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Ben Kalina, works on documentaries about environmental justice. He was just in Long Beach Island, New Jersey, covering the effects of Hurricane Irene. He is associate producer of the documentary called A Sea Change and is working on another documentary about developing barrier islands titled, Shored Up. For more information, see www.shoredupmovie.com.
Hurricane Irene caused significant beach erosion as it made landfall at North Carolina's Outer Banks, a 200-mile-long string of barrier islands. It also crashed into the Jersey Shore, Long Island and other popular East Coast beaches this weekend. Many of these areas are filled with high-priced oceanfront real estate, and the battle to save these beaches and communities costs billions of dollars each year. We speak with Ben Kalina, who was just in Long Beach Island, New Jersey, covering the effects of Hurricane Irene. He is associate producer of the documentary called "A Sea Change" and is working on another documentary about developing barrier islands titled "Shored Up." "Maybe beach replenishment is not the answer here," says Kalina. "In order to avoid massive casualties and loss of life and loss of property in the future, we need to start taking a little bit different look at how we develop these islands." [includes rush transcript]
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AMY GOODMAN: Tropical Storm Irene caused significant beach erosion as it made landfall at North Carolina's Outer Banks, a 200-mile-long string of barrier islands. It also crashed into Long Island and other beaches up and down the East Coast this weekend. Many of these areas are filled with summer homes, oceanfront real estate worth millions of dollars. The battle to save these beaches and communities costs billions of dollars a year.
For more, we're going to Philadelphia to speak with Ben Kalina, who just came back from Long Beach Island, New Jersey, covering the effects of Hurricane Irene. He's associate producer of the documentary called A Sea Change and is working on another documentary about developing barrier islands, titled Shored Up. Ben is also a Vermont native, which is being so hard hit as we speak.
Ben Kalina, talk about Long Beach Island, New Jersey, and what it means for global warming, for the environment, these barrier beaches being developed.
BEN KALINA: Sure. Well, Long Beach Island, New Jersey, is about 18 miles long and, at some points, as narrow as two blocks, and, on average, about three feet above sea level. And, you know, if that gives you a picture of what the island looks like from above, you can see that it's basically a thin strip of sand that lies in the ocean just off of the coast of New Jersey. And, you know, barrier islands, like Long Beach Island, cover about 13 percent, 15 percent of the world's coastlines. And in New Jersey, as in a lot of the East Coast of the United States, these islands have been really heavily developed over the past hundred years, more so towards the Northeast, where they're closer to big population centers. You know, they're popular tourist destinations, and they continue to be so.
And so, you know, they're really on the front lines of climate change. And in themselves, they really are living examples of climate change. Not necessarily, you know, human-induced climate change that's caused by CO2 emissions, but simply by, you know, fluctuations in sea level. And they require a really very narrow range of climate conditions in order to exist. They really are just sand on the edge of our coastlines. And, you know, sea level has to be at a relatively static rate of rise in order for them to—for that sand to come together and to create an island. And so, you know, essentially, they're in a precarious spot.
AMY GOODMAN: Talk about the documentary you're working on, Shored Up.
BEN KALINA: Sure. Yeah, so Shored Up takes a look at Long Beach Island, in particular, and we're also going to be going down to North Carolina looking at the Outer Banks. And really, what the film does is looks these dynamic zones, and in this case, to some extent, through the eyes of the surfing community, because surfers really have pretty much a unique vantage point on the forces that, you know, cause these islands to exist and that cause them to erode, because—I don't know if—it's probably not a coincidence, but, you know, the first casualty down in North Carolina, I believe it was, was a surfer who was out trying to catch some waves. And the storms in the Northeast that bring the best surfing are also the ones that bring the most erosion. And so, you know, it's really kind of a metaphor, a way into this story.
But, you know, the surfing community has also traditionally, historically been active around beach replenishment, which is something that has a major impact on the surfing conditions and surf waves. But beach replenishment is also—really has become one of the primary ways that municipalities and counties and the federal government try to keep these islands in place and keep them from, you know, getting broken up by storms and keep houses from falling into the sea. And so, you know, there's a lot of—it's a pretty complex issue, because not only does it affect surf breaks, it affects the slope of the shore, and there's increased neck injuries and other kinds of injuries for recreational swimmers and others. But there are also just—you know, it's a very expensive program. It's one that locals can't afford by themselves. And so, it's a federal program, and really it drives the economic development of the shoreline. Without beach replenishment, you know, some of these islands would be in a pretty sketchy situation.
AMY GOODMAN: What do you think should happen—
BEN KALINA: And so, that's what the film is about.
AMY GOODMAN: —with these barrier islands, Ben Kalina?
BEN KALINA: What do I think should happen? Well, I think that there needs to be a little bit of a wider—sort of like Bill McKibben and Governor Shumlin were both talking about, really. We need to understand that these islands are extremely vulnerable. And beach replenishment is something that can work in the short term, it can work in the medium term. But, you know, when I was on Long Beach Island this past weekend, I was at the emergency operation center with the Beach Haven police force. And, you know, you really got the sense that, you know, they were unsure—there was a certain amount of uncertainty there. And these are people that have lived there their whole lives. They've seen one storm after another, one nor'easter after another. But when this hurricane was supposed to have direct impact on the island, no one really knew what was going to happen. And you really didn't get the sense—these aren't folks that, you know, that tend to get too nervous, in general. But those islands, the last time there was a major storm—it wasn't even a hurricane, it was a nor'easter in 1962—that hit that island directly, it cut the island in three places. You know, one of the towns lost half their homes, washed out to sea.
