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PPB crosswalk enforcement action tomorrow on SE Foster Road
Posted by Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor) on May 22nd, 2012 at 2:39 pm
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Crosswalk enforcement is tomorrow on SE Foster Road with Police
PORTLAND, Ore. — The Portland Bureau of Transportation and Portland Police Bureau advised the general public that a crosswalk enforcement action was scheduled for Wednesday to raise awareness of pedestrian safety and traffic law.
The enforcement action will be from 12:30 to 2 p.m. tomorrow at the marked, mid-block crossing of SE Foster Road between SE 68th and SE 69th avenues near 6880 SE Foster Road.
This mid-block crossing has a pedestrian median, pavement markings and signage alerting people driving and pedestrians of the crossing.
A crosswalk enforcement action includes a pedestrian decoy positioned at marked or unmarked crosswalks. Drivers that fail to stop for pedestrians in the crosswalk and pedestrians that jaywalk may be issued a warning or citation by the Portland Police Bureau.
Crosswalk enforcement actions are an effective way to communicate pedestrian right of way laws to both drivers and pedestrians. The transportation and police bureaus do enforcement actions in response to community requests and to educate the general public on the rules at marked and unmarked crossings. They are conducted approximately once a month.
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ROME (CNN) -- American Amanda Knox vowed Tuesday to fight with her head "held high" to prove her innocence after Italian Supreme Court judges ruled Tuesday she should stand trial again for the death of her former roommate in Italy.
Knox spent four years in prison before an appellate court overturned her murder conviction, citing lack of evidence against her in the 2007 death of British student Meredith Kercher in Perugia.
Knox, who returned to the United States in 2011 and has been living in Seattle, was not in court for Tuesday's ruling.
The Supreme Court judges in Rome also ordered that her former boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, who was acquitted with her, face a new trial as well over Kercher's death.
Knox said it had been "painful" to hear the news that the court had ordered a retrial, in a statement issued through the family's PR spokesman, David Marriott.
The prosecution's case against her "has been repeatedly revealed to be completely unfounded and unfair," she said in the statement, and an "objective investigation" and "capable prosecution" are needed if any questions remain about her innocence.
"The prosecution responsible for the many discrepancies in their work must be made to answer for them, for Raffaele's sake, my sake, and most especially for the sake of Meredith's family. Our hearts go out to them," she said.
"No matter what happens, my family and I will face this continuing legal battle as we always have, confident in the truth and with our heads held high in the face of wrongful accusations and unreasonable adversity."
'Psychological impact'
Knox's attorney, Carlo Dalla Vedova, earlier told CNN that Knox was "upset and surprised because we thought that the case was over."
But, he added, "at the same time, as she's done in the last five years, she's ready to continue and we are ready to fight."
Dalla Vedova said he did not expect his client to leave Seattle for Italy "for many reasons," although she is free to travel.
"She's a very young girl and she's looking to have her life," he said. "This has a psychological impact on her."
Prosecutors have argued that despite the appellate decision, they still believe Knox and Sollecito are responsible for the death.
A lawyer for the Kercher family, Francesco Maresca, said the murdered girl's sister, Stephanie, said she was satisfied with Tuesday's ruling.
The Kercher family wanted a retrial because they believed the ruling that acquitted Knox and Sollecito was "superficial and unbalanced," he said.
The Kercher family believes more than one person was in the room when Meredith, 21, was killed, he said.
Another man, Ivorian drifter Rudy Guede, was convicted separately of Kercher's killing. Guede admitted having sexual relations with Kercher but denied killing her.
Judge Saverio Chieffi told the court he would publish the reasoning behind his decision within 90 days, after which the parties would have 45 days to present their case. The retrial is not expected until sometime early next year, to be heard in an appellate court in Florence.
After that, both parties would again be able to appeal at the Supreme Court.
Riccardo Montana, a law lecturer at City University London and an expert on the Italian legal system, said that the judges' decision to order a retrial is "not unusual when a case is very complex and there is a clear contrast between different accounts of the factual scenario."
While the Italian Supreme Court decides on points of law, the boundaries are not always clear, Montana said.
"In this specific trial, the use and interpretation of evidence was discussed," but the picture should become clearer when the full reasons for the court's ruling are issued in the coming weeks, he said.
Knox may be ordered to return to Italy for the retrial.
If she refuses, the Italian government could appeal to the U.S. government for her extradition.
But even if it does, Knox might still not end up before an Italian court.
Double jeopardy?
U.S. officials might reject such a request because it violates the U.S. legal principle that a criminal defendant can't be tried twice on the same allegation, said Joey Jackson, a contributor for HLN's "In Session."
Italy lacks the absolute prohibition present in U.S. law preventing authorities from retrying a criminal defendant who has been acquitted of a charge.
"We have principles that are well-founded within our Constitution, one of which is double jeopardy," Jackson said. "So as a result of that, I think it would be highly objectionable for the United States to surrender someone to another country for which justice has already been administered and meted out. So I don't think or anticipate that that would happen."
Another lawyer for Knox, Luciano Ghirga, said Monday that her client was confident in the Italian legal system and hoped one day to return to Italy as a free woman.
The Supreme Court did not order her retrial Tuesday on a charge of defamation.
Knox's conviction for defaming Patrick Lumumba, a club owner whom she accused of killing Kercher, was upheld in October 2011 by the same appeals court that cleared her of murder.
The case began in 2007, after Knox moved to Perugia to study at the University for Foreigners of Perugia for one year.
Knox, then 20, shared a room with British student Kercher.
That November, Kercher's semi-naked body was found at the home, with her throat slashed.
Police arrested Knox and Sollecito, who was her boyfriend at the time.
Two years later, they were convicted of murder, but they were cleared when they appealed the verdicts in 2011.
'Lack of evidence'
In legal paperwork published in December 2011, the judge in the case wrote that the jury had cleared the pair of murder for lack of evidence proving they were guilty.
Knox's family said last year the appeal was unwelcome, but no cause for concern.
"The appeal of Amanda's acquittal by the prosecution was not unexpected as they had indicated from the day of the verdict that they would appeal," a family statement in February 2012 said.
Knox has spent the last year and a half trying to resume a normal life, studying at the University of Washington in Seattle, her hometown.
She also has written a book on her ordeal, titled "Waiting to be Heard," which will be published next month.
According to Harper Collins, Knox "tells the full story of her harrowing ordeal in Italy -- a labyrinthine nightmare of crime and punishment, innocence and vindication -- and of the unwavering support of family and friends who tirelessly worked to help her win her freedom."
The publisher did not have any immediate response to the news that Knox now faces a retrial.
Francesco Sollecito, Raffaele's father, told CNN in a phone interview last year that the family was "not happy about the decision (to appeal). My son is trying to get back to normal life."
"We can do very little in this situation," he said, but as Italian citizens, they would have to accept the court's decision.
"We hope that the high court will finally put the words 'the end' to this story."
CNN's Ben Wedeman, Hada Messia and Livia Borghese reported from Rome, and Laura Smith-Spark wrote and reported in London. Karan Olson, Ed Payne and Michael Pearson contributed to this report.


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So, when I saw this recipe in Ina's cookbook, Barefoot Contessa at Home, I was thrilled. I knew that I HAD to make them...like, yesterday! I couldn't wait.
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The only change that I made was a decrease in the butter. Instead of 2 full sticks, I only added about 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 sticks. I'm sure my hips will thank me later. ;-)
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Source: Barefoot Contessa at Home, by Ina Garten
1/2 pound (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature1 1/2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
2 extra-large eggs, at room temperature2 cups (18 ounces) creamy peanut butter (recommended: Skippy)
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt1 1/2 cups (18 ounces) raspberry jam or other jam
2/3 cups salted peanuts, coarsely chopped
Directions:Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Grease a 9 by 13 by 2-inch cake pan. Line it with parchment paper, then grease and flour the pan.
In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugar on medium speed until light yellow, about 2 minutes. With the mixer on low speed, add the vanilla, eggs, and peanut butter and mix until all ingredients are combined.
In a small bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt. With the mixer on low speed, slowly add the flour mixture to the peanut butter mixture. Mix just until combined.
Spread 2/3 of the dough into the prepared cake pan and spread over the bottom with a knife or offset spatula. Spread the jam evenly over the dough. Drop small globs of the remaining dough evenly over the jam. Don't worry if all the jam isn't covered; it will spread in the oven. Sprinkle with chopped peanuts and bake for 45 minutes, until golden brown. Cool and cut into squares.


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Welcome to Entrepreneur's 41st annual Franchise 500® ranking. For more than four decades, we've been studying the franchise industry and honing our proprietary formula in order to bring you the world's first, best, and most comprehensive franchise ranking. And with each year, the ranking becomes increasingly competitive, as more and more companies see the value of expansion through franchising and throw their hats into the ring. Our list shows just how varied the franchise world has become, offering prospective franchisees a myriad of choices, from more traditional options, like restaurants, maintenance services, and gyms to the latest trends, like ax throwing, cryotherapy, and CBD.
So just how do we go about evaluating and ranking such a diverse pool of opportunities? Here's a look behind the scenes.
Note: Pillars and factors are not listed in order of importance.
