Say, you stalwart downstate music enthusiasts,
We've done it. We've made it nearly all the way thru winter and how can you not want to celebrate?!?!?!?!?! Amazingly enough, April is hitting town on Thursday - along with yours truly. Come and make juvenile jokes with us on Thursday, April 1 at Basta O'Neill's from 6 - 9pm. The band is the always-fabulous and kind Larry Harms Trio, of course, and the weather report calls for highs in the 70s. You are going to feel so good that you'll just have to come out and play! The weather also looks good for our gig on Friday, April 2 at the Contemporary Art Center from 5:30 - 7:30. This is a TON of fun; you bring your own tasty food and drinks and enjoy live music in a fun and funky, arty venue. We love it upstairs on Water Street! Join Larry, Cory Flanigan, Mike Nellas, and me on Friday or on Saturday, April 3 at Swinger's Bar and Grill in Normal from 8 - 11pm (it's on Cross Creek Drive, in the All Seasons Entertainment Center). You provide yourselves, some friends, and your appetites, Swinger's provides the food and drink, and we will provide the swing. And is there anything else you really need?!
Happy Spring, everyone! Hope to see you this weekend.
~Stephanie
www.stephanieaaron.com
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Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Monday, March 29, 2010
Busey Bank Files Against Globe Energy
On March 22, 2010, Busey Bank filed Judgment orders against Globe Energy Eco-System LLC, David M. Jones and Joan Jones, totaling $7,938,676.81 with attorney fees reserved.
Globe Energy owes Peoria County $128,155.38 currently. Recovery chances for Peoria County. I believe we will be at the end of the line????
Bad bets by the EDC who recommends these companies to the county, recently include In_PLay, River Station and FireFly and now, apparently Globe. County financial advisers included County Treasurer, Tripp O'Connor who, if you recall said, "I do not forsee a risk", when advising the County Board on guaranteeing City Nationals approximately $7 million loan to FireFly now in apparent default.
As I have advised the board many times and the record will so state that we should not be in the lending business with taxpayer money even if the money comes from the state.
We should not be loan officers because we are not qualified and some board members cannot read a financial statement. One reason the board apparently feels give validity to the loan if because there is a bank involved and sometimes the government. If the loan goes bad, the county generally stand last to get what left.
If any.
Globe Energy owes Peoria County $128,155.38 currently. Recovery chances for Peoria County. I believe we will be at the end of the line????
Bad bets by the EDC who recommends these companies to the county, recently include In_PLay, River Station and FireFly and now, apparently Globe. County financial advisers included County Treasurer, Tripp O'Connor who, if you recall said, "I do not forsee a risk", when advising the County Board on guaranteeing City Nationals approximately $7 million loan to FireFly now in apparent default.
As I have advised the board many times and the record will so state that we should not be in the lending business with taxpayer money even if the money comes from the state.
We should not be loan officers because we are not qualified and some board members cannot read a financial statement. One reason the board apparently feels give validity to the loan if because there is a bank involved and sometimes the government. If the loan goes bad, the county generally stand last to get what left.
If any.
Congressman Aaron Schock - Health Care Bill's Tax Impact
The U.S, is apparently heading down the same path as the U.K.; now basically a social democratic country in which U.K. voters (In the U.S. 39% favored ObamaCare vs. 30% a short while ago), are mainly interested in government services, environmental virtue and "free" medical care service. Now the U.S. is headed in the same direction courtesy of most of the Democrats supporting ObamaCare.
Merle Widmer
From: Congressman Aaron Schock [mailto:rep.schock@mail.house.gov]
Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 10:10 AM
To: Scott Sorrel
Subject: The Schock Report - Health Care Bill's Tax Impact
THE SCHOCK REPORT
Dear Friend:
This week the House passed a mammoth, $1.2 trillion health care package which spends $940 billion in coverage subsidies, $144.2 billion in additional mandatory spending, $70 billion in discretionary spending and $41.6 billion in unrelated education spending.
This bill is essentially the largest tax increase in American history. Below is more information on the impact this bill will have on families, individuals and small businesses.
Increases Financial Burden on Families & Individuals
There are 12 new tax increases in the bill that increase taxes for families making less than t$250,000 a year. There is an overall tax increase of $569.2 billion nationwide over the first 10 years and Illinois' share of increased taxes are $23.9 billion.
Individual Mandate Tax
Taxpayers who fail to prove to the IRS that they had "maintained essential coverage" during each month of the year would have to pay a new IMT when they file their federal income tax returns.
For 2016, the IMT would equal the greater of: $750 per person (up to a maximum of $2,250 per household) or 2 percent of household income.
Medicare Payroll Tax
Expands the Medicare payroll tax an additional 0.9 percent - for the first time in history - to all investment income for individuals with incomes over $200,000 and families with incomes over $250,000.
Because the underlying Senate bill does NOT index this new tax for inflation, more and more middle-class American families will be hit by this tax over time, just like the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT).
Capital Gains Tax
Includes a new 3.8 percent tax on "unearned income" of people who have adjusted growth income above $200,000 for individuals and $250,000 for families. (This includes interest, dividends, passive business income and capital gains).
This adds up to $210.2 billion in total new taxes. This new tax rate would raise top income tax rates on capital gains and dividends from 15 percent to 23.8 percent by 2013.
Increases Premium Costs
Insurance premiums will increase on average by 10 to 13 percent in the individual market, affecting over 612,000 people in Illinois.
In Illinois the average annual individual market premium is $2,499 for a single person.
Individuals in Illinois will see an additional $150 to $325 dollar increase in their monthly premium or an additional $1,800 to $3,899 increase annually.
Impact on Small Businesses
The health care bill imposes $52 billion in new taxes on employers who cannot afford to pay their employees health care, imposed at a time when unemployment is 9.7 percent.
Employer Mandate
$2,000 tax on employers and businesses, with more than 50 employees, that cannot afford to provide their workers with health coverage
In Illinois, there are approximately 21,684 firms with 50 to 499 employees.
Applies these taxes to part-time as well as full-time workers. As if these higher taxes were not enough of a disincentive to prevent firms from hiring workers, the reconciliation bill also includes an unprecedented extension of the Medicare tax to all non-wage income. These tax increases will raise the top marginal rate on small business owners by 20 percent.
