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St. Paul—Thursday night's WCHA Final Five play-in game was billed as a battle to see which Alex was greater. But, a flu bug forced Gopher Alex Kangas to the locker room after the first period and Bulldog Alex Stalock shined, making 39 saves to lead Minnesota Duluth to a 2-1 win in front of 17,611 at Xcel Energy Center.
"Getting the first goal was critical, the penalty kill was even more critical, and our best player was our best player tonight," said Minnesota Duluth Coach Scott Sandelin.
The junior goaltender from South St. Paul played the perfect blend of top of the paint aggressiveness and listen to the coach, try not to do too much conservativeness.
"Alex looked in control--he's very athletic, very focused, and very determined," said Sandelin. "One thing he has matured at is not going out and doing too much. I motion to him to settle down, and he waves his stick at me to let me know he sees me. I'm glad we've got our communication down."
The loss ends the Gopher's regular season and cools their hopes of playing in the NCAA Regional at Mariucci next weekend.
"We'll skate Saturday, we're not out of it," said Gopher Coach Don Lucia. "Obviously a win would help and there are a lot of scenarios out there, I haven't gone through them all. I would have been comfortable had we won four or five games more the second half of the season."
If the team does survive the bubble on Sunday, they might not have to worry about a flu bug that hit Kangas on Monday. The goalie was held out of practice Tuesday, didn't finish the practice on Wednesday, and Lucia let Kent Patterson know earlier in the day he might play against Minnesota Duluth.
However, goaltending didn't prove to be the downfall of the Gophers as the Bulldogs executed the recipe for success in post-season play by getting on the board first and then playing tight defense.
"They were consistent having four guys back, clogging up the neutral zone," said Gopher Captain Ryan Stoa. "At the big rink they weren't able to do that or they were not as consistent."
The Bulldogs got their early goal 3:46 into the first period when defenseman Evan Oberg threw the puck on net from the left boards. Kangas made the initial save from the top of his crease, but lost control as he tried to gather the puck, and it bounced out to fortunate forward MacGregor Sharp who put it into an open net.
"I just finished a check, thought the puck was out of the zone, turned out front and there it was," said Sharp.
Minnesota Duluth got their second goal late in the third period after killing off one of five Gopher power plays. Fourth-line winger and captain Matt Greer finished a check on Aaron Ness at the Bulldog blue line and then led a 2-on-1 rush with Drew Akins. Greer, who had thought about trying to get off the ice for line change took a low shot at the net.
"Matt doesn't raise the puck a lot, so he shoots for a lot of rebounds," said Sandelin.
Patterson didn't get control of the rebound and as Atkins and Gopher defenseman David Fischer went into Patterson, the puck was directed past the goal line. The goal was reviewed upstairs, and the ruling on the ice was confirmed.
Cade Fairchild tallied the only goal for the Gophers—sort of. The sophomore defenseman shot the puck towards the net from the point, it deflected off traffic in front, and went over Stalock's shoulder for Minnesota's sole goal.
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CORNING, N.Y. -- Rain, wind and a historic storm surge wreaked havoc through New York City. But Sandy's story was much different in the Southern Tier. Now area volunteers are heading downstate to help with the clean up.
"As we didn't have to stand up sheltering here in our area from Chemung, Schuyler and Steuben, we have six individuals that will be deploying down to White Plains and on to the shelters around the metro New York area," said Brian McConnell, executive director, Greater Steuben Chapter ARC.
Two were deployed before the storm even hit. Now eight people from the Twin Tier region will help thousands in the metro New York area. Eight may not seem like a lot, but McConnell wanted to make sure people here at home were in the clear.
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There are about 250 shelters in the metro New York area and 75 in the city itself. Local volunteers are headed for the White Plains shelter. Fortunately, the chapters in this region are able to respond here and statewide if Mother Nature forces them to.
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A mild white fish, tilapia is available year-round. It's available whole, fresh, frozen, or even live in some Asian restaurants. It can also be found as fresh or frozen fillets. Tilapia is known as izumidai when prepared for sushi.
Tilapia is a fast-growing tropical species, native to Africa, but produced in more than 100 nations - surpassing any other farmed fish. It is the fourth most-consumed seafood in the United States after shrimp, tuna and salmon.
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Having had my children at this school I can only speak highly of IOP. After extensive research all through Jacksonville I have to say that this school is the best. If you want your children grow academically and spiritually in a warm and truly caring environment then this is the school for you. By the way: the parent that wrote those reviews below will not hurt the school because it seems that's the intention. All the teachers do their very best daily, the staff is very professional and that is all I am looking for. I wanted my children love to go to school and they love it daily. Those reviews do not hurt the staff but a handful of catholic parents that might not have the chance to see the school themselves before they move into town. You hurt that handful of children that would thrive so much in that environment but cant because being a military child, mom and dad did not have anything but this review. The school will always grow in numbers since people in town know that this is the best school in town. Please use this homepage truthfully and not with the intent to hurt others. If you have a problem with something do not vent on a homepage!
It is truly sad if parents put their personal issues in regards to a report card or other into a public homepage making it harder for other parents to rate a school. Grow up! And use this page for what it is! if you send your child to a private school and want a catholic education please expect your child to go to church once a week! The parent who wrote about Father cannot be a true catholic. I am truly happy with this school and comparing it to others in Jacksonville I would say - there is no comparison! It is the best! Listen to the parents that have had their whole family in the school from Pre-K through 8th Grade!!!!
There is a new principal who has moved the school from text book learning to technology. There has been some nice changes but everyone school has issues. I think the pastor is more in tune than you think as I had an issue and he handled it. Unfortunately the bullying issue is worse by some teachers. I was told it would be handled but wasn't. I know you can't change all the problems out so I am moving my child to another school. There are just to many special rules depending on who you are, one day things are this way the next day totally different. I have hard of the silent reading issue but also have heard parents talk about the SLP (silent lunch program). This seems to be the new way not to have to deal with kids during lunch (especially for one teacher). Thankfully my child doesn't have lunch with her. I know my child not coming back will not make a big difference and I am sure there will be issues in public school but will take the chance. I do wish the school the best.
