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Oliver Stone's so-called documentary, JFK: Destiny Betrayed, misleads viewers on the opinions of Parkland Hospital doctors and Bethesda witnesses regarding JFK's head wound. Here is an excerpt from a transcript: (11:10 in episode two)
Dr. Gary Aguilar: Warren Commission heard testimony from a number of witnesses, including Parkland doctors by the way, and including Secret Service agent Clint Hill that the right rear quadrant of the head was missing.
Whoopi Goldberg: Hill was the only Secret Service agent to run to the presidential limousine during the shooting. He later said there was blood and brain tissue hurling back over the trunk of the car. And as he approached the president, he saw a large wound in the rear of the skull which he could see through with no brain there.
Douglas Horne: The two FBI agents at the autopsy, Frank O'Neil and James Sibert, they reported what they heard during the autopsy; what they heard the pathologists say. Specifically Dr. Humes. They were interviewed by Arlen Specter in early 1964. He proceeded to write very unfavorable comments about them in a summary memo for the record. We know with confidence why he didn't like what they had to say -- because they were providing evidence that the single-bullet theory could not be true.
Whoopi Goldberg: This was as far as the investigation would go. Neither Sibert nor O'Neil were asked to testify for the Warren Commission and their written notes became classified. In 1997, their deposition were taken by the Assassination Records Review Board.
Douglas Horne: Both Silbert and O'Neil were shown the photographs of the back of JFK's head. The autopsy photographs that are the most controversial. And they both said that they didn't see anything like that at the autopsy. O'Neil had said "it looks like it's been doctored. I don't mean the photos been doctored, It looks like the head has been put back together by embalmers and then photographed. That is what he said under oath. Sibert did not remember drawing a diagram of the wound for the House committee so he drew a new one for the Review board. and it's one of our most important wound diagrams and it shows what can only be an exit defect in the right rear of the skull.
Sibert: There was a piece about the size of a 3x5 card that was missing.
Whoopi Goldberg: In 1979, the House Select Committee Report stated that 26 people present at the autopsy in Bethesda all disagreed with the Parkland doctors descriptions of Kennedy's head wound.
Oliver Stone: When you went through the declassified affidavits that the House Select Committee prepared, what did you find about the alleged differences between the Parkland and Bethesda witnesses on this issue?
Dr. David Mantik: Not only were we allowed to see their statements, but we were allowed to see the sketches where they had drawn a big hole in the back of the head. And this was totally opposite of what the House Select Committee had told us.
Dr. Gary Aguilar: When the Assassination Records Review Board came along, out comes the witness statements, out comes the diagrams, and lo and behold, it turns out that the witnesses at the autopsy all agreed with the doctors at Dallas that the defect involved the rear of the head. And the summary statement basically misrepresented that truth. They basically lied about what was there.
Dr. Aguilar claims that Clint Hill "saw a large wound in the rear of the skull which he could see through with no brain there." Here is an excerpt from his statement from November 30, 1963:
Given the fact that Hill was rather busy trying to help Jackie Kennedy back to her seat, it seems clear that Hill didn't have time to do a forensic examination. His description above is hardly at odds with what happened. He also told National Geographic that there was "a gaping hole above his right ear about the size of my palm." (from Inside the U.S. Secret Service 2004)
Douglas Horne mentions the wound diagram that Sibert drew for the ARRB:
But here is the chart that Sibert's partner, Francis O'Neil drew for the HSCA:
They were partners and yet their memories differ. This is not out of the ordinary -- witnesses frequently give differing accounts. It is a good illustration of why we needn't reply on non-medical witnesses for the evaluation of JFK's wounds when the autopsy x-rays and photographs are available for examination.
As for the doctors at Parkland Hospital, it is important to remember that they were trying frantically to resuscitate President Kennedy. It was not their job to examine wounds. A lot of people were in Trauma Room 1 and JFK was in there for less than twenty minutes. Here is a excerpt from testimony before the ARRB by Dr. Peters: (emphasis added)
Jeremy Gunn: Now, I am approaching this as a layperson, which may be good or may be bad. I would have imagined myself if I had seen President Kennedy in Trauma Room 1 and this part of the skull — the part that's within Line 1 of Dr. Boswell — if this were missing, I would imagine it would be noticeable to me as a layperson that there is severe damage to the skull. Is — would that be a misperception on my part?
Dr. Peters: Depends on which angle you approached him.
Dr. McClelland: From the front you might not —
Dr. Peters: right.
Dr. McClelland: — think that.
Dr. Peters: That's right.
Jeremy Gunn: So none of you made observations that would — or maybe the question is: Did any of you see any appearance of damage by looking just at the scalp and just at the hair that would suggest that that much of the skull was missing, or were you even in the position to be able to —
Dr. Jones: Well I think you could see the top part of the head reasonably well. He had a very thick bushy head of hair —
Dr. Peters: Yeah.
Dr. Jones: — and it was difficult to see down through the hair.
Dr. Baxter: All —
Dr. Jones: I didn't see any indentation of the skull or anything like half of the top of the head was missing.
Dr. Baxter: All matted with blood. Unless you were up there and directly examining it, I don't think anybody could make a statement from what I saw. I mean it was just one mass of blood and hair.
Dr. Peters: I was amazed when I saw the first x-ray of the skull — the lateral skull of the extent of the fragmentation of the skull. I did not appreciate that I think because a lot of it was covered by scalp at the time we worked on him. We were doing a resuscitation, not a forensic autopsy.
The problem with this segment in JFK: Destiny Betrayed is that we are dealing with human beings and their imperfect memories. The Parkland doctors saw this mass of matted hair and blood for a very short period of time. As you can expect, their recollections are all over the map and there is no unanimity of opinion.
The same goes for other witnesses like Secret Service agents, technicians at the autopsy, and other observers at Bethesda. Over time, their recollections change, and you can imagine that 30+ year old memories can tend to be erratic. John McAdams mentions this in his book, JFK Assassination Logic: How to Think about Claims of Conspiracy: (page 28)
Since there are often different elements to the testimony of any witness, the odds are pretty good that most witnesses will be wrong about something. Thus even if you select random witnesses or the best witnesses, you can get a majority that support some wrong conclusions if you pick and choose among the elements of their testimony.
Here is an article that Dr. Aguilar has written about the various Parkland and Bethesda witnesses. John McAdams noted that Aguilar is "massively selective in the testimony he uses and quite tendentious in how he interprets it."
