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Number 2 with a bullet on the First Annual Security For All Hit List was a surprise [to me anyway]. This post on March 16, 2009 titled Using public Wi-Fi safely was a review/amplification of this article by Rich Vázquez. So I came up with this great idea that I would do another review/amplification on my original review/amplification. Are you confused yet? Don't worry you will be. Here are the high points.
Certainly you want to verify that the wireless net is what you expect prior to connecting, but the more important issue is that the operative word in "open Wi-Fi" is open. Most open Wi-Fi nets don't need an evil twin. They are totally amoral by definition. Open means exactly that – anyone and everyone is invited to join in the fun. Which is great if you are adequately protected. Or a grifter looking for marks.
While this is certainly true, it's a little light on actionable advice. Open Wi-Fi nets can be really useful if you want to do some innocuous web surfing or anything that doesn't involve disclosure of sensitive information. Having said that, the unfortunate reality is that pretty much anything you would want to do online – including innocuous surfing – involves disclosure of sensitive information. The point is that if you want to use open public Wi-Fi you need to have your PC, whether it is running Windows, Mac OS/X or Linux, locked down tight. But what exactly does "locked down tight" mean? Turns out that is addressed in the next section.
Actually using personal firewall software is the first line of defense. Anti-virus is the last line of defense. While I'm sure this will cause a great deal of controversy (at least I hope so – bring it!) I submit that anti-virus software is optional and a good bi-directional firewall is critical. How so? Glad you asked. The firewall should make you invisible to the outside network. Many, if not most, popular firewalls do not do this out of the box. You need to make a visit to the Gibson Research (Steve Gibson of Security Now! fame) Shields Up! site and tweak your firewall setup until you are in "stealth mode". If you don't do that, then even good anti-virus software – and I'm dubious that such a thing exists – will not be useful. The greatest threat posed by the open network is information leakage, not malware infection. The risk of your PC being infected by malware that steals your information is significantly mitigated by the firewall. And once the PC is infected by such malware, if your firewall blocks egress to everything but approved processes – a feature of those good bi-directional firewalls mentioned earlier, information leakage should be prevented anyway. My point: it is a lot more effective to prevent malware infestation than to detect it after the fact. It should be noted here, that Rich makes an excellent and critical point: there is almost always a time lag between when information is stolen and when the stolen information is used. Sometimes the time lag is significant, so just because your stolen information hasn't been exploited yet doesn't mean it hasn't been stolen.
I'll admit it, I'm not a fan of the concept of anti-virus. I think it's a sucker game with no winners but the anti-virus vendors and professional hackers. Certainly not you, the user. But far be it from me to suggest that you dump your anti-virus. If you use Microsoft Windows, then you probably should continue using it. But if I were you, I'd certainly stop paying for it. There are free anti-malware suites available – including one from Microsoft – that are as good or even better than the subscription based stuff. Just remember to keep it updated. The main point here is that anti-virus is optional but a good firewall is critical. Mac OS/X and most distributions of Linux (certainly all of the popular distros) ship with a very good firewall. Unfortunately the firewall that ships with Windows XP and earlier is weak and should be replaced with one of the excellent third-party software firewalls available. Many for free. To understand why you need a firewall, you need to know what it is and how it works. So allow me to digress. If you already know this stuff then feel free to skip it. Or comment on what I got wrong or oversimplified.
[Begin Digression: Firewalls]
When a computer communicates over a network there must be a way for other computers to find it. Otherwise no communication happens. Therefore each computer must have an address, not unlike a post office box. In order for any kind of communication to take place there must be at least two parties involved. Same with computers. Only computers have strict rules of etiquette governing conversations. There are always two distinct roles in a computer conversation. The server and the client. The server is the computer that is going to provide most of the information in the conversation. The client is the one asking for information. It's easy to see this in action any time you connect to a web site. Your computer [acting as the client] contacts the web site computer [acting as the server] and requests information. The server sends the information in the form of a web page back to your client which displays it in your browser. So how did your computer [the client] know how to reach the server? And how did the server know where to send the reply? Remember those addresses I mentioned earlier? Well, the URL that you typed into your browser (or the link you clicked on) gets translated into one of those PO Boxes. But that's only half the story. Each of those PO boxes is shared by a bunch of different services. So each PO box has a port for each of the services. When the message goes to a specific port in the PO box, the service listening for messages will respond. The service knows where to respond because there is a return address (including a port) in the message. If a service is not listening at it's port or the port is not accepting messages this is referred to as the port being closed. Any messages sent there are ignored. Here is the critical thing to know about ports: Server ports are well-known and advertised (otherwise nobody would be able to start a conversation) but client ports are random and used for one and only one conversation. In other words when your client contacted that web site, the "http://" in the URL meant "send this message to port 80", the HTTP port. Your client put a random port in the message return address so only replies to this particular message can get back to your client. By this time your probably wondering what this has to do with firewalls. Everything, actually. Stay with me. Something that might not be obvious is that every networked computer is both a client and a server. That's right. Even your PC or Mac. This is where a firewall comes in. A firewall controls all of the ports on your computer. A good firewall will start with almost all ports closed. In other words if you want your computer to share folders with other computers (i.e. be a server for the share service) then the firewall needs to open the share service ports (139 and 445). Early Windows XP (before Service Pack 2) had lots of ports open by default. Stuff like Universal Plug and Play (UPNP) and Remote Registry. This was a really bad idea since black-hat hackers figured out ways to crash or abuse those services and get malware on your computer by sending malicious messages to those open ports. But if you have a firewall, you can close all ports that you don't need. That way even if the service is listening for messages, it will never get them. And all those malicious messages will just be ignored. Further, a good bi-directional firewall watches for outgoing network messages. It knows that your browser and email program should be allowed to start conversations with other computers (well duh, they wouldn't be very useful if they couldn't). But it will block and/or warn you when something it doesn't recognize (say NastyMalware.exe) tries to start a conversation with another computer. That's why firewalls are so important.
