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Yep, looks cool. Must see if I can find it.
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Yep, looks cool. Must see if I can find it.
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OMG, that looks awesome.
It startles us, I think, every time we get a glimpse of ourselves as a species of animal, as part of the ecosystem of earth. This reminds me of a recurring daydream I have of going back to university and studying anthropology, which means, "The study of being human." I can't think of anything more fascinating.
Thanks for sharing and if you catch the particulars for this show's debut, please do shout out!
Anthropology means the study of humankind. The study of being human would be better called meditation.
You lousy kids! Get off my savannah!
I do that, too! No wonder I'm interested...
This show looks fascinating. Lovely film work in the promo. One of my favourite classes in university was called "Human Geography" and I always remember something the professor said the real changing point from what I now think of as Paleo living (hunter gatherer) to today's modern living. He said humans are the most adaptive animals on the planet and that originally we learned to adapt to our environment better than any other species, which is why we have survived so long, but the big changes to civilization, human development and advancement, exchange of ideas and abilities etc started when humans became more interested in forcing their environment to change to suit their needs rather than changing their needs to suit the environment they were in. When I look at our modern world and all our health and environmental issues going on now I can totally see the chain of events leading to this mess we've created. It was an amazing class, would have easily gone hand and hand with an anthropology class.
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This show looks stunning. Will it be on TV? I want to watch it!
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that looks really cool! also, did you see that they're working on a sister production called "little human planet"? it's basically the same thing, but the focus is on children. then there was also the Babies movie.
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I've seen the Babies movie. It was okay.
But Human Planet looks awesome!
Annnnnnd this is why I'm an anthropology major. People are so adaptable and it always amazes me (especially when there is an underlying biological reason for the adaption... to prevent/fight disease, hack food for nutrition, etc.).


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This month's record-breaking storms have brought nearly 300 tornadoes, millions of dollars in damage and at least 39 deaths.
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North of Little Rock, Ark., a series of tornadoes killed four and flash floods killed three more people. Crews are still searching for those missing.
Caroline Thompson and her family survived even though every tree in their yard fell on their house.
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Overnight, five states in the southern plains reported at least 38 twisters.
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Newly-released video from Lambert Airport in St. Louis, Mo., showed the strength of the storm system. There, 135 mph winds forced Transportation Security Administration agents to scurry for safety.
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MECHANICSBURG, Pa. – Williams Grove Speedway has become the latest victim of Mother Nature.
Rain forced Williams Grove officials to cancel the Friday's Tommy Hinnershitz Spring Classic for sprint cars at the historic oval. There is no raindate scheduled at this time.
Williams Grove Speedway will welcome the UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions sprint cars next Friday. The ARDC Midgets will also be on the racing card.
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Hello friends, we have made it to the end of another week. I hope things weren't too hard for you. I still say my prayers for those on the East Coast trying to get out of the devistation that Sandy left behind. Hopefully things are looking up for you.
Next week 1UP will run a feature titled "Why You Love Games." I was hoping to have all the people reading this blog think about it and write a blog in response. Why do you love games? Do you have one favorite above all others? Was there a song, a character or a moment when you realized that gaming was for you and always would be? Have you ever falled out of love with gaming? If you have something to share then I want you to spend a few minutes this weekend coming up with a blog in response. Please be sure to share it in the comments section and visit the other community blogs as well over the next week!
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CHARLES TOWN - Local author Bob O'Connor's parents were supportive of his writing from a young age. In their memory, O'Connor is helping other aspiring writers to achieve their dreams of becoming published.
O'Connor has penned and published eight books - seven on the Civil War and one on the history of Ranson. O'Connor said he believes the encouragement he received growing up was instrumental in his successful career as a writer.
The second annual Charles and Wilhelmina O'Connor Author Competition is open to any unpublished author living in Jefferson County or members of the Jefferson County Historical Society. O'Connor said members of the Jefferson County Historical Society do not necessarily have to be residents of Jefferson County, but the submission needs to be related to Jefferson County's history.
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Local author Bob O'Connor is holding a writing competition in honor of his parents.
"Our county has such a wide variety of historical events that happened here predating the Revolutionary War and the Native Americans being here. We want to make sure even if it's fictional, that it's believable and follows the historical fabric of what Jefferson County is about," O'Connor said.
Submissions can be many types of text with a historical theme and information, including children's story, screen play, fiction and nonfiction.
While O'Connor is not the only judge, he said the criteria the judges will be looking for include how well the text tells the story of Jefferson County and how historical elements are tied into the context. Additionally, the author needs to be someone who has not previously been published.
"I want this to go to someone who has never been published, so I wanted this to be a new author rather than someone who has a bazillion readers. It's more important to develop new authors," O'Connor said, adding that 12 of the 31 students in his Publishing 101 class through Jefferson County Adult Education have been published.
"It's really important to help people go to that next level, and publishing is one of those hurdles I try and get them over," O'Connor said.
A member of the Jefferson County Historical Society, O'Connor will serve alongside his brother and sister as the judges for the contest. O'Connor's siblings live in Wisconsin, which removes them from having any prejudice, he said. All the submissions are reviewed without the author's names on any of the text.
O'Connor himself is published by Infinity Publishing of West Conshohocken, Pa., the same company which will publish 25 copies of the winning author's text. The text will be stored on Infinity's computer database, and the author is able to order additional copies whenever he or she is in need of them - a process known as "publishing on demand." O'Connor said it is up to the winner to decide if they want to market and sell their books or if they simply want copies to give to family and friends.
"When you don't have a name like Nora Roberts or Bill O'Reilly, you have to peddle your books, so this person is going to have to decide that. But, no one is ever going to be able to take away from them that they are a published author," O'Connor said.
O'Connor has been writing since grade school, and in addition to his published works, he has been named a finalist for the national book awards competition by the Indie Excellence Awards and USA Book News since 2006.
For more information on the second annual Charles and Wilhelmina O'Connor Author Competition, visit jeffersonhistoricalwv.org. Submissions must be postmarked by Dec. 31.
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HOUSTON — When Anastasia Tolmasoff went to a Planned Parenthood clinic in March to receive her quarterly injection of Depo-Provera, she discovered she could no longer afford to receive birth control there.
