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The global financial crisis and its effect on poor people in the United States (shunted aside in times of prosperity and even more in recession)
Lane Vanderslice
(May 13, 2009) As everyone knows, there has been a world
financial crisis leading to a world economic crisis. This editorial indicates how poor people
and others in the Unites States have been affected by the financial
and associated economic crisis.
Before the financial crisis
the Reagan Administration poor people (and ordinary working
people) have been increasingly marginalized in the US
political process, both because of ideology, principally the
Republican/"conservative" notion of "let the market take care
of things" (including reducing poverty), the active role of
Republican administrations in reducing or eliminating laws
favorable to working and poor people and (more importantly)
supporting laws favorable to corporations and rich people,
and the marginal role of poor people in the political
process. Poor people are marginalized because they are
now in a minority and do not have
substantial amounts of money to contribute to the political
process. On the slightly positive side, they are viewed by many in the majority
with some, but fairly distant, concern. Thus, before we got
to the current financial and economic crisis poor people were already in
trouble. For example:
Before the financial crisis
Since the Reagan Administration poor people (and ordinary working people) have been increasingly marginalized in the US political process, both because of ideology, principally the Republican/"conservative" notion of "let the market take care of things" (including reducing poverty), the active role of Republican administrations in reducing or eliminating laws favorable to working and poor people and (more importantly) supporting laws favorable to corporations and rich people, and the marginal role of poor people in the political process. Poor people are marginalized because they are now in a minority and do not have substantial amounts of money to contribute to the political process. On the slightly positive side, they are viewed by many in the majority with some, but fairly distant, concern. Thus, before we got to the current financial and economic crisis poor people were already in trouble. For example:
The financial crisis
While things were bad for poor people while the US economy was doing well, things are now worse. Unregulated/minimally-regulated capitalism has brought about a major worldwide financial and economic crisis. This has made poor people even poorer.
It is important to note that a financial crisis typically does lead to serious economic crisis. This has happened many times in the past in the United States and elsewhere and has been the main cause of depressions. The overvaluing of prices on the upturn, and then the failure of financial institutions because of declining valuations, leverage by financial institutions, and linkage between financial institutions, can cause everyone who has money invested, deposited or backed by these institutions to lose money, plunging the economy into depression or serious recession. (See Wikipedia, the Financial Crisis of 1873 where economic and financial over-expansion was ended, in part because of the collapse of a key financial firm, Jay Cooke and Company.) We have been spared a very serious financial crisis for many years because, as the result of the great depression, sound financial system regulatory policies were introduced. These policies and oversight have been increasingly dismantled since the Reagan presidency beginning in 1980, and set the stage for the current major financial crisis.
The United States was the center of the financial crisis (although certainly banks and other financial institutions in other countries and their national institutions that were supposed to regulate them share some of the blame). In the United States, many (not all) banks, other financial institutions such as insurance companies (especially AIG), mortgage companies, and investment bankers, made some very stupid decisions which put a lot of people at risk. The tangled web of this stupidity is too complex to unravel here, but...a few key illustrative examples!
Housing Prices Housing prices rose very rapidly in the 2000s. From an index value of 100 in 2000, national housing prices, as measured by the Case-Schiller index, rose to 189 in 2006. This dramatic rise, far outstripping the usual rate of increase in housing values, is why it was called a housing bubble early on by a few including Dean Baker of the Center for Economic and Policy Research and Nouriel Roubini, an NYU professor, and by everyone later on. Beginning in 2007 and accelerating greatly in 2008, the housing bubble burst. Housing values (as measured by the index) declined in value in 2008 to 132 (the last figure available when this was written). This means that if you bought an house in the United States for $189,000 in 2006 it had declined in value, on average, to $132,000 in 2008. Thus see the housing crisis in a nutshell. This is a decline of 30 percent. If the housing buyer had just put 10 percent down, s/he had lost money on the house and would be tempted to walk away from the house. The bank, or whoever held the mortgage (a very complicated tale, since mortgages are not held as single entities but bundled and held as mortgage-backed securities.5 As banks (see immediately below) and other financial institutions use other people's money (deposits in the case of banks) and only have in ballpark terms about 10 percent of their own capital at risk, a decline of 26 percent in housing values can easily eliminate both the homeowner's equity and the bank/financial institution's own capital.
Banks. Banks make profits from other people's money. A bank owes a lot of money to its depositors. It takes this money and lends it out. A bank's capital position--how much of its own money it has at risk--is about 10 percent of the money it has loaned out. (The ratio of owned money to owed money is called leverage.) Thus if the assets that a bank has declines by more than the percentage it has as capital, its capital will be eliminated, and it is at risk of being taken over by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Not only banks but other financial entities such as investment banks and hedge funds were also highly leveraged, with a similar unfortunate result when values of assets that they held began to decline sharply. To get an idea of how this has unfolded in the past, and is unfolding now, see Wikipedia, Bank Run, Financial Crisis, and Global Financial Crisis of 2008.
