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Supporters of the streetcar project are rallying in a last-stand effort to save the streetcar from an incoming city government that's threatening to cancel the project. Supporters plan to meet today in a town hall-style meeting at 7 p.m. at the Mercantile Library, 414 Walnut St. #1100, downtown Cincinnati. Some of the supporters of the movement are residents, business owners and realtors in Over-the-Rhine who told CityBeat that canceling the project will set the city's economic momentum back. Mayor-elect John Cranley disagrees, but the decision is ultimately up to the newly elected City Council to cancel the project, and at least three of nine newly elected council members previously seen as streetcar opponents — P.G. Sittenfeld, David Mann and Kevin Flynn — told CityBeat they'd like to evaluate the costs of canceling the project and the potential return of investment versus the cost of completing construction.
City Manager Milton Dohoney will resign on Dec. 1 and receive one year of severance pay, Cranley announced yesterday. To political watchers, the news comes as very little surprise. Cranley and Dohoney disagreed on two key issues — the streetcar project and parking plan, both of which Cranley opposes and Dohoney supported and helped get off the ground. Once the new mayor and City Council take over in December, Cranley says he will appoint a yet-to-be-named interim city manager and begin looking for a permanent replacement.
Despite Saks Fifth Avenue's departure, the city intends to move forward with its plans to build a retail corridor downtown, and others have approached the city about taking Saks' space, according to Kathleen Norris, managing principal of Urban Fast Forward and the city's retail leasing consultant. Saks announced yesterday that it's closing down its downtown store and moving to Kenwood Collection. Although the move is a blow to the city, a few city officials were quick to point to other growth in downtown Cincinnati as an example of what will attract new retail outlets in the future.
A deal is nearly set to fund the $107 million interchange project at Interstate 71 and Martin Luther King Drive. As part of the deal, the Ohio Department of Transportation will pay for $52 million, and Cincinnati and the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments (OKI) will take a loan from the state infrastructure bank to pay for their share. OKI says it will pay for its portion of the loan through $25 million in federal funding, but it's so far unclear how the city will pay for its share of the project. The outgoing city administration intended to pay for the project through the now-canceled parking plan, which would outsource the city's parking meters, lots and garages.
Cranley says the city can get out of the parking plan without defaulting on the lease agreement with the Greater Cincinnati Port Authority, but Cranley's position is at odds with the stated opinion of officials in the outgoing city administration and Port Authority. Cranley announced on Tuesday that the parking plan will be called off once he and the new council take office in December, but it's unclear how much it will cost to break out of the plan and its various contractual obligations.
The Ohio House held a hearing yesterday for two bills that would increase safeguards for victims of domestic violence, including new housing and employment protections. CityBeat previously covered the story of Andrea Metil, a domestic violence victim who is calling for greater protections.
Only 1,150 Ohioans signed up for Obamacare through the troubled HealthCare.gov portal, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced yesterday. Both the Ohio-wide measure and nationwide number — 106,185 — fell far short of the federal government's expectations for the first month of enrollment. But many of the troubles are caused by technical problems that have made HealthCare.gov largely unworkable for most Americans. The federal government is working to correct the errors by December, but The Washington Post reports that the website likely won't be fully functional by then.
Meanwhile, Ohioans will be able to enroll in the now-expanded Medicaid program on Dec. 9. Republican Gov. John Kasich got the federally funded Medicaid expansion for two years through the Controlling Board, a seven-member legislative panel, despite the Republican-controlled legislature's opposition.
The Ohio House yesterday approved a bill that reforms municipal taxes, which businesses support but cities oppose. Supporters argue it will simplify the tax code so businesses can more easily work around the state and from county to county, but opponents claim it will reduce how much revenue cities receive.
Kasich temporarily delayed convicted child killer Ronald Phillips's execution so Phillips can donate his non-vital organs to his mother and possibly others.
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If you're a Metro rider and often feel like making your bus transfer on time a little too closely resembles the hell that was your high school gym class, you're in luck: The folks at Cincinnati Metro have answered riders' requests to relax the time limit an issued transfer ticket is valid.
Cincinnati Metro Public Relations Manager Jill Dunne says extending transfer times was one of the most-requested changes from readers and drivers in a survey issued earlier this month. The results of that survey, the Metro Report Card, should be issued in a week or so, says Dunn.
Transfers currently cost 50 cents in addition to the cost of fare; they're used on top of regular fares when riders must switch buses and combine bus routes to reach their destination.
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State Auditor Dave Yost says he will investigate the potential conflicts of interest found by the Ohio Ethics Commission for nine of 22 top JobsOhio officials, including six of nine board members. For critics, the conflicts of interest add more concerns about JobsOhio, the privatized development agency that proposes tax breaks for businesses and has been mired in controversy ever since it was set up by Gov. John Kasich and Republicans to replace the Ohio Department of Development. Because the agency is privatized and deals with private businesses, many of its dealings are kept from the public under state law. Republicans argue the secrecy is necessary to allow JobsOhio to more quickly establish job-creating development deals, but Democrats say the secrecy makes it too difficult to hold JobsOhio accountable.
A state board approved nearly $3 billion in transportation projects proposed by Kasich, including work on the MLK/I-75 Interchange in Cincinnati that city and state officials say will create thousands of jobs in the region. The projects will require additional state and local money to be fully funded over the next few years.
In comparison to men, Ohio women have lower incomes, hold fewer leadership roles and disproportionately suffer from the state's high infant mortality rate. The issues placed Ohio at No. 30 out of 50 states for women's issues in a Sept. 25 report from the Center for American Progress (CAP). The report analyzed 36 indicators for women in the categories of economic security, leadership and health; it then graded the states and ranked them based on the grades. CAP, a left-leaning organization, is touting the report to support progressive policies that could help lift women out of such disparities, including the federally funded Medicaid expansion and an increase to minimum wages.
Commentary: "Ohio legislator worried a same-sex marriage case will turn the country socialist, make him cry."Mayoral candidate John Cranley, who's running against fellow Democrat and Vice Mayor Roxanne Qualls, says he doesn't know if he can stop the parking plan if he's elected. Cranley explained it will only be possible if the Greater Cincinnati Port Authority doesn't set up contracts and sell bonds for the deal before the election. Under the parking plan, the city is leasing its parking meters, lots and garages to the Port Authority, which will then hire various private operators to manage the assets. Qualls supports the plan because it will raise money and resources to fund development projects and modernize the city's parking services, but Cranley argues it cedes too much control over the city's parking assets.
It turns out Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye won't be removed from Ohio's education guidelines. State Board of Education President Debe Terhar, a Cincinnati Republican, initially called the book "pornographic" and demanded its removal from the state guidelines, which led the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio to criticize Terhar and ask her to reconsider her comments.
With the latest delay, small businesses won't be able to enroll online for Obamacare's marketplaces until November. Until then, small businesses will only be able to sign up by mail, fax or phone. The delay is the latest of a few setbacks for Obamacare, but the rest of the federally run online marketplaces will still launch on Oct. 1 as planned. CityBeat covered statewide efforts to promote and obstruct the marketplaces in further detail here.