Zero stars was not an option! My child attended this school for only one year and that was TOO long! I wish I could agree with some of the comments saying that the teachers were of high quality but that was not my experience. After countless unsuccessful attempts to call, speak, and/or have a conference with her, I spoke with the principal who promised to make changes. 3 months later, nothing had been done. I attempted to reach the principal again and now she wouldn't respond. One teacher begged me to addreass the issue with the pastor stating my child was the type of child that a catholic school needed. At this point, I knew of other current IOP families that had attempted to speak with him regarding the same issues. When I had my meeting with him he completely lied to my face. It was at that point when I realized we were done. The school year was a complete and total loss. My child spent more time in church on a weekly basis than he did in the classroom; often to attend baptisms of parishoners! When they were in the class, they more often than not had SSR (sustained silent reading.) I am a product of Catholic schools education. To call this an education is a complete lie.
We are a former family of IOP. New Principal. That is a good thing. That being said, I am rating IOP on our experience. The teachers were great. The leadership-Principal, Pastor, Business Office-were awful. No transparency, no communication. There was bullying-of my children, and bullying of adults. IOP was not any where close to what I would call a wholesome, christian community. Our new school, also Catholic, is a 180 from IOP. Open, warm, inviting. I wish that for IOP. There is an actual Home and School that is run by the parents. The Pastor invites dialog from the Parents and has a Board of parents with limited jurisdiction for decision making on school matters. He makes investments in the school because he BELIEVES the school in the FUTURE. IOP's Pastor is afraid of all those things. I don't believe I once saw the IOP Pastor in the school. Our Pastor is regularly in the classrooms. And, sadly, many of the parents at IOP were so invested in the IDEA of a Catholic education that they had fooled themselves into believing they were getting one for their children, when in fact, it was a shell of what could have been a great education. They had the right to expect more.
After reading some of the reviews from earlier years, I wonder if these parents even attended the same school my children do. I agree with one parent's review that the new principal does, sit down with each student individually discuss their report cards with them. However, after accidentally walking past one such discussion, I shivered at the language this principal used when speaking with a child. The language was not foul, just condescending and riddled with empty threats in regard to a students performance. I was floored. The principal is equally condescending to parents. I sat in a meeting with her on several occasions and found her conversations personally offensive. Upon talking with one parent, I found out that her daughter was "unofficially suspended" the day the accreditation team would be in school. That sounded to me like the school had something to hide. This school lacks compassion and everything I would personally attribute to the Catholic faith and therefore a Catholic school. Perhaps if they changed their name to Infant of Prague Private School, then this elitist behavior would atleast be expected. We will not be returning after we complete this school year.
Being at IOP, I felt that I was in a safe environment. I was in this school from Pre-K to 6th grade and enjoyed it! I moved to another Catholic school that was twice the size of IOP, and the idea of a small and safe learning environment was out the window. Definitely an A++ school!
We believe a catholic school education is a gift, which will become part of who our children are and will help shape their character. This is a gift we wanted to pass to our children. IOP school and staff are truly a gift. Our children have attended IOP for the past 5 years. We and our children LOVE it. The children look forward to school. IOP provides an excellent education surrounded by God's love.
A++++++++ school! This is the most dedicated, loving, Catholic staff of teachers and principal that I have ever encountered. I have two children in the school and am proud to say that our family has been part of the IOP family for 3 wonderful years. The interim prinicipal is nothing short of amazing. She is EVERYWHERE, easily accesible to students, teachers, and parents. She truly, deeply, and honestly cares about not only the educational well-being of each student, but the spiritual, emotional, social, whole well-being of each student and family. Before sending the students home with their report cards, the principal sat with EACH child to go over their grades and class remarks. In regards to the lunch program, one dedicated and motivated parent has single-handedly taken it over and re-established a healthy, fresh lunch menu with the help of only a handful of dedicated volunteers. Our size may be small, but we are filled with the students and families who want to be here, who want to see the schol grow, and who want to spread the word about our wonderful school. My only regret is that our family won't be here to see our children through the 8th grade, as graduates of IOP.
Welcome to the new year. Bring my child back to find a new administrator not even from here (remember the last principal that ran the school from somewhere in WIlmington), no milk until school until if I remember right last Wednesday and school lunch was on Tuesday. Then I received in my childs book bag an order form for two fast food restaurants (nice healthy eating). I was one of the parents that complained about the past principal fixing lunches and am sorry that I did not step up but at least the lunches were healthy especially the salad bar. I wonder if the newspaper would like to do another article on our new lunch program after what they printed last year. I will say that the parents aren't as hateful thus far but feel for the faculty who I understand now teach art with all else to do. I did hear from the one family that the pastor was going to be more involved and that the reaccreditation issue that was flying all over the place last year, that the pastor will be asking for a postponement, good idea! After looking back I am sorry that I didn't support administration, the pastor and business folks. I am sorry for what they were put through. Pray for a better year.
Most teachers are great and try very hard to educate, however the the administration does not believe in giving out any information about how the school will improve or advance, they are even unwilling to have meetings with parents because they do not want to answer any tough questions. As an involved parent I can't believe the lack of effort from the administration to involve and inform the parents about what is going on in the school. I've asked about the fundraisers and I can't get any answers about how the money from the Scrip, HSA and other moneymakers are used. Most private schools have transparency in how funds are used but here no one is willing to give basic information. The school is due for re-accreditation and no one is willing to answer the question of how the school will be re-accredited. The academics are not the best either, I watched the Academic Derbies and followed the results, the fact that no student in our school could answer the simple question of what the most populous country in the world is, is very telling. My children won't be back.
I'm giving this school 1 star because of the teachers, but I can't say the same for the administration, I agree with the other parents there is a big problem with the current administration. After only 1 year of my kids been at this School I have decided we won't be back. The lack of responde and lidership from the administration is a big problem in this School.
Every school will have it's issues, that's a given. I am a public school bred adult and was excited about putting my children through Catholic education, which I held in such high regard. Educationally, I believe the faculty handled their positions well and really did my children justice with the education provided. I believe the student and family population was outstanding, as we all grew together through our children s experience. The reason why I rate this school with one star has to do with the relationship between the administration and the families. As an Active Duty Service member, I hold persons of leadership with high regard and expect them to perform in a professional manner. This is not the case for IOP. The principal is rarely available for meetings or communicates with the families, the front office airs other families dirty laundry, the bookkeeping is horrendous and it has caused all that I said above to sour our overall experience. This is just one persons experience, I would recommend when talking to them to address the issues you have read about, and formulate your own opinion.
