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In a bombshell announcement that ends a decade of leadership continuity at Google, co-founder Larry Page will take charge of the company as chief executive, replacing current CEO Eric Schmidt, who will focus on Google's external relationships with other businesses and government.
Google has been ruled by the trio of Page, Schmidt and co-founder Sergey Brin since 2001. In a conference call with analysts Thursday afternoon, Schmidt said the three had been considering the change for some time, and decided over the holidays that with Mountain View-based Google expanding to a global company of more than 24,000 employees, the company's leadership structure needed to be clearer.
"Historically, we've always been equals," Schmidt said. But a three-leader team "adds delay in how we make decisions. It's actually better to clarify it."
While observers say Schmidt may have fulfilled his role in seasoning Page and Brin, he has had several public flubs this year that did not help the company's image. Page, meanwhile, will have to overcome his innate shyness in his new role as the public face of Google, but he is said to have a strong handle on the company's business.
Challenges ahead
The move was announced as Google reported record profit of $2.5 billion in the fourth quarter, a 29 percent increase over 2009. But the company is not without its challenges. It has long hinted at trying to develop products that would utilize people's social relationships, as Facebook has done so successfully, but it has yet to reveal what that would be. Facebook passed Google to become the most visited website in 2010, according to Experian Hitwise, and Google faces a potent challenge from the social network for advertising dollars. Google also faces possible regulatory problems in Washington over Internet privacy and antitrust issues.
The changes take effect April 4. Schmidt's new job as executive chairman will focus on more external issues, including "deals, partnerships, customers and broader business relationships, government outreach and technology thought leadership," Google said in a written announcement.
"There really is no one else in the universe who could accomplish what Eric has done," said Page, who had a stint as Google's CEO before Schmidt joined the company in 2001. "I've learned a ton from him over the years."
Brin will focus on several strategic projects being developed by the company. "I would like to work more on my personal passions, which correspond to several significant new products that I hope to talk to you about in the future," Brin said.
Page will oversee the company's products and chart its technology strategy, "his greatest strengths," Schmidt said in a post on the Google blog.
Lightning rod
The surprise change left some observers wondering whether Schmidt had become less necessary to Google's future, after a decade of grooming Page and Brin. Schmidt seemed to play into that perception, announcing the change on Twitter by saying, "Day-to-day adult supervision no longer needed!" In 2001, many thought Schmidt, a former Sun and Novell executive, was brought in to help the two founders run Google because they were too young and unseasoned.
Schmidt "had a number of public flubs in the past year," said Danny Sullivan, editor-in-chief of Search Engine Land, and a longtime Google watcher. "Maybe they felt that they had to get somebody who was less polarizing."
At a forum in Washington in October, for example, Schmidt discussed Google's practice of collecting data about its users, saying the company's "policy on a lot of things is to get right up to the creepy line and not cross it."
Comments like those made Schmidt "look like he really didn't care what he was saying," said veteran tech analyst Rob Enderle. "My position is that they should have done this four years ago. They could have avoided a lot of the problems they otherwise had," including Google's confrontation with China last year over filtering search results, and Google's increasingly hostile relationship with Apple.
Just as company co-founders such as William Hewlett and David Packard ultimately decided to split their responsibilities between the technical and administrative sides of the business, Enderle said it may also prove to be an effective step for Page and Brin.
"Sergey seems much more focused on the technical aspects of the company, while Larry seemed much more focused and interested in the business," he said. "Sergey enjoyed being up to his armpits in products and driving the company in that way, and much less interested in doing the administrative work of being CEO."
Higher profile
Still, Page, who often seems painfully shy and uncomfortable speaking in public, will have to adjust to being the face of one of the most watched companies on the planet. There was a murmur of surprise, for example, when Page appeared on stage at Google's annual shareholder meeting last spring.
Inside Google, Page has a much higher profile.
"Within the company, he's extremely involved in products and engineering," said Pete Koomen, a former Googler who assisted the founders and top executives in Google's quarterly goal-setting process. "He's extremely smart. He always has very insightful feedback and he's very direct about it. When you're an employee and you've got a meeting with him, you do your homework."
Koomen said he was always struck, during the company's quarterly planning sessions, about the level of detailed knowledge Page had about Google's individual products and initiatives.
But as CEO, Page is going to have to display other skills, such as public speaking and learning how to give credit to Google employees, that he has not yet demonstrated, said Ken Auletta, author of "Googled: The End of the World As We Know It," a book about the history and culture of the search giant.
"Larry has a business brain," Auletta said. "The assumption people always made at Google was that one day, Larry would be the CEO. No one ever thought Sergey would be. Sergey is much more of a free spirit, less interested in management than Larry is."
Still, Auletta said, "it's going to be a much bigger change for Larry Page, because suddenly, yes, he's going to have to do things that he's not accustomed to doing."
Contact Mike Swift at 408-271-3648. Follow him at Twitter.com/swiftstories.


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Mobile Internet 3.0: How Operators Can Become Service Innovators and Drive Profitability February 23, 2012Posted by chetan in : 3G,4G,ARPU,BRIC,Carriers,China,Connected Devices,Devices,Enterprise Mobility,European Wireless Market,Mobile Cloud Computing,Mobile Health,Security,Smart Phones,US Wireless Market,Wi-Fi,Wireless Value Chain,Worldwide Wireless Market , 1 comment so far
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How Operators Can Become Service Innovators and Drive Profitability
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The mobile ecosystem is going through significant shifts in consumer behavior, the value-chain alignment, and the strategies required in managing the profitability of the service business. Operators around the world are experiencing tremendous mobile data growth. While the mobile data revenues are increasing, the margins are decreasing for many operators. As the percentage of the smartphones on the network increases, the data business is primarily becoming an access business which is difficult to sustain over the long-haul.
Additionally, it is becoming clear that the long-term value will be in the portfolio of value-added services (VAS). As we slowly migrate into the Mobile Internet 3.0 world where mobile data becomes the primary source of service revenues, operators have a fundamental choice to make – either learn to live with the utility business that pushes the margins downwards by 30-50% or selectively compete and/or collaborate with the OTT (over the top) players where they can offer compelling solutions and packages to their customer base and beyond.
