Cool Code
November 11, 2010
By Dan Allen
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<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Honest Vermont Logged in as Dantitle>
<style>
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.moneyHeadlineHuge {
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#002914;
font-size:9.0em;
font-weight:600;
}
.moneyHeadlineTooHuge {
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#002914;
font-size:10.0em;
font-weight:600;
}
.moneyHeadlineSubHuge {
font-family:"Times New Roman", Times, serif;
color:#002914;
font-size:8.0em;
font-weight:600;
}
.moneyHeadlineSubSubHuge {
font-family:"Times New Roman", Times, serif;
color:#002914;
font-size:7.0em;
font-weight:600;
}
.moneyHeadline {
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#002914;
font-size:3.0em;
font-weight:600;
}
.moneyHeadlineSmall {
font-family:"Times New Roman", Times, serif;
color:#002914;
font-size:2.7em;
font-weight:600;
}
.dogRelatedLinksHeading {
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#002914;
font-size:3.0em;
font-weight:600;
}
body {
/*background-color: #F0FFFD;*/
}
a:link, a:visited {
/*color: #811319;*/
color: #00381C;
text-decoration: underline;
}
a:hover {
color: #00753B;
text-decoration: none;
}
blockquote {
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size:.9em;
color:#1A3300;
}
.dogHuge {
font-size:6.5em;
color:#FFCC33;
}
.dogWickedHuge {
font-size:7.2em;
color:#FFBF00;
}
.dogImage {
border: 1px solid #001A00;
}
.reginaImage {
border: 7px solid #001A00;
}
.dogChessObjective {
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#660066;
font-size:.7em;
}
.trackControlLinks {
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#0A0101;
font-size:.7em;
}
.trackFAQHeadletter {
font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
color:#003300;
font-size:1.25em;
font-weight:800;
}
.trackFAQHeadletterA {
font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
color:#003300;
font-size:1.0em;
font-weight:800;
}
.trackFAQHeadletterSmall {
font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
color:#003300;
font-size:.9em;
font-weight:700;
}
.trackFAQQuestion {
font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
color:#003300;
font-size:1.0em;
font-weight:600;
}
.trackFAQAnswer {
color:#000000;
font-size:1.0em;
font-weight:400;
}
.trackScoreboardTitle {
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#093410;
font-size:1.5em;
font-weight:600;
}
.centerDog {
display:inline;
}
.rightDog {
display:inline;
}
#dogTime {
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size:.7em;
}
.dogCode {
font-family:"Courier New", Courier, mono;
font-size:.7em;
}
.dogDone {
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size:.8em;
font-weight:800;
color:#1A932E;
}
.dogWIP {
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size:.8em;
font-weight:800;
color:#FF0505;
}
.dogF1Image {
border: 1px solid #0A0101;
}
/*** dogF1 Captions start **/
.dogF1Caption24 {
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#0A0101;
font-size:2.4em;
}
.dogF1Caption22 {
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#0A0101;
font-size:2.2em;
}
.dogF1Caption20 {
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#0A0101;
font-size:2.0em;
}
.dogF1Caption18 {
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#0A0101;
font-size:1.8em;
}
.dogF1Caption16 {
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#0A0101;
font-size:1.6em;
}
.dogF1Caption14 {
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#0A0101;
font-size:1.4em;
}
.dogF1Caption12 {
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#0A0101;
font-size:1.2em;
}
.vtdiggerCaption12 {
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#110300;
font-size:1.2em;
}
.vtdiggerMilestones {
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#110300;
font-size:.8em;
font-weight:600;
}
.dogF1Caption10 {
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#0A0101;
font-size:1.0em;
}
.vtdiggerCaption10 {
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#110300;
font-size:1.0em;
}
.dogF1Caption09 {
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#0A0101;
font-size:.9em;
}
.dogF1Caption085 {
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#0A0101;
font-size:.8em;
}
.dogF1Caption08 {
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#0A0101;
font-size:.8em;
}
.dogF1Caption {
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#0A0101;
font-size:.7em;
}
.dogCaptionGreen {
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#008000;
