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Heavy rains and tough losses hit Southwest Louisiana baseball teams on Friday.
In the Class 5A state tournament in New Orleans, Sulphur lost 4-2 to Catholic-Baton Rouge and West Monroe beat Barbe 13-4.
With so many rain/lightning delays in New Orleans, officials moved Sam Houston's game against Brother Martin to 1 p.m. Saturday. The game was originally set for 7 p.m. Friday.
In the Class 2A tournament in Monroe, Evangel Christian beat Kinder 1-0 in a semifinal game. In the Class C tourney in Sulphur, Claiborne Christian topped Elizabeth 6-3 in nine innings.
NEW ORLEANS — The rain eventually stopped. West Monroe's offense didn't.
The Rebels scored a dozen runs over the first three innings.
West Monroe (24-12) advanced to face Catholic-Baton Rouge in the semifinals.
The Rebels made it rain hits before the actual wet stuff started, batting around and scoring six runs before the game was halted with two outs and a man on first in the top of the first.
Dustin Mitchell, Hunter Williams, Hayden Dixon and Nick Schexnaider each drove in a run and Zach Ainsworth drove in two with a two-out single that chased Barbe starter Sloan Dieter, who threw a one-hitter Monday in Barbe's regional-round win over Covington.
The onslaught continued after the 5-hour, 36-minute rain delay, as Tanner Neal singled to score Ainsworth to make he score 7-0.
Barbe (33-4) scored twice in the bottom of the inning, with Dieter reaching after being hit by a pitch and Shane Selman reaching on an infield single and scoring on a Victor Negron single.
But the Bucs left the bases loaded and West Monroe kept scoring in the second inning. Williams led off with a single and scored on a double down the right-field line by Dixon to make the score 8-2.
The Rebels stretched the lead to 12-2 in the third, with Williams hitting a two-run double and Nick Schexnaider a run-scoring single. Tanner Noel scored on an error.
Barbe staved off the mercy rule with a run in the bottom of the fifth.
"They were the better team," said Barbe head coach Glenn Cecchini. "If West Monroe plays like that, they will go on and win the state championship. They were unbelievable. They crushed the ball."
NEW ORLEANS — Catholic's big inning was a bit larger than Sulphur's.
The Bears broke open a scoreless game with four runs in the sixth inning and held on for a 4-2 win over the Tors in a Class 5A quarterfinal.
Nick Coomes led off the inning with a double. Jordan Romero was then hit by a pitch.
Corey Free then drilled a double off the right field wall to score both runners. Later in the inning, pinch hitter Austin Sulik singled to center to score Austin Devillier, who reached on a fielder's choice, and Conner Whalen who had reached on an error.
"They swing the bats too good, especially at the top of the order," said Tors head coach Jason Trahan. "I knew eventually they would scratch a few, I just wanted to weather the storm. The storm got rough there in the sixth. We missed a ground ball with two outs, that changed the game for us in the sixth. We needed to get more hits."
In the bottom of the inning, Bayne Smith led off with a single for Sulphur (24-12) and moved to third on a one-out double to left-center by Brooks Morse. Kale Breaux singled to score Smith, cutting the lead to 4-1. Breaux advanced to second on a wild pitch and Lavergne singled to left to score Morse, cutting the deficit to 4-2.
Logan Louviere drilled a ball up the middle, but Catholic reliever Paul Roppolo snagged the line drive and threw to first for the inning-ending double play."That may go through for a single and we're right back with what we want," Trahan said. "The guy just made a good play on a line drive. It was unfortunate for us."
Sulphur was making its first appearance in the state tournament since 2005.
"I don't know how many people thought we would be here, except for us," Trahan said. "Just for them to do that is tremendous success. (The seniors) set a new standard for Sulphur baseball, a foundation for what we can do in the future."
Sam Houston's Class 5A state tournament debut was delayed a day, with the Broncos' quarterfinal game against Brother Martin postponed from Friday to Saturday due to rain.
The game, originally scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday, was moved back to 1 p.m. Saturday.
Broncos head coach Brad Book said the delay will not be a bother.
"The kids were excited, but we are prepared for things like this, things get moved around," he said.
The Zachary-St. Amant semifinal, originally scheduled for 4 p.m. Friday, was moved to 10 a.m. Saturday.
Kinder's underdog story ended as the No. 15 Yellow Jackets fell lost to No. 3 Evangel Christian in the Class 2A semifinals at ULM's Warhawk Field.
The Yellow Jackets (22-12) and the Eagles (21-10) battled for 4 1/2 scoreless innings before Evangel finally put the game's only run on the board in the bottom of the fifth.
Evangel right fielder John Michael Boswell hit a one-out single to right field. The Eagles brought in Michael Johnson to pinch run.
Johnson stole second and during the play, the catcher's throw went into centerfield. Johnson came all the way around to score after the throw to the plate missed its mark.
"It's like I told the kids, it wasn't the big things. It was the little things that put us behind 1-0," said Kinder coach Kenney Courville.
The Yellow Jackets stranded eight runners on bases, four of them in scoring position.
SULPHUR — Some gambles don't pay off. What does is a good backup plan.
Claiborne Christian head coach Chad Olinde had risked his season with a bold move to start, but he knew he had a backup.
Zach Osbon and it almost got us," said Claiborne Christian head coach Chad Olinde. "But we kept fighting and Zach is a monster."
Osbon was that backup plan.
Keeping the ace hurler off the mound to start put the Crusaders behind, but Osbon came in with the bases loaded in the second and stopped Elizabeth cold.
The rest of the Crusaders rallied to score three runs late and three more in the eighth to win 6-3, advancing to the Class C title game against Family Christian.
"Yes, it was three hits over seven innings, striking out 15. I just wanted to come in and throw strikes," Osbon said.
Now he will not likely pitch when the Crusaders (12-18) play the title game at noon today at McMurry Park.
Catholic-Baton Rouge 4, Sulphur 2
West Monroe 13, Barbe 4
No. 10 Zachary (25-11) vs. No. 18 St. Amant (26-9), 10 a.m.
No. 3 Brother Martin (30-5) vs. No. 6 Sam Houston (25-9), 1 p.m.
No. 21 Catholic-Baton Rouge (24-13) vs. No. 9 West Monroe (24-12), 4 p.m.
Zachary-St. Amant winner vs. Brother Martin-Sam Houston winner, 7 p.m.
Semifinal winners, TBA
St. Thomas More 4, Teurlings Catholic 3
Lutcher 4, Tioga 1
No. 1 St. Thomas More (29-4) vs. No. 2 Lutcher (28-4), 4 p.m. (Field 41)
Parkview Baptist 11, North DeSoto 0
E.D. White 4, Brusly 0
No. 5 Parkview Baptist (19-17) vs. No. 2 E.D. White (28-4), 1 p.m. (Field 41)
University 12, Calvary Baptist 1, 5 innings
Evangel Christian 1, Kinder 0, 7 innings
No. 3 Evangel Christian (21-10) vs. No. 4 University (29-6), 1 p.m.
Central Catholic 8, Ouachita Christian 7
Mangham 4, St. John 2
No. 5 Central Catholic (24-7) vs. No. 2 Mangham (27-8), 4 p.m.
