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UPDATE: Cardinal Keith O'Brien, the UK's most senior Roman Catholic cleric, has resigned as the head of the Scottish Catholic church after being accused of "inappropriate acts" towards fellow priests.
Guardian, UK - Three priests and a former priest in Scotland have reported the most senior Catholic clergyman in Britain, Cardinal Keith O'Brien, to the Vatican over allegations of inappropriate behaviour stretching back 30 years.
The four, from the diocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh, have complained to nuncio Antonio Mennini, the Vatican's ambassador to Britain, and demanded O'Brien's immediate resignation. A spokesman for the cardinal said that the claims were contested.
O'Brien, who is due to retire next month, has been an outspoken opponent of gay rights, condemning homosexuality as immoral, opposing gay adoption, and most recently arguing that same-sex marriages would be "harmful to the physical, mental and spiritual well-being of those involved". Last year he was named "bigot of the year" by the gay rights charity Stonewall.
One of the complainants, it is understood, alleges that the cardinal developed an inappropriate relationship with him, resulting in a need for long-term psychological counselling.
The four submitted statements containing their claims to the nuncio's office the week before Pope Benedict's resignation on 11 February. They fear that, if O'Brien travels to the forthcoming papal conclave to elect a new pope, the church will not fully address their complaints
25 Şubat 2013 Pazartesi
Oil sands mining uses up almost as much energy as it produces
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Inside Climate News - The average "energy returned on investment" for conventional oil is roughly 25:1. In other words, 25 units of oil-based energy are obtained for every one unit of other energy that is invested to extract it.
Tar sands retrieved by surface mining has an EROI of only about 5:1, according to [new] research. Tar sands retrieved from deeper beneath the earth, through steam injection, fares even worse, with a maximum average ratio of just 2.9 to 1. That means one unit of natural gas is needed to create less than three units of oil-based energy.
"They have to use a lot of natural gas to upgrade this heavy, sticky, gooky almost tar-like stuff to make it fluid enough to use," said Charles Hall, a professor at the State University of New York's College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Hydrogen from gas heats the tar sands so the viscous form of petroleum it contains, known as bitumen, can be liquefied and pumped out of the ground. In this way, Hall said, gas helps turn tar sands "into something a bit closer to what we call oil."
Tar sands retrieved by surface mining has an EROI of only about 5:1, according to [new] research. Tar sands retrieved from deeper beneath the earth, through steam injection, fares even worse, with a maximum average ratio of just 2.9 to 1. That means one unit of natural gas is needed to create less than three units of oil-based energy.
"They have to use a lot of natural gas to upgrade this heavy, sticky, gooky almost tar-like stuff to make it fluid enough to use," said Charles Hall, a professor at the State University of New York's College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Hydrogen from gas heats the tar sands so the viscous form of petroleum it contains, known as bitumen, can be liquefied and pumped out of the ground. In this way, Hall said, gas helps turn tar sands "into something a bit closer to what we call oil."
Stopping school privatization
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Bruce A. Dixon, Black Agenda Report - The national wave of school closings not national news because our nation's elite, from Wall Street and the hedge fund guys to the chambers of commerce and the business establishment, from corporate media and all the elite politicians of both parties from the president down to local mayors and state legislators are working diligently to privatize public education as quickly as possible. They're not stupid. They've done the polling and the focus groups. They know with dead certainty that the p-word is massively unpopular, and that parents, teachers, students and communities aren't clamoring to hand schools over to greedy profiteers.
On every level, the advocates of educational privatization strive to avoid using the p-word. They deliberately mislabel charter schools, just as unaccountable as every other private business in the land as “public charter schools,” because after all, they use public money. So do Boeing, Lockheed, General Dynamics, Bank of America and Goldman Sachs, but nobody calls these “public aerospace companies,” “public military contractors,” or “public banks.” For the same reason, corporate media refuse to cover the extent of the school closing epidemic, or local opposition to it, for fear of feeding the development of a popular movement against privatization, and Race To The Top, the Obama administration's signature public education initiative, and the sharp edge of the privatizers, literally driving the wave of school closings, teacher firings, and the adoption of “run-the-school-like-a-business” methods everywhere.
The privatizers know the clock is ticking. They know that no white Republican or Democrat could have successfully closed thousands of schools, mainly in the inner city and low-income neighborhoods without a tidal wave of noisy opposition...
What can we do? What can you do?
If you live in one of the hundreds of jurisdictions that elect school board members in November 2013, now is the time to call your neighbors together and choose which one of you will be a candidate. School board elections are low impact, low budget, low attention and low turnout affairs, the most favorable electoral terrain for amateur and grassroots activists..
Join or start an organization of parents, teachers, students or all three in your neighborhood to halt the privatizations..
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The clock is ticking. Once we lose the public schools we won't get them back.
On every level, the advocates of educational privatization strive to avoid using the p-word. They deliberately mislabel charter schools, just as unaccountable as every other private business in the land as “public charter schools,” because after all, they use public money. So do Boeing, Lockheed, General Dynamics, Bank of America and Goldman Sachs, but nobody calls these “public aerospace companies,” “public military contractors,” or “public banks.” For the same reason, corporate media refuse to cover the extent of the school closing epidemic, or local opposition to it, for fear of feeding the development of a popular movement against privatization, and Race To The Top, the Obama administration's signature public education initiative, and the sharp edge of the privatizers, literally driving the wave of school closings, teacher firings, and the adoption of “run-the-school-like-a-business” methods everywhere.
The privatizers know the clock is ticking. They know that no white Republican or Democrat could have successfully closed thousands of schools, mainly in the inner city and low-income neighborhoods without a tidal wave of noisy opposition...
What can we do? What can you do?
If you live in one of the hundreds of jurisdictions that elect school board members in November 2013, now is the time to call your neighbors together and choose which one of you will be a candidate. School board elections are low impact, low budget, low attention and low turnout affairs, the most favorable electoral terrain for amateur and grassroots activists..
Join or start an organization of parents, teachers, students or all three in your neighborhood to halt the privatizations..
You can join the parents, students and teachers who are coming to DC the first week of April to Occupy the Department of Education. We'll have more information here at Black Agenda Report on that too.
The clock is ticking. Once we lose the public schools we won't get them back.
Gentrification update: Hiring a consultant to get your kid into the right public or charter school
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Emma Brown, Washington Post - When Capitol Hill mom E.V. Downey went into business as an education consultant, she thought she’d cater to parents angling for advice on admission to private schools.
Instead, almost all of her clients are clamoring for help getting their children into a good D.C. public school.
...The District takes pride in offering its residents one of the widest varieties of school choice in the country. Only about one-quarter of students attend their assigned neighborhood school; the rest choose out-of-boundary schools, magnets or charters.
...In Washington, choice also means gambling. The most sought-after schools don’t have enough space to meet demand, and winning a seat in one often comes down to winning the lottery. Literally.
One lottery, for admission to out-of-boundary traditional schools, closes Monday night. Then there are separate lotteries for each of the dozens of charter schools that attract more applicants — often thousands more applicants — than they can accommodate.
...More than 40 percent of the District’s 80,000 students attend charter schools, but students in the traditional system also make deliberate choices, as more than half do not attend their assigned neighborhood school.
.... Most D.C. families don’t have the wherewithal to pay for school advice, raising questions about whether school choice highlights a divide between parents who have the information they need to navigate the system — and the ability to transport their kids across town to a better school — and parents who don’t.
That divide is increasingly visible as the city gentrifies, attracting middle-class families who often don’t see struggling neighborhood schools as viable options.
...It’s a niche business, so far concentrated on Capitol Hill. But Downey hopes to expand to other neighborhoods, such as Brookland and Petworth, with many families who are desperate for school advice and have the money to pay for it.
... Race and class are two issues that simmer in the background — and occasionally burst to the forefront — of her conversations with parents. Downey steers parents away from schools that focus on teaching poor children, for example, saying that even top-ranked and much-lauded schools — such as KIPP DC and D.C. Prep — “wouldn’t feel like a very good fit” for a middle-class family.
Instead, almost all of her clients are clamoring for help getting their children into a good D.C. public school.
...The District takes pride in offering its residents one of the widest varieties of school choice in the country. Only about one-quarter of students attend their assigned neighborhood school; the rest choose out-of-boundary schools, magnets or charters.
...In Washington, choice also means gambling. The most sought-after schools don’t have enough space to meet demand, and winning a seat in one often comes down to winning the lottery. Literally.
