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The fact that I am a complete and unparalleled baseball dork is no secret.
You know it. I know it. And the US American people know it.
Which is why I have no shame in admitting that I keep a rather odd notebook of newspaper clippings related to the game, peppered with creative doodles and instinctive comments when necessary.
Here is an entry from the other day:
The world cannot handle another Mark Prior comeback, just like it can't handle another Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston reunion.
Enough is enough, people. Let us move on.
Hate me. Fine. Just don't hate me 'cuz I'm right.
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If Ric Flair is still wrestling, then anything is possible.
'Minoring In Baseball'
He's just a few weeks away from his 30th birthday, maybe the sCrUBs will give him a chance in September so he can pitch against the Cards just for you….. LOL(stros)
Aw, come on, ease up on the guy. I'd rather have him make his "comeback" there than do it tying up payroll on some major league roster. (There were actually Dodger fans I knew who advocated giving him a shot last year.) I was even thinking of going to a Flyers game next week to check him out, but he'll probably be hurt by then.
Actually, Mark's one of the nicer guys in baseball I know. I don't have a problem with him playing here at this level. Seriously, what's the problem? I even saw Bud Smith pitch a game in the GBL a couple of years ago, and Jose Lima enjoyed a stint there last year. It's a great atmosphere and a good place for washed up pitchers.
Now if you wanna talk about making someone "go away" – start with Brett Favre.
Mike — Good point. Still, maybe that's why I don't watch wrestling.
Peter — I hope so!
BBE — Except that Brett Favre is still at the top of his game. I mean, yeah, the retiring stuff is old hat, but the dude can play. Prior? Not so much.
It's sad that his career didn't play out like everyone thought it would. If he can actually be healthy, I think it'd be nice for him to come back. I like success stories.
But that is a really big IF.
Since Bristol and Levi have now broken up yet again, it's probably not happening for Prior either.
If anyone deserves a fifth chance, then its Prior. Baker ruined this guy.
Virginia — That IF is more ginormous than it is plausible, in my opinion.
Jane — Agreed.
Santosis — I wholeheartedly disagree. Believe me, I ain't no Baker fan, but have you ever watched Prior pitch? His mechanics are awful. Violent. He was an injury waiting to happen. And Baker had no choice… it was either pitch Prior and Wood and win or don't pitch them and don't make the playoffs.


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Community Education session kicks off April 1
Davis & Elkins College will launch its second session of Community Education classes on April 1. The college is offering 18 non-credit evening courses designed for members of the community, with topics ranging from painting to cake decorating, beer brewing, dance and more.
Most classes will continue through May 20, while others meet for shorter sessions. Registration can be completed online at www.dewv.edu, by phone at 304-637-1210 or by mailing a registration form along with a check or money order made out to "D&E Community Education" to: D&E Community Education, 100 Campus Drive, Box 928, Elkins, WV 26241.
Highlights from the new sessions include:
Art of Jewelry Making, taught by Pam Moll. April 1, 8 and 14, from 7- 9 p.m. in Madden Student Center – Timms Lounge. The cost includes beads and materials. Moll is a resident of Elkins and has led many workshops across West Virginia.
Ballroom Dancing, taught by Mary Rose, is designed for couples who will learn to waltz, rumba, cha cha, merenga, foxtrot, swing and tango. Four course sessions will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. on Fridays, April 5 to 26, at Myles Center for the Arts – Paull Gallery. The cost includes attendance for two people. Rose has taught at the Astaire Dance Studio and Arthur Murray Dance Studio in New York City. She is certified in all levels of Latin and smooth American style, social ballroom dances, and holds the title "1978 United States Hustle Champion."
In the Beer Brewing class, taught by Rob Kerns, students will learn the history of beer brewing, types of brewing and beer styles. Students will explore the tools of the trade, ingredients, brewing and bottling. Participants must be at least 21 years old. The course meets for two sessions from 7 to 8:30 p.m. April 4 and 11 in Halliehurst Library. Kerns is a graduate of Davis & Elkins College with an interest in biology and chemistry, and brews as a hobby.
In Beginning Quilting by Machine, taught by Katherine Prentice, students will learn basic machine piecing, machine quilting and how to bind their finished project. Material costs will vary depending on fabrics selected, available for purchase on site at Elkins Sewing Center. The class meets from 7 to 9 p.m. every Tuesday, April 2 to 23, at Elkins Sewing Center. Prentice teaches Machine Embroidery and Software for children and adults, among other classes, at Elkins Sewing Center. She has designed costumes for the Mountain State Forest Festival Minor Court, and is currently part of the team of local seamstresses for the Forest Festival.
Encaustic Painting, taught by Michael Doig, will offer the basics of the ancient art of applying heated, pigmented beeswax to a surface to create unique encaustic paintings. The class will meet from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Wednesdays, April 3 to 17, in Myles Center for the Arts. The cost includes all materials. Doig received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from West Virginia University and his Master of Fine Arts degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He has been teaching at Davis & Elkins College since 2008.
Students in the Fairy Gardens class, taught by Tammy Dolly, will create and grow their own mini dish garden using an assortment of plants and accessories, including fairies with their own special garden furniture. Students need to bring their own special container to use as a foundation for their garden. The class will meet from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. April 23 in the "Pit" of Myles Center for the Arts. Dolly has been the owner of Tammy's Floral and Bridal Gallery in Elkins since 1997. She brings more than 30 years of experience in special events, home decorating, gift creation and floral arranging. She earned an associate degree in interior design and fashion merchandising from The Art Institute of Pittsburgh, and is a certified master designer for FTD as well as a licensed contractor for landscaping.
Introduction to Cake Decorating, taught by Elizabeth Arbogast, is designed for students who have little or no experience in cake decorating. Students will learn tips on baking, leveling, filling and icing specialty cakes and cupcakes, how to make buttercream icing and to pipe borders, flowers, leaves and writing. An introduction to fondant and gum paste also will be taught. The course meets from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesdays, April 3 to 17, in the Halliehurst Kitchen. Arbogast has been baking and creating specialty cakes for more than 35 years. With her daughter, Jessica, she started Mad Hat'n Designs, specializing in customs cakes and gourmet cupcakes.
Website Design, taught by Zach Hanshaw, is for people who have no knowledge in the development of websites. The course will be taught through the use of an online set of tools. No programming code will be taught or used. Basic knowledge of computers is necessary. The class meets from 5 to 6 p.m. on Mondays, April 1 to May 20, in Eshleman Science Center, room 102. Hanshaw is a junior at D&E pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science with a minor in mathematics. He works with the College's Information Services Department, and is the chair of the local club Association for Computing Machinery.
Complete descriptions of each course, costs and the instructors may be found at www.dewv.edu under Academics.


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May 26/10| For Immediate Release
WATERLOO Wilfrid Laurier University is entering a $2-million partnership agreement with the Government of the Northwest Territories to support environmental science research that will provide important data for effective freshwater-resource management and the sustainability of northern ecosystems.
The agreement will be signed at a special event in the Science Courtyard on Lauriers Waterloo campus Wednesday May 26, starting at 10 a.m. The Honourable J. Michael Miltenberger, Minister of Environment and Natural Resources, will sign the agreement on behalf of the Government of the Northwest Territories; Laurier President Dr. Max Blouw will sign on behalf of the university. A tour of Laurier hydrology, biology and chemistry labs will follow the signing event.
Under the agreement, the Government of the Northwest Territories will provide $2 million over five years (2010-15) to support the Canadian Aquatic Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Boreal Ecosystem Research (CALIBER) program, which is based at Laurier and involves researchers from the Laurier Institute for Water Science and Lauriers Cold Regions Research Centre.
The CALIBER program has also received funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Wilfrid Laurier University, and donations from the private sector.
This agreement is a reflection of Wilfrid Laurier Universitys significant research expertise in water resources and northern environments, Blouw said. We are delighted to partner with the Government of the Northwest Territories to engage in the science needed to make effective policy decisions involving water-resource management and the sustainability of northern ecosystems.
