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Take a closer look at casino proposals
Gambling in Wisconsin has had a tough go the last few months.
First there was a Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance report suggesting the state lottery was bumping up against not being able to support itself. Now the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute has produced a study that questions whether new tribal casinos will increase state revenues.
Gambling is not going away anytime soon, even if more folks are either recognizing the long odds or simply running out of discretionary dollars. But it bears notice when discussion turns to putting more state money or approval into gaming.
If it was just state revenues with the casinos we might think differently. After all they receive benefits from the tribes that run them, and that's a good thing.
All four proposals for new casinos have their pluses for the communities involved. But the WPRI study says new casinos will simply poach customers and revenue from existing casinos. And that's not good.
It's something to think about. And the governor will have to.Take a closer look at casino proposals


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Well NYC has been stuck on 123 of 750 for quite a while so maybe no one is getting entries in. I have one in NYC and I'd hate for it to sell out when I have a few more to enter and can't enter another region.
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Q I'm a teen and I don't text and drive …
Stephanie Roque
A Stop right there. You have just made the Roadshow honor list!
Q But I do listen to Pandora on my phone while driving. If I'm changing the song and a cop pulls me over, am I doing anything illegal?
Stephanie Roque
A Maybe. Art-the-CHP-Man says a cop most likely "would not cite you for talking on the cell phone; however, the officer could cite you for distracted driving, by using section 22350 VC (unsafe speed for the conditions of the road) if you were observed to be swerving or somehow driving carelessly."
Q You often write about teen drivers glued to their cellphones and texting. What do teens say? Do they understand the risks they run?
Mary Manning
A I hope so. I ask that all young drivers check out http://whatdoyouconsiderlethal.com and www.impactteendrivers.org and let me know what you think.
Also, new teen drivers can attend the CHP's Start Smart classes with one of your parents. Go to www.chp.ca.gov/community/startsmart.html to sign up. I highly recommend the class.
Q I see a lot of people on cell phones as I walk kids and dogs or drive around on our residential streets. What would be a good way to indicate to them that they should hang up and drive? Or would that be risking road rage and they might drive over me?
Jane Taylor
Redwood City
A I understand your frustration, but remain calm and do nothing. I once yelled at a cellphone yakker who promptly and loudly told me where to go, so now I usually just focus on keeping my eyes on the road.
Q Is it OK in California (for passengers only) to use directional EMP devices to blow out the cellphone of the talker/texter/tweeter driving next to you, or has the law caught up with the technology?
Cary Pincus
A Now, there's an idea.
Q Is a digital copy of my driver's license legal to show to a policeman?
Carolyn B.
A No. And a correction is in order. Last week the CHP inadvertently released some bad info. New state law allows drivers to store insurance information on an electronic device, but not one's auto registration. Drivers need to show a cop a paper copy of that document if asked.
Q My commute has been choked in the morning where the metering lights are off at the Westborough and Avalon entrances to Interstate 280. Whom do I contact to get them fixed? … The metering lights on the Hillsdale Boulevard ramp to 101 have been nonfunctional for more than six months. Without metering, it makes an already congested area much worse. I have written to Caltrans twice during the past few months with no resolution. Can you get Caltrans to act?
Arian Guzman, Paul Richards and a few more
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Q Capitol Expressway was paved a few months ago from Silver Creek Valley Road to Eastridge, but it is rough and uneven on both sides. Is this going to be fixed? I thought something was wrong with my tires when I encountered it. To me, it seems like such a terrible job was done.
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Easy and Delicious.
These bars are really easy to make and incredibly delicious as I mentioned above. Sometimes you need or want to bake something and just don't have time for the fuss or muss. Well, these are your cookies. They taste great too, so it is a win win. I made these in a half sheet pan, 11x17, and think it would be fun to make as a birthday cookie cake. I also think a fun alternative to slicing squares would be to use cute cookie cutters since the bars soft and quite easy to slice. I used a Martha Stewart recipe and it is a good thing I read the comments first. I baked these for 20 minutes and you can see they came out perfectly. The original recipe said to bake them for 40-45 minutes and they would have been completely burnt. Please keep that in mind when you try them.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
recipe from Martha Stewart
1 1/2 cups unsalted butter, softened
4 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
3/4 teaspoons salt
1 cup granulated sugar
1 1/2 cups packed light-brown sugar
2 large eggs
1 tablespoon vanille extract
1 (12-ounce) bag semisweet chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit, with rack in center. Generously butter a 11x17 rimmed baking sheet; set aside. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
in a bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream butter and sugars on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add eggs and vanilla; mix until well combined. Add flour mixture; beat on low speed until just combined. Beat in chocolate chips.
