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These cutting boards have been handmade and are ready to use! We also sell kits or individual slats if you would like to make your own!The cutting boards are beautifully made with cherry, maple and purpleheart woods. The contrasting wood colors are eye-catching, and the mineral oil finish makes the color and grain of the wood really pop. The precision of the engraving makes the board even more impressive. Each cutting board measures 3/4" thick x 5" wide x 7" long. The finish is simply General Finishes Butcher Block Oil, a pure food grade mineral oil which exceeds FDA requirements for food contact. Just in time for the Holidays, add your favorite fancy cheese, and a bamboo knife from JapanWoodworker.com , wrap in cellophane, tie it up with a bow and you have a unique, hand made gift with a feel-good donation to back it!
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Why do you live in Vienna?
Home is where you're most comfortable. I came to Vienna in the mid 1970's because I was offered a teaching job. After a while I realized this was the town I was most comfortable and so I've remained. If you ask anyone why they have chosen to live in one place for a long time I think their answer will be similar to this one-- because they are comfortable there.
Why do you like/write about dogs?
Dogs are minor angels, and I don't mean that facetiously. They love unconditionally, forgive immediately, are the truest of friends, willing to do anything that makes us happy, etcetera. If we attributed some of those qualities to a person we would say they are special. If they had ALL of them, we would call them angelic. But because it's "only" a dog, we dismiss them as sweet or funny but little more. However when you think about it, what are the things that we most like in another human being? Many times those qualities are seen in our dogs every single day-- we're just so used to them that we pay no attention.
Why do you think your books are more popular outside the US?
As a rule, Americans are more prone to like categories-- mainstream, romance, Science Fiction, fantasy... When they go to a bookstore they tend to gravitate towards the section that stacks the reading material they're most apt to like. The problem my books have had all along is they don't fit comfortably into any category. I have heard time and again from people who like my work that they've gone into three different bookstores to find them and the books are in three different sections. When asked what "kind" of books I write I always say half-jokingly "mixed salads." Because when you make a mixed salad, you take some onions, lettuce, tomatoes, capers... and mix them up with your favorite dressing on top. So too my books-- there's some mainstream, some fantasy tropes, horror now and then, psychology, romance.. all mixed together and then covered with the way I write and tell the story. Outside of America my books usually are simply "published" rather than directed towards any group or genre. As a result, the reader who is unfamiliar with my work willl see a good cover (hopefully), read the plot description, and then buy the book on that basis, rather than because they were shelved in some specialized section of the store.
What's your advice to young writers?
Read. I can't stress how many times I've heard young writers say I don't read because I'll be influenced and I want to write in my own voice, not Stephen King's or J.D. Salinger, or whoever my favorites are. But without exposure to many different voices and literary styles, you don't know what's out there and how it might subsequently help you to create the writing style you are aiming for. It's like the person who has lived their whole life in a remote community, exposed only to the things that are immediately around them. If you read, you not only expand your vision and understanding of life, but will sooner or later bump into writers whose work will help mold your own. Not dictate it-- mold it. My wife, who is an art teacher, always loves the lesson where she shows her students the paintings of Salvador Dali for the first time. Most of the kids (11 and 12 year olds) have never seen his work before. She says it is a treat to see the looks on their faces the first time they see those melted clocks or surrealistic women draped in silk. It is like seeing their eyes and minds simultaneously opening up onto a new world of possibilities. So too when you read.
What do you say when people tell you they don't like your books?
Then don't read them. If I'm watching a movie I don't like I leave the theater, or turn the channel on the television. Sometimes people will say I liked this book of yours but not that one, which is fine. I'm just pleased I made them happy once. What I don't like is when people write in (it's almost always an email, usually anonymous) saying this book is terrible and you're a lousy writer. I wonder why they felt compelled to write that letter rather than just toss the book and drop the subject. What is it about the book or me that made them go to the trouble of writing such a nasty, unnecessary letter and sending it? What did they hope to achieve with it?
Who are your favorite authors?
F. Scott Fitzgerald, Robertson Davies, James Salter, early Mark Helprin, Herman Melville, Montaigne, some of Garcia Marquez, Julio Cortazar, lots of others I can't recall right now.
Which of your books do you like best?
Books are like your children-- you like/love them for different reasons. I love THE LAND OF LAUGHS because it was my first published novel. I love FROM THE TEETH OF ANGELS because it says a lot of the things I've been thinking about my life long. I love OUTSIDE THE DOG MUSEUM because it was the easiest and most fun to write... on and on.
Besides the length, what is the difference between writing a novel as opposed to writing a short story?
A short story is a sprint, a novel is a marathon. Sprinters have seconds to get from here to there and then they are finished. Marathoners have to carefully pace themselves so that they don't run out of energy (or in the case of the novelist-- ideas) because they have so far to run. To mix the metaphor, writing a short story is like having a short intense affair, whereas writing a novel is like a long rich marriage.
If you weren't a writer what would you like to do/be?
work in a zoo or write lyrics to songs.
How much of your novels is autobiographical?
A lot. Any writer who says his work is not autobiographical (even the ones who write cavemen novels) is lying. Of course all fiction is to one degree or another autobiographical-- it has to be because it is your voice telling the story and your voice is a result of your perspective and life experience.
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Of course, you can just connect the mouse to a USB port of your PC and start using it. I personally do not ever install exclusive mouse drivers, except for the purpose of testing. In this particular case, however, the exclusive driver provides much more control over the mouse.
The unmistakable Razer style is present, of course. The Control Panel of the DeathAdder driver is designed very aggressively. Yet it's functional, too.
In the main window the function of each button is specified and the highlighting of the wheel and logo is controlled. You can also set up the USB port polling frequency (choosing from 125, 500 and 1000Hz) and the resolution (450, 900, 1800dpi). In this window too you can manage the contents of the profiles stored in the mouse's own memory.
There are two tabs on the left that contain sensitivity options. On one of them you can specify sensitivity settings, wheel scrolling speed, minimum double-click speed, and on-the-fly sensitivity mode (instant sensitivity adjustment using the wheel).
The second tab offers separate sensitivity adjustment by X and Y axes and such options as acceleration and the pointer speed in Windows.
There is another tab on the right that allows to create macro-commands and assign them to the DeathAdder's buttons.
