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next to protecting low and middle income families, the plan also speaks about protecting low and moderate income workers by providing a payroll tax credit of 15.3 percent for wages up to $10,000 and $1,530 per worker for all workers with earnings between $10,000 and $40,000. this credit eliminates all payroll taxes for workers with $10,000 or less of earnings, also it eliminates at least the employees’ share (half) of payroll taxes for workers with earnings below $20,000. above $40,000 this credit phases out at a rate of 7.65 percent.

no formal bill for the competitive tax plan itself is in congress; however senator ben cardin's progressive consumption tax act has many similar features.

u.s. coast guard air station san diego (cgas san diego) is a coast guard air station based in san diego, california, united states, across the street from san diego international airport. cgas san diego operates three mh-60t jayhawk helicopters off the coast guard ramp.

cgas san diego is also adjacent to sector san diego which houses two 41-foot utility boats, two uscg rigid hull inflatable boats (rhib's), one rb-hs and three rb-s. being implemented are two special purpose craft-law enforcement (spc-le), which are uscg vessels used for maritime law enforcement. the spc-le's have three mercury marine engines along with some of the most advanced electronics systems in existence. also at the station are two uscg coastal patrol boats. the air station is physically separated from the rest of the airfield, such that uscg fixed-wing aircraft must cross a busy, 6-lane city street to reach the runway; street light activation opens the locked gates to the airfield and the air station, and also stops traffic while aircraft are traversing the street.

lindbergh field opened on october 16, 1934 on the pacific highway. the san diego international airport east terminal opened on march 6, 1967, and the west terminal opened july 11, 1979. a new commuter terminal opened july 23, 1996. it is self-contained, full service facility with four gates used by seven commuter airlines to handle 25,000 passengers each day. construction of the expansion of the west terminal ended in november, 1997. almost 14 million passengers travel through lindbergh field each year. the 27 passenger and cargo airlines operate more than 500 flights each day from the runways.

on december 11, 1935 negotiations between the city of san diego and the u.s. government were concluded which provided of tideland for the construction of a coast guard air station adjacent to lindbergh field, the municipal airport. this project had the strong support of many people and agencies, and particularly the harbor commission and department of san diego and the chamber of commerce. the area for this station was deeded to the coast guard at no cost, after approval by citizens of san diego, at a municipal election held in april 1935.

construction of the air station was undertaken in 1936 with funds provided by the federal public works administration. the m.h. golden co. was the contractor. the area had to be dredged from the bay and filled and brought up to grade level. long piles were driven in the soil at the building sites for stabilization. the contract called for one hangar with lean-to, a mess hall, a barracks building, two aprons, a runway to the field, and a small wooden seaplane ramp. during and prior to this time a coast guard air detachment was maintained on lindbergh field in one-half of a commercial hangar. this detachment was led by elmer f. stone after may 21, 1935. stone is one of coast guard aviation's most colorful figures.

in april 1937, the air station was commissioned. the first commanding officer was lt s.c. linholm, who later became commander of eleventh coast guard district. there had, however, been an air patrol detachment active in san diego between 1934 and 1937. at the time this was the only coast guard air base in california.

coast guard air station san diego saw no radical changes as a result of the declaration of war in 1941. the unit continued to watch and report the activities of fishing boats in the area, to provide assistance in cases of distress, and to provide transportation by air for other government departments. air sea rescue operations were given primary focus from october 1943 on. between january 1 and december 1, 1944, a total of 124 aircraft went down in waters covered by this unit. of the 201 pilots and crewmen involved, 137 were saved, 59 were killed outright by mid-air collisions or impact with the water, two are missing, and three who might have been saved were lost because of improper equipment or the failure to locate them promptly.

in june 1972 a major rebuilding plan was proposed. on january 26, 1983, a ceremony was held signaling the completion of the project.

in april 1997, the port of san diego began a master plan for san diego international airport. the goal of the plan is to provide incremental, cost-effective improvements to sdia to meet the region's near-term demand for air service while a long-term regional air transportation strategy is developed in collaboration with the san diego association of governments (sandag) and other transportation agencies.