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Clothes printed with artist Richard Woods' woodgrain graphics featured in this week's Spring Summer 2014 show by London fashion studio Sibling. More »
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Jan. 28 – April 5, 2013
What do the telephone, the Ferris Wheel, a 28,000-pound typewriter, and nylon stockings have in common? They were just a few of the thousands of featured products, curiosities, and inventions that made their debut at one of the 17 international festivals on American soil. From the practical to the peculiar, the events and displays of World's Fairs shaped and reflected our American experience and promised a better standard of living for all.
Centuries of Progress: American World's Fairs, 1853-1982 from Hagley Museum and Library presents a remarkable overview of the fairs, from the Crystal Palace Exposition in New York to the World's Fair in Knoxville Tennessee. Approximately 125 objects, photographs, and ephemera detail more than a century of progress, promotion, and public response.
The history of the fairs is related through thematic categories: Progress as a Way of Life introduces the rationale for the creation of World's Fairs. Marketplace of Ideasdemonstrates the immense opportunity manufacturers had to market new inventions, while Consumerism depicts fair-goers as an eager audience for innovative goods, from Juicy Fruit to Wonder Bread and Dr Pepper. Art, Architecture and Music and Popular Amusements illustrate the vast entertainment options, from colossal buildings and sculptures to carnival rides and exhibitions of "exotic" lands and cultures. Finally, Remembering the Fair includes souvenirs and commemorative items. After all, who could go home empty-handed after experiencing the wonders of a World's Fair?


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Full Name: Thomas Westley
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County: Essex
Other teams: England Under-19s
Batting Style: Right-hand bat
Bowling Style: Offbreak
The right-handed batsman quickly worked his way into the first-team squad after joining Essex as a 14-year-old in 2003. Westley also showed plenty of potential as an off-spin bowler in 2006, a year that saw him make his first-team debut in a one-day match against the touring Sri Lankans in June. A former England Under-19s international, Westley's game has progressed during his time at Chelmsford and he enjoyed his most prolific season to date in 2012 with 786 LV= County Championship runs in 17 games, including centuries against Leicestershire and Glamorgan in August. Westley hit a bl...


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Recipes for a Fun-Filled Thanksgiving.
[Originally published November 20, 2012.]
Tell Me Again Why We are Driving Nine Hours to See People We Both Hate Spiced Pumpkin Pie
- 1 cramped car which is somehow filled to capacity by two small overnight bags and a leaky cooler
- 1 ½ cups seething resentment
- 1 dog you were asked to leave at home who is being boarded at a daily rate that makes your eye twitch
- 2 Tbs I thought you said we were just going to do a quiet Thanksgiving at home this year
- 1 ¾ cups don't start with me, just don't
- 10 minutes racing through the aisles of a seedy gas station convenience store off of I-95 just as it is closing
- 1 pumpkin pie purchased with wadded up dollar bills you were saving for tolls
- A pinch of guilt—who are we kidding—a pound
You Didn't Tell Me Your New Girlfriend was a Fucking Vegan Quick 'N' Easy Green Bean Casserole
- 1 cup bile
- 1 16-oz bag of green beans discovered in the back of the freezer
- Three cloves of garlic, smashed with extra hostility
- 1 ton of fucking nerve
- 2 cans cream of mushroom soup—relax, it's probably not real cream
- 1 cup milk. (If she asks, say it was soy)
- 1 Tbs –fine, tell her the truth. I don't care. Hopefully she likes canned cranberry sauce
- 2 tsp whatever spices and shit are on hand, we don't have time for this, there are normal guests to feed, whom we've actually met before, by the way
Throw all ingredients into a casserole dish and suddenly remember to turn the oven to 350. Top with those canned crunchy onions we still have from Thanksgiving two years ago.
Bake for 60 minutes, or until you get the chance to sweetly tell Vegan Girlfriend to use her stick-bug arms to go and get her special casserole out of the oven, it's finally time for everyone to fucking sit down already.
Everyone Get the Hell Out of the Kitchen Right Now Before I Kill All of You Cranberry-Orange Dressing
- 1 orange, roughly chopped
- 1 five minute lecture on how I specifically asked you to get two oranges and now all the stores are closed, thanks a lot
- 1 Tbs shit we don't have that either!
- 1 bag fresh cranberries, washed and the soft brown ones picked out and tossed on the kitchen counter which looks like a war zone anyway
- 2 cups sugar
Put cranberries, sugar and orange pieces into the last clean saucepan, then realize all the burners on the stove are currently occupied. Step outside and have a cigarette until your hands stop shaking. Push Cousin Beth's simmering gravy aside and hijack her burner. That's what she gets for having her wedding two weeks before yours. Boil cranberries, sugar and orange pieces until they turn into bubbling, liquefied magma, kind of like how it feels inside your pounding skull. Pour carefully into a serving bowl, almost scalding yourself when Uncle Pete accidentally jostles your elbow. Wait patiently until the ringing in your ears subsides, along with the overwhelming urge to strangle Uncle Pete.
After dinner, start clearing the table in a huff when you realize hardly anyone even bothered to try your homemade cranberry dressing, because apparently they all prefer Aunt Judy's store bought Cranberry Sauce a la Can.
Fucking Vegan New Girlfriend, I'm looking in your direction.
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Rains should be rolling through the area, and clearing up by mid-afternoon.
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Bake a memory for the holidays.
Holiday donation guide from Multi-Service Center
The Multi-Service Centers of North and East King County have issued a guide for donations needed during the holiday season.
Letters from Santa
What a thrill for your child to receive a personal letter in the mail, especially when it's from Santa himself. For the sixth year, the Bothell High School Honor Society is sponsoring a North Pole mail box at Country Village in Bothell.
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We've found a website for any Montrealer or islander who finds themselves craving a donut - if they are no where near a Tim's, or are seeking out a more high end donut.
The website they need to visit is called Do Nut Stop Believing (get it?)
You plug in your current location, and it produces a map showing the nearest donut shops.
As you know, donuts have experienced a resurgence on the foodie scene of late, leading to high-end confections that you won't find at Tim's.
The person behind it is a web designer named C. Liam Brown.
A tasty donut on a trip to Portland inspired him to seek out the best artisanal donuts in our city.
I'm probably going to grab one near me right now...
Also on the Buzz Report today:
The Egyptian government announced they will be monitoring social media for terrorism tips. Understandably, many Egyptians greeted this with mockery and scorn, notably using the hastag #WeAreBeingWatched (BBC)
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General Motors (NYSE: GM ) is a healthy, profitable automaker, thanks to the U.S. government. The feds gave GM a $49.5 billion loan back in 2009, part of the company's high-speed restructuring -- a move that was unpopular in some quarters, but probably saved the U.S. auto industry.
