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By U.S. Rep Elton Gallegly
It's no secret that most illegal immigrants come to the United States to work.
Therefore, if the U.S. eliminates the ability for them to find a job, illegal immigration will cease as a major problem.
The answer to this conundrum is 12 years old. The 1996 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act contained a provision that came from the Task Force on Immigration Reform I chaired in 1995, one of nearly 50 recommendations to come out of the task force and be included in the bill, that provided for a test program to allow employers to easily and quickly check the employment eligibility of their workers.
The basic pilot program has been a resounding success. Only a lack of political will has stalled its widespread implementation.
In a nutshell, the basic pilot programnow called E-Verifyprovides for a single contact with the Social Security Administration to see if an employee's name and Social Security number match and to check the worker's citizenship status in the SSA database. For noncitizens, it also checks work authorization status against a separate Department of Homeland Security database.
E-Verify is computerized and no more cumbersome to an employer than running a customer's credit card at the check stand.
With E-Verify, an employer receives instant confirmation of the worker's right to work in the United States 99.4 percent of the time. Those flagged have a chance to clear up the discrepancyfor the legally employed it's often as simple as a recently married woman needing to update her records with her new surname.
For the foreign-born with a legal right to work here, it's also quickly resolved. Equally important, those who don't have a legal right to work are turned away.
In 2006, the SSA sent more than 10.5 million notices to workers whose names did not match the Social Security number they provided. But SSA didn't follow up, and the workers continued their employment.
Right now the program is voluntary for much of the private and public sector. Those turned away can easily find an employer who doesn't use E-Verify.
Most of the 69,000 employers who use E-Verify say it's an effective and reliable tool for employment verification. The National Federation for Independent Business supports making it mandatory for all employers. Of the workers who contacted local SSA offices as part of the verification process, 95 percent said their work authorization problem was resolved in a timely, courteous and efficient manner.
Many states require E-Verify for government workers and contractors. The federal government requires it for direct employees.
The president recently issued an executive order that implements a bill I introduced that requires all executive branch federal contractors to use E-Verify. I also introduced a bill to expand E-Verify to companies that contract with Congress. It will not be successful, however, until it's mandatory for all.
I've been pressing for that for 12 years and will continue to work with like-minded colleagues to make E-Verify permanent and mandatory for all employers.
Gallegly serves the 24th congressional district in California.
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Source: http://www.house.gov/gallegly/media/media2008/col091908immigration.htm


