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3rd hearing officer approved in case of suspended probation director Karen Birch
WAMPSVILLE -- A new hearing officer to deal with the case of suspended county Probation Director Karen Birch was approved at a special meeting Monday.
During a two-minute-long meeting, the Madison County Board of Supervisors approved John Trela for the position; he will be paid $1,400 per day for his services. The fee includes time spent presiding over hearings as well as any preparation work. Travel expenses will also be reimbursed.
Trela, of Schenectady, is a member of the Public Employment Relations Board, and his resume notes that he has multiple years experience in aspects of labor relations representing school districts and BOCES. He also has experience in labor relations representing public employees in mediation, fact-finding, grievance processing, arbitration and advocacy.
Birch was suspended with pay late last year on several accusations, including her insistance a probation officer supervise an individual the officer did not feel safe supervising, Birch's attorney, John Lovette said previously.
Going forward, two tentative hearing dates are scheduled for Nov. 19 and 20, but the county could only speculate on an exact timetable for future hearings, said Mark Scimone, county administrative assistant.
When reached by telephone Monday afternoon, Trela declined comment, stating that he had not yet seen an appointment letter for the position.
Neither Lovette nor John Corcoran, an attorney who represents Madison County in personnel matters, could be reached for comment in time for this report.


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Wanting to make a lasting, artistic impression on future generations who will enter through the Spring-Ford 5-6 Grade Center's doors, fifth-and sixth-grade students at the school recently completed a mosaic tile project that tested their design skills, while giving the community something alluring to look at. This is the second phase of a project previously began by the students' fifth-grade peers.
Sixth-grade students in Cheryl Kramer's art class started the fused art project in 2011. With the help of professional Philadelphia mosaic artist Jessica Gorlin Liddell, students created individual tiles of colored glass that complemented the designs created earlier. Once the students completed the design phase, Liddell returned the tiles to her glass studio for firing, also known as 'fusing.'
Robyn Burckhardt, Art's Alive! Program co-coordinator, said the project allowed students to think critically and work together as a team to create a large-scale work of art that would be seen by all who visit the building.
'Students enjoyed the opportunity to rely on their prior understanding of design skills of symmetry and balance. Each one is unique and unlike any other,' Burckhardt said. 'The brightly designed panels were installed to offer maximum visibility by students, parents and the community.'
Funding to support the project was provided by the Spring-Ford 5-6 Grade Center Home and School Association and supported by Building Principal Heather Nuneviller.
A dedication for the glass installation is slated for mid-May during the school's art show.
The Spring-Ford 5-6 Grade Center is located at 833 S. Lewis Rd. in Royersford.


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More camels than koalas -- 20 Australia discoveries
By Lara Brunt, for CNN • Updated 28th October 2013
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"The food is excellent. The beer is cold. The sun nearly always shines. There is coffee on every corner. Life doesn't get much better than this."
That's Bill Bryson's
take on Australia
, and pretty much everyone else's.
But beyond the beautiful beaches and cuddly marsupials, there are quirky, lesser-known facts to file away before preparing for a trip to Australia.
Bust them out in an Aussie pub and you'll make instant friends.
Not that they weren't going to be friendly anyway.
. The Opera House was a major headache to build
Happy 40th, Sydney Opera House.
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Sydney's Opera House
turns 40 this month
. Celebrations in honor or the big birthday included an outdoor concert and a Danish design exhibition.
But the performing arts center, which became a World Heritage Site in 2007, wasn't always so beloved.
In 1956, Danish architect Jørn Utzon won the competition to design it, but construction proved tricky, resulting in years of delays and spiraling costs.
Things came to a head in 1966 when the government refused to pay Utzon, resulting in his resignation. Peter Hall finished the job.
Uzton didn't attend the official opening on October 20, 1973.
Although amends were made in 1999, the architect never returned to Australia.
.There are more camels than koalas
While the koala is a cuddly symbol of Australia, there are actually 10 times as many wild camels.
Introduced in the 1800s to provide transportation through the country's desert heart, one million camels now roam the vast outback.
The feral animals cause all sorts of problems, from drinking waterholes dry to destroying sacred Aboriginal sites.
The population could double in a decade if left unchecked. This has prompted the government to adopt a controversial culling program.
One place camels are welcome is the Northern Territory town of Alice Springs. Every July, the unpredictable beasts take center stage at the self-dubbed "temperamental, terribly unpredictable, very entertaining"
Lasseters Camel Cup
. Aussies love to gamble
Melbourne Cup day is a public holiday in Victoria.
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Australians are one of the world's biggest gamblers per capita, spending $1,314 each in 2012, according to H2 Gambling Capital.
Slot machines -- "pokies" in the local vernacular -- are the nation's favorite bet, especially in New South Wales.
The state has 100,000 slots in pubs and clubs, while Sydney is set to become the gambling capital when a second casino opens in 2019.
But it's Victoria that pulls in the punters. Each November, the
Melbourne Cup
horse race stops the nation. It's so big it's a public holiday in the southern state.
QT Sydney: The hottest, hippest historic hotel in town
. They invented Wi-Fi
Australia's national science agency, CSIRO, claims to have invented the wireless LAN technology that's the basis of Wi-Fi.
Not everyone agrees, but it's got a patent to prove it.
The agency has sued companies using the technology without a license -- its 20-year patent expires next month.
It's not the first time the CSIRO has claimed a place in history.
In July 1969, its 64-meter (209-foot) radio telescope in Parkes received television signals that allowed 600 million people to watch Neil Armstrong's moonwalk live.
The observatory, affectionately known as "The Dish," is open to visitors in the NSW country town that's also home to an
annual Elvis festival
. The big island is surrounded by more than 8,000 smaller islands
Lord Howe Island has the world's southernmost barrier coral reef.
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Some people say Australia is the largest island on earth, while others call it a continent because it has its own tectonic plate.
Whichever way you look at it, the island continent is fringed by thousands of smaller islands -- 8,222 to be precise.
It's got an island state (Tasmania), the world's largest sand island (Fraser) and an Antarctic island (Macquarie).
Many islands are named after animals, including Kangaroo Island off the South Australian coast, Lizard Island in the Great Barrier Reef and Cockatoo Island in Sydney Harbor.
World's 100 best beaches
. It has a "Greek city"
Melbourne has the largest Greek-speaking population in the world, after Athens and Thessaloniki.
In fact, more than 200 languages and dialects are spoken in Australia.
That's because more than 25% of Australians were born in another country, making Australia a melting pot of multiculturalism.
Melbourne's vibrant Greek quarter around Lonsdale Street is home to
restaurant, a city institution open 24/7, and the annual
Antipodes Festival
, which features Zorba dancing and lots of souvlaki.
. The country's one and only military coup was over rum
Aussies have a desperate love affair with beer, but in the late 18th century, rum was a popular form of payment in the fledgling colony of Sydney.
That is until 1808, when Governor William Bligh decided to stop the practice.
The edict didn't go down well with ringleaders of the rum trade, the New South Wales Corps. The regiment deposed Bligh in a military coup later known as the Rum Rebellion.
The city's boozy past can be soaked up via a four-hour walking tour of the historic Rocks area with
Sydney Urban Adventures
($137 per person).
