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I have been helping with the rescue efforts at World Trade Center Ground Zero, digging shoulder to shoulder with individuals from all over the country, most of whom I have come to know only as "Brother." Yesterday, Ground Zero was renamed "Ground Hero." I don't know exactly how this name change came to be. In some silent way it just happened; no news or marketing entity can take the packaging credit here. Another striking phrase used was "Brother," or "Brothers." These words were used to greet, support or just reaffirm that we were all here together. The words "Ground Hero," which were uttered brother to brother up and down the bucket-brigade lines, produced only a solemn smile, as everyone knew this was the appropriate name. During the days, very few words were exchanged over the cries of "Torch!" "Saw blades!" "Battery packs!" "Send in the dog!" and, most telling of all, "Body bag."
I answered my brother-in-law Patrick Hawkins's call to help out on the day following the attack. I think he asked me for help for two reasons: First, the fire department was so overwhelmed and decimated by the loss of more than 350 men that they really needed help. But secondly, I think he needed the emotional support. Maybe someday we will talk about why he asked me to be there with him.
When I first arrived in lower Manhattan with Patrick, a New York City Fire Department chief, we both started up Broadway toward the World Trade Center. My heart was in my stomach (or maybe the other way around) and my mind was frozen, as the visuals relayed by my eyes to my brain just didn't register, as we continued to approach Ground Zero. We were not speaking to each other during our approach; we both were trying to prepare ourselves for the challenge ahead.
As we walked, it dawned on me that although Patrick was a seasoned and decorated 22-year veteran of the New York City Fire Department, he was walking as slowly and deliberately as my pace required in order to allow me to move forward, emotionally. We were still a good nine blocks from the Trade Center when we began to encounter the dust. At first, this was only a dusting; then we passed the famous Wall Street Bull, covered with debris and buried in three inches of dust that was coming up over the tips of our boots.
By three blocks from the Trade Center, the dust was up to six inches deep. Here we started seeing blown-out windows and heavier chunks of debris. Window ledges and canopies were covered with enormous quantities of shredded paper, bits of debris and dust. I saw clothes and shoes entangled in the shredded mess on a fire escape. This was a telltale sign that what I was about to see would be beyond my comprehension. We proceeded closer to Ground ZeroI could hear Patrick and myself mumbling incoherently, "Oh, my God," as we just could not believe our eyes. Then we rounded the corner of West Street and worked our way across the face of a completely blown-out building.
Then we came upon the surreal: Before our eyes stood the skin of the South Tower, still straining to stand tall, rising maybe 15 stories into the heavens, surrounded by billows of smoke, presiding over mountains of unrecognizable rubble. Stopping to try to get control of our hearts, we ventured closer to the rescue scene. Stopping again as we climbed over the wreckage five feet deep covering West Street, we found ourselves standing in the middle of the destruction. For 10 square blocks, everywhere you looked was total destruction. Patrick and I stood there surrounded by other rescue workers who were arriving. As I looked at their faces, most had tears and appeared dazed; no one was talking. Each of us in our own way tried to find some way to accept the scene our eyes were seeing, but our minds could not comprehend. Most of us just stood there coming to terms with our emotions.
Then Patrick said, "Brothers, let's move in and help our brothers." He led the way as we descended into the pile to help. Patrick told me he wanted to relieve the chief, whom he knew was on the top of the largest mountain of debris. Patrick surmised that his chief had been up there for a long time, but no one knew exactly how long (it was probably more than 20 hours). In order to relieve him, we had to scale the mountain through smoking rubble and twisted steel.
Patrick said that he just had to follow his instincts at that moment, since the Fire Department chain of command was totally overwhelmed from the loss of men and equipment and by the enormous area of devastation; he referred to the chain of command at that point as "organized chaos." The mountain was a smoking, glowing pile of twisted steel, rubble and debris towering some 10 or 15 floors in height. The group he assembled trekked over what had been the Twin Towers Courtyard. Now it was a debris field at least 10 to 15 feet deep. As we carefully balanced and stepped on the sturdiest of the twisted steel girders, we passed by other groups of rescuers digging around fire trucks and emergency vehicles under the steel. These trucks were completely crushed down to their tires and were no longer distinguishable by their fire-engine red color. Every vehicle had been crushed, burned and melted into a form that even the firefighters could not recognize.
Although I found I could initially put aside my fear and follow Patrick into the piles, once he started to ascend the smoldering mountain I told him, "I can't followPatrick, this is really beyond my bounds." Fear was starting to overtake my numbed mind. He hugged me and said he understood my limitseven his experiences over a long firefighting career hadn't prepared him for this.
Before Patrick continued on up the mountain, he left me with a group of fire and police personnel working in the middle of what remained of Towers One and Two. I was teamed up to work with a group of men, most of whom I never even knew by their first names, despite working side by side over three days. Some were New York City firefighters, others were construction laborers, others New York City police; some were from far-away fire-rescue units in Pennsylvania, California, Florida, Virginia, Michigan, Texas and even France and England.
Then there was Eddie (the only man I knew by name), a "sandhog," or tunnel digger, from Boston. Most of the rescuers responded to help on their own accord. Some drove over several days to New York City to answer the call. Although we all came from our different livesand certainly we didn't know much about each other besides that we were there to helpwe immediately began referring to each other as "Brother." At first, I didn't comprehend why they were calling me Brother, as I thought the term was reserved for firefighters. Over the ensuing hours and days, I came to understand why they were calling me Brother from the first second I joined their crew; for anyone who comes to the aid of others is a brother. I understood that we were all there to help one anotherat the end of the day that was the only reason we were all there.
Together we climbed down into, under and through the massive piles of debris looking for our brothers and sisters using torches, Sawzalls, bolt-cutters and our hands to dig rescue paths. Our hopes were high and our energy enduring. Pail after pail of rubble (actually pulverized dust) and piece after piece of some unidentifiable miniaturized mass of twisted matter were passed down the bucket lines.
Gradually I overcame my fears as my fellow rescuers forged on. By the end of that first day, I was doing things and taking risks I never would have thought I would have the courage to manage. We all overcame our fears. Each of us knew the stakes, and we had to be there for each other.
I can only tell you, the devastation was unimaginable. Going in, we were concerned about broken glass, and we warned each other to watch out for the sharp shards of glass we expected to encounter in the piles. Soon we realized there was not one piece of glass. Not even one recognizable shard of glass was present. This was just unbelievable given the amount of glass in these buildings. I know it's hard to imagine, but everything was simply pulverized to dust. I found nothingnot even a victimthat was intact, or in a recognizable form. Dust and parts were all that was left. Just think: There had to be 200,000 or 300,000 chairs in these towers, and I didn't see one over those days. Nothing survived.
Perhaps the most hurt and sorrow we felt was when we heard the words "Shut down!" passed loudly along over the noise of the rescue effort from brother to brother in the pile. The entire rescue operation would grind to a halt momentarily.
Generators, saws, heavy equipment, torches and human hands would stop digging and shut down as the firefighters brought down the body bags. It was a sad and brutal reality that the body bags taken out from the piles were obviously filled with less than what one could believe could be an intact body. Such moments of silence helped thousands of rescuers pay their respects while standing at attention in tribute to our fallen brothers and sisters, both innocent victims and fallen rescuers. Boy, you could hear all our hearts just stop and drop as we all cried.
Now I am home. I don't intend to go back for some time, as I understand realistically there can be no survivors. But thousands of rescuers are keeping the vigil. They refuse to give up, or to lose respect for the right of the victims' families to find their loved ones. The people of New York City are so great, as they cheer on and offer support with food and their time throughout this ongoing struggle. We are a great country, and we are a great people. I never knew how many brothers and sisters I had.