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January 21, 2013 at 7:17 pm #19604
Hi Support,
This addition will be good for SEO and also good to make image popup more informative.
Could you please tell me how to add alt to < img > and title to wrapping < a > for slider image.
So when you click here:
Image will have prettyphoto title and desctiption like here:
I did some research, I think this file and function should be modified: function-set-avia-frontend.php -> avia_image_by_id
You are really good support and I'm interested to make avia framework better.
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AleksandrJanuary 21, 2013 at 7:40 pm #104291
You add the title and alternate text on Media > Library > then select the image that you want to edit.
IsmaelJanuary 21, 2013 at 10:20 pm #104292
I know about adding through Media Library, but theme files should be modified too..
BTW, I found link how to add title to < a >, but it working with some bugs, maybe because it's for another theme:
https://kriesi.at/support/topic/ (Purchase code hidden if logged out) -description
How to modify avia.js -> $.fn.avia_activate_lightbox to work on Choices and display correct title attribute in < a > tag.
Any help will be appreciated!
AleksandrJanuary 22, 2013 at 4:54 pm #104293
Hi Aleksandr,
As Peter pointed out in that topic, the default behavior for a title, is to add the title into the ALT attribute or your thumbnail image. To have display a description, add the description into the TITLE attribute or your link.
The script on that page is a year old and submitted by a user to change the way that theme interacts with pretty photo.
Just to note, you can add the information when you are uploading the images originally through the image editor that pops up and don't have to only go through the wordpress media library.
DevinJanuary 22, 2013 at 6:12 pm #104294
Hi Devin,
Thanks for answer, I managed to add title to ALT attribute of an image.
But second part is to push this ALT attribute from image to a wrapping link < a > TITLE.
<i>"The script on that page is a year old and submitted by a user to change the way that theme interacts with pretty photo."</i>
Yes, it's pretty old and for another theme, but it's very similar to choices function avia.js -> $.fn.avia_activate_lightbox that should be modified to push img ALT to link < a > TITLE.
Please help to accomplish that.
AleksandrJanuary 24, 2013 at 2:40 am #104295
I can tag the topic for the other support members but I'm not familiar enough with javascript to re-write the theme's avia.js to accomplish that.
If no one is able, you'll need to look into a freelance developer to get the result you are looking for.
DevinJanuary 24, 2013 at 11:37 am #104296
Hi Aleksandr,
It's an ambitious project since there are a various exclusions to consider such as situations where the image is simply an image without links,, or pretty boxes. I haven't tested all the new Media toys that came with wp3.5, but at this moment ,
if i understand you correctly, the last hurdle is to detach the value of an alt from an img tag and attach that value to the anchor wrapping the image but attach it as a title tag? And this should be done to images on the 3 links pasted above only (and of course similar formats on pages elsewhere)? .. I think jQuery may just do the trick since the idea of a php solution for this feels bulkier (as well as lengthy).
I will try a few things out, so please hang on.
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The Federal Budget in 3 minutes3:28
Labor has released its own animated explanation of the 2013 budget.
FEDERAL Treasurer Wayne Swan and Prime Minister Julia Gillard have hit the airwaves and TV shows as they continue the hard-sell on the 2013 Budget.
Mr Swan, in his sixth and possibly last Budget, delivered a $19.4 billion deficit on the back of a $17 billion hit to revenue forecasts. His first Budget surplus is forecast for 2015/16 after a balanced result a year before that.
Wondering how the changes in the Budget will affect your life?
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Plus, replay our chats with Budget experts here.
7.30pm: Taxpayers are closer to paying more for the Medicare levy after the lower house passed legislation for the hike.
The measure was only put to parliament on Wednesday morning, with an emotional Prime Minister Julia Gillard choking up as she introduced the legislation.
The 0.5 percentage point rise on the levy is intended to be the main source of income for the national disability insurance scheme, DisabilityCare Australia.
The scheme starts in just seven weeks, on July 1.
Ms Gillard said after that date there would be no turning back.
"There will be no more `in principle' and no more `when circumstances permit'," she said through tears.
The opposition supported the measures and the unusual move to pass it through the lower house on the same day as its introduction.
"We view the Medicare levy increase as only a temporary measure until the budget has been repaired and is in strong surplus," opposition spokesman for human services Kevin Andrews told parliament.
"We don't like tax increases but we don't think that Australians with a disability should miss out on a better deal due to poor decisions by a bad government."
The lower house also passed legislation to set up a dedicated fund to hold the proceeds from the levy increase, and a bill that made technical amendments to the initial national disability insurance scheme Act.
The Medicare Levy Amendment (DisabilityCare Australia) Bill 2013, the DisabilityCare Australia Fund Bill 2013, the National Disability Insurance Scheme Legislation Amendment Bill 2013 and 10 associated bills now head to the Senate.
6.28pm: Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has dismissed claims the federal budget reveals the national broadband network (NBN) is failing.
His opposition counterpart Malcolm Turnbull says the budget showed Labor had cut its planned equity investment in the NBN from this financial year to 2014/15 by $3.5 billion, or 20 per cent.
He says it is an "admission the (NBN) project is failing'' and the cut in investment means more than one million premises that were expected to have fibre optic cable connections by 2015 now won't have them.
"The gutting of the NBN's funding is a clear admission it is disastrously behind the schedule unveiled by Stephen Conroy and (Prime Minister) Julia Gillard only nine months ago, in August 2012," Mr Turnbull said today.
5.53pm: The future of federal funding for rail projects in Melbourne and Brisbane could be in doubt under a coalition government, with opposition transport spokesman Warren Truss saying it would have to be "weighed up".
The coalition has said it opposes federal funding for urban commuter rail, claiming it's the responsibility of the states and instead gives preference to city road projects.
In Tuesday's budget the Gillard government pledged almost $4 million to two rail projects - $715 million to the Cross River Rail in Brisbane, and $3 billion to the Melbourne Metro.
Asked if a coalition government would honour state-federal agreements on the two projects, Mr Truss said "projects that are already under way, we're clearly going to complete".
"If there is no contract signed ... it will have to obviously be weighed up against other projects," the Nationals Leader told Sky News today.
5.25pm: The federal opposition is accusing the government of losing control of Australia's borders, with the cost of managing asylum seekers blowing out by more than $3 billion.
Tuesday's federal budget showed asylum seeker costs would be almost $2.9 billion in 2013/14 - more than $1.5 billion more than previously estimated.
Over the four years to 2015/16, the blowout totals $3.2 billion.
Opposition immigration spokesman Scott Morrison says the budget still falls well short of what the likely costs will be if the government's "failed border policies" continue.
Labor's claim their asylum budget costs will fall by 50 per cent over the forward estimates to less than $1.5 billion is "absurd", he says.
"If Labor was preparing their budget on the basis of a change of government, then it may make some sense," Mr Morrison said
4.35pm: Barnaby Joyce and Tony Windsor have had a post-Budget clash, with the Nationals Senate leader accusing the Independent MP of asking him to ''take it outside'' in a verbal confrontation today.
But Mr Windsor has insisted he simply urged Senator Joyce to stop using the coward's castle of Parliament to make allegations about the sale of part of his family farm to a coal company - not start a Parliamentary punch up.
''Do you want to take it outside? Something about going outside. I thought maybe he wanted to kiss me,'' Senator Joyce said.
''I don't know what it was about but obviously it's under his skin. I wandered off, as gentleman. As always the gentleman.''
3.59pm: The Federal Budget has received a mixed reaction from the states.
South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill says the state will lose $300 million in expected GST revenue as a result of the Federal Budget.
''It is, to say the least, challenging for us to have to deal with such a large revision of revenue in the next five years.''
The GST write-down was due to the decline in retail sales.
''The fact that retail spending has remained as flat as it has is certainly something that has not been forecast,'' he said, referring to Commonwealth data SA was using to prepare its Budget.
He was asked about a Federal Budget allocation of $5 million to help pay for soundproofing of a church in the Adelaide electorate of Hindmarsh, held by the ALP with a margin of 5.7 per cent.
The Premier said the people who attended the church found the aircraft noise to be utterly disruptive and had sought funding for soundproofing which previously had been granted to hundreds of homes.
''It seems like a sensible thing to do but it is a matter for the Commonwealth.''
Prime Minister Julia Gillard denied there was any pork-barelling involved in the allocation of funding ahead of the September election, during an interview on ABC radio today.
Mr Weatherill welcomed federal infrastructure funding including $448 million to upgrade part of Adelaide's South Road, which will be matched by the state government.
In Western Australia, Premier Colin Barnett has warned taxes may rise in the state if the state's share of GST continues to slide.
Mr Barnett said he was dismayed but not surprised by the Federal Budget's confirmation that WA's projected slice of GST returns will fall from 55 cents in the dollar to 45 cents in the coming financial year.
If the slide continued, the state government would have to raise taxes, he said.
''If that comes to pass, and I hope it doesn't, we will have no choice but to significantly increase taxes in this state,'' he told reporters today.
In NSW, Treasurer Mike Baird said the Federal Government isn't serious about funding Sydney's WestConnex motorway.
Tuesday night's budget contained $1.8 billion for the project, which will link the city's west with the airport and Port Botany precinct, as well as $400 million for a link between the F3 and M2.
But Mr Baird said today the state government would not receive most of the federal money until after 2018/19.
''What we wanted to see was a real commitment. If you are serious about providing funding, put it into the (forward) estimates or at least provide a provision to bring it into the estimates,'' Mr Baird told reporters in Sydney.
''The only conclusion I can draw is that the Federal Government is just not serious about this project.''
Mr Baird said budget cuts to national partnership agreements would also reduce funds earmarked for frontline NSW health services, such as palliative and acute care.
''That's about $350 million which has been ripped from frontline services . . . it will have a dramatic impact on the state.''
Health Minister Tanya Plibersek has denied NSW would lose $350 million and accused the O'Farrell government of creating a ''smokescreen'' for planned health cuts of its own in next month's State Budget.
The Federal Budget had also provided an additional $1.5 billion in funding for NSW hospitals, she said.
Mr Baird said he was also concerned about a further reduction in GST revenue of $860 million.
3.04pm: The Budget showdown was interrupted by a shouted question from Queensland independent Bob Katter, and a mangled reply from Employment Minister Bill Shorten.
Mr Katter asked about use of 457 visas by Australia Post . . . and asked and asked and asked. He went on for so long Speaker Anna Burke turned off his microphone.
But he was on his feet again complaining when Liberal Chris Pyne accused him of sending his question to Mr Shorten in advance.
Finally the minister had his chance and mixed up Australia Post's freight service, calling it Star Trek instead of Startrac.
''Star Trek is your industrial relations policy,'' he told laughing Opposition MPs.
