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B&B owners throw open their doors and take turns to stay with one another - and pay what they consider fair for their stay
Series 4 Summary
The battle is on as four very different B&B owners take turns to host each other and compete to be named the best value for money.
Episode 1 - Knock Castle
The first to host are father and son Chic and Jason Henderson, who welcome their fellow competitors to Knock Castle in Crieff, Scotland
Episode 2 - Barton House
Mum and daughter Jo and George host from Barton House in Blackpool. While some of the guests are pleased with their rooms, others are put out by a sniffy issue.
Episode 3 - Well House Manor
At Well House Manor in Wiltshire, computer trainers Graham and Lisa Ellis mix IT with B&B: a combination that initially makes Chic and Jason feel more like delegates than guests
Episode 4 - Apple Wood Glamping
It's the last day and the turn of best buddies Ben and Keri and their Apple Wood Glamping in Worcestershire. The group reveal their true feelings and by morning there's a chill in the air.
Episode 5 - Payment Day
It's decision day for the B&B owners. Emotions run high when Jo discovers that her harshest critic was the one she considered her closest ally, and the winner is finally revealed.
Episode 6 - Yellow Submarine
The latest competition kicks off at the Yellow Submarine in Liverpool, where hosts Alfie Bubble and celebrity Philip Olivier offer guests a floating, Beatles-themed experience
Episode 7 - Manor Lodge
Megan and Dick try to make the guests feel at home at their B&B, Manor Lodge, in Cornwall
Episode 8 - Ashculme House
James and Judith Calderbank welcome their guests to their very rural B&B in Devon. But the back-to-basics approach doesn't go down well with all the guests.
Episode 9 - Satis House
The final B&B of the week is Satis House in Suffolk, where Kevin Wainwright and his partner David Little think Satis-faction's guaranteed. But is their breakfast bacon too crispy?
Episode 10 - Payment Day
The B&Bers come together one last time to find out what they've been paid and confront their critics head on
Episode 11 - Taylor's Farm Retreat
The latest B&B competition kicks off at Taylor's Farm Retreat in Surrey, where host Ben Turner offers farmyard frolics of an unexpected nature.
Episode 12 - G! Boutique
The competition moves to the G! Boutique in Southsea, owned by first time B&Bers Eli and Jason, where the guests are blown away by the swank on display.
Episode 13 - Amber Guest House
An afternoon of fairground fun turns a bit fighty in Cleethorpes. And some harsh feedback leaves the host Gill feeling a bit sad.
Episode 14 - Knife and Cleaver
Experienced B&B partners Graham and Terry are out to win at the Knife and Cleaver in Bedfordshire. But there's trouble brewing over the breakfast sausages and toast.
Episode 15 - Payment Day
The B&B owners gather for the final time to air their grievances, face their critics and find out how much they've been paid
Episode 16 - Wizards Thatch
The new competition starts in Alderley Edge, Cheshire, where hosts Ian Lambert and his partner Ali Imiolek hope to cast a spell over the competition at their B and B Wizards Thatch
Episode 17 - The Winterbourne Hotel
Partners James Reay and Simon Dooley run the one-star Winterbourne Hotel and Theatre Showbar in Blackpool. For well-heeled couple Dominic and Stephanie it's a novelty low-budget experience.
Episode 18 - Northrise Lodge
The latest B and B to host is Northrise Lodge in Hastings, run by self-confessed perfectionist Andrea Hickmott, who has a meltdown after forgetting to put sugar on the table at breakfast
Episode 19 - The Salutation
The competition moves to The Salutation in Sandwich, where Stephanie and Dominic Parker pride themselves on giving guests a taste of the luxury lifestyle
Episode 20 - Payment Day
It's decision day as the four sets of B&B owners meet for the final time to settle some scores and discover what they've been paid. And could there be a wedding proposal too?
Episode 21 - Windmill Cottage
First to host is Windmill Cottage in Shropshire, owned by Lorraine Trasatti and her Italian husband Gino. But a nervous Lorraine makes a hash of the coffee, leaving the guests parched.
Episode 22 - The Royal Sportsman
An afternoon of Welsh slate splitting sets off a battle of the sexes between alpha male Gino and tomboy Karen at the Royal Sportsman Hotel in Porthmadog.
Episode 23 - The Duke of Cornwall
The latest visit is to the Duke of Cornwall in St Austell, where hosts Debbie Williams and Karen Lucas urge their guests to take part in a séance as they think the B&B is haunted.
Episode 24 - Appalachian Spring
B&B newbie Toni Del Mar, in Devon, is the latest to host, With tensions already rife in the group, Toni's hosting skills are put to the test. Will morris dancing help?
Episode 25 - Payment Day
It's time for the B&Bers to face the music, as they come together for one last time to find out what they've been paid and confront their critics head on
Episode 26 - Hamlet House
B&B veteran Paul Workman is the no-nonsense owner of Hamlet House in Stratford-upon-Avon, where moany guests are given short shrift
Episode 27 - Ashlack
Second to host are B&B newbies Ben Gray and Katie Keegan, of Ashlack in Cumbria, where the guests are wowed by their rooms in the 16th-century manor house
Episode 28 - The Richwood
Partners Veronica Pickles and Saida Hammoud run their 13 room guest house in Torquay almost entirely alone. Their Herculean efforts are praised by their rivals, but the dated décor does not unnoticed.
Episode 29 - Tai'r Bull Inn
At Helen Fraser's Tai'r Bull Inn in the Brecon Beacons, Saida and Veronica make a discovery in their room that leaves them refusing to stay the night.
Episode 30 - Payment Day
The rival owners come together for the final time, to discover what they've been paid and settle some scores. A huge clash between two of the hosts ensues.
Episode 31 - Cherry Tree House
The latest competition begins at Cherry Tree House in Blackpool, where an afternoon learning clown skills sees a North-South divide develop within the group
Episode 32 - Old Hall Inn
Lucy and Caroline make a mysterious, toe-curling discovery in their bathroom at the Old Hall Inn in Yorkshire. And an afternoon's angling leaves George and Juliet reeling as they fail to catch a fish.
Episode 33 - Pilot Boat Inn
The B&B competition re-convenes at the nautical Pilot Boat Inn on the Isle of Wight. But for some of the guests, the rooms aren't quite shipshape.
Episode 34 - Rutland Terrace
The guests at Lucy Roe's B&B are delighted with the elegant décor, but George and Juliet bemoan the lack of en-suite bathroom, and Kevin and Robert are horrified by the state of their mattress.
Episode 35 - Payment Day
It's time for the B&Bers to face the music, as they come together for one last time to find out what they've been paid and confront their critics face to face.
Episode 36 - Glenferndale
Maggie and Ian Dickson's home-from-home at Glenferndale near Edinburgh is where the competition begins. They host Eileen and Jannika Hopeakoski, Craig and Marie Harris and Kristin Grantham.
Episode 37 - Pitlessie House
The second B&B is Pitlessie House in Fife, Scotland. Owner Kristin Grantham's slipper policy gets things off on the wrong foot, but her bagpipe playing competition is a hit.
Episode 38 - Sea-La-Vie
Mother and daughter team Eileen and Jannika Hopeakoski open their doors at Sea-La-Vie for the third visit, and the guests think the stylish rooms are a fine vintage.
Episode 39 - The Peaks Inn
It's the fourth and final B&B of the week, and the hosts are publicans Craig and Marie Harris of The Peaks Inn, Derbyshire. Some guests are underwhelmed both by the place and the activity.
Episode 40 - Payment Day
It's feedback time, and the rival owners meet to find out what they've been paid. Some are ready for a fight and are disarmed by one owner's plan to 'kill with kindness'.


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They'd met at Starbucks. Two professionals. Busy. Single. Middle-age and surprised to find each other when they least expected.