I understand so much more today than I did before, as I know we all do. But I felt that it is my duty to tell my story, so that as a society we understand that a subhuman enemy has attacked our shores.
Ground Hero. Did it stand for the bravery of the rescuers who lost their lives? For the innocent victims and the victims' families who have to carry on? Or will it stand for the soldiers who will stand up and fight for future generations? Yes, Ground Hero is where it all started.
I felt that you needed to know firsthand how it all started. I felt that you needed to know firsthand how horrific the destruction has been.
People everywhere need to know what it is like to have been at Ground Hero. The pictures released in the media cannot communicate the sheer scope of the devastation. The destruction zone covers 10 square city blocks. Buildings are totally collapsed into the debris field, or are just blown-out and shattered skeletons. Pieces of the Towers are impaled on surrounding buildings, and countless tons of debris cover the surrounding roofs and streets of downtown.
Decent people have had our world changed as a result of these insane terrorists. Together we will beat back this insanity and see that our country and ideals prevail. Go to sleep tonight remembering that no matter what consequences we face as a people, we will overcome them together.
God bless America.


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By Jerry Potter, USA TODAY
The rules of golf are confusing to most amateurs, and sometimes even to the pros.
Tiger Woods and Davis Love III were astonished to learn last week that the clubhouse is not out of bounds at most golf courses.
It definitely wasn't OB at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio, during the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational. Woods hit a ball on the roof of the clubhouse and was given relief by PGA Tour rules officials, citing two rules that allowed him to continue the hole without penalty and make bogey 5. Woods ultimately won the tournament in a playoff with Stewart Cink, Woods' fourth win in a row.
FOUR IN A ROW: Woods downs Cink in Bridgestone playoff
"Obstruction?" said Love, when told the clubhouse was considered an obstruction. "It's the biggest obstruction ever."
"I've never seen or experienced anything like that," Woods said.
According to David Hayes of the U.S. Golf Association, which makes and interprets the rules in the USA, out of bounds is determined by the rules committee at each event.
"The whole world is in bounds until the committee makes part of it out of bounds," Hayes said.
Mike Shea, senior director of rules for the PGA Tour, said the clubhouse is usually inside the club's property, so it's usually in bounds. He said Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth is different because the clubhouse forms a boundary of the property.
"When you talk about something being out of bounds," Shea said, "you're talking about something not being a part of the property. The clubhouse is part of the property."
Friday, while playing the ninth hole, Woods hit a 9-iron shot over some trees and toward the green, 167 yards away. The ball traveled approximately 212 yards, landing in front of the clubhouse, bounding onto the roof and to an area behind the clubhouse.
"I thought the ball was out of bounds," Woods said.
It took three rules officials 32 minutes to sort out the rules involved. A player gets five minutes to search for a ball before declaring it lost and being penalized stroke and distance. At the end of Woods' five minutes, officials had determined that someone had picked up the ball.
Woods was entitled to relief, so he got a clear shot to the green, 84 yards away. He hit a wedge onto the green, and two-putted for bogey.
"This is just an oddball case, a bizarre set of circumstances," said Shea, who said the rules were applied properly. He doesn't expect the incident to bring many changes, except that a road that separates two courses at Firestone may be marked out of bounds next year.
Until last week the incident cited most often concerning a clubhouse came at the 1982 Bob Hope Desert Classic, where Gary Hallberg hit an approach shot on the roof of the clubhouse at Indian Wells Country Club. Hallberg could have taken a free drop because the clubhouse is an obstruction, but he determined his best lie was on the roof. Using a sand wedge he hit the ball off the roof onto the green and made a 10-foot putt.
Ryder Cup: The U.S. Ryder Cup team arrived Monday for two days of practice at The K Club in Dublin.
The Europeans have won four of the last five Ryder Cups. The USA, led by Tiger Woods, will be looking to make a better showing when the three-day event begins Sept. 22.
"Whether it sends a strong message or not, our whole deal is to come together, gain experience, gain some knowledge on the golf course and be ready to play come time for the cup," Woods said.
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Professor Detwiller DiGiacomo began her legal career as a law clerk to the Hon. Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum of the Southern District of New York. Following her clerkship, Professor Detwiller DiGiacomo practiced law at Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, where she worked in the firm's New York and London offices specializing in sophisticated mergers and acquisitions, financing transactions and securities transactions.
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DIETERS can forget the gym theme park thrills are just as good a way to lose weight.
Scientists have found that scary rides are an efficient way to burn off unwanted fat.
And a People reporter who tested their research results lost 878 calories {equivalent to 109 greasy chips braving the Nemesis Inferno and four other {white-knuckle attractions at Thorpe Park, Surrey.
Expert Dr Paul Tennent said: If anyone goes to a theme park for a day it will do the same amount of good as going to a gym and working out intensively for an hour and a half.
Dr Tennent helped in research for the Thrill Laboratory a team of scientists, artists, designers and engineers who conduct experiments about the effects of excitement.
They wired up visitors at Thorpe Park to monitor their heart, respiratory and skin responses. The volunteers lost an average of 700 calories in a single visit equivalent of five bags of crisps.
Our girl Victoria-Anne did even better after being hooked up to monitors and donning a helmet with video camera to record her responses.
She shed 72 CALORIES on just the first stomach-churning ride the Colossus, which features 10 loops and a double corkscrew.
Another 70 CALORIES vanished on SAW The Ride.
Its 100ft high and visitors endure a terrifying beyond vertical plunge as their bodies are subjected to 4.5G. A 45mph ride on the Detonator, with its 100ft drop, was good for 48 CALORIES. A turn on the Nemesis Inferno saw Victoria shed another 62 CALORIES.
A visit to live action horror maze SAW Alive accounted for 122 CALORIES.
And a day at the park involves about six miles of walking or 504 CALORIES.
Dr Tennent said: When you are in a rollercoaster your heart level shoots up.
You are burning calories as you grip really hard on the handrail and your muscles tense up as your body is thrown around. You are doing the same things you would do if you were exercising in the gym.
He added: Victoria is healthy and has quite a fast metabolism so her results are probably slightly above average.
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If you want to change the chart color for positive or negative, there is a built-in solution.
Bill Jelen, CFO.com | US
January 5, 2011
The last step (that I didn't see) was to Format Data Series, Series Overlap, Overlapped @ 100%
Posted by Brian Doennebrink | March 19, 2012 03:58 pm
Using Excel 2010, the #N/A values did not prevent those columns from being drawn (they were labeled, as there are Wednesday and Thursday values for "Good." Instead what happened was, for Monday, Tuesday, and Friday, a blank spot (imagine an invisible column) resulted, with the "Bad" column pushed to the right, the opposite for Wednesday and Thursday. Bottom line: the columns weren't equally spaced.
Posted by Brian Doennebrink | March 19, 2012 03:27 pm
You can still conditionally format a chart to be red for negative numbers and green for positive numbers in Excel 2007; however, there are a couple extra steps. Below is a link to a youtube video that does a better job of explaining how to do the conditional formatting than I could post in a comment. Just remember that for positive values to be green, you still need to select "Solid Fill" and then choose green. Also, you will probably choose to hide the legend for presentation purposes. Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1N1lZdjvlA
Posted by Kelly Wedge | January 11, 2011 09:20 am
Evn i am unable to view the option for selecting two colors for +ve and -ve values. Request u to clarify the same.
Posted by Dipesh Mehta | January 09, 2011 12:02 pm
yeah I've figured that it's built-in feature in Excel 2010 not 2007
Posted by Thomas Kavlovitz | January 06, 2011 05:44 pm
For some reason in 'format data series' I don't get the second dropdown menu to choose the color, even though solid fill is ticked..
