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by German Lopez
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Council Members Demand Answers on Budget Alternatives
City officials frame budget debate with two choices, but there are more options
Councilman Chris Seelbach says Mayor Mark Mallory and other city officials are wrong to claim Plan B, which would lay off 189 cops and 80 firefighters and make other cuts to city services, is the only solution to the city's budget deficit if the parking plan isn't implemented.Seelbach and Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld called for a special City Council session on April 4 to get the city administration to answer questions about alternatives to laying off cops or firefighters. Seelbach, who opposes the parking plan, has pointed to casino revenue and cuts in programs ranked poorly by the city's priority-driven budgeting process as two potential alternatives to eliminating at least 269 public safety positions. "We spent $100,000 on the priority-based budget process to give the public and a diverse cross-section of the entire city input on what the Council and the city should be spending money on," Seelbach says. "We should be using those results when deciding where we should make cuts." In the midst of the parking plan debate, Seelbach proposed Plan S, which would redirect $7.5 million in casino revenue to help balance the deficit, cut $5 million based on the results of the city's priority-driven budgeting process and put two charter amendments on the ballot that, if approved, would include up to a $10-per-month trash fee and increase the city's admissions tax by 2 percent. At a press conference on March 28, Mayor Mark Mallory implied the plan is unworkable because it relies on November ballot initiatives. "We don't have until November," he said. But Seelbach says City Council could pass a stub budget that would sustain the city financially until the ballot measures are voted on. If both the measures are rejected, City Council would then be required to make further adjustments to balance the budget. Even without the ballot initiatives, Seelbach's suggestions for casino revenue and cuts based on the priority-driven budgeting process could be approved by City Council to avoid at least two-thirds of the $18.1 million in public safety cuts outlined by Dohoney's Plan B memo. Seelbach says further cuts could be made through the budget-driven priority process if necessary. "It worries me that these threats of 344 layoffs is just an attempt to sell the parking plan," he says. "Every option should be on the table." Meg Olberding, city spokesperson, previously told CityBeat that City Council could choose its own cuts and use other revenue, including casino revenue, to balance the budget. "Council can use whatever revenue sources they want," she said. "That's why the memo … says we can either use this plan or another plan." In the 2013 mayoral race, the threat of laying off cops and firefighters has played a prominent role in the parking plan debate. Democratic mayoral candidate John Cranley has repeatedly said the threats are "the boy crying wolf." On Friday, he proposed his own budget plan that he says would avoid layoffs, but critics say Cranley's casino revenue estimates ignore recent trends. Vice Mayor Roxanne Qualls, another Democratic candidate for mayor, said the city will have to lay off cops and firefighters if the parking plan doesn't go into effect, echoing earlier comments she made in a blog post Sunday. On March 6, City Council passed a plan that would lease the city's parking assets to the Port of Greater Development Authority to help balance the budget for the next two fiscal years and fund development projects, including a downtown grocery store ("Parking Stimulus," issue of Feb. 27). But the plan is being held up by a referendum effort after a ruling from Judge Robert Winkler on March 28.
The Inevitable Progress of Gay Rights
German Lopez
4 Comments · Wednesday, March 20, 2013
LGBT-supporting Cincinnatians had a bipolar March 15, with Sen. Rob Portman coming out in support of same-sex marriage and the Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network (GLSEN) being publicly barred from the St. Patrick's Day Parade on the same day.
by German Lopez
Posted In:
LGBT Issues
at 08:48 AM |
Morning News and Stuff
Parade blocks LGBT group, parking plan awaits ruling, Boehner still against gay marriage
Saturday's St. Patrick's Day Parade drew a lot of criticism Friday for excluding the Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network, a group within K-12 schools that works to prevent bullying by striving for equality regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity and expression. Councilman Chris Seelbach led the criticisms and a boycott on the parade — an effort that gained national attention. Chris Schulte, who was on the board that organized the parade, apparently told Seelbach that the board did not want to be affiliated with gays and lesbians due to the parade's Catholic roots, but Schulte said in a follow-up press release that the parade does not allow any political or social movement, no matter the cause. Cincinnati's plan to lease its parking assets to the Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority remains in legal limbo, even after a court hearing on Friday. Judge Robert Winkler, who presided over the hearings, did not hand down a ruling after hearing extensive legal arguments from the city and opponents of the parking plan. Opponents argued the city charter's definition of emergency clauses is ambiguous, and legal precedent supports siding with voters' right to referendum when there is ambiguity. The city said legal precedent requires the city to defer to state law as long as state law is not contradicted in the city charter. Cincinnati's city charter does not specify whether emergency legislation is subject to referendum, but state law explicitly says emergency laws are not subject to referendum. Despite the reversal of his friend and Republican colleague Sen. Rob Portman, House Speaker John Boehner says he doesn't see himself ever supporting same-sex marriage. Portman gained national recognition Friday for reversing his position two years after finding out his son is gay. Mayor Mark Mallory will announce details about the City's Summer Youth Jobs Program tomorrow, and he's also seeking as many employers as possible to participate in his eighth Annual Youth Job Fair. Employers can sign up for free booths at www.mayormallory.com. Due to a policy that encourages doctors to work overtime, psychiatrists are among the state's top paid employees. State officials say the policy saves money because overtime rates are lower than psychiatrists' normal hourly wages. On average, the doctors end up working 80 hours a week, but state officials say there are precautions in place to ensure the highest levels of care. The Steubenville rape case came to a close over the weekend, with two teenagers being found guilty of raping a 16-year-old girl. While most people were appalled by the teenagers' audacity on Twitter and other social media regarding the rape, CNN decided to report the story with sympathy for the convicted rapists: A University of Cincinnati study found a cholesterol drug could prevent colorectal cancer recurrence. Sometimes science can do gross things, like resurrecting a frog that gives birth from its mouth. Popular Science has been covering 3-D printer plans for houses, and the latest one actually looks like a house.
