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I love movies. Especially the independent films that Kimball's theater chooses to carry. I'm also a student, on a limited budget and definitely in debt. I haven't gone to see a movie at Kimball's for about a month. Then, as I was paying, I presented my student ID for the student discount.
I was declined by the on-duty manager.
My ID had been accepted there before and had been accepted at Tinsletown as well.
He replied, "We don't accept technical schools."
My school ID is from DeVry.
I replied that DeVry has a four-year program as well as a MBA program. He said, "Sorry, that's the owner's policy."
I'm in a one- to two-year program taking four classes per term, four terms per year and it's costing me $5,000 per term. Overall this next year will cost me between $15K and $20K.
I was outraged. I was also upset that I argued that it was a four-year program. Even if it were a two-year program or a one-year program, the student discount is designed to help students who are in school.
Obviously, the owner/ policymaker has his own idea of what should be acceptable and not according to his knowledge or standards. If you're attending a school, whether it's a four-year liberal arts program at Colorado College or it's a two-year technical program at DeVry -- you are still in a school and hence a student. When he said we don't accept technical schools that comment rang of classist academic snobbery.
Furthermore, from all the times I've been to see movies at Kimball's I've rarely seen more than a fourth of the theater full -- so it doesn't help Kimball's at all to discriminate against certain schools that may provide paying customers.
Since then, I have boycotted Kimball's; I go to the library instead.
I'm responding to news reports about your local country station KKCS (seems the spineless person or persons at the station has removed their Web site) which suspended DJ's for playing the Dixie Chicks music.
Surely this is a bad joke, right? What's next? Will the loved ones of those branded un-American or unpatriotic suddenly "disappear"? Will we find mass graves of those who dare to voice their opposing views of the current "emperor" in Washington?
Since the "election" of 2000 our country has been led to a very strange and dark place. Kinda like the place we've liberated the Iraqi people from don't you think? I hope the people of your community will wake up from the fog it seems to be in and say enough is enough.
Keep politics out of the workplace. It's dangerous to mix the two.
1. Iraq did not fire weapons of mass destruction against U.S. forces in either of the two Iraq wars.
2. If Bush and Blair were certain that Iraq had these WMD, they would have been easy to find by now.
3. The only nuclear weapon used was the depleted uranium we spread all over the country.
4. The only biological threat to U.S. and U.K. troops was the anthrax vaccine they were forced to take.
It is appalling that the Bush administration plans to exempt the Tongass National Forest from the rule that protects the last pristine areas in our national forests. Worse yet, the Bush administration wants to open a gaping loophole to allow more logging by allowing governors to seek exemptions for other wild forests.
The conservation policy under attack, called the Roadless Areas Conservation Rule, is a historic conservation measure that protects 58.5 million acres of our last wild forests from most logging and road construction. The administration has received 2.2 million comments in support of the roadless rule, including more than 26,000 from Colorado alone. For now, we are fortunate that Gov. Bill Owens will not seek exemptions "at this time."
Their proposal is an affront to the American people and yet another gift from the Bush administration to the timber industry. Instead of allowing corporate special interests to destroy America's publicly owned forests for short-term private gain, the administration should abandon this wrongheaded proposal and enforce the Roadless Area Conservation Rule of 2001.
Many local newspapers have recently given ink to the Housing and Building Association of Colorado Springs' effort to silence critics who question old assumptions that "growth cures all."
I don't buy ink by the barrel, so today I'll try to clarify just one HBA "factoid" that muddies the water, potentially misleading citizens about what makes our population grow. HBA tells us again and again that birth rate is responsible for more than half our population growth.
Water seems an appropriate analogy for comparing sources of growth. Let's say the population of El Paso County is water in a big pool. Two spigots feed the pool. One is "births," which trickle in at about 8,000 per year. The other spigot is "in-migration," gushing in at over 50,000 per year. The pool loses some "people" through two drains: a small drain called "deaths," and a much larger drain called "out-migration."
It's all one pool of water; neither spigot is confined to one drain or the other. Now, one day the alarms ring. The pool is about to overflow. Drastic action is required. Do you race to turn off the tiny trickle from the births spigot, or do you run to the in-migration spigot where you can make a difference?
Let's permanently put to rest attempts by pro-growth interests to make residents feel guilty about having children. Having children is, in actual fact, a very small contributor to area population growth. It's okay to have children and still care about quality of life in the Pikes Peak region. Growth occurs when people move in. Period. Let's move on. I have never said building a house causes growth. The HBA can relax about that. There are plenty of real issues to discuss with regard to the good, the bad and the ugly of growth. I invite them to come to the table and begin a constructive dialogue about what will make our area as wonderful a place to live in 20 years as it is today.
