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Charles Duhigg of the New York Times has written another extraordinary article about Apple, this time focused on the heroic lengths Apple has gone to to avoid paying taxes to governments around the world.
All companies try to minimize taxes, obviously. And tech companies, it turns out, are ideally suited to skirting tax laws–because tech products can be "sold" from anywhere, regardless of where they're designed or made.
But Apple appears to have been as spectacularly creative and successful in tax-avoidance as it has been in gadgets.
Last year, for example, Apple's global cash tax rate was only 9.8%. It paid $3.3 billion of cash taxes on profits of $34 billion. (Cash taxes are the taxes Apple actually paid, as opposed to the "tax" line that appears on the income statement.) This compares to a tax rate of 24% for Walmart, which, according to Duhigg, is about average for a major global corporation.
In the U.S. last year, Apple's tax-avoidance schemes allowed it to save $2.4 billion in federal taxes alone, according to one study. The company likely saved millions more by avoiding state and local taxes.
Per Duhigg, here are some of Apple's tax-avoidance tricks:
- Apple's first major move has been to find ways to allocate 70% of its profits outside the U.S., despite the fact that most of its executives and product designers are located here. The U.S. tax code was supposedly designed to tax companies on where most of their value is created, rather than where the products are made or sold, but Apple has found ways around that.
- The cash generated by Apple's U.S. business is not collected or managed by the company's headquarters in California. It's collected and managed by a subsidiary called Braeburn Capital located in Nevada. Why? Because California has a corporate tax rate of 8.84%, while Nevada has no corporate tax rate. Thus, Apple pays no taxes on profits generated by its cash. Braeburn also helps Apple reduce taxes in other states, which have lower rates for companies that manage their finances elsewhere.
- At the same time that Apple is avoiding California taxes by managing its cash in Nevada, it is getting tax credits from California for conducting "research and development" in California. Apple has benefitted from more than $400 million of R&D credits since 1996, Duhigg says.
- Internationally, Apple invented a tax-avoidance scheme known as the "Double Irish With A Dutch Sandwich," which is now used by hundreds of other companies. This scheme routes royalties and profits generated on U.S. inventions through subsidiaries in Ireland and the Netherlands and then to the Caribbean. On an accounting basis, Ireland "generated" one-third of Apple's revenue last year. Apple has also assigned some of the ownership of its Ireland operation to a subsidiary with no employees in the Caribbean, and routes other Irish profits through the Netherlands, which is also basically tax-free.
- Apple makes sure that salespeople located in high-tax countries are actually employed by Apple subsidiaries in low-tax countries. For example, a salesperson located in high-tax Germany might sell Apple products on behalf of an Apple subsidiary located in low-tax Singapore–and the sales in Germany are then taxed at low Singaporean rates.
- Apple has decreed that many global "iTunes" sales legally happen in Luxembourg, because Luxembourg offers tax incentives for companies that process transactions there. This dodges taxes in the U.S., France, Britain, and other countries that would charge much higher rates.
- And so on…
Now, all this, of course, is perfectly legal. And hundreds of other companies take advantage of many of the same sorts of tricks that Apple uses.
And Apple does still pay billions in taxes ($3.3 billion, on profit of $34 billion).
But while Apple is going to heroic lengths to set up subsidiaries in Nevada and the Caribbean, of course, California is going broke.
And so is Cupertino, where Apple is building its amazing new spaceship headquarters.
So, not surprisingly, many in California are angry about how much tax Apple avoids paying in the state. And so, presumably, are some folks in the federal government, Britain, France, Germany, and other countries in which Apple is following the letter of the law, but not the spirit.
The answer is certainly not for the U.S. or California to suddenly "crack down" on Apple–if that happened, the company would immediately leave the United States altogether, taking the taxes it does pay with it.
The answer–if the goal is to force Apple and other companies to pay higher taxes–is probably for world trade organisations to come together and establish consistent policies across the world. But that's easier said that done.
So, in the meantime, the usual adage applies: Paying taxes is for the little people.
Read Charles Duhigg's article here >
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Need updated info on 2001 Boxster S OBC hack
Recently purchased a 2001 S model. I had a 1999 2.5 till 2004 and I never forgot how happy it made me so I finally picked up an S, 6speed.
I really liked how the speedo in my older boxster had digital readout in the center and I had 4 stalks in my 1999 and had access to the on board computer.
I've seen posts about yosifs OBC hack but all the links that I can find to those DIY pages are either forbidden or deleted.
Since it's 2016 and I'm savvy, I'd rather skip the stalk and use a switch up on the left radio pod. Anyone have a link? I guess all I need is the wiring of the switch and where I tie it into the cluster. I have a soldering station and access to all tools associated with stereo and A/V conversions.
Thanks for looking.
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I too went from a '99 to an '01S and never did understand why Porsche moved the digital speedo to the left. Never saw a hack. Only to enable temp readouts and cruise IIRC.
Toolpants said he has the instructions. I've left him a note asking him to look for you here.
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Thanks. I'll keep an eye out for it.
I've read quite a bit but it's strange that all the people posting that they've put a switch in the dash and just wired it into the cluster don't show any schematic, drawing or photo reference. I'm sure it's out there. I even have an extra pair of windows switches with generic covers that will fit directly into the stock left dash.
I really do enjoy the sweet shifting 6 speed and the extra displacement of the 3.2 H6, but my 2.5 was very well optioned and had litronic headlights. That's another search I'm on. I'm never selling the car, if I blow it up, I'll either buy a 2nd hand 3.6 conversion or an LS conversion. I drive an Avalanche SUV with a 36mm turbo L33 5.3 and the way that engine moves the 6000lb. truck around quite nicely, it's almost inconceivable for me to imagine driving a boxster that'll make 600rwhp. Almost.
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I overheard my wife telling a friend that she had always dreamed of having a good sewing machine so that she could get into....whatever people use sewing machines for... I'm thinking about moving our laundry room to the back porch and making the new space a craft room for her to do...whatever it is that people do in a craft room...
If I were to attempt to buy a top notch sewing machine, what features should I be looking for? What should I expect to pay and what brands should I be looking for?
Do they still have foot pedals? She has nueropathy that makes it hard for her to use foot controls of any kind, so I'm especially interested in anything that doesn't require to much dexterity.
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Former video game concept artist Joey Spiotto chose an adorable way to say goodbye to this console generation. He combined his favorite video game characters with the design of the Little Golden Books children's literature series. Shepard and John Marston never looked so nice and friendly.
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I want to quickly get a good shape and muscles. I would prefer to spend 4 hours a day in Gym. I would like to take Eggs, Bacon, Beef, Mutton, Potatoes and Beer everyday with a hope I can achieve a quick result.
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One point separated the 2004-2005 Little Giant basketball team from a trip to the North Coast Athletic Conference championship game. A talent-laden senior class will try to secure a spot in that title contest in head coach Mac Petty's 30th season at Wabash College. The Little Giants have made it to the semifinals of the NCAC Tournament five times in the past six seasons, but have only made the championship game once, falling short in last year's overtime loss to Wittenberg.
