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Boeing has delivered 50 of the aircraft. It has more than 800 unfilled orders from airlines around the globe that will take years to fill.
Rival Airbus has yet to launch its answer to the Dreamliner -- the A350. It's due to go into service in the second half of 2014, a year behind schedule.
Related: Is Boeing 787 the biggest lemon in history? Far from it
United Airlines, the only U.S. carrier to have the jet in service so far, said Wednesday that it continues to fly its six Dreamliners.
"We inspected all of our 787 aircraft and they are flying as scheduled," said the airline's statement. "We are continuing to support Boeing and the FAA throughout their review."
The plane's design process was, however, notoriously labored. And many parts were assembled for the first time by suppliers spread across the globe, rather than by Boeing itself.
It's a form of outsourcing that has worked well in other areas of manufacturing, but is responsible for the delays in the plane's delivery.
The worst case for Boeing would be the discovery of a design flaw that would send engineers back to the drawing board -- and pull 787s from service on a long-term basis.
Given the nature of the problems reported so far, Sheridan doubts that scenario will come to pass. Instead, he views the latest setbacks as "teething" troubles.
"When All Nippon and Japan Airlines start flying 787s again, it will send a message of confidence back to the flying public," he said.
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God is sovereign and can choose to answer any prayer He sees fit. But Scripture clearly indicates that God does not listen to or answer every prayer. In fact, Scripture gives at least fifteen reasons for unanswered prayer. God does not answer the prayer of those:
1) Who have personal and selfish motives.
You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures (James 4:3).
2) Who regard iniquity in their hearts.
If I regard iniquity in my heart, The Lord will not hear (Psalm 66:18).
3) Who remain in sin.
But your iniquities have separated you from your God; And your sins have hidden His face from you, So that He will not hear (Isaiah 59:2). Now we know that God does not hear sinners; but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does His will, He hears him (John 9:31).
4) Who offer unworthy service to God.
"You are presenting defiled food upon My altar. But you say, 'How have we defiled You?' In that you say, 'The table of the LORD is to be despised.' But when you present the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? And when you present the lame and sick, is it not evil? Why not offer it to your governor? Would he be pleased with you? Or would he receive you kindly?" says the LORD of hosts. "But now will you not entreat God's favor, that He may be gracious to us? With such an offering on your part, will He receive any of you kindly?" says the LORD of hosts.
5) Who forsake God.
Thus says the Lord to this people: "Thus they have loved to wander; They have not restrained their feet. Therefore the Lord does not accept them; He will remember their iniquity now, And punish their sins." Then the Lord said to me, "Do not pray for this people, for their good. When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. But I will consume them by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence (Jeremiah 14:10-12).
6) Who reject God's call.
Because I [Wisdom] have called and you refused, I have stretched out my hand and no one regarded, Because you disdained all my counsel, And would have none of my rebuke.... Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me (Proverbs 1:24-25, 28).
7) Who will not heed God's law.
One who turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination (Proverbs 28:9). "But they refused to heed, shrugged their shoulders, and stopped their ears so that they could not hear. Yes, they made their hearts like flint, refusing to hear the law and the words which the Lord of hosts had sent by His Spirit through the former prophets. Thus great wrath came from the Lord of hosts. Therefore it happened, that just as He proclaimed and they would not hear, so they called out and I would not listen," says the Lord of hosts. (Zechariah 7:11-13).
8) Who turn a deaf ear to the cry of the poor.
Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, Will also cry himself and not be heard. (Proverbs 21:13).
9) Who are violent.
When you spread out your hands, I will hide My eyes from you; Even though you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood (Isaiah 1:15; see also 59:2-3).
10) Who worship idols.
Therefore thus says the Lord: "Behold, I will surely bring calamity on them which they will not be able to escape; and though they cry out to Me, I will not listen to them. Then the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem will go and cry out to the gods to whom they offer incense, but they will not save them at all in the time of their trouble. For according to the number of your cities were your gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem you have set up altars to that shameful thing, altars to burn incense to Baal. So do not pray for this people, or lift up a cry or prayer for them; for I will not hear them in the time that they cry out to Me because of their trouble." (Jeremiah 11:11-14; see also Ezekiel 8:15-18).
11) Who have no faith.
But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord (James 1:6-7).
12) Who are living in hypocrisy.
Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy (Luke 12:1).
13) Who are proud of heart.
God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble (James 4:6; 1 Peter 5:5).
14) Who are self-righteous.
The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, "God, I thank You that I am not like other men-extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector. I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I possess." And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, "God, be merciful to me a sinner!" I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted (Luke 18:11-14).
15) Who mistreat God's people.
You have also given me the necks of my enemies, So that I destroyed those who hated me. They cried out, but there was none to save; Even to the Lord, but He did not answer them (Psalm 18:40-41).You who hate good and love evil; Who strip the skin from My people, And the flesh from their bones; Who also eat the flesh of My people, Flay their skin from them, Break their bones, And chop them in pieces, Like meat for the pot, Like flesh in the caldron. Then they will cry to the Lord, But He will not hear them; He will even hide His face from them at that time, Because they have been evil in their deeds (Micah 3:2-4).
So, does God answer the prayers of unbelievers? A strict yes or no answer is difficult without qualifying the answer in various ways. However, it is noteworthy that the above mentioned principles represent some of the key characteristics of an unbeliever. Thus we can safely say that, in general, God does not answer the prayers of an unbeliever.
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Facebook can stick with its real name policy for now, German court rules
- — 15 February, 2013 11:36
Facebook can stick with its real name policy in Germany, and doesn't have to allow nicknames on its platform for now. The regulator that ordered Facebook to change it policy based its orders on inapplicable German law, a German court ruled.
Facebook was ordered to end its real name policy and permit the use of pseudonyms on its platform by the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ULD) for Schleswig-Holstein last year. The social network violated the German Telemedia Act, which allows users to use nicknames online, according to the ULD.
The orders were issued against Facebook in the U.S., and also Facebook Ireland, which is responsible for all Facebook's activities outside of the U.S. and Canada. Facebook, however, decided to fight the orders because it thought them without merit.
The Administrative Court of the State of Schleswig-Holstein ruled in favor of Facebook on Thursday. The ULD wrongly based its orders on German law which is not applicable in this case, the court spokesman Harald Alberts said in a news release on Friday.
Facebook's German subsidiary exclusively handles marketing and acquisition for the local market, and doesn't process any personal information, the court said. Because Facebook's main European office is in Ireland, that office is responsible for handling personal data so only Irish data protection law applies, the court said.
Therefore, the orders to stop the real name policy as well as the threat of a ¬20,000 (US$27,000) fine if Facebook does not comply with the orders are both unlawful, the court ruled.
"The decisions are more than amazing," said Thilo Weichert, privacy commissioner and head of the ULD, in a statement published on Friday. The court contradicts itself when it says that Facebook Germany is legally irrelevant because no personal data is processed there, he said. Facebook Ireland doesn't process any personal data either because that is handled by Facebook in the U.S., he said, adding that he did not understood why Irish jurisdiction was assumed.
If the decisions of the Administrative Court are upheld, that would result in a system in which IT companies would simply have to make a group structure like Facebook, establishing a main office in an E.U. member state with a low level of data protection, in order to escape oversight, the ULD said. "This was not the intention of European Union regulation," it added.
This ruling is not the end of the line for the ULD though. It can appeal the decision within two weeks with the Administrative Court of Appeals of the State of Schleswig-Holstein, and will certainly do so, the regulator said. The ULD expects the litigation to take months or even years to finish.
"We are pleased with the decision of the Administrative Court of Schleswig-Holstein. We believe this is a step into the right direction," said Facebook in an emailed statement. "We hope that our critics will understand that it is the role of individual services to determine their own policies about anonymity within the governing law." For Facebook Ireland, the company said, the relevant laws are the European data protection directive and Irish law.
Loek is Amsterdam Correspondent and covers online privacy, intellectual property, open-source and online payment issues for the IDG News Service. Follow him on Twitter at @loekessers or email tips and comments to email@example.com
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It isn’t easy being green – unless you have Microsoft Tag. Lakewood Ranch, the largest green-certified community in the country, uses Tag everywhere – advertisements, signage, the monthly newsletter – as part of its commitment to being green and tech-savvy.
Located on Florida's Gulf Coast, the 8,500-acre, master-planned community has Tags in businesses, on real-estate signs, and even on the golf course. Model homes have Tags on their signs so that prospective buyers can view videos of homebuilders inviting people to tour their models.
"We think Tag could change the face of business, and enable consumers to get extra information about business or amenities in Lakewood Ranch," says Candice McElyea, PR and promotions manager at Lakewood Ranch. "It will all be at their fingertips."
Lakewood Ranch also uses Tags to replace printed materials such as brochures and maps. “One of the many reasons we used Tag was so that we didn’t have to reprint collateral to market our community,” notes McElyea. “It also bridges our offline advertising and marketing materials with our digital assets. Tag’s dynamic flexibility allows us to change the message or communication behind the Tag on the fly and use the same Tag that we have posted around our community without having to reprint everything.”
And Lakewood Ranch has still more Tag-based ideas. “We plan to Tag signs outside restaurants on Main Street that will either launch videos or take people to the restaurant’s menu,” says McElyea. “We are also starting to produce a retail line – hats, visors, golf towels, coffee mugs – with Tags on them. We’ve been monitoring the scans and can already tell which ones are the most popular. So far, the response to Tag has been overwhelmingly positive.”
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Questions to Ask When Choosing Your Care Provider
Now that you know more, you may be wondering how to choose the best health care provider for the job. Finding the right person to care for you and your baby during pregnancy, labor and birth is one of the most important decisions you will make, and it can help you feel confident to push for the safest, healthiest birth. As you review doctors and midwives in your area, the following questions can help you find someone who will provide the care you are looking for. Asking questions and providing information builds trust, and it’s the best way to make sure everyone is working toward the same goal – the safest, healthiest birth possible for you and your baby.
- What is my role in helping to achieve a safe and healthy birth?
This is an important question that will help you determine whether your care provider will be respectful of your choices and invite your input. By being an active and attentive participant in pregnancy, labor and birth, you can help achieve the best outcomes for you and your baby. Your health care provider – doctor or midwife – has important knowledge and skills, but they don’t always know everything about you or what is best for you and your baby. Find out how openly you can share your needs and work in partnership with your care provider to get the care that’s best for you.
- What standard routine practices should I expect in labor?
This information will help you identify any practices that your care provider may see as needed or routine. While many interventions may seem like they would make childbirth easier, did you know that some of the care that pregnant women routinely receive can have unintended consequences and potentially make birth more difficult and less safe? Many practices in maternity care aren’t always necessary, including:
Get the most out of your conversation and be specific. Find out more here in Childbirth Challenges.
- Electronic Fetal Monitoring;
- Episiotomy (surgically cutting the area between the vagina and the anus, called the “perineum,” in order to make the vaginal opening larger)
- Induced labor;
- Restricting women from eating and drinking freely;
- Restricting movement;
- Directed pushing; and,
- Separating mom and baby.
- How will you work with me as your patient to identify mine and my baby’s unique needs?
You and your baby’s unique needs should be front and center throughout pregnancy, labor and birth. Like any other kind of health care, maternity care isn’t perfect. A lot of the regular care that pregnant women get includes interventions that don’t always help and can sometimes even cause harm. Ask your care provider about what’s negotiable and what’s not. Weigh the answers you get; they will give you good insight into whether you’ve found a good match. It’s important to work with your health care provider early on, because routine care isn’t always designed for you and your baby’s individuality. Remember that getting the care that matches your and your baby’s needs may mean saying, “I’d like to consider another option.”
- How do you feel about me bringing someone like a doula for one-on-one support?
Many women count on having a nurse by their side to provide important support. But labor nurses may be caring for several women at the same time, and may not have the time to provide contraction by contraction support. Dads are often expected to fill this role, but many times they are new to the process too and need cues on how to best be supportive in labor. A continuous support partner, such as a doula, can help you navigate your labor, support good decision-making and help make sure you’re able to communicate your wishes to your health care provider. Keep in mind, some health care providers may not agree to the use of a continuous support partner, such as a doula. Be prepared to ask them “why?”
- What is your rate for C-sections? What are the main reasons you perform them? Is there anything you know about me and my baby that might suggest I would need a C-section?
A health care provider’s C-section rate can tell you a lot. Cesarean surgery can save lives, but just like any other surgery, it carries risks for you and your baby. More and more babies are being delivered by cesarean, even when there’s not a good medical reason to do so. One of the best ways to reduce your chances of a C-section is to give birth in a location , and with a provider, that maintains low cesarean rates . There is no federal requirement for health care providers to report this information, so you need to ask your care provider directly for these details. If your health care provider has a high rate because they say they care for many “high risk” women, be sure to probe about what they consider to be “high risk.”
- Do you limit the length of labor? Or will you support continuing labor as long as my baby and I are doing OK?
Certain care providers and birthplaces may be under pressure to speed up the birthing process, or put a time limit on your labor and birth. Labor is an intense process, at times overwhelming and draining. But, the good news is that your body is perfectly designed to birth your baby. It’s important for you to find out if your care provider will give your body and your baby time to move the process along, and let nature take its course . Childbirth education classes can help you identify various options to keep labor progressing.
- How often do you perform inductions? What are the main reasons you perform them? Is there anything you know about me and my baby that might suggest I would need an induction?
Due dates aren’t an exact science. Even if you and your care provider feel sure about your date, every baby matures at a different rate. Inducing labor can mean your baby is born before he or she is ready. Labor should only be induced if it is more risky for your baby to remain inside than to be born. Studies have consistently shown your risk of having a C-section nearly doubles with induction with your first labor. It also increases your baby’s chance of being born premature. Your best chance of avoiding an induction is by finding a health care provider who uses them sparingly. Lamaze childbirth education classes can also give you many strategies to help labor start on its own.
- How will you monitor the baby’s heartbeat during labor?
We all want to know our babies are doing OK. Using the same thinking, most care providers will monitor your baby’s every heartbeat during labor using electronic fetal monitoring, or EFM. However, EFM can mean you are confined to a bed and not able to use gravity and movement to advance the birthing process. Studies show that a baby’s heart rate can be monitored just as safely with a nurse, doctor or midwife regularly checking in to listen at key points in your labor with a Doppler hand-held monitor or something similar. Talk with your health care provider about whether they use intermittent listening so you can move freely, relax between contractions, and avoid the anxiety that comes with being tied to a machine. Ask whether the nurses on staff will use it too.
- Will I be able to move around during labor, or will I be confined to bed? In what position will I be giving birth?
Contrary to Hollywood’s portrayal of labor, lying on your back in a hospital bed is not the only way to give birth! In fact, walking, moving around and changing positions throughout labor makes the birth of your baby easier. Movement is a natural and active way of responding to the pain of childbirth. When it comes time to push, staying off your back and pushing with your natural urges can be key to making it as easy as possible on you and your baby. Find out if your health care provider will encourage you to stay mobile.
- Will my baby be kept in the nursery or in my room?
In many hospitals, it’s standard procedure to separate mom and baby for periods of time. However, research has shown that it’s best for mom and her healthy baby to stay together after birth. Skin-to-skin contact helps your healthy baby stay warm, cry less, and be more likely to breastfeed. In fact, interrupting, delaying or limiting the time that mom and baby spend together may have a harmful effect on their relationship and on successful breastfeeding. Talk to your care provider and ask if they support “rooming-in ,” which will maximize your time with your little one, as well as opportunities for breastfeeding.
Questions to Ask During Labor and Birth
Labor and birth can be unpredictable. It’s smart to be prepared with questions to ask to decide if what your provider is recommending is needed and right for you. Keep the following questions in mind, especially when you hear words like “induction,” “fetal monitoring,” “episiotomy” and “C-section.” Also keep in mind that it can be helpful to have a support person with you who can help you navigate the important choices and decisions you will be making.
- Is my baby in any danger? Am I in any danger?
Asking about the safety and health of you and your baby can steer you to the safest, healthiest outcome. If the answer is “no” to both questions, it’s more than likely that the intervention your provider is recommending is not needed.
- What happens if I go through with this intervention? What are the risks and benefits?
Most health care providers want a laboring woman to feel comfortable, so there’s a tendency to answer questions like this with, “It’s really safe,” or “I don’t usually see a problem with this.” But, all interventions have pros and cons. If you know what they are, you can weigh your options and make the best, most informed choices.
- What does the research say?
Not all medical practices are based on the best research. In fact, the majority of interventions are shown to be overused and often unnecessary. As your care provider, he or she should know whether the intervention is backed by science.
- Is there another alternative?
There are plenty of alternatives to common interventions. For example, epidurals are not the only option for pain management; movement during labor, pressure points and breathing exercises are natural ways to help with pain relief. Consider the alternatives first, so you can get the care that’s right for you and your baby. Lamaze childbirth education classes can help you identify very practical, effective alternatives to ease the pain.
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Friday, February 24, 2012
Obama's next "green" energy idea.....algae
Obama's plan to rescue America from a major, gas-related depression.....algae
From WashingtonExaminer -- "We’re making new investments in the development of gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel that’s actually made from a plant-like substance, algae -- you've got a bunch of algae out here," Obama said at the University of Miami today. "If we can figure out how to make energy out of that, we'll be doing alright. Believe it or not, we could replace up to 17 percent of the oil we import for transportation with this fuel that we can grow right here in America."
This is no different, and only slightly less stupid, than putting corn in our gas tanks. Dumb hippies want us to replace meat in our diets with algae and now Obama wants us to put it in our gas tanks. Like all the other green energy fantasies such as wind, solar, electric cars, wave, ethanol, etc., this technology is at least 20 years from viable marketability.
Based on this statement by Obama, no doubt algae farms will spring up, donate to Obama's campaign, and the administration will fund them with billions of taxpayer dollars only to have it disappear down the rabbit hole of uselessness.
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In the Tao Te Ching, Lao Tzu said “Care about people’s approval and you will always be their prisoner.” This doesn’t mean you can’t consider what others say, or that others are always wrong in regards to our lives, but it reminds us that feedback we get from others is much more about the person giving it than about us.
I recently felt super rejected when I was spending time with some new friends and I realized I was a third wheel. You know that feeling? You’re excited to meet each other, you make plans to do some fun girly things, and then maybe you realize that you’re gradually being included in the laughter and conversations less and less as the day goes on. You get sideways glances or even eye-rolls when you try to participate. I spent that entire painfully endless day feeling so uncomfortable, not sure if I should just bail out early and let the other two have their fun, maybe assert myself and ask them if I inadvertently offended them or something, or just stay along for the ride and keep out of the way. I remember how I felt like such an idiot. My poor little ego. I just want to be liked.
When I feel rejected and upset, I remind myself of Lao Tzu’s words. It’s nice to be liked, but the diversity of human personalities and experiences makes it impossible to be liked by everyone. This year I’ve worked consciously on Being Okay With Not Being Liked. When I say “Hey, maybe geek culture needs to address the fact that it’s overrun with slut-shaming misogynists” and people tell me I should lay off for a myriad of reasons, I’m okay with them not liking me. When a guy tells me I look prettier when I smile, I’m okay telling him to never say that to a woman again and brushing the barbs of Dislike off my shoulders. This year I lost almost a thousand Twitter followers (is it sad that I noticed?) after I started tweeting more jokes and more activist points of view–that’s a lot of rejection and it hurts when I feel like it’s in reaction to a fundamental part of my personality, but isn’t the net result better than being liked by a thousand more people (or whatever arbitrary measurement we can use)?
In the six months or so that I’ve been trying to become Okay With Not Being Liked, the lesson that emerged is that it feels WAY better to speak up and hear someone say “hey, me too!” or “thank you for mentioning this issue!” or “I never thought of it that way!” than it does to be liked by everyone. When I exposed that part of my personality, it took a while to find people to react positively to it, but the net effect was so much fulfilling to my journey. The truth emerged that Being Okay With Not Being Liked was as much about authenticity as it is about our own mental health and self-care.
The pain of rejection is always tied to our insecurities
For me, I always feel rejected when people don’t get my jokes–since I consider myself a pretty funny person, having a witty quip met with silence (or worse, annoyance) is one of the most devastating blows my ego can take. The more progress I make in addressing my insecurities and making myself feel more confident about my abilities in those areas, the sting of rejection becomes less and less.
Don’t stop aspiring to improve yourself
Let’s be real here–sometimes we earn our rejection. You know a lot, and you’re pretty cool, but you don’t know everything. You don’t have this figured out, and the moment you think you’ve found a person who does, I’ve got a bridge to sell you. We all fail, we all say the wrong thing sometimes, and other people are right to confront us about it. Every rejection offers a chance for reflection–it’s okay to decide that you didn’t deserve it and take a moment for a pity party, but it’s important to ask yourself objectively if this is an opportunity to see your actions from someone else’s point of view and maybe better yourself or admit a mistake.
Write a rejection letter to your past self
Write to yourself explaining why you needed to go through what you have to improve. Or write about any beliefs, paradigms, or pressures you rejected this year and how that has helped cultivate your self-worth.
I much prefer the sharpest criticism of a single intelligent man to the thoughtless approval of the masses.
Rejection is a tough and deeply personal topic, so I give you my mindful support and compassion if you choose to write about it. If you do and you want to share the link, put it in the comments section below–I’d love to give it a read.
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Tax Credit in Doubt, Wind Power Industry Is Withering
But by the time the last of the devices, worth more than $1.25 million, was hitched to a rail car, Gamesa had furloughed 92 of the 115 workers who made them.
“We are all really sad,” said Miguel Orobiyi, 34, who worked as a mechanical assembler at the Gamesa plant for nearly five years. “I hope they call us back because they are really, really good jobs.”
Similar cuts are happening throughout the American wind sector, which includes hundreds of manufacturers, from multinationals that make giant windmills to smaller local manufacturers that supply specialty steel or bolts. In recent months, companies have announced almost 1,700 layoffs.
At its peak in 2008 and 2009, the industry employed about 85,000 people, according to the American Wind Energy Association, the industry’s principal trade group.
About 10,000 of those jobs have disappeared since, according to the association, as wind companies have been buffeted by weak demand for electricity, stiff competition from cheap natural gas and cheaper options from Asian competitors. Chinese manufacturers, who can often under-price goods because of generous state subsidies, have moved into the American market and have become an issue in the larger trade tensions between the countries. In July, the United States Commerce Department imposed tariffs on steel turbine towers from China after finding that manufacturers had been selling them for less than the cost of production.
And now, on top of the business challenges, the industry is facing a big political problem in Washington: the Dec. 31 expiration of a federal tax credit that makes wind power more competitive with other sources of electricity.
The tax break, which costs about $1 billion a year, has been periodically renewed by Congress with support from both parties. This year, however, it has become a wedge issue in the presidential contest. President Obama has traveled to wind-heavy swing states like Iowa to tout his support for the subsidy. Mitt Romney, the Republican nominee, has said he opposes the wind credit, and that has galvanized Republicans in Congress against it, perhaps dooming any extension or at least delaying it until after the election despite a last-ditch lobbying effort from proponents this week.
Opponents argue that the industry has had long enough to wean itself from the subsidy and, with wind representing a small percentage of total electricity generation, the taxpayers’ investment has yielded an insufficient return.
“Big Wind has had extension after extension after extension,” said Benjamin Cole, a spokesman for the American Energy Alliance, a group partly financed by oil interests that has been lobbying against the credit in Washington. “The government shouldn’t be continuing to prop up industries that never seem to be able to get off their training wheels.”
But without the tax credit in place, the wind business “falls off a cliff,” said Ryan Wiser, a staff scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory who studies the market potential of renewable electricity sources.
The industry’s precariousness was apparent a few weeks ago at the Gamesa factory, as a crew loaded the guts of the company’s newest model of the component, a device known as a nacelle, into its fiberglass shell. Only 50 completed nacelles awaited pickup in a yard once filled with three times as many, most of the production line stood idle, and shelves rated to hold 7,270 pounds of parts and equipment lay bare.
“We’ve done a lot to get really efficient here,” said Tom Bell, the manager of the plant, which was built on the grounds of a shuttered U.S. Steel factory that was once a bedrock of the local economy. “Now we just need a few more orders.”
Industry executives and analysts say that the looming end of the production tax credit, which subsidizes wind power by 2.2 cents a kilowatt-hour, has made project developers skittish about investing or going forward. That reluctance has rippled through the supply chain.
On Tuesday, Siemens, the German-based turbine-maker, announced it would lay off 945 workers in Kansas, Iowa and Florida, including part-timers. Last week Katana Summit, a tower manufacturer, said it would shut down operations in Nebraska and Washington if it could not find a buyer. Vestas, the world’s largest turbine manufacturer, with operations in Colorado and Texas, recently laid off 1,400 workers globally on top of 2,300 layoffs announced earlier this year. Clipper Wind-power, with manufacturing in Iowa, is reducing its staff by a third, to 376 from 550. DMI Industries, another tower producer, is planning to lay off 167 workers in Tulsa by November.
Wind industry jobs range in pay from about $30,000 a year for assemblers to almost $100,000 a year for engineers, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The industry’s contraction follows several years of sustained growth — with a few hiccups during the downturn — that has helped wind power edge closer to the cost of electricity from conventional fuels. The number of turbine manufacturers grew to nine in 2010 from just one in 2005, according to the United States International Trade Commission, while the number of component makers increased tenfold in roughly the same period to almost 400, according to the Congressional Research Service.
Aside from Clipper Wind power and General Electric, most of the turbine manufacturers operating in the United States have headquarters overseas, especially in Europe, where wind power took off first, spurred by clean energy policies and generous subsidies.
As the United States put in place mandates and subsidies of its own, several large outfits, including the Spanish company Gamesa, set up shop stateside. Because the turbines, made of roughly 8,000 parts, are so large and heavy — blades half the length of a football field, towers rising hundreds of feet in the air, motors weighing in the tons — they are difficult and expensive to transport.
As a result, manufacturers invested billions to develop a supply chain in the United States. More than 100 companies contribute parts to Gamesa’s 75-ton devices, which are the most expensive and complex major components of high-tech windmills.
Some longtime Gamesa partners like Hine Hydraulics followed the company from Spain, investing millions in building plants in the United States and sending workers to Spain for expensive training.
Rich Miller, who works for Hine in Quakertown, Pa., said that when he went to Spain to learn how to build and test power units for its hydraulic systems, it was his first trip out of the country.
“That was quite an experience in itself,” said Mr. Miller, who is 58, adding that he probably learned more in four years at Hine than at previous jobs.
Now he worries about having to move on. “Hopefully it will go back to the way things were.” Losing his job at his age, he said, “would be devastating for me.”
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Concerned Americans for Individual Rights (CAIR), an organization of moderate
to conservative gay and lesbian members of the Republican party formed by Bruce
Decker to work to change the negative image of the GLBT community within the
party and to counter the rising influence of the Religious Right. The materials
date from the foundation of the organization in the spring of 1984 until the
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Concerned Americans for Individual Rights (CAIR) was formed in the
spring of 1984 by Bruce B. Decker (1950-1995), a gay Republican political
consultant who had served as an advance man for President Gerald R. Ford and
Vice President Nelson A. Rockefeller. Decker intended CAIR to be a national
organization of moderate and conservative gays and lesbians whose goal was to
expand Republicans' awareness of GLBT issues and to counter the rising
influence of the religious right. The original Board of Directors consisted of
Decker, Robert Bauman, Leonard Matlovich and Bonnie McGinley, who succeeded
Decker as president in December 1984. Little is known about the activities of
the organization: a national convention was announced for April 5-7, in Dallas,
at which congressman Bill Green (R-NY) was to speak, but the extant records end
before the event was scheduled to be held. In January 1986, the organization
honored the two Log Cabin Clubs of Southern California (
Advocate, February 18, 1986, p. 26).
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crisis", although it continued to exist, at least on paper, as late as 1993 (
For the Sake of Argument, 1993, p. 53).
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The View From 1776
Friday, January 29, 2010
The Arsonist Blames the Fire Department
President Obama wants to “slash the tax breaks for companies that ship our jobs overseas.”
Jobs are outsourced precisely because of strangling government regulations, higher corporate taxes than anywhere else, and government support for the extortions of socialist labor unions. Never-ceasing government intervention has made the United States no longer competitive on world markets in too many product categories.
Obama’s solution is to bury the nation under debt, bankrupt private business, and have everybody working for his socialist government bureaucracies in so-called green jobs, green in the sense of corrosive fungi.
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Why is Anti-Catholicism Tolerated?IAN DOWBIGGIN
Anti-Catholicism is not a relic of a distant past, it is as alive as it ever was, only now it is less recognizable.
Last September, the International Conference on population and Development met in Cairo. As many will remember, the Vatican expressed its objections to the conference because the Catholic Church opposed abortion and access to contraception and family counselling for teenagers. This prompted Stephen Lewis, former Canadian ambassador to the UN, to call the Vatican's statements "torrents of thinly veiled misogyny."
Now of course, Mr. Lewis is entitled to his own opinion. I'm even betting he isn't personally anti-Catholic. But as a historian who was raised a Catholic, I was upset when I read his comment. I asked myself: Does he know how disturbing his words are? After all, to describe any statement today as a "torrent of misogyny" is no idle charge. My training as a historian also caused me to wonder: Was his statement substantially different from the other kinds of criticism that traditionally have been levelled at Catholics and their church? Or am I being a little too sensitive about this? Isn't anti-Catholicism a relic of a distant past? We're constantly told we live in a secular, irreligious and increasingly pagan world. Isn't anti-Catholicism something that disappeared with the old Orange Day parades down Toronto's Yonge Street?
The answer, unfortunately, is no. Anti-Catholicism is as alive as it ever was, but now it's less recognizable. The new anti-Catholicism expresses itself in the form of a hip discourse that tries to reduce a worldwide church with hundreds of millions of parishioners to a handful of trendy slogans of dismissive contempt. Dare I say that's a tad dishonest? Isn't Stephen Lewis a strong defender of Canadian Multiculturalism? Then how can he be publicly derisive of a complex and historically persecuted minority that has done more than its share to build this country?
The great misfortune is that Stephen Lewis's remarks aren't unique. For instance, the church today is a favourite target of gay and lesbian groups. In recent years, homosexual demonstrators in the United States have spat on the Eucharist, shouted down sermons, tossed condoms at church leaders and shouted outside Catholic churches, "We're here, we're queer, and we want your children." But gay anti-Catholicism gets most of the headlines because it is so flamboyant. In many respects it's just a florid symptom of a resilient attitude whose origins go back a long way in history. In Canadian history, anti-Catholicism has been the force behind much of the debate over immigration, temperance, labour, language, and public schooling. It's puzzling, then, that Canadian historians today pay so little attention to it. As I write this, I have in front of me a standard text for post secondary Canadian history entitled Destinies. In the book's index there is no reference to anti-Catholicism as a separate topic. When it comes to the Ku Klux Klan, the authors write that it attacked Catholics chiefly because there were so few blacks in Canada.
These glimpses at Canadian historians' treatment of anti-Catholicism are disquieting. At least in U.S. history textbooks anti-Catholicism is a prominently featured topic in itself. Are we Canadians peculiarly oblivious to this documented discrimination, hatred and subordination?
To this Catholic, anyway, it's mystifying how in this day and age we can tolerate these expressions of prejudice. Whatever its faults and crimes in the past, the Catholic church since at least the 1960s has done much to foster an international spirit of trust and cooperation among world religions. It has owned up to its mistakes, like the 1632 trial of Galileo. Under John Paul II it played a large role in the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe.