How to see the best of Sydney in a week
8. Only 20 of its snakes will kill you
The Australia eastern brown snake has enough venom to kill 20 adults with a single bite.
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Most Aussies are proud of their killer wildlife.
The country has 140 snake species and more of the venomous variety than any other continent.
In fact, 20 of the world's 25 deadliest snakes are found slithering here, including the entire top 10.
They're not all nasty. Snakes are naturally shy and would rather not come across humans.
Just north of Sydney, the
Australian Reptile Park
has a milking program for its 200 venomous snakes.
It also hosts hands-on wildlife shows.
9. Coast-to-coast takes four days by rai
Everyone knows Australia is a big place, but its size truly hits home on a trip from one side to the other.
In 1912, work began on the Trans-Australian Railway to link Perth on the west coast with the eastern states.
The first section built across the treeless Nullarbor Plain includes the longest stretch (478 kilometers/297 miles) of straight track in the world.
Today, two iconic passenger trains use the line: the Indian Pacific trundles the 4,352 kilometers from Sydney and Perth in four days, while the Ghan takes three days to travel 2,979 kilometers from Darwin in the north to Adelaide in the south.
10. Burgers come with beets
In Australia, beets on a burger are a given.
There are fancy burgers with goat cheese or chorizo, but a proper Aussie "burger with the lot" includes a slice of tinned beets.
It also often comes with pineapple, fried egg, bacon, cheese and onions, but most Aussies will tell you the red veggies are what makes it taste so great.
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Jenny Holzer
- December 4, 2012 7:00 AM
Jenny Holzer is internationally recognized for her daring approach to public art and her dramatic site-specific installations in galleries and museums. Since the mid-1970s, Holzer has used language as her primary means of expression, delivering various statements and stories through a wide range of media. Beginning with inexpensively printed posters, Holzer's art has steadily evolved in sophistication, expanding into a lexicon that includes advertising billboards, radio, television, clothing, and the medium she is most associated with—the electronic sign. Many will be familiar with Holzer's well-known Truisms: PROTECT ME FROM WHAT I WANT, MONEY CREATES TASTE, YOUR OLDEST FEARS ARE YOUR WORST ONES, LACK OF CHARISMA CAN BE FATAL.
In December, the Museum will unveil a major new installation by Holzer that will include long channels of lighted text running through the central gallery looking out onto the pond. The artist will talk about this new installation, as well as how her work has developed over her distinguished career.
Image: title to be announced by Jenny Holzer, 2012
This popular series of lectures and presentations by artists, scholars, and critics is free and open to the public. To assure seating, free admission tickets are available at the Modern's admission desk beginning at 5 pm on the day of the lecture. Seating begins at 6:30 pm and is limited to 250. A live broadcast of the lectures is shown in Café Modern for any additional guests. Lectures begin at 7 pm. The Museum galleries and the café remain open until 7 pm on Tuesday evenings during the series.
Podcasts of these lectures are available here, two weeks after presentation date.
New This Season!
Café Modern will be open for dinner on Tuesday nights during the lecture series. Enjoy a fine dining experience before or after the lecture; seating is available from 5 pm to 8:30 pm.
For reservations, call 817.840.2174 or visit www.themodern.org/cafe.


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Parks and Recreation
"Sustaining a healthy park and recreation system makes Portland a great place to live, work & play." Parks oversees the acquisition, construction and maintenance of city parks as wells as providing recreational opportunity for Portland citizens.
- Parks and Recreation website
- PDC exemptions page (for housing)
- City Code re Parks SDCs
- Parks SDC page
- Commercial Rate Calculator for 2009
- Central City Map (for tiered fee structure; rates higher in Central City than everywhere else)
- Commercial Park SDC Process Flowchart
- Street Tree regulations and permits


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News: Apps & Software
Thursday, 23 May 2013
Apple: Samsung Galaxy S4 & Google Now Violate Siri Patents
Apple says that the Samsung Galaxy S4 and the Google Now service for Android violate Siri patents. The Cupertino-based company has filed the motion to amend its existing infringement complaint in a California court.
Thursday, 16 May 2013
Google Play Music All Access Service Takes On Spotify
At Google I/O 2013, Google has announced Google Play Music All Access, a paid subscription streaming music service. It will be available in the U.S. for US$9.99 per month after a 30-day free trial.
Wednesday, 15 May 2013
Windows Blue to Be Officially Called Windows 8.1; Will Be a Free Upgrade to Windows 8
Microsoft's Tami Reller has confirmed that the upcoming Windows 8 update, internally codenamed Windows Blue, will be officially named as Windows 8.1. It will be a free upgrade for all Windows 8 users.
Thursday, 18 Apr 2013
3D Fit Mobile App by Glasses.com Scans Your Face, Lets You Try on Virtual Glasses
3D Fit is a mobile app from Glasses.com which enables you to see how glasses look on your 3D model via augmented reality.
Wednesday, 17 Apr 2013
Facebook 6.0 for iOS Brings Chat Heads to iPhone & iPad
The new Facebook update for iOS brings Chat Heads to iPhone, but only for messaging within Facebook. Other changes include Stickers, giant illustrated emoticons, and a cleaner, easier to read design for iPad.
Friday, 12 Apr 2013
LinkedIn Acquires Pulse Newsreader for US$90 Million
Professional network LinkedIn has confirmed its acquisition of 3-year-old news reading app, Pulse Newsreader, for about US$90 Million. 90% of deal was settled with LinkedIn stock, while 10% was in cash.
Wednesday, 10 Apr 2013
Google Play Music Hits Seven More Countries
Google Play Music is rolling out to seven more countries. Users in Australia, New Zealand, Belgium, Luxemburg, Austria, Ireland and Portugal are now able to store their music in Google Play for free, and stream them to their Android devices from anywhere.
Tuesday, 9 Apr 2013
Tumblr for Android Updated with New UI
Tumblr has just updated its Android app with a whole new look. The app comes with fancy new animations, and a look that's more in-line with Android's "Holo" theme.
Monday, 8 Apr 2013
Revamped Evernote for Windows Phone Offers Improved UI
Compatible with devices running on Windows Phone 7.5 and 8, the upgrade comes with new and improved features such as a redesigned home screen, new shortcuts, and better tags, among others.
Friday, 5 Apr 2013
Paul Thurrott: Outlook for Windows RT Exists
Outlook RT exists and looks to be edging closer to release, according to Paul Thurrott of SuperSite for Windows fame. Regarding Office for iPad, he's heard that it would only arrive after Microsoft ships Outlook RT.


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The best utility knife blades for your application will depend partly on your priorities and partly on the material you're cutting. Because safety is a primary concern for most of our customers, our tools ship with a rounded-tip blade installed. Pointed tips are not required to pierce most materials and rounded tips guard against accidental puncture wounds. Some materials, however, make it difficult to initiate the cut with a rounded-tip blade. In this case, the best utility knife replacement blades will be the 10528 pointed-tip blades.
It's worth noting that, while these blades do fit in our scrapers, the tip shape is unlikely to make a practical difference, since the user is scraping with the entire blade edge and not initiating cuts.