And, you know, as sea level rises, and it rises—it's been rising, you know, 12 to 18 inches a year, just based on glacial melt, you know, not related to human-induced climate change. But you add climate change into it, and you really need to look and say, you know, do we need to start coming up with ways of perhaps saying, you know, if a house is damaged, perhaps you can't build in the same place? You know, maybe that house needs to be—maybe nature needs to take its course. But there need to be some calculations that look to the future and say, you know, maybe beach replenishment is not the answer here. Maybe jetties and groins are not the answer here. Maybe there's—in order to avoid like massive casualties and loss of life and loss of property in the future, we need to start taking a little bit different look at how we develop these islands.
AMY GOODMAN: Ben Kalina, I want to thank you very much for being with us, works on documentaries about environmental justice, was just out on Long Beach Island in New Jersey, covering the effects of Hurricane Katrina—rather, Hurricane Irene, associate producer of the documentary A Sea Change and is working on another documentary about developing barrier islands, titled Shored Up.
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Essie Mint Candy Apple
241 reviews
79% would repurchase
Package Quality: 4.3
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on 5/1/2011 6:22:00 PM
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Wavy, Fine
Eyes: Green
This is a beautiful nail polish. The color is unique and very pretty. It applies very smoothly and is opaque in 2 coats. Wearing this polish i have been asked if I got my nails done because it is so smooth and shiny. The color is so pretty I have even gifted bottles to a few of my friends. You need it!
on 4/26/2011 12:40:00 PM
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Oily, Fair-Medium, Warm
Hair: Brown, Curly, Fine
Eyes: Brown
This is the worst polish I have used in terms of application. The color is a bit more blue than "minty". This is so goopy, thick and streaky. This specific polish kind of turned me off Essie :/. Sigh.
on 4/26/2011 8:53:00 AM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Fair, Cool
Hair: Black, Wavy, Fine
Eyes: Green
I was really late to the party with this one. I wound up getting a few of the many dupes that are running around these days, and they are nice, but MCA really is worth the purchase. It's got this tiny bit of blue running through it that sets it appart from the other mint greens, but the blue isn't so intense that it sends MCA into turquoise territiory. It's unique, beautiful, and earns it's spot in my collection. :)
on 4/8/2011 2:17:00 PM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Combination, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Straight, Medium
Eyes: Hazel
The boyfriend's sister in law gifted me this particular shade because she knew I was on the hunt for a Chanel Jade lookalike. It's very similar, lovely and great quality. You can't go wrong with Essie.
on 3/12/2011 12:39:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Brown
Love love LOOOOOVE this nail polish. I searched high and low for it last year when it came out (winter 2010), but I could only find the mini version in a gift package (which I knew wasn't going to be enough). I finally found the full version last winter and I couldn't have been happier!
I describe the colour as more of a robin's egg blue than seafoam or mint green, because it does look a bit more blue. That being said it still has a minty-green feel to it. I get fantastic coverage with two coats, and like any other Essie nail polish I've tried the lasting power even without a top coat is great.
This is a great colour for spring (mint greens, along with lilacs, oranges, and yellows are really hot for spring right now!) and it's a colour that I like to wear when transitioning from winter to spring as a nice pick-me-up :)
Will definitely repurchase when I run out!
on 3/2/2011 2:58:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Acne-prone, Olive, Not Sure
Hair: Brown, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Brown
I got this polish after I'd heard all the excitement over Chanel's Jade. I didn't want to pay that much for polish so I checked this out. I got it thinking it was pretty but figuring I wouldn't use it much. I use it all the time! It's pretty much Tiffany Blue (I compared it to a Tiffany box). It's perfect for spring and summer but it's also a great pick-me-up color for fall and winter! Love it!
on 3/2/2011 2:27:00 PM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Normal, Medium, Neutral
Hair: Brown, Other, Medium
Eyes: Green
I was so excited to get this polish in the mail thinking it was going to look like a pale mint green on me, it honestly looks sooo much like ChinaGlaze's For Audrey that I'm kinda upset I got it. I wish I picked a different shade now, I guess thats what happens when u own tons of polish. It's probaly a touch lighter and a touch greener then For Audrey but is not a true mint green at all. It has the same super opaque finish and thick texture also. It's a pretty shade/great quality so I can't fault it, it just was not what I was expecting color wise.
on 2/16/2011 5:08:00 PM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Combination, Tan, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Green
I love this shade! It's fun and fresh, it remind's me of spring. I have tan skin and brown hair and I love this color on me.
on 2/13/2011 7:20:00 PM
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Oily, Fair-Medium, Cool
Hair: Brunette, Curly, Medium
Eyes: Blue
I absolutely LOVE mint nail polish and had high hopes for this, but it simply did not deliver. It looks like a true light mint green in the bottle, however, on nails it looks more blue than green; it's more of a turquoise or a seafoam than a mint. Also, the brush is very thin compared to an OPI brush and the formula is super streaky. I also had a lot of bubbles even during the first application. For $8, the quality should be a lot higher than it is.
on 2/13/2011 2:33:00 PM
Age: 19-24
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Hair: Brown, Straight, Medium
Eyes: Hazel
Such a unique color. It's perfect on my skintone and great for compliments. I was dying to have this in my nail polish collection and finally got it. It's just a beautiful soft color that I love. Essie formulas are decent I'd say about two coat of this and it last a few day with touch ups.