Large employers that offer coverage and have employees that receive a premium tax credit will pay penalties of $3,000 per employee receiving a premium credit.
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Merle Widmer
From: Congressman Aaron Schock [mailto:rep.schock@mail.house.gov]
Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 10:10 AM
To: Scott Sorrel
Subject: The Schock Report - Health Care Bill's Tax Impact
THE SCHOCK REPORT
Dear Friend:
This week the House passed a mammoth, $1.2 trillion health care package which spends $940 billion in coverage subsidies, $144.2 billion in additional mandatory spending, $70 billion in discretionary spending and $41.6 billion in unrelated education spending.
This bill is essentially the largest tax increase in American history. Below is more information on the impact this bill will have on families, individuals and small businesses.
Increases Financial Burden on Families & Individuals
There are 12 new tax increases in the bill that increase taxes for families making less than t$250,000 a year. There is an overall tax increase of $569.2 billion nationwide over the first 10 years and Illinois' share of increased taxes are $23.9 billion.
Individual Mandate Tax
Taxpayers who fail to prove to the IRS that they had "maintained essential coverage" during each month of the year would have to pay a new IMT when they file their federal income tax returns.
For 2016, the IMT would equal the greater of: $750 per person (up to a maximum of $2,250 per household) or 2 percent of household income.
Medicare Payroll Tax
Expands the Medicare payroll tax an additional 0.9 percent - for the first time in history - to all investment income for individuals with incomes over $200,000 and families with incomes over $250,000.
Because the underlying Senate bill does NOT index this new tax for inflation, more and more middle-class American families will be hit by this tax over time, just like the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT).
Capital Gains Tax
Includes a new 3.8 percent tax on "unearned income" of people who have adjusted growth income above $200,000 for individuals and $250,000 for families. (This includes interest, dividends, passive business income and capital gains).
This adds up to $210.2 billion in total new taxes. This new tax rate would raise top income tax rates on capital gains and dividends from 15 percent to 23.8 percent by 2013.
Increases Premium Costs
Insurance premiums will increase on average by 10 to 13 percent in the individual market, affecting over 612,000 people in Illinois.
In Illinois the average annual individual market premium is $2,499 for a single person.
Individuals in Illinois will see an additional $150 to $325 dollar increase in their monthly premium or an additional $1,800 to $3,899 increase annually.
Impact on Small Businesses
The health care bill imposes $52 billion in new taxes on employers who cannot afford to pay their employees health care, imposed at a time when unemployment is 9.7 percent.
Employer Mandate
$2,000 tax on employers and businesses, with more than 50 employees, that cannot afford to provide their workers with health coverage
In Illinois, there are approximately 21,684 firms with 50 to 499 employees.
Applies these taxes to part-time as well as full-time workers. As if these higher taxes were not enough of a disincentive to prevent firms from hiring workers, the reconciliation bill also includes an unprecedented extension of the Medicare tax to all non-wage income. These tax increases will raise the top marginal rate on small business owners by 20 percent.
Large employers that offer coverage and have employees that receive a premium tax credit will pay penalties of $3,000 per employee receiving a premium credit.
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Congressman Schock on public service
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Sunday, March 28, 2010
"A Fanatic God"
We have spent many lives and years trying to bring freedom to parts of the Middle East without most of us not fully understanding that the terrorist fanatics believe they are doing the will of a "fanatic" God. It doesn't matter if he/she is a terrorist or a traditional Muslim. As has often been written and demonstrated, a traditional Muslim can end up DOING the will of a fanatic, fundamentalist, terrorist God.
I have always opined that the problem is not with the Muslim people as an ethnic group, but with their fanatic God. They need to be liberated from this God. He is their biggest enemy and Muslims have been lied to for almost a century and a half. (As quoted by a terrorist named Yousef, his current name and supposedly worked for both sides, who is now in our custody).
The wars we have been fighting recently are ideological wars. Using a largely mistaken interpretation of history, fanatical war lords and terrorists will never live peacefully with peace seeking people. We must be aware in our country, as they are in Europe, perhaps coming too late, that fundamentalists of any ilk, are not likely to be peace loving neighbors unless they have control.
Complete control and that is what we had all better be worried about. It should be no secret that the reason we have had so few terrorist acts in the U.S. since 9/11, is not only because of our increased security, but because our enemies are winning without committing overt acts of violence.
They have an ideology that is probably going to prove they can wait us out. Since they are all going to sit at Allah's right hand with a bevy of Virgins, (what happens to the women who are not virgins, or just women, is not mentioned by these fundamentalists) they can leave this terrestrial domain believing that their offspring, of which there are many, will complete the crusade in which they are now involved.
I have always opined that the problem is not with the Muslim people as an ethnic group, but with their fanatic God. They need to be liberated from this God. He is their biggest enemy and Muslims have been lied to for almost a century and a half. (As quoted by a terrorist named Yousef, his current name and supposedly worked for both sides, who is now in our custody).
The wars we have been fighting recently are ideological wars. Using a largely mistaken interpretation of history, fanatical war lords and terrorists will never live peacefully with peace seeking people. We must be aware in our country, as they are in Europe, perhaps coming too late, that fundamentalists of any ilk, are not likely to be peace loving neighbors unless they have control.
Complete control and that is what we had all better be worried about. It should be no secret that the reason we have had so few terrorist acts in the U.S. since 9/11, is not only because of our increased security, but because our enemies are winning without committing overt acts of violence.
They have an ideology that is probably going to prove they can wait us out. Since they are all going to sit at Allah's right hand with a bevy of Virgins, (what happens to the women who are not virgins, or just women, is not mentioned by these fundamentalists) they can leave this terrestrial domain believing that their offspring, of which there are many, will complete the crusade in which they are now involved.
Negative Attitudes and Myths Hinder Welfare
So writes Fredrick J. Streets, Professor in Pastoral Counseling at Yeshiva University, N.Y. Dr. Streets writes, "There needs to be a new collaboration and conversation among religious, political and social welfare leaders that addresses the negative attitudes and myths that hinder our social welfare system from reflecting the best of our vision of being a democratic society and nation.
