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Right-Wing Media Aren't Concerned About Helping The Poor, But They Sure Want To Help The Rich
As income disparities continue to increase, and the effective tax rate paid by the rich remains at historic lows, right-wing media figures work hard to make sure none of that changes. They routinely attack the poor and programs designed to assist them, while simultaneously extolling the rich and defending them against any attempt to get them to pay their fair share of taxes.
Conservative Media Frequently Deride The Plight Of The Poor As Well As Programs To Aid Them ...
... But Fiercely Defend The Rich ...
... Often Relying On Misinformation To Do So
Conservative Media Frequently Deride The Plight Of The Poor As Well As Programs To Aid Them ...
Limbaugh Suggested That Rather Than Raise The Minimum Wage, We Should "Get Rid Of It." From the February 2 edition of Premiere Radio Networks´ The Rush Limbaugh Show:
LIMBAUGH: I got an email during the break, and this is not a criticism of the email. But it is a perfect illustration of what's happening here in the Republican primary. I have a story. It is from David Espo at the Associated Press. Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney renewed -- now listen to me folks -- Mitt Romney renewed his support yesterday for automatic increases in the federal minimum wage to keep pace with inflation, a position sharply at odds with traditional Republican business allies, conservatives, and party senior lawmakers.
By the way, folks, have you seen the teenage unemployment rate in this country. Well, can you say 25 percent. I mean, it's 16, 18 -- it's way, way up there. The teenage unemployment rate -- it's a record highs. Whatever it is, it is a record high. And why do you think that is in part? It's the minimum wage. Businesses are having enough trouble as it is in this economy, and then to be told to go out and higher a bunch of people who have no experience and pay them an arbitrary amount of money that has no relationship to the business' operation, cost structure, is literally absurd. And so the only option the small businessman has is not hiring anybody. You can price -- it's sort of like raising tax rates. And these dummkopfs in Washington think: Well, you've got to raise the tax rates, and these taxpayers just sit out there like a bunch of idiots and they'll pay it.
Every time tax rates are increased, guess what? Revenue goes down. If you want more of an activity you cut taxes on it. If you want less of an activity you raise taxes. If you want more homes sold then you allow the interest on the mortgage to be deducted. If you don't want a lot of homes to be sold take that deduction away. If you want to spur teenage hiring lower the minimum wage or get rid of it. If you want to retard teenage hiring, if you want to slow down, if you want limit the amount of teenagers getting jobs raise the cost of hiring them. And that's what an increase in the minimum wage is.
The minimum wage, the stock conservative answer to it is get rid of it. It certainly isn't to raise it. It certainly isn't to tie it to the cost of living index. [Premiere Radio Networks, The Rush Limbaugh Show, 2/2/12, via Media Matters]
Limbaugh: The Safety Net Is A "Democrat Vote Buying Technique" That Is "Robbing [People] Of Their Humanity." From the February 2 edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Rush Limbaugh Show:
LIMBAUGH: In the last two days we have Romney stepping in it with a quote that's made to order to be taken out of context. And it has been taken out of context. "I don't care about the poor, I'm not concerned with the poor. They have a safety net. What I want to do is fix the safety net if there's a problem." No, no. Governor, no, no, no, no. The safety net is precisely what is creating dependency and destroying people's lives. It's robbing them of their humanity. The safety net needs to be totally reevaluated. It's a Democrat vote buying technique. Governor, no, it doesn't need to be fixed. It needs to be totally redone with an entirely different purpose behind it. [Premiere Radio Networks, The Rush Limbaugh Show, 2/2/12, via Media Matters]
O'Reilly Named "True Causes Of Poverty" : "Poor Education, Addiction, Irresponsible Behavior, And Laziness." From the February 2 edition of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor:
BILL O'REILLY: The mistake [Romney] is making is not dealing with the true causes of poverty, thereby showing real concern for the impoverished. That's what all politicians should do. And the causes are these: poor education, addiction, irresponsible behavior, and laziness. That's right, far-left people. Some folks are lazy. [Fox News, The O'Reilly Factor, 2/2/12, via Media Matters]
Radio Host Boortz: "The Poor" Are The "Toenail Fungus" Of America. In a February 1 Twitter post, right-wing talk radio host and frequent Fox News guest Neal Boortz wrote:
[Twitter, 2/1/12, via Media Matters]
Hannity Said He "Would Never Want To Be Dependent On Food Stamps," Unlike Those With An "Entitlement Mindset." From the February 1 edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Sean Hannity Show:
HANNITY: I don't want a thing from the government. Nothing. I wish I could pull out of Social Security today. I don't want -- I would never want to be on a government housing program, I would never want to be dependent on food stamps, I would never want the government to step in so I could keep my home.
HANNITY: The thing we've got to deal with more than anything else in this country is deal with this entitlement mindset, the government's going to help me in every aspect of my life. And you by leading by example I think's going to go a long way. We need more Americans like you. You're not what's wrong with this country. Believe me. [Premiere Radio Networks, The Sean Hannity Show, 2/1/12, via Media Matters]
Ted Nugent: Cut "Social Welfare Programs" Because Poverty Is Based On "Poor Decisions" "We Need To Punish." In his December 16, 2011, Washington Times column, Ted Nugent wrote that "[b]eing poor is largely a choice, a daily, if not hourly decision," and that "we need to punish poor decisions instead of rewarding them. We cannot continue to offer a safety blanket to those Americans who make poor choices. The fewer social welfare programs, the better." [The Washington Times, 12/16/11]
Limbaugh Called Poor Children Receiving Free School Meals "Wanton Little Waifs And Serfs Dependent On The State." On the December 12, 2011, edition of his radio show, Limbaugh said:
LIMBAUGH: State of Missouri is receiving a $2 million federal grant to help feed needy children near Kansas City and St. Louis during the summer. $2 million that we don't have to feed needy children near Kansas City and St. Louis during the summer. The state has operated a pilot project in Kansas City, plans to expand it with funds from the Department of Agriculture. The funding will be divided between Kansas City and St. Louis. State officials say they will be able to help 10,000 children in the St. Louis, Kansas City, Hickman Mills, and Center school districts.
Now, what did I just say? Nobody ever won anything defending it. Well, here you go. What are we trying -- we're trying to defend against this profligate spending. But we're not on offense. We're just trying to stop it. We're like at the Alamo. We're just trying to stop it. We're constantly on defense everywhere, 'cause we don't use government the way they do. They're constantly on offense, constantly making a move, constantly trying to make it bigger. We're just saying, Stop, stop, damn it, stop! We're not even trying to advance anything. Very troubling. So this is how it works, you see.
If you feed them, if you feed the children three square meals a day during the school year, how can you expect them to feed themselves in the summer? So you start out with breakfast for the kids that can't afford that, which happened when I was in junior high. I remember when it started. I remember the school making a big announcement over the PA, and I'm not lying to you, and I said, What the hell is this? I eat breakfast at home. What is this? Opening the cafeteria at seven o'clock, and it was like a continental, it was nothing hot, it was rolls and bread and butter and stuff like that. And then of course it expanded. And we learn -- now it includes dinner in Memphis and other places during the school year.
OK, then school ends, and of course how can we expect them to feed themselves in the summer when they haven't had to for nine months? So this is how it works. They demand to be fed during the summer. Or their acolytes demand that they be fed during the summer. Because, after all, we've conditioned them to not feeding themselves. Plus their parents don't have to take the responsibility of feeding them, and their parents don't have to take responsibility of paying, not directly, for them to be fed. So it's just natural. Mr. Limbaugh, these children simply are ill-equipped to feed themselves in the summertime. It's the only compassionate thing we can do. Yeah, well, who made that possible? You, Mr. New Castrati, by trying to make people helpless, wanton little waifs and serfs dependent on the state. Pure and simple. [Premiere Radio Networks, The Rush Limbaugh Show, 12/12/11, via Media Matters]
Limbaugh On Bill To Provide Diapers To Low-Income Parents: "This Is ... Indoctrination." Discussing a proposed bill that would provide free diapers to low-income parents, Limbaugh said, "This is taking indoctrination to steps I never dreamed of. Indoctrinate babies early and often in daycare, and you get them in daycare by promising free diapers." [Premiere Radio Networks, The Rush Limbaugh Show, 10/21/11, via Media Matters]
Fox's Charles Payne Explained Poverty: After Thanksgiving People "Take Their Welfare Checks And Bum-Rush" Walmart. On the October 3, 2011, edition of Hannity, Fox contributor Charles Payne said: "After everyone's eaten their Thanksgiving meal, right, go to Walmart at midnight. You're going to see why a lot of people don't have money. They're going to take their welfare checks and bum-rush the security guard, knock him down, and give away all their money." [Fox News, Hannity, 10/3/11, via Media Matters]
Fox's Stuart Varney On Low-Income Americans: "Many Of Them Have Things -- What They Lack Is The Richness Of Spirit." During the August 25, 2011, edition of Fox Business' Varney & Co. at Night, host Stuart Varney hyped a Heritage Foundation study showing that many Americans in poverty own appliances, saying: "The image we have of poor people as starving and living in squalor really is not accurate. Many of them have things -- what they lack is the richness of spirit. That's my opinion." [Fox Business, Varney & Co. at Night, 8/25/11, via Media Matters]
Limbaugh Derided People Who Rely On Social Safety Net, Suggested They're Taking A "Vacation." Limbaugh asserted that "the safety net has become a hammock," adding that "our safety net's become a vacation destination." [Premiere Radio Networks, The Rush Limbaugh Show, 6/17/11, via Media Matters]
Varney Thinks Tax Cut For The Poor Is A "Welfare Scheme." Stuart Varney complained about the "8 million" poverty-stricken seniors and disabled people receiving benefits to help pay for basic necessities, then attacked the Earned Income Tax Credit: "I'm going to call it a welfare scheme." In fact, the EITC is a tax credit available to working low-income individuals and families, not a subsidy program like many traditional welfare programs. [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 6/15/11, via Media Matters]
Fox Business Pitted The "Takers" Of "Government Handouts" Against The "Makers." After a National Bureau of Economic Research study concluded that social safety net programs, including Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, were highly effective at keeping people out of poverty, Fox Business launched a week-long series pitting the "takers" of "government handouts" against the "makers" in the economy. [Media Matters, 5/24/11]
