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“Minimum Wages, Labor Market Institutions, and Youth Employment: A Cross-National Analysis.” Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 57(2), 223–248.
Neumark, D., and W. Wascher.
2007.
“Minimum Wages and Employment.” Foundations and Trends in Microeconomics, 1–182.
Sabia, J. J., R.V.
Burkhauser, and B. Hansen.
2012.
“Are the Effects of Minimum Wage Increases Always Small?
New Evidence from a Case Study of New York State.” Industrial and Labor Relations Review.
65(2).
Singell, L.D., and J.R. Terborg.
2007.
“Employment Effects of Two Northwest Minimum Wage Initiatives.” Economic Inquiry.
45(1), 40–55.
University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research.
2012.
State-Level Data of Economic, Political, and Transfer-Program Information for 1980–2011.
http://www.ukcpr.org/AvailableData.aspx.
Martin Sheen says he’s “disgusted” by President Trump in a new Democratic fundraising pitch.
The “West Wing” actor, who played fictional President Josiah Bartlet on the long-running NBC political drama, slams the GOP in a Wednesday email from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC).
“My time playing the president on ‘The West Wing’ taught me what Washington should be like,” Sheen says in the fundraising email paid for by the DCCC.
“And right now, with the Republicans in control, it’s far from what we, as Americans, deserve,” writes the 76-year-old actor, who appeared in an anti-Trump, get-out-the-vote ad in 2016.
ADVERTISEMENT Sheen says he’s “disgusted” not only by Trump, but also by “the Republicans kowtowing to their rich special interests instead of representing the American people.” And, he’s “most disgusted by the Republican effort to gut health care and social programs for Americans in need.” The email comes the day after Senate Republicans postponed a procedural vote on their bill to repeal and replace ObamaCare.
The bill had seen shrinking support after a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report found it could leave tens of millions without healthcare.
It’s not the first time Sheen has slammed Trump.
During last year’s White House race, Sheen dubbed the real estate mogul an “empty-headed moron,” telling The Hollywood Reporter, “he has absolutely nothing to offer us.” Sheen has also lent his name to DCCC fundraising efforts before.
In a March pitch, he said people always ask him how President Bartlet would handle Trump.
“He would tell America to stand up for what’s right, and fight back with everything it’s got,” Sheen wrote.
The driver of a bus that struck and killed a cyclist just outside the Olympic Park in Stratford while ferrying journalists between venues has been bailed until August, police have said.
The 28-year-old man was knocked down by the doubledecker in Ruckholt Road, at the junction with the A12, at about 7.40pm on Wednesday.
An air ambulance doctor pronounced him dead at the scene.
A Metropolitan police spokesman said a man in his mid-60s had been arrested just outside the Olympic Park at 9.28pm on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.
The victim is expected to be formally identified later on Thursday.
A date for a postmortem examination is yet to be fixed.
After the fatal incident, Bradley Wiggins, who by winning a gold medal on Wednesday became Britain's most decorated Olympian, warned of the perils of cycling in the capital.
"It's dangerous and London is a busy city and [there is] a lot of traffic.
I think we have to help ourselves sometimes," he said.
"I haven't lived in London for 10 to 15 years now and it's got a lot busier since I was riding a bike as a kid round here, and I got knocked off several times.
"But I think things are improving to a degree.
There are organisations out there who are attempting to make the roads safer for both parties.
But at the end of the day we've all got to co-exist on the roads.
"Cyclists are not ever going to go away as much as drivers moan, and as much as cyclists maybe moan about certain drivers they are never going to go away, so there's got to be a bit of give and take."
Wiggins said he would like to see the introduction of a law making it compulsory to wear cycling helmets.
He later clarified his comments on twitter.
"Just to confirm I haven't called for helmets to be made the law as reports suggest."
"I suggested it may be the way to go to give cyclists more protection legally if involved in an accident.
"I wasn't on me soap box CALLING, was asked what I thought."
Responding to his comments, Chris Peck, the policy coordinator for the UK's national cycling organisation the CTC said that making helmets compulsory would be counter-productive.
He told Radio 5 live.
"Making cycle helmets compulsory would be likely to have an overall damaging effect on public health, since the health benefits of cycling massively outweigh the risks and we know that where enforced, helmet laws tend to lead to an immediate reduction in cycling."
The mayor of London, Boris Johnson, said he was "hugely saddened" by the death.
A spokesman for the mayor said: "Any road death is a tragedy and the mayor's thoughts are with the cyclist's family.
As this is now under police investigation it would be inappropriate to say anything else."
Johnson cycled into Whitehall for this morning's ministerial Olympics meeting at the Cabinet Office wearing a bike helmet.
But he appeared to be opposed to mandatory wearing of protective headwear by cyclists, as advocated by Wiggins.
