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"We are proud to present AryaLinux 1.0 'Aranya'. This is the first release of our built-from-scratch GNOME spin and also the first release using a new versioning system. This release features the GNOME 3.28 desktop environment, a new alps package installer scripts rewritten from scratch to be more flexible with dependencies, the latest stable kernel and a bunch of package upgrades. Also going forward, the default desktop environment that will be shipped with AryaLinux will be GNOME 3. We spent the last year and half in prefecting the build scripts that build a GNOME 3 desktop with ease and perfection. We have also made a lot of changes to the builder scripts so that more flexible options are presented before the build process starts and packages that are a part of the base system have also been updated."
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Donna Kauffman~~4 1/2 and 5 Star Reviews
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Beavis Chantrell was beloved resident of Sugarberry Island, so her death affected everyone who knew her. Her niece, Honey D'Amourvell, has arrived to claim her inheritance, hoping to turn Bea's tailoring shop into a place she can work on her art and run her mail order business. Honey is surprised and disappointed to learn the building she now owns has been leased to the famous bakery, Babycakes, including the upstairs apartment that Honey had planned to call home. With nowhere to work, nowhere to live and a car on its last leg, Honey's hope of a new life and a fresh start doesn’t look promising.
Dylan Ross is the kind of man who keeps to himself. He’s the "son" in Ross and Sons Auto Repair and doesn’t have to worry about dealing with anyone except people whose cars need fixing. After living through an unhappy childhood, his life is now quiet and uncomplicated, and that’s just the way he likes it. Until, that is, he meets the lovely newcomer, Honey D'Armourvell. From their first touch Dylan knows he should run the other way, but it’s that very same touch--and what happens next--that won’t
let him.
With Honey Pie, the fourth book in her delightful "Cupcake Club" series, Donna Kauffman takes us back to Sugarberry Island, a place where small town living is embraced, where neighbors and friends are like family. This is a fun, romantic, passionate tale, sure to be a favorite of contemporary romance lovers.
Mallory Lane
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Morgan Westlake knelt down before his young five-year old niece and showed her the new baby turtle. Morgan was her uncle and godfather and had been named Lily's guardian after she lost both her parents due to a tragic accident. His mother, Olivia Westlake of the Westlakes of Atlanta, had been caring for Lily until Morgan took her away and moved to Sugarberry, the tiny island off the coast of Georgia. His mother had had a fit, it was unthinkable that he would take her only granddaughter out of the family compound, but Morgan knew Lily was way too serious for a little girl her age. His mother's style of upbringing was not what he wanted for his darling Lily, and Morgan really didn't know anything about raising children, but he figured they could learn together in a relaxed happy environment.
Kit Bellamy had suffered a loss of everything she knew and loved. Her whole life had been about her great-grandmother's peanut pie. Her grandmother and mother had started a business selling the prized handmade peanut pies, and it had grown into a multi-million dollar business. Every pie was made by hand with lots of love, and Kit and her sister had grown up in the kitchen learning how to make the pies. Her sister didn't take to it like Kit had. When both her grandmother and mother passed, Kit took over the running of the business then lost it in a court battle when her sister and her husband talked her into letting them "modernize" the operation. With the help of the high-priced Westlake lawyers, she sold the business to a vending machine company, putting generations of families out of work. Kit was devastated and felt like a total failure. Needing to start over, she took a job on Sugarberry running a cupcake catering business called Babycakes.
This is a continuation of the Ms. Kauffman's heartwarming and hilarious "Cupcake" series. The romantic aspect of the storyline is fairly obvious--he has to prove he's different from the rest of his family that she hates with a passion. But the tenderhearted gentleness shown to Lily by Morgan, Kit and the ladies of the Cupcake Club makes the romance between Morgan and Kit something extra special. This book reads well alone, and readers won't want to put it down until the tasty end.
Lani Roberts
Sugar Rush--A Cupcake Club Romance
Leilani Trusdale had everything she had always wanted. She had started out as an apprentice, then personal assistant, under the top chef in New York, the ridiculously charismatic Baxter Dunne, and was basically attached to his side for over three years. When Baxter was offered a TV deal and he turned his 'baby," the five‑star restaurant, Gateau, over to Lani, the backstabbing of the other highly competitive chefs was vicious. Lani dealt with it as long as she could, but when her father, a D.C. cop, had a heart attack and moved back to his hometown of Sugarberry, Georgia, Lani moved back with him to nurse him back to health. After the hectic lifestyle of New York (and Lani's secret, unrequited love for Baxter), she discovered the relaxed, quiet, rural pace of Sugarberry suited her needs, moved there permanently and opened her own store, Cakes by the Cup. And she absolutely loved every minute of it. She was in HER kitchen, creating HER special cupcake recipes and, if no one ever tasted them except the quaint citizens of Sugarberry, she loved that, too. Then Baxter walked into her safe haven and all hell broke lose in Sugarberry.
Baxter Dunne was gorgeous, British, a superb cook, and a total jackass. He had been so focused on developing his career and getting his restaurant started that he had totally taken his personal assistant for granted. When he realized that Lani had no intention on returning to Gateau (and him), he finally admitted his true feelings for her, but only to himself. Now his problem was how to let her know how he felt? When his staff had turned on her, he had let her deal with them on her own thinking his intervention would only make things worse. Then he had a brilliant, he thought, idea. He would take his show on the road and visit small, rural outstanding restaurants and bakeries and bring the big city fancy recipes to them, starting with Sugarberry, Georgia. When he showed up unannounced in Lani's kitchen, with all his camera and production crew ready to bring New York to Sugarberry, why did she look so pissed?
Donna Kauffman has brought a sugary sweet romance in her latest, Sugar Rush. Set on a small, rural Georgia island with lovable quirky townsfolk, this novel delves into the age‑old question, "What the heck are men thinking?" It's a fun read with lots of yummy goodness thrown in and a sexy romance to drool over while eating that forbidden cupcake.
Riley Brown was a grade‑A klutz, and she knew it. Everywhere she went, she either knocked things over, broke something or had an accident of some kind. If it weren't Riley, herself, who caused these misfortunes, it was usually her dog Brutus, the biggest animal on the tiny island of Sugarberry, Georgia. Fortunately, Riley Brown was also one of the best food stylists in the industry. She knew tricks of the trade that would make food look delicious no matter how bad the recipe or photographer. She was currently living in Sugarberry on a rented houseboat to lick her wounds from a romance gone bad. She was also staging homes for a realtor who was trying to encourage more tourist trade to the tiny island. Riley had just finished a staging and had decided to try out the Jog Master 3000. Which, of course, meant she was in dire straits trying to keep up with the ever faster moving machine that she could no longer turn off.
When New York Times best selling author Quinn Brannigan rang the doorbell at the house that was being advertised for lease, he wondered why no one was answering the door. Then he realized it was an open house; so he opened the door and was greeted with the spectacle of wildly thrashing woman trying desperately to stay on her feet on a runaway treadmill. He was so stunned, he didn’t move at first, but when he did and tried to help her, she suddenly let go and went flying into the various artfully arranged cacti plants and Quinn knew he was in love.
Sweet Stuff is the second edition of the Cupcake Club novels and is hilarious from start to finish. Riley has the body of Marilyn Monroe, wild, curly blonde hair, the girl‑next‑door face and the klutziness of the Three Stooges. She’s absolutely adorable and gorgeous author Quinn Brannigan thinks so, too. Throw in a small pony‑sized dog with a tendency to drool and drop logs on your toes, and you have a romance made in heaven--as long as you carry lots of Band‑aids.
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Setting Goals Part Three
by AnnaMariaCrum | May 13, 2013 | editing, fiction, Goals, writing | 0 comments
I didn’t make my writing goals this week. I had wanted to rework the middle of my first PowerForce book to add some tension and up the life and death stakes. I only managed to get one scene reworked instead of the three I wanted to do. I guess some goals can be too ambitious. I’d forgotten how hard this type of writing is for me. The first PowerForce book Attack of the Dinomatrons has gone through several edits and it’s a pretty tight manuscript at this point.
It’s so much easier to write a first draft. Or at least it is for me. I’m not constrained by things I’ve already done. But when I have to take apart a polished scene and only keep bits of it while adding new pieces, it’s like taking a jack hammer to a sculpture—It’s really hard to end up with something beautiful. It takes a lot of work and control to get that jackhammer to make refined shapes.
It always takes me much longer to do this type of writing than a first draft. In the end I know it will be worth it. And I know eventually these changes will be seamless. But until it’s finished it’s tortuous. Sometimes I think it would be easier to just write it fresh. I have done that with other manuscripts but usually it’s because I want to change something major, like the tense or the POV. I only need to change three scenes in this story and maybe do some minor tweaking in others to maintain continuity. How hard can it be? Judging by this past week’s performance, it’ll take me two more weeks. Sigh.
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The following message was first sent to the list ivy-subscribers,
a private Internet list available to all who subscribed to the
(on paper) clearing tech magazine, International Viewpoints.
(see http://www.ivymag.org/ or write the editor: ivy@post8.tele.dk)
From: PJSpickler@aol.com
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2003 00:07:33 EST
Subject: IVySubs: Loves me, loves me not
To: ivy-subscribers@lightlink.com
** ivy-subscribers relaying **
Good evening, and hello, anyone!
In the still chill of the night, the following thoughts have made their
way through my heavily-encrusted consciousness, and now, with a little help
from a friend, they appear in print on IVy subs, to the benefit or possibly
the dismay of my one reader. I remain eternally grateful to Martin Foster
for his comments on the first edition of "In the still chill of the night,"
and most especially for the excellent humor that accompanies his most
pleasant-to-read prose.
To my everloving amazement, I have actually received a couple of love
letters suggesting that I don't love L. Ron Hubbard, and that it's in very
poor taste to be beating up on someone who's dead and buried, and that I
ought to get some help to handle whatever's wrong with me on the subject of
the Old Man (Ron), his actions and his writings. Well, since I like one of
Ron's aphorisms about when in doubt, communicate, I'm always pleased (well,
almost always pleased) to get any kind of mail from anyone, even if it
doesn't
happen to absolutely and fully and 100% indicate to me or any one of
the valences or identities that express themselves under the banner "Phil
Spickler."
But I have to admit that I don't see how anyone in their right or left
mind could think that I don't love, adore, practically worship, L. Ron
Hubbard and the many wonderful, amazing, outstanding, unforgettable, and
enormously beneficial things that he provided to and for all of us. Of
course, the Ron that I feel that way about more or less faded out of
existence sometime in the 1960's, and someone else still using that name took
over and did a lot of things to, for, and with Dianetics and Scientology and
their organizations that I, me, Phil, someone, didn't and doesn't approve of,
since they were counter to and in opposition of the best and the brightest
that the original L. Ron Hubbard created and humbly tendered as a gift to
mankind.
If anybody out there who thinks I don't love L. Ron Hubbard gets this
straight, they'll realize that there most certainly is a version of L. Ron
Hubbard that, to say the very least, I did and now find hard to have a lot of
love or affinity for, looking at the disasters that that valence, identity,
or beingness created or brought into being and endowed with great persistence.
So yes, if you follow my train of thought, I wish to clarify and make
sure that the being that I call L. Ron Hubbard and the being or beingnesses
that eventually occupied that body under that name are quite different and
distinct from one another; and that I consider these latter-day L. Ron
Hubbards, who once again are not the original guy, to be an enemy of what
Dianetics and Scientology started out to be, philosophically, technically,
and organizationally. They could have been something wonderful, something
beautiful, something that continued in a pan-determined form to remain three
feet behind the head of Planet Earth and its peoples, and most certainly
would not have ended up with a 35-page-long list of all the enemies of L. Ron
Hubbard and Scientology.
For me at least the explanation of what happened to L. Ron Hubbard and
how his universe was or could have been taken over by beings and forces
inimical to and out of agreement with the original and beautiful intentions
behind Dianetics and Scientology doesn't require any tech giant to see. It
could happen to anyone who wrote themselves in an organization into a
position of power in which their case became unassailable -- period, QED, end
of report.
Once every thousand years I put the following words as a disclaimer
regarding any and all expressions or viewpoints that may appear under the
name Phil Spickler, namely: no one is required, in spite of my great stature,
to agree or disagree with anything I say. It should not be forgotten that my
point of view may have zero credibility -- my best hope and highest purpose
in this universe is to create something that first and foremost is
entertaining; second of all, possibly interesting, and third of all, and I'm
sure very rarely, has something in it that might for a brief instant remove
the blinders that are requisite to being human just long enough for a WOW or
Well there -- now it's all out in the open and everyone knows where I'm
coming from, or at least where I've been, and perhaps where I'm going, so
onward with tonight's entertainment.
I've been hanging KSW outside to keep it cool until I could get around to
slicing it up, but we've had some surprisingly warm weather the last few
days, and I'm afraid that the carcass is a bit overripe. But I've slipped a
clothespin on my nose and will continue to dish up some more things that I
consider to be terribly wrong with a policy letter that never should have
been written at the tone level of Anger. If you want to have some fun and
blow your mind, if you have one to blow, or even blow your nose, sometime
imagine that it's permitted once again for you to own Scientology, to make it
your own, to make it your own to such a degree that you can handle it the
same way you would if you were its creator. And from that viewpoint, imagine
if you were at a tone level not of anger but, say Exhilaration -- that's even
higher than Enthusiasm or Cheerfulness -- imagine you were that high-toned,
and you had decided, for the benefit of the purpose of technology, that you
wanted to write something into law regarding the attitudes, the viewpoints,
the intentions you'd like those who were studying Dianetics and Scientology
with a view of using them as professional practitioners to have, and you were
writing it from the tone level of Exhilaration.
And imagine you wanted to entitle your policy letter something like
"Ensuring that the tools, the technology, would be used as well as possible."
Well, you might say it's already been done, in the form of the Auditor's
Code, which is a bunch of pretty darn good tried-and-tested methods for
keeping the technology working. To follow the rules or the advisories that
help make an auditor a good auditor doesn't require a dedicated gleam, nor
being a fanatic zealot, or any of those things might make your space not as
safe as it should be for pcs and students and other auditors.
Anyway, there's a fairly high-toned way of keeping Scientology and
Dianetic technology working; and it's somewhat self-correcting, in that an
auditor who doesn't have a code which they know and espouse and apply in
auditing will, in fairly short order, probably screw up their pcs and
themselves to the point where they will give up auditing. And that
sometimes, if not often, happens to lone field auditors who get into all
kinds of wacky stuff because they don't have any terminals to help maintain
their reality.