Maryellen and Mike Ferring dated, married, then found themselves looking for their first house. She, who decorated her home in French country, and he, who leaned toward a more contemporary style, gravitated to the downtown Phoenix historic neighborhoods of Willo and Encanto.
And like their chance meeting at Starbucks, the Ferrings knew they'd found their home when they walked through the front door.
"This is it," Maryellen recalls saying. Mike liked the overall feel of the 1930s Tudor-style home in the Willo Historic District. Maryellen fell in love with the painted living-room ceiling.
The wood floors, French doors, alcoves, covered side porch and spacious, window-lined family room, the latter added by a previous owner, heightened their affection.
This was the home for them.
Seven and a half years later, the couple see their imprint on this home, although they initially confined their stamp to paint and removing some crown molding.
Despite friends' reservations about combining her French country and his contemporary style, the union has proved more than compatible.
"We both really liked our stuff and we both really liked each other, and together I knew it would just work. We made it completely our own," Maryellen says of the sophisticated, uncluttered home, which they painted in warm taupe, creams and, in the kitchen's case, brick red.
Their only major remodeling project for the three-bedroom home has been the kitchen.
The kitchen's original footprint was compromised by a furnace chimney that blocked easy passage and movement in an already small room.
The Ferrings reconfigured the brick chimney and were meticulous about keeping their changes in line with the home's roots.
They had a corner sink installed and black-soapstone countertops added. A cabinetmaker made simple cherry-wood cabinets and a built-in banquette in the adjoining breakfast alcove.
Their most dramatic move was to paint the kitchen brick red. Not only did they have the walls painted red, the couple followed their instincts and rolled the color on the ceiling, too.
Friends and remodelers tried to discourage the idea, arguing that it would make the small room look like a cave.
"We thought, 'It's paint. We can always paint over it if we don't like it, but I can't imagine it's not going to be huge and handsome," Maryellen said. "It's the best decision we made."
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Rocky Mount Police don't list the suspect's real name in their report, but say they're looking for a person known as "Coop." He's wanted in a Friday night shooting on Boone St. Police say "Coop" shot another man at a card game there. The victim ended up needing to go all the way to Pitt Memorial Hospital in Greenville for treatment.
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The following chapter from the book FDB by Lakshmi Dias Bandaranaike is reproduced for the bearing it has on Lanka's ethnic problem and as illustrative of the role SLFP led governments have played in ethnic reconciliation and peace.
I have come to Jaffna not only as a representative of the Government but also as a true friend of the Tamils in the North. I have come here not to ask for your votes, or to canvas for the crossover of your politicians to the Government. I have not come here to talk politics either.
The purpose of my visit is to solicit your friendship and co-operation to build a united Sri Lanka where all the people irrespective of the community they belonged to, the language they spoke, or the religion they professed, will be equal and enjoy the same rights.
So said Mr. Felix R. Dias Bandaranaike, Minister of Public Administration, Local Government, Home Affairs & Justice, speaking at a public meeting held at the Open Air Theatre, Jaffna.
He said he agreed with those people who said that the Tamils had several of their problems unsolved. Those problems could be solved if the two major communities established a rapport with each other and discussed their problems with a view to solve them.
By having discussions the longstanding problems, including the langauge question, could be solved easily. By mutual understanding and creating an atmosphere of friendship and goodwill all the problems that confronted both communities could be settled once and for all. Instead of doing this, some politicians in the North were issuing threats on the Government.
He further said a concrete example of solving problems by discussion was the solution that was found to the Indo-Ceylon problems some time back, and recently the settlement reached as regards. The question of the ownership of that tiny island, had now been settled once and for all.
He said he was happy to see some of the Tamil politicians including Mr. S. J. V. Chelvanayakam who once said that Kachativu belonged to South India had now expressed joy and satisfaction as regards the recent agreement.
That agreement was made by the PM not with any political motive, but to help the people of the North, especially the fishermen who used this Island and pilgrims from the North who went there for festivals.
The administration of this island would now come under the purview of the Delft local authorities.
He further said communalism which once bestrode the Southern and Northern parts of Sri Lanka was now on the way out.
The people from both sides of the Elephant Pass had now begun to think as one united nation and as a result communal politicians like Mr. K. M. P. Rajaratne and his counterparts in the North had been pushed to the background.
He was happy to see the people in Jaffna, too, realised that communal politics would not help them to solve their problems.
Referring to the Jaffna farmers, he said the farmers in the North had proved in recent times that they were superior to their counterparts in the South in all respects.
The Jaffna farmers had now become very rich. The farmers down South had not resented it for accused the government of helping the Jaffna farmers. Instead, they had begun to admire the achievements of the Northern farmers. They had also expressed their willingness to learn from the Tamil farmers to increase production.
The Government had been giving all the necessary assistance and encouragement to the Jaffna farmers and would also do so in the future, even though many of them were opposed to the other policies and programmes of the Government.
Referring to the langauge of the courts, the Minister said he had made Tamil the langauge of the Courts in the Tamil areas because he felt it would not be fair if the Tamils were forced to conduct the affairs of the courts in a langauge other than their own.
He further said he found that it was fair and necessary to allow the people who came before the courts expecting justice to be done, to be heard in a langauge that they knew.
Referring to the administration of the Jaffna Municipal Council he said he had not come across a city as clean as Jaffna in recent times. It was mainly due to the untiring efforts and dedicated service of Mr. Alfred Duraiyappah, Mayor of Jaffna.
He further said he wished to remind the people of Jaffna that the first person to vote the necessary funds for a water supply scheme for Jaffna was the late Prime Minister Mr. S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike.
He did so during the height of the 1958 communal riots. It was due to this action of the late PM, that the people of Jaffna were now able to have their own water supply schemes.
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"People have greatly benefited by the new judicial reforms introduced recently. The langauge of the courts is being enforced without causing discrimination to any section of the community," said Mr. Felix Dias Bandaranaike, Minister of Public Administration, Local Government and Home Affairs and Minister of Justice.
Mr. Bandaranaike opened the Law Library at the Public Library hall in Jaffna on Sunday. Mr. Alfred Duraiyappah, Mayor of Jaffna, presided.
Mr. Bandaranaike said he would call a conference of High Court Judges as early as possible to discuss the difficulties in implementing the Langauge of the Courts Act and how to solve problems which may have arisen.
It was the Government's intention to rule without harming any community or causing hardships to the people of any particular region in the country.
After the meeting Mr. Bandaranaike unveiled a statue of Mahatma Gandhi at the Jaffna Mahatma Gandhi Road. It is one of the statues erected by the Jaffna Municipal Council to mark the councils' silver jubilee celebrations which are now on.
The Minister said that the Mahatma did not fight for the independence of India single-handed. The people of Sri Lanka too benefited by the Mahatma's struggle.
This country too was able to come out of the grip of its imperialist rulers because of the Mahatma's struggle and the genuine satyagraha campaign launched against the foreign rulers.
Mr. Bandaranaike also opened the jubilee hall of the Jaffna Municipal Council. It was constructed to commemorate the Council's silver jubilee. Mr. Bandaranaike also visited the Agricultural-Industrial Development Exhibition which is being held to commemorate the council's jubilee.
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ABC is celebrating Thanksgiving the Gaga way this year. The network has A Very Gaga Thanksgiving set to air later this month, and we have two photos of Gaga to show you, one of which has her with some children, and the other has her dressed up and looking like a shimmery princess, just in time for winter.
