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BikeDenver is looking to fill some Board of Director seats
Submitted by Kris Thompson on
According to their Facebook page. Details of the job is posted on our Colorado Jobs Page but here is a direct link to the opportunity. Applications are due November 29th. Applications are found online
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Submitted by Kris Thompson on
In particular, the BikeDenver board is looking for board members who have experience in Non-Profit Management, Fundraising and Marketing (and a passion for bicycling doesn't hurt either!). If you are interested please review our board responsibilities (http://ow.ly/r1PBv) and submit an application (http://ow.ly/r1OYy) and resume to email@example.com.
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It was a vivid dream. I was the Ringmaster of "The Greatest Show on Earth". I could hear the roar of the crowd from my trailer. I was tired, I did not want to be the Ringmaster today. I would be so happy to just rest and relax. How could I get out of this situation? How could I forget about my responsibilities?
I then realized, "The Show Must Go On"!
As I entered the big top all lights followed me. I bellowed, strong and loud, "Welcome to the Greatest Show on Earth", as I cracked my bull whip …….tishhhhhhhh, the crowed was excited and applauding.
In ring number three, watch as the clowns do their merry chaos.
In ring number one the Family Adversity sours through the air with the greatest of ease.
And in the main ring, number two we have …huh… a little sign! The little sign says GRATITUDE.
Then I woke up………..
I sat on the edge of my bed. Gratitude, a word I don't hear often. A word I don't feel a lot, since my auto accident crippled me.
I got out of bed, with the use of my walking cane, went to the window…..it was a beautiful sunny day. I decided to go the dock.
There I began experiencing all the beauty of nature. I notice the palm trees were full of coconuts, there was a steady but sure flow to the river. Wow, it was peaceful, nature can balance your thoughts. A family of ducks, the proud mother and three ducklings were scurrying around, and three kayaks drifted by, exchanging greetings and smiles, as they skimmed along the river. This was a perfect moment in time.
The thought of Gratitude was still on my mind. I was feeling grateful and happy in the moment, this was a great idea. Then, I noticed a sign, it was an orange triangle sign, "Warning Tree Stump". Wow, there must be a stump below the water, caution was necessary. The river showed no adversity to the stump, it just treated it as a part of the environment. There was no fear or even ripples visible.
This feeling of gratitude felt wonderful. How could I remind myself of this, when feelings of adversity happen? Then I realized, to be balanced, we must strive to live a "Triangle". It was then that I formed my cane, being the type that collapses, into a triangle.
There are three sides to my triangle, I have heard this a thousand times, "Mind, Body, and Spirit". If your are missing one side of the triangle, it collapses, leaving loss of balance.
I feel that "Mind" is kind thoughts, smiling, saying hello to a stranger…..and just general positive living.
"Body" is made up of our choices. To eat bad or eat healthy. To stay fit, or be unhealthy. Our choices.
"Spirit" was that perfect moment feelings where everything seems to be in balance. Being part of something really big.
Then, all of a sudden, with a loud roar, and exceeding wake, three jet skis flew around the river bend. The wake unsettled everything. The kayaks were rocking and the ducks were separated. Everything became a mess. I was also thrown "off balance" with negative thoughts about my crippled body and the instant changes in my life plan, because of a drunk driver. A real pity party. I had to sit on the bench.
I tossed my cane aside. I thought, yea, the triangle, how is helping my physical mess right now. Dr. Phil calls this "stinking thinking", and sometime I go there in chaos.
That's when my miracle happened. The river went back to calm beauty, the ducks were again together and I picked up my cane. I had sincere feelings back, living in the moment.
It was my choice to resume my oneness with beauty and self-love.
Three rings, three sides of the Triangle, three kayaks and three Jet Skies……………all just activities in my Circus called life.
I walked away from the river, with the help of my cane and the profound thought.......
"The Show Must Go On!"
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On this day
by Stuart Vose
Reidy gets top job permanently in '95.
1995 - Peter Reid became Sunderland manager on a permanent basis having originally only been handed the job until the end of the 1994-95 season.
1967 - Sunderland beat Birmingham City 2-0 on aggregate to win the FA Youth Cup, which was lifted by captain Colin Suggett.
1959 - Striker Alan Brown, whose son Chris also later played for the club, was born in Easington.
1950 - Willie Watson became the first Sunderland player to be named in an England World Cup squad. He travelled to Brazil but did not feature during the tournament.
Facts taken from the All The Dates book by Mike Gibson, still available from all club stores.


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Go behind the scenes with three masters of the bass as they put together their first collaborative cd Thunder. A session of classic music in the making illustrated with 40 never before seen photographs of Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller and Victor Wooten.
Steven Parke is a photographer who has worked in the recording industry since 1988. He has worked with many artists including Prince, Bob Dylan, Bon Jovi, AC/DC, Bruce Willis, Sheila E., My Morning Jacket, Death Cab For Cutie, Imogen Heap, and David Bowie. In addition to this book of photos he has three graphic novels: In the Shadow of Edgar Allan Poe, I Paparazzi and the upcoming Medusa's Daughter as well as a children's book Catie and Josephine which feature his photographs. He lives in Baltimore with his wife, son and cats.
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imagecarniva says
Hi molokoandxle-
since this is just something I have self published I highly doubt it will come in any other languages. To be honest it's mostly about the images anyway...not so much the writing. Pretty much an album of photos documenting them together in the studio.
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molokoandxle says it's no doubt, that it's great...but i'm from Russia and i'm waiting for russion version
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December 10, 2007 - Issue #286
From the Desk of Laurie Likes Books:
Freedom of Expression
"Congress shall make no law...abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press."
Freedom of speech, one of the most integral concepts in a democracy, is a right guaranteed under the Bill of Rights of the U.S. Constitution. Freedom of expression, which is considered synonymous with freedom of speech - and is often preferred because it refers to "any act of seeking, receiving, and imparting information of ideas, regardless of the medium used" - is one of the cornerstones of All About Romance. Granted, AAR is not a governmental entity, but if, as journalists, staff functions under the freedom our government allows, then that freedom surely extends to those who use our forums. I'd like you to keep that in mind as you read the remainder of this column, which is a serious one, and one that I think explains something vital about AAR and our conduct, both in the original content we write, and in the content our visitors share.