Credit default swaps and AIG. Credit default swaps are a very arcane financial instrument, something like insurance.6 If I buy insurance it says I pay a price to insure something like my house, and if something happens, according to the legal document of the insurance, I get reimbursed. The difference between credit default swaps and insurance is that you do not need to own the underlying asset in order to obtain a credit default swap. So you--or say a hedge fund--can just bet on the price of the asset--such as a mortgage-backed security--going down. AIG was actually stupid enough to write credit default swaps in a big way, and when the housing market went down substantially, it was immediately on the hook for hundreds of billions of dollars that it did not have. The US bailed out AIG, because if it did not, many banks and other financial institutions would have failed, as these financial institutions had 'guaranteed' themselves against loss by writing a credit default swap with AIG! The thinking in the US government was that a default by AIG on its myriad obligations would have provoked a major financial crisis and depression. The price tag was high--the US government has thus far 'lent' AIG $182 billion.7
We can thus see in a nutshell how the financial crisis came about. The current crisis proceeded similarly to others, first with its overvaluation of real estate and other assets, such as commodities and the stock market, and then, as the downturn began, the possibility of quite a number of key financial institutions failing from declines in these prices, when combined with financial firm leverage. The decline in real estate values wiped out or drastically reduced the equity of large numbers of new homeowners (and real estate companies), and then as the decline continued (and is continuing) wiped out or reduced drastically the equity of banks and other institutions that owed the mortgages and securities. Though institutions thought they were protected because they had obtained insurance on their liabilities, this was not so. AIG, to name the most egregious example that had written insurance on such declines, was not able to meet the volume of claims. and thus insurance could not play a large role in offsetting losses on mortgage-backed securities, Thus, banks and other financial institutions faced large losses with a key minority becoming nearly or actually insolvent. The US government including the Federal Reserve and the Treasury, which up to this point had followed a hands-off 'capitalism knows best' approach to financial and other markets, suddenly launched rescue efforts worth thousands of billions of dollars in an attempt to minimize the financial, and accompanying real economic, meltdown. This would have occurred, since financial firm failure would have created losses for all those who held financial assets such as short-term borrowing, lines of credit, bonds or stocks from those institutions, possibly in turn bringing down these institutions and individuals in a cascading chain. (Before the banking reforms of the 1930s, people who had money deposited in banks that failed, lost all or a significant fraction of their money. Though the reforms of the 1930s, such as the Federal Deposit Insurance Company, did reduce depositors' risk, the current financial crisis, if left to the FDIC alone to resolve, would have easily and rapidly overwhelmed the financial reserves of the FDIC.)
Impact of the financial crisis
A financial crisis typically leads to a depression or severe recession. Though we have not had a financial crisis for a while, that is what happens. It is useful to focus on Keynesian economics, developed as an attempt to explain the Great Depression, and how the United States and other countries might get out of it, which focuses on and explains the links between production/output and spending. (See Wikipedia "Keynesian Economics" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keynsian .) A Keynesian insight was how production was related to demand. Demand for goods in 2008/09 shrunk for several reasons including
Major impacts of the financial crisis and the resulting contraction in demand include the following.
Unemployment The unemployment rate (8.5 percent in March 2009 and rising) is the highest since the Federal Reserve under Paul Volker created a credit crunch to reduce stagflation in the early 1980s.8 With a more normal employment rate at something like 4.5 percent, 8.5 percent unemployment means that an additional 4 percent of the US workforce (and families) do not have a regular income and thus are much poorer.
Decline in housing values and, for many, losing one's house The decline in housing prices has meant that many people have lost all their equity in their house. They thus must consider if it is prudent for them to give up their ownership. Moreover, much housing ownership was financed through low percentage down payments (of the houses' value), and low initial interest rates (adjustable rate mortgages) which have subsequently risen. So this has caused additional hardship.
Increase in poverty In 2007, before the financial crisis/recession, one in eight Americans were poor, a very high level for a rich society. The recession will push an additional 7.5 to 10 million people into poverty, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities has estimated.15
Increase in hunger As mentioned above, in 2007, 36.2 million Americans, including 12.4 million children, either did not have enough food or feared that they wouldn't have enough at some point during the year. This number of food insecure people has certainly increased dramatically during 2008 and this year due to spikes in food prices and the recession. While the official statistics lag behind by 1-2 years, there is significant supporting evidence for a dramatic rise in hunger including the very large rise in unemployment, and the rise in TANF (Temporary Assistance to Needy Families) applicants and SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) applicants.
Setting aside or minimizing effective action to help poor people Perhaps ultimately the major impact of all will be is that once again what happens to ordinary people is once again far down the list on the political agenda of the United States. During the Bush years, poor people were ignored. The magic of the market, the genius of American capitalism, were extolled in order to 'unleash capitalism' to produce benefits for everyone. This proved to be to be, if perhaps technically not a lie, certainly a giant falsehood involving self-deception (that permitted giant profits and income for the corporate elite) and the deception of others on a grand scale. Now what is happening that a pro-poor Administration is expending vast sums of attention, money and political capital to bail out capitalist institutions. Trillions of dollars are being spent on this. AIG--one firm, extremely stupid or greedy--for example has received $182.5 billion.9 $182.5 billion dollars, given to the 36.2 million food insecure people, would be $5041, or at an extra $30 a week for groceries, would move most of these people from being food insecure for three years. We are highly unlikely to see a check for $5041 mailed to the food insecure to make them food secure!
The Republicans in Congress profess to be 'enraged' by the current large budget deficits, indicating that efforts to help lower income people such as improved health insurance, sick leave, and unemployment benefits will face a difficult path in Congress.10
Adding up the government's total bailout tab as of February 2, the government made commitments of $12.2 trillion and spent $2.5 trillion.11 In addition to bailout funds, there was a first fiscal stimulus package of $787 billion, with more to come.12 It is impossible to say what the final fiscal impact/cost will be for all of this for various reasons, but take as a low ballpark figure $3 trillion. There are approximately 40 million poor people in the United States according to Census Bureau estimates. As defined by the Office of Management and Budget and updated for inflation using the Consumer Price Index, for a family of three, $16,530. A $3,000 increase in income per person would move most people out of poverty. $3000 times 40,000,000 people equals $120 billion. So (a low estimate of) the bailout/stimulus package funds would fund 25 years of moving poor people out of poverty.13
The United States has first been enthralled by capitalism, and then ensnared by capitalism, leaving few resources for those who would most benefit from increased help.
