Miranda Forsyth is an Associate Professor at RegNet and also a Fellow at the Department of Pacific Affairs in the College of Asia and Pacific at ANU. The broad focus of Miranda's research is investigating the possibilities and challenges of the inter-operation of state and non-state justice and regulatory systems.
Can we learn from the past in tackling witchcraft-related violence today?
This article first appeared in 'DevPolicy' blog on September 29 2017.
Last week, on 21-22 September 2017, a UN Experts Workshop on Witchcraft and Human Rights was held in Geneva. This was the first UN and international level event with a specific focus on witchcraft beliefs and practices. It brought together a range of key UN office holders, including Kate Gilmore, UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, with academics, activists, faith-based organisations, NGOs and survivors of violence emanating from witchcraft beliefs and practices. This post reflects on the key learnings from the workshop of relevance for Papua New Guinea.
The workshop's intended focus was on practical ways forward to counter the harmful practices that accompany witchcraft and sorcery beliefs, rather than just exploring the social, cultural, economic and political factors that contribute to them. These harmful practices include the torture, murder and banishment of those accused of using witchcraft or sorcery. Speakers came from many parts of Africa, India and across Europe.
PNG's journey in challenging sorcery accusation based violence and its Sorcery National Action Plan (SNAP) was also presented. PNG was favourably compared with many other countries in the world in terms of the leadership of its government, the range and comparatively co-ordinated nature of the activities being undertaken, and the evidence-based approach it has adopted. There was widespread agreement that these issues must be tackled in a comprehensive and multi-sectoral way. The workshop revealed new layers of support that PNG should draw upon going forward, including experiences from other countries in overcoming these types of violence and the international mechanisms that may be of assistance.
There are a wide – and likely growing - range of abuses arising from the belief in sorcery and witchcraft around the world. These are particularly evident in many parts of Africa and India, but also increasingly in the UK and Europe as a result of migration and, disturbingly, sexual slavery. Many speakers referred to harmful practices "spreading like wildfire" and "hitting us like a tsunami" with the clear implication of increasing levels of abuse. Although the content and technologies of the beliefs and harmful practices varied enormously geographically and historically, there were also some striking shared themes. These include extreme levels of violence against those accused of using witchcraft, relative impunity of perpetrators, malleability of beliefs and practices, their appearance and reappearance over time, their persistence in the face of modernisation and even education, and their harshest impact being on the weakest and most vulnerable. The transmission and communication of both beliefs in witchcraft and the harmful practices associated with them occurs rapidly through migration and the internet and social and other media. Movies dramatising witchcraft beliefs and practices were argued to be a significant factor in the spread of such beliefs and practices; PNG should consider this in the regulation of its film industry.
The geographic variations of beliefs and practices within many countries gives rise to important questions about the most appropriate scale at which to regulate. In this regard, India's approach is perhaps instructive for PNG, as legislation targeting particular harmful practices such as witch-hunting are made at the provincial level. This ensures appropriate cultural targeting and assists in ensuring that those who are most vulnerable are made aware of the laws that exist to protect them, and how to find pathways to access them.
There was active participation throughout the two days by a wide range of UN Special Rapporteurs (on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions; on violence against women, its causes and consequences; on the rights of persons with disabilities; on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism) and other members of the international community (the OHCHR, the Office of Special Representative of the Secretary General on violence against children, and many permanent missions in Geneva). They conveyed the clear message that harmful practices arising from witchcraft beliefs and practices fall squarely within the purview of the UN's mandate to protect human rights. The workshop was stated by the Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights to be a "much needed and overdue" opportunity to focus on intersections between witchcraft and human rights. Speakers outlined a number of mechanisms that could be used to put pressure on state governments to be more actively engaged. These included working with UN representatives and human rights institutions on the local level, utilising reporting mechanisms in a variety of international conventions, and requesting Special Rapporteurs to open enquiries into systematic abuses of human rights.
The necessity for engagement by the international level was demonstrated by the fact that in many countries national government action to counter witchcraft-related harms was largely notable by its absence. A common theme of the workshop was the impunity of perpetrators and the unwillingness of state justice systems to properly execute their duty to protect citizens from abuse where witchcraft beliefs and practices are present, either due to lack of capacity, fear, complicity or combinations of the three. Kate Gilmore argued that the abuses flowing from witchcraft beliefs and practices stemmed from a range of state failures, including the failure to provide adequate justice, health and education. One of the key recommendations made at the event was a proposal for a UN special resolution on witchcraft and human rights to be made in 2019.
A wide range of classes of people who benefit financially and otherwise from people's beliefs in witchcraft was discussed. Academic Jean La Fontaine has coined the useful term 'supernatural entrepreneurs' to cover this entire category. It ranges from traditional healers, many of whom also or mostly deliver essential primary healthcare, and those who profit by selling charms or trinkets, to those far more dangerous individuals who profit by identifying particular individuals for a fee, through to emerging linkages between witchcraft beliefs and practices and human trafficking. There was uniform condemnation of such practices but little concrete evidence of any successful or even serious attempts by states to prosecute the perpetrators. It was widely agreed that there is a pressing need to expose and stop those who profit in such ways. The problem of diviners has been noted in PNG and the call to target them made by many, including the judiciary who referred to them as "a scourge on society" who "fan the flames" of sorcery related killings in a recent judgment. International experience reinforces the urgency and importance of addressing this issue, and also suggests that it must be done carefully to ensure that traditional healers are not unjustly implicated.
Mission Birubala in Assam province in India, which has five different components to its program: Rescue and Rehabilitation; Awareness Meetings; Sensitization Camps; Free Health Camps; and Formation of Student-Cells to mobilise youth to raise awareness.
Train the trainer initiative led by missionary anthropologist Steven Rasmussen who coordinates regular seminars in Tanzania on Christian responses to witchcraft accusations. He has developed a monitoring system or pathway for religious leaders so members of congregations can alert others if they are creating circumstances for harmful practices to arise.
Stop Child Witch Accusations organisation in Africa, particularly the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It has developed potentially transformational roles for church agencies in changing attitudes and harmful practices associated with witchcraft.
Part II of this post will discuss some of the key issues of debate and discussion at the workshop.
Miranda Forsyth is an Associate Professor in the School of Regulation and Global Governance at ANU. Philip Gibbs is Professor of Social Research at Divine Word University, Papua New Guinea.


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A vehicle formerly owned by John Chaponis with a fake Maine license plate on it. The car was never registered in Maine, but Chaponis uses it to highlight the issue of more Connecticut residents registering their cars in Maine.
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HARTFORD — The number of Connecticut vehicles registered in the state of Maine is growing. But the state of Connecticut has no idea how many of its residents are illegally registering their cars in other states.
Department of Motor Vehicles Deputy Commissioner Antonio Guerrera said they have no central database that would track something like that.
The Maine Secretary of State's office reports that 1,457 Connecticut residents have registered their cars up north where it only costs $35. In Connecticut, it costs $80 for two years plus another $10 for the Clean Air Act fee and another $10 for the Passports to Park program.
"We've got to stay competitive and that includes, you know, the cost of having a license here in the state of Connecticut compared to other states," Gov. Ned Lamont said last week.
At the same time, he said it doesn't seem fair that residents are registering their vehicles in other states and using them in Connecticut.
"It's still tricky. You can't sit around registering your car out-of-state, using it here on a full-time basis," Lamont added.
It's illegal, too, although the $1,000 penalty is rarely, if ever, enforced.
John Chaponis, tax assessor in Colchester, doesn't believe the registration fee is what's encouraging people to illegally register their vehicles in other states: It's the property taxes — a problem felt by local assessors and communities across the state.
The General Assembly created a 12-member task force this year to study compliance with the state's motor-vehicle registration laws. The task force also must develop recommendations to prevent Connecticut residents from registering motor vehicles out-of-state. It must submit a report with its findings and recommendations to the Transportation Committee by Jan. 1.
Chaponis said while it's true that Connecticut's registration fee is higher than Maine's $35, the real financial savings come from avoiding the local property tax and many times, much lower insurance.
"I recently found a Colchester resident that had a brand-new truck and car both with Maine plates and also bearing a sticker showing the vehicle was purchased from our local car dealer here in Colchester," Chaponis said "After investing significant man-hours in proving the vehicles were here on a daily basis, we added the vehicles to the tax rolls and generated $2,100."He gets the temptation.