the dub room special is an album by frank zappa, released in august 2007. it is a soundtrack for the film of the same name, and combines recordings from a tv-show performance on august 27, 1974, and from a concert in new york city on october 31, 1981. the album, originally prepared for vinyl release by zappa, was first sold at zappa plays zappa shows in the united states during august 2007. shortly thereafter, it became available for mail order.

each copy of the cd contains a small souvenir piece of tape from zappa's utility muffin research kitchen studio. the album has liner notes by john frusciante.

all songs written by frank zappa.

ernst gerlach (born 19 march 1947 in schönebeck) is a former east german handball player who competed in the 1980 summer olympics.

he was a member of the east german handball team which won the gold medal. he played one match and scored two goals.

constantine "gene" mako ( ; january 24, 1916 – june 14, 2013) was an american tennis player and art gallery owner. he was born in budapest, capital of hungary. he won four grand slam doubles titles in the 1930s. mako was inducted into the international tennis hall of fame in newport, rhode island, in 1973.

his father, bartholomew mako (), graduated from the budapest academy of fine arts in 1914. he started to work as a draftsman for his mentor viktor madarász. he was an avid soccer player himself. he fought in world war i. after the war, he left hungary with his wife, georgina elizabeth farkas mako () and only son, traveling first to italy, then stopping for three years in buenos aires, argentina, before settling in los angeles, california. there he created works for public places like churches, libraries and post offices. gene attended to the glendale high school and the university of southern california although he was offered a hungarian university scholarship in the meantime. he quit before graduation.

in 1934 he won the ncaa championships in singles and the doubles (with phillip caslin) while playing for the university of southern california where he lettered at usc for three years (1934-36-37). he also won the boys' singles event at the u.s. national championships in 1932 and 1934 and the boys' doubles in 1932, 1933 and 1934.

mako was especially successful as a doubles player with his partner and friend don budge. they competed in seven grand slam finals, four of which they won.

in 1936 gene mako and alice marble won the finals at the us mixed doubles championships against sarah palfrey and don budge (6:3 and 6:2). they won the newport casino invitational tournament three consecutive times, from 1936 to 1938.

from 1935 to 1938 mako was a member of the united states davis cup team and played in eight ties. the us team won the davis cup in 1937, defeating the united kingdom in the final at wimbledon, and again in 1938 in the final against australia at the germantown cricket club in philadelphia. as a davis cup player he compiled a record of six wins and three losses.

mako was in the u.s. top ten in 1937 and 1938 (reaching as high as no. 3), and was ranked world no. 8 by a. wallis myers of the daily telegraph in 1938. that year he reached the u.s. final at forest hills versus his double partner, don budge, who was in pursuit of the first grand slam. unseeded, mako reached his only major singles final on victories over sixth-seed frank kovacs and the third and first foreign seeds, franjo punčec and john bromwich.

in 1939 he was suspended and banned from playing for breaching the amateur rules. he and don budge allegedly accepted a sum of 20a£ for an exhibition match in australia, which was against amateurism. afterwards he continued to play tennis at that time during the second world war while serving in the navy. he also played professional basketball while stationed in norfolk, virginia.

in 1973 mako was inducted into the international tennis hall of fame. in 1999 he was elected to the university of southern california (usc) athletic hall of fame.

he possessed strong serve and powerful smashes but due to several injuries in his career, he had to give up his power game. he preferred a volleying style, which he perfected with quickness, good angle selection and pacing paired with strategy.

apart from being a sportsman, mako composed music in his early 20s. he's the author of two songs, namely "lovely as spring" and "what did you dream last night?". he also starred in the 1938 musical "happy landing" and the 1941 war comedy "caught in the draft", although he remained uncredited in both movies. mako married actress laura mae church in manhattan in 1941. a month later, world war ii broke out, and he joined the united states navy. after this, he worked in a broadcasting studio. after his retirement, he designed tennis courts. his wife worked as an interior designer. he was involved in wrestling and was hired as a coach at the california institute of technology while also coaching the basketball team. he owned gene mako galleries in los angeles, california. he also published a book about his father titled "bartholomew mako: a hungarian master, 1890-1970". in the final decade of his life, he taught art to up-and-coming artists. he died in 2013 at cedars-sinai medical center in los angeles, aged 97, of pneumonia.

