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RUSH: All Obama knows is he wants to raise "revenue." That's all he knows. We need more "revenue."
Let's go to the Obama soundbite. This is Scott Pelley's pregame interview before the Super Bowl. Question: "Are you saying that there's gonna have to additional revenue throughout the next four years?"
OBAMA: There is no doubt we need additional revenue coupled with smart spending reductions in order to bring down our deficit. And we can do it in a gradual way so that it doesn't have a huge impact. And as I said, when you look at some of these deductions that certain folks are able to take advantage of, the average person can't take advantage of. The average person doesn't have access to Cayman Island accounts. The average person doesn't have access to carried interest income where they end up paying a --
RUSH: Oh, there it is.
OBAMA: -- much lower rate on billions of dollars that they've earned. And so we just want to make sure that the whole system is fair.
RUSH: I do this. I'll admit this to you. I watched this interview yesterday and he mentioned carried interest, and I wondered how many of you remembered me talking about how carried interest is charged, what it is. It was in a discussion we had on the program about asset wealth versus income wealth and how the asset wealthy, the really rich, are unaffected by any of Obama's tax increases. The Warren Buffetts, the Bill Gateses, the people who, when Obama says the rich aren't paying their fair share, the people they're thinking about, the really truly wealthy, are not subject to Obama's tax increases because they don't pay income taxes. Hedge funds are notorious. Hedge funds are allowed to calculate and categorize their income as carried interest, and carried interest has a 15, I think it now may be 20% tax rate on it as opposed to the 39.6 tax rate for high on income.
I read a piece to you, an excerpt from a piece, Michael Arrington, who was one of the founders of TechCrunch, and he was gloating in part over how he's a carried interest guy, he's asset wealthy, and for all this talk about raising taxes, he wasn't gonna get hit. Now, his column makes the point that he doesn't think that's fair, doesn't think it's right, but that he'll take it, he'll take it.
"Most of the money I make now comes from investments from CrunchFund. And the vast majority of that is what's called carried interest. Even though I'm investing other people's money, the government calls it a capital gain. So instead of paying 39.6 percent on that money (I won't call it income), I pay only 15 percent (or maybe 20 percent under the new rules -- it isn't clear to me). In other words, income is a sucker's game. Carried interest rocks. Everyone wants the rich to pay more in taxes. They're thinking about Mitt Romney and Warren Buffett when they say 'rich people.' But really rich people like that are totally protected. Their accumulated wealth can only be touched by inflation. And if they're in the hedge fund game, most of their 'income' is taxed at just 15 percent," carried interest.
I wondered how many of you remembered this discussion that we've had and the differences between asset wealth and income wealth, and there's gonna be less and less income wealth as income taxes rise. The greatest enemy to the accrual of wealth, or the accumulation of wealth, the greatest enemy is the progressive income tax. The more you earn, the higher your tax rate, the less you keep, the longer it's gonna take to get wealthy, and that's by design. But the asset wealthy are untouched. So when Obama mentioned carried interest, that was something new, and the hedge fund guys aren't gonna like it, and the Buffetts and those guys aren't gonna like it. Now, whether he follows through on it is another matter, but he mentioned it.


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David Koch: Federal Budget 2014 is from Dummies Guide For Politicians
- From: News Corp Australia
- May 13, 2014
THIS Federal Budget comes straight from the Dummies Guide For Politicians.
Section 1. First Budget of new Government;
* Paint a dismal picture about health of the economy and Government finances (use words like crisis and emergency)
* Blame previous Government for their mismanagement.
* Make tough decisions and cut backs to save the country
* Under estimate economic forecasts
When things inevitably turn out better than expected … take a bow and the accolades.
While the Federal Budget is a financial blueprint for the nation, it also provides a rough blueprint of your financial life over the next year.
But this blueprint will turn out to be way more cautious than the reality. In fact, it's predictions for the next financial year are a lot more conservative than virtually every other expert.
The Budget says unemployment will start to rise again to 6.25 per cent while virtually every other economist is saying unemployment has peaked at the current level of 5.8 per cent. Over 100,000 new jobs have been created so far this year and there's no indication of deterioration.
So the consensus is, depending on your industry, jobs prospects will be pretty stable or strong.
This is backed up by the Budget forecast that wages will rise 3 per cent against inflation of just 2.25 per cent. If the job market was really going to weaken, wages wouldn't rise more than the CPI.
There is going to be big demand for jobs in construction, engineering and planning to cope with the massive infrastructure projects outlined in the Budget.
Inflation is going to fall even further, according to the Budget which means prices are going to stay low and retailers will keep their "sales mania" strategy.
You'll need it, because every Australian's family finances are going to be cut from some measure in this Budget. Whether it's a tax increase for the rich or the cutback to Family Tax Benefits and a raft of social welfare changes, the Government is slashing their help to average Australians.
So money will be tight, but should be helped by solid job market and subdued price rises.
If the Budget predictions for the economy hold true, it produces the perfect environment for the Reserve Bank to stay on the sidelines when it comes to interest rates … at least for a few months.
But if the economy performs better than the forecasts, as expected, then the next move in rates will be up.
While the Budget has attacked welfare and waste, the company tax cuts and infrastructure spending will boost the economy and keep it growing at a steady pace.
The Budget is also predicting a surge in housing construction which will partially offset the fall in mining investment. More housing supply means more stock coming onto the market which will dampen the boom in house prices.
Like me, Treasury also seems to be a bit more relaxed about the global economic outlook. While the maturing Chinese see the rate of economic growth slow, it will still be healthy and the US and Europe look as though they are emerging from the GFC doldrums.
That's good for trade, corporate profits, share prices … and your superannuation.
The boss will still be worried and cautious over the next year … particularly if the politicians keep talking the economy down.
But hopefully they will become more confident as the economy grows faster than expected, unemployment stays low and consumers keep spending. The strong housing market is making consumers more confident and the infrastructure spending will underpin the jobs market.
Dummies Guide For Politicians
Section Two; Second Year Federal Budget
* Claim the turnaround in the economy and Federal Budget is because of you (start using words like "responsible economic managers", "we've done the hard yards")
* Start spending again to win back votes and identify pork barrelling ahead of next year's spending spree ahead of the election.