Utility knife blade replacement won't be required for a long time when you use Slice; our blades outlast standard metal blades (by an average of 11.2 times longer). We use extremely hard zirconium oxide and a sturdy blade design to ensure exceptionally long wear resistance.
If you're wondering how to dispose of utility knife blades from Slice, there are two things to keep in mind: sharps boxes and recycling. While most people don't have them at home, safety regulations typically require businesses that use blades to provide sharps disposal boxes in order to minimize handling injuries. A finger-friendly® Slice utility knife blade has an edge that's much safer to touch than overly sharp metal or ceramic blades. In fact, some companies have chosen to forego cut-resistant gloves after switching to Slice. When it comes to our rounded-tip blades, they pose such a small risk of handling injury that a sharps disposal box is not required. For our pointed-tip blades, the decision is up to the company, as a pointed tip does have an increased risk of puncturing handlers.
As for recycling, Slice blades are made from zirconium oxide, which is 100 percent recyclable. If you find that there are no recycling facilities in your area, feel free to mail us your used blades to our global headquarters in San Jose, California, and we'll recycle them for you.
This will depend on the cutting depth you need. Our utility knife blade dimensions allow for a deeper cut than our box cutter blades. The benefit of a shorter blade is that you reduce the risk of injury and damage to a package's contents. If your material is thicker, or the shape of the box cutter is impractical for your applications, though, it makes sense to try our utility knives.
Other than cutting depth and handle shape, our box cutters also differ from our utility knives in that they have space to store a spare blade in the handle. There is no equivalent utility knife blade holder, so if this feature is important to you, that's something to consider.
We're confident enough to say that if you need an effective tool and safety is your top priority, we offer the best utility knife blades to balance those needs. Over half the Fortune 1000 use Slice to successfully reduce injuries and lower costs. Our blades have a number of safety features, but the main safety adaptation is the design of our proprietary finger-friendly edge. This edge has a double grind intended to shorten the cutting zone and widen the cutting angle. In this way, it starts at a safe sharpness. And because of the material we use and our unique design, the blade stays at that sharpness up to 11 times longer than metal blades, reducing overall handling. No other company uses this kind of safety edge, which cuts effectively but is much safer to touch.
In addition, our blades are non-sparking, non-magnetic, non-conductive, chemically inert, safe up to 1600 degrees Celsius, and never rust.
The following tools ship with the 10526 rounded-tip utility knife blade, but are also compatible with the optional 10528 pointed-tip blade:
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acids and bases
acids and bases, two related classes of chemicals; the members of each class have a number of common properties when dissolved in a solvent, usually water.
Sections in this article:
- Introduction
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- Classification
- Properties
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Nine rabbits considered an endangered species in New Hampshire are now calling the state home.
Nine rabbits considered an endangered species in New Hampshire are now calling the state home.
The nine New England cottontails were born in a captive-breeding facility at the Roger Williams Park Zoo in Rhode Island earlier this year.
They are spending the winter in a special outdoor pen in Newington, N.H., and will transition to life in the wild. Eventually, radio collars will be fastened to them when they are released.
Once common throughout the Northeast, the New England cottontail population has decreased dramatically over the past half century as development of land and natural forest growth have cut into its available habitat.
Projects are under way to restore 2,000 acres of shrubland habitat across New Hampshire for the rabbit by 2030. This winter, biologists are providing supplemental food and will be monitoring areas where wild New England cottontails are known to occur. The native rabbits are 15 to 17 inches long with a brown and gray coat that does not change color with the seasons. They often have a black spot between the ears and a black line on the edge of the ears.
The Fish and Game Department's Nongame and Endangered Wildlife Program has started a fundraising effort to support the restoration.
The population of the cottontails is now concentrated in five separate areas, including southern New Hampshire and along the New Hampshire and Maine coasts. Other current habitats are in southeastern Massachusetts and along Connecticut's borders with New York and Rhode Island.
All six states are working to create additional habitat, but only New Hampshire and Maine feature the rabbit on their state lists of endangered species. The rabbit is extinct in Vermont. It is a candidate for listing under the federal Endangered Species Act.
The zoo currently has 23 cottontails what will produce offspring for 2013, said Louis Perrotti, director of conservation programs at the zoo. The group of nine rabbits is the first from the program to head to New Hampshire. There's a similar pen in the Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge in Rhode Island. Some of those rabbits were transferred to Patience Island in Narragansett Bay.
It's hoped the recovery plan will include the transfer of more cottontail's to its range. "Right now, it's just small steps," Perrotti said Tuesday. "As we do well at each step we just kind of magnify what we do and step it up. We breed more and then we have more release sites."


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In an article that is about three years overdue, "JPMorgan's practices bring scrutiny" the FT finally takes aim at that other "vampire squid", JP Morgan, which technically is incorrect: because if Goldman is a nimble and aggressive creature, with infinite tentacles in every governmental office, and unencumbered by massive liabilities, JPMorgan is just as connected, but unlike Goldman, it is a behemoth in every other possible capacity, and with its trillion in deposits, matched by tens of billions in bad loans, is a true Bank Holding Company. As such 'Jabba the Hutt' would be a far more appropriate allegory to describe the the firm, whose reach, scope and scale lead the FT to classify it as "Three times a pallbearer, never a corpse."
As some may recall, back in October 2009, Zero Hedge did an exhaustive expose on the relationship between JPMorgan and the then version of MF Global, Lehman Brothers, whose perfectly functioning division, its North American Brokerage, ended up being scooped up by Barclays for pennies on the dollar. In the meantime, however, JPMorgan, with the backing of the Fed, proceeded to demand as much extra collateral for Lehman repo positions on hold with JP Morgan and the Tri-Party repo system, of which JPM is one of only two custodians, simply because it could, and because this is the easiest way for the bank that is even closer to the Fed than Goldman Sachs, to procure liquidity during times of broad distress. Such as when the money market is about to freeze to death. Since then, the topic of just how much JPMorgan may have ripped off the Lehman estate has escalated, and is set to be an epic showdown in the form of a lawsuit which "accuses JPMorgan of using its "life and death power as the brokerage firm's primary clearing bank" to put a "financial gun" to its head and demand excess collateral." And here is the kicker: "It claims JPMorgan abused its access to US government officials and then "accelerated Lehman's free fall into bankruptcy", hoovering up collateral to protect itself to the detriment of the firm and other eventual creditors."
And therein lies the rub: because of all TBTF banks, JPMorgan is literally at the nexus of the entire $16 trillion shadow banking system, the very system that the Fed, much more than traditional liabilities, knows and uses constantly to hypothecate and rehypothecate assets, in essence creating money out of nothing, and which in conjunction with the other Tri-Party repo dealer, Bank of New York, as well as State Street, provides the US financial system with over $30 trillion in shadow credit money in the form of custodial assets - liquidity the bulk of which is not accounted for in any conventional monetary textbook or in any modern theory of money as it is such a novel development, yet which is still 100% fungible, and is by far the biggest secret of the American monetary system. It can be seen as summarized in the following graphic, first created by Citi's Matt King back in the week before Lehman failed (full report can be read here, and should be by anyone who wishes to understand just what is truly going on behind the scenes in modern finance).