Gov. Kasich is donating to charity more than $22,000 that he received in campaign contributions from an indicted man.
The city has begun work on a retail corridor that will start on Fourth Street and run north through Race Street. The corridor will take years to complete, but city officials say it will be different than previous failed plans.
The number of passengers whose trips originate at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport has increased for six straight months, according to airport officials.
Data-analysis company Dunnhumby is looking to invest in Cincinnati startups.
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center landed federal money to test vaccines. The contract could prove the largest the hospital has ever obtained, according to The Business Courier.
Police in the Netherlands use trained rats to catch criminals.
The streetcar project is on track for its Sept. 15, 2016 opening date, according to a monthly progress report released by the city yesterday. Through Aug. 31, the city spent $22.1 million on the project, including nearly $2 million in federal funding. In total, the project is estimated to cost $133 million, and about $45 million will come from the federal government. CityBeat covered the project and political misrepresentations surrounding it in further detail here.
Vice Mayor Roxanne Qualls, the Greater Cincinnati Port Authority and community partners yesterday unveiled the "Come Home Cincinnati" initiative, which promises to make vacant properties available to new occupants in an effort to increase homeownership and redevelop neighborhoods hit hardest by vacancy and abandonment. The initiative will work through the Hamilton County Land Bank, private lenders and community development corporations to connect potential homeowners with a pool of loan guarantees, which would pay for the home loans if a borrower defaulted. Qualls' office says the plan will likely require tapping into the city's Focus 52 fund, which finances neighborhood projects. If City Council passes the motion supporting the initiative, the city administration will have 60 days to come up with a budgeted plan, which Council will also have to approve.
A Democratic state legislator used Pure Romance's troubles to criticize Ohio's process for granting tax credits. State Rep. Chris Redfern, who sits on the legislature's Controlling Board, repeatedly brought up Pure Romance when discussing tax credits for three companies supported by Gov. John Kasich's administration. Redfern ultimately didn't vote against the tax credits, but he only backed down after getting state officials to say the three companies were meeting all of the state's priorities. Pure Romance originally planned to move its headquarters and 60 jobs from Loveland to downtown Cincinnati and create 60 jobs in the process. But since the company was denied state tax credits, it's openly discussed moving to Kentucky to take up a better tax offer. The Kasich administration says it denied the tax credits because Pure Romance isn't part of a targeted industry, but Democrats argue the administration is killing jobs in Ohio just because of prudish feelings toward Pure Romance's product lineup, which includes sex toys.
Cincinnati will be honored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) later today for connecting residents to renewable energy sources, according to a press release from the city. Some environmental groups have already praised Cincinnati for championing solar energy in particular, as CityBeat covered here.
At a City Council forum last night, residents demanded walkable, livable neighborhoods that include grocery stores.
Internet cafes need more than 71,000 signatures to get on the November 2014 ballot. The cafes are attempting to overturn a state law that effectively forces them out of business. State officials argue the law is necessary because Internet cafes, which offer slot-machine-style games on computer terminals, are hubs of illegal gambling activity. But Internet cafes say what they offer isn't gambling because customers always get something of value — phone or Internet time — in exchange for their money.
The Affordable Care Act's ("Obamacare") marketplaces will go live in one week, regardless of whether the federal government shuts down. The marketplaces will allow users to enroll in insurance plans with tax subsidies from the federal government. CityBeat covered the marketplaces and efforts to promote and obstruct them in further detail here.
A Democratic state legislator is pushing new requirements that would force lobbyists to disclose their annual salaries.
I-75 lanes are temporarily closing for improvements.
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Vice Mayor Roxanne Qualls, the Greater Cincinnati Port Authority and community partners on Monday unveiled the "Come Home Cincinnati" initiative, which promises to make vacant properties available to new occupants in an effort to increase homeownership and redevelop neighborhoods hit hardest by vacancy and abandonment.
The goal is to establish a residential base that will help jumpstart private redevelopment and revitalize largely abandoned areas of Cincinnati and Hamilton County.
"Just about a year ago, we were in Evanston to talk about their housing strategy for the Woodburn Avenue corridor and what to do about the 200 vacant and abandoned properties in the community," Qualls said in a statement. "The next logical step on the path to revitalization is to incentivize private market investment in the residential core of our neighborhoods and help to fill the once-abandoned homes with new owner-occupants."
The initiative will work through the Hamilton County Land Bank, private lenders and community development corporations to connect potential homeowners with a pool of loan guarantees.
Qualls' office says the plan will likely require tapping into the city's Focus 52 fund, which finances neighborhood projects.
To qualify for the program, owner-occupants will have to meet minimum credit requirements, agree to live in the rehabilitated home for five years and pay for 5 percent of the total rehabilitation and acquisition costs as a down payment. After five years, the loan will be refinanced at the same or better interest rates to relinquish the city and its partners' loan guarantee.
The city is eyeing a few potential partners for the initiative, including the Cincinnati Development Fund, Cincinnati Preservation Association, the University of Cincinnati Urban Design Center and neighborhood-specific groups.
The initiative will start with 100 homes in the pilot neighborhoods of Evanston and Walnut Hills, but it will expand to Avondale, College Hill, Madisonville, Northside, Price Hill and South Cumminsville as resources grow. It will work in conjunction with the Moving Ohio Forward demolition grant program, which allows the city and Hamilton County Land Bank to tear down blighted and vacant buildings.
At the same time, three of the neighborhoods — College Hill, Madisonville and Walnut Hills — are currently trying out form-based code, a special kind of zoning code championed by Qualls that allows developers to more easily pursue projects as long as they stay within a neighborhood's established goals.
City Council will now need to approve a motion that gives the city administration 60 days to develop a plan and budget for the initiative. The city administration's proposal will also require City Council approval.
Hamilton County once again froze new work on a $3.2 billion project that will retrofit Cincinnati's sewers because of a dispute concerning the city's established bidding requirements. City Council in 2012 passed and in 2013 further adjusted rules that require companies bidding for lucrative sewer contracts to meet specific local hiring and training standards. City Council says the requirements will produce more local jobs, but Hamilton County commissioners argue that the rules favor unions and cost too much for businesses. Councilman Chris Seelbach and Commissioner Chris Monzel were originally working on a compromise, but prospects fell through after City Council rejected the deal. CityBeat covered the conflict in further detail here.
Covington, Ky., is publicly welcoming Pure Romance to the other side of the Ohio River, which could cost Cincinnati and Ohio up to 120 jobs and $100 million in revenue. Pure Romance was initially planning to move from Loveland, Ohio, to downtown Cincinnati with some tax support from the city and state, but after the state's tax credit agencies rejected the plan, the company has been getting better offers from out-of-state sources, including Covington. Ohio officials say they denied Pure Romance because the company isn't part of a target industry such as biotech, energy or logistics, but emails have suggested that the Republican state government is worried about the deal coming off as politically embarrassing because some of Pure Romance's products include sex toys.