The ranking process begins with gathering the data. Starting in July 2019, we asked franchisors to fill out our online form and submit a copy of their current franchise disclosure document (FDD) or Canadian disclosure document. We had a record-breaking year, with 1,105 companies supplying all the required information. Submissions were vetted by our editorial team before being entered for data analysis.
To be eligible to rank, a franchisor must be seeking new franchisees in the U.S. or Canada and must have had a minimum of 10 units open and operating as of July 31, 2019, with at least one franchise located in North America. Each eligible franchisor was scored based on more than 150 data points, and those with the highest cumulative scores became the Franchise 500.
Note: The Franchise 500 is not intended to endorse, advertise, or recommend any particular franchise. It is solely a tool to compare franchise operations. You should always conduct your own careful research before investing in a franchise. Read the FDD and related materials, get help from a franchise attorney and an accountant to review legal and financial documents, talk to as many existing and former franchisees as possible, and visit their outlets. Protect yourself by doing your homework to find the opportunity that's best for you.
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Thursday, September 26, 2013
Clayton Kershaw wins eighth annual Roy Campanella award
The Los Angeles Dodgers announced today that left-handed pitcher Clayton Kershaw was named the winner of the eighth annual Roy Campanella Award, which is given to the Dodger player who best exemplifies the spirit and leadership of the late Hall of Fame catcher. The award, which was voted upon by Dodger uniform personnel, will be presented to Kershaw by Campanella's daughter, Joni Campanella Roan, during pregame ceremonies Saturday night prior to the 6:10 p.m. game against the Rockies.
Former Dodger shortstop Rafael Furcal received the inaugural Roy Campanella Award in 2006 and since then the honor has been awarded to Russell Martin (2007), James Loney (2008), Juan Pierre (2009), Jamey Carroll (2010), Matt Kemp (2011), A.J. Ellis (2012) and now Kershaw.
Known as one of the hardest-working players in baseball, Kershaw has gone 15-9 with a Major League-leading 1.88 ERA in 32 starts this season as he attempts to become the first pitcher to top the big leagues in ERA in three consecutive seasons since Greg Maddux (1993-95). With just one start remaining (tomorrow vs. Colorado), Kershaw could become just the third pitcher since 2000, joining Roger Clemens (1.87, 2005 Houston) and Pedro Martinez (1.74, 2000 Boston), and second Los Angeles Dodger hurler to post a sub-2.00 ERA (Koufax, three times: 1963, 1964, 1966).
Kershaw also leads the Majors this season with a 0.92 WHIP and ranks among the NL leaders in wins (T-5th), strikeouts (224, 1st), opponents' batting average (.195, 2nd), quality starts (26, T-1st), shutouts (2, T-1st), complete games (3, T-3rd), pickoffs (6, T-2nd) and innings pitched (230.0, 2nd).
The 25-year-old commenced his third-consecutive All-Star season with a shutout of the Giants on Opening Day, his third consecutive Opening Day start for the Dodgers and, with 16.0 scoreless innings during the season's opening week, was named the NL's Pitcher of the Week. Kershaw also won league honors in July, when he was selected as NL Pitcher of the Month with a 4-1 record and a 1.34 ERA (7 ER/47.0 IP) in six starts in the month.
Kershaw has gone 76-46 in his six professional seasons and since making his MLB debut in 2008, he leads the Majors with a 2.61 ERA and a .211 opponents' batting average. The 2011 NL Cy Young Award winner, who could become just the second Dodger to win the award multiple times (Sandy Koufax, 1963, 1965-66), was originally selected by the Dodgers in the first round (seventh overall) in the 2006 First-Year Player Draft out of Highland Park (Texas) High School.
Kershaw and his wife, Ellen, have also made an impact off the field through their charitable work in Los Angeles and abroad. The couple hosted a charity event this past August, Ping Pong 4 Purpose to raise money for their charity organization, Kershaw's Challenge, which encourages people to make a difference by giving back to at-risk children and communities in need. The charity has provided assistance to a variety of organizations, including to its cornerstone charity, "Arise Africa," which helped the Kershaws build and sustain an orphanage for children in Lusaka, Zambia, called "Hope's Home," along with the Peacock Foundation in Los Angeles and Mercy Street in their hometown of Dallas, Texas. For his charity work, Kershaw was recognized by Major League Baseball with the 2012 Roberto Clemente Award as the baseball player who best represents the game through positive contributions on and off the field, including sportsmanship and community involvement.
For the fourth consecutive year, the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation will make a financial contribution to support the Roy and Roxie Campanella Scholarship Program at California State University, Northridge (CSUN), College of Health and Human Development, Department of Physical Therapy. In 2010, the LADF, CSUN and the Campanella family announced a partnership that will ensure the legacy of the Hall of Fame catcher for years to come. In addition to the scholarship program, the partnership also provides an internship opportunity within the Dodgers' medical department each season for a student from the university's physical therapy program.
Campanella was a three-time National League Most Valuable Player (1951, 1953 and 1955), eight-time All-Star and a member of the 1955 World Championship team. He played in five World Series and his 142 RBI in 1953 set a franchise record, since surpassed by Tommy Davis (153 in 1962). In 1,215 career games during a 10-year career, all with the Dodgers, he batted .276 with 242 home runs and 856 RBI.
He began his career in the Negro Leagues, establishing himself as one of the top catchers in the league before joining the Dodger organization in 1946. Campanella played for Class B Nashua of the New England League, making that club the first integrated affiliated baseball team in the United States.
On Jan. 29, 1958, just as the Dodgers were making final preparations for their move to Los Angeles, Campanella was involved in a tragic car accident that paralyzed him from the neck down, marking the end of his playing career. On May 7, 1959, a Major League record-setting 93,103 fans filled the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on "Roy Campanella Night" for an exhibition game between the Dodgers and Yankees.
He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1969 and was among the first three Dodgers to have their uniform numbers retired alongside Robinson and Sandy Koufax. Campanella remained active in the Dodgers' Community Relations Department until his death on June 26, 1993 at the age of 71.
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Linear alpha olefins are petrochemicals which are unbranched alkenes with the chemical formula, CxH2x. They are produced majorly by dehydration of alcohols, oligomerization of ethylene or the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis followed by purification. Linear alpha olefins comprise of various important products like 1-butene, 1-octene, 1-hexene, 1-tetradecene, etc. They have terminal double bond at the primary carbon of the chain which increases their reactivity.
Being a versatile organic compound, they are used in a number of industries such as cosmetics and pharmaceuticals, chemical, coatings & paper, automotive and consumer goods. Linear alpha olefins are used in the manufacture of polymers like polyethylene and polyalphaolefin, synthetic lubricants, detergents alcohols, plasticizer alcohol, etc. According to a new report by Expert Market Research, the global linear alpha olefins market reached a volume of 4.3 Million Tons in 2016 and is further expected to reach 5.5 Million Tons by 2022.
The production of linear alpha olefins witnessed fluctuations during 2009-2016 as a result of a significant fall in the year 20009. The market, however, recovered in the year 2010 on account of numerous forces. The majority of the total global consumption of linear alpha olefins is in the polyethylene industry as co-monomers in the production of linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) and high-density polyethylene (HDPE). Thus, fast-growing polyethylene industry has significantly increased the global demand for linear alpha olefins in the past several years. Moreover, changing consumer preferences, rising disposable incomes, increasing focus on bio-based alpha olefins along with a strong demand from emerging markets are other factors that have facilitated the market growth.
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- Region-wise, North America dominated the market with a share of more than a fifth of the total global production in 2016. It was followed by Western Europe, Central and Eastern Europe, South Africa, Middle East, Japan and other Asia.
- Being concentrated in nature, the global linear alpha olefins market is surrounded by a small number of players which include Shell Chemical Ltd., Chevron Phillips Chemical LP, INEOS Oligomers and Sasol.
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- North America
- Western Europe
- Central and Eastern Europe
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- Middle East
- Japan
- Other Asia
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- INEOS Oligomers
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Earlier this month, 56-year-old Sakura Wars co-creator Hiroji Oji was spotted staying over at 22-year-old AKB48 singer Sayaka Akimoto's residence. The scandal that ensued made the papers and the morning talk shows.
Both denied that there was any hanky panky. The tabloid that broke the story, however, claimed that the lights in Akimoto's abode were quickly turned off upon arrival.
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Sayaka takes full responsibility for the ensuing scandal. She says that since Oji is a stage director that she respects, she has asked for his help regarding a theatrical performance since summer.
"I've been to his house, and he has been to my house," Sayaka explains. "I did not think anything of it, because Hiroi-san lives with his daughter, and I live with Ayaka Umeda. Moreover, since Hiroi-san is older than my father, I have never thought of him as a guy."
Ayaka Umeda is a fellow AKB48 member.
The day that Oji slept over, Sayaka says that he fell asleep while discussing acting, so she and Umeda decided to let him sleep.
"I am woeful that it sounds like I'm making excuses. I'm sorry for all the fans who support me, and also for AKB members... I'm sorry," she adds. "This became such a big issue, and it is all my fault."