I recently heard from a reliable source that AAR's reputation is once again lousy among a significant number of authors. It's not for our original content; instead we are guilty by association because of some of the reader-generated threads on our forums. This has no doubt gotten worse in the past couple of years as blog sites have proliferated and become more popular, because some that are widely read write about goings-on at sites like AAR. Every time I read a blog posting about a dust-up on AAR's forums, I cringe. Not only does it prolong the original agony, but a larger readership is exposed to it, and often, the response is narrowly focused on the negative.
A couple of weeks ago I posted a special notice to the top of our forums to try and explain to readers - and authors - our policy on posting. I indicated that we believe in freedom of expression, and because that belief is so strong, those of us who monitor the forums do so on a very limited basis. We approve valid requests (to prevent spambots) for registration to use the forums, we step in on occasion to suggest people take a step back, to remind them that we're talking about books and not world peace, but unless a post violates our guidelines - and for the sake of this discussion the guidelines that matter are the ones dealing with libel or fraud - we cannot delete it.
Also included in my special notice was a reminder that authors, whose own work relies on the first amendment freedoms, should be first to understand our stance, and that it might be useful if readers, who don't encounter first amendment issues nearly so often, were reminded that part of our mission is to promote discussion - but never to control it. This even though my husband, the lawyer, says I can do whatever the hell I want since I pay the bills for the site, as well as a hefty bill each year for media liability insurance. "No," I explain, "I can't...not if AAR is to offer an open forum for lovers of romance novels."
I try to take our open forum policy as literally as possible when it comes to AAR as a whole. For instance, when, behind the scenes, I hear from an author threatening to go to her publisher and ask that they no longer send us books to review, I may share with staff that an author made a threat...or went through with it...but I never reveal the author's name. It's true that taking the high road gives me a sense of superiority over a classless act, but if we're to remain unbiased in our reviews, it's a necessity. Not long ago on my blog I wrote of an unpleasant incident with an author and spent probably fifteen minutes on one particular sentence so that I could be certain there weren't enough clues for anyone to guess which author I was writing about. After Blythe and Cheryl read my entry, both emailed me with guesses - and were wrong - I sighed with relief that I hadn't given too much away.
I can't tell you how often I'll be asked to lock a topic or delete it - or delete a post - because it was rude, mean-spirited...ridiculous. There are all sorts of forums on the Internet, and each operate by different guidelines. We tend to be conservative where freedom of expression is concerned. As much as I might want to delete a post or thread, unless the post is fraudulent - ie, the daughter of an author posts as an impartial reader refuting our review of her mother's book - perpetuates a rumor that we know is untrue, or libelous, we cannot. And will not. I may shake my head with dismay that a discussion has begun or turn in what I think is an absurd direction that can only make all those involved look petty or boorish, but that's about all I will do because of the very slippery slope one gets on otherwise. I've taken a stronger stance on this point over time. I don't always live up to my expectations on the matter, but I always try.
Cheryl Sneed, who is not only an AAR forum monitor, but also a monitor of the forums at Pemberley.com, will occasionally email me to suggest we delete a post/posts as we watch the posting equivalent of a train derailment. She will mention that at Pemberley.com, similar posts are routinely deleted. But, I am forced to remind her, Pemberley.com is a different sort of venue than AAR. It is a site composed almost entirely of message boards allowing Jane Austen readers to post about her books, and the movie adaptations that have been made from them. AAR, on the other hand, operates as an on-line magazine, using the same guidelines as a print magazine would. Quite often Newsweek includes negative letters to the editor, and Entertainment Weekly's forums are not censored; this means that "mean" or "rude" posts are not deleted because they might offend a reader or somebody in the entertainment industry. Those who use the forums are considered adult enough to monitor themselves, and if they don't, the others who read and post are considered adult enough to "let it go."
Wherever there is a free marketplace of ideas, differences of opinion bound to occur...and so is bad behavior. We request that those using our forums use good Netiquette, but we are not our readers' mommies. Sometimes we will intervene beyond asking readers to take a step back; we will, in addition, suggest the topic move in a different direction if it appears "stuck" for any length of time, or might even ask that posters A and B take their discussion private. But it's simply not in the interest of freedom of expression for us to be the forum police.
Years ago when I tried to make a similar plea to readers and authors, some writers expressed that "AAR's tone encourages negativity from its posters." I didn't believe them then, and I don't think similar arguments are still being made today. On the other hand, some people continue to stay away from AAR because they heard about it years ago and heard that it was a "bashing" site. What discussions would you have missed had you done the same?
But it never fails to shock me when we post a fabulous review of a book, only to read elsewhere that "AAR trashed this book" when the reality was that a reader or readers disagreed with our review and trashed the book. Some years ago, for instance, an author earned DIK status for a European Historical. One reader, though, disagreed with the review because she had a problem with an historical error. The author responded, initially in a carefree sort of way, but as the debate went on, her attitude struck many as dismissive. So much so that another reader eventually rehashed what had happened with the author's previous release, when another historical "issue" had been discussed. Eventually I emailed the author to suggest that she was hurting herself by continuing to post, that her book's earning DIK status was being eclipsed by what readers felt was bad author behavior. IIRC, she took my advice.
In another example, earlier this year one of the authors we contacted to participate in our weekly trivia contests declined. She was quite polite but emphatically declared that she would never do anything associated with AAR. This, btw, is an author with more than one DIK to her credit who has never earned a review below the grade of B-. But because she tends to be one of those "flash-point" authors whose books cause strong reactions among some readers whenever those good grades appear at AAR, and also because of an incident that occurred on one of our forums between her and somebody else involved in publishing - which was written about elsewhere - she refused to be a part of a program that does nothing but build goodwill between authors and readers and could frankly have helped re-establish her reputation among that small group of readers who believe she's behaved badly.