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The loss of Rohrssen was announced by the Pittsburgh athletic department in a release while ESPN's Jeff Goodman is reporting that Rohrssen is likely heading to Kentucky.
"Everyone at Pitt wishes Barry the very best in his future pursuits," Pitt head coach Jamie Dixon said in the release.
A major recruiter with strong ties to New York, Rohrssen returned to Pitt for the 2013-14 season after a head coaching stint at Manhattan from 2006-2011 and a stop as an assistant coach for the Idaho Stampede in the NBA D-League.
Rohrssen was the main recruiter on former Pitt players such as Keith Benjamin, Levance Fields, Ronald Ramon and Chris Taft and he's also a reputable big man coach who worked extensively with former Panther center Aaron Gray.
With Rohrssen leaving, Pitt will likely look for an experienced recruiter, but a former player has made it publicly known that he wants a shot at the job. Former Panther guard Aston Gibbs took to Twitter to announce his desire to be a candidate for Rohrssen's former position:
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"Within the first two minutes of the movie, you've got a man's leg pulled off, a man blowing his brains out and a woman being defeatist."
Lloyd Kaufman, director, writer, producer and co-founder of the infamous Troma Studios, is describing his new picture, "Terror Firmer," which opens Friday at Laemmle's in Los Angeles.
But I'm confused about the last thing he said. "Defeatist?" I ask.
Kaufman pauses, then clarifies. "No. Her fetus being pulled from her stomach. De-fetused."
Founded in 1974 by Kaufman and partner Michael Herz, Troma Studios is the oldest — and most controversial — independent film studio in existence. Filmmakers as diverse as Quentin Tarantino, Trey Parker ("South Park") and Sam Raimi ("For Love of the Game") were inspired by Troma. Actors such as Kevin Costner, Robert De Niro, Billy Bob Thornton and Samuel L. Jackson got their start there. And titles such as "Chopper Chicks in Zombietown," "Stuff Stephanie in the Incinerator" and "A Nymphoid Barbarian in Dinosaur Hell" fill the studio's shelves.
"You cannot endure for 25 years without doing something that touches people," says Kaufman of these films. "With all due respect, when the dust clears, our movies are classics. Our movies are great art." Kaufman points out that — just like Spanish surrealist filmmaker Luis Buquel in the 1920s — "films I wrote and directed were extremely upsetting 20 years ago. Now they're being shown in museums."
Troma is primarily regarded as a horror factory, but its main function has been, as Kaufman puts it, to act as "a Cuisinart of genres." Gory 1980s horror flicks like "Nightmare on Elm Street" had started to take on a slightly comic tone. Being "an extreme movie studio," Kaufman and Herz took this trend to its logical cinematic extreme, and made the slapstick, ultra-violent horror-comedy "The Toxic Avenger." This comedy-horror hybrid is thriving today, as evidenced by the success of the "Scream" and "I Know What You Did Last Summer" franchises.
"The Toxic Avenger" is the story of Melvin Junko, a wimpy health club janitor who falls (after a cruel prank goes awry) into a vat of toxic waste and mutates into the repulsive yet heroic Toxic Avenger (or "Toxie," as he's affectionately called). Toxie has been used as a symbol for the Environmental Protection Agency, the Armed Forces and the Green Party — and has spawned three sequels, comic books, trading cards, video games, action figures, lunch boxes and even a Saturday morning cartoon show, "The Toxic Crusaders."
How many X-Rated films can you say that about?
"We made 'The Toxic Avenger' partly because we saw a headline in the Hollywood Reporter that said, 'Horror films are dead.' Horror films never die. Sometimes Hollywood just has an attitude that horror is beneath them and their $100 million explosion movies," says Kaufman.
"Troma films will frighten you, but not in the way 'Halloween' frightens you. Our movies stretch you in every direction — you're scared, you're shocked, you're laughing your head off, you cry … It literally Tromatizes you, it makes your emotions into stretchable rubber."
Case in point: the 1996 underground hit "Tromeo and Juliet." In the first 15 minutes, it boasts nipple piercing, dismemberment, Internet porn, phone sex, lesbian sex, masturbation, farting, incest, bondage, splattered brains and cigarette-smoking vaginas — all the things that make Shakespeare great. Yet each act of Tromatic degradation is somehow less insulting than a single Bruce Willis gunshot.
"They're low-budget spoofs of everything," explains Stephen Holden of the New York Times. "With the sensibilities of Mad magazine, they're making fun of themselves and making fun of the audience at the same time that they are using some of the images that are popular in exploitation movies."
