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Developer(s) | Valve Corporation
Turtle Rock Studios (Xbox) |
Publisher(s) | Valve Corporation Sierra Studios (former) Microsoft Game Studios (Xbox) |
Distributor(s) | Steam (online)
Valve Corporation (1.0-1.5 retail) |
Designer(s) | Minh "Gooseman" Le Jess Cliffe |
Engine | GoldSrc (Half-Life) |
Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows, Xbox, OS X, Linux |
Release date(s) | Windows
Genre(s) | First-person shooter |
Mode(s) | Multiplayer |
Distribution | CD-ROM, digital distribution |
Counter-Strike is a tactical first-person shooter video game developed by Valve Corporation which originated from a Half-Life modification by Minh "Gooseman" Le and Jess "Cliffe" Cliffe. By the fourth beta version, Valve Software, the developer who created Half-Life, began assisting in the development of Counter-Strike.[1] In 2000, Valve bought the rights to Counter-Strike, and would publish the title for Microsoft Windows that year, and later in 2003 for the Xbox. OS X and Linux ports were available in January 2013.[2]
The game has been expanded into a series since its original release, which currently includes Counter-Strike: Condition Zero, Counter-Strike: Source, and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. Counter-Strike pits a team of terrorists against a team of counter-terrorists in a series of rounds. Each round is won by either completing the mission objective or eliminating the opposing force.
The game was the most played Half-Life modification in terms of players, according to GameSpy in 2008.[3]
As of August 2011, the Counter-Strike franchise has sold over 25 million units.[4]
Counter-Strike is a first-person shooter in which players join either the terrorist team, the counter-terrorist team, or become spectators. Each team attempts to complete their mission objective and/or eliminate the opposing team. Each round starts with the two teams spawning simultaneously.
A player can choose to play as one of eight different default character models (four for each side, although Counter-Strike: Condition Zero added two extra models, bringing the total to ten). Players are generally given a few seconds before the round begins (known as "freeze time") to prepare and buy equipment, during which they cannot attack or move (one notable exception is that a player may receive damage during freeze time. This happens when a map is changed to spawn players at a certain height above the ground, thus causing fall damage to the player. This is a method map designers use to alter the starting "HP" of players on a map). They can return to the buy area within a set amount of time to buy more equipment (some custom maps included neutral "buy zones" that could be used by both teams). Once the round has ended, surviving players retain their equipment for use in the next round; players who were killed begin the next round with the basic default starting equipment.
Standard monetary bonuses are awarded for winning a round, losing a round, killing an enemy, being the first to instruct a hostage to follow, rescuing a hostage or planting (Terrorist) /defusing (Counter Terrorist)the bomb(C4)in the bomb site.
The scoreboard displays team scores in addition to statistics for each player: name, kills, deaths, and ping (in milliseconds). The scoreboard also indicates whether a player is dead, carrying the bomb (on bomb maps), or is the VIP (on assassination maps), although information on players on the opposing team is hidden from a player until his/her death, as this information can be important.
Killed players become "spectators" for the duration of the round; they cannot change their names before their next spawn, text chat cannot be sent to or received from live players, and voice chat can only be received from live players and not sent to them (unless the console variable sv_alltalk is set to 1). Spectators are generally able to watch the rest of the round from multiple selectable views, although some servers disable some of these views to prevent dead players from relaying information about living players to their teammates through alternative media (most notably voice in the case of Internet cafes and Voice over IP programs such as TeamSpeak or Ventrilo). This form of cheating is known as "ghosting."
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Counter-Strike is itself a mod, and it has developed its own community of script writers and mod creators. Some mods add bots, while others remove features of the game, and others create different modes of play. Some mods, often called "admin plugins", give server administrators more flexible and efficient control over his or her server. There are some mods which affect gameplay heavily, such as Gun Game, where players start with a basic pistol and must score kills to receive better weapons, and Zombie Mod, where one team consists of zombies and must "spread the infection" by killing the other team (using only the knife). There are also the Superhero and mods which mix the first-person gameplay of Counter-Strike with an experience system, allowing a player to become more powerful as they continue to play. The game is also highly customizable on the player's end, allowing the user to install or even create their own custom skins, HUDs, spray graphics, sprites, and sound effects, given the proper tools.
Counter Strike has been a prime target for exploitation by cheaters since its release. In-game, cheating is often referred to as "hacking" in reference to programs or "hacks" executed by the client.
- Wallhacks allows players to see through walls. These work by displaying objects that are normally obscured or by replacing opaque game textures with translucent ones. As the engine renders only the immediate area around the player, this does not allow a player to see the entire level at once.
- Speedhacks give the player increased foot speed. These work by sending false synchronization data to the server.
- No recoil removes any recoil (and thus improves accuracy) from a player's weapon.
- No spread is used to remove the random deviation normally experienced when the player shoots. This is similar to the recoil hack.
- Aimbots help the player aim at enemies, by auto-targeting other players. These work by using the game client library to calculate an enemy player's 2D coordinates from 3D space and automatically moving the player's mouse to the enemy target. It also consists of headshot aiming where a player shoots a bullet at the enemy which directly hits the enemy's head resulting in a one hit kill.
- ESP shows textual information about the enemy; such as health, name and distance; also information about weapons lying around the map, which could be missed without the hack. Most ESP cheats show info through walls.
- Barrel hack depicts an enemy's gaze as a visible line, this is also visible in the killcam.
- Anti-flash and anti-smoke remove the effects of the flashbang and smoke grenade. Implementation is derived from the wall hack.
- Unlimited HP and ammo are not hacks, but are server side modifications.
- Strafe hack allows players to jump longer, taking advantage of the source engine's strafe function, in which speed (or distance in this case) can be generated by strafing. A strafe hack strafes faster than humanly possible, as well as timing the A and D movement nearly perfectly with mouse movement.
- Bunnyhop script a script that causes the player to jump exactly when they hit the ground, this can be exploited along with strafing to gain an unreasonable amount of speed (bunnyhopping can commonly be mistaken as speed hacking, but bunnyhopping itself is not a hack. using a script to do so however, is). This can be done legitimately as well, but is not nearly as effective. Players can navigate a map in a fraction of what it would take normally via bunnyhopping.
Valve Anti-Cheat[edit]
Valve has implemented an anti-cheat system called Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC). Players cheating on a VAC-enabled server risk having their account permanently banned from all VAC-secured servers.
