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In 2002, April was designated as Minority Health Month to increase awareness about health disparities that exist for people of color. Even though April 2014 Minority Health Month is now past, we must continue to address health disparities head on every month of the year. Health disparities exist when certain segments of the population have higher rates of preventable diseases and mortality. Many populations are affected by disparities, including racial and ethnic minorities, residents of rural areas, women, children, the elderly, and persons with disabilities. In a recent report to the MN legislature on health equity, the MN Department of Health stated that although Minnesota is deemed one of the healthiest states, African Americans and American Indians in the state have continued to experience higher rates of preventable disease as well as reduced life expectancy. Continue Reading →
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U of M study: Race matters most in determining who breathes bad air
The Twin Cities earn yet another racial disparities distinction
By Isaac Peterson
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In April, researchers at the University of Minnesota released a study showing that people of color in the U.S. typically breathe air that is 38 percent more polluted compared to their White counterparts. The study concluded that race and income are major contributing factors in how much polluted air is breathed, but that race matters more than income. Using satellite observations, data from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and maps of land uses, the research team was able to compare the geographic data with Census figures to determine socioeconomic disparities in air pollution exposure. The study was national in scope and provided information on air pollution on a nationwide basis, broken down to show comparisons between urban and rural areas as well by city, county, and state. The pollutant the study tracked was nitrogen dioxide (NO2), one of the main pollutants targeted by the EPA, which considers it one of the most significant threats to air quality. Continue Reading →
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The Washington mascot solution is simple: Change the name!
No U.S. professional team since 1963 has established new mascots or nicknames that use racial stereotypes. Yet the Washington pro football team, which played here last week, continues its offensive nickname and logo. Current team owner Dan Snyder, when asked last May, told USA Today that he will "never" change the team nickname. His refusal, as well as virtually ignoring a new resolution by the District of Columbia City Council urging the team to change its name, as well as a U.S. House bill introduced that would amend the 1946 Trademark Act, banning the term and canceling all trademark registrations of the current nickname, is downright disappointing and insulting. We condemn Mr. Snyder's stubbornness, greediness or both along with his argument against changing a name that originated and maintained for over eight decades, since 1932, "a legacy of racism" by the team's late founder George Preston Marshall in. Continue Reading →
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Washington nickname must go sooner or later — preferably sooner
Almost 30 times I heard it. Literally hundreds of times I saw it. No one apparently got the memo, especially the stadium public address announcer, who said it with gusto. Many proudly wore it like a badge of honor. I'm referring to the Washington NFL football team's longstanding racist nickname and equally racist logo — the "R" word. Continue Reading →
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Washington football team should drop the "R" word
Marc H. Morial
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"At a moment when President Obama and Republican leaders remain deeply divided, this week saw them come to a bipartisan agreement on one thing: It is time for Washington's NFL team to stop using a racial slur and to finally change its name" — Oneida Indian Nation radio ad. This past Sunday, as Dallas and Washington revived their annual NFL football rivalry, they also found themselves in the middle of an escalating fight over the name of the Washington football team. In fact, as part of its "Change the Mascot" campaign; the Oneida Indian Nation is running radio ads in Dallas and the other cities where the Washington football team is playing this year calling for DC's team to drop the "R" word from its name. This is all part of a larger movement among civil rights organizations and political leaders from both the left and right who correctly point out that the term "Redskins" is a racial slur. Suzan Shown Harjo, a Native American woman who lives in Washington and directs the Morning Star Institute, has been leading this fight and others like it since the 1960s. Continue Reading →
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No candidates of color for Mpls Park Board elections
MPRB commissioners make 'huge decisions' affecting Black youth
By Charles Hallman
Staff Writer
All nine Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB)commissioner seats are up for election this fall. The group regularly makes fiduciary and other key decisions about the city parks, community centers, and other recreation activities. Although the candidate filing deadline is still over a month away, at this point it appears there will be no Blacks vying for the positions for the first time since 2009. "If we knew [someone], we would support them," said local AARP President Charles Mays. Asked why more city Blacks aren't showing as much interest in the Park Board elections as in the mayoral and city council elections, Mays suggested, "I don't think they realize how important a position on the Park Board is."
Blacks are more concerned about education and not so much about parks, believes Mary Merrill Anderson, a former MPRB commissioner. Continue Reading →
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A skeptical take on the Boston tragedy
The tragic bombing that occurred at the Boston Marathon cannot be looked at in only black and white terms. Conspiracy theorists and political hacks are having a heyday with this. I am content with saying I don't know what exactly happened or why the bombing took place. History tells me that when one is dealing with the U.S. government and the free marketers, who place profit and power before people, almost anything is possible. But the bombing does raise some questions and some eyebrows! Like some other folks, the announcement that the authorities were looking for a "dark-skinned" suspect made me go, "Uh-oh." It was a curious description considering that the suspects are really Caucasians. Continue Reading →
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New research exposes Detroit's pre-Underground Railroad history
The beleaguered city's slavery past suggests much about its potential future
By Charles Hallman
Staff Writer
Detroit historically has been known as a key stop in the Underground Railroad, visited by Blacks escaping from slavery in the South. However, a University of Michigan professor's current research reveals that by no means were all of the slaves in Detroit passing through to freedom, even when slavery there was illegal. "Slaves in Detroit were not as interesting [to historians] as slaves in the South," said University of Michigan Professor Tiya Miles at the 19th annual David Noble Lecture April 9 at the University of Minnesota's Weisman Art Museum. The city originally was founded in 1701 as a fort first owned by the French; then it was acquired by the English until the time that it became a part of the U.S. Northwest Territories. "It [was] intended to be a settlement, not just a military trading post," explained Miles, who began researching Detroit's history three years ago. Continue Reading →
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No wonder East African students say they don't feel safe at school
We humans have been blaming and scapegoating the most vulnerable minority group among us for thousands of years: It's an age-old tradition. I recently overheard a man say, "Yeah, the West Bank area in Minneapolis used to be a nice neighborhood, but then the East Africans moved in."
Well, now he knows how Native Americans felt when the White man moved into Dakota Territory and ruined their neighborhoods. At least the newly arrived East Africans have come in peace and not forced us off the land and given us some desolate, windblown reservation in South Dakota to live on. When the police showed up at South High School to break up the "food fight," students in the lunch room said the police only went after the East African students. The East African students took the full brunt of the police response. Continue Reading →
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Obama linking Selma to Stonewall divides Black community
President Barack Obama's inaugural address was the most inclusive speech a president has ever given. It was delivered on the 27th anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, and the president honored King's legacy when he eloquently spoke of how the many U.S. liberation movements, both current and historic, are interconnected. "We, the people, declare today that the most evident of truths — that all of us are created equal — is the star that guides us still; just as it guided our forebears through Seneca Falls, and Selma, and Stonewall."
As an African American lesbian, whose identity is linked to all three movements, I felt affirmed. I applaud the president's courageous pronouncement. Some African Americans, however, felt "dissed" by the president's speech. Continue Reading →


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So that's how it works, huh?
Somebody selects an extreme natural event (e.g., tornado, hurricane, earthquake, etc.), says "God caused it" (which true or not is an easy sell, God being omnipotent), then says "I believe God did it because of [insert whatever the speaker wants to demonize]" and then talk about it as if it is really true, that God did this thing for that stated reason.