The agreement will expand CALIBERs research activities and enable it to build on its past and current research in the NWT. It also enables the Government of the Northwest Territories to participate as a member of the programs science committee as it sets research agendas and associated studies for the NWT, and to develop mentor and training opportunities for NWT residents. The partnership includes scientific and technical training and mentorship components, professional development for government, industry and other organizations, and outreach to promote interest in water science and the boreal ecosystem in schools and communities.
This partnership will support and enhance the work being done through the NWT Water Stewardship Strategy and provide some of the vital information needed to protect our water resources and address critical issues such as the current and future impacts of rapid development and climate change, Miltenberger said. This partnership will also help us train the next generation of water scientists and managers.
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The Canadian Aquatic Laboratories for Interdisciplinary Boreal Ecosystem Research (CALIBER) is based at Wilfrid Laurier University, with key research conducted in the Northwest Territories in partnership with the Government of the Northwest Territories. CALIBER involves researchers from the Laurier Institute for Water Science and Lauriers Cold Regions Research Centre.
The Government of the Northwest Territories contribution to the research partnership is $2 million over five years (2010-2015). Another $2 million for infrastructure for the project, and $1.3 million for operating and maintenance funds, is being provided by the Canada Foundation for Innovation, an independent corporation created by the Government of Canada to fund research infrastructure. Other funding is provided by Wilfrid Laurier University and private donations.
Boreal aquatic ecosystems make up Canadas largest freshwater reserve. The CALIBER partnership is designed to develop leading-edge scientific studies to ensure the sustainability of northern ecosystems.
CALIBER applies a holistic, interdisciplinary and ecosystem approach based on watersheds, and responds to the urgent and serious concerns on the availability (flows and storage processes) of, and the associate effects of nutrients and contaminants on, boreal freshwater.
Current CALIBER projects in the NWT include:
- Slave River Delta (mouth of Slave River, near Fort Resolution).
- Scotty Creek (near Fort Simpson).
- Daring Lake (upper Coppermine River system).
Past CALIBER projects in the NWT include:
- Trail Valley Creek (near Inuvik).
- Havipak Creek (near Inuvik).
- Axel Heiberg Island (when it was part of the NWT).
- Ellesmere Island (when it was part of the NWT).
Laurier will provide eminent scientists to advance NWT research on water stewardship including research on basin-scale drainage and energy flow processes in the boreal environment and developing laboratory and field methodologies to improve assessments of contaminant effects.
The research partnership supports the following keys to success in the NWT Water Stewardship Strategy:
- Advance the physically-based understanding of water and energy cycling as it affects the volume and timing of run-off within and from boreal regions.
- Improve the understanding of special causal linkages between landscape disturbances and resulting changes in hydrological and geochemical characteristics of northern aquatic systems.
- Generate knowledge clarify specific links between natural resource development and climate variability on the sustainability of boreal ecosystems.
- Develop and test comprehensive models that integrate the results of previous research into prediction tools for boreal ecosystems.
- Create a community of scientists and uses that can become partners in discovery and development.
The GNWTs contribution will help Laurier acquire the necessary research infrastructure for the CALIBER program, including field, lab and personnel support, and will help the partners in acquiring future funding
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The only other thing as reported/rumored is Godaddy like most primary sponsors may not be on the car for all her races as they havent been in NNS or back in Indycar, meaning the Green paint scheme, but just like the NNS race where she ran Tisssot colors, GoDaddy name was still all over the car. They may or may not give that up next yr as we wont know untill we know??


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Reignited battle nears with health law's rolloutBy MICHAEL D. SHEAR
The New York Times | September 22,2013WASHINGTON President Barack Obama waged a fierce fight to pass his health care law four years ago. But as his administration prepares to put it in place, he is facing an aggressive Republican campaign to prevent a successful rollout and to deny him his most important legacy.
Starting this week, the White House will kick off a six-month campaign to persuade millions of uninsured Americans to sign up for health coverage as part of insurance marketplaces that open for business Oct. 1. If too few people enroll, the centerpiece of the presidents Affordable Care Act could collapse.
But instead of offering the kind of grudging cooperation that normally follows even the most bitter of legislative battles, Obamas foes have intensified their opposition, trying to deepen the nations anger about the health insurance program, which both sides often call Obamacare.
Across the country, Republicans are eager to prevent people from enrolling, fearing that once people begin receiving the benefit they will be loath to give it up. And in Washington, lawmakers have cast the law as the evil villain in a legislative melodrama about the budget that is barreling toward another government shutdown.
One group called Generation Opportunity distributed a Web video last week showing a creepy-looking Uncle Sam peering between a womans legs at a gynecologists office.
Dont let government play doctor, the video says at the end. Opt out of Obamacare.
In the face of the intense opposition, the White House is pushing ahead with a fierce public relations effort that will begin ramping up in earnest Monday, according to top White House aides in charge of the program.
Officials said the rollout would include a presidential event next week in New York with former President Bill Clinton and a health care speech by Obama on Thursday in Maryland. Michelle Obama will urge mothers and veterans to get their families enrolled. Vice President Joe Biden will host a nationwide conference call with nurses to enlist them in the effort to spread the word. Members of the presidents cabinet will fan out across the country, lobbying constituent groups to prod their members into action.
Those efforts will eventually be augmented by a Madison Avenue-style advertising campaign by insurance companies, which officials say are poised to spend $1 billion or more to attract millions of new customers. Some of the ads are likely to be aimed at young people, many of whom are uninsured but healthy and great for the insurance companies bottom line.
Liberal advocacy groups have also begun to organize door-to-door canvassing much as they did on behalf of Obamas two presidential campaigns.
The overarching goal is to persuade many of todays 48 million uninsured to sign up for insurance on the new exchanges created by the law.
Crucially, officials need to woo older, sicker people without insurance as well as younger, healthier people, whose payments effectively subsidize those who will end up using more health care. Obamas organizing strength among young adults whom he won by a wide margin in 2008 and 2012 may aid the campaign.
We will have to create buzz and engagement and adjust and reach people in a sustained way from October to the end of March, said Tara McGuinness, who is leading the health care communications effort inside the White House. This is about what makes sense for families, whats affordable for them.
But even as Obamas campaign accelerates, Republicans at all political levels are working against the law.
The Republican National Committee has begun what it calls a monthlong awareness campaign, with a television booking operation to make sure that pundits opposed to the law are always available to counter its boosters. The committees effort has already booked local and national politicians on radio programs like The Hugh Hewitt Show and cable TV programs like The Mike Huckabee Show.
A Republican committee website counts down the days, hours, minutes and seconds until what it calls the Obamacare Train Wreck.
Other conservative groups are broadcasting TV advertisements that urge people not to sign up for the health care law. Americans for Prosperity began broadcasting an ad last week featuring a cancer survivor who warns about the dangers of the law. It is the latest in a series of TV commercials featuring women criticizing the law.
Obamacare is dangerous. It cant be implemented, Tricia, the cancer survivor, says in the ad. Your well-being judged by a bureaucrat in D.C. is devastating.
Republican state and local officials are trying to thwart the administrations enrollment efforts by imposing restrictions and requirements on volunteers. The Heritage Action Fund organized a Defund Obamacare bus tour this summer that helped convince House Republicans that no budget deal should be made without stripping the money from the health law.
And in Congress, House Republicans are threatening to shut down the government and risk a default unless Congress eliminates all of the financing for the law, effectively killing it.
Today, the constitutional conservatives in the House are keeping their word to our constituents and our nation to stand true to our principles, to protect them from the most unpopular law ever passed in the history of the country Obamacare that intrudes on their privacy and our most sacred right as Americans to be left alone, Rep. John Culberson, R-Texas, said on the House floor Friday.
White House officials bluntly call the Republican efforts a sabotage campaign and concede that the assault on the law will make it harder to persuade people to sign up for insurance. In Florida, Ohio and Missouri, state officials have already moved to undercut efforts to enroll people in coverage. In Georgia, the state insurance commissioner, Ralph T. Hudgens, has said he will do everything in our power to be an obstructionist.
The result, White House officials said, is likely to be confusion among some members of the public and the potential for a muddled message at exactly the worst time. People may get a knock on the door from someone urging them to sign up for insurance, only to see a TV commercial a few minutes later urging them to opt out of the program.