I have had children at IOP for the last four years. I feel my children are challenged academically and more importantly, they have been in a Christian environment and taught that one's charcter and stewardship is of great value. I wouldn't trade my children's experience at IOP for anything. If people want to improve things maybe they should stop casting stones and become involved in the school. My children love IOP as much as I do. S.D.
We transferred my son to IOP after he was repeatedly bullied/beaten up on a public school bus and the situation was not handled properly. We liked IOP so much that we decided to send his younger brother there as well. My oldest son made a smooth transition to Northside High School last year and is doing very well academically and socially. More importantly, both he and his younger brother display a level of character that I rarely see in their peers outside of IOP. They are polite, respectful, charitable, and have been taught to love God and this country! The teachers at IOP are some of the most passionate that I have seen in the 15 years that I have had children in school. Although modest, the facilities are safe and well maintained. Since IOP requires community service and encourages parental involvement you feel like you are an important part of your child s education!
I love the school and so do my children. The children are happy and look forward to going to school. I have chidren in various grades and one that has graduated and is now in highschool and was well prepared not only academically but with great character and self confidence. We have never had a problem with bullying and the faculty including the administration are wonderful. The school prepares the children with the whole package. Great eduacation, great morals, great character building, great family atmosphere & is a safe christian environment. I was sorry to read the negative comments because as an involved parent for many years I have NEVER had any negative feelings about the school or administration.
Agree this is an excellent school. My high school child is also doing well. When the current school principal came and changed the math program I saw for the first time some advanced work for my child. I am also aware of the changes in the computer lab and library after the leadership change. I think that administration has done an excellent job with what they have to work with. My other child will continue, the religion needs changing and maybe bring back the science lab that the teaches got rid of a few years back. Also agree with the comment about the budget, don't think the pastor has that kind of power not to have one, Just someone not having all the facts which as usual leads to negative calls and emails.
I find the majority of the other reviews to be entertaining...I like fiction. The principle does not have the proper credencials and the pastor does not advocate having a budget for the school. I have no trust or confidence in either...that is why I am taking my child out of the school. That being said; the teachers are very good and caring, especially in the lower grades. Also, the Parocial Vicar (Father Tony) is outstanding. However, if you have a middle school student who is looking to excel in high school, the academic and athletic opportunities are very limited compared to the county schools.
I agree to what has been said recently. if you're a paying parent, your expectations and standards goes with it. not for anything negative, if only criticisms are taken constructively and acted upon well, IOP will be able to achieve the vision it has sought for in years. Education starts with the teachers. some are good, some are great like any other school. the principal has to be able to mold the structure of the academic program even if the curiculum is dictated by the the diocese. I believe it has strong potential to be the best. It is a safe, secure environment and the children are happy and well mannered.
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The Pirate Fault of the Santa Catalina Mountains
by Jonathan DuHamel on Nov. 29, 2012, under GeologyThe Pirate fault on the west side of the Santa Catalina mountains defines the western escarpment of the range and parallels Canada del Oro wash.
The Arizona Geological Survey has just published a new paper on the fault:
Citation: Hoxie, D.T., 2012, Exhuming the Remains of the Inactive Mountain-Front Pirate Fault, Santa Catalina Mountains, Southeastern Arizona. Arizona Geological Survey Contributed Report CR-12-F, 18 p. You can download the 24Mb report here.
The Arizona Geological Survey describes the Pirate fault system as follows:
Not so long ago, mountain building was alive and well in southern Arizona. [The Pirate] fault demarcates uplift of the Santa Catalina structural block to the east, from the down-dropped, alluvial Cañada del Oro basin to the west. Vertical displacement on the nearly 16 mile long fault is about ~ 2.5 miles or 13,200 feet, which occurred over a six million year span from ~ 12 to 6 million years before the present.
Once buried under detritus eroded from the uplifted Santa Catalina Mountains, the Pirate fault is currently being exhumed by the downcutting Cañada del Oro and its tributaries. "This field examination reveals the fault to have left a sparse but diverse collection of remains implying a varied history of fault development and evolution", says Hoxie. In detailed mapping of the trace of the Pirate fault zone, he identified a number of sites of exposed fault rocks and fault-related features, ten of which are described in detail. Key observations include identifying local, hematite-rich zones and noting the presence of small-volume, mafic dikes that intruded fault breccia near the end of active uplift on the Pirate fault.
The report includes an annotated satellite image of the Santa Catalina Mountains – Cañada del Oro Basin and a suite of maps showing the distribution of geologic units – alluvium, granites (emplaced between about 70 to 26 million years before the present), and the Pinal Schist, a 1.6 billion-year-old metamorphic rock – that crop out along the fault.
The photo on the left shows an outcrop of the steeply dipping Pirate fault. The photo above shows several faults in the Santa Catalina Mountains including the Catalina detachment fault which forms the scarp on the north side of Tucson.
Some other posts on work by the AZGS:
A guide to the geology of the Sedona & Oak Creek Canyon area of Arizona
Earthquakes shake Morenci, Arizona area
Earthquake videos from Arizona Geological Survey
Arizona earthquakes, 1852-2011, a video time line
Arizona earthquakes numbers saw a large increase in 2011
Helium potential of Arizona may help fill shortage
Petroleum and Natural Gas Potential of the Paradox Basin


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OXCGN's Avatar Demo Impressions: Surprise Hit Of Christmas?
©2009 Alex Baldwin
By now all the confusion should be cleared up – James Cameron's Avatar is not related to the animated TV show. The movie based on the cartoon will be named The Last Airbender and comes out in 2010. You will not see a bald little kid throwing fire around when the Avatar movie is released on December 18.
Instead, James Cameron's Avatar follows the invasion of humans onto the lush, tropical jungle planet of Pandora to mine a valuable resource. The only problem is, the planet's 9 foot tall, blue-skinned natives (the Na'vi) aren't too thrilled at being forced off their land. Hence we get to see lots of flashy epic battles as the two sides clash.
