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Eavesdropping fear prompts Peterborough council to close washroom
Men are forced to use the women's washroom at Peterborough city hall when council is in closed door meetings. The reason? Fear of people eavesdropping.
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Peterborough city council thinks there is more than one kind of leak happening in the men's bathroom.
City officials are closing down the washroom — which shares a wall with council chambers — for fear that people could eavesdrop on proceedings.
That means men needing the washroom during any closed-door meeting are being asked to use the ladies' room instead — and a security guard is positioned in the hallway to make sure of that.
City clerk John Kennedy defended the decision to close down the washroom, saying it happens whenever there is a confidential meeting.
"The security company isn't just there to guard the washroom, they're there to keep people out of the hallway," he said. "It's just there to ensure confidentiality of the meeting is maintained."
Brendan Wedley, a city hall reporter with the Peterborough Examiner, described his unusual experience of being sent to the women's washroom in a column Tuesday.
"It's a spacious room with a single toilet; one person in the room at a time," he wrote. "It's just strange — it's strange to be in there and it's a strange edict from the bowels of city hall.
"In almost eight years covering Peterborough City Hall, I've never heard anything through the walls of that bathroom."
Kennedy said fears about eavesdropping arose a couple of years ago when council chambers were being used for temporary office space. Concerns were raised at the time that voices could be heard through the walls, which led to the decision to close down the men's room.
Peterborough Ward 2 Councillor Henry Clarke said he doesn't see anything wrong with it.
"We close the hall to ensure voices can't be accidentally overheard and the washroom is in that corridor so it is also restricted during the closed session," Clarke said.
Concern about confidentiality isn't a new thing in Peterborough politics. The county, which holds its meetings in the city's courthouse, uses a white noise machine outside the doors of in-camera meetings to keep eavesdroppers at bay.
In Toronto, city council requires no such anti-snooping measures. The cavernous council chamber has no adjoining room. When council meets in-camera, spectators, reporters and non-essential city staff are banished from the chamber and the live TV feed is turned off. Security guards ensure nobody gets off the elevators that lead in to the chamber.
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Incredibly Intricate Historic Libraries
This day an age of technology we can't forget the analog internet cafes with dark wood, detailed workmanship, leaded glass windows and tier after towering tier of books – classic historic libraries are a bibliophile's dream.
The largest monastic library in the world is located in Admont in Austria. Admont Abbey was founded in 1074 and settled by Benedictine monks.
Canada's Library of Parliament was originally built in 1876 and is the only part of the Centre Block to remain untouched after a fire in 1916.
Completed in 1926 in Collegiate Gothic style, the University of Washington's Suzzallo LIbrary contains an incredible 250-foot long, 52-foot wide Graduate Reading Room featuring a timber-vaulted ceiling, leaded windows and cast-stone ashlar wall blocks.
A lacy white banister flows along tier after tier of books and down a beautiful spiral staircase at the Iowa State Capitol Law Library, located in the Capitol building.
At the heart of the British Museum is the Reading Room, completed in 1857 and restored in 2000. Considered a masterpiece of mid-19th century technology when it was built, the reading room was inspired by the domed Pantheon in Rome and measures 140 feet in diameter.
The library at the Abbey St. Gall in Switzerland is the country's oldest, and considered one of the most important monastic libraries in the world.
Ireland's oldest university, home to the book of Kells, the 'Old Library' stuns with its dark wood, spiral staircases and seemingly endless aisles of books.
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From Joey Votto:
"I'm not going to say where I should be, that's embarrassing and out of respect for my teammates, that's not how you go about your business," Votto said. "I'm going to enjoy it while I'm here and play hard. I'm swinging well, working hard, sticking around the cages."
From Brandon Phillips:
"I'm happy where I am, I've got a job, that's all I've got to say," said Phillips, who was acquired in a trade with the Indians early last season. "I want to be here long-term and stay here for the rest of my career. I love (manager) Jerry (Narron), I love (general manager) Wayne (Krivsky). I love the Reds. I'm not mad at nobody, I have no reason to be."
A funny from Paul Wilson:
"I'm sure there are other ways to figure that out other than getting my (rear) kicked, but, you know, I told the guy earlier I'd normally come in and be destroying this clubhouse. But I'm figuring it out."
"I love (baseball) too much (to quit). I love it," Wilson said. "It's the only thing I know how to do well. It shouldn't define who we are as people, but it does. It shouldn't make me a winner or loser because I play baseball. I do play baseball, but deep down it does."
Matt Belisle on Paul Wilson:
"Nobody works harder and he's as competitive as anybody. Those are two qualities you have to have," said Reds right-hander Matt Belisle, one of the other pitchers vying for the fifth spot in the rotation with Wilson. "He does it with class; it's a good thing to see. If you have trouble keeping yourself in check, you just look at him and see how you should be getting after it. It's great to be around the guy."
And the best exchange of the Spring yet:
Hamilton starts out with a clout
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The Reds' Josh Hamilton gets a base hit in the sixth inning Thursday afternoon.
BRADENTON, Fla. - With the wind blowing out of the Pirates' spring training home of McKechnie Field, Pittsburgh's Luis Matos hit two home runs and Andrew McCuthen hit another in the first four innings of the Reds' 9-7 victory on Thursday.
In the dugout, Reds catcher David Ross observed to outfielder Josh Hamilton that two of the Reds' home runs - by Adam Dunn and Mark Bellhorn - traveled farther than the three hit by the Pirates.
"You missed one," said Hamilton, a Rule 5 pick from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and former first-overall pick in the draft.
"What are you talking about?" Ross asked.
"Mine," said Hamilton, who hadn't hit a home run in any kind of game since 2002. "I just haven't hit it yet."
And, then - "Next AB, boy," Hamilton recalled later. "Bam!"
Actually, add a couple of exclamation points onto the 'bam' and maybe capitalize all the letters - "BAM!!!!!!"