Ohio coal officials repeatedly complained about the state's water pollution rules to Gov. John Kasich, whose administration then carried on the complaints to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Kasich's office insists it was just trying to collect "different viewpoints and then work together to challenge each other to do the best job possible," but environmental advocates say the governor was putting unfair pressure on a state agency just trying to do its job. The conflict might explain why the Ohio EPA's top water-quality official, George Elmaraghy, was forced to resign after claiming that coal companies are pursuing permits "that may have a negative impact on Ohio streams and wetlands and violate state and federal laws."
The tea party-backed pension reform effort on Thursday sued to change ballot language approved by the Hamilton County Board of Elections. The lawsuit says the current ballot language is making "conjecture and partisan argumentation" by claiming the pension amendment will force the city to raise taxes, fees or other revenues to cope with stricter requirements for paying back Cincinnati's $872 million pension liability. If it's approved by voters, the amendment would effectively privatize the city's pension system so future city employees, minus police and firefighters, would be required to contribute to and manage an individual 401k-style plan; currently, the city pools city employees' retirement funds, makes its own contribution and invests the funds through an independent board. CityBeat covered the tea party-backed pension amendment in further detail here.
Hamilton County sheriffs are rolling out a three-phase plan to move homeless squatters out of county buildings and especially the Hamilton County Courthouse, where much of the city's homeless population has been sleeping and defecating. Sheriffs will first set up bathrooms, such as portable potties, and try to identify the needs of the squatters and whether they should be connected to mental health or other services; during the month of the first phase, homeless people will be allowed to remain in the buildings. Then sheriffs will get more strict and forcibly remove people but still connect them to special services. Finally, the affected buildings will be cleaned up.
An upcoming report will likely place legislators and police and fire officials in conflict over the state's police and fire pension system. Supporters of the pension system claim it's financially stable, but a state consultants predicted that an actuarial report will soon show the pension system is failing to make its required commitments and will be unable to play for health care benefits beyond 15 years. Despite the problems, pension officials say they want to avoid more changes until the most recent changes are in place for one year. The most recent reforms will be officially in place for one year on July 2014, but they won't show up on actuarial reports until late 2015, which means further changes would have to be held off until 2016 at the earliest under pension officials' suggestion.
A lengthy, scathing report from the state's independent prison watchdog found skyrocketing violence and drug use, high staff turnover and low staff morale at the Toledo Correctional Institution.
Two private organizations and the city of Cincinnati are working to place 21 bike share stations with 10 bicycles each in Over-the-Rhine and downtown Cincinnati by spring 2014.
The reason reported mayoral primary results seemed to stall midway through counting: a memory card mix-up. Hamilton County Board of Elections Director Amy Searcy says the memory cards were never in an insecure environment, but some memory cards were locked up and left behind, while others were accidentally taken to a warehouse instead of the Board of Elections.
At four times their usual number, bats are forcing health officials to recommend rabies vaccinations and other disease-avoiding precautions to people in Kenton County in northern Kentucky.
Cincinnati's largest mall, currently known as Forest Fair Village and previously named Cincinnati Mall, Cincinnati Mills and Forest Fair Mall, is apparently not for sale, despite early reports from The Business Courier.
Social robots can easily replace humans as dogs' best friend, according to a new study in Animal Recognition.
New York City mayoral candidates see Cincinnati Public Schools' (CPS) community learning centers as a model for their city's schools. The centers bring members of the community, including dental clinics, mental health therapists and mentors from local banks and churches, to a school hub to keep students engaged after traditional classroom hours end. But an analysis from The New York Times also finds that progress has been fairly modest, with some schools in the district still struggling and graduation and attendance rates showing little sign of improvement. Still, CPS officials argue the initiative has helped mitigate the effects of poverty and hunger in the classroom. CityBeat covered CPS and its community learning centers back in October here.
The city of Cincinnati could take control of the Emery Theatre following a legal dispute between the Requiem Project, a nonprofit seeking to renovate the theater, and the University of Cincinnati, Emery Center Apartments Limited Partnership and the Emery Center Corporation, the group of leasers and owners trying to push Requiem out of the building. Requiem stated in a letter Friday that it would approve of the city taking over the building, a possibility currently being analyzed by Cincinnati's legal team. CityBeat first covered the Emery Theater situation in further detail here.
SoMoLend, the local startup and city partner that connects small businesses seeking loans and lenders, is being accused of fraud by the state of Ohio. The charges could force the high-profile business to shut down; for the time being, it's not giving out any loans in the state. In December, the city of Cincinnati teamed up with SoMoLend in a partnership that was meant to land local small businesses and startups much-needed loans through crowdfunding.
Ohio will spend $6.2 million this fiscal year to combat gambling addictions. With casinos, racinos and gambling generally expanding in Ohio, the state government is directing more money to county mental health and addiction boards to ensure problem gamblers are treated.
The two officers who were on the clock when death row inmate Billy Slagle hung himself have been put on paid administrative leave while the Ohio prisons department investigates what happened. Slagle was convicted of murder and sentenced to death — a punishment the Ohio Parole Board and Gov. John Kasich upheld in July despite pleas from a county prosecutor — but he hung himself days before he was supposed to be executed. CityBeat covered Slagle's case in further detail here.
Attorney General Mike DeWine is asking Ohioans to be cautious of unsolicited phone calls offering medical alert devices.
Cincinnati's Horseshoe Casino accidentally awarded two $1 million prizes on Saturday night. It turns out the casino gave a $1 million check to the wrong Kevin Lewis, so it decided to keep course with the original check and give another $1 million to the Lewis the check was originally intended for.
Cursive might get kicked from the classroom.
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is directing federal prosecutors to minimize the use of mandatory minimum drug sentences. The change will mostly benefit drug offenders with no ties to large-scale organizations, gangs or cartels and no history of violence.
Ohio gas prices dropped this week and remain below the national average.
Actual headline: "Video shows thief stealing cigarettes."
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Sanjay Gupta, neurosurgeon and CNN's medical respondent, is now down with marijuana.
City Council met yesterday for the first time since June and passed various development deals that span six Cincinnati neighborhoods. The deals include a 15-year tax abatement for the second phase of The Banks, which will produce 305 apartments and 21,000 square feet of retail space; several other apartment projects; new Over-the-Rhine headquarters for Cintrifuse, a small business and startup incubator; the redevelopment of Emanuel Community Center; and a new homeless shelter for women in Mt. Auburn. The deals are expected to lead to 575 new apartments around the city, which could help meet the high demand for new residential space downtown.
City Council also approved a motion that asks the city administration to begin preparations for a disparity study that would gauge whether the city should change its contracting policies to favor minority- and women-owned businesses. The motion asks the administration to either use part of the upfront money from leasing the city's parking meters, lots and garages to the Greater Cincinnati Port Authority or find an alternative source of funding. The study is required because of a 1989 U.S. Supreme Court case, which declared that governments must prove there's racial or gender-based disparity before changing policies to favor such groups. Since the city disbanded its last minority- and women-owned business program in 1999, contract participation rates have plummeted for minority-owned businesses and remained relatively flat for women-owned businesses.