Keep in mind, these are the same custody assets which, as explained previously in the case of MF Global, can be rehypothecated in serial fashion, creating a virtually infinite amount of "money" as long as everyone who is in on the fraud agrees to maintain the ponzi. Of course, if and when someone demands delivery of an underlying assets, the whole thing falls apart, which is what happened with AIG, with Lehman, and to a smaller degree, MF Global.
So what does all of this have to do with Blythe Masters?
At the end of the day, and as the Lehman lawsuit alleges, JPMorgan has intimate access to US government officials, and particularly the Federal Reserve, who will in turn take advantage of all JPM facilities, including its trading desk, to preserve the sanctity and foundations of the $30+ trillion in custodial assets and rehypothecation system, which further means that any potential implication that fiat money is impaired has to be wiped out. As it so happens, soaring prices of gold and silver are the primary if not only means left to express rising doubts in the future viability of the dollar, but in the viability of the fiat system in the first place. Which means that the Fed is, without a doubt, one of the biggest "clients" of the Fed in a symbiotic crosshold, where what the Fed wants, JPM has to execute and vice versa.
This brings us to the transcript of Blythe's interview on CNBC, in which a primary topic, ironically, was whether or not Jamie Dimon's firm manipulates the prices of precious metals, and particularly silver. What followed was the usual avalanche of platitudes that only a muppet can love:
- "JPM's commodities business is not about betting on commodity prices but about assisting clients"... "it's about assisting clients in executing, managing, their risks and ensuring access to capital so they can make the kind of large long-term investments that are needed in the long run to expand the supply of commodities"...
- "There's been a tremendous amount of speculation particularly in the blogosphere on this topic. I think the challenge is it represents a misunderstanding as the nature of our business. As i mentioned earlier, our business is a client-driven business where we execute on behalf of clients to achieve their financial and risk management objectives. The challenge is that commentators don't see that. So to give you a specific example, we store significant amount of commodities, for example, silver, on behalf of customers we operate vaults in New York City, Singapore and in London. And often when customers have that metal stored in our facilities, they hedge it on a forward basis through JPMorgan who in turn hedges itself in the commodity markets. If you see only the hedges and our activity in the futures market, but you aren't aware of the underlying client position that we're hedging, that would suggest inaccurately that we're running a large directional position. In fact that's not the case at all.
- "We have offsetting positions. We have no stake in whether prices rise or decline. Rather we're running a flat or relatively flat matched book.
- "What is commonly out there is that JPMorgan is manipulating the metals market. It's not part of our business model. it would be wrong and we don't do it."
Ah yes, because JPMorgan never engages in "wrong" activites...
And while we admire JPM's naive statement that it can triple its commodities revenues to $2.8 billion in 2011, while everyone else was losing money in the space, without taking prop bets, we just don't buy it. Just as we didn't buy Goldman's explanation that its prop desk only accounted for 12% of that firm's revenue, as Goldman told us directly (coupled with our challenge of prop trading in 2009, a pursuit taken on by Paul Volcker a few weeks later, resulting in the Volcker Rule). Needless to say, once the firm did break out its prop trading, it became quite clear just how huge of a factor prop trading truly was for Goldman. Because taken at face value, it would mean that all else equal, JPMorgan transacted at least 3 times more in flow in 2011 than in 2010. Yet, everyone knows that trading volumes in 2011 slumped relative to 2010. So no, Blythe, we appreciate your explanation, but we would appreciate the truth even more.
And yet there is one simple explanation that would make Blythe's story 100% correct: would JPMorgan consider the Fed, whose interests in keeping the price of precious metals as low as possible, and are aligned with those of JPM for the reasons listed above, its client?
Because if so, then absolutely everything falls into place, as JPMorgan is merely the overt conduit by which the Fed, and specifically the New York Fed, conducts monetary policy in the commodities space, just as Brian Sack would conduct open market operations in the bond arena, and as the FRBNY uses, on occasion, Citadel, and its HFT expertise, to execute its discretionary stock trades (yes, we know about those too).
We would welcome Blythe's comments on any and all of the topics listed above.
In the meantime, for those who missed it, here's Blythe.


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Nicole Kidman was knocked to the ground on Thursday after a photographer on a bicycle crashed into her in New York City.
The Moulin Rouge! star was returning to the Carlyle Hotel after watching the Calvin Klein show at New York Fashion Week when the snapper, named as Carl Wu, came speeding toward her.
Wu allegedly lost control of his bike and could not avoid colliding with the actress, who tumbled to the ground as her high heels flew off her feet.
Editors at TMZ.com report that a furious Kidman initially wanted to press charges, but cops who arrived at the scene would not arrest Wu for a criminal offence, writing the paparazzo a ticket instead for cycling on the sidewalk.
Kidman was said to have no visible injuries.
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The SCC and Reader's Solution
- Dump all these stupid Area gun teams and saturation teams and crap. Create one single Area wide Team like the old mission teams and draft them from the existing Tact/Gang teams. 4 officers from each district in the Area for a quick reaction force and "hot spot" mission team. 16 to 20 coppers is 8 or 10 cars - that'll be good enough to cover an Area's hot spots. (Gain quite a few cops)
- Disband SOS or TRU. Sorry, SOS is a political liability now. TRU is a revenue and number generator, nothing more. Pick one or the other. Let's start manning the Beat cars again, then the Rapids. (Gain upwards of 100 cops)
- Knock off the seatbelt missions and outdoor roll calls. The Superintendent himself said he didn't want the Districts doing the seatbelt missions if the only purpose was to generate tickets. Yet we still have districts running a seatbelt mission EVERY watch of EVERY day tying up how many man hours and resources? Use this "new" traffic unit for seatbelt missions and flood hotspots if you must. Outdoor roll calls are just stupid and tie up cars that should be answering calls. (Gain hundreds of man hours)
- Gut Headquarters. Last time they had a 10 or 20% reduction in manpower, the only change was in the number of parking spaces available. The paperwork didn't stop flowing, operations didn't grind to a halt. If anything, the volume of paper INCREASED as people attempted to justify their existence via memo writing. HQ is running three shifts nowadays and that's insane. Cancel the details and let's see where everyone is REALLY hidden. (Gain 200 minimum - maybe 250)
- Gut the front offices - 10 officers in a front office? C'mon now. And no more 2 and 3 years wonders behind the desks. No one likes you? Here's your traffic car. (Gain 3 or 4 cops per district)
- Shitcan the CAPS program - it's done. The Federal money ran out for that years ago. Now it's just a drag on the Department, a hiding place for too many do-nothings, and a drain on resources. Spend the money on the front line guys. (Gain 5+ cops per district plus a bunch from downtown)
- Hire retired guys to dispatch AND make it subject to Department discipline. Some of the best dispatchers we ever knew worked the streets we were on. They listened to the coppers and sergeants and adapted to changing conditions. Today, dispatch is run by civilians and manned by civilians who are tied to unrealistic expectations of getting the jobs out regardless of officer safety or manpower realities. THIS IS NOT A SLAM ON DISPATCHERS who are as undermanned and undertrained as we are. But put some grizzled vets in there and show the civilians how it ought to be done. (Gain countless years of police experience)
- Remap the Districts. This is a political hot potato, but it's been posted here and elsewhere that we don't need 25 districts anymore. 008 is too big, so is 016. 002 is two square miles of nothing, 013 and 021 are easily absorbed into the surrounding districts and 023 was slated to be closed back when 019 opened. Close three to five districts and you have between 700 to 1,200 coppers to alleviate manpower shortages elsewhere. And the bosses could conceivably keep some of their little detail units.