On one hand, this mouse has not come to replace the Diamondback and Copperhead. Its main purpose is to extend Razer's product range from the ergonomics standpoint and I have no complaints about the mouse's exterior except for the wearing-off coating. Not all users liked the specific ergonomics of the previous symmetrical models expected to be held with fingers, and the DeathAdder will help attract new customers to Razer. However, the admirers of Razer's classics may be somewhat disappointed. I would advise them to wait for a model with a 3G Infrared sensor in a classic design – Razer hasn't announced one yet, but I guess it is going to appear sooner or later.
On the other hand, the DeathAdder is technically superb, so you may want to spend some time getting used to its ergonomics. The 3G sensor with infrared highlighting seems to really surpass the competitors' products with both LEDs and lasers. The integrated memory for storing profiles adds to this picture: that's a candidate for the Best Mouse of 2007!
- Excellent sensor
- Integrated memory for storing profiles with settings
- Good buttons, especially the side ones
- Convenient shape (you'll love it if you like the MSIE 3.0)
- Stylish design
- Buttons coating wears off quickly
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If then for all sufficiently large n, hence for all sufficiently large n, and therefore . In this case, also, and so .
Now suppose that . This implies that infinitely often. But whenever , and therefore . Thus in this case it is again true that .
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CCSS Update: Volume I, Issue 11, October 16, 2012Common Core State Standards (CCSS) Update includes information regarding the implementation of the CCSS.
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Communications Toolkit for California
The CCSS Systems Implementation Communications Toolkit for California (DOC; 2MB) is designed to help local educational agencies with the important task of informing and engaging school communities about what the CCSS will mean for them.
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History Blueprint , developed by the History Blueprint Team at the California History-Social Science Project, offers curricula aligned with both the California Content Standards for History-Social Science and the CCSS for Literacy in History/Social Studies. Lessons combine historical investigation, carefully selected primary sources, activities to strengthen reading and writing, and practice evaluating arguments based on historical evidence.
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Sanders makes a pointDecember 03,2013
Sen. Bernard Sanders acknowledged in a story in Sundays edition that he is considering a run for the presidency in 2016. For conservatives, a Sanders candidacy would be at once preposterous and scary, another sign of the nations decline and fall.
For Sanders his admission inevitably sets off an avalanche of stories, including this editorial, of the type he hates. They are stories about the process, the race, the politics. Sanders wants to talk about the issues, as he has been talking for nearly five decades.
What issues? The obscene level of wealth and income inequality afflicting the nation. This is not a new topic for him. The iniquity of big corporations and the corruption of the political parties are also frequent themes. But the numbers he cites have grown familiar in recent years because they speak to the economic disasters and the ongoing struggles of the American people. You have 1 percent of the population now owning 38 percent of the financial wealth of America while the bottom 60 percent own 2.3 percent, Sanders says. Call it the return of Downton Abbey.
Sanders says he might run because no one is talking about the issue of inequality. In fact, rumblings within the liberal wing of the Democratic Party suggest that whoever runs in 2016 may have no choice but to confront the economic question. Already the push to raise the minimum wage has gained new respectability. Some economists and others are talking about the benefits not of cutting Social Security, but of increasing it.
Much attention has focused in recent days on Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the freshman senator from Massachusetts, who has become the darling of the left because of her record taking on the big banks and working to protect consumers. Warren has been called Hillary Clintons worst nightmare because Clinton represents the establishment of the Democratic Party, and a candidacy by Warren would eat away support from Clintons left.
These are all distant events, and consideration of these possibilities is the sort of speculation that Sanders disdains. Instead he likes to hammer at the long and continuing record of abuse by corporations that has caused a narrow elite at the top of the economic ladder to soak up almost all of the gains from the nations economic growth. At the same time, income for the middle class has stagnated or declined.
Sanders is right to focus on this trend, in part because the economy as a whole will never thrive if it remains so badly out of balance. The billions of dollars drifting toward the stock portfolios, real estate holdings and bank accounts of the few remain parked unproductively where they do not serve the economy well. If the wages of workers were growing, the money would be spent, circulating through the economy, increasing demand and boosting economic activity.
Sanders is capable of pointing to the ways that the laws have stacked the deck in favor of corporations. Elizabeth Warren, too, has made ardent enemies on Wall Street through her efforts to free consumers from the predatory grip of the banks.
The possibility of a Sanders run underscores the side of politics that Sanders dismisses as a distraction. Politics is partly about trust, and trust depends on more than how a candidate stands on a given issue. Trust is an intangible quality that derives also from personality, from the voters sense of a candidates integrity, dedication, humanity. Sanders has been a consistent and authentic spokesman for an important point of view that has grown ever more germane as the economy has proven Sanders warnings to have been prescient. But for him to establish a connection beyond an ideological one would be more difficult.
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Background: L-asparaginase is effective in the treatment of malignant diseases, but it has been associated with hypersensitivity reactions in 5% to 45% of the patients.
Purpose: To determine whether a desensitization protocol in children with native Escherichia coli L-asparaginase hypersensitivity allows subsequent safe administration of native E. coli L-asparaginase.
Patients and Methods: A desensitization protocol was used in 9 children with leukemia (n=8) or Langerhans cell histiocytosis (n=1) and previous severe (n=4) or mild/moderate (n=5) L-asparaginase hypersensitivity. Dexamethasone (2 mg/kg intravenously) and pheniramine hydrogen maleate (1 mg/kg intravenously) were administered 1 hour before each of the following L-asparaginase administrations. Subsequently, 0.1%, 1%, 5%, 10%, and the remaining 84% of the total dose of L-asparaginase (10,000 IU/m2) were each prepared in 240 mL 0.9% saline and infused over 4 hours (20 h in total).
Results: After desensitization, none of the patients had recurrence of hypersensitivity reactions during the subsequent 2 to 15 doses (median: 6 doses/patient; 68 doses in total) of native E. coli L-asparaginase.
Conclusion: This desensitization protocol was safe and allows continued administration of native E. coli L-asparaginase administration.
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Still at it.
5000 views is lower than that old dudes wp journal
Crazy Idea, just buy your own gears. Then you can Honestly say whatever the fuck you want!!!
Fuck, I accidentally hit the link! 5001, now that's got be be some kinda record LOL.
customs gimmick account :coffee:
Heard Lucky Seven is looking. :winkfinger:
.....But you have to buy a portfolio first. The gear will come later.
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you got to give the guy points for consistently and loving himself.
