text:
As we reported last year, the fight over graduate student organizing rights has taken yet another tumultuous turn at the National Labor Relations Board. The Board has changed its position twice in recent years on the issue of...more
- NLRA Students Unions Universities
As we previously reported, in D.R. Horton, the NLRB held that a mandatory arbitration agreement that waives employees' rights to participate in class or collective actions is unlawful under the National Labor Relations Act...more
- Arbitration Arbitration Agreements Class Action D.R. Horton D.R. Horton v NLRB Employer Liability Issues NLRB Opt-Outs
Last Friday, the U.S. Department of Education and U.S. Department of Justice issued a joint "Dear Colleague Letter" addressing the impact of Fisher v. University of Texas, the recent Supreme Court decision involving the use...more
- Affirmative Action College Admissions Colleges Department of Education Diversity DOJ Fisher v University of Texas Race Discrimination SCOTUS Universities
Although most of the media attention surrounding Jackson v. Deen has focused on Paula Deen's admission during a deposition that she used racial slurs, the underlying case presents an interesting legal question: Can a white...more
- Civil Rights Act Discrimination Hostile Environment Paula Deen Race Discrimination Slurs Title VII
In its 2011 decision in Specialty Healthcare, the National Labor Relations Board changed the test it uses to determine bargaining unit appropriateness. ...more
- NLRB Overwhelming Community of Interest Specialty Healthcare Unions
As the United States Supreme Court's 2012-2013 term drew to a close at the end of June, commentators observed a continuing gradual but perceptible shift to the right by the Court. The Roberts Court is generally viewed as...more
- Affirmative Action Affordable Care Act American Express v Italian Colors Restaurant Arbitration Arbitration Agreements But For Causation Class Action Class Action Arbitration Waivers COBRA Comcast Comcast v. Behrend DOMA EEOC ERISA Federal Arbitration Act Fisher v University of Texas FLSA Genesis Healthcare Corp. v. Symczyk Harassment McCutchen v. U.S. Airways Nitro-Lift Technologies Non-Compete Agreements Oxford Health v Sutter Retaliation Same-Sex Marriage SCOTUS Social Security Benefits Supervisors Title VII US v Windsor UT Southwestern Medical v Nassar Vance v. Ball State University
On April 10, President Obama unveiled his $3.78 trillion proposed budget for FY2014. The proposed budget included funding increases for several agencies charged with administering and enforcing the nation's major labor and...more
- Barack Obama DOL EEOC Federal Budget FLSA NLRB
Hundreds of fast food and retail workers will be striking in downtown Chicago today in an effort to push for higher wages as part of the "Fight for $15" campaign. This comes just weeks after fast food workers in New York...more
- Fast-Food Industry Minimum Wage Retailers Strike Wages
In its 2011 decision in Specialty Healthcare, the National Labor Relations Board changed the test it uses to determine bargaining unit appropriateness. We reported on Specialty Healthcare for the American Bar Association and...more
- Healthcare NLRB Specialty Healthcare
Despite the uncertainty surrounding the legitimacy of the current National Labor Relations Board in the wake of the Noel Canning decision, the Board has continued to issue decisions that have serious consequences for...more
- ALJ Back Pay Canning v NLRB Confidentiality Agreements Hiring & Firing NLRA NLRB Non-Union Protected Concerted Activity Reinstatement
On January 23, 2012, the U.S. Department of Labor issued its annual report on union membership. The report tracks statistics and trends for both union membership — defined as wage and salary workers who reported being members...more
- DOL Union Membership Unions
Since 1978, employers had not been required to disclose witness statements provided in internal investigations to unions deciding whether to pursue various grievances. All that changed last week when the NLRB overturned its...more
- Confidential Documents Internal Investigations NLRB Unfair Labor Practices Unions Witness Statements
The National Labor Relations Board issued its first social media decision in September. Last week, the NLRB issued another social media decision in a case involving employees' Facebook comments and an employer's right to...more
- Facebook Hiring & Firing Hispanics United of Buffalo NLRA NLRB Protected Concerted Activity Section 7 Social Media Termination
A trio of cases currently pending before the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) could drastically affect employment relationships within higher education. At stake in all three cases are members of the university...more
- NLRB Unions
Affirmative Action
Arbitration Agreements
Class Action
Fisher v University of Texas
Hiring & Firing
Protected Concerted Activity
Race Discrimination
Specialty Healthcare
Title VII
Affordable Care Act
Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
Sign up to create your digest using LinkedIn*
JD Supra provides users with access to its legal industry publishing services (the "Service") through its website (the "Website") as well as through other sources. Our policies with regard to data collection and use of personal information of users of the Service, regardless of the manner in which users access the Service, and visitors to the Website are set forth in this statement ("Policy"). By using the Service, you signify your acceptance of this Policy.
JD Supra collects users' names, companies, titles, e-mail address and industry. JD Supra also tracks the pages that users visit, logs IP addresses and aggregates non-personally identifiable user data and browser type. This data is gathered using cookies and other technologies.
The information and data collected is used to authenticate users and to send notifications relating to the Service, including email alerts to which users have subscribed; to manage the Service and Website, to improve the Service and to customize the user's experience. This information is also provided to the authors of the content to give them insight into their readership and help them to improve their content, so that it is most useful for our users.
JD Supra does not sell, rent or otherwise provide your details to third parties, other than to the authors of the content on JD Supra.
If you prefer not to enable cookies, you may change your browser settings to disable cookies; however, please note that rejecting cookies while visiting the Website may result in certain parts of the Website not operating correctly or as efficiently as if cookies were allowed.
Users who opt in to receive emails may choose to no longer receive e-mail updates and newsletters by selecting the "opt-out of future email" option in the email they receive from JD Supra or in their JD Supra account management screen.
JD Supra takes reasonable precautions to insure that user information is kept private. We restrict access to user information to those individuals who reasonably need access to perform their job functions, such as our third party email service, customer service personnel and technical staff. However, please note that no method of transmitting or storing data is completely secure and we cannot guarantee the security of user information. Unauthorized entry or use, hardware or software failure, and other factors may compromise the security of user information at any time.
If you have reason to believe that your interaction with us is no longer secure, you must immediately notify us of the problem by contacting us at firstname.lastname@example.com. In the unlikely event that we believe that the security of your user information in our possession or control may have been compromised, we may seek to notify you of that development and, if so, will endeavor to do so as promptly as practicable under the circumstances.
Except as otherwise described in this privacy statement, JD Supra will not disclose personal information to any third party unless we believe that disclosure is necessary to: (1) comply with applicable laws; (2) respond to governmental inquiries or requests; (3) comply with valid legal process; (4) protect the rights, privacy, safety or property of JD Supra, users of the Service, Website visitors or the public; (5) permit us to pursue available remedies or limit the damages that we may sustain; and (6) enforce our Terms & Conditions of Use.
In the event there is a change in the corporate structure of JD Supra such as, but not limited to, merger, consolidation, sale, liquidation or transfer of substantial assets, JD Supra may, in its sole discretion, transfer, sell or assign information collected on and through the Service to one or more affiliated or unaffiliated third parties.
This Website and the Service may contain links to other websites. The operator of such other websites may collect information about you, including through cookies or other technologies. If you are using the Service through the Website and link to another site, you will leave the Website and this Policy will not apply to your use of and activity on those other sites. We encourage you to read the legal notices posted on those sites, including their privacy policies. We shall have no responsibility or liability for your visitation to, and the data collection and use practices of, such other sites. This Policy applies solely to the information collected in connection with your use of this Website and does not apply to any practices conducted offline or in connection with any other websites.
We reserve the right to change this Policy at any time. Please refer to the date at the top of this page to determine when this Policy was last revised. Any changes to our privacy policy will become effective upon posting of the revised policy on the Website. By continuing to use the Service or Website following such changes, you will be deemed to have agreed to such changes. If you do not agree with the terms of this Policy, as it may be amended from time to time, in whole or part, please do not continue using the Service or the Website.
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, your dealings with this Web site, or if you would like to change any of the information you have provided to us, please contact us at: firstname.lastname@example.com.
Already signed up? Log in here
Back to Top
Explore 2016 Readers' Choice Awards
Copyright ©


text:
Can I use a middleware to preserve several user selected choices in between page requests?
I have several values, namely vehicle year, make, model, series, style, color, and transmission. I want to have the user being able to select a choice while keeping the previously selected choice active. I do not want to use sessions for this as I want the URL to be bookmarkable.
I was thinking of something like:
def get_choices(self):
return self.REQUEST["year"]
except (KeyError, ValueError, TypeError):
return 1
class ChoicesMiddleware(object):
def process_request(self, request):
I'm also not sure how to return all the choices under get_choices().
def get_choices(self):
user_choices = {}
for key in ["year", "model", "make", "series", "style"]:
user_choices[key] = self.REQUEST.get(key)
return user_choices
class ChoicesMiddleware(object):
def process_request(self, request):
return get_choices(self)
EDIT 2 My URLConf is as below:
(?P<transmission>[-\w\s]+)$', 'inventory'),
Then the view is as below:
def inventory(request, page_by=None, year=None, make=None,
model=None, series=None, body=None, interior=None, exterior=None,
#Initialize empty variable list.
kwargs = {}
if "year" in request.GET:
year = request.REQUEST["year"]
kwargs['common_vehicle__year__year__exact'] = year
....The rest of the vars are populated in the same way.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Ade Adrian DaviesFollow Ade
34-year-old Male living in Glasgow, Glasgow (City of) United Kingdom
Level 3 Traveler
3 tours
5 countries
Following 1 person
Followed by 3 people
Find me on
Say something on Ade's profile
Adrian is now following Claire (Claire )
Adrian liked ClaireMonique's Discussion Asian Adventure 17th Feb- 2nd March 2013
Adrian liked Cassie's Discussion Big IndoChina Adv. 17th Feb - 13 March 2013!!
Uploaded almost 4 years ago