Meanwhile, Mr Katter was warned by Speaker Burke.
''I'm not thinking of asking the Sergeant at Arms to escort the member for Kennedy from the Chamber but I'm getting close,'' she said.
Soon after she ejected him for an hour after he kept speaking out of turn.
2.23pm: Opposition Leader Tony Abbott opened Question Time by asking the Prime Minister why the Budget could be trusted when the Government had made so many assurances that it would be in surplus.
The Prime Minister replied that the Opposition wanted to cut to the bone which would cost jobs.
The Shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey asked Treasurer Wayne Swan what "peak gross debt" would be.
He was accused by Mr Swan of "fiscal fear-mongering".
NDIS 'great hope' of Budget: Macklin
2.13pm: Disability Reform Minister Jenny Macklin said the national disability insurance scheme was ''the great hope'' of this year's Budget.
The massive reform would address a huge slab of disadvantaged Australians, she said.
''I think if you were to go to many, many people with disability you would see that they have not been getting the care and support they need,'' Ms Macklin said during a three-minute press conference before she rushed to Question Time.
''They have not been getting the wherewithal to go to work, to participate in our society in a way that every Australian deserves.
''So I would say to all Australians, this is the great hope of this year's Budget that we will create DisabilityCare Australia.''
Swan backs middle-class welfare
1.35pm: Treasurer Wayne Swan doesn't believe so-called middle-class welfare being paid to families should be further wound back.
Asked if he had squibbed on an opportunity to dismantle the payments system set up under the former Howard government, Mr Swan said he backed payments to families of modest means.
''Being a parent is the most important role in our society,'' he said, after giving a speech on the Federal Budget in Canberra on today.
''I will never support that agenda.''
But Mr Swan did agree the system of payments to families had got out of control under the former Coalition government.
On Tuesday, the government announced it would scrap the baby bonus and replace it with cash under the Family Benefit Part A.
Budget strategy is the right one: Swan
1.22pm: Treasurer Wayne Swan says his Federal Budget strikes the right balance between the ''austerity freaks'' and those who want more spending no matter what the fiscal cost.
Mr Swan today delivered his first major post-Budget speech to a packed out lunch at the Great Hall in Parliament House in Canberra.
He defended the Budget settings, saying Labor had to make choices about what to prioritise amid challenging conditions for the global economy and a domestic economy that was shifting its focus to the non-mining sector.
''Given what we've faced, I think we've got the balance right,'' he said.
''I do think there's a sweet spot between the austerity freaks, who say cut way harder, and the Green-types, who would happily see the bottom fall out of the budget.''
Mr Swan said his Budget, which forecasts an uptick in unemployment and a slowing in economic growth, would turn out to be the right strategy at the right time.
The economy was 13 per cent bigger than five-and-a-half years ago and was the 12th largest in the world.
''Our unemployment rate starts with a '5', at the same time underlying inflation and our official interest rates start with a '2','' Mr Swan said.
Parts of the non-mining economy - like housing construction and retail - were starting to respond to the stimulus flowing from lower interest rates.
''Together with the production and export phase of the mining boom - as it continues to ramp up - these will become bigger drivers of growth,'' Mr Swan said.
But the high Australian dollar was making things tough, particularly for government revenue.
''I've been upfront about the fact that we simply didn't know how deep and enduring the impact on tax receipts would be from the unique cocktail of global forces and the high dollar,'' the treasurer said.
''We could not have perfectly foreseen the prolonged nature of subdued prices and profit growth right across the Australian economy.''
The Federal Budget forecasts deficits for this financial year out to 2014/15, before the balance swings to a small surplus of $800 million in 2015/16.
While Mr Swan was happy to be judged on the numbers, he said the policy environment was more complex.
''The money simply isn't coming in the door like it used to,'' he said.
''While my predecessor got a cumulative $334 billion revenue windfall and redefined what we mean by fiscal largesse, I've copped $170 billion in revenue write-downs.''
Mr Swan said his overriding concern was to protect the economy and jobs.
''I knew it would be a national tragedy to give in to the fiscal fearmongers by cutting further and deeper, because we'd be destroying the strong economic position that all Australians had worked so hard to achieve,'' he said.
''I will never sacrifice jobs and growth on the altar of political expediency or to satisfy the ideologies of editorial writers.
''It would be irresponsible to impose a savage fiscal consolidation on the economy when it's still transitioning from mining investment to other growth drivers in the face of the doggedly high dollar.''
The latest Budget sets out funding for two big Labor projects - a new formula for schools funding and improvements and a national disability care scheme - which it will take to the federal election in September.
''And we are doing this while setting out a pathway to surplus and paying down our already low and responsible level of borrowings,'' Mr Swan said.
''This is a one-year Budget, but it's a long-term plan for Australia.''
Mr Swan challenged the Opposition, which is in the box seat to win the elections according to opinion polls, to say how it will manage the economy - given they would face the same circumstances as Labor.
''The Opposition can now make its own choices, choose its own priorities,'' he said.
''But what they cannot do is choose their own numbers.
''If they don't want a particular revenue source, they must either specify another one, cut a service, or hit the bottom line.''
Mr Swan said the government did not intend any further major review of taxation, despite the Budget papers suggesting some parts of the system were volatile.
''I think if you look at the data, all of the taxes that are not associated with profitability have held up reasonably well, but all of the profit-based taxes have taken a turn for the worst,'' he said.
The Treasurer said there were loopholes in the corporate tax system which were being exploited by some companies and the budget identified some of those and would aim to find $4 billion in savings in that area.
He said Labor would never lift the GST.
''Our party and our government rejects the notion that you've got to lift the GST,'' he said.
Budget leaves families 'on a cliff's edge'
1.05pm: Community groups say the Federal Government has left families hanging by not increasing welfare payments.
They say Tuesday's Budget provides little relief for single mothers, many of whom were forced off Parenting Payments in January and onto the Newstart Allowance.
Many were left $60 to $100 worse off by the arrangement and had been hoping for a $50-a-week increase to the dole.
The government says increasing Newstart is too expensive, with the budget instead allowing welfare recipients to keep an extra $19 a week from part-time work before their payments are affected.
But the National Council of Single Mothers and their Children says the budget is ''completely devastating'' for families.
''I've fielded calls from women who have broken down since they've learnt that their plight has not been heard,'' chief executive Terese Edwards told reporters in Canberra today.
''They were hanging onto a cliff by the skin of their fingers and they were pinning their hopes on this budget.''
Gerard Thomas from the National Welfare Rights Network also slammed the ''missed opportunity'' to boost welfare payments.
''The tragedy about this budget is also that the government talks about the dignity of work and getting people into work - (yet) there was no extra new programs or supports to get those people into jobs,'' he said.
But Leah Hobson from the Australian Federation of Disability Organisations said the introduction of DisabilityCare Australia would generate more productive workers.
''People with disability will be able to think about a day when maybe they don't have to worry about their wheelchair breaking down in the middle of the road,'' she said.
Mr Swan said his overriding concern was to protect the economy and jobs.
''I knew it would be a national tragedy to give in to the fiscal fearmongers by cutting further and deeper, because we'd be destroying the strong economic position that all Australians had worked so hard to achieve,'' he said.
''I will never sacrifice jobs and growth on the altar of political expediency or to satisfy the ideologies of editorial writers.
''It would be irresponsible to impose a savage fiscal consolidation on the economy when it's still transitioning from mining investment to other growth drivers in the face of the doggedly high dollar.''
The latest budget sets out funding for two big Labor projects - a new formula for schools funding and improvements and a national disability care scheme - which it will take to the federal election in September.
''And we are doing this while setting out a pathway to surplus and paying down our already low and responsible level of borrowings,'' Mr Swan said.
''This is a one-year Budget, but it's a long-term plan for Australia.''
Mr Swan challenged the Opposition, which is in the box seat to win the elections according to opinion polls, to say how it will manage the economy - given they would face the same circumstances as Labor.
''The Opposition can now make its own choices, choose its own priorities,'' he said.
''But what they cannot do is choose their own numbers.
''If they don't want a particular revenue source, they must either specify another one, cut a service, or hit the bottom line''.
Budget Speech viewers down
12.45pm: Treasurer Wayne Swan's Budget Speech challenged House Rules with 756,000 viewers tuning in on ABC1 and ABC News 24.
The ratings were slightly down on last year's Budget Speech when 787,000 watched the ABC coverage.
The ABC's 7.30 Budget Special averaged 787,000 across ABC1 and ABC News 24.
Budget 'puts Western Sydney first'
12.03pm: The Federal Government is putting its political interests in western Sydney ahead of easing congestion problems in the Prime Minister's home state, the Victorian government says.
The Federal Government allocated nothing for Melbourne's East West Link road in the Budget but pledged $1.8 billion for Sydney's M4 extension and M5 duplication, as well as $400 million for the F3-M2 link.
Victorian Treasurer Michael O'Brien says the Sydney road upgrades are ranked below Melbourne's East West Link by Infrastructure Australia.
"The Federal Government has demonstrated it is very happy to throw billions of dollars at roads in western Sydney, in marginal seats in western Sydney, but they have turned their back on East West Link in Victoria," Mr O'Brien said.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard said her government was still waiting to receive a good business case for East West Link.
"On East West we are still waiting for comprehensive plans and a good business case from the Victorian government to be put in to Infrastructure Australia," she told radio station Gold FM in Melbourne.
Vets get mental health care boost
11.20am: More veterans will have access to mental health services ahead of an expected surge in demand among those who have served in Afghanistan and other operations.
Veterans Affairs Minister Warren Snowdon said the Federal Budget will provide $14.6 million to extend arrangements for the treatment for diagnosed post traumatic stress disorder, other anxiety-related conditions and depression, without the need to lodge a compensation claim.
Treatments for alcohol and substance misuse disorders will also be included. In addition, Mr Snowdon says the arrangements will be extended to those with eligible peacetime service since 1994.
"With the draw down in Afghanistan, the mental health of veterans is a critical priority," he said in a statement.
"This additional funding will help with the prevention, early intervention and treatment of mental health conditions for our veterans and provide an improved compensation claims process."
Abbott snaps at ABC
11.02am: Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott lost his cool during a radio interview about his reaction to the budget, objecting to questions about a staffer he demoted for inappropriate behaviour.
He queried why he was being asked about the matter a day after the Federal Government handed down the Budget for 2013/14.