Jews gon' jew
Have I been on another planet for years..or do people really get gear sponsorship opportunities for a lifting comp log??
Attention to all:
I'm going to lift today...will someone sponsor me with lots of free gearz so I can lif all day on free gearz..I will be buying nothing ever...and 4899 of the 5001 views on my log are from me looking every 3 mins in hope someone gave a fuck and asked me a question...
I thank all non profit free gearz companies for giving what I won't pay for...cause that would mean sales and profit...that is unacceptable in my free getting world of gearz logs...
I must go now to check my views and beg for more gearz...
Thank You for free
Obama 2016-the keeper of my free shit...brother..
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Gearz Beggin'..
Here's the first customer.
HI..addiction can be helped...what I suggest is sending all the rips your addicted to or the money to buy them too me...free of course...
I will then log your addiction saving process on the board...
Your welcome for saving you..for free...for me:)
Where's my free gearz! 14k+ views !! Wait...nvm. send me rips. Tyia...those rips are awesomely awesome
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It's bad enough the criteria for a password are kept secret, only shown after I've tried to enter something.
But it's worse when the criteria are so complex for no good reason.
This site asks for:
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- Uppercase
- lowercase
- number
- and special character
If only 3 are needed, they should drop one requirement, eliminating a choice the user has to make.
At minimum, the UI should offer me a unique autogenerated password that meets the criteria that I can use if I wish.
There is consistent advice about how secure passwords need to be. Yet it's fascinating how some sites define their own similiar but different criteria. Also see: OnePassword.


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You're in for a real treat with this lovely Hibiscus variety. It produces an abundance of lilac-pink double blooms that provide soft color all the way through summer and into fall. Trained as a standard, its spherical form reaches a petite 4' tall, making it the perfect choice for sunny corners. Maintains shape with minimal pruning. Zones 5-8. Ships as 3' Bareroot. Hibiscus syriacus 'Ardens'. Full Sun to Partial Shade. Deer tend to avoid.
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Botanical Name: Hibiscus syriacus 'Ardens'
Common Name: Ardens Hardy Hibiscus Standard
Form: Dediduous shrub or small tree
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Height/Habit: 36 - 48 inches
Spread: 2'
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Flowering Date: Summer to fall
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Flower Color: Lavender-Pink
Flower Form: Double flowers
Foliage Type: Strong green, maple-like, deeply tooted along margins. Late leafing in spring.
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This was the first item I ordered from Spring Hill. It arrived in perfect condition as a bareroot tree with a root system that was massive. I have never purchased a bareroot plant that could compare to this. I planted it last year and it grew exceptional. The blossoms are a lovely double lavendar. It is getting leaves on it now and I am so excited to see how it looks now it is more established. I am ordering at least 2 more to plant this season.
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Why We Live Here: The Margaret Fuller House
Why We Live Here: The Margaret Fuller House
How great is it when you know a fundraiser is going to be, ahem, fun? The 7th Annual "Sweet Soul Supper," to benefit the Margaret Fuller House (MFH) promises just that. "This event is not your typical fundraiser," promises development associate Liz Looker. "It's really a party, it'll be colorful, there'll be a lot of music, and a silent auction. In the past we've had up to 300 people attend."
Eating great food, and enjoying music while showing our support for our community? Sounds like a win-win.
According to Ms. Looker, the fundraiser "makes everything we do possible." Everything the Margaret Fuller House does includes: a school-age and summer explorations program; a food pantry; Area IV community outreach; a community building project; a collaboration center for families; a men's health league; a technology center.
So dust off your dancing shoes, get your appetite ready, and join community members, longtime MFH volunteers and sponsors on Thursday, June 28 starting at 5:30 p.m. It's being held at MIT's Walker Memorial Building, 142 Memorial Drive. For more information, check out MFH's website: www.margaretfullerhouse.org, or call Liz Looker at 617-547-4680.
The Margaret Fuller House at 71 Cherry St. has been an integral part of the Area IV community since 1902. Margaret Fuller (1810-1850) was a teacher, a critic, a feminist, an author, an editor, and a prominent Transcendentalist. The house, built in 1807 by Margaret Fuller's father, is a National Historic Landmark.


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Wardell Quezergue
Wardell Quezergue Sr., was the bandleader, producer, composer, arranger and educator whose contributions to a plethora of New Orleans rhythm & blues classics earned him the moniker the Creole Beethoven.
As an arranger and, occasionally, as a producer, Mr. Quezergue (pronounced ka-ZAIR) dressed up recordings with horns and other embellishments. His credits include Jean Knight's smash Mr. Big Stuff, the Dixie Cups' Iko Iko and Chapel of Love, Professor Longhair's recording of Big Chief, Robert Parker's Barefootin,' King Floyd's Groove Me, Dorothy Moore's Misty Blue and Dr. John's landmark 1992 album Goin' Back to New Orleans.Read more


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A kiosk in the South Hill Mall is ready to start selling Bell Mobility products when the company launches their new service in Saskatchewan next week. Herald photo by Alexandra Stang
PRINCE ALBERT — Another mobile phone company will soon offer their products and services to customers in Saskatchewan.
Bell Mobility recently announced it will launch its 4G wireless broadband network in the province next week. A kiosk is set to open in the South Hill Mall in Prince Albert when the service is up and running.
"Investing in our network is one of Bell's key strategic imperatives," said Bell Mobility spokesperson Jason Laszlo in a phone interview Wednesday. "Launching in Saskatchewan benefits local customers by providing them a new competitive choice, and expanding our wireless footprint makes good business sense."
See Thursday's Herald for the full story.


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Poetry and emotion: when a 6-year-old is censored
In a case that made headlines across the country, a 6-year-old first grader in Marion, N.C., was told to remove a reference to God before she could read a poem honoring the military service of her two grandfathers.
That has outrage written all over it. Even a little girl has the First Amendment right to express her faith. Her remarks were primarily intended to honor the people in her family who had served in Vietnam. The school could have — and probably should have — allowed the girl to read the tribute exactly as written.
But things didn't go that smoothly. For reasons that have never been clarified, someone who was aware of the little girl's poem objected, spurring the school superintendent, the principal and the assistant principal at West Marion Elementary School to discuss whether the poem might run afoul of the Constitutional prohibition against government endorsing a faith.