Fox Business Scolded Poor People For Not Being Ashamed Of Their Poverty. During the May 19 edition of Fox Business' Varney & Co., host Stuart Varney attacked anti-poverty programs as evidence that the U.S. now has an "entitlement mentality." Fox commentator Charles Payne then scolded people in poverty for not being "embarrassed" about needing public assistance:
PAYNE: Krystal [Ball], there's no doubt that these are good programs. I think the real narrative here, though, is that people aren't embarrassed by it. People aren't ashamed by it. In other words, the there was a time when people were embarrassed to be on food stamps; there was a time when people were embarrassed to be on unemployment for six months, let alone demanding to be on it for more than two years. I think that's what Stu is trying to say, is that, when the president says Wall Street is at fault, so, you are entitled to get anything that you want from the government, because it's not really your fault. No longer is the man being told to look in the mirror and cast down a judgment on himself; it's someone else's fault. So food stamps, unemployment, all of this stuff, is something that they probably earned in some indirect way. [Fox Business, Varney & Co., 5/19/11, via Media Matters]
Limbaugh: "Do You Know Any Low-Income People Who Want To Get A Better Job? ... Do They Even Want To Work?" On the April 21, 2011, edition of his radio show, host Limbaugh said, "Do you know any low-income people who want to get a better job? ... Do they even want to work?" [Premiere Radio Networks, The Rush Limbaugh Show, 4/21/11, via Media Matters]
Fox Hosts Hyped Appliance Ownership To Downplay Hardship Of Poverty In America. In July 2011, Fox News hosts cited a Heritage Foundation report about the ownership of appliances among the poor in America to downplay the hardships of the poor in the U.S. On the July 20, 2011, edition of his Fox News show, O'Reilly asked, "So, how can you be so poor and have all this stuff?" [Media Matters, 7/22/11]
Fox's Gary B. Smith: "It's Not Just Wrong To Say Minimum Wage Is Good ... I Think It's Irresponsible." On the September 3, 2011, edition of Fox News' Bulls & Bears, Fox News contributor Gary B. Smith claimed that "it's not just wrong to say minimum wage is good, it's -- I think it's irresponsible." [Fox News, Bulls & Bears, 9/3/11, via Media Matters]
Fox's Eric Bolling: "You Can't Disagree That [Social Security] Is A Ponzi Scheme." During the September 8, 2011, broadcast of Fox & Friends, guest host Eric Bolling and host Brian Kilmeade discussed Gov. Rick Perry's (R-TX) claim that Social Security is a Ponzi scheme. Bolling concluded that "you can't disagree that [Social Security] is a Ponzi scheme." [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 9/8/11, via Media Matters]
Wall Street Journal's Steve Moore: "How Do You Put More People To Work By Giving People More Money Not To Be Working?" During the September 5, 2011, broadcast of Fox News' America's Newsroom, guest host Gregg Jarrett and The Wall Street Journal's Steve Moore dismissed the stimulative effect of unemployment insurance by asking, "How do you put more people to work by giving people more money not to be working?" [Fox News, America's Newsroom, 9/5/11, via Media Matters]
Glenn Beck Likened Food Stamps To "Cakes and Circuses" Used By Roman Emperors To "Control The People." During the June 7, 2011, broadcast of Fox News' Glenn Beck, which has since been canceled, host Glenn Beck claimed that food stamps were comparable to "cakes and circuses" used by Roman Emperors to "control the people." From the broadcast:
BECK: Cakes and circuses, think of this. Given the cakes, can anybody give me an example of cakes being handed out by our government? Anybody hand -- if you are the emperor of Rome you gave people cake. Well, we are not giving people cakes now, but food -- food stamps. You want to control the people, the emperor knew, give the people cake and then entertain them. Isn't it interesting how entertainment -- we're not, really, really. What difference -- what are you going to do about this? [Fox News, Glenn Beck, 6/7/11, via Media Matters]
O'Reilly: The Social Compact Is "The Government ... Tak[ing] From The Wealthy And Giv[ing] To The Poor." During the April 18, 2011, broadcast of The O'Reilly Factor, O'Reilly claimed that the "social compact" or "social contract" has helped lead to the U.S. facing "ruin because it owes more than $14 trillion dollars." He further claimed the social compact means "the government must take from the wealthy and give to the poor." [Fox News, The O'Reilly Factor, 4/18/11, via Media Matters]
O'Reilly: Affordable Housing Is "Social Engineering," An "Idealistic Jihad." On the May 26, 2011, edition of his Fox News show, O'Reilly said:
O'REILLY: Barney Frank was consistent from the jump by saying he wanted these agencies -- Fannie May and Freddie Mac -- to be used to get as many poor people homes as possible. This is social engineering. That's what Barney wanted. I'm assuming that his boyfriend wanted that as well. So they're on an idealistic jihad using two government agencies to do what they think is the right thing to do. It didn't work. The poor people couldn't pay their mortgages, and then the whole thing collapsed. [Fox News, The O'Reilly Factor, 5/26/11, via Media Matters]
Hannity: "Poor In America Is Not Poor Like Around The Rest Of The World." On the December 5, 2011, edition of his radio show, Hannity said:
HANNITY: Poor people in America, relatively speaking, comparatively with poor people around the world -- I've been to the poorest public housing units in the country. I went to Techwood Homes, which was the first one in Atlanta, Peppermill in Atlanta. My cousin was a cop in Far Rockaway. I've been to the south Bronx and some of the housing units there. And as bad as the neighborhood, as some of these neighborhoods are, people have running water and plumbing and they have kitchens and they have microwaves and big screen TVs and stereos and most people have cars. They may not be brand new cars, but they're cars. When I didn't have a lot of money I bought $300 cars, and I used to fix them myself. So poor in America is not poor like around the rest of the world. [Premiere Radio Networks, The Sean Hannity Show, 12/5/11, via Media Matters]
Limbaugh: "Kids Losing Weight Because They're Starving To Death" Is A Benefit Of School Being Out For The Summer. From the June 16, 2010, edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Rush Limbaugh Show:
LIMBAUGH: Then, a companion story from AOL News: "Record Number of US Kids Facing Summer of Hunger." "With the sc-rewl year ending in communities across America, more than 16 million children face a summer of hunger." Now, Michelle Obama told us they're all so fat and out of shape and overweight that a summer off from government eating might be just the ticket.
Could it be possible -- "while classes were in session, they relied on free or discount" --
This, of course, takes into no account that the parents, I guess, just can sit around and let their kids starve. Why if the kids don't do it, they're gonna starve -- if the schools don't do it, the kids are going to starve.
"The children caught in the gap will likely spend the next few months cadging leftovers from their neighbors, chowing down on cheap junk, lining up with their families at food banks that are already overmatched or simply learning to live with a constant headache, growling stomach and chronic fatigue. When school rolls around again in the fall, they will be less healthy and less ready to learn than their peers."
God, this is just -- we can't escape these people. We just can't escape them. They live in the utter deniability of basic human nature. They actually have it in their heads somehow that parents are so rotten that they will let their kids go hungry and starve, unless the schools take care of it.
You know, one of the benefits of school being out, in addition to your kids losing weight because they're starving to death out there because there's no school meal being provided, one of the benefits of school being out, college campi being vacant this time of year, is that our audience levels go up. [Premiere Radio Networks, The Rush Limbaugh Show, 6/16/10, via Media Matters]
Limbaugh To Children: Can't Find Food? "There's Always The Neighborhood Dumpster." From the June 16, 2010, edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Rush Limbaugh Show:
LIMBAUGH: I think, you know what we're going to do here, we're going to start a feature on this program: "Where to find food." For young demographics, where to find food. Now that school is out, where to find food. We can have a daily feature on this. And this will take us all the way through the summer. Where to find food. And, of course, the first will be: "Try your house." It's a thing called the refrigerator. You probably already know about it. Try looking there. There are also things in what's called the kitchen of your house called cupboards. And in those cupboards, most likely you're going to find Ding-Dongs, Twinkies, Lays ridgy potato chips, all kinds of dip and maybe a can of corn that you don't want, but it will be there. If that doesn't work, try a Happy Meal at McDonald's. You know where McDonald's is. There's the Dollar Menu at McDonald's and if they don't have Chicken McNuggets, dial 911 and ask for Obama.
There's another place if none of these options work to find food; there's always the neighborhood dumpster. Now, you might find competition with homeless people there, but there are videos that have been produced to show you how to healthfully dine and how to dumpster dive and survive until school kicks back up in August. Can you imagine the benefit we would provide people? [Premiere Radio Networks, The Rush Limbaugh Show, 6/16/10, via Media Matters]
Limbaugh Criticized Homeless For Having Cell Phones, Blamed "Giant Welfare State." From the March 6, 2009, edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Rush Limbaugh Show:
LIMBAUGH: In fact, there's a great picture out there. Michelle, my belle, Obama, once again sleeveless. Was it Time magazine or Newsweek did a story this week -- maybe The New York Times -- on how you, too, can have highly toned arms like Michelle Obama. After the State of the Union show, a bunch of stories -- "Now, you, too, can have highly toned arms and get rid of the" -- whatever they call these flab things under there. Wings, whatever.
There's a picture of Michelle Obama at a homeless shelter in Washington. She's on the other side of the glass, you know, where the server would be serving McNuggets at McDonald's. And she's serving food to the homeless. And the homeless and the poor are showing up taking pictures of her with their cell phones. Yeah, I just saw the picture. We'll put it at RushLimbaugh.com. This is the poor and the War on Poverty.
LIMBAUGH: What we have, ladies and gentlemen, is a giant welfare state that's in the process of being manufactured, that the Democrat Party will preside over forever. Because everybody or enough people are going to need the goodwill of Democrats in power in order to get by. Like, you're going to have to see the first lady behind the counter at McDonald's when you go in there as your poverty-stricken day drags on -- take a picture with your cell phone while you go in there and get your McNuggets or whatever's being handed out that day. [Premiere Radio Networks, The Rush Limbaugh Show, 3/6/09, via Media Matters]
Boortz: "Single Mothers Receiving Public Assistance" Are "Welfare Broodmares." From the August 19, 2008, edition of Cox Radio Syndication's The Neal Boortz Show:
BOORTZ: Two stories right here, I think gives us an idea of what, you know, life in this world and life in the United States is going to be like for our children. The first story. In Georgia, as well as, I dare say, most other states in the nation, the least -- or the less you can afford to have a child, the more likely it is you're going to have one. In Georgia, welfare broodmares -- that is also described as single mothers receiving public assistance -- are having babies at three times the rate, three times the rate of mothers who do not need public assistance. If you're on welfare, 162 births per 1,000 women. If you're not on welfare, 53 births per 1,000 women. Three to one. Three to one.