Many vilify the Vatican's position on birth control, reproduction and euthanasia. But it should be remembered that well before the Nazis introduced their sterilization and euthanasia programs in the 1930s, the Vatican and Catholic groups, alone among Christian churches and most secular organizations, unequivocally opposed similar programs in Canada and the United States. Still, the church's stand on eugenics is one that seems to have escaped the notice of a generation of Canadian historians eager to reduce history to the categories of race, gender and social class.
Thus it's time to recognize the insidious roots of anti-Catholicism. It's time we questioned the all-too-familiar public spectacle of people telling Catholics what to do and what is and isn't their business. As we try to come to grips with the challenges of imagining Canada as a truly pluralist and multicultural nation, we must eliminate the odious practice of extending generosity to some historically persecuted groups and not to others.
Ian Dowbiggin, “Why is Anti-Catholicism Tolerated?” Globe & Mail, 24 April 1995.
Reprinted by permission of the publisher.
Ian Dowbiggin is an Assistant Professor of History at the University of Prince Edward Island.
Copyright © 1995 Globe
Not all articles published on CERC are the objects of official Church teaching, but these are supplied to provide supplementary information.
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As a regular feature, Searchlight on City Hall looks at some of the new bills in the New York City Council. At the most recent meeting on April 5, 2006, council members introduced 15 new bills, many of which may never be passed into a law. Still individual council members hope their bills will at least generate public discussion - and result in some action - on the issues that concern them.
REVISITING STREET ELECTROCUTIONS
In 2004, a woman named Jody Lane was electrocuted when she stepped on a manhole cover while walking her dog in the East Village. In response, the City Council passed Local Law 44, which requires Con Edison to conduct routine inspections of wires and electrical infrastructure and make repairs within 24 hours. In addition, the Department of Transportation instituted random tests of electrical boxes and manhole covers on the city’s streets and sidewalks.
However, the legislation has not solved the problem. In recent months, more people and dogs have been shocked by stray voltage and others have been injured by exploding manhole covers. So the City Council is introducing another bill - known as the "Street Utilities Safety Act" (Intro 252) - in an effort to address the issue.
It would institute new requirements that companies maintain electrical-related covers to ensure that pedestrians are not exposed to stray voltage. It would also impose new penalties of $1,000 to $5,000 for companies whose electrical infrastructure is found to be dangerous.
IMMIGRANT VOTING RIGHTS
While the City Council has no official role in the immigration debate going on in Washington, some city lawmakers are trying to weigh in on the subject at the local level.
Councilmember Charles Barron has introduced a bill (Intro 245) that would give non-citizen immigrants the right to vote in local elections. The bill would apply to immigrants who have applied for citizenship, have "green cards," and have lived in New York for at least six months.
"From 1770 to 1920 immigrants were allowed to vote and when the complexion of immigrants changed, then the rules changed," said Barron.
According to the Department of City Planning, the city is home to 1.3 million non-citizens of voting age. While non-citizens pay taxes and are subject to other city laws, they are not allowed to choose their local elected officials. New York has a history of allowing non-citizens to vote on local issues: before the Board of Education was disbanded, non-citizen immigrants could vote in school board elections.
The bill, however, is not likely to become law any time soon.
Speaker Christine Quinn, who controls much of the council's legislative agenda and can effectively decide if a bill ever comes up for a vote, is opposed to the measure.
"I am not in favor of non-citizen voting," Quinn said at a press conference when asked about the measure.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg has said that giving non-citizen immigrants the right to vote in local elections would require a change in the State Constitution and would have to be passed by voter referendum.
Many hospitals in New York are struggling financially, and as a result, some are shutting their doors. Last year, for example, two hospitals in Brooklyn - St. Mary's and the Caledonian Division of Brooklyn Hospital in Flatbush - both closed.
As a result, Councilmember Letitia James has introduced a bill (Intro 251) that would require the department of health and the Economic Development Corporation to conduct a study on health care quality in neighborhoods that have lost hospitals.
The study would examine the "disparities in health care" received by city residents, as well as look into the impact of private hospital closures on publicly funded hospitals.
BANNING MILITARY RECRUITERS IN SCHOOLS
As the war in Iraq stretches on, military recruiters are struggling to find new applicants for military service. Councilmember Charles Barron, who is opposed to the war, wants to make it even more difficult. He has introduced a bill (Intro 246), which would prohibit military recruitment in New York City public schools and the City University of New York.
"Our black and Latino youth do not join the military for patriotic reasons," said Barron. "They go in for economic reasons to be cannon fodder for unjust wars. Let's opt the military out from our public schools."
Military recruiters target communities of color where students may see a military career as their best option, argues Barron.
Parents are often unaware that the under President George W. Bush's No Child Left Behind Act, schools must provide the military with names and addresses of all students, except for those who expressly request that their names be withheld from recruiting lists. The bill would also prohibit schools from providing information about students without the consent of a parent or guardian.
When a postal delivery person is unable to deliver a package, they often leave a sticker on the door to notify the tenant. This practice is an invitation to criminals, argues Councilmember Simcha Felder.
"Anyone who is a thief knows that the best house to rob is one with a sticker on it [because no one is home]," said Felder.
In an effort to address the issue, Felder has introduced a bill (Intro 247) that would prevent mail delivery personnel from placing "notification stickers" on the front doors of residences where no one is home. The bill would require delivery people to notify residents in a more discreet manner, perhaps with a note in a mailbox.
Felder and several colleagues introduced an identical bill in 2003, but it was never granted a hearing by the council.
According to city law, a landlord must repaint or re-wallpaper the walls and ceilings of an apartment at least once every three years. However, some tenants complain that this never happens or, if it does, the landlord does not give sufficient notice of when the painting will be scheduled.
To address the issue, Councilmember Miguel Martinez has introduced a bill (Intro 0254) that would require that landlords who wish to repaint an apartment must inform the tenant at least one month in advance.
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Posts Tagged ‘financial overhaul’
The financial overhaul law passed in 2010 called for new oversight of derivatives, the complex investments blamed for hastening the financial crisis, and required the SEC to write the rules.
Should banks be designated too big to fail?
by The Associated Press Published: January 17, 2012
Tags: Bank of America, big banks, break-up plans, Citibank, Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, financial overhaul, JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo
The largest U.S. banks must show how they would break up their assets if they were in danger of failing, under a rule approved Tuesday. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. voted to require banks with $50 billion or more in assets to submit so-called living wills. Seven banks with more than $250 billion in assets [...]
The Federal Reserve told Congress on Thursday that it may reconsider its proposal to limit the fee that banks charge merchants for debit card transactions to 12 cents per swipe, the latest twist in a battle over billions of dollars. Fed Governor Sarah Bloom Raskin made the remark at a House hearing at which lawmakers [...]
Labeled antibusiness by Republicans and some corporate chiefs, President Barack Obama mounted a campaign to show he was nothing of the sort. His charm offensive has hit a rocky patch. Business leaders gripe about burdensome new financial and health care regulations, what they see as unfriendly tax policies and vast government spending. They were put [...]
Community banks were not the direct target of the financial overhaul bill President Barack Obama signed into law last week, but they still may have to come up with money to comply with the accompanying regulations. One of the biggest changes the 2,000-plus-page bill calls for is the creation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, [...]
Reveling in victory, President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed into law the most sweeping overhaul of financial regulations since the Great Depression, a package that aims to protect consumers and ensure economic stability from Main Street to Wall Street. The law, pushed through mainly by Democrats in Washington’s deeply partisan environment, comes almost two years [...]
One year in the making, a sweeping overhaul of Wall Street rules forged in the aftermath of a financial crisis cleared congressional negotiations early Friday and headed to the House and Senate for final votes. Lawmakers hope to have a bill on President Barack Obama‘s desk by July 4. Success came at 5:39 a.m., hours [...]
Big banks have mounted a last-ditch lobbying effort to kill a House proposal to add ailing mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to the type of firms that would be subject to liquidation at financial industry expense. House negotiators inserted the provision last week to a massive overhaul of financial regulations at the insistence [...]
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I would like to know what is selected for RX1's Transmission Score to decide it's SNR.
T = 2.1 or 2.0?
And if the above selection is not correct, RX1's SNR Score may be changed?
(E.g. If the selected value is 2.0 and the real value is 2.1, the total amount of the light, which reaches to Sensor in real value, is about 10% lower than the selected value)
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You could say that the Good Food Awards are an indirect legacy of the Slow Food Nation festival that unfolded in San Francisco in 2008. That event’s focus was like the old View-Master, the clunky plastic stereoscopic viewing device that, by putting two slightly different angles of the same scene before your eyes, created a 3-D image. For Slow Food Nation, the double angles for a wide array of craft food products were good taste and environmental sustainability. That meant, for instance, that the chocolate you were tasting was probably delicious, but it definitely wasn't produced by a system rooted in human suffering or economic exploitation.
The same stereoscopic focus survives in the Good Food Awards, now in its third year. It’s organized by the San Francisco–based Seedling Projects. This week, they issued an open call for entries in this year’s awards. Craft food makers from all over the country can offer their sustainably made food products in nine categories: beer, charcuterie, cheese, chocolate, coffee, pickles, preserves, spirits, and—new this year—confections. Food makers have till August 31 to enter; submit your product information online, at the Good Food Awards site. Read the full entry rules here.
After all the entries are collected and tasted blind (there were over 900 last year; this year Seedling expects well over 1,000), Good Food Awards will name 100 winners, products that’ll be able to wear a special Good Food Awards seal. Finalists will be announced November 19. Winners will be announced January 18, followed the next day by a product marketplace at the Ferry Building in San Francisco.
Photo courtesy of Marc Fiorito/Gamma Nine
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Opening a new bank branch used to be a matter of simply choosing a location and building out the structure according to a template design. But today, the definition of “bank branch” is being transformed by technology, competitive dynamics and economic pressures. As reported in Jones Lang LaSalle’s recently published Global Retail Banking 2020 study, up to 50 percent of branches in today’s U.S. bank networks may be declared obsolete -- although not necessarily defunct -- by 2020. Given that branches constitute 75 percent of a bank’s total retail distribution costs, according to research from Capgemini, implementing smart, technologically savvy retail strategies will be critical to driving shareholder value.
With these trends in mind, CIOs have the opportunity to be at the forefront of the retail banking evolution by collaborating with their corporate real estate peers in new thinking about branches. Forward-looking bank executives are beginning to consider branch real estate as an investment in the customer experience rather than an expense. Technology -- whether for boosting branch employee productivity, enhancing the consumer experience, or both -- will play a critical role in maximizing the return on a bank’s branch banking investments.
The Global Retail Banking 2020 report points to the evolution of branches as retail outlets. Following the experience of other retail sectors, many U.S. banks are adopting a mixed “bricks and clicks” strategy to provide consumers with mobile applications and other convenient channels for simple transactions, and “the human touch” in branches for more complex services. As a result, retail banking executives will increasingly look to their CIOs and real estate departments to work together to integrate these multiple service delivery channels.
While branches are expected to remain the cornerstone of the typical bank’s retail sales and service proposition as physical touch points for consumers, branch locations, formats and networks must recognize the widespread consumer adoption of mobile and online banking. With such features as touchscreens, biometrics-secured ATMs, interactive table computers and videoconferencing lounges, the branches of tomorrow will integrate real estate and technology to optimize the customer experience.
Beyond the Branches
Retail banking now encompasses not just branches, but also anywhere that banking services can be conveniently provided to consumers. Whether it means a service kiosk in a train station, a mini-branch in a grocery store, a premium branch in a central business district, or a bank-on-wheels that visits corporate workplaces, proximity to targeted customers ultimately matters more than having a traditional bank fašade. Flexibility and agility will provide a competitive advantage for banks—but these new retail strategies will create challenges for IT and real estate departments charged with identifying nontraditional physical service locations.
Yesterday’s assumption that retail customer interactions require a branch is being discarded, replaced with a new assumption driving highly selective location strategies based on deeper analyses of micro-markets and target customers. This new joint technology and real estate approach delivers thoughtful considerations of what constitutes a trade area. Full-service branches will focus on selling complex services to high-value customers in locations where those customers are concentrated. For small and remote branches, some banks are creating self-service high-tech centers with minimum on-site staff, but high-touch service available via 24-hour videoconferencing.
Technology’s New Role in Location Selection, Offerings
Rather than being an afterthought, technology is becoming the centerpiece of branch banking, and retail bank executives will expect their IT departments to identify and implement technology-based solutions to enhance the customer experience. Corporate real estate managers also will look to their IT counterparts to ensure that branch facilities have the infrastructure and space configurations required to support large-format displays, cabling and equipment, along with heavy data, security and power demands.
Some banks, including Citibank, are even experimenting with quasi-Internet cafes, offering high-tech lounge environments with relaxing furnishings and wi-fi access along with ATMs, self-service kiosks, areas for plug-in consumer devices, tutorials for mobile and Web banking and videoconferencing for service consultations delivered by call center staff. Furthermore, the move to a cash-light society will trigger still more changes in how branches are deployed. Since the size and configuration of a retail bank branch traditionally has been conditioned upon the number of teller points at the counter, radically fewer cash and coin transactions will inevitably reduce branch size. Branch design will continue its shift from a focus on teller counters to a focus on sophisticated ATMs and other technology-enabled service delivery channels.
As banks seek to gain market share through new products, services or markets, CIOs will be tasked with getting ahead of these business unit strategies and working with their real estate counterparts to drive branch strategy implementation. To help their institutions succeed in the long term, CIOs should work with their real estate departments and service providers to proactively plan for and execute the branch strategies of the future.
Joe Brady is Managing Director, Corporate Solutions Banking Industry Group, at Jones Lang LaSalle
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BY OUR CHENNAI CORRESPONDENT
The Nawa Sama Samaja Party (NSSP) Leader Dr. Vickramabahu Karunaratne was literally told to shut up by the TESO on Sunday, when he was prevented from continuing with his speech at the inaugural session of the contentious conference.
The embarrassing incident happened when he accused India of being partly responsible for the grievances of the Lankan Tamils. Along with Dr. Karunaratne, two expatriate Tamils attending the conference were also silenced by the people at the head table when they criticized the 13th Amendment, which was annexed to the Lankan Constitution, on the guidelines of India.
In this backdrop of TESO being convened in Chennai, Indian Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and the adjacent to Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan SinghV. Narayanaswamy has reiterated categorically that the Indian Government will not support Tamil separatism in Sri Lanka.
Minister V.Narayanaswamy speaking to a group of Chennai newsmen on Sunday explained the Indian Central Government’s stance with regard to TESO and said “India will never-ever support the idea of dividing the island nation." Commenting further on India’s stance he said, "India will stand by any political solution reached to address the Tamil question without harnessing the unity and integrity of Sri Lanka .
The problems of the Lankan Tamils should be addressed with greater devolution of power."In the meantime, two unnamed Lankan Tamil expatriates along with NSSP Leader, Dr.Karunaratne, participating at the TESO conference were not allowed to criticize the 13th Amendment to the Lankan Constitution, which was introduced on the guidelines of India.The two Lankan expatriates were the only Tamils of Lankan origin who at the Chennai conference. When the time was allocated for discussion, they said the 13th Amendment will not be a viable political solution to the Lankan Tamils.
When the two began criticizing India, the DMK’s Minister in the Central Government, T.R. Balu stopped them from continuing with their criticism.The NSSP Leader, the only Lankan to participate at the TESO conference was allowed to sit at the head table along with the convener of the conference M.Karunanidhi at the inaugural session on Sunday.
But he was stopped by DMK’s Indian Central Government Minister T.R.Balu when he said that India joined hands with the Lankan Government to suppress the Tamils. Dr. Vickramabahu Karunaratne was attending the TESO meeting on the invitation of DMK Leader M. Karunanidhi. Initially, when he made the arrangements to travel to India for TESO, he was not issued with an Indian visa. However, on the recommendation of the DMK leadership, he was issued with the visa.
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Squamish is one of seven B.C. communities
chosen to pilot the new policy. Should the CMCC trail gain approval, MOTCA will
pony up $50,000 for the work, funnelling the money through the district, which
takes an administration fee, said McLane. As with all trails under the policy,
consultations with First Nations and environmental stakeholders have to take
place before the decision can be made official.
“The theme of the trail is really fast and
really smooth,” McLane said. “This is like traffic management, this trail. It’s
meant to traverse the area and catch the other trails.”
Sustainability is a high priority. According
to McLane, you could drop $50,000 on creation, but do it poorly, with no mind
for erosion, and then have to spend $10,000 every season on upkeep.
“So what we look for is a slope between five
and seven degrees, ideally, with lots of grade reversals, which is lots of ups
and downs. That way, water doesn’t stay on the trail, which is the biggest
cause of erosion.”
McLane expects a decision on the trail to come
down within the next two weeks. The trail hasn’t been named yet, and CMCC is
considering a contest to come up with a moniker.
But not everyone is as positive as McLane.
Cliff Miller is the vice president of SORCA, as well as the director for Test
of Metal. Miller remembers the consultation phase of the policy’s development,
which took place a couple years ago. As far as the ministry’s safety agenda is
concerned, technical trail features (TTFs), which are any kind of stunt ride
modification, are cause for concern — and so $2 million in third party insurance
will be required where those features come into play.
“That was the deal breaker for us,” he said,
remembering how SORCA walked away from negotiations in frustration. “The
analogy is you don’t go to minor hockey and ask minor hockey to pick up the
entire liability for every single user.”
But the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District
(SLRD) has entered into an agreement with the province under the auspices of
Corridor Trails Program. Thanks to the Municipal Insurance Association, they’ll
be footing the $2 million insurance bill on behalf of the cycling
organizations. The partnership will also see the province work with the SLRD to
maintain official trails, and the latter government is working on a trails
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Monday 25 July 2011
You would think the United Nations Security Council, a principal executive organ of the UN, was powerful enough as it is. Led by its five permanent members, the US, the UK, France, China and Russia - a mix of the old and the new Great Powers - it is in its current remit to ‘investigate any dispute or any situation which might lead to international friction or give rise to a dispute’. And should it identify such a situation - and get sufficient backing from at least five of its 10 temporary member states - it is free to authorise a blue-helmeted military intervention. It’s fair to say that getting stuck into other people’s struggles, taking destinies out of other people’s hands with the barrel of a gun, has never been an issue for the UN Security Council.
But, last week, had several Western member states had their way, including Germany, the US and the UK, the security council would have been given yet greater scope for arbitrating, interfering and posturing on the world stage. In fact, had this coalition of the zealous got what it wanted - namely, a security council statement making climate change a peace and security issue - there had even been talk of decking out UN troops in nice green helmets to go along with the soft-tone, pastel-blue ones they currently sport when sorting out the affairs of the natives. In the words of US ambassador Susan Rice: ‘[The UN has an] essential responsibility to address the clear-cut peace and security implications of a changing climate.’
So, what does Rice mean by the ‘clear-cut peace and security implications of a changing climate’? Well, according to executive director of the UN Environment Programme Achim Steiner, climate change, as supposedly shown by the current famine in Somalia or the floods in Pakistan last year, is creating situations in which resources become scarce, people grow desperate, and situations turn violent. ‘Our capacity to handle these kinds of events is proving a challenge’, Steiner declared, ‘particularly if they occur simultaneously and start affecting, for instance, global food markets, regional food security issues, displacing people, creating refugees across borders. Clearly the international community - if the scenarios in climate change for the future come true - will face an exponential growth of these kinds of extreme events.’
UN chief Ban Ki-moon clearly agreed, telling the security council that, ‘Extreme weather events continue to grow more frequent and intense in rich and poor countries alike, not only devastating lives, but also infrastructure, institutions and budgets - an unholy brew which can create dangerous security vacuums. Climate change not only exacerbates threats to international peace and security; it is a threat to international peace and security.’ So, in effect, climate change is being conceived as both a cause and amplifier of conflict and instability across the world.
That the UN security council did not make climate change a peace and security issue, giving Western member states the chance literally to dress up military interventions in green garb, was down to Russia’s refusal to sanction the proposal. Russian envoy Alexander Parkin countered that making climate change an issue for the UN security council would ‘further increase politicisation of this issue and increase disagreements between countries’. In the face of this largely pragmatic opposition from one of its permanent members, the security council debate concluded with a considerably watered down statement: ‘[The council] expresses concern that possible adverse effects of climate change may, in the long run, aggravate certain existing threats to international peace and security.’
Still, despite this setback to Western eco-imperial ambitions, the drive to turn climate change into the cause and amplifier of conflicts and wars clearly remains strong if the US ambassador’s outraged response to the compromised security council statement was any indication: ‘This is more than disappointing. It’s pathetic. It’s shortsighted, and frankly it’s a dereliction of duty.’
We’ve been here before, of course. Back in 2007 the UK also proposed that climate change was an issue threatening world peace. As the then UK representative on the security council, Margaret Beckett, said at the time: ‘There are few greater potential threats to our economies, too, but also to peace and security itself.’ Given that a couple of months later, the US sub-prime mortgage crisis emerged as the first manifestation of an actual threat to ‘our economies’, the ramifications of which still hold much of the world in their grip, Beckett will not be winning any Futurology awards any time soon.
Nevertheless, as David Chandler noted on spiked at the time, none of the security council’s then members raised objections to the substance of Beckett’s argument. Their concerns were that it invested too much power in the security council at the expense of the more democratic general assembly.
Yet there should be objections to the substance of the persistent claim that climate change is creating a more volatile and insecure world. Not least because there is no substance. Yes, there are plenty of people willing to assert a link, whether causal or contributory, between climate change and conflict. And yes, there are plenty of shameless souls willing to exploit every disaster, every drought and every famine to substantiate this spurious assertion. So back in 2007, former US army general Gordon Sullivan, readily called climate change ‘a threat multiplier for instability in some of the most volatile regions in the world’. And this time round UK climate secretary Chris Huhne has been busy championing climate change as our existential enemy. ‘We cannot be 100 per cent sure that our enemies will attack our country, but we do not hesitate to prepare for the eventuality. The same principle applies to climate change, which a report published by the Ministry of Defence has identified as one of the four critical issues that will affect everyone on the planet over the next 30 years.’
But assertion is not the same as proof. Despite the consistently dire predictions of the climate-change warmongers, a conflict born of climate change-induced resource scarcity has yet to happen. Moreover - and this must be a disappointment to doom-laden environmentalists and employment-hungry national armies - the world has actually become more peaceful and less insecure in recent years. As cognitive scientist Stephen Pinker put it in 2009, ‘Since the end of the Cold War in the early 1990s, we have seen fewer civil wars, a 90 per cent reduction in the number of deaths by genocide, and even a reversal in the 1960s-era uptick in violent crime.’ Or take the 2009/10 Human Security Report, funded by several UN member states including the UK. This admittedly did reveal that the number of discrete conflicts since 2005 had actually started rising again, reversing a decades-long trend. However, this increase was attributed not to climate change but to the ‘war on terror’ and the various insurgencies it has generated. Besides, many of these conflicts were small and shortlived. In fact, in terms of actual ‘battle death numbers’, to use the terms of the report, the figure has been pretty constant over the past 10 years or so, and remains a mere fraction of the ‘battle death numbers’ of the 1950s. ‘Perhaps the most reassuring finding is that high-intensity wars, those that kill at least 1,000 people a year, have declined by 78 per cent since 1988’, the report concluded.
So, despite the supposed impact of climate change, despite several large-scale, media-saturated natural disasters, despite everything that the UN wants to assert, there is nothing to suggest that this has led to an increase in global conflict. Those keen to assert some sort of connection between climate change and conflict do of course have recourse to the future tense. They can talk of what is to come; they can read off potential wars from climate change models; they can rest their arguments and claims on sheer hypothesis.
But there is a more fundamental problem with such wilful postulation. The determination to make climate change the source of conflict, the eagerness to grasp a catastrophic famine as a natural fact of a warming world, reframes complex economic, social and, yes, political problems in the far simpler terms of climate change. Under green-spectacled Western eyes, it isn’t the massive economic and material underdevelopment of, say, Somalia that has left so many starving. No, it’s climate change. It won’t be a political struggle for survival and power that informs a civil war in the developing world. No, that’ll be climate change, too. Over and over again, this process of simplifying and re-representing human conflicts as naturally caused takes place. The grey area of another people’s fight, the complexities of the political and social issues at stake, is replaced by the polarised black-and-green approach of the Good War Against Climate Change.
While this might allow plenty of opportunities for the UN security council’s Western leaders to puff their chests out and demonstrate strident purpose to their domestic audiences, for the people of Somalia or Sudan or wherever the battleground for this militarised assault on climate change is deemed to be, the actual solutions to their famished plights - economic and social development - will be tragically out of sight. Such is the blindness of those who see climate change everywhere.
Tim Black is senior writer at spiked.
reprinted from: http://www.spiked-online.com/site/article/10919/
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Articles Tagged With: Virtual Conference
The Common Core Virtual Conference drew to a close last Friday. The conference was packed with expert information, insight, and goals. Having listened to every session, I’ve personally felt a renewed sense of hope concerning standards and global competiveness.
The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) Initiative aims to tackle serious problems within our nation’s educational system. The Common Core Standards are important for two reasons:
After listening to our experts during the Common Core Virtual Conference, it is abundantly clear that changes need to be made in education; and the Common …
This summer, many high school graduates will pick up their belongings and move away from home. Some of these graduates will move across town, while others will move to a neighboring state or across the country – taking their first steps towards adulthood. They’ll move on to obtain a higher education or they will enter the hustle and bustle of the workplace – sometimes both.
What are we doing to ensure these young men and women have received the same educational foundation?
Today, each state has its own set of educational standards. …
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Greet the sun as she gradually rises from below the horizon radiating the most brilliant colors over Sanur Beach, while the soft white sands embrace the oncoming waves: a perfect picture of a beautiful sunny morning, where nature displays her fascinating features at the tranquil, laid back retreat of Sanur, east of Denpasar, capital of the fabled island of Bali.
Located just 25 minutes from the international airport, 30 minutes from the Kuta area, and 15 minutes from downtown Denpasar, Sanur is renowned as Bali's first beach resort and is actually where the early tourism industry grew on Bali.
Sanur is also recognized as the largest village in Bali where its people - as with the rest of east Bali- are particularly friendly, welcoming and accommodating. Despite the locals’ activities and the abundance of restaurants and accommodation, it is surprising how un-crowded and peaceful Sanur is. There are many activities to try as well as beach resorts and restaurants but these are all spread along a long coastline, creating a secluded feeling where the action goes unnoticed to sunbathers and loungers on the unspoiled beaches that continue to maintain the traditional Balinese feel.
Sanur beach is a long stretch of beautiful white sand lined with palm trees that shade dreamy footpaths, market stalls and relaxed beach cafes. Along the beach are traditional Balinese Bale (raised shaded open verandas for lying down or relaxing). Most are no longer in use although a few are sometimes occupied by fishermen who fish in these waters.
The waters of Sanur are protected by a long string of offshore reefs, creating large, warm shallow, safe lagoons that are perfectly clear and excellent for swimming, snorkeling and a whole array of water sports. Surfers will be pleased to know that the reefs around Sanur produce some of the best waves in the world in the right conditions although they can be very shallow at low tide. But there are more consistent waves beyond the reefs good for surfing.
Sanur is also the launching pad for visitors who want to dive and explore the splendors of the nearby island of Nusa Lembongan. Nusa Lembongan is approximately 8 square km in size, and is one of three neighbouring islands, the others being much the larger Nusa Penida and tiny Nusa Ceningan. Many areas around the island are good for diving and snorkeling, with abundant marine life and healthly corals. Surfing can get a bit crowded, but the waves are good. There are several white sand beaches away from the main centers which are virtually never crowded.
Sanur Beach was first introduced by A.J. Le Mayeur, a renowned Belgian impressionist painter who arrived in Bali in 1932 and soon immersed himself in the culture of the island. He married a noted Balinese Legong dancer named Ni Polok and made her his model. Here he created some of his famous masterpieces. Today, the house of Le Mayeur has become a famous museum where visitors can view some of his artworks and gain an insight into the romantic aura of the time when Le Mayeur was one of a handful of expatriates.
As a place where tourism first flourished in Bali, Sanur has some of Balis’ historic hotels. Built in 1965, the Inna Grand Bali , formerly called Bali Beach Hotel, was the first five star and the only high rise hotel in Bali. After its construction a new law came into force where in Bali no hotel may be built higher than a coconut tree.
Here are also the Sanur Beach Hotel (Initialy called Hotel Garuda) and the Bali Hyatt. All of these hotels still operate until today with that certain touch of modernity that offers that nostalgic ambience for those who knew Bali decades ago before the onrush of tourism. But even today Sanur still maintains that pleasant ambience with places shaded by high and age old trees that continue to radiate the serene magic of Sanur.
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In brief, what are your thoughts or experiences on magick?
A state of mind I’ve been used to for many years.
That it doesn’t come from thin air. It’s in your blood.
It’s a way of looking at interconnectivity.
A responsibility. Yes. It is response ability.
All of these are true. Is there a mechanism by which we can effectively influence other people? Always influence them in accordance with our will?
We call the art of social influence diplomacy. If we accept the definition of diplomacy as the art of social influence, then are people the only things we need to influence? Where do we draw the line between physical activity and social activity?
One may have potency with respect. Oh, indeed. In fact, existence requires potency and persistence requires strength, energy.
Everything we do is physical. Our eyes and muscles react when we first meet someone. Our brains take in the memory, like planting a seed. Well, we plant this seed in more things than just other people’s experience, and the exploration and understanding of this is sorcery.
How many things in reality are without any form of agency? How many things have no influence or impact on anything? How do we know intelligence when we see it? It’s an important question as far as understanding sorcery goes.
Is intelligence the ability to express behavior? If so, does anything exist that lacks behavior? Is intelligence the ability to choose or change behavior? If that is true, then does anything remain unchanging in its behavior without exception? If the definition is unclear, should we determine that there is no such thing as intelligence?
Intelligence can only be measured by a bias so we could deduce there is no such thing as intelligence. Though that would deny experience as we report ourselves to be able to learn and reason.
The practice of sorcery is dependent on the understanding that the world is an intelligent system, and because it is an intelligent system it is subject to influence just as we are.
I don’t believe in freewill. Many do not, but the practice of magick of any kind presupposes the existence of free will. So I will need to use it as a working premise.
When practicing sorcery, what is it that the sorcerer is offering to the universe in order to get control? The sorcerer may not make any offerings. They often instead learn practices that are perhaps similar to stage magick, but with the intended audience being the world itself. Make some part of the world believe it is a certain way, and it begins to act like it. Offerings are really more of a practice taken up by priests.
You are tricking the universe in a way? Yes. It is as subject to being tricked as you are, but there is another side to sorcery. There are various bodies of agreements or laws that any given school of sorcery utilizes in its understanding of the universe and those goals they would seek to pursue through sorcery. So it has both a coercive and a cooperative aspect to it.
In that way it is like science, or lawyering? Sort of like lawyering, a form of cosmic power brokering.
Your thoughts are welcome. Be well friends.
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PBS Frontline: 'Sick Around the World'
Wednesday, April 16, 2008; 11:00 AM
Frontline correspondent T.R. Reid was online Wednesday, April 16 at 11 a.m. ET to discuss his film "Sick Around the World," which examines how five other capitalist democracies -- United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, Taiwan and Switzerland -- deliver health care, and what the United States might learn from their successes and failures.
"Sick Around the World" aired Tuesday, April 15 at 9 p.m. on PBS.