One lottery, for admission to out-of-boundary traditional schools, closes Monday night. Then there are separate lotteries for each of the dozens of charter schools that attract more applicants — often thousands more applicants — than they can accommodate.
...More than 40 percent of the District’s 80,000 students attend charter schools, but students in the traditional system also make deliberate choices, as more than half do not attend their assigned neighborhood school.
.... Most D.C. families don’t have the wherewithal to pay for school advice, raising questions about whether school choice highlights a divide between parents who have the information they need to navigate the system — and the ability to transport their kids across town to a better school — and parents who don’t.
That divide is increasingly visible as the city gentrifies, attracting middle-class families who often don’t see struggling neighborhood schools as viable options.
...It’s a niche business, so far concentrated on Capitol Hill. But Downey hopes to expand to other neighborhoods, such as Brookland and Petworth, with many families who are desperate for school advice and have the money to pay for it.
... Race and class are two issues that simmer in the background — and occasionally burst to the forefront — of her conversations with parents. Downey steers parents away from schools that focus on teaching poor children, for example, saying that even top-ranked and much-lauded schools — such as KIPP DC and D.C. Prep — “wouldn’t feel like a very good fit” for a middle-class family.
Citigroup promises Lew big bucks if he took a high government job
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This is evidence of pure corruption: Citigroup is telling exactly what it's worth to it to have one of its former employees in a high government position. And it's a lot.
Jonathan Weil, Bloomberg - [Jack] Lew’s employment agreement with Citigroup said his “guaranteed incentive and retention award” wouldn’t be paid if he quit his job, with limited exceptions. One was if he left Citigroup “as a result of your acceptance of a full-time high level position with the United States government or regulatory body.” This applied if he left “prior to the payment of any incentive and retention award for performance year 2008 or thereafter.” Such an award wasn’t guaranteed but would be consistent with the company’s practice, the document said.
A similar provision concerned his stock-based compensation. If Lew left in 2008 or afterward to accept a high-level U.S. government position, all of his outstanding equity awards, including restricted stock, would vest immediately, the document said. Alternatively, Citigroup had the option of paying Lew the cash equivalent of any shares he forfeited upon leaving. The terms didn’t mention other kinds of public-service work, such as a midlevel U.S. government job, a position in municipal or state government, or working at a nonprofit organization such as a university.
Lew stood to receive $250,001 to $500,000 worth of accelerated restricted Citigroup stock when he left the company, according to a disclosure report he filed in January 2009. The same document listed $1.1 million of “salary and discretionary cash comp” from Citigroup. Lew said at last week’s hearing that his salary for 2008 was $350,000.
Jonathan Weil, Bloomberg - [Jack] Lew’s employment agreement with Citigroup said his “guaranteed incentive and retention award” wouldn’t be paid if he quit his job, with limited exceptions. One was if he left Citigroup “as a result of your acceptance of a full-time high level position with the United States government or regulatory body.” This applied if he left “prior to the payment of any incentive and retention award for performance year 2008 or thereafter.” Such an award wasn’t guaranteed but would be consistent with the company’s practice, the document said.
A similar provision concerned his stock-based compensation. If Lew left in 2008 or afterward to accept a high-level U.S. government position, all of his outstanding equity awards, including restricted stock, would vest immediately, the document said. Alternatively, Citigroup had the option of paying Lew the cash equivalent of any shares he forfeited upon leaving. The terms didn’t mention other kinds of public-service work, such as a midlevel U.S. government job, a position in municipal or state government, or working at a nonprofit organization such as a university.
Lew stood to receive $250,001 to $500,000 worth of accelerated restricted Citigroup stock when he left the company, according to a disclosure report he filed in January 2009. The same document listed $1.1 million of “salary and discretionary cash comp” from Citigroup. Lew said at last week’s hearing that his salary for 2008 was $350,000.
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Documentaries; Cool Disco Dan
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Matt Cohen, DCist - The Legend of “Cool” Disco Dan is a glossy and thorough, albeit hurried, look at the life of “urban phantom” Dan Hogg. Compiling an impressive amount of archival footage, newspaper clips, and photographs from Chocolate City’s go-go days, the film traces the origins of the infamous tagger and the cultural mark he’s left on the city.
Cool “Disco” Dan’s graffiti tag—the non-descript go-go lettering of his name, complete with the irreverent quotations hugging the “Disco” midriff—is about as iconic of the era as then-Mayor Marion Barry's utterance, “Bitch set me up.” During Dan’s most prolific period, the tag could be found in almost every block of D.C.: overpasses, walls, Metro tunnels, even the sides of Metro buses. The fact that little was known about who “Disco” Dan was or why he was so cool only added to the intrigue and mystery surrounding his mark. That was until The Washington Post’s Paul Hendrickson managed to track him down and revealed his identity in an illuminating 1991 profile. But at that point, Dan had already become so much of an icon, that his anonymity was irrelevant. At a time when the city was suffering from a major crack epidemic, the Cool “Disco” Dan tag was seen as a sort of symbol of hope for the city.
Washington Post story on Disco Dan
Cool “Disco” Dan’s graffiti tag—the non-descript go-go lettering of his name, complete with the irreverent quotations hugging the “Disco” midriff—is about as iconic of the era as then-Mayor Marion Barry's utterance, “Bitch set me up.” During Dan’s most prolific period, the tag could be found in almost every block of D.C.: overpasses, walls, Metro tunnels, even the sides of Metro buses. The fact that little was known about who “Disco” Dan was or why he was so cool only added to the intrigue and mystery surrounding his mark. That was until The Washington Post’s Paul Hendrickson managed to track him down and revealed his identity in an illuminating 1991 profile. But at that point, Dan had already become so much of an icon, that his anonymity was irrelevant. At a time when the city was suffering from a major crack epidemic, the Cool “Disco” Dan tag was seen as a sort of symbol of hope for the city.
Washington Post story on Disco Dan
Federal appeals court says 2nd Amendment doesn't cover concealed carry
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Denver Post - The Second Amendment's guarantee of a right to bear arms does not extend to the right to carry a concealed weapon in public, a federal appeals court in Denver has ruled.
"We conclude that the carrying of concealed firearms is not protected by the Second Amendment . . ." Justice Carlos Lucero wrote on behalf of a three-judge panel of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Lucero cited case law dating to the 1800s that put restrictions on walking around in public with a gun.
"In light of our nation's extensive practice of restricting citizens' freedom to carry firearms in a concealed manner, we hold that this activity does not fall within the scope of the Second Amendment's protections," he wrote in the ruling issued
"We conclude that the carrying of concealed firearms is not protected by the Second Amendment . . ." Justice Carlos Lucero wrote on behalf of a three-judge panel of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Lucero cited case law dating to the 1800s that put restrictions on walking around in public with a gun.
"In light of our nation's extensive practice of restricting citizens' freedom to carry firearms in a concealed manner, we hold that this activity does not fall within the scope of the Second Amendment's protections," he wrote in the ruling issued
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International protests over Bradley Manning's 1000th day in prison
Lake Powell may dry up within a few decades
Who said scientists aren't fun
Dedication page of
Introduction to Algebraic Topology
My boyfriend of 7 years and I are both physicists.
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@growingwisdom - All time record cold was set for the Northern Hemisphere just 5 days ago when a town in Siberia hit 96 below zero! Old record back in 1933.
Lake Powell may dry up within a few decades
Who said scientists aren't fun
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@growingwisdom - All time record cold was set for the Northern Hemisphere just 5 days ago when a town in Siberia hit 96 below zero! Old record back in 1933.
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A Troofer decides to send certified mail letters to the heads of all the insurance companies involved in the WTC claims:
Why do I approve? Because at least somebody is putting his money where his mouth is. Certified mail letters cost a couple of bucks apiece (at least, the last I priced them). What's more, I can't imagine anything more amusing than Richard Gage trying to pass himself off as an expert witness in high-rise office buildings before a court of law. Not that I think it will ever come to that.
But I do think Graham will get some sort of response to his letters. When I worked for a big insurance company, they had a policy of answering every letter, so it will be interesting to see if there is any followup about the responses.
9/11 Truth activist Mark Graham sent a letter to the 12 insurance companies for the airline defendants sued by Larry Silverstein informing them about evidence of controlled demolition of the Twin Towers and Building 7 and offering to put them in touch with building experts who could provide expert testimony.
Why do I approve? Because at least somebody is putting his money where his mouth is. Certified mail letters cost a couple of bucks apiece (at least, the last I priced them). What's more, I can't imagine anything more amusing than Richard Gage trying to pass himself off as an expert witness in high-rise office buildings before a court of law. Not that I think it will ever come to that.