That is what this guy does. He basically says "God destroyed Joplin with a tornado, I believe, because He hates abortion." How come he doesn't attribute it to homosexuality?
I don't think people understand the mind of God. Claiming they do takes a whole lotta chutzpah because it means they are putting themselves on the same intellectual plane as God (could that be deemed delusional?). So why do so many religious people feel they can glibly claim to know what God is thinking or why He does things?
And even THAT assumes that the tornado, earthquake or whatever was not just a random event playing out in nature, but in fact was an intentional act by God.
I mean, where do these people GET this stuff???!!!??
Let's assume, just for a second, that the Joplin tornado was not just nature playing out its meteorological processes, but instead was an intentional act by God.
This guy says it was because of abortion. But isn't it just as legitimate to suggest that God caused the Joplin tornado because He's ticked off over genetically modified crops and animals? After all, that is humans messing with his creations, right? Or maybe God did it because he wants people to love their neighbors as themselves, and yet clearly they are not following that incredibly important commandment?
@DickG.: That's the great part about blaming God: You can use that for just about anything.
SusanC, You certainly are right about that.
People are so adept at blaming God for things when it fits their purposes, or at showing how the bible (i.e., God) supports their position on whatever they want it (Him) to, things like slavery, male dominance over women, and a host of other things.
However, let's be fair about this. The Devil gets blamed sometimes, too. You do remember Geraldine Jones, right? Flip Wilson's outlandishly cross-dressed alter ego?
So it isn't just God who gets blamed. Flip explains it here...
It's such convoluted thinking, and egotistical too, I guess, sort of like DickG says. "I don't like ____, so therefore GOD doesn't like ____, so therefore God punished innocent people to show how angry and powerful God is. And by the way, even if you agree with what *I* think God thinks, and you got hurt and lost your child / mate / parent, too bad."

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Hi can anyone tell me how to save my trailing begonias, I have tried the past few years without success, seems a shame to let them die.
Jazzy, your begonias will have corms. As soon as the first frost blackens the stems, remove them from the compost and remove the stems from the corms (round slightly flat bulbs). Let them dry thoroughly and dust off any soil, then wrap them in newspaper and store them in a paper bag or carton box in a dry, cool place. Check them occasionally and remove any soft/rotting ones. Late March or April pot them up again and put them outside after the last frost, usually mid May.
I found this method to be the best way to dig and store them. Very informative.
Thanks for the link Mattbeer87
Don't grow many begonias...only the "bonfire" type. Much as already said but I also make sure the corms are hollow side down. I'm going to try polystyrene granules this time ...have some from packaging.....tucking the corms well inside. ( I also wish them sweet dreams But no bedtime stories )
I save ny begonias every year
This week I have put them under cover in the compost. I let it dry out completely. as the begonias wilt the stem s will break off near the corms.
When this has happened then clear them(corms) of as much compost as possible and either wrap them in newspaper or do what I do which is put a layer of newspaper in a cardboard box, then the corms then cover with more newspaper,(making sure they are not touching)
Then store in a frost free place (garage). Every now and again check the corms and discard any that are soft.
You will find the corms get bigger by the year and the display from the trailing ones gets better and better.
2 year old corms
Now,,that's the way to grow em Matty..
Thanks -
thing is my fountain basket collapsed (old age) since photo was taken.
I'm new this year to growing begonias (from tiny plugs) so I may have left this too late. .
Here's a photo of one of them which I dug up after my begonias succumbed to the frost to see if a corm had formed. (That is a corm, isn't it?)
The top growth has clearly started to rot after standing out in the rain, frost and then rain again. I have 80 -100 of these in tubs doing the same.
My questions are:
I put two containers in the greenhouse before the frost and the plants in those are 'dying down gracefully' - some still have blooms. I'm wondering how best save all the others outside whose foliage has (only just) started to rot.
Take off all that rotting foliage. (remove all foliage if possible
Dig them up (may be a little late)
Put the corms in a dry place on newspaper or something absorbant, not touching
Frost free - shed or garage if possible
When dry wrap in newsapaper in a cardboard box if you have one until March/April
When you should see little pinky buds put in shallow compost trays and when roots form plant them up but do not put outside until frosts have finished
You do need to check them evry now and again and then dispose of any that are squidgy
You will find that the foliage stems should snap off near to the corm
Mine have been up for some time and I hope it is not too late (mind you it has been mild)
Good luck
Thanks so much Matty. I'll get out to my containers next opportunity now I know what's needed.


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Wednesday Morning Reads: Guns, Jeb and health care
TALLAHASSEE -- Good morning and happy Wednesday.
Here are the stories we're reading this morning.
* The Orlando Sentinel looks at Gov. Rick Scott's Medicaid numbers and how economists have told him he was wrong.
* The recovering economy is starting to yield employee raises in some areas of South Florida, the Sun-Sentinel writes.
* Members of the Florida congressional delegation announced yesterday that they were reviving the Everglades Caucus, the Tampa Bay Times writes.
* The Wall Street Journal writes that in the GOP, all eyes are on former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.
* The Palm Beach Post writes that local officials are still hoping for a reversal of a law that fines local government officials for enacting local gun control ordinances.


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|How you think about money can have lead to poor financial planning and investments.
5 Personality Traits That Lose You Money
MainStreet) -- Financial advisers are looking more at "behavioral finance" -- how people's thinking affects their money management. Successful saving and investing often comes down to having the right approach. But the right moves to make, on paper, often don't translate into the actual steps we take. Emotions and personality traits can help or hinder investing and financial planning.BOSTON (
"It is incredibly important, especially if you are a financial adviser, because so much of our industry looks at the really obvious things like age and income and demographics," says Katie Libbe, vice president of consumer insights for Allianz Life Insurance Co. of North America, of understanding the role habits and personality play. "However, there can be a big difference between a 60-year-old that has a pension but maybe was petty frugal versus a 60-year-old that may have gotten there via day trading and things like that. For financial advisers, it is really important for them to know the differences between emotional traits, values and things that aren't so easy to discover by just looking at a fact sheet on your client." An Allianz study, Reclaiming the Future, included research into how financial personalities affect retirement planning. That effort included a nationwide survey of 3,257 U.S. residents ages 44 to 75. The report describes this group as "pragmatic and grounded," and their portfolios show that. "They are financially independent, they are comfortable taking risks and they are confident that their income will last throughout their lives," it says. "They tend to have large, diversified portfolios and, therefore, few financial concerns." Another grouping with positive traits were dubbed "savvy." They were described as "financially sophisticated," confident and "in the know about most financial concepts." They typically had the highest level of investible assets among the respondents, with large, diversified portfolios and the lowest level of debt. As a result, they were also the best prepared for retirement. Even positive traits can have a potential downside, though. In 2004, Merrill Lynch commissioned a study of investing personalities and investment mistakes.
