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Human genome is the genome of Homo sapiens. It is made up of 23 chromosome pairs with a total of 3×109 base pairs. There are approximately 20,000-25,000 genes in human DNA. The human genome has been mapped by the human genome project. This mapping was finished to 99% on April 14, 2003.
Human genetic material is made up of two distinct components: the nuclear genome and the mitochondrial genome.
The Nuclear Genome
The nuclear genome has 24 kinds of chromosomes: numbers 1 through 22 plus the X chromosome and its smaller partner, the Y chromosome. Both men and women inherit 22 chromosomes from each parent, plus an X chromosome which is always inherited from the mother. Women inherit another copy of the X chromosome, and men a copy of the Y chromosome, from the father.
The Mitochondrial Genome
Both men and women inherit their mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from their mother.
About 97% of the human genome has been designated as "junk" DNA. For example, the Alu sequences are repeated some million or so times, and this one family alone accounts for about 5% of human DNA. Single nucleotide polymorphisms make up 90% of all human genetic variations, and occur every 100 to 300 bases along the human genome.
The Genetic Landscapes
The modern human genome shares more than 97% of its DNA with the rest of the genomes in the Hominid family.
- National Library of Medicine human genome viewer [].
- Consensus CDS protein coding CCDS
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Modern science has discovered a number of laws such as the law of gravity, which describe the behavior of the material world. Does the science of the inner soul also have laws which apply to consciousness and being?
It is one of the most fundamental differences between the outer and the inner.
The outer is ruled by laws:
The inner is just freedom.
Consciousness knows no laws. It is matter that needs laws. Without laws, the material existence is impossible. And in the same way, with laws, the world of consciousness is impossible.
Consciousness can exist only in absolute freedom, with no limits, with no conditions, with no laws.
Matter will immediately fall apart without laws, for the simple reason that it has no individuality. It has no center of being which can hold it together if there are no laws. Matter is without a center, or in other words, without a self. Just because there is no center in it, it cannot remain together unless it is surrounded by all kinds of laws, conditions, rules.
Science goes on discovering laws because it deals only with dead matter. It has not yet come to encounter consciousness. Perhaps the very existence of consciousness is beyond its scope. It can discover laws, it cannot discover freedom.
Laws create a certain slavery. Matter exists in slavery. Hydrogen and oxygen meeting in a certain proportion make water; H2O is their formula, no freedom, it cannot be H3O. Hydrogen cannot say, “I am bored always being H2; just for a change, today I am going to be H3.
The material existence is absolutely mechanical. There is no freedom, there cannot be, because there is no one to be free. Freedom needs consciousness; its first requirement is consciousness. There is no consciousness in hydrogen, no consciousness in oxygen; they simply follow a routine eternally. That routine we call a law because we cannot find any exception to it.
What is a law? – a certain way of behavior without any exception. The moment you find the exception, the law has to be dropped; it is not a law, you have to find out more, you have to go deeper. The exception is not allowed in the objective world. And in the subjective world there are only exceptions. Each individual is an exception.
You cannot find laws, in the inner world, like gravitation. You throw a stone up; it goes to a certain height which is determined by how much force you have put into throwing it. When that force is exhausted that stone starts falling according to the force of gravitation. The stone has no decisiveness of its own. It cannot say, “Today I am not going to fall downward,” or, “Today is a holiday.” There is no holiday – the stone has to fall downward.
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Commission on Indian Affairs (MCIA) was created by the legislature in 1974. The Commission is governed by M.G.L. Chapter 6A: Section 8A. The fundamental role of MCIA is to assist Native American individuals, tribes and organizations in their relationship with state and local government agencies and to advise the Commonwealth in matters pertaining to Native Americans. According to the 1990 Federal census, there are more than 12,000 Native Americans living in Massachusetts.
The Commission consists of seven members who are recommended by tribal councils and groups and appointed by the governor. Each member must be of verifiable Native American descent. Each member serves a term of three years and are assigned an area of representation such as a county, Native American organization, or tribe. Although each Commissioner formally represents a different area, any Commissioner can be approached and asked for assistance by any Native American resident from any part of the state.
The Commission can assist tribal councils, Native American organizations, and individuals in the areas of social services, education, employment opportunities, health, housing, civil rights, legal aid, treaties, a census of Native American residents, legislation, and any other rights or services concerning Native American residents of the Commonwealth. The Commission is also responsible for making recommendations to the Commonwealth concerning programs and policies that will best serve the interest of Native American residents of the Commonwealth.
Meetings, Events, Survey
Next Meeting Date
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
100 Cambridge Street
Conference Room 2-A
Boston, MA 02114
Tuition and Scholarship Information
For more information, please contact us at:
Massachusetts Commission on Indian Affairs
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Boston, MA 02114
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Masters of Disguise
By Rabbi Daniel Travis
Avraham lifted up his eyes and saw three men standing a short distance
from him. (Bereshith 18:2)
The three strangers who visited Avraham were not men at all; they were
angels disguised as men. Since Avraham had been experiencing a great deal
of pain following his brith milah, God brought a heat wave to the region
so that people would not travel. This would give Avraham a chance to rest,
for he would not be bothered by guests. However, seeing that Avraham was
distressed by the fact that no guests were coming to his home, God sent
three angels disguised as men to visit him (1).
In circumstances in which it is clear to everyone involved that an untruth
is being told it is not considered sheker (2). For this reason, we may
disguise ourselves on Purim, or dress in costume for a performance – even
if our identity is unrecognizable – without fear that we are deceiving
others (3). Since everyone knows that the mask hides someone, we need not
concern ourselves with the ramifications of using a ruse. Avraham, on the
other hand, did not know that his “guests” were really angels. Was he not
being deceived into thinking that his visitors were men?
The Gemara cites the story of Rav Akiva and his wife who were extremely
poor and possessed nothing more than straw to sleep on. God sent the
Prophet Eliyahu to them, disguised as a beggar, to ask them if they had
some straw to spare. Rav Akiva and his wife, who had been feeling the
privation of their dire financial situation, found new hope in the
realization that someone else was even poorer than they were. For the sake
of alleviating their anguish, Eliyahu was permitted to impersonate a
beggar in need of straw (4).
From the above incident the Gemara derives that in a situation in which
someone needs comforting, the halachah permits us to act like Eliyahu
(5). For example if someone complains to us about his monetary problems,
we may tell him that we are experiencing financial difficulties of our
own, even if this is not so. Similarly Avraham, the pillar of kindness,
was greatly distressed that he did not have a single guest. The angels
alleviated his spiritual pain, and performed a tremendous act of kindness
by coming to Avraham dressed as mortal beings.
1. Rashi on Bereshith 18:1.
2. See the essay “Obviously False” (page 167) on Bereshith 27:12.
3. Nevertheless, certain costumes present other halachic problems; e.g.
boys may not dress as girls and vice versa.
4. Nedarim 50a.
5. Shulchan Aruch, Choshen Mishpat 228:7; Response Matzav HaYashar 6, Niv
Sefathayim 4:9, See also Ramban Vayelech 31:2.
Text Copyright © 2006 by Rabbi Daniel Travis and Torah.org
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Critter Crawl Investigation brings kids closer to nature
BARTON, N.Y. - If it crawled, wriggled or hopped, it was worth a closer look for kids along the Susquehanna River on Monday.
Over 20 kids were on hand at the Barton Pavilion to take part in the Carantouan Greenway's Critter Crawl Investigation and learn more about the creatures that live in and along the river.
"These events are designed to stimulate interest in nature," said Marty Borko, one of the organizers for the Greenway. "We want them to learn to respect and understand the environment. The Susquehanna River ties us all together, so it's important that we understand what lives along the river and how it all affects us. So by sponsoring these programs that allow the kids to look at these critters and study them, we teach the children the importance of respecting the environment."
After catching the critters, the children were able to look at them under microscopes or just observe them moving about. After the observations, all of the critters were returned to the wild.
Formed in 1995, Carantouan Greenway works "to educate and connect our communities to their natural resources. We operate as a public steward in the Upper Susquehanna Watershed, focusing in Tioga and Chemung counties in New York and Bradford County in Pennsylvania. The Greenway provides a variety of educational and outreach programs for all ages, with an enthusiastic core group of board members and volunteers," according to a statement on its website.
The biggest prize of the day was a female wolf spider which was engorged with a full egg sac. The spider proved so difficult to catch, that one might suppose it had radioactive blood, but once corralled, it was the center of attention for the kids, even the ones who shied away from it while it was loose.
Isaiah Hadlock, 9, of Waverly, considered himself a winner on Monday.
"I got four frogs, a crayfish and two beetles," he said excitedly. "I caught everything I wanted. I had to catch the crawfish by the antenna."
But a quick glance into his tub nearly revealed a tragedy.
"I think a frog ate one of my beetles," he said, before discovering the missing insect.
For more information on Carantouan Greenway, visit www.carantouangreenway.org.
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Charleston, South Carolina is one of the oldest cities in the United States having been founded in 1670. Any city that old has to have a rich history with plenty of great’s sights and stories. Charleston was home to major battles in both the American Revolution and the Civil War meaning there are plenty graveyards, dungeons and haunted buildings in the city. Locals and tourists alike have often spoken of seeing ghosts wandering around Charleston. There have even been customers at the Andrew Pinckney Inn saying they have seen ghosts hanging around the hotel. If you like all things haunted and are interesting in seeing a ghost when you stay at our historic Charleston hotels, check out these ghost tours:
Ghost and Dungeon Walking Tour- Explore Charleston’s historical haunted dungeon in the only Charleston tour with access to it. Visitors will follow a licensed tour guide on an hour and a half walking tour of historic downtown Charleston. Hear all the spooky legends of Charleston while walking around streets, cemeteries, back alleyways, and churches in our haunted town.
The Dark Side of Charleston – Want to know the true unfiltered history of Charleston full of stories about corruption, crime, prostitutes, brothels and sordid affairs? The Dark Side of Charleston walking tour will take you on an uncensored exploration of Charleston full of scandal and intrigue. This tour is only for adults as the subject matter can get a little scandalous.
The Haunted Jail Tour- Go behind the scenes at Charleston’s Old City Jail. The jail housed some of Charleston’s most infamous criminals, pirates and prisoners while it was in operation from 1802-1939. This is one of Charleston’s most famous ghost tours and is not for the faint of heart or small children as it takes you through the jail cells and hallways where Charleston’s worst criminals were housed.
If you want to come see a ghost or just find out about the rich history of Charleston, plan your stay at the Andrew Pinckney inn’s luxurious boutique Charleston Hotel. Our first-class accommodations are perfect for families and couples that want to be pampered on their stay in our fair city. Contact one of friendly staff members to book your stay today or if you have any questions about staying in Charleston.
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Sleep disorders specialists are medical doctors who specialize in
the diagnosis and surgical and nonsurgical treatment of sleep disorders, such
as sleep apnea and snoring.
Sleep disorders specialists are usually pulmonologists, otolaryngologists, or neurologists. They can be board-certified through one of the Boards recognized by the American Board of Medical
Anne C. Poinier, MD - Internal Medicine & E. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine
How this information was developed to help you make better health decisions.
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Originally posted by Char-Lee
I like all the temples in the old pictures hanging out in the sky.
Both are two tapestries were created in the 15th century and are located at the French Basillica Notre-Dame in Beaune, Bourgogne.
Hat shaped objects can be clearly seen in both tapestries which depict the life of Mary. The second tapestry is entitled "The Magnificat" and the
first tapestry's title is unknown.
This "UFO" can also be seen in the "Summer's Triumph" tapestry, created in Bruges, 1538, and located at the Bayerisches National Museum:
These tapestries and their odd "UFOs" have been extensively discussed here, on ATS, many times:
Christian art work reveals the truth...
UFO's in history
An Extra-Terrestrial Timeline
Ancient Astronaut Theory: The New, Oldest, and Only TRUE Religion
Ancient Anomalies and Aliens - Part 1: Art
...all of these thread offered at the time no explanation, leaving it as for "UFOs".
I've found on the Net alternative explanations, like "floating hats", "islands", "clouds".... But the most plausible and logical explanation so far
IMO came from ATS member "Maroboduus" in its thread called "Debunking "UFO's" in Biblical
created three months ago.
Let's quote him:
Originally posted by Maroboduus
This is a tapestry titled La Vie De La Vierge. Of key importance is the fact that it hangs in a church in Beaune, France. Also of key importance is
that it was commissioned by Cardinal Jean Rolin.
The city in the background is Beaune, which was Jean Rolin's diocese at the time he commissioned this tapestry (he later moved to another diocese).
It was a common artistic practice at that time to signify ownership of a city or castle by portraying a possession associated with the owner in the
sky directly above that city or castle, in close proximity to it.
Hmmm, i wonder what symbol was associated with Cardinal Jean Rolin, the guy who commissioned the painting and oversaw that particular diocese depicted
in the background?
If only there was another painting of him which would let us know....
Hey look! There's a hat floating above him!
So, it was common to symbolize ownership by portraying something associated with the owner in the sky above the area in question, and Rolin was
apparently associated with his ecclesiastical hat.
Let's look at the original painting again:
Three diocese, as symbolized by the three different flags which depict the heraldry of whoever "rules/owns" that diocese.
Floating above each diocese/heraldry.... a floating ecclesiastical hat, signifying the ownership of that diocese by the family represented in the
heraldry beside it:
As I live in France, I guess that it could be easier for me to ask for confirmation (or not) at the dedicated diocese, if anybody is
edit on 10-12-2012 by elevenaugust because: (no reason given)
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We are the only ones that can take control of our health. People living with a chronic illness might want to consider the following tips:
1). Decrease Infections
Our immune systems may sometimes be worn down due to sleep deprivation. Common colds and infections are harder on people with chronic illnesses. These new infections tend to place additional stress on our immune system, then it causes our symptoms to get worse. Practicing good hygiene, a healthy diet, and pacing ourselves to minimize our chances of developing additional medical problems.
2). Breathing Correctly
Breathing shallow may cause you to starve your body and its muscles of oxygen. Many articles have been written noting the lack of oxygen actually caused tender points and increased pain associated with fibromyalgia and fatigue. When you breathe your abdomen should expand while inhaling, and contract while exhaling.
3). Maintain Good Posture
Poor posture can cause muscle stiffness and muscle pain. Checking your posture during your day while sitting, standing or walking will help reduce pain and relax muscles. No slouching, shoulders rolled forward, or head forward helps maintain good posture.
4). Lifestyle Changes Can Help
Unfortunately, we have to make lifestyle changes due to our health challenges and disorders. We are unable to continue with our usual day-to-day activities and need to change and prioritize them.
5). Decreasing your Symptoms:
a. Do not stay up late or get up too early. Go to bed and wake up at the same time if possible.
b. Pace yourself and try not to use up all of your energy. Pacing is very important.
c. Drink plenty of water however, try to slow down your consumption prior to bedtime.
d. Eliminate or cut down alcohol and caffeine drinks.
e. PACE...PACE....PACE. Please PACE yourself.
I pray and hope you have a pain and fatigue free day:)
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From Chomsky to Bin Laden The professor dons the militant’s cap: It fits. Bret Stephens,
Wall Street Journal,
May 10, 2011 How fitting that Noam Chomsky would waste little time denouncing the killing of Osama bin Laden as the “political assassination” of an “unarmed victim” whose complicity in 9/11 remains, in the professor’s mind, very much in doubt. Osama was fond of quoting the MIT sage in his periodic video messages – Jimmy Carter is another American so honored – so maybe the eulogy was just a matter of one good turn deserving another. Then again, philosophical fellow traveling is always interesting, not least for what it tells us about ourselves. In 1946, Martin Heidegger, incomparably the most significant philosopher of the 20th century, was banned from teaching for five years at the insistence of occupying French forces. The crime? He had been a Mitläufer – a “fellow-walker” – of the Nazi Party during its time in power. He had extolled the “inner truth and greatness of this movement.” He had tormented Jewish professors. True, he had done so with caveats and reservations, and from a philosophical vantage that operated according to its own logic, distinct from simple National Socialism. But he had done it all the same. Does anyone today doubt that the teaching ban was justified? Most of us would say that far worse was due the man who lent Adolf Hitler an aura of intellectual respectability. Mr. Chomsky is no Martin Heidegger: His contributions to linguistics and cognitive psychology, considerable as they are, pale next to Heidegger’s contributions to political philosophy. Nor is he a Heidegger in the sense that he has brought no material harm to anyone, as Heidegger did to his mentor Edmund Husserl. Yet when it comes to making excuses for monsters, the two thinkers are evenly matched. Among the subjects of Mr. Chomsky’s solicitude have been Holocaust denier Robert Faurisson (whom he described as a “relatively apolitical liberal”), the Khmer Rouge (at the height of the killing fields), and Hezbollah (whose military-style cap he cheerfully donned on a visit to Lebanon last year). As for bin Laden, Mr. Chomsky asks, rhetorically, “how we would be reacting if Iraqi commandos landed at George W. Bush’s compound, assassinated him, and dumped his body in the Atlantic. Uncontroversially, his crimes vastly exceed bin Laden’s.” Ho-hum: Can anyone be surprised anymore by what Mr. Chomsky thinks and says? Not really. In one of those little ironies of leftist politics, the author of Manufacturing Consent has become a victim of what my former colleague Tom Frank likes to call “the commodification of dissent,” in which even the most radical ideas come stamped with their own ISBN number. In the West at least, the marketplace of ideas is also the great equalizer of ideas, blunting edges that might once have had the power to wound and kill. So it is that Mr. Chomsky can be the recipient of over 20 honorary degrees, including from Harvard, Cambridge and the University of Chicago. None of these degrees, as far as I know, was conferred for Mr. Chomsky’s political musings, but neither did those musings provoke any apparent misgivings about the fitness of granting the award. So Mr. Chomsky is the purveyor of some controversial ideas about this or that aspect of American power. So what? Here’s what: Dulled (and dull) as Mr. Chomsky’s ideas might be in the West, they remain razors outside of it. “Among the most capable of those from your side who speak on this topic [the war in Iraq] and on the manufacturing of public opinion is Noam Chomsky, who spoke sober words of advice prior to the war,” said bin Laden in 2007. He was singing the professor’s praises again last year, saying “Noam Chomsky was correct when he compared the US policies to those of the mafia.” These words seem to have been deeply felt. Every wannabe philosopher – and bin Laden was certainly that – seeks the imprimatur of someone he supposes to be a real philosopher. Mr. Chomsky could not furnish bin Laden with a theology, but he did provide an intellectual architecture for his hatred of the United States. That Mr. Chomsky speaks from the highest tower of American academe, that he is so widely feted as the great mind of his generation, that his every utterance finds a publisher and an audience, could only have sustained bin Laden in the conceit that his thinking was on a high plane. Maybe it would have been different if Mr. Chomsky had been dismissed decades ago for what he is: a two-nickel crank. Now bin Laden is dead. Yet wherever one goes in the Arab world, one finds bookstores well-stocked with Chomsky, offering another generation the same paranoid notions of American policy that mesh so neatly with an already paranoid political culture. In 1946 a self-confident West had no trouble demanding that Heidegger be banned. Ideas, it was understood, had consequences. Today nobody would dream of banning Mr. Chomsky from anything. Yet ideas have consequences even today.
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Very few decisions have as much impact on your life, as well as of those around you, as the decision to buy a business. This is one of the biggest decisions you will make, other than the decision to get married or have kids. Yet many people jump into this without carefully examining what it takes to run a small business. They get blindsided by the myths about owning a small business and end up paying a huge price, both in terms of money and stress, for a long time. With that in mind, we have compiled 7 best practices to follow and understand before buying a business.
- Understand your capabilities and shortcomings. Before you do anything else do a self introspection to see whether you have what it takes to be a small business owner. Owning a business is not for everyone. Failing to understand this will result in many painful years to follow.
- Make buy versus build decision. After you have determined that you are fit to be a small business owner, you should understand the pros and cons of buying an existing business versus building one. One is not necessarily better than the other. There are trade-offs you have to make based on your personal situation.
- Make franchise versus independent business decision. Moving further down the decision tree you will need to decide whether it is better to buy a franchise business or an independent one. Again, this decision involves trade-offs you have to make based on your own situation. If you do decide to go the franchise route look at these 10 questions you should ask franchisor before buying.
- Perform careful due diligence. Just as you would not say yes to marriage without a long courtship with the potential spouse, you cannot buy a business without doing proper due diligence on the business from several angles. Look at this post that explains how to perform due diligence before buying a business.
- Do not rush. Whatever you do, don’t rush in doing your homework and making a decision. Any shortcuts taken before buying a business will lead to the road that will be painful to navigate and could lead to a dead end.
- Don’t make emotional decision. You need to make a “business” decision, as opposed to emotional one, when buying a business. That means not getting blindly enamored by the location, product or some other aspect of the business. It helps to talk to several people who have varied and different viewpoints and ask for their opinion. If you have to let go one business, don’t despair. There will be many others that will come to the market in the future.
- Be prepared for lengthy negotiations. Negotiation is an integral part of any business transaction. Some people are good at it, while others dread it like anything. Whether you like it or not, you have to be prepared to spend considerable time negotiating with the seller and his agent. Negotiation starts right when you show initial interest and continues till the closing, and even after that in some cases. Look at the post we wrote on fundamentals rules of negotiation and avoid making these mistakes during negotiation.
Feel free to share your experience with buying a business with others in the comments below.
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The shadows of manhood, cast from the bedrooms of my household, are lengthening in the corridor of family life. Puberty is burgeoning and I've decided, as the patriarch, to go for the pre-emptive strike.
They are all going to hate me soon enough so I'm going to hate them first. Lap gok is the Welsh art of self-defence that teaches that you should attack your enemy while you're still friends in order to maximise the element of surprise.
Although it may not seem so at the time, childhood is idyllic in retrospect because puberty turns out to be such a horrible time. I watch my sons constantly at war. It's cute when kittens and cubs sink their teeth into each other's throats, but for some reason it's not the same when it's your own children.
I find it improbable that the entire human race is the progeny of Adam and Eve, a pair of ancient orchardists, Adam the spitting image of his father and Eve the product of boredom and spare parts. There are too many unanswered questions.
If they were the only guys around, then where did their sons find wives? I have bad news for the literal-minded. When is an apple not an apple? When it's a metaphor. Work backwards in a logical and orderly manner and the riddle is solved. One of the features that distinguishes the adult male from the female is the Adam's apple. This was the apple that got Adam and Eve into trouble. A serpent of thought slithered into Eve's mind at about the time she became a teenager. She had noticed that Adam was changing shape in a differing but complementary manner. Her suggestions brought a lump to his throat.
There are some who feel that the parable of Adam and Eve is sexist, that, unfairly, Eve gets all the blame for leading Adam astray and out of the orchard of childhood. Surely it is universal that girls mature more quickly than boys, so it was inevitable that she would get the idea before he did. And besides, who left all those apples lying around anyway?
To reach puberty is to leave Eden, and the first thing any self-respecting teenager does is to seek respect in respect to the self. It becomes clear to the adolescent that their parents are deeply flawed. One wonders what took them so long. As Mark Twain observed, at 14, he was appalled by how ignorant his father was, and by 18 he was amazed at how much his father had learned in the intervening four years.
Simply put, it is necessary for the child to reject the parents in order for him to find himself.
My own father set me a particularly difficult task in rejecting him by being decidedly bohemian in outlook. I have a very strong memory of him from the '60s turning up at my student digs wearing denim jacket, jeans and a fashionable bandanna after he had been to an all-night party. I didn't mind him going to fancy dress parties, but did he have to masquerade as me? How was I supposed to be a disaffected youth when I was the product of disaffected middle-age?
As I say, in the case of my own children, I have decided to take the gelding by the goolies and strike first. As soon as they start taking an interest in any sort of halfway decent youth culture, I'm going to roundly condemn it as a pox on society.
I've started taking notes and making a list of things that will come to outrage me. There's a restaurant near me called Guernica. Some clown has decided that calling his restaurant after a Picasso painting is really cool because it's, like, Picasso . . . right . . . and it's not a vegetarian restaurant, so it's good that, like, there's a picture of a cow in the painting.
Yes, but Guernica was bombed by Franco, with massive loss of life, which was the whole point of the painting. What next? An ice-cream made by Bergen-Belsen. A hairdresser called Dachau?
My kids would probably think this is just the ranting of a silly old fart. Which is a good place to start. I'd better include something a bit more low-falutin' to be upset about. In the same street as the Spanish genocide restaurant I noticed a poster this morning. It advertised a band called The Roots. In my heart of hearts, I feel a bit sorry for them. They're trying their hardest to cause offence in a world in which little can. The poster was just up the road from a shop called Shag.
Is this the real dilemma for youth today? No matter how contrary they try to be, no matter how naughty they are, no matter how hard they try to separate themselves from the older generation, we shall just smile indulgently and say, "Yeah, I remember doing that 30 years ago".
I shall do my best to be appalled by my children's behaviour.
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About three years ago, this column was composed from a message that was found on the side of a paper coffee cup at a local Starbucks.
The coffee company created a set of “The Way I See It” messages, and this was No. 225. One only assumes that 224 went before, but who’s counting?
This is message No. 225: “People don’t read enough. And what reading we do is cursory, without absorbing the subtleties and nuances that lie deep within — Wow, you’ve stopped paying attention, haven’t you? People can’t even read a coffee cup without drifting off.”
The lines were attributed to the creator and executive producer of the television drama “House,” David Shore.
A few days ago, a friend raised a concern that young people today do not know how to read and show little interest in being informed.
He said they do not watch television news, minimally read newspapers and other printed material, and do not “graze” much on websites that aggregate the work of others without adequate compensation.
The reason for his concern: These are the voters and leaders of tomorrow. If they have so little information and demonstrate a lack of interest in knowing what is going on around them and how actions affect them, what is going to happen in the future?
Legitimate points, but not attributable solely to Gen X, Y, Z or whatever the current alphabetic designator is.
For the hand-wringing opens new opportunities for those in the news creation and dissemination business.
The challenge is for those who provide the content to be willing to push the edges of new technology, but not for the “wow” factor.
Time, energy and a little money are required to experiment, but be ready for some of those experiments to fall flat.
There has to be a willingness to slide out on that high wire like the acrobat who only moves forward, maintaining a balance that seems precarious with every step.
The finding may be surprising: It will be a mixture.
One size is not going to fit all the generational alphabet users while holding on to those who came before: their parents (the boomers) and grandparents.
Financial choices, educational decisions and employment opportunities are discovered and fulfilled with research, information and knowledge.
No one entity today has the grip on information, but those who will succeed in the future will be the ones who were agile enough to shift, creative enough to take risks and wise enough to know that the audience is waiting.
To reach Tom Griscom, call 423-757-6472 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.org.
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Tropical Depression Beryl, May 30, 2012
Tropical Storm Beryl was the strongest off-season Atlantic tropical
cyclone to make landfall in the United States on record. Beryl developed on
May 26 from a low-pressure system near the East Coast of the United States
and was classified as a Subtropical Storm on May 27. Later in the day on
May 27, Beryl transitioned into a tropical cyclone while less than 120
miles from North Florida. Early on May 28, the storm moved ashore near
Jacksonville Beach, Florida, with peak winds of 70 mph It quickly weakened into a
tropical depression, and dropped heavy rainfall while moving slowly across
the southeastern United States. A cold front turned the storm to the
northeast, and Beryl affected Eastern North Carolina during the morning and
afternoon hours of May 30 (Figures 1 and 2).
Figure 1. Satellite image of
Tropical Depression Beryl just off the North Carolina coast, May 30, 2012.
Figure 2. Track of Tropical Storm
Beryl, May 26-30, 2012.
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Part-time is a convenient way to study if you're working or don't have much spare time. We offer courses at all levels part-time and 14,000 people are on them.
We have an excellent record of preparing graduates to succeed at work. You can develop the knowledge, skills and confidence to succeed. Our emphasis is on professionalism and transferable skills. Many courses are directly applicable to specific careers.
What does part-time study involve?
You attend lectures and seminars, complete assignments and study independently. Courses run during the day and evening - some are evenings only.
Teesside courses at your local college
You can study a Teesside University accredited course at one of the University’s five partner colleges. This partnership of Middlesbrough, Darlington, Stockton Riverside, Hartlepool and Redcar & Cleveland Colleges with the University offers a broad provision of part-time higher education programmes across the Tees Valley. Most courses run at the colleges, but some are split between the University and college.
Many courses are for specific industries. Others provide a qualification with a broad base - useful for a variety of careers. Accreditation by professional bodies is an important feature of many courses.
We emphasise professionalism and relevance to work so live projects in your workplace may feature and other courses, such as our foundation degrees, have been developed with employers.
Our Work-based Studies scheme means you can learn at university but focus on an area related to employment and design your own course.
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Very few part-time modules use exams as the main method of assessment. We use a range of course-based assessments, including written assignments, presentations and projects.
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From the enactment of the first commercial banking codes in the nineteenth century through the adoption of the Basel and Basel II accords in recent years to the anticipated adoption of Basel III, policymakers have argued that holding increased amounts of capital promotes bank “soundness and stability” (Basel Committee on Banking Supervision 1988, 2004). Even before governments began to mandate explicit minimum capital requirements, law, custom, and market forces led to alternative means for providing sufficient levels of capital, primarily though extended shareholder liability (Berger et al. 1995).
The oldest and most well-known system of extended liability is unlimited liability, under which partners bear liability for all the obligations of a failed firm. In England and Sweden, banks that issued currency during the nineteenth century were typically subject to unlimited liability. In the US, state law often mandated that banks chartered under their authority be subject to “double” liability. In case of the bank’s failure, shareholders would be liable for twice the amount they had originally paid for their shares; some states mandated “triple” liability. The theoretical argument underlying these arrangements is simple. With more “skin in the game,” shareholders will be less willing to undertake excessive risk.
A formal analysis of liability: Uncalled capital
Although the recent crisis has encouraged economists to consider the policy implications of adopting various forms of extended liability (see Kashyap et al. 2008 and Flannery 2009 on “contingent capital”), there have been relatively few systematic attempts to examine this historical experience with extended liability. Exceptions include Esty (1998) and Grossman (2001) who demonstrate that such strict liability rules played an important role in reducing moral hazard problem in the US banking sector during the half-century or so prior to the Great Depression.
In recent research (Grossman and Imai 2010), we consider another mechanism for imposing contingent liability upon shareholders which was common in Britain during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century: uncalled capital. Under this system, firms issued equity with a nominal value, all or part of which might have been required to be paid in by subscribers at the time of the initial offering. Shares which were only partly paid carried with them a contingent liability for the unpaid portion of the share and could be called in by the firm at the management’s discretion.
We investigate the consequences of uncalled liability by analysing bank balance sheet and share price data from British banks during 1878-1912. At the time of establishment, company promoters declared the nominal amount of the firm’s capital, the number of shares into which it would be divided, and the portion of each share that would be paid-in by subscribers. There were no statutory requirements for the amount of uncalled capital, which was determined by a variety of factors, including common practice within an industry and current opinion as to what share characteristics were conducive to promoting financial stability (Jefferys 1946).
Figure 1 demonstrates the extent of uncalled capital in a variety of sectors during 1870-1913. The figure reports data for only a few sectors, including banks, insurance companies, trusts, and land, mortgage, and financial companies. These sectors maintained a high amount of uncalled capital relative to the market as a whole. The high proportion of uncalled capital can be seen as a market-imposed requirement to engender confidence in sectors where leverage was high and the physical assets were either meagre or inaccessible to creditors.