text:
Activity Feed
Register or sign in to start receiving activity updates from around Kongregate!
Complete Initialization for 10 kreds
Congratulations! You've completed your Kongregate account!
Keep exploring Kongregate with more badges and games!
Hide the progress bar forever?
Critical Mass
Aug. 01, 2014
Rating: 5
...dat lack of sleep though. 30 hours incoming
Rating: 3
I got 1977 kills one time on the executable from gamejolt once. Could've kept going, but it was like 3am. Shame I ended it so close to 2k though T_T
Red Crucible 2
Apr. 08, 2014
Rating: -6
Uninspired name. Combat system that's been done a thousand times. Poor and exploitable recoil system. Pay to win. The list of why this game is bad goes on... And I got all this from less than a minute of playing it.
Rating: 1
Proofreading: I've noticed it several times but never bothered to write it down - there's a few items with "Dual" misspelled as "Duel" (and vice-versa), and many cases where "It's" (It Is) is used instead of "Its".
Feedback: I find it very odd that these massive unused modules don't take up any cargo space, yet are equippable at every station. Similarly, the drones are literally small ships, yet only take up as much room as a single bullet.
My very first officer gave me the best possible engine in the game, which made the rest of the game a cakewalk. I only got two more rare/epic objects in the rest of the game, mind you, but it was a bit of a gamebreaker.
Nice game, keep up the good work!
Save Toshi
Sep. 12, 2012
Rating: 0
Level 1-18 is so satisfying. BOOM. BOOM. BOOM. BOOM. BOOM.
Aug. 17, 2012
Rating: 12
I buy 24 pirates for $5. Lol.
Boom Town
Aug. 05, 2012
Rating: 4
Hmph. Gold boom came right after I sold my entire inventory, early on in the game. Gold doubles in price, and now I have nothing to show for it, lol.
a Grain of Truth
Jul. 05, 2012
What a fantastic story you've told... =)
Thank you.
People say when you look at clouds, you see the thoughts of the gods. Funny, cause to me it seems all they ever think about is clouds.
Electric Box 2
Jun. 26, 2012
Rating: 7
Crap. My overconfidence caused me to accidentally lie. Lol.
Heh, the game said you'd need every item in your inventory to solve every puzzle. 'TIS A LIE! Level 30 can be completed without using two items; two items I thought to be useless from the start.
Jun. 24, 2012
Rating: -8
F***. I immediately died after I took that screenshot.
Rating: -5
Holy Jeebus! A score of 1,596 on a Hardcore Small Nest run with one gloople left (a sticky, until I purposely ran into it in an attempt to get a better-scoring gloople) managed to spawn a RAZOR QUEEN... Proof?
Rating: -2
Whoa. Just barely noticed this Torchie coming on the screen (since I already had two spikes, a grinder, two Fuzzles, three Melties... you get the point) when I just so happened to swing at it (you know, trying to at least push away everything else trying to kill me), just barely managing to hit a Stickie the very moment before hitting the Torchie. Bomb Squad Award awarded! The sad part of this story is that I died not five seconds after this momentous event at the hands -spikes- of a Sharp.
Raze 2
Jun. 09, 2012
To the people who are asking for multiplayer... Shut the fudge up. =/
There are already several games exactly like this but with JUST multiplayer. IMO, they all suck terribly. Try a search every once in a while...
Rebuild 2
Jun. 05, 2012
Zombies: 570 | Defense: 1986....
And I'm on the hardest difficulty. Wtf. BE HARDER!
I love my kitty, but I feel so bad for its previous owner D= ... He gave it to me after he gambled away all of his food (against me), telling me that he no longer had any food for his kitty either.
I a fed the kitty with...
Rating: 9
"These were some talented girls, let me tell you. Two of them played an entire game of ping pong naked, although I think they were using the paddles wrong." (-15 food, +10 happiness)
Oh god, please tell me the music changes...
Get more out of your Kongregate experience. Take advantage of ad-free gaming, cool profile skins, automatic beta access, and private chat with Kong Plus.
Learn more »
Did you know you can now score GameStop PowerUp Rewards® Points on Kongregate?
Find out how »


text: Dukalette October 15, 2009 8:20 AM Last Edited 2390 days ago Rally UK » Strong start for Harraway. Hi all Thanks for congatulations it was amazing wedding day with beautiful people around. Ceremony just took about 20 minutes can not wish for better. Duke is still cackling after he found that he could write under your name Morgue but no worries mate I will keep him under control. He had to sign out coz I wanted to have my say After all the stories about all of u guys I am looking forward to meeting u all one day Hey Morgue I am glad your forgot ur sock at Phill's house although it is winging coz you did not take it to PI with u but as the saying goes u always come back to the place u leave something I am sure that lucifer and Jonny miss u as much as us Reply Report abuse 0 agree 0 disagree


text:
4th Gen Help Thread
View Single Post
May 14th, 2013 (11:16 AM).
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Mexico
Gender: Male
Nature: Modest
Posts: 139
In my case, when I played pokemon platinum to beat the elite 4 I level up my pokes in a range of 55-63, because the most powerful pokemon of the elite four have level 62.
So I try to level my best pokemon 1 or 2 until level 62 or 63, other with level 58, and the last until 55 or 57.
Usually i enter in the elite four with 5 pokes for battle and one my HMslave ( after all, he help me all the way XD). And I use my HM salve when some of my other pokes dies, and i need one turn to revive or heal them.
And last, in the most cases, i train in the victory road, because i have near the pokemon center to heal over and over XD.
I heard a lot of people enter with levels more below, but for me, i prefer high level for more security.
By the way, meanwhile i train, i bring with me a pokemon with pick up to obtain some random items between battles.
View Public Profile
Send a private message to Dangelitus
Find all posts by Dangelitus
Find threads started by Dangelitus


text:
April 29, 2016
One man has had charges dropped while his half-brother is now accused in a shooting that wounded six people in Goldsboro.
Police on Friday charged Tremaine Lane of Dudley with six counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury and ten counts of discharging a weapon into occupied property.
Police say the shooting happened back on May 22nd on North George Street and expect more arrests.
On Tuesday police arrested Jaquan Dennis for the shooting. Dennis is Lane's half-brother and those charges were subsequently dropped the next day and Lane was arrested.
The 18-year-old Lane is in the Wayne County jail on a $1,001,500.00 bond.
Click Here to access the online Public Inspection File
Viewers with disabilities can get assistance accessing this station's FCC Public Inspection File by contacting the station with the information listed below. Questions or concerns relating to the accessibility of the FCC's online public file system should be directed to the FCC at 888-225-5322, 888-835-5322 (TTY), or firstname.lastname@example.com.


