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I've had nothing but praises for Klipsch support whether it be Steve or George I believe? or others.

I think its worse that there are many people that claim their child received autism after a vaccination just to try and get money. Fraud is indeed bad. What isn't mentioned is which claims are for autism. Vaccines can and do cause other injury or death in some people. What I am saying is that the process should be set up to judge accurately and impartially the cause/effect without getting attorneys involved.Bruce Autism is a vague and "new" disease (its not new but its being medically subjected now as before other diseases such as polio and small pox were more of a concern) currently. The spectrum is pretty diverse from absolutely non functional to highly functional and some even in savant range. The level of vaccines causing injury and death is low. Comparatively to the amount that receive it and even to the numbers that I put out before Since the first Vaccine Injury Compensation claims were made in 1989, 3,199 compensation payments have been made, $2,448,256,199.98 disbursed to petitioners and $97,111,067.04 paid to cover attorney’s fees and other legal costs. To date, 9,946 claims have been dismissed. Of those, 4,075 claimants were paid $53,605,933.78 to cover attorney’s fees and other legal costs. As for the cause/effect I think you are looking at attorneys in just one light. They are there to make sure that you understand or atleast understand to a higher degree than when you do it alone. Our system is set up to have both sides fight or even just negotiate. Its not that attorneys are inherently bad, its is just the system we have. Also remember the vaccine people are from the medical field. How would someone who devotes their life to the medical field accurate judge the worth of one person's life?

First you wanted a question to be answered. I gave my opinion that hard drives fail. I tried to courteous to you by not boring you with the nitty gritty. Hard drives are broken down into a few categories. SSD which I doubt you have have a different standard. But for normal HDD there are two categories: consumer market and server market. The server market I believe have at least a factor of 10 most likely 100 times more befor their failures. The consumer market hard drives see failure typically around year 5 but then again with all electronics you see a bathtub scale of failures. To visualize that think of an old bathtub that is U shaped. So you get a lot of failures in the begining and a lot at the end of life. That is one big reason I suggest to you that hard drives fail. Many can do fine out of the box for a few day and then all of a sudden you hear the click of death. That absolutely sucks as you just spent all your time and effort to rip all your cds and the information is lost now. That is why when I transfer vital information it is back up in three places and two of them are of known hard drives >1 year of reliability but < 3. Depending on the size of the file I also tend to email it to myself as emails are cloud based servers that have a much lower failure point than even your home computer. Another thing to note is that portable hard drives and laptop hard drives (if your portable hard drive is powered only by your computer its a laptop hard drive) their MTBF is much less than even consumer 3.5 inch HDD. It is expected that more vibration and movement on a laptop based hard drive. When you suggested that cds fail, I asked if it was cd-r or actual cds. You did not answer either. You should read the differences between recordable cd-r and why they fail due to their organic dye substrate while cds made by companies don't because they are pressed. That method is as reliable as clay tablets from syria. Still totally readable today after 5000 years. It seems that you already made up your mind before you even posted this thread that you were going to sell off your cds since you nearly finished transfering all your cds to your computer. I think all you wanted were high fives, that's awesome man comments. And someone inevitably to buy your cds. As for the fighting, it was all directed to Gilbert and none to you what so ever but if you took it that way oh well, I cannot help you then. Gilbert offered the wrong answer and I said absolutely wrong. I bet you Gilbert got the same answer from his IT department as well. And lastly. Nice quote to prove my point. You are offering nothing that pertains to the question asked, and in fact my responses are a waste of time but i wander where all the intellectual types would be without all us laborous rubes to keep them healthy and alive. Ive dealt with a few so called self proclaimed intellectuals in my labors and more often than not they fail miserably.(point being that intellect takes many forms) You read your books and debate about it all day long and ill be in the trenches getting the job done. When your called to the gate as we all will be one day i wonder if your intellectual supperiority will get you any further ? Theres nothing wrong with being educated and intelligent in fact im all for it.I want my children to go much further in school than what was afforded me. The problem starts when you act and feel superior I really don't think you get the meaning of the quote at all..... What trenches? What books? This is all information that I learned through simple failures of computers and technology. If you honestly believe that I read this stuff through a book you are sadly sadly mistaken. And if you are referencing god (I don't even know how this occured) how silly is this debate getting. You just really wanted a pat on your back and not want to hear any constructive criticism. If anything you are thin skinned. Welcome to the internet please don't ever go here you will be eaten alive. http://boards.4chan.org/b/

I think its worse that there are many people that claim their child received autism after a vaccination just to try and get money.

