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Re: Duel at the Armory: Hasay vs Cain
Now that we are going to spend the next 16 months talking about Mary Cain and high school records, let's apply the same criteria to high school records and Track and Field News applies to collegiate.
Taking nothing away from Mary as she is an incredible talent, she is no longer able to set high school records (using the same rules that are in effect for collegiate rules) because she no longer represents her school and does not compete in high school only competition. She should be credited with junior and age group records, but not high school. Notice in the collegiate records listings, there is a separate section for marks made in non-collegiate meets.
There should be identical criteria for both groups, collegiate and high school. Why not?
Re: Duel at the Armory: Hasay vs Cain
Are you saying T&FN and whatever agencies rule over HSR's should change the entire high school record book??
Because if you do it for (or against!!) Cain, you'd have to go back and do it for EVERYONE!!!
Here's a PARTIAL list of the HSR's that would have to be moved to the new list for marks made in NON-HS meets:
Jim Ryun........3:59.0 (1964 Compton Invitational)
Jim Ryun........3:55.3 (1965 AAU Championships)
Alan Webb......3:38.26 and 3:53.43 (2001 Prefontaine Classic)
Gerry Lindgren..8:06.4 and 8:40.0 (1964 LA Indoor Meet)
Gerry Lindgren...13:44.0 (1964 Compton Invitational)
Allyson Felix.......22.11 (Mexico City in 2003)
Lynn Bjorklund....9:08.6 (Kiev, Soviet Union, 1975)
And on and on and.....on!!!!!
For whatever reason, the different "rule" for HSR's should be maintained!
(But get rid of those damn 1600's and 3200's!!!)
P.S. As an afterthought, why is it that T&FN print edition has eliminated EVERY list.....except for the Annual Issue's Top 40 of the year......and some monthly HS lists??
I mean, if you're getting rid of the lists because they're so out of date by the time we get the issue, then why retain the HS lists.....sometimes in EVERY monthly issue??
And if you're going to have monthly HS lists.....then bring back the World/USA/Collegiate lists too!! (You could combine them.....Top 10 or 15 World, with additional Americans bringing total to 15 or 20. And either have a separate Collegiate list, or add it to the World/USA list s an appendage.)
restrictions on meets for HS Records? [split]
I will repeat what i said a few months ago: Cain is a fine young runner, but at the 1972 Olympics the late Glenda Reiser, 16, ran a 4:06 1500 with much less fanfare.
Oh I get it, she wasn't American.
Re: Duel at the Armory: Hasay vs Cain
Two things have changed drastically since 1972:
1. Track and Field News didn't start covering women in depth until 1979!!
2. The Internet!!
If Reiser had run her 4:06 in 2013, you can bet she would be getting LOTS more coverage than she did 41 years ago!!
Re: Duel at the Armory: Hasay vs Cain
And she was 17, not 16.
Re: Duel at the Armory: Hasay vs Cain
That is exactly what I mean, use the same standards for High School Records as are used for Collegiate Records. Why are they different, I suspect the NCAA had something to do with that many years ago.
High School Records should be set by athletes representing their schools in high school competition, not by individuals not representing a school or in open level meets. No comparison and it raises the bar incredibly high.
These should be listed as age, junior or high school bests, not records.
Jack Shepard and Mike Kennedy are long time personal friends, they are not to blame.
Re: Duel at the Armory: Hasay vs Cain
Feel free to start your OWN record book. I'm just fine with things as they are.
Re: Duel at the Armory: Hasay vs Cain
You may be fine with status quo, it is a real disservice to kids. Gives the athletes talented or lucky enough to get into open competition an opportunity to be pulled along to marks that could never be achieved in high school only competition.
Re: Duel at the Armory: Hasay vs Cain
Yeah, I hate it too when talent gets rewarded.
Re: Duel at the Armory: Hasay vs Cain
Records are fine, but obsessions are not. Anybody still in High School (Grade 12 is a North American Standard - yes?), and under a certain age should be able to qualify for a HS Record, as I see it. Incredibly talented young athletes will, of course, be able to access high levels of competition and run very fast, as it should be. Down the road(track), their records will be broken under similar conditions by some equally, or more, blessed. As a Canadian, it is still almost unbelievable that 17 year old Glenda Reiser ran 4:06 in the Olympic semifinals almost 41 years ago, and never ran faster. Stuff happens.
Re: Duel at the Armory: Hasay vs Cain
If it were up to me, the HS Records would have the same restriction as our Collegiate Records do, which is end in June. Our HS Editors, however, are dead set against any such rule, so when we made the decision to truncate the college season the prep side did not follow.
I disagree about levels of meets though. So long as it's "in-season," anything goes as far as I'm concerned.
You'll note from our records section, though, that we do keep a separate listing of marks made in HS-only competition.
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could you tell us about reiser, 1972 i was in hs and info on her was limited
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So I suppose a "gifted" student who is allowed (or pushed?) into "advanced" classes....some even taking collegiate courses while still in high school....or are otherwise given opportunities the "average" student isn't......should be punished by not allowing them to receive credit for those courses....and thereby forcing them to have to graduate with all those "dumb asses" below them!!!
Yeah, let's keep the Mary Cain's of this world in "high school only" races!!
Here's the results of a hypothetical high school only meet:
2 mile:
1. Cain, Mary...................9:38.68
2. Jane, Plain...................10:55.02
One hour later....
1. Cain, Mary..................2:03.34
2. Girl, Slow...................2:23.19
30 minutes later:
1 mile:
1. Cain, Mary.................4:28.25
2. Surrender, I................5:03.46
Headline in next days sports section:
3 Girls Quit Team: "We'll never be able to win!"
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looing up reiser, she ran her 4:06 in yhe same heat bragina set a wr
larriey ran 4:11 next heat..
ftrying to find a video od the 4:06 to see the kid in action
just talked to a friend in canada about her
She was cursed with bad skin and the nickname Glenda Greaser-people can be so cruel. Got to think that might have been the world junior record at the time. Canadian record is 4:00.27 by Lynn Williams.
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There are two sets of HS records: The T&FN set and the NFHS set. It sounds like the OP should just go by the NFHS records. They do not recognize anything Mary Cain does. There's no need for T&FN to be more restrictive when there's already another group maintaining a stricter set of records.
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a few years back i saw this when chanelle price ran a fast time, and said it was a record, not the kim gallagher 2 flat at the olympis festival
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As others have noted, there are already multiple sets of books here, so it's a non-issue.
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And that's why people who "find" track and field.....walk away from it and return to soccer or football or golf or baseball!!
Isn't track and field supposed to be the SIMPLEST of sports to understand??
The fastest, highest, furthest is the BEST.......period!!
But, no, there's wind-aided times, altitude-adjusted marks, OG and WC "A" and "B" standards, athletes who finish 2nd do NOT make the team while 7th place finishers DO, downhill marathon courses, false start disqualifications, oversize indoor tracks, non-banked indoor tracks, high school only races and meets, American Collegiate records and Collegiate records, mixed race marks, USATF-sanctioned events with "official" USATF timers and judges, wind tunnels for discus throwers......and restrictions on what an athlete MUST wear!!
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It's called "reality." Once you have your mind right, it's a perfectly okay place to be.
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Exactly right. I find the 'records' issue to be a complete 'non-issue', and it is, of course, not a reason why anyone does not find track appealing (same as the red herring as the move to metric races).