There is much to discuss and much to learn about preserving our quality of life. A collection of links, research and opinions about growth issues can be reviewed at http://groups.yahoo.com/ group/SaveTheSprings.
Sprint picks Golin; Jeb Bush, Hillary Clinton campaign kickoffs; Spokane NAACP head cancels chapter meeting amid controversy.
1. Sprint has named Golin as its strategic communications and creative services AOR, six months after bringing on Visa veteran Doug Michelman as its comms leader. The firm is also handling consumer strategy, corporate reputation, and employee communications for the wireless company, among other duties.
2. Jeb Bush is set to kick off his 2016 bid for the White House in front of what is expected to be a young and diverse crowd in Miami on Monday. Despite early struggles attracting moderates, Bush is still considered the GOP frontrunner by politicos in his party. His campaign rolled out the "Jeb!" logo and a video over the weekend.
3. Hillary Clinton held her first major rally on Saturday in New York City, stressing that she’ll be a fighter for the middle class. Two of her top aides previewed the campaign on Friday night in an on-stage interview with Politico’s Mike Allen, saying the theme of "who will fight for you?" will define the 2016 race.
4. Rachel Dolezal, the leader of the Spokane, Washington, NAACP who has been accused of faking her identity to appear African-American, postponed a chapter meeting scheduled for Monday where she was expected to address the controversy. She said she needs to continue to talk about the crisis with regional and national leaders of the organization.
5. CNN anchor Fredericka Whitfield apologized after saying on-air that a man who fired at Dallas police officers early Saturday was "courageous" and "brave." However, Mediaite contends CNN botched its crisis response after her comments.
6. Mixed messages from Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, an early investor in Twitter who owns 5% of the company. He told Reuters that he would back interim CEO Jack Dorsey if he wants the job on a permanent basis. However, he earlier told The Financial Times that Dorsey should stick with his other job, running Square. Vox looks at why Twitter never reached the size of Facebook.
If you’re arrested, the Miranda rights stipulate that you have the right to have an attorney present during questioning, and if you cannot afford an attorney, one will be provided for you by the state. What the Miranda rights do not say is that if you cannot afford to hire a private attorney, the appointed lawyer will be glaringly underpaid and overworked, and as a result, will not be able to devote as much attention to your case, rendering your defense fatally weak.
Once charged with a crime, the sixth amendment grants you the right to a speedy trial. What the sixth amendment doesn’t say is a speedy trial might not be possible if you are sitting around waiting for a public defender to accept an extremely low wage to defend your case.
While you wait for an attorney, you may appear in court for the judge to set a bail bond. The eighth amendment protects you from imposition of excessive bail. What the eighth amendment doesn’t say is that the definition of “excessive bail” won’t be adjusted based on your income, so if you cannot afford to post bail, you may simply have to be detained pretrial.
Once your case reaches trial, the sixth amendment allows you to appear before a jury of your peers. But there’s no fine print in the Constitution letting you know that a jury of your peers is much harder to assemble if you are poor, as poorer people are less likely to be able to report for jury duty, so you may have to face not a jury of your peers, but a jury of people from remarkably different economic backgrounds.
Many minor offenses don’t necessarily warrant jail time — just a fine. But thanks to Jeff Sessions’ Dec. 2017 repeal of an Obama-era prohibition of debtor’s prison, or incarceration of those too poor to afford fines, those unable to pay the fines end up serving jail time for even minor traffic violations.
Not to mention the fact that people from lower socioeconomic backgrounds are more likely to be stopped by police and arrested in the first place.
It would be remiss to ignore the intersection of income inequality and racial inequality, particularly as it pertains to this issue. While black people make around 13 percent of the U.S. population, they make up about 40 percent of the prison population. This divide is even starker in Wisconsin, where their incarceration rate for black men, at 13 percent, is nearly double the national rate.
Racial inequality is further compounded by income inequality — low-income black men have a 52 percent chance of being incarcerated at some point in their lives. The intersection between race and income is deep and complex, and systemic racism further complicates all of the issues in the criminal justice system related to income.
A report from the Prison Policy Institute found that prior to their imprisonment, incarcerated people had a median annual income about 41 percent lower than those of non-incarcerated persons of similar ages. And it’s no wonder — with the odds stacked against them every step of the way, those of socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds are basically screwed from the minute they are stopped by the police.
And even post-incarceration, people have a hard time getting back on their feet, leading to more poverty, increasing chance of recidivism and starting the cycle all over again.
The arguments always return to an issue of money — there’s not enough money to pay public defenders higher wages. There isn’t room in the budget to pay jurors enough to make up for missing work. There isn’t enough money to hire more probation officers to help people post-incarceration.