Hicks 3, Simpson 2
Forest 6, Hornbeck 2
No. 12 Hicks (23-8) vs. No. 2 Forest (25-8), 3 p.m. (Field 40)
Family Christian 10, Maurepas 0, 5 innings
Claiborne Christian 6, Elizabeth 3, 9 innings
No. 1 Family Christian (25-4) vs. No. 3 Claiborne Christian (12-18), noon (Field 40)


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Pace U's Koran-flusher: Examining the (presumptive) charges; Update: Unconstitutional?
posted at 1:47 pm on July 29, 2007 by Allahpundit
The word from LGF is that he's being charged with two felonies, criminal mischief and aggravated harassment. Fair or not? Let's look at the statutes.
Criminal mischief is section 145 of the NYS Penal Code. There are four separate counts: fourth degree is a misdemeanor and first degree requires the use of explosives so the charge here has to be second or third degree.
S 145.05 Criminal mischief in the third degree.
A person is guilty of criminal mischief in the third degree when, with intent to damage property of another person, and having no right to do so nor any reasonable ground to believe that he has such right, he damages property of another person in an amount exceeding two hundred fifty dollars.
Criminal mischief in the third degree is a class E felony.
S 145.10 Criminal mischief in the second degree.
A person is guilty of criminal mischief in the second degree when with intent to damage property of another person, and having no right to do so nor any reasonable ground to believe that he has such right, he damages property of another person in an amount exceeding one thousand five hundred dollars.
Criminal mischief in the second degree is a class D felony.
Assuming the Korans Shmulevich flushed were school property, that would presumably make him guilty of fourth-degree mischief, which stipulates no dollar amount. But how on earth did he cause $250 (or $1,500!) worth of damage sufficient to warrant a felony charge? Did he flush some rare and valuable Koran, a la Charles Merrill? Or was the damage caused by the book being sucked into the bathroom pipes and wreaking havoc in the walls? Sounds like neither:
On Oct. 13, a teacher discovered a paperback Koran in a toilet in a second-floor bathroom. On Nov. 21, a student found a submerged Koran in the same bathroom, cops said.
Maybe the November Koran was rare and valuable? Or maybe they're deliberately overcharging him to pressure him into copping a plea to fourth degree? Either way, the lesson is clear: if you're going to flush a Koran, make sure it's yours.
So much for the property crime. The "hate crime" is covered by the aggravated harassment charge, a.k.a. section 240.3 of the Penal Code. Two possible counts here: second degree and first degree, but second degree is a misdemeanor so they must be looking at the big one.
S 240.31 Aggravated harassment in the first degree.
A person is guilty of aggravated harassment in the first degree when with intent to harass, annoy, threaten or alarm another person, because of a belief or perception regarding such person's race, color, national origin, ancestry, gender, religion, religious practice, age, disability or sexual orientation, regardless of whether the belief or perception is correct, he or she:
1. Damages premises primarily used for religious purposes, or acquired pursuant to section six of the religious corporation law and maintained for purposes of religious instruction, and the damage to the premises exceeds fifty dollars; or
2. Commits the crime of aggravated harassment in the second degree in the manner proscribed by the provisions of subdivision three of section 240.30 of this article and has been previously convicted of the crime of aggravated harassment in the second degree for the commission of conduct proscribed by the provisions of subdivision three of section 240.30 or he has been previously convicted of the crime of aggravated harassment in the first degree within the preceding ten years.
Aggravated harassment in the first degree is a class E felony.
Emphases mine. Subsection 2 (which refers to section 240.30) deals with physical assault so the charge here must be based on subsection 1, i.e., damaging premises "primarily used for religious purposes" in excess of $50. The Daily News article linked above says Shmulevich took the Korans from the Pace meditation room; one of the lesser questions for the court presumably will be whether the meditation room is used primarily for "religious" purposes or whether its overarching purpose for "meditation" means it's "primarily" used for something more secular. The money question will be whether the statute is unconstitutionally vague and overbroad. A federal district judge found the second-degree aggravated harassment statute unconstitutional on those grounds back in 1997:
The statute "is over broad as well as vague. It is unclear what type of communication would be considered to be initiated 'in a manner likely to cause annotance or alarm' to another person… The statute in this case is utterly repugnant to the First Amendment of the United States Constitution and also unconstitutional for vagueness."
I don't have Lexis-Nexis so I don't know what happened on appeal, but the statute still reads today just as it did then. (Update: Actually, no it doesn't. See below.) If that one's unconstitutional, the first degree statute is likely unconstitutional too. In fact, a clever defense attorney would argue that there's an Establishment Clause violation in subsection 1. Presumably someone who stole the flag from a VFW and burned it in front of a bunch of vets to piss them off would skate on an aggravated harassment charge because the VFW isn't "primarily used for religious purposes." Why the special treatment for churches, temples, mosques, and Pace University meditation rooms?
Update: My bad. There is a difference between the 1997 and the 2007 version of the aggravated harassment statute: the earlier version evidently turned on whether the act itself was done "in a manner likely to cause anno[y]ance or alarm"; the current version depends on whether the defendant acted "with intent to … annoy … or alarm." That's a little better insofar as it makes it a bit harder for the prosecutor to prove his case, but my guess is that the court's real problem was with the annoy/alarm language, which is common to both. Let me see if I can find the opinion.
Update: I can't find the district court opinion on Google — maybe Patterico will work his Lexis fu to dig it up and analyze it — but it turns out the case was reversed on appeal, albeit on procedural grounds. The Second Circuit ruled that the district judge should have abstained from the case and let the state courts handle it unless it could be shown that the statute was clearly unconstitutional. Was the statute clearly unconstitutional? Nope:
Here, in concluding that section 240.30(1) is unconstitutional, and hence that this prosecution was brought in bad faith, the district court relied extensively on People v. DuPont, 107 A.D.2d 247, 486 N.Y.S.2d 169 (1st Dep't 1985), a case which, in the district court's language, had found the statute "utterly repugnant to the First Amendment . . . and also unconstitutional for vagueness." Schlagler, 985 F.Supp. at 421…
As an initial matter, in Dupont the court found the acts complained of did not fall within section 240.30(1) but nevertheless that the statute was unconstitutional on its face. While it may have purported to declare the statute facially invalid, it is not entirely clear that it did so and in any event does not render invalid all prosecutions under the statute. To the contrary, Dupont itself acknowledged that other courts have found the statute constitutional. Dupont, 107 A.D.2d at 252, 486 N.Y.S.2d at 173 (citing People v. Smith, 89 Misc.2d 789, 791-92, 392 N.Y.S.2d 968, 971 (N.Y. App. Term 1977)). Moreover, there have been a number of successful prosecutions under the law since Dupont . E.g., People v. Diraimondo, 174 Misc.2d 937, 940, 667 N.Y.S.2d 205, 207-08 (N.Y. Dist. Ct., Nassau Cty. 1997); People v. Miguez , 153 Misc.2d 442, 590 N.Y.S.2d 156 (N.Y. App. Term, 1st Dep't 1992), aff'g 147 Misc.2d 482, 556 N.Y.S.2d 231 (N.Y. Crim. Ct. 1990); People v. Katz, 135 Misc.2d 857, 518 N.Y.S.2d 721 (N.Y. App. Term, 1st Dep't 1987).
In other words, New York courts were split over whether the initial version of the aggravated harassment statute was constitutional or not. I'd love to be able to tell you what the courts have said about the new version but I think I've reached the limits of where Google will take me. Any legal eagles with Westlaw want to shepardize this puppy and let me know what you find? There's a link in it for you.
Update: I guess the VFW example doesn't work because the harassment there isn't based on a protected category of race, religion, orientation, etc. Try it instead with the NAACP. Some nut breaks into their NYC headquarters, walks out with some property, and torches it outside the building while employees look on. No religious premises = no first-degree aggravated harassment charge. Why not?
