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Damage recovery sent me a bill for $983.76 for a slight dent and is now demanding I pay it. I did not cause the dent.
Enterprise Car Rental rips off people. Please don't rent from them.
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The department Enterprise Information Systems (EIS) at the Institute for Applied Computer Science at University of Bonn and Fraunhofer Institute for Intelligent Analysis and Information Systems (IAIS) is currently being established. The department is led by Sören Auer.
The primary objective of the research group is to advance research and technology in the field of enterprise information systems & semantic technologies and to widely apply this research in large-scale use cases. A particular focus of research and technology is information, data and knowledge integration employing Linked Data strategies. The department is committed to the open source, open access and open knowledge movements.
Since the EIS department is currently under construction please also consult my homepage at Universität Leipzig and AKSW research group for further information.
What we are looking for: The ideal candidate holds a doctoral degree in Computer Science or a related field and is able to combine theoretical and practical aspects in her work. The candidate is expected to build up her own research group and should have a track record in at least three (and be committed to expand it to more) of the following areas:
Due to the strong affiliation with Fraunhofer IAIS particular emphasis will be on the successful transfer of research results into high-impact industrial and societal applications. Fluent English communication skills are a fundamental requirement; command of German language is a plus.
Fields: The candidate should have a background in field relevant for Enterprise Information Systems, such as:
What we offer: We provide an scientifically and intellectually inspiring environment with an entrepreneurial mindset embedded in a world-leading university and one of the largest research organizations. Our primary aim is to provide the environment and resources to make the research group leaders successful in their field.
The positions start as soon as possible, are open until filled (for full consideration please apply till July 10) and will be granted initially for 2 years with envisioned extension.
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Complaint Review: Global Resources
Global ResourcesNorthbrook, Illinois United States of America
Global Resources, LLC REVIEW: Global's commitment to total customer satisfaction. Global's past and current approach to business is focused on providing the highest quality consulting services to their clients throughout the United States
*UPDATE: Global Resources, LLC pledges their commitment to Rip-off Report Corporate Advocacy, Business Remediation and Customer Satisfaction Program. A program that benefits the consumer, assures them of complete satisfaction and confidence when doing business with a member business. Global Resources, LLC recognized by Rip-off Report as a Verified Safe business.
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Editors UPDATE: Positive rating and recognition has been given to Global Resources, LLC for its commitment to excellence in customer service.
Rip-off Reports discussions with Global Resources, LLC uncovered an ongoing commitment by the company to total client satisfaction. This means that clients can expect that the company will work towards finding a mutually satisfactory resolution to any complaints or concerns. Global listens carefully to client concerns and sees them as an opportunity to learn from past mistakes and prevent the reoccurrence of those mistakes in the services offered and the support for those services.
Global Resources, LLCs president, Mr. David Danzig, has informed us that his personal philosophy is that his clients are a precious resource. As a successful businessman, Mr. Danzig feels it is critical to listen to his clients and respond properly. By always putting his clients first, Mr. Danzig hopes to maintain Global as a successful enterprise both now and for many years to come.
Another top executive of the company told us that Mr. Danzig's personal business philosophy is based on the premise that "strives to add value in its services as they understand that a successful business model is based on value-added services, and client care. Global' s mission statement says it all: "Our goal is to provide our clients the best quality, value and professional excellence in the industry." Some of the other things Rip-off Report learned in the course of its investigation: typical customer feedback reads: Global's employees truly communicate all aspects of the job in a timely and effective manner. We are very pleased with the responsiveness that they showed us. They are serious about meeting commitments, and delivered on all their promises."
Global's analysis and consulting personnel expressed extreme confidence in their ability to help us succeed. An analyst at Global stated "I know that Mr. Danzig takes a personal interest in the results of my analysis and the scope of work developed by the consultants for the clients because he calls me and we talk about what will benefit the client the most. With his years of experience in the service industry, I know that he understands what it takes to keep clients satisfied. I am always thrilled to hear from a client after we have completed a consulting project and find that the recommendations we installed have dramatically exceeded their expectations.
Global Resources, LLC takes employee satisfaction seriously as well. Employee feedback and surveys reveal comments such as this: "Global provides a very positive environment to work. Opportunities for suggestions and improvements are encouraged. Mr. Danzig is truly concerned about our contribution to the company and providing growth opportunities for us. He takes the time to listen and communicate with employees and customers." Rip-off Report was pleased to learn that Global's past and current approach to business is focused on its pledge to total commitment towards client and employee satisfaction.
Global recognizes that complaints posted on Rip-off Report (whether true or not) are issues that need to be addressed, not ignored. If handled correctly, complaints can be valuable learning opportunities. With the feedback generated by Rip-off Reports Investigation Global has made organizational changes allowing its clients and employees a more streamlined approach to problem resolution and a commitment to a great client experience.
In summary, after our review, which included discussions with Mr. Danzig and many of his past and current associates, Rip-off Report is convinced that Global is committed to quality delivery of services resulting in total client satisfaction.
Read more about why consumers should feel confident when doing business with a member of Rip-off Report's Corporate Advocacy Business Remediation & Customer Satisfaction Program. Yes, its a long name for a program that does a lot for both consumers and businesses alike.
http://www.ripoffreport.com/Consumer-Services/Rip-off-Report-Corpo/rip-off-report-corporate-advoc-92w54.htm" target="_blank">Read about Rip-off Report Corporate Advocacy Business Remediation & Customer Satisfaction Program,.. A program that benefits the consumer, assures them of complete satisfaction and confidence when doing business with a member business. this program works.
As a matter of policy, when a business becomes a member of the Corporate Advocacy Program they agree to allow Ripoff Report to contact every person who filed a complaint so they can make things right with them. In order to confirm that the former employees complaint was resolved, Rip-off Report emailed the author of all the reports filed about Global Resources, LLC. Anyone who would contacted us back would have their issue resolved in a positive manner. .
Global Resources International Services Inc. Quick to Hire, Beware Northbrook, Illinois
I was contacted by phone by a person named Dennis Woolley who said he was a recruiter for Global Resources. I called him back and he took me through about ten questions and then said he would be forwarding information on the senior business consultant turn around position and set me up for a conference call. Rick Koehler conducted the approximate 55 minute conference call. Everything they daid they did and how they got their business was ver braod in nature. They made it sound like the company was huge.
With 200 sales reps who go out and sign up clients. 300 call center reps getting leads for the business. I don't think Southwest airlines has 300 call center reps. And lastly 150 Senior Business Consultants. Their presentation makes it sound very attractive through as they read from ascript and do not take any questions. They send you a bunch of forms with an employment agreement, benefit information (which are not very good) and ask that you send them two professional references and a copy of your college diploma. The entire scam sounds too good to be true. I won't be going to their paid training in Chicago they so highly advertise as intense consultant training. Beware.
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A recent report released by Los Padres ForestWatch identifies unregulated target shooting as one of the most serious threats to natural resources and public health and safety in the forest.