[End Digression: Firewalls]
[In response to Rich's advice that file sharing be turned off] Absolutely spot-on here! The average personal computer does not implement many of the file sharing protections that are available on corporate networks. Otherwise very few home users would ever be able to take advantage of file sharing. As Rich points out, whatever you share is shared with everyone on the network. The entire open Wi-Fi network. Just say no to file shares.
Actually that just about covers it. There is never a good reason to have a Windows file server on an open Wi-Fi network. Period.
In fact most of the threats in a "coffee shop" environment (i.e. your typical open Wi-Fi hotspot) are decidedly low-tech. Fortunately the best defense is also low-tech – don't be an idiot. One of the examples Rich uses is a perfect case in point: if you are doing your taxes online from an open Wi-Fi hotspot you are a moron and deserve to be pwned. I'm sorry but it's true. There really is no mitigation for user stupidity. Seriously though, social engineering is by far the most effective tool black hat hackers have. There is definitely one born every minute. Don't be the one.
There is no substitute for common sense. If you want to check your personal email from a Wi-Fi hotspot, sure go ahead. Much as we would like to believe the contrary, our personal mail is mundane, boring and of little value to anyone else. Your tax return, or your employer's internal profit forecast are a completely different story.
Regardless of how "steathy" your PC is, it still has lots of incoming and outgoing traffic that is easily sniffed on the open Wi-Fi network. Go snag a copy of AirSnort if you want to see just how easy this is. Your traffic had better be encrypted if you don't want it to be completely public. Having said that, encryption in and of itself is not enough. As Hugh Thompson says you can't just "sprinkle on the magic crypto fairy dust". For example if you've already been compromised by a Man-In-The-Middle attack, starting an encrypted session might simply result in a nice encrypted pipe that is available to no one but you, your bank and the attacker. Also, a site's use of HTTPS is no indication of the legitimacy of the site unless you actually check the validity of the SSL certificate. And very few people do that. Or even know how to do that. So back to an earlier point, don't be an idiot. Encryption does not mitigate stupidity. Recently this article from Thomas Nicholson at Nicholson Security blog entitled People will always be the weakest link in security described a situation in a coffee shop where a business person connects to the corporate LAN (no doubt securely), starts up a remote desktop session (again no doubt securely) and then goes to the restroom leaving the laptop unlocked and unattended for 10 minutes. Doh!
In case you forgot, your Wi-Fi adapter is a radio. The hot spot wireless access point is also a radio. Radio waves go everywhere and can be received by anybody in range with a radio receiver tuned to the right frequency. It's not just talk radio hosts that think this is a swell idea. But again, regardless of how well protected your Wi-Fi signal is, if there is sensitive information on the screen, where anybody within sight range can see it, it's still exposed. Remember, if you stand naked in front of a window, even if the window has bulletproof glass, you're still exposed.
Finally, as far as I know Rich still hasn't joined the Security Bloggers Network. And he still should.


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Symbolism, Imagery, Allegory
Lina is so excited at the thought of getting some colored pencils to draw with that she follows a rumor to Looper's shop. Seeing them in person is totally exciting: "Inside the box were at least a dozen colored pencils—red, green, blue, yellow, purple, orange. They had never even been sharpened; their ends were flat. They had erasers. Lina's heart gave a few fast beats" (5.33).
Seriously, girl, they're just a bunch of pencils. What's the big deal? Well, to Lina, the pencils represent the ability to draw the pictures she sees inside her head, especially her dreamed-of lit-up city. In that sense, pencils = freedom of expression, and so it's even better that they're pristine and not used up, like most of the stuff in Ember is. Lina can really put these pencils to work.
Sadly, the pencils become tainted because Lina ends up associating them with her neglect of Poppy leading up to the power outage. She's so entranced by the pencils that she loses track of her baby sister, who winds up in danger. And thanks to that little mishap, the pencils aren't all about joy and imagination and expression anymore. They're also about icky feelings, like guilt and selfish desire: "she took the two colored pencils from her pocket. They were not quite as beautiful as they had been. When she held them, she remembered the powerful wanting she had felt in that dusty store, and the feeling of it was mixed up with shame and fear and darkness" (5.80). It's a sad day when a kid's desire for art supplies becomes a symbol of shame and fear and darkness, but then again, there are a lot of sad days in Ember.
So when Clary compares the mayor's inner state to one of darkness, Lina totally gets what she's talking about: "Lina knew. She had felt it in Looper's shop as she hovered over the colored pencils" (13.9). It's a bummer that Lina doesn't have happy, carefree associations with the pencils anymore, but she also learned a valuable lesson about how greed can eat you up from the inside and make you act in not-nice ways that have huge consequences for the future. Now, if only the mayor had learned that same lesson.

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However, there's not a lot of humor in Saving Capitalism, Reich's fifteenth book. In this brilliant long essay, the former U.S. Secretary of Labor takes on the economic issues of the day from a perspective that rarely comes to light in public discourse: he rejects the widespread assumption that a "free market" exists independent of government. … Continue reading »
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New York Mayor Bill de Blasio was in Berkeley on Thursday. His schedule was no doubt full. Among other things, he and Cal professor Robert Reich joked about the disparity of their respective heights before sitting down to talk about inequality at an event co-organized by the Goldman School of Public Policy.
De Blasio also said a brief hello to Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates in the Green Room at the Freight & Salvage before the conversation with Reich. (Indeed it was a veritable Mayor-Palooza day for Bates who in the morning got on his bike with both Mayor Morten Kabell of Copenhagen and Mayor Albrecht Schröter of Jena, Germany, as part of the many Bike to Work day events in the city.)
De Blasio also found time to grab lunch with UC Berkeley Chancellor Nicholas Dirks, who tweeted about the get-together Friday morning. … Continue reading »
Bill de Blasio talks inequality with Robert Reich
"Use your stature" to show leadership on inequality Robert Reich urged New York Mayor Bill de Blasio at the conclusion of a conversation the two of them held in Berkeley today at an event partly sponsored by the UC Berkeley Goldman School of Public Policy and the Economic Inequality Media Project.