"Frankly, I think anyone would be tempted to register in Maine in order to save $2,100 per year. Especially, if they feel that no one will try to enforce the law," he added.
Guerrera said the Department of Motor Vehicles will give the task force any resources it needs to complete its review.
New Connecticut residents have only sixty days to drive on an out-of-state registration before it is no longer valid and accepted.
Tax assessors can put a person on the tax rolls if they have proof the vehicle is being driven in Connecticut. However, those efforts are labor-intensive.
Chaponis said he found a criminal justice intern from Manchester Community College whose job it was to discover, list and value motor vehicles in town.
"While this exercise brought in thousands of additional tax dollars, it involved an enormous amount of man-hours from the intern and two employees in my office. The residual effect was that we were not able to devote the appropriate amount of time discovering, listing and valuing of our Real Estate or our Personal Property Grand Lists."
Nonetheless, Colchester is assessing over $1 million for vehicles not registered in Connecticut as a result of those efforts. This number includes vehicles that have no registration at all and may be parked in someone's yard.
He said few assessors have the resources to chase tax evaders this way.
"When you enforce the registration compliance, you kill two birds with one stone and it brings the vehicles back onto the Tax List," Chaponis said. "There has to be a better solution and a fair administration of the local property tax has to become a primary goal."
Chaponis knows it's only a task force but he said "the Connecticut Association of Assessing Officers (CAAO) is hopeful that this newly created Task Force will be able to address this form of tax evasion that is mushrooming out of control."
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A pattern of sloppy and dilatory behavior with respect to claims litigation proceedings came back to bite a contractor who tried to pin blame for its own tardiness on its attorney.
The dispute arose during renovation of a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) building in California. The VA and the contractor, West Bay Builders, Inc. (WBB), agreed to resolve their argument over concrete moisture-sealant specifications via summary judgment motions. The parties jointly notified the court in June 2007 that discovery -- which included a series of VA-initiated requests for admissions -- was complete.


Mr. Paul Edward Odom, Jr., age 50, of Wylie, Texas, went to be with the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on September 16, 2007. He was born December 18, 1956, in Roxbury, MA, to Paul Edward and Essie Mae (Hutchison) Odom, Sr. He married Ruby Mae Williams on February 10, 1982, in Aiken, SC and retired from the U.S. Army after 22 years of service to his country as a telecommunications operations chief. Mr. Odom was an Elder at Restoration Center COGIC in Plano, Texas. He is survived by his devoted wife of 25 years, Ruby Odom; three children, Alina Odom, Tia Odom and Terrence Odom; parents, Paul and Essie Odom of Dorchester, MA; five brothers, Carl Odom (Debbie), Frederick Odom (Esther), Ronald Odom (Kim), Darryl and David Odom (Demeter); three sisters, Gailyn Brock, Gwendolyn Askew (James) and Janet Odom; special friends, Mother Bertha Fitts, Edward and Cassandra Terry, Superintendent Camon Collins, Restoration Center COGIC, Powerhouse Church, and Friendly COGIC; forty god-children; numerous spiritual sons and daughters; as well as a host of aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews, former son-in-law, Darea Brazile and other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his older brother, Paul Odom, Jr. A memorial service will be held at 7:30 PM, Wednesday, September 19, 2007, at Greater Davis Chapel COGIC, 821 Miller Road, Garland, TX. The funeral service will be held at 1:00 PM, Saturday, September 22, 2007, at State Temple COGIC, 1618 Fessenden Street, Mattapan, MA. A committal service with military honors will be held at 12:45 PM, Monday, September 24, 2007, at the Massachusetts National Cemetery, Bourne, MA. To convey condolences or to sign an online registry, please visit www.tjmfuneral.com.


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Discussion in 'Olympus Cameras' started by Exposed, Nov 9, 2012.
Ok, I have the Olympus epl-2 with the 14-42 and find the I use the 14mm end most often. So I would like to get the Panny 14mm, but, the cost new is a bit out of my range at this point. I have read here about some getting them off ebay from China I think. I have never done this so I am asking anyone that has purchased one, where did they get it and from who.
I purchased mine from eBay seller "nomohideo2005" - looks like they have the lens in stock and shipped from the US. These are lenses that originally came as the kit lens with a Panasonic camera, and the seller is listing the lens and camera body separately.
The important thing to note is that the lens is shipped from inside the United States. So you won't wait weeks to get it. I got mine within 3 days I think. I've had no issues at all with the lens.
I too noticed I am using my (Panasonic) 14-42 kit zoom mostly at 14mm (thanks to Lightroom filters!) on my G3.
BUT - (apart from very small size and an extra stop of speed), is there any/much IQ benefit in using the Panansonic 14mm f2.5 prime lense instead of the kit lens at 14mm?
In other words, will I actually notice better IQ in my photographs?
Thank you for the answers everyone. I will check them all out.
I want the 14mm for the small size. That is about it.
Those are 2 very huge pluses for this lens. I used it as the only lens when I didn't want to bring too much stuff with me , especially in the evening. It is one of the few lenses that together with a small body can truly make the package portable/pocketable. However if these considerations are not important to you and you won't make use of it, then it's just not a lens for you.
Absolutely! The tiny size of this lens makes it very handy and the extra stop is a huge bonus in poor lighting. It also became my main pancake lens so that I could sell the 20mm and buy a 25mm.
Service was excellent, price was $170 or so, free shipping. Took a couple of weeks to get across the pond, but was kept "in the loop" by messages from the seller. Hurricane Sandy apparently had some effect on shipping speed even though it hit on the east coast.
The lens is new, but NOT in the original box and did NOT come with the Panasonic lens bag. The reason is that the lens was part of a camera kit that the seller(s) break open and sell as individual bits and pieces. The upside is the price, which was a hundred dollars lower than suggested retail.
Be advised - warranty service from Panasonic may be an issue if something goes wrong with the lens, since it was purchased "out of a kit", not retail packaging.
I would (and did) purchase only from a top ranked Ebay reseller on at item such as this.
Must resist the urge to keep buying more kit, haven't even used what I've got that much yet!


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Broadway Tours
Known as the Great White Way because the theater lights burned so brightly in the early days of electricity, New York City's Broadway has been the home of the New York theater district for almost 150 years. The history-drenched street is one of Manhattan's most famous thoroughfares, and many consider seeing a blockbuster Broadway show an essential New York City experience.
If you want to see a Broadway production with rave reviews (or any show, really), it's best to book tickets in advance. Broadway is No. 1 for a reason, with visitors and New Yorkers alike vying for prime tickets. Pricing can vary greatly per show and per showtime, making a theater excursion accessible for almost every budget. Shows range from the musical theater to the family friendly to the risque, so there's something for everyone to enjoy.
Aside from buying the coveted theater tickets, there are other options to take in the sights and history on Broadway. Visitors might opt for a behind-the-scenes walking tour to learn about NYC landmarks and legends before stepping into a theater and getting a deeper understanding of the venue's history, backstage stories, and the insider's details that put it on the map. Some tours are even led by a tour guide who is a former (or current) Broadway performer.
It's best to plan ahead and purchase tickets well in advance.
Plan to arrive with a full stomach (or go for a meal right afterward); food is not allowed in the theaters.
Dress code is smart casual.
Plan to arrive to your chosen show early to find your seat well before the curtains go up.
Most theaters are required to be wheelchair accessible.
How to Get to Broadway
Broadway (the street) runs diagonally north to south across the length of Manhattan. New York's Theater District runs along Broadway from 42nd to 53rd Street. The handiest New York City subways for the major theaters on Broadway are at Times Square, 49th Street, and Seventh Avenue.
When to Get There
Because the star attractions of Broadway are the (indoor) theater shows, you can visit year round. A great way to take in the sights is on a walking tour that combines theater history and a show.
Top-Grossing Broadway Shows of All Time
Along with the latest new hits, some famously long-running shows are still playing on Broadway, including the Tony Award-winning musical Chicago at the Ambassador Theater, Wicked at the George Gershwin, The Lion King at the Minskoff, and The Phantom of the Opera at the Majestic Theater. As it happens, these Broadway musicals are also some of the top-grossing shows of all times. The Book of Mormon is another favorite.