LUSH Volunteers Remove Microtrash from Sespe Tributary
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Patagonia volunteers remove 150lbs of trash from Santa Paula Canyon.
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The Case for a Ban on Gas Fracking: Food and Water Watch Report
Carol Linnitt | June 16, 2011
By Carol Linnitt • Thursday, June 16, 2011 - 15:15
Last month, DeSmogBlog released Fracking the Future, an in-depth report on the threats posed by unconventional gas drilling and the efforts of the gas industry to limit state and federal oversight of the process. A review of independent scientific research showed that under no conditions can unconventional gas drilling be considered safe, nor can the oil and gas industry's army of PR front groups and apolgists be trusted to give an accurate portrayal of the true risks associated with the fracked gas boom.
The report concluded that current state oversight is inadequate to hold the rapidly growing gas industry accountable and, given the dangers associated with unconventional gas production, an immediate moratorium on hydraulic fracturing is necessary and overdue.
In its new report, the nonprofit Food and Water Watch renewed these claims, calling for a reinstatement of federal statutes like the Safe Drinking Water Act and the Clean Air Act over unconventional drilling and, more forcefully, calling for a nationwide fracking ban.
Entitled The Case for a Ban on Gas Fracking, the new report details the rapid growth of the risky unconventional gas fracking frenzy gaining momentum across the U.S. In the four-year span from 2004 to 2008, gas wells in America increased by 41 percent, to over 52,000. This steady increase of drilling across the country is accompanied by an unsettling encroachment of gas wells into residential areas. The report cites Pennsylvania as an example, where over 3000 unconventional wells and future well sites sit within two miles of 320 day care centers, 67 schools, and 9 hospitals.


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In addition to his medical training, Dr. Villar has received instruction by the Office of Domestic Preparedness at Texas A&M University in patient triage, treatment, and transportation in the event of biological, nuclear, or chemical disaster."
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American loans.comInternet United States of America
American loans.com Matthew Cooper scam artist liar wanted $365.00 for $3500.00 loan then wanted additional $422.00 to activate loan, Internet
*REBUTTAL Owner of company: americanloans.com
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I was told I had to give the first payment as a good faith effort and would be receiving $3865.00 through Western Union.
Once I got to Western Union the man on the phone told me not to use the company name but to send the money to an individual name Lopez Mora Nuria in Costa Rico then in 30 minutes I would receive my confirmation # to receive my loan.
When I was called back with the confirmation # I was told to Mike Harden from Washington DC was the supervisor who approved my loan and summons me $4287.00. I would have to send them $422.00 to activate the loan process. When I refused to send any more money they got very rude with me and hung up on me.
I called back three times to talk to the supervisor and they would never get him on the phone and hung up on all three times.
This report was posted on Ripoff Report on 08/22/2012 09:31 AM and is a permanent record located here: http://www.ripoffreport.com/r/American-loanscom/internet/American-loanscom-Matthew-Cooper-scam-artist-liar-wanted-36500-for-350000-loan-then-w-930861. The posting time indicated is Arizona local time. Arizona does not observe daylight savings so the post time may be Mountain or Pacific depending on the time of year.
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This is completely incorrect and slanderous, American Loans and americanloans.com does NOT do payday loans, we only do mortgages in the state of Utah.The complainant has been ripped off by somebody impersonating our company and the phone numbers you have are not our numbers. Our phone number is 801-262-2221 or 801-269-0900. If he would have called us or gone to our web site americanloans.com he could have contacted us and would have been informed that we only do business in the state of Utah, that we don't do payday loans but only mortgages and that he was being scammed.We have filed a complaint with the local FBI office, anybody interested in the case can call me and I will provide you with the case number and the FBI agent's information, you can contact me at the phone numbers I have provided.
Unfortunatly scammers use legitimate business like ours to solicit upfront fees to provide a loan.A customer should never send money upfront to get a loan, in addition, they should check out the company very carefully before providing personal information.Notwithstanding the fact that the complainant didn't take the necessary precautions before he was ripped off, this doesn't justify to have our company name and our website being accused of something we would never do.We have been in business for 20 years, we have never had complaints from customers or lenders, we have been approved by federal and state agencies in all our operations and procedures and now to be accused in your site of doing something so low as to stealing a few hundred dollars from people who are looking for payday loans is slanderous and humiliating.I will be glad to provide you with whatever evidence you need, but only a couple of phone calls to the local Department of Real Estate or Financial Institutions will prove who we are.
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Sir Bob Murray talks to young people at Derwentside College to praise the work and success of the Family Learning and Kickz programme in Consett
Former Sunderland Chairman, Sir Bob Murray went back to his roots yesterday to see at first-hand the impact of a youth project in Consett, Co. Durham.
Sir Bob, who is also founder and Chair of Trustees for the Foundation of Light, a registered charity of Sunderland AFC, praised the work and success of the Family Learning and Kickz programme, which was launched in Consett and Stanley last year.
The aim of the programme is to provide a range of sport related activities for 13 to 19-year-olds to develop young people's potential.
The project has achieved impressive results in the North East and expanded into Derwentside following a new partnership between Derwentside Homes and the Foundation of Light. The aim of the partnership is to reduce anti-social behaviour, teach youngsters valuable skills and increase their confidence.
The award-winning Kickz programme was originally developed by the Football Foundation, Metropolitan Police and The Premier League and uses the power of football to engage with young people in local communities.
The Foundation has also rolled out its successful Family Learning programme in Derwentside, which offers first steps learning to parents and carers, as well as adult learning courses and qualifications.
Since it was launched in April 2012, over 1,780 youngsters have participated in the Kickz evening, holiday and daytime sessions in schools across the District. Police have also reported that since May 2012, crime has reduced by 72% in the Consett town centre area. Over 40 local families have engaged in Family Learning courses in Derwentside since September 2012 and of those, 27 families have fully completed the courses.
Sir Bob said: "It's fantastic to see the positive impact that the Foundation is already having in the Derwentside area."
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I'm looking for the condition this time of year for the Chiefs Head/Pagoda Couloir. Planning on doing Chiefs Head from Sandbeach Lake tomorrow and would like to decent through Glacier Gorge. I've read there is a concern of rock fall. Has anyone been there recently or at this time of the year? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
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We were in the area Tuesday the 3rd, there is no snow. I have been up the Pagoda/Keyboard couloir which is loose. Chiefs Head/Pagoda is supposed to be worse.
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Did you travel to work by public transport this morning? If you did, may I offer my heartfelt sympathies?
The chances are you were listening to music - on either your own MP3 player, or being forced to listen to someone else's. Perhaps you had just plugged in to drown out the annoying, tinny racket from the other MP3s. If you can't beat 'em, join 'em, right?
No. It's time for the silent majority to fight back!
Perhaps, like me, you wish that yourself or someone - anyone - could muster the courage to approach the selfish little scrotes and ask if they wouldn't mind turning it down or else face the prospect of seeing their precious little MP3 smashed underfoot!