With right-hander Allan Simpson pitching to Hamilton in the seventh, Hamilton hit a home run that cleared the 30-foot high batter's eye in center field, 400 feet away.
"I saw where he pitched to (Dewayne) Wise," Hamilton said. "It was away, away, away. Then he put the first two away to me and I knew he had to come in. It was a slider and he kind of floated it in there."
And then, well, you know, BAM!!!!!!
"That was awesome," Ross said. "That was at least 500 feet. That's a bomb."
This is why I love Spring Training. I am seriously encouraged by the Reds youth. No whining about playing time. To date I have yet to hear "the front office is disrespecting me I'm just here to get my money" BS. Just play Basbeall and go about your business. There are a lot of people here on Redszone that think character and chemistry play no part in sports. Nothing could be further from the truth. Character and Chemistry alone will not win you a championship but it does play a part in the game.


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^ I could mention how Philly fans treated me like shit when I was there (and how they boo
their own players
as well) but I sense that would be redundant...
And like I said,
leave the family alone
. Despite what Cliff Lee might tell you, even Yankee fans don't do that. Booing Cano himself was one thing - as odd as it was to have Royals fans, of all people, doing the booing, at least it made some kind of sense when it was just Cano himself. But where the hell do they get off messing with his family?
So why does Cliff Lee saying it about Yankees fans allow you to brush it off, but when it's another team doing it to one of your players you're all up in arms?
Yankees fans can be just as dickish as any other team. Just because you're a Yankees fan doesn't mean you're better then that, or are must be held to a higher standard, despite what the team may want you to believe.
And the Papelbon thing didn't even happen during the game. It was all anyone was talking about for a week leading up to it, since Yankee fans were SOOO outraged that he would even suggest it, despite the fact that he was the one that closed out the World Series the year before. As a side note, it does still kill me that the MVP of that game was JD Drew, a Red Sox.
As for the Cano thing, harassing his family is dickish. But when they booed him during the HR derby I had to laugh. KC fans are a proud bunch, and they were a damn good team for many years. Ya they've sucked for years now, but if they see a Yankee, they're sure as hell gonna boo the shit out of him.
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Mobile YouTube API Apps for Content Creators, Curators and Consumers
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Jarek is a YouTube Developer Advocate and his focus is helping partners implement amazing applications using YouTube APIs. He is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University and The University of Memphis.View full profile
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JJ is a developer advocate for YouTube APIs. He blogs at jjinux.blogspot.com on topics such as Python, Ruby, Linux, open source software, the Web, and lesser-known programming languages.View full profile
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I live in the bustling area of Lokhandwala-Oshiwara in Mumbai but thankfully in a quieter street, in the residential part of Yamuna Nagar. Lokhandwala, as we all know, can get very crowded but it also has some benefits such as the amazing home delivery system—from food to stationery, almost everything is delivered at your doorstep in a matter of minutes.
I believe that the area in its entirety has become less crowded since the road, which connects Lokhandwala to Goregaon and Malad, has opened up. A lot of traffic has started to even out so that has been a great boon for us. However, I find it a little tedious stepping into Lokhandwala market due to crazy jams and persistent honking but on the other hand, it's a 'wonder-filled' market. There is nothing that you cannot find here.
The food in Lokhandwala is amazing. I especially love the street food and cuisines such as Lebanese and Chinese. Overall, this is a cuisine haven of good quality. There are quite a few hangout spots, some even crowded, but that's probably also the fun part of it.
The supermarkets here are a delight with friendly staff and 'wish-for-and-it's-there' items. Its a one-stop shop for your home solutions. I like how nothing in Lokhandwala is too far from your house and that makes life much easier—from gyms, beauty centres, dance classes, spas, cafés, organic food stores and much more.
Lokhandwala has a young and spirited vibe about itself, which I hope always remains. I wish they had a few more quieter hangouts, and of course, we could do with a few more traffic lights at crucial junctions, to make this area perfect.
I'll be surprised if I ever decide to live in any other part of Mumbai because even with its flaws, the benefits of Lokhandwala are many. To me, this is home like no other.
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With Senate Bill 248 the Michigan Legislature is attempting to address a number of problems with the auto insurance market in the state. Michigan's no-fault system creates misaligned incentives, resulting in auto insurance rates that are among the highest in the nation. There is also a larger question of why we treat severe injuries from car accidents differently than we treat the similar injuries from other types of accidents.
The unlimited personal injury protection provision in the current no-fault system creates an incentive to provide very expensive care, rather than provide affordable and effective treatment aimed at quickly restoring the victim to health. This typically results in medical bills charged to PIP insurance that are significantly and inexplicably greater than those charged to other insured methods, such as Medicare or workers' compensation. In an earlier study it was found, for example, that a neck MRI in Detroit paid for by no-fault cost $3,258, while the same procedure paid for by workers' compensation insurance was $769.
The reason for this is that if you suffer a severe spinal injury in a car accident, there is no limit to the charges incurred in treating you. But if you suffer the same injury by falling off a ladder, there is. Realistically, what we do in Michigan is to tax motorists to cover catastrophic, auto-related injuries without any constraints on the cost of treatment. This is done in a convoluted fashion, through a per-vehicle assessment that funds the Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association.
But the state is considering some reforms with Senate Bill 248, and these are a move in the right direction. One positive aspect of Senate Bill 248 is that it is reintroducing a discussion of why the state is such an outlier in the way its auto insurance market operates and how to deal with the lack of affordability of insurance in places like Detroit. Michigan is only one of 12 states to have no-fault auto insurance and is the only state to have unlimited PIP. New York has the second highest PIP limit of $50,000.
There are provisions of the bill that will act to reduce insurance costs. Among these are attempts to set limits on rates. Of course, as with any attempts to set prices, there are likely to be unintended consequences. The movement from the MCCA to a new entity will provide more transparency, but it will probably be more subject to political pressures with regard to both claims and assessments.