uss "oswald a. powers" (de-542) was a united states navy "john c. butler"-class destroyer escort launched during world war ii but never completed.

the name "oswald a. powers" was assigned to de–542 on 28 september 1943. "oswald a. powers" was laid down at the boston navy yard at boston, massachusetts, on 18 november 1943 and launched on 17 december 1943, sponsored by mrs. ella m. powers, mother of ensign oswald a. powers, the ship namesake.

construction of "oswald a. powers" was suspended before she could be completed. on 30 august 1945, she was assigned to the atlantic inactive fleet in an incomplete state. on 7 january 1946, the contract for her construction was cancelled, and the incomplete ship was sold on 17 june 1947 to the john j. duane company of quincy, massachusetts, for scrapping.

the land before time xiii: the wisdom of friends is a 2007 direct-to-video animated film and the thirteenth film in "the land before time" series.

littlefoot has been having nightmares of grandma longneck falling to her death, which almost occurred during an earthquake, but grandma longneck luckily saved herself before she fell. grandma longneck comforts and teaches littlefoot important life lessons called "wisdoms". later on, littlefoot, cera, ducky, spike, and petrie meet three yellow-bellied dinosaurs, loofah, doofah, and foobie. they have lost their way while traveling to distant berry valley. loofah, doofah, and foobie seem to be too unintelligent to find their way back, so littlefoot and the others decide to help their new friends whilst sharing wisdoms along the way.

during the trip, littlefoot and his friends have been pursued by a quartet of sharpteeth, led by a sharptooth with a scar that goes around his head. they made it to a watering hole and meet other yellow bellies. earlier, loofah mentioned a so-called "wise one" among the yellow bellies but littlefoot cannot find no sign of him. littlefoot begins to lead the yellow bellies across the mysterious beyond to reach the berry valley, however, littlefoot has never been to berry valley and worries that he might make unwise decisions while he came to teach the yellow bellies how to be wise. his friends reassure him that he should trust in his feelings to let him know what to listen to.

as an intense storm occurs, littlefoot leads the yellow bellies onto a plateau for shelter, but doofah becomes separated from the group, going the wrong direction. once the storm ends, littlefoot and his friends were able to find her and she rejoins the group. the sharpteeth attack again, but they were able to defeat them when the yellow bellies bounced up and down. after the sharpteeth were defeated, they finally made it to berry valley. foobie is revealed to be the "wise one" all along. littlefoot and his friends reunite with their family and they return to the great valley.

the music was composed by michael tavera and the new songs were written by michele brourman and amanda mcbroom.

this was the third film in the series without james horner's original score from the first film; the first two were "" and "", although michael tavera's older themes from previous sequels can still be heard.

the film was revealed on the official "land before time" website seen in a trailer.

almost every sequel is highlighted by a celebrity guest voice; in the case of this film, they are academy award winner cuba gooding jr. and sandra oh of "grey's anatomy".

the same production team remains, although this marks the debut of jamie mitchell, who replaces charles grosvenor as director. therefore, grosvenor is credited as a supervising director.

the film was released on dvd on november 27, 2007 with the tv series's episode, "the hidden canyon", included as a bonus feature.

"the wisdom of friends" received a nomination for "beast feature film, ages 5-8" at the 2008 kids first! film festival, losing to "barbie & the diamond castle".

roxborough is a former estate and now a small community south of mandeville in manchester, jamaica. it was the birthplace of jamaican national hero and politician norman washington manley.

the estate was originally called "roxbro castle". over the years the great house became derelict until, despite renovation proposals, it was destroyed by fire in 1968. there are again proposals from the jamaica national heritage trust to restore the building.

the main economic activity is small-scale agriculture in which the principle crops are corn, bananas, sugarcane, ackee and marijuana.

notable people from roxborough include:

the finnish navy used several different types of motor torpedo boats during world war ii. four soviet motor torpedo boats were captured and commissioned by the finnish navy during the world war ii. one of these was of larger d-3 class while three others belonged to g-5 class.