You may have stood there silently brooding about the need for the decent, law-abiding folk of England to rise up and take back the carriages! The Silent Majority on the march! We will fight them on the platforms, we will fight them in the carriages, we will fight them in the streets and we will fight them at the bus stops. We will never surrender!
But we did, of course. We always do. So what do we do now?
Well, we needn't worry. The problem will soon be a thing of the past, anyway. They - and, er, possibly you - are going deaf. Problem solved. I said PROBLEM SOLVED!
According to a survey by the RNID (Royal National Institute for Deaf People) more than two-thirds of MP3 users risk damaging their hearing because the volume is too high. In tests conducted in three major cities across Britain, MP3 users' ears were regularly being assaulted by more than 85 decibels. On average, half of young people listened for over an hour a day and a quarter for more than 21 hours a week. That translates as exposing your eardrums to dangerous noise levels for about one-fifth of your waking day, every day.
Well, so far, so what, I (just about) hear you say. Too much loud noise = eventual deafness. So what was the point of this survey?
Well, the RNID's take on this is that it is the responsibility of the MP3 manufacturers to put clearer warnings on the packs about the dangers of listening at high volumes. The RNID even wrote to 55 manufacturers about this; all but two of them turned a deaf ear.
But what did they really expect? Anyone could have told them all this without the need for a survey. Any one of the perpetrators of this particular noise pollution would have told them that. It's simply that the users don't care what it might do to their hearing - or to anyone else's blood-pressure, for that matter.
The problem, of course, does not lie with the manufacturers. Nor does it lie with the government, 'society' or global warming for that matter (despite the destruction of the eardrum layer). It lies, as ever, with the individual.
You cannot legislate against stupidity. If an adult individual wants to subject their eardrums to head-splitting noise day in, day out, then they have no one but themselves to blame if all they'll be wearing in their lugholes in future will be an embarrassing NHS hearing aid.
If some selfish, thoughtless little toe-rag wants to ruin your train journey by playing Snoop Doggy Doings at 500 decibels all the way from London Bridge to East Croydon then that also is not the responsibility of the manufacturers/Gordon Broon/society/the moon in conjunction with Uranus. No, it's the responsibility of the little toe-rag to show some consideration for other people, and for us to stand up to them and reclaim our carriages!
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Robert Thomas Davis, 80, passed away Thursday, May 6, 2004, at Pardee Hospital after a brief illness.
He was born April 29, 1924, in Gallipolis, Ohio, and was a resident of the Hendersonville area for the last 26 years. He most recently lived in the Fletcher Park Inn retirement community.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Daniel Osborne Davis and Marguerite Thomas Davis; their infant son; and his first wife, Lois Marion Auck Davis.
He was a 1942 graduate and ardent alumni of North High School in Columbus, Ohio.
He entered Miami University later in 1942. He was a veteran of World War II, and he served in the Army Corps from 1943-46, including one assignment as a weatherman in Greenland.
He studied at Denison University while stationed with the 62nd Army Pre-Meteorology Training Detachment, and graduated from the Ohio State University School of Journalism with a bachelor of science degree in 1948 and a master's degree in 1949. He was associated with Delta Tau Delta fraternity.
As a career, Bob worked in various capacities as an account executive, marketing services manager and copywriter in the advertising industry in Ohio, Arizona, Illinois and North Carolina for more than 40 years.
His service activities and offices included: Civitan International, past director and publicity chairman of the Upper Arlington Civic Association, past area governor and two-time area speech contest winner of Toastmasters International, past president of the Columbus Advertising Club, past president of the Central Ohio Industrial Marketers, and vice president of the Welsh Society of Central Ohio. He served locally as the first president of the Long John Mtn. Association. He was a member of Trinity Presbyterian Church for 22 years, serving as an elder of the church in 1983.
His love of words took him from puns to poetry and prose, and all areas in between that required an appreciation of verbiage, phrases and syntax, as well as a sly sense of humor. His own memories have been recorded in his volume of poems, Through the Years, collected and printed in 1997.
His thoughtfully designed Christmas cards, special gift tags, posters and illustrations have all been enjoyed by his many friends and family members "through the years" as well. Many of his pieces reflected a deep spirituality, as well as his aesthetic appreciation of nature and music, including big band, classical, radio comedies and Welsh hymns. He also had a great devotion to the game of bridge and anything chocolate, especially ice cream. He loved his family and friends beyond measure.
He is survived by his devoted wife of 43 years, Dorrit Fern Williams Davis; three children, Marian Louise Davis, Kenneth Robert Davis, and Judith Fern Williams Werkstell; and two grandchildren, Joshua Damon Robert Werkstell and Justin Simon Ethan Werkstell.
A memorial service will be held at Trinity Presbyterian Church, 900 Blythe St., Hendersonville, at 2 p.m. Wednesday. Joe Gernoske, CLP, will officiate.
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I arrived at The Oxford Hotel after work around 4.45pm and found it very easy to park in the large and spacious car park, which is barrier-protected, with exit tickets available from Reception.
The hotel is located on the A40 on Oxford's northern ring road, so is extremely well-placed for trips into Oxford (bus routes close by so leave the car in the car park!). It is also just a short hop to the A34 leading to Bicester Village (10 miles); and the A44 to Woodstock (5 miles). The beautiful village of Burford is 16 miles west along the A40.
The lobby area is open and bright with chairs dotted around. There were four staff manning Reception and I was warmly welcomed and asked how my day was going. I was issued with my key, offered a dinner reservation and help with my luggage; the staff were warm, pleasant and welcoming, and made me feel a valued visitor. I enquired as to Spa and Pool times and was given all the relevant information about timings and opening hours. The Reception area is modern, clean and airy.
I had a 'room with a view' on the first floor (220) with lovely views over the fields, a huge bed, writing desk, two armchairs, a sofa, wardrobe and modern bathroom, with good-sized toiletries. The decor is modern and functional, and the rooms perfect for business clients. I had a relaxing hot bath after dinner.
There is a spa, pool and gym for relaxing after all that work and shopping, which is very welcome. I enjoyed a swim after breakfast, and it was very quiet. Breakfast is self-service and was delicious with plenty of choice, both hot and cold. The restaurant is one floor above the large bar, and the staff there were friendly and helpful. I dined at a corner table overlooking the roundabout. The dinner menu was short but varied and I started with the grilled sardines, followed by the herb-crusted cod on seasonal vegetables (delicious), and finished with the dark chocolate cheesecake. The food was tasty, hot and well-presented. I was delighted to find several types of fizz on offer by the glass... Excellent!
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I received a $250 credit limit, with the understanding that I would be able to increase my credit limit. After a while, and seeing that I was paying fees, even when my balance was at $0 and I wasn't using my card, I decided to cancel it.
When I called, I got lured back to keep my card with the understanding that, because I am in the military, and was being deployed to a war zone, my account would not incur any monthly fees. On top of that, being in the Middle-East, I do not get to check my account often, and mail takes forever to get delivered. I finally get to check my account today and, apparently am still paying monthly fees. It also tells me that I am 40 some days late on paying my monthly fees, that I was not suppose to have in the first place.