But anyway, if you were to write something like "Keeping Scientology
Working" and you were at tone level Exhilaration, I encourage you to take a
copy of that policy letter and rewrite it at Exhilaration. Rewrite it with
your universe bursting with affinity, reality, communication, and
understanding. Rewrite it with the loving intention that it should serve to
support the best and brightest who might like to pick up the intention to
help mankind, and see if what comes out isn't quite a bit different than what
someone using the name L. Ron Hubbard had to say about how to keep
Scientology, or better the technology, working.
One of the things that told me that things were not going well for the
Old Man was when in 1968 he wrote some kind of bulletin which came to the
American St. Hill Organization in Los Angeles -- it went to all the orgs all
over the world, I'm sure -- but anyway, I got a look at it and in it Ron, who
again sounded very ARC broken, was talking about Freud and others that had
gone before him and saying, "Truth is, I never really got anything from those
guys, and they were just a bunch of nut cases who didn't really have anything
good to say." (I am obviously paraphrasing what I can remember from that
bulletin or PL). But this is from one of the not-really-Rons for sure,
because the real Ron who wrote the magnificent book entitled _Science of
Survival_ put in the front of that book the names of all the philosophers and
others whose wisdom in both theory and practice had helped Ron enormously in
formulating Dianetics and Scientology.
He also makes it sound in KSW that nobody in Scientology over the years
had ever contributed really greatly to its development. That is a falsehood,
and like most tyrants and dictatorial types, once you've gotten rid of all
the old-timers and the people who remember, you can rewrite the past any way
you want for personal aggrandizement, megalomania, and to make sure that no
one ever looks at anyone else admiringly, except you. Very bad, and quite
different from the original L. Ron Hubbard.
Another thing that the original or real L. Ron Hubbard would have had a
mighty laugh at, and would have probably recommended that the person who gave
him that mighty laugh might want to get some auditing for, goes like this: it
did come to pass, in the organizations of Scientology, from the pen of L. Ron
Hubbard, the notion that Scientology, the Bridge, was your last and only
chance to save and free your immortal thetan, and that if you and your
checkbook failed to take advantage of that opportunity, the door to freedom
once and for all would be closed to you, as it is to all those excommunicated
from the One and Only True Church here on Planet Earth. Well, the Christians
were a little more simplistic perhaps than that in getting people to remain
faithful, both in pocketbook and in behavior, by simply preaching that you
would go to Hell and burn in a lake of fire forever if you fouled up your
last chance to accept Jesus (or the Pope and the Trinity), and obey the
dictates of these churches. That lake of fire was especially effective if
you started using it as a terror tactic when people were young enough to
believe it.
Anyway, I guess it worked as a piece of marketing tech in the church for
awhile, and perhaps still is -- I have to say it's on the chain of
suppressive threats that you can use to keep people from ever really being
I just looked over at my amanuensis and realized that I was wearing out
her sweet fingers, as she types this information; and so I conclude with
"Know the truth," and even if it doesn't set you free, it will at least cut
down your heating bill.
From one who doesn't know the truth,
Home Page: http://www.ivymag.org/ - with extensive links to FZ!
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Wall Street and Governments Love Carbon Credits--Don't You?
Simulacrum, complexity & cap-and-trade: anatomy of a global scam.
Wall Street and central states both love the sales and trading of carbon credits. Correspondent Alex S. insightfully titled his recent email on the subjectSimulacrum, complexity & cap-and-trade:
Charles, I came across a brilliant critique of cap-n-trade in The Independent:
Leaders of the rich world are enacting a giant fraud Corporate lobbyists can pressure or bribe governments to rig the system in their favour
Most of the tricks centre around a quirk in the system: a rich country can "cut" its emissions without actually releasing fewer greenhouse gases. How? It can simply pay a poor country to emit less than it otherwise would have. In theory it sounds okay: we all have the same atmosphere, so who cares where the cuts come from?
But a system where emissions cuts can be sold among countries introduces extreme complexity into the system. It quickly (and deliberately) becomes so technical that nobody can follow it – no concerned citizen, no journalist, and barely even full-time environmental groups. You can see if your government is building more coal power stations, or airports, or motorways. You can't see if the cuts they have "bought" halfway round the world are happening – especially when they are based on projections of increases that would have happened, in theory, if your government hadn't stumped up the cash.
A study by the University of Stanford found that most of the projects that are being funded as "cuts" either don't exist, don't work, or would have happened anyway. Yet this isn't a small side-dish to the deal: it's the main course. For example, under proposals from the US, the country with by far the highest per capita emissions in the world wouldn't need to cut its own gas by a single exhaust pipe until 2026, insisting it'll simply pay for these shadow-projects instead.
It gets worse still. A highly complex system operating in the dark is a gift to corporate lobbyists, who can pressure or bribe governments into rigging the system in their favour, rather than the atmosphere's. It's worth going through some of the scams that are bleeding the system of any meaning. They may sound dull or technical, but they are life or death to countries like Leah's.
Alex made these additional comments:
James Hansen has proposed an intriguing fee-and-dividend approach to encourage the move away fossil fuels. He intends for it to be revenue neutral with all fees collected to be returned directly to citizens. He contrasts it with cap-n-trade in his new book Storms of My Grandchildren. The critical passage can be found in this excerpt:How to Solve the Climate Problem
His approach has a lot of merit in my opinion.
Thank you, Alex. Here is Hansen's book: Storms of My Grandchildren: The Truth About the Coming Climate Catastrophe and Our Last Chance to Save Humanity
BusinessWeek recently ran a story which explained why the governments of countries such as China love carbon credits:
China: Climate Change or Hot Air? The mainland earns billions in carbon-offset sales. But by taking credit for projects that would have been built anyway, it may not be playing by the rules
Corporate and government buyers from industrialized countries pay for the credits as a way of complying with the Kyoto climate-change rules. The funds generated are supposed to encourage additional green-energy projects without forcing owners of older factories and power plants to close down their facilities or undertake expensive renovations. Credits sold under the Kyoto pact generated nearly $7 billion worldwide last year. Beijing has collected almost two-thirds of the total carbon revenue flow since 2002.
Unfortunately, wherever they have been used, carbon credits have been subject to manipulation. On Dec. 4 the U.N. committee that oversees the international credit trade refused to approve 10 Chinese wind farms, including the Harbin complex. The U.N.'s concern is that the Chinese projects would have been built even without the proceeds from credits.
If that's correct, the sale of credits would not stimulate production of any additional clean energy. Credit purchasers would receive empty environmental bragging rights, and the Chinese developers would obtain an undeserved windfall. "This is 21st century climate-policy snake oil," says Michael Dorsey, a professor of environmental studies at Dartmouth College.
Our own government is planning to profit from the scam as well. Buried at the end of a long account of the Federal Budget 2010 comes this footnote:
The budget proposes to support renewable energy development with a 10-year investment of US $15 billion per year, generated from the sale of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions credits. Under the proposed cap-and-trade program, all GHG emissions credits would be auctioned off, generating an estimated $78.7 billion in additional revenue in FY 2012, steadily increasing to $83 billion by FY 2019.
So the scam benefits three players: those who sell bogus emissions credits and carbon credits, those who receive billions of dollars in credits for projects they would have completed anyway, and Wall Street, which will assuredly set up a "carbon trading exchange" for the slicing, dicing, tranching and securitization of carbon and emission credits.
Wall Street really doesn't care what the "paper" represents--let it be pork bellies, gasoline, mortgages, or carbon credits; the real money will be made in the transaction fees and the "risk management" sold against "risky" carbon credits.
Patrick McCully, executive director of International Rivers, summed it up nicely in a quote published in the San Francisco Chronicle:
It's pretty much a scam. We need real innovation here and new technology instead of allowing companies to buy these fictional certificates that mean no more than the bytes in someone's computer.
My own view can be summarized thusly: when the market for any tradable good exceeds the value of the total goods, then Wall Street is the primary beneficiary of the market.
If the MSM is correct in their breathless reporting of fabulous new drilling technologies, then the planet will have plenty of fossil fuels for a hundred years or more--no worries, mate, buy your third vehicle straight-away!
If, on the other hand, the MSM is engaging in its usual propaganda for the Power Elites, then the planet will start experiencing a gap between global supply of oil/natural gas and global demand, a.k.a. Peak Oil.
At this point, the human beings on the planet will have a few decades at best to finance and construct a $100 trillion alternative energy complex capable of providing some percentage of the previous energy provided by depleting (oops, I mean "limitless") fossil fuels.
Markets have a funny way of pricing things very cheaply until suddenly they're in short supply, at which point prices skyrocket. The price curve is not smooth, slow and linear; it is prone to abrupt fractal moves.
By the time fossil fuel energy is so costly that alternatives are "obviously" cheap, there won't be enough time or money to construct the immense alternative energy complex everyone will want. As the old Chinese saying has it, "If you wait until you're thirsty, it's too late to dig a well."
Enabling governments to print money via emission credits and Wall Street to mint more money trading, packaging and securitizing carbon credits will not hasten the emergence of a true alternative energy complex; history has shown that most of the trees which were supposed to be planted to "earn" that billion-dollar credit were never planted, or died from lack of care.
It's a scam on every level, and thus is it no wonder that both Wall Street and Central Governments are hoping carbon credits take off.
Ultimately, writing and trading carbon credits will act as a giant tax on productive citizens everywhere. It is a stupendous machine for concentrating wealth and diverting yet more national income into Power Elites' hands--be they private or State.
As Alex S. so cogently notes, the entire carbon-trading scheme is a classicsimulacrum of reform, a facsimile purposefully constructed to offer an illusion of meaningful reform even as it continues the Power Elites' and State's self-enrichment. It is also a classic complexity fortress in which only insiders (Elites) with asymmetric information know how it operates behind the facade and thus they are the only ones equipped to profit from it.
These concepts are from the Survival+ critique, and my views flow (naturally!) from that analysis.
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Indian corporates & PEs are again looking to deploy capital: Scott Adelson,
Houlihan Lokey – The Economic Times
When the US headquartered mid-market investment bank and corporate restructuring specialist Houlihan Lokey (HL) — a consistent league table topper for M&As under $1 billion, closing 140 deals every year –decided to tie up with veteran Tata Group man Rajiv Kochchar’s new entrepreneurial venture, Avista Advisory in 2010, there were quite a few raised eyebrows.
But that handshake soon translated into an equity alliance cementing the partnership further, the first of its kind for HL anywhere in the world. Thus far, the partnership has worked flawlessly, with Avista HL stitching up deals worth more than $5 billion in India alone. Interestingly, in the last two years, it has also emerged as the hottest shop in town for convertible bonds (read FCCBs) restructuring after successfully completing complex deals for Suzlon Energy and GTL Infrastructure.
In an exclusive interview, Scott Adelson, Co-president and Senior Managing Director, Houlihan Lokey, tells ET, M&A and PE fund raising activities are dominating corporate conversations. Edited excerpts…
Q. What are the top three trends in terms of new opportunities? Is it mostly M&A led or is it restructuring?
A. It’s much more M&A led. The tone in India is very positive.
Q. Are you saying that the Indian corporates that you are meeting now are now open to spending their surplus cash rather than conserving it?
A. There are always companies that are over extended and they want to sell off divisions and rebalance their portfolios, in any environment. But there are companies — both corporates and private equity companies — here that are eager to deploy capital.
Read more at: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/interviews/indian-corporates-pes-are-again-looking-to-deploy-capital-scott-adelson-houlihan-lokey/articleshow/45064201.cms
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Arthur Hugh Fraser "Fraser" COLSTON
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Name Arthur Hugh Fraser "Fraser" COLSTON
Nickname Fraser
Born 1 Sep 1906 Albury, New South Wales, Australia [1, 2, 3]
Military Service 2 Jul 1941 to 17 May 1948 [4]
Name: COLSTON, ARTHUR HUGH FRASER
Service: Australian Army
Service Number: QX21947
Date of Birth: 1 Sep 1906
Place of Birth: ALBURY, NSW
Date of Enlistment: 2 July 1941
Locality on Enlistment: TIARO, QLD
Place of Enlistment: BRISBANE, QLD
Next of Kin: COLSTON, ROSE
Date of Discharge: 17 May 1948
Rank: Warrant Officer Class 2
Posting at Discharge: 2/5 Armoured Regiment
WW2 Honours and Gallantry: None
Prisoner of War: No
Died 26 Sep 1994 Lota, Queensland, Australia [5]
In Wynnum Hospital
Cremated Aft 26 Sep 1994 Holland Park, Queensland, Australia [6]
Mt Thompson Memorial Gardens
Location: Columbarium 41, Section: Section 8
FamilySearch ID KNWG-4H5
FamilySearch link https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=ancestor&person=KNWG-4H5
Person ID I19 Colston & Wenck families in Australia
Father Arthur Alfred COLSTON, b. 24 Nov 1883, Barnawartha, Victoria, Australia , d. 24 Nov 1926, Albury, New South Wales, Australia (Age 43 years)
Mother Ethel Mary LENNON, b. 17 Nov 1885, Tungamah, Victoria, Australia , d. 18 Mar 1913, Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia (Age 27 years)
Married 8 Aug 1905 Albury, New South Wales, Australia
Family Rose May SPILLER, b. 29 Jun 1911, Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia , d. 4 Feb 1999, Wynnum West, Queensland, Australia (Age 87 years)
Married 29 Sep 1934 Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia [8]
Colston -- Spiller
The marriage of Mr. Arthur Hugh Fraser Colston (eldest son of the late Mr. and Mrs. A. Colston) and Miss Rose May Spiller (eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. J. Spiller, Goomeri) took place in the Church of Christ, Kingaroy, on September 25. Pastor R. W. Payne officiated. Miss Thelma Payne was at the organ, and a vocal solo was given by Mrs. A. F. Davis. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a trained gown of white crepe satin, with a Brussells net veil mounted on tulle. She carried white flowers. Green floral georgette, with cascading frills, was the choice of Misses Mary Henderson and Ruby Ellis, who were the bridesmaids. Their leghorn picture hats featured field flower trimmings, and they carried pink sweet peas and cream roses. The little Misses O. Splller and Beryl McIndoe were flower girls. Mr. R. Gallagher was best man, and Mr. Harold Spiller was the groomsman. On leaving for the honeymoon, which is being spent in Brisbane, Mrs. A. H. F. Colston wore navy crepe de Chine, with a hat to harmonise. [7]
+ 1. Elizabeth Ann "Ann" COLSTON, b. 8 Feb 1936, Maryborough, Queensland, Australia , d. 20 Oct 2014, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (Age 78 years)
+ 2. Beverley June COLSTON, b. 25 Oct 1937, Maryborough, Queensland, Australia , d. 8 Mar 2016, The Tweed Hospital, 14 Powell Street, Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia (Age 78 years)
+ 3. Robert Alexander COLSTON, b. 21 Jul 1939, Maryborough, Queensland, Australia , d. 1 Jun 2011, Kingscliff, New South Wales, Australia (Age 71 years)
+ 4. Living
Born - 1 Sep 1906 - Albury, New South Wales, Australia
Married - 29 Sep 1934 - Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia
Died - 26 Sep 1994 - Lota, Queensland, Australia
Cremated - Aft 26 Sep 1994 - Holland Park, Queensland, Australia
COLSTON, Fraser
COLSTON, Douglas, Arthur and Fraser
Arthur Colston with his two sons, Douglas and Fraser. Taken after the death of his wife in 1913.
