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Here at Autonomie Project, we are gearing up for a really exciting festival. The GreenLife Eco-Fest is a two-day weekend festival nestled in the beautiful Sierra Nevada Foothills in Northern California (about 2.5 hours from San Francisco). We are especially excited about this one, as a lot of big names are attached to speak and one of our founders, Gina, hails from the foothills. Having this big of a festival in the small, but quaint town of Grass Valley is really great, especially since it is a zero waste celebration of all things green!
As we mentioned, there are some big name speakers coming that we can't wait to hear. Some we are most looking forward to include John Robbins, author of Diet for a New America and The Food Revolution, Michael A Bedar producer of the film, Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days, Allison Cook of the Story of Stuff, and Dr. Kevin Danaher co-founder of Global Exchange/Green Festivals and writer of Building the Green Economy : Success Stories From the Grassroots. And on top of these lovely speakers and more, there is some absolutely great workshops, such as: Growing Mushrooms, Biodynamic Gardening, Natural Building, Green Energy, and Reading GMO Labels.
If that wasn't enough of a reason to hike up to the foothills, there will also be FREE bike tune-ups given by People Powered Alliance, a clothing swap, and the Haute Trash Fashion Show which is fashion made out of "trash." If you love shopping there will also be about 120 green and eco vendors, including yours truly. And don't forget about awesome healthy food vendors and music. Really, this festival sounds like one big green party, but not the political kind.
If you are in the area or would like to take a beautiful drive/train ride through the California foothills, come stop by! If you come to our booth, you can check out our NEW products such as eco-friendly, Fair Trade dog toys and leashes! We promise you won't regret it. Hope to see you there!
When: Saturday and Sunday, June 23rd & 24th. 10am-7pm with music until 9pm on Saturday
Where: North Star House, Old Auburn Road, Grass Valley, CA
Cost: Free! $5.00 for workshops and $20 for all day speaker pass
Why: Because it's going to rock!


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Feb. 7, 2009
NEW LONDON, NH-The final dual meet of the regular season was an artistic success for the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's swimming team.
The Corsairs swept host Colby-Sawyer in a dual meet at the Knight Natatorium Saturday afternoon, with the women winning, 109-100, and the men victorious, 120-118.
UMass Dartmouth's women won five events. Junior Kathleen Foley (Haverhill, MA/Haverhill HS) won the 200 yard breaststroke in 2:39.923, and was a member of the victorious 200 medley relay team, which finished first in 2:05.02 and also included junior Kaitlyn Kewriga (Stoughton, MA/Stoughton HS), senior Lisa Sands (Taunton, MA/Taunton HS/UMass) and freshman Brittany Dupuis (Milford, MA/Milford HS). Sands won the 200 butterfly in 2:28.97, Dupuis took the 100 freestyle in 1:00.87, and freshman Kim Moore (Billerica, MA/Billerica HS) won the 1000 freestyle in 11:53.17.
Winners for the men included sophomore Joe Krzystofik (Chicopee, MA/Chicopee HS), who took the 1000 freestyle in 11:02.43, sophomore David Adams (Tyngsboro, MA/Tyngsboro HS), who took the 50 freestyle in 24.02 seconds, senior Andrew Dibenedetto (North Andover, MA/North Andover HS), who won the one meter diving with 208.30 points, and junior Matt Fahey (New Bedford, MA/Middleboro HS), who took the three-meter diving with 210.35 points.
"It was nice to wrap up the season with wins on both sides," said UMass Dartmouth Head Coach Cathy Motta. "Our men scored one, two, and three in both diving events to bring the men's meet down to the final relay. Hopefully, we can get all of our student-athletes healthy, to begin to taper for the New England Championships in the next couple of weeks."
The Corsair men are now 5-5, while the women are now 39, while the Charger men and women are both now 4-6. UMass Dartmouth will return to action when they host the women's New England Division II and Division III Championships in two weeks.


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2013 Boy Scout Requirement Changes
From MeritBadgeDotOrg
Highlights of the Boy Scout Requirements changes for 2013 are below. You can also go directly to the updated requirements pages:
2013 Boy Scout Requirements
The requirements for rank advancement, Eagle Palms, and merit badges are effective January 1, 2013, through December 2013. The requirements listed in this book are the official requirements of the Boy Scouts of America. However, the requirements on the following pages might not match those in the Boy Scout Handbook and the merit badge pamphlets, because this publication is updated only on an annual basis. These merit badge requirements also appear on the BSA's official website (http://www.scouting.org). The requirements posted on the website will coincide with this publication and will be updated at the same time, only on an annual basis.
If a Scout has already started working on a merit badge when a new edition of the pamphlet is introduced, he may continue to use the same merit badge pamphlet and fulfill the requirements therein to earn the badge. He need not start over again with the new pamphlet and possibly revised requirements.
No council, district, unit, or individual has the authority to add to, or to subtract from, any advancement requirements. For more detailed information, see the Guide to Advancement.
MeritBadgeDotOrg Editor's note
Unlike merit badges, modifications to rank requirements become effective immediately upon release from the National Council. If you have not yet had your Board of Review for one of the above ranks, you must meet the new/changed requirements.
New Sustainability Merit Badge to Be an Eagle-Required Option
Starting in summer 2013, when the Sustainability merit badge becomes available, those working toward the Eagle Scout rank may choose to earn either the Sustainability merit badge OR the Environmental Science merit badge. Earning one or the other merit badge will be required. Scouts who have already earned Environmental Science may also earn Sustainability, but only one of the two merit badges will count as "Eagle-required." The other may count as an elective merit badge necessary to reach the total of 21 required merit badges.
Starting Jan. 1, 2014, Cooking Merit Badge to Be Required for Eagle.
Effective Jan. 1, 2014, the Cooking merit badge will be required to obtain the Eagle Scout rank. Regardless of when a Scout earned the Life rank or began working toward Eagle, unless he fulfills all the rank requirements—with the exception of his board of review—before Jan. 1, 2014, he must earn the Cooking merit badge to become an Eagle Scout.
Rank requirement changes for
- Second Class—See requirements 3e, 3f, and 3g.
- First Class—See requirement 4a.
- Star—See requirement 5.
- Life—See requirement 5.
- Eagle—See requirements 4 and 7.
- Eagle Scout rank alternative requirements
Minor merit badge requirement updates for
- Astronomy (3b, 9)
- Automotive Maintenance (1, 8d)
- Bird Study (7b)
- Chess (3)
- Citizenship in the Community (3a)
- Communication (1a, 1b)
- Composite Materials (1)
- Dog Care (10)
- Emergency Preparedness (2b)
- Fire Safety (7c)
- Fishing (1)
- Gardening (1, 3, 6)
- Hiking (5, 6)
- Home Repairs (1, 6b)
- Law (11)
- Oceanography (8b)
- Orienteering (6c)
- Photography (3)
- Safety (6, 7)
- Wilderness Survival (1)
- Wood Carving (1)
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Wednesday, October 06, 2010
Reporting language "discovery"
What struck my attention most is that this made it into the news! There have been a couple of discoveries of new languages in Africa over the past decade or so - Baka, for example, and Tondi Songhay Kiini. And the belated realisation that Bangime is a clear isolate, rather than a dialect of "Dogon", actually reshapes our picture of West African linguistic history much more than finding any of these languages has. Where was the news coverage of these? Have media attitudes towards the newsworthiness of "new" languages changed? Is it because they're in Africa? Or did the linguists in question simply not issue any handy press releases? Publicity is a hassle, frankly, and no one wants to sound like they're playing Indiana Jones. But stories like these are a big part of what gets people interested in linguistics in the first place, and the general public who fund most linguistic work, whether through taxes or donations, need to know what they're getting for their money.
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- Wintz said...
I was shocked too by it being reported on BBC and a few other news outlets (plus, it was in the science section, which is also a pleasant shock). I think you're also right on the value of news stories in getting people interested in linguistics. This is especially true in my case where the reporting of Dan Everett's work on the Piraha captured my imagination, and subsequently guided me in the direction of pursuing a career in linguistics.
- 06 October, 2010 13:37
- bulbul said...
Have media attitudes towards the newsworthiness of "new" languages changed?
Nah, don't think so. I think this one has a lot to do with the fact that K. David Harrison is involved. He's become sort of an ambassador for search and rescue linguistics and God bless him, too.