"We have got a government in crisis, we have got a dire budgetary position. I think I have appropriately dealt with that particular subject. At a time like this, can't the ABC do a little bit better?," he asked on ABC radio today.
Mr Abbott earlier said the senior staff member who threatened an indigenous organisation's funding in a "drunken brain snap" had been demoted and had his pay cut.
Mr Abbott said there would be no repercussions against that particular organisation if the Coalition won government in September.
"He (the staffer) has lost his position as chief of policy and suffered a pay cut as a result," he said.
"As I said, it was a drunken brain snap. It should never have happened and there is not going to be any cut to the organisation in question."
War of words erupts between Swan, Newman
10.38am: Wayne Swan has tweeted a blistering reply to Queensland's Newman Government claiming it is getting an unfair slice of the Budget pie.
"Newman Gov not fooling anyone with its fraudulent scare campaign on Fed Gov healthcare funding for QLD," he tweeted.
The fact is Fed Gov hospital funding for QLD is set to increase by $1b over next 4 yrs. See for yourself here twitdoc.com/21F2— Wayne Swan (@SwannyDPM) May 15, 2013
The Prime Minister has also waded into Twitter to encourage Western Australia to support the disability care scheme.
"We encourage the Western Australian Government to join the cause. All our people deserve the best." - PM #DisabilityCare— Julia Gillard (@JuliaGillard) May 15, 2013
Abbott set to unveil spending vision
10.10am: Tony Abbott said his official Budget reply speech tomorrow won't be a complete list of the Coalition's "spends and saves" but will paint a big economic picture.
Mr Abbott said the Budget was lacking "hope, reward and opportunity".
"There was really no hope in the budget last night, no credible hope of a surplus, no credible hope of new programs being competently and honestly delivered," he said.
"I want to demonstrate to the Australian people tomorrow night that there is a better way, that they can have government which is honest and competent and straight with people.
"That's the challenge I've set for myself, and I will be judged on that."
Asked whether the Coalition would accept the axing of the baby bonus and other spending cuts, Mr Abbott said: "People will have to wait until after the pre-election economic and fiscal outlook for a full list of our spends and saves."
Mr Abbott said the Coalition had already announced the axing of the SchoolKids Bonus and more measures would be "steadily" announced before the September 14 election.
"People will be much more in the picture about where they are going after tomorrow night than they were after listening to the treasurer," he said of Thursday's speech.
Emotional Gillard introduces NDIS
9.30am: As senior Labor figures continue to sell the Budget, an emotional Julia Gillard introduced legislation to Parliament that increases the Medicare levy to help fund a national disability insurance scheme.
In commending the bill to the house, Ms Gillard's voice was full of emotion as she spoke about the changes the legislation will bring to the disabled.
"The people who have gathered here today from around the country to witness this debate know what it means," she said fighting back tears.
"There will be no more in-principle, when circumstances permit.
"There will be launches, not trials. Permanent care, not temporary help.
"DisabilityCare starts in seven weeks' time and there will be no turning back."
The increase, from 1.5 per cent to two per cent, is expected to raise $20.4 billion over four years, the Budget revealed.
Treasurer Wayne Swan will later introduce legislation that establishes a dedicated DisabilityCare Australia fund to hold money raised from the levy increase. Ten associated bills will be presented to Parliament today.
Spending still a problem, says Abbott
9.15am: Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says that the Budget deficit proves the Gillard Government has a spending problem.
Mr Abbott told ABC radio the Prime Minister was in denial because the government had a spending problem, not a revenue problem.
Revenue this year increased by seven per cent and will do so by eight per cent next year.
"No surplus this year. No surplus next year. No surplus the year after that," Mr Abbott said.
"They didn't get it right last year. Why should anyone think they've got it right this year? They've never got it right."
Wong defends axing baby bonus
8.55am: Finance Minister Penny Wong has defended scrapping the baby bonus while retaining the SchoolKids Bonus.
She said no saving was ever painless, nor free of criticism.
"You've got to make a judgement about how you make savings and how you make room for the reforms of the future," she said
"Someone asked me yesterday what are families getting out of this and I said, well you know what they're getting, they're getting investment in our schools that means we don't keep leaving Australian children behind because of where they live and the circumstances of their families."
Budget word cloud
8.50am: Meanwhile, an analysis of the Budget speech shows the words invest, economy, Australia and fund were among the most used phrases in Mr Swan's address.
8.40am: Treasurer Wayne Swan insists the economy is in "good nick" even though the government has been unable to achieve a Budget surplus.
The treasurer argues the government's Budget position is not a reflection of the Australian economy.
"You can't say because we're in deficit now, although we're coming back into surplus, that the economy is not in good nick," he told the Nine Network this morning.
Mr Swan cited low unemployment, record low interest rates and strong investment as evidence of the economy's strength.
As well, major major ratings agencies had endorsed the government's fiscal strategy.
"We've got a AAA rating from three major global rating agencies for the first time in our history," he said.
Mr Swan defended government spending, saying it was running at about the average of the past 30 years.
I trust Treasury: Gillard
8.37am: Prime Minister Julia Gillard says she's "very trusting" of Treasury, despite the fact previous forecasts of tax revenue proving so wrong, leaving a massive black hole in the Budget, as our own Jessica Marszalek reports.
The Prime Minister said forecast inaccuracies were not personally embarrassing as they were so difficult to make.
She said things were happening to the economy that had never happened before.
"Getting told off for failing to predict something that's never happened before: I think from a commonsense perspective people would say gee, we understand it's hard to foresee something that you have no past experience of," she told The Today Show.
Opposition won't guarantee baby bonus
8.15am: Tony Abbott said he did not want to have a knee-jerk reaction to the Budget, including whether the Opposition would back the school reforms plan or axing the baby bonus.
But he said he was committed to keeping Labor's signature national disability care program.
"We want to look at it like adults and you'll see our response unfold in the Budget reply tomorrow night and then in Joe Hockey's address to the press club next week," Mr Abbott told the Nine Network.
Mr Abbott said the Coalition had already announced a number of significant savings to help get the budget back into surplus, including axing the school kids bonus, reducing the commonwealth public service at stopping the arrival of asylum seekers on boats.
He said tax reform was very important, including his commitment to abolish the carbon and mining taxes.
"These are very substantial steps in the right direction, there's no one single thing that you do to make our country competitive, there are a series of things that you do and there are three that we will do."
Shadow treasurer Joe Hockey said the Coalition will look closely at the details before announcing its position on the baby bonus.
"I think I owe my colleagues and the Australian people a commitment that we're going to look very carefully at what is in this budget before we make rash, knee-jerk decisions," he told ABC radio.
"There are a whole lot of cost pressures on families. The reason why we're in this position is because the government just hasn't done its job."
Abbott on surplus
7.35am: Meanwhile, Opposition Leader Tony Abbott can't say how long it would take a coalition government to get the Federal Budget back into surplus.
Mr Abbott this morning said the Coalition is still looking at last night's Budget.
"The Government has had 12 months to put a budget together, we've had less than 12 hours to analyse it," Mr Abbott told the Seven Network.
He said it was too early to commit to a timeline for getting the budget back in the black.
"We're not putting a timeline on it now," Mr Abbott said.
But he said the Coalition would get the budget back to surplus "as quickly as possible", he said.
Gillard defends tough choices
7.05am: Earlier Prime Minister Gillard defended her government's Budget and said she is happy to argue for tough decisions like cutting the baby bonus.
"I said to the nation that I wanted to make new big structural spends...more money going into school and more money going into disability," Ms Gillard told Sky News' David Speers this morning.
"What you've got to do is make some choices ... making room for the big investments, the wise investments that our nation needs, including education," she said.
"And I said to the nation very clearly in order to make those new big spends, I'd be asking the nation to make some big structural saves."
Ms Gillard said she was prepared to stand and argue for some of the budget's key savings including getting rid of the baby bonus introduced by the Howard government as they will fund long-term projects like the NDIS.
"I am prepared to stand and argue that getting rid of the baby bonus, making changes in family benefits, making changes in business tax is the right way of supporting children's education at the highest possible standard."
The Prime Minister again pointed to the "big hit" suffered by the Australian economy in the face of a high dollar which led to tax collections that failed to meet forecasts.
"The big hit has been from the revenue write-down," she said. "Any Prime Minister sitting in this chair would have to deal with that."
"Voters will make their decision on September 14. This Budget is right for the nation."
Ms Gillard's comments came as she and Treasurer Wayne Swan began the hard sell of Labor's election year Budget this morning.
The pair are today embarking on a media blitz, doing the rounds of radio and television interviews ahead of Mr Swan's post-Budget address in the Great Hall of Parliament House in Canberra.
Key budget savings
6.02am: The treasurer has delivered a higher-than-expected deficit of $19.4 billion for this financial year followed by a shortfall of $18 billion in 2013/14.
Read: What the Budget means for you
Mr Swan has axed the baby bonus for new parents, although some may be eligible for a replacement increase to the Family Tax Benefit Part A.
The Government says it has delayed the return to surplus so it can support jobs and growth, and set the funding course for the national disability care scheme and schools funding programs.
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott will deliver his Budget-in-reply speech on Thursday night.
But the Coalition says the Budget shows the nation's finances are in "complete chaos" and that Labor can not be trusted.
Opposition treasury spokesman Joe Hockey said the flawed strategy included more broken promises on family payments, higher taxes, debt levels above $300 billion and "no credible path back to surplus".
"Budget 2013 delivers more debt, more deficits, more taxes, more broken promises and more uncertainty from an incompetent Labor Government that can't be trusted," Mr Hockey said.
"(It) confirms that Labor's financial and budget management is in complete chaos."
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Holliday, Furcal out for Cards with injuries
Holliday, Furcal out for Cards with injuries
Holliday aggravated an inflamed tendon in his right hand on Tuesday night and was removed from the Cardinals' win over the Astros. He was considered unavailable, though manager Tony La Russa indicated that in the direst of extra-inning emergencies, Holliday could conceivably see some time on the field.
The Cardinals left fielder and cleanup hitter would thus likely be out for a potential one-game tiebreaker in St. Louis on Thursday as well.
"If we were out of players, he'd go out there and grin and bear it," La Russa said, "but I put him down as not available. I think it would be doubtful for tomorrow."
Furcal, who is dealing with a left hamstring injury, was also considered off limits for Wednesday's game. And, like Holliday, his availability for potential games beyond Wednesday remains in question.