[S3] NSW Federation 1889-1918 BDM, (Published by the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in association with the Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages NSW August 1993), 1906/31567.
[S63] Birthday Book, Arthur Colston, 1 Sep 1906.
[S426] Birthday Book, Arthur Colston, 1 Sep 1906.
[S72] WW2 Nominal Roll [database on-line], (http://www.ww2roll.gov.au), Service Number: QX21947.
[S73] Headstone transcription, Mt Thompson Crematorium.
[S738] Heaven Address Resting Place, (https://www.heavenaddress.com/restingplace), Mt Thompson Crematorium.
[S342] Australian Newspapers, National Library of Australia, 1934 'WEDDINGS.', The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933-1954), 8 October, p. 18, viewed 17 February, 2011, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article35641805.
[S342] Australian Newspapers, National Library of Australia, 1934 'Advertising.', The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954), 8 October, p. 1, viewed 16 September, 2011, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article35641630.
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Service of Late Night Shopping Online
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Erica Martell suggested this post after buying a vacuum cleaner late one night that, she wrote, she’d been thinking about for some time. A few days later, I fell for a drastic discount on a Marimekko jumpsuit. Martell continued: “People have some interesting late-night shopping habits.”
Mary-Ann Russon, BBC News business reporter wrote “New data from the John Lewis Partnership Card shows that one in 15 purchases are now made between the hours of midnight and 06:00.
“The research shows that the number of purchases made in this period rose by 23% in 2018, compared with 2017.
“Retail analyst Chris Field told the BBC that technology improvements have prompted this new trend.
Photo: covergirlshapewear.com
“‘It’s partly to do with the more recent generations of mobile phones, and the retailers are becoming much more sophisticated,’ he says.”
We’re not speaking peanuts. According to optinmonster.com: ” Online shopping is growing so fast that the global online shopping market size is predicted to hit 4 trillion in 2020. And in the US alone, we’re expecting to have 300 million online shoppers in 2023. That’s 91% of the entire country’s population!”
In the infancy of QVC, a colleague bought drawers full of jewelry. I missed that temptation. There’s something else about looking at fashions on my phone during a boring TV show or commercial. The compelling photos and ease in buying are part of the attraction.
At what time of day do you buy online? Should you stay away from websites that sell items that might be tempting to you when you’re tired?
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Service of Marketers Ruling the Roost: When Hip Overrides Clarity
Photo: eyecatch.co
When service or communications are poor, customers must wonder whether an operation is being run for them, the owners or the staff.
It may be none of the above.
Frequently the marketers run the show. Many are enamored of technology, to heck with whether or not the hip, new effect does the trick. It’s more important to appear to be cutting edge. Take revolving digital screens that move so quickly that customers can’t read and/or absorb the information fast enough. This isn’t a good choice for a fast food restaurant–or for anything else if the fast-moving screen features more than a few words with an image.
Hot & Spicy McChicken Photo: McDonalds.fandom.com
Britton O’Daly wrote “Wait, Where Did That Burger Go? Diners Struggle With Fast-Moving Digital Menus,” in The Wall Street Journal. In one example a customer was frustrated because he didn’t catch the name of a new chicken dish at McDonald’s so instead of waiting for the screen to return–he feared holding up the line–he ordered a burger. I wonder why he felt he couldn’t ask for “one of those new chicken dishes?”
That customer may have been intimidated by marketers who are also in love with the cutesy names they give their products. To be considered “in,” there’s pressure to use them. I break out in a rash when forced to order coffee at Starbucks [I admit you rarely see me in there]. If I want a small coffee with skim that is how I will order it. You can keep your Grande, Venti and Trenta. Phooey.
Photo: pinterest.com
Back to the original subject. O’Daly wrote: “Digital billboards are now everywhere, and companies love them. The only problem: people have a hard time reading them.”
This harkens back to an amazing looking logo in an unreadable font that also irks me. What’s the point?
Why is the public intimidated into ordering food or drink using the names a company gives it? Why does management put aside common sense and allow marketers to incorporate the latest widget or gadget to communicate with the public even if the vehicle doesn’t do the job? And why does a marketing department, or its advisors, lead its clients down so many primrose paths?
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Service of Counting on a Brand: Bye-bye Microsoft E-Library
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How do you know you can trust a brand to keep its products in business and parts available for as long as you need them? The question doesn’t apply anymore just to major appliances, motor vehicles, furnaces, solar energy technologies and gadgets like VCRs, CDs and DVDs. The subscribers to Microsoft’s E-Library know what it’s like to be left in the lurch. I heard about their loss on NPR.
Lulu Garcia-Navarro and Josh Axelrod reported “Starting in July, Microsoft will be closing its e-book library and erasing all content purchased through the Microsoft e-bookstore from devices. Consumers will receive a refund for every e-book bought.”
Photo: e-library.co.za
I read traditional books but some of my best friends rely on e-books. I’d be irritated if I’d paid for a book and was left hanging at a crucial juncture when Microsoft pulled the plug.
Garcia-Navarro interviewed Aaron Perzanowski, a professor at Case Western Reserve University, who pointed out that losing a book you’ve annotated and use in your job is more than exasperating. Think of lawyers, teachers or academic researchers who have spent time to study a book and write themselves virtual Post-It notes on manuscripts. The additional $25 refund doesn’t make this customer whole, said Perzanowski who also wrote the book “The End of Ownership: Personal Property in the Digital Economy.”
“In a University of Pennsylvania Law Review article, Perzanowski found that users are often misled when they click the ‘Buy Now’ button, thinking that they’ve gained permanent ownership of digital content.
Photo: garageenvy.com
“‘You can go out and buy a car and you think you own the car because it’s parked in your garage,’ Perzanowski says. ‘But in reality – how it functions, who can repair it, what replacement parts are compatible with it – all of that is controlled through software code. And, so I think that line between the physical and the digital is getting increasingly blurry.’”
The culprit is a tool called Digital Rights Management or DRM software. “Your car, your smart home appliances, your home security system – all of these systems have software that allows for this kind of control over how the devices are used, and I think we’re going to see these same sorts of situations crop up in the context of physical devices that are being used in people’s homes.”
Have you lost the use of something you owned because there are no parts available to repair it or did you learn that, like the e-books you bought, you really didn’t own it at all? Do you factor in shelf life when buying things for your office or home or are you resigned to short-lived pull-by dates on almost everything but processed honey with its forever lifespan?
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Service of Amazon Moving into Your Home & Hotel: American Passivity is Creepy
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Get the feeling that Big Brother is closing in and that our lives are under an increasingly powerful magnifying glass while we join in like gleeful children without weighing the ramifications? Recently I wrote about Walmart’s gaining access to homes when no one’s there to deliver groceries to the fridge. In June 2015 I wrote “Service of strangers knowing more about you than your family does.” Today I cover Amazon’s plan to “get more people using its services and locked into its Alexa ecosystem,” as Christopher Mims wrote in The Wall Street Journal.
In “Amazon’s Plan to Move In to Your Next Apartment Before You Do –The tech giant has figured out a way to get millions of its smart speakers into homes without consumers lifting a finger, as property managers bring in Alexa to manage tenants,” Mims reported that already 25 percent of Americans own some kind of smart speaker, the lion’s share belonging to Amazon.
Amazon’s Alexa-controlled Echo speaker. Photo: amazon.com
The brand’s Alexa Smart Properties team, a little known part of its Alexa division, is “working on partnerships with homebuilders, property managers and hoteliers to push millions of Alexa smart speakers into domiciles all across the U.S.” The division offers hardware and software at a discount as well as “new ways for property managers to harvest and use data.” Voice based wish lists and shopping habits of an increasing number of users will propel Amazon ahead of the competition in the rental and new home construction market according to Mims.
“Amazon has figured out a way to get into millions of homes without consumers ever having to choose its hardware and services in the first place.”
Alexa, which some call a personal assistant, responds to its owners voice and carries out tasks. Echo is one of Amazon’s hands-free, voice-controlled speakers.
Mims reminded readers that renters, buyers and hotel guests “may not be aware of all the parties monitoring their smart-home interactions.”
He continued “ ‘We envision a day when you can say ‘Hey Alexa, pay my rent,’ and it will transfer that money from a resident’s bank account,’ says PayLease chief executive Dirk Wakeham.”
Great: Now everyone knows your bank account number and how much rent you pay.
Thanks to smart phone technology, property managers also benefit: They save money, wrote Mims, because they can easily cut back air conditioning and heating in vacant apartments; provide access to units by contractors and change door locks.
Photo: yelp.com
Americans appear to be walking the plank on this one without blinking twice. I witnessed another example of passivity at a favorite store in the suburbs last weekend. A long line at checkout developed an offshoot and nobody at the juncture said, “The line ends over there.” I went to customer service asking for a staffer to direct the line and sort out the confusion. The woman turned her back on me saying “I know.” Such acceptance makes me nervous. I fear that Americans are setting themselves up to be whacked for takeover by nefarious souls–like a golf ball on a tee.
Add surveillance to passivity and the sum is more than creepy, don’t you think? Are city folks more inclined than suburbanites to speak up in public? Do people signing up for or playing ball with smart speakers–installed where they will live or visit–realize what they are giving up? If your hotel room had a smart speaker/spy would you ask that it be disconnected?
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Service of Mi Casa es Tu Casa–Come on In!
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Daily we hear of hacking that’s happened either to a friend, big corporation or organization. It’s a form of break-in. I think it may have inured the public to the normalcy of loss of privacy that gorges on volunteer personal intrusions. Think such smart speakers like Alexa and Amazon Echo.
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Maybe that’s why Walmart and Amazon have or are about to introduce a new wrinkle to their delivery services. In select markets, both will or do arrange for access to a customer’s home to put food in the fridges of the former and leave packages in a home, garage or car trunk in the latter.
Citizens of Kansas City, Mo., Pittsburgh and Vero Beach will be the first to officially invite Walmart delivery staff to put perishables in their refrigerators through a program slated for a fall launch called Walmart InHome. [The system was tested in New Jersey.]
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In “Walmart Wants to Put Groceries Into Your Fridge,” Sarah Nassauer wrote “The workers will wear a body cameras [sic] clipped to their chests, allowing customers to watch live streams of deliveries being made while they aren’t home.” She reported in her Wall Street Journal article that they’ll have access to homes via a smart lock that connects to the Internet allowing a door to unlock remotely. Wallmart sells the device.
Delivery staff for the service must have worked for the company for at minimum a year. “Not everyone embraces the concept at first, but just as people have gradually accepted renting out rooms in their homes through services like Airbnb Inc, ‘people are very quickly comfortable with it,’ said Marc Lore, head of Walmart’s U.S. e-commerce business.”
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The Amazon service, Key by Amazon, wrote Nassauer, is for Prime members in 50 cities. Fresh groceries aren’t involved. In another program Via Prime Now customers get orders from Amazon’s Whole Foods division on doorsteps.
Not every delivery business received the mega company’s stamp of approval. Sebastian Herrera reported last week in the Journal that Amazon is deep sixing its restaurant delivery service.
Would you be comfortable inviting strangers into your kitchen or your home, garage or car trunk when you’re not home? Do you think comfort level for this kind of trust may be higher in some parts of the country than others? Have privacy-breaking services like Alexa and Amazon Echo paved the way? What if you’re in a meeting or otherwise inaccessible when you need to unlock your front door remotely with no time to watch while the delivery person with body camera drops off your perishables? Do you think that this person—or the staffer who packs the order–will be trained to leave foods like tomatoes and bananas out of the refrigerator and on the counter?
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Service of Digital Receipts Going Astray: Can Square Fix the Glitch?
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It’s bad enough when you’re not paying attention and you email James Doe instead of James Doener because you let auto suggest have its way with you. Most people have done this or received correspondence for someone because of it. I cringe at a few of my bloopers.
Now it turns out that a record of your purchases could possibly be shared with others. Peter Rudegeair wrote about it in “Square Sends Millions of Digital Receipts, Sometimes to the Wrong Person From surprise gifts to pending divorces, misdirected notifications result in spilled secrets.” Square is a service that allows companies to accept mobile credit card payments via a gizmo inserted into the port of a phone.
In one example Rudegeair wrote about a friend who learned that the credit card owner was getting a divorce because she received a copy of a detailed lawyer’s receipt for the retainer.
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In another a spouse received a detailed digital receipt, before Christmas, of gifts that were supposed to be a surprise. Because she was getting the blame–and had never before had so many complaints for her service–the local retailer asked Square to disable the automated digital receipt function two years ago.
Rudegeair reported that if a spouse signs up for a digital receipt program for a card they share, they both get them. The partner may not realize this. A florist “has gotten calls from spouses who had surprise gifts spoiled by an errant receipt,” he wrote. The florist added “God forbid anyone was having an affair. You’d see everything.”
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Rudegear wrote: “Square has forwarded receipts documenting transactions as mundane as a cup of coffee and as sensitive as an obstetrician’s visit to people who were uninvolved in the purchases, according to emails reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. In some cases, neither the purchaser nor the recipient could say why Square sent receipts to the people it did.”
According to a Square spokesperson “digital receipts could be received by the wrong person for a variety of reasons, including consumers sharing a credit-card number, accidentally sending the receipt to a recycled phone number or seller or buyer error.”
Customers signing up for digital receipts is a profitable sideline for Square, Rudegear reported: “Square has a window into spending patterns that few other tech companies can match. By supplementing that data with contact details that shoppers provide to Square for the purpose of getting digital receipts, the company is able to assemble expansive profiles of consumer behavior that it can use to run marketing and loyalty programs for its small-business customers.”
Have any of your digital receipts gone rogue? Are you concerned that they might? Now that you know a glitch like this is possible, would you cancel the digital receipt option on your credit card?
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Service of Screen Time for Toddlers & Children: None to Little is Best
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I was on a Manhattan bus stuck in traffic last Saturday. Just outside my window was a fascinating feat of construction dexterity. Sitting across from me was a little boy glued to his phone as his parents were to theirs. He missed the giant beams balanced in the teeth of a construction truck inching to their temporary resting place inches away.