Its rather extraordinary, if you think about it, that there are efforts underway to prevent Americans from getting benefits that they lawfully could enjoy and should enjoy, said Jay Carney, the White House press secretary.
White House aides remain optimistic that some of what they describe as Republican antics will not be seen by the typical American. They are betting that support from Hollywood celebrities like Jennifer Hudson, Kal Penn and Amy Poehler all of whom met with Obama this summer to lend their support for the health care campaign will be more influential than Republican politicians. Singer Katy Perry, who has 45 million Twitter followers (more than Obamas 37 million) urged followers to check out the options at last months Video Music Awards ceremonies.
They are also counting on a network of volunteers, partly directed by Organizing for America, the presidents former campaign operation, to knock on thousands of doors in the weeks and months ahead.
Last week, Obama joined a conference call with thousands of health law volunteers to encourage them in their efforts.
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"We're getting over the shock right now," said Farrington High School Principal Al Carganilla.
Structural engineers were welding and mounting steel pipes on the outside of the building to reinforce it on Monday.
Carganilla said there's still an uncovered, gaping hole where a 40-foot section of the roof dropped to the floor.
"It could be combination of things, I think the wear and tear and age is part of it," he said.
A flash storm dumped rain on the area shortly before the roof collapsed at about 3:15 Friday afternoon.
Carganilla said the auditorium is 58 years old.
Assistant Superintendent Ray L'Heureux told KITV the roof was built in 1985 and fixed in 1992.
He said the department is also in the process of streamlining its procurement process to get to construction projects faster.
He said the department has also been updating its maintenance trouble shooting call system.
Matayoshi said the Farrington auditorium, with its gravel-tar roof and reinforced steel trusses, was built to industry standards, and up for inspection in two years.
She said roofs on school buildings are typically up for inspection every 12-15 years, which is a standard time frame that now needs to be reassessed.
"Now what we are going to do is reprioritize the listing of the buildings to be inspected to look at buildings that are similar to this in age and construction to make sure we do those buildings first, she said.
The auditorium was part of Phase Two of Farrington's 10-year renovation project, but only minor repairs were expected.
Carganilla said two weeks ago, the vice principal and a consultant went up on the roof for a visual inspection, but didn't notice anything that might indicate a major problem.
Carganilla said other buildings on campus were sorely in need of repair.
Phase one in the school's L-shaped A-Building included fixing leaking roofs, renovating ceilings, floors and replacing windows.
In a press conference on Monday, Governor Neil Abercrombie said the state will spend an extra one million dollars to hire outside inspectors to assess some of Hawaii's aging school buildings.
"How long can you put fixes on a particular structure at different points in time and not have some structural or stress factors that come into picture," said the governor.
"In terms of inspections, that's already an ongoing concern. The backlog used to be something like $800 million plus. Now it's down to under $300 million so we are making progress," said Matayoshi.
"The auditorium is the center of our community," said Carganilla.
He said the collapse will affect countless events and functions, such as graduations for feeder schools, community events, regular services for the New Hope church, and much more.
"There was a freshman assembly planned this morning for 500 kids. It could have been devastating," said Matayoshi.
"The support well-wishes have been great, but now need to do assessment and plan accordingly, because this is a facility used by everyone, and I know this will take a long time to fix," said Carganilla.


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Jenkins and Walker face bank standards panel – as it happened
Barclays' new chief executive Antony Jenkins and its chairman Sir David Walker this morning faced MPs on the UK's Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards. Financial News live-blogged the event, chaired by the commission's Andrew Tyrie MP, which focused heavily on pay and culture at Barclays.
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09:45: Everybody is late. Even chairman Andrew Tyrie. Former chancellor Nigel Lawson is there though, imperious as ever; a weathered jaguar waiting for the kill.
Jenkins' tardiness gives us an opportunity to look at the art at the Grimond Room, which is dreadful.
9:55: We're off. Straight into the ring-fencing. Tyrie asks Walker if he agrees with regulators having the power in reserve to ring fence banks. 'Yes', he says. Simple enough.
9:59: Straight onto culture. Tyrie asks if Barclays can sort out its culture. Worth noting that Jenkins recently asked his employees to sign a document pledging themselves to Barclays culture or get out. So he begins to speak. Tyrie isn't having any of it and asks for Walker's opinion, as he was brought in, in part, to sort out the culture. Walker takes up the opportunity to sing the praises of Jenkins.
10:01: Apparently there were conversations between Walker and Tyrie last night about the ongoing investigation into Barclays' US arm. Barclays gave the committee a bunch of evidence about culture at Barclays in the US, most of it redacted. It is clear Tyrie wasn't happy and now Barclays has offered a cleaner version. Some point scoring by Tyrie.
10:04: Walker says there is "quite a tetchy atmosphere" in the Barclays boardroom. "I like that," he says. The bank chairman tells Tyrie he's "on the case" to appoint new non-executive board directors: "There are others in the pipeline I would hope to be able to introduce later in the year."
Sir John Sunderland, Barclays' remuneration committee chairman, comes under attack from the commission. Tyrie repeats that Sunderland, who received an upbraiding over Diamond's bonus for 2011 last week, appears "unrepentant". Walker lends his confidence to Sunderland and says he is not interested in "disinterring" what happened in the past.
Tyrie asks: "Don't you think chairman of remuneration committee ought to be thinking a little bit about how fixed pay is fixed?" To which Walker responds "yes" with the caveat that, so far, the bank has focused on "incentives" and "aligning incentives".
10:12: It's the Rev Justin Welby, our new leader of the Church of England, with a question. He notes that there is nothing about culture regarding the responsibilities of non-executive directors. Does Walker want to change that?
Yes, yes he does. Walker says he and Jenkins have decided to split the risk committee at board level. Barclays now has a conduct, reputation and risk committee that will deal with progress that is being made in the culture. He is pleased with this move because no other bank is doing it. Maybe that is because few other banks are facing as many scandals.
10:16: Jenkins says culture is often defined as stopping bad things happening, but culture should be the oxygen to make good things happen. He also refers to creating antibodies to help good things happen. He's clearly not immune to the latest management jargon.
10:26: Welby is putting the boot in and asks Jenkins if all his discussions about culture and stewardship are purely inward looking, noting there is no mention about any "common good" in the document he sent to staff. Jenkins mentioned earlier that they had not worked with any management consultants. I'm not so sure, as he is now talking about why Barclays uses a "balanced scorecard", and how the firm uses the term "people", rather than clients.
Welby now gets onto the 2008 Qatar fundraising. He asks if any further details will emerge that will cause "embarrassment and loss of trust" as Barclays seeks to "reshape" its culture.
Walker: "I can't comment."
10:31: Now Baroness Susan Kramer is asking Jenkins to stop using management speak. Jenkins apologises: "That unfortunately may be the way I speak". But we are back onto the balanced scorecard, and words such as metrics, customer satisfaction and diversity. The scorecard is a favourite of Jenkins, who mentioned it last year at the Clinton Global Initiative.
What Kramer wants to know is how you get a good score on the scorecard, and how you measure something like culture, which is somewhat subjective. Jenkins it says it is possible, using statistical surveying, to measure how values are being implemented at Barclays, and are running the first survey "as we speak". I'm a bit lost.
10:38: Kramer asks how will this new measurement affect the next bonus round. A good question. Jenkins says that he makes a judgement depending on the performance of various business units, which is reviewed by the remuneration committee. He adds the bonus pools have been affected by the Libor scandal.
When we get down to the individual performance, there is a five point scale, in the past measured on the 'what' element. Now this is measured by 'what and how'. In English: you won't get your new Porsche if you make lots of money in a way that goes against Barclays' new culture.
10:45: Barclays Wealth America is getting a hammering. According to Pat McFadden MP – referencing a report by Barclays into the business – there was "a total lack of accountability by the management". He referred to examples where executives threw risk reports across the room calling them a "piece of sh*t."
Jenkins says: "This is why we are changing the culture."
10:52: In January, Andrew Tinney stepped down as chief operating officer of Barclays' wealth management. McFadden asks if anyone else has been fired or resigned, apart from Tinney, who launched the initial investigation. Jenkins says he can't comment on ongoing investigations.
