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Ray Bryant's cover of Miriam Makeba's 1957 signature hit Pata Pata, released in the US in 1967. On this same year Cadet released the Take a Bryant Step LP consisting of covers and Bryant originals, a joyful affair, mostly targeted for airplay. Ray is backed by the Richard Evans Orchestra. This LP has never made it to CD to my knowledge.
A1 To Sir With Love 3:05
A2 Ramblin 3:10
A3 Natural Woman 2:35
A4 Ode To Billy Joe 3:13
A5 Up-Up And Away 3:18
A6 Paint It Black 3:17
B1 Pata Pata 3:07
B2 Poochie 3:07
B3 Yesterday 2:40
B4 Paper Cup 2:55
B5 Doing My Thing 2:40
B6 Dinner On The Grounds 3:27
Arranged By – Ray Bryant (tracks: A1 to A4, A6, A3), Richard Evans (2) (tracks: A5, B1, B2, B4 to B6)
Engineer – Doug Brand
Orchestra – Richard Evans Orchestra
Piano – Ray Bryant
Recorded August & November, 1967, at Ter Mar Studios, Chicago
A small tribute to this piano jazz legend who left us on June 3. Ray Bryant has had an unflinching love affair with the blues idiom throughout his career as this video of the composer of "Little Suzie" and "Cubano Chant" asserts. Taped at Montreux, Switzerland in 1977.
This blog laments the loss of jazz piano giant Ray Bryant on June 3. This is Ray Bryant's blues opus from 1978. Magnificent playing from a Ray at the peak of his powers on compositions by Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Lester Young and Percy Mayfield. Bryant includes a new version of his 1950s classic “Blues Changes” which created a subtle new shade of the blues - now a standard feature of the jazz canon. With Sam Jones on bass and Grady Tate on drums. RIP Ray.
The attitude of the gallant Six Hundred which so aroused Lord Tennyson's admiration arose from the fact that the least disposition to ask the reason why was discouraged by tricing the would-be inquirer to the triangle and flogging him into insensibility.
Advance to Barbarism
(Mitre Press, 1968).
Music posted here is for information purposes only. I don't subscribe to the notion that record companies are ripped off by the proliferation of blogs like this one. It is my firm belief that quite the contrary happens i.e. by bringing awareness to hitherto virtually unknown artists to the general public the music benefits greatly and a new level of interest is created.
Listeners are therefore kindly requested to buy the original music and support artists if they fancy what they hear - remember: if you like it, buy it!
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Albania's political deadlock
A row over alleged election fraud has paralysed Albania
Jun 10th 2010 | Tirana and Shkoder
A COMMUNIST-ERA Albanian song celebrated the country’s defiant dancing in the mouth of the wolf (western imperialism). Now Albanians are chuckling at headlines that have them dancing in the mouth of the crocodile (the European Union). On May 19th the heads of the two main blocks in the European Parliament summoned Sali Berisha, Albania’s prime minister, and Edi Rama, leader of the opposition Socialists, to Au Crocodile, a restaurant in Strasbourg, to settle their differences.
Albania has been paralysed since last June’s general election, which Mr Rama claims was stolen by Mr Berisha’s Democratic Party. In recent months the Socialists have boycotted parliament, held demonstrations and mounted hunger strikes. Mr Berisha says there is no proof of wrongdoing. However, an investigation into one ballot box found that most votes were from people who were abroad or who did not have an identity document allowing them to vote.
The invitation to Au Crocodile began with some boilerplate about the spirit of compromise being the European way of doing things. But then the European parliamentarians came brutally to the point. Albania has applied for EU candidacy. But the EU requires applicants to be well-functioning democracies. Unless Mr Rama and Mr Berisha resolve the issue, the MEPs said, they would recommend the suspension of Albania’s bid.
Albania will not be joining the EU soon. But the row could hinder its attempt to be granted visa-free travel within the Schengen area of 25 European countries. If a decision is put on ice because of the political gridlock, Albanians will be furious and Mr Berisha will heap the blame on Mr Rama. But Mr Rama says it is vital not to pretend all is well in Albania for the sake of expediency..............http://www.economist.com/node/16335820?story_id=16335820
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Filed underHeard On 1010 WINS, WCBS, WFAN, LI News, Local, News, NY News, Politics, Seen On CBS 2HD, Watch + Listen
ALBANY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) – During his State of the State address on Wednesday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo made an impassioned plea to the Legislature to ignore pressure from the gun lobby and end the madness of gun violence. He sought the toughest gun laws in the nation.
He admitted he’s a gun owner himself and said he doesn’t want to stop hunters and others from owning weapons, but Cuomo tried to shame the Legislature into action with a passionate speech on gun violence, CBS 2’s Marcia Kramer reported.
“I say to you forget the extremists. It’s simple — no one hunts with an assault rifle. No one needs 10 bullets to kill a deer and too many people have died already,” Cuomo said.
The governor tried — and failed — to get the Legislature to agree to a gun control plan in time for Wednesday’s State of the State message. Instead, he laid out an ambitious plan for making New York the national leader in keeping guns out of the hands of those who would do violence.
“End the madness now. Pass safe, reasonable gun control in the State of New York. Make this state safer. Save lives. Set an example for the rest of the nation. Let them look at New York and say this is what you can do. This is what you should do,” Cuomo said.
The governor proposed legislation to:
* Tighten the assault weapons ban
* Ban all large-capacity gun clips, some that hold 100 rounds
* Increase penalties for those who illegally buys guns, use guns on school property and who use guns in violence and drug-related gang activity
“This is New York, the progressive capital. You show them how we lead,” Cuomo said.
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver told CBS 2’s Kramer, however, the Legislature also has to do something about the number of assault weapons already owned by New Yorkers, especially in the wake of the violence at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.
“I would ban them, but as an alternative I think we have to register them, know where they are at the very least,” Speaker Silver said.
The Cuomo plan has the support of law enforcement officials.
“I thought the governor hit exactly the right note,” Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. said.
“The governor was right on target,” Queens DA Richard Brown said, adding when asked if Cuomo could have pushed further, “[He went] as far as he can reasonably go with this Legislature.”
Pundits said Cuomo’s desire to lead the nation in gun control will serve him well if he decides to run for president in 2016.
“He’ll at least get ahead of the curve in Washington and in government and politics. That’s sometimes the whole game,” Hofstra University’s Larry Levy said.
So now comes the tough part, striking a deal with the Legislature and striking one fast.
The governor also laid out an ambitious agenda of new initiatives, including calling for the abolishing of the Long Island Power Authority, raising the minimum wage to $8.75, making teachers pass a “bar exam” to be certified and a 10-point plan for achieving equality for women.
“Anything that will deliver better service and be more responsive for our residents who pay amongst the highest electric rates in the country would be an absolutely right step,” Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray told WCBS 880′s Sophia Hall.
Cuomo also said he would like to freeze utility rates for LIPA customers for three to five years.
“I’m just very pleased that the governor is focusing on an alternative scenario for us residents. It’s a monopoly and we are absolutely painted in a corner, we have no where to go,” Murray added.
The storm damaged or destroyed 305,000 housing units in New York and more than 265,000 businesses were disrupted in the state. More than 2 million customers lost power.
Cuomo said Wednesday that New York customers cannot afford to face catastrophic power losses every few years when powerful storms hit.
Cuomo has named a series of commission to look at infrastructure issues and is seeking federal funding to upgrade systems.
During his address, Cuomo lashed out at Congress for delaying providing federal aid to Sandy victims.
“This is an unprecedented situation in modern times where the federal government has not been responsive in the face of a disaster,” Cuomo said. “Do not play politics with the state of New York. Remember New York because New York will not forget.”
Cuomo also reintroduced an idea on raising the minimum wage, an idea he also pitched a year ago. Cuomo noted the minimum wage in 19 states, including neighbors in Connecticut, Vermont, and Massachusetts, is higher than in New York.
He also wants to make possession of up to 15 ounces of marijuana seen in “open view” to be punishable by only a violation and expand gambling in the state with three upstate casinos.
Did you like what you heard from the governor? Please offer your thoughts in the comments section below …
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March 21 (Bloomberg) -- The longest cotton rally in four years and a lingering drought in the southern Great Plains are forcing farmers in the U.S., the world’s biggest exporter, to reconsider a shift to other crops.
Planting may total 11 million acres, 10 percent more than a Feb. 22 government forecast of 10 million, said Jordan Lea, the chairman of Eastern Trading Co., an exporter in Greenville, South Carolina. Prices are up 37 percent from a 31-month low in June and heading for a fifth monthly gain, the longest since July 2009. Corn fell 3.4 percent since the end of October.
The price surge was the "number one" reason "for me switching back to cotton," said Randy McGee, 35, who farms 1,200 acres in Idalou, Texas. He’s ditching plans to sow corn and sorghum on 300 acres of non-irrigated land that he now plans to use for cotton. "December grain and corn prices aren’t looking too promising. I’m sending my seed back."
After the worst U.S. drought since the 1930s sent corn and soybean futures to records last year, the government said cotton planting would drop 19 percent in 2013 as farmers sowed more profitable crops and slowing demand in China, the world’s largest importer. The lingering dry spell in the Plains has left some areas without enough soil moisture to grow grain, and the rebound in prices sent cotton to the biggest gain this year of any commodity.
"Cotton has been buying acres since the beginning of the year," Lea, a former president of the American Cotton Shippers Association, said in an e-mail. "The forecast drop in acres was probably somewhat exaggerated."
Cotton for May delivery fell 0.2 percent to 88.9 cents a pound on ICE Futures U.S. in New York, leaving the most-active contract up 18 percent this year, the most among 24 commodities tracked by the Standard & Poor’s GSCI gauge. Prices may reach 95 cents by the end of 2013, according to the median of 16 estimates from analysts and traders in a Bloomberg survey last month.
If the December futures contract tops 90 cents before the end of March, up from yesterday’s close at 87.98 cents, farmers will sow as much as 1.5 million acres more cotton than the government forecast, O.A. Cleveland, an agricultural economics professor at Mississippi State University in Starkville, said in a March 8 report.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture forecast an 18 percent drop in production to 14 million bales this year from 17.01 million last year, when farmers sowed 12.32 million acres. On March 28, the department will release its first estimate of planting intentions based on a survey of growers. In 2011, output was 15.57 million bales, after the worst drought in at least a century decimated crops in Texas, the biggest producer.
Growers in Texas need to plant cotton as early as mid-May in some areas to qualify for crop insurance, according to Plains Cotton Growers Inc., an industry group in Lubbock. The state produced about 5.5 million bales last year.
As of March 12, about 54 percent of Texas was in severe drought, which means crop losses are likely and water shortages are common, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. While that’s down from 71 percent a year earlier, conditions in many areas may be too dry for any crop except cotton, according to Texas A&M University in College Station.
"People don’t understand the seriousness of the drought here," said Brad Heffington, a 45-year-old farmer who has a 5,700-acre cotton farm in Littlefield, Texas. Heffington had planned to use 1,500 acres to grow corn and sorghum this year. Instead, he may plant 750 because it has been so dry.
Corn requires 30 inches to 35 inches of total rainfall and irrigation water during the growing season to get maximum yield, while cotton requires 20 inches to 24 inches, he said. His farm got 7.5 inches of rain since July 3, 2010.
Unlike grains, cotton can survive heat extremes or short- lived dry periods, said Gaylon Morgan, a professor and cotton specialist at Texas A&M. The plant will shed a portion of its fruit during dry conditions and resume development when rain returns, Morgan said in an e-mail.
"Grain crops simply have lower yield," said John Robinson, an agricultural economist at Texas A&M. "Cotton pencils out to a higher net return than grain crops in dry conditions." Texas farmers may sow 5.5 million acres this year, 12 percent higher than the 4.9 million predicted by the National Cotton Council in February, Robinson said.
While some cotton-growing regions in Texas have seen more rainfall than last year, drought conditions that began two years ago are expected to persist or intensify across almost all of Texas during planting and early growing season, according to the National Weather Service.
"They still have a long way to go with moisture deficits," said Joel Widenor, director of agriculture services for Bethesda, Maryland-based Commodity Weather Group LLC. "They’ve built up a long-term deficit where if you pick up some precipitation it’s not going to make a big dent."
Protection from crop insurance also is getting a boost from the rally in prices, further encouraging farmers to consider cotton. On the Littlefield farm that Brad Heffington runs with his 20-year-old son, Tanner, the payout for damaged crops would be $160 for every acre of cotton, compared with $40 for sorghum, an alternative for non-irrigated land.
"With cotton insurance, it’s just hard not to go with that," said McGee, the Idalou farmer. "If the crop falls out, you’re guaranteed there."
Payout rates for crop insurance are essentially set using the average of futures prices, Texas A&M’s Robinson said. In some areas, it’s as much as 83 cents a pound, he said.
"Insurance is relatively high," which "encourages more planting," Robinson said. "The higher price probably gives growers hope, but they have to believe these high prices will be there at harvest time."