Such movies fill the 500-strong Troma library. This includes the reviled 1975 film "Bloodsucking Freaks." This very nasty, very repugnant "comedy" could've easily been titled "101 Ways to Torture and Mutilate Naked Women." Not surprisingly, it sparked a national campaign of protest from Women Against Pornography.
"It's probably the most horrifying movie ever made," admits Kaufman today. "I think if it came around again, we would not get involved because it's so misogynistic. I think I've been enlightened by the women's movement. I must tell you, though, that 'The Toxic Avenger' sells about 2,000 tapes every month, and 'Bloodsucking Freaks' is not far behind."
Kaufman stands behind his other affronts. "The Toxic Avenger" includes evil teens who score points by running down children with their car. When one child survives, they throw the car in reverse and try again, squashing his head beneath the tires. The finale of 1995′s "Beware: Children at Play" involves townsfolk slaughtering a tribe of malicious kids. Small children are decapitated, macheted and pitchforked in the neck; one youngster gets a gun thrust in his mouth and his brains sprayed against a wall.
"You don't kill children in movies unless it's Troma," says Kaufman proudly. "That's part of our function. Why not kill them? Why shouldn't they be killed? Kids are scary. Kids are zombies, most of them."
While I'm speaking to Kaufman at Troma's L.A. office, several LAPD officers pause to examine the graffiti caricatures of Toxie, Sgt. Kubikiman and other Tromungous icons that grace the outer wall. Kaufman laughs at the officers. They don't know if it's art or vandalism. This confusion is consistent with the Bad Filmmaking Seal of Disapproval that the Troma label often stamps on its product. Even MTV calls the Troma crew "trashmeisters."
Case in point: "Troma's War" features the "AIDS Brigade" — a festering, lesion-riddled troop bent on infecting America with their exaggerated affliction. On the one hand, this is offensive. On the other hand, dealing with AIDS in 1986 (long before red ribbons became almost trendy) was brave. Dealing with AIDS humorously was even braver. Adding AIDS to their list of traditionally non-funny topics (along with sex and violence), Troma continued to practice "healthy catharsis through comedy."
Kaufman likens the Tromatic effect to Dadaism, the early-'20s anti-art movement devised to confound, infuriate and shock. "I want to get people's juices flowing, get them to react emotionally. I mean, how can you react emotionally to 'Notting Hill'? You've seen it all before. It's safe and goody-goody — a true example of passionless, misdirected, unguided, committee-made non-art."
"Everything's being homogenized into baby food for us. When people go to a Troma movie, they know they may love 'The Toxic Avenger,' and they know they may hate 'Tromeo and Juliet,' but they know they're never going to forget 'Terror Firmer.'"
"Terror Firmer" (which was described by the French Cinematheque as "Truffaut's 'Day For Night' meets 'Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer' through the eyes of Frank Capra") is the consummate Troma horror/comedy. It's a Troma film about Troma filmmakers making a Troma film. A "sexually conflicted serial killer" is knocking off members of the crew. Camera-ham Kaufman plays — get this — the film's director.
"'Terror Firmer' has people getting their heads squashed. We've got dismemberment, we've got people getting their penises pulled off, we've got everything in this movie," says Kaufman. "But the one thing that gives me the willies is when I watch myself acting — or trying to act."
"Terror Firmer" has no national launch date. Then again, no Troma film does. "We only have about 60 people working for us," says Kaufman, "and we don't have the wherewithal to open nationally. So we start in L.A."
From there it's a process of convincing the few remaining independent theater houses to play the film. The politically charged Kaufman — who led the 1999 Academy Award picketing of Elia Kazan's Lifetime Achievement Award — believes this process is hampered by de facto blacklisting.
"The four or five big companies own everything — the movie studios, the newspapers, the TV stations, the cable systems they own the president of the United States, for Christ's sake, and his whore wife! Warner Brothers spends $1 million per film to advertise in New York; we are spending $15,000 in cash. Our fans have been trained to find us quick because there's gonna be some shitty Miramax movie [replacing our film]. It's an age of being brainwashed by the media that everything's got to be big to be legitimate — big companies, big cars, big breasts, big lips, big money."
To battle what he sees as an economic stranglehold, Kaufman tries to take his product directly to his fans via Troma Team Video, Troma DVD and the upcoming Tromaville.com.
"It's a virtual city in cyberspace specifically aimed at the alternative culture," says Kaufman, who urges everyone to apply for Tromaville citizenship. It kicks off at the Playboy Mansion on Nov. 15, with a live Webcast of the last day of shooting on the set of "Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger 4." One lucky contest winner gets to be killed by Toxie himself.
Kaufman is a consummate underdog. Like him or hate him, Kaufman has resisted selling out or distilling his confrontational vision. "As Jimmy Stewart says in Frank Capra's films, 'Lost causes are the most important ones to fight for.' And the Bard said it, too: 'To thine own self be true.'
"That's the true Troma philosophy."