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Brian Howe of VIC Posted at 1:22 AM May 14, 2014
Mr Koch, I lack to,understand your thinking as I read your comments over the past week. The poverty that you yourself should look at and see the everyday LOW income earners life and you may start to understand things in all areas of the Australian economy that you say is okay , No Worries Abbott is just taking more in the Budget, he does not need to do this. Have you done without.? Really a lot of people are seriously in poverty in this country and soon there will be no Middle class left. No all of us own there homes as the Chinese Market buys out Australia. We will be a Country like Russia sooner than you think.Aussies are loosing there homes because they no longer earn enough to pay the Outgoings, YES there is big holes in the bucket with no where to go. I witnessed a man recently refused Medical treatment as he was unable to pay the gap ! So Mr Koch things are not as good for all ! Thanks Brian
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I made a meat loaf today before seeing this recipe. I used the vegan crumbles and made it like an original meat loaf. I used eggs, onions, green peppers, oats, crackers, catchup. Topping was ketchup and brown sugar. I will make it again.
I have made this meatloaf a bunch of times. My family loves it! I make extra sauce for dipping. It also tastes better on the second day! Much more firm and easier to cut into slices but the hot messy firsts are great too! Don't be stingy with the spices.
Hey Retsina! You should use both since fresh ingredients and dried have different flavors. Let us know how it turns out! 🙂
I purchased all of the ingredients to make this meatloaf and I'm anxious to try it. My question is: Why is garlic listed in the meatloaf recipe TWICE? Does the powdered garlic really belong in with the sauce ingredients? Someone please help.
I made this and unfortunately didn't care for it. It was really dry and crumbled when I tried getting it out of the pan. It was okay the next day(still crumbly)when I made into a sandwich. Will not make again.
Made this last night. Delicious!
Thanks for the idea!
I've just made my own with a few changes, but it turned out great!
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TJ – crumbled tempeh will work as a substitute for veggie crumbles. You may need to add a little more liquid or sauce because tempeh is drier than crumbles.
Can I make this with crumbled tempeh? I try to steer clear of mega processed and/or unfermented soy.


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APEngine talks to Kim Knowles, about how she first got interested in the avant-garde, her Diversions project, and her programming for Edinburgh Film Festival's Black Box.
How did your film education start?
My early film education was quite shocking. Those people that go, "Oh yes, my parents took me to the cinema when I was six and the first film I saw was Tarkovsky's something or other." Probably the first films I got interested in were Alien and Terminator, and they're still films that I think quite a lot of. Even when I went to University to do film I was still quite oblivious about more experimental works. The focus was on things like authorship, so I was learning about people like Martin Scorsese. I found it really shocking that we never had any classes in avant-garde cinema.
So, it's not as if I grew up immersed in film and that I had a wonderful film education at university – I'm not saying that I didn't have a good education but it wasn't very broad. It wasn't until I was doing my masters – an MSc in European Film Studies at Edinburgh – that I got to see non-narrative works. Even then we just had one week on avant-garde cinema, and then even the term was quite obscure for me. I didn't even know what it entailed and we had just a short screening, maybe 20 minutes of 1920s avant-garde film.
It started with Hans Richter and I thought, "My god, what is this?" I wasn't impressed at all, and then when we got to René Clair's Entr'acte', and I thought, "Oh, ok, this is quite interesting." It's been an inspirational film for me ever since.
Had you not seen anything like that before?
I'd seen Un Chien Andalou when I was at college doing my National Diploma and I wasn't sure what to think because there was no context to it really. I think our tutors deliberately tried to provoke us.
So, they showed us Wild at Heart at nine o'clock on a Monday morning. And Un Chien Adalou on another Monday morning. So, we all had really bad reactions to those films!
I always think it's odd funny to teach things like Wild at Heart and Scorsese – Ridley Scott, even – without reference to the avant-garde, because all those directors know all that avant-garde stuff and are influenced by it.
Absolutely. This is a big question. Let's be honest, most universities are focusing on the thing that's popular at the time. It's all about world cinema, trans-national cinema, digital media.
So, you don't really get the old focus on French cinema, Spanish cinema. And when I look at film courses I really have to dig around to find the experimental avant-garde stuff and it's usually just a token week in a course somewhere.
There's not really any dedication to that area in the UK.
I think it works the other way round too – lots of art education avoids discussion of cinema and even avant-garde cinema. But places like the University of East London with Michael O'Pray, and Al Rees at the RCA…
But those are people working in art schools not in universities. It's hard to incorporate the avant-garde into the university context. When I first started teaching film studies, a student said, "Well, I don't see the point of avant-garde film, I think film could do quite well without it."
Well of course, not having a point is sometimes the point of avant-garde film…!
I just said it was a stupid thing to say – I didn't word it any nicer than that, but he was very adamant that film was pointless, it didn't add anything to film and it was pointless studying it. "Why should we have to look at that crap?"
It's all supply and demand, isn't it? If there isn't a demand for those kind of courses, then what's the point in offering them. Then at the same time, if you don't offer them then people don't get to know about it and don't know they're interested in it.
Back to the beginning, you saw those 20s avant-garde films…
It's all very romantic isn't it!? It's true, you know, I'm not fluffing it up, that's how it happened!
It's good to fall in love like that, I think.
Well, I just decided that that was it, that that was what I would write on. I wrote an essay on those films and then I wrote my masters dissertation on 20s avant-garde film and then I wrote my PhD on Man Ray. I was very stuck in that 1920s period for a while, but you can't do anything else when you're doing a PhD. I remember saying to myself, "When I finish this damn PhD, I'm going to work on contemporary film."
My knowledge of 1920s and the avant-garde and modernism was very solid but my knowledge of how that then fed into contemporary experimental film was still limited and I knew it. I'd seen the odd film by Sharits and Brakhage but I didn't really know how they fitted into the history of experimental film and contemporary developments. Also, in Edinburgh, opportunities for getting education oneself in experimental cinema were a bit limited. So, it wasn't for that reason, but I went to live in Paris while I was writing my PhD. I was going to stay there for about seven months and I ended up staying for just under five years. And that was where I got my education in experimental film history.
Where did you go to get that education?
In Paris you don't have to look very far. You've got the Centre Pompidou, the Cinémathèque and then I would see screenings by places like Cinédoc, the old Filmmakers' Co-op.
Then I discovered Light Cone, which Yann Beauvais set up. And I'd met Pip Chodorov in Edinburgh, and then I realised that Pip was this, kind of, god like figure in experimental film. I thought, "Okay, I need to know that guy."
There are so many godlike figures!
