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Michigan Needs To Stop Charging Residents To Get Their Property Back
Mackinac Center analyst authors op-ed in Detroit Free Press
An op-ed published in the Detroit Free Press that is co-authored by a Mackinac Center analyst highlights the need for civil asset forfeiture reform in Michigan.
Michigan is one of the few states in the country that not only allows law enforcement to seize property from people who have not been charged with a crime, but requires the owner to pay between $250 and $5,000 to try to get it back. Such is the focus of the op-ed written by Mackinac Center Policy Analyst Jarrett Skorup and Nick Sibilla, a communications associate at the Institute for Justice.
As the authors explain:
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Under Michigan law, if your property is seized and valued less than $50,000, you must post a bond worth 10% of the property's value to start the process of having it returned to you. But if you fail to post that bond within 20 days of the property being seized, it is automatically forfeited to the state.
House Bill 4629 — which passed a vote in the House and is awaiting hearing in Senate Judiciary Committee — would eliminate the bonding requirement for drug-related forfeiture cases and put an end to charging people who are unsuccessful in retrieving their property. Skorup and Sibilla noted Michigan is taking positive steps to reform its civil asset forfeiture laws on the books, but said more work remains:
Michiganders can still lose their property even if they have never been convicted in criminal court. Meanwhile, state law provides a perverse incentive to seize property and "police for profit." After a property has been forfeited, police and prosecutors can keep up to 100% of the proceeds. According to a recent report by the Institute for Justice and data from the Michigan State Police, from 2001 to 2014, Michigan agencies collected more than $258 million in forfeiture proceeds under state law.
The bill was introduced by Rep. Peter Lucido, R-Shelby Township, and has been supported by both the Mackinac Center and the ACLU.
Read the full op-ed in the Detroit Free Press.
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Crime and Punishment: juveniles, sign breakers, fetus merchants, more
Senate Bill 564, Criminalize selling aborted fetuses or body parts: Passed 26 to 10 in the Senate
To make it a crime to receive a financial benefit or any type of compensation for transferring or selling an embryo, fetus or neonate, including organs, tissues or cells, if this was obtained as the result of an elective abortion.
Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
House Bill 4187, Authorize jail for vandalizing road signs, lights, etc.: Passed 36 to 0 in the Senate
To authorize criminal penalties of up to 93 days in jail and a $500 fine for vandalizing or removing a traffic control device, light post, sign, etc. on a road or highway. For a third or subsequent offense the penalty would be one year in prison and a $10,000 fine.
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Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
Senate Bill 761, Remove obsolete provisions from state school code: Passed 30 to 6 in the Senate
To repeal an obsolete 1974 law dealing with education for gifted and academically talented students. This one of a number of bills repealing obsolete laws or reporting requirements, most of which passed unanimously. This one was opposed by six Democratic senators.
Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
House Bill 5024, Study vehicle driver marijuana intoxication threshold standards: Passed 107 to 1 in the House
To create a new government commission to review and analyze research and state laws relating to THC (marijuana) bodily content levels for purposes of establishing levels that indicate impaired driving, and then make policy recommendations.
Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
House Bill 4965, Create juvenile justice family advisory board: Passed 96 to 13 in the House
To create a family advisory board in the Department of Corrections to give advice on ways to support family reunification when a minor is incarcerated for committing a serious crime, and other steps intended to assist re-entry into the community and reduce recidivism.
Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
House Bill 4966, Require out-of-cell exercise for young prisoners: Passed 93 to 16 in the House
To require the Department of Corrections to provide "age-appropriate out-of-cell programming and outdoor exercise" at least five days a week for prisoners who are less than 21 years old.
Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
House Bill 4962, End "tried as an adult" for some serious juvenile offenses: Passed 90 to 19 in the House
To no longer automatically prosecute and sentence 17 year olds charged with serious crimes as if they were an adult.
Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
SOURCE: MichiganVotes.org, a free, non-partisan website created by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, providing concise, non-partisan, plain-English descriptions of every bill and vote in the Michigan House and Senate. Please visit http://www.MichiganVotes.org.
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How Two Similar School Districts Get Such Different Results
Study suggests funding levels have little impact on student growth
On the surface, DeWitt Public Schools just north of Lansing and Edwardsburg Public Schools on the Indiana border look very similar. They each serve about 3,000 students in predominantly white communities with poverty rates at or below the state average, though DeWitt's median income level and rate of college-educated residents are noticeably higher.
Each district — DeWitt in Clinton County and Edwardsburg in Cass County — operates one comprehensive high school, one middle school, and three elementary campuses. They each sport Division 3 football teams that were 2015 playoff contenders.
But when it comes to the results their students demonstrate on state tests, the comparison diverges. Edwardsburg students outperformed their DeWitt counterparts on 14 of the 20 M-STEP tests administered last year to students in grades 3 through 11, despite serving more kids with special needs and a Free and Reduced Lunch (FRL) rate that's nearly twice as high.
The same trend is observed on the Mackinac Center's Context and Performance Report Cards. As a general rule, students from low-income households score lower on tests than other students, which may skew comparisons between a wealthy district and a less well-off one. To avoid the trap of judging the schools based on the economic status of the students they enroll, as the state's Top-to-Bottom rankings do, the report cards adjust multiple years of testing data according to the rate of free lunch-eligible students served. A "CAP score" of 100 indicates a school meets expectations based on its student population, with higher scores indicating a school that beats the odds.
A combined look at the 2014 high school report card and the newer elementary and middle school edition reveals that Edwardsburg's lowest school CAP score (101.81) beat the best showing from any of DeWitt's schools (99.68). Averaging the school results into a district-level CAP score, Edwardsburg rates more than a full 10 points higher (106.05 vs. 95.50), finishing in the top 10 percent of all Michigan school districts. DeWitt's combined district CAP score ranks in the bottom 14 percent statewide.
Money doesn't explain the disparity in performance. Current expenditure data from the U.S. Census Bureau, over the same four-year period as the test results measured in Mackinac's CAP scores, show the two districts spending nearly the exact same amount per student.