Cincinnati and Hamilton County officials still have not reached a compromise on several local hiring and bidding policies for the Metropolitan Sewer District (MSD), which is owned by the county but run by the city. A moratorium on the controversial city policies expired on Aug. 1, prompting county commissioners to block an upcoming MSD project in a vote Wednesday. Councilman Chris Seelbach told WVXU that those working on a compromise just need a little more time, but he's confident they'll be able to reach an agreement. City Council passed hiring and bidding rules in May this year and June 2012 that require MSD contractors to meet certain job training requirements that council members say will lead to more local jobs, but county commissioners argue the standards are too strenuous and favor unions. CityBeat covered the dispute in further detail here.
State Reps. Connie Pillich and Denise Driehaus of Cincinnati will hold a press conference today asking Gov. John Kasich to launch an ethics investigation into JobsOhio, the privatized development agency. State Democrats have been particularly critical of JobsOhio since a Dayton Daily News report found six of nine JobsOhio board members have direct financial ties to companies that have taken state aid from the development agency. Republicans argue that JobsOhio's secretive, privatized nature allows it to expedite deals that bring businesses and jobs to the state, but Democrats claim the set-up lacks transparency and fosters corruption.
Only one-third of Ohio school levies were approved in a special election Tuesday. Despite an increase in funding in the most recent two-year state budget, state funding to schools has been slashed since Gov. John Kasich took office.
The Charter Committee's second round of endorsements for
this year's City Council elections went to Democrats Greg Landsman and
David Mann and Republican Amy Murray. Previous endorsements went to Independents Kevin Flynn and Vanessa White and Democrat Yvette Simpson. The Charter Committee isn't generally seen as a traditional political party, but it holds a lot of sway in local politics.
The Cincinnati Horseshoe Casino's monthly revenue for July was higher than it was in June but lower than March. For local and state officials, the trend up is a welcome sign as they hope to tap into the casino for tax revenue.
Cincinnati-based Kroger and Macy's are facing a boycott for opposing legislation in Texas that would make it easier for women to sue over wage discrimination.
The Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport is finding a niche with smaller airlines like Ultimate Air.
An app dubbed "lockout insurance" lets users scan keys then 3-D print them.
Six of nine JobsOhio board members have direct financial ties to companies that have received tax credits and other help from the agency and state government, an investigation from Dayton Daily News discovered. The members are connected in various ways: Some are employed by the companies, others sit on their boards and a few just own stocks. The conflicts of interest that could undermine JobsOhio's goals. The privatized development agency was established by Gov. John Kasich and Republican legislators to replace the Ohio Department of Development. Republicans claim JobsOhio's privatized nature allows it to move at "the speed of business" when luring companies to the state. But Democrats argue that the agency is unaccountable and draining state funds without any clear indication of where the money is going.
Meanwhile, JobsOhio gave financial aid to a company that simply shifted jobs from one city to another. The agency gave Timbertech a 50-percent credit to create 85 jobs in Wilmington, Ohio. The company is abiding, but it's simultaneously closing down a Columbus factory at the loss of 58 jobs.
Cincinnati will end up not laying off any city employees after City Council undoes $4 million in budget cuts with leftover revenue from the previous budget year. The restorations will reverse some or all of this year's cuts to human services, parks, the Health Department and other city programs. Council members called the higher-than-projected revenue evidence that Cincinnati's economic strategy is working. But the reversals also raise questions about the city administration's original claims: When the 2014 budget was first being considered, Mayor Mark Mallory and his administration said the city would have to lay off 344 workers, including many cops and firefighters, to balance the budget without the parking lease. But without any of the parking money allocated, the city managed to avert all layoffs and undo a bulk of cuts, largely by using better-than-expected revenues from the past budget year.
Fixing up the Great American Ball Park for the All-Star Game could cost county taxpayers $5 million. The All-Star costs are just one part of the $27 million taxpayers will pay to improve stadiums in Hamilton County over the next five years. Stadiums are often touted by local officials as a way to boost the economy, but economists and urban planners have found that publicly funded sports arenas don't lead to sizable economic growth.
Ohio's job growth is so slow that it will take nearly five years to recover all the jobs lost during the Great Recession.
Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld is leading fundraising for this year's Council campaigns.
The Cincinnati USA Chamber of Commerce is hosting two mayoral debates. This year's candidates are Vice Mayor Roxanne Qualls, ex-Councilman John Cranley, Jim Berns and Sandra "Queen" Noble. Qualls and Cranley are considered the two frontrunners.
The Cincinnati Art Museum is calling on community contributions to finish the second half of its renovations. The museum has raised $2.7 million out of the $6 million it needs.
Red Squirrel, a local restaurant chain, is closing down three of five eateries.
Internet-based psychotherapy apparently works.
It's not even two weeks since Gov. John Kasich signed the two-year state budget, and he's already pushing for the federally funded Medicaid expansion again. Kasich, a Republican, called on fellow advocates and Democrats to lobby Republican legislators into supporting the expansion. The administration says it would need legislation passed by the end of the summer if it's to get federal approval for an expansion by Jan. 1. Studies found the expansion would save the state money and insure nearly half a million Ohioans in the next decade. But Republican legislators passed on it, claiming the federal government can't afford the expansion even though the federal government has long upheld its commitment to Medicaid. CityBeat covered the state budget and Medicaid expansion in greater detail here.
Hamilton County commissioners are expected later today to repeal a funding hold on sewer projects, just a couple months after the hold was passed in response to controversial city laws. The city and county originally reached a compromise over the laws, but the deal appeared to have fallen through when City Council failed to approve its end of the bargain. Still, commissioners are moving forward with removing the funding hold, according to WVXU. CityBeat covered the city-county conflict in greater detail here.
Designers, engineers and architects will compete over how they'll cover Fort Washington Way in a few months, and Business Courier has some possibilities for where the project may go. The project is supposed to connect downtown and the riverfront, maximize economic development, encourage recreational activities, preserve openness and more. Although the first phase is just finishing, The Banks has already won awards, making the final connection between the area and downtown all the more important to city and county officials.
The Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments (OKI) will hold a meeting tonight for its regional strategic plan. Details are sparse, but OKI's first plan since 2005 will likely put a big emphasis on Cincinnati. A draft of the plan will likely be available in 2014. The meeting will be at Memorial Hall from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
MSNBC pundit Rachel Maddow was caught in a "pants on fire" statement by Cleveland's The Plain Dealer after she claimed Ohio's budget mandates women seeking an abortion to undergo a vaginal probe. The budget imposes new limits on legal abortions in Ohio and effectively defunds contraceptive care, cancer screenings and other non-abortion medical services at family planning clinics like Planned Parenthood, but it doesn't require women undergo a transvaginal ultrasound.
Cincinnati topped Terminix's annual bed bug list for most calls related to the critters, but it avoided a spot on another list for the highest increase in calls.
Warren County's racino is now hiring.
One good thing that came out of Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential campaign: swag for needy Kenyan youth.