A Very Gaga Thanksgiving will air Thanksgiving (Thursday, November 24th) at 9:30 p.m. on ABC. The special will include Gaga performing eight songs in front of her close friends and family. Among the performances is a duet with Tony Bennett to The Lady is a Tramp, as well as Gaga singing some of her own songs (Marry the Night, You and I, The Edge of Glory) and of course, at least one holiday song (White Christmas). Well also see Gaga sit down with Katie Couric at Sacred Heart Catholic School in New York, where Gaga went to school. The two will talk about Gagas past, and her relationships with her friends and family.
This whole thing was conceived and directed by Lady Gaga, and given how open she usually is, regularly putting herself out there to share with her fans, I expect fans will get to know her even better through this special. Or, at the very least, there will be a lot of great performances.
Here are the two photos ABC released for the special. Hopefully theyll have some video to go with them soon...
The first one looks like it could be a promotional photo, or else, an image of her performing. The second one appears to have her blowing on something (kisses? magic fairy-dust? Or is it just a recently baked warm cookie that needs a bit of cooling off?)
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A few more release dates were announced this past week. Check out what's new below.
Jeezy is slated to release his next mixtape soon. #ItsThaWorld2 is slated to release on November 27 and is the follow up to his first edition, which was released earlier this year in May.
Chicago native King Louie has announced that he will be releasing a sequel to his Drilluminati mixtape. Drilluminati 2 has no release date yet but will be released via LiveMixtapes.
Miami, Florida native and Raider Klan headman SpaceGhostPurrp will release a mixtape soon in a fashion different than normal. Taking to Twitter recently, Purrp said he is dropping his Black Money World, Vol. 2 Saga track-by-track every other day and that his fans will need to collect them to compile the entire project.
Nikko Lafre will release his next album on December 15.
For album news, check out HipHopDX's Release Dates.
November 19
Neef Buck - Forever Do Me 6: Trash Bag King
Rich Kidz - A Westside Story
Syler - One Minute to Midnight
November 20
Kal Duzay - Diamond Scarz
November 21
BLAX - Everyday
Candice - Smoker's Room
November 23
Belo - I Plead The 5th
November 25
Omar Cruz - The Book Of Omar
Trae Tha Truth - I Am King
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Lightshow - Life Sentence 2
Lil Bibby - Free Crack
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Jeezy - #ItsThaWorld2
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Reed Dollaz - Revolt
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Jahlil Beats - Legend Era 3
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Blitz The Ambassador - "African In New York"
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Fri, 11/02/2012 - 7:00pm
Director Juan Mandelbaum searches for his friends and family in Argentina.
During the 1976-1983 military dictatorships in Argentina, thousands of citizens were kidnapped and never heard from again. Director Juan Mandelbaum returns to his native Argentina to discover what happened to friends and loved ones who were among the"desaparecidos." His journey reveals the depths of terror that they experienced and the continued fight for justice. Terrence Howard hosts the series. Independent Lens: Our Disappeared/Nuestros Desaparecidos airs Friday, November 2, 2012 at 7 p.m. on WXXI World (cable 524/DT21.2).
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Tom Brady, Ryan Mallett
Tebow misses the cut for me. This was his best game and he was mediocre at best and slightly underperformed Mallett imo. Tebow is a great guy and easy to root for but with only 53 spots you have to consider depth and talent first. Maybe he can hang around Foxboro with a personal QB coach and work on his mechanics for next season but I just can't justify a spot for what would essentially amount to a mascot/buddy type of role for him at this point
Danny Amendola, Julien Edelman,Matt Slater, Josh Boyce, Aaron Dobson, Kenbrell Thompkins
Sims put up a good show last night but not enough to overtake any of the above. With any luck they can sneak him through waivers
Rob Gronkowski, Jake Ballard, Micheal Hoom, Zach Sudfeld
Sudfeld was my sleeper UDFA this season and I've been on him since we've signed him and very glad I hitched my wagon to him. For Fells he played well but not sure he played all that much better than Ballard and since Ballard is the cheaper option I went with him, though I could easily see Fells getting the nod over Ballard too. Gronk is the 53man spot for a couple days which goes to show how important a 53rd spot can mean. It could be the difference between getting Gronk back week 2-3 or having to PuP him to make room for Tebow
Steven Ridley, Shane Vereen, Leon Washington, Brandon Bolden, LaGarrette Blount
Truthfully I thought they were only going to carry 4 and I thought it was going to come down to Bolden vs Blount. To me Blount gets the edge even though Bolden is a STer but with both being out for game 4 that might give insight that both made the team. Washington I could see getting cut but really who else has shown any ability to be a returner this preseason? If for nothing else there is no one behind him to return kicks. If Tebow makes the team this is the 1 area I can see them cutting back to make room.
Nate Solder, Will Svitek, Seabastian Vollmer, Josh Kline, Marcus Cannon, Dan Connolly, Ryan Wendell, Logan Mankins
I think 7 players had it locked up really to me it comes down to McDonald vs Kline and I believe both are PS eligible and I like Kline slightly more
Vince Wilfork, Joe Vellano, Tommy Kelley, Marcus Forston
This is a really thin line up and feel Vellano makes the squad simply because of a lack of depth. But I could see them rolling with 3 and using Benard and Francis as 3rd down sub DT's
Justin Francis, Chandler Jones, Rob Nink, Marcus Benard, Micheal Buchanan, Jake Bequette
I think Bequette played just well enough last night to sneak him into another year but short of that I don't think there are many surprises on my list. Cunningham is out but both Benard and Francis can play his role
Jerod Mayo, Dont'a Hightower, Brandon Spikes, Jamie Collins, Dane Fletcher
No real surprises here
Kyle Arrington, Marquice Cole, Logan Ryan, Alfonzo Dennard, Aqib Talib
I could see them carrying 6 CB's honestly and having Green or Morris in there for depth but I didn't see enough from either on STs to warrent a spot on the roster
Devin McCourty, Duron Harmon, Travon Wilson, Steve Gregory, Nate Ebner
Now that last one might come as a shock to everyone but I do think BB wants 10 DB's going into the season give the lack of actually depth and to me Ebner gives more on STs than Green, Morris, or A Wilson. If you are going to have a 10th DB he needs to provide something on STs
Stephen Gostkowski, Danny Aiken, Zoltan Mesko
Mesko beats out Ryan simply because he has more experience, doesn't out kick his coverage, and is a better directional punter
QB TBN, Quetin Sims WR, Chris McDonald G/C, George Winn RB, James Devlin FB, Justin Green CB, Steve Beauharnais LB, Gilbert Pena/Scott Vallone (can't decide) DT


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Then other half of my commute is in an industrial area. I don't have pictures now. It's mostly delivery and large trailer trucks.
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Another clip... We had lots of freezing rain just before I left work in late evening on a weekend so the roads had not been cleared. Over 90% of my route was covered in ice. Still had about 60% of ice the next morning. Cars couldn't brake or start at intersections. Saw a telephone pole that had been ran into quite violently. Studded tires made riding almost like on dry pavement.


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I'm in the beautiful city of Bath in the United Kingdom. My search for a public Web cafe actually led me to the reception desk at my hotel, where I kicked out the staff for about half an hour while I blogged. I seriously hope no one needed to book a room, for I was the bottleneck at the front desk. Happily, no guest came up to me asking for services; my American accent surely would have given me away (although, having done a number of Shakespearian plays in my mispent youth, I suppose I could have conjoured up some suitable voice).
This being a very historical city, I'm reminded of the following. Some archeologists were digging through the city, and first came upon some fiber optic cables. Below that were some Cat5 cables, and below that were plain copper, then older cables with fabric insulation. Below that was nothing, whereby the archeologists could confidently conclude that the ancient Romans had indeed discovered WiFi.
Obviously, I've been on the road too long and too long separated from a critical mass of transistors. I doubt I'll be able to blog until my return on the 7th, so thanks for your patience until I return to a more software-intensive world. I shutdder at the piles of email that likely await me: with an average of 200-300 emails/per day and 15 days of unread email...well, you do the math.