Update: A tipster with Lexis access forwards along an interesting slip opinion from the NYS trial court level from January. The case is State v. Bender. The court was dealing with the second-degree aggravated harassment statute, not the first-degree, but the relevant language is the same in both. Money quote:
In order for a defendant's communication to be of the type intended to be criminalized by the legislature in enacting Penal Law § 240.30 [1] the communication must, be obscene, a specific and unequivocal threat, or by its very utterance tend to incite an immediate breach of peace. (see People v. Smith, 89 Misc. 2d 789, 392 N.Y.S.2d 968 [App Term 2d Dept. 1977]; People v T.V., 2003 NY Slip Op 51050U, 2003 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 809 [Crim Ct, New York County June 24, 2003]). Furthermore, Penal Law § 240.30 [1] criminalizes communications directed at an unwilling recipient under circumstances wherein " substantial privacy interests were violated in an essentially intolerable manner.'" (see People v. Smith , supra, at 791, quoting Cohen v. California, 403 U.S. 15, 21, 91 S. Ct. 1780, 29 L. Ed. 2d 284 [1971]). However, without threats of violence or harm, even "rude or angry words are not enough to constitute aggravated harassment." (see People v. Webers, 9 Misc. 3d 135(A), 808 N.Y.S.2d 920, 2005 NY Slip Op 51673(U) App Term 1st Dept. [2005]; quoting People v. Livio, 187 Misc. 2d 302, 307, 725 N.Y.S.2d 785 [2000]).
In other words, the court seems to be equating the dicey, dubiously constitutional language in the statute about intending to "harass, annoy, threaten or alarm another person" with intent to threaten or to provoke a fight. Why do that? Because threats and "fighting words" are both exceptions to the First Amendment. If the court read the statute any more broadly, it would be arguably unconstitutional. That's good news for Shmulevich, although the fact that this is a trial court opinion means it doesn't have much precedential value. Essentially, he'd argue that at best flushing a Koran is tantamount to "rude and angry words," which, per the court's opinion, cannot themselves constitute aggravated harassment in the second degree, let alone in the first. If the ACLU wasn't such a bunch of rods this would be a money case for them.
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Oops, Tesla (TSLA) is doing it again. Dropping that is, putting it on pace for a third consecutive loss. That fact, in and of itself, isn't terribly important--Tesla's shares have dropped for three days in a row twice this month, and again in September, and even survived a four-day drop in August. But today's drop might be the most important.
Weeden's Michael Purves explains why:
No big news but the stock is accelerating to the downside and has taken out the key $160/share line. This puts the stock in a weaker position and we may well see an acceleration of selling in the near future given this stocks' extremely aggressive rally. The technical position is becoming increasingly bearish by the day...
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Shares of Tesla have fallen 3.3% to $157.65 today, while General Motors (GM) has dipped 0.2% to $35.72, Ford Motor (F) has dropped 0.6% to $17.46 and Toyota Motor (TM) has gained 0.2% to $128.68.


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Anyone who knows training (or InfoSec for that matter) knows SANS is probably THE most recognized name in InfoSec training. While the foundation of SANS is Stephen Northcutt and Alan Paller, his superstars are the InGuardian's crew. Call them security divas, we don't care. We know that Ed Skoudis, Kevin Johnson, Mike Poor, and Joshua Wright are instructors with whom we'd give the whole of our security budget to train. We can't decide what we like best: their stellar tool development, their helpful whitepapers, their nifty cheat sheets, their open source projects, or the fact that their courses are the most interesting and engaging we've seen.
Web application pen testing is a huge focus for the security space right now, and SANS just turned their 4-day SEC542 - Web App Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking into a 6-day class. We had the chance to pick the brain of its instructor/creator Kevin Johnson, InGuardian pen tester, father, and all around great guy.
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A Charming, Historic B&B in Pendleton
The Pendleton House Bed & Breakfast • Pendleton, OR
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Situated in the foothills of the Blue Mountains of Eastern Oregon, Pendleton was founded as a trading outpost in the mid-1800s and has since retained much of its historical charm. Three hours from Portland, four hours from Boise, and five hours from Seattle, this town of about 16,000 residents was once the fourth-largest city in the state and even boasted a small Chinatown. Today, its downtown is included on the National Register of Historic Places, and Main Street is still lined with red brick buildings that house locally owned shops and restaurants.
The Digs
Steeped in the peaceful serenity of The Pendleton House Bed & Breakfast, you'd never guess that a Wild West town built on casinos, rodeos, and a lucrative red-light district once thrived just two blocks away. Built in 1917 on a quiet street overlooking the Umatilla River, this beautiful mansion still retains virtually all of its original splendor: ornate woodwork, Chinese silk wallpaper—even the original handmade curtains and French doors. The spacious front porch, featuring hanging flower baskets, provides a relaxing overlook to historic Downtown Pendleton.
Each of five guest rooms is tastefully decorated with beautiful chandeliers, king- or queen-size beds, wall sconces, and area rugs, not to mention warm comforters, high-thread-count linens, and plush pillows. In spring and summer, fresh-cut flowers from the inn's garden adorn the rooms. The Gwendolyn and Mandarin rooms provide a romantic balcony setting with a great view of Main Street, and all of the rooms are accessible by elevator or stairs.
Each morning in the formal dining room, the innkeepers serve a gourmet candlelit breakfast with hot coffee, assorted teas, and fresh fruit juice. Dishes may include egg frittata with vegetables, secret-recipe bacon, homemade biscuits, or even fresh berry cobbler.
The Diversions
• Virgil's at Cimmiyotti's Restaurant
• Heritage Station Museum
• Pendleton Underground Tour
• Pendleton Woolen Mill Tour
"This gorgeous, 6,000 square-foot pink stucco home hasn't changed much since it was built in 1917. The bed-and-breakfast is a grand reminder that the Old West had its share of wealth and worldly sophistication."-- Read Fodor's Review of The Pendleton House Bed & Breakfast
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There's two ways to look at former Biohazard singer/bassist and wannabe pornstar Evan Seinfeld: either he's a guy who's made the most of limited musical talent and even less, ahem, "acting" ability, or he's the tatted-up rock star who got to bang his former spouse Tera Patrick on camera a few times. Whichever one, fronting this Attika 7 project doesn't make him any more endearing. Insipid lyrics, absolutely zero feel, and derivative riffs that make Godsmack seem ingenious add up to everything that gives metal a bad name. At one point, Seinfeld even tries what is ostensibly slam poetry ("The Hard Cold Truth"), which is just as ridiculous as it sounds. He bravely manages to rhyme "you" with "do" and "knew" and "through" — congrats, Evan, next step will be the "Brain Play" section of Highlights for Children. When actually trying to sing, he sounds at best like a Gene Simmons impersonator, but even Kiss fans couldn't take a full record of this. At least with Biohazard, Seinfeld could count on being the opening act booed offstage by fans waiting for headliner Slayer. He'll be lucky if audiences even bother to waste that much energy on this drivel.
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Concept of a Liaison Office in India
Setting up a Liaison Office (LO) is a common practice for foreign companies seeking to enter the Indian market.
The role of the LO is limited to collecting information about the possible market and to providing information about the company and its products to prospective Indian customers. LO is not allowed to undertake any business activities other than liaison work and therefore cannot earn any income in India.