But I do think Graham will get some sort of response to his letters. When I worked for a big insurance company, they had a policy of answering every letter, so it will be interesting to see if there is any followup about the responses.
Box Boy's Biggest Deal Ever!
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If the Truthers think we insult their intelligence (and we do!) check out Gage's latest offer.
I particularly like the neato graphic that Gage included to demonstrate the "tipping point":
You can tell this is a serious organization dedicated to the lives we lost on 9-11.
AE911truth must grow and change in order to create and handle the realities of the forthcoming critical mass of public awareness.He's created a dozen different levels of membership; from the Student Level at $30 a year to the Diamond Circle of Torchbearers at a whopping $50,000 per annum. In return, he's giving out lots of goodies, like a Tee shirt, a coffee mug, and a signed copy of one of his posters. At the higher levels, you also get Plaques of Appreciation, and the privilege of picking up the phone and dialing Richard, or one of the board members. Such a deal!
That’s why we are inviting you to play a key role by becoming a valued Member of AE911Truth today.
I particularly like the neato graphic that Gage included to demonstrate the "tipping point":
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Everton's Computerized Family File, Volume 4, 1400s-present Family Pedigrees
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Everton's Computerized "Roots" Cellar, 1640-1990 Family Queries
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Egle's Notes and Queries of Pennsylvania, 1700s-1800s
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The Dramatic story of Black Slavery in America from the first arrival of African slaves at Jamestown in 1619 to the Civil War and the ratification of the 15th Amendment in 1870 which prohibits the government from denying a citizen the vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude (i.e., slavery) - the third of the Reconstruction Amendments which finally ended the legitimacy of Slavery in the United States.
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The Dramatic story of Black Slavery in America from the first arrival of African slaves at Jamestown in 1619 to the Civil War and the ratification of the 15th Amendment in 1870 which prohibits the government from denying a citizen the vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude (i.e., slavery) - the third of the Reconstruction Amendments which finally ended the legitimacy of Slavery in the United States. - 1619 Virginia - The First African Slaves arrive.
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Everton's Computerized "Roots" Cellar, 1640-1990 Family Queries
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Egle's Notes and Queries of Pennsylvania, 1700s-1800s
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New England Family Histories #1, 1600s-1800s
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London secular chuch doing well
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New APPS - An atheist church in North London has opened last month. It proves to be very popular; as a matter of fact, vastly outstripping the neighboring Anglican evangelical church in congregation size. The ca. 300 members of this church congregate to sing secular songs, celebrate life and the natural world, have readings from secular texts, like Alice in Wonderland, and have secular sermons, on topics like "life is all too brief and nothing comes after it."
Obamacares: More companies to self insure healthcare, adding to others' costs
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NY Times - Federal and state officials and consumer advocates have grown worried that companies with relatively young, healthy employees may opt out of the regular health insurance market to avoid the minimum coverage standards in President Obama’s sweeping law, a move that could drive up costs for workers at other companies.
Companies can avoid many standards in the new law by insuring their own employees, rather than signing up with commercial insurers, because Congress did not want to disrupt self-insurance arrangements that were seen as working well for many large employers.
“The new health care law created powerful incentives for smaller employers to self-insure,” said Deborah J. Chollet, a senior fellow at Mathematica Policy Research who has been studying the insurance industry for more than 25 years. “This trend could destabilize small-group insurance markets and erode protections provided by the Affordable Care Act.”
Self-insurance was already growing before Mr. Obama signed the law in 2010, making it difficult to know whether the law is responsible for any recent changes. A study by the nonpartisan Employee Benefit Research Institute found that about 59 percent of private sector workers with health coverage were in self-insured plans in 2011, up from 41 percent in 1998.
Orlando Sentinel - Universal Orlando plans to stop offering medical insurance to part-time employees beginning next year, a move the resort says has been forced by the federal government's health-care overhaul. The giant theme-park resort, which generates more than $1 billion in annual revenue, began informing employees this month that it will offer health-insurance to part-timers "only until December 31, 2013."
Companies can avoid many standards in the new law by insuring their own employees, rather than signing up with commercial insurers, because Congress did not want to disrupt self-insurance arrangements that were seen as working well for many large employers.
“The new health care law created powerful incentives for smaller employers to self-insure,” said Deborah J. Chollet, a senior fellow at Mathematica Policy Research who has been studying the insurance industry for more than 25 years. “This trend could destabilize small-group insurance markets and erode protections provided by the Affordable Care Act.”
Self-insurance was already growing before Mr. Obama signed the law in 2010, making it difficult to know whether the law is responsible for any recent changes. A study by the nonpartisan Employee Benefit Research Institute found that about 59 percent of private sector workers with health coverage were in self-insured plans in 2011, up from 41 percent in 1998.
Orlando Sentinel - Universal Orlando plans to stop offering medical insurance to part-time employees beginning next year, a move the resort says has been forced by the federal government's health-care overhaul. The giant theme-park resort, which generates more than $1 billion in annual revenue, began informing employees this month that it will offer health-insurance to part-timers "only until December 31, 2013."
Zombie foreclosures hurt homeowners
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CNN - Borrowers are discovering that their foreclosed homes are coming back to haunt them -- long after they have moved out.
In these "zombie foreclosures," borrowers move out after their bank schedules a foreclosure auction only to learn months or years later that the auction never took place or the bank never transferred the deed. That means the borrower still technically owns the house and is on the hook for property taxes, fees and homeowners' association dues.
Since the housing bubble burst seven years ago, almost two million properties have started but never completed the foreclosure process, according to RealtyTrac. While no one knows the exact number, it's estimated that tens of thousands could be zombie foreclosures.
Many of these homes are in low-income communities where foreclosures are so difficult to sell that lenders sometimes delay taking possession to save on taxes and other costs that then stay under the borrower's name.
Those debts can then go unpaid for years because the borrower is unaware they owe them, further slamming their credit score and making life after foreclosure even harder.
In these "zombie foreclosures," borrowers move out after their bank schedules a foreclosure auction only to learn months or years later that the auction never took place or the bank never transferred the deed. That means the borrower still technically owns the house and is on the hook for property taxes, fees and homeowners' association dues.
Since the housing bubble burst seven years ago, almost two million properties have started but never completed the foreclosure process, according to RealtyTrac. While no one knows the exact number, it's estimated that tens of thousands could be zombie foreclosures.
Many of these homes are in low-income communities where foreclosures are so difficult to sell that lenders sometimes delay taking possession to save on taxes and other costs that then stay under the borrower's name.
Those debts can then go unpaid for years because the borrower is unaware they owe them, further slamming their credit score and making life after foreclosure even harder.
Police blotter: Walmart has woman arrested for stealing a bag of Oreos
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Smoking Gun - Walmart is pressing a felony charge against a 63-year-old worker who has been accused of stealing a bag of Oreo cookies from the Indiana store where she worked on the maintenance crew.
Penny Winters was arrested this week after Walmart launched an internal investigation upon the discovery of an empty cookie wrapper. A subsequent review of surveillance footage showed “Ms. Winters select the package of cookies, open it, and proceed to consume multiple cookies during her work shift,” according to a Portage Police Department report.
Cops did not estimate the value of the “multiple cookies” consumed by Winters, who has been fired from her $11.40 position with the retail giant.
When confronted by a Walmart “asset protection manager,” Winters admitted taking the Oreos, adding that she had also helped herself to other snacks during her seven-month tenure at the store.
Penny Winters was arrested this week after Walmart launched an internal investigation upon the discovery of an empty cookie wrapper. A subsequent review of surveillance footage showed “Ms. Winters select the package of cookies, open it, and proceed to consume multiple cookies during her work shift,” according to a Portage Police Department report.
Cops did not estimate the value of the “multiple cookies” consumed by Winters, who has been fired from her $11.40 position with the retail giant.
When confronted by a Walmart “asset protection manager,” Winters admitted taking the Oreos, adding that she had also helped herself to other snacks during her seven-month tenure at the store.
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The real problem with race: it doesn't exist
Would you also propose doing away with the term race or sub-species in other species? In fact, what about the term species itself? Even then you have unclear or fuzzy boundaries.As Jerry Coyne notes, in evolutionary biology, races of animals (also called “subspecies” or “ecotypes”) are morphologically distinguishable populations that live in allopatry (i.e. are geographically separated). And, as we all know, there are morphologically different groups of people who live in different areas, though those differences are blurring due to recent innovations in transportation that have led to more admixture between human groups.Also, self identified ethnicity matches genetic clusters almost perfectly.