vasama: ex-tk 52 in soviet service. she was a soviet d 3 type motor torpedo boat. she was found sunk at borstö in october 1941, having run aground in a storm. she probably had tried to escape the german attack on hiiumaa and saaremaa. she was used as a torpedo boat in 1943, and changed into a patrol boat in 1943. returned to soviet union after the continuation war.

all g-5 class motor torpedo boats were returned to soviet union after the continuation war.

antonio giovanni vincenzo corbisiero (born 17 november 1984) is an english footballer who plays for cymru north side penrhyncoch. he previously played professionally for swansea city and semi-professionally for newport county, aberystwyth town and llanelli. he is also currently a first-team coach at aberystwyth town.

born in exmouth, devon, corbisiero, a right-footed midfielder of irish-italian parentage, began his career as a trainee with swansea city, turning professional in august 2002. his league debut came on 30 august 2003 when he was a second-half substitute for andy robinson in swansea's 4-1 win at home to mansfield town. he played four more times that season, starting just one game, a 3-2 defeat at home to hull city, although corbisiero was replaced by leyton maxwell at half-time.

he was an awarded a new one-year contract in june 2004, but failed to appear in the swansea first team the following season and had two loan spells with newport county (in december 2004 and april 2005) before being released in may 2005 by swansea manager kenny jackett. he joined subsequently joined newport county in august 2005, but was released in september 2005 and joined llanelli the following month.

in january 2013, llanelli entered financial difficulties and corbisiero was allowed to join aberystwyth town. corbisiero signed a contract until july 2014. during the summer of 2013, aberystwyth town appointed corbisiero as 'first team coach' in addition to his academy coaching duties.

klaus gruner (born 22 august 1952 in frankenhausen, crimmitschau) is a former east german handball player who competed in the 1980 summer olympics.

he was a member of the east german handball team which won the gold medal. he played all six matches and scored three goals.

the fullerton junction to hurstbourne line was a 6-mile railway line which ran between fullerton junction and hurstbourne in hampshire, uk. it was also known as the longparish branch and by the nickname of nile valley railway.

the passenger services was withdrawn on 6 july 1931. the line was then used for freight only between hurstbourne to longparish until 1934 and longparish to fullerton junction until 28 may 1956.

nile valley railway was a nickname given to this line. it is believed the victorians named it because of the anglers who visited the area to fish the river test which has a reputation of being one of the finest trout rivers in the uk.

this railway branch was completed as a double-track line in 1885. it was built by the london and south western railway in response to the planned didcot, newbury and southampton railway. the dn&sr, with the support of the l&swr's rival the great western railway, planned to build a main line route from the midlands to southampton in the heart of the l&swr's territory, with its own terminus and an entirely separate line. the l&swr was well aware that the dn&sr, like most start-up railway companies, was short of finances. it built 7.5-mile (12 km) fullerton to hurstbourne line to provide a complete line between hurstbourne and romsey. the l&swr would offer the dn&sr the much cheaper alternative of building its line from newbury to hurstbourne, where its trains would then run on the new route along l&swr track to the southampton terminus. the dn&sr would get its route to southampton whilst the l&swr would be able to exercise control over its competitor.

since the fullerton to hurstbourne line was intended to handle heavy freight and express passenger traffic from the midlands via the dn&sr it was built with double tracks and large stations at longparish and wherwell complete with extensive goods yards. despite the line's short length it included some substantial engineering, including a 50-foot (15.2m) deep cutting near longparish.

in the event the dn&sr rejected the l&swr's proposal and pushed on with its own independent route. ironically construction of the line stalled for lack of funds at winchester, but from there it was impossible to link with the fullerton to hurstbourne line.

the l&swr opened the fullerton to hurstbourne line under its own operation on 1 july 1885 with three passenger trains a day operated by a locomotive and a single carriage shuttling between fullerton and whitchurch (the dn&sr had its own station at the latter village). by the 1890s the service had increased to 5 trains a day but the line remained lightly used. an attempt to reduce costs was made by introducing railmotors on the line in 1910. the line did serve a useful role as a diversionary route between eastleigh and southampton for special trains or during engineering works on the main line. queen victoria, attracted by the scenery surrounding the line, had the royal train sent down the line on several occasions when travelling between windsor castle and osbourne house. it is rumoured that she preferred this route on the way to and from osborne house because it did not involve passing through any tunnels.