The establishment of an insurance fraud program will, if operated effectively, reduce fraud, lowering treatment costs and insurance premiums and catastrophic claims assessments. Limits on certain payments for attendant care will have some effect on the incentives to provide more care than is necessary.
Overall, Senate Bill 248 will probably result in lower auto insurance costs for car owners in Michigan. However, policymakers should also consider moving away from a no-fault insurance system and establishing limited PIP coverage, just like every other state in the country. When it comes to insuring the costs of catastrophic injuries, we should treat them the same, regardless of how they were incurred.
Reasons to Reason
Analytical thinking is essential in policy debates
With so many complex policy issues, how do we decide which are worthy of our support or deserve to be opposed? Environmentalism, my specialty, is rife with policy initiatives that are often based on emotional appeal, rather than well-reasoned articulations of facts.
As a boy, I read Isaac Asimov's science fiction classic "Foundation" series that featured psychohistory and symbolic logic. I was fascinated by how the Foundation applied symbolic logic to political documents and treaties to interpret what was really being said. In one situation, the Foundation reduced the fine print of a five-page treaty to two statements: "Obligations of Anacreon to the Empire: None! Powers of the Empire over Anacreon: None!"
Reasoning is an acquired skill that can be learned, developed and honed. With all this information at our fingerprints, we ought to be better able to reason our way to conclusions than ever before. But it's still difficult to reason — to think clearly and logically — because we are easily persuaded by appeals to our emotions. Plus, some groups benefit from us not reasoning well, preferring that we embrace selective facts and selective history; preferring that we succumb to faulty or twisted logic or slogans; preferring that we stay in ideological silos.
Learning to reason well starts with the humility to accept that we don't have all the answers, with receptivity to new information and new arguments, and with the relentless pursuit of verifiable evidence, historical precedence and data that support the reasoning process.
Being receptive to new information and perspectives means setting aside visceral responses, accepting the possibility that someone we dislike might make a sound argument, or that someone we like might be making a flawed argument. In both cases, we ought to stay focused on what's being asserted and how this assertion is supported, and be on the lookout for sloganeering, logical errors, selective facts, or the abuse of proportionality.
Being able to recognize erroneous logic is an important first step in learning how to reason better. Planes fly; birds fly; therefore, planes are birds. This is a simplistic example, though you might be surprised at how often similar arguments are proposed with straight faces. Because some fraternities act abusively toward women (planes), many people were inclined to believe the false Rolling Stone story about the University of Virginia fraternity (birds), ignoring the lack of evidentiary support for the accusation.
Another common reasoning mistake is to begin with sound data, but ignore the absence of facts linking this sound data to conclusions. I came across this issue in a Wall Street Journal article that purported to connect frog population decline to global warming. Here was my response:
When science records what it observes, when it measures phenomena, and when it faithfully and accurately models that data, its finding are valid, useful and reliable. But when scientists, however well-informed, offer speculation based on these observations, measurements and models, credibility and reliability are diminished, sometimes drastically. Thus, the observation that the frog population worldwide is declining, corroborated by measurements, in combination with models that purport to demonstrate global warming is not (yet) sufficient to assert the title of your article ("Study Finds Global Warming Is Killing Frogs"). This conclusion is speculative, as it is based on the assumption that warmer temperatures at higher elevations in Costa Rica are responsible for the viability of the fungus that is infecting the frogs.
Proportionality is an important consideration too. Learn to recognize a faulty argument along the following lines: The United States sometimes executes innocent men, Hitler executed innocent men, and therefore, the United States and Nazi Germany are equally bad.
"Belief in the Law of Small Numbers," by psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky, revealed that statistical inferences are often based on sample sizes too small to support conclusions. According to Kahneman, "We pay more attention to the content of the messages than to information about their reliability … a view of the world that is simpler and more coherent than the data justify." Kahneman also warns, in "Thinking, Fast and Slow," against focusing on a specific attribute, such as benign climate, and using it to arrive at a broader conclusion. For example, Californians, despite the better weather, reported they weren't any more satisfied with their lives than Michiganians.
The goal of learning to reason well is not to turn us into emotionless calculating machines. Living well is more than reasoning well. Even so, learning to reason well is an essential skill to help us decide important matters in a way that better corresponds to reality and truth.
April 24, 2015, MichiganVotes Weekly Roll Call
"Early Warning System" for overspending school districts
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Senate Bill 233, Revise vehicle trade in tax break detail: Passed 37 to 1 in the Senate
To revise a 2013 law that exempts from sales tax the value of a trade-in when buying a motor vehicle, titled watercraft or recreational vehicle, so that it also applies to purchases made from out of state dealers. Under the 2013 law the tax exemption will supposedly be phased in over 24 years.
Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
House Bill 4325, Establish overspending public school "early warning system": Passed 60 to 49 in the House
To require school districts to submit their annual budget projections and assumptions to the state each July, and require intermediate school districts to declare whether they concur with the projections and assumptions. Non-concurrence would trigger a detailed reporting and oversight process. The intention of this and related bills is to create an "early warning system" for school districts with financial problems.
Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
House Bill 4328, Authorize withholding state money from overspending school districts: Passed 58 to 51 in the House
To give the Department of Treasury the authority to withhold state school aid payments from an overspending school district that fails to submit an acceptable "deficit elimination plan," or that then falls more deeply into financial trouble.
Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
House Bill 4329, Authorize emergency manager for chronically overspending school district: Passed 59 to 50 in the House
To authorize appointment of an Emergency Manager for a public school district that fails to comply with an "enhanced deficit elimination plan" required by House Bill 4327 for a district whose regular deficit elimination plan failed to fix the problem.
Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
House Bill 4331, Increase municipal and school "emergency loan" funding: Passed 64 to 45 in the House
To increase from $50 million to $100 million the amount allocated through 2018 for "financial emergency" loans from the state to public school districts, and increase from $35 million to $85 million the amount of such loans to local governments.
Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
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Film Incentive Supporters Ignore the Facts
No evidence that Michigan's program is worth the cost
Ken Droz, former director of communications for the Michigan Film Office, responded to an op-ed I co-authored about Michigan's film incentive program. Unfortunately, he levels criticisms and makes claims without citing any facts.
The block quotes below are the assertions he makes in a MLive article, and are followed by my response:
I have seen and studied all the data published, including that much-cited Tax Foundation treatise and can tell you it consists mainly of ideology driven rhetoric and cherry picked facts to support pre-existing opinions.
There are many independent studies on film incentive programs; nearly all find negative economic effects. Dr. Robert Tannenwald, a professor at Brandeis University, reviewed the literature in 2010 for the left-leaning Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, finding "not much bang for too many bucks."
It's true the program does not pay for itself from tax revenue generated. One major point overlooked however, is that like other public assets such as schools, state parks, and transportation — all money losers — the film incentives were not designed as a fiscal tool to create revenue.
Film incentive programs are not "public assets." They are a transfer of wealth from taxpayers to the film industry.
[Film subsidies] benefit the state in other ways by a) stemming the massive brain drain of our youth, b) diversifying the state's economy, lessening automotive dependency, c) creating jobs, and d) enhancing tourism. And guess what? It was succeeding on every front.
Droz provides no evidence for any of these claims. Altogether, there are only about 1,500 film jobs in Michigan, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Even if all of these jobs were a direct result of the program and all film employees came from other states, it would amount to a drop in the bucket for the state's economy.
[A]s conceived, the rebate percentages would come down — as they have been — as infrastructure developed and a capable indigenous workforce grew, thereby increasing revenue toward neutral status.
This is a leap — government reports consistently show the film incentive programs falling well short of "neutral status."
As I noted recently: "A few years ago, Michigan's Senate Fiscal Agency found that the program returned only 11 cents per dollar spent to taxpayers. Louisiana spent $198.6 million and got back $27 million in tax revenue according to the state (13.6 cents per dollar spent). The Massachusetts Department of Revenue found that their incentive generated less than 14 cents on the dollar in 2012 (the latest year figures were available)."
The fact is most movies produced with incentive funds are made independently without studio backing, without which would never even get made.
This one is true, and often cited by subsidy proponents. But while there are more smaller films receiving money, the bulk of the spending from the program goes to the big studio projects. In 2014, most of Michigan's film incentive budget ($35 million) went to Batman v. Superman. In 2013, most of the funding ($40 million) went to Oz: The Great and Powerful.
Michigan taxpayers have spent half a billion ($500,000,000) on a transient industry that takes the money and runs. With a tight budget and the need for more road funding, Michiganders can no longer afford this expensive luxury.
Michigan's Obamacare Medicaid Expansion Exceeds Projections by 22 Percent
Cost may be much more expensive than originally assumed
The Foundation for Government Accountability has just published a report on state enrollments under the Obamacare Medicaid expansion. Here's what the authors say about Michigan:
When Republican Governor Rick Snyder lobbied the Michigan legislature to adopt his Obamacare Medicaid expansion plan, he too sold it on the promise of low and predictable enrollment. His office predicted no more than 477,000 able-bodied adults would ever sign up, with 323,000 signing up in the first year.
But more able-bodied adults enrolled in ObamaCare expansion in the first three months than the state thought would sign up during the entire year. Despite the fact that Michigan did not expand Medicaid eligibility until April, nearly 508,000 adults signed up by the end of 2014, far more than the state thought would ever enroll. Enrollment continues to climb, with nearly 582,000 able-bodied adults signing up by April 2015.
Like Michigan, many states accepted the Medicaid expansion because lawmakers were afraid to stand between their local hospital cartels and hundreds of millions of dollars in "free" federal money (statewide more than $3 billion annually for Michigan).
But starting in 2020 Michigan will have to pick up 10 percent of the total cost. The newly compiled figures suggest that this may cost a lot more than members of the House and Senate anticipated when they voted to take the money.
In 2013 the Senate Fiscal Agency, using similar assumptions to those of the Snyder administration, projected that the state would have to come up with $385 million in 2021 to cover its share. Supposedly this would be partially offset by savings realized from offloading some mental health and prisoner health care costs onto the federal budget, but given the actual enrollment figures reported by FGA, those plans may need to be revised.
Read the rest of the piece at Bridge.
Grand Valley State University scores second-highest on the state's "performance funding" measurements and Wayne State University scores the lowest. By most objective measures, the former is doing a better job than the latter — but WSU still gets far more money from taxpayers.
Consider that Wayne State (20,108) and Grand Valley (20,825) have nearly the same number of resident full-time students — but the former receives more than three times as much money ($191.1 million compared to $64.4 million).
The six-year graduation rate at GVSU is 66 percent compared to 28 percent at WSU. The average student tuition paid per degree awarded at GVSU is $63,722 while Wayne State takes in over $108,000 in tuition per bachelor's degree.
When the university the state says is doing the second-best in providing value to students is receiving among the least amount of funding per student, there's something wrong with the formula.
Michigan Supreme Court: Pension Reforms were Constitutional
Teacher unions fail challenge to 2012 law
On April 8, 2015, the Michigan Supreme Court handed down an important decision upholding reforms to healthcare benefits for Michigan's retired public school employees. Although it was specific to just healthcare, it bodes well for any future reforms to public pensions in Michigan.
In 2010, the Legislature passed a reform that was signed into law by Gov. Jennifer Granholm. This law required all current school employees to pay 3 percent of their salaries to fund health benefits for both current and future retirees. This policy contained a fatal flaw — it required current teachers to pay into a fund to benefit other teachers. The Court of Appeals struck this law down as an unconstitutional "taking" of property from certain individuals to give to other individuals. With that in mind, another reform measure was passed in 2012 which was crafted to avoid the important shortcomings of the 2010 law.