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Being a very long running series, South Park was bound to have some horrors that little children should not see (never mind that the show, in America, is rated TV-MA and makes it explicitly clear with every episode that it shouldn't be watched by anyone who's young, impressionable, or a Moral Guardian).
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- Cartman is generally frightening when he shows his psychotic and extremely sadistic behaviour.
Kyle: Dude, I think it might be best for us to never piss off Cartman again.Stan: Good call.
- In the episode "Scott Tenorman Must Die", Cartman ground up a kid's parents into chili and tricked the kid into eating them. And, to top it off, sang "Nyah, nyah, nyah, nyah, nyah! I made you eat your parents!"
- "Do you like it? Do you like it, Scott? I call it: Mr. and Mrs. Tenorman chili." The look on his face seals the deal.
"Let me taste your tears Scott. Mmmm, your tears are so yummy and sweet!"
- Stan and Kyle put it best...
- This is more of a Fridge Horror, but certainly qualifies. While Cartman almost always proves somewhat immoral and sociopathic behavior, is somewhat frightening if you think how he will be when he grows up and becomes an adult. If he has made one of the most cruelest acts in a TV series ever done in "Scott Tenorman Must Die", imagine how inhumane he could be as an adult.
- In a Season 15 episode, in response to an anger management counsellor calling him "fat", he whips out his phone, seemingly nonplussed by the insults. The counsellor is then interrupted by a phone call from his wife, which is then cut off when she shoots herself due to a "fourteen year old girl" and "an official police record", brought to light by a "Mitch Connors". After this, the counsellor looks straight at Cartman, who puts down his phone, fixes him with a Death Glare and says "I'm. Not. Fat. I'm big-boned."
- Ms. Crabtree's character design and abrasive personality sometimes crossed into this territory for the first three seasons, to the point it even, in-universe, scared the living bejesus out of characters like Mr. Garrison, Chef, and even Cartman!
- The show's unsettling fixation on suicide. It really makes you wonder about the mental health of the creators.
- In the episode "Marjorine", the reaction of Butters' parents when they think he's committed suicide, especially his mother's shriek when she sees his "body" hit the ground. It is one of the few times that I've found the show to fully cross over into Dude, Not Funny! territory.
- The multiple gay suicides at the camp Butters is sent to in "Cartman Sucks" might've been darkly funny when the episode first aired in 2007, but the recent rash of real life gay suicides and homophobic hate crimes between 2010 and 2011 really give the episode a darker feel.
- Kenny McCormick's deaths. Sure, it is played as a running gag, but there are quite a few of them not for the faint of heart.
Kenny: I can't die. I've experienced death countless times. Sometimes, I see a bright light. Sometimes, I see Heaven or Hell. But eventually, no matter what, I wake up in my bed wearing my same old clothes. The worst part? No one even remembers me dying. I go to school the next day and everyone is just like "Oh, hey Kenny," even if they had seen me get decapitated with their own eyes.
- "Mysterion Rises" makes it even worse combining Nightmare Fuel with Fridge Horror, Kenny states that he is unable to die:
- Much of Shelly's over-the-top abuse of Stan, like electrocuting him with a TV, running over his face with a lawnmower, burning and dousing him (though that was a Deleted Scene), and crushing him (and Kyle) with a piano. DO NOT piss her off.
- Also, when Cartman once badmouthed her behind her back, he reacted with absolute fear when she addressed him. Oh, and not to mention she's based on Trey Parker's sister (though the worst she did to Trey was push him down some stairs, lock him out of the house, and punch him in the face. Compared to what Shelley does to Stan on the show, it's nothing).
- The Woodland Christmas Critters?
Jason: Man, I do not want to meet the kid that dreamt those things up. [jump cuts to Eric Cartman]
- Given what the villainous cohorts already did with Strawberry Shortcake, their own suggestions are pretty goddamn frightening.
- The operation scene is this mixed with squick.
- Kenny's death. It even has a small Hope Spot before coming to a bloody end.
- Kenny getting sent to Hell, complete with demons fighting over him.
- Don't forget that, according to the movie, almost EVERYBODY goes to Hell. Kenny even runs into Mahatmas Gandhi down there! The population counter for Heaven reads 1,656, while the population counter for Hell reads over 900 billion and keeps increasing.
- The M.A.C. in general. It starts out as another of Sheila's Moral Guardian soapboxes, but it quickly escalates into a plan of war, mass murder and genocide. All because of a dirty movie.
- The war itself, with soldiers on both sides getting shot, stabbed, beheaded and dismembered.
- In "Cartman Gets an Anal Probe", the "dream" that Cartman insists he had about aliens probing him doubles as an in-universe example.
- The Grim Reaper chasing the boys in "Death".
- Grampa Marsh's grandfather. Enough said.
- The end of "Pinkeye," when all the zombies revert back to their normal selves and we see a TON of dead bodies scattered around the field.
- Very narrowly averted with "Starvin' Marvin." The episode was originally going to end with Sally Struthers being killed and the Ethiopians feasting on the fat from her belly for Thanksgiving. However, Comedy Central would not allow the episode to end in such a way. So it ended with Struthers being tied up as the Ethiopians feasted on Dr. Mephesto's cloned turkeys.
- Wendy sending Miss Ellen into the fucking Sun! Also Wendy getting Miss Ellen kidnapped by Iraqis and sent into the sun was solely because Stan developed a crush on her?
Wendy: Bye-bye, Miss Ellen.Kyle: Wendy, you didn't!Wendy: I warned her. (her eyes change) Don't. Fuck. With Wendy. TESTABURGER!
- Stans's hellish vision of Kyle's parents in "Ike's Wee Wee".
"Let us cut off your pee-pee, Stan!"
- Seeing the remains of the people everybody was forced to kill and eat in "Cartman's Mom Is Still A Dirty Slut" could definitely give some kids nightmares.
- Another early example can be seen in "City on the Edge of Forever", in which the children are trapped on a school bus teetering off the edge of a cliff. One of the students, an actual Red Shirt, decided to take his chances outside even after Mrs. Crabtree said there was a big, black, monster outside. He seems alright at first but then the monster attacks, grabbing him and pulling him into a tree. As the students watch on to learn of his fate, WHAM! His eviscerated body hits the window. The children think they're safe until the monster rips the top off the bus and steals Kenny. Yes, it was All Just a Dream from Stan but the fact remains. That monster was something that comes from the bowels of your worst nightmares◊.
- Seeing the remains of Tom and Mary at the end of "Cow Days." Granted, they were just extras with little significance to the episode's plot. But still...
- Sharon's Sanity Slippage and the satanic pets in "Spookyfish".
- The fish itself. It doesn't swim, just stays in one spot staring at Stan with a creepy grin, sends creepy messages to Stan, and can kill people in gruesome ways.
- Veronica's transformation in The Succubus. It comes out of nowhere and causes the entire plot to turn from a "bros before hos" storyline into a quest to save Chef's very soul.