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In some ways, John Yoo's argument ("Antiwar Senator, War-Powers President") is almost… superfluous. The basic point is straightforward enough: President Obama, just like every other President since 1973, has come to the conclusion that the War Powers Act is in fact an unconstitutional and onerous restriction on the executive branch's constitutionally mandated oversight of military affairs. This conclusion follows the usual evolutionary arc: as Yoo | Read More »


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Judge dismisses tax collectors' lawsuit
More than eight months after the Luzerne County Council narrowly voted to gather taxes using county employees rather than elected tax collectors, a judge dismissed the Luzerne County Tax Collectors Association's lawsuit to block the move Monday.
The dismissal opens the door for in-house tax collection to start in January, county solicitor David Pedri said Wednesday in an email to council. It's a change proponents say will save the county nearly $400,000 annually. Opponents have expressed doubts the county can achieve those savings by hiring only three additional employees, as it had planned.
The association of tax collectors, which will continue to work for school districts and municipalities, filed suit in March, asking the courts to block the county ordinance and calling it illegal.
Senior Judge David Grine disagreed. The Pennsylvania Constitution and the Home Rule Law, which governs Luzerne County, "clearly permit" home-rule municipalities to exercise that right, he wrote in his opinion. The enactment of in-house tax collection "falls within the broad powers set forth in the (the county's home-rule) charter," Grine wrote.
The county's outside legal representation, led by Matthew Carmody, argued that counties such as Lehigh and Allegheny had made similar moves. Jack Dean, another member of the legal team, said the county was "very, very pleased" with the ruling.
Carmody and Dean received a rate of about $160 an hour, they said, but were paid from the county's legal insurance company rather than from county coffers.
Michael Savona, one of the association's attorneys, said he had not yet received the order and declined to comment.
But the victorious politicians had plenty to say.
"This case is not just a victory for the County on tax collection, but for Home Rule itself," said Councilman Jim Bobeck, who introduced the ordinance, in an email Wednesday. "The County can choose its own destiny without bowing to litigation threats. The tax collectors' attorney tried to intimidate Council from making the correct decision by threatening litigation at a Council meeting, and the majority of council was not deterred."
Grine, of Centre County, was brought in to rule on the case because he has no affiliation to Luzerne County, Dean said.
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A budget plan proposed May 16 by two council members would eliminate layoffs at the fire department and reduce the amount of police layoffs from 49 to 25 by making cuts elsewhere, particularly by forcing city employees to take 10 furlough days in fiscal year 2014.
Council members Roxanne Qualls and Chris Seelbach are co-sponsoring the motion. If it's approved by City Council, the amount of city employee layoffs in the fiscal year 2014 budget would drop to 84, down from the original "Plan B" estimate of 344, by amending Mayor Mark Mallory's budget proposal, which was announced yesterday.
Avoiding the layoffs comes with large cuts and shifted priorities elsewhere: Furlough days for supervisory and leadership personnel would be bumped up from five to 10 ($250,000 in savings), all council members would be asked to take 10 furlough days ($22,700), City Council's office budgets would be reduced ($18,000), the clerk of council's office budget would also be reduced ($46,000), the departments of community development and economic development would be merged ($171,000) and the account for firefighter's protective gear would be reduced ($100,000).
In total, the cuts in the motion add up to $607,000.
The cuts would be in addition to larger cuts proposed by the city manager and mayor, which include reduced funding to parks, human services, parades and outside agencies.
The city must enact a budget by May 31, which will give city officials the required 30 days to implement the plan by fiscal year 2014, which begins July 1.
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The Blackstone Valley Chaos Youth Basketball Program is one of the top rated AAU Basketball organizations in New England, for over 8 years running. The Chaos program has three State Championships while providing National, Regional , and Local teams for all ages. BVC has also provided Leagues, Camps, Chaos' Flight School / Skills Academy, College Exposure Showcases and more!
Coach Dion's 9th grade boys got solid contributions from everyone in taking on a strong field and winning the championship at Basketbull's Columbus Day challenge at Roger Williams College (RI) this past weekend.
Strong defense and great ball movement ruled the day in the championship game against Riverside Church of NYC. Great job from all. Congratulations!
Congrats to Coach Nuttall's 7th Grade team on winning the Basketbull Junior National Invitational in Springfield, Ma.
The Chaos 6th grade boys had a great weekend in Boston winning their division in the Boston Warriors May Mayhem tournament. The boys were undefeated on the weekend defeating a tough BSA team from Brockton in the finals.
Coach Rodrigues' 8th grade boys went undefeated (all double digit victories) to win the 2015 Mass Premier Spring Classic championship. Great effort by all!
The Chaos 8th grade boys led by Joey Nuttall and John Adams swept the field at the recent Boston Warriors Spring Breakout tournament. The team went undefeated in winning the first tournament of the year. Congratulations and well done!
Coach Covells 8th grade Girls sailed in to Coastal New Hampshire and won the Blast at the Beach tournament. The Girls were 4 & 0 on the weekend including a hard fought, one point win over the New England Flame in the championship game. Great job and congrats to the players, coach and parents!
Congrats to Coach Rodrigues 7th Grade Boys team for winning the Think Pink Challenge at Clark University. Well done!!
The Chaos girls had a great weekend in Mansfield at the M-Plex "Experience" tournament. Chaos had three teams with perfect records for the weekend. Coach Covell's 8th grade team (above left), Coach Kilcoyne's 7th grade team and Coach Ambrosino's 7th grade team (above right).
Well done Girls!!!
Congratulations and best of luck to Chaos' 2013 Alumns as they begin their college basketball careers. The program will have eleven young men from last year's seniors playing college basketball this winter. Evan Lerner (Salve Regina), Jeremy Bacon (Worcester State), Matt Mobley (CCSU), Joe Atkinson (Clark), Connor Costello (Hobart), Ryan Ballou (Worcester State), Chris Murray (Bentley), David Mercier (Clark), Josh Evans (Norwich), Grant Brown (Norwich) and Andrew Baron (Umass - Dartmouth). These players were all terrific young men to work with and We are sure will have very successful college careers.
This brings the total to 19 Chaos players in the last three years that have moved on to play college basketball. Very Proud!!!
Congratulations to Coach Dion's 7th grade team for winning their bracket in the 8th grade division at the TeamMass Fall Blast. The Boys went 3 & 1 on the weekend with their only loss coming to a 9th grade team. Well Done!! (missing from photo is Jameson Gannon)
Many of our Chaos players were noted for their play at this weekends NERR New England Hoop Festival in Hampton, NH. Below you will find NERR's links and player notes on the event.
Nick Pasquale (BV Chaos)- The big man has a wide rebounding range and is quick off his feet to grab boards in his area. Playing against a zone, he is quick to receive the ball in the high post and look for the open shooter on the opposite side of the court. Defensively, he intimidates opponents into taking rushed shots because of his length and closing speed.
Kevin Durkin (BV Chaos)- Durkin is a skilled big man who has a bright future. He ran the baseline against the opponent's zone, and was efficient in catching, locating, and scoring. He is also solid on the boards, forming a 1-2 inside punch with Pasquale that is hard to stop on the AAU circuit.
Luke Cowen (BV Chaos)- The guard has a smooth, easy-flowing shot that allowed him to connect on several treys during the Chaos' game on Saturday. With shooters at a premium, Cowen has a skill that will translate well to the next level.
Trevor Kovac (BV Chaos)- Playing for the 10th grade VB Chaos squad, Kovac is an efficient guard who plays at his pace; he does not get sped up by the opposition. He has a nice jumpshot, and the lefty was good at setting up his teammates for open shots.