GM has since paid that loan back with a mix of cash and stock. Last week, the Treasury Department sold off a big block of its holdings with GM's help. In this video, Fool.com contributor John Rosevear looks at this latest stock sale -- and at the progress of the government's ongoing effort to recoup its "investment" in GM.
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While painfully reading the last statement of Steve Politi's column regarding U.S. judo competitor Nick Delpopolo and his "inadvertent consumption" of a marijuana-laced brownie that had his London Olympics victories purged, I was aghast by Politi's generalization about the BMX racing community and his assumption that these athletes are somehow associated with illegal drug use.
I can tell you firsthand that these competitors are consummate athletic individuals with rigorous training regimens and strict diets that exemplify the process of Olympic sacrifice and struggle, just as any other dedicated individual striving to compete at that level.
Would it reasonable for me to generalize Politi as a befuddled journalist who has never competed in an organized athletic competition? I think not, and would not.
As a parent of two racers and an ardent fan of the sport, I enthusiastically invite Politi and anyone else to come visit one of New Jersey's three BMX racing venues and witness the sheer athleticism these individuals project.
I insist that Politi retract his statement about our BMX racing athletes and offer an apology, not only to them, but to racers from all walks of life. Otherwise, I fear there will be legitimate outrage as opposed toPoliti's "fake outrage."
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Wath out crows and ravens - The Rook is coming!
Here are couple of pictures of "The Rook". Not completely finished yet, waiting still to get a paint job (feather scheme ).
More details, pictures and a flight report will be available on my website within couple of days.
... and another one:
couple of more pictures here: http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showt...&threadid=4626
It has been very windy here for about a week now. I could not wait longer, took a risk and decided to go out flying.
Despite the wind, maiden flight was a success. I flew three about 10 minutes flights using 7 cell 270mAh NiCd and 8 cell 800 mAh NiMH packs.
After adding a little downtrim, flying The Rook was nice and steady (or to be honest, as it's not very heavy, not very steady on gusts, but definitely much better than I expected). Because of the wind there was a lack of power (flying headwind was not an easy task for GWS DX-A). But I'm sure that when the wheather is calm, flying will be as easy and relaxing as flying a Pico Stick.
And the funniest part: crows and magpies started croaking as soon as I got my bird airborne. During these three flights, four crows and two magpies became very curious and (because they did not attack) evidently made efforts to make friends with The Rook
I'll try to update my website during the weekend, with more story and pictures.
The Rook:
Wingspan: 80cm (31 in)
Weight: 170g (6 oz) using 6 cell 250mAh NiCd pack
Wing Area: 15 dm2 (232 sq.in)
Wing loading: 11 g/dm2 (3.7 oz/sq.ft)
Lol that would be a cool one for the park I fly at. Last month a magpie went crazy at my model and ripped the tail off. I hadn't flown there for a couple of weeks and obviously they must have started nesting in that time. normally they try and make friends with it though, once I had a squadron of 3 magpies following me, galahs flying in formation 50' above, and rosellas screeching. That was cool.
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Ipad sales flatten
As we predicted
BURIED IN Apple's stonking quarterly results was the surprise news that its Ipad sales have flattened.
When Apple released its tablet, I said that it deserved to fail because it was an overpriced netbook without a keyboard or even any useful outputs.
I said that it was technology without an application, that it actually added nothing to the world and that only an Apple fanboi would be dumb enough to buy one.
I had to eat a little humble pie when the stupid gadget sold millions more than I expected. I had a few days with one to see if there was something I missed. There was nothing to suggest that the gear should not end up in the pile with that weird K-Tel stuff that looks like a good idea but you never use. You know, the sort of kit that polishes your onions.
However when Steve Jobs announced Apple's fourth quarter sales figures he had to admit that sales of the Ipad were disappointing. The company sold 4.19 million Ipads in the fiscal fourth quarter.
Analysts who have made fools of themselves predicting that Jobs' magic will bring about a new era of computing are trying to claim that the Ipad didn't sell well because of supply shortages. However the under-supply was more to do with pre-orders and was soon rectified. Most people who want an Ipad have been able to get one.
But 4.19 million Ipads sold would be a great figure, if Apple had not been touting it as a cure for cancer that was going to sweep the world with its magic and change computing.
What we are seeing is that the Ipad is not going to be the big "game changer" that Apple and its tame media lackeys had claimed. Apple has created a new market for itself, but it is still flogging the gear to the usual nutters who buy everything that it makes.
It is possible that ordinary people are waiting for saner priced tablets, perhaps something with Android inside. But I doubt it.
Steve Jobs did make a splash by being the first to make a tablet that some people wanted. But generally people still do not want to waste cash on something that they can't use much.
Tablets have floundered because no one can think of a good reason for them to exist. They will be useful when someone does.
Jobs' Ipad is a giant version of the Ipod Touch. Nothing to see here, move along please.
But this means those who are hoping to jump on the Ipad bandwagon with similar products are going to face an impossible task. They are going to be flogging keyboardless netbooks to those who are not brain-dead Apple fanbois with more money than sense.
What we have been seeing is that a number of tablets that have been placed on the market are suffering from delayed releases. Normally if something really is good, then manufacturers churn them out really fast. But the Ipad has been out for a while now and there have been very few tablets announced that might give it a good kicking.
Some of that has been because the 'Froyo' release of the Android operating system that many of them are depending on has a few problems with tablets and the manufacturers want to make sure that they get it right.
However, manufacturers have rushed products to market before hoping for a quick buck and it is not as if they cannot undercut Apple's margins. It seems to me that they are sitting on their hands waiting for what we saw yesterday - proof that there is not enough interest in tablets.
Those who have released tablets earlier than the others have clearly tried to re-jig them to remedy what have been seen as Apple's failings. They have mostly made them lighter and more portable.
Jobs has mocked them by saying that the current crop of 7-inch tablets are going to be dead on arrival. "Their manufacturers will learn the painful lesson that their tablets are too small," he said.
He might mock, although there were rumours that he was going to release a smaller tablet too, but the reason rival tablets are smaller is that the other tablet makers had to think out of the box. The Ipad is seen as not being portable enough. Maybe they can squeeze something more out of the idea.