"I think they should do if they want to," Johnson said.
A London 2012 spokesman said: "We can confirm that a cyclist tragically died as a result of a collision with a bus carrying media from the Olympic Park this evening.
"The police are investigating the accident and our thoughts are with the cyclist's family."
The Metropolitan police's road death investigation unit is looking into the collision.
We have some bad news for ATI fans, AMD has announced that it will be killing the ATI brand in favor of its Fusion project which aims to build hybrid CPU and GPU chips.
The Radeon and FirePro branding will be remaining intact, but ATI Eyefinity will now be known as AMD Eyefinity and the first set of graphic cards to be shipped with the new branding strategy will be released later this year.
The company also claimed that this is the perfect time AMD could possibly consolidate the ATI brand, because Radeon products are performing well in terms of sales, and there’s high market penetration of AMD’s graphics products.
Finally, AMD revealed the new brand logos that are nearly identical to the present ATI logos, of course, minus the “ATI”.
One of King of the Cage's champions is currently in a dispute with the promotion, with Lowen Tynanes saying he is currently stuck in a 3-year deal contract he did not sign.
Although not specifically named by the talented prospect, KOTC representative Bobby Burguland did state Tynanes' former coach, Kai Kamaka, as the person who signed the deal for him.
Shortly after the report ran on this site, Kamaka has decided to release an official statement.
He maintains that while he did sign the dotted line, it was done with Tynanes' consent.
"I asked if he was able was able to email back the contract to KOTC and he replied "No, because I don’t have a scanner".
I asked him if he wanted me to sign for him and email it back for him and he replied, "If can coach", meaning yes," Kamaka tells Bloody Elbow as part of his statement, "I told Lowen that I would do it since I had a scanner."
Kamaka also disputes that this was all done without his fighter's knowledge, alleging that Tynanes' contract with KOTC was discussed with him on numerous occasions.
As for motivation for bringing up this forgery issue, Kamaka speculates that Tynanes may simply be looking to "capitalize on the moment" after breaking out as an MMA star.
"I would like to see Lowen in the cage as well.
I believe he has the potential to be the next BJ Penn for Hawaii and I have said this time and time again.
I honestly believe things just moved a lot faster then he expected and now that it has, he is trying to capitalize on the moment."
"If it were not for KOTC opening up opportunities for Lowen, he would still be fighting in small amateur shows.
KOTC kick started his career by giving him the URCC fight and the ONEFC contract to represent KOTC.
With that being said, I wish Lowen all the best for his future."
More details from Kamaka are available on full statement below where he airs his side of things: There is a lot of missing pieces to this story.
The only part being exposed is that Mr. Lowen Tynanes is the victim and had no knowledge of the contract and so forth.
I want to clarify that Terry Tribelcock and I are very close and our relationship is not only based on fights, though it started that way.
It is through my relationship with Terry that all my fighters get to fight across the US and abroad.
So our relationship was well known to my fighters, including Lowen; as far back as when Lowen competed as an amateur for KOTC.
I want to take you back to square one from where this all started.
Terry called me with a URCC fight opportunity in the Philippines against Eduard Folayang.
Terry asked if I had a 155 lber that could take the match.
Terry asked me to take a look at the fighter’s profile and to let him know what I thought, and if I could give him a name of whomever I chose to take this fight.
I initially offered Ray "Bradda" Cooper, my nephew, as he is THE best 155 lber I know in Hawaii.
After discussions with Ray, it seemed that he was going in another direction.
I then called Lowen to offer him the fight as this opponent was perfect for Lowen’s style and the opponent had a name that would boost Lowen’s career if he fought him.
I went on to tell Lowen that URCC was offering $2000 to show, and an additional $2000 to win, including flight and hotel.
His response was "Shoots coach, let’s do it".
Lowen wins this fight and his fight purse totaled $4000.
The day after the URCC fight, Terry took both Lowen and I to the other side of the Philippines to do some shopping.
Terry checked us in to a fully paid 5-Star hotel suite that included room charges, and then headed to eat lunch.
During lunch, Terry informed Lowen and I that there was another fight opportunity, but Lowen needed to be "on the team" and if he didn’t want to, it would still be "cool".
Basically, Terry wanted a fighter that would represent KOTC well in this organization.
At the same time, Terry told Lowen and I the terms of the KOTC contract in full detail, the plans and steps we would take to make Lowen a MMA star and what was expected from KOTC.
After beating Eduard Folayang like we knew he would, Lowen became an instant STAR in Asia.
Then Terry continued to tell Lowen and I that we got an offer from One FC but didn’t have the full details at the moment but they really wanted Lowen to fight for their circuit.
Lowen’s response was "I’m down for whatever, I just like fight".