Drew Vittum (BV Chaos)- Vittum is a 6'5 player with great hands. He takes what the defense gives him, and makes the correct move. He does not try to force anything, whether it be a pass when there is no passing lane, or a penetration when there is no room in the lane to drive. Vittum is a very smart player who should make St. John's of Shrewsbury very happy this season.
Kevin Durkin (BV Chaos)- For the second consecutive day, Durkin impressed. He was able to get to the foul line more frequently today. He was active defensively and strong on the boards, as well. With Pasquale in foul trouble for BV Chaos' first game of the day, Durkin was able to sustain success in the paint (on both ends of the court) for a big part of the game.
Nick Pasquale (BV Chaos)- Pasquale had the center court rocking with several thunderous dunks on Sunday afternoon. He is smooth in going to the hoop, and is able to finish around the basket when he goes up strong. While his offensive game is emerging, his work on the boards and on defense make him a very valuable player for his team.
Sean Sweeney (BV Chaos)- Sweeney finished through contact especially well on Sunday. That, along with his tough defense, is a key factor in BV Chaos' success this weekend. Successful programs do not consistently win without players like Sweeney.
The Chaos 9th grade team did a terrific job this weekend @ the Zero Gravity Fall Brawl tournament. The team went 3 & 0 through the weekend beating teams from New Hampshire and Boston. Good job Boys. Keep up the hard work!
The Chaos Grade school Summer league and Middle school GirlsSummer league crowned champions this week in our Summer program. Congratulations goes out to Coach Johnson's Grade school Wolverines and Coach Taylor's MS Girls Storm teams for taking home the Summer titles. A special thank you goes out to all our parents for having the patience to deal with all the rescheduling due to our summer's crazy weather pattern. Enjoy the rest of the Summer!
Coach Coffey's Junior team completed a very successful run during the recent NCAA "Live" period in July. The team attended events in NY, Springfield, Atlantic City and Philadelphia. Photos above and below include several team members on the boardwalk in AC and taking on a cheesesteak at Philly's famous Genos.
Playing against the top teams in the Northeast the boys competed very well finishing with a 9 - 7 record that included five one possession losses. Several different online publications noted our players and the team's style of play. They would include New England Recruiting Report, Hoopville and New England Hoop News among others. Ultimately our main goal for July was realized as the majority of our Junior roster has recieved college recruitment. Wonderful job by the coaches , players and parents!
It was a great weekend of Chaos basketball at the NEAAU Massachusetts State Championships in Mansfield (Mass Premier Courts). Coach Cowen/Donovan and Coach Coffey's Freshman and Junior teams both took home state titles. Congratulations to all the players, coaches and parents. Well Done!
Coach Hirtle's 7th grade team, Coach Rodrigues' 6th grade team as well as Coach Pryor's 5th grade team all won their brackets at the Massasoit Warriors SpringFest Tourney. Our Girls 6th grade team coached by Coach Ambrosino won their bracket at the MetroWest Madness tournament at Brandeis and Coach Cowens 9th grade boys team made it the State semifinals on May 17th with a great weekend of play @ the NEAAU 9th grade Mass State tournament in Mansfield.
Well done by all!
Congratulation to Coach Coffey's U17 team for winning the Mass Rivals Spring HoopFest. The team won all three pool play games to advance to the Championship game where they defeated a tough BasketBull team from Springfield to take home the chip. Well Done!
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- University of New England men's basketball player Jesse Dykstra (Douglas, Mass.) has been selected as the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) Rookie of the Week for the period ending November 25. CCC Commissioner Gregg Kaye announced the weekly honors Monday morning (Nov. 26).A first-year forward, Dykstra was named to the all-tournament team at UMass Boston's Harbor Invitational, behind his 14-point, 13-rebound performance in the consolation game -- UNE's first win (70-63) of the season over the College of St. Joseph. Over three games during the week, he averaged 10.0 points, 6.7 rebounds, 1.3 blocks, and 1.3 steals.
Former Chaos players Jake Ratcliffe (Worcester State), Scott Barrows (Clarkson), Dan Tessier (Westfield State), and Tyler Delorey (Anna Marie) as well as Jacek Louisville (Umass - Dartmouth), Paul Manning (Bridgewater State) and Jesse Dykstra (University of New England) are all looking forward to big winters as their college basketball seasons get under way. Unfortunately, Mac Roy (Eastern Connecticut) will miss his freshman year of basketball due to a knee injury he sustained on the second day of practice.
Best of luck guys from the Chaos family!
Congrats to all the boys for a great weekend down at the Kingston Thunder Fall Showdown. All of our teams were extremely competetive. Particularly our 7th Grade (Hirtle), 10th Grade (Richey) & 11th Grade (Coffey) teams who all ended up 4 & 0 on the weekend to take home the tournament championships. Well done!
Chaos' Juniors and Seniors attended the Hoop Mountain Fall Classic down at Mass Premier Courts in Manfield on Friday 9/23. The showcase was an opportunity for our high schoolers to play in front of over 70 college and prep school coaches. While everyone represented the program well, there were a few that stood out enough to be noted on New England Recruiting Reports article on the event.
Colin Richey, Choate(CT)- Richey showed why he is one of the better known point guard prospects in New England. He has continued to add upper body strength and some bounce in his jump, making himself a much more capable one-on-one scorer off the dribble. Defensively he showed a slight improvement, while on the other side of the ball he did a nice job of distributing to teammates. Connor Brown, St. Peter-Marian(MA)- Like Bunting, Brown was a relative unknown going into the event, but he had several big games that warrant attention. He knocked down several long treys, stayed in the paint on defense to help his team rebound, and showed a little versatility with his scoring off the dribble. Nick Pasquale, Shrewsbury(MA)- A legit 6'8 forward who was one of the best rebounders at the event, Pasquale initially stood out because of his nose for the ball. He got several tips and offensive rebounds, and because of his relentless attack on the glass, his teammates greatly benefited via second and third opportunity shots. His offensive game needs work, but he has the assertiveness that it takes to be a go-to scorer in the paint.Richard Santos, Whitinsville Christian(MA)- Working out has certainly helped Santos, especially in his ability to get to the rim and score. He had several acrobatic finishes and some impressive no-look passes, but his standout quality as a point guard is his floor leadership.Pete Weston, Choate (CT)- Weston can score in literally every way possible: he hits the outside or mid-range shot, can score off the dribble, and has a knack for scoring against other guards when he gets the opportunity to score on the post. He has a scrappy style of game defensively on the glass, almost always giving a play 100% effort.Isaiah Nelsen, North Andover (MA)- Nelsen immediately stands out as a college prospect because of his versatility for a 6'6 forward. He can step out and hit the mid-range jumper, rebounds consistently, and has nice footwork down in the post. He'll be a force this year for North Andover, especially if he can consistently produce in high quantities offensively.Andy Baron, St. Bernard's (MA)- Baron is another skilled big who excels when he plays aggressively. What he may not have in bounce, he makes up for in superb footwork and a seasoned understanding of how to use head fakes around the basket
The Blackstone Valley Chaos U9 AAU boys basketball team finished second in the annual Massachusetts state AAU championship held at Brandeis University and Mass Premier Courts in Foxboro last weekend.


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Did not have serrano chiles so just used red pepper flakes. I also added black beans for a little protein (add to PPV). It turned out really good. I will make it again.


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In a letter to the Hamilton County Board of Elections, City Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld today asked the Board to extend in-person early voting hours in the county. Council members Roxanne Qualls, Chris Seelbach, Cecil Thomas, Laure Quinlivan, Yvette Simpson and Wendell Young also signed the letter. Council members Christopher Smitherman, an Independent, and Charlie Winburn, a Republican, were notified of the letter Thursday, but they did not agree to sign.