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Countless toddlers similarly stare at phone and tablet screens while the person pushing their strollers chats on the phone. Both miss opportunities to communicate as well as fun things to see from dogs and store windows to characters on the city streets they pass in a place like Manhattan.
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Turns out the children are doing more harm to themselves than substituting one dimensional scenes for the world around them. According to mayoclinic.org, “The American Academy of Pediatrics discourages media use, except for video-chatting, by children younger than 18 to 24 months. If you want to introduce digital media to children ages 18 to 24 months, make sure it’s high quality and avoid solo media use. For children ages 2 to 5, limit screen time to one hour a day of high-quality programming.”
The Mayo reported that “too much poor quality screen time has been linked to: obesity, violence, loss of social skills, irregular sleep schedules and shorter duration of sleep and behavioral problems.”
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New World Health Organization guidelines used even stronger language. The title of Jen Juneau’s article in People is “World Health Organization Now Recommends No Screen Time for Children Age 1 and Younger.” Instead, parents and caregivers should do what many have done for decades: read and tell stories to their children. For children up to two, WHO doesn’t recommend they watch TV or videos or play computer games either.
Juneau wrote: “With children aged 2 to 4, ‘sedentary screen time should be no more than 1 hour; less is better.’” She added that some experts disagree. “The WHO’s advice ‘focuses on quantity of screen time and fails to consider the content and context of use.’” said the director of research at the Oxford Internet Institute at the University of Oxford.
“The new WHO guidelines come almost three months after a study published in JAMA Pediatrics that found that ‘Excessive screen time has been associated with various negative outcomes, including cognitive delays and poorer academic performance’ in children,” Juneau reported.
According to the study on Mayo.com, “children younger than age 2 are more likely to learn and remember information from a live presentation than they are from a video.”
I conjecture that plenty of parents think they are giving their children a leg up by starting them on computers as young as possible. Others may appreciate quiet time when a little one is absorbed by colors and movements on a screen. Publicity about the WHO’s recommendations came out last week and yet I still see countless toddlers in strollers staring at phone screens. Goodness knows what’s happening at home. What will it take for caregivers to get the message about the dangers of screen time for young children? Do you see benefits for little ones to be conversant with the latest gadgets since babyhood? Is reading and telling stories to little ones out of style?
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Service of The Perfect Balance of Digital Technology for Kids in Schools & At Home
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What amount of screen time is best for children in school and at home? Some feel that being comfortable using internet-connected devices is the best way to stay current and be job-ready when the time comes. Others fear that too much screen time is a damaging distraction.
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As of this September, French children from three through 15 must turn off or leave at home their smartphones, tablets and other devices when in school. CNN’s Rory Smith reported that it’s up to each school whether older school children have the same restrictions. The French education minister said that the law, which passed by 62 votes to one, is to keep kids from the “phenomenon of screen addiction…. to protect children and adolescents.”
Lucille Grippo, who lives an hour and a half north of NYC, has three school aged children. She wrote me: “Our school district had a viewing of the movie ‘Screenagers.’ As a parent of teens it was eye-opening. I am one of the few that wish there was less tech in schools. It’s a double edged sword. It certainly makes life easier for teachers and students alike but I wonder about the affect on the brain of so much screen time.”
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Lucille has learned how fragile brains can be from firsthand experience. If her name is familiar it’s because in January I re-posted a blog she’d written, “Why a Calendar is so Important to Me” in my post, “Service of Calendars and Miracles.” This young mother had suffered cardiac arrest out of the blue. At first, due to cortical blindness, she couldn’t see numbers and days on a calendar. Aphasia blocked connections that deciphered what appeared to be strange symbols. She also couldn’t read emails and posts on a computer screen..
After fierce physical, occupational and speech therapies and ferocious determination, her eyesight returned and today she even drives. When circumstances beyond her control forced her away from the “screen” and “offline” she realized how easy it was to step away. Reluctantly returning to her iPhone, tablet and laptop she recognized how the world around her operates on a paperless, electronic, and digital way. Sometimes her brain still has screen time overload.
Back to the documentary. Filmmaker Delaney Ruston, MD’s “Screenagers” synopsis begins: “Are you watching kids scroll through life, with their rapid-fire thumbs and a six-second attention span?” She wonders about the impact and friction at home and in school over the some 6.5 hours/day children spend looking at screens. The film explores “struggles over social media, video games, academics and internet addiction.” It includes “insights from authors, psychologists, and brain scientists and reveals how tech time impacts kids’ development and offers solutions on how adults can empower kids to best navigate the digital world and find balance.”
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Dr. Ruston writes the blog Tech Talk Tuesday. In a recent issue she reported: “Fact: Schools experience pressure to have tech on their campuses from tech companies, administration, and others. Schools want to do well by their students and tech has been sold as a quick fix. For example, schools keep hearing from tech and curriculum companies that ways to ‘personalize and customize learning’ is right around the corner.
“Unfortunately, it has been a very long corner with no impressive results yet,” she added referring to a New York Times article, “The Digital Gap Between the Rich and Poor Kids is Not What We Expected.” The Times reported that Utah, with no funding for a traditional program, has 10 thousand children enrolled in an online preschool. “…one can see how the screen has stepped in,” she wrote.
Her research showed that grades and emotional well being were improved when schools had stringent policies restricting cell phones. The devices were permitted by 66 percent of public middle schools vs. 34 percent of private schools in her study.
Do you think a child restricted from free access to online devices will fall behind his/her peers? Will eliminating the distraction help children focus on school? Might there be less online bullying? Are you distracted by your phone and the siren call of checking what’s up on social media and your email box?
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Service of Upgrades that Are and Aren’t
Shiny Apple
Some upgrades are amazing. Apple gave my iPhone 6 a new lease on life with a recent upgrade that allows it to act pretty much like one of its pricey new phones. I read that this was the latest marketing strategy for the company that formerly encouraged customers to upgrade frequently.
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Even so, hearing the word “upgrade” these days sends shivers my way and, in my experience, for good reason.
No Service Self Service
Have you tried the new USPS self service mailing machines? They don’t work. I don’t mean they are complicated—they literally don’t function and the old ones worked like a charm.
I tried to use several at the Grand Central post office on different days and at a satellite office with no employees. The former wouldn’t respond to light or heavy finger touches by me and countless others who ended up behind me on line for a clerk; the scale didn’t work in the latter which was problematic because I had a package to mail.
Exploding Devices
Last week almost 3,000 new body cam devices were pulled from use by the NYC police department. Why? One exploded.
Out of Order Train App & Info Man
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The Metro-North app. “TrainTime” has issues. I couldn’t link from the TrainTime app to the specifics about substitute busses for trains I usually take so I stopped in at Grand Central Station’s customer service desk. The link was dead last Friday. The attendant explained that Metro-North needs to upgrade the app. He also misinformed me about the bus situation. Fortunately, another staffer set him—and me—straight. His excuse: “I just got to the desk.”
Not My Car
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General Motors emailed to tell me that my 2016 Chevrolet has a soft tire and to bring the car in for service. I knew this had to do with the 2016 we turned in for a 2018 earlier this year because that car always had tire issues. So I informed the dealership, from which we’ve bought and leased cars for 20 years, that GM needs to update its records. When we first dealt with the dealership our salesman took care of everything and there was never a hiccup. Since then it has upgraded with specialists in various areas of the business. This is the second such glitch we’ve encountered since we leased the 2018 model so the specialists aren’t clicking our info in all the right places.
Does the word “upgrade” excite you or make you anxious? Was it always thus? Have you encountered either super or dismal results from a recent upgrade?
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Service of Nosey Smart Speakers That Gossip
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I’ve never wanted live-in help, not that I’ve had that option. I couldn’t relax or have an argument in peace. Unless I needed round the clock nursing, I wouldn’t want a non family member around all the time to observe my habits.
For this reason I cannot imagine inviting into my house a smart speaker like Amazon Echo or Alexa, Google Home, Home Mini and Home Max or Sonos One. The speakers allow voice commands to control tech elements in a home, office or hotel room. Fans consider them as helpers; I see them as potential giant eavesdroppers by total strangers.
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Amazon Echo boasts 15,000 skills. It can buy stuff on Amazon while it supports smart home devices. I’m perfectly happy to log on to Amazon if I need something or open Facebook on my smartphone, but I’m clearly alone. According to techcrunch.com, 39 million Americans own one.
Strangers already know far too much about us. In “What the Airline Knows About the Guy in Seat 12A,” Scott McCartney wrote in The Wall Street Journal, “Airlines know a lot about you, from date of birth and home address to travel patterns, vacation preferences, beverage purchases and whether your last flight was good or bad.”
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In the same newspaper, Laura Stevens wrote: “Echo home speakers mistakenly recorded a private conversation and sent it to a person in the owners’ contact list, an incident that raises questions about the security of such voice-operated devices.” The title and subtitle of her article say a lot: “Amazon Alexa-Powered Device Recorded and Shared User’s Conversation Without Permission–Amazon said the incident involved a series of misunderstandings, with words being confused for commands.”
K im Komando, the computer/digital lifestyle expert, shared a news brief on WCBS radio last week announcing that as a result of a deal between Amazon and Marriot-owned hotels, there will soon be an Alexa smart speaker in every room. You can ask it to have housekeeping bring you more towels, make dinner reservations and have easy access to all hotel amenities. It’s a sales win for Amazon but not so hot for your privacy. She didn’t sound so tickled about the “advancement” either.
Stevens concluded: “‘The privacy side has not been fully fleshed out with digital assistants,’ said Gene Munster, managing partner at Loup Ventures, a venture-capital firm specializing in tech research. Digital assistants still need more training to interpret commands and language more perfectly, he said, something that consumers should consider with the devices in their homes. ‘Eventually we’re going to get it figured out’ but it’s not there yet, he said.”
Do you really want a cake on your airline seat should you be traveling on your birthday or would you find that creepy? Do you mind giving up privacy so you can say, “Turn on my TV” or “Get me more towels,” instead of clicking on the remote or picking up the phone in your hotel room? Would you be tempted when the technicians have a better handle on ensuring that there would be no glitches in transmitting your commands or would the privacy issue still prevent you from jumping in to join the smart speaker craze?
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Commodore VIC20 2pin PAL vs NTSC differences
Previously on the Tynemouth Software Blog, I looked at converting a PAL VIC20 CR board into an NTSC one. This turned out to be a case of swapping a selection of parts with someone who had an NTSC VIC20 CR board and was interested in the reciprocal process.
We used the later cost reduced VIC20 boards as the process was a lot easier. They used the same PCB and it was just a case of playing 'spot the difference' and exchanging the parts.
The parts exchanged were a few passive components, a crystal, VIC chip and KERNAL ROM.
The original VIC20 board with the 2 pin power connector is a more difficult prospect as the PCBs are different between the PAL and NTSC versions. The NTSC version has a metal cage around the video circuitry, and within, the VIC chip and a separate compartment for the clock circuitry. This has the same 14.31818 MHz crystal as the later 2 pin NTSC board.
The PAL version has the outline marked, but no shielding can fitted. There are a few component differences, but most importantly though, it has an extra chip, UB10, outside of the box. This is a 74S74 / 74LS74 which is used to divide the clock frequency down. The M53202 chip looks to be a second source version of a 7402.
The crystal is 8.867236MHz, which is divided down to present 4.433618MHz to the VIC chip. The later 2 pin just used a 4.433618MHz crystal. Maybe they couldn't get those when they designed the 2 pin PAL boards? Or it could be they couldn't get it to work reliably. They did add several capacitors to the circuit on the later PAL boards. You can see the 74LS74 really does look like an afterthought on both the PCB and the schematic.
The other difference that wasn't immediately obvious is the 2 pin power connector is actually different between the PAL and NTSC models. The UK version has larger pins, and a divider between them (which makes it really easy to use a pair of crocodile chips to run from a bench power supply with no change of them shorting out).
The NTSC version is smaller and also has a built in switch, which isn't used. This is presumably a socket designed for a cassette recorder type device where the batteries would be cut off when the mains plug was inserted. Rather dangerous then to fit a socket used for a mains plug, particularly when some VIC20's were disturbingly labelled 117V AC on the bottom. What could possibly go wrong?
Both boards have a common mode choke on the input. On the NTSC board, there is a space on the PCB. On the PAL version, this is missing, and the choke has been used to connect the socket to the board as it is actually attached to the metal plate, not the PCB.
Here you can see where the wires of the choke are connected to the pads on the PCB that would have been used for the socket, and the spare pads for the switch which are not attached to anything, electrically or mechanically. The gold coloured sheet is present on the NTSC versions only and is grounded all around the base of the PCB for shielding.
The way this worked out is that I was sent a non-working NTSC board to repair (it turned out to be a faulty VIC chip, the most difficult part for me to replace), and asked if I could send a working PAL board back. The owner had a suitable 2 pin power supply, with the smaller connector, so I swapped them around, as you can see the socket fits perfectly on the PAL board, it just means there is no common mode choke in there (not much of a problem these days as the mains is horrendously noisy already with all the cheap switchmode phone charger power supplies plugged in).
I have ended up with the NTSC board (currently awaiting an NTSC VIC chip to complete it), and have attached the normal PAL power connector, complete with it's choke, so my board is now double choked. I did consider turning the socket around and bending the pins and soldering direct to the PCB, but went for the easier (and more easily reversible) option.
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Labels: Commodore, NTSC, Repair, VIC20
Custom VIC20 Kernal for Cartridge Testing
VIC20 cartridge production is now in full swing at The Future Was 8 Bit. With Cheese and Onion already released, and Spaceship Minus One available from today.
Testing these is an interesting challenge. The ROM chips are verified after programming, but it is important to test the final assembled units.
To test the Penultimate Cartridge, I wrote a test program which could be loaded from disk and would test the RAM and then cycle through all the ROM cartridge images and check they were all correct.
This works because when the VIC20 boots up, one of the first things it does is check for a bootable cartridge at address A000. If there is one, it runs it, so the Penultimate Cartridge menu is displayed.
All that needs to be done was to press F8 and the tester would be loaded from an attached SD2IEC drive.
Testing the Cheese and Onion cartridges is a little more complicated, as the game starts up as soon as the machine boots up, and runs the game. Yes, this is a test that it appears to work, and is a good start, but it would be better to get a checksum of the whole 32K of the game ROMs to be sure.
It didn't seem a good idea to modify the game code to add in a test feature, as that would need to be included and updated in all future releases. Another option was to modify the VIC20 hardware to swap around two of the ROM banks, to avoid the right ROM being present at A000 during boot, but that wasn't ideal as it meant cutting some tracks.