But Jobs is right. They will fail unless they can actually come up with a use for the technology. I predict that Jobs will keep flogging new versions of his Ipads to Apple fanbois who will buy them for the token upgrades he will provide for them. But the tablet is not baked yet. µ
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Jennifer Kelbley and Wayne Stull were united in marriage Oct. 22, 2011, at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Tiffin. Officiant for the double-ring ceremony was the Rev. Joseph Szybka. A reception followed at Meadowbrook Park Ballroom, Bascom.
Jennifer is the daughter of Gerald and Sharon Kelbley of Tiffin.
Wayne is the son of Gregory and Denise Stull of rural Tiffin.
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Given in marriage by her father, Jennifer wore a white satin, side-draped gown with a beaded lace sweetheart bodice and illusion back. Pick-up detail on the A-line skirt continued into the chapel-length train. Beads and crystals embellished the edge of a two-tier elbow-length veil. She carried a bouquet of black magic roses, deep-orange gerbera daisies and green hypericum berries entwined with bear's grass and tied with black satin ribbon.
The maid of honor was Danielle Criblez of Tiffin, friend of the bride. Bridesmaids were Ivory Stull of Tiffin and Rochelle Rowe of Bucyrus, sisters of the groom, and Alyssa Buccione of Tiffin and Melissa Seifried of Troy, Mich., friends of the bride. They wore floor-length, A-line gowns in black satin featuring a small cluster of chiffon flowers on one shoulder. They carried smaller versions of the bride's bouquet.
Thomas Stull of Indianapolis was his brother's best man. Groomsmen were Derek Rowe of Bucyrus, brother-in-law of the groom, and Michael Buckingham of Medina, Tony Buccione of Tiffin and Arron Dentinger of Greensborough, N.C., friends of the groom.
The flower girl was Mallory Rowe of Bucyrus, niece of the groom.
Jennifer is a 2002 graduate of Calvert High School, a 2006 graduate of Miami University and a 2010 graduate of The University of Toledo School of Medicine. She is a family practice physician resident at Toledo Hospital.
Wayne is a 2002 graduate of Hopewell-Loudon High School and a 2003 graduate of Nashville Auto-Diesel College. He is employed at Wood County Implement.
A miscellaneous bridal shower was Aug. 21, 2011, at T.J. Willie's restaurant, Tiffin, hosted by Danielle Criblez and the bride's mother.
The rehearsal dinner was hosted by the groom's parents at GW's Fine Foods and Spirits.
Following a southern Caribbean cruise, the couple resides in Toledo.


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So, Louisiana gets the shaft again in the federal government's Race to the Top program. Why speaks volumes not so much about the quality of the application, but the politics inherent in educational policy that precisely is what reform in Louisiana and elsewhere slowly have been trying to wring from the system.
When reviewing the list of winners against those that did not score – Louisiana finished 13th of 17, actually lower than in the first round, and only the top 10 got money allocated in varying amounts – one might be tempted to wonder whether electoral politics made a difference. Almost all of the winning states were solidly Democrat or swing states where this fall Democrats could use some help as will Pres. Barack Obama for 2012. But Secretary of Education Arne Duncan made no modifications to the list submitted by external reviewers, for which he could have been accused of manipulation for political purposes (even if the list as produced largely served these kinds of purposes) – although it could be argued that Duncan overruling could have improved matters, given his reform credentials.
Unfortunately, much of the educational establishment does not share that outlook. More accurately, the list reflected the political views prevalent within the educational establishment, which are against ideas such as testing for teacher subject competence or linking teacher evaluations to student performance, and for union and local district seals of approvals, groups that generally oppose these reforms. Duncan tried to put a brave face on this fact of life, saying union failure to buy in did not cost states like Louisiana and Colorado (both of whom have aggressively moved forward in liking evaluation to performance), but wide disparity in reviewers' scores (reported but the details not yet released; see here for the disparity noted in the first round) for the same applications often attributed to lower scores where there was not widespread union and district approval. (Factors extraneous to the ideas in the applications, like grant-writing skill, also played a part).
But, practically speaking, this should not alter the reform agenda Louisiana has been pursuing. Fewer dollars may mean slower implementation, but sufficient (if not as much desired for truly revolutionary change) impetus remains to continue reversing the lax state of Louisiana's elementary and secondary educational system. Supporters of mediocrity (generally, the in-state opponents of the state's application) will try to use this defeat as a way to halt momentum, but the supporters of improvement must not let this flag their wills to follow their agenda to give Louisiana children the education they deserve.
As state officials close in on a public contractor allegedly the perpetrator of several illegal acts regarding retirement funds for state and local employees, the spotlight should shift to the fragmented structure of the retirement system in Louisiana that creates the potential for this kind of abuse and needlessly reduces investment returns.
Randy Zinna has served in an executive director capacity, by contract, for three of Louisiana's 33 retirement systems for state and local government employees. The state's inspector general has forwarded a report indicating that legal action should be undertaken against him for some of his dealings with the systems' funds. He first came under suspicion when the Municipal Police Employees Retirement System, sensitized by a number of bad investments its board authorized (documented here), began scrutinizing his cash flow activities over many years.
But the ability for this presumed abuse of public trust and funds was multiplied because of the large number of retirement funds, each with their own governing board, in the state. There are 16 for state and, collectively, parish employees while another 17 are run by individual municipalities or parishes. Together, they make Louisiana ranked 15th of all the states plus the District of Columbia in number of systems, but most states ranked higher have higher populations. Only Arkansas, Colorado, and West Virginia have smaller populations with more systems, and several states around Louisiana's population have many fewer, such as Alabama (11), Arizona (7), Iowa (9), Mississippi (4), Nebraska (13), Oklahoma (12), and Oregon (4). Some very highly populated states such as New York and Ohio have few, while Maine and Hawai'i have just a single system covering everybody.
By having so many systems, each with their own separate board of appointees by state or local elected officials (and typically a representative of the retirees and of current employees covered elected by the members), that creates a lot of inexpert individuals entrusted with governing who thereby lean heavily on those that in most instances serve as executive directors on a contractual, part-time basis. Consolidation of these into a few or even only one system would increase the breadth of experience of board members that should improve their governance decisions, and necessitate the hiring of full-time, professional directors (such as Louisiana's largest systems have now) who would not have private sector conflicts with their duties.