by German Lopez
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at 12:28 PM |
Parking Meter Company's Past Problems Resurface
Before Xerox buyout, audit found ACS improperly managed parking meters
The company that would operate Cincinnati's parking meters if the city passes its controversial parking plan this week was mired with audited problems and complaints in the past. The issues surfaced years before Affiliated Computer Services (ACS) was bought by Xerox in 2010, and Xerox now denies any wrongdoing. A 2007 audit found ACS had failed to take care and keep track of parking meters it operated in Washington, D.C. The audit claimed 35 percent of parking meters listed in ACS's inventory were missing, about 16 percent of the remaining meters were completely inoperative and 65 percent had problems that ranged from defacing to improper height and stability. ACS also failed to fix meters within the 72-hour period mandated by its contract, according to the audit. For some residents, the broken meters led to unfair tickets, with 6,888 tickets, or nearly 1 percent of parking meter tickets, being improperly issued at unfixed meters, according to the audit. The audit also found a 903-percent increase in overall parking meter complaints under the privatization contract with ACS. The audit also questioned the financial gains for Washington, D.C., which had to pay $8.8 million, or 33.4 percent, more under privatization than projected trends under public management. The bad audit wasn't enough for Washington, D.C., to cut its contract with ACS, which still manages the city's parking meters today. The audit was among a few other problems tipped to multiple media outlets by Tabitha Woodruff, an advocate at Ohio Public Interest Research Group. In 2007, ACS was accused of bribing police officers in Edmonton, Canada, but a judge ruled in favor of ACS, stating there wasn't sufficient evidence. In 2010, the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) charged ACS with backdating and falsely disclosing stock options between 1996 and 2005, and ACS consented to a permanent injunction without admitting or denying the charges. All the discovered problems occurred before 2010, when Xerox bought ACS.Kevin Lightfoot, a spokesperson at Xerox, says the audit's findings were based on "faulty information." He says Xerox and the District of Columbia Department of Transportation found ACS had saved Washington, D.C., money. He also claims the auditor had misunderstood the parking meters' screen displays, which he says led to the improper identification of inoperative or malfunctioning meters.CityBeat previously covered the parking proposal, which would lease the city's parking assets to fund deficit reduction and economic development, in detail. Mayor Mark Mallory and Vice Mayor Roxanne Qualls have endorsed the plan, and it's currently expected to have the five votes necessary to pass a possible City Council vote today. On Friday, Councilman Chris Seelbach revealed Plan S, an alternative proposal that would not lease the city's parking assets and would instead use $7.5 million in casino revenue, cut $5 million based on the results of the city's priority-driven budgeting and allow voters to choose between a $10-per-month trash fee or a 2-percent increase in the city's admissions tax. City Manager Milton Dohoney Jr. also put forward his "Plan B," which would lay off 344 employees, eliminate Human Services Funding and close pools and recreation centers, among other changes. In response, mayoral candidate John Cranley proposed his own plan, which would use casino revenue, parking meter revenue and cuts to "non-essential programs" to tame the deficit. Plan B, Plan S and Cranley's plan all fix the structural deficit in the city's budget, while the parking plan only fixes the deficit for two years.