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If you know baseball, then you know what a "cycle" is. Although, you RARELY ever get to see one! A cycle is when one player hits a single, a double, a triple AND a home run all in the same game. There have only been FIVE in Diamondbacks history. Aaron Hill hit for a cycle last night!
It was the bottom of the 7th inning against the Mariners. The crowd at Chase Field was SO excited, they got on their feet and wouldn't sit down! Aaron had already gone into the dugout. But, these fans demanded a curtain call. So, back out he came.
The last time this happened was in 2010, when Kelly Johnson hit for the cycle against the Giants.
Wanna see Aaron's feat for yourself? CLICK HERE for the video!


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With apologies to Thomas Wolfe, you can go home again.
Sort of.
Last week I sat in the second row at Mahalia Jackson Theater of the Performing Arts and watched three of the four original (well, from the 1967 lineup, anyway) members of the Moody Blues prove that, the decades be damned, old musicians can perform with much of the rousing energy and all of the expertise of their youth.
And we're not just talking Mick Jagger here. Or Steven Tyler (isn't he a doll, though, on American Idol?)
At Jazz Fest on Friday (with arguably the best weather in my 30-plus years at the Fairgrounds), the biggest crowd-pleasers were as apt to be on the downhill side of 50 as the uphill side of 30. Ironic, perhaps, for those of us who belong to a generation whose call to arms was "Never trust anyone over 30" (a mantra, if you're wondering, that can be traced to 1964 and then-24-year-old free speech activist Jack Weinberger of the San Francisco Chronicle).
Anyway, who could have guessed that two of the day's top scorchers, with searing rifts and still-strong vocals, would be guitarist Jeff Beck, 66, and Led Zepplin's Robert Plant, 62? Saturday's headlining Jon Bon Jovi is still a year shy of 50, but Sunday's Arlo Guthrie is 63. This year's Jazz Fest poster features 64-year-old Jimmy Buffet, and this weekend's lineup includes Gregg Allman (63) and John Mellencamp (59).
Baby Boomers, all of them.
"If you look at who's touring out there," said a neighbor/musician friend of mine the other day, "it's totally the AARP crowd."
I first saw many of these performers in concert decades ago, when they – and I – were still trying to figure out who we were and where we were going. In the late '60s in Dallas, I watched guitarist Peter Townshend and drummer Keith Moon of the Who smash their instruments to smithereens onstage; around the same time I swayed along with Donovan as he sang about circular happiness. I recall midnight rambles in borrowed cars in search of our favorite groups. New Riders of the Purple Sage, The Band, The Grateful Dead, The Doors, The Allman Brothers.
Not everyone survived the tumultuous and explosive era that was the '60s. I miss Janis Joplin (from Port Arthur, Texas, a short haul from my own hometown of DeRidder). And Jimi Hendrix (when I was homesick, I used to play "Purple Haze" on a café jukebox in Paris, the year I lived abroad).
Last summer, Stewart and I visited Jim Morrison's grave in Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris. We stopped to ask a guy for directions to the tombstone.
"Just follow the smell of pot," he replied laconically. (At the Moody Blues concert, the smoke was all special effect stuff, seeping up from the floor around band members' knees. "They never had to do that in the old days," my seatmate cracked.)
During the early years of kids and careers, it was hard to recapture the old concert glow. I remember in particular a Grateful Dead concert at the New Orleans Arena in the '80s. It was a weekday, and Stewart and I had both arrived from work, over-dressed and under-prepared – not only for Jerry Garcia's 20-minute aimless guitar jams, but also the packs of 40-something groupies who had arrived in RVs (the '80s equivalent of '60s VW vans?) and who danced euphorically in the aisles. "Don't any of them have mortgages?" I wondered.
I also recall sitting in the upper tiers of the Superdome, listening to the Rolling Stones, when I was 8 ½ months pregnant. ('You're going to the Stones concert pregnant?" several friends asked incredulously. I never quite got what they were so worried about.)
Last week's Jazz Fest crowds and Moody Blues audience both attest to the fact that members of the Woodstock Generation remain rockers at heart. The guy in front of me at Mahalia Jackson may have had pewter-colored hair, but it still hung to his shoulder blades and he still managed a mean dance step to "I'm Just a Singer in a Rock and Roll Band."
One of the best things about today's senior rockers – and their aging groupies – is that they don't seem to fight their age, but embrace it.
Moody Blues drummer Graeme Edge, whose shoulder-length white locks and matching beard makes him resemble an almost-svelte Santa, readily confessed to the crowd that he will soon be 70. "That means that I've seen the 60s twice," he added wryly. "And for very different reasons, I don't remember either of them."
Quint Davis, introducing Jeff Beck on Friday, told the crowd, "We come to Jazz Fest to renew our batteries and refresh our souls."
Some of us are running on older batteries, but we – and our musical heroes – still have something to give.
Postcript: Boomer bands may have their roots in the past, but they definitely keep up with the times, from cutting-edge web sites to daily tweets. Take a look at last Friday's online blog post from Arlo Guthrie:
"We're driving thru Louisiana and stopped in Shreveport in the evening. The tour busses loaded up in the morning to head down to New Orleans. The GPS doesn't handle low clearance bridges very well and there's lots of train tracks crisscrossing the streets overhead. So I thought I'd just ask someone how to get out of town leaving the roofs of the busses intact.
"There was a guy standing on the sidewalk with a guitar strapped over his shoulder, who looked somewhat familiar. I had the bus stop and we all got out. I walked over to the gentleman with the guitar and said 'Excuse me, but how do you get outta town from here?' The man didn't say a word. He just was pointing down the street. I asked again 'Are you sure it's not 'that' way? or maybe 'this' way?' Not a word came from the stranger with the guitar. He just kept pointing. I said 'We're going to New Orleans to play at the Jazz Festival. I'm gonna do some Lead Belly songs. He's from here ya know!'
"I noticed a hint of a smile on his stone cold face. But he just kept pointing."


