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Online Writing Samples
- For several years, I've been a principal content writer/editor of Alpine Valley School's website.
- One of my first freelancing jobs involved writing articles on SAT prep. (As you can see below, my client (a) had a thing for numbered lists, and (b) sold my articles to a number of websites.)
- Over approximately seven months in 2009, I posted a dozen entries as a guest blogger for Change.org. This content has since been taken down, but I am in the process of reposting my old entries here.
- In August 2011 I contributed a guest post to the popular unschooling blog, "I'm Unschooled. Yes, I Can Write." Check out "Sudbury: the Unschooling Schools" and the very lively comment thread it sparked.
Sudbury Resources
- Sudbury Valley School pioneered this innovative model of education. Located near Boston, they've been on continuous operation since 1968.
- You can hear me talk about Sudbury schooling at a 2012 presentation at Clearview Sudbury School, as well as an Internet radio interview that same year.
- Here are a number of YouTube videos regarding the Sudbury model:
- Focus and Intensity is an incredible glimpse into what a Sudbury education looks and sounds like, full of insights from current and former students.
- The Judicial Committee is an integral part of life at Sudbury schools. (YouTube has videos on the Sudbury Valley and Fairhaven School JCs.) Here, students explain its function and importance. A similar approach sheds light on the chief governing body of a Sudbury school, the School Meeting.
- Alumni are easily the best spokespersons for this model. Watch videos of alumni panels from 2008 and1993, featuring people who graduated as far back as 1972.
- The Facebook page Sudbury Moments offers a host of quotes, images, and other testimonials taken straight from daily life at various Sudbury schools.
- Liberating Kids has a Facebook page and a home at blogtalkradio where you can stream or download their shows promoting "True Power and Freedom for young people of all ages to define and LIVE their lives NOW."
- Freedom to Learn is the name of Dr. Peter Gray's blog on the Psychology Today website. Dr. Gray explores "the roles of play and curiosity as foundations for learning" in a series of thoughtful posts dating back to 2008.
- Finally, here a few of my favorite Sudbury-related blogs:
- What's behind the persistent dismissal of children's perspectives that drives conventional schooling and even parenting? The Questing Voice, written by a longtime Sudbury staff member and parent, explores this issue.
- As a founder and alumnus of Sudbury Jerusalem, Michael Sappir offers an important and valuable perspective in his blog, Did You Learn Anything?
- Sudbury Valley School created their own blog in March 2013.
- The Austin Zen Center "cultivat[es] Buddha's wisdom and compassion in the heart of Texas," offering a variety of programs nearly every day.
- I first sat zazen at the Great Mountain Zen Center in Boulder County, Colorado. I particularly recommend the Readings page of their website.


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Smart City Design Patterns
Whilst there are many visions for smart and future cities, and many examples of projects that have been carried out to achieve some elements of those visions, there is little prescriptive guidance to assist cities in defining and delivering their own strategies and projects.
Cities are not systems that can be controlled, or deterministically driven towards narrowly-defined objectives; they are complex eco-systems of independent people, communities and businesses, each pursuing their own goals using the resources available to them. Whilst some degree of "top-down" definition of strategy, objectives, policies and major programmes is required, to a great degree the role of city leaders and institutions should not be to "make the city Smarter" but to create an environment within which smart ideas are likely to thrive and succeed, wherever they occur.
As a result, some very different approaches to process-driven change have emerged from thinking in policy, economics, planning and architecture: the Collective Research Initiatives Trust's study of Mumbai, "Being Nicely Messy"; Colin Rowe and Fred Koetter's "Collage City"; Manu Fernandez's "Human Scale Cities" project; and the "Massive / Small" concept and associated "Urban Operating System" from Kelvin Campbell and Urban Initiatives, for example; have all suggested an approach that involves a "toolkit" of ideas for individuals and organisations to apply in their local context.
In the article "Do we need a Pattern Language for Smarter Cities" I suggested that "design patterns", a tool for capturing re-usable experience invented by the town planner Christopher Alexander, might offer a useful way to organise such knowledge of successful approaches to "Smarter Cities".
A "design pattern" describes an approach to a particular problem or domain that has been shown to work. Patterns are described relatively formally, in that in any collection of patterns, a consistently structured description is used throughout.
Most importantly, the description of each pattern includes the context in which it applies: including the driving forces that make the pattern applicable; the implications of using it; any pre-conditions or dependencies which must be fulfilled; and any associated risks. For a more complete discussion, please refer to my original article, or to the sources of information it references.
The structure I have suggested for describing Smarter City design patterns recognises that a successful Smarter City initiative includes a combination of technology, commercial and community elements:
- The city systems, communities and infrastructures affected; using a framework such as the "The new architecture of Smart Cities" that I described last year.
- The commercial operating model that makes the pattern financially sustainable.
- The soft infrastructures, hard infrastructures and assets required to implement the pattern, perhaps described using the categorisation I suggested in "Pens, paper and conversations. And the other technologies that will make cities Smarter".
- The driving forces that make the pattern applicable, such as traffic congestion; persistent localised economic inactivity; the availability of local energy sources; or the need to reduce public sector spending.
- The benefits of using the pattern; including financial, social, environmental and long-term economic benefits.
- The implications and risks of implementing the pattern – such as the risk that consumers will not chose to change their behaviour to adopt more sustainable modes of transport; or the increasing long-term costs of healthcare implied by initiatives that raise life-expectancy by creating a healthier environment.
- The alternatives and variations that describe how the pattern can be adapted to particular local contexts.
- Examples and stories of where the pattern has been applied; what was involved in making it work; and the outcomes that were achieved as a result.
- Sources of information that provide further explanation, examples of use and guidance for implementation.
A list of candidate design patterns for Smarter Cities is provided below; and will be expanded over time. As I write descriptions for each candidate pattern, I'll provide a link from this list.
If in time this set of patterns evolves what seems to be a useful structure, it might develop into a more organised pattern language. If so, I will then attempt to link into some of the vast corpus of existing literature concerned with urbanism and Smarter Cities which contains descriptions of concepts and tools which could also be considered "design patterns".
- City Information Partnerships – collaborations between city institutions, communities, service providers and research institutions to share and exploit city data in a socially and financially sustainable system. Example: the "Dublinked" information sharing partnership in Dublin.
- City Centre Enterprise Incubation – the provision of facilities to incubate technology, creative and social enterprises in an urban environment to stimulate innovative growth through cross-sectoral interaction and innovation; and to facilitate co-operative investment in technology. Examples: Sunderland Software City and Birmingham Science Park Aston.
- Local Currencies and Alternative Trading Systems – local trading systems using paper or electronic currencies that are issued and accepted within a particular place or region; and that have the effect of influencing people and businesses to spend the money that they earn locally, thereby promoting regional economic synergies. Examples: the Swiss alternative currency, the "Wir"; the Bristol Pound; and the Droplet smartphone payment scheme in Birmingham.
- Online Peer-to-Peer and Regional Marketplaces – communities and businesses using information about the use, availability and impact of goods, services and resources such as water, energy, land, transport and food to enable transactions and choicess that maximise sustainable, collective value. Examples: Big Barn, Shutl and Freecycle.
- Community Energy Initiatives – the formation of local energy companies to exploit "smart grid" technology, local energy generation (such as solar panels, wind power, wave power, geo-thermal power and bio-energy) and collaborative energy consumption to reduce carbon emissions and reliance on external energy sources. Examples: Eco-island and Birmingham Energy Savers.
- Social Enterprises – a collective term for models of business that audit themselves against social and environmental outcomes, as well as financial sustainability and returns. Examples: co-operatives, credit unions and organisations using "triple-bottom-line" accounting.
Patterns work best when they are created collaboratively; I would be delighted to hear from you if you would like to contribute a pattern, or if there is an existing initiative that you think I should be aware of.

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The 124 Spider, which revives a classic nameplate, is a badge-engineered effort between Fiat and Mazda, which means they share their body structure and suspension.
However, rather than using the MX-5's non-turbo 1.5- and 2.0-litre engines the 124 Spider uses a turbo Fiat 1.4-litre engine.
More power is something the MX-5 has cried out for since the original version was introduced in 1989. It's not that the Mazda is a slug; more that its steering and handling are of such a high calibre that the performance pales.
The high-performance Abarth version will give the two-seat, rear-drive 124 Spider a noticeable power boost, and the Fiat already has about 25 percent more power than the Mazda at low engine speeds.
Other upgrades for the Abarth 124 Spider include firmer suspension which will allow quicker cornering with less body roll, larger, more powerful Brembo brand front brakes, and a sportier sounding exhaust.
Cosmetic exterior enhancements and sports upgrades inside complete a package with a distinctly different character to the Mazda.