Somewhat OT, did anybody else wince at the way the article was written? I mean, c'mon:
... encoded in its mental grammar of words and sentence structure that helps shape thought itself
... where so many languages are spoken that they seem to intermingle effortlessly in streams of thought
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Last month, my husband and I discovered the joys of cruising.
When we were pondering vacation spots for 2013, we decided that a cruise would be something new and different to try. We booked the trip for the end of August, but had to reschedule it for November when Drew had a work conflict. So by the time November rolled around, I was more than ready for a getaway.
We opted for a five-day Carnival cruise from Charleston, S.C., to two ports in the Bahamas. Departing from Charleston was a no-brainer, as it was just a 3 hour and 15 minute drive and eliminated the hassle and extra costs of flying.
We spent the first day and a half as well as the last day and a half on the water. The first full day at sea was beautiful and sunny, while the last one was cold, windy and rocky, leaving quite a few green-faced cruisers. Luckily, Drew and I were spared of the seasickness.
There were a number of activities to do on the �fun ship.� I went for a run on the outdoor track, settled into a lawn chair to read by the pool, played trivia games and Bingo, watched a comedy show and talent show, learned my way around the ship, perused the shops, and hit up the slot machines. My husband camped out quite a bit at the casino�s Black Jack tables.
The two days in the middle of the trip were reserved for the Bahamas. Cruisers had from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. to explore the ports, and could book excursions through Carnival or do their own thing. Our first stop was Nassau, and Drew and I picked a bus tour of the city in order to see as much of it as we could.
Our driver educated us on the culture, history and happenings of the area while we drove by a fort, beaches, ancient churches, the homes of Bahamas leaders and celebrities like Sean Connery, the lavish Atlantis Paradise Island and other famous sites. We also stopped by the John Watlings Distillery for rum samples. Drew and I had hoped to catch some rays at the beach after our tour was over, but the overcast skies made us opt to do a little shopping instead.
The Bahamas� number one industry is tourism, and that was easy to see in the bustling markets and activity options. Nassau reminded me a little of Charleston, S.C., with colorful, multi-story buildings stacked close together in this developed area. Seventy percent of the population (about 250,000 people) lives in Nassau.
While we enjoyed our time in Nassau, Drew and I were bigger fans of Freeport � our second port. This area was less populated and less developed, with fewer buildings and businesses and more scenic areas. We signed up for a Jeep tour, in which we shared an open-top Jeep with another couple and followed a caravan of vehicles. A guide led the pack to three stops, pointing out the sites through a CB radio. We took a break at two picturesque beaches, with time to swim in the ocean and lay in the sand at one of them. For lunch, we went to a park called Garden of the Groves, which had gorgeous waterfalls and vegetation. It was a near perfect day (except for my run-in with a web containing a monstrous spider).
There was no shortage of delicious food on the ship. Breakfasts and lunches were offered buffet-style, while our dinners were in an elegant dining room. We were paired with four other couples our age. I thought this would be awkward, but it was actually really fun and we met some very nice people. I had fun dressing up for these meals, especially on the fancy dinner night where everyone wore their best. I had prime rib, salmon, shrimp, pasta with turkey, sushi, chocolate melting cake and lots more.
Drew and I both had a wonderful time on our cruise, and we�d love to go on another in the future. Five days was the perfect cruise length for us, not too short and not too long.
It was a pretty economical trip, with everything included in the booking price except for drinks, gambling money, shore excursions and souvenirs. Plus, we felt like it was the perfect combination of relaxation and sight-seeing. We were able to see some breathtaking places and also enjoy some peaceful time together, which was just what we needed.


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Karaoke Mondays at 10 PM with the Jared Michael Gniewek Karaoke Warzone
The irreverent and raucous Jared Michael Gniewek Karaoke Warzone has been destroying popular music since 2010 when ex-metal singer and comic book writer, Jared Michael Gniewek, began substituting for Bay Area karaoke icon, KJ Paul. Upon leaving San Francisco, a fundraiser was held by both enthusiasts and professionals alike to start the Warzone, sending him off to New York City saying "show them how we do it." His events consist of a positive and jovial environment where people celebrate what karaoke is all about, transforming pop music into folk music and making extroverts go too far.
Rooftop Gangstas is now holding an open mic for comedians, musicians, poets and spoken word artists! All artists get 6-7 minutes of stage time, and will wow you with various talents, observations, and energies. Come to the back room of the Branded Saloon and get your laugh on!!


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Source: Baptism, Marriage and Burial Index of the St. Alphonsus Church, 1846-1920, 4 microfilms, Chapeau, Pontiac Co., Quebec. FHL#1029798, B101 John McDonell, baptismal record. Parents Archibald and Mary McDonell. Sponsored by John Kennedy and Ann Doyle.
Apparently John did not survive because he does not appear with the family in the 1871 Canadian Census for Chichester which will be featured in a future post.
A careful study of the St. Alphonsus Church graveyard records as compiled by Elaine Brown in her book on that cemetery in March 2000 does not reveal he was laid to rest in that cemetery. You can order her book at the link below.
Source: St. Alponsus of the Ligouri Chapeau, Allumette Island, Pontiac Co., Quebec, Cemetery Inscriptions and Burials, Compiled and Published by Elaine Brown of Kingston, Ontario.
The study of the St. Alphonsus records was conducted back in about 2002 and at that time you used the Family History Library films which happened to be on permanent loan at a FHC near the writer of this blog. As of now they are online at Ancestry.com under the "Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621 to 1967."
It is recommended that you study both the online search engine provided by Ancestry and then obtain the films and study them to be sure you do not miss anything. On the right of this blog are Categories. Click on the St. Alphonsus Catholic Church, for more information.


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"Lead poisoning remains the number one preventable environmental health concern for children in America today. " 5/11/11 letter from Louise M. Slaughter & Robert A. Brady, Members of Congress
From a parent's perspective, many holidays have hazards to worry about. Who hasn't picked up the paper during the winter holidays and seen a story of Christmas tree fire that destroyed a family home? And everyone has heard the Halloween tale (an "urban myth"?) of razor blades placed in apples.
While no one wants to focus on worries in the midst of celebrating, as hip, modern, "green" parents it's our job to be informed. There's so much information available – with the Internet at our fingertips, it's our responsibility to know as much as we can about everything – right?
From the perspective of a parent of children with lead poisoning – an environmental illness that causes permanent damage to the brain and associated learning disabilities and other concerns – every holiday is seen through a slightly different lens…
What sets lead hazards apart from other concerns is that—as with nearly all lead hazards—exposure to holiday lead hazards is totally preventable. In fact – childhood lead poisoning is the most expensive* preventable environmental illness in terms of the impact on our country. It's easy to protect your children from the many sources if you merely stay alert and do your "green parent homework".
Following are some my rules for keeping my children safe during Halloween.
The greatest concern is with the items marked as "not intended for children." If an item is sold as an adult costume or a house decoration it is likely not regulated and can – in some cases – legally have unsafe amounts of lead [and other toxic chemicals!]
- Adult costume elements (masks, swords, scepters, costume jewelry, etc.) These items can be painted with lead paint. The soft rubber items (like that favorite gorilla mask!) can actually have lead throughout the material as a fire retardant and as a chemical used to make the rubber supple.
Alternative: Homemade costumes (using safe art supplies like natural fabrics and paper mache) or purchasing costumes intended for children, marked nontoxic and regulated for lead (avoid items manufactured in countries with a history of regulatory non-compliance.)
- Decorative elements for your home. These items can (legally!) be painted with lead paint or treated with lead to be fire retardant or pliable. I avoid store-bought rubber spiders, tombstones, skulls, and any plastic, cast resin or foam yard ornaments.
Alternatives: consider making these decorations yourself. Come on—what's more fun than carving a real pumpkin?! With homemade decorations, your children will have more fun with the process and pride in the end result! We paint our windows with non-toxic window paints; the children love turning old sheets into tiny ghosts to hang from our trees and then there's the homemade scarecrow on the porch and construction paper cutout bats and pumpkins!
