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Euphemisms are words and phrases we use when we want to avoid saying something naughty or unpleasant to think about. For example, "choking the chicken," which on the surface sounds like a beautiful, natural act, is actually a description of something that is pretty disgusting.
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Unless you do it properly, in which case it's beautiful and disgusting.
But even though we use a euphemism so we don't have to say a naughty word, everyone understands that the euphemism means exactly what the word it replaced meant, and it quickly takes on all the same connotations, becoming just as offensive itself. Eventually many euphemisms become so offensive that they have to get replaced by new ones, a process that has been called the "euphemism treadmill" by people who went to better schools than you or me. The end result of this is a list of words that sound pretty offensive to our ears but were at one point perfect examples of sensitivity and political correctness.
OK, I'll admit it: "Toilet" isn't that offensive. But in North America, at least, it does sound a bit uncouth, getting a little too close and personal with the act you're going to be performing in there, and if you casually mention in conversation that you're going to the toilet, people will look at you funny.
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"Ohhhhh kay. I guess? Give 'em hell."
People have always been discreet about the language they use when discussing where we put our poops, and history is full of examples of turd-based euphemisms. "Chamber pot" is a pretty fancy term for a poop tin, the same way that "bog" is a pretty harmless-sounding name for a poop pit. "Commode," "privy," and "night soil" all have similar etymologies.
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"Aboveground manual turd removal! Hot, fresh aboveground manual turd removal!"
Every couple decades or so, a new word comes up to describe the place we leave our leavings. In some cases, like "water closet" or "toilet," we had to describe a physical device that was perhaps deserving of a new name. But even though we're now describing a device and a room that haven't changed in design or function for a century, that hasn't stopped the parade of increasingly delicate words that have been coined to describe it. Bathroom. Washroom. Restroom. Have you ever rested in a restroom? What the fuck, man? There's a line!
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Are ... are you eating in there?
How long will it be before "bathroom" sounds crass to our ears and we change it to "business room" or "pudding depository"?
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That's a serious suggestion, by the way. Make it happen, society.
A couple turns of the century ago, "idiot," "imbecile," and "moron" were specific, tightly defined scientific terms used to describe people with below-average intelligence. It wasn't until the 1970s or so that they were replaced by "mentally retarded," mainly because by that point "idiot," "imbecile," and "moron" had become generalized insults lobbed at anyone the speaker wanted to mock.
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"You, sir, have an IQ less than 50, but not below 35!"
But as you may have noticed, "retarded" isn't an acceptable term anymore either. Although it was originally a kinder way of describing someone with learning difficulties, the exact same process that led to "idiot," "imbecile," and "moron" becoming insults also caused "retarded" to become an insult. And when the label that people use to describe you is used as an insult when applied to anyone else, that's pretty god-damned insulting.
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"That guy's such a Dan."
Now we use terms like "mentally challenged," "learning disabled," or "special needs" to describe the same people, and we can only hope humanity has the wisdom to not turn those into insults as well.
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NPS takes no stand on PPL route; three public hearings planned for Water Gap powerline
The position of the National Park Service on the proposed Roseland power line has been misinterpreted in the press, according to Bob Karotko, former deputy superintendent of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreational Area (DWGNRA), who retired on December 3.
The remark came after the release of the DWGNRA's draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) on the proposed line.
"The draft environmental statement cites impacts on geology, wetlands, vegetation, wildlife and habitat, Karotko said. "It calls the existing 230-kilovolt line through the park the environmentally preferred alternative, but that doesn't mean the National Park Service (NPS) formally opposes the project."
The report is a prelude to a final decision on a preferred route for the power line the NPS is expected to issue next fall. In August 2010, NPS said it would consider six potential configurations for the route.
The Allentown-based PPL Electric Utilities and the New Jersey Newark-based Public Service Electric and Gas (PSE&G) are proposing the line to stabilize electric service in the Northeast and prevent power outages.
Environmental and consumer groups oppose the project, questioning the need for the line and warning about potential environmental dangers.
"We were expecting this," PPL spokesman Paul Wirth said.
PPL's $510 million segment of the line would originate at its nuclear plant near Berwick, PA and run 101 miles through parts of Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe, Pike and Wayne counties before crossing the Delaware River near Bushkill and connecting with the Public Service Electric and Gas (PSE&G) $570 million, 55-mile segment in Roseland, NJ. Along the route, it would cross through DWGNRA and the Appalachian National Scenic Trail.
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PPUC) and the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) granted approval in 2010 for the route running through DWGNRA.
"We continue to believe the route that was approved by the PPUC was valid," Wirth said.
The line is scheduled to open in 2015. "We have not yet set a construction timetable," he said.
The NPS will conduct a 60-day comment period on the environmental review, including public hearings.
Three public hearings are scheduled for: January 24 at Fernwood Hotel and Resort in Bushkill, time to be announced; January 25 at Stroudmoor Country Inn, near Stroudsburg beginning at 1 p.m.; January 28 at Farmstead Golf and Country Club, Lafayette, NJ, time to be announced.
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Asustek Computer this week officially unveiled the world's first netbook with 10" screen as well as optical disk drive (ODD). The new netbook is hardly aimed at budget-minded consumers, but even though it is based on the new-generation Intel Atom platform with improved graphics performance, it will not offer higher-quality screen.
Asus Eee PC 1004DN is based on Intel Atom N280 processor that works at 1.66GHz and uses 667MHz processor system bus as well as Intel GN40 core-logic, a special version of Intel 4-series chipsets with DirectX 10-class integrated graphics core with reduced power consumption and new input/output controller. The device is equipped with 10" LED-backlit screen with 1024x600 resolution. The netbook also features 1GB of DDR2 memory, 120GB 1.8" hard disk drive, DVD burner, 802.11n wireless network card, Bluetooth 2.1 controller, built-in 1.3MP webcam, high-def audio and so on.
With optical disc drive as well as 6-cell battery the Eee PC 1004DN weighs 1.45kg, which is inline with the weight of fully-featured ultra-portable notebooks based on dual-core Intel Core 2 Duo microprocessors. Given that central processing units do not account for a huge part of notebooks' costs, it is highly likely that the difference in pricing between the new Asus Eee and fully-fledged ultra-portable notebooks with decent performance will not be too high.
Rather surprisingly, the Eee PC 1004DN features the Asus Data Security System (ADSM) which allows users to log-on using their fingerprints and to encrypt a single folder with the same security system. Considering that fingerprint readers are usually installed onto commercial machines for executives and highly-ranked personnel who handle sensitive data, it is rather surprising to see this device on a netbook that is supposed to be cost-efficient.
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HI LLLadies,my DS is 22 mos and we both got a flu.
DS is fine he just had a bit of diarrhea but I'm having high temperature and it's two days I'm just drinking because I can't eat any solid.
DS did not eat solids for a day or so but now he got back eating normally.
I fell my breasts have totally dried up.
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Cast Your Vote!
This image best represents which of the following options?
a) The way I felt after eating too much leftover Halloween candy. [must remember to buy stuff I don't like]
b) My reaction when the
team of castoffs, oops, femininely-named, uh, thong-wearing, no, girlie-haired, I mean, San Francisco Giants won the World Series. [let's hope the "rally thong" is NOT among the items that will be heading to the HOF's World Series display]
c) Many Phillies phans' reaction to the news that Davey Lopes will not be returning next season, due to the fact that he and the team could not agree on terms of his salary. [bad move by the Phillies! Davey's impact on the success of the running game was HUGE!]
d) What happened when I accidentally caught a whiff of my son's socks. [it was BAD! like something had died in there]
e) All of the above!
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LOL Sue! perfect title! And please! no rally thong at the HOF. I would throw up like the pumpkin. As it is I wanna. I am alergic to all that orange.
I hope Lopes comes our way! Would love to have our longest infield guys back. Cey and Garvey have been part of the Dodger organization making appearances on the team's behalf.
I think this poll is obviously targeted to push us towards "All the Above".
I was surprised that the Phillies did not reward Davey Lopes with a little extra cabbage, but we all know he will land on his feet with a MLB squad somewhere this Spring.
I actually bought the kind of candy I can not eat in large supply just so I did not have to worry about the old belly.
But I did buy a big bag of M&M's with peanuts in mini packs as a precursor to sampling some of the kid's candy.
Funny how Burrell got his "wish" to get another Woirld Series ring and it happned in another west coast "Bay" area.
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Jenn – You got it! Sorry there's no prize, though.🙂
Emma – I hope the rally thong gets burned. It's probably even smellier than my son's socks!
Renegade – I think the Phillies made a mistake letting Lopes leave. He should be able to get picked up by another team; his impact on the running game for the Phils was valuable.
Jane – The socks were pretty gross! For the record, that is actually our pumpkin, not some random pumpkin from the internet.
now I thought it would be Giants fans when they realize Timmeh turned the trophy into a bong!
Sue, just wanted to let you know you've been nominated for a She-Fan Video award! Better start campaigning!


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Derrick Gray has his sights set on a state wrestling title.
It's about the only thing left for Indian River's record setting wrestler, who already holds four Frontier League and Section 2 championships, a career record of 183 wins and a record this season of 30-1.
The 138 pound wrestler is this week's Watertown Savings Bank-7 News Athlete Of The Week. To hear from Derrick and his coach, click on the picture.