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Robert Penn's "It's All About the Bike: The Pursuit of Happiness on Two Wheels" is a paean to the humble bike; it's the story of why we ride, and why this simple machine holds the power to transport us all. Robert Penn has ridden a bike most days of his life. He rides to get to work, to bathe in air and sunshine, to stay sane and to feel free. This is the story of his love affair with cycling and the journey to build his dream bike; a freewheeling pilgrimage taking him from Californian mountain bike inventors to British artisan frame builders, and from perfect components to the path of true happiness. "A gem of a book ...a joy". ("Economist"). "Infectious, exhilarating, highly engaging". ("Independent"). "Be swept along by Penn's enthusiasm, humour and refreshing candour". ("Sunday Telegraph"). "Enriches your enjoyment of a ride". ("Sunday Times"). "As a depiction of a world you might vote for, Penn's does not sound bad at all". ("Observer"). Robert Penn writes for the "Financial Times", "Observer" and "Conde Nast Traveller", as well as a host of cycling publications. He is the author of "The Wrong Kind of Snow". Robert lives in the Black Mountains, South Wales with his wife and three children and commutes to work across a heather moor on a mountain bike.
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Gem of a book Economist Penn writes with a Bill-Brysonesque facility for concentrating a lot of information and research into an easy-to-read ... Best of all ... his account enriches your enjoyment of a ride -- Tim Dawson, Cycle Guy Sunday Times Fantastic ... Well worth a read if, like me, you love cycling! -- Paul Smith Artfully, Penn turns his quest for hardware ... into a worldwide spin around cycling and its culture -- William Fotheringham Guardian The pages overflow with pioneers, mavericks and geniuses - certainly, it is hard to imagine anyone who reads this book being able to buy a bike "off the peg" again -- Tim Lewis Observer I've just spent a week pedalling slowly from Windermere to Aviemore with a copy of Penn's zealous eulogy in my pannier. His infectious admiration for the exhilarating sociability of cycling, coupled with reverence for quality craftsmanship, made highly engaging company ... appreciate the wit and enthusiasm of this unusual odyssey -- James Urquhart Independent Penn tells us that the bicycle, as we know it, was invented in 1885 and is the most efficient form of transport ever devised... A joyful book -- William Leith The Scotsman Bike-lit is booming, and while 'cross-country hardtail' might not have the same ring to it as 'penny-farthing', there's evidently little to do with cycling about which Robert Penn can't wax lyrical. Whether his subject is spokes or saddle sores, he is relentlessly enthusiastic... Penn's amiability is puncture-proof -- Stephanie Cross Daily Mail [H]is adrenalin-charged enthusiasm... delivers a good ride... The social history is snappy and his almost religious quest for ultimate craftsmanship full of wit. -- James Urquhart Financial Times


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Here are a few videos via Sikkdays, he has lots of good stuff, go there and take a break from the politics. The first is an incredible note for note rendition of Bohemian Rhapsody, if you like the song you have to see this.
This is a nice little tune that I've never heard before. I likey!
Here is another nice little tune and a well done video too, it's from a music video contest. It's friday night, have some fun.
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And the unemployment rate dropped down to 6.1%, showing that the big decline in economic growth in the beginning of the year likely won't last.
In June, 288,000 jobs were created, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the unemployment rate dropped to 6.1% from 6.3% in May. Both figures outpaced economists' expectations for 215,000 new jobs and an unchanged unemployment rate of 6.3%.
So far, there has been an average of 231,000 jobs added to the economy every month this year, above 2013's average pace of 194,000 new jobs per month.
The pickup in job creation has stood in contrast to a big drop in overall economic growth in the beginning of the year. The economy's growth rate swung from 2.6% annualized growth in the fourth quarter of 2013 to shrinking 2.9% annualized in the first three months of this year, the biggest decline not in or right before a recession since the data has been recorded.
The employment data from June suggests that the first quarter was an aberration from an overall trend of economic growth and job creation picking up, although still at sluggish levels compared to past economic expansions. The number of new jobs created in April was revised from 282,000 to 304,000, making it the strongest single month of job creation since the economic recovery began in June 2009.
The labor force participation rate, which measures the portion of the adult population looking for work or who are employed, stayed steady at 62.8% for the third straight month. It was around 66% before the crisis and has been slowly declining since then, showing that even as the economy has started to grow, a chunk of the population has been so discouraged by the dismal job market that the people in that chunk have stopped even looking for work.
But the number of long-term unemployed, people looking for work for 27 weeks or more, decreased by 293,000 to 3.1 million and over the last year has dropped 1.2 million.
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[79] July 30, 2015 at 11:17am
These people are freaking SICK!
In reply to the story Fourth Undercover Planned Parenthood Video Released — and It's Graphic
[40] July 30, 2015 at 12:48pm
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[43] July 30, 2015 at 1:07pm
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[3] July 29, 2015 at 2:27pm
I don't drink coffee. Can't stand the taste of it. So……..I drink Dr. Pepper. Man, I love that stuff.
[1] July 28, 2015 at 2:16pm
I won't be holding my breath.
In reply to piper60's comment on the story Sen. Rand Paul Says His Bill to Defund Planned Parenthood Will Get a Vote in Senate
[7] July 28, 2015 at 2:14pm
@ Maggiesway…….and God says otherwise.