Operators who are fully able to grasp the changes occurring in the ecosystem and are willing to refocus will position themselves for higher profitability in the coming years.
A fundamental rethink of the network and the business models is required. Rather than leaving all the VAS business to others, operators should look at ways to launch new services, to micro-segmented consumer base, to enable APIs and services that the developer ecosystem can build on, and to look at the core network to enable incremental revenue streams.
The pace at which the new services are launched needs to accelerate and the marginal cost of the introduction needs to go down significantly. By architecting the "network as a platform,†operators will have more flexibility in deploying an open and programmable network that not only provides operational efficiencies and insights but also paves the way for new generation of services such as mobile cloud, mobile security, health care, and identity management.
The paper looks at the global trends in mobile data and the need for new approaches to operator services that can help increase the mobile data margins and help operators play a more decisive and enabling role in the mobile ecosystem. The paper provides an operator blueprint for succeeding in the Mobile Internet 3.0 era by discussing the operating principles and the long tail of VAS. Several strategies and application areas are analyzed that can help operators in building a viable VAS strategy and sustainable profit streams.
We will be keeping a close eye on the trends in the wireless data sector in our blog, twitter feeds, future research reports, and articles. The next US Wireless Data Market update will be released in Mar 2012. The next Global Wireless Data Market update will be issued in Apr 2012.
Disclaimer: Some of the companies mentioned in this paper are our clients.
A Tale of Two Mobile Markets – China and India February 22, 2012Posted by chetan in : 3G,4G,AORTA,Applications,BRIC,China,Indian Wireless Market,Intellectual Property,International Trade,IP,US Wireless Market,Wireless Value Chain,Worldwide Wireless Market , add a comment
Next weekend, on March 3rd around noon China Standard Time to be precise, China will sign up its one billionth mobile subscription. India in the meantime, crossed the 900 million subscription mark in Feb. Roughly an year ago, India was adding subscribers at historically record pace of approximately 20 million subscriptions per month (that translates into a new Australian market every month) while China continued at its steady pace of 8-12 million net-adds per month. In Q1 2011, data indicated India might actually edge out China to reach the first billion landmark. Then, the market collapsed due to the intense competition, the pervasive corruption, and the accounting gimmicks.
In 2011, the global GDP growth was 2.7% according to the World Bank. While the OECD countries saw only modest gains (1.7%), China (9.1%) and India (6.5%) accounted for a good percentage of the global growth. Buoyed by the rising disposable income, the middle class in the two biggest countries are spending more than ever before.
All of the top 6 global operators by subscriptions are from China and India. Collectively, they account for 27% of the global mobile subscriptions and 12% of the global service revenues. In 2011, India added 141 million subscriptions while China netted 133 million.
Having worked in both of these markets over the last decade, I have always seen China and India as two of the most dynamic mobile markets in the world. They might seem similar on surface but are quite different underneath. Both represent vast human resources and the biggest middle class with buying power. However, their competitive landscape is vastly different. On our Competitive Index (CI) scale of global markets, they are on the extreme ends of the revenue and subscriber concentration indices. China is one of the least competitive mobile markets and India is by far the most competitive mobile market in the world.
In China, China Mobile monopolizes the market with over 66% of the market. Regulators are trying to boost the other two operators China Unicom and China Telecom but have a lot of work left on their plate. India on the other hand is a hot cauldron of intense competition, too much competition if you ask the operators. There are 5 operators with roughly 100 million or more subscriptions with the Bharti Airtel at number 1 but with less than 20% market share.
China's mobile journey began in the early nineties with the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications providing the telecom services as China Telecom. In 1994, under pressure, China Unicom was introduced to the market but was largely a failure. Later in 1999, China Telecom was split into three businesses with China Mobile becoming the mobile arm. Recently, when the 3G licenses were granted, market was segmented into its current form with China Mobile still leading the pack by a good distance.
China's overall growth for the past decade has been pretty steady staying between 8-12 million net-adds per month. Remarkably, the ARPU has stayed fairly consistent at around $10. Data revenue started growing significantly in the last 3-4 years. China Mobile has been the number one operator by the number of subscriptions, the total revenue, and the market cap for many years now (it is more valuable than Google). In data revenues, China Mobile has consistently ranked in the top 5 for the last 5 years.
India started its mobile journey late towards the end of the last decade but after a series of market reforms and introduction of new players like Reliance in early 2000s, market caught fire. The lack of landline infrastructure, the declining $/min costs aided by the burgeoning middle class meant the market was ripe for explosive expansion. In 2005, India was roughly 300 million subscriptions behind China but its per month net-adds has been inching up steadily and by Q2 2007, India caught up with China in net-adds.
While China's mobile market growth continued at a steady pace, the Indian market leaped into high gear, breaking records month-after-month and came tantalizingly close to China in Q2 2011 with only 55 million separating the two at the time. However, by then, the market retreat had already started. As we outlined in our Competition and Evolution of Mobile Markets research paper last year, the market composition and the intense competitive landscape was unsustainable. The cost to acquire a new subscriber started to become unbearably high. The rapid customer acquisition at any cost started to have a significant impact on operator profitability.
Also, the heavy burden of regulatory levies meant that the regulatory charges are approximately 20-25% in India whereas in China they are negligible. This meant, virtually all the operators started veering towards the dangerous negative margin territory in 2011-12. Additionally, the pervasive corruption reared its ugly head and a number of key players got caught up in the spectrum auction scandal. The bottom line is that the market is going to stay in the state of "mess†for the next few quarters as it tries to clean things up and plan the next phase of growth and momentum. It can take solace from the fact that the open free market and legal framework is still attractive to the mobile ecosystem. The fact that Vodafone won the $2 billion tax case should inspire confidence in the market.