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Bishop John Baines is a voice not only in the community in the Northeast part of Houston, Texas, but worldwide through the Faith Fellowship International fellowship. He accepted the call from God September 21, 1986 when he heard the voice of God that Spoke to him. He began his preaching ministry under the leadership of Rev. Abraham Horton. He later united with Little Zion Baptist Church under the leadership of the late Pastor Isiah Thomas. After serving eight years at Little Zion Baptist Church God call him to a higher calling to Pastoralship. In February 1995, Bishop Baines organized Heart of Faith Ministries in his home. In March 5,we found a worship place at 12275 Homestead (store front building) where we had our second service.
The following year, Ms. Julia Jitkoff donated 5.7 acres of land to this Ministry. We built our first phase of our new edifice and began service in September 2007.
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Describe your style in three words
1. Soulful
2. New school Hip/hop
3. Honest
What's the best gig you've ever been to?
Dr Meaker.
If you could be on the line up with any two bands in history?
Hiatus Kaiyote & Dr Meaker, I'd want to perform with them because they bring a raw sound that I believe has been lost over the years. Their performances are just pure artistry, you feel and hear every instrument and every ounce of everything. Different levels!
Which subcultures have influenced you?
Hip Hop / Rap and R&B, especially 90's era, artists like TLC, Queen Latifah, MC Lyte, YoYo, vibess.
If you could spend an hour with anyone from history?
That's so mad to answer because there are bags of people I look up to in history. In my mind though right now, I would say Fela Kuti because of his approach and method towards his craft, as well as the courageous movements he made politically for the betterment of his people. He said once, that music isn't just about entertainment, it's a tool one should utilise to make a positive and productive change.
Of all the venues you've played, which is your favourite?
This isn't easy to answer either, but I'd have to say Richmix in Hackney. The venue was a perfect size - big but not too big, so it allowed the performance to be more intimate, but the crowd were absolutely amazing, from the minute I stepped on stage, to the minute I got in the car.
Your greatest unsung hero or heroine in music?
Michael Jackson for me is the greatest of all time, but in terms of an unsung hero or heroine, I'd have to say Nai Palm, her music is beyond music, it's soul food. Her track 'Homebody' has been on repeat every single day without fail since it was released. I know I've picked one but another unsung hero would be Saba, his lyricism as well as the production of his work and how he connects them together is like nothing else I've heard.
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Ryan Naraine of Kaspersky Lab made a blog post on November 5th confirming that some of the Duqu targets were hit on April 21st, 2011.
The blog post states that the kernel level exploit in Duqu was also used in April and is very exciting in terms of understanding the intentions and capabilities of Duqu. This is another impressive find by the staff at Kaspersky.
However, the blog then cites an analysis from the IrCERT (Iran's Computer Emergency Response Team) that Duqu is simply an upgraded version of the Stars malware.
There is very little currently available to support a connection between Stars and Duqu. In a paper I released with two of my mentors we described links between Stuxnet and Duqu.
Yet looking at the binary matches, similar advanced coding in Duqu's kernel level 0day, signed drivers, and use of command and control servers it is still possible that Duqu is not related to Stuxnet. I strongly believe that they are connected but that is my opinion and there are other logical arguments available. (Editor's note: This paragraph was amended by the author for clarification after initial publication).
To state that Duqu and Stars are related based off undisclosed evidence from the victim country is unfounded. Stars reportedly struck Iran in April and we know Duqu had a variant existing in April.
However, the Kaspersky report does not state whether or not the April 21st variant of Duqu was discovered on one of the Iranian targets. Duqu had many targets to include those in Europe, Iran, and Sudan.
When looking at known variants as well as its signed driver times Duqu could have been operating for over a year. Therefore, with the logic being used to link Duqu and Stars any advanced malware operating in Europe, Iran, or Sudan this year could be related to Duqu. I do not agree with this.
I believe that the possible link between Stars and Duqu must be researched and could provide details on both pieces of malware. However, to confidently state that the pieces of malware are related with current evidence may hinder other investigations into Duqu.
Furthermore, the Kaspersky blog states that the United Nation's information, provided by more than ten nations, concerning Iran's possible development of nuclear arms components could have been collected through Stars and Duqu.
If Duqu was created by a nation state with the intent of remaining anonymous, then I doubt that nation state would share such information with more than ten other nations. Cyberspace is a very interesting and complex domain.
Security experts as well as hackers are taught to think "outside of the box" and track down any possible connection between malware, targets, and motives. It is important though to be careful about opinions stated alongside facts that can influence the way people think, especially regarding statements that can influence political tension between nation states.
Robert M. Lee is a Cyberspace Officer in the United States Air Force; however this post and his views do not represent the US Air Force, Department of Defense, or US Government. The opinions held in this post are his alone and this post was written outside of a military capacity.


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Scattered Trajectories, Musée Beaulne, Coaticook, Canada
Errances, Artêria Gallery, Bromont, Canada
Scattered Trajectories, La Seigneurie Gallery - Vanier Cultural Center, City of Châteauguay, Canada
Solo Exhibit, Luz Gallery, Belgo Building, Montréal, Canada
Stonegate Pivate Counsel, ArtAnywhere, Toronto, Canada
Mouvance, Bowater Library, City of Gatineau, Canada
Mouvance, E.K. Voland Art Center, Canal Lachine Complex, Montréal, Canada
Art Southampton, USA
Affordable Art Fair Hampstead, London, UK
Art New-York 2016, USA
Art Sale, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Canada
Affordable Art Fair New York City Spring Edition, USA
Art Wynwood International Contemporary Art Fair, Miami, USA
Quoi de Neuf?, L'Arthothèque, Montréal, Canada
Galerie Bloom, Montréal, Canada
Galerie Artêria, Bromont, Canada
Galerie Michel Bigué, St-Sauveur, Canada
Galerie Roussil, Montréal, Canada
The Salon of Inclusiveness II, Black Cat – Artspace Art Gallery, Toronto, Canada
«Viv(r)e la Nuit !», L'Arthothèque, Montréal, Canada
The New Collection 2016, Stewart Hall Art Gallery, Pointe-Claire, Canada
Salon d'automne 2015, Museum of Fine Arts of Mont-St-Hilaire, Canada
La diversité dans la Diversité, L'Arthothèque (in partnership with DAM), Montréal, Canada
Affordable Art Fair Seoul, Seoul, South Korea
Salon d'automne 2015, Museum of Fine Arts of Mont-St-Hilaire, Canada
Corps à corps, Visa-Art, Magog's City Visual Art Center, Magog, Canada
Fringe Gallery, Montreal Fringe Festival, MAI (Montréal, Arts interculturels), Montréal, Canada
Salonesque, MAI (Montreal, Arts interculturels), Montréal, Canada
Art Mélange, Glass Door Gallery, Montréal, Canada
Art Contest 2015, Pierrefonds Cultural Centre – City of Montréal, Montréal, Canada
Be Here Now, The Black Cat Artspace, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, Canada
YES Arts Expo, St
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Born in 1980, Isabelle Beaubien is a native of Montreal, Canada where she studied Fine Arts at Concordia University. It was then that Isabelle felt the need to explore and find her true calling. Upon graduation, she spread her wings to fly and went on to earn her Master's degree in Contemporary Art from The Villa Arson, Nice, France. From there, Isabelle moved to London, where she has exhibited her energetic abstract paintings and was highly sought after with commissions throughout the UK. Isabelle has now literally, crossed the pond and resides and works in Florida. "Living in sunny Florida has provided me a new canvas of life and a stunning landscape full of light, vibrant colors and incredible energy to take my creative process to a whole new and exciting dimension," boasts Beaubien. "I do not use brushes, instead I create each of my own tools, taking chances in one stroke, not knowing what the end-result will be. This technique allows me to release the control of my craft while reminding me of the unknown discoveries that awaits each of us in our daily journey. If I desire to add one or more movements on the canvas, I subtract, rather than adding more paint. Letting go of the power of the piece allows my inner voice to influence each stroke and not hold back on my creativity" shares Isabelle. Beaubien's artwork is considered mixed media, with an expansive spectrum of colors that are vibrant, invigorating and inspiring. The gamut of emotions that emote from her paintings are varied. Isabelle's " simultaneous contrast" in the juxtaposed colors continue to be revelatory. She works with acrylic enhanced by a resin overlay. Color is a major influence on the act of creating and on the experience of seeing and, thereby feeling. In some ways, it is related to chakras and how the colors radiate throughout ones being to bring about a sense of well being. Her work creates a gloss with a sculptured appearance to the finished artwork. It is at that moment that h
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2017- Solo Exhibition, No Brushes No Borders, Macaya Gallery, Miami, USA 2017- Solo Exhibition, Colorfield 2, Peninsula I - II, Miami, USA