With the first version of VAC, a ban took hold almost instantly after being detected and the cheater had to wait 2 years to have the account unbanned.[6] Since VAC's second version, cheaters are not banned automatically. With the second version, Valve instituted a policy of 'delayed bans,' the theory being that if a new hack is developed which circumvents the VAC system, it will spread amongst the 'cheating' community. By delaying the initial ban, Valve hopes to identify (and ban) as many cheaters as possible. Like any software detection system, some cheats are not detected by VAC and at times, the only effective anti-cheat solution is a human administrator watching an online game. Some servers implement a voting system, in which case players can call for a vote to kick or ban the accused cheater. VAC's success at identifying cheats and banning those who use them has also provided a boost in the purchasing of private cheats.[7] These cheats are updated frequently to minimize the risk of detection, and are generally only available to a trusted list of recipients who collectively promise not to reveal the underlying design. Even with private cheats however, some servers have alternative anticheats to coincide with VAC itself. This can help with detecting some cheaters, but most paid for cheats are designed to bypass these alternative server-based anticheats.
When Counter-Strike was published by Sierra Entertainment/Vivendi Universal Games, it was bundled with Team Fortress Classic, Opposing Force multiplayer, and the Wanted, Half-Life: Absolute Redemption and Firearms mods."[8]
On March 24, 1999, Planet Half-Life opened its Counter-Strike section. Within two weeks, the site had received 10,000 hits. On June 19, 1999, the first public beta of Counter-Strike was released, followed by numerous further "beta" releases. On April 12, 2000, Valve announced that the Counter-Strike developers and Valve had teamed up.
Counter-Strike's primary beta release dates occurred on:[9]
- Beta 1: June 19, 1999
- Beta 2: August 13, 1999
- Beta 3: September 14, 1999
- Beta 4: November 5, 1999
- Beta 5: December 23, 1999
- Beta 6: March 10, 2000
- Beta 7: August 26, 2000
The non-beta public release dates of Counter-Strike are as follows:[10]
- Version 1.0: November 1, 2000
- Version 1.1: March 13, 2001
- Version 1.3: September 12, 2001
- Version 1.4: April 24, 2002
- Version 1.5: June 12, 2002
- Version 1.6: September 9, 2003
Note: Version 1.6 effectively coincided with the release of Valve Software's Steam content delivery system on September 12, 2003. All further updates and bug fixes have been dynamically delivered via Steam, without any specific new version numbers. The name or abbreviation "1.6" is often used to differentiate it from the later versions Counter-Strike: Source and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.
In March 2007, Valve implemented mandatory advertisements through Steam in official maps and in the game's GUI overhead. Customers have expressed frustration with the ads, including an over 200 page thread on Valve's official forums, saying that they violate original terms of service and distract from the game.[11] The thread was later deleted by an unknown moderator.
In January 2013, Valve began a Beta of 1.6 for targeting Linux and OS X users. The updates are available for Windows users via the Beta opt-in tab as part of the properties of the game within Steam.[12] These changes were later rolled into an update of the standard (non-Beta) game in April 2013.[13]
Counter-Strike: Condition Zero[edit]
Counter-Strike Game Counter-Strike: Condition Zero (also known by the abbreviation CS:CZ, CSCZ or just CZ) - continuation of the story of the famous Counter-Strike, designed for both single and multiplayer games. On the creation of Condition Zero, which has been mistaken for Counter-Strike 2[according to whom?], worked the game industry giants such as: Rogue Entertainment,Gearbox Software, Ritual Entertainment, Turtle Rock Studio itself Valve Software from 2002 to 2004. Condition Zero is a combination of the original Counter-Strike, new maps, weapons, improved textures, models, sounds, and gameplay. Taken from the Counter-Strike player models have been enhanced with new: kontrterroristov the camp, in addition to the existing SEAL Team 6, GSG 9, SAS and GIGN, was added Spetsnaz - Russian special forces, to their opponents joined by far-right extremist movement Midwest Militia, adding to the next row terrorist organizations: Phoenix Connexion, Elite Crew, Arctic Avengers and Guerilla Warfare. Some game items appeared in Counter-Strike 1.6 was originally presented only in Condition Zero, for example: weapons FAMAS, IMI Galil and Tactical Shield. No less pleasant addition to Condition Zero, is a new artificial intelligence hostages, who even rewarded them with emotions. They run away, if left unprotected, panicking when they hear shooting, "talk" with terrorists and special forces, can move around the map using the stairs, etc. The
Counter-Strike: Source[edit]
Counter-Strike received a major technology update and refresh on November 1, 2004 with the release of Counter-Strike: Source, which was heavily updated using Valve's Source game engine to take advantage of more modern graphics and audio hardware. However, the original Counter-Strike is still available and played by many people via Steam, as the two variants are quite different, and players inevitably prefer one variant over the other. Moreover, the system requirements of the original game are lower, which makes it accessible to a larger portion of the gaming populace. Both versions continue to co-exist today.
Counter-Strike Online[edit]
Counter-Strike Online is available in South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, China/Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Turkey and is now fully online. It is developed by Nexon Corporation with oversight from license-holder Valve Corporation, and is an attempt to increase market share of Valve's games in the Asian gaming market.
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive [edit]
Main article: Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Counter-Strike Global Offensive was the 5th release in the Counter-Strike Franchise.[14] The game was built using the latest Source engine. Valve intended the game for casual and the competitive community. The game features more weapons, game mode and maps in the game.
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Counter-Strike received generally favorable reviews.[17] The New York Times reported that E-Sports Entertainment ESEA League started the first professional fantasy e-sports league in 2004 [18] around the game of Counter-Strike.[19] Some credit the move into professional competitive team play with prizes as a major factor in Counter-Strike's longevity and success.[20]
Counter-Strike faced controversy in April 2007 when Jack Thompson, a now-disbarred attorney from Florida, predicted that the perpetrator of the Virginia Tech Massacre had been trained to kill in the game, well before Seung-Hui Cho (the shooter) was identified. News sources originally stated that Seung-Hui Cho only played the game in high school, however no video games whatsoever were found in the gunman's dorm room, and there is no evidence that he ever played Counter-Strike.[21][22] Thompson also blamed Counter-Strike for the February 14, 2008 Northern Illinois University shooting perpetrated by Steven Kazmierczak on the day after the shooting. It is reported that Kazmierczak did play Counter-Strike in college.
On January 17, 2008, a Brazilian federal court order prohibiting all sales of Counter-Strike and EverQuest and imposing the immediate withdrawal of these from all stores began to be enforced. The federal Brazilian judge Carlos Alberto Simões de Tomaz, of the Minas Gerais judiciary section, ordered the ban in October 2007 because, according to him, the games "bring imminent stimulus to the subversion of the social order, attempting against the democratic and rightful state and against the public safety."[23][24][25][26] The move has been described by media as a publicity stunt on the regulation of video game violence and sexually explicit content, and also as a hasty decision that ignored much more violent games. As all versions of Counter-Strike were very popular in Brazil at the time, the decision was met with considerable uproar by the Brazilian gaming community. Some media have reported that the game tested by the judge contained mods likening the scenario to Rio de Janeiro's favelas and adding Brazilian Military Police uniforms to player models, which might have worsened the case for Counter-Strike. The game's developer Valve did not comment on the episode. As of June 18, 2009, a regional federal court order lifting the prohibition on the sale of Counter-Strike was published. The game is now being sold again in Brazil.[27]
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- ^ Monogenis, Harry (2013-01-26). "Counter-Strike 1.6 now available on Linux and Mac". Destructoid. Retrieved 2013-01-26.