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PaperTigers 10th Anniversary Extra! Top 10 Multi-Cultural Picture Books by Cynthia Leitich SmithThursday, November 22nd, 2012
Just when we thought the party was over, hooray, thanks to a computer glitch (and with sincere apologies to Cynthia that her wonderful list got caught up in a computer saga too long to go into here), we are more than delighted to bring you a Top Ten of Favorite multicultural picture books from acclaimed author and blogger extraordinaire Cynthia Leitich Smith – and we know you'll love it too.
Cynthia's most recent YA book is Diabolical (Candlewick Press, 2012), the fourth novel in her best-selling "Tantalize" gothic fantasy series that also includes the graphic novel Tantalize: Kieren's Story illustrated by Ming Doyle (Candlewick Press, 2011). Cynthia's first YA novel was Rain is Not My Indian Name (HarperCollins, 2001), and her picture books include Jingle Dancer (HarperCollins, 2000) and Indian Shoes (HarperCollins, 2002), which like PaperTigers celebrates its 10th Anniversary this year. She has also co-authored the hilarious Santa Knows with her husband Greg Leitich Smith (illustrated by Steve Bjorkman; Dutton, 2006).
Cynthia has a vibrant website where you can find out all about her own writing and also explore invaluable resources about children's and YA literature, including a comprehensive celebration of diversity – and this is complimented by her sensational Cynsations blog, jam-pack full of kidlit news, author interviews, giveaways and more.
So on this day of Thanksgiving in the US, let's say a big thank you to all those who enrich the lives of young people and the young at heart through their books; and a special thank you to Cynthia, alongside my apologies, for enabling us to continue our 10th Anniversary celebrations a little longer…
10 Favorite Multi-Cultural Picture Books by Cynthia Leitich Smith
~ Crossing Bok Chitto: A Choctaw Tale of Friendship by Tim Tingle, illustrated by Jeanne Rorex Bridges (Cinco Puntos Press, 2006)
~ Dona Flor: A Tall Tale About a Giant Woman with a Big Heart by Pat Mora, illustrated by Raul Colon (Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2005)
~ Dumpling Soup by Jama Kim Rattigan, illustrated by Lillian Hsu-Flanders (Little, Brown, 1998)
~ Los Gatos Black on Halloween by Marisa Montes, illustrated by Yuyi Morales (Henry Holt, 2006)
~ Mama's Saris by Pooja Makhijani, illustrated by Elena Gomez (Little, Brown, 2007)
~ Monsoon by Uma Krishnaswami, illustrated by Jamel Akib (Farrar Straus Giroux, 2003)
~ Muskrat Will Be Swimming by Cheryl Savageau, illustrated by Robert Hynes, featuring Joseph Bruchac (Rising Moon, 1996)
~ The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson, illustrated by E.B. Lewis (Putnam, 2001)
~ Ron's Big Mission by Rose Blue and Corinne J. Naden, illustrated by Don Tate (Dutton, 2009)
~ Yo? Yes! by Chris Raschka (Scholastic, 2007)


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ONU's chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha, the national political science honor society, has received a grant of $900 from the national organization to fund a speaker series.
The grant, written by John Curiel, a senior political science major from Waukegan, Ill., and Daniella Chambers, a senior international studies and political science major from Fremont, Ohio, will be spent on establishing an alumni speaker series for the spring semester to highlight the types of jobs one can get in the field of political science.
This is the 11th time in 12 years that the ONU chapter has received grants from the national organization. Totaling more than $12,000, these grants have funded a variety of activities, including travel to conferences, research, and bringing outside speakers to the University.
ONU's chapter has been recognized as an "outstanding chapter" by the national organization five times in the past 10 years—more than any other chapter in the United States. The group is advised by Dr. Robert Alexander, chair of the Department of History, Politics, and Justice.


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It's burned into their/our brains. Don't cheer. Don't show any sign of emotion. Don't root for the team and make it appear there is any sort of bias.
My buddy John Gonzalez from The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote a great column a few Sunday's ago about not being part of the cheering section that sits just feet away from the press box. The topic was broached after the unwritten journalistic law was breached at the Daytona 500 – many writers cheered for 20-year old winner Trevor Bayne, but only one admitted it. He was fired.
As Gonzo notes, you're taught from a young age that being a fan and being a journalist won't mix. If you sit in that box, you're automatically given a stick to jam (you know where). Not that it's boring up there (it's not as dead and cold as some believe – there are hot dogs) but the missing element of fandom is evident. And that's a shame.
Each and every one of the people who sit in that box has a rooting interest in the game. They may not root particularly for that team, but generally speaking, each writer or tv/radio personality fell in love with sports and writing, married the two, and made a living out of it. Yet, we are taught not to let that cloud the picture.
Clearly, my rooting interests lay with the Phillies and all other Philadelphia sports teams, as well as a few others I'll save for another time. Gonzo is the same – he roots hard for the Philly squads, although that hasn't stopped him from ripping them or praising them, when need be.
It all brings me back to the NLDS Game 1, Roy Halladay's playoff no-hitter. For a fan like myself, and for Gonzo who sat next to me for the game, and for many others who grew up around this team and franchise, this should/could have been one of the most magical sports moments of their lifetime. Instead, many were comatose, or acting that way, in an attempt to uphold the sacred rule that says "No Love for the Game Here." And that's a shame.
As Halladay entered the top of the ninth, my flip cam was ready to rock, patiently waiting for the last out. My heart was aflutter – not only because I respect the hell out of Halladay and his peers, but because this was a moment to savor for someone who grew up aspiring to be on the field like Doc, and later, in the press box like Conlin, Ford, or Fitzpatrick. Clearly, my life went one direction (the under-athletic end up watching from behind home plate) but my passion for sport went nowhere.
After Carlos Ruiz picked up the dribbler in front of home plate to throw out Brandon Phillips at first base for the final out, I half-expected Bill Conlin (who was sitting just in front of me to my left) to start one of those cinematic slow-claps, setting the trend for most of the press box to join in on the hat-tip to Halladay and his performance.
It never came, not that I honestly believed it would.
But if the press can't celebrate an honor so remarkable, so seldom seen, then I guess there is no real hope for the future. We'll have to sit like drones, eating our free ice cream and hot dogs, while looking for nothing but a story inside this beautiful game.
Now, I'm not saying we should stand up and clap whenever someone touches home plate – I'm not sure I do that as a paying customer. What I would like to see is a special moment like a perfect game or playoff no-hitter, celebrated by people who supposedly enjoy the game.
I could just be talking in circles here. Maybe you as a fan don't realize, or care, about what goes on in the press box. And that's exactly the point. Who would it hurt should we observe an incredible moment?
Many of us at were fans one time. Maybe it's time we started acting like it again. At the time of the Halladay no-hitter, I wished that to be true, at least a little bit. There could have been some emotion.
Tom Bowles acted like a fan, and he was fired for it. And that's a shame.
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That's a shame, Pat… especially with Doc's playoff no-hitter. Sitting like drones as THAT moment unfolds live before your own eyes!? That's absurd.
I'm with you on this 100%.
I think the "Don't Cheer Under any Circumstances" rule should only apply to the National Media. There's a major difference between John Kruk pumping his fist after a Ryan Howard Homerun and a handful of beat writers high fiving during the final moments of a no hitter in the playoffs. When I turn on MLB Network or read the Sporting News, I'm hoping for unbiased coverage. When I watch Daily News Live or read the Inquirer, I'm expecting a fair amount of homerism. Personally, I think the problem is guys like Conlin taking themselves too seriously.
Good point. Maybe it's a leadership issue. If one well-reputed journalist who's been in the business long enough sets the trend… maybe it could change.
Or is this how journalists react (or not react, actually) in every other ballpark and for every other sport?
Great piece, great read. Agree 100%
I remember reading Gonzo's article and seriously thinking about how that very position is one I want to be in myself in just a few short years. There's a reason I want to be a sportswriter, because I genuinely love sports and writing, just as Pat said in this article. For Halladay's Game 1 no-hitter, the way I reacted from my living room would have had me thrown out of any press box in the nation, but for something that rare, you mean to tell me I'm not allowed to publicly show appreciation for such an accomplishment. We're not talking screaming "Let's Go Doc!" when he's one out away, but simply clapping gets you fired when all you're trying to do is recognize something amazing. In the same way, shouldn't it apply to something on a more local scale, like the Phillies' late comeback against the Dodgers in August of last year. You mean to tell me that it is morally wrong by clapping or even just doing something like throwing your hands up in the air. I thought that when people were given a job to write about a team that plays 162 games a year, that eventually it consumed their life to the point where they were a fan and an employee. Not turned them into stone cold statues who honor the game as if they were in a church where the slightest noise may be ordered to stifled. Gonzo nailed every part of that article. Before I started school in my quest to earn a similar job, I had heard about the no cheering rule. I run a blog about the Phillies, and I'm certainly not afraid to criticize anyone, Phillie or not, when the time comes, and just because the focus is on the Phillies doesn't mean I ignore the rest of baseball, when something good or bad happens. I'm not saying that openly cheering is what the press box needs, but a little emotion could go a long way in connecting with fans through something that ends up on paper.
Well said, Kevin!
A certain amount of professionalism should absolutely be required. But not allowing people to be human when they have witnessed something historic like the second no hitter in a playoff game, the first such in 55 years, is ridiculous.