Antimatter particles were detected erupting from solar flares.
One major problem in brain training studies: People always realize they're being tested, particularly if they're playing Tetris for hours.


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Located near Lisbon's new banking and business district, this hotel offers easy access to the city's main downtown shopping areas. The Lisbon International Airport and the connecting motorway system are also just a few metres away from this property.
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Staff very welcoming and helpful. Location quiet and restful but conveniently placed right across street from metro station. Walking distance from Park Eduardo, El Cortes Ingles and Gulbenkian .
Sinead wrote on January 4, 2012
Excellent hotel. I would certainly recommend it.
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The bar may be non alchoholic, check if this matters, it didn't us, the hotel was great and in a good location
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308 Valve Help
51 308 that we are currently going to grind the valves in. . . . i have a 48-52 shop manual but it is not very clear in what or how to adjust the valves. on top of the lifters there appears to be a small spring (not the valve spring) and ther does not appear to be any where to make adjustments. what do i have here ? should i take a couple pix's of the spring area or is it possible that these are hydraulic type lifters ? i guess a guy is never too old to learn. . . . . it seems that removing the valve springs is also somewhat of a problem. i have a spring compressor that may work but im not sure yet, still working on taking out the valve arrangment.
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You have hydraulic lifters in your 308 which were standard in the 1956 AMC Hudson 308 engine. To obtain the correct information and service proceedure for these lifters you will need to obtain a 1956 engine manual or a Motors manual that covers this model year. Hydraulics were only standard as an OE item in 1956 but could be added to any (Big Six) from 1948 thru 1956.
Yeah those are the hydraulic lifters, there's no adjustment....However, to be able to get the valve springs out, I found it necessary to remove the upper plungers and their body ( the part with the little spring) out of the mushroom tappets. You do this one at a time, while the valve spring compressor is holding the valve spring up as far as it can go, and carefully pull the plunger and plunger body out of the mushroom tappet, angling it out of the valve chamber on side of block. You must keep them in order so they go back in the lifter they came out of. Clean them good in Carb cleaner and blow dry. wipe the inner plunger lightly with engine oil, and press all the way down in the plunger body, and put them in tins or margarine tubs (keeping them in the order they came out) and cover with oil and let soak overnight or a couple days, place them with the little oil hole facing up, you should see tiny air bubbles come out, as the air comes out oil will fill the plunger body. They must be pushed down (fully collapsed) to get the air out, and then soaked to prime them some. When you put them back in, it's again one at a time, with valve spring compressed, then when in, you lower the valve spring compressor and remove the compressor. Now, after they are all in, you will see that there is some lash in there, since the lifters are fully collapsed (unless you ground the valve seats REAL deep, or used longer than stock valves, that is.) Next step is to disconnect the ignition wire from coil, and/or with sparkplugs out, crank the engine over on starter a few seconds at a time. Have a helper watch the lifters, to ensure that they start to pump up as the oil from oil pump gets to them. When they have pumped up to take up the lash, then you can put the spark plugs in, reconnect ignition wire to coil, and attempt to start. In my case, after the valve job, and the lifters primed and pumped up, the engine started instantly and ran smoothly and quietly and has been doing so for the last 5 years. Good Luck!
PS: I also found it necessary to turn the crank to rotate the cam lobes to the full down position for each valve in order to get the clearance needed to pull the plunger/ plunger bodies out. I did this 5 years ago....it's 2:16Am here, I was in the Emergency clinic around 9 pm Thursday for what seemed like an allergic reaction of some kind, my lower eyelids swelled up like water balloons, and my eyes were blurring and burning. heart rate and breathing were affected too. They gave me a steroid shot and the symptoms faded. This was after walking two miles for Mexican food, and walking back home, and boom, those symptoms appeared. I'm feeling much better now, but tired. Hope the instructions I gave help. I should be in bed. Keep me posted on you progress. Night now.
i thought thatmight be the case. i looked in the book at the pages and pix's referenced and that was not looking like what i had. (the manual is a poor re-print and the pix quality on half of them is un-readable) thanks for the re-assurance.
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i alwas was suspect of mexican food trying to kill ya. at least it seemed like it the next morning. hope your better this morning.
another interesting situation came up after trying to get the final valve up and out. it was stuck. the valve guide came out with the valve. frozen on the valve shaft. CRAP ! besides probably not being able to save the guide or the valve, whatta ya all think it may have done to the block ? would the proper proceedure be to have a new guide installed or knurl a used on (on the outside) or are these a peice of cast steel ? i got a bit discouraged and just put it in the plastic bag with rust remover on it and quit for the night.
open for suggestions for sure.
davidh -
Was the guide moving up and down in bore of the block while running? Or did you drive it up and out from bottom of block, with camshaft out? May have to hone the bore out, and use an oversized guide for that particular bore. The original guides are cast iron, not steel. They are actually quite brittle. Try using a small brake hone to clean up the bore some, and then use a small telescoping guage to measure the ID of bore. It should be about at least .002" smaller than the replacement guide for a cold press fit. I fitted my 308 with silicone bronze guides. They will not rust to valve stems like the cast iron ones, but they require lots more reaming to size after being pressed into the block, due to the bronze being a "springier" metal. I'm sure the silicone bronze is easier to knurl than the cast iron guides. The cast iron used in the original guides seems too brittle to be really malleable for the knurling tool. I think my silicone bronze guides were made up on lathe by Randy Maas, so he can probably make one oversized to fit the worn bore in your block, but you need to get an accurate measurement of the bore ID.
Speaking of my little episode last night, I'm feeling ok now, but there are a couple of water blister things just below my lower eyelids, so now I'm suspecting that maybe the restaurant used Habanero peppers in their salsa, pico de gallo, and it got on my fingers, and I may have inadverently rubbed my lower eyelids while walking home....any way it hurt, my eyes were blurring, and when I went to look in the mirror, I freaked, I looked like some puffed , bloodshot eyed creature from a horror/ sci-fi film. Kenneth -
kenneth, the 308 has not run since about 1967, not even turned over 'cept when we freed it up after draggin it home. this morning first thing, i pushed the valve right out thru the guide after an overnight soak in sylicroil (sp). we use that in our repair business on a regular basis.. anyway, the valve was only varnish stuck in the guide. the guide looks new, the valves look like new except for one that actually looks like a factory defect. i will attempt to replace the guide in the block using a custom rod with a shoulder on it for pushing it in. one new valve shsould do it, and the seats look great too after using a power wire brush on them. where does a guy find one of them old lapping tools with a suction cup on the bottom that you run like a hand operated drill. . . . a couple turns in one direction and a partial turn in reverse with lapping compound. dang, this old gal might even start. i do need to buy a headgaket however. . . $85 sounds about right as far as i can find. then we can determine if the car is worth all the other work it needs. . . like interior, complete strip down and etch primer, then whatever the lad needs or wants to do to it. he plans to use it this winter to go to college. actually im only supervising the operation, he's nearly 18 and doing it all himself, out in the dirt, next to the garage. . . quite a boy and a helll of a hudnut for sure. . .


