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A Bold New Labor Call for a 'Maximum Wage'
By Sam Pizzigati | Too Much | August 26, 2012
The national leader of one of America's feistiest unions is aiming to expand the economic fairness debate. He's proposing a cap on incomes at the top that rises only if incomes at the bottom rise first.
With Labor Day fast approaching, what better time to reflect about those Americans who earn the least for their labor? These Americans — workers paid the federal minimum wage — are now taking home just $7.25 an hour.
On paper, minimum wage workers are making exactly what they made in July 2009, the last time the minimum wage bumped up. In reality, minimum wage workers are making less today than they made last year — and the year before that — since inflation has eaten away at their incomes.
And if we go back a few decades, today's raw deal on the minimum wage gets even rawer. Back in 1968, minimum wage workers took home $1.60 an hour. To make that much today, adjusting for inflation, a minimum wage worker would have to be earning $10.55 an hour.
In effect, minimum wage workers today are taking home almost $7,000 less over the course of a year than minimum wage workers took home in 1968.
Figures like these don't particularly discomfort our nation's most powerful. We live in tough times, their argument goes. The small businesses that drive our economy, we're informed, can't possibly afford to pay their help any more than they already do.
But the vast majority of our nation's minimum wage workers don't labor for Main Street mom-and-pops. They labor for businesses that no average American would ever call small. Two-thirds of America's low-wage workers, the National Employment Law Project documented last month, work for companies with over 100 employees on their payrolls.
The 50 largest of these low-wage employers are doing just fine, even with the Great Recession. Over the last five years, these 50 corporations — outfits that range from Wal-Mart to Office Depot — have together returned $175 billion to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.
And the CEOs at these companies last year averaged $9.4 million in personal compensation. A minimum wage worker would have to labor 623 years bring in that kind of pay.
So what can we do to bring some semblance of fairness back into our workplaces? For starters, we obviously need to raise the minimum wage. But some close observers of America's economic landscape believe we need to do more. A great deal more.
Count Larry Hanley among these more ambitious change agents. Hanley, the president of the Amalgamated Transit Union, sits on the AFL-CIO executive council, the American labor movement's top decision-making body. Earlier this month, Hanley called for a "maximum wage," a cap on the compensation that goes to the corporate execs who profit so hugely off low-wage labor.
This maximum, if Hanley had his way, would be defined as a multiple of the pay that goes to a company's lowest-paid worker. If we had a "maximum wage" set at 100 times that lowest wage, the CEO at a company that paid workers as little as $15,080 — the annual take-home for a minimum wage worker — could waltz off with annual pay no higher than just over $1.5 million.
During World War II, Amalgamated Transit Union president Hanley points out, President Franklin D. Roosevelt called for what amounted to a maximum wage. FDR urged Congress to place a 100 percent tax on income over $25,000 a year, a sum now equal, after inflation, to just over $350,000.
Congress didn't go along. But FDR did end up winning a 94 percent top tax rate on income over $200,000, a move that would help usher in the greatest years of middle-class prosperity the United States has ever known.
Throughout World War II, FDR enjoyed broad support from within the labor movement — and the general public — for his pay cap notion. Now's the time, Hanley believes, to put that notion back on the political table. We need, he says, "to start a national discussion about creating a maximum wage law."
Hanley may just have started that discussion, just in time for Labor Day.
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That is a beautiful idea, as well as an enlightening article, for none of that history was know to me until a few minutes ago.
Which leads me to translate that data into a solution to the grotesque economic inequality that defines capitalism as the arrogantly exploitative anti-social monstrosity that has corrupted government, instigated wars of aggression, and continually destroys the world environment, Fukushima and TEPCO is the latest unmistakable proof of its perverted mindset and consequently modus operandi that very likely may be the end of us all!
Therefore, what is needed immediately, this Labor Day or by May Day is, to place a 100 percent tax on income over $350,000. The minimum wage raised to $20. an hour, with a 32 hour workweek.
Comment by Bill Mitchell | August 27, 2012 |


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"Science and Social Responsibility: Rising Problems, Wise Initiatives" – A Pugwash Workshop
Organized in partnership with UNESCO, this workshop reflected on how scientists can live up to their moral and social responsibility in the current age of globalization. This is particularly important to ensure that scientific and technological innovations are used for the benefit of humankind, and to help the world solve armed conflicts and build sustainable socially inclusive societies where human dignity is respected and environment is protected.
The day after the meeting of International Student Young Pugwash which took place on 13 March 2012 at the Ecole Normale Supérieure, rue d'Ulm, in Paris (France), the workshop launched the activities of the Pugwash Working Group on Social Responsibility of Scientists which was established at the 59th Conference of this international movement on Science and World Affairs in July 2011 in Berlin.
With the aim to go beyond discussion of the problems, some 100 expected participants tried to identify a number of specific areas where Pugwash activity could really make a difference and advance international cooperation under UNESCO's auspices in the context of the proposed revision of the 1974 Recommendation on the Status of Scientific Researchers.
Thus this workshop has reinforced the partnership between the Pugwash Movement (http://www.pugwash.org/) and UNESCO, in particular its World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST) of which the Pugwash President, Mr Jayantha Dhanapal from Sri Lanka, is ex-officio member.
Organized in conformity with the format adopted by the Pugwash Movement, the discussions permited to the participants, invited in their personal capacity, to involve in an open discussion and formulate proposals without committing their respective governments. The debates were held in the English language only.
By creating this Working Group, the Pugwash Movement, known for its unwavering commitment to the world free from nuclear weapons for which it received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1995, intends to reaffirm its faithfulness to the 1955 Russell- Einstein Manifesto that was born out of their deep conviction that scientists must make sure that their inventions serve peace and prosperity.
The mission of Pugwash Movement echoes that of UNESCO, whose Constitution proclaims that lasting peace must be founded on intellectual and moral solidarity of humankind.
For more information about the meeting held the day before in the Ecole Normale Supérieure, please consult: jeunes.pugwash.fr.