And then on a world basis, the world's poorest countries have one thing in even greater abundance: people. Nearly -- this is the Population Reference Bureau -- nearly all of the world population growth is now concentrated in the poorer countries. 1.2 billion people live in countries classified as developed by the United Nations. 5.5 billion live in less-developed regions. There is little population growth in the developed countries. In many of the developed countries, there is even a decline. By 2050, the global population -- you have a child, OK? Do you have a child right now? A 10-year-old. So how old will that child be by 2050? Fifty-two years old. If you just had a child in the last week, 42 years old. By 2050, global population up to 9.3 billion, the population share in the less-developed countries will be 86 percent, according to current birth rates -- 86 percent. We are going to have a situation, when your child right now reaches middle age, where 14 percent of the people in the world are supporting the other 86 percent. And those figures are reflected in this country as well. The women who cannot afford to have a child have them. The women who can, don't. Hey, look forward to your future. [Cox Radio Syndication, The Neal Boortz Show, 8/19/08, via Media Matters]
Boortz Called The People Of New Orleans Displaced By Hurricane Katrina "Garbage" And "Worthless Parasites." From the January 30, 2008, edition of Cox Radio Syndication's The Neal Boortz Show:
BOORTZ: I'm reading here about John Edwards. Oh, what a wimp. You know what he's gonna do now? He's gonna, he's going to continue work with Habitat Humanity, or for Humanity, at the volunteer-fueled rebuilding project at Musicians' Village. Where's that? Oh yeah, New Orleans, is that New Orleans? I like this: "Edwards' campaign will end the way it began 13 months ago, with the candidate pitching in to rebuild lives in a city still ravaged by Hurricane Katrina. Edwards embraced New Orleans as a glaring symbol of what he described as a Washington that didn't hear the cries of the downtrodden." Cries of the downtrodden, my left butt cheek. That wasn't the cries of the downtrodden; that's the cries of the useless, the worthless. New Orleans was a welfare city, a city of parasites, a city of people who could not and had no desire to fend for themselves. You have a hurricane descending on them and they sit on their fat asses and wait for somebody else to come rescue them. "It's somebody else's job to get me out of here. It's somebody else's job to save my life. Not mine. Send me a bus, send me a limo, send me a boat, send me a helicopter, send me a taxi, send me something. But you certainly don't expect me to actually work to get myself out of this situation, do you? Haven't you been watching me for generations? I've never done anything to improve my own lot in life. I've never done anything to rescue myself. Why do you expect me to do that now, just because a levee broke?"
BOORTZ: Listen, listen. When these Katrina so-called refugees were scattered about the country, it was just a glorified episode of putting out the garbage. [Cox Radio Syndication, The Neal Boortz Show, 1/30/08, via Media Matters, emphasis added]
... But Fiercely Defend The Rich ...
Laura Ingraham Complained That Raising The Tax Rate For The Wealthy Is "Demoniz[ing] The Rich." On the April 12, 2011, edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends, Fox News contributor Laura Ingraham referred to a plan to raise the taxes of the wealthiest Americans as a plan that "demoni[zes] the rich." [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 4/12/11, via Media Matters]
Peter Johnson Jr.: "Most Americans Say" That "Patriotism Is Paying Less Taxes." On the April 18, 2011, edition of Fox & Friends, Fox News legal analyst Peter Johnson Jr. said: "What we have on this tax day is a White House that says, 'If you don't pay more taxes, then you're not being patriotic.' There's a lot of other Americans, and most Americans, who say the opposite: that patriotism is paying less taxes." [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 4/18/11, via Media Matters]
O'Reilly: "If You Tax Achievement, Some Of The Achievers Are Going To Pack It In." On the September 19, 2011, edition of his Fox News show, O'Reilly said:
O'REILLY: Here's the unintended consequence of Mr. Obama's revenue-enhancing plan. And I must tell you, I want the Feds to get more revenue. I don't want to starve them, as some people do. We need a robust military, a good transportation system, and protections all over the place. But if you tax achievement, some of the achievers are going to pack it in. Again, let's take me. My corporations employ scores of people. They depend on me to do what I do so they can make a nice salary. If Barack Obama begins taxing me more than 50 percent -- which is very possible -- I don't know how much longer I'm going to do this. I like my job, but there comes a point when taxation becomes oppressive. Is the country really entitled to half a person's income? [Fox News, The O'Reilly Factor, 9/19/11, via Media Matters]
- Limbaugh Pronounced Himself "Ecstatic" About O'Reilly "Fighting Back" And "Defending" The Rich. [Premiere Radio Networks, The Rush Limbaugh Show, 9/20/11, via Media Matters]
Cavuto: Ad By Millionaires Supporting Tax On Millionaires Is "Taking Class Warfare Viral." From the September 19, 2011, edition of Fox News' Your World with Neil Cavuto:
CAVUTO: Taking class warfare viral. A new ad from a group called Patriotic Millionaires attacking Republican lawmakers who also happen to be millionaires for fighting against tax hikes on millionaires. [Fox News, Your World with Neil Cavuto, 9/19/11, via Media Matters]
Doocy: Obama's Jobs Bill Is "Class Warfare ... One Of Those Soak The Rich Things." During the September 13, 2011, edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends, co-host Steve Doocy said:
DOOCY: So even though the president of the United States last Thursday said, you know, there's not going to be any class warfare, once again, it is class warfare. It's one of those soak the rich things, where if you make $200,000 or more, like Brian said, your itemized deductions when it comes to charitable things? Gonna be impacted. Your home mortgage? Impacted. Stuff like that. [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 9/13/11, via Media Matters]
Kilmeade On Taxes: "We Should Be Supporting" The "Mega-Wealthy," Not "Punish[ing] Them." On the July 22, 2011, edition of Fox & Friends, guest Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO), said that "we can't ... continue to cut taxes for the mega-wealthy in this country when we have a debt and deficit problem." Co-host Brian Kilmeade replied: "The mega-wealthy are paying the majority of taxes for the entire nation, and they're the ones who are going to bring us out of this. You would think, rather than punish them, we should be supporting them." [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 7/22/11, via Media Matters]
Doocy: Taxing The Wealthy Is "So Last Week." From the July 26, 2011, edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends:
DOOCY: One word he did not use: veto. Remember, a couple weeks ago [Obama] said he would veto cut, cap, and balance. However, he did not say he would veto John Boehner's approach.
CARLSON: I think that's significant because a lot of people have said, Let's just put something before the president and dare him to veto it, because as we get closer to that August 2 date, you think he's going to veto that? I mean, then really everything hangs on his shoulders.
KILMEADE: You see, I think the biggest story is what he did -- he just said again that people have to pull their fair share. Equal shared sacrifice. 51 percent of the country isn't paying any taxes at all, and you have the people who are paying the bulk of the taxes being called out for not paying more than they're currently paying.
DOOCY: The interesting is, you've got to wonder whether or not they loaded an old speech in the teleprompter, because there was the president talking about the millionaires and billionaires are going to have to pay bigger taxes. That's not part of the Boehner plan. That's not part of the Harry Reid plan.
CARLSON: But those are buzzwords that work. Those are buzzwords that they've tested that they show that they work.
DOOCY: I know, but it's -- it's so last week. It's as if he hasn't gotten caught up to the headlines. [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 7/26/11, via Media Matters]
Hannity: "If Rich People Don't Buy Yachts" Or "Planes" Or "Go On Expensive Vacations, Guess Who's Gonna Suffer." On the July 11, 2011, edition of his Fox News show, Hannity said:
HANNITY: I drove 200, 300 dollar cars for years. I worked in construction, I washed dishes, I waited tables, I tended bar, I was banging nails, I was painting houses. And you know what, Doug? I was glad rich people hired me, rich people went out to dinner. If rich people don't buy yachts -- remember the yacht tax? If rich people don't buy planes -- all the demonization of private plans. If rich people don't go on expensive vacations, guess who's gonna suffer. All the people the Democrats seem to care the most about -- they're killing the opportunity for people to succeed. [Fox News, Hannity, 7/11/11, via Media Matters]
Doocy: Obama Is Engaging In "Class Warfare" By "Talking About ... Soaking The Rich." From the May 13, 2011, edition of Fox News Fox & Friends:
VARNEY: You can easily demagogue this, can't you? You're taking money off children. You are starving the elderly. It's easy to do that.
DOOCY: And Stuart, isn't it becoming class warfare? The president and his men are talking about, you know, soaking the rich. Those guys are really successful. Let's take the money out of their pocket. [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 5/13/11, via Media Matters]
Limbaugh: Proposal To Tax Wealthiest Americans Is A Way Of Saying "You're Gonna Get Rich Over My Dead Body." On the April 27, 2011, edition of his radio show, Limbaugh said:
LIMBAUGH: Now, speaking of Obama's academic record, he attended Harvard Law School at the height of something it was promoting, education technique or a theory. It was called critical legal studies. Critical legal studies was in its ascendancy at Harvard Law when Obama was there. You can look it up. Just Google critical legal studies. It is out and out Marxism.
In a nutshell, critical legal studies claims that law is just politics by other means. It is a way for the rich to keep the poor working man down and deny him opportunities for prosperity. That is what Obama was taught at Harvard, and based on what he believes and is doing it looks to me like he probably did get good grades. Look it up if you want. Critical legal studies. Law is just politics by other means. You can even turn it around -- politics is just law by other means. But, I mean, look at what they do. What has happened? You can't get your accomplishments done in the legislative body, you put judges that are gonna write law on your court system. When Obama proposes taxes on millionaires and billionaires and says the starting point's $200,000 a year, what he is doing is establishing a tax policy on millions and millions of small businesses, the express purpose of which is to prevent them from acquiring wealth. Their wealth is what is being taxed.