But Pip is the centre. He's everywhere! He is Jonas Mekas' right hand man and wherever Mekas is, Pip is. And Pip set up Re:Voir, the video distribution label, and co-founder of the lab L'Abominable with Nicolas Rey.
I started going to all these screenings and then it all started fitting together. I remember going to see Pip in the shop he'd set up- it was called the Film Gallery Paris where they sell books and DVDs on experimental film.
I remember asking him, "How do I get to know what's going on in contemporary film, experimental film? How do you know what's coming out?" He said, "You just have to keep your eyes open and go to film festivals."
Then I went back to Edinburgh and got quite depressed because, "Well now, how am I going to see all of this stuff?" I kept organising trips back to Paris – every time there was a screening I'd go back to Paris for the weekend. I'd always wanted to set up a film festival but it was always this thing in my mind of, god, I'd like to do that but it'll never happen.
Then I had the opportunity to do it because there was a grant that I could apply for while I was teaching – it was a part time temporary position, but that post enabled me to apply for this big chunk of money. I got that and I got a chunk from Scottish Screen and some other chunks. Suddenly I had all this money.
Was that for Diversions?
Yes, and money is power, isn't it? If you've got money then you can start asking people, you can start getting people to come to you rather than you, sort of, hovering around them. Then I invited over all the people I was interested in.
The main reason for doing it was because there was nothing in Edinburgh. I wanted to create something there. I was frustrated when I came back because I'd gone away not really knowing that much about the area and I came back with this massive knowledge, and I wanted to do something with it.
Those agencies that were supporting you – how much persuading did they need?
Not that much – it was a gaping hole in the market, wasn't it? And I already had quite a good relationship with Filmhouse in Edinburgh. I was proposing a structure that would be a festival but also historical.
What wanted to do was to create something that give a sense of experimental film history. I was completely blown away in the first year actually because I had no idea what I was doing. Because I didn't have any idea I just worked with the resources that I had and the resources were the money and the people.
So, I'd already made contact with a French filmmaker Frédérique Devaux, who's someone I respect quite a lot, and she signed up, Pip signed up, and Peter Rose, an American filmmaker who I'd started working on a bit, and Al Rees and David Curtis. Brad Butler, Karen Mirza and Nicky Hamlyn also helped to put together a programme of new British works.
All those people came on board as guest curators. I think I only put together one of the programmes myself, which was on films from New York – the rest were suggested by other people and I'd work with them. It was a success – most screenings sold out. It was so much more than I'd expected.
How did Black Box start?
At the same time actually. When I came back from Paris I was on a mission and I was going to make myself a spokeswoman for experimental cinema; I was going to be a missionary!
What about having a separate experimental section? For many years – some time back – London Film Festival had an experimental film section, and a video art section – and I remember talking to Sandra Hebron about whether that work should be integrated into the festival, which of course is an useful, desirable thing but unless you privilege the work in some sense…
This year I had two feature films – Perestroika by Sarah Turner, and Mike Hollboom's Mark. And those films would've actually worked in the main programme. But this is experimental work, and I think you need to contextualise it. But at the same time if you tell a people this is experimental work, then they'll be hesitant about going to see it.
What was your approach to Black Box… because Diversions was a broader discussion of ideas, different curatorial approaches. In Black Box you're programming rather than curating…
They're very different. Diversions is based on guest curators who bring in their own perspective, so, I don't do very much in terms of selecting the films. I coordinate the programme and bring those people together. But Black Box is something I personally curate. The first time I did it, in 2008, there were maybe 40 submissions, so it didn't take very long, and I suggested two screenings. And they did one. And it was quite different to what my vision of it would have been. So really I was only a kind of consultant. The next year, as I'd done my 'apprenticeship' they said, "Take it, do something with it." And so I started pushing for some kind of identity.
And I said three programmes is the minimum and I want two feature slots as well.
Hannah McGill, the Festival's artistic director, and Diane Henderson, deputy artistic director, have been very supportive, and Diane has been quite instrumental in allowing me to do what I want to do.
So, what is your taste? How do you judge?
Lots of filmmakers are really flattered and quite surprised that I've chosen their film because they haven't managed to get it into other festivals. And some submissions are from filmmakers that are just emerging and just starting to play with the medium, but maybe haven't really found their style, but that's a reason to programme their work.
I was about to say I don't have any selection criteria but I do. There are certain interests and obsessions that I constantly fall back on, in spite of myself.
You've talked a lot about avant-garde – there are continuing traditions that are being explored, aren't there?
That is one of the driving forces behind it.
How strict are you?
This gets into very problematic territory. I chaired a panel discussion recently in Edinburgh, about this issue of experimental and artists' films, and whether there is a divide between a filmmaker and an artist making films.
I thought it was just me being quite picky about categories but it is a real issue. I'd say about half the films submitted – we have something like 250 submissions in total – for Black Box are artist films, and films that are really not made for a cinema context. So one of the things that I look for is a film that is in some way engaging with a cinematic experience. It's temporal and it's spatial.
We have to write a report on all the films we review, and I find myself often saying, "This would work really well in a gallery context."
This raises important issues of where you exhibit, where you experience, and how you experience film, and the role of the moving image in the gallery space. Some films really work with the immersiveness of the cinema, other films work with that very, kind of, distanced viewing where you can walk in and walk out.
But I think it's hard to define what that is because it's not necessarily about structure and form and beginning and end. When I was a child, you paid for your ticket and you went in and started watching the film – even with Carry On films I remember going in and seeing the last 20 minutes and then seeing the film from the beginning, then then leaving when you reached the point you'd arrived.
This is a mode of film viewing now that I really don't agree with. That's what the surrealists used to do, isn't it? Just throwing you in at any old time, which worked then but perhaps not now.
But I'm not saying that this work would only work in cinema, or this work would only work in a gallery – there are films that cross over and those are often the ones that are really interesting. I think Simon Payne's work, for example, is really important in terms of what it's doing in terms of colour, form, and also from a historical perspective because in a way it's referencing those very early films by Richter, Eggeling, Ruttman. And Sharits – that flicker effect relies on an immersive context; it works very much with your senses. But I can see that working in a gallery context as well. Obviously I preferred to see it in a cinema!
Does Black Box have to define itself against the rest of the festival or…
It does that without me even wanting to or not wanting to because Edinburgh is traditionally a festival that showcased independent and experimental film and it's got that reputation. I think in the past few years or decades it's shifted – it's interested in much more popular forms of filmmaking. But everyone at the festival, everyone at the top, acknowledges that to have a good well respected festival you have to have different sections. So, you can have the films that are going to draw people in but then you also have to cater to different tastes.