Yellow traffic lights
I've been grousing for years that DC's yellow lights are too long, not too short. Everybody knows they're yellow for at least 4 seconds, and so step on it to run the light. In cities where yellow light are two seconds, most people stop when they see it; knowing they don't have time to run it.
Howard Dean
The last national liberal Democratic leader to make some sense on this subject was Howard Dean, which isn’t surprising since he was the last liberal Democratic leader who knew how to reach out to all Americans and not just stay in the liberal cocoon.Sam, are you starting to go politically senile? Dean is and was a Republican in a Dem suit - a DLC opportunist from the marrow out. Look at his record in Vermont, fachrissake. Don't you remember him shucking and jiving in the run-up to the Iraq invasion, trying to figure out what stance to take for the biggest gain to him? He should have cringed every time he saw the playback - but I bet he didn't.
How high speed trains will hurt freight rail
The current rails and roadbeds are inadequate for hi-speed rail. So there must be new roadbeds and rails laid. Given that high-speed curves must be larger in radius and banked more sharply to deal with the centrifugal force, I wonder how much even of the existing right-of-way can be re-used.If the amount is small, as I suppose, then a new web would have to be created, leaving the existing web to be used for freight.I'd expect the new hi-speed rail service to include freight cars that replace air-freight for within-continent carriage.It seems somewhat obvious to me that we'll need to revive the interurban railways, too.
Would you also propose doing away with the term race or sub-species in other species? In fact, what about the term species itself? Even then you have unclear or fuzzy boundaries.As Jerry Coyne notes, in evolutionary biology, races of animals (also called “subspecies” or “ecotypes”) are morphologically distinguishable populations that live in allopatry (i.e. are geographically separated). And, as we all know, there are morphologically different groups of people who live in different areas, though those differences are blurring due to recent innovations in transportation that have led to more admixture between human groups.Also, self identified ethnicity matches genetic clusters almost perfectly.
Yellow traffic lights
I've been grousing for years that DC's yellow lights are too long, not too short. Everybody knows they're yellow for at least 4 seconds, and so step on it to run the light. In cities where yellow light are two seconds, most people stop when they see it; knowing they don't have time to run it.
Howard Dean
The last national liberal Democratic leader to make some sense on this subject was Howard Dean, which isn’t surprising since he was the last liberal Democratic leader who knew how to reach out to all Americans and not just stay in the liberal cocoon.Sam, are you starting to go politically senile? Dean is and was a Republican in a Dem suit - a DLC opportunist from the marrow out. Look at his record in Vermont, fachrissake. Don't you remember him shucking and jiving in the run-up to the Iraq invasion, trying to figure out what stance to take for the biggest gain to him? He should have cringed every time he saw the playback - but I bet he didn't.
How high speed trains will hurt freight rail
The current rails and roadbeds are inadequate for hi-speed rail. So there must be new roadbeds and rails laid. Given that high-speed curves must be larger in radius and banked more sharply to deal with the centrifugal force, I wonder how much even of the existing right-of-way can be re-used.If the amount is small, as I suppose, then a new web would have to be created, leaving the existing web to be used for freight.I'd expect the new hi-speed rail service to include freight cars that replace air-freight for within-continent carriage.It seems somewhat obvious to me that we'll need to revive the interurban railways, too.
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Ralph Nader on the real Hilllary Clinton
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Ralph Nader - Hillary Clinton has completed her four-year tenure as Secretary of State to the accolades of both Democratic and Republican Congressional champions of the budget-busting “military-industrial complex,” that President Eisenhower warned about in his farewell address. Behind the public relations sheen, the photo-opportunities with groups of poor people in the developing world, an ever more militarized State Department operated under Clinton’s leadership.
A militarized State Department is more than a repudiation of the Department’s basic charter of 1789, for the then-named Department of Foreign Affairs, which envisioned diplomacy as its mission. Secretary Clinton reveled in tough, belligerent talk and action on her many trips to more than a hundred countries. She would warn or threaten “consequences” on a regular basis. She supported soldiers in Afghanistan, the use of secret Special Forces in other places and “force projection” in East Asia to contain China. She aggressively supported or attacked resistance movements in dictatorships, depending on whether a regime played to Washington’s tune.
Because Defense Secretary Robert Gates was openly cool to the drum beats for war on Libya, Clinton took over and choreographed the NATO ouster of the dictator, Muammar al-Gaddafi, long after he had given up his mass destruction weaponry and was working to re-kindle relations with the U.S. government and global energy corporations. Libya is now in a disastrous warlord state-of-chaos. Many fleeing fighters have moved into Mali, making that vast country into another battlefield drawing U.S. involvement.
Time and again, Hillary Clinton’s belligerence exceeded that of Obama’s Secretaries of Defense. From her seat on the Senate Armed Services Committee to her tenure at the State Department, Hillary Clinton sought to prove that she could be just as tough as the militaristic civilian men whose circle she entered. Throughout her four years it was Generalissima Clinton, expanding the American Empire at large.
Here is some of what the candid camera of history will show about her record:
1. A Yale Law School graduate, she shared with President Obama, a former Harvard Law Review President, a shocking disregard for the law and separation of powers be it the Constitution, federal statues or international treaties. Her legal advisor, former Yale Law Dean Harold Koh, provided cover for her and Obama’s “drone ranger” (to use Bill Moyer’s words), John Brennan, Obama’s counterterrorism advisor. Brennan gave the president weekly opportunities (White House aides called decision day “Terror Tuesdays”) to become secret prosecutor, judge, jury, and executioner. Imagine thousands of push-button deaths and injuries of internal resisters and civilian bystanders in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Yemen and elsewhere who presented no threat to the U.S.
The war on Libya, which Clinton spearheaded for Obama, was conducted without a Congressional declaration of war, without even a war resolution or a Congressional authorization or appropriation. She and her boss outdid Cheney and Bush on that score.
2. Although touting “diplomacy” as a priority, Clinton made little attempt to bring the United States into the community of nations by signing or ratifying international treaties already having as signatories over a hundred nations. As a former senator with bi-partisan support, Clinton didn’t use much of her capital on climate change agreements.
Human Rights Watch reports that chief among the unratified treaties are “international conventions relating to children, women, persons with disabilities, torture, enforced disappearance, and the use of anti-personal landmines and cluster munitions.” The last two treaties are designed to save thousands of lives and limbs of the children and their parents who are major victims of these concealed, atrocious weapons. Clinton has not gone to bat against the advocates for those “blowback” explosives that the Pentagon still uses.
When the Senate recently failed to ratify the treaty on disabilities, Clinton, with former senator and injured veteran, Robert Dole on her side, still didn’t make the maximum effort of which she is capable.
3. Secretary Clinton had problems heralding accurate whistleblowers. A 24-year-Foreign Service Officer, Peter Van Buren spent a year in Iraq running two State Department Reconstruction Teams. He exposed State Department waste and mismanagement along with the Pentagon’s “reconstruction” efforts using corporate contractors. Unlistened to, Van Buren, true to his civil service oath of office, went public. Clinton fired him.
4. Possibly the most revealing of Clinton’s character was ordering U.S. officials to spy on top UN diplomats, including those from our ally, the United Kingdom. Shockingly, she even ordered her emissaries to obtain DNA data, iris scans (known as biometric data) and fingerprints along with credit card and frequent flier numbers.
The disclosure of secret State Department cables proved this to be a clear violation of the 1946 UN convention. Clinton included in this crude boomeranging personal espionage, the Secretary General of the UN, Ban Ki-Moon and his top officials all around the world. As befits these lawless times, there were no Congressional hearings, no accountabilities, and no resignation by the self-styled civil libertarian Secretary of State, not even a public apology.
5. Clinton led a dangerous expansion of the Department’s mission in Iraq. As reported in the Wall Street Journal on December 10, 2011, “In place of the military, the State Department will assume a new role of unprecedented scale, overseeing a massive diplomatic mission through a network of fortified, self-sufficient installations.”
To call this a diplomatic mission is a stretch. The State Department has hired thousands of private security contractors for armed details and transportation of personnel. Simply guarding the huge U.S. embassy in Iraq and its personnel costs more than $650 million a year – larger than the entire budget of the Occupational Health and Safety Agency, which is responsible for reducing the yearly loss of about 58,000 lives in workplace-related traumas and sickness.