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Don't let invasive biofuel crops attack your country, warn top scientists
Bonn, Germany, May 20, 2008 (IUCN/GISP) – Countries should avoid planting crops for biofuels that stand a high risk of becoming invasive species, according to a report released today. …
20 May 2008 | International news release
Therapy for Medicinal Plants
A "Saving Plants that Save Lives and Livelihoods" initiative is demonstrating how implementation of international standards can ensure the sustainability of medicinal plant supplies. …
19 May 2008 | International news release
IUCN Red List 2008 for birds: Climate change and continental drift
Bonn, Germany, 19 May, 2008 (BirdLife/IUCN) – Climate change has become firmly established as an accelerant to many of the factors which have put one in eight of the world's birds at risk of extinction, today's publication of the 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species äassessment for birds has found. …
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Bangkok market a hub for illegal international trade in freshwater turtles and tortoises
Thailand is a major hub for the international trade in illegal freshwater turtles and tortoises, finds a new report, Pet freshwater turtle and tortoise trade in Chatuchak Market, Bangkok, Thailand, launched today by TRAFFIC, the wildlife monitoring network, a joint programme of WWF and IUCN. …
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Biodiversity loss – it will make you sick
A new generation of antibiotics, new treatments for thinning bone disease and kidney failure, and new cancer treatments may all stand to be lost unless the world acts to reverse the present alarming rate of biodiversity loss a new landmark book says. …
23 Apr 2008 | International news release
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La Fundación Reuters y la Unión Internacional para la Conservación de la Naturaleza (UICN) anuncian la nueva convocatoria de Premios 2008 a los Medios de Comunicación por la excelencia en la información sobre medio ambiente. … | English | French
15 Apr 2008 | International news release
Conserving biodiversity is a business opportunity, say IUCN and Shell
The business case for conserving nature is strong and getting stronger, according to a new report published today by IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) and Shell International Limited. …
27 Mar 2008 | International news release
Barcelona acoge el debate mundial para avanzar hacia un mundo diverso y sostenible
La colaboración entre las administraciones españolas y catalanas con la UICN hace posible la organización del Congreso Mundial de la Naturaleza
El Congreso Mundial de la Naturaleza acogerá más de 8.000 destacadas personalidades del medio ambiente y desarrollo sostenible … | English
26 Mar 2008 | International news release
Indigenous peoples play key role in coping with climate change – IUCN
Indigenous peoples around the world will bear the brunt of climate change – but they are also armed with the traditional knowledge to survive its effects. … | French
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The seeds have sprouted! Well, the broccoli seeds at least. The kale and chives have yet to poke their little heads out of my newspaper pots. They were seeds from last season so I am hoping they have not gone bad. Doesn't it just seem too quick for seeds to "go bad" after one season?… Read more »


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The Obama administration says it's granting a six-week extension until March 31 for Americans to sign up for coverage next year and avoid new tax penalties under the president's health care overhaul law.
Monday's move had been expected since White House spokesman Jay Carney promised quick action last week to resolve a "disconnect" in the implementation of the law. Technical problems continue to trouble the website that's supposed to be the main enrollment vehicle for people who don't get health care at work.
Under the new policy, people who sign up by the end of open enrollment season won't face a penalty.
Previously you had to sign up by the middle of February, so your coverage would take effect March 1.
The extension is for 2014 only.
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Prep roundup: Huntley swimmers finish 7th at sectional
ST. CHARLES – After a second-place finish in the Fox Valley Conference Invitational last week, the Huntley boys swimming team had high hopes of qualifying swimmers at Saturday's St. Charles North Sectional for the state meet next week.
The Red Raiders instead took seventh in the meet, which was won by St. Charles East (276), scoring 74 points. They did not advance any swimmers to next week's state meet.
"Last week, they absolutely killed it," coach George Keenan said. "They were great. Today, they fell a little short and that was because I brought the (practice) yardage down too low.
"They swam hard. This was my first year coaching boys and I think I tapered them too low and I didn't keep the yardage up enough and I think they just missed it. We had a few best times and few just misses."
Junior Bryan Haage turned in the best performances of the day for Huntley.
Haage finished fourth in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 48.22 and fell only 21 hundredths of second short of the state qualifying time of 48.01. Haage set a school record in the event previously set by his brother, Matt.
"I'm not that disappointed," Haage said about not advancing to the state meet . "I've got next next year to look forward to."
Haage also took sixth place in the 100 backstroke, completing the race in 55.51 seconds.
Although the 200 medley relay team of Ben Cazel, John Cazel, Ryan Czarnecki and Haage shaved a half second off its first-place conference finish, their time of 1:40.47 put them sixth in the sectional and short of the 1:38.27 mark needed to go to state.
State bowling: At The Cherry Bowl in Rockford, Karissa Gonio of Dundee-Crown finished in 36th place on Day 2 of the state finals. Gonio bowled a two-day total of 2,469, and fell six spots from her 30th-place spot Friday.
She averaged 205.8 for the weekend, and bowled a game-high of 237 on Day 2. Gonio was the only local bowler to advance the state finals this year, and the first in D-C history.
Woodstock 63, Grayslake North 52: At Woodstock, the Blue Streaks won for the second straight day in Fox Valley Conference Fox Division play. Woodstock displayed a balanced offense with six players scoring seven or more points. Nick Kubiak led the team with 13 points, and Marcus Ammirati added 11.
Genoa-Kingston 47, Harvard 43: At Genoa, the Hornets lost in Big Northern Conference East Division play. Harvard led 33-28 heading into the fourth quarter but were outscored 19-10 the rest of the way. Justin Nolen led the Hornets with 20 points and Fernando Carrera added nine.
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May 3, 2016
His family's been farming land for more than 150 years, and produce grower Carroll Hopkins says he's seen his share of freezes.
He says his eggplants will be the first to go and his tomatoes won't be far behind.
Carroll Hopkins says, "Nothing you can do with 20 or 30 acres. If you had a small green house you could cover it up, so you can't help it at all."
Growers say the determining factor on how devastating the frost will be on crops like tomatoes is how long temperatures stay below freezing
Nathan Branch, a buyer, says, "Everyone in this area that has produce, they're picking it today, storing it as much as they can, trying to save it before it freezes tonight, because if it freezes tonight, it's all over with, we're through."
The bright side is that growers say crops such as greens and cabbage will thrive if temperatures dip below freezing.
Hopkins adds, "Take it like it comes and keep on going."
It's just the type of optimistic resolve that will help local farmers make it through these cold nights.
Growers say it will only take a few hours of freezing temperatures to kill crops such as tomatoes, eggplants and peppers.
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4-6-05 – State investigators say all three suspects in the March 25th murder of a Hugo man are in custody. Gary Dean Coleman turned himself over to authorities in Hugo Wednesday morning.
He is charged with first degree murder for the death of Charles Bennett.
Bennett was shot on the front porch of a home in the 700 block of West Sterrett Street.
Two other suspects have also been arrested and charged with the crime. Coleman's 17-year-old brother, Gary Fullbright turned himself in last Saturday evening and 21-year-old Warren Coleman was arrested shortly after the shooting.
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I am 28 weeks pregnant with my first child and am starting to experience awful pain in my hands and knees? Is this normal? Thanks.