There is the animation section, there's the documentary section, there's the shorts, but Black Box still sits outside of all that. One of the things that I've tried to make clear is that there is an experimental community every bit as much as there is an animation community or a short film community.
A problem can be that the clearer the identity of that section becomes, the more removed it becomes from the festival itself.
Is it popular?
Perestroika sold out before the Festival opened, which was amazing, but Black Box is always a bit unpredictable. Perestroika had more visibility in the brochure – literally – because it was to the left of the calendar.
So, first of all when the brochure falls open, it falls open on that page. Also, when you go to look at the calendar of events you start with that and then, you know, your eye is drawn naturally to 'Perestroika'. It's quite simple but also really relevant.
But also it has narrative structure which draws people in, and the subject matter was very interesting for people. It has to overlap then, I'm realising, with more popular interests.
It's back to criteria of selecting work, isn't it? It's not just whether something is in an avant-garde tradition; it's what else is interesting, what else is, for a contemporary audience, interesting about this work…
That's easier to do with a longform work but with shorts it's much harder. Programmes of shorts have to be shorter – a programme of 80 minutes can be quite exhausting.
It's easy to predict who the audience is going to be for Diversions but it's harder to say who the audience would be for Black Box. And you have to think about this when putting together the programmes – making them thematic.
This year I had one that was about nature, partly because that might be something people can relate to.
And the most popular one was called Time Travel – an idea of time and of travel in their broadest sense – travelling through time, travelling through history, also, jumping time frames.
It's also about building the audience, not just within the space of the festival. Things become solid over years. And I think this is going to take a while actually to solidify.
Are you doing it again?
Yes. I don't want to let go of it!
I hope it's starting to become somewhere people want to show their work. The last time I went to Rotterdam I was surprised that a lot of people heard about Diversions but nobody really thinks of Edinburgh as having an experimental section. I'm constantly getting this, "Oh, I didn't know that Edinburgh had an experimental section."
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Happy almost Friday McReaders! Today we have a report on the mission trip several McCormick Students took to New Orleans this past January, written by 1st year MDiv student Stephanie Levan – you may remember her reflections in this blog post.
Is it safe?
I think it is. It's finally safe to come out of the woodwork on this one.
(we needed some recovery time, ya know??)
Well, Mcbloggers — I'm here to announce that McCormick went on a mission trip, and we're ready to broadcast it to the world. [hang with me ... I know it's a long post...]
For all of you who aren't aware — a group of 10 students and staff members from McCormick went on a week-long mission trip to New Orleans, LA on from January 21 – January 28, in partnership with RHINO. RHINO [that is Rebuilding Hope in New Orleans] is a ministry that is supported by St. Charles Avenue Presbyterian Church in NOLA. [they are obviously Presbyterian, given how much they seem to like acronyms] RHINO partners with Habitat for Humanity in the New Orleans area and has helped to rebuild homes since Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005.
On a snowy January Saturday in Chicago, our crew loaded into two mini-vans, and the 10 of us made the fast-paced and windy-road journey to The Pelican State. Stopping over in Memphis on Saturday night in order to catch a quick church league basketball game and our fill of Memphis BBQ — we welcomed the gorgeously sunny weather in New Orleans on Sunday afternoon.
With our self-proclaimed tour guide, Maureen, [or was that group-appointed??] we had the opportunity to explore our new surroundings. We discovered the French Market, free romantic ferry rides, and red beans and rice to our hearts' desire. With only an instance [or 2??] of slight food poisoning and [mis]communicated directions — we were able to enjoy areas of this eclectic city that has been physically and spiritually resurrecting from the storm that hit almost 7 years ago. The spirit and pride that radiated from the people of New Orleans was contagious … and after our orientation from our [rockstar!] RHINO coordinator Avery, we could not wait to get started on helping the rebuilding process of this fantastically spirited place.
Tuesday morning [bright-eyed and bushy-tailed ... and operating on true Presbyterian time] we met our supervising crew for the houses that we would be working on for the rest of the week. We were divided into several groups with other small groups of volunteers, and got to work quickly!
Our groups were involved in several projects between two different houses [nicknames are my own, based solely on the responsibilities and personalities of the people involved]:
The BangerSisters: Melva, Bong, and Kristin were in charge of nailing and screwing in woodblocks in order for the drywall to be put-up by subsequent groups of people. When their inside job was completed, they then assisted in climbing ladders and nailing on siding to the outside of the house.
The Social Climbers: Stephanie (myself!) and two other ladies who were from New York, Katie and Krista, were trained on the scaffolding in order to apply trim for the subsequent siding, and then later we put trim up around the corners of the house and nailed, cut and measured siding as well.
The Backsiders: HyungJae, Tyler, Miseon, and JungJae working on the house around the corner putting up trim and siding. This group was probably the hardest working group of all — and you could definitely tell at the end of the week that all of their hard work paid off!
The Porch Swingers: Maureen and Jamie worked to complete a front porch on the house around the corner. They nailed, sanded, and built a beautiful porch with railing that we're sure will be enjoyed by the owners!
[insert pregnant lull in the background music now ... time for a more serious note...]
After one rainy morning that involved lots of coloring for the Literacy program, however, Thursday brought with it a chance to get personal tours of New Orleans, both the good and the not-so-good that has come about in the past 7 years. After a short presentation of the history of Hurricane Katrina, we were accompanied by St. Charles Pres church members and led around the city to explore what New Orleans looked like today. This is when reality hit for many of us. In the 9th ward, which was one of the most deeply affected places in New Orleans, there were still piles of rubble and remnants from 7 years ago. There were bare fields where houses once crammed together, and there were house foundations still remaining, intertwined with the grass and weeds of the field. Of course, there was sign of new life as well — many different groups are still working to rebuild and redesign this area. There was an obvious attempt to redefine what it means to live in New Orleans, but the scars still remain. Just as any other wound — this one will continue to take a long time to heal. Through our tearful tours, we could feel both the hope and the heartache of the NOLA people — all rolled up together.
This hope is what sustained our group through the last work day…
On the last day of work, we worked alongside Avery and Mike to help clear rubble from an empty lot before returning to work on our assigned houses for the week. Of course, rubble is best cleared to the tune of an 80′s Pandora station — and we were so excited when we finished that we quickly formed an [air] rock band! We might have gotten a bit carried away….