10:54: McFadden says Barclays has spent over £100m looking into emails and researching with regulators about Libor and others investigations. Did Barclays commission an internal report? Jenkins: "… yes, with an outside law firm." McFadden: "Can we have a copy?" Jenkins: "Can we come back to you?"
10.56: Pat McFadden asks Jenkins why Barclays is fighting Guardian Care Homes "tooth and nail" over a case linked to Libor manipulation: "Doesn't that court action indicate this talk of culture change, putting customer first, isn't being matched by actions?"
Jenkins says he can't talk about that case as it is "subject to ongoing legal proceedings".
11:00: Forget Richard III, the real backstabbing is going on among the kings of Barclays. Jenkins admits that he disagreed with Diamond's culture. Tyrie asks Jenkins to send him internal documents on his views of culture at Barclays at the time.
11:03: According to Lord Turnbull, three of Barclays' five new ethical values were also in place at that once-great bastion of corporate governance, Enron.
11:07: Walker says a code of ethics for the banking industry would be worth "powder and shot" unless there is an "effective disciplinary process" to accompany it. He talks about the enforcement of the code against offending individuals as a "black mark" for bankers.
11:12: We're continuing with an exploration of a code of ethics for the industry. Walker says the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Scotland have a code that could be used as a blueprint. He adds that the code could be established over time. "One might start with a particular area and build on that with time," he says.
Walker adds that any large foreign banks that might oppose conforming to such a UK code would feel "pressure over time to conform".
Lord Turnbull interjects: "I wonder whether the giant vampire squid would take much notice of this." Walker replies by saying that any firm that did not comply would become "increasingly isolated and that position would become increasingly uncomfortable".
"That's part of the objective of this whole initiative," he says.
For those of you with a poor memory, the 'vampire squid' in question is Goldman Sachs.
11.25: We're onto an investigation into Libor, conducted by Clifford Chance at the time regulators had been investigating manipulation of the interbank rate and costing £100m, that senior management didn't know about. Jenkins says he had no idea about the report until a day before the bank was fined.
11:31: Mark Garnier asks: "Let's say a scandal like Libor happened on your watch with your new organisation structure. Would you resign before or after you were fined? In other words, would you act like a man, or wait until you've been in front of a committee?"
Jenkins says he would resign in the face of "a grave regulatory event".
11:45: Walker says the interval reviews of the leadership of Barclays has not been good enough in the past. Not that surprising, as improving this is why Walker was brought in last year.
11:56: We are onto the PPI. This morning Barclays set aside another £1bn odd to cover compensation. When asked why the increase was necessary, Jenkins said that the PPI estimate is the best estimate the bank is required to make under current accounting rules, and Barclays has done a full "back book review" before estimating compensation provisions.
12:08: Baroness Kramer makes the point that Jenkins was in charge of Barclaycard from 2006 and 2009, and that PPI mis-selling took place under his aegis. Why hasn't he resigned? Jenkins replies that he changed the PPI procedures, although not enough, and waived his bonus.
Not enough for Kramer, who presses Jenkins for a better answer and asks whether he has changed his own standards. This would be perfect time for a long-winded answer. Jenkins delivers, bringing up the balanced scorecard again, mentioning changes in sales incentives and the importance of learning from past mistakes.
12:15: Lord McFall and Lord Lawson are interested in Barclays' Structured Capital Markets business. McFall asks Jenkins to provide reams of detail stretching back over the past decade. He wants to see a list of all the trades conducted by the division and the amounts at stake, as well as how bonuses were set for individuals.
Lord Lawson says structured capital markets is a "fancy name for tax avoidance". He adds: "This was industrial scale tax avoidance",
Jenkins says the division is "one of businesses reviewed very closely" as part of his overhaul of the firm. He says he will update the market next week over the results of his review. "Some of them will affect the structured capital markets business. We will be materially changing the way we run that business so that it is consistent [with our new code of ethics]," he adds.
Walker gives a limp defence of Barclays' SCM unit. He says: "There was undoubtedly, and I regret and deplore this, activity of the kind you describe Lord Lawson, but the majority of it was not. The idea that SCM was all this bad avoidance business is false."
12:28: Tyrie said: "Hasn't the time come for a new remuneration chairman?" Walker replies with a robust: "No. The chairman is performing the job I think we need. he is doing a very good job"
Not necessarily a surprising answer - why would you fire the person that is paying you £750,000 a year?
12:32: And that's your lot. "Thanks for coming, We may need to see you again", says Tyrie.


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My twins were born at 34 weeks. they did well but because they tired so easily the doctor and nurses suggested giving them ebm in a bottle. in the first few days i was putting them to breast for 10 minutes then giving them the ebm bottle, then topping with formula, then do second baby, then pump, then sterilize. it just got so tiring, and i needed my milk to come in faster, so i stopped putting them to breast every time and worked on rest and pumping. now they are two weeks and are doing awesome with ebm in bottle. they are gaining lots of weight. the problem is i am ready to get rid of bottles. i really want to nurse exclusivly, but now they seem nipple confused. i am trying to put them to breast again at every feed, or most of them. but they don't very well. the girl does not latch on quite proper (i also have large nipples for her tiny mouth) but she did latch better her first few days of life. and they boy gets frustrated and thrashes around wanting his bottle. even once they are on hey both do the bottle suck, instead of breastfeed suck. sometimes they will nurse for 10 mins or so but i dont think they get anything. i have no problem expressing though, and get anywhere from 3-5 ounces each pumping. i barely top them with formula anymore.
any help would be appreciated. i am so exhauseted, and have moments i want to just give up, but i know if i can get them nursing in the long run it will be way easier. also nipples are tender from pump, even with larger breast flange. i think it is just because there is constantly a baby or pump on them??


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Hobson Post Office hours have been and are currently Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., and on Saturday from 7:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
Beginning on Nov. 17, Hobson Post Office hours will then be from 8:00 to 10:00 a.m. Monday through Friday, and will be open between 7:30 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Customers who have post office boxes/mail receptacles at the post office will still have access to them 24-hours a day.
"It has been determined that effective Nov. 17, the Hobson Post Office will provide two hours of window service each weekday," said USPS Public Information Officer Robert Bolen. "Current Saturday window service hours will not be reduced and access to delivery receptacles will not change as a result of the Post Plan realignment of weekday window service hours."
The Post Plan is a process being implemented by the USPS as a plan to keep post offices across the country - especially in rural areas - open by realigning retail window hours based on customer use. The Post Plan is being conducted in a multi-phased approach over two years, to be completed nationwide by September of 2014.
Bolen states that in early September of this year, each of the Postal Service's 67 districts began the two-year nationwide process of notifying affected communities of the changed hours of operations of local post offices and the other options available to them.
310 customer surveys were mailed out to Hobson residents requesting a preference for one of four options available in regards to the future status of the Hobson Post Office. The Post Plan options the USPS is considering are as follows:
1. Realignment of Hours- Keep the office open, based on actual office workload. Depending on the office workload, hours would be reduced from 8 hours (or in some cases 6 hours) each weekday to 6, 4 or 2 hours per weekday. Current Saturday hours will not change as a result of Post Plan and access to delivery receptacles (P.O. Boxes) will not be impacted by Post Plan.
2. Delivery Option- Conduct a discontinuance study for the Hobson office and offer roadside mailbox delivery. Retail and delivery service would be provided through a rural carrier. Mail delivery points will be established and customers can purchase most postal services through the carrier or other alternate access points.
3. Village Post Office Option- Conduct a discontinuance study for the Hobson office and find a suitable alternative location operated by a contractor, usually at a local business. When businesses are found that meet the criteria, these establishments are contracted through the U.S. Postal Service and offer stamps and flat rate products with service hours generally more expansive than what the local Post Office will be able to offer.
4. Nearby Post Office Option- Conduct a discontinuance study for the Hobson office and provide P.O. Box service via another nearby Post Office (i.e. Falls City, Karnes City, Panna Maria) and relocate P.O. Box delivery to that Post Office.