by German Lopez
Posted In:
2013 Election
at 10:14 AM |
Morning News and Stuff
Council may vote on parking today, GOP criticizes Kasich's budget, casino's grand opening
City Council may vote today on the controversial plan to lease the city's parking assets to fund economic development and temporarily balance the deficit. On Friday, Councilman Chris Seelbach put forward Plan S, which would redirect $7.5 million in casino revenues, cut $5 million based on the results of the city's priority-driven budgeting and allow voters to choose between a $10-per-month trash fee or increase the city's admissions tax by 2 percent. Previously, City Manager Milton Dohoney unveiled Plan B to the parking plan, which would lay off 344 employees, eliminate Human Services Funding and close pools and recreation centers, among other changes. In response, mayoral candidate John Cranley proposed his own plan, which would use casino revenue, parking meter revenue and cuts to "non-essential programs" to tame the deficit. Plan B, Plan S and Cranley's plan all fix the structural deficit in the city's budget, while the parking plan only fixes the deficit for two years. The parking plan was unanimously approved by the Cincinnati Planning Commission Friday, and it appears five council members are ready to give the plan the go-ahead. Members of Gov. John Kasich's own party are beginning to show skepticism toward the governor's budget proposal, which would expand the sales tax to apply to more services, increase the oil and gas severance tax and make more Ohioans eligible for Medicaid — mostly at the cost of the federal government. Republicans are likely to propose alternatives before a mid-April vote. In a Quinnipiac University poll, a majority of Ohioans approved of the Medicaid expansion but not Kasich's tax plan. CityBeat covered Kasich's budget plan in detail here. Police are taking measures to prevent traffic problems at the Horseshoe Casino's grand opening tonight. Meanwhile, Indiana casinos are preparing for downturns as the Horseshoe Casino promises a major alternative to tri-state gamblers. During the soft opening last week, Ohio's casino regulator found the Horseshoe Casino would have to fix its security and surveillance before the grand opening. Previous studies found casinos bring job growth at the cost of crime, bankruptcy and even suicide, and a Dayton Daily News report also found the state's casinos are falling short of job projections. On Friday, the sequester, a series of across-the-board federal budget cuts, kicked in, and it could mean big funding reductions for Ohio's schools. The blunt cuts are largely because Republicans refuse to negotiate with President Barack Obama and Democrats — to the point that Republicans don't even know what the president is proposing. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Ohio is asking the state's Department of Education to expand its seclusion room rules to apply to charter schools. Previous reports found seclusion rooms, which were originally intended to hold out-of-control kids until they calm down, have been largely used for convenience by educators, leading to stricter policies from the Ohio Department of Education. But the regulations currently apply only to traditional public schools, not charter schools. Reminder: On top of putting everyone around you in danger, texting while driving will now result in a fine up to $150. The Cincinnati Zoo has confirmed it has terrible taste in names with its choice for the new four-week-old gorilla: Gladys Stones. Still, the zoo does have that whole environmentally friendly thing going on. Maybe the pros outweigh the cons. U.S. researchers are claiming they have "functionally cured" an HIV-infected infant after extensive treatments left the virus's presence in blood at such low levels that it can no longer be detected by standard clinical tests. Scientists are ostracizing what Popular Science calls the "world's sexiest octopus." If you can watch BigDog, the four-legged robot, toss cinder blocks with ease and not fear the robot apocalypse, you're not prepared.
by Hannah McCartney
Posted In:
Public Policy
City Council
at 02:35 PM |
Seelbach Announces "Plan S" Budget Alternative
Third proposal would include ballot amendments, $5 million in spending cuts
City Councilmember Chris Seelbach this afternoon released a third alternative to City Manager Milton Dohoney Jr.'s budget plans, both of which have received negative feedback from the public. Like Dohoney's "Plan B" (read about that here), Plan S would not lease the city's parking system to a private operator, a solution that citizens and officials are concerned would cause parking rates to skyrocket and ultimately not serve as a sustainable solution to the city's budget problems. Instead, Plan S would involve redirecting $7.5 million in casino revenue to help balance the city's $25 million deficit, $5 million in spending cuts based on the results of the city's priority-driven budgeting and two charter amendments on the ballot that, if approved, would include up to a $10-per-month trash fee and increase the city's admissions tax by 2 percent. Plan S is Seelbach's alternative to Dohoney's Plan B, which also does not privatize parking. Under Plan B, the city would be forced to lay off 344 public employees, including 80 firefighters and 189 police positions, and close three community centers and six pools.Instead, the $5 million in spending cuts would include reductions to city administrative services, council and the mayor's office, some recreation and health programs and consolidation of some police and fire services. It would also freeze 20 vacant city positions and reduce car allowances for city employees. Seelbach says he determined who would suffer these cuts by exploring city services citizens valued least during last fall's Priority-Driven Budget Initiative. If council were to approve pursuing Seelbach's Plan S, there's a possibility it could send the city back to the drawing board, should voters choose not to approve the proposed charter amendments. "To me it seems like the public is overwhelmingly against parking, but we still have to balance our budget. ... I'm providing the public an alternative. If [the charter amendments are] something the voters would reject, I respect that and then we'd have to go back to the table and either do the leasing of parking or layoff 300 police and fire officers," Seelbach says. The parking plan is expected to be voted on during the Budget and Finance Committee's meeting at 1 p.m. on Monday, March 4.