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The coming weeks are scheduled to bring the release of Michigan's taxpayer-funded adequacy study, a $399,000 project almost certain to tell us that the state needs to increase education funding. Official documents for the project indicate the recommendation will be based on the funding levels of "exemplary districts" that exceed proficiency averages on the 2014 Michigan Merit Examination given to 11th-graders statewide.
Both DeWitt and Edwardsburg qualify as "exemplary" under this model, yet both also stand among the state's lowest-spending districts. Edwardsburg performs significantly better given the odds brought by its student body but continues to spend slightly less: $8,811 per pupil in 2014-15, compared to DeWitt's $9,136.
This isolated district comparison may raise eyebrows about the adequacy study's approach. But it's the new Mackinac Center report, "School Spending and Student Achievement in Michigan: What's the Relationship?", which clearly undercuts the assumption that more money will improve results statewide.
The report put extensive financial and academic data from more than 4,000 individual public schools through a careful analysis. It included 28 different academic indicators — test scores and graduation rates. Increased spending registered a statistically significant relationship with only one of the 28 indicators. That outlier wasn't exactly impressive: a 10 percent increase in spending projects to raise the average seventh-grade math score by a mere fraction of a point.
The basis for taxpayers' skepticism regarding the effectiveness of future funding increases lies deeper than the case of DeWitt and Edwardsburg. A closer look at Michigan's numbers justifies the need to focus instead on how current dollars are being used.
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Education Spending Not Tied To Success
New study featured in state media
The path to improving student performance isn't as simple as spending more on education, according to a new study by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy.
The study — authored by Mackinac's Education Policy Director Ben DeGrow and Edward C. Hoang, a professor of economics at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs — found no correlation between increased spending and student achievement. These findings suggest that how schools spend money may be more important than how much schools spend.
Among the media outlets throughout the state to cover the report was the Lansing State Journal, which noted that in the 28 areas of achievement examined, a link between spending and performance was found in only one.
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"We're not saying resources can't make a difference in some cases," said Ben DeGrow, the center's education policy director. "But when you look at the big picture of how our education system is set up, it's not structured to take those funding increases and turn them into better results for students."
DeGrow also joined Renk on the Live with Renk Show to explain the importance of the study. The Michigan Legislature has hired a Denver-based firm for $399,000 to determine if the state spends enough on education. That report was due in March, but the deadline has now been extended to May 13 and will almost certainly recommend the state spend more.
"Lawmakers, parents and the Michigan Department of Education owe it to students to examine how education dollars are spent, rather than simply throwing more money to areas that do not directly impact the classroom," DeGrow said when the study was released.
Read the full Lansing State Journal article here.
Access the study here.
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West Virginia Right-to-Work May Turn on Supreme Court Race
Possible backtracking on worker freedom if union-endorsed candidate elected
A May 10 election in West Virginia could leave the state's new right-to-work law in peril. On that day, voters will decide whether to re-elect Republican Justice Brent Benjamin to the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, or replace him, possibly with union-supported Darrell McGraw.
McGraw, who is seen as leading the pack of those challenging the 12-term justice, is endorsed almost entirely by unions. If elected, he would be the fourth Democrat on the five-member court.
Flawed Dane County ruling may show the way to killing RTW in West Virginia and nationally
The main concern of those who favor giving workers the freedom to choose whether or not they have to pay a union to keep their job is that with McGraw on the bench, the West Virginia Supreme Court may have the majority it needs to issue a ruling similar to the one recently made by a Wisconsin judge striking down the state's right-to-work protections.
As I explained in National Review:
Dane County judge William Foust ruled that under the law, "a free-rider problem is born — the ability of nonmembers to refuse to pay for services unions are compelled to provide by law." He then sided with the three unions in the case, including the Wisconsin State AFL-CIO, that argued that the right-to-work law took their property without just compensation.
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The ruling is incorrect and will almost certainly be overruled.
While Wisconsin's ruling came from a lower court and will likely be overturned by a higher court, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals would be the final arbiter in a question regarding that state's new right-to-work law. If that court says it violates federal law, the case could go to the U.S. Supreme Court. If McGraw is elected and assists in overruling worker protections, workers' only recourse (assuming the case involves a federal issue) is to take the question to the Supreme Court, which has been in limbo since the February death of Justice Antonin Scalia.
The current 4-4 split means the U.S. Supreme Court may fail to uphold nearly seven decades of precedent and kill right-to-work in West Virginia. If there is a tie — as was seen in the most recent union case before the court, Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association — the lower, unfavorable West Virginia ruling would stand. Such a ruling would not set a precedent for future cases or impact other states' right-to-work protections.
If President Obama's nominee Merrick Garland is appointed, there may be a 5-4 majority in favor of forced unionism. As the Washington Times recently wrote, "Garland rulings consistently side with labor unions."
A court with Garland, or an appointee like him, could conceivably strike down right-to-work for the entire country.
Can McGraw Win?
As a former Supreme Court of Appeals justice and former attorney general, McGraw benefits from better name ID than most of the other candidates on the ballot.
Noted West Virginia political commentator Hoppy Kercheval explained:
The former state Supreme Court justice and former attorney general is among five candidates vying for the single seat on the five-member court. McGraw, because of his long political career, likely enjoys the highest name recognition in the field that includes current Justice Brent Benjamin, Wayne King, Beth Walker and Bill Wooten.
Kercheval also notes that, "Additionally, it is a plurality vote, meaning the winner does not have to have a majority, just more votes than anyone else." Because there are five candidates "theoretically, just over 20 percent of the vote would be enough to win the election. … Voter turnout in West Virginia in the last presidential primary (2012) was only 24 percent, just over 292,000 votes. If turnout for this year's primary is similar, 60,000 votes could be enough to win."
Kercheval shows that:
McGraw can get votes. He received 313,830 in the loss to Morrisey (329,854), though that was a two-person race and a general election, which had a much higher overall voter turnout than the primary (670,000 to 292,000).
However, it's worth noting that Benjamin has already defeated a McGraw once, in the 2004 Supreme Court race when he unseated Darrell's younger brother, Warren, 382,036 to 334,301. Also, Walker received 329,395 in the 2008 Supreme Court race, coming in third in the race for two seats behind Democrats Menis Ketchum and Margaret Workman.