The transcript follows.
Reid is a former chief of The Washington Post's London, Tokyo and Rocky Mountain bureaus, and also had stints covering Congress, national politics and four presidential elections for the paper. He is the author of eight books -- three in Japanese -- most recently "The United States of Europe: The New Superpower and the End of American Supremacy."
Philadelphia: Your excellent story has provoked many comments in my mind, but given our political contest, it seems appropriate to discuss what it takes to move the agenda in Washington. In Taiwan, you didn't mention that the opposition party -- the DPP back in the early '90s proposed national health insurance. It proved so popular that the KMT party also agreed, and so when the KMT won they were forced to enact what today has evolved into a true single-payer national health insurance program. Canada's NDP victory pushed for their health system in Saskatchewan back in the 1950s. So what political lesson can we learn from how countries obtain universal health care that could be relevant to the U.S.?
T.R. Reid: Hello, everybody. Thanks for watching our film. If you missed it (or fell asleep because I'm so boring), the documentary can be see at the Frontline.org web site.
In most countries that have revamped health care, the moral imperative was a driving political force. Switzerland decided it didn't want to be a society where 5% of the population was unable to see a doctor when sick. That feeling was strong enough to overcome the powerful political opposition of the drug and health insurance industries.
Taiwan was different. A poor country became rich almost overnight, and decided to build a rich country's system. But there, too, the choice -- for a single universal payment system, like Canada's -- was driven by concerns for equity.
In the U.S., I think two imperatives can lead us to change. First is the fiscal issue: Our system is too expensive for everybody. And second, is the same moral concern: Do we want to be a country where any of our neighbors has access to health care when they need it?
Minneapolis: What happens to the private insurance agencies and hospital systems when a country makes the change over to a national health care system?
T.R. Reid: In Switzerland, which switched to nonprofit in the '90's, the health insurance companies are still going strong. They can't make a profit on basic health insurance coverage, but they use the basic plans to draw in customers, to whom they can sell their supplemental (like Medi-gap) health insurance, plus life insurance, etc. The companies are all bigger today than they were when the switch was made.
Dover, Del.: I've heard that certain countries' health care systems have created "smart cards" for use as rapid health information identification when a citizen is admitted as a patient. Is there any tradeoff for the convenience of this service? How sophisticated is the information security in these programs?
T.R. Reid: I'm working on a book on health care systems in other advanced countries. I've seen the smart card in France (Le Carte Vitale), in Germany (gesundheitskarte), in Austria (E-Karte), and Taiwan.
You get two advantages from this system. First, paperwork is greatly reduced, and prices fall. Second, some medical errors can be avoided, because the doc can instantly see what other treatments and medication you've had.
San Luis Obispo, Calif.: Why don't we just expand Medicare, which has only a 2 percent overhead and with maybe a few tweaks could be the program that we need? Like HR 676?
T.R. Reid: Medicare for all strikes me as a viable approach. Perhaps the way to do it would be to maintain the private insurance companies, but let their customers (of any age) have the option of buying Medicare instead. This would force the private companies to cut their overhead costs and reduce premiums to hold onto customers.
My guess is that most people would migrate to Medicare, given the choice. But those who feel government-funded health care is un-American could stick with private insurance.
Some countries with single-payer systems allow people who prefer private coverage to buy it as an alternative. Generally, only about 3 percent to 10 percent of people do so.
New York: Brilliant reporting and analysis, thank you! My question is, do you think that the prayer you left at the temple in Japan will be answered within the next 10 years?
T.R. Reid: Thank you. You are a discerning viewer.
I left a prayer at the Meiji Jingu Shrine in Tokyo, asking for "Universal Health Care in the USA."
And you know what? I am confident we'll get there. I think Americans ready to make the change.
Anchorage, Alaska: Why do you think that politicians here can't or won't fix our health care system? Also, what did you think of Michael Moore's "Sicko"?
T.R. Reid: I think all Michael Moore films are entertaining. He's an advocate, not a reporter, so he gives us the information that advances his cause.
When Michael Moore's "Sicko" went overseas, it was simplistic and, frankly, wrong. It's not all "socialized medicine" in other countries. There are many private systems, and they are not all perfect. Every country is struggling with the rising cost of health care, and they all have problems.
Philadelphia: Why specifically is the French health system ranked No. 1 in the world? Why is it better than Germany or Switzerland, for example?
T.R. Reid: The World Health Organization hired a Harvard Prof., Christopher Murray, to create a matrix for rating all the world's health care systems (191 of them). He emphasized both "goodness" -- that is quality of care -- and "fairness" -- i.e., equality of access to care. The U.S. did fairly well on quality, but we had a rotten score on fairness, because millions of our fellow citizens are largely cut off from medical care.
France has excellent health results -- e.g., high quality -- and totally equal access at low cost for all 61 million of its people. Hence it was No. 1.
In my upcoming book, I think I'm going to end up arguing that Japan should have been rated #1. It has the best health statistics on earth, no waiting, absolutely equal access, and rock-bottom costs.
Boston: I am a first year medical student, in a class that will graduate with an average of $160,000 in debt. I agree with the thesis that health care is a right and our system is unfortunately a market. However, I wish you had addressed the giant difference in education costs. If our education isn't subsidized, we never will afford to work in considerably lower-paying systems. Please explain how you would face that issue.
T.R. Reid: In every country, we asked the doctors how much they paid to go to medical school. The most common answer was: zero. In Japan, the local community paid Dr. Kono to study medicine, so he came out ahead.
I think we definitely have the funds to subsidize medical education, so that no student pays more than $5,000 a year or so. Heck, Harvard and Yale could provide free education to all their med students just on the interest from their endowments.
If we are eventually going to limit medical costs, that's a necessary step. At least, all the other rich countries have agreed on that point.
Washington: Loved the show! Do you think the staffs of the current candidates made a point to watch it? One only can hope.
T.R. Reid: I strongly hope that the people who will be fixing our health care system are looking overseas for ideas. So far, though, the candidates only seem to mention health care in other countries when they savage it: "wasteful government-run socialized medicine." As our film showed, many countries use the private sector to provide and to pay for health care. And no country is as wasteful in this area as the U.S..
Inwood, N.Y.: What were the criteria to decide which countries would be examined? Was there any particular reason Canada was not included?
T.R. Reid: This is a common question, because Americans want to know the facts about Canadian health care.
We only had one hour. So we looked at Taiwan as an example of the Canadian approach. We liked Taiwan because we got good exotic pictures there, and because that country did what we are doing --looking around the world to get ideas for running health care.
In my forthcoming book (Penguin Press, early 2009), I spend a good deal of time on Canada.
Moral Imperative: In the film, while speaking to the Swiss president, you mentioned how in America "everyone has a right to an education, etc." yet we don't feel everyone has a right to health coverage. Yet education costs in the U.S. are skyrocketing probably at a higher rate than even health care costs. Isn't the heart of issue, really, the moral imperative question? In each country you visited, representatives pretty much echoed the same line: health care is a basic human right. Why is it so cumbersome for Americans to grasp this basic truism?
T.R. Reid: You got it. My fundamental conclusion is that any country's health care system is a reflection of its basic ethical values. In countries that have decided medical care is a human right, everybody has access to the doctor. Our country hasn't decided that, so millions of Americans don't get to see the doctor.
If we are to fix health care in the U.S., we first have to resolve the moral question: Do we feel a collective obligation to make sure than any American can get health care when she needs it?
Marshall, Mo.: How on earth will we ever have a single-payer health care system in this country as long as politicians are owned by big business, e.g. insurance and pharma?
T.R. Reid: John Edwards had an interesting idea when he was running for president: Cut off the health insurance plans covering members of congress in Jan. of 2009, and don't restore the coverage until Congress establishes universal coverage in the U.S.
But I don't think that is necessary. Members of congress respond to the people. If Congress decided in 2009 that Americans want fundamental change, Congress will provide it.
The argument of our film, and my upcoming book, is that there are excellent models we can draw from as we move toward fundamental change.
Coral Springs, Fla.: My wife and I watched your presentation last night. We are both nurses; can you say anything about how the nursing staffs of the hospitals in the countries you surveyed were able to make a living?
T.R. Reid: In every country I went to, as in the U.S., nurses are in short supply. Accordingly, nurses' pay has been going up, due to the law of supply and demand.
As countries try to limit costs of health care, they turn more of the job of treatment over to nurses. (In Britain, more than half the babies are delivered by nurse [practitioners, or midwives). This makes nurses even more necessary, and should raise their pay more.
Doctors/Lawyers: With the American Bar and the AMA such powerful lobbies, how can the U.S. possibly get both parties to agree that neither will make as much as they do now under the current system (the Tort Bar in particular)?
T.R. Reid: I think the AMA is ready for major change. Doctors basically are motivated by a desire to help people, and they can see that our cumbersome, unfair system is undermining their efforts. Some polls show that more than 60% of American docs are so fed up with the insurance industry that they favor a shift to a single-payer structure.
Malpractice cases are a plague for American doctors. It may make sense to put limits on these lawsuits. In terms of cost, though, the malpractice issue adds very little to the overall cost of care in our country. The big costs drivers are sheer inefficiency -- because our system is so fragmented -- and the huge administrative costs that the insurance industry takes out of the system before it pays any medical bills.
Kansas City, Kan.: Mr. Reid, in the U.S. there are big discrepancies in reimbursements for office visits and procedures. Does this disparity exist in other countries?
T.R. Reid: Most developed countries have a centrally negotiated fee structure, that applies across a province, a region, or a whole country. In all of Japan, there is one price for setting a broken arm; no doctor can charge more. Germany sets prices on a state-by-state basis, allowing some regional variation.
This seems to me to be fair to patients. And it makes the system vastly simpler to administer. An American hospital probably gets 25 different fees, depending on the insurance company and the plan, for setting a broken arm. It's expensive to keep track of all the rules, forms, and fees.
Washington: I enjoyed your program very much. I am a young lawyer cultivating an interest in health care law, and would love to learn more about the intersection of law and health care policy. Were there any specific legal issues you came across, and can you recommend any resources for additional learning on this subject?
T.R. Reid: The American malpractice system is a rich area for study.
Beyond that: Because health insurance companies are sometimes cruel to their customers --denying coverage, denying claims, rescinding the policy if the patient has a big bill -- there are also lawyers who specialize in going after health insurance companies. Which means the insurance firms need lawyers of their own to defend their practices.
I haven't studied this, so I can't recommend a text to you.
Medical Malpractice: You mentioned that in Germany, doctors aren't happy with their salaries. It seems that view is shared by the doctors you interviewed in other countries as well. However, you mentioned that in Germany at least, medical malpractice insurance rates are extremely low, and that medical school is free? Is that true across the board in the all countries you visited? Do doctors in these countries end up "netting" about the same as they do here when you factor in lower premiums and the absence of school loans?
T.R. Reid: My guess would be that U.S. doctors still make more than their counterparts in Germany, Japan, etc. Even after student loans and malpractice premiums, their net pay is higher.
Almost all the countries I've been to have free medical education, and minimal malpractice fees. Research my book, I have talked to dozens of doctors in 15 countries. Not one of the foreign doctors I talked to has ever been sued.
Trenton, N.J.: Mr. Reid -- your program was relentlessly critical of U.S. health care. Do you have anything good to say about your own country?
T.R. Reid: The U.S. has the best-educated doctors and nurses in the world. We have the most advanced hospitals, labs, and clinics. We have the most far-reaching research. And we are willing to spend more on health care than any other country.
With all those assets, we could have -- we should have -- the best health care system in the world. But we don't.
There is nothing unpatriotic about facing up to your country's problems and looking for ways to fix them. To me, making the effort to cure our sick health care system reflects a real love for the U.S..
Maryland: If I am not mistaken, one Japanese doctor in the film mentioned that 70 percent of the hospitals in Japan are about to go broke. Why do you still rate Japan as No. 1? Is Taiwan's a more balanced system in this regard?
T.R. Reid: I think Dr. Saito said that 50 percent of Japan's hospitals are operating in the red. This would be worrisome, except that costs are so low in Japan it will not take much more spending to make those hospitals whole again. I expect Japan will do what it takes. The Japanese are proud (and rightly so) of their health care system, and they won't let it fall apart.
Even if Japan increased spending on health care by hundreds of millions of dollars, it would still have a far cheaper and more efficient system than ours.
Houston: I was struck that in Switzerland, barely a majority originally wanted the universal health system, but now few would want a return to the private system of before. I understand that was also true with Canada. What changed the minds of those who originally opposed the change?
T.R. Reid: The key fact is: These new systems work. When Switzerland relied on U.S.-style for-profit health insurance, many people were denied coverage altogether. Many others had to fight constant battles with insurers to get their bills paid. Of course, those are the things Americans loathe about out insurance system.
In the new Swiss system described in our film, everybody has insurance, and the companies are not allowed to deny a claim. (In fact, they generally pay all claims within five days.) No wonder people are happier with this system than with what they had before.
If we were to go the Swiss route -- that is, keeping private health insurance, but with rules that require universal coverage and bar profit -- Americans, too, would be much happier about their health insurance. And if we get there, we will never go back to the cruel, costly system we have today.
Carrington, N.D.: This was an excellent, thought-provoking program and should be a must-see for all citizens of this country. It will be the citizens who force the change.
T.R. Reid: Thank you. Roughly 80 percent of Americans say they want to see "fundamental change" in our health care system. Most people think we should be able to run health care as fairly and as efficiently as the Taiwanese, the French and the Japanese do.
So I believe people will demand real change when the next president takes office. That should provide a tail wind that will get the job done -- if the new president is ready to do it.
Crestwood, N.Y.: How do they get rid of incompetent and dangerous doctors overseas?
T.R. Reid: Every health care system needs a process to police the performance of doctors and hospitals. Docs do make mistakes, and sometimes it is due to negligence. Our malpractice system is our effort to do that job.
Other countries do it differently. Britain has boards that review a doctor's records -- like tax auditors -- to see how successful she has been in treating patients. Germany sends a doctor-observer from a distant part of the country to spend time in another doctor's office and assess the quality of care. Japan has an official complaint system, where people can present a claim of bad treatment.
Minneapolis: I would have liked to see how the Arab world addresses health care. Is health care free in Dubai? Saudi Arabia? And do they cover the "guest workers" or just citizens? How about Egypt? Has Iraq step up its health care system along American or European lines?
T.R. Reid: In the world's poor countries, including those in the Mideast, the health care system is "Out of Pocket." People who can afford to pay for health care -- in money, crops, services, whatever -- can see a doctor. Those who can't afford it stay sick, or die.
The oil shiekdoms of the Mideast have established good health care systems, usually on the British or Canadian model, with government paying the bills. I decided these small, rich autocratic countries are not likely models for the U.S. to follow.
Cary, N.C.: Mr. Reid, if you could implement three specific changes to the U.S. health care system based on the information you gathered during your travels, what would they be?
T.R. Reid: If we stick with private insurance as the main source of payment in our system, we could follow the rules of other countries that use private insurance plans:
1. "Guaranteed issue." That means, the insurance companies have to accept every applicant. They have to pay every claim, without months of dispute. They are not allowed to factor in profit when setting their rate -- that is, basic health coverage is a non-profit endeavor.
2. And then, to make sure the insurance companies don't go broke following those rules, you have to require that everybody buy insurance. That gives the insurance company an adequate pool of rate-payers to keep the system in balance. People who decline to buy insurance are assigned to a company, and billed for the monthly premium.
3. Since those two rules would means everybody has health insurance coverage, you need some cost controls in the system to make sure the overall costs don't skyrocket. At present, the insurance companies negotiate costs with the docs and hospitals. I think some kind of central negotiation -- on the state, regional or national level -- might be a better mechanism. This gives enormous economic power to the source of funds, and keeps prices lower.
T.R. Reid: I'm grateful to everybody who watched our film and took part in this terrific discussion. Please let me shamelessly note that my book on this subject, "We're Number 37," will be published by Penguin Press early next year.
Our health care system is overpriced and unfair. We could and should have the world's best and fairest system. Please keep working for fundamental change, so we can get there quickly.
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When communist global financier and socialist philanthropist and Open Society Institute founder George Soros hosted 2004 Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry [D-MA], Soros invited him to his private retreat in the Hamptons where “buyers and sellers” can talk without reporters overhearing quid pro quo conversations that might not be construed as legal to the wrong ears. When Soros hosted a major fund raiser for unknown Illinois State Senator Barack Hussein Obama in the fall of 2004, the soiree took place at his New York home. That evening Soros wasn’t buying either a President or a prospective US Senator. He was simply fishing in a new political stream. Soros intended to snag the young political fish, reel him in just a little—but keep him on the hook, letting him grow until he was mature enough to fit Soros’ plans. And what were his plans? It appears Soros, who was born on Aug. 12, 1930 in Budapest, Hungary, would like to President of the United States. Of course, because he is not a natural-born American, he has to be content to be a surrogate president—the puppet master who pulls the strings of the man in the Oval Office. Soros wants to be Barack Obama’s Col. Edward Mandell House.
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Jeff Tucker, as he has for over 20 years, continues to enrich the world by making sure that no classic text in economics goes unavailable to new generations of readers. Jeff's role in the world-wide spread of market oriented thinking and Austrian ideas in particular cannot be overstated. LFB has just reprinted in an eBook version Philip Wicksteed's classic text The Common Sense of Political Economy. This edition contains not only Lionel Robbins excellent introduction from the 1932 edition, but also Israel Kirzner's essay on Wicksteed as the British Austrian, and appreciations by Jeff and also myself of Wicksteed classic work and its place within the economics literature.
Wicksteed is a great read for anyone who loves economics, and anyone who is struggling with economics Wicksteed might actually provide the "cure" to that problem and help you fall in love with the beautiful logic of economic reasoning.
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Child needs overseas treatment
Friday, August 01, 2008
After she was admitted and discharged at the Sulayman Junkung Jammeh Hospital in Bwiam, Awa Badjie, a two-year old girl, and a native of Gilanfari Village, was said to have swallowed caustic soda before she was referred to RVTH in Banjul.
Speaking to the Daily Observer, Awa's uncle, Alasan Colley, said her niece had accidentally put the caustic soda in water, which she had drank. The effect caused her to vomit whatever she eats. She is generally weak and cannot eat anything that could mitigate the problem.
After investigations, a report by the medical board indicates that there is a "stop of contrast medium" at the level of the lower third of the esophagus with dilatation above the top, and there is barium in both bronchus, which cause severe oesophageal stenosis.
Unfortunately, the facility for oesophageal dilatation with bujis is not available in The Gambia. She only needs an overseas medical attention.
If you wish to help, please contact Alasan Colley or Mustapha Colley on the following telephone numbers: 9985809, 6547944, 9966888.
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2013-03-07 18:13:38 - A new book outlining the experiences of the Traveller community and their interaction with ‘settled people’ in 21st century Ireland has been documented in a new book launched today (Thursday, 07 March 2013) at the Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick (UL).
Published by Liffey Press, “Travellers and the Settled Community - A Shared Future” is a collection of stories and essays written by Travellers and non-Travellers and focuses on how both communities have been positively influenced by their experience of engagement.
The book has been edited by Dr. Micheal O hAodha, a leading expert in Traveller studies in Ireland and lecturer in UL's Department of History, School of Languages, Literature, Culture and Communication; Mary (Warde) Moriarty, a development worker with the Irish Traveller community; and John Heneghan, the Director of Kemmy Business School’s BA Law & Accounting course.
Speaking at today’s launch, Mr. Heneghan said the book provides a platform from which members of the both communities can “further build on a meaningful
rapport that has been strengthened by UL in recent years, and in doing so replace a genuine fear that exists in Irish society in relation of such engagement”.
He added: “It would be patronising to describe this collection as giving a voice to Travellers and incorrect to view it as an attempt to rewrite the prevailing, negative perception of the Traveller community in Ireland. What is striking about the essays by the Travellers is their stridency, a confidence that is result not of aspiration but a sense that their views are being listened to.”
Contributors to the book include Martin Ward, two-time Mayor of Tuam, Martin Collins of Pavee Point, Limerick artist Richard Hannafin who has worked members of the traveller community, and the three editors Dr. Micheal O hAodha, Mary Moriarty and John Heneghan.
According to Mr. Heneghan: “Sympathy may have motivated many in the settled community to help Travellers, but it is through interaction on the behalf of both communities that these writers demonstrate that by rolling up their sleeves and applying their skills they have been able to reduce fear and intolerance, in a practical and strategic manner. As Mary Moriarty has pointed out, fear is the greatest obstacle and must be addressed urgently.”
“More significantly, this book encourages Travellers and the settled community to acknowledge how they are viewed from each other’s perspective and consequently bridge the barriers to overcome fear and further develop their relationship. We hope that by publishing this book the key messages being promoted will go some small way towards highlighting the leadership been shown by both communities,” he explained.
The decision to publish and launch the book at UL comes in light of the fact that more than 100 members of the Traveller community have attended courses at the University during the past decade.
“The University of Limerick recognises its role in the community and declares its commitment to its hinterland in the University’s Strategic Plan. Many of the Travellers who have participated in programmes at UL have taken up leadership positions in various local and national committees. All have enriched the teaching experience of the lecturers they have met,” Mr. Heneghan concluded.
The book was supported by the Limerick County Interagency Group for Traveller Services, comprising UL, Limerick City and County Councils, HSE, County Limerick VEC, An Garda Síochána and the educational ACCESS services at the UL.
Copies of “Travellers and the Settled Community - A Shared Future” are available from selected bookshops throughout the country. For more visit www.theliffeypress.com.
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The house is the site itself. The place already has its own geometry created by a gradient rising some three metres. It has an ideal path; it is raised above the ground and visually seems to tower above the sea simply by following the perimeter of the site. This zigzagging forms the grammar of the project.
In order to give the gradients a shape we redesigned the site with oblique planes connected linearly and following the axis of the orientation of the curves of the various levels. Then we inserted the volume of the house as though it were a further new tense line in the fabric of the territory.
The roof is the key element for defining the fracture between the planes of the site and those of the house. From ground level these planes range from -0.30, spreading out in various directions, to +3.15 from where the sea can be seen. The roof defines both the space inside the house as well as the various slopes, even in cross-section.
The continuation of the house’s topography can even be appreciated from the inside; this is because the living room has a long window which visually connects the gardens at various levels as well as the two extremities of the lot. The site/block begins as an incision into the ground to carve out the service area and the garage, and then it slowly curves by gradations to arrive at the entrance/living room and then to re-emerge in the zigzagging of the blocks built on two levels overlooking the sea.
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Scotland Yard has inadvertently shared the email addresses of around 1,000 victims of crime with each other, in a mistake that has been referred to the information commissioner.
The Metropolitan police said emails were sent out to 1,136 victims, mostly of car theft or pickpockets, as part of a survey on 30 January. But the addresses were put in the wrong section of the email, which meant they were shared with other victims.
A Met spokesman said: "No other personal details were revealed and we are contacting everyone affected to explain what happened and to apologise."
Scotland Yard said it was now reviewing its processes in relation to surveys of this kind to avoid a similar error. "The sharing of data was a result of human error … as a matter of course we have notified the information commissioner's office."
The emails were sent as part of the survey into whether victims felt they were receiving a better service following the introduction of a single telephone number for the investigation unit in London. They were sent in seven batches of between 119 and 198 recipients.
The breakdown of types of crime the victims suffered is: one common assault; one criminal damage under £5,000; four criminal damage under £500; one criminal damage to a building other than a residential dwelling; 11 criminal damage to motor vehicles – £500 to £5,000; 73 criminal damage to a car worth under £500; nine criminal damage to other property under £500; one criminal damage to other buildings under £5000; 47 victims of false representation; 12 victims of interference with a motor vehicle; one victim of making off without payment; one victim of shoplifting; 324 victims of theft from a motorvehicle; eight victims of theft from other vehicles; 157 victims of pickpockets; six victims of a snatch; 319 victims of theft; 19 victims of car theft; and 125 victims of bike theft.
A spokeswoman for the Information Commissioner's Office said it had received the referral and it was being examined.
She said the highest fine the office could issue was £500,000 but that was for breaches of data of an extremely sensitive nature, for example the sharing of details about child sexual assault victims.
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Apple swapping out Google Maps for its own inferior product makes it irresistible for me to present here an arcane bit of Silicon Valley history I often recall with a certain relish when enjoying a glass of wine with my young colleagues.
In the early 1980’s I had the privilege of joining a little start up called Personal Software to help them market the very first spreadsheet. It was called VisiCalc. Some of you age enhanced folks out there may remember it. It was by far the best selling software product of its day. It also singlehandedly made Apple successful in selling its computers to businesses. Before VisiCalc, Apple was a machine that appealed only to hobbyists. After VisiCalc, which early-on ran only on Apple, Apple’s sales to businesses shot up. It’s no exaggeration to say that VisiCalc was the key to Apple going public in 1980.
I had played a marketing role at Apple as an advertising guy with Regis McKenna Inc., who was in those early days Apple’s ad and PR agency. As a result, I worked closely with Steve Jobs , and we knew each other well. On the day I joined Personal Software (it was later renamed VisiCorp after its most important product), I had a call from Steve, who asked if he could come over and see me. Apple and Steve then were not the Apple and Steve of now. It was no big deal to get a call from Steve Jobs in those days, believe me. Anyway, I said “sure…come on over.”
He did. He put his sandaled feet up on my desk (not a good sign for what was to come) and launched into a Jobsian gun-to-my-head proposal. “License us VisiCalc for $1.00 per machine (it was selling for $50.00 at retail), or we will put our clone on every machine we ship and put you out of business.”
Steve was a lot younger than me, and in those days had very little intimidation factor going for him (in spite of his now famous intemperate behavior). I didn’t bat an eye. I said “no way your software guys could clone VisiCalc, and if they had, you wouldn’t be here making me this offer. You, of all people, would just do it. Nice try, but get out of my office.” You see, VisiCalc was a very hard product to make work well in the tiny memory spaces of that era, and I knew that. Thank god I was right, and nothing more ever came of the threat.
Apple’s walled garden thinking goes back to those very early days. Part of it derives from the inherent joy Steve took in being a bully when he could get away with it. But, as a smart bully, he stopped short of actually fighting if he didn’t have the goods. Steve knew not to try to compete with a non-competitive product, which is all his team then could hope to muster.
Perhaps the VisiCalc experience contributed to Steve focusing his bullying tendencies toward a fierce demand for perfection, so he could bully with confidence.
Mapping is arguably the VisiCalc of the Smartphone. Would Steve have risked launching a non-competitive VisiCalc today? Hmm….
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This service was retired on June 30, 2012. Use had fallen off dramatically in recent years as wireless connectivity improved. Also, the hardware used was discontinued by the manufacturer and no equivalent is available.
This page will be kept for a while since other pages may link to it. Old content was:
This service provides authentication (password verification) and access control for mobile computer network ports secured by Karl Bridge firewalls or Extreme Network switches throughout Penn State.
Mobile ports are Ethernet jacks around the University where you can plug in a personal laptop or other computer and get a high-speed connection. Yes, the ports aren't mobile, but your computer is. You must have a PSU Access Account to access the network when plugging into these.
The majority of these ports are managed by TNS, but some are maintained by individual colleges and campuses.
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Funding the federal health care law without a tax hike will "require the state to cut nearly a quarter of its annual budget."
Brian Robinson on Sunday, July 8th, 2012 in an article
Deal spokesman slips up on health care impact to Georgia
The recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the federal health care law had many Georgians attempting to figure out what it meant for the state.
Brian Robinson, the communications director for Gov. Nathan Deal, a Republican, offered some insight in a front-page article in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that had a few readers and organizations questioning its accuracy. A couple of them contacted PolitiFact Georgia to get some answers.
State officials have said the law will result in at least 620,000 additional Georgians being eligible for its Medicaid program, which they estimate will cost about $4.5 billion over 10 years. Georgia was one of about two dozen states to join the lawsuit against the health care law that was reviewed by the Supreme Court.
"To pay for the expansion without tax increases would require the state to cut nearly a quarter of its annual budget," Robinson said. "And that’s after we’ve shaved off billions in state spending since the beginning of the Great Recession."
Cutting a quarter of the state budget? That could be catastrophic.
The Georgia Budget & Policy Institute, which has concluded the health care law will save Georgia money, quickly disputed Robinson’s math in a news release. The institute, which frequently takes moderate to liberal positions on many Georgia fiscal issues, also pressed the state to provide information detailing how it calculated the $4.5 billion estimate on state finances.
"It makes the issue sound bigger than it is," Tim Sweeney, the institute’s director of health policy, said of Robinson’s claim in a telephone interview. "We want to make sure it’s out there that it’s not true."
The Georgia General Assembly adopted a $19.3 billion budget for the fiscal year that began July 1.
The health care law expands Medicaid eligibility in 2014 to nearly all Americans under 65 with incomes up to 133 percent of the federal poverty level. An additional 5 percent is disregarded when determining income eligibility, which effectively raises the threshold to 138 percent of the federal poverty level. The 2012 federal poverty level for a family of four in Georgia is $23,050. The number of Georgia enrollees is projected to rise from 1.6 million to nearly 2.3 million as a result of the the law.
The law provides that the federal government will pay 100 percent of the costs of covering these individuals through 2016. In the following years, the federal payment level gradually decreases, to a minimum of 90 percent.
The impact on state government in Fiscal Year 2015 is expected to be about $225 million, according to the state Department of Community Health. The annual impact of the health care law on Georgia’s Medicaid program rises by about $100 million a year between fiscal years 2016 and 2022, the state estimates. Georgia’s fiscal year begins July 1 and ends June 30.
As we noted, the state budget is $19.3 billion. If the state had to cut a quarter of its current budget, that figure would be about $4.825 billion.
But the health care law’s impact on Medicaid spending in Georgia is projected to stretch over 10 years, not one year. The Fiscal Year 2014 impact on Medicaid spending is estimated to be about $80 million, which would be about 2 percent of the state budget if the budget remains at its current levels.
Robinson, after an initial refusal to discuss the matter, admitted he erred.
"What I said isn’t accurate," he told us. "I messed up. I was correctly quoted by the reporter."
Robinson said his underlying point was that the health care law would result in potentially a major financial commitment from the state for Medicaid payments.
"The way I said it made it sound like we’re spending $4.5 billion more per year. That’s not true," Robinson wrote us via email. "I SHOULD have said ‘Over 10 years, the new mandated spending will total a quarter of what the state spends on ALL services in its annual budget."
Indeed. If he had said the potential impact of the health care law on Medicaid is equivalent to a quarter of the state’s budget, Robinson would have earned a True rating.
But our rating of his actual statement as it appeared in the newspaper: False.
Published: Monday, July 16th, 2012 at 6:00 a.m.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "Georgia health care in limbo," July 8, 2012
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "Lawmakers back budget with a little extra to spare," March 27, 2012
Emails from Brian Robinson, July 9 and 12, 2012
Federal poverty level information for 2012
Georgia Budget & Policy Institute, "The Governor’s Bad Math on Medicaid," July 9, 2012
PolitiFact Georgia, "Numbers back up tax claim by Deal spokesman," March 21, 2012
State of Georgia budget, Fiscal Year 2013
Telephone interview with Tim Sweeney, director of health policy, Georgia Budget & Policy Institute, July 10, 2012
We want to hear your suggestions and comments. Email the Georgia Truth-O-Meter with feedback and with claims you'd like to see checked. If you send us a comment, we'll assume you don't mind us publishing it unless you tell us otherwise.