Not surprisingly, the intense competition had a significant toll on the overall ARPU in India. While China's ARPU stayed constant at $10 for much of the decade and its data % increased to 27% in 2011, India's ARPU plummeted from $11 in 2005 to $3 in 2011. Players like Reliance boast a subscriber base of 150 million but the ARPU is < $2 leading to a meager 3.7% profit margin. However, many of the Indian operators are a part of the big conglomerates so it is easier to absorb and hide the declining financials. Regulators must realize that the industry can stay healthy only if its players remain financially viable. One has to look at mobile growth holistically. They must abolish outdates policies, rationalize the exorbitant levies, liberalize the market further and outline long-term spectrum policy without delay.
It is fairly easy to be fooled and seduced by the large numbers. However, these markets are not for the faint hearted. After the pleasantries are over, the unsuspecting and the unprepared will get chewed and spat out in no time. The feeble IP regimes make it even more problematic. But, it is 37% of humanity we are talking about. Markets are still attractive but one needs a strategic focus, strong local partners, and iron clad teeth to take a bite of these markets. Even established players can exhibit extreme naiveté in understanding the rules of the game.
Regulators in both markets face key decisions on a number of vectors – 4G spectrum, competition, FDI, IP, broadband plan, and policies on a number of fronts. Both countries have similar long-term goals but are inefficient in terms of regulations and capital allocation (they are not unique in this respect, even more advanced markets like the US have their share of quirks in the regulatory framework) needed for the next phase of market and revenue growth.
India is likely to cross its billionth mark by early 2013. The market will go through significant restructuring and self-correction over the course of next two years. China will look to expand its 3G and 4G markets and bring broadband to the masses. The smartphone and data usage is on the rise laying the foundation for the future transformation.
China has been the bolder of the two. By deft coordination and shrewd strategy, the likes of Huawei and ZTE have shaken its western rivals in their boots while protecting its local turf. India has been content with the services business though it is starting to ramp up its manufacturing and R&D capabilities. Indian operators have had better success at spreading their wings, investing in foreign markets and collaborating with foreign operators. China is somewhat closed but disciplined. India is mostly open but waffling.
In the last ten years, China has become the 2nd largest economy in the world behind the US while India will edge past Japan to become #3. Given that mobile will have a central role in the ICT evolution of global markets particularly in the developing nations, what happens in the mobile markets of China and India will influence rest of the world. (I just finished up a project for UN in this area, more to come).
So, congratulations to China for the significant milestone and to India for its tremendous growth.
The future of mobile data applications and services in China and India is extremely bright albeit tortuous.
Tighten your seatbelts and enjoy the journey.
Your comments are always welcome.


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iBlink: Is Apple's dream run coming to an end?
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New Delhi: After staying on top of its game for years in a row, is Apple Inc finally feeling the heat?
Under the leadership of its quirky but brilliant Steve Jobs, the company brought out innovative products which were intuitive, packed with solid features and came with looks that clearly made them stand apart from competition.
Never big on playing the volumes game, the Cupertino-based tech giant attached hefty price tags to its iPhones and iPads, successfully managed to sell them to a relatively small but loyal fan base, and reaped incredible margins.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW) -- News 12 has learned a longtime Georgia lawmaker has died.
Jack Connell was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives from 1969 to 2002. He's credited with bringing growth to Augusta and to the medical community.
River Watch Parkway was dedicated in Connell's honor back in 2006.
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Vivisms, vol 3
Getting dressed...
Vivi: These are my nipples, right Mommy?
Me: Yep, you're right.
Vivi: They are my favorite parts.
Just for the record...
Vivi: We are making pretty play-doh. It looks like a long poop! But we don't eat it.
Now that I have started making steel-cut oatmeal, Vivi refuses to eat the instant stuff I make when I'm in a hurry.
Vivi: I don't like it.
Me (tasting some): See Vivi, it's yummy!
Vivi: You eat it then.
Happy birthday, Bonnie/Mom!
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Since the latest update when we duplicate a post and use the #url# tag, the bit.ly used links to the original post instead of the new one, this just started happening. Is there any way to solve this?
Since the latest update when we duplicate a post and use the #url# tag, the bit.ly used links to the original post instead of the new one, this just started happening. Is there any way to solve this?
Interesting. What method are you using to duplicate a post? There must be a plug-in enabling it.
What's happening, I suspect, is that the duplication of the post includes the meta data from the original post - and that means that the short URL is being copied over, as well.
We use the Duplicate Post plugin. We've been using both your plugin & Duplicate Post for at least a year, and everything played nicely until the recent updates. Here's a link to the plugin: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/duplicate-post/ . We have posts with 10+ older tweets, all with different bit.ly links; until this update, it made a new link so long as we used #url# to create a custom tweet.
I'll have to do some investigation to see what I can do. I did make a change in the fetching of old short URLs, so that could be the reason - but I want to keep that change, as it was fixing a different issue.
All right. So, I looked at the Duplicate Post plug-in, and it has a settings field to specify meta fields that should not be copied over.
I would suggest adding most of the WP to Twitter post meta fields to that field so that none of them will be copied, but certainly the short URL fields:
The relevant one varies a bit depending on what shortener you're using. This also includes the archives of past tweets and failed tweets.
Thanks, that fixed the issue.
We actually find the archived tweets very useful, would re-allowing those cause the problem to resurface? If not, which of the short URL fields refer to the archive?
_jd_wp_twitter is the field that holds the archived Tweets.
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"It's ironic, but I feel that my kids are safer here than living in the U.S.," said Ariella B. I met Ariella nearly two decades ago when we were attending the same Chicago-area congregation. Recently I had a chance to visit her on a recent trip to Israel. She is now a vivacious 40-something wife and mother of four elementary-aged children living in the West Bank.
"Safe" is probably not the word that comes to mind when most of us think about raising a family in a Jewish settlement on the far side of the Green Line. But Ariella insists that her family's rhythms would be familiar to most American parents: school activities, piano lessons, chores and outings shape their day-to-day life.
"We don't have too many fears of child abduction or mugging. There are the usual safety measures - areas you know to stay away from, and where pickpockets are in the Old City. But normally, kids stay out late here with no problem. Everyone here is required to serve in the army, so everyone knows how to take care."
