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WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- President Obama used his State of the Union address to call for economic equality and draw distinctions between him and U.S. Republican presidential hopefuls.
Obama spoke for 65 minutes Tuesday before a joint session of Congress, outlining his legislative requests for education, energy and government efficiency, and calling for changes in the tax code to eliminate loopholes that benefit a few and making the argument that the wealthy should be taxed more so they can "share in the responsibility."
The president's remarks harkened back to themes he laid out in December in Osawatomie, Kan., where called the struggling middle class the "defining issue of our time."
"No challenge is more urgent. No debate is more important," he said. "We can either settle for a country where a shrinking number of people do really well, while a growing number of Americans barely get by. Or we can restore an economy where everyone gets a fair shot, everyone does their fair share, and everyone plays by the same set of rules."
He pledged to work with Congress to build momentum, but also warned:
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Obama offered plans he said would help responsible homeowners refinance their mortgages at lower interest rates and cut through red tape, and called on Congress to extend tuition tax credits for college students, pass a bill that would allow him to consolidate federal agencies, and pass legislation that would give teeth to financial fraud laws.
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The most pressing business for Congress is ensuring the payroll tax cut is extended until the end of the year, Obama said.
"People cannot afford losing $40 out of each paycheck this year. There are plenty of ways to get this done," Obama said. "So let's agree right here, right now: No side issues. No drama. Pass the payroll tax cut without delay."
He renewed his call for the so-called Buffett rule, named after billionaire investor Warren Buffett, which would increase taxes on the wealthy.
"Now you can call this class warfare all you want," Obama said. "But asking a billionaire to pay at least as much as his secretary in taxes? Most Americans would call that common sense.
"We don't begrudge financial success in this country. We admire it" he said. "When Americans talk about folks like me paying my fair share of taxes, it's not because they envy the rich. It's because they understand that when I get tax breaks I don't need and the country can't afford, it either adds to the deficit or somebody else has to make up the difference. ... That's not right. Americans know it's not right."
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U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz. -- who was wounded in the head a year ago during a shooting spree at a meet-and-greet outside a Tucson grocery store that left six people dead and 13 injured -- received warm applause and a lengthy standing ovation when she entered the House chamber. After announcing she was resigning, effective Wednesday, to focus on her rehabilitation, Giffords returned to Washington to attend her last State of the Union address.
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Roulhac, who serves both on the UF Law Board of Trustees and The Florida Bar's Board of Governors, has been with the General Counsel's Office of FPL for the past eight years. She was an active student while in law school, taking part in moot court competitions, and was a leader in the Black Law Students Association.
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soulys's girlfreind wrote this in her blog, and he posted it in the high performance electric forum. its kidna funny, so here it is.
Discussion - My girlfriend wrote this in her blog
Wednesday, January 25, 2006
A day in the life of me & my RC-loving boyfriend.
Radio control (RC) is the use of radio signals to remotely control another device. The term is used frequently to refer to the control of model cars, boats, airplanes, and helicopters from a user-held control box (radio.).
Pronunciation: 'ar-"plAn, 'er-
Function: noun
Etymology: alteration of aeroplane
: a powered heavier-than-air aircraft that has fixed wings from which it derives most of its lift.
My boyfriend sits at his worktable in his RC Room for HOURS upon hours building these toy planes. (He freaks out if I call them toys but whatever...they're toys.)
Each time he starts to build a new one, he tells me "this one will be done fast, honey." So far, the fastest has been about 3 nights during which he spent at least 5 hours/night. He builds the plane, and right when I think he's done, he takes it apart and uses some stinky glue to put it all back together. I don't get that. THEN, he'll take apart a perfectly good plane that just days ago was his favorite plane, gut it, use the parts for the new plane he's building, sell what's left of the former favorite plane, then take the newer plan on its maiden voyage, get sick of it, see another new plane on the RC sites, order it, build it, take apart the plane from yesterday, and then complain about having nothing to fly.
When hes not doing that, he's at his computer with about 5 RC sites open, chatting with fellow RC fanatics and exchanging info about brushless motors, servos, and whatever else RC people talk about (those are the only words I remember). He stares at spreadsheets full of what he calls "specifications." To me, they look like impossible to solve equations. He uses these "specifications" to figure out how to make his planes go as fast as they can. (He's made it clear that it's not important how HIGH it goes, but how FAST...and this method MUST NOT work b/c a few of his planes have "folded" mid-air... so seriously, they need a new technique.) AND GOD FORBID his plane "folds" (by the way, this means it BREAKs while it's in the air) and crashes. That boy took me to a field once to find his missing plane and its missing parts, and I was in the car for an HOUR as he combed the field looking for anything he could salvage....ugh!! We went home empty-handed, by the way.