Religious people, in serving the poor, demonstrate aspects and values of their faith. This may inspire those they help to adopt their faith orientation. The main objective is for religious people to help those in need.
Justice also require that compassionate people deal with the policies and structural ways which contribute to the causes and conditions that put people at risk or in peril."
No, Dr. Street, this nation has not done a very good job of tackling the "causes and conditions". Compassion, coming from religious people or not, is not enough. What can be done about causes and conditions often times fail to enter into the equation. It is easier to support those in need with money without concern as to how that money is used. Too many compassionate people are not concerned with correction; they want or give money to solve the immediate problems. Some would be shocked to know how some of their money is used. Like new hires, new offices, new furniture, etc.
Haiti is a good example. I send money to "Doctors Without Borders" where they will use the money with less fear of corruption or the money falling into the hands of those who are corrupt in the Haiti government.
Trust? I do not trust the Haitian government nor even the U.N. I know in fact that the corrupt government of Haiti has wasted millions of donated dollars and wasted much food and equipment as disorder reigned and still does, in this unfortunate country.
Religious people, in serving the poor, demonstrate aspects and values of their faith. This may inspire those they help to adopt their faith orientation. The main objective is for religious people to help those in need.
Justice also require that compassionate people deal with the policies and structural ways which contribute to the causes and conditions that put people at risk or in peril."
No, Dr. Street, this nation has not done a very good job of tackling the "causes and conditions". Compassion, coming from religious people or not, is not enough. What can be done about causes and conditions often times fail to enter into the equation. It is easier to support those in need with money without concern as to how that money is used. Too many compassionate people are not concerned with correction; they want or give money to solve the immediate problems. Some would be shocked to know how some of their money is used. Like new hires, new offices, new furniture, etc.
Haiti is a good example. I send money to "Doctors Without Borders" where they will use the money with less fear of corruption or the money falling into the hands of those who are corrupt in the Haiti government.
Trust? I do not trust the Haitian government nor even the U.N. I know in fact that the corrupt government of Haiti has wasted millions of donated dollars and wasted much food and equipment as disorder reigned and still does, in this unfortunate country.
"Trust is Missing"
So wrote Paul Johnson, eminent British historian and author, "We do not trust--and with good reason--either our elected leaders or the corporate elite who constitute the top echelons of society. Seldom in modern history has the lack of trust, now verging on contempt, been so deep, so universal and comprehensive.
At the very top we have a sad bunch of flawed mediocrities, Obama, Merkel, Sarkosky, Brown, and Berlusconi not to mention Ortega, Chavez, Castro on dozens of others of their ilk.
Now, as the theory of man-made global warming unravels, scientists are suddenly (probably not suddenly, my comment) and devastatingly revealed as fallible mendacious, self-seeking, criminally secretive, furtively trying to hide their errors, debasing the system of peer review of scientific papers and conspiring to conceal the truth from once highly respected professional publications.
The center has not held. More devastating, in a sense, is the loss of trust in entire categories of people who once formed bastions of integrity at the heart of society."
Other than listing failed world leader; he quoted Disraeli in describing our president , " A sophisticated rhetorician, inebriated with the exuberance of his own verbosity", Mr. Johnson is talking about the sad situation in Britain. But he could be talking about Peoria where our leadership has become lest trustworthy in that "are they telling the truth or embellishing it to fit their own agenda, special interests or lack of history, past and even present history of the last decade".
On 8/06/04, one of my first blogs was titled "Conceptions, Misconceptions, Perceptions, Truths and Subtle Lies". On 5/19/05, I blogged "Blind
Beliefs", and on 5/23/09, I blogged "The Search for Truth". These, along with 1100 plus blogs can be found on my archive sidebars.
Let the thinking reader be the judge of what is going on in this country when 75% of students are cheating in the school according to a survey taken by Rutgers' Management Education Center in New Jersey. This sad situation was reported by ABC New, Friday, February 29, 2008. A survey taken in 2006, showed 60% of students admitted cheating on a test. Source - Michael Crowley at outrageous@rd.com
Government leads the way for all to cheat. NCLB led to inflated scores by some teachers, lying about the use of illegal drugs use led to drug testing, getting elected caused outrageous lies as committed by Clinton, Bush, Balgo, Obama plus locals such as a recent local #150 school board member and some current legislators in Springfield.
Mr. Johnson is correct and most of us know that lying often becomes a part of who we are and what will eventually be the fate of this great country.
At the very top we have a sad bunch of flawed mediocrities, Obama, Merkel, Sarkosky, Brown, and Berlusconi not to mention Ortega, Chavez, Castro on dozens of others of their ilk.
Now, as the theory of man-made global warming unravels, scientists are suddenly (probably not suddenly, my comment) and devastatingly revealed as fallible mendacious, self-seeking, criminally secretive, furtively trying to hide their errors, debasing the system of peer review of scientific papers and conspiring to conceal the truth from once highly respected professional publications.
The center has not held. More devastating, in a sense, is the loss of trust in entire categories of people who once formed bastions of integrity at the heart of society."
Other than listing failed world leader; he quoted Disraeli in describing our president , " A sophisticated rhetorician, inebriated with the exuberance of his own verbosity", Mr. Johnson is talking about the sad situation in Britain. But he could be talking about Peoria where our leadership has become lest trustworthy in that "are they telling the truth or embellishing it to fit their own agenda, special interests or lack of history, past and even present history of the last decade".
On 8/06/04, one of my first blogs was titled "Conceptions, Misconceptions, Perceptions, Truths and Subtle Lies". On 5/19/05, I blogged "Blind
Beliefs", and on 5/23/09, I blogged "The Search for Truth". These, along with 1100 plus blogs can be found on my archive sidebars.
Let the thinking reader be the judge of what is going on in this country when 75% of students are cheating in the school according to a survey taken by Rutgers' Management Education Center in New Jersey. This sad situation was reported by ABC New, Friday, February 29, 2008. A survey taken in 2006, showed 60% of students admitted cheating on a test. Source - Michael Crowley at outrageous@rd.com
Government leads the way for all to cheat. NCLB led to inflated scores by some teachers, lying about the use of illegal drugs use led to drug testing, getting elected caused outrageous lies as committed by Clinton, Bush, Balgo, Obama plus locals such as a recent local #150 school board member and some current legislators in Springfield.