In-person early
voting will begin on Oct. 2 and run until Nov. 2. If hours are not
extended, polls in Hamilton County will only be open on weekdays between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. If the Board agrees to Sittenfeld's recommendations,
early voting will be extended to 8 p.m. on weekdays and Saturday
The letter brings home a political controversy that has recently gained national attention. In recent weeks, Democrats have accused state Republicans of extending in-person early voting in predominantly Republican counties and keeping shorter in-person early voting hours in predominantly Democratic counties.
Democrats typically point to Warren County and Butler County — two predominantly Republican counties with extended in-person early voting — and the recent actions of Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted. In the predominantly Democratic counties of Lucas, Cuyahoga, Summit and Franklin, Husted had to break ties in Boards of Election on the issue of in-person early voting hours. In every case, Husted voted against extending in-person early voting hours.
Jerid Kurtz, spokesperson for Ohio Democratic Party, says the move follows a clear Republican trend: "Every opportunity that presents itself, Republicans take away the right to vote."
Kurtz is referring to Republicans' initial push to end in-person early voting in Ohio. In 2011, Republicans passed two laws — H.B. 194 and H.B. 224 — that ended in-person early voting in the state. After Democrats managed to get enough petition signatures to put the early voting issue on the November ballot, Republicans repealed H.B. 194. However, by not repealing H.B. 224, Republicans have made it so all non-military voters are still disallowed to vote the Saturday, Sunday and Monday before Election Day. Democrats and President Barack Obama have filed a lawsuit to restore those early voting days for all voters, including military personnel and families.
Democrats like Kurtz argue that in-person early voting is necessary to maintain reliable, efficient elections. In 2004, Ohio did not have in-person early voting in place, and the state drew national attention when its long voting lines forced some people to wait as long as 10 hours to vote. After the debacle, a Republican-controlled legislature and Gov. Bob Taft, also a Republican, passed laws allowing in-person early voting.
now Republicans seem skeptical of their own laws.
Republicans say the measures are meant to cut costs and stop voter
fraud, but Democrats say the measures are all about suppressing the vote. In
a moment of honesty, former Florida Republican Chairman Jim Greer told
MSNBC that the measures are about disenfranchising demographics that typically side with Democrats. Even Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin has stepped in to criticize Republicans for what he sees as disenfranchisement.
Husted told reporters at Cleveland's The Plain Dealer that he is considering establishing uniform rules. With such rules, every county would have the same in-person early voting hours.But Kurtz says the talk about a uniform rule is "pure silliness." He says counties have differences, so they need different voting times. Instead of worrying about uniformity or what counties can afford, Kurtz says Husted should worry managing elections and "empowering people to vote."
The calls for extended early voting come a time when Hamilton County is facing budget issues. With a $20 million budget shortfall projected for next year, affording more early voting hours might be difficult. No official estimate has been released on how much the extended hours would cost.
The Hamilton County Board of Elections will meet Thursday at 9 a.m. to discuss extending in-person early voting hours.
A longtime campaign consultant has decided to jump into politics himself. Jeff Cramerding announced today that he will seek the Democratic nomination to run for Hamilton County treasurer next year.
Cramerding, 38, of Price Hill, is a local attorney who has served as a consultant to numerous area politicians, mostly Democrats and Charterites. They include Denise Driehaus, David Pepper, Jody Luebbers and Chris Bortz.
It seems Ohio may soon get a controversial voter ID law. While speaking at a Tea Party event in Cincinnati on Monday, Secretary of State Jon Husted said the General Assembly is likely to take up a voter ID law after the November election.
"I was listening to a show one night where they talked about these onerous rules, these onerous photo ID rules and the onerous rules in Ohio on photo ID," he said. "Well, the photo ID law in Ohio is not onerous. As a matter of fact, I suspect the General Assembly will take up a more strict version of what we have after what we've been through with this election process."
Later on, an audience member commented on the issue by pointing out Ohioans can currently identify themselves with 12 different types of ID. In response, Husted clarified his position: "We need to streamline that because it's really hard for a poll worker to know exactly what they're supposed to be checking. And I'm quite confident the legislature is going to take that issue up."
Under current Ohio law, voters can go to the polls with state ID cards, driver's licenses, military IDs, utility bills, paychecks, bank statements and other forms of ID. Republicans have sometimes criticized the many options, particularly for not being state-issued and not requiring a photo.
Other states have taken up voter ID laws. Pennsylvania's controversial law requires voters to have state-issued photo ID. A Pennsylvania court recently upheld the law, but the Pennsylvania Supreme Court vacated the decision today and asked the lower court to reconsider. The ruling from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court gives lower courts room to strike down the law.
Democrats criticize ID laws for suppressing voters. A study from researchers at the University of Chicago and Washington University in St. Louis found nearly 700,000 young, minority voters will be unable to cast a ballot due to voter ID laws. Both young and minority voters tend to side with Democrats.
Republicans say the laws are necessary to protect elections from voter fraud. However, studies suggest in-person voter fraud is not a serious, widespread issue. A News21 report, a Carnegie-Knight investigative reporting project that looked at national public records, found 10 cases of alleged in-person voter fraud since 2000. That's less than one case a year nationwide.
The audio clips from the event, which was provided by the Ohio Democratic Party, can be heard here and here.
Husted's office could not be immediately reached for comment. This story will be updated if a comment becomes available.
UPDATE (4:25 P.M.): Matt McClellan, spokesperson for Husted, called CityBeat after this story was published.
"The Tea Party has generally been critical of the secretary's position on voter ID," he said, referring to Husted's past opposition of strict voter ID laws. "The comments he made at the event last night were environmental in general about what the secretary thought had been happening at the statehouse. His position, in general, is unchanged."
When pressed about what Husted meant when he advocated for "streamlining" laws, McClellan said Husted supported "simplification" of the current system. McClellan could not offer more details on what that means, and he said specifics would be up to the legislature to decide.
Chris Redfern, Ohio Democratic Party chairman, responded to Husted's suggestions in a statement: "As if Secretary of State Husted has not done enough to undermine access to Ohio's polls, now he's planning a secret post-Election Day assault on what forms of identification voters can present to cast a ballot. It's no surprise that after slashing voting access across the state, using his office for partisan advantage, and lying about Issue 2, now Husted is making plans to create obstacles for African Americans and seniors to vote."
In-person early voting in Hamilton County has been given a minimum price tag: $18,676. That's how much The Cincinnati Enquirer says it will cost to staff polling booths in downtown Cincinnati during the early voting hours directed by Secretary of State Jon Husted.Unfortunately, in an effort to appear as if the early voting issue has two sides, the Enquirer never bothered putting the number in context. The article reads as if that number, which amounts to $406 an hour, is a big expense for Hamilton County. In reality, the additional cost would amount to about 0.009 percent of the 2012 county budget — a rounding error in the $206 million budget.
The number is important because costs are the top
non-racist concern Republicans bring up when opposing more early voting
hours. The other concerns are empowering military voters above normal citizens, which contradicts the entire point of civilian control of the military and ignores mail-in absentee ballots, and voter fraud, which is completely overblown by Republicans.
Over the weekend, Ohio's early voting battle caught national headlines again when Doug Preisse, chairman of the Franklin County Republican Party, told The Columbus Dispatch in an email, "I guess I really actually feel we shouldn't contort the voting process to accommodate the urban — read African-American — voter-turnout machine." The statement echoed earlier statements from former Florida Republican Chairman Jim Greer, who told MSNBC that voting restrictions are an attempt to limit voting from minorities and younger voters.
The admission to racial politics confirmed suspicions from Democrats that limiting early voting hours is at least partly about suppressing the vote among demographics that typically vote Democrat.