He takes pictures of his newly put-together planes and posts them on his RC forums (yes, they have forums)... and shows off his planes, kind of how new moms send out like 97 pictures of their newborn babies and ALL the pictures look the same. Yea, its like that.
The worst is when he is ALMOST done and he is ready to "test the bad boys out." (His words, not mine.) I always get a warning first...if I touch the propellers, my finger(s) will get chopped off. I've heard that about 600 times. Then he turns on the motor and the little plastic propeller spins fast and makes a loud annoying noise and seeing the smile on his face, you'd think he just build a new United Airlines passenger jet. But nope...it's just a toy. And for the price that he pays to put together this little plane that will only fly in circles in a field, I could fly in a REAL plane to and from Hawaii once a week AND have plennnttyyy of spending money for lots of shopping.
It's more of an obsession than a hobby and I don't get it.
It sucks sometimes because our weekend plans are based on how windy the day is. Windy means no flying time and a beautiful day means we'll be at the field for a long time. It's a catch 22...I love pretty days but, do I have to wish for wind to do the things I want to do? L
When he says he'll only fly for ten minutes, that's like an NFL game having 10 minutes left. Somehow, it turns into an hour.
Sometimes dinner plans get pushed out an houror three, because he has to fix something on the same plane he supposedly finished two nights prior.
Sometimes we have to watch the midnight showing of a movie instead of the 9pm show for the same reason. ANDDDDI dont even get to pick the movie!
Sometimes a trip to the mall somehow detours and brings us to the hobby store to buy more RC stuff. A few nights ago, I wanted to buy a Belgian waffle maker. He WAS driving me to Lowes to pick it up, but we ended up at a hobby store to buy some plastic tube things. Not sure where that hobby store came.
He did make me a plane though, and I decorated it with cute stickers and he added some sparkly, colorful lights to it so its illuminated when I fly at it night. So far, I've destroyed it a number of times between crashing into trees, pavement, etc., but with scotch tape and wooden sticks, he always fixes it. I'm TRYING to learn to fly my plane so we can have something to do together that he likes.
I care about the little booger and if it makes him happy...well, I can't lie and say then it makes me happy because it definitely doesn't, but...somehow, even though I complain, I think he knows I don't mind as long as he remembers I'm there, too.
I love him...what can I say?
Last edited by raptor22; Jan 25, 2006 at 07:15 PM.
He needs to take up slope soaring.
Then they can do stuff together on nice non-windy days, instead
of the other way around.
BTW, I think if the root of her (any her) day to day
happiness is being with him, then she's always going to be unhappy.
I don't think it's possible to be the SO of an R/C enthusiast
without a pretty fair level of independence. From what I've
seen 9 out of 10 women I've met, who've witnessed what
we do, find it interesting for no more than 5 minutes, then
they want to go home. I do know some who will hang around
at the slope with their BF or hubby for hours, but they're
there to be with him, not because they enjoy the hobby.
I had a relationship several years ago that was like that
and frankly I found it distracting, because I either wanted her
to feel free to do her own thing, or to share the hobby with her,
while she just sat there and watched me feeding off my
excitement for the hobby, which is frankly a little draining.
Last edited by Daemon; Jan 25, 2006 at 05:03 PM.
Wow, it's like there's an echo somewhere... My girl likes the slope as long as all of the following apply:
1.) It's sunny
2.) but not to hot
3.) there is a spot where the wind isn't blowing to hard
3.5) or spot where the wind isn't blowing at all
4.) some shade
5.) someone to talk to
6.) We are only there for an hour or so
7.) she has a book to read
8.) It isn't too rocky
9.) There's a nice view
10.) No Rain
11.) No Snow
12.) ....
Her words: "What do you mean? I had a great time when you were flying in Maui, we should go do that again..."
So I'll try building her a EPP (read: near indestructable) and try to take her out flying too... Getting a tandem bike took care of several issues. But no buddy box, she'll have to be on her own.
Any man with any hobby (from flying to watching sports on the TV) can spend "too much" time and money and energy on it. But women can do the same thing with their hobbies & interests...
How many men complain about the number of pairs of shoes their girlfriends/wives have; or how long they take to shop?
Balance between personal time and "together time" seems to be the key; and that balance is unique to each couple.