Of the 310 surveys sent out to the Hobson community, 92 responses were mailed back. Of the 92 responses, a large majority of 85 of the responses were in favor of keeping the post office with the reduced realignment of hours.
"The Postal Service is committed to implementing this new plan in a responsible and fair manner," Bolen explained. "And we believe the proposals will ensure the preservation of Postal Service facilities and services in rural communities."
USPS officials say that the USPS is having to make changes in the face of financial difficulties and challenges it is facing in a world relying more on internet/computer technology for things like commerce and communication.
A self-supporting government enterprise, the U.S. Postal Service is the only delivery service that reaches every address in the nation, 151 million residences, businesses and Post Office Boxes. The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses, and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations, according to Bolen.


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Returning student Deleon Cooper, right, registers for classes Thursday at Clovis Community College. Cooper and friend, Michael Davis, background, are both business administration majors. (Staff photo: Eric Kluth)
By Marlena Hartz: CNJ staff writer
Enrollment at the Clovis Community College dwindled slightly in the fall, but college officials anticipated the decline and are campaigning to patch the gap.
The number of credit hours logged at the college last semester was 6.6 percent lower than the 2004 fall figures, according to Vice President of Institutional Effectiveness David Caffey. It is not an unprecedented dip; since the college opened, enrollment has fluctuated from semester to semester.
"There are always peaks and valleys in enrollment, mostly due to the economy," said CCC Dean of Student Services Michelle Schmidt.
But the economy was just one of a cocktail of ingredients that drove enrollment down in 2005, college officials said. Rising gas prices and increased job opportunities coupled with the threat of Cannon Air Force Base shuttering discouraged students from pursuing classes at the college, according to CCC Director of Marketing and Community Relations Lisa Spencer.
"We knew all these things would play a role if the enrollment decreased," Spencer said.
"We've heard around town auto gas prices have affected a lot of people's pocketbooks. At this point, they want to put food on their table rather than take an extra class," she said.
Spencer said the college also lost potential students to Southwest Cheese, a multimillion plant that began Clovis-based production in October. More than 200 people will be employed at the plant once it hits full capacity, according to the company's Web site.
Such jabs were topped with uncertainty over the future of Cannon Air Force Base. The installation — which some estimate contributes 30 percent to the regional economy — narrowly escaped a Department of Defense list for closure, but is in need of a new mission, or will face closure again in 2010.
"Like the rest of the community, we are anxiously," Spencer said, stressing the adverb, "awaiting a decision on a mission."
While Air Force officials sift through possible missions for the installation, Spencer and other college officials are taking a pro-active approach to the enrollment slide.
The deadline for spring semester enrollment has been stretched a week beyond the actual start of classes and extra effort has been pumped into advertising, according to Spencer. And recruiting has gone beyond the campus as several college employees are to be stationed at Wal-Mart this Saturday to hand out admissions packets, she said. The college has even temporarily extended its hours: Students can register for classes or browse through the bookstore from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, when the college is traditionally closed. Online services have also been pumped up in recent months, college officials said.
"We are always looking at the enrollment," Spencer said.
"We want to be a community college — we want to be able to offer everything from an associate's degree all the way to a yoga class. If a senior citizen wants to take a yoga class, we want to be that resource," she said.


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About the Author: Lillian deValcourt-Ayala serves as Public Affairs Officer at the U.S. Mission to the UN Agencies in Rome.
As each year of my Foreign Service career passes, it does not get easier to spend Thanksgiving away from home. I can bake pumpkin pie and try to roast a large turkey in a European-sized oven, but recreating the spirit of the holiday takes much more thought, more heart.
It has been rewarding, together with my husband and the American diplomatic community in Rome, to give of ourselves – our time, our kinship, our helping hands – on holidays to those among our much larger international family who are in need.
On Thanksgiving Thursday, a small group of embassy volunteers led by Ambassador Ertharin Cousin visited an orphanage and served and shared a Thanksgiving meal, complete with the uniquely American cheesecake donated by Eli's in Chicago, to immigrant families from all over the world. While not everyone gobbled up the roast turkey, there were no crumbs left on the dessert plates.
Most of the immigrants in the transition center where we served lunch are newly arrived from war-torn countries like Afghanistan and other poor nations like Haiti where a large percentage of the population goes to bed hungry every night. Far away from home, they are doing their best to start a new life helped by volunteers and staff of the Community of Sant'Egidio, a Catholic non-governmental organization. One of the immigrants from Nigeria spoke with great pride to the Ambassador about how she and many others have come together to start a grassroots support network called the People of Peace.
While we missed our own families on this holiday, we gave thanks for our many blessings with new friends and reinforced our commitment to put an end to international hunger through support of social safety nets like that of the orphanage and transition center. Ours truly was a Thanksgiving without borders.
Patrick in Maryland writes:
Hello,Lillian and Everyone else :)
It looked like you all had a great "Thanksgiving's Day". I too like cheesecake for desert ,but this year we had apple pie instead . :) I thought it was nice that you had Thanksgiving dinner with your new Friends, and Volunteers from the Embassy. This must have been the first Thanksgiving's dinner, for some of the people you met at the Transition Center and Orphanage. I think this was a great way to share some of our culture with them. :)
...Have a Great Week ....seeya...Lillian..:)


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ATR Letter Urges Michigan State Representatives to Oppose Unpopular Internet Tax
Posted by Katie McAuliffe on Monday, September 16th, 2013, 4:28 PM PERMALINK
The Michigan House of Representatives is considering two bills 4202 and 4203 to expand Michigan's taxation authority into other states. These bills are unlikely to withstand constitutional scrutiny, without the passage of the so-called Marketplace Fairness Act (MFA). However, the MFA is vastly unpopular with voters nationwide.
Due to the harm House Bills 4202 and 4203 would cause Michiganders and the likely unconstitutionality of the proposed legislation, Americans for Tax Reform sent a letter to members of the Michigan House of Representatives urging them to oppose to House Bills 4202 and 4203.
"The bills would have terrible consequences for the Michigan economy. It forces out-of-state businesses that bring even a small ownership stake into the state to collect taxes. This will provide a powerful incentive for businesses to stay entirely out of state, which means less investment in Michigan," said Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform. "Anything that discourages investment is bad policy for a state that's had a sluggish economic recovery, still struggling five years after the 2008 crisis."
The online sales tax bills awaiting a vote in the Michigan House are not just bad policy; they're probably unconstitutional. In Quill v. North Dakota the Supreme Court ruled that states could not make businesses without a physical presence in their state collect taxes. Interstate tax collection is a responsibility of Congress, not the states.
As stated in ATR's letter to Michigan legislators, "Poor enforcement of 'use tax' law is no justification for constitutionally dubious legislation, especially if its only guarantee is to negatively impact Michiganders."
Consider if nearby Illinois attempted similar legislation affecting Michigan state businesses. Illinois would try to force Michigan businesses to collect and remit Illinois sales tax, thereby making Michigan businesses subject to the tax laws, court proceedings, audits and liens of Illinois. Michiganders would have no recourse at the ballot box, and there would be nothing that their home state could do to protect them. This cuts at the principles of federalism, competition between the states, and due process.
New polling data released by the R Street Institute and the National Taxpayers Union shows that voters are strongly against Internet sales taxes. The Marketplace Fairness Act (MFA) is a losing bet among likely voters; 62 percent of likely primary voters and 57 percent of likely national voters are opposed to the idea.
A 2-2 FCC is a Loss for the Trump Administration and Republicans
Posted by Katie McAuliffe on Thursday, December 8th, 2016, 2:47 PM PERMALINK
Our previous article pointed out Wheeler's bad behavior and his likelihood of staying on the FCC, but the primary point is that a Rosenworcel re-nomination deadlocks the FCC and delays forward progress.
Without Rosenworcel's re-nomination there is still hope for a 1-2 FCC.
Chairman Wheeler does not get to negotiate with Majority Leader Mitch McConnell over who will be on the FCC. Playing into Wheeler's game where he will step down "if it helps Rosenworcel get renominated" means Wheeler is still deciding the outcome.
If commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel is re-nominated and confirmed before president-elect Trump takes office the FCC will definitely sit at a 2-2 dead lock. This split slows down the ability of the new Commission to pursue its deregulatory vision.