text:
Ted Simons: Tonight horizon's focus on technology and innovation looks at the Governor's celebration of innovation awards recognizing the best of the best in high school science and engineering fairs. Award winners were announced by the Arizona technology council. We'll hear from the teacher of the year and a couple of future innovators, but first here's a look at two of the winning projects.
Aakash Jain: My project sought to understand the properties of garlic, the growth inventory effects that garlic has on the proliferation of e-coli, and in addition, I wanted to understand garlic treatment individual relationship, if any, with levofalxacin, and so I was looking for innovation of growth, and I tested three forms of garlic, which were cooking powder, powder obtained from capsules taken as supplements, and fresh garlic respectively. And with my positive control- levofloxacin, which is a common antibiotic used to treat severe bacterial infections. I wanted to understand three things -- the individual anti-bacterial properties of these three garlic treatments. I tested garlics one, two, and three at two varying concentrations, and in doing so, I was able to establish what's called a minimum inhibitory concentration. Second, I also wanted to understand its role in synergy. The sum is greater than the parts in their anti-bacterial activities. And thirdly, I wanted to look at drug resistance. Because my experiments showed that resistance is more likely to occur with garlic versus some other antibiotics, I think it made my research much more applicable and practical. And something that I think that I have gained from doing experiments like these is an appreciation of research. If I do become a medical doctor, I would like to still be able to do clinical and pure research in fields such as these, micro biology, biology. It's all very fascinating.
Rajet Vasta: I constructed a reactor that allows you to cultivate algae, so I figured why don't I test four species of desert algae that grow in the local area, second, see if we can produce biofuel and oil from those sources. And I designed the reactors, to cultivate the algae and produce biofuel. I made the photo reactor out of 24 water bottles. Each of those has a certain amount of algae in them. And then I broke the test into a Carbon Dioxide test and a nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium test. There is a Carbon Dioxide tank attached, and it cycles Carbon Dioxide throughout the reactor, which allows the algae to take in the nutrients synthesize it, and grow from there. I ran the test three times, and it was a process of two weeks. So the first week was allowing the algae to sit and get adapted to the environment. And then I cycled in the Carbon Dioxide and other nutrients in there for the next week, and after two weeks, to actually extract the biofuel, I microwaved the algae so I could heat up and excite the cells, and then I used the French press just as you extract the essential oils from coffee beans, I decided I could extract the oils from algae. And with half a minute of warming it, I was able to extract 20 microliters of oil from each of the algae species. I just tested it at 24 water bottles, and 90 microliters of algae total, which is not a lot, with the yield I got was four times as much as I started in just two weeks. I really want to become a neurosurgeon or a cardiac surgeon, and then I would like to provide free medical care to rural communities around the world.
Ted Simons: And here now to talk about their awards are Birgit Musheno, an honor's biology and biotechnology teacher at Desert Vista High School in Phoenix. Aakash Jain, and Rajet Vatsa, both students, faculty, Brophy Prep, in Phoenix. My goodness. Thanks for joining us.
Birgit Musheno: Thank you.
Ted Simons: I want to start with you. Were you surprised by this honor?
Birgit Musheno: I was surprised. It was a very pleasant surprise. Yes.
Ted Simons: And as far as being teacher of the year, what do you try to instill into students? And how do you get those minds to wrap themselves around? It's a heavy concept.
Birgit Musheno: It is a heavy concept. I think really, it's just that I feel passionate about it. I think it's fascinating and interesting, so I try to convey that to my students. And show them the real world applications of the science that we learn, and the ability to solve problems using the science.
Ted Simons: And Aakash Jain, as far as this project and this Avenue, why did you go this direction? Something you've been thinking about for a while?
Aakash Jain: Yeah. I had strong interest in microbiology, and I wanted to investigate and do a project on that. But, specifically, I wanted to look at, at the traditional herbs and spices that, that have been shown to have anti-microbial properties, or at least in myth they have, and so I wanted to understand the scientific evidence, behind that, and so, that's why I chose to, to do this project.
Ted Simons: And Rajet Vatsa, what about you? Were you interested in biofuels all along? Or vehicles, or what got you going here?
Rajet Vatsa: Well, the thing that got me going was I was watching this Exxon Mobil commercial, on how they were using blue green algae as sources of biofuel, and reading how the fossil fuels we use are about to deplete, so to find an alternative source of energy, so, my biology teacher in ninth grade got me going and looking towards algae, and I went to Casa Grande and grabbed a few species, four species actually and began to test different nutrient sources to test the biofuel liquid output.
Ted Simons: My goodness. Sophomore at Brophy correct, a sophomore at Brophy?
Aakash Jain: Yes.
Rajet Vatsa: Correct.
Ted Simons: Ok, do your classmates have any idea what you are doing?
Rajet Vatsa: Um, well, I would say a lot of my classmates are as intelligent if not more intelligent than me. Brophy is a fantastic school, so they have a lot of like minded individuals, and it's, I mean, the classroom environment gives me an ability to challenge myself, work harder, and see what I can perform.
Ted Simons: And same with you, do, I mean, it's one thing to say you are working on an experiment and you are doing and that with spices and trying to figure out medicinal qualities, but do they get what you are doing?
Aakash Jain: No, I agree with Rajet, Brophy provides a great atmosphere, and environment for this kind of stuff. The teachers are phenomenal. And inspiring and encouraging students, faculty, and my fellow classmates, as well. It's a great, a great environment.
Ted Simons: And it helps having a good home environment. Parents enjoy this stuff. This recognition came with proud parents.
Aakash Jain: Yeah, definitely. Definitely.
Ted Simons: And same thing Rajet, this kind of thing is encouraged?
Rajet Vatsa: My parents give me support through everything I do, and this is a big surprise and pleasure for all of us.
Ted Simons: And at Desert Vista High School, do you find the same thing, if you just get to a certain level, get that interest going, and everything kind of follows?
Birgit Musheno: Yeah, and one of the really cool things, we, one of the things that I did that helped to earn me this award was to develop a biotechnology program at the school. And we have a lot of interest in math and science in our community. A lot of the parents work at, at companies like Intel, and so, that community interest and, and it was really the students that wanted the program. So, I would offer one class and they wanted another, so, it's really nice to see that the interest is coming from the students themselves rather than something from the top down that we do.
Ted Simons: And I don't know how many years have you been teaching?
Birgit Musheno: I've been teaching since 1997.
Ted Simons: Ok. Are you seeing a difference in students as the years progress, or have -- this has always been the situation as it stands now?
Birgit Musheno: I feel like more students are interested in science and math. But we have had strong interests in our community. But I have never had so many kids signing up for competitions in science, and taking so many classes.
Ted Simons: Yeah. And the competition helps, doesn't it? It gives it a little extra push, I would imagine?
Aakash Jain: Yeah, definitely. I think the best parted is meeting other students with similar interests and learning about their projects and what they have been doing. And I attended ISEF competition in Los Angeles, California, and that was an incredible experience, so yeah, I definitely agree.
Ted Simons: Picked your college out? You are still a sophomore. You have time. Any ideas?
Aakash Jain: Not really. It's pretty wide open.
Ted Simons: Anything goes. How about you, any ideas for college so far?
Rajet Vatsa: No, same as Aakash. Just looking at everything. Waiting for options as they arise.
Ted Simons: Well, it sounds great, and great stuff. Congratulations to all. My goodness. It's a very, very impressive, and continue good work.
Aakash Jain: Thank you very much.
Rajet Vatsa: Thank you.
Birgit Musheno: Thank you.


text:
|Miriam Lord, The Best of Miriam Lord
|Miriam Lord
|Miriam Lord is a colour writer and columnist with The irish Times.
|Roisin Ingle, Róisín Ingle
|Roisin Ingle
|Roisin Ingle is a journalist for The Irish Times contributing features, news, colour and a weekly column in the Saturday magazine
|Ross, Rock, Ross o carroll kelly, ross o'carroll kelly, ross o carroll, ross o'carroll
|Ross O'Carroll Kelly
|Ross O'Carroll Kelly is a satirical finctional Irish character, a wealthy Dublin 4 rugby union jock created by journalist Paul Howard.
|Conor Pope
|Conor Pope
|Conor Pope is The Irish Times Consumer Affairs Correspondent and edits the Pricewatch Column.
|Fintan O'Toole, fintan otoole, fintan o'toole,25 years of Irish Life through the columns of Fintan O'Toole
|Fintan O'Toole
|Fintan O'Toole is literary editor of The Irish Times and has been an op-ed columnist since 1988.
|Michael Harding
|Michael Harding
|Michael Harding is a playwright and novelist.
|Deaths, death notices, family notices, births deaths & marriages, obituaries
|Family Notices
|Deaths, Weddings, Births and other family notices
|weather forecast
|Irish and International weather forecasts including a five-day forecast, tides and weather warnings
|Letters to the editor
|Readers' Letters to the Editor of The Irish Times
|Pricewatch, Conor Pope
|Consumer advice column written by Conor Pope
|Crossword, crosswords, simplex, crosaire, crossaire, xword
|The Crossword Club
|Play up to 10 years of Irish Times simplex and crosaire crosswords on your computer or iPad
|Featured jobs, jobsearch and career advice
|Property, commercial property
|Commercial Property
|Irish construction and property market news
|Property, Homes, home, new to market
|Homes & Property
|Latest Irish Homes & Property News, Reviews, Tips and Advice
|Property, Homes, home,Myhome,myhome.ie
|Find Thousands of Houses and Apartments for Sales and Rent across Ireland and much more with MyHome.ie, Ireland's Leading Property Portal. .
|Win excellent prizes from The Irish Times and selected partners
|Podcast, Podcasts, Inside Politics, Hugh Linehan
|Inside Politics Podcast
|Weekly politics podcast presented by Hugh Linehan
|Podcast, Podcasts, World View, Denis Staunton
|World View Podcast
|Weekly foreign affairs podcast presented by Denis Staunton
|Podcast, Podcasts, Off Topic Show, Off Topic Podcast
|Off Topic Podcast
|Off Topic is a weekly culture and ideas podcast
|Podcast, Podcasts, Róisín Ingle, Róisín Meets, Roisin Ingle, Roisin Meets
|Róisín Meets Podcast
|Weekly podcast presented by Róisín Ingle
|Podcast, Podcasts, Business Podcast, Ciarán Hancock
|Business Podcast
|Weekly business podcast presented by Ciarán Hancock
|Subscriptions, digital subscriptions, standard digital subscriptions, premium digital subscriptions, premium subscriptions, Gifts
|Gift Subscriptions
|The Irish Times news subscription is available to buy as a gift. Standard and premium digital subscriptions available.
|Podcast, Podcasts, Second Captains
|Second Captains Podacst
|Weekly sports podcast from the Second Captains team
|pagesales, page sales, front page, front page sales, page reprint, reprint, reprints,gifts
|Page Sales
|Commemorate a birthday, christening, anniversary or other special day with a framed page of The Irish Times
|photosales, photo sales, photographs, photographer, photography, buy photos,gifts
|Photo Sales
|Choose from an extensive range of photographs taken by Irish Times photographers
|Ancestors, Irish ancestors
|Irish ancestors
|Use The Irish Times database of family records to trace your Irish ancestry
|Irish Times books, The Irish Times 150 years of influence, Wison on wine, Turner's Taoisigh, The Best of Miriam Lord, More Simplex, The Times we lived in, The Irish Times Book of the year 2014,gifts
|Irish Times books
A selection of some of the best writing from The Irish Times journalists and superb images from our photographers
|You Are What You Read, Irish Times ads
|You Are What You Read
|Our new ad campaign is designed to tell the stories of what makes The Irish Times unique: our writers. Here we want to celebrate the people behind the stories, starting with Harry McGee and Conor Pope.
|Rewarding Times
|Rewarding Times
|Rewarding Times features exclusive weekly offers from selected Irish Times partners
|Reader offers
|Reader offers
|Special offers and discounts for readers of The Irish Times
|Travel offers
|Travel Offers
|From beach holidays and city breaks, to escorted tours and cruises, our travel offers have something for everyone
|Irish Times Dating
|Start your free membership today
|Subscriptions, digital subscriptions, standard digital subscriptions, premium digital subscriptions, premium subscriptions
|Digital subscriptions
|Find the subscription bundle that's right for you
|newspaper, delivery, weekend newspaper, digital subscription, print subscription
|Print + Digital subscriptions
|Subscribe to The Irish Times newspaper and website
|Home delivery, Delivery, newspaper
|News delivery
|Choose from a range of Ireland's most popular newspapers and magazines delivered to your home or office before 7.30am each day. Choose the publications and delivery days that suit your requirements.
|Digital Edition, epaper, replica edition, newspaper
|Read full editions of The Irish Times in true printed format and get all your latest news across multiple devices.
|Newspaper Archive, replica
|Irish Times Newspaper Archive
|Browse full issues from 1859 to present day, see all articles, photos and ads as they originally appeared
|Irish Times eBooks, The Best of Miriam Lord, An Irishman's diary, 25 years of Irish Life through the columns of Fintan O'Toole, Do the think we're eejits?, Ireland and Me: reflections by emigrants, Scotland's Moment - The story of the referendum, Fall of the Wall - 25 years on
|Irish Times eBooks
|The Irish Times eBooks offer a selection of some of the best writing from The Irish Times journalists
|obituaries, deaths
|Obituaries from The Irish Times
|Memorable Moments, Birthday Books, Anniversary Books,gifts
|Memorable Moments
|Commemorate any special date with a beautifully recreated edition of The Irish Times from that day.
|Sports diary 2015, Sports diary, Sports calendar 2015, Sports calendar, Sports events, fixtures
|Sports Diary 2015
|Browse the major sporting events of 2015
Premier League: Who's come and gone in the transfer window
- English Soccer
- September 2, 2014, 15:34
ArsenalPlayers in: Alexis Sánchez (Barcelona, £30m), Mathieu Debuchy (Newcastle, £12m), David Ospina (Nice, undisclosed), Calum Chambers (Southampton,(...)
Transfer Round-up: Palace break record for Scotland midfielder McArthur
- English Soccer
- September 1, 2014, 11:11
Crystal Palace have agreed a new club-record £7million (€8,857,800) fee with Wigan for midfielder James McArthur.Leicester City had agreed a £7million(...)
Premier League team news and statistics
- English Soccer
- April 11, 2014, 16:29
Saturday, April 12th Crystal Palace (14) v Aston Villa (13) Palace manager Tony Pulis hopes to have a fully-fit squad to choose from. Dwigh(...)
Stoke edge ahead of Villa in battle for number 10
- English Soccer
- March 23, 2014, 18:37
Aston Villa 1 Stoke City 4: They only have seven games left, but as things stand (...)
Dwight Gayle's stunning strike lifts Crystal Palace out of bottom three
- English Soccer
- December 26, 2013, 19:25
Aston Villa 0 Crystal Palace 1Substitute Dwight Gayle scored a stunning injury-time winner at Villa Park to lift Crystal Palace out of the Premier Lea(...)
United get back to winning ways at Villa
- English Soccer
- December 15, 2013, 15:37
Aston Villa 0 Manchester United 3: Manchester United rediscovered the winning habit as Danny Welbeck's first-half double and Tom Cleverley's strike c(...)
Berbatov proves his worth as Fulham win
- English Soccer
- December 8, 2013, 16:08
Fulham 2 Aston Villa 0: Dimitar Berbatov brushed off talk of a January exit to end Fulham's six-game Premier League losing streak as the Cottagers saw(...)
Shane Long's future still undecided
- English Soccer
- November 26, 2013, 14:45
West Brom striker Shane Long is unsure what the future holds despite his stunning two goals against Aston Villa on Monday night.The Republic of Irela(...)
Pellegrini stunned as Aston Villa inflict second defeat
- Irish Times
- September 30, 2013, 01:00
Perhaps the arrival of Bayern Munich to Eastlands on Wednesday will be a blessing in disguise. A second league defeat of the season that was careless (...)
Arsenal go two points clear on dramatic day in Premiership
- English Soccer
- September 28, 2013, 17:19
Arsenal held their nerve to win 2-1 at Swansea and move clear at the top of the Premier League on a dramatic day which saw both Manchester United and (...)