The 2012 reform, the Supreme Court recently found, was not unconstitutional, because it did not mandate a 3 percent employee contribution. Rather, it allowed teachers to contribute, or refrain from contributing, to a choice of retirement plans. If they refrained from contributing, they would accrue future pension benefits at a lower rate. The reform has no effect on benefits that have already accrued. Nevertheless, the law was challenged by the state's two largest teachers' unions, the Michigan Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers-Michigan.
The unions objected to the employees having to contribute anything to their own retirement health benefits — and instead sought to make the full cost of the retirement benefits fall directly on taxpayers. They wanted to duplicate the successful challenge to the 2010 reform, but the court unanimously (with the exception of the newest justice, Justice Richard H. Bernstein, who did not participate) found that the 2012 reforms passed constitutional muster, as they did not require public school employees to contribute, and it did not require a transfer of money from one group to another.
Although the justices were not called on to decide the wisdom of the reform, they did have to examine whether the retirement reforms were reasonably related to a "legitimate government purpose." The Court answered:
"It is entirely proper for the state to seek the continuation of an important retirement benefit for its public school employees while simultaneously balancing and limiting a strained public budget. … The state is not generally constrained from modifying its own employee benefits programs to accommodate its fiscal needs."
In describing the state's need, the Court cited the accounting numbers produced by the state's auditors:
"At the close of the 2010 fiscal year, the [state's public school employees' retirement system] was underfunded by an estimated $45.2 billion. Of that amount, the retiree healthcare benefits program accounted for approximately $27.6 billion in unfunded liability. … It was hardly unreasonable for the state to have concluded at the time that the [state's public school employees' retirement system] was in need of reform and modification."
With public pension systems crowding out other state spending and teetering on the edge of insolvency (or even bankruptcy, as in the case of Detroit), the Michigan Supreme Court upheld a modest pension reform, which allowed the system to start becoming better funded. And the Supreme Court showed at least one way to enact future, more meaningful, reforms without falling into the unconstitutional pitfalls that befell the 2010 reform attempt.
The case is AFT Michigan and Michigan Education Association v State of Michigan, Case No. 148748.
The total value of property taxes collected in Michigan increased slightly from $12.8 billion in 2013 to $13.0 billion in 2014, a 1.7 percent increase, according to the state's annual property tax report. This exceeded the 1.0 percent inflation growth for the Detroit metropolitan statistical area over the same period.
While property tax revenue decreased from 2007 to 2012, revenue increased in both 2013 and 2014. Average tax rates increased from 40.47 mills in 2013 to 40.79 mills in 2014 and the aggregate taxable value of all property increased a small amount, from $316.7 billion to $319.5 billion.
April 17, 2015, MichiganVotes Weekly Roll Call
Auto insurance, double-dipping pensions, investor guarantees
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Senate Bill 248, Revise mandated no-fault auto insurance personal injury coverage
To replace the Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association (MCCA) with a new state authority that would provide reinsurance to insurance companies for the unlimited personal injury coverage mandated by Michigan's no-fault law. The bill would place some price controls on services provided to injured individuals under this coverage, and expand a state automobile theft prevention authority to include insurance fraud.
Senate Bill 191, Expand government power to extract more costs from violators: Passed 36 to 1 in the Senate
To add retail fraud and failing to appear in court to the crimes for which a court may order a violator to reimburse the government for expenses related to the incident (such as police wages). Also, to add "transportation costs" to the list of reimbursable costs.
Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
Senate Bill 170, Authorize high school "STEM" diploma: Passed 38 to 0 in the Senate
To authorize granting a high school diploma "endorsement" to a student who completes a specified number of science, technology, engineering and math courses (STEM).
Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
House Bill 4195, Cap government "venture capital investment" program: Passed 107 to 3 in the House on
To prohibit the state from pledging any more future tax revenue to guarantee investor returns under an "early stage venture capital investment" scheme authorized by a 2003 law.
Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
House Bill 4273, Eliminate February election date: Passed 93 to 17 in the House
To eliminate the February election date authorized by a 2003 election consolidation law which required all regular elections in the state to be held on either the last Tuesday in February, or the Tuesday after the first Monday in either May, August, or November.
Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
Senate Bill 12, Allow pension double-dipping by "retired" Attorney General employees: Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate
To allow a retired state employee to simultaneously collect pension benefits and a paycheck for work performed as an Attorney General consultant or expert witness.
Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
SOURCE: MichiganVotes.org, a free, non-partisan website created by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, providing concise, non-partisan, plain-English descriptions of every bill and vote in the Michigan House and Senate. Please visit http://www.MichiganVotes.org.
Open Letter to Steve Inskeep of National Public Radio
National Public Radio wrong about Mackinac Center study
Editor's Note: The author made several attempts to contact Steve Inskeep and to request a follow-up story that might provide a fairer treatment of the Mackinac Center's right-to-work study. We received no response.
April 6, 2015
Mr. Steve Inskeep
In a March 27 on-air exchange with David Wessel of the Brookings Institution on the impact of right-to-work laws, you focused on a "single phrase that was mentioned in a news story earlier this week" (transcript here). This phrase was sourced in the NPR story to a 2013 study coauthored by Dr. Michael Hicks and myself.
Unfortunately, your conversation proceeded to completely mischaracterize this study.
The "single phrase" was this: "Actually, since World War II, income and job growth have increased faster in right-to-work states."
Wessel initially confirmed this observation with his own look at the data over the last two years. But he then falsely insinuated that our study simplistically asserted causal relationships between RTW and economic outcomes with no effort to control for other factors that may drive economic growth.