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even if others answer that they have experienced the same issues, I would definitely check with your doctor as soon as you can. It could be pregnancy induced carpel tunnel in your wrists/hands, but I haven't heard of carpel tunnel hurting the knees. I would definitely get it checked out to make sure its not a more serious problem, or just something you get to deal with. good luck!posted 02/13/2010 by nbuchholtz
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text: G. Ken Holman wrote: > But then you need a different keyword other than sch:include ... > perhaps sch:merge ... but I don't think you can arbitrarily change > the semantics of sch:include now that it has been out and implemented > for a while. > > I know that my existing and deployed sch:include stylesheets would > stop working. > Why would they stop working? There would be no change to existing valid documents. And you would not need to change your code list methodology unless or until it was prudent to take advantage of the new features. (Or it is a good thing if schemas that the implementation does not understand fail, on the grounds that you don't want false positives?) >> I think this is the neatest way to cover what many people are >> requesting. >> > > I guess I missed seeing what people are requesting. Can you cite > some examples? > Well you for one! The request has been for a better inclusion mechanism, with the specific problem with the current include being that it only allows one branch to be included, whereas people have multiple branches they want, for example multiple patterns or multiple assertions. (The problem is that IDs only allow single elements to be located, and that XPointer's range functionality is fundamentally broken because it does not correspond to a WF document.) We discussed here whether an include or an import mechanism was needed, and IIRC correctly people did not get too excited by an import mechanism (at least a top-level one.) I am very keen to see what people think about this merge functionality and whether it would address the problem they have with the current include. And, of course, the option of having an element called <merge> (even though otiose) is not crazy, if that is what people prefer. (I saw another standard use <merge> for its inclusions recently, sorry, no reference, so I don't think my proposal is unique.) (The other change I am proposing that would break if a new schema ran on an old processor is the sch:pattern/@documents attribute. I think it would be an acceptable cost.) >> The same mechanism also should >> work at any level of merge, not just top-level. (Actually, I will have >> to get rid of any position dependencies >> in the skeleton in order to make top-level merges with namespaces and >> phases work.) >> > > Can any proposed functionality be implemented in different modules > than the modules put forward as "reference implementations"? > I will remove the "reference" comment when I move this one out from beta status, and I think it is clear that the merge functionality is experimental. Cheers Rick Jelliffe


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The lawn took a real battering over winter. There were diggers and dumpers beetling around the garden in all directions and trenches everywhere. Have to say, the kids absolutely loved it. Of course Claire wasn't quite so enamoured. The entire back garden, which she has spent the past 10 years nurturing, was reduced to a quagmire by the end of February. It looked like the gala opening of a mud factory.
There was nothing else for it, though. There was a cracked drainpipe to replace, a high-voltage power cable and insulated heating pipe runs to bury and then, just when we thought we'd knocked it all back into a presentable shape, we realised we'd forgotten about the BT cable. That was a heartbreaker. We looked at it all ways, but it had to go under the spongiest turf in the shade of the ash tree where the kids liked to play badminton in bare feet. At least we managed to avoid the clumps of bluebells.
Fortunately, grass is resilient stuff. The entire farm is pretty much a big automatic grass-growing machine. My favourite field, the S-shaped one that leads to the railway line, is designated permanent pasture, meaning it has never been ploughed. It's grass for evermore – and I have to say the place looks spectacular in the flush of spring growth.
Even the back garden has bounced back to life. It seems to be doing a good job reseeding itself, but I've been busy with a favourite new grass seed catalogue this week. Have to say, it has sidetracked me. I'm replanting the spongy bit of lawn that got trashed with camomile. A camomile badminton court. Why not?


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Could I be pregnant and know so soon?
I am diabetic and have been taking cerazette for the past year, i missed a pill on Sunday. My partner and I have sex a lot and today I am feeling sick, crampy, exhausted, emotional and not like myself at all. Is there any chance I could be pregnant, and know so soon?
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Marty Jannetty wants induction
Even though he routinely bashes WWE for becoming a more kid friendly product, Marty Jannetty has been campaigning through social media for a hall of fame induction. A solo induction is unlikely to happen as his run was not all that memorable as a singles performer. His best chance of getting the honor would be if management decided to honor Shawn Michaels again by inducting the Rockers.
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" A bona fide summer delight loaded with action, humor, nostalgia, a veritable blizzard of pop-culture references and general good vibes. "
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" Toy Story 3 succeeds not because of its glossy and gleaming high-tech pixels, but rather because it is so well-written that you could tell it with low-tech hand puppets and still thrill and reach an audience of children and adults both. "
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Packers Get Jobbed in Seattle
Let's be honest. This isn't sour grapes — the Green Bay Packers got completely screwed by the pretend officials in a 14-12 loss to the Seattle Seahawks Monday night.
Let's recount this officiating fiasco.
The winning touchdown was scored on an interception by M.D. Jennings on the Seahawks' last-second hail mary. How is that possible? Well, several players went up for the football, Jennings caught it and brought it into his body. Meanwhile, Seattle receiver Golden Tate got his hands (or hand) on it while Jennings was going to the ground. The players fought for it on the ground. One official came in and ruled touchdown, while another was waving his arms to stop the clock for a touchback.
After review, the officials upheld the play.
Not that it matters, but both guys calling the game and the ex-official in the booth all said interception. That's not to mention that Tate also blatantly shoved Sam Shields in the back, pushing him out of the play, prior to going up for the ball.
That's not all, either.
The Seahawks received two gifts from the officials prior to that.
On a 2nd-and-28, Shields got called for pass interference on a deep route by Sidney Rice, even though he was looking for the ball and made a great play to knock it away. On the replay (and during live action, for that matter), you could clearly see it was offensive interference. Rice blatantly tried to hold Shields down while he was going up for the ball.
And how about the phantom roughing-the-passer call on Erik Walden? On the play, Walden was pursuing Russell Wilson and dove at him while the ball was still in his hands. Walden's natural momentum carried him into Wilson, while the ball was picked by Jerron McMillian on a tip.
Had the Packers kept that interception, they could have cemented the game. Instead, Seattle gets a gift first down.
Should it have come down to this?
No. No one will suggest the Packers offense played well on Monday night.
Aaron Rodgers didn't produce a touchdown on the evening. His offensive line gave up an atrocious eight sacks, even though they typically only faced four rushers. What's going on here? Well, an idiotic game plan, at least in the first half.
Despite his swiss cheese offensive line, Mike McCarthy refused to run the ball in the first half. Instead, he decided to pass on every down and his quarterback nearly got killed, since Seattle obviously knew what was coming every time the Packers offense lined up.
When that buffoon decided the change things up and hand the ball to Cedric Benson in the second half, the Packers actually sustained some drives and put up some points. Benson wasn't great (17 for 45 and a touch), but that's at last partially because of the offensive line's complete and utter refusal to block anyone.
These assholes should be tarred and feathered behind the woodshed for their performance Monday night.
What is clear, however, is the Packers offense is much more effective when they actually run the ball. When will McCarthy understand that?
We're still waiting to find out.
The good news, if there is any, is the Packers defense continued their solid start. They gave up a meager 238 yards on the night, even though they only produced one sack and no picks (except the one that was negated by that idiotic penalty call).
Unfortunately, the Packers offense only produced 268 yards.
That's not enough to overcome a complete rape job by the officials.
So what do we really think about the game?
Fuck you NFL. Fuck you NFL owners. Fuck you Roger Goodell. Fuck you and your fake fucking officials and this fucking charade you're trying to pawn off as NFL football.
This is a colossal failure.