by German Lopez
at 10:13 AM |
Morning News and Stuff
Findlay Market ideal for restroom, Kasich cuts local funding, The Banks exceeds goals
A report issued by Director of Public Services Michael Robinson found Findlay Market would be the best place for a freestanding public restroom, which could cost as little as $35,000. The idea has been heavily pushed by Councilman Chris Seelbach, who has argued that the restrooms are necessary to accommodate a growing population and wider activity in Downtown and Over-the-Rhine. A new Policy Matters Ohio report found local government funding has been reduced by $1.4 billion since Gov. John Kasich took office, leading to a nearly 50-percent reduction in state funding. Most of the cuts came from the elimination of the estate tax, which would have provided $625.3 million to local governments in the 2014-2015 budget, but it was repealed in 2011 by the Republican-controlled Ohio legislature and Kasich. When presenting his 2013 budget proposal, City Manager Milton Dohoney Jr. said the state funding reductions cost Cincinnati $22.2 million in revenues for the year. In 2012, the team behind The Banks' public construction met or exceeded all four major project goals, according to the annual report from The Banks Public Partnership. Contractors installed public safety technologies throughout the intermodal transit center and parking facility, awarded a trade contract for a new Pete Rose Way pedestrian bridge and walkway and prepared design and funding documents for a river walk along the Ohio River. The project has also gone more than 400,000 hours without a lost-time accident. The Banks previously won what John Deatrick, project executive, called the "Oscar" of planning awards, which CityBeat covered here. City Council delayed a vote on opposing the sale of more than 700 Section 8 units in Avondale, Walnut Hills and Millvale because they want meet with the firm buying the units first. City officials have scheduled the meeting for next week. CityBeat previously covered Vice Mayor Roxanne Qualls' opposition to the deal here. The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency lifted a requirement that forced any new sewer development that added waste water to the county's overall system to offset its gains with a fourfold reduction in storm water taken in. BuzzFeed, the popular viral video and pop culture website, listed the Cincinnati Public Library as No. 28 on the list "The 30 Best Places To Be If You Love Books." Ohio's imprisonment of fewer youth may be part of a nationwide trend. Three Cincinnati area businesses made Interactive Health's "Healthiest Companies in America": Standard Textile Inc., Totes-Isotoner and American Modern Insurance Group. Mercy Health's Anderson and Fairfield branches made the Truven Health Analytics ranking released this week, putting the two hospitals among the nation's best. Omya Inc. is receiving a five-year, 40-percent tax credit for completing a consolidation of its regional headquarters to Cincinnati, which should create 25 full-time jobs and generate $1.4 million in annual payroll. Breaking news: Teenagers are horny. Headline from The Cincinnati Enquirer: "Hundreds of Madeira High students involved in sexting?" A Dayton donut shop is apparently one of the best in the nation, according to Saveur magazine. Do video games cause violence? Apparently, the debate is a lot more complicated than most people think. Mouse brain cells can live longer than the mice they came from.
by German Lopez
Posted In:
2013 Election
at 10:06 AM |
Morning News and Stuff
GOP questions Medicaid expansion, Qualls' streetcar concerns, council backs efficiency
State legislators, particularly Republicans, have a lot of questions regarding Gov. John Kasich's Medicaid expansion. Legislators are worried the state won't be able to opt out of the expansion if the federal government reneges its funding promise, raising potential financial hurdles. As part of Obamacare, the federal government pays for 100 percent of the Medicaid expansion for the first three years, and the share phases down to 90 percent after that. Kasich's budget includes a trigger — called a "circuit breaker" — in case the federal government ever funds less than currently promised. A study from the Health Policy Institute of Ohio found the Medicaid expansion could insure nearly 500,000 people and generate $1.4 billion by raising revenue and shifting funding burdens from the state to federal government. Vice Mayor Roxanne Qualls, a longtime supporter of the streetcar, is getting concerned about some of the problems surrounding the project. In a memo to the city manager, Qualls suggested putting the streetcar project through "intensive value engineering" to bring the project's budget and timetable back in line — preferably in time for the 2015 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. The memo was in response to streetcar construction bids coming in $26 million to $43 million over budget — a setback that could cause further delays or more funding problems. With Councilman Chris Seelbach's strong support, City Council passed a resolution urging the state government to maintain its energy efficiency standards. State Sen. Bill Seitz, a Cincinnati Republican who chairs the Public Utilities Committee, sent out a memo Feb. 1 that pledged to review the state's standards, causing much concern among environmental groups. Tolls for the Brent Spence Bridge could be as low as $2, according to financial consultants involved with the project. The tolls will help pay for the massive rehabilitation project, which gained national attention when President Barack Obama visited Cincinnati to support rebuilding the bridge. State Democrats and Republicans have some questions about the governor's Ohio Turnpike plan. Some Democrats are concerned the state government won't actually freeze toll hikes at the rate of inflation for EZPass users. Others are worried about language in the bill. The plan leverages the Ohio Turnpike to fund a statewide construction program. The man accused of dumping fracking waste into the Mahoning River in Youngstown was arrested and charged with violating the Clean Water Act. Dayton wants to help illegal immigrants who are victims of crime. The Dayton City Commission approved a $30,000 contract with a law firm to help potential victims. CityBeat previously covered the recent struggles of children of illegal immigrants in Ohio. A Dayton Daily News report found Ohio overpays unemployment compensation claims by millions of dollars. The University of Cincinnati is launching a technology incubator for mobile apps. In his State of the County address yesterday, Commission President Chris Monzel said Hamilton County is "on the move and getting stronger." Attorney General Mike DeWine and officials from other states announced a $29 million settlement with Toyota over the unintended acceleration debacle. Ohio will get $1.7 million from the settlement. A meteor flew over Russian skies and exploded with the strength of an atomic bomb Friday, causing a sonic blast that shattered windows and injured nearly 1,000 people. Scientists engineered mice that can't feel the cold. Certain people on CityBeat's staff would probably do anything for this superpower, but scientists are probably going to use it to make better pain medication.
