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The new budget year began July 1, but the Republican governor and Democrat-controlled legislature haven't been able to agree on a new two-year tax and spending plan yet. The state faces an estimated $8.56 billion deficit over the next two fiscal years.
Rell says she believes she has exhausted all cuts.
The legislature's budget committees are also planning to release their new budgets Thursday.
This will give you an id_token that you can then turn into a access_token by calling the /.auth/me endpoint with a REST call. However, that access_token won’t have access to anything even though you configured App Service to use an App that has requested specific permissions. CGillum from Microsoft pointed me in the ri...
You start by going to the Azure Resource Explorer. However, this assumes you have already configured your App Service app to use your particular Azure AD Application that you are creating. Find your app service app in the hierarchy and then open /config/authsettings and click Edit. If you haven’t set your clientSecret ...
This tells /.auth/me to give you the proper access_token when you call it. You can also get a refresh token this way at the same time. Once you have made the changes click the PUT button to send the changes back to the service. Your should look something like this.
Now, when you login again and call the /.auth/me endpoint, you’ll get additional data including an access token that works with Microsoft Graph. If you have logged in before with this particular username and app, you will want to sign out and log back in again to make sure the permissions that you specified in your app...
As you can see in the screenshot above, the object returned has a lot more information in it than before. There is nothing particular sensitive in this screenshot either since this is just a demo tenant.
October 3, 2016 Citizens Property Insurance Corp., home insurance.
The appetite of private insurance companies to take new customers could change a lot if Hurricane Matthew veers into Florida, but for now more than 97,000 transfer offers have been approved for customers of state-run Citizens Property Insurance Corp. in December.
The state’s Office of Insurance Regulation said Monday that brings approved offers for the year to 667,470, though only 48,360 Citizens customers have actually switched so far. Remember that private companies don’t always make as many offers as they are allowed, and Citizens customers have a right to refuse and many ha...
Citizens has less than 500,000 customers, with about one in 10 of them living in Palm Beach County.
Maybe Ghost Whisperer was the only scripted series able to get a demo number at 8 PM on Fridays. CBS is trying a second consecutive drama with ghosts in the slot following the cancellation of Ghost Whisperer, to similar modest results. In its premiere last night, A Gifted Man (1.4/5) matched the season debut in the hou...
CW’s new schedule-mates, Nikita and Supernatural, were down dramatically from last fall, when both had strong lead-ins. Supernatural (0.8/2, 2 million) was down 33% in the demo from last September when it followed Smallville on Friday. Nikita (0.6/2, 1.9 million) was down 47% in viewers from its premiere behind The Vam...
CLEVELAND — Well, the Browns didn't lose.
Cleveland ended its 17-game losing streak on Sunday with a 21-21 tie against the Pittsburgh Steelers. But the Browns missed a chance at their first victory since 2016 when kicker Zane Gonzalez's 43-yard field-goal attempt with 9 seconds left in OT was blocked by T.J. Watt.
NEW ORLEANS — Ryan Fitzpatrick highlighted a 417-yard, four-touchdown performance with two scoring strikes of more than 50 yards. Starting for the suspended Jameis Winston, Fitzpatrick completed 21 of 28 passes without an interception and also ran for a short touchdown, bowling over free safety Marcus Williams on his w...
Saints cornerback Marshon Lattimore, the 2017 Defensive Rookie of the Year, had arguably the worst performance of his short career trying to cover receiver Mike Evans, who caught seven passes for 147 yards, including a 50-yard touchdown that put the Bucs up 41-24 late in the third quarter.
CARSON, Calif. — Tyreek Hill scored three touchdowns, Patrick Mahomes passed for his first four NFL scores and Kansas City opened the season with a victory.
Hill also had 169 yards on seven receptions, which is the second-most yards by a Chiefs receiver in an opener, according to Pro Football Reference.
DENVER — Von Miller sacked Russell Wilson three times, forced two fumbles and recovered one in helping Case Keenum win his Denver debut.
It was the Broncos' 18th win in their past 19 home openers, and few were more exciting or competitive.
Wilson threw for 298 yards and three TDs, but was picked off twice and sacked six times.