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Broadway Theaters and Times Square with a Broadway Actor
Don't settle for any average Broadway tour while you're visiting New York City. This Broadway theaters and Times Square tour gives you an insider's look with a guide who is actually a Broadway performer. Learn about the history and happenings of New York City's famous theater district, and hear the backstage stories about the stars of yesterday and today.
Full-Day New York "Must See" Small-Group Tour plus One World Observatory Ticket
Take in all the highlights of New York City on this comprehensive, one-of-a-kind tour. Explore the Big Apple like a New Yorker, as you walk, ride the subway and take the Staten Island ferry. Visit Times Square, the Broadway Theater District, Grand Central Terminal, the Brooklyn Bridge, the Statue of Liberty, and much more. Entrance to the One World Observatory is also included.
Disney on Broadway Behind-the-Scenes Walking Tour
Get more from the Theater District visit than if you were to explore independently. This Disney on Broadway behind-the-scenes walking tour takes you along Broadway Avenue and through this popular district to learn about its landmarks and musical history. Then, go inside Disney's New Amsterdam Theatre with an in-house historian to hear exclusive details about top Disney productions and to gain special access to the theater's props and costumes studio.
Private Theatre District Tour
Explore New York City's Theater District on a private 2-hour walking tour that introduces you to backstage stories and insider secrets of the Great White Way. With a private guide, walk through the area around Times Square to see theaters that have been home to legendary performances and Broadway stars. You'll hear about the history of live theater, including the early days of Vaudeville and the creation of the musical.
New York Premium Tour: Must See Sights, Private Double Decker, Cruise, Walking
Whether it's sightseeing on a double-decker bus, cruising to the Statue of Liberty, or exploring the Financial District, there are a few essential New York experiences that no traveler should miss. You can do all this and more with this top value combo tour experience, including over a dozen must-do New York attractions. With just one ticket, you can see more of the Big Apple, enjoy skyline views, and take advantage of the hassle-free included transportation.
New York Mafia and Local Food Tasting with Retired NYPD Guide
Tours resume September 22,2020..I'm a Line of Duty Retired NYPD Detective and lifetime resident of Little Italy. I bring you to places tour companies don't even know exist. The stories we discuss are all first-hand experiences- no script! From crime families and "red sauce" restaurants to some of the best cannoli on this side of the Atlantic, New York City's Little Italy is a neighborhood not to be missed. Get more out of your Little Italy experience with this 3- and a half hour walking tour. Uncover the mafia-related history of the neighborhood, hear a few true crime stories, and enjoy a dinner of food tastings—from handmade cheese to fresh baked pizza, eggplant parmigiana that will make momma jealous or spaghetti and meatball depending on tour/menu —all included. Experience the culture of Little Italy on this foodie-friendly guided tour. Visit the Lower East Side and Little Italy, and see where mobsters hung out and ran their elusive business. Guided by retired NYPD cop
THE TOUR New York City Powered by THE RIDE
Want to experience a side of Manhattan that not even locals see? This tour of New York City is a visual treat. Board the multimillion-dollar coach, loaded with stadium-style seats, all of which are side facing and allow for optimum views of the City that Never Sleeps. With multimedia to complement the views, the coach brings attractions such as Central Park, Rockefeller Center and Times Square to life. Learn about the history and culture of each place, as the immersive technology takes you inside each attraction like never before.
Private Central Park Walking Tour with a Personal Photographer
Make your visit to New York City unforgettable with this exclusive private tour and photo shoot in Central Park and Times Square. Your photographer-guide will snap pictures of your party as you visit Times Square, Central Park highlights like Strawberry Fields and Bethesda Fountain, and the Plaza Hotel. Includes tour, tips on navigating the Big Apple, and a zip drive with your photos delivered by email within 48 hours.
New York Walking Tour with Private Local Guide
Explore the top attractions of New York City on a private walking tour with an informative guide. Get an intimate look at Times Square, the Broadway Theater district, Rockefeller Center, New York Public Library, Grand Central Terminal, the 9/11 Memorial and Museum, and Wall Street. Includes hotel pickup and private guide.
Private Full-Day New York City Tour with Friendly Local Guide
Explore New York City's top attractions on a private tour that features top attractions and the chance to taste classics like New York-style pizza and high-quality coffee (own expense). Visit Central Park, Rockefeller Center, Times Square, Grand Central Terminal, the Broadway theater district, and the 9/11 Memorial, and get photo ops of the Brooklyn Bridge. Finish your tour at the One World Observatory observation deck, which offers a bird's-eye perspective over the Big Apple. Entrance fees are not included on this tour.
Hamilton Live!
Unlike other Manhattan walking tours, this unique tour allows you to see New York City through Alexander Hamilton's eyes. Follow your guide, a professional historical reenactor in character as Hamilton, around Manhattan as he points out Trinity Church, City Hall, and other landmarks familiar to him from his time in colonial New York. A great choice for history buffs—this tour is easy to fit into any busy schedule.
New York Midtown Tourist Scavenger Hunt
There are countless sightseeing tours of Midtown Manhattan, but only this scavenger hunt tour lets you explore the Big Apple through a series of engaging puzzles and challenges. On this smartphone-powered adventure, take in landmarks like Rockefeller Center and St. Patrick's Cathedral, a dozen locations from famous films, and iconic corners of the city like Times Square while working through New York City-themed clues.
Retired NYPD Guided Gangster, Crime and Food Walk
tours resume September 22,2020...First let me say that most Gangster Tours in New York City are total BS- This experience comes right from the "horse's mouth" no tour guide no filter. Get the real stories while visiting notorious gangland locations as we walk from the East Village to Little Italy experiencing what it was like to be an associate of New York's famous families. You'll hear first hand accounts of the NYC Mafia and crimes in NYC and taste the local cuisines. We will visit Crime Family member hang-outs where they ate, partied and ran their elusive "family businesses". Visit the locations tour companies don't even know exist. See the "Ravenite Social Club" and more. We meet at a famous mafia "red sauce joint" est 1908.. ample food provided. We'll top it off with a full-sized cannoli from one of Little Italy's iconic local pastry spots. To date I have hosted over 8,000 guests and have over 1,600 five-star ratings on Airbnb. This is not just another Mafia tour in New York.
Virtual Tour of New York Crime with Retired Police Guide
Join us VIRTUALLY as we go LIVE from New York. This tour is VIRTUAL. We will live steam our regular tour so you can join and PARTICIPATE from your Location on ANY device. With concerns for your health you're now able to JOIN US VIRTUALLY!! From crime families and "red sauce" restaurants to some of the best mafia meeting halls on this side of the Atlantic, New York City's Little Italy is a neighborhood not to be missed. Get more out of your Little Italy Mafia experience with this 3- and a half hour VIRTUAL tour, complete with a retired NYPD detective leading the way. Uncover the mafia-related history of the neighborhood, hear a few true crime stories. Experience the culture of Little Italy on this VIRTUAL guided tour. Visit the Lower East Side and Little Italy, and see where mobsters hung out and ran their elusive business. Guided by retired NYPD cop
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Campaign Finance: shuffling all that money into a brand new PAC
Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance
campaign finance, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission, PACs, Ryan Silvey
Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission:
C161391 12/05/2016 BUILDING CONSENSUS PAC Silvey for Missouri PO Box 10626 Gladstone MO 64118 12/5/2016 $351,440.17
That's a significant chunk of change. Let's see, Ryan Silvey (r) will term limit out of the state senate in 2020. There aren't any statewide offices up in 2020 that won't be held by republicans. What's a republican politician with a load of campaign cash to do? Maybe form a political action committee?
It's a brand spanking new PAC:
C161391: Building Consensus Pac
Committee Type: Political Action
1150 Grand Blvd Ste 270
Established Date: 12/05/2016
Angela Silvey
Building Consensus. Such a novel thought. There's only so much irony that a PAC name can hold…
Campaign Finance: Was it something Ryan Silvey (r) said?
17th Senate District, campaign finance, Josiah Bechthold, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission, Ryan Silvey
Someone is being punished.
Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission for Josiah Bechthold's (D) 17th Senate District campaign:
C161027 05/25/2016 COMMITTEE TO ELECT BECHTHOLD David Humphreys P.O. Box 4050 Joplin MO 64803 Tamko 5/13/2016 $25,000.00
Interesting. Up to the last quarterly campaign finance report filed for Bechthold's (D) campaign:
MISSOURI ETHICS COMMISSION
COMMITTEE STATEMENT OF LIMITED ACTIVITY
COMMITTEE TO ELECT BECHTHOLD [pdf]
I CERTIFY THAT NEITHER THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED NOR THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF EXPENDITURES MADE BY THE COMMITTEE EXCEEDED FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
Then again, Ryan Silvey (r), the incumbent, doesn't appear to need any help:
C051232: Silvey For Missouri
Committee Type: Candidate
Po Box 10626 Party Affiliation: Republican
Gladstone Mo 64118 Established Date: 10/17/2005
Information Reported On: 2016 – April Quarterly Report
Beginning Money on Hand $490,382.32
Monetary Receipts + $8,050.00
Monetary Expenditures – $18,198.80
Contributions Made – $0.00
Other Disbursements – $0.00
Subtotal ($10,148.80)
Ending Money On Hand $480,233.52
With the exception of Josiah Bechthold's campaign David Humphreys has not exactly been a regular large dollar donor for Democratic Party candidates in 2016:
MECID Committee Name Report Contributor Name/Address Employer/Occupation Contribution Date Contribution Amount Monetary/In-Kind Committee
C071030 FRIENDS OF ANDREW KOENIG 48 Hour Report of Contribution Received Over $5000 David Humphreys PO BOX 4050 Joplin MO 64803 Tamko Building 02/18/2016 $50,000.00 Monetary No
C101063 DR DAN BROWN FOR SENATE 48 Hour Report of Contribution Received Over $5000 David Humphreys PO BOX 4050 Joplin MO 64803 Tamco – Owner 02/22/2016 $250,000.00 Monetary No
C131147 FRIENDS OF ROB VESCOVO 48 Hour Report of Contribution Received Over $5000 David Humphreys PO Box 1404 Joplin MO 64802 Tamko Building Products, Inc – President & CEO 02/04/2016 $50,000.00 Monetary No
C141581 MISSOURIANS FOR RANDLES 48 Hour Report of Contribution Received Over $5000 David Humphreys PO Box 4050 Joplin MO 64803 TAMKO Building Products – Executive 01/11/2016 $50,000.00 Monetary No
C151004 ASHCROFT FOR MISSOURI 48 Hour Report of Contribution Received Over $5000 David Humphreys P.O. Box 4050 Joplin MO 64803 TAMKO Building Products, Inc. – President and CEO 01/16/2016 $50,000.00 Monetary No
C151102 EIGEL FOR MISSOURI 48 Hour Report of Contribution Received Over $5000 David Humphreys PO Box 4050 Joplin MO 64803 Self Employed – Manufacturing 05/06/2016 $50,000.00 Monetary No
C151132 HAWLEY FOR MISSOURI 48 Hour Report of Contribution Received Over $5000 David Humphreys PO Box 4050 Joplin MO 64803 Tamko Building Products – Executive 05/02/2016 $500,000.00 Monetary No
C151174 COMMITTEE FOR ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNMENT IN MISSOURI 48 Hour Report of Contribution Received Over $5000 David Humphreys PO Box 4050 Joplin MO 64803 TAMKO – Executive 03/18/2016 $250,000.00 Monetary No
C161027 COMMITTEE TO ELECT BECHTHOLD 48 Hour Report of Contribution Received Over $5000 David Humphreys P.O. Box 4050 Joplin MO 64803 Tamko 05/13/2016 $25,000.00 Monetary No
And neither in 2015:
C151004 ASHCROFT FOR MISSOURI 48 Hour Report of Contribution Received Over $5000 David Humphreys PO Box 4050 Joplin MO 64803 Tamko Building Products, Inc. – President and CEO 11/28/2015 $50,000.00 Monetary No
C151102 EIGEL FOR MISSOURI 48 Hour Report of Contribution Received Over $5000 David Humphreys PO Box 4050 Joplin MO 64803 Self-Employed – Manufacturing 11/28/2015 $50,000.00 Monetary No
C151174 COMMITTEE FOR ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNMENT IN MISSOURI 48 Hour Report of Contribution Received Over $5000 David Humphreys P O Box 4050 Joplin MO 64803 TAMKO – Owner 09/14/2015 $500,000.00 Monetary No
It must have been something he said.
Pass the popcorn.
Campaign Finance: making the rubble bounce
17th Senate District, campaign finance, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission, Ryan Silvey
The end of the year is fast approaching. Along with that, the end of the year campaign contributions will be ramping up, too.
Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission for Ryan Silvey's (r) 17th Senate District reelection campaign:
C051232 12/17/2015 SILVEY FOR MISSOURI White Dog Properties LLC 1111 S Glenstone Ste. 2-100 Springfield MO 65804 12/17/2015 $15,000.00
C051232 12/17/2015 SILVEY FOR MISSOURI CHIPP Political Account 1401 Hampton Ave 3rd Floor St Louis MO 63139 11/16/2015 $10,000.00
C051232 12/17/2015 SILVEY FOR MISSOURI White Dog Asset Holding LLC 1111 S Glenstone Ste. 2-100 Sprinfield MO 65804 12/17/2015 $15,000.00
That's a lot of money, even for a state senate reelection campaign.
What's in the kitty (from the October quarterly campaign finance report)?:
Information Reported On: 2015 – October Quarterly Report
Monetary Receipts + $60,450.00
Subtotal $48,786.56
Yeah, that additional $40,000.00 will certainly help make the rubble bounce before November 2016.
Interestingly the White Dog entities made the same contributions in 2014:
C051232 02/20/2014 SILVEY FOR MISSOURI White Dog Asset Holding LLC 1111 S Glenstone Ste 2-100 Springfield MO 65804 2/20/2014 $15,000.00
C051232 02/20/2014 SILVEY FOR MISSOURI White Dog Properties LLC 1111 S Glenstone Ste 2-100 Springfield MO 65804 2/20/2014 $15,000.00
That, too, was a nice chunk of change.
How we know Obamacare is a success …
18 Saturday Apr 2015
Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized
ACA, Affordable Care Act, healthcare, Hospital mergers, Kit Bond, Medicaid expansion, missouri, Obamacare, Ryan Silvey
So how do we know that Obamacare is a success? There's all the standard measures: enrollment numbers, decreases in uninsured, stable or dropping medical costs, deficit savings, etc. – which are all looking great, by the way. And then there's Kit Bond's recent Op-Ed in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
An editorial note at the end of the post, notes that Bond's lobbying firm has taken on the thankless task of promoting the Obamacare Medicare expansion – an expansion that the obdurate, anti-Obama, ideologically-blindered State Legislature just won't countenance (if you listen carefully you just might hear the sound of tiny stamping feet and spluttering screams of "no, no, we won't, you can't make us" echoing off in the distance). The Op-Ed reveals Bond's strategy for dealing with the ferocious anti-Obama-on-funny-but-misguided-principle crowd in and out of the legislature: pretend that Medicaid expansion has nothing to do with the loathsome program.
The first thing you will note about the Op-Ed is it's evasiveness. It only mentions the Medicaid expansion once, near the end of the piece, and only equates it with the Obamacare legislation obliquely. Instead, Bond, cleverly cries a few tears over the problem of hospital closings in Missouri, problems he attributes mostly to "Obamacare-mandated cuts in funds hospitals receive for uncompensated care – the care hospitals are required by law to provide regardless of folks' ability to pay."
Since Bond knows his audience very well, he fails to point out that these hospital closings could far more honestly be attributed to the failure of the legislature to accept the Medicaid expansion funds offered through Obamacare, funds for care which was intended to take the place of the emergency room as the main mechanism for care of the uninsured and so offset the loss of federal emergency care dollars – and emergency room care is, incidentally, a far more costly and inefficient way of dealing with the uninsured than granting insurance through Medicaid. Aren't Republicans supposed to be the financially responsible ones?