This stinks.
2. Lori Montgomery, "Congress Approves Minimum Wage Hike," Washington Post, May 25, 2007.
3. United States Department of Health and Human Services, "Prior HHS Poverty Guidelines and Federal Register References," http://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/figures-fed-reg.shtml Accessed February 25, 2008.
4. Mark Nord, Margaret Andrews and Steven Carlson. "Household Food Security in the United States, 2007." Economic Research Report No. (ERR-66) 65 pp, November 2008. USDA. http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/ERR66/
5 See Wikipedia, "Mortgage-backed securities. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortgage_backed_securities The Case-Schiller index can be accessed from http://www2.standardandpoors.com/portal/site/sp/en/us/page.topic/indices_csmahp/0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,3,0,0,0,0,0.html or if this doesn't work do a Google search on Case-Schiller index.
6. See Wikipedia, Credit Default Swaps.
7. See Reuters "How AIG fell apart." September 18, 2008. http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSMAR85972720080918 .
8. See US Department of Labor, Department of Labor Statistics, "United States Unemployment Rate" http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/servlet/SurveyOutputServlet?data_tool=latest_numbers&series_id=LNS14000000
9. Hugh Son and Zachary R. Mider. "AIG results are said to exclude more bailout cash." Bloomberg News May 4, 2009 http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=anLdzOeVM_tc&refer=news .
10. Lori Montgomery. "Congress Approves Obama's $3.4 Trillion Spending Blueprint" Washington Post April 30, 2009 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/29/AR2009042901033.html .
11. New York Times "Adding Up the Government's Total Bailout Tab" February 4, 2009. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/02/04/business/20090205-bailout-totals-graphic.html
12. fxstreet.com. "Fiscal Stimulus Package in a Nutshell" February 15, 2009 http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/analysis-reports/daily-global-commentary/2009-02-15.html .
13. US Bureau of the Census, "Household Income Rises,
Poverty Rate Unchanged,
14. See US Bureau of the Census, "Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2007" p.12 table. http://www.census.gov/prod/2008pubs/p60-235.pdf .
15. Eric Eckholm. Rising unemployment could push an additional 7.5 million to 10.3 million United States residents below the federal poverty line in the next two or three years, study says New York Times November 24, 2008
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I ask because not so long ago, had I said a celebrity had been kicked out of rehab again and had to report back to jail, the first person you'd think I was talking about was Lindsay Lohan.
Why?— In and out of rehab, jail, fights, nightclub scuffles, odd pictures on the internet, and so on and so on and so on. That was her m-o for years. Now, when I mention those things more than likely I'm talking about Chris Brown.
I by no means mean to pile it on when it comes to Chris Brown, but here's the background, which reads like a Lohan bio.
The singer was kicked out of rehab just a few days ago for "undisclosed reasons." Gossip website TMZ, is reporting that he was having inappropriate relationships or relations with some of the women at the facility. This is his third time in jail. The first was when he was arrested for beating Rihanna in February 2009. Next was his arrest in DC last October. He spent the night behind bars. He has been in rehab twice. He voluntarily entered a day after his release from jail in DC. He was kicked out a week later for smashing his mom's car window with a rock during a family counseling session. The judge then revoked his probation in November and ordered Chris to enter anger management and drug rehab instead of jail. Now he's been kicked out and the judge has denied his request to be taken out of police custody and placed in another program.
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Metallica Post Soundcheck/Rehearsal Video of "Rapid Fire" and "Disposable Heroes" from Golden Gods Awards
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The folks over at Metallica TV (the band's YouTube page) just posted an official video recap of their 2013 Golden Gods experience. The fifth Annual Golden Gods Awards, which featured Metallica as the headliners, took place May 2 in Los Angeles.
The video, which you can check out below, shows the band soundchecking and rehearsing "Disposable Heroes" and "Rapid Fire," which the band performed with Rob Halford of Judas Priest.
Here's a mini-index of the video:
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) -- New England Patriots starting safety Patrick Chung is back on the injury report.
Chung has a knee problem and was among 13 players listed Friday as questionable for the Patriots' playoff game Saturday night against the Denver Broncos. He was limited in practice after participating fully Thursday.
Chung missed seven games because of a foot injury before returning Jan. 1 in a 49-21 win over Buffalo.
The Patriots had a bye last weekend. Questionable status means there is a 50-50 chance a player won't play although most listed that way by the Patriots have played.
The other 12 were wide receivers Wes Welker and Matthew Slater, offensive linemen Logan Mankins, Sebastian Vollmer, Dan Connolly and Marcus Cannon, cornerback Kyle Arrington, safety James Ihedigbo, and linebackers Rob Ninkovich, Brandon Spikes, Dane Fletcher and Tracy White.
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Readers are no doubt familiar with the nascent technology of telepresence that extends the reach of human perception to arbitrarily remote locations through the use of sensing devices at the target site, communication links, and transducers coupled to the human user's own sense organs or nervous system.
The model of remote experiencing through telepresence technology is echoed in one of the protocols used in remote viewing, dubbed "outbound remote viewing" at SRI (Schnabel, 1997), in which an "outbound" experimenter would go to some target site, and the viewer would try to describe the outbound experimenter's environment, as though through that person's eyes.