Here are some examples;
Jerrol Custer: He was an x-ray technician who told David Lifton that "he exposed, and returned to the morgue, X-rays showing that the rear of the President's head was blown off." Yet, here is his drawing for the ARRB of the head wound:
The wound is on the right side of Kennedy's head and excludes occipital bone.
Richard Lipsey: He was an aide to General Wehle and was present at the autopsy. Aguilar claims Lipsey corroborates the back of head wound witnesses, but it is not clear why. Lipsey told the HSCA that "one bullet entered the back of the head and exited resulting in part of the face and head being blown away." Here is his diagram:
His positioning of the head wounds are quite consistent with the autopsy.
Chester Boyers: He was the chief petty office in charge of Bethesda's Pathology department. He told the HSCA that "In regard to the wounds Boyers recalls an entrance wound in the rear of the head to the right of the external occipital protuberance which exited along the top, right side of the head towards the rear and just above the right eyebrow." Once again, this sounds quite consistent with the autopsy x-rays and photographs.
John Stringer: He was the autopsy photographer. Aguilar quotes David Lifton asking Stringer, "In other words, the main part of his head that was blasted away was in the occipital part of the skull?" Stringer answers, "Yes. In the back part." Most of that interview is somewhat confusing. Here is what Stringer told the ARRB:
Stringer was also asked about this review of the autopsy x-rays and photographs in 1967:
Edward Reed: He was an x-ray technician at Bethesda. Aguilar quotes him telling Lifton that skull wound was "more posterior than anterior." Reed was interviewed by the ARRB:
General Philip Wehle: He was commanding officer of the military district of Washington, D.C. This is a very strange witness for Aguilar. He quotes Wehle saying he "noticed a slight bruise over the right temple of the President but did not see any significant damage to any other part of the head. He noted that the wound was in the back of the head so he would not see it because the President was lying face up." So, he didn't really see anything. According to the HSCA: "he did not see any damage to the top of the head, but said the President had a lot of hair which could have hidden that."
James Sibert: Douglas Horne makes much of James Sibert's sketch of the head wound he made for the ARRB:
Here is Sibert's earlier sketch to the HSCA is somewhat different:
Sibert said Kennedy had "a large head wound in the upper back of the head."
Francis O'Neil: Sibert's partner, Francis O"Neil, told the HSCA that the head wound "was massive and pointed towards the right side of his head."
O'Neil's drawing of the head wound shows an entrance wound in the occiput and a large exit wound on the right side of the head:
Even the diagrams used in JFK: Destiny Betrayed show different locations of the head wound:
Once again, the key issue here is memory. Even conspiracy theorist Pat Speer recognizes the important research of Elizabeth Loftus on memory:
But who am I to blather on? Here is Loftus' own summary of her findings, as published in her memoir, Witness for the Defense (1991): "As new bits and pieces of information are added into long-term memory, the old memories are removed, replaced, crumpled up, or shoved into corners. Memories don't just fade...they also grow. What fades is the initial perception, the actual experience of the events. But every time we recall an event, we must reconstruct the memory, and with each recollection the memory may be changed--colored by succeeding events, other people's recollections or suggestions...Truth and reality, when seen through the filter of our memories, are not objective facts but subjective, interpretive realities."
As a result, I'm forced to reject the primacy of the Parkland witnesses. Their statements have been erratic from the get-go, and have only grown more erratic over time. Those holding them up as a "smoking gun" in the JFK case both misrepresent the location of the wound described by the bulk of these witnesses, and the consistency of these witnesses as a whole. There's just no "there" there.
JFK: Destiny Betrayed never acknowledges the issue of human memory. The so-called documentary series is quick to credit the ARRB with discoveries that supposedly buttress conspiracy - but is not capable of admitting that the ARRB itself warned people about the issues of memory:
The deposition transcripts and other medical evidence that were released by the Review Board should be evaluated cautiously by the public. Often the witnesses contradict not only each other, but sometimes themselves. For events that transpired almost 35 years ago, all persons are likely to have failures of memory. It would be more prudent to weigh all of the evidence, with due concern for human error, rather than take single statements as "proof" for one theory or another.


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Cecil Williamson's Scrying Mirror. Courtesy The Witchcraft Museum
The former curator of the Museum of Witchcraft, Graham King, on the dark mirror that belonged to the museum's founder – the Neopagan Witch and folklorist Cecil Williamson
The Museum of Witchcraft is full of curios and its original owner, Cecil Williamson, was something of a curio himself. He sold us the building in 1996 along with its contents, but also had his own personal collection at home of objects that were particularly special to him.
When he died in 1999, his family wasn't sure what to do with these objects and called us in to help clear them out. Among the items that had never been on public display was this beautiful dark mirror – it was sitting in his study on a little kid's easel.
A dark mirror, or scrying mirror, is one that's not fully reflective and which is used by clairvoyants for spirit contact. Mirrors are less expensive than crystal balls and we've got a good collection of them here. Some of them are very old, some quite ornate and we even have a portable one which folds up into a little travel case.
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Cecil's mirror is a beautiful thing to look at. The surround is an old picture frame made of painted wood. It's a lovely piece of carving, with detailed leaves and fruit all around it. We're not sure how old it is, but I would hazard a guess at 1820s or 1830s, and I wouldn't be at all surprised to learn that Cecil mounted the mirror in the frame himself.
Normally, you find the surface of a dark mirror is concave, and often the makers would use the glass from a clock backed with black felt or put something else very dark behind it. The glass in this one is flat, but while I've not taken it apart I suspect that's the case here – the glass is mounted on some sort of dark material, or the back of it has been painted black.
When Boscastle flooded in 2004, the water rushed into the museum and smashed nearly all the cases. The one containing the mirror was one of the few that escaped, but even so, the mirror was completely submerged. Nevertheless, it escaped with superficial water damage to the frame.
Graham King with the Dark Mirror. Photo © Chris Broughton
Graham King peers into the dark mirror. Photo © Chris Broughton
During his life, most people had never been quite sure whether Cecil was involved in magic personally or just ran the museum as a business, but this was obviously something he'd used himself and provided us with lovely evidence that he really had been practising magic.
I don't think even his family had been aware of what he'd been up to. It's funny, Cecil had been running the museum for almost 50 years, but it didn't seem to have occurred to them and I think they were rather ill at ease with the situation.