Besides strengthening the integrity of the systems, combination of systems also would reduce the investment risk each of the smaller system now face. With smaller amounts of money invested through each, the impact of a single bad investment magnifies. Pooling funds would increase diversification which over time would reduce poor performances, an especially trenchant consideration given their tremendous collective unfunded accrued liability in the $14 billion range that must be completely eliminated within the next two decades. Also, duplicative expenses could be eliminated, bringing scales of efficiency to the systems' management and saving retiree and/or taxpayer dollars.
However, don't hold your breath on this one. Elected officials like having so many boards to which to make patronage appointments, and the board members themselves get the chance to puff out their chests through their service even as they invest in a string of failing golf courses. Even though logic is on the side of consolidation, political courage is scarce in the Legislature to make this change so the system is likely is to continue creaking along inefficiently with more potential for abuse and poor decision-making that should not be tolerated.
And the futile rehash of the end of the closed primary for elections to Congress wasn't the only thing interesting that Louisiana's Republican State Central Committee tackled last weekend to disrupt the typically low relevance of these kinds of meetings. It also addressed whether it should issue some kind of request for official commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War as another round of Confederate History Month.
All right, this is not the weightiest activity a party governance board could address, but in some ways it's even more interesting than the primary debate. As noted elsewhere, this effort creates an interesting juxtaposition between laudable aspects of existence the rebel regime, such as a willingness to defend against perceived tyranny, and the inconvenient fact (no matter how much deniers and revisionists attempt to obscure this) that its essential nature first and foremost was shaped by its support of a great evil, slavery.
But as is typical in the debate over whether April as Confederate History Month ought to be used as a time to study and reflect about the conflict – past governors as well as black mayors find no problem in proclaiming this – arguments on both sides turn out shallow and uninformed. Thus the main objection at the meeting in question to the motion to issue was that it was a "racist" issue that would draw unfavorable media coverage.
One wonders whether the hapless official that made this remark even knows the history of his own political party. The Republican Party, in essence, started out as a single-issue interest group supporting abolition of slavery of blacks that organized itself into a political party. Its rapid ascent to power (aided by discord among Democrats) was the last straw to pro-slavery (most) Southerners who decided preemptively to try to leave the Union and was reviled by the Confederacy. The South's hatred of the party intensified when after the failed rebellion the federal government, controlled by the party, imposed measures such as equality and freedom for ex-slave blacks. When federal troops withdrew and Southern states took on their own affairs, in only a few years Republicans lost all political power they had and blacks lost protection of most of their political and economic rights.
If there is any institution in America that could call for study and reflection of the Confederacy's impact on American history without any misinterpretation of its motives, it would be the one that was most instrumental in combating the Confederacy's institutionalized racism, the Republican Party. Thus, objecting to such a motion on the basis that the party which sacrificed much to end slavery and to bring full citizenship to blacks would look "racist" in advocating study of that very process and era simply is absurd, and demonstrates again the muddled thinking that often accompanies this issue.
Usually, state central committee meetings of political parties feature internecine quibbles. But the recent meeting of Louisiana Republicans actually brought some fascinating policy quarrels to the surface.
One came with the body's declaration that for federal elections to Congress the state should repeal its intent to return to the blanket primary system for the 2012 cycle and retain a form of the closed primary. The motion correctly noted that to the party, and to any political party for that matter with its sympathizers, the system encourages those with Republican sympathies to identify as such. A quick trip through the political science literature tells you those who make the psychological commitment to identifying with a political party in a tangible way such as by registering as a member for voting purposes are much likelier voters for the party's candidates. The blanket primary system, which does not force people to identify with a particular party to vote for its candidates in primary elections, discourages the making of this psychological commitment.
This produces a more accountable set of politicians, because party becomes a more meaningful cue for voters who then expect those elected under those labels to follow policy preferences articulated by the party. It discourages personalistic kinds of politics, which emphasizes focusing on the politicians' ability to relate to enough voters rather than on issues, obscuring the latter – which is what the blanket primary system accentuates. Particularly for the GOP at this time the switch would be helpful, since so many no-party and Democrat-registered folks regularly vote Republican.
Unfortunately for them, many of their elected officials disregard party fortunes for their own. Many state legislators grappling with term limits look to move up to national office, and figure if they got into state office through the blanket primary system, their chances are maximized if the same system applies for higher office. Also, they prefer a system which emphasizes personalistic politics precisely because it is easier to hide votes and actions dealing with policy from the electorate. This is why so many voted to scrap the closed primary system after so short a period.
These primary motives nakedly were revealed because what the party suggested in its motion already had been forwarded in the Legislature this year by Republican state Rep. Cameron Henry. Critics tried to hide these motives by saying it was all about cost, as the current system caused as many as three elections to occur while the blanket primary produced a maximum of just two. But Henry's bill would have kept closed primaries with two elections by eliminating the runoff election for the nomination – as is the case in most states. It would have saved the same amount of money, but the bill was shelved quickly, thus proving ambition more than a willingness to be accountable to the citizenry really drove supporters' considerations (that and some outright dishonesty on the floor).
Also wanting was former state Rep. Peppi Bruneau's defense of the blanket primary system in saying that it was what helped the party grow in the number of officials elected to the Legislature. Bruneau – who when the blanket system first started began his legislative career as an independent who are the people who most benefit from that system – does not know his comparative electoral history. While Republicans began to get elected slowly but surely, then with a more rapid increase within the last decade, their rates of increase in Louisiana actually were slower than in other southern states, precisely because the electoral system did not punish candidates who claimed they were conservative who ran as Democrats by putting them into primaries with more liberal electorates. Rather than encourage Republican officeholders, it retarded their numbers.
The motion was long overdue and one wonders where it was months ago when the Henry's failed bill and the dissembling state Rep. Hunter Greene's bill that succeeded lay pre-filed for the session. Perhaps more vocal complaints (only late in the process did the party's chairman, current Lt. Gov. candidate Roger Villere express disapproval) then might have derailed the effort or channeled it into Henry's bill. It's now too little, too late, as for reasons above it will not be revisited in the Legislature, but this action serves as a useful reminder how politician-centered politics dies hard in Louisiana – to the detriment of government accountability.


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September 26, 2010, 09:27 PM
Go for it, and listen to the bleating far behind you!!
September 26, 2010, 10:18 PM
The NRA has specifically pointed out that they protect the second amendment, not the first amendment.