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EVENT: Groupon Earth Day Challenge
EVENT DATE: May 15, 2012
This is Jasper. He's an Asiatic Black Bear, also known as a Moon Bear due to the crescent shaped pattern on the chest. To look at him now you wouldn't know that he spent 15 years locked in a cage the size of a coffin, having his gall bladder milked of bile. But that's the extremely unfortunate reality for thousands of Moon Bears across China and Vietnam.
Fortunately, Animals Asia has made it their mission to rescue moon bears like Jasper, and put an end to this sickening practice. Founded by Jill Robinson of the UK, Animals Asia operates two sanctuaries where the lucky few can live out the rest of their days with love, companionship and grass beneath their paws. To date, they have liberated over 300 bears and will not rest until the thousands that still languish on farms today, are free.
I'm in the running for the Groupon Earth Day Challenge. If we raise the most money, it's an extra $25,000 (£15,500) for the bears! I would love for us to be able to hand that check over to Jill.
In return for your very generous donations I ran the Tough Mudder in PA on May 12th and after reaching $10,000 shaved my head as promised. Anyone who donates will be entered for a chance to win their very own, and very cute, Moon Teddy Bear Cub. There's 10 up for grabs! (see picture on the left)
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Ransom drops off an official video for his latest release "Man Alone." His new mixtape Pain & Glory 3 is coming soon.
Ransom – Man Alone (Official Music Video)
New Jersey rapper Ransom makes his return in 2017 with a new single "Shade", produced by Kage. The record will land on his upcoming…
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Ransom is back with a new visual for a song titled "Indiscretions". The song appears on his forthcoming album, History of Violence.
DJ Absolut – If You Love Me 3000 (Feat. AZ, Ransom & Loaded Lux)
DJ Absolut continues New Music Monday with a lovely new release featuring AZ, Ransom and Loaded Lux titled "If You Love Me 3000."
Ransom – Kick In The Door (Freestyle)
Ransom kicks in the door waving the four four on his latest freestyle over a classic Biggie instrumental.
Joe Budden – Make A Deal (Feat. Ransom)
Joe Budden and Ransom "Make A Deal" on the latest recording from Joey's upcoming Some Love Lost album. The album will be available November…
Joe Budden – Nothing Changes (Feat. Tsu Surf & Ransom)
Joe Budden teams up with Tsu Surf and Ransom on "Nothing Changes." The track is in support of Joey's Some Love Lost album, coming…
Joe Budden – Vietnam (Feat. Ransom)
Joe Budden and Ransom represent for Jersey hard on "Vietnam" produced by DJ Pain. Listen as the two Jersey greats provide us with new…
Ransom – They Even Talked About Jesus (Freestyle)
G-Unit's recent freestyle "They Talked About Jesus" has other rappers jumping on the amped up Wu-Tang track "Tearz" as Ransom releases his own version.
Ransom spits some new bars over Drake's "0 To 100" track on his latest remix. Look out for his new album Pain & Glory…
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Ransom connects with 3D Na'Tee and Fred The Godson for his new visual "Dying Breed". Ransom's Pain And Glory drops later this year.
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Ransom is joined by 3D NaTee and Fred The Godson on his latest track "Dying Breed". Produced by MVP. This will appear on his…
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Some people believe that it requires some leap of faith to disbelieve god's existence. This is absolutely idiotic. Atheism is a lack of a belief in god. If you are religious, ask yourself: "Why do I believe in god?" Whether or not you claim to have evidence for your faith, the correct answer is because someone taught you about god. You did not know what god was until someone told you. Either you were taught, or you invented your own version of god, deluded yourself, and…Continue
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OK, we are finally here. The college football season, at last, ends tonight in New Orleans. You know it's an important game in a SERIOUS locale, because they've put the cheerleaders to work. It's Ohio State vs. LSU, for something weird thing we're calling a "national championship." Or something. Enjoy.
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The vicious Queen of the Night has stolen the sun, moon and stars - and only you can return light to Lemuria. Control princess Aurora in a magical realm inspired by fairy tales, where vile wolves and dark dragons lurk in the shadows.
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Quinn Defends Civil Unions Law in Adoption Dispute
Ill. Gov. Pat Quinn is defending the state's civil union law in a dispute with a Catholic adoption agency. State officials say they won't renew foster care or adoption contracts with Catholic Charities. The organization has received state money in the past, but Catholic Charities has said it would not comply with the new civil unions law signed by Quinn.
Quinn said the law granting gay couples many of the same rights as married couples is staying put.
"We're not going back," Quinn said. "Any organization that decides that because of the civil unions law that they won't participate voluntarily in a program, that's their choice."
Quinn said another agency is helping coordinate more adoption services. There are four Catholic Charities offices around Illinois.


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It scans the road ahead, then sends you a warning to help you avoid a potential collision.
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October 12, 2006
Five American Opera Companies Celebrate Major Anniversary Milestones
New York, NY--OPERA America, the national service organization for opera announces today that five American opera companies will celebrate significant anniversaries throughout the 2006-07 opera season. Founded in 1956, The Dallas Opera will mark its 50th anniversary of producing opera before live audiences during its 2006-07 season. Founded in 1981, Nashville Opera Association, Opera Columbus, and Opera North (Lebanon, New Hampshire) will each celebrate their 25th anniversary seasons. Opera Company of North Carolina will mark its 10th anniversary season during the 2006-07 season.
"Many people think American opera companies are as old and established as many European companies are. This just isn't true," stated Marc A. Scorca, President and CEO of OPERA America. "More than 70% of the opera companies in the U.S. have been formed since 1960; nearly 60% since 1970. Opera companies in most communities are still in the process of cultivating new audiences who are attending opera for the first time. This augurs well for the continued growth and creativity of the field in future years."
A fifty-year tradition of artistic excellence and community service has made The Dallas Opera a major contributor to the national and international reputation of Dallas and a major factor in the economic impact of the arts in North Texas. Founded by the late Lawrence Kelly and famed conductor Nicola Rescigno, The Dallas Opera initiated its history with a performance by the legendary Greek soprano Maria Callas. The Dallas Opera has presented many international stars in their American debuts, including Dame Joan Sutherland, Montserrat Caballé, Jon Vickers, and Plácido Domingo, and designer/director Franco Zeffirelli. A champion of new work, The Dallas Opera has also presented the American premieres of five operas and two world premiere operas. .
With the merger of Nashville Opera with Tennessee Opera Theatre in 1981, the Nashville Opera Association became the region's only opera organization, performing four mainstage productions in a typical season. Under the leadership of Executive Director Carol Penterman and General Artistic Director John Hoomes since 1995, Nashville Opera Association has quadrupled it operating budget and increased audience attendance 350% and is the largest opera company in Tennessee.