font-size:.7em;
}
.dogCaptionRed08 {
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#FF0000;
font-size:.8em;
}
.dogCaptionGray {
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#999999;
font-size:.9em;
}
.dogCaption {
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#333333;
font-size:.7em;
}
.dogF1Minis {
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#0A0101;
font-size:.6em;
}
/*** dogF1 Captions end **/
.dogF1MediaBlackout {
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#000000;
font-size:.7em;
font-weight:350;
}
.dogF1DashMarqueeHeading {
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#0A0101;
font-size:.9em;
font-weight:800;
}
.dogF1DashMarqueeHeadingSmall {
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#0A0101;
font-size:.7em;
font-weight:800;
}
/* Fire Suppression track status START */
.dogF1LapCounterLabelFire {
font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
color:#FF0505;
font-size:.7em;
font-weight:600;
}
.dogF1LapCounterFire {
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#FF0505;
font-size:.7em;
font-weight:600;
}
.dogF1LapCounterPeace {
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#0000C7;
font-size:.7em;
font-weight:500;
}
.dogF1DashMarqueeHeadingFire {
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
background-color:#FFFF05;
color:#FF0505;
font-size:1.1em;
font-weight:800;
}
.dogF1DashMarqueeHeadingSmallFire {
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
height:1.2em;
background-color:#FFFF05;
color:#FF0505;
font-size:.9em;
font-weight:800;
}
.dogF1TrackFire {
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#FF0505;
background-color:#FFFF05;
font-size:.9em;
font-weight:500;
}
/* Fire Suppression track status END */
.dogF1DashMarqueeHeadingPearl {
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
background-color:#000000;
color:#FFCCFF;
font-size:.9em;
font-weight:800;
}
.dogF1DashMarqueeHeadingColeen {
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#000066;
font-size:.9em;
font-weight:800;
}
.dogF1DashMarqueeHeadingSmallPearl {
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
height:1.2em;
background-color:#000000;
color:#FFCCFF;
font-size:.7em;
font-weight:800;
}
.dogF1DashMarqueeLabel08 {
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#0A0101;
font-size:.8em;
}
.dogF1DashMarquee08 {
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#500707;
font-size:.8em;
}
.dogF1DashMarqueeLabel075 {
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#0A0101;
font-size:.75em;
}
.dogF1DashMarqueeLabelPit {
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#914F0D;
font-size:.75em;
}
.dogF1DashMarqueeLabelOpen {
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#096709;
font-size:.75em;
}
.dogF1DashMarqueeLabelRedCheck {
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#0A0101;
font-size:.75em;
}
.dogF1DashMarqueeLabelRain {
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#0000CC;
font-size:.75em;
}
.dogF1DashMarqueeLabelColeen {
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#0000CC;
font-size:.75em;
}
.dogF1DashMarqueeLabelFire {
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#FF0505;
font-size:.75em;
}
.dogF1DashMarqueeLabelPearl {
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#FF0099;
font-size:.75em;
}
.dogF1DashMarqueeLabelCoffee {
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#663300;
font-size:.75em;
}
.dogF1DashMarquee075 {
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#500707;
font-size:.75em;
}
.dogF1DashMarquee07 {
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#500707;
font-size:.7em;
}
.dogF1CodeBackground {
background-color:#F8F8AF;
}
.dogF1TrackOpen {
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#096709;
font-size:.7em;
}
.dogF1TrackPit {
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#D87513;
font-size:.7em;
font-weight:500;
}
.dogF1TrackRain {
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#0000CC;
font-size:.7em;
font-weight:500;
}
.dogF1LapCounterLabel {
font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
color:#0B7F0B;
font-size:.7em;
}
.dogF1LapCounter {
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#0B7F0B;
font-size:.7em;
}
.dogF1LapCounterLabelPit {
font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
color:#D87513;
font-size:.7em;
}
.dogF1LapCounterPit {
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#D87513;
font-size:.7em;
}
.dogF1TrackPearl {
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#FFCCFF;