"We jointly decided that we must err on the side of caution to prevent from crossing the line on the Establishment Clause of the Constitution," West Marion's Principal Desarae Kirkpatrick told The McDowell News in North Carolina. "As a principal of a public school, I must put aside my personal religious beliefs and follow the law, which upholds that we have freedom of speech and freedom of religion, but that we, as public schools, cannot endorse one single religion over another."
Was the school's decision to err on the side of caution and tell the little girl that she could not refer to God a violation of her First Amendment rights? The law is murky, but probably not. Though a little girl's faith and speech are protected, things get more complicated when the school administration knows ahead of time that the youngster is going to make a religious reference at an assembly that all students are required to attend. That's what made these school administrators nervous.
In deciding whether a school has endorsed religion, courts will look at a variety of factors including the age of the students involved, whether students were required to attend the program and how involved the school was in presenting the message. The older and more independent the students, the less likely it is that a court would find that a school has stepped over an establishment line.
Clearly the school was trying to avoid being sued, but its best bet was to let the young lady speak her mind. The likelihood of being successfully sued in this gray area was minimal; the likelihood of being decried as hostile to God and freedom of religion was pretty much guaranteed. Court decisions and common sense both need to come into play.
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Carnival Inspiration Cruise Review by CruiseVacationQueen: Inspiration & Fun for the whole family!
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Inspiration & Fun for the whole family!
Destination: Western Caribbean
Embarkation: Tampa
We booked this cruise less than 2 weeks before sailing and didn't have much time to research the ship in advance. Port of Tampa is 20 minutes from our home, so getting to the port was painless. We looked forward to visiting Nachi Cocum Beach for the day in Cozumel and relaxing on the 2 days at sea. We booked connecting oceanview cabins on Riviera Deck for our family of four, which gave us plenty of space and storage.
We had a wonderful trip on the Inspiration and look forward to sailing her again sometime soon! Every staff and crew member we encountered went out of their way to give us top-notch service. The entertainment crew did a great job with the daytime activities and the evening shows were very good, also. The service, taste, quality & variety of food in the buffet and main dining room was excellent. Our room stewards kept both cabins spotless morning and night. Our son enjoyed the Circle C activities, which was well-attended thanks to the personable counselor, More Kodi.
We really like the layout of this ship and the flashy interior decor really lives up to the Fun Ship name! The Inspiration is an older ship, but she has been well maintained and shows very little wear. Our days ar sea were spent relaxing by the pool, playing Scrabble, reading... and of course, plenty of eating! LOL! Our day in Cozumel was spent at the all-inclusive Nachi Cocum Beach, with plenty of snorkeling and swimming in their fresh water pool. We spent a little time in the casino on the last evening, and enjoyed the company of the friendly dealers. Our DS enjoyed the mini golf and we all liked the open-air feeling of the ship. Lots of windows with great ocean views, almost everywhere you look!
Overall, we rate this ship 5 STARS! The ship, food, service & entertainment exceeded all our expectations for this quick 4-night getaway. We recommend this cruise for both new-comers and old-timers alike! Less
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Game changer
County zoning officials clamp down on Altadena home-based petting zoo run by former Dodger pitcher Jim Gott
By Jake Armstrong 01/27/2011
Ain't gonna work on Danny's Farm no more.
After nearly two years of talks with Los Angeles County zoning officials and numerous entreaties with a bothered neighbor, Jim and Cathy Gott, operators of Altadena's Danny's Farm, a home-based petting zoo that for three years came to serve thousands of special needs children, were forced to close the barn door for good last month.
A Vietnamese pot-bellied pig, a horse, miniature donkeys and other small livestock that helped counter the Gotts' autistic son Danny's at-times insular behavior while instilling valuable social and job skills in a cohort of developmentally disabled youth are now gone, shipped off to other pastures after a neighbor complained about animal noises and odors.
County zoning officials last month gave the Gotts — he a retired Dodgers pitcher turned Angels pitching coach, she the holder of a master's degree in public administration — 30 days notice to close, ultimately ruling that a petting zoo attracting 300 youths on field trips each month exceeded what's allowed under the Arroyo Seco-adjacent neighborhood's zoning regulations, which permitted no more than existing horse stables.
This month, Danny's Farm began transitioning its once farm-based, skill-building programs to the Almansor Center in South Pasadena, offering afterschool programs to even greater numbers of autistic and special needs children than before.
But with the rising number of children diagnosed with autism each year, and more than 1 million autistic children expected to become job-needing adults in the coming decade, how society will meet the changing need remains unsettled, observers say.
"I think the million-dollar question for families with teenagers with autism and other disabilities is, What's your child going to do?" asked Cathy Gott, 48. "There clearly aren't enough jobs for people, period, let alone specialized employment for this vulnerable, but at the same time very capable, segment of our population."
A house of hope
About 50 years ago in Pasadena, a group of parents of Down syndrome children refused to institutionalize their offspring, as was then-common practice for handling the developmentally disabled. So they started a small school — the Pasadena Retarded Children's Foundation, one of the first of its kind in the county — in 1961 to offer programs for their children that were lacking in public school classrooms.
Today that school is known as Villa Esperanza Services, which has grown to serve nearly 90 students from two dozen area school districts, in addition to about 200 adults who attend day and residential programs.
Autism is a neurological disorder that affects the brain's development of communication and social skills. A government study in 2009 suggested as many as one in 100 children are diagnosed with some form of autism, up from earlier inquiries pinning the rate at one in 150 children.
Villa Esperanza — "house of hope," in English — is almost a case study of the shift in needs that autism has wrought. What five decades ago began as a school devoted to children with Down syndrome now encompasses almost a full city block and serves autistic students nearly exclusively. So high is demand for its services that one student arrives each day in a taxi he takes from Hermosa Beach, school officials said.
Classes range from US history to basic life skills, with a growing emphasis on adapting learning to each autistic youth's skill set in an effort to help them merge back into normal classrooms. For adults, the center offers training through an assortment of onsite jobs and even provides job coaches to those who obtain jobs offsite.
"Every situation is different," explained Michelle Cox, Villa Esperanza's director of development. "Our focus is independence — what's going to get individual kids to succeed? We want them to mainstream."
In a class for nonverbal students, that can mean using an Apple iPad during classes in the school's speech center to communicate, whether by answering basic "yes/no" questions or typing out sentences that can't be spoken. "If they can communicate, it's much more powerful for them," said Melanie Gingerich, one of the school's speech and language pathologists.
