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Spring is. The season that I've learned to greet with tremendous apprehension is, this year, turning out to be the salvation of my spirit.
The hardware in my Frankenfoot is migrating and causing pain, the other foot's bone spur is getting worse, I have a little toomah in my wrist, and my hip is broken (OK, that last one may be an exaggeration, but I did get a shot into the bursa of that hip this morning, so hopefully it will be feeling much better by tomorrow, if I can stay still enough today).
My husband is still broken. Broken, depressed, anxious, confused, and frightened. We don't know what's going to come of that, but I'm trying to prepare for the total loss of one income, which is stress-making, to say the least. Big changes are in order, which I believe I can handle, as long as I don't get a lot of resistance from my family here...I'd give that even odds.
But Spring and Earth Day have colluded today to bring forth an amazing display of rebellion against despair. The natural world is everywhere, and it is telling me, "Hey, Sweetcheeks, they'll have to do better than that to get US down, right?" And I find myself wanting to agree.
And so, I devote the rest of this post to a list of praises, blessings, things that are going right.
I did not, in fact, break my hip.
Local farmer's markets start in full force this weekend.
Strawberries are available by the bucketful at roadside stands everywhere.
MY OWN strawberry plants are blooming like crazy.
My itty-bitty lemon tree is fruiting!
Chicks are hatching (Langshans and Black Copper Marans).
After an absence of three years, we have puppy breath in our home again.
Actual green things are growing on the barren hillside above our house. Granted, those things are weeds, but I'm choosing to believe that they will, at least, slow down the erosion that usually deposits a large part of the hillside at my front door this time of year.
The eight pretty little quail hens out by the koi pond should begin laying adorable, tiny, speckled eggs any day now.
The pair of turkey hens that did not get eaten are laying adorable, huge, speckled eggs.
My favorite Marans hen has gone broody, and is setting a nestful of turkey eggs. This should be good.
Bella caught a caterpillar, researched its care, built a little habitat for it, and was rewarded today by a neat little cocoon hanging off the end of a stick inside the Mason jar. Soon, we'll get to see that perfect metaphor of spring, renewal, and rebirth.
I have grapevines and a new cherry tree to plant!
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As I sit at the desk and read my email, I feel a tickling sensation at my lower back, followed by the stifled giggle of a certain 6-year-old.
"What are you doing? Leave my underwear alone."
"Seriously--quit it. You're not giving your mother a wedgie."
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"NO. Now quit it, and go get your shoes on so we can leave."
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Thanks for hanging out these past few months (years?). It was enjoyable to quiz you guys on erudite and odd trivia and kept me thinking, even when I wasn't in school. Thanks for giving me another nerd outlet, and I'm glad that I got to share useless information (that somehow is always useful). Since this sounds like a farewell speech, I've decided that for the last day we'll have a quiz on famous goodbyes...Enjoy!
1. This famous Yankee gave a 1939 goodbye speech to his fans at Yankee Stadium, saying, "I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth."
a. Babe Ruth
b. Lou Gehrig
c. Joe DiMaggio
d. Mickey Mantle
b. Lou Gehrig-rig -rig -rig (the echo at Yankee Stadium, get it?)
2. George Washington bid farewell to his officers at the end of the Revolutionary War in a tavern. Where is the tavern?
a. Washington, D.C.
b. Wilmington, DE
c. New York, NY
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c. New York, NY at Frances Tavern (pictured above)
3. In his farewell message to Congress, this man said "Here are centered the hopes and aspirations and faith of the entire human race. I do not stand here as advocate for any partisan cause, for the issues are fundamental and reach quite beyond the realm of partisan consideration. They must be resolved on the highest plane of national interest if our course is to prove sound and our future protected."
a. General Douglas MacArthur
b. General George Patton
c. General Robert E. Lee
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4. "Therefore, I shall resign the Presidency effective at noon tomorrow." Who said it?
a. Andrew Johnson
b. William Jefferson Clinton
c. Richard Milhous Nixon
d. Andrew Hamilton
c. Nixon. I just wanted to put that picture in here.