I believe in informed discussion, and generally when a topic swerves into a direction I wish it hadn't, one or more readers, thankfully, will try and straighten its course. Even so, I've learned that so much as suggesting that readers not decide on a controversial book before it's even been released leads to cries of censorship. Here's the perfect example. Before Anne Stuart's Cold as Ice was released, I was able to "tease" readers by sharing that the book's spy hero had dispassionately trained his mind and body to be able to perform sexually with men as well as women if the job called for it. Suddenly I was reading - and at places in addition to AAR - that the hero from Anne Stuart's upcoming book was bisexual. Soon the posts were not about whether or not the hero was bi, but that a Reader A, B, and C would never read a book with a bisexual hero. To be fair, some readers indicated that they would buy the book simply to read about a bisexual hero. Whether they would or would not, both sets of readers would be losing out.
It's only fair to mention that more recently I was responsible for swerving a feminism discussion off-topic by bringing political party affiliation into it. As a result of my error in judgment, I locked the topic and started a new one with the caveat that it not delve into party politics. This one was a very tough call; had somebody else gone off topic I am not sure if I would have locked it. But I should know better, gave myself a cyber slap, and put an end to that particular discussion. Looking back over the years, I've made other errors, but try to learn from my mistakes and get better at protecting all of your speech freedoms.
The longer readers participate online - and read, either at AAR going as far back as a decade ago, or elsewhere today - about an author's online behavior, the more likely those readers will be influenced by that behavior. I know that for years I totally separated behavior from writing, and then decided that if an author trashed AAR, I would no longer read them. A lot of the trashing comes privately to me, and again, I never share names with staff of those authors whose pens are poisoned against AAR, which means we continue to review - and often positively - some of those authors. It personally bugs the hell out of me, but again, there's that freedom of expression thing.
Although we've written about authors and their behavior online for years and frankly thought it was pretty passe, some incidents - generally involving "flash-point" authors, that group of authors who seem to rub some readers the wrong way - have a great deal of traction. Whenever we post a review for certain authors, or there is a spontaneous discussion about one of them, it's going to eventually take a turn for the worse on our forums. And when that happens, I know I'll be reading about it not only on AAR, but elsewhere online. Before AAR's changed its forum system earlier this year, negative comments would be archived onto my hard drive and deleted from the Internet within weeks. But now they remain for far longer...and because there are so many venues online that discuss occurrences at other sites, those negative comments proliferate and take on a life of their own.
And it's not only readers who I suspect are influenced by author behavior. I'm reminded of another Anne Stuart story. After I posted an interview with her last year, a blog site picked up on one her answers, one which I thought was very honest and brave. I tracked the spread of the blog discussion, which slapped Stuart's hand for being impolitic, for longer than two weeks before giving up in disgust. It's extremely difficult to do a great interview via email, partly because of the time in-between emails, but also because the author has the chance to make sure everything she says is "just so". In the end, most author interviews end up being about an author trying to make herself likable to readers or attempting to sell her next book rather than illuminating the inner person and writer. Very few interviews that I've conducted - or read elsewhere - feature the sort of sparkle that only occasionally happens when an interview subject lets down her guard, something I'm sure isn't helped in that the mainstream media continues to treat romance authors like producers of pablum...or women's porn. But I wonder how many writers who read about Anne Stuart on Blog A, B, C, D, and E will even more guarded than they were before that incident?
If these last few paragraphs read as though I wish those discussions wouldn't move off of AAR and take on a life of their own, well, yes - that's my personal preference. But if you're for freedom of expression, you're for it whole-heartedly. You can't be for just a little freedom of expression, or for freedom of expression "except when..." So while I might personally prefer not to read elsewhere about content discussed negatively that arose on AAR, that doesn't mean that the content shouldn't be written. If somebody has their facts right, they are entitled to write about whatever floats their boat. Just as we can't and won't control what our readers say on our forums, I have no control over what content other sites might write about that originated at AAR (which is why all of us associated with the site try to stay away from commenting on other sites, even if we don't always succeed). But it's more than a little frustrating when our reputation suffers as a result of it.
Speaking of sites in more general terms now, every site and blog has its own sensibility. The forum at an author's site - or a site for a group of authors - is most often visited by fans, and postings are positive about the author[s], and her/their books. Some of these forums have written rules against "trashing" books; some that are created and moderated by fans can be pretty ruthless if a poster writes something negative about the author[s] they love. AAR on the other hand, is a site by readers for readers; we want honest and open discussion, whether it be positive or negative, or both. Authors who are used to their own forums or fan forums need to understand that there is a difference. As should readers; anyone posting to a forum should have the lay of the land, so to speak, before participating.
AAR does not exist to please authors, so an obvious question is: Who cares if other sites/blogs post negatively about occurrences on AAR's forums? Well, while we are not in the business of pleasing authors, we have worked for a decade to build a reputation for intelligent, honest, entertaining, and open-minded content. I've been working on a project for 2008 and it's as a result of that effort that I discovered quite recently that authors who have always understood why we're here, appreciate the site, visit it often, and contribute to it when asked, can no longer necessarily be counted on to have their names associated with AAR.
I know that there are a great many people in the romance community who believe I'm full of myself and have an overly inflated view of AAR. In a sense, I do have a superior attitude about AAR; if I didn't, I don't think we would still be around after ten years. If I didn't, I most likely would have given up at several critical points in the past. To be honest, my work on this 2008 project, which will debut on January 1st, was the most recent "do I really need this?" moment for me. But once I got over my disappointment, I told my husband I was going to make lemonade out of lemons. So what if these authors will no longer publicly "support" AAR? What about those authors instead?
Because of my particular background, I think about things like "mission" and adherence to rules of behavior differently than other people may. I have a different vision for AAR than I think other founders have for their own sites/blogs, and while we don't always live up to my lofty goals, I think we do most of the time. I've often said that there's room on the Internet for all types of sites, and I continue to believe that wholeheartedly. Site X and Blog Y may not be my cuppa, but good for you if you love 'em, because it's all about freedom, freedom of expression.
I've not composed any particular questions this time around...so feel free to have at it. See you on the ATBF Forum!