Another State Department undertaking is to improve the training and capability of Iraq’s police and armed forces. Countless active and retired Foreign Service officers believe expanded militarization of the State Department both sidelines them, their experience and knowledge, in favor of contractors and military people, and endangers them overseas.
Blurring the distinction between the Pentagon and the State Department in words and deeds seriously compromises Americans engaged in development and diplomatic endeavors. When people in the developing countries see Americans working to advance public health or clean drinking water systems within their countries, they now wonder if these are front activities for spying or undercover penetrations. Violent actions, fueled by this suspicion, are already jeopardizing public health efforts on the border areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan.
A militarized State Department is more than a repudiation of the Department’s basic charter of 1789, for the then-named Department of Foreign Affairs, which envisioned diplomacy as its mission. Secretary Clinton reveled in tough, belligerent talk and action on her many trips to more than a hundred countries. She would warn or threaten “consequences” on a regular basis. She supported soldiers in Afghanistan, the use of secret Special Forces in other places and “force projection” in East Asia to contain China. She aggressively supported or attacked resistance movements in dictatorships, depending on whether a regime played to Washington’s tune.
Because Defense Secretary Robert Gates was openly cool to the drum beats for war on Libya, Clinton took over and choreographed the NATO ouster of the dictator, Muammar al-Gaddafi, long after he had given up his mass destruction weaponry and was working to re-kindle relations with the U.S. government and global energy corporations. Libya is now in a disastrous warlord state-of-chaos. Many fleeing fighters have moved into Mali, making that vast country into another battlefield drawing U.S. involvement.
Time and again, Hillary Clinton’s belligerence exceeded that of Obama’s Secretaries of Defense. From her seat on the Senate Armed Services Committee to her tenure at the State Department, Hillary Clinton sought to prove that she could be just as tough as the militaristic civilian men whose circle she entered. Throughout her four years it was Generalissima Clinton, expanding the American Empire at large.
Here is some of what the candid camera of history will show about her record:
1. A Yale Law School graduate, she shared with President Obama, a former Harvard Law Review President, a shocking disregard for the law and separation of powers be it the Constitution, federal statues or international treaties. Her legal advisor, former Yale Law Dean Harold Koh, provided cover for her and Obama’s “drone ranger” (to use Bill Moyer’s words), John Brennan, Obama’s counterterrorism advisor. Brennan gave the president weekly opportunities (White House aides called decision day “Terror Tuesdays”) to become secret prosecutor, judge, jury, and executioner. Imagine thousands of push-button deaths and injuries of internal resisters and civilian bystanders in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Yemen and elsewhere who presented no threat to the U.S.
The war on Libya, which Clinton spearheaded for Obama, was conducted without a Congressional declaration of war, without even a war resolution or a Congressional authorization or appropriation. She and her boss outdid Cheney and Bush on that score.
2. Although touting “diplomacy” as a priority, Clinton made little attempt to bring the United States into the community of nations by signing or ratifying international treaties already having as signatories over a hundred nations. As a former senator with bi-partisan support, Clinton didn’t use much of her capital on climate change agreements.
Human Rights Watch reports that chief among the unratified treaties are “international conventions relating to children, women, persons with disabilities, torture, enforced disappearance, and the use of anti-personal landmines and cluster munitions.” The last two treaties are designed to save thousands of lives and limbs of the children and their parents who are major victims of these concealed, atrocious weapons. Clinton has not gone to bat against the advocates for those “blowback” explosives that the Pentagon still uses.
When the Senate recently failed to ratify the treaty on disabilities, Clinton, with former senator and injured veteran, Robert Dole on her side, still didn’t make the maximum effort of which she is capable.
3. Secretary Clinton had problems heralding accurate whistleblowers. A 24-year-Foreign Service Officer, Peter Van Buren spent a year in Iraq running two State Department Reconstruction Teams. He exposed State Department waste and mismanagement along with the Pentagon’s “reconstruction” efforts using corporate contractors. Unlistened to, Van Buren, true to his civil service oath of office, went public. Clinton fired him.
4. Possibly the most revealing of Clinton’s character was ordering U.S. officials to spy on top UN diplomats, including those from our ally, the United Kingdom. Shockingly, she even ordered her emissaries to obtain DNA data, iris scans (known as biometric data) and fingerprints along with credit card and frequent flier numbers.
The disclosure of secret State Department cables proved this to be a clear violation of the 1946 UN convention. Clinton included in this crude boomeranging personal espionage, the Secretary General of the UN, Ban Ki-Moon and his top officials all around the world. As befits these lawless times, there were no Congressional hearings, no accountabilities, and no resignation by the self-styled civil libertarian Secretary of State, not even a public apology.
5. Clinton led a dangerous expansion of the Department’s mission in Iraq. As reported in the Wall Street Journal on December 10, 2011, “In place of the military, the State Department will assume a new role of unprecedented scale, overseeing a massive diplomatic mission through a network of fortified, self-sufficient installations.”
To call this a diplomatic mission is a stretch. The State Department has hired thousands of private security contractors for armed details and transportation of personnel. Simply guarding the huge U.S. embassy in Iraq and its personnel costs more than $650 million a year – larger than the entire budget of the Occupational Health and Safety Agency, which is responsible for reducing the yearly loss of about 58,000 lives in workplace-related traumas and sickness.
Another State Department undertaking is to improve the training and capability of Iraq’s police and armed forces. Countless active and retired Foreign Service officers believe expanded militarization of the State Department both sidelines them, their experience and knowledge, in favor of contractors and military people, and endangers them overseas.
Blurring the distinction between the Pentagon and the State Department in words and deeds seriously compromises Americans engaged in development and diplomatic endeavors. When people in the developing countries see Americans working to advance public health or clean drinking water systems within their countries, they now wonder if these are front activities for spying or undercover penetrations. Violent actions, fueled by this suspicion, are already jeopardizing public health efforts on the border areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Top Japanese official: Fukishima not contained
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JiJi - It is not appropriate to say that the nuclear accident at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima No.1 power plant has been contained, industry minister Toshimitsu Motegi said.
"The word, 'end,' is inappropriate because many tasks remain unresolved," Motegi told a House of Councillors Budget Committee meeting, speaking of a declaration of the end of the accident that was issued by the previous government. "We don't use that word."
"The word, 'end,' is inappropriate because many tasks remain unresolved," Motegi told a House of Councillors Budget Committee meeting, speaking of a declaration of the end of the accident that was issued by the previous government. "We don't use that word."
Questions the public school smashers can't answer
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Marc Epstein, Huffington Post - An NYU study tracked a student cohort numbering 86,000 that entered the first grade in 1995. It found that less than 40 percent remained in the system after eight years! How will the progress of these students be measured? Who will be rewarded for the unmeasurable progress? Who will be blamed?
Combine these numbers with the outflow New York is experiencing and you realize that the exodus can't simply be blamed on poor public schools when people are leaving the state altogether, not just switching to private and parochial education.
We know this to be true because the Archdiocese of New York announced that it would be closing 27 schools in June.
As it stands now, 50 percent of the teachers who are hired in any given year leave the system voluntarily by their fifth year of teaching. So why are the generals in the Gates Reform Army so energized about holding on to the youngest teachers when half of them will be gone before you know it? Just what will a fabulously expensive tracking system track if neither teachers nor students remain in the system after a few years?
Then there's the testing conundrum. Now that the unions, seniority and tenure have been dispensed with, what are we going to do about the testing system that will tell us which teachers are worth retaining?
In New York, the Regents have admitted the tests they've been administering aren't a valid measurement of student progress, and because of costs, they want to eliminate high school Regents exams in some subject areas instead of expanding them. So what are we going to do about high school teachers who don't teach a Regents course?
How will we judge art, music and physical education teachers? For that matter, how will we measure teachers of languages like German, Hebrew and Latin? If a child enters a gym class overweight and doesn't lose a designated amount will the teacher be held responsible? What skills do we expect art and music teachers to impart so that we can determine if they should be terminated?
Now imagine that the number of students enrolled in charter schools grows to about one half of the NYC school system. Who is going to be inspecting these schools to ensure that monies are properly spent, crimes and abuses are reported to the appropriate authorities, and that an excellent teacher isn't fired because a capricious principal doesn't find the teacher appealing?
In short, how do you finance and maintain a bureaucracy that actually has to deal with the nuts and bolts of educating hundreds of thousands of kids when everyone is on their own?
Combine these numbers with the outflow New York is experiencing and you realize that the exodus can't simply be blamed on poor public schools when people are leaving the state altogether, not just switching to private and parochial education.