Opera Columbus, formed in the spring of 1981, has developed into a highly-regarded regional company in central Ohio. Following a merger with Columbus Light Opera in 2001, Opera Columbus was able to increase its offering to the public to include not just its traditional fall/winter season, but a music theatre repertoire of productions during a summer season. Recognized in 1997 by "Money Magazine" as one of the best summer opera festivals in the world, Opera North has received widespread acclaim in developing from a community-based music theater company to a true regional company that produces standard repertoire as well as many 20th century works. Opera North's principal singers include major performers for both the Metropolitan Opera and New York City Opera; the company performs two fully-staged works each August.
Celebrating its 10th anniversary during the 2006-07 season, Opera Company of North Carolina continues to expand both its artistic goals and business practices in the Research Triangle area of the state. Marketing and fundraising sources are growing as the company works toward fulfilling a fully realized strategic plan.
"Opera companies in many communities are relatively new and new companies are being established in cities that don't yet have live opera performances on a regular basis. Opportunities for emerging artists and new audiences to experience the excitement of opera will continue to increase in the years ahead," Scorca noted.
OPERA America leads and serves the entire opera community, supporting the creation, presentation and enjoyment of opera.
Artistic services help opera companies and creative and performing artists to improve the quality of productions and increase the creation and presentation of North American works.
Information, technical, and administrative services to opera companies reflect the need for strengthened leadership among staff, trustees and volunteers.
Education, audience development and community services are designed to enhance all forms of opera appreciation.
Founded in 1970, OPERA America's worldwide membership network includes nearly 200 Company Members, 300 Associate and Business Members, 2,000 Individual Members and more than 16,000 subscribers to the association's electronic news service. In 2005, OPERA America relocated from Washington, D.C. to New York as the first step in creating the first-ever National Opera Center. With a wide range of artistic and administrative services in a purpose-built facility, the Opera Center is dedicated to increasing the level of excellence, creativity and effectiveness across the field.
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Deeds, McAuliffe, Moran set five debates
The three candidates running for the Democratic nomination for governor announced a series of five debates building up to the big primary vote on Tuesday, June 9.
State Senator Creigh Deeds, former Democratic campaign consultant Terry McAuliffe, and former Alexandria delegate Brian Moran will square off first on Sunday, April 19 in Williamsburg at the annual convention of the Farm Team, a women's political group founded by former Virginia Attorney General Mary Sue Terry.
This will be followed by debates in Hampton on Thursday, April 23, back-to-back debates in Danville on Tuesday, April 28, and in Blacksburg Wednesday, April 29, and a final debate in Annandale on May 19.
Venues and times for the debates have yet to be announced.
In the early stages of the campaign, the nomination appears to up for grabs. According to a survey by Public Policy Polling early this month, 46 percent of likely voters in the Democratic primary are still undecided, with McAuliffe winning 21 percent, Moran getting 18 percent, and Deeds earning 14 percent.
Whoever comes out on top after the June 9 primary will face former Virginia Attorney General Bob McDonnell, who is running unopposed for the Republican nomination.
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None were being compared to Hitler. Americans allied with those who brought Hitler to power as their catspaw against the global Jeffersonian Whig Revolution, which Hitler and Rome's Black Aristocracy objected to in Europe (Read "Mein Kampf's" call to "defend" the "Ostmark" by uniting as "The United States of Europe" - Viz. the Post WWII Bilderbergers creation of the EC/EU led by Dutch SS Chief "Prince" Bernard) are a de facto Fifth Column for Roman fascism working against the American People (Never wonder at the impunity with which the tax-free RC church supports illegal immigration?).
Political candidates anywhere in the U.S., but particulary in the "Cradle of America," the Old Dominion, who support Rome are diametrically opposed to The New Secular Order, and your readers should be allowed to know it.
All references to Hitler, an actual historic person brought to power by institutions and factions yet viable in the world - and in the United States of America (Google "Prescott Thyssen Auschwitz") - are not "non sequitur." One need only read Goldhagen's "A Moral Reckoning," to know with absolute, irrefutable, moral certainty that those claiming to be "American" who support the institution that is "legally, morally, and ethically culpable of the Holocaust, are, in fact, yet supporting what Thomas Jefferson referred to in a letter to Samuel Kerchival as "an engine for enslaving mankind," that is "the real Anti-Christ."
Virginians following Mr Jefferson know that Whig, the name of the party which founded America, means "anti-Roman Catholic." Just because those conformed to the false-elite take offense at revelations of that Faux Aristoi's falseness...and treason...does not make those revelations "non sequitur," it makes those who censor intelligent, cogent, pertinant, and patriotic truth philistines, or quavering ignoramuses at best. The website address was provided to all scholars and patriots to examine for confirmation of the charges and connections made in raising the alarm against your apparent multiple co-religionists' candidacies for the governorship.
Permit intelligent conversation, even if it would offend nuns and pedophile priests. Be an American. Know the Founder's Mind. Thomas Jefferson was a Prophet of G-d. Please permit discussion of the facts and the proven history. Would a little integrity hurt you?
Will any of these be televised debates?
Thank you so much for such a wonderful article,,,on the farm..and my family..
Hopefully it will help out many farmers...who struggle for land...and trying to keep the family farm going...
I have already had one call from a land owner!!!!!
Thanks for the article. I understand better what Lonnie has been saying about Land Use Taxation as it is applied in Albemarle County.
The Hook is to be commended for another article that gets at the ripple effect of Land Use taxation. A short while back The Hook published the following article by Lisa Provence that explained just who benefits from Land Use exemptions:
I'm not surprised that the Farm Bureau did not return the Hook's phone calls....the Farm Bureau has supported the elimination of the Estate Tax, which would have benefited the wealthy....they plead that smalal farms are hurt – go out of busniess – due to that tax. I've asked them multiple times to cite a couple of small farms that failed beause of the Estate Tax...no response.
Albemarle County has 5,000 properties in Land Use, which accounts for 60% of all the land in the county. Yet, the revenue produced by farming and the jobs related to farming in the county are extremely small. No county in Virginia uses Land Use exemptions more than Albemarle County does. Real small farmers deserve it....big "gentlemen" farmers like those cited in the article – Weschler, Grisham, Minor – are another story.
The cost to the county in tax revenue eclipses the revenue-sharing agreement with Charlottesville (which was approved in a referendum by county voters years ago with 64% approval). Starangely, supervisors like Ken Boyd favoring renogiatating the revenue-sharing agreement but simply blink at the Land Use abuse.
In the interim, who is affaected by the expansive use of Land Use tax exemptions? People like Connie Hicks. Those who own quarter-, half- and one-acre lots with a house who pay full freight. County employees, who see pay and benefits reduced.
The current economic calamity should have made it very clear that there is a steep price to pay for tax cuts and breaks directed to those who do not need them. The so-called "trickle down" theory doesn't work....never has.
County citizens, employees, and real farmers deserve better.