Instead Bond argues that the answer to the loss of these funds is to enable hospital mergers as a way to keep the hospitals pinched by the loss of emergency room funds functioning in underserved communities. And then he decries the fact that the Federal Trade Commisison (FTC) review process, which has the power to okay or deep-six a proposed merger, is, guess what, thorough. Or, the short version, the FTC does what it's supposed to do and Bond knows that that gets his intended audience hot under the collar because, you know, big government:
Despite helping to create the problem for hospitals with expensive new mandates and cuts to reimbursements, the federal government is now making it difficult for these hospitals to deploy this private-sector solution. Currently, the Federal Trade Commission is moving painfully slow to evaluate any proposed merger or system expansion. Reviewing applications through the narrow lens of a century-old anti-trust law, the FTC is taking months or even years of bureaucratic analysis to approve these hospital partnerships – often too late for a community on the brink of losing its only hospital and largest employer.
Despite Bond's anti-Obamacare, anti-FTC song-and-dance, Obamacare has actually been fueling hospital consolidation. But, Bond's encomium to the merged entity that became BJC HealthCare in the St. Louis area offers only one view of the possible outcomes of such mergers. Ill-considered consolidations have the potential to raise consumer prices, create physical access problems, as well as barriers to access to reproductive health services. As an article in Becker's Hospital Review points out, there are a number of factors that determine whether a merger will be benign or harmful. Hence the FTC review process. It's there to protects us, the consumers of health services – something Republicans don't seem to understand or care about.
But of course, this whole, lengthy argument is not the real point of Bond's Op-Ed, and is stealthily followed by this little tidbit:
Inaction by legislators in Jefferson City is also putting our health care safety net in Missouri at risk. State Sen. Ryan Silvey, R-Kansas City, has proposed a solution to reform our state's Medicaid program that would increase access to care for hardworking Missourians, protect our health care safety net in rural and urban communities, and safeguard the state's budget.
Unfortunately, anger over Obamacare has confused the issue, and right now, legislators are refusing to consider this common-sense solution … .
Senator Silvey's proposal? Simply a way to try to make Obamacare Medicaid expansion somewhat palatable to the GOP heads-up-their-backsides contingent of the state lege. Such expansion, all by itself, could take care of the squeeze that the loss of federal emergency room dollars creates for hospitals. But – and here's the magic of Bond's rhetoric – in this article, it's been aligned with "common-sense," GOP-acceptable solutions to healthcare problems that Bond alleges to have been caused by that big winger bogey, big government, including – wait for it – Obamacare itself. One could read this article and leave persuaded that Silvey's proposals have nothing to do with Obamacare and are only exciting opposition because the tentacles of evil Obamacare have confused the thinking of the poor souls in the Missouri capital.
Wow! Talk about tangled logic. Kit Bond, I salute you.
What this tells us is that conservatives who are capable of distinguishing their front from their backsides, know that Obamacare is a success and that now is the time to get Missouri in on it and let Missourians share that success. The deviousness of this piece of casuistry also reaffirms that reasonable conservatives also understand the real reason that Missourians don't have this benefit – unbalanced, hysterical hatred of Barack Obama on the part of GOPers who can't accept the failure of the dream of the conservative Reich that took root during the Bush years, and on the part of constituents who either fear and hate the black man in the white house, mostly because of that black-white dichotomy, or who credulously swallow all the nonsense their Foxified leaders have been spewing in their war against the godless, socialist Kenyan and his Nazi hordes.
And the funny thing? Politicians like Bond were more than willing to fan this hysterical fervor; they thought it was their ticket back into power. Now they have to serve it – or, as Bond is trying to do in his Op-Ed, trick the true believers and give GOPers in the lege a way to save face. Because Obamacare is a success and now we know they know it too – they just can't say it out loud.
Ryan Silvey plays offense for tax-cuts
constitutional amendments, Educational funding, HB253, Jay Nixon, missouri, Ryan Silvey, SJR45, tax cuts, Tax policy, Tim Jones
Last year Governor Nixon froze $400 million worth of spending allocated for education, state services and capital improvements. He took this action in order to make it clear that efforts by the legislature to override his veto of HB253 would result in long-term damage to state revenue that would have to be offset by reallocating funds:
"The choice before us is stark and clear," Nixon told reporters. "Members of the General Assembly can either support House Bill 253 or they can support education, but they can't do both."
The Governor's dramatic action, which simply underlined the detailed evidence he had already made available to support his arguments against the tax-cut, seemed to have worked. HB253 went down in figurative flames, enabling Nixon to free up some of the frozen funds.
Given the braying about spending offsets for every piece of social services spending that we get from national Republican legislators, you'd expect our GOP homies would understand how it works and man up. But no way. Nixon's strategy enraged plenty of Republicans who were confident that they were going to be able to deliver a juicy tax-cut for their corporate patrons. Who, after all, likes to be outplayed, especially when, to all appearances, one holds all the cards?
But elephants never forget, and state GOPers now think they've figured out a way to get payback and thwart future efforts to make education the topic when they want it to be nothing but tax-cuts:
The Missouri Constitution allows the governor to control the rate appropriations are spent and to reduce spending when state revenues are less than the estimate upon which the budget is based.
Republican Sen. Ryan Silvey, of Kanas City, has proposed a constitutional amendment that would exclude spending through the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education from that budget-trimming authority. A constitutional amendment would require a statewide vote if it passes the Legislature.
There you have it: Rep. Silvey's SJR45 , a tit-for-tat move that, by putting a constitutional amendment on the state ballot, seeks to tilt the playing board for future tax policy games. It's an interesting move since Missouri House Speaker Tim Jones claimed that the Governor was violating the constitution last year. The fact that nobody took the Governor to court and that the GOP is now hoping to ask Missourians to amend their constitution, suggests that they didn't really think the constitutional objection had much weight. Republicans were simply playing the empty constitutional card that they always pull when they've not got anything else up their sleeves.
Although the true purpose of of Silvey's gambit is clear, he also wants to pose as a stalwart supporter of education by ignoring the context the Governor's actions, the threat posed by the Republican corporate tax-cut, tweeting "Today I filed SJR45 to amend the MO Constitution to prohibit the Governor from withholding money from schools. Education is too important. " Damn straight education's important. That's why the Governor did what he did.
Silvey later added, "My SJR45 will finally remove school kids from being a piece on the Governor's political chess board." I don't know about you, but I'd be glad to let the Governor use my children as pieces on his "political chess board" if it saved their schools from Republican raids on the state's revenue stream. Good schools cost money. Heck, even mediocre schools cost money. Tax-cuts for corporations and rich people take the money we need for schools, among other things, and, to be honest, they haven't done much for the economy of states that have beggared themselves through this type of tax-cutting. What we ought to be asking Silvey is, if he's so big on eduction, why isn't he proposing a way to secure some new revenue to pay for it?
Nobody wants to hurt education and, in general, at any rate, everybody likes the idea of tax-cuts, but the two are tightly linked in Missouri, a state that currently can't manage to properly fund its schools. Why does it bother Republicans so much when this linkage is made explicit? Why can't they be upfront about the consequences of their low- or no-tax philosophy? And finally, why should anyone vote for Silvey's constitutional amendment, which is no more than a cynical effort to checkmate a Governor who's trying against all odds to improve Missouri's mediocre educational system.
Campaign Finance: that would make cents…
campaign finance, missouri, Missouri EthicsCommission, Ryan Silvey
Today, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:
C051232	03/20/2013	SILVEY FOR MISSOURI	The Cranford Coalition 1610 W. 3rd St. Little Rock AR 72201 3/19/2013	$25,000.00
Senator Ryan Silvey was sworn into office Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013 to represent the 17th Senatorial District. The 17th District is located in the Southwest corner of Clay County, and includes parts of Kansas City, Gladstone, Oaks, Oakwood, Oakwood Park, Oakview, Liberty, Glenaire, Pleasant Valley, Claycomo, North Kansas City, Avondale, Randolph and Birmingham.
Senator Silvey serves as vice chairman of the Senate Committee for Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight. He also serves on several other committees, including: Appropriations; General Laws; Progress and Development; and Veterans' Affairs and Health.
As an 8th generation Missourian, Sen. Silvey was raised in Clay County, where he attended Meadowbrook Elementary, Antioch Middle and Oak Park High Schools. After graduating from college, Sen. Silvey became an advisor to U.S. Senator Christopher S. "Kit" Bond on issues such as Science, Technology, Space Policy and National Defense.