by German Lopez
Posted In:
2013 Election
City Council
at 04:22 PM |
City Pushes Energy Efficiency Standards
Council resolution embraces Cincinnati's past clean energy successes
With a resolution passed Wednesday, City Council is urging state legislators to maintain the energy efficiency standards that helped drive Cincinnati's clean energy growth.State Sen. Bill Seitz, a Cincinnati Republican who chairs the Public Utilities Committee, sent out a memo Feb. 1 that suggested "a meaningful review" of the state's energy efficiency standards, which were previously established by Senate Bill 221 in 2008 and Senate Bill 315 in 2012. In the memo, Seitz wrote he was open to freezing and weakening some of the established standards.Environmental groups responded by calling on local governments to defend the standards. In Cincinnati, the call was picked up by Councilman Chris Seelbach, who touted the city's past clean energy efforts in a statement: "Cincinnati has made great strides in energy efficiency by seeking cost savings while boosting our city's green image. Energy efficiency is helping Cincinnati support a double bottom line of environmental and economic sustainability, and we endorse full implementation of our state efficiency law."The city estimates it saves $1 million a year on energy bills because of the law's efficiency programs, which includes upgrades and weatherization projects. Christian Adams, a clean energy associate of Environment Ohio, praised Cincinnati for passing the resolution in a statement: "From efficiency to solar, Cincinnati [is] a state leader on clean energy, and it's proving to be a win-win-win for consumers, the environment and the economy. If state lawmakers want to change our clean energy law, they should follow Cincinnati's lead and double-down on wind, solar and energy efficiency."In a previous report, Environment Ohio claimed Cincinnati could become the solar energy capital of the region. CityBeat covered the report and Cincinnati's — particularly the Cincinnati Zoo's — success with solar energy ("Solar Cincinnati," issue of Dec. 19).
by German Lopez
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at 10:10 AM |
Morning News and Stuff
Seelbach tired of streetcar delays, Pentagon to lift combat ban for women, JobsOhio in court
Council Member Chris Seelbach says he's getting impatient with streetcar delays. During a series of complaints aired on Twitter, Seelbach wrote the deadline for streetcar operation should be the Major League Baseball All-Star Game in 2015. This week's CityBeat cover story explains some of the delays and how the streetcar relates to the 2013 mayor's race. The Pentagon is planning to lift the ban on women in combat situations. U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said the decision came after a recommendation from his Joint Chiefs of Staff. Between the end of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" and this decision, President Barack Obama's administration has been one of the most inclusive when it comes to the military. The Ohio Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case questioning the constitutionality of JobsOhio. Policy group ProgressOhio says it might be illegal to use state liquor profits to fund JobsOhio, a private nonprofit organization Gov. John Kasich set up to drive economic growth in the state. The Major League Baseball All-Star Game could bring $60-$80 million to Cincinnati, according to Julie Heath, director of the University of Cincinnati's Economics Center. It was recently announced Cincinnati will host the game in 2015. Gov. Kasich said he won't oust State Board of Education President Debe Terhar after she made a Facebook post comparing Obama to Adolf Hitler. Kasich is happy she admitted it was a mistake, and he said he will leave it at that. Democrats called for her ousting Tuesday. American Military Partner Association, a national organization that supports LGBT veterans, endorsed FreedomOhio's same-sex marriage amendment. If voters approve the amendment this November, gay marriage will be legalized in Ohio. CityBeat wrote more about FreedomOhio's ballot initiative here. Cincinnati Public Schools is piloting an after-school program focusing on the arts. The high-energy sessions are apparently proving to be a hit among students so far. U.S. Speaker John Boehner, a Republican from West Chester, says President Barack Obama is out to annihilate the Republican Party. I'm not seeing the problem here. Moody's doesn't have confidence in U.S. nonprofit hospitals. New science makes it possible to detect brain damage in football players that previously couldn't be seen until a victim was dead. CityBeat covered how head trauma relates to former Bengals players' workers' comp claims here. Popular Science explains how to make the perfect snowball.
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Doing Business in Ukraine
Exporting to Ukraine
President Obama announced the National Export Initiative (NEI) two years ago, with the goal of doubling exports by 2014. U.S. embassies are committed to supporting U.S. companies to start exporting or grow their exports to Ukraine. In this section, you'll find a quick description of Ukraine as an export market and some suggestions for getting started.