- "Trapper Keeper." On one hand, it's an awesome episode with a cool homage to AKIRA (among other sci-fi classics). On the other hand, it has an homage to Akira. And then the B-plot is about Rosie O'Donnell...
- In "Hellen Keller", Cartman's blindfolded and has headphones put over his ears in an attempt to understand how it'd feel to be Hellen Keller to get inspiration for lyrics, every time he closes his eyes, he sees horrible stuff, like a body being opened up, a rotting corpse, war, an atomic bomb going off, a rat eating a dead rat, a man on fire, a mime and other stuff. Cartman mentions that he sees that everytime he closes his eyes. What makes this scene even worse is the fact that all the aforementioned footage is shown in live-action.
- In "Fat Camp", the manatee dissection scene. They use actual photographs of various muscular structures. Then the ridiculous amount of peer pressure Kenny receives regarding the manatee spleen. First Stan and Kyle make him dissect, then the other kids get him $41 to eat manatee spleen, then an additional $19 to eat the regurgitated spleen. This leads to Kenny's rise to fame as a gross out stuntman. The whole thing is really frightening because it all started with his friends egging him on.
- People vomiting up their intestines in "It Hits the Fan".
- The ending of "Ass-Pen" is also a little... troubling, to say the least. To wit, the scene where the nerdy girl lifts up her shirt to reveal two grotesque creatures in place of her breasts.
- In "Freak Strike", when the freaks tell Butters about the time they killed a freak impostor ("Lobster-boy", who actually was just a normal lobster) by boiling him alive, and we see Butter's imagination of the lobster cooking in a scalding metal cauldron, complete with eerie piano music and the sound of the lobster crying in slow agony.
- Wendy getting breast implants in "Bebe's Boobs Destroy Society." Luckily, the syndicated version of the episode removes the scene.
- The entirety of "The Death Camp of Tolerance".
- In "Krazy Kripples", Christopher Reeve demonstrates using stem-cells.
- In "Lil' Crime Stoppers", the boys continually want to solve crimes in South Park. Despite the simplistic nature of the incidents (stolen pie, lost doll) they essentially screw Occam's Razor and come up with insanely brutal motives. Some of the details include having a older gentleman beat his wife with a hammer, decapitate her and dissolve her body in acid. Another has a pedophile looking into a girl's room and cutting himself in pleasure.
- How about poor Butters getting a ninja star in the freakin' eye!? And his anguished screams afterward, and how they have to cover it up... Talk about the designated Woobie.
- The worst of it probably comes close to the end with him (still dressed in the slap-dash dog disguise, covered in not only his own blood, but dirt and his own tears) finally making it to the veterinarian hospital. He's so traumatized that he continues to pretend to be a dog, pitifully whimpering out "woof woof", and all the hospital staff looks horrified. Right up until they deliver the Wham Line that they would help him, but since he's a "dog", he needs a vet.
- "We can't do anything to help him, we'll have to put him down. [...] Let's just murder one of these other dogs." This line was said by the town veterinarian.
- In "Up the Down Steroid", Jimmy Valmer takes illegal steroids he acquired from (his at the time of the episode future rival) Nathan to cheat at the Special Olympics. Eventually, his roid rage gets the best of him and he threatens and attacks his girlfriend with his crutches when she threatens to leave him. Jimmy's mother tries to intervene, but Jimmy beats her as well. He then puts a dent in a wall with his crutches before breaking down in a fit of agony. The effects of drug abuse could not have be made any more clearer in this episode.
- In "The Passion of the Jew", Kyle has an EXTREMELY DETAILED nightmare where Jesus is crucified. Kyle is the one poking Christ with the spear at the end of the nightmare. Eeesh.
- The scene in "You Got F'd in the A" where a traumatized Butters is looking through the box containing his old tap-shoes. The music starts off sad and sentimental as he looks through the articles about his winning performances, then turns darker and creepier, as do the articles. Later, we get a flashback to the trauma: during his last performance, his tap shoe flew off and knocked down one of the stage lights, setting off a small-scale massacre as people were cut in half by wires, crushed by falling objects and trampling one another. Oh, and Butters gets splattered with their blood as he watches in horror. Only South Park could turn a tap-dance competition into that. And when Stan and some other kids finally convince Butters to tap dance again as part of a dance squad competing against a rival squad, he ends his performance by having his shoe fly off again, disconnecting some stage lighting and killing the opposing squad. Which makes the South Park squad the winners by default. Which results in Butters yelling out in horror as his inadvertent killing of six people is celebrated.
- The episode "The Jeffersons" (The episode about Michael Jackson). The whole episode has a creepy atmosphere, but the worst part has to be the end of the episode when parts of the face of Mister Jefferson fell off, starting for the nose.
- Special props go to the impromptu sleepover at Stan's place, complete with his nightmare about Mr. Jefferson and Cartman starting to make out.
- "Pre-School."
- First we have the horrible fate of Miss Claridge the preschool teacher. Burned nearly beyond recognition, confined to an electric wheelchair, and her only method of communication is beeping once for "yes" and twice for "no."
- Then we have Trent Boyett, who was wrongly imprisoned because he was believed to be responsible for Miss Claridge's fate (in reality, the four main characters talked him into it). In his crazy drive for revenge, he hospitalizes Butters and a whole gang of older boys with a series of stereotypical bully attack moves (wedgies, Indian burns, noogies, etc.), but also a lot of nastier ones, like one which involves "tabasco sauce, a telephone pole, and the anus."
- The boys' complete apathy when it comes to the situation, both Miss Claridge's fate and Trent's wrongful imprisonment. They do try to tell Miss Claridge that they caused the accident, but only because Stan's older sister made them do it in exchange for protection from Trent.
- Mr. Garrison's Fancy New Vagina. All of it, including the opening scene, Gerald as a dolphin, and Kyle breaking his legs in his tall black kid body. Said opening is about Mr. Garrison getting a sex change, cutting between Mr. Garrison with live-action footage of a real sex-change operation!
- In Ginger Kids, when the ginger kids swarmed and kidnapped all the non ginger kids, it was pretty horrific. That and Cartman came really close to succeeding in his plan to wipe out all non-gingers.
- "The Return of Chef": He was burned, battered, impaled, shot, his face (including one eyeball) was pulled off, and his limbs were torn apart by a grizzly bear and a mountain lion, and he finally defecated as he died.
- On a subtler note, there is the fact that all of Chef's dialogue is recycled from earlier in the series due to Isaac Hayes' absence. Due to taking a lot of dialogue out of context, Chef's voice tends to randomly shift tones as words from previous lines are spliced together to make complete sentence, causing jarring tonal shifts that indicate a sort of linguistic Uncanny Valley.