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Tenancy Deposit Protection comes into force on 6 April 2007. Any deposits taken on and after that date for Assured Shorthold Tenancies in England and Wales must be protected by one of three government-approved schemes. Tenancy Deposit Solutions Ltd is one of those schemes and is open to both landlords and agents.
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The Rockies made a stupid decision, more star players have ended up on the DL, the Orioles bullpen continues to be a mess and Roy Oswalt has a story that will make you love him.
I don't get it. The Rockies gave Chris Iannetta a 3-year deal worth $8.3 million. The club then brought in Miguel Olivo in on a 1-year, $2.5 million deal to serve as his the backup. Three weeks into the season, the situation has been reversed. In fact, it's worse than that as Iannetta has actually been sent down to Triple-A. Does this make any sense? I know that Iannetta is hitting .133 with 11 Ks in 30 at-bats, Olivo is hot as he is hitting .311 with five bombs, but how can the team possibly send out their "starting" catcher after 30 at-bats? Just what in the heck is Chris going to prove at Triple-A? After all, this is a man who has 293 games of big league experience. I know it's not the best way to compare players, but here is what each man would do based on a 162 game season.
Iannetta: .239-23-86-70 with a .357 OBP and a .799 OPS
Olivo: .244-21-72-63 with a .279 OBP and a .707 OPS
Clearly Iannetta is the more complete hitter, and three weeks doesn't change that at all. I preach patience all the time in the fantasy game. Clearly, I have to start preaching the same thing to real world teams as the Rockies pulled the classic, knee jerk move of making a move that they will regret when the summer hits.
Jason Bay hit his first homer of the year on Tuesday ending a drought that had reached 108 at-bats dating back to last year. Look for him to relax and possibly take off shortly.
Vladimir Guerrero is playing right field on Tuesday as the Rangers were forced to put Nelson Cruz on the DL with a hamstring issue. I don't think that is a plan the club should follow. Leave Vlad at DH where he has been ripping it up to the tune of a .371 average, and put David Murphy in the field. Not only does this make the most sense because of the health concerns with Vlad, it also would help my Jed Wars team where I have Murphy as one of my outfielders. Speaking of Jed Wars, here is a link to one of the videos I did for the league. It explains my love of fantasy baseball in The Illustrated Ray Flowers. Do you love my art or what? I know, Picasso has nothing on me.
The Orioles will no longer simply give the ball to Jim Johnson in the ninth Inning. "Whoever can get outs is going to get a chance," manager Jim Trembley said. "I don't think there are any roles. There is no closer right now for me." Seems like Mike Gonzalez will have a good shot at reclaiming the role once he returns. Too bad we have no idea when that might be (a report suggested that he won't been cleared to throw until Monday).
If you didn't love Roy Oswalt already, these two stories should clinch it. (1) Oswalt's parents live in the same town, in the same house, that they have since Roy was a child. Oswalt bought a home that is about ½ a mile from his parents house. The family owns a restaurant there. Oh, and Roy married a gal who is from the same town. Gotta love that. (2) Oswalt's career was saved by, and I'm not making this up, an electric shock. In 1999 his shoulder was jacked up (it took six Advil for him just to get to sleep). How did he get past it? No, not surgery, but a spark plug. While working on his truck a bolt of electricity ran through his body and fixed his shoulder. If you don't love all that, I don't know what to tell you.
Ryan Zimmerman (hamstring) continues to be out of the starting lineup. I'm not ready to call this a Red Sox-like situation with how they handled Jacoby Ellsbury, but if all Z. can do is pinch hit, why not just put him on the DL to make sure both his hamstrings are healthy? He hasn't played a full game since April 21st.
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Would it not be easier to use Google Docs to invite comments? I doubt Google will go away very soon :-)
Yes I investigated and found that too! An unforeseen development with Huddle pulling out, that must have happened over the Christmas break. I'll try to send it round via email
Hi Julian,
I just tried accessing Huddle Workspaces, got a message about the service being retired in March, clicked through to Huddle and then got the error pasted below. Logging out/in of rsafellowship.com made no difference, and I assume that signing up for a native Huddle account would be no use as then it is no longer being accessed via Ning and wouldn't "know who I am".
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Hi all and happy new year
There's been no new traffic on the site since my last post. Does that mean none of you could access the discussion doc in the Huddle workspace I mentioned?
If there's a problem I could find a way to email it to all of you.
PS I should add that for now, please share your comments on the Huddle document in this Comment space, so that other Fellows on the Ning site can see what we're up to, and hopefully get attracted into joining us!
Right on cue, see the announcement that's just been made to launch a new Government Foresight programme on the future of manufacturing. This is what is referred to in the document I have uploaded to the Huddle Workspace and which they have invited us to contribute to.
Hi everyone
I'm really interested in this group and really pleased to see it being lively! We are tiny tiny manufacturer in Southampton and I'm aware that we are probably 'reinventing the wheel' a bit so I'd be really keen, where I can, to learn from others. I'm not able to get to London for early morning meetings but can do later in the day - hope there's something soon that I can attend.
Great post Andrew, and great to have you in this group. I remember Solderpad very well from the Catalyst panel discussion about it.
I have now posted up a discussion document that summarises what I think the current state of play on RSA manufacturing is, and my suggestions for how we could take it forward.
I've created a dedicated Huddle Workspace for manufacturing, but I'm new to this so bear with me while I try to invite you all into the space. I think I have to "friend" all of you in Ning to do so, so expect some pings from me and please accept!
If you're not sure where/what I mean by Huddle scroll up to the top of this Ning Screen and you'll see an option to click on "Huddle Workspaces"
I'm new to this platform, and realised that a more appropriate place to post would be a new topic in the forum and so I've moved my previous post there. Also clarified that my disappointment with decline of interest in manufacturing was targeted at the UK and possibly the West, rather than the RSA (I couldn't comment on the latter!)
I'll post up a note that I've produced trying to map out all the manufacturing-related initiatives I know about. But the answer does obviously depend on how you define manufacturing.
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Yes, my family were immigrants, but we came to America legally!That´s the difference, Jug Ears!
Native Americans came from someplace else.
Our ancestors may have come from someplace else, but they built this country. "You didn´t build this ..." Yes, they did.
Obama can only speak to/of his own experience. Obviously, he came from someplace else and hasn´t bothered building anything he can take credit for.
Obama came from an alien orifice
So what!
My ancestors did not break immigration law, customs law, labor laws; nor did they falsify US documents or committ perjury. We are a nation of LEGAL immigrants, Emperor Strawman. Your open border policy is crushing the working class. Their wages haven´t gone up in three decades. Guess you´d rather have them dependent on your food stamp rolls than to make enough to feed their families. Your open border policy has destroyed Mexican society. You do-gooding liberals help a handful of your pet Mexicans that make it up to your sanctuary cities, but there is no "sanctuary" for the Mexicans left behind in Mexico. They live in a country with no real economy besides gun running and drug smuggling because their able-bodied work force is up in the US mowing some white liberal´s lawn.