David Wessel: "But those correlations do not prove that right-to-work laws are the reason or even a reason that some states added more jobs than others."
No kidding!
Wessel inferred that several bulleted observations in our opening discussion (see page four) amounted to us claiming conclusive evidence of causation. But even a casual look at our study would reveal these observations as part of the narrative introducing the RTW impact questions the study's statistical model sought to test.
To be explicit, we sought to test these questions while controlling for "the other things going on," in Wessel's words.
Yet the idea that other factors may explain all or part of these economic phenomena was presented by Wessel as if this is a new concept and criticism. Perhaps he skimmed past the section of our study called "The Research Challenges of Right-to-Work," where among other things we wrote:
A study which examines the role of right-to-work absent such issues as tax policy, weather and other variables that may impact a state's aggregate economic performance will be unable to tease out the influence of right-to-work laws specifically.
Nevertheless, neither Mr. Wessel nor yourself bothered to mention any of this, much less the carefully constructed model we designed specifically to control for those other variables.
Adding insult to injury you asked Mr. Wessel if there is any "impartial scholarship" on right-to-work laws, as if Dr. Hicks and I had failed to produce as much. This offense was compounded by his throwing the misleading "conservative" label at us.
In answering that question Wessel pointed to two other studies — but neglected to mention both were highlighted in our study's literature review.
In addition, our empirical research was peer reviewed twice. The second review was done by economists for an academic journal in which our model and its findings are soon to be published.
One would hope that an NPR interview of a Brookings scholar about (alleged) omitted variables would not actually omit important variables itself.
I am disappointed in your coverage and treatment of our right-to-work study. It deserved better and so did your listeners.
Michael LaFaive
Morey Fiscal Policy Initiative


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Twins monitoring free agent left-hander Joe Saunders
Mar 1, 2014, 4:34 PM EDT
Darren Wolfson of 1500ESPN.com reports that the Twins are monitoring the situation of free agent left-hander Joe Saunders and could be interested in signing him if he is willing to take "a minimal deal."
Saunders made $6.5 million with the Mariners last season, but he struggled to find much interest over the winter after putting up a 5.26 ERA and 107/61 K/BB ratio over 183 innings. The 32-year-old had a tryout last week with the Rangers, who are also on the lookout for rotation depth.
As of now, the Twins project to go with Kevin Correia, Ricky Nolasco, Phil Hughes, and Mike Pelfrey for the first four spots in their starting rotation. Sam Deduno, Scott Diamond, and Vance Worley, who are all out of options, will compete for the final spot this spring.
- trevorbwg - Mar 1, 2014 at 4:53 PM
Please no… I can't stand one more awful FA pitcher signing in Minnesota. If you're going to sign anymore SPs just go ahead and get Johan on a minor league deal for nostalgia's sake, maybe allow him to retire a Twin. That… is… it!
- senatorsguy - Mar 1, 2014 at 6:22 PM
of course they are.
- jhorton83 - Mar 1, 2014 at 6:30 PM
Why are the Twins continually infatuated with mediocre pitchers? It's a strange fetish.
- Bryz - Mar 2, 2014 at 9:47 AM
They're looking for cheap, durable starters. Unfortunately cheap & durable also means the pitcher strikes out less than 6 per 9.
- Cris E - Mar 3, 2014 at 12:58 PM
They thought they had the formula for cheap and durable, but it turns out that "making 30 starts" is not the same as "pitching 120 innings". Who knew?
- chaimtavish - Mar 1, 2014 at 8:04 PM
Though Saunders had a couple of good games in Seattle last summer, mostly he was utterly disappointing and one big reason for the Mariners' terrible season. I don't wish him ill, but it is amazing how much he made last year for doing crummy work.
- dirtyharry1971 - Mar 2, 2014 at 11:52 AM
The jays should be looking at this guy also, he would be cheap
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BOCA RATON, Fla. -- Commander Peter Karonis, U.S. Navy (Retired), 89, a long-time resident of Cushing passed away on Jan. 2, 2013, in Boca Raton, Fla., after a short illness.
Peter Karonis was born on Nov. 28, 1923, in Somersworth, N.H. His parents, Peter and Mary Karonis, moved to the United States from Greece in the early 1900s. Peter grew up in Chelsea, Mass., the youngest of four children, and attended Chelsea High School, graduating in 1942. In high school he excelled in both academics and athletics.
He was accepted as a midshipman to the Massachusetts Maritime Academy in 1942. Peter later graduated first in his class and, for exceptional achievement at Massachusetts Maritime Academy, received the Irving L. Wood Memorial Award for the highest marks in seamanship and navigation. After graduation from the academy in 1943 with both his merchant marine officers license and a commission as an Ensign in the U.S. Naval Reserve, he joined the American Hawaiian Steamship Company and sailed as the second mate on the steamship SS ILLINOIAN on convoys in the North Atlantic.
In late 1943 Peter transferred to the United States Navy and served as an officer in the Submarine Forces of the U.S. Pacific Fleet. This included assignments onboard the submarine USS Sunfish and tender USS Sperry. At the end of
World War II
he decided to continue his naval career and served as an officer onboard Navy ships operating around the world. This duty included combat action onboard the destroyer USS O'Brien during the
Korean War
Peter commanded the destroyers USS George and USS Taussig in 1957 and 1960, respectively. He later served a tour on the Navy staff in Washington, D.C., where he retired as a Commander in 1969.
Peter received numerous military awards including the Legion of Merit, the Navy Commendation Medal, and campaign medals for World War II, the Korean War, and the Cold War.
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Following retirement he entered the restaurant industry, and was the owner and operator of the Shrimp Boat Restaurant in Fairfax, Va., for five years.