But here’s the thing — there actually would be enough money if we spent it in the right ways.
Let’s take a look at just one issue of spending in our beloved Dane County. In 2016, the Wisconsin State Journal reported that 128 inmates at that time at the Dane County Jail were being held because they could not afford to post bail, and those inmates were incarcerated for an average of 48 days pretrial. According to The Times News, the average cost to detain an inmate in Wisconsin is $37,994 annually, which comes out to about $104 per day, per inmate. Ipso facto, debtors’ prison costs Dane County around $4,862,545 per year.
We already know that the cost of incarceration is very high — that’s not new information. What’s new here, is that there is virtually no benefit to spending that money. There is a significant value to public safety, so spending money on incarcerating dangerous felons is not for nothing. But in the above cases, these people were deemed to not pose an excessive danger to society, hence the option for bail, therefore the only purpose for detaining them is to protect against flight risk. But for someone with an annual income of $15,000, certainly, a deposit of far less than a sixth of their entire yearly income would be enough to keep them in town.
This is just one example of exorbitant spending on unnecessary costs, and there are many, many more.
With all the money clearly available, it really isn’t an issue of money for the state. It’s an issue of discriminating against those without money. It’s an issue of racial injustice. It’s policing of poverty. It’s punishing people for a lifestyle that they did not choose.
The eleventh amendment says,“Everyone charged with a penal offense has the right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty according to the law in a public trial at which he has had all the guarantees necessary for his defense.” What the eleventh amendment doesn’t say is that assumed innocence comes at a hefty price.
October 23 is a public holiday in Thailand. It is the anniversary of the death of King Chulalongkorn of Siam, otherwise known as Rama V, in 1910. Westerners who think they haven't heard of this king may actually recall him from a fictional portrayal: In Rogers and Hammerstein's The King and I, he appears as a boy taught by English educator Anna Leonowens. As his father lies dying, Chulalongkorn gives his first order: that there will be no more kotowing to the king.
What is true, though, is that Rama V presided over a remarkable period of social reform. Ascending to the throne in 1868, he sought to bring Western values and forms of organization to his country while combatting Western attempts to colonize Siam. He is known for abolishing slavery, establishing a Royal Military Academy, and working to curtail the power of the nobles. He also sent his sons to be educated in England. In 1916, Thailand's first university was named in his honor. Below are a few photos of Chulalongkorn during his life (as a both metaphorical and literal wearer of many hats), as well as of October 23 commemorations of his legacy.
It's the end of the road for Syfy's Dominion.
The NBCUniversal-owned cable network has opted to cancel the drama based on the 2010 feature film Legion, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
Starring Chris Egan, the drama's ratings dropped off 47 percent in the advertiser-coveted adults 18-49 demographic (300,000 in live-plus-same-day returns) and 45 percent in total viewers (900,000).
The series was part of the first wave of new orders to come after Syfy renewed its focus on science-fiction fare. The network has a robust slate of high-profile dramas coming up including The Expanse and Childhood's End — both of which are due in December — as well as fellow freshmen The Magicians and Hunters, both due in 2016. Its returning fare includes season two of 12 Monkeys as well as Killjoys and Dark Matter.
On the pilot/development side, the cabler has Incorporated, from Matt Damon and Ben Affleck; David Goyer's Superman prequel Krypton, as well as Hyperion, Brave New World and The Final Odyssey.
The future of pricey drama Defiance has not yet been determined.
Beside St Mary’s pro-cathedral, an imposing new building has arisen where the former historic Marist presbytery stood before the earthquakes.
The building was blessed by Christchurch diocese administrator, Fr Rick Loughnan, on February 21, the eve of the fifth anniversary of the devastating 2011 quake.
The new building houses parish office and administration, the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament choir and the Catholic shop, all of which were uprooted in 2011.
Cathedral choir director Don Whelan said he is pleased to have a state of the art music studio for the choir and orchestra.
After practising and storing equipment in three succeeding places since the earthquakes, they will now be able to practise on site.
“We spent a lot of time and energy in the planning process for the building, which is specifically designed to meet our cathedral music tradition,” said Mr Whelan.
As the original plan did not meet those requirements, the choir now has a debt of $300,000 but, he said, “We are grateful to have the opportunity to make such wonderful music for the diocese”.
With 47 years under his belt, Mr Whelan is the longest-serving cathedral musician in the country, and one of the longest serving in the world.
Catholic shop manager Bernard Wilkins is looking forward to moving into a large new space after housing and selling religious goods from his home in the past few years.