Why is everyone so mad about that? If it makes you mad, you should give your money to the ACLU. They "protect the freedom of speech."
EDIT: This is an Op Ed article, by the way.
September 26, 2010, 10:20 PM
give your money to the ACLU. They "protect the freedom of speech."
Now that's funny right there! As long as it's speech THEY agree with!
September 26, 2010, 10:22 PM
When the NRA endorsed liberal Democrat Sen. Harry Reid...
Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't believe they did endorse him.
September 26, 2010, 10:59 PM
12131 is correct. They are not endorsing Reid.
September 26, 2010, 11:04 PM
not this time but in the past they did.
And, Harry reid has a decent 2a record
September 26, 2010, 11:09 PM
And, Harry reid has a decent 2a record
He had an A+ rating last time I checked. He pretty much has to in Nevada. That said, this congress has proposed ZERO gun control under his watch, so I guess he has at least ONE issue I can agree with. I certainly havn't found any others.
September 26, 2010, 11:18 PM
Oh joy, another NRA bashing thread .....
September 26, 2010, 11:32 PM
Yes let's tear down the NRA and make them out to be the badguy.
Let's sling mud and blame them for all our troubles so we can drive down their membership and make them an impotent and powerless organization!
That'll sure help our cause!
If you're an anti that is.
Hell some of you guys are better at hating the NRA than the Brady bunch.
September 27, 2010, 09:26 AM
Yes let's tear down the NRA and make them out to be the badguy.
We do tend to eat our own, don't we? The quest for philisophical purity with regard to guns is not possible. One need only witness the debate in nearly every thread of this forum to know that.
The NRA has a SINGLE issue focus, and many want that to be party specific, or constitution specific, or political leaning specific. It simply isn't. There are numerous democrats & folks far left of my personal views that also happen to be pro-gun. The day may come when we lose without them. In fact, that time may well have been THIS CONGRESS. We need the NRA's singular focus even when it walks on other views I may hold dear; Even when it means supporting left of center candidates that will vote properly on this singular issue.
September 27, 2010, 10:15 AM
The op-ed piece has some inaccuracies and beats the NRA for not championing the author's other cause by endorsing his favored candidate. It's important to read any article and challenge the content because all authors are biased in one way or the other. Good ones try to be objective and state their bias. This author doesn't.
What are the facts? He only identifies the ones that support his purpose and makes vague accusations instead of references to anything that doesn't. If he identifies the state bill his candidate supported then why doesn't he identify the ones the candidate he doesn't like supported? Why does he feel it necessary to claim support of those bills was disingenuous without identifying them or telling the reader whether they passed or not? That's a biased smoke and mirrors approach to presenting the facts. If you go to his candidate's issues page (http://www.corygardner.com/issues) on his website you don't see 2A mentioned at all. Neither do you see the issue included on the single term incumbent. What you do see when you dig is that his candidate supported a state pro2A law and the incumbent cosponsored a fed pro2A law (http://votesmart.org/issue_keyvote_detail.php?cs_id=31634&can_id=106225) during the 2yrs in office. Not exactly objective or accurate "reporting".
Other inaccuracies are pointed out.
So we have an op-ed piece wherein the author has an agenda and doesn't present the facts objectively forcing the reader to actually dig into the records of the two candidates to find out the factual accuracy, and reliability, of the author. We're going to see a lot of these sorts of pieces wherein the NRA will be the nominal topic of the article, but the political candidate being supported is the true issue. NRA support someone you don't like, discredit the NRA and taint the other candidate. Simple formula that works if no one digs into the records.
September 27, 2010, 10:26 AM
Yeah that was an interesting article. I appreciate that the writer is a pro 2A guy so that makes his piece more credible. Is he wrong? maybe not - like hso said is is clearly biased. The thing is, the game politics is not black and white and it is undoubtedly a game, one that the NRA plays fairly well. I have no idea why they would throw their support behind someone who might seem to be less pro 2A than the other, but I'm sure there is a reason.
September 27, 2010, 11:21 AM
If you want to bash the NRA at least become a member. :neener:
September 27, 2010, 11:25 AM
Anybody got that beating a dead horse gif?
September 27, 2010, 11:30 AM
Look, the NRA has to walk a political tightrope to retain their effectiveness, and sometimes that looks weird, on the surface, anyway. Their call on Heller was too cautious, and this was a mistake. They're not perfect, and it was fortunate that there were other groups who were bolder at that moment.
The NRA's ads and communications with members are often really embarrassing, and seem aimed at the lowest common denominator in terms of education, political awareness, and even intelligence sometimes.
But, the NRA is still on OUR SIDE. Contribute to other groups that do positive things for RKBA (SAF, for example).
Just don't shoot your allies. That's stupid, and it will hurt us all. The NRA is an ally. Give honest feedback to your allies when you disagree with their methods, but don't shoot them. That's how you lose the war!
And I would say, don't contribute to a group whose sole function appears to be to attack the NRA, not to do anything substantive to protect and expand RKBA.
September 27, 2010, 11:44 AM
As a life member, I don't agree with them 100% either, BUT without the NRA we would all be shooting super soakers instead of our firearms, of that I'm 100% convinced, there is no other CREDIBLE 2a organisation with the clout that the NRA has in DC halls of power. Get involved in the NRA make your concerns voiced, vote in the organisation and make it stronger. We ARE winning!
September 27, 2010, 11:55 AM
A timely interview with Chris Cox about this topic:
Carl N. Brown
September 27, 2010, 12:05 PM
Check the author credit for that op-ed: "Mark Hillman served as Senate Majority Leader and State Treasurer. He is the Republican National Committeeman for Colorado."
NRA backs Democrat or Republican incumbants with an acceptable RKBA record. One, it negates the charge by John Donohue et al that NRA and Republican are joined at the hip. It's a bipartisan issue with pro-gun Dems as well as anti-gun Dems, and lest we forget, pro-gun Repubs and anti-gun Repubs.
I prefer an NRA not controlled by either party and independent of both.
September 27, 2010, 12:25 PM
Also, remember that, with a significant Democratic majority, it was in this Congress that we got National Park carry. It took a lot of Democrats for that to happen.
Majorities come and go, you can't tie an issue to a party if you're serious about the issue.
September 27, 2010, 12:51 PM
"Mark Hillman served as Senate Majority Leader and State Treasurer. He is the Republican National Committeeman for Colorado."