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Potential 2016 presidential candidate Gov. Bobby Jindal, R-La., followed up his Reagan Library denunciation of President Obama for undermining religious liberty with a criticism of his economic policies -- this time, from the White House.
"This president and the White House seems to be waving the white flag of surrender," Jindal, "flanked by several Democratic governors," said Monday, according to ABC's Jonathan Karl. "The Obama economy is now the minimum wage economy. I think we can do better than that. I think America can do better than that."
Jindal can't have been surprised by President Obama's statement that the Keystone XL pipeline needs still further review, and the push to increase the minimum wage has been underway for weeks, so, it's hard to see Jindal's outburst as anything other than a set play.
My guess is that Jindal is punching up, perhaps working to erase the memory of his 2009 response to the State of the Union and convince Republican voters that he can take the fight to Obama and Democrats. By choosing a "kumbaya" moment, as Karl put it, Jindal guaranteed himself national attention for critiquing Obama.
That seems to be a priority for Jindal of late. "Yet, it is stunning to hear the president talk of protecting religious liberty outside the United States, while at the very same time his Administration challenges and chips away at our religious liberty right here at home," Jindal said of Obama at the Reagan Library on Feb. 13. "Once again, there is a Grand Canyon sized difference between what this President says and what he does."


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Our fave 15-year-old started with "Love Me," then continued the night with "One Less Lonely Girl," in which he serenaded one lucky fangirl onstage with a bouquet of red roses.
John Mayer even recognizes the power of the Biebs. "I'm John Mayer, I'm 52 years old," he said after he performed. "Get the old dude off the stage and get Justin Bieber on here!"


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1965 Gibson LG-1 Vintage Acoustic
You don't have to mortgage your house to get a nice vintage guitar! LG-1's are one of the best bang for the buck deals out there. Built with the same quality and craftsmanship as their big brothers, these guitars are great for players on a budget. Quality construction. The top is solid spruce while the back and sides are solid mahogany for good tone. The 24.75 inch scale mahogany neck features a rosewood fingerboard with 20 frets. The original warp prone plastic bridge has been replaced with a rosewood one for more reliable performance and much better tone. Original Kluson strip tuners keep it rock solid. The original cherry sunburst lacquer finish offers a classic look and is complimented by a tortoise shell pickguard. A really cool guitar to strum and collect!
This LG-1 sounds and plays great. The frets are good, the neck is straight and the action is fine. Nice tone and volume for the size. Great for fingerpicking and blues. Condition wise, this one is nice for its age. It shows normal checking, scratches and a few dings but nothing major. Average playwear. It is marked as a 2nd with no evidence of why. Comes in original Gibson softshell case.
If you want old wood tone but don't want to shell out big bucks for an old J-45, this LG-1 may fit the bill. Cool looks, even cooler tone and a great price. You will be hard pressed to find one as clean as this one too. Other dealers are asking close to 2 grand for similar models and most aren't as well preserved as this example. Here's a nice one at a great price.


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Cairo Global envoys were engaged on Wednesday in an increasingly desperate round of shuttle diplomacy aimed at stopping continuing bloodshed in Gaza from an Israeli ground offensive designed to put an end to Hamas rocket attacks from the beleaguered enclave.
Hundreds of Palestinians have been killed and thousands displaced in a brutal Israeli onslaught.
Israeli leaders have vowed to continue the ground offensive until a Hamas "terrorist infrastructure", including tunnels into Israel, has been destroyed. No time limit has been placed on the Israel offensive by Israel's Prime Minister
An indication of a resolute mood in Israel's leadership came from Justice Minister
Ceasefire 'not near'
"A ceasefire is not near; I see no light at the end of the tunnel,'' she said.
Fighting in and around Gaza risks spreading to the West Bank, leading to even greater loss of life and adding to danger of a wider regional conflagration at a moment when the Middle East could hardly be less stable.
Calls for a ceasefire have gone unheeded by Israel and Hamas, which is demanding the lifting of Israel's Gaza blockade and release of political prisoners before agreeing to end hostilities.
At the United Nations, Jordan has been circulating a resolution that would "condemn violence and hostilities directed against civilians and all acts of terrorism". The United States has objected in the past to the wording of such a resolution because of its emphasis on hostilities "directed against civilians''.
Israel's deputy UN ambassador insisted that his country was doing all it could to avoid collateral damage to the civilian population.
"Israel is doing its utmost to avoid harming civilians because we believe that every innocent life lost is a tragedy,'' said David Poet. "Israel has no interest in being in Gaza. We are fighting in Gaza, but we are not fighting the people of Gaza."
Challenge for US diplomacy
United Nations Secretary-General
These casualty figures are much worse than a similar ground incursion by Israel in 2008-09 aimed at crushing Hamas.
Efforts to stop the fighting represent a significant challenge for American diplomacy at a time when US authority in the wider Middle East is much diminished. In a development that has been condemned by Israel, US and European aviation authorities have banned their national airlines flying into the country after a rocket landed near Ben Gurion airport outside Tel Aviv.
Bans on air traffic into Israel following the shooting down of a Malaysia Airlines jet over Ukraine last week reflect heightened concerns about air traffic safety in conflict zones in which slow-flying passenger aircraft become vulnerable.
Israel has protested against the decision by the US Federal Aviation Authority to stop US carriers such as Delta and United flying into Ben Gurion airport, insisting the air space is safe.
The US denies that a ban and a stark US travel warning are ploys to push Israel to agree to a Gaza truce.
"We issued travel warnings because one of our top priorities is protecting US citizens overseas,"deputy State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said.
Mr Ban shuttled from Cairo to Tel Aviv and Ramallah, the headquarters of the Palestinian Authority, in his efforts to bring about a ceasefire, but he had little to show for his efforts.
In Cairo, Mr Kerry conferred with Egypt's President Abdul Fatah al-Sisi and Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri in efforts to advance a proposed Egyptian ceasefire, but little progress appears to have been made. "There is a framework to end the violence, and that framework is the Egyptian initiative,'' Mr Kerry said after his talks.
Egypt's role clouded
But Egypt's role as an honest broker is clouded. Relations between Egypt and Hamas have been severely strained by Cairo's crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood following last year's coup against elected president Mohammed Morsi, who is in jail along with hundreds of his supporters, including many of the Brotherhood's top leadership. Hamas is an offshoot of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood.
An Egyptian official was quoted as saying that "sensitivities'' between Egypt and Hamas were halting a "final inclusive ceasefire deal''. Hamas said Egypt had not engaged its leaders in discussions about the terms of a ceasefire.
Hamas leaders and those of the Fatah faction of the Palestine Liberation Organisation that governs the West Bank have been meeting in regional capitals to work out a common strategy to deal with the Gaza crisis.
In Doha, capital of the Gulf state of Qatar, Palestinian President
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Bovespa Rises as Manufacturing Data Boost Growth Outlook
The Bovespa (IBOV) index advanced the most in almost a month, paring a weekly decline as stocks linked to consumer demand gained after better-than-forecast industrial output bolstered the outlook for Brazil's economic growth.
Hypermarcas SA, the maker of more than 180 products from pharmaceuticals to diapers, jumped to the highest since May 2011. Card-payment processor Cielo SA had its biggest weekly advance in three months. Mining company Vale SA climbed after fourth-quarter iron-ore output beat forecasts.