Before winning his election to a four-year term in the State Senate, Sen. Silvey served four terms in the Missouri House of Representatives, from 2005 through 2012. During that time he was vice chairman of the Small Business Committee, vice chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, vice chairman of the Appropriations General Administration Committee, chairman of the Appropriations General Administration Committee and chairman of the Joint Committee on Capital Improvements and Leases Oversight….
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Missouri GOP health care tantrum continues in new legislative session
09 Monday Jan 2012
ACA, Affordable Care Act, budget crisis, Insurance mandate, missouri, Rob Meyer, Ryan Silvey
In 2008 a majority of Americans elected Barack Obama to be president. He ran on promises of reforming health care; his plans were well vetted in the primary contest and in the presidential campaign, during which the possible ways to address health care reform were fully discussed. After taking office, Obama proceeded to fulfill that important campaign promise in spite of a cabal of timid, industry-owned Democrats and Republicans in full tantrum mode. As a result of the President's perserverance, Americans have, thanks to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), more options for better health care than we had before – and Republicans have spent almost four two years misrepresenting that fact, still kicking, screaming and going blue in the face because President Obama managed, despite their best efforts, to fulfill his election promise to the American people.
Today, Missouri, according to House Budget Chair, Ryan Silvey (R-38), is going over the budget "cliff." After several years of a large GOP legislative majority, the state is in worse state than ever.
There are, of course, many possible reasons why the state in in bad shape – perhaps it has something to do with a legislative agenda that is devoted to making the middle class and working people pay for business incentives that don't seem to incentivize all that much, or maybe it's the fault of GOP legislators working so hard to please various industry lobbyists that they end up at odds with their own partisans – as was the case during the Special Session last fall.
Of course, if those reasons don't seem sufficient, you might look at legislative priorities like those of Senate President Pro Tem Rob Meyer (R-25). In view of the perilous condition of the State's finances, it's hard to figure out why one of Meyer's major priorities is to try to undercut the ACA. Specifically, Meyer supports:
… a measure that would ask voters to amend the state constitution to prohibit government mandates to have health insurance. Missouri voters overwhelmingly passed a similar law in 2010. But the proposed amendment could have greater strength, and would put the issue back on the ballot as President Barack Obama seeks re-election.
Mayer also backs a bill to prohibit creation of a state-run health insurance exchange unless specifically authorized by the Legislature or voters. The federal health care law gives states until 2014 to create such exchanges, or else federal officials will do so.
Of course, as is suggested above, it's possible that the continuing GOP hissy fit about the ACA isn't totally about acting like bad-tempered, spoiled children. At least part of the answer to Meyer's desire to heat up the health care reform debate again might owe something to the political gamesmanship that seems to underlie much of the behavior of today's GOP. Meyer and pals are all probably hoping that by blowing the health care dog whistle, they'll reanimate the useful idiots in the Tea Party during an election year.
But no matter why, it's too bad that our legislators are still bellowing about the ACA while the state careens into financial rapids. It's even worse that they're still determined to make sure that nothing is done to reform a health care system that will otherwise soon be on the skids.
Slightly edited for clarity.
Now it's getting interesting
28 Monday Nov 2011
Emma Sullivan, Kansas, missouri, Ryan Silvey, Sam Brownback, Twitter
Previously: Evidently Kansas Governor Sam Brownback (r) doesn't believe in the First Amendment… (November 24, 2011)
A Missouri republican gets in on the act.
@RyanSilvey Ryan Silvey
So, a teenage girl acts childish on Twitter, a Governor's staff overreacts & days later we care why? #15minutesareup 2 hours ago
Who is childish, the teenager or the adults?
Ryan Silvey @RyanSilvey Kansas City
Missouri State Representative for District 38, Chairman of the House Budget Committee and candidate for State Senate in 2012.
@johnburnettkc John Burnett
Oh touchy! RT @RyanSilvey: So, a teenage girl acts childish on Twitter, a Governor's staff overreacts & days later we care why?| hypocrisy? 7 minutes ago
Uh, yep.
Emma Sullivan Apology: Kansas High School Student Not Sorry About Sam Brownback Tweet
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Kansas teenager who wrote a disparaging tweet about Gov. Sam Brownback said Sunday that she is rejecting her high school principal's demand for a written apology.
Emma Sullivan, 18, of the Kansas City suburb of Fairway, said she isn't sorry and doesn't think such a letter would be sincere…..
It's going to be really interesting to watch right wingnut republicans fall all over themselves as they rush get in line to condemn the First Amendment and free political speech.
Pearl clutching hypocrites.
Emma Sullivan, via Twitter:
@emmakate988 Emma Sullivan
I've decided not to write the letter but I hope this opens the door for average citizens to voice their opinion & to be heard! #goingstrong 1 hour ago
Update II: It took a while, but it looks like a certain amount of grudging sanity prevailed from the folks who are supposed to be adults. From the Shawnee Mission School District, via the Kansas City NBC affiliate:
District officials have reviewed recent events surrounding the reported tweet by Shawnee Mission East High School student Emma Sullivan. The district acknowledges a student's right to freedom of speech and expression is constitutionally protected.
The district has not censored Miss Sullivan nor infringed upon her freedom of speech. She is not required to write a letter of apology to the Governor. Whether and to whom any apologies are issued will be left to the individuals involved.
The issue has resulted in many teachable moments concerning the use of social media. The district does not intend to take any further action on this matter.
Somebody did some research.
Also, from the same NBC report, Governor Brownback issued a statement:
My staff over-reacted to this tweet, and for that I apologize. Freedom of speech is among our most treasured freedoms.
I enjoyed speaking to the more than 100 students who participated in the Youth in Government Program at the Kansas Capitol. They are our future.
I also want to thank the thousands of Kansas educators who remind us daily of our liberties, as well as the values of civility and decorum.
Again, I apologize for our over-reaction.
That is what we call a teachable moment – on how to issue a bland apology in public relations speak.
38th Legislative District: the set up for November
38th Legislative District, campaign finance, Josh Reed, Ryan Silvey
We've written on this race previously:
38th Legislative District – first quarter campaign finance reports
The August 5, 2008 primary results:
State Representative – District 38 Precincts Reporting 3 of 3
Silvey, Ryan REP 1,089 83.4%
McIntire, Marcus P. REP 217 16.6%
Reed, Josh DEM 1,414 100.0%
Total Votes 2,720
Democratic challenger Josh Reed and his "grass rootsie" campaign will face republican incumbent Ryan Silvey and all that big money in the November general election.
Let's take a look at those campaign finance reports. First, the second quarter 2008 campaign finance report filed with the Missouri Ethics Commission by Josh Reed (D) on July 14th:
Detailed Summary of Committee Disclosure Report
Committe[e]: JOSHUA REED FOR CHANGE
1. TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THIS ELECTION PREVIOUSLY REPORTED $8,947.72
2. ALL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED THIS PERIOD $3,277.50
8. FUNDS USED FOR REPAYING LOANS THIS PERIOD	$1,680.00
9. TOTAL ALL RECEIPTS THIS ELECTION(SUM 1B + 7A – 8A)	$10,545.22
10. TOTAL EXPENDITURES FOR THIS ELECTION PREVIOUSLY REPORTED	$693.74
11. EXPENDITURES MADE BY CASH OR CHECK THIS PERIOD	$3,861.95
15. TOTAL EXPENDITURES THIS ELECTION (SUM 10B + 14A)	$4,555.69
28. MONEY ON HAND AT THE CLOSE OF THIS REPORTING PERIOD (SUM 25 + 26 – 27)	$4,577.41
Let's look at where the money came from:
Detailed Summary of Contributions And Loans Received
Committee: JOSHUA REED FOR CHANGE
Report Date: 7/14/2008
MO. State UAW PAC Hazelwood, MO 06/12/2008 $325.00
38th District Legislative Comm. Kansas City, MO 06/30/2008 $550.00
8th Ward Democratic Committee Kansas City, MO 05/05/2008 $200.00
Committee for a Safer City Kansas City, MO 05/08/2008 $50.00
13. TOTAL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSONS GIVING $100 OR LESS	$1,025.00
A little bit of organized labor, a few party committees, individual contributions, and those "grass rootsie" small contributions. That looks like balance to me.