by 1913 it was realised that the substantial investment put into building a line to main line standards would never be repaid on the light local traffic. the line was then reduced to a single-track line on 13 july 1913.

a saw mill near longparish station employed more than 100 men between 1914 and 1919 and up to 30 wagons a day carried goods from the mill.

the passenger services was withdrawn on 6 july 1931.

during the second world war, an ammunition storage depot was built near longparish and the line handled a considerable amount of military traffic. the stores remained in place until the early 1950s.

the freight service last ran on 28 may 1956, but the track remained and was used to store condemned vans and wagons. the line was taken out of use in april 1960, although a short section at fullerton remained until 1 june 1964.

midland and south western junction railway

sprat and winkle line

uss "groves" (de-543) was a proposed world war ii united states navy "john c. butler"-class destroyer escort that was never completed.

"groves" was laid down at the boston navy yard in boston, massachusetts. her construction was cancelled on 5 september 1944 before she could be launched. the incomplete ship was scrapped.

the public interest theory of regulation explains in general terms, that regulation seeks the protection and benefit of the public at large; public interest can be further described as the best possible allocation of scarce resources for individual and collective goods. regulation means the employment of legal instruments for the implementation of socio-economic policy objectives, for example the government can establish economic and social regulations in order to realize goals like allocative efficiency, stabilization, or fair and just income distribution

in modern economies, the allocation of scarce resources is mainly coordinated by the market. in theory, this allocation of resources is optimal, but these conditions are frequently not complied in practice. the allocation of resources is not optimal and there is need for methods for improving the allocation. one of the methods for achieving efficiency in the allocation of resources is government regulation.

according to public interest theory, government regulation is the instrument for overcoming the disadvantages of imperfect competition, unbalanced market operation, missing markets and undesirable market results. regulation can improve the allocation by facilitating, maintaining, or imitating market operation. the exchange of goods and production factors in markets assumes the definition, allocation and assertion of individual property rights and freedom to contract.

public interest theory is a part of welfare economics and emphasizes that regulation should maximize social welfare and that regulation is the result of a cost/benefit analysis done to determine if the cost to improve the operation of the market outweighs the amount of increased social welfare.

the following costs can be distinguished in this:

1. the costs of formulating and implementing regulation;

2. the costs of maintaining regulation;

3. the costs of compliance with the rules for industry;

4. the dead weight costs resulting from distortive changes in connection with 1-3.

public interest theory is developed from classical conceptions of representative democracy and the role of government, and it has considerable confidence in the civil service, according to max weber civil servants are office carriers dedicated to carry out the duties that constitute their particular role or task within a strictly ordered and specialized hierarchy. the combination of merit and tenure with unambiguous norms of impartiality support rational decision making based on administrative decision making where individual decisions are attributed to either the subsumption under norms or the balancing of means and ends.

in this conception, regulatory administration neither adds to nor subtracts from the policy decided by lawmakers. the public interest may be served, but it is served exactly as interpreted by lawmakers. bureaucracy does not usurp the public interest, nor does it protect against its usurpation by particularistic interests seeing regulation as a vehicle for their own concerns. contrary to the capture theory, it states that the ultimate goal of regulation is to pursue some conception of the general good

the theory of public interest regulation prevailed up to the 1960s until public choice theory launched its critical attack on established theory. while there is no pointed origin or categorical articulation of this theory, its notions can be traced back to works of arthur cecil pigou; related to his analysis of externalities and welfare economics. this theory was prevalent, especially during the new deal progressive era, as stated above, starting the 1960s, economists of the chicago school began critiquing the assumption of benevolent regulators, proposing counter theories, like the public choice theory, which is based on personal-interests of agents.

regulation, according to public interest theory however, is assumed initially to benefit society as a whole rather than particular vested interests. the regulatory body is considered to represent the interest of the society in which it operates rather than the private interests of the regulators.