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When it comes to cutting public pensions: Yes you can; you must!
If current state and municipal workers and retirees refuse to accept their fair share of sacrifice on retirement benefits, the looming taxpayer backlash will sweep away a century of progress. Workers must act voluntarily now because politics and law never will resolve this crisis before the money runs out, and legal protections they are counting on may be as false as politicians' promises.
Even as California Gov. Jerry Brown this week signed pension legislation he admits does nothing about his state's $500 billion retirement debt; that debt continued to grow by billions of dollars.
All over America our 3,418 public pension plans are crashing faster than lagging data and analysis show. Earnings and investment value continue to fall far short, and the debt continues to grow beyond any hope of economic growth, tax increases and service cuts to pay it.
The true numbers are so bad some economists have suggested a national bailout, and some politicians have pledged to oppose it.
Now, a Boston University School of Law professor who compares public pensions to Bernie Madoff takes a look at the legal ramifications of bailout.
In "The Public Pension Crisis," scheduled for publication in the Washington and Lee Law Review, Jack Michael Beermann takes an openly sympathetic look at the "recipe for disaster" state and municipal workers face, including "some risk of nonpayment in the future."
He repeats the warning made in other studies: "Retirees face the risk of reduced pension payments and current employees face the risk of receiving less generous retirement benefits than the promises that they have been depending upon."
Recent studies by economists at the Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank, Harvard Kennedy School Mossavar-Rahmani Center, Notre Dame and Maastricht universities, and The Center for Retirement Research at Boston College confirm that public pension funds eventually will run out of money, and current policy is just setting them up for that to happen sooner than later.
The most recent calculation of true pension debt by economist Andrew Biggs for State Budget Solutions, using universally accepted accounting, puts the total at $4.6 trillion as of last year, more than seven times the official estimate.
Beermann, who cites Biggs' study, acknowledges debate over how huge pension debt is. He states that, "Although the matter is not free from doubt, this article proceeds on the assumption that there is at least some truth to the conclusion reached by many, that pension obligations will present a serious fiscal problem in the not too distant future. ...
"My sense is that while there may be some exaggeration out there, the pension funding crisis is real."
He also confirms "The situation with health care promises to retirees may be even worse than the pension problem because fewer state and local government entities have set aside any funds to pay for those expenses. Coupled with serious inflation in the cost of health care and health insurance, the failure to set aside funds to pay for this may prove disastrous as more workers retire."
Next he dives into the question, "Are Pension Promises Excessive or Abusive?" because if they are, constitutional and statute protections of benefits would not apply.
Beermann reviews extensive studies and raging debate over this issue and includes specific examples of prevalent atrocious violations of legislative intent on retirement benefits.
"The looming fiscal problems caused by unfunded promises to retired government workers has occurred due to the making of legally binding promises ... without setting aside the funds to pay for those promises. To a certain extent, the pathology is typical of deficit spending by government."
That pathology includes allowing "... current officials to provide services without requiring taxpayers to pay for them until much later, when they may be out of office ..." and "... pension promises help politicians shore up support among government workers, or at least avoid opposition from government workers which would be substantial if significant reductions in pension benefits were opposed."
He also points out that "... information on the extent of unfunded liabilities is not readily available, and what information there is may be difficult to interpret. Taxpayers may simply not know that public employees have been promised overly generous pensions or that tax revenues are insufficient to fund them. This problem is aggravated by the use of overly optimist projected rates of return ..."
Then Beermann acknowledges the reality that "Excessive or abusive pension promises also occur due to the nature of the relationship between government employees and elected officials. Government employees are often among the most ardent supporters of incumbent politicians because such employees depend on politicians for their jobs, levels of pay, and working conditions."
He points out that "... patronage still exists at high levels and various pockets of government ... even if only a small percentage of employees are in a close relationship with elected officials, whatever system of pay and benefits is created will normally be designed to cover everyone. In other words, the desire to be generous to 'connected' employees contributes to excessive compensation for all employees."
As a result, he warns, "Taxpayers may be waking up, ...but it may be too late to avoid severe fiscal hardship."
Beermann documents that unfunded retirement promises are explicit violations of deficit spending limits and balanced budget requirements. "This raises questions of whether the failure to fund pension obligations constitutes unlawful deficit spending, and whether such a violation would justify renunciation of some portion of unfunded obligations."
When it comes to legal protections for public pension benefits, Beermann repeats the conventional wisdom that, "In many states, the weight of constitutional law is with state employees rather than the taxpaying public."
And he cites U.S. Constitutional protections for enforcing contracts and against unlawful taking, as well as reviewing issues dealing with state sovereignty.
The big question on contract protections is whether "... pension promises are overly generous, and subject to abuse by legislators and other officials handing out political favors, and by employees using loopholes and tricks to spike their pensions. It is one thing for the government to breach a simple arms-length contract with a supplier .... It is quite another for government to attempt to reign in excessive pension promises made to secure the power of incumbent politicians at the expense of taxpayers."
He also raises the question of whether retired municipal workers' "... pension promises are no longer considered executor contracts. ... This means that theoretically, retired workers could see their benefits subjected to severe restrictions."
That could come in the form of future taxpayers "... resisting tax increases to pay for pension liabilities incurred in the past ...."
Even if states apparently trampled the U.S. Constitution, "However, just because state action violates federal law does not guarantee an effective remedy. ... states cannot be sued for damages in federal court without their consent, even for actions that violate the Constitution of the United States," though individual state officials may be sued.
Of course, workers in states with constitutional and statutory protections of pensions could try to enforce funding through state courts, but there are no legal precedents on what happens when pension funds run out of money and few requirements for states to pay into pension funds.
With a sympathetic nod to state and municipal workers, Beermann says, "In a sense, public pension recipients are in a similar position, but on the lower end of the economic scale, to the victims of Bernard Madoff's Ponzi Scheme."
He fails to point out that so are taxpayers, who now are the only ones being asked to sacrifice for this crime against the common good.