Ariella, who emigrated to Israel from the U.S. nearly 15 years ago, is a Messianic Jew. "Our town of about 40,000 is a short distance from Jerusalem. Most living here hold to some form of religious Zionism, otherwise they would not feel comfortable living here.
"When I was 13 and had my Bat Mitzvah - my coming of age ceremony - the Torah portion for that week was Ezekiel 36:24-39. This set of verses turned out to have incredible impact for me in my 20s as I came to faith in Yeshua (Jesus), and again a few years later when I became part of the community of returning exiles." She married another Jewish believer she met after moving to Israel.
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"We have a lot in common in terms of morals and lifestyle with our neighbors," Ariella noted. "My husband and I believe God brought our family to this community. The move here was attractive as well because rents are sky-high in Jerusalem. We can afford to live here."
There is a cost to that affordability: bars on every window of their one-story home, an armed security guard at the entrance to her community, and the gauntlet of checkpoints, concrete barriers, armed soldiers, and United Nations monitors, all ever-present reminders of the tensions that exist in her region of the world.
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It is much trickier to deal with a demon of the Middle Kingdom than an American devil, because you always know that the American devil means you harm. (1.35)
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The IAFC requested that all America's fire and emergency service agencies to continue to fly their flags at half-staff until Oct. 11, to mark a formal 30-day period of mourning for the fire and rescue workers lost in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Shrouds will also be worn on badges until Oct. 11.
Due to the nature of the situation at "Ground Zero" in New York City, the IAFC acknowledges that it may never be possible to fully account for all the personnel who responded to the World Trade Center incidents. By recognizing the 30-day period, the IAFC hopes the time will provide a formal time frame for observance.
"Although President Bush's 'national period of mourning' may have ended, it is certainly not over for those of us in the fire service," said Chief John Buckman, president of the IAFC. "It is important that the fire and emergency service join together as a whole to continue to show our support and respect for our fallen comrades and it will be important to mark this sad period in our history with some closure for all of us as well."


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In 2005 the existence of 4000 pairs of emperor penguins, the most charismatic and beautiful of all penguins, was confirmed at a previously unknown site near Snow Hill Island in the Northern Peninsula of Antarctica.
In November 2008 I joined an Expedition to visit Snow Hill on the Russian Icebreaker Kapitan Khlebnikov, which is the only vessel capable of penetrating the thick ice of the Weddell Sea so early in the season. On board we were lucky to not only have an extraordinary team of polar experts but also members of the BBC Planet Earth team, and wildlife photographers' Jonathan and Angie Scott – probably best known for BBC 'Big Cat Diary'. I was lucky to join Jonathan Scott in Africa in 2005 for a most memorable African Safari in the Mara, and it was great to share this trip with him – his passion and enthusiasm is infectious.
This is a journal of my amazing trip, told mainly through photographs, with some interesting information along the way.
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I have an interest in photography and have a computer full of photographs from my trips around the world, the most exciting being to the Masai Mara in Africa and my epic trip to Antarctica, to photograph the Emperor Penguins in their habitat, Snow Hill Island on a Russian Icebreaker. Whilst the Penguins were wonderful, the scenery and environment was spectacular. I decided to put a book together of my photographs as a journal / momento of my trip, and have dedicated it to my father. Any profits from the book will go to The Royal Marsden Hospital, Cancer Research, which I hold dear to my heart. I may produce a book on Africa and the Mara. I was lucky on both trips to share time with Jonathan Scott from the BBC - best know for Big Cat Diary, whose passion for wildlife is infectious! - and I would encourage everyone to go to Africa and Antarctica ! I think producing books could become addictive !!
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RIPON – Police are asking for the public's assistance in locating one of two suspects who kidnapped a Ripon man and robbed him at gunpoint after making contact with him on Facebook, authorities said.
The victim told investigators he arranged to buy merchandise from the suspects through the popular social networking site and agreed to meet them near a local elementary school on March 22, Sgt. Steve Merchant of the Ripon Police Department said. The suspects picked up the victim, drove him to a nearby park, brandished a handgun and then took him against his will to a secluded orchard west of Ripon, police said.
The suspects took cash and property from the victim, threatened him and warned him not to report the crime to police, authorities said. Investigators utilized electronic tools to develop leads and then served search and arrest warrants at a home in the 1600 block of Bradford Street in Stockton on March 25, police said. Stolen property, including items belonging to the victim, was located inside the residence, authorities said.
Fernando Hernandez, 21, of Stockton was arrested on suspicion of robbery, kidnapping, witness intimidation and conspiracy, police said. Investigators are still seeking a second suspect, identified as 21-year-old Juan Antonio Rodriguez of San Jose, authorities said.
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WORCESTER, United Kingdom - Former Duquesne women's basketball forward Diana Voynova ('11) led Team Northumbria to its first-ever National Cup Championship on Sunday after a thrilling 66-64 victory over Cardiff Archers. Voynova, who is the team's captain, scored 16 points and pulled down a game-high 18 rebounds.
"It is a true blessing to be playing basketball at this level," said Voynova." This is my third year playing professionally after graduating from Duquesne and I can say my basketball career in Europe has been very successful this far and Duquesne is a big part of that."
Voynova added, "I learned a lot as a player during my time as a Duke. Playing in the National Cup Final this past Sunday it felt a bit like a deja-vu to me as I was playing against former St. Bonaventure player Jessica Jenkins."
"I also want to congratulate Coach Dan Burt on for the successful season the team is having this far," said Voynova. Burt recruited Voynova to Duquesne from Jefferson College in Hillsboro, Missouri.
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1. You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. 2. You cannot help small men by tearing down big men. 3. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. 4. You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer. 5. You cannot help the poor man by destroying the rich. 6. You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than your income. 7. You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred. 8. You cannot establish security on borrowed money. 9. You cannot build character and courage by taking away men's initiative and independence. 10. You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.