It wasn't the only joke the UC Berkeley professor and former U.S. Secretary of Labor — who, unlike de Blasio is not tall — made about the mayor's height. When the two first appeared on stage at the Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse at around 12:30 p.m. they linked arms and Reich proclaimed: "We embody inequality!" … Continue reading »
Robert Reich makes the case for $15 minimum wage
Fight for 15, the campaign for an increase in the minimum wage, hit the streets of Berkeley and Oakland yesterday.
UC Berkeley Professor Robert Reich was at the center of the protest in Oakland's Temescal district in the morning. He gave a rousing, impromptu speech on the importance of the campaign. (Watch the 2-minute speech in the video below, exclusively published by Berkeleyside.) … Continue reading »
'Fight for 15' protesters march in Berkeley, Oakland
Update, 6:27 p.m. The intersection is now open, according to the Berkeley Police Department.
Update, 6 p.m. As per the Berkeley Police Department, "The intersection of University and Shattuck is closed due to a demonstration. It is unknown when the intersection will reopen."
Original post, 5:01 p.m. As supporters of increasing the minimum wage to $15 marched through Berkeley late Wednesday afternoon, authorities warned of traffic and delays in the area, and helicopters hovered overhead to capture the action.
"Due to a protest march along Bancroft Way, Shattuck Avenue, University Avenue, and Martin Luther King Jr. Way/Milvia Street, there will be delays and possible detours in the downtown Berkeley area tonight, April 15," according to an email alert sent by AC Transit at 4:46 p.m. … Continue reading »
'Fight for 15' rallies planned for East Bay on April 15
This Wednesday, Bay Area workers and activists plan to take to the streets as part of a worldwide mobilization of low-wage workers demanding higher pay.
Fight for 15, a national organization launched in 2012 and funded by major labor unions, is calling for a federal minimum wage of $15 an hour. Organizers say this week's protests will be their largest action to date — and, they claim, perhaps the most widespread workers' protest in U.S. history. Over 200 U.S. cities will see strikes and workers' rallies, while sympathetic actions will occur on six continents.
Across the Bay Area, fast-food workers are preparing to walk off the job to protest low wages. These workers will form the heart of rallies and marches in Oakland and Berkeley that will also include home-care and childcare providers, industrial laundry, airport and Walmart workers. … Continue reading »
Op-ed: The Berkeley tax may have passed, but the campaign has not ended for Big Soda
For us in Berkeley, the historic campaign to pass Measure D (the soda tax) ended on Nov. 4, 2014, when over 76% of Berkeley overwhelmingly voted yes. Yet the campaign has not ended for Big Soda.
Having spent over $2 million (almost $50 per voter!) during the campaign, Big Soda has embarked on a campaign to discredit Measure D even before it has a chance to take effect.
In a recent Berkeleyside article, a few distributors expressed concerns regarding … Continue reading »
Michael Bloomberg has now spent $370K in support of Measure D; other Berkeley election news
Michael R. Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York City, contributed another $285,000 in support of the Yes on Measure D campaign in the last few days, bringing his total contribution to $370,000. More may be coming, according to Howard Wolfson, his senior aide.
All you need to know about the elections is at Berkeleyside's Election Hub.
Bloomberg paid $200,000 for television ads, including one that aired during the fourth game of the World Series, according to Wolfson. (Campaign finance statements had not been filed as of press time). A second ad will run on Berkeley cable television through the election, he said. Bloomberg also gave a second $85,000 directly to the Yes on Measure D campaign. … Continue reading »
Tagged Alejandro Soto-Vigil, Berkeley elections, Berkeley Police Officers Association PAC, Berkeley politics, Berkeley soda tax, Berkeley vs Big Soda, Carol Stone, Craig Becker, Election 2014 Berkeley, Howard Wolfson, Ken Sarachan, Kriss Worthington, Laurie Sarachan, League of Women Voters, Linda Maio, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Measure D, Measure S, Michael Alvarez Cohen, Nancy Bickle, No Berkeley Beverage Tax, Robert Reich, Roger Salazar, Sean Barry, Upworthy, World Series
Politics and prose are all in a day's work for Erik Tarloff
When the bestselling author Erik Tarloff turned up for an interview at Berkeley's Elmwood Café in July, he had left an empty house. His wife, Laura D'Andrea Tyson, the former economic advisor to President Bill Clinton and a professor at the Haas School of Business, was in Aspen consulting with U.S. leaders. Tarloff had remained behind at their Berkeley home as he prepared to depart for Stockbridge, Mass., where the Berkshire Theater Group was gearing up to perform his new play, "Cedars."
This interplay between writing and politics has been a constant in Tarloff's life, and one that seems to inform his writing. He was born in Los Angeles to screenwriting parents who were blacklisted in 1953 because of their affiliation with Communism. The family had to move to England so his father could find work. … Continue reading »
Op-ed: Robert Reich: 'If a soda tax can't pass in the most progressive city in America, it can't pass anywhere'
I was phoned the other night in middle of dinner by an earnest young man named Spencer, who said he was doing a survey.
Rather than hang up I agreed to answer his questions. He asked me if I knew a soda tax would be on the ballot in Berkeley in November. When I said yes, he then asked whether I trusted the Berkeley city government to spend the revenues wisely.
At that moment I recognized a classic "push poll," … Continue reading »
Op-ed: Minimum wage plan is raising bar too far, too fast
The Berkeley Small Business Alliance supports the need to raise the minimum wage in Berkeley. There is a longstanding history of support for small business in Berkeley as evidenced by its lack of corporate retailers and big-box stores. Berkeley residents are known for their devotion to sustainable restaurants whose chefs buy seasonally from local farmers and ranchers. It's the small mom and pop shops that make Berkeley feel like a small town and are the backbone of the local … Continue reading »
Support your high school and have some fun at BHS Live
Fancy lunch with Robert Reich? Or perhaps you'd prefer to break bread with both Berkeley High Principal Pasquale Scuderi and Berkeley Police Chief Michael Meehan? How about a getaway weekend in an architecturally stunning home in Healdsburg or a simple "tree house" with views of Tomales Bay?