At the end of the week we were exhausted, sun-burned, and full of emotion. I suppose that's what mission trips do to people. We have returned to McCormick with a tweaked outlook on our own lives, and with the hope that relationships and partnerships were built and will remain strong.
After all, our mission work didn't end when we returned back to a snowy Chicago —- it began.
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Star cruise operates several cruises around South East Asia catered mainly for passengers from Singapore, Malaysia and Hongkong. Some of these cruises can be quite inexpensive and offers something like a sampler for people who have never experience a cruise.
I was onboard the Libra, It has been recently refurbished and everything seems to be working.
However, I felt that it is very much a gambling ship with most of passengers being hardcore gamblers! Usually nowhere to be seen except at the casinoes
One must realize that the parent company of this cruise is Genting group which is a large casino operator in Asia.
it is such a farce when they announce that safety drills are compulsory and when the time came, no one bothers to attend, The crew basically stands there as if there is nothing they can do about it. If it is necessary to conduct a safety drill, the ship must ensure all restaurants and facilities get passengers out.
Something bit me More and left my leg really itchy. If it were bed bugs I would be sorely disappointed with this operator.
The ship service is pretty prompt and there is not much to complain there.
Overall, you can sometimes get a bargain cruise from them. I think they make money from the casinoes, not so much from true cruise passengers Less
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He worked as a teacher and high school principal in many small towns throughout Texas and retired from the public school system as superintendent of Freer School District. He later taught at several South Texas colleges. He then began a career in law enforcement. He was an active peace officer with a master's certification in Texas. He was an elected constable of Precinct 1 in Live Oak County and taught concealed handgun classes until shortly before his death.
Survivors include a brother, Rogers Francis Doughty; four children, Hollie June Thompson, David Roger Doughty, Darleen Rachel Southerland and Daniel Bayless Doughty; seven grandchildren, Jennifer, Gregory, June, Andrew, Justin, William and Gerette; and a great-grandson.
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SEATTLE — As the holiday shopping season revs up, Amazon.com is adding another weapon to its competitive arsenal: Sunday delivery.
The online retail giant has cut a deal with the U.S. Postal Service to extend delivery of packages to customers to every day of the week. That means Amazon Prime customers who pay $79 a year to get free two-day shipping on millions of products can order an item on Friday and have it arrive before the weekend is over. Sunday delivery will be available to customers who don't subscribe to Prime, as well.
Sunday deliveries of Amazon products will start this weekend, but only to customers in the Los Angeles and New York metropolitan areas. The company, which needs to build the technical capability at warehouses elsewhere, plans to work with the post office to roll out the service to "a large portion of the U.S. population" next year.
Details of the agreement have been sealed with the Postal Regulatory Commission, an independent agency with regulatory oversight over the Postal Service, said Postal Service spokeswoman Sue Brennan.
It's the first time the Postal Service has worked with a retailer to enable Sunday delivery.
"It requires the scale that Amazon has," said Dave Clark, Amazon's vice president of worldwide operations and customer service.
On Nov. 26 last year, Amazon's peak shopping day, customers ordered more than 26.5 million items worldwide, or 306 items per second. About 57 percent of Amazon's sales last year were in North America.
For the Postal Service, the deal boosts volume, something the financially struggling agency needs. It briefly flirted with canceling Saturday mail delivery this year, only to have Congress pass a short-term budget that required six days of mail delivery.
Despite the diminishing economics of mail delivery, package delivery is booming for the Postal Service. Brennan said the Postal Service expects to deliver 420 million packages in the period between Thanksgiving and Christmas, up 12 percent from last year.
During the holiday season, that volume often leads to massive package backups on Sunday.
"Mondays are historically huge delivery days," Brennan said. "Part of this (deal with Amazon) is to ease the weight for our carriers."
For Amazon, delivery speed is a crucial competitive challenge. It can often beat bricks-and-mortar stores with prices. But it can't match consumers' instant gratification in obtaining a purchased item the second it's bought.
What's more, Sunday delivery increases pressure on Amazon's online rivals, who haven't cut Sunday delivery deals with the Postal Service. Amazon's deal is not exclusive, though Brennan said the agency is not negotiating currently with any other company.
Because of the post office's limited Sunday operations, Sunday delivery requires the type of labeling, routing and sorting technology that Amazon possesses at its warehouses. The company will presort packages, provide labeling required by the Postal Service, and transport packages to the specific post offices. Then they will be delivered to customers.
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Angels brace for Hamilton's return to Texas"I can't say that I didn't expect it," Hamilton said. Former Texas Rangers slugger Josh Hamilton was greeted with plenty of boos by a sellout crowd at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington in the outfielder's first trip to Texas since signing with the Los Angeles… (more)
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In Hamilton's return to Texas, fans go to townJosh Hamilton returned to Texas for the first time as an opposing player, for the first time since he said Arlington was not a "baseball town." The fans' actions were pretty much as the new Angels outfielder envisioned.
Rangers rally to top Angels in home openerIan Kinsler hit a go-ahead single with two outs in the eighth inning and the Texas Rangers gave their fans plenty of reasons to cheer in the home opener, beating Josh Hamilton and Los Angeles Angels 3-2 Friday.Source: ESPN.com
Rangers win, spoil Hamilton's homecomingAfter Adrian Beltre's solo homer tied it, Ian Kinsler lined a run-scoring single off reliever Scott Downs with two outs in the bottom of the eighth to lift the Rangers to a 3-2 victory over the Angels on Friday at the Ballpark in Arlington.
Josh Hamilton gets booed, then strikes out in his return to TexasNo surprise: The boos rang out when Josh Hamilton walked to the plate on Friday afternoon to face his old team for the first time. But then even louder cheers followed. Hamilton struck out in his first at-bat against the Texas Rangers, the team he left …Source: yahoo.com
Hamilton greeted with boos in Texas returnFormer Texas Rangers slugger Josh Hamilton was greeted with plenty of boos by a sellout crowd at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington in the outfielder's first trip to Texas since signing with the Los Angeles Angels during the offseason.Source: ESPN.com
Angels star Hamilton talks hitting and faithIn a sitdown with MLB.com youth correspondent Meggie Zahneis, Angels slugger Josh Hamilton provides hitting tips and discusses the role faith plays in his life.