“Minimum Wages, Labor Market Institutions, and Youth Employment: A Cross-National Analysis.” Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 57(2), 223–248.

Neumark, D., and W. Wascher.

2007.

“Minimum Wages and Employment.” Foundations and Trends in Microeconomics, 1–182.

Sabia, J. J., R.V.

Burkhauser, and B. Hansen.

2012.

“Are the Effects of Minimum Wage Increases Always Small?

New Evidence from a Case Study of New York State.” Industrial and Labor Relations Review.

65(2).

Singell, L.D., and J.R. Terborg.

2007.

“Employment Effects of Two Northwest Minimum Wage Initiatives.” Economic Inquiry.

45(1), 40–55.

University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research.

2012.

State-Level Data of Economic, Political, and Transfer-Program Information for 1980–2011.

http://www.ukcpr.org/AvailableData.aspx.

Martin Sheen says he’s “disgusted” by President Trump in a new Democratic fundraising pitch.

The “West Wing” actor, who played fictional President Josiah Bartlet on the long-running NBC political drama, slams the GOP in a Wednesday email from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC).

“My time playing the president on ‘The West Wing’ taught me what Washington should be like,” Sheen says in the fundraising email paid for by the DCCC.

“And right now, with the Republicans in control, it’s far from what we, as Americans, deserve,” writes the 76-year-old actor, who appeared in an anti-Trump, get-out-the-vote ad in 2016.

ADVERTISEMENT Sheen says he’s “disgusted” not only by Trump, but also by “the Republicans kowtowing to their rich special interests instead of representing the American people.” And, he’s “most disgusted by the Republican effort to gut health care and social programs for Americans in need.” The email comes the day after Senate Republicans postponed a procedural vote on their bill to repeal and replace ObamaCare.

The bill had seen shrinking support after a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report found it could leave tens of millions without healthcare.

It’s not the first time Sheen has slammed Trump.

During last year’s White House race, Sheen dubbed the real estate mogul an “empty-headed moron,” telling The Hollywood Reporter, “he has absolutely nothing to offer us.” Sheen has also lent his name to DCCC fundraising efforts before.

In a March pitch, he said people always ask him how President Bartlet would handle Trump.

“He would tell America to stand up for what’s right, and fight back with everything it’s got,” Sheen wrote.

The driver of a bus that struck and killed a cyclist just outside the Olympic Park in Stratford while ferrying journalists between venues has been bailed until August, police have said.

The 28-year-old man was knocked down by the doubledecker in Ruckholt Road, at the junction with the A12, at about 7.40pm on Wednesday.

An air ambulance doctor pronounced him dead at the scene.

A Metropolitan police spokesman said a man in his mid-60s had been arrested just outside the Olympic Park at 9.28pm on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.

The victim is expected to be formally identified later on Thursday.

A date for a postmortem examination is yet to be fixed.

After the fatal incident, Bradley Wiggins, who by winning a gold medal on Wednesday became Britain's most decorated Olympian, warned of the perils of cycling in the capital.

"It's dangerous and London is a busy city and [there is] a lot of traffic.

I think we have to help ourselves sometimes," he said.

"I haven't lived in London for 10 to 15 years now and it's got a lot busier since I was riding a bike as a kid round here, and I got knocked off several times.

"But I think things are improving to a degree.

There are organisations out there who are attempting to make the roads safer for both parties.

But at the end of the day we've all got to co-exist on the roads.

"Cyclists are not ever going to go away as much as drivers moan, and as much as cyclists maybe moan about certain drivers they are never going to go away, so there's got to be a bit of give and take."

Wiggins said he would like to see the introduction of a law making it compulsory to wear cycling helmets.

He later clarified his comments on twitter.

"Just to confirm I haven't called for helmets to be made the law as reports suggest."

"I suggested it may be the way to go to give cyclists more protection legally if involved in an accident.

"I wasn't on me soap box CALLING, was asked what I thought."

Responding to his comments, Chris Peck, the policy coordinator for the UK's national cycling organisation the CTC said that making helmets compulsory would be counter-productive.

He told Radio 5 live.

"Making cycle helmets compulsory would be likely to have an overall damaging effect on public health, since the health benefits of cycling massively outweigh the risks and we know that where enforced, helmet laws tend to lead to an immediate reduction in cycling."

The mayor of London, Boris Johnson, said he was "hugely saddened" by the death.

A spokesman for the mayor said: "Any road death is a tragedy and the mayor's thoughts are with the cyclist's family.

As this is now under police investigation it would be inappropriate to say anything else."

Johnson cycled into Whitehall for this morning's ministerial Olympics meeting at the Cabinet Office wearing a bike helmet.

But he appeared to be opposed to mandatory wearing of protective headwear by cyclists, as advocated by Wiggins.