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- ^ "Counter Strike - Complete Noobs Guide to Not-so-Noob". Retrieved 2011-11-07.
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- ^ "IGN: Counter-Strike Review". IGN. Retrieved May 17, 2007.
- ^ Counter-Strike Changelog
- ^ Counter-Strike – CS info » history
- ^ "Ads Now In CS1.6". CSNation. 2007-03-05. Archived from the original on March 16, 2007. Retrieved 2007-06-20.
- ^ http://steamcommunity.com/games/10/announcements/detail/1010199179645672708
- ^ http://steamcommunity.com/games/10/announcements/detail/1802838328069953132
- ^ "How many Counter Strike game are there?". Retrieved 4 August 2013.
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- ^ "Double Fantasy". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-06-27.
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Another good read was a Los Angeles Times Article from 2010 that centered around a man discovering remains of African American soldiers on Folly Island in 1987. Here's the link for this one.
The significance of Folly Island for me is, that is where Augustus Whitney injured his right elbow from a fall from a parapet of a fort.


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A Brief History
In 1993, the Supreme Court, Civil Branch, NY County, under the leadership of then-Administrative Judge Stanley S. Ostrau, established four Commercial Parts on an experimental basis. The aim was to test whether it would be possible, by concentrating commercial litigation in those Parts, to improve the efficiency with which such matters were addressed by the court and, at the same time, to enhance the quality of judicial treatment of those cases. The court's experience with the Commercial Parts was positive and the reaction of commercial practitioners to the Parts was very favorable.
In January 1995, a task force of the Commercial and Federal Litigation Section of the New York State Bar Association recommended expansion of the Commercial Parts. Specifically, the Section proposed establishing a Commercial Division of the Supreme Court in those areas of the State in which there are significant amounts of commercial litigation.
Shortly thereafter, Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye created the Commercial Courts Task Force, headed by Hon. E. Leo Milonas and Robert L. Haig, Esq., to examine the Section's report and make recommendations. The Task Force proposed that a Commercial Division be established in appropriate jurisdictions and also made suggestions and various recommendations regarding case management, technology and other issues integral to the efficient resolution of Commercial cases. The Chief Judge thereafter established the Commercial Division on a statewide basis.
In November 1995, the Commercial Division opened in Monroe County (Rochester) and in New York County. Over the course of the ensuing years, the Division has steadily expanded in response to requests of the commercial Bar and the Office of Court Administration's analysis of case data and statistics. As of mid-2007, the Commercial Division spans ten different jurisdictions Statewide: Albany, Erie, Kings, Nassau, New York, Onondaga, Queens, Suffolk and Westchester Counties as well as the entire Seventh Judicial District.
View a list of all of the Justices to serve on the Commercial Division since its creation
The Commercial Division serves as a vehicle for resolution of complicated commercial disputes. Successful resolution of these disputes requires particular expertise across the broad and complex expanse of commercial law. Because disclosure in commercial cases can be complicated, protracted and expensive, particularly in light of electronic discovery, the Division makes use of vigorous and efficient case management. The court sets deadlines and enforces them, managing discovery as needed to protect the rights of the parties to fair disclosure while minimizing expense and delay. Motion practice, especially in the form of motions to dismiss or for summary judgment, is particularly common in commercial cases. The caseload of the Division is thus particularly demanding, requiring of the court scholarship in commercial law, experience in the management of complex cases, and a wealth of energy.
The Commercial Division has remained on top of cutting edge technology to assist in handling its caseload effectively. The Commercial Division, for instance, contributed to the development of and pioneered implementation of case management software, now widely used in New York State. New York County's Commercial Division has long used the Courtroom for the New Millennium, which is dedicated to the memory of former Commercial Division Justice Lewis R. Friedman, and which is equipped and wired with advanced technology, to assist in commercial trials.
The Commercial Division is at the forefront of the Unified Court System's Electronic Filing program—all Commercial Division matters are eligible for such filing by electronic means. In 2007, leading Bar groups, including the New York State Bar Association, the New York County Lawyers' Association, and the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, urged further expansion of electronic filing in New York State.
The Commercial Division also has made full use of an Alternative Dispute Resolution Program ("ADR") first established in New York County in early 1996. Justices may send matters to ADR at any time upon an order of referral. Detailed rules and protocols and rosters of seasoned ADR neutrals have been established in many jurisdictions around the State.
As with the Commercial Parts, the Bar has responded very favorably to the work of the Division, as have leading representatives of the business community. For example, the Commercial and Federal Litigation Section referred to the Division as "a case study in successful judicial administration." The Business Council of New York State applauded the work of the Division, describing the court in 2000 as "the envy of businesses in other states." The American Corporate Counsel Association has expressed its appreciation and support for the Division and urged other states to follow New York's lead. The American Bar Association's Business Law Section described the Division in 2000 as "a model of a specialized court devoted to the resolution of business disputes." The 87th Annual Dinner of the New York County Lawyers' Association in December 2001 saluted the Division and honored the Division Justices.
The year 2006 was a particularly significant one for the Commercial Division. The Commercial and Federal Litigation Section awarded its prestigious Stanley H. Fuld Award to the entire Commercial Division at its January 25, 2006 Annual Meeting.
Only days earlier, on January 17, 2006, the Commercial Division adopted Statewide Standards for Assignment of Cases and Rules of Practice. These Standards provide clarity as to which cases are heard in the Commercial Division and which are not and established uniform practices and procedures for cases once they are within the Commercial Division.
This same year, OCA created the new position of Statewide Special Counsel for the Commercial Division. This office provides added support for all the Justices of the Division and their staff. It also seeks to provide a communication resource to commercial practitioners maintaining the flow of communication between Bench and Bar that has always been a hallmark of the Division.
Perhaps most significantly, 2006 marked the completion of the Commercial Division Focus Group Project. OCA structured the Focus Groups to promote candid dialogue among judges, lawyers and clients to generate new ideas, identify potential areas of improvement and assess application of "best practices" that have evolved in the Commercial Division to the court system as a whole. Focus Group sessions spanned the State, bringing together lawyers, former and current judges and in-house counsel of major corporations.