The quest begins Friday when the Wabash hosts the Little Giant Tipoff Classic. By Saturday afternoon, Petty should have a good idea just how talented his 2005-06 team is. Wabash will see three very good teams in the tournament, starting with Illinois Wesleyan University, the top-ranked team in Division III. The Titans open the tournament at 6 p.m. when they take on the University of Texas-Dallas, a 12,000-student Division III school. Wabash hosts Alma College in Friday's other first round game. Consolation and championship games begin at 1 p.m. on Saturday.
Senior guard Kyle Medeiros (6-0, 188; pictured on the right) returns after leading the Little Giants in scoring last season with a 9.9 points-per-game average, including a career-best 23-point effort at Denison. Medeiros led the team at both ends of the floor, pacing the Little Giants with 31 steals. Fellow senior guard Adonis Joseph (6-2, 174; pictured on the home page) was just off that pace, scoring 9.4 points a contest.
Senior center Kyle Coffey (6-9, 220) earned a place on the All-North Coast Athletic Conference Honorable Mention team after leading the league in blocked shots with 39. He also averaged 8.5 points and 4.9 rebounds a game. Caleb Lyttle (6-4, 210; pictured below left) added 6.7 points and 4.6 rebounds per contest while starting every game for the Little Giants last season. Lyttle provides bulk and offensive rebounding inside, while Coffey can hit inside and outside.
Senior Michael Woods (6-1, 205) became a significant role-player for Wabash last year, playing in 20 games and averaging 4.1 points a contest coming off the bench. Coach Petty thinks Woods is the best all-around athlete on the team. Last year he showed a knack for hitting three-pointers. Senior Jimmy Owens (6-1, 170) is back at a guard spot after spending his junior year in Italy.
Junior center Ryan Stephens (6-8, 245) brings size and experience off the bench for Wabash. The two-year varsity player averaged 2.4 points and 3.0 rebounds in 15 games last season.
Sophomores Gary Simkus (6-6, 180; pictured below right) and Andrew Zimmer (6-5, 215) made great strides last season. Simkus saw limited action in the first half of the season after suffering a dislocated elbow as a starter for the Wabash soccer team, but still managed to average 5.9 points and 3.1 rebounds a game. He played in 26 games, but started 10 of the last 11 games for the Little Giants. Zimmer averaged 6.1 points in 22 games and loves to take the ball to the basket.
Guards Kyle McClammer (5-11, 170) and Ryan Nuppnau (6-0, 175) saw limited action for Wabash as freshmen, but should provide solid reserve support this season. Joining the pair is first-year guard Earl Rooks (5-8, 175), who played baseball for the Little Giants as a freshman.
Junior Dustin Huff (6-0, 215), sophomore Mike Russell (6-2, 177), and freshman Tyler Richey (6-4, 184) will join the basketball team at the conclusion of the Wabash football season. All three were talented high school players, but are playing college basketball for the first time this year.
Other newcomers to watch include former Andrean guard Collin Smith (6-0, 170) and Crown Point center Brian Maloney (6-6, 200).
The Little Giants will once again be tested all season long by some of the best teams in the nation. The schedule boasts three more top-25 picks in Wittenberg, Wooster, and Hanover. Wabash will also have to face strong competition in the NCAC to stay among the top teams in the conference after being picked third in the NCAC pre-season media and coaches polls.


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Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant said Monday he's withdrawing his nomination of anti-abortion activist Terri Herring of Ridgeland to the state Board of Health.
Bryant's decision came after The Associated Press questioned whether Bryant was fulfilling requirements of a state law that specifies the board's 11 members must come from certain parts of the state.
"Although this code section is unclear, Gov. Bryant will withdraw this nomination to avoid any legal uncertainty," Bryant spokesman Mick Bullock said in a statement Monday night. "It is Gov. Bryant's intention to recommend Mrs. Herring for a future position on the Board of Health when there is an opening in her district."
State law says eight Board of Health members must come from congressional districts - two from each of the four districts. Three must come from state Supreme Court districts - one each from northern, central and southern.
There are already enough board members from central Mississippi, where Herring lives. But with her nomination, the board would be one member short from the north.
In a statement Monday night, Herring thanked Bryant for his support and said she looks "forward to continuing to promote women's health, and healthy lifestyles as I have for the past many years."
Herring, 54, has lobbied since the mid-1980s to tighten abortion laws in Mississippi. As head of Pro Life America Network, she is pushing this year for a bill that would put new restrictions on abortion-inducing drugs.
The governor, a Republican, had tapped Herring to succeed Ellen Williams from the northern city of Senatobia. Williams lives in the northern Supreme Court district.
Confirmation to the Board of Health requires a majority of Mississippi's 52 senators. Herring's nomination had been scheduled for a vote Tuesday in the Senate Public Health Committee, before the governor withdrew it.
Sen. David Blount, D-Jackson, a member of the committee, said he had planned to vote against Herring's nomination because he had heard from OB-GYNs who were opposed to her confirmation.
"I hope the governor will consider physicians who deal with women's health, as well as public health professionals, in his next appointment," Blount said Monday.
The board oversees the state Department of Health, including appointing its director. It also approves the state health plan and sets rules and regulations for the department.
State law says the board must be made up of five currently licensed physicians with at least seven years' experience in practicing medicine. The other six members must be people "who have a background in public health or an interest in public health who are not currently or formerly licensed physicians."
Bryant nominated Herring for one of the non-physician positions on the board. Williams, who is a registered nurse and has a doctoral degree, has served on the board since 2004.
Herring said in a news release last week that she and her husband, Clint Herring, own TrustCare, a Ridgeland clinic that provides walk-in care and occupational therapy. The news release also says the Herrings, since 1984, have run Kerioth Corp., a real estate development firm that has built several upscale commercial sites in the Jackson area. The Herrings also are partners in The Club fitness centers, which is affiliated with St. Dominic Health Services.
Herring in 2012 lobbied for a state law that requires anyone performing abortions at an abortion clinic to be a physician with privileges to admit patients to a local hospital. The state's only abortion clinic, Jackson Women's Health Organization, has been unable to obtain the privileges for its out-of-state physicians. The clinic filed a federal lawsuit last summer to challenge the law, and that suit is awaiting trial.
The clinic is scheduled for an April 18 administrative hearing before the state Board of Health, to appeal the state Health Department's intent to revoke the clinic's license because of failure to obtain the admitting privileges. The clinic remains open.
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Funny shoes, a red nose -- and Steve Jobs's very own 64 gigabyte iPad 2.
Kenny the Clown, also known as Kenneth Kahn, is a professional clown -- and the 47-year old was also in possession of Steve Jobs's stolen iPad for a couple of days, according to the San Jose Mercury News.
Kahn was given the gadget by a friend, who is now charged with breaking into Jobs's Palo Alto home and looting it of jewelery, electronics, and other goodies once owned by a famous person, the newspaper reported.
Kahn never knew the former owner was the famous Apple founder, he told the newspaper.
Kariem McFarlin, 35, of Alameda, is accused of breaking into the Waverly Street home on July 17, the newspaper reported. McFarlin knows Kahn from when Kahn coached him on the Encinal High basketball team a couple decades ago, according to the newspaper.