So the opinion piece is a hatchet job by a paid political hack.
That figures.
September 27, 2010, 01:02 PM
Their call on Heller was too cautious, and this was a mistake.
REALLY? :scrutiny:
Lemme see-5 to 4 in what should have been a 9-0 decision...kinda sounds like they had reason to be cautious.
'Course, the same folks that bash the NRA for not pursuing Heller as soon/aggressively as they'd like would no doubt be the first in line to bash the NRA had they done so and lost Heller (then where would we be?).
Ain't Monday morning quarterbacking grand?!
September 27, 2010, 04:30 PM
basicblur, you need to get yourself a dictionary.
If you know something is a mistake beforehand, you generally don't make it, unless you have psychological problems. You seldom know whether a judgment call was right or wrong, until after the fact. That's one reason why central planning by government has led to the deaths of millions by starvation.
The fact is that no one person or group can possibly ever make all the right decisions, all of the time. That's why I, as an NRA Life Member, see the value in supporting other organizations, too -- but NOT the one that exists primarily to undermine the NRA. If we support different groups that are really working toward the same cause, then sometimes, when the avenues pursued by one of them fail, we still have another chance at success.
September 28, 2010, 01:30 AM
Now that's funny right there! As long as it's speech THEY agree with!
I agree, they only protect what furthers their cause/s.
September 28, 2010, 12:31 PM
^^^^I'm not an aclu suporter however as alwas the world isn't black and white and you happen to be wrong. Read how Limbaugh was defended by them http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,108140,00.html
"But the privacy rights group was on his side Monday when its Florida branch filed a "friend-of-court" motion on behalf of Limbaugh arguing state officials were wrong in seizing his medical records for their drug probe."
September 28, 2010, 12:51 PM
Give the ACLU +1 Brownie Point for helping Rush.
And give them -1,000,000 points for all the damage they've done elsewhere ......
September 28, 2010, 01:53 PM
Read how Limbaugh was defended by them http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,108140,00.html My opinion of them isn't based of what Rush said about them, positive or negative. There is no debate about their selectiveness in what liberties they think are worth defending.
September 28, 2010, 01:55 PM
Now that's funny right there! As long as it's speech THEY agree with!
Sounds like the new NJ Governor. He agrees with anything he agrees with. Disagree with him and he starts whining like a spoiled little kid. It was clearly shown in a national news broadcast a few days back.
A NJ law enforcement site I frequent found this bit of history. Looks like Christie packed on a few pounds since the day this photo was taken..
No doubt he is not a pro-2nd Gov. Unfortunately after a few months as the NJ Governor, seems he's making moves to put himself in a national position.
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The 2012 PGA Tour season is one tough act to follow — Tiger Woods and Ernie Els winning again, Rory McIlroy dominating, Bubba Watson bending, Europe rallying in the Ryder Cup and 14-year-old eighth grader Guan Tianlang earning an invitation to the Masters.
But after Rickie Fowler rings in the new season today by hitting the opening tee ball in the winners-only Hyundai Tournament of Champions on the Plantation Course in Kapalua, Hawaii, the 2013 season seems ready to produce just as much intrigue and just as many memorable moments as its predecessor.
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Here are a few things to keep an eye on:
The Swoosh: Nike is expected to announce in Abu Dhabi on Jan. 14 the addition of world No. 1 Rory McIlroy to its playing staff, where he'll form a powerful 1-2 punch with long-time staffer Tiger Woods for the sports clothing and equipment behemoth.
The two were the only players to win at least three PGA Tour events in 2012, with McIlroy notching four, including his second major championship. Will a change in equipment and an ever-growing spotlight derail McIlroy from his commanding perch atop the world rankings? Not likely, seeing as he came back from adversity in midseason last year (four missed cuts in five starts) to win the PGA Championship by eight and money titles on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.
Woods continues to attract more eyeballs than anyone in golf and he looks primed to have another big year. But how big a year will it be? He says he's as healthy as he's been in years, had his putting stroke back at the end of the year, and he looks primed to cut into Jack Nicklaus' 18-14 lead in major championships. But Woods hasn't won a major since the 2008 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines, where this year he'll likely make his U.S. debut, and time is no longer on his side. He's 37, and only three players have won four majors after turning 37 — Nicklaus (four), Sam Snead (four) and Ben Hogan (six).
Dustin Johnson: No one has won back-to-back Player of the Year awards since Woods from 2005-07. If that trend continues, Johnson might be the sixth different POY in the last six years. Hindered by injury last year, Johnson came back with a win in the FedEx St. Jude Classic, had top-10 finishes in each of the four FedExCup playoff events, and went 3-0-0 in the Ryder Cup. Johnson, who has won six times since the start of 2008, is healthy and improving his game from 125 yards and in.
The 54-hole leader: In 2012 seven players came from six strokes back in the final round to win — including Brandt Snedeker (from seven shots back), Kyle Stanley (eight) and Phil Mickelson (six) in successive weeks. In all, 26 players came from behind with 18 holes to play to claim victory.
The USGA and R&A: The USGA and R&A have already proposed banning anchoring, which is expected to become a new rule in February and take effect in 2016. Is distance the pair's next target? The governing bodies have been studying for years how far the new golf balls are flying as historic golf courses become obsolete for the modern game. In announcing the proposed ban on anchoring, R&A chief executive Peter Dawson said, "We haven't shelved distance. It's very much on the radar. Anchored strokes are separate. Just because we're doing one doesn't mean we have taken our eye off the other."
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For many, the zing in the air this time of year has them rushing to their area garden shops for supplies, eager to add new life to their dreary landscape.
The Penn State Extension Master Gardener classes can help all gardeners from novice to veterans, said Barbara Rosenberg, master gardener of Cambria County.
"We try to address issues that a person who hasn't even started their garden yet would be interested in - and our hope is that this would entice them to become a gardener - all the way up to experienced gardeners," Rosenberg said. She added that like every other field, gardeners usually specialize.
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"I, for example, don't know anything about companion planting, so even though I've been a master gardener for probably 16 years, I am looking forward to hearing about that. The beauty of gardening is that there are always new things to learn."
The program, which has volunteers in 58 Pennsylvania counties, offers services such as educational programs and the manning of a gardening helpline, according to the Penn State Extension website.
The local helpline runs through September and is manned 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Tuesday.