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Jakeem Grant scored on a tiebreaking 102-yard kickoff return with 14 minutes to go, and Miami overcame two weather delays to win the longest game since the 1970 NFL-AFL merger.
Delays for lightning lasted a total of 3 hours, 59 minutes, and the game took 7 hours, 10 minutes to play. The previous longest game since 1970 was a Bears overtime victory against the Ravens in 2013 that took 5 hours, 16 minutes.
Grant's touchdown triggered a late flurry of big plays in an opener that was lackluster for the first six hours.
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Alex Smith carved up the Arizona defense for 255 yards and two touchdowns, Adrian Peterson rushed for 96 yards and a score and Washington spoiled the coaching debut of Steve Wilks.
Smith, acquired from Kansas City in the offseason to replace Kirk Cousins, completed 21 of 30 passes without an interception and had TD throws of 13 yards to Chris Thompson and 4 yards to Jordan Reed.
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Linebacker Myles Jack scored on a 32-yard interception return early in the fourth quarter and the Jaguars spoiled the Giants debuts of coach Pat Shurmur and second-overall draft pick Saquon Barkley, and the return of Odell Beckham Jr.
Held in check much of the game, Barkley (106 yards) brought the sellout crowd to its feet shortly after the Jack touchdown with a spectacular 68-yard run aided by a great block by receiver Sterling Shepard. It got New York within 20-15 with 10:39 to play.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Cam Newton ran for 58 yards and a touchdown, and Carolina's defense turned in a dominant performance to beat Dallas.
Carolina's defense had six sacks in all and limited the Cowboys to 232 yards.
INDIANAPOLIS — Andy Dalton rallied the Bengals with three scores in the final 19 minutes and Clayton Fejedelem scored on an 83-yard fumble return with 24 seconds to go. Cincinnati snapped an eight-game losing streak in Indy.
The loss spoiled the Colts' season opener — and the return of Andrew Luck, who made his first start in more than 20 months.
MINNEAPOLIS — Kirk Cousins passed for two touchdowns in his much-anticipated Minnesota debut, and the Vikings forced four turnovers to stick 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo with his first loss in eight games as an NFL starter.
Cousins connected with Stefon Diggs in the second quarter and Kyle Rudolph in the third quarter for scores, and the defense finished the job with three sacks and three second-half interceptions of Garoppolo, who finished 15 for 33 for 261 yards and a touchdown pass to rookie Dante Pettis.
BALTIMORE — The Baltimore Ravens harassed and embarrassed Buffalo quarterback Nathan Peterman on a rainy afternoon, while Joe Flacco threw three touchdown passes, one to each of the new receivers.
Flacco went 25 for 34 for 236 yards before being replaced in the third quarter by rookie Lamar Jackson, who did little more than hand off after entering with a 40-0 lead.
Making its debut under defensive coordinator Don Martindale, the Ravens held Buffalo to 33 yards and no first downs in going up 26-0 at the half.
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Naperville probably will lower its property tax levy for 1986 because the western suburb`s growth is generating extra revenue.
Finance director John Lawlor has recommended to the city council a levy of $1.1552 per $100 of assessed valuation, a reduction of 4 cents from this year`s levy of $1.1965.
Despite the reduction, the levy would yield $10.4 million, an increase of 12 percent over the 1985 revenue of $9.3 million. Property taxes account for about 12 percent of the city budget.
Lawlor estimates that the suburb`s assessed valuation will continue to rise at its current rate of 15 percent a year, bringing the taxable value of real property up to $900 million from this year`s $782 million.
The increased revenue from a lower tax levy is one of the fruits of Naperville`s status as the fastest-growing city outside the Sun Belt. The town`s population, only 23,885 in 1970, is approaching 70,000 and is predicted to reach 100,000 by the year 2000.
''With growth like this, you get some economies of scale,'' said Lawlor.
As an example, he cited an existing fire station in a developing area. New homes and businesses in the station`s service area add to the city`s tax base without necessitating an additional station, he said.
Also helping in the rate reduction is the healthy economy, which raises sales tax and utility tax revenues, the finance director said. In addition, a portion of the increasing revenues of the city water and electric distribution systems will be used to pay some of the principal and interest on city general obligation b...