The estimate comes in the middle of an ongoing controversy
regarding in-person early voting hours. Husted
said Wednesday that counties must all follow the same early voting
hours. But the hours excluded early voting during the weekend, much to
the dismay of state Democrats. In response, Democrats in Montgomery
County, which is where Dayton is, decided to try having weekend voting
anyway, and Husted suspended and threatened to fire the Democrats on the
Montgomery County Board of Elections. Democrats were not happy with the threats.
Ohio Democrats held a rally in Columbus this morning in
support of Montgomery County Democrats. The Dayton-area Democrats appeared in a hearing with Husted today to see if they will be fired
from the Montgomery County Board of Elections. A decision will be given later in the week.
At the hearing, Dennis Lieberman, one of the Democrats on the Montgomery County Board of Elections, said he "was not put on the board of elections to be a puppet." Lieberman also pointed out that Montgomery County saved $200,000 in the 2008 elections by lowering the amount of precincts required with weekend voting.
The controversy is following up an earlier controversy about county-by-county discrepancies in early voting hours — an issue Hamilton County barely avoided when Husted directed county boards to invoke uniform in-person early voting hours across the state a day before Hamilton County Board of Election hearings.
In his first major case while moonlighting for Stan Chesley's law firm, Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters suffered a crushing defeat earlier this month when a jury rejected a product liability claim seeking tens of millions of dollars in damages. As a result, Deters has scuttled his plans to eventually move full-time into the private sector and instead will seek reelection as prosecutor in 2012, say Republican Party sources.
A conservative organization that advocates for immigration reform will begin running TV and radio commercials in Southwest Ohio next week that attempt to pressure House Speaker John Boehner (R-West Chester) to allow a vote on the "E-Verify" bill.
The group, Numbers USA, said Boehner is letting the bill languish in the House Ways and Means Committee so Republicans don't anger Latino voters in an election year. The House Judiciary Committee approved the bill last year.
The commercials include a 30-second TV ad and a one-minute radio ad.
Next to an image of Boehner, the TV spot states, "Meet House Republican Speaker John Boehner. He won't let Congress vote on E-Verify. Thanks to Speaker Boehner, illegal aliens can keep American jobs. Now Americans, meet the telephone … tell him to bring E-Verify for a vote or he may not like your vote in November."
Under the bill, the federal government's voluntary E-Verify system that is used to check the immigration status of employees would become mandatory nationwide.
Currently seven states require E-Verify checks and 12 others require state agencies and contractors to use it. The federal government has operated its system for the past 15 years.
About 300,000 of the 2.2 million U.S. employers with five or more employees were enrolled in E-Verify as of autumn 2011, according to workforce.com.
The Internet-based system checks any employee's personal information against the Social Security database and several Homeland Security databases.
If the employee is confirmed, that person is authorized to work. If the person isn't confirmed, he or she has eight working days to contest the finding with the Social Security Administration or the Department of Homeland Security.
"Speaker Boehner has supported legislation with E-Verify in the past, and the issue is currently working its way through the committee process," Michael Steel, a Boehner spokesman, told The Washington Times earlier this month.
But Numbers USA isn't convinced, and has launched the ad blitz in response.
Numbers USA said the bill would crack down on the hiring of undocumented immigrants and free up jobs that could be taken by unemployed U.S. citizens.
Critics, however, said the electronic monitoring system proposed by the E-Verify bill would be fraught with errors due to it reliance on incomplete or outdated databases. They cite the number of people who have mistakenly been placed on Homeland Security's terrorist watch list as an example.
Further, opponents believe the bill would lead to more under-the-table hiring, while some Libertarians have worried that it's a backdoor method for implementing a national I.D. card system.
The bill has caused some unlikely political alliances.
Supporters of the bill include President Barack Obama, GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Opponents include the American Civil Liberties Union and several labor unions.
Based in Virginia, Numbers USA was founded in 1997 by Roy Beck, an author and ex-journalist who worked for anti-immigration activist John Tanton. Tanton also helped form two other groups, the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) and the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS).
Numbers USA wants to reduce U.S. immigration levels to pre-1965 levels. The group's website states, "The 1990s saw the biggest population boom in U.S. history … this population boom was almost entirely engineered by federal forced-growth policies that are still in place. The Census Bureau states that Americans will suffer this kind of rapid congestion every decade into the future unless Congress changes these policies."
The Southern Poverty Law Center, a civil rights organization that monitors extremist groups, has said Numbers USA, FAIR and CIS have connections to white supremacist and neo-Nazi leaders.
A 2009 report by the center states, "FAIR, CIS and Numbers USA are all part of a network of restrictionist organizations conceived and created by John Tanton, the 'puppeteer' of the nativist movement and a man with deep racist roots."
The report added, "As the first article in this report shows, Tanton has for decades been at the heart of the white nationalist scene. He has met with leading white supremacists, promoted anti-Semitic ideas, and associated closely with the leaders of a eugenicist foundation once described by a leading newspaper as a 'neo-Nazi organization.' He has made a series of racist statements about Latinos and worried that they were outbreeding whites."
More bad news for Secretary of State Jon Husted. The Ohio Supreme Court told Husted his approved ballot language for Issue 2 contains "factual inaccuracies" and must be rewritten by the Ballot Board. Voters First previously contested the language as misleading to voters. If approved by voters, Issue 2 will put an independent citizens commission in charge of redistricting. Under the current system, state officials redraw borders, sometimes using the process for political advantage. In Cincinnati's district, the Republican-controlled process redrew the district to include Warren County, giving the district more rural voters that tend to side with Republicans instead of urban voters that tend to side with Democrats. Voters First mocked the process with a graph showing how redistricting decisions can sometimes be made in 13 minutes with no questions asked. CityBeat covered the redistricting process here when Issue 2 was still in the petition process.
Ohio's median income dropped last year, according to a new report from the U.S. Census Bureau. But rates of poverty and uninsured rates remained the same. Nationwide, uninsured rates dropped from 16.3 percent in 2010 to 15.7 percent in 2011, meaning 1.4 million people gained health coverage. Some of that is attributable to health-care reform passed by President Barack Obama.Former University of Cincinnati President Greg Williams is getting a pretty nice going-away present. The Board of Trustees approved a package for Williams that adds up to more than $1.2 million. It includes a bonus, retirement benefits, consulting fees, a year's salary and a contract buyout. Williams abruptly left UC on Aug. 21, citing personal reasons.
Homeless shelters will cost more than expected, says 3CDC. The nonprofit group said it will cost about $40 million to build three homeless shelters and help finance others.
With the support of Democrats and Republicans, the Ohio legislature approved pension reforms yesterday. The reforms lower benefits, raise contributions requirements, increase the retirement eligibility age, establish new cost-of-living guidelines and set a new formula to calculate benefits, all for future retirees. For the most part, current retirees are not affected. Senate President Tom Niehaus, a Republican, said, "We know the changes are not popular, but they are necessary." Before the changes, the system was losing $1 million a day, according to a statement from Rep. Robert Hagan, a Democrat.Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio is pushing against banks that take advantage of college students. In a letter to Higher One, Brown told the bank to rework its contracts with universities. Brown wrote in the letter, "Federal student aid programs should help students prepare for the future, not extract fee income from them." He went on to ask the bank to redo its contracts so they are "consumer-friendly and consistent with reforms that Congress enacted for the credit card market."
Ohio's inspector general found ODJFS wrongly reimbursed organizations in central Ohio with federal stimulus funds when the organizations did not follow rules.
Vice President Joe Biden was in Dayton yesterday. During his speech, he spoke about the attack on the U.S. embassy in Libya, which led to the death of U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens. Biden vowed justice will be served.
Presidential candidate Mitt Romney unleashed a big foreign policy gaffe yesterday when he politicized the attack on the U.S. embassy in Libya. The attack was revealed to cause the death of Stevens after Romney made his comments.