5. Washington's more famous farewell address, when he refused a third presidential term, was never given as a speech. How did people find out what he "said?"
a. It was telegraphed throughout the country
b. Someone read it out loud at every church that Sunday
c. Men on horses announced the speech ala "The British are coming!" a few years before
d. It was published in newspapers
d. It was published in newspapers
Now I feel like I should have a farewell address at the end of my post. But, I don't really have anything dramatic or deep to say about my blogging experience. All I can say is that I hope this was as fun for everyone who read as it was for me to write. Happy New Year!
Emily's Trivia Quiz is now defunct, but she will continue to spew useless knowledge at parties and pub trivia competitions until her friends start hitting her or she has no more friends, whichever happens first. Watch for her on Jeopardy! in 20 years or so.


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The small minority that supports keeping this law on the books has been very vocal, so we need to get the overwhelming majority that support repeal to start standing up in their local communities, speaking out and demonstrating that this is going to be a safe vote to take, said J. Alexander Nicholson, the executive director of Servicemembers United. He added that the lobbyists will be using the break to squeeze in as many meetings as possible with Congressional staffers here in D.C. in order to get them briefed on the nuances of the latest developments regarding the dont ask, dont tell issue.
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MYOB: End of an era
A very significant day today as MYOB is suspended from the Australia Stock Exchange.
MYOB Ltd has been suspended from quotation on January 20, 2009 the compulsory acquisition notice sent to shareholders on January 13.
MYOB has been a great company. One of the pioneers of small business software. In Australasia when you think of small business software you automatically think of MYOB.
Small business software is entering it's 3rd generation.The 1st generation came in the 80's with the introduction of the PC. Character based accounting software running on DOS were one of the first small business applications. Introduction of the PC along with the early text based word processors. Usually these were standalone applications.
The 2nd generation was Windows accounting software in the 90's. The functionality was the same as DOS based products but they became far more usable with the friendlier graphical user interface.
MYOB timed things perfectly with the Australian introduction of GST in 1999 and Y2K. Sales of MYOB took off.
As public companies do, the leaders buy the number 2 and number 3 players and within a few years MYOB had completed a number of acquisitions and had a full set of products covering all aspects of the market. If anyone looked good, MYOB would buy them.
Several New Zealand companies benefited from this. CA Systems (now Acclipse) and Exonet are the examples that stand out. Several New Zealand software developers made their fortunes by selling to MYOB.
In the world 3 major companies dominate this 2nd generation. MYOB in Australasia, Sage in the UK and Intuit in the US.
It's interesting that the really big global software companies (IBM, SAP, Oracle etc) sell almost no software to the massive small business market. This is because it is very expensive and a fragmented market to sell into. Companies cannot have a $100k sales person selling into an account that returns $1000 of revenue a year.
As time went on it became clear that it was difficult to go after incumbents in existing markets with the same 2nd generation technology. MYOB had forays into the UK, China and the USA but over the last year pulled back from those markets selling their business units. Swapping from one Windows based accounting product to another is a very hard sell. Even Microsoft has found this with their desktop product.
The 3rd generation is online accounting. It's been fascinating that none of the incumbents have not yet come out with a compelling or credible online product.
We think this is for several reasons, including:
- It is difficult to attract the design talent into an industry that has been slow to innovate and seen as boring.
- Internally there is so much drag integrating the various acquisitions and creating a coordinated product strategy
- Maintenance and support drag is enormous
- Multi-tenanted applications are a huge mindset shift
- The channel model for online software is fundamentally different from the high street retail model
- As public companies it is difficult to cannibalize existing revenues
- These businesses generate huge amounts of cash and probably aren't as hungry as the new entrants are. They are comfy. If a new competitor looks good they can be acquired
That isn't to say that the individuals inside the incumbents aren't passionate, it's just hard to move the big ship.
There does not seem to be any doubt that online software changes the economics of addressing the fragmented small business market. Research keeps upping the size of SaaS marketplace especially the small business sector. MYOB had lots of cash (it just returned $50m to shareholders in December) so you would think they were well placed for growing significantly over the next few years.