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Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third is the son of Stoick the Vast, tribe chieftan, and he is not at all ready to take on the Dragon Initiation Programme, but he has little choice in the matter. Things go from bad to worse when the dragon he ends up with is tiny and toothless and remarkably unwilling to be trained. Hiccup has to figure out how to train his dragon or be exiled from his village. then things go from worse to worse than worse when a Seadragonus Giganticus Maximus appears. Can Hiccup figure out how to become a hero and save every viking on Berk?
Hiccup is nothing like a hero. He is, quite simply an underdog. He is notable for his perseverance and very likable, he certainly shows traits you would welcome in a leader, even if they aren’t the obvious ones. Cowell has created a fun world and populated it with familiar stereotypes. This is a fun read. Accompanied with plenty of black and white illustrations and side bits, the story moves at a fair pace and should keep even a reluctant reader engaged. Silly names, silly pictures and silly antics give us an overall silly book that makes for an entertaining read.
Publisher: Hodder Children’s Books
Published: 04 February 2010
Format: Paperback 240 pages
Categories: Fantasy, Dragons, Vikings
ISBN 13: 9780340999073
Purchase: here or use link on side of page to Booktopia
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Even though Toronto Mayor Rob Ford famously canceled the Transit City network of light rail lines on his first day in office, December 1, 2010, work continued on at least one project that emerged from the light-rail plan.
City of Toronto and TTC contractors continued that project to build a bridge the tracks of GO Transit’s 71 Stouffville line across Sheppard Avenue East east of Kennedy Road, near Agincourt GO Station. (The City and TTC originally intended this bridge to also serve the Sheppard East light rail line.)
Today, Tuesday, July 3, the new underpass opens and all traffic on Sheppard Avenue East operates along the underpass below the train tracks.
The new bridge improves traffic conditions along Sheppard Avenue East, preventing delays for vehicles and TTC buses operating along the 85 Sheppard East route. Perhaps more important, it also improves train service, as GO looks ahead to all-day, two-way service along the line. And, now that City Council has overturned the Mayor’s decision to cancel light rail projects, the bridge will also benefit the LRT service once that line is operating.
Work near the site of the bridge has affected the parking lot at Agincourt GO Station since October 11, 2009. The GO station was also the site of the official launch of construction for the first Transit City line along Sheppard East in December 2009.
Now that the bridge is open to traffic, some of the access routes into and out of the station are changing. An officer will redirect motorists entering and exiting the station during rush hours. Please check the notices at the station for more details about which access roads are available.
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Tropical Storm Beryl Leaves Many Without Power on Memorial Day Weekend
While many Americans were enjoying the leisurely activities associated with Memorial Day weekend, there were thousands in Florida and Georgia who experienced the harshness of Tropical Storm Beryl.
As close-to-hurricane-force winds ravaged through the Jacksonville Beach area around midnight on Monday, Mayor Alvin Browne issued warnings for the citizens to stay inside. Seventy-mph gusts were making it nearly impossible for anyone in the area to remain outside for too long.
Though these conditions reportedly died down on Memorial Day morning, heavy rains pelted the area as the storm continued its move up to Georgia. While no serious injuries were reported, Beryl left trees uprooted and many people without power.
Despite the emergence of the storm, there were still those who braved the weather and continued with Memorial Day’s traditional graveside visiting, though those who chose to do so were drenched.
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She was an incredible leader and remains an inspiration to this day to the global order that she founded as well as common people in all walks of life. But, like all of us, she was human and had the same frailties and often had to make the same compromises that all of us do in order to get things done. Some have argued that Mother Teresa should not be granted sainthood, but many have also argued that it is what makes her human that makes her worthy of recognition. Decide what you will, here are five things about Mother Teresa you probably won't like to hear:
1. She was not always strong in her faith. Documents and private letters that have been found (many published in the edited collection of her writings called Come Be My Light) attest to several periods in her life when Mother Teresa questioned her faith and the power of God, stating at one point, "Deep down, there is nothing in me by emptiness and darkness."
2. She had a reputation for treating others in her order callously. Many former nuns that worked with Mother Teresa and her order have come forward to claim that there were many practices instituted by her holiness that were almost draconian. One of these nuns, Susan Shields, who worked with Mother Teresa for nine years, has written for decades trying to dispel "The Myth of the Mother." She wrote in an article that "In San Francisco, the sisters were given the use of a three-story convent, but they pushed the mattresses out the windows and removed all the sofas, chairs and curtains... the house was made to conform to a way of life intended to help the sisters become "holy." The heating remained off all winter in this exceedingly damp house. Several Sisters got TB during the time I lived there.”
3. She accepted money from crooks and thieves. Christopher Hitchens has written in his bestseller, The Missionary Position, that Mother Teresa accepted $500,000 from famed bilker Charles Keating. When it was revealed to her by Charles Turley, then the Deputy District Attorney for Los Angeles, that Keating had stolen the money and was asked to return any portion of it that she could, she refused to comply or even respond. She also accepted $10,000 from John Roger, a fanatical and corrupt cult leader who claimed to be superior to Christ.
4. She underwent an exorcism because demonic possession was suspected. In her later years, she became even more temperamental, reportedly flying into a rage for minor issues and behaving erratically. In fact, her mood became so erratic that she even underwent an exorcism at one point.
5. The millions of dollars Mother Teresa's charities took in remain unaccounted for. Several investigators including author and documentarian Aroup Chatterjee have discussed the economics behind how the charities operated and how the medical care that was dispensed to the needy was severely lacking and not representative of the millions of dollars that were being contributed by people worldwide. In the BBC 4 documentary, Hell's Angel, it is pointed out repeatedly that all sisters in the order lived in poverty in the same hovels as those they served and that medical care was severely lacking. But when questioned as to where the funds that were being funneled into the organization were going, no answer was forthcoming.
Misconceptions? Easily misinterpreted errors of assumption? Rumors? Or just evidence that like us all, Mother Teresa was a human being?
Posted by BK at 4:27 PM
Chip Bell and John Patterson's new book Wired and Dangerous explores how the customer relations field has changed rapidly with the advent of new technology and new options and how businesses need to update their ways of dealing with those customers or risk shutting down.
In this post, Chip and John list five ways in which customers today are different from customers yesterday -- and what this means for you:
1. Yesterday: Unhappy customers would write a letter to the CEO or ask to speak to the manager.
Today: They post a rant or complain on Yelp or their blog or Twitter or start a Facebook page against the business.
Why You Should Worry: The presence of social media and the internet means that this is no longer an issue between a customer and a company, it’s a public brawl and everyone is invited. Worse yet, people have the tendency to believe the customer, so you’re suddenly feeling threatened by a whole bunch of people you don’t even know.
2. Yesterday: Customers would raise issues and then wait a reasonable length of time for the business or company to address those issues
Today: Customers raise issues and want resolution or compensation immediately.
Why You Should Worry: We are now an instant gratification-based culture, which means that anything other than an immediate positive response runs the risk of being seen as stalling for time or worse yet, completely ignoring the customer. If you don’t have a strategy and process in place for immediately addressing such issues, you could end up in trouble.
3. Yesterday: Customers had three channels of communications with organizations: face to face, a phone call, and snail mail -- accessible only Monday through Friday from 9 to 5.
Today: Customers have unlimited channels of communication that includes a “party line” (social media) to all their friends available 24/7.
Why You Should Worry: Unless your company's channels are congruent and customer-centric, the customer will use his or her own channels to destroy your reputation before you even wake up the following morning!
4. Yesterday: Customers paid most of their attention to getting what they wanted or needed, not to the experience associated with that acquisition. If you offered a quality product or service at a fair price, you could stay in the game.
Today: Customers demand a great experience in addition to a high-value product or service -- and at a fair price. Also, they determine how good your experiential offer is by comparing their experiences with other businesses they interact with. This is why mom-and-pop shops are competing with Amazon.
Why You Should Worry: With customer service expectations increasing by 33% a year and with the many great service providers from whom they draw memorable experiences -— Zappos, Nordstroms, Disney, etc. -- if you are not constantly enhancing the quality of their experience, you will be left behind by those who are.
5. Yesterday: Customers were relatively subservient to a few established and often corporate sources of consumer advice -— they bought what Madison Avenue, MTV, and Hollywood told them to buy.
Today: Customers are king -— they are empowered and emboldened by their capacity to influence the marketplace through the Internet and social media. These customers also wield more power than their corporate counterparts -- the most carefully massaged piece of publicity for any product can be readily undone by an anonymous consumer's clumsy rant.
Why You Should Worry: The idea that the customer as king is as flawed as the one that argues that the organization as king because neither approaches are sustainable today. Smart businesses build the principles of partnership into the design and delivery of service to customers so that both parties have a vested interest in the success of the product.
Posted by BK at 3:17 PM
At the heart of what Joseph Jaworski discovered during this fifteen-year journey as a way to understand and access the Source of wisdom and creativity – the place from which profound innovation flows – are these four principles:
1. There is an open and emergent quality to the universe; a group of simple components can suddenly re-emerge at a higher level of self-organization as a new entity with new properties.
An example of this is what I describe in Synchronicity about my experiences with the search-and-rescue team during the immediate aftermath of the Waco tornado. The team “automatically” operated at a higher level of self-organization; leadership shifted seamlessly “in the moment” and as required; and tasks were performed without “conscious awareness”.
2. The universe is a domain of undivided wholeness; both the material world and consciousness are parts of the same undivided whole.
I learned about this during his conversation with the noted physicist David Bohm, who told me about Bell’s Theorem -- that if you separate the two particles in a paired two-particle system –- putting one particle in New York, say, and another in San Francisco –- then if you change the spin of one of these particles, the other particle will simultaneously change its own spin. Bohm said “The effect is a simple consequence of the oneness of apparently separate objects.” He added, “We are all one.”
3. There is a creative Source of infinite potential enfolded in the manifest universe; connection to this Source leads to the emergence of new realities.
Consider the discoveries of Thomas Edison, Leonardo da Vinci or Jonas Salk. Like them, each of us has access to infinite wisdom and unlimited potential leading to the emergence of new realities -- discovery, innovation, renewal and transformation.
4. Humans can learn to draw from the infinite potential of the Source by choosing to follow a disciplined path toward self-realization and love, the most powerful energy in the universe. The words of philosopher Pierre Telihard de Chardin speak well to this principle. “Someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides, and gravity, we shall harness the energies of love and then, for a second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire.”
Many people have experienced a connection with the Source, often when called upon to respond in times of crisis. In these moments of extreme spontaneity and intuitive insight, actions flow seemingly without any sort of conscious intervention -- without thinking, a person simply knows what to do.
Based upon your own understanding of these principles, and what it means to be “in the flow”, what are your individual experiences with the Source?
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The “student voice” recent Great Neck South High School graduate Zak Malamed said he hoped to create in the growing state and national education reform debate this week got a lot louder.
As part of his recently convened New NY Education Reform Commission, Gov. Andrew Cuomo pledged to give students the opportunity to testify at each of the panel’s regional meetings.
Cuomo created the commission in April to recommend reforms for New York’s education system. The commission held its first meeting earlier this month in Albany.
“I think the governor deserves recognition for supporting the voice of the students because, really, nationwide you don’t see that happen very often,” Malamed said on Monday. “It’s ground breaking news, I believe.”
Last week, Malamed joined with seven other students from across the state to call upon Cuomo to add representatives of their generation to the New NY Education Reform Commission.
The coalition of eight students sent a letter to Cuomo, which recommended that three New York students - two currently in high school and one in college - be added onto the panel.
Although students were only given the opportunity to testify before the panel, Malamed said it was a victory for the new group he helped found.
‘It’s a big move that hopefully sets a precedent, not only in New York State, but nationwide,” said Malamed, who next fall will attend the University of Maryland.
In conjunction with their letter to Cuomo, the group of eight students also launched the Web site www.stuvoice.org last week.
The Web site was set up to compliment the weekly #StuVoice Twitter chat Malamed helped establish, in what he said is an effort to add a student voice to the growing debate over education reform across the state and nation.
Malamed said it was an exciting moment late last week when he learned that Cuomo had heard the students’ requests for inclusion into the education reform discussion.
“I’m really happy about it,” Malamed said. “I think the governor went about it the right way to make sure all students voices are included. I was excited, but at the same time, I realized there was a lot more work to be done.”
Malamed will be the first student to testify before the panel during its hearing on Thursday at CUNY-Hostos Community College in the Bronx.
“I’ll read my testimony that’s already been submitted to the commission and from there I’ll have the opportunity to speak with the commission afterwards,” Malamed said. “They are fully aware of the students.”
The more than three-minute testimony Malamed said he created will focus on “making the student voice a permanent part of education policy discussion.”
Cuomo also granted students the opportunity to create reports to ensure that their voice is being heard by the commission once its hearings are concluded, Malamed said.
“This is a pivotal moment in youth engagement and education policy,” he said. “New York has an opportunity to set the bar for including students in the decision making process, as it works to fulfill Gov. Cuomo’s mission to put students first.”
Along with his testimony, Malamed said he will continue his efforts on Twitter to keep the student voice involved in education reform.
With the #StuVoice Twitter chat, which has been held every Monday at 8:30 p.m. since the end of May, Malamed has been reaching a very wide audience.
The computer company Dell estimates that the Twitter chat has a “reach” of 2 million people.
Dell is a sponsor of the #StuVoice Twitter Chat.
“It is really exciting,” Malamed said, “but I realize that there is a lot of work to be done.”
Also joining Malamed in his coalition are seven students from across the state, including 18-year-old Syosset High School graduate Joshua A. Lafazan, who in May ran a successful campaign to be elected onto his district’s board of education.
Student represenatives from Norwich High School, Poughkeepsie Day School and Watkins Glen High School have also joined the organization Malamed helped create.
“I applaud Gov. Cuomo for seeing the value that youthful perspective can bring to the commission,” Lafazan said. “I’m excited to start working immediately to help ensure that New York state has the finest public schools that this country has to offer.”
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Celebrity News Is Buzzing With The News That Actress Kelly Preston Is Pregnant Again At 47 Years Old. 42-Year-Old Singer Celine Dion Just Announced That She Is Pregnant With Twins, After Her Sixth Attempt At IVF. While Expecting Is A Joyous Occasion,
From fertility treatments to natural conception – even a “surprise” baby later in life – here are 5 things women considering pregnancy after 45 should know:
1. Conceiving after 45 isn’t always easy
Kelly Preston hasn’t told the press if she conceived naturally or through assisted reproductive technology, but it’s important to know that for most women over 45, it’s likely the latter. “Most women are infertile after the age of 45 years old,” says Dr. Jennifer Wu, a board certified OB/GYN affiliated with Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City. “The majority of women who wait until 45 to try to conceive will need assistance, either in the form of fertility drugs and in vitro fertilization or with donor eggs from younger donors.” If you are concerned about infertility – the inability to conceive after trying for six months once you’re over 35 years old – talk to your doctor about connecting with a fertility specialist.
2. Certain pregnancy risks increase with age
Expectant moms of all ages should talk to their healthcare providers about how to have a healthy pregnancy and options for prenatal and genetic testing, but there are certain things that may affect older moms more. “When a 45 year old gets pregnant with her own eggs, the major genetic risk is Down's syndrome,” explains Dr. Wu. “The risk is approximately 5%. Even with donor eggs, when a 45 year old is pregnant, there are increased risks of gestational diabetes, preeclampsia, and cesarean section.”
3. Yes, pregnancy can happen naturally
Although the odds may be stacked against mid-life moms conceiving naturally, many do – it may even come as a surprise!
Mary Ellen K., mother of four in British Columbia, Canada says, “It wasn't at all difficult to conceive after forty-five. In fact, Elliott was an enormous surprise! We were open to having more children, but we weren't trying. Our third child, Philip, was born when I was forty-four, so I probably shouldn't have been astonished to be pregnant again, but I was!”
4. Your age may affect labor and birth
In addition to the risk of preeclampsia and cesarean section that Dr. Wu mentions, according to the March of Dimes women over 35 have increased risk of miscarriage, placenta previa, premature delivery or still birth.
While it’s always important to understand risks, know that you may not experience any of these complications, regardless of age. “Elliot was born at home when I was 46,” Mary Ellen K. explains, “My labor with him was the easiest of all four labors.”
5. Later in life motherhood brings special rewards
The possibility of medical risks aside, many mid-life moms extol the virtues of waiting until later in life to become moms – like climbing the career ladder or travelling the world before trying to balance it all with babies.
After getting married and having her kids after 40, Angel La Liberte started Flower Power Mom, The Truth About Motherhood After 40. “Acknowledge your gift,” she tells midlife moms, “a mother’s fierce, tender love, entwined with a ‘grandmother’s cup’ brimming with life’s wisdom.”
“One of the advantages of having children later than most mothers is that I'm less concerned than many young mothers about proving myself and about what others think of the way we raise our children," says Mary Ellen. "Relax, enjoy your children.”
“Don't worry about the time warp you feel when you meet the parents of your child's friends and discover they were born when you were in your twenties. Who knows, you may be arranging play dates with the grandchildren of your high school classmates. You'll probably find yourselves enjoying friends from your generation and the one that came after you. In a few years you'll be translating popular youth culture for your fifty-something friends.”
Video: Pregnancy after age 35
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Low-Key Leader for High-Anxiety Times
Short of major catastrophes, the next UN Secretary General will be South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon. On Monday, at the first UN Security Council straw poll that revealed the vetoes hitherto held up the delegates' sleeves, Ban had fourteen votes to encourage his candidacy, and only one "no opinion."
The Council agreed that the official vote would be taken October 9. A separate vote by the General Assembly--strictly a formality--is expected to follow shortly.
US Ambassador John Bolton was wearing an uncharacteristic smile when he came to the microphone outside the Council chamber to give his spin on the almost certain confirmation of Ban. Some observers saw joy at the election of Bolton's favored candidate, others the smile of an assassin wiping his blade and contemplating his handiwork, scuppering other candidates with a discreet and anonymous veto.
But Bolton's smile may be premature. Short of illegal and/or unprecedented maneuverings by the Bush Administration, Bolton's influence at the UN will soon be over. His temporary "recess appointment" expires at the end of this year, and prospects are dim for a Senate hearing to confirm his appointment.
It may also be premature to regard Ban as a puppet who would dance to strings pulled by Washington. Much was made in the UN about his statement at a recent Asia Society event, that the United States was the "most important member" of the United Nations. But this was surely just a statement of the obvious. The Secretary General's key relationship is with Washington--and under George W. Bush's direction this demands almost as much psychotherapy as it does diplomacy. Kofi Annan has been mutually supportive with Powell and Rice, and while one may argue about how far he should have gone, those relationships have certainly have had some pragmatic benefits for the world.
Washington, as Bolton has said, has long wanted a UN leader who is "more Secretary than General." But the more lucid members of the US establishment know that the UN's power is its prestige--its "unique legitimacy," as Annan puts it--and that cannot happen with a leader who is merely a clerk. If the organization is to have global legitimacy, the Secretary General must have moral authority--and the role has developed over the years to the point where it has become almost a secular papacy.
In the early days of the UN, the Secretary General mediated between power blocs in the absence of any effective opposition to the United States; his job today is clearly to mediate between the United States and the rest of the world. It is a job that Annan, in the absence of visible support from the Bush Administration, has been undertaking quite successfully for his two terms: reminding Washington of basic principles without going out of his way to antagonize incumbent office-holders there.
When asked about the handling of such relationships, Ban has referred to South Korea's exposed geopolitical position between Russia, China, the United States, North Korea and Japan. In fact, South Korea's Social Democratic government has indeed performed a noteworthy tightrope walk: It cannot do without the United States, in case North Korea does go over the top, but it has distanced itself from the wilder talk in Washington about possible solutions while doing the minimum necessary to keep the United States engaged.
South Korea has maintained good relations with China and Russia, while engaging as constructively as possible with its northern neighbor, which now and again hints that it is prepared to nuke its way to unity. And South Koreans are actually grateful to the UN, which delivered for them, albeit with the usual caveats that accompany any extension of the UN franchise to the US military. Ban comes to the job, in fact, with impressive references.
Most of the world's countries do not want a grandstanding, evangelical multilateralist at the UN's helm. They would actually prefer someone who is quiet, laid-back and principled--but not noisily so--because otherwise his position would have no moral authority.
Ban's speeches keep stressing "harmony," and that seems to be just what the world wants in a Secretary General: someone who can turn down the volume and the heat in bellicose situations. His challenge will be to hang on to basic principles in the face of pressure not only from the United States but also from China, which is similarly idiosyncratic in its view of multilateral norms and the UN Charter.
Over the years, devout US Republicans have often been appointed to head UN agencies and within months or years have come out sounding like Swedish Social Democrats. In the case of Ban, one suspects that he will fill the position in a similar way, expanding to fill the role--but he will not have to change his stripes to do so.
In his campaign for the post, Ban has expressed strong and unequivocal support for the International Criminal Court, and for the "Responsibility to Protect," the concept of humanitarian intervention accepted in principle at the 2005 Heads of State Summit. John Bolton has spearheaded the Bush Administration's drive to eviscerate the ICC for the last five years.
Ban has given no indication of abandoning basic international principles, whether to be elected or to keep Washington happy. His quiet approach may well be the last laugh over the stentorian Bolton and the American UN knockers--who may not be in office in five years when his reappointment is due.
Even so, looking at his low-key campaign for the seat, one hopes that Ban's public profile and oratory have hidden depths waiting to be displayed. Even a secular pope has to know how to preach.
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Yoga offers so many health benefits, from increased flexibility to muscle toning, and improved posture. I wasn't introduced to yoga until I was in my late thirties, and have benefited from it so much over the last few years. When my children were younger, we enjoyed going for walks together and riding bikes, but I wish I had realized the many benefits of yoga while they were still little. We would have really enjoyed doing it together. I am excited to learn of a new book titled I Want To Do Yoga, Too by Carole P. Roman that introduces children to yoga. Exercising with your kids can be so much fun and teaching children yoga is a great way to get them started on the path to good health.
The book tells the story of a young girl named Hallie who visits the yoga studio with her mother. Hallie isn't happy about being in the babysitting section and wants to do yoga with her mom. Hearing Hallie's ple, the gym babysitter/yoga instructor teaches Hallie and the other children four yoga positions. Before they know it, all the children have had a wonderful time learning the tree, snake, butterfly, and airplane poses. Yoga poses are inspired by so many things around us, making it even more fun and relateable for kids.
A great introduction to yoga, this book will teach children 4 simple poses that are good for children ages 2 – 6.
The author, Carol P, Roman, is a former teacher turned businesswoman, successfully running a family business with her husband that employs close to 500 people. Carol's favorite job is her role as mother and grandmother. She is also author of award winning children's book Captain No Beard.
Now that my kids are grown, I have the chance to show my grandchildren how fun yoga can be. I am excited to share the book I Want To Do Yoga, Too with them.
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A digest of important news from sources selected by our local editors. Delivered weekday mornings.
The most recent metro-level personal income report, released this week from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, is the best since the recession began.
For the first time since 2007, personal income increased in 2011 in all 366 metro areas in the country.
In the Wichita metro, personal income grew 4.7 percent from 2010 to 2011. Per capita, personal income grew by 4.4 percent. The gains were modest, historically speaking, but significantly better than the 0.42 percent per-capita growth of 2010 or the 8.28 percent per-capita decline of 2009.
The 2011 gain easily exceeded inflation for the same time period, which was 2.4 percent nationally.
An increase in personal income can represent opportunity for businesses, Hill says, though increased spending in areas like merchandise, food and travel are not necessarily guaranteed.
Still, news about income growth is something Adam Mills likes to hear. Mills, CEO of the Kansas Restaurant and Hospitality Association, says his industry pays close attention to the amount of disposable income consumers have available.
At least at the national level, consumers do appear to be spending more eating out, Mills says. The National Restaurant Association projects that restaurant sales will grow by 4 percent this year over last.
It’s good news, he says, but not necessarily a sign that restaurant operators are banking a lot more money.
“We need sales to grow because profit margins are down,” he says, being squeezed by factors including rising fuel and food prices. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that in October, gasoline prices were up 9.1 percent and food prices were up 1.7 percent from a year earlier.
Emily Behlmann oversees the website and other digital projects at the WBJ.
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I have been studying motherhood lately, but this morning as I began my daily reading of the Book of Mormon, I realized that I was reading the first part of the story of Ammon. This is one of my favorite Book of Mormon stories, but not because of Ammon cutting off arms.
I actually love the prelude to Ammon’s story – when Alma the younger meets the sons of Mosiah after they have been preaching the gospel in various lands for nearly fourteen years and “they were still his brethren in the Lord...they had waxed strong in the knowledge of the truth...”
How did they become such strong influences for good? They “searched the scriptures diligently... they had given themselves to much prayer, and fasting...” This preparation and devoutness had given them “the spirit of prophecy, and the spirit of revelation.” Moreover, “when they taught, they taught with power and authority of God.”
As I mother I recognize the need for all of these blessings (the spirit of prophecy and revelation, and most importantly power and authority from God). Why? Because “by the power of their words many were brought before the altar of God, to call on his name and confess their sins before him.”
Motherhood does not release you from bringing God’s children unto Him. We have a responsibility to raise our children in righteousness, and raise them up to the Lord. This includes bringing them “before the altar of God, to call on his name and confess their sins before him.” We need to teach our children this very important process of repentance and obedience to God’s laws.
There is a lot more insight for mothers to be found in this story, but I’ll save that for another day.
Is there a scripture story that teaches you more about motherhood? How are you teaching your children to come before the altar of God? How do you increase the power and spirit you have as a mother?
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Tree farm a family tradition
EAST GREENBUSH — Economic uncertainty might shrink the pile of presents under the Christmas tree this year, but the seasonal evergreens themselves remain a hot item, at least at one long-time town mainstay.
The McDonough Farm on Gilligan Road has been selling Christmas trees for more than 40 years — since back in the day when a farm could make a solid living selling its harvest to big-name grocery stores, said owner Roger McDonough. They’ve found over the years that a good tree is indispensable, even in a time when people are tightening their belts in a down-turned economy.
“So far we haven’t seen it affect us. We’re very thankful for that,” said Maureen McDonough, Jack’s wife. “They might cut back with the presents, but they want a tree.”
The once-a-year tree shopping has become a tradition for some families who show up year after year at the farm, which sells about 900 trees each December, McDonough said. Sometimes they bring cookies and hot chocolate, she said.
“It’s nice to see the families doing that,” she said. “We have return customers and people who used to come here when they were little kids and now they come with their own families.”
Among those walking through the aisles of pre-cut trees Sunday was the Flanagan family, in search of a solid Frasier fir. John Flanagan said he looks for sturdy branches — an important characteristic, since he plans to adorn the tree with some 1,800 lights.
“I go online and research how many lights you should put on it,” he said. “It takes a long time. So you look for sturdy branches.”
Quietly tagging along is 8-year-old Maggie, who inspects the trees as her father muses about how the branches will settle once the tree is in their Bethlehem home.
“She gets the last say,” said her mother Beth. “That’s our tradition.”
The family has been purchasing their trees at McDonough’s, near John Flanagan’s workplace, for several years. Continued...
“We asked around and someone recommended here. We love it here,” he said.
Another family who likes it there is the farm’s namesake. At least a half-dozen members of the family are on hand during December to help sell trees, cut them down, tie them to cars and carry them — and occasionally a customer — around on a tractor.
“They’ve been doing it since they were probably 14 years old,” said Maureen McDonough. “It’s wonderful. It’s not easy, especially when it’s zero degrees, the wind’s blowing and it’s snowing.”
While there are some growing trees a customer can choose from and cut down, most opt for ones out front that are either pre-cut from the fields or brought to the farm from elsewhere. Most run for $48 this year, tax included.
“We can’t grow them fast enough,” said Joshua Perry, a grandson of the McDonough’s, who comes to town from Syracuse each December weekend to help out.
It’s a billion-dollar industry, and there are some 15,000 farms like the McDonough’s across the nation, according to the National Christmas Tree Association. While it clearly can be profitable, it’s a specialty that does take some patience, Jack McDonough explained.
The farm planted their first trees with seeds bought from the state, to the chagrin of a neighbor who deemed evergreens an unwise choice. Several months of each year are spent planting seedlings and trimming the trees, but the real project is the waiting between when they go in the ground and when they are ready to be decorated in a living room.
“It takes from seven to 10 years before you get a return. You’ve got to like it,” said Jack McDonough, who also operates nearly a dozen greenhouses filled with flowers. “I was brought up with it. I’ve been doing this since I was 13 years old.”
The family hopes 2009 will be a particularly successful year, because last year suffered from the mid-December ice storm that left rows of trees encased in ice and inaccessible for days.
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By Yosha Bourgea
"THERE'S A LEASH LAW, you know," snarls the jogger. He speaks without breaking stride, so I don't even try to respond. By the time my brain has formulated a snappy comeback --"Yeah, I know"--he's far out of hearing range. Confrontation is not my strong suit. Yeah, I know there's a leash law. I also know that on this quiet paved path just off Willowside Road, where I take my dogs for their daily walk, I have yet to see the leash law enforced. That's why we come here, and why we have plenty of company from other canines and their companions.
But while most of the pedestrians, joggers, and bicyclists we pass are the friendly kind, there are some who just don't want anything to do with dogs, especially ones they don't know. The fate of Diane Whipple, who was mauled to death outside her San Francisco apartment last month, has added fuel to their fear. In Petaluma, angry complaints have prompted two public hearings by the Parks and Recreation Commission to determine whether city officials should continue to allow dogs without leashes at Oak Hill Park. No dog-related injuries have been reported in the park, but protesters argue that mixing loose dogs with children and elderly people is simply unsafe.
These fears are understandable. Some dogs are too aggressive to be unleashed, and some, like the 120-pound Presa Canario that killed Whipple, should not be allowed in public under any circumstances. But then there are cream puffs like Jennie and Isabella, my two border collie mixes, who either kowtow to strangers or avoid them altogether. They deserve to have a place where they can exercise freely, without the restrictions that justifiably apply to dangerous or untrained dogs.
Some public parks feature enclosed leash-free areas, but most of these are pathetic rectangles of dirt, not much larger than the average backyard. You might as well leave your dog at home--which plenty of folks do. That kind of neglect is unconscionable, but quite legal. On the other hand, you can be slapped with a fine for walking your dog without a leash in a public park--regardless of how much time you've invested in training her.
People who want to avoid dogs when they exercise can choose from plenty of locations where dogs are prohibited or restricted. Is it too much to ask that dogs and their friends be given the same consideration?
From the March 1-8, 2001 issue of the Northern California Bohemian.
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Group of ninety-eight screenprints, lithographs and etchings, various sizes [P11099-P11196; incomplete]
Presented by Evelyne Abrahams, the artist's wife 1986
This group of prints was bequeathed to Evelyne Abrahams by the artist's parents, Harry and Rachel Abrahams, on the understanding that she would present it to the Tate Gallery on their behalf. It represents the greater part of the artist's printmaking to date. Other works by Abrahams in the collection are a sculpture entitled ‘Lady in a Niche’, 1973 (T03369), a work on paper entitled ‘Winter Sundial’, 1975 (T02330), and a small number of prints: ‘The Garden Suite’, 1970 (P04001-P04005), ‘Sundial I (Summer)’, 1975 (P07384) and ‘Untitled’ [from the artist's book Oxford Gardens: A Sketchbook], 1977 (P08150).