2017- Solo Exhibition, Colorfield, The Blosser Gallery, Pine Crest School, Fort Lauderdale, USA
2016- Solo Exhibition, Squaring the circle, Tudor House Gallery, Sawbridgeworth, UK 2016- Solo Exhibition, Opposites Attracts, Parndon Mill, Harlow, UK
2016- Solo Exhibition, Spectrum, Gabriel Fine Art, Waterloo, London, UK
2015- Solo Exhibition, One Shot, East Gate Gallery, Harlow, UK
2015- Solo Installation, Harvey Center, UK
2011- Solo Exhibition, For a Friend, Besso International, London, UK 2010- Solo Exhibition, Back to paint, Apt 195, London, UK
2006- Solo Exhibition, One Movement, Liqwid Night Club, Nice, France 2005- Solo Exhibition, Blue Remake, Blue Not, Nice, France
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Hugo Cantin
Jean-Paul Cattin
Maryline Lemaitre
Jessica Potenza
Martine Savard
Pasha Setrova
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Art New York, USA
Affordable Art Fair NYC, Spring Edition, USA
Art Wynwood, Miami, USA
Art Southampton, USA
"Dirty: The Lovers' Hangover" exhibition, Play, Museum of Sex, NY, USA
"Art from the Boros II" exhibition, Denise Bibro Fine Art, NY, USA
"Kisses" performance and "Saintly Sinners" showing, Erarta Gallery, NY, USA
"I Wanna Cry" performance, Erarta Gallery, Russian Pavilion, NY, USA
Art Hamptons Fair, Bridgehampton, NY, USA
August, Semita Foundation charity, Marketing & PR Committee Member
Personal exhibition "The Most Devastating Hurricanes", Positano, Japan
"Colored Children" collection, World Ningyo Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
Personal exhibition "The Most Devastating Hurricanes", New York Expo, USA
Performance "Royal Blood" and personal exhibition, Ekaterinburg, Russia
"Vinzavod" Contemporary Art Center, Moscow, Russia
Personal exhibition "Beaten Glamour", Moscow, Russia
Personal exhibition "Chic & Shock" Gallery #1, Moscow, Russia
Formed an art group of liberal artists called PsychoFree Lab, uniting creative artists for collaborative projects
Exhibition "Fragility", Strychnin Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Personal exhibition "The Harvest", Vilnus, Klaipeda, Lithuania
Beginning of collaboration with the contemporary art gallery "Ru Arts", Moscow, Russia
Personal exhibition "The Harvest", Riga, Latvia
Sculpture "Vackula Dream" placed in the History Museum fund, Red Square, Moscow, Russia
Sculpture "Pink Grape" placed in the "M k slas Muzejs" museum fund, Latvia
Member of National Artist's Union of Russia and International Federation of Artist
Participant of "Charity: LifeLine", MEILE, LT
Grant winner from the European Cultural Foundation
Personal exhibition "Big Ears", Art Salon, Moscow, Russia
Nominee of the "Vera" award, International Festival of Arts, Russia
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"I hope to groom all of our students into technically proficient & emotionally intelligent dancers of the highest calibre & put Singapore dance training on the world map"
- Graduated from the National Taiwan University of Arts
- Received the "Homorable Young Star Ballet Dancer" Award from National Theatre of Taiwan
- Won the "Best Dancer" award from ICRT Foundation
- Received national scholarship for training at The Atlanta Ballet in 1990 and joined the Atlanta Ballet
- Worked with the Metropolitan Ballet Theatre in Venezuela
- Invited to dance at the 14th International Ballet Festival of Havana in Cuba
- Worked with Singapore Dance Theatre
- Member of the Commonwealth Society of Teachers of Dancing since 2006
- Japan Ballet Competition 2015, Fukuoka - Received the "Best Coaching Award"
- NBA Sapporo Ballet Competition 2016 - Received the "Special Teaching Award"
Ms. Tan graduated from the National Taiwan University of Arts and started her career with The Atlanta Ballet upon winning the National Scholarship for training in 1990 and has since worked with The Metropolitan Ballet Theatre,Ballet Contemporaneode Caracas in Venezuela and Singapore Dance Theatre. She has danced numerous principal roles in many countries throughout South America, Europe and USA, including the 14th International Ballet Festival of Havana in Cuba, and has worked with many famous choreographers including Balanchine,. Jiri Kylian, Nacho Duato, Natalie Weir , Stanton Welch, Richard Wherlock, Val Caniparoli, Thierry Malandain, Andre Prokosky, John Butler, Jean Paul Comelin, Graham Lustig, Goh Choo San and more.
She has also guest performed with:
- Englevsky Ballet in New York
- Corpus Christi Ballet in Texas .USA
- Kaoshiung City Ballet
Ms. Tan founded Cheng Ballet Academy in 2006, and as the Principal, is one of the main guiding forces behind the ballet school. Armed with a burning professional ambition to put Singapore and Singapore-trained dancers on the world-map, she has been instrumental in Cheng Ballet Academy's stellar line-up of awards and prizes won in many prestigious international ballet competitions. Her students have garnered summer scholarships at famous ballet schools such as The Berlin State Ballet and The Kirov Academy of Ballet in addition to consistently bringing home top prizes at the Youth America Grand Prix, World Ballet Competition,American Ballet Competition, NBA Ballet Competition and Japan Ballet Competition.
(For the latest and full award listings, please view our Award page)
In addition to maintaining her career as the Principal and the other half of a competitive training duo, Ms.Tan is also a highly skilled costume designer,-personally designing and overseeing all costume and design aspects of the Academy's glittering ballet productions. She firmly believes in her responsibilty in the provision of professional ballet company-level performing experience to all her students.
Lastly, she was also part of the faculty at the LaSalle College of Arts and her vast experience has also led her to coach ballet outside the realm of dance - such as for the Singapore Gymnastics team.


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Fulton Judge Stops Coal-Fired Power Plant
June 30, 2008 - Fulton County Superior Court Judge Thelma Wyatt Cummings Moore sent an air pollution permit for a coal-fired power plant back to the drawing board. This decision was a landmark victory for clean air in the state of Georgia-and a decision that spread hope around the nation to others fighting the pollution from coal-fired power plants.
The air pollution permit was for a Texas company, Dynegy, that wants to produce electricity by burning coal in South Georgia-electricity they plan to sell on the open market to the highest bidders in Florida, Alabama, or Georgia. GreenLaw attorneys represented the Friends of the Chattahoochee and Sierra Club in the lawsuit. Board member David Walbert handled the oral arguments before Judge Moore.
The Judge found a serious failure to comply with the Clean Air Act, which protects all Americans from harmful levels of pollution. Her order told the state Environmental Protection Division (EPD) to re-examine how to protect the public when approving such facilities. The Clean Air Act requires that EPD permits for massive new sources of pollution, like the proposed power plant, must limit the amount of all pollutants that are subject to regulation under the Act. In her decision, Judge Moore applied this straightforward rule to carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, recognizing that CO2 is a pollutant that is clearly covered by federal law.
This decision means that another coal-fired power plant cannot be built in our state unless it has adequate pollution controls to protect public health and reduce dangerous levels of carbon dioxide emissions. This is the first time in the nation that the Supreme Court decision of April 2007 defining CO2 as a pollutant has been applied to stationary sources rather than motor vehicles. The permit also requires restrictions on sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, sulfuric acid mist, and particulate matter emissions for the plant.
The plant is slated to be built in Early County, located in southwest Georgia, along the Chattahoochee River, a rural county with economic disadvantages. In addition to producing nine million tons of carbon dioxide-compared to the 3.7 million tons produced by the average plant-the new plant would emit large amounts of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide (causes of smog and acid rain), and fine particulate matter that can cause sudden death, premature birth, lung cancer, lung disease, asthma, bronchitis, heart disease, heart attacks, or chronic respiratory diseases. Georgia has experienced as many as 946 deaths related to the 10 coal-burning power plants operated by Georgia Power. The plant would also be permitted an intake of 27 million gallons of water from the Chattahoochee, of which only five million would be returned.
EPD and Dynegy immediately announced their intent to appeal the decision to the Georgia Court of Appeals. They have 30 days to submit their request; the Court has the discretion to take the case. GreenLaw will defend the decision to the highest court level necessary.


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A major cheating scandal amongst Air Force nuclear missile launch officers has brought increased scrutiny on the U.S. nuclear arsenal, and an upcoming report from CBS "60 Minutes" gives a rare look inside the day-to-day military job plagued with low morale and weak management.
In a report to air on Sunday, CBS Correspondent Lesley Stahl traveled to a missile field near an Air Force base in Cheyenne, Wyo., revealing a nondescript site — the silo is below ground — that looks like a fenced-in lot surrounded by farms.But inside, she found technology still being used that was built in the 1960s, to include analog telephone systems that missileers complain makes communication difficult, and decades-old computer systems using floppy disks, which an Air Force general regards as good for security, as it is not connected to the internet.
When asked of why she was given access to such a secure facility on CBS "This Morning," Stahl speculated that the Air Force "wanted to assure people that while there was cheating, they're dealing with it, and basically, the system is safe. And anytime they find it isn't, they're gonna pounce on it."