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I, for one, was comforted to hear the warm Southern drawl put on by Ohio treasurer and senatorial candidate Josh Mandel while he campaigned for Mitt Romney before Beallsville coal miners on Wednesday.
As someone who recently spent six months living and
working in Montgomery, Ala., it brought me back to simpler times when
summer nights were spent drinking sweet tea spiked with rum on a porch and
it was for some reason still OK to refer to a grown black man as "boy."
So when I heard Josh Mandel extoll the virtues of coal in a drawl reminiscent of fresh butter spread on cornbread, I immediately thought, "shucks, this guy gets me — he's one of us."
Wait, what's that? Mandel hails from Lyndhurst, a Cleveland suburb that's the Hyde Park of Northern Ohio? He's never even eaten cheese grits? (Editor's note: CityBeat could not independently verify that Josh Mandel has in fact never eaten cheese grits.) Well now I just feel put on.
The Enquirer reported that Mandel had never publicly used a Southern accent before.
"As if blowing off work and hiring unqualified campaign workers and friends at taxpayer expense wasn't evidence enough of his blatant disregard for the people who elected him treasurer expecting that he'd do his job, Josh Mandel has now stooped to faking his accent as a means of earning votes," Ohio Democratic Party spokesman Andrew Zucker said in a statement. "It's sad, it's pathetic and unfortunately it's concrete proof that he is just another politician who can't be trusted."
Sounding folksy or down-homey is nothing new in presidential politics.
When campaigning in Alabama, Romney famously dropped "y'alls" into his speech and spoke of his newfound love for "cheesy grits" and catfish (my editor in Montgomery was quick to point out to me, another carpetbagger, that any real Southerner knows they're cheese grits, not cheesy grits).
If there's one thing Southerners don't take too kindly to, it's Yankee pandering.
"If you're going to pander, at least pander well, and this isn't pandering well," Stephen Gordon, a Republican consultant based in Birmingham, Ala., told the Boston Herald shortly after Romney made his remarks.
"People in the Deep South have a bit of a natural distrust for Northerners, especially folks from the Northeast," said Gordon, who is not affiliated with any campaign in the Republican presidential contest. "There are cultural differences, stemming all the way back to the Civil War, and they affect the way people perceive Mr. Romney."
Romney is by no means the first to affect an accent to fit in with the natives.
Both Republican George W. Bush and Democrat Bill Clinton adopted drawls while on campaign stops in the South. Though those two former presidents, from Texas and Arkansas respectively, had the bona fides to pull it off.
In the first of three debates for Ohio's seat in the U.S.
Senate, Democratic incumbent Sherrod Brown and Republican challenger Josh
Mandel agreed on little and clashed on a lot. Each candidate mostly focused on the opposing candidate's record, but the debate today did move to substantial differences in policy at some
The debate started with opening statements from a noticeably feisty Brown, who criticized Mandel for calling his vote for the auto bailout "un-American." On the other side of the aisle, Mandel began his opening statement with a joke about shaving before he turns 36. The joke was the last time either of the men spoke with a light heart.
The candidates blasted each other mostly for their records. Mandel touted Ohio's and the nation's higher unemployment rate since Brown took office in 2006, energy prices and the U.S. debt. He also said the Senate had not passed a budget in three years, although Congress has actually passed budget resolutions in that time.
Brown fired back with claims Mandel had filled the state treasurer's office with cronies. He also criticized Mandel for running for four different political offices in seven years. In his closing statement, Brown said Mandel is "too concerned about running for his next job" to be trusted.
On substance, Brown and Mandel criticized just about everything about each other. Brown claimed Mandel signed away his "right to think" by agreeing to lobbyist Grover Norquist's pledge to not raise taxes while in office. He said the pledge makes it so if Mandel does take office, he'll never be able to close tax loopholes for big corporations.
Mandel defended the pledge by saying, "I'm proud to stand
for lower taxes in our state and lower taxes in our country." He added, "I will
do everything I can to advocate for lower taxes across the board for the middle
class and job creators as well."
The term "job creators" is typically used in politics to reference wealthy Americans, who Republicans claim create jobs through the theory of trickle-down economics. The economic theory states that wealthy Americans will hire more lower-class Americans if they have more money and freedom, essentially creating a trickle-down effect on wealth from the rich to the poor. Although Republicans still tout the theory, some economists, including Nobel Prize winner Paul Krugman, say the financial crisis of 2008 and the deregulation that led to it prove trickle-down economics do not work.
The candidates also debated their positions on the auto bailout. Mandel said he would not have voted for the auto bailout if he was in the Senate in 2009. In his defense, he cited the experience of Delphi workers, who lost part of their pensions as part of the deal auto companies made with workers after the federal bailout. Mandel then said, "I'm not a bailout senator. He's the bailout senator."
Brown responded by saying, "These are real jobs and real people." He then cited examples of people helped by the growing auto industry. Brown's arguments are backed by economic data, which has repeatedly credited the growing auto industry for the nation's growing economy. In the first quarter of 2012, the auto industry was credited for half of the nation's economic growth.
When he was asked about higher education, Brown established the key difference between the candidates in terms of economic policy. Brown said his policies in favor of government investment in higher education are about supporting the middle class to create growth that starts in the middle and spreads out, while Mandel supports tax cuts that emphasize a trickle-down approach. Mandel did not deny the claims, and instead blamed Brown's policies for the high unemployment rate and debt issues.
The men continued to show similar contrasts on the budget, taxes and economy throughout the entire debate, but there seemed to be some common ground regarding energy independence. When the topic came to hydraulic fracturing — or "fracking" — Brown said becoming energy independent would have to involve all possible energy sources. In substance, Mandel agreed, although he also praised fracking regulations recently passed by the Ohio legislature and Gov. John Kasich.
As far as energy issues go, the agreement stopped there. When Brown was asked about President Barack Obama's alleged "war on coal," Brown said there was no war on coal and claimed there are more coal jobs and coal produced in Ohio than there were five years ago. Mandel disagreed and claimed there is a war on coal. He added if Obama is the general in the war on coal, Brown is Obama's "lieutenant." Brown previously supported federal regulations on mercury that some in the coal industry, including the Ohio Coal Association, claim will force coal-fired power plants to shut down. The regulations go into effect in 2015.
On abortion, Mandel proudly claimed he was pro-life, while Brown said, "Unlike Josh Mandel, I trust Ohio women to make their own health care decisions." Brown also criticized Mandel for not establishing exceptions for rape, incest and the health of the mother in his anti-abortion stance.
Many more issues, from term limits to Middle Eastern culture, were covered in the debate. The candidates drew sharp contrasts in all these areas with Brown typically holding the liberal position and Mandel typically holding the conservative position. But despite the feisty language and deep policy contrasts, when the debate ended, the candidates smiled, shook hands and patted each other on the back. They will meet again in Columbus on Thursday and Cincinnati on Oct. 25.


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Event venue: Hotel Claremont, Berkeley CaliforniaCurrent opportunities in the physical and biological sciences and their technological applications require the means to fundamentally understand processes at the molecular level and to extend those processes to predict performance at larger scales. eScience is developing approaches for conducting this scaling and has been essential in addressing fundamental questions in biology and astronomy. While additional applications remain in the basic sciences, these fields have demonstrated pathways for advances in the applied environmental and social sciences where the linkages between scales and disciplines require focused contributions from the eScience community.
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The goal of this seventh annual cross-disciplinary workshop was to bring together scientists from diverse research disciplines to share their research and discuss how computing is transforming their work. The event also included the presentation of the third annual Jim Gray eScience Award to a researcher who has made an especially significant contribution to the field of data-intensive computing.
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