I think out of all the exhibits in the museum, it's the one that best represents Cecil, and it's one that is often commented on by visitors as they leave. They'll say, "Oh, that mirror was fabulous" but they can never put their finger on quite why – it just seems to capture people's imagination.
I have used dark mirrors myself, but not this one. It's really Cecil's property – although he's no longer with us I believe it still belongs to him. I suppose I feel much the same way about the museum, actually. I see myself as its custodian rather than its owner.
Whenever I look at the mirror, I most certainly get a sense of Cecil being in there, and when I go around cleaning exhibits in the morning I often find myself standing in front of it.
Whatever's happening that day, I can't help wondering what he would make of it. The mirror is a beautiful object in itself, but it sort of captures a bit of Cecil, as well.
Graham King was speaking to Chris Broughton
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For nearly three years, Mark Kennedy has served as president of the University of North Dakota, but he made a name for himself as a Congressman in Minnesota.
Since the University of Colorado Board of Regents named Mark Kennedy as the only finalist for the position of president of CU's four-campus system (which includes local UCCS), blowback has been monumental. On April 14, a group of CU stakeholders including professors, students, community members and more — more than 4,500 people total — released an open letter to the Board of Regents condemning their choice.
Why? Because Mark Kennedy, former Republican member of Congress, has a voting record that seemingly goes against values CU ostensibly supports. This open letter reads, in part:
Colorado's reputation as an open and inclusive place to live, work, and study would be damaged by the choice of Mr. Kennedy as President of the University of Colorado. As a member of Congress, Mr. Kennedy voted against stem cell research and against grants for colleges serving Black and Latinx students, and he voted twice against marriage equality. This record runs contrary to the Regents' commitment to cutting-edge research and to "building a community of students, faculty, and staff in which diversity is a fundamental value."
A protest was held on the CU-Boulder campus on April 15, and demonstrations will likely continue as Kennedy plans visits to CU campuses throughout the week of April 22. United Mexican American Students y Movimiento Estudiantil Chincanx de Azlán and CU Young Democratic Socialists of America have begun planning a major demonstration on April 26, when Kennedy is slated to appear at CU-Boulder. A comprehensive Facebook page has even been created: CU Against Kennedy, encouraging use of the hashtags #studentsagainstkennedy and #CUagainstkennedy.
Kennedy's seemingly imminent appointment has even gotten the attention of a major nonprofit organization. On April 18, Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains released a statement from its CEO Vicki Cowart, in opposition to Kennedy. "I am alarmed by a litany of his congressional votes on civil rights," Cowart's statement says. "Congressman Kennedy voted yes on increasing federal funding for health care providers that refuse to provide or even refer patients for abortion care, voted yes on banning family planning funding for providers abroad who counsel patients on abortion options, and has been a full-throated supporter of the extremist anti-choice movement."
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Bledisloe (bleh-diz-LO)
An annual state/feeling of hope which is swiftly replaced with the harsh and bitter taste of despondence...
This morning feels like a hang over.
It's nothing new for Wallabies fans, we have faith in our side. We entrust them with our hopes and sense of pride. Yet, again and again we are left shattered, awakening to the realisation it wasn't a dream.
Sure, some things didn't go our way. Sure, we lost three inside centres in the first 40 minutes, but the top teams always find a way to win and we never looked like doing that.
The performance of the All Blacks confirms they are not here to rebuild after the Carter and McCaw era. They continue to only get stronger and stronger.
It's hard to know where to go from here, who to drop, who to promote. What can be done to overcome such a talented side. The two time reigning Rugby World Cup champions and arguably the greatest team in the history of world sport. The Usain Bolt, Michael Phelps or late 1990's Chicago Bulls of rugby.
If Australia is to stand a chance against the All Blacks in the foreseeable future something needs to change. That something isn't who wears the number 8 jersey or who will be the captain. That something is the very fabric that makes up rugby union in Australia, grassroots rugby.
Trying to improve rugby from the top down with new coaching staff and new players or combinations is fine. It's a part of rugby and it always will be, but have a look at the depth in New Zealand, something that is perfectly epitomised by Stephen "The Beaver" Donald and the 2011 Rugby World Cup. One minute he is a forgotten ex-All Black sinking beers on a fishing holiday, next he's struggling to squeeze a beer belly into a black jersey as the fourth ranked Kiwi fly-half and kicking the World Cup winning kick. Sending Eden Park and the rest of New Zealand into raptures. It's a story that could only be set in New Zealand.
The difference between them and us? Rugby is in their blood, it's bred into them from a young age. In Australia rugby plays fourth fiddle to rugby league, AFL and soccer. Three sports that know about the value of grassroots players and teams. In recent years it's not uncommon to see AFL coaches, players and scouts visiting traditional rugby schools or for hordes of local rugby clubs to fold due to lack of players.
It's time for the ARU to get off their high horses and do something about it. It wont be easy and it wont be quick, but if one thing is for sure, if the Wallabies are to ever stand a regular chance against the All Blacks, it will be vital.
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Sept. 5, 2006 — -- Stingray barb deaths like the one suffered by Steve "Crocodile Hunter" Irwin are extremely rare, experts say.
Australian experts estimate that there have been between 17 deaths and 30 deaths worldwide over the last decade or so.
Irwin's is the third known death in Australia.
Many beach-goers have come in contact with stingrays, and zoos and aquariums often let people -- from children to senior citizens -- feed and touch them.
What do you need to know about stingrays?
Stewart Clark, a vice president of Discovery Cove at SeaWorld in Orlando, Fla., says stingrays are not aggressive animals.
They prefer to swim away from humans rather than confront them.
The stingray thought to have killed Irwin is known as a "smooth" or "bull ray," among the largest stingrays in the world.
According to eyewitnesses, the one that stung Irwin was about 8 feet long, more than 200 pounds, and probably would have had a barb about 8 inches long.
Irwin reportedly was swimming directly above the ray, with a cameraman in front.
The ray apparently felt threatened, plunging its barb into Irwin's torso.
The autopsy report on Irwin has not been released.
Many experts, including Clark, believe the barb probably ripped a hole in Irwin's heart or other vital organs, which some say would be like being stabbed with a bayonet.
Other experts say, however, that his quick death was probably the result of an allergic reaction to the venom, which sent Irwin into cardiac arrest.