text:
GNC is a leading global specialty retailer of health and wellness products.
Great friendly service. Very knowledgeable employees
Great person service & pricing ..German is the best for product knowledge & personal service...
I love the staff here. They are super knowledgeable and they don't waste your time with gimmicky products.
Try Cellucor's new M5 2-in-1... that's a can't miss preworkout supplement!
Very knowledgable staff...German can answer any question you might have about nutrition/supplements...great store


text:
Beautiful banners are coming to every article and you can help!
Check out our guidelines and learn how to create your own!
Check out our guidelines and learn how to create your own!
From Wikitravel
Kökar is an island in Åland.
Get in
Island ferry from Långnäs on the main island or Galtby on the Finnish mainland.
Get around
Easy to hire bikes but no public transport.
SeeKökar is one of the few islands inÅland with noticeable contours, showing picturesque cliffs to the east, now set a bit back from the coast. There is a very attractive little church, technically on a separate island but easily reached on foot from the ferry port by turning east. There are the ruins of an old monastery beside it. As is common in Åland, the belltower is near to but separate from the main church building.
Anton's Gasthem is nearest to the ferry and is well located for cliff walks and for the church. No breakfast but some facilities for self catering.
Get out


text:
Female Harnesses
Delve into your deepest erotic desires with these dominating female harnesses and restraints. From full-body leather restriction ties to hedonistic head harnesses, this gear is set to get just a little bit nasty.
There are no products matching the selection.
// Level 2 is one above root (it is "main" Category Tree) ?>


text:
Thanks for helping us sort this video!
Thanks for helping us associate the correct Pornstars to this video!
Help Us: Do these Pornstars appear in this video?
Pornstar Name:
All Comments (14)
i love seeing someone as good as ariel get defeated so hot
Ariel is so hot, but I luved seeing her tight pussy getting stretched and fucked!
Ariel was still in the learning stages. Later in the re-match, Ariel dominated Darling.
I have been searching to find one where ariel lost, nice. whats amazing is these woman fuck the loser so damn hard.
ilove this videooooo sooooooo hot
ha...i ejaculated.....
Darling looks like a trisomic but I like her ass xD
darling is the best i love you darling
Both of them are terrific, but Ariel is just flat-out gorgeous and sexy.whether she's giving or receiving.
you can learn lots of positoins from this video
mmm stupendo
oh that is hot baby !


text:
Just wondering if anyone has experience with this cover, or covers in general.
Just wondering if anyone has experience with this cover, or covers in general.
Lloyd Kerry
Creator of the Kerry-All Pouch
...and the "Share the Road" t-shirt www.MenInBlackTShirts.com
The foolproof water-repellent pouch thats built to withstand the elements.
Does what its designed to do - keep your products from getting ruined by the
weather as you transport them, and does it well.
For more information, customer quotes and prices, sizes etc.simply visit
Never used one before. I understand wanting to protect your bike but I'd be uncomfortable not being able to see anything out of the rearview mirror. I can still see what's behind me with three bikes on my existing rack.
http://picoscycling.blogspot.ca/ An online touring magazine
I don't like it because of the visibility problem and it looks like putting a big sail on the back of a car. I think there would be a lot flapping around and wind resistance, even behind a vehicle. Why such a big cover? I normally place plastic bags around the handlebars and cover the brooks saddle.
I don't do vintage, I bought them new, rode them, kept them. Now they are just old bikes


text:
This item is available for giftwrap!
- Exceptionally fun magnetic activity kit
-Great for science fairs or a rainy-day activity
Defy Gravity and Learn about Magnetic Levitation Technology
So you already know that magnetic levitation is powerful enough to suspend trains without touching the track- but you just can't do that in your kitchen or office. You'd like to have some fun with magnets by doing some really cool 'hands-on' experiments - well then this is the kit for you. Kit includes materials to float a pencil, levitate a screw, build a random propelling machine and build a mag-lev robot. The instruction book features projects of increasing difficulty to demonstrate magnetic principles.
Contents: 1 graphic template (1 compass,1 Earth, 1 spaceman), 1 thin rod with ring, 1 hexagonal rod, 1 round rod, 1 sticker, 1 UFO body, 1 string, 1 pointer, 1 copper washer, 10 nut, 7 ring magnet, 1 enclosure, 1 divider, 1 weighing pan, 1 string attachment, 1 axle, 1 support arm, 1 baseplate and detailed instructions. Required adhesive tape is not included
For ages 8+.
* Please note: main images displays current artwork on the package. Item contents are the same in either box.


text:
- Homepage >
- News Archives >
- Article
U.S. Army Band Overture 1812 Concert to be held on Aug. 17 - Concert will be live streamed !
August 13, 2010
Each year The U.S. Army Band Aca,!A"PershingAca,!a,,cs Own,Aca,!A? performs its big end-of-the summer concert that concludes with the spirited TchaikovskyAca,!a,,cs Aca,!A"Overture 1812Aca,!A? on the slope of the Washington Monument GroundsAca,!"complete with the cannons of The 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) Presidential Salute Battery. This yearAca,!a,,cs performance is scheduled for Tuesday, August 17, 2010 at 8 p.m. The FREE performance will be held at the Sylvan Theater on the Washington Monument Grounds between 15th Street and Independence Avenue. No tickets are required for this event. A favorite among Washingtonians, the annual must-see musical extravaganza offers an enjoyable musical program of traditional band music with vocal highlights and Herald Trumpet fanfare. The concert features classical, popular, and patriotic music for audiences of all ages.
Aca,!A"This 1812 Concert is a true crowd pleaser,Aca,!A? said Col. Thomas Rotondi, Jr., commander of The U.S. Army Band Aca,!A"PershingAca,!a,,cs OwnAca,!A?. Aca,!A"The program weAca,!a,,cre offering has something for everyone, no matter what their favorite music may be. The best part of the program, of course, is TchaikovskyAca,!a,,cs epic overture. When the audience hears the first few measures of the piece, you can feel the anticipation for whatAca,!a,,cs coming Aca,!" people just love those cannons!Aca,!A?
The program features selections from John Williams, Karl King, and John Phillip Sousa. The powerful finale is the always spectacular TchaikovskyAca,!a,,cs Overture 1812, including explosive cannon fire by the Presidential Salute Battery of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard).
The Presidential Salute Battery, equipped with four three-inch 5,775-pound World War II vintage anti-tank guns, will fire 75mm blank shells with one-and-a-half pounds of gunpowder. A total of 23 shots will be fired, including the final volley from all four cannons.
Overture 1812 was composed for the 1880 Kremlin Square celebration honoring the Russian victory over the French Napoleon Bonaparte in 1812. Today the overture is revered among concert goersAca,!"from its playful, mocking themes from the French national anthem, La Marseillaise, to the powerful finale with ringing church bells and booming cannons proclaiming victory!
This performance is a highlight of the Washington, D.C., outdoor music season. Come early and bring a blanket or lawn chairs and a picnic (no coolers are permitted on the Monument Grounds) and enjoy the sights and sounds as The U.S. Army Band and the Presidential Salute Battery light up the night.
For more information about the concert and inclement weather notification, call 703-696-3399 or visit the Army Band Website at www.usarmyband.com.