Will unions have a majority on the West Virginia Court?
According to a 2015 study from West Virginia Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse, a nonprofit citizen watchdog group that fights lawsuit abuse, two of the justices, Democrat Robin Davis and Democrat Margaret Workman, joined together 68 percent of the time on non-unanimous decisions.
Still, there is hope. Only Davis dissented on a procedural issue during the right-to-work fight that would have killed the chances of the bill. The question was whether the governor had to appoint a Republican or a Democrat to fill a seat vacated by a Republican who had been elected as a Democrat. Workman wrote the majority opinion stating a Republican had to be appointed.
Workman was joined by Democrat Chief Justice Menis Ketchum and Republican Justice Allen Loughry; Benjamin did not participate in the decision due to a conflict of interest.
If McGraw is elected, it would take only one justice siding with a likely Davis vote against right-to-work, to make worker freedom in West Virginia history.
Worse, if Merrick Garland or someone of similar persuasion is appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, the outlook for right-to-work across the country could be in jeopardy.
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This op-ed was originally published in Tulsa World on April 27, 2016.
Raising the state tax on cigarettes by $1.50 per pack would result in a 700 percent increase in cigarette smuggling into Oklahoma, among other consequences.
Cigarettes are a legal product. Those who use cigarettes are usually those who strongly prefer them. The high taxes imposed on cigarettes in various states create profit opportunities for those willing to buy them in low-tax states and ship them to high-tax states for resale. Thus, the product is attractive to lawbreakers.
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Research by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, a Midland, Michigan-based research institute, estimates Oklahoma's 2014 state cigarette smuggling rate of 2.4 percent. The low rate is likely a function of being surrounded by four higher-tax states. Any amount of cigarettes brought into the state is largely offset by folks from our neighbor states taking them out. That will change if the tax hike is adopted.
The Mackinac Center used its statistical model to estimate the change in Oklahoma's smuggling rate if taxes increase 145 percent — from $1.03 to $2.53. Their model projects that it would jump to 19.2 percent of the market. That is, of all the cigarettes consumed here, almost one-fifth will be of the illicit variety.
The Mackinac Center's model separates smuggling behavior into two parts: casual and commercial. Casual smuggling typically involves individuals crossing into some other taxing jurisdiction or buying smokes online. Commercial smuggling involves large, long-haul organized criminal syndicates moving and distributing cigarettes. This is where the Mackinac Center believes the majority of the new smuggling will come from.
These crime syndicates can move large amounts of product all over the country, and even outside it. Recently, NASCAR driver Derek White was arrested for his role in a large cigarette smuggling scheme that moved cigarettes from North Carolina (a popular source state) northward into Canada. Derek White is a member of the Mohawk tribe, located in Quebec.
The Mackinac Center's statistical model accounts for the presence of American Indian reservations in a state, though it does not attempt to measure the specific degree of sovereign nations' contribution to tax avoidance, evasion. Also, it does not attempt to quantify how much revenue nontribal businesses will lose when smokers increase their purchases from tribal businesses.
Some believe that tax compacts between states and tribes reduce the role played by reservations in smuggling, but that may be naïve. Squeezing one side of a balloon only expands the other. Stripping people of an incentive to shop for cheaper smokes at tribal smoke shops may do little to quash the ability of individual members to distribute them on their own accord. Also, since Oklahoma's compacts generate $70 million in rebates to tribes, they provide an advantage for tribal cigarette and ancillary retail sales over nontribal businesses. (The rebates result in additional cash flow, thus making the cost of business lower)
States with high cigarette taxes have also encountered other problems. The high profits involved in tax avoidance have led to risky behavior. Thefts of cigarettes — including the hijacking of truck shipments — are more common than people realize.
Thieves have smashed brick walls of wholesalers and retailers with sledgehammers to steal cigarettes. In 2013, Warren, Michigan, police were forced to shoot at cigarette thieves who swerved their van directly at officers in an attempt to escape a confrontation. Even products acquired by innocent consumers have been shown to be counterfeited, and often with dangerous filler such as sawdust.
At a time when Oklahoma's economy is reeling and Oklahomans are suffering job losses, we cannot afford to implement cigarette tax hikes that will increase criminal activity, artificially divert business from Oklahoma communities and hammer Oklahoman families.
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Spending at Michigan public colleges is skyrocketing
Costs at Michigan's state universities have increased substantially over the past 10 years, so much so that returning tuition rates to what they were a decade ago would cost $2.8 billion, according to two analysts at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy.
James Hohman, Mackinac Center assistant director of fiscal policy, and Policy Analyst Jarrett Skorup explain in a recent op-ed in Bridge magazine that rising costs at universities, not a lack of state aid, are the primary drivers of rising costs.
Ten years ago, public universities in Michigan received $1.7 billion in state funds, adjusted for inflation, and average tuition was $6,890. Despite the fact that taxpayers are still spending $1.3 billion a year on universities, the average undergraduate tuition is $11,866, according to Hohman and Skorup.
So what is driving tuition hikes? A likely main factor contributing to this phenomenon is the tendency of students to largely ignore costs when choosing a university. There is no incentive for universities to cut costs as long as students are willing to pay higher tuition – and so far, there has been little slowdown in the number of students wanting to attend college, despite it being more expensive than ever.
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Hohman and Skorup note there is no correlation between the amount of government spending on public universities and how many graduates and degree holders live in a state. Because of this, they argue, Michigan lawmakers should shift the money towards improving infrastructure, reducing debt or cutting taxes.
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April 22, 2016 MichiganVotes Weekly Roll Call Report
School tax hikes, cash-only for rims, bigger fonts on seed warnings
Senate Bill 637, Expand grass seed seller regulations: Passed 37 to 0 in the Senate
To revise details of a law that imposes a testing and labeling mandate on grass seed sellers. The bill would require cool season lawn and turf seed and mixtures to include a "sell by" date, and ban selling them if a state-mandated germination test was more than 15 months earlier. The bill would also require a larger font size be used on a required warning label.
Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
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House Bill 5257, Revise liquor marketing regulations: Passed 35 to 1 in the Senate
To revise the very detailed regulations and restrictions on alcohol marketing so as to permit wholesalers and retailers to use social media to promote product tastings and inform consumers of where to find their products.
Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
Senate Bill 331, Ban parts shops paying cash for rims and tires: Passed 83 to 24 in the House
To prohibit used auto parts dealers from paying cash to an individual for used tires, wheels and rims. Only payments by traceable checks, electronic transfers, etc. would be allowed. This bill is intended as a theft prevention measure.
Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
House Bill 4578, Authorize school recreation property taxes: Passed 108 to 0 in the House
To add school districts to a law that lets several local governments organize a recreational authority with the power to levy up to one-mill of property tax for swimming pools, recreation centers, public auditoriums, public conference centers and parks. The law is silent on whether the recreational facilities could be school facilities if the bill becomes law, but does require them to be open to the public. It also requires voters in each municipality to approve one of these tax levies.
Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
SOURCE: MichiganVotes.org, a free, non-partisan website created by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, providing concise, non-partisan, plain-English descriptions of every bill and vote in the Michigan House and Senate. Please visit http://www.MichiganVotes.org.
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New 'Rich States, Poor States' Index Released
Michigan improves slightly
For years my colleagues and I have charted the rise and fall of Michigan's economic fortunes using a number of different metrics. We did so because we care deeply about the well-being of Michigan citizens — and by extension — the whole Great Lake State.
We have looked at changes in state gross domestic product (the value of all goods and services produced within our borders), per capita personal income and interstate migration and population growth to name just three. We also employ indexes produced by other think tanks and scholars that rely on many more variables. One of those indexes was just updated and released last week. Our state's rating was middling and could be improved with tax cuts.
The American Legislative Exchange Council produces a report each year called, "Rich States, Poor States: ALEC-Laffer Competitiveness Index." This index measures 15 policy variables, from top marginal tax rates to public employees per 10,000 citizens and whether a state maintains a right-to-work law. States that appear higher in the rankings tend to do better economically than those who finish in the bottom tier.
The annually updated report uses the data to rank states on their economic outlook. In the 2016 edition, which contains data through 2014, Michigan ranked 22nd, up slightly from 24th. That's a better but still middling performance. Utah finished first in the index — its outlook is brightest — and New York finished last.
Michigan's middle-of-the-pack performance is not a big surprise. In the last year or two, there have been no big policy changes in Lansing that would necessitate a big move upward. Also, other indexes and rankings we have tracked have also placed Michigan in the great average of American states. The Tax Foundation of Washington D.C. ranks Michigan's state and local tax burden 25th among 50 through 2012. Similarly, in the index "Economic Freedom of North America," Michigan ranks 27th among 50 states through 2013.
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There is much that could be done to raise our ranking in the ALEC index (among others) going forward. A reduction in taxes — or perhaps the outright elimination — of the state's corporate or personal income tax is just one example.
Great strides have been made in recent years to reform Michigan's fiscal policy and regulatory landscape, but much more can and should be done.
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The Many Benefits of Ridesharing
Lyft and Uber provide transportation and jobs in Michigan
Ridesharing companies face a number of difficulties in Michigan. Municipalities regulate taxis and the state regulates limousines, but Uber and Lyft don't fall into either category. The legal gray area they occupy has made it difficult for drivers to operate in places like Ann Arbor, as described in a recent article.
By contrast, Uber received a warm welcome from law enforcement in Grand Rapids. Babacar, a driver there, said the police love Uber. "Basically, around two in the morning, we clean the city," he says. "We take everybody home. I think that's the reason the police love us, love the Uber drivers. We help them. We make their jobs very easy."
Indeed, while the phenomenon requires further study, Uber has found that when ridesharing companies can freely operate in a city, drunk driving arrests drop by over 10 percent. One driver said he regularly drives people with a DUI on their record, adding that some will even bring Uber receipts to court to prove they're being more responsible and making better decisions.
But ridesharing doesn't just make the roads safer, it also provides large numbers of flexible jobs for those in need of extra income or a way to tide them over between jobs. When it is possible to begin working without obtaining a costly new license or starting a taxi company, ridesharing drivers can start work almost immediately, on their own terms — choosing their hours and where they want to work.
Ridesharing also has the potential to take cars off the road, cutting down on road congestion and pollution. In 2015, Uber launched a new service in New York City that matched up people making similar commutes to save them money and remove cars from rush hour traffic.
Michigan might be a different ballgame, but ridesharing has had an impact here, too. Tim, a driver in Ann Arbor, tells of a regular customer who sold her car after realizing that Uber would be a cheaper way to get to work: "It's $100 a month, or $200 a month. But prior to that, they were paying the car payment, insurance and gas."
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Some believe that drivers for Uber and Lyft should be regulated like taxi drivers, and that the lack of a regulatory structure gives ridesharing an unfair advantage. "I think even the taxi industry is way over-regulated," said Kevin, a driver from Flint, adding that the popularity of services like Lyft and Uber should "show legislators that people want an alternative."
"A lot of people I give rides to never used a taxi before," Kevin said. "They use this now because it's so convenient and so easy."
Rebecca, who drives in Grand Rapids, concurs. "The amount of young people I pick up amazes me," she said. "I see that they're getting rides and they're being responsible, and it's so inexpensive for them, whereas taxis are inconvenient, you have to sit around and wait for who knows how long and they're very expensive."
Ridesharing companies currently operate in metro Detroit, Ann Arbor, Lansing, East Lansing, Flint, Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids, but cannot expand services further until the Legislature passes an overarching framework for them to follow. The House passed a package of bills that would exempt ridesharing drivers from needing a special license and set parameters for insurance and how these companies provide their services. It sits in the Senate Regulatory Reforms Committee.
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Evangelista is one of the members of this group. She is hardworking and has a strong desire to grow and succeed. Her goal is to continue helping her family and grow with her business. She is grateful for this opportunity she is getting so that she can continue to grow and continue selling her perfumes.