Heck, in auto-racing I've even seen couples come to the same event, drive and/or work for different teams, and then go home together - because they both enjoy the sport but drive each other nuts of they try to do it together. *shrug*
The real enemy here is time, always a limited amount of time... I've said it before: I wanna be on the first colony to Mars. Space is cool and all, but the REAL reason is so that I can have that 24.5 hour Martian day! An extra half-hour EVERY day, woo-hoo!
stereotype so don't everyone jump down my throat, but it'd be like her
trying to get you excited about shoe shopping, or hosting pampered chef
parties, or scrapbook parties, or redecorating the house.. etc. It's
something you might be able to do, maybe even enjoy *once*, but not over
and over and over again. Think of R/C soaring from her perspective
in that light. Also from what I've observed, *in general*, women are
social animals. They choose hobbies which primarily involve being *with*
other people (usually women) first, and doing something second. Guys
like to do stuff first, and do it with (show off to), or against (compete with)
other people second. Guys enjoy the social aspect but many, especially
in our hobby, don't depend on it to draw enjoyment from the hobby.
Also, women seem to like to have 5 different trains of thought racing
around in their heads all the time. They're thinking about personal
stuff, family stuff, money matters, community stuff, all while
driving, or talking to you or whatever. Guys, have the ability (much
to the disbelief of women.. Seriously, I've had this conversation
with many of them) to focus on a single activity, a single
train of thought for hours upon hours upon hours, and most importantly
block out *all that other stuff* without effort. I tell women friends
of mine this, and many just don't believe it. They can't *stop*
thinking about other stuff, and don't believe that guys can.
When they ask "What are you thinking?" while you're watching TV,
they simply don't believe, that you weren't thinking about anything
at all. R/C slope soaring is one of those activities that allow men to
stop thinking about everything else immediately. I liken it to meditation.
And there's very little room for other thoughts. I can drive a car
and talk on the cell phone, but slope soaring and talking on the
cell phone is a major challenge. It's not an activity you can
ever put in the background while you chat with someone else.
For us, the chatting/taunting, is the background and soaring comes first.
That's just my opinion though. There are always exceptions.
I'd love to meet one.
I can count the number of girls I have seen in the hobby on one hand that weren't doing it to be with a boyfriend or husband. One lady in NC who flew helis and didn't have a significant other in the hobby. A young girl (Marley was her name I think) at the MWSC in Kansas that flew in the combat competition. I think her picture is in the latest Model Avation Mag. There have been a couple others, but few and far between.
I have seen a couple work it out where the wife does all the covering and painting as she sees it as an artistic thing. The husband does all the building and flying.
BTW my xwife took all the planes I said were her's with her when she left so be warned going down that route. She tried to learn to fly to be with me at first but soon gave up and wouldn't attempt for fear others would laugh at her when she made a mistake. I tried to correct the notion but to no avail.
I totally agree with Ian on the blocking the world out with guys vs the multitasking minds of women.
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The Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service was called to Thameside Court Caravan Park in Bablockhythe, near Northmoor, to rescue around 20 residents yesterday.
It was the second time in five weeks occupants of the site were affected by the flooding. Fire crews used a floating sledge and a rescue boat to get people to safety.
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The primary goal of a national minimum wage floor is to raise the incomes of poor or near-poor families with members in the work force. However, estimates of employment effects of minimum wages tell us little about whether minimum wages are can achieve this goal; even if the disemployment effects of minimum wages are modest, minimum wage increases could result in net income losses for poor families. We present evidence on the effects of minimum wages on family incomes from matched March CPS surveys, focusing on the effectiveness of minimum wages in reducing poverty. The results show that over a one-to-two year period, minimum wages increase both the probability that poor families escape poverty and the probability that previously non-poor families fall into poverty. The estimated increase in the number of non-poor families that fall into poverty is larger than the estimated increase in the number of poor families that escape poverty, though this difference is not statistically significant. We also find that minimum wages tend to boost the incomes of poor families that remain below the poverty line. The evidence indicates that in the wake of minimum wage increases, some families gain and others lose. On net, the various tradeoffs created by minimum wage increases more closely resemble income redistribution among low-income families than income redistribution from high- to low-income families. Given these findings it is difficult to make a distributional or equity argument for minimum wages.
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Could you be with your spouse 24/7 (just for fun)?
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Question: Could you be with your spouse all the time?
Yes! Isn't that what it's all about?
No way! Absence makes the heart grow fonder
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Question: Could you be with your spouse all the time?