The expenditures:
Detailed Summary of Expenditures And Contributions Made
Committe: JOSHUA REED FOR CHANGE
ReportDate: 7/14/2008
A. EXPENDITURES OF $100 OR LESS BY CATEGORY
Office Max Photocopying $22.55
Platte County Federated Women's Club Breakfast	$40.00
Melissa Pruetting Childcare	$16.25
Missouri Ethics Commission	$60.00
Shell Gas Station	$50.00
Obama for America Volunteer Prizes	$44.60
B. ITEMIZED EXPENDITURES ALL OVER $100 AND ALL PAYMENTS TO CAMPAIGN WORKERS
Postmaster Smithville, MO 04/30/2008 $250.00
Service Printing Kansas City, MO 05/28/2008 $350.11
Service Printing Kansas City, MO 06/04/2008 $2,026.31
Obama for America Chicago, IL 06/19/2008 $296.00
Mail! Printing! Signs? Do you think his campaign committee name gives away his inspiration?
Okay, let's go through his 8 day before the primary election report filed with the Missouri Ethics Commission on July 28th:
1. TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THIS ELECTION PREVIOUSLY REPORTED $10,545.22
2. ALL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED THIS PERIOD $0.00
Do you get the feeling that this campaign is being planned around a kitchen table? You've got to love it.
No contributions in the two week period (come on people, you know what to do), so let's look at those expenditures:
Report[ ]Date: 7/28/2008
Linn Marketing	$10.00
Salvation Army Office Supplies	$14.95
Shell Gas Station – Fuel	$52.70
Gas N Stuff – Fuel	$56.63
Voicent Communications Cupertino, CA 07/15/2008 $895.00
Predictive dialing. Work those phones.
Now, let's take a look at the big money republican incumbent. Ryan Silvey (r) filed his second quarter 2008 campaign finance report with the Missouri Ethics Commission on July 15th:
Committe: CITIZENS FOR RYAN SILVEY
15. TOTAL EXPENDITURES THIS ELECTION (SUM 10B + 14A)	$30,855.18
28. MONEY ON HAND AT THE CLOSE OF THIS REPORTING PERIOD (SUM 25 + 26 – 27)	$26,337.30
Money, money, money, mo-ney. Money!
The contributions:
Committee: CITIZENS FOR RYAN SILVEY
PT-PAC of Missouri 05/28/2008 325.00
Teamsters 245 PAF Springfield, MO 04/15/2008 $350.00
Embarq Employee PAC of MO Jefferson City, MO 05/05/2008 $250.00
Kansas City Life Employees PAC Fund I Kansas City, MO 06/20/2008 $300.00
Citizens for Ruestman 06/18/2008 $100.00
Community Health Access Committee Jefferson City, MO 05/05/2008 $250.00
Missouri Republican Leadership Council St. Louis, MO 06/11/2008 $300.00
Missouri State Council Fire Fighters PAC St. Louis, MO 06/23/2008 $325.00
Missouri Medical Jefferson City, MO 06/30/2008 $325.00
Missouri Health Care Assoc. PAC Jefferson City, MO 04/21/2008 $325.00
District 7 MHCA PAC 236 Jefferson City, MO 04/21/2008 $325.00
Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers Jefferson City, MO 05/05/2008 $325.00
Teamsters Local 688 St. Louis, MO 04/29/2008 $325.00
Missouri State Chiropractors Assoc. Jefferson City, MO 05/05/2008 $325.00
Teamsters Local 955 Kansas City, MO 06/13/2008 $325.00
Missouri Financial Services PAC Jefferson City, MO 05/05/2008 $325.00
AGC of St. Louis St. Louis, MO 06/12/2008 $325.00
Missouri Cable PAC Jefferson City, MO 05/05/2008 $325.00
Missouri Independent Bankers Assoc. Liberty, MO 04/14/2008 $325.00
Missouri Assoc. of Nurse Anesthetists 05/28/2008 $325.00
MHA PAC for Health Jefferson City, MO 05/08/2008 $325.00
AMECPAC Jefferson City, MO 05/05/2008 $325.00
11. TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED AT FUND-RAISERS AS REPORTED IN LINE 8 ON FORM CD 1A	$0.00
12. TOTAL ANONYMOUS CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSONS GIVING $25 OR LESS	$0.00
13. TOTAL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSONS GIVING $100 OR LESS	$0.00
14. TOTAL IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSONS (NOT COMMITTEES) GIVING $100 OR LESS	$0.00
What? No small dollar contributors? If truth in advertising were required for campaign committee names Ryan Silvey would have to change his to "Corporate Interests for Silvey" (pace our good friends in the Teamsters and Firefighters).
Where did he spend the money?:
Committe[e]: CITIZENS FOR RYAN SILVEY
A. EXPENDITURES OF $
100 OR LESS BY CATEGORY
Food	$61.14
Gas	$439.20
Copies	$3.51
Office Supplies	$84.60
Public Storage Gladstone, MO 05/05/2008	Storage $106.00
Humphrey, Farrington & McClain Independence, MO 64051	04/29/2008 Legal Services/Research $4,000.00
Almar Printing Kansas City, MO 06/12/2008	Printing $1,141.89
Public Storage Gladstone, MO 04/03/2008	Storage $98.00
Storage?
Okay, who spends $4000.00 on legal fees for a campaign when your name isn't Matt Blunt?
Next we'll go through Ryan Silvey's 8 day before the primary election report filed with the Missouri Ethics Commission on July 28th:
Let's see where all that money came from in less than two weeks:
19th Legislative District Republican Committee St. Charles, MO 07/23/2008 $1,500.00
Labor, PACs, and party committees.
Still? No small dollar individual contributions? He must be trying really hard to not accept them.
Expenditures:
Public Storage Gladstone, MO 07/03/2008	Storage
1866 [aggregate amount to date]	$106.00
He's still storing something. I wonder what? His parade car?!
Silvey also filed 24 hour reports listing contributions from PACs on July 29th (pdf), July 31st (pdf), and August 4th (pdf).
This race has a grass roots populist David vs. Goliath feel to it. How about helping out David with a few stones for his sling? You all know what to do.
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JOSHUA REED FOR CHANGE
205 NW 73RD ST
GLADSTONE MO 64118


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Works of Britten and Schubert shine in this program with equal intensity and tenderness. Schubert's String Quartet, D. 87, written when he was only 16 years old, provides a youthful counterpoint to Britten's String Quartet, No. 3, written within the final year of his life. The lyrical Auf dem Strom for tenor, horn, and piano offers a personal narrative of loss and memory that complements the Canticle's public commemoration of the 1940 London Raids.
Miles Mykkanen, tenor; Radovan Vlatković, horn; YooJin Jang & Tessa Lark, violin; Kei Tojo, viola; Christoph Richter, cello; Lydia Brown, piano
Britten: Canticle III: Still Falls the Rain
Schubert: Quartet in E-flat Major, D. 87
Schubert: Auf dem Strom, D. 943
Britten: Quartet No. 3
Since its founding in 1951, Marlboro Music has transformed the world of chamber music and played a vital role in developing generations of new musical leaders. Marlboro was created by eminent pianist Rudolf Serkin—its artistic director until his death in 1991—and co-founders Adolf and Herman Busch, and Marcel, Blanche, and Louis Moyse.
Over the ensuing decades, Marlboro was a vital gathering place and musical oasis for many renowned artists of the late 20th century, including cellist and conductor Pablo Casals; pianists Mieczysław Horszowski and Eugene Istomin; violinists Pina Carmirelli, Isidore Cohen, Felix Galimir, and Sándor Végh; cellists Madeline Foley and David Soyer; clarinetist Harold Wright; and soprano Benita Valente. Marlboro has also attracted acclaimed composers including Leon Kirchner (who helped to establish a resident composer program here in the 1970s), Samuel Barber, Elliott Carter, Aaron Copland, George Crumb, Luigi Dallapiccola, George Perle, and Gunther Schuller.