AKB48 is divided in to three separate teams (A team, K team and B team). Being the team captain is one of the highest positions in the group, and Sayaka is forfeiting her role in K team. "I should be the role model for other members, but I'm not qualified as a captain anymore," she explains. "Therefore, I will resign as the captain of team K."
Shame she can't be captain of our team K.
Sayaka Akimoto steps down as captain [TokyoGraph via tokyohive via Alafista] [Pic]


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Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, in labor as world waits for royal baby
Updated 3:07 p.m. ET
LONDON The "Great Kate Wait" is almost over.
The Duchess of Cambridge entered a London hospital Monday morning in the early stages of labor, as media outlets remain camped outside in anticipation of the royal baby's birth.
Prince William was with his wife, the former Kate Middleton, when she was brought, by car, to St. Mary's Hospital, Kensington Palace says.
Kate is expected to give birth in the private Lindo Wing of the hospital, where Princess Diana gave birth to William and his younger brother, Prince Harry.
The baby will be third in line for the British throne, behind Prince Charles and William, and is anticipated eventually to become king or queen.
A spokesperson for the royal palace told CBS News several hours after Kate was admitted that things were "progressing as normal," but would not give any further details on how the birth was going.
The child will be the first for William and Kate, who married in 2011 after a long courtship.
After the baby arrives, an aide will leave the hospital with a birth announcement and drive two-and-a-half miles to Buckingham Palace so it can be posted behind the gates in the forecourt on an easel, which was last used when Prince William was born 31 years ago. The announcement states the newborn's gender, weight and time of birth.
The child will be third-in-line to Britain's throne -- regardless, reports CBS News correspondent Elizabeth Palmer, of whether it's a boy or girl.
William is second in line, right behind his father, Prince Charles. The baby moves ahead of Prince Harry, who's now fourth in line. The succession change comes after a 2011 decision by the leaders of Britain and 15 Commonwealth nations endorsing new rules that give girls equal status with boys in the order of succession.
Palmer reported on "CBS This Morning" that England has had 58 kings, but only eight queens over the centuries, because until the rule change in 2011, royal boys were only first in line.
Asked what he knew about the looming birth by a reporter during a non-baby-related function in northern England on Monday, Prince Charles said, "absolutely nothing at the moment, we're waiting." He and wife Camilla were in York, about three hours from London on Monday.
The royal couple's child will officially be known as His or Her Royal Highness Prince or Princess of Cambridge. The title follows the dukedom bestowed on William by his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, on his wedding day in 2011. Earlier this year, Queen Elizabeth issued a royal decree allowing this royal baby -- and all of William and Kate's children -- to be titled prince or princess. The decree said "that all the children of the eldest son of the Prince of Wales should have and enjoy the style, title and attribute of royal highness with the titular dignity of Prince or Princess prefixed to their Christian names or with such other titles of honour."
Plenty of excitement has surrounded the royal baby birth. In the days leading up to the big day, reporters and photographers were staked outside the St. Mary's Hospital in London awaiting the baby's arrival. The Royal Mint has minted 2,013 silver coins bearing a shield of the Royal Arms, to be given to newborns who share their birthday with the third in line to the British throne. Souvenirs and commemorative memorabilia are expected to flood Britain's stores.
Buzz has been building ever since the royal couple revealed the baby news on Dec. 3, 2012, with the following statement: "Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are very pleased to announce that The Duchess of Cambridge is expecting a baby. The Queen, The Duke of Edinburgh, The Prince of Wales, The Duchess of Cornwall and Prince Harry and members of both families are delighted with the news."
At that time, the Duchess of Cambridge was suffering from hyperemesis gravidarum, a potentially dangerous type of morning sickness in which vomiting can be so severe no food or liquid can be kept down. She was admitted to King Edward VII Hospital in London the same day the pregnancy was announced. Three days later, Kate was photographed leaving the hospital, alongside William, holding a bouquet of flowers.
From January into the spring, Kate made several public appearances, as the world watched her baby bump grow. She attended a horse race, formally named a cruise ship and paid an official visit to Windsor Castle. In June, she withdrew from her public duties to get ready for the birth.
The former Kate Middleton and William became engaged in October 2010 during a trip to Kenya and married in a lavish ceremony at Westminster Abbey on April 29, 2011.


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Editorial: Connecticut places a bet on natural gas
With some of the highest energy costs in the country, Connecticut was overdue for a long-range energy plan. A draft of that strategy has been issued by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection under legislation passed last year.
This comprehensive strategy has a series of goals with widespread support: expanding energy choices, lowering utility bills, reducing greenhouse gases, strengthening and increasing the resilience of the electrical grid.
However, the plan's proposal to accelerate the conversion of state homes and businesses to natural gas has provoked opposition from the state's heating oil dealers. They charge the state is picking winners and losers in the energy business -- to their disadvantage.
They are, of course, correct. The draft strategy acknowledges the loss of jobs in the heating oil business if the focus on natural gas is pursued.
However, the state strategy is only following what the markets have already decided after the discovery of vast and cheap quantities of natural gas in large U.S. shale formations. The cheaper cost of natural gas already has driven the number of Connecticut homes converting to gas from 9,000 in 2009 to an expected 12,000 this year. On average, a homeowner who converts will save $1,800 a year in fuel costs. The $7,500 cost of conversion to natural gas would be recovered in fuel savings in a little more than four years, the draft energy plan estimates.
Only 31 percent of Connecticut homes heat with natural gas, compared with 48 percent in Rhode Island. The state's natural gas companies estimate there are 177,000 potential customers located along gas lines. There are another 89,000 potential customers that could be reached by the extension of gas mains. The gas companies would have to spend more than $2.2 billion for service lines, meters and nearly 900 miles of new gas mains to reach all these customers.
Even if all these customers converted to natural gas, almost half of homes and a quarter of businesses would continue to rely on fuel oil or another energy source because of their distance from gas lines.
The state's main assistance would be regulatory changes to ease financing of the gas system's expansion and customers' costs of conversion.
The draft strategy specifies that the gas companies pay the $815 million cost of connecting those next to existing lines; and that the $1.4 billion cost of new mains and connections be paid by new customers, all ratepayers and state bonding. State bonding, however, is unlikely given Connecticut's budget problems.The cost should be borne by the gas companies and customers.
The plan's drawback is relying on the assumption that natural gas will remain comparatively cheap for years, although long-range energy forecasts in the past often have been far off the mark.
The state cannot be faulted for promoting a cheaper, cleaner fuel that benefits consumers and the environment. However, it should not be blind to the fact that fuel oil will remain an essential and important part of the state's energy mix for decades to come.
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Guests: Michael Steele, David Corn, Sue Herera, Steny Hoyer, Mark Warner, Joshua Green, Matt Kibbe, Toby Harnden
CHRIS MATTHEWS, HOST: Bad numbers.
Let's play HARDBALL.
Good evening. I'm Chris Matthews in Washington.
Leading off tonight: You can just imagine the glee Republicans felt this morning when the terrible jobs numbers came out, the unemployment rate ticking up a tenth of a point and only 18,000 jobs created last month. Tim Pawlenty, Romney, all them had to say this. Here's Romney. They all had their "I told you so" quotes ready.
And Orrin Hatch from Utah said yesterday it's time for the poor to, quote, "share some of the responsibility." Could that be the new Republican talking point, that the economy is struggling because the poor aren't paying enough in taxes? The economy and the race for the White House is our top story tonight.
Also, is President Obama ready to give away too much in talks with Republicans? Some Democrats worry that the president will give away the store on Medicare, Medicaid and even Social Security without getting much in return. Are they right? Could he get a better deal and still avoid default?
Plus: Right off the cliff. Are Republicans so terrified of the Tea Party that they're willing to tank the economy in order to avoid a challenge from the right? We'll debate that one.
And the "News of the World" scandal is a now political scandal in London. A former senior aide to Britain's prime minister, David Cameron, has been arrested in a growing scandal involving phone hacking and corruption.
Finally, "Let Me Finish" with the space shuttle launch today and the wondrous pioneering that President Jack Kennedy once championed.
We start with the job numbers. David Corn is MSNBC political analyst and "Mother Jones" Washington bureau chief. And Michael Steele's the former chairman of the Republican National Committee, now an MSNBC political analyst.
Well, could you hear the glee, the giggles of delight on your side of the aisle?
MICHAEL STEELE, MSNBC POLITICAL ANALYST: No, I—no.
MATTHEWS: Come on. I mean it. Michele Bachmann said she hopes the bad numbers help her.
STEELE: No, no. I—you know, I—
DAVID CORN, MSNBC POLITICAL ANALYST: She said that.
MATTHEWS: She said it.
STEELE: I know what she said, but let's just get serious for a moment. You had 18,000 jobs created last month. The 54,000 for May was the revised down to 25,000. The reality of it is, Americans are still hurting, and both the administration and members of Congress and the Republican leadership, in particular, because we campaigned specifically on job creation, need to get serious about this. All the talk about the debt and all the dancing belies the—
MATTHEWS: You think the debt isn't an important issue?
STEELE: I think the debt is an important issue. But in the context of job creation, it's has to work together. You cannot do it in isolation.