Figure 1. Ratio of uncalled to market capital, selected
We measure bank risk in two ways:
- following Saunders et al. (1990) and Esty (1998), we use the volatility of share prices;
- the ratio of loans to total assets, under the assumption that loans are riskier and less liquid than other balance sheet assets.
We regress these measures against bank capital-to-asset ratios, a dummy variable for limited liability, a measure of the amount of uncalled liability, plus interaction terms between capital and unlimited liability and capital and contingent liability. The interaction terms are included to capture the possibility that extended liability is less relevant when banks are more adequately capitalised.
The results based on share price volatility are generally not significantly different from zero. Those based on the loan-to-asset ratio, however, are less ambiguous and more robust. The coefficient on contingent liability is negative and significant, meaning that higher levels of contingent liability are associated with less risk-taking. These effects are economically important. Comparing a bank with no contingent liability with a bank with contingent capital equal to the total amount of paid-in capital (i.e., the amount put up by shareholders in at the IPO), the latter’s loan-to-asset ratio is, on average, 16 percentage points less than that of the former. Further, the effects of contingent capital are stronger for banks operating with lower capital-to-asset ratios than with well-capitalised banks, suggesting that contingent capital may act as a brake on risk-taking for banks that are, in fact, in greatest danger of failure.
Do stricter liability rules encourage prudence?
Our results suggest that, at least prior to World War I, British banks which operated under more strict liability rules – particularly more highly leveraged banks – undertook less risk than those operating with lower levels of contingent liability. These results are consistent with both the predictions of economic theory as well as the findings of empirical literature that focuses on the consequences of double liability in the US (Esty 1998, Grossman 2001, Grossman 2010).
Of course, as shown in Grossman (2001), state-chartered banks in US states that imposed extended liability during the Great Depression fared worse than banks in limited liability states, suggesting that the benefits of extended liability may be of limited use in the face of a financial tsunami. Nonetheless, our results have an important implication for today’s policymakers. Extending bank shareholders’ liability can protect taxpayers by directly reducing the taxpayer’s share of bank resolution costs and, more importantly, by altering the risk-shifting incentives of banks.
Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (1988), "International convergence of capital measurement and capital standards”.
Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (2004), "Basel II: International Convergence of Capital Measurement and Capital Standards: a Revised Framework".
Berger, Allen N, Richard J Herring, and Giorgio Szegő (1995), "The Role of Capital in Financial Institutions", Journal of Banking and Finance 19(3-4):393-430.
Esty, Benjamin C (1998), "The Impact of Contingent Liability on Commercial Bank Risk Taking", Journal of Financial Economics 47(2):189-218.
Flannery, Mark J (2009), "Stabilizing Large Financial Institutions with Contingent Capital Certificates".
Grossman, Richard S (2001). "Double Liability and Bank Risk Taking", Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 33(2):143-59.
Grossman, Richard S (2010), Unsettled Account: The Evolution of Banking in the Industrialized World since 1800, Princeton University Press.
Grossman, Richard S and Masami Imai (2010), “Contingent Capital and Bank Risk-Taking: Evidence from British Equity Markets before World War I”, Paper prepared for the Economic History Association Meetings, Evanston, IL, September 24-26.
Jefferys, JB (1946), "The Denomination and Character of Shares, 1855-1885", Economic History Review, 16(1):45-55.
Kashyap, Anil, Raghuram Rajan, and Jeremy Stein (2008), "Rethinking Capital Regulation". Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City symposium on “Maintaining Stability in a Changing Financial System”, Jackson Hole, WY (August 21-23, 2008).
Saunders, Anthony, Elizabeth Strock, and Nickolaos G Travlos (1990), "Ownership Structure, Deregulation, and Bank Risk Taking", Journal of Finance, 45(2):643-54.
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Thanks, Orrin Hatch for the most publicized (first-ever?) Mormon-rendered Hanukkah Song. Conan’s self-proclaimed only Jew Max Weinberg returned the favor last night with a little ditty for the Mormon community to sing at Christmas time. Doubt they will though, since its purpose is to count all the ways in which the singers know nothing about Mormonism besides the names of celebrity Mormons like Katherine Heigl and Mitt Romney:
Utah Senator Orrin Hatch isn’t the only Mormon legislator with a soft spot for Jewish traditions.
Senate majority leader Harry Reid’s wife, Landra (née Gould), was raised Jewish, and the Reid family has a mezuzah on the doorpost of their Searchlight, Nev. home in honor of that heritage, a spokeswoman for Senator Reid confirmed. (Senator Hatch wears a mezuzah around his neck, as this Tablet music video shows.)
Both Senator Reid and his wife are converts to Mormonism; Hatch was born into the Mormon faith.
According to this New Yorker profile of the current Senate Majority Leader, Reid’s eventually close relationship with Landra’s parents got off to a rough start. Mr. Gould apparently tried to break up the couple because the Goulds “wanted their daughter to marry a Jewish boy,” according to Reid.
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This article was published with the permission of the author, Heena Kazi. You can access her blog here.
Note: The views expressed in this article do not reflect the views of BollySpice.com’s staff or owners. They are solely the views of the writer of this opinion piece/blog.
Young girls are often given Barbie dolls at a young age as an innocent gift. However, loving parents do not realize the detrimental repercussions of the popular toy, and have remained oblivious to the harmful effects that resulted because of Barbie’s influence over numerous generations. Barbie has been considered a role model for girls ever since her creation in 1959; for roughly five decades, young girls all over the world idolized Barbie. With golden blonde hair, blue eyes, and breasts that are larger than life, Barbie successfully tainted the self-perception of young girls by diminishing their outlook on beauty.
Approximately half a billion dolls have sold since Barbie’s creation in over one hundred and forty different countries. Due to the doll’s vast popularity, it is nearly impossible to find a child immune from Barbie’s charm; because of this, the majority of girls wish to possess all of the doll’s characteristics; no one is free from Barbie’s inescapable sphere of influence. Dark-haired and dark-eyed girls are devastated because they do not live up to the standards created by Barbie’s monopoly. Barbie has manipulated society’s perspective, and girls are forced to imitate the toy’s appearance to be accepted. The doll’s immense impact over the female (and male) population has led millions of people to believe that a voluminous bust and a miniscule waist are the main components of a beautiful woman.
Apparently, Barbie represents the epitome of beauty and perfection; women all over the world struggle to become flawless like the doll. Many women have a dwindling self-esteem, while others feel worthless and constantly insecure because they cannot live up to society’s expectations. These emotional and mental effects lead to other harmful physical consequences. The lesser affected women dye their hair and buy contact lenses, while some go through extreme measures to mirror Barbie’s appearance by spending thousands of dollars on surgical enhancements such as liposuction and breast implants. Others, particularly teenagers, starve themselves to the point of death in order to attain a twenty-one inch waist.
Barbie’s popularity led many girls to believe that in order to be beautiful, one must have blue eyes, blonde hair, and unbelievably disproportionate measurements. The doll’s domination over the past fifty years has been relatively unchallenged, and because of this, Barbie has played a major role in eating disorders and insecurity among women and teenagers. Despite the fact that some may see Barbie as a harmless toy, the numbers of anorexic and bulimic females trying to emulate Barbie’s physique are overwhelming, thus, making Barbie a disease against the emotional and physical health of women.
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How to get to Cambridge
Travelling to Cambridge for the first time? Jump to directions:
For directions near and within Cambridge, please refer to your college or department website and the University map (paying particular attention to one-way roads if travelling by road).
The classic image of Cambridge involves gown-wearing students cycling to lectures. Although wearing a gown while cycling is no longer compulsory (and is probably not a good idea) cycling remains the most popular method of transport within our very crowded, and very ancient, city.
A few legal points regarding cycling: In the UK, it is illegal to cycle at night without a front and rear light. These have to be continuous lights; flashing LEDs are not technically enough. The police regularly fine people for cycling without lights; it’s also supremely dangerous. It is illegal to ride your bike on the pavement (unless it’s also marked as a cycle path), additionally many streets in Cambridge are one way and you can only legally cycle in one direction. For maximum confusion, there are also several streets (e.g. Downing Street) which are one-way for cars, but have a contraflow cycle lane, so you can cycle in either direction. Inconsiderate and illegal cycling often leads to aggressive responses from the public which all cyclists then suffer from.
Wearing a cycle helmet isn’t a legal requirement (but is probably a good idea!). If you’re going to buy one, make sure it has a British Standard kitemark. Many Colleges operate a scheme whereby cycle helmets can be bought at cost price or you can claim the cost of a helmet back. It is worth asking your MCR if this is the case. You can also buy cycle helmets and lights at cost price at the Freshers’ Fair.
There are many shops in Cambridge that sell and repair bikes. At the start of every term, the Police hold an auction of recovered stolen bikes – look for posters around town. To avoid having your bike stolen in the first place, always lock it to an immovable object. D-locks tend to be the most effective. Certain areas of town tend to be bad for theft and vandalism of bikes – try to leave your bike in a secure bike rack, preferably in a secure area. Colleges issue numbers to paint on your bike, to help identify it if it is stolen – this is usually run by the Porters. The number also discourages the college authorities from disposing of your bike if it looks like it has been abandoned! You should also keep a record of the frame number, and ideally get it written on your receipt when you buy a bike, so that if there’s later any dispute you can prove that you own it.
Further advice and details of legal requirements can be found in the Highway Code.
If you aren’t confident about cycling in Cambridge, adult cycle training is available. Information can be found on the Cambridge Cycling Campaign’s website:
Keeping a car
Undergraduates are not usually allowed to keep cars or motorcycles in Cambridge without special permission. Graduates under 24 must also obtain a certificate through their Tutor and a University license from the Motor Proctor:
- 1 St Mary’s Passage
- 01223 333310
- Motor Proctor
Any person in statu pupillari (essentially a student who doesn’t have an MA and who is 24 or younger) who keeps, hires or uses a motorcycle or car (mopeds are exempt) within the precincts of the University without permission from the Motor Proctor can be fined £175. Permission from the Motor Proctor does not constitute permission to park in any Colleges or University grounds. Under the terms of the Motor Proctor’s license, students agree to park their cars in a private off-street parking space. Similar restrictions apply to keeping a boat on the River Cam.
Some Colleges are able to provide car parking along with accommodation, although many can or will not. Colleges may charge for the use of a parking space, which can be up to £200 a year depending on the College.
If you are accommodated in College owned houses or rent in the private sector it is quite likely that you will live in a Residents’ parking zone, where to park on the road you must obtain a permit for around £50 a year from the local council (visit Customer and Support Services reception in the Guildhall, Market Square). To obtain the permit you must prove ownership with your vehicle logbook, have your driving license registered to the Cambridge address and have proof of residency at the address in the form of a rental contract or a stamped letter from the College as landlord.
For more details, see the following information from Cambridge City Council:
Overseas students who wish to drive whilst in this country must take out a provisional driving licence within one year of becoming resident here, unless they have previously passed a UK driving test or have held a full UK license during the last ten years. If you own a car in Britain you must legally have the car registered in your name on the logbook, have insurance, have valid road tax and, if it is over 3 years old, a valid MOT certificate. Driving a vehicle without valid insurance, registration, MOT (roadworthiness) testing or a licence is a criminal offence.
For more details, see:
- Legal obligations for drivers
- DirectGov: Motoring (comprehensive information about driving from the UK government)
- Highway Code (legal requirements and guidelines for use of the roads)
Getting to Cambridge by car
Cambridge is about 50 miles north of London.
- From the South, use the M11 motorway from London. Take junction 11 to enter the city from the south, passing the Trumpington Park and Ride site; junctions 12-14 also access the city at progressively more northerly points. (This applies for journeys from London, the London airports, the Channel Tunnel and the cross-channel ferry ports).
- From East Anglian places north or east of Cambridge, you can access Cambridge from the A14 or A10, entering the city from the north-east on Milton or Newmarket Road.
- From the North and West, you should approach Cambridge on the A14. From the north, the A1/A1(M) connects to the A14 near Huntingdon. From the west, the M6 joins the A14 near Rugby. The A14 enters the city from the north.
Commuting from outside Cambridge
Some graduates, especially those with families to accommodate, choose to live outside the city where accommodation is cheaper. If you intend to do so you should consider your transport options carefully, especially as to whether there is a good bus service. Public car parking in Cambridge costs upwards of £20 a day and many departments and Colleges do not have the capacity to allow graduates to park on-site. There is a good Park and Ride service, whereby you park your car on the city outskirts for free and then take a shuttle bus into town. The bus fare is currently £2 per adult, and each adult can take up to three children (under 16) for free. Using the Park and Ride can also be a good option if you are having visitors, although be aware that the car parks close at night.
Cambridge is a pleasant city to walk around, and small enough to make walking a practical alternative to cycling, cars or taxis. It is a relatively safe place, but (like all cities) Cambridge is not free of crime: it is best to avoid poorly-lit or exposed areas late of night like Christ’s Pieces, Jesus Green and Midsummer Common. If you’re worried, get a taxi or walk home in a group. CUSU and many college welfare officers can provide free personal attack alarms. At night, if you think you’re being followed, you can go to any College for help. Find out where the less salubrious areas are before walking through them: wearing your college scarf or boat club kit around certain areas of north Cambridge may not be wise.
Coaches and Buses
There is an extensive local bus network. Stagecoach Cambridge serves central areas with six frequent “Citi” services; Stagecoach and other operators also have a variety of routes connecting local towns and villages with Cambridge.
The University supports the costs of a shuttle bus service, the Uni 4, which runs from Madingley Road Park and Ride to Addenbrooke’s Hospital, via the West Cambridge site, West Road (for the UL and the Sidgwick site) and Trumpington Street (passing directly outside the Graduate Union!). It runs every 15 to 20 minutes from 7am to 7.30pm, Monday to Friday. Members of the university travel for 50p per single journey if you show your University Card.
There is also a free City Circle bus service running every 15 minutes from 9am to 5pm connecting several sites in the city centre with the bus station (Emmanuel Street), Market and the Grafton Centre (Fair Street).
There is no discount for members of the unviersity on the other Citi services, for which a return journey or day pass (a ‘Dayrider’) costs £2.80.
More information about local bus services is available from:
- Cambridgeshire County Council Bus Timetables
- Cambridge City Council: Buses
- Stagecoach Cambridge
- Map of Cambridge City Bus Routes
- Bus station map
For longer-distance travel, you can catch coaches to hundreds of UK and European destinations from the bus station on Drummer Street or from the Parkside coach stops, depending on destination. Timetable information can be found on the National Express website. You can buy tickets online to print straight from your computer (or request traditional tickets for postal delivery if your prefer): it is better to buy tickets in advance if possible than to try and buy them on the coach.
If you’re aged 16-25 or a full time student, you can buy a Student/Young Person Discount Coachcard (£10 for one year or £25 for three), giving you savings of up to 30% on many National Express coaches.
Taxis are a convenient, albeit expensive, way to get around. Regular taxis can only legally carry four people so if there are more of you you need to request a people carrier. There is usually an additional charge for items of luggage. Taxis carry a council license number, the driver should have an identification card and all taxis should display a list of fares, these vary and are higher at night and on bank holidays.
- Taxi services
- Panther: 01223 715715
- Cabco: 01223 711111
- Camtax: 01223 313131
Taxi ranks can be found at Drummer Street (for bus connections), Parkside (for the coaches), the train station and St Andrew’s Street, although they are not all in use 24 hours a day. You may have to wait a long time for a taxi (particularly on Friday and Saturday nights) so don’t get left on your own expecting a taxi to miraculously appear.
Cambridge’s train station is located just south of the city centre, at the end of the imaginatively named Station Road. There is a fast and regular service to London and many trains to local destinations, but trains to other UK cities are mostly slow, irregular and often involve changes. Timetable information can be obtained online or by phone (0845 7 48 49 50) from National Rail Enquiries.
If you’re aged 16-25 or you are a full time student, you can buy a Young Person’s Railcard (£22.80 for one year from the Graduate Union shop), giving you a third off most rail fares anywhere in Britain.
The UK train service is complicated – there are several separate train companies, sometimes even on the same route with different ticket pricing (particularly for special offers). Return tickets often cost only slightly more than a single, and it can be considerably cheaper to book in advance with reservations for a particular train or route. You can, however, buy tickets from any mainline station, or online from most of the train companies, for travel on any route and with any operator.
- Cambridge station information and map
- National Rail Enquiries: timetable information
- http://www.thetrainline.com/: train ticket sales from one of the train companies
- Getting to the airports.
Getting to/from the airports
Cambridge is quite conveniently located for air travel. The closest major airport to Cambridge is Stansted Airport, which can be reached in under an hour by coach or train, but Luton, Heathrow and Gatwick can also be reached using the regular National Express coach services from Parkside. There is also a direct train to Stansted Airport, although this doesn’t run all night. The table below summarises travel arrangements by train and coach to each airport – all details are approximate or indicative, and fares are for economy returns:
|Coach||Travel time||55 min||1 h 30 min (direct)
3 h via (Stansted)
|2 h 35 min||3 h 50 min (direct)
5 h or more (other routes)
|Journeys/ frequency||21 (hourly)||25 (of which 10 direct)||30 (better than hourly)||40 (half-hourly; many slow)|
|Train||Route (from airport)||Direct||Shuttle bus to Luton Airport Parkway; Thameslink train to London King’s Cross (45 min); Train to Cambridge (1 h)||Heathrow Express train to London Paddington (15 mins, £28 return); London Underground to London King’s Cross (30 mins); Train to Cambridge (1 h)||Gatwick Express train to London Victoria (30 mins, £26.80 return); National Express coach to Cambridge (2 h, £8-16 return)|
|Travel time||35 min||About 3 h||About 2 h 30 min||2 h 30 min – 4 h|
Stansted and Luton have a good range of flights, particularly with budget airlines and to European destinations. Fly to and from Stansted if you can; getting there is quicker by train than coach, but you will need to take the coach for late-night journeys. For those travelling further or with traditional airlines, Heathrow and Gatwick may be the only options. If travelling from Heathrow or Luton, coaches are as fast (or faster) than trains, operate for longer hours and are often the more convenient option, as you do not have to change.
At most airports, there is a bus station with a ticket office from which you can buy your tickets, or you can buy them online in advance. You should generally not expect to buy coach or train tickets on board.
Several low cost carriers have appeared in recent years: if you book well in advance or look out for special offers, registering on their mailing lists, you can travel around the UK and Europe for very little. Budget airlines operating from Stansted include:
Most booking services do not search all budget airlines. We have been informed of one website which provides a handy searchable index of budget airline routes, with links to the airline’s websites (it doesn’t sell tickets itself):
The external websites and companies mentioned on this page have no connection to the Graduate Union, and listing them here does not constitute an endorsement.
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A Norwegian historical drama about the 1947 Kon-Tiki expedition, which was pioneered by legendary explorer Thor Heyerdahl. Using only a wood raft, the ethnographer is said to have journeyed 4,300 miles across the Pacific in an effort to prove the feasibility of South Americans settling in Polynesia during pre-Columbia times. Directed by Joachim Rønning & Espen Sandberg, with Pål Sverre Hagen playing the part of Heyerdahl.
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by Elizabeth Friszell
High school football in the south is big. Real big. And 30 years
ago, it was even bigger. In 1973, a lab called Capitol Filmworks
touched down into the field of photographic processing. That is,
they first started out in the business of high school football. "We
started out by processing football film for high schools. The
coaches would shoot the football film and Rene would process it all
day and night to have it ready before the game the next Saturday,"
says Joan Brinsfield, vice president and director of professional
marketing at Capitol Filmworks in Montgomery, AL. "At first, we
would do black and white and E6, and then later on, we got into the
color lab business."
Nearly 30 years later, in March of 2002, Capitol went national with digital. They had to: they remodeled their store to accommodate their flow into digital and were gaining new business. "We had to add 4500 square feet to the lab because our affiliation with ProShots and our turn to digital were making it necessary for us to go national," she says. "We've been going to national trade shows and exhibiting our store since we began with ProShots five years ago. Now this year, we went to these trade shows and promoted our turn to digital. It really affirms the business."
Welcome to Digital
"Digital has been very positive for us. We use ProShots digital files as well. We have now become completely digital," Rene Brinsfield, owner, president, and Joan's husband, notes. The lab owns only the Kodak LED as its single optical printing. "The range of services is better, the turnaround and workflowdownstream nearly disappears." Digital also led the lab to save big on labor. Rene says, "We have about 30% less staff doing about twice the effect."
According to Capitol Filmworks, they provide digital output from photo paper, 35mm slides, inkjet paper, canvas, dye-sublimation prints, and overhead transparency material from an almost endless variety of input sources, with most services available on short turnaround schedules. They also write Kodak photo CD's from 35mm slides or negatives.
In addition to the digital output, they have a complete digital staff of experts in the field of photo restorations. "The original is scanned or photographed, depending on size, and all restoration work is done electronically. The original is never touched. There is hardly anything we can't restore on a photograph," the lab says. "We can recreate missing parts, clean up or replace backgrounds, isolate individuals or remove or replace them, add persons not present for the original photo, colorize a black and white print, and more."
Capitol Filmworks uses three Fuji Frontier systems linked with Fuji's PIC PRO software, the ZBE large-format printer, and the Kodak HR500 long roll scanner to convert film to scanned digital files. "These machines have really helped our lab to expand into digital. We now have three locations that are all using digital," Rene says.
Phil Scarsbrook, Digital Imaging Manager, designed the cover of this month's issue. He created the cover designs using Photoshop 7 only. Phil explains, "I shot the the Photoshop 7 box to get the sides of the box and the S2 camera. Other images came either from my personal portfolio or were downloaded from PhotoSpin.com (a website that provides royalty-free images for subscribers), aside from the cover images Photo Processing provided."
"As a certified expert in Photoshop versions 6 and 7, I use Adobe systems," Phil says. "And, as the recipient of a GURU award from the National Association of Photoshop Professionals."
The Wonder of ProShots
Capitol Filmworks is a digital ProShots lab. "ProShots is an exciting system that brings the magic and efficiency of digital image technology to the photographic business," Rene states. "It enables the elimination of all the mundane tasks that typically go hand-in-hand with ordering wedding and event photography. Tasks that cost time and money."
ProShots has a distinct advantage to photographers that Capitol Filmworks offers. "The ProShots Imaging and Printing System at Capitol Filmworks processes and proofs the film, and digitizes each image. The film is kept in long roll format and stored here at our lab. The digitized images are provided to them over the Internet," the lab says. Back at the photographers' studio, the ProShots system gives access to the images and gives the power to edit, crop, sequence, size, package, and reorder. "It gives photographers the ability to sit with their customers and specify all details of their order, without laying a finger on a negative or aperture card," Rene says. "They can even lay out the entire order and let customers visualize it right on the screen using Art Leather's Montage software, which is fully compatible with ProShots."
Capitol will even send a free copy of the ProShots Viewer software to professional photographers if they express an interest in the software. They can try it out and see the time savings and cost awareness.
"In the last few years, we spent about $1.5 million to remodel and expand. As we did that, we were expanding into new business because of ProShots," Rene says. "Most labs expand, but they're keeping the same customers, and the same business. For us, ProShots allowed our lab to pursue new business with more and more materials to offer."
This put Capitol further into the throws of being a family-owned and operated business, bringing in son Keith Hildebrand. "Rene decided to bring Keith in when we began with ProShots because it was time to go national," Joan says. "Rene flew to South Carolina and told Keith to put in his two weeks notice at his job, and come to Alabama to work with us." Keith asked his mother for her advice, but what did mom say? "I told him to go back to his job," she laughs. But, little did she know, he'd become a permanent figure in the family business, one who travels to all the trade shows with Mom and helps to promote the company nationally. "It's now fully a family business."
The latest thing Capitol Filmworks has to offer is classes at its Image Education Center, a classroom set up next door to the main lab. "We have started offering classes on Adobe Photoshop, digital cameras, 35mm SLR cameras, ProShots, and we plan to offer more," Rene says.
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Battle of the Lys (Hazebrouck)
As dawn broke on 13th April, the weakly-held British lines were just 5 miles (8km) east of the strategically-important railway centre of Hazebrouck. It was vital that the battle-weary 29th and 31st Divisions should hold on throughout the day until fresh troops of the 1st Australian Division were dug in.
At 8.30am the enemy attacked in force along the whole front of 92nd Brigade. On the edge of Celery Copse, the Lewis gun team commanded by Sgt. Walter Beckett of the 11th East Lancashires fired at the enemy until practically surrounded. Beckett stayed with his gun to cover the withdrawal of his men before retiring himself. Although the forward posts in front of Merris and Celery Copse had been driven back by around 10am, the enemy were held up by artillery fire and made no further progress.
At 11.30am a fresh attack against the front of the East Lancashires came to nothing as the enemy were caught in enfilade fire from Lewis guns sited at Labis Farm. At one point, 2/Lt. Ernest Kay took three Lewis gun teams forward 150 yards (140m) into the open to where he could direct enfilade fire into enemy troops gathering in a hollow.
To the right of 92nd Brigade, a critical situation was fast developing. The 12th King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, defending the approach to Vieux Berquin along the road, had been blown out of their position at la Couronne. Further to the right, the 4th Guards Brigade was now having to defend against both frontal and flank attacks.
Desperate to exploit the situation at la Couronne, the enemy launched a fresh attack at 2.35pm against the the two right companies of the East Lancashires and the left of 29th Division. As the East Lancashires held firm and inflicted heavy losses on the enemy, their commanding officer, Lt.-Col. Arthur Rickman, was alarmed to see on his right up to 1,000 men from the 12th K.O.Y.L.I. and 29th Division streaming north out of Vieux Berquin. Rickman promptly sent Major Lewis Lewis and Capt. Francis Macalpine to recover the situation. In the face of heavy machine gun fire coming up the road from Vieux Berquin, the two officers collected around 400 stragglers, formed them in a position commanding the exits to the village and saw them issued with ammunition.
Throughout the day the 1st Australian Division had been digging in behind Vieux Berquin. By 5pm, the left flank of 4th Guards Brigade had been broken, and the remnants of the brigade were ordered to fall back through the Australians. It was in the bitter fighting on the Guards' left flank that Capt. Thomas Pryce of the 4th Bn. Grenadier Guards lost his life; his Victoria Cross citation records that "with some forty men he had held back at least one enemy battalion for over ten hours. His company undoubtedly stopped the advance through the British line, and thus had great influence on the battle."
With the enemy in possession of Vieux Berquin, the East Lancashires were again in danger of being outflanked. Conforming to orders, the battalion remained in position until after dusk, covering the withdrawal of units from 29th Division before swinging around their right to face south-east.
The stubborn fight put up by 29th and 31st Divisions over 11th-13th April had bought enough time for the 1st Australian Division to form a new line running from Strazeele through le Paradis to la Rue de Bois. At 4am on the 14th, 92nd Brigade withdrew through the Australian line.
The 84 men of the 11th East Lancashires reported as missing include those taken prisoner-of-war as the battalion fell back on 12th April; amongst them was Pte. Alfred Edward Roberts.
At least 16 gallantry awards were later made to men of the 11th East Lancashires: Lt.-Col. Arthur Rickman (Bar to D.S.O.), Maj. Lewis Lewis (D.S.O.), Capts. John Duff, Spencer Fleischer and Francis Macalpine (all M.C.), Lt. Harold Wilton (M.C.), 2/Lt. Ernest Kay (M.C.), C.S.M. Cornelius Lacey (D.C.M., posthumous), Sgt. Thomas Blackley (D.C.M.), A/Sgt. Walter Beckett (D.C.M. and M.M.), Cpl. John Birtwistle (M.M.), L/Cpl. William Stuart (M.M.), and Ptes. James McLoughlin, Harry Mills and Charles Nutt (all M.M.).
On 14th April, the Australians repulsed enemy attacks through Merris and Vieux Berquin. Three days later, a sharp attack between Merris and Meteren came to nothing. The line was to remain substantially unchanged until the tide turned on 28th June; at La Becque the 11th East Lancashires would again be involved.
The Battlefield Today
Panorama from the D23 just south-west of the junction with the D69, and close to the right flank of the 11th East Lancashires' line on 13th April 1918. Lynde Farm in 1918 was just to the left of the present-day farm (the red-tiled buildings at the far left of the picture). Celery Wood (Bois de Merris) is the wood to the right of Lynde Farm. In 1918, there was only one small building at the road junction. Labis Farm is at the extreme right of the picture, again slightly moved from its 1918 location.
The D947 running north-west from Estaires passes through the village of Vieux Berquin. Leave the D947 in the centre of the village, turning right onto the D23 towards Outtersteene. Park near the crossroads with the D69 1 mile (1.5km) along the road. This is approximately on the right flank of the 11th East Lancashires' position on 13th April 1918 which extended from Labis Farm, forward of Lynde Farm to beyond Celery Copse. By continuing along the D23, a visit can be made to Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Extension where 13 men of the 11th East Lancashires are known to be buried, including 2/Lt. J. C. Lott M.C. Pte. G. W. Pilkington, an original Pal who died of wounds with the 8th Bn., is also buried in the cemetery.
From Vieux Berquin it is only a short distance to the battlefield of La Becque.
© Andrew C Jackson 2001, 2008
Compiled from TNA documents WO95/2343, WO95/2356, WO95/2357, WO95/2358, "The History of the East Lancashire Regiment in the Great War" edited by Major General Sir N. Nicholson, "The British Campaign in France & Flanders" by Arthur Conan Doyle, "War History of the 18th (S.) Battalion Durham Light Infantry" by Lt.-Col. W. D. Lowe and with the kind help of David Ingham.
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Raging Cholera Just Tip of Zimbabwe's Humanitarian Crisis
Top Ten Humanitarian Crises of 2008 - Zimbabwe
A widespread cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe - December 2008
Harare/Johannesburg/New York, February 17, 2009 — Zimbabwe's humanitarian crisis continues to rapidly deteriorate, causing appalling suffering, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warned today. The organization’s medical teams have now treated almost 45,000 people for cholera, an estimated 75 percent of the total number of cases in the current outbreak, and the crisis is far from over.
The severity of the cholera outbreak is just one manifestation of the disastrous state of Zimbabwe’s health system and its collapsed infrastructure, as described by MSF in a new briefing paper, "Beyond Cholera: Zimbabwe's Worsening Crisis," released today. Many health facilities in Zimbabwe have now closed or are not functioning. Others demand exorbitant fees in foreign currencies. This makes it effectively impossible for most Zimbabweans to access medical care.
MSF is appealing to the government of Zimbabwe to immediately remove existing barriers and facilitate independent assessments of needs in order to be able to provide timely, essential humanitarian and medical aid. The organization also calls on the international community to respect the distinction between political goals and the urgent humanitarian imperative to ensure that Zimbabweans receive the assistance they need today.
MSF has had to respond on such a massive scale to the cholera outbreak as local health structures simply could not cope.
"There has been a devastating implosion of Zimbabwe's once-lauded health system, which doesn't just affect cholera patients,” said Manuel Lopez, MSF head of mission in Zimbabwe. "We know that public hospitals are turning people away, health centers are running out of supplies and equipment, there is an acute lack of medical staff, patients can't afford to travel to pick up their HIV medication or to receive treatment, and many of our own clinics are overflowing," he said. "From what we see each day it couldn't be clearer – this is a massive medical emergency spiralling out of control."