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Your trading plan is a tool that you shape to suit your personal trading style. You can include anything that you find useful, but working through the following steps should provide all the essentials you need.
1. Know Yourself as a Trader
"I agree that many of the typical reasons people are
motivated to trade—the action, euphoria, desire to be a hero, the attention one can draw to himself by winning, or the self-pity that comes from losing—create problems that will ultimately detract from a trader's performance and overall success. But the true underlying attraction to trading is far more fundamental and universal. Trading is an activity that offers the individual unlimited freedom of creative expression, a freedom of expression that has been denied most of us for most of our lives."-Written by the Late Mark Douglas in his famous book, 'Trading In The Zone'
First and foremost, you should be able to complete this sentence: 'I want to be a successful trader because…'
Secondly, you should honestly assess your strengths and weaknesses, with regards to trading specifically, but also any personal traits that might influence your trading.
Some Example of Strengths and Weakness are:
a) Being Tidy and Organized
b) Living on a Schedule
c) Hating to be proved wrong
d) Being Systematic
e) Hating to lose money
f) Being Frugal
g) Believing too much in the Old
h) Being a Calculative and Mathematics Expert
i) Hard Working
j) Getting Distracted Easily
k) Ability to stay Focused
l) Ability to follow Instructions/ Steps
m) Doing things Randomly
n) Expecting Magic
o) Fun Loving – loving lots of action
p) Listening to/ Believing Others
q) Always looking for new avenues
r) Penny wise Pound foolish
s) Expecting the world/ environment/ market to follow rules
t) Detached from Money
u) Too Attached to money
v) Blaming Others
w) Blaming Yourself
x) Being an Attention/ Pity seeker
y) Reluctant to learn new skills
z) Adamant to make old systems work instead of moving on to new ones.
Each of the above characteristics can be a blessing or a curse to your trading profits. Extremes of any nature are detrimental to your success. The reason I gave the above list is not to label you, but to give you a eye-opener if one of these are hurting your profits or your life.
2. Define and Understand Your Trading Goals
"If your goal is to be able to trade like the professionals, you must be able to see the market from an objective perspective, without distortion. You must be able to act without resistance or hesitation, but with the appropriate amount of positive restraint to counteract the negative effects of overconfidence or euphoria."– Mark Douglas
Setting your trading goals is one of the most important steps in developing a trading plan. It is also the step that most people neglect. You should try and be as specific with your goals as possible, both in terms of profit and timeframe. Time frame is the most important aspect. Only by defining and quantifying your goals will you be able to measure how far you've achieved them.
Most trading plans suggest you identify detailed trading goals on a daily, weekly, monthly, six-monthly, annual and lifetime basis.
It may strike you as silly or impossible to come up with daily trading goals, or pointless to try and settle on a lifetime trading objective. But, more than the actual outcome, it is the thinking that goes into these goals that is important and ultimately beneficial.
3. Identify Types of Trading that Interests You
You have several options available to you when you are considering trading on financial markets. Some people prefer to stick to a single trading method; others have successfully incorporated different trading types into the same plan.
Whatever route you decide to take, the most important thing is that you understand your options beforehand and make a decision, as part of your trading plan, to stick to a particular system.
Of course you can adapt your trading plan as you develop as a trader, but what you want to avoid is trying out a new type of trading on a whim without doing the research to see if it suits your trading style.
4. Define Your Markets and Trading Timeframes
One prime consideration is your level of knowledge on particular markets (be it company shares, commodities, indices, foreign exchange) and the factors that drive them. The more you know, and the more you are interested in the subject, the greater care you will be able to take.
You should consider when these markets are open and whether you will be able to offer them the proper attention at important trading times. Define whether you want to stay in the trade or be outside the trade in high volatility periods.
Trading Style is also influenced by the availability of time and the geographical time-zone you live in. When you live in Singapore, US markets start at night. Trading replaces the 'junk' on TV only. From 9 pm to midnight, it is easy to day trade and look at 15 min and 30 min candles. US opening and London opening are the action, high volatility times for the market. If you live in New York and have to be at work when the market is opening, looking at 15 minute and 30 minute candles may be impossible.
5. Establish Your Personal Trading System
A trading system will apply a series of rules to make trading into an almost automatic process. You'll need to decide whether you would prefer your trading to be mechanical, where you pick a trading system and let it guide all your trading decisions; or discretionary, where you make decisions on a case-by-case basis.
If you decide to use a trading system, it should include:
Set ups – the conditions you look for in a market that you think give you a high probability of a successful trade. It can be useful to have a clear idea of the set-ups on which you like to trade – such as following higher highs, lower lows or moving averages.
Trigger points – the precise moments that you want to trade on – such as a market moving through a new high or low.
6. Know What You Are Willing To Risk
Risk management is possibly the most important aspect of your trading plan. Techniques for managing your risk are covered in our managing risk module, but they certainly play an integral part in any trading plan.
From a trading plan perspective, it is important that you consider your money and risk management rules, establish them to suit your trading style, and stick to them through good and bad trading times.
Good questions include:
What proportion of my account am I prepared to risk on each trade?
How many positions am I prepared to run at any one time?
What is the maximum account exposure I am prepared to accept?
7. How to React to Sudden Higher than Expected Profits and Losses when the Trades are Still On
This aspect of the trading plan deals with your handling of your open positions. This is when you can be most subject to emotional responses – you see the market drop, and you want to cut your losses, or the market spikes and you feel tempted to hold your position even longer.
In these emotionally charged situations it is essential to already have a strategy in place that you can call on.
8. Know How You Plan to Keep Records of Your Trading
It's amazing how often people neglect this aspect of the trading plan, especially as it can be such a vital learning tool. If you regularly update a document of all your previous trades, including various details that made them successful or not, you can only learn from these in the future.
A simple spreadsheet is all the record you need to keep, but a comments section is particularly useful. Include everything from how well you stuck to your strategy, and what worked and what didn't, to how you felt on the day or at the time.
You may be pleasantly surprised at how easy it is to identify successful trends and then repeat them in future trades.
9. Test Your System
You can back-test the system you have chosen against historical data, to establish whether it would have held up against recent market movements. You can do this manually, or there are various facilities set up by certain financial services providers to do it for you.
Another testing option, offered by some financial services providers, is a demo account. Depending on the provider and your preferred means of trading, you can actually set up an account with imaginary funds and implement your trading strategy for a limited time to test its viability.


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A source from the interior ministry said unidentified suspects fired gun shots at the sergeant's private car on Thursday morning.
A passenger, the sergeant's sibling, was all injured by gun shot.
The suspects fled on foot.
The motive for the attack is unconfirmed.
Thursday marks the first anniversary of the violent dispersal protest camps by supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi, which caused over 600 deaths.
Egypt has witnessed a wave of militant attacks against police and army targets since the ouster of Morsi last July and the crackdown on his supporters. Over 500 security personnel have been reported killed since then.
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Pawan Kalyan to contest GHMC Elections: The renowned celebrity in Tollywood who usually handles his position as a director, acting, stunt coordinator, writer and producer.
In the end of year 2014, he stepped into politics to make the India a better place, he conducted many rallies and events and talked about the current issues that the people of South India (preferably the place where he lives, I do not know that) are facing.
He promised to bring a change to the way people are living these days. He admitted to have more than 1/4 part of the population are uneducated in his given land.
Pawan Kalyan to contest GHMC Elections
Now, as this hard strong celebrity has stepped into politics, he has more opportunities to set his leg more precisely in this business. There are rumors around the Internet that he will participate in GHMC polls.
Well, do you have the same question in your mind that made you click on this article! I hope so ☻. In this article, I am going to provide you a clear cut information about this rumor, it is true that Pawan will compete to other politicians in GHMC Elections? Let's dig into this topic more, and find out what exactly is his plans for upcoming days?
Why not hear it in the voice of Pawan Kalyan itself?, it will give us a more vivid vision of his upcoming poll matters. "We people are looking forward for Jana Sena Party, as it is yet to be built around, we have more time to explore our current standings in polls right now.
In the forthcoming elections, I have decided, not finalized, but I would be interested in facing all other politics parties and definitely support our lovers and supporters." Pawan said to a media reporter at his poll confession. Still this statement is not giving us people a clear picture of his mindset about upcoming polls.
The elections dates are not too far, he would have to decide fast whether to form a party or lead as alone! You might are very well introduced to the benefits of building a separate party for future consequences.
In my opinion, as far as I know from my experience in this industry, he will definitely form a party with all his supportive counsel members working under him. He will then have a more definite control over his power and decision making skills.
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PoliticsNation, Thursday, September 19th, 2013
Read the transcript from the Thursday show
September 19, 2013
Guest: Bernie Sanders; Doug Collins, Jamal Simmons, Joe Madison, Joy Reid
AL SHARPTON, POLITICS NATION HOST: Good evening, Ed.