I love how strawmans are always taking into account of a scenario. Would I allow my infant or young child. I do not have one and do not see on in the foreseeable future. Would I allow my 12 year old child to make the decision to be given this vaccine in school without your knowledge or permission. I am pretty sure in parentis loco does not allow the school to give the vaccine and I doubt any 12 year old would want to take any vaccine. From what I remember if I recall correctly is that the anthrax vaccine is one injection but many similar to the rabies. Another note this makes no logical sense. "Would you allow your 12 year old child to make the decision to be given this vaccine in school without your knowledge or permission? " How can I allow anything if not for my knowledge or permission. It fails the if then logic. If your child died shortly after receiving this vaccine, would you have an autopsy performed to determine the true cause of his/her death? Absolutely, are you kidding me? I worked for one of the best medical examiners officers in the world for one summer during college. They if they suspect anything will even do beyond the normal panels and do genome testing. Surprisingly most "weird" deaths are fully attributed to slight variations or "mutations" of certain genomes. And when proven to have been caused by the vaccine, would you just shrug your shoulders and accept it as the cost of "helping the public good? Remember the compensation fund?..... Also remember science is given on good good science. Bad science is bad. I would publish or get published the comprehensive reasos why the vaccine is inherently dangerous. Then again if the information is subjective I would logically approach it. Do you realize how many medications have to be taken off the market not because if used correctly but because of human stupidity. There are soo many medications such as dilaudid that can only be really used in a hospital setting because drinking, even a few beers while on that medication can cause respiratory failure. Want to know? Cause I've seen the dead bodies from overdoses of everything even evil dihydrogen monoxide. Also your premise is heavily coercise at minimum. You expect the medication to fail and not work properly and hurt/kill people. I get it, you are afraid of certain things. You like things to stay the same. Do you know other medication stories. Do you realize how a good percentage of medical knowledge today unfortunately was obtained by the concentration camps or japanese death camps like unit 731? How about animal research. Its not rainbow and butterflies and PETA has in some aspects legitimate claims. But all that is for the advancement for human beings. I love how everything is good for people as long as it does not apply to them. This clip highlights what I am talking about https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=LR0IMVFpsnI#t=549s Do you know the story of penicillian? Not the it grew on an apple but the first patient treated with it was a person who had a rose throne prick him in the cheek and got infected. They only had 3 or so days doses and in those three days his infection got better. But they ran out of medication and he died. Its a sad story and a reminder of why people make medicines and the reality that people die. Would you accept the decision of the vaccine compensation court (yes, a court has to approve all claims) if they refused to let you file a claim? So now your premise is that the courts are biased and unfair. Does that apply to all courts? Do you not believe in the criminal justice system now? I mean I do, I did a two semester work study at the 2nd district court of appeals. I get how the system works, do you?

The custom 3 had warnings about loud use. And I think its fine that NYC decided to take excessive loud headphones as a public service announcement as much of the daily commuters use headphones due to public transportation versus other cities that have more car stereo use.

If I recall correctly its a slow burn version you need. Take it out and see the markings and put the numbers into google to see what type.

http://www.hrsa.gov/vaccinecompensation/index.html National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program On October 1, 1988, the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-660) created the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP). The VICP was established to ensure an adequate supply of vaccines, stabilize vaccine costs, and establish and maintain an accessible and efficient forum for individuals found to be injured by certain vaccines. The VICP is a no-fault alternative to the traditional tort system for resolving vaccine injury claims that provides compensation to people found to be injured by certain vaccines. The U. S. Court of Federal Claims decides who will be paid. Three Federal government offices have a role in the VICP: the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ); and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims (the Court). The VICP is located in the HHS, Health Resources and Services Administration, Healthcare Systems Bureau, Division of Vaccine Injury Compensation. Authorizing Legislation (PDF- 497 KB) Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund The Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund provides funding for the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program to compensate vaccine-related injury or death claims for covered vaccines administered on or after October 1, 1988. Funded by a $0.75 excise tax on vaccines recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for routine administration to children. The excise tax is imposed on each dose (disease that is prevented) of a vaccine. Trivalent influenza vaccine for example, is taxed $0.75 because it prevents one disease; measles-mumps-rubella vaccine, which prevents three diseases, is taxed $2.25. The Department of Treasury collects the excise taxes and manages the Fund’s investments. Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund Monthly Reports Since the first Vaccine Injury Compensation claims were made in 1989, 3,199 compensation payments have been made, $2,448,256,199.98 disbursed to petitioners and $97,111,067.04 paid to cover attorney’s fees and other legal costs. To date, 9,946 claims have been dismissed. Of those, 4,075 claimants were paid $53,605,933.78 to cover attorney’s fees and other legal costs. Remember keep your foot out of your mouth.