We know this to be true because the Archdiocese of New York announced that it would be closing 27 schools in June.
As it stands now, 50 percent of the teachers who are hired in any given year leave the system voluntarily by their fifth year of teaching. So why are the generals in the Gates Reform Army so energized about holding on to the youngest teachers when half of them will be gone before you know it? Just what will a fabulously expensive tracking system track if neither teachers nor students remain in the system after a few years?
Then there's the testing conundrum. Now that the unions, seniority and tenure have been dispensed with, what are we going to do about the testing system that will tell us which teachers are worth retaining?
In New York, the Regents have admitted the tests they've been administering aren't a valid measurement of student progress, and because of costs, they want to eliminate high school Regents exams in some subject areas instead of expanding them. So what are we going to do about high school teachers who don't teach a Regents course?
How will we judge art, music and physical education teachers? For that matter, how will we measure teachers of languages like German, Hebrew and Latin? If a child enters a gym class overweight and doesn't lose a designated amount will the teacher be held responsible? What skills do we expect art and music teachers to impart so that we can determine if they should be terminated?
Now imagine that the number of students enrolled in charter schools grows to about one half of the NYC school system. Who is going to be inspecting these schools to ensure that monies are properly spent, crimes and abuses are reported to the appropriate authorities, and that an excellent teacher isn't fired because a capricious principal doesn't find the teacher appealing?
In short, how do you finance and maintain a bureaucracy that actually has to deal with the nuts and bolts of educating hundreds of thousands of kids when everyone is on their own?
After pipeline opens, vaunted jobs disappear
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Bloomberg - TransCanada Corp.’s Keystone XL oil pipeline, heralded by supporters as a major job creator, will add few permanent positions once the $7 billion project is built.
The number of people needed to operate and maintain the 1,661-mile pipeline may be as few as 20, according to the U.S. State Department, or as many as a few hundred, according to TransCanada.
“I don’t see a big jobs impact,” Stephen Fuller, director of the Center for Regional Analysis at George Mason University in Arlington, Virginia, said in an interview. “It gets the oil into refineries that already exist. It’s like replacing a bridge on the highway.”
The debate in Washington has focused on short-term construction and manufacturing jobs, rather than on permanent ones. Estimates for construction and manufacturing employment range from 2,500 to 20,000, depending on assumptions of how much of the project’s budget will be spent in the U.S. The company says some of the steel will be made in Canada and India.
The number of people needed to operate and maintain the 1,661-mile pipeline may be as few as 20, according to the U.S. State Department, or as many as a few hundred, according to TransCanada.
“I don’t see a big jobs impact,” Stephen Fuller, director of the Center for Regional Analysis at George Mason University in Arlington, Virginia, said in an interview. “It gets the oil into refineries that already exist. It’s like replacing a bridge on the highway.”
The debate in Washington has focused on short-term construction and manufacturing jobs, rather than on permanent ones. Estimates for construction and manufacturing employment range from 2,500 to 20,000, depending on assumptions of how much of the project’s budget will be spent in the U.S. The company says some of the steel will be made in Canada and India.
How Mexico City is recovering from gridlock
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E&E - Little more than a year after making it to the top of IBM's list of worst commuter cities, Mexico City has returned to the urban transit spotlight -- this time at the receiving end of international praise.
During 2012, the city underwent major changes directed at developing a more sustainable transportation system, earning this year's Sustainable Transport Award from the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy.
Mexico's capital expanded its rapid transit bus system, Metrobus, with a new corridor connecting the city's historic center to the airport; opened a 9-mile subway line called Linea 12, or the "Golden Line"; piloted an on-street parking meter reform called ecoParq; expanded its successful public bike system, Ecobici; and spruced up public spaces.
These improvements have helped unclog some of Mexico City's main traffic hot spots, making them more bike- and pedestrian-friendly, but the question remains whether they will be enough to overturn Mexico's long-standing propensities toward gridlock and urban sprawl.
In the meantime, Mexico City is already seeing a drop in emissions, said Federal District Minister of Environment Tanya Müller.
"There is an impact on CO2 emissions," Müller said about the ministry's Ecobici program. "The number is quite shocking."
Taking the number of trips made with the bikes, the ministry was able to calculate the amount of CO2 that would have been emitted if the same distance had been covered by car. According to calculations by EMBARQ, an organization that focuses on improving transportation, from the start of the program in February 2010 to 2011, Ecobici avoided up to 105 tons of CO2 emissions.
During 2012, the city underwent major changes directed at developing a more sustainable transportation system, earning this year's Sustainable Transport Award from the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy.
Mexico's capital expanded its rapid transit bus system, Metrobus, with a new corridor connecting the city's historic center to the airport; opened a 9-mile subway line called Linea 12, or the "Golden Line"; piloted an on-street parking meter reform called ecoParq; expanded its successful public bike system, Ecobici; and spruced up public spaces.
These improvements have helped unclog some of Mexico City's main traffic hot spots, making them more bike- and pedestrian-friendly, but the question remains whether they will be enough to overturn Mexico's long-standing propensities toward gridlock and urban sprawl.
In the meantime, Mexico City is already seeing a drop in emissions, said Federal District Minister of Environment Tanya Müller.
"There is an impact on CO2 emissions," Müller said about the ministry's Ecobici program. "The number is quite shocking."
Taking the number of trips made with the bikes, the ministry was able to calculate the amount of CO2 that would have been emitted if the same distance had been covered by car. According to calculations by EMBARQ, an organization that focuses on improving transportation, from the start of the program in February 2010 to 2011, Ecobici avoided up to 105 tons of CO2 emissions.
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Everton's Computerized "Roots" Cellar, 1640-1990 Family Queries
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Family queries, such as those collected here, are useful because they help coordinate the efforts of family history researchers seeking information on the same family lines. Generally, when you find an ancestor in this data set you'll learn their birth date and location, death date and location, and residence. You'll also find out the name of the family history researcher who contributed the query. By getting in touch with that person, you may be able to combine efforts and learn even more detailed family history information...
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Egle's Notes and Queries of Pennsylvania, 1700s-1800s
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This database contains images of the pages of William Henry Egle's Notes and Queries, regarded to be among the most important work on the genealogy, biography, and history of central Pennsylvania ever published. The columns (and offprints of the columns which appeared in pamphlet form) were reprinted in seven volumes between the years 1894 and 1896. With the five annual volumes for 1896-1900, the complete set of Notes and Queries which appears on this database totals twelve volumes. Since this database contains a great variety of information you may be able to gain a more complete understanding of your ancestors and their lives...
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English Settlers in Barbados, 1637-1800 International Records
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Settled by the British in 1627, Barbados was home to many inhabitants who later relocated to mainland America, settling in Virginia, Georgia, the Carolinas, and other colonies. In fact, throughout most of the 17th and 18th centuries, there was a continuous flow of settlers from Barbados to virtually every point along the Atlantic seaboard. As a result, many families can trace their origins in the New World first to Barbados.
Barbados's surviving parish registers were copied during the mid-19th century and are now housed in the Barbados Department of Archives. The information compiled and presented in these volumes was taken from those registers. Information available varies by record type, and great deal of instructive material can be found in the Foreword or Preface to each volume. Approximately 200,000 individuals are referenced in these baptism, marriage, and probate source records.
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- Barbados Records: Baptisms 1637-1800
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Barbados's surviving parish registers were copied during the mid-19th century and are now housed in the Barbados Department of Archives. The information compiled and presented in these volumes was taken from those registers. Information available varies by record type, and great deal of instructive material can be found in the Foreword or Preface to each volume. Approximately 200,000 individuals are referenced in these baptism, marriage, and probate source records.
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Books Included
- Barbados Records: Baptisms 1637-1800
- Barbados Records: Marriages 1643-1800, Volumes I and II
- Barbados Records: Wills and Administrations 1639-1725, Volumes I-III
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America Before Columbus
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History books traditionally depict the pre-Columbus Americas as a pristine wilderness where small native villages lived in harmony with nature. But scientific evidence tells a very different story: When Columbus stepped ashore in 1492, millions of people were already living there. America wasn't exactly a "New World," but a very old one whose inhabitants had built a vast infrastructure of cities, orchards, canals and causeways. But after Columbus set foot in the Americas, an endless wave of explorers, conquistadors and settlers arrived, and with each of their ships came a Noah's Ark of plants, animals—and disease. In the first 100 years of contact, entire civilizations were wiped out and the landscape was changed forever.