I have considered making a cartridge extended type thing, which plugs in and then has a slot to plug the test cartridge in, this would have some test code on it, and manipulate the ROM selectors on the test cartridge to check the ROMs. This might make an interesting project, but it probably a bit too much work.
A simpler option was to modify the kernal code, replacing a few instructions with NOPs, so it skipped the cartridge check on boot and when straight to the standard BASIC prompt. That was fairly easy to do in a hex editor, and burn a new kernal ROM for the VIC20. I used an adapter board, so it was possible to select the normal kernal ROM or the modified one.
On bootup, it then went straight to the ready prompt, and the test program could then be loaded and run. Couple of issues here. Firstly, it's a bit of a faff to have to type LOAD "cotester",8 and RUN each time. Secondly, even the cut down version of the Penultimate Cartridge tester was about 5K, so didn't fit in the unexpanded VIC20.
Briefly considering and rejecting using a multi cartridge setup with a 3K RAM expansion, or internally hacking in a 3K RAM upgrade, time for plan B. That involved building a new kernal. The idea being to integrate the test code directly into the kernal, so it would run on startup. I was hoping there would be enough space in the kernal ROM used by things that were not required that could be used to fit in the tester. That would mean it would run on power on, without the user needed to type anything, and wouldn't run the game from the cartridge (at least not until the end).
I could have found a complete kernal disassembly, then got it to build a binary identical ROM image, then start modifying it, but I didn't want to spend too long on this, so I sort of cheated a bit here. I have a command line program I wrote years ago which takes a binary file and generates asm include or C header files with a binary array of the data in the file. Assembling that file would generate a .bin file which matched the original. I could then change small sections and not have to worry about the other bits.
The first change was bypassing the startup code, so I replaced a section of the binary array with the code from the disassembly. Reassembled it to make sure it was still identical, then I could begin commenting out bits and making changes. I left in most of the initialisation code, apart from the **** CBM BASIC V2 **** message, and added my code at the point where it would have put up the READY prompt.
The VIC20 kernal ROM actually starts with the end of the BASIC ROM, so there is a few K of trigonometry routines, then some IO routines, then more trig functions. The IO routines are still required, but not the trig functions, so in the end about 3K of space I could use in two chunks. Not enough space for the 2K CRC table my original CRC code used, but I found some smaller on the fly CRC code which was still fairly fast and much smaller. That all fitted, with some space to add additional ROM checksums to the lookup table as more cartridges are added to the range. I see now I should have filled the space with FF so that I could add to the table without having to erase the EPROM, rather than 00.
Since I was writing this in raw assembler, the display is quite simple. I have used the same theme of a blue background, white text during testing as the Penultimate Cartridge tester.
As the Cheese and Onion cartridge uses two ROM chips, I have tested these separately, rather than generating an overall checksum, to deal with situations where there is an error on only one chip
Red background indicates a failure (or at least as close as you can get to red on a PAL VIC20). At this point, I jumped to the BASIC cold start code and brought up a ready prompt. In case anything useful could be done from BASIC.
Green background indicates success. If the test is successful, the user can press a key and it will start the game, in the same way it would on bootup.
And then it's packed up and shipped to the eagerly awaiting VIC20 owners.
Cheese and Onion and Spaceship Minus One are available to order now from The Future Was 8 bit.
Labels: TFW8B, VIC20
Arduino EEPROM Programmer
I saw this kit advertised on Tindie (Simple EEPROM Programmer shield for Arduino Mega) and thought it looked interesting.
I have an upcoming project where I will need to program some EEPROMs in place in a system. I hadn't looked into the programming algorithm, so this seemed like a good way to start.
The kit arrived, very nicely presented with a clear double sided instruction sheet and a nicely laid out board with all the tracks on the back and a copper pour ground plane. I notice things like that. I like things like that.
Assembly was straightforward. I chose to fit an IC socket (I had already stolen the ZIF socket supplied with the kit for something else), as I wasn't planning to change the IC in it very often.
All that was needed was to plug it into an Arduino Mega. The firmware is available from the author's blog. We've all had fun in the past with Arduino code that doesn't build and needs specific old versions of certain libraries, but I am pleased to say it built and programmed fine.
It uses a serial protocol, over a 9600 8N1 connection. The commands are detailed in the code, but basically V shows a version string, Raaaa reads from address 0xaaaa, and Waaaa:dd writes data 0xdd to address 0xaaaa (can be multiple bytes e.g. Waaaa:dddddd).
You can drive this from the serial monitor, but there are two provided front ends, a command line version and a desktop app.
Testing this with a couple of Atmel AT28C64B EEPROMs that I am currently using a lot to test a Commodore 64 cartridge. Yes, I have put labels on the chips, the etched labels can be tricky to read at some angles. No, of course my eyesight isn't getting worse, of course I'm not getting old.
I was able to read in data from the chip fine, but writing didn't seem to work. I checked with the author and he was using the same chips as me, and they were working fine for him. I checked the chips I was using in my usual programmer, and they were programming fine. It was then I noticed the lines about "Software Data Protection".
Checking the AT28C64B datasheet, it seems there is a sequence of instructions that can be sent to the chip to lock it to disable future writes, and to unlock it again. My Minipro programmer was unlocking at the start, programming and then locking again. A sensible precaution against accidental writes.
I tried removing the SDP (Software Data Protection, not the Social Democratic Party) and was then able to successfully program using the Arduino based programmer. There was no code present in there to do SDP which explains why it wasn't working on chips I had already used with my EPROM programmer. I had tried a chip fresh from the tube, but stupidly checked that it was working first by programming it on my EPROM programmer, which locked it. As there wasn't any provision for SDP in the code, so I tried enabling it using write instructions, W1555:AA, W0AAA:55 etc. but that didn't seem to work.
Checking the datasheet, they specified a series of events, so I took the V0.01 code and built a V0.02 with SDP enable and disable built in, trying to follow this sequence. This didn't work either, I tried a few ways around it, but thought it may be timing related. The exiting code has an overly generous 10mS write pulse, which is actually the maximum the chip can support. The datasheet says the chip can work with a pulse as small as 50nS. I tried a 1uS pulse (using the Arduino delayMicroseconds function), and that worked. I left these are separate commands, as they probably only apply to Atmel chips. P to protect the chip, U to unprotect.
The sequence above show testing writing is working, enabling SDP and writing more. Those writes didn't appear. Enabling SDP and repeating and the writes are now retained. Note the first byte is overwritten with 00 during the lock / unlock operation. Some data needs to be written to any address to complete the lock / unlock process. A future improvement may be to read that byte before lock / unlock and write it back afterwards with the original value. There is also a function to erase the whole chip, but that requires a 12V pulse which is not easily available in this case.
So, I bought this kit to learn more about programming EEPROMs, and it certainly worked. I sent my updates to the author, and he has already incorporated them into the official V0.02 release (available on his blog).
Labels: Arduino, Kit, Review
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Trump administration ends talks with California, presses ahead with Clean Car Standards rollback
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By Martha Roberts / Bio / Published: February 21, 2019
EDF attorney Erin Murphy co-authored this post
The Trump administration announced today that it will end negotiations with California and press ahead with its attempts to roll back America’s successful Clean Car Standards.
Rolling back the Clean Car Standards would increase pollution and raise costs for American families. The administration’s justification for weakening these safeguards is based on a deeply flawed and biased analysis that contradicts the technical progress the auto industry is making to reduce pollution. An earlier expose highlighted the roll of the oil industry in pushing and benefiting from the administration’s rollback.
State leadership under attack
The administration says it is pressing ahead with its attacks on long-standing state authority to enforce tougher standards than those implemented at the federal level.
Over the last half century, state leadership has played a key role in spurring the development and deployment of clean car solutions like smog-fighting catalytic converters.
Under long-standing provisions in the Clean Air Act, California has authority to set its own vehicle pollution standards, and other states are authorized to adopt these standards. Today more than a third of U.S. new car sales are covered by the coalition of states that have committed to protective clean car standards: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Washington, and Vermont.
Automaker public comments recognize this history and have committed to working with California to build a path forward.
The administration’s proposal to roll back the Clean Car Standards would stifle these successful state-led programs, while needlessly creating uncertainty for all parties.
The administration’s rollback will cost Americans at the gas pump
With strong clean car standards, Americans save hard-earned money at the gas pump.
An analysis by M.J. Bradley & Associates found that with the current Clean Car Standards in place, owners of model year 2025 cars would see net savings of up to $5,000 over the lifetime of their cars compared to model year 2020 vehicles, and trucks owners could save up to $8,000.
The vast majority of families who finance their car purchase will start saving money as soon as they drive a car off the lot. For all families, their savings continue as long as they own their vehicle.
In contrast, the M.J Bradley report finds that the Trump administration’s proposed rollback would cost Americans in every state. With the anticipated rollback, an average family will spend $200 more every year, and could spend as much as $500 more every year if gas prices rise — with low-income and long-commuting Americans particularly hard hit.
The administration’s own analysis shows a clean cars rollback will cost jobs
The Trump administration’s own analysis finds that its effort to weaken clean car standards is a job loser. That’s right – the administration’s own assessment of its proposed rollback found that it would cost 60,000 jobs (Table VII-5; page 784 and 785).
Losing 60,000 jobs under President Trump’s plan stands in stark contrast to the progress made since the adoption of the Clean Car Standards. This program has coincided with record years of vehicle sales and the addition of 700,000 auto industry jobs.
The United Automobile Workers has noted that their members “know firsthand” that these standards “have spurred investments in new products that employ tens of thousands of our members.” The group’s president, Dennis Williams, stated that he did not support the administration’s efforts to rollback these standards:
“We had an agreement … I don’t think that we ought to be rolling back the standards. I think we ought to use some common sense here.”
The 60,000 job loss figure is likely low because it fails to account for the cost of ceding innovation and technology leadership to other countries. China is now the dominant market for global vehicles sales, and its long-term commitment to zero-emission vehicles remains strong.
The next generation of American automotive jobs will be at companies that lead the global transition to zero-emission vehicles. For example, Synapse Energy Economics recently found that embracing vehicle electrification by itself stands to create – for Ohio alone – more than 9,000 jobs and $900 million in annual Gross Domestic Product.
A broad coalition supports the existing Clean Car Standards
Two weeks ago, a strong coalition filed in court to defend the existing clean cars program. These parties are challenging ex-EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s April 2018 Final Determination concluding that the Clean Car Standards should be rolled back — a decision which obligated EPA to weaken these protections.
Parties that filed in court include:
18 states and the District of Columbia: California, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Washington, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington, DC. Colorado filed separately as an amicus or “friend of the court.”
A coalition of cities and counties, including: the National League of Cities; the U.S. Conference of Mayors; New York; Los Angeles; Chicago; San Francisco; Ann Arbor, Michigan; Boulder County, Colorado; and West Palm Beach, Florida. In its brief, the local government coalition argues why Pruitt’s Determination to weaken existing standards is particularly harmful to cities across America: “Cities and local governments are at the frontlines of managing climate change and are uniquely affected by the impacts of climate change on human health, infrastructure, natural resources, and local economies.”
Consumer Federation of America, an association of more than 250 nonprofit consumer groups. In its brief to the court, CFA explains that the Pruitt Determination “would rob consumers of billions of dollars in net benefits by freezing GHG emission standards at [2020] levels, with the lost savings reaching $1,650 per vehicle.”
Lyft, a ridesharing platform available to 95 percent of people in the United States. Lyft explains why EPA’s determination causes harm to its company, drivers, and customers: “Lyft depends on automakers to make fuel-efficient vehicles available and affordable. EPA’s determination that the existing 2022– 2025 greenhouse gas standards are ‘inappropriate’ harms Lyft, its drivers, and its riders because it will make efficient vehicles less readily available and more expensive than they otherwise would have been.”
The South Coast Air Quality Management District in California is responsible for comprehensive air pollution control in the Los Angeles metropolitan area and parts of surrounding counties. Its brief explains how EPA’s attack on the Clean Car Standards makes it harder for California to achieve cleaner air.
Advanced Energy Economy represents more than 100 companies and organizations that are focused on the advanced energy sector, including the transition to clean cars. AEE explains in its brief that: “EPA’s actions undermine technology firms’ ability to plan around predictable markets, and destabilize the investor confidence engendered by the benefits of long-term, evidence-based emissions performance standards.”
A coalition of private sector advanced transportation interests including the National Coalition for Advanced Transportation, ConEd, National Grid, New York Power Authority, and Seattle City Light.
A coalition of consumer, science, and environmental organizations, including Environmental Defense Fund. Others include: the Center for Biological Diversity, Conservation Law Foundation, Natural Resources Defense Fund, Public Citizen, Sierra Club, and Union of Concerned Scientists.
Extensive safety analysis supports strong Clean Car Standards
Multiple federal agencies – including the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the lead federal agency charged with vehicle safety – as well as the National Academy of Sciences and the California Air Resources Board have done extensive, sophisticated technical safety assessments. The findings of those assessments support the existing Clean Car Standards.
The studies, analyses and crash-worthiness simulations conducted during these assessments have resulted in thousands of pages of data showing that the Clean Car Standards are fully compatible with safer vehicles and fewer fatalities — and roundly rejecting the administration’s false contention that the standards harm vehicle safety.
The administration’s analytic justification for rolling back the standards has been widely criticized. A Science article concluded that the agencies’ analysis “has fundamental flaws and inconsistences [and] is at odds with basic economic theory and empirical studies.”
EDF, coalition partners urge the D.C. Circuit to decide the Clean Power Plan case
Electric vehicles enter the here and now
Americans speak up for clean cars at EPA public hearing
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In their attempt to meet these nearly impossible standards automakers have been forced to produce vehicles that may be nice for a little while, but fail the consumer too soon. “The more they rethink the plumbing, the easier it gets to stop up the drain.” One little sensor goes bad and suddenly the vehicle runs like crap and there goes your mileage. I have never had a carbureted engine run as badly as my fuel injected Jeep. The last time I drove it the road was quite literally ON FIRE behind me!
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SERVIS CREEK CLEANUP
Thank you to all the awesome volunteers who came out to help keep our streams clean!!! Together we removed:
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Many people think that stormwater drains lead to local wastewater treatment plants- this is a common misconception. While water used in households is transported to wastewater treatment plants, water that runs down our storm drains flows directly to the closest stream, river, or lake and eventually to the Atlantic Ocean.
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S. Amdt. 3028 - To Authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to Transport Individuals to and from Facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Connection with Rehabilitation, Counseling, Examination, Treatment, and Care.
112th Congress (2011-2012) View amendment details View bill details
This is an amendment to S. 3254 - Wartime Contracting Reform Act of 2012
Senate Vote: Amendment SA 3028 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
PASSED by voice vote on December 3, 2012.