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William G. Hoffman
Source: The Speaker's Notebook
I that in heill wes and gladnes Am trublit now with gret seiknes And feblit with infermite: Timor Mortis conturbat me.* * Fear of Death troubles me.
William Dunbar (c. 1465 - c. 1530)
Source: Lament for the Makers
The cares of today are seldom those of tomorrow; and when we lie down at night we may safely say to most of our troubles, "Ye have done your worst, and we shall see you no more."
William Cowper (1731 - 1800)
Wise are they who have learned these truths: Trouble is temporary. Time is tonic. Tribulation is a test tube.
William Arthur Ward
The trouble with being poor is that it takes up all of your time.
Willen De Kooning
It ain't what we don't know that gives us trouble, it's what we know that ain't so.
Will Rogers (1879 - 1935)
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Broker Note Briefing: Thursday
As investors await policy decisions from the European Central Bank and the Bank of England later Thursday, City analysts have been busy reviewing some of Europe's big names.
L'Oreal shares were dented as Société Générale downgraded the stock to "hold" from "buy" ahead of its full year results due Feb. 11.
SocGen said its shares have risen 12% since September 2012 and that further upside would require earnings upgrades.
"We believe further outperformance depends on earnings upgrades driven by evidence supporting [chief executive Jean-Paul Agon's] recently reported optimism that L'Oreal's like-for-like sales growth can accelerate in 2013 via enhanced market share gains, or increased confidence over the pace of margin delivery," they said.
Still, "substantial option value remains from the potential disposal of the Nestlé stake to L'Oreal in 2014, which we estimate could be over 25% earnings enhancing," they added.
Citigroup reviewed the insurance sector, raising its recommendation on AXA to "buy" from "neutral" and lowering Zurich Insurance Group to "neutral" from "buy".
"Zurich has outperformed its peers since the financial crisis due to its relatively robust financial strength and economic capital, as well as its defensive earnings profile," Citi analysts said. "However, we now see relatively limited valuation upside potential."
They added higher than expected cash generation (resulting in better dividend cover) or a more aggressive improvement in underlying profitability are some of the factors that could make them more positive on the stock again.
On AXA, Citi reckons the company "offers a highly attractive relative valuation compared to its composite peers and the sector as a whole."
"We believe AXA can improve its economic solvency to robust levels in a reasonable timeframe without disposals," they added.
As Daimler flies high after its fourth-quarter result, helped by strong sales of its premium Mercedes-Benz cars in parts of Asia and North America, peer Volvo is also in focus after Deutsche Bank downgraded the stock to "hold" from "buy".
"The fourth-quarter results season is not over yet, but Volvo produced what is likely to be the biggest miss in the sector," analysts said. "We still think that Volvo has the potential to become much more profitable but two quarters of very disappointing execution have reduced our confidence."


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> I just installed picasa2 on a new Feisty and Debian Etch install. In
> both cases the "BlogThis!" button just makes the mouse cursor whir for a
> second before returning to the normal pointer but does nothing. Is there
> some sort of hidden setting?
> Is anyone using this feature successfully so that I know I am not
> flogging a dead horse to try and make it work?
In addition, the "email this" function says it can't connect to
gmail. Aargh. The "fix" is apparently to modify IE settings .....
"Cogito ergo I'm right and you're wrong."
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**FILE**Nicole Kidman appears at Nickelodeon's Kid's Choice Awards on March 31, 2007 in Los Angeles.Kidman says she was engaged to a mystery man in between breaking up with Tom Cruise and marrying Keith Urban. She made the revelation in Vanity Fair's October issue, on newsstands Sept. 11, 2007. (AP Photo/Lisa Rose)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban have added a second daughter to their family, born through a surrogate mother.
The couple announced Monday the arrival of Faith Margaret Kidman Urban, born on Dec. 28 at a Nashville, Tenn., hospital.
Kidman and Urban released a statement saying they are "truly blessed" and thanked everyone for their support, "our gestational carrier" in particular.
The couple also has a 2-year-old daughter, Sunday Rose. Kidman credited her first daughter's unexpected appearance to swimming in the waters of a small Australian Outback town during the filming of "Australia." She and six other women became pregnant after swimming in Kununurra.
No other details about Faith Margaret were available.


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Everytime I go climbing with Mr Tom Last it seems to be a classic experience! Going up to the Cioch on my 3rd ever climb was unforgetable. Also doing Window Buttress in the pouring freezing rain with numb hands and water running down my ankles!!!!! Love the Cornish granite with stunning scenery and almost completly empty in the winter!!! Most hair raising climb to date was Matchless on the Culm. Very 'interesting' approach followed by a 150ft absail! very glad to top out!where do I stop!! Swanage, Dartmoor, Llanberis!!!!!!!!!! love it.Cheers Tom.
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LILBOURN -- Dorothy L. Morrison, 79, died May 9, 2012, at her home in Lilbourn.
Born March 30, 1933, in New Madrid, to the late George Washington and Maggie O'Dell Halterman, she was a member of the Big Ridge Church where she was also as Sunday school teacher.
She was married to Edgar "Jim" Morrison, who preceded her in death in 1979.
She was also preceded in death by one sister and three brothers.
Survivors include: one son, Edgar Darrell Morrison Sr. of Lilbourn; one daughter and son-in-law, Norma Beverly and Jack Lewis of Lilbourn; one brother, Floyd Halterman of the state of Arkansas; three grandchildren, Edgar Darrell (Julie) Morrison Jr. of Dexter, Darlene Leonard Lewis of Cape Girardeau and Christina and Scot McWaters of Matthews; and four great-grandchildren, Chase Morrison, Alyssa Morrison, Lindsey McWaters and Jacob McWaters.
Visitation is from noon until time of services at 2 p.m. Sunday at Richards Funeral Home in Lilbourn with the Rev. David Dowdy officiating.
Burial will follow in the Mounds Park Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be: Edgar Darrell Morrison Jr., Darren Lewis, Scot McWaters, Floyd Halterman Jr., Roger Nunn and Ray Halterman.