And Breaking News -- Republicans are on the verge of taking $40
billion from our food stamp program. They`re about to vote on a bill that
would slash the program over the next 10 years, 4 million Americans will
lose benefits next year. We`ll have full coverage of the vote and hear
from Senator Bernie Sanders ahead.
But we begin with tonight`s Lead. The Republican Party is at war with
itself. And the biggest casualty could be the American people. Today, Tea
Party, Senator Ted Cruz raised the stage to a dangerous new level promising
a filibuster against ObamaCare in order to advance his far right agenda.
CRUZ: I will do everything necessary and anything possible to defund
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: A filibuster?
CRUZ: Yes. And anything else any procedural means necessary.
SHARPTON: There you have it. Eleven days from a possible government
shutdown, Senator Cruz has decided to play Russian roulette with the
nation`s economy, all in the name of derailing the new health law that will
save lives.
The dangerous game playing comes amid a growing battle between
Republicans in the House and Republicans in the Senate. It started last
night after Cruz released a statement admitting the Democratic majority in
the Senate wouldn`t vote to defund Obamacare. Quote, "at that point House
Republicans must stand firm, hold their ground, and continue to listen to
the American people."
Tea party lawmakers in the House erupted. Congressman Sean Duffy
accused Cruz of waving the white flag and surrendering. Congressman Tim
Griffin said Senate Republicans are good at getting facebook likes and town
halls and not much else. Do something.
And senior Republican aide said Ted Cruz came here to throw bombs and
fund raise off of attacks on fellow Republicans. He is a joke plain and
And today, Speaker John Boehner sent a sharp message to Ted Cruz over
in the Senate.
REP. JOHN BOEHNER (R-OH), SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE: Guess what? We are
having a fight over here. We are going to win the fight over here. It`s
time for them to pick up the mantel and get the job done.
SHARPTON: Republicans are running a dangerous race against each other
trying to see who can go farthest to the right. They are willing to shut
down the government and maybe even send the nation into default.
REP. NANCY REP. NANCY PELOSI (D-CA), MINORITY LEADER: This is playing
with fire. Legislative arsonists are at work when they start using the
debt limit for their own agenda. Not lifting the debt limit is unleashing
a torrent, a river of no return. It is beyond cataclysmic.
SHARPTON: It`s a disaster in the making. These Republican arsonists
seem willing to burn down the government and our economy in order to
satisfy the extreme right wing of their party.
Joining me now is Krystal Ball and Goldie Taylor. Thanks for coming
on the show.
KRYSTAL BALL, MSNBC HOST, THE CYCLE: Thanks for having us, Rev.
GOLDIE TAYLOR, MSNBC CONTRIBUTOR: Thanks for having us.
SHARPTON: Krystal, this is spilling over to hurt the rest of the
country. What`s going on here?
BALL: Well, what`s going on here unfortunately is the further to the
right you get to the right in the party, the more of a hero you would be
come, the more of a celebrity, the more your face is on TV and the more of
quote-unquote "leader of the party" that you look like. I mean, that is
really the conundrum here.
Ted Cruz who is destroying his own party, who is putting his own
colleagues on the right side of the aisle in a very difficult position, and
meanwhile is jeopardizing the American economy, he`s become a celebrity.
He is being talked about for 2016. So his own very narrow political
ambition is served by these kinds of incredibly dangerous shenanigans. And
that is why he is doing it.
SHARPTON: But Goldie, even Karl Rove, Karl Rove now, he warned
Republicans against shutting down the government over Obamacare. The
headline of his article calls their strategy self-defeating and in the
article I quote, "it is an ill-conceived tactic and Republicans should
reject it." This is Karl Rove talking about his own party.
TAYLOR: You know, you`re right. But Karl Rove is a bully without a
pulpit and no congregation.
SHARPTON: And in choir.
TAYLOR: -- And no choir to back him up. You know, I have got to
agree with Krystal here that Ted Cruz is out for his own political
ambitions. He is consolidating a base behind him to walk into 2016.
That`s what this is about. This is naked ambition.
To say you`re going to shut down the government, you`re going to burn
down this government and then toss the gas can at the White House as if
they are to blame, you know, as something that is unconscionable. They are
going to take this to the wall. And so to think that Boehner is running
the House, he`s not running the House. Rand Paul is running the House.
Ted Cruz has him bent over a love right now. And so, I think that is where
the real issue is, is that they don`t have the power that they are supposed
to have. Ted Cruz`s caucus, as I call it, has moved forward with this ACA.
And they are going to wind up shutting down this government.
SHARPTON: You know, Krystal, Goldie raises a point that really to add
insult to injury. They have been talking all day to GOP trying to blame
this on the White House. Blame this on the president for the shutdown. I
mean, listen to this.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I hope that the president and Harry Reid care more
about the American people and keeping government open as we do than their
stubborn political pride.
CRUZ: Why is President Obama threatening to shut down the federal
government to deny those same waivers to hard working American families?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Shutdowns are bad. Shutdowns are not worth it.
This law is not worth causing a shutdown over.
SEN. RAND PAUL (R), KENTUCKY: This is about a president who wants 100
percent of Obamacare or he`s going to shut the government down.
SHARPTON: Now, Krystal, maybe I missed something. But Obamacare, the
formal name the affordable health care act, passed the Congress.
BALL: Right.
SHARPTON: It was a central part of the presidential campaign last
year that they lost. They brought it into court and the Supreme Court
which leans to the right in my judgment found that it is constitutional.
They lost that vote. You lost in the judicial branch. You lost a general
election. You lost in the Congress. For the president to say fund what is
the law is now for them to say we will not pay the nation`s debts unless
you take the funding from Obamacare which is the law and they turn around
and say he`s shutting the government down.
BALL: Right.
SHARPTON: I mean, this is political insanity.
BALL: I mean, if you didn`t laugh, you would cry because it is
absolutely insane. And fortunately, the American people are smarter than
this. Because this is not the first time that the Republican minority has
taken the country hostage in order to throw a tantrum and try to get their
way. And sadly it is not likely to be the last especially since we see
just down the road after the fight, looming past that one.
And I just want to highlight the fact that there`s a lot of focus
rightly so on Ted Cruz and Rand Paul and the far right of the party. But
really ultimately, the blame lies with John Boehner because he could choose
right now to work with the Democratic Party in the House, to pass a
continuing resolution that was more centrist, the Democrats could support,
and that some of his own caucus could support. But he has decided to side
with the Rand Paul`s and the Ted Cruz`s of the world and so, we end up at
this impasse. It`s time for him to be courageous and actually do something
that`s good for t country for once.
SHARPTON: Well, let me show you how courageous he is and what his
idea of doing something good for the country is. He got downright ugly
today, Goldie. John Boehner attacked the president for refusing to
consider not paying the nation`s bills. But listen to the ugly rhetoric
John Boehner came out with today.
BOEHNER: While the president is happy to negotiate with Vladimir
Putin, he won`t engage with the Congress on a plan to deal with the
deficits that threaten our economy.
SHARPTON: So Goldie, here he is saying the president would deal with
Mr. Putin over chemical weapons that are killing people and as a threat to
us, but that he won`t deal with legislators who ought to respect the fact
that there`s been a law passed and an election held and a Supreme Court
decision. I mean, that is as backwards and ugly as I think I`ve heard in a
long time.
TAYLOR: You know, I have to agree with you. But Vladimir Putin at
least runs his country. You know, Speaker Boehner does not run his House.
And so I think that to say that Speaker Boehner -- this is a guy that
walked away from negotiations with the president a number of times. This
is the guy who cut a deal with the president, took it back to the caucus
and they vetoed it. So, he could not negotiate in good faith.
And so, to put it on this president, you know, to say that he didn`t
come together with Speaker Boehner, time and time again, I think they had
even played gulf, in try to come to terms on things like the continue
resolutions, on things like the debt ceiling, on things like ACA, even
talking about items like immigration.
You know, it is -- again, unconscionable that he would stand there and
tell that boldfaced lie that his president has not reached out to him time
and time again. He simply did not have his own party backing him up. He
could not make a deal on behalf of the Republicans in the House.
SHARPTON: Reached out to him and made deals and he had to break the
deals. You`re absolutely right. But don`t worry, Krystal, because the
president himself came out swinging and he made some very strong statements
to let people know he`s not backing down. He actually said they`re trying
to extort him. Listen to this.
BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: You have never seen in
the history of the United States the debt ceiling or the threat of not
raising the debt ceiling being used to extort a president or a governing
party and then trying to force issues that have nothing to do with the
budget and nothing to do with the debt.
SHARPTON: Extortion is exactly what it is, Krystal.
BALL: It`s exactly right. And what`s really scary here and what the
president was pointing to is that you have a minority of the Republican
Party which controls one-third of the government, just the House of
Representatives that are able to have all of this power. And again, it is
John Boehner. It rests squarely on his shoulders. He is the one that is
enabling this sort of behavior.
SHARPTON: Krystal Ball, Goldie Taylor, thank you for your time
BALL: Thanks, Rev.