Total Votes: 254
I love my husband to death, I truly do, but since he's been laid off he's been driving me nuts, and I'm sure he feels the same way about me!
My husband and I are opposites in every way; I'm an introvert, he's an extrovert. He is go, go, go, I am stay, stay, stay. He is persnickety, I am relaxed and easygoing. This typically works, but since he's been home we're driving each other up the wall. The majority of the day he runs around like a chicken with he head cut off saying, 'I'm bored! I need a project! This is boring!'
He has a FOURTH interview with the same company on Monday, so fingers crossed!
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My DH gets laid off every winter for anywhere from a week to a couple months. I go nuts, I have a way of doing things during the day and he justs throws it all off. I'm an Introvert until he comes home and then I want to go, go, go and he wants to stay, stay, stay LOL.
Im pretty sure I would at least need some 'me' time.. I need that anyway and he works 6 days a week.
BUT, I think we'd do well working together (like running our own company).. we seem to get along much better when we have more time together. But he sounds a lot like your husband.. I can hardly get him to take the one day off from work a week, he is very GO GO GO, and it would make him nuts to be stuck at home.. which would probably make ME nuts.
cant live with them cant live without them.
i spend a lot of time with my husband but we have also spent alot of time apart. he went to iraq for a yr. was gone 5 days a week for training for 3.5 months. now hes home ever 2 days for 2 days and i love it and hate it.
Yes. We run our business out of our home so the only time we're apart is when he's at a client's office. The only time we're really apart for more than an hour is when I'm at trade shows.
I barely make it through the weekends with my husband home. I am much more comfortable alone, then I am with a house full of people. I love my husband, I just prefer him in small doses.


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- Please also read airlines guidelines of what is & what is not allowed in Hawaii - you may be surprised of what is included in the "illegal" category.
- Make sure you know the seasonal weather conditions of your destination, if you are not a fan or rain, Kaua'i may not be an option for you in the spring. Another example is Kona's dry seasons or Maui's high winds.
- The two islands that are prohibited from visiting are Ni'ihau and Kaho'olawe.
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- August through December is Hawaii's typical rain season. However, anything can happen throughout the year.


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OKANAGAN - Westside Road is a gateway to stunning provincial parks, scenic motorcycle and cycling routes, and lakeside communities, but it is perhaps better known for its dark side.
Voted number one in BCAA's worst road survey, Westside has a poor reputation on its shoulders—where it has any.
On its northern end, the road recently claimed the lives of two motorcyclists involved in a collision with an SUV. We don't know what caused the accident, but it wasn't the first time someone has died or injured themselves on that stretch.
RCMP spokesperson Gord Molendyk says there have been three fatalities in the North Okanagan section of the road in the past six years, and many more non-fatal accidents. Moving southward to Kelowna, the problems continue. That's why groups have been pushing the province to improve the safety of the road, but it's slow going.
New Westside-Kelowna MLA Premier Christy Clark announced $1 million for paving work on the notorious road last summer. More money has gone to improving lane and shoulder widths, and realigning sections of the road, but many kilometres remain covered in potholes and crumbling pavement.
What makes it more dangerous is its many twists and turns, traffic hazards, and the tendency for drivers to speed over it.
"The speed limit is low for a number of reasons," Molendyk says. "It's a narrow, windy road, that goes through residential areas. There's free range cattle on the road at any given time as well as wildlife."
Because of these things, Molendyk says there's more potential for accidents to occur. The speed limit ranges from 50-70 km/h but many drivers are tempted to hit the gas pedal.
The Ministry of Transportation estimates approximately 1,000 vehicles use the the 65 km stretch between West Kelowna and Highway 97 in the North Okanagan every day. That number rises to an average 2,500 south of Bear Creek Provincial Park in the summer. Due to the high volume of traffic—which often includes cyclists, motorcyclists and other road users—it's more important than ever to watch the road and stick to the speed limit.
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Between the bands, panels, films and food trucks, there will be loads to see in downtown Boise this weekend. But why not up the ante a bit and make it a game?
Thanks to Treefort-minded citizens Nikki Duncan and Kylie Werner and the help of the bingo-card generator, you can turn the entire weekend into a big game of bingo.
Just get'cher Treefort Bingo cards here and go to town. Or, if you don't like what you're given, enter some new terms like "hilarious BW staff members," or "your ex" or "touring band that got a speeding ticket in Wyoming" and then go to town.