She is requesting this loan to buy more fragrances in order to sell them, and thus continue to grow her microenterprise and helping her family.
Evangelista es una de las integrantes de este grupo, ella es muy trabajadora, y tiene muchas ansias de crecer y salir adelante. Su meta es poder seguir ayudando a su familia e ir creciendo con su emprendimiento. Ella está muy agradecida por esta oportunidad que está recibiendo que le permitirá seguir creciendo y continuar con las ventas de perfumes que hace.
Solicita de este crédito para poder comprar más fragancias para poder venderlo, y de esa forma seguir creciendo con su microemprendimiento y ayudando a su familia.
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To learn more about this unique approach to eliminating poverty, you can read this article on Fundación Paraguaya's website.
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Sweet! Can't wait to try this out! I remember back in the day (when I was new to hacks) I seen these two hacks (well they were a pair) of gold, it was Jesse Version, and James version. Thought this was it being continued at first, but its still cool to see this one!
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A cornstarch and water mixture used in thickening stews, sauces, etc. The term has been used by U.S. Army mess hall cooks, and it is presumably derived from its resemblance to bull semen.
A bull fuck is often used when making shit on a shingle.
ayon kay Beer Hunter ika-03 ng Abril, 2006
a variation of bullshit, but 3x worse
oh bullfuck were surrounded
ayon kay Devan Benoit ika-11 ng Mayo, 2006
A more severe variation of bullshit Usually refers to a blatant and rediculous lie.
You're gonna kick my ass? That's bullfuck and you know it.
ayon kay Chien ika-05 ng Disyembre, 2003
1. a more extreme synonym for "bullshit".
2. something that is unfair, or fucked up.
2. something that is unfair, or fucked up.
"dude, my mom found my stash and threw it all away, it was total Bullfuck!
ayon kay .Marek. ika-16 ng Enero, 2009
a worse person than an asshole
ayon kay caseyinseattle ika-10 ng Setyembre, 2015
A place out in the sticks; some place nobody's ever heard of.
The guy comes from somewhere out in bull-fuck North Dakota.
ayon kay Iodine ika-05 ng Abril, 2004
A version of bullshit and fuck used by Rocco of Winamac.
Rocco bullfucks his brother Brice every night!
ayon kay Dameon666 ika-31 ng Marso, 2007


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The surname Begor was first found in Hamburg, where the name contributed greatly to the development of an emerging nation which would later play a large role in the tribal and national conflicts of the area. In later years the name branched into many houses, each playing a significant role in the local social and political affairs. Beger is also connected to several place names in the Holstein region.
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Oct 2 2009Kill It With A Toaster Oven!: WALL-E Sandwich
Anna the Red, best known for her incredible video-game themed Bento boxes, went and made a WALL-E on wheat. She has a tutorial on how to make your own over at her website if you're interested, so I went ahead and printed it out and gave it to my mom. Gosh, I hope I get a juicebox too!
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Anna the Red is going to get one lucky husband some day.
i would tap that...because i make my own mayo and i dont care what anyone says, then i would eat it...mmm thick mayo too!
Aaawww him too cute to eat.........:)
I made this AWESOME peanut butter & jelly sandwich today that looked just like 2 triangles!!!!! I gotta get some pictures of it posted. Oh wait, too late.
I guess I can always post pictures of it when it comes out.
This is made of win! What a cute-looking sandwich. I *heart* WALL-E...
I ate the sandwich and now I *fart* WALL-E. I love the multiple angles...just in case we didn't get it from the first shot.
why did you change the article title from "with teeth" to "with a toaster oven"?
dammit shawn hurry up and post something!!!
Man I love Wall-E
Wall-E is a fail-bot
WALL-E rocks, dude
The effects in that movie were second only to the effects of my magic moving tatoo
I've seen your black magic moving snake tattoo and it only moves when blood rush's to it
Hey! This sandwich PROVES the existence of Wall-E! We should sell it on E-Bay for $20,000. ($113,000 in dog dollars) BTW, $20,000 was the winning bid on that cheese sandwhich with mary's face on it.
Honestly, I feel like a boob for working for a living. I should be able to come up with crap like that.
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This site is rather inconvinient as far as conversation goes, but it's pretty funny
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@15 if you want conversation call your mom.
or i could call your mom... serioulsy son why does she keep changing her number i mean i only beat her because your grades were so bad..and i'm an alcoholic..and i am reeeeaaalllly sorry for touching you as a child.forgive me please son pleeeeease?
My mom would knock the ugly off of ur Scruffy ass.
its cool :D
well it would seem she dosen't really want me back mah boy... I'm sorry we failed to be good parents to you. we both have AIDS by the way... we got it before you were born so there is a high chance you may have it, might wanna get checked
seriously... why'd you change it. i really want to know
Wow this sandwich is so freaking cool!!! Now i have a cool idea of getting into that girls pants, you can't turn down a guy who spends some time in making your sandwich like that.
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When life gives you Zombies... You won't have the time to make cute little sandwiches, so enjoy this while you can.
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ATG's who could never beat a Prime ATG @their fighting weights?
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Re: ATG's who could never beat a Prime ATG @their fighting weights?
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Hook here, which ATG's could never beat a Prime ATG at any weight they fought at???
*I mean even if these ATG's were Prime themselves, given a hot tub time machine, they could not win VS other Prime ATG's without a v.lucky punch.
My turn to start,
Foreman Hoooooooooooooook!
i think that some1 who could not beat any ATG in his prime at their weight is not n ATG .
4 example , consider my top 10 HW :
Valuev , McCall , 4man , Vitali ,
Tucker , Holyfield , Lewis , Ibeabuchi
McCall could beat Vitali and 4man , but i doubt that he could beat Valuev .
still , he could beat 2 out of d other 3 .
Valuev could beat all of them .
Vitali might have beaten Valuev (but what if Valuev bothered 2 juice&train like he does ?) and maybe 4man but not McCall if McCall comes sharp .
a notch below i could c Tua outpointing McCall but d opposite as well .
yet another notch below i could c tucker giving 4man trouble and maybe even vitali and i wish i had mccall vs tucker .
holyfield could have won a decision over mccall and maybe maul with vitali .
ibeabuchi obviously gave tua a tough fight and i believe would have been a tough fight 4 4man and even vitali .