Kahn is still an Alameda resident and remains close with McFarlin, the newspaper reported.
McFarlin stole Jobs's wallet and drivers license as well as the electronics, the newspaper reported.
"He's a nice guy who made a horrible, horrible decision," the clown told the newspaper. "I wish I could ask him, 'What were you thinking?'"


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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 97 diseños de 20 diseñadores freelance.
Tortas Gaviño
These tortas are manufactured from the South of Spain (pictures of product had been provided)
Our Tortas ad been hand made and hand wrapped since 1888.
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If you start there, with our feed back we can build from there -
- we make 4 different flavours of Tortas.
Everyone is our target audience ( ie. .families, restaurants, caters, coffee drinkers, etc)
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text: Thursday, February 20, 2014 Results of New Study on Sedentary Behavior Ring True for PTs and PTAs A recently released article that points out the dangers of inactivity among older adults is receiving wide media attention for its conclusion that regardless of time spent in moderate-vigorous activity, each hour spent in sedentary behavior significantly increases the odds of disability in 1 or more activities of daily living (ADL). For physical therapists (PTs) and physical therapist assistants (PTAs) the findings include big news about how the damage of sedentary behavior is independent of activity level—but the study also confirms what they've always known about inactivity and reinforces the importance of PTs and PTAs as agents of change. Since its February 19 advance e-publication in the Journal of Physical Activity & Health, "Sedentary Time in U.S. Older Adults Associated With Disability in Activities of Daily Living Independent of Physical Activity" (.pdf) has received attention from Reuters, National Public Radio, CBC, and NBC, among other media outlets. The reason for all the notice is fairly simple: the study's title just about says it all, and the study's contents definitively support the assertion. Researchers based their conclusions on an analysis of data from the National Health and Examination Surveys (NHANES), a cross-sectional study that combined household interviews with a physical examination and accelerometer monitoring of daily activities. For the purposes of the just-released article, authors focused on results from 2,286 adults over 60 that represented a wide range of demographic and health variables. Researchers analyzed accelerometer data to gauge average daily sedentary time in both hours spent and as a percentage of waking hours. They found that among older adults, during an average 14 waking hours per day, 8.9 hours on average were spent in sedentary behaviors, with 63.4% of the study group being sedentary at least 9 hours a day. By linking sedentary data to reports on ADL disability in the NHANES, authors found a dramatic relationship between hours spent in sedentary behavior and the odds of an ADL problem at the rate of more than 50% for every additional hour of inactivity. More significantly for the study, researchers were able to tease out the kinds of nonsedentary activity and found that the risk was not mitigated by engaging in moderate or vigorous activity. "For example, if 2 women of the same age engaged in identical moderate-vigorous hours, but 1 spent an additional hour each day being sedentary, the odds of ADL disability would significantly increase by 60%," the authors write. Lisa Culver, PT, DPT, MBA, senior specialist for clinical practice at APTA, says the results should not be too surprising for PTs and PTAs. "I believe PTs have always recognized risk inherent in limited mobility, whether the limited mobility is due to injury or because of voluntary sedentary behavior," she said. "It's a key reason why our focus is to increase an individual's capacity for safe functional movement." "The study highlights an important fact—that being active is just one factor to being healthy," Culver said. "Other studies have shown that physical activity is an independent indicator compared to obesity for all-cause mortality, so the study further strengthens the value of an overall healthy and active lifestyle." Getting older adults to engage in a more active and healthy lifestyle is addressed in what turns out to be one of the brighter spots in the study. Researchers noted that even minor changes in activity time can make a significant impact on health, and that often these changes can be sparked by brief education and counseling, or by simply incorporating an element of physical activity "before or after social programs." Overall, authors write, "reducing sedentary behavior may be a more attainable goal than increasing moderate-vigorous activity, particularly in persons with chronic illness, pain, and … preexisting disabilities." Culver believes that PTs and PTAs can play a key role in lifestyle change. "As with other areas of prevention, health, wellness, and chronic disease management, PTs are key to communication and behavior change in the individuals we see," she said. "PTs typically follow patients and clients for longer periods of time than most health care professionals, and we have the ability to educate them while understanding their readiness and physical capacity for change." APTA offers educational resources that address the role of the PT in health and wellness in older adults and provide insight into older adults and exercise adherence. Additionally, APTA's consumer-focused MoveForwardPT.com website includes a webpage featuring videos addressing the importance of fitness across the lifespan. The association also offers a prevention and wellness webpage that includes videos, podcasts, and educational resources.


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Here you will find guidelines for editing this wiki.
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Please bear in mind that our first audience is those expecting a web-site on Haskell and not necessarily interested in this "wiki" thing. The default style, for instance, tries to make the wiki-ness as discreet as possible for readers not logged in.
Page structure
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- Page titles not only affect a page's URL but they are also shown at the top of the page. Therefore, it is important that a page title is a title, not a mnemonic "path name". I strongly doubt that we need such mnemonic names but if they are introduced they should denote only redirects to the actual page.
- On the other hand, it is good if titles are not unnecessarily long so that URLs have reasonable size. Especially, redundant occurences of the word "Haskell" in titles should be avoided. If a page on HaskellWiki is just named "Compilers and interpreters", it should be clear that it refers to "Haskell compilers and interpreters", so the extra "Haskell" is not needed.
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International Rugby
Cusiter injury blow for Scotland
ESPN Staff
September 20, 2012
Scrum-half Chris Cusiter will miss Scotland's end-of-year campaign due to a shoulder injury © Getty Images
Scrum-half Chris Cusiter has been ruled out of Scotland's end-of-year campaign with a shoulder injury.
The 30-year-old, who won the last of his 63 Test caps against Samoa earlier this year, dislocated his shoulder while on RaboDirect PRO12 duty for Glasgow Warriors on Friday night and is now expected to be sidelined until the end of the year.
Cusiter does not require an operation but will not be available for the games against New Zealand, South Africa and Tonga at Murrayfield next month.
"Everyone at Glasgow Warriors is disappointed that a quality player like Chris Cusiter is likely to be out of action until around the middle of December," said Glasgow head coach Gregor Townsend.
"It's encouraging, though, that he doesn't need surgery, and we know he's in the best possible hands with our medical team. Chris is a tough competitor, and he'll be working hard to return to fitness and make a significant contribution to our campaign."
Scotland head coach Andy Robinson said: "It's disappointing for Chris because he has made such a good start to the season. I wish him a speedy recovery."
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25 December, also known as Christmas Day, is the 359th day of the year (360th in leap years). There are 6 days remaining until the end of the year.
- 1991: Harry Potter receives his late father's Cloak of Invisibility and discovers the Mirror of Erised during a late-night adventure. He also receives the wooden flute from Hagrid that will later help him put Fluffy to sleep.
- 1992: Hermione Granger finishes brewing Polyjuice Potion, which Harry Potter and Ron Weasley use to disguise themselves as Gregory Goyle and Vincent Crabbe and question Draco Malfoy. Hermione's transformation goes badly, giving her the appearance of Millicent Bulstrode's cat, complete with a tail.