Other Votes:
All votes on S. 3254
Wartime Contracting Reform Act of 2012
S. 3254 — 112th Congress (2011–2012)
An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2013 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. (by CRS)
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An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2013 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013
Impact Aid Improvement Act of 2012
Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission Act of 2012
Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013
National Commission on the Structure of the Air Force Act of 2012
American Medical Isotopes Production Act of 2012
Dale Long Public Safety Officers' Benefits Improvements Act of 2012
End Trafficking in Government Contracting Act of 2012
Fire Grants Reauthorization Act of 2012
GAO Mandates Revision Act of 2012
HAVEN Act
Housing Assistance for Veterans Act of 2012
Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act of 2012
Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012
Maritime Administration Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013
Stolen Valor Act of 2012
United States Fire Administration Reauthorization Act of 2012
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H.Res. 829 (112th) : Returning Several Measures to the Senate.
H.R. 733 (112th) : Recalcitrant Cancer Research Act of 2012
H.R. 3702 (112th) : Due Process Guarantee Act of 2011
H.R. 3863 (112th) : Fair Military Leave Act
H.R. 4018 (112th) : Public Safety Officers' Benefits Improvements Act of 2012
H.R. 4053 (112th) : Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act of 2012
H.R. 4309 (112th) : Officer Safety Act of 2012
H.R. 4310 (112th) : United States Fire Administration Reauthorization Act of 2012
H.R. 4401 (112th) : Revitalizing America's Commercial Entrepreneurs for Space Act
H.R. 5321 (112th) : Service Members and Communities Count Act of 2012
H.R. 6381 (112th) : Housing Assistance for Veterans Act of 2012
H.R. 6635 (112th) : TRICARE Protection Act
S. 99 (112th) : American Medical Isotopes Production Act of 2011
S. 1409 (112th) : Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act of 2012
S. 2003 (112th) : Due Process Guarantee Act of 2011
S. 2060 (112th) : Fair Military Leave Act
S. 2224 (112th) : A Bill to Require the President to Report to Congress on Issues Related to Syria.
S. 2276 (112th) : Officer Safety Act of 2012
S. 2470 (112th) : Service Members and Communities Count Act of 2012
S. 3207 (112th) : A Bill to Amend Title 10, United States Code, to Provide for Relief in Civil Actions for Violations of the Protections on Credit Extended to Members of the Armed Forces and Their Dependents.
S. 3235 (112th) : HIRE at HOME Act
S. 3315 (112th) : GAO Mandates Revision Act of 2012
S. 3354 (112th) : Transition Assistance Advisor Act of 2012
S. 3372 (112th) : Military Service Integrity Act of 2012
S. 3554 (112th) : Simulated Tactical Flight Training Study Act of 2012
S. 3560 (112th) : Recalcitrant Cancer Research Act of 2012
S. 3614 (112th) : Housing Assistance for Veterans Act of 2012
S. 3646 (112th) : Afghan Women and Girls Security Promotion Act of 2012
S. 3668 (112th) : Bradley Fighting Vehicle Sustainment Act of 2012
Major Actions
Introduced 6/04/2012
Referred to Committee
Amendments (381 proposed)
Passed Senate 12/04/2012
All Votes
Chamber/Committee
select this vote Senate Amendment SA 3016 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote. 11/28/2012 PASSED by voice vote
select this vote Senate On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2985 to S. 3254 (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013) 11/28/2012 This amendment PASSED the Senate
62 voted YES 37 voted NO 1 voted present/not voting
select this vote Senate Amendment SA 2888 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. 11/29/2012 PASSED by voice vote
select this vote Senate Amendment SA 3090 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. 11/29/2012 PASSED by voice vote
select this vote Senate Amendment SA 3124 as modified agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote. 11/29/2012 PASSED by voice vote
95 voted YES 0 voted NO 5 voted present/not voting
select this vote Senate On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3025 to S. 3254 (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013) 11/30/2012 This amendment DID NOT PASS the Senate
select this vote Senate On the Motion (Motion to Waive Sec. 302(f) of the CBA) 11/30/2012 This amendment DID NOT PASS the Senate
currently selected Senate Amendment SA 3028 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote. 12/03/2012 PASSED by voice vote
select this vote Senate On the Cloture Motion S. 3254 12/03/2012 This motion PASSED the Senate
select this vote Senate S. 3254 (112th): National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 12/04/2012 This bill PASSED the Senate
6/04/2012 Committee on Armed Services. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Levin. With written report No. 112-173. Additional views filed.
Put on a legislative calendar 6/04/2012 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 419.
11/13/2012 Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate.
11/28/2012 Motion to proceed to consideration of measure agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
11/28/2012 Measure laid before Senate by motion.
11/28/2012 Amendment SA 2955 proposed by Senator Leahy.
11/28/2012 Amendment SA 3016 proposed by Senator Gillibrand.
select this vote Vote 11/28/2012 Amendment SA 3016 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
11/28/2012 Amendment SA 3051 proposed by Senator McCain.
11/28/2012 Amendment SA 3099 proposed by Senator Murray.
11/28/2012 Amendment SA 3123 proposed by Senator Kyl.
11/28/2012 Amendment SA 2985 proposed by Senator Reid for Senator Udall CO.
select this vote Vote 11/28/2012 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2985 to S. 3254 (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013)
11/29/2012 Considered by Senate.
11/29/2012 Amendment SA 2888 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Kohl.
select this vote Vote 11/29/2012 Amendment SA 2888 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
11/29/2012 Amendment SA 2924 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Manchin.
11/29/2012 Amendment SA 2929 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator McCaskill.
11/29/2012 Amendment SA 2940 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Blumenthal.
11/29/2012 Amendment SA 2948 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Webb.
11/29/2012 Amendment SA 2956 proposed by Senator Portman.
11/29/2012 Amendment SA 2960 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Wyden.
11/29/2012 Amendment SA 2962 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Sessions.
11/29/2012 Amendment SA 2966 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Hatch.
11/29/2012 Amendment SA 2969 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Heller.
11/29/2012 Amendment SA 2971 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Inhofe.
11/29/2012 Amendment SA 2972 proposed by Senator Inhofe.
11/29/2012 Amendment SA 2980 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Boxer.
11/29/2012 Amendment SA 2986 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Casey.
11/29/2012 Amendment SA 2989 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Murray.
11/29/2012 Amendment SA 2991 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Hoeven.
11/29/2012 Amendment SA 3018 proposed by Senator Feinstein.
11/29/2012 Amendment SA 3036 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Brown MA.
11/29/2012 Amendment SA 3059 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Toomey.
11/29/2012 Amendment SA 3083 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Barrasso.
11/29/2012 Amendment SA 3085 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Vitter.
11/29/2012 Amendment SA 3090 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Lieberman.
select this vote Vote 11/29/2012 Amendment SA 3090 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
11/29/2012 Amendment SA 3095 proposed by Senator Hagan.
11/29/2012 Amendment SA 3096 proposed by Senator Merkley.
11/29/2012 Amendment SA 3098 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Shaheen.
11/29/2012 Amendment SA 3110 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Coburn.
11/29/2012 Amendment SA 3114 proposed by Senator Levin.
11/29/2012 Amendment SA 3124 proposed by Senator Blumenthal.
select this vote Vote 11/29/2012 Amendment SA 3124 as modified agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
11/29/2012 Amendment SA 3158 proposed by Senator Cornyn.
11/29/2012 Amendment SA 3180 proposed by Senator Whitehouse.
11/29/2012 Amendment SA 3199 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Durbin.
11/29/2012 Amendment SA 3201 proposed by Senator Inhofe for Senator Coons.
11/29/2012 Amendment SA 3213 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Risch.
11/29/2012 Amendment SA 3220 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Wicker.
11/29/2012 Amendment SA 3222 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Johanns.
11/29/2012 Amendment SA 3232 proposed by Senator Menendez.
11/29/2012 Amendment SA 3245 proposed by Senator Ayotte.
11/29/2012 Amendment SA 3260 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Cornyn.
11/29/2012 Amendment SA 3261 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator McCain.
11/29/2012 Amendment SA 3271 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Kyl.
11/29/2012 Amendment SA 3279 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Nelson NE.
11/30/2012 Cloture motion on the bill presented in Senate.
11/30/2012 Amendment SA 2984 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Bingaman.
11/30/2012 Amendment SA 3009 proposed by Senator Sessions.
11/30/2012 Amendment SA 3025 proposed by Senator Cardin.
11/30/2012 Amendment SA 3073 proposed by Senator Nelson FL.
11/30/2012 Point of order that the amendment violates section 302(f) of the CBA raised in Senate with respect to amendment SA 3073.
11/30/2012 Amendment SA 3073 ruled out of order by the chair.
11/30/2012 Amendment SA 3075 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Whitehouse.
11/30/2012 Amendment SA 3079 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Grassley.
11/30/2012 Amendment SA 3102 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Klobuchar.
11/30/2012 Amendment SA 3133 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Snowe.
11/30/2012 Amendment SA 3135 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Murkowski.
11/30/2012 Amendment SA 3145 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Warner.
11/30/2012 Amendment SA 3182 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Sanders.
11/30/2012 Amendment SA 3196 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Collins.
11/30/2012 Amendment SA 3244 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Reid.
11/30/2012 Amendment SA 3258 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Alexander.
11/30/2012 Amendment SA 3283 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Rubio.
11/30/2012 Amendment SA 3290 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Begich.
select this vote Vote 11/30/2012 On the Motion (Motion to Waive Sec. 302(f) of the CBA)
12/03/2012 Amendment SA 2923 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Coats.
12/03/2012 Amendment SA 2996 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Rockefeller.
12/03/2012 Amendment SA 3022 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Cardin.
12/03/2012 Amendment SA 3028 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Tester.
12/03/2012 Amendment SA 3119 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Paul.
12/03/2012 Amendment SA 3124, previously agreed to, was further modified by Unanimous Consent.
12/03/2012 Amendment SA 3142 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Portman.
12/03/2012 Amendment SA 3165 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Reed.
12/03/2012 Amendment SA 3172 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Corker.
12/03/2012 Amendment SA 3227 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Conrad.
12/03/2012 Amendment SA 3278 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Blunt.
12/03/2012 Amendment SA 3289 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Coons.
12/03/2012 Amendment SA 3291 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Pryor.
12/03/2012 Amendment SA 3298 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Lautenberg.
currently selected Vote 12/03/2012 Amendment SA 3028 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
12/03/2012 Amendment SA 3208 proposed by Senator Leahy for Senator Bingaman.
select this vote Vote 12/03/2012 On the Cloture Motion S. 3254
12/04/2012 Senate incorporated this measure in H.R. 4310 as an amendment.
12/04/2012 See also H.R. 4310.
12/04/2012 Amendment SA 3019 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Akaka.
12/04/2012 Amendment SA 3113 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Brown OH.
12/04/2012 Amendment SA 3226 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Bennet.
12/04/2012 Amendment SA 3241 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Carper.
12/04/2012 Amendment SA 3277 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Thune.
12/04/2012 Amendment SA 3285 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Moran.
select this vote Senate Vote on Passage 12/04/2012 S. 3254 (112th): National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013
12/06/2012 Message on Senate action sent to the House.
12/07/2012 Received in the House.
12/07/2012 Held at the desk.
12/12/2012 Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 829, papers are returned to the Senate.
Date Offered
S. Amdt. 2887 Kohl, Herbert [D-WI] November 13, 2012 Offered on November 12, 2012.
Show amendment details
select this vote S. Amdt. 2888 Kohl, Herbert [D-WI] November 13, 2012 Passed by voice vote on November 28, 2012.
To provide for the payment of a benefit for the nonparticipation of eligible members in the Post-Deployment/Mobilization Respite Absence program due to Government error.
select this vote S. Amdt. 2923 Coats, Daniel [R-IN] November 15, 2012 Passed by voice vote on December 2, 2012.
In the nature of a substitute.
select this vote S. Amdt. 2924 Manchin, Joe [D-WV] November 15, 2012 Passed by voice vote on November 28, 2012.
To require an additional element in the report on the accuracy of the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System.
S. Amdt. 2925 Manchin, Joe [D-WV] November 15, 2012 Offered on November 14, 2012.
select this vote S. Amdt. 2927 Kyl, Jon [R-AZ] November 15, 2012 Passed by voice vote on December 3, 2012.
To establish a congressional advisory panel on revising the governance structure of the National Nuclear Security Administration to permit it to operate more effectively and independently of the Department of Energy.
S. Amdt. 2928 McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] November 26, 2012 Offered on November 25, 2012.
select this vote S. Amdt. 2929 McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] November 26, 2012 Passed by voice vote on November 28, 2012.
To improve authorities and limitations relating to wartime contracting and other acquisition-related provisions.
S. Amdt. 2934 Wicker, Roger [R-MS] November 26, 2012 Offered on November 25, 2012.
S. Amdt. 2939 Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] November 26, 2012 Offered on November 25, 2012.
select this vote S. Amdt. 2940 Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] November 26, 2012 Passed by voice vote on November 28, 2012.
To provide certain requirements relating to the retirement, adoption, care, and recognition of military working dogs.
To expand whistleblower protections to non-Defense contractor and grantee employees.
select this vote S. Amdt. 2943 Webb, Jim [D-VA] November 26, 2012 Passed by voice vote on December 2, 2012.
To make Department of Defense law enforcement officers eligible under the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act.
S. Amdt. 2944 Lieberman, Joseph [I-CT] November 26, 2012 Offered on November 25, 2012.
S. Amdt. 2946 Pryor, Mark [D-AR] November 27, 2012 Offered on November 26, 2012.
select this vote S. Amdt. 2948 Webb, Jim [D-VA] November 27, 2012 Passed by voice vote on November 28, 2012.
To extend the authority to provide a temporary increase in rates of basic allowance for housing under certain circumstances.
To extend the temporary increase in accumulated leave carryover for members of the Armed Forces.
S. Amdt. 2950 Begich, Mark [D-AK] November 27, 2012 Offered on November 26, 2012.
select this vote S. Amdt. 2954 Begich, Mark [D-AK] November 27, 2012 Passed by voice vote on December 2, 2012.
To authorize space-available travel on Department of Defense aircraft of certain unremarried spouses of members and former members of the Armed Forces.
select this vote S. Amdt. 2955 Leahy, Patrick [D-VT] November 27, 2012 Passed by roll call vote on November 27, 2012.
To improve the Public Safety Officers' Benefits Program.
select this vote S. Amdt. 2956 Portman, Robert [R-OH] November 27, 2012 Passed by voice vote on November 28, 2012.
To require a report on Department of Defense efforts to standardize educational transcripts issued to separating members of the Armed Forces.