Type of Event | Meeting by Member States or Institutions |
Start | 14.03.2012 09:00 local time |
End | 15.03.2012 17:30 local time |
Date to be fixed | 0 |
Focal point | Crowley, John |
Organizer | Pugwash International |
Contact | email@example.com; email@example.com; email@example.com |
Country | France |
City | Paris |
Venue | UNESCO Headquarters |
Street | 7, place de Fontenoy |
Room | Room IX |
Permanent Delegation Contact | |
Major Programme | |
Language of Event | English |
Estimated number of participants | 100 |
Official Website | Concept Note |
Link 1 | Programme |
Link 2 | Recommendation on the Status of Scientific Researchers, 1974 |
Link 3 | Science Communication: an Essential Component of Development Strategies (by David Dickson) |
Link 4 | Ciencia: nueva perspectiva sobre la propiedad intelectual (by Karen Hallberg, in Spanish) |

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For too long, the emphasis in Cloud Computing circles has been almost exclusively upon provision of rapidly scalable and ad hoc remote computing on top of cost-effective commodity hardware. The Cloud play from Salesforce, Amazon's EC2 and the rest has been dominated by the implicit assumption that these Cloud-based resources are an extension of the corporate data center; a way to simply reduce the costs of enterprise computing. There is value in this business, but there are bigger opportunities. Cloud Computing, and the various *aaS movements, have finally brought us to a place where the fiercely guarded and tightly delineated boundaries between the organisation and those outside it may become permeable in ways that should benefit the organisation rather than threaten it.
It is a quite remarkable feeling to watch as the pieces fall into place and the picture, anticipated for so long, is finally revealed in all its splendor. As with any jigsaw that lacked a guiding picture on the box, the final result is that inevitable mix of vindication and surprise. Some areas of the picture are wholly unexpected, some look as one predicted, whilst across most of the image there are new facets to explore in familiar faces, anticipated dioramas to compare with long-held expectation, and presumptions to challenge or validate.
Recent advances in the business of Cloud Computing form just such a picture, and reach out to encompass previously unrelated aspects of Web 2.0, the Semantic Web, Platform Computing, Software as a Service (SaaS) and the economics of Disruption. Not merely some game of buzzword bingo on an unprecedented scale, it is becoming increasingly easy to see the opportunities for a significant shift in the way that we access computational resources; and to recognize that the walls separating organizations from their peers, their partners, their competitors and their customers will become ever-more permeable to the flow of data upon which those distant machines will compute.
There is much to understand that is already known in related fields, and much to discover that only becomes possible in this space. One early challenge is in carving a discrete niche for the place toward which we are moving with such rapidity. Far more than 'just' the Cloud; an evolution on from the playful flippancy that diminishes so many of Web 2.0's poster children; and difficult to relate to the mainstream misconceptions of the Semantic Web's complexity. Yet this new place is the sum of these parts, and far greater than they can ever be alone. So do we extend the already ephemeral notion of Cloud Computing? Do we appropriate the 'next big thing' label of Web 3.0? Or do we need a healthily fresh attitude to business computing's apparently insatiable desire to apply labels?
First, though, let us consider the shape of this thing that is taking on more substance with each passing day.
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Results tagged ' Bobby Abreu '
Mountain climbing time
Well, we've got a mountain to climb in Game 5. No getting around it. We've just got to get there, get to the top somehow. It is a mountain, though, no question about it. A big one.
If they win, it's over. Yankees go to the World Series, we go home. Simple as that. Down 3-1 in the ALCS, I wouldn't say I'm frustrated. Mad is more like it. We know baseball. It can turn around any time. We've got to go out there and try to climb that mountain.
Everybody is asking me how they've shut down our offense. They've go CC Sabathia and Mariano Rivera. And A.J. Burnett and Andy Pettitte, and a good bullpen. CC and Mariano, need I say more? But that doesn't mean we can't get something going, get our offense rolling again. Sure we can. We need to take it one at-bat at a time, play the way we have all season, and get this thing back to New York.
They had their big man going last night, and we've got our big man going tomorrow night. John Lackey, man, I'm comfortable with him out there. He pounds the strike zone, like CC did last night. We didn't play good defense behind Lackey in Game 1 at Yankee Stadium, and we can't let that happen again. We've got to be on top of our game. We've got to play better than that.
People talk about pressure, but we don't have any pressure down 3-1. We're just going to go out and play the game the right way, and hopefully that'll take us back to New York for Game 6. The pressure's not on us. I don't buy that at all.
We've been trying to get back to our game since the start of the series. We know we can do it. You don't sweep Boston without being good. We have to get that aggressive mindset and play free but also smart.
It's been rough offensively. We just haven't been getting the big hit when we need it. Smooth Bobby Abreu was saying that we're trying to do too much with runners in scoring position, that we've got to relax and hit the way we did during the season.
Bobby knows best. I think he's on the money. We can't force things. We have to be disciplined and get pitches in good spots and drive them. We need to be aggressive but play with intelligence at the same time.
It's a mountain, for sure, but you've got to take it one step at a time. We don't want this to end, and we don't want to see the Yankees celebrate on our field. No team wants to watch that. Let's get after it. Crank up the volume, fans, and get the Rally Monkey warmed up.
It's time to get busy, time to go to work. Time to put on the mountain-climbing boots.
Even wet, just happy to be here
We're just happy to be here in the Big Apple, rain or shine. It's been coming down all day, and a little chill in the air. Hopefully, we'll get enough decent weather to play some baseball and get back home in good shape.
Facing the Yankees, the favorites, is kind of like facing the Red Sox. People said we weren't supposed to win that series, but we had other ideas.
We were happy to play the Red Sox. We never said one word that we didn't want to play the Red Sox. That all came from the media. We wanted to play anybody. We're just happy to still be playing with a shot at the ring.
When I was younger and with the Twins, it was awesome going out and playing center field at Yankee Stadium in the postseason. They beat us in 2003 and 2004, but we were all minimum wage guys.