Monty McMahon is one of the founders of Total Packers. He is probably the most famous graduate of UW-Oshkosh next to Jim Gantner.
Funny. They take out the "real" refs and suddenly the Packers don't look like the same team as last year. Coincidence? No. That's karma right there. Sweet, sweet karma.
We should be playing better and not of had to rely on a play at the end of the game. The call was completely wrong. ESPN will cash in on this story!
As a Viking fan this was atrocious at best. You should not win a game by throwing a pick on the last play. Phanton P.I. on Shields and roughing on Walden. There was a phantom P.I. that kept the Pack touchdown drive going though. All in all, Pack got robbed.
The fucking call at the end what and is complete and total horseshit! It was clearly Jenning's ball and an interception. It was robbery that Tate was not called for TWO offensive interference calls, one for pushing off on Sam Shield and another for pass interference for trying to punch the ball out when Jennings clearly had the ball from the air to the ground an brought into his chest! End of story, but wait no it's not because the referee standing two feet away calls it a touchdown and then the other scab referee calls it a touchdown even though it would be clear to a 2 year old who had the ball. The Packers were out and out robbed and someone should be held accountable for it!!!! What is Goodell's hold up on bringing back the REAL and experienced referees? This is completely asinine and ludicrous! What do us fans have to do to get the message out loud and clear that this is not working and is NOT the answer! I'd rather have no football than shitty calls for every game that could lead to injuries!!
Unreal. I agree they made it tough with their play in the first half but the refs blew 5 calls at the end. The roughing the passer the negated a pick. The PI that should have been offensive PI. The PI on the TD. The pick that apparently never was. Then to call it wrong off the replay again! I can't take watching this garbage week after week. I know I'm only one person in the grand scheme of things. I knows one "vote" means jack shit but fuck them. I'm not watching this garbage till they fix this shit. Fuck off Goodell/owners.
Addendum: 1) the pass int. on Shields was also an illegal hands to the face on Rice; 2) The Seahawks first TD drive was kept alive by an awful no call on a hold of Matthews in which he was tackled on his way to a sack or QB hit.
3( The no call when Jennings was laid out when he was running out was just as egregious as the (no-) calls.
There's not even any need to bring any of those calls up. The defense allowed one touchdown, our offense outscored theirs. M.D. Jennings gained control of the hail mary, maintained it all the way to the ground, and the refs got the call absolutely wrong.
Everything else was a wash. Jennings picked that ball, we won that game, shit calls and all. And some shitdick lingerie football washouts got the call wrong.
And the NFL has a giant turd laid right on its fucking face.
I wouldn't trust these "refs" to sell me shoes. It's a sad day for an awesome sport. I just hope this shit brings everyone to the table to get this damn coaching thing fixed. Remember when one blatant bad call a week was normal? Now, not only is there a HUGE bad call in almost EVERY game, but there were TWO game-changing calls on that LAST drive. Here is the number to call though:
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I am just shocked. You would think that the NATIONAL FUCKING FOOTBALL LEAGUE would not stand for this. The fact that there were numerous questionable calls that would change the outcome of the game BEFORE the interception/touchdown is bad, but then the last call… Wow. Let me just say I never wanted to punch anyone in the face more then that ref who was standing right over the play and called it a touchdown.
billion dollar industry and we cant get the obvious ones right? the least goodell can do is make penalties challengable until we get qualified refs. P.I. should be completely blatent to everyone in the stadium…. like the brandon tate push off for instance. and since when does aaron forget how to throw the ball away. penis.
It is official Roger Goodell hates the NFL. He is an effete dandy who I think is nothing more than a closeted Anglophile Soccer fan. He is a Manchurian Candidate Commissioner bent on destroying the most American of sports. What a fucking dick. This would be bullshit no matter which team got hosed. Yes, even you Viking fans. Fuck You Goodell!!
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As I'm reading this NFL rule, the team (Packers) cannot submit a protest to encourage a review process to occur. A review must occur only by the Commissioner electing to do the review on his own accord. If the Packers do submit a complaint, the outcome of the game cannot be overturned. Let's hope we get the outcome overturned. Goodell has the power to do that according to league rules. Wow, he really is a dictator then.
GB got their shit pushed in for 58 minutes. 8 sacks in a half. They had plenty of chances to get things done…and they didn't. They're streaky. The D looked better than the O for the first time in the Rodgers era.
If McCarthy truly was able to process an original thought, especially after the ravens/pats game he would have thought 'hey, let's blow em out because relying on the refs is a bad idea.' But he didn't.
Clay matthews posting Goddel's phone number on facebook is truly beyond classless and hopefully he will have to cool his roided out jets for a week or two on a suspension. Maybe he can take that time to learn cursive so he can sign the $100k fine check himself.
The Packers have no control over their players, allowing them to run wild on twitter like that.
But hey, maybe the 'fan/owners' can get the S.E.C. involved since they have a financial interest in their team.
"The Packers have no control over their players, allowing them to run wild on twitter like that."
Oh my, the inhumanity!…not twitter free speech!! What kind of loser reads a website dedicated to a team he/she clearly does not support?!?? A fucking retarded loser. Get a life dude…Packers fans could give a shit if you cease to exist tomorrow.
Your last statement sums it up perfectly, the NFL is no longer a legitimate sport with these fake refs. Personally I am done with the NFL until they put out true professional refs who can at least semi competently call a game. The entire week 3 was a travesty with this last game a shit topping on a giant shit cake. The NFL will no longer get my money or my time if the game stays the way it is.
any one hear or read the quote from the Detroit Red Wings exec? Something to the tune that the owners are the ranch owners and the players, and all other personnel are the cattle that THEY LET FEED ON THEIR RANCH. Cost the Wings 250 large, but it is the absolute truth and applies to the NFL owners too. They are "aggressive" businessmen who want as much of YOUR money as they can get their hands on. Why should they give any more of their money to real referees, when scabs can do it for alot less? They have no concern for player safety – it just sounds good, plus they have a financial investment. And they sure as hell don't care who wins, as long as they have more of YOUR money. Thank God Green Bay doesn't have one, but we are in the league and at the mercy of the other owners. Who, by the way, don't care about you either, unless your name is Benjamin and your face is on a bill.
Nothing more can be said about the joke that was the officiating last night. And it wasn't just in the last three minutes of the game; it was the entire night.
As for the Packers play – the first half was about the most atrocious half of offensive football I have seen from this team in at least 4 years. Aaron was off target and holding the ball way too long, the offensive line was pathetic and MM refused to call running plays.
However, I give MM credit for making adjustments at halftime. He came out in the second half with a much better game plan and ultimately those adjustments should have won us this game. Now, could they have come sooner? Absolutely. But, we were only down 7-0 at half.
Of course, the reason for the small half time deficit was the continued strong play from the defense. They had an extremely impressive evening. Sam Shields had the best game he has had since the Packers Super Bowl run (if not ever.) Obviously, he got robbed twice in the end (terrible PI call and then huge push off against him by Tate.) Still, his performance was encouraging.
Also, the Packers run defense did a fairly good job against a dangerous Seattle run game.
So, I know this site has loved to bash MM in the past but as I did in 2010 and will continue to do now, I give him some credit. He made the necessary adjustments and it should have led his team to victory.