Getting Started
- 2014 Country Commercial Guide for U.S. Companies
- U.S. Commercial Service Ukraine Services for U.S. Companies
- Background Notes: Ukraine
- World Bank/2014 Ease of Doing Business in Ukraine
- 2014 Investment Climate Statement - Ukraine
Market Overview
The Ukrainian market is poised for progress, guided by a motivated, reform-minded government that has dedicated itself to rooting out market inefficiencies, improving Ukraine's business climate, and pursuing deeper economic integration into the global market. This ambitious agenda is buoyed by a population eager for stability, change, and a return to prosperity.
Since the ouster of former President Yanukovych in late-February, Ukraine has made promising headway towards a brighter economic future, instituting a more transparent government procurement system, simplifying business registration requirements, and signing the economic portion of its Association Agreement with the European Union.
However, this forward momentum has been attenuated by a shifting regional trade dynamic, Ukraine's overreliance on commodity exports, and still-present issues related to endemic corruption, which are challenges that will need to be managed for Ukraine's economic rebirth to come to fruition.
In addition, serious security concerns remain in Eastern Ukraine, specifically in Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts, where violent clashes between the Russia-backed separatists and Ukrainian forces have escalated in recent months and have resulted in hundreds of injuries and deaths. Russian forces have occupied the Crimean Peninsula in support of the Russian Federation's attempted annexation of Crimea and these forces are likely to continue to take further actions in the Crimean Peninsula consistent with Russia's continuing occupation of this part of Ukraine.
Ukraine's private sector, made up of a diverse range of local and foreign companies, has been the driving force keeping the economy afloat, creating jobs, and generating tax revenues. Major infrastructure projects are needed to improve basic quality of life standards and with the generosity of the donor countries, funding is available.
The government has sent strong signals that it welcomes foreign investment, and has already taken bold steps to turn the page on the past.
Market Challenges
The Ukrainian Government has shown a newfound commitment to pursuing a reform agenda that could lead to an overall improvement in the business climate in Ukraine. Ukrainian officials have displayed a respect for the needs of Ukraine's citizenry and understand that economic growth is dependent upon avoiding the shortfalls of the previous regime. This bodes well for economic development that was forestalled in the past by greed on a massive scale.
The protection of property rights can be problematic and intellectual property rights are almost universally not respected. In addition, a variety of market challenges remain, including:
- Transparency of regulatory systems
- An underdeveloped banking system
- Capital markets are hindered by a preference for real rather than portfolio investment
- There is no access to over 5,000 state-owned enterprises which have historically relied on GOU subsidies due to the fact they are typically inefficient and often unprofitable. Competition is barred in these industries where new technology could lead to a significant improvement in efficiencies and profitability.
- Export financing resources are limited due to the fact that many Ukrainian firms are not prepared to meet export credit agencies transparency requirements, such as providing three years of audited company financials.
- Corruption, although designated as a priority for the new government, will take time and dedication to eliminate.
Market Opportunities
- The Ukrainian pharmaceutical market is expected to remain attractive due to an aging population and demographic trends. There is also an emerging political consensus on the need to introduce reimbursement and an insurance-based healthcare system. This will boost pharmaceutical expenditures in the long term and provide pharmaceutical manufacturers with significant growth potential.
- Medical equipment currently used in public hospitals is typically obsolete, having exceeded its period of use. Given the limited financial resources of most public health institutions, replacement will be slow until the State budget situation improves. As a consequence, the lack of resources in public hospitals has stimulated steady growth in the number of private clinics and practitioners. Sub-sector best prospects include:
- Diagnostic imaging equipment (ultrasound, computer tomography, magnetic-resonance tomography)
- Emergency medical equipment (ambulances, mobile hospitals)
- Operating rooms
- Telecommunication equipment for telemedicine
- Laser surgery devices
- Dental equipment and materials
- Laboratory equipment
- In 2015 Ukraine will host the European Basketball championship, FIBA EuroBasket. The infrastructure build-up for the FIBA EuroBasket has created a growing demand for safety and security equipment technology such as: high-tech sensing and detection devices and equipment, advanced surveillance and access control systems, as well as airport security equipment. Sub-sector best prospects include:
- Screening and X-Ray systems for airports, seaports, customs, and public facilities
- Access control systems
- Equipment for detection of explosives and drugs
- Security cameras for large facilities
- Wireless security solutions
- Ukrainian farmers, large and small, prefer foreign manufactured agricultural machinery because of its dependability and state-of-the-art technology. Although the current government announced plans to stimulate local production of agricultural machinery, it is not yet clear what specific measures they plan to introduce to this effect. Sub-sector prospects include:
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Amitabh Bachchan has applauded the efforts of the Indian army and media for their brave work in Uttarakhand after some parts of the state were devastated by floods in June this year.