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with more record books, doesn't that mean more records to break
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Can't remember where I saw it....MAYBE in the pages of T&FN??....but I recall when Ron Clarke ran a track WR (or world best?) for 10 miles in 47:12.
It was said he'd broken records at:
7 miles
7 and one-fourth miles
7 and one-half miles
7 and three-quarter miles
8 miles
and on and on and on through to....
9 and three-quarter miles!!
ALL his enroute quarter mile splits were listed as "records" at each distance!!
Re: restrictions on meets for HS Records? [split]
Respectively, you are missing the point. Track and Field News should not have different standards for Collegiate records than for High School Records. Records are records and why the difference in only listing marks that were made in college/university competition? Note the box below the main record listings shows those made in non-college (open) meets.
Why not do the same for High School, list the NFHS records (high school only competition) and have a separate list for those marks made in higher level competition? Gives a much better perspective to the reader.
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MY canaian friedn on reisner
Reiser would remind you of an American, but I can't remember who right now. Very long legs and metronome stride, not explosive speed but capable of running fast smoothly, not a choppy stride. She must have been hurt because she didn't even make the team in 1976. Pretty amazing talent, that's still an excellent time for a junior, still 7th fastest ever.
and here is her 1aaf profile
Re: restrictions on meets for HS Records? [split]
Why not? There's a perfect logic behind it.
College seasons end at the NCAAs, because after that their eligibility expires, and they are immediately 'open athletes'.
The high school season shouldn't end until Aug 31, because they are not yet training with their college team, so there is no 'taint' to the record. Post-season HS Invitationals and Jr. Olympics (well after the graduation ceremony) are part of a HS senior's last HS season, so records there SHOULD count.
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What point are you attempting to make? This was nearly half a century ago. You might be interested in knowing that all these fractional "best on records" were kept beginning ca. the late 1870s and that practice continued for many decades, more unofficially than officially, of course. And why should this be perceived as nutty? If one is keeping accurate splits, why not measure them against the best-on-record-to-date?
Needless to say, no one does this anymore. We all know what the WR is for the 5 and 10; how many remember the best 4000 or 9000 splits, never mind the clockings at every lap? All that stuff is kept, of course, its just that our withered little brains don't have room for the information.
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The August 31 dating is a flawed model from another era when schools "everywhere" cranked backup after Labor Day. Far as I know, the whole school year has been skewed backwards in many/most states, with classes starting in August, sometimes early August. And HS graduations in places are in early May. Should somebody really be getting credit for a "high school" mark made 4+ months after their graduation? Or if they're already in college?
This last question isn't fanciful; it has happened. A few years back I had to have the HS Editors pull some marks from the top of the list because the athlete in question was indeed already at university, in classes for the fall semester (not summer school), and the meet in question (in August) was a meet on the school's campus.
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That's still an extremely rare scenario in which a college would be hosting a track meet in August.
In August, unless you have a kid with some international meet still on their schedule, most college coaches want their kids getting into their fall base training, not chasing after marks. I think August marks should be taken on a case by case basis, but let's not throw the baby out with the bathwater, there's not some widespread epidemic of college coaches trying to squeeze a HSR out of their incoming freshmen.
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http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/new ... 856d7b669b
in reading info on reiser and cain
reiser was a swimmer who turned to track
same with cain who was a swimmer turned tack
here's a couple photos of reiser
looks to be a big girl
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=gle ... tedIndex=1
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Indeed. That's a very rare circumstance, and should have been excised. Few other examples exist. If a student is indeed already on a college campus, benefiting from that environment, then it should not be included, but that is sooooo rare.
We recently discussed Casey Carrigan's case, which explains why he couldn't be given a Junior class record even though he was actually extending his junior season into October of his senior year!
Re: restrictions on meets for HS Records? [split]
Is there any criteria for records in terms of representing your school? Do you actually have to be part of the schools track team? Did you have to compete for a certain amount of meets or time? Do you just have to be enrolled in school?
I just think Cain breaking these HS records but not even running for her school doesn't really make sense. Makes it seem as if any random HS kid can enter any random open meet and break a HS record.
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An interesting point. A HS kid not running for her high school at all does seem a bit odd. Even odder to call them school records. But not unprecedented. Tom Sullivan back in 1961, when he ran the HS record 4:03.5 didn't compete for his high school much and not at all in the Illinois State meet or anything sanctioned by the IHSA. The reason was so he could compete in open races, such as the Compton Relays where he set the record.
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perfect example here taylor william top times i PA in 60m and 200m
1st in heat 2nd in finals
college girls in final
coached professionally because dad wants a better coach thn avaiable at her hs
here's her 200m
and her 60m
http://ny.milesplit.com/meets/131862/videos/?id=32652 withe 3 girls from st jhns in the race
taylor williams goes to a suburban hs, her dad wanted good coaching, not available at the school he attends
is running for high speed track
she's in 11the grade, her dad is filiminf this 200 from nyu
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Re: restrictions on meets for HS Records? [split]
rare or not, nobody (IMHO) should be getting credit for a HS Record as much 4+ months after they've actually graduated!
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It works in reverse (where you don't have to be enrolled at the school to participate). They call them "Tim Tebow rules" http://ideas.time.com/2012/02/16/tim-te ... ay-sports/
Re: restrictions on meets for HS Records? [split]
Cain is a high school student, it's not like she has dropped out of school to train full time.
The NFHS does not recognize her records, so if it bothers you that T&FN does, just find the NFHS record list and ignore any discussion about her here.
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I agree with that. Middle of June of their senior year should be the end.
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Doesn't bother me. Just curious because it doesn't seem to make sense since there is no representation as with College.
So I was correct in saying that a random HS kid can enter any competition as an open athlete, run, and have his mark count towards HS stats, as long as they are academically enrolled in High school?
Re: restrictions on meets for HS Records? [split]
I'd say June 30, but it doesn't really make much difference. Everyone's in agreement that performances in August or September are out.
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The restrictions that the NFHS puts on HS records (basically the same rules Mr. Harkness is pushing) makes their HS record list a ridiculous joke. Jack Shepard and T&FN are doing just fine here - no significant changes required . . .
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Conservatively Speaking
State Senator Mary Lazich (R-New Berlin) represents parts of four counties: Milwaukee, Waukesha, Racine, and Walworth. Her Senate District 28 includes New Berlin, Franklin, Greendale, Hales Corners, Muskego, Waterford, Big Bend, the town of Vernon and parts of Greenfield, East Troy, and Mukwonago. Senator Lazich has been in the Legislature for more than a decade. She considers herself a tireless crusader for lower taxes, reduced spending and smaller government.
No sales tax holiday in Wisconsin
That means sales on clothes and supplies, and 16 states have a back to school sales tax holiday. Eighteen states utilize some form of sales tax holiday.
Stateline.org reports, "
Come August, sales taxes for a brief time are forgiven on items like pencils, notepads, even computers. Budget crisis infested
Two organizations, The Tax Foundation in Washington D.C. and the liberal Citizens for Tax Justice, according to Stateline.org concur on sales tax holidays: "Since the holidays only include special items — school items during back-to-school season, guns and ammunition during hunting season — they still unfairly impose sales taxes on everything else. In other words, they discriminate against consumers who don't go hunting every fall and don't have to buy their children notebooks and pencils."