- 1993: Harry Potter receives a Firebolt broomstick from his godfather and late father's best friend Sirius Black, which is later confiscated from him by Professor Minerva McGonagall. Professor Remus Lupin is absent from Christmas lunch due to his lycanthropy.
- 1994: The Yule Ball of the Triwizard Tournament is held at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
- 1995: Hermione, Ron and Ginny Weasley discover that Neville Longbottom's parents are insane and living at St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries.
- 1996: Minister for Magic Rufus Scrimgeour accompanies Percy Weasley to the Burrow, where he pressures Harry Potter to support the Ministry of Magic. Harry refuses, and confirms his loyalty to Albus Dumbledore.
- 1997: Harry Potter wakes up at the Forest of Dean and recovers from a snake bite from Nagini, with Hermione Granger's help. Also, Ron Weasley discovers that he can hear bits of his friends' conversations through his Deluminator, if they say his name.
Behind the scenesEdit
- 1996 (non-canonical; film and video game only): Burning of the Burrow - After supper, Bellatrix Lestrange and Fenrir Greyback tried to lure Harry Potter out of The Burrow. They interrupted Harry and Ginny's first kiss to be. They gave up when Arthur Weasley, Nymphadora Tonks and Remus Lupin fought back. Before Apparating, they set fire to The Burrow.
External linksEdit
- 25 December on Wikipedia
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Craig Preston wants campaign advertisements to includes the names – and where applicable, company logos – of the three biggest donors.
If that law had been in effect in November, for example, Mercury Insurance's name and logo would have appeared on advertising for Proposition 33, which instead listed the 2012 Auto Insurance Discount Act as its first contributor. The name of Mercury, the primary sponsor, did not appear on the website, advertising or in the ballot argument.
News reports and campaign finance reports detailed Mercury's central role and the measure failed. But Preston said those reports are not enough – that many voters don't pay close enough attention.
"Without this disclosure act, the voters are easily fooled," Preston said at the Friday luncheon of the League of Women Voters Orange Coast, which convened at the Marie Callenders in Irvine. "Usually, the disclosure is just a committee's name. It doesn't say who the funds are coming from."
The issue also arose in November when the Arizona-based Americans for Responsible Leadership gave $11 million in opposition to Gov. Jerry Brown's Proposition 30 and in support of the union-weakening Proposition 32. The group lost both races – but largely won its effort to keep its donors secret. When finally ordered by the California Supreme Court to say where it got the money, Americans for Responsible Leadership announced the day before the election that it came from Americans for Job Security and the Center to Protect Patient Rights.
Not exactly the transparency Preston and his group, the California Clean Money Campaign, are looking for.
The group's proposal passed the Assembly this year on a party line vote, with support from Democrats and opposition from Republicans. The session ended before the bill reached the Senate, but Preston said it will be back in 2013
Preston said his group is non-partisan but acknowledges it has virtually no support from Republicans. Its effort is endorsed by nearly two dozen Democratic groups though, as well as a host of non-partisan groups including the League of Women Voters and the Sierra Club.
Corporations targeted?
Assemblyman Don Wagner, R-Irvine, is among Republicans who voted against the disclosure bill this year.
His primary objection was the requirement that company logos appear on the advertisements, citing company complaints that it would dilute their brand image.
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Wagner's said his personal preference would be complete online disclosure of names within 24 hours of contributions but with no contribution limits. He doesn't advocate for listing donors sans logos on advertisements but said, "I don't think I have a problem with having the biggest donors listed by name."
Because of the voter-approved Political Reform Act of 1974, Preston's proposal would need to be approved by voters – or by two-thirds of the Legislature. With last month's election, Democrats now control two-thirds of both chambers.
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Image of a crescent 2005 YU55 constructed using Arecibo radar on its 2010 passage.
(Credit: NASA/Cornell/Arecibo).
A large Near Earth Asteroid (NEA) makes an approach this week closer than our Moon, and with a little luck and skill, you may just be able to spy it. The object in question is 2005 YU55, an Apollo asteroid about 400 meters in diameter. Discovered in 2005 from the Steward observatory in Arizona, this asteroid is on a 446 day orbit that takes it to a perihelion passage just inside the orbit of Venus at 0.65 Astronomical Units (A.U.) and very near the orbit of Mars at an aphelion of 1.63 A.U. This sets this asteroid up for several close planetary encounters, one of which will occur Tuesday, November 8th as 2005 YU55 passes within 80% of the Earth-Moon distance. The last time an asteroid this large passed our fair planet was the passage of 2010 XC15 in 1976 at 50% the distance to the Moon, but as its name indicates, it hadnt been discovered yet, and hence that particular passage went unobserved!
Despite all the hoopla that being generated around 2005 YU55, there is no chance that it will hit the Earth (or the Moon) on this pass or any in the foreseeable future. 2005 YU55 was rated a 1 on the Torino scale in 2010, marking it as an Earth crosser that poses no unusual level of danger. Several campaigns are planned to observe the passage of the asteroid, including plans to once again map it with the radar from Arecibo and Goldstone, as was done previous on the more distant April 2010 pass.
But YOU landed on this page because you want to see the asteroid as it whizzes by with your own eyes, right? Thats the question we get the most frequently, right behind Will it hit us? Visually tracking a Near-Earth asteroid can be thrilling to watch; for example, Ive actually seen 4179 Toutatis years ago show discernable movement after tracking it for a few moments in the eyepiece!
Wide field finder of 2005 YU55 from sunset until 8:30PM EST.
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But first, the bad news; 2005 YU55 wont break a visual magnitude of +10; youll need a good sized telescope and dark skies to track it. Strike #2; the Moon will be only two days away from Full on the night of the 8th, and the faint asteroid will be headed in its general (but non-impacting) direction in the sky .
But all is not lost. Closest approach to Earth occurs at 11:29 UTC/06:29 EST at about 202,000 miles distant, placing it high to the south west for observers on the US Eastern Seaboard. (Dont forget to fall back to Standard time on Sunday, November 6th; you wouldnt want to miss seeing the asteroid because of an anachronistic convention, but I digress..) At its closest approach, 2005 YU55 will glide along at one degree every 7 minutes, easily noticeable after a few minutes of observation at low power. I plan to target selected areas with my GOTO mount, sketch the field, then watch for changes. I may also take some wide-field piggyback stills with the DSLR, but mostly, this one will just be fun to watch. The asteroid will pass through the constellations Aquila, Delphinus, and Pegasus as it heads westward. Interestingly, 2005 YU55 passes within a degree of Altair centered on 6:07:30PM EST only 27 minutes after local sunset, and also makes a very close pass of the star Epsilon Delphini during closest approach. These both make good visual anchors to aim your scope at during the appointed time and watch. Keep in mind, the charts provided are rough and Tampa Bay-centric on an approach as close as this one, two factors muddle the precise prediction coordinates of the asteroid; one is the fact the gravitational field of the Earth will change the orbit of 2005 YU55 slightly, and two is that the position will change due to the position of the observer on the Earth and the effect of parallactic shift. Many prediction programs assume the Earthly vantage as a mere point in space, fine for positioning deep sky objects but not so hot for ones passing near the planet. A good place to get updated coordinates is JPL Horizons website which lets you generate an accurate ephemeris for your exact longitude latitude and elevation.