A stingray's barb is sharp, with a serrated surface like a bread knife.
In most cases, the barb stays stuck in the victim's flesh as the ray swims away because it's a lot easier to insert a serrated object than to withdraw it.
At SeaWorld and other venues, the barbs on rays are clipped.
In the Caymans, a locale known as "Stingray City" draws 100,000 visitors a year and the stingrays' barbs are not clipped.
The venom is contained in a slime that covers the barbs.
The sting is immediately painful and grows even worse over time.
The venom, however, moves relatively slowly.
In the few instances in which humans were killed by the venom, it sometimes took days.
Being hit near a vital organ with venom -- as Irwin was -- is much worse than catching it in the leg or foot, where 90 percent of stingray strikes occur.
People who have been barbed by a stingray in the foot say the pain is excruciating; some women have said that it was worse than childbirth.
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TSA will more than double fees they charge many passengers
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Between shelling out hundreds of dollars in airfare and forking over even more for ancillary fees, travelers are already spending more than they have in years for plane tickets. And that's about to get worse.
Starting on July 21, the Transportation Security Administration — you know, the folks who are in charge of confiscating your shampoo at the airport and taking you aside for an "additional screening" — will more than double the mandatory fee they charge many passengers and will no longer cap these fees. Under the old law, the fee, which is used for security, was $2.50 for each leg of a flight with a $5 cap on each one-way trip or a $10 cap on each round trip. But beginning July 21, the fee is $5.60 for each leg of a flight and that is not capped; if your layover is more than four hours on a domestic flight or 12 hours for international destinations, that counts as a second leg of the flight and you will be charged an additional fee.
While that may not sound like a lot, consider what this could mean for your wallet. If you book a domestic round trip and have two total connections (and the layover is four hours or more during each connection), you'll end up shelling out nearly $25 to the TSA. That jacks up the average domestic airline ticket price by more than 5%.
This move will hurt all travelers — as the fees are mandatory and built into ticket prices — and it could especially hurt business travelers, says George Hobica, founder of AirfareWatchdog.com. That's because business travelers often take multicity round trips — a round trip simply means any trip where the traveler leaves and returns from the same spot, so a traveler could stop in a city for a day or two, as many do — and will now have to pay a fee (and now there's no cap on those fees) on each leg. The TSA uses the examples of a traveler who takes a round trip flight to and from Newark with stops in Chicago, Denver and Las Vegas and pays $28 in fees; before, that would have only been $10. It could also particularly impact those who live in small towns and have to take connecting flights, says Victoria Day, a spokeswoman for Airlines for America, a trade group that represents many large airlines; for the same reason, budget travelers who get superlow fares in exchange for taking flights with connections might also be especially impacted.
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The higher fees — which will generate an estimated extra $16.9 billion over the next 10 years, according to the government — are slated to help pay for flyer security, and it's hard to argue against that notion; and the TSA notes that the current fees have never fully covered its costs. There is still a chance that the fee change will be overturned if Congress acts, says Hobica. Plus, even though these fees have increased significantly, they are still a small part of travelers' overall airline ticket bill.
Still, these fees are likely to anger consumers, as they come amid rising ticket prices and fees and as flying becomes more unpleasant. Since 2010, average domestic airfare, adjusted for inflation, has climbed more than 6% to nearly $382. Plus, airlines have been upping and adding ancillary fees left and right: Just this year, Frontier began making passengers pay to put their bags in the overhead bin and Spirit raised their baggage fees. And this all comes at a time when airline seats are getting thinner and less padded so that airlines can save on fuel.
Though there isn't much you can do about these fees other than write your congressman to complain, says Hobica — MarketWatch has a few suggestions.
To offset the fees, try to cut the cost of the plane ticket by using a site like Hopper.com that tells you the best time to book for optimal deals or by creating fare alerts on the search engines.
Travelers can also opt to book direct flights (but those are often more expensive) or those with short layovers.
And they also may want to consider having someone drive them to a larger, nearby airport that has direct flights to avoid these fees, but with gas included, just make sure that makes economic sense.
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I used to work a 40 hour week but only 18 of those hours were in fact face to face teaching hours. The rest of the time was for planning, marking work and grading – which at certain times of the year are pretty mammoth tasks – but other than that, those free hours were spent watching series on my laptop, browsing the internet for funny cat videos and writing the wonderful musings that make their way onto this blog.
Now I am still working a 40 hour week but almost all of those hours are spent in the classroom with the class that I work with. Granted, I'm not the main class teacher so I'm not spending all of that time stood at the front of the class teaching, but I've got a fair amount of stuff to be getting on with as well as supporting the children in class, watching over more troublesome students and helping the teacher to get across whatever the point of any given lesson is, be it the cultural differences between an off the map village in Mexico and Phuket, finding the correct equation to identify the nth term or writing a play script – to name some of the things we looked at only last week.
Sometimes the class will go off for the odd hour to do PE or Chinese, but those odd hours are spent marking the children's books – English, maths, homework, handwriting, spelling, tests… it all mounts up – and getting all the things done that I can't do when I'm assisting a lesson – going to the library, photocopying, sorting… and, my favourite – going to the resource cupboard! I can remember being sent to the resource cupboard when I was at primary school – it was a most coveted job given only to the most trusted of students. I used to love digging around all the plastic counters and Crayola crayons and the resource cupboard at my new school smells exactly the same!
I'm still getting my head around the entirety of my daily tasks but I'm getting there. By the third day myself and the class teacher (who is also brand new to the job) had carved out a bit of a routine and the days were going a lot smoother. I had learnt all of the children's names (something I have always been rubbish at) and they knew mine, although they are still calling me Mrs. not Miss – it still slightly freaks me out to be an actual Miss rather than Teachaaaa Kylie!
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Sounds like a crazy couple of weeks! Glad you are getting into the swing of things. I look forward to reading about the camp.
Keep up the good work; I look forward to being busy like you!
I sound like such a moaner! It's just a bit of a gear shift that's all – it feels good to be busy and I feel like I'm achieving more in this job both for my own development and the students. Won't be long and you will be doing the same!