- Holiday Lighting Strings of holiday lighting are considered "not intended for children" – most even come in packages with "California Prop 65" warnings.** Holiday lighting strands can be especially toxic because not only are they often manufactured with lead (to keep the plastic or rubber strand supple) but they can also be coated with 100% bio-available powdered lead "dust" applied as a fire retardant(!!) ***
My advice: if you must use holiday lighting, know that it can be extremely toxic to children. Make sure they do not handle it at all. For adults stringing up lighting – wear gloves or wash your hands thoroughly afterwards. Alternatives: We decorate with homemade decorative strands – paper and string, and seasonal greenery (strands of crab apples and paper bats, etc.), and we use candles with lead-free wicks in our pumpkins.
Enjoy child-safe celebrating!
For more information on avoiding lead hazards during the holidays check out the "Holiday" page at http://www.mychildrenhaveleadpoisoning.com


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Daily log, March 26
Tiffin reports
A man in the first block of North Monroe Street reported Monday evening he found a needle in a parking lot. The needle was collected and disposed of properly by police.
Caleb M. Latham, 20, of Tiffin, was charged with persistent disorderly conduct Tuesday.
County reports
A 2000-block South TR 119 woman reported Monday afternoon someone stole money from her home. There was no forced entry, she said.
A 1700-block North Union Street woman reported Monday evening someone smashed her mailbox to pieces.
A theft was reported Monday evening in the 2000 block of South TR 119.
Two women were charged with disorderly conduct Monday evening after a 12000-block West Axline Street caller reported a disturbance between two sisters. One had a hammer and was attempting to hit the other, the caller said.
A 5000-block North SR 53 man reported early Tuesday morning he heard a vehicle running in his driveway and then heard his door being rattled. Deputies checked the area, but were unable to locate anyone.
A 1000-block South CR 17 woman reported a phone scam Tuesday afternoon. She said the caller claimed he was from the IRS.
Fostoria reports
Debra J. Brown, 27, of Sandusky, was charged with disorderly conduct Saturday.
A 300-block Elwood Avenue woman reported Monday afternoon someone took out credit cards in her name and used them.
An 800-block East Fremont Street woman reported Monday evening her 14-year-old son found their house open when he got home. Medication was missing.
A 1600-block North Union Street woman reported Tuesday morning a man whom she named beat her up. The man left voluntarily and the woman was advised of her options.
A 700-block Berkshire Drive woman reported a phone scam Tuesday afternoon.
State Patrol
Kevin R. Keckler Jr., 35, of Fostoria, was cited with operating a vehicle while intoxicated and violating traffic lanes early Saturday morning.
Tiffin firefighters were called to 98 Elwood St. early Tuesday morning for a carbon monoxide detector activation.
Tiffin firefighters were called to 110 Dallas St. Tuesday morning for a smoke detector activation due to a malfunction.
Fostoria EMS had two squad runs early Monday morning and one squad run Monday morning.
Tiffin EMS had one squad run Monday afternoon and one squad run Tuesday morning.
Bascom fire and EMS and the Echo unit had a squad run Tuesday afternoon.
Clinton fire and Tiffin EMS had one squad run early Tuesday morning and one squad run Tuesday morning.
Sycamore fire and Tiffin EMS had a squad run Tuesday afternoon.
Tiffin Fostoria Municipal Court
Quintin A. Mems, Frankfort, Ky., speed, $120; Kailey B. Coleman, Fostoria, failure to control, $130; Santos S. Nunez, 1008 State St., Fostoria, speed, $128; Jessica K. Mox, Fort Jennings, passenger seat belt violation, $70; Blaize A. Vogelsong, Fostoria, speed, $149; Kaeli A. Kroetz, 277 E. Fremont St., Fostoria, assured clear distance, $130; Amber A. Ashby, 562 N. Main St., Fostoria, equipment regulation violation, $133; Michael R. McPeek Jr., 292 Clay St., Tiffin, traffic control light violation, $183, seat belt violation, $30; Britney J. Lescallett, 363 E. Market St., failure to control/weaving, $130; Judith E. England, 1521 N. Countyline, Lot 1, Fostoria, speed, $110.
Pitrina K. Beekman, Bloomville, passenger seat belt violation, $74; Cam A. Reese, 219 E.High St., Fostoria, no permit violation, $145; Adam M. Groves, Tiffin, four dog at large violations, $105, $85, $105, $60; Tad L. Derr, 111 E. Crocker, Fostoria, assured clear distance, $160; Carrie L. Baker, Portage, speed, $122; Dannon L. Calmes, Perrysburg, seat belt violation, $75; Abbigail F. Orwig, Bettsville, failure to control, $130; Dennis C. Thiel, Upper Sandusky, failure to control, $130; Joseph H. Kimmet, Tiffin, left of center violation, $130; Carrie M. Foreman, Bloomville, speed, $131.
David N. Mechling, Fostoria, speed, $131; David C. Jay, Findlay, speed, $125; Brooke N. Walter, Tiffin, seat belt violation, $75; Michael J. Wesney, 226 E. South St., Fostoria, speed, $116; Andrea M. Kauble, Tiffin, registration violation, $133; Cristy A. Allen, 37 Parkview Drive, Tiffin, traffic control light violation, $130; Lindsay N. Hager, 18 Douglas St., Tiffin, speed, $164; Christina M. Brown, 1290 Perrysburg Road, Fostoria, seat belt violation, $73; Sarah Fitch, 968 Caldwell, Tiffin, speed, $128, seat belt violation, $30; Sheri L. Bean, 513 W. Culbertson St., Fostoria, registration violation, $130.
Beth A. Kagy, Bloomville, speed, $116; Lucas A. O'Connor, 33 Chestnut St., Tiffin, equipment regulation violation, $130; Gary C. Baez, Warrington, Pa., speed, $169; Jerrie L. King, Bloomdale, speed, $122; Joseph T. Lardie, Avon Lake, speed, $113; Gregory A. Wilson, 1730 W. Market St., Tiffin, assured clear distance, $130; Anthony L. Reed Jr., Jouet, Ill., failure to control, $133; Sara A. Haubert, McCutchenville, assured clear distance, $115; Jeffrey O. Walters, Republic, assured clear distance, $115; Dorinda S. French, Fostoria, speed, $116.
Kelley A. Harmon, Findlay, speed, $119; Shawnda D. Lehman, Rawson, speed, $131; Judith E. McCullough, Fremont, no operator's license, $130, speed, $33; Jeffrey C. Fox, Tiffin, seat belt violation, $75; Sarah M. Ulch, Bettsville, seat belt violation, $75; Wayne Jackson, Chicago, failure to control, $105; Audra N. Reynolds, 1224 Sandusky St., Apt. B5, Fostoria, seat belt violation, $75; Bradley J. Sadler, Bascom, speed, $128; Susan D. Benroth, Findlay, turn signal violation, $130; Ronald S. Wagner Jr., Arcadia, seat belt violation, $75.


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Recent studies have identified the provenance of the Navajo Sandstone by age-dating zircons contained within the formation. However, an alternative interpretation is possible.
John Reed and I presented the northern Gulf of Mexico Basin as an example where several vertical kilometres of sedimentary strata were deposited.
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Tens of thousands of Wisconsin residents are flooding the State Capitol in Madison in protest of Governor Walker's proposed budget "repair" bill that would end 50 years of collective bargaining for Wisconsin workers. CMD reporters will be out providing live coverage of these historic events. Votes are scheduled for Thursday, February 17 and Friday, February 18. Send us your stories, photos and videos to editorATprwatch.org!
8:16pm Page Metcalf, signing off for the day. Come back tomorrow for more updates!
8:08pm Erica Pelzek reports hundreds of uniformed police officers and firefighters marched the Wisconsin Capitol Square at 5:30 this evening, pausing at the City-County Building, 210 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., to hear out Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz's generous proposal.
According to Cieslewicz, City of Madison unionized workers will have their collective bargaining contracts extended through the end of 2012. In order "to ensure that all employees can continue to receive current pension and health benefits for the next two years," Cieslewicz said he realized he needed to extend these contracts today before Gov. Scott Walker's union-busting budget-repair bill potentially passes.
Representatives from 12 Madison labor unions in the city cheered, continuing their march down State Street to a Special Council Meeting held at the Overture Center for the Arts, 201 State St., to discuss the contract extensions.