These are just a few of the many prizes up for grabs at the BHS Live auction which takes place as part of Berkeley High's biggest annual fundraiser this Saturday, 5:30-9:00pm, at the Ed Roberts Campus in Berkeley.
BHS Live, which is organized by the BHS Development Group, raises funds for supplemental resources for all students at the school: be it to provide free after-school tutoring, classroom supplies or to allow educational field trips. … Continue reading »
Alice Waters, Robert Reich talk up a delicious revolution
It was all very Alice: a fire pit outside, a large screen projecting Mr. Smith Goes to Washington on the stage, and, next to her chair, an artfully arranged assortment of fresh-picked fruit delivered to her door by farmer friends.
Alice Waters, a one-time Montessori teacher, wanted to stimulate her students' senses. So, last Tuesday, that's how she kicked off her turn to talk at the Edible Education 101 fall lecture series at UC Berkeley, funded by her own Chez Panisse Foundation.
And, in an inspired piece of programming, the woman with a big, broad vision for food reform in schools and beyond, who speaks in a small, wispy way and sometimes appears uncomfortable, even a little lost alone in the spotlight, invited the jovial Cal public policy professor and economics expert Robert Reich to join her on stage for a conversation in front of a close to capacity crowd at Wheeler Hall. … Continue reading »


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Jul 24th, 2016 @ 2:53pm
However bad the President may be, the damage done would be less had Congress a approach to their jobs than:
Step 1: Get elected. (And re-elected)
Step 2:
Step 3: Profit!!
(Maintaining the perfect void of Step 2 inevitably requires all Congresscritters to delegate any actual legislating or decisionmaking to the executive branch and/or lobbyists retained by well-heeled industries. Then the only exceptions are hysterical legislative overreactions to media-driven moral panics and tit-for-tat patronage deals.)
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Jun 30th, 2016 @ 11:36am
Re: Of course, they're going to charge...
Possibly, but this seems, like a lot of cases, to be companies' representatives responding to a clear "Heah's how we-all do bidness roun' heah." message. An employee, in such an environment, pressured by a boss who plainly states he doesn't care about "how they-all do bidness down theah" but
wants results
and a corrupt potential customer, will usually go along to get along.
We hypocritically prosecute businessmen for doing business in ways that are accepted overseas but don't seem to be bothered when it involves gov't procurement procedures, military contract bidding or "please just shovel the money into these dumptrucks" union demands.
It just seems sleazier when the scale is smaller and somehow more acceptable when the bid/contract/procurement specs are hundreds of pages.
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Jun 30th, 2016 @ 9:30am
Re: Re: Re: Re: Malmstroem...
I'd say presenting EU-free governance for Britain as "nothing", as you have done here, is more than a little disingenuous. Does Britain suddenly have
no way
to govern itself? Has Brexit left the UK with
in the way of governance?
I'm going to have to pull out my dusty old copy of Wikipedia Brittanica here, but I'm pretty sure Britain governed itself prior to EU membership, and should be able to scuffle along after.
As for immigration, there seem to be mutually exclusive realities. It is as if you have two friends at work who are next door neighbors.
Neighbor A says:
"We invited some black couples over for dinner and my neighbors were quite upset. Never knew they were so racist!"
Neighbor B says:
"My neighbor says he's throwing a party, but it appears to be a permanent open house! When I complained about things stolen from my property, people camping in my yard and his "guests" trying to ogle my wife and daughter when they shower, he accused us of being 'inhospitable' and 'racist' and said there was nothing we could do about it!"
Not sure 'reality' is getting a clear presentation in either story there. But there's obviously a large number of citizens who felt "Shut up, hater." was an inadequate response to their concerns. The Brexit vote shouldn't have been a surprise, even to those who were certain Lindsey Lohan's support would help them carry the day. Maybe she should have supported
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Jun 30th, 2016 @ 7:39am
When did TD switch over to the top-down corporatist side? Is it the result of blindly following some narrative-"These same people are wrong on A, B and C, so I must oppose position D which they support"?? Or the knee-jerk obeisance to the "Our strength is in our diversity" mantra and it's unspoken clause "...in every circumstance, without exception and any questioning this is racist"
I've always been very suspicious when someone presents a position to me that, it is claimed, is correct beyond criticism, analysis or thought. Doesn't seem to bother you, I guess.
Likewise, to present this dispute as if only the Brexit side used wild hyperbole and unquestioning hatred of "the other" must mean you approve of the knee jerk, sky-is-falling,"maybe we really
like democracy" post-vote hysteria coming from the Remain camp.
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Jun 28th, 2016 @ 12:59am
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Shill gives shill high shill rating. Noted.
IF the only way to break down a bought-and-paid-for scam is to circumvent the sleazebags in local government who've been selling out their own constituents for decades, so fucking be it. No apologies.
I only wish the Uber/Lyft approach could be as effective at the fed level.
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Jun 28th, 2016 @ 12:48am
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^ This. Exactly this.
And the red herring of purse-clutching alarm over "surge pricing" (otherwise known as'supply and demand') is misplaced, since it serves most effectively as the organic component of the software. Imagine: people freely choosing when and where to work, 'magically' and promptly responding to riders' needs!
But fuck that. Why suffer the indignities of freedom and choice when we can have city council grifters and union bosses decide these things for us? Why should we listen to satisfied customers and drivers, or take into account public safety when there's an incumbent, entrenched business doing a lousy job to be shaken down?
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Jun 28th, 2016 @ 12:27am
You lying sack of shit.
Although I suppose I really shouldn't say that, since you've taken a page from the proggy playbook and carefully made sure your post was completely fact-free.
Does that evil "surge pricing" ever, EVER rise to even HALF the nice, steady ripoff pricing of the cabs??