MATTHEWS: OK, let's take a look at—here's the aforementioned U.S. congresswoman, Michele Bachmann, on CNBC today on the jobs numbers. Let's listen to what she said and what Michael said she didn't say. Let's listen.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Does it strike you that as the unemployment rate goes up, your chances of winning office also go up?
REP. MICHELE BACHMANN (R-MN), PRES. CANDIDATE: Well, that could be. Again, I hope so. My candidacy is one that I'm presenting to be a job creator and to turn the economy around.
MATTHEWS: Is that politically acceptable today, to say you hope you benefit from bad economic news, that people are thrown out of work?
STEELE: That's not what she—
MATTHEWS: Well, she just said, I hope—
STEELE: I think she's—you can run it again. I think what she's saying is she's hoping that her message about job creation is one that allows her the chance to compete and win the office.
MATTHEWS: But he said—
MATTHEWS: He said, Are you hoping—
STEELE: It's no different than Barack Obama running around in 2008, talking about, you know, what he thought the opportunities—
MATTHEWS: She said, I hope it does help me.
CORN: There's a serious discussion to be had here. A couple months ago, when the job numbers were good, what were the Republican leaders in Congress saying? See? You elect us, and the numbers go up. Now they're blaming Barack Obama. But what's happening is—and the president—
STEELE: But the job numbers have not been good.
CORN: No, no, no. No, when they were better at the beginning of the year, the Republicans tried to take credit. Now when they're bad, they're trying to—
MATTHEWS: Because he went along with the Bush tax cuts.
CORN: Listen, that's what they're talking about. That's the only option they have. I'm happy to hear you talk about job creation because all we hear from the Republicans is reduce government spending and cut taxes. Taxes are at a historic—
CORN: They're at a historic—let me finish.
STEELE: Yes.
CORN: They're at a historic low. (INAUDIBLE) if you cut government spending, you end up contracting demand. That's a job loser. It doesn't create jobs.
STEELE: It does create jobs!
STEELE: It fundamentally creates jobs!
CORN: No, it doesn't! Most of the jobs lost are public jobs!
STEELE: How the heck do you expect an employer to spend more money when you're taking more out of his pocket?
CORN: But you're not taking more out of his pocket!
STEELE: If you're raising his taxes, you are!
CORN: Taxes are at a historic low!
STEELE: If you're cutting his taxes—
MATTHEWS: I think we've just heard something—
CORN: Taxes are low now!
MATTHEWS: I got to get something straight here—
STEELE: Taxes right now—
STEELE: -- and they're going to 45 percent over the next 18 months based on what's in the health care plan—
CORN: Marginal rates are—
STEELE: -- right now!
CORN: Marginal rates are 35 --
STEELE: And they're going to 45 percent in 18 months!
MATTHEWS: Well, let's talk about how business works. You run a small shoe store and the customers start pouring in the door some weekend. You go out and hire a couple people to help sell shoes, right? It's about demand. That's why people hire people. The taxes go up 3 or 4 percent for the richest people in the country, you don't fire people. It all about—depends on who's coming in the door to buy. Isn't sales and consumer demand—
STEELE: But it's not just—
MATTHEWS: -- what drives the economy—
STEELE: It's not—it's not—
MATTHEWS: -- and drives the number of people hired?
STEELE: It's not just sales and consumer demand that's driving this. You also—you have an entire network, if you will, of business opportunities out there that have not been—
STEELE: -- a part of this discussion for the last—
MATTHEWS: There's a difference in values here, obviously. Let's take a look at Senator Orrin Hatch on Wednesday talking about shared sacrifice. Here's a senator of the United States under pressure from the Tea Party, a guy who has always been a conservative but now fearful of the far right, the Tea Party people, afraid to say what he normally would say back when he was partners with Ted Kennedy. Here he is saying something I don't think he would have ever said before. Let's listen, Orrin Hatch.
SEN. ORRIN HATCH ®, UTAH: I get a little tired of hearing the Obama approach towards shared sacrifice.
The top 1 percent of the so-called wealthy pay 38 percent of all income taxes. The other side just spends and spends and spends! And they want to tax and tax and tax so they can spend some more!
My gosh! When are we going to wake up in this country and realize they're spending us into oblivion? And I hear how they're so caring for the poor, and so forth. The poor need jobs. And they also need to share some of the responsibility.
MATTHEWS: You know, the latest Republican carp out there is that Democrats don't tax the poor enough. And they're saying that half the people don't pay tax.
STEELE: No, that's not—
MATTHEWS: Well, the fact is that 82 percent of the country—
STEELE: That's not what Republicans—
STEELE: -- they don't tax the poor enough. What the—
MATTHEWS: What's he talking about there?
STEELE: What he's acknowledging is that, as just recently reported by the Joint Committee on Taxation, 51 percent of American households do not pay income tax right now.
MATTHEWS: But they pay payroll tax.
STEELE: So the fact of the matter is—but that—that's Social Security. That's not enough!
CORN: But when you say that—
STEELE: Let me finish the point, then I will—
STEELE: -- let you do your thing. The reality of it is that 51 percent of American households, taxpayers, don't pay taxes. What you're talking about is a shrinking number of people who are contributing to the overall investment through tax policy in this country.
CORN: Chris—
STEELE: You don't have that. And so if you've got 51 percent of taxpayers—
CORN: But you're saying you want to—
STEELE: -- don't pay, you're looking at a smaller and smaller number
MATTHEWS: Let him finish!
STEELE: What the senator is talking about is creating an environment in which the poor are empowered to get jobs so they can contribute—
MATTHEWS: OK, now—
MATTHEWS: That's not what he said.
STEELE: That is what he said! That's what he meant. I've talked to the man. I know exactly what he said.
MATTHEWS: He just said they also need to share some of the responsibility.
STEELE: That's right. When they get those jobs—
CORN: Oh! Oh!
CORN: Once they get jobs. He didn't say—
STEELE: This is the first part of what he said. The poor need to get jobs.
CORN: Michael—Michael—
MATTHEWS: He said the poor need jobs and they also need to share—
STEELE: Come on, people!
CORN: But when you say that, you know, 51 percent don't pay income taxes, what is your suggestion, that we should put more income taxes on those people who are at the bottom rungs?
STEELE: No. It says—it says—
CORN: That's the solution?
STEELE: -- the tax system is upside-down.
MATTHEWS: OK, let me ask you this. Should we raise taxes on people at the bottom half of the country?
STEELE: No. No. I don't think we should—
STEELE: Let's look at the tax code as is constituted right now and fix those areas that need to be fixed that will allow more revenue to flow, as opposed to giving the tax breaks and the loopholes.
CORN: What we hear from the Republicans again and again is, The economy is in trouble, let's cut taxes.
STEELE: Right. Absolutely.
CORN: We did that during the Bush era—
MATTHEWS: Let's stop yelling. I want to—this program's about documenting. First of all, Michele Bachmann, the congresswoman, really did say she hopes she does win—benefit from higher unemployment. She said, I hope so. I hope I benefit politically from—
STEELE: I don't think that's—
MATTHEWS: She's said it again and again. I'm not going to play it again and again.
MATTHEWS: Let's play it again. Let's watch it again. Let's hear her speak for herself, Congresswoman Bachmann.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Does it strike you as the unemployment rate goes up your chances of winning office also go up?
BACHMANN: Well, that could be. I—again, I hope so. My candidacy is one that I'm presenting to be a job creator and to turn the economy around.
STEELE: And so—so everybody in this town has been asking—has been making the very—
STEELE: No, everybody in this town is making the very obvious statement. Oh, well, Barack Obama is in trouble if the unemployment rate stays at 9.2, if it doesn't get below a certain rate. That's all that she's acknowledging—
CORN: Well, she didn't—
STEELE: -- is that at 9.2 percent—
MATTHEWS: She hopes she benefits from bad economic news.
CORN: She didn't say she hopes the economy gets better!
STEELE: And you don't think Barack Obama didn't think he would benefit from—
MATTHEWS: I never heard him say it.
MATTHEWS: OK, let me ask you this—
STEELE: Of course he did!
MATTHEWS: And then, again, here's Orrin Hatch—
STEELE: Come on!
MATTHEWS: "I get a little tired of hearing the Obama approach toward shared sacrifice." He's complaining about the rich being blamed. He is now saying—
STEELE: -- being blamed, Chris.
MATTHEWS: He's saying the poor also need to share some of the responsibility.
STEELE: He's not—well, number one—
MATTHEWS: Go ahead.
CORN: When you talk about shared sacrifice, you look at what Republicans want to do in the Ryan budget, which is have $1 trillion in tax cuts while cutting Medicare, Medicaid, food safety, education, medical research—
STEELE: Obama's already cut Medicare.
CORN: -- environmental protection and all that. No, he didn't. He tried to—
STEELE: By $500 billion.
STEELE: We transferred funds.
CORN: You guys—you guys—we gave them money—
MATTHEWS: One at a time!
CORN: Hey, can I finish?
STEELE: Seriously. A half a billion dollars.
CORN: Can I finish one point?
STEELE: Yes, you can.
CORN: That money was used to plug the donut hole.
STEELE: Oh, yes, donut hole.
CORN: It came out in checks. You want to make fun of that?
STEELE: I'm not.
CORN: You probably don't need—
STEELE: It's just that your Washington speak is not the reality for people out there.