Then buy a ticket for the game. As far as I know, the people in the press boxes do not have to pay for tickets. If you get a free ticket, and you are there to do a job, then you should not be cheering, if that is what the expectation is. If you don't like it, you are more than welcome to buy a ticket for the game and cheer as much as you want, like the rest of us do.
Back in the late 90's, I used to get free tickets to Yankees Stadium, sitting 18 rows off of 3rd base from my brother's company. They were corporate seats, where things were also usually pretty calm and quiet. I often got the offer for the tickets about 4 hours before the game, and had to get a train up to NYC. And the only rule was that I could not get drunk and act like a jackass. So I rushed out the door, went to games, stayed on my best behavior and saw some amazing games and players for free. Those were the conditions, and I accepted them.
I also used to get a lot of free Phillies tickets from his company, but I could act like a jackass because it was the late 90's and the Phillies often played in front of a sea of empty seats.
I haven't read Conlin for years – he may be a senior writer, but seems to openly disdain the sport and the people he covers. He's not as bad as Eskin, who wants to be a part of the story, but there is little joy reading his articles. Personally, I prefer the guys who report neutrally, but have a rooting interest, and appear to enjoy the sport and the story – Stark, Gammons, Simmons, Jim Caple, and on TV, Kruk, Reynolds, Costa.
I'm not a journalist, but how can you not applaud a no hitter/walk-off home run?
I don't get the not being able to cheer for a historic moment like Doc's no-hitter. Whether your a Philly fan or not, that was a great moment in sports history that should be able to be celebrated by all.
Pat, maybe your generation can change the culture a bit??
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DS3 has the best point. I am a Phillies fan, I cheer for the Phils, my wife thinks me a little overboard for the best team in all of baseball. Why would I care to read Conlin or any "National" broadcast medium when as a fan, I have Pat? Not to butter you up Pat, just making a point, you as a fan and a good writer are a perfect combination for this type of media – the fans blog. You add color that only a fan could appreciate.
As a matter of fact, when you do report on some of the other goings on in the ML and add some of that color, we get it – because we are familiar with your fandom.
Conlin's writing style is too abstract for me, if I wanted to read say how the Orioles or say the Blue Claws did this past wee, I would read more syndicated work. But, my team has a blog and a damn good write who happens to be a huge fan. Perfect combination for me!
I don't normally type like that – leaving out letters, etc – If sober (heh), I check my post before committing…
So the wee is supposed to be week, the last write is supposed to be writer.
Anyone else experiencing these minor gliches?
I read the High Cheese article this morning and while denying it, I can't help but think David Murphy has the same self importance as the crotchety old men he sits next to. Comparing the integrity and ethics of SPORTS journalism to that of a doctor, lawyer, or teacher is akin to enjoying the smell of your own stink.
You can't be a fan and a journalist at the same time.
Pick one.
The goal is objectivity. If you're a fan of the team, how can you be objective?
Exactly. Cheering in real life is fine, but in the press box it's all professional objectvity.
David for this type of fan blog you are absolutely wrong. I see Pat pulling no punches but then again there is no way to deny seeing the real fan in his writings as well.
Pat, I see your point but basically, I see Red first and foremost. If I want details on what else is going on, the internet provides all we need.
I thought that when Larry Anderson… and Wheels …. celebrated when the Phillies won the World Series, it showed that they were human. .
And for anyone to witness greatness – of a person or team that they spend most of their waking hours covering – and to not be happy for them is ridiculous.
Halladay throwing a no-no in the playoffs was something amazing – and it shouldn't be a set rule one way or the other. If people feel that greatness is worthy of applause, they shouldn't hold back …and for guys to restrain from clapping, cheering just because they feel that won't make them objective?? I don't get it
How does that prevent you from writing a story based on fact, or offering your opinion on a sports show, blog, etc..
And its to the point now where guys specifically AVOID wearing certain colors, or looking happy to see accomplishments by people that they know …


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Universal preschool plan becomes lawBy JOSH OGORMAN
VERMONT PRESS BUREAU | May 29,2014Albert J. Marro / Staff Photo
Gov. Peter Shumlin stands at the top of a slide with students and staff at the preschool program at Stafford Technical Center in Rutland after signing the early eduication bill Wednesday.A new law will open up early education to every child in the state.
During a ceremony Wednesday at the Stafford Technical Center in Rutland, Gov. Peter Shumlin signed a bill into law that will offer 10 hours of early education to every 3- and 4-year-old in the state.
This bill ensures that no matter where you live, your 3- or 4-year-old will have access to high-quality early education programs, and arrive at school better prepared to learn, Shumlin said.
The children who arent ready to learn when they begin elementary school are very likely to challenge our resources throughout their school years and potentially throughout their lives, he continued. We know that high-quality pre-kindergarten is far less expensive than remediation, retention and special education later on.
Rebecca Holcombe, secretary of the state Agency of Education, said an abundance of evidence demonstrates the efficacy of early education as a means to close the performance gap between students who live in poverty and those who do not.
On average, children who attend intensive, high-quality preschool programs are less likely to repeat a grade, drop out of high school, commit crimes or be placed in special education, Holcombe said.
They are likely to get better jobs and earn more money over the course of their work lives, she said. We see universal preschool as integral to Vermonts future economic vitality and to the ability of our youngest and most vulnerable to thrive in school and their communities.
While Vermont is increasing access to pre-kindergarten education which, in theory, will increase the number of students in the programs pre-K enrollment declined slightly on the national level during the 2012-13 school year, according to the National Institute for Early Education Research.
This represented the first decline since NIEER began tracking enrollment numbers in 2001.
Nationally, 28 percent of the nations 3- and 4-year-olds were enrolled in a pre-K program in 2012-13, compared with 48 percent of children of the same age in Vermont.
Vermont is one of 40 states plus the District of Columbia that offers state-funded pre-K education. During the 2012-13 school year, Vermont ranked fourth in the nation in offering access to early education, with the District of Columbia ranking first with 87 percent enrollment.
New York ranked 10th with 23 percent enrollment; Maine ranked 13th with 18 percent; Massachusetts came in 28th with 9 percent enrollment. New Hampshire does not offer state-funded early education, according to the NIEER study.
In Vermont, the new law provides for 10 hours of early education a week for 35 weeks a year at an array of approved programs, which include public schools, private early education and care programs, and Head Start.
The law also breaks down existing geographical boundaries and allows a child to access any program, and not just the one in his or her town.
Sen. Kevin Mullin, R-Rutland, a lead sponsor of the bill in the senate, discussed how the new law fixes that residential wrinkle.
A family with identical income living in a similar house paying the same property taxes to fund early education, depending on where they live, they either get the help or they dont, and thats just wrong, Mullin said.
If youre raising the money through a broad-based tax like the property tax, there should be equal opportunities for every child in Vermont, he said.
Rep. Sarah Buxton, D-Tunbridge, was the lead sponsor of a similar bill in the House.
It strengthens Vermonts appeal to young and working families. Over 70 percent of children under 6 live in households where all the adults are in the workforce. This is the reality of our current economy, Buxton said.
Universal access to high-quality learning is the silver bullet, because it strengthens our foundation for learning at a time when we know what matters and its proven to provide high returns on our investments.
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Great thread!
Looking forward to the game!
Alright, nobody's scheduled for today's game and personally I didn't have enough time today to make a solid thread, so you've got just this emergency stuff.
Great thread!
Looking forward to the game!
MSG coverage and Carmelo's playing.
I always forget just how big Dwight Howard is... Let's hope Tyson can stop him.
(I'm not even mentioning Stat helping out on defense... smh)
anyone with a clutch streaming feed of this one?
Dwight Howard 6'11 265
Amar'e Stoudemire 6'11 260
STAT looks like a bitch next to Howard
smh STAT
Why STAT...WHY
Former Knick all time great on the Magic bench. No I'm not talking about Ewing..."Q" and Duhon.
Can't believe Melo is playing.
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DD is 12 1/2 months old and we are going to go ahead and introduce cows milk. She is still nursing like 7-8 times a day and I want to cut out a few nursing sessions (not wanting to wean).
So I was told by the DCP to mix BM and cows milk as first to get DD used to the taste. Then slowly make the cows milk more cows milk until that is all it is.
Has anyone heard of this or done this? I would like to give her one sippy cup of cows milk a day for now. Is it better just to make it all cows milk right off the bat?


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SHERIDAN— Join the Wyoming Wilderness Association for the Spur Ranch Fest Sunday for biking, live music, beer, and more. The event will run from 11 a.m. until 9 p.m. at 86 Peno Rd. and is a $10 entry free for adults, and children under 10 get in free. All proceeds will benefit the Wyoming Wilderness Association and Red Grade Trail Project. For more information call 672-8459.
SHERIDAN — The Wyoming Office of Tourism will host the next event in a series of events called "Wyoming Wednesdays." Informative and interpretive programs about Sheridan are being offered at 10 a.m. most Wednesdays throughout July at the Wyoming Welcome Center. At this week's event, Cheri Jones of the United States Forest Service will talk about forest service policies and will focus on the Big Horn National Forest. The events are free and open to everyone. Attendees are encouraged to bring picnic lunches and stay and enjoy the visitor's center before or after each program. The center is located off of Interstate 90 on the Fifth Street exit. For more information call 673-7120.