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Exit Strategies: Selling Companies to Employees, Part 1
Paul Kaplun
Many closely held companies have only two potential sets of buyers – family members of the founding generation or managers and other employees of the enterprise. The market of third-party buyers for closely held companies can be very thin, so that when family members are not suitable buyers of a company, often the best solution is to sell to employees. But sales to employees are unlike sales to third-parties or family members, involving complex issues of how to finance the sale, transition management and control of the enterprise, retain key employees, and tax treatment. This program will provide you with a detailed discussion of the major issues of selling to employees, including valuation, how the sale price is financed, transition periods, retaining employees not in the buyout group, and tax treatment. Day 1: Long-range planning of sales to employees – and benefits over selling to third parties or family members Negotiating with employees over sales price and valuation issues Transitions of management control, including retaining seller/founder for a period of time Practical governance issues when employees are identified as potential buyers Day 2: Overview of alternative structures and the tradeoffs of each ESOPs – structural, practical and tax issues, including leveraged buyout options Use of company redemptions of founders to accomplish a transfer Crucial issues in drafting "earnouts" on sales to employees Seller financing options, including long-term notes and security interest in assets Speakers: Paul Kaplun is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Venable, LLP where he has an extensive corporate and business planning practice, and provides advisory services to emerging growth companies and entrepreneurs in a variety of industries. He formerly served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center, where he taught business planning. Before entering law practice of law, he was a Certified Public Accountant with a national accounting firm, specializing in corporate and individual income tax planning and compliance. Mr. Kaplun received his B.S.B.A., magna cum laude, from Georgetown University and J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.
Many closely held companies have only two potential sets of buyers – family members of the founding generation or managers and other employees of the enterprise. The market of third-party buyers for closely held companies can be very thin, so that when family members are not suitable buyers of a company, often the best solution is to sell to employees. But sales to employees are unlike sales to third-parties or family members, involving complex issues of how to finance the sale, transition management and control of the enterprise, retain key employees, and tax treatment. This program will provide you with a detailed discussion of the major issues of selling to employees, including valuation, how the sale price is financed, transition periods, retaining employees not in the buyout group, and tax treatment. Day 1 : Long-range planning of sales to employees – and benefits over selling to third parties or family members Negotiating with employees over sales price and valuation issues Transitions of management control, including retaining seller/founder for a period of time Practical governance issues when employees are identified as potential buyers Day 2 : Overview of alternative structures and the tradeoffs of each ESOPs – structural, practical and tax issues, including leveraged buyout options Use of company redemptions of founders to accomplish a transfer Crucial issues in drafting "earnouts" on sales to employees Seller financing options, including long-term notes and security interest in assets Speaker: Paul Kaplun is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Venable, LLP where he has an extensive corporate and business planning practice, and provides advisory services to emerging growth companies and entrepreneurs in a variety of industries. He formerly served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center, where he taught business planning. Before entering private practice, he was a Certified Public Accountant with a national accounting firm, specializing in corporate and individual income tax planning and compliance. Mr. Kaplun received his B.S.B.A., magna cum laude, from Georgetown University and J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.
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Many closely held companies have only two potential sets of buyers – family members of the founding generation or managers and other employees of the enterprise. The market of third-party buyers for closely held companies can be very thin, so that when family members are not suitable buyers of a company, often the best solution is to sell to employees. But sales to employees are unlike sales to third-parties or family members, involving complex issues of how to finance the sale, transition management and control of the enterprise, retain key employees, and tax treatment. This program will provide you with a detailed discussion of the major issues of selling to employees, including valuation, how the sale price is financed, transition periods, retaining employees not in the buyout group, and tax treatment. Day 1: Long-range planning of sales to employees – and benefits over selling to third parties or family members Negotiating with employees over sales price and valuation issues Transitions of management control, including retaining seller/founder for a period of time Practical governance issues when employees are identified as potential buyers Day 2: Overview of alternative structures and the tradeoffs of each ESOPs – structural, practical and tax issues, including leveraged buyout options Use of company redemptions of founders to accomplish a transfer Crucial issues in drafting "earnouts" on sales to employees Seller financing options, including long-term notes and security interest in assets Speaker: Paul Kaplun is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Venable, LLP where he has an extensive corporate and business planning practice, and provides advisory services to emerging growth companies and entrepreneurs in a variety of industries. He formerly served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center, where he taught business planning. Before entering private practice, he was a Certified Public Accountant with a national accounting firm, specializing in corporate and individual income tax planning and compliance. Mr. Kaplun received his B.S.B.A., magna cum laude, from Georgetown University and J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.
LIVE REPLAY: Roadmap of Venture Capital and Angel Funding, Part 1
Howard Bobrow, Anthony Licata
Rapidly growing companies often raise capital in "angel" or venture capital transactions. Investors provide capital in exchange for carefully structured equity rights and frequently some form of governance rights. Investors also often provide the company with industry expertise, contacts, and access that may be as valuable as financial capital. These funding transactions can take a startup or more mature company to higher levels of growth. But they are complex transactions that can involve a dozen or more interrelated documents. This program will provide you with a practical guide to the stages and documentation of an angel or venture capital transaction. Day 1: Current state of angel and venture capital markets & trends in deal terms Review of the suite of documents involved in most funding deals Methods of valuation and their impact on successive stages of investment Reviewing or drafting terms sheets – pitfalls and opportunities Angel investing – equity v. debt, common terms, impact on later venture capital funding Day 2: Review of most highly negotiated terms in funding deals Investor protections – information & veto rights, liquidity event rights Liquidation preferences, anti-dilution rights, and dividends Striking the right balance between founders/managers and investors on the board Options pools for founders, managers and employees Speakers: Howard Bobrow is a partner in the Cleveland, Ohio office of Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, where he chairs the firm's venture capital practice. He counsels private equity and venture capital firms, other institutional investors and angel investors on all aspects of acquisitions, dispositions, capital formation and private placements. He regularly represents and advises funds on their organization and formation, the fundraising process, governance matters, investments and compliance with pertinent regulations. Mr. Bobrow earned his B.S. from Miami University and his J.D. from Case Western Reserve University School of Law. Anthony Licata is a partner in the Chicago office of Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, where he formerly chaired the firm's real estate practice. He has an extensive practice focusing on major commercial real estate transactions, including finance, development, leasing, and land use. He formerly served as an adjunct professor at the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University and at the Illinois Institute of Technology. Mr. Licata received his B.S., summa cum laude, from MacMurray College and his J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School.