But what about the game? If you're a jaded cynic like me you'll have had zero expectations of the movie tie-in. The jerky, low-quality trailer on the Assassin's Creed 2 disc did nothing to change my opinion.
Avatar: the Game impressions…>
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Van der Linden spends quite a bit of time railing on the inferiority of prevailing proprietary software standards, but also notes that Linux has a long way to come, especially in the areas of software availability and integration. When asked about the biggest barrier, he states that it's the fact that Linux is not already number one. While this is not a specific failing of the open source model, the fact that (at least on the desktop) open source came along fairly late in the game, and with substantially less marketing clout suggests that there are perhaps markets where Linux is not destined to succeed.
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The first two examples of reverse engineering that the article gives are open source projects. The ability of open source developers to reverse engineer the competing instant messaging clients developed by internet companies like Yahoo, AOL, and Microsoft has had a dual effect – firstly, the article points out, it has allowed innovation by letting third-party developers (open source or otherwise) to create hybrid programs that bridge the inherent gaps in these incompatible protocols. Additionally, the presence of quality open source messaging software has helped to further the legitimacy of open source platforms such as Linux.
The second example is that of Samba, an open source program that allows Microsoft Windows based file sharing services to be both hosted on or accessed by any number of platforms. Because of Samba, users of Apple's Mac OS X or Linux can interoperate with Microsoft Windows networks. The article points out that this has (also) lent legitimacy to Linux as a platform and helped it to compete in a world of proprietary standards.
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Because of the decentralized nature of the open source movement uses of technology that require strict licenses is necessarily limited as there is no governing body to obtain and regulate use of licenses. This is especially true with licenses that prohibit disclosure of the underlying technology, as does the license from the DVD Copy Control Association. As a result of this, the extremely aggressive legal tactics of the content-owning industry pose a potential threat to the ability to choose what computer software to use, although it is interesting to note that it's not clear that they have actually posed any hindrance to the open source movement.
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There is an established idea in the usability community that software developers do not make good usability designers. This proves problematic for the open source movement, since one of the central tenets is that the software is conceived and developed by individual software developers. There is neither outside perspective available to mandate the hiring of usability professionals, nor capital available to do so. Usability professionals, the paper states, are not prevalent in open source projects the way that developers are because there are fewer of them to begin with, and therefore fewer peers to recognize any individual contributions to usability – peer recognition being one of the most agreed upon incentives for open source development.
The paper outlines some of the other problems related to usability in open source, notably that usability design works best when done before any software development, anathema to the open source model of progressive improvement on rough development. Furthermore, many open source projects try to emulate commercial software, leaving little room for usability innovation. Finally, in a collaborative community with little central authority, it is logistically delicate to remove excessive functionality that may confound usability.
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By way of introduction, the paper makes two points – first the obvious point that a complete abandonment of traditional property rights in favor of totally open licensing would have taken away the very thing that had made these companies successful in the first place – the proprietary differences between their software and their competitors. It points out as well that an initial hurdle for a potential alliance between corporation and open source is the latter's lack of central management – with whom can a corporation negotiate without a central leader to definitively represent an open source project as large as, say, Linux?
The first case study is that of Apple, a company that faced increasing obsolescence of its core operating system (Mac OS) by the mid-1990s, and was unable to come up with a viable proprietary alternative. Apple's strategy was to "embrace and enhance" existing open source technologies, and to this end it made headlines when it released the core of its new operating system, Mac OS X, as a fully open source project. It retained its competitive advantage, however, by releasing only material which was essentially already available, keeping proprietary the graphical interface which differentiated its product from competitors' and other high-level components.
IBM embraced open source products in a similar way when the chose Apache, the open source web server, as the basis for their new line of server products. This adoption proved to be a boon for the Apache project, which received support from a major corporation. IBM's adoption of Linux came later, but its portability (one of the foci of the open source movement) eventually allowed IBM to use Linux as the standard platform for a variety of products. In IBM's commercial model, money isn't made off the products themselves, but in the pairing of software with hardware, support, consulting, and other services.
Sun, although initially hesitant to embrace open source, eventually opened up several of its projects under restrictive licenses that allowed people to view and modify the source, but not to redistribute it for profit without paying royalties. In this way, Sun protected its property rights and proprietary advantage while reaping the benefits of community involvement with and contribution to its products.
Two important points can be drawn from these cases and from the article itself: firstly it is interesting to note that in the first two cases, where companies adopted previously existing products, they adopted products whose licenses allowed commercial derivative works. The license governing Linux and many other open source projects does not allow this; this is an important distinction. The second point is the contrast between Apple and Sun's strategy – open parts vs. partly open. While Apple retains competitive advantage by opening only parts of their product (open parts), Sun retains their advantage by opening their products with important limitations that preserve that advantage (partly open).
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Krishnamurthy, Sandeep, Cave or Community? An Empirical Examination of 100 Mature Open Source Projects, May 2002.
The value of this paper is represented in its byline: "An empirical examination of 100 mature open source projects." The author used as his source one of the premier open source project management websites, home to tens of thousands of projects, and picked a sample that had reached the highest level – "mature." As the paper notes, the projects sampled had been in existence for 18 months on average, and had released several versions of their product, therefore having the best chance of representing the community development possible within open source projects.
The paper's most dramatic finding is that most mature open source projects are fairly small – the median number of developers in the sampled projects was four, with a lone developer being the most common case.
Other findings included that most projects did not generate very much discussion, in contrast to the portrait painted by the media of a bustling, communicative group of developers. The study found that products with more developers were viewed and downloaded more often, and also that products with more developers had smaller leadership bases.
Although this study is straightforward and not accompanied by a wealth of discussion, the findings speak fairly loudly toward discrediting a lot of the prevailing image of the open source project. Even the author's tone in compiling this bibliography suggests that most projects are large networks of disparate talent, colluding to create products that are extensively peer-reviewed for quality. This study shows that to not necessarily be the case, although it is unclear what subjective level of success the surveyed projects had obtained – projects selected for other variables could yield different data, and the discussion in the study suggests that projects in other stages of life (earlier than "mature") could carry different characteristics as well.