SHERIDAN— The First Presbyterian Church will host a women's retreat from August 8 through August 10. Open to all women in the community, the retreat will be held at Camp Story. Dr. Anita Schamber, Christian life coach, is the guest speaker for the retreat. Those who would like to attend should pick u pa registration form at the church and return it before August 1. Registration costs $95 and covers food, lodging and materials. For more information please call Nancy Elliot at 674-6342.
SHERIDAN— The Never Flinch annual Summer Slam will be on Saturday, August 2 at 8 a.m. at the Sheridan YMCA. The annual Summer Slam is a 3-on-3, co-ed grass volleyball tournament that will help raise funds for the Weston Johnson Memorial Scholarship. The entry fee is $100 per team, and you can register up until 7:30 a.m. on August 2. For more information, please call Liz Dearcorn at 763-2614.
SHERIDAN — For the next event in a series of outings celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act of 1964 and the 30th anniversary of the Wyoming Wilderness Act of 1984, the Wyoming Wilderness Association will host a Grizzly Bear ecology tour in the Shoshone National Forest. On Saturday, Chuck Neal, a retired U.S. Department of the Interior ecologist, will lead the group into grizzly bear country and teach the ecology and biology of the bears. Bring a picnic lunch and spend time discussing the anniversary of wilderness areas. The walk will be approximately 5 miles roundtrip, and is a steep uphill climb. For more information or to register call the WWA at 672-2751 or email email@example.com.
SHERIDAN— The Elks Lodge will hold a fundraiser for Harold Johnson to help raise money for his cancer challenge. From 4-6p.m. on Saturday there will be a dinner, live music, and an auction. The cost is $10 and the lodge is located at 45 W. Brundage St. If you can't make it, you can send donations to the Harold Johnson Fund, PO box 5082, Sheridan, WY 82801. For more information please call Terry Jurosek at 686-7755 or Sara Silla at 461-1442.
SHERIDAN— Jentel Artist Residency Program is pleased to present this month's residents. "Jentel Presents" will take place Tuesday, from 5:30-7 p.m. at the Sagebrush Community Art Center. This month's presenters include an encaustic artist, a performance artist, a narrative fiction writer, a painter, a photographer and a fiction writer. The art center is located on the corner of Fifth and Broadway, and this event is free and open to the public.
SHERIDAN— The Sheridan Memorial Hospital will have a blood drive Thursday, August 7. There is a critical need for O negative and O positive blood types. From 11 a.m.- 3:30 p.m. in Conference Room B, Sheridan Memorial Hospital, 1401 W. Fifth St. Appointments are strongly recommended, but walk-ins are welcome. To schedule an appointment log onto www.bloodhero.com. For more information call Mike Frigon at 800-365-4450 ext. 3054.
SHERIDAN— The next Sheridan Farmers Market will be held Thursday on Grinnell Plaza. From 5-7 p.m. vendors will sell produce, arts and crafts and more as live music, children's activities, demonstrations and nonprofit booths are hosted. This week's activities include a watermelon eating contest, homemade pie contest, rooster crowing contest, a market basket raffle and a beer and wine garden. Attendance is free for customers and vendor booths are available to rent. For more information or to sign up as a vendor call Bonnie Gregory at the Downtown Sheridan Association 672-8881 or see sheridanfarmersmarket.org.
SHERIDAN — In celebration of their fourth anniversary, the Kula Space will host "Flavor of the Week," a weekly free class on Thursdays this summer at 5:30 p.m. Some of the free classes will request optional donations to support a local cause and suggestions of local causes to support are welcome. This week's class will be Barre Body with Michele. Sign-up is required and it is limited to 12. Donations will benefit The Food Group. For more information or to nominate a cause to promote contact Michele Fritz or Evelyn Ferrante at email@example.com. The studio is located in Journeys Center of Wellbeing at 37 S. Main St.
SHERIDAN— Help the Sheridan Jaycees raise funds to prevent malaria in Africa. On Thursday, August 7, there will be family fun at Kendrick Park starting at 6 p.m. There will be live entertainment from the Boot Hill band, dance lessons, silent auction, food vendors, and adult beverages. This is a fundraiser for Nothing but Nets, an international organization that supplies bed nets to African families. The event is free, but donations are appreciated. For more information call Michelle Edwards at 371-1460.
SHERIDAN— The NSI Academy presents their fall fest Friday August 8 and Saturday August 9. On Friday there will be a Pig Spit BBQ and live music by The Craft Brothers starting at 6 p.m. On Saturday at 9 a.m., there will be a 5k Color Run that you can register online for. There will also be a lunch and a duck race. Both days will feature musical performances by the student body and inflatables for the whole family. This event is free and open to the public, but donations are welcome to establish a performing arts program at NSI Academy. The NSI Academy is located at 5 Lane Ln. For more information call 674-6878.
SHERIDAN— The North Main Association presents a Taste of Sheridan, Sunday, August 10. Come try foods from ten different vendors at Thorne-Rider park from 3-7 p.m. Ten tickets may be purchased at the entrance for $20 and there is a beer and wine garden, kids' games, and live music performed by Canary Joe, Instagators, and Side Track. For more information or if you'd like to volunteer, call John at 763-2541.
SHERIDAN— Registration is now open for Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) class to be held on Thursday and Friday, August 21 and 22, from 8:15 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. at the Northern Wyoming Mental Health offices, 1701 W. Fifth St.
The two-day ASIST class is designed to supplement a caregiver's abilities to assist an at risk person. This class is free, however, space is limited so please contact Sydney Rowe at 620-9995 or email email@example.com.
BILLINGS— The Big Sky Dowser will meet at its 37th annual convention from Aug. 23-24 at the Moose Lodge in Billings, Mont.
Dowsing is a type of divination employed in attempts to locate ground water, buried metals or ores, gemstones, oil and many other objects and materials without the use of scientific apparatus.
Come to the convention and learn about dowsing and see it demonstrated and learn the technique. The special presenter will be Big Sky Dowser Charter Member Vern Bandy who will demonstrate dowsing rods he personally designed.
For further information call Edris at 406-255-0928, Lois at 406-252-4215, or Gary at 406-670-0821.
SHERIDAN— Pedigree and GreaterGood have teamed up to give selected shelters across the nation a makeover.
The Sheridan Dog and Cat Shelter has been selected to receive renovation, and needs volunteers to help finish the project.
The renovations will begin Aug. 23 and 24 at 9 a.m.
Volunteers can sign up online at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/sheridandogandcatshelter.
For more information call Katie Volney at 612-333-1723.
SHERIDAN— The Sheridan College math department will host its annual math "Boot Camp" workshop on Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
This workshop will be in room 203 in the Whitney Building and is free and open to Sheridan College students.
Additionally, Sheridan College offers academic support in the Tutoring Center and Math Center.
For more information about the math workshops, contact J. Araas at 674-6446, ext. 3103, or email at email@example.com. To register for classes, call 674-6446, ext. 2000.
SHERIDAN— Blacktooth Brewing will host a non-profit event on Tuesday from 5:30-7:30 p.m. For every pint sold, one dollar is donated to the Matthew Perkins Memorial Scholarship Fund. The Matthew Perkins Memorial Scholarship Fund is money that helps to subsidize educational travel opportunities for Sheridan High School and Fort McKenzie High School students. 50/50 tickets will be sold and Thrivent Builds will provide free hotdogs. Music by Canary Joe. For more information call Blacktooth Brewing at 675-2337.
BIG HORN— Professional polo announcer and young horse trainer Gus Whitelaw will be at the Brinton Barn in Big Horn Wednesday.
At 10 a.m. Whitelaw will give a horse demonstration and talk about training a young horse, getting a polo horse used to "traffic," the polo ball, field work and other horse-related topics.
This event is free and open to the public. For more information call 672-3173. The barn is located at #241, to the west of the Brinton Museum Entrance, 239 Brinton Road in Big Horn.
SHERIDAN — EMIT Technologies, the Recreation District and the Wellness Council have partnered to present ParkFit 2014.
Every Wednesday throughout the summer from 12:10-12:50 p.m. a free fitness class will be offered at one of the local parks.
The next session will be circuit by the A.J. Sare at Thorne-Rider Park.
A full schedule of ParkFit events can be seen at www.wellnesscouncilsc.org. All members of the community are invited to these free events.
BIG HORN— The first annual Big Horn Market will be Saturday, Aug. 30th from 9a.m.-2 p.m. Collette Eliason has been working with the Smokehouse and the Big Horn Mercantile to participate through great food and music. Although the event is small, there is a nice variety of participants from local artists paintings, pottery, baked goods (gluten free), home goods, locally made bath and body items, face-painting, wagon rides, locally grown vegetables and kids' activities. Big Horn Heritage Days will also bring live music to the Big Horn Smokehouse Friday and Saturday night. For more information call Collette Eliason at 752-3764.
SHERIDAN— Landon's Greenhouse invites the public to attend an informative workshop on fall planters Saturday, Aug. 30.
At 10 a.m. Jessica Bohnsack will guide participants through switching out their old summer pots, and replanting them with fall plants.
Attendees are asked to bring in their summer planters, dispose of them in Landon's green waste container, and then have the opportunity to purchase new soil and fall plants.
There will be a fee for soil and plants used.
Because space is limited, Landon's requests a pre-registration by calling 672-8340. You can also stop by Landon's Greenhouse at 505 College Meadows Dr.
SHERIDAN— Santosha Yoga will be offering a free week of yoga and meditation Sept. 2-8.