OCA later issued the Report to the Chief Judge on the Commercial Division Focus Groups, in July 2006, summarizing the work and conclusions of the Focus Groups. The Report contained two types of findings: a list of "good ideas" that had developed within the Commercial Division that could be considered for exportation and use elsewhere within the court system and suggestions for improvements to the Commercial Division itself.
As a further step in the Commercial division's long-standing close relationship with the practicing Bar, in 2007, the Commercial Division began the tenth year of publication of the Commercial Division Law Report, a newsletter that summarizes leading Commercial Division cases statewide. The text of the decisions are linked to the summaries in the on-line version of the Report. The Report is now being issued with the assistance of a special committee of the Commercial and Federal Litigation Section and the Statewide Special Counsel for the Commercial Division.


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It's been a while since I've posted a round-up of upcoming foodie events and news for us Triangulars (yes, I have decided I like Triangulars best out of the options of what to call us residents of the NC Triangle). I've got a backlog of emails on tasty, delicious possibilities in the next few weeks, so it's definitely time to let you all know about them! Here we go:
The Cookery has launched a series of culinary workshops that are being led by a mix of locals, some professionals, some not. They cover a wide range of topics, including one tonight by Rue Cler's Chef de Cuisine, Aaron Benjamin, on shopping for meat locally and how to use everything the whole animal offers–sorry, it's sold out already! Other upcoming classes include the Triangle Raw Foodists giving tips on how to create vegan sushi rolls (9/15) and Bull City Burger and Brew's Luke Studer showing us how to home brew all-grain beers (9/29, 10/1). Prices range from $40 to $65. Classes are small and look to be selling out fast, so jump on it if you want in on some hands-on cooking experiences with these fine folks.
Local Yogurt has expanded to mobile operations with their LoYo on the Go! truck that's making the Durham rounds. They offer four flavors and over 30 toppings on the truck, and of course, it provides the same emphasis on local ingredients as their brick and mortar shop.


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July 29, 2008 at 8:00 AM ET
Airline travelers may want to think twice about swiping their credit cards at airport self-service check-in kiosks following the possible theft of credit card account numbers from the kiosks at Canada's largest airport in Toronto.
One Canadian airline, WestJet, already has suspended use of credit cards for check-in at the Toronto kiosks in the wake of the investigation by Visa and MasterCard, which was revealed last week. Fliers can still use the machines, but now must use other methods – by swiping frequent flier cards, entering confirmation codes or using their passports.
About 31 million passengers fly through Toronto's Pearson International Airport every year, making the potential haul for credit card thieves able to access data entered into the 150 check-in kiosks enormous. But a possible kiosk-related heist raises questions about the security of the self-service machines at other airports, which are used by millions of travelers every day in the U.S and elsewhere.
It's still unclear how thieves could have stolen credit card numbers from the kiosks. A Canadian government report is expected later this week.
One possibility: Scammers attached small skimming devices to the kiosks that lifted the numbers from unsuspecting travelers, a technique often employed by criminals to steal information at bank ATMs.
But Scott Armstrong, spokesman for the Greater Toronto Airports Authority, which owns the machines, said investigators inspected the devices and found no signs of tampering. That suggests the data was collected by the machines and stored somewhere, then stolen by hackers who managed to access it – either directly or through the network that connects the kiosks to the airlines.
Put away your credit card?
Because of the uncertainty about the system in light of the investigation, some security experts are suggesting consumers should change the way they check in for flights.
"Next time you go to an airport kiosk for self-service check in, just type in your ticket reference number," said Avivah Litan, a security analyst at research firm Gartner. "Unless the kiosks are equipped with the latest in tamper-proof technology and card readers that encrypt data when the card is swiped, they are highly prone – given their public locations – to criminal tampering. They are a perfect target for thieves."
If the kiosks turn out to be the source of the stolen credit card information, that would raise another question: Why would the machines read credit card account numbers and other personal information, and store that data? Security consultants say the kiosks need only read names off the cards to check in passengers, but the machines in Toronto – and similar machines in the U.S. – could be set up to collect and store more data.
The kiosks in Toronto are made by IBM Canada, and the data is managed by two firms -- ARINC Inc., based in Maryland. and SITA Inc., a European consortium based in Geneva.
Linda M. Hartwig, a spokeswoman for ARINC, declined to comment on the apparent security breach. But she said the kiosks read everything on the entire credit card magnetic stripe – including account numbers and expiration dates -- then hand the information off to the airline. She said no data is stored on the kiosk itself.
Spokesmen for the other software company, SITA Inc., did not return calls seeking comment.
U.S. kiosk maker won't comment
In the U.S., about two-thirds of the kiosks used at airports are provided by Florida-based Kinetics, Inc., a subsidiary of NCR Corp. The firm would not discuss how its kiosks worked.
Several airlines contacted referred questions to Visa. A Continental Airlines spokeswoman, for example, said the airline wouldn't reveal if its kiosks collect credit card numbers while checking in fliers.
Christopher White of the Transportation Security Administration said the Toronto incident was "not an aviation security issue, it's more of a customer service issue, " and referred questions to the industry group, the Air Transport Association.
Elizabeth Merida, a spokeswoman ATA, would say only that there are no reports of similar credit card heists in the U.S..
Violation of state privacy law?
It's unclear what consumers expect when they use a credit card at the kiosks. The machines generally display a message such as "Your credit card will not be charged," suggesting that the account number won't even be read by the machine.
But that's probably not technically feasible, said Greg Buzek, president of research firm IHL Group, which studies the self-service kiosk industry. Credit-card-reading software generally will pull all data that's on the magnetic stripe and only later distinguish between names, account numbers, expiration dates, etc., he said.
After the account numbers have been read, they might be deleted -- but only if the software has been programmed to do so, Buzek said.
"What happens is completely up to the way the software is designed," he said. To make sure account numbers are not stored, "somebody has to physically take that information, take that data, and delete it."
Failing to do so might violate various state laws, said privacy expert Larry Ponemon, who runs research firm The Ponemon Institute. In California, for example, companies that collect information about consumers that is otherwise "non-public" are required to disclose that.
"Most people when they go to a kiosk just think of it as a way to identify you, not as a system that captures your credit card information," Ponemon said.
Kiosks wildly popular
Kiosks are enormously popular with airlines and fliers alike. Buzek said about three-fourths of consumers say they prefer checking in via kiosk. At Continental Airlines, more than 85 percent of travelers check in using them, he said.
The trend toward self-service machines has exploded in recent years. There are now about 70,000 ticketing kiosks in North America – including self-service movie theater or bus ticket machines -- performing $370 billion in transactions annually. That figure is expected to rise to $1.25 trillion by 2012.