According to Beermann, "... if pension promises are viewed as the product of a corrupt or incompetent political system, then perhaps adjustments beyond those that would be tolerated on a strict contractarian view should be allowed."
What he does not state is the obvious conclusion that nothing in constitutional, statute or ancient common law requires any government to enforce contracts entered into fraudulently, through coercion or to bypass other laws - such as balanced budget amendments -- even if that contract is with the government itself.
Clearly, as Beermann's conclusions and extensive documentation prove, that is the case when it comes to state and municipal retirement promises.
He concludes:
"Fairness aside, if the financial situation ... does not improve, many state workers and retirees may suffer severe reductions in their pension benefits as public entities find it economically or politically impossible to meet their obligations to retired workers. ...
"These possibilities may give pension plan participants strong incentives to negotiate over their pension benefits, perhaps resulting in the acceptance of significant reductions that are less painful than what would have otherwise occurred."
He then briefly discusses "One modest proposal" of a federal bailout, but warns, "There are many practical reasons to be cautious about bailing out public pension funds. The most obvious is that it would be very expensive: in the trillions of dollars especially if health care promises to retirees are included."
Beermann points out the obvious "moral hazard problem ... In some states and localities, corruption has contributed significantly to extravagant pension promises. Unless serious consequences are attached to abusive behavior ... losses may continue after bailouts."
He picks up the refrain for fundamental reform now because "Investment volatility and political considerations are likely to continue to threaten the financial viability of pension funds if they continue as currently structured."
False pension "reforms" such as those signed into law this week by Gov. Brown do nothing about the current structure of public pensions.
State and municipal workers must take the lead in restructuring them now, or risk the wrath of taxpayers destructing them in the near future.
Frank Keegan is editor of Statebudgetsolutions.org a project of sunshinereview.org. The State Budget Solutions Project is non-partisan, positive, pro-reform, proactive and anchored in fundamental-systemic solutions. The goal is to successfully engage political journalists/bloggers, state officials and opinion leaders in a new way of thinking about state government and budgets, fundamental reforms, transparency and accountability. email@example.com
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The industry has itself to blame for much of the
mortgage meltdown. No one could think of a reason to say "no"
to iffy borrowers.
The nonprime mortgage business
is in a mess because during the boom years, hardly anyone had an incentive to
say no.
The people who take applications, the companies
that lend the money, the appraisers who check property values, the investment
banks that sell mortgages to investors and the investors themselves -- all had
millions of reasons to keep mortgages flowing to borrowers who couldn't afford
them. Each reason had a dollar sign attached to it. As long as each participant
kept saying yes to risky borrowers, everyone made money.
like we were originating willy-nilly, with abandon, and the consequences be damned,"
says Christopher Cruise, who trains brokers and loan officers. "As Americans,
we're accustomed to not being told no. ... If we want to have a mortgage loan
and we want it now, we don't want to hear about the potential consequences down
the road."
That goes for borrowers and also for the players
throughout the mortgage industry. The siren song of bountiful paychecks drowned
out the murmurings of conscience.
"Are there individuals
and folks in the supply chain here and there that don't care, or don't necessarily
have the borrower's best interest at heart?" asks Jim Svinth, chief economist
for LendingTree.com. "Yes. But that can be said about just about any industry
where people are paid on commission."
the deal, dump the risk Much ink has been spilled on the meltdown
going on in subprime
mortgages, which are home loans for people with flawed credit histories.
Analysts believe problems will show up in Alt-A mortgages, which go to borrowers
who have so-so or even good credit, but who don't document their income or assets.
A lot of interest-only loans can be lumped into the Alt-A category, too. Together,
subprime and Alt-A are known as nonprime.
The mortgage industry
is set up in such a way that the participants chase after profits while dumping
the risks onto someone else. The chain of buck-grabbing and buck-passing starts
with mortgage brokers and loan officers -- the men and women who work face-to-face
with borrowers.
Brokers and loan officers make their livings
by persuading people to get mortgages. There's no profit in telling an applicant
that he has no business buying a house. Except in cases of flagrant fraud, brokers
and loan officers don't suffer consequences if their customers later fall behind
on their house payments.
'We don't really
care' "For us, as frontline originators, there isn't a direct
correlation between loan performance and compensation, so we're disconnected from
these failures so long as there's no fraud. In a way, we really don't care that
much," Cruise says.
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James Cameron's "Avatar" is heavily favored by the prognosticati as the likely winner of the Oscar for Best Picture. A sci fi odyssey featuring a whole new planet complete with flora, fauna, and humanoid aliens brought to you by way of groundbreaking spectacular computer generated animation, "Avatar" has been hailed by critics, including fans like Fox and Friend's Steve Doocey, who presumably do not share its politics. And politics it has aplenty, as Cameron himself admitted on ABC's "The View," where he explained the film's genesis: Cameron had long desired to make an environmentalist film, but no one watches those, or pays to see one. The trick, Cameron said, would be having enough story, and enough razzle dazzle, that one could make an enviro-documentary a blockbuster.
And this James Cameron has done, by attending to how movies speak to us and engage us, and in particular how blockbusters do so.
Something common to most of the most popular films is a hero looking for home. Dorothy just needed to click her heels to get back home; ET needed to phone home; Luke Skywalker lost his adoptive family to an evil empire, but found a mission, a sister, and a father, the latter of whom he redeemed. "Avatar's" Sigourney Weaver, arguably the queen of the sci fi blockbuster, began the sci fi track of her career, as Ripley in "Alien," by adopting the only surviving human on a planet, a pre-teen girl, and fighting to protect her with the ferocity of a mother grizzly bear. Orphan Harry Potter lives with unloving relatives until he finds close friends and a true home at Hogwarts. Most popular movies involve a hero finding his or her family, either by reconnecting to an original family, or by finding comrades, a lover, a lost child, etc., to constitute a new one. Home is important because home is the place where you are loved and accepted just for being uniquely you, an individual.