Mr. Johnson is correct and most of us know that lying often becomes a part of who we are and what will eventually be the fate of this great country.
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Deleted Blog
My blog taken from a friends email to me along with 40 others is apparently using false figures on health care comparisons. However, the majority of opinions I receive and data I've collected definitely indicates that ObamaCare is a major mistake for the vast majority of people. I suggest reading the Wall Street Journal today especially page A13, an interview with Gary Becker, a founder, along with Milton Friedman, of the Chicago school of economics.
I have always been concerned that those with their hands out to government and have goodies placed in those hands, will always support the party that makes these handouts, no matter what else the person or party stands for or does that is detrimental to our country.
Sorry, but I work alone. No secretary, no researcher or English teacher. Of almost 1200 blogs I've written, I was bound to make some mistakes.
That being said, I would like to know of other surveys on U.S. health care comparisons including costs, quality of service, wait time, etc., with other countries. I have heard of horror stories, some locally, one story yet to be told, many of them involving individuals and not necessarily the intent of the provider.
Thanks, Mike Madigan, for pointing out my apparent error.
I have always been concerned that those with their hands out to government and have goodies placed in those hands, will always support the party that makes these handouts, no matter what else the person or party stands for or does that is detrimental to our country.
Sorry, but I work alone. No secretary, no researcher or English teacher. Of almost 1200 blogs I've written, I was bound to make some mistakes.
That being said, I would like to know of other surveys on U.S. health care comparisons including costs, quality of service, wait time, etc., with other countries. I have heard of horror stories, some locally, one story yet to be told, many of them involving individuals and not necessarily the intent of the provider.
Thanks, Mike Madigan, for pointing out my apparent error.
Friday, March 26, 2010
Obama's and the Powerful Unions Card Check Bill
As you recall, the "card check" bill to end the secret ballot in union elections is on hold because many common sense Democrats realize that this would be dangerous to the private sector; need I remind anyone that it is the profits earned in the private sector that fund most government in this country; dangerous, also, to their re-elections.
Quoting from the WSJ, 3/9/10, "in a novel variation on pay to play, Obama is planning to force companies to raise pay and benefits for workers if they want continued access to federal contracts. Waiting to cash in on the impending Executive Order are unions that would end up with a (greater) piece of the government's $500 billion in annual contracts. The government can't steer contracts directly to unions." (non-profits funded mainly by taxpayer dollars can, the Peoria Riverfront Museum will be a good example)
"This Executive Order is being drawn by Joe Biden's Middle Class Task Force. It would oblige government procurement agencies to give contracts to "responsible contractors" who pay well and offer higher health benefits, pensions, sick leave and other benefits."
Sound somewhat similar to the new County Asphalt Ordnance drawn up by County Administration and approved by all but one of the Democrat majority on the County Board.
Obama and his administration's, the same as Peoria County should be doing, main goal is to find the best services provider at the best prices. Procurement agencies are not to be agents of social engineering.
Sorry, but they are. Watch for a lot more that has already been maneuvered by Obama and his administration and is underway at a rapid pace as I write. This move to expand the control of businesses by the government, would also include right-to-works states where other efforts are underway by Obama to weaken the positions of right-to-work states.
Debt? You haven't seen anything yet here in Peoria County and the nation as a whole whose triple A bond rating is in jeopardy.
Quoting from the WSJ, 3/9/10, "in a novel variation on pay to play, Obama is planning to force companies to raise pay and benefits for workers if they want continued access to federal contracts. Waiting to cash in on the impending Executive Order are unions that would end up with a (greater) piece of the government's $500 billion in annual contracts. The government can't steer contracts directly to unions." (non-profits funded mainly by taxpayer dollars can, the Peoria Riverfront Museum will be a good example)
"This Executive Order is being drawn by Joe Biden's Middle Class Task Force. It would oblige government procurement agencies to give contracts to "responsible contractors" who pay well and offer higher health benefits, pensions, sick leave and other benefits."
Sound somewhat similar to the new County Asphalt Ordnance drawn up by County Administration and approved by all but one of the Democrat majority on the County Board.
Obama and his administration's, the same as Peoria County should be doing, main goal is to find the best services provider at the best prices. Procurement agencies are not to be agents of social engineering.
Sorry, but they are. Watch for a lot more that has already been maneuvered by Obama and his administration and is underway at a rapid pace as I write. This move to expand the control of businesses by the government, would also include right-to-works states where other efforts are underway by Obama to weaken the positions of right-to-work states.
Debt? You haven't seen anything yet here in Peoria County and the nation as a whole whose triple A bond rating is in jeopardy.
Illegals and Current Unemployment - Political Influence
Copied from and email sent to me.
Merle--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
How Eisenhower solved illegal border crossings from Mexico
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By John Dillin / July 6, 2006
WASHINGTON
George W. Bush isn't the first Republican president to face a full-blown immigration crisis on the US-Mexican border.
Fifty-seven years ago, when newly elected Dwight Eisenhower moved into the White House, America's southern frontier was as porous as a spaghetti sieve. As many as 3 million illegal migrants had walked and waded northward over a period of several years for jobs in California, Arizona, Texas, and points beyond.
President Eisenhower cut off this illegal traffic. He did it quickly and decisively with only 1,075 United States Border Patrol agents – less than one-tenth of today's force. The operation is still highly praised among veterans of the Border Patrol.
Although there is little to no record of this operation in Ike's official papers, one piece of historic evidence indicates how he felt. In 1951, Ike wrote a letter to Sen. William Fulbright (D) of Arkansas. The senator had just proposed that a special commission be created by Congress to examine unethical conduct by government officials who accepted gifts and favors in exchange for special treatment of private individuals.
General Eisenhower, who was gearing up for his run for the presidency, said "Amen" to Senator Fulbright's proposal. He then quoted a report in The New York Times, highlighting one paragraph that said: "The rise in illegal border-crossing by Mexican 'wetbacks' to a current rate of more than 1,000,000 cases a year has been accompanied by a curious relaxation in ethical standards extending all the way from the farmer-exploiters of this contraband labor to the highest levels of the Federal Government."