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The paper draws an interesting comparison between the corporate sponsorship of the open source movement, which the literature suggest is related to scientific research both in its driving motivations (Bonaccorsi and Rossi, 2003) and its origins, and the employment of the scientific community by pharmaceutical companies. The benefits of both the volunteer open source and academic scientific communities are similar, and companies find success in leveraging these benefits by sponsoring those communities.
An essential point is made when the article points out that open source projects have been most effective in communities where the users are technically-minded, presumably because these users are more willing and able to compensate for the open source community's lack of progress in the areas of user friendliness and documentation (Bonaccorsi and Rossi, 2003). The paper describes the history and structure of four specific successful open source projects; all of them products meant for system administrators and programmers, rather than end users. This and the paper's characterization of the open source community as "elitist" seem to support my contention that a community of technically-minded developers creates products suitable for technically-minded users, rather than everyday end users.
The paper discusses at length the contrast between the open source model of leadership, in which there is no "formal authority" that must be obeyed, but only the "real authority" of respected peers who have made leading contributions that are congruent with the developer's goals. The paper cites evidence that there is little mirroring in commercial software development operations of the open source principles of community visibility of individual contributors and the general desire to make the project accessible to all potential contributors.
Three commercial strategies embracing open source are outlined: the symbiotic relationship, in which companies provide components of an open source project that are either missing from or complimentary to the community's development; the "code release" strategy, in which companies find it profitable to release internally-developed code as open source in order to stimulate other parts of their profit model; and the support model, in which companies provide products that assist the mass success of the open source model itself, rather than working within it.
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In its examination of the first question (why do people work on open source projects?), this paper highlights a point essential to my thesis – that there is a substantial group of software users who are incapable of being software developers – i.e. that the "users as developers" model (von Hippel, 2001) is at best partially true. A subset of users who are either computer hobbyists or "hackers" are the ones doing the actual development of open source software. The article lists several potential motivations: a intellectual gratification similar to that found in scientific research, a passion for the art form of software development, a pleasure taken in an unrestricted creativity not found in today's corporate world, and (as in Crowston, et al, 2003) visibility to potential employers.
This paper describes the genesis of an open source project as stemming from an "unfilled market" – an individual has a problem for which no commercial product exists, identifies others facing the same problem, and as progress is made in solving that problem, the community of people working to solve their common problem builds and is fostered by constant communication of progress. Leadership emerges naturally from this process – those most involved in the project and most willing/able to progress the project become natural leaders. Specific tasks are not delegated – the project relies on the willingness of its members to solve problems of their choosing as they arise. If this does not effectively solve the project's problems, an impasse is created, and the project will fade.
This model relies on the assumption that all problems faced by a project will be interesting to and solvable by some member of that project. This paper points out that this is not always the case – certain "non-sexy" problems, including user-friendliness, documentation, and support, fall by the wayside. Their solution in the open source community has been brought by commercial ventures with a "hybrid" business model – that is, they rely on volunteer efforts for the product themselves, but then profit by providing the elements not provided by volunteers themselves. This establishes the essential symbiosis between open source projects and commercial ventures in which the benefits of the volunteer/community model are present, yet corporate sponsorship lends both security and profitable, requisite gap filling.
This paper is less clear in its answering of the third question (how can open source projects challenge established commercial standards?) although it introduces two important points. The first is that there exists "the tendency for that which is ahead to get further ahead, for that which loses advantage to lose further advantage." The second point the paper introduces is that choice of a product is influenced less by total popularity of that product and more by popularity within a social network.
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Do NOT talk about other dates, girlfriends or exwives. Do NOT talk about or allude to sex, in any fashion. Do NOT answer your phone while spending time with her.
See how much time this will leave you with to just be in the moment!?!?!?
Go for a walk, talk about the environment, go play miniature golf and have a few laughs while playing, go to the zoo and be playful while seeing the animals, go on a hike and talk while you walk....
Sorry John, but if my 26 year old daughter came home with somebody who was 38 I wouldn't be too pleased and would let her know. From there she could do what she wants. If I was 26 and someone who was 38 approached me I would probably high tail it out of there. Try to find someone who is at least over 30 :veryhappy... BTW, why is it men are always attracted to the youngen's?
Thank you Joan for providing a parent's perspective on here. Gentlemen, you have to think of what a lady's family would think of your pursuit of their daughter.
While I try to respect the fact that some have wider age ranges for their searches than I do, I am personally of the view that people who are closer in age and / or in a similar stage of life have more in common and are more likely to have an enduring relationship because they are in the same place in life.
When two people are evenly matched, one person is not the "boss" because they have more life experience. There is a difference between a leader and a boss. In a healthy marriage, a husband leads the family in the right direction, he does not give orders and expect to see results on time or "you're fired." Seniority is for job situations, it is not healthy in a marriage. Just my
It's often frustrating being out with a woman who gives me short three or four word answers. Not only that it's discouraging.
You've got to come up with things to talk about that either require more than a 3 or 4 word answer or that could lead to more of a conversation. Not easy, but I will watch the news and try to remember things that I could talk about when I go out with the girls that doesn't involve our kids.
If I were to talk to you, I would ask you things about cooking. I love to cook. There is something that find relaxing about chopping and dicing vegatables. What do you like to cook. If you tell me something that I don't know how to cook I'd ask you how you cook that or what's in it. If it's something that I also like to make, I'd ask you about how you make it. Then there is always the.... That sounds good. I'd like to try that sometime. I also noticed from your profile that you've moved around. I'd ask you where you've lived, why you've moved, where you liked living best and why. You went to Penn State. What did you think about the Sandusky scandal.
Striking up a conversation with a total stranger is a little harder. It would depend where you are at. I was sitting having a cup of coffee the other day and a man started a conversation with me because he saw me there in the morning and I was still there at lunch time. He simply asked me if it was my home away from home, which started a conversation about why I was there. I was at the Farmer's market and saw something that I had never tried, so I asked somone who was buying the same thing, what do you do with this. (I think it was some kind of ediable flower). When I was still new to my parish, I asked the name of the priest.
Where I live, both of our Hockey teams are in the playoffs for now, so that's a conversation starter. Also the fact that they are turning Dodger Staduim into an ice rink for the Winter classic would be a great conversation starter.