Under Indian exchange control regulations, in order to set up a LO, permission is required from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
Important amendment for reporting of activities by LO
The Union Budget for Fiscal 2011 – 2012 proposed that non-residents having a LO in India will be required to file an annual statement, providing details of activities carried out in India. The due date for filing the statement will be within 60 days from the end of the financial year.
Through a recent amendment in the Income-tax Rules, 1962 (the Rules) Form 49C has been prescribed to be the format of the annual statement. The Form 49C must be duly verified and digitally signed by a chartered accountant or a person authorized by the non-resident.
It is important to note that the filing requirements seek to monitor the activities of the LO to make sure it is not creating a taxable presence in India. Further, it highlights the need for multinationals to review their existing arrangements – the nature of the activities conducted by their LOs and to assess the compliance requirements.
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If I don't die or worse I'm gonna need a nap
I was listening to Ani Difranco and reminiscing the carefree days of college when I began to notice a new theme cutting through my nostalgia. I never noticed it before, but Ani Difranco often sings about gravity ...
"We can't fight gravity on a planet that insists
that love is like falling
and falling is like this." ~"Falling Is Like This"
I tried to shake the feeling of dead weight off my snowshoes, but it was quickly working its way up my legs. The mountain angled steeper and the snow cut deeper, but I kept trudging. Why ... sometimes I'm not really sure. These are the hours of the day and these are my habits. I'm happy with them, most of the time. But sometimes, it's true, I feel oppressed by the gravity of my own routine, my own goals. I stopped walking and started flipping forward through the songs on my iPod, listening to my heart pump hot lead through my arteries as clumps of snow from high branches plopped down beside me. The faint trail rose like a wall. Gravity can often seem so oppressive, can become such an anchor, but where would we be without it? Static molecules hung in outer space.
I realized that I liked the way my molecules came together. Gravity is what makes me, me. I decided I could take a little more of the climb. And, anyway, the longer I stood still, the more I became a target for the snow bombs raining down from the trees.
"We make our own gravity to give weight to things.
Then things fall and they break, and gravity sings.
We can only hold so much is what I figure.
Try and keep our eye on the big picture,
picture keeps getting bigger." ~"Hour Follows Hour."
I had the big talk with my boss today. In an amazing twist of mutual negotiation, we both left the meeting smiling. The long short of it is I may (under final approval of the corporate overlords and Geoff) take the new job temporarily. Help head up the new design team, train any new employees, work on reshifting the freelance budget and solicit new content while balancing the budget and axing unnecessary costs. Things which I may or may not be any good at, but which, for a short interim period, may be fun to try.
Then, in late-April, with the blessing of my boss, Geoff and I will hit the road south and (hopefully) set up living quarters in a dry cabin near Teasdale, Utah. We plan to be away from Alaska for several months. Geoff is going to train for a half-dozen or so ultramarathons. I'm going to live the dream - riding my mountain bike in the Boulder Mountains, Capitol Reef, far points beyond, building up heat and elevation acclimation and something like ultra-fitness. My ultimate goal is something that I'm not quite yet ready to commit to and therefore not yet ready to solidify on my blog, but something which is probably becoming obvious by now.
Hard? Extremely. Too much to take on? Probably. The best of both worlds? As much of a balance as I'm probably ever going to find.
After that is exactly that - the big, heavy unknown.
"They can call me crazy if I fail,
All the chance that I need
is one in a million,
and they can call me brilliant
if I succeed.
Gravity is nothing to me,
moving at the speed of sound.
Just gonna get my feet wet
until I drown." ~Swan Dive
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nice post, jill. it'll all work out :)ReplyDelete
I'm glad to hear that you got to an agreement and can follow your interests. I think most people go through the struggle of career vs other interests and most end up bowing to the career at the expense of the latter. It happens to the extent that passion for anything else dies out and the only thing left is work. Of all things, I'm deathly afraid of being dispassionate.ReplyDelete
Keep on climbing!
Hmmm, do I smell the great divide race in your training plan? Enjoy the mountains and warm weather.ReplyDelete
Hi Jill - enjoyed your book! I am struggling with the same career vs. passion pursuit as well. I jumped head first into a consulting career and now I am trying to go back the other way. Best of luck with your decisions! ...spent part of our honeymoon on a road trip out in Teasdale. I find it oddly tranquil - only 'oddly' as we had the same person 'pop up' working, behind-the-counter, at three different commercial establishments---much like twin peaks.ReplyDelete
go all the way to gnome!ReplyDelete
I wonder what will happen to us in the First World when choices evaporate and there is only a continuation of the present? When we in effect become Cubans, tied to an economy that offers only binary choices, to have or to have not. To give up a job when half a million a month are losing theirs involuntarily is an act of...? I'm not sure what, faith one hopes. Ah Youth. Pass the Bottle.ReplyDelete
Call me crazy, but Trans rockies etc sounds too...small for you. Maybe trans Valles Marineris (sp)? That might be epic enough. Maybe Obama could get you a flight?ReplyDelete
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So as you push off from the shore,ReplyDelete
Wont you turn your head once more and make your peace with everyone ?.
For those who choose to stay,
Will live just one more day
To do the things they should have done.
And as you cross the wilderness, spinning in your emptiness
You feel you have to pray.
Looking for a sign
That the universal mind has written you into the passion play.
Skating away on the thin ice of the new day.
And as you cross the circle line, the ice-wall creaks behind
You're a rabbit on the run.
And the silver splinters fly in the corner of your eye
Shining in the setting sun.
Well, do you ever get the feeling that the story's
Too damn real and in the present tense ?.
Or that everybodys on the stage, and it seems like
You're the only person sitting in the audience ?.
Skating away.
Skating away.
Skating away, on the thin ice of a new day.
Cool deal ...ReplyDelete
Cool! I'm looking forward to following your progress.ReplyDelete
Good luck.


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You'd think, with nearly $30 million to spend on heating oil for poor people this winter, the Maine State Housing Authority would have bargained a pretty good price with the oil dealers, right?
Wrong. For the 30-year life of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), its overseers in Maine have refused to ask for competitive bids for the oil, or even to require a discount.
The housing authority, which has had LIHEAP under its wing since the early 1990s, has paid what the dealers ask — often, higher prices than homeowners' payment-plan discounts. These prices hit the elderly especially hard because they make up about half of LIHEAP's 48,000 low-income recipients in Maine. The higher the price for the oil, the less available to be divided up.
Last year, however, seeing fuel oil prices soar and wanting to get as much oil for her bucks as possible, the new housing director, former state treasurer Dale McCormick, proposed rules requiring the state's several hundred oil dealers to give LIHEAP recipients the same discounts they give other residential customers. In exchange, the authority would pay them half the oil money months in advance.
Although state government normally asks for bids or negotiates discounts for big purchases, McCormick ran into a political buzz saw. At a hearing last summer, oil dealers showed up by the score to protest.
"We got pushback" is how McCormick describes the hearing.
Afterwards, she also got pushback from her board of housing commissioners, whose five politically appointed members (in addition to herself, as chair, and the state treasurer) are very attentive to the oil dealers.
"She's on a crusade," says John Sevigny, a Portland real-estate manager and contributor to Democratic Governor John Baldacci's last campaign whom Baldacci appointed to the board. "She's going about it on her own" to try to get a discount.
Another board member, Sheryl Gregory, a Litchfield real-estate agent appointed by Governor Angus King, explains, "It's not that I'm trying to make people pay higher prices," but she's concerned about what might happen to smaller oil dealers if too much pressure is put on them.