The Tax Foundation has just issued a new report on the impact of sales tax holidays. Their conclusion: Bad policy that sounds good. The report states:
"Despite their political popularity, sales tax holidays are based on poor tax policy and distract policymakers and taxpayers from real, permanent, and economically beneficial tax reform. Sales tax holidays introduce unjustifiable government distortions into the economy without providing any significant boost to the economy. They represent a real cost for businesses without providing substantial benefits. They are also an inefficient means of helping low-income consumers and an ineffective means of providing savings to consumers. Sales tax holidays do not promote economic growth or significantly increase consumer purchases; the evidence shows that they simply shift the timing of purchases. Some retailers raise prices during the holiday, reducing consumer savings."
Well...I say,The Tax Foundation and the liberal Citizens for Tax Justice can cry me a river. The vast majority of my constituents appreciate any tax break they can get. A sales tax holiday is a more worthy stimulus that the stimulus
Read more from Stateline and the Tax Foundation.
Flag owners take note
The U.S. Flag Code has been amended with information about flag-lowering orders by the President and Wisconsin Governor.
You can read the details and also sign up for an e-mail alert about the issuance of flag-lowering orders here.
Last day to comment about proposed rules claiming use of words Indians and Chiefs are discriminatory
A complaint has been filed with the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) claiming the
The Mukwonago Chief newspaper reports a Mukwonago resident and former
Paul Strobel, Superintendent of the
The state Legislature approved a bill banning racial logos and mascots. Governor Doyle signed the bill into law. I voted against the legislation.
Thursday, July 29, 2001, DPI held a public hearing about the e
"Enacted this spring, 2009 Wisconsin Act 250 allows a school district resident who objects to the use of a race-based nickname, logo, mascot, or team name by the school board of that school district to file a complaint with the state superintendent. The legislation requires immediate review of the complaint to determine whether the use of the nickname or team name, alone or in connection with a logo or mascot, is ambiguous or unambiguous in being race-based.
The emergency and proposed permanent rules specify that the use of certain nicknames or team names are unambiguously race-based and presumed to promote discrimination, pupil harassment or stereotyping unless the school district produces clear and convincing evidence refuting this presumption. The proposed rules establish procedures for a school district resident to submit a complaint about a race-based nickname or team name; information a school district must provide when there is a complaint and if the nickname or team name is found to be ambiguous; and depending on the result of the complaint review, the timeframe for the state superintendent to notify the parties or schedule a contested case hearing."
Here is an excerpt from DPI demonstrating subjective government decision making:
"The rules specify that the use of any of the following nicknames or team names are unambiguously race-based and presumed to promote discrimination, pupil harassment or stereotyping unless the school district produces clear and convincing evidence refuting this presumption.
A nickname or team name is unambiguously race-based if it includes any of the following terms: 1. the full or partial name of any specific, federally recognized American Indian tribe, 2. Indians, 3. Braves, or 4. Redmen.
A nickname or team name is unambiguously race-based if it includes any of the terms arrows, blackhawks, chiefs, chieftains, hatchets, raiders, red raiders, warriors, or warhawks and is used in connection with any of the following logos or mascots: 1. A depiction of an American Indian person or persons, 2. Feathers or feather headdress, 3. Arrows, bows, spears, tomahawks, stone hatchets, or other historical or traditional American Indian weapons or tools, or 4. Historical or traditional American Indian drums, pipes, beadwork, clothing or footwear."
Comments are accepted by DPI through August 4, 2010. Here are more details including information to contact DPI via email.
I predict future reminiscence of the many schools that were named in honor of Native American culture, much lament about the loss of the remnants of Native American culture, and future requests to name schools and other buildings in honor of Native American culture.
A Serious Blow to Photo ID Opponents
For three days, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel editorial writer and columnist James E. Causey turned himself homeless.
"I slept on a park bench. I slept on church steps. I slept in my car and at the Milwaukee Rescue Mission. I ate at free meal sites. I panhandled for nearly three hours, collecting just enough change to buy a flatbread sandwich from Dunkin' Donuts," Causey wrote in the newspaper's Crossroads section June 27, 2010.
Standing in line at the St. Benedict's
Causey wrote of deplorable conditions at the Rescue Mission's men's shelter. Calling it his "most eye-opening experience," Causey detailed the communal shower and sleeping arrangements that had bunk beds placed three feet apart.
A jolt came as Causey described his Rescue Mission experience. This surprising line jumped out about two paragraphs into Causey's column:
"You need a state ID to get a bed."
Absolutely stunning. A homeless individual, in order to secure a bed at the Milwaukee Rescue Mission is required to display a state ID.
You need a photo ID to, as the slogan goes, Make it a Blockbuster Night and rent a video.
Want to purchase a six-pack of beer at Pick 'n' Save? Have your photo ID ready at checkout.
Getting your ears pierced? Yes, you will need a photo ID.
Is the Post Office holding your mail because you were on vacation? What about some credit card purchases? Applying for a driver's license or library card? Boarding a plane? Entering a federal building? Renting an apartment? Cashing a check? All require presentation of a photo ID. Add to the list getting off the street and finding a spot to sleep at
One of the loudest, most common arguments by opponents of a photo ID requirement to vote is that the stipulation will disenfranchise voters, especially the poor and minorities. James Causey's column describes the "extreme poverty that has a vise grip on so many people," and he witnessed "black and white" during his 72 hours of research. According to those that have obstructed every attempt to enact a photo ID law in
The rescue
The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) reports that in 26 states, "All voters are asked to show identification prior to voting. Eight of these states specify that voters must show a photo ID; the other eighteen states accept additional forms of identification that do not necessarily include a photo. In no state is a voter who cannot produce identification turned away from the polls—all states have some sort of recourse for voters without identification to cast a vote. However, in Georgia and Indiana, voters without ID vote a provisional ballot, and must return to election officials within a few days and show a photo ID in order for their ballots to be counted."
In several states, the argument that some voters either do not possess or cannot obtain IDs is countered by providing them the opportunity to cast provisional ballots, giving them time to furnish proof of citizenship.
During a 2006 U.S. Supreme Court case, the high court wrote, "Voter fraud drives honest citizens out of the democratic process and breeds distrust of our government. Voters who fear their legitimate votes will be outweighed by fraudulent ones will feel disenfranchised."
Quite honestly, photo ID opponents have exhausted all of their arguments, including their ace in the hole. How can one seriously submit a photo ID law would deny access to the polls to poor and minorities while they display state IDs to sleep at the Rescue Mission?
To reduce voter fraud and restore voter confidence in our critical election system, a strong
Come visit me at the Fair, and buy some corn!
Call it a lip-smacking labor of love.
Bertha Hynek of Allenton is eating an ice cream cone while her grandson, Wesley Priesgen, 10, works on an ear of roasted corn at the Wisconsin State Fair. Photo: www.wisconsinhistory.org.
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August 5 through August 15, 2010 at the Wisconsin State Fair, dedicated workers at the New Berlin Lions Club stand (shown above) will take picture perfect ears of Wisconsin sweet corn and lovingly dunk them into real, honest to goodness melted Wisconsin butter.
They will perform this mouth-watering ritual over 100,000 times, and the money goes to numerous charities statewide. All the corn dunkers and other workers are volunteers.
Bush tax cuts go away, your taxes go up
The Tax Foundation in
"By the term 'average middle-income family,' we are referring to the average of the families in the middle 20 percent of the income distribution. This is different from the 'average family,' which would have a much higher income level than the 'average of the middle-income families,' given the skewed distribution of income."