Passage of of 2005 YU55 near Altair from 06:03PM-06:12PM EST. (Note: may be up to a degree off center for different geographic locations).
As noted, 2005 YU55 will pass our Moon at 8 AM Universal Time on November 9th at a distance only marginally closer than it did the Earth, at 140,000 miles. Interestingly, it also transited Sun on November 3rd as seen from the Moon, but would have appeared <1 in size, a tough target for any would-be lunar-based observer. It next close predicted passage of the Earth wont be until 2056 at nearly 3 times the distance. The next known large asteroid to make a close pass our planet is 2001 WN5 passing 154,000 miles distant in 2028. Later the next year, 2005 YU55 will have a close (180,000 mile) passage of Venus, again altering its orbit slightly for future apparitions.
Studying NEOs such as 2005 YU55 is a worthwhile endeavor, as we may be mounting a manned mission to one in the coming decades. These would serve as prime stepping stones (pun intended) to get us back out into the solar system, and of course, its always handy to know just how well these things are put together, should we need to deflect one. Their formation and composition may also provide clues to the formation of the primordial solar system. This Tuesday, make an effort to get out with that backyard light bucket that your neighbors think is a canon and show them this interloper passing through our Earth-Moon neighborhood!


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Why Everyone Should Care About DRM's Punishment Of The Visually Impaired
from the our-problem-too dept
Techdirt writes a lot about the problems with DRM, and how inefficient and inconvenient it is. But for millions of visually-impaired people, those "inconveniences" represent something much deeper, and much worse. Somebody who has started writing eloquently about this issue is Rupert Goodwins. He is one of the UK's most respected technology journalists and also, sadly, is losing his sight. As he points out in a powerful new piece, things ought to be getting better for the visually impaired in the Internet age:
there's never been a better time to go blind: we are busy converting the world to digital, and digital is supremely easy to convert.
Of course, it hasn't worked out like that, thanks to the widespread use of DRM on ebooks:
With DRM, the commercial model of the provider goes beyond an application or a service. It is designed to constrain the customer to using something in only the way approved by the content provider, and it has legal backing.
He goes on to describe his attempts to get an ebook he had bought into a form that he could read. After half an hour of fruitless efforts -- which included receiving some rather ironic marketing messages telling him to "enjoy the experience" and "enjoy your book" -- he did what most people would have done at the start: he cracked the DRM. As he points out:
If I can't use a particular word processor, I can find another. But if I can't read a particular book because it is only readable on a particular platform and that platform isn't readable to me, I'm stuck.
I dare say this is against the terms and conditions of one or more of the many impossible-to-read EULAs I clicked on in the process of trying to be a responsible digital consumer. But the author got paid and nobody lost out -- except for me, in terms of time lost and mental misery endured.
He also mentions something important that everyone working at companies employing DRM might like to consider:
This is the reward you get for being disabled and wanting to do the right thing. This is how the world's most splendid machine for freeing our minds from our physical shackles is itself being shackled. This is what will happen to all of you reading this as you get old. I know this, I've done the research: most of you will start to go blind before you die.
Ultimately, then, DRM is a problem for all of us. Maybe we should fix it sooner, rather than later, so that people like Goodwins can read the books they have bought without resorting to methods that are illegal, and we can read texts when we're old and increasingly blind ourselves.
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With 100 million users on the photo-sharing app Instagram, publishers are turning to technology companies such as Chute (getchute.com) to help integrate user-generated content on their various platforms.
Based in San Francisco, Chute was launched in early 2011 by Gregarious Narain and Ranvir Gujral. The company now employs 18 staff members with a mission to help build and power the best media apps for publishers.
Among its products is SlideChute, an interactive user-generated service that allows publishers to add photos to their websites. Gujral said users can log in and drag-and-drop photos to the publisher's page, or they can import photos from social media outlets such as Facebook and Instagram. Then, publishers can display those photos using Chute's infrastructure in a photostream, just by adding some basic code to the page. Galleries can be customized and moderated. When users log in, publishers are also able to collect data, such as names and email addresses.
Users can also upload photos via a hashtag on Twitter. Gujral said NBC News used this service during the 2012 London Olympics as a way to share photos in a slideshow. Chute also created electiongrams.com for NBC as a way for users to share election photos from Instagram by using a designated hashtag.
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Though still a young company, Chute is beginning to ramp up, with more publishers and media outlets learning about its services thanks to old-fashioned word of mouth. In addition to NBC News, Chute has partnered with The Huffington Post and Condé Nast.
"There is a demand for this kind of content," Gujral said. "This digital revolution is so remarkable, but how do you organize it? It's an avalanche of content."
Recently, Chute received an investment from Knight Foundation via its Knight Enterprise Fund, a new and early-stage for-profit venture fund dedicated to the advancement of media innovation. Gujral said he couldn't disclose the amount received, but he said he hopes having Knight's endorsement and strong brand behind the company will open more doors for the company to work with new publishers. Gujral said the funding will be used for product development and to hire more staff to "beef up its infrastructure."
"Newsrooms are shrinking," he said. "Part of what we're doing is creating new technology with storytelling by visually weaving it into editorial." Gujral said, eventually, the company will also provide analytics to publishers.
He said using Chute creates an easier workflow for publishers and makes it more comfortable for consumers, although he admits, "Rights will be an issue," as seen recently with Instagram's private policy debate.
Nevertheless, Gujral said user-generated content and citizen journalism will continue to be on the rise. "News gets broken on Twitter … you'll find the first photo taken on Instagram before it shows up on Getty or the AP … They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Imagine what that would be like with a thousand pictures."


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It used to be—just a few short years ago—that the city's prominent gay bars were more or less secluded, occupying the eastern end of Allen Street and spots along Main Street. But as downtown streetscapes have begun to evolve, so, too, has the face of LGBTQ bars and clubs. Where so-called "straight bars" once stood tall, clientele is now mixed; where one end of Allen was once "gay," both ends of the neo-Bohemian wick burn bright.
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Texas will make a short postseason trip this year to face No. 15 Oregon State in the Alamo Bowl.
The Longhorns (8-4) will need only to zip down Interstate 35 to San Antonio for the Dec. 29 game. It will be Texas' first appearance in the bowl since 2006, when the Alamo Bowl enjoyed its second-best crowd and second-best television ratings in its 20-year history as the Longhorns beat Iowa 26-24.
``You're never sure where you get to go, and we're fortunate to get to go to a city that we love and appreciate but also that the parents of our players and the high school coaches can come and watch,'' coach Mack Brown said.
Texas safety Kenny Vaccaro said he expected it to be ``a home game.''
``I believe the place will be filled up. There are Texas fans all over the country, and since we are right here in Texas, I know the fans are going to be out and are going to be really excited,'' said running back Malcolm Brown, who's from San Antonio.
The bowl presents a little bit of home for some of the Oregon State contingent, too. Coach Mike Riley spent two years there coaching the San Antonio Riders of the World Football League.