Abrahams is primarily a sculptor, and many of his prints relate to particular sculptures. In the period 1967–79 Abrahams focused on garden imagery, exploring the relationship between art, artifice and nature. Many of the images used in early prints were based on small, relatively poor quality photographs of gardens reproduced in gardening magazines, such as the weekly Amateur Gardening and Popular Gardening, or, less frequently, better quality illustrations found in the series of volumes on gardens published by Country Life in the 1920s. This use of second-hand source material gives much of his printed output a conceptual quality, and links his work to Pop art. Abrahams has presented a large amount of source material relating to his printmaking of this period, including magazine clippings, photographs and sketches and acetate stencils, to the Tate Gallery Archive (TGA 8315).
The critical and commercial success of ‘The Garden Suite’ (P04001-P040054), published in 1970, helped establish Abrahams' name internationally, and in the following decade he went on to produce a significant body of prints, making approximately one print a month. The dealer Bernard Jacobson published many of his portfolios, and the Mayor Gallery organised a series of touring shows of prints and sculptures. In this period Abrahams was based in London, working at a studio in Leonard Street, EC2, from 1969 to 1982, and at the A & A Foundry in Bow from 1982 to 1992, with a second studio at Butler's Wharf from 1974 to 1979.
In 1979 Abrahams abandoned the garden theme for which he had become well known and focused instead on water-based imagery, using bathers and nymphs which were inspired in part by the landscape, myths and folk customs associated with the South of France. Abrahams and his French wife bought a home in Pézenas, in the Languedoc, in 1973, where he used the cellar as a studio. In 1988 they bought a house in the small village, Castelnau de Guers, in the same region, and have lived there on a full-time basis since 1992.
Unless otherwise stated, all quotations by the artist in the following entries are taken from a taped interview with the compiler held on 18 August 1994. The entries have been approved by the artist.
[from] E.A. Poe: Tales and Poems 1976 [P11135-P11154]
Portfolio of twenty screenprints, some with embossing and/or varnish, various sizes, on wove Crisbrook paper 495 × 362 (19 1/2 × 14 1/4); printed by Bernard Culls at Advanced Graphics and published by Bernard Jacobson Ltd in an edition of 100 plus 10 sets of artist's proofs of which this is one
Each inscribed ‘Ivor Abrahams 76’ below image b.r. and ‘AP’ below image b.l. (except P 11135 which is inscribed ‘Ivor Abrahams 76’ below image b.r. and ‘A.P.’ below image b.l. and P 11143 which is inscribed ‘Ivor Abrahams 76’ below image b.r. and ‘AP.’ below image b.l.); each stamped with the printer's stamp ‘ADVANCED GRAPHICS LONDON’ in circular device b.r.
Lit: Norbert Lynton, ‘Ivor Abrahams/Edgar Allan Poe’, in Ivor Abrahams: Sculptures and Prints, exh. cat., Bernard Jacobson Gallery 1976, [pp.15–17], entire suite repr. pp.16–20 and on inside of back cover, no numbers (unspecified impressions). Also repr: Ivor Abrahams: Edgar Allan Poe, brochure, Bernard Jacobson Gallery 1976, entire suite, no numbers (unspecified impressions)
Abrahams was commissioned by Bernard Jacobson to illustrate a volume of selected tales and poems by the American author Edgar Allan Poe (1809–49). It took two years to complete the proofing stages of the twenty prints, which were first exhibited in 1976. It was the artist who suggested making the prints available as a portfolio. The portfolio proved popular, and the project of publishing a book (announced in the 1976 exhibition brochure as scheduled for the following year) lost impetus. The book was due to be published in an edition of 500, with four loose prints per volume.
Norbert Lynton wrote an extended essay on Abrahams' illustrations which was intended for publication in the book. Unfortunately, the manuscript cannot now be traced, and only part of the essay was included in the 1976 Bernard Jacobson Gallery catalogue. Lynton ([p.15]) wrote: ‘I suspect that Poe's popularity through text, illustrations and films is part of his attraction for Abrahams. Yet, unlike all the films and most of the illustrations, his images show little desire to profit from the more thrilling aspects of Poe laboured by Arthur Rackham and the film directors.’ He continued ([pp.16–17]):
Abrahams un-Hollywoods Poe but uses some of Hollywood's tricks to do so. His other means are astonishingly un-period, un-hagiographic, ahistorical - in short, devoid of nostalgia. He is a plastic artist, a sculptor whose primary means of expression are form and interval. His images show a marked response to the constructive artist in Poe and much less attachment to the incidents that others focused on.
In conversation with the compiler Abrahams said he had admired Poe's writings since a teenager. He also emphasised that illustrating the text had given him the opportunity to address figure-ground relationships, the underlying theme of all his subsequent work. For the portfolio he chose to illustrate those stories or poems he felt he ‘could put an image to’. Although some of the stories and poems are among Poe's most famous writings, others are quite obscure. Abrahams commented that he had some difficulty in finding a truly complete edition of Poe's writings. The edition he finally worked from was the three-volume Collected Works of Edgar Allan Poe, edited by Thomas Ollive Mabbott (Cambridge, Massachusetts, I, 1969, II–III, 1978).
In 1976 Abrahams began work on a film on Poe with two friends, the painter Chris Battye and Richard Roberts, a cameraman and editor. Some of the film, which was never completed but was titled ‘The Sphinx’, after a Poe tale, was shot at Coalbrookdale, Ironbridge and Kensal Green (TGA 8315). A still from the film was used as a basis for the last print in the portfolio, also titled ‘The Sphinx’.
P11136 Alone 1976
Screenprint with varnish 189 × 182 (7 1/2 × 7 1/8)
P11136 depicts a grey-coloured semi-reclining statue on a plinth. To the left is a pale coloured headless, shrouded statue or figure. It is speckled blue and green, and is treated with a layer of varnish. The empty background is pale grey and green. There is a dark grey border at the bottom of the image. All the elements in the image were drawn by hand.
The statue is based on the famous classical sculpture ‘The Dying Gaul’ which Abrahams first saw in the Capitoline Museum, Rome, in 1955. This sculpture also partly inspired ‘Wounded Warrior’, 1978 (P11169, see later entry).
The print relates to a poem of the same title, written in 1829, which deals with melancholy and isolation. It begins:
From my childhood's hour I have not been
As others were - I have not seen
As others saw - I could not bring
My passions from a common spring -
From the same source I have not taken
My sorrow - I could not awaken
My heart to joy at the same tone -
And all I lov'd - I lov'd alone-
(Mabbott, ed., I, 1969, p.146)
Tate Gallery: Illustrated Catalogue of Acquisitions 1986-88, London 1996
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George Ward spent nearly four months on exchange in Toronto, Canada, in the first term of his 3rd year Journalism studies at Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland. Some of this Mole Diary was originally documented in his blog, but here he tells us in more detail about Toronto and shares some general tips for all exchangers.
If you choose to study in an English-speaking country, you might turn your attention to the States and Canada. With top universities and colleges, high-ranking departments and a reputation for first-class lectures, it’s easy to see why. Inevitably, rising tuition fees and living costs in the UK have boosted the trend to go to North America for many students - either for full-time study or a year abroad. Although studying across the pond is not exactly chump change, with many colleges in the US charging upwards of $30,000 in private institutions and Canada marginally cheaper at $25,000 for international students, it is still an appealing option for many. Aside from the fact financial help is available through grants and bursaries and the bureaucratic paperwork studying abroad may entail, over 9,000 UK students decided to make the switch. The big question is: where should you study, Columbia, UCLA and Harvard or McGill, British Columbia or Trent? Read on to find out what are the pros and cons to each country and what they could offer you.
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Manhattan's 16th Street Synagogue is facing eviction this week, Tablet magazine has reported.
According to the report, the National Council of Young Israel sold its headquarters on West 16th Street in Manhattan to a real estate developer about a decade ago with the hopes that the two synagogues occupying the first two floors would get permanent rights over their respective homes.
But after the partnership between the developers fell into a bitter dispute, one of the congregations found a new home. The other synagogue stayed put, only to have eviction notices taped to its doors recently.
A New York State Supreme Court judge denied the synagogue’s motion for a stay, Tablet reported, and sheriffs told synagogue officials that they would arrive on January 8 to evict them.
“We are not leaving,” synagogue president Richard McBee told Tablet. “People are talking about sitting in front of the shul and linking arms if we have to. We are resisting.”
McBee sees the situation as a broken promise on the part of the building’s new owner, Jack Braha, to guarantee the synagogue’s continued occupancy. Neither Braha nor his lawyer responded immediately to telephone messages from Tablet magazine.
“I said to myself from the beginning that there’s no way a synagogue in New York City is going to be evicted,” McBee said. “This is our home and it’s worth fighting for.”
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Don’t like the games on your iPhone or iPod Touch? Well, you’ll soon be able to make your own, if you pass the world’s first iPhone videogame course. The iPhone Game Development curriculum has been created by London-based Qantm College as a way of teaching anyone with some experience of videogame design how to expand their …
last time i check, Amsterdam, isn't a country.
isn't there a rather ristrictive nda on the iphone sdk?
i thought it was only the employees of a company that could talk about it amongst themselves...
4k for a 3 month course
Is it me or does that sound a little steep, ok there are no hours quoted but still it sounds like an awful lot when a) it says you need gaming experience and b) the iphone is only a different platform with some new possibilities but its still only a new platform.
iPhone games course?
Why not just do computer games tech or something similar at Abertay or one of those places? *checks* Okay, so it's 1/16th or so as long and not in Dundee. BUT it's vastly more useful- what's the iPhone games qual going to be worth 4 versions of the software down the line? And do the students get all the normal privileges an Apple developer would get (access to SDK, derision from peers, phreaky's rants as an email, that sort of thing?)
If it was Apple themselves who'd created a qualification and this college was providing the course (as I believe Cisco and Microsoft do) then fair enough. But this just sounds like another "David Beckham Studies" style cynical grab at money at best.
But it won't get Apple-accreditation unless Steve gets 50% of the course proceeds and 50% of the sales of any game developed by course-takers.
It probably happened because....
.... some lecturer who salivates over his iphone thought it was a good idea, convinced his numpty of a manger (who was probably a lecturer 3months ago and has no managerial experience but was promoted anyway). Before anyone with any kind of sense knew about the course it was being advertised by said lecturer in the usual appalling word art poster way (cause he probably believes cause he owns an Apple something he has design skills) and it was all too late then.
The above can be applied to most new courses that don't really make sense to us normal folk as to why they are being run.
£4k is an insane amount of money. If you're going to learn to do something, do it properly and put yourself through a computer science degree.
iPhone development is as difficult as buying a mac and learning to program - and that shouldn't cost anyone 4k... more like £60 for a few second hand books from Amazon and a few weeks of heads-down focus for a novice.
I don't think the NDA will be a big hurdle - Apple have just announced the University programme, no doubt they'll extend it to Academies. But I do think - like 90% of "gaming academies" that this stinks of racketeering.
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I posted a comment last week
about the phenomenon of different books with sometimes startlingly similar covers. This week Belinda Mountain of MIRA Books, whose cover for Paul Johnston's novel The Soul Collector
sparked the discussion, weighs in. She offers a short comment on my post, then holds forth at greater length on her own blog
Her comments will speak for themselves, but they did put me in mind of something obvious that I had nonetheless not thought of before: Books with similar themes may well lead to similar covers. Johnston's book, she writes, "features a character named The White Devil, and a killer who draws pentagrams near his unfortunate victims, so the pentagram/star icon was incredibly well suited to this book."
Pentagrams and the fear of Satanism figure prominently in Jo Nesbø's The Devil's Star
, which helps explain the similarity between its cover and that of Johnston's novel. But then, Nesbø's book itself is just one of several Scandinavian novels translated in recent years in which Satanism plays a prominent part. Helene Tursten's The Glass Devil
and Åsa Larsson's Sun Storm
(The Savage Altar
in the U.K.) also come to mind.
Belinda offers some sensible reasons for publishers' decisions, so thank her for weighing in. And the next time you think about "copycat" covers, think about "copycat" books, too.© Peter Rozovsky 2008
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The main purpose of the student unions is to safeguard students' interests in matters concerning education and student life. The student unions in Gothenburg have a large number of societies where you can meet people who share your interests. There are societies for photography, film, music, dance, theatre, sports and many other activities. Some of the larger unions also have student restaurants, pubs and student book stores offering reduced prices.
Membership of a student union is voluntary. At present there are four student unions at the University of Gothenburg: Göta student union, Handelshögskolans studentkår (School of Business, Economics and Law), the Sahlgrenska academy Students' Union and KonstKåren (Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts). Your choice of union depends on what you are studying. Contact your department for further information.
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View of Military Clouds from a High Perch
Despite budget cuts and reductions to personnel, the U.S. Defense Department is aggressively pursuing its cloud-computing options. In this article from Signal Magazine, Rita Boland captures the current cloud computing approach of the department. With pilot programs in place, the department is already experimenting with ways to enhance efficiency while ensuring security. However, officials are looking forward and positioning themselves to take advantage of the next big trend.
According to Boland, the department must compare lower cloud computing costs to the upfront capital needed to move from their current complex information technology environment to the homogenous cloud. Security is obviously a top priority, as is budget; demonstrating a favorable return on investment is important, especially in a time of reduced funding. For the U.S. Defense Department, cloud computing will bring greater efficiencies by allowing organizations to work effectively with fewer people, and it will enable greater flexibility for a mobile workforce.
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WHY ROAMING AROUND OUTSIDE COACHING CENTRES?
WE THE Srinagarites
THE other day, many of my group mates were discussing what had happened a day before that. All with their mouths wide open with shock, and their hearts full of emotions and everybody in utter despair. Some moments later, we got a chance to see the damaged car outside Police Station Sadder, which gave a clear picture of the accident that had taken place and what my mates were discussing.
Aatif Ahmed Dar, an engineering student had been crushed to death by a speeding car bearing number DL 3C AE 0154.
The speeding car was driven by a boy from Nowhatta. Where from did he manage getting the swanky car?
This is a result of more facilities available, more pocket money, smartphones and less interest of the parents in the academic and moral matters of their beloved ones.
Young boys are on the wheels, their deluxe luxury cars and funky two wheelers have proved a good tool for eve-teasing, bunking and triggering other nuisances, particularly on the Baghat stretch of the Airport Road.
A parent is hardly aware whether his child has attended school, tuitions or not. And whether he really gets what the parents dream of?
Parents of students should remain in touch with tutors and school authorities such that they know what their loved ones do when they are out for “studies”.
Let’s not forget, a year ago, one innocent teenage girl Romana Javed was crushed to death by Alto borne eve teasers. One more such example is a recent one which resulted in the death of the engineering student.
These cars are often seen around snooker playing stations, internet parlors, cafes, tea-stalls and girls’ coaching centers. These cars host teenagers smoking cigarettes, with loud music systems shaking the car and boys roaming around.
More importantly, such teenagers should themselves realize that the path they are taking is lethal and fatal for their career and would result in utter sorrow ahead.
Candle of hope should always remain ignited, so we should hope for a better society where a strong moral character exists in all the individuals; where parents take care of their wards and where teenagers realize what’s right and wrong. Besides hoping, we should strive for a change and charity begins at home.
(The ideas expressed are author’s own)
Lastupdate on : Sun, 9 Jan 2011 21:30:00 Makkah time
Lastupdate on : Sun, 9 Jan 2011 18:30:00 GMT
Lastupdate on : Mon, 10 Jan 2011 00:00:00 IST
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The 3rd Annual Ft. Myers Beach Kingfish Shootout - scheduled for March 26-28 - will, for the first time, require all participating anglers to carry EPIRBs (Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons), satellite detectable emergency rescue beacons aboard their boats.
Alberto Abad, president of Mambo Promotions and director of the tournament, said the impetus for the new tournament rule came after a highly publicized Gulf of Mexico accident last March, which resulted in three lives lost and a three-day search covering over 16,000 square miles at the cost of an estimated $1.6 million. The accident occurred when four friends out fishing hit bad weather in a 21-foot boat and were unable to signal for a rescue. They did not have an EPIRB aboard.
"Requiring a beacon has never been done before in a fishing tournament. There's nothing negative about it. It's a mindset we're trying to enforce," Abad said. "Most of the people who fish the event are experienced fishermen who understand safety. Those who fish off this coast always have to go out far, at least 50 miles, before it gets deep."
The tournament is sanctioned by the Southern Kingfish Association (SKA), which currently recommends its tournament participants carry a ditch bag containing EPIRBs and Personal Locator Beacons. In 2011, SKA will require the equipment to be aboard all boats fishing in SKA tournaments.
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Crime Magazine is about true crime: organized crime, celebrity crime, serial killers, corruption, sex crimes, capital punishment, prisons, assassinations, justice issues, crime books, crime films and crime studies.
Aug. 20, 2012
A simple “road rage” incident led to the shooting deaths of four rookie California Highway patrol officers in the Newhall section of Santa Clarita on April 5, 1970. The officers’ deaths led to major changes in how the California Highway Patrol and other police departments train their officers.
by Mark Pulham
Santa Clarita, in Southern California, is the fourth largest city in Los Angeles County. It is known as the home of Six Flags Magic Mountain amusement park, though the park is actually just outside the city limits.
The city, just 35 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles, was, in 2006, ranked as number 18 in the top 100 places to live by Money Magazine. On a list of cities that have at least 100,000 inhabitants, it is ranked as the sixth safest in the United States, according to the FBI.
The southernmost, and the oldest, district in Santa Clarita is Newhall, a location for many television shows and movies, such as the 1954 suspense film Suddenly in which Frank Sinatra’s character attempts to assassinate the President of the United States as he passes through town.
But to many, the name of Newhall is synonymous with one thing, an incident that occurred in April, 1970. At the time, Newhall was more rural than it is now, some may even have described it as a “sleepy town.” In one night, that image would change.
It began with a small event, a minor occurrence that should have blown over a moment after it had happened, and then forgotten. Instead, what happened snowballed into a major tragedy.
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Oldsmar, Florida -- Firefighters are on the scene of a fire at the Lockheed Martin Plant in Oldsmar. Smoke and flames could be seen coming from the building's roof.
Photo Gallery: Fire at Lockheed Martin plant
Initial reports indicate that the fire began as roofers worked on the building Tuesday afternoon. Extra fire units were called to the scene, as hazardous chemicals are believed to be housed inside the facility.
Sky 10 footage shows the fire appears to be localized to the roof only, and that firefighters had mostly extinguished it shortly after 2 p.m.
The response was as high as a three-alarm fire at one point, but it has since been called down to two-alarm.
In a statement, Lockheed Martin says the building was immediately evacuated and no injuries were reported.
Lockheed Martin creates aerospace, defense and security technology. A Lockheed Martin spokesperson says the Oldsmar facility employs about 500 people, and that the plant manufactures and assembles military and commercial products.
10 News will have more on this developing story.
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and more than 80 of her House colleagues today pushed the Obama administration to put in writing a policy that would help to protect same-sex couples in which one partner is a foreign citizen from being separated because current U.S. law doesn’t recognize their relationship.
The request, the House’s second attempt to move the Obama Administration on the issue, comes after the administration appeared to backtrack this past year on a commitment to include such a policy in its effort to focus the Department of Homeland Security’s resources on high-priority immigration cases.
The administration announced in August 2011 that its focus on the “highest priorities” for immigration enforcement would mean that same-sex couples will be considered a family for the purposes of exercising prosecutorial discretion not to institute deportation proceedings against a foreign partner. Advocates celebrated the move, particularly because many of the foreign partners would otherwise be eligible for a green card because of his or her relationship were it not for the Defense of Marriage Act’s ban on the federal government recognizing such marriages.
Two months later, however, and as today’s letter pointed out, a response from DHS to members of Congress asking about the specifics of the new policy stated only that “LGBT individuals’ ties and contributions to the community are taken into account” — with no mention of the family ties that officials had said would be included in the considerations.
In today’s letter, Pelosi — along with Reps. Jerrold Nadler and Mike Honda, the lead sponsors of two bills aimed at addressing LGBT inequalities in the immigration system, and 81 other Democrats — called on Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to “issue a written field guidance or a memorandum to explicitly state the policy of your August 18, 2011 announcement which would direct DHS personnel to consider LGBT family ties as a positive factor for the exercise of prosecutorial discretion.”
The House members — including out gay Reps. Barney Frank, Jared Polis and David Cicilline — go on to say that “[a] written policy is the best way to ensure that the decision by President Obama and DHS to recognize LGBT family ties for immigration purposes will be implemented so that families will remain together.”
Calling the letter “a true show of congressional force,” Immigration Equality spokesman Steve Ralls told BuzzFeed, “It is a simple action, but also one that will have a real impact on real people and families. We hope Secretary Napolitano will heed the advice of those who signed the letter, and take this important step toward protecting some of the most vulnerable individuals within the immigration system from deportation.”
Lavi Soloway, the founder of Stop the Deportations and a lawyer who has represented many same-sex couples facing separation said he “commend[s] Leader Pelosi and the other members for keeping the administration feet to the fire on this.”
Working on cases involving immigration officials and immigration judges across the country, Soloway explained why he viewed the step sought by Pelosi and the other members of Congress as necessary.
“DHS’ refusal to confirm that the prosecutorial discretion guidelines are meant to keep LGBT families together continues to send mixed messages to deportation officers, Immigration Judges and Immigration and Customs Enforcement prosecutors who have the discretion to protect our families and stop deportations,” he told BuzzFeed. “These mixed messages confuse officers in the field and leave LGBT families without protection.”
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12:51 pm Jun. 1, 2012
Nick Hallett and Zach Layton, the co-curators of New York's Darmstadt Institute, have come a long way from their beginnings as avant-garde D.J.s
Starting tonight, with a live appearance by Pauline Oliveros (during the week of her 80th birthday), and extending into late June, when Darmstadt will co-present a rare theater work by Karlheinz Stockhausen as part of the Make Music New York festival, their brainchild has become an indispensable part of the city’s live music calendar. Whether based at Issue Project Room in Brooklyn, or else at the Naumberg Bandshell in Central Park (where Stockhausen’s Musik Im Bauch, or “Music in the Belly” will be presented on June 21), the duo has managed to pull in some legendary names from the avant-garde world as well as give the spotlight to lesser known up-and-comers.
Still, Hallett says they approach each new Darmstadt festival as though they were still just a D.J.-sized project.
“We put out invitations to the artists we want to work with," he said when I spoke with him and Layton this week. "We may have specific repertoire wish-lists kinds of things,” but the totality of worthy composers and works that receive scant attention means that they’re focused on filling those gaps. “We also try to think about curating [these] shows like pulling a record out of a stack. As long as the stack is there, we’re just pulling them out.”
This month’s stack offers a healthy mix of the old and new. Kid Millions, better known as John Colpitts, the drummer for the rock band Oneida, will have an evening for his own compositions with his latest ensemble, named Man Forever. Local ensembles like the Mivos Quartet and Wet Ink will play new compositions from among their own ranks. And history will be attended to not only in the tonight’s program surveying Oliveros’s pioneering work, but also in evening-length celebrations of John Cage and Gordon Mumma.
“I think Mumma’s work is right up there. I think there should be a lot more interest in his work from the entire concert-presenting world in New York,” Hallett said, adding that as someone who built his own electronics, Mumma leads directly to the paths pursued by many other experimental musicians of the present day. “Now, with Tristan Perich, who programs his own microchips: I find that his work is directly in conversation with Mumma’s. He really pioneered the use of feedback as a musical compositional tool. And that’s obviously hugely pervasive in the noise scene. It owes so much to Mumma.”
But the Darmstadt approach to repertory doesn’t merely rest with championing lesser-known innovators of the past. The programmers are also into subtly subverting our understanding of the titans whose works we think we already understand. This is partly made clear in the program notes for the upcoming presentation of Stockhausen’s Musik Im Bauch, which contains music that some modern music lovers will recognize, though in a new context:
The piece was inspired by a game Stockhausen played with his two-year-old daughter, Julika, in which the composer listened to the sounds in her noisy stomach. Seven years later, Stockhausen conceived Musik Im Bauch during a dream. A loose narrative defines the transformation into humanity of three automatons, who attack a giant bird-man, named Miron, savagely cutting open his stomach and pulling out 3 music boxes which play melodies based on the signs of the Zodiac. All the music throughout the piece is taken from the melodies of the music boxes—a separate work often performed outright, "Tierkreis"—played in different speeds and fragmentations.
“People really remember the 'Tierkreis,'” Hallett said, “but this is the piece that gives them the bigger context. I always find with Stockhausen these big theatrical presentations really allow you to see the full picture of what he was thinking or hearing or conceiving of as music.”
Layton, who was chiefly responsible for programming the night of Cage’s music set for next weekend, has likewise elected to challenge existing perceptions of a well-loved modern composer. Two late efforts by Cage—the “number piece” entitled “Twenty Three” from 1988, and the Hymns and Variations from 1979—sit on the program next to the composer’s String Quartet in Four Parts from 1950.
Speaking of the “number pieces,” in which Cage abandons the traditional score for a series of “time brackets” distributed to each player, Layton said: “I’ve always thought in some way they’re the most elegant pieces Cage ever wrote.” Given the resonant acoustics of the new Issue Project Room space on 110 Livingston Street in Downtown Brooklyn, the idea of having “Twenty-Three” played by members of a string ensemble distributed throughout the hall helped direct Layton’s choice.
“There’s a beginning and an end point [for each part], but the beginning and end points are flexible. And Cage talked about this in relation to Japanese architecture: how they made earthquake-proof things, where the buildings would shake with the earthquakes so that they wouldn’t fall down.… And that he’d like to think of these number pieces as being kind of earthquake-proof and flexible.”
Turns out “earthquake-proof and flexible” is not a bad way of thinking about the aesthetic program put forward by both Hallett and Layton via the Darmstadt festival. By cheerfully ignoring the canonical ways we think of the many varied schools of modern composition—or even the ways we think of individual composers—they’ve made our understanding of them that much stronger, too.
More by this author:
- The surprising and genre-confounding collaboration of Hillary Hahn and Hauschka
- A free Philip Glass show, and more treats from him on deck
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London won its bid to host the 2012 Summer Olympics seven years ago, but there were mixed feelings ahead of the Opening Ceremony over whether the city was ready for the throngs of fans expected at the games.
Organizers say everything is brilliant, but there are locals who aren't so sure.
London is making Olympic history for hosting a third summer Olympics, following the games of 1908 and 1948. For Californians Yellenia and Julio Palacios, the host city is a walking photo op.
"I still can't believe we're here. We see Olympic signs everywhere," Yellennia Palacios said.
Signs of road closures and security, by land, air and sea, are all over the city.
"We've ensured that the security is appropriate and proportionate to ensure that we do have a safe and secure games," said Debbie Jevans, of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The Department of Transport estimates an additional quarter of a million people will be in London each day of the games. That has the locals feeling squeezed.
"I think security is on people's minds, but I think they're more worried about the inconvenience," said Londoner Sally Cook.
Olympic only lanes are now in effect. Public transportation is the best and sometimes only way to get around the city and to Olympic venues, like the historic Horse Guards Parade, home of beach volleyball.
"It's an awesome stadium, an awesome venue. We're looking forward to the night matches," said U.S. volleyball player Misty May-Treanor.
The Opening Ceremony will take place Friday night at the Olympic Stadium in Olympic Park. To get to the location, fans must pass through several security points with either credentials or a ticket to that day's events.
Security proved effective on Wednesday, when the British Defense Forces scrambled a jet when a commercial plane lost contact with air traffic control. Communication did resume, but it gave people an idea of how quickly Britain is prepared to respond to security risks.
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By Leah Baade
The Victoria Foundation’s Vital Youth initiative is currently entering its eighth year. Working with more than 100 students in seven local high schools, the Victoria Foundation is pleased to offer this experiential learning program that teaches community leadership and philanthropy.
Previously named Youth in Philanthropy, the program has been renamed this year to reflect the valuable community impact of Victoria’s Vital Signs® Students are encouraged to identify their individual and group values and then use the Vital Signs® report to explore challenges and opportunities within their communities.
“This group of students was exceptional – smart, provocative, challenging and engaged. We met early in the morning and in spite of busy schedules one of the team members was able to visit READ,” said Claire Rettie, Executive Director, Victoria READ Society.
“In a social and funding climate that is increasingly challenging, working with these young people provided me with a much-needed burst of energy.”
Last year, student committees granted a total of $17,500 to 16 local charities. Each of the grants made a valuable contribution to various issue areas identified by participants of theVictoria’s Vital Signs® survey.
Participating schools include Belmont Secondary, Frances Kelsey Secondary, Oak Bay High, Reynolds Secondary, Victoria High, St. Michaels University School, and, in partnership with the Saanich Peninsula Foundation, Stelly’s Secondary School.
For the first time ever this year, and with the support of TELUS, the Victoria Foundation will launch the Youth Vital Signs report as its own publication. The launch will take place on Saturday, November 19th at the TEDx Victoria Youth event.
Leah Baade is Vital Youth and Social Media Coordinator with Victoria Foundation
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The Food and Drug Administration on Monday released a review of the sleep aid, suvorexant, ahead of a public meeting on Wednesday. The pill works by temporarily blocking chemical messengers that keep people awake.
Breath from obese children appears to contain different chemical compounds than the breath of non-obese kids, a researcher has discovered. The finding could lead to tests for other diseases.
Assistant Kansas State kinesiology professor Brandon Irwin said in a news release that the initial hunch was that encouragement would be motivating. But the researchers found it had almost the opposite effect.
Having depression may double the risk of stroke for middle-aged women, according to new research.
People who have the BRCA genetic mutation face increased cancers risks - and several options.
A new study found that pot smokers aren't any more likely to be obese than non-smokers.
Native Americans will have to buy their own health insurance policies or pay a $695 fine unless they can prove they are "Indian enough" to claim one of the few exemptions allowed under the Affordable Care Act's mandate that all Americans carry insurance.
Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University and the Oregon National Primate Research Center (ONPRC) were able to create embryonic stem cells, which are valuable for research because they can be turned into any other cell type found in the body.
Greg Sims, the area chairman for Employer Support for the Guard and Reserve, presented Angela Gamber and Andy Barnes with "Patriot Awards" in a surprise ceremony at Stormont-Vail HealthCare Tuesday.
Angelina Jolie says she went public with her double mastectomy to encourage other women to be proactive to see if they are also at risk.
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ARM suppliers join Facebook Open Compute Project
- 16 January, 2013 18:48
Facebook's Open Compute Project is being expanded to incorporate ARM processors, providing new options for companies shopping for low-cost hardware to build out cloud computing environments.
Chip vendors from both the ARM and x86 sides of the house announced they are working together to develop a "common slot architecture" that will allow ARM and x86 processors to coexist side by side on the same motherboard.
The common slot design, which Facebook also jokingly calls a "group hug board," is being backed by x86 vendors Intel and Advanced Micro Devices, as well as ARM vendors AppliedMicro, Calxeda and Tilera.
The announcements were made at the fourth Open Compute Project Summit, which kicked off Wednesday in Silicon Valley. At the same event, Facebook announced an additional, very low-cost server design for running databases. Its previous efforts were aimed at Web servers.
And Intel announced that it is submitting technology for silicon photonics networking to the project, which will allow for the design of server racks with interconnects as fast as 100Gb per second, providing extremely low latency rates.
Facebook began the Open Compute Project abut 18 months ago, with the goal of designing highly modularized servers that give customers more control over the networking, processor, memory, power supplies, management software and other components that go into their servers.