Honorary pallbearers will be: Chase Morrison and Jacob McWaters.
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Swamp Fox Trail – Manning, South Carolina
South Carolina | SC Picture Project | Clarendon County Photos | Swamp Fox Trail
The Swamp Fox Murals Trail Society donates murals across Clarendon County. Most honor General Francis Marion, who fought valiantly in Revolutionary War battles throughout the area and across South Carolina.
General Marion was known as the "Swamp Fox" for his brilliant guerrilla warfare and surprise attacks. The "Reflections" mural, shown above, features General Marion and the men of his brigade pushing back the British forces in the Black and Santee River basins. Located on North Mill Street, the mural is one of 17 – so far! – across Clarendon County, and it was painted by Terry Smith of Land O' Lakes, Florida, in June, 2011.
Special thanks to Carole Summers of Manning for adding this photo to the SC Picture Project. Carole and her husband George founded the Swamp Fox Murals Trail Society. She says, "While it is unlikely that they thought of how they would be remembered by future generations, today we can appreciate the effort these brave Americans put forth to make this 'the land of the free and the home of the brave.'"
Update: Along with the Santee Indian Mounds, the Clarendon Murals are now highlighted in a walking tour app you can download for free.
Swamp Fox Trail Info
Address: North Mill Street, Manning, SC 29102
GPS Coordinates: 33.696389,-80.211667
Website: http://www.swampfoxtrail.com/
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NEW DELHI: German luxury car maker Audi today reported 47 per cent jump in its sales in India during March at 1,002 units.
In the year-ago period, the company had sold 681 cars, Audi India said in a statement.
"Powering ahead with its positive outlook for 2012, the brand with the four rings continued its growth trajectory with a sale of 1,002 cars in March 2012, which nearly equals Audi India's annual sales figure of 2008 (1,050 cars)," the company said.


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For more information as it becomes available please go to: www.nuclearunion.com / www.facebook.com/nuclearunion.
Nuclear Union Announced
This is an...intriguing announcement from Best Way. Seems that they are working on a "large scale" dark RPG dealing with life in a post nuclear war wasteland. Yup, I'm hooked already.
Here's the cryptic annoucement:
Our Union is even stronger 50 years later!
Pobedograd, Soviet Union – June 22, 2012 – Every child knows the glorious story that lead to today. When the Capitalist Alliance lead by the Americans refused to allow our defensive screen in Cuba, in 1962, and then attacked us with nuclear weapons. However our Motherland and the Soviet Forces were better prepared than the dogs knew. We leveled them, and half the planet, to show our sickle is sharp and the hammer hits hard indeed!
While the Americans celebrated that they reduced Moscow to rubble, our air defenses kept the city from becoming ash. Almost the entire planet surface was contaminated by their bombs, but it didn't matter as we had moved underground days before. The Soviet Union did what we have always done, survived. The country underwent a massive evacuation of the most important citizens, leaders and industries to a pre-built network of specifically equipped bunkers.
It's 50 years later, 2012, and our glorious capital city, Pobedograd (Victory City), is a beacon of hope. It's time to go outside again brothers and sisters, time to see what has become of our Motherland and her proud cities and towns. Grab a weapon and join us!
Not much to go on, but I am definitely interested in where this is going.
Here is an equally cryptic video:


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slipping, slipping...into the future.
Time keeps on slipping, slipping, slipping...into the future.
What happened to my little boy who cried on his first day of school?
What happened to needing Mommy's hugs to get through that first day?
|One of my favorite photos! Sister Bear telling Brother Bear to quit crying.
Where did my bossy little girl go? Oh, she's becoming a young woman who is a bit bigger but still manages to boss her brother.
Dad warned me that time would speed up when I grew up. He didn't tell me that the magic ingredient is children. I don't mind them growing up, I just wish they wouldn't grow up so fast. I don't want time to slip too fast...
Here's to a fabulous 2012-2013 school year for my little bears.


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What is in this article?:
- Arizona Veg IPM: leafminer management, lettuce wilt, Kerb herbicide
- Lettuce wilt diseases
- Kerb in lettuce
- Pest control advisers should be on the lookout for leafminer insects as the first desert produce fields near harvest;
- Fusarium wilt and Verticillium wilt in lettuce cause internal discoloration of the root cortex and plant wilting followed by death;
- The key to using three pre-emergent herbicides registered in lettuce is to use the product in the right place at the right time.
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The latest Arizona Vegetable Integrated Pest Management Update from the University of Arizona (UA) Cooperative Extension in Yuma, Ariz., released Nov. 1, 2011.
Leafminer management on fall lettuce
By John Palumbo, UA Research Scientist and Extension Specialist
Now that the hot weather is beginning to break in the desert and worm pressure has slowed, pest control advisers can finally take a breath and look forward to the winter and spring seasons.
It is important to not forget about leafminers, particularly as the first produce fields approach harvest. Leafminer numbers have been light to moderate so far this season, but we have recently observed high numbers (both adults, larvae and mines) on melons and lettuce at the University of Arizona (UA) Yuma Agricultural Center (YAC).
Furthermore, an increase in adult flies has been observed on yellow sticky traps used for monitoring whiteflies throughout the area over the past week or so. In most cases, the traps were located near or adjacent to fall melons, cotton, or alfalfa.
With temperatures forecast in the 70s to 80s for the next week, leafminer adult movement should subside, but larval activity could easily cause damage if left uncontrolled in lettuce or baby leaf fields where currently present.
This can cause significant damage to older, pre-harvest lettuce by feeding and damaging wrapper leaves of head lettuce and romaine. Pupae collecting within the leaf margins can also be considered contaminants.
In addition, baby leaf lettuces, spring mixes, and spinach are susceptible to larval feeding (mining) on tender growing leaves.
The good news is effective control is available with products on the market. Radiant (5-7 oz.), Coragen (5-7 oz.), and Voliam Xpress (9 oz.) applied at higher rates can effectively kill developing larvae in the leaves before causing significant damage. Similarly, Agri-Mek at 8-12 oz. can provide long residual control.