Psalm 139:13 – For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb.
Psalm 22:10 – from my mother's womb you have been my God.
Isaiah 49:1 – Before I was born the Lord called me; from my mother's womb he has spoken my name.
These are babies regardless of what stage they are in. God is fully aware of their existence and He is also fully aware of the body count of every single baby that was murdered. He is also fully aware of you and what you think about it.
[17] July 28, 2015 at 11:21am
Oh my God!!! PP is a murder factory. I will never get the image of those parts out of mind. That little hand…….
I called my Congressman and told him he needs to fight to defund PP NOW!!!!!!! I have never called my Congressman about anything. This whole thing just makes me sick and I am weeping for these poor innocent babies.
In reply to the story Third Undercover Video Purports to Show Planned Parenthood Director Standing Near Dead Fetuses Discussing Price 'Per Item'
[6] July 28, 2015 at 2:45pm
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[15] July 28, 2015 at 10:20am
I have a bad feeling about this. Is he setting us up? I do think he wants to be President for life.
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[5] July 27, 2015 at 3:16pm
Must be global warming. Maybe they need jobs.
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[5] July 27, 2015 at 4:26pm
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[10] July 27, 2015 at 12:51pm
Babies are so cute!!
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[11] July 23, 2015 at 11:19am
I heard on the radio yesterday (Sean Hannity Show) a liberal say that if Obama didn't do the deal Iran could get a nuclear weapon. Umm……I don't think Iran gives a rats arse. They will get a nuclear weapon with or without a deal. They want destruction, not peace. I cannot believe we are going to give this country billions of dollars. We are paying them to kill us….and Israel. I just can't believe how stupid liberals can be. Hello…….America is the "great satan"…..remember…….they want our destruction. They chant "death to America" on a regular basis. The lengths these liberals go to protect their party is astonishing. Party before the people is their motto.
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[3] July 23, 2015 at 12:34pm
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[5] July 22, 2015 at 4:29pm
Whatever. They aren't going to do anything. This is nothing but a show. They don't care if babies are being murdered nor do they care if their parts are being sold. Our "government" does not care about us. Whether we are black or white. They don't care. All they care about is getting votes and they will do whatever is necessary to get them.
[5] July 21, 2015 at 12:05pm
Ok. I was liking this story up until I read the guy expected a reward. Good gracious people, isn't doing the right thing enough?
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[3] July 20, 2015 at 4:13pm
@ Team Toothy…..Just look around you. The FACTS are all around you and you are too blind to see it. Look at this wonderful and beautiful planet we live on now. Look at all its creation. So many plants and animals. Look at how the human body is made. So complex. Heck, just think about how babies are made. There is no way that just happended out of thin air. This universe, this Earth, US were wonderfully and beautifully made. And I I don't need to be "friends" with a Russian nor do I need millions of dollars to figure that out.
[9] July 20, 2015 at 3:30pm
I believe in God 100%. If they found life on another planet, I would still believe in God 100%. It wouldn't change my mind at all. Do I think there is life on another planet? To be honest, I don't care.
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[3] July 20, 2015 at 3:34pm
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[7] July 20, 2015 at 2:51pm
President Obama expressed his admiration and deep respect for Sen. McCain's heroism????HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA…….these people are so full of crap. If you believe that you need to have your head adjusted. Obama doesn't give a rats arse about anyone but himself.
McCain may have been a war "hero", but he sure has sucked at respresenting the American people he fought and got captured for. All he does now is screw the American people. Money and Power….that is all these so-called representatives in Washington want. They just can't get enough.
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[10] July 14, 2015 at 1:58pm
@ Maggiesway
It is demonic. That woman has no soul. She has no remorse for what she is doing. That is an innocent life she is killing and then harvesting its body parts for monetary gain. She is in a partnership with the Devil himself. She is no different than some nut job who kidnaps people and kills and dismembers their bodies. SICK….SICK…SICK. You are SICK too if you have no problems with it.
In reply to Maggiesway's comment on the story Undercover Footage Captures Stunning Claim About Planned Parenthood
[13] July 14, 2015 at 11:32am
Your right. I was wondering why this woman wasn't in jail. This video was made almost a year ago.
In reply to SLAPTHELEFT's comment on the story Undercover Footage Captures Stunning Claim About Planned Parenthood
[16] July 14, 2015 at 11:18am
So, by your comment I guess you see nothing wrong with this. You are just as sick and demented as they are.
In reply to LibertarianSocialist's comment on the story Undercover Footage Captures Stunning Claim About Planned Parenthood
[84] July 14, 2015 at 11:12am
Wow. This is disgusting. I honestly don't know what to say as I am in total shock right now. She can sit there and talk about aborting babies and selling their parts over lunch. She has no emotion what-so-ever. She is pure evil. Man…..she is in BIG trouble with God. I cannot believe Planned Parenthood is allowed to remain open. That place is a murder factory.
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[46] July 14, 2015 at 11:28am
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[19] July 9, 2015 at 2:45pm
I am so sick and tired of people being "offended" or outraged at this stupid freaking flag. Gee…..I wonder….was he offended by this flag BEFORE those 9 people were killed? Hmmmmm……….I don't think so. These people are never "offended" until they are told be offended.