Yeah, I really love to participate (as the victi...err...'customer') in transactions where the person serving me is incentivized to rip me off in any way he can. That's just swell. Great alternative.
Also, subtract from your apologia for the downtrodden cabbies the middle eastern gentleman who glared at my un-burka'd, tipsy friend for the entire duration of what she swears was her LAST cab ride ever. Bit of a microaggression there, eh wot? She's lucky he didn't blow up at her over the absence of a gratuity. so to speak.
So make it
carefully vetted, professional "service providers" on the cabbie side.
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Jun 28th, 2016 @ 12:00am
I had a rider (Uber) from Austin, little artist gal, who told me the police were actually SUPPORTING the laws killing off the ride-share services, because of the revenue from DUI fines!!
I found this shocking. I said, "Tha fuck? Putting the lives of the people they're supposed to be "serving and protecting' at risk just for money? Hell, even I'm not that cynical!"
She said "It's Texas, man. You can't be too cynical."
She said the restrictive laws were passed with a grand total of 8% of registered voters actually voting for them. Turnout was something like 17%.
Hope they have a better turnout for the "Texit" Referendum, eh?
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^ THIS. Many times over, this. Q: Why is this happening? A: Lawyers wanna get paid.
The explanation here of "simple, first-level self-interest" satisfies both Occam's and Hanlon's Razors and has considerable explanatory and predictive power.The layer of legalistic complexities found in such filings is just for show. The more counterintuitive the case, the more byzantine the filigree of legalese it will be coated with.
(This explanation suffices in many other circumstances with much more subtle cause/effect linkages.)
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May 9th, 2016 @ 8:32am
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No, people DON'T say "private companies are better at everything".
People say "free markets are the best way to allocate resources and reward enterprise", but that's
nothing at all like what we are seeing in this instance or in the United States in general
Thought I'd point that out in case you actually gave a shit about, you know, the truth and all. Which I strongly suspect you don't.
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May 9th, 2016 @ 8:28am
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using it for fishing, it seems.
Also, dammit, I received an internet forum death threat in an argument about the proper golf grip, just to note how devalued the currency of violent invective has become in such venues.
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May 2nd, 2016 @ 7:14pm
Haaahah!! Yeah, copyright apologists frequently resort to that last refuge of a scoundrel: The Rules. Rules to be obeyed, because, "whatever slippery piratey arguments pirates make,
they are the law
It makes the shills really uncomfortable to have to face the reality that the law is not a permanent monolith. Their voices get really high when someone suggests that copyright, especially as now constituted/distorted, is clearly
a law of nature.
On the fine day when changes to copyright that benefit both artists and consumers are implemented (now, how does anybody lose in that situation?), I'm sure the people employed as "copyright advocates" will just graciously accept the "Whatever
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May 2nd, 2016 @ 6:19pm
Fake news is fake. Untrue. Non-facts and non-events reported as actual facts and actual events. People need to put some effort towards determining the truth, rather than just jumping to believe
dismiss reports (as in a Snopes contributor writing an automatically skeptical article dismissing the Emory U Trump Chalk Hysteria.)
Whereas claims of harassment often have a subjective element. By their assessment of what constitutes abusive, violent or "damaging" speech some people demonstrate such a rare delicacy and finely-honed moral sensibility that I (or others) have to insist they need to own their own emotional reactions. This subjectivity can also be weaponized for internet arguments and utilized in bad faith ("Only a white male cis shitlord would deliberately cause pain to member of an abused, excluded disenfranchised group! You nust want all Xs to die!")
FB may have their responses a little backwards. Then again their response prioritization may reflect the degree or likelihood of legal responsibility (and the potential cost thereof)
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We're number 1!!! We're number 1!!! We're...wait...won't this lead to massive unemployment among the "jackbooted thug", "enhanced coercive interrogation expert" and "truncheon-wielding pedestrian guide" demographics??
Hmmm...with a minimum of retraining, we can expect to see some
adherence to mall littering regulations, eh? And a serious upgrade in the enforcement competence of theater ushers. The Invisible Hand resolves such problems, only now it'll grab you by the throat and ask if you've expressed any anti-government sentiments recently.
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Apr 15th, 2016 @ 12:36am
Amen. This is why I always oppose granting the government more powers, or greater regulatory scope: it just gives them more shit to sell off. (then when the FCC does good, it throws my whole model off!)
Then again, this is also why, much as I hate so-called 'progressives' (not sorry, they hated me first), the Republican party presents a wholly unacceptable alternative.
The parties, along with a gutless, cooperative press, allow the plutocratic class to filter "acceptable" candidates. In some countries, ones we routinely mock, the military acts as such a filter. I don't see our situation as much better.
Therefore Trump. And, to a certain extent, Bernie. Because people who want to improve the country, people who just want to preserve what's good about the country, people who just don't want to get screwed over any more...all feel totally betrayed by the parties. And the parties, aided by the press, respond to these expressions of outrage and betrayal with "wedge issues" and "culture war".
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Copyright Troll Tries To Silence Anti-Troll Blogger With Law Enforcement Threats
Apr 14th, 2016 @ 10:53pm
Re: Panama Papers?
Mossack Fonseca deals/dealt with companies that actually HAVE money, big money. Usually weapon, drug, humn trafficking, corruption and scam money, but real money nonetheless.
Petty scammers who have to target people whose wealth is below the "enough money to hire a lawyer" threshold, even if they do it in volume, may be a level or two below making MFs' client list.
BTW, Hillary's tight with a lot of people who are in the first category. A true test of whether we actually have a real Fourth Estate that maintains any pretense of integrity. Or not.
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Led Zeppelin 'Stairway To Heaven' Copyright Case Will Go To A Jury... Meaning Band Will Almost Certainly Lose
Apr 14th, 2016 @ 1:11am
I'm pretty sure Randy heard "Stairway to Heaven". He never sued.
When the result of a law is "ghoulish money-grabs by lawyers to benefit people who have created nothing", it's safe to conclude the law is bad. I was kind of looking for a characterization of such law more sophisticated than just "bad", but no, that's about exactly right.