Thanks for the great article and for highlighting this important issue. The Piedmont Environmental Council is working hard to promote and foster connections between landowners and farmers as part of our Buy Fresh Buy Local program. This is an essential part of saving both farmland and farms. As the article states, we have a workshop this Saturday on just this issue and for more information you can go to: www.pecva.org
Regarding Land Use taxation, there has never been a serious discussion by the Albemarle County BOS about getting ride of this program. Owners of farms, forests, and rural open space don't get this tax rate because of their participation in farming but instead because maintaining that land as real estate for agriculture, horticulture, forest, and opens space has public benefit. In fact, according to Virginia Cooperative Extension, all 50 states have some form of "use value" tax system for agricultural land. It may sound trite, but "cows don't go to school" and this quip is a good way to explain the reality that open land does not require the same level of governmental services as "developed" land and as such it doesn't make sense to tax open land at the same rate. Finally, despite land use rates on open land, farmland owners are still taxed at market value for the improvements on their property (their house and other structures) and for the land immediately around these improvements.
Thanks again for the great article,
Rex Linville
Piedmont Environmental Council
Dear Mr. Crockett,
Thanks for reading and commenting on this article. There is an error in the print version of this article, which has been corrected online and noted above. In fact, it was not Farm Bureau that rejected Connie's Hicks' loan request; it was Farm Credit. I have apologized to Farm Bureau for the error and will be running a correction in next week's issue. I also apologize to readers for any confusion this has caused, and to Farm Credit, whose response I am still awaiting.
Courteney Stuart
Thanks for the correction you cite Courteney....but that does not change the Farm Bureau's support for tax exemptins - the Estate Tax - for example – that primarily benefit the wealthiest.
I can appreciate Mr. Linville's view that those who get the Land Use exemptin must pay market tax rates on their houses....but surely he also knows that to qualiify for land use, one must own 20 acres or more. Most county residents do not. Moreover, there are few true working farms - in the literal sense of the term - in the county, but 5000 properties and 60% of the land are in Land Use.
Mr. Linville says that "cows don't go to school." True, but kids do and one must assume that some of those who benefit from Land Use exemptions have children in public schools. Additionally, public schools do, in fact, serve to benefit all. The original purpose of public education – which the wealthiest Virginians fought (Jefferson's plan to provide a "free" public education through 3rd grade was defeated a number of times) – was to promote democratic citizenship and the maintenance of democratic governance.
Mr. Linville says that providing Land Use exemptins to the wealthiest for open space or horticulture has "public benefit." But it is an indirect benefit in the sense that the public cannot typically access those open spaces (they are private properties). The beneift the people "gain" is that the land is not developed. Of course, many of those who own the largest estates don't want to develop their land anyway, nor do they plan to. So, even though they can afford to pay the real estate taxes, the general public ends up, through Land Use, subsidizing their open spaces.
A few years back, a tax professor pursuing a divinity degree in Alabama found out that the state taxed its poorest citizens at 4 times the rate it taxed its wealhiest ones. She was aghast and asked her theology professors for advice. They suggested she make the issue her master's thesis. She did (Google Susan Pace Hamill and you can find the thesis in the 2002 Alabama Law Review....or read the New York Times article at http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/25/business/25tax.html?em&ex=1198818000&e...).
Hamill's thesis caused the Alabama governor to get a tax reform package from the legislature. But that package had to be approved by the voters. Then the radio and TV and print ads began, saying the package would be the "largest tax increase" in Alabama history; that thousands of jobs would be lost; that it would lead to desecreation perserved spaces. These claims were blatant deceptions.
When the vote came, every demographic group, including the poorest, voted against it.
Sometimes most of the people can be fooled.
Mark Crockett, bless you, whoever you are. You really hit the nail on the head, and thanks for the great link.
I don't have children, but I contribute my share of county taxes to public education. My unschooled dogs and cats do not earn me a tax break. I take beautiful care of my property and its natural resources, and will never subdivide it. Where's my reward for good stewardship?
Look, everyone knows the PEC is the wealthy person's environmental group. They have their parties at fabulous estates and people drop in for drinks by private helicopter. There's an enormous difference between how they fund-raise and how, for instance, an organization like the Legal Justice Center does it.
I have worked with and for many of the county's wealthiest landowners, and not a one of them would ever subdivide or develop their land. Nor would they ever need a hand out from the government to prevent them from doing so. They love to have lots of land to spread out on, because that provides them the essential elbow room they need to keep them separated from the hoi polloi.
Don't get me wrong-- the PEC does some great work, but never mistake their real mission, which is providing unsullied surroundings for the mega wealthy. If local food weren't trendy among the rich, the PEC wouldn't be supporting the concept. Some of us have been growing our own organic and natural food for decades before the PEC read about it Gourmet magazine and hopped on board the train. The PEC is welcome to ride along, just don't high-jack the train and paint your name on the side of it, okay?
Seriously, in case you didn't read the article above, PEC is hosting a workshop today called "Hosting the Small Farm Dream," and charging $10 to get in....hardly a wealthy person's event. Your jab at PEC's Buy Fresh Buy Local effort is pretty cynical. I don't see any other organization in the state maintaining a comprehensive database of local food sources, and sending out that information for free.
farmboy, I stated clearly that the PEC does some great work. However, I stand by my statement that one of its primary goals is protecting the land of its wealthy donors through government handouts. If they backed away from that stand, I would have a lot more respect for them.
I have a real problem with wealthy people being rewarded for doing the right (i.e. responsible) thing. Ever heard of noblesse oblige? The reality is that, in this instance, you're rewarding them simply for looking out for their own best interests. Are the neediest members of society rewarded with tax breaks for having fewer children? My income is poverty-level-- am I rewarded for maintaining a property that's free of all pesticides and other noxious chemicals?
Once again, they do some great work, and I appreciate that the Eat Local info is widely distributed for free. But I find the preferential treatment given their wealthy donors to be pretty sad, considering that the smaller farmers could really use some tax breaks too.
I have no problem with real "feet on the ground" farmers like Hicks, Salatin, and the Huffs receiving tax breaks for not only being good stewards of the environment, but for providing nutritious untainted food for the people of this area.
The PECs work in local food is a great addition to the community and should be viewed as important. However, there is so much other work being done on Ag in general that it's only one player, not the game. Respectfully,
I also cannot find farm land for grazing and hay making. My herd is quite a bit smaller and the land use is being abused by the wealthy estates. Thank you for bringing attention to one of the few small independent american industries left in this country.
I own two houses in the county. One on two acres and one on 232 acres. I pay about 2600 EACH on the two homes and pay an additional 2000 on the land around the second home.
This is FAIR. The raw land is not using any county services and I have to pay INCOME tax on all of the farming operations. THe tax
"break" is really just a true reflection of the lands cost to the county to provide services. It is disingenous to point to some famous rich people and sat that they are are not paying their fair share. I imagine John grishams home is worth a cool two or three million and he gets NO DISCOUNT on that. He does get land use rates on the land.
There are different tax rates for everything from rental cars, hotel rooms food, services income etc and this is no different.
If the tax rates increased dramatically people would subdivied their land and sell off pieces to pay the tax bill. Those new homes would generate more expenditures for the county than the new tax collected.