Online companies operate on much better multiples. The PE ratio of MYOB was around 22. Concur is around 94 and SalesForce.com is 114.
So it is very odd that MYOB would delist as a public company.
Many of MYOB's products are developed in Visual FoxPro, a discontinued language soon dropping out of support. MYOB has a massive investment across it's range of products to not just move to generation 3, but to keep them running.
Xero drove MYOB into announcing MYOB Business Basics Online that has been roundly panned. It seems the team has been disbanded.
It's hard to think of many software companies other than Microsoft who have successfully spanned technology generations so the challenges are enormous.
Did MYOB management just give up?
We believe that SaaS requires the transparency of a public company. Who is looking after your data? How are they funded? Will they be around in 5 years?
When private equity comes in the normal model is to slash costs and mine the cash flows and get to another transaction. Investment in product development was signaled to be a place where saving could be made in the Manhattan takeover documents. The motivation is making money, not helping small businesses.
So this feels like the beginning of the end of MYOB and the end of an era. Talent is flooding out of the building.
Accountants in New Zealand and Australia have run their business on MYOB for a generation. Their processes are MYOB processes. We are seeing accountants picking up Xero for supplier risk mitigation reasons.
Obviously this move is great for us but significant because so many Australian and New Zealand small businesses have run on MYOB for 10+ years and it has been the staple for accountants for a business generation.
Looking forward, the sheer number of business running MYOB and using processes developed over the last 10+ that suited a disconnected accounting application has a huge impact on productivity. Desktop accounting software forces business processes that are simply inefficient compared to when accounting software is disconnected. We covered this in our discussion document on small business productivity.
So this is a significant moment for Australasian business and we think signals the beginning of the 3rd generation of small business management and a fantastic opportunity to improve small business processes and make small businesses more productive. For example http://www.xero.com/blog/runningabusiness
Of course we compete hard with MYOB (and we were probably a bit cheeky running this ad in the Melbourne Age last month) but we genuinely congratulate MYOB shareholders. MYOB was a company that made a difference.
We're delighted to pick up the baton.
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What a great read, I have to say after all that debate, Ian came up trumps.
He brought up some really strong points and seemed genuwine in his approach.
As for Paul and Darryl,nice effort but the answers you gave seemed a little childish and came across more like a second hand car salesman lacking depth and substance.Good luck xero all the best.
I just read most of the comments. While I agree with Ian in many ways, some of his points are a bit ridiculous. His SoEasy accounting/business management product is a bit more mature than Xeros so claiming that his does so much more is a bit rich – its not like Xero will be sitting on their hands for the next 10 years.
As for security, in a world where all your PCs are connected to the internet, if you run a small business, I am damn sure your security will be better if you are using a Saas model.Not having to worry about data loss or security breaches for small businesses is a massive time saver. Small businesses are notoriously bad at keeping their PCs up to date with security patches let alone worrying about physical security. At the end of the day if someone can access your data, they can decrypt it and view it. I would rather trust a Saas firm whose data stores are constantly penetration tested and run by security professionals than Joe Bloggs who runs a nursery.
To give you an example, I worked for a 300 person organisation that was running SAP. We needed to create a report out of SAP but there were no resources for an SAP developer coming in to do so. The report was simple and SAP data was stored in SQL Server databases, so we simply did a little reverse engineering and grabbed the info we needed. 3 months later a new manager decided to do a penetration test on our systems. They found literally dozens of ways for external users to access our systems. To top it off, we had old SQL Server accounts with access to SQL Server that weren't cleaned up. Essentially, we had an open door to our accounting data – and this was in an organisation with 10 specialised IT people. You can imagine how vulnerable smaller organisations are.
The reality is 2G is not a thing of the past and will not be anytime soon. But the world is waking up to 3G, it offers a number of advantages over 2G and its drawbacks are getting less every year. I used to be a believer (as a software developer) that 2G would always be better, however with a promise of virtually always connectedness and some of the amazing things people are doing through the online channel, I am no longer convinced.
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- July 27, 2009
SOUTH Australia is failing in its attempts to excite Australian tourists, with a new survey showing it is the least popular state in the country for domestic visitors.