--Editors: Steve Stroth, Thomas Galatola
To contact the reporters on this story: Oliver Renick in Chicago at firstname.lastname@example.org; Marvin G. Perez in New York at email@example.com
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nmap question about Port 80
I am curious why when I run nmap and scan all my ports I can find my ssh service listening on my non-standard port (yikes!) and my vnc service but the http service on port 80 does not show up. When I using netcat to *insert proper terminology for connect here* I get a connection refused. I've been doing a little bit of reading and it doesn't seem like people are having this problem so I thought I would ask.
That being asked, I'm really interested in what BT has going on. I hope I will end up being a little bit more useful than some of the other newbs that I've been reading get reamed on the RE . Please feel free to point me to any reading you think is relevant to my question; moreover, feel free to critique the way I asked it.
Hi, what is the output of:
netstat -ant | grep 80
ps -ef | grep apache
hmm thats strange netstat -ant | grep 80 returns a list of tables with some ip addresses and the ports that are open on my computer. Some of the connections are listed as CLOSE_WAIT some are ESTABLISHED. When I check certain ip address one of them took me to google and another took me to youtube. Also if I wait for a little while and after closing both google and youtube on my browser the tables will be updated without either google or youtube but then if I navigate to youtube I find google ips again in the list. I suppose this is because some of the links on the youtube web page connect to the google server?
In any event I now have two questions:
Why doesn't the remote-exploit.org server ip come up in the netstat tables?
Why isn't nmap finding activity on port 80?
in addition to celord:
ps -ef | grep httpd
netstat -an | grep -i listen
Originally Posted by AnActivist
To address the quoted comment - those people get "reamed" for two main reasons:
- They asked a question that has been answered 100s of times
- They are asking about something illegal
But to answer your question it sounds like you just don't have Apache started.
Try this (if you are using BT4b):
Then this (or one of the other mentioned methods to check port 80):
Thanks Mr. Flibble you're right
AnActivist: with the ps command do you see apache running ? if not that is why you don't see it with nmap.
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I have been considering for quite a while now on feeding my dogs raw. My oldest day who is 8mo was switched to Ziwipeak a few months ago. Once i got my second puppy they both started being fed Nature's Varitey.
But do to the cost of Nature's Varitey and how fast they go thru it, I really want to start feeding them raw myself. But I keep holding myself back because im scared im gonna do it wrong.
I get the 80 percent meat. Im im unsure as to how often to feed the organs and bone. I also read this one website:
"BONE is a four-letter word: The reason you cannot feed the bones of farm animals is because they are not fresh kill. Prey that they catch in the wild is raw, fresh and alive. The bones are still soft, supple, hydrated and full of nutrients. Bones from farm animals have been dead for days, weeks, or months. Rigor mortis sets in right after death and the bones become hard, brittle, dehydrated; the nutrients are dead and gone. What is left is a gritty substance that causes severe pancreatitis, leaky-gut, irritable bowel, impacted bowel, chalky and bloody stools, diarrhea, constipation, all of which are devastating to the gastrointestinal system.
Yes, you can occasionally give SOME dogs or cats bones for dessert; however, people often take things to the extreme, give them as a meal and give them too often. After what I have seen in the past several years, I am now opposed to feeding bone…ground or whole…except an occasional bone for dessert to chew on for pleasure. And even that needs to be evaluated depending on the individual dog/cat, how voraciously s/he goes after the bone, whether that particular dog/cat can digest it, and what it looks like when it comes out the other end. If there are any digestive problems, do not give bones. If there are any chalky or bloody stools, diarrhea or constipation, do not give bones.
Pat McKay RAW FOOD Basic Recipe
So is it even okay to really give dogs that much bone?
I would appreciated any guidence with feed my dogs raw.
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Articles - UK crags - Sport climbing
Posted: 31 Jan 2012
Despite his own modest protestations about being weak and not a very strong climber Steve McClure is Britain's best sport climber for a generation and still going for it at the age of 40. Andy McCue talks to him about his climbing life, those landmark routes and future plans...
Posted: 24 Feb 2011
In the first part of this sport climbing skills mini-series, mountain guide and instructor Libby Peter goes through some 'clip tips' to improve your clipping technique and how to use a clip stick, helping to save crucial time and energy when you're working on a route.
Posted: 21 Dec 2010
We pick out some of the best reader photos uploaded to the galleries on www.climber.co.uk during 2010 – and there’s everything from classic trad to peak bouldering, sensational alpine scenery, hard sport climbing and winter ice.
Mike Robertson checks out the Swanage quarries, Britain’s own sunny winter sport venue! With grades ranging from F1 (yes it exists!) to F8a+, everyone can get on the sharp end.
An introduction to climbing in Corsica - the most diverse and spectacular island in the Mediterranean. With full information on the climbing. when to go, where to stay and the best guidebook to take with you.
We tend to take sport climbing for granted – just turn up with the rope and quick-draws and start clipping. But have you ever contemplated the effort require to equip and develop a new crag? Following his recent efforts at La Selva in Catalunya, Pete O’Donovan is more than qualified to enlighten us – and has the scars to prove it. . .
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Latest update: April 19th, 2012
A little more than six months ago, my sister-in-law passed away after battling a serious illness. For more than 30 years she had given symposiums on the Holocaust to youngsters in the Philadelphia area, and we talked about her activities many times on our visits to the U.S. After her passing I was determined to do some kind of volunteer work for Yad Vashem in her memory.
I contacted a wonderful person there who works on the Names Project, recovering names of victims that have yet to be placed in the database. Believe it or not, there are still nearly two million names that are not on the list – millions of wonderful people who lived, worked, studied and raised families in cities, shtetls and villages who must not be forgotten. Many of the survivors or family members are elderly, or their memories have been clouded by the passage of many decades. And so the saying “if not now, when then?” is never more applicable.
After my initial meeting with Sara Berkowits, my contact at Yad Vashem, I received some training from another field worker who is also recovering names through interviews, visits to shuls, etc. He gave me the names of survivors to be interviewed in order to reclaim these missing names. Although excited about the opportunity, I was nervous about how to do the job properly, how much the survivors would actually remember, and if they would even allow me to come into their lives and homes. What I was not prepared for was how wonderful and eye opening the experience – every discussion actually – was going to be.
The very first interview I conducted was with an elderly man born in Romania. My friend, Rafi Freudenberger, and I listened intently to his stories (there is another department at Yad Vashem that records personal stories, but we were interested to hear about their families in order to get to the actual names), and heard the names of Transnistria and Bukovina. I asked him to repeat these names many times, having never heard such names before. Oddly enough, in the weeks following that first interview, I came across many articles that mentioned those same places, and the tragedies that befell the Jewish communities there. Many thousands of Jews were caught between the claws of Russia, Romania, and Germany. In October 1941 the entire Jewish community was deported en masse to Siberia.
As Mr. Geller was elderly, I limited the time we spent at his home sorting out the families and the names he recalled. I scheduled a second meeting with him for the following week. But after speaking to his wife the day before I was to return, it became clear that the process of remembering was just too much for him. I would have to give to Yad Vashem only the few names that I had gathered.
Recently, I spoke to another survivor who was born in Den Haag in Amsterdam. Shlomo first gave us a detailed list of family members who had perished in the Shoah – where they were born; where and when they died. He showed us a detailed list from the government of Holland that had all the information, and he wanted to correct some erroneous details that Yad Vashem had listed. At one point he opened up a drawer with documents and pictures. One of the pictures was that of a family wedding, and every person was wearing a yellow star – a badge of honor and pride. Unfortunately most of the people were killed in the Shoah, including his parents.
At one point I asked Shlomo about the bookcase and the very old-looking volumes. He told me that the non-Jews had taken these and many other volumes from his father and grandfather’s homes. The ones I was looking at were the “survivors.” The others had been taken, their bindings sold and the precious pages destroyed.
Shlomo’s story of his family was also the story of a very special cousin who went through Bergen-Belsen and Trobitz with him. (Of the 2,500 prisoners who were transported from Bergen-Belsen on April 10, 1945, 600 died from disease or malnutrition.) Both lost most of their family members there. Joe Holstein, my wife’s cousin, lost his parents and one brother in Bergen-Belsen, and lost another brother in Trobitz. One of his five sons was named after his two brothers. Shlomo’s parents died only a few weeks before the end of the war, and he has not gone back since. But cousin Joe and his wife returned to visit the graves at Trobitz, and took pictures of Shlomo’s relatives’ gravestones as well.
Joe raised six wonderful children, but died of a heart attack at the sound of the first siren of the first Gulf War. Like Yosef of biblical fame, Joe had also been a yoetz (Joe was a school guidance counselor). And during the year that my wife and I met, he advised us on many different matters. Twenty-one years later Joe has many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Each of them is testimony to the fact that am Yisrael chai – the Jewish people are alive and thriving in the Holy Land.
It is hard to believe that after almost 70 years following the end of World War II, we are still gathering testimony from survivors. But the work must go on. The names of loved ones cannot be forgotten in the sands of time. As Zelda Schneerson Mishkovsky, a descendant of the third Lubavitcher Rebbe and a poet, wrote in Every Man has a Name:
“Every man has a name/ Given him by G-d/ And given by his father and his mother./ Every man has a name/ Given him by his stature and his way of smiling.”
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January 01, 2013
The London-based newspaper al-Sharq al-Awsat reported Tuesday that al-Aryan estimated that the State of Israel will be wiped out within a decade.
The Muslim Brotherhood official, who also serves as the Freedom and Justice Party’s deputy chairman, explained on his Facebook account that Jews must return to Egypt in order to make room for Palestinian refugees.
“Palestine houses people who conquered it and those occupiers have previous homelands,” he wrote.
He added that Israel is destined to collapse. “There will be no such thing as Israel, instead there will be Palestine which will be home to Jews, Muslims and Druze and all of the people who were there from the start.
This article was posted: Tuesday, January 1, 2013 at 6:39 am
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Published: Oct. 5th, 2010 by Sterling
isbn: 1402763948 (ISBN13: 9781402763946)
Reading Level: Children
Received from: Sterling for Review
Description:Whatever your age, our national's capital offers an overflowing list of places to visit. In her twelve day of Christmas visit, Olivia doesn't get to see them all, but she does go skating on a frozen fountain and see at least her fair share of monuments, memorials, and cool museums. A splendiferous picture book series that just keeps on clicking.
I thought this book would end up being long and boring but boy was I wrong! My 5 year old and myself really enjoyed it! The story is told by a girl who is writing letter's home when she's visiting her cousins in Washington D.C. The story would be a bit long and maybe be considered boring, the singing part for each of the days breaks it up nicely and it actually added quite a lot to the story and kept it interesting for the younger ones.
I've been to Washington D.C. as a tourist so I found it a lot of fun to talk about each place a bit more. I loved when they talked about the monuments because that had been my favorite part of my trip and the part I remember best. So I was excited to share my own experience with the pictures. It really got my daughter excited and begging to go. I really felt this was a great way to share pieces of history and the capital city with children in a way that was interesting and memorable.
The illustrations are great! They are full of color so they draw the eye and they were clear and realistic so if one were to visit the city they can recognize places from the book, or the other way around.
I give this one 5/5 moons, we really enjoyed it and look forward to reading the others. I'm particularly interested in the one about NY City and North Carolina.
You can purchase at your favorite bookstore, or through any of my affiliate links. All commission made is used to fund contests.
Disclosure: I received this book free of charge in return for an honest review. All opinions expressed are my own and I wasn't paid or influenced in any way.
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There are differences between business opportunities, such as their size. The forex market represents the largest global marketplace for trading currency. If you are considering making the plunge into the fast-paced world of Forex trading, see the advice given here.
Moving a stop point will almost always result in greater losses. Become successful by using your plan.
Forex is a currency exchange program in which traders make money by buying and selling foreign currencies. This can be a hobby or even a living. Before you start trading, properly educate yourself on forex trading.
Learn how to analyze the market, and use that information for your own judgements. Making decisions independently is, the only way to pull ahead of the pack and become successful.
When you are just starting out in Forex trading, avoid getting caught up with trades in multiple markets. Trade only in the more common currency pairs. Don’t get overwhelmed by trading across too many different markets. This can result in confusion and carelessness, neither of which is good for your trading career.
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Do not play around when trying to trade Forex. It is not for thrill-seekers and adventurers, who are destined to fail. People who are not serious about investing and just looking for a thrill would be better off gambling in a casino.
The tips offered here come right from successful forex traders. There are no guarantees in Forex trading, but by using these tips, you have a greater chance of succeeding. Apply the helpful hints covered in this article, and you’ll be well on your way to forex success.