The board not only refused to push back against the dealers, but in December it voted not to have, for the 2006-2007 heating season, any more than the voluntary discount plan McCormick offered dealers after she backed away from the mandatory one. If a dealer agrees to a small (6- to 10-cent-per-gallon) discount or to "cap" the price of heating oil for recipients, it can get half the LIHEAP money early on.
Twenty percent of the dealers have participated in this plan, McCormick says. But most are small. The housing authority's savings amount only to $68,000 this season, she reports. Overwhelmingly, the authority pays the price the dealer has arranged with the customer. Often this is the cash-on-delivery price, since many poor people are unable to do more than buy 100 gallons at a time.
Just before deadline, Richard Davies, an aide to Governor John Baldacci, called to say, "The governor would like to move to a system where we have volume buying for LIHEAP customers around the state," but "it appeared the furthest we can push" the housing agency board "at the moment" is to accept the pilot project.
Ironically, most of the board members are Baldacci appointees — including McCormick. So how come the governor can't move the board more to this line of thinking?
"Once they become members of the board, we trust them to exercise their best judgment," Davies says. "We don't bully them around to get them to do what we want them to do."
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Sparks Fly in the Poconos
Pocono Palace • East Stroudsburg, PA
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- Or, a Two-Night All-Inclusive Stay for Two, Fridays and Saturdays, in The Fairway ($464), Lakeside Chalet ($514), or Garden of Eden Apple ($586)
- All Inclusive of Unlimited Breakfast and Dinner, Live Nightly Entertainment, Activities Like Archery, Basketball, Snowmobiling, Snow Tubing, Roller Skating, and More
- Passion Package: Champagne, Bubble Bath, Photo Album, and Fire Log
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In the colder months, sparks fly more frequently than at any other time of the year: They burn in a cozy fireplace, add glow to a hearty dinner, and ignite the passion for a romantic getaway. Shed light on this Escape to Pocono Palace in Pennsylvania's Poconos Mountains, and the sparks that fly between you and a plus one will rival the real thing.
Set on an all-inclusive, couples-only property that includes a 9-hole golf course, hiking trails, pool, and a 32,000-square-foot sports and entertainment center, Pocono Palace finds a balance between low-key couples looking to reconnect and high-energy couples ready to burn a candle at both ends. After a two-hour drive from Philadelphia, settle into a romantic hideaway, which all have heart-shaped whirlpool baths, mini refrigerators, and fireplaces. In the Lakeside Chalets' raised bedroom, surrounded by majestic Roman columns, a round king-size bed with a mirrored headboard holds court (yowza!). And the Garden of Eden Apple accommodations are even more tricked out: the no-window suites are ultra-private and feature an in-suite heated pool with imported Italian tile, a dry sauna, and a mirror above the bed (double yowza!).
Once you're settled in with a welcome package of champagne, bubble bath, a fire log, and a photo album, slip into the pool for a dip. Later, bring out your competitive side with a round of billiards, and then switch to being supportive during a spin on roller skates. At dinnertime, grab a plate at Fat Paulie's for an Italian buffet feast before enjoying an equally filling night of entertainment. Watch a stand-up comedy show or break out your best dance moves to a guest DJ's playlist or live band.
The next morning, order breakfast in bed—like bacon, egg, and cheese on a ciabatta panini—before snowmobiling or snow tubing, or taking off to Camelback Mountain Resort for downhill skiing. Once you light a fire under this Escape, you'll spark a getaway to remember.
"The rooms were great, the food was wonderful, and the entertainment at night was unreal. On the third day my husband said, 'this is an escape from reality.' If you're looking for a way to reconnect with your love this is the place to go!"-- TripAdvisor
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Bercelona wait on Messi injury ahead of Betis match-up
Meanwhile, Real Madrid face what could be a tougher-than-expected test at Valladolid on Saturday.
Barcelona: Lionel Messi is a doubt for Barcelona's next Spanish league match at Real Betis on Sunday after hurting his left knee in the Champions League.
The Argentine needs only one goal to match Gerd Mueller's 40-year-old record of 85 goals in a single year. Instead of making history on Wednesday, Messi was carried off with a bruised left knee after colliding with the Benfica goalkeeper.
Messi said on Thursday he was doubtful for the trip to play a Betis side that has climbed into fourth place after winning its last two games, including a victory over Real Madrid.
"I feel fine. Luckily it was only a knock," Messi said after doing gym work alone while his teammates practiced. "I feel much better than yesterday. I don't know if I will be there on Sunday. It depends on how (my knee) progresses."
Real face what could be a tougher-than-expected test at Valladolid on Saturday.
Barcelona coach Tito Vilanova defended his decision to send on Messi with 30 minutes to go even when his team didn't need a result and was fielding youth team players.
"We had talked about the possibility of him playing half an hour," Vilanova said. "(Messi) is a player who likes to play. We didn't do it for the record like everyone is talking about. If we had wanted him to get the record, he would have played against Alaves (in the Copa del Rey) and the whole game (against Benfica)."
Vilanova said that playing 30 minutes in the match was the equivalent of "a good practice session."
"If we were worried about Messi getting injured, we would take him out of any game we are winning 3-0, and we never do that," Vilanova said. "If I had to do it again, I would make the same decision."
Under their first-year coach, Barcelona have established a Spanish league record for a best start to the season with 13 wins and a draw.
Messi's league-high 21 goals have played a major part in setting that milestone. The 25-year-old Argentina international hasn't missed a game because of injury since September 2010.
Betis have won three of their last four games at Benito Villamarin Stadium.
Led by striker Ruben Castro and midfielder Benat Etxebarria, Betis' attacking approach always leads to goals, for one team or the other. Only three teams have scored more than Betis' 23, and only three teams have conceded more than Betis' 24.
Castro has eight goals after scoring twice last weekend at Deportivo La Coruna.
"We are heading into the game with the idea of trying to win points," Betis midfielder Ruben Perez said. "It will be difficult because Barcelona is the best team in the world. They control the ball the entire game."
Atletico Madrid will try to rebound from yet another disappointing loss to Madrid in the last round when it hosts struggling Deportivo on Sunday. The team is six points behind Barcelona in second place and five points ahead of Real, who are in third.
Real enter Saturday's game after a pair of commanding home wins this past week featuring an in-form Cristiano Ronaldo. The Portugal forward scored both in Real's win over Atletico in the league and their victory over Ajax in the Champions League.
Real, however, will need to avoid another slip-up on the road if they hope to retain any chance of catching Barcelona.
Real lost their last away game at Betis 1-0 and have as many defeats (three) as wins away from Santiago Bernabeu Stadium this season.
"It's going to be a tough game," Real goalkeeper Iker Casillas said. "Valladolid are playing very good football and just got a good win at Sevilla. They'll make things hard for us.
"It's a shame that we are so far behind Atletico even after beating them, and Barcelona is even farther ahead. We can't afford to drop any more points in the league."
Promoted Valladolid are having a strong return to Spain's top division. The modest club is in seventh place - one point from a Europa League spot - after winning its last two matches.
Coached by former player Miroslav Djukic, Valladolid have an entertaining attack led by forward Oscar Gonzalez and his team-high seven goals in league play. The team has lost only once in seven home games.
Angola striker Manucho provides a big target up front, while German forward Patrick Ebert gives Valladolid power to complement Oscar's finesse.
"Of course we can beat Real Madrid," Oscar said. "We will go out to play them as equals."