S. Amdt. 2957 Webb, Jim [D-VA] November 27, 2012 Offered on November 26, 2012.
select this vote S. Amdt. 2959 Wyden, Ron [D-OR] November 27, 2012 Passed by voice vote on November 29, 2012.
To require reports on the use of indemnification agreements in Department of Defense contracts.
To require a report on mechanisms to ease the reintegration into civilian life of members of the National Guard and the Reserves following a deployment on active duty.
S. Amdt. 2961 Wyden, Ron [D-OR] November 27, 2012 Offered on November 26, 2012.
select this vote S. Amdt. 2962 Sessions, Jefferson [R-AL] November 27, 2012 Passed by voice vote on November 28, 2012.
To express the sense of Congress on the submittal to Congress of the homeland defense hedging policy and strategy of the Secretary of Defense.
To authorize the posthumous honorary promotion of Sergeant Paschal Conley to second lieutenant in the Army.
S. Amdt. 2964 Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA] November 27, 2012 Offered on November 26, 2012.
S. Amdt. 2965 Hatch, Orrin [R-UT] November 27, 2012 Offered on November 26, 2012.
select this vote S. Amdt. 2966 Hatch, Orrin [R-UT] November 27, 2012 Passed by voice vote on November 28, 2012.
To reauthorize and expand the multi-trades demonstration project.
S. Amdt. 2967 Heller, Dean [R-NV] November 27, 2012 Offered on November 26, 2012.
S. Amdt. 2968 Coats, Daniel [R-IN] November 27, 2012 Offered on November 26, 2012.
select this vote S. Amdt. 2969 Heller, Dean [R-NV] November 27, 2012 Passed by voice vote on November 28, 2012.
To require a report on the future availability of TRICARE Prime throughout the United States.
S. Amdt. 2970 Inhofe, James [R-OK] November 27, 2012 Offered on November 26, 2012.
select this vote S. Amdt. 2971 Inhofe, James [R-OK] November 27, 2012 Passed by voice vote on November 28, 2012.
To express the sense of the Senate on the protection of Department of Defense airfields, training airspace, and air training routes.
To express the sense of Congress that the bugle call commonly known as "Taps" should be designated as the National Song of Military Remembrance.
To express the sense of the Senate on training of mental health counselors for members of the Armed Forces, veterans, and their families.
select this vote S. Amdt. 2978 Inhofe, James [R-OK] November 27, 2012 Passed by voice vote on December 2, 2012.
To require the Secretary of the Air Force to submit to Congress a plan to increase the number of contractors eligible to be awarded contracts under the Air Force's Network-Centric Solutions-2 (NETCENTS-2) indefinite-delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract.
select this vote S. Amdt. 2980 Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] November 27, 2012 Passed by voice vote on November 28, 2012.
To require an Inspector General of the Department of Defense report on allowable costs of compensation of employees of Department of Defense contractors.
To prohibit the issuance of a waiver for commissioning or enlistment in the Armed Forces for any individual convicted of a felony sexual offense.
S. Amdt. 2982 Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] November 27, 2012 Offered on November 26, 2012.
select this vote S. Amdt. 2984 Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] November 27, 2012 Passed by voice vote on November 29, 2012.
To provide for national security benefits for White Sands Missile Range and Fort Bliss.
select this vote S. Amdt. 2985 Udall, Mark [D-CO] November 27, 2012 Passed by roll call vote on November 27, 2012.
To strike section 313, relating to a limitation on the availability of funds for the procurement of alternative fuel.
select this vote S. Amdt. 2986 Casey, Robert [D-PA] November 27, 2012 Passed by voice vote on November 28, 2012.
To require contractors to notify small business concerns that they have been included in offers relating to contracts let by Federal agencies.
S. Amdt. 2987 Bennet, Michael [D-CO] November 27, 2012 Offered on November 26, 2012.
S. Amdt. 2988 Kerry, John [D-MA] November 27, 2012 Offered on November 26, 2012.
select this vote S. Amdt. 2989 Murray, Patty [D-WA] November 27, 2012 Passed by voice vote on November 28, 2012.
To extend the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Labor to carry out a program of referral and counseling services to veterans at risk of homelessness who are transitioning from certain institutions.
S. Amdt. 2990 Grassley, Charles [R-IA] November 27, 2012 Offered on November 26, 2012.
select this vote S. Amdt. 2991 Hoeven, John [R-ND] November 27, 2012 Passed by voice vote on November 28, 2012.
To express the sense of the Senate on the maintenance by the United States of a triad of strategic nuclear delivery systems.
S. Amdt. 2992 Hoeven, John [R-ND] November 27, 2012 Offered on November 26, 2012.
S. Amdt. 2993 Gillibrand, Kirsten [D-NY] November 27, 2012 Offered on November 26, 2012.
To require a report on a program on the return of rare earth phosphors from Department of Defense fluorescent lighting waste to the domestic rare earth supply chain.
To enhance authorities relating to the admission of defense industry civilians to certain Department of Defense educational institutions and programs.
select this vote S. Amdt. 2996 Rockefeller, John [D-WV] November 27, 2012 Passed by voice vote on December 2, 2012.
To authorize certain maritime programs of the Department of Transportation, and for other purposes.
select this vote S. Amdt. 2997 Casey, Robert [D-PA] November 27, 2012 Passed by voice vote on December 2, 2012.
To authorize the Transition Assistance Advisor program of the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.
S. Amdt. 2998 Ayotte, Kelly [R-NH] November 27, 2012 Offered on November 26, 2012.
S. Amdt. 3006 Snowe, Olympia [R-ME] November 27, 2012 Offered on November 26, 2012.
S. Amdt. 3007 Sessions, Jefferson [R-AL] November 27, 2012 Offered on November 26, 2012.
To provide for congressional review of any bilateral security agreement with Afghanistan.
S. Amdt. 3014 Reed, John [D-RI] November 27, 2012 Offered on November 26, 2012.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3015 Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] November 27, 2012 Passed by voice vote on December 2, 2012.
To extend the stolen goods offense to cover all veterans' memorials.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3016 Gillibrand, Kirsten [D-NY] November 27, 2012 Passed by voice vote on November 27, 2012.
To provide for the processing for administrative separation from the Armed Forces of members who are convicted of certain sexual offenses under the Uniform Code of Military Justice and not punitively discharged in connection with such convictions.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3018 Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] November 27, 2012 Passed by roll call vote on November 28, 2012.
To clarify that an authorization to use military force, a declaration of war, or any similar authority shall not authorize the detention without charge or trial of a citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United States.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3019 Akaka, Daniel [D-HI] November 28, 2012 Passed by voice vote on December 3, 2012.
To amend the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 with respect to the State Trade and Export Promotion Grant Program.
S. Amdt. 3020 Akaka, Daniel [D-HI] November 28, 2012 Offered on November 27, 2012.
S. Amdt. 3021 Cardin, Benjamin [D-MD] November 28, 2012 Offered on November 27, 2012.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3022 Cardin, Benjamin [D-MD] November 28, 2012 Passed by voice vote on December 2, 2012.
To express the sense of the Senate concerning the conflict-induced Afghan refugee situation.
To include the Coast Guard in the requirements relating to hazing in the Armed Forces.
To include the Coast Guard in the requirements for the achievement of diversity in the Armed Forces.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3025 Cardin, Benjamin [D-MD] November 28, 2012 Failed by roll call vote on November 29, 2012.
To ensure sufficient sizing of the civilian and contract services workforces of the Department of Defense.
S. Amdt. 3026 Tester, Jon [D-MT] November 28, 2012 Offered on November 27, 2012.
currently selected S. Amdt. 3028 Tester, Jon [D-MT] November 28, 2012 Passed by voice vote on December 2, 2012.
To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to transport individuals to and from facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs in connection with rehabilitation, counseling, examination, treatment, and care.
December 2, 2012, 7:00 pm ET - Amendment SA 3028 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
December 2, 2012, 7:00 pm ET - Amendment SA 3028 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Tester.
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S. Amdt. 3030 Lautenberg, Frank [D-NJ] November 28, 2012 Offered on November 27, 2012.
S. Amdt. 3032 Roberts, Pat [R-KS] November 28, 2012 Offered on November 27, 2012.
S. Amdt. 3033 Kyl, Jon [R-AZ] November 28, 2012 Offered on November 27, 2012.
S. Amdt. 3034 Brown, Scott [R-MA] November 28, 2012 Offered on November 27, 2012.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3036 Brown, Scott [R-MA] November 28, 2012 Passed by voice vote on November 28, 2012.
To require reports on the potential security threat posed by Boko Haram.
S. Amdt. 3038 Collins, Susan [R-ME] November 28, 2012 Offered on November 27, 2012.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3042 Collins, Susan [R-ME] November 28, 2012 Passed by voice vote on December 2, 2012.
To require a report on insider attacks in Afghanistan and their effect on the United States transition strategy for Afghanistan.
S. Amdt. 3046 Boozman, John [R-AR] November 28, 2012 Offered on November 27, 2012.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3047 Reid, Harry [D-NV] November 28, 2012 Passed by voice vote on December 2, 2012.
To clarify the computation of combat-related special compensation for disability retirees from the Armed Forces.
S. Amdt. 3048 Reid, Harry [D-NV] November 28, 2012 Offered on November 27, 2012.
S. Amdt. 3049 Udall, Tom [D-NM] November 28, 2012 Offered on November 27, 2012.
S. Amdt. 3050 McCain, John [R-AZ] November 28, 2012 Offered on November 27, 2012.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3051 McCain, John [R-AZ] November 28, 2012 Passed by voice vote on November 27, 2012.
To authorize additional Marine Corps personnel for the performance of security functions for United States embassies, consulates, and other diplomatic facilities abroad.
To provide a military resource plan to meet the United States Force Posture Strategy in the Asia Pacific Region.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3054 McCain, John [R-AZ] November 28, 2012 Passed by voice vote on December 2, 2012.
Relative to notice to Congress for the review of proposals to name naval vessels.
S. Amdt. 3056 Hagan, Kay [D-NC] November 28, 2012 Offered on November 27, 2012.
S. Amdt. 3057 Casey, Robert [D-PA] November 28, 2012 Offered on November 27, 2012.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3058 Gillibrand, Kirsten [D-NY] November 28, 2012 Passed by roll call vote on November 28, 2012.
To provide for certain treatment of autism under the TRICARE program.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3059 Toomey, Patrick [R-PA] November 28, 2012 Passed by voice vote on November 28, 2012.
To require a report on the establishment of a joint Armed Forces historical storage and preservation facility.
S. Amdt. 3060 Toomey, Patrick [R-PA] November 28, 2012 Offered on November 27, 2012.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3062 Toomey, Patrick [R-PA] November 28, 2012 Passed by voice vote on December 3, 2012.
To require the Government Accountability Office to include in its annual report to Congress a list of the most common grounds for sustaining protests relating to bids for contracts.
To require a study on the Bradley Fighting Vehicle industrial base.
To require an independent study and report on simulated tactical flight training in a sustained gravity environment.
S. Amdt. 3067 Cornyn, John [R-TX] November 28, 2012 Offered on November 27, 2012.
S. Amdt. 3070 Shelby, Richard [R-AL] November 28, 2012 Offered on November 27, 2012.
To express the sense of Senate on increasing the cost-effectiveness of training exercises for members of the Armed Forces.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3073 Nelson, Bill [D-FL] November 28, 2012 Offered on November 27, 2012.
To repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan by veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation.
S. Amdt. 3074 Nelson, Bill [D-FL] November 28, 2012 Offered on November 27, 2012.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3075 Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] November 28, 2012 Passed by voice vote on November 29, 2012.
To express the sense of the Senate on the continuing progress of the Department of Defense in implementing its Item Unique Identification Initiative.
S. Amdt. 3078 Hutchison, Kay [R-TX] November 28, 2012 Offered on November 27, 2012.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3079 Grassley, Charles [R-IA] November 28, 2012 Passed by voice vote on November 29, 2012.
To permit Federal officers to remove cases involving crimes of violence to Federal court.
S. Amdt. 3081 Barrasso, John [R-WY] November 28, 2012 Offered on November 27, 2012.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3082 Barrasso, John [R-WY] November 28, 2012 Passed by voice vote on November 29, 2012.
To require a report on the issuance by the Armed Forces Medical Examiner of death certificates for members of the Armed Forces who die on active duty abroad.
To authorize the Secretary of Defense to maintain the readiness and flexibility of the intercontinental ballistic missile force.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3085 Vitter, David [R-LA] November 28, 2012 Passed by voice vote on November 28, 2012.
To require additional elements in the plan on the rationalization of cyber networks and cyber personnel of the Department of Defense.
To require assessments by the Air Force of the effects of proposed movements of airframes on joint readiness training.
To require a report on Department of the Navy plans to implement efficiency initiatives to reduce overhead costs at the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR).
select this vote S. Amdt. 3090 Lieberman, Joseph [I-CT] November 28, 2012 Passed by voice vote on November 28, 2012.
To improve the provision of assistance to fire departments and to reauthorize the United States Fire Administration.
To authorize additional amounts for new programs identified and requested by the Department of Defense as unforeseen, urgent, and high priority requirements, and to provide an offset.
S. Amdt. 3092 Risch, James [R-ID] November 28, 2012 Offered on November 27, 2012.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3095 Hagan, Kay [D-NC] November 28, 2012 Passed by roll call vote on November 28, 2012.
To strike the prohibition on biofuel refinery construction.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3096 Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] November 28, 2012 Passed by roll call vote on November 28, 2012.
To express the sense of Congress on the accelerated transition of United States combat and military and security operations to the Government of Afghanistan.
S. Amdt. 3097 Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] November 28, 2012 Offered on November 27, 2012.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3098 Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] November 28, 2012 Passed by voice vote on November 28, 2012.
To require a report by the suspension and debarment officials of the military departments and the Defense Logistics Agency.
To improve mental health care programs and activities for members of the Armed Forces and veterans.
S. Amdt. 3100 Johnson, Tim [D-SD] November 28, 2012 Offered on November 27, 2012.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3102 Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] November 28, 2012 Passed by voice vote on November 29, 2012.
To provide for the retention of certain forms in connection with Restricted Reports on sexual assault involving members of the Armed Forces.
S. Amdt. 3103 Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] November 28, 2012 Offered on November 27, 2012.
Relating to the prevention and response to sexual harassment in the Armed Forces.
S. Amdt. 3107 Coburn, Thomas [R-OK] November 28, 2012 Offered on November 27, 2012.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3110 Coburn, Thomas [R-OK] November 28, 2012 Passed by voice vote on November 28, 2012.
To require a report on the balances carried forward by the Department of Defense at the end of fiscal year 2012.