- Kyle's nightmare in "Cartoon Wars" in which the town is attacked by terrorists, and Ike goes missing. Kyle finds him just as a nuclear warhead goes off, complete with a very graphic depiction of IKE'S BODY MELTING WHILE SCREAMING AN ECHO-Y "KKY-Y-Y-Y-Y-Y-Y-A-A-A-A-A-A-ALLLL!!!!!!" FOLLOWED BY KYLE. ("I-I-I-I-I-I-K-KKKEEEE!!!!!!") Easily the single most horrifying display of graphic violence in the series to date, not to mention somewhat tearjerking considering it is centered around Kyle and his baby brother.
- "Tsst", Cartman is about to murder his mother when he gets into a fight with his inner demons, vomits black goo and starts flickering like a TV set into different forms.
- The ending where we see Liane spoiling Cartman and it zooms up to his face while "Ave Satani" plays.
- The climax of Stanley's Cup. When the pee-wee hockey team that Stan is coaching go on to play against the Detroit Red Wings, they are brutally, horrifically, and bloodily beaten up. What makes this scene even more horrible to watch is the fact that Nelson, a kid on their team who came down with cancer, had to see this as the last thing he saw before he died. Doubles as both Nightmare Fuel and Tear Jerker
- Almost all the lice getting wiped out in "Lice Capades."
- In "Night of the Living Homeless", a parody of the Zombie Apocalypse where the large group of homeless that overruns the town are the "zombies". And both are in the same few minutes. When the kids traveled to Evergreen, Colorado, the last place these "zombies" were, there's only 3 guys left in the entire town, carrying shotguns and wearing filthy, plant-covered clothing. They tell the kids of how the homeless flooded their town, moaning about "change" (as opposed to brains). Eventually though, the homeless got enough to rent apartments... soon, it was impossible to tell who was "homeless" and who was not. The Wall Banger, of course, was that if you could rent an apartment, you weren't homeless anymore. But everyone treated it like it was an actual, incurable affliction, like most zombies are. So, the "leader" of the three guys "found out" that his wife was "homeless". He was shocked at that "information" and wondered how could he have possibly missed this after 20 years of marriage! So, he had to kill her...with a flamethrower. The Nightmare Fuel comes in when the rubble behind the "survivors" starts shaking... and this gray, vaguely-human shaped thing rises from the rubble, moaning. That's his wife, still somehow alive despite having maybe about 75% of her flesh burned away. After some rather useless dialogue "You nurned ny ips ough! (You burned my lips off), she shoots all three dead, after sustaining several bullet wounds herself.
- In that same episode, a scientist tries to shoot himself to death...and fails. He then proceeds to keep shooting himself all over his body, with many shots to the head and heart and still doesn't die. When he finally does, there's a huge puddle of blood underneath him. Just think about living in all of that pain. It makes you shudder, doesn't it?
- The entire episode devoted to Britney Spears doing a graphically-animated impression of Mike the Headless Chicken. Urgh. (By the way, for more Nightmare Fuel, click that outgoing link.) Very little humor, lots of gore, and lots of biting, truly unsettling social commentary. For those too afraid to watch the episode, Britney shoots herself in the face after being tricked into thinking the South Park kids are her sons, but fails to kill herself and is left instead without most of the top of her head. She appears to be unaware of anything that's going on, but is still paraded around on stage as-is to do a concert. Being as in her current state all she's capable of doing is making a horrible gurgling sound she proceeds to get shot down by fans and media, and a frighteningly literal comparison is drawn between human sacrifice and the way society sets up celebrities, then viciously tears them down. The entire episode is both nausea fuel and nightmare fuel, but as always, Some Anvils Need to Be Dropped.
- The scenes in "The China Probrem" with George Lucas and Steven Spielberg raping Indiana Jones. Those scenes were supposed to be played for laughs, but are nothing short of disturbing.
- Doubles as Nausea Fuel: The idea of drowning in urine in "Pee."
- "Sexual Healing". The chimp's face.
- In the episode, Insheeption, Stan, a sheep hearder and Mackey go into Mackey's therapy dream to reveal a field trip where Mackey runs from bullies, hides in a building and is molested by Woodsy Owl only to reveal Freddy Krueger piercing Woodsy Owl's chest open and Mackey waking up so Stan doesn't want his therapy and Kyle asks how he knows that wasn't his.
- In the episode "City Sushi" Dr. Janus and his multiple personalities were quite scary. Mainly the part parodying Paranormal Activity where he comes into Butters' bedroom, stares at him for 3 hours, urinates on his face, then beats him and leaves before he wakes up.
- All the "shit" imagery in "You're Getting Old". Also counts as serious Nausea Fuel.
- The end scene of 1% with Polly Prissy Pants. Cartman is more fucked up than anyone thought.
- The charred body of Peter Panda.
- Muscle Man Mark being boiled alive, Fatal Attraction style.
- Considering the series the episode may have been a parody of, ( more specifically a jab at the Shkannon Culprit Theory) it should not be surprising this episode is nightmare fuel.
- Kyle being hunted down by Apple so they can make him part of the "HUMANCENTiPAD".
- In "The Poor Kid" the police remark on how it's supposed to feel safe. However when they show the soft room surrounded by pictures of creepy looking clowns...
- Then there's Kenny's rather epic death at the end of the episode. Even with all the foretelling implications, it still makes for some major Mood Whiplash.
- Cartman's Nightmare Sequence from "Jewpacabra", from lambs being sacrificed, to childrens' heads exploding which concludes with his own head exploding.
- Butters' Grandma. At least his parents don't beat him (not after what happened in "Jared Has Aides").
- Special mentions go to stabbing him with a fork under the table and trying to force-feed him a urinal cake.
- How Butters beats her in the end is worse, since he has no idea that what he said scared her as much as it did.
- The completely senseless death of the UPS driver in "Insecurity", mostly due to the parallels with real life situations of innocent people having their lives destroyed by ignorance.
- Randy's Sanity Slippage a la The Shining in "A Nightmare on Facetime".
- "Let Go, Let Gov". Where the NSA gets all their information from: hooking up Santa Claus to a machine.
- The Black Friday shoppers brutally killing each other in "Titties and Dragons". What makes it worse that those scenes are mixed in with actual Black Friday footage to make you realize what's happening in the cartoon is no different from real life.
- Towards the finale, when the kids go through the mall to buy a video game console, they go through a literal lake of blood to get there. The carnage was caused by the usual Black Friday human greed chaos.
- Aaron Hagen's dead mother being wheeled out by paramedics in "Informative Murder Porn". Her face is horribly disfigured with a knife being lodged in her eye.
- "Snooki wants Smoosh-Smoosh!"
- The effects of eating gluten in "Gluten Free Ebola".
- The scene where the 2012 GOP candidates say quotes they said in Real Life during the local debate in "Faith Hilling". The voiceover quotes and how unlike most celebrity appearances their appearance had little humor until they started Faith Hilling gave it a creepy and surreal Uncanny Valley vibe.
- PC Principal in "Stunning and Brave." The trait of Comically Missing the Point hasn't been this violent in a long time, as Cartman found out the hard way.