background-color:#000000;
font-size:.7em;
font-weight:500;
}
.dogF1TrackCoffee {
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#663300;
font-size:.7em;
font-weight:500;
}
.dogF1LapCounterLabelPearl {
font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
color:#FF0099;
font-size:.7em;
}
.dogF1LapCounterLabelCoffee {
font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
color:#663300;
font-size:.7em;
}
.dogF1LapCounterPearl {
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#FF0099;
font-size:.7em;
}
.dogF1LapCounterColeen {
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#000066;
font-size:.7em;
}
.dogF1LapCounterCoffee {
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#663300;
font-size:.7em;
}
.dogF1LapCounterLabelRain {
font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
color:#0000CC;
font-size:.7em;
}
.dogF1LapCounterRain {
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#0000CC;
font-size:.7em;
}
.dogF1TrackClosed {
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#960D0D;
font-size:.7em;
}
.dogAllHailMyBrotherSamWhoAreWeHeadline {
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#A31A14;
font-size:2.5em;
font-weight:800;
}
.dogAllHailMyBrotherSamWhoAreWeHeadlineF1 {
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#B70805;
font-size:2.5em;
font-weight:800;
}
.VTDiggerAllHailMyBrotherSamWhoAreWeHeadlineF1 {
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#110300;
font-size:2.5em;
font-weight:800;
}
.dogAllHailMyBrotherSamWhoAreWeHeadline20 {
font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
color:#A31A14;
font-size:2.0em;
font-weight:600;
}
.dogAllHailMyBrotherSamWhoAreWeBy {
font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
color:#320F09;
font-size:1.7em;
font-weight:600;
}
.dogF1InTheHouseJustEntered {
font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
color:#093410;
font-size:1.5em;
font-weight:600;
}
.dogF1InTheHouse {
font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
color:#093410;
font-size:1.2em;
font-weight:550;
}
.dogF1InTheHouseCaption {
font-family:Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#093410;
font-size:1.0em;
font-weight:600;
}
.dogAllHailMyBrotherSamWhoAreWeBy12 {
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#320F09;
font-size:1.2em;
font-weight:500;
}
.dogTributeTitle {
font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
color:#320F09;
font-size:1.2em;
font-weight:600;
}
.dogAllHailMyBrotherSamWhoAreWeDateLine {
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif
color:#133E22;
font-size:.8em;
font-weight:300;
}
.dogAllHailMyBrotherSamWhoAreWeText {
font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
color:#000000;
font-size:1.0em;
font-weight:400;
}
.dogBigStoryBriefUpdate {
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size:1.2em;
font-weight:500;
}
.dogAllHailMyBrotherSamWhoAreWeHeadline {
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#A31A14;
font-size:2.5em;
font-weight:800;
}
.dogAllHailMyBrotherSamWhoAreWeBy {
font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
color:#320F09;
font-size:1.7em;
font-weight:600;
}
.dogAllHailMyBrotherSamWhoAreWeByLine {
font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
color:#320F09;
font-size:2.0em;
font-weight:600;
}
.dogAllHailMyBrotherSamWhoAreWeDateLine {
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif
color:#133E22;
font-size:.8em;
font-weight:300;
}
.dogAllHailMyBrotherSamWhoAreWeText {
font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
color:#000000;
font-size:1.0em;
font-weight:400;
}
.dogBigLink {
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#3300CC;
font-size:2.0em;
font-weight:500;
}
.dogUpdate {
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#4D0000;
font-size: .8em;
}
.dogGoG {
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#008A00;
font-size: 1.3em;
font-weight:600;
}
.dogGoOSuper {
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#008A00;
font-size: 1.3em;
font-weight:600;
}
.dogGoGSuper {
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#008A00;
font-size: 1.5em;
font-weight:600;
}
.dogGoO {
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#008A00;
font-size: 1.1em;
font-weight:600;
}
.dogWaterW {
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#0000CC;
font-size: 1.3em;
font-weight:600;
}
.dogWaterAter {
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#0000CC;
font-size: 1.1em;
font-weight:600;
}
.dogWinterW {
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#0000CC;