He also made a DAMN good challenge on that spot at the 1 when ESPN showed NOT ONE helpful replay for the coaches in the booth to use.
Great post, Ryan. Best one on here.
There is actually a lot of positives to take away from that 2nd half. That was a playoff contender in their house, and the Packers completely dominated them in the 2nd half. The only score Seattle had in the 2nd half was an INT by the Pack.
The Packers' secondary played brilliantly all game, except for two plays, and the run defense really stiffened in the 2nd half.
Jerron McMillian and Craig Hayward. Obvious and immediate improvements to our defense. Nice to have 2010 Sam Shields back.
Hey, the offense even showed up for 3 drives in the 2nd half. Mostly thanks to the return of the MVP and Benson.
MM admitted after the game that he waited too long to make adjustments. No one is perfect, but it takes a man to admit his mistakes. Like a lot of people, I too was going crazy over the refusal to run the ball in the 1st half, but really, it is tough to run the ball when it is 2nd and 20. That seemed to happen an awful lot.
$385 x2 to der Commissar, $50 parking, $7.00 for a "Seattle Dog" $8.75 for a fucking shit beer seeing the Pack live for my daughters first NFL game priceless. Should have heard the stadium after M.D caught that jumper quiet until the ref's overturned it then the shit talk started if I hear "discount dbl checked that ass" one more time…..
Damn. Already used – 2007 Browns – Josh.Cribs. kick return….
"Right-Arm-aggedon"….. ?
"Water-Tate"…. ?
Fuck, fuck and fuck. This is one hangover that no fistfuls of ibuprofen will cure. I came thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis close to hurling my remote thru the tv screen. And it was even closer than that. My dad had to restrain me. And we can't boycott Goodell's product because we're too fucking addicted. It's like complaining that your crack dealer has bad stuff.
I am sooooo glad I prefer great matchups to blind devotion. Phantom calls? Did I read "phantom calls?" What about the "No calls?" I ask because I saw an abundance of both for both teams last night. The Pack wouldn't even be in it if it wasn't for a boon on their one scoring drive. That's what we have right now, we have it on both sides, across the league & it's application is a scenario that coaches deal with & move on. Loyal fans everywhere want to complain when the other team gets a favorable foul yet conveniently ignore their own team's transgressions. The Pack deserved to lose cause they didn't handle business. The Seahawks? A rookie QB? 12-7 late in the 4th?
It's easy to blame the refs. It is sour grapes.
In the Packers go ahead drive, the phantom pass interfernce against Seatle kept the drive alive. What short memories GB fans have,
If Jennings bats the ball away instead of coming down with it GAME OVER. Says something about coaching.
Defender and receiver both holding the ball before possession established goes to the offense. It is not an interception. The ref signalling it a TD got it right.
Live with it girls.
Dom Capers is an inept idiot who only keeps his job because of 3 bright spots like so many pieces of corn in a runny turd (matthews, raji, and woodson). What kind of idiot does not advise his players in a 5 on 1 end of game hail mary to PUNCH the ball? Jennings is a selfish paper thug, trying to pad his stats for his thugs watching at home. Maybe his braids are too tight but 11 times out of 10 you punch the ball in that situation.
They were the most undiciplined, uneducated defense last year (worst ever pass defense) so how can anyone be that surprised today?
I wonder if there's even one cholesterol-laden idiot packer fan between Sheboygan and Seattle cognizant enough to take off his pissy colored glasses for 2 seconds and think about how Rodgers has single handedly carried their team in 20 of their last 22 games and maybe call for Capers head. JFC
You are a total moron. Last year the defense was awful. This year, they've been quite good. This has nothing to do with Capers. Holding a team to 7 points (or even 14) is a good night.
There is no reason to be calling for Capers head right now.
And frankly, I think he made the right play there. I don't think knocking the ball down would have worked as there were people everywhere. It would have been almost impossible to knock it down. It probably would have been knocked into a Seattle receivers hands and been a real touchdown.
Joint possession hinges on the ball to the chest, if both players have the ball to their chest it's joint possession, if only one it's not. You could make a case that it was an incomplete pass, never a touchdown. If that's a TD it sets a terrible precedent.
Also Cry Me A River, thanks for informing me that Russel Wilson plays Defence! In case you didn't see last year, plenty of good teams lost to rookie QBs. There's this guy named Cam Newton perhaps you've heard of him. Or maybe Andy Dalton? T.J. Yates? QB isn't everything, it's a team sport.
Thats what I saw too. Three bad calls in a row that led to the so called TD.
I also don't understand McCart. First week I thougt this gonna be a troublesome season . Then in week 2 suddenly there was a defense and..a running game .Week 3 no running game 1fst half and things went bad again.
Rodgers looks like he lost it . Hope it will come back soon.
Mr. Lynn Fuckin' Dickey,
I have heard of Cam Newton! He's the guy who looked prolific, went 6-10 with wins over Jaguars, Redskins, Buccaneers (2x), Colts & Texans! Now I'll concede the Texans were strong but these other "choices" you make reference too belies your Cam Newton statement. Rookie QB's can look good, so can M. Vick (on occasion)! But against a prolific team, hmm? Not quite sure how you made the Wilson/Defense correlation so i'll leave that alone. May I ask one thing of you Mr. Dickey? What was your stance in last year's playoff game GB vs. NY when Rodgers threw an interception that was overturned due to (pro?) referee phantom-call ineptitude? It benefitted the Pack & I'm speculating you remained quiet on the subject or later decried Packer injustice after the mashing. I love fan blog posts, the opinions are heavily biased, the assessments amusing, interesting & impassioned! Overall Pack, your a great bunch of fans (except your excessive waste of time bashing Vikings fans, STOP! You sound like Vikings except your team is no longer in the perennial doormat category thanks to your "hated" hero Favre (& Holmgren), who broke the 25 year drought & created an atmosphere of competitive spirit)!


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This Chapter Discusses:
* When It's Due
* Where It's Due
* How It's Due
* Partial Payments
* Increasing Rent
* Charging Late Fees
* Charging NSF Fees
Who doesn't want to get paid, right? After all, this is why you're a landlord. Those of you that have a great deal of experience in property management have probably already learned that if you are not careful from the get-go in defining when, where and how your rent should be received, then you may be in for a rude awakening when you come across a tenant who decides to set his or her own terms because you failed to lay down the law. If you are a relatively new landlord or are just getting your feet wet for the very first time, you should pay extra careful attention to the advice in this chapter (and all others, for that matter) to ensure you have an ironclad arrangement with your tenant for your own protection.
When It's Due
In every state of the Union, you have the right to specify exactly when the rent is due. Whether it's on the first day of the month, last day of the month or any day (or days) in between, this is your call. Talk with your new tenant and see what will work out for both of you. It's not uncommon to have rent due around an odd pay schedule or a public assistance payment (this is actually required in some places such as Hawaii). The important thing is just to make sure it's clearly spelled out in your lease agreement. You will hear repeatedly in this American Landlord Law volume that handshakes and casual agreements must be avoided.
Failing to give an actual day could lead to serious problems and, believe it or not, there are plenty of landlords that take a lackadaisical approach and find themselves short a month or two (there have even been stories of more than six months amazing, but disappointingly true). In addition, there are a number of states that will dictate for you when rental payments are due if it is not specified in your lease. You certainly don't want to find yourself stuck in that position.