Yeah, it would be good if the members of Led Zep were to come down on the side of the angels regarding copyright law, but as we all know, it's all about the big IP aggregators getting richer, not the artists.
And even that "benefit" is secondary to the apparent primary goal of the law here, which is more litigation, because the lawyers on both sides "win".
Benefit to society, as was actually mentioned in the way long ago??? A very distant third or fourth consideration.
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US Chamber Of Commerce Actually Just US Chamber Of Our Highest-Paying Members
Apr 14th, 2016 @ 12:47am
Re: Re: Re: Re:
That's very good, and if the case for concern about 'climate change', specifically AGW (I learned it was Anthropogenic Global Warming), were always made in such a manner, you'd see a lot fewer people expressing doubts about the motives of the doomsayers.
BUT. When people make their case with hyperbole and exaggeration, ad hominem attacks and insults, it's noticeable. How can ALL changes in climate be bad? How can more rain, anywhere, always be bad, and less rain, anywhere, also always be bad?? How can all extreme weather be blamed on AGW? People actually remember that we've always had extreme weather, and over-reporting does not make it, in reality, worse. And NAMING every bit of bad weather! What's that supposed to prove?? And noting the increased DOLLAR COST of severe weather events as support for "action to prevent climate change!"? WTF? It's like a damn marketing campaign...and that's how it appears to people who come away skeptical, myself included.
Most amazingly, people are falling all over themselves to trust the good will and competence of the UN and the US government to deal with this poorly-defined problem. W.T.F???
One crisis in the natural world that I do find alarming is the apparent depletion of our national reserves of cynicism. Scary indeed.
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US Chamber Of Commerce Actually Just US Chamber Of Our Highest-Paying Members
Apr 13th, 2016 @ 11:16pm
Re: Re: Really?
Well, it's always good to see a sincere effort to expound on the
prospects regarding climate change.
And you were doing very well until you got to the part about "population is booming", which is absolutely not true and appears to be just a very dated piece of received "wisdom". It's an OLD "end of the world" panic scenario, (like Erlich's "absolutely unavoidable, billions of deaths due to starvation" and "The coming Ice Age"), but birth rates are falling in most parts of the world, in many places to below replacement level,
for those areas where women are still treated as property and breeding machines.
If SOME PEOPLE would get their hypocritical heads out of their progressive asses and help the women in said countries achieve equality in education, law and reproductive rights, the population problem would be "solved". There would still be more people than a lot of elitists would like, and I'll admit I have some ideas for dramatic population reduction myself, but we could dump the simplistic "just follow this curve, you'll see we're headed for 100,000,000,000 people! Unsustainable!" hysteria once and for all.
This may be yet another example of facts being subordinated to "The Narrative", but I thought your explanation was more well-intentioned and truth-oriented than that.
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Spawn medpak:
Press Up(2), Down(2), Left, Right,
Left, Right, B, A during game play
to spawn a medpak that will restore 25 points of health.
Anthony Guthrie.
Unlimited health and spawn ammunition cartridge
for current weapon:
Press Y, B, A, X, White,
Y, X, A, B, White during game
Chunks48, and Christian Ferlauto.
Press Black, Up, White, Up,
Black, Black, Up, White, White,
Up during game play.
Chapter select:
Press Left(4), Black, Right(4),
White during game play. Return to the main menu and start
a new game to have all chapters unlocked.
Hint: Follow Freeman: Item room:
You will hear the metal device where you get two people
to follow you. After it is done, you will see a room to go through.
You can find items there, but be careful; sometimes you may die.
Save the game before entering it.
Nathan Wallace.
Hint: We Don't Go To Ravenholm: Hidden
After climbing over the white cars and going through
the window, you will go in to a room that has two windows and
a zombie in it. When you climb out the window, you will see the
old man with a shotgun in a window. Proceed to your left on to
a concrete ledge. You will see a flammable barrel behind a grate.
Shoot at it and the grate will blow out. Hidden back behind the
grate is health and ammunition.
Eric Coz.
Hint: Getting past turrets and other dangerous
When you need to run a long way in front of you and
you have some objects with you (for example, a non-explosive barrel),
if you have the gravity gun, pick it up. Use it as cover and run
(while facing the enemy) to the other side. Then if possible,
shoot the barrel at the enemy. Note: Make sure there are no more
that one enemy while doing this. Also make sure that the object
is indestructible, and most importantly, look at the enemy and
see if you can kill him or it with one shot.
Joe Palka.
Hint: Punting objects:
Pick up an item in the game without using the Gravity
Gun. Drop it until it leaves the bottom part of the screen. Then,
pick it back up and throw it as fast as possible. If done correctly,
it will appear as if you are kicking the object. This is especially
fun to do with the toy doll at the beginning of the game. Note:
This works best with lighter objects.
Hint: Flip jeep:
When you get the jeep, use turbo towards a wall. Press
Y to get out before you hit the wall. If done correctly,
when the jeep flips you will also flip. Note: You may get hurt
as well.
Nathan Wallace.
Hint: Re-activating turrets:
To re-activate a turret, crouch and face the way the
legs are sticking out from the turret. Pick it up with your gravity
gun or use key, and face up while you have the turret and it will
re-activate. When there are no enemies around, carefully press
Y (or L if you have gravity gun) until the turret
stands up straight and is activated. Note: This is important if
you are using turrets to kill the CPs coming from the blue openings.
Never re-activate enemy turrets that you disable.
Joe Palka.
Hint: Saving ammunition:
In the "We Don't Go To Ravenholm" level,
use the gravity gun to pick up the jagged metal discs. You can
fire these at enemies for an instant kill. Also if the enemies
are in a line it will kill all of them in one shot. This helps
mostly against the zombies and will allow you to save ammunition
for later levels.
craig green.