If the Bush tax cuts expire January 1, 2011, the average middle-income family in
If the tax cuts are extended, the average middle-income family in
The average
You can read the Tax Foundation study here.
Brett Arends of the Wall Street Journal also did some number crunching and came up with the tax bumps Americans can expect if the tax cuts disappear:
"For a typical single filer with adjusted gross income of around $40,000 it might be about $400 a year.
Creative, clever ways to cut the state deficit by 60 percent
Chris Schneider, a senior fellow at the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute (WPRI) takes a humorous look at a very serious problem: the state's $2.5 billion structural deficit.
Schneider laments at the lack of any serious effort to reduce the deficit: "Spend less, set money aside for budget downturns, don't violate the Constitution by raiding poor, defenseless trust funds to plug the budget, don't issue debt to fund ongoing commitments, etc. Somehow, those ideas have become the radical ones."
Since the state has been unwilling to take necessary deficit reduction measures, Schneider has developed his own "revenue enhancers" that he says would make a dent of "$1.536 billion per year in revenue, without anyone in the state really noticing any difference in their lifestyle."
His ideas include the "Deluxe Package" driver's license, the
They are a hoot. Read about Schneider's revenue enhancers here.
Wisconsin consumers becoming more savvy
Unscrupulous scammers are always working overtime in their effort to bilk consumers. During 2009, the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) received 13, 648 official consumer complaints. The department takes thousands of calls each week.
The good news is that DATCP is witnessing more and more smart consumers that have caught on and refuse to be taken by con artists. DATCP says consumers are becoming more aware of shady deals, are refusing to give out personal information, and are closely examining g company records.
Read more about how consumers are making smart decisions here.
The state's unaffordable debt problem
More bad economic news for
The Wisconsin Policy Research Institute (WRPI) reports that since the Legislature voted to allow the issuance of bonds during 1969, our dependence on debt has skyrocketed.
In Wisconsin, we tax, spend and borrow more than we have the ability to pay. The same holds for true for debt that is being issued at a pace the state is unable to afford. Negative ramifications are the result: a strain on the state budget leaving less money for important programs and services, an increase in the cost of ongoing programs, and a reduction in the state's bond rating.
"When the new governor takes office in January of 2011, he'll have the state's large debt burden to thank for much of the state's shabby fiscal condition."
Read more here.
Special deer hunt for the disabled
A special
The special hunt is the first of the season, providing disabled hunters better access and weather.
Here are more details including a sponsor list for the hunt.
Scams at the checkout line?
Back to school shopping sales may not be what they seem. The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) is warning bargain hunters to make sure they are paying the right price on popular back to school items.|
According to a news release, during 2009, "DATCP weights and measures inspectors tested more than 25,000 items for price accuracy in stores all around the state. The total price scanner accuracy rate for 2009 was 96.5%. That percentage includes both overcharges and undercharges. Seven companies paid civil forfeiture settlements – totaling more than $250,000 – as a result of weights and measures price scanner inspections. None of the companies involved admitted to having committed violations."
DATCP reports investigators save the average
Here is more from DATCP about how to prevent scanner errors.
Identity Theft-Part One
The meeting room at the Milwaukee County Sheriff's
Rebekah and Isaac had twin sons. Born first, Esau grew to be a hunter and was extremely hairy. The smooth-skinned Jacob was a soft spoken home-body. As Isaac grew old, he became blind. He asked Esau one day to catch some game for a special meal so that he might bestow upon his eldest son his blessing. As Esau hunted, Rebekah and Jacob joined forces to trick Isaac. Rebekah cooked a separate meal and helped disguise Jacob with hairy arms and Esau's clothes. Jacob presented his blind father with the meal, and Isaac, feeling a hairy body and smelling Esau's clothing mistakenly gave his blessing and his inheritance to his youngest son. Esau returns too late from his hunt to prevent the stolen blessing that Isaac, regrettably, refuses to revoke.
Special Agent Wayne Ivey of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement told those at the summit that the Old Testament account marks the first recorded case of identity theft. The Biblical anecdote demonstrates identity theft is not new; it has simply evolved into the fastest growing crime in the world.
Listening to the startling information presented makes one realize that this crime is scarier than most imagine. The former police chief of
Even scarier are these discouraging words from Agent Wayne Ivey:
"No one is immune. There is no silver bullet to stop identity theft." As evidence, Ivey asks if anyone has been victimized. Several police officers raise their hands.
One out of 10 will be targets. Only one out of 700 identity thieves are actually apprehended, convicted, and go to jail. Law enforcement, unfortunately, are unable to keep up, are saddled with funding limits, and are admittedly focused on violent crime.
Despite the escalation and severity of identity theft, Ivey says law enforcement lacks a clear understanding of the crime and compassion for the victims. To police officers and prosecutors, identity theft just isn't sexy.
Senior citizens are prey for identity thieves for many reasons according to Ivey. Susceptible seniors are intimidated by, and therefore refuse to use computers. Some are senile, too gullible, too trusting. They are affluent and have nest eggs, and because identity theft is a crime driven by greed, seniors are desirable targets. The thieves know all too well that when victimized, seniors are much less willing to pursue the case fearing involvement and possible retaliation. So their crimes go un-reported.
Who is to blame for identity theft? Plenty of folks.
Financial institutions: Ivey says most will not target an identitty thief as a "perp" unless there is more than $10,000 involved.
Credit card companies: Are they losing money? Not on your life. The companies merely offset losses by passing on higher interest rates to other consumers.
Lending organizations: Ivey contends they are unconcerend because the money they lose isn't worth the money they're gaining.
Consumers: They are culpable, too, due to their lack of vigilance and falling for scams.
How the thieves operate in Part Two.
DNR requests website design advice by Monday August 16
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is updating the website.
Visit this page to read about proposed changes to the DNR site and to tour the new site. The DNR is interested in website design advice not website content advice.
After reviewing the new design, you may fill out a confidential survey at this link.
The deadline for receiving your survey response is Monday August 16.
Legislative Audit Bureau report: Division of Gaming
Tribal revenue from gaming in
LAB Report: Test Score Data for Pupils in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program
The Wisconsin Legislative Audit Bureau (LAB) has completed a state statute required analysis of pupil test score data comparing test scores of Milwaukee Public School (MPS) students to test scores of students enrolled in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program. The key finding is that the data "show no significant difference in the performance of Choice pupils and similar MPS pupils after three years."
Researchers with the School Choice Demonstration Project that are conducting a five-year study of Choice and MPS students firsts elected during the 2006-07 school year supplied the test score data to the LAB that also interviewed researchers and officials familiar with the Choice program. They indicated the five year study (The LAB's report is the third of five) is the most comprehensive effort thus far comparing test scores of Choice and MPS students and the LAB reports the sampling techniques are described as "innovative and vigorous."
THE LAB emphasizes there are limitations on information that can be studied, analyzed, and determined:
"Although we understand that individual pupils cannot be identified, we had initially believed that the project would provide us with data that identified the school attended by each Choice pupil who took the tests. However, citing confidentiality concerns, the project did not provide information on these pupils' schools. Federal law generally requires written permission from parents or guardians before information about individual pupils may be released. In addition, project researchers signed agreements with their universities stipulating that they would not release information that identified pupils or the schools they attended, and they signed similar confidentiality agreements with Choice schools and the parents and guardians of Choice pupils. Because the data available to us do not identify the Choice pupils and schools, we are limited in what we can report and confirm. For example, these data do not allow us to provide legislators and other policymakers with information about academic performance specific to each of the 127 Choice schools that operated in the 2008-09 school year."