Where It's Due
Specifying when the rent is due isn't enough; you also need to instruct the tenant (in writing) where the rent must be paid. Again, if you do not specify where the tenant must pay the rent, then many states will dictate that for you often at the property itself, and it may not be convenient for you to drive all the way over there just to pick up a rent check every month.
If you have a management office onsite, great! If not, then do not specify your home address. This was a topic touched on in the American Landlord volume. It stated that you should never lead a tenant to your home for reasons that are too many to mention.
If you do not have a commercial location for doing business, then set up a private mailbox (known as a PMB) at any shipping center such as a UPS store or get an official mailbox at your local post office. This is an absolute necessity for any individual landlord for accepting rental payments, as well as any official correspondence that should take place between you and your tenant (e.g., repair requests, notices and complaints).
How It's Due
Believe it or not, you can actually dictate the manner of payment you are willing to accept. This could be Visa, MasterCard, personal check, money order, cashier's check or even cold hard cash (however, under no circumstance should you accept cash!). Obviously, the more difficult you make the manner of payment, the smaller the tenant litter becomes. While this book does not necessarily advocate opening your door to credit cards (which can easily be disputed and reversed by the tenant known as a chargeback), it is suggested that you accept personal checks, but stipulate that if the personal check should be returned by the tenant's bank on more than two separate occasions, money orders and cashier's checks will only be accepted from that point on. If you do not add in this stipulation from the beginning, in the original lease, you may find it difficult to change this later if you do have a problem with repeated bounced checks.
Partial Payments
Undoubtedly, there will come a time when a tenant cannot pay the full rent amount and offers to pay part of the rent in hopes of catching up on the rest at a later date. Only you can decide if you are comfortable with this idea keeping in mind how long you have known the tenant, if the tenant has been communicating with you openly about why he or she can't make the full payment, or if the tenant recently changed his or her jobs which adjusted his or her pay dates. If you decide to accept a partial rent payment, make sure you set a firm payment schedule and put it in writing to protect your rights to evict should the tenant never catch up. Do NOT allow the tenant to leave it at "I'll pay you when I can."
A simply worded statement indicating how much he or she has paid toward that month's rent, when the remaining rent must be paid by and what late fee (if you decide to charge one or not) will be needed to be paid by what date(s), signed by all parties will maintain your business relationship with your tenant.
Increasing Rent
Can you charge more for your rental? Sure, it's just a matter of when. If you had your tenant sign a lease (and you better have in order to protect yourself!), then that lease will dictate when you can adjust the rent. The lease can actually give you the authority to increase the rent after giving the tenant adequate notice, but if the lease does not give you this specific right, then you must wait until the lease has expired.
Of course, when it's time to renew the lease, you should give the tenant adequate notice that the new lease will include an increase of rent. If the tenancy is less than a year, such as month-to-month, then state laws generally dictate that you can increase the rent at any time as long as you give notice equal to the term of the tenancy. So, for example, with a month-to-month arrangement, you would need to give 30 days' notice. Of course, there are exceptions to this some states require less time for notice while others require more. A chart outlining each state's requirement has been provided on the following pages ...
Rent Increase Notice Requirements
Alabama No statute
Alaska 30 days
Arizona 30 days
Arkansas No statute
California 30 days unless all increases in last 12 months total greater than 10% of the lowest amount of rent during those 12 months, then 60 days
Colorado 10 days
Connecticut No statute
Delaware 60 days
District of Columbia No statute
Florida No statute
Georgia No statute
Hawaii 45 days
Idaho 15 days
Illinois 30 days
Indiana 30 days unless lease gives different time frame
Iowa 30 days
Kansas No statute
Kentucky 30 days
Louisiana No statute
Maine 45 days
Maryland 1 month
Massachusetts 30 days or time frame between rental payments, whichever longer
Michigan No statute
Minnesota No statute
Mississippi No statute
Missouri No statute
Montana 15 days
Nebraska No statute
Nevada 45 days
New Hampshire 30 days
New Jersey 1 month
New Mexico 30 days before rent due date
New York No statute
North Carolina No statute
North Dakota 30 days
Ohio No statute
Oklahoma No statute
Oregon No statute
Pennsylvania No statute
Rhode Island 30 days
South Carolina No statute
South Dakota 1 month
Tennessee No statute
Texas No statute
Utah No statute
Vermont 30 days
Virginia No statute
Washington 30 days
West Virginia No statute
Wisconsin No statute
Wyoming No statute
The amount of any rent increase, as well as the number of times you can increase rent, is generally not regulated by the states (with the exception of property governed by rent control laws). Your common sense should guide you here. Obviously, you don't want to anger your tenants and have them move out or go beyond what the local market is dictating and risk not having any good applicants.
Charging Late Fees
The purpose of a late fee is to give your tenants more of an incentive to pay you on time without having to always serve notice to pay or quit (more on the steps of eviction in Chapters 12 and 13) when someone simply forgets to send the rent on time, while still compensating you for the additional effort needed to collect the rent.
There are only 15 states that regulate late fees in some way, so chances are good that you are free to charge a late fee of what and when you like. However, excessively high late fees can be considered usurious, and thus illegal, in some states that don't have late fee statutes so don't try to make a killing off of late fees. In general, to protect yourself, a late fee should be charged when the rent is at least 3 days late and should be no more than 5% of the rent payment that is late. A chart covering the requirements of those 15 states that do regulate late fees specifically in statutes is listed on the next three pages.
Late Fees
Alabama No statute
Alaska No statute
Arizona Late fees must be reasonable and indicated in the lease agreement
Arkansas No statute
California Late fees must be close to the landlord's actual losses and indicated in the lease agreement as follows: "Because landlord and tenant agree that actual damages for late rent payments are very difficult or impossible to determine, landlord and tenant agree to the following stated late charge as liquidated damages"
Colorado No statute
Connecticut Late fees can be charged when rent is 9 days late
Delaware Late fees cannot be more than 5% of the rent amount due and can be charged when the rent is more than 5 days late. If the landlord does not have an office within the rental property's county, the tenant has an additional 3 days before late fees can be charged
District of Columbia No statute
Florida No statute
Georgia No statute
Hawaii No statute
Idaho No statute
Illinois No statute
Indiana No statute
Iowa Late fees cannot be more than $10 a day with a maximum of $40 a month allowed
Kansas No statute
Kentucky No statute
Louisiana No statute
Maine Late fees cannot be more than 4% of the rent amount due for a 30-day period and must be indicated in writing to the tenant at the start of the tenancy. Late fees can be charged when rent is 15 days late
Maryland Late fees cannot be more than 5% of the rent amount due
Massachusetts Late fees can be charged when rent is 30 days late
Michigan No statute
Minnesota No statute
Mississippi No statute
Missouri No staute
Montana No statute
Nebraska No statute
Nevada Late fees must be indicated in the lease agreement
New Hampshire No statute
New Jersey Late fees can be charged when rent is 5 days late
New Mexico Late fees cannot be more than 10% of the rent amount due per rental period. Tenant must be notified of the late fee charged by the end of the next rental period
New York No statute
North Carolina Late fees cannot be more than 5% of the rent amount due or $15, whichever is greater, and can be charged when rent is 5 days late
North Dakota No statute
Ohio No statute
Oklahoma No statute
Oregon Late fees cannot be more than a reasonable amount charged by others in the same market if a flat fee is utilized; if a daily charge is utilized, it cannot be more than 6% of the reasonable flat fee with a maximum of 5% of the rent amount due per rental period allowed; late fees can be charged when rent is 4 days late and must be indicated in the lease agreement
Pennsylvania No statute
Rhode Island No statute
South Carolina No statute
South Dakota No statute
Tennessee Late fees can be charged when rent is 5 days late and cannot be more than 10% of the late amount; however, if the fifth day is a weekend or holiday and the tenant pays the rent amount due on the following business day, a late fee cannot be charged
Texas Late fees must be reasonable and close to the landlord's actual losses. Late fees must be indicated in the lease agreement and can be charged when the rent is 2 days late. Late fees can include an initial fee as well as a daily fee for each day the rent is late thereafter
Utah No statute
Vermont No statute
Virginia No statute
Washington No statute
West Virginia No statute
Wisconsin No statute
Wyoming No statute
Charging NSF Fees
Like late fees, the purpose behind charging an NSF "non-sufficient funds" or bounced check fee is to compensate you for the fees charged by your bank for the returned check, as well as the additional time and resources needed to collect the rent. The amount you can charge for a bounced check is regulated in every state, and the following chart lists each state's limit ...