This team is a little different. We've got an owner, Arte Moreno, who wants to win as much as we do. When we went out and got Mark Teixeira last year at the Trade Deadline, I screamed, I was so happy.
Teixeira is the enemy, of course, but he's a good dude. I really liked him when we were teammates, and I think he helped guys with his approach. Bobby Abreu has been doing that for us this year, helping not just the young guys but everybody. He has great at-bats. You don't want to go up and swing at the first pitch after he's had a seven-pitch at-bat. It trickles down, the domino effect.
We have a lot of leaders on this team, veterans who have been around, guys like Chone Figgins, Vladdy "Mula" Guerrero, John Lackey, Brian Fuentes. And Bobby is one of them. He's a great leader.
People think he's quiet, but Bobby's not as mellow as you think. He is funny. He has everybody cracking up in the clubhouse. He's so much fun off the field, but when he steps between those lines, he's focused, man.
As for the Yankees, what can you say that hasn't already been said? They always have one of the best lineups. It's nothing different than in the past. You look at my old buddy CC Sabathia, Mariano Rivera, Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez, Tex . . . so many great players. Those guys are impressive over there. I like them as a team. They play the game right, the way we do.
As for the Angels beating the Yankees in the playoffs twice before, in 2002 and 2005, I wasn't here, so I don't have a lot to offer about that. We played them even this year, five wins apiece. There was a lot of scoring, a lot of yelling, and some quiet times. Yankee Stadium, old or new, it's always exciting to play here.
As a kid, you grow up watching games at Yankee Stadium, and how here you are, in the postseason. The regular season doesn't matter now. It's all about what you do now.
I'm sure I'll be as excited as ever running out to center field in Game 1, all that adrenaline pumping. It's a dream come true, playing on this field, in the ALCS, with a chance to beat the Yankees. I think we can do. Let's hope the weather cooperates and we can go out and see what happens.
This is what we play for — a shot at the ring
This is my sixth postseason, and it's a whole new season. It doesn't matter what you do in the regular season. It's all about who wants it more. You see guys who hit 30, 40 homers, drive in 100 runs, and they don't do a thing in postseason. You've got pitchers who dominate in the regular season and don't win in the postseason. It's the same game, but different.
I think guys here learned from last year, losing in four games to Boston. I'm not saying any names, but I can hear it in their voices, see it in their eyes. It's totally different. The younger guys have that bulldog in them now. It's what I was waiting to see, and I'm seeing it now.
I love this time of year. It takes me back to high school football in Pine Bluff, Ark., when I just wanted to go out and hit guys. I still want to hit — just a different kind of hitting.
Even though it's the same game, the adrenaline and hype of it take you up to another level. You've got to block it out, go out and have fun. I don't think anything needs to be said. We finished off on a good note, winning seven of the last eight, and we're carrying that momentum into the postseason.
One thing about the playoffs – you don't need any coffee. You don't want to get too boosted up. I hurt my knee jumping up and down on a play last year against the Red Sox where I thought I was safe – and I wasn't. The adrenaline was going crazy on me. I'm drinking straight water. Pure adrenaline is going to take over for you.
My whole focus is on the Red Sox, of course, but I've got to say, that Twins-Tigers playoff game was awesome. I watched it at home, and I caught myself every once in a while cheering for the guys I used to play with in Minnesota. They battled through it and got it done, and to do it without Justin Morneau, one of the best pure hitters in the game, and Joe Crede, that was impressive. But I know those guys, how much heart they have, how they battle.
Now they go on to New York. In 2003 and 2004, the Yankees put it on us. Hopefully, they can get it done. I texted most of the guys after it was over and told them how happy I was for them. It was a roller-coaster ride, and I was really excited for Alexi Casilla, getting the big hit, and of course for Joe Mauer and the rest of the guys.
Now they just go on straight adrenaline. The Twins probably have momentum, coming off a playoff game, a great win, but that's a good team they're playing.
The Twins are probably the closest team to us in their style. They've got a batting champion in Mauer, and they always play hard. I think we might have a couple more athletes. Put us on a football field, and we'd win. We have some old quarterbacks on this team – John Lackey, Jeff Mathis, Scott Kazmir, myself. Mathis would be our QB. He was a division I recruit, by Florida State.
I've got a lot of confidence in Lackey in Game 1. John's a bulldog who wants the ball every fifth day. He's not afraid to throw strikes. The passion he has on the mound, when he comes into the dugout, either he's upset or excited. I always like our chances when he's out there.
As for our offense, you can't say enough about what Bobby Abreu has brought to this team. Bobby's whole thing is swing at strikes – whether it's the first pitch or the last pitch you see. It's simple, but it's hard, especially for young guys and a hitter like Vladimir Guerrero, who's always been so aggressive. Vladdy's Vladdy. He's been playing and doing it his way for a long time. And he's a Hall of Famer.
Bobby definitely had a positive impact on me. I've been playing for years, but I'm getting better. Besides his approach on the field, another thing Bobby brings is the way he prepares himself. He gets here early, does his running, lifts his weights. Guys see that, and they want to be like Bobby. They know he's always on the field.
The way Bobby carries himself, that's another thing he brings to the clubhouse. He's always relaxed, always singing. He's a bad singer, but that's OK. He's suave. One of a kind.
I really like the way we set up with Chone Figgins and Bobby up top, then the rest of us. Those two guys know how to get on base and run the bases. Guys like Vlad, Juan Rivera, Kendry Morales, we've got some bangers in the middle. We have a lot of weapons.
I think we're ready. Now it's time to go out and get it done.
Assessing the Matthews situation
I know a lot of people are criticizing Gary Matthews Jr. for taking the stand he's taking, wanting to play every day. People wonder how a guy making the kind of money he's making can act like he's not happy. I hear that all the time. You're making all that money, how can you complain? What's your problem? Well, that's not fair at all, if you understand the mindset of an athlete. We're competitors by nature, and we all want to be part of something special.
I understand perfectly how Gary feels. Gary's an athlete. He grew up loving the game and playing for nothing. That's what got him where he is, that passion he has for the game. The fact he's now making a lot of money doesn't change that. He feels he can play at a high level — and I agree with him.