The main increase provided for in the 1986 levy is an additional $425,000 for the new city library to pay for maintenance and staff. The library will receive almost $1.7 million in property tax revenues.
The city council tentatively approved the levy Monday night so the accompanying levy ordinance could be published locally in preparation for a public hearing, the date of which has yet to be set. Final action on the levy is expected in August. The rate must be on file with the Du Page county clerk by the second Tuesday...
HE started out with just a hand hoe and lots of big dreams. Today, Sula Bamutale is looking forward to harvesting 20 acres of sweet potatoes, one and half of tomatoes and one and half acre of eggplants.
Before he took up farming, Bamutale was a truck driver for more than eight years. Although he used to work 24 hours a day, his boss did not appreciate his efforts and out of frustration, he quit the job.
"I took a drastic decision to go into full scale farming. My friends thought I was joking when I shared with them my plan to leave driving", he recalls.
Bamutale approached Hajj Isaac Mulindwa, a landlord and asked him to lease him some land to grow sweet potatoes.
At first he leased 10 acres, each at sh100,000 a year off Semuto-Kapeeka road, about 10 miles from Matugga town.
"In the beginning I had no money for hiring workers, so I did all the work with the help of my family", he says.
"It was bushy with a lot of snakes", Bamutale recalls. From a monthly salary, Bamutale now had to wait for five months to get some money that is if the harvest was good.
To survive, he sold off some of his property, including two bicycles which his children used to ride to school.
The first time he planted sweet potatoes, the harvest was discouraging. "The second time I planted 10 acres and I harvested two trucks", he says.
That is when Bamutale realised that potato sweetness was not just restricted to the mouth, but could be extended to the pocket too!
He sells his sweet potatoes on markets in Matugga, Bwaise, and Kalerwe. He also sells some locally in Gombe.
Using the proceeds from selling sweet potatoes, Bamutale leased more land to expand his farm to its current size of 23 acres.
The trick behind successful sweet potato growing according to Bamutale, is continuous planting. While some of Bumutale's workers are harvesting the mature sweet potatoes, others are planting a new crop.
Every day Bamutale harvest about one pick-up truck of sweet potatoes. He sells each 50kg between Sh25,000-35,000.
Few people in Bamutale's village grow sweet potatoes because, according to them. It takes a long time to mature, and is prone to attacks by pests. But Bamutale believes the returns are higher than the risks.
From growing sweet potatoes, Bamutale has managed to educate tow of his children up to university level, on top of providing for his family.
He also ventured into egg plants and tomatoes. Bamutale currently employs 20 workers. "This is like a dream for me, being able to produce and employ so many people ", he says.
"I want to get a tractor, start a demonstration farm.
Bamutale plans to buy his own pick-up trucks so that he can cheaply transport his produce to the market.
President Obama began his term badly. He went to London and bowed low before King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. The infamous red “reset” button he told Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to present to the Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, was little more than an attempt to give Moscow a pass for its aggression again...
Not surprisingly, our secretary of state has been left sputtering three years later about the Russians’ “despicable” behavior in the United Nations. What exactly did the administration expect?
Madame Secretary also went to Beijing and made a point of not making a point of talking to the Chinese about forced abortions or their suppression of Christians. Now, amazingly, she thinks the Chinese, too, are uncooperative at the U.N.
The Obama administration’s actions towards what it calls “the Muslim world” are most troubling of all. Candidate Obama sharply criticized President George W. Bush for “taking his eye off the ball” by invading Iraq. Fair enough. So, as president, Mr. Obama instead doubled down on Afghanistan. First, he had the late Rich...
Third, President Obama groveled before the Muslim world — as he insists on calling it — when he delivered his major address to Al-Azhar University in Cairo in June 2009. His speech was a confused jumble of bad history and even worse diplomacy.
I also know that Islam has always been a part of America’s story. The first nation to recognize my country was Morocco. In signing the Treaty of Tripoli in 1796, our second president, John Adams, wrote, “The United States has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion or tranquility of Muslims.” … And ...