Participants will get the chance to choose one free class during the week, receive discount prices for fall sessions, enter daily drawing for chamber bucks, and donate and vote for a local non-profit of your choice.
There is a class schedule on their website at www.balancedlivingconsultants.com and the studio is located on the op floor of the old Taylor Elementary School, 1030 N. Main St.
For more information call Teddy Araas at 763-0017.
SHERIDAN— Powder Horn Kadies Golf Association and Sheridan Memorial Hospital Foundation are teaming up for two fundraisers next week. The events benefit medical advancements for Sheridan Hospital, or M.A.S.H. On Friday at 6 p.m. at the fairgrounds, there will be live music by Sidetrack, a buffet dinner from Big Horn Mountain Caterers, plus auctions. Tickets are $50 per person and you can get them by calling 673-2417. On Saturday, Sept. 6 at the Powder Horn golf course, there will be an 18-hole women's scramble. No handicap required and tee time is 8 a.m. For more infor go to www.sheridanhospital.org or call 673-2417.
SHERIDAN— More than 200 people from throughout Sheridan and Buffalo are expected to participate in the upcoming Out of the Darkness Community Walk on Saturday, Sept. 6. The fundraising walk supports the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) and AFSP Wyoming by helping to support local and national suicide prevention and awareness programs to reduce the annual rate of suicide by 20 percent by 2025. The Sheridan County Out of the Darkness Walk is one of more than 360 Out of the Darkness Community Walks being held this fall nationwide. The walks are expected to unite more than 100,000 walkers nationally and raise more than $12 million for suicide prevention efforts. The Sheridan County community walk will begin at Grinnell Plaza from 9-10 a.m. for registration and end at approximately noon. The Sheridan walk will have speaker, Shaun Damico, who will also be performing. There will be art projects including chalk art and memory rocks, a memory board for those who would like to share pictures of their loved ones, breakfast and coffee for volunteers prior to the walk and lunch for participants following the walk. For those interested in participating, or already registered, who may not be able to physically endure the walk route, there will be the opportunity to travel the last leg of the walk back into the square as the group returns. A private tent will also be available for those who feel as though they need mental health assistance and referral information. For more information call Sydney Rowe at 307-620-9995.


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The Legal Advocacy Program seeks to address the unmet legal needs of victims of domestic violence who, due to linguistic, cultural, and economic barriers, would not be able to access representation through normal channels. Initially established to provide emergency legal services, the program has expanded its capacity to include critically needed full representation in Probate and Family Court matters. Casa Myrna is one of the few programs in Massachusetts to provide clients with representation beyond the initial restraining order hearing, and provides ongoing comprehensive family law representation, as well as a Legal HelpLine.
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One of the most frustrating issues confronting Sullivan County legislators is the construction of the proposed county jail. The decision had been pushed back over the past several years because of the tough economic climate, but now lawmakers are slowly moving forward again.
At a meeting of the Department of Public Works (DPW) Committee on November 14, the jail situation was discussed. Ed McAndrew, the commissioner of the Sullivan County DPW, said that major repairs have been put on hold with the idea that at some point the new jail would be built. But there is a question about just how long some of the systems will continue to operate. He noted that the sewer pipes are imbedded in concrete, and are 80 to 100 years old. He said if and when they start to collapse, parts of the jail will not be able to hold inmates when repairs are made.
The cost of boarding inmates at other facilities was also discussed. Not too long ago, the cost of out-boarding inmates because of a lack of space was about $100,000 per year, but that cost has now gone up to about $1 million per year.
Josh Potosek, the acting county manager, told lawmakers at this rate the cost of building a new jail is about the same as operating the old one, which is in dire need of various repairs and upgrades.
Kathy LaBuda, chair of the committee, said the rising number of inmates that must be sent out of the county was because the Commission of Correction in Albany closed some 40 cells in the jail due to unsafe conditions. Also, she said, there is increased crime in the county, and there are various other causes.
There are two plans that legislators may be considering as the process moves forward: one is an $80 million jail with plans that are 90% complete, from LaBella Associates; another is a new plan being developed by Goldberg Group Architects (GGA), which will reportedly bring in a new jail at a cost of $40 million. Some members of the legislature, including LaBuda, are skeptical that a new jail can be built for such a low cost; a somewhat more detailed plan from GGA will be presented to the legislature soon.
During a wide-ranging discussion about the jail, lawmaker Gene Benson was adamant that the parcel on which the former Woodbourne Correctional Facility is located be considered as a site for the jail, because there is already sewer and water at the location, which is not the case with the site selected by the former legislature on Old Route 17 just outside of Monticello.
He asked why the jail must be built in or near the county seat. Lawmaker Scott Samuelson said it was because of the cost of transporting prisoners to courts and various appointments.
Benson noted that inmates are transported to all 15 towns in the county.
Jail administrator Hal Smith said that is true, but most of those transports are to the Town of Thompson court, the Village of Monticello Court and the county court. He said, "Yes, we do go to the Town of Rockland, but we go there once a month and we probably take two people. We probably go to the Town of Lumberland once every four months with one person. We go to Cochecton maybe three times a year."
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And I'd trade him in a heartbeat for Dwill!
We found our PG. Leader, get a lot of assists, scores a lot, efficient, tough, brings defense, rarely missed any games in his career, and none this season. He's phenomenal.
Sig made by Sons of Thunder
And I'd trade him in a heartbeat for Dwill!
Felton is overachieving but there is a reason his contract is 2 years. If there is a chance to sign D Will or Chris Paul, Felton is as good as gone.
I like the way he is playing. But i would rather keep Chandler and Galo in a trade combo
I like Felt but gimme Chris Paul. I would trade anybody not named STAT for him. Melo, I would wait til the off-season to sign.
Raymond Felton is a major upgrade over Chris Duhon.
I don't think he's going to keep up this hot shooting, because he does shoot just 41% from the field for his career, but I like how he plays. He's tough and good in the clutch.
Jeremon Linbury
Don't worry, we'll keep him. D'ant and Amare love him
Orange and blue, yesterday, today, and tomorrow...
I think we have enough time to truly evaluate him. If keeps playing the way he is not; no reson to look for a PG any further; we have our PG!
Get a new owner!!!
With Felton we have an above average point guard. What we need now is to acquire other above average players to surround him and STAT.
felton reminds me of mark jackson! reliable and tough. id keep him!
Will we ever win a championship again? Id like to think so!


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Kiss Army................ take 3
ok jam, i dunno what your thoughts are on this one, but i recently watched a interview of paul stanley and the interviewer asked if there would ever be a reunion with ace and peter, paul said "no"
but added "when we did the farewell tour, it was because we were saying farewell to the other two, but gene and i were continuing."
this is why i cant follow them, gene and paul are always taking shots at ace and peter, if they dislike them so much, why do they use ace an peter's songs in concert?
there is no such thing as kiss without ace and peter and that is the group i fell in love with.


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Fair To Midland -- St. Paul, MN -- March 24, 2011
Just got back from the show. HOLY FUCK! The best 13 bucks I've spent in along time.
I'll get into detail about everything tomorrow, I'm just too tired to go into detail about everything that happened *BUT THERE IS A LOT OF INSIDER INFORMATION I WILL GIVE TOMORROW CONCERNING TWO OF THE BANDS THAT PLAYED TONIGHT* but until then here's 3 pictures you guys might enjoy:
Me and Scale The Summit guitarist, Chris Letchford
Periphery vocalist, Spencer Sotelo and myself
Periphery Lead Guitarist, Misha, The Electric Lightbulb, Mansoor, and myself.
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Ok, so Periphery is on Summer Slaughter?
also: DJENT GUY!
11/5 - Wayfarer
11/9 - Black Dahlia Murder & Napalm Death
11/25 - Henry Rollins
12/1 - Extinction A.D.
Can you come over the horizon to bring me the hairpray?
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hairpray! \m/
also before it gets out of hand, i reviewed bmth's latest album and liked it but i absolutely hate everything else they've done!
11/5 - Wayfarer
11/9 - Black Dahlia Murder & Napalm Death
11/25 - Henry Rollins
12/1 - Extinction A.D.
BTW, no, I wasn't hinting at anything. Periphery is not touring with Bring Me The Horizon, or at least I pray to the gods of skinny punks that doesn't happen...or Spencer lied to me. But I don't think so. The info he gave me sounds pretty damn true and about damn time.
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Fucking kickass show.
I'm not 100% percent sure about the order
1. New Groove
2. Letter Experiment
3. Jetpacks was Yes!
4. Buttersnips
5. Light
6. New Live Intro
7. Totla Mad
8. Frak the Gods!
9. Icarus Lives!
10. The Walk
Also not sure on the order
Scale the Summit
1. Colossal
2. The Great Plains
3. Emersion
4. Levitated
5. Drifting Figures
6. Alpenglow
7. Gallows
8. Levitated
Also: how was the crowd reaction for Periphery? Fair to Midland isn't metal, and I'm afraid there isn't going to be any moshes or anything for my djent boys. My friends and I might try to start one if that's the case; I can't possibly stand still when I hear The Walk or Frak the Gods
oh and no Zyglrox? Sad face.
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Damn beat me to it. That's what I get for waiting till the next day. Periphery is dead on, but Scale the Summit played everything on The Collective except but Sacred Earth and Black Earth. I'll get into that in the review. As you guys may or may not know, my reviews have more to do with everything but the actual show.