Hint: G-Man sighting:
At the beginning of the game a man (G-Man) tells you
to wake up. Well on the "Water Hazard" chapter, after
beating the helicopter you will open the gate. There is a building
with supplies, grenades, ammunition, and health. After going there,
go down the grassy area to the right of it. In the distance you
can see a concert ledge where you must go to next. Zoom in and
try to spot the man standing there in a gray suit holding a briefcase.
He will only appear briefly before walking behind a wall.
Dylan Carter.
Hint: Movie reference:
When you teleport to Dr. Kliener's lab from Nova Prospekt,
you will meet up with Dog and go out and find Barney. Do not follow
Dog out of the lab yet; wait until Dr. Kliener and Alyx start
talking about getting another headcrab to replace Lamar (Dr. Kliener's
pet headcrab). After Alyx suggests that he gets another headcrab,
he replies, "There is only one heady." In the movie
Blazing Saddles, the villain's name is Headly Lamar (whom
is called Heady Lamar by some of the characters).
Hedy Lamarr was a famous Austrian actor in the U.S. from the 1930's
through the 1950's. Mel Brooks later claimed that Hedy Lamarr
tried to sue the producers for the "Hedly Lamarr" jokes.
Dr. Kliener's Headcrab was actually names after the "one
and only Hedy Lamarr".
Lawrence Huttenhoff.
Hint: Half-Life logo reference:
Occasionally you will see the Half-Life
Logo spray painted on a wall. One example is on the wall next
the entrance to Dr. Kliener's lab.
Note: Whenever the logo appears, there will be health, ammunition,
or other pickups available somewhere around that area. The items
may sometimes be hidden.
Mark Harris.
Glitch: Clone Alyx:
Later in the game when you are fighting alongside Alyx,
at one point you will encounter a door where she tells you to
go on without her, while she heads up to the communications room
to unlock doors for you. Push her into the corner left of the
door, then run in and watch it close behind you. As the next area
is loading, she appears next to you. This clone does not talk,
and is not always there. However, later when both of you fight
a group of soldiers, there are two of them.
Glitch: Anticitizen One: Get on top of
After Dog attacks the dropship and and it drives off,
go to the bent down fence and jump over it. Walk down a few steps
and on your right is an open door. Go in it and to your left you
will see a stairwell blocked by a couch and debris that cannot
be moved. Crouch jump over the couch and go up the stairwell.
You might want to bring a box with you so that you can put it
on the ground in front of you then jump on top of it and make
longer jumps.
mellowyellow685 Singleton.
Glitch: Highway 17: Edge of world:
Immediately after the Combine outpost with the crane,
you will jump a gap in the buggy and get attacked by a gunship.
There is a crate full of rockets in the van in the middle of the
road you can use to shoot it down. Clear the road with the gravity
gun and drive the buggy through. After passing two more telephone
poles, there is an opening on the left with another broken-down
van and a rock structure on top of the hill that vaguely resembles
Stonehenge. This van has three crates with medkits inside if you
need them. Drive the buggy past the van and straight at the rock
formation. It should climb the wall and allow you to walk to (or
off) the edge of the world. Note: You will die if you walk off.
Also, there are some invisible walls as soon as you get up there,
but you can travel a number of miles along the ridge (but no farther
Darien Fawkes.
Glitch: Nove Prospect: Death by looking
at wall:
Get to the end of Nove Prospect where the wall comes
in and you need to get to higher grounds by the fire. At the location
where a Head Crab comes at you, turn to face the wall and look
for a opening go through. You will die.
Nathan Wallace.
Debug mode:
Press Start, Up(6),
Down, Start, Up(3), Down during game
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Unlimited health:
Press Up, Down, X,
Y, B, Down(4), Up(4) during game play.
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Inorganic Gravity Gun:
Equip the SMG, then press Down,
Up(2), Down, L, R, X, B,
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Organic Gravity Gun:
Equip the Inorganic Gravity Gun,
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The third annual Johnnie L Cochran Jr. Basketball Classic took center stage at California State University, Dominguez Hills, and it more than met my expectations. Event director Ernest Baskerville did another outstanding job of attracting some of the better teams in the area including Taft (Woodland Hills, Calif.) and Bishop Montgomery (Torrance, Calif.) and a few of the elite prospects in the West in fast-rising, 6-foot-7 sophomore Angelo Chol (San Diego/Hoover), 6-8 UCLA signee Tyler Honeycutt (Sylmar, Calif.), and 6-9 sophomore Kevin Johnson (Gardena, Calif./Serra).
Every game was tight and went down to the wire. However, the most anticipated game of the night would be between Hoover (San Diego, Calif.) and Serra (Gardena, Calif.) which featured a matchup of two of the most highly coveted bigs in the west in the aforementioned Chol and Johnson.
Chol is a sleek lefty who projects to the 4 or the 5, while Johnson is strictly an interior force. The early going was a stalemate, but as the game progressed, Chol began to impose his will at both ends of the floor. Chol plays much bigger than his listed height and has really improved his post skill -- he has a left-handed jump hook that is reminiscent of former North Carolina great and NBA standout Sam Perkins.
Johnson, on the other hand, struggled scoring over the top of Chol throughout much of the game. Chol blocked a number of his shots, using his length and quickness, and essentially frustrated Johnson throughout the second half. As Johnson learns to use his massive frame and develops his left hand, he should turn out to be one of the most highly recruited players in the country.
Standout players
Angelo Chol (6-7, 200)
Sophomore, San Diego, Calif./Hoover
After his performance against Kevin Johnson, Chol may be the No. 1 prospect in the loaded 2011 class in California. This lefty is extremely long and just oozes potential at both ends of the floor. He is very quick off his feet and has excellent timing in the paint area. His body has filled out some since the summer and he was able to hold position in the paint area fairly easy. He has a very smooth jump hook and he gets great lift on it -- making it nearly impossible to block. In addition, he has the ability to knock in the 15-foot shot at the elbow. Although he is very effective on his strong side -- where he can turn over his right shoulder to score -- he is quite raw when posting on the opposite side. He needs to learn how to face up and pivot and put himself in a triple-threat position to continue his evolution as a post player. Overall, Chol is an outstanding prospect and with continued development he should one of the most highly recruited players in the near future.