``I personally love the city, have been back every year since I coached there back in the early '90s,'' Riley said. ``So, it's just personally a special, special treat for me and my family. All of our players will be truly excited about the chance to play.''
The two coaches also have a personal connection. They met when Riley was with the San Diego Chargers and went to pro days, and they've developed a friendship through Nike events and American Football Coaches Association committees.
Brown called Riley a ``great friend of mine.''
Separate from that, the state of Texas has been an important talent pipeline for Riley, providing ex-Beavers standouts James and Jacquizz Rodgers and current leading rusher Storm Woods, who is from Pflugerville, just outside Austin.
``We're excited to bring Storm back home, and we've got a couple other guys on our team from Texas. It'll be really fun for them,'' Riley said. ``We've done some recruiting down there.
``We actually got started back about six years ago with the Rodgers brothers ... They've really impacted not only our football but all of Oregon State. They kind of became rock stars in our world up here.''
The Beavers (9-3) will be playing in a bowl game for the first time in three years, but will do so without senior running back Jordan Jenkins. Riley said Jenkins broke his ankle in the season finale and won't play.
Texas could also be without a running back. Brown said Joe Bergeron's status is uncertain because of a shoulder injury.
``I think it's just great to be in a bowl game and have that extra time with your team,'' said Riley, who is 5-1 in bowl games. ``I always look at the game as a great reward for the season that you've just been through, and really a good chance to get ready and play.''
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Riley said he's not sure whether Sean Mannion or Cody Vaz will start. Both played as Oregon State set a school scoring record in a 77-3 rout of Nicholls State in its season finale Saturday.
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Both previous meetings were played in Austin and won by the Longhorns, 35-0 in 1980 and 61-16 in 1987.
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1st Gear:Sure, the U.S. economy may collapse in a matter of days and pull the global economy into a recession, but at least the auto industry's making it rain. After Ford and Chrysler's fairly upbeat earnings yesterday, Nissan said today it earned $1.09 billion in the quarter, beating estimates following Japan's earthquake. Meanwhile, Daimler AG, makers of Mercedes, Smart and Hyundai-like Maybachs said its profits jumped 23% to $3.7 billion — and it still got spanked by a few investors for not being as bullish on sales as BMW.
2nd Gear:The Obama administration and major automakers are close to agreeing on new fuel economy rules that would set a standard of 54.5 mpg by 2025 - lower than the 56.2 mpg that the administration had first pitched. These numbers are of course meaningless until the hundreds of pages of actual rules are written explaining how they apply in the real world and what loopholes will come with them, including a new one for "work trucks" and a "circuit breaker" that would let the government ease up in 2020 if automakers were having trouble meeting the goal.
3rd Gear: Even before the Nissan Murano CrossCabriolet has had its moment to shine like the spray tan of a boat show model, Land Rover is reportedly considering a drop-top variation of the Evoque, pictured here by AutoExpress. Supposedly the company is not just open to the idea but actively considering the merits of selling a convertible. If Victoria Beckham designed the closed-roof Evoque, maybe Land Rover could get Jeremy Piven in on the roadster.
4th Gear: After years of delay, the very first Fisker Karma was delivered yesterday to one Ray Lane, a venture capitalist and chairman of Fisker Karma's board. The next few Fiskers are promised to a grab-bag of wealth celebrities, including Leo DiCaprio and Al Gore, before other people who've been waiting a couple of years for Fisker to prove it could actually build an extended-range electric vehicle get their wheels, which will likely be this fall.
5th Gear: GMC will build a subcompact crossover in the milieu of its Granite concept car, according to Automotive News. Part of the post-bankruptcy onslaught of new models at General Motors, the Granite is set to arrive in 2013, will keep the concept's three-door layout and sport some combination of turbocharged small four-cylinder engine, taking on competitors like the Kia Soul.
6th Gear: And today's the day we launch our freshened redesign, known inside the beehive as "Open Design," with changes that make the site even easier to read and navigate. One new tip: You can now set the sidebar of stories to scroll either independently, as it has for the past few months, or lock it to scroll with the rest of the page, by clicking the little page icon in the upper-right-hand corner of the sidebar. Blogview remains in effect for those who want that as well. Feel free to chime in below with praise, complaints or other comments — like any of you have ever waited for an invite before.
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Singer Jewel and her husband Ty Murray are divorcing.
Jewel and Murray married in 2008 but dated for 10 years before that. They have a son named Kase, who was born in July 2011.
The 40-year-old writes in a letter on her website that she and Murray, who live on a large ranch near Stephenville in North Texas, want their separation "to be nothing less loving than the way we came together."
In wording reminiscent of Gwyneth Paltrow's "conscious uncoupling," the singer offered a little insight into what she called "a thoughtful and tender undoing":
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"Oddly the very thing that Ty and I sought in coming together is the very thing we seek in separating. We both value growth. And growth became tragically and undeniably stifled as a couple, and we believe we can find it again in setting each other free. We truly believe we can find greater happiness apart than together, and this is why we are taking the enormous and heartbreaking step of divorce."
A representative for the singer confirmed the news Wednesday.
"Our dedication to our son is unwavering and we are both committed to being the best partners in raising our son," the singer and her husband said in a joint message.
Jewel says she decided to write the post -- called "Dear World" -- to inform her fans before the news broke in the tabloids.
Her hits include "You Were Meant for Me," "Foolish Games" and "Intuition." Her 1995 debut album, "Pieces of You," has sold more than 12 million units in the United States.
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RALEIGH � While criticism from environmental advocates and a widening federal criminal investigation swirled around him, N.C. Environment and Natural Resources Secretary John Skvarla on Wednesday defended how his agency has handled the threat of pollution from coal ash at Duke Energy power plants around the state.
Even as Skvarla spoke at the department�s headquarters in Raleigh, his staff was busy complying with a new round of subpoenas they received Tuesday and disclosed Wednesday demanding 18 current and former employees appear before a federal grand jury in Raleigh next month. Those subpoenaed are required to bring any records they have of payments or items of value they might have made or received from Duke Energy or its predecessor company, Progress Energy or Carolina Power & Light.
The subpoenas also order the department to produce the personnel files of those employees, most of whom have jobs related to the regulation and oversight of water quality.
The personnel file of Tom Reeder, director of the Division of Water Resources, has also been subpoenaed, along with that of Amy Adams, a former DENR employee who is the state campaign coordinator for Appalachian Voices, a conservation group based in Boone. Neither Reeder nor Adams have been subpoenaed.
Skvarla has not been subpoenaed, according to the department. Adams, who worked at DENR from 2004 to 2013, most recently as regional supervisor for the Washington, N.C. office, issued a statement.
�I�m glad the U.S. Attorney�s office is casting a wide net in this investigation to ensure the citizens of North Carolina and Virginia learn the truth about this coal ash disaster,� Adams said in a statement. �I�m glad to help in whatever way I can to bring out the truth, and I look forward to speaking with the federal investigators.�
Additional subpoenas demand records pertaining to seepage reports at the 14 sites where coal ash is stored in 32 ponds from active and inactive Duke Energy plants. Last week, records of correspondence between Duke Energy and DENR were subpoenaed.