Oh and Fair To Midland is indeed Metal. just wait till you hear thier new songs, especially Rikki Tikki Tavi. No I'm not bullshitting.
Anyways here my review.
For those interested, about an hour before the show did an hour long podcast together that will be up this weekend. It's basically us discussing our favorite albums of 2011 so far, along with a lot of sidetracks about other bands and our different opinions on them. I'll post the link in the general chat if anyone is interested when it comes out.
When I got in I went straight to the merch table. I picked up a Periphery sweatshirt jacket for 10 Bucks! it's got the blue Periphery logo from what I'm guessing is the last year since they had other sweatshirt jackets for normal concert prices.
The first band up was a local opener called Reaping Asmodeia. They are a local Tech. Death Metal band I've done a few shows with. Really cool guys. The music I wasn't really into that much. For me it had a little too much Deathcore for my liking. But their stage show is funny as hell. Although they weren't the best choice for a opening act. They did a hell of a job.
Next up was Scale The Summit, and damn they have gotten so much better from the Progressive Nation 2009 tour I last saw them at.Originally they were only going to be playing a 25 minute set, then one of the promoters of the tour went on stage to let them know they actually had a 45 minute set. So with that being the case, they played all but 2 songs off The Collective (Black Hills, Balkan) and The Great Plains.
Next up was Periphery. I just gotta say this. I love the band, they write great music and can pull it off damn well live, but their fans suck! One song in and I got my ass handed to me by the asshole 16 year old Hot Topic fans who just discovered that Math metal is cool. Everyone of drinking age was just looking at the 16 year olds and laughing at them for trying to start the mosh shit. Luckily they were able to get out of the way of them. My favorite Periphery song is Letter Experiment and I couldn't even enjoy it. So about half way through Jetpacks Was Yes! I left the pit and stayed out the rest of the night. It turns out none of the bands had setlists on this tour so I figured it wasn't even worth it.
So I went to the back and the sides before eventually going to the bar area to watch the rest of the rest.
Between Periphery and Fair To Midland, I got to hang out with Spencer Sotelo for about 10 minutes.
Here's insider information number one. This summer, Periphery will be doing a headlining tour. Although Spencer couldn't legally tell us who is opening for them, I joked around that the support should be Animals As Leaders and Tesseract. He then gave me a huge smile saying, "If you like our and their styles, you will love this tour." So, I guess we'll find out eventually for sure.
He was also talking about how the 2nd album is going to blow the debut album to shame. In his words there will be much more diversity and insanity. In my humble opinion, the more they more away from using the Djent chords, they better they will be. I mean obviously leave a little bit to keep their style going, but the non-djent parts of their songs are absolutely the best.
My other favorite line from Spencer was the reason why they haven't played Ow My Feels or Racecar yet is that they have yet to ever fully learn the songs. But for the upcoming headlining tours, they will learn both.
So then came on Fair To Midland. Who easily put on one of the best damn stage shows of any live band I will ever see. While I don't know the exact setlist, this is very damn close, if not the same setlist. I only say that because I'm not familiar wit the new songs:
Whiskey and Ritalin
Walls of Jericho
Musical Chairs Play Video
April Fools and Eggmen
Tall Tales Taste Like Sour Grapes
Rikki Tikki Tavi
Dance of the Manatee
Amarillo Sleeps on My Pillow
Golden Parachutes
During this time, I tried going back into the pit, but there was so many people I just wasn't up to it when I could hang out with the bands at the Merch tables. During this time I hung out with Misha for the first time of the night. He was singing along with Walls Of Jericho at the Merch Table, it was fucking hilarious. I got his autograph on a poster of the show. But the talks he was having with the other guys was hilarious. About where to sign autographs on guys to popping pills and crack *obviously joking*
I went over to Scale The Summit's merch table after this and talked to Chris and Jordan. I bought the new album and told them how impressed I was with the new material and how much they've improved since Progressive nation, they were both very gracious. Although they had a lot of people starting to talk to them when I did it wasn't the last I talked to Chris.
After all the hot topic kids discovered Misha was at the Merch table I went back to the bar area to watch the rest of FTM's set. During Dance Of The Manatee, singer, Darroh jumped up to the rafters, scaled the whole audience right side of lights and started singing upside down, then eventually jumping down into the crowd to finish up the set. During the last song, Golden Parachutes Misha went on stage and gave Darroh a piggy back ride, which lead to Darroh stage diving into the crowd for the finale.
After the show was the best conversations I had.
I went to back over to see Misha to get a picture *since I have a phone where I can actually take pictures on now I can actually now prove I met the musicians I've said I have* after 2 failed attempts we finally got a somewhat decent picture.
Then I went over to Scale The Summit table again where they were backing up. I wanted to talk to Chris again because he is like me musically where we enjoy almost all the same types of music. We talked for what felt like almost an hour. Everything from the new album, to the tour, to new music, to Jazz, to just simply band life.
And here comes insider information number two: First up Scale The Summit will be direct support for The Human Abstract's upcoming summer tour in a 5 band bill. I totally forgot two of the band he mentioned from last night but I do remember the band This Or The Apocalypse will be one of them. But as I just said Scale The Summit will be direct support, but sadly is not coming to Minnesota. Dates will be announced soon.. Followed by a tour of Europe and back here for either another direct support tour, or HEADLINING tour in the fall.
So after a really cool talk with Chris, I got my picture with him, and let him head over to Buffalo Wild Wings.
I lastly went over to the Fair To Midland table which was the same area as Periphery's table. I talked to guitarist, Cliff for a good long while. The other insider information is that FTM will be on tour in June when the new album comes out. But we had some good talks as well about music of all styles.
From there on out I just drove home to STS's The Collective blasting out of my car and enjoying what was a great night.
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This is the bill in Pittsburgh.
True Widow: 4/27
No Joy: 4/30
Youth Code: 5/2
Lush: 5/6-7
Mitochondrion: 5/21
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Skip to comments.The Utterly Horrifying English Welfare State
Posted on 04/29/2012 7:23:42 AM PDT by Kaslin
Ive occasionally commented on foolish public policy in the United Kingdom, including analysis on how the welfare state destroys lives and turns people into despicable moochers.
But if you really want to understand the horrifying absurdity of the welfare state, check out these passages from a report in the Daily Mail.
Carl Cooper thought he was doing a public service by offering seven benefits claimants the chance to work for him. But the company boss was flabbergasted when none of them turned up on the first day. Astonishingly, not a single one even had the courtesy to tell the marketing firm boss they would not be coming in. Mr Cooper and other staff members called the new employees to ask them where they were. Initially, some refused to answer their phones when they recognised the number calling them. When the staff finally got through, five said they would be better off staying on state benefits rather than doing the commission-based work. Four of the seven also claimed torrential rain had put them off.
Wow. Five out of seven admitted that mooching off the taxpayers was a better way to live. What does that tell us about the over-generosity of handouts?
Lets continue.
Mr Cooper, who runs Car Smart, a marketing firm for independent car dealers in Canterbury, Kent, criticised the benefits system and said it rewarded people for doing nothing. He added: I was left stunned when none of the new recruits turned up for work. They are a bunch of workshy layabouts. These are people who are so morally twisted that they would rather stay on the dole than work. People keep saying there are not enough jobs in the UK but the real problem is that there are not enough determined or ambitious people. The benefit system is too generous and encourages the unemployed to stay unemployed and just breeds more laziness.
But its even worse than Mr. Cooper realizes. Hell still be paying these people, but in the form of taxes that then get redistributed to subsidize idleness.
You might think the moochers would lose their benefits because they chose laziness over work, but you would be wrong.
Mr Cooper said all his employees received a basic retainer of £100 a week initially and are enrolled on to the companys commission structure, which could see earnings rise to up to £400 a week. The jobseekers who failed to turn up will not lose their benefits because the basic pay is under the minimum wage.
I found the above story via Kyle Smith, who also cites a story from the Times about a crazy proposal to have bureaucrats scrub floors and serve as human alarm clocks for the welfare class.
Town hall officials have been told to get down on their hands and knees and clean the floors of the homes they visit under David Camerons Troubled Families programme. They have also been urged to turn up at family homes at 7am if necessary to get parents out of bed and children ready for school on time. The orders were issued by the programme head, Louise Casey I want to see people rolling up their sleeves and getting down and cleaning the floors if that is what needs to be done. If a family needs to be shown how to heat up a pizza, show them how to do it. If it takes going round three times a week at 7am to get Mum up, then do it.
I would have included a link to the underlying story, but the Times has the most incompetently designed website Ive ever encountered (presumably because they want to charge, but they dont even give you a chance to click on the story and then pay).
Anyhow, I have three quick reactions to this bit of foolishness.
1. Id like to see the head bureaucrat, Ms. Casey, spend a month scrubbing floors and waking people up at 7:00 a.m. She strikes me as the typical leftist clown, sitting in an office enjoying a cushy and overpaid job while dreaming up absurd ideas on how to waste taxpayer money. Maybe if she gets her hands dirty by rolling up [her] sleeves, shell learn the difference between blackboard theorizing and the real world.
2. My gut reaction is that the government should cut the handouts to these dysfunctional households. For every day the welfare bums arent up on time to get their kids to school, they lose 10 percent of their loot. If their floors are dirty, thats another 10 percent. If you want to change their behavior, start cutting into the budget for cigarettes and booze.