That's perfectly fine. Its quite bold of you to make such claims as cds fail when you self professed "My computer knowledge is severly limited." Also my last advise for you, if you switch to FLAC you will be limited to what media player you can use, as Apple's popular Itunes does not support FLAC and neither does windows media player. Also think about future DRM and how that will affect you. Don't know what DRM stands for, you should. The avatar is a inside joke to those who are in the bullshlt section of the klipsch forum. Its making fun of some known people who make wild claims. I call a lot of bs there such as Gilbert claiming I don't know what I am talking about when in fact I run a physical Areca RAID 6 server. Best advice I can give you “Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'” ? Isaac Asimov best keep ignoring

Also to note your title is misleading and sensational as it even says in the first paragraph The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and the nation’s sole manufacturer of anthrax vaccine, Emergent BioSolutions, are making plans to go forward with an experimental clinical trial testing anthrax vaccine on American infants and children. Last month, the Alliance for Human Research Protection (AHRP) issued a strongly worded, evidence-based letter to the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues protesting pediatric trials using BioThrax anthrax vaccine for the purpose of proving the vaccine is safe and effective to give to infants and children clinical trials Clinical trials are sets of tests in medical research and drug development that generate safety and efficacy data (or more specifically, information about adverse drug reactions and adverse effects of other treatments) for health interventions (e.g., drugs, diagnostics, devices, therapy protocols). They are conducted only after satisfactory information has been gathered on the quality of the nonclinical safety, and health authority/ethics committee approval is granted in the country where approval of the drug or device is sought. Previously, many emerging countries did not require local trials for product approvals. Now, though emerging countries still accept data from U.S./Europe, they also require some local trials. Depending on the type of product and the stage of its development, investigators initially enroll volunteers and/or patients into small pilot studies, and subsequently conduct larger scale studies in patients that often compare the new product with others already approved for the affliction of interest. As positive safety and efficacy data are gathered, the number of patients is typically increased. Clinical trials can vary in size, and can involve a single research entity in one country or many such entities in multiple countries.

Whatever you do don't take my advice, its not if I don't do anything web or data related at all.

Yeah okay. First don't call me son because I doubt anyone would want you as a father or even a father figure. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID#Data_backup Data backup A RAID system used as secondary storage is not an alternative to backing up data. In RAID levels > 0, a RAID protects from catastrophic data loss caused by physical damage or errors on a single drive within the array (or two drives in, say, RAID 6). However, a true backup system has other important features such as the ability to restore an earlier version of data, which is needed both to protect against software errors that write unwanted data to secondary storage, and also to recover from user error and malicious data deletion. A RAID can be overwhelmed by catastrophic failure that exceeds its recovery capacity and, of course, the entire array is at risk of physical damage by fire, natural disaster, and human forces, while backups can be stored off-site. A RAID is also vulnerable to controller failure because it is not always possible to migrate a RAID to a new, different controller without data loss.[17] http://www.2brightsparks.com/resources/articles/RAID-is-not-a-backup-solution.html There are some who believe a RAID array provides a backup solution. It does not. http://www.extremetech.com/computing/135471-backup-master-class-philosophy-structure-and-why-raid-isnt-a-solution Backup master class: Philosophy, structure, and why RAID isn’t a solution http://www.andrewdaceyphotography.com/tech-tuesdays/raid-is-not-back-up/ I can go on.