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Starting or opening your own restaurant can prove to be very challenging, but would you believe that part should be the least of your worries? Once youve decided to take on the challenge of opening your own business, you now have to worry about getting the restaurant supplies you need to get it moving and stay moving. These supplies include purchasing the food that is going to make your restaurant successful in the first place. This means you need to start searching for a vendor or vendors that you can purchase the proper raw materials from for your business. This alone serves as a pretty big job. You cant just go out and choose any vendor to purchase your supplies from. Your goal should be to find vendors that provide high quality products that are affordable. They must be able to supply both before you do more research on their company. If your products don't consist of good quality, your customers wont buy, and if the products are too expensive for you to purchase, then how are you going to sell them to your customers at reasonable prices without killing your profits? It is definitely something to think about.
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Q3 GDP: 2.0%
posted at 9:21 am on October 26, 2012 by Ed Morrissey
Looks like I had it about right yesterday, after the latest durable-goods report showed some of the lost ground being regained in the final month of the third quarter. The economy expanded in the third quarter at an annualized rate of 2.0%, a slight improvement over Q2′s 1.3% but still stuck firmly in the stagnation band. One reason, though, is because the federal government spent at a faster rate than earlier:
Real gross domestic product — the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United States — increased at an annual rate of 2.0 percent in the third quarter of 2012 (that is, from the second quarter to the third quarter), according to the “advance” estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the second quarter, real GDP increased 1.3 percent.
The Bureau emphasized that the third-quarter advance estimate released today is based on source data that are incomplete or subject to further revision by the source agency (see box below). The “second” estimate for the third quarter, based on more complete data, will be released on November 29, 2012.
The increase in real GDP in the third quarter primarily reflected positive contributions from personal consumption expenditures (PCE), federal government spending, and residential fixed investment that were partly offset by negative contributions from exports, nonresidential fixed investment, and private inventory investment. Imports, which are a subtraction in the calculation of GDP, decreased.
The acceleration in real GDP in the third quarter primarily reflected an upturn in federal government spending, a downturn in imports, an acceleration in PCE, a smaller decrease in private inventory investment, an acceleration in residential fixed investment, and a smaller decrease in state and local government spending that were partly offset by downturns in exports and in nonresidential fixed investment.
Here’s the key point on federal spending:
Real federal government consumption expenditures and gross investment increased 9.6 percent in the third quarter, in contrast to a decrease of 0.2 percent in the second. National defense increased 13.0 percent, in contrast to a decrease of 0.2 percent. Nondefense increased 3.0 percent, in contrast to a decrease of 0.4 percent. Real state and local government consumption expenditures and gross investment decreased 0.1 percent, compared with a decrease of 1.0 percent.
That boost has a lot to do with the improvement, especially since exports actually fell in the quarter by 1.6%. Personal consumption kept pace with the overall number at 2.0%, though — not enough to give any indication of a massive consumer-fueled growth spurt on the horizon. Real final sales of domestic product came in at 2.1%, which shows that the 2.0% growth wasn’t due to inventory inflation, as was the case at the end of 2009.
Reuters points out the government-fueled number, and also the fact that the year is still coming in lower than last year:
The U.S. economy expanded at a slightly faster 2 percent annual rate from July through September, buoyed by an uptick in consumer spending and a burst of government spending. …
The pickup in gross domestic product may help President Barack Obama’s message that the economy is improving.
Still, growth remains too weak to rapidly boost hiring. And the 1.74 percent rate for 2012 trails last year’s 1.8 percent growth, a point GOP nominee Mitt Romney will emphasize.
No one who understands economics will argue that a 2.0% quarter shows an improving economy, especially not when that number relied on federal government spending increases. Instead, people will focus on the fact that we’re nowhere near a rate of growth that will even allow job creation to keep up with population growth, let alone put the unemployed back to work. In fact, we’re close to net job loss level numbers — and I suspect that the second iteration of Q3 GDP due in a month may drop the number a bit lower than we’re seeing today.
Update: Daniel Halper reminds us that this is less than half of what the White House projected growth would be this year:
The average GDP growth for the first three quarters of this year is 1.77 percent, according to data released by the the Bureau of Economic Analysis this morning. That is less than half of what the White House predicted GDP growth would be this year, and less than a third of what the Obama administration projected when it first took office. …
When Obama first came into office, in 2009, the White House projected that GDP growth this year (2012) would be 4.6 percent. Then, in 2010, the White House downplayed that projection to 4.3 percent. And last year, the forecast looked even gloomier, at 3.6 percent.
But as the numbers show, the three quarter average of this year came in even worse: 1.77 percent.
That’s more than just an academic exercise. Budget projections depend on economic assumptions about growth, which directly impacts revenue and indirectly impacts demand on safety-net programs. A miss of this magnitude has significant implications for White House budget claims — especially on deficits.
Breaking on Hot Air
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When you get to the big-time, like Bjorn is, then it makes more sense to spend a lot of time on it.
Just go with it and enjoy the wonder of the bees for a while first before making it into work.
Many many beekeepers actually pay (usually with honey) for a place to keep their hives.
First....I'm not "big-time".
Second, you'll never get close to "big-time" giving your honey away for sites, and providing pollination for FREE!
Third, There are many smaller sideline operations. They call themselves sideliners...which is for many, a substitute word for meaning...a "poor" beekeeper
I'm not suggesting that there are not many adequate sites for a beekeeper to place a few hives. But I have heard many times, from beekeepers who select an operation to place bees on, that is far from advantageous for what the beekeeper wants. How many times have you heard "I have a pumpkin grower who will let me keep bees on his place for exchange of pollination". Traditional farmers, orchards, and many other type farms are NOT the best place to keep bees. And why someone would seek these places, have an environment not conducive to having healthy bees or a great honey crop, then on top of that, PAYS for the site by giving away honey.....blows my mind.
It does not take a rocket scientist to read about pesticides, CCD, and the pitfalls of chemicals. And yet, many beekeepers seek out situations that are right in line, and goes against all the chatter of such problems. It's as if, all the potential problems are soon forgotten, because of some less than adequate place to keep bees if offered.
WORK is bangin your head from day one, with problems of a working farm, paying for a site, and wondering why your bees are doing so crappy.
MANY..are those that pay for sites. True. And there are just as many with problems every year, while sucking that next dollar from your wallet, while someone suggests that this is the best it can be, and this is the "fun" stage of your beekeeping experience. Well Duh!
(Dave) Did you offer to place bees on a site for free, and also pay for it? No. This idea of paying for a site is absurd! Your providing a service. they would not of responded if they did not want your bees. Selecting the BEST place your bees is one thing. Suggesting you PAY for it by GIVING your honey away, because other beekeepers do it, Blows my mind twice as much..
I know that some after calling out "HEY! I got bees! Who needs bees?" and having 14 people respond, may actually see a business opportunity. An opportunity that goes beyond asking yourself....."Ok, now which of these 14 people will I provide free pollination too, and also pay them a year-end payment of some of my honey? Hmmmm. Let me think this over....do not want to be stupid...don't want to put money in my families pocket.....I want this to be fun...
I realize a new beekeeper started this, and he is in step one. But nothing wrong with the conversation that will be read be many others. I'm just trying to point out the valuable service beekeepers provide, the demand for your bees, and the business opportunity for you and your family, regardless of the number of hives you maintain.
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You are to set yourself apart from evil and turn to the Lord. You are set apart by God for service in the kingdom of God.
Fanny Crosby hymn says that we have heard the voice of God and long to draw nearer. Having drawn nearer we pray “ Consecrate me now to Thy service, Lord, By the power of grace divine; Let my soul look up with a steadfast hope, And my will be lost in Thine.”
Praycation is a way to draw nearer to God and let God draw nearer to you. Set apart, you will fulfill God’s purpose.
“…offer yourselves to God, as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer the parts of your body to him as instruments of righteousness.”
Lord, I offer, yield, surrender, release and give myself, my soul, mind and body totally to you to be used as instruments of righteousness.
Breathing prayer: Exhale, Lord I need you. Inhale, Lord, I receive you. Exhale, Lord, I yield to you. Inhale, Lord consecrate me now.
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The State Department condemned the violent arrests and continued harassment of dozens of LGBT activists in Zimbabwe earlier this month in a statement released on Thursday.
A spokesperson for the State Department said the United States stands in solidarity with gay activists who have been targeted by the Zimbabwean government, which considers homosexuality illegal.
"We are deeply concerned when security forces become an instrument of political violence used against citizens exercising their democratic rights," said State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland. "We call upon the Government of Zimbabwe to end this pattern of abuse and to eradicate the culture of impunity that allows members of the security sector to continue to violate the rights of the Zimbabwean people."
On Aug. 11, 44 members of Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe (GALZ) were arrested after police executed a raid on a meeting convened by the organization to launch a report on gay rights' violations.
Several LGBT activists sustained serious injuries and were detained without charges. According to news reports, members were assaulted with batons and some police officers appeared visibly drunk.
A second raid was executed by police on Aug. 20, during which computers and GALZ publications were confiscated in what the group believes is an attempt to derail their efforts. Moreover, police have targeted arrested members’ homes and interrogated and harassed family members.
The statement from the Obama administration comes after the U.S. Embassy joined the European Union in condemning the attack, describing it as a "deeply disturbing part of life in Zimbabwe."
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Schools Earn State ‘Green’ Certification
Shenandoah County Began Energy-Saving Project In Feb. 2011
Posted: November 14, 2012
The Shenandoah County school division is scheduled to be honored as a “Certified Green School” at a conference for the Virginia School Boards Association in Williamsburg today at noon.
Superintendent B. Keith Rowland, who made note of the award at Thursday’s board meeting, credited an energy-saving project that included several upgrades to schools across the division.
The project, which began in February 2011, was funded with federal stimulus money allocated to schools by the state in 2009, said Gene Dykes, maintenance supervisor for Shenandoah County Public Schools. That money was used to pay the debt service on the 17-year bond used to fund the $7.3 million project.
Improvements have included updating obsolescent technology and equipment within the schools, such as boilers, unit ventilators, thermostats and building automation and control systems.
Several water-saving additions were made as well, such as automatic sink faucets and low-flush toilets. Lighting systems also were upgraded.
Dykes said the improvements are saving the school division a couple of hundred thousand dollars each year on energy bills.
The division normally would pay for these sorts of upgrades with money allocated for capital improvements, something Shenandoah Schools has been short of in recent years because of the economic downturn, Dykes said.
According to Rowland, the division has not had any funding for capital improvement projects in five years. Emergency projects that come up are funded out of an already strained maintenance budget, he said.
Having been able to make the energy-saving improvements has eased that strain a bit.
“What we don’t have to do as much of is the emergency response and repairs to things,” Dykes said.
The final stage of the project — converting the boilers at Peter Muhlenberg Middle School from oil to natural gas — is scheduled to be complete within the next few months.
Contact Kaitlin Mayhew at 574-6290 or email@example.com
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I've been buying quite a lot of (usually cheapo) gadgets recently, which I'll probably introduce / review in various blog posts sooner or later. Let me start with a fun little gadget, a digital USB-based microscope. I found out about it via this thread over at lostscrews.com.
You can get this (or a very similar device) e.g. on eBay for roughly 50 Euros. Mine seems to be from a company called Oasis (though they're probably just the reseller, not sure). The device doesn't seem to have a nice name, but I can see UMO19 MCU003 on the microscope, so I guess that's the name or model number.
It can focus on magnifications of 20x or 400x. The image resolution is said to be a max. of 1600x1200, but in practice most of my images are 640x480, maybe I have to change some settings and/or the resolution depends on the magnification factor and lighting conditions.
The device acts as a simple UVC webcam when attached to USB, so you can view the images easily via any compatible webcam software, e.g. luvcview and also save screenshots of the magnified areas (see images).
First three from left to right: SMD LED (400x), clothes/jacket (400x), random PCB (20x). The other two below: A via on a PCB (400x), and the "pixels" of a TFT screen (400x).
It worked out of the box on Linux for me, the uvcvideo kernel driver was loaded automatically.
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 013: ID 0ac8:3610 Z-Star Microelectronics Corp.
I set up a wiki page for more details (including full lsusb -vvv) and sample images at:
I will also post some more images there over the next few days.
This is a really fun device for having a look at stuff you'd normally not see (or not well enough), and also useful for e.g. checking PCB solder joints, checking all kinds of electronics for errors or missing/misaligned parts, finding the chip name / model number of very tiny chips etc. etc. I can also imagine it's quite nice for biological use-cases, e.g. for studying insects, tissue, plants, and so on.
Anyway, definately a nice toy for relatively low price, I can highly recommend a device like this. Check eBay (search for e.g. "usb mikroskop 400") and various online shops for similar devices, there seem to be a large number of them with different names and from different vendors. Just make sure it has at least 400x magnification, there are also some with only 80x or 200x which is not as useful as 400x, of course.
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The parent should be moderated "insightful" not "funny"...
If Michael Moore hasn't made a documentary about the dangers of 3D printers, but politicians are screaming like it's a TEOTWAWKI level event, it kind of puts things in perspective.