TAYLOR: Thank you.
SHARPTON: And be sure to catch Krystal on "the Cycle," weekdays at
3:00 p.m. eastern right here on MSNBC.
Coming up, breaking news. Eric Cantor and the House Republicans just
voted to slash $39 billion from food stamps. But we can stop it from
becoming a reality.
Plus, much more on the shutdown showdown. The kamikaze tea party
mission is causing chaos inside the party. I will interview a Republican
congressman ahead.
And America, meet desperation. Let this just soak in for a second.
Who are the right wingers behind these creepy and misleading anti-Obamacare
Also, friend or foe, I want to know. E-mail me. "Reply Al" is ahead.
SHARPTON: Breaking news.
House Republicans just voted to slash $39 billion from our food stamp
program over the next ten years. The vote was close. 217-210. But four
million Americans could lose benefits next year. We will talk live to
Senator Bernie Sanders about this next.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: On this vote, the yeas are 217, the nays are 210.
The bill has passed without objection. The motion to reconsider is lay up
on the table.
SHARPTON: We`re back with more on tonight`s breaking news.
The Republican House just voted to gut $39 billion from our food stamp
program over the next ten years. If it became law, it would cost four
million Americans to lose benefits next year. In the richest country in
the world, this is the definition of shameful.
Joining me now is Senator Bernie Sanders, independent from Vermont.
Senator, what happens next? I mean, how do we stop these horrible
cuts from going into effect?
SEN. BERNIE SANDERS (I), VERMONT: Well, we do what the American
people want us to do, Al. What the Republicans are doing is fighting for
tax breaks for billionaires, for the one out of four corporations in
America that pay nothing in taxes, and they going to war against working
families, against kids, against the elderly and the children. And our job
has got to be to expose what right wing extremism is which 85 percent of
the American people disagree with and put these people on the defensive.
You are right. At a time when the richest people in this country are
becoming richer and the middle class is disappearing, it is beyond shameful
to cut food programs, nutrition programs for people in need to allow people
in this country to go hungry.
SHARPTON: It`s shameful. It is shameful. But now it goes to the
Senate to you and your colleagues. The Senate is not going to let them get
away with this, are they?
SANDERS: Not if I have anything to say about it, no. The issue is
right now is to protect the most vulnerable people in this country and at
the same time to bring in more revenue from the one out of four
corporations that doesn`t pay a nickel in taxes and from the wealthiest
people in this country. But in the United States of America, we cannot go
to war against people who are struggling to keep their heads above water.
SHARPTON: Now, listen to some of the ways the right justified these
cuts in the fight today or the debate in the House over this. I want you
to hear some of the debate and t arguments they raised.
REP. ANDY HARRIS (R), MARYLAND: Republicans aren`t trying to take
food out of baby`s mouths or make our seniors go hungry. Don`t believe the
scare tactics from my colleagues who oppose the bill. This is a common
sense reform that cuts waste, fraud, and abuse leaving more money for the
Americans who truly need help in time of need.
REP. TOM MCCLINTOCK (R), CALIFORNIA: It doesn`t cut people off from
food stamps. What it does is simply ask that they either work, look for
work, or train for work, of while they`re receiving those benefits.
REP. PETE SESSIONS (R), TEXAS: You have to make sure that you`re a
part of trying to go and better your life, not using the food stamp program
as an alternative to the hard work which will help you and perhaps your
SHARPTON: I mean, it`s outrageous. They want to act like they`re
doing the best thing for people who are trying to make ends meet, 58
percent of them in household where can work, they are working. They are
people that just cannot make ends meet most of them seniors and children.
And they sit there and admonish them like they`re just receiving food
stamps which is barely enough for anyone to even survive on when you go on
that kind of food diet as some members of Congress had. They act like
people are doing this out of some irresponsibility rather than responding
to their circumstances.
SANDERS: Look Al, as you mentioned, 85 percent of the people on food
stamps are children. They are parents, they are people with disabilities,
they are senior citizens. And when these guys say they`re not cutting
nutrition programs for senior citizens, that`s an absolute lie. As a
result of sequestration, for example, one of the cuts has been that the
meals on wheels program, you know what that is. That`s the program that
delivers food to the most vulnerable people in America, thousands of those
people are off the program. We continue sequestration, more will be.
Look. What this is about is right wing extremism. And their job is
to protect the wealthy and the powerful at the expense of working families
and low income people. And the greed and the shameful actions that they
are proposing are just are unacceptable to the American people. We have
got to rally the American people and come up with a very, very different
set of positions.
SHARPTON: No doubt about it. And Senator Bernie Sanders, we will be
watching this as this heads to the Senate to you and your colleagues.
Senator Sanders, thank you for your time tonight.
SANDERS: My pleasure.
SHARPTON: Coming up, one day ahead of Speaker Boehner`s Obamacare
vote, I want to know how they can defend this. I will be joined for a live
debate by a House Republican.
And how is behind these creepy new anti-Obamacare ads? Is playing off
fears and is full of lies. We will expose the billionaires backing it
SHARPTON: Shutting down the government? That`s what America faces in
11 days. And it`s ripping apart the GOP. I will talk with a House
Republican next.
SHARPTON: Tomorrow, House Republicans will cast a vote making clear
their threat to the country. Defund Obamacare or we`ll shut down the
government. It`s a horrible idea, and more and more Republicans admit it.
GOP Senator Bob Corker calls it quote, "a tactic that will fail and
weaken our position."
Senator Richard Burr said it was one of the dumbest ideas I`ve heard
Congressman Tom Cole calls it a temper tantrum.
And Karl Rove calls it a self-defeating, and it`s ill conceived.
Joining me now is Congressman Doug Collins, Republican from Georgia.
A close sponsor of the bill to defund Obamacare as part of any plan to fund
the government.
Thanks for joining me, Congressman.
REP. DOUG COLLINS (R), GEORGIA: Good evening, Al. Good to be with
SHARPTON: Now, why do you think you`re right and these other
Republicans are wrong?
COLLINS: Well, I`m new up here. But I ran on a campaign of
understanding and listening to the American people over this health care
issue. And one of the things since I`ve gotten up here, Al, I will be
honest with you. I sat back and listened to the Democrats. I have
listened to my friends across, Al, and I called this a train wreck, they
call it a mistake. They call it not ready for primetime. They just went
on and on about how this law is not ready to be. Even the president has
put it off from the business mandate and putting things together.
This is not ready for the American people. So the Republicans are not
shutting down the government. They were friendly, fully funding the
government through our CR except we`re saying we`re not ready to impose
this on the American people. We`re protecting the American people from
funding the government who are also protecting them from a law who
Democrats who admit is not ready.
SHARPTON: Wait a minute. You said you listen to the American people.
The American people voted when this was an election issue last year. Were
you listening then? The Congress voted and made it law. Were you
listening then? The Supreme Court said that it was constitutional. Were
you listening then? You`re a congressman. You are deciding that a law
that was passed, that was certified by the Supreme Court, you can decide
not to fund?
COLLINS: Well, I think it`s interesting that you would make all those
assessments and then you have the President of the United States taking
black letter law in a day which one part of the healthcare law was suppose
to take place and deciding that, well, that`s not really what the law
meant. I`m going to delay that for a year because I didn`t like the
consequences of it. Al, you can`t have it both ways. You can`t say that
Republicans are not listening to the American people when by the way if you
look at the polls recently, most are coming around to the conclusion that
this is not good idea for the American people. And then you can`t have
both sides when you`ve got the administration putting --
SHARPTON: Congressman, you and I both know you can have polls in your
district, and the elections were there. And the President delaying part of
the enactment has nothing to do with you and your colleagues saying you
will not fund what is law. If we allow members of Congress to decide,
they`re going to take a law and stop the funding, you can nullify any law
you choose. That`s not the bases of a democracy, Congressman.
COLLINS: Well, it is the bases of democracy when you read article
one, Al. In fact, that`s where the understanding is the Congress controls
the purse strings. The Congress decides and what is to be funded from this
government. And there have been plenty of examples over time in which
things there have been things that are not funded. From Yakamalin (ph) to
many others, in which the Congress decides what this is. This is not about
a debate on anything else except Congress doing its role reflecting the
respective views that we have about this law and fully funding the
Do not let your viewers to not be mistaken. We are truly funding the
government. We are simply saying, on the advance of others in the
Democratic Party who said this law is not ready for primetime. We`re
saying, we`ll protecting you from both and that`s what we`re doing.
SHARPTON: The Congress is saying that we will shut the government
down, the Republicans, if we have to fund Obamacare. You`re not just
saying you don`t want to fund it. You`re saying, you`re going to do this
or we`re going to shut the government down. The President is not saying
that. Republicans that I just criticized are not saying that, you guys are
saying, you don`t want to fund it. You`re saying my way or we`re going to
shut the whole government down.