In a blow to the state's domestic tourism market, just three per cent of Australian travellers said it is their favourite place to visit in the Escape.com.au Travel Survey.
Not a single SA location rated a mention in a list of the country's top ten travel destinations, with people preferring to go to Hobart or The Margaret River in Western Australia.
The Barossa Valley was the preferred travel destination in SA, followed by Adelaide and McLaren Vale.
YOUR SAY: What should SA do to attract more visitors?
Australian Hotels Association state president Ian Horne said SA may be suffering from historic prejudice and geographic disadvantages.
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Anthony of sydney. Posted at 2:59 PM July 27, 2009
put it this way.. what IS there in SA to go see? ive got no idea.. big empty state?... ppl go to QLD for the weather/schoolies/indy, ppl go to NSW to see the zoo/harbour bridge/opera house etc... melb for the shopping, NT for a giant rock, Tas for the forest n bush walks.. what is there in SA?.. ive really go no idea.. maybe advertise something interesting.. Just make Adelaide the Vegas of australia.. and you'll definatly have no more issues.
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Marty from Naremburn Posted at 2:59 PM July 27, 2009
What a Downer !
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desmo of Sydney Posted at 3:04 PM July 27, 2009
I lived in Adelaide for 2 years (for work), after spending most of my life in Sydney, I could not leave fast enough (am thankfully back in Sydney). SA is like a giant bogan theme park for the majority, and god's waiting room for the rest.
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CUB devotee of Melbourne Posted at 3:05 PM July 27, 2009
Mr.Ian Horne states - Adelaide has always had more pubs than churchs -- they only need to serve a "decent" beer, and tourism may pick up.
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Mick B of Perth Posted at 3:05 PM July 27, 2009
No surprises there.
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Craig Fernandez of Brisvegas Posted at 3:17 PM July 27, 2009
Give me a better paying job in SA and i'll move - go on i dare you http://www.linkedin.com/in/craigfernandez
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Sunny of Perth Posted at 3:40 PM July 27, 2009
Here here desmo but I didn't really need a survey to tell me this. The locals don't help the cause much either.
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Grant of Gold Coast Posted at 3:41 PM July 27, 2009
Queensland the most popular state, and Surfers Paradise the most popular city. What a suprise. People slag this city off saying it's full of drugged up hooligans and hoons in expensive cars... yet then they can't rush here fast enough. The Gold Coast is the best place in Australia. Enough said. There is nothing in South Australia worth seeing or worth doing. Make something... make a new theme park, make the biggest cinema in the world, build something, even build a port to take big cruise liners, promote whatever it is you have down there. Until then, expect to come last.
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ed of act Posted at 3:42 PM July 27, 2009
South Australia may have come last, but ACT didn't even get a mention, so they can take some comfort in making the list even if 97% of people would rather go somewhere else.
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Elaine of Brisbane Posted at 3:42 PM July 27, 2009
Very Boring grey City even the coffee shops are only open Monday to Friday.
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Ben of Adelaide. Posted at 3:42 PM July 27, 2009
desmo of Sydney, the best thing about Adelaide is there's no one from Sydney here. After spending several years in and around Sydney I couldn't wait to get away from there - coming to South Australia has been a nice change. Whenever I go out I meet people who aren't British backpackers or manicly depressed ego-maniacs as is the case in Sydney. Anyone who's been to Adelaide during March will never want to leave. 5 minutes in Sydney and you're reconsidering if you even want to spend much more time on planet Earth. Stay where you are. We don't want you here anyway.
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cam of adelaide Posted at 3:42 PM July 27, 2009
first things first, desmo of Sydney - glad you're gone with your pathetic attitude. good riddance. now to the question. adelaide needs to grow up. shops need to be open everywhere 7 days a week. attitudes here need to change to create a more welcoming atmosphere. the adelaide city council needs to move with the times and approve new modern buildings. i think the councils hold adelaide back sometimes.