A DENR spokesman said the agency would cooperate with the federal investigation. Skvarla declined to comment on the subpoenas or any part of the investigation at his briefing for the news media on the regulation of coal-ash reserves.
The briefing followed criticism from environmental groups and scrutiny by the news media about how well the state has regulated Duke Energy. Up to 39,000 tons of ash has poured into the Dan River along the North Carolina-Virginia border since the spill on Feb. 2. The spill poses no immediate health threat but is endangering aquatic life.
With three division directors at his side, Skvarla disputed a claim by environmental groups that the agency only sued the power company last year so it could engineer a quick settlement that amounted to no more than a monetary slap on the wrist.
�It�s not that simple�
Skvarla alternately portrayed environmental advocates as partners sharing a goal of cleaning up pollution and protecting the environment, and as intractable opponents. He said his agency and the environmentalists didn�t agree on much.
�It had become very clear � their desired outcome was what I call one size fits all,� Skvarla said. �The only acceptable remedy was dig them (the coal-ash ponds) up, move them to lined landfills and cover them. � I can assure you it�s not that simple.�
He said there is a scientific dispute about what to do with the sites. Skvarla and other officials said they can�t just go in and close down a potential polluter without following a legal process, unless there is an immediate threat.
DENR and Duke Energy�s settlement of the four lawsuits the agency filed over the coal-ash ponds included a $99,111 fine, with the threat of a fine of $1,000 a day for the first month and $5,000 a day after that if the company failed to take agreed-upon steps at two plants subject to the proposed settlement. That settlement is on hold while a statewide review of the problem is undertaken.
Skvarla said the settlement was aimed at getting the facilities cleaned up quickly rather than drag out in court, and that the state is not permitted to take into account the company�s wealth. He said it would be the first time North Carolina has fined Duke Energy over coal ash.
Skvarla said environmental groups that eventually intervened in the case were included in discussions with the attorney general�s office and Duke Energy attorneys as the case progressed.
�Any accusation, any allegation that DENR and Duke got together and made some smoky, backroom deal with a nominal fine is just not true,� Skvarla said.
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DENR last year filed the lawsuits after the Southern Environmental Law Center gave notice it was going to sue under the federal Clean Water Act. The lawsuits say 14 separate Duke Energy facilities in North Carolina are releasing arsenic and other toxic chemicals into groundwater, as well as seeping contaminated water above ground into waterways.
The pending settlement only affected two plants, because those were in the first lawsuits filed, and it called for further assessments but did not require the pollution be stopped immediately. Environmentalists contend there is an immediate threat from the coal-ash ponds, and point to DENR�s own lawsuits, which say the coal ash poses �a serious danger� to public health and to the environment.
Sides disagree
DENR and the environmentalists disagree over the agency�s intentions. The advocates contend DENR wouldn�t have sued if they hadn�t forced the agency�s hand. Skvarla said the agency would have sued anyway. He said he didn�t find out about the coal-ash issue until shortly after taking office in January 2013.
�There was no scintilla of a doubt what we were going to do,� he said. �We never hesitated. We did what we were supposed to do. If they had simply come to me and said we intend to do this, we would have taken charge. It didn�t require a letter of intent to sue.�
The Southern Environmental Law Center disputed much of what Skvarla had to say, and it cited several instances of conservationists having alerted state regulators to the dangers of coal ash since 2011.
Last October, DENR ordered Duke Energy to supply residents of Arden, near Asheville, with alternative drinking water after tests showed a home�s private well was contaminated. The home is near the company�s coal-ash storage facility, where a number of private wells had also shown contamination. In November, the company agreed to pay up to $1.8 million for a new water line to serve a community near Wilmington because of coal ash pollution.
�It is way, way past time that DENR and Duke Energy get past responding to this criminal grand jury investigation and start cleaning up Duke Energy�s illegal and dangerous coal-ash pollution throughout North Carolina, so that we do not have another Dan River disaster,� SELC attorney Frank Holleman said.
Cassie Gavin, director of governmental relations for the state chapter of the Sierra Club, issued a statement after Skvarla�s briefing.
�Noticeably lacking in today�s press conference was any stated commitment by the administration to remove coal ash from unlined lagoons next to our waterways,� she said. �The coal ash spill on the Dan River was completely foreseeable and preventable. � The public pays the price for the government�s failure to act.�


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Friday, January 16, 2009
21 comments:
- Noelia said...
Im glad to read that Kurt, everyone or i must say we are all waiting for that :)
Thanks for keeping us updated !!!
- Jan 17, 2009, 5:03:00 AM
- Shawn said...
Keep up the good work Kurt!! Can't wait for season 2. September can't get here quick enough.
Later Bro,
- Jan 17, 2009, 5:06:00 AM
- Unknown said...
I can't wait to see some of the loose ends tied up. I have watched season 1 a few times and keep finding all these storys that are dieing to be told.
I hope they offer Season 1 on DVD SOA is a keeper and I defintely want to have a set.
Great job Kurt.
Mary Robinson
- Jan 17, 2009, 5:19:00 AM
- East Coast said...
I think I can safely say, as Well as writers and cast, The fans are excitingly anticipating the return of Sons. With such a riveting first season storyline, We all await season two to see what direction all of you decide to take the club.
Your brilliant and keep up the Great work
East Coast Al
- Jan 17, 2009, 6:02:00 AM
- nutekk.com said...
I'm really excited about the upcoming season. I know there's many of us out there, with our dvr's on ready status awaiting the air dates! Keep up the great work and we look forward to another epic season !!
- Jan 17, 2009, 6:43:00 AM
- Unknown said...
Sweet, can't wait! Any news on DVD releases for SOA and The Shield?
I assume SOA S1 DVDs come out when S2 begins to air, but with The Shield over when can we expect those DVDs?
- Jan 17, 2009, 7:23:00 AM
- surrounded by carnivores said...
Look forward to seeing season 2. Nothing on TV as interesting as SOA. Thank you for the updates.
- Jan 17, 2009, 10:45:00 AM
- Unknown said...
That is most welcome news, Kurt. Glad to see an update here - I was starting to worry ;-)
Have a delicious day!
- Jan 17, 2009, 11:09:00 AM
- carlitomachete said...
A long time ago in a galaxy right around Times Square, the crew and I pitched --and sold-- a weekly animated hip-hop show to MTV.
After the hangover wore off the next morning, we filed into the office of the VP of Animation, shiny, new Uni Ball pens locked and loaded and ready to tag the dotted line.
"We already told you we love the show, but we've got even better news," said the VP, barely able to contain his giddiness.
Jackpot, baby! said my very Hollywood-savvy Muse.
"We think the show's so fuckin' haawt, we don't wanna go weekly. We wanna strip it daily!"
Windowed corner offices and a bevy of massage girls on call, said my inner agent.
The VP reached into his jacket, whipped out a shiny, new Glock and pointed it squarely at my topknot. "So you got exactly four months to get TWENTY EPISODES on the air!"
You wanted in? Now you're in, said my inner Corleone.
Brother, I feel your pain. Congrats on an excellent first season and the many doors it's sure to bust down.
(Including not having a gun to your head while a gang of directors, DPs and crew pace the set, itching for something, ANYTHING to shoot!)