COLLINS: Now Al, we just got to disagree here. The President is the
one that brought up the Republicans are willing to shut the government
down. Harry Reid said he`s not going to negotiate. Republicans want to
shut the government down. At this point in time we`re the only ones that
have put forward a plan that actually funds the government that defunds
Obamacare. But to the point, if you want to put a face on shutting down of
this government, then you look to Harry Reid. You look to those in the
Senate. You look to the president. They are the ones that have been
threatening this --
SHARPTON: Congressman, let me ask you a question. All right. Fair.
Now let me ask you a direct question. If, in fact, the United States
Congress has to go forward with Obamacare which is law, the Affordable
Health Care Act, would you therefore say that you would not vote to
shutdown the funding for the rest of the government, or are you saying in
this bill that if any of this is funding the Affordable Health Care Act
that you will not go forward in paying the country`s bill and paying the
funds that are available for the rest of what the budget is at this point?
COLLINS: I will say exactly what I`ve been saying all along in this
interview and before this interview. We are putting forward a bill that
funds the government and in the house right now we`re funding the
government, we`re taking care of the American people and protecting them
from which something --
SHARPTON: As long as health care is not in. As long as health care
is not in.
COLLINS: We`re putting that bill forward. We`re sending it to the
Senate. Now it`s time for the Senate to act on this.
SHARPTON: No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Whoa, whoa, whoa, sir --
COLLINS: You asked a question. I`m answering the question.
SHARPTON: You`re doing that as long as healthcare is not in it, is
that right?
COLLINS: At this point that is the bill that we`re putting forward,
SHARPTON: Which is shutting down the government if you don`t have
your on way.
Go ahead.
COLLINS: But There are two sides to this equation though. There`s
the House and the Senate. We`re putting forward a bill that funds the
government, fully funds the government. No -- of shutdown, it`s now time
for the Senate to decide. And if Harry Reid and the rest want to stand in
the way, then that`s their choice.
SHARPTON: Fully fund the government if it does not include the
healthcare bill. You said you`re a new congressman. You just got there.
In your district, sir, 147,725 people, 21 percent of your district doesn`t
have health insurance. How can you say to your constituents that with this
bill can be insured with pre-existing conditions, can have their kids on
until they`re 26 years old. Nothing has been done in advance to help them.
Here you have a bill that would help them. How do you go home and tell
them you`re doing the right thing?
COLLINS: Well, I`ll be happy to take you to the ninth district
origin. You go give those statistics. And when they realize that not all
of those would going to be covered by healthcare then they can ask you the
questions, where is our health care. This bill does not fully take all the
uninsured off the rolls. And in the ninth district of Georgia, it is by
four, and pouring against this bill. Everywhere I go people are nervous,
they`re uncertain and they do not understand why the government is forcing
them to do this in their healthcare. I have a daughter --
SHARPTON: What people don`t understand, Congressman, is how we pass
laws the Supreme Court upholds and you guys come in and say we`re not going
to fund it and even worse, if money goes there, we`ll shut the whole
government down. We thought we lived in a democracy with a balance of
powers between three branches of government. We didn`t think the Supreme
Court, the Congress, and the voters could be told we`re going to tell you
all take a hike, we`ll shut it all down if we don`t have our way. Come on,
Congressman. That`s not what this country is supposed to be about.
COLLINS: Hi, Al. Just a reminder. This is not a democracy. This is
a republic.
SHARPTON: Oh, this is not a democracy.
COLLINS: It`s a republic, Al. Look at the constitution. We`re
reflecting the people of the ninth district. And again, I just want to
make one thing very clear. And I enjoy having this conversation with you.
SHARPTON: And I enjoy it too because I really hope the people in the
ninth district know in the next election that they should not vote thinking
this is democracy. That Doug Collins said this is not a democracy. I`ll
even send you the clip so you can play it in your next campaign.
COLLINS: Well, you don`t have to worry about that. The ninth
district of Georgia knows where I stand, they know where the Republicans
stand -- that is that we`re going to protect them from a bad law and we`re
going to fund the government. If the Democrats want to play politics or
you want to discuss things that may or may not happen, then that`s fine.
But we`re doing the people`s business. We`re doing exactly what we`re
supposed to be doing.
SHARPTON: In a republic. Congressman Doug Collins, thank you very
much for your time.
COLLINS: Thank you.
SHARPTON: Now, let`s bring in Jamal Simmons. Jamal, we`re not a
JAMAL SIMMONS, DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST: Apparently we are not a
SHARPTON: I`m beginning to understand now how they`re so hard. And
clearly we are a republic but we are supposed to be a democracy.
SIMMONS: That`s right. One person, one vote I think is a fundamental
tenant of our national ethos.
SHARPTON: It`s amazing if we gone further. I don`t know what else he
would have been there. But I think the inflexibility and the arrogance of
this position and face of it going through so many different branches of
government, the Supreme Court said it`s constitutional. You can`t just
turn around and say we`re going to shut the whole government down if we
can`t have our way on this law.
SIMMONS: The Supreme Court says constitutional. The President ran on
this in 2008, he ran on it again in 2012. The American people --
SHARPTON: And Romney ran against him against this bill.
SIMMONS: Romney ran against him. And the Senate, we have a
democratic control of the Senate again. So I think that the Republicans
are completely out of their league. Let`s stay focused also on the real
life people here. You talk about the number of people in the congressman`s
district. I had breakfast this morning with a group of people, a woman sat
up at breakfast today with a 13-year-old son with a pre-existing disease.
For the rest of his life he may not be able to get healthcare if this bill
doesn`t past, if this doesn`t go funded.
SHARPTON: Right.
SIMMONS: She`s very concerned about that. You`ve got people 28 years
old who are working part-time jobs trying to keep themselves afloat. They
need healthcare. What happens when they show up at the doctor`s office and
they don`t have healthcare or get in a car accident, they don`t have
healthcare, they spend the rest of their lives pay off a big bill.
SHARPTON: But one has to say that there`s got to be other motives.
Like trying to embarrass or stop this president. Because for them to be so
entrenched that we will not pay the other bills of this government if we
have to fund something that is already been passed, it`s unthinkable.
SIMMONS: It is unthinkable. Here`s the reality. The reality is, we
have to pay these bills. These are bills that coming. These are bills
that have already been racked up. That`s like you calling your credit card
company, one of us calling our credit card company and saying, oh, yes,
yes, forget about the stuff that we`ve already paid for. We don`t want to
do that anymore. You just can`t do that. And as a government, as a big
country like the United States, everybody in the world knows the full faith
and credit of the United States is supposed to be behind what we say as a
government and the bills we rack up.
SHARPTON: Jamal Simmons, thank you for your time tonight.
SIMMONS: Thank you, sir.
SHARPTON: And the secret right wing money machine is out with these
new fear mongering ads attacking Obamacare. We`ll show you just how low
they`re going.
SHARPTON: And now we turn to the story that literally stopped me in
my tracks this morning. With just 11 days to go until President Obama`s
healthcare law goes into effect, the right wing is getting desperate. How
desperate? This desperate.
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN: I see you chose to sign up for Obamacare.
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN: Yes. It`s actually my first time here.
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN: Well, here we are then. Change into a gown and
the doctor will see you soon.
SHARPTON: If you`re wondering, yes, you did just see that. A right
wing group using this ad to scare young people away from the law. It might
be the creepiest ad I`ve ever seen. Never pictured Uncle Sam like this.
And he`s not just terrorizing young women.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN: I see you`re new to Obamacare as well.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN: Yes. I saw the ads and I figured why not.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN: Take your pants off.
SHARPTON: These ads are completely dishonorable and dishonest. The
Affordable Care Act does not in any way get between patients and their
doctors. Nothing in the law will get in the way of a physical exam. This
is ugly fear mongering and it`s dangerous. So who`s behind this? A
Virginia-based group bank rolled by the Koch Brothers. Remember them?
They`re the billionaires who called the 2012 elections the mother of all
They backed a secret fund that ended up being the second largest donor
to conservative caucuses last year. They hold secret planning conventions
at resorts to help write laws and funnel money to Tea Party groups all
across the country. And now these guys are telling college kids not to get
health insurance. It`s despicable.
Joining me now is Joe Madison. Thanks for being here tonight.
JOE MADISON, SIRIUS XM RADIO HOST: Thank you, Reverend.
SHARPTON: Joe, have you ever seen fear mongering like this ads?
MADISON: Look. They have either made Uncle Sam a gynecologist or a
SHARPTON: Right.
MADISON: I mean, this is really what it boils down to. This is what
they`ve done. And the reality is that young women should know that you can
go in and get mammograms, no out of pocket expense, you can get the kind of
preventive care. Young men, as one who has gone through prostate cancer,
you can get this with no out of pocket expense. These are things to
prevent people from getting sick or to at least detect how sick they might
be. This creepy is beyond the words. And I`m surprised that even general
managers of TV stations would even think about running this.