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Dimo of Perth Posted at 3:42 PM July 27, 2009
one way freeway says it all....but that may have changed since I was there in 07. I thought 'Wait Awhile' was not that good until visiting Adelaide LOL
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retep nap of sydney Posted at 5:29 PM July 27, 2009
after spending 2 years in perth, i would have thought that perth with its backward attitudes to everything (DLS and shop hours amongst other things) would have been the most unpopular state..glad i dont need to ever go there again..people there think WA is the be all and end all..far from it..WA= Wait Awhile..enuff said!
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Adam of Qld Posted at 5:29 PM July 27, 2009
South Australia.....where's that?
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dean of Sydney Posted at 5:29 PM July 27, 2009
They could do "murder" tours. Just trying to help.
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Rachel of SA Posted at 6:10 PM July 27, 2009
No 1 destination.... surfers No 1 over seas destination.... USA Survey... an obvious joke They were obviously only asking unintelligent fools with no taste. I love QLD, but Surfers is definitely not a good example of what the sunshine state has to offer.
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Ash Simmonds of Adelayed Posted at 6:11 PM July 27, 2009
Stop stealing our tumbleweeds!
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Travelled of G-Town Posted at 8:11 AM July 28, 2009
i have lived in Canberra, Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide and I have to say i like Adelaide the most. You can get surveys to say anything you want these days, they are not really that reputable. It is just like wording a referendum so that there is not chance of it suceeding. How about you stop telling people what is "popular" and just tell them what is actually a good place to go to. this article doesn't really explore any good tourist destinations... I agree with Rachel of SA, Surfers is not the best place to go in QLD, the whole of the Gold Coast is bollocks compared to the sunshine coast and far north QLD. I also notice that the Blue Mountains is not mentioned in there but the great ocean road is. Not that I am bagging the great ocean road, but come on! the Blue Mountains are spectacular. And what about Broome? The Flinders Ranges? all places I would put above Surfers.
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lj Posted at 9:12 AM July 28, 2009
adelaide is a great place to live in. But as a place to visit, it is a BORING place. it's like a big country town mascarading as a city. there's nothing to do at all.
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John Connor of Mars Posted at 11:53 AM July 28, 2009
Change the state's name to "Flinders" and the capital city to "Light" Then grow Hemp all over the state and start up new industries in manufactured products like clothing, plastics, food, fuel, paper, and so much more That will attract bohemians and they will have music festivals and the bored people sitting in pubs and pokies can go and have fun like we did in the '70s. You Aussies should go visit some American cities like Memphis
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Marlene Bencini of Malta Posted at 3:22 PM August 01, 2009
Adelaide is lovely...all it needs is to utilise the beautiful River Torrens running through the city to create a string of both formal and less formal restaurants along the river .... separating the more formal restaurants a paved garden/terrace /playground with Baby facilities with 2 or 3 MacDonald type eateries for families to enjoy and escape to. .....different to the many beautiful parks Adelaide has ....a place to go to where both parents and children can relax and enjoy,,,,,,,,,Music is also an important factor which restaurants in general should have softly in the background. Amazing the effect soft music can generate Also establishing more kiosk/eateries in major parks would liven up all too quiet but beautiful Adelaide
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GENERAL Santos City's Albert Diolola Jr. and University of Mindanao's Dhona Yngayo captured the junior titles of the 2nd Felis Resort Complex Youth Active Chess Championship held at the Felis Beach Resort over the weekend.
Diolola edged fellow five-pointer Jimzon Trangia of the Holy Cross of Davao College (HCDC) via superior tiebreaks, 16.0-13.0, to rule the junior boys event that attracted a total of 20 chessers. He pocketed the top cash prize of P1,500. Trangia settled for P500 while John Gerard Acedo of Bukidnon State University of Mindanao, who led four other four-pointers with better tiebreaks, placed third to receive P300.
The second-seeded Diolola outclassed rivals Dexter Echalico, Trangia, Manuelito Belarma , Alvin Acas and Raymondwill Mirantes but lost to top-seeded Acedo in their fifth round match of the six-round Swiss System format category.
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In kiddies division, Kurt John Placencia of Magallanes Elementary School topped the boys side having nipped another 5.0 scorer Earl Rhey Mantilla of Davao Wisdom Academy with higher tiebreaks. Placencia received P1,000 while Mantilla claimed P500.