The Bovespa gained 1 percent to 60,351.16 at the close of trading in Sao Paulo, paring its drop this week to 1.3 percent. Forty-eight stocks rose on the measure today while 18 fell. The real strengthened 0.2 percent to 1.988 per U.S. dollar after a report showed industrial production slid 3.6 percent in December from a year earlier, less than the 4.8 percent median forecast of 29 economists surveyed by Bloomberg.
"The industrial output was slightly better than expected, and maybe that could be the turning point for economic activity, which has been sluggish," Luis Gustavo Pereira, an analyst at Futura Corretora in Sao Paulo, said in a phone interview. "Stocks haven't been doing so well because of concern about growth, among other things."
Brazil's industrial production was unchanged in December from a month earlier after contracting a revised 1.3 percent in the prior month, the national statistics agency reported today. The median forecast of 29 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg was for production to decline 0.4 percent.
Hypermarcas, Cielo
Hypermarcas rose 0.6 percent to 17.31 reais. Cielo added 2.4 percent to 57.65 reais, extending the gain this week to 5.3 percent. Homebuilder Brookfield Incorporacoes SA advanced 6.5 percent to 3.60 reais as the BM&F Bovespa Real Estate Index jumped the most in eight weeks.
Vale gained 1.3 percent to 39.20 reais. Total output rose 3.1 percent to 85.5 million metric tons in the fourth quarter, the Rio de Janeiro-based miner said in a regulatory filing today, exceeding the 83.4 million ton average of six analysts' estimates compiled by Bloomberg.
Petroleo Brasileiro SA climbed 2.1 percent to 18.46 reais, contributing the most to the gauge's advance. Shares of the state-controlled oil company retreated 5.9 percent this week.
Valid Solucoes & Servicos de Seguranca em Meios de Pagamento & Identificacao SA dropped 1 percent to 42.03 reais. Itau BBA cut its recommendation on the commercial services provider to the equivalent of hold.
Bull Market
The Bovespa entered a bull market on Jan. 3 after rising 21 percent from last year's low on June 5 as stimulus from central banks around the world eased concern that economic growth might miss expectations while borrowing costs at a record low in Brazil boosted equity demand. The index has since pared its advance to 15 percent.
Brazil's benchmark equity gauge trades at 11.2 times analysts' earnings estimates for the next four quarters, compared with 11 for MSCI's measure of 21 developing nations' equities, data compiled by Bloomberg show.
Trading volume for stocks in Sao Paulo was 7.32 billion reais today, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. That compares with a daily average of 7.26 billion reais this year through Jan. 30, according to data compiled by the exchange.
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Monday, November 12, 2012
Grandson's Baptism
This is one of those family history moments. Our grandson, born last June is baptized. It was a great ceremony at a local church. The after party went well. All of us are exhausted! The great news is that there is leftover food for us to eat for supper.
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NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - After writing more than 30 children's books, American author Jane O'Connor has tried adult fiction - and found it was fun to write sex scenes.
O'Connor, known for the "Fancy Nancy" children's books, has just released "Dangerous Admissions: Secrets of a Closet Sleuth" which is a comic mystery set in Manhattan where a copy editor turns detective after a murder at her son's school.
O'Connor, who lives in New York, said it took her time to shift to adult fiction - but she won't be leaving "Fancy Nancy" behind with the first two books in the series that was first published in 2006 enjoying enormous success:
Q: Why did you shift to adult fiction?
A: "I live in Manhattan and both my sons went to a high pressure private school. After enduring the tortuous process of applying to college for both of them, an idea for a spoofy, Manhattan mystery came into my head. The story takes place at a private school like theirs and the first dead body belongs to the director of college admissions. It had to be for adults."
Q: Did anyone take the book or characters personally?
A: "I don't know. Some of my older son's friends have seen bits of themselves in a couple of the characters but I really fictionalized the kids, making them super high maintenance and preppy. In truth, both my sons had very nice friends. It is all meant to be spoofy but some parents have read it and know schools in Manhattan like it and see something familiar."
Q: How did you get into writing in the first place?
A: "I loved books as a child and wrote books as a child. I was reviewing children's books after I graduated from college and it gave me the itch to try to write one. I was a reviewer for a trade publication and I also did freelance reviews. But most of my career has been in trade publishing houses."
Q: How about the different voice in adult fiction?
A: "One of the things that was fun in writing the book was to write sex scenes. The book is not cozy - like tea-sipping mysteries that are Miss Marple-ish. This is a little nasty and my husband doesn't want his parents reading it."
Q: Did you find it uncomfortable to write about sex?
A: "No. It was fun to just indulge fantasies. I never discussed the sex scenes with my sons but I did discuss them with my husband."
Q: Have you started your next book?
A: "Yes. I have stuck with the same main character. She is copy-editing a manuscript as a freelance job - a Kitty Kellyish biographer - and the Kitty Kelly character is killed."
Q: Will you go back to children's fiction?
A: "I am definitely going to writing more "Fancy Nancy" books. This has been the surprise of my life. The first one has been on the New York Times bestseller list for 80 weeks and the second one for 22 weeks. At this late stage in my career to have something explode like this is really fun."
Q: What is the appeal do you think?
A: "They are about a little girl who is very middle class but loves to be fancy - fancy words, French because it's fancy. I don't really know why they are so successful but little girls will come to book stores dripping in jewelry and boas for the books. They've signed me up for 13 more."
Q: What do you read?
A: "I've always loved reading fiction. I'm just reading Michael Chabon's "The Yiddish Policemen's Union" and over the summer read "On Chesil Beach" by Ian McEwan. I read some mysteries but I read more non-fiction the older I get."


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Has anyone got DHCP to work on opt1?
I searched the archives and found a few simmilar problems but nu soloution.
I want to have a wan port (vr0), and two Lans:
Lan using the vr1 interface, assigned to 172.16.1.1/24
opt1 named Wireless using ste1 interface,assigned to 172.16.2.1/24
opt1 is going to be connected to a wirelss ap in the future (then i get it
back after repairs). Currently it's just another lan interface
I have set firewall rules on lan and opt1 allowing anything going
anywhere. With a staic ip in the 172.16.2.X range it works nicly but then
i try to use DHCP it wan't work. The Client sends out the DHCP DISCOVERY
but the firewall wan't anwser it. The DHCP config is identical (Exept
ranges of course) on LAN and OPT1. On lan it works with DHCP
I do get "dhcpd: 5 bad IP checksums seen in 5 packets" in the DHCP log but
this must be something caused in the firewall since DHCP DISCOVERY is a
rather fixed package, just to be sure I used the same laptop to test on
both LAN and OPT1.
Anyone got a clue to this?


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Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) 2009
Reporting Adequate Yearly Progress as Required by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001
questions about AYP?
If you are a school district or a school:
Assessment and Accountability Division
Dr. Cindy Gregory
Chief Statistician
(505) 827-6508 | email
If you are a parent:
Quality Assurance Bureau
Help Desk
(505) 827-4296 | submit online
If you are a representative of the media:
Public Information Office
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School Appeal of NCLB Designation
NCLB legislation provides an appeal process for schools that are identified for School Improvement I, School Improvement II, Corrective Action, Restructuring I, or Restructuring II.
The Superintendent or Charter School Administrator may file an appeal when he / she believes that there are statistical or other substantive reasons resulting in an incorrect designation.
Request for 2009 AYP and Designation Review
Must submit this form by Friday, August 14th
2009 AYP Letters to District Schools
Taos Municipal Schools
Arroyo del Norte Elementary
Enos Garcia Elementary
Ranchos de Taos Elementary
Taos Middle
Taos High
Taos Cyber Magnet High
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An improving economy means increased revenues. That's the good news.
The bad news is that suppliers will start to increase prices. Severe recessions cause supply contractions as businesses reduce their workforce and slash capacity.