We play the same position, and I know what it takes to get it done. Gary's a terrific center fielder, and he can also play left and right. But we've got a lot of talent everywhere in this clubhouse, and even though that's great for the organization, it's not so great for some of the players.
You can't expect a guy who loves the game to sit on the bench and be happy about it. I've always felt older guys who are near the end of their careers make the best bench guys, because they know what they can do and how to respond to situations. Younger guys just want to get out and play. Gary's not a kid — he's 34. But he's not an old guy, either. He's healthy again, and he wants to get out and show the world what he can do. How can you blame him for that?
Bobby Abreu is a perfect example of what I'm talking about. Because of the economy in baseball now, he had to take an $11 million cut this year, down to $5 million, to come play for us. He did it because he loves the game and wants to play baseball. He's here every day, cracking us up with jokes, laughing, having a great time. I knew he was a great player, but seeing him every day now, i can see he's a great teammate, too. He's going to be good for this club in the clubhouse as well as on the field. Bobby's a real pro.
I know what it's like to be frustrated with your situation. I was the same way back with Minnesota. I'd be hitting like .450 in the spring, but they had Otis Nixon in center field in '97 and '98, and I couldn't make the team, no matter what I did. It kind of messes with your mind when you're young.
That's why I'm always talking to Brandon Wood, Matt Brown, Sean Rodriguez, all these young dudes who can play but have established veterans in front of them. I tell them to be patient, that their time will come. I know how frustrating it is, but you have to keep working, keep improving — and be ready when your opportunity arrives. I tell them it's the same game up here. That doesn't change. What changes is the hype, the fans. It's the spotlight, and how you handle it.
The talent level on this club is really amazing. Man, I look around and shake my head. We've got athletes all over the place. That's why I feel for Gary. This guy is a premier athlete. I know it's tough on him emotionally. It doesn't matter if you're making $500 million — you want to play. That's true of 99 percent of the guys in the Major Leagues. Manny Ramirez is playing because he loves the game, loves to hit. I know Manny, and he lives for the game, the competition.
Gary is no different. He just wants to play. That doesn't make him a bad guy, by any means. It makes him an athlete.


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Thursday, March 31, 2011
Now you have to understand, this isn't one of those southern showers where it rains really hard for an hour and the rest of the days is sunny and nice. This is the Pacific NW where everyday activities stop should the clouds part and reveal that strange blue color above them for two mintues. They could have filmed that scene from Independence Day when everyone stops to look up at the alien spaceship right here in Portland during the spring. They wouldn't have even had to pay for the extras. And that's what it has been like; every single day with heavy clouds and rain and wind. Even a hard-core third generation local like me has reached their limit. Actually, I reached my limit after day one but only because I've traveled the world and I know there are places that have sun outside of summer.
After a good long rainstorm...like our 30 days...there inevitably are thousands of worms laying in the sidewalk and on the street. I feel bad for them because it isn't easy running without squishing some of them.
It's not their fault either. I watched some animal planet special during a serious bout of boredom for which there are probably drugs advertised on TV. According to the special, they get washed out of their homes after rainstorms just like a tsunami washing out our second homes built right on the beach with a three foot sand drift between the ocean and total ruin. Duh.
Imagine their plight. There just laying at home watching reruns of Flipper when a huge rain wave of water floods their house and the next thing they know they're abandoned on some foreign street. No time to even leave a note posted to a pole that says "Look for me on 6th street."
And though my house hasn't been flooded and I haven't been washed down the street....worms...when it comes to rain...I feel your pain.
Thunk up by Ed at 7:08 PM
17 comments:
- Subby said...
Weather update: it's snowing in my area. I'd say WTF but it is New England...
I'll take in some o' those homeless worms...in a frying pan :P
What? - 7:25 PM
- Mrsupole said...
Umm, we are so hot here in So. CA that we are running our air conditioners, but we would gladly take some of the rain and snow if we could. We are still in a drought and have to conserve water...which sucks for our lawns and gardens. But I do admit 30 days is just too many and worms are a rare sight around here, being as I am in a semi-arid area.
God bless. - 1:48 AM
- Kurt said...
There's an old saying, "If you can't be kind to worms, leave them alone."
- Boom Boom Larew said...
Avoiding stepping on worms after a heavy rain is an exercise in futility. Much easier just to move to Arizona.
- Roy said...
Hmmmm... Here in central PA the rain floods out the groundhogs and moles. At least they're easier to avoid while running.
- ReformingGeek said...
I'd like an order of rain, please. No, I don't want squished worms with that.
- sybil law said...
I always feel bad for the ones washed out of their homes and then so bloated and fat with water, they end up stuck there and dried out until they die in the heat of the summer.
Eh. Not that bad, though. - 8:19 AM
- 00dozo said...
Hey, if you are a fisherman, collect them for bait! Or, if you are a gardener, put them in some moist - but not too moist - soil until the garden dries out a bit and then release them - kinda like a catch and release for worms. They aerate the soil and their casings (poop) makes for a great fertilizer.
- Baino said...
Well at least when it rains here, it's warmish. I'm hoping for rain and a Giant Gippsland worm in two weeks time when I take an American road-tripping, what does he want to see? Koalas? Kangaroos? No, a 2 metre earthworm but they'll only gurgle out of their holes if there's a downpour and we find the right spot so wish me luck.
- Subby said...
@Baino, two....metres?!? Ya don't need luck lass, ya need grenades!
- Roxy Carmichael said...
God I know what you mean. I always try to rescue drowning worms and put them on a little dry sand island. It's my good deed for the day.
- Megan said...
Some friends of mine want us to all move to Portland with them. I am seriously rethinking my initial positive response.
- Quirkyloon said...
So like Milli Vanilli you are blaming it on the rain.
Ha! - 4:03 PM
- secret agent woman said...
Whenever I see earthworms on the sidewalks after a rain, I can't help but picking up as many as I can and flinging them back onto the grass or dirt. After a while, I run out of steam and just keep walking, averting my eyes. There's a metaphor in that.