7:44pm Mary Bottari reports that Richard Trumpka, President of the National AFL-CIO will be headlining at the 12:00noon rally in Madison tomorrow. Want to attend the rally? CMD is here to help! Call our office 608-260-9713 or visit http://www.wiafscme.org/
7:23pm Read Brendan Fischer's new report on the budget crisis.
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker alleges that dismantling public sector collective bargaining rights is made necessary by a $3.6 billion deficit in the next budget, and a $137 million shortfall this year. Setting aside the fact that the ability to negotiate shifts, seniority, benefits and conditions of employment would have a negligible impact on the deficit, and looking beyond Walker's deceptive claim that the alternative to union-busting is to kick 200,000 children off Medicaid (called "false" by Politifact), how deep is the state's economic crisis?
Representative Mark Pocan (D- Madison) has looked more closely at the numbers and writes that the $3.6 billion deficit is bogus. The alleged deficit is based on $3.9 billion in new agency requests
for the 2011-2013 budget, a 7.2% spending increase. However, these are merely requests, not dollars actually allocated or spent, and Pocan writes that the legislature never votes to grant 100% of agency requests: "I don't think there is a member in the legislature that would vote for [the requested budget increase]. In fact, I asked [Legislative Fiscal Bureau] Director [Robert] Lang when was the last time we gave agencies exactly what they requested and was told he couldn't think of one and he's been here decades."
For example, the state's non-partisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau reports that the difference between the amount requested for the 2009-2011 budget and the amount actually allocated was almost $3.5 billion, a sum nearly identical to Walker's alleged "deficit" for the next budget cycle. State agencies had requested a 9.7% increase but were actually granted a reduction of 2.6%.
For this year's budget, any shortfalls are a direct result of Walker's policies. The Fiscal Bureau told legislators in January that the state will end the year with a balance of $121.4 million. The $137 million deficit Walker uses as an excuse to crush collective bargaining results from the tax cuts and incentives Walker has pushed through since taking office; this includes the loss of $48 million in revenue from private health savings account taxation, a move lauded by the Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce business lobby (who spent nearly $1 million on Walker's campaign).
7:10pm From Lisa Graves: Research indicates that it is possible to recall a governor in the state of Wisconsin. Article XII of the Constitution and Section 9.2 of the statutes allow a petition to go forward if a registered committee obtains enough signatures in a 60-day period.
How many are enough? The law requires 25% of the vote cast in the last gubernatorial election, or about a half million signatures. Specifically, at least 540,208 signatures, since 2,160,832 Wisconsin residents cast votes (Walker got 1,128,941 of the votes cast, and his opponent, Tom Barrett got 1,004,303) so it seems feasible numerically. But, it would require a big on the ground effort to gather that many signatures in a two-month period.
And, on Facebook, Russ Feingold "likes" this page.
7:06pm Do you want to join your fellow citizens in Madison? Not sure how? Call our office at 608-260-9713 or visit AFSCME for more information.
6:57pm Mary Bottari reports that there are fewer people in the Capitol tonight than there were last night because people are happy with their victory today in successfully postponing a vote on the bill. Organizers expect large crowds again tomorrow as truck loads of workers come in from around the state.
6:52pm From Lisa Graves: People are waking up to the budget shell game being played by union-busters:
Here are some great points from Talking Points Memo:
"You can read the fiscal bureau's report here (PDF). It holds that "more than half" of the new shortfall comes from three of Walker's initiatives:
- $25 million for an economic development fund for job creation, which still holds $73 million because of anemic job growth.
- $48 million for private health savings accounts — a perennial Republican favorite.
- $67 million for a tax incentive plan that benefits employers, but at levels too low to spur hiring.
In essence, public workers are being asked to pick up the tab for this agenda. 'The provisions in his bill do two things simultaneously,' Norman says. 'They remove bargaining rights, and having accomplished that, make changes in the benefit packages.' That's how Walker's plan saves money. And when it's all said and done, these workers will have lost their bargaining rights going forward in perpetuity."
Here's what the Cap Times noted in an op-ed this week:
"To the extent that there is an imbalance — Walker claims there is a $137 million deficit — it is not because of a drop in revenues or increases in the cost of state employee contracts, benefits or pensions. It is because Walker and his allies pushed through $140 million in new spending for special-interest groups in January."
6:51pm Mary Bottari reports that Ed Schultz is broadcasting live from the Capitol Square with a Wisconsin crowd as a backdrop. This is another opportunity to turn out. Nichols will be interviewed on MSNBC with Ed Schultz at 9:00pm CST tonight, Thursday February 17.
6:48pm Mary Bottari reports that Ed Schultz is at the dead center of the Capitol rotunda surrounded by people and interviewing them one by one. He is talking to student leaders, Democratic party leaders, labor leaders, and right now he is talking to the drum crew that has been keeping the beat in the Capitol for the past three days.
Ed Schultz stops to interview activists of all stripes.
6:43pm Mary Bottari reports that Ed Schultz walked in and was greeted by a roar of the crowd.
6:40pm Mary Bottari reports that Madison Capitol Times Editor John Nichols will be on CNN's Parker-Spitzer tonight, Thursday February 17 at 7:00pm CST.
6:15pm From Lisa Graves: Walker calls boycott by Democrats a 'stunt'. A better definition of stunt might be calling stripping workers of their right to organize "budget repair."
6:11pm From Lisa Graves: Interview with state Senator Chris Larson on breaking the quorum .
5:58pm Erica Pelzek reports with some interesting photos from the events.
The front of this UW-Madison student's sign says "Even I Look Less Ridiculous Than Scott Walker." He is wearing a "grass skirt" and toga-type top made entirely of candy necklaces. The back of the sign: Middle Class: CLOSED FOR BUSINESS
5:41pm Mary Bottari reports that another crowd of thousands thronged around the Wisconsin Capitol this evening at a rally that began at 5:00pm.
One of the first speakers was John Nichols of the Madison Capitol Times Newspaper. He said "Today 14 Democratic State Senators were listening to the people, and they heard what they had to say, and they went to Illinois. They went over the state border, making the ultimate sacrifice to spend a night in Illinois."
Then he said that "now Scott Walker is doing an interview with FOX News. He has finally found his constituency. He is saying that the Democratic Senators may have democrat in their name, but they are acting undemocratically. But those are the senators who are listening to the people and that is why they are crossing the state line."
After Nichols, Phil Neuenfelt, head of the Wisconsin AFL-CIO greeted the crowd and said "Good evening, America," and pointed to the enormous satellite trucks surrounding the Capitol. There are now national news trucks including ABC, NBC and CBS as well as local affiliates present.
Neuenfelt said "We are drawing a line in the sand. No more blaming the working people for the bad economy. I have not met a working person yet who moves jobs overseas. I have not met a working person yet who was responsible for the Wall Street meltdown. We need to remember that as the labor movement goes, so goes the middle class."
A number of Assembly Democratic elected officials addressed the crowd with a similar theme that they are listening.
One announced that there were "17 hours of testimony before the Joint Finance Committee when it shut down proceedings at 3:00am on the morning of Thursday February 17, and it was followed by 63 hours of continuous public testimony that was not heard by the Republicans. There are 230 people still left to testify. We are listening to you, we are here for you," said the Assembly Democrats.
As far as we know the vote is still scheduled in the assembly tomorrow. The question is if the Assembly Democrats will join their Senate colleagues out-of-state in Illinois.
5:39pm Erica Pelzek reports that there is a very powerful march of public safety officials on the Capitol Square right now. The march is leading to the mayoral conference at a city-county building. Major crowd support and cheering.
Public safety officials march to a city building.
5:28pm Erica Pelzek reports in with another clever sign: Run Democrats Run!
5:17pm Erica Pelzek reports that in response to blistering criticisms that Madison teachers were AWOL and leaving their students behind, a sign spotted: I'd Rather Be Teaching
5:13pm Brendan Fischer reports that he has just attended a press conference held by University of Wisconsin Chancellor Biddy Martin.
On Wednesday it was revealed that University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin was quietly backing a plan by Governor Walker to spin the state's flagship school off from the rest of the university system. Martin had been pushing for greater flexibility and more freedom from state rules on purchasing, pay and other areas, but remaining within the university system.
Many have claimed the so-called "Public Authority Status" was not put forth in the many listening and information sessions held over the past months about restructuring the university. Board of Regents member David Walsh tells the Capitol Times: "I am critical of this being done behind closed doors. . . It's too important to Wisconsin. It needs to be discussed, aired in the open."