one example of the application of public interest theory can be seen in an investigation in sweden and the energy market:

we test the public interest and regulatory capture hypotheses, in the context of the swedish electricity market, by studying the factors influencing the swedish energy agency’s decision to replace decision-makers it employs to hear customer complaints against utilities.we test if the regulator’s decision to retain, or replace, the decision-maker, following a sequence of decisions, can be explained by whether the customer or utility is being favored by the civil servant. based on whether the regulator replaces the decision maker that it has the power to appoint, we draw inferences about what theory can best explain the behavior of the regulator. the regulator can choose to favor the customer. to do so would be consistent with the fact that the primary objective of the electricity market reform in 1996 was to put the onus on the swedish energy agency to provide stronger consumer protection against market abuse by the electricity utilities. on the other hand, the regulator might be captured because the utilities have more financial and legal resources and they have a well-established lobby organization which the customers do not have. it is not clear, therefore, whether customers or utilities have benefited most during the post-reform regulation.

the most critiqued aspects of public interest theory, are its ambiguity, and inability to determine when and if public interest has progressed.

two problems with public interest theory are:

when the regulatory agency is established, during a period of regulatory reform, the agency is subject to close scrutiny from the government and the public alike and the regulatory agency faces strong pressure to protect consumers from market abuse. however, over time, the focus of government and public attention turn to other issues, removing the spotlight from the activities of the regulator. with this development, the regulator becomes more susceptible to regulatory capture.

the competing hypothesis is that even when a regulatory body is established to protect consumers from monopolistic abuse, it will be captured by the firms that it is established to discipline.

daniel ştefan costescu (born 14 july 1976) is a former romanian footballer who usually played as a striker. he scored 44 goals in 222 matches in the romanian first division and 21 goals in 67 matches in the romanian second division. his first match in divizia a (romanian first division) was olimpia satu mare - petrolul ploieşti 3-0 on 1 august 1998, while playing for petrolul ploieşti. he was selected once in the romanian divisionary national team (comprising players playing only in the romanian leagues).

born in câmpina, prahova county, costescu began playing football with "sterom câmpina" in divizia d (romanian fourth division), and in 1996 he moved to the representative team of the same town, poiana câmpina, in divizia b, the romanian second division. he played 2 years for poiana câmpina, scoring 15 goals in 60 games, helping the team getting a top 10 finish in both seasons.

he then attracted the interest of petrolul ploieşti in divizia a, the best team from the prahova county, three-time champions of romania. at petrolul ploieşti he established himself as an important striker in the romanian league, scoring 27 goals between 1999 and 2002. during his time at petrolul ploieşti he caught the eyes of romanian greats steaua bucureşti and dinamo bucuresti.

after his experience at petrolul ploieşti, he changed the team but not the city, signing for astra ploieşti, where he had a prolific season, scoring 10 goals in 26 games, helping them to a record-high 9th position in divizia a.

after his short spell at astra ploieşti, he returned to petrolul ploieşti, where he played for another 2 years, scoring 9 goals in 36 games.

in 2004, he transferred to a well-established club in romania, fc argeş piteşti, 2-time champions of romania and the team that gave players like nicolae dobrin, adrian mutu, adrian neaga, dănuţ coman and paul codrea. but, unfortunately for him, his time at fc argeş was not one of the best, managing to score just 2 goals in 1 season.

he was transferred in 2006 by divizia a newcomers unirea urziceni, who were in need of an experienced man upfront. unirea proved to be a surprise-pack, finishing 10th in the league, and daniel scored 2 goals for his new team.

after his season at unirea he transferred to ceahlăul piatra neamţ.

walsh is a convention used in the card game of bridge in response to an opening bid of 1. the convention has its origins in the walsh system developed by richard walsh.

in general, the walsh convention is not used in four-card major systems such as acol, but may be employed in some five-card major systems; especially those that use a prepared club, rather than better minor. the opening bid of 1 will therefore have shown either clubs or a balanced hand.

when responder is too weak to force to game diamond suits are bypassed in favour of major suits, regardless of the length of the diamond suit. for example, holding , the response to the opening bid of 1 would be 1 rather than the normal 1.