It's often frustrating being out with a woman who gives me short three or four word answers. Not only that it's discouraging.
Open ended questions:
1) How did you decide to study in you field?
2) What led you to the career change?
3) What kind of music do you like?
4) What kind of movies, food do you like?
5) Where do you shop for groceries?
6) What is your take on the way they celebrate Christmas out in Society and the commercialization of all holidays?
7) What book are you reading right now?
8) What kind of books do you like to read?
9) How did you learn to cook/dance/sing/bake?
10)What is your workout routine?
11) Would you like to get together to take a brisk walk sometime?
12) What do you think of Obama?
13) Which are your favorite topics to read about?
14) Do you like photography? people watching? pets?
15) Do you read philosophy? history? literature?
16) Who is your favorite author?
17)How do you pray?
18) How do you listen to God?
19) Have you had any sense of how to tell God's will in your life?
20) Do you like your current job? Whjy or why not?
21) what would you like to do for your dream job?
22) What do you think of technology and it's impact on society and on the world both global and personal?
23) Are you on Facebook?
24) What make you happiest?
25) What is your family background?
26) How long has your family been in the US?
More questions:
1) Do you have siblings?
2) What is your birth order?
3) How has that affected you?
4) Who is your favorite saint?
5) What is your weekly/daily prayer regimen?
6) Have you ever tried a 54 day novena?
7)Who is your favoirte painter/artist?
8) What is your favorite period of art/music/literature?
9) What museums have you been to?
10)How do you like to social ize at work? Do you have friends there or do you keep to yourself?
11) Do you think our country is beoming more antiCatholic?
12) How do you see yourself making an impact on the world someday? (This one is very open ended!)
Open the door for her,
open the car door for her,
pull out a chair for her and
make sure she is settled in her seat and
tell her she may order whatever she wants, even the lobster,
ask her if she wants to share a dessert.
Ask her out for a sip of ice tea on a hot afternoon and show her you enjoy her company.
talk to her about your self,
your hopes, dreams plans and desires for your future
talk about a not too heavy dilemma at work and get her opinion
talk about your attitudes about people at work or in your life or in society, but don't be too extreme(go gently here)
Talk about your reverence for God and all of His creation.
Ask her if she see sherself married someday...and watch her blush... and smile SMILE!
Well, I'm going to say the opposite. My daughter is 28 and I'd love for her to come home with a nice guy of 38 or 40 who's established in his career and settled in what he wants. The fellow she likes has impractical ideas about his future...and no real commitment to hers.
Speaking from experience. My daughter at the age of 20 brought home a "boyfriend" who is 32 (same age difference as the OP). Just because he is 32 does not mean that he is extablished in his career and settled in what he wants.
I believe that part of the reason the 26 year old woman is giving the OP short one word answers is because they really don't have anything in common, because of the age gap, and it is really hard to have a meaningful conversation.
I was really hoping this topic was about a male CM member wanting to know more about how to build an attraction to women, in GENERAL, not one specific woman. At least then we as women would know that there actually are men on this site that are interested in building a relationship with women, in general.
Advice from Amy Owens--what she calls "the three golden questions"
What's a good Friday night for you? What's a good Saturday night for you? What's a good Sunday morning for you? Amy says, " When delivered in a friendly tone, these questions won't make your date feel intimidated, interrogated or defensive. Instead, he/she will feel invited to share as much or as little as he/she cares to. Be prepared to answer the same questions yourself. Better yet, simply share this information about yourself--instead of asking questions--is an effective way to get the conversation moving."


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From pivot to pirouetteWASHINGTON ― The Chinese and Russian vetoes of a U.N. Security Council resolution denouncing the slaughter of protesters by the Syrian government carries grave implications for peace and security in northeast Asia. For the benefit of those who have relegated the Korean War to the dustbin of history, it may be helpful to remember that China and the former Soviet Union bailed out North Korea in the Korean War. Nobody's suggesting that these two countries have the slightest desire to ignite Korean War II, but the interaction of both of them with North Korea and Iran, and Syria, deepens the confrontation on that side of the Asian landmass as well. The problem is that both Russia and China, while they may not exactly like what's going in Syria, and may not really want Iran to emerge as the world's tenth nuclear weapons power, count on Iran as a source of oil. Iran in turn spreads power in the Middle East on the back of its long-time ally Syria. Like a chain reaction with explosive consequences, the more Iran swings its weight in the Middle East, the closer it comes to actually developing and daring to test nuclear warheads, the sharper the confrontation with America's closest and longest term Middle Eastern ally, Israel. It's difficult to imagine that Israel would at some stage succumb to the demands of the nation's hawks and launch a preemptive strike on Iran, but you never know what they will do. No one forgets that Israeli warplanes in September 2007 destroyed a nuclear plant that North Korean engineers and technicians were building in Syria or that Israeli planes bombed a French-built nuclear plant outside Baghdad in June 1981. Considering the invective that Iran routinely hurls at Israel, the Israelis have all the more reason to view a nuclear Iran as a threat to their existence. In a showdown, it's a dead certainty that China and Russia would side with Iran and might well enter the fray with shipments of war materiel and possibly with advisers. They would have plenty of support throughout the Middle East. Israel's only sure ally would be the United States. In an election year, American presidential and congressional candidates would be competing to see who could speak out the loudest on behalf of the Israelis. OK, but why would this conflict have all that much to do with the Korean Peninsula and Northeast Asia? Could life go on in Northeast Asia, lurching from one political or diplomatic or military crisis as usual, without overwhelming implications for the Middle East? After all, did wars in Iraq and Afghanistan really have that much to do with the news from North and South Korea or Japan or Taiwan? The problem with that comfortable notion is that North Korea and Iran are de facto allies. They've exchanged nuclear technology and components and North Korea exports medium-range missiles to Iran as well as Syria and other Middle East markets ― though obviously sales have gone down since the Arab Spring and the spread of revolutionary fervor throughout the region. It's doubtful, however, that North Korean exports, and technological exchanges, to Iran have been declining while the North counts on its friend, ally, benefactor and protector China to keep it on life support. The Chinese may deny it all they want, but for sure North Korea is shipping stuff to Iran and other markets via China while avoiding the off-again, on-again efforts of nations banded together by the porous Proliferation Security Initiative to deter shipments by sea. Under these circumstances, a war with Iran would play into another problem with global dangers. That is, relations between the United States and China, and between the United States and Russia, are worsening. The United States is increasingly fed up with the amazing trade imbalance with China, and the Chinese are annoyed by rising U.S. complaints, rules and regulations and court cases, most all of them over what the Americans see as Chinese chicanery. U.S. relations with Russia aren't faring too well either. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has been talking increasingly tough while running for another stint as president. He's in the habit of playing a blame game against the United States – the easiest way to distract attention from pro-democracy protesters who have the sympathy of Americans. Finally, war in the Middle East would have to draw U.S. attention, and troops, away from Asia. President Obama, having made a much publicized ``pivot" toward Asia during the drawdown from Iraq and Afghanistan, might have to do a fast pivot the other way. That pivot could turn into a risky pirouette in which the United States does not have the forces, or will, to maintain strong defenses all the way from South Korea to Japan and Taiwan. North Korea would have all the more reason to deal with Iran in the deadliest military material. Most worrisome, just as China and Russia would support Iran, so they would surely side with their old ally North Korea in any new crisis on the Korean Peninsula. History does have a disturbing way of repeating itself. Korea Times columnist Donald Kirk has been covering war and crisis from the Middle East to Southeast Asia to Korea and Japan since the 1960s. His website is www.donaldkirk.com, and he's reachable at firstname.lastname@example.com. |


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Micheal Burt, former champion college basketball coach, and an author of six books on motivation and harnessing your potential used Natalie as an example in a blog about achieving success and stardom. Evidently Micheal was at one of our recent Panama City Shows and enjoyed himself enough to write about it.