- Hell, Cartman getting beaten to a bloody pulp by PC Principal (as opposed to kids beating his ass) is cringe-inducing, especially as it is tense as fuck! He probably didn't know about the correct term of "spokesperson" (as well as the fact that using words such as "capiche" implies that he associates it with the Italian community, which is un-PC), which explains why it is so hard to watch, despite being a Jerkass himself.
- Cartman plans to frame PC Principal for pedophilia by showing him Butters' underwear to prove his point, and then gives it a loud sniff, stating that is indeed Butters' underwear. Used, that is. As if he couldn't get any more disturbing.
- From "Where My Country Gone?", we have Mr. Garrison raping a Donald Trump Expy. It's pretty funny in theory, but the actual scene looks like something from a horror film. Given that it came out immediately after the episode that lampooned Political Correctness, it's possible that Matt and Trey were trying to mentally prepare their audience for this.
- Before that, we had a scene showing that PC Principal practically has Mr. Mackey as his
slave(woo-woo!) servant. Him shuddering in fear in PC Principal's presence is what really sells it.
- Before that, we had a scene showing that PC Principal practically has Mr. Mackey as his
- "Safe Space": Butters is tasked with removing any negative comments from the online profiles of Cartman, Steven Seagal, Demi Lovato and several other people who are sensitive about their bodies. The overwhelming negativity he has to endure breaks his mind and causes him to run through the school completely naked before leaping out of a window and badly injuring himself.
- Afterwards, Butters' job is outsourced to some starving children in a Third-World nation. They're now going to be exposed to all that ridicule purely because some overweight Americans want to have their egos stroked when they post pictures of themselves.
- It gets worse from there: Butters (now in a neck brace) is forced to publicly execute the physical embodiment of reality, even though he was the one who made everyone realize what the poor kid had to go through for them.
- "Naughty Ninjas": The police are called in to the school, bringing with them near military-grade equipment. You'd expect there to be a school shooter, instead it's just PC Principal trying to get Leslie to shut up again. The guy's gone from being a bully to a full-blown fascist.
- The town's attitude towards the cops starts out moderate, then swings from one extreme ("Fuck the Police" mentality) to another (creating a police state).
- And at the end of the episode we find out that PC and Leslie might be part of a greater conspiracy.
- Sponsored Content: A GEICO executive comes over to Jimmy's house and offers $28 million for an ad placement in the school newspaper, which Jimmy refused. After some failed word manipulation, he pulls out a gun and explains about the adaptability of Ads. Had Barbrady not have been there, Jimmy might have been shot.
- Truth and Advertising: Leslie and Jimmy continue to converse and Jimmy is slowly beginning to fall for her wiles. The boys similarly get sidetracked from the big conspiracy by random ads which slowly turn Stan and Kyle against each other. Then Leslie takes advantage of Kyle. No, not in the way we associate that term with.
- The realization that the events from "The City Part of Town" have been slowly killing South Park as we know it, as overpricing is driving the locals closer and closer to bankruptcy. This is all a conspiracy by the ads so that they can wipe out the human race.
- "PC Principal: Final Justice": Remember all those times PC Principal beat up one of his students? It turns out he's been holding back.
"Remember: If the safety's on, you're as good as gone!"
- Just the fact that someone like Cartman could legally purchase a gun. He then uses said gun to threaten his mother when she tells him to go to bed.
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Lets celebrate 15 years of solid analysis and responsible solutions
Featured speakers: Bill Stowe, Peter Fisher, David Osterberg
Are you a loophole closer? A policy wonk, maybe? We'll be happy to note it at our 15th anniversary fundraising reception.
Hear Bill Stowe of Des Moines Water Works outline clean water challenges, and hear IPPs Peter Fisher give a sneak preview of new research on work supports. David Osterberg will talk about some of the folks who were around at the founding of IPP. And if all that is not enough, there will be great food and a silent auction you won't want to miss.
Join us for a fun event and support a legacy of solid analysis and responsible solutions that we'd like to carry on for another 15 years, and beyond!
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Iowa JobWatch: Step back, see more
Despite July increase, long-time job picture remains slow
Iowa showed payroll job increases of 5,300 and 3,400 in June and July — well ahead of the monthly pace of job growth recently and over several years. But stepping back for a look at the last six months is less impressive: about a 700-job increase on average, well below the slow pace.
Iowa JobWatch 8/22/16 NEW!
We need to see the kind of job growth of June and July sustained over a long period for Iowa to fully recover. IPP's Mike Owen
1 in 5 working Iowa families fall short
Cost of Living in Iowa report shows basic needs out of reach for many;
Larger shares struggle as wages fall short in rural areas of the state
Nearly 114,000 working households in Iowa 19 percent do not earn enough to meet a basic needs family budget.
Full report 7/6/16 NEW!
Full report printable PDF (6 pages)
News release (or 2 page PDF)
Even with one or more full-time wage earners, hard-working families face a serious challenge in Iowa. IPPs Peter Fisher.
Part 1: Basic Family Budgets 4/5/16
Full report printable PDF (21 pages)
News release (or 2 page PDF)
Local, regional data
Hear report author Peter Fisher discuss these reports on The Devine Intervention, KVFD-AM Fort Dodge
Part 1: Basic Family Budgets 4/7/16
Part 2: Many Iowa Families Struggle to Meet Basic Needs 7/7/16
Getting serious about clean water
Iowa needs stronger restrictions on manure application
Weakening rules for how manure is applied is clearly out of step with Iowa's stated goal to comply with cleaning our streams and lakes of nutrients.
Comments on rule change (3-page PDF) 6/3/16
David Osterberg interview on The Devine Intervention, KVFD-AM 6/9/16
Iowa falls short in limiting manure runoff into lakes and streams when soil conditions are unfavorable. The state could learn from another Midwestern state to create better protection of water flowing to the Mississippi River.
Full report or 19-page PDF 5/4/16
Executive Summary or 2-page PDF
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Iowa does not place strong limits on manure application on frozen, snow-covered or saturated ground. IPP's David Osterberg
Raising the minimum wage when state lawmakers won't:A look at who would gain in Polk County
Often a Boost for Women, Full Time Workers, and People Over 20 Years Old with Education Past High School
Inaction by Congress and state legislatures has led many cities and counties to adopt a local minimum wage, including Johnson County in Iowa. But what would it look like in counties considering whether to do the same, such as Polk and Linn counties? We show that a $12 or $15 county minimum wage, phased in by 2019 or 2021, would raise the incomes of at least 60,000 to 88,000 workers in Polk County; the majority would be full-time workers and over a third would be parents.
IPP Policy Brief 5/16/16
News release 5/16/16
income in the local economy would rise by $230 million to $444 million. This in turn would increase spending in local retail and service businesses, boosting economic activity and supporting jobs.
IPPs Peter Fisher
Why a teen wage would be a mistake
A new two-page fact sheet from the National Employment Law Project says a teenagers' subminimum wage, being discussed in Polk County's consideration of a minimum wage increase, would hurt teen workers and their families, and offer few benefits for employers.