Also on Saturday, Real Sociedad will host Getafe in a meeting of two of the league's most attractive attacking sides which are both on winning steaks. Ernesto Valverde will coach his first Spanish league game with Valencia as they host Osasuna, while fifth-place Malaga host a slumping Granada.
Last-place Espanyol host Sevilla on Friday to open the round. Also on Sunday, Levante host Mallorca, while Celta Vigo are at Athletic Bilbao. Rayo Vallecano play Real Zaragoza on Monday.
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Laguna Hills Lodge • Laguna Hills, CA
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Question to Union Proponents
Original post made by GX, Another Pleasanton neighborhood, on Sep 26, 2012
I ran across an interesting piece this morning where public union pension funds are some of the largest investors in private equity funds. They are forced to do so given the outsized returns they need to achieve to support their untenable pension promises.
This particular piece is regarding NY, but I know from an acquaintance of mine from a CA PE firm that the same thing is happening here with CalPERS, etc.
Is Uncle Sam The Biggest Enabler Of Private Equity Jobs "Offshoring"?
Web Link
So my question to all you union and/or worker rights people out there, are you are aware of this? If so what is your perspective? If you are OK with this, how do you justifying the enabling of outsourcing more jobs to protect outsized pension promises? If PE firms are the bad guys, aren't those who fund such operations also bad guys? Wouldn't this include CalPERS and other public union funds?
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a resident of Bridle Creek
on Sep 26, 2012 at 10:22 am
Why ask us, GX? Why not ask an expert on outsourcing labor, like Mitt Romney?
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Sep 26, 2012 at 10:26 am
Stacey is a registered user.
Your post reminds me of this: Web Link
"The endangered public company - The rise and fall of a great invention, and why it matters"
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Sep 26, 2012 at 10:33 am
Tish - are you purposely ignoring the connection? Probably so.
Where you do think much of the investment funds Bain Capital (Romney's fund) come frome? Public union pension funds.
I guess it is much easier for you blame your favorite bad guy rather than think about all the connections and hypocrisies involved.
One public union member's oversized pension is enabling the offshoring of another private union member's job. This doesn't quite fly with the meme being spouted that public unions are defenders of the middle class.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Sep 26, 2012 at 10:38 am
Stacey - I'm puzzled by the article you post above regarding the negative effects of too-much government compliance regulations with the comments you made counter this on the Comcast thread where you intimate that government actions have little impact on company/individual actions.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Sep 26, 2012 at 10:42 am
Right you are GX. Pension Funds are some of their biggest 'investor' customers. Stupidity reigns.
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Sep 26, 2012 at 10:43 am
Stacey is a registered user.
Read my reply in the other thread. Aren't you lumping in deductible taxes with regulation compliance costs?
a resident of Bridle Creek
on Sep 26, 2012 at 11:05 am
So, I'm confused by your comments, GX (just like I am when you print such contradictory gobbedygook under the name Arnold). But I want to be clear: Are you saying both Romney and Unions are bad? Or are you saying they are both good? Or are you saying one is bad and one is good because you are so muddled up in ideological fervor that you cannot bring yourself to criticize your guy whose corpse is being sung over by the fat lady (who, yes, I know, is probably either a welfare queen or wife of a union fatcat). Please, in your own words, if you can find them.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Sep 26, 2012 at 11:21 am
How about you make an honest attempt at answering my initial questions, then I'm make a go at yours.
IMHO you might want to be careful about your stereotypes and assuming everyone is Arnold. First you are wrong, and second it detracts from the messages you are trying to convey.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Sep 26, 2012 at 12:23 pm
I can see how you'd be wont to assume GX and Arnold are the same poster, Tish. Both use bad math in order to support an inflexible ideology; both are inclined to raise loaded questions such as 'Hey, Mr. Liberal, have you stopped beating your wife yet?'; and 'their' language is debased on account of mangling facts and meanings to suit aforementioned ideology.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Sep 26, 2012 at 12:39 pm
Very weak ...
Still no response to the obvious implied hypocrisy of public union pensions being one of the larger investors in private equity funds. The same funds that are demonized by the same union personnel for shipping jobs overseas.
Sad and pathetic.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Sep 26, 2012 at 2:57 pm
Haven't heard any response to Tish's rational question. So, GX, are you saying investments in offshore accounts are bad or good?
By the way, most union members are too busy working and doing family to keep close tabs on their union leaders' investments. But, to echo Tish's question, just what are you saying? That some unions are hypocritical because they invest in firms that take the money offshore. Wow... That's really saying something. Na-na-na.
Hey Buddy, I've got news for you. During the next four years, as Obama continues to improve the lot of middle-class Americans, maybe you can do something constructive with your life. Volunteer at Red Cross maybe?
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Sep 26, 2012 at 3:10 pm
These lame diversion tactics are tiresome.
Does anyone else want to engage in an actual debate based on the uncomfortable and hypocritical facts presented?
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Sep 26, 2012 at 3:20 pm
So, GX, when did you discontinue your uncomfortable and hypocritical inflictions of violence upon your wife? Answer my question. No lame and tiresome diversion tactics will be accepted.
Talking about lame and tiresome. From the dullest and most boring poster on these sites? Is it at all possible you might think of posting something that doesn't involve your fetishistic need to stroke the money in your pocket and wail about how organized groups out there are out-politicking the likes of you and the rest of the tea party toe-pickers?
Stop with the diversions. Do you support investments going to offshore employment practices or not? Are you too muddleheaded to formulate a response? Why don't you stop beating your wife? Why don't you stop denying that you and the bad mathematician, Arnold, are the same person?
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Sep 26, 2012 at 3:44 pm
Sigh ...
a resident of Bridle Creek
on Sep 26, 2012 at 5:24 pm
Indeed ... What a blowhard!
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Sep 26, 2012 at 7:22 pm
Climbing the Risk Ladder
"Here's a great example of how public pension funds, in a desperate grab at realizing the high returns their financial strategies require for them to remain solvent, are undertaking increasingly risky bets investments….CalPERS, the California public employees' pension fund, owns more than a million shares of Facebook stock. Doesn't putting that many eggs in a basket that has never made a profit and might not even have a plan to do so sound sort of risky to you? I mean for CalPERS not for Mark Zuckerberg.. .. It should be noted that this is one of the great problems with defined benefit programs. Unless they are fully funded and managed extremely conservatively, the earnings they realize just may not be enough to pay what they're required to pay." Web Link
Enter the tax payer who is basically guaranteeing the ever increase amount of risk tolerance accepted by Giant pension funds like CalPERS and CalSTRS. There own advisors claim they are very unlikely to see average annual returns of 7.75/7.5% for the next decade. For CalPERS and CalSTRS to accept that advice would require taxpayers to contribute extra hundreds of billions of their money to fully fund the commitments made by politicians to the public employee union's pension funds.
Because both CalPERS & the Unions do NOT want more pressure from taxpayers, or money flowing from General Funds toward pension costs - which actually reduces the amount of money that can be paid to the same employees in the form of salary (which also increases the pension costs), CalPERS has advocated for looser investment standards and their Board (comprised mostly of Union members) has put policies in place that allow the GIANT pension fund to assume an increasing and disturbing amount of RISK in order to justify their investment assumptions (7.75% returns).
Essentially the public employee unions, with the help of union friendly democrats in both the house and senate, and the CalPERS Board of Directors, and Union friendly city council members, and Union employees in city management positions, are all complicit in allowing this fiasco to continue unabated - the gambling of TAX PAYER DOLLARS by allowing the pension funds to increase their stake in the high RISK/REWARD Private Equity markets, while ignoring the more sane recommendations of investment professionals they pay top dollar to for advice.