Years later, the late Herbert Brownell Jr., Eisenhower's first attorney general, said in an interview with this writer that the president had a sense of urgency about illegal immigration when he took office.
America "was faced with a breakdown in law enforcement on a very large scale," Mr. Brownell said. "When I say large scale, I mean hundreds of thousands were coming in from Mexico [every year] without restraint."
Although an on-and-off guest-worker program for Mexicans was operating at the time, farmers and ranchers in the Southwest had become dependent on an additional low-cost, docile, illegal labor force of up to 3 million, mostly Mexican, laborers.
According to the Handbook of Texas Online, published by the University of Texas at Austin and the Texas State Historical Association, this illegal workforce had a severe impact on the wages of ordinary working Americans. The Handbook Online reports that a study by the President's Commission on Migratory Labor in Texas in 1950 found that cotton growers in the Rio Grande Valley, where most illegal aliens in Texas worked, paid wages that were "approximately half" the farm wages paid elsewhere in the state.
Profits from illegal labor led to the kind of corruption that apparently worried Eisenhower. Joseph White, a retired 21-year veteran of the Border Patrol, says that in the early 1950s, some senior US officials overseeing immigration enforcement "had friends among the ranchers," and agents "did not dare" arrest their illegal workers.
Walt Edwards, who joined the Border Patrol in 1951, tells a similar story. He says: "When we caught illegal aliens on farms and ranches, the farmer or rancher would often call and complain [to officials in El Paso]. And depending on how politically connected they were, there would be political intervention. That is how we got into this mess we are in now."
Bill Chambers, who worked for a combined 33 years for the Border Patrol and the then-called US Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), says politically powerful people are still fueling the flow of illegals.
During the 1950s, however, this "Good Old Boy" system changed under Eisenhower – if only for about 10 years.
In 1954, Ike appointed retired Gen. Joseph "Jumpin' Joe" Swing, a former West Point classmate and veteran of the 101st Airborne, as the new INS commissioner.
Influential politicians, including Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson (D) of Texas and Sen. Pat McCarran (D) of Nevada, favored open borders, and were dead set against strong border enforcement, Brownell said. But General Swing's close connections to the president shielded him – and the Border Patrol – from meddling by powerful political and corporate interests.
Merle--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
How Eisenhower solved illegal border crossings from Mexico
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By John Dillin / July 6, 2006
WASHINGTON
George W. Bush isn't the first Republican president to face a full-blown immigration crisis on the US-Mexican border.
Fifty-seven years ago, when newly elected Dwight Eisenhower moved into the White House, America's southern frontier was as porous as a spaghetti sieve. As many as 3 million illegal migrants had walked and waded northward over a period of several years for jobs in California, Arizona, Texas, and points beyond.
President Eisenhower cut off this illegal traffic. He did it quickly and decisively with only 1,075 United States Border Patrol agents – less than one-tenth of today's force. The operation is still highly praised among veterans of the Border Patrol.
Although there is little to no record of this operation in Ike's official papers, one piece of historic evidence indicates how he felt. In 1951, Ike wrote a letter to Sen. William Fulbright (D) of Arkansas. The senator had just proposed that a special commission be created by Congress to examine unethical conduct by government officials who accepted gifts and favors in exchange for special treatment of private individuals.
General Eisenhower, who was gearing up for his run for the presidency, said "Amen" to Senator Fulbright's proposal. He then quoted a report in The New York Times, highlighting one paragraph that said: "The rise in illegal border-crossing by Mexican 'wetbacks' to a current rate of more than 1,000,000 cases a year has been accompanied by a curious relaxation in ethical standards extending all the way from the farmer-exploiters of this contraband labor to the highest levels of the Federal Government."
Years later, the late Herbert Brownell Jr., Eisenhower's first attorney general, said in an interview with this writer that the president had a sense of urgency about illegal immigration when he took office.
America "was faced with a breakdown in law enforcement on a very large scale," Mr. Brownell said. "When I say large scale, I mean hundreds of thousands were coming in from Mexico [every year] without restraint."
Although an on-and-off guest-worker program for Mexicans was operating at the time, farmers and ranchers in the Southwest had become dependent on an additional low-cost, docile, illegal labor force of up to 3 million, mostly Mexican, laborers.
According to the Handbook of Texas Online, published by the University of Texas at Austin and the Texas State Historical Association, this illegal workforce had a severe impact on the wages of ordinary working Americans. The Handbook Online reports that a study by the President's Commission on Migratory Labor in Texas in 1950 found that cotton growers in the Rio Grande Valley, where most illegal aliens in Texas worked, paid wages that were "approximately half" the farm wages paid elsewhere in the state.
Profits from illegal labor led to the kind of corruption that apparently worried Eisenhower. Joseph White, a retired 21-year veteran of the Border Patrol, says that in the early 1950s, some senior US officials overseeing immigration enforcement "had friends among the ranchers," and agents "did not dare" arrest their illegal workers.
Walt Edwards, who joined the Border Patrol in 1951, tells a similar story. He says: "When we caught illegal aliens on farms and ranches, the farmer or rancher would often call and complain [to officials in El Paso]. And depending on how politically connected they were, there would be political intervention. That is how we got into this mess we are in now."
Bill Chambers, who worked for a combined 33 years for the Border Patrol and the then-called US Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), says politically powerful people are still fueling the flow of illegals.
During the 1950s, however, this "Good Old Boy" system changed under Eisenhower – if only for about 10 years.
In 1954, Ike appointed retired Gen. Joseph "Jumpin' Joe" Swing, a former West Point classmate and veteran of the 101st Airborne, as the new INS commissioner.
Influential politicians, including Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson (D) of Texas and Sen. Pat McCarran (D) of Nevada, favored open borders, and were dead set against strong border enforcement, Brownell said. But General Swing's close connections to the president shielded him – and the Border Patrol – from meddling by powerful political and corporate interests.
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Fox News - Obama Report
Passed on to me by a friend. Fox News on TV is the best station to watch if you really want facts on what is going on openly or behind closed doors in our country.
No, this will not be about Tiger which you can find along with news on Natalie, Caylee, Mary Lee or Georgia Brown, all of which you can find on CNN.