Millionaires, genuine millionaires and billionaires, they don't have income. They don't have wage income. They pay capital gains rates, 15% or what have you. They're not, you know, the 36 percent rate, the 39 percent rate. They may have a salary of a hundred grand that their sub-S pays them or what have you, but their wealth is not being taxed. There is no wealth tax in America yet, but there's an income tax and when you want to start taxing people at 200, 250 grand at 40 percent, small-business people. And what you're saying is, "You're gonna get rich over my dead body. You're gonna acquire wealth over my dead body." It's a way for the truly rich to keep everybody else serfs. That's what Obama was taught, critical legal studies at Harvard. [Premiere Radio Networks, The Rush Limbaugh Show, 4/27/11, via Media Matters]
Fox Complained That A Proposal To Eliminate Tax Breaks On Corporate Jets Was "Straightforward Class Warfare." After Obama cited tax breaks for corporate jets as an example of tax loopholes that could be closed to raise revenue, Fox News personalities criticized the proposal as unfair and accused Obama of engaging in "straightforward class warfare." [Media Matters, 6/30/11]
Doocy: Democrats Want To Raise Taxes On "Those Evil, Successful People," "The So-Called Rich." On the July 27, 2010, edition of Fox & Friends, Doocy claimed that Democrats say "those evil, successful people at the top 3 or 4 or 5 percent -- the so-called rich Americans -- we're going to continue to tax them at a higher rate." Doocy continued by suggesting that when you're talking about these "so-called rich Americans," "you're not talking about Donald Trump or a member of the Rockefeller family. You're talking about a lot of people who own and operate America's small businesses." [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 7/27/10, via Media Matters]
Sarah Palin: Democrats Are "Prejudiced Against ... The Wealth-Owners" And Are "Punishing" Them. From the November 15, 2010, edition of Fox Business' Freedom Watch:
SARAH PALIN (Fox News contributor): We need to start asking, Where did our country start going wrong in terms of penalizing the productive.
ANDREW NAPOLITANO (host): Right.
PALIN: In terms of being prejudiced against those who are the job creators, the wealth-owners, because they are the ones who are most productive and they are to be rewarded for their work ethic. And instead, what government, what Obama, Pelosi, Reid are doing, they're prejudiced against these job creators. They're punishing them, and that's eroding the work ethic that we hopefully will be raising our children with. [Fox News, Freedom Watch, 11/15/10, via Media Matters]
Kilmeade: Taxing The Wealthy "Robs You Of Your Ambition." On the September 10, 2010, edition of Fox & Friends, Kilmeade said of ending the tax cuts: "On some level, it robs you of your ambition and your push and your drive." He then asked: "Why am I just gonna pay somebody else for my success?" [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 9/10/10, via Media Matters]
Krauthammer: Expiration Of Tax Cuts For The Wealthy Is A "Desperate Attempt" At "Creating An Issue Of Class War." On the September 14, 2010, edition of Special Report, panelist Charles Krauthammer claimed that extending the Bush tax cuts for wealthy earners is "a desperate attempt by Democrats in a terrible economy where they have no arguments about how they have improved it of creating an issue of class war." Krauthammer added: "Some people will respond on the class war issue, but others are gonna say it's insane to go around raising taxes in a recession." [Fox News, Special Report with Bret Baier, 9/14/10, via Media Matters]
For more examples of right-wing media attacking any proposal for the rich to pay their fair share of taxes as class warfare, see here and here.
... Often Relying On Misinformation To Do So
Tax Rates On The Rich Are At Historic Lows, Yet Conservative Media Push The Claim That The Richest Americans Are Taxed Too Much. Bloomberg Businessweek reported that "[e]xcept for a period from 1988 to 1992, the top tax rate has never been this low since 1931." And the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities has found that the effective federal income tax rate for the very richest Americas has fallen sharply in recent decades.
[CBPP, 2/23/10; Bloomberg Businessweek, 12/15/10]
- Fox's Doocy Claimed "The Progressive Income Tax Has Not Been So Fair" To The Wealthy. On the August 3, 2011, edition of Fox & Friends, the co-hosts repeatedly called for taxes to be raised on low-income Americans. Gretchen Carlson said: "Most people would say, hey, things should be fair. But what does that mean when you factor in that 50 percent of the nation doesn't even pay federal income tax? Is that fair?" Doocy later said: "You know, historically, the tax system in this country, the progressive income tax, has not been so fair." [Media Matters, 8/3/11]
- Carlson Asked If Obama's "Class Warfare Rhetoric" Will "Work" If "The Rich ... Are Already Paying Their Fair Share." [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 12/12/11, via Media Matters]
- Varney: Rate At Which Wealthy Are Taxed Is "Not Moral." On the September 10, 2010, edition of Fox & Friends, Fox Business host Stuart Varney asserted that it's "flat-out wrong" that "we can't afford to extend these tax cuts to the rich and if you do, if you let them keep more of their money, they won't spend it. They won't stimulate the economy." He later asked: "Is it moral to take more than half of anybody's income? 'Cause that's what we're doing right now. ... I maintain that is not moral and it's un-American." [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 9/10/10, via Media Matters]
Fox Has Repeatedly Claimed That $200,000 Per Year Income Is Not Rich. Fox has repeatedly defended against tax increases on the rich by claiming that people with incomes of $200,000 or $250,000 are not actually rich. However, According to the 2010 Current Population Survey by the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 4.6 out of 119 million households -- less than 4 percent of all U.S. households -- earn more than $200,000 annually. Even in New York City, the median household income was $48,631 in 2007. [Census.gov, accessed 2/6/12, Media Matters, 7/28/10]
- Carlson: Obama's Plan Would Affect Not "Just Billionaires," But Even People Who Make $200,000. On the April 21, 2011, edition of Fox & Friends, co-host Gretchen Carlson suggested that people making $200,000 a year in income are not rich, saying of Obama's plan to let tax cuts for the wealthy expire: "It's not just billionaires like Mark Zuckerberg who may pay more taxes. ... It's the people making $200,000 and above. There's a huge disparity between that and the billionaires." Carlson's comment followed many similar remarks Fox News anchors made in 2010, when they repeatedly claimed someone making $200,000 or $250,000 per year is "not rich." [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 4/21/11, via Media Matters]
- Kilmeade: "If You're Making $250,000 You Are Not 'Very Rich.' " [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 9/13/10, via Media Matters]
- Fox Business' Chris Cotter: Living On $250,000 Is "Very, Very Tough" In New York Or San Francisco. "You're Not Rich." [Fox Business, Varney & Co., 2/2/10, via Media Matters]
- Doocy Claims That New York City Households Earning Five Times The Median Income Are "Not Rich." On the July 23, 2010, edition of Fox & Friends, Steve Doocy disputed the claim that those who make over $250,000 are rich. Doocy suggested that "what they consider rich," in Washington, D.C., is "not necessarily part of the real world," and that a couple in New York could make that much but "are not rich." [Media Matters, 7/28/10]
Economists Disagree, Right-Wing Push The Claim That Taxes For The Rich Should Be Low In Order To Stimulate Hiring. Economists say that lowering taxes for the rich does not create jobs and that the Bush tax cuts for the rich did not spur economic growth. Nevertheless, right-wing media continue to call for lower taxes for the rich and rail against any tax increases for the rich on the grounds of economic growth. [Media Matters, 4/14/11, 6/27/11]
- Doocy: Democrats "Need A New Bag Of Tricks" Because They're Trying To "Hit The People Who Are The Job Creators" With A Tax Increase. [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 12/2/11, via Media Matters]
- Kilmeade: Raising Taxes For Wealthy Will Give Money To Government Instead Of "Hiring More People." On the April 14, 2011, edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends, co-host Brian Kilmeade reacted to Obama's plan to raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans by claiming it would give more money "to the government as opposed to investing it in different areas, starting a different company, hiring more people." [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 4/14/11, via Media Matters]
- Fox's Tantaros: "You Can't Argue That You're Going To Hurt Joe Six-Pack's Boss" Without Hurting "Joe Six-Pack." Later on Fox & Friends, after Fox News contributor Juan Williams pointed out that under Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-WI) budget plan "all the sacrifice goes to the seniors and the poor," Fox contributor Andrea Tantaros claimed, "[Y]ou can't argue that you're going to hurt Joe Six-Pack's boss without implying it's going to hit Joe Six-Pack." [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 4/14/11, via Media Matters]
- Fox's Gasparino: Extension Of Bush Tax Cuts For The Rich Means Businesses Will Start Hiring. In a New York Post column, Fox Business correspondent Charles Gasparino wrote: "In fact, businesses have cited the likelihood for higher taxes as why they've been hoarding cash instead of hiring, and investors have cited higher capital-gains taxes for keeping money out of the markets. But with the Bush tax rates almost certainly extended for two years, businesses and investors can put money back to work." [New York Post, 12/14/10]
- Fox's Hume Railed Against Tax Increases On The Rich: "When's The Last Time One Of These Poor People Offered You A Job?" On the July 25, 2010, edition of Fox News Sunday, in response to Juan Williams' assertion that "Obama has already cut taxes" and that the taxes Democrats are calling to be allowed to expire are only for "the very rich in the country," Fox News senior political analyst Brit Hume asked: "When's the last time one of these poor people offered you a job?" He added that the people affected by letting the tax cuts expire "are the job creators, the people who have money to invest, capital to put at risk, to build enterprises and, they hope, make more money are people that have some money to begin with." [Media Matters, 7/28/10]


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PermPole necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 216 diseños de 41 diseñadores freelance.
Permanent Pole - (old website at http://www.permanentpole.com)
Permanent Pole was established almost 30 years ago near beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia, and is a manufacturer of a wide range of heavy timber (wood) products and custom hardware used in professionally designed high end building projects in which exposed timber is selected as a prime feature.
We are focused on providing unique, innovative, beautiful and high quality products that will express the dramatic beauty of large scale exposed timber. This is achieved by manufacturing exciting, fully pre-fabricated timber components and related connectors so that field crews in normal site conditions may construct eye-catching structures without undue skills or tools.
Our unique capabilities have also made us a key resource for Architects, Engineers, Owners or Contractors for beautiful and innovative design concepts in the early stages of building projects. Our care and attention to low volume, high value wood products with minimal waste highlights our focus on ensuring the sustainability of BC's forests.
For some photo examples of the kind of work we do, please review: http://www.permanentpole.com/complete.html
Please note - this website is next in line for a major overhaul, and will use the logo produced by the winner of this contest. Stay tuned for the follow on contest!
Purchasers - General Building Contractors and Construction companies - these are the companies who pay us, however their decisions on design and manufacturing partners are 100% influenced by Architects and Structural Engineers (see description below) - these individuals tend to be 80%+ male.
Key Influencers - Architects and Structural Engineers - Architects who recommend our services tend to be cutting edge designers with an artistic eye for using exposed heavy timber to enhance the integration of buildings with the environment, and accent the structural shape of the building with a natural material. These designers are also majority (70-80%+) male.
Geographies - Our primary geographic markets are within North America, but we have on many occasions over the last 30 years shipped our work to Europe and Asia as well.