S. Amdt. 3112 Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] November 28, 2012 Offered on November 27, 2012.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3113 Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] November 28, 2012 Passed by voice vote on December 3, 2012.
To extend treatment of base closure areas as HUBZones for purposes of the Small Business Act.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3114 Levin, Carl [D-MI] November 28, 2012 Passed by voice vote on November 28, 2012.
To authorize the repair, overhaul, and refurbishment of defense articles for sale or transfer to eligible foreign countries and entities.
S. Amdt. 3115 Udall, Mark [D-CO] November 28, 2012 Offered on November 27, 2012.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3117 Hatch, Orrin [R-UT] November 28, 2012 Passed by voice vote on December 3, 2012.
To provide that the rating chain for a system program manager may include any senior official located at an Air Logistics Complex where the system program manager is based.
S. Amdt. 3118 Paul, Rand [R-KY] November 28, 2012 Offered on November 27, 2012.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3119 Paul, Rand [R-KY] November 28, 2012 Passed by voice vote on December 2, 2012.
To provide for the more accurate and complete enumeration of members of the Armed Forces in any tabulation of total population by the Secretary of Commerce.
S. Amdt. 3120 Thune, John [R-SD] November 28, 2012 Offered on November 27, 2012.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3121 Wicker, Roger [R-MS] November 28, 2012 Passed by voice vote on December 2, 2012.
To exempt the high performance computing modernization program from certain requirements relating to funding for data servers and centers.
To require briefings on dialogue between the United States and the Russian Federation on nuclear arms, missile defense, and long-range conventional strike systems.
To prevent human trafficking in government contracting.
S. Amdt. 3126 Warner, Mark [D-VA] November 28, 2012 Offered on November 27, 2012.
S. Amdt. 3132 Coons, Chris [D-DE] November 28, 2012 Offered on November 27, 2012.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3133 Snowe, Olympia [R-ME] November 28, 2012 Passed by voice vote on November 29, 2012.
To terminate the Federal authorization of the National Veterans Business Development Corporation.
S. Amdt. 3134 DeMint, Jim [R-SC] November 28, 2012 Offered on November 27, 2012.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3135 Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] November 28, 2012 Passed by voice vote on November 29, 2012.
To extend the deadline for submission of a report on the findings and conclusions of the National Commission on the Structure of the Air Force.
S. Amdt. 3136 Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] November 28, 2012 Offered on November 27, 2012.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3142 Portman, Robert [R-OH] November 28, 2012 Passed by voice vote on December 2, 2012.
To require a report on Department of Defense support for United States diplomatic security.
To amend section 704 of title 18, United States Code.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3145 Warner, Mark [D-VA] November 28, 2012 Passed by voice vote on November 29, 2012.
To require a study on the ability of national air and ground test and evaluation infrastructure facilities to support defense hypersonic test and evaluation activities.
S. Amdt. 3147 Harkin, Thomas [D-IA] November 28, 2012 Offered on November 27, 2012.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3158 Cornyn, John [R-TX] November 28, 2012 Passed by roll call vote on November 28, 2012.
To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress a plan to reduce the current backlog of veterans claims.
S. Amdt. 3159 Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] November 28, 2012 Offered on November 27, 2012.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3160 Brown, Scott [R-MA] November 28, 2012 Passed by voice vote on December 2, 2012.
To improve the authorities relating to rates of basic allowance for housing for National Guard members on full-time National Guard duty.
S. Amdt. 3161 Conrad, Kent [D-ND] November 28, 2012 Offered on November 27, 2012.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3164 Levin, Carl [D-MI] November 28, 2012 Passed by voice vote on December 2, 2012.
To authorize the transfer of defense articles and the provision of defense services to the military and security forces of Afghanistan and certain other countries.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3165 Reed, John [D-RI] November 28, 2012 Passed by voice vote on December 2, 2012.
To establish a pilot program to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to nonprofit organizations to rehabilitate and modify homes of disabled and low-income veterans.
To require a report on the future of family support programs of the Department of Defense.
S. Amdt. 3168 Nelson, Ben [D-NE] November 28, 2012 Offered on November 27, 2012.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3172 Corker, Bob [R-TN] November 28, 2012 Passed by voice vote on December 2, 2012.
To require the President to report to Congress on issues related to Syria.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3175 Rubio, Marco [R-FL] November 28, 2012 Passed by voice vote on December 3, 2012.
To limit the availability of funds for retirement or inactivation of Ticonderoga class cruisers or dock landing ships.
To require a report on the reorganization of Air Force Materiel command organizations.
S. Amdt. 3177 Rubio, Marco [R-FL] November 28, 2012 Offered on November 27, 2012.
To provide for scientific frameworks with respect to recalcitrant cancers.
S. Amdt. 3181 Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] November 28, 2012 Offered on November 27, 2012.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3182 Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] November 28, 2012 Passed by voice vote on November 29, 2012.
To require an annual report on Federal contracting fraud.
To require public availability of the database of senior Department officials seeking employment with defense contractors.
S. Amdt. 3184 Carper, Thomas [D-DE] November 28, 2012 Offered on November 27, 2012.
S. Amdt. 3185 Lee, Mike [R-UT] November 28, 2012 Offered on November 27, 2012.
To require a study on small arms and ammunition acquisition.
S. Amdt. 3187 Cochran, Thad [R-MS] November 28, 2012 Offered on November 27, 2012.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3188 Warner, Mark [D-VA] November 29, 2012 Passed by voice vote on December 2, 2012.
To express the sense of Congress on the Joint Warfighting Analysis Center.
S. Amdt. 3190 Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] November 29, 2012 Offered on November 28, 2012.
To require the Department of Defense to develop a plan to promote the security of Afghan women and girls during the security transition process.
S. Amdt. 3195 Levin, Carl [D-MI] November 29, 2012 Offered on November 28, 2012.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3196 Collins, Susan [R-ME] November 29, 2012 Passed by voice vote on November 29, 2012.
To require a research study on resilience in members of the Army.
To renew expired prohibition on return of veterans memorial objects without specific authorization in law.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3199 Durbin, Richard [D-IL] November 29, 2012 Passed by voice vote on November 28, 2012.
To impose sanctions with respect to persons that provide significant financial, material, or technological support to the rebel group known as M23 operating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3201 Coons, Chris [D-DE] November 29, 2012 Passed by voice vote on November 28, 2012.
To express the sense of the Senate on ongoing efforts to apprehend or remove Joseph Kony and his top commanders from the battlefield and end atrocities perpetuated by his Lord's Resistance Army.
S. Amdt. 3206 Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] November 29, 2012 Offered on November 28, 2012.
S. Amdt. 3207 Franken, Alan [D-MN] November 29, 2012 Offered on November 28, 2012.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3208 Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] November 29, 2012 Passed by voice vote on December 2, 2012.
To promote the production of molybdenum-99 in the United States for medical isotope production, and to condition and phase out the export of highly enriched uranium for the production of medical isotopes.
S. Amdt. 3212 Moran, Jerry [R-KS] November 29, 2012 Offered on November 28, 2012.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3213 Risch, James [R-ID] November 29, 2012 Passed by voice vote on November 28, 2012.
To add the Select Committee on Intelligence and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives to the list of congressional committees to receive the submission of reports on the program for scientific engagement for nonproliferation.
S. Amdt. 3217 Mikulski, Barbara [D-MD] November 29, 2012 Offered on November 28, 2012.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3218 Snowe, Olympia [R-ME] November 29, 2012 Passed by voice vote on December 2, 2012.
To remove the limit on the anticipated award price for contracts awarded under the procurement program for women-owned small business concerns.
S. Amdt. 3219 Burr, Richard [R-NC] November 29, 2012 Offered on November 28, 2012.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3220 Wicker, Roger [R-MS] November 29, 2012 Passed by voice vote on November 28, 2012.
To express the sense of Congress in support of the Israeli Iron Dome defensive weapon system.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3222 Johanns, Mike [R-NE] November 29, 2012 Passed by voice vote on November 28, 2012.
To express the expectation of Congress to be consulted by the Secretary of Defense before the Secretary pursues a change in the command status of the United States Cyber Command.
S. Amdt. 3223 Durbin, Richard [D-IL] November 29, 2012 Offered on November 28, 2012.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3226 Bennet, Michael [D-CO] November 29, 2012 Passed by voice vote on December 3, 2012.
To make enhancements to the Troops-to-Teachers program.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3227 Conrad, Kent [D-ND] November 29, 2012 Passed by voice vote on December 2, 2012.
To require the Director of the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress to carry out a national public awareness and participation campaign for the Veterans' History Project of the American Folklife Center.
S. Amdt. 3228 Baucus, Max [D-MT] November 29, 2012 Offered on November 28, 2012.
To reauthorize and modify the responsibilities of the United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy through fiscal year 2014.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3232 Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] November 29, 2012 Passed by roll call vote on November 29, 2012.
To enhance sanctions imposed with respect to Iran.
To promote a more efficient, responsive, and effective bilateral defense trade relationship between the United States and India.
To enhance the annual reports regarding sexual assaults involving members of the Armed Forces.
To ensure that the Deputy Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense obtains information from the military departments and Defense Agencies necessary to conduct defense business system investment reviews.
To set forth consequences for the failure of the Department of Defense to obtain audits with an unqualified opinion on its financial statements by fiscal year 2017.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3241 Carper, Thomas [D-DE] November 29, 2012 Passed by voice vote on December 3, 2012.
To repeal or modify certain mandates of the Government Accountability Office.
To intensify efforts to identify, prevent, and recover payment error, waste, fraud, and abuse within Federal spending.
To commend the Enduring Strategic Partnership Agreement between the United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3244 Reid, Harry [D-NV] November 29, 2012 Passed by voice vote on November 29, 2012.
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide penalties for transporting minors in foreign commerce for the purposes of female genital mutilation.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3245 Ayotte, Kelly [R-NH] November 29, 2012 Passed by roll call vote on November 28, 2012.
To prohibit the use of funds for the transfer or release of certain individuals from United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Relating to the transfer of excess aircraft.
To amend the Federal renewable energy purchase requirement to include geothermal heat pumps.
S. Amdt. 3251 Landrieu, Mary [D-LA] November 29, 2012 Offered on November 28, 2012.
To require reports from the Comptroller General of the United States on certain aspects of joint professional military education.
S. Amdt. 3257 Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] November 29, 2012 Offered on November 28, 2012.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3258 Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] November 29, 2012 Passed by voice vote on November 29, 2012.
To modify the authority to carry out a fiscal year 2011 military construction project at Nashville International Airport.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3260 Cornyn, John [R-TX] November 29, 2012 Passed by voice vote on November 28, 2012.
To prohibit the use of funds to enter into contracts or agreements with Rosoboronexport.
To require the submittal to Congress of risk assessments on changes in United States troop levels in Afghanistan.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3262 McCain, John [R-AZ] November 29, 2012 Passed by roll call vote on December 3, 2012.
To require a report on military activities to deny or significantly degrade the use of air power against civilian and opposition groups in Syria.
To modify the age and retirement treatment under the Federal Employees Retirement System for certain retirees of the Armed Forces.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3271 Kyl, Jon [R-AZ] November 29, 2012 Passed by voice vote on November 28, 2012.
To promote the development of an adequate, reliable, and stable supply of critical and essential minerals in the United States in order to strengthen and sustain the military readiness, national security, and critical infrastructure of the United States.
S. Amdt. 3272 Blunt, Roy [R-MO] November 29, 2012 Offered on November 28, 2012.
To express the sense of the Senate on the situation in the Senkaku Islands.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3276 Lieberman, Joseph [I-CT] November 29, 2012 Passed by voice vote on December 2, 2012.
To authorize National Mall Liberty Fund D.C. to establish a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia to honor free persons and slaves who fought for independence, liberty, and justice for all during the American Revolution.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3277 Thune, John [R-SD] November 29, 2012 Passed by voice vote on December 3, 2012.
To express the sense of Congress regarding the reallocation of government spectrum.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3278 Blunt, Roy [R-MO] November 29, 2012 Passed by voice vote on December 2, 2012.
To provide for the modernization of the Department of Defense's mail delivery system to ensure the effective and efficient delivery of absentee ballots.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3279 Nelson, Ben [D-NE] November 29, 2012 Passed by voice vote on November 28, 2012.
To express the sense of Congress that external and independent oversight of the National Nuclear Security Administration by the Department of Energy is critical to the mission of protecting the United States nuclear security enterprise.
To require reports to the Department of Defense on penetrations of networks and information systems of certain contractors.
To provide for a prescription drug take-back program for members of the Armed Forces and their dependents.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3283 Rubio, Marco [R-FL] November 29, 2012 Passed by voice vote on November 29, 2012.
To require a report on implementation by the Government of Bahrain of the recommendations contained in the Report of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3285 Moran, Jerry [R-KS] November 29, 2012 Passed by voice vote on December 3, 2012.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3289 Coons, Chris [D-DE] November 30, 2012 Passed by voice vote on December 2, 2012.
To make technical amendments relating to the termination of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology under defense base closure and realignment.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3290 Begich, Mark [D-AK] November 30, 2012 Passed by voice vote on November 29, 2012.
To modify notice requirements in advance of permanent reductions of sizeable numbers of members of the Armed Forces at military installations.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3291 Pryor, Mark [D-AR] November 30, 2012 Passed by voice vote on December 2, 2012.
To require, as a condition on the receipt by a State of certain funds for veterans employment and training, that the State ensures that training received by a veteran while on active duty is taken into consideration in granting certain State certifications or licenses.
To provide for the enforcement of protections on consumer credit for members of the Armed Forces and their dependents.
S. Amdt. 3293 McCain, John [R-AZ] December 3, 2012 Offered on December 2, 2012.
S. Amdt. 3294 Wicker, Roger [R-MS] December 3, 2012 Offered on December 2, 2012.
S. Amdt. 3295 Reid, Harry [D-NV] December 3, 2012 Offered on December 2, 2012.
S. Amdt. 3296 Ayotte, Kelly [R-NH] December 3, 2012 Offered on December 2, 2012.
select this vote S. Amdt. 3298 Lautenberg, Frank [D-NJ] December 3, 2012 Passed by voice vote on December 2, 2012.
To express the sense of Congress on health care for retired members of the uniformed services.
S. Amdt. 3301 Reed, John [D-RI] December 3, 2012 Offered on December 2, 2012.
S. Amdt. 3303 Rubio, Marco [R-FL] December 3, 2012 Offered on December 2, 2012.
S. Amdt. 3304 Tester, Jon [D-MT] December 3, 2012 Offered on December 2, 2012.
S. Amdt. 3305 Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] December 3, 2012 Offered on December 2, 2012.
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