Well, yes, Islam has influenced our history. One reason for the Constitutional Convention was to forge “a more perfect Union” to take action against the Barbary pirates then preying on American commerce. President Obama’s reference to Jefferson’s copy of the Koran was especially muddled. Jefferson bought that Koran to ...
In 1785, Jefferson tried to enlist John Adams and the French in an earlier “coalition of the willing” to bring fire and sword to the Barbary States until they stopped molesting our ships.
The French foreign minister, the Comte de Vergennes, was the same man who had so liberally financed our American revolution. Vergennes told Adams and Jefferson that the only things that mattered to the rulers of the Barbary States were fear and gold, gold and fear. Does that sound familiar?
How did President Obama’s listeners react to his speech in Cairo? They quickly combined to overthrow America’s only reliable ally in the Arab Middle East, Hosni Mubarak. And the Muslim Brotherhood-dominated regime in Egypt has begun actively persecuting that country’s 10 percent Christian minority, the Copts.
The president has yet to visit the only real ally we have left in the region — Israel. Lucky Israel. It’s the only friend of America that that has not been destabilized by this president’s feckless policies.
Now that Afghanistan has exploded into anti-American, anti-NATO riots, can someone in this administration give us a compelling reason why we should be supporting this regime to the tune of $457,000 per hour?
The Obama administration’s announced policy is withdrawal from Afghanistan. Any Afghan who thinks of helping the Americans now knows he is renting rooms in a house built on sand.
If Afghan forces trained and paid by the United States are using weapons we gave them to murder our soldiers, how can we ever trust them to “stand up” against their brothers in the Taliban? Their brothers will command their loyalty long after we are gone. Now, it seems clear, the Taliban has their loyalty long before w...
All of this is the bitter fruit of our apologist-in-chief. So much for Mr. Obama’s “grovel-ready” policies.
Hunter Harrison, the CEO of railroad giant CSX, is dead. He was 73 years old.
CSX confirmed Harrison's death in a statement released Saturday, saying his death was caused by "unexpectedly severe complications" from a recent illness.
McDonald's Corp's turnaround remained on track in the latest quarter despite intense competition in the United States, helped by all-day breakfast, "McPick" value promotions and chicken McNuggets with simpler ingredients, the company said on Friday.
McDonald’s Corp’s turnaround remained on track in the latest quarter despite intense competition in the United States, helped by all-day breakfast, “McPick” value promotions and chicken McNuggets with simpler ingredients, the company said on Friday.
Sales at established US restaurants rose 1.3 percent, amid industry softness that executives partly blamed on lower grocery prices that encouraged some diners to cook at home.
The result from the United States, which accounts for about 40 percent of overall profit at McDonald’s, just exceeded analysts’ lowered expectations, and was not as robust as the 2 percent US same-store sales gain reported by rival Dunkin’ Brands Group Inc on Thursday.
McDonald’s international restaurants easily beat expectations on same-store sales growth in Britain, Australia, Canada and Germany.
As a result, global sales at restaurants open at least 13 months rose 3.5 percent for the third quarter, handily beating the 1.5 percent average gain expected by analysts.
McDonald’s Chief Executive Officer Steve Easterbrook has vowed to transform the 60-year-old chain into a “modern, progressive burger company.” He has introduced the all-day breakfast, banned the use of medically important antibiotics in US chicken, and has been working to speed up service and make it friendlier.
Shares of McDonald’s closed up 3 percent to $113.93, despite analyst warnings that fourth-quarter US same-store sales could drop 2 percent due to the high bar set by the debut of the all-day breakfast in October 2015.
RBC Capital Markets analyst David Palmer pressed executives on the conference call about what they will do next, given the “common perception” that all-day breakfast and McPick “are running out of gas as sales drivers” in the United States.
Easterbrook said international restaurants’ “experience of the future” efforts, including digital kiosks and mobile apps, could bolster domestic operations.
The world’s largest fast-food chain’s net income increased 2.6 percent to $1.28 billion, or $1.50 per share, helped by lower food costs, cost cuts such as workforce reductions and better-than-expected global restaurant sales. McDonald’s had 9.3 percent fewer shares outstanding versus the year earlier, which lifted earn...

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