"Consumers are smart, we know what we need, we know what we want, we see the current and future challenges," said Frank Frankovsky, Facebook vice president of hardware design and supply chain operations, who opened the event.
The idea is that end customers, such as large financial institutions, will be able to design servers that match the workloads they need, at an affordable price, by selecting from the various standardized modules developed by the participants.
They would order their servers through systems integrators, who would then work with Taiwanese server vendors such as Quanta to manufacture the systems.
The model is seen by some as a threat to traditional server vendors such as Hewlett-Packard and Dell, although those companies are also members of the Open Compute Project and say they will offer servers that incorporate the designs.
ARM processors are widely used in smartphones because of their low power consumption, and they're now being eyed for certain server workloads as well, those where the brawn of a more power-hungry Intel or AMD x86 chip isn't required.
Developing a common slot architecture fits with the goal of reusing as many of the server building blocks developed by the Open Compute Project as possible. The specification will define a processor card, including the CPU, memory and required chipsets, that can then slot into one of the project's motherboard designs.
"The processor card will be able to support any type of system-on-chip, and it will plug into a backplane that allows you to expand the system out to include a cluster of cards," said Gina Longoria, product marketing director for Calxeda.
The specification still needs to be built out, and no timeframe for it was given Wednesday. But Frankovsky held aloft a server board that he said contained five x86 processors from Intel and five 64-bit ARM processors from AppliedMicro.
AppliedMicro also announced that it has submitted the first 64-bit ARM-based server specification to the Open Compute Project, based on its upcoming X-Gene server board.
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BW Professor Spends Year in Morocco as Fulbright Scholar
Kelly Coble and sons get a close look at the famous serpents at Jemaa el fna in Marrakesh.
With the financial support of a Fulbright Scholarship, philosophy professor Kelly Coble spent the 2009-2010 academic year in Morocco. While there, he taught courses and conducted research at Al-Akhawayn University in Ifrane.
"Teaching in a Moroccan classroom was exhilarating," remarked Coble. "I enjoyed my time in Morocco yet was glad to come back. Being away helped me to appreciate BW's community of collaboration and mutual respect.
"While there I worked with BW political science professor Mark Mattern," he noted. "We held video conference dialogues between students in our respective political science courses. For me the experience underscored the salience of cultural exchanges in education, and our obligation as educators to facilitate more of these."
Active in BW's international programs, Coble saw his sabbatical as being valuable for himself, his family and his students, both in Morocco and in Berea.
"I wanted to provide my sons with first-hand experience living in a country that, in cultural terms, is dramatically different from mainstream America," he explained. "A place where most of the inhabitants live in conditions of material poverty unknown to America.
"And yet," continued Coble, "the students at Al-Akhawayn were not typically Moroccan. They were wealthy, well traveled and fluent in English. Ifrane is situated in what geographically has to be among the most beautiful place in the world."
Having lived and worked in Egypt prior to coming to BW, Coble wanted to compare Moroccan and Egyptian cultures. He also wanted to familiarize himself with another area of the Arab and Muslim world.
"I had specific intellectual questions and objectives that brought me to Morocco," said Coble. "I was curious about human rights in Morocco and Islam's role with it. I also wanted to explore students' thinking on a variety of cultural and political issues."
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Drought wilts crops as officials pray for rain
WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) - Oppressive heat and a worsening drought in the U.S. Midwest pushed grain prices near or past records on Monday as crops wilted, cities baked and concerns grew about food and fuel price inflation in the world's top food exporter.
Soybean prices at the Chicago Board of Trade set a record high and corn closed near a record as millions of acres of crops seared in triple-digit heat in the Corn Belt. Corn fields have been plowed up in many locations for lack of rain. Now soybeans, which develop later than corn, are in the bull's eye.
"I get on my knees everyday and I'm saying an extra prayer right now," U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told reporters after briefing President Barack Obama. "If I had a rain prayer or a rain dance I could do, I would do it."
Vilsack said the drought was getting worse for hard-hit farmers and the wilting crops will mean higher food prices.
"Part of the problem we're facing is that weather conditions were so good at the beginning of the season that farmers got in the field early, and as a result this drought comes at a very difficult and painful time in their ability to have their crops have good yield," Vilsack said.
Drought conditions now extend over more than 60 percent of the lower 48 states, the government said. The Department of Agriculture on Wednesday extended drought aid to an additional 39 counties designated as primary natural disaster areas, bringing such aid to a total of 1,297 counties across 29 states.
Vilsack said rising grain prices would mean meat and poultry prices will be higher this year and next, although the inflation may be delayed as farmers start culling their herds due to high feed prices and meat supplies stay adequate.
But the outlook for higher food prices could add up to another headache for Obama as he faces a November election with high joblessness and slower economic growth.
Hard-hit livestock producers and other groups want the Environmental Protection Agency to give oil refiners a waiver from the mandate to blend ethanol into gasoline, arguing demand for the corn-based fuel was driving up corn prices. About 40 percent of the U.S. corn crop now is used to produce ethanol.
But Vilsack said there was no need for such action as yet.
"There is no need to go to the EPA at this time based on the quantity of ethanol that is in storage," he said.
The U.S. drought is expected to be felt worldwide as the world's biggest grain exporter struggles with shortfalls. The United States exports more than half of all world corn shipments and is also the single top exporter of wheat and soy.
"The dramatic rise in grain prices in the past few weeks is shaping up to be a serious financial blow for wheat importing countries," one German trader said on Monday.
"African and Middle Eastern countries are now facing painful rises in import bills."
WEATHER OUTLOOK STILL HOT AND DRY
Forecasters were calling for scattered showers on Wednesday evening in some parts of the east coast and Midwest. But relief was seen as too little and too late for many of the key areas of the central Plains and Corn Belt.
"There are no soaking rains in sight, nothing to relieve the drought," said World Weather Inc meteorologist Andy Karst. "There will be some light rains today through Friday in the eastern Midwest."
Iowa and Illinois, which produce about a third of U.S. corn and soybeans, continued to swelter on Wednesday in temperatures at or above 100 degrees (37.8 degrees Celsius) with little to no rain forecast.
Corn prices have jumped more than 50 percent in the last month as the crop wilted in many locations during its key growth stage of pollination.
Corn for September delivery at the Chicago Board of Trade closed at $7.95 a bushel, near last summer's record high of $7.99-3/4. Soybeans for August delivery closed at $16.85-1/2, a new record high.
"Now, it's soybeans' turn. The next two weeks will be critical for them. There is a chance for catastrophic problems in soybeans," said grains analyst Don Roose of U.S. Commodities in Des Moines, Iowa
"The summer of 2012 is on pace to finish third hottest on the list of 62 summers since 1950," said Steven Root, a meteorologist with WeatherBank Inc. "But it is still in the running for number two or one."
In many parts of the country, power grids were under pressure from demand on air conditioning but most were holding up. In New York City, Consolidated Edison reduced its power voltage in some Manhattan neighborhoods, resulting in brownouts.
Low water levels in many lakes and rivers were hampering transportation, with hydroelectric plants tapping water in locations like Arkansas and the Army Corps of Engineers issuing warnings to consumers about water levels.
Water usage for lawns and recreation continued to see restrictions in many areas of the country.
In crop areas, farmers saw further headaches from plant diseases like fungus and crop pests like spider mites on soybeans or rootworms or Japanese beetles in corn that appear in hot weather.
But one silver lining in many areas from weeks of drought was a pleasant surprise: fewer mosquitoes, which lack moist breeding places. "I can live with that part of the drought," said Scott Trout as he left a playground in Westwood, Kansas, with his wife and two children.
(Additional reporting by Timothy Gardner; Writing by Peter Bohan; Editing by Todd Eastham)
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"Oh my darling!" Marian Seldes says, even to a stranger. "My love!" Everything about Ms. Seldes in person is theatrical. Her skin is pale, moonlike, her hair a brutal shade of black, the eyebrows bushy. She speaks in italics. The voice is breathless, floaty. Every sentence seems to end with an exclamation. At midday, she is dressed all in black except for a dusky gray silk stole. And yet onstage in Edward Albee's "Three Tall Women" at the Promenade Theater, where she has just switched roles -- shedding the even-handed, almost subdued character known only as B to become A -- a mean old anti-Semitic "gorgon," as Ms. Seldes calls her -- there is nothing stereotypically theatrical about Ms. Seldes at all.
She has managed as A not only to express the dark rages of a serpentine, often grotesque old woman, but also to find moments of poignancy and even a kind of beauty; perhaps, Ms. Seldes says, because it is a part she just may have been born to play.
"I think I've lived my life up to the minute to play it!" she said at lunch recently, digging into her nearly raw steak ("This is for tonight!"). For the role, which Edward Albee has said was based on his adoptive mother, Frances Cotter, Ms. Seldes has drawn on a lifetime of experience with eccentric older people. There was her uncle, George Seldes, the press critic, who would yell his "Hullo!" into the phone when he picked it up; Ms. Seldes's anti-Semitic grandmother, Mary Brown Hotchkiss ("She would say things that were anti-Semitic and have no idea they were hurtful!"), and her friend Tallulah Bankhead, who in the last days of her life had cigarette burns on her hands from smoking at night while she was drunk.
The role of A has been a long time coming. Despite a five-year run in "Deathtrap," a role in "Equus," a lead role in "Painting Churches" and a Tony Award for her work in Mr. Albee's "Delicate Balance," she insists that "I almost never had a lead role in anything!" When asked why, she replied, "I don't know, my love! People used to say 'It will happen to you when you're older.' "
In some ways, Ms. Seldes, who will be 67 on Aug. 23, is representative of a theater that hardly seems to exist anymore: a theater of grand gestures, of passionate, all-enveloping commitment. "I dreamed there would be this huge, classic theater in America," Ms. Seldes said. "That part of the theater is nonexistent." Paradoxically, Ms. Seldes's father, the critic Gilbert Seldes, in his book "The Seven Lively Arts," was one of the first critics to see popular entertainment as an art form and entertainers like Charlie Chaplin and Irving Berlin as artists. He considered even the cartoon "Krazy Kat" art.
The Seldeses were a distinguished family. George and Gilbert were born in a Utopian community in Alliance, N.J., founded by their father, Sergius, a Jewish immigrant from Russia. "They were free thinkers," Ms. Seldes said. "They wanted to create a society in which everything was possible." Both George and Gilbert attended Harvard. George became one of the first media critics, founding the newspaper In Fact. He died in July, at the age of 104.
Ms. Seldes grew up on the Upper East Side. Her mother, Alice Hall, was from an Episcopalian family, "not in society, but of society." The Seldeses were not wealthy, but, "My father had written an adaptation of 'Lysistrata,' " Ms. Seldes recalled. "It was a success. All my life I ate off the plates and the linen and silver that that play bought." It was a literary household: E. E. Cummings and F. Scott Fitzgerald came to visit.
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THE ROLE OF GAYS, CELIBACY AND THE MEDIA IN THE CHURCH SEX ABUSE SCANDAL
In response to multiple media requests on the role of gays, celibacy and the media in the current Church scandal, Catholic League president William Donohue issued the following statement today:
“It is wrong to say that the sex abuse scandal in the Church can be rationally discussed without mentioning the role that sexually active homosexuals have played. It has been substantial. But it is important to emphasize that it is simplistic and diversionary to argue that gays are the problem. The problem is a relaxation of disciplinary measures and an astounding lack of courage on the part of many clerics. It is our hope that every aspect of this problem will surface, otherwise no progress will be made. To the extent that a discussion of the role that sexually active homosexuals evolves into a gay-bashing exercise, the Catholic League will fight it. Bigotry of all stripes is intolerable.
“The best evidence suggests that the rate of priest pedophilia is about the same as found among the clergy of other religions. It runs between 2 and 5 percent. The rate in the general adult population is 8 percent. Given this data it is not easy to demonstrate that celibacy is the problem. Indeed, the Anglican dioceses in British Columbia are going bankrupt because so many ministers can’t keep their hands to themselves. And these men are married.
“The media did not cause this problem. The Catholic Church brought it on herself. These wounds are self-inflicted. Most of the hard-news reporting on TV and in newspapers has been fair, as have the editorials. But too many columnists and cartoonists are literally out of control with their raging bigotry.
“The extent and depth of this problem is awesome. It is the Cross Christ gave to the Catholic Church during Lent. But while the Cross signifies death, it also signifies resurrection and redemption. Look for the Church to rebound once it faces up to this crisis.”
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Dov Hikind dressed as a black basketball player for a party he threw celebrating the Jewish holiday of Purim. Critics he said don't understand him or the holiday.
Brooklyn Assemblyman Dov Hikind is facing a storm of criticism after he dressed as an African-American basketball player in blackface. Hikind wore the costume to a party at his house celebrating the Jewish holiday of Purim.
He posted a picture of himself on Facebook wearing an afro wig and an orange jersey.
The New York Times reports that some fellow Democrats criticized the costume. The Times adds:
"'I am deeply shocked and outraged by the insensitive actions of Assemblyman Hikind, to dress as a black basketball player complete with tanned skin and an Afro wig,' said Assemblyman Karim Camara, a Brooklyn Democrat and the chairman of the New York State Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Legislative Caucus. Mr. Camara said that 'the history of the blackface minstrel show is something deeply painful in the African-American community' and that 'the stereotypes embodied in blackface minstrels have played a significant role in cementing and proliferating racist images, attitudes and perceptions.'"
But Hikind, whom the Times describes as a powerbroker in the Orthodox Jewish community, thinks nothing of his costume choice.
"I am intrigued that anyone who understands Purim — or for that matter understands me — would have a problem with this," he wrote. "This is political correctness to the absurd. There is not a prejudiced bone in my body."
The New York Observer spoke to Hikind who stuck by the assertion and told the paper he used a makeup artist for the costume. By the time the party was over, it took him "thirty minutes in the shower trying to remove the makeup..."
Update at 5:04 p.m. ET. 'Should Have Picked Something Else':
The New York Daily News reports Hikind changed his tune a bit during a news conference outside his house.
The paper reports:
"'In hindsight, I should have picked something else. It never crossed my mind for a split second that I was doing something wrong. It was as innocent as something can be,' said Hikind ...
"'People in the community were dressed up as Arabs. What was that about?' asked Hikind, an Orthodox Jew who's known for his impassioned critiques of anything he thinks smacks of the slightest anti-Semitism, according to our Reuven Blau, who was on scene for the presser outside the longtime lawmaker's home.
"'My wife was dressed as the devil. And she's not a devil. It was to look different on Purim without deep intentions. I just wanted to look different and unrecognizable,' Hikind said."
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Clearly, the interface between managed care and the Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing (PMM) industries, is important for the health of either industry. In common tare he issues of appropriateness, compliance, cost-effectiveness, patient selection and symbiosis among all relevant players on the health care stage (ACCESS). I say, put the practicing clinician on the PMM team and visa versa—How and Why?
How You Choose Your Doctor? Not By Their Clinical Quality. It is unfortunate that physicians' characteristics don't relate to the quality of their performance.
The end game in health care reform I like the cogent commentary of Robert Borosage ("Private Muscle And The Public Option In Health Care." June 17, 2009), speaking about the 'end game' in health care reform: "The reform includes a broad range of measures to extend and improve care and help curb rising costs, but the epicenter of the debate is over what is called the 'public option,' " which is mandating businesses to either provide insurance or pay a comparable amount into a general fund.
Pregnant are susceptible to hemorrhoids that eventually can bleed.
Delaying childhood vaccinations, or not getting immunized at all, does not provide any neuropsychological benefits for children at 7 to 10 years of age and might even result in poorer outcomes on some measures.
Managed care (or a reasonable facsimile) is "still with us….its role is certain to grow" and its "appeal is financial." Tyler Cowen, a professor of economics at George Mason University, in "Managed Care: Get Used to It" writes that national bankruptcy would be considerably worse that managed care, even with all of its warts and "that’s where we’re heading if we don’t rein in health costs." Clearly, "third parties — the government and insurance companies — won’t be able to pay for all the care t
Dear Doctor, "They're just kicking your Medicare fees further down the road." Attached to a bill that extends unemployment, certain other benefits and subsidies for another month is a reprieve* to this October on a threatened 21% cut in Medicare physician reimbursement. Thus, Congress again has failed to address a known flaw in the Medicare rate setting formula--the annual planned rate reduction that is deferred yearly at the last minute.
In a given year in the U.S., 1/4th of US men and 2/5ths of US women attempt to lose weight or keep it off. These are sobering statistics that we see all around us, particularly poignant in my office as a pediatrician.
Clearly spending reform is not only part and parcel to "affordable insurance but also as the preeminent long-term threat to the economy and the competitiveness of American business." The article referenced below discusses policy options and various approaches to cost containment. 1) Bundled Payments as in episodes of care, 2) all-payer hospital rate setting, 3) Disease state management programs, 4) Infrastructure-related options that form the foundation for other efforts or options. Included
When patients require specific therapies and an insurance company makes the frail or sickly patients jump thru hoops, denying or delaying care, it's time to move away from the insurance model. How furious should we be when the insurer uses technicalities to refuse coverage, makes patients wait incessantly on the phone, transfers calls to G_d knows now many departments and then, after seemingly hours, the connection breaks, etc.?
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BELLEVILLE, ON, March 15, 2013 /CNW/ - At the Loyalist College Board of Governors meeting, the College and The W. Garfield Weston Foundation announced a three-year pilot project which will provide financial support for students entering Skilled Trades programs.
Designed to attract students to Skilled Trades careers, the new W. Garfield Weston Fellowship Program will offer tuition and bursary incentives to help students train for and succeed in this growing labour market. A total of $240,000 will be available during the three-year program.
"Today we step into the future with Loyalist College to create a model program to address Canada's great need for skilled workers," wrote Eliza Mitchell, Chair of the Education Committee with The W. Garfield Weston Foundation. "The W. Garfield Weston Foundation's commitment will enable Loyalist College over the next three years to shape a program that will help over 60 talented individuals to build lasting careers in the skilled trades. It will provide incentives for students to go beyond a one-year certificate to earn a diploma or complete apprenticeship training, enabling them to turn a job into a career."
The pilot project will provide 30 post-secondary students and 30 apprentices with tuition credits from the College, and bursary funding from The W. Garfield Weston Foundation to complete their education at Loyalist over the next three years. The project will begin in the fall of 2013.
"We fully expect that at the end of the three years, the Loyalist program will be one that leads other Colleges forward in building a stronger workforce," wrote Eliza Mitchell. "It is our pleasure to be working with Loyalist in shaping this innovative program. Our family Foundation has a long history of supporting students interested in pursuing a College education. In the 1990s, we established the W. Garfield Weston Scholars program, the first national scholarship program for College students. Each year we are delighted to hear about the 50 leading students who have been given the support they need to attend their College of choice thanks to that program."
"We are very proud to partner with The W. Garfield Weston Foundation in this initiative," said Loyalist President Maureen Piercy. "Support like this is so important to bring focus to Skilled Trades education and training. We applaud the directors for their vision and support in establishing The W. Garfield Weston Foundation Fellowship Program. Loyalist is committed to enhancing opportunities for individuals interested in careers in Skilled Trades. We know that growing demands for training of a highly skilled workforce will be met by programs such as those taught in our Sustainable Skills, Technology and Life Sciences Centre."
The W. Garfield Weston Foundation is a private Canadian family foundation, established in the 1950s by Willard Garfield Weston and his wife Reta. In 1924 Garfield inherited his father's company and during his life established bakeries and other successful enterprises throughout Canada and in many parts of the world. Today, these businesses include the George Weston Limited and Loblaw Companies Limited, companies in food retailing, processing and distribution. The founders believed that as the funds are generated through the hard work and success of these Canadian companies, grants should be given in Canada for the benefit of Canadians. For three generations, The W. Garfield Weston Foundation has maintained a family tradition of supporting charitable organizations across Canada. Today the Foundation directs the majority of its funds to projects in the fields of land conservation, education, and science in Canada's North.
Loyalist College prepares students for a rewarding career by combining rigorous academic standards with hands-on training from industry experts. Programs range from apprenticeships and certificates to diplomas and post-graduate studies. Loyalist offers more than 60 full-time programs and 77 university transfer agreements around the world. The best testament to the College's value is from students, 97 percent of whom say they would recommend Loyalist to a friend. Loyalist is committed to helping students find great jobs, as well as supporting and enhancing the economic and social development of all individuals in its communities. For more information on Loyalist College, please visit www.loyalistcollege.com.
SOURCE Loyalist College
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Posted Jan 6, 2013 By Jonathan Chang In Static Content
After Team 254's success in the FTC Bridge Battle season, the team chose to expand its fledgling VEX program, adding on new subteams. The first of these was 254B, which first competed in the 2008-2009 VRC Elevation season. Since then, 254B has held a consistently solid record, winning the Pan Pacific championship in 2010 and reaching finals at the same tournament in 2011. Furthermore, 254B has attended World Championships for the past 4 years. They have a reputation for building simple but dependable designs, often blending inspiration from multiple sources.
- Captain: Zack Malig
- Co-Captain: Matthew Koken
- Coach: Luke Gardner
- Driver: Issac Mancini
- Operator: Blake Laymon
- Programmer: Francisco Sanchez
- Pit Head: Noah Marcel
Current Season Overview
Team 254B has had a season filled with ups and downs.They initially designed a simple robot with a six bar arm and 6 wheel drive base. This competed at San Ramon tournament but failed to qualify; with a couple broken motors and battery problems it lost in the first round of eliminations. The team then decided to change their approach, and with a new strategy in mind they redesigned and modified the robot. Now equipped with a chain lift, strafing wheels, and weeks of practice, 254B competed in Bellarmine Vex Tournament. In this more competitive tournament they went undefeated for 4 matches and lost their last 2 because of battery problems. Afterwards they formed an alliance with other 254 teams. In eliminations 254B upset the 2nd seated alliance but lost in semifinals. After Bellarmine Tournament the team made minor adjustments to motors and wiring and made sure to get plenty of practice for both competition and skills challenges. 254B competed at Modesto Tournament, where they reached semifinalss. Finally, within the last week of build the team constructed a mobile Can-Crushing robot to enter in the sustainability contest. They designed and built a robot based on the "Jawa ship" from Star Wars, it's designed to: drive around any campus, pick up recyclable cans, crush them and store them for pickup. Overall, it has been a great year with many ups and downs for 254B.
- 2009: "Chicken Stick", "Ghetto Betsy"
- 2010: "The Cube", "The Doctor", "Ghetto Betsy 2.01", "The Weeble"
- 2011: "Ares I", "Ares II", "Bludgeon"
- 2012: "Charger", "Impact", "Juggernaut"
- 2013: "UberKase", "Rew Resiel" (current)
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Become a School Counselor
Careers in school counseling
Accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling & Related Educational Programs
Professional school counselors address students’ academic, personal/social and career development needs by developing a comprehensive school counseling program that promotes and enhances student success. Professional school counselors are employed in K-12 schools and district supervisory positions.
There are three paths available to move you towards an Initial School Counseling License.
- Track I: Master’s Degree in School Counseling available to individuals with two-plus years of documented experience as a licensed Oregon teacher.
- Track II: Master’s Degree in School Counseling available to individuals without two-plus years of licensed teaching experience. Included with Track II is a six-credit sequence that includes a 200-hour teaching practicum.
- Licensure Only: Certificate in School Counseling available to individuals with a master’s degree in a mental health profession.
The master’s degree program is generally two to four years in length with 57 semester hours of course work (63 for Track II students) required as a minimum for graduation. The Initial School Counseling Licensure Preparation Program is generally two years in length with 32 semester hours of course work required as a minimum for graduation. All classes are held at our Portland Center location.
A sample of the current semester schedule can be found under Graduate Counselor Education Program at class.georgefox.edu
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Cost-Cutting Measures Paying off, But At What Price?
As US airlines repair damage from
years of losses that have arisen from increasing low-fare
competition and climbing fuel costs-- not to mention terror
concerns -- carriers say they have been forced take actions that
improve their bottom lines, but could repel the customers who make
that bottom line possible in the first place.
Or maybe not.
Air Transport Association spokesman David Castelveter says
flights will be more than 80 percent full on average this summer as
a record 209 million people will travel by air, according to
"The carriers' actions are paying off," he said. "They are
starting to make money. Their airplanes are full."
Indeed, US carriers made $2 billion to $3 billion in 2006, the
industry's first annual profit since 2000, according to the ATA. To
do this, carriers have had to fill as many seats as possible and
cut costs wherever possible, including sacrifices in customer
service. This has translated into such inconveniences as fewer
seats to accommodate those grounded by canceled flights. As a
result, people can be stranded for days.
"In the old days, when flights were half empty, delays were less
stressful," said DePaul University airline expert Joe Schwieterman.
"Nowadays delays mean almost intolerable crowding both in airports
and on airplanes."
"I faced a five-hour delay at Reagan (National Airport,
Washington, DC) last week. It was terrible," he said.
"On one hand, it's good because it puts airlines closer to
profitability," said airline consultant Michael Boyd. "On the other
hand, it's bad because there is no excess slack in the system."
But, even though travelers face frustration at overcrowded
planes and the hassle of delayed flights, afterwards they
ultimately care more about price, according to
"It doesn't change the fact that consumers have the attention
span of a monkey," Boyd said. "The next time they go to Fort
Lauderdale, they are going to book whatever seat is the
According to Reuters, experts say carriers' financial health
will be best protected by running lean, even if it means incidents
of such customer service horrors as hundreds of passengers being
stranded because of computer hiccups or bad weather and they are
unlikely to lose much business as a result.
According to the ATA, more than half of all delays last year
were caused by things out of the airlines' control -- such as
weather, and is compounded by the aging, woefully inadequate air
But, the air traveling public may,
indeed care more about bare-bones ticket prices than any customer
service meat. New no-frills airlines, like the Columbus, OH-based
Skybus, offer seats as low as $10 and don't have so much as a
customer service phone number, as ANN has reported.
So far, Skybus CEO Bill Diffenderffer says, "A couple hundred
thousand" tickets have been sold since they became available --
online only, no ticket agents -- on April 24 and more than 80% of
the seats on its current 14-plane fleet of leased Airbus A319s were
booked through the first month.
You do get what you pay for, though. Ten dollars for airfare
means you check your own baggage and have to pay for things like
meals and pillows separately -- cash only, please.
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A closely written account of the late financial meltdown, when, in the words of one analyst, “we went from a collective belief in soundness to a collective belief in insolvency.”
That change of attitude is entirely understandable, inasmuch as the financial system was predicated on abstractions. The origins of the meltdown and the subsequent Great Recession, write former Fortune and current Vanity Fair contributor McLean (co-author: The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron, 2003) and New York Times reporter Nocera (A Piece of the Action : How the Middle Class Joined the Money Class, 1994), largely lie in the speculator’s dream called the mortgage-backed security, which “allowed Wall Street to scoop up loans made to people who were buying homes, bundle them together by the thousands, and then resell the bundle, in bits and pieces, to investors.” This innovation netted fortunes for the players at the top, undoing the former bond between buyer and seller and leading directly to the rise of the subprime industry and its toxic holdings. Ironically, write the authors, the securitizing of mortgages was not an invention of Wall Street but of government, with the federal agencies Ginnie Mae and then Freddie Mac selling securities 40 years ago. Scrupulously fair, McLean and Nocera look inside the closed doors of agencies, some now extinct, such as Bear Stearns and Countrywide, which took the official rhetoric, shared by George Bush and Bill Clinton alike, that there is something near-sacred about homeownership and ran with it. Interestingly, the authors attribute the failed policing of the subprime industry, whose criminal business practices were the engine of the meltdown, to a very real fear on the part of the government that cracking down would harm the people who most needed help. Those little fish were soon swallowed up by the Wall Street sharks, who sagely played the odds to the end, when it finally became apparent that the system was being hit by a perfect storm far beyond the worst of worst-case scenarios.
Hard-hitting reporting and fluent writing bring the utter devastation of the Great Recession to life—with John Cassidy’s How Markets Fail (2009) an essential aid to understanding where all the money went, and who benefited.
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Such a speech as this always melted poor Nelly into tears; and, seeing the pain it gave her, he did not often refer to his approaching death. To Lucy, however, he sometimes spoke of his concern for the future lot of his adopted daughter, who was again to be left desolate. Lucy herself had been thinking a good deal about it, and wondering whether she could induce her aunt to take Nelly. Amy, however, arranged the matter unexpectedly. She had been asking Lucy, with great earnestness, what poor Nelly would do when the organ-grinder should die; and when Mrs. Brooke next came into the room, she surprised her with the question, “Mamma, may Nelly come and live here when the organ-grinder dies?”
Mrs. Brooke looked bewildered, until Lucy explained the matter. She hesitated, and would have put Amy off with the promise that she “would see about it.” But Amy was so anxious to have the point settled, that her mother at last gave the absolute promise she asked; and Lucy had the satisfaction of announcing to poor Antonio, the next time she visited him, to his great relief and satisfaction, that Nelly’s future home, so long as she desired it, should be with Mrs. Brooke.
Darkness and Light.
“Tell me the old, old
If you would really be
In any time of trouble
A comforter to me.”
Fred came to town for a few days in his Christmas vacation, just as Stella was beginning to recover from the severe attack which had prostrated her. Mr. Brooke’s house being so full of sickness, Lucy, though very unwilling to leave Amy, thought it best, on Fred’s account, to accept an urgent invitation from the Eastwoods that they should both spend a week at Oakvale. He would thus have a pleasanter vacation than under the circumstances he could have at his uncle’s, where he felt himself in the way, and where Lucy had so many demands upon her time that she could see but little of a brother whose visits were so rare. The change of scene was very much needed by her, for the confinement and fatigue of her sick-room attendance had had a depressing influence on her health and spirits.
It was certainly, in spite of all her anxiety about Amy, a very enjoyable change to the bright, cheerful, Christian atmosphere of Dr. Eastwood’s house, and the bracing influence of the outdoor exercise in which the others made her participate. She felt as if it were wrong to enjoy it so much, when Amy, she knew, was dying, and Stella as yet in so precarious a condition. But God sometimes gives, in very trying circumstances, a buoyancy and cheerfulness of feeling quite independent of the circumstances, which seem specially sent to communicate a strength that will be greatly needed in approaching days of trial,—a pleasant “land of Beulah,” before the watchers stand quite on the shore of “the dark river.” And it can never be right sullenly to close the heart in determined sadness against the cheering influences of God’s light, and air, and bright sunshine; nor can we usually, if we would, act so foolishly and ungratefully. That happy week at Oakvale often seemed to Lucy a sort of oasis of sunshine, as compared with the depressing weeks that preceded and followed it.
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In the late '70s, Peter Brandt emptied his trading accounts several times. He'd lose a string of trades, then refund his account, then "wipe out" all over again.
But he persisted because he knew he was meant for a trading career. His determination paid off.
In 1982, a currency chart "sang a song" for Brandt. By that time he had saved his earnings and supplied his trading account with a healthy sum.
The currency trade worked out very well. After that trade, he believed he could call himself a competent full-time trader.
Eventually, Peter Brandt's trading earned an annual 42% return over an 18-year period.
Did he achieve this by "swinging for the fences" on every trade? No. In fact, he believes that successful speculation requires strict risk-management.
One other message became clear when I recently called and spoke with Brandt: successful speculation is also about managing yourself.
Here's an excerpt from our Q&A:
Q: What's the human factor and why is it so important to successful trading?