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Menahga recount of referendum vote stays unchanged; district will lose stimulus help
No changes were found Monday in the recount of Menahga School District ballots, the $4.35 million building referendum failing by a three-vote margin.
The recount found 695 no votes cast, 692 yes votes.
A recount was requested by Mel Lockhart, who submitted a petition with 29 names, per statutory requirement.
The district qualified for 0 percent interest financing through federal stimulus funds but the opportunity expires in September, superintendent Mary Klamm said.
The stimulus funding deadline had been extended to accommodate the Aug. 10 referendum, she said.
"Now we will have to figure out how to address the needs," Klamm said of the proposed gym, classroom space, locker rooms, and need for handicapped accessibility.
"We'll just go to Plan B," she said Monday evening. "We're creative people. We'll figure something out."
School board members canvassed the results at Monday night's meeting.
The August polling was the third time District 821 voters rejected referendums, which were also proposed in November and April.


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Gidday Craig
Wow I never knew you were so close to this famous skiing place. Even I, a non-skier, has heard of Whistler. And as I said on FB, are you sure you didn't make the name Inukshuk up, trying to compete with Woy Woy, Wattanobbi and Kangy Angy? I'm not convinced you haven't ;) And a beautiful WS with your gorgeous model.
Thanks for sharing, have a great weekend
PS: Did you hear that the Canadian and US ice hockey teams are coming to Australia to play in July? I've never seen an ice-hockey game before, and as I love watching any sport, will probably go. And will definitely be wearing the Maple Leaf :D
To delpeoples: Inukshuk, Ice Hockey & Grass Football
Hey Lisa
haha...yeah its real, 100% real, no fake names here. I'm probably not smart enough to come up with a name like Inukshuk!
If you REALLY want a laugh and a chuckle, when driving from Vancouver to Whistler, many of the road signs are written in Native Indian language. Oh My God you should try to pronounce some of the names. The sign would say Whistler 110 Km...and below it in Indian language.
the best is when you see the road sign for Squamish....in Indian its something like Sxwh7!hmhs - no kidding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No word of a lie, they actually have the #7 in the Indian word for Squamish! lol its so cool. How does one pronounce that!?
And yeah, you'd love the drive up to Whistler, we were talking about you alot on the drive...its very scenic. hugging the Ocean all the way up on the left and on the right are all the tall cliffs soaring above you.
So which Ice hockey team is it? the Womens team?
Its funny to hear how Non-Canadians talk about hockey...most call it
Ice Hockey lol
a Canadian NEVER EVER says i'm going out to play Ice Hockey! lol
its kind of like a European saying I'm heading out to play grass football.
Here in Canada, its just Hockey!
Great to hear from you, hope you have a wicked time on your trip, you deserve it!!!!
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Ministerial review discusses role of STI in achieving MDGs
Every year, the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) organizes a ministerial review. This year, the event took place from 1 to 26 July 2013 in Geneva, Switzerland. It provided an opportunity to shine a spotlight on the role that science, technology and innovation (STI) can play in promoting sustainable development and achieving each and every one of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which expire in 2015.
This theme is particularly timely, in that the international community is currently elaborating a post-2015 development agenda. One major challenge will be to ensure the continued mobilization of ECOSOC members when it comes to following up the decisions adopted at this year's Ministerial Forum, both at the national and international levels. Addressing the challenge of sustainable development will demand stronger national STI systems that are linked to internationally agreed development goals. This will entail facilitating the interface between science, policy and society, improving scientific collaboration and strengthening STI policies and education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
The Annual Ministerial Review also explored the potential of culture and cultural policies for achieving the MDGs.
UNESCO coordinated the preparation of the report of the UN Secretary-General for this event, entitled A wide range of UN bodies contributed to the report.
UNESCO also coordinated two of the nine ministerial breakfasts during the high-level segment (1-4 July): Culture and innovation in the post-2015 development agenda (2 July) and STI for global sustainability (3 July), the latter in tandem with the International Social Science Council.
UNESCO organized a side event on 2 July on women in science, together with the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), International Telecommunications Union and the International Federation of University Women. Several women researchers shared their experiences and ideas of how to incite women to choose a career in research.
UNESCO has contributed to the Annual Ministerial Review in other ways. It moderated an online forum on the theme of the review, for instance, and mobilized early career scientists and science journalists through its networks. UNESCO also organized an exhibition at the ECOSOC Innovation Fair, where books, CDs and posters from UNESCO's main science programmes were on display.
Highlights of the sessions organized by UNESCO and its partners
- Director-General's speech (opening of high-level segment, (1 July)
- UNESCO Ministerial Roundtable on Culture and innovation in the post-2015 development agenda (2 July)
- Director-General's speech (side event on women in science, 2 July)
- Women are a necessity for science, panel observes (side event, 2 July)
- Ministerial breakfast stresses importance of STI for global sustainability (3 July)


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Camden Matthew Wulf
Camden Matthew Wulf was born on December 26, 2013 at Stevens Community Medical Center, Morris, to Matthew and Tara Wulf of Morris. Camden Matthew weighed 6 lbs. 14 oz. and was 20 3/4" long. Grandparents are Randy and Lori Fehr and Stan and Pam Wulf of Morris. Great grandparents are Lloyd and Diane Fehr of Morris, Jerry and Annie Jipson of Graceville and Barb Edelman of Sabetha, Kan.


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I don't know what's more disturbing — the long-necked Martian aliens of "John Carter of Mars" or the fact that ABC News is now doing "trailer exclusives" like it's a fanboy website. My, how times have changed. In any case, take a look at the new trailer for Andrew Stanton's "John Carter" (yes, it appears they've officially ditched the "of Mars" part completely now), which is infinitely better than the previous teaser trailer, but hey, it would have to be, right? At the very least, this new trailer's got tons more action and crazy flying ships and long-necked Martians picking fights and what have you. Pretty cool stuff. Update: The official version is now below.
From Academy Award(R)-winning filmmaker Andrew Stanton comes "John Carter"–a sweeping action-adventure set on the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars). "John Carter" is based on a classic novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, whose highly imaginative adventures served as inspiration for many filmmakers, both past and present. The film tells the story of war-weary, former military captain John Carter (Taylor Kitsch), who is inexplicably transported to Mars where he becomes reluctantly embroiled in a conflict of epic proportions amongst the inhabitants of the planet, including Tars Tarkas (Willem Dafoe) and the captivating Princess Dejah Thoris (Lynn Collins). In a world on the brink of collapse, Carter rediscovers his humanity when he realizes that the survival of Barsoom and its people rests in his hands.
Starring Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Samantha Morton, Mark Strong, Ciaran Hinds, Dominic West, James Purefoy, Daryl Sabara, Polly Walker, Bryan Cranston, Thomas Hayden Church, Willem Dafoe and directed by Andrew Stanton.
The red planet goes to war March 9, 2012.
Get more images and videos in our "John Carter" preview page.


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Venues approved for tourism years in 2012-2017
Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan has authorized the offer by the Ministry of Culture, Sports as well as Tourism to select the little provinces to horde the annual inhabitant tourism graduation module from 2012 compartment 2017.
The website of the Government quoted him as observant the eventuality will take place in Thua Thien-Hue in 2012, Haiphong City in 2013, Lam Dong Province in 2014, Thanh Hoa Province in 2015, Kien Giang Province in 2016, as well as Lao Cai Province in 2017.
The thesis of the 2011 eventuality to be hosted by Phu Yen Province is Exotic Beaches as well as Islands.
The Vietnam Inhabitant Administration of Tourism( VNAT) will prepare the outing by the executive segment from Dec 3 to 10 to demeanour in to infrastructure, products as well as services for the stirring program. The outing was creatively programmed in the center of this Nov though behind due to the fibre of serious floods in the executive region.
In further to Phu Yen, the eventuality will take place in alternative coastal Provinces such as Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh, Khanh Hoa, as well as Danang.
According to VNAT, the organizing cabinet will call the press discussion in Phu Yen upon Dec 5 to make known festivities for the year-long tourism program.
The prior hosts of the module were Quang Ninh, Dien Bien, Nghe An, Quang Nam, Thai Nguyen, as well as Can Tho, as well as Hanoi.
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After attempts of legal extortion of the firearms industry were repudiated by a bipartisan vote in Congress, Halligan's office did not let up on attacking gun rights
Obama respects the Second Amendment like Stalin respected Poland. And if you doubt that... well... take a look at his Court of Appeals nominee.
As New York's Solicitor General, Halligan was one of the chief lawyers responsible for New York's baseless and politically motivated efforts to bankrupt gun manufacturers using frivolous litigation.
Halligan's public hatred for firearms was only matched by her zealotry inside the courtroom. In a speech on May 5, 2003, Halligan called for "handgun manufacturers [to be held] liable for criminal acts committed with handguns."
Certainly, no other manufacturer of another item -- whether it be cars, baseball bats, or anything else -- would be held liable for the criminal misuse of its product. And, as Halligan well knows, the application of that principle to firearms would surely eliminate the manufacture of firearms in America.
After attempts of legal extortion of the firearms industry were repudiated by a bipartisan vote in Congress, Halligan's office did not let up on attacking gun rights, signing a legal brief calling for New York courts to declare the federal Gun Makers' Protection Act unconstitutional.
Halligan's nomination has been blocked so far with the exception of a dissent from Lisa Murkowski. The New York Times and every other media outlet is demanding that she be confirmed. But here's a question. Would they confirm a nominee who tried to hold newspapers accountable for copycat shootings caused by their high capacity media coverage? Or would they consider her to be a person who had participated in an unacceptable attack on the Bill of Rights and should not be allowed to be in a position where she could do even worse harm to civil rights?