The School Choice Demonstration Project reviewed the scores on the Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Examination reading and mathematics sections, that are scored separately, for pupils that were in the fifth through eighth grades or the tenth grade during the 2008-09 school year, and who also took the test during the 2006-07 school year. The LAB analyzed the project's data and generally confirmed the results with some slight differences.
To determine whether enrollment and participation in the Choice program contributes to academic achievement, the project calculated the average changes in test scores from the 2006-07 to the 2008-09 school years for pupils in the Choice sample and the MPS matched sample. The LAB writes, "For the most part, the researchers did not find statistically significant differences in test score changes. However, they reported that the test scores of seventh-grade pupils in the Choice sample increased more, on average, than those in the MPS matched sample on the mathematics section, and the difference was statistically significant. We did not find any significant differences in the average changes in reading or mathematics scores between the 2006-07 and 2008-09 school years."
The LAB also found that test scores for Choice and MPS pupils tend to increase as they progress to higher grade levels, regardless of any changes in their performance.
Choice schools will be required during the 2010-11 school year to administer the Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Examination to all pupils in the third through eighth grades, as well as to those in tenth grade, and to annually report pupils' scores to the Department of Public Instruction.
You can read the entire LAB letter report that contains several tables with tests score data here.
Legislative Audit Bureau report: Division of Gaming
Tribal revenue from gaming in
Under state law, the LAB is required to conduct a performance evaluation of the state Division of Gaming every two years. The Division oversees the gaming operations of tribes that have negotiated compacts with the state.
During 2009, tribal gaming profits, or revenue in excess of expenses, totaled $543.4 million, a decrease of $56.1 million from 2007, or 9.4 percent.
The LAB reviewed financial and compliance audits conducted by the Division of Gaming to ensure the 11 tribes that operate 27 casinos in
The LAB suggested the expenditures pertaining to the Division's full-time legal counsel be monitored closely to ensure they are reasonable and necessary. The
The LAB noted the closing of the
The Division licenses charitable organizations that conduct bingo and raffles, and it registers crane games. From fiscal year 2006-07 through fiscal year 2008-09, state revenue from bingo totaled $1.5 million, state revenue from raffle license fees totaled $634,100, and state revenue from crane game registration fees totaled $49,100.
You can read the entire LAB report here.
We need to maintain "a free, open, and vibrant Internet"
I signed on to a letter to the Federal Communications Commission expressing opposition to a federal takeover of the Internet. Numerous members of Congress and state legislators from across the country signed the following:
August 11, 2010
Federal Communications Commission
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It's true, the economy is recovering
The future of the economy is looking brighter. The economy is expanding. Economists are predicting an increase in growth. The construction industry is bouncing back. So are investments in machinery and equipment.
The above is true. However, the pleasant economic outlook is permeating, not through
Allan Meltzer, professor of economics at
"President Obama is the victim of bad advice and misinformation. From his advisers, the Democratic caucus and the New York Times, he hears that markets have failed and the country needs more government spending to increase consumer spending. He is told that any plan to reduce government spending and the deficit will bring on another recession and even a new Great Depression. And he repeats the foolish claim that, since the rich spend a much smaller proportion of their incomes, it is good for the country to raise their tax rates.
Meltzer makes the case that the Obama administration should mirror the spending reductions in
In the private sector, businesses attempt to protect themselves from inevitable rising costs of health care and worker benefits by increasing labor-saving capital. Unfortunately, that means layoffs. What can the public sector do? Meltzer suggests putting a stop to new regulations on the private sector.
I appreciate this Meltzer line:
"People are not dumb beasts. Told that the government will spend more, many will expect to pay higher taxes in the future."
Meltzer says
You can read Meltzer's entire column here.
Identity Theft-Part Two
To support his methamphetamine habit during the late 1990's, Stephen Massey resorted to dumpster diving. On one of his nightly searches, Massey discovered a treasure chest of recycled paper containing a gold mine of personal information: names, Social Security numbers, and addresses. Massey and a partner created one of the most notorious identity theft operations in the country. Eventually apprehended and convicted, Massey's partner served one year in prison, Massey, two.
Special Agent Wayne Ivey of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement talked about Massey and other identity thieves at a special summit at the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Department Training Academy in Franklin. Thieves utilize all kinds of unscrupulous methods to ruin innocent peoples' lives.
How can culprits like Massey get their hands on shredded papers chock full of personal data? Simple. We allow the criminals easy access.
Are businesses shredding? Not exactly. They hire other businesses to do the work. However, the coveted information to be shredded is placed in huge bags left in break rooms allowing cleaning crews a feast.
Ivey says far too many unsuspecting, naïve individuals like to place mail for pickup in their mailboxes and pull out the red flag as an indication to the postal worker. Red flag is right. Ivey says it's like screaming out to identity thieves, "Please steal my mail!"
Identity thieves burglarize. Computer hard drives are popular targets. So are women's purses. The number one place for a woman to have her purse stolen is dropping her children off at school. The number two place is at the gym. Beaches and parks are also prime locations for predatory identity thieves.
Do you use the Felony Lane at your bank's drive-thru? The felony lane is the lane furthest away from the bank window, a prime spot according to Ivey to cash stolen checks and make phony withdrawals, especially with the lane usually having the worst quality surveillance videos in the bank parking lot.
Check washing bilks consumers to the tune of $815 million each year. Personal checks are stolen, and then the ink is washed from the face of the check and is re-written. Thieves erase the ink on checks using various chemicals and then change the payee and the amount. Acetone is the most widely used chemical along with bleach and carbon tetrachloride that is used to clean carpeting. As Ivey pointed out, these materials are easily purchased at Target and Wal-Mart.
Guess what inmates are learning in prison as they await their release to commit more crimes? Memory techniques that can be used to shoulder surf. Common at ATMs and check out lines and becoming more frequent at Internet cafes, the identity thief is literally memorizing and stealing your personal information by peeking over your shoulder.
Protecting against corrupt employees is difficult. Thieves will stalk and hand pick their partners to steal information at departments of motor vehicles and restaurants. These are typically single moms that agree to a certain fee for each identity they can turn over. At an Orlando TGIF restaurant, 75-thousand credit cards were recovered by authorities. Two waitresses had been using credit card skimmers easily hidden in their uniforms to quickly zap and store names and numbers. Counterfeit equipment is available online with parts sold at Radio Shack.
Thieves have placed overlays on top of ATMs that appear to be authentic, and return days later to remove their wizardry that has captured a host of new victims. Funeral companies have been fooled by thieves posing as insurance company agents calling to verify information about deceased individuals. Another prized document by thieves: a divorce decree.
Your cell phone could do you in. Ivey cautioned to always assume when talking on a cell or cordless phone that someone else could be listening.
The MOs used by identity thieves run the gamut, and as Ivey noted, there is no silver bullet to stop this evolving crime. However, consumers can and should take steps toward prevention.
More in Part Three.
You do not tax your way out of a recession
Just ask
Nine times residents went to the polls to consider implementing a state sales tax. Nine times voters rejected the idea.
It is stunning
With an increase of $727 million poring into
Stateline reports, "In May, stunned lawmakers listened as the state economist outlined a new, $577 million shortfall in the current, two-year budget — the result of continued hemorrhaging in income tax collections. Last month, the National Conference of State Legislatures released a report showing
What happened to the money from the January tax increases?