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WEGENER® Vice President Kamy Merithew Elected President of Southeast Chapter of Society of Satellite Professionals International
(2009-05-19) - Nonprofit Organization Provides Professional Development for Satellite IndustryDuluth, Georgia Wegener Corporation (Nasdaq: WGNR), a leading provider of equipment for television, audio and data distribution networks worldwide, today announced that Kamy Merithew, Vice President of Marketing for WEGENER®, has been elected President of the 2009 Board of Directors for the Society of Satellite Professionals International Southeast Chapter (SSPI-SE). With four chapters in North America and other chapters around the world, the SSPI is a nonprofit organization that provides education, networking, and other professional development to more than 3,000 members of the satellite industry. The new SSPI-SE Board of Directors includes representatives from a wide range of content providers, service providers, and manufacturers. Merithew had previously served as Executive Vice President and Secretary/Treasurer for the SSPI-SE, and was actively involved in the launch of the chapter in 2006. SSPI is a well established organization for our industry, and we are working to strengthen our still relatively young Southeast Chapter, said Merithew. Over the next year, we are focusing on growing our membership by providing quality, diverse events to our members as well as continuing to establish our scholarship program to develop the next generation of leaders for the satellite industry.Based in Atlanta, the SSPI-SE has more than 400 members across eight states. Atlanta is a hub for the satellite industry, home to several cable channels as well as satellite communication product and service providers. Just as she demonstrates at WEGENER, Kamy is a thoughtful and conscientious executive with a background of proven leadership ability, said Dick Tauber, SSPI-SE President Emeritus. Her intelligence and insights regarding SSPI and the Southeast Chapters mission make her the right person to assume the organizations key leadership role at this time.In her role at WEGENER, Merithew focuses on strategic product planning, from product placement and pricing to advertising and promotion. She earned her MBA from Goizueta Business School, Emory University, a masters in electrical engineering from University of California, San Diego, and a bachelors in engineering from Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, Calif.The new SSPI-SE Board of Directors consists of:Board President Emeritus: Dick Tauber, CNNBoard President: Kamy Merithew, WEGENER Board Executive Vice President: Zandra Clarke, Turner Board Secretary: Barney Zeitvogel, IntelSat Board Treasurer: Richard Dineley, deltaVectors Vice President, Communications: David Unsworth, Pathfire Vice President, Education: Richard Gomrick, AUS Information Systems Vice President, Membership: Jim McGehee, Sat Logic Networks Vice President, Programs: Jim Lyons, DataPathVice President, Programs: Lincoln Biederbeck, TandbergVice President, Social Activities: Erwin Noble, DataPath Director At Large: Bob Protzman, Turner Broadcasting Director At Large: Bob Vogel, Intelsat Editors Note:The SSPI Southeast Chapter will hold an evening program titled NAB 2009 in Review, Wednesday - May 20, 2009, 6:30 8:00PM. 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Published April 22, 2009 11:19 pm - So difficult to change another person's beliefs I sometimes wonder if I've learned much in my 70 years of life. I have learned one thing — don't waste time trying to force a change in another person's beliefs. Most wars are fought because of a difference in beliefs. You worship a different God, or the same God differently, so we will kill you. It still goes on today.
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A frequent complication from cardiac surgery could increase patients' risk of dying shortly following the procedure, according to a new study out of the Yale University School of Medicine.
Following cardiac surgery, patients with elevated levels of kidney injury biomarkers are at a significantly higher risk of dying during the next three years, a Yale study has found. The results appear in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.
An earlier Yale study identified specific blood and urine markers that can predict which patients will suffer acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery. AKI is a frequent complication of cardiac surgery, and the Yale investigators demonstrated that biomarkers predicted who is at risk of progressively worsening kidney function immediately after surgery.
The new study examined mortality at an average of three years after cardiac surgery. The researchers found that patients with clinically apparent AKI who also had high levels of urinary biomarkers of kidney injury faced a 2- to 3.2-fold increased risk for mortality over three years, compared with patients with the lowest levels of these biomarkers. However, the most interesting finding, say the researchers, was that even patients who have no evidence of clinical AKI, but who do have high levels of these injury biomarkers in their urine were also at higher risk of death.
The researchers believe these findings can provide an important way to assess patients — both with and without clinical AKI — in the immediate postoperative period in order to identify those who are at increased risk of death.


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National Action Network Rejuvenates Anti-Gun Movement
Sam P.K. Collins | 1/15/2014, 3 p.m.
Second Amendment enthusiasts secured several statewide and national legislative victories last year, undermining the Obama administration's efforts to strengthen background checks and impose a federal gun ban. The issue of gun violence in the inner city gave way to a series of other topics even as nearly 10 children nationwide succumbed to acts of gun violence every day in 2013.
The National Action Network (NAN) renewed its grassroots mobilization against gun violence in urban communities during its National Youth Day of Action against Gun Violence in the District as well as in Atlanta and Chicago.
The Jan. 8 day of action commemorated the third anniversary of a mass shooting in Tucson, Ariz. that critically injured then-Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) as well as 12 others, and killed six. Activities at the Metropolitan AME Church in Northwest attracted more than 30 community members and public figures including D.C. Council member Tommy Wells (D-Ward 6).
"This is an opportunity to put the spotlight on an issue that gets pushed to the back burner," said Janaye Ingram, 35, NAN's acting national director. "I don't think anyone including gun rights advocates want to see innocent people get killed. We need to figure out how to address the illegal trafficking of guns, mental illness and more if we want to see change," said Ingram who lives in Silver Spring, Md.
The evening kicked off with a short film and a panel discussion with family members of gun victims, trauma survivors, and representatives of NAN, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and Black Women for Positive Change, a national organization dedicated to changing the culture of violence in the United States.
Panelist Nardyne Jefferies recounted the surge of emotions that overcame her when she learned that her daughter, Brishell, 16, suffered fatal gun wounds during a drive-by shooting on South Capitol Street in 2010. The peace advocate expressed her disappointment in what she described as a lack of community support for children that's essential to deterring future acts of violence.
"There was a time when everyone in the community looked out for one another," said Jefferies, 43. "It's good to have that person looking [out for you] because you don't know when you're going to need help. Everyone can have a voice by being vocal about what they do not like [in their neighborhoods]," said Jefferies who lives in Southeast.
William Kellibrew, a trauma survivor, reflected on his struggle to cope with memories of sexual abuse and the execution-style murder of his mother and brother. He said those painful memories led him to the brink of suicide and later compelled him to tell his story to others.