Michael Specter has described the NVIC as: "... an organization that, based on its name, certainly sounds like a federal agency. Actually, it's just the opposite: the NVIC is the most powerful anti-vaccine organization in America, and its relationship with the U.S. government consists almost entirely of opposing federal efforts aimed at vaccinating children."[2] The NVIC argues that there has been inadequate research into the link between the rise in the number of children diagnosed with autism and mass-vaccination programs. There have, however, been a number of peer-reviewed studies and meta-analyses which have shown no correlation between vaccine administration and autism diagnosis.[5][6][7] The NVIC received criticism in April 2011 for ads that it placed on a jumbotron in Times Square.[8][9] The ads criticized childhood immunization and promoted an alternative medicine website. In a letter to CBS, the owner of the jumbotron, the American Academy of Pediatrics stated, "By providing advertising space to an organization like the NVIC . . . you are putting thousands of lives of children at risk."[10] Another controversial ad produced by NVIC and aired on some of the flights on Delta Air Lines regarding preventive measures for influenza prompted the president of the American Academy of Pediatrics to write a letter to the CEO of Delta on Nov 4, 2011 and urged Delta to 'remove these harmful messages'.[11][12] An online petition is also set up to urge Delta to remove the ads.[11][12] The refusal of Delta Air Lines to immediately stop showing the ad prompted the Institute for Science in Medicine to protest, calling the decision: "...indefensible from a public health perspective,..." and "The NVIC ad is, as one commentator aptly observed, a Trojan Horse. Delta passengers in November are being directed to the website of a prominent anti-vaccination organization, one that has tried to thwart national vaccine campaigns for three decades. Moreover, NVIC has the sort of name that sounds like a federal agency, one that passengers might mistake as a source of reliable information."[13] While vaccines do occasionally cause mild adverse reactions (and rarely cause serious reactions), the infrequency of these reactions does little to offset the enormous benefits to public health that vaccines provide.[14]

I have no problem with NYC and have fond memories of field trips there when I was in high school. You asked a question and I was attempting to answer it. The fact that you don't agree with me, and I don't agree with you, is irrelevant to the above question. If there were serious arguments or such. I mean to the OP, had Bloomberg actually banned headphones that could do more than 110 db I would disagree with him and actually protest it as well but in this case its a case of nothing to get your jimmies bunched up for. Its simply telling people in ads, hey that loud music can damage your ears! The soda thing was a simple nothing as well. Want more than 16 ounces, buy two simply. And the question I should have mentioned was more rhetorical than anything.

Truth is they abstractly did. So you are not an originalist (conservative) and please if you are going to make statements follow them with actual quotes to validate them. I'm a realist not a liberal in terms of sex. Kids are going to have sex. They always have they always will. We arbitrarily made 18 the age when one becomes an adult but even common popular literature hints that Romeo and Juliette were 13 or 14. They were having sex in the 1500's. It was expected that a girl was of marriage age at that time as well. It's asinine to believe that abstinance is the only answer. This is the reason why rural areas have higher teen pregnancy than their counterparts in urban areas. http://www.mnn.com/family/babies-pregnancy/blogs/teen-pregnancy-rate-higher-in-rural-america A new study has found that the teen birth rate in rural counties in the United States is nearly one-third higher than that in suburban and urban areas of the country. ..... The overall good news is that the teen pregnancy rate declined by almost 49 percent across all areas from 1990 to 2010. But the decline was slower for teen girls in rural areas - only 32 percent. Also the cases of HIV are going down, as with other statistics I love when real evidence is brought in versus "what people know" http://www.cdc.gov/std/stats10/trends.htm Gonorrhea: While reported rates are at historically low levels, cases increased slightly from last year and more than 300,000 cases were reported in 2010. There are also signs from other CDC surveillance systems that the disease may become resistant to the only available treatment option. Chlamydia: Case reports have been increasing steadily over the past 20 years, and in 2010, 1.3 million chlamydia cases were reported. While the increase is due to expanded screening efforts, and not to an actual increase in the number of people with chlamydia, a majority of infections still go undiagnosed. Less than half of sexually active young women are screened annually as recommended by CDC. Syphilis: The overall syphilis rate decreased for the first time in a decade, and is down 1.6 percent since 2009. However, the rate among young black men has increased dramatically over the past five years (134 percent). Other CDC data also show a significant increase in syphilis among young black men who have sex with men (MSM), suggesting that new infections among MSM are driving the increase in young black men. The finding is particularly concerning as there has also been a sharp increase in HIV infections among this population. I really hope you educate yourself on STD's or STI as they are called now. Most cases are not reported because they are undiagnosed. Many STIs are not even known to the person as there are no symptoms. Many men carry an STI that causes cervical cancer to females. It does absolutely nothing for men but they are the carrier. And then they made a vaccine for it and idiotic people call it a vaccine to allow for people to have sex. You take a vaccine for the flu because you don't know who has it, sometimes you have the flu and don't know until many days later. This is the same situation for many STI's. Also all of your statements are debunked. STD have not skyrocketed, Teenage pregnancy is the lowest in decades. And to talk about teenage prostitution what is the leading reason why there is teenage prostitution? Oh runaways because the teenage cannot get along with their parents. They decide to runaway and they sell their body. Maybe if we stop having runaways, teenage prostitution would go down...... Just a thought. Lastly even though I have shown you evidence that STI's are many times asymptomatic, another thing I believe the parents should not need to know is if the child is actually having an STI panel to see if they are in fact positive for an STI. Why, well I wonder what kind of stigma the parents will bring if they were told that their child is having a STI panel done. Teenagers simply won't get tested if they know their parents are going to find out. Same thing with abortions, that's why teenagers "take a vacation" to a state that has less conservative views on abortion (take for example of Ireland and England, nearly all women in Ireland go to England to get an abortion simply because Ireland forbids most types of abortion, even in the case of the life of the mother. People who are seeking abortions will always try and get one yet we have many states in America that heavily restrict this or stigmatize this. No Abortion is pretty or pleasant. Its probably one of the worst things that a woman can do to herself physically and emotionally but it is a fact of life) Does anyone remember the prom baby delivery where the girl delivered her baby during prom in the bathroom and dump the baby in the trash can? Do we want a society that restricts abortions so people throw viable babies in dumpsters? To close, I will make choices for my life, not the government. No simply the government is allowing your child to make choices for their life (in cases of Plan B or abortions) instead of the parents forcing their views onto the child. And again verbatim from the article you posted, "Parents can bar their children from getting contraceptives or a pregnancy test if they sign an opt-out form. But the DOE says only one to two percent of parents do that." You call him a moderate. In actuality he's one of the biggest Liberals you'll ever run across Yet you made no case to show he is a liberal, if anything he is a libertarian which is a fiscal conservative in most regards.