But favoring machines over humans could have unexpected security consequences, warned Robert Grapes, chief technologist at Virginia-based security firm Cloakware Inc.
"We strive to make things convenient and we strive for a reduction of operational costs, but we focus on convenience more than security and now we're getting bit by that," he said.
• Because the airlines and the kiosk makers have so far not been forthcoming about how their systems work, it's unclear how consumers should react to the Toronto airport story. There's no need to stop using airport kiosks, however. It's safe to use airline-issued record locators, such as confirmation codes, when checking in. Most machines accept frequent flier cards, too.
• It's easier to check in with your credit card, though, so it's important to keep the risks in perspective. Remember, your liability for theft from your account is legally capped at $50, and consumers generally aren't forced to pay anything when they report their cards as stolen. Still, a compromised credit card is a hassle, so a little caution could be worthwhile.


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Metal detectors could come back to City Hall, but local legislators can't do much more regarding local gun control. Still, Vice Mayor Roxanne Qualls and other City Council members will begin pushing for more federal regulations on guns starting today. President Barack Obama is already beginning to drum up support for more regulations on guns, including a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition clips. He also wants to close a loophole that allows people to buy firearms at gun shows without background checks. At the state level, a new bill loosening gun regulations in Ohio is facing criticism. The bill will make it easier to store firearms in cars and allows them for the first time in parking garages under the Ohio Statehouse and a nearby office tower. Gov. John Kasich said he will sign the bill.
The University of Cincinnati is launching a fundraising effort for the renovation of Nippert Stadium. The project could cost as much as $70 million. The university wants to offset as much of the cost as possible to build premium seating, with the possibility of 28 new luxury boxes and more than 1,400 premium seats being added. Goals could change based on demand and fundraising efforts.
A Cincinnati-based company and its top executive have pleaded guilty to circumventing Ohio's competitive bid process. The actions cost Ohio taxpayers tens of thousands of dollars,
according to Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine. The company circumvented
the competitive process by submitting multiple bids on road jobs under
different names, creating the illusion of competition.
Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, a possible candidate for the presidency in 2016, will headline a Hamilton County GOP event. He will be a featured speaker next month at the Northeast Hamilton County Republican Club's annual pancake breakfast.
The Cincinnati College Preparatory Academy failed to follow its own compensation policies, resulting in improper over-payments of $2,325, according to Ohio State Auditor Dave Yost.
Top state officials will begin pushing and outlining school safety efforts in the wake of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.
State Impact Ohio has a fantastic infographic showing the growth of charter schools in Ohio. In the Cincinnati urban district, charter schools now host 6,642 students.
A new state policy will automatically refund businesses when they've overpaid their taxes. The first round of the policy will refund businesses in Ohio $13 million.
The animal takeover continues. Due to the effects of climate change, some animals are moving into cities.
On the bright side, animals can be pretty cute. Here is a dog flipping over its food, and here are cats locked in deadly combat against a printer.
Today is the end of the world. Whatever. Life sucks anyway.
Ohio's unemployment rate dropped from 6.9 percent to 6.8 percent in November. Gains were concentrated in trade, transportation, and utilities, financial activities and educational and health services, with losses in construction, leisure and hospitality, government, professional and business services and information services. Overall, the state's non-agricultural wage and salary employment increased by 1,600.
But could the recovery last? U.S. House Speaker John Boehner is now ditching efforts to avoid the fiscal cliff, a series of spending cuts and tax hikes set to kick in at the end of the year. Boehner could not get Republicans to vote on a tax hike for people making more than $1 million a year, which isn't even enough to make President Barack Obama's demand of increased taxes on anyone making more than $400,000. If the United States goes over the fiscal cliff, the spending cuts and tax hikes will likely devastate the economy. CityBeat wrote about U.S. Congress' inability to focus on jobs here.
Ohio Gov. John Kasich finished the lame-duck session by signing 42 bills into law. The laws include loosened restrictions on gun control, an update to Ohio's education rating system and $4.4 million in appropriations. The loosened gun control law in particular is getting criticized from Democrats in the wake of the Newtown, Conn., massacre. The law allows guns in the Ohio Statehouse garage, loosens concealed carry rules and changes the definition of an unloaded gun so gun owners can have loaded clips in cars as long as they are stored separately from guns. CityBeat wrote about the need for more gun control in this week's commentary.
Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters suggested arming teachers to avoid school shootings, but a considerable amount of research shows that doesn't work. Cincinnati Police Chief James Craig says arming teachers is a bad idea: "Certainly we can look at other options, but when you talk about arming school teachers or a school administrator without the appropriate training, and training is not just going to a target range and being able to hit center mass. How do you deal with a crisis? We're talking about a place with children." Craig is now pushing crisis training as a major initiative.
Meanwhile, Sen. Rob Portman says school shootings need a holistic approach. The Ohio Republican says he will consider further restrictions on guns and armed school officials.
It seems a housing recovery is well underway. Cincinnati home sales are showing no signs of a slowdown.
Cincinnati is getting six historic preservation tax credits from the state government. As part of the ninth round of the program, the Ohio Development Services Agency is giving the city credits for parts of Main Street, parts of East 12th Street, parts of East McMillan Street, Abington Flats, Eden Park Pump Station and Pendleton Apartments.
The U.S. Department of Education is looking into whether Ohio charter schools discriminate against students with disabilities. Overall, charter schools in the state enroll as many students with disabilities as traditional public schools, but students with disabilities are concentrated in a few charter schools.
A federal judge upheld Ohio's exotic animal law, which restricts who can own the animals in the state.
Judith French, a Republican, will replace retiring Justice Evelyn Stratton on the Ohio Supreme Court. Gov. Kasich's appointment of French keeps the court's makeup of six Republicans and one Democrat.
Genetics is perfecting the Christmas tree.
From the Twilight Zone archives comes Arnold Schwarzenegger's Christmas special.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ed FitzGerald is urging a coalition effort to begin a long, complicated petitioning process that could repeal some of the anti-abortion measures in the recently approved two-year state budget.
If the petitioning process is successful, it would force the Ohio General Assembly to consider repealing aspects of the budget that don't involve appropriations of money. If the General Assembly changes, rejects or ignores the repeal proposal, it could be put on the ballot in November 2014.
FitzGerald is jump-starting the repeal effort through a new website, Ohioans Fight Back.
Speaking at a press conference Thursday, FitzGerald also questioned the constitutionality of some of the anti-abortion measures, particularly those that require doctors give certain medical information regarding abortions and restrict publicly funded rape crisis centers from discussing abortion as a viable option. He said such rules might violate free speech rights.
The state budget effectively defunds contraceptive care and other non-abortion services at various family planning clinics, including Planned Parenthood. It also makes it more difficult for abortion clinics to establish mandatory patient transfer agreements with hospitals.