MATTHEWS: Just to make one point, I want to show a collage of all the Republican candidates for president now. We're going to start now with—we showed Bachmann. Let me quote you what the other people are saying. Let's talk about the other—because I think they think they're gaining here. This is about how they reacted.
First of all, we got Romney. "Today's abysmal jobs report confirmed what we all know, that President Obama has failed to get the economy moving again." Jon Huntsman's statement reads, "The American people have been extraordinarily patient in waiting for the better and brighter times promised to them by this administration. Their patience has rightly worn thin." And Tim Pawlenty's statement, "We will have continued anemic growth and disappointing job creation so long as Barack Obama is president."
So your party clearly was ready to jump on this.
STEELE: Absolutely! That's the politics of running for president, Chris. I mean, so don't act like this is something new and fantastic, and no Democrat has ever demagogued—
MATTHEWS: Are you rooting for bad economic times?
STEELE: No, I'm not! I want the American people—
MATTHEWS: Are they?
STEELE: -- to be employed!
MATTHEWS: Are they rooting for bad economic times?
STEELE: No, they're not. No, they're not. At the end of the day, Chris, they're not. Come on!
MATTHEWS: OK. David, do you think—
STEELE: You know they're not.
MATTHEWS: -- the Democrats—the Republicans are hoping that this economy's going to tank really bad and they can walk into the White House?
CORN: Well, I think—
CORN: I think some are hoping for that. I think some Tea Party members in Congress now are willing to play chicken with the economy—
MATTHEWS: I think so, too.
CORN: -- and blow it up. And they don't care because you know what?
If it happens—
MATTHEWS: OK, fair enough. You've made a charge.
CORN: -- they'll blame Barack Obama.
MATTHEWS: Fair enough. You made a charge. Fair enough. You made a charge that some Tea Party people would rather have the economy go to hell in a hand basket this August, with the world markets and interest rates spiking and the bond market dying and this country, in a joke (ph) world, just to make their point on taxes. You say that.
CORN: Yes.
MATTHEWS: Are there any liberals on the left coast out in California, in the Bay area, or on the East Coast, the New York area, or the Black Caucus—do you think there's some of them that are so adamant about not giving up on Medicare and Medicaid or Social Security that they'll let it happen, that they'll let it happen rather than give on those issues?
CORN: That they'll let it happen?
MATTHEWS: That they won't cut a deal—
MATTHEWS: No, they won't agree to a deal that stops default?
CORN: I think—listen, I think those Democrats, every single one of them, would vote for a clean bill to raise the debt ceiling and not play chicken with the economy the way the Republicans are doing—
MATTHEWS: Well, what about the other point? What about the other point?
CORN: I don't think you should have to give up Medicare to prevent a financial crisis from happening.
MATTHEWS: Give up Medicare—nobody's saying to give up Medicare.
STEELE: No one's said that. And I—you know, I really appreciate -
CORN: What do you mean? You're tying the debt ceiling—
STEELE: -- the nobility of the left. But the reality of it is—
CORN: Nobility of the left?
STEELE: The reality of it is—
STEELE: The Tea Party folks out there are saying—they're not saying—
MATTHEWS: OK, stop—
STEELE: -- we want to run the economy off the cliff.
MATTHEWS: By the way—by the way—
STEELE: They want—
MATTHEWS: Can I say something—
MATTHEWS: -- changes in the tax code this president is proposing are so modest, so marginal, and the changes down the road in Medicare and Social Security are going to be so modest that all this stuff is tempest in a teapot. Thank you, Michael Steele. Thank you, David Corn. It's going to be way down the road and it's going to be the basic thing we have to do.
Coming up: Is President Obama giving away too much? Well, we'll debate that one, too—in the debt ceiling negotiation. We'll take David's point up here. Maybe they're giving up too much. Progressives are worried, David and others, me, too, sometimes, about any cuts to make, any Social Security adjustments. Don't give up on nothing (ph). Some people say that. Let's see if they're right.
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MATTHEWS: Well, the Republican Party's losing ground with two key voting groups right now, senior citizens and Midwesterners. According to NBC News/"Wall Street Journal" polling, so far this year, 44 percent say they're Democrats, versus just 35 percent who say they're Republicans. That's 44-35, a 9-point spread for the Democrats. Last year, the spread was only 2 points, and Republicans actually won the senior vote in the mid-terms.
And in the Midwest, a similar trend. This year, 42 percent of Midwestern voters say they're Democrats, versus just 31 who say they're Republicans. That's a wide spread, about 11 points. Last year, they had a 4-point spread, the Democrats. So we'll see if both trends continue into next year's elections.
We'll be right back.
REP. NANCY PELOSI (D-CA), MINORITY LEADER: We do not support cuts in benefits on Social Security and Medicare. Any discussion of Medicare or Social Security should be on its own table. Do not consider Social Security a piggy bank for giving tax cuts to the wealthiest people in our country. We are not going to balance the budget on the backs of America's seniors, women, and people with disabilities.
MATTHEWS: Welcome back to HARDBALL. That was, of course, House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi on Thursday. Here's House speaker John Boehner today. Let's listen.
REP. JOHN BOEHNER (R-OH), SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE: There is no agreement in private or in public. And as the president said yesterday, we are this far apart. It's not like there's some imminent deal about to happen. There are serious disagreements about how to deal with this serious problem.
MATTHEWS: So how far apart are they? And are the Democrats worried that President Obama will give away too much to get a deal?
Maryland congressman Steny Hoyer's the House Democratic whip. Mr. Leader, you have got a tough job and I don't know how you're getting through this.
MATTHEWS: And you're laughing—I mean, I really mean this. I—you know, I've heard a report today that there's going to be some kind of effort to look at changes down the road, that we can't cut taxes, or rather, raise taxes right now. We can't cut benefits right now because of the economy being so precarious.
Does that mean we're going to have to push the big changes to deal with the deficit and debt—are going to have to go down the road a bit and to the long term, maybe more than 10 years?
REP. STENY HOYER (D-MD), MINORITY WHIP: Well, Chris, I don't know about more than 10 years, but certainly, as you know, Simpson-Bowles—
Senator Simpson and former chief of staff Erskine Bowles, in their report, they posited that we needed to and they proposed making substantial cuts, raising revenues and dealing across the board with all items of expenditure.
But they said in the near term, meaning the next year or so, we needed to be very careful that we did not have the opposite effect by dampening down a struggling economy, obviously—
MATTHEWS: Right.
HOYER: -- as we saw today, which will decrease revenues and make the problem worse, not better.
So, in the short term, I agree with the—the Bowles-Simpson suggestion that we be very careful in the short term. There's no doubt, however, that, in the White House yesterday—or Thursday—there was—yesterday—there was a clear agreement that this was a serious, serious challenge that confronted us, and it demanded that at all of us try to come together and reach an agreement whereby we will certainly over the next 10 years and 20 years bring this deficit town and bring the debt down, because it's not sustainable.
MATTHEWS: Do most of the members in your caucus agree that this is an urgent matter, that this is not a Kabuki dance, that this August 2 is a reality, that you cannot afford to have the world money markets think of the United States as a deadbeat?
HOYER: Absolutely.
I think that the entire caucus, to a person, believes that putting the United States of America in the position where it doesn't pay its bills will have ramifications to everybody in this country and around the world.
As a matter of fact, I have told the speaker and I have told Mr. Cantor, the Republican leader, that Democrats would come up with at least 150 votes to make sure that we extend the debt limit so we cannot default and pay the bills that we have already incurred, so that I think the answer is emphatically yes, Chris, we believe this is a very serious issue.
And Secretary Geithner made it very clear that, after August 2, there's no maneuvering room, we have will run out of ways to manage our cash flow that enables us to pay our bills, and that we will be in default. That, we cannot let happen.
MATTHEWS: The president said the other day that Social Security, as well as Medicare, they're all on the table. How's that selling with your caucus?
HOYER: Well, I think I have said many times everything needs to be on the table. Leader Pelosi has said the same.
We have also said that we must not touch the benefits Social Security recipients are receiving or that undermine Medicare benefits. But we have not said that, therefore, they ought to be off the table. I agree, though, with Leader Pelosi—and you just used her quote. Social Security has not been part of the problem.
And, as a matter of fact, Social Security up until this year has been, as you well know, Chris, providing surpluses, which we have used.
MATTHEWS: Oh, I know.
HOYER: So, Social Security is not the problem, but we do need to strengthen and make Social Security sustainable over the long term.
But we need to consider Social Security on its own merits without adversely affecting those who are getting benefits. The fact is that everything needs to be on the table, but not every facet of everything should be on the table.
We don't think—I agree with Leader Pelosi. We don't certainly want to look at reducing health care costs for people—or reducing Social Security benefits because we want to give large tax cuts to the wealthiest in America.
MATTHEWS: Yes.
HOYER: That's not, I think, a policy that the American public thinks is either smart, or frankly, moral.
MATTHEWS: OK. It's going to be a tough couple of days.
Thank you so much, U.S. Congressman Steny Hoyer, House Democratic leader.
HOYER: Thank you, Chris.
MATTHEWS: Joining me now is Democratic Senator Mark Warner of Virginia. He's on the Banking, Budget and the Commerce committees.