At a 4pm CST press conference, Biddy tried to sidestep accusations that she was anything less than transparent.
"This decision is based on data, and the data has been available for years. The statement that the decision was made behind closed doors, without public input, is false."
In response to a question that this model was not presented to students in past listening sessions, Martin said "the Public Authority Status model has been on the website as a possible option."
In response to a question about whether the plan would make UW-Madison a "pawn for Governor Walker," as the Board for the newly-independent school would likely be made up of Walker political appointees, Martin replied "I don't believe the UW is a pawn for Walker or any other governor."
5:01 Want to be a part of history? Wisconsin Education Association Council has compiled a list of resources, including parking information and a schedule of events to help you participate in this unprecedented event. It is important that you make your voice heard, so visit this link to find out more.
5:00 pm News Roundup for Thursday, February 17 from WI protests:
Wisconsin State Journal, Senate Dems stage walkout, in 'secure' location outside Capitol
The Capital Times,Budget battle gets hotter
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Legislature could act Thursday on budget plan
4:57pm Erica Pelzek reports that the Senate has officially adjourned until tomorrow.
4:46pm Photo from protests on the evening of Wednesday February 16, 2011. submitted by Tom Johnson in St. Paul.
4:38pm Watch this short video of protesters outside the capitol building earlier today. Submitted by Paul Baker.
4:32pm Read Erica Pelzek's recent piece about firefighter support.
Despite Gov. Scott Walker's exemption of unionized public safety workers—firefighters, police officers and the like—from his union-busting budget repair bill, the International Association of Fire Fighters wants to make one factor clear: Wisconsin firefighters are on the side of labor rights.
"We've got firefighters at the Capitol right now," said 5th District IAFF Vice President Joseph Conway.
Loud cheers met all firefighters and police officers joining the national news-making protests at the Wisconsin State Capitol earlier this afternoon.
Read the piece in its entirety here.
4:31pm From Mary Bottari: I think it is notable that I have not seen one Tea Party sign.
4:30pm Mary Bottari reports that the next big rally at the capitol will be starting around 5:00 pm. Reporters have confirmed that the missing Senate Democrats are ensconced in a neighboring state, safely outside the jurisdiction of the capitol police. How long their vacation will last no one knows. Attention now turns to the Assembly. Will they attempt vote there tomorrow? Are Assembly Democrats headed out of state? Stay tuned….
4:24pm From Dave Zaber in Monona, WI
4:16pm Super bowl XLV champs support public workers.
We know that it is team work on and off the field that makes the Packers and Wisconsin great. As a publicly owned team we wouldn't have been able to win the Super Bowl without the support of our fans.
It is the same dedication of our public workers every day that makes Wisconsin run. They are the teachers, nurses and child care workers who take care of us and our families. But now in an unprecedented political attack Governor Walker is trying to take away their right to have a voice and bargain at work.
Read the full item published on WisPolitics.com here.
4:12pm Time Magazine reports:
One of the ironies of the protests is where they're happening. In 1959, Wisconsin was the first state to give public workers comprehensive collective-bargaining rights, and the governor's bid to take most of them away has given rise to debates and demonstrations across the state. After work Wednesday, Moore traveled to the closest university, in Little Falls, where a hastily called meeting drew some 600 people.
Read the full item here.
3:40pm Steve Horn reports that Chancellor Biddy Martin of University of Wisconsin Madison will hold a press release at 4:00pm today, Thursday February 17, in Bascom Hall. She will address the New Badger Partnership plan that would sever the flagship university from the rest of the UW system. Read more here from the Badger Herald.
3:37pm Lisa Graves reports that citizen action groups are springing up to take action, like this effort to boycott Walker's corporate supporters. Donors of $5000 or more include:
TDS Telecom
Wal-Mart Stores/WAL-PAC
Deere & Company
Eli Lilly and Company PAC
WellPAC Wellpoint Inc
3:30pm From Lisa Graves: Here is the link to an interview with one of the Senators who broke the quorum against the right-wing effort to railroad through its union-busting plan: http://www.twitvid.com/SNAUR
3:27pm Mary Bottari reports that she spoke to 15 year old Ellen Arnold at the Wisconsin capitol today. Ellen attends Marshall High School in Marshall, Wisconsin. When asked why she was at the Capitol she said, "I am here to support my mom and dad, both of them are teachers at Lowell Elementary School in Madison." Like many of the young people at the capitol, Ellen is worried about the impact the Governor's budget plans will have on her family and on her life as well. "Because my family is going to lose a lot of money, I may not be able to do all the things I normally do anymore." Ellen takes dance, studies piano and voice and is a killer softball player. Her message to Walker? "Boo, Scott Walker, Game Over."
3:08pm Erica Pelzek sends a photo from the front lines.
2:52pm This is what the rotunda looks like packed to capacity. Photo shot from the catwalk on the capitol dome.
Photo courtesy Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
2:14pm Brendan Fischer reports that a rumor is circling in the Capitol that Representative Kapanke's office told teachers that their opinion did not matter because they do not produce anything.
2:00pm Mary Bottari reports that the state capitol police are scouring the Wisconsin Capitol in an attempt to track down the Wisconsin Senate Democratic Caucus. The Wisconsin Senate was slated to vote on the budget bill today, but they were prevented from doing so because all Democratic Senators walked out denying the Republicans a necessary quorum. The Republicans issued a "call of the house" empowering the state capitol police to round up missing Senators, but the Democrats were prepared for this and promptly departed the building and may even have left the state. From WisPolitics:
"Sen. Jon Erpenbach told WisPolitics this afternoon Senate Dems left the state in an attempt to force Republicans to negotiate a compromise to proposed changes to the bargaining rights of public employees. Erpenbach would not disclose where he was or how many of the Dem senators were with him. But he said he believed all 14 were already out of state by early this afternoon. "We were left with no choice," Erpenbach said. Erpenbach said Republicans should look at how the proposed changes are tearing the state apart and realize a different path is needed. "This isn't anything that we do lightly at all. This isn't a prank. This isn't a joke. This is Democrats standing together saying slow down."
As long as Senate Democrats stand together and remain missing, there can be no vote on the Governor's proposal to end Wisconsin's 50 year history of collective bargaining.
1:52pm Brendan Fischer reports that the hearing room explodes in applause when Representative Hebl announces all Democrats are out of the state.
1:47pm Brendan Fischer reports that hundreds are blocking Senate exits.
1:45pm Lisa Graves has provided the following information for your convenience:
Governor Walker's official e-mail address: firstname.lastname@example.com
And, here is the switchboard for his office: (608) 266-1212
And, here is his fax number: (608) 267-7888
1:40pm Erica Pelzek reports that a fast-marching swarms of high school students shouting "kill the bill" are approaching the Capitol. Guess they are doing something with their day off!
1:37pm Lisa Graves reports on tracking the specific effort to "repeal collective bargaining rights for University of Wisconsin hospital and clinics" employees. When right-wing politicians say they are just "repairing" the budget, that's newspeak for stripping nurses of their right to organize. Here is the link to the precise proposal, tucked into the budget as an "addendum": http://www.thewheelerreport.com/
1:30pm Mary Bottari reports from the 3rd floor of the Capitol where she has spotted a young man holding a sign that says "I went to Iraq and came home to Egypt?". His name is Zach Laport from Spooner, Wisconsin. He served in Iraq from 2004 to 2007 and is now a student at the University of Wisconsin Madison. When asked why he was at the rally, he said "My Grandma is the librarian at Spooner Elementary School. My Mom is a public health worker. My Aunt and Uncle are teachers. Spooner is four and a half hours away and they couldn't be here, so I came for them. My brother and I signed up for the military because we needed the extra income to go to college. Wisconsin has some of the best benefits in the country for its students, and we don't want to lose that. I feel that Scott Walker is acting like a dictator. He is not negotiating, he is just giving orders. This week he came after worker rights and next week he is going to take one billion dollars out of K-12 education."
1:20pm Lapham elementary school student Zoey White stands up for her teachers.
1:15pm Read Erica Pelzek's piece about the rally. Find it here.
UW-Madison student protesters, including shouting Teachers Assistant Association (TAA) members swarm outside the Wisconsin Capitol's Mifflin and State Street corner, their chanting growing more impassioned as the clock nears 1 p.m.