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On May 11, 2012, the Japanese Medical Society of America (JMSA) held their 41st Annual Spring Dinner at the Yale Club in New York City. During this event, Chihiro Shinohara, a Pace University PA student from the class of 2014, was awarded the Nippon Life Scholarship by the organization. She was recognized as the first physician assistant student to receive a scholarship from JMSA and is also the first PA student member to represent JMSA.
JMSA is a national organization that brings Japanese healthcare providers together to better support and provide medical care for the Japanese community in the United States. The physician assistant profession is not recognized in Japan, so Chihiro will focus her efforts on educating the Japanese community about the profession and the role of PAs. Her plans to accomplish this include information sessions to Japanese high school and college students to educate them about PAs and their role in healthcare.
Pictured with Chihiro is Kathleen Roche, director of the physician assistant program at Pace University, and David Jackson, director of admissions for the program, who attended the event in support of her award.
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Jersey Giants are a cross between Black Jacas, Dark Brahmas, and Black Langshans. The breed originated in New Jersey. In recent years Cornish blood has been introduced in some varieties. They are a general purpose bird noted for heavy meat and egg production.
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Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) issued the following statement today regarding his decision to participate in a "walkout" on a vote to hold U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder in criminal contempt of Congress:
"House Republicans today pushed what may be their most partisan and shameful exercise since they took over the majority--voting to hold a sitting U.S. Attorney General in criminal contempt of Congress. Never before in our nation's history has a sitting Cabinet member been held in contempt of Congress. Speaker Boehner's decision to hold this vote today is a clear sign that Republicans do not take their responsibilities as Members of Congress seriously and are willing to play dangerous games with the U.S. Constitution in the interests of furthering their political pursuits.
"That is why I could not, in good conscience, participate in a politically motivated charade today by voting on such an irresponsible legislative action. Instead, I joined many of my colleagues in a symbolic "walkout' during the Republican criminal contempt vote.
"Our nation has a lot of serious problems on our plate. It's critically important that we rebuild our economy and create new jobs, but instead of getting to work on the things that matter, Republicans are wasting precious time with political brinkmanship. Today's maneuver by House Republicans was not fair to the American public and was an appalling abuse of power."


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Mensa just accepted another member in its exclusive list of people with astonishingly high IQs, but what is so special about this new member is that not only does she a rank a point below the likes of Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking with a phenomenal score of 159, she is also just… four years old, Yahoo News reported on Saturday.
Winchester resident, Heidi Hankins is the newest member of United Kingdom's high IQ society.
"We always thought Heidi was pretty bright because she was reading early. I happen to specialise in measuring IQs in children and I was curious about her, and the results were off the scale," the little girl's father, Matthew Hankins, told the Hampshire Chronicle.
"I got her the complete set of the Oxford Reading Tree books when she was two, and she read through the whole set of 30 in about an hour. It's what you would expect a seven-year-old to do," he added.
Despite being a 'genius' of sorts, she is still a little girl, the father insists. Little Hankins can write complete sentences, performs arithmetic functions such as addition and subtraction, all before attending kindergarten.
"The thing is she's not precocious, she is just a little girl who likes her Barbies and Lego but then you will find her sitting down and reading a book. We are really proud of her."
Mensa, excited about the new member from Winchester, lauded the parents for correctly identifying her potential.
"Heidi's parents correctly identified that she shows great potential," said John Stevenage, chief executive of British Mensa. "We wish them well, and are pleased that they have chosen to join the Mensa network for support, where we aim to provide a positive environment for younger members to develop."
According to Mensa, the average adult IQ score is 100, that too for adults.
Heidi's parents are now looking into schools for their little girl, who still has time to formally enroll in first grade.
In 2009, Elise Tan Roberts from London was two when she joined Mensa with a score of 156 IQ.
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REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu MustafaIf you're a Wall Street intern about halfway through your first stint in finance, you've probably got tons of questions.
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In June Alabama passed one of the toughest immigration laws in the country, and it's set to go into effect on September 1. Among other things, the law makes it a crime to knowingly give an illegal immigrant a ride in a vehicle, and to hire undocumented workers.
The law has already been met with opposition from farmers and contractors, and now church leaders are vocally expressing their opposition. A group of 150 of these leaders signed an open letter saying they intend to break the law, saying it interferes with their mission as Christians.
According to a recent article in the New York Times, bishops from several churches have filed a lawsuit, arguing the law would, "make it a crime to follow God's command to be Good Samaritans."
Rev. Matt Lacey is a pastor at Woodlawn Methodist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. He explained on The Takeaway how the law violates the concept of the good Samaritan and impedes him from operating programs such as a food pantry.
"There's a really consistent theme in the gospels, and throughout the Bible, and that's welcoming a stranger, offering a stranger hospitality," Rev. Lacey said. "And we feel that this law is just far too harsh to accomplish anything around the issue of illegal immigration and goes against the gospel."
State Senator Bill Holtzclaw, who supports the law, says he wants churches and pastors to help elected officials "refine" the immigration process.
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Renesas Mobile CEO predicts 10 fold growth for its global market share
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EET: With all due respect, today, there are many commercially available licensable cores and protocol stacks for LTE. How is yours different?
Kawasaki: Developing a new modem technology is no trivial task.
Barriers to entry still remain high.
Typically, you start developing a new modem technology in academia, work your way through a collaborative forum like 3GPP (The 3rd Generation Partnership Project) to develop a new standard. Those who participate in the 3GPP – our staff originally from Nokia are also active members – foresee where the new standard will land, perhaps five years out.
Then, you work in partnerships with network infrastructure vendors like Ericsson, Nokia-Siemens, etc., to match up the specs. They see the technology on the market three years out.
Then, you begin working with operators and build the network together.
Again, some of our Nokia veterans have established key interfaces with operators throughout the world.
By the time you sit down with your mobile handset clients to do business, much of the future direction (and the fate of design wins) has been pre-determined.
EET: Renesas Mobile earlier this year announced at the Mobile World Congress a new mobile application processor using a dual-core implementation of the ARM Cortex A9 MPCore and Imagination Technologies' multi-core PowerVR series 5XT MP graphics technology.
That sounds a lot like many application processors we're going to see on the market in the coming months. Where's your edge?
Kawasaki: Before talking about the app processor itself, let me talk about the "cloud" era we are entering. The LTE network, at 100 Mbps, will essentially connect to cloud services not just smart phones and media tablets, but automobiles, game consoles, digital cameras. You'll soon see every client device – well beyond a phone – with an LTE modem. Just as Qualcomm understands the telephone business, we believe that Renesas Electronics understands systems businesses. Our application processor will be designed into a number of platforms including cars, cameras, game consoles and other digital consumer devices – across the board.
EET: When do you expect to see an LTE modem designed into devices other than telephones?
Kawasaki: 2013 and beyond.


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text: Excerpts from Nicholas Bamber's message of 2012-06-19 11:24:10 -0700: > On 19/06/12 19:08, Clint Byrum wrote: > > Excerpts from Nicholas Bamber's message of 2012-06-19 08:35:29 -0700: > >> I have tested with gcc-4.4 and it seems to work okay. So that is an option. > >> > > > > We should do some general performance benchmarks with 4.4 vs. 4.7 before > > we consider this option. It would be a shame to compromise the whole of > > mysqld's performance just to improve SSL performance, as only a small > > fraction of users actually make use of SSL and/or the encrypt functions. > > > > I think at this point I'm leaning toward TAOCRYPT_DISABLE_X86ASM on > > i386 as the short term fix. If Oracle figures out the ASM issue and > > can give us a patch for it soon, then we can apply that, but for now, > > this seems the solution that penalizes the fewest users. > > > Assuming we don't just stick one of thumbs in the air, how would you > plan to go about this? We could just compare the build times. We could > add some timestamps to debian/rules so we can focus on the test part of > the build. I don't think I have got much more stomach for any more > testing than that as I have dealt with a fair few RC bugs over the past > month. I discussed this briefly with Adam Conrad whom knows a fair bit more about GCC than I do. He assured me that 4.4's i386 code would be mostly identical to 4.7's, so there shouldn't be risk of performance regression. So, if 4.4 is indeed staying, then it sounds like a good option to just build with gcc 4.4 on i386, and 4.7 on all other platforms.