font-size: 2.2em;
font-weight:700;
}
.dogWinterInter {
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#0000CC;
font-size: 2.2em;
font-weight:700;
}
.dogSpringS {
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#008A8A;
font-size: 2.2em;
font-weight:700;
}
.dogSpringPring {
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#008A8A;
font-size: 2.2em;
font-weight:700;
}
.dogVTDiggetV {
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#503D2C;
font-size: 2.5em;
font-weight:700;
}
.dogVTDiggerigger {
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#503D2C;
font-size: 2.2em;
font-weight:700;
}
.dogSummerS {
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#FF3300;
font-size: 2.5em;
font-weight:700;
}
.dogVTDiggerDaylightSavings {
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#755F51;
font-size: 1.0em;
font-weight:700;
}
.dogDaylightSavings {
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#004DFF;
font-size: 1.0em;
font-weight:700;
}
.dogDaylightSavingsWinter {
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#000066;
font-size: 1.0em;
font-weight:700;
}
.dogDaylightSavingsCold {
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#000000;
font-size:2.5em;
font-weight:800;
}
.dogDaylightSavingsPring {
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#00A3A3;
font-size: 1.0em;
font-weight:700;
}
.dogDaylightSavingsLessCold {
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#002424;
font-size:2.5em;
font-weight:800;
}
.dogDaylightSavingsSpring {
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#000000;
font-size: 1.0em;
font-weight:700;
}
.dogDaylightSavingsSummer {
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#004DFF;
font-size: 1.0em;
font-weight:700;
}
.dogDaylightSavingsFall {
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#B32400;
font-size: 1.0em;
font-weight:700;
}
.dogSummerUmmer {
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#FF3300;
font-size: 2.2em;
font-weight:700;
}
.dogStopS {
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#FF0505;
font-size: 1.3em;
font-weight:600;
}
.dogStopTop {
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#FF0505;
font-size: 1.1em;
font-weight:600;
}
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font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#008A00;
font-size: 2.1em;
font-weight:600;
}
.dogGoO_plus1 {
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#008A00;
font-size: 1.7em;
font-weight:600;
}
.dogOlddate {
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#00004D;
font-size: .8em;
}
.dogCaption24 {
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#003300;
font-size:2.4em;
}
.dogCaption22 {
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#003300;
font-size:2.2em;
}
.dogCaption20 {
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#003300;
font-size:2.0em;
}
.dogCaption18 {
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#003300;
font-size:1.8em;
}
.dogCaption16 {
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#003300;
font-size:1.6em;
}
.dogCaption14 {
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#003300;
font-size:1.4em;
}
.dogCaption12 {
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#003300;
font-size:1.2em;
}
.dogCaption10 {
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#003300;
font-size:1.0em;
}
.dogCaption09 {
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#003300;
font-size:.9em;
}
.dogCaption08 {
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#003300;
font-size:.8em;
}
.vtdiggerCaption08 {
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#110300;
font-size:.8em;
}
.dogCaption {
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#003300;
font-size:.7em;
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<br>font><font size="1" face="arial" color="#333333">edited by font><a href="blurb.php?dogNow=403"><font size="2" face="verdana" color="#333333">Dfont><font size="1" face="verdana" color="#333333">ANfont> <font size="2" face="verdana" color="#333333">Afont><font size="1" face="verdana" color="#333333">LLENfont>a>
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GW Bush's admission in his memoirs, that he authorized water boarding, puts a burden of international law on the United States government to prosecute. p><p>
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<b><a href="blurb.php?dogNow=104503"><span class="dogHeadlineLede_topic">Wall Streetspan><br>How Brokers Steal a Penny per Tradea>b> <a href="blurbEditForm.php?dogNow=104503"><font size="-2" face="arial">edita>font> span>