Merle Widmer
This Coming Sunday March 28th --
Watch or set your DVR for Fox News--
Sunday at 9:00 pm eastern.
Correction: I typed the 21st. It is on the 28th and a big thanks to Mike Radigan who called attention to my error.
About Obama's Past
Maybe this is why the White House has been discounting FOX. Sounds like this could be history in the making - someone may go down - either Obama or Fox News. It may be that Fox has been holding this information back due to the sensitivity of it and out of courtesy. But, Obama has taken on Fox and it appears that Fox is ready to spill the ugly beans of truth about the background of this individual who has had an extremely radical past.
This Sunday Fox news, is going to air a very important documentary about Barack Obama, Sunday night at 9 P M Eastern. The report will go back to Obama's earlier days, showing even then his close ties to radical Marxist professors, friends, spiritual advisers, etc. It will also reveal details about his ties to Rev. Wright for 20+ years, i.e., how he was participating with this man, and not for the reasons he stated. The report has uncovered more of Obama's radical past and we will see things that no one in the media is willing to put out there. It will be a segment to remember.
Mark your calendar and pass this on to everyone you know: Sunday night, 8 PM CT; 9 PM ET. Democrat or Republican, this report will open your eyes to how YOUR country is being sold down the road to totalitarian socialism. If you care about the direction of our country, pass this notice on to everyone you know
No, this will not be about Tiger which you can find along with news on Natalie, Caylee, Mary Lee or Georgia Brown, all of which you can find on CNN.
Merle Widmer
This Coming Sunday March 28th --
Watch or set your DVR for Fox News--
Sunday at 9:00 pm eastern.
Correction: I typed the 21st. It is on the 28th and a big thanks to Mike Radigan who called attention to my error.
About Obama's Past
Maybe this is why the White House has been discounting FOX. Sounds like this could be history in the making - someone may go down - either Obama or Fox News. It may be that Fox has been holding this information back due to the sensitivity of it and out of courtesy. But, Obama has taken on Fox and it appears that Fox is ready to spill the ugly beans of truth about the background of this individual who has had an extremely radical past.
This Sunday Fox news, is going to air a very important documentary about Barack Obama, Sunday night at 9 P M Eastern. The report will go back to Obama's earlier days, showing even then his close ties to radical Marxist professors, friends, spiritual advisers, etc. It will also reveal details about his ties to Rev. Wright for 20+ years, i.e., how he was participating with this man, and not for the reasons he stated. The report has uncovered more of Obama's radical past and we will see things that no one in the media is willing to put out there. It will be a segment to remember.
Mark your calendar and pass this on to everyone you know: Sunday night, 8 PM CT; 9 PM ET. Democrat or Republican, this report will open your eyes to how YOUR country is being sold down the road to totalitarian socialism. If you care about the direction of our country, pass this notice on to everyone you know
Where Were You When the Republic Died?
Forwarded to me by email.
Is this the best answer the Democrats can come up with? With all the blatant funmneling of Federal dollars to an "old" or new breed of "me now" elected representatives and union bosses?
Probably not but at least there will be more elections.
Merle Widmer
March 22, 2010
By Matt Patterson
In November 2008, Americans elected a socialist as their president. In March 2010, they woke up stunned to find themselves living in a socialist country.
Health insurers -- once private companies -- are now organs of the federal government. Every citizen is a ward of the state, which can now compel you to have insurance, punish you if you don't; determine if your insurance is acceptable, punish you if it isn't. Thousands of new federal bureaucrats will soon spill from the D.C. Beltway and flood the country, scrutinizing our finances to verify compliance with this new law.
A government that grants itself this kind of power over us can conceivably do anything to us. For our own good, of course. Such a country is in no meaningful sense "free."
And this is only the beginning. Liberals are salivating in contemplation of all the fanciful window trimmings that can in the future be hung from this legislative framework. Public option will soon appear as prelude to single payer, as was the intent all along. Soon, Americans won't even have the illusion of a choice -- the government will move from subsidizer to provider, and it will be the only game in town.
So what's next? Some look to the states as possible saviors. Please. The states long ago surrendered their sovereignty, and they are now junkies on federal monies, which they need for schools, roads, Medicaid, and much else. If the citizens are now wards of the federal government, then the states long since preceded them in that sorry servitude.
The individual? What are we going to do, not pay the taxes to support this beast? Oh, they'll take that from you before you ever get your check; we gave them that power to them long ago, remember. March on Washington, en masse? Lot of good that's done thus far.
The Republicans? Assuming the GOP can take back both houses of Congress and the White House in the next couple of elections (by no means a sure thing), can you name one gigantic entitlement enacted by liberals that Republicans have successfully repealed? Or even made serious effort to repeal? Ever? Anyone?
The Courts? Sure, maybe Obamacare will work its way through the courts, and maybe the Supreme Court will finally take up the case (there is no guarantee of that, remember), and maybe the Court will not have tilted left by then, and maybe the Justices will declare it unconstitutional. Then what? Who will enforce this decision? Obamacare is already unconstitutional on its face, and yet it is the law of the land. Do you think the Democrats will say, "Oh, all-right, never mind," and cheerfully strike it from the books after their successful five-decades-long crusade?
And even if a court challenge is eventually successful, how much of the bureaucracy will by then already be in place, how many of the thousands of new regulations already in effect, how much of the billions in new taxes and fines collected, how many jobs killed, how many middle class families addicted to the entitlement?
There's a reason why Democrats were desperate to ram this through at any cost -- once enacted, such things are all but perpetual. Former freedom-loving peoples begin to tell themselves that it's really not so bad. Sure, government is forcing you to eat state-approved gruel, but hey, at least they hold the spoon, and they even pour a little sugar on top when you're good.
The worst part of watching the proceedings unfold on Sunday was the endless stream of commentators and pundits calmly discussing this bill as if it were just one more piece of bad legislation that we will have to live under. In fact, what has transpired is nothing less than an overthrow of the old Constitutional order.
In 1776, the American Republic boldly announced its birth with the Declaration of Independence. In 2010, it quietly expired with a declaration of dependence -- on government, on entitlement, and on the Democratic party.
Matt Patterson is a National Review Institute Washington Fellow and the author of Union of Hearts: The Abraham Lincoln & Ann Rutledge Story. His e-mail is mpatterson.column@gmail.com.