In 1974, Peter left the restaurant to retire in the coastal town of Cushing with his wife Dorothy and family. While in retirement he was an avid member and later post commander of the Friendship Maine
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Peter renewed his lifelong affiliation with the seagoing profession in 1978 by going back to sea as a ship's officer in the merchant marine. He joined the American Transport and Trading Company and served as a second mate on various oil tankers until 1984.
In full retirement Peter remained very involved in woodworking, the Friendship Veterans of Foreign Wars post, and being a loving father, grandfather, and uncle. He loved Maine, its people, and life in Cushing.
Peter was predeceased by his brothers, George and Theodore and sister Sylvia.
He married Clara Dorothy Jones, a school music teacher, on Aug. 27, 1950, in Lemoore, Calif. They had a loving relationship and marriage for 36 years, until her early passing at the age of 60 in 1986.
Peter is survived by his four children, Peter Joseph III (Cathy), Jeffrey Key (Tracie), Adrienne Ann, and John Anthony (Cari). He has eight grandchildren, Megan, Mary Elizabeth, Emily, Christina, Peter Joseph IV, Stephanie, Erin and Anne.
A memorial service will be held in Thomaston in late spring 2013.
Peter's accomplishments reflected a lifetime of exceptional achievement, service to his country, a commitment to doing things right, and being a loving and dedicated father.
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My son is in the Las Vegas Regional tournament this weekend, but the weather forecast indicates rain for Saturday and Sunday. I am in the Los Angeles area...so would you guys still make the drive out there and wait around for the whole weekend?
If the tournament is played, and you don't go because of potential weather problems, suspension points could be a factor.
But, if the called the TD and explained that it was going to be a hardship to make the trip and needed to pull out,
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I have pulled my son from national tournaments due to illness and sick parents, and I have never encountered a problem,
and found the TD are always compassionate.
Well, you got lucky. In some sections, you are still subject to suspension points for withdrawals for any reason.
But, yes, I was thinking more along the lines of "no-show".
If the weather got bad enough where I would have to drive through snow in the Cajon Pass to get to Las Vegas, I think I would definitely let the TD know in advance so he can place an alternate in the draw.
Being from SoCal, the thought of driving in snow is not something I look forward to.
I pulled my son out last years L3 in Atlanta because of 80-100% chance of rains everyday Saturday to Monday. The tournament director was ok for me to pull him out, raining was my excuse in my email. I don't think any boys matches were completed. All players except us got refunded for the entry fees. But we still saved a few hundreds in car rental and hotel; we were not thrilled for wasting $300 to cancel non-refundable air tickets.
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My work is an investigation into the properties of my chosen materials and the process of painting. Artists who influence and inform my practice include; Ian Davenport, Jason Martin, Liam Gillick, Dan Flavin, Richard Wilson, Alexis Harding, Anish Kapoor and Robert Ryman. Some of the processes used within my work are - Use of poly-chromatic colour Repetition of form Harnessing of uncontrollable factors such as gravity Harnessing of unpredictable characteristics of paint Use of post-modern materials My work has no layers of hidden meaning or narrative waiting to be uncovered, nor does it elude to be anything that it isn't; through making external references outside of the work itself. My work can be considered a structured representation of what the viewer is actually looking at; that is, materials and process (MDF, paint and gravity). Through my choice of materials and the use of gravity to ultimately make the mark, I am able to make abstract paintings that become self referential, questioning only themselves as artworks. Through subverting the viewer's attention in this way, from seeking narrative that may not necessarily be there; the only conceivable narrative within my work becomes the materials and the process itself.
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Although we're social creatures, everyone needs a bit of privacy every now and then. This is particularly true in the bedroom, but whether it's sharing with siblings growing up or co-habitation with roommates at college, unfortunately not all have us can enjoy the luxury of our own sleeping space. While not quite in the same league as your own four walls, the Privacy Pop will provide some protection from prying eyes - but you'll still want to keep the noise down - you know, when reading.
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Our lovely south facing three bedroom home from home lies between international airport and attractions. Close enough to cool off in the pool before returning to see the must see firework displays in the parks. With all the comforts of home, Florida sunshine and wildlife thrown in for good measure. Walk into the hallway leading you into the formal Living and Dining Room with cable TV including BBC America and Fox Soccer Chanel (selected live English premier league games), DVD, Video, stereo Patio Doors take you out to the Pool and Deck where you can sit and relax with a glass of wine while you watch the guys fishing or the ducks that frequent the lake.
The split floor plan offers a Master Suite with king size bed, cable TV and Video. The Main bathroom serves the other 2 bedrooms one with a queen size bed cable TV the other has 2 twins and cable TV, where stuff and stitch are waiting for a hug. The family room has cable TV, playstaion 2 and games to keep the children occupied.
We would like to thank you very much for the use of you villa - we had a great holiday. We are missing the sun and the children are missing the pool - Thanks for your help
The villa was very spacious and very well fitted out. The master bedroom has the biggest bed we have ever seen. Whilst there was only two of us, the two lounges would make it suitable for more people. The pool, which overlooks a lake, is south facing and gets wonderfully hot. The area is very quiet but within easy reach of all the main attractions. We would recommend that you consider this villa before deciding on where you want to stay.
A fantastic villa, superbly equipped and managed / owned by really nice people.
Lovely quiet setting with great pool and view over the lake.
You could have a great holiday without stepping outside the door .. but that would be a waste.
Half-an-hour drive from Disney, Walmart 5 mins away, Highway 192 / International Drive 20 mins .. all very easy to get to.
Can't wait til we go again .. or can afford to buy it !!!!
Had an amazing time in Florida as usual!
This house was excellant and the management were helpful and informative.
The property is big and ideal for two couples as well as family as it has 2 lounges in effect and so there is space to have your own space so to speak! All facilities were exceptional and the pool is south facing so the sun is on it all day!
Lovely spot by the lake.
Inam looking at returning later in 2013 for my 50th birthday which will be my fourth trip to Orlando! (Big kid!)
Totally recommend this property, and the organisation managing it!