"I think they should do if they want to," Johnson said.

A London 2012 spokesman said: "We can confirm that a cyclist tragically died as a result of a collision with a bus carrying media from the Olympic Park this evening.

"The police are investigating the accident and our thoughts are with the cyclist's family."

The Metropolitan police's road death investigation unit is looking into the collision.

We have some bad news for ATI fans, AMD has announced that it will be killing the ATI brand in favor of its Fusion project which aims to build hybrid CPU and GPU chips.

The Radeon and FirePro branding will be remaining intact, but ATI Eyefinity will now be known as AMD Eyefinity and the first set of graphic cards to be shipped with the new branding strategy will be released later this year.

The company also claimed that this is the perfect time AMD could possibly consolidate the ATI brand, because Radeon products are performing well in terms of sales, and there’s high market penetration of AMD’s graphics products.

Finally, AMD revealed the new brand logos that are nearly identical to the present ATI logos, of course, minus the “ATI”.

One of King of the Cage's champions is currently in a dispute with the promotion, with Lowen Tynanes saying he is currently stuck in a 3-year deal contract he did not sign.

Although not specifically named by the talented prospect, KOTC representative Bobby Burguland did state Tynanes' former coach, Kai Kamaka, as the person who signed the deal for him.

Shortly after the report ran on this site, Kamaka has decided to release an official statement.

He maintains that while he did sign the dotted line, it was done with Tynanes' consent.

"I asked if he was able was able to email back the contract to KOTC and he replied "No, because I don’t have a scanner".

I asked him if he wanted me to sign for him and email it back for him and he replied, "If can coach", meaning yes," Kamaka tells Bloody Elbow as part of his statement, "I told Lowen that I would do it since I had a scanner."

Kamaka also disputes that this was all done without his fighter's knowledge, alleging that Tynanes' contract with KOTC was discussed with him on numerous occasions.

As for motivation for bringing up this forgery issue, Kamaka speculates that Tynanes may simply be looking to "capitalize on the moment" after breaking out as an MMA star.

"I would like to see Lowen in the cage as well.

I believe he has the potential to be the next BJ Penn for Hawaii and I have said this time and time again.

I honestly believe things just moved a lot faster then he expected and now that it has, he is trying to capitalize on the moment."

"If it were not for KOTC opening up opportunities for Lowen, he would still be fighting in small amateur shows.

KOTC kick started his career by giving him the URCC fight and the ONEFC contract to represent KOTC.

With that being said, I wish Lowen all the best for his future."

More details from Kamaka are available on full statement below where he airs his side of things: There is a lot of missing pieces to this story.

The only part being exposed is that Mr. Lowen Tynanes is the victim and had no knowledge of the contract and so forth.

I want to clarify that Terry Tribelcock and I are very close and our relationship is not only based on fights, though it started that way.

It is through my relationship with Terry that all my fighters get to fight across the US and abroad.

So our relationship was well known to my fighters, including Lowen; as far back as when Lowen competed as an amateur for KOTC.

I want to take you back to square one from where this all started.

Terry called me with a URCC fight opportunity in the Philippines against Eduard Folayang.

Terry asked if I had a 155 lber that could take the match.

Terry asked me to take a look at the fighter’s profile and to let him know what I thought, and if I could give him a name of whomever I chose to take this fight.

I initially offered Ray "Bradda" Cooper, my nephew, as he is THE best 155 lber I know in Hawaii.

After discussions with Ray, it seemed that he was going in another direction.

I then called Lowen to offer him the fight as this opponent was perfect for Lowen’s style and the opponent had a name that would boost Lowen’s career if he fought him.

I went on to tell Lowen that URCC was offering $2000 to show, and an additional $2000 to win, including flight and hotel.

His response was "Shoots coach, let’s do it".

Lowen wins this fight and his fight purse totaled $4000.

The day after the URCC fight, Terry took both Lowen and I to the other side of the Philippines to do some shopping.

Terry checked us in to a fully paid 5-Star hotel suite that included room charges, and then headed to eat lunch.

During lunch, Terry informed Lowen and I that there was another fight opportunity, but Lowen needed to be "on the team" and if he didn’t want to, it would still be "cool".

Basically, Terry wanted a fighter that would represent KOTC well in this organization.

At the same time, Terry told Lowen and I the terms of the KOTC contract in full detail, the plans and steps we would take to make Lowen a MMA star and what was expected from KOTC.

After beating Eduard Folayang like we knew he would, Lowen became an instant STAR in Asia.

Then Terry continued to tell Lowen and I that we got an offer from One FC but didn’t have the full details at the moment but they really wanted Lowen to fight for their circuit.

Lowen’s response was "I’m down for whatever, I just like fight".