This is a real midnight move to control the Internet. If Rosenworcel is re-nominated, the best Trump and the Republicans can hope for is a 2-2 FCC. The worst is a 3-2 democrat controlled FCC.
A Republican majority FCC is still possible sooner rather than later as long as Rosenworcel is not re-nominated.
If Rosenworcel returns to the Commission now, the next most likely scenario is that the new Republican nominated to the FCC will be held up until July when Commissioner MignonClyburn's term ends.
If Republicans don't nominate their new pick as a pair, it will be easy for the "clicktivist" left to turn the nomination into a circus. The next nominee will be framed as the decider of the future of the Internet.
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell cannot let this go through. This is no time to be negotiating with Harry Reid and Obama as they walk out the door.
No midnight nominations.
President Trump should have both a Democrat and a Republican spot open for nominations when he takes office.
ATR Praises Nomination of Okla. Attorney General Scott Pruitt to Lead EPA
Posted by ATR on Thursday, December 8th, 2016, 11:09 AM PERMALINK
ATR President Grover Norquist issued the following statement today in praise of President-elect Donald Trump's nomination of Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to lead the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA):
"Americans for Tax Reform supports Donald Trump's nomination of Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to lead the EPA. Pruitt will ensure American taxpayers and businesses are no longer subject to abusive EPA overreach and unconstitutional regulatory diktats."
"Under President Obama the EPA is a political agency which uses arbitrary permitting delays, litigation, and red tape as a federal road block to economic investment and job creation. Since 2009 the EPA has published nearly 4,000 new rules and regulations that threaten millions of American's livelihoods and the prosperity of our country.
"As Attorney General of Oklahoma, Mr. Pruitt has been a champion of the rule of law, the free market, and limited government. He has worked to protect American taxpayers and businesses from an out-of-control EPA and an ever increasing regulatory burden.
"I know Mr. Pruitt will continue this great work as head of the EPA, and ATR looks forward to working with him and President-elect Trump to begin undoing the economic damage of the EPA under President Obama."
Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore
Uber Drivers Earn Significantly More Than Classic Taxi Drivers
Posted by Laurens ten Cate on Wednesday, December 7th, 2016, 2:23 PM PERMALINK
Economists Jonathan V. Hall and Alan B. Krueger recently released an updated version of their 2015 paper, An Analysis of the Labor Market for Uber's Driver-Partners in the United States. They updated the work with additional data obtained in 2015.
Especially interesting is the renewed finding that even though the cost of using Uber as a consumer has gone down, the hourly earnings of Uber drivers have stayed the same.
The paper analyzes various driver characteristics such as hours worked, demographics, reasons for partnering with the Uber platform, and hourly earnings.
For instance, in Boston the average hourly earnings are $20.86, in New York $23.69 and in San Francisco $23.87.
Some luminaries on the Left have aggressively criticized independent contractors and the sharing economy. Hillary Clinton said she: "will crack down on bosses that exploit employees by misclassifying them as contractors or even steal their wages." Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said: "I am not a great fan of Uber—you can quote me on that."
Meanwhile, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that taxi drivers only earn on average $13.00 an hour working for classic taxi companies.
Enemies of the sharing economy will say that this $7.00 an hour difference doesn't matter because some taxi drivers don't have to pay for gasoline, vehicle maintenance and depreciation. However, they conveniently forget the fact that ridesharing drivers are independent contractors who submit 1040s and Schedule Cs to the IRS, on which they can deduct expenses made during business operations. Such as, you guessed it, expenses for gasoline, vehicle maintenance and depreciation.
Hall and Krueger use figures calculated annually by the AAA to estimate per hour driver expenses. For a full time driver with insurance and registration in a sedan this averages to $4.29, all deductible of course.
In the short summary of the paper, Hall and Krueger shy away from mentioning that expenses incurred when driving on a ridesharing platform are deductible. In the full report they do mention this, saying: "Note also that drivers may partially offset their costs by deducting work-related expenses from their income for tax purposes, including depreciation or leasing fees, gasoline, maintenance, insurance, mobile device and data fees, and license and registration fees."
Another huge reason for people to partner with ridesharing platforms is flexibility, the ability to set your own hour's week-to-week. This is again confirmed by the report: "In any given week, well more than half (65 percent) of driver-partners drive 25 percent more, or 25 percent less, than the amount they drove in the previous week."
The report also notes that 53 percent of the people that are uberX Driver-Partners only work 1 to 15 hours a week and another 30 percent only 16 to 34 hours a week. Of the remaining 17 percent, 12 percent works 35 to 49 hours and 5 percent works 50 hours or more.
Just because politicians beholden to entrenched interests prefer people to punch a clock every day and cough up union dues (which end up as campaign donations) should not mean that the hardworking people of the America are worse off.
The research shows it again and again: the sharing economy makes everyone better off. Let's stop this absurd movement back to the 1930s.
easy to make more money in an unsafe environment with very little regualtions and less expense! so maybe we should go back to the 1930's
Meddling FCC Doesn't Want You to Have Free Mobile Data
Posted by Andreas Hellmann on Wednesday, December 7th, 2016, 10:19 AM PERMALINK
In an op-ed from December 6th, 2016 Katie McAuliffe, Executive Director of Digital Liberty & Federal Affairs Manager at Americans for Tax Reform, states that a meddling FCC doesn't want you to have free mobile data.
"The FCC is more concerned with protecting its own limited worldview than with what is good for consumers.
Competition means that if a new idea rises to the surface and is better than the previous thought, minds can change, business models can adjust, and products can adapt – that is innovation. But protecting specific competitors and a specific view of the future locks us into where we are now – that is stagnation.
If the FCC were really concerned with consumers, then they would allow the market to test ideas and business models. Not attack plans to give consumers free data. Free data plans are also called zero-rated plans because customers don't have to pay out of their data bucket for the month. Therefore customers pay zero dollars and zero data, hence zero rates."
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Nine Dodd-Frank Regulations Congress can Repeal under CRA in 2017
Posted by Johnathan Sargent on Wednesday, December 7th, 2016, 9:32 AM PERMALINK
With less than 50 days left, the Obama administration is pushing through as many regulations as possible. Fortunately, President-elect Trump and a unified Republican Congress have a powerful tool to repeal many of these last minute regulations. This tool, known as the Congressional Review Act (CRA), empowers Congress to review newly issued regulations and repeal them through the passage of a joint resolution.
The issuing of numerous, burdensome regulations is a cornerstone of the Obama administration. This year alone, the administration has issued an average of 2.2 rules per day. These regulations have led to billions of dollars in costs for Americans and small businesses.
Congress cannot repeal a majority of the Obama administration's regulations under CRA, but it can undo the most recent ones. Under the CRA, Congress has 60 legislative days to disapprove the regulation, meaning that once the 115th Congress takes office in January certain last minute regulations enacted by the Obama administration can be undone.
What about two of the biggest parts of President Obama's regulatory legacy, Dodd-Frank and Obamacare? While most of these regulations have already been implemented and must be repealed through Congressional legislation, certain Dodd-Frank regulations have been issued that fall under the 60-day window for CRA. A recent study published by the American Action Forum (AAF), highlights nine costly Dodd-Frank regulations that fall within this 60-day window.
Here are the nine regulations that could be repealed under CRA:
Cost (in millions)
Paperwork Hours
Disclosure of Payments by Extraction Issuers
Standards for Clearing Agencies
Data from Swap Data Repositories
Dissemination of Swap Information
Recordkeeping for Orderly Liquidation
Verification of Swap Transactions
Amendments to Swap Data Recordkeeping
Margin Requirements for Uncleared Swaps
Capital Requirements for Swap Entities
$1.7 billion in costs
Large Conservative Groups to Congress: No Lame Duck Internet Sales Tax
Posted by Andreas Hellmann on Tuesday, December 6th, 2016, 4:15 PM PERMALINK
In a letter from December 6th to all Members of Congress large conservative groups including Americans for Tax Reform, Americans for Prosperity, Heritage Action for America and FreedomWorks ask members of Congress to not address the issue of collecting internet sales taxes during this current lame duck session. "The issue is contentious, and previous attempts to do so have raised important questions that have yet to be resolved. Pushing through a bill in the lame duck would allow little time for debate or discussion of these complicated issues and we respectfully request that you refrain from doing so."