It's well written with a lot of great advice… Great for anyone needing a little motivation today.
Thank you Coach for the kind words! Everyone can use a good halftime speech every once in a while.
You can check it out here or find the text below:
From "Baby Acts to Big Acts"
By Coach Micheal Burt
This past week a friend and mentor of mine referred to me as a "baby act" on my way to becoming a "big act." All big stars begin as little "baby stars" and it got me thinking about how baby acts become big acts.
While in Florida vacationing and eating dinner another "baby act" named Natalie Stovall was singing at Schooners on the beach.
It was obvious to me within minutes that she wouldn't be a "baby act" for long. She had the talent, the presence, the passion, and the "it factor." Millions of people dream of the day that they breakthrough to major stardom-some do but many never will. In my latest book Small Towns Big Dreams- Your Destiny has No City Limits I explore some key components of making this leap. If you're in this boat take heed as any one of these could be the thunderbolt you've been looking for to experience the major breakthrough and if you're out there climbing the ladder like Ms. Stovall, my good friends The Barefoot Renegades, or The Herrick Band, know this; there is no stardom if you give up, pack it in, and stop the pursuit. You could be just one performance away from getting that huge break you've been praying for.
Here are seven things you can do to go BIG TIME:
1. Be the real deal. You've got to possess both the "steak and the sizzle." In TX they call it "All Hat and No Cattle" if you're a pretender vs. the real thing. You can't fake this. Either you have paid the price or you haven't. It always shows up if you take short cuts.
2. Know and articulate your differential advantage. Your "free prize" that separates you comes from one place; your unique ability or your past experiences. There's lots of talent in the world, know what you are better at than anybody in the world and sell that one thing to everybody in a consistent way.
3. A "no limits" mindset. There will be lots of people who line up to tell you you're not good enough. Use it as the "emotional firepower" to keep on driving. There jealously is none of your business.
4. Intentional manifestation- Luck happens to those who intentionally design their lives. Constantly think of the top 3 things that could produce a breakthrough and do them. Think in terms of what is the ONE BIG thing I have to do for me to move to the next level and do it. Procrastination plays no role in the life of a future star. Urgency rules here.
5. Do two things really well. 1) Become a true person of interest. You do this by having a "point of view" (go to www.nataliestovall.com and look at about her), and be interesting. The opposite of interesting is sameness and this will get you know where. 2) Know how to build "engaged followers." This happens in one way: Blow people's minds when they see you live. Spend lots of time focused on your presentation. Make it fun for the audience. Help people come alive and they will be "turned on" to you and what you have to offer. Make your performances "the night of their lives."
6. Build a team of people who "have your back." Role definition is critical to this equation. There are stars and role players. When the role players start believing they're the stars then you've got a problem. Everybody has to know their role and play their role. If you're lousy at managing the ebb and flow of your team bring in an expert who knows how to do this. You be the talent, let them manage the group and somebody always has to manage the group.
7. Know you are a brand. Use as many strategies as you can to build, maintain, and protect your "reputational capital." Have clear strategies to drive people in your door and control the customer experience from "end to end." Teach your whole team how to do this as people become "passive" quickly and move on to somebody else if you're not ringing their bell. You're either a "nice to have" or a "must have." Become the "must to have" and your fans and promoters will drive others in your door as well. Leverage their influence by being consistent and fresh vs. inconsistent and boring.
Practice these seven things and you're on your way to moving from a "baby act" to a "big act." Your star power will evolve quickly. Best of luck on the journey! I'll be practicing these seven things right along beside you!
More info on this concept can be found in Coach Burt's book Small Towns Big Dreams (www.smalltownsandbigdreams.com). Coach Burt has a program specifically designed for rising stars called "Coach to the Stars" where he works with super talented people to drive a serious brand, understand group dynamics, and experience a true breakthrough. Go to www.coachburt.com to learn more, or contact Coach at email@example.com.