But you know, I can't really blame politicians for being unusually stupid in this situation. I've seen more uninformed posts on Slashdot, that anywhere else on this topic. Building and shooting a gun with a 3D printer is on about the same level as sticking a bullet in a short piece of metal pipe and hitting it with a hammer. Sure, it's possible, but it's not particularly smart and isn't going to be very effective either.
Much of the below discussion has little to do with rational fears. 3D printed gun control has become the latest straw man for the greater agenda of anyone who has a firearm phobia.
As someone who does actually build controlled munitions-list items using 3D printers ( legitimately, with appropriate permits and documentation on export ) I know that there aren't really any threats posed to society caused by 3D printing. Yet, the international restrictions that already exist around what I do with 3D printing on a weekly basis adversely affect amateur participation in scientific fields such as astronomy. These is an area in which 3D printing could significantly benefit society that is significantly affected by ITAR, as low-light equipment is controlled. The same laws that affect me caused DEFCAD's files to be taken offline - not that that wasn't easy to see coming. I'm sure they'll find a way to get most of their stuff back online though if they choose to.
So why is there so little debate on why people should be able to print anything they like? Why aren't people arguing that defence related materials that are 3D printed have little and limited military use? Why are so few people defending DEFCAD's work, when most of what they are doing breaks no laws? At least not what's contained within the US?
In many ways, their video makes a lot of sense. And it should have particular relevance to those who hold high the ideals of open source.
Slashdot used to be a place where the more informed minds came to discuss worthy topics of contemporary news. Lately I'm starting to realize though just how much this is no longer the case.
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According to the rules of the Nobel Prize nomination, a candidate receives an invitation for submission as a Nobel Peace candidate in September of the previous year, and must respond by the 1st of the subsequent February. That’s right, in September of 2008, when nobody had even voted for the current President, Mr. Obama was under the illusion that he was qualified for a Nobel Peace Prize based on a few years as a community organizer, a little time in the Illinois legislature, an incomplete term in the United States’ Senate, and a couple of books about his favorite topic — himself.
By the February 1, 2009 deadline for submissions, before Mr. Obama had even stepped into office, he was no more surprised or humbled then than he is on this ignoble day.
This display is truly the antithesis of humility.
Now we know why he’s been waiting so long to determine how to protect our troops in Afghanistan. Or is it too audacious to suggest such a thought?
A man of faith in a godless age is hitting Americans where it hurts.
Mr. and Mrs. American Spectator Reader, let P.J. O’Rourke talk sense to your kids.
In Britain, defending your property can get you life.
It won’t take long for conservatives to scratch this presidential wannabe off their 2008 scorecard.
Was the President done in by the economy, or by the politics of the economy?
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Commentators are always complaining about political leaders ducking the nation’s most difficult problems. That is why it is all the more important to laud those leaders who do step forward to address the real, hard questions.
In recent months, Rep. Bill Thomas, California Republican, has bravely risen to take the lead in addressing four-square the intractable Medicare problem. Joined by the equally heroic Sen. John Breaux, Louisiana Democrat, the effort has become bipartisan, growing out of their joint leadership of the National Commission on Medicare Reform.
Medicare is perhaps the most difficult problem facing the nation. Most of the elderly rely on it to pay for essential medical care they could not otherwise finance. Yet, the costs are skyrocketing beyond the ability of taxpayers to pay them.
On our current course, by 2010 total Medicare spending will have doubled to about $540 billion. At current tax rates, payroll taxes will cover only 38 percent of those expenses. Medicare premiums paid by seniors would only cover another 13 percent, even assuming they continue to rise at recent rates. By 2030, under the government’s own projections, Medicare will cost $2.2 trillion to $3 trillion per year, accounting by itself for 28 percent to 38 percent of the entire federal budget.
This runaway spending is expected despite severe price controls on Medicare services and treatments that will only deteriorate the quality of care for retirees over time. As Mr. Thomas rightly says, “Medicare now comprises the worst of three worlds: It is based on incentives that encourage unchecked spending; it operates through intrusive controls to counteract those incentives; but it nevertheless faces bankruptcy within a decade.”
Mr. Thomas adds, “Rather than helping senior citizens participate in the private health care system, it has become a top-down, government-run health system itself.”
Three powerful trends are contributing to this long-term disaster - the impending retirement of the Baby Boom, increasing life expectancy for retirees, and rapidly rising health costs.
The reforms offered by Mr. Thomas and Mr. Breaux are based on the best thinking on this subject. You can find in their proposals innovative contributions ranging from the conservative Heritage Foundation to the libertarian Cato Institute and National Center for Policy Analysis to the moderate Democrat Progressive Policy Institute. For the last several years, these different groups have all been trying to develop ways to address Medicare’s problems without hurting seniors or taxpayers. They have found the only solution is to bring in the efficiency, competition, incentives, and productivity of the private sector.
The Thomas-Breaux proposal based on this work is to reform Medicare to provide assistance to retirees in buying coverage from a full range of private alternatives, whether Medical Savings Accounts, HMOs, traditional insurance, or other innovative plans. In place of current Medicare premiums, seniors would pay no more than 12 percent of the premiums of an average-cost plan mandated to provide the same coverage as Medicare today. The reformed Medicare system would pay the rest. Seniors would pay less if they chose a lower-cost plan, down to zero if they chose a plan costing 85 percent of the average.
Seniors could pay the additional cost of a higher-cost plan with added benefits if they chose. The government would pay for added prescription drug coverage and catastrophic cost coverage for low-income retirees.
Seniors could choose to stay in the government’s Medicare insurance plan if they wanted. But that plan would charge government-subsidized premiums to cover its costs under the same terms as the private plans. Unrealistic price controls, which will only hurt elderly patients, would no longer apply to Medicare.
The eligibility age for Medicare assistance would be equal to the regular Social Security retirement age, which will be phased up to 67 under current law over the next 20 years or so. Given the increasing lifespan, this makes sense. Those with physical limitations leaving them unable to work would still be eligible at 65.
The competition, efficiencies and incentives of the private plans are expected to reduce Medicare’s costs by as much as 20 percent. Overall, the proposal is expected to save $60 billion per year by 2010 and $500 billion to $ 700 billion per year by 2030.
But projected payroll tax revenues would still be far short of covering the program’s remaining costs. Adding in general revenue subsidies, now close to $ 100 billion per year, would still be insufficient, even if these subsidies continued to increase at the rate of economic growth. Mr. Thomas and Mr. Breaux invite further discussion of where to get the additional needed revenues for the system.
This is where they need to take the innovation a step further. Workers should be allowed to choose to save and invest their Medicare payroll taxes in personal retirement investment accounts. By retirement, these accounts would generate far more income for retirees than the Medicare payroll tax. Sen. Phil Gramm, Texas Republican, has already been hard at work developing this idea.
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Best Places to Work in the Federal Government® is the most comprehensive ranking of federal government organizations, drawing on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management’s Federal Human Capital Survey of more than 150,000 executive branch employees. The rankings are designed to offer job-seekers unprecedented insight into the best opportunities for public service and to provide managers and government leaders a road map for improving employee engagement and commitment.
The Call to Serve initiative is a joint effort of the Partnership and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management to educate a new generation about the importance of a strong civil service, help re-establish links between federal agencies and campuses, and provide students with information about federal jobs. The Call to Serve network consists of more than 760 campuses and more than 75 federal agencies.
Effective leadership is essential to driving reform in any organization. Unfortunately, leadership is one of the areas where our federal government most dramatically lags the private sector. The Annenberg Leadership Seminars and the Excellence in Government Fellows program prepare rising federal leaders to solve pressing national issues by driving innovation, inspiring employees and delivering results.
The Federal Human Capital Collaborative is a community of federal managers and human resources professionals who share best practices and devise government-wide strategies to address critical challenges identified by member agencies. The Emerging HR Leaders Forum, a benefit of membership in the Collaborative, helps high potential HR employees in the early stages of their federal careers learn about best practices through peer-sharing sessions, professional development activities and group discussions on timely HR topics.
The Partnership seeks to be an agent of change through its work on behalf of civil service reform legislation. Our contributions to the debate, and our help in building relationships, is yielding results and advancing legislation that will make the federal government a more attractive and rewarding place to work.
The Partnership for Public Service’s Private Sector Council (PSC) connects experts from America’s top corporations with federal leaders to confront government’s key management challenges on an operational level. PSC’s primary purpose is to engage private sector expertise to improve the business of government.
Celebrated since 1985 the first Monday through Sunday in May, Public Service Recognition Week (PSRW) is a time set aside to honor the men and women who serve our nation as federal, state, county and local government employees and ensure that our government is the best in the world.
To shape the next president’s management plan, the Partnership for Public Service launched Ready to Govern, which offers recommendations for the presidential transition and establishes a framework for effective management in the next administration. The centerpiece will be a strategy to build and lead a first-rate federal workforce.
The Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals pay tribute to America’s dedicated federal workforce, highlighting those who have made significant contributions to our country. Honorees are chosen each year based on their commitment and innovation, as well as the impact of their work on addressing the needs of the nation.
The Partnership for Public Service's Strategic Advisors to Government Executives (SAGE) program connects senior-level executives in government with their predecessors and private-sector counterparts, providing them with an opportunity to leverage prior government experience as well as private-sector capabilities to continue to help transform government and improve performance. The SAGE effort focuses on the senior leadership in government, tackling issues that affect the management of operational disciplines across the public-sector. The Partnership’s SAGE program is currently comprised of communities for Chief Information Officers (CIO), Chief Financial Officers (CFO) and Chief Acquisition Officers (CAO).
The Partnership for Public Service is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that works to revitalize our federal government by inspiring a new generation to serve and by transforming the way government works.
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The trucking industry's many moving parts appear to be in dire need of oiling as the sector struggles to align itself in a way that will best meet current and expected future demand. A recent trucking squeeze brought about by economic factors is a major issue—one that has few short-term solutions, according to trucking and logistics analysts.
Although manufacturing activity is said to be on the rise, trucking capacity historically has lagged production recovery and the resulting growth in carrier demand. This tendency has been especially pronounced in the recent upturn as the severity of the recession, as well as the reluctance of carriers to bring more capacity back online in the face of continued economic uncertainty, has resulted in an apparent domestic trucking shortage.
Shipments via truck, which account for 68 percent of the tonnage carried via all modes of domestic freight transportation, has climbed steadily this year. Unfortunately, the number and availability of carriers hasn't followed suit.
The American Trucking Associations (ATA), Arlington, Va., told AMM in June that its seasonally adjusted for-hire truck tonnage had risen for six of the past seven months. The flatbed trucking sector, which handles the bulk of large metal orders, has seen a strong improvement in demand as tonnage ticked up at the start of the summer to its highest level since September 2008. But while transportation demand has increased, carrier quantity hasn't, creating difficulties in all parts of the metals supply chain.
And carrying capacity hasn't simply been taken offline—in many cases, it simply no longer exists.
"One of the reasons we're seeing things tighten up so much is that we had a huge reduction on the supply side during the recession—trucking companies were going out of business and the surviving carriers were downsizing," ATA staff economist Tavio Headley said. And many carriers exported their trucks out of the U.S. market entirely.
There has been a huge drop-off in Class A truck sales, Headley said, and as credit remains tight carriers aren't planning to buy new trucks until sometime next year. "At this point, the carriers don't need them and they can't really afford them," he said, adding that even if carriers look to build capacity, it would take several months to process the new truck orders.
A lack of trucks isn't the only problem plaguing the domestic transportation sector—truck drivers also are becoming increasingly hard to come by, according to a report from the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) in Lombard, Ill.
The CSCMP report said that an aging truck driver population coupled with a reduction in trucker pay of roughly 6.6 percent between the third quarter of 2007 and the first quarter of 2010 has had an adverse impact on driver availability. Adding drivers isn't a straightforward process, and in many cases the cost of hiring and training can be quite high. This means that shippers will hold off on actively recruiting or raising wages to attract drivers.
"The shortage isn't due just to a lack of bodies. It's also an HR (human resource) and pipeline issue of getting people funneled into trucks," Eric Starks, president of Nashville, Ind.-based logistics consulting firm FTR Associates, told AMM. "It's not just that there aren't people, it's that the companies can't hire fast enough." In many cases companies have done away with trucking schools and recruiters they depended on for staffing and training needs when times were good, he added.
New regulations on truck drivers could serve as another barrier to the expansion of trucking capacity. The U.S. Transportation Department's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has modified safety and compliance rules to identify and intervene with drivers and carriers who aren't in compliance with safety rules.
The review program fixes the problem of drivers who avoid safety regulations by transferring to a new carrier. Under the old system, employers were unaware of any past safety issues; under the new approach, carriers will be provided with data about drivers' work with previous employers, simplifying the removal of unsafe drivers from the trucking labor pool—a positive for safety, but nonetheless an extra strain in a driver shortage, sources said.