- Janna said...
*uncontrollable shudder*
I... HATE.... worms.
I hate them hate them hate them hate them.
And now, against my better judgment, thanks to Baino, I'm googling "Gippsland worm"...
Please ignore the screams. - 7:11 PM
- VE said...
Subby – Yeah, I'll pass on the snow. We just have to go up into the hills and there's 10 feet of snow! I'm not even exaggerating on that number either. We get serious snow here; just not in the valley where Portland is…
Mrsupole – I know…I was just in Palm Springs a couple weeks ago. Ah…mid 80s…nice…and I had plenty of water…the hotel pool was right out the back!
Kurt – But what if it's a gang of worms trying to bully you out of your milk money?
Boom boom larew – You might be right...but there are those three months where it is 150 degrees there and you have to be inside by 8am or you'll be a sizzling bacon on the street…
Roy – Probably not for me though…I ran right into a deer once while running…it's a longer story…I think I had a post on it and you could find it if I bothered to provide a search or tags…but of course the gnomes convinced me not too…stay lazy they said…
Reforminggeek – There's always a catch; nobody gets the order right…especially if you order it from the drive thru
Sybil law – Didn't you just describe retirement life in Florida?
00dozo – What if I'm just a slacker?
Baino – A 2 metre earthworm? I'd trip over that running…
Subby – They're probably plotting to take over Australia…I was plotting to do the same but I'll make a deal with them. They can have the interior and I'll take the coastline…
Roxy – Around here it would take all day doing good deeds with the amount of them…
Megan – Bring a raincoat! You should move up in July…and then back in October when the rains come…
Quirkyloon – I blame everything on the rain…including Milli Vanilli!
Secret agent woman – Is it that you're OCD? Is it that you were a worm in a past life that only partly cares about the plight of worms?
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Big Game Brands, formerly Raving Brands, announced the purchase of The Original Italian Pie, a full-service Italian restaurant franchise featuring gourmet pizzas, salads, sandwiches, and calzones to its diverse portfolio of concepts that includes Monkey Joe's Parties & Play and The Flying Biscuit.
Founded in New Orleans in 1992, The Original Italian Pie is famous for its gourmet made-to-order pizzas, featuring made-from-scratch dough and sauce and topped with fresh, hand-cut toppings. The full-service restaurant concept is popular for its large portions, great value, and robust menu of traditional Italian fare such as pasta and calzones, as well as sandwiches, salads, and vegetarian options, making it a good choice for the entire family.
Big Game Brands plans to expand the concept across the U.S., focusing its efforts in the Southeast by first opening a corporate location in Charlotte, North Carolina, and a new franchised location in New Orleans. With single-unit operators and area developers already taking an interest in the brand, Big Game Brands plans to grow to 25 locations by the end of 2012.
"After launching concepts such as Moe's Southwest Grill, Mama Fu's, and Planet Smoothie, we understand what it takes for a concept to be successful in an ever-changing environment," says Daryl Dollinger, president of Big Game Brands. "The addition of Italian Pie continues our reach into the casual dining market and, according to Technomic, value will be key this year for consumers making decisions on what casual dining establishment they frequent. We believe Italian Pie offers quality menu items at an affordable price, and we are enthusiastic about the potential for growth and the opportunity to take the brand to the next level."
To maintain the flare and excitement of the original Italian Pie, Big Game Brands has brought on Pat Linch as vice president of operations and brand leader. No stranger to the brand, Linch previously worked with the brand and will remain based in New Orleans to lead franchise support and training efforts.
"I am excited to be joining the team and look forward to expanding The Original Italian Pie across the United States," Linch says. "I have a strong passion for the brand and believe that its diverse menu and distinct customer service will drive franchise interest in a concept that works in both larger cities as well as smaller markets."
The two new Italian Pie locations will be located at 1608 East Blvd. in Charlotte and 3706 Prytania St. in New Orleans.
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Do your research people these guys are the worst of the worst. Overpromise, under-deliver and keep a cast of great lawyers to defend the lawsuits is thier M.O.A new name doesnt change your track record. Big Game Brands= Raving Brands = Same old story and it never ends well except for these two and thier attorneys!!Potential franchisees please look these guys up before investing!
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The other two comments could not be more accurate. If you are considering doing business with this company you NEED to do your homework. Ask yourself why so many of their other concepts are sueing these guys. Move forward with extreme caution. Save yourself a lot of future problems and check everything out. Find out how much they make off the supply chain, etc.If you decide to move forward...good luck.


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More recently, traffic to Vodafail.com has declined significantly.
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The shortfall will be compounded by the monoculture mentality of genetically modified and thus tainted produce like corn, soy, oilseed rape, sunflower, maize, and now alfalfa, which are not designed to meet the needs of the human population.
Natural, seasonal vegetables are essential for our wellbeing, but space for these is constantly being challenged by the profit/greed motive of BigAgri. In addition, home grown seasonal has been overtaken by the 'globalised' culture where much of the northern hemisphere produce is uneconomically produced overseas for minimum wage then transported by ships and airplanes over vast distances.
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On July 2, 2008 archaeologists announced the discovery of the remains of George Washington's boyhood home. Thousands of artifacts found in the cellars and foundation confirm that Washington's family lived here.
Situated on a bluff above the Rappahannock River, the farm is the site of a historic ferry crossing.
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The blood had barely dried on True Detective's first season before talk turned to season 2, and rumours surrounding its cast and plot are now rife, including one that suggests it won't revolve around a serial killer.
Shunning the perception by some that Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson were almost solely responsible for its quality and success, the show will cast an entirely new detective duo for its next outing, and it looks as though the central plot could be different too.
Creator Nic Pizzolato reportedly told The Wrap that the story might not be a murder mystery but see the detectives chasing an elusive criminal instead.
There would no doubt still be murder and death along the way, but this suggests the case might not be murder-centric this time around.
Pizzolato added in an interview with HitFix that season 2 is about "bad men, hard women and the secret occult history of the United States transportation system."