Gov. Scott Walker's radical and controversial budget-repair bill would strip all UW System employees and many unionized workers of their collective bargaining rights for wages, hours and working conditions, to help patch an alleged $137 million state deficit.
But most in Wisconsin will tell you that Walker's budget-repair bill is not about fixing the deficit. It single-handedly seeks to bust unions across the state and punish those who did not support Walker's election campaign.
Cue mayhem across the state, with teachers, nurses, steelworkers and even cops and firefighters — who would be exempt from the curtailing of their collective bargaining rights under Walker's bill–descending upon Madison to storm the Capitol.
Watching the action are three business representatives from Milwaukee's Teamsters "General" Local Union No. 200, their navy hats proudly emblazoned with gold crests.
12:40pm Mary Bottari reports that the big ape says…
Kill the bill! So easy a caveman can do it! Or a gorilla!
12:35pm Mary Bottari reports that thousands of Madison Memorial High Students storm the state Capitol.
12:20pm Mary Bottari reports that Wisconsin State AFL-CIO President Phil Neuenfelt wrapped up the noon rally: "Ok so now you have heard from workers whose lives have been changed for the better because of the union. I hear there is not a lot of room inside the capitol building. I hear that the Senate is having a little trouble getting a quorum together, so you are going to be sticking around right? You are going to be here at 5pm tonight right? and we'll be back here at 12 tomorrow too." Neunefeldt announced that MSNBC's Ed Schutlz "a great friend of labor" would be broadcasting live from Madison's capitol tonight at 9:00 pm to another roar from the crowd.
12:05pm Mary Bottari reports on where to go from here now that the Senate Democrats have walked out. According to Article 8, Section 8 of the Wisconsin Constitution, in order to pass an appropriations bill 3/5 of the body must be present. Senate Republicans have 19 members, and would need one more person to pass the bill. But for now, all Senate Democrats have walked off the floor.
12:15pm Mary Bottari reports that today's noon rally was lead by a throng of firefighters. Firefighters were exempt from the budget bill's provisions gutting collective bargaining. A speaker from the stage explained why they were there today: "We are here for three reasons. First, when firefighters see and emergecy, we respond. Second, if we see a party, we gotta be a part of it. Third, we are part of a union and we stand with our union brothers and sisters." Joe Conway, President of Madison Firefighters added: "Scott Walker tried to split us up, separate the firefighters and the police from the rest of the workers, but that's not going to work. If our actions today mean that we will become part of this bill, so be it."
Firefighters from across the state show their colors and their bagpipes!
12:00pm Mary Bottari reports from another massive rally at the Wisconsin capitol at noon. Inside the building the 4 story capitol was packed to the rafters, chants echoing off the gilded capitol domes. Outside thousands kept up a constant march around the capitol on a continuous basis. At noon many thousands more gathered to hear speakers on the King Street steps. The mix of activities make it hard to estimate how may people are really in attendance. But clearly as many as yesterday's crowd estimate to be around 30,000.
11:50am Erica Pelzek sends photos of creative signage from inside the Capitol. This one reads: If I jam this in here, it'll balance, right?
11:45am Steve Horn reports that Iron Workers Local 383 just took center stage of the rotunda.
11:41am Mary Bottari Reports that thousands of workers jam the house of the Capitol today. Their chants echo up to the top chambers of the building as the Senate debate begins. It is difficult to hear the proceedings over the roar of the crowd of about 5,000 people inside the building and many more outside. It looks like Senate Democrats have stood up and walked out en masse as the crowd cheers.
11:32am Steve Horn says that the United Council reports that 6,000 students are walking out on 12 campuses.
11:27am Erica Pelzek reports that within the sweltering rotunda there are makeshift preschools where the under-6 crowd reads picture books amidst the chanting and marching.
11:25am Steve Horn reports that Democratic State Senators have left the Capitol. This is great news because the Senate will not be able to vote because they will not have quorum. Steve urges protesters to stay in the Capitol.
11:20am Steve Horn reports that the rotunda is packed with no room to move. A drum circle beats loudly from the center of the Capitol rotunda. He estimates thousands are present both inside and outside of the Capitol.
11:15am David Johnson reported on Wisconsin protests for Campaign for America's Future. Read the full item here.
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has launched an all-out attack on
public-employee unions, proposing to take away the right to collective
bargaining. He has threatened to use the National Guard to put down any action by state workers in response.
11:03am Steve Horn reports that Cops For Labor have enetered the Capitol rotunda. Donuts and hot dogs are being distributed to those who are present. Steve estimates that 4,000 people are present.
11:02am Erica Pelzek reports on some clever signage from the rally: "I too am a college dropout, can I be Governor?" and "Walker is not a Badger, he's a weasel!"
11:00am Erica Pelzek reports that the Capitol rotunda is extremely loud and the protesters cheer raucously every time a new union or group of protesters shows up. Iron Workers Local 383 march around the second floor East lobby to impassioned chanting. Their signs read: "United we bargain, divided we beg"
10:55am Erica Pelzek reports that there are at least three Teamster Unions present at the rally. Local 494 IBEW is present. Larry from 494 IBEW says "Walker is trying to become like the President of the Republicans. He's just trying to bust all the unions and set a precedent across the country. Now they're trying to bust unions in Tennessee, in Ohio."
10:50am Steve Horn reports that over 2000 students showed up to march from the Library Mall to the Capitol. More instructors are gathering now in Library Mall as well.
10:45am Mary Bottari reports that the governor calls for a budget vote that would gut the collective bargaining rights of public workers, rights they have had for 50 years in Wisconsin. That union with the funny name, AFSCME, was founded in Wisconsin in 1932. Schools across the state are shut down today. Madison schools are entering their second day of the walk-out. Superbowl champions and ground zero for the war on the working class.
10:40am Steve Horn sends his photos from the midst of the State Street march.
10:35am Mary Bottari reports that one protester sat near a snow bank, waiting for a little help from Egypt.
10:30am Steve Horn reports that thousands of students, professors, and staff from University of Wisconsin Madison are marching down State Street headed for the Capitol now.
10:15am Mary Bottari reports that inside the capitol building last night, teachers gave Fighting Bob LaFollette an apple for his support and good behavior. Robert Marion La Follette, Sr. was a leader of the Progressive Movement in Wisconsin in the early part of the 20th century. He served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, was the Governor of Wisconsin, and was also a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin (1906 to 1925). He ran for President of the United States as the nominee of his own Progressive Party in 1924, carrying Wisconsin and 17% of the national popular vote.
10:00am Steve Horn reports that hundreds of students are already lined up for the march and rally to the Capitol.
9:45am Steve Horn reports that the University of Wisconsin Madison history department professors are joining their students in the march to the Capitol to take place at 10:30am today, Thursday February 17.
9:30am Read Brendan Fischer's recent piece about the Governor's proposal. Find it here.
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is trying to end collective bargaining rights for public employees in Wisconsin, and thousands have converged on the state capitol in protest of what many consider a radical and blatantly political move. Walker's plan threatens the rights of all Wisconsin workers, and if it prevails in this state, could threaten the rights of working people across the nation, and would reverse the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King and all those who have fought for economic justice through the power of organizing.
Although federal collective bargaining laws protect private sector employees, Wisconsin has been a leader in extending those rights to the
public sector. The American Federation of State, City and Municipal
Employees (AFSCME) formed in 1932 in Madison, Wisconsin. The "dairy
state" was the first to pass collective bargaining rights for local
government workers and teachers in 1959. The push for public sector
unionization extended through the sixties.
9:15am Steve Horn will be live-tweeting from the inside. Follow his updates: @Steve_Horn1022
9:00 am News Roundup for Thursday, February 17 from WI protests:
Wisconsin State Journal, Controversial budget bill passes committee, moves to Senate
The Capital Times, Walker budget outrage
WisPolitics.com, Budget Blog: Senate to take up amended budget repair bill first
The New York Times, Angry Demonstrations in Wisconsin as Cuts Loom
Wall Street Journal, Angry Demonstrations in Wisconsin as Cuts Loom
Washington Post Teacher sickout closes Madison schools
7:30 am AFSCME says there will be lobbying in the capitol starting at 10:00am today, Thursday February 17, and a rally at 12:00 noon, with continued lobbying afterwards. A Senate vote today may come as early as 10:00am. It is anticipated there will be another teacher's rally at 5:00 tonight, Thursday February 17. A summary of the bill and other lobby materials resources can be found at: AFSCME.