Students arrive at Villa Esperanza's school either by way of a parent's request to their child's school district or by the district determining a student would be better served a the school, according to Cox.
With the California Department of Developmental Services' budget aligned for a $750 million cut in Gov. Jerry Brown's proposed budget for the next fiscal year, and similar cuts possible for years to come, the future poses a challenge. "I think staying ahead of the game and forecasting the need in the community, and the changing need, and that we're here to serve it," CEO Kelly White said.
'Hard to measure'
Closure of Danny's Farm has been difficult for Cathy Gott, who said she feels partly to blame for the closure of something that would provide meaningful employment for her son and others in similar circumstances who might otherwise go without.
"Danny has always had a tremendous affinity for animals and petting farms. Sometimes it can be hard to motivate him to want to leave the house, leave his comfort zone, and this was always something he was eager to do and enjoy a great deal," she said. "I feel like I've let everyone down. I feel responsible for this.
I honestly thought that creating this space in horse stables in a community like Altadena, eclectic and open-minded, that it would be welcome."
Danny, who is 17, is eager to get the new, larger facility up and running at the Almansor Center.
"I think we should reconfigure the business," he said.
On the farm, caring for animals somehow seemed to breed confidence in those who visited, and the new facility, while lacking goats and ducks, will offer children rabbits to care for, the mother said.
"It's pretty hard to measure, but pretty beautiful to watch." she said.
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Warren, PA High School 1926 Second Basketball Team
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Warren, PA High School 1926 Second Basketball Team
On the team (and probably in the photograph):
Harold Healy, Horton Smith, Robert Offerle,Norman McIntosh, Alan Waid, Leslie Babbit, Robert Field, Charles Young, Max Chapman, Leo Driscoll, Laurie Billstone, Harold Mitchell, Robert Walsh.
Photo from the 1926 Dragon Yearbook
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Jessie Sophia Polley Nicklin
Jessie Sophia Polley, daughter of Abner Hubbard Polley Jr and Lydian Rickert; granddaughter of Abner Hubbard Polley Sr and Margaret Reeger.
Born February 21, 1881, died May 02, 1966 Grove City, Mercer co., Pennsylvania, buried Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Jackson Center, Mercer Co., Pennsylvania, married James Orton Nicklin.
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If you're my age (let's just say middle-aged), surely you've used the phrase "That makes me feel old!"
Perhaps when a high-school classmate became a grandmother? Or upon finding out that the girl you baby-sat as a teenager is now a mother of three? Or maybe you said it when your son or daughter entered middle or high school?
Well, here's a new one for me: My oldest child will soon be a college graduate.
In May, Karena will earn her bachelor's degree in psychology from Ohio State University.
I was an immature 23-year-old when I had her, so, really, I'm not that old. I don't feel that old, anyway.
I can picture very clearly a photo of me uncomfortably holding her right after her birth. In 1991, I wore glasses with lenses as big around as a softball and Coke-bottle thick.
Yeah, that was a good look.
In a photo of me helping Karena open presents on her first birthday, I sported what can only be called a female mullet. (And I was skinny.)
My daughter grew from a very quiet, well-behaved toddler into a very quiet, unusual teenager.
As a toddler, she would play quietly by herself, usually by organizing my Tupperware on the kitchen floor. As a pre-teen, she would complete any chore asked of her immediately — without argument. She never gave me a reason to ground her, nor did I have to deal with any problem more complicated than a traffic ticket.
Karena will turn 22 in July. She lives on her own, pays her own bills and does her own taxes. Although I paid her tuition, she handled nearly everything college-related, including a transfer from Bowling Green and the switch from quarters to semesters at OSU.
She hasn't missed a beat and will finish college in four years.
Karena has metamorphosed into a beautiful, intelligent, responsible, independent and uniquely funny young woman.
When did that happen?
Man, do I feel old.
Diana Holbrook, a Dispatch designer, can now look forward to paying college tuition for her three other children.


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Significance and Use
Uses—This practice is intended for use on a voluntary basis by parties who wish to assess the environmental condition of forestland or rural property of 120 acres or greater taking into account commonly known and reasonably ascertainable information. While use of this practice is intended to constitute all appropriate inquiry for purposes of the LLPs, it is not intended that its use be limited to that purpose. This practice is intended primarily as an approach to conducting an inquiry designed to identify recognized environmental conditions in connection with a property. No implication is intended that a person must use this practice in order to be deemed to have conducted inquiry in a commercially prudent or reasonable manner in any particular transaction. Nevertheless, this practice is intended to reflect a commercially prudent and reasonable inquiry. (See section 1.7.)
Clarifications on Use:
Use Not Limited to CERCLA—This practice is designed to assist the user in developing information about the environmental condition of a property and as such, has utility for a wide range of persons, including those who may have no actual or potential CERCLA liability and/or may not be seeking the LLPs.
Residential Occupants/Lessees/Purchasers and Others—No implication is intended that it is currently customary practice for residential occupants/lessees of multifamily residential buildings, occupants/lessees of single-family homes or other residential real estate, or purchasers of dwellings for one's own residential use, to conduct an environmental site assessment in connection with these transactions. Thus, these transactions are not included in the term forestland or rural property transactions, and it is not intended to imply that such persons are obligated to conduct an environmental site assessment in connection with these transactions for purposes of all appropriate inquiry or for any other purpose. In addition, no implication is intended that it is currently customary practice for environmental site assessments to be conducted in other unenumerated instances (including, but not limited to, many forestland and rural acreage leasing transactions, many acquisitions of easements, and many loan transactions in which the lender has multiple remedies). However, forestland and rural acreage transactions may include improvements (including, but not limited to, residential dwellings, barns, sheds, garages, and greenhouses). Areas with such improvements shall be examined during the site reconnaissance as described in Section 9. Inspection of such improvements will normally focus on the exterior of the structures. The environmental professional shall determine, in his/her professional judgment, whether the interior inspections of such improvements are warranted. Factors influencing this determination can include whether: (1) there is specific knowledge of a potential environmental concern, (2) the improvement is accessible, and (3) the inspection is coordinated by the key site manager.
Site-specific—This practice is site-specific in that it relates to assessment of environmental conditions on a specific parcel of forestland or rural property. Consequently, this practice does not address many additional issues raised in transactions such as purchases of business entities or interests therein, or of their assets, that may well involve environmental liabilities pertaining to properties previously owned or operated or other offsite environmental liabilities.