Currently, the Supreme Court's 1992 Quill decision establishes the framework for collecting such taxes. Fundamentally, it requires nexus, or the seller's physical presence within a state, before that state may collect a sales tax from the seller. Yet, as e-commerce and internet sales have expanded, brick and mortar stores have been pressuring Congress to establish a new framework for collecting sales taxes from online out-of-state sellers. Unfortunately, previous attempts to do so generated serious Constitutional questions about the scope and reach of state tax authorities, as well as concerns about the administrative burdens created by the new tax collection schemes.
Read the letter here
This proposal, plus the MFA, and others are terrible for small business:
1) In 2004, 82% of all ecommerce was Big Box + Amazon. Now it is **88%** and growing. Amazon is collecting sales tax in 32 states due to its distribution centers. So this tax — the compliance of which will be overwhelming — is focused on the remaining and dwindling 12% of ecommerce, which are small businesses who have innovated hybrid (ecommerce plus physical) business models to survive. Big Box + Amazon would love to squeeze a few more % points out of small business.
2) The National Retail Federation, its lobbyists, and sales tax states like our state (who cannot manage their finances) have convinced a GOP Congress that an even higher tax burden put on the middle and working class will somehow benefit them. Again, just 12% of ecommerce is left to tax. Thus the states' estimates of how this will be a financial boon to states' finances are vastly overestimated.
3) As with other taxes and more government regulation, this will put innovative small businesses out of business, and create a new vast governmental compliance infrastructure (accountants, lawyers, and the snake-oil tax software lobby) that is currently salivating at the prospect. Only the largest companies -- the 88% -- will be able to comply to it.
4) Further, and something Congress has ***completely missed***, it is a *gift* to **Canadian and Mexican companies** who will not have to comply and collect sales taxes for 9,600 juridictions.. They can just ship to the US under NAFTA. No sales tax collection, no compliance, no problem. So why not create a subsidiary in Canada?
Like-kind Exchanges Should Be Preserved as Part of Any Tax Reform Plan
Posted by Alexander Hendrie on Tuesday, December 6th, 2016, 2:00 PM PERMALINK
Next year, tax reform will be on the agenda and Congress must consider whether to repeal, preserve, or expand many sections of the tax code. One provision that should be preserved or expanded is section 1031 "like-kind exchanges." This section of the code compliments the goals of tax reform by allowing taxpayers important investment flexibility that encourages stronger economic growth.
Like-kind exchanges allow taxpayers to defer paying taxes on certain types of assets when they use those earnings to invest in another, similar asset. This can be done again and again, provided the transaction involves a similar type of property. It has existed in the tax code for more than 100 years and is used on assets such as real estate, machinery for farming and mining, and equipment such as trucks and cars. Because an investor doesn't have to pay tax until they cash out, section 1031 eliminates a potential barrier to investment, which in turn promotes the more efficient allocation of capital resources.
Rather than face repeal, like-kind exchanges should serve as a model for the taxation of all investments and should be retained in any overhaul of the tax code as a complementary provision to full business expensing. The provision has no place being categorized as a "pay-for" to buy lower rates and repeal would move the code toward higher taxes on investment, which in turn hurts economic growth and reduces income.
Like-Kind Exchanges Compliment the Goals of Pro-Growth Tax Reform: The tax code should encourage the efficient allocation of resources by taxing at the point of consumption. Under this system, investment would be treated neutrally (and efficiently) so that decisions would be made based on economic benefit. When measured against this goal, section 1031 is a necessary and complimentary part of a pro-growth tax system.
The House GOP "Better Way" tax reform blueprint takes many steps in moving the code toward this goal. For instance, the blueprint replaces the convoluted system of depreciation with immediate, full business expensing of all tangible assets (such as equipment) and intangible assets (such as intellectual property), but not land. This allows business owners to make decisions based on the merits of the transaction, not because of government induced tax barriers. In turn, this means a more efficient allocation of resources.
A move toward full expensing of assets will streamline business activity by allowing the efficient purchase of new assets and Section 1031 should be considered complimentary to this goal. 1031 allows less productive assets to be replaced with more productive assets, and therefore eliminates any lock-in effect that would otherwise discourage business activity. This is especially important for land assets that are excluded by the blueprint, which in many cases represents a significant portion of many properties. Because of the exclusion of land, repeal of like-kind exchanges – even with full expensing – may have the effect of impeding otherwise productive transactions.
Repealing Section 1031 is Economically Destructive: One key part of pro-growth tax reform is repealing preferential, distortive business credits and deductions – or "loopholes" as the left refers to them – in exchange for lowering marginal rates on corporations and small businesses as part of a net tax cut. The rationale is that it broadens the base of taxpayers, allows lower rates across the board than would otherwise be possible, and ensures the most efficient allocation of capital possible through the neutral treatment of businesses.
While this principle should be part of any tax plan, like-kind exchanges have no place in this conversation. 1031 grants important flexibility for a taxpayer to make the most economically efficient investment decisions in a way that benefits – not hinder economic growth and efficiency. If Section 1031 were to be repealed it would create a lock in effect that would discourage certain types of otherwise productive transactions. Conversely, this would result in less productive deployment of capital in the economy which would hurt economic growth and capital while raising little revenue.
Because of this lock-in effect, repeal could cost the U.S. economy as much as $13.1 billion in lost GDP year after year, according to a study conducted by Ernst and Young. This GDP loss would also result in investment falling by $7 billion every year and would reduce income by an estimated $1.4 billion.
Like-Kind Exchanges should be a Model for All Capital Gains: Ideally, all income derived as a "capital gain" should be exempt from taxation. This tax hits income that has already been subjected to income taxes and has been reinvested to help create jobs, grow wages, and increase economic growth. Naturally, this double taxation impedes the ability to invest and foster stronger economic growth.
Capital gains taxes should be reduced – or better yet, repealed – and preserving and expanding section 1031 should be part of this effort.
Under like-kind exchange rules, you only have a gain when you decide to cash out. The gain is the difference between the final sale amount and the original purchase, and is embedded over the years in the business. In effect, it becomes due when the business activity effectively ends.
There's no reason this cannot work for other capital gains. If you buy a stock for $100 and sell it for $150, you should be able to plow that $150 into new stock purchases without having to pay tax along the way.
This would also have the added effects of promoting tax simplicity and economic efficiency. Investors would no longer have to report each and every stock and mutual fund transaction on their taxes every year, simplifying tax filing for millions of Americans. It also would make all capital markets--for everything--more efficient.
Every time the government takes money out of the pool of capital investment, capital grows more slowly and we're all poorer than we otherwise would be. The key to wealth creation is to leave capital--untouched by government--free to grow for as long as possible.
Some have proposed repealing or limiting section 1031 as a way to make incremental progress towards taxing all capital gains as ordinary income. Instead of moving in this direction, we should be expanding the scope of like-kind exchanges as part of ending double taxation, promoting tax simplicity, and encouraging investment.
Show Notes: How Obama's Labor Department Gets Between You and Your Savings
Posted by Alec DiFruscia on Monday, December 5th, 2016, 9:00 AM PERMALINK
In Episode 68 of The Grover Norquist show, Grover sits down with ATR's Justin Sykes to discuss the Department of Labor's (DOL) fiduciary rule, a rule that places the federal government between Americans and their retirement savings, and is a cornerstone of Obama's regulatory regime.
Estimates show that the rule could disqualify up to 7 million IRA holders from investment advice and potentially reduce the number of IRAs opened annually by 300,000. Repealing this burdensome rule should be a priority of President-elect Trump.
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Ohio Senate Must Act to Protect Citizens' Property Rights in Civil Asset Forfeiture Bill
Posted by Krista Chavez on Friday, December 2nd, 2016, 4:24 PM PERMALINK
The state government of Ohio reinforced the power of law enforcement to seize money, cars, and other assets suspected of being connected in any way to a crime through civil asset forfeiture laws. Legislators realized this corruption, and the state's House of Representatives passed a bill in May (with 72 to 25 votes in favor) to reform the practice in Ohio.