As demand increases, companies seize the opportunity to recapture lost profits by raising prices. Given the slim profit margins under which many businesses operate, small cost changes can decimate the bottom line. It's an endless cycle that requires vigilant monitoring.
Businesses have several options to mitigate the impact of price increases. Their success will, most likely, depend on not just one tactic but a combination of several actions. The most common techniques are:
• Pass on the cost increases incrementally via smaller, more frequent adjustments.
• Announce broad-based surcharges that can be linked directly to one cost driver. This technique is common in manufacturing entities that purchase commodities such as agricultural products or precious metals.
• Negotiate a smaller price increase by committing to a longer contract term or increased base volume.
• Offer to increase a supplier's share of your projected demand .
• Bring on a new supplier who is willing to offer better pricing to gain access to your business.
• Investigate commodity or financial hedging, such as locking in future prices through contracts or currency hedging. Conventional hedging (not speculating) limits and delays exposure to rising prices and currency fluctuations.
• Provided there is no decline in quality, consider substitution of less expensive inputs.
• Refuse to pay the increase. This tactic is used in tandem with one of the other options (you should have another supplier option in place).
• Each of these options requires research, development or testing before it can be activated.
Product and supplier changes are always risky, and the downside can be worse than the cost increase.
It's not too late to develop these contingency plans. Even if they're not used this time around, they'll be available for the next cycle.
Ralph Hershberger is president of SCORE Southern Arizona, a nonprofit group that offers free small-business counseling and mentoring by appointment at several locations. For more information, go to www.southernarizona.score.org, send email to email@example.com or call 505-3636.


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Harvard poll finds Millennials have turned sour on Obama
When President Obama was elected in 2008, he reaped 66% of the vote among Millennials, and in his re-election campaign last year, he came away with 60% of their vote. Obama isn't going to be running again, but a new survey of young Americans' attitudes conducted by Harvard University's Institute of Politics suggests that 18-to-29 year olds now have a more negative view of his presidency.
The survey, conducted Oct. 30-Nov. 11, finds that 54% of Millennials disapprove of Obama's performance as president while 41% approve — an 11-point drop since Harvard's April survey and the lowest approval rating for Obama among this group since he took office. (Harvard has conducted its surveys of young Americans 24 times since 2000).
The level of disapproval is about the same (56%) for younger Millennials ages 18 to 24 and older ones (53%), ages 25 to 29. But his ratings have fallen in every subgroup, the survey finds. His approval rating among college students is down 11 points since last spring to 39%; among young male voters 9 points; and, among young female voters 15 points.
Obama also suffered declines in approval numbers since last spring of 10 points among young white voters; 18 points among Hispanics; and 9 points among blacks. (However, his approval among blacks still stood at 75%).
While the fall-off in Millennial support has attracted attention because that group has been a key component of Obama's constituency, it is important to note that Pew Research Center surveys over the same period as the Harvard polls show his losses among 18 to 29 year-olds are no greater than in any other age group. In the Harvard survey, the drop in Obama's ratings tracked a decline in the number of young Americans who believe the country is heading in the right direction. Just 14% of those surveyed said the country was headed in the right direction, 49% said it was headed in the wrong direction and the remainder was unsure. This trend was particularly pronounced among 18 to 29 year-old women.
The survey also included findings on a range of issues, including mostly negative views on Obama's health care law. As next year's midterm elections approach, the survey found that younger Millennials, those under 24, were trending less Democratic. About 3-in-10 (31%) of this group identified with the Democrats, down from the 36% that did so in the last three surveys dating back to March 2012. A quarter of the younger Millennials identified with the Republicans. The share of older Millennials (25 to 29 year olds) remained fairly steady at 38% who identified with Democrats compared to 22% who sided with the GOP.
Topics: Barack Obama, Elections and Campaigns, Millennials
Bruce Drake is a senior editor at Pew Research Center.
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Very interesting findings. But why is there no measure of those who align with neither party? Independents make up a large portion of the electorate; more currently than ever according to other reputable studies.
If we only consider those aligned with the two parties, we miss out on those voters who swing elections. Neither party can win a national election without a plurality of independent voters. Sadly, we are left wondering about those who do not align with either party. Surely many respondents to the study questionnaire flatly stated that they suport neither Republican or Democrat. After all, there are a significant number of them.


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Dortmund, NRW. Local recipients on the "dole", meaning so-called Hartz-IV benefits (due to long-term unemployment > 12 months or welfare), might get 200 euros ($260) extra if they started doing any job. On official leaflets, the Dortmund 'Jobcenter' even offers 280.50 euros "start-up money" for up to three months who starts working as unskilled employee. Even no problem with a broken car; the 'Jobcenter' is willing to pay up to 2.000 euros for repairs in connection with starting working by 'voluntarily' leaving the welfare system. Nevertheless, federal law requires that anyone on the dole makes serious personal efforts to wean himself or herself off the welfare benefits' tap, else face sanctions.
The on-line edition of Germany's biggest tabloid "Bild" has made this scandalous waste of taxpayers' money public today. The regional jobcenter chief-executive, Mr. Gerhard Geise, has defended this "leaflet PR" as informative means to benefits' recipients about all the administrative possibilities for supporting the weaning off.
The Federal Agency for Labor in Nuremberg, responsible for all local labor agencies or jobcenters, wasn't aware of this Dortmund region 'action enterprise'.
A speaker for the Federal Agency, Mr. John-Philip Hammersen, replied to Bild that "the Dortmund 'Jobcenter' actions have reached the absolute limits for a lawful authorization of exceptional money grants".
Because almost any other local job admin decides "on a case to case basis" - "this 'lump sum and zero check approach' is by no means a way to carefully handle taxpayers' money", said Free-Democratic labor policy expert, Ms. Claudia Winterstein, according to Bild.
In Germany, up to seven million people (dependent family members included) are being cared for by this 'Hartz IV system' which is a crucial part of a federal labor budget of almost 120 billion euros.
After this "scandal", it was said to Bild that the Federal Labor Agency will be looking into the details thoroughly.
Long-term jobless and social welfare recipients are entitled to getting nearly 400 euros each and some euros less for dependent spouses and kids, plus compensation for necessary costs of accommodation (heating included) so that a Hartz IV-family of 4 people might get 1.700 euros ($2.200).


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Google Web Designer Review – Bring ideas to life
Google is the latest, greatest Innovation company, and it's got something very special: A Web Designing Tool that is Simple and Powerful.
Are you a Designers who had a crush on Google ? Its your time now. Google launched the Beta version of Google Web Designer. The design is distinctly Google, and we liked the Black Background. Trust me designers like black background in their design tools 🙂
This Web Designer Software inherits characteristics of other members of the Web Designer Tools family, with a Layout that looks and feels premium. But one thing that distinguish this software is its "Performance", it's amazing.
We do have other designing tools like Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Visual Web Developer, Expression Blend which are good for creating a complete websites with motion graphics, but after using Google web designer software we feel that it is more simpler and engaging than any other web designer tools.
Lets see some of the features listed in Google Web designer website:
1] One Idea, Any screen –
Creating a design for desktop, tablet or mobile can be achieved on all the web designer tools out there. Even though Google does it better, we are little skeptical that this can be one of there ways to promote Chrome browser, like how Microsoft does it for promoting IE.
2] Design and Code View –
We have seen this one too in other design tools. But we personally feel Google is faster than others. We can flip between code and design and we can test our design instantly.
#Thanks mainly to reduced the design time.
3] Creating timeline animations –
We can create Flash-like timeline animations. Web designer has 2 modes: Quick Mode, we dont need to worry about the frames in between. all we need to do is create the on screen animation tool to create a scene. In Advanced Mode, We have the full control of the animation frame by frame. This is also one of the common features provided by almost all design tools.
4] Ad Designing –
This tool gives us a custom Layouts for AdSense Advertising banner designing. Intend of this is likely to promote AdWords service. We can also use these custom layout to make some widgets.
5] 3-D tools –
Plenty of scope to create 3D animations using 3D translation and rotation tools. Limited 3D tools when compared to other giant 3D tools. But we can understand that this tool is just in the Beta version.
6] Preview and Publish –
The one thing we love about Google is the integration. Google makes our easier by integrating all in one place. We can preview your design and publish them instantly.
7] Design –
No words. #simply stunning.
One last word: Its just the beginning, still lot of software versions and updates are on our way. Try it out. You will never regret it. Its worth a try.
Let us know what you think about Google Web Designer.


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Essential Oils to Use During Pregnancy
Like all things you expose yourself to during pregnancy, you need to take care with essential oils. These oils have been used for aromatherapy for centuries, and have many beneficial effects on the body and mood, but at the same time you do not want to use any that are detrimental for your health, or the baby's. Everyone agrees that you should avoid the use of essential oils for the duration of the first trimester, but after that it is okay to use the oils.
If you are pregnant and unsure about what essential oils you can use during your pregnancy, check out these safe choices to help with everything from anxiety to restlessness.
Essential Oils to Relieve Stress
Stress often accompanies pregnancy, but it is very important that you do everything you can to reduce the amount of daily stress you are experiencing. Essential oils diffused in a room or added topically are the best way to experience the benefits and relieve stress, or prevent it from even becoming an issue. Lavender and rosewood essential oils are the best and safest choices for expecting mothers needing to reduce stress levels.
Essential Oils for Mood Boosting
During pregnancy your hormones are raging, fluctuating and causing all kinds of changes in your body and mood. Sometimes, as an expectant mother you might feel down and are in need of mood boosters to help you get through the day. Bergamot and chamomile are quick acting mood boosters that help your body balance itself out again naturally.
Essential Oils for Muscle Pain
Muscle pain is just one of the many things that the body can go through during a pregnancy, and it is something that can easily be dealt with when you know how. Eucalyptus essential oil is great at helping to reduce the pain that is accompanied by muscle spasms and aches. Gently massage it into the skin along with a carrier oil as soon.
Essential Oils for Fatigue
Eucalyptus and grapefruit essential oil are two of the most used essential oils for fatigue, with eucalyptus helping with muscle and general fatigue. eucalyptus has an almost immediate ability to perk you up and help you get going, especially in the mornings when you haven't been able to sleep as well as you'd like. Diffuse either one in the mornings, or add them to your bath or shower to benefit from their properties immediately.
Essential Oil for an Upset Stomach
Ginger essential oil is one of the favourites for helping to calm an upset stomach, something that most mothers deal with during the duration of their pregnancy. Using this oil is safe during the second and third trimesters, so add a drop to the beverages that you create or just diffuse it in the home to help keep stomach issues at bay.
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About the Author (Author Profile)Lyne is happily married and has two teenagers: a 16 year old son and a 20 year old daughter. She is a Certified Infant Massage Instructor (CIMI), Certified Professional Wedding Consultant, and an Event Planner. It has always been her dream to create a website dedicated just for Moms since her children were young. Thus, after 10 years, she finally accomplished it, and the Ottawa Mommy Club was born in May 2011. She is also the Queen B of the BConnected Conference, Canada's Digital Influencer and social media Conference in Ottawa. She coordinated the Annual Infant Information Day/Early Years Expo for the City of Ottawa for 8 years. She was also the co-chair of the Navan for Kraft Hockeyville 2009-2011 committee that organized five community events within 6 months, and helped Navan reach the top 10 finalists in Canada. In April 2011, she received the Mayor's City Builder Award. Author's website.
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Thanks I will be sharing these tips with my friend who is due in Jan and is on bed rest.
This is very interesting! I'm going to share this post with my daughter who is expecting her first baby!
Essential Oils for Muscle Pain sounds absolutely amazing!!!
Eucalyptus essential oil is great at helping to reduce the pain that is accompanied by muscle spasms and aches,wow I was excited to read this as I suffer with muscle spasms daily because of my MS.
Essential Oils for Muscle Pain sounds wonderful
I wish I had this type of information when I was pregnant!
I have passed all these tips to my friend who just found out she is have 3 babies…omg
some great tips worth trying!
I have been using the Eucalyptus essential oil for muscle pain and its working very well for me !
oops i forgot to add that i see a big difference with my sinus problems since im using Eucalyptus essential oil


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SF Escaped Juvies
San Francisco authorities are searching for a pair of boys who escaped from juvenile hall last night. KTVU says the 12 and 16-year-olds smashed a glass window, and were able to squeeze through the small opening before scaling a 20-foot barbed wire fence. The boys were reported missing just before 10 p.m. at the Youth Guidance Center on Woodside Avenue. The parents of the two escapees have been notified.


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Inaugural class gathers in New York City for instruction at Cornell NYC Tech campus
Members of the inaugural class of Johnson at Cornell University's new MBA program at Cornell NYC Tech came together for the first time in New York City, on March 29 and March 30, 2014. Of the 42 members of the class, 38 traveled to New York City for the kickoff weekend, from as far as London.
Students in the inaugural class hail from a number of industries and companies, ranging from established "big tech" firms, such as Google, to innovation teams within MasterCard, to start-ups, to medicine, to independent film making. All possess a deep understanding of how technology and business intersect in the global digital economy.
The weekend opened with a reception at the Cornell Club, where students greeted their classmates, and were welcomed by Johnson Dean Soumitra Dutta.
"Cornell Tech is the most exciting and most innovative project in higher education today," Dutta said. "Clearly you, the MBA students, are very important to this vision—you are pioneers who will help create this vision and bring it to reality."
Vladimir Lokshin, CEO of San Francisco-based Darwinapps and a member of the inaugural class, shared his excitement among those who would shape Johnson, Cornell Tech, and graduate business education for the digital economy.
"The visions are aligned for what any new program or start-up business needs in order to be successful" he said. "It means a lot to the MBA program to have success stories, and it means everything to us to become those success stories."
Garry Lyons, chief innovation officer at MasterCard, talked to the MBA at Cornell Tech class about the creation and evolution of MasterCard Labs, and demonstrated several of its products. When asked about the career path that led him to MasterCard Labs, Lyons advised the MBA students to "put up their hands" for any project that will diversify their knowledge and background, while in their 20s, without worrying about how much they are being paid. "If you get the experience, opportunities will come," Lyons said.
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Farron Cousins | September 18, 2011
By Farron Cousins • Sunday, September 18, 2011 - 12:18
After a year that has so far produced record-breaking snowstorms, droughts, floods, and violent hurricanes and tornadoes, environmental protections are once again being scaled back. Against the best advice of experts, the U.S. EPA has decided to delay issuing new rules for greenhouse gas emissions, the deadline for which is September 30th. This marks the second time in three months that the EPA has missed a deadline for issuing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions standards.
In their announcement, the EPA said that they are aware that it is their responsibility to move forward with new GHG standards, but they want to consider all of the available information before issuing a final ruling. According to an EPA spokesperson, one factor that the agency is still trying to figure out is the cost of the new measures.
Under the Clean Air Act, the EPA is legally required to put restrictions on any air pollutant that is deemed unsafe for the American public. Thanks to a recent decision that GHGs are a threat to the public, this means they are required to put new standards in place. In addition to legally being required to regulate, the EPA is also not allowed to consider costs when making their decisions, meaning that their current "evaluation" period should not be extended to examine costs.
This new announcement comes on the heels of President Obama's recent decision to roll back smog standards that the EPA had already put in place. The White House succumbed to a tremendous amount of pressure that the Republican Party had placed on the administration to curb the power of the EPA. The smog standards in place would have reduced ground level ozone levels, which have been shown to cause asthma and other respiratory problems.
Experts are not just concerned about the health problems that delays in EPA action will cause, but also the environmental impact we could face as a result. NOAA has warned that delays in regulating pollutants could lead to even more extreme weather events, which is especially devastating considering the cadre of natural disasters that have swept across America in 2011 so far.
While scientists and environmentalists are upset over the recent anti-environment decisions, the Republican Party couldn't be happier. Climate change denier James Inhofe celebrated the recent announcements saying, "This announcement, as well as President Obama's recent request that E.P.A. withdraw the ozone standard, makes one thing clear: not only will E.P.A.'s barrage of regulations cost hundreds of thousands of American jobs, they may cost President Obama his own job, and he knows it all too well."
Republican House Speaker John Boehner said that removing the smog regulation was a good first step toward removing obstacles that are blocking business growth.
Tom Donahue, president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, also had praise for the decisions: (This is) "an enormous victory for America's job creators, the right decision by the president and one that will help reduce the uncertainty facing businesses."
These comments reflect a growing trend among the Republican Party, which is to ruthlessly and baselessly attack the EPA and environmental protections. Their talking point du jour is "job killing regulations," a talking point that has been debunked by numerous scholars and studies (the best available research shows that regulations actually help create jobs, rather than destroying them.)
This crusade against the EPA has included attacks on the agency as "inefficient," as well as calls from elected officials and GOP presidential hopefuls to completely abolish the agency.
Both the White House and the EPA want us to be reassured that they are "very committed" to protecting the environment and issuing new standards. But as we've seen so far this year, both the president and the EPA are at the mercy of a political party that is doing everything in their power to completely abolish the EPA and destroy any and all regulations that have been put in place over the years.
PeterS.Mizla replied on Permalink
Real Paradox
this is the real paradox- you have a climate beginning to go 'haywire' and the far right republican party wanting to make the problems we face even worse
this is due mainly because of the poor messaging from Democrats and Obama- who seem afraid -(all of them) to mention the word 'climate change' or 'global warming'.
what will it take for these weak kneed people to face up to the fact we are setting ourselves up for a future of unimaginable horrors?
RickJames replied on Permalink
They don't believe the way
They don't believe the way you do. For the political world, global warming is an issue to be used only when it brings some political advantage.
Again with the power struggle issues...
What is the deal, RickJames? Is there no way that some form of policy could be constructed such that politicians cannot use it to political advantage?
RickJames replied on Permalink
I wouldn't say never but it's
I wouldn't say never but it's a good general rule.
RalphNader replied on Permalink
Much to believe
(the best available research shows that regulations actually help create jobs, rather than destroying them.)
Interesting conclusion, I think many economists would disagree with you on this point. In general any regulation that interferes with the free market and slows commerce will cost jobs.
Jobs are created by a dollar turning over by more consumer transactions occuring with each unit of currency. regulation slows this process and detracts from commerce. Rather than link to the myriad of best available research that shows this quite clearly, I will ask is anyone thinks that more laws create jobs? All we need to create employment is more regulation, why does congress not work 24 hours a day coming up with rules then?
troydonscott replied on Permalink
2008 the heavy truck engines
2008 the heavy truck engines were blindsided by the most stringent regulation ever placed on truck engines. 3000 trucking companies filed bankruptcy. Caterpillar engine company just quit making truck engines. The employment rates in the trucking industry have never recovered from this. So when is this increase in employment supposed to happen?
troydonscott replied on Permalink
It does create jobs!!!
The jobs are created because they lay of workers from the factory floor and replace them with a newly created job that is filled by some inspectors that fly back and forth to Washington making four or five times the wages of the factory workers were. Now everybody will share in paying the unemployment of the workers and the salaries of the newly created government inspectors. These inspectors typically don't have any expertise in the field but rather some brainless nephew of a congressman that needed a job. And that my friend is how jobs are created by creating government regulations.
Didn't you know? The Obama
Didn't you know? The Obama administration can create jobs into existence simply by regulatory fiat.
In fact, I don't know why they didn't do it sooner? Probably those conniving tea-baggers where sabotaging their bold efforts, again. And Emmanuel Goldstein, of course.
Don't question it – it's a miracle. Like transubstantiation, or something.
troydonscott replied on Permalink
"Not consider cost" Well that
"Not consider cost" Well that has been the problem with the EPA for many years. Right now placing regulation on companies without regard to cost would spell disaster not just for these companies. Some green people probably had a big party when they got the news that they were shutting down two coal fired plants in Texas and two coal mines. Luminant in Texas stated that the EPA did not even give enough time to get through the permitting process. So if they were to keep operating they would have several months of shutdown on 2 plants at the same time (no revenue coming in) to install several million dollars worth of equipment. Also consider that the EPA could just change the rules again before the upgrades are complete. So what do they do? Probably the same thing I would do. Just split up the company assets, lay off the workers, and pull the plug. It was only 500 workers, a grain of sand on the beach, but where does it stop. Should the EPA consider the cost? Yes this should have been worked out before hand calculating the cost, the shutdown time, the unemployment while the plant was upgraded. Figure how much the local economy could take and allow them to raise electric rates so this could be done seamlessly. Basically figure how many years notice 2,3, or 5. If the EPA were on their game they would give notice in a timeframe considering cost. But according to you they should not consider cost to the economy. In 2007 heavy truck engines were hit with the most extreme EPA regulation ever passed. 2008 more than 3000 trucking companies filed bankruptcy. That's ok the economy and the cost to it is not their concern. If they had considered cost from their start we could be years ahead of where we are now. Not their concern because they can just blame it on the industry.
David B. Benson replied on Permalink
Employ mortuarians!
Poison the air & water!
Make more jobs for grave diggers as well.
The premise is sound!
It's true: Increasing numbers of regulations leads to a direct increase in employment.
… for regulators and bureaucrats, that is.
And if increasing the amount of regulations is directly proportional to an increase in jobs, then it only stands to reason that an infinite amount of regulations will lead to an infinite number of jobs.
See? It's like perpetual motion, except with more magical fairy dust!
Sure, some Doubting Thomases will argue that increasing the number of government regulators simply amounts to enlarging public debt even further, and government bureaucrats don't actually create wealth, rather, they consume it.
Yes, some economic fuddy-duddies will tell you it would only further damage the economy, making it that much more improbable that we will ever pay off the national debt, which stands (they claim) at over $14 trillion and counting.
But let me posit this: have any of you ever seen this so-called debt? I haven't. Have you ever counted to a trillion? I know I can't. Therefore, it's pretty clear it doesn't even exist. Heck, they're even using a made-up number for it! A "trillion"? What's that? They might as well have called it a "gajillion".
We should immediately avail ourselves of the miracle economic resource of regulation. We'll regulate ourselves right out of this darn recession, and we'll all live like kings! A chicken in every pot!
PeterS.Mizla replied on Permalink
We had an increasingly
We had an increasingly regulatory environment during the progressive era (early 20th century) and the economy did well- and protected workers from the excesses of big business. During the roaring 20's we had no regulation a great economy until the lack of regulation wrecked Hoovers' '2 cars in every garage & a chicken in every pot'
then came the crash- and the New Deal began decades of protecting workers from the excesses of business again- and the economy grew, we had a stable and growing middle class….
since 1980 we have been in an anti regulatory mode- but wages have been stagnant, the middle class has shrunk- yet the rich have become exponentially more powerful - yet you anti government folks continue to preach the same inane trash since 1980.
Guess what? What FDR and Truman failed to do in bringing the rich and big business to task, climate change will inevitable either change American capitalism or destroy it for good.
Its nice that mother nature will do something to a corrupt and unfair system- and you guys on the far right can sit there and see it destroyed- and its starting now!
So true!
What you say sounds perfectly reasonable to me – If some regulation is good, then a whole lot of regulation must be even better. It's a general rule that applies just as well to jobs, as it does to the use of prescription medicines. Especially OxyContin.
But I obviously don't have to tell you that.
"Guess what? What FDR and Truman failed to do in bringing the rich and big business to task, climate change will inevitable either change American capitalism or destroy it for good. Its nice that mother nature will do something to a corrupt and unfair system- and you guys on the far right can sit there and see it destroyed- and its starting now!"
I'd like to add that your last paragraph – about Gaia raining down holy vengeance on our capitalist oppressors – only bolsters my impression of you as being a perfectly reasonable person, and not at all completely insane.
Also, I'm glad you gave credit to the much-maligned FDR, who's programs and interventions finally managed to end the Great Depression … in 1947, the year the US economy actually began to recover. Sure, many economists might argue that FDR's policies actually prolonged the Depression by seven years, compared to if he hadn't interfered at all, but they forget that some other hypothetical president might have theoretically prolonged it for eight, or even nine years!
See you in the WPA Camp, my friend!
Wow, it's like Rick Perry &
Wow, it's like Rick Perry & Michelle Bachmann had kids & then let them loose in here.
"seems like government
"seems like government doesn't have a clue what to do about it except hope it goes away."
More like Republicans are filibustering & purposefully holding things up or opposing for the sake of opposing.
From an ex-GOP member:
"virtually every bill, every nominee for Senate confirmation and every routine procedural motion is now subject to a Republican filibuster. Under the circumstances, it is no wonder that Washington is gridlocked: legislating has now become war minus the shooting, something one could have observed 80 years ago in the Reichstag of the Weimar Republic. As Hannah Arendt observed, a disciplined minority of totalitarians can use the instruments of democratic government to undermine democracy itself."
A couple of years ago, a Republican committee staff director told me candidly (and proudly) what the method was to all this obstruction and disruption. Should Republicans succeed in obstructing the Senate from doing its job, it would further lower Congress's generic favorability rating among the American people. By sabotaging the reputation of an institution of government, the party that is programmatically against government would come out the relative winner.
A deeply cynical tactic, to be sure, but a psychologically insightful one that plays on the weaknesses both of the voting public and the news media. There are tens of millions of low-information voters who hardly know which party controls which branch of government, let alone which party is pursuing a particular legislative tactic."
So if it seems like what you say is happening, get on the phone to the Republican senator you voted for & intend to vote again & tell them to stop their crap. Otherwise, the Dems will simply repeat the process once the repubs are elected & it will never end.
"People are frustrated and want to see it get moving again."
So stop supporting people that hold it up.
"The green agenda seems to be clogging things up."
No, you are just echoing Republican dogma without thinking. Please provide evidence instead of opinion. The solar industry alone in the USA has had a massive growth of 6.8%, while the rest of the economy had 0.7%. That's despite the massive GOP resistance, cuts to programs & subsidies & th fossil fuel propaganda designed to stifle competition.
The fossil fuel industry, while it reaps lots of income for the shareholders & the government. It employs fewer & fewer people as the industry becomes more mechanized.
Obama knows what needs to be done & how he can do it. He's just prevented from doing it.
RickJames replied on Permalink
Yep - for most pols it's all
Yep - for most pols it's all a game. They got us so we get them. You do yourself a disservice when you divide them into dems and repubs. They may be on different teams but they play the same game.
"You do yourself a disservice
"You do yourself a disservice when you divide them into dems and repubs."
You do your self a disservice & only harm yourself when you parrot their dogma, unthinkingly & without evidence.
It shows how easily you can be manipulated into echoing whatever repubs are telling you. History shows on this blog, that facts are the last thing you check.
RickJames replied on Permalink
"Obama knows what needs to be
"Obama knows what needs to be done & how he can do it. He's just prevented from doing it."
I'll agree that he probably knows what he wants to do but is being frustrated by the system.
Back when The WON first won, I remember great celebrations in these threads and I remember pointing out that he wouldn't beable to do much anyway … and I recall being laughed at.
anyway the cold hard truth is that what Obama really wants is to play more golf. I bet he succeeds this time.
"Back when The WON first won,
"Back when The WON first won, I remember great celebrations in these threads and I remember pointing out that he wouldn't beable to do much anyway … and I recall being laughed at."
Because you knew the Repubs were arseholes?


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LEBANON -- Funeral services have been scheduled for 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 16 at St. Frances Cabrini Catholic Church for Mrs. Mitchell, 91, of Lebanon.
She passed away Sept. 13, 2010.
Born June 20, 1919 in Texas City, TX, she graduated from Julienne Catholic High School. Mrs. Mitchell and her late husband moved to Lebanon in 1964. She joined McFarland Hospital as a Patient Services Representative, where she stayed until retiring.
Visitation Wednesday at Sellars Funeral Home in Lebanon from 5-8 p.m.; Thursday from 9 a.m. until the service at the church.
Services will be conducted by Reverend Michael O'Bryan and Dr. Jonathan Richerson. Interment follows in Wilson County Memorial Gardens.
Survivors include: children Norm (Peg) Mitchell of Marietta, GA; Linda (Tom) Waker of Kettering, OH; Susan Thomas and Debbie Hobbs -- both of Lebanon.
Also surviving are grandchildren: Scott (Renee) Mitchell of Plano, TX; Amy Mitchell (Bill) Knopka of Napa, CA; Bruce (Laurie) Mitchell of San Clemente, CA; Jill Poe of Canton, GA; Thomas Waker of Oakwood, OH; Steve (Kathy) Waker, Mike (Patty) Waker and Todd (Debbie) Waker -- all of Kettering, OH; Greg (Theresa) Lasater, Jason (Chalet) Lasater and Jennifer Hobbs -- all of Lebanon; Mitchell (Lisa) Hobbs of Alpharetta, GA; Michael (Shannan) Hobbs of Hahira, GA; Lori (Jeff) McKenzie of Alpharetta, GA; 26 great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Mary was preceded in death by her husband Norman L. "Bud" Mitchell and her sister Martha Marsh who died on Sept. 10, 2010 in Tuscaloosa, AL.
Pallbearers: Tom Waker Jr, Mike Waker, Todd Waker, Steve Waker, Scott Mitchell, Bruce Mitchell, Greg Lasater, Jason Lasater, Mitchell Hobbs and Michael Hobbs. Honorary: Mae Hendrickson, Linda White, Barbara Conner, Anne Thompson, and the St. Frances Wednesday Ladies Brunch Bunch.
In lieu of flowers, please make memorial donations in her name to: the Building Fund for St. Frances Cabrini Catholic Church, 300 S. Tarver Ave, Lebanon 37087 and/or the Building Fund for West Haven Baptist Church, 5860 Lebanon Rd, Lebanon.
Arrangements by Sellars Funeral Home, Lebanon.


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Estora, known as Storie, is 13 and living in a logging camp in the Oregon forest with her family when the great fire of 1933 breaks out. Crew creates a sweeping panoramic view of the fire's terrifying impact on the Northwest while telling a suspenseful and satisfying tale of young love and family survival.
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