Zimbabwe's political crisis and resulting economic breakdown have led to abysmal access to public healthcare, a collapsed infrastructure, a crushing HIV epidemic, political violence, food shortages and malnutrition, internal displacement, and displacement to neighbouring countries. An estimated three million Zimbabweans have sought refuge in South Africa, the most extraordinary exodus from a country not in open conflict.
In Zimbabwe, despite the glaring humanitarian crisis, MSF often experiences restrictions and enforced delays when carrying out its work. To make matters worse, there is a clear lack of a strong, coordinated, international response to the unfolding humanitarian emergency.
"The situation in Zimbabwe is causing inexcusable suffering," said Dr. Christophe Fournier, MSF’s international president. "Urgent measures must be taken to ensure Zimbabweans have unimpeded access to the humanitarian assistance they so desperately need. The Zimbabwean government must guarantee that aid agencies can work wherever needs are identified and ease bureaucratic restrictions so projects can be properly staffed and drugs quickly procured," he said.
"Governments and international agencies must recognise the severity of this crisis and ensure that the provision of humanitarian aid remains distinct from political processes," he continued. "Their policies towards Zimbabwe must not come at the expense of the humanitarian imperative to ensure that malnourished children, victims of violence, and people living with HIV/AIDS or other illnesses have unhindered access to the assistance they need to survive."
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been working in Zimbabwe since 2000 and providing medical assistance to Zimbabweans fleeing to South Africa since 2007. Since the beginning of the cholera outbreak in August 2008, MSF has treated 45,000 patients. MSF also provides care for more than 40,000 people living with HIV/AIDS, including 26,000 who are receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART), and provides nutritional support to severely malnourished children.
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Do you have an image that is out-of-focus? The Sharpen tool in Photoshop can help!
Open the image in Photoshop. Zoom in (Select View from the menu and go to Actual Pixels for best results).
The image, at full view, looks especially blurry. It’s difficult to read the legend.
To sharpen, go to Filter > Sharpen, and select Sharpen.
As you can see, the edges are crisper and the legend is easier to read after sharpening. You can sharpen as many times as is necessary, but make sure that the image doesn’t begin to look pixelated. This is a sign of over-sharpening.
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NEWS: E.U. Investigating Possible Cartel in E-Book Market
The European antitrust authority said Tuesday that it was investigating possible collusion between Apple and five major publishing houses in the growing market for electronic books.
The European Commission said that Apple may have helped imprints like Penguin, owned by Pearson of Britain, and Harper Collins, owned by News Corp. of the United States, to engage in “anti-competitive practices affecting the sale of e-books.”
In particular, the commission said it was “examining the character and terms of the agency agreements entered into” by the publishers and retailers of e-books, like Apple.
The three other imprints named by the commission were Hachette Livre, owned by Lagardère of France, Simon & Schuster, a division of CBS of the United States, and Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holzbrinck of Germany.
Apple declined to comment.
In a statement, Pearson said it did “not believe it has breached any laws, and will continue to fully and openly cooperate with the commission.” HarperCollins said that it was “cooperating fully with the investigation.”
Lagardère, based in Paris, declined to comment on the announcement, according to Bloomberg News.
CBS and its Simon & Schuster unit and Harper Collins did not immediately respond to calls and e-mails seeking comment, while Holtzbrinck did not immediately respond to an e-mail query, according to Bloomberg.
Similar concerns in the United States have already led to litigation.
In August, Hagens Berman, a law firm, filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California contending that the publishers and Apple increased prices for popular e-book titles to improve profits and force e-book rival Amazon to abandon “pro-consumer discount pricing.”
According to Hagens Berman, the “publishers believed that Amazon’s wildly popular Kindle e-reader device and the company’s discounted pricing for e-books would increase the adoption of e-books, and feared Amazon’s discounted pricing structure would permanently set consumer expectations for lower prices.”
Until recently, a variety of retailers including major bookshop chains had the power to set the price of books.
But that system began to change when the publishers, possibly with the help of Apple, which markets its popular iPad that also serves as an e-book reader, took greater control over the power to set prices, according to European officials.
Those changes may have kept the prices of e-books higher than they might otherwise have been in a fully competitive market, the officials said.
The decision to open the case followed surprise inspections at the offices of companies in the sector in March, and the commission said it would treat the case “as a matter of priority.”
The decision also follows “a significant number of complaints” to the Office of Fair Trading in Britain.
The British O.F.T. closed a similar investigation on Tuesday, saying in a statement that, “the European Commission is currently well placed to arrive at a comprehensive resolution of this matter.”
European officials are now expected to investigate further to determine whether Apple and the publishers deliberately set out to influence prices, and whether consumers have been paying too much for e-books.
The European Commission can fine companies found to have breached the bloc’s competition rules up to 10 percent of their global annual sales, and it can require them to change their business practices, if they find wrongdoing.
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The following are questions frequently asked by Academic Foundations Reading students regarding the Academic Foundations Reading Program. If you have additional questions, please contact the Reading Area Coordinator, firstname.lastname@example.org
When am I ready for an objective or text chapter test? When a student has completed all of the work on a particular objective of his/her course, it is highly recommended to take a practice test(s) in the classroom, the LRC or on the WWW site.
Why can't I just skip chapters and take the final exam? To receive credit for the course the student is required to show a score of 80% or better on mastery tests for most objectives listed in the syllabus. In addition the student is required to demonstrate college reading level proficiency on a standardized final reading comprehension test. There is a direct connection between successfully completing learning objectives and developing the comprehension required to pass the final reading test.
What is the Reading Area attendance policy? Do I have to come to class or can I just come in when I'm ready to take a test? Students are expected to attend all class sessions. Excessive absences and work not completed may affect a student's ability to complete a course. Attendance may also effect a student's financial aid and/or VA benefits. Attendance in classes is kept according to federal guidelines. If a student is enrolled in Sinclair's Electronic College class attendance is not required. A student is reported as not attending, however, if no work has been completed by the end of the 4th week of the quarter.
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The spectre of Iran overhangs the Egyptian crisis, the Iran of Ayatollah Khomeini’s bearded visage, frustrated street protests, nuclear ambition and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s denunciations of Israel. But this is the wrong Iran. The right comparison is with the Iran of 1979-1980, which saw Cairo-like street demonstrations topple a dictator and endorse a makeshift revolutionary government. And which saw the Carter administration invite the ailing shah and his family to seek refuge over here.
It is our hope that Qbash becomes your go-to blog for all things related to the Middle East and other Muslim societies. With any luck qbash will bring out the 16th century militant Sufi mystic in you (in a peaceful way)!
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Doing Research in Design
Berg Publishers | ISBN 9781847885791
Paperback – 224 pages
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Doing Research in Design presents new ways of thinking about the relationship between design and research by positioning design as a social as well as a material practice. This approach emphasises the social consequences of design decisions as well as the importance of the efficient functioning of a design. Doing Research in Design argues that design promotes social change and that, in order to understand that change, designers must turn to social science research methods. The book outlines the relationships between thinking and doing in design - and makes explicit links between design, research, philosophy and sociology - and then examines four central social research methodologies in practice. The aim of Doing Research in Design is to provide anyone involved in the field of design with the knowledge and understanding of the best methods to plan and conduct their research.
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the Invisible Hand: Groundwork for a New Economics.
It is an idea that should fit his government's mantra of lifting all boats in India's rising tide of economic growth. But how do you ensure inclusiveness in a nation beset by governance failures, corruption and leaks so severe that roughly Rs. 50,000 crore - money enough to feed many countries - never reaches the poor?
One solution, propounded by Basu, was in the budget presented on Monday by his boss, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee. It is an idea so simple that it seems radical to India: Give the poor cash instead of complicated schemes. Regular payments, in cash or as direct electronic transfers into bank or post-office accounts, can be unconditional - primarily to the almost destitute - or conditional, such as sending children to school or getting babies vaccinated. Direct payments bypass the host of grasping intermediaries who undermine India's vast, tottering welfare state.
From the Philippines to Peru, 40 countries use cash transfers. The literature on cash transfers is rich. I refer sceptics to a book released last year by three scholars in the field.
Just Give Money to the Poor: The Development Revolution from the Global South describes how cash transfers have empowered the poor, cut poverty, and boosted education and health.
The largest, most successful programmes are run by Brazil and Mexico. Until the 1990s, Brazil was one of the world's most unequal countries, part Jharkhand, part Sweden. Between 2003 and 2009, incomes of the poorest Brazilians grew seven times as much as the incomes of the richest. This is largely attributed to Bolsa Familia (family grant), now regarded as the world's biggest and most successful anti-poverty, cash-transfer programme. Bolsa unifies a set of programmes, from cooking gas to food, and pays R590 per month to poor families, on the condition that a child, 15 years or younger, attend school.
Bolsa, which now covers 39% of Brazil's population, supports up to three children. If at 16 a child is still in school, payments rise to Rs860. Families in extreme poverty get Rs. 1,800, without conditions. In five years since 2003, Brazil's poverty rate has fallen from 22% to 7% and extreme poverty has all but vanished.
Poverty, malnutrition and child labour have similarly fallen in Mexico, where the programme, Oportunidades (Opportunities), covers a third of the population and pays - almost always - mothers Rs. 5,570 per month to keep children healthy and in school.
India does run minor cash-transfer schemes. The most successful and widely publicised is the Rs. 175 crore Bihar has given over four years to about a million girls to buy cycles to reach school. Enrolment is up more than three times and dropout rates are down by more than half.
A recent paper by World Bank economists measured leaks in pensions - 4% of India's social-security spending - handed directly to the elderly, widows and disabled. In Karnataka, the leaks are 17% (mostly because of missing beneficiaries or bribes paid to become a recipient). The authors compared the indirect public distribution system (PDS) in the same state. The leaks: 64%.
The PDS is, however, more complicated to substitute by cash. Harsh Mander, who heads the food security group at the influential National Advisory Council (NAC), says the PDS has three objectives: to procure grain, stabilise prices and subsidise food. "So, how do the first two happen if the PDS is replaced with cash?" he asks.
This question will be particularly relevant when the food subsidy balloons from its budgeted figure of Rs. 60,570 crore after the Food Security Act is passed this year. With the architects of the Bill, the NAC, feuding with those who will implement it, the government, implementation is dangerously unclear.
Regardless of whether this subsidy is converted to cash, the PDS cannot be immediately removed, agrees Santosh Mehrotra, director general of the Institute of Applied Manpower Research, primarily because it will take "considerable" time to change the PDS supply chain, emanating primarily from India's breadbaskets, Haryana and Punjab. Mehrotra suggests, in a recent paper, that India convert some of its massive subsidies into five conditional cash transfers aimed at poor families, mothers, children and youth. But, he says, this cannot be done without vigorously implementing a new methodology (already drawn up) to re-identify the poor, currently estimated at 450 million people. This is vital: about half of India's subsidies reach those whom it should not.
Cash transfers are not magic bullets. In Brazil, they have not worked in urban areas quite as well as in rural areas. Brazilian officials talk of 'old' and 'new' poverty. Hunger, the lack of basic health and education constitute 'old' poverty, while breakdown of families, abysmal living conditions and violence are 'new'. With growing urbanisation, poverty in India straddles both these worlds, and one size obviously cannot fit all.
Cash transfers require certain prerequisites that India does not have - development infrastructure and good governance. Brazil has put in place an elaborate, robust governance system, the invisible hand of Basu's book. Payments are made through a debit card, every transaction is recorded in a sprawling electronic database and schemes are frequently evaluated. India's unique identification (UID) system is not yet in place, nor is the national information infrastructure that must give its databases real-time life. Yet, the government talks of moving to cash by the next budget.
India must see cash transfers as development grants that invest in youth and stimulate growth instead of only being safety nets. For that to happen, the government must first set in place the infrastructure of development. That means spending more: social-sector outlays have fallen from 2.06% of GDP in 2010-11 to 1.96% in 2011-12. If you pay the poor to buy food, educate children and improve their health, you must build more warehouses, schools and clinics than the present budget allows. As for the quality of governance, the government is worryingly silent. Before it hands over cash, India needs that invisible hand.
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BOULDER -- When the Colorado Legislature convenes in January, Boulder County will support proposals for state laws that recognize, preserve and expand local governments' authority to regulate the oil and gas industry's land-use activities.
That's one of the policy priorities the Board of County Commissioners will be pursuing during the Colorado General Assembly's 2013 session.
State laws should be amended to clarify that any state regulations relating to oil and gas development should be regarded to be "minimum standards," according to Boulder County commissioners' legislative agenda.
Under that approach, counties and municipalities could modify or strengthen the state's oil and gas regulations "to address local concerns and conditions," Boulder County's commissioners have stated.
Such laws are among a multitude of measures Boulder County intends to pursue during next year's session, under the 2013 state legislative agenda that Commissioners Cindy Domenico, Will Toor and Deb Gardner adopted Thursday morning.
The more than 40-page document also lists positions the commissioners have taken on such issues as community health, environmental health, community justice, economic opportunity, housing, human services, transportation, immigration and human rights.
But oil and gas issues dominated much of the commissioners' attention Thursday. Later that afternoon, they approved Land Use Code provisions that will update 19-year-old regulations about drilling and operating oil and gas wells in unincorporated parts of the county.
When Boulder County begins applying its new oil and gas rules next year, they'll be stricter than any other Colorado county's, commissioners contended in a Thursday night news release.
Boulder County commissioners also have written Gov. John Hickenlooper asking that the state drop its lawsuit against Longmont over the drilling restrictions the City Council adopted last summer.
Local concerns, the county commissioners said, are also why they've sought stricter Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission rules about water quality monitoring near oil and gas wells and how far such wells have to be set back from homes and other buildings.
The 2013 legislative agenda says that state laws and policies need to address the impacts that oil and gas operations have on air and water quality.
Hydraulic fracturing -- the process of injecting sand, water and chemicals to free up underground fossil-fuel deposits -- as well as the other impacts of drilling and operating oil and gas wells can include "air toxin and volatile organic compound emissions close to population centers; surface water and shallow groundwater contamination from abandoned or improperly lined ponds that hold brine and fracking water; and dust resulting from the use of silicates," according to the commissioners' legislative agenda.
"Boulder County supports legislative and other efforts to address these and other impacts, using an approach that appropriately balances public health and regulation," the document says.
John Fryar can be reached at 303-684-5211 or email@example.com.
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Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip were married at 11:30 GMT on 20 November 1947 at Westminster Abbey. On the morning of her wedding, as Princess Elizabeth was getting dressed at Buckingham Palace before leaving for Westminster Abbey, her tiara snapped. Luckily the court jeweller was standing by in case of emergency. The jeweller was rushed to his work room by a police escort. Queen Elizabeth reassured her daughter that it would be fixed in time, and it was. For her wedding dress she still required ration coupons to buy the material for her gown, designed by Norman Hartnell.
Here are some interesting old wedding photos of Princess (now Queen) Elizabeth and Prince Philip in 1947.
- The royal newly-weds, Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh, acknowledge the cheers of the crowd as they drove from Buckingham Palace to Waterloo Station in London on Nov. 20, 1947. Later they left by special Royal Train from platform 11 bound for Winchester. Their honeymoon is being spent at Broadlands, Romsey, Hampshire, at Earl Mountbatten’s home. (AP Photo)
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Lunch and Learn: Education and Breaking the Cycle of Poverty
Presenter: Vimbai Nyatsambo Program Co-ordinator/Director of Education without Borders Gugulethu, South Africa (www.educationwithoutborders.ca)
Bio: Vimbai grew up in Johannesburg, moved to Cape Town in 2004 to study at the University of Cape Town and has a Masters in Social Development.
Vimbai writes: "In my second year at UCT, the reality of what life is hit me. I was placed on this earth to fulfil a purpose. This lies in being an individual who helps create opportunities that allow people to live lives that they value. Growing up, I had always felt guilty for my social standing as a privileged young black lady, especially when I went to the rural/disadvantaged areas on visits to my extended family. My hunger for self-development and empowerment made me realize that my purpose is to extend what I got from my opportunities to those who don't have access to the same."
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Celebrating the Reduction in LODD’s by Stepping Up Your Own Game
Line of duty police deaths are down significantly this year. According to the Officer Down Memorial Page, automobile deaths are down 26%, gunfire deaths are down 55%, and overall line of duty fatalities are down by nearly half. This is great news for American law enforcement. However, like anything else in life, when things are going well, human nature takes over and we often become complacent. The best way to celebrate these statistics is to re-examine your own physical, tactical, and mental preparation each and every time you hit the street.
Physical readiness isn’t just about being “in shape,” but that’s a great place to start. Take a good look at yourself and your fitness routine. Do you run a few miles a day but never pick up any free weights? Can you bench press 300 pounds but can’t run more than a block or two? Or worse, does your ‘fitness routine’ involved hours of “Call to Duty” on X-Box or is your strongest muscle the one that pushes the button on the remote control? Overall physical fitness is a key component to officer safety, and there are so many great programs available that there really are no excuses to be out of shape. In fact, this could be a good time to try something new. Add some free weights to your aerobic routine, join a boxing gym, or do what I did and embarrass your teenager by jumping into a “Zumba” class. If time is an issue, take a look at the many high-intensity routines that take a short amount of time to complete. Anything that helps improve your strength, your cardiovascular capacity, your speed and your flexibility will help make you a safer (and healthier!) crimefighter.
Next, write down what you ate (and drank) in the last 48 hours; and be honest about it. You may be surprised how much garbage you’re putting into your body. There are terrific websites and some great apps for your ‘smartphone’ to help you keep track of what and how much you’re consuming. Proper nutrition isn’t just about maintaining a healthy weight. What you put in your body directly affects how you perform. Too much sugar, fat, and caffeine are going to set your body and brain up for a crash. Poor hydration is also dangerous; in fact, it can impact your critical thinking skills. Make sure you’re taking in enough fluid. Get into the habit of filling up a small cooler with water and some fruit, protein bars or other truly healthy snacks to take with you to work. See yourself as an athlete whose ultimate ‘performance’ may be a fight for your life!
If you follow the number of officer-involved shootings that occur each day in theUnited States, you know that criminals are still hard at work, trying to kill cops. Not only are we being shot at with bigger and better firearms, but the bad guys are using ‘MMA’ style tactics, edged weapons, and even motor vehicles to try and stop us from doing our job. Anecdotally, we seem to be winning these confrontations more often, although edged weapons deaths are on the rise. We’ve already had three officers killed by knife attacks. How well are you searching suspects? Do you wear your body armor every day, on every shift? Do you carry a second firearm, an offensive knife, a patrol rifle or a shotgun or both? Do you study criminal behavior and body language? In other words, are you ready? You don’t have to walk around like a paramilitary ninja warrior, but you must have the equipment you need and the mindset and training to use it properly. This is also a good time to examine your driving habits. We are still dying senselessly in high speed, one vehicle crashes. Slow down, wear your seatbelt, and remember that like firearms, high speed driving is a perishable skill. Practice!
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I vividly remember watching Jaws for the first time – actually, I spent most of the time hiding behind the couch or my hands – peeking out once in a while trying to catch a glimpse of the monster. Going to the swimming pool became an ordeal, my imagination would always run wild as Jaws was stalking me to the tunes of John Williams. Fortunately, I was lucky enough to have had a balance in our home due to the constant interest in diving, the ocean, and sharks. Jaws had a profound effect on everyone that watched the movie at the time in one way or another.
“How Jaws Changed the World” attempted to shed light on the positive impact it had on people and sharks – such as a generation of marine biologists or that it inspired salvation (if anything, maybe the aftermath of the movie inspired salvation). This might be true, but there is no way that it comes even close to the damage it did / still does to sharks – not just in terms of those killed mindlessly , but also as far as human perceive these creatures. More people became Quinn opposed to Hooper…there was a significant decline in the shark population in New England and probably elsewhere. The movie did what it was supposed to do…scare people and then some.
One may argue – times were different then, and people did not know much about sharks. On the other hand, as a result of the movie, more funds were made available to research sharks. Discovery Channel aired various Jaws DVD ads during Shark Week 2012 (even during “How Jaws Changed the World”) – why not donate a percentage of those proceeds to shark research / protection – why was there no drive whatsoever during that episode to encourage people to donate? Wasted opportunity…
Some other thoughts:
- Why was Mark the Shark given airtime?
- Where were the usual shark industry critics…more attention was given to the VW ad than Shark Week. I guess you cannot bite the hand that feeds you…
- Wish Joe Romero would have been given more airtime – his work is phenomenal
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|Research Home | Pavements Home|
|This report is an archived publication and may contain dated technical, contact, and link information|
Publication Number: FHWA-RD-99-075
Date: September 1999
PDF files can be viewed with the Acrobat® Reader®
This report, which is part of a two-volume set, documents the results of a study to evaluate and quantify the variability of pavement distress data collected in the Long-Term Pavement Performance (LTPP) program. Analyses were performed on both manual and film-derived distress data. General trends of the distress data were first investigated, followed by statistical analyses of repeatability ai1.d detection of variability sources. Distress data bias and precision were also quantified. In addition, a comparison of variability betvveen manual and film-derived distress data was conducted. This report will be of interest to engineers involved in pavement design, pavement performance evaluation and prediction, and pavement maintenance and rehabilitation.
Sufficient copies of this report are being distributed to provide two copies to each FHWA resource center and three copies to each FHWA division office and each State highway agency. Direct distribution is being made to the division offices. Additional copies for the public are available from the National Technical Infonnation Service (NTIS), 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, Virginia 22161.
T. Paul Teng, Director
Office of Structure, Research and Development
This document is disseminated under the sponsorship of the Department of Transportation in the interest of information exchange. The United States Government assumes no liability for its contents or use thereof. This report does not constitute a standard, specification, or regulation.
The United States Government does not endorse products or manufacturers. Trade and manufacturers' names appear in this report only because they are considered essential to the object of the document.
Topics: research, infrastructure, pavements and materials
Keywords: research, infrastructure, pavements and materials, Pavement Distress, Pavement Evaluation, Manual Survey, Film-Derived Distress Data, Distress Data Variability, Bias and Precision, LTPP
TRT Terms: research, facilities, transportation, highway facilities, roads, parts of roads, pavements, Pavements--Performance--Mathematical models, Pavement distress, Pavement performance, Bias (Statistics), Precision
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Catholic Activity: Holy Thursday in the Home with the Trapp Family
Maria Trapp describes how her family celebrates Holy Thursday in the home, including simple guidelines for lunch and dinner.
On Thursday morning all the bells in church are rung during the Gloria, after which they remain silent until Saturday morning. The children believe that they fly to Rome to be blessed by the Holy Father. Throughout Thursday and Friday and Saturday morning the job of summoning the faithful is taken over by a wooden clapper.
And so it is in our house. The bell-ringing for the meals or family devotions is also substituted by a hand clapper. It is handled by the youngest member of the family, who announces solemnly from door to door with a terrific noise that lunch is ready.
Holy Thursday has a menu all its own. For the noon meal we have the traditional spring herb soup and afterward, spinach with fried eggs. The evening finds the family around the festive supper table in Sunday clothes for a solemn celebration.
At the father's place are specially made hot cross buns and a cup of wine for every member of the household. Making the sign of the Cross over the first bun while breaking it he hands it, together with a cup of wine, to the mother, and then down the line to all the others in the same way.
The family waits, standing, until the father has blessed bread and wine for every one. Then they sit down and slowly eat and drink "in His memory," while the father reads the Gospel of the Last Supper.
After this, the Easter Lamb is brought in. It should be barbecued or roasted as a whole. The father, carving it, serves it to the members of his family. There should not be anything left over. Afterwards, the members of the family take turns going to church, where the Blessed Sacrament is kept on a special altar among flowers and candles, not exposed, however, but locked up in the tabernacle in memory of that night in prison. So we all take turns keeping Him company.
Activity Source: Your Home, A Church in Miniature by Compiled by The Family Life Bureau in the early 1950s, The Neumann Press, Long Prairie, Minnesota, 1994
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Edward Baugh was born in 1936 in Jamaica. He is a poet, critic and professor in the Department of English, UWI, in Jamaica. He is the author of Derek Walcott: Memory As Vision: Another Life. His poems have been collected in A Tale From the Rain Forest (Sandberry Press, 1988).
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The beat and language of reggae arose from the Jamaican countryside and the sidewalks of Kingston, but theyre basic for the poets represented in Wheel and Come Again. This remains true even though the poets&146 personal worlds range from the street to the university and from the tropics to Toronto, New York, and London. Wheel and Come Again featu …
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Funds and Games
By PAUL KRUGMAN
You're selling your house, and your real estate agent claims that he's representing your interests. But he sells the property at less than fair value to a friend, who resells it at a substantial profit, on which the agent receives a kickback. You complain to the county attorney. But he gets big campaign contributions from the agent, so he pays no attention.
That, in essence, is the story of the growing mutual fund scandal. On any given day, the losses to each individual investor were small — which is why the scandal took so long to become visible. But if you steal a little bit of money every day from 95 million investors, the sums add up. Arthur Levitt, the former Securities and Exchange Commission chairman, calls the mutual fund story "the worst scandal we've seen in 50 years" — and no, he's not excluding Enron and WorldCom. Meanwhile, federal regulators, having allowed the scandal to fester, are doing their best to let the villains get off lightly.
Unlike the cheating real estate agent, mutual funds can't set prices arbitrarily. Once a day, just after U.S. markets close, they must set the prices of their shares based on the market prices of the stocks they own. But this, it turns out, still leaves plenty of room for cheating.
One method is the illegal practice of late trading: managers let favored clients buy shares after hours. The trick is that on some days, late-breaking news clearly points to higher share prices tomorrow. Someone who is allowed to buy on that news, at prices set earlier in the day, is pretty much assured of a profit. This profit comes at the expense of ordinary investors, who have in effect had part of their assets sold off at bargain prices.
Another practice takes advantage of "stale prices" on foreign stocks. Suppose that a mutual fund owns Japanese stocks. When it values its own shares at 4 p.m., it uses the closing prices from Tokyo, 14 hours earlier. Yet a lot may have happened since then. If the news is favorable for Japanese stocks, a mutual fund that holds a lot of those stocks will be underpriced, offering a quick profit opportunity for someone who buys shares in the fund today and unloads those shares tomorrow. This isn't illegal, but a mutual fund that cared about protecting its investors would have rules against such rapid-fire deals. Indeed, many funds do have such rules — but they have been enforced only for the little people....Article Continued
Tuesday, November 18, 2003
Krugman & Fraud Clarity
Thanks to Paul Krugman we have simple clarity to the complexity of the mutural funds scandal. Check out his video archives, above, for many great insights. Keep on kicking em Paul.
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Govt must keep dollar under control
Manufacturers continue to worry about the future with confidence about exports from the sector lower in December.
The concern comes as a struggling Oamaru wool yarn producer is sold with the potential for 150 or more jobs to be lost in the small town.
Godfrey Hirst subsidiary Canterbury Spinners is in the process of buying the Oamaru plant. The Australasian company yesterday said it had a conditional agreement to buy Summit Wool Spinners, a plant that employs 192 people.
Canterbury spinners intends to keep only a skeleton staff while it takes over the company.
New Zealand Manufacturers and Exporters Association (NZMEA) chief executive John Walley said the Government had to take a stronger role in providing policy settings to enable it to keep the strong kiwi dollar under control.
The Government was looking at things too generally in New Zealand rather than looking after smaller communities like Oamaru, he said.
"A metaphor is, if we're all stood in a swimming pool and the water level's rising the shortest people drown first," Walley said.
"What the Government does is maybe set the water level but it doesn't determine how tall everybody is.
"The effort the Government can do is lower the water level."
The latest NZMEA Survey of Business Conditions completed during January 2013, shows total sales in December 2012 decreased 5.35 per cent. Export sales decreased by 3.83 per cent with domestic sales decreasing 6.62 per cent, on December 2011.
The NZMEA survey sample this month covered $556 million in annualised sales, with an export content of 46 per cent.
Net confidence fell to -14, down from the 0 result reported last month.
Staff numbers for December increased year on year by 1.89 per cent.
"2012 ended on a negative note, both domestic and export sales fell year on year," Walley said.
"Confidence fell, after a bit of a recovery in November. This is largely due the ever higher exchange rate. At the same time we see decreases on our composite indexes.
"There is not really a lot of good news about at the moment, markets are soft and margins are squeezed by the exchange rate."
Walley said the Reserve Bank yet again chose to keep interest rates at 2.5 per cent, despite the recognition that the dollar is overvalued.
"This is disappointing, as the recent low inflationary pressures have left room for a cut to boost growth and counteract some of the exchange rate appreciation.
"Their main concern, as always, was a house price bubble, but bereft of any supplementary instruments interest rates cannot do it all ...
"Government is fixed in its views and is ambivalent about the exchange rate, regardless of what the world might be doing. The idea that the Christchurch rebuild will offer some relief is correct but we need to keep a sense of proportion; the $30 billion rebuild impulse will be spread over a decade while exports amount to around $60 billion each and every year."
- © Fairfax NZ News
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What is of more importance to the Tarahumare than his dwelling is his store-house, which he always builds before his domicile. In fact, his personal comfort is made secondary even to that of his domestic animals. As a survival of the time when he had no house at all may be noted the fact that husband and wife, after having been away on a journey for several days or longer, do not on the first night after their return sleep in the house or cave, but at some convenient place near the store-house.
These store-houses are always well put together, though many of them are not large enough to accommodate a medium-sized dog, the Tarahumares preferring number to size. In them he stores what little property he has beyond that in actual use, chiefly corn and beans, some spare clothing and cotton cloth, hikuli, herbs, etc. The door of the house is made from one or more short boards of pine wood, and is either provided with an ingeniously constructed wooden lock, or the boards are simply plastered up with mud along the four edges. The Tarahumare rarely locks his house on leaving it, but he is ever careful to fasten the door of his storehouse securely, and to break open a store-house sealed up in the manner described is considered the most heinous crime known to the tribe. Mexicans have committed it and have had to pay for it with their lives.
The most common kind of store-house is from four to six feet high, round, and built of stones and mud, with a roof of pine boards, weighed down with earth and stones. Other store-houses of similar size are square and built of boards with corners interlocked. They, too, are covered with boards. These diminutive buildings are often seen inside of caves; or else they are erected in places difficult of access, on tops of boulders, for instance. Sometimes they are seen in lonely places, more often, however, near the dwellings; and the little round structures make a curious effect when erected on boulders in the vicinity of some hut, looking, as they do, like so many diminutive factory chimneys. They proclaim more clearly than anything else the fact that when the people reach that stage in their development in which they begin to till the soil, they soon become careful of the little property they have, in marked distinction to the savage and nomadic tribes, who are always lavish and improvident. I have seen as many as ten store-houses of the kind described, and once even fourteen near one dwelling, but generally one or two only are found near by.
Small caves, especially when difficult to reach and hidden from view, may be utilised as store-houses, and are then sealed up in the same way as the other varieties are. Sometimes regular log-houses are used.
Arrival at Batopilas—Ascent from Batopilas to the Highlands of the Sierra—A Tarahumare who had been in Chicago—An Old-timer—Flight of Our Native Guide and its Disastrous Consequences—Indians Burn the Grass All Over the Country—Travelling Becomes too Difficult for the Animals—Mr. Taylor and I Go to Zapuri—Its Surroundings—The Pithaya in Season.
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Through weekly multi-disciplinary conferences called Tumor Boards, a team of physicians and other experts review patient cases and discuss potential treatment plans. Achieving this consensus of expertise ensures you that we are all working together toward a common goal - to deliver the best care possible for your special circumstances.