Avatar begins with a family-less, home-less soldier, Jake Sully (played by actor Sam Worthington). The Avatars are clones created by mixing human and Na'vi DNA, the Na'vi being the blue, 7+ foot tall native sapient race of Pandora, the planet that is the story's setting . Each resulting near-Na'vi avatar can then be "driven" by the individual human being whose DNA was mixed into the avatar clone, by way of a virtual reality computer link. The DNA donors are all scientists and linguists on a team managed by xeno-biologist Dr. Grace Augustine (Sigourney Weaver). One of her team dies in a mishap, leaving behind an incredibly expensive avatar clone with no operator – until his twin brother, Jake, recently injured in battle and paralyzed from the waist down, is hired. Having DNA identical to his twin, he can drive the avatar. And he is promised a small fortune that will allow him to get the restorative medical treatment he needs if he takes the job (Cameron thus touches on everything from healthcare reform to the Iraq and AfPak wars.) The soldier joins the family in the laboratory, wary of them as they, themselves chafing under their military employers, are of he.
Forces of Darkness
Just as the warmth and safety of home, including coupledom and close knit bands of friends, is important because it's where you are loved for being you "just as you are," in the words of Bridget Jones, evil in the movies is when you are not viewed as an individual but as a resource, a slave, a mark, a component. Vampires and zombies view you as food (and the vampire becomes an erotic and romantic challenge when you can make even him fall in love with you so that he is willing to forego you as food and love you as an individual person); pedophiles and rapists and serial killers want to use your body and re-enact their own tragedies and fixations with it; the Borg want to make you a component in their collective; the Empire or Valdemort want to enslave you.
The anti-individualist nature of evil is emphasized in popular culture in that the dark forces are usually fought by small groups of brave individuals (Buffy, Angel, the Winchester brothers, the crew of Firefly, Harry, Hermione and Ron) who themselves must operate below the radar of bumbling official bureaucracies and hierarchies, from the school administration to the LAPD, from parents to the US military. The evils themselves are often governments, the product of governments, or intend to be governments (lethal government chemtrails on the planet Miranda in "Serenity"; demonic dieties like Glory, Jasmine, the Circle of the Black Thorn, or the the Wolfram and Hart senior partners in the Buffyverse; the Borg; the reptilian Visitors; the Empire that strikes back; Delores Umbridge or Lord Valdemort).
"Avatar" and the Transvaluation of Values
James Cameron's innovation in "Avatar" is to reverse the individualist values of popular blockbusters and sci fi and fantasy and hide the collectivism of the green movement in a sci fi blockbuster. Just as many have noted that the statist-oriented environmentalist movement is a "watermelon," Green on the outside and Red on the inside, "Avatar" is individualist on the surface and collectivist at the core. In our world the Greens attempt to pull this off by producing junk science in which any individual's use of technology threatens the while ecosphere, no private property solutions are possible, allowed, or considered, and all evidence or criticism to the contrary is defunded and censored, and those who put it forward fired and smeared, their careers destroyed.
Cameron does the fantasy equivalent, creating a planet where there equivocally are and are not individuals, the distinction between different people, different species, and even plants and animals muddled by giving them all interconnecting neurological systems. Albeit voluntarily connectable and pre-technological, unlike the Borg.
On the surface the Na'vi are 7 foot tall blue native Americans whose land is being stolen from them by the US government, as the U.S. military, acting as mercs to corporate project manager Giovanni Ribisi, the CEO in loco parentis, orders them to destroy the villages of the Na'vi so a precious mineral, leadenly named "Unobtainium," can be mined. (The only mineable source seems to be under the giant tree that is the Na'vi capital city, and apparently unlike with native Americans this mineral cannot be purchased by barter). This has led one libertarian reviewer, David Henderson of the Hoover Institution and Antiwar.com, to review "Avatar" favorably as a movie about the evils of eminent domain. He says he turned to his friend in the theater and whispered "It's the Kelo decision."
And while that's true it is truer to recognize with another reviewer, Ed Hudgins of the Atlas Society, that the Na'vi represent an idealized pre-technological, pre-capitalist world. Where amazingly there is no disease or infant mortality or hunger, even though there is no agriculture, let alone industry. And technology is not needed as a Na'vi can temporarily connect his or her spinal chord to that of the local alien horses or alien giant eagles and order them to provide transportation. Given this fantasy of plenty and nature-provided technology equivalents, property and industry are not needed, and so trading the "Unobtainium" for food or medicine or machinery or finished goods is not in the cards.
Not that the U.S. military and its corporate overlords on Pandora seem to be thinking of trading. They are happy to blow up the planet's tallest structure, the giant tree that is the largest Na'vi tribe's home and the de facto planetary capitol, in an image that obviously calls to mind 9/11 and the destruction of the World Trade Center. Thus "America" and American values (represented by the Marines) are presented as the moral equivalent of terrorism and Islamofascism.
Cameron is repeating a rhetorical sleight of hand popular with Leftover culture workers: our opponents are fascists so accept our (more enlightened, gay- and minority- and woman-friendly) fascism. Palin will ban your books so allow us to control your life. Capitalism will cause global warming so accept socialism and economic stagnation and poverty. America is an imperialist force that will kill you and blow up your village, so join our friendlier Borg collective and accept assimilation. Resistance is futile because there is only our fascism or theirs; freedom is chimerical. Jake Sully can either join a tribal people who have little privacy and individuality or civilization (though like so many Leftovers Cameron chickens out and does not follow Marx and Engels into calling for the abolition of romance, coupledom, and the private family -- that much individualism has to be maintained if a story is to appeal to the viewer) OR work for a tyrannical military-industrial complex. No individual freedom is possible.
It is a tragedy that this movie represents so much "technical" achievement in its visual pyrotechnics and that it will likely win more awards. It's ethos is evil, a contradiction of the values that appeal to us in the popular blockbuster, and a slap in the faces of anyone touched by the tragedy of 9/11.


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Purchase College and the Division of Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics have broken ground on a $1.8 million synthetic turf field, which will be used by the College's athletic programs and be available for rentals to community groups and local sports teams. The new field is located near the main entrance of the campus.