Blessed on the same day was the grotto of Our Lady, which survived all quakes. This large statue was once knocked over by vandals and subsequently glued down. Mary stayed put.
Past price action does not guarantee future price action.
Market's summer melt-up creates a tough decision.
Automation and efficiency is a mega trend.
At current levels, AYI in no way respects the cyclical characteristics of its end markets.
Acuity Brands: A Bit Too Charged Up, Perhaps?
Though the lighting company handily has beaten forecasts, its valuation may be entering territory where it's hard to sustain.
The lighting-solutions company's rally is slowing down and prices could fall further in the next few weeks.
Fr Joseph Huneycutt was reared a Southern Baptist in North Carolina. After more than a decade as an Episcopalian, he converted to Orthodoxy in 1993. He received a BS in Communication Arts from Appalachian State University (1982), a Master of Divinity from Nashotah House Episcopal Seminary in Wisconsin (1992), and a Doctor of Ministry in the Eastern Christian Context from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary in conjunction with the Antiochian House of Studies in 1999.
Fr Joseph hosts the Orthodixie Podcast on Ancient Faith Radio and publishes a blog by the same name. His is the author of One Flew Over the Onion Dome – American Orthodox Converts, Retreads & Reverts, (2006); DEFEATING SIN: Overcoming Our Passions and Changing Forever (2007), published by Regina Orthodox Press; and, We Came, We Saw, We Converted – The Lighter Side of Orthodoxy in America (2009), published by Conciliar Press. He and Steve Robinson are currently working on a new book for Conciliar Press tentatively titled, Fire from Ashes – The Reality of Perpetual Conversion.
Fr Joseph is the Pastor of St Joseph Antiochian Orthodox Church, Houston, Texas. He and his wife Elizabeth have three children: Mary Catherine, Basil, and Helen; a black poodle named Wotan, and a black cat named Lily.
DEBATE: Do You Believe God Exists?
The 65-year-old from Duston, Northampton, has retired from her previous high flying career as chief executive officer of a group of independent electrical wholesalers and switched to become a civil celebrant.
“I have had more than 25 years experience in event management for business conferences and then in early February, I took the course in the Fellowship of Independent Celebrants (FOIC) which qualifies me to conduct baby namings, hand fastings, weddings and funerals,” says Nuneaton-born Jane.
That advice can include whether requests from dearly departed family and friends can be carried out.
While Jane is not a counsellor for a bereaved family, she is there to help give them a fitting send off for their loved one.
A civil celebrant is not allowed to conduct any ceremonies in a church or register office.
“Funerals can take place at the crematorium, a green burial site or some funeral directors have their own chapel which can seat up to 50 people,” she explains. “We are becoming a more secular society so a lot of funerals are conducted by civil celebrants rather than a priest.
It’s a world away from Jane’s previous, long-running and lucrative career as a CEO.
Part of her role saw her organise large events for the company and that led her to set up Rainbow Romance, offering wedding planning and party celebrations. In turn, that led to Jane’s new role.
“A couple may decide they want to be legally married at the register office and then have another ceremony elsewhere,” she explains. “They can turn up at the register office in jeans and a T-shirt and two witnesses; then a few days or six months later, have another ceremony in a field, on top of a skyscraper, in their back garden . . . because the marriage itself is already legal. The venue itself doesn’t have to be licensed, because they are already married.
Jane is currently completing a course in Pagan weddings and already incorporates hand fasting into current ceremonies.
“This is all about tying the knot and the bonds of marriage,” she explains.
Baby-naming ceremonies are becoming increasingly popular as society becomes less religious.
“These can take place in someone’s home, a hotel or in a garden and people coming from previous marriages with other children, call them a welcoming ceremony as they welcome all the children coming together,” Jane explains.
Instead of godparents, people choose good parents and rose petals can be sprinkled over the baby’s head to symbolise certain virtues like white for innocence, yellow for friends and friendship, pink for love and compassion and red meaning a passion for life.
Vow renewals are another growing trend for couples wanting to reinforce their marriage and people celebrate them for all kinds of different things.
Whatever the ceremony Jane is officiating at, she is enjoying her new change of direction.
Sure, the men’s basketball team from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, pulled off one of the greatest — the greatest? — victories in college sports history late Friday night, toppling Virginia, the N.C.A.A. tournament’s No. 1 overall seed.
But how about that U.M.B.C. athletic department Twitter feed?
As word spread that the Retrievers were doing the unthinkable in a first-round game in Charlotte, N.C., sports fans flocked to their favorite digital bar, Twitter, and found a seat next to a new breed of color commentator: an institutional social media account with sass, verve and that special ability to burn, burn, burn.