High-Definition Teleconference Capabilities
El Camino Hospital partnered with Sony Electronics, Inc., to be the first hospital on the West coast to feature high-definition real-time teleconference capabilities. The HD technology allows physicians to remotely share images at levels of precise detail, clarity and resolution not possible with standard definition, from individual blood vessels in a surgical video to the granular details of a pathology slide.
This real-time collaboration fosters faster and well-informed decision making. The high-definition visual communications technology allows our team to share detailed CT scans and pathology slides with physicians in other institutions. This means specialists around the country can virtually come to our meeting rooms. The implications for physicians’ collaborative education are enormous as we can now remotely share sharp, clear views.
The Sony HD visual communications system, model PCS-HG90, combined with the PCSA-CHG90 pan-tilt-zoom camera, can transfer HD-resolution video and stereo audio over an IP network for use during medical educational conferences, and lectures. This state-of-the-art video conferencing allows physicians to consult with colleagues off-site at renowned hospitals such as City of Hope, expanding the expertise available to determine patient care. The system may also have potential future uses in a broader range of medical educational applications.
The use of HD resolution further expands the potential for real-time visual medical education. Precise imagery and color reproduction is important when viewing subject matter like blood, bone or organs. In the past, the color red has always been particularly difficult to reproduce accurately with appropriate levels of gradation and shading. HD technology removes that challenge by effectively capturing the necessary image details.
In addition, the Cancer Center hosts a multidisciplinary Liver Tumor conference via video conference on the first Thursday of the month. In a joint effort with City of Hope (an NCI-designated Cancer Center in Los Angeles), the Cancer Center at El Camino Hospital communicates through high-definition videoconferencing equipment to discuss a number of liver tumor cases. The conference is made possible through a customized Sony HD Ipela system, which combines video, image-sharing, and visual communications. The Ipela system allows high resolution image exchange between these two locations, ensuring specialized evaluation by a number of physicians.
If you are a physician and are interested in submitting a case to the El Camino Hospital Tumor Board please contact the Tumor Board Coordinator at 650-988-7762.
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We sometimes neglect to mention a very basic yet powerful method of cognitive and emotional development, for children and adults alike: Play.
Dr. David Elkind, author of The Power of Play: Learning That Comes Naturally, discusses the need to build a more “playful culture” in this great article brought to you thanks to our collaboration with Greater Good Magazine.
Can We Play?
– By Dr. David Elkind
Play is rapidly disappearing from our homes, our schools, and our neighborhoods. Over the last two decades alone, children have lost eight hours of free, unstructured, and spontaneous play a week. More than 30,000 schools in the United States have eliminated recess to make more time for academics. From 1997 to 2003, children’s time spent outdoors fell 50 percent, according to a study by Sandra Hofferth at the University of Maryland. Hofferth has also found that the amount of time children spend in organized sports has doubled, and the number of minutes children devote each week to passive leisure, not including watching television, has increased from 30 minutes to more than three hours. It is no surprise, then, that childhood obesity is now considered an epidemic.
But the problem goes well beyond obesity. Decades of research has shown that play is crucial to physical, intellectual, and social-emotional development at all ages. This is especially true of the purest form of play: the unstructured, self-motivated, imaginative, independent kind, where children initiate their own games and even invent their own rules.
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Information for StudentsIf you are interested in enrolling in the ABE program, or know someone who is interested in enrolling, the following information will help you understand our program and know what to expect.
Who is Eligible
To be eligible for our program, a student must be over the age of 16, not currently enrolled in any public high school, and have skills below the 12th grade (high school graduate) level in any of the following areas: reading, writing, or math. We also serve students who cannot read, write, or speak the English language. High school and college graduates can still qualify for the ABE program if their skill level has fallen below the 12th grade level and they need some refreshing.
Why You Should Enroll
Our students enroll for many different reasons. Some people want to prepare for taking the GED and others want to improve their skills so they can find a better job. Some people want to learn how to speak English, while others just want to be able to read to their kids. Some of the most common goals our students have are: to improve their skills, get their GED, find a job, keep their job, get into college, or start a technical training program.
How Our Program Works
To enroll in the ABE program, the first step is to contact your local program. A list of our program sites is included on our Contact Us page. Please contact the program in your part of the state. In some cases, the program may have an outreach site close to you.
Once you have contacted your local program, they will work with you to set up a time and location for orientation. At the orientation, you will learn more about the program and will take an assessment test. The assessment test will tell the program about your strengths and weaknesses, and help them set you up with the classes that best meet your needs.
After you complete orientation, someone from the program will sit down with you and talk about your goals, your schedule, and your assessment results. From this information, they will help you figure out what sort of program will work best for you. This will probably include a mixture of traditional classroom learning, computer lab, tutoring, and independent study.
Once you are enrolled, you can stay in the program as long as you need to. Occasionally you may be asked to take another assessment test to figure out how you are doing and how well you are progressing towards your goals.
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1903 Peugeot 2hp
Engine no. 1218
Formerly producers of tools, coffee mills, umbrella spikes and corsetry, Peugeot commenced its long-standing connection with transportation in the early 1880s when it added cycle manufacture to its portfolio. The world's oldest surviving motor manufacturer, the company commenced car production in 1889 with a steam-powered tricycle but soon abandoned steam in favour of the internal combustion engine.
Also one of the pioneering firms of the French motorcycle industry, Peugeot followed the familiar progression: first adding proprietary clip-on engines to its bicycles before building complete machines of its own manufacture. The first Peugeot bicycle was manufactured in 1882; at this time the firm was known as Peugeot Frères but, as more family members joined, changed its name to Les Fils de Peugeot Frères in 1889.
Peugeot's first motorcycle the 'Motobicyclette' was introduced at the Paris Salon of 1901. Its 1½hp engine was supplied by the Swiss firm of Zürcher and Lüthi (also known as ZL or Zédel) and mounted on the front down-tube ahead of the pedals. Around 1903 Peugeot began manufacturing its own engines, which were mounted within the frame in the Werner position, thus improving weight distribution and handling, though assistance for the engine by means of bicycle pedals would remain a feature for some years to come. That same year, a team of five 3½hp Peugeots competed in the Paris-Madrid race. Truffault swinging-arm suspension was adopted on some Peugeot models for 1904, making them among the world's most advanced.
Dating from 1903, this Edwardian-era Peugeot is one of the first to feature the company's own engine. An older restoration, the machine was purchased from a prominent Spanish private collector in 2007. The fuel tank is signed 'A Serviso'. Offered with copy instruction manual.
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Dropping Out Of Our National Religion
When you really drop out of the national religion of shopping you gain all kinds of time and a capacity to do what you might really prefer to do … and you gain a chance to be about the number one priority, which is to try to ease the burden on the poorest people in our world, especially those who are stuck in warzones. – Kathy Kelly, Peace Activist
This year my hometown of Chicago hosted the NATO summit. Thousands of protestors came to voice their concerns about war and the economy. Along with peace journalist Bob Koehler, I had the great fortune to interview one of those protesters, Kathy Kelly. (You can listen to the interview on my Voices of Peace podcast here.) Kathy is a three-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee and lives a fascinating life. She is an advocate of nonviolence on a global scale and has been arrested more than 60 times in the U.S and abroad for nonviolent protests. Kathy has traveled to Afghanistan and Iraq more than 26 times, remaining in dangerous combat zones during U.S.-led military strikes. She risked her life by going to Baghdad during the United State’s infamous “Shock and Awe” campaign.
Kathy was the perfect guest to help us explore our overarching question at Voices of Peace – How do we build a lasting, sustainable global peace? She knows firsthand about the violence in our world and she’s on a mission to transform that violence into peace.
Kathy’s work is inspiring, but, frankly, as I learned about all she is doing, I started to feel a bit guilty. After all, I’m not going to a combat zone any time soon. In our interview I asked Kathy to offer some practical advice for people like me — people who want to change the world by participating in the ways of peace, but who aren’t willing or able to follow her to places like Afghanistan and Iraq. She stated that people like me should “drop out of the national religion of shopping.”
It may sound strange to call shopping our “national religion,” but I think Kathy was right for two reasons. First, religion has a social impact. Many scholars claim that the word “religion” derives from the Latin word ligar, which means “to bind.” Combine that with the prefix “re” and the word “religion” refers to the re-binding of humans. Religions seek to re-bind human beings by providing us a sense of unity. In that sense, shopping is a religious activity because it binds us together for a common cause – to purchase more stuff. As we race into the Apple store or Abercombie & Fitch, we gain a sense a connection with our fellow parishioners … I mean … shoppers. We unite in our common desire to purchase stuff, a desire originally given to us by the religion of shopping. Although this religion seeks to bind people together, there are always those who are left out. Shopping unites those who have a certain economic status, leaving out those of another economic status. This creates a division between “us” and “them.” The religion of shopping is also full of priests who model for us the clothes that are cool and if we can afford to buy those clothes, we receive a certain social status and identity. There are rituals to this religion, including Black Friday and Cyber Monday. In all these ways the religion of shopping helps us identify with our fellow shoppers who desire the same things we do: a sense of connection, fulfillment, and satisfaction.
The second reason to name shopping as our national religion is that religions pattern our desires. We begin to care about the things our religion tells us to care about. When shopping becomes our religion, the things we care about most are the things our consumer culture (the “god” of shopping) tells us to care about: purchasing the hottest clothes and the latest iWhatever. Purchasing these items provides a temporary sense of satisfaction, but the religion of shopping can never really satisfy. It’s not supposed to fully satisfy, because it wants us to buy more and more stuff. Deep down we know this is true, so the religion of shopping leaves many of us feeling painfully empty because we can never purchase enough. To deal with that emptiness, this religion patterns our desires so that we compare ourselves with others and compete with one another as we grasp for higher social status.
Speaking of competition, God forbid you cut in line while I’m waiting for Wal-Mart to open.
Here again we can start feeling guilty, but please don’t. There’s nothing inherently wrong with buying clothes from Abercombie & Fitch or purchasing an iWhatever. Of course, we should be concerned about the ethical and ecological impact of our purchases. (A great place to start is with Julie Clawson’s book, Everyday Justice: The Global Impact of Our Daily Choices.) But as Kathy said, the problem with shopping comes when it distracts us from what she calls our “number one priority, which is to try to ease the burden on the poorest people in our world, especially those who are stuck in warzones.”
Fortunately, there is a way out of our national religion of shopping. One place that points the way is the shared wisdom of the Jewish and Christian religions. Those religions bind us together and pattern our desires in a fundamentally different way than our national religion of shopping. The greatest example of binding together in a way that doesn’t create divisions between “us” and “them” or leave us empty is found in Paul’s letter to the Galatians. Paul deconstructed the divisions of his culture when he wrote: “There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus” (3:28). If we are “one” with one another, then we feel a greater sense of fulfillment as we share a life of joy and suffering with one another. This patterns our desires in a radical way by changing the way we relate to our fellow human beings, especially those in need. For example, take a look at Deuteronomy 15. “Do not be hardhearted or tight-fisted toward your needy neighbor. You should rather open your hand, willingly lending enough to meet the need, whatever it may be.”
Jesus continued in the tradition of Deuteronomy by patterning our desires so that we care for the needs of our neighbors – especially those neighbors who are so often neglected – the hungry, the thirsty, the poor, the stranger, the naked, the sick, and the imprisoned (see Matthew 25).
Peace starts by altering our patterns of desire so that we can do the things that matter most – identifying with the needs of others, especially the poor. This Christmas season let’s do something radical. Let’s drop out of America’s national religion of shopping. Let’s allow the Prince of Peace to pattern our desires according to the things that God cares about – caring for the needs of our fellow human beings and creating sustainable, all-inclusive communities. You don’t have to fly to Afghanistan to do that. All you really need to do is walk next door with an open hand.
Photo: Holiday shopping, ©
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Moritz Library Tips: Reading Rooms, Research, and Podcasts
Freedom of Information Act Reading Rooms
This week (March 12-18) is Sunshine Week, which celebrates the importance of open government and free access to information. The 1996 amendments to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) require federal departments and agencies to establish publicly accessible "electronic reading rooms" containing FOIA response materials and other public information. These websites contain valuable information about the operation of the federal government and many collect frequently requested records. Some FOIA reading rooms include:
- Central Intelligence Agency
- Defense Department
- Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Food and Drug Administration
- Justice Department
- Homeland Security
- National Institutes of Health
- State Department
- Veterans Affairs
Congressional Hearings Online
If you are looking for the official record of a hearing in Congress, don't forget to check the Congressional Hearings: Main Page from GPO Access. C-Span should be your first stop if you're looking for video of Congressional Hearings such as the recent hearings on foreign control of US ports. You can browse recent hearings from the 109th Congress, or search for video in the gray box right in the middle of the C-Span home page. If you'd like to keep up to date on C-Span programming, including congressional hearings, subscribe to C-Span alert and each day you will receive an email summarizing upcoming C-Span television and radio programming.
Ohio Capital Connection
Ohio Capital Connection is a database that allows users to search for a whole variety of Ohio legislative information. It contains important legislative history information as well as information about pending and recently enacted bills. Users also have access to the Hannah Report, a daily summary of Ohio government activity. You can read the latest report or search the archives.
Washington & Lee Journal Database
The valuable Washington & Lee - Most Cited Legal Periodicals Database, administered by John Doyle, has moved. The database has been moved to a new location and has a new URL (http://lawlib.wlu.edu/LJ/). According to the editor, "[t]he emphasis of the page has changed, with a de-emphasis on rankings, and more emphasis placed on the function of assisting authors with journal selection and article submission." Due to this new emphasis, the name of the webpage has been changed to "Law Journal Submission Information." Read more about the database changes here.
U.S. Supreme Court Term in a Nutshell
2005-2006 ALR United States Supreme Court Update: Part I is available. From West elert:
The staff of the American Law Reports (ALR) has compiled summaries of major decisions from the 2005 fall term in one document, the 2005-2006 ALR United States Supreme Court Update: Part I. (The update for the second half of the 2005-2006 term will be available in August 2006.) In addition to actual opinions, the update also summarizes orders granting or denying certiorari. The update is organized alphabetically by topic, beginning with Civil Rights and ending with War and National Emergency. Each summary includes the title and citation of the opinion or order, a summary of the facts, the Court's disposition, and the title and citation of a corresponding ALR article.
Searching for Podcasts
A podcast is a web feed of audio or video files placed on the Internet for people to subscribe to or download. Sounds neat, but how do you find a podcast that you might want to listen to or watch? Podzinger is a search engine that allows you to search for podcasts by typing terms into a "Google-type" interface. It is a great way to find podcasts that might be of interest to you.
Courtesy of the Moritz Law Library's [link] March 2006 issue of Opinio Juris Faculty Newsletter
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The New York Studio School takes great pride in presenting American Cutout and its related website. This exhibition attempts a fresh look at a vibrant period in American art. Beyond an examination of the impact of collage on leading artists of the day, however, this exhibition argues that a specific cutout sensibility crucially informed a sense of autonomous shape and the expressive power of the support.
In historic scope, American Cutout stretches from a weathervane design of the revolutionary era to an unsettling twist on Americana from Kara Walker from 1995, traveling via a paper cutout from the hand of Matisse from 1947. The exhibition concentrates, however, on the three decades that followed the Second World War. Within that period, two artist are the subject of particular focus, Ellsworth Kelly and Alex Katz.
An exhibition of this range and ambition would not have been possible without great generosity and good spirit on the part of many lenders and institutions. In this respect, we would like to take this opportunity to thank the following for loans of their precious works or for help in locating these loans:
Dedalus Foundation, Inc.; Alex Katz; Lisa de Kooning; Ellsworth Kelly; Sarah-Ann & Werner H. Kramarsky; Gallery Schlesinger, New York; Knoedler & Company, New York; Joshua Mack; Matthew Marks Gallery, New York; Pierre & Maria-Gaetana Matisse Foundation; Robert Miller Gallery, New York; PaceWildenstein Gallery, New York; Phillip & Dorothy Pearlstein; Brent Sikkema, New York; Tom Slaughter; Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York; Vered Gallery, East Hampton, New York; Tom Wesselmann.
On November 23 the School will host a symposium on the theme of cutout. We thank in advance the scholars who have agreed to take part in this event, to which we are much looking forward.
Many individuals contributed to the realization of this project. We would like in particular to thank Bob Yucikas for his skillful installation of the show, Bruce Strong for his sensitive design of this website, and Saha Satyakam, Ann Scallon and Emma Zakaravicius for their assistance to the gallery director.
American Cutout was curated by David Cohen who is also responsible for this website.
Dean, New York Studio School
Gallery Director, New York Studio School
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Research has found that Australian workers are significantly less likely to claim GP visits for psychological illnesses on workers' compensation than they are for physical work-related injuries like musculoskeletal disorders.
The study was conducted by researchers at the Institute for Safety, Compensation and Recovery Research (ISCRR), a joint venture between Monash University, WorkSafe Victoria and the Transport Accident Commission, and the University of Sydney.
It examined 486,400 general practitioner (GP) consultations around Australia recorded in the BEACH (Bettering the Evaluation and Care of Health) research program between April 2004 and March 2009.
In these consultations, the doctor recorded whether the patient's health problem was work-related and whether the visit was being claimed through workers' compensation.
ISCRR's Chief Research Officer, Dr Alex Collie, who conceived the research, said that over 22 per cent of workers didn't make compensation claims even though their GP had determined that the illness was work-related.
"There are a number of reasons we are seeing work-related conditions not being claimed," Dr Collie said.
"It could be that workers are less willing to claim for psychological conditions compared with physical conditions because of potential for stigma in the workplace. Workers' may also be unaware they can make a workers' compensation claim."
The findings also suggest that the decision to make a compensation claim may be influenced by a worker's jurisdiction.
Claims were much more likely to be made in major cities and inner regional areas compared with outer regional and very remote regions, with 39 per cent of work-related GP consultations not claimed in remote regions compared with 23 per cent in major cities.
Dr Helena Britt from the Family Medicine Research Centre at the University of Sydney said this was one of the first investigations into the nature of GP treated occupational health problems that are claimed and not claimed through workers' compensation.
"Assessment and management of work-related health problems are an important part of a GP's role. The BEACH dataset we used allows us to analyse the wide range of problems that GPs judge to be work related," Dr Britt said.
"It's a very unique dataset and the only one like it that exists in the world."
Dr Collie said this research is very useful in understanding the burden of work-related injury in general practice settings, and more specifically the type and amount of work-related injury and disease that is not claimed on workers compensation systems.
Explore further: Most occupational injury and illness costs are paid by the government and private payers
More information: This article was published in the online International Journal of Social Security and Workers Compensation.
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NOAA adds one tropical storm in end-of-season analysisby John Nelander
Tropical Storm Nate was upgraded to a hurricane based on data available later from oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico. (Credit: Wikimedia Commons)
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) upped the storm total for the 2011 hurricane season to 19 on Monday with the addition of an unnamed, previously unclassified tropical storm that formed briefly in late August or early September between Bermuda and Nova Scotia.
Also gettting a post-storm upgrade was Tropical Storm Nate, which analysts now believe was actually a hurricane.
“This unnamed storm, along with several other weak, short-lived named storms, could have gone undetected without modern satellite technology,” NOAA said in a news release marking the end of the 2011 hurricane season.
The last time NOAA and the National Hurricane Center designated an unnamed tropical storm in reanalysis at the end of the season was in 2006, according to Weather.com.
The addition brings the season total to 19 storms and knocks it into third place in the record books, matching 2010, 1995, and 1887.
The analyses will continue through the winter and it’s not impossible that one more storm could be identified, according to Weather Underground’s Jeff Masters and Stu Ostro, a senior meteorologist with Weather.com.
An unclassified system impacted North-Central Florida on Oct. 9 and approached Cape Canaveral with a central pressure of 999.5 mb, according to Ostro’s analysis. A wind gust in the area was measured at 78 mph, he said.
Tropical Storm Nate formed Sept. 6 in the Bay of Campeche and made landfall in Mexico with sustained winds of 45 mph. However, post-storm analysis using data from oil rigs unavailable at the time show that winds actually peaked at 75 mph, earning Nate an upgrade to hurricane status.
The 2011 season officially ends on Wednesday.
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Taft theatre helps children with autism enjoy the movies
Children with autism experience going to a movie
Last Updated: 233 days ago
TAFT, Calif. - Autism and other sensory disorders can make a trip to the movies a challenging experience for many families, but a local theater is helping children and their families finally enjoy a good movie.
Kellie Tate is getting a chance to take her five year old brother, Jacob Owen to the movies for the first time.
"I think he's having a lot of fun. He's sitting in there, he's smiling. He's really happy. It's nice and he's around a bunch of other kids that are like him, too," she said.
Since Jacob is autistic his family is unable to take him to a movie theater because he often has problems standing still or staying focus, but Fox Theater in Taft is helping change that for him.
"I haven't heard of any place doing this for children with any disability so, I think it’s really sweet of them to do it," said Tate.
The theater is providing a sensor-friendly environment giving families an accepting and more comfortable setting.
"It helps them, in that a movie with the lights down and the sound really loud is over stimulating so, with the lights up and the sound a little lower, it's less stimulating and easier for someone with disorders to listen," said Pamm Clark of Fox Theater.
Preparing the movie theater to be sensor-friendly doesn't require any extra money or any additional staff. It just requires some popcorn and a good movie to watch.
During the movie, members of the audience are invited to walk around, dance, sing or even bring their own snacks from home.
"It makes me really happy that we can serve this portion of the community. Our feedback on Facebook has been that one family could'nt go to the theater together and now they can and we're providing something that's needed," said Clark.
If the special screening is something more people are interested in having in the community, leaders with the theater plan to continue providing more sensor-friendly shows.
Copyright 2012 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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There are limits to the technology. Skyscrapers are simply too large for any reasonable number of wells to provide adequate heating and cooling, Mr. Orio said. And it would be very difficult to install a well beneath an existing structure.
But the untapped potential of underground heat -- both around New York City and the country -- is enormous, according to the Federal Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency.
From a Holiday Inn in Albany to the Galt House hotel complex in Louisville, Ky., geothermal heat pumps are proliferating. The eastern wing of the Galt House, with heat pumps, has energy costs that are $25,000 a month lower than those in an almost identical older wing with conventional heating and cooling, Mr. Orio said.
More than $100 million will be spent over the next five years by a consortium financed by the Department of Energy and the energy industry to increase the number of new geothermal systems from 40,000 a year to 400,000 a year, Mr. Orio said.
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Big Coal and Big Oil put big money on EPA bashers
An open pit coal mine on public land in Wyoming. Bureau of Land Management photo.
NPR recently ran a story reporting that most Republican candidates for U.S. Senate assert that human activities are not contributing to climate change. One has even called climate change a "hoax." Never mind that the facts show otherwise.
And, armed with these beliefs, many in the GOP are preparing for an all-out assault on the EPA's proposals to protect our air and planet.
What's happening here? Some see fundamentalism. But others point to political contributions from Big Coal, among others. As Tim Rutten of the LA Times observed on Saturday, Big Coal and Big Oil appear to be stealing pages from Big Tobacco's playbook:
Some of the tea party's biggest funders, including Americans for Prosperity and FreedomWorks, are creatures of the oil and coal companies. They've also supported virtually the entire network of fringe scientists, think tanks and publishers who over the past few years have raised a host of spurious questions and allegations concerning the consensus on climate change among reputable scientists.
They're the same individuals and companies putting up big money to support Proposition 23, which would gut California's attempts to reduce carbon emissions. Koch Industries and Murray Energy Corp. already are major givers to the U.S. Senate's biggest deniers, including James M. Inhofe (R-Okla.), who has called global warming "the biggest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people."
Think back to the billions Big Tobacco spent on the long guerrilla war to stave off regulation of its death-dealing products and you've pretty much got the picture here, although this time around, the corporate manipulators are hoping that they've co-opted the climate skeptics in order to fill the oil and coal companies' coffers for years to come.
When the facts are against you, buy disbelief. And maybe an election or two. And if Big Oil and Big Coal can stave off regulation for a few decades, the shareholders can be kept happy, even if that means keeping the planet on a path to unstoppable, drastic change. After all, what's really important here?
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Compromise is hard whether it's something as complicated as a salary or as trivial as who does the dishes on Tuesday night. The reason is that we're all pretty certain we're right and Scientific American recommends using that righteousness, aka the self-serving bias, to reach a fair compromise by adding in a third party.
Everyone assumes they're on the right side of the fence when it comes to compromise and because of that reaching a fair agreement is hard. Where a lot of people once thought the best way to reach a good compromise was to to write an essay from the other side's point of view or have both sides list the holes in their argument, behavioral economist George Lowenstein recommends a completely different approach: use that bias to create a solution. Scientific American explains how this works:
[It's] because a strong bias can blind combatants to the idea that a third party could see it any way but their own.
It's not just that I would like at least eight poker chips, but that I believe the abstract idea of fairness is certain to award me at least these eight chips. And you're equally certain you'll get at least the twelve chips at the bottom end of your fairness scale. So we're both happy to let a fair third party make the call, both blithely confident that the outcome will be the one we want. Self-serving bias makes us both likely to agree to arbitration.
You assume you're right and because of that you assume a third party will also see it the same way. However, when a third party comes in they're more likely to split the difference fairly in a way just two people wouldn't.
Photo by SCA Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget.
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A very disturbing new trend is taking shape among youth today and that trend is smoking and or snorting ground up candy, yes candy, like Smarties. Sounds unbelievable doesn’t it? Read more about it below, see photos, and actual videos of kids doing this dangerous activity.
It’s taking place in homes, lunchrooms, playgrounds and classrooms across the country. Kids are smoking or snorting candy.
It sounds bizarre, even impossible. But kids are grinding up pieces of candy, like “Smarties” the ones we all grew up on, and they are actually inhaling the fine candy powder then blowing it out like cigarette smoke or even snorting it like cocaine. Obviously this behavior is mimicking dangerous and illegal habits, but kids often do what’s “in” to fit in.
Kids also think this is very cool.
So cool that kids of all ages – from elementary to high school – make YouTube videos by the dozens showing the how-to’s of smoking Smarties and even snorting Smarties. I had no trouble finding them and there are two such videos you can watch below the fold. Of course, we know that having popular YouTube videos ensure the kids making them become instant celebrities with their peer groups.
This hip new trend is dangerous. Mark Shikowitz, who is a Long Island ear nose and throat specialist, treated a 9-year-old who had pieces of candy lodged in his nose. The candy eventually dissolved, but Shikowitz said kids could also accidentally inhale the fine powder down the wrong pipe. If the sugar sits in the lungs or in the nasal cavity for a prolonged period of time it could cause an infection.
“That irritation can cause you to cough, can cause you to laryngospasm, which is your voice box spasming and closing. Any time you have a substance such as sugar in these areas, which are moist, it creates a terrific growth medium for bacteria,” Shikowitz said.
Experts also worry that this trend could become a gateway to sparking interest in real cigarettes or illegal drugs. Well, duh. The company that manufactures Smarties said it “regrets that a negative message of this type has been sent to young people.”
More Photos and Videos from ‘Smarties: Kids Smoking and Snorting Candy’ are below.
How To Snort Smarties Video
How To Smoke Smarties Video
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December 31, 2012
A derecho, a long-lived wind storm, blew through Northern Virginia on June 29, leaving behind a trail of destruction and loss of power.
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From devastating wind storm to parking garage, Vienna saw diversity in its news stories of 2012. Trees toppled on houses and cars during the June 29 derecho that ravaged the region and thousands of Vienna-area residents were without power for days as emergency crews worked to repair downed power lines. Vienna heard business news, as well, with the founding of a new Vienna Business Association and the proposed Church Street parking garage.
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Trishala also known as Queen Trishala, Mother Trishala, Trishala Devi, Priyakarini, or Trishala Mata was the Mother of Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankara of Jainism, and wife of the Jain monarch, Siddartha of Kundgraam, of present day Bihar.
Like her son Mahavira, Trishala was born into royalty. She was sister of Chetaka, republican president of Vaishali City.eldest daughter[›] Trishala had seven sisters, one of whom was initiated into the Jain monastic order while the other six married famous kings, including Bimbisara of Magadha and Mahavira's own brother, Nandivardhana. She and her husband Siddhartha were followers of Parshva, the 23rd Tirthankara. According to Jain texts, Trishala carried her son for nine months and seven and a half days during the 6th century BC. However, Svetambaras generally believe that he was conceived by Devananda, the wife of a Brahmin and was transferred to Trishala's womb by Indra because all Tirthankaras have to be Kshatriyas.
According to the Jain scriptures, Trishala had fourteen dreams after the conception of her son.conception[›] In the Digambara sect of the Jaina religion, there were 16 dreams. After having these dreams she woke her husband King Siddharth and told him about the dreams. The next day Siddharth summoned the scholars of the court and asked them to explain the meaning of the dreams. According to the scholars, these dreams meant that the child would be born very strong, courageous, and full of virtue.
- Dream of an elephant
- Dream of an bull
- Dream of an lion
- Dream of Laxmi
- Dream of flowers
- Dream of a full moon
- Dream of the sun
- Dream of a large banner
- Dream of a silver urn
- Dream of a lake filled with lotuses
- Dream of a milky-white sea
- Dream of a celestial vehicle
- Dream of a heap of gems
- Dream of a fire without smoke
- Dream of a pair of fish (Digambara)
- Dream of a throne (Digambara)
Today members of the Jain religion celebrate the event of the Dreams. This event is called Swapna Darshan and is often part of "Ghee Boli".
Content Notes
^ eldest daughter: According to the Jain Shwethambar sect Trishala was the sister of Chetaka and her sisters were instead her nieces.
^ conception: According to the Jain Shwethambar sect, a Brahmin woman named Devananda was the first one to give birth to the son. After she held the son in her stomach, the fetus was then transplanted into Trishala. Jain Digambara sect does not believe that the son was ever held by Devananda.
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an educated or "big" word in place of a more common one used so one can try to appear smarter than they really are
Foo: I ventured to the marketplace and purchased many consumer goods.
Dirty: Foo all u did was go to tha damn sto and buy sum shit, that all u had to say...quit usin them $200 dollar words!!
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Submitted to: Journal of Invertebrate Pathology
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: March 14, 1998
Publication Date: N/A
Interpretive Summary: The Russian wheat aphid (RWA) is a worldwide pest of wheat and barley. It was first found in the United States in the mid-1980s. Since then, it has caused a combined direct and indirect economic impact in excess of $1 billion. The fungus Paecilomyces fumosoroseus has potential as a safe and effective biological control agent for this aphid, but information is needed about the mechanisms of infection. Different spore types of three strains of this fungus were tested in laboratory assays againist Russian wheat aphids. Spores were tested following production in a liquid medium and compared to spores produced by a standard, aerial production method. All spore types readily infected aphids in laboratory assays. These results will facilitate development of efficient large-scale production methods for this fungus.
The Russian wheat aphid, Diuraphis noxia, is a world-wide pest of wheat and barley. It was accidentally introduced into the United States in 1986 and since then has caused an accumulated impact of nearly $1 billion. The object of this study was to compare the efficacy for adult aphids of Paecilomyces fumosoroseus conidia of three strains produced on soild and liquid substrates. Preparations tested included aerial conidia produced on SDAY amd three preparations of spores grown in a liquid amino-acid-glucose- salts medium: freshly harvested spores, freeze-dried spores, and spores dried in air with the addition of a filtration agent. Spore suspensions were sprayed on aphids at a concentration of approximately 50 spores/sq cm. Mortality of aphids after 5 days was compared after adjusting the number of CFUs obtained for each preparation. Mortality indices were estimated in relation to aerial conidia of a standard isolate. There were no significant tdifferences among spore preparations for aphid survival time or mortality index. This study demonstrates that spores P. fumosoroseus produced culture are as efficacious as aerial conidia against the Russian wheat aphid.