"Trauma is the germ of the 21st century," said Kellibrew, 39, who lectures and organizes youth events with the William Kellibrew Foundation, a D.C.-based nonprofit dedicated to ending the cycle of violence and poverty in inner-city communities. "When you've been affected by trauma, you lose your voice and choice. We have to give individuals the opportunity to learn about how they cope the best. You have to change the dynamic," said Killebrew who lives in Atlanta.


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Oregon vs. Idaho State Preview
This afternoon, the Oregon Ducks take on the Idaho St. Bengals at 3pm PST in Matthew Night Arena. This will mark the 6th meeting between the teams, with Oregon holding a 4-1 record. The Bengals last win against the Ducks was in 1986.
Oregon looks to stay undefeated at home against a struggling Idaho St. squad, led by do-it-all senior Melvin Morgan. Morgan leads all Bengal players in three categories: points (13.2), rebounds (5.7), and assists (3.3). Sophomore Chris Hansen adds 11.5 points per game with junior Tomas Sanchez adding another 8.8 PPG respectively.
After those players, there is a significant drop off in production.
The Bengals are only averaging 51.5ppg, and are shooting shooting 39.1% from the field.
Oregon is averaging 78.5ppg, shooting 47.5% from the field. Most of Oregon's production is spread out across the roster as Oregon now has five players averaging double digits. Damyean Dotson (11.3) and Carlos Emory (11.3) lead the way; with E.J. Singler (10.9), Dominic Artis (10.3), and Tony Woods (10.1) also contributing. Rice transfer Arsalan Kazemi continues to stuff the stat sheet averaging 9.0 points, 9.5 rebounds, and 3.7 steals per game.
Idaho St. is going to need a huge game from Melvin Morgan to have a chance at winning this game, as the Bengals are 308th in field goal percentage, 308th in assists, 341st in rebounds, and 346th in scoring per game. Tune in to the PAC-12 Network Saturday afternoon to watch Oregon take on Idaho St.


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By Greg Price and Thomas Garcia
CLOVIS — Clovis Christian has had trouble playing all four quarters throughout the regular season, but Tuesday night the Eagles pushed past their struggles with diligent play, coach Randy McBroom said.
Clovis Christian (14-11, 4-4) survived a late fourth quarter burst by House en route to a 67-55 victory in the District 4-1A tournament and earned the right to play No. 2-seeded San Jon Thursday night.
House kept pace with the Eagles in the first quarter, with strong dribble penetration, but Clovis Christian shifted to a 2-3 zone and forced the Cowboys to live and die by the jumpshot.
"It gets hard when you get up, but the kids go t together and stayed strong," McBroom said. "They're a scrappy team, and scrappy teams will always give themselves opportunities."
Senior Will Genitski led the Eagles with 18 points, 14 in the first half, while freshman Ryan Boatman came off the bench for 15 points.
House senior Lee Griggs scorched the net for 28 points, and junior Ronnie Eldridge added 10 points, including two 3-pointers.
The Eagles pulled away in the second quarter as Genitski outscored House 8-1 in the first four minutes of the period for a 27-16 lead.
Clovis Christian stretched its lead to 55-34 with under five minutes remaining in the contest, but the Cowboys (8-17, 2-8) slowly chipped it away and then exploded with four consecutive treys from Griggs and Eldridge over the final three minutes for a 64-55 deficit.
"We just went to a five-outside offense to get some outside looks," House coach Wesley Weems said. "It's probably something we should've done earlier."
Lady Longhorns advance
The Lady Longhorns beat the Mosquero Lady Pirates 35-25 Tuesday night at Logan.
The Lady Longhorns' next game is at 6 p.m. on Thursday against the Clovis Christian Lady Eagles at Clovis.
The Lady Pirates controlled the game for the first minutes of the first period taking a 5-0 lead with a three pointer and field goal from sophmore Talya Jeffery.
But the Lady Longhorns quickly rebounded and went on to a six-point run and once they had the lead they did not look back. They kept their opponents to only four points in the third period, with a free throw from the Pirates' Mary Bost and another 3-pointer from Jeffery, who led Mosquero with 14.
Logan kept the lead the rest of the way. Brittany Cox scored 10 and Delani Hazen added eight.
"The Mosquero girls are a great team to play," said coach Russell Feerer."They never quit and will play hard all the way through. We will play Clovis Christan next and we have split wins with them. I have told them that we have to take it one game at a time and not take any game for granted."
Rattlers fall
In other action on Tuesday night, the Rattlers boys lost to the Clayton Yellowjackets at Clayton, 65-47.
Box Scores
Clovis Christian 67, House 55
House (8-17, 2-8) — Jonas Moya 2 0-1 4, Lee Griggs 12 2-7 28, Ronnie Eldridge 2 4-6 10, Roy Lee 0 0-0 0, Bobby Lee 0 0-0 0, Chris Woolridge 2 3-4 7, P.J. Romo 0 0-0 0, Herson Corcio 2 1-4 6, Colt Prather 0 0-0 0, Mark Allen 0 0-0 0. Totals 20 10-22 55.
Clovis Christian (14-11, 4-4) — Jonny White 1 0-0 2, Ross Miller 1 2-2 4, Keeson Bell 4 1-1 9, Tyler Shipman 1 1-2 3, Dylan Otero 2 0-0 5, Scott Steeleman 0 0-0 0, Larry Vongsa 2 0-0 4, Ryan Boatman 3 0-0 7, Kyle Boatman 6 1-3 15, Ryan Schaap 0 0-0 0, Travis Ashley 0 0-1 0, Will Genitski 8 1-2 18. Totals 28 6-11 67.
House 15 6 10 24 — 55
House, Griggs 2, Eldridge 2, Corcio.
Clovis Christian, Boatman 2, Genitski, R. Boatman, Otero.


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'Darth' harvester lifts up downed corn
Heads may turn when they see the "Darth Harvester" rumbling across a corn field.
Local producer Scott McPheeters and his son, Clark, and son-in-law Ryan Sukraw have created a special device that is fairly efficient at picking up downed corn in ridge till from an October windstorm.Called the "Darth Harvester," from the Star Wars movies, the device—mounted on a combine—can pick about four acres per hour on average, McPheeters said.
That's about twice as fast as farmers using V-rakes, pick-up bean heads and other equipment, he said, but only about 20% to 30% as quick as a combine in a normal harvest situation.
Under usual conditions, combines can pick 10-15 acres per hour, McPheeters said.
As the combine rolls through the field, he said one of two wheel rakes sweep the corn down one side of a ridge.