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The Hits Parade Tour: The Wedding Present + Taffy + The Nightingales
The Wedding Present head out on the road again this Autumn, performing the A-sides of the twelve singles that formed their record-breaking Hit Parade series of 1992.
The Wedding Present
In the late 1980s The Wedding Present were one of the most famous British indie bands. Their career path often involved unusual decisions, such as recording a set of Ukranian folk songs for their first major-label offering and releasing a single on the first Monday of every month for a year. Band members came and went, but the idea of The Wedding Present as a group has remained. Nowadays fans of 'the Weddoes' can still hear their favourite songs (as well as new material) being played live by original songwriter David Gedge and his band.
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Tokyo girl-fronted four-piece. Taffy deliver an intoxicating blend of well-crafted bubblegum pop, shoegaze and psych with catchy indie songs akin to Shonen Knife, The Apples In Stereo and Kenickie. Their heavy guitar riffs and playful vocals are shot through with noise and punk riffs that seduce and capture the spirit of 90's Britpop.
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The Nightingales
The Nightingales was formed by former members of Birmingham's original punk group The Prefects. With an ever fluctuating lineup, based around lyricist / singer Robert Lloyd, the band recorded a bunch of singles, three albums and many radio sessions for John Peel before it stopped working in the late 80s.
The current line up features Lloyd, original Prefects guitarist Alan Apperley, Andreas Schmid from Faust on bass and ex Violet Violet drummer Fliss Kitson.
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John D. MacArthur, 100, longtime banker, veteran
July 16, 1913 – May 16, 2014
John D. MacArthur, of Lewiston and Youngstown, a decorated World War II Army veteran and longtime Western New York banker, died Friday in Mount St. Mary's Hospital, Lewiston, after a brief illness. He was 100.
Born in Somerville, Mass., he moved with his family to Youngstown in the mid-1920s. He graduated from the Youngstown Red Brick School in 1932 and received his bachelor's degree in English literature from the University of Rochester, where he was a member of Theta Chi fraternity.
Mr. MacArthur served in the Army from August 1941 until his honorable discharge in December 1945.
He served in the Pacific Theater with the 125th Signal Company as an intercept operator and saw duty on New Guinea, Leyte, Luzon and Okinawa.
He was the recipient of the Asiatic Pacific Theater Ribbon with three bronze stars, the Philippine Liberation Ribbon with one bronze star, the American Defense Ribbon, the American Theater Ribbon, the Good Conduct Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.
Mr. MacArthur married Mary Jane Haskell on Jan. 3, 1948. She died Dec. 23, 1978.
He worked for Marine Midland Bank for many years, retiring in 1978 as assistant vice president of the bank's Western Division and manager of the Lewiston office.
Earlier in his career, he had worked at Power City Bank.
Mr. MacArthur was a member of First Presbyterian Church of Youngstown. He was one of the organizers of the Lewiston Historical Society and a director and treasurer for many years.
He was a former treasurer of the Lewiston Business and Professional Society; the Lewiston Art Festival; a life member and former assistant treasurer of the Old Fort Niagara Association; and a former member of the Lions Club and Lewiston Queenston Rotary Club.
He served on the board of directors at Niagara Falls Country Club and the Niagara Falls Memorial Hospital Association.
Mr. MacArthur was an avid reader and he enjoyed classical music.
Services and burial will be private.


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Directions for use: General cleaning, floors and wood surfaces: use 1/4 cup per gallon of water. Usually no rinsing required. On wood surfaces, do not allow puddles of cleaner to remain. *Not recommended for use on unfinished, unsealed, unpainted, waxed, oiled or worn flooring. Test a small area first. Tough jobs: use full strength and rinse immediately. For painted surfaces, test a small area first. Where to use: Kitchen: floors, walls, sinks, range hoods and cabinets. Living room: hardwood floors, tables, TV stands & bookshelves. Bathroom: tubs, showers, floors and toilet bowls. Tough jobs: garbage cans, pet areas and diaper pails.
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The portrait shows a balding man, dark haired, rather askew of eye, and wearing a white lace collar of a type familiar to anyone who has read anything about William Shakespeare.
The image itself is quite easily explained. It is a pencil copy, made in the 19th century by an antiquarian and archivist, of a 17th century portrait.
But is this an image of Shakespeare, and why is it in the collections of The National Archives at all?
Images of Shakespeare
Our portrait looks remarkably like the two known likenesses of Shakespeare: an engraving by Martin Droeshout for the First Folio and the bust effigy on Shakespeare's tomb. Both are posthumous images, but both were commissioned by people who knew Shakespeare well. Since the two look reasonably similar to each other, they are likely as close as we can get to 'knowing' what Shakespeare looked like.
But wouldn't it be fantastic to have a portrait from life? There is a long and disputatious history of other suggested portraits of Shakespeare. It's obvious that many people, across many decades, have longed to get closer to the playwright in life.
The Wikipedia entry alone is lengthy. One of those listed is the original for the image we're discussing today. Our sketch is a copy of an extant portrait, now owned by none other than the Royal Shakespeare Company. In the Wikipedia entry, you'll find it called the 'Venice' portrait of Shakespeare. Continue reading »


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This is a nice experience even just smelling it in the bag. I haven't had too many flavored honeybush teas but I do like honeybush plain and sometimes I make it at home with other ingredients i add to it.
This is a slightly sweet, earthy blend with a touch of vanilla. Sometimes flavored teas can be a bit much but this blend is very subtle. I decided I needed to add some soymilk to mine and this is making for a nice, after lunch dessert tea. It's simple but good. I might have to try adding some other things to this as well – I am thinking perhaps cardamom? (experiments are fun)


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My son is 6 and about to turn 7. He was potty trained before the DDay, since DDay he has had more 'poopy' accidents than I can count, including having to leave work to pick him up from school.
I guess I need to take him to a doctor to see if it is a condition. Since this started after DDay could it be an effect from the tension after DDay? Things have been great lately, no fighting, but he still has accidents. Ugh.
Does anyone deal with potty accidents or other behavioral issues after DDay?
I have discussed this with my IC. DS is 9. She first said to take him to the doctor to rule out anything physical. I would recommend you do that too. His doc did come back with possible physical issues, constipation. We have some recommendations on helping that.
I still don't know exactly what the issue is. I am still not convinced that it is the constipation but it seems to be getting a bit better. I think DS has an issue with going poo at school.
We are taking DS back to counseling next week and I want to address it with him there as well.
Kids don't always have words---and their bodies do the talking.
When my son was in his early teens, he had PROFOUND physical effects. They actually began before d-day; he was aware of what was going on before I was, poor kid.
He developed serious, unremitting vomiting, then migraines. I mean, brain-scan, stomach-biopsy illness. It persisted over the course of two school years. Then d-day hit---and it all became clear: it was DEPRESSION.
The MINUTE I said to him, "P, I think this is depression," it was like a weight was lifted from him. The headaches and vomiting remitted immediately.
Unfortunately, they were replaced with crushing symptoms more typical of depression---and it was VERY scary.
It was very rocky time, but with appropriate care, has improved dramatically. Now I have my "old" boy back.
But i know my child saw me crying. I know he sensed the tension. He's very emotionally intuitive and sensitive (his sibling is not as much and he had no signs of stress). When we went to see the doctor for his symptoms, she said..."did he experience stress in october or november of last year?" Um, yea - D-Day was late September.
It broke my heart. he's better now, though.
I will take him to the doctor and see if there is anything else I can do. Thank you!


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Three Men in a Boat: To Say Nothing of the Dog
Brief character sketch of William Samuel Harris from three men in a boat.
From chapter 1- 10.
From chapter 1- 10.
William S. Harris from Three Men in a Boat, is the youngest of the three men. J comments that he always knows where a good pub is, no matter where they seem to land. He's not married and seems to enjoy living in the moment. One of those moments includes getting completely intoxicated and while the other two men are gone, hallucinates and thinks that he's being attacked by a group of swans. The fact that he is a borderline alcoholic probably explains why he seems to have such a short fuse when it comes to temperament. Several times he loses his temper and throws a nice man-sized tantrum. The others just let him rant until he gets it out of his system. He likes to pretend that he's a talented singer who just hasn't hit the big time yet. But, in reality, he's usually so intoxicated that he forgets the words and gets upset with the other musicians.


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Yeah surely you can flash this rom. But before flashing just check that your phone is not locked to your service provider. If its locked than you cannot flash it but if its unlocked surely you can go ahead and flash.
I flashed this rom and is working well....it still has some moments when it freezes ...but is ok....i still can not instal games from gameloft, any ideea?
Battery seems better than previous version
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