Lack of truck and driver availability aside, Starks sees one other factor behind the backlog margins. "The carriers and fleets don't really have incentives to expand—if they can keep things tight, they can get better margins," he said.
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The exhibition included Fractal Cloud (above), made from more than one thousand light tubes, and Log series (below) made from blackened wood, polished steel and stainless steel mesh.
Watch a video of Levy talking about the exhibition here.
Here's some more information from Wright20:
Arik Levy at Wright
Israel-born designer and sculptor Arik Levy, now based in Paris, presents work inspired by natural forms in Absent nature, an exhibit of strikingly creative projects in lighting and furniture.
This show marks the international premier of Levy’s Log series. The Log forms will be produced in a limited edition from blackened wood, mirror polished stainless steel and stainless steel mesh. These immediately iconic pieces create emphasis with an impression of weight and a raw power derived from forms taken from the natural world. The concept for the Log forms finds precedence in his highly successful past work.
About them Levy writes, “These pieces are an evolution of Rock that also engages the absence of the parts that are removed. Light is also key – imposing the reflection of images and refracted light invisible to our eye when looking in a fixed direction. Every facet of these elements represents the absence of nature and the work appears as if from an alternative civilisation.” In steel or wood, these fourteen works impart a silent authority and a dramatic command of space.
Also on exhibit will be three of Levy’s Fractal Cloud lights, each of which is a unique work. Each lamp is a sharp and spirited form of electric energy, with one very large Fractal Cloud light emitting white light and two smaller designs emitting coloured light.
Levy observes: “In the shadow of the Fractal Cloud light an enormous hexagonal ring of powerful light has been created from over one thousand light tubes woven onto another to become a single light-emitting textile projecting two small ricochets, one in colour and one in warmer white light."
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Collier Schorr has been working in Southern Germany for the past 13 years, compiling a documentary and fictional portrait of a small town inhabited by historical apparitions. For Schorr, the German landscape is a map of her own history, both imagined and inherited. Combining the overlapping roles of war photographer, traveling portraitist, anthropologist and family historian, the series
Blumen is the second volume of Forest and Fields and moves away from the figure. Schorr decided instead to look for or build arrangements in the landscapes and domestic and commercial settings of her much investigated town. If people appear in Blumen, they are merely props in an examination of how objects and nature create dialogues within the communities they encompass. Flowers are uprooted so as to become performers in the landscape; signage, plums, chairs and a plaster fawn are some of the shapes of things moved and combined to further detail the daily life of the townspeople of Schwabish Gmund.
Forest and Fields is intrinsically about book making, an ongoing suite of artist’s books that utilizes traditional notions of category to create different points of view. Each volume is part diary, photo annual, palimpsest, and scrapbook, and involves a process which constantly expands and contradicts the artist’s oeuvre through re-edits of the work to create new views through the material. The final volume will be text based, a collection of commissioned and re-published writings inspired by the ideas explored in the pictures. A boxed, numbered and signed special edition of the complete set of the Forest and Fields series will be available once the project has been completed.
You can no longer purchase Steidl books from steidlville.com and all information on new and future Steidl books can be found at steidl.de.
Book design by Collier Schorr and Matthew Kraus
53 colour and b&w plates
- 104 pages
- 25 cm x 31.4 cm
- ISBN: 978-3-86521-687-8
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The Carlson School's undergraduate program offers an intensive course of study that leads to the Bachelor of Science in Business (BSB) degree. Students may work toward a major or a minor in Supply Chain and Operations Management.
MBA Program – Area of Emphasis
An emphasis in Supply Chain and Operations Management provides skills in managing the flow of raw materials, finished goods, information and services to deliver maximum value to the consumer. Rather than focusing on any single facet of delivering a product or service to the customer, Supply Chain and Operations Management covers the entire process, from the suppliers of your suppliers to the customers of your customers. The emphasis is designed to be flexible, with a wide range of course offerings to reflect the diversity of career opportunities.
The Phd in Business Administration with a concentration in Supply Chain and Operations Management at the Carlson School was recently rated the top research program in the nation. This area deals with the study of organizations that produce goods and services and the related methods of management science used to improve operations and organizations.
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From the Department of No Duh: Catholic women use birth control
Does the Guttmacher Institutes's report that 98 percent of sexually active Catholic women have used some form of birth control surprise anyone? Well, it should--at least somewhat.
I can already hear the chorus of self-appointed determiners of Catholicity warming up. But before you start singing that song we know you know by heart (Contraceptors are not Catholic!), here's an unexpected twist: only 2 percent of Catholic women, even those who regularly attend church, rely on natural family planning.
Additionally, Countering Conventional Wisdom: New Evidence on Religion and Contraceptive Use reports that about 50 percent of women (of a reproductive age) go to church at least once a month and 57 percent of women who identify as having a religious affiliation say that it is very important to them.
Compared to their Protestant counterparts (both Mainline and Evangelical), Catholic women are almost as likely to use a form of birth control, which prompted the report's lead author, Rachel Jones, to comment: "In real-life America, contraceptive use and strong religious beliefs are highly compatible.”
The compatibility between faith and birth control is up for debate, and quite literally has been for decades. But the fact does remain that Catholics regularly ignore church teaching on this subject. (More intersting to me is how younger theologians who write about family, such as Julie Hanlon Rubio, have moved beyond this discussion and focus on how a theology of family needs to incorporate a theology of social justice.)
The data isn't new, though: It comes from the 2006-2008 National Survey of Family Growth. And the report was released in light of recent legislation that has threatened to cut spending on organizations that provide access to contraception (the introduction says, "Our measures of contraception focus on highly effective methods because access to these methods would be directly affected by recently proposed legislation"), a betrayal of bias in the conclusions it draws (see above quote from Jones). Still, the report is worth reviewing because it brings up some difficult realities regarding religious women and contraception, no matter where you stand on the issue. It's not just that Catholic women are using birth control, it's the fact that even high numbers--like 98 percent--aren't especially surprising that should be cause for some serious reflection.
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I have a fondness for cranky obsolete tools like circle templates, Speedball pens, and parallel rules. I love the feeling of stuffing sticky beeswax into a Lectrostik waxer. My pulse quickens at the smell of Higgins Eternal ink. I can still dimly remember how to construct a pentagon with nothing but a compass.
But I also appreciate the quicksilver speed and convenience of the computer. When it came to creating Dinotopia: Journey to Chandara, I gave a lot of thought to what steps to do by hand and what to do digitally.
For the first time I designed and wrote the book in Adobe InDesign. In the past I designed the Dinotopia books by typing out galleys on paper and sticking them down with hot beeswax onto cardboard paste-up sheets.
This time I had low-res digital image files shot from the original art, and I dropped them into an InDesign template. Then I inserted temporary "greeked" columns of type to match the storyboard. With just a few months to go before press time, I wrote the text and captions to fit into the layout. In this way I could juggle around all the page elements, trimming here and expanding there to carefully control the column length and page breaks.
During this design/comp stage I used two custom digital fonts that were made to simulate my own 19th Century-style hand lettering. These digital fonts appear in the final layouts of my second book, The World Beneath.
The digital fonts were fine for the comprehensive stage, but they never look like real handwriting. I’m getting a bit tired of looking at digital letterforms masquerading as real hand lettering. When it came to the final appearance of the new Chandara book, I wanted everything to be as authentically handmade as possible.
So I dug in the back of my studio drawers and found my old friends, the steel pen nibs by the name of Gillott and Speedball and Brause. They were rusty and so was I, but I got into the swing of it after a while.
I drew all the maps with ruling pens, circle templates, and dip pens. The captions were lettered with an oblique nib holder and a Gillott 170. The lettering didn’t take that long, and it was fun to put on a fancy flourish here and there.
Let me take this opportunity to thank my editor, Dorothy O’Brien at Andrews McMeel Publishing, for her patience and faith in this unusual process, and to Tim, Holly, Mackenzie, and the whole team at AMP for their incredible job of putting the elements into final design and production.
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A bride and groom exchange rings during a traditional Indian wedding ceremony. Although most marriages in India are still arranged, a growing number of women are taking matters of the heart into their own hands, using social networking clubs and matrimonial websites.
In India, some of the most entertaining reading on a Sunday afternoon is found in the classified ads. Page after page, the matrimonial section trumpets the finer qualities of India's sons and daughters.
Parents looking to marry off their children often place ads such as this one: "Wanted: Well-settled, educated groom for fair, beautiful Bengali girl, 22, 5'3"."
The matrimonial ads are a hallowed tradition in the quest to find a life partner — part of the institution of matchmaking that is as old as the country itself.
One hundred years ago this week, a ballet premiered that changed the art world. Igor Stravinsky's Le Sacre du Printemps — The Rite of Spring — was first seen by the public on May 29, 1913, in Paris. As the orchestra played TheRite's swirling introduction, the audience at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées began to murmur. Then the curtain opened.
It's difficult for an American president to govern through nuance, especially when it's necessary to persuade a majority of the people that certain actions are essential for national security. And effective persuasion usually requires clarity.
That's how you arrive at President George W. Bush's stark formulation "You're either with us, or you're with the terrorists" after Sept. 11, and much of what sprang from it.
Many school safe rooms, like this one inside Jeffries Elementary in Springfield, Mo., also serve as gymnasiums. Constructed with a $1.6 million grant from FEMA, which covered 75 percent of the cost, the shelter can hold more than 500 people — enough to accommodate all the school's students and employees.
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Jay Looks at the First Federal Income Tax
Aug 10, 2010
Jay Leno: "This week in 1861, the first federal income tax was instituted to pay for the Civil War. These days, we don't worry about that kind of stuff. Our wars are paid for by our grandchildren."
Jimmy Kimmel: "Yesterday was President Obama's birthday. He turned 49 years old, if you believe the liberal media."
Craig Ferguson: "President Obama had dinner with Oprah and her friend Gayle on his birthday. Gayle said it was an honor to have dinner with the leader of the free world and President Obama."
Jay Leno: "In Portland, Oregon, a 7-year-old girl's lemonade stand was shut down by the police because she didn't get a $120 business license. On the bright side, by closing her business, she's now eligible for a $108,000 government bailout."
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Press Release: Local Law declares “corporate rights” cannot compete with the rights of living people.Posted by on June 17th, 2010
For Immediate Release
June 17, 2010
Contact: Gail Darrell
Local Law declares “corporate rights” cannot compete with the rights of living people.
Monroe enacts local law asserting that the right of people to govern in their community is superior to legal claims that corporations are “persons” with constitutional rights.
(Monroe, Maine) On Monday night, June 14th, 2010, residents at Town Meeting in Monroe, Maine voted 40 – 27 to adopt a local ordinance that declares that corporations doing business within the Town are not “people” with unalienable rights.
Seth Yentes, planning board member and Allyn Beecher stood to answer questions about the ordinance. “Our Declaration of Independence says that people are born with unalienable rights, and that the purpose of government is to protect those rights,” said Beecher after the meeting. “Corporations are not born; they are created by the state in the name of the people. By issuing charters of incorporation on behalf of the people, the state grants limited and temporary privileges that allow a corporation to mimic certain human legal behavior. But the state has no authority to bestow constitutional rights intended for real people in a way that allows corporations to compete with or deprive us of our rights.”
The practical implications of the law are significant. The Town Select Board and the people at Town Meeting can adopt laws that promote sustainable practices and development based on the aspirations of the community, rather than bowing to the claims of corporate lawyers that local laws may not “interfere” with corporate priorities. In addition, corporate representatives cannot claim to have “legal standing” that obliges the Town to allow them equal rights to testify and influence local decision-making. The new law recognizes the people as the source of governing authority and that corporations are “creatures of the state,” created with the people’s blessing, without unalienable rights. As such, their activities are subject to governance by the community in which they operate.
Both Yentes and Beecher have attended the Democracy School, a program run by the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund that examines the history of corporate “rights” and the harm to peoples’ governing authority that has resulted from the U.S. Supreme Court endowing corporate property with constitutional rights intended for living people.
The ordinance, written by Allyn Beecher, took language and direction from several ordinances passed in other New England towns that were drafted by the Legal Defense Fund. Beecher spent over a year to complete the ordinance draft; meet with planning board members and selectmen; share the document with lawyers; and gather signatures to qualify the ordinance to be placed onto the warrant.
Beecher, Yentes, Planning Board member Lynn Biebel and town librarian, Martha Goodale, helped to provide information and gain support from the community. Over the past year, Beecher and Goodale were instrumental in driving the message that this ordinance speaks to the importance of protecting the community’s ability to decide what happens within Monroe. “Self Government and consent of the governed mean that the people affected by governing decisions, and not the corporations that profit from them, have created the laws and support the laws that govern them,” commented Beecher.
The rights-based document does not restrict legitimate businesses from engaging in lawful activities within the Town of Monroe, nor does it have any impact unless the rights of the people or the health, safety and welfare of members of the community are threatened by corporations that attempt to assert constitutional authority. The local law places the rights of people and communities above the legal privileges bestowed on corporations by the state.