A lot of people disagree with what I think on a variety of things. I've seen many many judicial opinions that are frankly laughable. Don't get me started on Drs. Thanks for the posts Jay, you're a fanboy, I get it. There's nothing you can post that would sway my opinion about this knucklehead and for the life of me, I can't figure out why you're so adamant about trying to do so. Likewise, there's nothing I can post that would change your opinion. You're happy with him, great, you can keep him. New Yorkers must be happy with him too as they elected him. I'd never vote for him, sorry if that somehow offends you. You'll never convince me that black is white. BTW, I was born and raised in upstate NY. Carl Party on. Upstate NY is not NYC and you know that. Upstate NY has more to do with Maine than NYC. As for fanboy hardly, its just that other mayors were either idiotic or detrimental to NYC. David Dinkins was a moron (a liberal) Rudy Guiliani (a conservative) was more authoritarian I find that Bloomberg is a good inbetween. I am not going to change your opinion because I might as well be talking about Democrat vs republican. Its that simple. As I said if you don't agree, just don't come here.

The medical and legal community disagree with medical doctorates and juris doctorates disagree about your statement that it is killing an unborn child. Also you know cutting family planning in Texas was such a good idea they are now forced to reinstate it. http://www.peacock-panache.com/2013/03/texas-forced-to-admit-cutting-family.html And note plan B is not the abortion pill as I made clear before. Even Mighty Favog admitted to that.

Yes because nothing is more patriotic than voting down party lines. He's a moderate or libertarian at most. He does what works. When things don't work he changes his opinion. He doesn't let religion dictate what he does or at least publicly. He obviously is fiscally minded by turning a -6 billion in debt to 3 billion in surplus. NYC has never been safer with 414 homocides last year out of a city of 8 million, that means there is 1 homocide per 20,000 people or put it this way, if a town of 20,000 has one murder it is statistically more dangerous than NYC. As for the reason why he most likely offered plan b to children 14 and older, its more fiscally responsible than anything. No one wants to pay for another teenage pregnancy. Statistics say that that 14 year old is going to be put on welfare and shelter programs,etc and will most likely be a burden not a benefit to society.