Looking forward to Season 2.
- Jan 17, 2009, 12:12:00 PM
- Unknown said...
I can't fucking wait, season 2 won't come soon enough! Is there any chance you'll try to work in Michael Chiklis as a guest in one of the coming seasons, I think it would be great to see him coming down on SOA in some form.
- Jan 17, 2009, 4:40:00 PM
- Pointman said...
I really enjoy your style and I'm not placing expectations on Season 2 as Season 1 was so incredible- just do what you do.
I hope you and yours have a great Spring/Summer!
- Jan 18, 2009, 9:42:00 AM
- Unknown said...
Thanks for the update! Season two of SOA can't get here soon enough!! The Shield is gone and Nip Tuck just doesn't do it for me anymore. -Jenn
- Jan 18, 2009, 12:01:00 PM
- Brubble said...
Looking forward to the next season!
I especially enjoyed the work of Ally Walker and Kim Coates.
- Jan 18, 2009, 7:18:00 PM
- Justin said...
You are the luckiest bloke on earth. Sooooooooo jealous...
Grats and godspeed sir! Please give us a look inside the room, it would be great.
- Jan 18, 2009, 10:13:00 PM
- Lakota said...
Wow,glad to see you and the other writing staff are back to work on SOA.Also happy to hear the "gun's" not to your head this season,september just can't get here fast enough,..LOL,..Winter has finally arrived here on the east coast,but the scoot is ready for the new year,I've finished all the video games I had stashed,and I have watched all the re-runs of SOA I downloaded,..Season 2 I am sure will be even more riviting than season 1 and will no-doubt tie up a few loose ends as well as open a new batch up.I hope we get to see a few flashback's into the formation of the Club with John Teller,and Piney,and I hope we get to see some more of Otto,.though he is probly in solitare since he whipped the atf bitch's ass,...LOL,.Continue the Great Writing and directing Kurt,
Respects ,
( if this comment is a duplicate of one you may have recievied earlier then just delete this one,..age and passwords dont mix,.lol,.)
- Jan 19, 2009, 10:50:00 AM
- Ktaylor said...
I was so glad to hear SOA was coming back. Can't wait. Keep up the good work.
- Jan 19, 2009, 7:29:00 PM
- Outsider said...
Gentlemen...Start Your Engines!!
- Jan 21, 2009, 2:27:00 AM
- michael froton said...
thats great need some SOA
I've had a really hard time with this site
- Jan 21, 2009, 8:10:00 AM
- susiehyde said...
thank goodness U exist and write such awesome stuff....and also thank goodness for the cast of SOA and FX xo susie
- Jan 22, 2009, 12:14:00 PM
- dadgadjohn said...
Looking forward to S2. I'm wondering how all of this is going to shake out.
- Jan 23, 2009, 3:50:00 AM
- Kaz_NEETS said...
Great news Kurt. Would love see some writer's room footage too.
- Jan 23, 2009, 6:57:00 PM


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Lyle and Erik Menendez brutally killed their mother and father. The evidence is plain; no one denies it. So, why is it so hard to find them guilty? Their defense attorneys argued persuasively that the brothers endured a nightmarish childhood of sexual and physical abuse, and that they were thus acting out of a kind of insanity that excuses them from first-degree murder charges. The arguments on both sides reduce to the same basic premise: wrong was committed.
The prosecution accused the brothers of murder and appealed to the public's sense that murder is evil. Likewise the brothers, in claiming they had been mistreated, appealed to a society that abhors child abuse. This was not a matter of arbitrary human laws being violated, it went much deeper. It was a matter of "right and wrong"—a concept that is universal and unique to humanity.
No matter where people are found, they recognize that some things are wrong. Although human groups differ on what they prohibit, they all censor something. C.S. Lewis articulated this point well:
Think of a country where people were admired for running away in battle, or where a man felt proud of double-crossing all the people who had been kindest to him. You might just as well try to imagine a country where two and two made five. Men have differed as regards what people you ought to be unselfish to—whether it was only your own family, or your fellow countrymen, or everyone. But they have always agreed that you ought not to put yourself first. Selfishness has never been admired. Men have differed as to whether you should have one wife or four. But they have always agreed that you must not simply have any woman you liked (1952, p. 5).This also is personal. When I look inside myself, I find this moral sense that I did not invent. I can find no explanation for it in the world—it must derive from beyond that realm. If there is nothing but matter in the Universe, and matter is the only eternal reality—then how do you explain this moral sense in humanity? Did it arise from rocks, trees, or animals? No, this moral sense is one of the clearest and most personal reminders that there is a God.


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BRUSSELS, June 18 (UPI) -- The prime ministers of Kosovo and Serbia are to meet Thursday in Brussels, two days after the two sides exchanged envoys in a landmark diplomatic move.
Serbia's Ivica Dacic, Kosovo counterpart Hashim Thaci and EU High Representative for Foreign Relations Catherine Ashton were set to talk in hopes of finalizing a deal to implement an agreement normalizing relations between Serbia and its former province.
The agreement is a requirement for Belgrade to begin its EU membership quest, perhaps by the end of June.
The meeting comes as both sides hailed Tuesday's exchange of envoys in Belgrade and Pristina, marking the first contact at a mutual diplomatic level between Kosovo and Serbia.
The two sides signed an EU-brokered agreement in April and last month approved a road map for implementing the deal under which Serbia has committed to dismantling security structures in Kosovo by mid-July.
Ashton, in a statement issued Monday, said she, Dacic and Thaci would "discuss progress in the implementation of the April agreement based on the plan that the two sides adopted last month."
The new round of Belgrade-Pristina talks started Tuesday, with working groups set up to fine-tune police and judiciary issues and discussing the organization of local elections in the Serb municipalities in Kosovo, the Serbian news agency Tanjug reported.
The only remaining unresolved issue is telecommunications, including licenses for Serbian mobile network operators in northern Kosovo, the news agency said.
Ashton, meanwhile, praised Tuesday's exchange of diplomatic liaisons, hailing it as a significant step the long-standing efforts to steady the tense relations between Belgrade and Pristina.
"This is another concrete achievement in the context of implementation and an important step towards normalization of relations," the EU foreign affairs chief said.
The arrival of Kosovo envoy Pec Ljuljzim in Belgrade and Serbia's Dejan Pavicevic in Pristina Tuesday caused optimism that strides are being made in implementing the long-sought agreement.
The envoys reported to the EU offices in the respective cities, with Pavicevic's arrival in Pristina sparking a stir of excitement, Radio Television of Serbia reported.
Pavicevic told RTS the move was a clear statement by the Serbian government that normalization will work.
"It means that I will help the implementation of the accord and will speak to everyone with whom it is necessary in order to implement the agreement and ensure that everything agreed to in Brussels will result in the best possible conditions for Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija," he said.
Pavicevic, while admitting Serbia and Kosovo "still have some disagreements," added: "We as people we need to communicate. We have not recognized Kosovo, I have said that hundreds of times and will say it again. I am not an ambassador, I am a liaison that only helps a communication process between people. I'm here to implement the agreement on normalization."
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