The biggest barrier to profitable trading is not the markets themselves. It's not other traders. It's not high frequency trading operations. It's not the Wall Street trading machine out to get us. The biggest hurdle is ourselves. We have met the enemy, and the enemy is ourselves.
The human element comes into play immediately when an individual thinks he or she can make their living from trading. The human components that drive this mentality include pride, unrealistic expectations, wishful thinking, greed, disconnected hope.
If an aspiring trader can learn from and survive the mistakes of the first three to five years, they will finally figure out the real rules of the game...Most aspiring traders with four or five years of experience who know what they must do will readily agree that their real problem is actually doing what they must do. It is said that successful trading is an uphill run or upstream swim against human nature. How true!
Q. Risk management is very important to you as a trader, why? How do professional traders view risk differently from beginners?
I see this in two manifestations. First, professional traders expect to have losses -- most lose more often than they win. They build losses into their processes and expectations. They factor losses into the equation.
Second, while the default expectation for professional traders is a losing trade, the default expectation of a beginner is for a winner. As a result, professional traders build aggressive risk management protocols into their trading operations.
One of the best traders I have ever known was a man named Dan Markey, who mentored me at the Chicago Board of Trade. He once told me that his job as a trader was as simple as liquidating every trade that closed at a loss. He focused on his losers. He ignored his winners.
Q: What steps did you take that led you to your successful track record of 42% over 18 years?
This is not easy to answer, mainly because I don't want to give myself credit for any success I have achieved.
First, I didn't need to make money from trading when I broke into futures. So that pressure was absent. I had income from several very large accounts. My proprietary trading started four years into my career in the markets.
Second, I had two very wise mentors. These were guys who told me about all the landmines I would encounter. They directed me to less risky paths. They were also very excellent traders and I could observe their habits.
Third, I stumbled across classical charting principles. Every successful trader has an approach that fits their personality, level of capitalization and risk tolerance. Some beginners never find a niche. I found a niche early on.
Fourth, I didn't have my ego tied to every trade. I was able to take losses in stride.
Finally, I got lucky on a big score within the first two years of my proprietary trading. Now, people can say that luck is a process of a lot of things that come before it. But, luck is luck. I had a hunch and I bet a bunch -- and I was right. I might have been wrong and the outcomes could have been very different.
I should also say that I'm a sequential thinker. For me that works because I go through the mental process of accounting for all the contingencies I can think of. If this happens, I've planned my response. If that happens, I've got my other response planned.
By Elliott Wave International
This article was syndicated by Elliott Wave International and was originally published under the headline How Does a Trader Who Runs from Risk Achieve THIS Track Record?. EWI is the world's largest market forecasting firm. Its staff of full-time analysts led by Chartered Market Technician Robert Prechter provides 24-hour-a-day market analysis to institutional and private investors around the world.
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Lost Generation Of Obama
September 22, 2011 by Sam Rolley
Despite the fact that American youths turned out in record numbers for the 2008 Presidential election seeking “hope” and “change” and the promise of a brighter future, the latest reports from the Census show that young people in the country are now the most disenfranchised by the current state of affairs.
According to The Associated Press, American youths, in record numbers, are opting to live with their parents, delaying marriage, buying fewer homes and often raising children out of wedlock.
Census data released Thursday shows the impact of a recession that “officially” ended in mid-2009. It highlights the missed opportunities and dim prospects for a generation of mostly 20-somethings and 30-somethings coming of age in a prolonged slump with high unemployment.
Nationally, employment among young adults ages 16 to 29 stood at 55.3 percent, down from 67.3 percent in 2000 and the lowest since the 1940s. Young males who lacked a college degree were most likely to lose jobs due to reduced demand for blue-collar jobs in construction, manufacturing and transportation during the slump. Among teens, employment was less than 30 percent. The employment-to-population ratio for all age groups from 2007 to 2010 dropped faster than for any similar period since the government began tracking the data.
Lackluster performance in the President’s promise for a bright future has shown in polls as American youths — once excited about a young, minority President — have become more cynical about the political landscape before them. A Gallup poll released earlier this month showed Obama’s support among adults ages 18 to 29 went from 59 percent to approval to 46 percent.
“The group that just graduated from college – who were in college for the first campaign – they have a little bit more cynical look because they remember why they voted for him,” Dr. Adam Chamberlain, assistant professor of politics at Coastal Carolina University told The College Fix. “They were stimulated by his campaign ideas of change and wanting to see a new type of government arise from this, and that didn’t happen, of course.”
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Smarter ways to tap the rich
Simply letting the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans expire won't fix the fiscal mess. Two creative ideas: Public-private infrastructure projects and a one-time, 26% wealth tax.
The fiscal cliff negotiations in Washington have hit an impasse with Republicans and Democrats entrenched in familiar positions. Democrats want tax hikes on the rich. Republicans want cuts to entitlement programs.
For many, the debate has boiled down to "Why don't the rich pay their fair share?" Taxes on the wealthy are the one policy tool that the majority of Americans support.
As I discussed last week (see "Why not jump off the fiscal cliff?"), ending the Bush tax cuts for the rich (worth around $80 billion a year) or ending them plus limiting deductions, as President Barack Obama has proposed (around $160 billion), won't solve the country's fiscal woes. It won't even come close. The fiscal cliff adds up to a $720 billion economic hit next year, and most of that comes from the expiration of the Bush tax cuts for the middle class.
But the rich do have an important role in getting us out of this mess. Below, I outline two ways the upper crust can break us out of this funk and return us to the path of prosperity.
We need to put their money to work if American jobs are going to return. But income tax hikes aren't the best way to do it.
2 problems, 2 solutions
In another recent column, (see "Is the economy a lost cause?"), I lamented the slow decline in America's economic vigor, with measures such as labor productivity and per-capita growth of gross domestic product having stalled. U.S. society has become increasingly overburdened by the cost of senior care and old debts, and, as a result, we're now neglecting critical investments in capital, infrastructure and young families.
This is unsustainable. If America's potential growth rate -- its economic speed limit -- continues to drop, the tax base will continue to shrink even as rates rise. Reliance on government welfare programs will grow, and the system will collapse on itself.
It's unacceptable in a country as prosperous as ours to have families killed by falling bridges and failing levees. It's unacceptable for time to be wasted on commuting nightmares on par with those in Romania and Hungary. And it's unacceptable to see America's productive capital base -- its machinery and equipment -- rust away due to a lack of business confidence and a corporate system that encourages companies to hoard profits overseas.
For the sake of discussion, let's focus on infrastructure. What's the scale of the problem? California has the country's worst road congestion and faces a $100 billion project backlog. Nearly three-fourths of the major roads in Massachusetts are in poor or mediocre condition. More than half the bridges in Rhode Island are structurally deficient or functionally obsolete. Overall, the American Society of Civil Engineers gave the country's infrastructure a "D" grade and recommended an investment of $1.6 trillion over the next five years.
That's point one.
Point two is that, for a variety of reasons, economic growth has become more unequal over the past few decades. Part of it is technological change. Part of it is rapid globalization and the downward wage pressure created by an army of cheap foreign labor. The result has seen benefits accrue disproportionately to the top.
According to Federal Reserve data, median household wealth for the middle class (in 2010 dollars) has actually fallen from $70,200 in 1989 to $65,800 in 2010. For the top 10% in terms of income, it has increased from $655,200 to nearly $1.2 million over the same period. It's the same story with income: Median income for the middle class dropped to $43,400 in 2010 from $45,800 in 1989, but it rose to $205,300 from $175,900 for the top 10%.
Research by Marianne Bertrand and Adair Morse, both of the University of Chicago, finds that as the rich spent lavishly with their new wealth, everyone else tried to keep up. Coach (COH) bags for everyone!
That, according to research from the International Monetary Fund, drove people into debt -- mortgages to chase the housing bubble, consumer credit, and now, student loans. Government played a role, too, borrowing to fund social programs as people voted to increase their welfare via the tax code and public spending.
As a result, household and government debts have surged, and they now hinder economic growth. Household debt as a percentage of disposable income went from around 70% in the 1970s to a peak of 134% in 2007 to 113% now. Government debt as a percentage of GDP has increased from around 30% in 1980 to near 100% now.
The reason the Federal Reserve's aggressive efforts to stimulate the economy haven't had a bigger impact is because people are unwilling or unable to increase borrowing. The government is focused on budget cutbacks, not investment. And households are focused on shedding debt to find their way back to a sustainable standard of living.
Moreover, the academic research shows that not only does higher debt limit economic vitality, but it increases the risk of financial crisis as well.
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Point 1 - You can't borrow your way out of debt. How stupid are you?
Point 2 - Stealing from the rich to give to the poor sounds like 'Robin Hood' but is really just Communism. Better dead than red.
A wealth tax?
There is a reason the seven deadly sins are called deadly - they lead to the death of the soul. In secular terms, it means that they degrade the humanity of the sinner and make them substandard creatures leading miserable lives. Those whose envy causes them to reject nearly every value that made America great because of their envy should not be ignored. They should be ridiculed and pilloried.
Let us start with Mirhaydari. Yeah, he has to write a column every day or so, and yeah, his words far outnumber his thoughts, but this is ridiculous. Is there no limit to the depths that MSNBC can sink?
Liberals, how is that massive tax increas on the rich working out for France? With revenues down 30%+ on the rich, did that tax work out? No, the rich voted with the FEET. They are leaving in droves and have the ability to adjust their income. Worse, the French unemployment rate went up as the rich layed off people to compensate.
If we are dumb enough to raise taxes, read Slam on the Economic brakes, why do we think things would turn out different?
I have to conclude, since democrats are trying to SLOW tthe economy with tax increases, that they are complete morons or are they just clueless?
Apparently the author hasn't heard that the rich are already fleeing this country by the thousands already even though it has been reported on MSDNC. When even rich liberals are leaving the sinking ship the last thing you need to do is tell them you are going to bleed them dry if they don't.
Also, if I were rich I wouldn't trust for one minute that the government wouldn't come back for more next year, and the year after that, etc. That is the track record of government.
A one time wealth tax might seem facially appealing until one realizes that there is no such thing as a one time tax. Period. Look at all the "temporary" tax increases that became permanent. It is naive in the extreme to believe that the the Federal Government, given a new source of revenue, won't simply spent more, then come back for more. The limit for "wealth tax" would become progressively lower, until the middle class is is deemed "wealthy" enough to pay the "wealth tax." Remember how Clinton ducked and dodged when the media tried to pin him down on what consitutued "high income." If I remember correctly, it turned out to be 35K.
A better source of additional revenue would be a VAT. At least then, when the politicians start digging deeper into everyone's pocket, they will have to deal with the howls and screams from everyone. And a VAT will hit the upper class harder ... they are the ones that spend the money.
If you really want to see tax reform, get rid of all withholdings and send everyone a bill every month for what they owe - for FICA, income tax, medicare tax, etc.... When people have to write out a check every month, they'll start caring more about how much they are taxed and what their taxes are spent on.
A single sentence lifted from this article says it all… “Government debt as a percentage of GDP has increased from around 30% in 1980 to near 100% now.”
Let’s see if I understand this percentage of GDP thing? – Are we to understand that back in 1980, in order to pay all operating expenses, Uncle Sam needed 30% of all the money earned by American Workers each year? - Wow, that’s bad enough; but today, they need 100% of every dollar earned by American Workers each year? - Am I reading this correctly? – If the annual cost to run our government equals our Gross Domestic Product, then anyone with a modicum of intelligence can see the only 3 solutions available to us…. They are as follows:
– A. Tax everyone at the rate of 100% – Everyone. Permit not a single person to keep a single dime of their own money, because Uncle Sam needs to confiscate 100% of the entire GDP as fuel for its massive engines.
- B. Make Government stop spending so much –Constitutional mandate stipulating that Annual Operational expenses of the US Government cannot exceed X% of GDP. (I suggest 20-25% - done!)
– C. Let there be a protracted Government shut down – a shut down managed like a well structured bankruptcy, designed to get our nation talking about the difference between necessary and unnecessary government services.
Enough partisan bickering about Dems vs Repubs! If the press were doing their job, they would frame the discussion around these 3 solutions only; because there is no other. Political sanity will not return to the United States until journalists push the National debate to hard questions about how much Government do we really need? – How much Control and Care do we really want? - What % of our lives do we want them involved? Do we want 30%, 60%, 100% ? These are the questions that need to be answered. It is a waste of time to quibble about this matter from any other angle. America is at the point where we must either give ourselves completely to the structure of Socialism – and begin PAYING our 100% socialist dues – OR, we need to exorcise ourselves from the Socialist demon altogether.
The only other sensible option would be State secessions.
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"The Demanding Classroom" Writes about Paraprofessionals
The Demanding Classroom is a blog run by husband and wife team Sara and Richard Finegan and they have put together a great series of posts on paraprofessionals.
You can view all of their paraeducator posts at this site, a few of which are highlighted below:
- What Are 10 Things a Paraeducator Can Do To Help a Child? Includes great tips such as "Never underestimate the child’s abilities", "Gradually remove supports" and "Do not get into a power struggle with a child".
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Some systems have dual throttles, one cable operated, one stepper motor operated, both have position sensors.
I am not sure why they do it, maybe its the CV carb of fuel injection.
Also, closed loop usualy is the system looking at the OXY sensor, it always looks at all the others.
Most bikes are only closed loop over a small range, mid throttle, mid rpm's, where the EPA measures.
Most bikes also do not have idle speed control, but have a way to bump the idle up on cold start.
I am very interested in learning more about the Honda systems.
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“Tribes in Tradition” Photo Exhibition and Dance Event Opened by the Director-General
11 July 2011
The Director-General opened the “Tribes in Transition” photographic exhibition and dance by the Yellow Bird Apache Dancers, organized by the Permanent Mission of the United States of America on the occasion of the 4th Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The Director-General highlighted the history of exclusion affecting many indigenous peoples and called on the international community to move forward on the path of human rights, justice and development to ensure that the equal worth and dignity of indigenous peoples were recognized.
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The intimate and inspiring life-story of an American girl whose magic art and fascinating personality have made her the idol of two continents. Every one who has ever heard Miss Farrar sing or seen her act should own this absorbing book.
k-bordered handkerchief; and the other boys and girls stood aside in silence as I passed, leaving me alone with my grief.
For six weeks I played the tragedy; and then in the twinkling of an eye the mood, in which I had been genuinely serious, passed away. In life this young boy had meant absolutely nothing to me; in death he became a dramatic possibility which I utilized unconsciously as an outlet for my emotion. I was not pretending; I was terribly in earnest. I actually believed in my grief. Who can say that it was "only acting"?
A temper, which I regret to confess time has not very much chastened, came to the front in my school days, to the dismay of my mother. In 1892, when I was ten years old, the city of Melrose held a carnival and celebration to commemorate the four-hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America. Floats were planned to represent the thirteen original States. The selection of the school girl to impersonate Massachusetts fell to my class in the Grove Street School, and I
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The mindless slaughter of so many innocent civilians is an unacceptable act of violence without precedent in the modern era. It underscores the urgency of intensifying the battle against terrorism, a battle that the NATO countries - indeed all civilised nations - must win. All Allies stand united in their determination to combat this scourge.
At this critical moment, the United States can rely on its 18 Allies in North America and Europe for assistance and support. NATO solidarity remains the essence of our Alliance. Our message to the people of the United States is that we are with you. Our message to those who perpetrated these unspeakable crimes is equally clear: you will not get away with it.
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For starters, let us look at the trend in revenue, net income and dividends for Microsoft and Apple Inc. (AAPL).
Look at Revenue
Microsoft has enjoyed a steady increase in its revenue, while Apple has seen its revenue surge. Which revenue growth is easier to manage? Microsoft has many revenue sources, while Apples revenue growth has generally been driven higher by the iPhone and iPad.
Look at Net Income
Until more recently Microsoft generated more net income than Apple. Which is easier to manage, a steady increase or hitting the jackpot?
Look at Dividends
Microsoft has steadily increased the cash payment (dividend) to owners. Apple has not paid a dividend recently, though one is expected to be paid soon. A dividend helps reduce the risk of stock ownership and provides a cash-flow.
Why do some think Microsoft has a lost decade?
The contraction of the price-earnings ratio from near 80x in 2000 to under 11x in 2012 that resulted in a lower stock price. In my opinion that is not an issue management can control.
Management has improved sales, net income and cash payment (dividend) to owners.
The stock price and market capitalization of Microsoft is below peak levels, while Apple is at or near peak levels. Time will tell what happens.
Microsoft has done an outstanding job increasing revenue, net income and dividends. The fundamentals of the business have been improving. Will this trend continue?
Time will tell. However, under the watch of Mr. Ballmer, Microsoft has generated impressive revenue and net income. Should the trend continue and investors pay up for earnings then the stock price might enjoy a double-barreled boost from higher earnings per share and a higher price-earnings ratio.
Alternatively, a steady increase in the dividend with the current level of interest rates might send the stock price higher or cushion any decline.
Disclosure: I am long MSFT.
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Stony Brook University officials and state lawmakers broke ground Friday in Southampton on a state-of-the-art $8.3 million marine sciences center for the university’s School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences.
The new LEED-certified 15,000-square-foot facility will replace the current research building on Old Fort Pond, which connects SoMAS to Shinnecock Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. It is being developed to support the growth of SoMAS' undergraduate marine and environmental science programs, including Semester by the Sea, in which students from all over the world are invited to spend a term living at the Southampton campus and using SoMAS' laboratories and vessels.
University President Samuel Stanley said Friday that the research center will help SoMAS recruit great faculty member, as well as great students.
A 2,500-square-foot sea water lab will include a computerized circulation system with a titanium heat exchanger to preheat or precool incoming sea water, achieving energy savings while reducing the overall size of the heating and cooling equipment, according to the university. The research center will also include two wet labs, an analytical lab, a classroom, conference room and other lab and support spaces, including an outdoor tank area that will expand the lab resources outside of the building.
"The significantly more sophisticated seawater lab will facilitate next-generation research on both the causes and solutions for pressing marine environmental issues," said Christopher Gobler, the director of academic programs for SoMAS. "I can say with confidence that with this building, SoMAS is poised to offer the best undergraduate marine science degree in the nation."
The university expects the project will be completed in fall of 2013.
Most of the funding — $6.9 million — was secured in the New York State budget by Sen. Kenneth P. LaValle, R-Port Jefferson, and Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr., I-Sag Harbor. The remainder will be paid for by Stony Brook University.
“This announcement begins the process to energize the Southampton campus,” LaValle said during his remarks at the groundbreaking ceremony. “It’s a sign that the state and Stony Brook are serious about the Southampton site and investing in the economy of this area. The new marine sciences center will be recognized as a beacon by people from afar.”
University Provost Dennis N. Assanis said, “The construction of the marine sciences center at Southampton will ensure that Stony Brook will continue to be a world leader in marine science education and research — areas of critical importance to the world in the 21st Century, and especially to the people of Long Island.”
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Why The US Scored So Low On A Global Business Environment Ranking
We asked Grant Thornton's US CEO Stephen Chipman why exactly that was:
Is America's business environment moving in the right direction or getting worse?
"It’s really a mixed bag with several factors at play. From a science and technology perspective, the United States continues to be an innovative society that creates strong a R&D environment. Though there are some question marks around educational strengths in science and technology, generally these factors are pointing in good direction. Similarly, the financing environment — even with the credit crunch and the decline in IPOs — still capital is available for good business opportunities. In addition, the United States has a very diverse labor and human capital side with a relatively young population compared to Europe, for example.
"However, compared to some emerging markets such as India or Indonesia, the United States does not have such a young and growing labor pool. In the operating environment, the increase in regulations has created less attractive business environment from a dynamic perspective. And of course, you have our sluggish economic growth coming out of the recession, which has hindered the dynamism of the United States' business environment. "
What do your clients tell you are the barriers to business in the US?
"In today’s world, it is primarily regulation. Business leaders often express concern about the increase in regulation — whether its healthcare, Dodd-Frank, or at a local, municipal or state level. Another concern, especially among smaller and mid-sized organizations, is the lack of access to capital at all levels. There is a lot of talk about situations where lending or credit isn’t as available and the IPO market not being strong for dynamic, emerging growth companies.
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Horizon (PBS) covers Prop. 115, misleadingly entitled "The Judicial Department." This measure is in reality an attempt by the Center for Arizona Policy (CAP) and far-right Tea Party conservatives to undermine the Judicial Merit Selection Sytem.
Proponents and opponents of Prop 115 debate the merits of this constitutional amendment that was referred to the ballot by the Arizona State Legislature. The measure would revise procedures for appointing judges and make various other changes to the judicial system.
Video replay below the fold.
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The boy band was made up of four cousins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jimmy Swaggart, Mikey Gilley and David Beatty who were on the cutting edge of combining country, gospel and R&B music into the first formula for rock ‘n’ roll.
Three of the four boys became nationwide celebrities while one, David Beatty, took the road less traveled as a small-town preacher — obscure to the world of the rich and famous.
Beatty, pastor of Pine Hill Church of God in McDonald, said he has never forgotten or regretted his decision to become the first of the four boys to “get saved,” then go to Lee College (Lee University) in Cleveland and later settle down in small town America.
Still, the 75-year-old pastor said he shares a lot of fond memories with his famous cousins whose mothers were all sisters.
“They lived in Ferriday (La.) and I lived on a farm out in the country in Louisiana,” said Beatty. “We moved to Ferriday with them when I was 10. Jerry and Jimmy was already playing the piano.
“I started playing the guitar. Then Mickey also started playing the guitar. Jerry, Jimmy and I were all born in 1935. Mickey was born in 1936. We were all about 12 years old at the time.”
Beatty said Mickey played rhythm guitar in the band while he played electric guitar.
“Jimmy played the bass end of the piano and Jerry played the treble end of the piano. We played at church, primarily, then we got invited to play at political events,” he said.
The charismatic teens touched a nerve with music lovers unlike anything anyone was familiar with, and their popularity at church and political rallies was unmistakable. Jerry, Jimmy, David and Mickey were around the age of 14 when they decided to take their music to a new level.
“In 1949 we entered a talent contest held at the gymnasium/auditorium at Ferriday High School. We won hands down,” said Beatty with a laugh. “Our song was Wine, Wine, ‘Drink’in Wine — Spo-Dee-O-Dee.’ That was a real song back then. It took off pretty good in the late 40s, early 50s.”
According to Beatty, there were no microphones in the packed auditorium but the energetic atmosphere was ripe for what he calls “boogie-woogie.”
“We use to do the gospel boogie at church — they called it ‘everybody is going to have religion and glory,’ but we called it ‘the gospel boogie,’ said Beatty. “It was a kind of boogie-woogie type. And we switched it over to the ‘Wine, Wine’ beat.
“In the turnaround Jerry was really hammering on the treble between the verses and the chorus. Then I had the electric guitar and it was louder. And all the girls started screaming! We had never seen anything like it.”
Everyone was moving and shaking, dancing and screaming to a whole new sound of music. No one knew exactly how to describe it, except they wanted more, according to Beatty.
“We had seen people get happy at church but not in a secular environment. It was very, very exciting. Jerry kept saying ‘There’s something about our music that’s really electrifying!’”
The charismatic teens had started something in Farriday which changed the history of that small community and made it a tourist attraction half a century later. It was clear in 1949 that music was in their blood and theirs was a talent that could shake the music world.
But Beatty said there were other interests the boys had to lay to rest before any of their careers took center stage as adults. Influenced primarily by Mickey’s mother, Irene, whom he called “aunt Rennie” as well as the Assembly of God church they attended, Beatty said he made a life-changing decision a year later in June.
“At 15 years old I got saved, joined the church and quit playing that ‘bad’ music,” Beatty said with a bit of a laugh. “Jerry got married at 16, Mickey got married at 16 and Jimmy waited to the ripe old age of 17. I decided I wanted to finish high school and I did.
“Then I decided I was going to be in the ministry. I also wanted to go to college. So I came to Lee College in September 1955. At that time Jerry Lee was my traveling mate and music man for my revivals. We had four revivals in 1955. He played the music, we sung together and I did the preaching.”
“Jimmy Swaggart and I both were preaching at age 19 in 1954, but I wanted to go to college first and get some training. When I came to Lee College I started my studies and then I started conducting revivals here in Tennessee while in college. Jimmy was married and he couldn’t afford to go to college.”
While he was at Lee, Beatty met the woman who would become his wife, Jo Ann, also a Lee student. The couple married in December 1959.
“I graduated from Lee College in May, evangelized until December and we got married later that month. Two weeks later Jo Ann and I were full-time evangelists preaching revivals in Chattanooga, Tuscaloosa, Ala., and Griffin, Ga.”
For more than half a century the couple served in their ministry from parts of Tennessee to Louisiana, even coming out of retirement to fill in as pastor at Pine Hill Church of God in McDonald for nearly 10 years now.
Although no one in Ferriday had ever heard anything as electrifying as their only high school performance together in 1949, Jerry Lee Lewis went on to become a rock ‘n’ roll legend, along with the likes of Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Fats Domino and other stars in the 1950s.
In 1957, Lewis released, “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On.” It spent 23 weeks on the country charts, reaching No. 1, and hit No. 3 on the pop charts. His follow-up release, “Great Balls of Fire,” also went No. 1.
Evangelist Jimmy Swaggert went from preaching on the streets, in tents and in country churches to filling major auditoriums and civic arenas around the world. He is said to be most at home either behind the pulpit or behind the piano to this day. It is estimated he has sold more than 13 million albums worldwide. Swaggart also built the 7,200-seat Family Worship Center on the 270-acre site of Jimmy Swaggart Ministries in Baton Rouge, La., where he remains a popular singer and televangelist.
Mickey Gilley left town at age 17, worked bars in Houston and recorded “Tell Me Why” in 1953. In 1971, he opened Gilley’s nightclub, considered the most famous country night club in the world, and continued to record music, putting out 17 no. 1 hits.
Gilley hit it big in 1974 with “Room Full of Roses” which hit the top of the country charts and is ranked among the best country music songs of all time. Gilley’s club was so successful that it was extended to hold 3,500 customers, the entire population of Ferriday.
When the city of Ferriday honored the celebrity trio in 2002, Beatty was among the observers to celebrate the accomplishments of his famous cousins.
“When I went to the Hall of Fame induction in Louisiana in Ferriday — they took the old post office and converted it to a museum for Jerry Lee, Jimmy Lee and Mickey,” Beatty said. “The State set up a tourist attraction there.
“They put a gold star in the concrete and fixed it all up. One of the guys who knew me came and asked me, ‘Where is your gold star? What happened to you?’ I said, ‘Man, what are you talking about? I got my star in 1950 when the Lord wrote my name down in the Lamb’s book of life — put my star right on glory avenue and it’s been there ever since.”
Although each of his celebrity cousins has seen their rise to fame and fortune, Beatty was also there to see their fall from grace played out before the nation. Never did he forsake his cousins in their hour of need.
“When you look back at all that Mickey, Jerry and Jimmy have gone through — they’ve had enough heartache for a bunch of lifetimes,” Beatty said. “I haven’t had the fame and the fortune, but I’ve had the joy of being who I am in Christ. I’m happy that I was able to grow up with these guys and I’m proud of their achievements. But the Lord has been awfully good to me.”
With less drama in his personal life, less media attention and far less temptations, Beatty said he is truly content with all he has done in his life.
Refusing to be judgmental, the Cleveland resident remains somewhat sentimental toward the memory of four young boys who were torn between music and ministry but were never forsaken by one other.
Although Beatty has not seen Jerry Lee Lewis in 13 years, he said Jerry has been sending him checks since 1995, and he is grateful for Jerry’s “offerings.” From 2002 to 2006, Beatty was the morning speaker at several camp meetings at Jimmy Swaggart’s Family Worship Center in Baton Rouge, La.
Beatty recently spoke with Mickey Gilley who is paralyzed from the neck down due to a near-fatal fall July 9, 2009. He said he encouraged the country music star to put his trust in the Lord.
Through it all, Beatty said he loves his cousins, prays for them and still enjoys their music. But the small town preacher added that he never once regretted his decision to solely pursue his ministry over music.
“I have had a wonderful, wonderful life. I’m healthy, I’m happy and so is my wife. We’ve really been blessed. I just don’t see how it could be any better,” he said with a smile.
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Mormon Baptisms for the Dead
Tiffany Sowby is a mother of five and member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (“Mormon” woman). She tries to find humor, joy, and contentment in the little things life has to offer.
While a student at the University of Utah, I passed the Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (often mistakenly called the Mormon Church) on my drive to school each day. At that point in my life, I was able to count on two hands the number of times I had entered into a Mormon temple to do what we Latter-day Saints (or “Mormons”) believe to be temple work for those that have passed on before us. This temple work consists of performing certain ordinances, by proxy, for family members who passed away without an opportunity to receive those ordinances. Specifically, at that time in my life, I was limited to participating in baptisms for the dead only. Worthy Latter-day Saints age 12 and older have the opportunity to participate in baptisms for the dead, the first of the essential ordinances.
Heeding the challenge of my bishop (a Mormon ecclesiastical leader), I began to attend the temple more frequently. As Latter-day Saints, (“Mormons”), we believe baptism by immersion to be the first ordinance of the gospel that begins our way back to eternal life. The Fourth Article of Faith (which Articles of Faith Mormons believe to be the basic guidelines and principles of the religion) states, “We believe that the first principles and ordinances of the gospel are: first, Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ; second, Repentance; third, Baptism by immersion for the remission of sins; fourth, Laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost.”Before long, it became a weekly habit for me and my best friend to visit the Salt Lake Temple early each Wednesday morning before our college classes began. At times, it became a somewhat social event as other college friends often joined us, not to mention the dear friendships we gained with the workers that worked that early Wednesday morning shift. The weekly reminder of an important gospel principle had an impact on my young adult life.
I was baptized and became a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints as an 8-year-old child. Despite having a horrible fear of water, being baptized was an easy decision for me to make as a young child. Baptisms done by proxy in LDS temples are performed with faith and understanding. Faith that those persons who are now deceased will accept the work being done for them, yet an understanding that though deceased, the people we know briefly by just a two- or three-word name on a piece of paper, have the agency to accept or decline the ordinance done on their behalf. Latter-day Saints can participate in doing work for those who are not direct family members, but any names turned in to the temple must be submitted by direct family members (see Church Policy for Baptisms for the Dead link below).
I remember distinctly an early morning at the Salt Lake temple, sitting next to a lady who was at the temple to observe the baptism by proxy for her deceased husband. I remember her nervousness that her husband, who never had an interest to be baptized a member of the Church while alive, would accept the work now that he was deceased. It was a light-bulb moment for me! Up to that point, I think I had a somewhat naive approach to the work done within a temple. Yet sitting there visiting with a lady forty years my senior taught me a valuable lesson and reminder: agency (the right to choose for oneself) is an eternal principle—it is the same in life as it is in death.
After just over 2 1/2 years of weekly Wednesday morning temple attendance, I got married and moved away. My weekly temple visits to do baptisms for the dead came to an end. The day before I was married, a Wednesday, was the last time I performed baptisms for the dead at the Salt Lake Temple. That morning, the two dear elderly men who had greeted me with a smile each Wednesday for two years embraced me and challenged me to always maintain a good habit of temple attendance.
Several days later, following my wedding, I was thrilled while opening up my wedding gifts to see these two dear men had purchased two plates towards my china set. I use my china almost once a week, and though I can’t remember anyone else (besides my mother-in-law) who contributed to my complete china set, I remember these two dear men regularly as I retrieve plates from my china hutch. The memories of them and their unspoken testimonies through faithful service will remain with me forever. It was through them and with them that I gained a love for temple work.