WRONG! "Native" Americans came from Asia. They are from someplace else too. And they were not even the first people here. There is now proof that European people came over the frozen Atlantic 15,000 years before the "natives" came over the Bering Strait.
How many decades and centuries before Obama considers me a native American??? My family was here long before there was a United States of America. I think I qualify!
Native: from the Latin word natus meaning born.Someone born in the country in which they live is a native.If you have a birth certificate stating that you were born in any of the fifty states or U.S. territories, you are a Native American.Should not be confused with Aboriginal American.
Last I checked, it´s been awhile mind you, but my birth certificate has Abington, Pa written on it. Perhaps, from Prez Nada this "you´re from somewhere else" is a bit of what is known as transference... I´m sure a bit of photoshop and I can get it to say whatever I want including, Indonesia, Kenya, whatever
Who the heck can understand Obama´s mind. His statements, which of course he does not write, but condones, indicate he has gone "around the bend". In my opinion, he has become unbalanced. Wonder what Dr Krauthammerthinks ? What in G_d´s name do native Americans have to do with LEGAL immigration.The examples he uses are mindless and he has become scary to rational citizens, at least many I know personally.
#4 is exactly right. The latest evidence shows that the earliest inhabitants of what is now the United States came from Scandinavia. OMG! White people are the original "native Americans". I want our casinos back!
No, I was born in Wisconsin.
Whatta jeenyus. Two big flubs right off.As noted by poster[s], the forbears of the Indians also "came here." Land bridge across the [current] Bering Strait.And... if you are an American from birth, you are a native America.The "indigenous people" are called American aborigines, or American Indians.But so what? That justifies nothing.
My family came here on a boat, the Mayflower.
Seems that the Jerk in Chief has one of this type of wisdom daily. A wise blithering idiot is prez.
I was born in the USA, a descendant of legal immigrants. What´s your point, Obama?
#2 beat me to it. I call them Sino-Americans since they came from Asia across the land bridge.
My roots go back to the trail of tears!
How many generations does it take before you are native?
Why does THIS President always think in terms of, ´us vs. THEM?´ He is undoubtedly the most divisive President ever! His feigned ignorance of the USA´s concept of, ´´E Pluribus Unim,´´ excludes all hope of attaining, ´´Domestic Tranquility,´´ as long as he continues his community agitator taunts.
It´s so difficult to watch him speak. Can´t do it! Did he itch his eyebrow with his middle finger again this time? Or did he flip us off with his words?
I was born in a crossfire hurricane....
Somebody brought me?I´m sorry, I brought myself. Legally.
You dork. you are an ass. I´m a mix just like you. Of Native American (Cherokee) heritage, and German/Russian ancestors. A LEGAL resident whose grandparents came over and docked at Ellis Island. Uncles shot by Tzars for their horses. The Tzar confiscated them just as you steal from us and would have us shot as well. My mother has the Cherokee blood. Granted, not enough to attempt to sponge off your government, but she was as much Cherokee as your lawyer friend, Lizzie Warren I am America. Which is much more than YOU can claim.
My kid´s teacher pulled that same carp on her in high school. I countered by sending a letter with the name, date of birth and place of birth of everyone in our direct line going back to 1750, when the first Chumley got off the boat from Europe. Then I asked this "educator" just how many generations had to be born here before we could be called "real" Americans.I got no answer, but she never repeated that BS while my kid was in her class.
What #2 & #8 said.There is a European "Mongolian" mummified human, predating American "Indians" in limbo. The Native American tribes will not allow it to be studied *officially* because it was found on sacred ground.Many believe that the real reason is because they don´t want a different race to predate them.Mr. President, we are ALL immigrants here & we ALL must become citizens either through our immigration process, or by a war, take your pick.
Again trying to set the premise, as if there´s no difference between the nation-building encouragement of legal immigration that has taken place for centuries and the current unchecked flow of criminals, freeloaders, and the destitute as they make their way north from the land of the cartels.
Two words for Barack Obama, "Land Bridge". Or maybe "ocean voyagers". Native Americans migrated here from another place.Nobody "brought" him, he was the son of a Kenyan immigrant and an american citizen and raised primarily in a non african-american culture. He is only related to descendents of slaves by skin color. I´m tired of him and his claims of racism to hide the failures of this administration.
Speaking as the descendant of people who arrived here in 1609 AD and around 11,000 BC, every one of my ancestors came from ´somewhere else.´ And I am a native-born American. Unlike our ´president´ - where are the transcripts, BTW?
Even indigenous people came from someplace else if you go back far enough.
For all his degrees and fancy schools, Obama really doesn´t know very much, does he?
Yes, if you were born here you are a true NATIVE American. By the way, I don´t believe there ever was an aboriginal American because, as I mentioned earlier, they all came from elsewhere. By the way, if those first Europeans were of Scandinavian ancestry, then I too want a piece of the casinos!! Lol!
The human race developed on the African-Europe-Asian land mass.Any humans living someplace other than that land mass came to where they are from there.Some of us even have birth certificates to prove it.
They´re just Earlier Immigrants.
This guy is just a complete flamer, through and through.
What a bedwetter and whiner. A tall guy with a Napolean Complex.Matter of a fact Zippy, somebody did bring them and we were in shipping back then.And BTW, we did build that. We cling to our guns and religion too.
The Indians are merely itinerant Asians, who came to the Western Hemisphere about 14,000 years ago, and promptly slew all the megafauna (large animals).I´m a native American. I was born in the U.S.
"somebody brought you" ?Historians will look back on these last two elections in America and surmise that most of the nation´s lefty voters were psychotic, narcissistic, demented, stoopid, lazy, and compulsive liars.....who liked to "skeet" shoot whenever they could.B.Hussein is a total pantload, he´s full of it, and anybody in these here 57 states who falls for his Muslim crap is as foolish and pig-headed as he is......Now get me some arugula and warm up Air Force One, I´m going back to Kenya, er, uh, um Indonesia, um, er uh, I mean Chicago......whatever!
He´s appealing to his base, is all. The nofos have no idea where American Indians came from.
If you´ve ever watched THAT 70´s SHOW, This is the part where Eric´s father, RED, walks into the room after hearing what Hussein just said, stands face to face with that skinny skeet shooter, and says one word to him: "DUMBASS"!This is the best Harvard had to offer America? I´d take a guy from junior college over this ass-clown of a pResident!
Intimidate by inducing guilt. The faux-president knows it works on Republicans every time.
Not that it´s anything to crow about, but I was born in Maryland, Zippity...not Kenya or Iran like certain other people.
These are all great posts. Most of the people posting here are more "native" than Obama is--and I include the immigrants who came here to be "American" and work hard.
I´ve got news for you Barry. Native Americans came from somewhere else too.
For me the key part of this quote is "somebody else brought you."How Obamaesque to assign agency elswhere. "You didn´t build it, somebody else did." It is ingrained in his way of thinking.
Actually, Mr. President, Native Americans are not native.They migrated here by way of the Bering Sea Land Bridge over 10,000 years ago.