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Penn State Master Gardeners of Cambria County's Spring Garden Day, 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 26, 499 Manor Drive, Ebensburg. Presentations include the topics: companion planting, soil testing, and edible flowers. Snacks, coffee, door prizes and free plants available. Make out a check for $14.95 to Penn State Extension and send it to Penn State Cooperative Extension, 401 Candlelight Drive, Ebensburg.
Community Plant Swap, 10 a.m. May 3, First United Methodist Church, 801 Allegheny Street, Hollidaysburg. Meet new people, share an enthusiasm for gardening, give abundant plants and take home new varieties. Seedlings, annuals, bulbs, tubers, vegetable plants, perennials, houseplants, herbs, divisions flowers, vines, and extra plants welcome. Refreshments served.
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Bernice Cellini, master gardener of Blair County, said she enjoys working the garden line.
"You get some satisfaction," she said. "You're helping somebody."
People can bring in specimens to the Penn State Extension office, 310 Airport Drive, Martinsburg, too.
The Blair County master gardeners recently held classes covering the topics of soil, annuals and perennials and vegetables, Cellini said.
"A lot of people wonder why they don't get any tomatoes or their flowers don't bloom right. It's because of the soil. And there's a saying, 'If you take care of the soil, the plants will take care of themselves,'" she said.
A soil test is available through Penn State Extension for $9, she said. Testing the soil will reveal what additives, such as nitrogen or phosphorus, are needed, and Penn State will send a report on a soil's results.
Make observations before picking out plants.
"I have a corner where we get very little sun so I want to plant something that takes a lot of shade. For instance, like hostas or pachysandra and ferns, that's good for the shade," Cellini said. "But when the plants say full sun, you need at least six hours of full sun. Now if you want to plant seeds, you need to make sure you follow directions on the seed pack. It'll tell you part shade, full sun, whatever, but you always follow the directions."
Fertilize about once a week, and consider adding compost to your garden soil.
The organic matter "is really good for the soil. And there's a lot of people who make their own home compost, but if not, you can buy it for a couple bucks in a garden center," Cellini said.
Watch out for what Cellini said they call good bugs and bad bugs.
Lady bugs are an example of a good bug, and they eat a bad bug known as aphids, which will "suck the juice out of the leaves and the leaves will turn brittle," Cellini said.
The Penn State Extension website posted a document on creating a "Good Bug Tub," a mobile tub filled with plants to attract good bugs that one can move around a garden as needed. Plants suggested included basil, dill and yarrow.
With a colony collapse of honey bees over the last several years, picking plants to attract the buzzing pollinators is "a good idea," Cellini said. Lamb's Ears is "an excellent" choice, she said.
Checking on plants is also part of gardening.
"As your plants are growing, you just need to observe them a couple times a week, especially to make sure that the leaves aren't turning brown or they look wilted. You can see if they need fertilized. You just can't stick something - except for hostas ... in the ground and expect it to come up without a little attention."
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Nokia and Intel announced today that they would team up to create a joint platform that can be rolled out across a range of devices, from mobiles and netbooks to TV systems and 'infotainment' platforms in cars.
MeeGo will combine Intel's Moblin platform and Nokia's Maemo system, to form a Linux-based software platform that will be manufacturer neutral. It will also use the Qt application development environment so developers will only have to write the application once to roll it out over different platforms.
There are no detail on exactly who will be using the new platform – aside from Nokia and Intel, of course – but Intel's Renee James said she expects more announcement on manufacturers in the coming weeks. MeeGo is expected to launch in the second quarter of the year.
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The city's contract with its garbage hauler includes a provision that has allowed a fuel surcharge to rise by more than 1,000 percent, increasing the amount taxpayers are required to pay for the service.
The fee that city residents pay to have their trash hauled away – typically about $173 per year – doesn't come close to covering the cost to do so, forcing the city to subsidize its garbage operation with millions of dollars from the general fund.
The city's proposed 2013-14 budget calls for a $3.2 million taxpayer subsidy for its solid waste fund, which has accumulated a deficit of $22.8 million over at least the last 10 years.
The $3.2 million gap between proceeds from the city's garbage user fee and its actual expenses exists partly because a fuel surcharge built into the contract between the city and Modern Corp. has grown exponentially, and will cost the city $1.8 million in 2013-14, up from $150,420 in 2005.
The city's payments to Modern have increased by 32 percent since the 10-year contract began July 1, 2005, and that increase is due to the fuel surcharge, according to the City Comptroller's Office.
Though the actual cost of fuel has grown by 88 percent, the cost of the fuel surcharge per ton the city pays to Modern Corp. has grown by more than 1,100 percent, according to the comptroller's response to Mayor Byron W. Brown's budget proposal.
"It's a problem that has to be fixed, period," said City Comptroller Mark J.F. Schroeder.
But unlike other contracts, this one does not include other cost increases, such as those tied to inflation, according to Modern. Three parts of Modern's operation require fuel: equipment used at the city's South Ogden Street transfer station the company runs; trucks that haul garbage to Modern's Model City landfill; and equipment that maintains the landfill.
The $1.8 million the city will pay Modern for the fuel surcharge does not include the city's cost to collect the garbage from homes and businesses and bring it to the city's transfer station, a task completed by city employees.
The fuel surcharge was not a secret, and the contract was competitively bid and negotiated, said Modern Vice President Gary Smith.
"It's not like this was just sprung on them," Smith said.
Modern is hoping the city renews the contract, which expires June 30, 2015, although bids from other companies could be sought.
Public Works Commissioner Steven J. Stepniak said that the contract was negotiated by a prior administration and the Common Council and that the city will be looking for the best deal when it expires June 30, 2015.
Stepniak said the city is trying to reduce its costs by increasing recycling rates, which keeps refuse materials out of landfills and decreases the city's costs to put them there.
In another attempt to close the gap in the solid-waste fund, a proposed law under consideration by the Council would prohibit landlords with many properties from disposing of a ton of waste for free at the city's transfer station, taking advantage of a courtesy reserved for households.
"City taxpayers should not be bailing out the enterprise fund," said Council President Richard A. Fontana, sponsor of the measure. Schroeder has assigned a certified public accountant from his office to work with the Brown administration in closing the gap, and he is urging that the issue be taken into account as the city prepares to negotiate a new contract.
Brown's proposed 2013-14 budget, which is under review by the Council, would not raise taxes or fees, including the user fee, but would use one-time revenues to cover recurring expenses.
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