Robert Smith (6-0, 170)
Senior, Perris, Calif.
Smith, headed to Santa Clara next season, was the top-rated point guard in the event, and he didn't disappoint with his 28-point, 12-assist performance. He has a very strong and stocky frame and he's blessed with that highly coveted second gear. He blows by most defenders in transition and is very good at getting to the rim despite heavy traffic. His handle is tight; he keeps it very low and has a skilled crossover. Smith can dominate at this level with his current talent and skill, but in order to carry that over to the next level there are a few areas which he needs to add polish, specifically his jump shot. He gets great lift on it, but it's still not as consistent as it needs to be. In addition, in transition it would be beneficial for him to come to a jump stop more often and nail the midrange jump shot, because there were numerous times when he forced the issue.
Tyler Honeycutt (6-8, 180)
Senior, Sylmar, Calif.
Honeycutt plays the game at an effortless pace. Although he doesn't play as hard as he could all the time, his talent is undeniable. He can impact the game in so many different ways at both ends of the floor. Whether it's a feathery jump shot or a key block, he is a very unique talent who screams upside. Due to his length and bounce, he has become a better rebounder and he's very unselfish. He is a terrific passer, especially in transition, and he has a very good feel for the game. He still needs to get more assertive and aggressive when it comes to what is needed to win games, but he appears to be headed in that direction.
Chris Cunningham (6-7, 220)
Senior, Diamond Bar, Calif./Diamond Ranch
After a subpar performance at the Pacific Shores tournament, Cunningham was dominant against up-and-coming, 6-8 junior Richard Solomon (Torrance, Calif./Bishop Montgomery). Although he is a below-the-rim player, his footwork and savvy are a sight to see. His dexterity and deceptive quickness allows to him to convert over taller players and he uses his thick frame to muscle his way through contact. Overall, Cunningham doesn't have great bounce, but his skill level and fundamentals are high level.
Surprise players
Leon Gibson (6-7, 215) PF
Senior, Gardena, Calif./Serra
Gibson continues to display why he's considered one of the top sleepers in the West. He has a Division I frame, solid bounce and a sweet shooting stroke out to 15 feet. His release on his shot is smooth and he nails his free throws. His offensive game is raw, but his face-up jump shot is more than solid. He's a tough rebounder and attacks the glass at both ends. He runs well in transition and can finish with a big dunk. He needs to tighten up his back-to-the-basket game, but the upside and improvements are there.
Garrett Johnson (6-5, 190)
Senior, Diamond Bar, Calif./Diamond Ranch
Johnson, who signed with Fresno State in the early signing period, has a unique game for a player his size. He handles the ball well in transition and can be a high-level passer both on the fast break as well as in the half-court set. He has savvy and a pretty versatile game -- although his shooting has a way to go. He posts up well and can score with either hand. In addition, he possesses the ability to find the open teammate from the low post and usually makes good decisions. On the other hand, he really doesn't have a true position for the next level. His jump shot is erratic and needs much polishing. He is a decent shooter within the 15-foot range, but his shot falls apart outside the stripe. Johnson is a talented player, but he needs to hone his shooting to make an immediate impact for the Bulldogs.
Idris Ibn Idris (6-3, 180)
Senior, San Diego/Hoover
Every year there are seniors who improve their game enough to warrant some Division I interest. Idris falls into that category. He has a young-looking frame with solid length and outstanding athleticism. He has solid ball skills and a knack for scoring. Idris is at his best in transition where he can slash his way to the basket and utilize his bounce. In the half court, he has a decent feel for the game. The amount of recruiting interest he receives will solely depend on his development as a shooter. His shot isn't completely broken, but his release is slow.
• Kevin Johnson, a 6-9 sophomore out of Gardena, Calif./Serra, is blessed with great hands and an NBA body, but in the next few years he needs to develop his skills to reach his potential. He has improved greatly since last season and does a great job of keeping the ball high, but it would be nice to see him develop a jump hook with either hand.
• He needs to develop a more consistent jump shot out to the stripe, but 6-2 senior Prince Obasi (Reseda, Calif./Cleveland) does many other things on the court that should warrant some Division I interest. He has a terrific frame, is very skilled with the ball, and can finish at the rim in traffic.
• Low Division I schools should take a look at 6-7 senior Jesse Hazely (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif./Santa Margarita). His frame is well built, with long arms and good hands. He is mechanical in the post, but he plays hard and is a good rebounder.
• Michael Williams, a 5-11 senior out of Woodland Hills, Calif./Taft, continues to show why he is one of the better shooters in the West. Derrick Taylor's decision to start 5-8 freshman Landon Drew at the point has freed Williams to get set for his shot.
Speaking of Turner, he has a tremendous feel for the game for someone so young, but in the coming seasons he needs to work on his left hand because he has a tendency to go right.
• Allen Crabbe, a 6-5 junior out of Los Angeles/Price, has improved his rebounding since last season, but I would like to see a greater urgency to attack the basket and draw fouls to continue to evolve his game.
• He still plays too fast and can be turnover prone, but 6-foot junior Terrance Ingram (San Diego, Calif./Hoover) has improved his jump shot greatly in the past year.
Joel Francisco has been a high school basketball scout for 15 years. He has written for Hoop Scoop Magazine and Basketball Times and organized "So-Cal's Finest," his own scouting service.


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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley says he will veto the state's General Fund budget if lawmakers do not find an additional $200 million for Medicaid.
Bentley and State Health Officer Don Williamson said at a news conference Tuesday that there would be dire effects if the budget for non-education state services is adopted as it passed the House, with only $400 million for Medicaid. Williamson said at least $602 million is needed to fund the program.
Williamson said without proper funding, the state might lose federal funds for Medicaid. He said programs like dialysis and medicine for adults might be eliminated and hospitals and other facilities might not be able to operate.
Bentley said lawmakers should transfer $200 million from an education savings account to the General Fund.


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