7:00am Steve Horn reports that the Joint Finance Committee voted the bill out of committee last night 12-4. Activists in the Capitol were anxious to keep the testimony going on the bill all night long and they succeeded in the goal. Many people who wanted to testify camped out in the Capitol with sleeping bags and snacks. The majority of the activists were teachers assistants at University of Wisconsin whose pay is on the line. About 200 spent the night, and report that there were no problems with state Capitol police.
10:10pm Mary Bottari reports that another protestor says she yearns for the good old days when republicans were somewhat reasonable.
10:00pm WEAC, Wisconsin's largest teacher's union announced that its 98,000 teacher and citizens across the state were invited to the state capitol tomorrow to visit their state legislators. This means that schools across the state will be closed. Check your local TV listings for news on your local school district. Madison Schools are closed.
9:30pm Brendan Fischer reports on WI Governor Scott Walker's radical new proposal to do away with collective bargaining rights and who funds and endorses the Governor. Click here to learn more.
9:15am Wispolitics.com reports about proposed changes to the bill. It appears that the protestors are gaining a few key Republican friends. Read the whole post here.
Schultz, Wanggaard Proposing Changes to Guv's Budget Repair Bill.
GOP Sens. Dale Schultz and Van Wanggaard are proposing an alternative to the guv's budget repair bill that would strip public employees of their ability to collectively bargain on wages, pensions and health care costs through 2013 before reinstating those rights, according to a source familiar with caucus discussion.
9:00pm What's Disgusting? Union Busting! Madisonian John Nichols reports for the Nation magazine. Read the entire article
here. (Subscription required)
I have never been prouder of our movement than I am at this moment," shouted Wisconsin AFL-CIO President Phil Neuenfeldt, as he surveyed the crowds of union members and their supporters that surged around the state Capitol and into the streets of Madison Wednesday, literally closing the downtown as tens of thousands of Wisconsinites protested their Republican governor's attempt to strip public employee unions of their collective bargaining rights.
6:30pm Mary Bottari reports that thousands of people were outside the Capitol tonight at a rally before heading inside to wait for a Joint Finance Committee vote on the budget repair bill. The vote is to take place around 7:00pm CST. It is anticipated that the vote will pass, and there will be a floor vote on Thursday, February 17 in the Senate.
6:15pm The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that Walker has said he will consider changing his bill in response to pressure from Republican lawmakers. This means it is more important now than ever to contact your local representatives. Read the full item here.
Gov. Scott Walker said Wednesday he was responding to requests from Republican legislative leaders to make at least some changes to a bill that would strip public workers of most of their union rights.
The Legislature's budget committee is expected to meet later this evening to consider changes to the bill, which also would require public employees to pay more for their benefits to help close a state budget gap. Meanwhile at least two Republican senators have put forward a plan that would amend Walker's bill.
5:45pm The Wisconsin State Journal reports that Republicans will offer amendments to Walker's proposal, but that these changes will not update the collective bargaining portion of the plan. Read the full item here.
Republican leaders are planning changes to Gov. Scott Walker's sweeping budget repair proposal, which would effectively end collective bargaining for most of the approximately 175,000 public workers in Wisconsin, a staffer confirmed Wednesday afternoon.
But Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, says main provisions of the budget plan will stand. Amendments will not change the collective bargaining proposal, he said.
"It will be amended," said Kit Beyer, a spokeswoman for Rep. Robin Vos, R-Rochester, co-chairman of the Legislature's budget committee. Beyer didn't elaborate but said the changes were "not just technical."
5:25pm Mary Bottari reports that there were 15,000 in Madison yesterday, 30,000 at noon today, will there be 50,000 tomorrow? Be a part of history.
4:50pm Steve Horn reports that a first year MATC liberal arts student came to the rally today because he believes that "a society that values education respects its educated people and treats them with respect and dignity. Walker's bill proposal is the total opposite and would degrade the state of Wisconsin for generations to come."
4:30pm Mary Bottari reports that the Democratic legislators' listening session is still going on. According to counts kept by Democratic staff, since 3:00am 1,271 people have registered against the bill and 385 have spoken against the bill. No one has registered or spoken in favor of the bill. Several hundred are still waiting to speak. Rumors are swirling around the Capitol that a few Republican Senators are having doubts about the Governor's radical proposal to end collective bargaining.
4:20pm Eight year old Cleo Johnson joins her teacher Mr. Marks from Lapham Elementary School at the massive protest in Madison today.
4:15pm Brendan Fischer reports that a Milwaukee Public School math teacher named Cheryl takes issue with the bill limiting collective bargaining to wages. "If I wanted money, I would have become an engineer or actuary. I do this because I love my kids." The math teacher said "We are more concerned with working conditions than with wages. Our concern is with what is best for our students."
4:00pm Steve Horn reports that he spoke with a Kenosha School District teacher who he said he had asked for the day off to attend the rally, but his request was rejected by administration. He decided to show up because he knew it was the right thing to do. "If I lose my job, I lose my job, but I had to come because it was the right thing to do for the state as a whole. Down the road there will be no more public jobs"
3:45pm Brendan Fischer reports that at the committee hearing, David Keller, corrections facility officer and Iraq war veteran, said "this is a naked power grab by Walker. I served in Iraq to unseat a despot," only to return home to have one take control in Wisconsin. Stating "you must know how hard it is for a soldier to ask for help," Keller asked the committee to vote against the bill and its restrictions collective bargaining rights.
3:30pm Firedog Lake is reporting on the protests in Wisconsin, with an interview with CMD's own Mary Bottari.
Madison was not the only Wisconsin town to see protests yesterday. Governor Walker's home in Wauwatosa had 1,000 protesters out in front of it Tuesday night, blocking traffic on the residential street.
But Madison was clearly the hub for activism yesterday, with reports of up to 10,000 protesters participating. "The vote is planned for Thursday, so we want twice as many people there today and twice as many as that tomorrow," said Mary Bottari of the Center for Media and Democracy in Madison. Bottari is also a parent, and her daughter came home with a a note from the school superintendent yesterday afternoon basically explaining that many teachers would be walking out tomorrow. At the time, local schools were still scheduled to be open, but it was clear from the message that they would not be operating under a normal schedule. By last night, 40% of the 2,600 teachers had called in sick, and the school district did not have enough substitute teachers to replace them.
Bottari described the protests yesterday – separate ones at midday, and another in the early evening after teachers got off work – as lively. They included workers from all over the state, including firefighters, who are exempt from the collective bargaining changes under the bill. "They ran buses from parking lots on the outskirts of the city into the Capitol," Bottari said. A couple Democratic lawmakers in the Capitol unfurled a large banner reading "Solidarity" during the protests.
3:15pm Mary Bottari reports that there is a lot of confusion at the Capitol about what is formally happening with the Budget Repair Bill. To recap: the official Joint Finance Committee hearing ended last night at 3:03am They decided that they were not going to take any more registration slips. With throngs of people still waiting to testify, the the Democratic committee members continued to take testimony today. It is not clear if this testimony will count for the record. It is anticipated that the Joint Finance Committee will vote on Walker's proposal at approximately 4pm today and votes are schedule for the Senate Thursday and the Assembly on Friday.
3:00pm Brendan Fischer reports that capitol police are especially friendly and helpful to protesters. One officer said "to the best of our knowledge, we also are affected" by the bill's restrictions on collective bargaining and increases in pension and health care contributions. Municipal police officers and state sheriffs, whose unions supported Walker in the 2010 campaign, are exempted from the governor's plan.
2:30pm Brendan Fischer reports that David Giehtbrock, Bureau of Fisheries Management from the Department of Natural Resources spoke at the committee hearing on behalf of limited term employees (LTE), who will lose health insurance under the plan. Noting the importance of tourism and fishing to Wisconsin's economy, Giehtbrock stated "if you've caught a fish in the last ten years, an LTE employee has had an important role" in stocking, and if LTEs lose their health insurance, they are gone. "We are not open for business if we are not stocking fish."
2:00pm Brendan Fischer reports that protestors outside of Governor Walker's office are chanting "up with unions, up with knowledge, hey there Walker go back to college."