Types of Projects - Projects have included items for executive-class homes, multi-housing, schools, health centres, exhibit halls, resorts and many First Nation facilities which typically demand a natural integration with the environment.
Key Things to Communicate through Logo - Premium, Innovative, Integrated, and Environmentally Friendly/Natural Products, along with an industrial and professional corporate feel.
Preferred Style of Logo - Text and Image, Bold and Minimalist, Corporate Feel, Would like to see both updates/modernisations of existing corporate logo (see attachment) as well as new interpretations. Please note that the full name (Permanent Pole) must be part of the logo along with any imagery.
Color preferences - We are open minded, but would possibly like to see some attempts with green as we are in the business of natural products. That being said, we have an aversion to the color purple (sorry Oprah :-)), so would prefer this color to be ommitted, we also don't particularly like pastels, but are willing to be pleasantly surprised. Note: the black background used in the existing logo is not something we love either, no/white backgrounds are probably preferred, although again we're open minded.
Format and use - This logo will be used in both print (business cards, stationary, signage, etc.) as well as online (website), so we require CMYK EPS/PDF for print purposes and preferably both a layered RGB PNG/PSD and JPEG for online purposes.
Descubre cómo funciona un concurso de diseño u obtén más información sobre nuestros servicios de diseño de logo.

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I need to replace the keyboard on my iMac G5, and I'm considering the MacAlly keyboards, probably the iKey Slim as it's available for less than $20 with shipping and tax. It also has two USB ports on the back, which I need. My only hesitation is that I saw a review on Amazon that mentioned a driver problem. I'd prefer to avoid installing any drivers. The MacAlly site isn't of much help.
Can anyone tell me if MacAlly keyboards come with drivers? If so, are they necessary? If they are needed, am I best off buying an old Apple keyboard on eBay or is there another brand I should consider? (Kensington's Mac keyboard looks nice, but expensive.)


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For almost four years, Brad Thomas' homebuilding company basically went dormant, a victim of the recession and housing collapse.
PALM COAST — For almost four years, Brad Thomas' homebuilding company basically went dormant.
A victim of the recession and the housing collapse, which struck hard in Flagler County, Thomas managed to find work with a friend who rids homes of mold.
Earlier this month, he started work on his first homebuilding project since the early part of 2010.
"It's nice seeing it again," he said recently while looking at a lot along Underwood Trail in Palm Coast, the site of his next job. "It's going to be nice to see it go up."
For years, Flagler County has faced some of the worst jobless numbers in the state, mainly due to its heavy reliance on the real estate industry. Its highest unemployment rate was in January 2010, when it topped out at 16.2 percent.
Last month, the unemployment rate had decreased to 9.4 percent and the housing market is coming back.
Gretchen Smith of the Flagler County Chamber of Commerce knows Thomas. She also knows throngs of people in his line of work who suffered similar fates as a result of the recession. Years ago, when business was good, chamber membership was dominated by Realtors, home builders and others associated with the industry, she said.
"It's incredible to see how that has changed," said Smith. "But now we're seeing that group come back in full force and we're seeing some home builders coming back."
Thomas, 36, who moved to Palm Coast from Michigan at the age of 11, is divorced and has a 6-year-old son. After working as a subcontractor for years, he started Auburn Homes in 2005. By the spring of 2007, his father joined him and he had hired an office manager.
But it all unraveled with the recession. One day in 2010, he was sitting in his game room, staring blankly. Everything in that room and every other room in his home was liable to be gone. If he didn't get a lifeline soon, he would be forced to sell furniture to make ends meet.
It was a day he remembers vividly. He was sitting with his dad, who had a lifetime of experience in construction. It was all they had ever known and all they ever wanted, Thomas said.
"Both of our hearts and souls were still in it and honestly, we didn't want to go work for someone else," he said.
They decided to forge ahead, knowing it was a risky move. Then came that long-hoped-for lifeline.
His friend in the mold- and water-removal business, Jimmy Dundon, gave him a call and asked him to work at his AdvantaClean franchise out of Seminole County. Thomas said he helped with the administrative, customer service and marketing sides of the business.
Roughly 30 percent of Dundon's business came to him because of referrals from Thomas and he wanted to repay him. Dundon kept Thomas afloat and allowed him to keep his furniture.
"I owe the business to him," said Thomas.
These days, Thomas is devoting fewer hours to AdvantaClean and more time to Auburn Homes. He said he is "thankful" and "grateful" that business is moving in the right direction in time for the holiday season.
"You know how a race is over and you can finally (exhale) knowing that it's over? That's how I feel right now," Thomas said. "It's that sigh of relief that Auburn Homes is going to make it."


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KDE - Best Desktop Environment of the Year
The 2011 Members' Choice Awards from LinuxQuestions.org has honored the KDE Community with "Best Desktop Environment of the Year". In addition, Tech Radar has declared that KDE Workspaces are the best desktop environment. KDE innovation, performance and stability have particular appeal for users. Tech Radar reports that KDE Workspaces have "the best mix of cutting edge software and stability...", and writes, "We were amazed by the level of comfort the users experienced with KDE." Chris from the Linux Action Show is switching to KDE!
The Tech Radar article makes a special point about business users. "Business users feel at home in the common desktop metaphor that KDE so beautifully creates. This, coupled with its well-integrated applications, means KDE wows almost every business user I present it to." Recognizing the love that has been shown to Plasma Workspaces, Tech Radar writes, "When all's said and done...every one of our testers was floored by KDE 4.7 across all devices."
There were comments in both articles about various KDE performance factors. Martin Gräßlin's blog post addresses issues such as these.
Two individual KDE applications also came away as winners this year. Amarok scored the Audio Media Player of the Year award and Dolphin was selected as the Best File Manager. Congratulations to these teams and to everyone who contributed to making KDE Workspaces the best desktop of 2011!
Update: A comment from filipesaraiva points out that Choqok was recently named "The Best Twitter Client for Linux" by Lifehacker.
Update 2: An anonymous commented that Life Hacker has more favorite KDE applications:
Congrats to KDE from the most fun KDE distro, openSUSE ;-)
You girls & guys just keep making it better... And we're happy to ship it! Keep it up!
By Jos Poortvliet at Mon, 2012/03/05 - 6:47pm
From Argentina, using Archlinux (the best KDE distro, in my opinion).
Congratulation to all family (developers, users, bloggers, etc).
By Anonymous at Mon, 2012/03/05 - 7:19pm
How do you tell if someone is
How do you tell if someone is an Arch Linux user... You don't. They'll tell you!
I'm an Arch Linux user myself. It is awesome!
By Anonymous at Wed, 2012/03/07 - 10:12pm
Huh, stability?
I also like KDE a lot. But it is far from stable. Akregator often crashes several times a day (so does Konqueror, probably they use the same code). Dolphin acts weird and also crashes a lot. Plasma does weird things, too, often hangs, especially when I try custom plasmoids I downloa. Nepomuk... is it usable yet? Not for me. And then the KDEPIM mess... at least it did not eat my mails, as it happened for others. I like KMail, but I'm using Claws most of the time, which works as expected. Just right now KMail suddenly refuses to show any content in the gentoo-user mailing list, and I get an 'Unable to fetch from backend' error from time to time. Whatever.
By Alex Schuster at Mon, 2012/03/05 - 7:34pm
Well, not everything is
Well, not everything is perfect. But on the other hand - especially in KDE PIM - have you seen HOW much work has been done lately? Seriously... See:
Yep, it's not all perfect yet. More work is to be done. But at the same time - nothing is perfect, and it's pretty good :D
By Jos Poortvliet at Tue, 2012/03/06 - 12:14am
Yes, I read that
I'm interested in what's going on with KDE, so I'm reading stuff like KDE.NEWS or Planet KDE. And yes, I was impressed by the many bug fixes. Same goes for Dolphin.
So, it's great to hear about this progress. On the other hand it shows that there are still so many bugs. Nothing is perfect, yes. But I experience crashes all the time, every day. Kontact for example does that often. Even when I do not use Akregator to open web pages in tabs, it crashes from time to time. Which s annoying, because it does not save which Akregator articles I have already read. Same goes for KNode. So I close Kontact every day and restart it, in order to make it saves the current state, and do not have to go though dozends ofposts I already read.
And there are very basic things that I would expect to just work. Like shutting down the PC. But most of the time when logging out, some applications (KMyMoney, KWin, plasma-desktop) show a DrKonqui crash window which I have to close first. And whenever I log in (happens about once a week only) I wonder what will happen this time - duplicate activities again, or missing plasmoids which I have to re-create by copying back an old plasma-dektop-appletsrc file? Will Kontact complain it is already running? I am also scared of saving my session - I always back up my .kde4 directory before doing so, as it often messed up my setup in the past.
Those are no showstoppers, but for inexperienced users I would not recommend KDE, at least not yet. For us geeks, KDE is cool, I would not want to switch to anything else, I got so accustomed to it, and I would miss so many functions. KWin is really impressive, and since I have 16 GB of RAM, it doesn't matter that it uses 1.2 GB right now. Plasma-desktop only uses half of that... oh, and I don't even want to know why the akonadi_imap_resource process needs a whole GB.
Okay, enough of ranting, congratulations again! Maybe it works better for most other people, and I must admit that I run an awful lot of stuff most of the time, and I do many different things, without logging out for several days. Most of my problems would probably not happen if I only used a single desktop with a web browser and a simple mail setup. So, keep up the good work, maybe fix even more bugs, and keep KDE being the best desktop environment there is!
By Alex Schuster at Tue, 2012/03/06 - 6:14pm
bugs and forum
Have you shared these at bugs.kde.org or tried to get or give help in forum.kde.org?
KDE is the Community. Which works by people doing what they can to make it the best ever.
By Carl Symons at Tue, 2012/03/06 - 11:32pm
If I had free time and a better knowledge of Qt & C++ stuff, I might be a KDE programmer. So, I try to help a little by reporting bugs, which I usually do when a bug is reproducible. And because I'm a Gentoo user I can easily offer to recompile stuff with debug information in order to create better crash reports.
This can become very time-consuming sometimes, like when I tracked a nasty Dolphin crash problem which in the end was not Dolphin's fault, but a bug in ffmpeg, so I had to also report this upstream and so on. But I like to help, and because I'm running brand-new software I feel somewhat obliged to solve this, before the mass of users will run into this.