At the 'Saath Hain Hum Uttarakhand' show on Aug 15, Big B praised them for acting as a bridge between the people stuck there and their kin.
"A lot of media persons put their life in danger and reached those spots where no one could. They did some very good work, a lot of people didn't know whether their relatives were alive or not," the 70-year-old said here Thursday.
"But they talked to the people there, took their phone numbers and contacted their families and told them about the well-being of their relatives in Uttarakhand. I congratulate the media for this noble job," he added.
'Saath Hain Hum Uttarakhand' was organised by Star Plus to collects funds for the Uttarakhand tragedy and a host of Bollywood and TV personalities came to support the cause.
Praising the army for saving people, he said: "Our army also did so much that words are not enough to applaud them. Many of them died saving people. Army personnel always come forward in times of tragedies and help people. I salute them."
In June, some parts of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh experienced heavy rainfall and cloud burst causing floods and landslides. Thousands died and areas like Rudraprayag and Kedarnath shrine suffered massive losses.
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Mitchell, Peter, Australian Literary Studies
Thomas Piontek contends that 'for many people their sense of being gay relies intensely on literary representations' (137). Though his argument refers mainly to fiction, in this essay I want to extend Piontek's contention and suggest that one's sense of one's self and one's sexuality may also have a close relationship to non-fiction texts about gay and lesbian cultures. Indeed, Michael Hurley points out that in the nineteen seventies 'The dominant genre of lesbian and gay writing was non-fiction' ('Introduction' 19). Among the most important texts about lesbian and gay cultures in contemporary Australia is Annamarie Jagose's Queer Theory (1996). The popularity and authority of this book in contemporary literary and cultural studies, as well as among gay and lesbian readers, make it an object of significance for Australian literary studies.
Lesbian and gay historiography in Australia, as elsewhere, has been characterised by disagreements: about ideology; about strategies for achieving legislative change; and, more importantly, about definitions. Twenty years ago, Dave Sargent suggested that 'Tension and disagreements are nothing new to the Gay Movement (163). (1) Writing more than a decade later, Annamarie Jagose uses the term 'quagmire' to describe the 'messy conceptual irresolution and the current debates over the terms connoting homosexuality' (Jagose, 1993 159). Jagose's metaphor--applied both to definitions and to identities--aptly describes the re-configurations in discourses of sexual dissidence occurring in the early 1990s, the most debated of which was the emergent category of queer. (2)
Within Australia, the publication of Queer Theory has contributed and contributes to these debates, presenting as it does a history of gay and lesbian communities and cultures in relation to literary and cultural theory. Within the book's historical account, the echoes of the nineteen-seventies and eighties may be heard, but the tendency is to characterise the nineteen-nineties as a decade of more intense social change than other decades after the Stonewall Riots of 1969. While I acknowledge the richness of the debates about definition and ideology occurring in the nineties, Jagose's representation of the politics and theory of the previous decades through a trope of 'the old' and 'the new' valorises debates about queer as more politically and culturally important than others that have occurred in the past. The accounts of political exchanges in earlier decades and, in turn, the writing of the histories of the gay and lesbian communities/movements as they have been figured in and by 'the queer moment', seems given, but is actually polemical. My own argument is that the post-Stonewall decades were and are periods of constant debate, and that the social formations of the gay and lesbian movements/communities and the institutional sites of gay and lesbian studies are fraught with definitional anxiety.
The term 'queer', a rubric for political and theoretical work that enacts continuities with, but differs from, the lesbian and gay movements, emerged 'in a period which has also seen the triumph of capitalism and a retreat from principles of social justice and the welfare state' (Altman, 1996 1). Its development coincided with the proliferation of post-modern discourses concerned with problems in representation, authenticity, subject positions, the body and the (de)legitimation of identity politics. The narrative of Queer Theory revolves around the binary node of determinacy/indeterminacy, constructing 'gay' and 'lesbian' as unified identities, and their related social movements as rigid political formations. Such a representation operates in the interests of the queer moment to enhance its historical intelligibility, and to displace gay and lesbian studies in academic discourses by the more 'modern' queer; further, by harnessing an ethical value--inclusivity--to this modernising narrative, 'gay' and 'lesbian' are displaced in literary and cultural studies. …


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While Fluffy and Clydette placate the god of hats, and while Demo and the Camels of the Negev battle the Philistines, a motley crew of Welsh coal miners, an academic, and an Edwardian poet fight off a savage haggis. The Rubber Duckie of Evil remains elusive, but menacing.
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The device is a dissolved gas analysis (DGA) monitoring system that has the capability to monitor moisture and nine gases that are used in DGA. When this data is used along with analytical software, it provides better information for identifying possible issues that may occur to the electricity supply and affect the reliability of the power grid.
The LumaSense SmartDGA Guide can be integrated with the company's LumaSMART fiber optics technology that has the capacity to measure the winding hot-spot temperatures. This facility enables electric utilities to monitor gas and temperature, which can forecast failure of transformers. The SmartDGA Guide can be installed within hours and has a low total cost of ownership.