In reply to the story He Tells Two Men That Confederate Flag Flying in Their Pickup Truck Is Racist. Things Go Downhill From There.
[9] July 9, 2015 at 5:59pm
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[35] July 2, 2015 at 10:26am
RUN!!! Run as fast as you can and get away from this church. God is the same today as He was yesterday and He will be the same tomorrow. He does not change his mind or "evolve".
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Suzlon Energys total debt stands at Rs 12,263.65 crore, 1.9 times its net worth. Loan repayments worth around Rs 25 billion are due in FY13, including Rs 17 billion of FCCB loan.
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The case absolutely must be heard.
Padilla is an American citizen, regardless of what he did. If he is to be deprived of rights/citizenship, it should be after judicial review.
The executive branch denied him the rights that all Americans have through administrative action. That is frightening.
We cannot allow a situation where an American can be deprived of his civil rights by members of the executive and then have no recourse to the courts.
Mr. Yoo overreached; time to have his actions reviewed.
Mr. Yoo's case points up a big dilemma for all attorneys within the government and judges in court rooms. As a Justice Department attorney he almost certainly had no authority or say in how prisoners were treated or interrogated. That responsibility would lie with the military command at Guantanamo or any other prison official at another facility. Additionally, the interrogators worked for other federal agencies and likely did not defer to the DOJ's wishes except when it suited their agency. Such personnel may have taken any advice by Yoo into account to determine what questions to ask, but they didn't need his input or permission to undertake the interrogations. It appears to me that at most Yoo coached the interrogators he talked with, if he ever talked with any interrogators directly, as to what information the DOJ needed to bolster its already sufficient case against Padilla. People forget all too readily that the interrogations Padilla underwent were not the only evidence used against him in court. If information or evidence was gained illegally through torture, then it should -and probably was - excluded by the trial court. That's one reason why the 9th Circuit is so wary of allowing this suit to go forward.
The other reason for the court's reluctance is the dilemma I refered to above. These judges are confronted with the very complex issue of the role of attorneys in criminal prosecutions and the line between permissible and impermissible attorney conduct. Under the laws of all fifty states where lawyers are licensed, a lawyer is REQUIRED to provide legal advice and representation to the best of their ability. However, attorneys are not permitted to encourage illegal conduct or to provide advice on how to engage in illegal conduct. At most, the attorney can advise clients on the limits of the legal behavior they can engage in and where the line is that separates legal from illegal conduct. The line between legitimate advice on the law's contours and encouraging illegal behavior is sometimes very blurry. Judges, particularly those who started off their careers as prosecutors, are likely to be very sympathetic to any argument that a district attorney did nothing more than their job if there is no evidence that the attorney in question did provide legal advice on the case.
NYC Maritime Attorney: You make good points about the diffusion of responsibility and the difficulty of identifying individuals in the government. In effect, you say that everybody was responsible, so nobody is responsible - that argument was discredited at Nuremberg.
The question remains: Padilla, an American citizen was punished before guilt was established or sentence passed. How do we make sure that this does not happen again?
Anon - you beat me to it, I was just watching "Judgment at Nuremberg", and if we rejected the arguments of those defendants, we should hear Mr. Padilla's case.
Chiguy31 - all Yoo did was provide a legal opinion. If you want him to go to prison for that, then God help us.
Yo Yoo, do you like yoo hoo?
"courts should not meddle in questions of national security."
Right. Leave that to the NY Times.
The 9th Circuit provides on its website same or next day audio for all oral arguments, and has been doing so for years. It's not a state secret, so it confuses me as to why it's not routine for reporters to link to the audio when discussing the oral argument in an article or blog post.
Here's Padilla v. Yoo:
Yoo provided a legal opinion; nothing more. He was not the actor. Further, he did not nor could he direct others to engage in torture. If this case is permitted to proceed, precedent will be set and, rest assured, all of us in the legal profession will be facing lawsuits from 3rd parties who may have been harmed in some manner by our clients. While I vehemently reject Yoo's opinions, he is not legally liable to Padilla.
Additionally, I don't find this to be a case of everyone is responsible; so no one is responsible. Those who directed others are the responsible parties and should be held accountable. Cheney on down through the CIA and Military are responsible. Let Padilla sue them.
Yoo was instrumental in providing the legal cover for others to commit acts of torture. He didn't just provide a legal opinion. He provided a legal opinion that was frivolous and had no basis in law, knowing that his opinion would be used by others as justification for torture and other abhorrent acts. It's similar to a lawyer advising his Mafia clients that it's OK to shoot competitors under a self-defense theory.
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Apple found guilty of conspiring to fix the price of e-books to challenge Amazon's dominance
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Apple was found guilty yesterday of conspiring with publishers to increase the price of ebooks.
The tech giant played a 'central role' in a plot to break Amazon's price-cutting dominance of the ebook trade, a court in New York heard yesterday.
District judge Denise Cote quoted evidence from Apple founder Steve Jobs, who died in 2011, as saying he understood publishers' concerns that Amazon's low price for new books was eroding the perceived value of their products. He also said Apple was willing to try pricing them higher.