But most of the daily problems I just note in my personal log. If a problem happens regularly, I will eventually file a bug when I think it's worth it. For example, Kontact not saving which KNode/Akregator articles were read is probably not important to file, because this probably won't matter once those applications got akonadified, too. And sometimes I'm just too busy with other things.
I also reported some wishes, but they do not seem to get much attention. Which is a little sad, because sometimes it's just very tiny changes which would make me much happier. Like bug #256187, the file watcher plasmoid reads the whole file it watches into memory, and this gave me a lot of trouble until I found out this was the cause for plasma using that much memory. Or my wish that the file watcher plasmoid could behave like tail --follow=name, so it could also watch log files that are rotated.
I didn't use the forum yet, but I think I will have a look, thanks for the reminder. I'm more a mailing list guy, I post there from time to time. People are helpful and nice there, despite my occasional rants :)
By Alex Schuster at Wed, 2012/03/07 - 11:57pm
time - and time for devs
I know your experience (being a Gentoo user myself), and also the missing time to report every issue.
In the end, most of this comes down to missing time, and I think we need more funding for KDE developers who want to do the hard work of realizing all the small wishes people have. That's not the kind of work into which you can dig for the fun of a challenge, and also not the kind of work which gives you awesome skills which bring you profit on the long term (though it will give you a wide array of knowledge about KDE) or the kind of work for which you will go into the history books, so I think they should be paid for that (the same goes for Gentoo maintainers - for example I donate to Gentoo e.V. in the hope that someday enough people will do so that the *community* can employ a full-time maintainer).
So I wish for much more regular donations from the community - maybe with easier (or more advertised) ways to use a subscription model without using paypal…
If we had something about 3 developers who work full-time on a long-term contract with the job description "make the KDE experience seamless for end-users", that could change a lot. We only need about 6000 people who donate 5€ a month for that.
Ideally we could estimate how much we would have to donate to provide this not only for KDE but for the whole KDE-X-GNU-Linux stack with the assumption that 10% of the users donate.
By Arne Babenhauserheide at Thu, 2013/10/17 - 6:10am
Time to start again...
Your post is a galore of what I also saw between KDE 4.2 and KDE 4.5. Maybe it's time for you to start with a fresh .kde4 folder. KMail now saves mail in ~/.local, not in ~/.kde4.
By Anonymous at Wed, 2012/03/07 - 3:49am
Crashes might be because of the distro and how you set it up. For example, when I was using Kubuntu 10.04 or 10.10 it was crashing pretty often but in openSuse with the same KDE version and software it wasn't crashing at all.
By Anonymous at Tue, 2012/03/06 - 4:21pm
Akregator and Konqueror
Akregator and Konqui crashes might be crashing in the web engine or flash.
By Anonymous at Fri, 2012/03/09 - 12:10pm
And Choqok the best of twitter client - by filipesaraiva
Yes, KDE is great and, choqok received a awards too!
By Anonymous at Mon, 2012/03/05 - 8:32pm
Definitely my favorite DE
I tried a few times KDE on Kubuntu and it was unstable back then, mostly because of Nepomuk. I tried openSuse but I had problems with hardware support.
By Anonymous at Mon, 2012/03/05 - 9:21pm
DigiKam,Okular and K3B
Life hacker's choice !!!
Okular: Best PDF Reader
K3B: Best Disk burning app
By Anonymous at Mon, 2012/03/05 - 11:48pm
For LifeHacker, being a KDE app is a downside.
"Where it falls short"
"Okular is a KDE program, which means GNOME users will have to download lots of dependencies to run it, which will take up a good amount of space (not to mention it'll look a bit out of place with their other programs)."
"K3b [...] is a KDE program, however, meaning if you use any other desktop environment it'll require a good amount of KDE dependencies to install, which some users don't like."
"[Digikam's] other downside is that it's a KDE program, which means GNOME users—who are in the majority—might find that it feels a little bit out of place, not to mention comes with a heaping pile of dependencies to install. Still, it's worth it for the power behind the program."
For them, being a GNOME app gives points by itself, so, this is a double win!
By Anonymous at Wed, 2012/03/07 - 8:26pm
only a single cost…
They somehow omit that all those points are only valid for at most one of the entries in the list (the first you install): As soon as you have the dependencies, the other programs need no additional dependencies to work.
For all gnome users who use k3b, Okular, Choqok and Digikam have no additional dependencies…
By Arne Babenhauserheide at Thu, 2013/10/17 - 6:13am
Plasma One became really fluid
I am currently watching the Action Show, and it really became fluid.
In the last video I saw about it, I was a bit disappointed that I could watch the single frames.
In the Action Show, it just flowed. And since it is free software, maybe I can get it onto an XO…
By Arne Babenhauserheide at Tue, 2012/03/06 - 6:39am
Fedora with KDE rules
Fedora with KDE rules
By Anonymous at Tue, 2012/03/06 - 8:09am
well deserved
You are making awesome progress, the whole desktop is alive and well with KDE and all those apps you all work so hard on, keep it up! :D
By Anonymous at Tue, 2012/03/06 - 8:27am
Congrats to KDE
I switched permanently to KDE after trying the Mint Kde version.
Great great job !
By Anonymous at Tue, 2012/03/06 - 10:34am
Congrats for feature set
Over the past decade, KDE has been my preferred desktop much of the time. But generally KDE 4 has not been stable enough to suit my wife, who is a more "typical" computer user. The priorities of the KDE team probably satisfy the KDE team and the Linux community in general, but leave some doubt as to whether KDE will ever provide a desktop solution for the bulk of typical users or just for computer savvy Linux enthusiasts.
The enthusiasm of the community is understandable but is based upon new features rather than upon stability. The above poster's opinion about Mint KDE contrasts with my own disappointment, and judging from other reports, my own experience is shared by some others who seek a system that "just works". Certainly out-of-the-box, Mint KDE requires some effort.
KDE deserves accolades for features. They have identified and implemented the best collection of features in existence. But the team and the enthusiasts who applaud incomplete efforts (with regard to stability) are reenforcing an approach that tends to produce desktop systems that perpetuate the common opinion that Linux is for experts.
By Anonymous at Tue, 2012/03/06 - 5:28pm
It's deserved
Really... Just look at what has been achieved lately.
By thomas at Tue, 2012/03/06 - 12:51pm
Best desktop
When KDE4 was first released I was one of those who abandoned KDE. I was angry that the developers had trashed all the functionality I found so useful in KDE3. Now with a few reservations, namely the Places panel in Dolphin, It is the best desktop, as of 4.7.4, again. All of the functionality has been restored, and some new functionality added.
To say that I'm happy to be moving back to KDE is an understatement.
By Anonymous at Wed, 2012/03/07 - 3:51am
Big hugs to you all working hard for KDE
Let me tell you guys do an amazing job, and I've never been able to revert back to something else since KDE4. You have done an amazing job rewriting everything, providing great tools and environment.
Of course KDE4.0/1/2 had few problems here and there, but it was really young.
Your last updates are simply formidable. There is still few things I would improve of course. But let me tell you this, you totally deserve the title of "Best Desktop Environment of the Year". I truly wish I had time to work on this amazing project.
Keep going! Best wishes.
By Anonymous at Wed, 2012/03/07 - 1:18pm
Love it!
I have to admit, when KDE 4.5 first hit, it was unstable enough that I switched back to Gnome. I got constant crashes, it froze up randomly (but quickly thawed out again) every few minutes...I was NOT a happy camper. I gave it a shot again around 4.7 though, and...WOW! This title is very well earned, congrats to the developers who made it happen!
By Anonymous at Wed, 2012/03/07 - 5:52pm
I'm a KDE user since the 4.0 version, and use Fedora distro !
I have accompanied the KDE progress, and it's very good. Each time is more mature, less bugs, and much innovation. And the KDE Team is very, very fast and dynamic.
Today, I see the bugs site very well, different, it's good. I have a suggestion: it had a fixed frame, and other scroll.
Congratulations, excellent jobs :-)
By Anonymous at Fri, 2012/03/09 - 1:10pm
kde rocks
I love KDE. I use it on Kubuntu. It's awesome.
By Anonymous at Sun, 2012/03/11 - 1:40pm
Ever got a perfect KDE update?
Have you ever got a perfect KDE update on Kubuntu?
By Anonymous at Sun, 2012/03/11 - 5:01pm
perfect KDE update
Yes. I have run KDE since mid-3.5 days, including 4.0 from the beginning.
I have had "perfect updates" (whatever that means; I take it to mean "no problems") whenever the update advisory includes something like:
Your question seems to imply that you have not had the same experience. If that's true, then what happened for you? If you encountered problems, did you use Kubuntu Bugs, bugs.kde.org or the forums for Kubuntu or KDE?
By Carl Symons at Sun, 2012/03/11 - 5:15pm
KDE is a winner
I completely agree that KDE has clear discernible strengths making it a winner against other Desktop Environments like Windows 7, Unity, Gnome 3, Cinnamon, etc.
I'm surprised to see Mint at the top of the distro list. I haven't had good luck with it.
I love the Folder Plasmoid Widget and Tabs and Split View in Dolphin.
By Anonymous at Fri, 2012/05/11 - 8:36am


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2012 Redux: Embracing the Chaos, The Science of Sour Beers
Editor's Note: Our Science Editor, Tom Mansell, explored the world of sour beers after a visit to the Great American Beer Festival. From fermentation to aging, Tom described sour beers as a bridge between the beer and wine worlds. This article is a must read for wine drinkers and beer drinkers alike who feel they just "don't get" the other side. –Ryan Reichert, Managing Editor


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LONDON, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- Perilous arctic weather conditions across Europe have killed more than 220 people and left many cut off from services, officials say.
Ukraine, which has been hit the hardest, has seen 120 people freeze to death, the highest death toll so far. Bodies continue to be found, with more than 220 dead across Eastern Europe.
A state of emergency has been declared in Sarajevo, the Bosnian capital, which is buried in more than 3 feet of snow. Several water shortages have been reported, and many people are trapped in their cars, Britain's The Guardian newspaper reported. Helicopters were dispatched to evacuate the sick in parts of Bosnia that are cut off by the country's highest snowfall on record.
In Bulgaria, 15 people have been found dead at the side of the road or in unheated houses. Deaths have also been reported in France and Poland, and record snowfalls in Italy, Algeria and several Mediterranean islands.
In England, more than 60 car accidents have been reported in the North Yorkshire region due to about 6 inches of snow. The Met office issued nine warnings after snow began to turn into ice across U.K. roadways, the BBC reports.