LIVE REPLAY: Ethics for Business Lawyers
Thomas E. Spahn, William Freivogel
Lawyers advising businesses on transactions or negotiating on their behalf often confront a range of important ethical questions. The biggest is, who is your client? Often a company's owners or managers will not understand the distinction between representing them and representing the company? There are also issues of identifying and clearing conflicts among clients when they are negotiating transaction. And what can a lawyer say or do when negotiating for a client? Also, lawyers are sometimes confronted with issues about what to do when clients are dishonest. This program will provide you with a real world guide to ethical issues when representing clients in business transactions. Ethical issues in business and corporate practice Identifying your client in a variety of transactional contexts – the company v. its managers? Conflicts of interest in representing both sides of a transaction Ethical issues in transactional negotiations and communications with represented parties Representing clients you know to be dishonest and reporting wrong-doing "up and out" Speakers: Thomas E. Spahn is a partner in the McLean, Virginia office of McGuireWoods, LLP, where he has a substantial practice advising clients on properly creating and preserving the attorney-client privilege and work product protections. For more than 30 years he has lectured extensively on legal ethics and professionalism and has written "The Attorney-Client Privilege and the Work Product Doctrine: A Practitioner's Guide," a 750 page treatise published by the Virginia Law Foundation. Mr. Spahn has served as a member of the ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility and as a member of the Virginia State Bar's Legal Ethics Committee. He received his B.A., magna cum laude, from Yale University and his J.D. from Yale Law School. William Freivogel is the principal of Freivogel Ethics Consulting and is an independent consultant to law firms on ethics and risk management. He was a trial lawyer for 22 years and has practiced in the areas of legal ethics and lawyer malpractice for more than 25 years. He is chair of the Editorial Board of the ABA/BNA Lawyers' Manual on Professional Conduct. He maintains the Website"Freivogel on Conflicts" at www.freivogelonconflicts.com<http://www.freivogelonconflicts.com/> .Mr. Freivogel is a graduate of the University of Illinois (Champaign), where he received his B.S. and LL.B.
Drafting Sales Agreements: UCC Issues and More
Christopher Tompkins
The sale of goods is one of the most common forms of commercial transactions. The sales contracts governing these transactions can be quite complex and they must all comply with the Uniform Commercial Code Article 2. The UCC governs contract formation, express and implied warranties, and outlines forms of breach of contract and types of remedies. Compliance with the code enhances enforceability of the contract and expedites remedies upon breach. However, when its many requirements are overlooked, contracts for sale of goods may be invalid and the underlying transaction void. This program will provide you with a practical guide to drafting and reviewing contracts for the sale of goods under UCC Article 2. "Battle of forms," methods of acceptance or rejection, and electronic contracting Delivery, acceptance or rejection of goods by buyer Breaches for failure to deliver, non-conforming product, repudiation, failure to pay Types and measure of damages for breach of contract by seller or buyer Express and implied warranties – fitness for purpose, merchantability, title infringement Disclaimer of warranties and other techniques to limit scope of liability Speaker: Christopher Tompkins is a partner in the Chicago office of Jenner & Block, LLP, where he counsels clients in such areas as breach of contract, the Uniform Commercial Code, equipment leasing, business torts, and intellectual property. He has handled all phases of litigation in state and federal court and before arbitration tribunals, including pre-litigation investigation, motion practice, discovery, working with expert witnesses, trial and appeal.Previously, he served as a legislative intern for the National Council of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws where he worked on legislation related to commercial law. Mr. Tompkins received his B.A., cum laude, from The Catholic University of America and his J.D., magna cum laude, from Loyola University Chicago School of Law.
LIVE REPLAY: Reps and Warranties in Business Transactions
C. Ben Huber
Representations and warranties are a marquee feature of virtually every significant transaction. Parties often conduct extensive due diligence but want specific assurances about important facts about which only the company would have the best information. These facts – e.g., the absence of liabilities or the presence of certain authorizations – can be few or great in number, and they vary according to the facts of the transaction. They are essential to most transactions. This program will provide you with a real-world guide to the differences between reps and warranties, the types and their remedies, and drafting. Differences between reps and warranties, and their remedies Relationship between diligence and reps and warranties – and what the law says about how one impacts the other Reps and warranties concerning tangible and intangible property – title, taxes, transfer restrictions Provisions covering revenue projections, financial statements, and customer lists Understanding the limits of reps and warranties – what you can ask for, what you can get Speaker: C. Ben Huber is a partner in the Denver office of Greenburg Traurig, LLP, where he has a broad transactional practice encompassing mergers and acquisitions, restructurings and reorganizations, corporate finance, capital markets, venture funds, commercial transactions and general corporate law. He also has substantial experience as counsel to high tech, biotech and software companies in the development, protection and licensing of intellectual property. His clients include start-up companies, family- and other closely-held businesses, middle market business, Fortune 500 companies, venture funds and institutional investors. Mr. Huber earned his B.A. from the University of Colorado and his J.D. at the University of Colorado Law School.
Franchise Agreements: What You Need to Know Before Your Clients Signs, Part 1
David Gusewelle
Franchises often seem to clients like vehicles to assured success, but they are risky ventures. The task for lawyers advising clients about franchises is to counsel them about setting reasonable expectations and help them understand the practical obligation of franchise agreements. This is no easy task because these agreements are a complex arrangement of restrictions, fees, operational requirements, intellectual property protections and reporting periods. But understanding how these agreements work – and the range of what's negotiable and what's not – is essential to client success. This program will provide you with a real world guide to the framework of franchise law, practical due diligence of franchise opportunities, and reviewing and negotiating the most important provisions of franchise agreements. Day 1: Setting and counseling clients about realistic franchise expectations Practical guide to reading/understanding a Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD) Phases of franchise review – due diligence, negotiation of agreement, and lease work Spotting red flags early in the process Framework of franchise law and relationship of federal/FTC regulations to state regulation Day 2: Major economic and non-economic provisions in franchise agreements Determining what's truly negotiable – and what's not Scope of territory – rights within in it and the opportunity to expand Tiers of fees, royalties and marketing expenses Operating standards and covenants – and negotiating for local modification Transfer and exit issues when a franchisee wants out Speaker: David Gusewelle is an attorney in the Denver office of Drumm Law, LLC, where his practice focuses his practice on franchise and trademark law. Prior to joining Drumm Law, he worked for law firms in the St. Louis, Missouri area, representing businesses and individuals in a variety of legal fields including litigation, real estate, bankruptcy and corporate law matters. Before entering private practice, he worked in real estate for an international petroleum company. Mr. Gusewelle earned his B.S.B.A. from the University of Missouri-Columbia and his J.D. from Vanderbilt Law School.