text: Monday Nov 07 2011 comments Buzz worthy business By: Auburn Journal photography by Ben Furtado -A +A Ben Furtado/Auburn JournalBeekeeper, Tom Harper, pulls a honeycomb laced with busy working honey bees producing the natural sweetness at the Boorinakis Harper Ranch in Auburn. Ben Furtado/Auburn JournalTom Harper, and his daughter Julia Boorinakis-Harper work together to check on the status of their honey harvest. Ben Furtado/Auburn JournalTens of thousands of honey bees work together filling each hexagonal wax cell with honey. Ben Furtado/Auburn JournalSunlight shines through a honeycomb that recently produced honey at the Boorinakis-Harper Ranch in Auburn. Ben Furtado/Auburn JournalTom harper uses smoke to sedate the bees, enabling him to work the hive with little aggravation to the colony of bees. Ben Furtado/Auburn JournalApplying smoke to the bee hive tricks the bees into thinking the hive is on fire, in turn making them eat or gather the honey, distracting them to protect the hive and less aggressive toward the beekeeper. The smoke is harmless to the bees. Ben Furtado/Auburn JournalThe honey bear bottle contains the sweet goodness, held by Julia Boorinakis-Harper in Auburn. Ben Furtado/Auburn JournalSafety first as Tom Harper prepares to approach his bee hives, wearing a protective jacket. Ben Furtado/Auburn Journal Ben Furtado/Auburn JournalTom Harper prepares a smoker, that he will use to distract the bees while handling honey combs in the hive.


text:
The Academy Award nominations were announced on Tuesday, and there's a local connection among the short-documentary titles. The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner is a 38-minute short only screened thus far, to our knowledge, in L.A. last August to qualify for the Oscars. The former governor of this state from 1985-93, Gardner's late-life battle with Parkinson's disease has made him a national figure in the assisted-suicide debate. (See his 2007 profile in the NYT; our former SW editor Knute Berger also wrote on the subject the prior year.)
Will Gardner live long enough to see his movie win an Oscar?
The film, directed by Daniel Junge, will be shown on HBO later this year. But first, along with the 14 other short-film nominees (docs, animation, and live-action), The Last Campaign should be included in the Oscar Nominated Shorts compendium scheduled to open at the Varsity on Feb. 19. (The Oscar telecast is Sunday, March 7.) We're already trying to get an advance copy of the collection from its distributor, and hope to have a timely review in our Feb. 17 issue or sooner.


text: sfbrain February 17, 2012 8:18 PM MotoGP » Jerez Moto3 test times - Friday Great stuff Danny Its a bit odd that less than half the bikes present are submitting times ?? What i understand is there is a bit of 'creative accounting' going on and some are deciding not to play the games. I am the manager of two of the riders not submitting times, their teams are focusing on race pace and running 'medium' tyres all day. 'Others' are fitting 'softs' to set a time !!! Truth is no one will really know until Qatar, some are using the official Moto3 ECU, others are not. Some are using soft tyres, some are not. And nobody is carrying any weight, most are under the minimum weight (148 Kg). When the flag drops, the Bulls**t will stop, and not before !! Reply Report abuse 8 agree 1 disagree