DWA player Allen Daven de Asis, who tallied four points, placed third to take home P300 in the tournament sanctioned by the National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP).
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(1) Ban or restrict ownership of a semi-automatic firearm or any magazine of a firearm; or
(2) Require any firearm, magazine, or other firearm accessory to be registered in any manner.
Section B. Because immediate action is necessary to protect the rights of the citizens of this state the enactment of section 571.048 of section A of this act is deemed necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health, welfare, peace, and safety, and is hereby declared to be an emergency act within the meaning of the constitution, and the enactment of section 571.048 of section A of this act shall be in full force and effect upon its passage and approval".
This piece of legislation is modeled after legislation recently passed in Wyoming which protects state's sovereignty and Second Amendment rights. If you will to follow this legislation, go to the Internet and enter www.house.mo.gov and click on the House Bills link.
Committee Announcements
Late last week we finalized our list of membership to the various House Committees and I am honored to have been selected by the Speaker of the House to serve as chair of the House Committee on Elementary and Secondary Education, and as a member of the House Committee on Higher Education, and the House Committee on Tourism and Natural Resources. Before I continue discussing the details of the committees I have been selected to serve on, I wanted to give you a brief description of the committee process and its importance in passing legislation.
In Article III, Section 22, of the Missouri Constitution it talks about the referral of bills to committees in which it states, "Every bill shall be referred to a committee of the house in which it is pending." This means once a House Bill passes through the committee process and is Third Read and Passed by a vote on the floor of the Missouri House of Representatives, it still needs to be sent to the Senate for consideration and, constitutionally, must go through the committee process again in the Senate. The same process occurs for Senate Bills sent to the House of Representatives.
Serving on committees gives us the opportunity and, more importantly, the responsibility to truly dig deep into the substantive issues surrounding how proposed bills will affect life here in Missouri. This process also provides the avenue for public testimony in favor of, or against, proposed legislation. It is a remarkable process giving us the best possible legislation to ensure proper governance of the State of Missouri.
Committee on Elementary and Secondary Education
The House Committee on Elementary and Secondary Education may consider and report upon bills and matters referred to it relating to elementary and secondary education and life-long learning in this state, including teachers, financing, property, indebtedness and curriculum. This is important to us here in the 153rd District because the education of our children is our future. Rural Missouri is not forgotten in all the conversations concerning education reform.
Committee on Higher Education
The House Committee on Higher Education may consider and report on bills and matters referred to it related to higher education, including matters relating to financing, facilities, staff, curriculum and related matters. This is important to us here in the 153rd District because we can provide higher education and training opportunities in the rural southern Missouri areas.
Committee on Tourism and Natural Resources
The House Committee on Tourism and Natural Resources may consider and report upon bills and matters referred to it relating to the Department of Natural Resources, the Department of Conservation, fish and game laws of this state, preservation and protection the natural resources of this state, development and promotion of travel, tourism, recreation, the arts, and cultural affairs. This is important to us here in the 153rd District because in Southern Missouri, tourism and natural resources are some of our untapped economic assets.
If you find any of the above committees of interest to you, I encourage you to go online to http://www.house.mo.gov/content.aspx?info=/bills131/commdesc.htm#455. There you will find up to date information about bills referred to committees, scheduled meetings, bill summaries, and a variety of other information concerning this process.
Let the People Choose
House Speaker Pro Tem Jason Smith's legislation to give the people a voice in filling statewide office vacancies is one step closer to House approval. Smith's legislation, HB 110, was approved by a vote of 11-1 by the House Elections Committee Tuesday. The bill is the first legislation to receive committee approval in the House this session.
Smith said the bill is one he has championed for the past several years because it represents good government and the right thing to do for the people of Missouri. The governor has stated he believes he has the authority to appoint a successor should the lt. governor's office have a vacancy, which flies in the face of existing state law. HB 110 makes statute crystal clear that the people should and will choose who will fill a vacancy for a statewide office.