Brewster i could c beating tucker
so in any notch i could somehow find some1 whom could at least b competitive with some1 in a notch below him .
in some occasions , even some1 whom could beat some1 2 notches below him .
i do think that pacquiao could beat ATGs , d rest r not really ATGs , unless u insist on lying 2 yourself of course .
d reason 2y "dempsey" is not n ATG is not even because he wouldn't have done well vs fellow hw champions from other eras , but simply because he avoided blakk fighters , cheated vs Sharkey and did not impress often against his reasonably skilled (4 their era) opponents .
So simple . even if u don't go by h2h and do go by resume considering what 1's era had 2 offer , "dempsey" didn't do that well 2b regarded as a true ATG .
ATG means All Time Great . Dempsey's gr8ness in his own era is doubtful .
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North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue's top aide and the manager of her winning 2008 campaign is stepping down as her chief of staff.
Perdue announced Thursday that Zach Ambrose will leave the job in the coming weeks. She says Ambrose is an invaluable friend and adviser. Ambrose told Perdue's senior staff of his decision Thursday morning.
Perdue spokeswoman Chrissy Pearson says Ambrose wanted more time with his family and to try new things after essentially being on call 24 hours a day for Perdue for the past five years.
Ambrose became Perdue's chief of staff when she was lieutenant governor in 2005 and later became campaign manager. He also helped Perdue assemble her Cabinet before she took the oath of office in January 2009.
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The Origin of Mysterious, Dark-Skinned Blonds Discovered
Baku, May 8 (AZERTAC). Residents of the Solomon Islands in the Pacific have some of the darkest skin seen outside of Africa. They also have the highest occurrence of blond hair seen in any population outside of Europe. Now, researchers have found the single gene that explains these fair tresses.
A single mutation is responsible for almost half of the variation in Solomon Islanders` hair color, the scientists reported Thursday (May 3) in the journal Science. Most strikingly, this gene mutation seems to have arisen in the Pacific, not been brought in by fair-haired Europeans intermarrying with islanders.
"The human characteristic of blond hair arose independently in equatorial Oceania," study researcher Eimear Kenny, a postodoctoral scholar at the Stanford University School of Medicine, said in a statement. "That`s quite unexpected and fascinating."
Kenny`s colleagues Sean Myles and Nicholas Timpson traveled to the remote Solomon islands, where Myles, now a professor at Nova Scotia Agricultural College, had previously noted a surprising number of blonds.
"They have this very dark skin and bright blond hair. It was mind-blowing," Myles said in a statement. "As a geneticist on the beach watching the kids playing, you count up the frequency of kids with blond hair, and say, `Wow, it`s 5 to 10 percent.`"
That`s not very far off from the proportion of blond-haired people in Europe, Kenny said. The researchers gathered saliva from 43 blond and 42 dark-haired Solomon Islanders to analyze for clues to the genes behind their hair color.
A genome-wide analysis turned up a shockingly clear result, rare in the world of genetics where a single trait can be influenced by dozens or more genes. A gene called TYRP1, which resides on the ninth chromosome of human`s 23 pairs of chromosomes, explained 46.4 percent of the variation in the islanders` hair color. (Chromosomes are coiled packets of DNA.) A mutation in this gene affects an enzyme known to be involved in human pigmentation, the researchers found.
This mutation doesn`t appear in European genomes, an analysis of genomes from 52 human populations around the world revealed. Rather, it seems to have arisen independently and persisted in the Melanesian population.
That makes the gene different from the one responsible for blue eyes, which arose from a single common ancestor between 6,000 and 10,000 years ago. Before then, there were no blue eyes, they said.
The find solves a nifty genetic mystery, but it also highlights the dangers of assuming that genome findings from one population will translate to another, said study author Carlos Bustamante, a professor of genetics at Stanford.


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Hi Everyone,
Lets Support That John Guy for leading hikes. If you could please donate $3.00 a year for all the effort that he puts into our group; research, recon, poison ivy meds, gas, planning these trips and domain name registration.
( Just click "YES" in the "attend box", check the "agree" box and follow instructions )
If you'ld prefer you can always feed the "tip-jar" when you're on a hike.
Also please vote on the poll.
ZION National Park / Angels Landing / Narrows - April or May or June. 8/10
Havasupai / Grand Canyon - March or April or May. 7/10
Death Valley / sand dunes / Golden Canyon - March or April. 7/10
Sedona Arizona / Cathedral Rock / Boynton Canyon - April or May (see our trip there last April) 7/10
Yosemite / Nevada - Vernal Falls / Half Dome - April or May or June. 8/10
Joshua Tree - March or April or May. 6/10
I paid already via paypal a few weeks ago :)
1 · January 3, 2013
Hi I'm a confused newcomer. It looks like this is just a call for yearly contributions, right? There is no physical get-together at Gern's house in Santa Monica at 7 PM? Thanks!
0 · January 2, 2013
Is there a hike on January 2? If so my friend would like to join. Can he pay that day.
1 · December 30, 2012
Would def love to do the Sedona trip.
Thanks That ~John~ Guy for all the hard work and fun that you put into these hikes (and I've only been on one of yours!) but I can see the blood sweat and tears of fun that you put into them! Cheers to more great safe awesome hikes!
1 · December 18, 2012
yup.... that was me in my gold=plated / diamond encrusted Hummer limo.... sweet ride!!!
0 · March 19, 2012
Victoria~ From my prior post it sounds like I'm short on cash? Or have we met? I think I would have remembered meeting you...
Anyway, c'mon, three bucks aint nothin'. I was able to find three bucks down between the cushions of my sofa. OK, so maybe it was my neighbor's sofa. It really doesn't matter as long as I paid my dues, right?