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Traders using high frequency trading programs collect a quarter of a penny rebate for every transaction they make. They're not interested in making a gains from a trade, just collecting the rebate, 4 times per stock purchase. <br><font size="-2" color="#333333" face="arial">By Dan Allen, adapted from Graham Summersfont> p><p>
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<b><a href="blurb.php?dogNow=104499"><span class="dogHeadlineLede_topic">VSEAspan><br>Weak Internal Supporta>b> <a href="blurbEditForm.php?dogNow=104499"><font size="-2" face="arial">edita>font> span>
<br>VSEA is not all bad, but it is held is low regard by most members and involuntary <i>agency fee payersi>. p><p>
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<b><a href="blurb.php?dogNow=104475"><span class="dogHeadlineLede_topic">Native Vermontersspan><br>Native is Relativea>b> <a href="blurbEditForm.php?dogNow=104475"><font size="-2" face="arial">edita>font> span>
<br>We're all African, so in a way, none of us are native to Vermont. p><p>
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<b><a href="blurb.php?dogNow=104469"><span class="dogHeadlineLede_topic">Everyday Herosspan><br>Montpelier Health Centera>b> <a href="blurbEditForm.php?dogNow=104469"><font size="-2" face="arial">edita>font> span>
<br>The administration crew at Montpelier Health Center is finer than a Swiss watch, more powerful than 8 men working together. p><p>
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<br>Josh Larkin and Anne Galloway set the standard for Vermont's in-depth print reporting, provided you see the internet as print. p><p>
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<b><a href="blurb.php?dogNow=104465"><span class="dogHeadlineLede_topic">Discussionspan><br>How Honest Is Vermont?a>b> <a href="blurbEditForm.php?dogNow=104465"><font size="-2" face="arial">edita>font> span>
<br>Message board discussion from 2007, informal look at Vermont corruption compared with other states. Low development may mean low corruption. <br><font size="-2" color="#333333" face="arial">By city-data.comfont> p><p>
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<b><a href="blurb.php?dogNow=104462"><span class="dogHeadlineLede_topic">My VSEA Activismspan><br>Objectivesa>b> <a href="blurbEditForm.php?dogNow=104462"><font size="-2" face="arial">edita>font> span>
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<br>Little sites like this one will still be on the internet, the way USENET and TELNET are on the internet: where normal people will never find them. Democratization of public communications is at its pinnacle now, and looking downhill into the future. <br><font size="-2" color="#333333" face="arial">By DemocracyNowfont> p><p>
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<b><a href="blurb.php?dogNow=104438"><span class="dogHeadlineLede_topic">Message to Vermont Taxpayersspan>
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<br>Thanks to Vermont taxpayers, state workers have a better deal than <a href="blurb.php?dogNow=104437">Asian sweatshopa> workers. How long will this last? p><p>
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<br>Hourly wages below a dollar. Firings with no notice. Indifferent bosses. Labor brokers that leech away months of a worker's hard-earned wages. Americans justify the system. <br><font size="-2" color="#333333" face="arial">By Jonathan Adams and Kathleen E. McLaughlin, GlobalPostfont> p><p>
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<br>What kind of state can we make? p><p>
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<b><a href="blurb.php?dogNow=104487"><span class="dogHeadlineLede_topic">USA vs. Talibanspan><br>Just Back from Talibana>b> <a href="blurbEditForm.php?dogNow=104487"><font size="-2" face="arial">edita>font> span>
<br>The Taliban are gaining in popularity, gaining in strength. The leadership of the Taliban acknowledged the targeted killing campaign of senior Taliban leadership has been successful, but they say that it's producing new generations of increasingly radical leaders. <br><font size="-2" color="#333333" face="arial">By Jeremy Scahill and Rick Rowley, Interviewed by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzelez of DemocracyNow.orgfont> p><p>