3. More realistically, were dealing with a problem of people who have little if any self-respect, and they pass horrible habits to their children. Kicking them off the dole might wake up some of them, but I suspect more than a few of them are past the point of no return. Society would probably be better off if their kids were put in foster homes, but Im sure government would screw that up as well.
Stories like this leave me increasingly convinced that the only good approach is radical decentralization. Get these programs out of capital cities like Washington and London. The U.S. welfare reform was a decent start, but get responsibility to the local level. And in cities, put neighborhoods in charge. Have those small communities in charge of raising the money and spending the money.
That approach is far more likely to generate good ideas and good solutions, though I confess Im pessimistic about anything working.
But we should figure out ways to stop inter-generational poverty and welfare. I gather its considered bad form to suggest mandatory birth control for welfare recipients, so has anyone proposed a different approach that might work?
Sounds like the US.
Hunger and cold can be great motivators. End welfare and see how many able bodied people are suddenly able to find work.
It is all just a simple vote buying scheme and the tax payers that are paying it are laughed at by the criminal class. (Read: Politicians)
Self-esteem they have plenty.
Self-RESPECT, not at all.
After being told how special and wonderful they are, they end up with a thin shell of "ain't-I-the-best" that can crack at the slightest bump.
These self-esteem junkies have no ability to stand on their own merits because they know they have nothing to buttress their claim of self-esteem. Consequently, at the slightest insult or "dis" they have an absolute breakdown. . .all because they expect, no, demand others worship their wonderfulness when they know they ain't that great.
Self-Respect ensures the person's confidence because they know they earned respect from themselves and will not really care what others think.
I have seen section eight recipients nearly mob assault the mailman for bring the reparations, I mean, gubmint checks a couple days late.
You have generations of people in the US that have learned how to eke out an existence on govt. handouts, working part time washing cars, picking up scrap, living in hovels that were handed down to them by their forebears that did work, and generally avoiding anything resembling a forty hour work week.
The crash is going to hurt these people very badly, and when it does, look out, because they have no compunctions about taking what isn't theirs, and having no qualms about using violence to do so.
I have to deal with these ise;ess eaters everyday. Some have had their cards for years. One handed me his card and said "sorry it's broken in half, but I've had it for eleven years". I wanted to slap him!
They come with cart loads os steaks and shrimp, chips, pop, cakes and cookies. They "proudly" pull out the EBT card to pay. Then they have another load of toys, clothes and household items I would like to have but can't afford. They pull out a credit card or a $100 bill to pay.
They have nice clothes, hair and nails done, and an enormous attitude when their card doesn't have enough money on it. They are the fattest poverty stricken people I have ever seen. Many are illegals who have 3 or more children and another on the way. They have wads of fifty and hundred dollar bills in their wallets. The men use the cards and I wonder "how did this illegal man get this card"? Well, his wife/girlfriend gave it to him thanks to their anchor baby, its momma, and liberal ignorance.
The taxpayers are being spit upon even though we contribute, while the thieves prosper off of our hard work.
They say that there is a rape every ten minutes. Yes there is, and the taxpayers are the victims.
The most important lesson in this story is that welfare dependency knows no race nor ethnicity - in the US it's largely (though not exclusively) blacks and hispanics who fall into the statist trap; in Britain, it's only taken a generation or two to suck in the lower echelons of the white population.
A dirty little secret of the liberal do-goooders is that they don't really think blacks can make it on their own, and so they draw much of the minority population into a continual cycle of welfare dependency, all the while congratulating themselves on their compassion. And with the current administration, providing record numbers of people food stamps and never-ending unemployment benefits, it won't be long before that culture of dependency seeps out of the ghettos, barrios and white-trash trailer parks into much of middle America.
Think of parasites like worms and ticks. If unchecked, they will ultimately kill the host by literally sucking the lifeblood out of it. Parasites may seem a cruel word to use with respect to our welfare system but it is what it is.
Sad to say, even good people can be destroyed once they enter the welfare system. In the recent economic downturn, I personally know people that lost their jobs that I used to consider honest, hard-working people. But the generous unemployment checks have, I'm sorry to say, corrupted them. One formerly good friend of mine has been out of work for nearly three years and I went over to see him and his wife a few months ago.
It was a sad sight to see. Their once tidy home has been reduced to shambles. Junk and overgrown weeds are in the yard. The home is a dark, dirty place with the shades drawn in the middle of the day with only the light of a couple of TV sets that appear to be perpetually kept on. Yes, they were big screens - recently purchased.
The house was well stocked with food but it was mostly junk. Half empty bags of chips and cookies appears to be everywhere on the filthy kitchen counter and living room coffee table. My friend and his wife basically lies around all day on the couches drinking beer and eating chips while watching TV while dirty dishes pile up in the sink.
It seems lying around the home fosters laziness. People that work 40-60 hrs a week (or more) at fulltime jobs can be seen on weekends running chores, doing yardwork, etc. Their homes and yards are usually kept immaculate. But give them nothing to do all day and everything else falls by the wayside. Now running the laundry and mowing the yard seems like a big hassle once you get used to lounging around all day watching television.
Idleness fosters laziness and it becomes a vicious cycle that utterly destroys the lives of people caught up in it.
The only way we can beat this vicious cycle is to end welfare. Discontinue the EBT cards and rewarding young girls for having babies out of wedlock. Limit unemployment to only a few weeks. Get the federal government and even the state government 100% out of the welfare business. Keep it at the local level.
Once the towns become responsible for any welfare programs, see how fast welfare fraud is eliminated. It's one thing to have people cheating a system that is based in Washington D.C. or in some far-flung state capital that could be hundreds of miles away. But when the town raises your property tax because some freeloaders three houses down from you are cheating the system - well, let's just say that there is nothing like a little peer pressure to get people off their lazy butts.
Time to go Galt and watch the whole thing implode.
excellent article
and it could have been written about the USA.
I had no idea how much we give to people on the dole.
it is the same, why would anyone work when they can LIVE off the rest of us.
did you know we give in addition to WIC and food stamps, cash to dolers?
housing either free or nearly free
extra money at the start of every school year, even to anchor babies?
of course in addition to food stamps we give breakfast lunch and after school snacks, in most ataates all year round including saturdays in some
cimputers to school kids
cell phones and 250 mins
some states give cars
and we cover burial costs.
Seriously who would work at a MickeyD's or Walmart?
Why does ANYONE even work in the UK????
"Time to go Galt and watch the whole thing implode."
I did that in 1969 and I'm still waiting! Folks have a remarkable tolerance for societal degradation and socialism, evidently.
At least my life was spent off the grid and outside the matrix. ;^)
The problem with cutting benefits in a nutshell:
1. Eventually, someone publishes a picture of a "starving" child or some exaggerated sob story.
2. Women read the picture and get all weepy.
3. Leftist politicians play to to his sentiment to show how "mean" and "heartless" the reformers are (hurting our kids, blah, blah, blah)
4. Weak-kneed conservatives knuckle under and rescind the reforms.
5. Kids grow up just like their Mum and (? Dad).
That's because the UK invented socialism. Robert Owen, part owner of a cotton mill in Scotland, got rich the John Kerry way: he married into it. He lost his wealth over 4 years funding one of the first socialist commune experiments, in New Harmony Indiana of all places. He returned to the UK a failure but made a living selling socialist propaganda.
New Harmony, a socialist utopia attempt in Indiana:
Those who enable the dependent class have found a new place to shunt them - onto Social Security Disability.
Dependent ones are bankrupting the SS system for the elderly who paid into it, undermining it for those who really are disabled, and destroying it for those who are currently paying into it.
There is also a practical reality. If you take the job, and it doesn't pan out, then you have to jump through all the hoops you already jumped through once to get back on the dole. People who have managed to finally get the benefits and housing and income they want from the government aren't going to risk it for a paycheck that they could lose, and then leave them with nothing.
I know people like this. It takes a long time and it takes a lot of patience, even a lot of mentoring, to work the system and get all the benefits. Once you've got them you won't risk them for a job that pays maybe minimum wage which could lay you off tomorrow. They won't do it.
Thats why the only answer is to make the benefits contingent upon going through some vocational training, and then cut them off on date certain.
I watched a TV show about gypsies and one of the couples was in England. The wife living a trailer with her baby. She got tired of that lifestyle and bang, the next time you see here she is in a pretty nice apartment and is telling the show producer where her big screen telly was going to hang.. I mean how does that work? "Hello UK Public Services I want a free apartment for me and my kid. Thank you"
The UK is a perfect audio-visual aid for the kind of socialist welfare state Ubama and the rats want for the US. The welfare crowd is, after all, the Democrat Party "base". Why wouldn't the rats want their voter base to be as large as possible? This ain't rocket surgery.
Obama and his fellow "redistributionists" don't point that out, for to do so would reveal the scam such politicians run on uninformed citizens. Europe now presents an example of consequences of such thinking, just as it did in the 1700's and 1800's.
The problem with today's Administration in America is that they studied and are devoted to the the ideas of Marx, Lenin, and Keynes when they should have been reading Adam Smith and America's founders. Had they digested the ideas which made America a place of freedom, opportunity, prosperity and plenty, they would know that "the Wealth of Nations" results from the efforts of innovative individuals, as they go about meeting the needs of others, unburdened by coercive planners and choosers of winners and losers.