SHARPTON: But they are. And let me tell you something. You know, in
case you weren`t scared enough already, here`s some more on the Koch
Brother who are funding this. They pledged to spend $60 million personally
to defeat President Obama. They host semi-annual conventions with rich
donors and guests like Paul Ryan and Senator Ted Cruz. They also try to
influence politics locally donating to state level candidates and ballot
measures. And their pet causes include attacking healthcare laws, denying
climate change, and fighting Wall Street reform.
MADISON: And it`s not working. I just came back from Detroit. The
day that I arrived in Detroit on Monday, guess what the governor did. He
signed into law a Medicare and it`s 700,000 people who will now benefit
from Obamacare. And most important of all as you know we`ve got to
convince young people and mothers should be convincing their daughters and
their sons that you need to be signing up on October 1 or some time
SHARPTON: Let`s bring in Joy Reid. Joy, the reason these ads are
geared towards young people and it`s misinformation, just outright
distortions and lies is because a lot of young people need to sign up
October 1st and going forward. And this is directly targeted at keeping
young people from signing up by scaring them with misinformation.
JOY REID, GRIO.COM MANAGING EDITOR: Well, scaring them with
misinformation but doing it in probably the stupidest way that I`ve ever
seen done by advertising. First of all, how committed are you when you`re
a billionaire and only spending $750,000 on an ad campaign. That is
nothing. That is almost zero spending. So, I don`t know how much even
they believe in this. Second of all, the young people that you see in that
ads with this creepy Uncle Sam, are they trying to make people hate Uncle
SHARPTON: Yes.
REID: First of all, those two young people, they looked under 26.
They don`t have to sign up for anything. They`re on their parents`
insurance until they`re 26. It`s 27-year-olds and up that need to sign up
for the exchanges. And what is somebody who`s 27 doing? Probably working,
probably out in the -- trying to move out of their parent`s house. And the
idea that you`re going to convince them that they --
SHARPTON: I think the point is that they`re targeting and it shows
that there is nothing that some of these groups won`t do to try and stop
something that would help millions of Americans. I think would really stop
me in my track is that these people seem to have no boundaries. And why
are you this desperate on something that clearly will help so many people.
REID: Well, the reason that they`re this desperate Rev is because the
worst nightmare for people like the Koch Brothers and their adherence
would be for younger people to sign up for the Affordable Care Act, get
health coverage, and like having health coverage. Meaning they get sick,
then can go to a doctor. Because that is Armageddon for them. Because
then those people are going to like the law in their 40s and in their 50s
and in their 60s and you`ll going to have this big generation of younger
people who will be out of reach to this right wing that wants to take us
back to the 19th century. Because they will just like people love
Medicare, they will like having their Obamacare insurance and it will be
impossible to take it away from them.
SHARPTON: And see, Joe, I think that that`s the point. I just had a
congressman on that was debating me. They are afraid that once this starts
going into effect, I believe this is their fear, and the benefits of there,
even those that they have misled and those that they have fooled would
start saying what`s wrong with this, this is good. The same happened, I`m
told, with Social Security and other things in the safety net.
MADISON: The G.I. bill?
SHARPTON: Right.
MADISON: I mean, all of that. You`re absolutely right. Our social
contract. Is this the congressman who said we don`t live in a democracy.
SHARPTON: Right. We don`t live in democracy.
MADISON: We don`t understand the democratic process.
SHARPTON: Not a democratic --
MADISON: But the reality is the reason they are desperate and
desperation and creepy are the words. But you know, this is Halloween
time. But the reality is that people are going to like it. They`re
already liking it. Seniors are already liking it because of prescription
refunds. People are getting rebate checks back from insurance companies.
People already like it, and they know that once this gets established,
you`re absolutely right. They`re not going to want to go back. These
folks are not conservatives. The Koch Brothers are regressive. And let me
tell you something. For someone to be libertarian and conservative and
talk about staying out of bedrooms, we ought to get government out of our
bedrooms. Now you got them looking up some woman`s crotch.
SHARPTON: Uncle Sam.
MADISON: Of all. He`s either a gynecologist or a pervert.
SHARPTON: But how could you disrespect the country like that? Thank
you for being here tonight, Joe Madison, Joy Reid. Thank you for your time
as always. And we should note we reached out to the Koch Brothers to join
us. They directed us to the group they support which put out these Uncle
Sam ads.
Coming up, we`ll introduce you to Congressman Phil Gingrey who`s
whining about his six-figure salary. That`s next.
SHARPTON: Big news tonight. We have a new member of the complainer
caucus. Congratulations to Georgia Congressman Phil Gingrey. The National
Review reports he was in a closed door meeting whining about how Capitol
Hill aides can go lobby and make $500,000 a year. Then said quote, "I`m
stuck here making $172,000 a year." Oh, boohoo, boohoo. Stuck making a
measly $172,000? Actually, he makes $174,000 a year. But who`s counting?
Poor little congressman. And does he know that`s over three times the
median income in the United States? Oh, and I forgot one small detail.
His net worth is reportedly at least $3 million. And Maddow (ph) blogs
Steve Benen shows he`s in a long line of complainers. Like then
Congressman Denny Rehberg in 2011.
DENNY REHBERG, FORMER MONTANA CONGRESSMAN: We`re struggling like
everyone else with the economy.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN: What`s your net worth?
REHBERG: I am land rich and cash poor.
SHARPTON: Struggling? He was worth over $56 million at the time.
Then there`s Congressman Paul Gosar a few weeks later.
REP. PAUL GOSAR (R), ARIZONA: In the last election, I was labeled a
millionaire. Seriously, I ain`t wealthy. I have my own house. I wouldn`t
do it again. I own my building. I have a dental practice. I live just
like the rest of you folks. It`s all on paper. It`s not in cash.
SHARPTON: All on paper? What about the $174,000 he makes in
Congress? And Congressman Sean Duffy was singing the same tune.
REP. SEAN DUFFY (R), WISCONSIN: I got one paycheck. So I struggle to
meet my bills right now. Would it be easier for me if I get more
paychecks? Maybe. But at this point, I`m not living high on the hog.
SHARPTON: Do they realize how hard people have it? And how fortunate
they are? I guess not. Because just moments ago Congressman Gingrey voted
to cut food stamps. That definitely puts him in the complainer caucus.
Congressman, did you think we wouldn`t notice your crocodile tears? Nice
try but take this one to the bank. Because we got you.
SHARPTON: It`s time for "Reply Al." Remember friend or foe, I want
to know. Margaret writes, "Dear Rev, we need to ask the GOP why they are
not against the biggest handouts ever. Yes, the subsidies given to the oil
Absolutely. Because if they were against those subsidies, then at
least they`d be consistent. But giving subsidies to oil companies is
responsible to help people that need help in this country that have done
the right thing but can`t make ends meet. That`s a handout. And that is
something undesirable. I don`t agree with that.
Fernando says, "Why are you so biased about Rush Limbaugh and FOX
I`m not biased at all, Fernando. I just believe in letting people see
what they say and dealing with it. They call people names, they say
outrageous things, and it`s time they get called out on it. You know, I
don`t hunt, but I have friends that hunt that tell me that a lot of hunters
like to go rabbit hunting. Rabbits and bear hunting. Because rabbits run
from them and they shoot them in the behinds. This is what these guys have
been doing in the political debate. They`ve been intimidating and bullying
people. And I don`t run because rabbit hunting ain`t fun when the rabbit
got the gun. They`ve been shooting at us. It`s time for some of us to
stand up and shoot back some truth.
Thanks for watching. I`m Al Sharpton. "HARDBALL" starts right now.
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The state of Alabama recently announced they are in the midst of some major changes. The biggest of which will be the requirement of an exam in order to obtain the Alabama Independent Adjuster license. The exam will apply to any resident who does not hold a valid adjuster license. Those residents will be required to complete a pre-licensing course prior to taking the Alabama exam. Non-residents who hold another license in a state in which they tested will still be able to obtain the license through reciprocity. At this time, it is unknown whether or not current license-holders will be grandfather and if so, what the terms are.
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One other significant change will be the Continuing Education requirement. In the past, no CE was needed to renew an Alabama IA license. Beginning in 2014, resident adjusters will be required to complete 24 hours of CE, including 3 hours of ethics. Non-Resident Adjusters who have met their home state requirement for CE will be exempt from the Alabama requirement. If your home state, or designated home state, has no requirement you will need to comply with Alabama's CE requirements. All CE must be complete prior to the 2014 renewal period.
License terms have also been adjusted to biennial renewals. Adjusters will renew every two years in their birth month based on their year of birth, odd or even. Business Entities will renew every two years, in odd years. The state fees are $100 plus NIPR transaction fee.
For more information on any upcoming changes in the state of Alabama, visit their Department of Insurance homepage at http://www.aldoi.gov/. All bulletins are posted directly in the middle of the homepage. If you are a producer, you may want to visit their site as there are changes affecting producers as well.