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Near the Eiffel tower (Viala)
Size34 m²
Floor No.1
- Family/child friendly
- Kitchen
- Internet/WiFi
- Towels
- Dishwasher
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This apartment is 5 minutes walk from the Eiffel Tower. There are many shops, bars and restaurants right in front of the building and the adjacent streets. Periods of walking feet from the flat: - 5 minutes to get to the Eiffel Tower and the Champs de Mars Park (large garden entirely open to public) - 7 minutes to the Quai Branly Museum (Museum of Arts and civilizations of Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas) - 7 minutes to the Seine - 7 minutes for Swan Island and the Statue of Liberty (offered by the United States) - 10 minutes for the Palais de Chaillot (Parvis of Liberties and Human Rights) and the Trocadero - 20 minutes to Les Invalides (Army museum) - 30 minutes to the Champs-Elysees via one famous bridges: Pont de l'Alma, Pont des Invalides and Pont Alexandre III. If you like walking in a few extra minutes you can go ... - to the Place de la Concorde: the largest square in Paris - and its Obelisk: Egyptian obelisk from Luxor (offered by Egypt) - to the Garden Tuileries: the oldest French garden of Paris and former royal and imperial residence - and the Louvre Museum: the largest museum of Paris - to Ile de la Cité with the Notre Dame de Paris and Ile St Louis. Access to the main tourist attractions is very quick and very simple. By Metro, you will arrive in a few minutes instead of the Opera, the Montmartre (with the Sacred Heart), Place de la Bastille, Place des Vosges (with its galleries of Art), and ... other known places and tourist monuments. The nearest Metro stations are "Duplex" (1 minute) and "La Motte-Picquet Grenelle" (5 minutes). The area is very safe and quiet.
ATTENTION : The keys of the apartment has to be picked up in the agency located Rue René Boulanger 75010 Paris (Instructions will be sent 1 week before the arrival).
House rulesAn occupancy tax of 0.83 € per night and per adult from 18 years old, requires by the Mayor of Paris.
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L'appartamento è carino ma non corrispondente alle caratteristiche indicate e cioè per 4 persone; infatti il divano è utilizzabile solamente da una persona in maniera molto scomoda. Inoltre esiste poca illuminazione
Peraltro molto comodo vicino a Piazza della Repubblica, ben attrezzato (anche se non utilizzato da noi) e sufficientemente pulito.
ottima posizione, ottima communicazione, personale gentile e disponibile, l'unico problema è che il WIFI non funzionava mai .
great location, just a bit cleaner could be
super gelegen, könnte nur ein bisschen sauberer sein
Small for 4 people, and that we went with two girls. Upon arrival we found that there were only sheets and towels for 2. We had to call the agency to fix it, the owner is an agency. They were brought up that afternoon.
The floor was dirty and worn, with mold in the corners of the shower, cobwebs on the ceiling, and the furniture in the old kitchen and also hichados moisture. We not cook because we were disgusted. Smelled musty, the bathroom has no ventilation. The sink faucet was loose. The lights did not work, only two lamps plug. fucionaba television and also, besides being old and become sticky. I do not recommend this apartment to a family with children. Dirt is not once, but a long time, so I think that the positive comments on this apartment are not real.
Pequeño para 4 personas, y eso que fuimos con dos niñas. Nada más llegar nos encontramos con que sólo había sábanas y toallas para 2. Tuvimos que llamar a la agencia para solucionarlo, el propietario es una agencia. Nos las trajeron esa misma tarde.
El piso estaba sucio y deteriorado, con moho en las esquinas de la ducha, telerañas en el techo, y los muebles de la cocina viejos y además hichados de humedad. No cocinamos porque nos dió asco. Olía a humedad, el baño no tiene ventilación. El grifo del lavabo estaba suelto. Las luces no funcionaban, sólo dos lámparas de enchufar. y la televisión tampoco fucionaba, además de ser antigua y estar pegajosa. No recomiendo este piso a ninguna familia con niños. La suciedad no es de una vez, sino de mucho tiempo, por lo que considero que los comentarios positivos sobre este apartamento no son reales.
pros: -good the area, near the metro
. -close to supermarket, bakery, Starbucks .....
against: - the apartment and 'poorly maintained (broken toilet cup, no curtains ...) a little' dirty and to get there you have to climb a steep and narrow stairs, and also 'almost impossible to use the shower due to the ceiling too low
pro: -buona la zona,a due passi dalla metro
. -vicino a supermercato,panetteria,Starbucks.....
contro:- l'appartamento e' mal tenuto (tazza wc rotta,assenza di tende oscuranti...) un po' sporco e per arrivarci si deve salire una scala stretta e ripida,inoltre e' quasi impossibile utilizzare la doccia a causa del soffitto troppo basso
Good location, good price, but unfortunately it was the other things that were less good example would be the Internet, but was not, the bulbs were broken in most of the lights, and there was only bedside lamps to some people. The sofa bed does not work for two people, even if it is sold as a double bed. But, it was clean and fresh. Linen, towel and final cleaning included which was very nice. However, it was difficult to see this on the homepage.