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<b><a href="blurb.php?dogNow=104477"><span class="dogHeadlineLede_topic">President Obamaspan><br>Owned by Banks and Military Industrial Complexa>b> <a href="blurbEditForm.php?dogNow=104477"><font size="-2" face="arial">edita>font> span>
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<br>Dwight Eisenhower's warning about the Military Industrial Complex has gone unheeded. As a result, the President lacks the power to create the change promised in the 2008 campaign. p><p>
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<br>Funny how Google web search is so awesome, but searching Gmail is not so easy. p><p>
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<br>These United States are confronted with an economic affliction of great proportions. It distorts our economic decisions, penalizes thrift, and crushes the struggling young and the fixed-income elderly alike. <br><font size="-2" color="#333333" face="arial">By Ronald Reagan and Dan Allenfont> p><p>
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<br>Goldman Sachs is the majority owner of a group of <i>for profiti> colleges, tying our youth into debt for over-priced education. <br><font size="-2" color="#333333" face="arial">By Mother Jonesfont> p><p>
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<br><p><em><b>Silicon Sweatshopsb> is a five-part investigation of the supply chains that produce many of the world's most popular technology products, from Apple iPhones, to Nokia cell phones, Dell keyboards and more. The series examines the scope of the problem, including its effects on workers from the Philippines, Taiwan and China. It also looks at a <a href="http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/china-taiwan/091103/silicon-sweatshops-promising-model">novel factory program,a> based on participative management, that may be a blueprint for solving this perennial industry problem.em>p>
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<div><img src="http://danallen.com/pix/SweatshopFearAnguish275.jpg" align="right" hspace="3" vspace="3" /><div class="dogCaption08">These workers would speak only on condition of anonymity, to avoid retaliation from their employers. <em>"The food keeps getting worse. Everytime I see my supervisor, I tell him my workstation is too hot."em>
<br><br>Despite strict "codes of conduct," labor rights violations are the norm at factories making the world's favorite high-tech gadgets. div>
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<p> TAIPEI, Taiwan's Hourly wages below a dollar. Firings with no notice. Indifferent bosses. Labor brokers that leech away months of a worker's hard-earned wages. A corporate shell game that leaves no one responsible.p>
<p> Such conditions are widespread at the contract factories cranking out some of the most popular gadgets on the holiday season's gift lists, according to labor rights activists and workers interviewed by GlobalPost.p>
<p> Whether it's your cherished iPhone, Nokia cell phone or Dell keyboard, it was likely made and assembled in Asia by workers who have few rights, and often toil under sweatshop-like conditions, activists say.p>
<p> [China's labor suicides:<a href="http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/china-and-its-neighbors/100611/china-worker-suicides-lost-generation">China worker suicides: a lost generation?a> and <a href="http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/china-and-its-neighbors/100610/foxconn-suicides-why-higher-pay-wont-work">Foxconn suicides: Why higher pay won't worka>]p>
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<p> By the time a gadget reaches Apple's flagship store on Fifth Avenue in New York City or any other U.S. retailer, it may have passed through the hands of a heavily indebted Filipina migrant worker on the graveyard shift in Taiwan, a Taiwanese "quality control" worker who'll soon be fired without warning, and a young Chinese worker clocking 80-hour weeks on a final assembly line, at less than a dollar an hour.p>
<p> Recent years have seen a drumbeat of reports on such abuses. In 2006, in an audit following a British media report, <a href="http://www.apple.com/hotnews/ipodreport/">Apple founda> that workers in a factory assembling iPods in China were working excessive overtime hours.p>