The project, developed by Athletic Director Ernie Palmieri with the support of Purchase College President Thomas J. Schwarz, is the first major step in improving the college's athletic fields. The new field is expected to be completed by March 2008.
"This new outdoor facility will be a significant enhancement to our expanding athletic program," said President Schwarz. "The College is proud to offer our student athletes a first-rate field on which to train and compete. We are also pleased to provide an opportunity for adults and children in the community to utilize it as well."
Judy Nolan, the College's Chief Financial Officer, coordinated the funding for the project with the State University of New York and the State of New York Office of General Services.
In recent years, Purchase College has emerged as a major sports center for the local community, adding to its presence as a rich cultural and educational resource. Currently, Purchase's athletic fields are used by 10,000 local youth and adults every month. With the addition of the new field, Purchase hopes to host some of the high school Section 1 and regional playoff games and to become a resource for local high schools.
"Due to high maintenance costs, weather conditions and high wear and tear on our natural grass fields, the only alternative was to install a state-of-the-art synthetic turf field with lights and a parking lot to help handle the high usage and demand by the College's athletic programs as well as the local community," Mr. Palmieri said.
"This facility creates a multi-sport field that will give the College an all-weather playing surface that allows for increased practice, playing and recreational options for the entire program—especially our men's and women's soccer programs, which will be the first intercollegiate teams to compete on the field next fall," he explained. "Our master plan calls for men's and women's lacrosse teams in the near future.
"The field will also provide a playing surface for our baseball and softball teams during early spring practices, not to mention the numerous intramural and recreational programs that we offer at the College."
Mr. Palmieri is looking for a community partner who will lend their name and financial support to the field, which will also feature a scoreboard, lights, stands, press box and on-site parking.
The turf field follows other recent improvements to the Purchase College athletic facilities. A new cross country course will be completed this spring for 5K and 8K races. And last spring, the College unveiled its newly renovated, rehabilitated and resurfaced 14 outdoor tennis courts and three new outdoor basketball courts funded by Future Stars.
The lead contractor for the turf field project is WJL Equities Corporation of Eastchester, N.Y. Subcontractors are DeRosa Tennis Contractors, LLC of Mamaroneck, N.Y. and D&M Electrical Contracting, Inc. of Elmsford, N.Y. The landscape architect is HMH Site and Sports Design of Ithaca, N.Y.


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A Vancouver woman accused of having a hand in the fatal heroin overdose of a man last summer pleaded guilty to controlled-substance homicide and possession of a controlled substance.
Brittany N. Sonnen, 26, agreed to plead guilty to the charges Friday evening, on the eve of her co-defendant's controlled-substance homicide trial this week.
Jerome Otto, 22, of Vancouver will stand trial in Clark County Superior Court Judge John Wulle's courtroom. Sonnen signed an agreement with prosecutors to testify against Otto at trial.
Opening statements in Otto's trial are set to begin today; attorneys were picking a jury Monday afternoon.
Prosecutors allege the two sold heroin to Adam Hurd of Vancouver through his girlfriend last August. Three days later, Hurd, 24, died of a drug overdose.
The two defendants allegedly knew Hurd had overdosed on heroin before, and knew Hurd's father had tried to help him with his heroin addiction by having him work at a family business in Eastern Oregon.
Otto and Sonnen "knew that Hurd would use heroin on the weekends when he returned and that he obtained heroin through his girlfriend," according to a probable cause affidavit filed with the court.
When they learned of his death, the two allegedly tried to conceal their involvement in the drug sale, according to court documents.
Controlled-substance homicide is defined as unlawfully delivering a drug that ultimately causes a person's death.
In exchange for Sonnen's expected testimony, Senior Deputy Prosecutor Alan Harvey said in court papers that he will seek a sentence of between 51 to 68 months in prison for the homicide charge. The possession charge carries a sentencing range of zero to six months in jail. A judge will decide how much time Sonnen will serve.
In the plea agreement, Harvey agreed to drop the aggravating factor of "lack of remorse" in exchange for Sonnen's plea.
If Sonnen does not testify in Otto's trial and were to be convicted on the stiffer charges, she could face a sentence of between 13 and 21 years in prison, according to court papers.
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i saw the marked one its scary my eyes were closed threw the hole movie spolier: they go into a house and she has so many stuff of they guy but im noging to tell no more
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i watched the 1st and 2nd movie, it didnt scare me at all, but this? this did!
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movies scary as hell.. the third one stunk though. :(
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the thumbnail says "normal act"
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Florence Kiskey devoted her life to igniting a passion for science in the young people of Muskegon, especially girls and women. She and her husband Fred were long-time educators. Florence also planted and maintained extraordinary greenery on their residential property in order to teach area children, as well as college students a love of science. Later in life, she established an endowment to support the science programs at various non-profit agencies and from this endowment and a generous one-time donation, The Fred & Florence Kiskey Environmental Science Center was built on part of Michigan Pine & Dunes Council's 26-acre property in North Muskegon.
The Kiskey Science Center culminates Florence's life work. It was her hope that the programs there will not only inspire more girls to pursue careers in science but that they will also create a curiosity and respect for science and nature. In honor of that, The Fred and Florence Kiskey Environmental Science Center is home to the "Exploring Science" Program, where Girl Scout troops, groups and local elementary schools can come to study and learn about the environment in a hands-on setting.
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A 4-month-old harbor seal named Bixby delighted aquarium visitors in Long Beach on Tuesday, darting around her water-filled enclosure as she got acquainted with new surroundings on her first day on public display.
Bixby is the first seal to be born at the Aquarium of the Pacific. She joined her parents, Shelby and Troy, one other seal and three sea lions in the enclosure.
And Bixby didn't appear to take too much notice of the humans peering in through the glass.
"She's still busy being followed around by seals and sea lions -- everybody's checking out the new kid," said Robert Mortensen, assistant curator in the aquarium's bird and mammal department.
Now 50 lbs., Bixby weighed 20 lbs. when she was born in April. She and her mother were taken behind the scenes for nursing and bonding, as well as training so Bixby would work well with her caretakers.