There has certainly been no shortage of actresses declaring themselves up for the role of a "hard woman", with Kate Mara, Ellen Page and Kristen Wiig all being rumoured (though take these with a pinch of salt) and Emma Stone telling Vogue she would do it "in a heartbeat".
Brad Pitt is among the men linked for a part meanwhile, though it's possible this started when someone went "Hey, he played one half of a detective duo in Se7en, and that was pretty dark too".
The A-lister rumours show just how big the show (and television as whole has come), the gossip being reminiscent of that surrounding a Hollywood blockbuster.
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In mathematics, quasi-isometry is an equivalence relation on metric spaces that ignores their small-scale details in favor of their coarse structure. The concept is especially important in geometric group theory following the work of Gromov.[1]
Suppose that is a (not necessarily continuous) function from one metric space to a second metric space . Then is called a quasi-isometry from to if there exist constants , , and such that the following two properties both hold:[2]
- For every two points and in , the distance between their images is (up to the additive constant ) within a factor of of their original distance. More formally:
- Every point of is within the constant distance of an image point. More formally:
The two metric spaces and are called quasi-isometric if there exists a quasi-isometry from to .
A map is called a quasi-isometric embedding if it satisfies the first condition but not necessarily the second (i.e. it is coarsely Lipschitz but may fail to be coarsely surjective).
The map between the Euclidean plane and the plane with the Manhattan distance that sends every point to itself is a quasi-isometry: in it, distances are multiplied by a factor of at most .
The map (both with the Euclidean metric) that sends every -tuple of integers to itself is a quasi-isometry: distances are preserved exactly, and every real tuple is within distance of an integer tuple. In the other direction, the discontinuous function that rounds every tuple of real numbers to the nearest integer tuple is also a quasi-isometry: each point is taken by this map to a point within distance of it, so rounding changes the distance between pairs of points by adding or subtracting at most .
Every pair of finite or bounded metric spaces is quasi-isometric. In this case, every function from one space to the other is a quasi-isometry.
Equivalence relation[edit]
If is a quasi-isometry, then there exists a quasi-isometry . Indeed, may be defined by letting be any point in the image of that is within distance of , and letting be any point in .
Since the identity map is a quasi-isometry, and the composition of two quasi-isometries is a quasi-isometry, it follows that the relation of being quasi-isometric is an equivalence relation on the class of metric spaces.
Use in geometric group theory[edit]
Given a finite generating set S of a finitely generated group G, we can form the corresponding Cayley graph of S and G. This graph becomes a metric space if we declare the length of each edge to be 1. Taking a different finite generating set T results in a different graph and a different metric space, however the two spaces are quasi-isometric.[3] This quasi-isometry class is thus an invariant of the group G. Any property of metric spaces that only depends on a space's quasi-isometry class immediately yields another invariant of groups, opening the field of group theory to geometric methods.
More generally, the Švarc–Milnor lemma states that if a group G acts properly discontinuously with compact quotient on a proper geodesic space X then G is quasi-isometric to X (meaning that any Cayley graph for G is). This gives new examples of groups quasi-isometric to each other:
- If G' is a subgroup of finite index in G then G' is quasi-isometric to G;
- If G and H are the fundamental groups of two compact hyperbolic manifolds of the same dimension d then they are both quasi-isometric to the hyperbolic space Hd and hence to each other; on the other hand there are infinitely many quasi-isometry classes of fundamental groups of finite-volume.[4]
Quasigeodesics and the Morse lemma[edit]
A quasi-geodesic in a metric space is a quasi-isometric embedding of into . More precisely a map such that there exists so that
is called a -quasi-geodesic. Obviously geodesics (parametrised by arclength) are quasi-geodesics. The fact that in some spaces the converse is coarsely true, i.e. that every quasi-geodesic stays within bounded distance of a true geodesic, is called the Morse Lemma (not to be confused with the perhaps more widely known Morse lemma in differential topology). Formally the statement is:
- Let and a proper δ-hyperbolic space. There exists such that for any -quasi-geodesic there exists a geodesic in such that for all .
It is an important tool in geometric group theory. An immediate application is that any quasi-isometry between proper hyperbolic spaces induces an homeomorphism between their boundaries. This result is the first step in the proof of the Mostow rigidity theorem.
Examples of quasi-isometry invariants of groups[edit]
The following are some examples of properties of group Cayley graphs that are invariant under quasi-isometry:[2]
A group is called hyperbolic if one of its Cayley graphs is a δ-hyperbolic space for some δ. When translating between different definitions of hyperbolicity, the particular value of δ may change, but the resulting notions of a hyperbolic group turn out to be equivalent.
Hyperbolic groups have a solvable word problem. They are biautomatic and automatic.:[5] indeed, they are strongly geodesically automatic, that is, there is an automatic structure on the group, where the language accepted by the word acceptor is the set of all geodesic words.
The growth rate of a group with respect to a symmetric generating set describes the size of balls in the group. Every element in the group can be written as a product of generators, and the growth rate counts the number of elements that can be written as a product of length n.
According to Gromov's theorem, a group of polynomial growth is virtually nilpotent, i.e. it has a nilpotent subgroup of finite index. In particular, the order of polynomial growth has to be a natural number and in fact .
If grows more slowly than any exponential function, G has a subexponential growth rate. Any such group is amenable.
The ends of a topological space are, roughly speaking, the connected components of the "ideal boundary" of the space. That is, each end represents a topologically distinct way to move to infinity within the space. Adding a point at each end yields a compactification of the original space, known as the end compactification.
The ends of a finitely generated group are defined to be the ends of the corresponding Cayley graph; this definition is insensitive to the choice of generating set. Every finitely-generated infinite group has either 1, 2, or infinitely many ends, and Stallings theorem about ends of groups provides a decomposition for groups with more than one end.