The concept of telepresence is also closely connected with teleportation, a subject recently reviewed by Eric Davis (2004) in a report to the Air Force Research Laboratory.
The proposal I make on this most audacious of the Open SETI pages, is that the principle of telepresence might be taken much, much farther--given sufficient time for an intelligent society to accomplish this--to the point that physical travel is supplanted by the ability to be present among natives of distant societies through means of consciousness transfer alone.
This idea is by no means mine alone. However, since the means of accomplishing this kind of telepresence would require several revolutions in our understanding of nature before they could even be guessed at, there is no discussion of it in any scientific or engineering literature. One must turn to some of the more excellent and provocative "science fiction", such as the Canopus in Argos: Archives series by Doris Lessing, describing the long travails of the Canopus empire with their colony on (easily recognized) Earth, in which due to certain mishaps physical contact is lost, but the link is retained through the process of incarnation here.
But what is the point of discussing a technology that is so beyond what we can understand that we resort to science fiction to describe it? Remember, Open SETI is concerned not with how we can travel the universe, but with how others might reveal their presence to us here and now. If that level of telepresence were to occur, and the target were here, in our very selves, we might detect signs of it in our most intimate space.
Here I would point the reader for once to the sphere of the religions, in which entities both great and small are said to reside in some manner in people acting as hosts. We resist considering this aspect of human experience when dealing with "scientific" issues such as SETI is supposed to be. But should we?
In this context I recommend the page Remember! by Malou Zeitlin, describing the day that our most advanced and secret scientists do achieve the kind of telepresence under discussion here, and the sense of deja vu experienced by one of them when she glimpses the awesome chain of telepresence within which we have just forged a new link.


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Pipeline supporters, opponents rally in Nebraska
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Dueling protesters tangled during a raucous hearing in Nebraska on Tuesday over a proposed Canadian oil pipeline that opponents say could harm U.S. drinking water — a claim that supporters say is unfounded and offered by fear-mongering environmental groups.
U.S. State Department officials received an earful from supporters and opponents of the 1,700-mile Keystone XL pipeline that would cross part of Nebraska's vast underground water supply as it moved tar sands oil from Alberta, Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. Adversaries booed, jeered and shouted encouragement to their allies at the federal hearing in downtown Lincoln.
Environmental groups fear the pipeline is being rushed toward federal approval and will eventually leak, fouling underground and surface water supplies, increasing air pollution around refineries, and disrupting wildlife habitats. They have criticized what they consider inadequate pipeline safety and emergency spill responses, and accused company officials of bullying some landowners with pressure tactics to get their land.
Calgary-based TransCanada, which would operate the pipeline, says the $7 billion project would meet strict environmental standards, including 57 conditions above those required by industry standards.
Dr. Amanda McKinney, a southeast Nebraska physician who stood at President Barack Obama's side in 2009 to tout his health care initiative in Washington, D.C., said the decision will reflect his administration's priorities.
"If this administration cares about the health of these people, then it must stop this pipeline," McKinney said. "We cannot afford to spill this toxic tar sands oil into our soil or groundwater."
The hearing marked the second day of hearings this week in the six states the pipeline route will cross. The debate has drawn the greatest attention in Nebraska, where the proposed route would cross part of the Ogallala Aquifer, which supplies drinking water to about 2 million people.
Many of the more than 200 speakers who signed up to share an opinion fell into one of two camps: Business and union representatives who say the project will create tens of thousands of jobs, pitted against environmentalists, landowners and others who said they were concerned about possible leaks.
McKinney said the jobs touted by pipeline supporters "would be better utilized building wind turbines and solar panels."
Industry officials said the fears are based on misleading information.
"We don't have the luxury of taking philosophical stances on visions of what things would be like if oil and gasoline weren't interwoven so tightly in our daily lives," said Mark Whitehead, president of the Nebraska Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association. "The fact is, petroleum has done more to improve our standard of living over the last century than any single innovation."
Robert Jones, the TransCanada vice president in charge of the Keystone XL pipeline project, said environmental fears about the project are unfounded.
Jones said pipeline technology improvements since 1970 have reduced the chance for leaks, and a direct hit from a backhoe would not puncture the pipe. He said the company voluntarily plans to treat the Sandhills region as a high-consequence area, similar to a heavily populated city and subject to more frequent safety checks.
The sides staged dueling rallies in front of the Pershing Center with signs, songs and a black, inflatable mock pipe that opponents hauled down the street.
Pipeline supporters in bright orange waved signs outside the Pershing Center that read, "Keystone Unlocks Good Jobs for Nebraska," and "Reason, Not Extremism." Opponents sported red Husker t-shirts with black arm bands and flashed "Protect the Sandhills" signs.
Some handed out shirts that said, "But Dad, our cows can't drink oil." Inside the arena, where signs were banned, one opponent used her speaking time to read a six-stanza poem: "Behold! A Pipeline Cometh!"
Pipeline opponent Dan Rudnick of Lincoln said he'd like to see state and federal action to at least reroute the pipeline around the Ogallala Aquifer.
Nebraska State Sen. Ken Haar urged officials to take more time to consider the project or reject it outright. Haar, an outspoken pipeline critic, drew a standing ovation after he spoke. When his time ended, pipeline supporters shouted, "Time's up!"
"With all due respect to this committee, I would say today that the national interest is being defined by the federal government and TransCanada, and that you don't give a damn about Nebraska," he said to loud whistles and applause.
Nebraska State Sen. Jim Smith, a pipeline supporter, said the proposed route is the safest, most efficient and most environmental of all pathways considered. As he finished, protesters shouted: "Shame on you!"
Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman has urged Obama and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to deny a federal permit for the pipeline, which would carry Canadian oil through part of the Ogallala Aquifer that also supplies drinking and irrigation water to South Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas. Heineman, a Republican, said he would support the pipeline project if TransCanada moved its route.
The State Department, which must approve the pipeline because it would cross the U.S.-Canada border, is expected to decide by the end of the year.
Despite reassurances, the project has become a flashpoint for environmental groups, who say the pipeline would bring "dirty oil" that requires huge amounts of energy to extract and could cause an ecological disaster in case of a spill. Opponents have urged Obama to block the project as a sign he is serious about reducing greenhouse gas emissions blamed for global warming.
Environmental activists, including actress Daryl Hannah and NASA scientist James Hansen, have been arrested in ongoing protests outside the White House during the past two weeks.
Supporters say the pipeline has received a vigorous three-year federal review that has uncovered no major concerns. They argue that the pipeline will create thousands of construction jobs and reduce the nation's dependence on Middle East oil.
"It's going to come from somewhere," said John Blasingame, who trains unionized pipe workers in Omaha. "Nobody's willing to give up their automobile. None of these people who are against the pipeline are willing to give up their automobile."
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It is time for truth and integrity from DA.
I am an attorney at law and have been one since December 1976, practicing in Oakhurst since 1979. Recently, my feelings and beliefs about my profession drastically changed when I read Bill Coate's series of articles in The Madera Tribune about Madera County District Attorney Michael Keitz' lawsuit against the county and the People of Madera.
Keitz' lawsuit is to prevent the county from releasing a document that has become known as the "Rowley Report" to the press and therefore to the people of our county. I think Michael Keitz needs to be reminded that he works for the people of Madera County.
Another story in the Nov. 29 Sierra Star said three lawsuits against the county and Keitz by former employees of the DA's office had been settled for $750,000. Those lawsuits alleged the former employees had been the subjects of retaliation, discrimination and harassment with Keitz's promotion to district attorney and his bid for election.
A quick review of Mr. Keitz' lawsuit against Madera County shocked me because of his audacity to sue the county and its taxpayers and keep secret the Rowley Report, which studied his conduct and management practices. The report cost the taxpayers $30,000, and has been hidden from the public eye for two years. What is Keitz hiding?
Furthermore, I am greatly troubled that Mr. Keitz' mismanagement of the Madera County District Attorney's Office has resulted in millions of dollars being paid to former employees to settle a number of lawsuits with thousands of dollars of county funds to defend Mr. Keitz. I feel this has resulted in the virtual destruction of what used to be one of the most professional, dedicated and effective district attorney offices in California and has resulted in a great miscarriage of justice imposed upon we the people.
What really offends me now is a nagging question: How dumb does he think we are?
As the district attorney, Keitz's name is listed on every criminal case filed in our county as the attorney for the people. He now chooses to prevent the same people that he supposedly represents from receiving important information about himself including his legal and management abilities. I must have been mistaken. I thought that the public is the people of Madera County and that we are the district attorney's clients.
Keitz clearly states, "I object to the releasing of the confidential and privileged Rowley Report to the public," in his crafty legal maneuvering to keep the report secret. Both Mr. Keitz and his attorney talk in terms of the irreparable harm, which will be done if the Rowley Report is released to the public. Meanwhile, prosecutions are down, crime is up, and our DA hasn't seen the inside of a courtroom since he was appointed to office.
In Keitz's lawsuit against the citizens of Madera County he states, "Irreparable harm will be done to privacy rights, as well as to the public trust, in the integrity of the attorney-client privilege if the Rowley Report is allowed to be released to the public. " We can only wonder -- Didn't he really mean to say irreparable harm will be done to his reputation, as well as to the public trust in him and the integrity of Michael Keitz and that of the district attorney's office?
How much more will the citizens of Madera County have to pay to protect the already soiled reputation of Michael R. Keitz, its district attorney?
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Considering this frameset. Has a top tube ding but otherwise damn nice. I can get it for about 490 bucks. Yea or nay?
Considering this frameset. Has a top tube ding but otherwise damn nice. I can get it for about 490 bucks. Yea or nay?
that thing doesn't look like it was ever even built up. is the dent from shipping?
very nice. my friend judah has one very similar. kiyos are great.
if you're living in Tokyo, keep hunting. Yeah, Kiyos are the shizzle, but that's not a little dent. I'd rather have an undented frame that's more modest.
Yeah thats kind of what i was thinking. I really like it. Maybe i should wait.Originally Posted by moki
Yeah, it was built up and also raced professionally. Crash ding.
I know nothing about frame restoring but I think it would be cool to weld a sleeve over that dent... It would just look like a regular top tube protector...
..Originally Posted by steppinthefunk
Originally Posted by steppinthefunk
Originally Posted by deathhare
^^^im no expert but that doesnt sound like such a terrible idea.... if you did it properly. it would just be a top tube protector on the 'roids
If you like the bike, get it. Top tube dents are an aesthetic concern, not a strength concern.
I was more or less talking bang for buck here. Not worried about it folding up. Just the price compared with condition.Originally Posted by sashae
Thanks for the opinions
I think it's a little overpriced. You can get a keirin frame here in the states for about the same price. Isn't there a stock of super cheap keirin frames in Japan, or am I imagining things?
I'd say keep looking, that's not all that cheap, I'd think you could do better in Japan at least. And the thing about those top tube dents is, as you mentioned, that bike was crashed. There very well might be more damage to the frame that you can't see.
Beneath the valley of the underdog..