0 · March 19, 2012
I saw that John Guy on Melrose Drive in the back of a Limo and stopping off to buy some more bling. Amazing what he can do with $3.00 at a time and still keep this hiking group organized (or whatever he does). Actually, I just joined this group 15 minutes ago. I will gladly follow the link and pay the very reasonable membership dues. I want to send a big THANKS to That John Guy and everyone else that helps put these events on @ Santamonicahiking.com.
0 · March 19, 2012
THANX to the folks who've donated and fed the tip jar on hikes etc. and helped support the group... here's to several more fun adventures for as long as we can hike!!! Really... wouldn't it be cool if we were all still hiking together in 2040???
0 · January 31, 2012
(correct... not an event)
0 · January 31, 2012
Totally reasonable! Will be happy to give $5 in tip jar at next hike I join:-)
1 · January 29, 2012
I will give my donation when I see you next time. I can't go to this meetup, though. Isn't it sad that there are only 16 people to cheer up John That Guy? C'mon, guys how many nice hike you went to being John the leader? Thank you John for organizing so many nice hiking days!
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As some one mentioned it can get dry. I've made this 3 different times, today I used organic peanut butter which has a little more peanut oil in it. It was PERFECT with the extra oil, so if you were to make this without organic peanut butter, I'd add maybe 1/4c. of oil to the recipe, to help with the dryness. oh and DO NOT OVER COOK that will also contribute to the dry factor. This is a great base recipe to play with. :o)
I am not a big fan of banana breads. I made this because I had over ripe bananas to use up. To my surprise I thought they were pretty good! I used the mini chocolate chips. I didn't have any nuts so I used extra chocolate chips in their place. You can never have too much chocolate! I baked this as muffins instead of in a loaf. That way it is easy to pop one into lunches or grab them on the go. I baked them for 17 minutes at 350. They turned out great! Thanks so much!
Came out dry and not too much peanut butter flavor.
I thought I had all the ingredients, but did not have the choc. chips. I did have peanut butter chips. I also increased the peanut butter to 2/3 cup and made 19 reg. size muffins. Bake for 18 min. on convection bake. So, so good. I put my bananas in the freezer when too ripe- skin and all and just let thaw for about 1/2 hr. They were perfect for this recipe. This recipe is fantastic.
I followed other readers instructions by adding 3/4 cup peanut butter, buttermilk instead of milk and I didn't over cook this either. I swapped brown sugar for the white sugar too. It still turned out just rather bland and dry. It was okay, not amazing.
This turned out perfectly! I might add even more peanut butter next time! Thanks for a keeper.
Really good combination! This is a nice change from regular banana bread. I'll be making this again. Thanks for posting.
Great bread and very easy to make. Mine were done in about 35 minutes, so if you put them in there for 45 minutes, they might get burned. I will definitely make this one again. Thanks for sharing.
Great recipe! I followed the instructions for self-rising flour too and it turned out very well. Used 3 bananas (medium size), but actually would prefer a little more banana flavor. I think next time I'll try the cream-cheese/peanut butter suggestion because the peanut butter took over a little. Awesome though and my toddlers loved it! Thanks!
I love the combination of peanut butter, bananas and chocolate anyways, so, I had to try this! I didn't have self-rising flour, and didn't have baking soda, but did have baking powder and salt so I did my best to make my own self-rising flour. I didn't have chocolate chips but had a hershey's chocolate bar. I grated part of it, broke the rest of it into small chunks. I used 4 small to medium sized bananas and broke them into small pieces. I eye balled about a cup of walnuts, didn't actually measure them. I also increased the peanut butter to 3/4 of a cup. I used two smaller sized loaf pans (but not the mini ones). It came out wonderful! It came out light, not dark, and moist and very delicious! We tried it hot, but, I know how good banana bread is cold so I put the rest of it in the fridge. Can't wait to try it cold!!


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A Body of Vision
Representations of the Body in Recent Film and Poetry
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Elder examines how artists such as Brakhage, Artaud, Schneemann, Cohen and others have tried to recognize and to convey primordial forms of experiences. He argues that the attempt to convey these primordial modes of awareness demands a different conception of artistic meaning from any of those that currently dominate contemporary critical discussion. By reworking theories and speech in highly original ways, Elder formulates this new conception. His remarks on the gaps in contemporary critical practices will likely become the focus of much debate.
Filmmaker, author and critic, R. Bruce Elder inspires and enjoys debate. His films have been exhibited internationally and his polemical piece, "The Cinema We Need", remains one of the most discussed pieces of writing on Canadian film. Elder has also produced a forty-two-hour film cycle entitled The Book of All the Dead. In 2007 R. Bruce Elder received the Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts.
"Elder is undoubtedly one of the most stimulating thinkers I have ever encountered" (translated from the Italian).
— Antonio Bisaccia, author of Effetto Snow and art reviewer for Manifesto, Il Manifesto and Artleader
"A Body of Vison is filled with vividly detailed readings of films that map the confused and exhilarating intersections of the body and the symbolic processes that surround and issue from it. Elder's focus si tight, his resistance to the limits of realist representation powerful and convincing."
"The scope of this volume is truly astonishing."
— M. Wayne Cunningham, Canadian Book Review Annual
"... each of the book's principal parts is exemplary of the kind of criticism film studies needs and should have a great deal more of."
— Bart Testa, , University of Toronto Quarterly
"Bruce Elder's writing constitutes the greatest collection of wisdom on poetic cinema of any living human. Furthermore, his knowledge is so a propos to all the arts that it is a paradigm of aesthetics in general."