An amenable group is a locally compact topological group G carrying a kind of averaging operation on bounded functions that is invariant under translation by group elements. The original definition, in terms of a finitely additive invariant measure (or mean) on subsets of G, was introduced by John von Neumann in 1929 under the German name "messbar" ("measurable" in English) in response to the Banach–Tarski paradox. In 1949 Mahlon M. Day introduced the English translation "amenable", apparently as a pun.[6]
In discrete group theory, where G has the discrete topology, a simpler definition is used. In this setting, a group is amenable if one can say what proportion of G any given subset takes up.
If a group has a Følner sequence then it is automatically amenable.
Asymptotic cone[edit]
An ultralimit is a geometric construction that assigns to a sequence of metric spaces Xn a limiting metric space. An important class of ultralimits are the so-called asymptotic cones of metric spaces. Let (X,d) be a metric space, let ω be a non-principal ultrafilter on and let pn ∈ X be a sequence of base-points. Then the ω–ultralimit of the sequence is called the asymptotic cone of X with respect to ω and and is denoted . One often takes the base-point sequence to be constant, pn = p for some p ∈ X; in this case the asymptotic cone does not depend on the choice of p ∈ X and is denoted by or just .
The notion of an asymptotic cone plays an important role in geometric group theory since asymptotic cones (or, more precisely, their topological types and bi-Lipschitz types) provide quasi-isometry invariants of metric spaces in general and of finitely generated groups in particular.[7] Asymptotic cones also turn out to be a useful tool in the study of relatively hyperbolic groups and their generalizations.[8]
See also[edit]
- ^ Bridson, Martin R. (2008), "Geometric and combinatorial group theory", in Gowers, Timothy; Barrow-Green, June; Leader, Imre, The Princeton Companion to Mathematics, Princeton University Press, pp. 431–448, ISBN 978-0-691-11880-2
- ^ a b P. de la Harpe, Topics in geometric group theory. Chicago Lectures in Mathematics. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, 2000. ISBN 0-226-31719-6
- ^ R.B. Sher and R.J. Daverman (2002), Handbook of Geometric Topology, North-Holland. ISBN 0-444-82432-4.
- ^ Schwartz, Richard (1995). "The Quasi-Isometry Classification of Rank One Lattices". I.H.E.S. Publications Mathematiques. 82: 133–168.
- ^ Charney, Ruth (1992), "Artin groups of finite type are biautomatic", Mathematische Annalen, 292: 671–683, doi:10.1007/BF01444642
- ^ Day's first published use of the word is in his abstract for an AMS summer meeting in 1949, Means on semigroups and groups, Bull. A.M.S. 55 (1949) 1054–1055. Many text books on amenabilty, such as Volker Runde's, suggest that Day chose the word as a pun.
- ^ John Roe. Lectures on Coarse Geometry. American Mathematical Society, 2003. ISBN 978-0-8218-3332-2
- ^ Cornelia Druţu and Mark Sapir (with an Appendix by Denis Osin and Mark Sapir), Tree-graded spaces and asymptotic cones of groups. Topology, Volume 44 (2005), no. 5, pp. 959–1058.


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Day two at the atoll began with that distinct uh-oh feeling, wrote Royal Star skipper Tim Ekstrom February 27, as the wind and sea were up big time and the sign of fish was decidedly down, almost non-existent better said, aside from a few small spots of miniature models. And so began a long, worrisome morning, as conditions were off to say the least and did not appear to be improving anytime soon.
Then, like magic, the wind abated, the rugged, very sloppy sea state diminished, and the fish began to show. What followed was a banner afternoon/early evening of yellowfin tuna action that fulfilled many anglers vision of the Clipperton dream.
Big fish were far more abundant today with the afternoon average 110 to 195 pounds, and plenty of those in the 140 to 180-pound class. There was some real deal pulling going on as these anglers were intimately acquainted with the fact that the Clipperton yellowfin tuna is of a completely different caliber that its brethren to the north. Highly spirited is an understatement when describing these warriors, supercharged and bad to the bone. No kidding, I would confidently venture that an average Clipperton yellowfin is a third again as strong as a yellowfin in the Revilla's and above; of course every rule has its exceptions, and I don't seek to start a cat fight among the champions of the northern climes. It is what it is. To a man everyone on board Royal Star at present now ardently believes. Seeing is believing. Simple as that.
Photos for the day feature first time long range angler "Ming" all the way from Thailand. Prior to this journey Ming's largest tuna was around forty pounds. He handily dispatched this 181 to make his voyage early. Photo number two features the man himself Corbett Wright whose joy depicted earlier in the voyage in no way meant that he is not hard core when it comes to the show. If I had to guess who among this group of anglers would break the ice with the first deuce Corbett would have been at the top of the list. Here he is with his late in the day 225 and a dazzling sun and Clipperton isle in the near background. There is no place like it; entirely unique.
Were in the middle of the long range season, at the All-Star break for the Fred Hall Shows, if you will. The two boats out fishing at the moment are Royal Star, at Clipperton Atoll, and Intrepid, on her way south for several trips in Panama. Royal Polaris will be out looking, not for fish, but for whales, seabirds and other pelagic critters.
On recent occasions dock reporter Ive seen some interesting things coming off the boats. Several times since big tuna season began anglers have asked me the identity of goldspotted sand bass, snowy grouper and needlefish, all common in the tropics, but not much seen up here in the temperate zone.
Early in February I saw Giovanni Braida, who was just off the Royal Polaris, loading a wahoo into his vehicle that looked as though it had been unzipped along its keel from gullet to tail.
Ive seen a lot of gaff-ripped fish, I said to him, but Ive never seen one quite like that. What happened? I suppose he came in pretty easy after that.
Hell, no! said Braida. It just made him really mad. He took off then, and it was a long time before I got him back.
AFTCO Launches New E-Commerce Site
(Press Release) Today AFTCO (the American Fishing Tackle Company) launched a new AFTCO site for the AFTCO fishing tackle division, and its first ever e-commerce site for the AFTCO fishing clothing division.