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Why You Need to Know Larry Kanter
The founder of Kanter Financial Forensics can help settle disputes.
Founder & Managing Director of Kanter Financial Forensics LLC
Why You Need to Know Him:
Because Kanter is not your average numbers cruncher. He has expertise in accounting, law, and business operations, and uses their overlap— forensic accounting—to help settle complicated business disputes. One of his most intriguing cases was a 1990s U.S. Senate Banking Committee investigation into the hoarding of Holocaust victims’ money by 26 Swiss banks. Kanter led the forensic data-mining effort, unraveling a tangle of financial and customer identity information—all buried in paper documents. His team’s work resulted in the restitution of more than $1 billion to the victims, their heirs, and beneficiaries.
Kanter began his career during the U.S. banking crisis of the 1980s, which involved the failure of hundreds of savings and loan institutions and varying levels of fraud, and went on to open the first forensic accounting and technology lab for the accounting firm now known as PricewaterhouseCoopers in Dallas.
Last year he launched his own firm, Kanter Financial Forensics where client work includes everything from uncovering fraud to quantifying lost revenue due to a breach of contract.
Kanter also teaches graduate and undergraduate classes at SMU’s Cox School of Business. He says he expects his students will see dramatic changes in their careers, brought on by technological developments.
“Most of my cases are not black and white, but the facts are,” he says.
“Fortunately, advancing technology gives us more power to uncover than to hide them.”
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Next week I’ll be traveling to give a couple of talks in Norway and Sweden. As always, I expect the conversations aside from the public presentations will be interesting. I want to ask my hosts about the Scandinavian reputation for deep secularity, the way that for example a sociologist such as Phil Zuckerman portrays Nordic societies as pretty decent places in the absence of any dominant organized supernatural religion, though a kind of cultural religion remains.
One reason is that I’ve run into some skepticism expressed about such accounts, motivated by a background in current thinking about the cognitive basis of belief in supernatural agency. People such as Robert McCauley have argued for some time, and quite persuasively, that such belief comes very naturally to ordinary human brains. The corollary tends to be that we should be surprised if large groups of people (aside from almost borderline-autistic populations such as academics) go without supernatural beliefs.
What, then, of the alleged secularity of some Western European countries, especially the Scandinavians? Is it, perhaps, not quite what it is cracked up to be?
I don’t know what I can get out of individual conversations that I can’t get out of the relevant literature, but I figure it still is a good idea to get some insiders’ points of views.
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62% less fat • 62% less sat fat • 20% fewer calories than the original recipe. This classic is still soaked in three milks, just healthier milks.
SAVE ON THIS RECIPE!
What is "Healthified"? We've replaced ingredients with great-tasting alternatives to create better-for-you recipes that are just as yummy as the original.
This moist cake gets its name because it's soaked in three milks ("tres leches" in Spanish). The cake can vary by region, sometimes containing fruit or chocolate, but the three-milk soaking is the key to its authenticity.
Fresh raspberries would be equally as nice as serving with fresh strawberries.
© 2013 ®/TM General Mills All Rights Reserved
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Skype mulls going online with offline Facebook, Google contacts
Report points at chats 'n' that
Facebook has reportedly been in talks with Skype, and the company's boss Mark Zuckerberg is said to have mulled over buying the web video chat service.
According to Reuters, which cites various sources familiar with the matter, Facebook isn't the only big gun tech outfit sniffing around Skype.
Google is also understood to have held early talks over the possibility of forming a joint venture with the popular VoIP service.
Facebook, too, has apparently discussed forming a joint partnership with Skype, which is based in Luxembourg.
One source told Reuters that a deal could be valued at $3bn to $4bn. Other sources told the newswire that Skype's delayed IPO could raise around $1bn.
The company revealed in a US regulatory filing last August that it planned to make an initial public offering of its shares.
But Skype's recently-installed CEO Tony Bates pushed the IPO to the second half of this year. In March this year the company began trialling ads on its service.
In its IPO intentions filing last year, Skype noted it was nervous about its intellectual property rights.
"We license technology for certain elements and other components of our products from third parties, including the VP7 video compression/decompression technology, which we have licensed from On2," the company said.
Google of course finally bought On2 Technologies in February 2010 in a deal valued at around $124.6m.
"The VP7 video compression/decompression technology is used to provide high video quality," said Skype. "There can be no assurance that disputes will not arise as to the scope of a relevant license or the terms of our use of a particular technology or that the licensed technology or other technology that we may seek to license in the future will continue to be available on commercially reasonable terms, if at all."
Given those concerns, it is hardly surprising to see Skype and Google engaged in early chats together about a possible collaboration.
Similarly, Skype has recently been playing the integration game with Facebook. In October 2010 it inked a deal with Facebook by slotting the dominant social network's News Feed and Phonebook into its software.
It remains unclear if Bates's decision to delay the possible IPO was made to help fluff up Skype's valuation ahead of the firm going public, or if he is simply waiting for the best suitor to step forward with a desirable buyout offer. ®
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The lack of available parking was the first sign that Tuesday was no ordinary day at Albion Park's Rural Fire Service regional headquarters.
RFS cars of all shapes and sizes spilled out of the car parks on both sides of the modern building nestled in the grounds of the Albion Park airport.
Police cars lined the nearby grassy verge, intermingled with SES four-wheel-drives and several private vehicles parked along the kerb.
A steady stream of uniformed men and women representing the suite of NSW emergency service agencies filed in and out of the headquarters, the nerve centre for the Illawarra's response to fire threat.
They came hoping for the best but prepared for the worst.
"We're ramped up to the point that all our brigades are on standby [and] NSW Fire and Rescue has brought in additional resources from Sydney into the Illawarra," said NSW RFS superintendent Richard Cotterill, the man heading the mammoth task of co-ordinating the fire response.
When not leading the two-hourly briefings, he split his time between taking updates from field crews and monitoring changing weather patterns via the Bureau of Meteorology.
With the Illawarra facing catastrophic fire conditions yesterday, the magnitude of the day and the threat to the region were inescapable.
"It's certainly something [I] have to take seriously," Mr Cotterill said, when asked about the personal pressure of such a task.
"[But] as the manager for the Illawarra, I surround myself with great people."
Mr Cotterill reserved special praise for Yvonne Davis and Noel Taylor, Country Women's Association volunteers who kept the workers fed and watered during the day.
"The CWA is all about community, so anything we can do to help we will," Mrs Davis said.
Mr Taylor, who classifies himself as a "CWA husband", said the duo clocked on at 9am and did not expect to leave until 9pm last night, after ensuring the emergency service personnel all had dinner.
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THE LYNNE STEWART CASE:
|By ELAINE CASSEL|
|Tuesday, Oct. 08, 2002|
As every lawyer knows, client confidentiality is the very foundation of the attorney-client relationship. Attorney Lynne Stewart certainly believed that to be true, but her principles and zealous representation have landed her a four-count criminal indictment for aiding and abetting terrorism.
Without warning, Stewart was taken out of her home and arrested. Attorney General Ashcroft then staged a press conference within hours of her arrest. The same night, he appeared on David Letterman's show, to assure viewers (and potential jurors, it seems) that the "terrorist" lawyer was guilty as charged.
The basis for the prosecution? Communications Stewart made with and about her client, a convicted terrorist for whom she was court-appointed counsel for his trial and whom she continued to represent in post-conviction matters.
Readers may wonder how Ashcroft learned of Stewart's supposedly confidential attorney-client communications in the first place. It may surprise some readers, but even before 9/11 the government had authority to wiretap attorney-client communications if it had reason to think that the attorney and client were complicit in criminal behavior.
This is the so-called "crime-fraud" exception to the attorney-client privilege. As in other wiretap orders issued by a federal judge, piercing this ancient privilege requires a showing of reasonable suspicion that a crime is being committed.
But there are other ways in which the government can be privy to attorney-client communications. Under a set of regulations called Special Administrative Measures (SAM), some incarcerated persons are forbidden from communicating not only with the outside world, but also with their lawyers on any topic that DOJ deems to be outside the scope of "legal representation."
What is outside the scope of legal representation? No one knows, and the DOJ is not saying, as the SAM's are vaguely worded. But attorneys are not only allowed, but also duty-bound to provide broad services to their clients, as advisor, counselor, and intermediary between the client and the government.
According to Rule 1.2 of the ABA's Model Rules of Professional Conduct, lawyers have a duty to render "candid" advice not only about the law, but also about "economic, social, and political factors that may be relevant to the client's situation."
Thus, for example, while DOJ might believe it is improper for a lawyer to tell a client the Treasury Department may be about to seize the assets of his organization, the model rules may require that a lawyer provide the client with this information in order to protect his interests.
In addition to monitoring attorney-client communications by means of SAM's, the government could (and no doubt did, in the Stewart case) conduct surveillance under authority of a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrant.
To get the warrants, DOJ must convince the special FISA court (a rotating panel of federal district court judges) that it needs to conduct counter-intelligence on people or organizations allegedly engaging in terrorism or secret intelligence activities against the United States. (However, FISA warrants cannot be used to target Americans except in the "national interest" or to protect against acts of terrorism.)
How the New Regulation Broadly Extended Wiretap Authority
The new regulation became effective immediately, without the usual opportunity for prior public comment, no doubt to foreclose what should have been outrage from lawyers and the public. (For a thorough analysis of the problems with the regulation, see the column by Akhil and Vikram Amar on this subject.)
Unlike FISA and Title III, the new regulation allows warrantless wiretaps - requiring only that "notice" be provided to the attorney and client that they "may" be monitored. And, unlike FISA, the new regulation can be used to target American citizens, even without the suspicion that they are involved in acts that threaten national security.
Under the new regulation, the status of the client's confinement is irrelevant. He may be a detainee with no pending charges, a defendant awaiting trial, or someone serving a sentence. (Even convicted persons have legitimate needs to work with their lawyers on appeals, habeas corpus petitions, and to improve conditions of their prison confinement.)
DOJ determines the scope of the "monitoring." According to the regulation, surveillance is allowed "to the extent determined to be reasonably necessary for the purpose of deterring future acts of violence or terrorism."
What's more, there is no provision for judicial oversight of the decision to conduct surveillance, the nature and extent of the surveillance, or DOJ's determination of the boundaries of "legal" representation. Imagine leaving it up to DOJ to tell you what you can and cannot do for your client. Presumably, doing any thing more than pleading the client guilty could create grounds for accusing an attorney of aiding and abetting terrorism.
The Lynne Stewart Indictment: Directly Based Upon Attorney-Client Communications
U.S. citizen and New York City attorney Lynne Stewart is a criminal defense attorney with a career-long history of representing unpopular clients. For many of them, she is their court-appointed attorney.
Stewart does the kind of work, in short, that the ABA's Model Rules state that lawyers have a duty to do. As the Rules note, "[a]ll lawyers should devote professional time and resources and use civic influence to ensure equal access to our system of justice for all those who because of economic or social barriers cannot afford or secure adequate legal counsel."
Rahman is connected with the Islamic Group, which is on the Secretary of State's list of terrorist organizations. For this reason, as well as for the bombing, he is a person of intense interest to the government. Accordingly, for over two years, his conversations with Stewart were wiretapped.
The surveillance began in early 2000, presumably pursuant to Title III or FISA warrants. It continued through October 31, 2001, when the new regulation went into effect and it could legally have been warrantless. And it did not end until about six months more, in early 2002. What ended them was an indictment.
On April 9 of this year, Ashcroft and his Justice Department issued the indictment. In addition to charging Stewart, it also charged a number of others: Mohammed Yousry, the Arabic language interpreter for communications between Stewart and Rahman; Ahmed Abdel Sattar, a resident of Staten Island, New York and described in the indictment as a "surrogate" for Rahman; and Yassir Al-Sirri, currently in custody in the United Kingdom.
The Specific Charges Against Stewart
Stewart is charged, under the 1996 Antiterrorism Act, with four counts of aiding and abetting a terrorist organization. If convicted, she faces 40 years in prison.
Specifically, the indictment alleges that Stewart allowed Yousry to communicate with Rahman in Arabic regarding nonlegal matters, and that she purposely made extraneous comments in English that would mask and conceal the Arabic conversation.
The indictment also poses charges with disturbing First Amendment implications. It alleges that Stewart violated the SAM by responding to a media question about Rahman's position on a "terrorist" cease-fire and that she lied to the government by agreeing to the SAM measures, as the government required her to do in 2000, before she could see her client.
Besides raising First Amendment issues, this last charge seems particularly troublesome for other legal reasons. Predicating a fraud charge on a defendant's intent to violate a contract is unusual, for it is very hard to show such pre-contract intent. Many people enter into agreements in good faith but later break them, and the law recognizes that.
Why the Regulation Puts the Right to Counsel In Jeopardy
An indictment like Stewart's sends a clear warning to attorneys: Don't represent accused terrorists, or you could be our next suspect.