Senator Warner, I was wondering, in the course of the—as we get closer and closer to the deadline for action on the debt ceiling legislation, why are we not hearing from big business? Why are we not hearing from Tom Donohue of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce demanding action to avoid a default?
SEN. MARK WARNER (D), VIRGINIA: Well, Chris, as you know, and many of your viewers, I'm probably one of the more pro-business Democrat out there.
And I'm pulling my hair out on that same reason. We have seen the power of the business community to weigh in on issues. There's not a business leader I have talked to—and I have talked to the Chamber, I have talked to BRT, I have talked to all—every business group I can get in front of, and many times with a Republican colleague, Saxby Chambliss, saying, it's got to be a balanced approach, it's got to be both sides of the balance sheet, revenues and cuts.
And we get a lot of attaboys, but we don't get the kind of meaningful involvement that I think will help convince some of our Republican colleagues and some of our reluctant Democratic colleagues that we're driving over the cliff and we can't let this happen to our country or our economy.
MATTHEWS: Well, let me ask about hearing back from them. Does business at the highest level, the big-money people, do they know—do they talk to you about the consequences of the failure to meet this deadline?
WARNER: Well, I think they think the consequences are so dire that no responsible person wouldn't vote to extend the debt limit.
They think this is, again, political Kabuki theater that we're going through. And some of it is. I will acknowledge that. I wish we would all kind of put down the bartering and get to a real deal here. But I have really been disappointed.
I put up an op-ed in "The Washington Post" yesterday on this, saying, guys in the business community, we need you to step up right now, we need you in the halls of Congress, because an increase in interest rates, a factored-in higher credit risk for everyone does not do anything in terms of job creation.
As a matter of fact, 10 percent mortgage rates, 13 percent car loans, the trickle down that would happen on every state bond, because those will be imperiled as well if we end up defaulting on our treasury notes. This would hurt local government, state government as well.
They need to be here, because this would be a knife to the heart of any meager recovery we have got.
MATTHEWS: Let me ask you about—you probably don't want to give away your bargaining position either, but what about issues like, down the road, Social Security, not now, of course? We don't have the crisis right now in Social Security. But we certainly can look at it arithmetically by just who's going to be retiring over the next 20 years.
We know it's going to face a crunch and then go into default, into deficit. We know Medicare is already on that road to real catastrophe. We know these challenges are ahead. Do you think the Democratic Party, of which you're a member, can compromise with the Republicans, if they're willing to compromise on taxes, real increases in taxes?
WARNER: Not everyone, but I have got to tell you, I believe the numbers don't lie on this.
We're spending too high, 25 percent of our GDP. Our revenues are at an all-time or 60-year low at 15 percent. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize you have got to move both up in revenues and down in spending. And, yes, I'm one of those Democrats that think entitlements have to be part of a discussion.
If we're going to make sure that there is Social Security 50 years from now, if we're going to make sure that there is a Medicare program that does protect our seniors in terms of health care, we have got to make some changes on this. It's not frankly either party's political fact. It's just plain demographics.
MATTHEWS: Well, what's the other argument? Can you voice it? Is there an argument to go right into August, right into the jaws of defeat, really, for our economy, spiking interest rates, attacks on the bond market, vigilantes, everybody exploiting the situation, America being watched and degraded in the eyes of the world like we're Portugal or Ireland or Greece? Does everybody—is there anybody who sits out there in the left or right and says, yes, let's do that?
WARNER: Well, Chris, I do hear from some of the guys say, well, I don't get what the problem would be if we had a short-term default.
The thing that is so fundamentally just bizarre to me is we're not going to even have the chance to get to August 2. We're going to see some time in the next two weeks, particularly when maybe there's a bad day in Europe, because let's face it, Europe is not getting their act together any better—
MATTHEWS: Right.
WARNER: -- where some of those folks in New York are going to start saying, well, let's start going short. Let's go ahead and start betting against America.
And that could end up with a snowball effect. And let's face it. Unlike the crisis of two years ago, we don't have the ability for the Fed to kind of ratchet down interest rates anymore. We don't have the ability of another financial bailout, another financial stimulus.
We have got to take this problem on now head-on. Candidly, I think it needs to be more than $4 trillion over a 10-year period. I think that would do more to create jobs, get some of that $2 trillion in cash sitting on the balance sheets off the balance—off the sidelines, back reinvested in this country. This is a real moment of truth for the whole country.
MATTHEWS: Well, it's great to have a Democrat who can talk to business.
Thank you very much, Senator Mark Warner of Virginia. Thank you, sir.
WARNER: Thanks, Chris.
MATTHEWS: Well, that was impressive.
Coming up: Tim Pawlenty's lame explanation about why he's failed to catch fire. That's next in the "Sideshow."
You're watching it, HARDBALL, only on MSNBC.
MATTHEWS: Back to HARDBALL. Now for the "Sideshow."
First up: great expectations. Once seen as a front-runner, Tim Pawlenty has slipped to sixth place in Iowa, a must-win state for him. What happened? Well, Pawlenty told the editorial board of "The Des Moines Register" this—quote—"This week is the first time that I have campaigned in earnest in Iowa."
Really? According to "The Des Moines Register," Pawlenty has campaigned in Iowa more than any other candidate besides Rick Santorum. The real problem here is pizzazz, of course, or lack thereof.
Speaking of Pawlenty, this week, one of his top advisers said that Michele Bachmann, one of his opponents—quote—"had sex appeal," a comment he, Pawlenty, quickly apologized for.
Bachmann's response?
REP. MICHELE BACHMANN (R-MN), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Well, listen, I'm 55 years old. I have given birth to five kids and I have raised 22 foster kids. So, that sounds like good news to me.
MATTHEWS: "Good news." Well-handled.
Now to tonight's "Big Number." Big cuts over at the White House, you could say. White House, the 50-foot-tall iconic elm tree on the North Lawn was chopped down after being damaged in a thunderstorm this past Sunday. How long had it stood at the White House driveway? Twenty-nine years. A teenage tree when it arrived at the White House, it was planted under Ronald Reagan back in '82, a big change in landscape there at the White House, 29 years of history coming down—tonight's "Big Number."
Up next: right off a cliff. The anti-tax Tea Party right is pushing Republicans away from any deal on the debt. Are Republicans willing to tank the economy to keep their base happy?
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SUE HERERA, CNBC CORRESPONDENT: I'm Sue Herera with your CNBC "Market Wrap."
Stops—stocks, rather, ending lower today on that dismal June jobs report, the Dow Jones industrials sliding 62 points. And that's well off the worst levels of the day—the S&P 500 falling about nine and the Nasdaq giving up 12 points.
Horribly disappointing and ridiculously bad, that is how one analyst described today's unemployment report from the Labor Department. Employers added 18,000 jobs in June, well below expectations, and the unemployment rate ticked up to 9.2 percent. And it was the private sector accounting for all of the jobs created, while, in the public sector, state and local governments continued their slow bleed.
In stocks, casinos and resorts were among the few winners today, after J.P. Morgan raised its price targets for the Sands, Wynn, and MGM Grand.
And investors are already looking ahead to the start of earnings season next week, hoping for a second consecutive quarter of double-digit earnings growth. Alcoa kicks it off after the closing bell on Monday.
That's it from CNBC. We're first in business worldwide—and now back to HARDBALL and Chris.
RICK SANTELLI, CNBC: This is America. How many of you people want to pay for your neighbor's mortgage that has an extra bathroom and can't pay their bills? Raise their hand.
SANTELLI: How about we all—President Obama, are you listening? We're thinking of having a Chicago tea party in July. All you capitalists that want to show up to Lake Michigan, I'm going to start organizing.
MATTHEWS: That's, of course, Rick Santelli of CNBC, creating the name, at least, for the Tea Party. He's now—that was, of course, the infamous battle cry back in 2009.
And, since then, the Tea Party's effectively taken charge of a big chunk of the Republican Party.
But could the Republicans' big engine blow up on them?
Joshua Green has a piece in TheAtlantic.com called the Tea Party's murder-suicide pact, tough stuff.
And Josh joins us right now, along with a familiar face here, Matt Kibbe, who is the president of FreedomWorks, one of the largest Tea Party organizations.
Josh, make your charge.
JOSHUA GREEN, SENIOR EDITOR, "THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY": Well, my charge in the column is that the Tea Party has actually won with a great victory already and that, if there's any kind of a deal, whether it's $4 trillion or $2 trillion, a lot of that owes largely to the effect of the Tea Party.
We have got Democrats control most of Washington. And here we are talking about exactly what hard-core conservative Tea Partiers want to be talking about, which is cutting federal spend.
What I argue in the column is that, if Tea Party pressure forces Republicans to default on the debt, they're not only going to take down the economy, but they could take down the Republican Party with them.
MATTHEWS: Your reaction to that, Matt?
MATT KIBBE, PRESIDENT, FREEDOMWORKS: Well, I do think that the Tea Party has changed the conversation in Washington, D.C. We wouldn't be talking about the debt, we wouldn't be talking about the spending problem if it wasn't for the Tea Party revolution of the last two years.
I think the focus on the debt ceiling is a little wrongheaded, because the crisis is with the debt.