If you live in the north east, you know infinitely more about this character than I do. That being said, I can only form an opinion from what I've read, kind of like my wife forms an opinion about my co-workers based on what I tell her. In my OPINION ONLY, he appears to me to be someone who would rather treat the symptoms rather than the disease. Hopefully that's vague enough not to get the thread locked. I offered my opinion as you asked something to the effect of "Why don't people like him" or something like that. People read the news and form opinions as I did. It's as simple as that. Like I said, his decisions don't affect me so I"m not as passionate about the subject as someone who lives with the consequences of his actions. Knowing ONLY what I've read, I wouldn't vote for him if he ran for office here (but I'm sure many would). I live in NY or very near it so I do know infinitely more about this person than character. And opinions get skewed heavily on what source you decide to read. It seems that you restricted many of "what you read" about him to certain newstations like to broadcast. Note, he was a former republican candidate that broke with the republican party and became a independent. As for claiming he seems to only go give pain medication for a gash on the leg. No in fact he actually sent undercover nypd to gun stores in such states as north carolina, south carolina, virginia, etc that selll an abnormal amount of handguns to a few individuals that have been arrested with illegal gun possession in NY City. He sent them as an operation to try and remove gun stores that knowingly sell guns in a straw deal or such. That's going after the root of the problem with illegal guns in NY City. But conservatives called it stepping out of line. He also sent his anti terrorist task force to investigate potential terrorists in other states outside of NYC. The action was deemed illegal but then again its going after terrorism at the heart of the problem, by finding individuals suspected of terrorism and terrorist cells. Political stands Some of the policies Bloomberg advocates parallel those of either the Democratic or the Republican party platform. He is socially liberal or progressive, supporting abortion rights, gay marriage, gun control, and amnesty for illegal immigrants, for example. On economics, foreign, and domestic issues, Bloomberg tends to be conservative. He opposed a timeline for withdrawal from the Iraq War, and criticized those who favored one. Economically, he supports government involvement in issues such as public welfare, while being strongly in favor of free trade, pro-business, and describing himself as a fiscal conservative because he balanced the city's budget.[64] Environmentally, he believes in man-made climate change. Bloomberg has been cited for not allowing many emergency officials who responded to the September 11, 2001 attacks to attend the tenth anniversary observation of this day.[65] He also is at odds with many around the United States for not inviting any clergy to the ceremony marking the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.[66] Social issues Bloomberg supports abortion rights, stating: "Reproductive choice is a fundamental human right and we can never take it for granted. On this issue, you're either with us or against us." He has criticized pro-choice politicians who support pro-life candidates.[67] Bloomberg supports governmental funding for embryonic stem cell research, calling the Republican position on the issue "insanity".[68] He also supports same-sex marriage with the rationale that "Government shouldn't tell you whom to marry."[69] Bloomberg supports the strict drug laws of New York City. He has stated that he smoked marijuana in the past, and was quoted in a 2001 interview as saying "You bet I did. I enjoyed it." This led to a reported $500,000 advertising campaign by NORML, featuring his image and the quote. Bloomberg stated in a 2002 interview that he regrets the remark and does not believe that marijuana should be decriminalized.[70] Domestic issues On crime, Bloomberg opposes the death penalty, stating, "I'd rather lock somebody up and throw away the key and put them in hard labor, the ultimate penalty that the law will allow, but I'm opposed to the death penalty."[71] As mayor he increased the mandatory minimum sentence for illegal possession of a loaded handgun. In regard to the change, Bloomberg commented, "Illegal guns don't belong on our streets and we're sending that message loud and clear. We're determined to see that gun dealers who break the law are held accountable, and that criminals who carry illegal loaded guns serve serious time behind bars."[71] Education Bloomberg replaced the school board set up by the state with direct mayoral control over public education.[72] He raised the salaries of teachers by fifteen percent[73] while the test scores of students in the city and the graduation rate rose as well.[74] He is opposed to social promotion, i.e. the promotion of students to the next grade level for strictly social reasons, stating that students should be promoted only when they are adequately prepared for the next grade level. However, recent studies have shown that New York City high school graduates are not prepared to meet the challenges of college. Many take remedial courses for no credit in their first year. These criticisms have put a dent in the Mayor's reputation on education.[75] He favors after-school programs to help students who are behind.[75] As mayor, Bloomberg strengthened the cell-phone ban in schools.[76] Environmental issues In 2012, TRAVEL+LEISURE rated New York City the top, number one "Dirtiest American City," for having the most unremoved, publicly visible litter, selected and voted for by both magazine readership and city residents.[77] In dealing with global warming and New York's role in it, Bloomberg has enacted a plan called PlaNYC: A Greener, Greater New York to fight global warming, protect the environment and prepare New York for the projected 1 million more people expected to be living in the city by the year 2030.[78] Bloomberg has been involved in motivating other cities to make changes, delivering the keynote address at the C40 Large Cities Climate Summit and stating, "[W]e now know beyond a doubt that global warming is a reality. And the question we must all answer is, what are we going to do about it?" Bloomberg also talked about how he would go about fighting climate change by reducing carbon dioxide emissions, using cleaner and more efficient fuels, and encouraging public transportation.[79] His ideas have occasionally been rejected, such as the New York State Assembly's rejection of his idea for applying congestion pricing below 60th Street in Manhattan. On February 21, 2013, Bloomberg spoke with oil tycoon, T. Boone Pickens in support of a new eco-friendly food truck. A press conference took place in front of city hall where the company, Neapolitan Express, explained how their mobile pizzeria emits 75% less greenhouse gases than trucks running on gas or diesel. The company is expected to launch early 2013. [80] Immigration On issues of domestic and homeland security, Bloomberg has attacked social conservatives on immigration, calling their stance unrealistic, "We're not going to deport 12 million people, so let's stop this fiction. Let's give them permanent status."[81] He supports a federal ID database that uses DNA and fingerprint technology to keep track of all citizens and to verify their legal status.