The January tax increase ballots provide a lesson, and will be a hot campaign issue this fall in
No Call List deadline fast approaching
Have you signed up for the Wisconsin No Call List? You'd better hurry. The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection reports Tuesday, August 31, 2010 is the final day to register for the next list.
Registering is simple and free. You can visit the No Call List website here or call toll-free at calling 1-866-9NO-CALL (1-866-966-2255). Registration could take 30-120 days.
More than 2.14 million landline and cell phone numbers are on the state's No Call List. Cell phones comprise 43 percent of the current total. However, registering your cell phone is unnecessary and may be a very bad idea. Cell phone numbers are unpublished. If, for example, you provide your cell phone number to the national do not call list, suddenly, it becomes a published number. The lists of numbers must be purchased by telemarketers so they can comply with the do not call registry. It would be extremely easy for unscrupulous entities and foreign, international entities to get their hands on the numbers. Your best bet is to avoid registering your cell phone.
Exceptions to the No Call List include:
· Calls made to an existing customer like a bank or credit card company.
· Calls made responding to a request or made after permission was granted permission.
· Calls asking for a donation to a "nonprofit organization."
· Calls made for noncommercial purposes such as polls, surveys and political purposes.
· Calls made to a business telephone number.
· A call made by an individual acting on his or her own behalf, and not as an employee or agent of any other person.
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Beginning September 1, 2010,
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What are the 12 main advices in the technical and physical level for a tennis player for to win her Match?
Hello! Masha
I think that when you like give some gifts for your opponents go to shopping and do it, but not in Tennis Court with decisive balls I mean about your precipitation, since I told you several time that you need take a little run-up for can shoot a return ball very good, with assurance, accuracy and with preciseness, that is your first soft point in this Match with Caroline.
The second soft point in this Match, is your absence of strong shoots during the game of return of ball from your opponent, since you are slow for shoot and you wait more 3 time for that, here you give advantage for your opponent for to do a big shoot, in this case you need to be very quick for to do a strong and powerful shoot (I told about that in one last advice).
The third soft point in this Match is when you return the ball toward above and without being in difficult; also, here, you give advantage to your opponent for to do a big shoot.
This is only a little soft points at this level, otherwise you are great, perfect, powerful and strong; You are the best and you can win this final Trophy, I believe in you. Go ahead Masha and Good Chance! You are a true Champion. I love you! Kiss
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I forget that, I am very sorry for this fall, but I think that is the price for this Roma Trophy
Also, you can understand that I will be very happy to see you in live in one tournament Final; So I am asking if you don't have any plan for a Special Invitation for me?
There is also a very important factor for a victory: IT IS THE WILLPOWER. Maria Sharapova showed it today. From her performance today in Roma she shows us that she really wants to win. It is a positive point for her future performance too.
Masha gave nothing easy to her opponent, she used the corners. It was an advice, we gave us.
Very good opinion; Also, Masha is a very special tennis player and a true Champion.
Also, I can noticed that Masha has used very good the tecnical game of feints; Since they can give so much advantage for the player in her Match. Good Chance! for Masha for this Final Trophy
Masha! For tomorrow, in this Roma final with Stosur, you can take advantage of the psychological effect, the tecnical game of feints, the strong serves and other quality of game as preciseness, patience, self-control, not precipitation and the strong and powerful shoot in the third shooting of ball. Courage and Good Chance! Kiss!
Hello! Maria; Today I don't have so much things to say you, since you know almost all; but I like talk about the nervousness which you had before when you have played with caroline; Now I believe that you are free and very relaxed for to play as a true champion and you don't have any psychological obstacles as public pressure or obligation of result; you are very relaxed and you have in your side the psychological effect. But, you have to win this title for to be free for ever; you must make an aditional effort and later you're going to rest forever. Also, no forget my psychological advices, specially the Concentration, the Patience, the Prudence and not Hast. Good Courage and Good Chance! Kisses :)
For the Roland Garros tournament, I would like to add that Masha should never underestimate her opponents. Each opponent is special and Masha needs to use the right strategy against her. Don't give to your opponent any thing easy. Use the corners. Avoid double faults, don't be nervous, be patient. Be clever on the court like a good chess player.
Davai Masha!!!!!!
For the Roland Garros tournament, I would like to add that Masha should never underestimate her opponents. Each opponent is special and Masha needs to use the right strategy against her. Don't give to your opponent any thing easy. Use the corners. Avoid double faults, don't be nervous, be patient. Be clever on the court like a chess player.
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Ok! Off course; at this level of tennis game everything changes and all the players are almost equal from the 8th; but Masha is a bit different because she has a very different game and when she is in his day any player can beats her.So I think that Masha has suffered too much last year due to injury and lack of competitions, but this year she worked very hard, and that's why I want him to win the big title at Roland Garros Open to rest a little, later, with a workout program a bit lightweight. Good Courage and Good Chance to Masha.
Hmm, you are aware Maria doesn't read your posts or anyone elses on here for that matter. I guess you're not.
She has a fiancee too don't you know
Thank you! for this remark, I think if I write on this forum in a topic that I have created, there is at least one person who reads my comments, is the Webmaster of Maria.Also, I am convinced that Maria reads these comments, because it is his Website and she is very careful about his fans. Otherwise, I'm just satisfied of the 500 visitors who read my topic.
As Maria started winning all her matches that means that your remarks are usefull!!!!!!
About today match:
When Masha lost her first set, she had to change her strategy to win the match and it worked.
For each opponent you need a special strategy to win her because tennis players are different.
- Use the powerful shot from the 2nd or 3rd hit, otherwise you give the advantage to your opponent to do so. - Do never return a ball up, unless you're in difficulty, for here the adversary cans take the advantage of giving a big shot. - Take advantage of the psychological effect that is in your favor, here the opponent is usually in a position of weakness. - Demonstrate mastery of a great game for not letting the opponent think otherwise and take confidence in his game - Prudence, and no precipitation in the return of easy balls, and always try to take advantage of the gap in the sets and do not let the opponent back this huge gap of 40/0 or 30/0 Good Courage! Good Chance!!!!
Don't you afraid that Maria's opponents read our advice and use the same advice for themselves?
Self control is a good advice. When you are in a difficult situation on the court, you have to control your self, be quiet and think how you can reach a better situation. If you get into a panic; it is sure that you are going to lose the match. When people get into a panic their brains don't find the best solution. When your opponent knows that you get into a panic, she will play a better tennis at this moment and will be more courageous.
Davai Masha
About! Masha, why you do not put wristbands!? I think that is a positive effect and you can give them to your fans at the end of the Match. Good Chance
Hello! Maria ;
I don't can support for don't have been with you in these last time for give you my advices ; I am very sorry, I have had a problem of connection and my computer is damaged because high voltage ; I don't like talk about my problems and you know that.
I am sick and I like say to you that I am very sad and very sorry for this RG ½ final. I don't understand what happened and why you don't can play your true game ?
I don't like ask you what happened for don't be indiscreet, but, I would like ask why you don't have played your true game ? If, there are some psychological effects, I think that you know how avoid that.
It's true that NA LI has played well and deserved his title, but what surprised me is that you have had your game too centered on the center, without take advantage of the strong & quick shots and feints.