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PENSACOLA, Fla. - A doctor who used a guillotine to perform amputations, a wealthy family marred by insanity and a man murdered inside his sealed and boarded-up mansion are among the stories that frighten willing listeners who line up in towns throughout the South to tour supposedly haunted places.
From Charleston, S.C., to Atlanta to New Orleans and beyond, ghost tours are popular with tourists and locals alike, at Halloween and throughout the year. New Orleans has year-round tours of all the spooky sights in the Crescent City and it is well known in literature and popular culture through stories of vampires, witches and other supernatural creatures. But smaller Southern cities like Pensacola, Fla., and Mobile, Ala., are also touting their own haunted histories.
"I think we are the gothic part of the country. We have a lot of skeletons in our closets, here in the South," said Diane Roberts, a professor of literature at Florida State University and author of books on Southern literature and culture.
She believes the region has produced so many famous authors with a focus on the supernatural because the South has such a deep and conflicted past.
"Ghosts can be a metaphor and the South has history of grinding poverty, slavery, war and genocide of native people," she said "We are collectively very guilty and haunted by our past in this region."
Tamara Roberts, a longtime guide for ghost tours organized by the Pensacola Historical Society, agrees there is something special about Southerners and their relationship with the dead.
"These were our neighbors, our people so to speak," said Roberts, as she weaved her way through the rows of tombstones at the historic St. Michael's Cemetery in downtown Pensacola on a recent afternoon. "Ghost stories are popular all over the world, but I think there is a little of something in the South that to me goes back to family and community."
Pensacola dates to the 1559 when Tristan De Luna and his Spanish fleet landed on the white sand beaches. De Luna's briefly attempted to build a settlement, but it was washed away in a hurricane.
"Pensacola is such an old city and there are lots of ghost stories around here," said Wendi Davis, coordinator of the historical society's ghost tours. The ghost tours are the society's biggest fundraiser and draw hundreds of people each October.
However, Davis says there is more to the tours than Halloween hype.
"People experience things and they love to share their stories," she said.
In Mobile, the story of a downtown mansion owner murdered inside his sealed and boarded up residence, is a favorite of Carol Peterson, CEO of Bay City Convention & Tours, Inc. She has conducted ghost tours in downtown Mobile for more than 20 years. She says people claim they still hear the man's ghost making noises from the upstairs bedroom where he was slain.
Nearby New Orleans is well known for its connection with the paranormal, but Peterson said she believes Mobile actually has a stronger haunted history.
"We have just as many ghosts and just as many ghost stories because we were founded before New Orleans," she said.
All types of people go on the ghost tours, said Roberts, the literature professor who also does the Pensacola tours.
"You always get some who are there to hear a good story and they don't believe in ghosts. You get people who are very, very much into hoping they are going to see something," she said. "It is just kind of fun and it's Halloween. Who doesn't like a good ghost story?"
Roberts' favorite stories include the story of Pensacola's Dr. Eugenio Antonio Sierra, who was buried in St. Michael's Cemetery in 1849 after he lived to 99. Dr. Sierra used a guillotine to perform amputations on patients in his home office.
Then there is the story of the wealthy Charbonier siblings who were buried in a family plot at St. Michael's in the 1800s. One sibling was jilted in marriage and another went insane from syphilis.
Despite being so intimate with the scary stories, Roberts says ghosts don't frighten her.
"Actually it's more the IRS and spiders and things like that, that I think are scary," she said.


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Earthquakes in Japan
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When I turned on the television last weekend, I saw large waves of water knock down rows of small houses. I thought I had caught the end of a bad Godzilla movie, but sadly it was not movie special effects. Mother Nature can be quite destructive. Over the past four days, Japan has been hit hard by a series of earthquakes and resulting tsunami.
(Note: Disasters can happen anywhere and at any time. Last month, New Zealand had an earthquake as well. It is best to always be prepared. If you haven't done so lately, check out the latest recommendations from the US Government [Ready.Gov] website.)
Several have asked me how this tragedy in Japan might affect IBM and its clients. Here is what I have gathered from various sources. All IBM Japan employees have survived, are safe and reporting no major injuries. IBM has four major facilities, near central part of the country around Tokyo, far from Sendai, the epicenter. All IBM buildings are still standing and operational. A few sections of Tokyo are affected by scheduled brown-outs in an effort to save electricity. Employees are asked to telecommute (a.k.a. work from home) to minimize traffic congestion.
I have been to Japan many times throughout my career. Back in the summer of 1995, IBM sent me to Osaka to help out clients in the aftermath of the Great Hanshin eartquake near Kobe. I remember it well, sending an email back to my team saying "It is 1995, and here in Japan it is 95 degrees and 95 percent humidiy." It was seven months after the earthquake, but people were still living in cardboard boxes and make-shift tents.
Many people asked if I will be going back to Japan to help out. I speak Japanese, can make sense of the Japanese Katakana characters on computer monitors, and am an expert in Disaster Recovery. However, the IBM Japan team is doing an awesome job helping our clients restore their data and recovery their business operations. Of course, if IBM needs me in Japan, I will gladly go, but so far, it doesn't seem that I am needed there.
Instead, I will support Japan remotely from my little office here in Tucson, Arizona. If you want to help, contribute to the Red Cross [Japan Earthquake and Pacific Tsunami] fund.
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About 600,000 H&R Block customers face lengthy delays for tax refunds after a filing error by the Kansas City, Mo.-based tax preparer, the Internal Revenue Service said late Tuesday.
The filing blunder affects customers -- mainly students -- who filed Form 8863 for education credits. Many were upset the delay would affect applications for federal financial aid for college.
"The IRS is continuing to review the situation and working with affected software companies to assist in the processing of these tax returns," said IRS spokeswoman Michelle Eldridge, in a statement.
The IRS said the review process for affected tax returns could take as long as eight weeks. The blunder affects roughly 10% of all tax returns filing for the education credit.
Irate customers have posted angry posts to H&R Block's Facebook page. Many demanded their filing fees be reimbursed and pledged to never use the services of the tax preparer again.
"Thank you for over 18 years of service, but this will be our last tax year together," one woman wrote after detailing financial difficulties the delayed refund has caused her and her family.
The tax preparing company said it is working with the IRS to expedite the affected tax returns.
"We apologize for the inconvenience this has caused and we're glad to hear some clients are already seeing their refund status change due to work with the IRS," the company posted Tuesday on its Facebook page.
Consumer spending surprisingly robust in February
Consumer group urges FTC to investigate Herbalife
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Children's products that are designed or intended primarily for use by children ages 12 or younger must have distinguishing permanent marks (generally referred to as "tracking labels") that are
- Affixed to the product and its packaging and
- Provide certain identifying information.
If you make a durable infant or toddler product, you have additional product registration card and packaging requirements found on those pages.
ALL tracking labels must contain certain basic information, including:
- Manufacturer or private labeler name;
- Location and date of production of the product;
- Detailed information on the manufacturing process, such as a batch or run number, or other identifying characteristics; and
- Any other information to facilitate ascertaining the specific source of the product.
All tracking label information should be visible and legible.
Compliance with the tracking label requirement will help improve the effectiveness and response rates for future recalls. It also helps CPSC staff and companies in the chain of commerce. When a component has been identified as the source of a hazard or violation, the tracking label helps identify other products that may contain the same component.
Frequently Asked Questions
For example, the Commission believes that required information, already marked permanently on the product to brand it or otherwise comply with other Commission or federal regulations, such as those promulgated under the Textile, Wool and Fur Acts or country of origin labeling rules, could be considered part of the "distinguishing marks" called for by section 14(a)(5) of the CPSA. The Registered Identification Number (RN) required by the Federal Trade Commission under the Textile, Wool and Fur Acts, however, does not, on its own, satisfy this requirement.
Any markings that a manufacturer relies upon would have to be permanent, and the product would still need to meet all of the requirements set forth in section 14(a)(5) of the CPSA.
Remember that the tracking label is required for both the product and its packaging. While it may not be practicable to affix the tracking label to the product, it may still be practicable to affix the tracking label information to the product's packaging.
A mark on disposable packaging need only be permanent to the extent that it is durable enough to reach the consumer. As such, an adhesive label on a piece of disposable packaging might be sufficient for a packaging mark. Further, if a mark is visible on the product through disposable packaging, there is no need for the mark to be on the packaging.
The Commission is aware that some voluntary standards have provisions concerning the permanency of labels. Such standards may provide some guidance to manufacturers when determining whether a marking is permanent.
If a product is too small to be marked; the law's legislative history recognizes that a product's size is a primary consideration in determining if marking only the packaging is feasible.
If a toy is meant to be stored in a box or other packaging, such as games with boards and small game pieces; the board and the box should be marked in this instance; but the individual game pieces do not need to be marked. This principle would apply similarly to arts and crafts kits for children. Again, only the storage box and one integral part of the kit need to marked; and not every item in the crafting kit needs to be marked. Where a number of small products, such as marbles, buttons, and beads are packaged together, the Commission believes that marking the package would be sufficient. For products that are meant to stay with or be contained in their original packaging, the packaging would be considered part of the "product."
If a product is sold through a bulk vending machine, the item does not need to be individually marked, but the package or carton in which such products are shipped to the retailer should be marked.
If a physical mark would weaken or damage the product or impair its utility, the item does not need to be individually marked.
If a product surface would be impossible to mark permanently, such as products made of elastics, beads, small pieces of fabric (e.g., jewelry, hair ornaments), or craft items like pipe stems or natural rocks.
If the aesthetics of the product would be ruined by a mark, and a mark cannot be placed in an accessible but inconspicuous location, then the item does not need to be individually marked.
For items meant to be sold as sets or pairs and that function only as sets or pairs, only one item of the pair, or an integral part of the set, would need to be marked. Shoes are an example.
Remember that even if the product does not need to be marked based on the examples above, the product's packaging must still be marked.
However, when considering your obligations, you should review the following:
What kind of tracking system do you currently use? You do not necessarily have to create a new system of lot, batch, or run numbers to identify when you made your products. However, your products and their packaging should identify your company in sufficient detail to enable a consumer to reach you so that the required information may be determined.
What information can be determined about your product? If someone handed you one of your products sold last year, what would you be able to tell them about the materials used? You must keep records, including your receipts and purchase orders, because they will help you identify the source of your product and its components and when you began using them.
How is your product marked? If someone had one of your products sold last year, would they know who to call if there was a problem? Absent any unusual circumstances, your business name should be on your product with sufficient detail to enable a consumer to reach you. Congress recognized that there could be instances in which marking a product might not be practicable, such as a product that is very small. Consider the examples, outlined above, in which it might not be practicable to mark a product.