Spread dough on prepared baking sheet. Bake, rotating sheet halfway through, until edges are brown and top is golden, 20 - 25 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack; cool completely on baking sheet before cutting.


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|Sign up for new student orientation online. Make sure you send in your orientation deposit or pay online with a credit card. The sooner you attend orientation, the more likely you are to have more choices for your first semester class schedule.
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text: At a dig site in Pakistan, archaeologists have discovered that one in every ten unearthed items is related to gaming. Dice, gaming pieces, all gathered together in halls and courtyards. Apparently the 4,000 year old city of Mohenjo-Daro wasn't just the largest Bronze Age city in the area; it was also where the gamerscore was born. [Scientific American]


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Assistant Credit Manager - Surrey. Ref: SCR 263
We have an excellent opportunity for an assistant credit manager to join a leading consumer goods (FMCG) business. The role has been created due to the launch of an innovative online product for consumers, which is expected to stimulate considerable growth in revenue.
The assistant credit manager will be responsible for managing a team of 8 staff (1 team leader, 4 credit controllers and 3 new credit account administrators). The job will have a dual focus 1) ensure smooth running of the new direct-to-consumer ledger 2) manage a portion of the traditional business to business foodservice sales ledger.
Your credit accounts admin team will receive new account applications, credit check customers with Experian, open all new accounts, establish customer account credit limits, and liaise with the bank to resolve any problems in setting up direct debits or recurring credit card payments.
Three members of your credit control team will be concerned with collecting aged debt from traditional business accounts, and one person will be responsible for reducing accumulated debt & query resolution (e.g. caused by failed direct debits) on the consumer ledger.
Key challenges for the assistant credit manager:
NB- Since a main feature of the new business service is the opening of credit accounts for consumers who apply online, we are particularly interested in speaking to credit managers / senior credit controllers with knowledge and experience of:
Scope of the role:Currently 100,000 people are registered with the online service, with 60,000 people ordering every week and paying by direct debit or recurring credit card. There is considerable growth potential with the aim to migrate a million more offline customers on to the online service. There is an effective systematic process already set up to handle these transaction volumes. The traditional B2B ledger of foodservice customers numbers around 900 accounts.
Suitable Industry Backgrounds for Candidates:
Utilities, telecoms, internet service providers, web-hosting, online travel or distribution services, other businesses that sell online, direct-to-consumer. You'll need to have experience with high volume customers who have been set up to pay by direct debit or recurring credit card payment.
Salary and Package: £30 to £35k (neg.) plus bonus, BUPA, Contributory pension, life insurance, 25 days holiday.
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I've recently started playing with emacs (again). One feature that I just tried out is weblogger mode. It allows you to post entries to your blog directly from emacs using xmlrpc. Very simple setup. Since I'm using elpa, I can do a M-x package-list-packages, select weblogger to install and install it. Once installed you simply run M-x weblogger-setup-weblog, provide the credentials and are connect to your blog.
Check out the docs over at the Emacs Wiki
To be honest, the only reason I wrote the post was to test posting from emacs!


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Secretary of State says he didn't open email before making announcement
Steve Watson
May 23, 2012
After suggesting that he may keep Barack Obama off the Arizona ballot in November owing to questionable eligibility, the Secretary of State Ken Bennett is backing away from the issue.
In an interview with an Arizona conservative radio host Friday, Bennett said it would be "possible" for him to leave President Obama off the Arizona ballot in November until he received official "confirmation" from the state of Hawaii that Barack Obama was born there.
The Secretary of State says he has now received information from Hawaii that "proves President Obama's American birth and satisfies Arizona's requirements for having the president on the upcoming election ballot." reports The Arizona Republic.
"I'm happy that we got what we asked for and that's what I was expecting all along," Bennett said Tuesday night, without clarifying exactly what he had received in an email from Hawaii officials.
Bizarrely, Bennett said he had not actually opened the email as of 7 p.m. Tuesday, but was confident it contained the information he asked for, reports azfamily.com.
"I can now report to thousands of constituents that we did what can be done and he is qualified to be on the ballot," Bennett said.
Aloha State officials had initially told Bennett over three months ago that he had to prove he needed the records as part of normal business.
In a further statement, Joshua A. Wisch, special assistant to the attorney general in Hawaii, elaborated.
"We have received information from Secretary Bennett that satisfied our requirement and have therefore provided his office with a verification of birth for President Obama," Wisch wrote.
Bennett was due to appear at a press conference today to discuss the issue. However, the event has now been canceled.
Bennett has distanced himself from the birther movement that believes Obama is not a natural born citizen and was born in Kenya. Nevertheless, he has received a great amount of criticism and ridicule for even addressing the issue, despite the fact that he says he was attempting only to satisfy the demands of a volume of Arizona residents who asked him to investigate the matter.