It may also make conscientious lawyers worry that they will not be able to do their job properly with such clients. A lawyer may wonder if she can be zealous when torn between avoiding her own prosecution and representing his client. ("Zealousness," too, is a duty under the Model Rules). Indeed, a lawyer may be unavoidably caught in a conflict of interest trap with her own client.
The fear of a conflict of interest, in such circumstances, would be a very real one. As the Stewart indictment shows, an attorney can be now charged with aiding and abetting terrorism simply for engaging in everyday acts of lawyering. For example, responding to press queries, unless the subject of court gag orders imposed during trials, is a normal part of being a lawyer in a controversial case. (The lawyer may choose not to speak, but the choice is the lawyer's, not the government's.) Yet for Stewart, it is a crime.
Of course, it is certainly possible Stewart should not have spoken when she did, given the agreement she signed. But that agreement itself may be unconstitutional as a violation of both the First Amendment and the Sixth Amendment right to counsel.
Moreover, the violation may have been inadvertent; even if it was not, there are many sanctions that can be imposed upon a lawyer short of a criminal charge - from disqualification, to disbarment before the relevant court, to money sanctions, and so on. That the government is trying to put Stewart in jail for her remark is, given the alternatives, alarming.
In light of the new regulation, a lawyer may also worry that he or she will be forced to do the unthinkable: Testify against a client and disclose the content of their communications - with the only alternative being the attorney's own prosecution for contempt of court. Again, the conflict of interest is clear. No one wants his lawyer to also be his or her potential co-defendant - for one co-defendant will often cooperate with the government against another.
A lawyer familiar with the Stewart case may also worry about exposing other clients to risk. FBI agents seized files and computer disks from Stewart's office that related to clients other than Rahman.
Asking a lawyer to represent a client under all these circumstances is like asking a surgeon to only do surgery one-handed, and risk jail time if she uses the other hand. The surgeon may reasonably refuse to do it at all, feeling that she would be betraying her profession if she provided sub-standard care.
And what happens when the client charges the attorney with ineffective assistance of counsel or malpractice (the client may perhaps be a wrongly accused terrorist suspect who is later exonerated)? The government won't be the one paying the judgment or suffering the judicial rebuke if the attorney fails to walk the perfect line between "acceptable" representation and zealous advocacy.
A Convenient Way For the Government to Scare Off Competent Counsel
Ending, for all practical purposes, the right to counsel may be exactly what the Administration wants. After all, the Administration has expressly denied counsel even to U.S. citizens Yaser Hamdi and Jose Padilla.
The Supreme Court, however, may well rule those actions, unconstitutional. But, in the meantime, how convenient for the Administration if, rather than denying counsel outright, it can instead intimidate attorneys from accepting the cases from the outset.
But Stewart is fortunate in that her attorney, Michael Tigar, is not dissuaded by the government's tactics. He has been appointed by U.S. District Judge John Koeltl (of the Southern District of New York) to lead Stewart's defense team.
Tigar, well known for convincing a jury not to impose the death penalty on Oklahoma City conspirator Terry Nichols (Tigar was court-appointed in that case as well), is no stranger to unpopular causes and clients.
Tigar is mounting a vigorous defense of his client, even though Judge Koeltl has refused to require the Justice Department to disclose whether or not it is conducting surveillance on Stewart-Tigar communications.
But not every lawyer is - or should need to be - as brave as Tigar. And many lawyers will no doubt think twice about tempting fate and risking their livelihoods--and their bar licenses--in order to represent an alleged terrorist or terrorist sympathizer.
A Chilling Effect that Will Linger
Tigar has said to the press simply that Stewart will be exonerated. But we will not know until the end of her trial (set for October 7, 2003) whether he is prescient or just optimistic. Meanwhile, irreparable damage will likely be done to Stewart and her legal practice, and to other lawyers and their clients, such as those in pending cases in Buffalo and Portland.
Clarence Gideon sensed this when, from his jail cell, he asked the Supreme Court of the United States to make Florida give him an attorney if they insisted on depriving him of his freedom. The Supreme Court agreed, holding, in Gideon v. Wainwright, that "The Sixth Amendment stands as a constant admonition that if the constitutional safeguards it provides be lost, justice will not . . . be done."
This principle, the core of our criminal justice system, is jeopardized by the government's post-9/11 regulations and the pernicious precedent of the Stewart prosecution.
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To certain business owners (all of Hawthorne, I'm looking at you) who go into hysterics when the city suggests doing away with some of Portland's free parking, there's heartening news from our Canadian friends: according to this Toronto study, replacing car parking with bike lanes or widened sidewalks helps local businesses.
According to the study, people walking or biking to stores are more likely to actually spend money than those who come by cars. And if the area seems like a good place to walk around, people are more likely to hang out at close-by stores for longer.
This is super relevant to Portland right now because the city is on a car to bike parking conversion spree. So far, Portland has converted 55 car parking spots into 664 bike parking spots in bike corrals. The on-street corrals cost about $3,000 each, including installation. And, according to city bike parking planner Sarah Figliozzi, Portland is going to try to double the number of corrals in the city within two years. Though a hard-numbers study of the economic impact of bike corrals is currently in process, Figliozzi says that anecdotally, "Everyone has been coming back super happy." The city is installing corrals only in front of businesses that request them and the wait list right now is 30 stores deep.
So will places like Hawthorne eventually come around to the idea of replacing their car parking with bike spots, lanes or more sidewalk? The Portland 2030 bike plan (which is looking for public comment starting today!) runs a bike lane up Hawthorne, aiming to add about 300 miles of bikeways in Portland over the next 20 years. There's no way the city can build those 300 miles if each mile is rammed down the throat of businesses upset about sacrificing space for cars. Instead, it would be great if businesses could drive the change for bike improvements, like they have been with the corrals, and make money with each switch.
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Business Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Monday, Jan 24, 2011
ePaper | Mobile/PDA Version | Audio | Blogs
Where's the Tablet headed?
Thanks to the disruptive entry of Apple's iPad, the Consumer Electronics Show held in Las Vegas this year witnessed the unveiling of 85 iPad clones, the highest number of new introductions by any standard.
Microsoft introduced Ultra-Mobile PC (UMPC) with its Windows XP operating system and pen interface, way back in 2001, positioning it as the “second PC”. Much to its chagrin, it was Apple — through its unique twin-touch interface, iStore housing millions of compelling applications and superior branding — that broke the barriers for mass adoption of its iPad. Since its launch in January last year, Apple has sold more than 10 million iPads.
Seeing the success story of iPad, many major PC and laptop manufacturers such as Asus, Dell, HP and Lenovo and mobile device vendors such as Samsung, and RIM, have entered the already crowded Tablet market. Is this another bubble and what will it take for the competitors of Apple to sustain themselves in the market place? What could be the next big move by Apple, now that tablets are being commoditised?
While Apple's strategy is to build the product from hardware to applications on its own and hence retain control in the initial stages of the device launch to attract the early adopters, “challengers” such as Samsung don't have the luxury of doing so.
Much like in Smartphones, it is a two-sided market in the case of Tablets also. The content provider on one end of the market reaches the end subscribers through the Tablet maker as the intermediary. The indirect externalities necessitate that the content provider gets the captive subscribers of the Tablet vendor. Apple, through its iStore, managed to create strong network externalities for the content providers to build more and more interesting applications. The applications, in turn, increased sales of iPad, leading to the spiralling growth. However, the challengers are less fortunate as the market is competitive and fragmented by the time they enter. The emergence of Android as the default open operating system platform and the applications that run on it pose barriers to the challengers for possible vertical integration.
Though Samsung came up with the 7-inch version of Galaxy Tab (compared with 9.7- inch iPad) and hence pocketable as one of the distinguishing features, the “closely replaceable” aspect, along with lower price, is the strategy that is fetching it the scale. Much like Samsung, Lenovo has distinguished its Tablets by supporting both Windows and Android operating systems, and thus leveraging to use the network externalities of millions of Windows applications and subscribers. The not so “close replacements” in the likes of Asus, break the price barrier with lesser feature set for majority adoption.
Content and user experience
While applications ruled the roost in the iPhone-disrupted Smartphone market last year, in this year of tablets, it will be content — whether it be audio, video or e-books that will distinguish the challengers. Exclusivity in copyright content with the publishing, audio and video houses is likely to create some market space for the challengers. However, we expect that this is a short-run phenomenon as copyright exclusivity and bundling will be broken as low-price Tablets enter the market for mass consumption.
Do we see saturation for the challengers? The Smartphone market, which witnessed sale of more than 50 million last year, is still growing at an exponential rate. Similarly, the market for the challengers is really huge, provided it is tapped appropriately through innovative design, content development ecosystem, and associated price disruptions.
In all these discussions, the mobile operator is conspicuously missing! iPad just did that by meeting the network connectivity requirement through public Wi-Fi unlike iPhone that was closely dependent on the participating operator's 3G/4G network. The unbundling of iPad from the operator's clutches has brought smiles for both the content developers and users alike. Is this a trend for the future — breaking the walled garden of the mobile service providers?
What could be the next disruption unleashed possibly again by Apple? The next year might well be the year of “user experience”.
With devices, content and application available in plenty, it is the user experience that will finally dictate which combination will be consumed by the end users. We expect that 3D and augmented reality will enhance the user experience in the years to come. Apple might be working on that magic device (let us call it iThreeD) that is in the works to take user experience to greater heights.
The authors are with Sasken Communication Technologies. Views are personal.
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If any process ever cried out for a graphical interface, it is using NDISwrapper to enable wireless devices to run on GNU/Linux using Windows drivers. The process is often torturous, especially for first-time users, who are unsure whether any problems are due to NDISwrapper's limitations or their own inexperience. By organizing and explaining the process, KNDISwrapper promises to remove much of the labor. But, so far, it only partly delivers on that promise by neglecting the hardest part of working with NDISwrapper -- finding the right Windows driver.
Now at version 0.3.6, KNDISwrapper is in rapid development. You can find packages for Mandriva and SUSE 10.3, and source code is also available. However, before installing, you also need at least the minimal libraries for KDE 3.5x, which requires installing a few extra megabytes if you are using KDE 4.x. In addition, you need NDISwrapper, which, depending on your distribution's policies about including free software that works with proprietary code, may require you to enable non-official repositories (on Fedora, for example, you need to set up the RPMFusion repository).
As KNDISwrapper opens, it offers you a chance to set your language, then detects whether you have loaded NDISwrapper into the kernel. If you haven't yet, it offers to do so for you. If you don't agree, there's not much point to continuing, except perhaps to poke through the program. Still, the fact that the program provides a confirmation dialog rather than automatically changing your system suggests that the developer at least has the right idea, especially since you can only run KNDISwrapper as root.
After NDISwrapper is enabled, KNDISwrapper opens on a well-organized window. On the left is a clearly written help pane, although its use of italics reduces readability. In the middle it displays current information or dialogs. On the right are function buttons, arranged in the order that you will want them.
Almost immediately, you find that KNDISwrapper does not automate the first and hardest part of the process -- finding the driver that you need. The help pane does explain that you must look for a file with an .inf extension, and that the best place to find it is either on a Windows system or its installation files or CD, but this information won't help you much if you have no access to such things.
If you don't, this is a bad time to be hunting for Windows drivers -- though the developer of KNDISwrapper is not to blame. It used to be that you could identify your wireless device's card by running
lspci, then using the first column entry for the device to determine the chipset via the third or fourth column of the results of
lspci -n. Armed with this information, you could check the list of supported chipsets on the NDISwrapper site, so you could at least note what you are looking for.
Unfortunately, as I write, this list is unavailable as the Ndiswrapper project reorganizes its Web page. Instead, you need to find the Windows XP driver for your device and download it from the manufacturer's site. In most cases, it will be in the form of an executable compressed file, from which you can extract the necessary .inf file using most archive tools without decompressing the entire driver.
Once you have a likely driver, KNDISwrapper makes everything simple. When you click the Install Driver button you can use your desktop file manager to navigate to your .inf file. Installation takes less than 20 seconds, and the driver appears in the middle pane, along with a notation about whether it is valid for the selected device.
The next three buttons below Install Driver imply an implicit acknowledgement of how hard finding the correct driver can be. You get a Remove Driver button, followed by Reload List, which gives you a second chance of trying the driver. Below that is the Restore Driver button, which re-installs a removed driver from the archived copy that KNDISwrapper keeps in the /.kndiswrapper folder of the /root directory.
When you're happy with the driver you've installed, clicking the Config Network button opens a dialog that you can use to configure your Internet connection and the default wireless connection. Some of the choices here may be beyond the knowledge of newer users, but the help pane provides a reasonable summary of the possible choices.
For the parts of the process that it covers, KNDISwrapper offers one of the best graphical interfaces I've seen in an administrative utility. However, unless it can be more help with the difficulties of hunting down the driver, it will remain less useful than it could be.