Since the Guarneri String Quartet formed at Marlboro in 1964, former participants have formed or joined many outstanding ensembles, including the Brentano, Cleveland, Emerson, Johannes, Juilliard, Mendelssohn, Orion, St. Lawrence, Takács, Tokyo, Vermeer, and Ying Quartets; the Beaux Arts, Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson and Mannes Trios; TASHI; the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center; and other prominent festivals, series, and summer programs. Other Marlboro artists are now principal chair members of leading symphonic and opera orchestras world-wide; are among today's most sought-after recording and solo artists; or are acclaimed teachers at prominent conservatories and universities.
Today, Marlboro continues to thrive under the leadership of Mitsuko Uchida and Jonathan Biss, remaining true to its core ideals while incorporating fresh ideas and inspiration.
Marlboro Music Festival Website
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Yesterday's World Mental Health day saw the return of the most successful 'Tea and Talk' afternoon. Not only was this an opportunity for friends and strangers to discuss the many areas of mental health, but it was also used as an opportunity to raise much needed funds as donations to The Mental Health Foundation, the UK's leading charity in the field of research and development in mental health. If you missed out on the event, and you want to know a little bit more about depression from first hand experience, why not check out the book 'Depression Can Be Fun' by Helen McNallen. New to our site, it's a frank and honest story of one woman's journey as she her battles her way through depression and into recovery. This unusually titled book highlights the 'black comedy' of her experiences, and delightfully describes how she chose to swap pharmaceutical drugs in favour of using several holistic approaches to combating her depression, including her very successful use of Vegepa. This book is certainly of use to anyone suffering from (or knows someone who suffers from) depression, and as well as anything else you may gain, will have you in stitches! A recommended read!


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The 'Bay of Islands' was how Cook described the area two centuries ago, and the simplicity of his name masks the diversity of its charm.The subtleties of its attraction lie as much in the graceful fusion of sea with land as in the manoeuvres of Man – of Maori, whaler, missionary, and later, settler. The Bay, studded with over 150 islands, is a 'drowned river system', an area where the sea has invaded and drowned a number of river valleys. Its sheltered waters offer some of the finest boating and fishing to be found anywhere, and the menus of local restaurants reflect the abundance of marine life in the Bay.
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A man and his wife were arrested here on Sunday with fake currency notes with face value of Rs 5 crore, police said.
The couple also, allegedly, offered to help companies get income tax benefits by accepting sham donations under the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) scheme.
"Acting on a specific tip-off, Nikhil Kumar Singh (29) and his wife Poonam Agrawal (30) were arrested by a special team of Raipur Crime Branch and local police for allegedly being involved in printing and possessing counterfeit currency notes," Raipur Additional Superintendent of Police Praful Kumar Thakur told PTI.
Fake notes in denomination of Rs 2,000, a printer, laptop and a paper cutting machine were recovered from their flat in Rajendra Nagar area here, he said.
While Singh is a native of Bihar, his wife hails from Bilaspur town of Chhattisgarh, he said.
Probe revealed that the couple allegedly told companies that if they deposited the funds earmarked for CSR activities in a particular NGO as donation, 80 per cent of the amount will be returned after deducting 20 per cent as a commission.
It will help the companies avail of income tax concessions and get the 'donated' money back as well, the couple allegedly told the prospective clients.
A case has been registered with New Rajendra Nagar police station and further investigation is on, ASP Thakur added.


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Trecentosessantotto (368) è il numero naturale dopo il 367 e prima del 369.

Proprietà matematiche
È un numero pari.
È un numero composto con 10 divisori: 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 23, 46, 92, 184, 368. Poiché la somma dei divisori (escluso il numero stesso) è 376 > 368, è un numero abbondante.
È un numero felice.
È un numero pratico.
È un numero congruente.
È parte delle terne pitagoriche (276, 368, 460), (368, 465, 593), (368, 1026, 1090), (368, 1449, 1495), (368, 2100, 2132), (368, 4224, 4240), (368, 8460, 8468), (368, 16926, 16930), (368, 33855, 33857).
È un numero palindromo e un numero a cifra ripetuta nel sistema di numerazione posizionale a base 22 (GG).
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Astronomia
 368P/NEAT è una cometa periodica del sistema solare.
 368 Haidea è un asteroide della fascia principale del sistema solare.

Astronautica
 Cosmos 368 è un satellite artificiale russo.

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The city of dehradun is well emerging as one of the fastest growing software and industrial market in Uttarakhand with a number of top companies that are growing up in the valley that are related to different sectors. Also due to the huge development that going up in the city it is well expected for big MNC companies to come up with offices in the capital.
There are a number of small and medium sized Software companies in the city that are establishing themselves to be one of the best ones in the city. These provide for summer trainings and jobs related to Information technology services like web designing and promotions, software development, BPO tech and others.
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Indiamart Intermesh Limited – This is one of the IT firm among the list of IT companies that provides for the internet marketing businesses for a number of clients.
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Windlas Biotech LimitedA professional pharmaceutical company into the manucaturing services of both Indian and International clients. It has its name for the very cost effective and quality product brand manufacturing and marketing. Also caters for a number of pharma jobs in Dehradun to make your carrer in the pharmaceutical industry in the city.
Ipca LaboratoriesOne of the fastest growing among the list of pharmaceutical companies in Dehradun that cators for the production and maufacturing of the pharma drugs in the region. It is majorly targeting the exports of the drugs in the international markets.
Daffohils Group (India)One of the leading pharma company that mainly looks into the manufacturing and the distributings Of Allopathic Medicines both in the Indian and the International markets. Location: Vasant Vihar, Dehradun.
One can find the list of number of pharmaceutical companies in Selaqui which look into a wide range of drug formulations and manufacturing in the city.
Sidmak Laboratories (India) Pvt. Ltd – Pharma Formulations – Plot 20.
Himalaya Meditek (P) Ltd – Pharma Formulation – Plot 35, 36.
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It is always a busy time of year for leading UK manufacturer Wood Waste Technology as the cold winter weather takes hold. However, the recent announcement about the escalating price of energy, which will see gas and electricity increase by a staggering 10% average, is encouraging more companies to find out about wood waste heating solutions in order to save money.
Many business owners are concerned about the impact of energy price rises on their running costs, and the potential reduction in profits as a result. However, there is good news for manufacturing companies with wood waste, who have an option to reduce the reliance on traditional heating sources by investing in wood waste heaters and biomass boilers. This can save businesses thousands of pounds in heating and waste removal bills, just from burning offcuts and waste wood.
Wood Waste Technology's years of expertise in wood waste solutions have helped many companies reduce waste disposal and heating costs. As well as offering site survey, design, manufacture, installation and on-going maintenance for new units, the company also services all types of wood waste heaters and supplies genuine spares up to 60% cheaper than other suppliers.
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Plantronics have a range of wired ( corded ) headsets called the Blackwire ™ these are USB connection and designed specifically for use with a VoIP system or Unified Communications such as Microsoft Lync - they plug directly into a computer. The Blackwire headsets are designed for the sort of business environments where you wear a headset all day such as busy offices or call centres. They come with a choice of connectivity options - a standard lead or one specifically designed for Microsoft Lync.
The Blackwire range all deliver a startlingly crisp wideband audio experience along with the protective Soundguard technology to prevent sudden acoustic spikes and also incorporate noise cancelling technology to prevent background noise. They have been built for wearing and as such are lightweight, comfortable yet sturdy - as you would expect from Plantronics.
The headsets come, also, with a choice of of wearing styles as in monaural or binaural. Some working practices demand the necessity of talking to colleagues in which case a monaural ( one eared ) build is preferable whereas in situations such as contact centres or very busy and noisy workplaces most workers prefer a binaural ( two eared ) headset to allow full concentration on the conversation in hand. The Blackwires also, with a view to increasing productivity and staff satisfaction they come with call controls on the leads - making them a real joy to use.
There is a good price range in the Blackwire series with models such as the Monaural USB C310 -M which costs under £25 and the mid range C320 Binaural USB for less than £35 - a great price for a binaural and highly portable ( flat packed ) USB headset which gives comfort and quality.
Perhaps the king of the Blackwires is the Blackwire C720 which is a binaural headset sporting incredible enhanced sound quality via its wired connection and the additional facility of a Bluetooth receiver so that mobile phone calls can be directed via the headset also.
This makes it the sort of headset you really can wear all day and enjoy it too.