Is this the best answer the Democrats can come up with? With all the blatant funmneling of Federal dollars to an "old" or new breed of "me now" elected representatives and union bosses?
Probably not but at least there will be more elections.
Merle Widmer
March 22, 2010
By Matt Patterson
In November 2008, Americans elected a socialist as their president. In March 2010, they woke up stunned to find themselves living in a socialist country.
Health insurers -- once private companies -- are now organs of the federal government. Every citizen is a ward of the state, which can now compel you to have insurance, punish you if you don't; determine if your insurance is acceptable, punish you if it isn't. Thousands of new federal bureaucrats will soon spill from the D.C. Beltway and flood the country, scrutinizing our finances to verify compliance with this new law.
A government that grants itself this kind of power over us can conceivably do anything to us. For our own good, of course. Such a country is in no meaningful sense "free."
And this is only the beginning. Liberals are salivating in contemplation of all the fanciful window trimmings that can in the future be hung from this legislative framework. Public option will soon appear as prelude to single payer, as was the intent all along. Soon, Americans won't even have the illusion of a choice -- the government will move from subsidizer to provider, and it will be the only game in town.
So what's next? Some look to the states as possible saviors. Please. The states long ago surrendered their sovereignty, and they are now junkies on federal monies, which they need for schools, roads, Medicaid, and much else. If the citizens are now wards of the federal government, then the states long since preceded them in that sorry servitude.
The individual? What are we going to do, not pay the taxes to support this beast? Oh, they'll take that from you before you ever get your check; we gave them that power to them long ago, remember. March on Washington, en masse? Lot of good that's done thus far.
The Republicans? Assuming the GOP can take back both houses of Congress and the White House in the next couple of elections (by no means a sure thing), can you name one gigantic entitlement enacted by liberals that Republicans have successfully repealed? Or even made serious effort to repeal? Ever? Anyone?
The Courts? Sure, maybe Obamacare will work its way through the courts, and maybe the Supreme Court will finally take up the case (there is no guarantee of that, remember), and maybe the Court will not have tilted left by then, and maybe the Justices will declare it unconstitutional. Then what? Who will enforce this decision? Obamacare is already unconstitutional on its face, and yet it is the law of the land. Do you think the Democrats will say, "Oh, all-right, never mind," and cheerfully strike it from the books after their successful five-decades-long crusade?
And even if a court challenge is eventually successful, how much of the bureaucracy will by then already be in place, how many of the thousands of new regulations already in effect, how much of the billions in new taxes and fines collected, how many jobs killed, how many middle class families addicted to the entitlement?
There's a reason why Democrats were desperate to ram this through at any cost -- once enacted, such things are all but perpetual. Former freedom-loving peoples begin to tell themselves that it's really not so bad. Sure, government is forcing you to eat state-approved gruel, but hey, at least they hold the spoon, and they even pour a little sugar on top when you're good.
The worst part of watching the proceedings unfold on Sunday was the endless stream of commentators and pundits calmly discussing this bill as if it were just one more piece of bad legislation that we will have to live under. In fact, what has transpired is nothing less than an overthrow of the old Constitutional order.
In 1776, the American Republic boldly announced its birth with the Declaration of Independence. In 2010, it quietly expired with a declaration of dependence -- on government, on entitlement, and on the Democratic party.
Matt Patterson is a National Review Institute Washington Fellow and the author of Union of Hearts: The Abraham Lincoln & Ann Rutledge Story. His e-mail is mpatterson.column@gmail.com.
Public School Teachers Tenure - Protects all, Effective or Not Effective
This email about actions intended to break some the powerful hold that unions have over the public school system the so long, was forwarded to me by Dr. Jerry Becker. Pending legislation in Florida will be like a breath of fresh air if this bill passes. The Governor says he will sign the bill.
From a JS article, on 12/05/05, titled "Study: Tenure means job security - Illinois teachers rarely fired." Stating that "out of 95,000 tenured teachers employed in the state, only 7% of the states 876 school SYSTEMS have attempted to fire a tenured teacher since the mid-1980's. Many larger school districts like Peoria #150 had not fired a tenured teacher in 18 years, the study showed. The unions say so few are fired because there is no need to fire them."
"Only 2 teachers per year out of this 95,000 are fired for poor performance. Another 5per year are fired for misconduct." Tenure means more than job protection; it means that teachers are promoted over the Peter Principle or beyond their ability. Also, usually, newer, younger or better teachers are laid off while older teachers continue to safely hold their tenured positions and promoted over the more qualified.
I support the private sector that usually does not promote on tenure and does fire workers, I also believe that more than test scores should enter into the teacher evaluation equation.
By all means, the public school system needs re-arranged from the board, to the kids and parents and the community. Breaking the lawmakers and the union hold on tenure would be just a strong beginning.
Merle Widmer
"Florida Senate kills teacher tenure employment and pay system; raises tied to student success on tests."
By Josh Hafenbrack
TALLAHASSEE - In a major shift, the salaries of Florida's 167,000 teachers could soon be tied to student test scores, rather than seniority and education level.
The state Senate on Wednesday approved a controversial bill by a 21-17 vote to dismantle teacher tenure, a decades-old system in which educators' pay is based on years of experience and whether they earn upper-level degrees.
New teachers hired after July 1 would work on one-year contracts and face dismissal if their students did not show learning gains on end-of-year exams for two years in any five-year period. For them, job security would be based soley on two factors: standardized scores and job reviews by principals. Existing teachers would have future pay raises tied to student scores and reviews but would keep their current job security.
"It takes a sledgehammer to the teaching profession," Sen. Dan Gelber, D-Miami Beach, said Wednesday.
Bill sponsor Sen. John Thrasher, R-St. Augustine, said the bill means teachers who earn high marks will get higher salaries and it "will help put a good teacher in every single classroom."
Despite President Obama pushing merit pay on the federal level, Florida Senate Democrats were unified against the proposal -- and joined by four Republicans in opposition. Still, Republicans, who have a 26-14 majority in the state Senate, had a comfortable margin to push the bill through, which now must be considered by the Republican-controlled House.