Why would they do that? Why would the CalPERS & CalSTRS pension funds move from a risk free strategy of mostly bonds to the very risky strategy of Global Private Equity investments, emerging market investments, and high-risk securities. The answer is, kind of, that they have no choice because it is the only possible way for them to get out from behind the eight-ball. Otherwise they need to get honest and tell cities/taxpayers that the overblown cost they are all ready paying for pension will increase by 50-100%. But they can't do that because that would literally send the general funds of half the cities in California over the cliff and into bankruptcy. More importantly for the unions, it would also put extreme pressure on themselves to reduce pensions and salaries. CalPERS and the Unions, like BAD GAMBLER's, can't possibly go home and tell the wife they blew the rent check at the Poker Table. So they have PUSHED ALL- IN with a pair of Fours…
Earlier I mentioned, in regards to CalPERS/CalSTRS taking on increased risk, "The answer is, "kind of", that they have no choice because it is the only possible way for them to get out from behind the eight-ball." The "kind of" reference has to do with my own statement not being entirely true. The truth is that the GIANT pensions funds don't really have any investment risk at all. Sure, they can fall short of their assumed investment returns by 15 billion dollars in a single year- they just did, but the risk is 100% borne by the taxpayers. The 15 Billion is strapped to the backs of the taxpayers on top of the other 100's of billions we're already stuck with…
Yet the public employee unions continue to demonize the Private Equity industry even though their pension's funds are what are driving many of those investments. While the unions are busy doing that the TAX PAYERS should get busy Demonizing both CalPERS & CalSTRS: two of the largest and most inefficient pension funds in the world - Gamblers really. And they're using future tax payer dollars to back their gambling debt! What is happening should be criminal.
a resident of Bridle Creek
on Sep 26, 2012 at 7:30 pm
What a laugh. Even if the above had a Ralph Lauren label on it I wouldn't bother reading. Learn to think and write in your own words, GX. Don't let others do your thinking and writing for you.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Sep 26, 2012 at 7:50 pm
Only the first paragraph was quoted. The rest of the text is all original. But, I guess it's just easier for you to claim I'm someone else than actually respond to or refute my statement.
Not everyone is GX. Grow up!
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Sep 26, 2012 at 9:03 pm
I'd recommend you stop wastin your time with this poster as I have.
I never cease to be amazed as to the purposeful ignorance of some. I guess this obvious and huge point of hypocrisy creates too much dissonance for some of those with vested interests.
a resident of Bridle Creek
on Sep 26, 2012 at 9:32 pm
Please, sir, I would like more. Please write more and more and more. But are you so embarrassed at the lengths you take that you must change your name from GX to To: Tish? Are you afraid people will laugh at you even more than they ordinarily do? Since you feel compelled to waste your time on such prattle, perhaps you can take time to address a very basic question: Is investing in offshore firms good or bad? If you can't/won't answer that, then there's only one hypocrite around here, albeit badly disguising himself under multiple names. What is the dead giveaway? Read one or two lines ... yawn ... turn to another site.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Sep 26, 2012 at 11:12 pm
While I'm not GX, I will take the time to discuss what you refer to as "a very basic question: "Is investing in offshore firms good or bad?"
Before I answer, and for the sake of brevity, maybe you can define what you mean by good and Bad. For instance, would it be good that third world countries receive jobs at the expense of jobs here? Don't they want to eat also? Would unionizing third world, or emerging markets, help to shrink the competitive advantage of low-cost labor markets? Is it bad that corporations invest in low-cost labor markets even if it increases the standard of living in those countries? If those investments help generate corporate earnings which help to prop up the failing CalPERS pension fund that so many public employees are counting on to produce the funds necessary for them to retire at age 50-55, and provide monthly payments and annual cost-of-living increases for 25-30 years - is that good or bad? Do you know that both CalPERS & CalSTRS invest in companies that both outsource and offshore jobs? It was just announced that CalSTRS has substantially increased their real-estate investment in China.
Imagine that? Billions of Dollars paid by taxpayers to California public employee union members in the form of pension contributions being shipped to China. Is that good or bad? I guess it depends on how you look at. The way I look at it is the tax payers are getting screwed - that's bad!
It would be easier to answer your question if only it were more specific.
a resident of Bridle Creek
on Sep 27, 2012 at 12:55 am
I only have one thing to say to you, GX who claims he isn't GX. Your inability to formulate a clear thought outside the rightwing blogosphere cut-and-paste world you live in gives you away every time, whether you post as gx or arnold or tish-tish. It isn't your conclusions that give you away; it is your astonishing inability to think using your own words.
Poor you, who are so screwed. Life would be so much better were you a child laborer in China, forced to work as a condition of bare existence, while rightwing goofs in Pleasanton like yourself refer to you as "investment opportunities" that give "competitive advantage."
You are a child who pretends to be an adult. The only positive feedback you are capable of eliciting is your own, under yet another alias. Why do you think no one seriously engages you?
a resident of Country Fair
on Sep 27, 2012 at 7:03 am
Tish, You are part of the reason many people will not post their own name. Personal attacks are the lowest form of debate. When you can't put together a good argument, attack the person? And no I am not GX. This is my first post on this thread.
a resident of Donlon Elementary School
on Sep 27, 2012 at 10:22 am
tish tish,
why bother to state you're going to answer a question, and then just continue to espouse more tea party rhetoric without ever even attempting to answer the question? i understand it's a difficult one to answer for the limbaugh-ites of the world as it wouldn't paint a good picture of the magic underwear sporting presidential hope for the GOP, but realizing that, again, why bother?
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Sep 27, 2012 at 10:27 am
Just so you don't have to wade through all the obfuscation above:
Public union pension funds are some the of larger investors in private equity firms. These are the same private equity firms that are so demonized by unions as proponents of offshoring jobs.
It is hard to think of a stronger example of hypocrisy. But as you can see above, many people try to spin it otherwise.
a resident of Deer Oaks/Twelve Oaks
on Sep 27, 2012 at 11:18 am
By continuing to paint these funds as evil, you either agree that they are inherently bad and thus have a problem with Mitt Romney, or you don't think they're bad and thus only continue to harp on it in attempt to discredit union workers as any good right wing talking head would have you do (meaning you yourself are a hypocrit). Which is it?
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Sep 27, 2012 at 11:28 am
Please point out specifically where I personally painted these funds as evil.
You can't - because I didn't
I personally don't have an issue with private equity firms, other hypocritical people do. Hypocrital people who benefit from the role private equity firms play.
Private equity firms place a necessary role in the creative destruction process of industry. People clueless to how markets/industries actually work who take issue.
Just think, would Apple be the same company success it is today without taking advantage of outsourcing? Not a chance.
Decades ago, the US pushed globalization to push American products/services to the rest of the world. Now we are whining because we haven't kept up with competition and/or we haven't dealt with China in the proper way.
a resident of Del Prado
on Sep 27, 2012 at 12:41 pm
Please note, GX, when I see your name, I ordinarily continue on to the next post. Why? You push the same agenda time and again. Only the metaphor changes: tsunami, cliffside, deep hole, cataclysmic crisis, etc. When pressed, you display a conspicuous inability to read other people's posts and to engage them in coherent argument. Upshot: you're boring, repetitive, long-winded and don't contribute to dialogue in any meaningful way.