Live Replay: Franchise Agreements: What You Need to Know Before Your Clients Signs, Part 2
LIVE REPLAY: Selling to Consumers: Sales, Finance, Warranty & Collection Law, Part 1
Steven O. Weise
There is no larger market than sales of goods to consumers. Though the opportunities for your clients are vast, selling to consumers is unlike selling to other businesses. Sales to consumers are governed by overlapping layers of regulations covering how those sales are financed, what warranties are implied by law versus expressly made by the seller, and – when need arises – debt collection of defaulted accounts. Failure to understand and comply with these layers of complexity can lead to consumer complaints and regulatory action, litigation and substantial liability. This program will provide you a framework for understanding the law of consumer sales, including financing those sales, express and implied warranties imposed by law, and debt collection from consumers. Day 1 September 27, 2022: Essential law governing sales to consumers – sales law, finance, warranties Sales law – how consumer sales differ from commercial sales Consumer finance – securing the sales with collateral and anticipating defaults Role of the Uniform Consumer Credit Code and Reg Z Role of the new federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Day 2 September 28, 2022: Understanding the role of implied and express warranties in consumer sales under federal law Limiting a seller's exposure to warranties and otherwise managing risk Overview Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and the Consumer Credit Protection Act Permissible debt collection practices in consumer sales and potential liability Communications with debtors and third parties and required disclosures Best practices to avoid liability for businesses, lawyers, and law firms Speaker: Steven O. Weise is a partner in the Los Angeles office Proskauer Rose, LLP, where his practice encompasses all areas of commercial law. He has extensive experience in financings, particularly those secured by personal property. He also handles matters involving real property anti-deficiency laws, workouts, guarantees, sales of goods, letters of credit, commercial paper and checks, and investment securities. Mr. Weise formerly served as chair of the ABA Business Law Section. He has also served as a member of the Permanent Editorial Board of the UCC and as an Advisor to the UCC Code Article 9 Drafting Committee. Mr. Weise received his B.A. from Yale University and his J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law.
LIVE REPLAY: Director and Officer Liability
Frank Ciatto
Statutory and common law impose certain fiduciary duties—care, diligence, good faith, and fair dealing—on directors and managers of corporate entities, managers of LLCs, and in certain instances members of LLCs. The corporate and organizational opportunity doctrines also operate to restrict the activity of closely held company stakeholders, preventing misappropriation of certain corporate or LLC opportunities. In certain instances, the owners of the entity may want to expand, limit, or even entirely eliminate these duties. Depending on the entity involved and the specific duty, the law may allow modification by agreement, but unintended consequences may be substantial. This program provides you with a practical guide to fiduciary duties in corporations and LLCs, how they may be modified, and the possible consequences. Fiduciary duties in closely held corporations and LLCs• Corporate fiduciary duties and standards of review—duty of loyalty and duty of care Conflicts of interest and self-dealing issues in closely held corporations Fiduciary duties in LLCs—standards set by contract and by law Which duties may be modified or eliminated—and which may not How the corporate and organizational opportunity doctrines work in closely held companies. Speaker: Frank Ciatto is a partner in the Washington, DC, office of Venable LLP, where he advises clients on mergers and acquisitions, limited liability companies, tax and accounting issues, and corporate finance transactions. He is a leader of his firm's private equity and hedge fund groups and a member of the ABA Business Law Section Mergers & Acquisitions Subcommittee. He is also a Certified Public Accountant. James DePaoli is an attorney in the Washington, DC, office of Venable LLP, where his practice focuses on corporate and commercial matters. He represents clients in the acquisition and disposition of assets and securities, mergers, and other business combinations and reorganizations.
Statutory and common law impose certain fiduciary duties—care, diligence, good faith, and fair dealing—on directors and managers of corporate entities, managers of LLCs, and in certain instances members of LLCs. The corporate and organizational opportunity doctrines also operate to restrict the activity of closely held company stakeholders, preventing misappropriation of certain corporate or LLC opportunities. In certain instances, the owners of the entity may want to expand, limit, or even entirely eliminate these duties. Depending on the entity involved and the specific duty, the law may allow modification by agreement, but unintended consequences may be substantial. This program provides you with a practical guide to fiduciary duties in corporations and LLCs, how they may be modified, and the possible consequences. • Fiduciary duties in closely held corporations and LLCs• Corporate fiduciary duties and standards of review—duty of loyalty and duty of care• Conflicts of interest and self-dealing issues in closely held corporations• Fiduciary duties in LLCs—standards set by contract and by law• Which duties may be modified or eliminated—and which may not• How the corporate and organizational opportunity doctrines work in closely held companies. Speaker: Frank Ciatto is a partner in the Washington, DC, office of Venable LLP, where he advises clients on mergers and acquisitions, limited liability companies, tax and accounting issues, and corporate finance transactions. He is a leader of his firm's private equity and hedge fund groups and a member of the ABA Business Law Section Mergers & Acquisitions Subcommittee. He is also a Certified Public Accountant. James DePaoli is an attorney in the Washington, DC, office of Venable LLP, where his practice focuses on corporate and commercial matters. He represents clients in the acquisition and disposition of assets and securities, mergers, and other business combinations and reorganizations.
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Brian began his artistic career at Chelsea School of Art, and was awarded the Chelsea Diploma in Fine Art and a Leverhulme Travelling Scholarship. He subsequently studied for an M.A. in Fine Art and a Higher Diploma in Printmaking at Birmingham Polytechnic and Wimbledon School of Art.
The London City paintings are a response to conditions of light and scale in the ever changing urban environment of the Thames and Canary Wharf.
He was formerly employed as a Senior Lecturer in Fine Art at Southampton Institute of Higher Education, and is currently Director of Riverside Studios near Bath, and a member of Bath Art Society..


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North Sea oil industry emergency tax cut by George Osborne being considered
By Christian Nordqvist Published Jan 12, 2015 at 3:09 AM GMT
UK Chancellor George Osborne is considering an emergency tax cut to stem the alarming decline in North Sea oil industry investments and jobs, as Brent crude slips from its $114 per barrel peak in June to less than $50 today.