MATTHEWS: But wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. I want to ask you about a fact question. Do you believe that the deadline for action on the debt ceiling is real?
KIBBE: Yes, I do.
MATTHEWS: You believe that, if we don't do it, there is going to be a real crisis in the world?
KIBBE: I do—there's some give. Treasury does have some ability to move things around, but, eventually, we will have to raise the debt ceiling.
MATTHEWS: So, we have to have a deal?
KIBBE: We have to have a deal.
MATTHEWS: How far are you willing to go? Are you willing to go as far as Josh is saying, with a death-suicide pact of saying, we will bring down this government if we don't get our way on taxes?
KIBBE: Well, understand, Washington won't fix this problem until they have exhausted every other conceivable possibility.
They're posturing now. They don't want to cut spending. You know, this is all talk. So, what—I think what the Tea Party is doing, it's a citizen army of pressure forcing politicians to do something they don't naturally want to do, which is cut the deficit and cut the debt.
MATTHEWS: Agree.
KIBBE: But if we don't do something big, if we don't do something bold and something real, unlike what happened with fiscal '11 debates, we will not get out of what looks like a real sovereign debt crisis for our country.
MATTHEWS: How far you—I want to quote David Brooks here right now. Quote, "Over the past few years"—this is David Brooks of "The New York Times—"the Republican Party has been infected by a faction that is more of a psychological protest than a practical governing alternative. If you ask them to raise taxes by an inch in order to cut government spending by a foot, they'll say no. To members of this movement, tax levels are everything. Members of this tendency have taken a small piece of economic policy and turned it into a sacred fixation."
Are you sacred about taxes to the point where if you were offered a three or four to one trade, spending cuts in exchange for revenue increases of some kind, would you say no because you don't want revenue increases?
KIBBE: I would love to do tax reform. I would love to cut all this garbage out of the tax code. I hate the fact that we use it for social engineering. Number four on the Contract from America, which is a Tea Party manifesto of sorts, is fundamental tax reform.
So, we're all for that, but this is a spending problem. This is a --
MATTHEWS: So, you would accept a very good deal?
KIBBE: Why would you --
MATTHEWS: Would you accept a deal?
KIBBE: Why could you talk about revenue when we have a spending problem?
MATTHEWS: No, would you accept a deal, with large amount of spending
KIBBE: Is the question—
MATTHEWS: No, in other words, are just being cute in saying, "We won't accept any revenue increase under any deal"?
KIBBE: No, I'm saying if they put real spending on the table then we can start talking.
MATTHEWS: OK. So, it sounds like he's not part of the suicide pact?
He's willing to deal?
GREEN: Well, that's depends. I mean, you know, there's going to be negotiations this Sunday. They're going to come out with some deal. And if you talk to any Democrat, that deal has to include revenue raisers. And that's the brighten line the sand that lot of Tea Party folks won't agree to.
MATTHEWS: OK, let's talk about something people are not going to deal, because it seems to me there are people who want to deal on the reasonable circumstances. I mean, a reasonably good deal for the conservatives. And some who wouldn't mind catastrophe.
One of them I believe is Eric Cantor who I believe wants to be speaker. Here he is today. Let's listen.
REP. ERIC CANTOR (R-VA), MAJORITY LEADER: Look at these job numbers. I mean, I asked the other side today, think now is the good time to raise taxes on small businesses and working families? They've got to be kidding if they think now is the time to raise taxes.
So, again, I'm hopeful that on Sunday we can all get together and realize you can't raise taxes but get the spending cuts done that we can get done. Let's go in and make the changes to the obligations this country's got out into the future so people can regain their confidence and know that we have a government that is responsible in the stewardship of taxpayer dollars.
MATTHEWS: His posture is—tell me if it's true—is he part of the suicide pact, is he leading the Tea Party? Eric Cantor, the number two Republican—is he saying, not no taxes in the short term—which I think is his posture, I don't think anybody wants short term taxes during this continued bad time. But if he's against any revenues at any time in the next 10 years, I think he is part of a suicide pact. Where are you on this?
GREEN: Well, I think he's definitely trying to court the Tea Party movement and setting himself up in case Boehner failed.
MATTHEWS: Is he part of this suicide pact?
GREEN: I think he could be. But I think he's also conflating to things here. Nobody's talking about raising taxes. They're talking about what Matt talked about, which is closed some o these loopholes.
MATTHEWS: Revenues down the road.
GREEN: Well, revenues down the road could be closing—you know, spending in the tax code, that sort of thing. It isn't necessarily raising, you know, marginal income tax rates.
MATTHEWS: Let me ask you about some of the people that are—I think they are recruits like St. Paul on the road to Damascus. I would say they're converts of—well, dramatic change in their lives, not to knock St. Paul, one of my heroes. Of course, all our Christian heroes I should say.
But Orrin Hatch, who's a classic, established conservative, has decided that he's a real Tea Party favorite right now. Is he one of the guys now who's saying, no—tax the poor, stop taxing the rich—and what do you make of his latest conversion comments?
KIBBE: Well, there's actually a six-year Orrin Hatch cycle where every fifth year he rediscovers his fiscally conservative roots. So, you're just seeing a trend that we've seen for 35 years.
I think that the bottom line is that neither Republicans or Democrats ever want to cut spending, and they respond to political incentives.
MATTHEWS: Explain that to the public right now. We have a politically astute audience on HARDBALL.
KIBBE: Right.
MATTHEWS: Why do people—I accept you're a man of the right. I think you're authentic. Why do people who are in public life hate to cut spending? Anybody hates to cut it.
KIBBE: Because that's how you buy votes, that's how you buy re-election, that's how you grow your power. And there's constituencies all over America that represent every little piece of the federal budget.
So, we have to—
MATTHEWS: So, you accept it's not waste and fraud? You're not into one of those people, all you have to do is cut spending is get rid of waste and fraud. You realize every check is made out to Mr. and Mrs. Somebody, that somebody is getting those checks. That's why they don't want the spending cut.
KIBBE: Well, there's a lot of special interest getting those checks.
MATTHEWS: Yes, but there's checks written out to people and organization, they want the money.
KIBBE: Right. Well, everybody wants the money.
MATTHEWS: Right. This is a big development intellectually, you guys are admitting, that the checks are going somewhere.
KIBBE: Sure they are. But maybe they're going to defense contractors, maybe they're going to ethanol corporate magnates. All these things need to be—
MATTHEWS: You're the real thing. You're the real thing, Matt. You are. Thank you for coming on.
Josh, thanks so much for this warning. Thank you, Josh Green.
Thank you, Matt Kibbe.
MATTHEWS: Up next—by the way, you got along in the green room. I like that.
Up next, over in Britain, "News of the World," that trash paper that comes out on Sunday that everybody buys about scandal, it's out of business. And one reason is a former top aide to Prime Minister David Cameron, he used to work there, has been arrested.
So, how cozy are the Tories, that's the governor party in Britain right now, with Rupert Murdoch's empire which includes FOX television, and just recently, "The News of the World"?
This is HARDBALL, only on MSNBC.
MATTHEWS: Well, Casey Anthony's release date from jail has been pushed back four days. She's now set to go free next Sunday. Jail officials in Florida say Anthony refused to see her mother who scheduled a jailhouse visit, refused to see her.
Anthony's stunning acquittal earlier this week has given momentum to online petitioning, calling for major changes to missing children laws in this country. Supporters say Caylee's law, named for Anthony's 2-year-old daughter, would make it a federal crime if parents fail to notify authorities of a missing child within 24 hours or a child's death within one hour.
We'll be right back.
DAVID CAMERON, BRITISH PRIME MINISTER: The truth is, to coin a phrase, we've all been in this together. The press, politicians and leaders of all parties—yes, including me.
MATTHEWS: Well, we are back.
That was British Prime Minister David Cameron today as the scandal hit his own team. His former top communications aide was arrested earlier today in connection with phone hacking and bribery by reporters for the Rupert Murdoch owned "News of the World" tabloid.
For more on this bombshell across the pond, let's bring in reporter Toby Harnden of "The London Daily."
Tell the American people watching right now who aren't up on this, what is the scandal involving—hacking and cell phones and whatever—that really caused this scandal to explode?
TOBY HARNDEN, THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Well, just an incredible story. People in Britain are talking about nothing else. It goes back to 2006 when a royal correspondent for the "News of the World" was arrested, accused of tapping phones of Prince William and other members of the royal family, pleaded guilty. An investigators pleaded guilty as well, went to jail for short periods.
And in that time, it was sort of contained and the police said it was just a rogue reporter and "News of the World" said it was a rogue reporter. Two years ago, "The Guardian" newspaper in particular, followed by "The New York Times" really started to investigate this. And it became more and more clear that there were more and more people involved and talk of up about 4,000 people's phones being hacked.
Now, the thing that really changed this week was on Monday when it went beyond just being sort of politicians and celebrities and footballers. And it turned out that victims of terrorism, the relatives of soldiers who had been killed and the phone of a missing 13-year-old girl who subsequently turned up to be murdered, they were all hacked. And then there was—there was just really public outrage over this.