The ruling is likely to cost Apple hundreds of millions of dollars in damages, although it plans to challenge the 'false accusations'.
The publishers – Penguin, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Macmillan and Hachette – had already settled ahead of the trial.
Apple denied the charges, but the judge insisted there was 'overwhelming' evidence that it enabled publishers to dictate the price of ebooks on Apple's own iBookstore.
The California-based firm settled a separate case over ebook pricing last year with the European Commission.
Apple spokesman Tom Neumayr said the Cupertino, Calif.-based company planned to appeal.
'Apple did not conspire to fix e-book pricing and we will continue to fight against these false accusations,' he said. 'We've done nothing wrong.'
Assistant Attorney General Bill Baer called the ruling 'a victory for millions of consumers who choose to read books electronically.'
He said the judge agreed with the Justice Department and 33 state attorneys general that executives at the highest levels of Apple orchestrated a conspiracy with five major publishers.
'Through today's court decision and previous settlements with five major publishers, consumers are again benefiting from retail price competition and paying less for their e-books,' he said.
The judge said Apple knew that no publisher could risk acting alone to try to eliminate Amazon.com's $9.99 price for the most popular e-books so it 'created a mechanism and environment that enabled them to act together in a matter of weeks to eliminate all retail price competition for their e-books'
Apple attorney Orin Snyder had told Cote previously that she would set a 'dangerous precedent' if she concluded that Apple manipulated e-book prices as it entered the market in 2010. He did not immediately respond to a message for comment Wednesday.
Neumayr said Apple's introduction of the iBookstore 'gave customers more choice, injecting much needed innovation and competition into the market, breaking Amazon's monopolistic grip on the publishing industry.'
The government claimed Apple and the publishers agreed to a pricing policy that forced millions of consumers to pay several dollars more for most online books. In her ruling, Cote said 'compelling evidence of Apple's participation in the conspiracy came from the words uttered by Steve Jobs, Apple's founder, CEO and visionary.'
She quoted Jobs, who died in 2011, as saying he understood publishers' concerns that Amazon's $9.99 price for new releases was eroding the perceived value of their products and that Apple was willing to try pricing e-books at $12.99 and $14.99. She noted that Jobs bought an e-book for $14.99 at the launch of Apple's e-book store and told a reporter that day that Amazon's $9.99 price for the same book would be irrelevant because soon all prices will 'be the same.'
The Manhattan jurist, who did not determine damages, added: 'The evidence is overwhelming that Apple knew of the unlawful aims of the conspiracy and joined the conspiracy with the specific intent to help it succeed'
'Apple has struggled mightily to reinterpret Jobs's statements in a way that will eliminate their bite,' Cote wrote in the 160-page opinion. "Its efforts have proven fruitless."
Cote said damages could be determined at a later point, though she did not immediately schedule a trial on them.
The state attorneys general are seeking unspecified damages. The federal government is seeking an order that Apple be banned for two years from agreements that let publishers rather than retailers set prices and that the company be prohibited from future antitrust law violations.
The Justice Department also is asking Apple to establish an antitrust compliance program and antitrust training for executives and to put in place an independent monitoring trustee.
The trial had featured testimony from executives for Apple, publishers and Seattle-based Amazon.com. Witnesses from the publishing industry conceded that they were disappointed that Amazon.com was selling e-books so inexpensively when Apple came along in late 2009 with plans for its e-book store.
'Through their conspiracy they forced Amazon (and other resellers) to relinquish retail pricing authority and then they raised retail e-book prices,' Cote wrote. 'Those higher prices were not the result of regular market forces but of a scheme in which Apple was a full participant.'
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- The Lodge Alley Inn Charleston SC
- The Lodge Alley Inn
- The Lodge Alley Inn Charleston
Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms.
Some facilities may have restricted access. Guests can contact the property for details using the contact information on the booking confirmation.
Parking height restrictions apply.
Mandatory fees
Deposit: USD 100.00 per stay
Optional extras
Self parking costs USD 14 per day
Parking is available nearby and costs USD 14 per 24 hours
Weekly housekeeping is provided; fees apply for additional cleaning
We have included all charges provided to us by this hotel. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the room you book.


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Town Square
Welcome to Town Square!
Original post made by Bill Johnson, publisher of the Palo Alto Weekly, on May 30, 2006
Comments (1)
a resident of another community
on Aug 6, 2006 at 10:59 pm
Thanks, Bill. My number one issue is that people don't know how to drive. I don't mean just the red light running. And I don't mean just the egregious violators. I mean everyone. A lot of people complain about what other people do in their neighborhoods. But these same people probably wouldn't know good driving if they saw it.
Well, my mission is to keep putting the message out there. Anybody who wants to discuss the subject is welcome to contact me. I have always found a great wall of silence greets me whenever the subject is introduced. I find that people have an aversion to discussing driving candidly. I think that in itself is a matter of great concern in our society.
I appreciate the opportunity offered for free speech by this Forum. The profound silence is much more bearable diving into these waters.
Jeff Bedolla
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