Returned Check Fees
Alabama $30 - Check writer is also responsible for all other costs of collection
Alaska $30
Arizona $25
Arkansas $25
California $25
Colorado $20 - Check writer is also responsible for all other costs of collection
Connecticut $20 - Check writer is also responsible for all other costs of collection
Delaware $40
District of Columbia $25
Florida Checks from (1) $0.01-$50.00 = $25.00 fee, (2) $50.01-$300.00 = $30.00 fee, (3) $300.01 and over = the greater of $40.00 fee or 5% of the face amount of the check. Check writer is also responsible for all other costs of collection
Georgia $30 or 5% of the face amount of the check, whichever is greater
Hawaii $30 - Check writer is also responsible for all other costs of collection
Idaho $20 - Check writer is also responsible for all other costs of collection
Illinois $25 - Check writer is also responsible for all other costs of collection
Indiana $20 - Check writer is also responsible for all other costs of collection
Iowa $30
Kansas $30
Kentucky $25
Louisiana $25 or 5% of the face amount of the check, whichever is greater
Maine $25
Maryland $35
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Would Superman Pass the Birther Test?
Blawgers discuss Clark Kent's citizenship, Wolverine's health insurance, and why Bruce Wayne needs a good lawyer.
MJ: Superheroes age at a much slower rate than the rest of the population. Should they be eligible for Social Security at the same age as everyone else? Would it be constitutional for the state to step in and say, "it sets in for these folks at 185."
RD: Or maybe it cuts off at a certain point. Like, "Look, you got your thirty years; you're done."
JD: The Supreme Court has held that it's ok to discriminate on the basis of age in most cases. The reasoning is that absent unusual circumstances like disease or whatever, people will all live roughly the same life. That kind of goes out the window when you're talking about extremely long-lived or even apparently immortal superheroes. But I think Ryan gives a good way out, in the case of something like Social Security, where you can say, "well, you get your benefits, but only for maybe 100 years." On the other hand, I'm not so sure that it's that much of a problem, because I'm not sure there are that many long-lived superheroes retiring or going on Social Security.
RD: And many of them would really not prefer to have those kinds of entanglements with the state. They'd much rather lie low and not have that kind of official notice taken of them.
MJ: Prior to the Affordable Care Act, would health insurers have been permitted to discriminate against mutants? Is that the ultimate pre-existing condition?
JD: Most mutant conditions don't seem to involve a lot of special health care needs.
RD: Quite the opposite.
JD: Wolverine for example would be a health insurer's dream.
RD: They'd sign him up any day of the week.
JD: Now, separate from the issue of whether or not they have a mutation, is being a superhero. That does seem to be fairly dangerous and does land folks in the hospital on a fairly regular basis. They always seem to make a miraculous recovery, but still, they do need medical attention quite frequently. So listing "superhero" as your occupation might make your health insurance premiums pretty high.
RD: Life insurance premiums would also be pretty bad—particularly as some of those people might die more than once.
MJ: We've done a lot of reporting on the impact of the Citizens United decision. Did that have any impact on the Multiverse?
JD: Well I don't think the comics have yet taken up that possibility, but I think there are certainly some individuals in the comic books that if they wanted to could have a pretty huge influence on politics. Both Tony Stark and Bruce Wayne, for example, are extremely wealthy influential people and their money comes from—
RD: In the Frank Miller story, Lex Luthor is president basically for life.
JD: And obviously he came from money earned from business. There's certainly a possibility that they could influence politics if they wanted to, but in the case of Bruce Wayne, I think he probably would refrain from being too involved in politics, because the more he gets involved in politics the harder it's going to be for him to claim any kind of grievance if somebody reveals that he is Batman.
MJ: When I was thinking about this interview, my editor mentioned The Men Who Stare at Goats—which was basically the army's attempt to teach superhero skills. Do you think that at some point down the road, some of the topics that you're discussing might actually be applicable?
JD: There are two areas that I think might come up. One is we've kind of talked a little bit about whether intelligent computers would be accorded rights, or what rights they might be accorded. While that might be a ways off if it ever happens, there are many intelligent people working very hard on that problem, and a lot of people would like to see it happen, and it seems vaguely possible.
RD: Certainly more plausible than some of the other stuff we write about.
JD: For instance: Watson beating the folks on Jeopardy! The other issue that might arise are when people live a very long time. If some day people start living, say, 200, 300 years, given the right medical care, well if you have maybe a white-collar criminal who's got the money to keep up the life-extending medical treatment even while they're in prison. Is it ok to sentence somebody to life when they're going to potentially spend two to three hundred years behind bars?
RD: Right now a life sentence means 50 years, give or take. But 300? You're gonna outlive the prison.
JD: I don't know what the current record is, but I would be shocked if anybody's ever spent more than like 75 years in prison. So that almost seems like it would be testing the bounds of constitutionality. If somebody potentially lives to two, three hundred, that gives one pause.
MJ: Meanwhile, if somebody's convicted for three murders, back-to-back-to-back life sentences, and they have the ability to die and come back to life, they could conceivably walk free.
JD: When we've talked about that, one of the solutions we came to was if you do that kind of "die and resurrect yourself" trick with the intention of pulling an end-run around something, that probably doesn't count. If you're a healthy 20-year-old and you take down a $20 million life insurance policy for yourself for pennies, and then you die and come back the next day intentionally, the law is probably going to say "No, you don't get to collect." The same thing is probably going to happen in terms of criminal sentencing.
MJ: Do you have a favorite case that you've looked at so far?
JD: The case I think is pretty interesting goes back a ways, about whether or not cannibalism would be legal in a zombie apocalypse scenario. The government has fallen apart and you have a group of people who are starving and they kill and eat somebody who was still alive—would that be allowed, and could they be charged with murder if the government comes back? And there's a case that's surprisingly on point: It's an English case, R. v. Dudley and Stephens, about cannibalism on the high seas. It doesn't get much more gripping than that.
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