Anybody that thinks it won't happen simply needs to look at Louden county in northern Va. People subdivied like crazy and they now have an entire county of mcmansions in the highest foreclosure area of the state.
At the end of the day the land use tax is fair. The county does not allow people to simple mow the grass. They MUST produce hay at a minimum. Anybody that tells you different is a liar. This is not the free ride that some folks would like you to believe.
Lastly, if you raise the tax on the land it will only be passed down to the consumer in the form of higher prices. (or I guess higher mystery novel prices?)
common sense-- I have no idea what your income bracket is, but you may well need the tax break provided by Land Use. How would you feel about the county not extending that tax break to multi-millionaires? What would you think about an income cap? (Serious question there)
My land is also not using any county services, nor do I have children using county schools, etc. What sort of tax break would you propose for me that's "fair" like the one you're getting?
seriously, I have no children in school either. That is the point. A lot of the people who complain are those that are living in a 250k house with three kids paying 2500 in property taxes but consuming 36,000 a year educating their three kids. On top of that they get additional deductions and my cows never race up and down the downtown mall cussing in front of grandmothers.
If you want to make it "fair" then give them a bill for their actual consumption but of couse that could never work.
As for having millionairs lose the exemption they already pay much higher taxes than everyone else. the difference betwen me and a millionaire is that my house is worht 250k on my land and a millionaires is probaly two to three times that which means he already pays two to three times what I pay.
The top 3% of the population already pay 68% of the taxes. while the bottom 35% not only don't pay taxes but get direct government assisance through various programs.
The issue that no one wants to address is why it costs so much to fill a pothole or paint a fence when the government does it. The government also wastes money debatine and studying every little thing to death. If they had to EARN the money then it would be different.
The county budget should be done 18 months in advance and voted on so that WE decise how much they can spend, instead of them deciding how much they get to tax us.
To seriously:
There is already a "fair" tax break for you, simply buy 21 acres of land and work your friggin ass off cutting hay, raising cattle or growing corn.
Whats the problem?
table talk, I stated clearly above that real farmers (i.e. the ones who "work their friggin ass off") SHOULD get a break! I don't think fake farmers who are multi-millionaires should get a tax break for mowing their grass and rolling it into a bale, or having a small herd of decorative sheep.
Farming is hard work that should be rewarded. Rewarding mega-wealthy fake farmers makes a mockery of the process.
what about a millionaire who became a millionaire by by working his ass off abling hay or raising cattle? The tax break is not a subsidy. It is a fair representaion of the lands consumption of county services.
Think of it this way.
Two lots on a road, both one acre. One has a house and four kids and pays 2500 in taxes. The other sits undeveloped and pays 800.
This is fair.
So why is it all of a sudden unfair because the lot size changes?
If you can become a millionaire by baling hay and raising cattle on 21 acres, then you are to be commended!
My understanding is that this is handed out primarily to people who are not actually farmers, but rather those individuals who work their asses off writing novels, making CDs, managing hedge funds in NYC... and let's not forget those who work their asses off inheriting sizable trust funds from their relatives. Trustafarians in Carhartts? Those poor, poor dears need all the tax assistance they can get.
It is funny how this article is about a loss of land for cattle. So the solution is to RAISE the taxes so that these cd makers etc will do what? Rent out their land to cattle producers to pay the tax increase? The cattle producers barely pay any rent now.
The current tax structure is fair based on the land use. These farmers pay personal property taxes on the house and 1 acre and a different rate on the raw land. If you raise the tax rate you will see lots sold off to pay the taxes and then you will get more developemnt requiring more roads and schools and thereby more taxes. That is what the folks realized when they instituted the policy. Think how many more developments there would have been in the last ten years building explosion if this had been repealed ten years ago.
It really is troublesome that most of you who talk of land use do not really know all the standards of this process, one being you must be running it as a farm, not just empty pasture land and that it has been available to less than 20 acres. Then there is talk of John Grisham he has his land in preservation not to be subdivided how else are we too preserve the larger farms working now or for the future. I too pay taxes w/kids that do not utilize the public schools and not private school students but home schooled. I pay several thousands for education materials and pay real estate tax as well but no tax break here either. The assumption that every farmer small or large chooses to use or benefit from gov't subsidies once again is just a presumption. Fair or not if you don't start thinking ways to preserve the larger lots of land tax break to millionaires or the rest of us you will begin to see the small farm set up dissappear and those millionaires subdividing their property into a subdivision with restrictions on having chickens much less substainable farming. It seems that there is a lot of whining going on almost to the point it sounds like two kids fighting over a bigger part of the pie. It is true there are plenty of people out there in need of assistance as in the Hick's family. I do question why there is a need for her to purchase her home place from her parents it would seem more appropriate that she attempt to make it work while living with her parents maybe this is an antiquated position. In a time when it is a buyers market for real estate and not the seller's would the loan to her have been a handout considering the fact that her only other option should the farm fail was to work at Target? As for Ted Weschler if he feels bad for taking the tax break and that it is wrong why does he?


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Yo Daddy's , an ice-cream shop and winebar (what?) in Greensboro, North Carolina is as focused with their advertising efforts as their business establishment concept, and they put the old "angry wife announces she caught cheating husband on billboard" idea on a digital billboard to attract some PR, buzz and customers. We've seen the cheating wife spends large chunk of money on billboard before several times, and one advertised court TV which actually makes sense. Selling a frozen ice-cream slash wine-bar shop with this idea, a little less logical. Also surprising that this idea still generates buzz when it's been done several times before.
But that's not the most interesting thing about this casual Badlander. Since these messages appeared on digital billboard, other local busineses got in on the gag and started replying to the fictitious cheating couple with their ads. My favorite being "Dog House? We've got that size" from Mattress Warehouse. High five to you guys.


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You know, it's been all over the news.
OK, I'm lying. Because this blockade is against the entire Yarmouk camp in Syria, which normally houses some 150,000 Palestinian Arabs. Most have fled but there are still tens of thousands in the camp.
This siege is not at all like Israel's "blockade" of Gaza where residents can get medical aid, food, school supplies, cars, building materials, fuel and hundreds of other items, not to mention that they can export vegetables and move lots of goods via Egypt.
The Yarmouk blockade, in contrast, is total.
In the very end of an Arabic article about the murder of an elderly Palestinian in Yarmouk by Assad's forces - another story you won't read about in the media - we learn this:
The Syrian security forces continue to impose a crippling blockade on the camp, preventing entry of medical supplies and basic needs of the refugees; [the blockade] has been in place more than a month.
I missed this story, and for good reason. Only two news sources mentioned the Yarmouk blockade over the past month, one from UPI on January 7 and one from Allvoices on January 9th. Middle East Monitor had earlier indicated that the siege began around December 23rd so it is now in its seventh week.
No UN resolutions.
No NGOs issuing press releases and glossy reports.
No news coverage of any sort for nearly a month.
No flotillas.
No convoys.
No op-eds.
No Twitter hashtags.
No Facebook pages.
Nothing from "human rights" groups.
Total silence from "pro-Palestinian activists."
No, if you want to read about Palestinian Arabs suffering in Syria, you have to read a Zionist blog.
Now you need to ask yourself why that is.