Smith has filed similar legislation in each of the last several sessions to require special elections to fill vacancies in the offices of lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, state auditor, state treasurer and United States Senator. Smith's legislation would allow the governor to appoint a temporary office holder to fill a vacancy until the next general election is called.
The bill also would require the governor to call a special election to fill a statewide vacancy at the same time as a scheduled general election—preventing any additional cost from being passed on to Missouri taxpayers.
Influenza Hits Missouri
As we enter what health professionals traditionally dub "peak flu season" I want to urge you to know the signs of the flu and take the proper measures to protect yourself and your family. Symptoms of the flu are similar to the common cold, but tend to be more severe. Signs of the flu include; fever, body aches, tiredness and cough. Your health care provider can administer at test to determine if you have the flu or not. According to the CDC Influenza has spread to more than 80% of the United States and they are advising everyone who has not been vaccinated to do so now. WHACK the Flu is a community based flu prevention program from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. The acronym WHACK is simple:
W—Wash your hands often
H—Home is where you stay when you are sick
A—Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth
C—Cover your coughs and sneezes
K—Keep your distance from people who are coughing and sneezing
For more information on flu prevention and vaccination, visit www.flu.gov.
As always, it is an honor to serve the good folks of the 153rd District. If you would like to discuss any issue, please call 573-751-1066 or you can e-mail me at email@example.com .


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Authorizes the sheriff of Albany county to enter into agreements for custody of inmates from other states.
Ayes (60): Adams, Addabbo, Alesi, Avella, Ball, Bonacic, Breslin, Carlucci, DeFrancisco, Diaz, Dilan, Duane, Farley, Flanagan, Fuschillo, Gallivan, Gianaris, Golden, Griffo, Grisanti, Hannon, Hassell-Thomps, Johnson, Kennedy, Klein, Krueger, Lanza, Larkin, LaValle, Libous, Little, Marcellino, Martins, Maziarz, McDonald, Montgomery, Nozzolio, O'Mara, Oppenheimer, Parker, Peralta, Perkins, Ranzenhofer, Ritchie, Rivera, Robach, Saland, Sampson, Savino, Serrano, Seward, Skelos, Smith, Squadron, Stavisky, Stewart-Cousin, Storobin, Valesky, Young, Zeldin
Excused (2): Espaillat, Huntley
Ayes (21): Skelos, Alesi, Farley, Fuschillo, Hannon, Johnson, Larkin, LaValle, Libous, Marcellino, Maziarz, Nozzolio, Saland, Seward, Sampson, Breslin, Dilan, Duane, Hassell-Thompson, Smith, Stewart-Cousins
Ayes W/R (1): Montgomery
Nays (3): Krueger, Parker, Perkins
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the correction law, in relation to authorizing the sheriff of Albany county to enter into agreements for custody of inmates from other states
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To permit Albany County Correctional Facility to house out-of-state offenders with sentences up to two years.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 adds a new subdivision 4 to section 500-o of the correction law to allow out-of-state inmates serving a sentence of imprisonment to be held at Albany County jail for up to two years, subject to approval by county legislature and officials.
Section 2 provides an immediate effective date.
JUSTIFICATION: Last year legislation was enacted to allow local correctional facilities to enter into agreements to house out-of-state inmates who are serving sentences of at least 90 days and up to one year. The reason for the one-year limitation was that local correctional facilities generally do not provide the necessary services and programming associated with long term incarceration. However, Albany County jail has demonstrated the capacity and ability to provide the requisite services and programs for a person serving a sentence of incarceration of up to two years. As such, and upon the consent of the Albany County legislature and Albany County executive, this bill would authorize the sheriff of Albany County to house out-of-state inmates serving a sentence of at least 90 days and up to two years in the Albany County Correctional Facility and to provide the treatment, services and provisions afforded to local inmates.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: New bill.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: This bill creates a revenue opportunity for Albany County.