The budget provides separate federal funding to crisis pregnancy centers, which act as the pro-abstinence, anti-abortion alternatives to comprehensive clinics like Planned Parenthood.
The budget also gives money to rape crisis centers, but centers that take public funding are barred from discussing abortion as a viable option with rape victims.
Days before the budget's passage, Republican legislators also added an amendment that forces women to get an ultrasound prior to getting an abortion. As part of the amendment, doctors are required to inform the patient if a heartbeat is detected during the ultrasound and provide an estimate of the fetus's chances of making it to birth.
FitzGerald, who's currently Cuyahoga County executive,
plans to run against Republican Gov. John Kasich in 2014.
Kasich signed the controversial state budget with the anti-abortion measures on June 30, despite calls for the governor to use his line-item veto powers — a move that would have kept the rest of the budget in place but repealed the anti-abortion provisions.
CityBeat analyzed the state budget in further detail here.
Two Ohio senators, including Senate Minority Leader Eric Kearney of Cincinnati, are pushing a bill that will require the state's Bureau of Motor Vehicles to grant driver's licenses to the children of illegal immigrants. The senators claim state BMV offices are inconsistently applying President Barack Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which allows the children of illegal immigrants to remain in the country without fear of prosecution, but the Ohio Department of Public Safety says the issue is still under review. CityBeat originally broke the story after hearing of Ever Portillo's experiences at a Columbus BMV office here, and a follow-up story covered the internal conflict at the BMV over the issue here.
Ohio officials have said the state has only put $1 million toward JobsOhio, but records recently acquired by The Columbus Dispatch show $5.3 million in funding has been directed to the program
so far, and the public investment could be as high as $9 million. State
officials said the funding is necessary because constitutional
challenges, which the Ohio Supreme Court recently agreed to take up,
have held up the program's original source of funding — state liquor
profits. JobsOhio is a nonprofit company established with the support of
Gov. John Kasich that's meant to attract investment and bring jobs to
the state. Kasich says he wants to replace the Ohio Department of Development with the nonprofit company in the future.
City Council's Budget and Finance Committee approved a plan to lease Cincinnati's parking assets to the Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority in a 4-3 vote yesterday, but the plan will require five votes to become law in a final City Council vote tomorrow. The plan, which CityBeat previously covered, would lease the city's parking assets to fund development projects, including a 30-story tower and a downtown grocery store, and help balance the deficit. The deal would produce a $92 million upfront payment, and the city projects that additional annual installments would generate more than $263 million throughout the lease's duration. Critics are worried the city will give up too much control of its parking assets as part of the deal, and concerns about the city's long-term deficits remain. The alternatives — plans B, C and S — would fix structural deficit problems, while the budget only helps balance the deficit for the next two fiscal years.
The company that will operate Cincinnati's parking meters if the parking deal is approved by City Council had problems in the past, according to a tip received by multiple news outlets from Tabitha Woodruff, an advocate at Ohio Public Interest Research Group. The issues surfaced years before Affiliated Computer Services (ACS) was bought by Xerox in 2010, and Xerox now denies any wrongdoing. One of the issues is a 2007 audit, which found ACS mismanaged parking meters in Washington, D.C. Kevin Lightfoot, a spokesperson at Xerox, says the audit was based on "faulty information," and a lot of the problems found were because the auditor improperly read parking meter screen displays.
An approved commitment by the Hamilton County Transportation Improvement District (HCTID) may ensure a rail service is ready for Cincinnati in time for the 2015 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. Hamilton County Commissioner Todd Portune is pushing for local and state governments to break down any barriers for Oasis Rail Transit, which will carry passengers from Downtown to Milford.
The Ohio Board of Education will decide between two candidates for state superintendent next week: acting Superintendent of Public Instruction Michael Sawyers or Dick Ross, Gov. John Kasich's top education adviser.
After years of development and anticipation, Cincinnati's Horseshoe Casino opened yesterday. The casino comes with the promise of jobs and economic development, but it also poses the risk of crime, bankruptcy and even suicide. State and local legislators are also looking forward to extra government revenue from the casino, even though casino revenue around the state has fallen short of projections. For Over-the-Rhine residents, the grand opening, which culminated in a fireworks display, was sort of like being in the middle of a thunderstorm.
Livability.com named Cincinnati the No. 10 spring break destination because of the Cincinnati Zoo, Botanical Garden, IKEA, Cincinnati Art Museum, the 21c Museum Hotel, Newport Aquarium and the Clifton Cultural Arts Center, among other places and family-friendly activities.
Science doesn't want pregnant women to be capable of anything.
Here are two pictures of Venus from Saturn's view.
Here at CityBeat, we cover a lot of budget hearings, and they can very easily wear us down with their partisan squabbles and monotonous focus on details that everyone will forget about in a week or so.
Right now, we're watching the Ohio Senate budget hearings, which have so far involved Democrats repeatedly bringing up amendments only to get them shot down by the Republican majority. Very repetitive, very boring.
Thankfully, the Internet has given us the chance to take what we like to call "cat breaks." This video — arguably the greatest thing in the entire Internet — is the latest example:
We encourage you to do the same while you're at work. If your employer ever questions the practice, just point him or her to the study that found looking at cute animals actually boosts productivity.
Gov. John Kasich touted a rosy, progressive vision when announcing his education reform plan Jan. 31, but reality does not match the governor's optimism. It's true Kasich's proposed 2014-2015 budget
will not reduce school funding, but under the Kasich administration,
local schools will still have a net loss in state funds.
The governor's office released tentative budget numbers yesterday that show the Kasich plan will give Cincinnati Public Schools (CPS) $8.8 million more funding for the 2014 fiscal year. But that's not enough to make up for the $39 million CPS will lose in the same fiscal year due to Kasich's first budget, which was passed passed in 2011. Even with the new education plan, the net loss in the 2014 fiscal year is $30.2 million.
The problem is Kasich's first budget had massive cuts for schools. The elimination of the tangible personal
property reimbursements (TPP) hit CPS particularly hard, as CityBeat previously covered ("Battered But Not Broken,"
issue of Oct. 3). In the Cut Hurts Ohio website, Innovation Ohio and Policy Matters Ohio estimated Kasich's budget cuts resulted in $1.8 billion less funding for
education statewide. In Hamilton County, the cuts led to
$117 million less funding.
Kasich's massive cuts didn't even lead to lower taxes for many Ohioans. A report from Innovation Ohio found school districts and voters made up for the big education cuts with $487 million in new school levies. In 2012, Cincinnati voters approved a $51.5 million levy for CPS. The school levies are a direct increase on local income and property taxes, but they're measures Ohioans clearly felt they had to take in the face of big state budget cuts.