Coercive "taking" power, when wielded against the citizenry by either the government alone (taxing), or in combination with another power (unions), is destructive of freedom and prosperity and leads to envy, greed, and want.
The following statement by Sir Winston Churchill, upon leaving office as Prime Minister in 1945, was prophetic for Great Britain, and as it turns out, the United States and the world:
"I do not believe in the power of the State to plan and enforce. No matter how numerous are the committees they set up or the ever-growing hordes of officials they employ or the severity of the punishments they inflict or threaten, they can't approach the high level of internal economic production achieved under free enterprise. Personal initiative, competitive selection, and profit motive corrected by failure and the infinite processes of good housekeeping and personal ingenuity, these constitute the life of a free society. It is this vital creative impulse that I deeply fear the doctrines and policies of the socialist government has destroyed. Nothing that they can plan and order and rush around enforcing will take its place. They have broken the main spring and until we get a new one, the watch wil not go. Set the people free. Get out of the way and let them make the best of themselves. I am sure that this policy of equalizing misery and organizing society--instead of allowing diligence, self-interest and ingenuity to produce abundance--has only to be prolonged to kill this British Island stone dead."
In the early days of America's experiment in liberty, its Founders warned of oppressive taxation by those elected to represent the people. Under their "People's" Constitution, the people were left free, and the government was limited.
While Europe struggled with oppressive government intervention, the genius Founders of America recognized enduring truths about human nature, the human tendency to abuse power, and the possibilities of liberty for individuals. Richard Frothingham's 1872 "History of the Rise of the Republic of the United States," Page 14, contained the following footnote item on the condition of citizens of France:
"Footnote 1. M. de Champagny (Dublin Review, April, 1868) says of France, 'We were and are unable to go from Paris to Neuilly; or dine more than twenty together; or have in our portmanteau three copies of the same tract; or lend a book to a friend: or put a patch of mortar on our own house, if it stands in the street; or kill a partridge; or plant a tree near the road-side; or take coal out of our own land: or teach three or four children to read, . .. without permission from the civil government.'"
Clearly the government of France at that 1868 date laid an oppressive regulatory and tax burden on citizens, robbing them of their Creator-endowed liberty and enjoyment thereof. Frothingham observed that such coercive power constituted "a noble form robbed of its lifegiving spirit."
Thomas Jefferson warned Americans:
"To preserve [the] independence [of the people,] we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our election between economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude. If we run into such debts as that we must be taxed in our meat and in our drink, in our necessaries and our comforts, in our labors and our amusements, for our callings and our creeds, as the people of England are, our people, like them, must come to labor sixteen hours in the twenty-four, give the earnings of fifteen of these to the government for their debts and daily expenses, and the sixteenth being insufficient to afford us bread, we must live, as they now do, on oatmeal and potatoes, have no time to think, no means of calling the mismanagers to account, but be glad to obtain subsistence by hiring ourselves to rivet their chains on the necks of our fellow-sufferers." --Thomas Jefferson to Samuel Kercheval, 1816. ME 15:39
Note Jefferson's very last thought here. He declares that when government taxing and debt have reached certain levels, in order for individuals to survive, then their chosen "employment" becomes "hiring ourselves to rivet their (the government's) chains on the necks of our fellow-sufferers." Might that account for why it is government employment levels which have risen at such great rates in the past 2 years?
Ahhh, guess that's what you call "redistributing" wealth! In Jefferson's words, it's called "rivet(ing) chains on the necks of our fellow-sufferers."
That's why the GOP primary voters voted for Romney, followed by Santorum (for the Evangelical bloc). They were both big-government, nanny-state guys, little different from Obama, except for their self-serving and often recently "discovered" conservative social positions.
Sadly, that seems to be what Americans want.
I knew a woman in California who got SSI because she said that working gave her a headache.
Life gives me a headache. I wonder if I can get SSI.
Maybe they need some advice from real conservatives!
I have to wonder how that's done. When I had back problems so bad I couldn't even breathe without it hurting, and had dizzy spells so bad I couldn't talk straight, I gave in and tried to apply for disability benefits. I was rejected because I "wasn't disabled enough".
Re: Jefferson's thoughts
The irony is that President Jefferson is well known for mismanaging his personal finances.
His advice is still sound.
Subsidizing poverty gets you more poverty.
"Dependent ones are bankrupting the SS system for the elderly who paid into it, undermining it for those who really are disabled, and destroying it for those who are currently paying into it."
Very true. There is a couple living next to my in-laws in their 40's with two children. They haven't worked in 10 years due to disabilities and proudly tell everyone they are on social security disability. His muscle condition prevents him from holding a job but he is able to climb up on his roof, tend a garden, and ride a tractor.
"Dependent ones are bankrupting the SS system for the elderly who paid into it, undermining it for those who really are disabled, and destroying it for those who are currently paying into it."
Very true. There is a couple living next to my in-laws in their 40's with two children. They haven't worked in 10 years due to disabilities and proudly tell everyone they are on social security disability. His muscle condition prevents him from holding a job but he is able to climb up on his roof, tend a garden, and ride a tractor.
The UK is not alone: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2875196/posts
I think it basically depended on the caseworker. CA had many caseworkers who felt that their job was to get everybody on SSI. They'd now be hanging out with the Occupy crowd.
We had a couple in their 50s here who got in a dispute with a neighbor and during the course of it, someone mentioned that they both lived on disability. They were both former schoolteachers who had lived here about 5 years, and did nothing but get into disputes with the city or with their neighbors for "disturbing their peace."
However, in the course of this particular dispute, it emerged that they jogged on the beach every day, had a sailboat and sailed it with no problem, traveled all over the world, etc. They immediately announced that their disabilities were not visible, but I think they blew it, because the last I heard of them, an investigation had been opened. I sure hope they get the max, have to repay every dime and even go to jail.
There are people who actually need assistance, and these self-obsessed, unscrupulous jerks are essentially taking money from the people who need it.
In this very white state SSDI is known as white man's welfare.
I cannot begin to tell you how many people have been eased into nonproductivity here. I think more are at home than are working.
Me? I teach my kids to not earn a lot and to barter and grow food so they wont have to support these losers.
"There are people who actually need assistance, and these self-obsessed, unscrupulous jerks are essentially taking money from the people who need it."
Unfortunately it is to the advantage of the current administration to expand the rolls of the disabled geometrically. It makes people dependent so they vote Democrat. It also takes them out of the unemployment statistics. If they are collecting disability they aren't reported as unemployed so the unemployment rate goes down. This is a huge welfare boondoggle positioned as disability and is driving the social security to insolvency quicker than it would go otherwise. No doubt the ultimate goal here is to get to means testing social security quicker so those who have paid in for 30-40 years and saved will not get benefits and those who have developed disabilities at an early age and not paid in will get full benefits.
Isn't socialism great!
"Me? I teach my kids to not earn a lot and to barter and grow food so they wont have to support these losers."
There are plans afoot to try to make that kind of thing illegal and impossible.
The "rich" are the real 'Working class.'
Poor are the Leisure class....
Barter to avoid taxation already is illegal.
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Lenders help give new life to shop
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Cade Archuleta, owner of Tip Top, underscored WCL's positive impact, saying, "My experience in dealing with Woodlands has been so very pleasant. From day one, it was clear that they were going to do as much as possible to help a small and fairly new business like Tip Top succeed. Small businesses need a little help to grow sometimes, and I am extremely grateful that there is a resource like Woodlands in our area."
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A Gambler Psychology on Wall Street
But it's also the song of a new kind of small "investor," one who focuses on stocks' daily movements and may read this site. Felix Salmon called them "hobbyist" investors at Reuters and they're not really investors at all.
They're gamblers. We're gamblers.
I have a number of things in my retirement portfolio, and I disclose each holding whenever I write. But the best-performing thing I have is an index fund tied to the Standard & Poor's 500 index.Since 2009 it's up over 20%; while some of my individual stocks have done better than that, the average isn't that good.
I make this admission freely because I've never pretended to be anything other than a financial journalist. I am not a financial analyst, I write financial articles. I suspect my performance is fairly typical.
The lesson is that when you chase momentum you usually get burned, and there's always momentum in stocks. That's the "action," and you can play it up or down.If you've been short Apple (AAPL) the last three months, you're in clover. If you were short Netflix (NFLX) a year ago, you were making big money, too.
Well, maybe you weren't "making" money. You were "winning" it. But the cash of some lottery winner spends as well as Tim Cook's paycheck.
The question is, has Apple's business really changed in that year? It is, even today, trading for 8% more than it was back then. Had you bought into Netflix back in October 2011, when it was at its speculative high, you're still down 29% even with its latest pop.
I'm not saying don't play the market and don't read the financial press.I'm saying you should understand the difference between gambling and investing. I invest in Apple because I believe that, five years from now, the business will grow and it will be worth more than it is today. If I put in money with a shorter time horizon, a few months or even just one year, I'm gambling.
Your odds on the Wall Street casino get longer the shorter your time horizon becomes. I joke that Charles Schwab (SCHW) is my "bookie," and that when I like a horse I call my bookie on the Internet machine to place a bet.
The "vig" isn't bad, under $10 per trade, but that's not the whole story. The rest of the story are the short-term moves taken out by the professionals in programmed trading, and the slightly longer moves taken out by other gamblers in momentum trades. Add in those costs and you're better off at the blackjack tables.