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SETTING A FINE EXAMPLE – How's this for disturbing behavior: Media outlets from?Fargo reported this past week that adults attending a youth hockey tournament in?West Fargo got into a locker room......
Hockey is a winter sport. Minot High's hockey team learned last night that you can't play hockey when you are sitting in the penalty box.
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I never cared 4 hockey. Too much mongol like behavior and too much tax money promoting it. What is wrong with just skating? Just a place 4 brutes to do what they like best--push people. Like MADC, it should b gone.
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A basic English course.
This article is chock full of bad grammar and clumsy language.
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Dont know what to do now or wait?
I have officially been without a mp3 player for a good 4 -5 months now because my hdd broke on my Zen:M. At the time I was very close at purchasing a cowon s9, but I saw the Zune HD. When I first saw the Zune HD I told myself to wait. However, I just now saw this and absolutely think its amazing. I don't know how much longer I can wait for an mp3 player. I can wait for this to come out and get it cheaper or go ahead and pay $400 to get one possibly by the end of the month. I'm just wondering what yall think.
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No guarantee when the Zii egg/SDK will be shipped. No guarantee there will ever be a consumer Zii. I recommend waiting a month. The Zune HD should be out. The new iPod Touch should be revealed. They might be shipping Zii eggs by then. Right now the Zii is all potential but no proof. At this moment the Cowon S9 is the best of what you listed. If you're desperate to get playing again, get one of those. Of course by September we'll have clues about even newer players from Samsung iRiver, Archos, and others. You can always keep waiting.
Right now it's a waiting game. Especially for the Zune HD where alot of important info is yet to be put out. The Egg is a tricky situation as it's more of a developer's model. The S9 is a great player I have one. I love what I'm seeing with the Zune HD, I have a Zune 120 , and I'm debating about selling the S9 and going with the Zune HD and making Zune my primary players, now I use the 120 for music and the S9 for Video. The Egg is intriguing as it more likely will support Divx, Xvid and the Zune won't
I'd wait. IMO the Zune HD looks very, very cool, but to me the Zii looks better.
For some reason the new Zune doesn't have Bluetooth - I cannot fathom why the Zune HD doesn't have bluetooth. I find it amazing that a high end DAP can be missing an audio-centric feature like bluetooth that is present on even the cheapest cell phones.
Also, I haven't seen any indication of whether the Zune HD has 0-5 star song rating support. The original Zune had it, but then they crippled it with a stupid heart/broken heart system. I haven't seen any pics from of the Zii that suggests it has song rating support either, but given Creatives track record I'd say it's a good chance**.
Also, the Zune HD is almost certainly going to only be compatible with the Zune software. Maybe this isn't an issue for some, but I fucking hate being forced to use ONE piece of software just because the manufacturer has decreed that their player will not comply with accepted standards. The Zii on the other hand will probably work with any MTP supporting music management program.
From what I've heard the Zune software is pretty good... but I've also heard the same thing about iTunes.
Apparently the Zii can output 1080p while I'm pretty sure the Zune HD is limited to 720p. Personally, I don't really see myself storing a whole lot of HD video on my MP3 player, but if I choose to it would be nice to be able to output it at the highest standard HD resolution.
Also, although the Zii has its own OS, Plaszma, it also is able to run Android. IMO Android is poised to surpass all other smart-phone (and "smart-DAP"?) operating systems available today (Windows Mobile, Blackberry, Symbian, iPhone OS, and WebOS). If you want a wide selection of applications to put on your pocketable device, Android is probably the way to go.
Of course, Creative has a long history of making awesome devices on paper, that are mediocre in reality. Not to mention that at the moment it's questionable if the Zii will ever become a reality.
Oh yeah, the Zii also has an SD slot* and GPS. Oh and a couple (low res.) cameras.
The Zune HD has an OLED screen (which are apparently pretty sweet) and the physical volume buttons.
* The question this raises is of course: will the SD slot be virtually useless like on the Zen and X-Fi or will it be an awesome storage expander like on the Fuze and D2?
** Well, it's nice to be right sometimes! Here's a pic from CNET Asia which clearly shows the telltale 5 empty-star icons that some of us crave.
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Wait dude! Thats what im doing. Pretty soon there will be some more documentation and ratings on the Zii, and you can then decide if it looks worth while.
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Lisa Vanderpump was the target of many accusations at Tuesday night's "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" season four reunion, so when it came to writing her weekly Bravo blog, the restauranteur had plenty to say.
From Kim's mockery of her "Dancing With The Stars" faint to Yolanda's attitude claims, Lisa opened up about her thoughts on the events of the reunion.
"I ponder the fact that apparently it is OK to sit in an interview and mock me fainting. Can we imagine if, God forbid, I reenacted scenarios of Kim drunk?" Lisa asked in her blog, according to a March 25 report by Wetpaint Entertainment. "Am I held to a higher standard? Why does nobody apologize to me for hurting my feelings when they mocked my fainting? Or to say that I have more attitude than Beyonce? That was the most ironic statement coming from Yolanda."
Throughout season four, Lisa's persona on the show changed drastically. During the first few seasons, Lisa was a the show's star, a kind, funny, gracious woman, who seemed to be loved by all. Then, during season four, she was portrayed as the villain, who has reportedly been manipulating certain cast members to cause drama for their co-stars.
As for Brandi Glanville, Lisa said she had sympathy for her situation at first, but once she got stronger financially, the victim card was played out. She also added, "Please snatch the bottle from my hand if I am inebriated and potentially making a fool of myself in front of the world."
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I have the same problem!
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Thanks sandy :)
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I have the same problem...i delete a tag (ex: http://www.diigo.com/user/cientistacurioso/Blogs) and It says the tag is deleted, but when the page reloads it is there :(
Chrissie Turkington commented
I've also got the same problem and would like some help to fix it
eyal something commented
Same here. #fivevotes
Michael Kühnel commented
Same here. I imported the tags along with my bookmarks from delicious.
rebordao2001 commented
Some days passed since my post and now I can delete the tags.
Lorna R commented
I am having the same problem. It says the tag or link is deleted, but when the page reloads it is there.