Yeah there are many for much cheaper. Kiyos dont seem to come up that often though and i really dig em. Ive made my decision to pass on this one though..Originally Posted by BostonFixed
Im not worried about more damage considering the place id be getting it from. 100% reputable. Its not a private seller. Anyway...gonna pass though.Originally Posted by luckycat
I appreciate the opinions and suggestions from everyone. I may ask again about others in the future.
That was before the boom. They are sometimes more expensive now (I just got a letter from my friend in Japan this morning...he said that it's almost impossible to buy an NJS bike right now, as someone is snapping them up and the parts just as fast as they are advertised. For big bucks, too).Originally Posted by BostonFixed
無上甚深微妙法 .... 百千萬劫難遭遇..... 我今見聞得受持
There are like 10 or more on yahoo japan right now alone. Other places as well. The Kiyo above is at e-framebank. They have about 30 or more available. at similar or cheaper prices. Without dents.Originally Posted by Serendipper
Cool. He's in Kyoto. I'll let him know about e-framebank. (It's for him, not me).Originally Posted by deathhare
無上甚深微妙法 .... 百千萬劫難遭遇..... 我今見聞得受持
Bear in mind that its a one buy thing with them. Buy one from them and your bascially done. Cant go back and get more. They dont want the resellers scooping up all the stuff. Its a non-profit organization. You cant even look unless youre a member. They dont sell to non-japanese they say. < lameOriginally Posted by Serendipper
Check out this sex for 450 bucks. A bit small for me though.
*pawns everything--pack bags for Japan*
無上甚深微妙法 .... 百千萬劫難遭遇..... 我今見聞得受持
just out of curiosity for the NJS ignorant... what would one expect that Kiyo to go for undented?
before posting, a "noob" should always ask themselves "could this have been answered by first visiting Sheldon Brown
oh my... i... it...
$600-800.00 for used undented Kiyo.
無上甚深微妙法 .... 百千萬劫難遭遇..... 我今見聞得受持
Uh...buh.....buh........Originally Posted by deathhare
Originally Posted by Shiznaz
I'd take that kiyo over the pretty, yet inferior, samson anyday.
look at the fork crown lugs, pantographing, and clean paint. the samson has chrome, sure, but it also has plug-ins in the rear triangle and "common" fork crown.
kiyo = less common
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Today Square-Enix released a few screenshots giving future PS3 users a taste of what to expect from the UI in FFXIV. For those of you familliar with the clunky macro and menu systems in FFXI, this looks like a pure godsend in accessibility. For a game that will allow for cross-platform play, the controls must be comparable to the PC version in order to keep pace. Click each picture in the gallery for a greater description.
Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn is set for simultaneous release in 2013 for PC and PS3.
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Fed Sticks to Stimulus Plan, Warns Growth Hampered by Budget Cuts
The Fed is sticking with its bond-buying plan to push down borrowing costs and prop up the economy, citing risks to growth from recent budget tightening in Washington.
The Fed is sticking with its bond-buying plan to push down borrowing costs and prop up the economy, citing risks to growth from recent budget tightening in Washington.
The Federal Reserve is widely expected Wednesday to stick with its aggressive efforts to strengthen a still-subpar economy.
In January, U.S. incomes dropped, but spending rose as consumers dug into savings to help cover rising utility costs and the increased price of gasoline.
Facing criticism from Republican lawmakers, Chairman Ben Bernanke stood behind the Federal Reserve's low-interest-rate policies Wednesday and sought to reassure Congress that the central bank has a handle on the risks. Bond purchases are needed to help boost a still-weak economy, Bernanke said.
The Federal Reserve's low interest-rate policies are giving key support to an economy still burdened by high unemployment, Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress on Tuesday. Bernanke signaled that the Fed's efforts to keep borrowing costs low -- buying treasuries and mortgage bonds -- will continue.
The Federal Reserve says it will keep spending $45 billion a month to sustain an aggressive drive to keep long-term interest rates low, with the express purpose of hitting the accelerator on economic growth until unemployment drops below 6.5 percent.
A unlimited bond-buying plan from the European Central Bank continued to buoy financial markets on Friday while worse-than-expected U.S. jobs data lifted expectations that the Federal Reserve will back another monetary stimulus.
When a Federal Reserve committee meets Tuesday to consider the federal interest rate, it will likely revise its glum outlook into something brighter. But will it also acknowledge the U.S.'s growing inflation problem?
The U.S. services sector is growing strong, providing additional evidence that the U.S. economy is recovering and might not need more stimulus funding.
The Federal Reserve is doling out billions to buy bonds in hopes of keeping interest rates low and stimulating the economy. However, several powerful forces are working against that low-rate strategy, ranging from investor psychology to global competition for capital.
Silver prices touched a 30-year high Monday as investors sought the safety of precious metals.