The Columbus Dispatch quoted Americans for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist when discussing the need for asset forfeiture reform:
"In criminal cases, the burden of proof rests with the prosecution to prove a defendant's guilt. But in forfeiture cases, the property owner is put in a position in which he must prove that he obtained his property lawfully."
H.B. 347 would limit state law enforcement's coordination with the federal government unless the seizure is greater in value than $100,000. Doing this closes a loophole allowing local law enforcement to use federal standards when forfeiting assets. The legislation also requires a criminal conviction for the government to seize the property.
The bill would also end civil asset forfeiture for most cases were the property exceeds $25,000 in value.
In current Ohio law, officers can seize property from individuals without any criminal or formal charges. The legislature will use the bill proposed to protect Ohio property owners and reinstate due process for forfeited property.
According to the Institute for Justice, current Ohio forfeiture law has a low bar to forfeit, no conviction required, poor protections for innocent third party property owners, and close to 100% of proceeds from forfeitures streamlining back to law enforcement. IJ's Policing for Profit report notes that forfeiture proceeds in the state averaged at $8,575,933 per year between 2010 and 2012, and it gives the state a D- for its current laws.
The legislation carries significant support from not only the legislature but Ohioans themselves. A poll from the U.S. Justice Action Network released in September 2015 showed that out of 500 registered Ohioans, 81% believed that asset forfeiture reform was essential for the state's improvement.
Asset forfeiture is a bipartisan issue, and innocent property owners deserve to receive the due process protections guaranteed to them in the Bill of Rights. Americans for Tax Reform urges the Ohio Senate to stand with the state's House of Representatives to reform civil asset forfeiture and protect its citizens' rights.
If Rosenworcel Renominated, Trump & Republicans Lose the FCC
Posted by Katie McAullife on Thursday, December 1st, 2016, 5:45 PM PERMALINK
The Trump Administration has an amazing opportunity to affect tech and telecom policy. His appointments to the Federal Communications Commission will make all the difference in what has been a bitterly divisive and aggressive left-wing term under Chairman Tom Wheeler.
That is if he gets to make any appointments.
Senate Democrat Leader Harry Reid and President Obama are making a last ditch effort to control the Internet. They are circulating a petition to lift the hold on Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel and have her reconfirmed next week just before Congress recesses.
Under this scenario, Republicans are on the verge of destroying one of the largest sectors of the economy. For what?
The best Trump and the Republicans can hope for is a 2-2 split on the FCC period. Wheeler has made it clear that he will not follow the tradition of the outgoing administration's chairman stepping down. Wheeler plans to stay. At least an even split would prevent them from forcing through more anti-free market regulations, and teach Wheeler to compromise.
A 2-2 split slows down the new commission's ability to make reforms and reexamine the highly controversial, overbearing, partisan rulings from the last few years.
A 3-2 Democrat controlled FCC means the commission will immediately start pushing through regulations that Wheeler yanked from the Commission's November meeting agenda -- items that Chairmen John Thune, Fred Upton, and Greg Walden all asked Wheeler to hold off on. Wheeler refused to listen to any congressional guidance, be it from Republicans or Democrats, before President-elect Trump's election.
If Rosenworcel is reconfirmed it is not to solidify the reconfirmation of Commissioner Ajit Pai. He has a year left in his term. With her reconfirmation the FCC stays under Democrat control under the Trump administration. And the President-elect is robbed of his ability to nominate two new commissioners.
The current commission should not be rewarded for its bad behavior. Just today an article in the Hill by Larry Spiwak detailed some of Tom Wheeler's shamefully partisan moves :
- Attempting to force non-profits filing in commission proceedings to reveal their donor lists in clear violation of Supreme Court precedent;
- Improperly coordinating with the White House to encourage mass "clicktivism" as probative evidence to support the FCC's controversial decision to reclassify broadband internet access as a Title II common carrier telecommunications service while deliberately ignoring any serious economic analysis of the issue;
- Hiring people for senior leadership positions at the commission even though they filed as interested parties in dockets they were later tasked with supervising, thus creating a serious conflict of interest problem;
- Illegally attempting to hold a Twitter town hall with an outside party to discuss a yet-to-be-released commission item during the Sunshine Act "quiet period";
- Only making public the results of an internal peer review critical of the FCC's economic analysis in the Business Data Services proceeding on the very day comments were due, thus depriving interested parties of an opportunity for meaningful comment;
- Continuing to lie to the American people that cable and satellite companies allegedly charge consumers $231 a year in set-top box rental fees, even though that number was thoroughly and publicly debunked;
- Improperly expanding the FCC's important merger review authority to impose conditions and "voluntary commitments" to serve select political constituencies and priorities that by any reasonable account had no nexus to any specific merger-related harm;
- And as perhaps the most partisan act Wheeler grasping the hands of his fellow Democratic commissioners and raising them high over their heads in a victory salute to a standing ovation after the Open Internet Order vote. Such childish behavior simply confirmed what every telecommunications professional already knew: Wheeler had no intention of conducting a dispassionate analysis and viewing all parties equally before the law. (I shudder to think what would happen if several justices of the Supreme Court were to do the same after a controversial ideological vote.)
Senate Republicans should not be making last minute deals with Obama and Harry Reid. They should continue to hold the line so that President Trump can name the new appointees to the commission.
This among other things is just why Mitch McConnell needs to get out of the way and let a real Republican head the Senate. He is weak and unfocussed. He should be able to keep others of his party "lined up" when the Democrats try to pull this kind of oBUMa crap.
Just do away with the FCC entirely and start over. A new Congress and President should be able to do that.
Just defund the FCC and pass retroactive legislation nullifying abhorant FCC rulings.The courts have no say in what congress funds.


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#182611 - 02/14/09 09:41 PM Re: Tomorrow is Valentines Day. [Re: BranShea]
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I did not know you could do two changes in one post.
Great, that helps.
F to G
Edited by LukeJavan8 (02/14/09 09:42 PM)_________________________
----please, draw me a sheep----
#182617 - 02/15/09 04:01 AM Re: Tomorrow is Valentines Day. [Re: LukeJavan8]
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Hey, wasn't the last word in the sequence UNGROUPS? Seems the last Ten posts have been in vain. Mind you, it wouldn't be the first wrong turn
#182621 - 02/15/09 06:05 AM Re: Tomorrow is Valentines Day. [Re: olly]
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HU? What are you two talking about? It developed neatly on from ungroups
You can change a letter and scramble or add/-/delete one and scramble. So yes two changes JavL.Mind made wrong turn , maybe?Quote:Mind you, it wouldn't be the first wrong turn
#182630 - 02/15/09 08:47 AM Re: Tomorrow is Valentines Day. [Re: BranShea]
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I think Olly was put off by wofa's reversal, "Wait a minute. Let's go back to GROWNUP."
#182631 - 02/15/09 09:15 AM Re: Tomorrow is Valentines Day. [Re: tsuwm]
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Yep, on closer look sight that was a bit of a strange move, but... was it all in vain? (grin, scrabble thy name is vanity)
#182633 - 02/15/09 10:53 AM in my own defense... [Re: BranShea]
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Olly, I went back to GROWNUP because of an assertion that we should abandon it and move on as it was un-followable within the rules. My offering was proof-by-counterexample; then we continued from that point.
Not a great tragedy to go either way; it is however the second time recently we've given up too easily, as shown later.
#182639 - 02/15/09 03:48 PM Re: Tomorrow is Valentines Day. [Re: LukeJavan8]
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I'll drop a G and go a bit SLOWER
#182643 - 02/15/09 08:45 PM Re: Tomorrow is Valentines Day. [Re: olly]
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I'm all ELBOWS at this
#182644 - 02/15/09 09:35 PM Doc! Nice to see you back again! [Re: doc_comfort]
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(Yes , I see it's been a couple of weeks now, but this is the first time we've been on the same thread)
Rubbing ELBOWS
Drop the B add a V ... too many vowels, make it
#182645 - 02/15/09 09:48 PM Of coarse! [Re: wofahulicodoc]
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