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The Dangers of Rawhide Dog Chew Toys
This article first appeared in The Bark, Issue 49: Jul/Aug 2008
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I have four dogs. They all love to chew. I too was anti-rawhide because I assumed they posed a choking hazard. Instead, I was buying "Made in America" bullysticks. However, when the bullysticks went up in price for the third time, I switched to cow hooves. This didn't last long as I discovered my dogs were able to chunk off sharp pieces of the hooves and were swallowing them. Pig snouts gave a couple of my dogs diarrhea. I tried the Nylabones that specifically said "Made in the USA," but the dogs didn't really go for them. I also tried Kongs and different chew "toys," but they were to easily destroyed and sometimes swallowed. I then talked to a well respected veterinarian who has been practicing for forty years. He said he gives his dogs rawhides, and in his forty years of practicing, he has never had a problem case due to rawhides. So, I do give my dogs rawhides. We have a chain grocery store in Michigan called Meijer that carries the Pet Factory, Made in the USA, 100% American Beefhide products. The only ingredient listed is American Beefhide, and the package states the rawhides are, "100% Made in the USA following strict GFSI food quality standards.." My female basset hound just survived removal of part of her intestine and the surgical opening of the stomach. Yes, it was caused by a rawhide that did not digest. She was inches away from peritonitis. No symptoms were apparent until she was in agony and severely infected. The diagnostic tests, surgery and recovery was $5,000.00. I have given my dogs U.S. rawhides for years, with no problems. Never again. I had a rottie and I gave him bones from my butcher. You can buy a bag for quite cheap and I would roast them first to kill off any bacteria. He loved them! not being rude or smart but getting to point we can't give our pets anything brought i love my doggies with all my heart but can't be in kitchen forever either as my wheelchair dosen't fit either so what do i do i did all that cooking and ect with my last doggie and she still left me a few months before her 7 th birthday due to severe animia and heart mumer and broke my heart and my first doggie had all store stuff and lived forever ripe old boy bless him so now i have this one what do i do and i was wondering aren't bones from buthcer and animal bones bad because they splinter???? thankyou :) Lucie, I could be wrong, but it is my understanding that only poultry bones splinter. Whereas beef and pork bones do not. I believe they splinter if they are cooked first, if they are raw they supposedly don't, however, I have given my dog raw rib bones and found small pieces- I guess they are softer since they are raw rather than cooked? My dog is a big chewer and I found the only thing that I don't worry about too much are bully sticks/bull pizzle. I've tried elk antlers but they chipped her teeth, so I quit that too... More From The BarkMore in Healthy Living: |
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Southeast Louisiana Legal Services
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SLLS began in 1979 with a grant from the Legal Services Corporation. Back then, SLLS gave legal help to poor people in five north shore parishes. December 31, 2002 marked an important turning point for SLLS. The 2002 merger between SLLS and New Orleans Legal Assistance Corporation (NOLAC), which was founded in 1967, created a combined service area covering 10 Louisiana parishes.
SLLS more than doubled its footprint with its most recent expansion to areas in and around Baton Rouge and Houma. SLLS now serves an area nearly twice the land mass of Connecticut and Rhode Island combined.*
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SLLS now covers 22 southeast Louisiana Parishes:
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Our main goal is to handle civil legal problems of as many poor people in our service area as we can while keeping up our standards of high-quality service.
Our next goal is to remain involved with community efforts to improve the quality of life for the poor.
To meet our goals, SLLS provides direct representation to the poor and much more. SLLS also works with community groups and social services agencies by giving up-to-date information about legal issues affecting the poor in Louisiana. SLLS also works with other legal advocacy organizations around the state and around the nation on litigation projects and educational efforts to protect the legal rights of the poor and to improve their lives.
SLLS has historically faced rising demand for its services without a corresponding increase in resources. SLLS responded to the community's greater need for legal aid by using new technology, seeking pro bono help, developing new approaches to the delivery of legal services, and by widening our funding base.
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When the Ryan plan robs from the poor to give to the rich — without concealment and without apology — and when poor, working, and middle class conservatives support it anyway, what can you call it but chronic Obama Derangement Syndrome? Stockholm Syndrome? Unforgivably stupid?
Ryan's Budget: tax cuts for the wealthy, austerity for the rest of us
Chairman Ryan's budget proposes $5.3 trillion in nondefense budget cuts (and about $200 billion in defense increases). The $5.3 trillion in cuts includes $1.2 trillion in cuts to nondefense discretionary programs; this $1.2 trillion in cuts is beyond the cuts needed to comply with the strict funding caps that the Budget Control Act established. Several hundred billion dollars of these additional cuts would very likely come from low-income programs.
Paul Krugman calls it fraudulent.
Pink Slime Economics and the Most Fraudulent Budget in US History
[...] And when I say fraudulent, I mean just that. The trouble with the budget devised by Paul Ryan, the chairman of the House Budget Committee, isn't just its almost inconceivably cruel priorities, the way it slashes taxes for corporations and the rich while drastically cutting food and medical aid to the needy. Even aside from all that, the Ryan budget purports to reduce the deficit — but the alleged deficit reduction depends on the completely unsupported assertion that trillions of dollars in revenue can be found by closing tax loopholes.
And we're talking about a lot of loophole-closing. As Howard Gleckman of the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center points out, to make his numbers work Mr. Ryan would, by 2022, have to close enough loopholes to yield an extra $700 billion in revenue every year. That's a lot of money, even in an economy as big as ours. So which specific loopholes has Mr. Ryan, who issued a 98-page manifesto on behalf of his budget, said he would close?
None. Not one. He has, however, categorically ruled out any move to close the major loophole that benefits the rich, namely the ultra-low tax rates on income from capital. (That's the loophole that lets Mitt Romney pay only 14 percent of his income in taxes, a lower tax rate than that faced by many middle-class families.)
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities spells out what Priority #1 is for Paul Ryan and the Republicans in the House who passed his budget last Thursday: making the rich richer.
Tax cuts for the rich, forever and ever, Amen.
As noted, these regressive new tax cuts would come on top of the Bush tax cuts, which also were costly and provided disproportionate gains to the highest-income households. Combined, the Bush and Ryan tax cuts would provide an annual windfall of nearly $400,000 apiece, on average, to people with incomes over $1 million (see Figure 3). For these people, their tax cuts would be eight times the average total after-taxincomes of people in the middle 20 percent of the income scale.
The Bush tax cuts contributed significantly to the emergence of large deficits over the past decade and would prove even more unaffordable in coming decades if policymakers extended them. Yet, instead of letting them expire as the economy recovers, the Ryan budget would "double down" by extending them and adding another round of costly, regressive tax cuts on top.
Here's an important reminder to all the people who support the Republican Party's outrageous and disgusting income redistribution scheme out of some weird desire to control other people's lives:


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