Include a penetrating adjuvant with these products to enhance larval control.
For more information on leafminer biology and management, click on this link: Insect Management: Leafminers.
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CHENNAI: The board of private sector lender City Union Bank has decided to appoint a sub-committee on its proposed Rs 400 crore rights issue.
"The board has initiated the process of appointing a sub-committee to look for the rights issue. The funds to be raised is up to Rs 400 crore. But we will be declaring the exact share price and funds after getting approval from SEBI," City Union Bank Managing Director and CEO N Kamakodi said.


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Would it be possible to have a new post automatically assigned to a category? I've looked around, found some solutions but assigning the right code in the right place with the right category names... not possible.
Could someone help out?
The site I want this on is http://blog.ifness.com/
WP twenty eleven
WP version 3.2.1
Every new post ends up in the year category. If I can get it to work I only have to change the assigned category once a year on new years day. :-)
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HP Spectre XT TouchSmart Ultrabook 15-4010nr Review and Ratings
Our Verdict: HP delivers a 15-inch, high-resolution, touch-screen ultrabook—well, if you allow 5 pounds to qualify as an ultrabook—with Core i7 power at a reasonable price. There's even a Thunderbolt port. What's not to like? Read More…
- What We Liked…
- Aggressive price for a Core i7 ultrabook
- Gorgeous and spacious IPS 1080p touch screen
- 32GB mSATA caching drive
- Thunderbolt port
- What We Didn't…
- A little heavy for an ultrabook
- Lagging battery runtime
- Conventional clamshell rather than hybrid design
HP Spectre XT TouchSmart Ultrabook 15-4010nr Review
By March 8, 2013reviewed
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Introduction & Design
Fitting the words "15.6-inch screen" and "ultrabook" into the same sentence takes some doing. A month ago, we saw Asus manage the feat with the Zenbook UX51VZ-DH71. Now HP has applied the ultrabook moniker to a 15.6-inch laptop of its own, the Spectre XT TouchSmart 15-4010nr. We just can't help noticing that, while the Zenbook weighs four pounds, the Spectre tips the scale at five.
The Asus has other advantages, including faster SSD versus the HP's hard drive storage and faster Nvidia discrete versus the HP's Intel integrated graphics. On the other hand, there's a lot to like about the Spectre XT, starting with its screen: Not only is it a high-quality in-plane switching (IPS) panel with 1,920x1,080 resolution, it—unlike the Zenbook's—is a touch screen, making it much easier to navigate Windows 8.
Most of all, the HP costs $600 less—just $1,349 with a Core i7 processor and niceties including 8GB of RAM and bundled Adobe Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements software. So even if you hesitate to call it an ultrabook, you'll likely call it one of the best values in the thin and light laptop class.
The Spectre XT TouchSmart measures 0.87x14.87x10 inches and weighs 4.96 pounds. That 0.87-inch height translates to 22.1mm, which leads to another quibble about applying the ultrabook label: Intel's "Chief River" ultrabook platform specifies a maximum thickness of 21mm for 14.0-inch or larger designs. Convertible hybrids can go up to 23mm, but this is only a straight-up clamshell.
Still, even if the 15-4010nr is a bit of a plus-size supermodel, it's a sexy one, with an aluminum-magnesium cover and a softly textured bottom that feels nearly rubberized. It's MacBook-esque, although lacking the heavy-duty, bulletproof feel in your hands of the aluminum Apple. The back hinge has a sharp, angular design that sets off the notebook's overall curviness well.
At the back of the system's left edge, you'll find a Gigabit Ethernet port with a clever, spring-loaded half-cover design that helps preserve the edge's tapered profile. Next to this are one HDMI, one Thunderbolt, and two USB 3.0 ports. HP elected not to color these USB ports blue, probably for aesthetic reasons, but we wish they had been colored something besides black to help distinguish them from the USB 2.0 port on the opposite side. Interestingly, the drive activity and power LEDs are also on this edge—a smart move since nobody really needs to see those lights 99 percent of the time and their brightness is only a distraction.
Along the right edge, you'll find a 2-in-1 media card reader, a headphone/mic combo port, a USB 2.0 port, the jack for HP's impressively compact 65-watt AC adapter, and a Kensington lock slot. No decorations adorn the lid save for a small HP logo in one corner. On the bottom, it's a testament to Intel's low-voltage ingenuity that HP is able to keep the processor cooled with only a single, small exhaust vent that's built into the slope just under the LCD hinge, so you can set the notebook on a couch and not risk overheating the internal components.
The bottom also features four low-profile rubber feet and two speakers tucked behind a pair of slot openings near the left and right edges. Two more speakers lie hidden inside the bar between the keyboard and the display hinge.
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The Monthly GNU Column
This column looks into projects and current affairs in the world of free software from the perspective of the GNU Project and the FSF. In this issue, we take a look behind the drapes at the FSFE Annual General Meeting.
Welcome to a special issue of Brave GNU World focusing on the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE). The fourth Annual General Meeting of the FSFE took place in Vienna at the beginning of May 2005. This meeting was quite special in many ways. Not only was this the first full meeting of the European core team of the organization; it also marked the end of the European Executive's term of office. The European spin-off has now been around for four years – high time to look back at the highlights, polish the crystal ball, and peer into the future. Battle against Software Patents The focus of the FSFE's work continues to be the battle against the patentability of algorithms. There have been various activities at various levels. The patent battle also influences the case of Microsoft versus the European Commission.
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LinuxCon North America Convenes in Toronto, Canada
Linux Foundation's big event celebrates the 25th anniversary of Linux
Linux Turns 25
Linux has evolved from a "won't be a professional" project to one of the most professional software projects in the history of computers.