[82] Bloomberg has held that illegal immigrants should be offered legalization and supported the congressional efforts of John McCain and the late Ted Kennedy in their attempt at immigration reform in 2007.[83] Regarding border security, he compared it to the tide, stating, "It's as if we expect border control agents to do what a century of communism could not: defeat the natural market forces of supply and demand... and defeat the natural human desire for freedom and opportunity. You might as well as sit in your beach chair and tell the tide not to come in. As long as America remains a nation dedicated to the proposition that 'all Men are created equal, endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness', people from near and far will continue to seek entry into our country."[84] In 2006, Bloomberg stated on his weekly WABC radio show that illegal immigration does not strain the financial resources of New York City, since many immigrants are hard working and "do not avail themselves of services until their situation is dire".[85] Health legislations In 2012 Bloomberg passed a law banning the sale of many sweetened drinks more than 16 ounces in volume. The limit applies to businesses such as restaurants and movie theaters, but does not apply to grocery stores including 7-Eleven.[86] Around the same time, city schools began administrating Plan B emergency contraception medication to girls as young as 14 without parental consent, unless parents opt out in writing.[87] During the same month, the city passed a law limiting circumcision practice among orthodox Jews. The legislation requires that at each event, the circumciser receives signed consent forms from the parents, that they were notified of health risks associated with cleaning the wound by sucking blood from the wound. This regulation caused an outcry among the orthodox communities on the infringement of their religious freedom,[88][89] and the matter was taken to federal court.[90] Response to 9/11 Bloomberg believes that the September 11, 2001 attacks were not intended to be solitary events.[91] When he assumed office, he set up a Counterterrorism Bureau which works along with the NYPD intelligence division to gather information about terrorism affecting New York worldwide.[92] He believes that funding for Homeland Security by the federal government should be distributed by risk, where cities that are considered to have the highest threat for a terrorist attack would get the most money.[93] Bloomberg is also a supporter of the USA PATRIOT Act.[94] Economic issues Bloomberg characterizes himself as a fiscal conservative for turning the city's $6 billion deficit into a $3 billion surplus; however, conservative PAC Club for Growth has criticized him because he increased property taxes and spending while doing so. Being a fiscal conservative is not about slashing programs that help the poor, or improve health care, or ensure a social safety net. It's about insisting services are provided efficiently, get to only the people that need them, and achieve the desired results. Fiscal conservatives have hearts too — but we also insist on using our brains, and that means demanding results and holding government accountable for producing them. To me, fiscal conservatism means balancing budgets — not running deficits that the next generation can't afford. It means improving the efficiency of delivering services by finding innovative ways to do more with less. It means cutting taxes when possible and prudent to do so, raising them overall only when necessary to balance the budget, and only in combination with spending cuts. It means when you run a surplus, you save it; you don't squander it. And most importantly, being a fiscal conservative means preparing for the inevitable economic downturns — and by all indications, we've got one coming. —Michael Bloomberg, speech to UK Conservative Party, September 30, 2007 [64 ] Bloomberg has expressed a distaste of taxes, stating, "Taxes are not good things, but if you want services, somebody's got to pay for them, so they're a necessary evil."[95] As mayor, he did raise property taxes to fund budget projects; however, in January 2007 he proposed cuts in property taxes by five percent and cuts in sales taxes, including the elimination of taxes on clothing and footwear. Bloomberg pointed to the Wall Street profits and the real estate market as evidence that the city's economy is booming and could handle a tax break.[96] Bloomberg's self-described fiscal conservatism also led him to eliminate the existing $6-billion deficit when he assumed office. Bloomberg balanced the budget of New York City by raising property taxes and making cuts to city agencies.[97] Bloomberg is in favor of providing tax breaks to big corporations for the good of the whole community. As mayor, Bloomberg lobbied the CEO of Goldman Sachs to establish its headquarters across from Ground Zero by promising $1.65 billion in tax breaks. Regarding this deal, Bloomberg stated, "This [New York City] is where the best want to live and work. So I told him [CEO of Goldman Sachs], 'We can help with minimizing taxes. Minimizing your rent. Improving security. But in the end, this is about people.'"[98] Bloomberg has had a less cordial relationship with unions as mayor. In 2002, when New York City's transit workers threatened to strike, Bloomberg responded by riding a mountain bike through the city to show how the city could deal with the transit strike by finding alternate means of transportation and not pandering to the unions.[99] Three years later, a clash between Bloomberg and the New York City Transit Authority over wages and union benefits led to a full blown strike that lasted three days. Negotiations led to the end of the strike in December 2005, but controversy exists over Bloomberg's handling of the situation.[100] Bloomberg is a staunch advocate of free trade and is strongly opposed to protectionism, stating, "The things that we have to worry about is this protectionist movement that has reared its head again in this country...." He worries about the growth of China and fears the lessening gap between the United States and other countries: "The rest of the world is catching up, and, there are people that say, surpassing us. I hope they are wrong. I hope those who think we are still in good shape are right. But nevertheless, the time to address these issues is right now."[101] Bloomberg has placed a strong emphasis on public health and welfare, adopting many liberal policies. As the mayor he made HIV, diabetes, and hypertension all top priorities. He extended the city's smoking ban to all commercial establishments and implemented a trans fat ban in restaurants.[102] Bloomberg has been a strong supporter of the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation – the largest urban healthcare agency in the United States – serving over 1.3 million New Yorkers, and has touted its use of information technology and Electronic Health Records to increase efficiency and enhance patient care.[103] He launched a program called Opportunity NYC which is the nation's first-ever conditional cash transfer pilot program designed to help New Yorkers break the cycle of poverty in the city. He instituted a $7.5 billion municipal affordable housing plan, the largest in the nation, that is supposed to provide 500,000 New Yorkers with housing.[104] Bloomberg has expressed concern about poverty and growing class divisions stating, "This society cannot go forward, the way we have been going forward, where the gap between the rich and the poor keeps growing."[101] If anything he is a moderate.