Gov. Charlie Crist, a Republican running for U.S. Senate, indicated he likely would sign the bill into law if it passes the Legislature, as expected.
"Generally, I support that," he said Tuesday. "That's how it is for most of us -- you do well, you keep your job. It seems to me that wouldn't be a bad idea in the area of education, too."
Kevin McDonald, an English teacher at Royal Palm Beach High School, said the proposal has been a topic of conversation and angst at his school.
"Let me ask you: With all the accountability measures being heaped on teachers, what about the parents?" said McDonald, 38, a teacher for eight years. "The best teacher in the world will not see terrific gains if there's hell going on at home."
Based on student test scores and principal reviews, teachers would be ranked in four categories: unsatisfactory, needs improvement, effective and very effective. Beginning in 2014, new teachers hired after this July would have to score "effective" or "highly effective" for four of five years to keep their jobs. Current teachers would need high student scores to get pay raises.
Teachers unions are up in arms about the proposal. Robert Dow, president of the Palm Beach County Classroom Teachers Association, called the new pay plan "draconian and devastating to public education in Florida." The union, he said, has been urging members to tell legislators the bill is "wildly misdirected, cowardly, punitive and vengeful."
Republicans appear unbowed. Thrasher, who doubles as chairman of the Republican Party of Florida, said the overhaul is about devising a system that eliminates bad teachers and pays good ones.
"Tenure rewards ineffective people. That's the bottom line," Thrasher said. "We have no way of rewarding good people today and that's what our bill goes to."
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Staff Writer Marc Freeman contributed to this story.
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Josh Hafenbrack can be reached at jhafenbrack@SunSentinel.com or 850-224-6214.
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Jerry P. Becker
Dept. of Curriculum & Instruction
Southern Illinois University
625 Wham Drive
Mail Code 4610
Carbondale, IL 62901-4610
Phone: (618) 453-4241 [O]
(618) 457-8903 [H]
Fax: (618) 453-4244
E-mail: jbecker@siu.edu
From a JS article, on 12/05/05, titled "Study: Tenure means job security - Illinois teachers rarely fired." Stating that "out of 95,000 tenured teachers employed in the state, only 7% of the states 876 school SYSTEMS have attempted to fire a tenured teacher since the mid-1980's. Many larger school districts like Peoria #150 had not fired a tenured teacher in 18 years, the study showed. The unions say so few are fired because there is no need to fire them."
"Only 2 teachers per year out of this 95,000 are fired for poor performance. Another 5per year are fired for misconduct." Tenure means more than job protection; it means that teachers are promoted over the Peter Principle or beyond their ability. Also, usually, newer, younger or better teachers are laid off while older teachers continue to safely hold their tenured positions and promoted over the more qualified.
I support the private sector that usually does not promote on tenure and does fire workers, I also believe that more than test scores should enter into the teacher evaluation equation.
By all means, the public school system needs re-arranged from the board, to the kids and parents and the community. Breaking the lawmakers and the union hold on tenure would be just a strong beginning.
Merle Widmer
"Florida Senate kills teacher tenure employment and pay system; raises tied to student success on tests."
By Josh Hafenbrack
TALLAHASSEE - In a major shift, the salaries of Florida's 167,000 teachers could soon be tied to student test scores, rather than seniority and education level.
The state Senate on Wednesday approved a controversial bill by a 21-17 vote to dismantle teacher tenure, a decades-old system in which educators' pay is based on years of experience and whether they earn upper-level degrees.
New teachers hired after July 1 would work on one-year contracts and face dismissal if their students did not show learning gains on end-of-year exams for two years in any five-year period. For them, job security would be based soley on two factors: standardized scores and job reviews by principals. Existing teachers would have future pay raises tied to student scores and reviews but would keep their current job security.
"It takes a sledgehammer to the teaching profession," Sen. Dan Gelber, D-Miami Beach, said Wednesday.
Bill sponsor Sen. John Thrasher, R-St. Augustine, said the bill means teachers who earn high marks will get higher salaries and it "will help put a good teacher in every single classroom."
Despite President Obama pushing merit pay on the federal level, Florida Senate Democrats were unified against the proposal -- and joined by four Republicans in opposition. Still, Republicans, who have a 26-14 majority in the state Senate, had a comfortable margin to push the bill through, which now must be considered by the Republican-controlled House.
Gov. Charlie Crist, a Republican running for U.S. Senate, indicated he likely would sign the bill into law if it passes the Legislature, as expected.
"Generally, I support that," he said Tuesday. "That's how it is for most of us -- you do well, you keep your job. It seems to me that wouldn't be a bad idea in the area of education, too."
Kevin McDonald, an English teacher at Royal Palm Beach High School, said the proposal has been a topic of conversation and angst at his school.
"Let me ask you: With all the accountability measures being heaped on teachers, what about the parents?" said McDonald, 38, a teacher for eight years. "The best teacher in the world will not see terrific gains if there's hell going on at home."
Based on student test scores and principal reviews, teachers would be ranked in four categories: unsatisfactory, needs improvement, effective and very effective. Beginning in 2014, new teachers hired after this July would have to score "effective" or "highly effective" for four of five years to keep their jobs. Current teachers would need high student scores to get pay raises.
Teachers unions are up in arms about the proposal. Robert Dow, president of the Palm Beach County Classroom Teachers Association, called the new pay plan "draconian and devastating to public education in Florida." The union, he said, has been urging members to tell legislators the bill is "wildly misdirected, cowardly, punitive and vengeful."
Republicans appear unbowed. Thrasher, who doubles as chairman of the Republican Party of Florida, said the overhaul is about devising a system that eliminates bad teachers and pays good ones.
"Tenure rewards ineffective people. That's the bottom line," Thrasher said. "We have no way of rewarding good people today and that's what our bill goes to."
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Staff Writer Marc Freeman contributed to this story.
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Josh Hafenbrack can be reached at jhafenbrack@SunSentinel.com or 850-224-6214.
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Jerry P. Becker
Dept. of Curriculum & Instruction
Southern Illinois University
625 Wham Drive
Mail Code 4610
Carbondale, IL 62901-4610
Phone: (618) 453-4241 [O]
(618) 457-8903 [H]
Fax: (618) 453-4244
E-mail: jbecker@siu.edu
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