Mirantis Joins Hands with SUSE To Offer RHEL Support; Red Hat Not Happy
Competitors get in the game with RHEL without Red Hat
Linux on Windows 10 Poses a Security Risk
Security researchers have already notified Microsoft; some fixes are available
Mirantis to Refactor OpenStack Fuel for Kubernetes
The company is collaborating with Google and Intel to use Kubernetes as an engine for Fuel
Canonical Joins Document Foundation Advisory Board
The upcoming release of LibreOffice will be available as a snap package
SUSE Joins the Microsoft Test Drive Program
Customers can take a free test drive of SLES for HPC on the Azure Cloud
SiFive Launches a Line of Open Source Chips
San Francisco-based chip company announces their first fully open source chip platform.
Fedora 24 Released
The whole distro gets rebuilt on glibc 2.3
Canonical Announces Cross-Distro Support for Snaps
Ubuntu Vendor tries to solve app packaging and distribution problem across distributions.


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Listen to Paul's WBEZ appearance online
You can hear a recording of Paul's appearance on WBEZ's 848 program, preparing his winning Krafty Kontest recipe, on WBEZ's website:
Our 'Draggin' the Bow' (from our second album) closes the segment. There's also a picture of someone identified as 'Paul Wargasky', bearing little resemblance to our bassist.
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Definition of space weather in English:
space weather
Entry from US English dictionary
Natural processes in space that can affect the near-earth environment, satellites, and space travel, such as magnetospheric disturbances solar coronal events.
Example sentences
- But as with all space weather, satellites and communication systems will be at risk of disruption or damage.
- These features are the dominant sources of disturbances in space weather that lead to geomagnetic storms.
- The internal magnetic field of the Sun waxes and wanes on an 11-year cycle which affects the space weather.
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SACRAMENTO -- In a move that could forestall a big ballot box showdown, Amazon.com has told traditional retailers it would agree to an online sales tax -- but only if it's delayed two years to give Congress time to pass a national law.
Under Amazon's proposal, the company would go along with a sales tax for goods purchased online -- as long as the tax is uniformly enforced across the country, according to sources involved in talks with the company. As part of the possible deal, Amazon is also offering to create 7,000 distribution center jobs in California and drop its push for an initiative to bar such a tax.
Amazon's new position emerged from intense Capitol efforts to call a truce in a war that has seen California vote to impose the tax, Amazon respond by circulating petitions for a referendum to overturn the tax, and legislators taking steps to invalidate any such referendum.
"We're trying to find a way to not have World War III," said one brick-and-mortar retailer, whose group believes it's unfair that Amazon doesn't have to collect the tax. "There seems to be real interest in reaching an accord."
A spokesman for Amazon declined to comment on the developments.
The political obstacles to a national agreement on online taxes are steep, and some Democratic leaders in California worried Wednesday that Amazon's proposal for a two-year delay in California's efforts to impose its own online sales tax is too much to pay for an uncertain outcome in Washington, D.C.
One leader of the group of traditional retailers said he was wary of Amazon's offer.
"The so-called deal that Amazon has proposed is not serious," Bill Dombrowski, president of the California Retailers Association, said in a statement. "Amazon is an out-of-state company with an unfair advantage over California businesses, and it is seeking a complete repeal of the law and another exemption from any further state action.
"Again and again, Amazon continues to demonstrate that they do not care about California businesses, taxpayers or communities," Dombrowski said. "This deal will only prolong the harm to small businesses that employ Californians."
It was not immediately clear how the Legislature would make up for the $200 million in revenues it is expecting to get from sales taxes Amazon was supposed to collect in the fiscal year that began July 1. Top Democrats such as state Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, have said that the state desperately needs that revenue.
But Republican leader Bob Dutton, R-Rancho Cucamonga, said Steinberg was working with him to put together a bill that could gain bipartisan support.
"They had a very informative meeting," Dutton said. "I wanted to encourage the individual retailers and their associations to get together with Amazon to work this out. It would be a win-win for them and people of California."
In reaching out to traditional retailers for a possible deal, Amazon may have opened the door a crack to suggest that they want to avoid a messy public fight, said Dan Schnur, director of the Jesse Unruh Institute of Politics at USC, whose July poll showed voters evenly split on support for an online tax.
"The only reason to sit down for negotiations is to see how hard a bargain they can drive, see what they could get out of retailers," Schnur said. " If they can get 80 percent of what they want without spending money on a ballot fight, that might be better than going for everything they want at a cost of tens of millions of dollars."
The online sales tax battle began after the Legislature approved a budget in June that included a requirement for online retailers to collect sales taxes. Amazon responded by threatening a referendum on the law -- and is well on its way to collecting enough signatures to get it on the ballot next year.
Democrats and traditional retailers are trying to thwart the referendum with Assembly Bill 155, which would require businesses to collect sales taxes only if they have $1 million in annual sales -- a move that won the support of eBay, the San Jose-based online auction giant. The key is to win enough Republican support to get a two-thirds vote, which would prevent a referendum on the issue.
Traditional retailers such as Wal-Mart and Target have been lobbying Republicans heavily, arguing that it's unfair for them to have to collect the tax while exempting Internet giants like Amazon.
Earlier this week, Senate caucus leader Bob Huff, R-Diamond Bar, said he doubted Republicans would sign on to the effort to stop Amazon's referendum.
"My guess is the caucus will take a position against (AB 155) in favor of letting the political process work," Huff said. "As much as there might be merit in policy and we want to protect brick-and-mortar stores, there's a bigger play in motion now. This bill is an end run around the political process."
Huff indicated he would be in favor of allowing Congress to settle the issue.
"The retailers have made some good arguments, but this is one that would be better addressed nationally, or in the context of some kind of tax reform that makes a more level playing field for everybody," Huff said.
Republicans may be hesitant to agree to any deal. Grover Norquist, the father of anti-tax pledges that Republicans break at risk of political retribution, sent a letter earlier this week to Republicans telling them that a vote to thwart their referendum was as good as a vote for taxes.
Contact Steven Harmon at 916-441-2101. Follow him at Twitter.com/ssharmon. Read the Political Blotter at IBAbuzz.com/politics.
Here is a framework for a possible deal aimed at avoiding a costly ballot war between Amazon.com and brick-and-mortar retailers. Under Amazon's proposal, the online retail giant would: