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In Reply to: RE: Why can't I receive radio waves using LM386? posted by Eli Duttman on January 15, 2017 at 20:38:22
...since it's shown as a parallel-resonant circuit, the diode should be connected to the junction of the antenna, (variable?) cap and inductor. The bottom of the parallel cap and inductor should be tied to a good earth ground as should the signal (-) input of the 386. A 500-1000pf at diode output to ground would improve sound quality such that it is and probably make the 386 happier too.
Did not examine 386 circuit for correctness but doesn't strike me as optimum load for tuned circuit. High impedance is better.
Why in Tube DIY? Expectation of superior knowledge! ;-)
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Right you are about the diode attaching to the antenna. I missed that. Also, the place the diode is currently attached to should be grounded.
From my quick look at the LM386 data sheet, it does use low I/P impedance BJTs. Perhaps a simple JFET source follower between the diode and IC is needed. When I was a youngster, we used tapped tuning coils to connect to the diode and (ultimately) the BJT AF amp.
With a genuine long wire antenna and earth ground, a lightning arrestor is ESSENTIAL. That device can be made from a non-resistor spark plug.
Another tweak for the external antenna/earth ground setup is to connect them to a separate winding on the same form as the tuning coil. That winding has quite a fewer turns. Presto/chango step up transformer.
You can protect this with a GDT - which are about $4 in qty 1 from Mouser.
These guys are mini versions of the OB2 OA2 glow regulators.... They conduct around 90V or so, so your FET needs to have a gate breakdown voltage above that....
Another longwire protection device is a simple neon lamp....
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ABC News/Univision Network is Hiring!
ABC/Univision Network posted several positions on MediaBistro.com Tuesday as part of their "far-reaching, multiplatform joint venture designed to inform, empower and inspire Hispanic Americans in English while providing all audiences with uncompromising coverage of current events with a unique perspective."
The new 24/7 network will feature the first English-language channel for English-dominant and bilingual Hispanics as well as integrated digital and social platforms for the U.S.
The location of the network and all jobs have not yet been determined, but four positions have been determined and their descriptions are below with links to read the entire job description and apply. Note, free registration at MediaBistro is required in order to apply.
Good luck!
Human Resources Director
Job requirements: The HR Director is an integral member of the leadership team for the Joint Venture between ABC and Univision (JV). The JV was established to create an English language news and lifestyle multiplatform network targeted to a Hispanic audience. The Human Resources Director is a hands-on role that provides comprehensive guidance across all Human Resources functions. As part of the leadership team, the HR Director will devise HR strategies and contribute to business growth through sound judgment and analysis. S/he will be the key liaison between the JV and its Members (Univision and ABC) in terms of Human Resources Management and Processes.
Vice President – Chief Financial Officer
Job requirements: The VP Chief Financial Officer is an employee of the Joint Venture between ABC and Univision (JV), established to create an English language news and lifestyle multiplatform network targeted to a Hispanic audience. As an integral member of the leadership team, the VP CFO will devise strategies and contribute to business growth through sound judgment and analysis. S/he will be the key liaison between the JV, its Members and the Board of Directors in terms of reporting the financial performance which will be benchmarked to the requirements established in the JV agreement. The VP CFO will report to the JVs Chief Executive Officer.
The specific duties of the VP CFO include general supervision and control over all financial matters of the JV Company and its Subsidiaries, including accounting and financial statements and audits; financial management reporting; payment and collection functions; cash management; relations with lenders, outside auditors and other providers of financial services; tax preparation and management (together with outside legal counsel); and establishing and maintaining financial controls, and shall have and perform such other powers and duties from time to time, determined by the Board or the CEO.
Digital Executive Producer
Job Requirements: The Digital Executive Producer (EP) will lead the development and management of the digital properties for the ABC-Univision Joint Venture (JV), established to create an English language news and lifestyle multiplatform network targeted to a Hispanic audience. The Digital EP will oversee the tone and content on all digital platforms and serve as the primary liaison with the larger JV editorial team and all traditional news platforms. The Digital EP will also be responsible for identifying revenue making opportunities and developing digital business, marketing and operations strategies. The Digital EP will report to the Chief Programming Officer.
The ideal candidate must have the ability to meet and adapt to changing industry demands; be flexible and able to balance multiple projects/priorities; have a strong grounding and appreciation for the 24/7 digital rhythm of news; as well as a strong instinct, understanding, and background in the digital space.
This is both a hands-on and strategic position.
Vice President – Chief Programming Officer
Job requirements: The VP Chief Programming Officer (CPO) will be the executive of the ABC-Univision Joint Venture (JV) responsible for content across all of the ventures platforms. The Joint Venture was established to create an English language news and lifestyle multiplatform network targeted to a Hispanic audience. The VP CPO will guide the creative and editorial direction of all programming from inception and will play the major decision-making role in development of all content. The VP CPO will spearhead the development of all programs digital as well as cable, manage all of the senior production staffs and steer the voice of the new network. The VP CPO will also manage program scheduling across all platforms.
The VP CPO will report directly to the JVs Chief Executive Officer. This role requires superior strategic, interpersonal, communication and project management skills as well as proven management success. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience creating captivating broadcast and digital programming, a solid journalism background and an in-depth understanding of the target demographic.
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We are proud to announce that the highly successful Public Television Show, Bake, Decorate, Celebrate! is a recipient of two Bronze Telly Awards in the television and video category. The Telly is one of the most sought-after awards by industry leaders, from large international firms to local production companies and ad agencies. The Telly Awards, founded in 1978, are the premier award honoring outstanding local, regional, and cable TV commercials and programs, as well as the finest video and film productions. Winners represent the best work of the most respected advertising agencies, production companies, television stations, cable operators, and corporate video departments in the world. Previous Telly award recipients include Warner Bros, Harpo Studios, CNN, The History Channel, Nickelodeon and MSNBC. Entrants include television stations, advertising agencies, government agencies, universities, production companies, and cable networks.
Bake Decorate Celebrate!, which has just started its third successful season, was one of over 13,000 entries from all 50 states and 5 continents. Bake Decorate Celebrate! combines elements of cooking, lifestyle, and how-to, creating an exciting program that appeals to a broad range of viewers. Hosts, Nancy Siler and Melanie Glasscock welcome viewers into the Bake Decorate Celebrate! kitchen weekly. Tuning in, viewers will see that they do not need to be a professional cake decorator to be able to achieve spectacular results. Broadcasts of the show has more than doubled since the beginning of the second season, and to date, 347 stations covering 75% of the US air the show allowing 212 million people the chance to see how to prepare fun and tasty food for every celebration.


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LINK: Miami Rescue Mission Conducting "Christmas In July" Street Outreach For Homeless
Some holiday cheer is spreading across South Florida Friday.
The Miami Rescue Mission is celebrating its 6th annual Christmas in July event, serving thousands of homeless people at its centers in Miami, Hollywood, and Pompano.
They'll be taking donations and handing out clothing and sneakers to homeless adults and kids.
Ronald Brummitt with the Miami Rescue Mission says it's a special event for everyone involved.
"You can come down to one of our centers, or you can do a food drive, a clothing drive, a toy drive, a hygiene-product drive," Brummitt continues, "and help us with the expenses of providing for so many people every single day.
Brummit says while homelessness is falling, they're still serving 1,300 people every single day.
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- Daily newspaper from Mineral Wells, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
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- The WELCOME Sign (shown here) was built in 1922 by George Holmgren, the Texas Rotary Club's Governor,in his San Antonio iron works following the State Rotary Club's Convention in Mineral Wells. He gave the sign to the people of Mineral Wells with the understanding that they would maintain what was, at the time, the world's largest non-commercial lighted sign. The original incandescent bulbs were later replaced with lower-maintenance red neon lights by the Mineral Wells Jaycees. A Warrant Officer Company from Fort Wolters moved the sign from its original site on East Mountain to the east side of Bald Mountain (now called Welcome Mountain), overlooking Elmwood Cemetery, in 1972. It remains there today [2008], lighted at its base with flood lights, to greet visitors coming from the east. This is a picture, taken in 1972, of the restored sign.


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After taking a look at the continued potential in Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) shares, I became curious about valuations across the rest of the tech space. Using the same Buffett-inspired analysis, I crunched the numbers on Internet search titan Google (NASDAQ:GOOG).
Google vs. Uncle Sam
Google's trailing twelve-month earnings per share is $29.76. Dividing EPS by the current market price of $643 equates to an earnings yield of 4.6%, which beats the 30-year bond yield of 3.4%. In addition, while a bond yield is static, the 4.6% yield offered by Google grows along with earnings. Based on analysts' projections, the yield could grow 13% annually. If we only used this method, Google would be a buy.
Good Ol' Fashioned Earnings Growth
Another way to look at valuation, and the one most likely employed by a majority of investors, simply takes the current EPS of $29.76 and multiplies it by analysts' five-year growth projection of 13%, which equals earnings per share in the fifth year of $54.83. Multiply this by the current P/E of 21.6 to get a price target of $1,185. If we were only interested in entering a position offering a CAGR of 15%, we could discount 1185 back to the present and only buy Google under $590. Technically speaking, we could get that opportunity soon as Google has closed the gap from a high volume sell-off and looks set to test back to the January lows on general market weakness.
Given that Google's growth has been slowing however, we may see its multiple contract and this poses a risk to the forecast. Using a more modest P/E of 17 (the multiple investors are paying for Apple, the target becomes $932 and requires an even better entry to earn a CAGR of 15%.
The Incredible Expanding Coupon
The final and most eye-opening way Buffett values a stock is by viewing it as an equity/bond with an expanding coupon. Looking at Google in this fashion, the initial investment of $643 a share would be seen as a bond yielding 4.6% (just like the first example above), but rather than grow at the EPS growth rate, the "coupon" would increase at the rate management is growing the equity base. This is where return on equity comes in.
Google's shareholders equity value, or book value, is $178. Dividing by the EPS of $29.76 equates to a return on equity of 17%. It follows that five years later, we can expect a book value of $390 ($178 grown at 17% annum). Multiply 390 by the ROE of 17% and you get projected earnings per share of $66. Multiple $66 by our adjusted P/E expectation of 17 and you obtain a five-year price target of $1,122.
My five-year price target for Google is $932-$1,122 representing a CAGR of 8% and 12%, respectively from current levels. Though I love the company's advertising cash flows, I would only be a buyer on significant weakness, the kind that would take shares back to 2011 lows under $500.
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Renault SA and Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. will pool more operations and seek a more stable structure for their car-making alliance, sources said, to compete with Volkswagen AG on scale and prepare for chief executive Carlos Ghosn's eventual succession.
The French and Japanese auto makers have doubled their joint savings goal to €4-billion ($5.2-billion) in 2016 and plan to review the cross shareholdings underpinning their 13-year-old alliance, company sources said.
Renault shares rose as much as 9.8 per cent on the news.
"[Mr.] Ghosn said we need to seek further synergies to get to double where we are today," said an executive who attended internal presentations to alliance managers on Sept. 25-26.
Car makers across the globe are racing to slash costs and build economies of scale by pooling everything from technology investments to purchasing and logistics with their own brands, alliance partners and even rivals.
Renault took a stake in Nissan in 1999, dispatched Mr. Ghosn to rescue the Japanese auto maker from near-bankruptcy and raised the holding three years later – but stopped short of a full merger.
Where DaimlerChrysler and other rival pairings have failed, Renault-Nissan survived by preserving both companies' autonomy – but at the price of missed opportunities to slash costs.
Mr. Ghosn's softly-softly approach has allowed others such as Hyundai Motor Co. and Volkswagen to step into the breach and seize more impressive economies of scale.
According to PwC data, VW last year built 3.8 million cars, of 27 different models including the Golf, from a single underlying vehicle architecture or platform.
That dwarfs the alliance's 2.6 million vehicles – Renault Clio subcompacts, Nissan Juke crossovers and 14 other models – built on its biggest-selling B-platform.
In response to tougher global competition, Mr. Ghosn has raised pressure for closer Renault-Nissan integration by naming executives to oversee joint vehicle programs and production.
The savings push will see more activities transferred to an existing joint venture, Renault-Nissan BV, which already centralizes purchasing, logistics and IT services for much of the alliance.
In preliminary discussions that were not disclosed at the September meeting, senior executives are also weighing changes to Renault and Nissan's reciprocal holdings, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
Renault currently holds a 43.4-per-cent stake in its larger Japanese affiliate, which in turn owns 15 per cent of Renault.
Neither car maker would comment on savings goals or the "shifting pendulum of speculation about the alliance's corporate structure," a Renault-Nissan spokeswoman said.
"We seek more and more synergies every year," she added.
While the structural review is at a preliminary stage, it is likely to propose that the two auto makers be controlled through a common holding, rather than an outright merger, sources said.
Renault's board met for the first time this month at the Amsterdam headquarters of the Renault-Nissan BV holding, currently under the two auto makers' 50-50 ownership.
Changes are also expected to address Renault shareholders' concerns that the current situation undervalues their investment, the sources said.
Renault's €10.14-billion market capitalization is more than 30 per cent lower than the combined worth of its own holdings in Nissan and Volvo AB.
Executives at both auto makers acknowledged privately that revamping the alliance is becoming more urgent as Mr. Ghosn's retirement draws closer. Few if any potential successors are considered capable of holding the partnership together under its current loose structure.
Backing from the French government, which owns 15 per cent of Renault, would be critical to any attempt to modify the shareholdings, they said.
"Renault knows that if they want the alliance to stay stuck together post-Ghosn, they need to do more than hire a new CEO," said a European fund manager overseeing several billion euros in assets including a small Renault stake.
Mr. Ghosn turns 62 in 2016, the end of Renault's current medium-term plan, while Nissan's current plan concludes the following year. His current contracts are up for renewal at Nissan next year and Renault in 2014.
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Denmark has given us May Andersen in 1982. She gained her recognition as an Angel from Victoria's Secret, and the girl from Sports Illustrated, the Swimsuit cover. Her career started when May was noticed by a photographer in Copenhagen when she was 13. He convinced her of having chances in modeling so once May turned 18, she relocated to New York. Nowadays she keeps up her fame by scandals and accidents. Like in 2000 May got into car accident where her car was crashed by garbage truck. May received several heavy injuries and later New York authorities paid her compensation. Later in 2006 she was caught by police after hitting the flight attendant during the flight from Amsterdam to Miami. May was defending herself on TV in Denmark from the charges by the Miami police. Finally she got the offer that she was obliged to take the anger management courses so all charged would be dropped. She completed courses in 2006. In 2011 a new scandal featuring May Andersen nude appeared where she released a set of pornographic pictures where May Andersen nude was posing naked, kissing with her sexy friend, with a dildo and bondage. This photo shoot will definitely make May Andersen nude famous than ever.


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friendly, quiet, excellent beds and a strong commitment to helping others.
It is a very clean hotel with friendly stuff, nice breakfast room and good breakfast with absolutely divine croissants. To much noise through the walls especially in the early morning.
Beautiful spacious room and bathroom, extremely friendly staff, comfortable bed (apart form the pillows). Some minor points: pillow too thick, no BBC 1 & 2 on TV, WiFi a little pricy (many hotels these days offer free continuous WiFi which is great for the business traveller), lack of hot-water kettle.
Architecture and size of rooms was great. Breakfast room was impressive. Quiet and very comfortable night. Would recommend this hotel.
lack of parking. hotel should have a deal with the secure parking under the Erasmusbrug
A quiet and spacy place to stay
The rooms are huge, stylish and very comfortable. The staff is friendly. Bathrobes were a plus. The breakfast was quite average. The basics are there and a long the right lines, but there could have been a bigger selection.
location was perfect for me room was very cold
Location You can stay at this hotel if you do not want following things Reception after 23 hours, no minibar in the room, no iron and iron desk, no ironing service, no bar in the hotel. It does no offer services that supposed to be in four star hotel, I would consider changing this hotel to two or three stars.
the modern style, cosy, our room was really full of light (from outside)
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It had a nice view of the river and Erasbus Bridge. The view was wonderful especially at night. The bath room was very clean. It was close to city centre. The room was a bit small, but it was OK for us.
We only stayed 1 night but everything was very good.Good location for a city break tram stops right outside the hotel.
Nice, cosy rooms. View on the river! The room was a little bit small
Convenient location. Harbour view Small bathroom
fantastic! the room overlooked the Erasmus brug, the staff were friendly and helpful. the room was spacious and comfortable. we shall defintely be returning
Location, the city centre is nearby. The lift stuggles up to its destination and very small bathroom
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ATLANTIC CITY — Atlantic City, with a dwindling population, employs many more workers than cities almost three times its population. The city also pays some of its public officials much more than officials in comparable — and sometimes much larger — cities.
A Press of Atlantic City analysis of a 2008 U.S. Census Bureau survey on government staffing shows Atlantic City has one of the highest rates of workers to residents in the nation.
The Press analyzed data on 1,376 municipalities with 2008 populations of more than 20,000, and Atlantic City ranked 30th-highest among them, based on a city population then of 39,684. The city employed 43.6 workers per 1,000 residents, a rate higher than major U.S. cities such as Philadelphia (20.9 employees per 1,000 residents), San Francisco (38.1), Boston (34.2) and Baltimore (42.3). The figures are the most recent.
Bryant Simon, author of "Boardwalk of Dreams: Atlantic City and the Fate of Urban America," says today's payroll problems are a result of the city's history of patronage — from the Republican machine doling out jobs to supporters to highly competitive Democratic races forcing politicians to maintain support through the government work force.
"Atlantic City has long had a city government that worked as a patronage machine," said Simon, also a professor of history and director of American studies at Temple University. "Historically, it's just gotten reproduced again and again and again.
"It used to be, what could the machine deliver if it couldn't deliver jobs? As it becomes less corrupt, in some ways now it's like, what's left if not patronage?"
The city's work force is a fluid number that changes depending on the season: higher in the summer, lower in the winter. According to city payroll records, the work force was as high as 1,847 employees during the summer of 2008 under Mayor Scott Evans. At the end of last year, Atlantic City employed 1,513 government workers and spent $92 million on salary and wages.
Biloxi, Miss., another city with casino gambling, has a population of about 45,670 residents, about 6,000 more people than Atlantic City. But Biloxi's municipal government employed 773 fewer employees last year and spent $62 million less, 2009 payroll records for both cities show.
Comparisons made by The Press with some other payrolls at cities that provide the same level of services as Atlantic City include:
Wilmington, N.C., a popular college town with more than 100,000 residents, employed 408 fewer workers than Atlantic City last year and spent about $43 million in salaries and wages — half as much as Atlantic City.
Green Bay, Wis., where the population exceeds 101,000, pays 526 fewer employees than Atlantic City and spends almost $50 million less on its salaries and wages.
"Atlantic City is significantly overstaffed," concluded a December 2002 study of the city's payroll commissioned by the Casino Association of New Jersey. And by the measure of payroll to population, the city's municipal labor force has grown.
The Casino Association review found that Atlantic City's 1,596 employees at that time meant the resort had 394 employees for every 10,000 city residents. Norfolk, Va., one of the cities identified as closest to Atlantic City's staffing, employed just 189 people for every 10,000 residents. The report suggested reducing the work force by 200 employees to save an estimated $15 million. The reduction still would leave the city with 1.8 to 6 times more than comparable towns.
Instead, Atlantic City's ratio of employees to population has swelled since the study. In July 2008, at the peak of Atlantic City's tourism season, the city employed 465.7 employees per 10,000 residents, almost 72 more employees than the rate in 2002. In its offseason in December 2008, the city still employed five more employees per 10,000 than it did at the end of 2002.
Mayor Lorenzo Langford, through his spokesman Kevin Hall, attributed the size of the city's work force to its public safety employees and generally "does believe there still may be some fat that needs to be trimmed."
"There are about 700 public safety employees," Hall said. "They are among the highest-paid people on the payroll."
Some have accused Langford of contributing to the problem by continuing to hire even after City Council imposed a hiring freeze last year.
Langford has managed to drop the city's pre-summer staff level to 1,480 employees, according to records from March 18. However, the decrease has done little to ease the taxpayer burden with payroll costs actually growing since Langford took office Nov. 12, 2008, to more than $94 million, an increase of more than $4 million. The city's population has declined to 34,769, according to the latest census survey, resulting in a still-high rate of 42.6 workers to 1,000 residents even if staffing levels don't increase for the summer.
"Any other year, we would applaud that (staff reduction)," said David Davidson, president of the local Policemen's Benevolent Association. "But it's clearly not enough."
The mayor says the increase in payroll costs are a result of employees' collective bargaining agreements negotiated before he took office.
Davidson and his union have been pushing the mayor to reduce spending to lessen the resort's $211 million budget. Yet, Davidson is the same union leader spearheading a fight against Langford's proposal to lay off 20 police officers.
A 2008 FBI Uniform Crime Report showed police departments nationwide had 2.5 police officers per 1,000 residents. Cities with a population between 500,000 and 999,999 averaged about 2.6 officers per 1,000. Atlantic City more than tripled those rates with nearly 9.5 officers per 1,000 residents.
Atlantic City's ratio of police also exceeds some of the country's busiest cities, including New York (4.3 officers) and the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (1.8 officers), and major cities in New Jersey, such as Newark (4.7 officers), Camden (5.2 officers) and Elizabeth (2.8 officers).
Christine Petersen, the city's newly appointed public safety director, said the comparisons are startling, but quickly pointed to how different Atlantic City is from any other municipality.
"There's no place like Atlantic City," Petersen said. "I haven't been here long, but I have learned that ... you can't compare Atlantic City accurately with any other towns because there's no place like Atlantic City. Every town has its own needs and problems."
Police Chief John J. Mooney III singled out the comparison with New York, arguing that an analysis of police staffing in higher tourism areas would likely be "considerably higher." Because Atlantic City is predominantly made up of tourist areas, city police staffing levels are "at least appropriate."
"The one factor that cannot be overlooked or discounted is the physical presence of the police in the community," Mooney said.
The police chief
Although Mooney defends the city's payroll problem, he also benefits from it.
The chief earned $206,578 last year, more than any other employee in Atlantic City — and more than several other top-ranking police officials in much larger cities.
Philadelphia's top police official, Commissioner Charles H. Ramsey, got a big salary boost when he went to Philadelphia in 2007 from his job as police chief in Washington, D.C., Ramsey earned $175,000 in Washington; his Philadelphia position pays $191,256. Mooney earned $15,322 more last year. Jack F. Harris, the top police official in Phoenix, Ariz., earns $13,200 less than Mooney. And Newark Police Director Garry McCarthy makes about $36,000 less than Mooney, despite managing a police force three times the size of Atlantic City's in a municipality eight times bigger.
"I would say that based on the responsibilities and the climate in which I have to work, no amount of compensation would be enough," Mooney said. "It is certainly very difficult to manage a police department when the political leadership offers very little support."
Mooney also argued that his latest contract includes annual pay raises of 4 percent, the same salary increases the city agreed to give the majority of its rank-and-file workers in 2007.
The resort's second-highest paid employee is fire Chief Dennis Brooks, who annually makes $39,202.19 more than Newark's highest-ranking fire official. Mooney and Brooks topped the list of Atlantic City's 10 highest salaries in 2009, six of which are higher than Newark's top 10 last year. The pair of chiefs are followed in salary by the city's four deputy police chiefs, with salaries that range from $160,000 to more than $165,000, and three deputy fire chiefs.
Atlantic City's 10 highest-paid employees also are all public safety officials, while Newark's includes only two. Meanwhile, police in Newark have a lot more crime to deal with in a city of about 280,000 residents. In 2008, Newark had six times as many murders than Atlantic City, almost eight times as many burglaries, twice as many larcenies and 13 times as many arson incidents, according to New Jersey's Uniform Crime Report.
'Ice money'
But the city's bloated payroll — either through salaries or overall work force — is nothing new in Atlantic City.
State Sen. Jim Whelan, D-Atlantic, calls it the "hire-a-vote tradition."
"They become a little cell and a political structure," he said of many of the city's hires. "Then they come back to reciprocate on Election Day."
Whelan's political experience is not the only reason he understands the ingrained culture as well as anyone in Atlantic City. Whelan wanted to try out for Atlantic City's lifeguard squad when he was a 15-year-old proven swimmer. Yet, even for someone of his abilities, there were two conditions.
First, he could not earn a spot on the squad unless his mother, a Democrat from Philadelphia, registered as a Republican after his family moved to Atlantic City. Whelan said he also had to join a Republican club for youths in the city's 1st Ward.
Second, he was told to sign a paper agreeing to hand over his "ice money," a portion of his Beach Patrol earnings given as a kickback to state Sen. Frank "Hap" Farley's Republican political machine, which dominated the city.
"I think it was $5 every two weeks," said Thomas Russo, another former lifeguard who joined in 1952 and served until 1965. "They asked you to sign up, but they didn't really ask. It was 'You're a young kid. You want to sign up, don't you?' If you wanted your job you said all right."
The payments went on for years, but as political pressure slowly built around Farley and his organization in 1969, some lifeguards assembled a "mini-revolt" against the political payments, Whelan said.
"By then, they had more to worry about than lifeguards not paying ice money," said Whelan, referring to mounting political pressure around Farley's machine.
The political funding unraveled from there. Soon, police officers and firefighters were also refusing to make payments, and years later Farley lost his state Senate seat.
The mayor's office
More than four decades later, "ice money" is a forgotten term in Atlantic City. But political loyalty still appears to be a requirement for many of the city's government employees.
Since Mayor Langford took office Nov. 12, 2008, his administration has hired 53 employees, as of March 18, 2010. Half of the new employees have close ties to Langford.
Twenty-two of the new employees either worked for his campaign in 2008 and/or 2009 or contributed to those mayoral campaigns. One new employee had a relative who worked for the campaign and another had a relative who donated to the campaign.
Of the remaining employees:
Malik Massey, hired as a clerk typist in December 2009, is the nephew of Warren Massey, chairman of the city's Housing Authority and a strong Langford supporter.
Muhammad Ayub, secretary-general of the Pakistani-American Muslim Organization of South Jersey, was hired as a mayoral aide during Langford's 2009 campaign. A week after the hire, Langford received endorsements from two prominent Pakistani groups and other community leaders, including Ayub's uncle, Mohammad Haroon Rashid.
Hall questioned why the new hires who do not have obvious connections to the mayor are not the focus of this report.
"Atlantic City is a relatively small place," Hall said. "When people saw the refreshing way that this mayor was (approaching this city), they obviously gravitated toward him. ... That doesn't mean there were any extenuating circumstances."
Hall, who also campaigned for Langford and went from being a city laborer to the mayor's confidential aide, added that the collection of connected hires are mostly for entry-level positions.
But those jobs likely created important votes, Simon says.
"Atlantic City has such a small number of registered voters, getting 10 people to vote for you is important," he said. "The (political) competition breeds a certain kind of desperation."
Langford is hardly the first mayor to employ those who help with a personal political campaign. Mayor Evans, who immediately preceded Langford in the mayor's office, began generating rumors that he was building a team to garner absentee ballots for the primary against Langford when he began hiring members of former City Council President Craig Callaway's family.
Among the hires were Callaway's sisters, Gwendolyn Lewis and Toni Dixon, and their sister-in-law, Tamika Ross. The family soon set up a non-descript campaign office on Mississippi Avenue to begin working for Evans, even though the then-mayor's campaign finance reports showed no payments to those working out of the office.
And the political patronage in Atlantic City doesn't stop at the mayor's office. Every city politician gets in on the act.
City Hall
If you're looking for your councilman at City Hall, you've got some serious navigating to do.
Once you enter council's third-floor offices, you're confronted with not one, but two receptionists to greet you. If you're lucky, your councilman is in his office. If not, the outer-office secretaries will contact your councilman's secretary, who traditionally relays a message advising that the legislator is unavailable.
Why are these positions needed? They're not, according to the Office of the State Comptroller. In fact, New Jersey law says they're illegal. But council members have been using the positions to provide jobs to friends and family for more than two decades.
The city's payroll includes about $700,000 in salaries for employees who got their start as a council aide. But when the council member leaves office, the aide's government career continues. Most have or will be transferred to another government job after their council member is unseated. At least 17 current city employees are either former aides who have been moved to other city divisions or active aides who will maintain government employment long after their councilman exits.
The longevity of the Rev. Earl Pierce's council aide tells the story.
Pierce took his City Council office in 1988. Brenda Harris became his council aide. Defeated in 1992, Pierce left city government. Harris never has.
Nearly 18 years after Pierce's sole term in office ended, Harris still works in City Council's offices, now as one of the two outer-office secretaries. She still holds the same title, even though she is not assigned to a particular councilman. She earns nearly $47,000 a year.
Beyond those on the current payroll, the practice has cost thousands more through the long careers of other council aides, who eventually retired. Take Chuck Watson, who spent about 20 years as a clerk at City Hall and watched his salary increase by four times over the years after he left his first job as an aide to late Councilman Arnold Orsatti.
Watson became one of the city's first council aides in 1983 after a change in the form or government.
"I guess not too many people knew what the rules on anything were," Watson said from his Delaware home. "Council thought it would be good to have a secretary for everyone. But pretty soon, everyone wanted them."
Many aides receive their jobs because of who they are or whom they know. Two current aides — Maureen Bender and Cheryl Banks — gained their permanent status through their appointment by blood relatives.
Bender still works for her father, Councilman Dennis Mason. Banks first came on as an aide to then-Councilman Lorenzo Langford, her brother. She later became Mayor Langford's chief of staff and returned as an aide to Council President William "Speedy" Marsh after Langford was voted out of office in 2005.
The political nature of the position, and the relationships many aides have with their councilman, have also allowed the assistants to get their permanent jobs despite considerable obstacles.
The late Councilman John J. Mooney Jr., the father of city Police Chief Mooney, pushed his council colleagues to exempt his niece, Barbara Dalton, from a residency requirement when she was hired as Mooney's council aide in 1986. Dalton lived in Somers Point and council agreed to grant her a waiver, despite city law allowing such an exemption only for employees with "special skills and talents."
A Superior Court judge ruled the move was illegal, contending the job of clerk-typist does not require any such talents. But the decision had no effect on Dalton, who was quickly transferred to the payroll division of the city Police Department.
She remains in the department, earning an annual $57,710, now working as a principal clerk typist in the office of one of the city's deputy police chiefs. Dalton is Police Chief Mooney's cousin.
"It creates a significant appearance of impropriety," Paula Frazese, chairwoman of the state Ethics Commission, said of the appearance of nepotism in Atlantic City. "It's also a terrible disservice to those never given the opportunity. It hurts the morale of all in the trenches and also hurts the larger public morale."
City law prohibits a government employee from supervising an immediate relative. Meanwhile, other questionable personnel arrangements go unquestioned even outside council chambers, such as Redevelopment Assistant Austin Clark reporting to his sister-in-law, Community Development Block Grants Division Director Lois Braithwaite, or Boardwalk Superintendent Salvatore Catanese supervising his daughter-in-law, senior clerk Claudette Catanese.
Frazese said nepotism will continue to plague the city as long as its restrictions exist in policy only.
"They need to be harsher," she said. "They need to ban nepotism through uniform ethics codes. Make a hard-and-fast rule. Rule is a strict statement of obligation. A policy is a preferred practice. Breaking a rule comes with punishment. That could impose a deterrent effect."
Atlantic City has one of the nation's highest rates of government workers to local residents among cities with at least 20,000 residents.
Atlantic City's payroll exceeds those of towns nearly three times its size.
Some city employees are paid more than individuals in the same positions in much larger municipalities.
Major U.S. cities have a far smaller ratio of police officers to residents than Atlantic City.
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Fawnskin Victorian~Steampunk Winter Fest
Big Bear Valley Renaissance Society, Inc
Monday, December 1, 2014 at 10:00 AM - Tuesday, December 2, 2014 at 10:00 AM (PST)
Hosted in the lovely little town of Fawnskin, Victorian~Steampunk Winter Fest is held the first weekend in December. This will be a "cold" time of year, so please remember to break out your beautiful cloaks and woolens, dress warm and experience Victorian Christmas shopping as well as the Steampunk industrial revolution era. By the way, this was a highly coveted time for believers in Fairies!!There will be entertainment, specialty Christmas shopping and Santa or, for those who dare....a visit with Krampus!!
Hot chocolate, Mulled wines, Hot cider and roasted nuts!!! Foods of all kind to host the epicureans delights!!
A fun family outing with a 'ripple in time'!!
Visit with Queen Victoria and her court but watch for the 'Ripple in time'!
Time travelers have been spotted
On the grounds and have proven to be most knowledgeable and Entertaining!!
'Our Faire is your Fantasy'
So mark your calendars now...Dec 6 & 7, 2014 Victorian~Steampunk Winter Fest!!! 10 am ~ 4 pm
This is a rain (snow) or shine event...
Welcome and Well Met
The Big Bear Valley Renaissance Society, Inc. Recreates historical events through living history reenactments in order to bring history to our children as well as money for their educational needs.
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This novel is unique among James's fiction in having a major character who appeared in an earlier work: Christina Light, the mademoiselle fatale of Roderick Hudson (1875), who was married off by her mother at the end of that novel to the Italian Prince Casamassima. Now, in a novel bearing her name as its title, we discover her some ten years or so later, estranged from the Prince, living in London and taking an interest in the condition of the destitute poor. However, despite her brightness as 'perhaps the most remarkable women in Europe' and her name on the title page, the book actually has as its truly central character a hero, or anti-hero, Hyacinth Robinson. Like Christina, Hyacinth seems to have a troubled relationship with the idea of 'aristocracy'; a relationship which may ultimately prove fatal.
It wasn't originally my intention to spend time producing an electronic edition of The Princess Casamassima, which is one of the longest of Henry James's novels and which didn't make an immediate impression when I first read it some fifteen years ago. However, no one else seemed to be taking on the challenge and, until the recent disappearance of the original etext of The outcry (1911, adapted from a play – now [2005] available again on this site), it was the only novel by James not available on the web, so, when a copy of the first edition came on the market at a reasonable price (it was not in its original binding!), I paid up and started work. And I'm very pleased that I did, since in working carefully through the text twice and following up the many factual references in the text (to provide the requisite notes in my edition), I've come to appreciate the many subtleties in James's treatment of themes in his 'social realist' novel. Working partly in the tradition of Dickens but more in the French one of Balzac and Zola, although within constraints imposed by English prudery of course, James has dissected not so much the revolutionaries based in London in the early 1880s but that tension between economic and æsthetic approaches to life, which is still, or perhaps even more, in play today.
For bibliographic details of the text source and subsequent critical discussion see my bibliography, which is sketchy at present, but should be filled out a bit eventually! Details of the numerous problems I encountered while editing the rather carelessly produced first edition for its presentation here can be found on a separate page, otherwise you might like just to start reading.
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Almost nine out of 10 local authorities confirmed proposals to charge more for residential accommodation to plug a huge budget shortfall.
Figures show other councils are planning to shut centres altogether or dramatically tighten up the eligibility for places over coming years.
The disclosure will fuel warnings over a crisis in care for the elderly.
It follows warnings last year that growing numbers of pensioners are being forced to sell their homes to cover expensive care home fees amid spiralling costs.
Emily Thornberry, the shadow care services minister, who obtained the latest figures, said the Government was failing to protect social care.
She claimed front-loaded cuts were "too deep for local authorities to develop new services and retain partnerships with the voluntary sector".
"The Tory-led Government's approach means huge changes are being brought in very quickly, giving little time for consultation with staff and service users," she said. "On top of this, Local Authorities are faced with the confusion of David Cameron's wasteful top-down reorganisation of the NHS, which means that they are unable to plan for the long term."
Miss Thornberry's office surveyed 50 councils providing care services.
Almost all said they were being forced to make sweeping changes to residential accommodation because of a combination of cuts and increasing pressure on services.
Some 88 per cent confirmed plans to increase care charges. A quarter of these were pegging increases to inflation, but others were introducing new and additional charges, raising or abolishing the maximum contribution from users or making other increases.
Almost two-thirds of councils said they were being forced to close care homes or day centres to save money.
Many confirmed plans to close homes in the next two years, while others said money was being saved by putting more emphasis on providing services in residents' own homes.
A previous survey carried out by the Care and Support Alliance, whose members including more than 40 leading charities, has found that 23 per cent of disabled and older people have already seen their services cut.
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text: After watching that joke of a performance tonight against the Saints where our defense gave up over 600 yards of total offense and let the Saints set an NFL-record w/ 40 first downs against us, it became extremely evident that the Safety position is a major issue in our secondary. Heath and these other injury-prone late round Safeties aren't cutting it. We're getting torched game in and game out at that position. Therefore, I think the team should take a serious look at drafting one this year. That leads me to the #1 Safety prospect in this year's draft. -I know it's almost certain we go D-Line in the 1st round but the Safety issue needs to be resolved. We don't have any money for a top-tier FA at that position like a Jairus Byrd so it'd have to be through the draft.


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there is one feature common to all - the bump on the top
of the head.
This bump is called the 'Ushinisha'.
There are several reasons why this might be.
As we discussed earlier, Gotama was a Prince, and the first statues were based on the regal image with a topknot. This is the 32nd mark (page 28); which says his head is shaped like a turban (rather than having a turban on his head).
Another idea is that the bump was an artists idea of the stubble left after he cut off his hair. At the time of the great renunciation, according to one legend, having pulled his hair together on the top of his head, he cut it of and it went into fine curls and never needed cutting again. The 14th mark has the hair curling to the right which explains the small, spiralling bobbles.
Another possible reason for the bump is that a bulge on the top of the skull is a sign of having lots of brains, a sign of super-intelligence.
Sometimes the bump is more like a flame. This is a symbol of energy - the light of supreme knowledge - releasing from the crown chakra (see the drawing on page 26). It has a similar meaning as the halo except the flame is more a symbol of enlightenment than just holiness.


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Waxing During Your Cycle
Dear Sugar
When is the best time of the month to get your legs / bikini waxed? I've heard that you can be more sensitive during different points of your cycle. Afraid of Pain Jane
Dear Afraid of Pain Jane
As far as I can tell, there is no differential in pain measurement before, during or after your menstrual cycle. All I can suggest is that if you are the sensitive or agitated type from PMS then don't do it during that time since it's a pretty uncomfortable process. Also, I would not suggest going in for a bikini wax mid flow, but this is strictly out of respect for your aesthetician. C'mon, do they really needs to see any more than they are already privy to?


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The apartment conveys exquisite style and luxury. At over 5,000 sq. ft. and featuring wide hallways and large arched openings between rooms, the apartment feels light, spacious and airy.
San Francisco, California (PRWEB) April 08, 2014
A post at HomesSF.com reported that Kirk Economos and Peggy Economos, agents for luxury properties in San Francisco, represented both the seller and buyer in the sale of a full-floor luxury coop in Pacific Heights. At the time of the sale the property was listed at $9.5 Million. The sale closed on April 4, 2014 but the precise details regarding the property and the sale specifics are being withheld. It can be confirmed however, that the sale price represents the highest price paid for a coop listing in San Francisco since the year 2000.
Kirk Economos stated that: "Unlike many prime urban markets in the United States that offer a large number and variety of cooperative ownership opportunities, San Francisco coops are a rarity. In San Francisco there are only 3 or 4 coop buildings that are truly extraordinary and luxurious. The apartment we sold is among the best of the best."
The coop building is comprised of just 7 coop apartments, 6 of which are full floor. The building, constructed in the 1920's, is perched on the top of the hill of Pacific Heights, which affords nearly every apartment wonderful views of San Francisco Bay. The building is architecturally understated and elegant and is located across from one of San Francisco's most lovely neighborhood parks.
Peggy Economos said: "The apartment conveys exquisite style and luxury. At over 5,000 sq. ft. and featuring wide hallways and large arched openings between rooms, the apartment feels light, spacious and airy. Although already renovated by the seller, the buyer is expected to undertake considerable amount of updating and personalization."
http://www.HomesSF.com offers additional details on the sale as well as complete property information on the finest residential properties available in San Francisco.
Peggy Economos and Kirk Economos are luxury residential property specialists with Pacific Union International, Christies International Residential Real Estate at their Presidio Offices in San Francisco. They are a wife and husband team that brings together complementary skill sets and decades of experience to produce exceptional results for the buyers and sellers they represent.
HomesSF.com offers a wider perspective than just the local San Francisco luxury market. The site offers information on the San Francisco market as well as news, insight and information on national and global high-end properties and markets.
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* Apple suppliers hit by disappointing iPhone sales * Toshiba favoured on news of GE thermal energy tie-up By Sophie Knight TOKYO, Jan 24 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average seesawed in early trade on Wednesday as investors sought bargains after three straight days of declines, but disappointing sales figures for Apple put Japanese suppliers for the iPhone under pressure. Ibiden Co Ltd, which makes printed circuit boards for the iPhone, slid 5.7 percent, while Foster Electric Co Ltd , Taiyo Yuden Co Ltd and Sharp Corp, slipped between 1 percent and 2.5 percent. Apple shares fell more than 10 percent in extended trade after it said it had sold 47.8 million iPhones, lower than the roughly 50 million predicted by Wall Street analysts, while first quarter revenue of $54.5 billion slightly undershot estimates, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. The Nikkei nudged down 0.2 percent to 10,464.43 after shedding 2.1 percent on Wednesday to a three-week closing low, as investors locked in profits after disappointment the Bank of Japan did not announce more immediate action on Tuesday. "Apart from the bad news about Apple, there's a lack of incentives at the moment as everyone is waiting for earnings, so although the bottom is pretty firm it's not likely to shoot up any time soon," said Masayuki Doshida, senior market analyst at Rakuten Securities. With Japan's earnings season beginning in earnest next week, firms reporting early were in focus. Yaskawa Electric Corp fell as much as 8.8 percent to a one-month low after the company reported a 39 percent drop in operating profit in the nine months to December, hurt by weak demand for servo motors in China and Europe. Toshiba Corp, which is also an Apple supplier, was ahead of the market, gaining 1.1 percent after the Nikkei business daily said it will discuss forming a joint venture with General Electric Co to develop and sell combined cycle gas turbines. "Toshiba's thermal energy division is much larger than the Apple supplies part, so investors are more likely to be cheered by the GE news than focused on Apple's results," Doshida said. WHERE TO NOW? The Nikkei has dropped 4.2 percent from a 32-month high of 10,952.31 hit on Jan. 15, the peak of a steep rally starting in mid-November, when then-incoming leader Shinzo Abe began calling for a weaker yen and aggressive monetary easing. The Bank of Japan responded to pressure from Abe by announcing a 2 percent inflation target at its policy meeting on Tuesday. It also committed to open-ended easing from 2014, a decision that disappointed some investors hoping for more immediate action. However, many analysts are still bullish on the Japanese market. Goldman Sachs said the Topix index could rise as high as 1,270 if the yen weakened to 100-110 against the dollar, in a report published on Thursday. The broader Topix lost 0.4 percent to 884.50 on Thursday morning. Goldman Sachs revised its 12-month estimate for the index to 1,100 to 1,000, assuming 88 yen to the dollar, saying that the economy should be given a boost by the 10 trillion yen ($113 billion) fiscal stimulus plan announced by the Abe government. "While foreign buying has accelerated, total cash and futures buying is not yet excessive, and while "underweight Japan" gaps have narrowed, most international equity funds remain underweight," the report said.


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Thursday, May 29, 2014 from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM (PDT)
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A huge ceramic flower ring
Update your fashion status with this huge ceramic flower ring
This statement piece has real presence.
An adustable ring with a beautiful huge ceramic flower. This unique ceramic flower ring is handmade of stoneware clay and glazed in purple and and touches of blue.
For something outside of the box try this statement ring.
ring measures approximately 2.5″.
Ring comes in a gift box ready to be given as a gift.
Each ring is handmade and will be slightly different from the picture but will remain as lovely as this one.
I do custom orders. If you like it but prefer a different color don't hesitate to ask me, I'll glaze the flower in any color of your choice.
Shipping cost $6