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New Findings Show Treating Gum Disease Can Lower Pharmacy Costs For People With Diabetes
HARRISBURG, Pa., Nov. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- New findings from an oral health study conducted earlier this year by United Concordia Dental and Highmark Inc. show pharmacy costs can average $1,477 lower per year for diabetics who have gum disease and receive at least seven treatments or visits to treat the disease. To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, please click: http://www.multivu.com/mnr/58161-highmark-united-concordia-dental-gum-disease-pharmacy-costs-diabetes(Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121114/MM11652 ) "We previously reported that periodontal treatment for individuals with diabetes was associated with a significant decrease in hospitalizations and doctor visits, delivering annual savings of $1,814 in medical care per patient per year, independent of age and sex," said lead researcher Marjorie Jeffcoat, D.M.D., professor and dean emeritus of the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine. "We are excited to now know that continued periodontal therapy decreases outpatient drug costs." Earlier this year, the nation's sixth largest dental insurer unveiled significant findings related to annual medical savings, hospitalizations and doctor visits from its landmark study of 1.7 million patients. Dr. Jeffcoat used the same group of patients, who have both United Concordia dental and Highmark medical coverage, to conduct the pharmacy cost savings analysis. "United Concordia's oral health study – the largest of its kind – delivers a strong message: annual heath care savings of more than $3,200 are possible, when you combine the medical and pharmacy savings for individuals with diabetes who are treated for gum disease and have at least seven visits as part of their therapy," said James Bramson, D.D.S., chief dental officer, United Concordia Dental. "Clearly, these findings help broaden the argument for why it makes sense for employers to invest in robust chronic-disease specific oral health programs. We are currently working with medical carriers and wellness companies to integrate the oral health component into employers' benefit and wellness programs." The diabetes findings represent the first in a series of conclusions suggesting how appropriate dental treatment and maintenance can help predict lower medical expenses for various chronic medical conditions. Similar methodologies will be employed to examine cost impact of treating periodontal disease in individuals who experienced pre-term births, heart disease and stroke. "This study and its findings are consistent with an emerging body of evidence associating gingivitis, type 2 diabetes and vascular disease," said Dr. Anthony J. Cannon, endocrinologist; regional board president of the Greater Philadelphia, Central Pennsylvania and Southern New Jersey regions of the American Diabetes Association (ADA); and member of the National African American Initiative Committee of the ADA. "This research clearly shows individuals with diabetes can benefit in the form of reduced medical and drug costs and fewer hospitalizations and doctor visits by managing their oral health." To learn more about the UCWellness program and the connection between diabetes and oral health, visit www.UnitedConcordia.com.
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My GOTY for 2012KalebKJC | Dec. 10, 2012 | Review of Borderlands 2 NA post - PC
Borderlands 2 wastes no time dropping you in to the wasteland known as Pandora and I can say that after 36 hours of playing the game, I'm far from being finished with it. I'm currently on my second playthrough and it's just as good the second time around.
It could've been greatKalebKJC | Dec. 10, 2012 | Review of Homefront - PC
In my time with the game, (about 2 1-2 hours) I find myself looking for a reason to push forward in the campaign. The story seems to lack the emotional punch that it tries to hit the player with. Couple that with the fact that the multiplayer is all but dead and have I say this is a skip. If the multiplayer were active, I would say go for it, but it's a buy at your own risk game now.
A fun, hectic shooterKalebKJC | Dec. 7, 2012 | Review of Beat Hazard - PC
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The bill, sponsored by Sen. John Patrick, a Democrat from Rumford, would regulate police agencies' acquisition and operation of drones, and would require a warrant for using them for surveillance.
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) _ A legislative committee is taking up a bill to regulate the use of drones by law-enforcement agencies in Maine.
The Judiciary Committee held a hearing Tuesday on the bill, which is sponsored by Democratic Sen. John Patrick of Rumford.
Patrick's bill regulates police agencies' acquisition and operation of the unmanned aerial vehicles. It would require a warrant in most cases before police could use drones for surveillance.
In describing the emergence of the eyes in the sky, Patrick told the committee that Big Brother is no longer the stuff of science fiction.
The American Civil Liberties Union's Maine chapter supports Patrick's bill. The ACLU says several other state legislatures are considering bills to limit drone use, and Virginia has passed a law imposing a two-year moratorium on drone use.


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I made a bamboo shrimp profile, however I need a pic. I cannot get a good one that shows the true color of a happy/healthy shrimp as I have a really old camera.
So If anyone has a few nice pics please post them here (if you will allow me to use them for the profile) as I would rather use a members photo rather than try to find one online that does not have a copywrite.
Great pic!!! So I can use it??
Any chance you have a shot of the stripe down their back?
nice i keep these shrimps too =)
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Indeed, as NewsOne has previously reported, while there has been some progress, African Americans are still being hit hard by socioeconomic disparities. According to the National Urban League's 2013 "State Of Black America" address, in 1963, Black unemployment was at 10 percent; currently, it stands at 12.6 percent. Further, African Americans only make 90 cents on the dollar compared to White Americans in the private sector. Unfortunately, that number dropped to 88 cents per dollar in the public sector.
During the '60s, the report says, there were five Black graduates for every one graduate. Today, 85 percent of African Americans finish high school today, compared with 25 percent in 1963. Since that year, the percentage of Blacks living in poverty has gone from 48 to 28 percent in 2013. Children of color have also benefited, with only 38 percent at the poverty line, compared with 57 percent in 1963.
Civil rights organizations and elected officials across the nation are working hard to develop plans to help put a dent in the Black unemployment rate. In Chicago, for example, the Chicago Urban League, announced a partnership with the Coca-Cola Foundation to prepare residents to enter the workforce and advance their careers last month. Coca-Cola presented the Urban League with a $50,000 grant to support its comprehensive "Success Strategies" program.
The 10-day training workshop equips individuals with skills to conduct job searches that ultimately lead to employment, according to a news release. The workshop helps participants create portfolios that include: cover letters, personal statements; mission statements; resumes, reference lists, and career assessments. After obtaining a job, individuals then move on to work with employment and job retention specialists.
"We are committed to training and developing the talent that is right here in our community to meet the needs of today's workforce," Andrea L. Zopp, president and CEO of the Chicago Urban League, said in the news release. "Our Workforce Development Department works strategically and persistently to help people navigate how to find a job and overcome obstacles that may impede on their success."