Two Related Practices—This practice sets forth one procedure for an environmental site assessment known as a "Phase I environmental site assessment for Forestland or Rural Property," "Phase I environmental site assessment," a "Phase I ESA," or simply a "Phase I." This practice is separate from Practice E 1527
Election to Commence with This Practice—The user may commence inquiry to identify recognized environmental conditions in connection with a property by performing this practice when conditions identified in 1.1 are met.
Who May Conduct—Whenever a Phase I environmental site assessment is conducted, it must be performed by an environmental professional, as defined in Appendix X2 (and 40 CFR 312.10(b)), to the extent specified in 7.5.1. Further, at the Phase I environmental site assessment level, no practical standard can be designed to eliminate the role of judgment and the value and need for experience in the party performing the inquiry. The professional judgment of an environmental professional is, consequently, vital to the performance of all appropriate inquiry at the Phase I environmental site assessment level.
Additional Services—As set forth in 12.9, additional services may be contracted for between the user and the environmental professional.
Principles—The following principles are an integral part of this practice and are intended to be referred to in resolving any ambiguity or exercising such discretion as is accorded the user or environmental professional in performing an environmental site assessment or in judging whether a user or environmental professional has conducted all appropriate inquiry or has otherwise conducted an adequate environmental site assessment.
Uncertainty Not Eliminated—No environmental site assessment can wholly eliminate uncertainty regarding the potential for recognized environmental conditions in connection with a property. Performance of this practice is intended to reduce, but not eliminate, uncertainty regarding the potential for recognized environmental conditions in connection with a property, and this practice recognizes reasonable limits of time and cost.
Not Exhaustive—All appropriate inquiry does not mean an exhaustive assessment of a clean property. There is a point at which the cost of information obtained or the time required to gather it outweighs the usefulness of the information and, in fact, may be a material detriment to the orderly completion of transactions. One of the purposes of this practice is to identify a balance between the competing goals of limiting the costs and time demands inherent in performing an environmental site assessment and the reduction of uncertainty about unknown conditions resulting from additional information.
Level of Inquiry Is Variable—Not every property will warrant the same level of assessment. Consistent with good commercial or customary practice, the appropriate level of environmental site assessment will be guided by the type of property subject to assessment, the expertise and risk tolerance of the user, and the information developed in the course of the inquiry. For purposes of this practice, the level of all appropriate inquiry of isolated areas of commercial real estate contained within forestland or rural property shall meet the requirements of Practice E 1527
Comparison With Subsequent Inquiry—It should not be concluded or assumed that an inquiry was not all appropriate inquiry merely because the inquiry did not identify recognized environmental conditions in connection with a property. Environmental site assessments must be evaluated based on the reasonableness of judgments made at the time and under the circumstances in which they were made. Subsequent environmental site assessments should not be considered valid standards to judge the appropriateness of any prior assessment based on hindsight, new information, use of developing technology or analytical techniques, or other factors.
Continued Viability of Environmental Site Assessment—Subject to section 4.8, an environmental site assessment meeting or exceeding this practice and completed less than 180 days prior to the date of acquisition of the property or (for transactions not involving an acquisition) the date of the intended transaction is presumed to be valid . If within this period the assessment will be used by a different user than the user for whom the assessment was originally prepared, the subsequent user must also satisfy the User's Responsibilities in Section 6. Subject to section 4.8 and the User's Responsibilities set forth in Section 6, an environmental site assessment meeting or exceeding this practice and for which the information was collected or updated within one year prior to the date of acquisition of the property or (for transactions not involving an acquisition) the date of the intended transaction may be used provided that the following components of the inquiries were conducted or updated within 180 days of the date of purchase or the date of the intended transaction: (i) interviews with owners, operators, and occupants; (ii) searches for recorded environmental cleanup liens; (iii) reviews of federal, tribal, state, and local government records; (iv) visual inspections of the property and of adjoining properties; and (v) the declaration by the environmental professional responsible for the assessment or update.
Prior Assessment Usage—This practice recognizes that environmental site assessments performed in accordance with this practice will include information that subsequent users may want to use to avoid undertaking duplicative assessment procedures. Therefore, this practice describes procedures to be followed to assist users in determining the appropriateness of using information in environmental site assessments performed previously. The system of prior assessment usage is based on the following principles that should be adhered to in addition to the specific procedures set forth elsewhere in this practice:
Use of Prior Information—Subject to the requirements set forth in section 4.6, users and environmental professionals may use information in prior environmental site assessments provided such information was generated as a result of procedures that meet or exceed the requirements of this practice. However, such information shall not be used without current investigation of conditions likely to affect recognized environmental conditions in connection with the property. Additional tasks may be necessary to document conditions that may have changed materially since the prior environmental site assessment was conducted.
Contractual Issues Regarding Prior Assessment Usage—The contractual and legal obligations between prior and subsequent users of environmental site assessments or between environmental professionals who conducted prior environmental site assessments and those who would like to use such prior environmental site assessments are beyond the scope of this practice.
Actual Knowledge Exception—If the user or environmental professional(s) conducting an environmental site assessment has actual knowledge that the information being used from a prior environmental site assessment is not accurate or if it is obvious, based on other information obtained by means of the environmental site assessment or known to the person conducting the environmental site assessment, that the information being used is not accurate, such information from a prior environmental site assessment may not be used.
Rules of Engagement—The contractual and legal obligations between an environmental professional and a user (and other parties, if any) are outside the scope of this practice. No specific legal relationship between the environmental professional and the user is necessary for the user to meet the requirements of this practice.
1. Scope
1.1 Purpose—The purpose of this practice is to define good commercial and customary practice in the United States of America for conducting a Phase I environmental site assessment of a property 120 acres or greater of forestland or rural property or with a developed use of only managed forestland and/or agriculture with respect to the range of contaminants within the scope of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) and petroleum products. The property need not be contiguous; however, the non-contiguous areas should have substantially the same general land use and be part of the same transaction. The property may contain isolated areas of non-forestland and non-rural property. As such, this practice is intended to permit a user to satisfy one of the requirements to qualify for the innocent landowner, contiguous property owner, or bona fide prospective purchaser limitations on CERCLA liability (hereinafter, the "landowner liability protections," or "LLPs"): that is, the practice that constitutes "all appropriate inquiry into the previous ownership and uses of the property consistent with good commercial or customary practice" as defined at 42 U.S.C. §9601(35)(B). (See Appendix X1 for an outline of CERCLA's liability and defense provisions.) Controlled substances are not included within the scope of this standard. Persons conducting an environmental site assessment as part of an EPA Brownfields Assessment and Characterization Grant awarded under CERCLA 42 U.S.C. §9604(k)(2)(B) must include controlled substances as defined in the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. §802) within the scope of the assessment investigations to the extent directed in the terms and conditions of the specific grant or cooperative agreement.