By cons, NA LI took advantage of the game through the strong and rapid fire and the opposites. I knew she would focus his game on this tactic, but I did not warn you because the problem of connection, and also because I thought you knew your opponent and you know how to take advantage of my advice and thwart his game
Unfortunately, quite the opposite happened, as you let your opponent takes advantage of the game and dominates you through these techniques and if Na Li won not because she was stronger than you, but because you have not played your real game.
Also, she made many mistakes, but you also have not managed to avoid the double faults, I was not surprised because I saw early on that your main asset to win the match you did astray it before starting this match.
I mean the psychological effect that was your greatest advantage and which you could not enjoy it, because before you start the match you had lost the will to win and almost feel like playing, I do not know what happened, but all I know is that you have played your real game in the penultimate Set, where the game was already done and it was a little too late.
I hope it will be good for another Grand Slam, and I wish you great courage and luck ; And next time I will analyze more these little details. Kiss
I want to talk to you on some points that may affect the player and the influence the outcome of games. Thus, it must be very careful on these points for not to lose the match:
- External psychological conditions: External psychological conditions, whether positives or negatives, can influence the behavior of the player & the game result.
In this case, it must be very careful and not be influenced by too contention conditions for being too distracted by too much estimate or too disrupted by psychological pressure, may be decisive for the player, so it is necessary that's the player knows how to avoid falling into this trap and do not take into account this factor too emotional (positive or negative) of external conditions.
- Leave behind: in some cases the player may be carried away by dropping a certain behavior that may negatively influences the outcome of matches, here the motivation and the concentration are the only weapons to avoid this behavior.
- Psychological effect: always take advantage of the psychological effect and not get caught by pessimism, in which cases there are two situations:
1) Either the opponent is in a psychological weak (external psychological effect)
2) Either yourself who are experiencing psychological strength (favorite)
In Both cases we must take advantage of this factor to try to dominate the opponent and win the match
- Double fault: the only way to avoid the repetitive double faults is to change the manner and method of service. For example if the first shot did not succeed we must change the manner of shooting and of direction.


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Challenges Ahead for FCC Over Internet Rules
D.C. Circuit strikes down 'Open Internet' regulations.
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The Federal Communications Commission once again has come up short in its attempt to regulate broadband Internet service providers, but the decision last week by a divided panel of federal appellate judges in some ways also strengthened the agency's hand — and sets the stage for a potentially epic showdown over new rules.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on Jan. 14 struck down most of the FCC's Open Internet Order on technical ground, ruling in favor of Verizon Communications Inc. and a host of industry supporters. But for the first time, the court established that the FCC holds the authority to issue rules governing broadband providers.
Depending on how the agency chooses to proceed, companies may find revised FCC regulations — ones designed to pass muster with the court — more burdensome than those in place before.
"If it's a victory for Verizon, it's a pyrrhic one, the most pyrrhic victory since Pyrrhus," said former FCC chairman Reed Hundt, testifying before a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on Jan. 15.
The FCC's net neutrality rules, issued in 2010, were supposed to provide a "third way" — according to then-chairman Julius Genachowski — to give the government a "limited but essential role" to make sure broadband providers didn't block legal content or unreasonably discriminate against network traffic.The appeals court concluded the rules were improper because they treat broadband providers as common carriers. That contradicts the FCC's own, still-binding decision during the George W. Bush administration to classify them as more lightly regulated information services.
"Even though the Commission has general authority to regulate in this arena, it may not impose requirements that contravene express statutory mandates," wrote Judge David Tatel, joined by Judge Judith Rogers in vacating the rule. The court, however, upheld the portion of the rule that requires broadband providers to disclose accurate information about their network management practices. Senior Judge Laurence Silberman dissented in part, saying the Internet regulations were outside the scope of the FCC's authority.
The question now is how the FCC will proceed. FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler in an agency blog wrote that the "key message is that the FCC has the authority — and has the responsibility — to regulate the activities of broadband networks," adding that government oversight is "an absolute necessity." As for how the agency will exercise that authority, he wrote, "We will have ample opportunity to debate ways and means, to consider specifics in specific cases as they arise."
What telecom companies fear is that the FCC will opt for the most direct — and most drastic — option, reclassifying broadband as a so-called Title II service, like monopoly-era telephone companies subject to heavy oversight.
Doing so would appear to resolve the court's concerns in one fell swoop. If broadband providers are classified as Title II common carriers, then the FCC can regulate them as such, with all the attendant obligations to transmit content without discrimination.
Lawyers who represent the nation's telecom giants call this regulatory scenario the "nuclear option."
Reclassification would be "exceedingly damaging — and more than most people realize," former FCC chairman Michael Powell, now president of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association, told members of the House Energy subcommittee on communications and technology last week. "It would be the instant application of thousands of pages of decades-old regulations, instantly to the Internet where they heretofore have not been."
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The fund seeks to maximize current income exempt from federal income tax and from the income tax of the state after which it is named, without undue risk. To pursue its goal, each fund normally invests substantially all of its assets in municipal bonds that provide income exempt from federal income tax and from the income tax of the state after which it is named. Municipal bonds are debt securities or other obligations issued by states, territories and possessions of the United States (such as Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands) and the District of Columbia and their political subdivisions, agencies and instrumentalities, or multistate agencies and authorities, and certain other specified securities, the interest from which is, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuer, exempt from federal income tax and from the income tax of the state after which it is named.
Each fund invests at least 70% of its assets in municipal bonds rated, at the time of purchase, investment grade (Baa/BBB or higher) or the unrated equivalent as determined by The Dreyfus Corporation. For additional yield, each fund may invest up to 30% of its assets in municipal bonds rated below investment grade ("high yield" or "junk" bonds) or the unrated equivalent as determined by The Dreyfus Corporation. The dollar-weighted average maturity of each fund's portfolio normally exceeds ten years but the fund may invest without regard to maturity. Dollar-weighted average maturity is an average of the stated maturities of the securities held by the fund, based on their dollar-weighted proportions in the fund.
The portfolio managers focus on identifying undervalued sectors and securities and minimize the use of interest rate forecasting. The portfolio managers select municipal bonds for the fund's portfolio by:
* Using fundamental credit analysis to estimate the relative value and attractiveness of various sectors and securities and to exploit pricing inefficiencies in the municipal bond market; and
* Actively trading among various sectors, such as pre-refunded, general obligation and revenue, based on their apparent relative values. The fund seeks to invest in several of these sectors.
Although each fund seeks to provide income exempt from federal and applicable state income taxes, income from some of the fund's holdings may be subject to the federal alternative minimum tax. In addition, each fund temporarily may invest in taxable bonds and/or municipal bonds that pay income exempt only from federal income tax, including when the portfolio managers believe acceptable municipal bonds of the state after which the fund is named are not available for investment. During such periods, the funds may not achieve their respective investment objectives.
A rigorous sell discipline is employed to continuously evaluate all fund holdings. Current holdings may become sell candidates if creditworthiness is deteriorating, if bonds with better risk and return characteristics become available, or if the holding no longer meets the portfolio managers' strategic or structural objectives.