text:
82 users graded this
Date Added: 9/30/2009 Reviewer: wontyoubemynaber
Grade Yuwie ...
Website URL: http://www.yuwie.com
Company Name: Yuwie.com
Alexa Traffic Rank: 204,524
Yuwie - founded in October of 2007 - is a social networking site that pays you for using it. How this works is that you open a free account and build your profile (just like you would on Facebook or Myspace). Then you invite your friends, start using Yuwie, and all revenue generated by the advertising on the site is shared among the members. The more members you have viewing your pages, the more money you can make and you make money on all of your referrals down to ten levels.
Yuwie is growing consistently; it is currently at 927,410 members and gains an additional ten thousand or so every month. The process to join is quick and simple, and you can have your profile up in just a few minutes. Just like with any other social networking site members can make a custom profile, blog about their activities, post on message boards, or email their friends except in the case of Yuwie members get paid for all of these activities. In fact, members make money every time they add a friend, post to their own blog or others peoples blogs, upload pictures, upload videos, send messages, or send comments.
There is a lot of content available on Yuwie for the members to use. There is a toolbar that is free to download which will keep members apprised of new stuff happening in the world of Yuwie. There are hundreds of clubs on the site for just about any hobby or interest you may have. I even found clubs that solely exist to help members build their friends lists. Now, that is networking with ease. There are some pretty interesting games on the site as well as videos to watch. And, to keep you entertained as you interact with all your peeps (or future business partners), there is Yuwie radio.
As I stated earlier, members make money according to the number of page views they generate. The amount made per view varies, but it usually avereages out to about 50 cents per 1000 page views. Earning reports are generated between the 10th and 15th of the month for the previous months activities and payments can be made via check or Paypal. I could not find a minimum amount required to request a payout.
I could not find any negative comments regarding Yuwie other than regarding the server speed. I personally do not have the fastest internet in the world, but even I could tell that it does take a while for the pages to load. But, other than that everyone seems to enjoy Yuwie. It has a strong membership base, and it is an easy way to make a little extra money playing on the computer. If you are going to network anyways, you may as well make some money as you do it. Just invite your friends from all your other social networking sites, and watch the earnings add up.
|39 of 42 users found this review helpful
Click Here to See the #1 Money Making Website on the Entire Internet!
20 User Comments
Further comments on "Yuwie" have been disabled ...
Sometimes the merits of an item reviewed are pretty cut and dry, and/or there's only so much that can be said about it. When most users are all saying the same things about it, we will sometimes disable further comments on this review page.
If you have an opinion about this site or want to continue discussing it, please post in the Official Yuwie Discussion Thread in our forums.
Very Lame Social Networking Site
I tried Yuwie and never made anything. It's a huge waste of time to me because there's no point in "trying" to socialize just to make a couple pennies. The payout is very, very low, and it's not worth the time to even try. Unless you are some super-social-networker that lives on Yuwie, you are not going to make much money at all.
|19 of 31 users found this comment helpful
by aprildowling on October 2, 2009 at 6:42 PM CST
Recieve $20 Paypal payments daily - zero cost
Earn extra money taking surveys online www.surveyjobspay.com
Ok, but not a huge earner
I really liked Yuwie when I first started. I met a lot of cool people and was part of contests and stuff. My main problem with Yuwie is that it is soooo slow. It would freeze up my computer and take forever to post anything. So nothing negative... but not positive either.
|16 of 27 users found this comment helpful
by tgomom07 on October 2, 2009 at 1:01 PM CST
Check out my blog: Quick Cash 4 U
Wasn't Satisfied At All
I joined Yuwie on it's pilot month hoping it would let me earn passive income. I said to myself if I spend way too much time on MySpace and Friendster, why not devote my time instead to a site with a similar concept and get paid for doing the same things I do over at the 2 other sites. I readily spruced up my profile and sent my friends my referral links because I was rearing to make a big go over at Yuwie.
However, I soon found out that the time spent there wasn't worth it at all. I've gained thousands of page views from October of 2007 up to this day, but I've only earned a little over $0.50! Clearly, their system wasn't working at all for me, and I wasn't satisfied at all. I've stopped logging into my account a long time ago, although I still occasionally visit the site to see what's new.
Bottomline, if what you're looking for is a place to really earn and make your time online worthwhile, go check out other opportunities.
|32 of 32 users found this comment helpful
by crazyoverpurple on October 2, 2009 at 8:04 AM CST
Yuwie should be called Yuckie
As silly as that sounds, I believe it is true. :) Yuwie is boring, there is not much to do other than comment and message, share pictures, and be shown boring ads. The earnings are quite laughable too. If it had Apps and games like MySpace and Facebook, it would be worthwhile, maybe.
|12 of 22 users found this comment helpful
by blackeyedcat69 on October 2, 2009 at 7:50 AM CST
Will take you a lifetime to earn the min pay out
I joined Yuwie a year ago because I read this article saying that he was making over $1,000 every month. It really attracted me and really excited me that I might be able to make money too. After about 4 months being member with Yuwie and spending long hours in the first month, all I got was $1.30 cents, so I just called it quits and decided to spend my time somewhere else.
To make money in Yuwie you need to have plenty of referrals because those I managed to meet on the net and who proved they got paid, it shocked me the number of refs they had that helped them to reach the pay out. One I remember got over 300 refs and even then he says that it's still bit slow. I wasn't really good in getting refs, so I just told myself it wasn't the place for me.
Yuwie is good if your intention is totally to socialize, but if your intention is to make money with them, just don't bother because you will just end up being so disappointed.
|27 of 27 users found this comment helpful
by bclass on October 2, 2009 at 7:48 AM CST
Pretty much worthless
There is no point in pursuing making money on Yuwie. You basically get a penny for every comment you get and make to people. In all, how long will that take to make cashout? Way too long! I only got to a $1 when I gave up. It is exactly like Myspace and people are only going to want to talk to you if you put time into your profile. I canceled my account.
|25 of 25 users found this comment helpful
by mariiii on October 1, 2009 at 9:52 PM CST
Make money online with help from:
Honestly, I never got into it
I joined Yuwie because one of my referrals from another site gave me a link and asked me to join. So I decided to.
It works basically like myspace and a hi5 account, where you can create your own profile info, pick out your background and everything. I thought that was pretty neat, and I had fun creating my profile, adding in pictures of my favorite bands.
As a social networking site it's o. k.
However, as an earning site, there's nothing really to rave about. You would have to be socializing on Yuwie day and night in order to make any decent cash, and unless you have a million friends, and a million people viewing your page, don't expect to make anything but a few cents here and there.
I started using it, got really into it, but got tired of it because my main objective was to make money on there, not to socialize. If you are the type of person where you are a social butterfly and you like talking to a bunch of people, I would join the site with that intention, not the intention to make money. If your intention is to make money on here, you will be disappointed.
|25 of 25 users found this comment helpful
by luvikavi on October 1, 2009 at 8:34 PM CST
Join a ptc site that actually works!
Want two awesome ways to make some extra cash? Well here it is!
This is me. Welcome to my perfect nonsense
Slow earnings
The problem with a site that promises to pay people for participating is that everyone will be there for the money and not for the benefits that they'll get from the participation. MySpace and Facebook don't pay their members but they're doing so well in the networking scene.
This is the problem with Yuwie. You earn from participating on the site and you persuade your friends to join based on the fact that you're paid to participate but when your friends join and they don't earn much, they give up and quit. I join too on that basis. I thought I can earn but I was truly disappointed at the result. After one month of logging in religiously everyday, I don't even earn 1 cent. I don't refer people to the site because I don't like to beg people to join and after experiencing the slow earning, I would be ashamed to ask people to join this site.
When I first came to the site, the video that was on the homepage took forever to load, I almost gave up. But I thought I would wait because in the end it would be worth my while because I will start to make money participating on this site. Oh was I wrong! The meager amount I made proves that this site is not making money from it's advertisers so it's not as popular as it claims to be. Don't be misled by the number of members they claim they have. I think most of the members joined and then quit after a while. So the number of active members may be less that what is claimed on the site.
The only way I think to earn big here is to have many thousands of referrals under you. I don't so I don't earn at all. If you already have many friends online, you may want to consider joining this site and make money but otherwise join if you love to network.
|21 of 21 users found this comment helpful
by UmiNoor on October 1, 2009 at 8:21 PM CST
My articles are all indexed by Google. Read my article and see how I did it.
Fun site.. but takes long to earn
Yuwie is a fun site. It's a great social network and if you can get paid to use it even better, however I really would not recommend using it solely for the purpose of earning. The amount you will earn with this site is VERY little.. and it will even take a long time to earn it.
Personally, I joined Yuwie after seeing it on someone's blog, and I've used it a few times, but haven't really made any earnings from it. I uploaded a couple of my pictures, added a few friends, and posted a blog, however, I haven't even earned 50 cents yet.
If you're into meeting new people and making friends online, this is a great place for you to join, but if you're focused on just making money, I really don't recommend it!
|18 of 19 users found this comment helpful
by TriNi on October 1, 2009 at 6:51 PM CST
Make Money Online Free, Fast and Easy! - testimonial of a skeptic!
Not bad but not Great
I only joined Yuwie because I thought I would make money to do the same things I do on Facebook. I am on Facebook everyday chatting w/friends, viewing pics and I play games when I have time. So I thought this website would be cool to do all of the for money. Well, I signed up loaded some pictures and I had a few friends join too. I use to log in every day but then it slowly started to decrease. I don't have hundreds of friends on Facebook so I didn't have many people to refer to this website. Also, It does take forever for me to load pictures on this website and even the games take awhile to load. Also, as noted you will not make any real money doing this. So far I racked up only a few cents not even one whole dollars since I joined 2 months ago. Since I can't make any real money on this social networking site I really don't want to be apart of it anymore so I think I will go ahead and close out my account soon.
|16 of 16 users found this comment helpful
by twinlove2u on October 1, 2009 at 3:34 PM CST
This is how I earn an extra $150-$200 a month...easily! Check it out. Its Free.
Nothing really special
I joined Yuwie because I had hundreds of friends from other social networking sites and thought that I would be able to earn a lot from this site. I wasn't really expecting to get rich from it, but I did expect to at least get some decent earnings what with the hundreds of friends and all. But I was wrong. The site simply wasn't that appealing to my friends (they prefer Facebook), and probably due to the slow loading of the site, most just didn't bother anymore. So because I wasn't earning any more than $. 50 in the first few months that I joined, I just let go of the site altogether. I just didn't think it was worth my time for the small amount of money it paid. But if they improve the site and provided their members more options, and more fun games, I bet they would be a hit.
|15 of 15 users found this comment helpful
by calientemamma on October 1, 2009 at 2:43 PM CST
"You will never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine." - John Maxwell
My Blogs are here -> The Tsinay Writes | El Caliente Mamma | Sammie Makes Money | Blogger Hub
Eh... Not IMpressed
I joined Yuwie about a year ago. I think I joined it because of a paid to sign up link through another program I was a member of. The idea is good. Social networking is incredibly popular and addictive, so why not get paid for it? But the site is loaded with ads that are distracting, and I could never bring myself to invite any of my friends. I guess I was just embarrassed to be a member. At the time and even now the ads just seem overwhelming, so it just feels fake and like a scam. It also isn't as user friendly and does not have as much of a natural interface as Facebook or MySpace. I guess I just don't get it.
|6 of 13 users found this comment helpful
by vbchica14 on October 1, 2009 at 12:26 PM CST
Meet some cool people
I have been a member on Yuwie for only a little while. I originally joined to make some pocket change. After being up there a little while, I realized that you don't really earn that much unless you invite a lot of people. I would recommend this site to others because they have been around for a while and they have paid some of their members. I, on the other hand, have not cashed out there yet. If you are thinking about joining just for the money, then don't expect to make much. Overall they are an pretty good site because you get to socialize with your friends and meet new people, and you make money as you go along, it just takes a while. If you like myspace and facebook then you will like Yuwie except you get paid for your participation.
|9 of 15 users found this comment helpful
by shontia08 on October 1, 2009 at 12:16 PM CST
I never got hooked on Yuwie
Several months ago someone invited me to Yuwie. I checked out the site and decided to give it a try. You are greeted by a video where this guy tells you how the site works. However, he makes it sound like a site where it is possible to earn thousands of dollars (of course with many referrals) which I feel is a little misleading, as what he described would only happen in a perfect world.
After sign up I found the site a little difficult to understand. It is loaded with advertisements, and the site looked a little messy to me. I went ahead and started a 'blog' there.
After a few days I stopped logging in. I don't think the site was laid out very well, and there were just way too many advertisements there. Another thing- I could never figure out how you get paid. The help section did not answer a lot of my questions. Considering all this, Yuwie is not a site I would recommend.
|17 of 17 users found this comment helpful
by K466 on October 1, 2009 at 12:15 PM CST
Fun for awhile... but not my cup of coffee
Yuwie was very popular when it first came out, there were ads all over when they first launched in October of 2007. I decided to give it a try.
In late October 2007 I joined this site, I felt that networking would be fun and joining groups of interest would be even better. Yes, even making money seemed easy. I enjoyed this site for about 6 months, but never once reached the payout level which was $10 at the time. I made $1.25 in six months, I told myself if it takes that long to make a buck then it will take ages to make $10. Networking got less and less, and then everything seemed inactive. So I stopped going to this site. I don't miss it. I do miss the networking though.
I like that they are a network and they allow you to make groups of interest, and now they lowered the payout, so that's great! However, I was just not as into this site after awhile.
I'll recommend it for some people, it may work out for you, but for me, it's not my cup of coffee.
|15 of 15 users found this comment helpful
by Elizabeth on October 1, 2009 at 12:14 PM CST
Yuwie Isn't Bad, It's just Not My Cup Of Tea
I joined Yuwie back in 2007 and it wasn't all that bad at that time. Server speed was very slow, and the site was clearly about leaving short messages to get credited for a page view. Earnings back then were quite small and there were many months were my earnings were less than 25 cents.
I did enjoy Yuwie for a while because the site allowed members to join or start clubs, and I started a craft club and joined a couple others. These clubs were actually fun and it didn't seem like the members were only participating for the money.
Unfortunately, these members disappeared, mostly because the earnings were so low. Yuwie members often complained back then of the slow server speed and some claimed to have picked up viruses from some of the pages.
After a while Yuwie began turning into a site where members promoted their online business programs, and there was an influx of teens/early 20-somethings that commandeered the activity on the site. Despite lowering the payout to $5 (from $10, I believe) I stopped going to Yuwie about 18 months ago. If memory serves me, I believe I had earned less than $2.25 during my time there.
It may be great for some, but a site like myLot is more for my taste. At least the earnings come a lot quicker and some of the people are more open and down to earth.
Grade- C. Average at best... at it's worse it was a D+.
|13 of 13 users found this comment helpful
by RideTheWave on October 1, 2009 at 12:09 PM CST
Let's Go Dancing at this new Exchange...in pre-launch until 1/1/2010
Get a Jump on the competition... this ViralMailer is still in pre-launch and the expectations are tremendous. This program will do it all...starting building your downline today.
Hard to earn money from this site
I joined Yuwie not long after it started. At that time many people were talking good about it. I decided to give the site a try, to see if the claims were true. Many people would want to earn money, especially if for doing something they usually do. Yuwie was supposed to breaking the ground in Internet Marketing.
Late 2007 the site was even slower to upload. The speed has improved, but is still relatively slow.
The earnings claim proved to be highly exaggerated. Members need to have many active referrals to achieve a decent rate of income. I had 2 inactive referrals. Even though I was active for several months, my earnings remained at zero.
The social site of Yuwie is nothing to be proud of. The majority seems to be interested in earning money as much as possible. Many were posting single sentences consisting of several words. I became tired of reading the same response again and again.
On the plus site Yuwie is not totally worthless. There are good information or links in the postings. Unfortunately a member has to sift through many postings before finding any.
In summary this site is average for looking for more links, but a bit lame on earning money through it's revenue sharing program.
|13 of 14 users found this comment helpful
by rosdimy on October 1, 2009 at 10:07 AM CST
Get Ready for the Spam Fest
Yeah, I hated the speed too. But since this was supposed to be a networking site, and we were getting paid to do it, I stayed on after joining for a month just to see if waiting through the load times would really be worth it. Turns out not. I may have logged in about once or twice a week if there were some actual conversation and networking going on, but all I saw were many people shouting about what they had to offer, and no one really paying attention to what anyone else was saying.
So after trying time and again during that month to strike up at least one intelligent conversation, either on or off yuwie, I gave up.
|13 of 16 users found this comment helpful
by drknlvly6781 on October 1, 2009 at 8:01 AM CST
Do Not Expect to Make Big Bucks With Yuwie
I joined Yuwie 11 months ago, it was "the next big thing" due to the fact that they would pay revenue shares to members. I quickly built up my friends list to 75 friends and then somewhat plateaued, I didn't mind the slow down because I wanted to see what the revenue sharing program would look like. After two months I had accrued $. 01 from Yuwie. I guess this is okay, if you enjoy the service and can get all your friends to use it with you, but I was more interested in the making money aspect, and that amount did not cut it.
The social network works okay, a little slow on profile loads and mail, but all in all it was not bad. The blogging section worked great, and was perfect for listing any make money programs you may be involved in, links to all programs are permitted here in the blog section. If the site worked just a little faster and made money for members a little quicker... I would probably still use it, as it is, I have not used it in about 4 months. As you can tell, the contacts made there were not spectacular enough to keep me coming back. So if you are joining Yuwie to make money from revenue sharing, just know up front that you will need a hundred thousand friends to start making anything resembling decent money from the revenue sharing.
|19 of 19 users found this comment helpful
by paradisefound on September 30, 2009 at 10:55 PM CST
Learn conversational hypnosis to improve your life!
This Was The Place To be!
I remember when I first found out about Yuwie; I was online with one of my friends and she sent me her referral link and told me this was 100 times better than Facebook and Myspace! I jumped at the fact that they paid and minimum payout is $5! Wow, now if I would have known it takes ages to make payout, I probably wouldn't have joined! I've been a member since around Feb. of '08 and still haven't cashed out! . 50 cents per 1000 page views, I wish unless they changed something! I had so many page views it's ridiculous; I remember I had well over 45,000 page views one month and barely made over $1, and that's when I enough was enough!
Every now and then I'll go there to market a bit though the site has made drastic changes visually! But with over 700 "friends" and about 6 people online at a time down from at least 30+ at one time, it shows how much the excitement wore off!
|17 of 17 users found this comment helpful
by taripres on September 30, 2009 at 10:55 PM CST
20 User Comments
Further comments on "Yuwie" have been disabled ...
Sometimes the merits of an item reviewed are pretty cut and dry, and/or there's only so much that can be said about it. When most users are all saying the same things about it, we will sometimes disable further comments on this review page.
If you have an opinion about this site or want to continue discussing it, please post in the Official Yuwie Discussion Thread in our forums.
What's Popular
All Reviews
Recently Popular
Recently Added Reviews
- Engage Builder
- Spark CPA
- PushResponse
- Trending Traffic
- Live Face to Face
- Reseller Box
- FBA Profit Mastery
- Loraven Multibusiness WordPres...
- Domains to Cash
- IM Conversion
View the Last 250 Reviews Added