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<p> Earlier this year, the Pittsburgh-based National Labor Committee, a nonprofit human rights group, alleged that workers at a supplier to Microsoft, Dell and other brands in Dongguan, China, were <a href="http://www.nlcnet.org/article.php?id=613">clocking mandatory 81-hour weeksa>, on average. (Dell said in an email that a "corrective action plan" has since been developed after a joint audit of the firm with other customers. A Microsoft spokesperson said it was investigating the supplier firm and would make any "necessary improvements.")p>
<p> Embarrassed companies have vowed to do better. They've drafted "codes of conduct" for their Asian suppliers, and promised more factory audits to catch abuses.p>
<p> But here's the problem, say activists: While such codes may be great public relations, they're not working to fix the problem. Worse, the codes permit the big brands to pat themselves on the back, even as workers continue to be exploited in the shadowy world of Asian electronics supply chains.p>
<p> "These codes of conduct and audits are new tools that every brand will have, and they feel so proud of themselves," said Jenny Chan, a labor rights activist formerly with Hong Kong labor rights group Students and Scholars Against Corporate Misbehavior (SACOM). "But the codes have limits. To see fundamental change, you have to get labor groups involved and gain the trust of workers. Otherwise it's just a cat-and-mouse game between auditors and suppliers."p>
<p> The problem is compounded by a lack of transparency. Asian electronics supply chains are notoriously murky. Contractors shift orders across borders and between factories and subcontractors, and many major brands treat their supplier list as top-secret information.p>
<p> That makes it difficult to pin down who's making what for whom and, therefore, difficult to fix blame when allegations of abuse come to light. When a factory catches flak from labor rights groups and negative media coverage, the big customers often cut orders or sever business ties's a surgical strategy that activists say fails to address underlying, systemic problems in the industry.p>
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<p> <strong>Apple's response:'sWe take corrective actions when requiredstrong>p>
<p> Even by the industry's own assessment, its codes are routinely ignored.p>
<p> In its latest <a href="http://www.bsr.org/consulting/working-groups/resources/EICC_2008_Annual_Report.pdf">annual reporta>, the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC) published results of joint audits in 2007 and 2008. (EEIC members employ some 3.4 million workers. Members include Apple, Dell and Hewlett-Packard.) It found <a href="http://www.eicc.info/PDF/EICC%20Code%20of%20Conduct%20English.pdf">rampant violationsa> of its code of conduct on working hours and wages and benefits.p>
<p> Or take Apple's <a href="http://images.apple.com/supplierresponsibility/pdf/SR_2009_Progress_Report.pdf">own findingsa>. In its latest "supplier responsibility" update, published in February 2009, Apple found that nearly 60 percent of audited suppliers violated its code of conduct guidelines on work hours and days off.p>
<p> Other common violations included under-paying for overtime and deducting salary as punishment. And Apple found a few factories that falsified records, employed under-aged laborers and hired workers who had paid recruitment fees exceeding the legal limit.p>
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<p> All of that raises a question: Why aren't the big brands being tougher in enforcing their codes?p>
<p> Apple insists it is doing a lot. "Our audits are done across all our suppliers," said Apple spokesperson Jill Tan, in a phone interview. "It's a pretty rigorous process, and we take corrective actions as and when required. We audit aggressively, and post all results on our website."p>
<p> The company's code is a "dynamic document which we continually update," Tan said, and audits are done both by Apple itself, and third-party experts.p>
<p> Asked how Apple responds to those who say it's hiding behind codes that are ineffective in securing workers' basic rights, Tan said, "It's not just a matter of posturing, we look into this very meticulously. To me, we're pretty open. We don't see how we can provide more information beyond what's already available."p>
<p> "I'm not sure there are many manufacturers or vendors out there who audit as aggressively as we do," said Tan. "I'm not sure there are many out there who take this as seriously as we do. Have you come across any other companies that provide this much detail in their audits?"p>
<p> (Apple declined GlobalPost's request to go beyond the public relations department and interview Bob Bainbridge, the firm's director of social responsibility for suppliers.)p>