National Geographic embarks on an expedition into the mysterious world of ancient American history to shed a different light on the history of the Americas... Read More
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History books traditionally depict the pre-Columbus Americas as a pristine wilderness where small native villages lived in harmony with nature. But scientific evidence tells a very different story: When Columbus stepped ashore in 1492, millions of people were already living there. America wasn't exactly a "New World," but a very old one whose inhabitants had built a vast infrastructure of cities, orchards, canals and causeways. But after Columbus set foot in the Americas, an endless wave of explorers, conquistadors and settlers arrived, and with each of their ships came a Noah's Ark of plants, animals—and disease. In the first 100 years of contact, entire civilizations were wiped out and the landscape was changed forever. National Geographic embarks on an expedition into the mysterious world of ancient American history to shed a different light on the history of the Americas... Read More
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Social Security Death Benefit Records Index
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This Index is one of the most important research tools available for verifying deaths and death locations. As such, it can serve as the foundation to your family history research. You can search 62 million individuals for the following information: name, birth date, death date, last known residence, and more...
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18 Şubat 2013 Pazartesi
New Scam Targeting Seniors' benefits
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"...In a new scam targeting seniors and the disabled, identity thieves are fraudulently rerouting Social Security benefits to their own bank accounts and prepaid debit cards.
It's pretty straightforward: Identity thieves get their hands on the personal information they need, like a full name and bank account number. Then they contact the Social Security Administration and request that payments be rerouted to their own accounts..."
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End of Paper Checks Dismays Some
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"...Starting March 1, the U.S. Department of the Treasury plans to stop mailing out most paper Social Security checks. Instead, it will require recipients to switch to an electronic form of payment: either direct deposit into their bank account or onto a Treasury-issued debit card.
Although the vast majority — about 95 percent — of seniors in Utah already have their Social Security payments deposited directly into their bank or credit union accounts, for many of the remaining 5 percent the prospect is unnerving..."
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Here's a Good Idea
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A Troofer decides to send certified mail letters to the heads of all the insurance companies involved in the WTC claims:
Why do I approve? Because at least somebody is putting his money where his mouth is. Certified mail letters cost a couple of bucks apiece (at least, the last I priced them). What's more, I can't imagine anything more amusing than Richard Gage trying to pass himself off as an expert witness in high-rise office buildings before a court of law. Not that I think it will ever come to that.
But I do think Graham will get some sort of response to his letters. When I worked for a big insurance company, they had a policy of answering every letter, so it will be interesting to see if there is any followup about the responses.
9/11 Truth activist Mark Graham sent a letter to the 12 insurance companies for the airline defendants sued by Larry Silverstein informing them about evidence of controlled demolition of the Twin Towers and Building 7 and offering to put them in touch with building experts who could provide expert testimony.
Why do I approve? Because at least somebody is putting his money where his mouth is. Certified mail letters cost a couple of bucks apiece (at least, the last I priced them). What's more, I can't imagine anything more amusing than Richard Gage trying to pass himself off as an expert witness in high-rise office buildings before a court of law. Not that I think it will ever come to that.
But I do think Graham will get some sort of response to his letters. When I worked for a big insurance company, they had a policy of answering every letter, so it will be interesting to see if there is any followup about the responses.
Box Boy's Biggest Deal Ever!
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If the Truthers think we insult their intelligence (and we do!) check out Gage's latest offer.
I particularly like the neato graphic that Gage included to demonstrate the "tipping point":
You can tell this is a serious organization dedicated to the lives we lost on 9-11.
AE911truth must grow and change in order to create and handle the realities of the forthcoming critical mass of public awareness.He's created a dozen different levels of membership; from the Student Level at $30 a year to the Diamond Circle of Torchbearers at a whopping $50,000 per annum. In return, he's giving out lots of goodies, like a Tee shirt, a coffee mug, and a signed copy of one of his posters. At the higher levels, you also get Plaques of Appreciation, and the privilege of picking up the phone and dialing Richard, or one of the board members. Such a deal!
That’s why we are inviting you to play a key role by becoming a valued Member of AE911Truth today.
I particularly like the neato graphic that Gage included to demonstrate the "tipping point":
You can tell this is a serious organization dedicated to the lives we lost on 9-11.Salon Yanks Goofy Truther Piece
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Missed this when it came out, but apparently a writer managed to get a Troofer article published at Salon, but it was quickly "pulled" after a number of caustic tweets. The article itself is posted here. He starts off with a weaselly explanation:
When this latter point is mentioned in the comments, the writer, Greg Olear, responds:
He goes into the usual cui bono bit as well; by this "logic" the French were clearly behind the attack on Pearl Harbor, as they benefited the most from it. He's a JFK Truther which fits the pattern; if you're stupid enough to fall for one conspiracy theory you'll probably fall for another.
My point here was not to endorse the 9/11 Truthers, but to explain them. If there were more transparency in government, if so many questions did not go unanswered, such conspiracy theories would wither and die. I wrote that I was concerned that the 9/11 Truthers would be “tarred with the same ‘crackpot’ brush” as the Sandy Hook conspiracy theorists—the idea being that the latter were crazier than the former. I was right to be concerned, because I am writing this with tar-stained fingers, having been plastered with the stuff for the last 24 hours. And I am not even a Truther.As we shall see, that last line is a bunch of horse puckey. He's a Truther, through and through. Here's the crucial passage from the article:
What concerns me about the repudiation of the Hookers is that the 9/11 Truthers are being tarred with the same “crackpot” brush. Yes, many of the September Eleventh conspiracy theories are implausible, and too often veer, as conspiracy theories unfortunately tend to do, toward the anti-Semitic. But unlike with Sandy Hook, 9/11 conspiracy theories flow from a scientific fact: whatever the 9/11 Commission Report might claim, fire generated by burning jet fuel is not hot enough to melt steel.By Hookers, he's talking about the dolts who think that Sandy Hook was a conspiracy by the government to get our guns. As you can see, he makes the two most common errors in Trutherdom with the whole "jet fuel can't melt steel" claim. First, the jet fuel burned off rather quickly, so while it was the initiating cause of the fire, it was long gone by the time the buildings collapsed. Second, the fire does not have to melt the steel; it only has to weaken it, and the fires generated by jet fuel which then spread to office equipment was quite adequate to lessen the structural integrity of the building sufficiently to cause a global collapse.
When this latter point is mentioned in the comments, the writer, Greg Olear, responds:
We can all agree that the burning jet fuel in the towers was not hot enough to cause WTC 7 to collapse, though. ; )So much for his claim that he's not a Truther. And I do have to chuckle a bit at his horror at the notion that the Sandy Hook nuts are going to discredit the 9-11 fruitcakes. In fact, as I pointed out last month, many people have called the former "Sandy Hook Truthers"--discrediting them by association with the 9-11 nutbars, not the other way around.
He goes into the usual cui bono bit as well; by this "logic" the French were clearly behind the attack on Pearl Harbor, as they benefited the most from it. He's a JFK Truther which fits the pattern; if you're stupid enough to fall for one conspiracy theory you'll probably fall for another.
17 Şubat 2013 Pazar
Pilgrim Genealogies and Histories, 1600s-1900s
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Mayflower pilgrims are America's most famous immigrants, but what do you really know about them? Here's a great resource to help you discover the stories and timelines behind the mystique. Comprehensive in its coverage of early New England settlers, this expertly sourced database includes a wide variety of details on the lives of Pilgrims and their descendants in the New World, including approximately 248,000 individuals.