Bra läge, bra pris, men tyvärr så var det andra saker som var mindre bra tex internet skulle finnas, men fanns ej, glödlamporna var trasiga i merparten av lamporna, och det fanns bara sänglampor till vissa bäddar. Bäddsoffan funkar inte för två personer, även om den säljs som en dubbelsäng. Men, det var rent och fräscht. Linne, handduk och slutstädning ingick vilket var väldigt skönt. Men, det var svårt att se detta på hemsidan.
- Location: central, metro station and shopping right next to it
- Kitchen equipment
- Size
- Sauber
- Water in the bathroom with little pressure, temperature is not constant
- Sofa bed not comfortable
Overall reasonable for the price but the showers had no pleasure!
- Lage: zentral, Metrostation und Einkaufsmöglichkeiten direkt daneben
- Ausstattung der Küche
- Größe
- Sauber
- Wasser im Bad mit wenig Druck, Temperatur nicht konstant
- Schlafsofa nicht bequem
Insgesamt für den Preis angemessen aber das Duschen war leider kein Vergnügen!
The studio was very well situated. For two visitors it was well equipped. Unfortunately the bathroom was round the edges of the shower covered with mildew and the curtain of the shower should be replaced. Before the booking I didn't know that the keys had to be picked up in another place but it worked very wel and we found every thing quickly and easily.
Location excellent. 10 mins walk to Pompidou centre and 1 minute to Arts et Metiers Metro. Clean and bright, ok for 2 people but a real struggle for 3 or 4. Company were organized and professional with information accurate and punctual. They seem to be a very new letting company that uses new technologies very well.
Some problems: TV instructions difficult to work and the internet is somehow synchronized. Therefore it was time consuming to get it set up. In the end, you have to invest too much time sorting it out. The hotplates in the kitchen didn't work. The instructions were only in French and the system itself is very confusing. There is NO oven but there is a microwave. The renovation work on the flat stairway means that (for the foreseeable future) there will be building work in the stairway. Stairs are very narrow. For those of you who are a little bit mature or have difficulties, 3 floors up means three floors up.
We really enjoyed our stay. It was all in all a success.
The studio is very small, but enough for 2 people. the bathroom is very practical with a sloping roof. with 1.74m you can not stand up straight in front of the sink. The toilet lid folds one ever slip in the back and the ring, which was annoying. Spices ect oeil. to cook nothing was available. As a ceiling, there are only a blanket with a duvet. The W-FII did not really work. you have to constantly re-login with one of the approximately 9verschiedenen passwords. the transition from the 6th floor was not working the light. the evening had to be found with mobile phone light to the keyhole. the location is good, right next to the Galerie La Fayette. Because key for the room you have to pick up near Rebulique. What is a bit cumbersome.
Das Studio ist sehr klein, für 2 Personen aber genügend. das Bad ist sehr unpraktisch mit schrägem Dach. mit 1.74m kann man vor dem lavabo nicht aufrecht stehen. Der WC-Deckel klappt einem immer in den Rücken und der Ring verrutscht, das nervte. Gewürze öil ect. zum kochen war nichts vorhanden. Als Decke gibt es nur eine Wolldecke mit einem duvet. Das W-fii hat nicht wirklich funktioniert. man muss sich ständig neu einloggen, mit einem von den etwa 9verschiedenen Passwörter. im Gang vom 6.Stock funktionierte das Licht nicht. am Abend musste man mit Handylicht zum Schlüsselloch finden. die Lage ist gut, direkt neben der Galerie La Fayette. Denn Schlüssel fürs Zimmer muss man nähe Rebulique abholen. Was etwas umständlich ist.
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Can a return to Glass-Steagall provide financial stability in the US financial system?
In the immediate aftermath of the current financial crisis in the United States the response has been to resolve small and medium size banks, while large banks experiencing financial trouble have been given both direct and indirect government support. This, however, has resulted in a number of larger banks absorbing smaller ones, creating an even smaller number of even larger banks that dominate the financial system. This article deals first with a comparison of the problems created by "too big to fail" financial institutions. The second section deals with the possible restoration of Glass-Steagall type legislation as a means of restoring single-function financial institutions. It concludes that alternatives to separation of functions will have to be found to deal with multifunction financial institutions since most lending activity requires securities markets activities.