— Stan Brakhage, October 1997
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Image and Identity: Reflections on Canadian Film and Culture, R. Bruce Elder
The Films of Stan Brakhage in the American Tradition of Ezra Pound, Gertrude Stein and Charles Olson, R. Bruce Elder
DADA, Surrealism, and the Cinematic Effect, R. Bruce Elder
Harmony and Dissent: Film and Avant-garde Art Movements in the Early Twentieth Century, R. Bruce Elder and R. Bruce Elder


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The "cash for clunkers" (or CARS) program that was widely predicted to be extended by the Congress has been, if nothing else, a clear public relations win for the Obama Administration. It may also be, at least for the short-term, a shot in the arm for the beleaguered American auto industry (including domestic dealerships of foreign car companies, like Honda and Toyota). But the program's extension may also be bad news for anyone who was hoping that candidate Obama's campaign promises to fix our domestic energy policy would translate into something resembling a robust make-over. read more »
One Step for Short-term Economic Stimulus, and One Giant Leap (backward) for U.S. Energy Sustainability
Confronting Street Art
By Richard Reep
Street art has been around since ancient times, with the triple theme of craft, sabotage, and branding. Paris' "Blec le rat" and New York's Taki 183 were early pioneers in street art. Today, street art has spread into nearly every city with artists, media, and collectors. Skateboards, tattoos, stickers, and spray paint are but a few examples of the craft of the street. The adrenalin rush an artist feels in executing his work is augmented by the urban thrill of working at night, rushing to leave behind a signature before the police come. The chief aim of most street art is branding, as the artist's main form of expression is to create a recognizable personal logotype. read more »
Reducing Vehicle Miles Traveled Produces Meager Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Returns
Senators Jay Rockefeller (D-West Virginia) and Frank Lautenberg (D-New Jersey) have introduced legislation that would require annual per capita reductions in driving each year. Another bill, the National Transportation Objectives Act, introduced by Representative Rush Holt (D-Indiana), Representative Russ Carnahan (D-Missouri) and Representative Jay Inslee (D-Washington.) would require a 16 percent reduction in driving in 20 years. read more »
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Toyota! The Runaway Musical Hit! Satirical Revue from The Brave New Workshop
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i would have rated it a 5, except for the skit that referenced cancer. very tasteless.
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This was great! Just a fraction of a step below the shows I've seen there before, but hilarious and so enjoyable!
The Brave New Workshop quintet, always reliable for satirical fun, is tuning up its vocals for a hybrid musical/comedy. Toyota! The Runaway Musical Hit! will provide the musical soundtrack for your drive down the fast lane of summer fun. Prepare yourself for an unstoppable musical ride, that will leave you humming, toe tapping and recalling the lyrics all the way home. This isn't your grandma's musical, this runaway musical revue will be brought to you in 3-D!
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Death on the Eleventh Hole (Lambert and Hook Mysteries)
For Superintendent John Lambert, a round of golf is the perfect diversion, especially when he's beating, and offering patronizing tips to, his sergeant, Bert Hook. Hook isn't having much fun, but when he mishits a ball horribly, he comes across something far, far more horrible - in a ditch. The young woman lying there, it turns out, was not only a drugs dealer, but she was on the game too. And this, naturally, left her vulnerable to the animosity of some of society's darkest and most secretive characters. For one thing, Kate Warton had just decided to give up dealing and the powers that be were not amused. Just how many shots is it going to take these hardnosed detectives to get out of that ditch?
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After 12 years of consecutive increases, the preliminary cesarean delivery rate for single-child births was unchanged from 2009 to 2011, at 31.3%, according to a CDC report.
Cesarean delivery rates decreased more than 5% among births at 38 weeks of gestation while increasing 4% among births at 39 weeks.
The decrease in the rate at 38 weeks covered non-Hispanic white, non-Hispanic black and Hispanic women, and all maternal age groups. The increase at 39 weeks likewise spanned the leading demographics.
The reports authors, with the CDCs National Center for Health Statistics, noted that the rate had increased by almost 60%, from 19.7% of all single-child births, between 1996-97 and 2009.
The subsequent stabilization may have resulted from a recent policy emphasis on reducing early deliveries, according to the authors. For example, the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists "developed clinical guidelines for reducing the occurrence of nonmedically-indicated cesarean delivery and labor induction prior to 39 weeks. Efforts to reduce such births include initiatives to improve perinatal care quality, changes in hospital policy to disallow elective delivery prior to 39 weeks, and education of the public."
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Lido del Faro
Bathing Establishments BeachesLocalità Punta Carena - Anacapri - See map
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Lido del Faro
- The "sunniest" beach club of Capri: enjoy the sun till the sunset
- A dip in the blue sea or in the swimming pool: it's your choice!
- A great restaurant for lunch just on the seashore
Lido del Faro - AnacapriGo to the top
One of Capri's best-loved beach resorts, Anacapri's Lido del Faro occupies a series of sun-drenched terraces, carved into the rocks at the foot of the island's lighthouse.
At Lido del Faro you'll find everything you might possibly need for a perfect day by the sea: a salt water swimming pool with hydromassage, private sun decks, a gourmet restaurant specializing in fish and seafood...and the glorious Mediterranean sun, from dawn until dusk.
Typical island treats, from "caponata" to "insalata caprese" and "white wine with peaches", are served at the Snack Bar. And, if you can't bear the idea of missing a single ray of sun, on request staff will deliver drinks and nibbles direct to your lounger. What more could you want?
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Amazing Food and Location
This was superb, went for lunch, trust me when on Capri you will struggle to find decent food. Everything is mozzarella and Parma ham or spaghetti or lasagne or badly fried fish. Not here, superb... more »
Great Food
I'll keep it short. I've eaten her twice, once in 2012 and once in 2015. On both occasions the food I had was excellent. The most recent time I ate there, they served a fabulous Capri-style... more »
Lighthouse, lunch with a difference!
Lovely location, good food if not a little expensive. All in all a great experience. The service was good, lots of Italians around so usually a good indication. more »
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Lido del Faro is located on Carena Point, and just a 10 minute bus ride away from the center of Anacapri.
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da Antonio
- Atmosphere like in the 50s at the "Faro di Punta Carena"
- Try the famous "caponata" made by Antonio
- Enjoy the sunset drinking a glass of wine
da Gelsomina Migliera
- A hidden spot in the heart of Capri
- A swimming pool near the Migliera scenic overlook, the prettiest view on Capri
- Traditional island specialties in the excellent restaurant
Torre Saracena
- Swim towards the Faraglioni
- Sunbathe in the hidden cove
- Taste the fresh seafood
da Gioia
- One of the fewest beach of Capri
- Enjoy a relaxing and comfortable day on the beach
- Taste the sea specialties of the restaurant