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From Peace Corps Wiki
Auto repairs are not fun at all. But, you is able to see the light if you know very well what you are doing. Have you got to do the repairs by yourself? Will there be a way to not feel just like you are going through a bank robbery when getting a mechanic to do the job. Keep reading to find out some very nice answers.
It could not be stressed enough, nevertheless, you must match your car's routine maintenance. That means checking fluids like coolant, changing the gas when planned, and checking the braking system. Repair bills can be kept by this down. Additionally, maybe not after the regular maintenance on a vehicle may void the manufacturer's warranty.
Understand the repair costs prior to making your car with any shop. Labor prices especially may work at various levels from shop to shop, especially if your specialist is concerned. You'll want to understand what you're stepping into just before studying it the hard way days later.
Ensure the gas in your car or truck is changed about every 3,000 miles. Waiting longer for an oil change can end in dust and dirt fouling your oil and your engine can be damaged by that. If you use synthetic oil in your vehicle, you only have to change every other oil change to the filter.
Even although you are not particularly helpful, there are a few DIY repairs that nearly anyone can do. For example, altering the windshield wiper blades is really just a issue of snapping on still another and snapping off one set. Look in your user's manual or work with a measuring tape to determine what size you need. If the store where you buy your windshield wiper blades only has one in the best size do not be dismayed. You can use one that is definitely an inch shorter on the passenger side of one's windshield without causing any dilemmas.
How will you feel after scanning this article about dealing with your automobile repairs? Imagine cultivating this new confidence and continuing to develop it with new knowledge. No more in case you feel inadequate when it comes to making decisions relating to your car repairs. Just take the bull by the horns! wrx engine
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Enrollment at America’s leading universities has been increasing dramatically, rising nearly 15 percent between 1993 and 2007. But unlike almost every other growing industry, higher education has not become more efficient. Instead, universities now have more administrative employees and spend more on administration to educate each student. In short, universities are suffering from “administrative bloat,” expanding the resources devoted to administration significantly faster than spending on instruction, research and service.
Between 1993 and 2007, the number of full-time administrators per 100 students at America’s leading universities grew by 39 percent, while the number of employees engaged in teaching, research or service only grew by 18 percent. Inflation-adjusted spending on administration per student increased by 61 percent during the same period, while instructional spending per student rose 39 percent. Arizona State University, for example, increased the number of administrators per 100 students by 94 percent during this period while actually reducing the number of employees engaged in instruction, research and service by 2 percent. Nearly half of all full-time employees at Arizona State University are administrators.
A significant reason for the administrative bloat is that students pay only a small portion of administrative costs. The lion’s share of university resources comes from the federal and state governments, as well as private gifts and fees for non-educational services. The large and increasing rate of government subsidy for higher education facilitates administrative bloat by insulating students from the costs. Reducing government subsidies would do much to make universities more efficient.
We base our conclusions on data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), which is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education. Higher education institutions report basic information about enrollment, employment and spending in various categories to IPEDS, which then makes this systematically collected information publicly available. In this report, we focus on the 198 leading universities in the United States. They are the ones in IPEDS identified as four year colleges that also grant doctorates and engage in a high or very high level of research. This set includes all state flagship public universities as well as elite private institutions.
Read Administrative Bloat at American Universities: The Real Reason for High Costs in Higher Education here
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Government financial information not being used by the public
London, 24 November 2011: Essential stakeholders in the ongoing debt crisis and sovereign financial instability – such as international financing institutions, rating agencies, and the general public – are not seen as key users of governmental financial statements in many countries around the world according to a new Ernst & Young report launched today.
Toward transparency: A comparative study on the challenges of reporting for governments and public bodies around the world, surveyed governmental financial officials across 33 countries and found that, compared to a significant majority (84%) listing governments and parliaments as key users, under a third (33%) listed ratings agencies, just over a third (39%) mention international financial institutions, and half (51%) see citizens being key users of financial statements issued by governments.
Philippe Peuch-Lestrade, Global Government & Public Sector Leader at Ernst & Young, said: “These findings suggest that many governments are not disclosing their financial status effectively to external audiences. This has potential ramifications for the global economy if those audiences making critical investment, regulatory, and political decisions do not have the most relevant and reliable information. Governments should be motivated following the financial crisis to put in place the conditions for modern management and to reform their accounting methodologies but more progress is still needed to address concerns about transparency, accountability, and sustainability.”
The study aims to identify trends and developments in public sector accounting including making an assessment of the global transition from cash basis accounting towards accrual accounting, and onto the ultimate goal of International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS).
Global financial regulatory convergence is something that the G20 and many other countries have called for to create stability for capital markets and investors. The study found out that national financial reporting standards are still mostly unique, making true financial comparisons between governments very difficult. The large majority of the countries in the survey each use their own accounting and financial reporting system which means that most are unable to compare their level of efficiency with other governments.
A clear trend towards IPSAS or standards that use IPSAS as a reference was observable in the study; however there is further evidence that countries are creating unnecessary barriers to transparency and comparability for cross-border investors.
The majority of the entities surveyed had already converted to (modified) accrual accounting (52%) and identified clear benefits in doing so, including that it facilitates decision making, improves asset and cash management, and improves cost awareness and efficiency. Most do not plan though to further reform their accounting system. Of particular concern is that a third of those (55%) who are not planning any changes are based in Europe where there is continued sovereign fiscal instability.
A large majority of the countries (75%) identified “fair presentation” as the main focus of information presented in financial reports. The fact that countries using cash basis also gave that answer may be seen as contradictory because cash based accounting is according to accounting experts not in line with a fair presentation of a country’s financial situation. Therefore, one can conclude that from a global perspective there is obviously no common understanding of fair presentation. Finally, most government financial administrations know about IPSAS, but only three countries in the study had actually implemented the standards (IPSAS accrual basis).
Thomas Mueller-Marqués Berger, Global Public Accounting Leader at Ernst & Young, says, “Public finance thinkers and policymakers increasingly believe that the complex financial challenges their countries face have been made more difficult to resolve because of their continued reliance on antiquated, cash-based accounting systems. It is encouraging to see therefore the modernization of public sector accounting being driven from within governments and that the financial crisis does not appear to have shaken resolve. The private sector has had to incorporate measures that address transparency and usability of financial statements – the public sector urgently needs to do the same.” Peuch-Lestrade says, “The sovereign debt crisis has focused the need for transparency on government finances within Europe in particular, but it is important for governments around the world to ensure their financial statements are as accurate as possible by using modern accounting methods that give a more complete picture of government.”
About the report
The study covered 33 countries with a balanced representation both by geography and level of individual country development. The survey was based on a seven-page questionnaire designed by the Ernst & Young Competence Center for Public Sector Accounting led by Thomas Müller-Marqués Berger in cooperation with the Institute of Public Management. The questionnaires were completed during the first half of 2011 based on research by Ernst & Young offices in the respective countries which included meetings with high-level financial officials in charge of public accounting for their respective states (either within the Ministry of Finance or the specific agency dealing with this issue). The following 33 countries took part in the study: Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Croatia, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Lithuania, Mozambique, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, People’s Republic of China, Poland, Senegal, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi), United Kingdom, United States of America, and Zimbabwe.
About Ernst & Young’s Global Government & Public Sector Center
Around the world, governments and not-for-profit organizations are continually seeking innovative answers to complex challenges. They are striving to provide better services at lower costs and to ensure sustainable economic development, a safe environment, more transparency and increased accountability. Ernst & Young combines private sector best practice with an understanding of the public sector’s diverse needs, focusing on building organizations’ capability to deliver improved public services. Drawing on many years of experience, we work with you to help strengthen your organization, deliver value for money and achieve lasting improvement. Our Global Government and Public Sector Center brings together seamless teams of highly skilled professionals from our audit, tax, transaction and advisory services. We are inspired by a deep commitment to working with you to help you meet your goals, achieve your potential and enhance public value, today and tomorrow.
About Ernst & Young
Ernst & Young is a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services. Worldwide, our 152,000 people are united by our shared values and an unwavering commitment to quality. We make a difference by helping our people, our clients and our wider communities achieve their potential.
Ernst & Young refers to the global organization of member firms of Ernst & Young Global Limited, each of which is a separate legal entity. Ernst & Young Global Limited, a UK company limited by guarantee, does not provide services to clients. For more information about our organization, please visit www.ey.com.
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Imagine a nice spring day and sitting on a comfortable chair on your deck. You catch up on the latest sports news. Or, you’re at 30,000 feet and flying to an important meeting. You want to catch up on some new technology or strategy for improving your manufacturing processes. It’s late at night and you end your day by brushing up on which long-term investment strategies you should choose. How are you most likely gathering that information in these instances?
Despite all the media hype about iPad, Android, Kindle or the Net, more than likely you have a magazine in your hands. Despite all the media hype, print publishing is far from dead and the numbers bear that out.
More often than not, I use this space to address some issue in quality or manufacturing, or the politics, economics or environment surrounding it. However, equally important to those issues, on a practical level, is “how” you receive that information.
I recently spent three days in New York City at a media conference that included numerous discussions about print, mobile, the Web and other forms of communicating with one’s audience. Numerous presentations and discussions focused on the increased use of new media, but all the participants agreed that print was an invaluable tool that was still relevant.
“It’s not an ‘either-or’ proposition,” said Cathie Black, president of Hearst Magazines, about print vs. new media, “It’s both.” Black and her counterparts at Meredith, Time Inc., Condé Nast and Wenner Media have teamed up with a video and ad campaign (www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGVniqgWSc0&feature=player_embedded
) that focuses on the power of print.
While in a somewhat different environment than Hearst and other consumer-related publications, Quality supports this message and effort because we know a print magazine creates a bond between you and the information that no other media can duplicate. All media has its place and works together to bring your message to the buyers of your technology and services. Certainly Quality uses the Web, relays news through Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn, and can be accessed via Blackberry and iPhone, and yet we still continue to print Quality on paper-and plan to continue to do so. More than 92% of you choose to receive Quality in print, which tells us that it plays an important role in learning the latest about quality technology and solutions.
“The [media] pieces all work together,” said Peggy Northrop, vice president and global editor in chief of Reader’s Digest, “with the consumer of that information in the middle.”
I know you use our other products, such as Quality Online, Quality Update e-newsletters, Quality Measurement Conferences, digital editions, webinars, podcasts, videos, mobile applications and more. Electronic products allow us to extend the Quality reach to a global audience and provide you with convenient means of accessing quality related news and information while you’re on the go.
Each successive development in technology-movies, radio, television, the Internet, mobile devices-has always been heralded with the news that the previous technology will “die” and be replaced. That has never happened. As Northrop points out, each serves the audience in a unique way and you continue to demonstrate that fact every day and every month. We’ll continue to bring you a print publication because you have told us it’s what you are most interested in receiving. We’ll continue to explore new ways of communicating with, and informing, you because you’ve told us you want that too. We agree with Northrop’s and Black’s perspectives because you’ve told us that’s how Quality meets your needs.
How do you use various forms of media? Share your thoughts with me at email@example.com
, or share your thoughts with other members of the Quality community at the Quality Magazine LinkedIn Group page
, the Quality Facebook page
and on Twitter
. Of course, you can always sign up for a paper copy of Quality and can even still send a letter to the magazine.
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269.1 (1) Every official, or every person acting at the instigation of or with the consent or acquiescence of an official, who inflicts torture on any other person is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years.
Definitions(2) For the purposes of this section, "official"
(a) a peace officer,
(b) a public officer,
(c) a member of the Canadian Forces, or
(d) any person who may exercise powers, pursuant to a law in force in a foreign state, that would, in Canada, be exercised by a person referred to in paragraph (a), (b), or (c),
whether the person exercises powers in Canada or outside Canada;"torture"
"torture" means any act or omission by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person
(a) for a purpose including
(i) obtaining from the person or from a third person information or a statement,
(ii) punishing the person for an act that the person or a third person has committed or is suspected of having committed, and
(iii) intimidating or coercing the person or a third person, or
(b) for any reason based on discrimination of any kind,
but does not include any act or omission arising only from, inherent in or incidental to lawful sanctions.
No defence(3) It is no defence to a charge under this section that the accused was ordered by a superior or a public authority to perform the act or omission that forms the subject-matter of the charge or that the act or omission is alleged to have been justified by exceptional circumstances, including a state of war, a threat of war, internal political instability or any other public emergency.
Evidence(4) In any proceedings over which Parliament has jurisdiction, any statement obtained as a result of the commission of an offence under this section is inadmissible in evidence, except as evidence that the statement was so obtained.
R.S., 1985, c. 10 (3rd Supp.), s. 2.
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On Friday, February 4th, the Japanese harpoon vessel the Yushin Maru No. 3 issued a Mayday distress signal from the Ross Sea (71 degrees 58 minutes south and 176 degrees 48 minutes east). At the time the distress signal was issued, the Sea Shepherd ship the Bob Barker was eight miles away from the whaling ship. The Sea Shepherd vessel Gojira and two inflatable boats from the Bob Barker were alongside the Yushin Maru No. 3.
Captain Locky MacLean on the Gojira and Captain Alex Cornelissen on the Bob Barker immediately radioed the Yushin Maru No. 3 to inquire as to the nature of their distress. This call was made in both English and Japanese. The calls were documented on film by Animal Planet’s crew onboard Sea Shepherd’s ships, and monitored by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority.
The Institute for Cetacean Research (ICR) issued a statement claiming the distress call was made because the Yushin Maru No. 3 was “under attack” by Sea Shepherd. During the skirmish, the Yushin Maru No. 3 suddenly stopped dead in the water. Since that time, some 48 plus hours later, it has not moved.
The Bob Barker successfully broke away from being tailed by the Yushin Maru No. 3 and is presently hunting for the Nisshin Maru.
In accordance with maritime law and protocol, Captain MacLean of the Gojira stayed with the Yushin Maru No. 3 for more than 48 hours to offer their assistance, if necessary. However during this period of time, the Japanese whalers refused to acknowledge any calls inquiring as to the nature of their “distress.”
Finally, Captain MacLean was contacted by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority and notified that the Yushin Maru No. 3 was not in distress and did not require assistance. With that confirmation, Captain MacLean elected to leave the area to continue the search for the whaling vessels.
The Yushin Maru No. 3 is no longer tailing the Bob Barker, and is also not participating in whaling operations. It may be suffering mechanical problems.
The Steve Irwin arrived in Wellington, New Zealand on the evening of February 5th to refuel and take on supplies for all three Sea Shepherd ships in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary.
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The High Court - National Gallery Precinct is an integration of buildings, terraces, courts, paving, gardens and water features. The style of architecture expressed in the structures is the late 20th century architecture style known as Brutalism, showing characteristically bold, strong shapes.
The style promotes a monumental presence to the buildings within the High Court - National Gallery of Australia Precinct.
Brutalism is an architectural style that spawned from the modernist architectural movement and which flourished from the 1950s to the 1970s.
The original inspiration for the Brutalist style came from the designs of Swiss architect Le Corbusier as well as those of German designer Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. The name originates from the French term béton brut, or 'raw concrete', although concrete was not the only material buildings were constructed from.
Brutalist buildings demonstrated an aggressive largeness of scale and a strong, muscular character. The style aimed to be honest with structural material, with concrete walls, columns, beams, and services such as lift shafts expressed as design features. This philosophy can be seen today in the High Court and the National Gallery Precinct, particularly in the internal support columns and the patterns of the supporting beams as well as in the external architectural elements.
High Court of Australia
A national competition for the design of a permanent home for the nation's highest court in Canberra was held in 1972-73, with the winning design submitted by the architectural firm of Edwards Madigan Torzillo and Briggs Pty Ltd. The design competition guidelines emphasised the symbolic importance of the building:
'In its siting and in its form, the High Court building imparts a sense of strength and security. The visitor is made to feel aware of the rights, privileges and responsibilities of the Australian judicial system' (High Court design competition guidelines).
The builder, PDC Constructions (ACT) Pty Ltd, began construction of the building in 1975, and it was completed in 1980 at a total cost of $46.5 million. The Court and its Principal Registry were immediately transferred to the new building and the first sitting in its new home took place in June 1980.
The 40-metre tall building is essentially one of concrete and glass comprising a number of major functional elements, namely a large public hall, three courtrooms, an administrative wing, and Justices chambers. A waterfall, designed by Robert Woodward and constructed from South Australian speckled granite, runs the full length of the entry ramp.
The High Court as an institution has long been associated with decisions that have impacted on Australian society. The Building itself was the setting for the landmark Mabo (1992) and Wik judgements (1996), which recognised Indigenous common law rights to land and provided the basis for the recognition of Native Title.
National Gallery of Australia: Home of the Nation's Treasures
The National Gallery of Australia's (NGA) collections include works of art across four main areas: Australian art, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander art, Asian art and international art. Works in the NGA are part of Australia's National Collection.
In 1912, the Commonwealth Art Advisory Board began purchasing works of art for the National Collection. These works were, in the main, portraits of Australians renowned in politics, art, literature and science. These acquisitions continued throughout the following decades, with serious collecting of Australian art increasing in the late 1960s, followed by acquisitions of international art in the early 1970s.
In 1967 Prime Minister Harold Holt announced that the government would build an Australian National Gallery in Canberra to house the National Collection. A limited national architectural competition was announced. The contract for the design was won by the architectural firm, Edwards, Madigan and Torzillo International Pty Ltd, designers of the High Court of Australia. The building was constructed between 1974 and 1982.
The major challenge in designing the NGA was how best to display works of art to the public, while conserving and storing these works in absolute physical and environmental security.
Much of the building is made of reinforced brush-hammered concrete - an example of Madigan's philosophy that concrete has as much integrity as stone. Concrete slabs are the main facings for walls; they are also the major reinforcing structural component, enclosing and camouflaging numerous service shafts and ducts.
The Sculpture Garden is an important feature of the design and was landscaped by Harry Howard and Associates in 1981. The tranquil garden displays monumental sculptures from many countries within outdoor 'galleries', including a number of individual statues from Rodin's Burghers of Calais series as well as works by modern and contemporary artists. Native plants and various ground surfaces define the areas, providing a sense of privacy and intimacy to appreciate the works.
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Kaspersky Lab has published an article entitled "Black DDoS" which provides an analysis of the Black Energy 2 malicious bot.
The Black Energy bot has never stopped evolving. Kaspersky Lab has currently detected over 4,000 variants of the first version of this malicious program and the second version has been on security researchers' radars for two years. Black Energy 2 attracts hackers due to the fact that it's both versatile and easy to manage. The bot supports updateable plug-ins (additional modules) that make it easy for hackers to modify and expand the functionality of Black Energy 2. Plugins can be quickly installed and updated on commands sent from the remote administration center.
The bot's most popular plug-ins are designed to conduct DDoS attacks (i.e. distributed attacks designed to bring the targeted systems down). Numerous zombie computers infected with Black Energy 2 simultaneously send malformed and/or large data packets to the node under attack on commands sent from the command-and-control center. As a result, the target node will be overloaded and lose its ability to process any other data. Black Energy 2 supports the use of a variety of protocols to send such packets.
However, the features of Black Energy 2 are not limited to DDoS attacks. Malware writers have developed plug-ins that steal bank credentials and distribute malicious programs via peer-to-peer networks. "It is difficult to predict how botnet masters will use their botnets in the future. It's not hard for malware writers to create a plug-in and get it downloaded to infected user machines." says the author of the article, Kaspersky Lab virus analyst Dmitry Tarakanov.
The article provides an overview of the main Black Energy 2 components that are responsible for infection and communicating with the command-and-control center, as well as of the most common plug-ins and basic commands. The full version of Black DDoS is available at Securelist.com.
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NATO-Russia Council (NRC) Foreign Ministers met in Berlin, Germany on 15 April 2011. In an effort to enhance their cooperation in areas of common interest, they approved during the meeting, among others, an updated NRC Action Plan on Terrorism.
Since its initial launch in December 2004, the NATO-Russia Council Action Plan on Terrorism has served as an effective tool in ensuring the overall coordination and strategic direction of NATO-Russia cooperation in the fight against terrorism. The updated NRC Action Plan on Terrorism draws on the NRC Joint Review of 21st Century Common Security Challenges endorsed by NRC Heads of State and Government in Lisbon in November 2010, and expands the scope of cooperation in the fight against terrorism.
The NATO-Russia Council categorically rejects terrorism in all its manifestations. It reconfirms that terrorist acts pose a direct challenge to common security, to shared democratic values and to basic human rights and freedoms. NRC nations agree that there is no cause that can justify such acts, and call for unity of action in the international community in addressing this insidious threat. They will do everything in their power to fight all forms of terrorism, acting in conformity with the UN Charter, international human rights and humanitarian law, as well as other existing commitments. They stand united in support of the relevant UN Security Council Resolutions, as well as the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy.
The NRC is encouraged by the progress that has been made in cooperation in the fight against terrorism, and is determined to make an even more direct and substantial contribution to this global struggle. The NRC will enhance its capabilities to act, individually and jointly, in three critical areas: preventing terrorism, combating terrorist activities and managing the consequences of terrorist acts.
NRC nations are determined to improve their capabilities to deter and prevent terrorist attacks by exchanging information, supporting non-proliferation efforts and developing enhanced cooperation on armaments and technology. They will also continue to implement relevant elements of the NRC Cooperative Airspace Initiative (CAI), which aims at developing an information exchange system and fostering cooperation on airspace security issues aimed, in particular, at strengthening the capabilities against terrorist air threats. Furthermore, they will explore areas of technological and scientific cooperation, including on improved explosive detection under the Stand-Off Detection of Explosives (STANDEX) Programme. Finally, NRC nations will contribute to international efforts to promote stability in and around Afghanistan and thus, inter alia, forestall the spread of terrorism in the region.
Combating Terrorist Activities
NRC nations are determined to undertake active measures to disrupt and combat terrorist activity. In this respect, they will examine how to resume cooperation in the framework of NATO’s Operation Active Endeavour, according to agreed procedures. They will also improve the capability of their armed forces to work together in combating the terrorist threat.
Managing the Consequences of Terrorist Acts
NRC nations are determined to strengthen their ability to manage and mitigate the consequences of terrorist acts by building upon experiences from large scale disasters in the past and lessons learned in exercises. They will also support consultations aimed at strengthening the potential of NRC cooperation in the area of crisis management and response; continue to develop scientific cooperation to address the management of psychosocial and other consequences of terrorist acts; and identify other means of improving their ability to cooperate in managing the consequences of terrorist acts, including through practical cooperation in chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) decontamination.
Complementing Other International Efforts
Given the transnational character of the terrorist threat, responses to it must be equally international. NRC cooperation in the struggle against terrorism shall seek to complement and enhance other efforts underway in the United Nations and elsewhere in the international community, with a view to providing added value and avoiding duplication of efforts.
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There are some who are longing for change. Feeling that everything is stagnant in their lives, they want to change partners, careers, dwellings. And there are some who are scared of change. They feel secure the way they are. There are some who see the change, but don't acknowledge it out of fear. There are some who do not notice the change at all. There are some who do not think there is anything to change. And there are some who realize that everything is changing, yet see there is something that is non-changing. Those who recognize the non-changing amidst the change are the wisest of all.
Question: Must love as well always change?
Sri Sri: Love is your nature. What is your nature cannot change. But the expression of love changes. Because love is your nature, you cannot but love. The mother has total love for the child, but sometimes she feeds the child, sometimes she is strict with the child. "Come on, sit and write!"
Sometimes she slaps the child. She does this out of love, and these are all different modes of love. So, the expression of love changes but love itself does not change, because love is your nature.
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Does anybody have any solid evidence to confirm or deny this? I can trace my lineage with reasonable certainty to George Martin (1618-1686) and his first wife Hannah Green (1624-1644) through their daughter Hannah (Martin) Worthen (1643-1730).
I've run across speculation that George Martin is the son of Mayflower passenger Christopher Martin but the Mayflower Society doesn't recognize any living descendants. Also, George Martin would've only been a toddler when the Mayflower sailed so it doesn't make sense to me why he would've been left behind in England.
Can anyone help?
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Species: Chocolate Xocomel
Birthday: Monday, October 31, 2011
Xocomel hatchlings are strange creatures. You can buy a few from the store, but Remy insists he did not make them, nor does he know who does. Apparently they mysteriously appear sometime in the night. The hatchlings are at first nothing more than chocolate, but everyone knows to leave the candy alone until midnight on Halloween, when they will come to life. Soon the amphibians are alive, and it is not long before they are sprinting about. These xocomels are as swift as they are small, and can be found all over the castle, in odd nooks and crannies. Catching one can be quite difficult, and the hatchlings are usually too fast to grab. Young xocomels love to climb, and you can never tell where one will be. Like most of the other hatchlings, they play games with one another, the most common being tag. Even if you don't like to eat chocolate, xocomel hatchlings are quite fun to watch.
There are many wild newts and salamanders around The Keep, living in damp, muddy spots near rivers. They are as normal as could be, busy hunting for bugs, covered in shiny scales. The newts that live in the castle, however, are quite different, and are not even called newts because of these differences. Xocomels appear only once a year, and remain for a short time before disappearing. The talk around the castle is that some magi must have conjured them up, hoping to spread the spirit of Halloween. Whoever this person is, no one knows, but the xocomels are welcome entertainment. Xocomels are certainly not creatures that appear in nature, as they are actually edible and will melt if they remain too long in the sun. If captured, they turn at once into lifeless chocolate, and remain motionless in one's hand. Some enjoy eating them, as they are not truly alive when they are first purchased. It is common practice for friends to exchange these creatures. People from as far away as Synara city arrive to sample them, though if the xocomels are removed from the castle they lose the magic that keeps them alive, and they turn back into beautiful chocolates. If one wishes to see a xocomel, they had better be quick enough to catch one, or buy one before Remy is sold out.
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Last Saturday, we started talking about SEO. SEO for blogs, run by bloggers who don’t have the time to make learning about SEO a full-time job. Did you see the post?
If not, go read it right now. You’ll need that background for today’s post.
Are you back? Good. Okay, let’s get on to today’s lesson:
Lesson #2: How the heck do I find good keyphrases?
The short answer? Do a little brainstorming. There’s a longer answer, but we’ll start there.
Open up a fresh word doc, get out a pen and paper, grab a crayon and your kid’s sketchpad – whatever.
Now. Put yourself in your readers’ shoes. If you were looking for whatever you’re about to post about, how would you search? What would you type in?
And remember, there’s no point in trying to think like a robot. The web crawlers (i.e. Google) spend all their time trying to get better at thinking like people. So, since you are a person, you have a giant advantage.
Keep going for as long as you can. Write really specific terms. More general questions. Think about what you’d search for if your first search didn’t work. Or how you’d filter your results if what came back was too general.
Hopefully, by the time you’re out of ideas, you’ll have a nice long list.
Got it? Good. Now it’s time to ask a robot.
Meet the Google Adwords Keyword Tool. Your new best friend.
Don’t be nervous. It’s easy to use. Just click on over to the Keyword Tool (that link will open it up in a new window). And breathe.
Still with me? Good.
Alright, now you know that list you brainstormed? You’re going to enter it into the box labeled “Word or Phrase,” one term to a line. When you’re done, it should look like this:
The results page that comes back might look a little scary. But don’t worry. I’m going to help you translate it. Here’s the big picture.
So. Your keyphrase is highlighted in blue. In the next column, you’ll see three different words: low, medium and high. That refers to the number of sites that would be competing with you to rank for that term. Low competition is good. Medium competition is okay. High competition is bad news bears.
Global is, of course, the whole planet. Local, for our purposes, is the United States.
Now, ideally what you want is a term with lots of search traffic and very little competition.
Obviously, we don’t have that in the example I’m showing you. The post I was searching for was quite specific. It was about making a three-dimensional owl cake using Pyrex bowls. I wrote it because I couldn’t find anything online to tell me how to do what I wanted to do.
Therefore, I chose 3D owl cake as my keyphrase. It’s super specific, without a ton of traffic, but it seemed to do the best job of getting the idea across (at the time).
So. I named my post How To Make a Kick Ass 3D Owl Cake. And I get all of the search traffic for that term:
Not only do I have the number one spot for this very specific term, my daughter is in one of the pictures. And it’s been that way for a year and a half now.
That’s how you make the Keyword Tool work for you.
Well, at least, that’s how you find the right keywords. Next week, I’ll show you how to use ‘em to get the results you want. If you didn’t go ahead and subscribe last week, you should probably do that now. You wouldn’t want to miss it, after all.
Questions? That’s what the comments are for. Fire away!
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It’s twister prime time. The April-June peak of tornado season has arrived. It should thus be unsurprising that tornadoes erupted across the Plains this past weekend.
Increasingly, whenever there are tornadoes, there are people are going to great extremes to both observe and document them. This is having consequences, putting more people in harm’s way. What can and should we do?
2012 tornadoes so far
AccuWeather recently ran an article called “Dying to Shoot Tornadoes.” They referenced an Indiana couple who, instead of immediately searching for shelter during the March 2, 2012 tornado outbreak, decided to film an approaching tornado before realizing it was headed right at them.
At the last minute, the couple raced to find a “safe” place in the center of the house with no basement. When the violent EF-4 tornado impacted the home, with winds between 166-200 mph, it was destroyed. The husband sadly perished, one of 40 that day (in the top-5 most deadly tornado days in March since 1950).
Then came the north Texas tornado swarm on April 3, one that’s been called the most filmed outbreak ever — a title sure to fall soon enough if it did not already Saturday (April 14).
Despite the imagery and talk of dangerous tornadoes, the outbreak in Dallas was comparatively small, and the majority of tornadoes were not that strong. Fortunately, no one died, but given the sheer number of people who again watched tornadoes pass them by from outside, rather than taking shelter, it might have been luck.
Two tornadoes are seen on the ground at once in Cherokee, Oklahoma on April 14, 2012. Via WXstreme Chase Team.
The April 14, 2012 outbreak, while targeting a region less densely populated, came on a Saturday - a day with people out and about, and , for many storm chasers, their first chance to go hunting this young season.
Considering the number of tornadoes — reports are over 100 (although it’s likely long-track tornadoes were reported multiple times) — we were fortunate to see a faily low casualty rate. Sadly, at least 6 died in a nighttime event in Woodward, Oklahoma. In this case, not seeing the threat was the gravest danger.
Tornadoes: the love/hate relationship
While the mass availability of photo and video capability — mixed with mobile Internet and breaking weather information access — has increased the odds of a tornado being found, ogled, and then broadcast to the world, the fascination with them is not new. Throughout modern American history, starting in colonial New England where settlers documented early their encounters, we’ve had a love/hate relationship with tornadoes.
Love... The pure power of nature. Hate... When it impacts humanity.
Are we not afraid? Research has found that instead of immediately heading to a shelter upon a tornado warning, many seek direct confirmation. This was heavily noted in the post-assessment of the Joplin tornado last year as a factor in the mass loss of life. Getting to proper shelter — even driving away from the tornado, though not officially suggested — can be the difference between life and death in strong or violent tornadoes.
Seeing is believing
In his “10 deadly sins of TV weather coverage,” legendary Alabama meteorologist James Spann notes that a live shot of a tornado is a very powerful image compared to a simple radar graphic when warning people in the area on air. It’s one thing to see a hook echo on radar. It’s another to see empty tractor trailers flung through the air or houses being ripped to shreds. When it comes to tornadoes, indeed, seeing is believing.