The young children of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints frequently sing a song, “I Love to see the Temple.” There is a phrase in the song that says, “I’ll prepare myself while I am young. This is my sacred duty.” It is a declaration that many Latter-day Saints hold true. I was a proud mother when a year and a half ago, my daughter chose to wake up early on her 12th birthday to attend the Bountiful Utah Temple with her dad to perform baptisms for the dead for the first time. Before presents were opened and a birthday breakfast was eaten, my daughter chose instead to take the time to do her “sacred duty.” Returning home, she had a big smile on her face—mine was likely just as big. Behind my smile was the hope that she will learn to love the temple as much as I have.
LDS News on Church Policy for Baptisms for the Dead
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Co-Curricular » Winter Sports
At BDSC we offer a great selection of winter sports, with many of our top teams representing the College at a high level. The following sports are offered during Term 2 and 3*.
In 2010, we have a total of 8 football teams representing BDSC, which include 3 Senior Boys teams, a Year 10 Boys team, a Year 9 Boys team, 2 Senior Girls teams and 1 Junior Girls team.
Our 1st XI Boys team are playing in the Auckland A3 Grade and the 1st XI Girls team are playing in the Manukau Senior A (U19) Grade.
Match day Boys: Saturday Mornings
Match day Girls: Wednesday Afternoons
Teacher in Charge of Football: Mr Kevin Adams Email: firstname.lastname@example.org
At BDSC we currently have 8 netball teams; 3 Senior teams, 2 Year 10 teams and 3 Year 9 teams.
Our top teams play in The Auckland Netball Competition on Saturdays mornings, with our first team playing in the Premier Grade.
The other teams that are still developing in the game of netball play in the Howick and Pakuranga competition on a Wednesday afternoon.
Currently we have 3 hockey teams at BDSC; 1 boys and 2 girls teams. All teams play in the Auckland Competition, with our Boys in the Open B grade and our Girls’ teams in the Open C and U15 grades.
Teacher in Charge of Hockey: Mr Rakesh Govind Email: email@example.com
There are 5 rugby teams at BDSC. Our 1st XV are currently playing in the 1B Auckland Competition, with other teams represented in the 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th Grades. Teams train twice a week with matches on Saturday mornings.
Teacher in Charge of Rugby: Mr Alan Taylor firstname.lastname@example.org
Basketball is split up into age-group teams; Open/U19, U17 and U15. At BDSC we currently have 1 team represented in each age group for both Boys and Girls.
Match Day Open Boys and U15’s: Tuesdays
Match Day U19 Girls and U17’s: Thursdays
Squash continues to be popular at BDSC, where we currently have 5 teams. Teams train at local facilities and play matches once a week.
Teacher in Charge of Squash: Miss Michelle Lodge email@example.com
Badminton is one of BDSC most popular sports. This year we had team sin the A, B and C Grade competitions. All games are held at Badminton Hall in Lloyd Elsmore Park on a Friday afternoon.
Inline Hockey was introduced in 2009 and has taken off well. This is a high energy, fast-paced sport.
Manager : Mrs Debbie McGregor firstname.lastname@example.org
*At BDSC, we cater to the needs of the students. For example, if we had a gymnast or a cyclist that would like to compete and represent the school, we would endeavour to provide them the opportunity to do so.
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Let's Play Sled Hockey!
By Carl Wagenfohr
Photo by Carl Wagenfohr
TAMPA - The chant "Let's Play Hockey" is heard before every Tampa Bay Lightning home game, but on many Sunday afternoons it's Sled Hockey that rules the ice at the Forum in Tampa. While the arena's 18,000 seats are not full of fans, the players' energy and enthusiasm rival that of their National Hockey League namesakes.
Sled Hockey is a fast-paced sport designed for physically and cognitively disabled youth and adults who would otherwise be unable to strap-on a pair of skates. An aluminum sled with blades under its bucket seat replaces skates, and a pair of short sticks with picks on their butt-end are used both to control the puck and propel the sleds.
Uniforms and safety equipment including helmets and pads complete the player's gear. The rules of the sled game are nearly identical to hockey, but with an additional infraction for "t-boning' an opposing player with your sled.
Practices are scheduled on October 25, November 8 and November 22 at the St Petersburg Times Forum in Tampa, starting at 4pm and ending at 6pm. More practices and games will be scheduled in the near future.
The players are coached by Mike Celona, assisted by youth hockey players and coaches from around the Tampa Bay area.
If you have interest in participating or volunteering in the Lightning's Sled Hockey Program, contact Mark Sofia, Director of Community Relations and Youth Development, at 813-301-6769 or firstname.lastname@example.org.
The Tampa Bay Lightning Sled Hockey Program is supported by the Lightning Foundation and CE Information Services of Bradenton. Participation in is free of charge, including player equipment and ice time.
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David (Dudi) Bergman
Born: 1931, Velikiye-Bychkov, Czechoslovakia
Describes rescue by inmates before he could be taken to the Dachau crematorium [Interview: 1990]
When we arrived, I had already passed out, virtually, I was...three out of the 150 there survived. They were all...the rest of them just lay dead. And what they did is, they picked me up from the...with the hands and somebody else with the legs and then they threw me in a stretcher...carr...getting ready to take me to the crematorium. That's where they took...that's where their objective was. And somehow, they...somebody who was carrying me noticed a hand moving, that I was still alive. So at a risk to his life, he took me into a barrack. It was actually like a shower room. And I was dazed at that time, virtually, I had no idea. I thought... And when I came to in the bathroom there, it was...I woke up, and I...I thought I was dead. It was like I was in another world. "What are these people doing here? Where am I?" And I thought, I...I...I was totally dazed. I couldn't figure out even where I am. And then somebody came over and told me what happened, explained to me that "You were just a few seconds away from being thrust into the crematorium, and they saw that you were still alive." They said, "You're the first youth that age who actually made it alive." And then they took me and they hid me, you know, secretly in their barracks. So I was not even supposed to have been there. And I became like, to them, like a hero. That here are these fathers who said, well, if I made it then maybe their children would have made it through. And they...since I didn't get any rations, because I was...The ration was there like a piece of bread--enough to keep them alive til they were actually being...were going to be taken to the crematorium. And each one would take a piece of bread they would got, break off a piece and make up a slice for me, so that I could survive. And they said, "David, you must survive and let the world know what happened."
The Germans occupied David's town, previously annexed by Hungary, in 1944. David was deported to Auschwitz and, with his father, transported to Plaszow. David was sent to the Gross-Rosen camp and to Reichenbach (Langenbielau). He was then among three of 150 in a cattle car who survived transportation to Dachau. He was liberated after a death march from Innsbruck toward the front line of combat between U.S. and German troops.
US Holocaust Memorial Museum - Collections
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People study religion for a lifetime, and people study the law for a lifetime. The intrupitation of what seems to be the most basic and simple, end up the most complex. It takes our Supreme court a majoriety of 5 out of 9 Judges to dedide the legality of many issues. Simple Issues we thought were written in stone 230 years ago, still are the intupitation of our courts everyday. And just when you think we have decided, they are back on the table again. The death penalty and abortion. What is cruel and what is not cruel? When does life begin as it pretains to abortion? Free choice?
Religion is no different, they are studying anchient writings and scrolls everyday. We have many people make comments about the Pope, but the combined educational level of all the Cardinals combined, in the Catholic Church is pretty impressive. Some of the most educated people in religious studys, and many other subjects, are within the Vatican. I watched a special about the inturpitation of art work of Leonardo Devinci, given by an older Nun, who spent her lifetime studying art of the Vatican. She spoke and knew his intentions and meanings of things he did with his brush, like she knew him personally. She was facinating, and you knew this was not some screwball. She was so knowlegable it left you in speachless and in awe, compelled you just to be quiet, listen and learn. I can't explain it in good words, other than you just had to see her. Point being, the masters of these studies, the studies of religions, or our complex laws, are all so far beyond our thinking, because they have achieved such finite understanding to make these complex judgment.
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More often than you think, an Alzheimer’s or Dementia patient may falsely accuse their caregiver of stealing. They may also make accusations of abuse or persecution at the hands of a caregiver or nursing home. To be sure, all accusations should be investigated. The Alzheimer’s Patient does not invent stories from malice. But more often than not, the Alzheimer’s sufferer is mistaken in their reasoning.
Accusations of theft by the Alzheimer’s Patient
It’s more likely that the Alzheimer’s sufferer misplaced their own property. My Mom seldom put things away in the same place twice because she couldn’t remember where to put them. When she folded clothes or cleaned house, she couldn’t remember where things belonged. Household items were seldom returned to the same place twice, drawers and cabinets became a hodge-podge of various items. When visiting Mom, I was as likely to find a can of coffee in the bathroom cabinet as a roll of toilet paper under the kitchen sink. She no longer remembered her own filing system. Her brain no longer formed appropriate Associations of : Things to Places -
I can remember being in Mom’s home, (before Alzheimer’s diagnosis) preparing soup for our lunch. When I asked Mom to get the crackers, her eyes went blank. I assumed it was one of those “senior moments,” (I’ve had a few of those myself). She was caught off guard. But– she never remembered where the crackers were stored in her own kitchen and it took both of us searching for an half-hour before we found the crackers in a shelf over the entertainment center. I remember realizing the oddity of the moment, but convinced myself it was only mom’s age playing tricks on her. It was much later before I noticed so many items out of place that I knew there was a problem. Mom didn’t remember where anything belonged.
I think this is the heart of the accusations about stealing. The Alzheimer’s patient doesn’t remember where things belong, they only remember that something is missing. It must be stolen. And, generally, the Caregiver is the most familiar person to the Alzheimer’s patient. So in their misguided reasoning, the Caregiver Stole It. There is no rationale to this reasoning, but due to damage to the brain by the build-up of plaque, the Alzheimer’s patient can no longer reach a reasonable conclusion. They simply can not.
Since they no longer have short-term memory, they live in the moment–with no memory of all the moments that went before. Without memory of all those moments, they won’t remember that they misplaced the item themselves, they won’t remember all the caregiver does in a single day’s time to support and help and care for them. All they know is this one moment: their item is missing and the caregiver is present, she must have stolen it. A flawed deduction but the only one that the Alzheimer’s patient is able to make.
Without memory of past moments, it’s easy to understand why the Alzheimer’s sufferer remains in a state of confusion for most of the time.
Since the Alzheimer’s patient has no past memories, they also forget that they are no longer able to drive, or handle their finances, or babysit they grandchildren, or live alone, etc.
There reasoning about these losses is as flawed as their reasoning about their missing items. The Alzheimer’s Patient feels as though things, people and places are being stolen away from them. Therefore, they assume the caregiver won’t let them go home, find their mother, drive their car, or spend time alone with their grandchildren, etc. Since the Caregiver is in-control, to the Alzheimer patient’s way of reasoning, the caregiver is “at fault.”
How to Respond to the Accusations
These accusations are so personal and hurtful, the first thing we feel is emotional pain and the need to defend. The temptation is to strike back in an angry tone and let the patient know that they probably misplaced any lost items themselves. Yet, that would be a futile response.
No matter how well your reasoning sounds, they will not see your point of view. The plaque has damaged their brain so that their reasoning is flawed. No matter how often you try to explain the fact of the matter to an Alzheimer’s patient, they will not understand. They can’t help it. Most likely, if you confront the Alzheimer’s Patient in an angry or upset mood, they may well become angry and belligerent. To their reasoning, any confrontation is an attack against their person and they may become violent.
In most cases, I suggest that you agree with the Alzheimer’s patient at all cost. When my Mom would cry to go home and see her mother, I would say, “We’ll do it tomorrow.”
In the case of false accusations, you can not agree or pretend to go along with the patient’s accusations. To confront or argue could present a volatile situation, while agreeing would defame someone falsely. Instead, you do need to be sympathetic to their loss and perhaps persuade them to search for the item with your assistance, which is generally found where the patient misplaced it. With an arm around the patient you might suggest, “Oh my, your purse is missing? Let’s see if we can find it.”
Often the Alzheimer’s or Dementia sufferer makes the same erroneous accusations because items have been removed from their possession for their own safety; car keys, curling iron, medications, power tools, weapons, etc.
The first thing to understand is that this suspicious or paranoid behavior can’t be controlled by the Alzheimer’s Sufferer. It is totally out of their control. Their reasoning is flawed due to brain damage and they aren’t able to think any other way. Every minute is a new minute and they have no past behavior as a reference to judge any incident.
With a little ingenuity, there is always a safe way to handle each new accusation.
When my mom accused me of stealing her money, (this is a common accusation from an Alzheimer’s sufferer):
I retrieved several old bank statements, blacked-out all personal information and identifying account numbers and folded them into her purse. Mom carried her purse on her arm and would sit and go through each item stored in her purse methodically throughout the day. Within weeks those bank statements were soft as cotton from constant handling, but it was reassuring for Mom to check her money at a glance. And all accusations that I was stealing money from her stopped. My brothers thought it was quite ingenious.
Thankfully, my brothers were totally supportive of all my actions. We sat down to a family meeting as soon as Mom was diagnosed. Together, we went over bank statements, monthly bills, assets and liabilities. By making many decisions early-on, there were few problems later. If she was billed for a large expenditure such as an hospitalization, or yearly property tax, etc., I simply emailed to let my brothers know.
Often, it is more difficult for those family members who don’t see the patient on a regular basis. When hearing any accusations for the first time, they may not understand Alzheimer’s disease and it’s detrimental affect to the sufferer’s reasoning. Perhaps, a kind way to help them is to offer a gift of knowledge. Offer them a book about Alzheimer’s, that explains all the puzzling behavior that you’ve learned to cope with every day.
Below are several books that answer many questions about Alzheimer’s and it’s consequences to the patient and caregiver. If you are having a particular issue with your loved one, perhaps you might find a corresponding article and mark that page for future reference for another family member to read. I know my brothers were totally surprised when they first began to learn about some of mom’s faulty reasoning. It is not easy to understand unless you live with the Alzheimer’s patient on a daily basis.
Written by an experienced doctor who began his career as a geriatric psychiatrist, The Alzheimer’s Answer Book covers such topics as:
- What are the causes of Alzheimer’s and dementia
- What preparations do I need to make immediately after diagnosis?
- Are there medications available that help slow the progress of the disease?
- How can I tell if my parent is in pain?
- How can I avoid “caregiver burnout” when I’m constantly caring for a parent?
- Where can I find resources and support in my community?
- What are the differences between Medicare and Medicaid, and how do I know what insurance will and will not cover?
From Library Journal
It has been estimated that five percent of older people suffer from severe intellectual impairment. So these two eloquent and readable guides will be much in demand as the number of families facing the challenge of caring for a relative with some form of dementing illness continues to grow. First published in 1981, The 36-Hour Day follows the format of the previous two editions but has been thoroughly updated to incorporate new information on the latest research, several drugs that hold promise, and genetic aspects of Alzheimer’s. The heart of the guide remains unchanged, focusing on helping families cope with this progressive and irreversible disease. Besides tips on how to care for the demented during the various stages of the disease (for example, place a picture of a toilet on the bathroom door), the text discusses the different kinds of help available and how to seek it. Financial and legal issues are well covered, while sections on nursing homes and other alternative living arrangements provide advice and practical suggestions. Appendixes list recent books, videos, web sites, and U.S. and international organizations. The thrust of GentlecareR is a well-argued plea for a radical change in the way we care for Alzheimer’s patients. In outlining her program, Jones states that this rethinking involves people, physical space, and individualized programs. Everyone in the physical plant, from maintenance worker to director, belongs to the care-giving team, as do family members and volunteers. Only when impaired persons can no longer perform for themselves a task like feeding themselves or dressing should it be done for them. Care should concentrate on what can be done, not what cannot. Because her emphasis is on the need for a comprehensive program of care and concentrates more on the institutional setting, Jones does not provide as many practical suggestions or the depth of advice for home care that Mace and Rabins do. Rather, her book describes how facilities can be designed and staffs trained to optimize the quality of life for patients.
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Turned into an interesting day today with two bits of news.
First of all I was contacted back by Zettlex - a small company in Cambridge who make "non contact" distance sensors. Their systems are very small and light, based on magnetic resonance, and can very accurately measure the distance between the sensor and an 'antenna' device attached to a moving object.
Now, before you go thinking I'm sticking sensors to bumblebees, I'm not! (That's next year's idea!) ☺
The plan, actually is to mount a sensor on the wax moth trap door, so that when it is in use (see below), the movement can be detected.
I wasn't sure if Zettlex would have been able to supply such a small, single unit, but they have very kindly offered to help me out - so the least I can do is sing their praises!
Of course, there will be a lot of work still to get the sensor working, hopefully integrated with the iobridge platform so I can get realtime data and alerts out to the internet and beyond. I'm actually really excited about the possibilities, because over and above tracking simple activity data, such as start and end times of the day, I may be able to get data about how the flap is actually used: for example, how long it takes a bumblebee to master its usage.
Hitting the screen
Even more exciting news came this afternoon with confirmation that some of our footage has made it into the final "Britain in a Day" film. I'm mentioning it here, because although we submitted several hours worth of material we know that the piece that has been selected concerns our bumblebees. It's actually a lovely segment, filled with emotion and despite its short length, a strong storyline and message; which is probably why it succeeded in being picked.
I don't want to give away too much, so that's all I say; but if you are in the UK, the film should be showing on BBC2 on June 2nd 2012.
Here's some information about the whole "Britain in a day" project:
Britain In A Day is a major new project designed to capture a unique snapshot of Britain on one day, and people from all corners of the United Kingdom are invited to take part.On Saturday November 12th we asked people in Britain to film something that captures the intimacy and singularity of their life and to upload it to a dedicated channel on YouTube. With the support of executive producers Ridley Scott and Academy Award winning Kevin Macdonald, director Morgan Matthews will use the rich trove of material submitted to craft a feature-length documentary film that captures the variety and vibrancy of life in Britain today.The result will be broadcast on BBC2 next year in the run up to the Olympics.The idea is based on Life In A Day, the global, user-generated feature film produced by Ridley Scott’s company Scott Free London and directed by Kevin Macdonald. 80,000 videos were submitted to YouTube by people all over the world, wherever they were and whatever they were doing. The result was a powerful and inspiring portrait of the world on a single day.
We feel privileged to have been selected and are really looking forward to seeing the whole film. If it turns out anything like "Life in a Day" (the original global version) it will be brilliant!
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Thousands of Christians are converging on Thursday for a day of prayer, worship and fasting for Toronto and Canada.
The prayer movement is known as TheCRY Toronto. Its motto: "It's not a concert. It's not a conference. It's a CRY." The event focuses on the power of unified prayer and blessing.
"The heart of TheCRY is to bring people of faith together to bless this nation through prayer," says Faytene Grasseschi, director of TheCRY, which held its first prayer event in 2002 when about 10,000 Christians gathered on Parliament Hill to pray for Canada.
"The movement of unity definitely is transcending age groups and denominations and it's something God is doing not just in a nation, but in a generation," she says.
TheCRY Movement is gathering Christians with a heart to see God move in this generation to the historic Massey Hall in the center of downtown Toronto. Beyond an entertainment center, Toronto is also an epicenter for many economic, educational and even governmental trends. As Grasseschi sees it, to impact Toronto is to impact Canada.
As one of the world's most diverse cities, Toronto has a global impact. According to the 2006 census, half of Toronto's 2.48 million residents were born outside of Canada. Over 140 languages and dialects are spoken in the city, and the population represents over 200 distinct ethnic origins.
Pointing to this diversity, Grasseschi says, "If God can impact the nations within Toronto, it will literally impact the whole world."
Organizers of TheCRY say that their goal is not to criticize, but to bless the city to reach it's full potential.
"Back in the day it was called 'Toronto the Good,'" says Grasseschi. "And so we're going to come in and say, 'Toronto, you're good,' and call forth that dream in the heart of God for Toronto to manifest His goodness and for that to ripple across Canada and to the ends of the earth."
A broad range of Toronto's diverse Christian communities will be represented at TheCRY.
"Pastors in the city, cross-denominationally, cross-ethnically, have been sensing the call to come together to pray," said Hany Boghossian, Chair of MissionGTA. "We're seeing Anglicans, charismatics, some non-denominationals, evangelicals ... We have the Spanish Pastors Network that is coming along and bringing their churches and their congregations. We have the Filipino community ... There is a level of excitement that I have not seen in such a long time."
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Revenue from by-products phosphate, vanadium and yttrium will more than pay for the mining and extraction of uranium oxide at U3O8 Corp.’s (UWE-T, UWEFF-O) Berlin project in Colombia, according to a preliminary economic assessment (PEA).
The deposit, which is 140 km west of Bogota and 100 km southeast of Medellin, is expected to be mined from underground and produce 1.2 million lb. uranium annually over a 15-year mine life, from a 500,000-tonne-per-year operation.
At a uranium oxide price of US$60 per lb. — the average reported price for long-term contracts over the previous 12 months — the mining operation would produce revenue of US$430 per tonne against operating costs of US$240 per tonne, according to the PEA, which was six months in the making.
The base-case post-tax net present value would be US$260 million at a 5% discount rate, and the post-tax internal rate of return would be 12%.
Capital costs of US$437 million would include sustaining capital of US$31 million and a US$41-million contingency.
The Berlin mine is expected to generate US$3 billion in revenue, with free cash flow of US$892 million over its life.
The PEA is based on a resource delineated over roughly a third of the property. Indicated resources stand at 1.5 million lb. uranium oxide (U3O8) from 600,000 tonnes grading 0.11% U3O8, 8.4% phosphate, 0.4% vanadium, 461 grams yttrium per tonne, 110 grams neodymium per tonne, 0.2% nickel, 570 grams molybdenum per tonne and 6 grams rhenium per tonne.
In the inferred category are 19.9 million lb. contained in 8.1 million tonnes grading 0.11% U3O8, with grades similar to the indicated resource for the other commodities.
The resource is defined on 3 km of the Berlin trend, which spans 10.5 km. Company president and CEO Richard Spencer says that exploration drilling demonstrated similar grades and mineralization style extend over a further 3.3 km.
“This is the most astounding deposit,” Spencer tells The Northern Miner. “You can take two pieces of core from 5 km apart, put them together, and they’re absolutely consistent. It’s mind-boggling. The only place that comes close to it is the Wits basin in South Africa, where you have uranium and gold-bearing conglomerates that go on for miles and miles.”
Spencer is confident that the company can boost the resource substantially by taking into account a 3.5-km portion of the trend that was excluded in the estimate, and by drilling 4 km north. “We haven’t drilled there yet, but we’ve got exploration trenching that shows the same mineralization style, so we feel this is going to be a really, really big deposit.”
Meanwhile, metallurgical work is paying off with a process route designed to extract the deposit’s multiple commodities: uranium (33% of revenue), phosphate (29%), vanadium (9%) and yttrium (10%).
The first step is to beneficiate the mineralized material using acetic acid to remove calcite and concentrate the valuable commodities into 40% to 47% of the original mass, which helps extraction and recovery, reduces capital and operating costs and decreases the volume of tailings by 50% to 60%.
The second step involves extracting the metals and phosphate into a pregnant liquor solution by an acidic ferric iron-leach method.
The third step is recovering the individual elements by conventional ion exchange, solvent extraction and direct precipitation.
“The reason flotation is so important is that it would take a lot of the calcite out of the system right upfront, and the calcite is what pushes up the operating costs, because it consumes acid,” Spencer explains. “Then ferric leach would deal with extraction of the metals [yttrium, neodymium and vanadium] from the phosphate.”
“What is unusual about Berlin is that it has this strange mix of metals with the phosphate, so we use a mixture of ferric leach and sulphuric acid to extract the metals,” Spencer continues, adding that the company has patented ferric leaching. “The two principal components have been used in other industries for many years, and it’s just putting them together — that is what makes the process developed for Berlin a little different.”
Spencer adds that when his team saw the first assays coming back, they didn’t intend to report the rare earths, because they didn’t think they would extract them. They only noticed the rare earth recoveries after getting the initial tests back from the ferric iron and sulphuric acid-leach process.
“We immediately repeated the tests to make sure there wasn’t some mistake, because we were quite astounded,” Spencer continues. “And that’s why we made the patent application — we think that ferric leach, combined with sulphuric acid, could be a good way for other companies to separate rare earths from many of the other phosphate-bearing rare earth deposits around the world. It’s a no-brainer to add a second step to the ferric leach process, but it hadn’t been done before, for whatever reason. We got a bit lucky.”
The project also benefits from surrounding infrastructure, including a hydroelectric power plant 12 km away. U3O8 Corp. expects to produce three quarters of its electricity needs internally from the steam that comes off its sulphuric acid plant, but it will also link into the grid for more electricity, at a commercial cost of less than US10¢ per kilowatt hour.
The Berlin project is 60 km west of the town of La Dorada, which sits on the principal paved road between Bogota and Medellin, with port facilities on the Magdalena River. From La Dorada, U3O8 Corp. could send its product by barge to the coastal port of Barranquilla, the largest port in the country, and ship product to neighbouring countries.
Spencer says that the company hopes to drill 15,000 metres in 2013 to get the area that’s already been explored into the resource, but admits drilling is expensive, and that at current share prices it’s too dilutive to raise capital. “We are going to look for partners, and if we can find a deal that would make sense, we would go for it,” he says. “Otherwise, we have to hold off on the drilling until the share price, or markets, get a bit better.”
At press time in Toronto, the company was trading at 22¢ per share within a 52-week range of 19¢ to 70¢. The junior has 124 million shares outstanding.
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When he was a youth of fifteen or twenty, He chased a wild horse, he caught him and rode him, He shot the white-browed mountain tiger, He defied the yellow-bristled Horseman of Ye. Fighting single- handed for a thousand miles, With his naked dagger he could hold a multitude. ...Granted that the troops of China were as swift as heaven's thunder And that Tartar soldiers perished in pitfalls fanged with iron, General Wei Qing's victory was only a thing of chance. And General Li Guang's thwarted effort was his fate, not his fault. Since this man's retirement he is looking old and worn: Experience of the world has hastened his white hairs. Though once his quick dart never missed the right eye of a bird, Now knotted veins and tendons make his left arm like an osier. He is sometimes at the road-side selling melons from his garden, He is sometimes planting willows round his hermitage. His lonely lane is shut away by a dense grove, His vacant window looks upon the far cold mountains But, if he prayed, the waters would come gushing for his men And never would he wanton his cause away with wine. ...War-clouds are spreading, under the Helan Range; Back and forth, day and night, go feathered messages; In the three River Provinces, the governors call young men -- And five imperial edicts have summoned the old general. So he dusts his iron coat and shines it like snow- Waves his dagger from its jade hilt in a dance of starry steel. He is ready with his strong northern bow to smite the Tartar chieftain -- That never a foreign war-dress may affront the Emperor. ...There once was an aged Prefect, forgotten and far away, Who still could manage triumph with a single stroke.
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District of Columbia Courts
The Commission has a very active Courts Commitee, which works closely with the Chief and Presiding Judges and others to facilitate equal access to the courts. Recent projects include:
- Commission representatives worked closely with the Superior Court to develop a new housing conditions calendar that was launched on April 28, 2010. Previously, tenants did not have a mechanism to easily seek redress for even the most egregious housing code violations and typically had to tolerate terrible conditions while waiting for the landlord to bring a case for possession in the Landlord and Tenant Branch. Now tenants have a "fast–track" mechanism for affirmatively raising housing conditions issues. A DCRA housing inspector is present when the calendar is called so that the court and the parties have direct access to conditions–related information and violations can be resolved expeditiously. The Commission is working with the legal services community to increase awareness and use of the calendar.
- The Commission successfully advocated for revisions to the D.C. Code of Judicial Conduct that clarifies the affirmative role of judges in ensuring the ability of self–represented litigants to be heard and elucidates the types of reasonable accomodations judges can make to assist pre se litigants.
- The Commission worked with the Court to ensure provisions of interpreters in all civil cases. It provided formal comments in March 2009 on the Administrative Order governing provision of interpreters and worked informally with the Court to ensure posting of guidance on the Court's website.
- At the Commission's urging, the Superior Court and Court of Appeals provided training for judges and court personnel on the use of the Language Line. The Commission continues to highlight the importance of translating court orders and other relevant documents into other languages and improving signage for limited–English proficient individuals. The Commission is engaged in ongoing language access efforts and in 2010 wrote a formal letter of support for the ABA Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defense's Proposed Language Access Standards in State Courts.
- The Commission brought to the Court's attention difficulties with the in forma pauperis (IFP) application and review process. In March 2010, the Court promulgated a new court–wide IFP application for the Civil Division and Family Court. This change has improved consistency in the merit evaluation of IFP applications and made it easier for low–income litigants to seek and obtain fee waivers. The Commission continues to work with the provider community to identify instances when the new review process is not properly followed and relay that information to the Court for additional training. The Commission is also working with the Court of Appeals to try to make its IFP rule and practices consistent with those in Superior Court.
- Representatives of the Commission worked with the Court to promulgate a rule change that eliminated the notarization requirement in Civil Division cases. Previously, litigants were required to sign certain pleadings in front of a notary. This requirement created an unnecessary burden, especially on low–income litigants because of the cost associated with notarization, the dearth of notaries in low–income neighborhoods, and the need to miss work or other obligations to travel to a notary. This change brings the Civil Division in line with other parts of Superior Court, as well as the Court of Appeals, the federal courts and a number of District agencies, which permit litigants to sign under penalty of perjury without notarization.
- Following the serial snow–related court closures in early 2010, the Commission successfully urged the Court to articulate new policies related to weather and other emergencies. This included improving the dissemination of information to affected litigants by placing case re–calendaring information on the Court's website and audio recording.
- The Commission worked with the Court to prominently feature links to LawHelp on its website and kiosks.
- The Commission worked with the Court to remedy problems arising from the District's failure to update the self–support reserve in child–support cases. It drafted an informal sheet for the Court explaining the problems. At the Commission's urging, the Court sent notices to obligors whose child support calculations might have been affected.
- The Commission has worked with the Court to ensure that child support obligors are alerted to modify their child support orders before that are incarcerated. At the Commission's urging, the Court alerted judges hearing criminal matters of the importance of raising child support obligations at the time of sentencing.
- The Commission worked with the Court to examine data on the number and percentage of pro se litigants navigating the court system each year. This data will help to gauge the impact of the Access to Justice funding, as well as the effect of the economic downturn on the number of low–income individuals proceeding without counsel.
- The Commission assisted with planning for the D.C. Court's Resource Center Roundtable in April 2009 and created a bench card with information about each of the Court Pro Se Resource Centers. The Commission also made a presentation at the Court's May 2009 pro se training and is working with the Court's Committee on Access and Fairness to develop another training in spring 2012.
The Courts Committee continually works to identify new areas for reform. In 2011, the Commission researched best practices in other jurisdictions for assisting pro se litigants and produced an extensive memorandum detailing those innovations. As a result of that work, the Commission is examining the expansion of limited scope representation to other areas of the Court. It is also exploring the use of allocution-type interchanges between judges and pro se litigants so that judges have a mechanism to verify that a pro se litigant fully understands the terms and consequences of a settlement before the Court approves it.
In addition, the Courts Committee is working closely with legal services providers to address areas of unmet need. In collaboration with the D.C. Consortium of Legal Services Providers, it facilitated the formation of a Consumer Law Working Group that is examining practices in the Small Claims Branch and Debt Collection Calendar. The Commission is working to implement the recommendations of that working group.
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