Saltwater anglers can now find answers to questions about AFTCO roller guides, rod parts, gaffs, fishing harnesses and fishing belts, outrigger clips, Unibutts, and all other AFTCO tackle items. They can now also make direct on line purchases from the entire AFTCO fishing clothing line, including fishing shorts, fishing shirts, fishing pants, fishing gloves and more. A dealer locater makes it easy to find the AFTCO dealer nearest you to purchase AFTCO tackle or AFTCO clothing.
The site includes easy direct links to both the Guy Harvey and Al Agnew e-commerce sites, as AFTCO is the clothing licensee for both these famous artists. It also includes old photos depicting AFTCOs long history of resource and industry involvement that dates back to 1958. In the video section, you will find a collection of the coolest saltwater fishing videos to share with your fishing friends. Visit aftco.com.
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Perfect trail/all around saddle? What type of saddle (western/english) would be the perfect all rounder? Meaning, you can ride any discipline, including trails where you occasionally have to jump? Is there a western saddle in which you can clear small jumps without having the horn stuck in your stomach? Thanks. |
Western Rawhide is my favorite brand of western saddle. Australian stock saddles are great too, you can get them with or without a horn. I am not a fan of trail riding in an english saddle. |
I love Western Rawhide but they don't sell in the states! :( What is your price range? I will help you look for a good saddle if you would like! |
Thank you! Yes, well, since i don't have a horse yet ( :( ) I can't really tell you the exact measurements. I will probably end up having a western and an english saddle, since I do ride both. What I look for is comfort for both horse and rider, durability, fairly easy maintenance, quality and fairly light-weight (can be a little heavier, but I should still be able to lift it ;) ). I love trail riding, so a saddle for trails that can also allow for some small jumps (you never know when a log decides to block your way...). I do really like western saddles. They should have one with an attachable horn :lol: As far as price goes, I don't have a range right now (any range I would give my husband might differ from ;) ). I want a quality saddle, but I also don't won't to pay for overprized equipment. In the 500 would be a great medium, but I am willing to consider more (and less ;) ). So if you can just name a good saddle and saddle brand and good retailers that would help, so I know what to look for once I get the horse :) |
I dont know what seat size you are, but I'm selling an Ovation Close Contact 16.5" medium tree saddle (irons, leathers and a 52" leather girth with elastic on one side and the ovation red fleece saddle cover is all included) I'm currently selling it for $700 but will take offers on it. |
Get an endurance-style saddle. No horn to worry about and usually super comfy for horse & rider as long as it is the correct size for both. |
Purchase your horse FIRST... then we can talk saddles! |
I am not planning on buying a saddle before i buy a horse, just find out what type to get once I get my horse. I like thinking about that before hand. |
I love my tucker. I've taken jumps with it, and it's super comfortable. I've shown in it, pleasure rode in it, trail rode in it, etc. It's the love of my life lolol |
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HomeDOCUMENTSPolicy Recommendations2004November 2004, Venice Italy Resolution on CONFRONTING NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION
November 2004, Venice Italy Resolution on CONFRONTING NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION
The Assembly, 1. Convinced that nuclear weapons are a risk to mankind, and all countries should take steps to promote a safer world by pursuing their eventual elimination; 2. Recognising that for more than 50 years, the international community has struggled to make the acquisition and development of such weapons more difficult and less desirable; 3. Persuaded that the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) provides the norm and the foundation for an international regime to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons, and has led several states to abandon their nuclear weapons programmes; 4. Aware that changes in the international security environment require the strengthening of the NPT regime and its adaptation to the threats of the 21st century aiming at its universalisation; 5. Extremely concerned that North Korea has declared its withdrawal from the NPT and is pursuing the development of nuclear weapons; 6. Remaining concerned by the risks of proliferation presented by Irans nuclear programme and activities, nonetheless welcomes Irans recent announcement to suspend its uranium enrichment activities and calls on the Iranian Government to comply permanently with the relevant IAEA provisions; 7. Profoundly disturbed by the disclosure of a worldwide black market covering weapons technologies and nuclear materials from various arsenals, as was the case with that instigated by Pakistani scientist, Abdul Qadeer Khan; 8. Particularly concerned that some of the technologies and materials necessary to build nuclear devices, because of their dual-use, have become relatively easy to acquire by terrorist or criminal groups; 9. Praising Libyas recent decision to halt and dismantle its weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and missile programmes; 10. Strongly persuaded that to maximise effectiveness in reducing the threat of nuclear weapons and other WMD, any international response firstly requires a coordinated transatlantic approach; 11. Welcoming the G-8 Action Plan on Non-Proliferation adopted by the G-8 Summit at Sea Island and the initiatives adopted by NATO at its 2004 Istanbul Summit to deter, prevent, counter and respond to the threat and potential use of WMD; 12. 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Autonomy and reasoning for natural and artificial agents
Verhagen, H., 2004. Autonomy and reasoning for natural and artificial agents. In: Nickles, M., Rovatsos, M. and Weiss, G., eds. Agents and Computational Autonomy: Potential, Risks, and Solutions.Vol. 2969. , pp. 83-94. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)
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In this article, I will present recent thoughts and theories on autonomy for natural and artificial agents. Even though the recent work on autonomy for artificial agents has interesting aspects, it excels in being unsystematic and a lack of references to theories outside of agent research supporting one or the other. Embedding these discussions in a broader framework of discussions in philosophy and sociology will enable us to sketch a broader yet more detailed picture. It will also enable us to discuss the reasoning of artificial agents.
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We left ryders and it was a beautiful day to do some striper and bluefishing. I was with my son and my neighbor, a charter captain. We headed out the cut to where the fleet was and it was packed....more boats than I have seen in a long time...all we could muster was dogfish as everyone else was as far as we could tell. So we headed south and wanted to check the monomoy tips on the west side off the beach where we have the rip trips...but ended up as far as Bearse shoal and caught several huge blues...but where was linesides? -
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8Ft Imperial "The Shadow" Pool Table From Specialized Sports
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Bidder | Price | Date/Time | Status | |
s*****y | $800.00 | 2013-12-06 09:19 CST | Current top Bidder |
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