Text and second-hand evidence, while of importance particularly with regards to smartphones, cannot completely replicate a hard visual. If we cannot see a tornado causing destruction or on a path to do so on television (or via Twitter, Facebook, etc.) before it impacts, we may be more likely to want to assure ourselves that it is or is not coming with our own eyes. Of course, once seen, the power of nature can be alluring.
A telling video surfaced from Indiana in March. As the violent long-track southern Indiana EF-4 approached (and warning information blared in the room), the scene proved too gripping for the homeowners to turn away from. Once the tornado passed the line of site of the videographer, she headed to the other side of the house to keep watch, all while telling others to come see how beautiful the tornado was.
Upon next sight of the twister, her expressions quickly change from astonishment to fear. “Oh my God, that’s a car!” she exclaims before running to the basement. Must not have seen the movie Twister.
YouTube Video: Pekin Tornado 2012
There’s little question that, social media, Web requests for user generated content, and even a pop culture aspect to tornadoes in recent times will continue to push individuals who have the ability to capture nature’s drama to do so. All one has to do is follow a few dozen professional or amateur weather aficionados on Twitter and watch how many tornado videos, some including chasers cheering killer storms on, are shared during and after the fact with attention-grabbing headlines like “AWESOME,” “Wish I was there,” and so forth.
I won’t say I don’t agree: tornadoes are amazing. I spent some of my teenage years miles from the recent tornadoes near Dallas and was immediately hooked after seeing one there. For full disclosure: I’ve been storm chasing, and I’m planning on taking a multi-week trip to the Plains again in a few weeks time. I even recently randomly decided to start a website to examine tornadoes in my free time.
Entertainment value vs. education/safety
But, still, one has to at least wonder about the message sent by treating tornadoes as a source of virtual entertainment. For example, late one evening earlier this month, a multi-vortex tornado from Kennedale, Tx. the day prior hit the rounds. Out of dozens of tweets and messages about the close-encounter with a highway-crossing tornado, I only caught one which said the chaser was perhaps dangerously close, noting apparent sounds of debris hitting the car.
These events are as good of times for teaching about tornado safety as they are for talking about how amazing the debris cloud was.
Professional storm chasers vs novices
Conflating novice “thrill-seeker” storm chasers (and/or people who encounter tornadoes by chance and respond questionably) with practiced and/or “professional” storm chasers, may give a bad name to experienced chasers who are working to better understand these storms and provide visual confirmation to enhance warnings. While contemplating this piece, I had an e-mail conversation with veteran storm chaser Amos Magliocco.
He is based in north Texas and has been chasing since the early-days of the “sport.” Despite not being a trained meteorologist, he is well-known in chaser circles, has National Weather Service (NWS) spotter training, respects the power of storms, edits the Electronic Journal of Severe Storms Meteorology, and has witnessed countless tornadoes. As with other chasers, his curiosity turned into a pursuit of not just experiences of a lifetime but a further understanding of nature’s fury.
One of many particularly salient points he made included descriptions that are perhaps the heart of chasing historically. He wrote, “[storm chasers] provide an ocean of data, field observations, drove the science for decades and still do. Young chasers become the tornado scientists of the following decade. Chasers are often the backbone of the warning system outside densely populated urban areas.”
Earlier this year, acclaimed storm chaser Andy Gabrielson was killed on return from a chase in Texas. His tragic death came at the hands of a drunk driver and not a tornado. He’d seen probably hundreds of those and survived to tell the tale. So do thousands of other tornado chasers who live in, or journey to, well known tornado zones every year.
The incredible outpouring from the storm chaser community in the aftermath of Andy’s death told at least two stories. First, this is not a group used to losing one of its own. According to long-time chasers, none have died from tornado impact. Secondly, this is a group committed to what brings them all together, and that’s the observation and self-education about storms that just happen to be dangerous, particularly if not understood.
Storm chasing’s future in the mainstream
Yes, some ways in which chasing has evolved as it hits “mainstream” are less than desirable. When long-time chasers and respected meteorologists alike publicly speak out about the problems with untrained chasers and/or individuals not adhering to the rules of the road, often in concert with “competitive chasing,” some aspects of the hunt may be in need of change. There’s even been word of police in places like Oklahoma setting up roadblocks to try to curtail some of these behaviors.
The fascination with tornadoes seems destined to continue, and there’s no sign that technology to help find and capture them on digital media is going to disappear.
As potential witnesses to these events, whether homeowner or storm chaser, having an action plan and also a true understanding of how tornadoes behave or can do, is crucial to survival in the face of one. When combined with increasingly early signaling and warnings, as well as other potential changes to how we react when one’s on the way, the odds of dying when even the strongest of tornadoes threatens can be lowered significantly.
P.S. Mississippi State is currently running a survey on warnings. Filling it out might be at least one additional step toward perfecting that system. https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/FZ9QGG9
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In October 2009, a newly installed government in Greece revealed that the nation, aided by Wall Street banks, had concealed the magnitude of its deficits for years. It became clear -- at least to policy-makers in the United States who pride themselves on their abilities as financial firefighters -- that the country would be unable to repay its debt without help. As weeks and then months passed without Greece's economic partners in the European Union taking definitive action, the crisis threatened to spread.
Undersecretary of the Treasury for International Affairs Lael Brainard, the United States' most important financial diplomat, became concerned that the Europeans weren't taking the situation seriously. The conventional response was clear: Greece would cut back on spending, while other countries and international institutions would put up hundreds of billions of dollars in loans to keep Greece from defaulting -- in other words, a bailout. In the view of Brainard and her boss, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, the sooner the Europeans acted, the cheaper and more effective their response would be. But Europe, led by Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, seemed unwilling to offer either a solution or accept help from the International Monetary Fund.
By May, U.S. warnings seemed prescient -- a small bailout package hadn't stopped plunging economic indicators. During a marathon weekend of international conference calls, Brainard corralled leaders from the G-7 (the seven large developed economies that set the agenda for global policy coordination), the European Union, the world's central bankers, and the IMF to devise an effective response. If pushing a bill through Congress seems difficult, imagine Geithner and Brainard's task: convincing some 27 legislatures, a handful of powerful, independent central banks, and a global institution or two to make hard choices and lay out billions of dollars. "Their styles are a little bit different -- Tim is a little bit more diplomatic; she's a little more hard-edged negotiator -- but that works well in some ways. Good cop, bad cop," says one Treasury official.
After much prodding, Greece undertook measures to severely cut its spending -- leading to violence in the streets -- and the IMF and the EU put up low-interest loans through a newly formed body called the European Financial Stability Facility to tide the country over. The crisis passed, but not without raising fears that other countries in Southern Europe could follow Greece's path.
It's almost certain that some will if economic recovery isn't pursued across the globe. Brainard's job is to convince world leaders to adopt Keynesian fiscal stimulus, implement an expansive set of financial reforms, and undertake quick strikes against debt problems to prevent them from spreading. Asserting U.S. economic leadership is a challenge in the wake of a crisis largely caused by American preferences in economic and financial policy. The task is more difficult as America's economic advantage over the rest of the world has declined, forcing U.S. officials to rely on expertise, norms, and institutions as well as financial might. Although the U.S. economy is tightly tied to those of other countries, many American politicians are ill-disposed toward helping abroad with so much trouble at home. Brainard has little room for error.
This is a job that stands out on a resume. The current and previous Democratic Treasury secretaries -- Geithner and, before him, top White House economic adviser Larry Summers -- each did a tour of duty in Brainard's role in the 1990s, a time when globalization made international economic policy increasingly important. Summers' work resulted in Time magazine anointing him a founding member of the "Committee to Save the World." Now, thanks to the financial crisis that has tarnished the committee's legacy, Brainard's challenge is even more complex.
Brainard's office in the Treasury Department building is cavernous, with heavy wooden furniture, thick blue carpeting, and a view of the White House next door. People tend to mention the room when you ask about her -- Have you seen her office? -- perhaps because it took her so long to arrive at the ostentatious digs.
Brainard earned a doctorate in economics from Harvard University in 1989, focusing on international trade and production, and became a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology immediately afterward. She served briefly as a staffer in the George H.W. Bush White House, where she dealt with the economic transitions of former Eastern Bloc countries. Her first taste of high-level public service came as a White House fellow in the mid-1990s, when she worked for one of the few other women among elite economic policy-makers, Laura D'Andrea Tyson, the director of the Council of Economic Advisers and later the National Economic Council.
With Obama's inauguration in 2009, Brainard was set to be the top economist at the State Department, where her husband, Kurt Campbell, is the assistant secretary for East Asia. She had spent the previous eight years at the Brookings Institution, where she founded a program focused on reforming development assistance -- an interest she inherited from her father, a Foreign Service officer -- and looked forward to bringing that work to State. Then the original choice for the Treasury undersecretary withdrew, and Brainard was tapped for the job.
At the time, ubiquitous Democratic economic wonk Gene Sperling, who gave Brainard her first major opportunity in government during the Clinton administration, was advising Geithner from what would be Brainard's office and joked that he would stay there. For awhile, it looked like he might: Brainard's confirmation was held up for more than a year because of several minor discrepancies found in her tax returns. "Utterly ridiculous, personal and vindictive," is how one Treasury official characterized the process. "Her husband had gone through -- same taxes, same kids, same situation."
Brainard worked at Treasury in a limited capacity until she was finally confirmed in April 2010, becoming the highest-ranking female Treasury official in American history. Now that she is on the job full time, Brainard might find that her confirmation was the easy part. She is deeply engaged in the European debt crisis and has already "Sherpa'd" her boss through three international summits. ("Sherpa" is the unofficial title assigned to staffers who manage major negotiations for finance ministers and heads of state, doing all the groundwork so that their boss can plant the proverbial flag on the summit.)
This won't be the first time Brainard has worked on an economic team that has to deal with a foreign crisis, a querulous global response, and a suspicious domestic constituency. When President Bill Clinton was re-elected and Sperling, then 38, became the director of the National Economic Council, his colleagues urged him to choose an international-affairs deputy with some gravitas to bolster his position. Instead, he chose 35-year-old Brainard. She ascended to the job just as financial crises spread from Thailand to South Korea, Indonesia, Russia, Latin America, and eventually the United States. Brainard was Clinton's Sherpa, managing the president's diplomatic efforts and helping develop a prescient proposal that financially responsible countries be "pre-approved" for IMF aid, signaling to markets that the international community stood behind a country's debts. The proposal, which Clinton delivered at a major international summit, was rejected by European skeptics at the time but has finally been employed in the current crisis. In 2009, the IMF successfully adopted it, offering flexible credit lines to protect Mexico, Poland, and Hungary from nervous creditors.
Brainard would complete her transition from economic expert to adroit staffer during the trade battles of the 1990s, managing fallout from the NAFTA trade deal and China's entrance into the World Trade Organization. Her experiences brought her into contact with key constituencies in Congress and familiarized her with the human costs of globalization. "She's not a knee-jerk Washington Consensus type," Sperling says, referring to the tarnished neo-liberal advocates of increasing liberalization of markets, regulation, and trade. Later, at Brookings, Brainard would advocate for tougher enforcement of trade laws and mechanisms like wage insurance to protect American workers.
Brainard, like Geithner, grew up abroad -- her father, a soldier turned diplomat, was often stationed behind the Iron Curtain during the Cold War. Her childhood experiences in communist East Germany and Poland made her leery of centralized government solutions and dogma. But U.S. economic leadership during the Cold War -- and the respect it engendered among dissidents in communist states -- provided a lesson in what governments could accomplish.
It is unclear how successful the post-Cold War economic order will be in a new century. During the financial crises of the 1990s, world leaders responded much as they did to the recent debt collapse in Greece, and billions of dollars of rescue money were swallowed by rapacious currency speculators. International officials were forced to learn how to help countries protect their currencies and execute painful reforms, and they eventually stopped the spreading financial panic in Brazil -- where they enacted a "bail in" that asked creditors to share some of the economic pain, something that didn't happen in Greece.
The crises of the 1990s should have been seen as a sign of trouble to come. Instead they were taken as proof that officials in governments and central banks could, should the need arise, save the world.
Most of the key Americans involved in those crises are back in government -- not just Geithner, Summers, Sperling, and Brainard but also Michael Froman, Obama's international economics adviser, and David Lipton, another key White House official. While it's no surprise to see midlevel officials from a previous administration return to office, this group is equipped to address the international crisis because they are part of a loose-knit crew of international finance experts whose work takes them back and forth between government, organizations like the World Bank and IMF, and the financial sector.
You can see the characteristics of their worldview in Geithner's response to the domestic financial crisis in the United States: Act quickly, with overwhelming force (read: tons of money) to reassure the markets while policy-makers work to fix the underlying problems. In the past, these efforts have been effective (for instance, our contemporary bank bailout has been nearly repaid) but at the cost of public suspicion and moral hazard. There's also the temptation to loosen the requirements for reform to protect the broader economy -- consider the hesitation to crack down on banks during the recession.
The domestic financial crisis taught us that we needed new institutions, rules, and mechanisms to ensure that banks don't damage the rest of the economy. Internationally, the need is even greater. "The current institutions and mechanisms safeguarding the global system are dangerously weak," Paul Blustein, a noted economic journalist, writes in his 2001 book on the Asian financial crises, The Chastening. Unfortunately, all too little has changed.
"You have a need for some of these extraordinary mechanisms to be forged during the crucible of the crisis," Brainard tells me. "You define the need for new tools." The rescue of the Greek economy was engineered by experienced officials from developed economies with a direct financial stake in its success and a clear means of economic coordination -- and the effort still came close to failing. Greece remains wracked with internal division, and bond markets are skeptical of the country's prospects for growth. That doesn't bode well for future rescues in countries that lack Greece's advantages. The Obama team's crisis-as-opportunity approach calls for some revision: We need an agenda for reform, but it's not clear that this administration will provide it.
If we learned anything during this crisis, it's that our financial status quo -- manufactured in the 1990s by Summers' Committee to Save the World and the Washington Consensus -- is not sustainable. Domestically, this has led the administration's economic team to shift toward policies they once fought against, from tighter regulation of financial markets to deficit spending that stimulates the economy. While they have not swung nearly as far left as many progressives would like, there has been a clear dividing line between the policies of the Clinton era and those needed today. The problem is that, now as then, we're not going it alone. If anything, financial markets are more inextricable than ever -- which makes Brainard's position even more important.
The most commonly cited improvement since the 1990s is the incorporation of the G-20 -- the formal coalition of 20 major economies that includes important "developing" countries like Brazil, India, and China -- as the main venue for international economic coordination. Initially, cooperation was strong: In April 2009, at the depth of the recession, the G-20 met in London and agreed to follow the U.S. lead on the economy, committing to a global stimulus of $5 trillion and a $1 trillion increase in IMF funding for beleaguered nations. The moves restored confidence and allowed the IMF to quietly bail out half a dozen states, from Pakistan to Hungary, and provide financing to others, like Poland and Mexico, using the flexible credit lines that Brainard had proposed years before.
By June of this year, recovery had begun, so pressure for coordination had rescinded. At the G-20 summit in Toronto, Obama pushed for countries to continue their efforts to stimulate economic growth. Results were mixed: While G-20 leaders agreed to follow through on existing stimulus plans, much of the guiding communique created during the meeting focused on austerity policies. Administration officials claimed a rhetorical victory, but if austerity chokes growth, the consequences could undermine economic confidence as much as heavy debt loads could.
The key to encouraging growth is "economic rebalancing." Countries that spent and borrowed too much, like the U.S., need to develop their export and savings capacities. Countries that did the opposite, like China and Germany, should in turn develop internal demand rather than live off the deficits of other countries. If many developed countries start to spend less, especially in Europe (which is one-third of the world market for U.S. exports), Americans will feel it at home -- unless the other half of the balance makes up for lost demand.
One of Brainard's early victories on this front was the announcement, just before the G-20 summit, that China would allow its currency to appreciate against the dollar, creating a better market for U.S. exports. While critics downplayed the notice as nebulous and toothless, within the administration there is confidence that it represents a significant step forward. The key question now is whether China will act in time to prevent further stagnation.
The other side of protecting the U.S. from international crises is reforming international bank regulation. Despite criticisms of the United States' domestic regulatory reforms, we remain the first country to seriously upgrade financial supervision since the crisis. Many countries reject some of the concepts at the heart of reform, notably the idea that splitting apart risky and insured bank operations is key to stability. Though Brainard helped G-20 countries agree on the importance of new restrictions, such as increasing the amount of money banks must safeguard for emergencies, the details have been delegated to regulatory and banking institutions that will debate them for years to come. While skepticism abounds, Brainard believes that coherent global rules are achievable.
If the administration's international agenda stalls, or even slows, we're likely to see more debt crises, and that's a real problem because the solution to these crises is unpopular abroad (austerity reforms) and also here at home (bailouts). Mechanisms for solving international problems are still so limited that a simple meeting of stakeholders -- the G-20 -- is considered a major reform. While new tools like the flexible credit lines and Europe's new lending arm are important, they don't deal with the fact that cash-pressed countries have no clear path to renegotiate their debt. The Clinton administration succeeded in stanching the crises of the 1990s with a bail-in that forced creditors to share some loss with the people of the damaged countries. While mechanisms for restructuring sovereign debt have been debated for years, no progress has been made to formalize them -- and while Brainard has been supportive of those efforts in the past and brought up the idea during the Greek crisis, the political challenges of making them a reality may place real reform out of reach for the time being.
Brainard is not just Treasury's emissary to the rest of the world. She's also an ambassador to Congress, making the case for why the United States needs to be so deeply involved in other countries' finances. "We do have a hard time on the Hill explaining why a stabilization program for Greece may actually matter for somebody in a member's home district," an administration official says, but it's a case Brainard can make, tracing the connections between stability and growth abroad and credit and jobs in the United States.
In a political climate where any government economic intervention, especially one that can be rightfully called a bailout, is toxic, this task gets even harder. Even as the Obama administration was aggressively lobbying the European Union to take action on Greece, congressional Republicans were supporting a resolution calling on the U.S. to block the effort. (While no U.S. funds are on the line, our investment in the IMF is at risk -- although in its history, the IMF has never not repaid a loan.) Congress has a long tradition of looking askance at the executive's rescue efforts, dating back to when Clinton's Treasury secretary, Bob Rubin, tapped into an obscure fund to rescue Mexico in 1994. And after NAFTA, many in the Democratic base wonder who's reaping the benefits of free trade.
Brainard, however, might be just the person to allay skepticism from progressives about the trade-related efforts of past Democratic administrations. As a young consultant at McKinsey & Company right out of college, she worked with a U.K. textile firm and an American automaker that was facing increased competition from other countries. The experience demonstrated how rosy predictions about free trade don't always bear out in the real world. As she works with the U.S. trade representative, Ron Kirk, to achieve Obama's goal of doubling exports in the next five years, she'll have to keep in mind the challenges that U.S. firms will face -- and the cautions expressed by members of Congress.
Though her primary work now is handling large macroeconomic issues, Brainard also oversees Treasury's development efforts. This part of her portfolio attracts much less attention than the roller-coaster financial markets, but Brainard recently launched the Food Security Trust Fund to assist developing nations in creating sustainable agriculture, stopping hunger, and reducing poverty. If she can balance this more positive face of globalization with the face that asks nations to severely cut their budgets in a time of need, she may be in a position to craft a more realistic understanding of the modern financial order. This is not the overly optimistic "globalization with a human face" she helped articulate at the end of the Clinton administration but a pragmatic globalization that avoids cant of all kinds.
If she can explain this kind of vision and push it onto the administration's agenda, she may have a chance to keep moving up. Her friends and associates say she likes Washington and her work, and at 48, she is relatively young -- and there's just one office nicer than hers in the Treasury building.
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Poverty in Canada
The persistence of poverty amid plenty
Nov 25th 2010
Compared with many other developed countries, Canada has had a good financial crisis. Its banks and public finances are sound, and the economy recovered quickly and strongly from recession, even if the pace is now slowing. But there is one sense in which Canada does less well. When it comes to child poverty, it ranks 22nd-worst out of the 31 countries in the OECD, a rich-country grouping. More than 3m Canadians (or one in ten) are poor; and 610,000 of them are children.
The problem is a chronic one. Back in 1989 Parliament unanimously supported a resolution to eliminate child poverty by 2000. Having failed, the politicians last year approved a woolly resolution to do better. This week they were rebuked by Campaign 2000, an activist group, which reported that child poverty is now as bad as it was two decades ago. Earlier this month Food Banks Canada, an association of charities, reported that 900,000 Canadians rely on food handouts, up by 9% on last year. Many are among the country’s 300,000 or so homeless people.
All this is despite long periods of steady growth over the past two decades. But only a third of the poor are in jobs. The rest are mainly single mothers, disabled people, aboriginal Canadians and immigrants. In the 1980s and 1990s these groups suffered cuts in welfare payments (which are too meagre to keep someone above the country’s de facto poverty line) when governments, both federal and provincial, cut public spending to restore fiscal health. One of the keenest slashers was British Columbia, which despite being one of the richest provinces has one of the highest rates of child poverty (10.4%) after taxes on family income. Critics of such policies say that children who grow up in poverty forfeit the chance to prosper as adults, or to become productive workers.
Half a dozen provincial governments, including those of populous Ontario and Quebec, have launched poverty-reduction programmes; many include attempts to prod or help people back into work. Newfoundland, helped by royalties from oil and mining, has cut its poverty rate in half (to 6.5%). Earlier this month, a House of Commons committee urged the federal government to adopt a national strategy. The response of Stephen Harper’s Conservative administration was that the best long-term strategy to fight poverty is “the sustained employment of Canadians”. That is certainly a necessary condition, but is it sufficient? Both the government and its critics might ponder why it is that growth seems to bypass so many.
Hunger in America
By Patrick Martin
URL of this article: www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=21967
Global Research, November 17, 2010
World Socialist Web Site
Some 15 percent of US households, 17.4 million families or about 50 million people, were too poor to buy adequate food last year, according to a new report from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). More than a third of these households, with as many as one million children, were missing meals on a regular basis, the study found.
The number of families classified as “food insecure” according to the USDA, which administers the food stamp program, has more than tripled since 2006, before the current economic slump which has brought near double-digit unemployment. Because most people are reluctant to admit they have a problem putting food on the table, particularly when they have children, “food insecurity” was calculated from survey questions about skipping meals or running out of food stamps, combined with comparisons of income and food prices.
Virtually the sole cause of food insecurity in America—the largest producer of agricultural and food products on the planet—is lack of money. The poverty rate has risen sharply over the past three years, with an estimated 50 million people living below the official poverty line, which grossly underestimates the income needed for basic necessities.
Highlighting the significant inequalities in food resource availability across US households, the USDA report noted that the typical food-secure household spent a whopping 33 percent more on food than the typical food-insecure household of the same size and household composition.
In keeping with the Obama administration’s policy of minimizing the depth of the social crisis, the USDA
official who released the report, Under Secretary Kevin Concannon, said the latest hunger survey showed a “stabilization” of the problem compared to the year before. In other words, just as many people were hungry in 2009 as in 2008, as though that represented “progress” rather than making permanent a level of social misery not seen in America for 40 years.
Concannon said the report was a hopeful one, since the number of hungry people did not increase even though the number of unemployed Americans rose sharply from 9 million in 2008 to 14 million in 2009. He credited food stamps and other federal programs for staving off any further increase in hunger. “This report highlights just how critical federal nutrition assistance programs are for American families,” he said.
The number of Americans receiving food stamps under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) rose to 42.4 million. Another one million children received free or subsidized school lunches daily, while some 400,000 pregnant women and nursing mothers received milk, butter, eggs and other food under the WIC program. All told, one quarter of US households have at least one person receiving food stamps or other food aid. However, 43 percent of food-insecure households were not participating in any of these three programs.
Despite the complacency voiced by the Obama administration official, there is ample reason to believe that
the present nutrition programs, already inadequate to meet the social need, will be further slashed by Congress. The Child Nutrition Act must be reauthorized this year, and the Senate version of the bill cuts more than $2 billion from food stamps in order to pay for the increasing cost of school lunches—essentially robbing children at home in order to feed them in school. Earlier this year, an extension of unemployment benefits for the long-term jobless was funded in part by cuts in the food stamp program.
In a society which took seriously the value of human life and the future of its children, the spectacle of 50 million people at risk of hunger, including 17 million children, would be a social emergency. Given that the United States once boasted of its ability to feed the planet, the indifference to the growth of hunger at home is a national scandal.
But in the America of 2010, the news about hunger was relegated to small items on the inside pages of newspapers (A21 in the Washington Post, nothing in the New York Times), and failed to make a splash on the evening news broadcasts, more concerned with the engagement of Britain’s Prince William.
The hunger report provides another dimension for measuring the social irresponsibility, greed and outright cruelty of the US financial aristocracy, which is far more concerned with fattening its own outrageous bank accounts and assets than with alleviating mass suffering in the richest country in the world.
The US Congress began its “lame duck” session Monday, to be followed by a bipartisan summit Thursday between President Obama and congressional Democratic and Republican leaders. The food crisis will not be on the agenda in these discussions. The only hunger being discussed is the truly insatiable craving of the rich for even more wealth.
The Obama administration and the Republicans are currently negotiating the terms for the Democratic Party’s surrender to right-wing demands for an extension of the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy. This will cost $700 billion over the next decade, or $70 billion a year, more than the cost of all federal nutrition programs combined.
Meanwhile, Obama has praised the proposal from the chairmen of his deficit reduction commission to impose drastic cuts in social programs for the elderly and the poor along with lower taxes for the rich and for corporations and higher taxes for the working class. The mantra of the White House, the political establishment and the media is that the American people have been living beyond their means and must accept a reduction in their consumption.
The US ruling elite and both its political parties, the Democrats as well as the Republicans, are indifferent to the growth of hunger and deprivation. Those most intoxicated by “free market” ideology likely regard such social evils as a positive good, since hungry workers are more willing to take any job available, no matter what the wages and conditions. They should be careful what they wish for.
The American ruling class is creating the conditions for an explosion from below that all its servants in the political establishment, the trade unions and the media will be unable to prevent. The most urgent task facing working people is to make the necessary preparations to give the coming movement a revolutionary political character. This means the building of the Socialist Equality Party.
*******40 Million Americans Subsisting on Food Stamps
By Frosty Wooldridge
But, today, 15 million Americans cannot secure a job. At the same time, somewhere between eight to 10 million illegal alien migrants hold down full time jobs. And, according to NBC’s Katie Couric, 13.4 million American children live below the poverty level.
Does anyone see a disconnect here? Does anyone see a complete abrogation of responsibility at the highest levels of government in our country?
Charles Abbot, journalist for Reuters said, “Food stamps are the primary federal anti-hunger program, helping poor people buy food. Enrollment is highest during times of economic distress. The jobless rate is 9.9 percent.”
Why do we suffer 40 million poor people? Look to Congress: insourcing, offshoring and outsourcing of jobs to China, India, Bangladesh and a dozen other third world countries sucked jobs out of America—from car manufacturing, textiles, steel, construction materials, tools and a dozen other goods. At present, America suffers a $700 billion annual trade deficit. Congress makes no changes to halt that situation.
The Agriculture Department said, “39.68 million people, or 1 in 8 Americans, were enrolled for food stamps during February, an increase of 260,000 from January. USDA updated its figures on Wednesday.”
"This is the highest share of the U.S. population on SNAP/food stamps," said the anti-hunger group Food Research and Action Center, using the new name for food stamps, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). "Research suggests that one in three eligible people are not receiving ... benefits."
Why would sane, rational, educated and reasonable men and women in Congress continue adding 180,000 legal immigrants to our country every 30 days with the figures showing our deepening jobs problems in our own country? Why would anyone allow such travesty against our minorities, our poor, our children and our communities?
What did Americans do to deserve the betrayal of our presidents and Congresses? George Bush stands guilty of a fraudulent war in Iraq, but Barack Obama continues that war with 50,000 troops and notches up the other fraudulent war in Afghanistan with over 100,000 troops.
All the while, Iraq doesn’t want us in their country and neither does Afghanistan. The ridiculous policy that we must chase down terrorists in Afghanistan—when they can train in Somalia, Yemen and a dozen other places—illustrates the absurdity of our government charade.
We may expect a 20 percent child poverty rates. American Blacks and Latinos suffer higher unemployment rates.
One lady asked, “Why are we doing this to our own citizens?”
Homeless camps sprout up all over the USA. One look at Los Angeles shows progressing signs of John Steinbeck’s “Grapes of Wrath.”
Nonetheless, Congress happily outsourcings hundreds of thousands of jobs, insources hundreds of thousands of jobs and offshores hundreds of thousands of jobs—to make certain that Americans remain on welfare, stuck in unemployment lines and eat on food stamps.
Meanwhile, our president and Congress keep 40 million Americans subsisting on food stamps. It’s sickening! Know what’s more disgusting, over in Arizona, the voters will return U.S. Senator John McCain back to his seat in Congress and many others like him—and they’re the ones that shoved us into this national nightmare.
Is Congress completely stupid?! Are the American people stupid?! You got that right!
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20 Million Americans Unemployed: Case for Immigration Moratorium
By Frosty Wooldridge
March 29, 2010
Part 1: Immigration drives unemployment and undercuts wages in the USA
However, you never hear, “We are a nation of 300 million immigrants on our way to 400 million and beyond that, we’re headed to 500 million and then, 600 million. What exactly will we do with 600 million people trying to eat, drink and grow food for survival as resources such as water and oil dwindle?”
Nobody Looks Down the Road to the End Result of Relentless Immigration
In the winter publication of The Social Contract, www.thesocialcontract.com, notable economist Edwin S. Rubenstein, president of ESR Research, wrote, “The Economic Case for a Moratorium.” Vol.XX, No.2, Winter 2009-10, The Social Contract Quarterly.
In it Rubenstein said of earlier immigration, “In economic terms, immigration was a win-win proposition—benefiting immigrants as well as natives. Our immigration policy reflected this…until the 1920s there were no limits on immigration. Eventually the frontier vanished and American lives became overcrowded. Our physical capacity to absorb new arrivals eroded. Immigration became a zero sum game: the gains accruing to immigrants were more than offset by losses suffered by natives.”
Today, in March 2010, over 20 million Americans cannot procure a job, but the U.S. Congress imports over 100,000 legal immigrants every 30 days. At the same time, 35 million, yes, you read that number correctly, 35,000,000 Americans subsist on food stamps because they cannot secure a job. CBS’ Katie Couric reported that 13.4 million American children live in poverty.
Thus, U.S. population projections show this country adding 100 million people in the next 25 years and hit another 38 million in 40 years to reach 438 million by 2050. Does anyone possess an ounce of fright or even terror at those numbers—given the problems we already suffer in 2010 as to water, energy, toxic air pollution, gridlock and crowded cities?
Tell me how we can put to work 20 million unemployed American workers by only adding 100,000 jobs monthly when we add 100,000 immigrants every 30 days. As a math teacher, I can tell you unequivocally, it doesn’t add up; it cannot be done; and in the end—it means we are screwing ours own citizens.
“In 2008, 1.1 million new immigrants and 400,000 ‘temporary workers’ were allowed to enter and take up residence in the United States,” said Rubenstein. “Most will receive work permits and look for jobs. This translates to 125,000 new immigrant job seekers per month, 29,000 per week and 4,100 per day. Implication: one year’s worth of legal immigration could easily take most of the 650,000 jobs the Obama Administration claims were saved or created by its stimulus package.”