To be sure, much more needs to be done to see a marked reduction in the Black unemployment rate.
"It's abysmal," Grado said of the Black youth and adult unemployment rates. "Much more needs to be done. We need to help the middle class and move part-time workers in to full-time jobs. We need to focus on employing people in the private sector. We need to create an economic environment that allows people to start their own businesses without burdensome regulations. We need to do all of this sooner rather than later. We are loosing a whole generation of workers."
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Across the private courtyard is a separate garden pavilion with sitting area for relaxing. As an owner you will enjoy a variety of special privileges with the Banyan Tree hotel, including special pricing in our 9 restaurants, the Banyan Tree Spa, the Elements gallery.
Property of this pedigree is virtually impossible to find anywhere else in Mexico. Add to this the legendary service and Asian hospitality of Banyan Tree and you will find there is no comparable ownership opportunity available.
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KJ's Hollywood Dirt for 4/16/2014
by KJ
posted Apr 16 2014 11:29AM
Miley Cyrus Was Hospitalized Due to An Allergic Reaction
MILEY CYRUS was hospitalized yesterday in Kansas City due to a severe allergic reaction to some kind of medication. She had to cancel a gig at the city's Sprint Center because of it.
I'm sure your first thought was that it was some kind of non-prescription "medication". But remember, Miley had to cancel a show due to the flu last week, and a source says she's been battling major throat and sinus issues.
She seems okay though. Last night she Tweeted a picture of herself in her hospital bed with a toy octopus, whose name is apparently "Mr. Octopussy".
Paul Walker's Brothers Are Going to Help Finish His Scenes in "Fast & Furious 7"
When PAUL WALKER died in November, he hadn't finished all his work on "Fast & Furious 7". And now the producers have a plan to complete the movie . . . they hired his younger BROTHERS to stand in for him.
Their names are Caleb and Cody Walker, and a Facebook post on the "Fast & Furious" page says, quote, "We have resumed shooting . . . and Caleb and Cody are helping us complete some remaining action for their brother and fill in small gaps left in production.
"Having them on set has made us all feel that Paul is with us too." The movie is scheduled to come out next April.
Last month, we heard that they were going to use CGI to superimpose Paul's face over body doubles. It's not clear if they'll do that to Caleb and Cody.
If they do, though, don't you think it would be weird for them to watch the movie and see their dead brother's face on THEIR bodies?
Stephen Colbert Will Be on "Letterman", and CBS Says Chelsea Handler Is Not Taking Over for Craig Ferguson
Next Tuesday, STEPHEN COLBERT will be a guest on "The Late Show with David Letterman" . . . the show he's taking over sometime next year. Obviously, they'll probably talk about Dave's impending retirement.
By the way, CHELSEA HANDLER posted a photo, of herself holding some papers with the CBS logo on them, and mentioned something about a "business meeting". That made people think she was in talks to take over for CRAIG FERGUSON after his contract is up this summer.
But a spokesperson for CBS says, quote, "There are no discussions with Chelsea Handler regarding the network's 12:30 late night broadcast. Her meeting with CBS yesterday was a general meeting with our syndication [division]."
The Final Season of "Glee" Will Be Set Years Into the Future
"Glee" creator Ryan Murphy says the show will jump forward in time for its sixth and final season, which will begin this fall. But he didn't say how FAR into the future.
He also says it will directly involve only a handful of core characters, although, quote, "Anybody who wants to come back can come back."
And he adds, quote, "Everything sort of builds to a head [in the current season's finale]. I would say explosion is too harsh of a word, but something big happens and then the final season is the aftermath of that."
Rosie O'Donnell Says Lindsay Lohan's New Reality Show Is a "Tragedy on Every Level"
ROSIE O'DONNELL is NOT a fan of LINDSAY LOHAN'S new reality show on OPRAH WINFREY'S network.
In a series of Tweets, she said, quote, "The Lindsay show is a tragedy . . . on every level. I hope one day she gets sober for real and watches these episodes, and sees what we all do."
She also added, quote, "So, a chat with Oprah can cure addiction and mental illness? . . . I'm saddened by [Lindsay's] level of illness, and the way we consume her truth as entertainment.
"[It] reminds me too much of WHITNEY [HOUSTON]. Tragic."
The series finale of Lindsay's eight-part show airs this weekend.
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We have a fairly new shed in which we keep one of those green plasticky garden chests for storage. This afternoon whilst searching for something in this chest I found a lounger cover that had been usefully used quite obviously by a mouse to supply nice comfy foam nesting material. No sign of the mouse or nest was seen . To my knowledge the shed and chest have not been left open at any time so how on earth has this happened?
have you looked for a hole in the box(rats can chew anything as mice) or has it sneaked in while it was open.
I couldn't find any holes, hope there are none in our shed. finger of suspicion is now pointed at other half for possibly leaving the door ajar,He insists that mice can get through very small holes! I have found a dead one in a bucket full of rain water so I know they are about. I will have to encourage the local cat population to visit.
that's the best cure,our local cat who use to catch the rats has moved ,so I hope they don't come back.
Daydaisy........your OH is correct........what looks like a tiny gap to you is a gateway for a mouse Use traps .........killer ones or humane..........up to you.
I wouldn't encourage the local cats tho..........they MIGHT take the mice but they will also take other wildlife and be detrimental to your garden overall........
not in our garden, we have everything and plenty of cover for small birds and rats are really a lot worse especially when they decide they might move in with you!
Flowering Rose.........each to their own I suppose
Your local council will (or should ) help you deal with a Rat problem but as far as I know, they aren't into dealing with the cat problem.