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City Council's Budget and Finance Committee today approved a
plan to lease Cincinnati's parking assets to the Port of Greater
Cincinnati Development Authority in a 4-3 vote, but the plan will require five votes to become law in a final City Council vote on March 6.
Council members Roxanne Qualls, Yvette Simpson, Cecil Thomas and Wendell Young voted for the plan, and council members Chris Seelbach, Chris Smitherman and Charlie Winburn voted against it. Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld was absent, and Councilwoman Laure Quinlivan abstained, although she said she could vote yes if she sees more details about how the city will curb its long-term budget problems.
The plan, which CityBeat previously covered ("Parking Stimulus," issue of Feb. 27), would lease the city's parking assets to fund development projects, including a 30-story tower and a downtown grocery store, and help balance the deficit for the next two fiscal years. The deal would produce a $92 million upfront payment, and the city projects that additional annual installments would generate more than $263 million throughout the lease's duration.
Before the vote, several City Council members said the parking plan would not solve Cincinnati's structural deficit problems, but City Manager Milton Dohoney Jr. said the plan would help reduce the deficit by generating recurring revenues through long-term economic growth and development.
"The situation that we're in requires that we accelerate
growth right now, not later," he said. "If we do not do that, then we're going to
have further negative ramifications to deal with."
Still, Dohoney admitted the plan would not solve all the city's budget woes — just like he has repeatedly said in the past. Even with the parking plan, the city projects a $10 million deficit in 2014, $15.5 million deficit in 2015 and $20 million deficit in 2016.
The council members insisted there are alternatives to the parking plan and Dohoney's Plan B, which would lay off 344 employees, eliminate Human Services Funding and close pools and recreation centers, among other changes.
On March 1, Seelbach proposed Plan S, which would not lease the city's parking assets to balance the budget and would instead use $7.5 million in casino revenue, cut $5 million based on the results of the city's priority-driven budgeting and allow voters to choose between a $10-per-month trash fee or a 2-percent increase in the city's admissions tax.
On the same day as the hearings, Winburn, the sole Republican on City Council, proposed Plan C, which would reduce city employees' salaries across the board — with exemptions for police, fire, health, garbage, recreation, parks and road paving — and use casino and parking revenue to clear the deficit.
At the City Council hearings, Quinlivan listed a few other
possibilities, including sharing public safety services with other
local communities. She also advised the city to put together a long-term deficit reduction plan. "We don't want to kick the can down the road any more," she said.
Thomas suggested putting an earnings tax hike of 0.1 percent or 0.2 percent on the ballot. He said, "It would solve this (deficit) problem once and for all."
Some council members also raised concerns about the release of bond documents, which will further detail the framework of the parking agreement. Dohoney and Laura Brunner, president of the Port Authority, said the bond documents have not been crafted because a lease agreement has to be approved by City Council first, but the documents will be made public once they are put together.
Before the final committee vote, Smitherman successfully
motioned to separate part of the parking plan from the budget, which opens the plan to referendum. The motion was in response to City Solicitor
John Curp, who said appropriation ordinances, or ordinances that are essentially budgets, aren't subject to
referendum, according to state law.
Former Ohio governor Ted Strickland, who rose to the governorship with the help of the National Rifle Association, says gun rights and gun control can co-exist. The claim is in light of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., which killed 20 children and six adults. Many have called for stricter gun control in light of the past year's bouts of gun violence, but Republicans are typically opposed to such proposals. A recent poll from The Washington Post and ABC News found 59 percent of Americans support banning high-capacity ammunition clips, much like the ones used in the Newtown shooting. Another 52 percent back the ban of semi-automatic handguns.
Still, Gov. John Kasich isn't changing his mind on the Second Amendment. He says he will sign a bill that allows guns in the Ohio Statehouse parking garage. The bill will also change the definition of an unloaded gun, allowing gun owners to carry loaded clips in their vehicles as long as they are in a separate compartment from the gun, and make concealed carry permits from other states easier to validate in Ohio.
Despite denials from city officials, mayoral candidate John Cranley and Councilman Chris Smitherman insist city government is trying to use the transit fund to fund the streetcar. But Mayor Mark Mallory in an op-ed for The Cincinnati Enquirer said it will not happen. Mallory said the dispute dates back to a lawsuit filed by Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority (SORTA), which runs the Metro bus system. The lawsuit demands transit funds be solely dedicated to SORTA.
Cincinnati's U.S. Rep. Steve Chabot has vowed to continue trying to kill the streetcar. Even though voters have approved of the streetcar twice, Chabot, who also represents Warren County in district boundaries that were redrawn by Republicans, says he would rather focus federal funding on other projects, like the Brent Spence Bridge.
A conservative northern Kentucky lawmaker is supporting a bill that expands prisoners' rights to DNA testing. The bill would allow a Cincinnati man to push for DNA testing that he claims will exonerate him of a 1987 rape and murder in Newport. Ky. Sen. John Schickel argued, "If DNA testing is good enough to send you to prison it should be good enough to get you out of prison."
Cincinnati-based Fifth Third Bank bought another $100 million in stock from Credit Suisse International. The deal is part of a larger program to buy back 100 million shares.
Cincinnati State is in line to obtain $123,000 from the state government. The funding could create 51 new or expanded co-op jobs.
The United Way of Greater Cincinnati announced $50.7 million in investments for 2013, a slight increase from 2012. The increase will help boost funding to prepare children for kindergarten by 5 percent. It will also fund 288 programs at 146 agencies, with seven becoming new United Way agency partners.
The Prince Hall Shriners, which describes itself as "the world's oldest African-American fraternal organization," is returning to Cincinnati in 2015. The convention was in Cincinnati in 2011.
Duke Energy's local management is being shaken up. Jim Henning will take over as president for Duke Energy Ohio and Kentucky.
Ohio Board of Regents Chancellor Jim Petro is retiring.
Did you know our solar system is sort of like a phoenix? It apparently rose from the cumulative ashes of countless stars, not one supernova.
It might cost Cincinnati more to issue debt following a credit rating downgrade by Moody's. In a report released on July 15, the credit ratings agency downgraded the city's general bonds from Aa1 to Aa2 and revised the bonds' outlook to "negative."
"The negative outlook reflects the expectation that the city will continue to face challenges in attaining structurally balanced operations, stemming from its unfunded pension liabilities and reliance on a number of one-time budgetary solutions in recent years," the report reads.
In a memo to the mayor and City Council, City Manager Milton Dohoney put the blame on Moody's methodological changes that now account for state pension funds that Cincinnati has no direct control over. Specifically, Moody's now looks at the state-managed Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (OPERS) and Ohio Police and Fire Retirement System (OP&F) when scoring Cincinnati, instead of just the Cincinnati Retirement System (CRS), which the city directly operates.