1:15pm Union Cab drivers show their colors in support of state workers as did thousands of other private sector workers today.
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Posted: Tue 25 Sep 2012, 04:30
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Getting Puppy onto an OLD Dell laptop.
I have scored a 1997 Dell Latitude P1 166Mhz laptop with 32Mb of RAM that has W98 aboard and except for a totally dead battery works perfectly.
I'd like to exorcise the OS and 'Go Puppy', but the optical drive doesn't boot. The choice is only between the floppy or HDD. I found this:
Working with a Linux EeePC and a USB floppy drive identified by the netbook as /sdc I have used the command in the link to if/of to that drive but nothing is written. The BootManager is expected to make the CD drive boot so that it will install to the HDD.
Could any member please assist with a derivative that might suit, like perhaps TurboPup, and a way to get it onto the machine via the non-booting optical drive? What syntax would SuperBootManager need to be written in my case or is there another way? WakePup?
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Posted: Tue 25 Sep 2012, 07:51
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rsrcn51's "
" is the bomb for those sorts of installs, I find. Does exactly what I thought WakePup should be able to do, but doesn't. See here
and here for a smattering of my "experience"
. TurboPup and even Pulp would be good choices for that machine - I think you have really done your homework. Good Luck!
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Posted: Tue 25 Sep 2012, 08:41
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It's not going to matter what bootloader or what Puppy you use. With only 32MB of memory, you won't be able to do anything useful with this machine.
[Edit] However, I was able to set up grubflop with a USB floppy drive using
dd if=grubflop.img of=/dev/sdb
It's been my experience with USB floppy drives that they work better if you insert the diskette BEFORE you plug them into the USB port. You should get an icon for the drive on the desktop.
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Posted: Tue 25 Sep 2012, 12:57
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There is precisely one Puppy on this forum that will work for you.
goingnuts' pUPnGO.
You will spend probably the better part of two months adding libs and programs if you want it to be a proper desktop OS. By the time you're done, you will have easily doubled if not tripled the size of the ISO, and you'll still be stuck with obsolete software except for the core OS itself.
I would recommend starting with an older pUPnGO, like v412 041210 -- something before goingnuts backported pUPnGO to GTK1 instead of -2. That way you at least won't have to mess with compiling and upgrading GTK. (If you really would find it entertaining to spend an hour or so compiling on and then arguing with such a system, go ahead and use the latest version. But know that you have a very strange idea of 'fun'.)
I would also recommend putting up with SIAG Office (I hear it's been discontinued now, and given the interface and appearance I'm not sure I blame them) and some sort of low-end version of mtpaint for graphics. You will want a CD of Puppy 412 on hand (not the retro kernel version!) to grab libs off of as well.
I tried to do this, on a Super Socket 7 desktop board with a K6-II CPU and spare drives. I stuck in a PCI graphics card because the onboard graphics were dying. Once I realized how much goingnuts had stripped out purely in favor of size I gave up. That hardware now has a different owner: a fellow on another forum wanted to make a retro gaming rig with it, and that's what he got. At least he was nice enough to cover my shipping!
If you do decide to do this, good luck to you. You'll need it.
By the way, you might try TINY Linux (comes on like 10 floppies) or similar. I've got a couple antique floppy-based Linux distros (TINY is one, Floppy Linux is the other, and then there's one called Build Your Linux Disk, BYLD, for people who know Linux well enough to program on it) -- if you want 'em shoot me a PM as the original sites have probably vanished by now. You could TRY to run DSL on this thing but I wouldn't recommend it. It probably won't work -- particularly since you've got a bad optical drive to deal with (I doubt it'd boot from external CD even with a bootmanager floppy -- but you could try).
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Posted: Tue 25 Sep 2012, 13:58
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Thank you for all your input, chaps. Plenty of ideas there to give a try. I'll have a flounder about and see if anything can be done. Pure, pure masochism, but got to give it a go. I'm not expecting miracles but it p**'s me off that M$ is on the thing and working.
Starhawk: Perhaps I gave the wrong impression. The CD drive appears to work but is not
. BIOS only lists the flop and HDD and that's all. Stuff could be installed that way if something like a boot manager could direct it. SuperBootManager for instance. Never give up!
Considered Damn Small Linux. Thanks for the feedback on that. And I have had an older Dell desktop (with 128Mb) quite happily running Puppy 2.17 and being the back-up home computer for about 2 years. Detect a trend here?
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This may be your best bet !
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Posted: Tue 25 Sep 2012, 14:44
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The CD drive appears to work but is not bootable
I had a Compaq 1540 DM years ago with about the same specs but I had more ram than you do.
I sold that laptop so I no longer have it.
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Can it physically take more than 32MB ram? I have a variety of (older) sticks and would be happy to send you one free if we can work out which is the right kind. (Hate to see a working machine be consigned to the dustbin). Even if the max ram was 64MB it would open up some options...
Do you know the exact model number for the laptop?
One other question - are you committed to booting via floppy or is it a possibility to temporarily transfer the HDD to your other machine and load puppy to it that way?
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Posted: Tue 25 Sep 2012, 16:05
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BJF wrote:
... The CD drive appears to work but is not
. BIOS only lists the flop and HDD and that's all...
The PloP Bootmanager should be able to enable you to boot from the CD drive.
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Greengeek: It's a Latitude XPi CD, Model No: PPS, and I have no plans to bin the thing! The RAM has a smudged sticky label that says 'SEC KMM332V410BS-L6U' (I think). And there is a spare slot for a second card.
And to the rest of you: Lots of things to try. I'll report back!
Thanks one and all.
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Posted: Tue 25 Sep 2012, 18:11
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Apparently it can hold max 80mb ram: two 32mb ram slots + 16 mb on the system board. I guess you have a 16mb ram slot thing + the system one.
You can buy some ram from here
TurboPup should be fine if you add some ram i should think.
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Posted: Tue 25 Sep 2012, 18:21
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It will take 80Mb.
!6Mb soldered on board and 2x72pin EDO 32mb
I sold 4 of those the other week. (the memory) They're like gold at 32Mb per stick.
"Just think of it as leaving early to avoid the rush" - T Pratchett
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[Burn_IT was typing as I was, so there is some duplicate info here.]
Specs here:
His laptop is an M166ST.
Max RAM is 80mb
that ain't much!
You need to get a pair of 32mb EDO SIMMs off eBay. In the US those are under $10 --quite surprisingly, as EDO tends to be insanely expensive-- but I can't speak to any location outside of the continental US.
It MUST be EDO -- regular RAM will not work here. Either the system will refuse to boot and sit there beeping at you, or it won't recognize the RAM and boot anyways. I can tell you that it has 16mb on the mainboard, so you have a 16mb stick in one slot that can be thrown away once you get the two 32mb sticks.
Something like this will work well for you --
My recommendation for pUPnGO and long hours adding libs and pets stands. Or one of the floppy-disk distros that I mentioned -- you will need a USB floppy drive for writing floppies unless your other system is old enough to have one built in. USB floppy drives run about $20 in US money and territory.
Again, if you want to poke at one of the floppy distros let me know, here or in a PM. TINY Linux needs at least ten disks, more if you want a gui with programs. FDLinux (the other one) requires some special techniques because it fits on a single /oversize/ floppy (you have to format it to go a little past the usual margins) -- it's 1.68mb. I've never used either one. BYLD requires two disks to start with, and a few more for your eventual distro -- it's more a development kit than anything else!
Come to think of it, I also have one called XWOAF -- XWindows On A Floppy. That would be courtesy of goingnuts as well (he found it somewhere online, and it's on his little website as well as my hard drive). It takes up only one floppy and TBH I've never gotten it to boot -- my older hardware all tends to have weird graphics setups that don't like to work with Xvesa.
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Two more possibilities (not Puppy-related):
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I've hit a wall. The IBM format floppies I bought don't suit the Win98 OS on the Dell. Common problem, according to Gurgle. What I need is a 98-formatted, or unformatted, floppy or two. Or a 98 start-up disk? Unless a grown-up knows of a way to convert an OS to FAT16 and zip it and permit me to smuggle it onto C:\ to unpack like FreeDOS does. Or does anyone know how to blank a formatted 3.5" floppy. I tried GParted and it makes them into coasters with a -512Kb capacity and no partitioning possible!
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