The following wheel rake then lifts and releases the corn to a belted pickup head. From there, it's transported into a platform head and finally gathered into the combine.
When the corn is taken to bins and dumped, McPheeters said a powerful aeration fan blows off dust to clean the grain before it's stored in bins.
The food-grain corn is sold to Frito-Lay.
The farmer said he decided to go after some of the downed grain because of good prices.
Other corn, damaged or lost in the windstorm, has been covered by insurance.
The trio came up with the design and built the equipment in about three weeks.
The farmers started using the Darth Harvester on Nov. 26 and hope to finish picking corn by the end of the week.
"It's worked surprisingly well," McPheeters said, noting that other farmers have been interested in the machinery.
However one drawback is the amount of plant material that is lifted into the combine which means more cleaning and repairs, he said.
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Tortellini Salad
Tortellini Salad is a quick, easy and delicious way to utilize those end of season veggies that are coming in in the garden and farmer's market right now. This is another good pot luck special and with no vinegar you could easily make it the day before to make things even more simple. Simple is always good.
What You'll Need:
1 - 8.9 ounce package of tortellini, cooked according to package directions (Note: This is an approximation as I don't know what other sizes the packages come in. Between 8-10 ounces would work fine. You can also pick whichever flavor you prefer. I chose spinach and ricotta.)
2 cups of tomatoes, chopped
2 cups of cucumbers sliced (Note: I like the little pickling cucumbers for this salad. They make perfect bite sized slices.)
1/3 cup of parmesan cheese
1/4 cup of extra virgin olive oil
1 teaspoon of dried oregano
Sea salt
Freshly ground black pepper
Cook tortellini according to package directions, drain and sit aside to cool. (Note: If you want to do a rapid cool down you can drain the tortellini and then rinse it in cool water to cool it down quickly to use immediately.)
In a large bowl toss together cooked tortellini, tomatoes and cucumber. Add parmesan and toss. Stir in olive oil, oregano, a pinch of sea salt and freshly ground pepper and stir to coat. Serve immediately or put in the fridge and serve later.
Notes: Other end of the season veggies would be good in this too. Squash or zucchini would be a very nice addition, as would any late season peas. You could also add dried basil in addition to or in place of the oregano.
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I think I may bring this to a potluck I am going to next week! yummy!
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I whipped this up for lunch today. It really hit the spot! :o)
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WHQR's MC Erny Gallery opened a new art exhibit on Friday, October 25th with a reception from 6 to 9. Two of the twelve artists featured in Coastal Carolina En Plein Air were my guests: Joanne Geisel and Barbara Bear Jamison.
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I have been living in Australia for four and a half years, the last 18 months of which has been on an RSMS 857 visa. I was previously sponsored on a temporary resident visa by the same employer for ten months before this visa was granted. In the past months my working relationship with my boss has broken down somewhat and my work environment has been pretty awful. I applied for and was granted citizenship. My approval letter from the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship Chris Evans states "When you become an Australian citizen your permanent resident visa will cease". I understood this to mean that all terms and conditions applied to me as a permanent resident on an 857 visa were null and void once citizenship was finalised. As a result I handed in my notice at work. I am aware that I have not served 2 years employment under the RSMS visa but figured (apparently naively) that this would no longer be an issue.
I am now on three weeks annual leave and received a phone call from my boss this afternoon informing me that she had called immigration to check if my obtaining citizenship and resultant departure from my job was "kosher". The official she spoke to informed her that they cannot revoke my citizenship but they can and most likely will fine me (an as yet undisclosed amount) for breaking my visa conditions. As yet my boss has not identified herself or me to immigration, although that situation could change. She has three other sponsored members of staff and understandably does not want to jeopardise their situation.
I researched prior to making my decision to leave and found nothing to indicate this business of fining citizens for breaking prior visa conditions. Did I miss something? Or is my boss just trying to make things difficult for me?
If her information is true do I just hope she doesn't report me for fear of her other sponsors being affected or do I do the honest thing and inform immigration or do I revoke my resignation and return to work for another six months (a viable option according to my boss).
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"These are my friends. I love their music. They are among the most important people in my life. The portrait is shattered because I could not make it whole." If you're bored this weekend, check out Robert Ashley's Music with Roots in the Aether. Each episode features a "landscape" (unusually-staged informal discussion) with a contemporary American composer, followed by a one-hour performance of his or her work. Subjects include the recently discussed Alvin Lucier, Pauline Oliveros, and Philip Glass. More on Ashley from NewMusicBox and Ubu.
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The spending cuts, also known as the sequester, are a direct result of a long push by conservatives to take the nations economy hostage in order to secure massive, harmful spending cuts. In the summer of 2011, in exchange for agreeing to pay Americas bills, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) negotiated the deal that wrote the sequester into law, stating that he had gotten 98 percent of what he wanted. Though there is a concerted effort to blame the president for the sequester, no amount of whitewashing can erase the fact that many conservative members of Congress voted for this plan.
Under the terms of the sequester, federal spending would be cut by $1.2 trillion from March 2013 to March 2021. States stand to lose billions of dollars in critical grants needed to fund everything from schools to new police officers to parks. In fiscal year 2013 alone, states stand to lose an estimated $6.4 billion in federal funding. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that as many as 750,000 jobs could be lost because of the sequester. Taking a meat cleaver to spending in such a blunt, unfocused manner would send a shockwave through our economy and would hurt countless American families. Just months ago, leading Republicans such as Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) agreed, saying that these cuts would devastate the country.
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David Brennan has been named the next head coach at Masuk High School, athletic director John DeGennaro confirmed Thursday.
And he's a familiar face. Though he's been an assistant head coach under Kevin Callahan at Ridgefield for the past nine seasons, Brennan has been working at Masuk as a special education teacher this year and has been in the Monroe school system since 2004.
Brennan will take over for John Murphy, who won three state championships and over 150 games in 16 seasons before resigning in December. Murphy subsequently took over the job at New Milford.
Though this is Brennan's first head coaching job in football, but he has 26 years of experience. Before coming to Ridgefield in 2003, Brennan also served as the defensive coordinator at Fairfield (2000-2002), Hamden (1993-2000), East Haven and North Branford.
A graduate of Southern Connecticut State, Brennan has been a head coach in softball at Ridgefield, Mercy and Lyman Hall, and baseball at Guilford and North Branford.
Several sources close to the situation have said Masuk attempted to lure Joe Lato from Weston over the past week, but were unsuccessful, leading to Brennan's hiring.