The owners were very helpful - particularly in allowing us to arrive early as we were just transferring from another property in Orlando.
The villa was spacious and had everything we needed for our stay and more. The close proximity to the Turnpike and other major routes allowed us to visit wherever we wanted in no time at all.
The south facing pool allowed us to catch that Florida sunshine all day if we chose to. Our priority for this holiday was to relax and that is exactly what this villa allowed us to do.
Spent two weeks in this lovely villa with my husband, very well equiped and located. Orientation of the house means that sun is in the pool area from sunrise to sunset, pool also heated. Lots of room inside with places to escape to so the kids can play while adults relax. Washer and dryer is a god send allowing you to pack light and shop heavy. 10 - 15 mins from airport easy to find with lots of local shops and places to eat nearby. Came back yesterday and already planning a trip for next year.
We stayed in this property for 2 weeks and we really enjoyed it. There was lots of games and toys for the kids, and a playstation 2. These were good for those times when you just want to sit and relax. The pool was good and warm and had graet views of the lake. The villa was clean and well maintained with tea, coffee and condiments all in the cupboard. If you are unsure of driving in the US you just turn left out of the complex and stay on the main road which takes you straight into Disney. Having 2 bathrooms was great which had haidryers straightners etc. I have not stayed in a villa which is this well equipped.
There are also shops supermarkets and eating establishments five minutes away.
The Olive Garden was our favourite which is a short drive away on Osceola Parkway.
I would recommend this Villa to anyone. It has absolutely everything you need.
The owners are very helpful and are at the end of a phone for any questions.
Our lovely south facing three bedroom home from home lies between Orlando international airport and the attractions Disney Magic Kingdom, Hollywood Studios, Animal Kingdom, Epcot, Universal Studios, Islands od Adventure,Sea World, Discovery Cove. But close enough to cool off in the pool before returning to see the must see firework displays in these parks.
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Skyworks Solutions Inc. introduced a new family of antenna switch modules (ASM) for dual- and triple-mode smart phones, tablets and datacards. These newest devices cover a wide range of applications from low-cost 3G handsets to HSPA+/LTE-enabled datacentric devices such as high-end smart phones, data dongles and tablets, all of which require design flexibility, high performance and cost-effective architectures. Skyworks' comprehensive RF switch products are based on both gallium arsenide (GaAs) and silicon-on-insulator (SOI) technologies and complement its world-class front-end and power amplifier module portfolio, allowing the company to capture additional dollar content per platform.
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Water bills are mailed on the 10th of the month for your district.
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VMware may have pioneered enterprise virtualization, but until Monday it had been relatively quiet when it comes to Docker containers, the popular lightweight form of application virtualization.
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First impression on unpacking the Q702 test unit was the solid feel and clean, minimalist styling.
For work use, Microsoft Word and Excel programs pre-installed on the device are adequate for preparing short documents.
The Fujitsu LifeBook UH574 allowed for great mobility without being obnoxiously heavy or clunky. Its twelve hours of battery life did not disappoint.
The screen was particularly good. It is bright and visible from most angles, however heat is an issue, particularly around the Windows button on the front, and on the back where the battery housing is located.
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Experimental & Clinical Cardiology, a once well-respected journal, now is publishing anything that comes with a payment of $1,200.
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Experimental & Clinical Cardiology, a once well-respected journal, now is publishing anything that comes with a payment of $1,200.
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Proponents of open-access publishing question the newly announced terms of publishing in the American Association for the Advancement of Science's forthcoming journal.
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A Colombian graduate student is being charged with copyright infringement for posting another scientist's thesis online—a crime punishable by up to eight years in jail.
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Adult sickle-cell patients have safely stopped taking their immunosuppressant medication thanks to a new type of blood stem-cell transplant.
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ASC specks—protein aggregations that drive inflammation—are released from dying immune cells, expanding the reach of a defense response.
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Humans and coral share a cell-death pathway that has been conserved between them for more than half a billion years.
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Gerald Edelman, who broke new ground in two distinct fields of life science, has passed away at age 84.
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Neurons may use interferon signals transmitted over great distances to fend off viral infection.
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U.S. charges man with fraud for work on "Big Dig"
BOSTON (Reuters) – Federal prosecutors in Boston on
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electricians in 2003 through 2005.
U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan said that Stephen Bowers,
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conspiracy to defraud the United States, submitting false
claims and conspiracy to commit fraud on a federal highway
project. In a statement, Sullivan said that Bowers overbilled
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claiming the higher pay rate reserved for journeymen.
Bowers could not be reached for immediate comment.
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conduct when we find it," Sullivan said in a statement.
Romney, who this month took formal control of the "Big
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Its been a while now and so far theres been no word of when we get our copies of the program,
Just wondering whats happening with it?
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Beta version totally froze the Laptop I used as test machine but V3 works perfectly on main machine.
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And indeed, anyone who wants to try Norton 360 v3.0, we've managed to swing a free trial. (And *I think* it's a UK exclusive for PCA.) You do need to cough up an email address to Symantec, though. And to be clear, we're not in any way endorsing Norton 360.
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Not received mine yet :-(
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I've passed your message on. You should hear something soon. Email me if that doesn't happen.
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Thankyou FE.
Matt has contacted Symantec and myself.Now waiting on delivery.
Thankyou for the heads up.
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You can rely on Matt to sort it out.
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well thats good service.
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A study by one of the leading ratings firm in India shows that the cost of doubling the renewable energy generation capacity over the next five years would be negligible.
The Indian government has announced a the National Action Plan on Climate Change according to which the contribution of renewable energy resources to power generation would be increased to 10 percent by 2015 and 15 percent by 2020, as opposed to the current four percent. The main thrust would be on solar and wind energy infrastructure. The state electricity boards are also mandated to increase purchase of power from renewable energy sources by one percent every year.
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