Oh, by the way, yes, we now live in an increasingly globalized economy. It makes things more difficult for incumbant presidents to tackle unemployment what with firms going off to foreign lands in pursuit of wealth and treasure while exploiting impoverished men, women, and children. (Having an obstructionist Republican congress doesn't help much, either.) Some investments amount to making a pact with the devil. One can say all this and still be a strong proponent of unions. Your inability to grasp this is, well, predictable. Highly predictable. For how can an ostrich see daylight with its head stuck in a hole in the ground?
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Sep 27, 2012 at 2:55 pm
So why stop now to impart us with your thoughts? Is the truth of public unions' hypocrisy too painful?
"Do what I say, not what I do!" cried the valiant defenders of the middle class.
a resident of Carriage Gardens
on Sep 27, 2012 at 4:44 pm
Keep engaging with him--even to say that you're not going to engage with him--and he'll keep coming back for more. Just sayin'
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Sep 27, 2012 at 8:24 pm
As 'bored' mentioned above, we can't possibly hold Obama to account for the promises he made to lower unemployment below 8%, because the world in conspiring against him (like globalization was just invented in 2008).
So tell us, oh bored one, what should the president and congress do to increase employment in our country? Aside from blaming republicans, that is........
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Pretty good shot if handheld.
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You kidding all east coast is over crowded. I'm surprised he has that much room for a back yard. Btw great shot, not always easy to get.
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200 feet with a 300 Savage is even more rewarding! Still fun to see. We had a doe and fawn running through our neighbors tonight.
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I haven't lived the life I wanted, just the lives I needed too at the time.
Nice shot @200'!
We used to get them in our backyard all the time....but it's been a while since we saw any.
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Coin toss. .308 or .243
Nice healthy doe.
Older and wider..
I guess everything is relative. Up in Dutchess County the deer run rampant and are an all too common sight. We put up deer fencing over ten years ago to keep them out of the yards and the flowers and the shrubs and the veggies and the .....
Still that is a nice shot from 200'.
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Story highlights
- In Rome, kids prefer cats over ruins
- On Japan's Cat Island, dogs are banned ... or have fled
- In Taiwan, felines flock to a former coal mine -- visitors follow
- Hemingway's former Key West home is full of six-toed cats
(CNN)Since when were a bunch of kids so interested in ancient history?
Whole families were pressed up against the railings at Largo Argentina, the square in Rome, craning their heads toward ... a hole in the ground.
Rome is full of holes in the ground, many of them historically significant, but this one was extra special.
It contained the remains of the theater and temple where Julius Caesar was assassinated.
But the kids weren't there for the ancient general-turned-emperor, murdered by treacherous senators in 44 BC.
They were there for the cats.
1. Rome's kitty ruins
Rome's noble ruins are a favorite haunt of feral cats.
The "gatti di Roma" star on postcards and wall calendars sold all over the city.
The ruins at Largo Argentina host an open-air cat sanctuary that's more than just a good show for visiting and local children.
The city's strays have been fed and watered at the site almost since it was first excavated in the 1920s.
The 1990s brought an injection of funds into the Torre Argentina Roman Cat Sanctuary, money that allowed more cats to be trapped, neutered and returned to their colony.
Now, thousands of sterilizations are carried out each year -- around 30,000 and counting since 2000.
2. Japan's cat islands
That's right: islands.
Tashirojima in Miyagi Prefecture, is Japan's best-known feline isle.
It usually goes by the name Cat Island.
Dogs have been barred from Tashirojima for as long as anyone can remember.
The island's cats vastly outnumber its human population.
Tashirojima's furry inhabitants are well cared for by local fishermen, who hope to ensure a good catch by leaving offerings at a cat shrine.
The island's most prominent structure, the Manga building and campsite, is embellished with a pair of pointy ears, in tribute to the island's lucky charms.
Japan's other cat island, Ainoshima, is a little more remote, a 20-minute ferry ride from Shingu port in Fukuoka.
A scrum of happy cats hangs out by the port, waiting for the next fishing boat or ferry to dock.
In fact, the island represents a doubly incentive for the cats -- rugged Ainoshima is also a popular birdwatching site.
3. Houtong, Taiwan
The riverside town of Houtong, Taiwan, fell into feline celebrity by accident.
Houtong once sat on top of Taiwan's largest coal mine.
When the mine closed in the 1990s, the town's population dwindled.
Then some new, furry residents arrived.
The Houtong Coal Mine Ecological Park (Houtong Road, Ruifang District, New Taipei City; +886 2 2497 4143) was established to showcase the mining heritage of the town and surrounding hills.
But visitors mostly come to photograph the 120 or so playful cats, who laze around the Cat Village and soak up the fuss -- and inevitable treats.
Houtong's proximity to Taipei -- it's an hour away by train -- ensures a steady stream of visitors each weekend.
Cats here are used to amateur paparazzi. Their portraits are all over Facebook and Flickr.
4. Kalkan Kats (Turkey)
A pretty resort on Turkey's Turquoise Coast, Kalkan is another tourist destination with an active cat protection squad.
Established in 2008, KAPSA is a voluntary organization run by locals and expats that traps stray cats.
KAPSA neuters them and provides basic healthcare, then releases them.
Animal loving visitors regularly give up vacation time to help out and share their experiences and photos on the Friends of KAPSA Facebook group.
When tourists disappear for the winter, KAPSA feeds and cares for more than a thousand cats, relying on donations to fund its operations.
Eager photographers can snap cats all over Kalkan, snoozing on hammam towels, curled up in fruit bowls or enjoying the air conditioning in the resort's stores.
Several often gather by the old mosque, close to Kalkan's beach, to pose for the cameras.
5. Hemingway's cats, Florida Keys
Ernest Hemingway earned a reputation as one of the world's great drinkers.
There's even a statue of him propping up the bar in El Floridita, Havana.
Less known is that Hemingway was also a cat lover.
The Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum (907 Whitehead St., Key West, Florida; +1 305 294 1136), Key West, is stuffed with antique furniture and fine art.
In some rooms, it feels like the great author has just stepped out, even though he died in 1961.
And his 1850s house is still a home -- to a colony of polydactyl, or six-toed, cats.
Hemingway was given a white six-toed cat named Snowball in the 1930s. Some of Snowball's descendents are among the 50 or so furry residents of the historic home today.


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No roos. They are illegal to have. As a matter of fact we are the only legitimate owners of chicken is the city of Utica because we got grandfathered in. 25 dollar permit every year and we have to find someone at city hall that knows where the forms are. Inspection by the dog catcher, it is a real joke.
Cold doesn't bother our hens. They will go out near 0 weather if there isn't fluffy snow on the ground. Three or four will stay outside in the sun room instead of going it the coop at night. That is some of the problem because they are not seeing the light in the coop. The RIR's never stayed outside, smarter bird.
Coop is 6x8 by 7 high. Sun room is 8 x 10 x 6 high. Yard is 150 x 50 triangle.


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Gen Y Faces Big Risk
David Macdonald | Posted 01.26.2013 | Canada
Read More: Huffington Post Generation Y, Asking Millennials, Boomers, Generation Y, Millennials Boomers, Asking Y, Millennials, Video, Canada News
In an interesting new piece, the Huffington Post tries to determine if it's really tougher for millennials than it was for boomers as part of their Asking Y series. Certainly lots of things have changed since the 1970s: gas has gotten more expensive, electronics have become dramatically less expensive and cars cost about the same. But one thing's for sure, life has gotten a whole lot riskier.