Seriously why does everyone somehow hate him even though its not their mayor. And yes they have term limits. Maybe they think his priorities should be elsewhere rather than concentrating on headphones and SODA . .... or even giving "Plan B" morning after pills to 14-year old girls. First plan B is not the abortion pill. It simply isn't. And second would you rather say no to the plan b and have the kid bring a unwanted baby into the world? Kids make mistakes, its even worse when parents make them keep their mistakes. This thread is now going to get banned. Never said it was. Where in my posts did you read that? I will add that Bloomberg did this without the parents' consent. Most people mistake it for, its popular for pro life to confuse that. And so what. So what if bloomberg allowed it. Would you prevent your child from getting plan b if they wanted it? That's the exact reason why they let them get it without parental permission. In this case the parent needs to step aside. Also from your article verbatim, "Parents can bar their children from getting contraceptives or a pregnancy test if they sign an opt-out form. But the DOE says only one to two percent of parents do that."

Seriously why does everyone somehow hate him even though its not their mayor. And yes they have term limits. Maybe they think his priorities should be elsewhere rather than concentrating on headphones and SODA . .... or even giving "Plan B" morning after pills to 14-year old girls. From what I've read, he seems like he'd be the type of person who'd perscribe pain killers for a gash in the leg. as opposed to stiching it up. No he wouldn't. Pretty sure about that one. Don't know what you have been reading.

Seriously why does everyone somehow hate him even though its not their mayor. And yes they have term limits. Maybe they think his priorities should be elsewhere rather than concentrating on headphones and SODA . .... or even giving "Plan B" morning after pills to 14-year old girls. First plan B is not the abortion pill. It simply isn't. And second would you rather say no to the plan b and have the kid bring a unwanted baby into the world? Kids make mistakes, its even worse when parents make them keep their mistakes. This thread is now going to get banned.

Raids are not backups. Even Raid 1 is not good enough depending upon how many hard drives there are. I have had Raid 6 fail and lost terabytes of information. Raid 5 are even worse.

so do cd's, look it up i like my chances with 2 hard drives wait, are these cds that you ripped and burned? CD's that are cd-r will fail as their pits over time will fail as a result of the organic dye they use. Real cds, the ones that you buy are pressed meaning the silver oxide won't break down like the organic dye used in cd-r and dvd-r. Unless you somehow are rough and damange the silver oxide and let it oxidized.

Hard Drives fail, even backups.