"It is important to note the Ohio Revised Code provides the percentage each employer pays into OPERS and OP&F as its contribution. The City has paid 100 (percent) of this contribution each year as required. The City has no ability to impact the unfunded liability of OPERS or OP&F," Dohoney wrote in the memo.
Still, some of the blame lies on the city's pension fund, which is lacking a long-term strategy for sustainability, according to Moody's.
The CRS board is currently looking at scenarios to address the city's long-term liabilities. Its next meeting is on Aug. 1, and it could produce changes that would be presented to City Council, according to the city manager's memo.
The report also takes issue with the city's repeated use of one-time sources to fix budget gaps. Since 2001, the city's annual operating budgets have used one-time sources instead of achieving structural balance with long-term cuts and sources of revenue.
Critics argue the one-time sources only delay fiscal woes instead of permanently fixing the budget shortfalls. Supporters claim the one-time methods allow the city to balance its budget without taking austere measures that would lead to city layoffs and hurt growth while the economy is in recovery.
The report from Moody's does give Cincinnati some good credit, citing a "pressured but still satisfactory financial position," the recent stabilization of earnings taxes, financial flexibility provided by an available but untapped levy authority, the city's economically diverse population and an above-average debt position.
Bonds are typically issued when the city needs a temporary infusion of funds for capital projects, such as the Cincinnati streetcar.
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A survey released April 29 found Ohio schools are making cutbacks in response to budget cuts previously approved by Republican Gov. John Kasich and the Republican-controlled Ohio legislature.
The 15-question survey from left-leaning Policy Matters Ohio, which received responses from 42 percent of the state's K-12 school districts in 82 counties, found 70 percent of Ohio schools made cuts for the ongoing 2012-2013 school year, 82 percent cut positions, 84 percent reduced or froze compensation and 62 percent expect budget shortfalls next year if the state doesn't increase funding.
"Long-term investment in education is the best way to build opportunity for Ohioans," said Piet van Lier, education researcher at Policy Matters Ohio, in a statement. "Instead, Ohio's cuts to school funding have forced schools to get rid of staff, reduce pay, cut materials and increase class sizes."
The survey found the cuts have led to a reduction in
education quality, with 43 percent of Ohio schools reporting larger
class sizes, 23 percent reporting less course options, 57 percent
cutting materials, supplies, textbooks or equipment for the 2012-2013
school year and 22 percent reducing extracurricular activities or introducing pay-to-play for them.
Policy Matters and Innovation Ohio, another left-leaning think tank, previously found Kasich's 2012-2013 budget slashed education funding by $1.8 billion.
In his latest budget proposal, Kasich proposed increasing education funding, although in a way that disproportionately benefited wealthier school districts ("Smoke and Mirrors," issue of Feb. 20). Since then, the Ohio House passed its own budget bill that rejects Kasich's proposal and increases overall school funding in a more equitable way.But Policy Matters says the increases aren't enough. Its analysis found school funding is failing to keep up with inflation, with 2015 funding projected to fall $1.2 billion short of what funding would have looked like if it had kept up with 2006's inflation-adjusted levels.
"Neither Gov. Kasich nor the Ohio House have adequately addressed the needs of Ohio's schools in their budget proposals," van Lier said in a statement. "The Senate must now lead the way in crafting a stronger, more predictable funding system for the next two years and beyond."
Cincinnati Public Schools said state funding cuts were one reason the school district needed Cincinnati voters to approve a school levy in 2012 ("Battered But Not Broken," issue of Oct. 3). The levy, known as Issue 42, passed in the November election.
Innovation Ohio previously found Kasich's budget cuts have led to levies all around the state, effectively increasing local taxes by $1.3 billion since May 2011.
"By cutting taxes primarily for the wealthy at the state level, Gov. Kasich and the Republican-controlled legislature have merely pushed the need for tax increases down to the local level," said Janetta King, president of Innovation Ohio, in a statement.
Kasich spokesperson Rob Nichols previously told CityBeat that the cuts were necessary to balance the budget, as required by state law. "The reality is we walked into an $8 billion budget deficit," he said. "We had to fix that."


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Charlie Hodgson kicks 18 points as Saracens win at Sale Sharks
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Charlie Hodgson ensured Saracens maintained their 100 per cent start to the Premiership season by kicking 18 points as his side won 23-16 at his former club Sale Sharks.
The fly-half, who broke through the 2,000 Premiership points barrier in the Men in Black's opening-day thumping of London Irish, landed four first-half penalties at the home club's new Salford City Stadium home after a Danny Cipriani penalty had opened the scoring for the hosts.
The visitors had opportunities to score the first try in the opening period, only for their handling out wide to let them down, while earlier Brad Barritt had looked set to touch down until he was stopped by a big hit from Sam Tuiitupou.
Sale got themselves back into the contest after the break when Will Addison outpaced Hodgson's covering tackle to score under the posts after being released by Will Fraser.
However, Sarries took control again with a superbly-worked try that originated with a driving maul in their own half and then Alex Goode broke the line to set up England star Chris Ashton for his third score in two matches.
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But i voted straight democrat. Big surprise jew.
But i voted straight democrat. Big surprise jew.
^ 233monte Is A SFN Saboteur. Review His Posts . . .
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i doubt he even voted for obama, we all know HS lies more than he tells the truth.
is zoo za zoo allowed at sfn?
☃ "There are entire websites dedicated to how ugly my wife is."
I did sign up for sfn but i couldnt post any new post till i post 30 times. Fuck that. I also listened to stern fan round table for the first time and hated it.
And I believe the wig, he is not voting DEM...
John 3:16
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
You may be right, howard was not nearly as passionate this election as in years past. 04 was really bad
Morally Howard is a Dem
Marbley he is a Republican.
And he just voted for more taxes. But for him, like most multimillionaires, extra taxes do not affect their bottom line; they're barely visible to them. It's you and me that will see the repercussions.
-Howard needs the very liberal press on his side.
-Stern would never want a lefty group (OCCUPY) to look into his greedy one twelve. Howard on Don pocket most of the marbles. Madoff is in awe of Howard marble pimp hand.
-Howard lives in an all liberal world. Being non progressive makes you a leper...a pariah
Guys like Howard always win.
Before the ink is dry on new legislation the wealthy have already found the loopholes.....and exploit them to make more money...
And if you notice Howard never says he wants to pay more taxes. The fucking guy didn't even make a donation to the Red Cross!
The Obama plan is to take from the wealthy and give to the poor......but middle class will pay and the wealthy will skate.
Howard usually doodles when Robin whines about the rich getting richer.
She is too dumb to realize nobody hoards all the marbles like Howard.


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