. This scribe will be glad when that sucker is found.
Personal pain
Then the OFs (including this scribe) started talking about their own pains, especially in our legs. Almost all, at the corner of the table where this scribe was seated, have puffy legs at night.
These puffy legs start just about at the sock line and, at the end of the day, can really be bothersome. Some of the OFs said, not only do the legs hurt, but they itch.
One OF said he has rubbed his legs raw, and there are scabs where he has scratched them. By morning, this swelling is gone and the legs appear to be normal, or how ever 70- or 80-year-old legs are supposed to look when normal.
All these OFs say they have reported this condition to their doctors who really don't say anything or seem to pay any attention. The doctors just look at them and say, hmmm — and that's about it.
The doctor's reply is generic to each OF; only one doctor did tell one of the OFs to occasionally elevate his legs during the day and see if that helped.
See if that helps! For crying out loud, are we OFs part of some learning curve? This is why it's called the practice of medicine; sometimes the doctors are still practicing on us.
One OF said that it seems funny that, when we go to the doctor with an eye that twitches twice, and then once, and then twice again, the doctor will immediately diagnose some rare malady that is found only in the jungles of the Congo.
Go there with two legs that are swollen above the OF's socks as big as telephone poles, and below the sock as thin as chicken legs and the same doctors sit there scratching their heads.
One OF said that, while he was at his doctor's office, he just started snorting and clearing his throat about three or four months ago, and it began like out of the blue. The doctor's reply was, "You know, I started to do that about a year or so ago and I can't get rid of it either."
Then one OF said, "I hate it when the doctor says, 'Oh that' and then he admits he has 'it' too."
Then again, many of the OFs think that, with the slightest new cough, hack, or twitch, the OF might have Beriberi but the doctors know that the OFs are OFs and really they have nothing — the OFs are in the category of getting old and these things are just going to happen.
Those OFs who made it to the Country Café in Schoharie regardless of what their doctors say were: Ted Willsey, Jerry Willsey, Jim Rissacher, Steve Kelly, Roger Shafer, Karl Remmers, Dick Ogsbury, Dave Williams, John Rossmann, Chuck Aleseio, Frank Pauli, Harold Guest, Miner Stevens, Glenn Patterson, Mark Traver, Jim Heiser, Robie Osterman, George Washburn, Roger Chapman, Mace Porter, Jack Norray, Lou Schenck, Ken Hughes, Henry Whipple, Bill Krause, Elwood Vanderbilt, Harold Grippen, and me.


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Birds Anonymous (1957)
Clarence: I wouldn't do that if I were you. If I were you, I'd put him back. It can only lead to self destruction. It only takes one bird to start you, and before you know it, it's two birds, then three. Suddenly, without realizing it, you're a victim. Then one day... the end of the road.
Clarence: Our new member has come to us for help. Would someone volunteer to tell what B.A. has done for him?
B.A. Cat #1: I was a three-bird-a-day pussycat, until B.A. helped me.
B.A. Cat #2: Being on a bird kick cost me five homes. B.A. helped me solve my problem.
Sylvester: Fellow members, from now on my motto is: Birds is strictly for the birds.
Sylvester: [On the floor, crying] I can't stand it! I gotta have a bird! I'm weak! I'm weak, but I don't care! I can't help it! After all, I am a pussycat!
Tweety: Oh, Mr. Putty tat. Don't you wike me anymore?
Sylvester: I think... I think... I think you're... I think you're... *delicious!*
[last lines]
Tweety: Like said before: once a bad old putty tat, always a bad old putty tat.


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According to a memo filed by J.C. Penney, Macy's rights to Martha Stewart aren't nearly as sweeping as it suggests. Under Macy's interpretation of the contract, according to J.C. Penney, Martha Stewart Living is "little more than an in-house designer for Macy's."
"Macy's should stop competing in the courtroom and start competing in the marketplace," the company said in its memo.
In court documents, Martha Stewart Living said it will prove that it was Macy's Inc. that breached the contract because it didn't "use commercially reasonable efforts to maximize net sales of Martha Stewart Collection products."
The stakes are high for both retailers as well as for Martha Stewart.
Martha Stewart Living is trying to fatten merchandising revenue as it struggles to offset declines in its broadcast and publishing business, a segment that accounts for more than 60 percent of its total business. The New York company is downsizing its magazines and is cutting publishing jobs as it increasingly focuses on online video and other digital content.
And the deal with Martha Stewart is part of J.C. Penney's plan to re-invent the struggling department store under Johnson, who became CEO of the Plano, Tex., company in November 2011 after helping to create the look and feel Apple Inc.'s iconic stores.
The department store has struggled with mounting losses and sharp sales declines since early last year after shoppers were turned off by a new strategy that eliminated most sales in favor of lower prices every day.
J.C. Penney began adding shops featuring new hip brands last year and plans to overhaul the home department this spring with new names like Jonathan Adler and Michael Graves.
Martha Stewart, however, is at the center of the retailer's home products revamp.
As for Macy's, having another major department store sell Martha Stewart towels, pots and other merchandise could dilute its business.
Burt Flickinger, III, president of retail consultancy Strategic Resource Group, says that if J.C. Penney is unable to carry Martha Stewart, it could hurt the chain tremendously.
"It leaves Penney with one less power brand," Flickinger said.
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Kraz: Seeing brown, a Ferrari for Fowler, aiding Enberg
Fox Sports San Diego's contract with Dick Enberg runs through the 2014 season. The smart play: make better use of Enberg by traveling him less.
Enberg called about 120 Padres games this year. Having to watch the Padres that many games is punishing for anyone. For a jet-lagged man who's 78, it sounded like too much.
Tailor the Vin Scully plan to Enberg. Limit his travel to Arizona and California. In addition, make him part of the pregame coverage. Have Mister "Breakfast at Wimbledon" set the scene.
Listening to Enberg and Don Drysdale call Angels games in the 1970s was a delight. In the history of baseball broadcasting, Enberg-Drysdale had the best chemistry of any tandem, said Reds play-by-play man Marty Brennaman, a Hall of Famer.
The games are much longer now. Enberg wouldn't be the first broadcaster to lose his edge after the fifth inning, when the bullpen tedium commences. Much like Bruce Bochy found rest and pinch swings for Gwynn late in his career, Fox and the Padres can better manage Enberg's workload.


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$3698.29 raised from 80 donors on 2/15!!!
Submitted by Jake Towne on Tue, 02/16/2010 - 12:02. Permalink
Thank you all who donated!! The Money Bomb week continues for the rest of the week, including the Liberty Candidate multicandidate money bomb on Wednesday 2/17.
So far my $5,000 in match money is safe as $16,300 needs to be raised :)
Jake Towne
2010 Candidate for US Congress, PA-15
Liberty, Sound Money, the Rule of Law, and Accountability
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