1.1.1 Recognized Environmental Conditions—In defining a standard of good commercial and customary practice for conducting an environmental site assessment of a parcel of property, the goal of the processes established by this practice is to identify recognized environmental conditions. The term recognized environmental conditions means the presence or likely presence of any hazardous substances or petroleum products on a property under conditions that indicate an existing release, a past release, or a material threat of a release of any hazardous substances or petroleum products into structures on the property or into the ground, groundwater, or surface water of the property. The term includes hazardous substances or petroleum products even under conditions in compliance with laws. The term is not intended to include de minimis conditions that generally do not present a threat to human health or the environment or that generally would not be the subject of an enforcement action if brought to the attention of appropriate governmental agencies. Conditions determined to be de minimis are not recognized environmental conditions.
1.1.2 Two Related Practices—This practice is closely related to Practice E 1527
1.1.3 Petroleum Products—Petroleum products are included within the scope of this practice because they are of concern with respect to many parcels of forestland or rural property and current custom and usage is to include an inquiry into the presence of petroleum products when doing an environmental site assessment of forestland or rural property. Inclusion of petroleum products within the scope of this practice is not based upon the applicability, if any, of CERCLA to petroleum products. (See Appendix X1 for discussion of petroleum exclusion to CERCLA liability.)
1.1.4 CERCLA Requirements Other Than Appropriate Inquiry—This practice does not address whether requirements in addition to all appropriate inquiry have been met in order to qualify for the LLPs (for example, the duties specified in 42 U.S.C. §9607(b)(3)(a) and (b) and cited in Appendix X1 including the continuing obligation not to impede the integrity and effectiveness of activity and use limitations (AULs), or the duty to take reasonable steps to prevent releases, or the duty to comply with legally required release reporting obligations).
1.1.5 Other Federal, State, and Local Environmental Laws—This practice does not address requirements of any state or local laws or of any federal laws other than the all appropriate inquiry provisions of the LLPs. Users are cautioned that federal, state, and local laws may impose environmental assessment obligations that are beyond the scope of this practice. Users should also be aware that there are likely to be other legal obligations with regard to hazardous substances or petroleum products discovered on a property that are not addressed in this practice and that may pose risks of civil and/or criminal sanctions for non-compliance.
1.1.6 Documentation—The scope of this practice includes research and reporting requirements that support the user's ability to qualify for the LLPs. As such, sufficient documentation of all sources, records, and resources utilized in conducting the inquiry required by this practice must be provided in the written report (refer to 8.1.8 and 12.2).
1.2 Objectives—Objectives guiding the development of this practice are (1) to synthesize and put in writing good commercial and customary practice for environmental site assessments for forestland or rural property, (2) to facilitate high quality, standardized environmental site assessments, (3) to ensure that the standard of all appropriate inquiry is practical and reasonable, and (4) to clarify an industry standard for all appropriate inquiry in an effort to guide legal interpretation of the LLPs.
1.3 Considerations Beyond Scope—The use of this practice is strictly limited to the scope set forth in this section. Section 13 of this practice identifies, for informational purposes, certain environmental conditions (for example, threatened and endangered species and non-point source considerations) that may exist on a forestland or rural property that are beyond the scope of this practice but may warrant discussion between the environmental professional and the user about a forestland or rural property transaction. The need to include an investigation of any such conditions in the environmental professional's scope of services should be evaluated based upon, among other factors, the nature of the property and the reasons for performing the assessment and should be agreed upon between the user and environmental professional as additional services beyond the scope of this practice prior to initiation of the environmental site assessment process.
1.4 Organization of This Practice—This practice has 13 Sections and 6 appendixes. Section 1 concerns the Scope. Section 2 relates to Referenced Documents. Section 3, Terminology, contains definitions of terms not unique to this practice, descriptions of terms unique to this practice, and acronyms. Section 4 describes the Significance and Use of this practice. Section 5 provides discussion regarding activity and use limitations. Section 6 describes the User's Responsibilities. Sections 7-12 are the main body of the Phase I environmental site assessment, including evaluation and report preparation. Section 13 provides additional information regarding non-scope considerations (see 1.3). The appendixes are included for information and are not part of the procedures prescribed in this practice. Appendix X1 explains the liability and defense provisions of CERCLA that will assist the user in understanding the user's responsibilities under CERCLA; it also contains other important information regarding CERCLA, the Brownfields Amendments, and this practice. Appendix X2 provides the definition of the environmental professional responsible for the Phase I environmental site assessment, as required in the "All Appropriate Inquiry" Final Rule (40 CFR Part 312). Appendix X3 provides an optional User Questionnaire to assist the user and the environmental professional in gathering information from the user that may be material to identifying recognized environmental conditions. Appendix X4 provides a recommended table of contents and report format for a Phase I environmental site assessment. Guidance Documents X5 and X6 provide guidance to address the evaluation of threatened and endangered species and Clean Water Act non-point source considerations, respectively.
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For Memorial Day, New Stamps Honor Service Cross MedalsThe U.S. Postal Service is marking Memorial Day by issuing new stamps showing the Service Cross Medals. They are among the nation's highest military honors.