text:
Just testing something
Posted 03/14/2008
Comments (5)
Maya&Brielle'sMOM · Original Poster
Posted 03/14/2008
Well you can't exactly see that now can you. LOL!
Posted 04/14/2008
If you click on it you can see your whole photobucket account. Did you know it was public?
Just saying HI! I finally made it over today.
Maya&Brielle'sMOM · Original Poster
Posted 04/14/2008
Oh my gosh Angie I didn't realize that! I know I had set it to private when I set it up. I don't know what happened. Thanks so much for letting me know! Welcome! I can't wait until everyone comes over!
Posted 04/15/2008
I can't either. It's been so slow over there lately. I'm guilty though. Haven't had much time to scrap or post!
Posted 04/16/2008
I'm over here now too. Not so sure about it yet, but then I don't know if I can pass judgement in just a few minutes.
It has been awful slow over there lately, and I know that I am one of the guilty parties. I can't believe how much life has gotten in my way.
Glad to see a couple of my friends.


text:
Business in brief
Exit First Realty recently announced its selection as the exclusive Homes for Heroes real estate agency in Richmond. Homes for Heroes was founded in 2002 by a group of Minnesota business owners who created a nationwide network of realtors, mortgage lenders, title companies and appraisers whose sole purpose is to offer savings to community heroes when buying or selling a home. As a participant in the program, Exit First Realty will offer full real estate services at a discounted rate to local heroes in metro Richmond. Savings will include discounts on realtor fees, loan fees, title fees, closing costs, and home inspections. Homes for Heroes has already served hundreds of local heroes including Richmond and Henrico police officers. For more information, call 527-3948 or visit http://www.homesforheroes.com .
Henrico-based ChildFund International recently traveled across the Atlantic to deliver hundreds of new TOMS Shoes to children living in Liberia who didn't have any. The shoes were provided by TOMS One for One™ program, where a new pair of shoes is given to a child in need for every pair of shoes sold. A ChildFund study in 2010 estimated that 15 percent of school-aged children in developing countries have hookworm or another parasitic disease due to bare feet. A pair of shoes means an opportunity to get an education because they are a requirement to attend school.
Project Management Institute recently approved ECPI University to become a PMI Registered Education Provider (REP). ECPI will be offering an accredited course and lab in Applied Project Management. The course will develop and expand the student's knowledge of project management methodology as defined by the Project Management Institute (PMI). The emphasis of the course is to gain management skills and resources. PMI REPs are educational organizations that have demonstrated that they are capable of providing world-class effective project management training. There are currently over 1,400 REPs in more than 70 countries.
Elizabeth McNeil recently was appointed as administrator of Hospice of Virginia. McNeil grew up in the West End of Richmond but raised her two daughters in Midlothian. She is a 1981 graduate of the Medical College of Virginia where she received her bachelor of science degree in nursing. She continued her education at the University of Virginia and in 1988, received her master of science in nursing, with an emphasis in home care, hospice and administration. McNeil has over 31 years' experience in the home health, hospice, hospital and consulting fields.
St. Joseph's Villa recently signed a contract with the Richmond Behavioral Health Authority (RBHA) to provide crisis intervention and stabilization services to families in the metro Richmond area. St. Joseph's Villa will operate a six-bed crisis stabilization unit for children ages 5-17 for up to two weeks. Crisis staff will assess criteria for placement in the Crisis Stabilization Unit on the campus at 8000 Brook Road. Once admitted, staff will start "23 ½ hour discharge" planning to the next least restrictive situation. The Villa staff will also use a wide array of "wrap around services" to create the greatest opportunity for family re-unification in the safest environment. Services are expected to begin in March.
Samuel W. Padgett recently was named manager at Southern States Cooperative, Inc. - Williamsburg Road Service, 3119 Williamsburg Rd. Southern States Cooperative, Inc. – Williamsburg Road Service is part of a farmer-owned cooperative that provides a broad range of farm services and agricultural products and materials to producers and other customers in and around Charles City, Providence Forge, New Kent, King William, Prince George, Henrico and Hanover counties. Padgett is a Virginia native and graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He has managed a variety of successful retail nurseries and garden centers as well as a commercial tree farm. In January 2010, Padgett began his employment with Southern States Cooperative, Inc. at the Manassas Service.
Agents with Cushman & Wakefield Thalhimer recently handled the following lease negotiations: Velocitel – leased 9,145 square feet in the Park III Building at 4164 Park Place Ct.; Lindenmeyr Munroe – leased 8,400 square feet in Dabney IV at 2161 Tomlynn St.; RGI General Contractors – leased 2,496 square feet in Gaskins Centre at 3805 Gaskins Rd.; Mola Gebeye – leased 2,464 square feet at 4116 W. Broad St.; Team United Martial Arts – leased 2,048 square feet at 7542 W. Broad St.; Zinga! Frozen Yogurt – leased 2,000 square feet the The Corner at Short Pump at W. Broad Street and Lauderdale Drive; Weight Watchers North America, Inc. – leased 1,985 square feet in Gold's Gym Plaza at West Tower at 8906 W. Broad St.; Randstad – leased 1,600 square feet in Best Buy Station at 4420 S. Laburnum Ave.; and Spanalytics, LLC – leased 1,517 square feet at 1129 Gaskins Rd.
Cushman & Wakefield Thalhimer recently announced the sale of a Westerre Commons office condominium located at 3721-D Westerre Pkwy. Rose Properties, LLC purchased the +/- 1,808 square feet condo from Westerre Commons, LLC and the space will be utilized as a dental office.
Richmond Solar Co-op sign ups end April 30
Citizen Staff Reports 04/25/2016
The sign up period for the Richmond Community Solar Co-op will close on April 30. Nearly 150 homeowners and businesses have joined the group to save money and make going solar easier. The group has started installations and is working with VA SUN to learn about solar technology and the process of going solar.
"If you've ever thought about going solar, this is a great opportunity to do so," said Sekar Veerappan Co-op member and the group's first installation. "Working with the group helps members learn about going solar and make an informed decision." > Read more.
YMCA branches to host 'Healthy Kids Day' Apr. 29-30
Citizen Staff Reports 04/22/2016
The YMCA of Greater Richmond will host its "Healthy Kids Day" April 29-30 at all local branches.
The event is part of the Y's national initiative to improve families' health and well-being.
Each event features games, healthy snacks, arts and crafts and physical activities, among other events. Its goal is to motivate and teach families how to develop healthy routines at home. > Read more.
Weekend Top 10
Another great weekend of outdoor activities awaits you in Henrico! Walk MS, an annual charity run for multiple sclerosis, and the third annual Movin' & Shakin' 5K, to benefit the VCU Parkinson's and Movement Disorders Center, both take place in Innsbrook tomorrow. Another charity event, the CASA Superhero Run, will be held at St. Joseph's Villa. On Sunday, live music can be found at Belmont Recreation Center, featuring the John Winn Quartet, and at Shady Grove United Methodist Church, where pianist Sylvia Cooper will be performing. For all our top picks this weekend, click here! > Read more.
Henrico DPU flushing lines in Lakeside to clear discolored water
Henrico Public Schools to offer parenting workshops
Glen Allen teens' project fights cyberbullying
Challa to receive 'Outstanding Women Award'
Highland Springs HS teacher earns national award
- More News
Print Edition
Apr. 21, 2016Click here to read the print edition.
Weekend Top 10
Henrico students star in 'The Enchanted Toy Shop'
Weekend Top 10
Weekend Top 10
Reynolds CC hosting student art show
- More Entertainment
Obituary – Albert H. Buccini
Obituary – Rebecca Hagadorn Clarke
Obituary – David Allen Luebke
- More Obituaries
Richmond Solar Co-op sign ups end April 30
YMCA branches to host 'Healthy Kids Day' Apr. 29-30
Henrico PAL honors supporters
- More Community
Of character and parenting
Opinion: Rename school for late Henrico officer
Of car chats and grocery games
- More Opinions
Strawberry visits Tuckahoe Little League
Athlete of the Week – July 3: Kayla Sell
- More Sports
Reader Survey | Advertising | Email updates
Place an Ad | More Classifieds
CalendarThe U.S. Small Business Administration's Richmond District Office has announced an upcoming "Boots to Business: Reboot" training opportunity on May 2-3 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The entrepreneurship training,… Full text