IPP Policy Brief 8/22/16
— and in Linn County
A $10.10 county minimum wage, phased in by 2017, would raise the incomes of at least 18,400 workers in Linn County, the majority of them full-time workers, and most (4 out of 5) age 20 or older.
IPP Policy Brief 1/11/16
IPP 1-page backgrounder 1/13/16
Also:Johnson County at $10.10 9/30/15
Johnson and Linn County at $15 8/11/15
More on the minimum wage
And on Iowa's Invisible Epidemic Wage Theft
Four months we won't get back
IFP Summary: Session ends with little progress on major issues
When the 2016 session began, Iowa faced a host of critical challenges, from polluted water to sluggish funding of schools and uncertainties about health care due to plans to privatize Medicaid.
This session has done little to ease any of those concerns, and nothing to meet those challenges for the long term.
Iowa Fiscal Partnership statement 4/29/16
Public policy stands tall when it supports long-held, long-promoted values of our state. Education and a clean environment are among those. Neither had victories of note. Iowa Fiscal Partnership
And when the Legislature comes back in January, these issues will remain ...
No taxes, but millions in checks
Big companies do best from research subsidy
The millions Iowa gives to companies that do not pay state income tax is about the same amount of 1 percent in state school aid.
That's one takeaway from the latest annual report from the state on Iowa's Research Activities Tax Credit, which is used far less to ease taxes than to shovel subsidies to corporations outside the budget process, whether they pay taxes or not.
Iowa Fiscal Partnership backgrounder 2/24/16
Iowa Fiscal Partnership news release 2/15/16
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Not medical advice: The early symptoms of whooping cough/pertussis are generally mild and include nasal congestion, runny nose, watery eyes, sneezing, mild fever and a dry cough.
As the disease progresses, about a week or two after the first symptoms, more severe symptoms will appear, including uncontrollable coughing. The coughing fits usually end in a high pitched "whoop" sound. Additionally, as the airways are blocked with thick mucus, one may experience vomiting, extreme fatigue or a red or blue face.
The CDC states that pertussis outbreaks occur about every 3 to 5 years. Babies are particularly vulnerable to having severe complications from the disease.


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Everett: High school plans food drive
Everett High School will open its doors this Sunday to collect donations for its annual Thanksgiving food drive.
Non-perishable food and financial donations can be dropped off from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the school's main building, 2416 Colby Ave.
Students at the school have been working on the food drive for several weeks, collecting donations at grocery stores.
Next week, they plan to personally deliver donations to as many as 150 families in need.
Learn how to quit smoking at clinic
Information on how to quit smoking, anti-smoking patches and gum will be available Thursday from 1 to 4 p.m. in front of the Medical Office Building on the Colby campus of Providence Regional Medical Center Everett, 1330 Rockefeller Ave.
Also available will be "Inside Out — The Original Organ Show," a presentation that shows the effects of smoking, drinking and unhealthy eating on human organs.
Lake Stevens: School counselor wins award
Steve Pitkin was named teacher of the year by the Sundt Memorial Foundation, a group that works to prevent substance abuse.
Pitkin, an intervention specialist at Lake Stevens High School and Cavelero Middle School, won the award for his work inspiring students to reject drugs.
Among his successful efforts: He developed a monthly open mic event at Lake Stevens High School Performing Arts Center, giving students a creative outlet. Efforts like that fit in with the foundation's attempts to give students a "natural high."
More info: www.naturalhigh.org.
Mukilteo: Experience homelessness
Pointe of Grace, a ministry site of Trinity Lutheran Church, will host an overnight experience to raise public awareness about poverty and homelessness in Snohomish County. The public is invited to join them at Pointe of Grace, 5425 Harbour Pointe Blvd., either sleeping outside in a tent, under a tarp, or in their cars, to experience first-hand the difficulties of homelessness. People will speak on homelessness and poverty from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m.
A collection of items needed by the homeless also will take place. Needed items include warm socks, hotel-sized toiletry items, pasta and jars of pasta sauce, canned chicken soup and tuna.
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Photo Flash: The Gold Standard, Opening June 3
"Set in a fabled bar at an Ivy League university, The Gold Standard concerns two college chums - a nervous businessman and his idol, an eccentric Korean poet - and what happens when, after years apart, they both fall in love with the same beautiful and insatiable woman," state press notes.
Scheduled June 1 through July 1 (with an opening night on June 3rd), performances of The Gold Standard run Thursdays through Saturdays at 8:00pm at the Irish Arts Center (553 West 51st Street). Tickets are $15 and can be reserved by calling SmartTix at 212-868-4444 or online at www.smarttix.com. For additional information visit: www.audaxtheatre.org.
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Students from UT's Haslam College of Business have won the regional Society for Human Resource Management case competition for the third time in the past five years.
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Keppens to Lead Materials Science and Engineering at Tennessee
One of the fastest-growing engineering departments at UT will have a new, albeit familiar, face in charge when Veerle Keppens becomes head of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering on June 1.
NIMBioS Study: It's Best to Make Friends of Friends—Just Ask the Spotted Hyena
If animals could use Facebook, the spotted hyena would be a natural. A new study from UT's National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS) shows that the four-legged predator seems to instinctively know the benefits of social bonding.
Hydraulics and Sedimentation Lab Holds Promise of Water Security
Water-related issues are quickly shaping up to be a major concern around the world, and a new lab at UT hopes to tackle that concern. The Hydraulics and Sedimentation Laboratory officially opened this week, with the implications of its research already being felt.
Destination Imagination to Bring Nearly 17,000 People to Campus Next Week
Destination Imagination's Global Finals Expo—considered the world's largest celebration of creativity and innovation—will bring a record-setting 16,700 participants to the UT campus next week. This is the fifteenth consecutive year that UT has hosted the competition.
Early Learning Center to host Inaugural Early Learning Institute June 5-6
On June 5 and 6, UT's Early Learning Center for Research and Practice will host the inaugural Early Learning Institute. The two-day event will feature keynote speaker Richard Louv, author of The Last Child in the Woods and The Nature Principle.
Facilities Services to Host Painting Workshop June 2
Looking for tips to help you paint the interior of your house like a pro? Facilities Services is hosting a campus workshop, "Facilities Fundamentals: Professional Tips for the Interior Painter," from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 2, at the International House Great Room.
Five Things You Didn't Know About the Torchbearer Statue
Work has begun on the renovation of UT's Circle Park and Torchbearer Plaza. To mark the beginning of the renovation, here are a few facts that shed some light on the history of the Torchbearer.
Landscaping, Renovation Project to Beautify East Side of the Hill
An upcoming landscape project aims to improve the overall appearance of the eastern edge of campus while providing an open, collaborative space for the College of Engineering.
Apartment Residence Hall to Close in May; Demolition to Start in June
The Apartment Residence Hall on Andy Holt Avenue will close by the end of this month and demolition will begin in June, as part of UT's four-year plan to replace six residence halls around Presidential Court with seven new facilities.