“Perhaps the most compelling reason for a moratorium is to protect native workers from job and wage losses,” said Rubenstein. “Economics 101 teaches that an increase in the supply of labor will reduce the price or wage of labor. Immigrants accounted for nearly 50 percent of the U.S. labor force growth between 1996 and 2000 and as much as 60 percent of the increase between 2000 and 2004.”
In the end, you cannot continue adding workers for less and less jobs. You cannot expect to raise the standard of living for American workers by lowering the wages to reflect the growing numbers of immigrants competing for jobs. You cannot maintain the American Dream if 10 percent of Americans cannot secure a job. Thus, we need a total moratorium on all immigration to give American workers jobs, homes and the ability to sustain America as a viable and sustainable civilization.
Tent Cities: National Coalition For The Homeless Begins New Study Of Encampments
First Posted: 05 March 2010
"Tent cities are American's de facto waiting room for affordable and accessible housing," said coalition director Neil Donovan in a statement. "The idea of someone living in a tent (or other encampment) in this country says little about the decisions made by those who dwell within and so much more about our nation's inability to adequately respond to those in need."
Donovan told HuffPost that the coalition originally planned to do a national report, but there were so many encampments when they began their research on the West Coast that they decided to tell the story in pieces.
"We started by doing on-the-ground research where we actually went to tent cities. And when we got there, they said there's one down the road, and then another," he said. "We just started working our way down the coast and realized we just needed to get the report out. The next report is going to be Florida and up the East Coast."
Last Spring, the coalition's report notes, the tent city phenomenon gained national attention after the Oprah Winfrey show featured a report about a growing tent city along the American River in Sacramento, Calif. But even though the media jumped on the idea that the recession was sparking a new wave of tent city living, a closer look reveals that there's nothing new about tent cities in America.
The report provides details on 11 encampments on the upper West Coast, such as the population and regulatory status (many tent cities are sanctioned by local governments).
"Encampments range in structure, size and formality," the report says. "Larger more formal tent cites are often named and better known, but don't represent the majority of tent city structures or residents, found with smaller populations and dimensions. This report and future national reports rely greatly on information provided from the 'field.' We request that readers of this report provide NCH with information about tent cities in their local communities."*******
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First Slater Classics Lecture to Be Held at Mount Union College
September 19, 2005
Michele Valerie Ronnick, associate professor of classics, Greek and Latin at Wayne State University, will be speaking at Mount Union College for the first Thelma Tournay Slater Classics Lecture. The lecture will be held September 22 at 7 p.m. in Presser Recital Hall.
Ronnick's presentation entitled '13 Black Classicists' includes a photographic exhibit of the first generation of black scholars to study and teach the Greek and Latin classics in the African-American community during the decades following Emancipation. The exhibit includes classicists Edward Wilmot Blyden, Richard Theodore Greener, William Sanders Scarborough, James Monroe Gregory, Frazelia Campbell, Wiley Lane, William Henry Crogman, John Wesley Gilbert, Daniel Barclay Williams, Lewis Baxter Moore, Rueben Shannon Lovinggood and George Morton Lightfoot.
Ronnick earned a master of science in library science degree from Florida State University, a master of arts degree from the University of Florida and a doctoral degree from BostonUniversity. She is a member of numerous professional societies including the American Association for Neo-Latin Studies, the American Classical League and the International Society for the Classical Tradition. In 2002, she won Best Article of the Year from the Women's Classical Caucus, of which she is a member, for her article 'William Sanders Scarborough: The First African-American member of the Modern Language Association.'
Ronnick grew up in Sarasota, Florida and graduated from Sarasota High School in 1972. The city of Sarasota proclaimed March 12, 2005 as Michele Valerie Ronnick Day in honor of her many achievements. She currently lives in Detroit, Michigan.
The Thelma Tournay Slater Classics Lecture is made possible through a gift of Thelma E. (Tournay '42) Slater. Her lifelong passion for the classics began at Mount Union College. The gift supports student enrichment through an increased appreciation of the civilization and cultural achievements of ancient Greek and Rome that stand at the core of a liberal arts education.
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The coast of southeast Alaska and British Columbia is a maze of fjords, channels, rivers and glaciers, ideally suited for small ship cruising. Travel through spectacular scenery, sailing past mist-shrouded fjords and tidewater glaciers. These waters are among the best for whale watching, with good chances of finding humpback and orca whales. Meet people of Native American, Russian and Scandinavian ancestries. Kayak, beachcomb and explore forest trails under the guidance of our expert naturalists.
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Posted by Danny Sebren
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: Prevention magazine claims that pigs fed lard & grapefruit pectin had 88% less plaque after one year thatn those fed lard alone. works for humans too, and reverses existing disease.
They can continue to eat fast food and still survive to a ripe old age.
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During the 1970s a large number of squats were set up in properties purchased and subsequently left empty by the Department of Main Roads in Sydney. Amongst the variety of creative projects that came out of this community was this report and proposal for cooperative housing. Prepared by Greg Vickas, Paula Fairbairn, Helen Pellow, Petra … Continue reading
Originally appeared in Squat It!
Some sketches of squatters from the late 1980s as well as memories of the Empress squat, later resquatted as the Brown Warehouse, from an ex-squatter. Squatters Union of Victoria Meeting “The Empress in Collingwood was a great building and I was there at a good time (around) 1989-90. At that time there were about 8 people living … Continue reading
A round up of squatting activities happening in Adelaide, Canberra and Sydney from the Victorian Squatters Union’s 1984 Opening Doors handbook.
In 1976 residents in the Bowden-Brompton area of Hindmarsh in Adelaide joined together with students to form the Bowden Brompton Community Group. Throughout the decade houses left empty by the Highways Department were taken over and used for housing as outlined in the following article from Liberation, the Adelaide Women’s Liberation Newsletter, #39.
1987 was the International Year of Shelter for the Homeless and unlike the Victorian state government the Squatters Union of Victoria and their allies at the Western Region Housing Council worked flat out to help house people by helping them to move into abanodoned and disused properties. The following article from the SUV’s paper Squat … Continue reading
In late 1987 the Empress Factory building at 253 Wellington St, Collingwood was squatted and turned into a cafe and performance space. During the mid 1990s the same building was squatted again as the Brown Warehouse providing a home for forest blockaders, punks and others and playing host to gigs and other events. This story … Continue reading
Graffiti from North Melbourne in the 1990s, which was photographed and turned into a screen print by Alison Roper, before being subsequently printed in Woozy #3 in 1993. According to one source the Lost City was a large building squatted in the area during the late 1980s. If you know more contact us at firstname.lastname@example.org
In 1987 the Squatters Union of Victoria (SUV) moved into an old firestation at 301 St Georges Rd, North Fitzroy. The space became known as the Community Fire Station and was shared with the Unemployed Workers Union, Koori groups, a printing press and others. On Fridays the feminist contingent of the SUV would run the … Continue reading
An ad for the 3CR Squatters show from 1987. The program later merged with the Unemployed Workers Union program to become the SUWA (Squatters And Unwaged Airwaves) show. SUWA is still going strong and airs every Friday from 5-6pm (Australian Eastern Standard Time). You can pick it up on 855AM if you’re in Melbourne or … Continue reading
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Maple Dale Gets Active for Chance at Winning Trip to Lambeau
Along with just nine other schools in the state, Maple Dale is competing in the National Football League's Play 60 program. The winner is awarded a trip to Lambeau Field, with a chance to meet a Packers player.
Talk to any Packers' fan, and they'll quickly enlighten you to how special it is to be under the lights of Lambeau Field.
Next month, the student body at Maple Dale School could get a taste of what it's like to step into the most-storied stadium in professional football — and be bussed in by the Packers.
All the students have to do is get active.
Maple Dale was chosen, along with just nine other schools in the state, to compete in the National Football League's Play 60 program, which challenges kids to get active and play for at least 60 minutes every day. Every year, the American Heart Association nominates Wisconsin schools, and the Packers choose which schools will participate.
Over a 28-day period, the participating schools will track the physical activity of their students, and come March 3 when the contest concludes, the school with the most time, per student, will win the grand prize: a trip to Lambeau Field, Hall of Fame passes, an opportunity to meet a Packers player and a $700 gift certification from US Games.
Maple Dale Parent Teacher Organization President Jean Bernstein said students are excited at the notion of having the Packers bus the entire student body to Lambeau field.
Since the track meet started on Feb. 3, students have been finding ways to get active during the school day, Bernstein said.
"They have the regular instruction time, but will take a break and for five minutes do jumping jacks," Bernstein said.
The big push came Monday night, during the school's annual spaghetti dinner night. Maple Dale has long participated in the American Heart Association's Jump Rope for Heart program, but also set up a glow-in-the-dark obstacle course.
Ellen Mauermann, a physical education teacher at Maple Dale who organized Monday night's event, said for $2 children could play in the obstacle course, and for $1, they could participate in the jump rope contest. All proceeds gathered that night went to the American Heart Association.
"We are counting every minute tonight," Mauermann said.
"This is our big event," she said. "The kids are so excited."
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Lower cholesterol doesn’t have to come from a pill.
Although cholesterol drugs are in the news lately, what is getting lost in the discussion is the fact that it’s possible to lower your cholesterol without drugs. It’s just not as easy.
In fact, many doctors think dietary changes are too difficult for most of their patients. While they typically encourage better eating and a diet low in saturated fat, they also prescribe cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins as a faster way to lower bad cholesterol.
But many people can’t tolerate statins and their side effects. Others simply don’t want to take a pill every day or shoulder the cost of a prescription. For those patients, dietary changes may be a better option.
In 2006, The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition reported on a study of 55 patients with high cholesterol who, over the course of a year, started eating a diet rich in soy proteins, fiber and almonds. All those foods may have cholesterol-lowering properties. Twenty-one patients managed to lower their cholesterol by 20 percent or more by the end of the year. The researchers noted that whether the patient was motivated and actually stuck with the diet most of the time was key.
Journalist Tom Burton, a former colleague, wrote about his own efforts to lower cholesterol without drugs for The Wall Street Journal. He found that many doctors don’t really know how to advise patients about dietary changes to lower cholesterol. He found one who did and used him as a nutrition “coach” to help him figure out which changes would be most effective for him.
The problem for Mr. Burton was that he already had a pretty healthful diet. He ran four miles most days and had given up red meat and most cheese. But his bad cholesterol was 169 mg/dL — far above the 100 mg/dL most doctors recommend. Doctors were telling him statin drugs were in his future.
After documenting his eating habits, Mr. Burton was advised by his doctor to cut out a favorite dish — roast chicken with the skin on. He was told that more of his protein should come from fish, beans and nuts. He phased out the chicken as well as shrimp and squid, which are high in dietary cholesterol. He began including steel-cut oatmeal, eggplant, roasted soybeans, whole-wheat pasta and Brussels sprouts in his diet. He also increased his exercise. His cholesterol numbers were slow to move, but eventually they did, dropping 33 percent.
To read Mr. Burton’s story, click here. Even better, the story includes a link to two favorite recipes from his cholesterol-lowering diet. (If you don’t have a Wall Street Journal subscription, you can read the story for free here.)
But Mr. Burton’s success doesn’t mean it’s easy. Last fall, my colleague Jane Brody documented her own struggle to lower cholesterol by diet alone. Few people can claim a diet as healthful as Ms. Brody’s. She eats well and exercises regularly, putting the rest of us to shame. Still, her cholesterol kept creeping up. After a concerted effort to lower her numbers with dietary changes, she finally relented and took a statin. To see her full story, click here.
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A new law that was passed in February makes it illegal to promote homosexuality to minors and that is that basis for the lawsuit against the singer. The plaintiffs alleged that there were children as young as 12 at Madonna's concert on Aug. 9 and that her remarks made during the show are in violation of the law.
Alexander Pochuyev, a lawyer representing the nine activists, revealed that the suit was filed Friday against Madonna, the organizer of her concert, and the venue where the show took place and seeks total damages of 333 million rubles, or nearly $10.5 million, as reported by AP.
With Madonna's global appeal there has been swift backlash against authorities in Russia, but the lawyer representing the defendant stated that tolerance should be afforded to all types of societies and that the laws were passed with large public support.
"No one is burning anyone at the stake or carrying out an Inquisition," Pochuyev told local news agency RIA Novosti, adding, "modern civilization requires tolerance and respect for different values."
The offenses, as they are described in the lawsuit, state that a video taken at the concert apparently showed Madonna stepping on an Orthodox cross and asking her screaming fans to lift their hands and wave the pink armbands in support of gays and lesbians that were distributed among the audience, according to reports from RIA Novosti.
Madonna's spokeswoman, Liz Rosenberg, has not yet provided a statement concerning the incident nor has she revealed the singer's reaction to the lawsuit.
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Note from Bil: The Bilerico Project is participating in a blogswarm today with Daily Kos, Open Left, Americablog, Towleroad, Pam's House Blend, Joe My God, Michelangelo Signorile, David Mixner, Daily Gotham, Culture Kitchen, Taylor Marsh, PageOneQ, Dan Savage, GoodAsYou, and many others. We're asking our readers to contact Speaker Nancy Pelosi and ask that she move the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (HR 3017) to a floor vote. Contact info at the end of the article.
The Employment Non-Discrimination Act, first introduced in 1994, would prohibit job discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. But LGBT people have never been able to achieve the enactment of the bill, known by the acronym of "ENDA".
Last year, the Administration's highest ranking gay official, Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry, indicated that ENDA was highest priority on the LGBT civil rights agenda.
"If we can get ENDA enacted and signed into law, it is only a matter of time before all the rest happens," he said. "It is the keystone that holds up the whole bunch, and so we need to focus our energies and attention there."
Hearings were held last Fall in the House and in the Senate to demonstrate the need for the bill, and testimony was heard on the severe unemployment, underemployment and harassment experienced by LGBT workers. Witnesses testified to the scientific studies demonstrating this.
But nothing has happened. Click here to find out why and join us in swarming Speaker Pelosi's office.
Why We Need ENDA And Why It's So Hard To Get
The reason that workers need this protection is that the LGBT community is a relatively small minority, probably around 5% of the U.S. population, and there are many people with prejudices against them. This is also one reason that the bill has had difficulties in Congress: the minority in need of protection from discrimination are drowned out by the many bigots.
Civil rights, by definition, are needed most by those against whom there is most prejudice.
Surveys over the last fifteen years show that 16% to 68% of LGBT people surveyed reported experiencing employment discrimination. Preliminary results from a major survey of transgender workers show 97% reported harassment on the job and 26% lost their jobs because of their gender identity.
What's the Holdup?
Various sponsors promised that the bill would move to a vote in August, September, October, and November of 2009. But in order to go to a vote, the bill had to pass through the House Committee on Education and Labor via a "markup" procedure. Markup was finally scheduled for November 18, 2009. But at the last minute, the markup was postponed, and has still not been rescheduled.
Initially, the Committee said that some technical language required tweaking, ostensibly to insure that plaintiffs could not recover too much money or attorney fees, and to prevent lawsuits based on inadvertent discrimination. But it has become increasingly clear that something else is at work.
A clue to the inaction: Speaker Nancy Pelosi publicly told Democrats that she would not move controversial bills. Meanwhile, the House Committee has stated its readiness to move, but is waiting for a signal from Speaker Pelosi.
Why We Need To Demand ENDA Now
We know that Speaker Pelosi is sympathetic to our cause. Clearly, she needs encouragement, because she won't commit to giving the signal to move forward. Meanwhile, LGBT Americans continue to suffer discrimination and harassment with no recourse. Why should we accept mere lip service?
President Obama famously said in a campaign speech that "Power concedes nothing without a fight."
The quote is from an oration Frederick Douglass gave on August 4, 1857 speaking about the emancipation of West India. The complete quote is very powerful in context, and is germane to the subject at hand (emphasis mine):
If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters. This struggle may be a moral one; or it may be a physical one; or it may be both moral and physical; but it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Find out just what a people will submit to, and you have found out the exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them; and these will continue till they are resisted with either words or blows, or with both. The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress. Men may not get all they pay for in this world; but they must pay for all they get. If we ever get free from all the oppressions and wrongs heaped upon us, we must pay for their removal. We must do this by labor, by suffering, by sacrifice, and, if needs be, by our lives, and the lives of others.
By the end of the Civil War, and by the end of the 1960's civil rights movement, Douglass's evaluation proved true time and time again.
We demand that LGBT people receive the same job rights as other people: to be able to get and keep a job based only on relevant factors, like job performance, and not on irrelevant criteria, like sexual orientation or gender identity.
There is a majority in both Houses of Congress in favor of ENDA. Now is the time to move it.
In 30 states across America, there is no law against firing someone based on his or her sexual orientation, and the same is true in 38 states for gender identity.
Will you join with us in asking that gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people be protected from job discrimination?
Please call Speaker Nancy Pelosi at 202-225-4965. Ask that the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, HR 3017, move to a vote.
Please be polite, but firm.
After you call, please tell us how the call went by clicking here. If you get a busy signal or hang up, let us know that too.
If you want more information on Speaker Pelosi's position on ENDA as stated by her office, you can find it here
Let's work together to let Speaker Pelosi know that we want action now!
At the end of the day, we will post a round-up of how the day went. Stay tuned.
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This Tips for Parents article is from a seminar hosted by Dr. Nadia Webb. She provides a quick Q&A about how to make sense of your child's assessment results.
Dr. Nadia Webb gives a quick Q & A about how to make sense of your child's assessment results based on questions asked during her online seminar:
The interesting part of an IQ or achievement test is the pattern on the individual tests. Full Scale IQ is just a big average of all of the subtest scores and it obscures variation. The scatter between the subtests can tell about a child's interests, abilities and weaknesses.
The difference between a subtest Scale score point at the middle of the IQ range is different that at the ends. For example a scale score point of 10 is the 50th percentile and then 11 is the 63rd percentile. The gradations get very tiny at the high end. The difference between a 15 and a 16 is only 2% (leaping from the 95th to the 97th percentiles.) Between a 17 and a 19 is a fraction of 1%.
Somewhere I learned that for a WISC, the tester keeps going until the child gets three in a row wrong. Is this erroneous?
The WISC cutoffs vary depending on the subtests. Most stop after 4-5 questions with zero point responses. If the response earns partial credit, we keep going.
If a child is getting the very last question in a subtest correct, how would she not get 19?
Harder questions aren't weighted differently. One of the headaches of testing GT kids is how to keep them on track for the easy questions so that they can get to the harder questions without losing points along the way for silly or vague answers.
How useful is the GAI?
The GAI is often much more helpful because it excludes some of the subtests that are more susceptible to inattention, subtle fine motor delays, or problems with speed. Most of us of more comfortable with the GAI because it is better at identifying 2E kids. (Or kids who tune out during the testing.) The GAI is entirely reputable. Some school districts request the GAI instead of the full scale IQ because it is a more accurate identifier. No one will think you are trying to pull a fast one.
Grade equivalents on the Woodcock Johnson:
The problem is that a "grade level equivalent" on most tests simply tells you that your child did as well on *that* test as the average child in grade x would do on *that* test. For example, a GE of 8.7, say, means your child did as well as the average kid in the 7th month of 8th grade would do.
What constitutes impairment?
Intelligent people disagree about what constitutes impairment. There are three accepted benchmarks within the normal population (16th percentile and below; 5th percentile and below; and 3% and below.) Given that, I would expect people to be even more at odds about whether it is a problem to be at the 37th pecentile if your other scores are at the 99th.
I would bet, practically, that it often is. For a child, this is a drop from his/her normal level. It is often a source of frustration and affects a particular mode of learning or of producing work.
As a pragmatic issue, if you are an Olympic Athlete does it matter if your cardiovascular endurance is at the 37th percentile? Even if everything else is outstanding? These kids are often working at a faster pace, taking in and producing more complex work. Given that, it makes a difference. Some of the difference will depend on the setting. If you are a slow, awkward writer, that will affect your essay writing more than your role on the debate team.
Also, GT kids tend to be perfectionists. They often latch on the area of weakness.
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Question: Do you see these principles of influence at work in politics?
Cialdini: I do. Let’s take the two conventions that we’ve just experienced, the Democratic and Republican Convention. Both were trying to send a message and, I think, a subtle message, not specifically enunciated but subtext below the surface message, each trying to activate a particular principle of influence that we all respond to. For the Democrats, it was the principle of consensus, the fact that the final night speech was held in a stadium of 80,000 people, the message was, “Look at all of the people who are on board with us. It must be the right thing to do.” That message, very clear. If everybody’s doing something, it’s a shortcut indication of what’s the valid thing to do. Right? For the Republicans, the message of John McCain, all of the people who were building up to his speech and all of the first half of his speech was, “Look what this man has already given to us. Look at the service that he has provided. Look at the pain that he has experienced as a patriot, as a captive, all those years. He’s entitled to our support for what he’s done already.” There’s a rule, the rule for reciprocation in all of human cultures that say, “We have to give back to those who have given to us. We have to give back to those who have given to us. [Otherwise], we’re not good people if we fail to do that.” So the subtext message of the Republican Convention, I think, is, “Look at what our man has done for you. You’re obligated to pay attention to his message, at least to do that much for him, if not to support him for what he’s done.” The Democratic message was, “Look at all the people who are supporting us. It must be the right thing for you too.”
Question: Do the same principles of influence apply across cultures?
Cialdini: There’s good news about the extent to which these principles apply in all cultures and there’s bad news too, for those of us who want to use them effectively. The good news is, all 6 of these principles, the fundamental principles of influence, apply in all human cultures. The bad news is the priorities associated with them are different in cultures. There was a great study done at Stanford University in connection with Citibank that has offices all over the world. These researchers went to Citibank employees in four prototypical cultures, and they said to these employees, “If one of your colleagues came to you with a request for help on a project that require taking time, energy, even staffing away from your own project, under what circumstances would you feel most obligated to say yes?” And in the US, the answer came, “I would ask myself, has this requestor done anything for me lately? If so, I have to say yes.” That’s the rule for reciprocation. In the Far East, the answer was different. It was, “Is this requestor connected to my group, especially the senior person in my group?” This was deference to authority. Out of fealty to one’s boss, you have to say yes to this person if he or she is connected to your boss. In the Mediterranean cultures, Spain, the answer was, “Is this person connected to my friends?” It wasn’t fealty to your boss, it was loyalty to your friendship network that spur the obligation, “I have to say yes to this person.” And in Germany and the Scandinavian countries, the answer was different, “According to the official regulations and rules of this organization, am I supposed to say yes?” So this was commitment and consistency to a mission statement, to a set of organizing principles, and people want to be consistent with that. The key is to recognize… Look, it’s not that in Germany, they don’t care about friendship. Of course they do. It’s not that in New York they don’t care about authority. Of course they do. But the priorities, the weight associated with each of these principles, will shift from culture to culture.
Question: Has technology improved the means of influence?
Cialdini: You know, it’s doing both. It’s expediting the way by segmenting the market more, you know, in a more detailed way, but it’s also causing us to lose some humanity. There was a great study that was done. MBA students at Northwestern University and Stanford University engaged in bargaining a negotiation over Internet, e-mail, the most bloodless of all communication mechanism, and they were surprised to see that when they engaged in this negotiation by e-mail, in 30% of the instances, there was no successful resolution. The negotiation was stymied. Everybody lost. They did a follow up where instead of just having them negotiate by e-mail first they had them send some information back and forth about one another’s personal hobbies and where they went to school as undergraduates, where they grew up, if they’ve been married, do they have any kids, these kinds of things. In other words, they personalized the exchange before they got to business, the way we do in a face to face interaction. And now, the same negotiation properties, the same simulation that they were working on, they only got 6% stymied negotiation. So you drop from 30 to 6% by simply bringing the flesh and blood back into the exchange that the e-mail process took out. So we can, we can use technology for very good purposes. Sometimes it undercuts us, but we can restore the value of the human exchange by bringing that back into the technology we use.
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Homeopathic Materia Medica by Nash
(arum-t)Raw, red, bloody surface of lips, nose, buccal cavity; patients pick and bore into them incessantly, though they are so sore and painful.
Hoarseness, with changing voice when exciting it; from high to low and vice versa.
Discharges generally very acrid or corrosive; exceptionally bland.
This is a very unique remedy. I do not know of one that stands so far apart from any and all others, and its peculiar and characteristic symptoms are capable of such remarkable verification in different diseases as would, or ought to, convince the most skeptical of the truth of SIMILIA SIMILIBUS CURANTUR, etc.
Hering's "Guiding Symptoms" gives it in the best rendering. Let us quote a few of the best symptoms: "APPEARANCE OF RAW, BLOODY SURFACE, ON LIPS, BUCCAL CAVITY, NOSE, ETC." "PATIENTS OFTEN PICK AND BORE INTO THE RAW SURFACES, THOUGH DOING SO GIVES GREAT PAIN, AND THEY SCREAM WITH IT BUT KEEP UP THE BORING." (HELLEBOR. NIG.) There is also one other symptom not so well expressed in Hering, viz.: That these raw surfaces are very red, like a piece of fresh beefsteak in appearance. Notice that in Hering these symptoms of mouth, tongue and nose are given in connection with SCARLATINA mainly. I want
to say that they are also found in typhoid and typhus fevers. Whenever, in any disease, this red, raw condition of the mouth, nose and lips, at which the patient bores and picks, continually appears, give ARUM TRIPHYLLUM. Another important use of this remedy is in affections of the larynx and bronchia. Hoarseness or loss of voice, or voice uncontrollable; it breaks when trying to sing or speak in a high tone or key. This is often found in clergyman's sore throat, or in operatic singers. Aggravation of hoarseness from singing is also found under ARGENTUM NITRICUM, ARNICA, SELENIUM, PHOSPHORUS and CAUSTICUM.
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Posted by Lewis on September 20, 2004
In Reply to: Re: To sit on the jury posted by David FG on September 19, 2004
: : : : Hi,
: : : : I heard "to sit on the jury" somewhere.
: : : : Does anyone know what the means?
: : :
: : : Well, the literal meaning is to be part of the panel of the public chosen to decide guilt or innocence of an accused person in the more serious cases (in the UK and Ireland anyway). Other countries have slightly different rules, but most will be similar to that. In the UK and Ireland there are usually 12 jurors.
: : : More broadly, it is to take part in any more or less official decision-making procedure. So, for example, a beauty contest might have a jury picking the winner.
: : : DFG
: : More simply, it means to be a member of a jury.
: *slaps own head* I never thought of the obvious answer!
why is it people sit 'on' a board, a bench, a jury & a panel?
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MONTROSE - Colorado Mesa University continues with capital improvements to its Montrose campus, and when the renovations are complete this fall, the health sciences program will have the benefit of improved medical equipment, thanks to a recent donation.
Jim and Sharen Branscome, Montrose community leaders and philanthropists, donated $55,000 for the university to purchase a SimMan Essential Patient Simulator, a realistic, full-body (adult-sized) wireless patient simulator to assist in the teaching of core skills of airway, breathing, cardiac and circulation management, according to CMU.
“Sharen and I are delighted to help support this highly successful and growing program which is helping provide nurses who stay and work in the this area,” Jim Branscome said.
The nursing program at the Montrose campus is in its seventh year. Ninety-three students have graduated and gone on to become registered nurses, according to CMU. Of the 332 students enrolled at Montrose last semester, 121 were in pre-nursing classes.
The campus has been under renovation since earlier this year, and students will soon benefit from larger classrooms. There will be new labs and video conferencing space, as well group study areas. The administration offices are being consolidated; lighting is being improved and new equipment, in addition to the simulator, will be added to the newly created library space, said Dana Nunn, CMU spokeswoman.
“A lot of the improvements are geared toward the nursing program, but overall, regardless of their academic program, the Montrose Campus students will see improved facilities,” she said.
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Welcome to Learn to Coupon... in 30 days. For the next 30 days (week days), I will be posting a couponing how to. Each day we will build on the prior days information. The goal of this series is to teach you the basics of couponing. Where to start, what coupons to use, how to use your coupons and more.
If you are looking to learn how to buy 100 bottles of mustard or sports drink for $1.00, this is not the series for you. This series will focus on realistic strategies for couponing. There will be some depth to the posts, so you will need to spend the time reading the posts in the entirety. Since each post will build on the day before, I suggest you read them chronologically.
Day #1 – The Anatomy of A Manufacturer Coupon
Before you can be a successful couponer, you must understand what a coupon is and how it works. Today’s post will exam a coupon and what each part of a coupon means. Even if you already know what a coupon is, this is a great refresher on terminology.
There are two types of coupons that you will come across: Manufacturer and Store Coupons. Today we will focus on Manufacturer Coupons. You may only ever use 1 manufacturer coupon per item.
There are common elements you will find on every manufacturer coupon:
The first clue that you are looking at a manufacturer coupon is that it will say manufacturer coupon on it. However, this does not always mean it is a true manufacturer coupon. Sometimes store coupons will say manufacturer coupon, even though they can only be redeemed at one particular store. So how are you to know for sure? Once you have found the “manufacturer coupon” verbiage on the coupon you will want to look for the barcode.
A manufacturer coupon that can be used at multiple stores will always have a scannable barcode. The barcode starts with a 5 or a 9. If you have a coupon that starts with another number or doesn’t have a scannable barcode , chances are you are holding a store coupon.
The barcode tells the computer what you are required to purchase to redeem the coupon. From time to time, some registers may beep when the barcodes are scanned. A register beeping or not beeping is not necessarily the sign of a valid or invalid coupon. These barcodes can sometimes be miscoded or a product can be miscoded in store computers. This can cause the register to beep. This does not occur on regular basis, but it can happen.
This date is show prominently on an a coupon. This date is the final day you can use this coupon. If a coupon is valid until 12/31, you may use this coupon up until the end of 12/31.
The item image ultimately really has nothing to do with the coupon. If it is for a new product, it may help you find what you are looking for. However, most coupons will only include one item of many that is included in the coupon terms. Don’t be fooled into buying the only the product you see on the coupon. Be sure to read the terms in full.
Redemption Value and Terms
This tells you what the value of the coupon is when you meet the terms of the purchase. The terms also tells you how many items and sizes you must purchase. This area also may exclude types, sizes or colors. For example, this particular coupon requires you to purchase 1 Kraft Dressing that is 14 oz or larger. When you purchase 1 Kraft Dressing that is 14oz or larger, you will save .50 cents on your purchase.
These are various terms included by the manufacturer. Not all coupons will have consumer terms. Common Consumer Terms:
:: One coupon per transaction – this means you may use one like coupon per transaction. This does not mean you may not use other coupons for other products in a transaction.
:: One coupon per person – this means you may use one like coupon once per person.
::One coupon per purchase – this is NOT to be confused with one coupon per transaction. This means one coupon per ITEM purchased. If you purchase 3 like items, you may use 3 coupons.
:: One coupon valid for item indicated – this just means you have to meet the terms of the coupon to earn the redemption value.
Retailer Terms & Remit To
Another good indication that a coupon is a manufacturer coupon is the retailer terms and remit to. This information tells the retailer where to send the coupon for reimbursement. In addition, it will give any other specific information the retailer might need.
Other items you may find on a coupon:
:: Cash Value: 1/100 – basically this just tells you that a coupon isn’t worth any cash money.
:: Do Not Double – This is stating that the manufacturer will not pay double the coupon amount. (more to come on this topic later)
:: Coupon may not be copied – It is NEVER ok to copy a coupon. Ever.
:: Product Available At – This is telling you were you can buy the product and does not mean that you can only redeem at that store.
:: Reedemable Only At – This coupon can only be redeemed at this particular store.
:: Redeem At: This is suggesting where you can redeem it, if it is still a manufacturer coupon, you may be able to redeem it at another store. You will need to check with your store to determine if the coupon is permitted in their policy. Also, this may be at a manager discretion, especially if the coupon has another stores logo.
:: You Pay Sales Tax – This means if your state charges sales tax, you will still have to pay it per your states laws.
:: Excludes Travel/Trial Size – Coupon Not valid on Travel/Trial Size Items
:: Other Use Constitutes Fraud – Using this coupon on products or outside of the terms of the coupon constitutes fraud
:: A Specific Store Logo: Sometimes stores will “sponsor” a coupon – these coupons are still manufacturer coupons and can be redeemed anywhere. (unless they have redeem only at)
So to quickly recap -
There are two main types of coupons – manufacturers and store coupons. To quickly determine if your coupon is a manufacturer or store coupon look for a barcode starting with 5 or 9, a redemption address and the words manufacturer coupon.
Questions? Leave them in the comments. Be sure to check back tomorrow night for Day 2 of Learn to Coupon... In 30 days. You can bookmark the series here.
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Queen Sofia’s Co-operation Trips
It is usual to see the Queen of Spain in some of her well-known trips to the needy countries all over the world. This year, from 18 to 22 January, Her Majesty visited the Dominican Republic and Haiti.
At her arrival in the Dominican Republic the Queen went to the Co-operation’s Technical Office, in which she saw the different projects of cooperation that will be visited in the successive days.
The co-operation projects in The Dominican Republic are in charge of Spanish and Dominican ONG Paideia and Fundebmuni, respectively. These ONG’s principal intention is to improve the quality of life of children and girls on the streetsand to prevent situations of social risk, taking care of their environment, both familiar and school, besides forming their parents and tutors in order that they manage better the economic resources.
On January 20 Queen Sofia traveled to Haiti to known the program Araucaria XXI. The purpose of this project is to preserve the biological diversity and to promote the sustainable development of the populations of the zone, to improve the quality of life of the present generations and to assure the future ones. The Program began in March, 2007, and there is foreseen that it will run for 4 years.
Later, the Queen visited the Market of Iron of Jacmel to get to know the program “Patrimony for the Development” and the School – workshop of the AECID. Her Majesty had a brief meeting with women beneficiaries of the AECID Microcredit program.
But this is only one of the run-of-the-mill trips undertaken by the Queen. She visited in 2000 Philipines and Bangladesh, Center America in 2001, Vietnam in 2002, China in 2003, Algeria, Mauritania and Morocco in February of 2005, Guatemala and the Salvador in October, 2005, Senegal and green end in 2006…and more to come.
As in all her annual Co-operation trips, the Queen speaks with the workers and is interested in the work of the small producers, specially for the women, who benefit from the Spanish help, which in many of the occasions comes to them across of the microcredits
The Queen is a well known supporter of the Microcredit, which was invented by a Bangladeshi, Mohamed Yunus (Nobel Prize Peace 2006 and Prince of Asturias Award for Concord 1998), which has enabled a million women all over the world to give their families all they needed.Spanish Royals
Tagged Co-Operation Trip, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Queen Sofia.
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Survey of 100 years of movies from all over the world. Emphasizes the development of film as a narrative art, using films that are breakthroughs in creative expression and audience involvement. Cross-listed with COMM 220. No credit may be received by students who have received credit for COMM 220. Fall.
CINE 270 Studies of World Culture Through Cinema 3
Introduction to the cultures of other lands through the medium of film. Emphasis on the history and the structures of contemporary society of other lands, and on the cultural meaning of film. Use of basic tools of film analysis and analysis of the specific aesthetic qualities of a film. Offered in English. Area or topic may vary from semester to semester. May be taken for up to 6 credits with a different topic. Cross-listed with HUM 270. No credit may be received by students who have received credit for HUM 270. Irregular. Study Area I. [I].
CINE 319 Filmic Narrative 3
Explores the most relevant elements used in filmic narrative to create meaning. The course further helps students identify ideological contents behind and beyond the audiovisual discourse. Cross-listed with COMM 319. No credit may be received by students who have received credit for COMM 319.
CINE 350 Laughter, Blood, and Tears: Studies in Film Genre 3
Prereq.: ENG 110. Considers the primary genres of narrative film, and asks how they reflect and comment on the history and culture of which they are a part. The emphasis of the course may change from semester to semester and may include: the western, melodrama, horror, comedy, science fiction, and film noir. Outside screenings required. Spring. (O)
CINE 365 Nonfiction and Documentary Film 3
Prereq.: ENG 110. Investigates the history and theory of nonfiction and documentary film. Outside screenings required. Spring. (E)
CINE 380 Women and Film 3
Examines selected films with regard to the representation of women on screen, women's filmmaking as a critical practice, and issues in feminist film theory and criticism. Includes perspectives on Hollywood and independent American and international cinema. Cross-listed with COMM 380. No credit may be received by students who have received credit for COMM 380. Fall. (E)
CINE 382 American Cinema 3
Examines the film industry in the United States. The genres of Hollywood cinema and independent films will be studied as unique economic, industrial, aesthetic, and cultural institutions. Cross-listed with COMM 382. No credit may be received by students who have received credit for COMM 382. Spring.
400-LEVEL CLASSES ARE FOR UNDERGRADUATE CREDIT ONLY, EXCEPT WHERE NOTED WITH "[GR]"
CINE 460 Shakespeare and Film 3
Explores what film can teach us about Shakespeare and his role in our culture; what Shakespeare can teach us about the nature and history of film; and what the intersection of the two can teach us about the politics of literary forms and entertainment media and about the many forms and media of politics in contemporary society. We will read 3-4 plays and view 2-3 films based on each play. May require outside screenings. Cross-listed with ENG 460. No credit may be received by students who have received credit for ENG 460. Spring. (O)
CINE 465 Global Cinema 3
Prereq.: ENG 110 or equivalent and junior or senior standing required; for non-English majors, permission of instructor recommended. Surveys international cinema after World War II with an emphasis on the fiction feature films of Africa, Asia, and Latin America; also considers major film movements such as the European New Wave and Italian Neo-realism. Cross-listed with ENG 465. No credit may be received by students who have received credit for ENG 465. Irregular. [I]
CINE 466 American Cinema in the 60s and 70s 3
Prereq.: ENG 110. Examines the extraordinary changes in film culture in the United States during the time of the civil right movement, the countercultures of the 60s, and the war in Vietnam. Students are required to attend a weekly screening in addition to regular class meetings. Cross-listed with ENG 466. No credit may be received by students who have received credit for ENG 466. Spring. (O)
CINE 467 Hitchcock 3
Prereq.: ENG 110. Chronological survey of the films of Alfred Hitchcock. Analysis of secondary literature in conjunction with each film. Emphasis on both critical and cultural theory, including the work of Freud, Lacan and Žižek. Cross-listed with ENG 467. No credit given to students with credit for ENG 467. Irregular.
CINE 480 Topics in Cinema Studies 3
Prereq.: ENG 110. Selected topics. Students may take this course under different topics for a maximum of 6 credits. Irregular.
CINE 489 Studies in Film Adaptation 3
Prereq.: ENG 110. Examines how literary works such as novels, short stories, plays, and poems have been adapted to the screen. What can literary works do that films cannot, and conversely, what can films do that literature cannot? Includes regular film screenings, literary readings, and critical and theoretical readings on the topic of adaptation. May be taken under different topics for a maximum of 6 credits. Cross listed with ENG 489. Irregular.
CINE 490 Cinema Studies: Independent Study 3
Prereq: Permission of program coordinator. Senior conference course for a student wishing to pursue a planned program of writing and study. On demand.
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A correspondent, Sonja Abate, sends word that she has been successful on locating one of her elusive female ancestors name, through perseverance and hard work. This is what it takes to root out those tough problems in Upstate New York Genealogy research. About a year and a half ago we had a series of correspondence regarding her early ancestor, Wright Brown of Stillwater, New York, who became quite a prolific newspaper publisher.
With Sonja’s permission we will post her recent series of messages.
Dick, it was quite by accident that I found the name of Wright Brown’s wife’s name. One day I put the name, “Wright Brown” into a Family History Library search online and it mentioned a book by the name of “Compendium of Early Mohawk Valley Families” by Marylyn B. Penrose. Finding where I could purchase the book, if it was even in print was another matter. I finally wrote an email to Genealogical Publishing company and they had it.
When it arrived, sure enough, there is was, “Brown, Wright and Hannah (Nollin) of Stillwater;
Isaac, bapt. 1/18/1784.” on page 81. Then it gave the source, (JDR:16)…What in the world did that mean????
I realized I had to buy the second volume in order to find out what it stood for….That is when
I discovered it was a written by Rev. James Dempster. I had never heard of this guy before…
Then the search for a copy of his diary went into full gear. About two years later, I saw
something on Ebay pertaining to a copy of this book…so I bid on it and got it.
I knew from early land records in Swanzey, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, that Wright’s wife’s name was Hannah but never knew her maiden name. When I saw the name, Nollin, I knew it had to be Newland, and especially since a Rial Newland of Stillwater had witnessed the signing of the document several different times in different years. Rial was a brother of hers.
The mystery still is when did she die and where is she buried? I have yet to find out. I also have never found where she was born, when or where they married and what other kids they had besides Isaac, Samuel Right/Wright and Arial Newland Brown.
I think Wright Brown’s middle name is Wright and his first name was Samuel… I found a will he was a witness to were he signed his name Wright S. Brown. His half brother was also Samuel Wright and their mother, also Hannah had a former father-in-law named Capt. Samuel Wright of Rutland, Worcester co. MA. For what ever reason, he always went by the first name of Wright anyway.
I recently discovered his second wife was named Bethiah Olney…probably married also in
Stillwater around 1789. There are several records on the Internet that say she was married to a Hugh Brown…so I don’t know if she was a widow of his and then married Wright Brown or if it was really Wright she was married to and not this Hugh…unfortunately, records in those early years in Stillwater are hard to find. All I know is according to the 1790 census records, in which he is mistakenly listed as Wright Bacon…or what appears as that, was living between Bethiah’s two brothers, Stephen and Enos Olney.
Wright would have remarried quickly, since a child, Arial Newland Brown was born about 1789, probably to Hannah and she may have died in childbirth….only guessing of course.
The Newlands were all Baptists and the Browns were Congregationalists…so I don’t know where they attended church.
So much for that…I would just give anything to find all the children born to both wives.. I
have two of the four from Wright’s second marriage to Bethiah (Bertha)…Wright, Jr. b. 1 June
1796 and Sarah Marie, b. 1799, all in Stillwater or Providence, Saratoga co.
If you ever run across any of these Browns, send up a white flag, will ya? They are driving me bonkers!!
Wright Brown is my only brick wall…from him back, I have him going back to the Mayflower and beyond. This is published in “Mayflower Families Through Five Generations,” Vol. 13 William White, pp. 77-78.
Thanks for your lovely websites…I really enjoy both of them…
So for those of you who get frustrated with early New York research, you might want to consider these famous words.
“This is the lesson: never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense.” (Winston Churchill)
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Press Release: Sharp Rise in Mexican Population Leads Growth of Latinos in New York City
A dramatic increase of Mexicans led the growth of New York City's overall Latino population, which rose to 28% of all city residents in 2007, according to the latest report of the Latino Data Project published by the Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.
The total Latino population of 2.4 million was up 2.5% from 2006, with the number of Mexicans rising by a "remarkable" 9.8% to 290,000, the Latino Data Project reported. Mexicans comprised more than 12% of Latinos residents, "due in large part to continued migration" to the city. Ecuadorians showed the next-largest rate of growth. They increased by more than 8%, to 200,000.
Puerto Ricans remained the largest group among all Latinos living in the city, with a population of 778,000, increasing marginally (by 1%) for the first time since 1980. Also for the first time since 1980 the Dominican population declined marginally (by 1.3%). Dominicans remained the city's second-largest Latino group, with a population of 602,000. In 2007, Latinos comprised more than 50% of all residents in the Bronx, 28% in Queens, 26% in Manhattan, 20% in Brooklyn, and 15% in Staten Island.
"If population growth continues at the yearly rates found between 2000 and 2007, Dominicans will surpass Puerto Ricans and become the largest sector of the city's Latino population in 2020," the Latino Data Project noted. "Mexicans will surpass Puerto Ricans to become the second-largest Latino national group behind Dominicans in 2022. And in only another two years, by 2024, Mexicans will surpass Dominicans to become New York City's most numerous Latino nationality."
In terms of socio-economic mobility, the Latino Data Project also found that the city's smaller Latino groups, such as Colombians, Cubans, Ecuadorians and Hondurans, "have experienced the greatest increases in annual family income and educational attainment," exceeding the larger, more-established groups of Dominicans, Mexicans, and Puerto Ricans.
The Latino Data Project makes information available on the growing Latino population of the United States and especially New York City through the analysis of extant data available from a variety of sources such as the U.S. Census Bureau, the National Institute for Health, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and state and local-level data sources. All the reports are available at http://web.gc.cuny.edu/lastudies/.
The Center for Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Studies is a research institute that works for the advancement of the study of Latin America, the Caribbean, and Latinos in the United States in the doctoral programs at the CUNY Graduate Center. One of its major priorities is to provide funding and research opportunities to Latino students at the Ph.D. level. It has also established and helps administer an interdisciplinary specialization in Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Studies in the Masters of Arts in Liberal Studies program. For additional information, contact the Center at 212-817-8438 or by email at email@example.com.
The Graduate Center is devoted primarily to doctoral studies and awards most of the City University of New York's Ph.D.s. An internationally recognized center for advanced studies and a national model for public doctoral education, the school offers more than thirty doctoral programs as well as a number of master's programs. Many of its faculty members are among the world's leading scholars in their respective fields, and its alumni hold major positions in industry and government, as well as in academia. The Graduate Center is also home to more than thirty interdisciplinary research centers and institutes focused on areas of compelling social, civic, cultural, and scientific concerns. Located in a landmark Fifth Avenue building, the Graduate Center has become a vital part of New York City's intellectual and cultural life with its extensive array of public lectures, exhibitions, concerts, and theatrical events. Further information on the Graduate Center and its programs can be found at www.gc.cuny.edu.
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By Step2 on February 21st, 2012 | Posted in Just BeCause
In the United States alone, one in 125 newborns suffer from a congenital heart defect (CHD), making it America’s number one birth defect. The Saving tiny Hearts Society is committed to funding CHD research, extending the lives of children born with a CHD today and those 50 years from now.
In appreciation for the efforts of the Saving tiny Hearts Society, Step2 pledged $10,000 as part of the holiday 2011 contest to support CHD research in hopes of erasing this life-threatening condition forever.
“At Step2 we are a big extended family and some of our own have been affected by Congenital Heart Defects,” said Jerry McDermott, chief marketing officer.” As part of our Just BeCause program to reach out and do something good, we are able to touch the lives of others who want their children to be well and need attention on a cause for further research and development.”
“We’re thrilled Step2 is a member of the Saving tiny Hearts Family,” said Francie Paul, the Chairman and President of the Saving tiny Hearts Society. “This donation is funding promising CHD research in hopes of finding a cure. We are eternally grateful for their continued support.”
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MORE INFORMATION ON INHOFE'S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE CONSERVATION LEGISLATOR OF THE YEAR AWARD
March 5, 2007
Sen. Inhofe receiving the Congressional Partner in Conservation Award presented by United States Fish and Wildlife Service Director H. Dale Hall and Mamie Hall, Assistant Director for Fisheries and Habitat Conservation
Posted by Matthew_Dempsey@epw.senate.gov (12:30pm ET)
Link to Press Release
Last week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service honored Senator James Inhofe, Ranking Member of the EPW Committee, as the Conservation Legislator of the Year for his work in enacting the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Act (Public Law 109-294) in the 109th Congress.
The Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program is an example of Cooperative Conversation that protects private property rights and achieves important conversation goals.
President Bush issued Executive Order 13352 on August 26, 2004 which directed federal agencies to implement laws relating to the environment and natural resources in a manner that promotes Cooperative Conservation by collaborating with state, local, and tribal governments, private for-profit and nonprofit institutions, nongovernmental entities, and private individuals.
The Partners Program is a primary example of the President’s call for Cooperative Conservation creating positive incentives to protect species and while protecting private property ownership.
The Program is a successful voluntary partnership program that helps private landowners restore fish and wildlife habitats on their own lands. This Program has worked with over 37,700 private landowners establishing individual agreements with interested private landowners to restore 753,000 acres of wetland, 1.86 million acres of native grasslands and other uplands, and 6,806 miles of riparian and in-stream habitat throughout the country. Each Partners Program agreement is funded through contributions from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service along with the vast majority of funding from cash and in-kind contributions from participating private landowners.
The Partners for Fish and Wildlife Act secured statutory authority for the Partners Program for the first time and provided additional funding and added stability for the program. The President’s Fiscal Year 2008 Budget Request contains a net programmatic increase of $5.7 million for the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program.
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JAKARTA, Indonesia — Amongst the facts about Indonesia that one finds repeated in tourist guidebooks, country profiles and international news reports are the following: For over 350 years, Indonesia was occupied by the Dutch, and for a few years after that during WWII, by the Japanese. The Indonesian archipelago of 17,000 islands is home to more than 240 million people, making it the world’s fourth most populous country. Indonesia is also home to the world’s largest Muslim population and, of course, was once home to a young Barack Obama.
On the other hand, very little is known about Indonesia’s fashion industry. Unlike other large, developing economies — including Brazil, Russia, and India, which have been actively promoting and exporting their fashion culture to the West for years — Indonesian fashion has kept a mostly low-profile.
So, it was with great curiosity that I embarked on a tour of the Indonesian fashion industry this past week, hosted by the British Council as part of the UKYFE 2010. What I discovered is that Indonesia — perhaps the most creative country in all of South East Asia — has a rich tradition of hand-made textiles and craftsmanship, a thriving urban fashion culture, and a high level of adoption of new media and technologies.
It was like a BoF dream come true.
BATIK AND IKAT CRAFTSMANSHIP STILL THRIVES
Contrary to the stereotype of Asia as the continent of low-quality, mass production, Indonesia has a long tradition of luxurious, hand-made textile production that still thrives today, providing the country with a competitive advantage, especially vis-à-vis its South East Asian neighbours and China, where there is little in the way of traditional craftsmanship.
Indeed, the production of ikat and batik — centred in the historic Javanese cities of Surakarta (Solo) and Yogyakarta and recognised by UNESCO as a World Cultural Heritage — is an important generator of economic income and employment.
Batik creation is painstakingly-detailed, involving the application of intricate wax patterns on fabric, which is then boiled and dyed again and again, infusing the fabric with layers of different colours to create centuries-old motifs, “each with its own story and philosophy,” according to the Mayor of Solo, Joko Widodo.
However, machine-printed batik has gained popularity in Indonesia and elsewhere, while traditional batik motifs are frequently copied abroad. What’s more, the ASEAN-China free trade pact has opened the domestic batik market to aggressive competition from mass-produced Chinese fabrics.
Thankfully, there are some individuals who are finding ways to simultaneously preserve and push batik forward, creating innovative new products and textiles based on the combination of traditional techniques from across the archipelago, which like India, has hundreds of different cultures and textile traditions.
Although she may call herself a “cloth maker,” founder of BIN House, Josephine ‘Obin’ Komara has been one of the key proponents of the revival, development, innovation and modernisation of Indonesian textile creation, calling it “real luxury for textilians.” Having seen the immaculate work of weaving, dying and embellishment in Obin’s workshop in Solo, my UKYFE colleague Justin Smith said he had “never seen so much perfection in one studio, anywhere.” It’s no wonder that Obin has found markets in Tokyo, Singapore and elsewhere.
But apart from Obin and a few of her contemporaries — particularly in Yogyakarta which is more aware of international market opportunities — Indonesia has not reached its full potential for exporting batik and ikat. Instead, it has taken Western designers like Dries Van Noten, who most recently used batik parang in his beautiful Spring/Summer 2010 collection, to bring batik and ikat to the mainstream fashion industry.
BANDUNG DISTRO IS BLOSSOMING
The biggest surprise of my time in Indonesia was stumbling across the vibrant urban culture of Bandung, a city with raw creativity bubbling up from the local indie music and skateboarding scene. In Bandung, stylish hoodies, t-shirts and jeans replace the sarongs and conservative Western dress that are more common in other Indonesian cities. Style-savvy Muslims have incorporated the streetstyle in their own dress, which still adheres to their religious values and principles. And, in the evenings, local cool kids take things up a notch, peacocking their latest outfits, many of which are spectacular, do-it-yourself creations with metallic studs, patches promoting local bands, and strategically distressed denim.
How did this happen, and why in Bandung? In the aftermath of the 1997 Asian currency crisis, which devastated the Indonesian economy and sent its currency, the Rupiah, plummeting, international streetwear brands were no longer affordable. So, enterprising locals in Bandung, which is conveniently located near scores of textile companies and t-shirt factories, started designing their own products to fill the market void at more accessible price points, eventually becoming known as the Distro market.
Today, Bandung is home to 1,300 Distro companies and an impressive retail cluster of fifty stores catering to locals and tourists alike. The increased competition has only served to spur further innovation and creativity. Unfortunately, the creative entrepreneurs of Bandung have struggled to receive government support and for the most part, the mainstream media here have given them a miss.
In its place, under the leadership of creative entrepreneurs like Fiki Satari, local support groups like KICK (Kreative Independent Clothing Kommunity) and CEN (Creative Entrepreneur Network) have been formed to bring the Distro community together, organise festivals and events, and lobby the government for support and funding. Dicky Sukmana, the entrepreneur, dreamer and architect behind the label Invictus, has been instrumental in creating a media voice for Bandung’s creative entrepreneurs, with his magazine Suave Catalogue. Dicky started his own business with only 12 t-shirts, but now sells more than 3,000 t-shirts a month. He is just one of the hundreds of young creatives who are shaping what could be the future of fashion in Indonesia.
BLACKBERRY LEAPFROGS BROADBAND
While internet penetration in Indonesia is relatively low at 12.5% and download speeds can be very slow, many Indonesians are leapfrogging traditional computing and snapping up smartphones instead, making this one of the highest potential Blackberry markets in the world and creating real potential for mobile commerce and communication.
What’s more, high levels of BlackBerry adoption have fueled the widespread use of applications like BlackBerry Messenger and Twitter. Indeed, Indonesia has the sixth largest user base of Twitter in the world, and many of the editors I met at the Femina Group, Indonesia’s leading consumer media company, were busy tweeting away with the same enthusiasm as their Western counterparts.
Still, the Internet is where it’s at and Fashion 2.0 in Indonesia is alive and well. Indonesia even has its own answers to Net-a-Porter and The Fashion Spot. Simplight.net was set up in 2000 to sell fashion online, directly to consumers while Hanifa Ambadar (aka Hanzky) returned home to Jakarta from America in 2008 to focus on leveraging the early success of her fashion blog and community, Fashionese Daily. Today, Fashionese Daily attracts about 10,000 visitors per day, making it the most widely-read independent fashion website in Indonesia and a trusted source of consumer opinion about fashion and beauty products.
Says Diaz Parzada, Fashion Director of Femina Group, “If I want to know where young Indonesian women in their 20s are spending their money, I go to Fashionese Daily.”
Over and over again, my UKYFE colleagues and I were asked by Indonesians how they can grow their domestic and international fashion businesses. Indeed, the fertile combination of craftsmanship, raw creativity and rapid technological adoption offers real market opportunities, but only if government and corporate organisations can find ways to nourish creativity in all its forms and encourage collaborations inside and outside Indonesia.
If the Indonesian batik industry is to capture the international attention it deserves and reach its full market potential, it will need to tailor its product to international aesthetic tastes and build further creative and commercial connections with foreign markets. With the growing popularity of digital prints, there are opportunities to manipulate and innovate traditional motifs, while still bringing a handmade touch through traditional manufacturing. This could be a strong marketing message, and one that is in sync with the changing tastes of global luxury consumers, who are looking for something special, of high-quality, with innovative design, and delivering real value.
However, leaving the international market aside, the most significant opportunity for Indonesia is in targeting its huge domestic market within its own borders, particularly in the middle of the market. While Indonesia remains a very poor country, there is a growing middle class with disposable income, but not enough to be shopping regularly at the luxury stores which are also planting their flags here.
The local market opportunities include both traditional craftsmanship and modern interpretations of batik and ikat. Furthermore, given the vibrancy of the Distro sector in Bandung and the scale of its economic growth, impact and popularity with young Indonesians, both the Indonesian and West Java governments, as well as the national fashion media would be well advised to give this nascent industry the attention and support it deserves.
And finally, as young people are innovating on the internet, so should the major media publications, to create an opportunity to connect with the next generation of Indonesian consumers. They should not make the same mistakes as CondeNast and others initially made in the West, which was to “wait and see.” Otherwise, they may find themselves in the same predicament as their Western counterparts…playing catch-up.
Imran Amed is Founder and Editor of The Business of Fashion
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Emerging economies in Asia face the greatest financial risk from natural disasters such as floods, droughts, earthquakes and storms, British researchers say.
Maplecroft, a British hazard assessment firm, has compiled a Natural Hazard Risk Atlas based on nations' economic activity and exposure to natural hazards.
Key emerging economies were among those most exposed to risks related to natural hazards, and limited ability to recover from disasters can leave them exposed to severe disruption, Maplecroft researchers said.
"China, Mexico, India, Philippines, South Korea, Indonesia, Turkey, Bangladesh and Iran are each heavily exposed to major destructive natural hazards, such as earthquakes, flooding and tropical cyclones," they wrote.
Asian economies in particular, especially those located in the southeast of the continent, are at risk of potentially devastating disasters, Maplecroft Associate Director Helen Hodge said.
"The Pacific Ring of Fire is a belt of seismic risk that draws in Indonesia, Philippines, Japan and Taiwan, etc.," she told BBC News.
"So that exposes these nations to seismic risk, and high risk from earthquakes, but also -- as we saw in Japan -- the secondary risk of tsunamis.
"It is not really one risk in particular but it is the combination of multiple risks that are prominent in the areas," she said.
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U.S. could learn from Japanese currency system
Having lived in Japan courtesy of my rich Uncle Sam’s Navy, and having traveled there again last year, I would like to compare money systems.
Japan long ago went to an aluminum 1 yen, similar in value now to our cent. It uses a brass 5 yen (with a hole), like our nickel, but changed to a copper 10 yen, about the size of our quarter. Then it moved to cupro-nickel 50 yen (with hole) and 100 yen coins, roughly worth $1.20 at current exchange rates. The largest coin is now a 500 yen (about $6), similar to our Sacagawea dollar.
The 100 and 500 yen coins are used in every vending machine in the country with no problems. Some machines use the smaller coins as well. This is a smooth working system, with no noticeable problems.
Going to a currency system similar to Japan’s would require a quantum leap. Its 1,000 yen note, the smallest bill, is roughly worth $12. Next is the 5,000 yen note, about $60 currently, and the 10,000 yen, about $120. These three are the only regularly used notes. There also is a commemorative 2,000 yen note issued in the year 2000, which is found about as often as our $2 note.
This system works very well for the very efficient Japanese society, and I highly recommend Americans visit our safe, friendly ally while our exchange rate allows.
If we were to move in this direction, we should stop printing $1, $2 and $5 notes, and stick with $10, $20, $50 and $100 denominations. At the same time, we should go to $5 coins and change all of the metal compositions of our coins. It’s a new century, let’s move forward.
Post on rounding up calls to mind local news story
The Sept. 21 “Buzz” post about rounding up reminded me of a phone call that I received earlier this year from a writer at the Ft. Myers News-Press.
Apparently, there is a local restaurant that has a rounding up-only policy and the News-Press wanted my opinion on the policy. The catch is not only do they round in one direction, but they round to the even dollar amount (i.e., a bill for $21.15 would be rounded to $22).
Obviously, this rounding policy increases the restaurant’s profit margin.
Cape Coral, Fla.
Reader sending NN poll responses to Congress
The input from readers on the cent and nickel was really good. I’m going to send a copy of the Sept. 27 issue to my congressional representatives. Hopefully they will get a sense of how some of the folks in the hobby view the issue. I liked the “middle ground suggestion” by one of the readers, which was to eliminate the business strike cent and just issue it as a proof. Downsizing the nickel was another good suggestion. Vending machines would not be impacted if the owners simply put a permanent plug in the machines so they couldn’t accept nickels or they could do a modification to accept a re-sized nickel.
However, if it were up to me, I would be a little more ambitious and would downsize the nickel to the size of a dime. I would up-size the dime to nickel size. In both cases I would use a less expensive metal. However, this suggestion would impact the vending machine industry to a greater extent than is probably politically achievable.
Dollar coins save money that can be spent on jobs
I am amazed that during this economic downturn, the ANA and all coin collectors have not been storming Congress to stop printing the dollar bill in favor of the dollar coin.
From what I’ve read, the GAO has said that this simple, no-jobs-lost action would save us around $3 billion in about 30 years. That’s a lot of teachers.
Non-retired coin dealer pleased by reader response
I just received my Sept. 27 Numismatic News. I need to respond to a couple things in that issue. To Mr. Schmeyer and anyone else interested, every single story I have written is absolutely true and did happen. I’m glad people are enjoying my scribbles.
In response to the editor’s note at the end of my story in the Sept. 27 issue, stating that I am a “retired coin dealer,” I am not retired. I conduct quite a successful coin business, keeping regular hours from 8 to 11:30 a.m. When I am busy, I also work in the afternoon. I also manage 18 acres with two very large gardens, a nut orchard, etc. I am 89, but not retired.
I’m sure Mr. Schmeyer and I would get along famously and enjoy one another’s company, but please order me a diet soda instead of a beer.
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§ 50B-1. Domestic violence; definition
(a) Domestic violence means the commission of one or more of the following acts upon an aggrieved party or upon a minor child residing with or in thecustody of the aggrieved party by a person with whom the aggrieved party has or has had a personal relationship, but does not include acts of self-defense:
(1) Attempting to cause bodily injury, or intentionally causing bodily injury; or
(2) Placing the aggrieved party or a member of the aggrieved party’s family or household in fear of imminent serious bodily injury or continued harassment, as defined in G.S. 14-277.3, that rises to such a level as to inflict substantial emotional distress; or
(3) Committing any act defined in G.S. 14-27.2 through G.S. 14-27.7.
(b) For purposes of this section, the term “personal relationship” means a relationship wherein the parties involved:
(1) Are current or former spouses;
(2) Are persons of opposite sex who live together or have lived together;
(3) Are related as parents and children, including others acting in loco parentis to a minor child, or as grandparents and grandchildren. For purposes of this subdivision, an aggrieved party may not obtain an order of protection against a child or grandchild under the age of 16;
(4) Have a child in common;
(5) Are current or former household members;
(6) Are persons of the opposite sex who are in a dating relationship or have been in a dating relationship. For purposes of this subdivision, a dating relationship is one wherein the parties are romantically involved over time and on a continuous basis during the course of the relationship. A casual acquaintance or ordinary fraternization between persons in a business or social context is not a dating relationship.
(c) As used in this Chapter, the term “protective order” includes any order entered pursuant to this Chapter upon hearing by the court or consent of the parties.
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