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Recently, DJ and underground music impresario Robert Disaro declared the death of slowed up music. Bold words, considering he himself has serious ties to Houston, a city where the legacy of DJ Screw is a lifestyle choice and not a trend. To further the confusion, Disaro's eponymous label was instrumental in breaking the dark drag of Witch House and the man just concluded a summer tour laden with more Gothic trappings than a Crow Convention. Perhaps the 2011 Upside Down Cross Deuces Tour was his fond farewell before embarking on his next journey, or maybe he just feels that as a pioneer of the sound he has the right to decide when it ends. Whatever the case, it is obvious that he didn't hold a coven council meeting, because it seems like slowed up sounds aren't really going anywhere. One artist that didn't get the memo is Denver based Strange Powers. Earlier this year, Powers impressed many with the Mmmmmmmm EP he released on AMDISCS. His new EP on Tundra Dubs, Genetisis actually turns up the Screw, by fusing Strange Powers' pernicious synth with an ample amount of promethazine pitched hip hop samples. Tracks like "After the Gold Rush" sweat an odd mixture of absinthe and codeine, as industrial sounds are assaulted by some of the most minimal post-Screw that has ever been recorded. As I mentioned in my first article about Strange Powers, he is no stranger to the boom bip, and developed his sound making his bones on the underground hip hop scene. Tennessee's Party Trash is another artist that will never let the spirit of Robert Davis Jr. die. Although he dabbles in a wide range of music, from IDM to drone, his roots are always apparent. Last month, he and I released an EP as Thoed Myndez based almost entirely on loops and samples snatched from original gray tapes. Just about everything Party Trash touches has the indelible tattoo of Screw all over it. He also just released a crucial Halloween mixtape (a collaboration with fellow Tennesse producer fr<>ze,) featuring original beats and rhymes from a handful of their closest friends, including SortaHuman, Noah23 and Blam Lord. So what's the damn deal? Why all the fatalism in a goofy little internet music scene? The answer lies in the artists themselves. Big ticket artists on the small scene have seemingly tired of their old sounds. Replacing lo fi bit rates with a more polished version of sinister bass and a vibe borrowed from early 90's rave and modern dubstep. It is true that this rebirth of cruel seems to be getting a little slicker this year. Additionally, too many factions within the insulated community seem to be clamoring to declare their own take on it as the heir apparent to the house that a few small batch CD-Rs built. As the music becomes more diverse and faceted, there are always new artists looking to repeat the triumphs (or tragedies) of earlier artists that released through seminal labels like Disaro. Whatever your class in RPG Funk: Rock on, Rave on or Sail on. It is diversification that leads to progress, this has always been the power of chaos and mutation. There's room on this Masada for all to jump.


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Unions to spend $400 million on elections
You remember the "Citizen's United" case I'm sure. And you probably remember the cries from the left when the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the 1st Amendment saying that amendment prohibited the government from restricting political expenditures by corporations and unions.
Bad decision according to them, remember? What was it Barack Obama said? That the decision "gives the special interests and their lobbyists even more power in Washington — while undermining the influence of average Americans who make small contributions to support their preferred candidates."
He even lectured the Supreme Court justices at that year's State of the Union Address saying, "last week, the Supreme Court reversed a century of law to open the floodgates for special interests — including foreign corporations — to spend without limit in our elections. Well I don't think American elections should be bankrolled by America's most powerful interests, or worse, by foreign entities."
Yes, those evil corporations were sure to be bankrolling American elections to the detriment of the "little people".
But unions? Meh. Not a word from Obama about unions.
Unions are getting ready to pour money into the 2012 elections. The AP's Sam Hananel reports that AFSCME is planning to spend at least $100 million, the SEIU will spend $85 million or more, and total union efforts will reach at least $400 million. While many of its affiliate unions, such as AFSCME, will spend heavily on advertising and candidates, the AFL-CIO will continue to focus on developing the infrastructure for year-round, grassroots mobilization.
And not a word since. When I hear Barack Obama rail against union spending and call for it to end, then I'll believe he's against unlimited spending for principled reasons (not that I'd agree, but I'd given him that benefit of the doubt) and not political ones. Until then he's just another in a long line of political hacks trying to limit the funds of those who would spend their money in opposition to him.
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"When I hear Barack Obama rail against union spending and call for it to end, then I'll believe he's against unlimited spending…"
First, why would you believe anything he says? He's explicitly denounced spending that he immediately engaged in. He ALWAYS has a least two positions on any issue (abortion being a notable exception).
Second, it will never happen. There is "good" spending in political campaigns (his), and "bad" spending (all other). The sources can be identical (i.e., Wall St.), and the sums provided him greater. No matter. See First, above.
Third, this is one of the most credulity-straining issues involving the press and Obama. He announced he intends to raise a BILLION dollars…ostensibly to SPEND. This should have raised a hue and cry, but you can hear the crickets. Hmmmm….
@Ragspierre "He ALWAYS has a least two positions on any issue (abortion being a notable exception). "
WHEN he has any position at all and isn't 'evaluating', 'considering' or 'studying' some situation.
@Ragspierre The antonym for "Decisive" in the thesaurus is "Obama".
@looker Odd; the same "Obama" term is the synonym for "deceptive". Huh…
@Ragspierre Urban dictionary has 216 entries, based on a random sample, not many are flattering.
In fairness however, GWB has MORE and they are no more flattering.
@looker But do fever-generated delusions count…??? I mean, like, "Bush lied–kids died"…???
@Ragspierre "They also said that artificial sweeteners were safe, WMDs were in Iraq and Anna Nicole married for love."
@Neo_ All true, Neo. Artifical sweeteners ARE safe, there WERE WMD in Iraq, and Anna LOVED her some money…
I have this recollection in my youth of when I first heard about the notion of a labor union being a negotiating body for a group of workers. I immediately assumed that companies (i.e. management) was then able to negotiate the best deal by going from union to union until they found the best match. Of course, we know something as simple as that could never be allowed.
When you control the Ministry of Truth these matters are easily disposed of with a sniffle.
Union members in the modern day are among the very stupidest, most ignorant people ever. I have had the dubious pleasure to speaking at some length to members of various unions and they are totally ignorant of economics. They are horribly ill informed of history, They believe in all sorts of stupid populist nostrums. And they do not want to hear anything that is contrary to what their union leaders tell them, , ,
At one time I think they did some good, but that was a long time ago. They are pretty much just an impediment to human happiness, prosperity, and progress now.
Well I'm hoping unions spend $800MM and lose every race.


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Wedbush Morgan Securities video game analyst, Michael Pachter, says the PlayStation 3 is going down in price to $299 in April. Pachter thinks the price cut of $100 could pull the PS3 out of its recent sales slump.
"Once the PS3 is at a more affordable price point (we expect a cut to $299 in April), we think that sales of that device will once again begin to grow," Pachter said.
Pachter also thinks Microsoft will answer with a retail slashing of its own. "We expect another cut in price for the Xbox 360, with the feature-laden Pro model likely to come down in price to $249 at or before this year's E3 show in June," the analyst predicted.
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