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- Alessandro Roncaglia, 2009. "Rule, instability and crisis," PSL Quarterly Review, Economia civile, vol. 62(248-251), pages 3-13.
- Amirhossein Najafi & Anwar Aridi & Hossein Askari, 2010. "Do Better Political Relations with the USA Improve A Country's Economic Outlook?," PSL Quarterly Review, Economia civile, vol. 63(255), pages 379-397.
- Mario Sarcinelli, 2009. "La vigilanza sul sistema finanziario: obiettivi, assetti e approcci," Moneta e Credito, Economia civile, vol. 62(245-248), pages 145-190.
- Michele Fratianni & Francesco Marchionne, 2010. "The Banking Bailout of the Subprime Crisis: Size and Effects," PSL Quarterly Review, Economia civile, vol. 63(254), pages 187-233.
- Stefano Fenoaltea, 2010. "The reconstruction of historical national accounts: the case of Italy," PSL Quarterly Review, Economia civile, vol. 63(252), pages 77-96.
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From the Archives Jan. 29:
- In 1914, one of the youngest American masters sold one of the fastest American Schooners into Galveston.
- In 1914, Tony Costello walked 2,100 miles to give Gompers Galveston greetings to Washington.
- In 1964, new lights on Seawall Boulevard brightened the blocks between 39th and 52nd streets.
- In 1964, city schools and navigation tax districts used rendition, which involved checking the tax status of property owners, during tax season.
- In 1964, the La Marque Chamber of Commerce master of ceremonies died during their meeting. Ralph Fattig was the manager of Schreiber Miller Furniture and a member of the chamber's board of directors.
- In 1989, Mayor Bill Kelsey of Crystal Beach walked out of a town council meeting.
- In 1989, the Momus Ball lit up the Opera House and thousands on Seawall Boulevard watched the Krewe of the Aquarius Grande Truck Parade.


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In the wake of these attacks--making 15 in the past four months--the President last week finally removed any doubt about how he viewed the abortion bombings. "I will do all in my power to assure that the guilty are brought to justice," he said. "I condemn, in the strongest terms, those individuals who perpetrate these and all such violent, anarchist activities." He ordered Attorney General William French Smith to make sure that federal agencies work cooperatively to investigate and prosecute the crimes.
One focus of controversy has been the FBI's reluctance to label the bombings as terrorist acts and take charge of the cases. In fact, the bombings at abortion clinics have been investigated actively and effectively by the Treasury Department's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, which has legal jurisdiction in federal cases involving explosives. It has thrown fully 500 of its 1,200 agents at the abortion-clinic incidents. The FBI has backed BATF with help on fingerprints and psychological profiles of likely suspects. Declared Webster last week: "If someone wants to call this a terrorist act in a semantical term, I'm not going to quarrel with it. I have offered the full resources of the FBI."
The federal presence has not stemmed the antiabortion violence. There were three bomb or arson attacks on abortion facilities in 1982, two in 1983, but 24 last year. Still, the BATF agents, working with local police, have an impressive record. Nearly half of all the crimes are considered "solved," meaning that there have been either arrests or convictions. In sentencing the bombers or arsonists, judges have ignored pleas that the acts were motivated by religion or politics and harmed only property. (No one has been injured in any of the attacks.) The sentences have been stiff.
Two Texas men were sentenced to 30 years in prison for the 1982 bombings of two clinics in Florida. One of them had been joined by the other man's brother in the kidnaping of an Illinois doctor who performed abortions and the physician's wife. The three men claimed they belonged to the Army of God, a group that investigators insist had only the three members, although anonymous callers claiming responsibility for later attacks have used the same name. Curtis Anton Beseda, an unemployed roofer, confessed his guilt while on trial for four arson attacks last year on clinics in Everett and Bellingham, Wash. He said he had done the torchings "for the glory of God." He was sentenced to 20 years and ordered to pay $298,000 for the damage he had caused. Says John Killorin, spokesman for the BATF: "We don't buy the defense that this is just property damage. The natural consequence of a bomb is loss of life."
+ The explosion that ripped through the Hillcrest Women's Surgi-Center in Washington, D.C., last week shattered 230 windows in two nearby apartment buildings. "It sounded like a war was going on," said one woman after watching her bedroom window collapse at 12:10 on New Year's morning. A caller claiming to be a member of the apparently nonexistent Army of God took responsibility for the bombing attack.