<p> Dell also rejected the idea that industry codes aren't effective. "We take exception to that," said spokesman David Frink."Given the size and breadth of the global supply chain, full implementation of these important standards is a long-term effort to which Dell is fully committed," the firm said in a later email.p>
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<p> <strong>Our investigationstrong>p>
<p> In <a href="http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/china-and-its-neighbors/090521/apple-under-fire-taiwan">Maya>, GlobalPost covered reports of labor abuses at just one Taiwan electronics firm believed to supply Apple, Nokia and Motorola at its factories in Taiwan and China. Since then, weve interviewed 12 current and former workers at this same company. We heard the following new allegations:p>
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<li> For Taiwanese workers, routine violations of Apple and industry codes of conduct on work hours, days off, overtime, worker complaint mechanisms and the right to organize;li>
<li> For Chinese workers, violations of a major electronic industry group's code of conduct on all of the above, and allegations of under-aged labor;li>
<li> For Filipina migrant workers, "placement fees" far in excess of Taiwan regulations, with fees and deductions amounting to nearly a full year's salary's a "core" violation of Apple's code.li>
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<p> These allegations, which are documented throughout this series, are by no means limited to this one supplier. Taiwan's labor broker system applies to many Southeast Asians who come to work on the island. And labor rights groups have done numerous studies of the scope of the problem (see links below).p>
<p> But the news is not all bleak.p>
<p> In our reporting, we heard sincere commitments to deal with these issues by frustrated executives who struggle with these complex economic realities. We also learned of a groundbreaking project to improve conditions at a Taiwan supplier for HP that appeared to have excellent results. Though limited in scope, the project offers some degree of hope that the big electronics brands can do more to fix the problem.p>
<p> <em>This story included reporting from Dongguan, China.em>p>
<p> <em>[Next in the series: <a href="http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/china-taiwan/091103/silicon-sweatshops-shattered-dreams">Shattered dreamsa>. Migrant workers making gadgets at Taiwan's high-tech parks sign deals that make them modern-day indentured servants]em>p>
<p> <strong>RESOURCES:strong>p>
<p> Labor rights groups have done numerous studies of the scope of abuses in the high-tech industry across Asia. See, for example:p>
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<li> The European Union-funded <a href="http://makeitfair.org/the-facts/reports?set_language=en">seriesa> by the network MakeITfairli>
<li>'sThe Pittsburgh-based National Labor Committee's <a href="http://www.nlcnet.org/article.php?id=613">reporta> "High Tech Misery in China"li>
<li>'sThe Dutch group SOMO's <a href="http://somo.nl/publications-en/Publication_3054/">"Computer Connections"a>li>
<li>'sThe Hong Kong NGO SACOM's reports <a href="http://sacom.hk/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/report-high-tech-no-rights-may2008.pdf">"High Tech, No Rights"a> and <a href="http://procureitfair.org/publications-en/Publication_2851/">"The Dark Side of Cyberspace"a>li>
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<p> <strong>Silicon Sweatshops:The seriesstrong>p>
<p> <a href="http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/china-taiwan/091103/silicon-sweatshops-globalpost-investigation">Special Report:'silicon Sweatshopsa>p>
<p> <a href="http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/china-taiwan/091103/silicon-sweatshops-shattered-dreams">Shattered dreamsa>p>
<p> <a href="http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/china-taiwan/091103/silicon-sweatshops-disposable-workforce">Disposable workforcea>p>
<p> <a href="http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/china-taiwan/091103/silicon-sweatshops-china-nothing-ever-changes">The China connectiona>p>
<p> <a href="http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/china-taiwan/091103/silicon-sweatshops-promising-model">A promising modela>p>
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