EFFECTIVE DATE: Immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7682 IN SENATE June 13, 2012 ___________Introduced by Sens. NOZZOLIO, BRESLIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to authorizing the sher- iff of Albany county to enter into agreements for custody of inmates from other states THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 500-o of the correction law is amended by adding a new subdivision 4 to read as follows: 4. NOTWITHSTANDING SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, THE SHERIFF OF ALBANY COUNTY MAY ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH A CORRECTIONAL INSTITU- TION LOCATED IN ANOTHER STATE TO PROVIDE FOR THE CUSTODY IN THE ALBANY COUNTY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY OF PERSONS SENTENCED TO A PERIOD OF IMPRI- SONMENT IN SUCH OTHER STATE TO A TERM IN EXCESS OF NINETY DAYS BUT NO MORE THAN TWO YEARS, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE, THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND THE COMMISSION. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that the amendments to section 500-o of the correction law made by section one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall be deemed repealed therewith.EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD16243-01-2
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Black businesses and the CIAA pie
Editor's Note: This column by Qcitymetro.com editor Glenn H. Burkins was first published in The Charlotte Observer's Shop Talk section for small business owners.
Glenn H. Burkins
If the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association moved its annual CIAA basketball tournament from Charlotte, what evidence would remain in the black business community – aside from some party pictures – that we had ever hosted the popular event?
With the CIAA putting the tournament up for bid after 2014, I put that question to some city leaders.
They spoke of the tournament's obvious impact on the city as a whole, but when pressed to give even one example of how it had helped black business owners, the conversations stalled.
That's strange. When the Democratic National Convention said it was coming, talk in the halls of leadership was all about "legacy." Mayor Anthony Foxx said he wanted Charlotte's business community to be made permanently better for our having hosted the DNC.
An online business directory was built. Business workshops were organized. Even a special business liaison was hired.
But eight years after Charlotte first hosted the CIAA, where is that same focus?
Over the years I have talked with dozen of black business owners. Many said they found the CIAA baffling in how it seeks and awards contracts. Others questioned why so little is done during CIAA week to promote black businesses and self-empowerment.
To be fair, the CIAA is not the DNC, which had a vested interest in making local Democrats look good. The CIAA also doesn't come to town dangling contacts worth tens of millions of dollars.
But given the need in the black community, it's hard to know why local officials and the CIAA can't do better.
According to a 2012 study co-sponsored by the Charlotte Chamber, the region's roughly 20,000 black-owned businesses still face significant challenges, especially in getting access to capital, attracting clientele and connecting with other businesses.
When I asked Foxx about the CIAA's legacy in the black business community, he seemed to stumble. (Fairness alert: I had ambushed him during a media event unrelated to the tournament and he had little time to think or respond.)
Mike Butts, executive director of Visit Charlotte, the sales and marketing arm of Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority, said the CRVA has limited influence over private clients such as the CIAA, so he suggested I speak with them. The CIAA headquarters in Hampton, Va., did not make Commissioner Jacqie Carpenter available for comment.
Butts, who also chairs the CIAA Host Committee, said the issue of economic empowerment has never come up during any of the meetings he attended.
That admission might be less appalling if an estimated 180,000 people – nearly all of them black – didn't flock to Charlotte each year to attend CIAA events, if the CRVA didn't give $1 million a year (about $500,000 of that in tax dollars) to the CIAA, and if the annual tournament didn't pump tens of millions of dollars into the city's economy, most of it going to uptown hotels and bars.
In 2005, when the CIAA announced plans to move its tournament from Raleigh to Charlotte, a group of black business owners found themselves in the ironic position of meeting with CRVA to press the issue of black empowerment. Carol Lilly, who owns a Charlotte-based consulting firm, was one of them.
"I think the (CIAA) legacy is going to be great for the city," she said recently, "but I don't know of any African Americans who have actually participated, other than some party promoters, caterers and event planners."
Gerald Johnson, who publishes the Charlotte Post, said smart entrepreneurs always find ways to make money when big groups such as the CIAA come to town. At the same time, Johnson said more could be done.
"I look at it like a circus," he said. "The CIAA is a package deal that rolls into town once a year. They know what they want to do, and it's not necessarily to help black business."
Burkins is editor and publisher of Qcitymetro.com, a news site for Charlotte's African American community. He is a former Wall Street Journal reporter and Observer business editor.
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