Electric utilities can improve the condition-based maintenance for load tap changer and transformer fleets through the SmartDGA Guide. The CEO of LumaSense Technologies, Vivek Joshi, stated that for effective condition-based maintenance, earlier diagnostics was necessary. The SmartDGA provides substation managers the information required to take action before adverse events occur.
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Kayak is making money. .82 cents a share. Anyone who really understands Angi's knows that a great market leader like Angie needs to lose money to build a strong future. How can a company that makes money the way Kayak does, possibly expect to command the kind of valuation of a company like Angi's that is so well managed it successfully hemorages money. Investors need to understand and appreciate the new pardigm. Making money is no longer relevant to evaluation of a stock market company. Look how the share price jumped when Angi's posted a nice loss.
Investors need to change with the times and go with the best money loser's they can find. Angi's is a non pareil cashless cow.
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Justin Bieber gets an ambient homage, 800% slower
Someone named Nick Pittsinger AKA Shamantis (or not...we'll get to that) recently took his possibly ironic love of the J. BIEBZ and unwittingly injected it into the web's jugular about 18 hours ago as of this writing. By using an open-source program called PaulStretch ("...suitable only for extreme sound stretching of the audio - like 50X - and for applying special effects by 'spectral smoothing' the sounds. It can transform any sound/music to a texture"), Pittsinger made the Justin Bieber song "U Smile" 800% slower, creating a hypnotic and very likeable piece of ambience with a lamentable maelstrom of internet shittery in tow. Take a listen.
But first! Some back story. Four days before posting the song, Shamantis tweeted:
BRO @justinbieber I
Among several other Bieber shoutouts. Then, hours after posting the song, it made the front page of Reddit. From there it was a hop skip and a jump to Gawker, where little big stories go to graduate. And graduate it did...right into a brick wall that has Shamantis simultaneously effacing his creation ("I don't claim this to be any sort of MY OWN talent resonating. All I did was put the song through Paulstretch. Anyone can do that") and defending it from a spuriously titled and positioned group named the Photo Wave Orchestra, who apparently posted his Bieber tweak as their own composition. Judging from the many browser tabs in front of me, my money is on Mr. Pittsinger for the honesty award in today's internet three-ring circus. A week ago Shamantis tweeted:
Good things happenin'. I have a feeling my life is going to change forever in a few months. :)
He didn't have to wait months, and maybe now he wishes it just never had. Regardless, it's worth a listen, and an interesting dissection of digital audio science-type-stuff to hear the slowed version's sped-up version. But not the original, really (sorry J. BIEBZ!).
J. BIEBZ - U SMILE 800% SLOWER by Shamantis
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I used to have an allez and the geometry looks like it is similar, Ive just never owned a SS bike before.
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At about 0730h today, the police say that Andra Daniels, 7 years, of Good Hope, Essequibo Coast, was struck down by a motor car while allegedly attempting to cross the Good Hope Public Road. She was later pronounced dead on arrival at the Suddie Public Hospital.
The driver of the motor vehicle is in police custody assisting with the investigations, police say.
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Ok - my Maxbrights actually afford a very tight inter pupillary distance afterall. The trouble was that the bushings being new and sat for sometime led me to believe it only closed the gap so far. With the gentlest pressure however I adjusted it through its full range and its perfectly fine. Indeed, a toad could just about use them.
I ve had done nice views today - sweeping seascapes on a clear blue sky day and a heavily textured moon this evening. I'm considering a 2.5x GPC however as all scopes se to need that - save for the sct.
I do love these things
Steve Tyler CAN use Maxbrights...
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Posted 19 June 2013 - 09:10 PM
What eyepieces are you using for lunar? Are you using any GPC at all?
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Yes I have the 1.7x GPC and while its fine with a straight through bino configuration it won't allow the use of my diagonal . Its looking like a 2.5x is needed.
The oculars are BAADER Classic Orthoscopics. Quite sharp.
The oculars are BAADER Classic Orthoscopics. Quite sharp.


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This delicious crumble recipe is sugar free, gluten free, and dairy free.
Base Recipe
2 cups strawberries (fresh is best but frozen works)
2 cups apples
½ tsp liquid stevia (Sunny Dew is best)
1/3 cup water
1. Core and slice apples.
2. Simmer apples with water in a covered pot.
3. Place apples in a baking dish.
4. Mix in strawberries
5. Sweeten to taste with stevia.
Crumble Topping
1 ½ cups rice flour
1 cup oats
½ tsp. salt
1/3 cup coconut oil
¼ cup rice syrup
½ tsp Stevia in 2 Tbsp water
1. Mix dry ingredients together
2. Mix oil and rice syrup and add to dry ingredients.
3. Mix thoroughly with fingers.
4. Sprinkle on top of fruit and pat down.
5. Bake at 350º F. oven for approximately 40 minutes.


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