If it was up to the Mastodons, they would have deported Native American illegal aliens for violations of the Endangered Species act.
Even if his argument were true (which it isn´t), it would signify absolutely nothing in this current debate over illegal immigration.Another version of "You didn´t build that."
I am a third generation Texan. My great grandparents came from somewhere else -- Virginia.
Does anyone believe that Obama even knows about the "Land Bridge"?He is one ignorant son of a gun. Pathetic.
He is simply a man without a country. Perhaps he want´s us to feel his pain?Semper Paratus
Not exactly a man without a country...half Kenyan, half Communist.
Where did you come from President Obama? Also why are your records sealed? I do not believe Lincoln"s records were ever sealed or any other Presidents. What are you hiding?
It wasn´t "America" until after Columbus.How can the "native Americans" be the first Americans?
Kennewick Man´s remains reveals that he was of European descent, and his remains predate those of the earliest so-called ´´native Americans´´. Researchers aren´t sure yet how or why he ended up in the Pacific Northwest before the Indians, but there he was.I resent NOT being referred to as a Native American......I.WAS.BORN.HERE.


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Today is Day 13 of the Thirty Days of Love. Today's action is to reach out in your community to do interfaith service projects. Click here for resources, family actions, and more! Click here to sign up for the daily Thirty Days of Love emails.
The leader of the Buddhist Meditation Group at my church describes practicing Buddhism as his way of finding the secret to life–the same secret that Muslims, Catholics, and Jews seek in their own faith traditions. Through my own spiritual exploration, I have realized that any self-proclaimed religious or spiritual being has found a unique and valuable secret to life.
It was not until I was a freshman in high school that I realized that my secret to life would stem from Unitarian Universalism, and not, in fact, the religion that I was born into. But I realized that by choosing to go out and find some secret, no matter how diverse our practices of exploring it may be, we all are ultimately chasing shared goals: social justice, empowerment, advocacy, and wholeness.
We all know that healthy relationships are driven by honesty and fidelity and are only possible when secrets are shared. The same is true for interfaith relationships between communities. What is service if these "life secrets" are kept? What is social justice without dialogue inspired by diverse ideas, beliefs, and ideologies? For my Girl Scout Gold Award project, I held an Interfaith Leadership Summit for high school youth to present their life secrets, spiritual investigation, and lived experiences. A summit that would, in turn, create a flow of ideas between the temples, mosques, and churches in my community.
Participants in this summit, held at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Reading, initiated dialogue, listened to speakers, and engaged in workshops designed to highlight the commonality in our diversity. They learned that you don't have to go miles, crossing town lines, or state borders, to find a community invested in the same principles as your own. That same community could exist within the church next door or the temple across the street. And all you have to do is walk in the door.
For today's action, put aside your differences, find common ground, and undertake an interfaith service project to better your community. Click here for resources to get you started.
In faith,
Jenna Crawford
Jenna is a high school senior and attends the UU Church of Reading, Massachusetts. Inspired by her beginnings in community engagement working on Luna Farm and volunteering with the ARC of Eastern Massachusetts, she has taken up the call for social justice in her school and larger community.


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Yeah I totally get it, the addons could easily be shaved down.
Yeah I totally get it, the addons could easily be shaved down.
All those AddOns will be useful for my upcoming missions (3 projects)... Anyway thanks for yours "support". Keep on working on fixing some minor bugs... See yah
I agree with don't let to play ofp, and test missions for another ofp fans or members, but I don't think so 700mb in addons be necessary for one mission. Remember, some people don't like missions with too addons, I don't say for me, but for another people. There are some people with a internet so slowly, and I'm sure they won't download it.
New version released, same addons but bugs fixed & sound improvements
Argh just deleted the old addon folder will give this one another go soon.
Just tried downloading new version I did something wrong now I need to wait 24 mins ahh nightmare.
I will have to give it a go 2mrw mate try uploading your mission to game front its easy with allot less hassle.
New mission's download link for those who don't want to wait.
Kick ass mission dude.
Pretty much everything worked perfectly this time with a couple of exceptions.
The harrier missed his target but camp blew up anyway lol.
Mission failed instead of won at end.
Breifing text could be cleaned up a bit.
Saw and did allot of new stuff that had either been added in or I didnt see on first go.
I think some of the music and sound effects are new from the old version they build the atmosphere well.
I had no idea how cool the final objective actually was, very nice.
I noticed you have shaved down the addons slightly (don't remember seeing any philipino jihadists this time).
Object placement is awesome it really does look like a genuine jihadist training camp.
I highly recommend this to anyone seeking a very realistic mission.
One thing you could do to make the addon situation less tedious is to do what the lol clan do and just put your mod folder into a rar file so its ready to use right after its downloaded.
Now all you need is a couple more missions like this to slam into a mini campaign
Wow! thanks once more for testing it. You're right, music & sound effects are brand new, keep on working for shaved down some AddOns. Well, the mission will end when you enter the LAV close to the returning point, so you got time enought for congratulations with your teams and so on... About my next mission is called "The capture", don't know if it will be the last one for 1.96 or 1.99 cause I think its time to take an evolution , probably under ARMA III . The future will talk...
I think 1.99 is still buggy, I sure as hell don't use it yet.
Look forward to your next mission.


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Teenagers acquire superpowers and, being teenagers, videotape themselves as they learn what they can do in Chronicle, an entertaining comic-book movie without the comic book.
The film is an exercise in the child's game "What would you do if you had superpowers?"
Viewers know that virginal, nerdy, downtrodden Andrew (Dane DeHaan) is going to address every tormentor and every torment once he's wandered down that crater and touched the magic pulsating crystals.
His cerebral cousin Matt (Alex Russell) will get to test out what he's read about humans as " beings of pure will."
And Steve (Michael B. Jordan), the popular kid, will find something to do with his new skills in telekinesis.
The clever conceit here is that each boy already has the emotional issues or personality that will inform how he handles great, seemingly unlimited power. They can goof around, figuring out who can take a smack from a baseball and who can first master flying.
But when teenagers do what teenagers do — act impulsively — some will handle the ugly consequences better than others.
Matt wants them to follow some rules: "No using it on living things. You can't use it when you'r e angry." He would also like to impress a lovely video blogger (Ashley Hinshaw), if only he could show her his little secret.
The gregarious Steve helps Andrew come out of his shell and join the ranks of the popular by concocting a cute magic act with him.
And Andrew is so bent, so twisted up by his dying mom, his alcoholic dad and the bitter hand that life has dealt him that he can't come up with a way to try and help his mother with this new omnipotence.
The young actors are charismatic, sympathetic and charming. The flying effects are first-rate: humans frolicking convincingly in the clouds.
The script — by director Josh Trank and Max Landis — sets us up for obvious payoffs, then trips us up. Even when it follows a predictable path, it takes detours.
That makes Chronicle a semi-serious sci-fi romp — lighter and more fun than many of the comic-book movies from which it steals — and a superhero movie in which nobody ever crusades or wears a cape.