And the whole thing—
MATTHEWS: And the horrible wrinkle in this is that people thought this young girl was still alive because her phone messages were being taken off by somebody.
HARNDEN: Yes.
MATTHEWS: It was the newspaper.
HARNDEN: Yes. I mean, absolutely. It wasn't just the sort of morality of it. But the practical implication of the police thinking, you know, the girl is accessing her own phone. She is deleting messages. Maybe she's still alive and the anguish obviously that that caused the family.
MATTHEWS: And how is this connected to the British government right now, the Tory government?
HARNDEN: Well, I mean, it's not just the Tory government. I mean, governments going back for one, two decades, have caught it, Rupert Murdoch, the News International, and believe that they couldn't get to existing power without Murdoch's support, really and the support of big newspapers like—
MATTHEWS: Is Murdoch hated in Britain? What's the image of the guy over here? Here he is sort of polarizing, the right wing like him --
HARNDEN: Yes, it's the same in Britain. And he has taken a big dive this week.
MATTHEWS: He's closed down the smutty newspaper, "The News of the World," as of this week.
HARNDEN: Yes, but it could just be a tactical move.
MATTHEWS: To allow "The Sun," this other paper, to get --
HARNDEN: To allow "The Sun" to publish on the seventh day, to close down a toxic brand and to sort of cut off the limbs --
MATTHEWS: Well, here we is, Prime Minister Cameron speaking today about his former aid, Andy Coulson, who was arrested today. Let's listen.
CAMERON: First, Andy Coulson who worked for four years as my director of communications, he resigned from "The News of the World" because of the things that happened on his watch. I decided to give him a second chance. And no one has ever raised serious concerns about how he did his job for me. But the second chance didn't work out. And he had to resign all over again. The decision to hire him was my mine and mine alone, and I take full responsibility for it.
MATTHEWS: What do you mean it didn't work out if you give this guy a second chance?
HARNDEN: Well, either Coulson lied to Cameron or Cameron knew as much more to it.
Now, the problem with this is, Cameron was warned repeatedly by many people that phone hacking scandal was much bigger than what Coulson said.
MATTHEWS: Quick, bottom line, will this hurt the government? Bring it down?
HARNDEN: I don't think it will bring it down, but this story has a long, long way to run and Cameron is in really deep trouble.
MATTHEWS: Toby, thanks for coming in. Toby Harnden, coming in, for "The Telegraph."
When we return, "Let Me Finish" with today's final takeoff of the space shuttle, and whether we still have the spirit of adventure that Kennedy had back in the '60s.
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MATTHEWS: "Let Me Finish" tonight with today's take off—the last take off of the U.S. space shuttle.
A million people were there at Cape Canaveral, to watch it—this 135th shuttle mission, the beginning of a long dry spell in American space travel. How fitting or faithful that the Atlantis shuttle took off from the same launching pad as the Apollo astronauts once did.
Let's listen to the president who did the launching back then. Here is Jack Kennedy at Rice University back in '62.
JOHN F. KENNEDY, FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT: The exploration of space will go ahead, whether we join in it or not. And it is one of the great adventures of all time. And no nation, which expects to be the leader of other nation, can expect to stay behind in this race for space.
MATTHEWS: And here he is offering up that same "go for it" spirit that he and America once personified.
KENNEDY: But why, some say, the moon, why choose this as our goal? And they may well ask, why climb the highest mountain? Why 35 years ago fly the Atlantic? Why does Rice play Texas?
We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon.
KENNEDY: We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we're willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone and one we intend to win and the others, too.
MATTHEWS: Well, the question, is it yours, is whether this country is still fueled by that same pioneer spirit that Lindbergh used to cross the Atlantic, the great John Glenn did in orbiting the earth and that Jack Kennedy had in taking us to the moon? And do you still have that pioneer spirit? Great question.
And that's HARDBALL for now. Thanks for being with us.
And we want to say goodnight tonight and good luck, rather, to our longtime producer, Brooke Brower, who's moving on to be a senior producer at the "DAILY RUNDOWN" on this network with Chuck Todd. Congratulations, Brooke, and thanks.
Have a great weekend, everybody.
More politics ahead with Al Sharpton.
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We Try the Hot Cocoa Mixes from Starbucks
Though many of us think of Starbucks as a place to stop for coffee (or a pumpkin latte), the brand also wants to be part of your home hot-drink routine, whether you're making coffee or stirring up hot cocoa. On a recent trip to the grocery store, we noticed a whole shelf of different cocoa options from the big S, so we decided to check them out.
Starbucks makes a few different kinds of standard-flavor hot cocoa, including the Gourmet Hot Cocoa which comes with instructions to mix with water, and the Classic Hot Cocoa kit, a gifty item that includes a mix meant to be combined with milk, plus garnishes of marshmallows, peppermint sticks, and chocolate curls.
The Gourmet is pretty standard stuff—a packet full of sugar, cocoa powder, nonfat dry milk, salt, and vanilla extract. It's a bit more chocolatey tasting than Swiss Miss, but not anywhere near thick, rich, drinking chocolate or creamy milk chocolate. You could scale down how much water is added (who really needs 8 ounces unless they're filling a thermos) which would make it a bit less dilute.
The Classic hot cocoa, when made as directed with milk, is a serious step up. It's made from sugar, cocoa, and vanilla powder, which suggests that you could also improve the Gourmet version by making it with hot milk instead of water. It's similarly sweet, and with nice deep chocolate notes; both kid and adult-friendly. The gift pack includes square 'gourmet'-style marshmallows that are a little tough to eat on their own, but soften nicely in the cocoa. The peppermint sticks in the gift set are more like those crumbly mints you get after a restaurant meal than candy canes, perhaps to better contribute their flavor to the cocoa. It works, as long as you can get over the weirdness of dissolving candy into your drink. Though it's not the fanciest hot cocoa in the market, we'd happily stash this in the cupboard for cold afternoons.
And then it gets interesting—Starbucks also sells a series of flavored cocoas, including Salted Caramel, Toasted Marshmallow, and Peppermint.
The Peppermint version is mellow and creamy, with only the slightest touch of cooling peppermint peeking through. This won't remind you of the cocoa you spiked with peppermint schnapps in college, but you could up the mint factor by stirring a leftover candy cane in it.
We were kind of hoping that the Toasted Marshmallow cocoa would be fluffy flavored throughout, but the cocoa is pretty much cocoa, with six 3/4 centimeter squared 'toasted' marshmallows floating in the packet. These cause problems, since they're supposed to just be stirred into the hot milk, not microwaved or heated themselves. At first, they taste firm and uncomfortably chewy, and they never softened up fully even as they sat in the steamy milk. Add your own marshmallows to the Classic hot cocoa instead.
We feared that the Salted Caramel cocoa would be sticky-sweet, but were spared: the caramel flavor comes across more as rich, buttery, and toasty, and not really any sweeter than the standard flavor. There's just a faint hint of salt, enough to awake your tongue, but it's definitely not salty. Would we drink a ton of this stuff? Probably not, but it's fun enough for the novelty, and could be extra-tasty with a shot of bourbon in it...
Have you tried the Starbucks hot cocoa mix? What did you think? Got other brands of favorite cocoa mixes?
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Check whether the C++11 '= delete' syntax, for suppressing undesired implicit methods, is supported. If it is, the macro DELETE_METHOD is defined to '= delete'; otherwise it is defined to nothing. Thus, you can write
class foo { ... private: foo(foo const&) DELETE_METHOD; };
to delete the 'foo' copy constructor or fall back to the idiom of a private undefined method if the compiler doesn't support this.
Does not test '= delete' on a template specialization. Does not ensure that the compiler is in C++11 mode.
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ASU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This collection includes most of the ASU Theses and Dissertations from 2011 to present. ASU Theses and Dissertations are available in downloadable PDF format; however, a small percentage of items are under embargo. Information about the dissertations/theses includes degree information, committee members, an abstract, supporting data or media.
In addition to the electronic theses found in the ASU Digital Repository, ASU Theses and Dissertations can be found in the ASU Library Catalog.
Dissertations and Theses granted by Arizona State University are archived and made available through a joint effort of the ASU Graduate College and the ASU Libraries. For more information or questions about this collection contact or visit the Digital Repository ETD Library Guide or contact the ASU Graduate College at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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- Reverse Fountain Cytoplasmic Streaming in Rhizopus Oryzae
- Diné Research Practices and Protocols: An Intersectional Paradigm Incorporating Indigenous Feminism, Critical Indigenous Research Methodologies and Diné Knowledge Systems
- Developing an Augmented Reality Solution for Mapping Underground Infrastructure
- Characterization of 2D Human Ankle Stiffness during Postural Balance and Walking for Robot-aided Ankle Rehabilitation
- Using Molecular, Cellular and Bioengineering Approaches Towards Understanding Muscle Stem Cell Biology
As technology has advanced in recent years, tablet devices have started to make their way into all walks of life. Yet, many medical documentation processes still see the use of paper. Though the paper based documentation method has been shown to be effective for some purposes, the introduction of tablet devices has the potential to make the documentation processes a lot smoother. In this thesis, tablet based documentation systems are reviewed, and based on this, a new custom application is developed that medical staff can use with ease. This new application, developed for an iPad is one where users can …
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