Mr. Osborne commented that reduced taxes on North Sea oil companies may be included in the March Budget as part of a program to assist producers and explorers.
"I don't want to pre-empt the Budget but I can see that it may well involve further reducing the burden of tax on investment in the North Sea," Mr. Osborne said.
In December, Robin Allan, chairman of the UK's independent explorers' association, Brindex, said the UK oil industry was "close to collapse." North Sea oil companies are dramatically cutting back on investment and workforce levels to cope with plummeting oil prices.
Mr. Allan, who is also director of Premier Oil plc, said there is a "huge crisis" in the British oil industry.
Mr. Allan commented:
"This has happened before, and the industry adapts, but the adaptation is one of slashing people, slashing projects and reducing costs wherever possible, and that's painful for our staff, painful for companies and painful for the country."
"It's close to collapse. In terms of new investments – there will be none, everyone is retreating, people are being laid off at most companies this week and in the coming weeks. Budgets for 2015 are being cut by everyone."
Mr. Osborne needs to act fast, say North Sea oil industry executives.
Executives across the whole industry are urging the government to come up with a rescue package to prevent total meltdown. Production in 2014 averaged 1.2 million barrels per day,, which was 75% lower than in 1999.
The UK government's tax take, which can be as high as 80% for oil fields, is crippling the industry, executives say, especially now that the lower price of oil has reduced their margins to virtually zero.
Industry experts believe Mr. Osborne is considering scrapping a supplementary corporation tax charge that Chancellor Gordon Brown introduced thirteen years ago.
In 2011, when oil was over $100 per barrel, Mr. Osborne pushed through a large hike in North Sea taxes. The so-called supplementary charge on North Sea producers rose from 20p in the pound to 32p. The rate of corporation tax was also raised.
Industry lobbyists say action must be taken before the March Budget.
While such a tax regime may have been sustainable with high crude prices, at today's prices companies say it is impossible to justify investing in what are essentially expensive-to-run, old oil & gas fields.
Mr. Osborne said:
"We have a record amount of investment in the North Sea. A lot of these investments take a long-term view but there's no doubt the dramatic fall in the oil price has raised questions about future investment in the North Sea."
With North Sea oil production at "historically low levels," Fergus Ewing, Scotland's energy minister, last night urged the Treasury to overhaul the tax system for oil exploration.
Mr. Ewing said:
"Instead of talking, it is time for the UK government to act and deliver a tax cut for the oil and gas industry. The Tories have promised much and delivered little for the North Sea."
Regarding the UK's tax regime for the sector, Oil & Gas UK's chief executive Malcolm Webb said:
"If the Treasury's new Investment Allowance is to have any impact it must be implemented by Budget 2015 at the very latest. However, with the oil price now at around $50 per barrel, it is becoming increasingly apparent that this measure is not enough and a significant reduction in the headline rate is required."
"We are encouraged to see a growing political and industry consensus around the now pressing need for yet more fundamental and urgent changes to the tax regime. Oil & Gas UK is committed to playing a fully engaged and constructive part in this important process of reform and looks forward to working with both the UK and Scottish governments and all other stakeholders to that end."
Unions warned last month that the North Sea oil industry faces job cuts of about 35,000 over the next five years unless drastic action is taken now.
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Anjeanette Damon: Low marks for tax incentive disclosure in Nevada
Nevada's pretty accustomed to getting poor grades on national public policy report cards.
So it shouldn't have been much of a surprise last month when the Washington, D.C.,-based non-profit group Good Jobs First gave Nevada a score of 1 out of 100 on how well the state discloses information about the tax incentives used to generate economic development.
Nevada didn't actually rank last in this particular report, since it does dribble out a little bit of information on the companies winning tax breaks to relocate or expand here. Four states don't provide any information online at all: Arkansas, Delaware, Idaho and Kansas.
Good Jobs First assessed four of Nevada's economic incentive programs, including the Catalyst Fund, sales and property tax abatement programs and the Silver State Works Employee Hiring Incentive.
It found that only property tax abatement information is regularly reported online. The group awarded Nevada three points for the report being easily accessible, but zero points for the type of information it actually contains.
Good Jobs First would like to see states regularly post information on the status and amount of tax incentive awards, an accounting of whether projections on number of jobs and wage levels are met, as well as specific details on the project itself.
Nevada provides none of that on a regular basis online.
"The state's online disclosure barely qualifies for our study," the report said.
That makes it difficult to track the efficacy of enticing companies to Nevada with tax breaks. It also makes it challenging to assess how much the state is spending on tax breaks and whether the expense is worth it.
The Governor's Office of Economic Development does provide a report on its activity to the Legislature every two years. It includes dollar amounts and recipient information on the tax breaks issued. Good Jobs First also gave GOED kudos for readily responding to records requests on tax abatements.
I can vouch for GOED's responsiveness. I have never been turned down when I've asked for public information from the office.
In fact, most recently, GOED Director Steve Hill specifically redesigned the application process for the film tax incentive to ensure more transparency. The office's initial approach was to keep applications confidential and hold closed hearings to assess whether a film qualified for the tax break.
But Hill rejected that approach and came up with an application that did not contain proprietary information so that it could be released to the public. Hence, we know that Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 is in the running for a tax break.
In a conversation last week, Hill acknowledged that GOED has more to do when it comes to reporting detailed information on who is winning tax incentives and whether those companies are living up to their promises on jobs and wages.
"We agree with (Good Jobs First) and we are in the process of fixing that," Hill said. "What we do report is where we provide abatements, to whom and when. What we don't do is go back and look at what those results are."
Last session, Hill helped pass legislation requiring better tracking of the results of the tax incentives so that better policy can be crafted moving forward. Hill's office also is working on a better way to report the information online.
"We're spending public dollars and the public has a right to know how that money is being spent," Hill said. "That's just common sense."


Microsoft says it is improving the automatic update process in Windows 8 and, among other things, is minimizing the amount of restarts needed during an update. The obvious question to ask first is why does the installation of updates even require a restart at all? Ideally, we would like all update installations to happen seamlessly in the background without a restart. But, in reality, there are situations where the installer is not able to update files because they are in use. In these cases, we need to restart your machine to complete the installation. The automatic updating experience thus needs to be able to handle cases where restarts are required.