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- The English Ancestry and Homes of the Pilgrim Fathers
- The Planters of the Commonwealth in Massachusetts, 1620-1640
- Topographical Dictionary of 2,885 English Emigrants to New England, 1620-1650
- The Winthrop Fleet of 1630
- The Mayflower Reader: A Selection of Articles from 'The Mayflower Descendant'
- Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families
- Signers of the Mayflower Compact
- History And Genealogy of the Mayflower Planters (2 Volumes)
- A Catalogue of the Names of the First Puritan Settlers of the Colony of Connecticut
- Mayflower Descendants and their Marriages for Two Generations After the Landing
- Lineages of Members of the National Society of Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims (Volumes I-III)
- Records of Plymouth Colony Births, Deaths, Burials, and Other Records, 1633-1689
- The Truth About the Pilgrims
- Chronicles of the Pilgrim Fathers of the Colony of Plymouth From 1602 To 1625
- Cape May County Mayflower Pilgrim Descendants, 1620-1920
- Three Hundred Colonial Ancestors And War Service
- Families Directly Descended From All the Royal Families in Europe (495 To 1932) & Mayflower Descendants
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- The English Ancestry and Homes of the Pilgrim Fathers
- The Planters of the Commonwealth in Massachusetts, 1620-1640
- Topographical Dictionary of 2,885 English Emigrants to New England, 1620-1650
- The Winthrop Fleet of 1630
- The Mayflower Reader: A Selection of Articles from 'The Mayflower Descendant'
- Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families
- Signers of the Mayflower Compact
- History And Genealogy of the Mayflower Planters (2 Volumes)
- A Catalogue of the Names of the First Puritan Settlers of the Colony of Connecticut
- Mayflower Descendants and their Marriages for Two Generations After the Landing
- Lineages of Members of the National Society of Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims (Volumes I-III)
- Records of Plymouth Colony Births, Deaths, Burials, and Other Records, 1633-1689
- The Truth About the Pilgrims
- Chronicles of the Pilgrim Fathers of the Colony of Plymouth From 1602 To 1625
- Cape May County Mayflower Pilgrim Descendants, 1620-1920
- Three Hundred Colonial Ancestors And War Service
- Families Directly Descended From All the Royal Families in Europe (495 To 1932) & Mayflower Descendants
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The New World: Nightmare in Jamestown
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It's a story of bubonic plague, starvation, espionage and cannibalism -- and the founding of America's first colony. In 1607, a handful of English adventurers set sail across the Atlantic, expecting a paradise teeming with gold and riches. Now, 400 years later, the latest discoveries reveal the true story of Jamestown--as you've never seen it before. With exclusive access to forensics and archaeology, National Geographic reveals shocking new evidence of starvation and disease, secret plots and Spanish spies. Authentic recreations bring to life one of the most dramatic chapters in America's history... Read More
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It's a story of bubonic plague, starvation, espionage and cannibalism -- and the founding of America's first colony. In 1607, a handful of English adventurers set sail across the Atlantic, expecting a paradise teeming with gold and riches. Now, 400 years later, the latest discoveries reveal the true story of Jamestown--as you've never seen it before. With exclusive access to forensics and archaeology, National Geographic reveals shocking new evidence of starvation and disease, secret plots and Spanish spies. Authentic recreations bring to life one of the most dramatic chapters in America's history... Read MoreVisit AncestralFindings.com
Here's a Good Idea
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A Troofer decides to send certified mail letters to the heads of all the insurance companies involved in the WTC claims:
Why do I approve? Because at least somebody is putting his money where his mouth is. Certified mail letters cost a couple of bucks apiece (at least, the last I priced them). What's more, I can't imagine anything more amusing than Richard Gage trying to pass himself off as an expert witness in high-rise office buildings before a court of law. Not that I think it will ever come to that.
But I do think Graham will get some sort of response to his letters. When I worked for a big insurance company, they had a policy of answering every letter, so it will be interesting to see if there is any followup about the responses.
9/11 Truth activist Mark Graham sent a letter to the 12 insurance companies for the airline defendants sued by Larry Silverstein informing them about evidence of controlled demolition of the Twin Towers and Building 7 and offering to put them in touch with building experts who could provide expert testimony.
Why do I approve? Because at least somebody is putting his money where his mouth is. Certified mail letters cost a couple of bucks apiece (at least, the last I priced them). What's more, I can't imagine anything more amusing than Richard Gage trying to pass himself off as an expert witness in high-rise office buildings before a court of law. Not that I think it will ever come to that.
But I do think Graham will get some sort of response to his letters. When I worked for a big insurance company, they had a policy of answering every letter, so it will be interesting to see if there is any followup about the responses.
Box Boy's Biggest Deal Ever!
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If the Truthers think we insult their intelligence (and we do!) check out Gage's latest offer.
I particularly like the neato graphic that Gage included to demonstrate the "tipping point":
You can tell this is a serious organization dedicated to the lives we lost on 9-11.
AE911truth must grow and change in order to create and handle the realities of the forthcoming critical mass of public awareness.He's created a dozen different levels of membership; from the Student Level at $30 a year to the Diamond Circle of Torchbearers at a whopping $50,000 per annum. In return, he's giving out lots of goodies, like a Tee shirt, a coffee mug, and a signed copy of one of his posters. At the higher levels, you also get Plaques of Appreciation, and the privilege of picking up the phone and dialing Richard, or one of the board members. Such a deal!
That’s why we are inviting you to play a key role by becoming a valued Member of AE911Truth today.
I particularly like the neato graphic that Gage included to demonstrate the "tipping point":
You can tell this is a serious organization dedicated to the lives we lost on 9-11.New Scam Targeting Seniors' benefits
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"...In a new scam targeting seniors and the disabled, identity thieves are fraudulently rerouting Social Security benefits to their own bank accounts and prepaid debit cards.
It's pretty straightforward: Identity thieves get their hands on the personal information they need, like a full name and bank account number. Then they contact the Social Security Administration and request that payments be rerouted to their own accounts..."
Read more at money.cnn.com
16 Şubat 2013 Cumartesi
Here's a Good Idea
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A Troofer decides to send certified mail letters to the heads of all the insurance companies involved in the WTC claims:
Why do I approve? Because at least somebody is putting his money where his mouth is. Certified mail letters cost a couple of bucks apiece (at least, the last I priced them). What's more, I can't imagine anything more amusing than Richard Gage trying to pass himself off as an expert witness in high-rise office buildings before a court of law. Not that I think it will ever come to that.
But I do think Graham will get some sort of response to his letters. When I worked for a big insurance company, they had a policy of answering every letter, so it will be interesting to see if there is any followup about the responses.
9/11 Truth activist Mark Graham sent a letter to the 12 insurance companies for the airline defendants sued by Larry Silverstein informing them about evidence of controlled demolition of the Twin Towers and Building 7 and offering to put them in touch with building experts who could provide expert testimony.
Why do I approve? Because at least somebody is putting his money where his mouth is. Certified mail letters cost a couple of bucks apiece (at least, the last I priced them). What's more, I can't imagine anything more amusing than Richard Gage trying to pass himself off as an expert witness in high-rise office buildings before a court of law. Not that I think it will ever come to that.
But I do think Graham will get some sort of response to his letters. When I worked for a big insurance company, they had a policy of answering every letter, so it will be interesting to see if there is any followup about the responses.
Box Boy's Biggest Deal Ever!
To contact us Click HERE
If the Truthers think we insult their intelligence (and we do!) check out Gage's latest offer.
I particularly like the neato graphic that Gage included to demonstrate the "tipping point":
You can tell this is a serious organization dedicated to the lives we lost on 9-11.
AE911truth must grow and change in order to create and handle the realities of the forthcoming critical mass of public awareness.He's created a dozen different levels of membership; from the Student Level at $30 a year to the Diamond Circle of Torchbearers at a whopping $50,000 per annum. In return, he's giving out lots of goodies, like a Tee shirt, a coffee mug, and a signed copy of one of his posters. At the higher levels, you also get Plaques of Appreciation, and the privilege of picking up the phone and dialing Richard, or one of the board members. Such a deal!
That’s why we are inviting you to play a key role by becoming a valued Member of AE911Truth today.
I particularly like the neato graphic that Gage included to demonstrate the "tipping point":
You can tell this is a serious organization dedicated to the lives we lost on 9-11.New Scam Targeting Seniors' benefits
To contact us Click HERE
"...In a new scam targeting seniors and the disabled, identity thieves are fraudulently rerouting Social Security benefits to their own bank accounts and prepaid debit cards.
It's pretty straightforward: Identity thieves get their hands on the personal information they need, like a full name and bank account number. Then they contact the Social Security Administration and request that payments be rerouted to their own accounts..."
Read more at money.cnn.com
Social Security in Dire Straits
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"...CONGRESS and President Obama have pushed through a relatively modest stopgap measure to avoid the “fiscal cliff,” but over the coming years, the United States will confront another huge cliff: Social Security.
For the first time in more than a quarter-century, Social Security ran a deficit in 2010: It spent $49 billion dollars more in benefits than it received in revenues, and drew from its trust funds to cover the shortfall. Those funds — a $2.7 trillion buffer built in anticipation of retiring baby boomers — will be exhausted by 2033, the government currently projects.
Those facts are widely known. What’s not is that the Social Security Administration underestimates how long Americans will live and how much the trust funds will need to pay out — to the tune of $800 billion by 2031, more than the current annual defense budget — and that the trust funds will run out, if nothing is done, two years earlier than the government has predicted...."
Read more at NYTimes.com
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