I make children's wooden blocks that include 20 in a set. How do I mark these products?
Congress recognized that it might not be practicable to mark every part of a child's game that has a board and small game pieces. It may be unnecessary to mark all 20 of the blocks in each of your sets. Depending on the nature of your blocks, it might be reasonable to mark one side of one block. If the blocks come with a reusable storage box or bag, that container is considered part of the product and must bear the required information.
- Statement of Policy: Interpretation and Enforcement Of Section 103(a) of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, July 20, 2009(pdf)
This communication has been prepared for general informational purposes only and is based upon the facts and information presented. This communication does not, and is not intended to, constitute legal advice and has not been reviewed or approved by the Commission, and does not necessarily represent their views. Any views expressed in this communication may be changed or superseded by the Commission.


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We use your information to properly fulfill contracts concluded between you and us, such as purchase and service contracts for KTM products and services, motor sport events and motorcycle trips, as well as for the sending of information requested by you.
We use the information we have obtained from you to send you direct mail for your own, or similar products or services by post or e-mail. You have the right to revoke this at any time. Please direct your revocation to firstname.lastname@example.com or by post to the Data Protection Department, KTM Sportmotorcycle GmbH, Stallhofnerstrasse 3, 5230 Mattighofen, Austria.
In the event that you give us your explicit consent elsewhere, we will process and transmit your personal data for the information and marketing purposes specified in the declaration of consent. You have the right to also revoke this consent at any time.
In order to achieve the intended purposes, it may occasionally be necessary for us to submit your data to our cooperation partners. We only work with cooperation partners who provide sufficient guarantees that your data is also kept in safe hands with them. Our cooperation partners are:
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We will only store your data for as long as necessary for the purposes for which we have collected your data. Specifically, we store your personal data for reasons of product liability and warranty for a period of 12 years from the date of purchase of your product and in each case for another 3 years, insofar as you engage in activities with respect to KTM (e.g., booking test drives or motorcycle tours). In this context, it should be noted that for tax reasons, contracts and other documents under our contractual relationship must be kept for a period of seven years (Art.132 BAO - Austrian Federal Fiscal Code). In individual cases, such as in the case of pending official proceedings, this retention period may also be longer than seven years. We retain pure marketing data for up to 5 years after the last contact with you.
We would also like to inform you that you have the right, at any time, to request information about which specific data about you has been processed by us (see further details Art. 15 GDPR); have the right to have your data corrected or deleted (see further details Art. 16 GDPR); have the right to limit the processing of your data (see further details Art. 18 GDPR); have the right to object to data processing (Art. 21 GDPR), as well as the right to data portability (see further details Art. 20 GDPR). Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the data protection authority.
We hope that we have given you clarification on the form and purpose for which we process your data. If you still have questions about the processing of your data, please feel free to contact our privacy coordinator at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Beyoncé is the bomb! Last night she continued to set Instagram on fire by uploading some new pictures. She was in the cold streets of Manhattan arriving to her office. She did not let the cold wind chills ruin her outfit. Bey wore a grey coat with fur trim on the front and collar, and printed silk pants paired with $1,195 Christian Louboutin Pigalle Spikes 120mm Pumps. Last month, I posted that Beyoncé is gracing the cover of Vogue again. This will make Bey's second Vogue cover. In the past she covered the April 2009 issue of Vogue. Last year, Beyoncé signed a $50 million deal with Pepsi and in February, Bey will be performing at the 2013 Superbowl during halftime.
Pics via Beyonce's Instagram | Christian Louboutin
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Le 25 février 2013
This weekends game was another where Montpellier would be missing their Internationals but more important was the injury list that was increasing by the week, Figallo our Argentinean prop out for the rest of the season, Alex Bias pulled from the team at the last minute due to a back injury and still no Fulgence Ouedraogo, already Montpellier have called in a Medical replacement for Shontayne Hape also out after a series of concussions and advised to have complete rest for the rest of the season. Bordeaux also had their problems and with a massive game next week against Agen they had decided to rest some of their key players, but struggling in the depths this season they were still looking for desperate points needed for their survival. Alex Bias out at the last minute and named Capt. for the day, so the role was given to Benoit Paillaugue who after several excellent performances this season deserved the armband...
The game lucky enough for all was a 15.00 KO. but under freezing temperatures as the thermometer never got over 0°, the backs with freezing fingers were always going to have trouble keeping hold of the ball. Mistakes galore was the plat du jour, line outs lost, bad decisions, knock-ons, forward passes, Montpellier managed about everything possible except score a try, but at the end of the game and lucky maybe, they finished with more points than Bordeaux Begles which gave them the 4 points they badly needed and the next thing to do was move on to next week, job done, not well but sometimes winning ugly is necessary and at the end of the day if you look back later in the history records it will be recorded as a win and nothing else. 5 Paillaugue penalties another 100% for the Little Big Man while Bordeaux did get the only try of the game after an interception on their own 22mts, and a 75mts dash by their bench replacement, winger Metuisela Talebula, Sanchez added the extras plus another 2 penalties by Sanchez, the score at the end of the game 15-13 to the hosts. Bordeaux did have the chance to steal the game with a last minute penalty but the ball fell off the kicking tee, a moment of panic by Sanchez, two of his players both trying to hold the ball upright and the final kick went just wide, a massive sigh of relief by the home players and the 9,800 crowd, Montpellier then kept the ball till the final siren where it was expedited into touch with little remorse, match won and at the end of the day that is all that matters. Wining ugly is what all teams have to do now and again.
Next week Montpellier may well be playing their qualification for the end of season play-offs, a mouth watering Castres v Montpellier KO. 18.00 at Pierre Antoine, this game could well decide that eventual 4th place and a home tie in the playoffs.
Steve Whittell.
Pitch side interview with Alex Tulou, Montpellier's No.8.
Steve Whittell: Not the prettiest of games Alex, but a win is a win and we will take the 4 pts and move on.
Alex Tulou: Exactly that was one of those games that nearly got away but we survived to live another day, we had a few last minute adjustments just before the KO. which upset the game plan a little, but yes of course we will take the points, there were lots of silly errors and a few bad choices but sometimes even with everything against you the team managed the win and the boys came up to the mark.
Steve Whittell: With all the injuries and Internationals missing, the team choice was very limited.
Alex Tulou: Without a doubt, plus the last minute changes it was never going to be easy, but the boys and some of them have not started that much recently did a great job under tremendous pressure, there were some big shoes to step into this afternoon and the guys did it well, Yes it was not pretty at times but at the end of the day we will take the win and the 4 points and move on, but next week the effort will have to be much greater if we are to take on Castres at Pierre Antoine next Saturday.
Steve Whittell: Thanks Alex sometimes winning ugly is not all that bad!!!!
Interview by Steve Whittell.
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You see... I approach projects with reckless abandonment.
There is no planning.
There is an idea and then there is an execution. So when I get an idea, it's really frustrating if it can't be immediately done. When we had visited several thrift stores without success while looking for the starter, I was super bummed. And I started ripping through my closet deciding which perfectly fine dress should be cut up in the name of Refashion. I was trying to justify it to John, too...
Me: but, I mean, when was the last time you saw me wear it?! (last summer- you know, when it was warm...)
John: Ok.
Me: I mean, so it was really expensive, but this way I'll wear it more!
John: Ok.
John has kind of learned when to give up because my mind is already set. He's pretty smart.
Thankfully for the poor maxi dress, I discovered a way to achieve the look without ripping a single seam!
And that's where we're today. Any maxi you own with an elasticized waist can be turned into a skirt just by tucking the top in and belting it at the waist! Tuck, step in, cinch. Done. The straps were by my waist, ps, I didn't put my legs through them.
And here's what it looks like afterwards...
Historically I have hated maxi skirts, but the look was so awesome, it made me rethink my stance. Technically, the inspiration is a strapless maxi, but I'd like it better if it wasn't. I like the pairing of a tube top with a high waisted maxi. SO, I'm going find the appropriate pieces and get back at you... with a full on, identical refashion. Until then, have fun converting your dresses to skirts n 10 seconds. As always, thanks for reading :)


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By Bill Spiegel
Kansas Wheat
This is Day 15 of the 2013 Kansas Wheat Harvest Reports, brought to you by the Kansas City Board of Trade, the Kansas Grain & Feed Association, the Kansas Wheat Commission and Kansas Association of Wheat Growers.
Reports from western Kansas continue to show disappointing yields for those farmers, as the 2013 wheat harvest enters its final days.
Jason Ochs, Kansas Wheat Commissioner from Syracuse, says many farmers did not even put combines in the field due to the promise of very poor yields, and many area farmers say these were the worst conditions they had ever seen. The majority of wheat in Hamilton County was abandoned due to drought and freeze; Ochs had yields ranging from 5 to 21 bushels per acre on his farm, although most of it was between 10 and 15 bushels per acre. Ochs grows all white wheat; he said those varieties yielded good quality, with test weights averaging 63 pounds per bushel.
Farmers in the Ellis area averaged between 30 and 35 bushels per acre, according to Roxy Solomon at the Golden Belt Coop Association in Ellis. Yields ranged from the teens to 50 bushels per acre; test weight averaged 59.5 pounds and proteins averaged about 12.5. Solomon says the elevator took in just two-thirds the grain of last year's poor crop; many acres were abandoned due to drought and freeze, and hailstorms hit many area farms.
Art Koster at the Winona Feed and Grain, says harvest is wrapping up in northern Logan County. Yields range from 5 to 25 bushels per acre, test weights average 60 pounds per bushel, and protein ranging from10-15%. Koster says much of the area's wheat crop was abandoned, and he will take in only about 30% of a normal harvest. This is the worst wheat crop he has seen since 1981, when the wheat crop was destroyed by a freeze in early May.
The outlook is brighter in Stafford County, where Stafford County Flour Mills took in more than 2.4 million bushels from their three locations. Crop quality was excellent, according to assistant manager Derek Foote; test weight averaged 60 pounds per bushel and protein averaged 13%. Yields ranged from 30 to 50 bushels per acre in the region, which was better than most farmers expected. For more than 100 years, Stafford County Flour Mills has produced Hudson Cream Flour products.
The 2013 Harvest Report is brought to you by the Kansas Wheat Commission, Kansas Association of Wheat Growers and sponsors Kansas City Board of Trade, and the Kansas Grain & Feed Association.