text:
The heavenly man : the remarkable true story of Chinese Christian Brother Yun /
"The Heavenly Man" tells the true story of Liu Zhenying, also known as Brother Yun, who, for the past 30 years, has committed himself to bringing the gospel of Christ to all of China. Imprisoned, tortured, and separated from his family for his beliefs, Brother Yun shares his story. Full description
|Main Author:
|Yun, Brother, 1958-
|Other Authors:
|Hattaway, Paul, 1968-
Peabody, Mass. : Hendrickson Publishers, 2009
Hendrickson classic biographies.
|Introduction -- Humble beginnings -- A hunger fulfilled -- "Go to the West and South" -- God blesses my whole family -- The path of persecution -- "The God of Peter is your God" -- God wants all of my heart -- "Be still and know that I am God" -- Through the valley of death -- The fiery trial -- The end of the fast -- God gives me a son and many brothers -- A precious soul from the Lord -- Future hope -- A graveyard covered with thorns -- God pours out his awesome power -- Second time in prison -- A painful family visit -- God's oil station -- The road to unity -- Third time in prison--my lowest point -- A miraculous escape -- Leaving the bamboo curtain -- Back to Jerusalem -- Reflecting on four years in the West -- A new kind of persecution -- A sudden change of plans -- A seed in the ground -- A future as bright as God's promises.
Saved in:
Place a Hold
|Call Number
|Adult Nonfiction
|269.2092 Y92h
|Due: 05/18/2016


text:
Monday, February 23, 2009
0 comments
Hi every one I finally got my momentum back Each day I look forward to seeing how well I can do. This is s... Read more
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
2 comments
Hi everyone this is my first blog ever and I'm a little hesitant about writing it. First I was so excited to... Read more


text:
Male Teachers Under Scrutiny
Negative comments and raised eyebrows also have affected aspiring male kindergarten teachers in recent years, said Pam Fleege, associate professor of early childhood education at the University of South Florida.
"It's very sad. Male students have come to me after they've been challenged by their own families and friends," Fleege said. "Some are accused of being pedophiles. But they mostly get a lot of, 'What are you going to say when a parent confronts you?'"
Confrontations with suspicious parents are rare, teachers say. That could be because parents who are uncomfortable with a man teaching their children often request a female teacher.
Those requests are honored every year by Carol Hughes, principal of Leila G. Davis Elementary in Clearwater. She leads the only Pinellas County or Hillsborough County public school with two male kindergarten teachers.
Tamara Lowe, whose son was in Goldstein's kindergarten class years ago, said that when her son was assigned to Goldstein she contacted Berkley Prep officials to "express concern about the wisdom of having a young man teach kindergarten."
If a male teacher encounters fearful parents, the key is to involve them in the class as much as possible, said Brian Esparza, who teaches at Leila G. Davis.
"You just have to get to know them, let them get to know you, and win them over," Esparza said. "You get those kinds of parents, but I hear a lot more of the flip side, people happy that their child has a male role model in kindergarten."
Principals take many requests to place children with male kindergarten teachers. That opportunity, though, is available at a small percentage of schools.
In Pinellas, eight of 418 kindergarten teachers, or almost 2 percent, are men. In Hillsborough, there are 13 men and 764 women, again almost 2 percent
In Pasco County, the numbers are higher than the 9 percent national average. That nationwide number, though, is at a 40-year low, the National Education Association says.
Of the 884 Pasco kindergarten teachers, 105 are men, almost 12 percent. In Pasco, kindergarten, first- and second-grade students are educated together, based on their achievement levels.
As I dropped my daughter off at school today, I noticed that all of the safety patrollers were girls, not a boy in sight. Her elementary school held elections for class President and Supreme Court--the nominees--all girls except one. A coincidence? Maybe--but my guess is that early in the education game, boys are being marginalized. But hey, as long as the payback against the male sex is alive and well, and no one seems to put up much of a fight, it will continue. But my question is, how much revenge is enough?


text:
The Power of Independent Thinking
Is U.S. Justice Broken?
Recorded: Thursday, December 9, 2010
Part 1 |
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
From fingerprinting to criminal sentencing, from lawyer licensing to judicial selection, and from eminent domain to wealth transfers via class-action lawsuits, how do perverse incentives impact the law and what reforms would create a more just and efficient legal system?
Experts: David D. Friedman, Alex Kozinski, Edward J. López, David J. TherouxType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Crime, Criminal Justice/ Prisons, Law Enforcement
What the Second Amendment Means Today
Recorded: Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Part 1 |
Part 2
Part 3
The Second Amendments right to keep and bear arms has been among the most controversialand least understoodrights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. Did the Founders intend to safeguard an individual right or a collective right?
Experts: Stephen P. Halbrook, Don B. Kates Jr.Type: Independent Institute EventIssues: Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Constitutional Law, Crime, Culture/ Society, Defense and Foreign Policy, Gun Control, Law Enforcement
Eminent Domain: Abuse of Government Power?
Recorded: Tuesday, January 31, 2006
In June 2005, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Kelo v. New London that local governments may force property owners to sell out and to make way for private economic development, even if the property is not blighted. In response, many states have passed legislation and proposed amendments to their state constitutions to block this unprecedented government assault on the rights of property owners.
Experts: Steven Greenhut, Timothy SandefurType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Housing, Land Use, Property Rights
Drug War Crimes
Recorded: Thursday, May 6, 2004
Each year, the U.S. government spends over $30 billion on the drug war and arrests more than 1.5 million people on drug-related charges. Currently more than 318,000 people are behind bars in the U.S. for drug violationsmore than the number of people incarcer-ated for all crimes in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain combined. Have current drug laws deterred drug abuse and reduced crime? What are the real costs of this countrys war on drugs? Is there a link between the homicide rate and the amount of resources given to drug prohibition? Please join us as Boston University economist Jeffrey Miron (author of the major new book, Drug War Crimes) and former San Jose police chief, Joseph McNamara, examine these questions and explore real alternatives to Americas War on Drugs.
Jeffrey A. Miron
Boston University Professor of Economics and author of the new book, Drug War Crimes: The Consequences of Prohibition. His articles on Drug Policy have appeared in Social Research, Boston Globe and the London Observer. He received his Ph. D. in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Joseph D. McNamara
Research Fellow, Hoover Institution. Former Chief of Police, San Jose, CA and Kansas City, MO. He has published articles in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and other publications. He has been a commentator for NPR and has appeared on Meet the Press, Good Morning America, Sixty Minutes, and other programs.
Ethan A. Nadelmann
Founder and Executive Director of the Drug Policy Alliance, the leading organization in the United States promoting alternatives to the War on Drugs. Dr. Nadelmann received his Ph.D. and J.D. from Harvard University and a Masters degree in International Relations from the London School of Economics. His speaking and writings on drug policy have attracted international attention and appeared in Science, American Heritage, National Review, and others.
Experts: Joseph D. McNamara, Jeffrey A. Miron, Ethan A. NadelmannType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Crime, Criminal Justice/ Prisons, Drugs (Illicit), Government Waste/Pork, Law Enforcement
Smarter Urban Growth: Markets or Bureaucracy?
Recorded: Wednesday, October 3, 2001
Astronomical housing costs, suffocating traffic congestion, and pollution take a heavy toll on our quality of life. Are these problems the inescapable consequences of modern life or the results of poor government policies? Proponents of "smart growth" seek to correct them by replacing suburban living with high-density, urban living and public transit. Others seeks to extend and expand current public and private systems. But how smart are these and other approaches? Would market-based alternatives be preferable to create sustainable communities? Urban economists Randal O'Toole and Daniel Klein discussed innovative "smarter growth" solutions for affordable housing, transportation, land use, and the quality of life in our communities.
Experts: Randal OTooleType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Bureaucracy and Government, Land Use, Privatization, Property Rights, Regulation and Deregulation
The Drug War on Trial: Two Judges Speak Out
Recorded: Wednesday, September 5, 2001
Drug abuse is a serious problem, but the "War on Drugs" shows no sign of being won and has come with a heavy price tag. Critics say that its side effects- increased taxes, increased crime and corruption here and abroad, loss of civil liberties, decreased health, prison overcrowding, discrimination against African Americans and other groups, and the diversion of resources away from other problems- are even worse for society than the drugs themselves. Many public officials share this sentiment but fear political reprisals if they speak out. However, Judges James Gray and Vaughn Walker, having witnessed the Drug War up close, believe that the time has come to testify publicly about its ill effects- and to outline bold, new approaches to the drug problem.
Experts: James P. Gray, Vaughn WalkerType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Crime, Criminal Justice/ Prisons, Drugs (Illicit), Law Enforcement
Guns and Violent Crime
Recorded: Tuesday, September 21, 1999
With the recent school massacre in Littleton, Colorado; the shootings of Jewish children in Los Angeles; and rampant drive-by shootings and other atrocities, what can and should be done to protect the innocent against violence in American society? Can government protect the citizenry against gun-related violence? What is the record of individual self-defense against violence in Britain and the U.S.? In this very timely Independent Policy Forum, acclaimed historian Joyce Lee Malcolm and civil rights attorney Don Kates will examine gun laws, violence, and rights.
Experts: Don B. Kates Jr., Joyce Lee MalcolmType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Crime, Criminal Justice/ Prisons, Culture/ Society, Gun Control, Law Enforcement