The Christmas explosions in Pensacola damaged the Ladies Center Inc., an abortion facility, destroyed the rented offices of Dr. William Permenter, a gynecologist who devotes only about 10% of his practice to abortions, and damaged the clinic of Dr. Bo Bagenholm, an obstetrician who performs some abortions. Permenter said he would stop his abortion practice. "You can't get an office, because people don't want their buildings burned down," he explained of the climate that has been created. "This has become a nightmare." Bagenholm, though, has found new office space and vows to carry on. Said he: "The only way I'll stop doing abortions is if the laws are changed. I'm not going to give in to terrorism. You expect right-to-lifers to be nonviolent."
BATF agents soon arrested four young people and charged them with violating federal firearms and explosive laws: Matthew Goldsby, 21, a construction worker; Kaye Wiggins, 18, his fiancee; James Simmons, 21, a glass-company worker; Kathy Simmons, 18, his wife. Wiggins said at a press conference that the bombings were meant to be "a gift to Jesus on his birthday." Pro-life leaders in Pensacola, anxious to dissociate themselves from the violence, said that the four had not been active in their movement.
Some antiabortion activists admitted to having mixed emotions about the bombings. "This isn't terrorism," insisted the Rev. David Shofner, pastor of West Pensacola Baptist Church and a frequent picketer at abortion clinics. "This is destruction of property. History will prove that the bombers will be the heroes because they stopped the killing of babies." Declared John Burt, head of Our Father's House, a Pensacola home for unmarried mothers: "I don't approve of the means, but I'm glad that the killing has stopped. Upwards of 350 babies are killed each week in Pensacola."
The overwhelming majority of anti-abortion activists nationwide, however, have come out strongly and clearly against the clinic bombings. When Washington Mayor Marion Barry said that "the Jerry Falwells of the world ( ought to condemn this type of terrorist activity," Falwell heatedly noted that he had. Said the Moral Majority leader: "The bombings are criminal and terroristic and very damaging to the cause of the unborn." Joseph Scheidler, executive director of the Chicago-based Pro-Life Action League, has been arrested six times for illegal picketing of abortion facilities and has written a book called Closed: Ninety-Nine Ways to Shut Down the Abortion Industry. Yet last week he said of the violence, "We understand why it occurs. Still, I reject it. I don't think it is helpful, or that it will work to change anything. We prefer persuasion."
While falling far short of bombings, the protest activities of antiabortion militants have become increasingly and unquestionably nasty. Patients visiting many of the roughly 800 clinics and 900 doctors' offices where abortions are performed have been harassed by pickets, who push them away from entrances for "sidewalk counseling" that often involves showing them photographs of nearly full-term fetuses. The recorded cries of infants have been sent into clinics from outside. Women seeking abortions have been videotaped, the license plates of cars delivering them have been noted and calls made to their homes. Tires of autos at the clinics have been deflated and car windows smashed. After a San Diego clinic was fire bombed last September, Director Carol Roberts got a note saying, "Death stalks at your job, murderous bitch." Said she: "Every time the phone rings, I go into sheer panic." Some protesters have berated pregnant women within the clinics while pretending to be patients who have changed their minds about an abortion.
"This may not be violence in the strict sense," says Barbara Shaw, information coordinator at Chicago Planned Parenthood, "but it is mental menace that inspires fear, and that certainly is a form of terrorism." A few of the bombings have followed intensive picketing activity; some pro- choice advocates contend that the connection is not coincidental. "People feed on their own charged rhetoric and bloody fetus posters," argues Janet Pelz, Washington State director of the National Abortion Rights Action League. "And that gives rise to the violence we are seeing nationwide."
Pro-life and pro-choice forces are bracing for competing observances on Jan. 22, the twelfth anniversary of the Supreme Court decision, Roe vs. Wade, that struck down most legal restrictions on abortion. The right-to-life movement hopes to draw more than 50,000 for its march up Pennsylvania Avenue. Leaders expect to meet with Reagan in the morning and distribute roses, the symbol of their crusade, to Congressmen in the afternoon. Falwell has called for a "national day of mourning" and is asking his followers to wear black armbands "in remembrance" of all aborted babies. Among the demonstrations planned by pro-choice activists is one in Florida's Broward County, where the local chapter of NOW plans a giant birthday party for the members of the Supreme Court. "We will extend our hope that they will all outlive this Administration," said Amy Greenman, president of the chapter.