Although not a principal strategy, each fund may, but is not required to, use derivatives, such as options, futures and options on futures (including those relating to securities, indexes and interest rates), as a substitute for investing directly in an underlying asset, to increase returns, to manage credit or interest rate risk or as part of a hedging strategy. Each fund may buy securities that pay interest at rates that float inversely with changes in prevailing interest rates (inverse floaters) in an effort to increase returns, to manage interest rate risk or as part of a hedging strategy. Inverse floaters are derivatives created by depositing municipal bonds in a trust which divides the bond's income stream into two parts: a short-term variable rate demand note and a residual interest bond (the inverse floater) which receives interest based on the remaining cash flow of the trust after payment of interest on the note and various trust expenses. Interest on the inverse floater usually moves in the opposite direction as the interest on the variable rate demand note. Each fund may also make forward commitments in which the fund agrees to buy or sell a security in the future at a price agreed upon today.
An investment in the fund is not a bank deposit. It is not insured or guaranteed by the FDIC or any other government agency. It is not a complete investment program. The value of your investment in the fund will fluctuate, sometimes dramatically, which means you could lose money.
* Municipal securities risk. The amount of public information available about municipal securities is generally less than that for corporate equities or bonds. Special factors, such as legislative changes, and state and local economic and business developments, may adversely affect the yield and/or value of the fund's investments in municipal securities. Other factors include the general conditions of the municipal securities market, the size of the particular offering, the maturity of the obligation and the rating of the issue. Changes in economic, business or political conditions relating to a particular municipal project, municipality, or state, territory or possession of the United States in which the fund invests may have an impact on the fund's share price. Puerto Rico, for example, is facing significant fiscal challenges, including persistent government deficits, underfunded public pensions, sizable debt service obligations and a high unemployment rate. As a result, many rating agencies have downgraded a number of municipal bonds issued in Puerto Rico. If the economic situation in Puerto Rico persists or worsens, to the extent the fund invests in municipal bonds issued in Puerto Rico, the volatility, credit quality and performance of the fund could be adversely affected.
* Interest rate risk. Prices of bonds tend to move inversely with changes in interest rates. Typically, a rise in rates will adversely affect bond prices and, accordingly, the fund's share price. The longer the effective maturity and duration of the fund's fixed-income portfolio, the more the fund's share price is likely to react to interest rates. For example, the market price of a fixed-income security with a duration of three years would be expected to decline 3% if interest rates rose 1%. Conversely, the market price of the same security would be expected to increase 3% if interest rates fell 1%. Unlike investment grade bonds, however, the prices of high yield bonds may fluctuate unpredictably and not necessarily inversely with changes in interest rates.
* Credit risk. Failure of an issuer to make timely interest or principal payments, or a decline or perception of a decline in the credit quality of a bond, can cause a bond's price to fall, potentially lowering the fund's share price. The lower a bond's credit rating, the greater the chance � in the rating agency's opinion � that the bond issuer will default or fail to meet its payment obligations. Although the fund invests primarily in investment grade bonds, the fund may invest to a limited extent in high yield bonds. High yield ("junk") bonds involve greater credit risk, including the risk of default, than investment grade bonds, and are considered predominantly speculative with respect to the issuer's ability to make principal and interest payments. The prices of high yield bonds can fall dramatically in response to bad news about the issuer or its industry, or the economy in general.
* Liquidity risk. When there is little or no active trading market for specific types of securities, it can become more difficult to sell the securities in a timely manner at or near their perceived value. In such a market, the value of such securities and the fund's share price may fall dramatically, even during periods of declining interest rates. Liquidity risk also exists when a particular derivative instrument is difficult to purchase or sell. If a derivative transaction is particularly large or if the relevant market is illiquid (as is the case with many privately negotiated derivatives), it may not be possible to initiate a transaction or liquidate a position at an advantageous time or price. The secondary market for certain municipal bonds tends to be less developed and less liquid than many other securities markets, which may adversely affect the fund's ability to sell such municipal bonds at attractive prices.
* State-specific risk. The fund is subject to the risk that the relevant state's economy, and the revenues underlying its municipal obligations, may decline. Investing primarily in a single state makes the fund more sensitive to risks specific to the state and may magnify other risks.
* Inverse floating rate securities risk. The interest payment received on inverse floating rate securities generally will decrease when short-term interest rates increase. Inverse floaters are derivatives that involve leverage and could magnify the fund's gains or losses.
* Non-diversification risk. The fund is non-diversified, which means that the fund may invest a relatively high percentage of its assets in a limited number of issuers. Therefore, the fund's performance may be more vulnerable to changes in the market value of a single issuer or group of issuers and more susceptible to risks associated with a single economic, political or regulatory occurrence than a diversified fund.
In addition to the principal risks described above, the fund is subject to the following additional risks:
* Market sector risk. The fund may significantly overweight or underweight certain industries or market sectors, which may cause the fund's performance to be more or less sensitive to developments affecting those industries or sectors.
* Tax risk. To be tax-exempt, municipal obligations generally must meet certain regulatory requirements. If any such municipal obligation fails to meet these regulatory requirements, the interest received by the fund from its investment in such obligations and distributed to fund shareholders will be taxable.
* Call risk. Some bonds give the issuer the option to call, or redeem, the bonds before their maturity date. If an issuer "calls" its bond during a time of declining interest rates, the fund might have to reinvest the proceeds in an investment offering a lower yield, and therefore might not benefit from any increase in value as a result of declining interest rates. During periods of market illiquidity or rising interest rates, prices of "callable" issues are subject to increased price fluctuation.
* Derivatives risk. A small investment in derivatives could have a potentially large impact on the fund's performance. The use of derivatives involves risks different from, or possibly greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in the underlying assets. Derivatives can be highly volatile, illiquid and difficult to value, and there is the risk that changes in the value of a derivative held by the fund will not correlate with the underlying instruments or the fund's other investments. Derivative instruments, such as inverse floaters, also involve the risk that a loss may be sustained as a result of the failure of the counterparty to the derivative instruments to make required payments or otherwise comply with the derivative instruments' terms. Many of the regulatory protections afforded participants on organized exchanges for futures contracts and exchange-traded options, such as the performance guarantee of an exchange clearing house, are not available in connection with over-the-counter derivative transactions. Certain types of derivatives, including over-the-counter transactions, involve greater risks than the underlying obligations because, in addition to general market risks, they are subject to illiquidity risk, counterparty risk, credit risk and pricing risk. Because many derivatives have a leverage component, adverse changes in the value or level of the underlying asset, reference rate or index can result in a loss substantially greater than the amount invested in the derivative itself. Certain derivatives have the potential for unlimited loss, regardless of the size of the initial investment. The fund may be required to segregate liquid assets, or otherwise cover its obligations, relating to the fund's transactions in derivatives. Future rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission may impact the fund's operations as described in this prospectus. Certain derivatives may cause taxable income.
* Leverage risk. The use of leverage, such as lending portfolio securities, entering into futures contracts, investing in inverse floaters, and engaging in forward commitment transactions, may cause taxable income and may magnify the fund's gains or losses.
* Other potential risks. The fund may lend its portfolio securities to brokers, dealers and other financial institutions. In connection with such loans, the fund will receive collateral from the borrower equal to at least 100% of the value of loaned securities. If the borrower of the securities fails financially, there could be delays in recovering the loaned securities or exercising rights to the collateral.
Under adverse market conditions, the fund could invest some or all of its assets in U.S. Treasury securities and money market securities. Although the fund would do this for temporary defensive purposes, it could reduce the benefit from any upswing in the market. During such periods, the fund may not achieve its investment objective.
Investors should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges, and expenses of the fund carefully before investing. Download a prospectus, or a summary prospectus, if available, that contains this and other information about the fund, and read it carefully before investing.


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