"What is so sacred or untouchable about this question that you can't even ask the question?" he said
"We were simply doing what over 1,000 constituents asked me to do so they could have confidence the people on the Arizona ballot are entitled to be there," he added.
"I feel like I was just trying to glue the far little corner of the carpet down," Bennett said. "And as soon as you just touch the carpet, the whole floor buckles."
"If I embarrassed the state, I apologize, but that certainly wasn't my intent," Bennett said in an interview with Phoenix radio station KTAR. "He'll be on the ballot as long as he fills out the same paperwork and does the same things that everybody else has."
Steve Watson is the London based writer and editor for Alex Jones' Infowars.net, and Prisonplanet.com. He has a Masters Degree in International Relations from the School of Politics at The University of Nottingham in England.
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The Erie County Industrial Development Agency on Monday approved $4.9 million in incentives for Catholic Health System's planned $46 million headquarters in Buffalo after a lengthy debate about when incentives are truly necessary for projects.
The board approved the incentives by a vote of 12-1, with one abstention. County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz cast the lone "no" vote, saying he was not convinced that the project hinged on the incentives.
Uniland Development Co. will build the six-story headquarters and regional training center for Catholic Health, consolidating hundreds of employees from several locations into one building at 144 Genesee St., between Oak and Elm streets. Catholic Health will lease the building from Uniland, but Catholic Health ultimately plans to buy it, possibly in two years, said John C. Cappellino, the ECIDA's executive vice president.
A Uniland affiliate applied for the $4.9 million in incentives, but the tax breaks are structured to flow to Catholic Health, ECIDA officials said. The tax breaks consist of property tax abatements of $3.5 million, a mortgage recording exemption of $320,000 and a sales tax exemption of $1.1 million. Catholic Health will reimburse Uniland for the property tax bill, and the sales tax savings will be passed on to Catholic Health via a reduction in rent, according to the ECIDA.
The $3.5 million in property tax abatements is based on a seven-year schedule. But if nonprofit Catholic Health buys the 140,000-square-foot building, the property would be removed from the tax rolls, Cappellino said, because nonprofits do not pay property taxes.
Employment is projected to rise by about 50 employees, to 652, at the building two years after the project is completed, the ECIDA said.
Mayor Byron W. Brown said the headquarters project "meets the test to be induced." The project is also receiving $3.8 million in state development funds obtained through the efforts of Brown and Assemblywoman Crystal D. Peoples-Stokes, D-Buffalo.
"It's been demonstrated to us, on the city economic-development side, that there is a significant-enough gap that this project would not go forward without the assistance that the city was able to provide working with the state, and I think it would not go forward necessarily without this inducement," Brown said. "And so this is not the case or the story of a developer trying to put more profits in its pocket. I think this is certainly incentives and benefits that are necessary to move this project forward."
Catholic Health CEO Joseph D. McDonald has previously said the organization considered a number of proposals from developers in the city and suburbs but leaned toward a downtown location.
Poloncarz praised the headquarters project but questioned whether the tax breaks were necessary.
"This project, while it is a great … for the expansion of downtown Buffalo and for the Medical Campus, is in some ways similar to the smaller projects that I have been critical of, and that other people have been critical of, the town IDAs passing, which is just shuffling pieces on the chessboard and offering incentives to make that happen," he said.
Poloncarz made a broader point about the purpose of incentives: "We're inciting a party to do something they otherwise would not do. It's a carrot. … It shouldn't be a reward for something that they were going to do otherwise."
Michael J. Montante, vice president of Uniland, said the ECIDA incentives were essential to the plan. As an example, he said, a city-based project such as this comes with much higher costs than a "greenfield" suburban site to provide parking for 700 vehicles.
The city site, he said, will require a three-story parking garage to help create that many spaces.
"That difference alone, between a greenfield and urban structured parking, is $9 million," Montante said. "That's a significant difference to the project. So the inducement you're contemplating today is extremely important based on just that one factor. There are other factors, as well."
Assemblyman Sean M. Ryan, D-Buffalo, had urged board members to reject tax breaks for the project, saying he did not believe they were necessary. Ryan has called for IDAs to be more selective in awarding incentives.
"I was at the groundbreaking" in November, Ryan said in an interview. "We cut the ribbon. The project is going forward."
Ryan also said he wanted to see written documentation that the approved incentives would flow to Catholic Health, instead of Uniland.
Montante addressed why a ceremonial groundbreaking was held before the ECIDA voted on the incentives.
"We went forward in good faith," Montante said, "because we felt that this project was eligible for inducement."
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