Granted, helping track down the driver would require some well-organized code. Yet it should not be impossible for the program to help you detect the device and navigate to a Windows partition or CD. Granted, helping you find the manufacturer's site would require more research by the developers. And perhaps, too, the different versions of Windows XP and of drivers, to say nothing of the constant shifting of download pages on the Internet, might mean that the program could only make suggestions. Still, the effort might be worth a try.
By offering such assistance, KNDISwrapper could complete the process of simplification that it has already undertaken. Without it, KNDISwrapper is a good start, but only does half of what users actually need.
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“I love it, it’s comfortable here,” said Champion, of Springville, who is majoring in office administration.
She likely will not need to worry about that changing any time soon.
After the recession hit in 2008, community colleges across the country experienced increases in enrollment as people trained for new career opportunities. As the economy has started stabilizing, however, those colleges are seeing enrollment drop. Combined with new state budget cuts, Alabama community colleges like Gadsden State are finding it tougher to fund services and employee payrolls.
“We were concerned about the budget cuts, but those turned out to not be as bad as we first thought,” said Raymond Staats, president of Gadsden State, which has two campuses in Anniston. “We are seeing some decline in enrollment … we are predicting a modest decline in credit hours this fall.”
Staats said his and other community colleges across the state experienced increases in enrollment between 2008 and 2010, coinciding with the worst period of the recession. During the school year of 2008 and 2009, Gadsden State had 8,970 students. That rose to 10,020 students between the 2009 and 2010 school years. Enrollment dropped to 9,947 between 2010 and 2011, however.
According to the Alabama Department of Postsecondary Education, which oversees the state’s community college system, approximately 96,890 students are enrolled in the system for this fall. That is a significant decrease from the more than 102,000 students enrolled in 2010.
Other community colleges across the country experienced similar boosts in enrollment and are now seeing declines, said Norma Kent, senior vice president of communications at the American Association of Community Colleges.
“We did an analysis and between 2007 and 2011, (and) enrollment across the country went up about 20 percent,” Kent said. “But what we’re hearing for this coming year is enrollment is flat or down.”
Kent said changes in the economy are to blame for the shifting enrollment numbers.
“We anticipate that some increased employment is starting to mitigate the gain in enrollment a little bit,” Kent said.
With fewer enrolled students, less money is available for services and employee paychecks; the latest state education budget cuts compound the problem. According to an email Thursday from the Department of Postsecondary Education, state community colleges will see their budgets decrease by 2.42 percent for the coming school year. Also, tuition will be increased across the board by 1.87 percent.
Staats said he and his administrators are searching for ways to save money, including possibly cutting personnel.
“We’re already looking very hard at personnel … fortunately we’ve cut employment only through attrition so far,” Staats said.
Also to save money, Gadsden State recently changed its summer class schedule from five days to four days per week. Last year, Gadsden State cut its cheerleading, baseball and cross-country teams to save money.
Staats is also concerned recent changes to the federal Pell Grant program could further reduce enrollment. Jane Glickman, spokeswoman for the U.S. Department of Education, said Wednesday via email to The Star that unlike previous years, community college students will now only be allowed to use a Pell Grant once each year. Rising costs in the grant program led to the change, Glickman said.
The change means some students will be unable to enroll in as many classes each year as they could previously, Staats said.
“Many of our students use federal aid,” he said.
Star staff writer Patrick McCreless: 256-235-3561. On Twitter @PMcCreless_Star.
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H.E. Ambassador Rezlan Ishar Jenie
Permanent Representative of the Republic of Indonesia
to the United Nations on behalf of ASEAN
Before the Second Committee
of the 60th Session of the General Assembly
on Agenda Item 50 (b) and (c)
New York, 10 October 2005
I have the honor to take the floor on behalf of the member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) comprising of Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam.
Allow me first of all to extend on behalf of ASEAN, our deep condolences and sympathies on the loss of life and severe damage suffered by the peoples and governments of Pakistan, India, and other affected South Asian countries caused by the recent earthquake as well as the peoples and governments of Mexico, Guatemala and other affected Central American countries caused by floods and mudslides.
Turning to the related agenda items under our consideration, ASEAN would like to thank the Secretary-General on his reports regarding the international financial system and development and external debt crisis and development as contained in documents A/60/139 and A/60/163. In this context, ASEAN aligns itself with statement made by the distinguished representative of Jamaica on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.
The International Financial System and Development
Development seems to be finding itself on the horns of a dilemma. We only need to look at the numbers indicated in the Secretary-General’s report to understand that story.
The indicators show that the flow of net transfers of financial resources is going to developed countries rather than developing countries. And even though net private flows to developing countries have improved over the past few years, apparently they are not substantial enough.
The consequence is detrimental to developing countries. Their development capacity is weakened as the resources for domestic consumption and investment diminish.
This is where the support of the international financial system is critical.
Although its purpose is to enhance efficiency and stability in financial markets and promote global economic activity, the objective of improving living standards for the poor cannot be overridden.
T he international financial architecture must be sufficiently flexible to accommodate the different levels of economic development in various regions. In concrete terms, this means developing countries should have a greater voice in international economic decision making and norm-setting.
These same views were expressed by the ASEAN+3 Finance Ministers, which consist of ASEAN member countries, China, Japan and the Republic of Korea. Their recent meeting in Istanbul on 4 May 2005 urgently called for a review on the quota of Asian countries in the International Monetary Fund.
In relation to that, ASEAN looks forward to more concrete steps pursuant to the Communiqué issued by the International Monetary Fund and Financial Committee of the Board of Governors on 25 September 2005.
At the same time, ASEAN is taking its own steps to offset the negative financial flows in the region. However, we would like to emphasize that regional approaches are not a substitute for a multilateral approach. In fact, they are meant to be complementary.
The Asian Bond Market Initiative launched in 2002 by the ASEAN+3 is one initiative. Foreign reserves in the region have been significantly built up and now exceed the pre-crisis level. Financing for productive investment in the region is looking brighter, although challenges still remain.
The ASEAN Roadmap for financial integration charts an encouraging path in the areas of capital market development, capital account liberalization, financial services liberalization, and currency cooperation among member countries. Included in the integration process is the Initiative for ASEAN Integration (IAI) to help bridge the development gap in the poorer sub-regions in ASEAN.
The ASEAN Surveillance Process set up by the ASEAN Finance Ministers since 1999 is another effort. Through close dialogues and peer support, ASEAN has been able to significantly improve its fundamentals and maintain strong macroeconomic balances.
Greater confidence and robustness through regional self help and support mechanisms, are being promoted. One such example is the network of bilateral swap arrangements under the Chiang Mai Initiative or CMI, put in place to provide short-term liquidity support when needed.
External debt crisis and development
It is imperative that developing countries should not lose the momentum to find a comprehensive, durable and development-oriented solution to the debt problem. This is a commitment expressed by the Second ASEAN-United Nations Summit held in New York on 13 September 2005.
Indeed, debt servicing, which entails principal and interest payments of a country’s debt, is one of the biggest drains on the resources of a developing country and would certainly have an effect on succeeding generations.
Future generations that includes, those living on less than one and two dollars a day, face the unwanted “inheritance” of being trapped in the debt repayment cycle.
Therefore, more can be done in the service of the poor when less is being spent on paying interest to developed countries. Debt savings can be used to increase spending on better infrastructure, education and health.
A step in the right direction is the G-8 proposal for 100 percent debt cancellation for eligible HIPCs. But it has to be said, that debt is a problem of middle-income countries as well. In this regard, additional measures and initiatives to ensure the debt sustainability of middle-income countries would be encouraging particularly with regards to the attainment of the MDGs.
Innovative debt schemes could provide countries faced with staggering debt servicing with adequate resources available for specific development projects outlined in their respective national development plans or strategies. There have been a number of proposed innovative mechanisms related to debt relief that deserve serious consideration such as the debt swap mechanism for MDGs and debt-for-equity-in MDG projects, among others that will allow developing countries to achieve their national development strategies including the MDGs.
The present dilemma in development can be resolved through collective effort. We have shared our views on what has been said and should be done. It is now a matter of taking the bull by its horns.
Permanent Mission of the Republic of Indonesia to the United Nations, New York
325 East 38th Street, New York, NY, 10016, USA
Tel: 1.212.972.8333, Fax: 1.212.972.9780 - www.indonesiamission-ny.org
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The XXV International Folklore Festival “Baltica 2012″ will take place in Latvia from July 5 – 9, 2012.
This is the largest, most popular and internationally recognised traditional culture festival in the Baltic countries, which cares for the preservation and development of intangible cultural heritage.
The festival will take place in Riga, Turaida, Ikskile, Madona and rural municipalities of Vidzeme.
Its participants will be folklore groups and ethnographic ensembles from all the regions in Latvia, with guests from nine foreign countries. The festival theme is “Way”.
So far, eight of these festivals have taken place in Latvia (1988, 1991, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2006 and 2009).
Since its existence, starting from 1987, the festival has become an established tradition and is recognised throughout society.
In turn, for the preservers of traditional culture, this festival is always a source of new inspiration for further activities.
The festival is included within the CIOFF Organisation and takes place in accordance with its approved calendar.
CIOFF – the world’s most prominent International Council of Organisations for Folklore Festivals and Traditional Art – is a member organisation of UNESCO, and approximately 80 countries are involved in it.
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Pilbara residents are battening down the hatches - and clearing out supermarket shelves - as cyclone Rusty bears down on WA's north-west coastline.
The slow-moving cyclone, which is currently a category two, spent much of the day stationary but is now only 250 kilometres north of Port Hedland and 345 kilometres west of Broome.
Areas of the Pilbara and Kimberley coastlines have already been put on yellow alert for the cyclone, which was moving south on Monday night.
The Bureau of Meteorology say the storm front could be as intense as a category four as it crosses the coastline later this week, which could bring wind gusts as high as 230km/h.
WA's State Emergency Service (SES) is advising people in communities between Broome and Mardie, including Port Hedland and Karratha, to prepare an emergency kit including first aid provisions, a torch, a portable radio, spare batteries, food and water.
Brent Rudler, who is running a bottle shop in Port Hedland said residents were already taking the latter portions of that advice very seriously.
"You can't buy a bottle of water in town for any money," Mr Rudler told Radio 6PR.
"I've told my staff today there is 400 millimetres of it coming, so they should just stick a bucket outside."
Mr Rudler said people in Port Hedland were wary of Rusty, which is looming as the biggest cyclone of the season so far.
"The road headed south is very busy. Nobody wants to go north," he said.
"There are guys I have known for 20 years who have packed up and flown out because they say they have have a funny feeling about this one."
The yellow alert, which indicates a possible threat to lives and homes, extends from the coastal communities of Wallal to Whim Creek in the Kimberley, to Pardoo, De Grey and Port Hedland in the Pilbara.On Tuesday afternoon, gales could extend west to Karratha and begin to move inland towards Marble Bar and Millstream.
More than 830mm of rain has been dumped on the Cocos Islands in the past three days - eclipsing the amount that fell in metropolitan Perth in 2012 by more than 200mm.
Bureau spokesman Neil Bennett said Rusty's intensity, size and slow movement was also likely to lead to a dangerous storm tide, including damaging waves.
Mining giant Rio Tinto said it had prepared for the storm by closing the Port Walcott port at Cape Lambert and was finishing up ship-loading at its Dampier ports.
The Port Headland Port Authority said it had evacuated the port on Sunday night and would stay closed.
Virgin cancelled flights from Perth to Broome on Monday, and local businesses reported people were dashing to buy water and tinned food as the storm approached.
Port Hedland and Dampier ports were being closed and all vessels sent out to sea on Monday in preparation for Rusty's arrival.
"We expect to be fully closed by this evening", Port Hedland Harbour Master John Finch said on Sunday.
Cyclone Rusty threatens to bring mining and oil and gas production to a standstill.
The area holds shipping terminals at Port Hedland, where BHP Billiton, Fortescue Metals and Atlas Iron are forecast to ship more than 275 million tonnes of iron ore this year.
The ports of Dampier and Cape Lambert, about 200 kilometres south of Port Hedland are used by Australia's biggest iron ore miner Rio Tinto.
The region is also home to two of the country's largest gas production facilities, Woodside's Northwest Shelf and Pluto liquefied natural gas plants.
A total of 11 schools have already been closed because of the cyclone threat.
Rusty's slow motion should also result in higher than usual rainfall in the Pilbara and western Kimberley and very heavy falls expected near the coastal parts of the eastern Pilbara and western Kimberley on Monday.
During Tuesday and Wednesday widespread heavy rainfall is likely to lead to major flooding in the De Grey catchment. Significant flooding in the Fortescue is also likely.
For more information visit the DFES website.
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Poll finds that people are reconsidering what's really "necessary."
A new poll from the Pew Resarch Center finds that the recession is altering our perceptions of what we truly need, and what we can live without: some consumer goods that were once widely considered "necessities" are increasingly being viewed as mere "luxuries."
The biggest falloffs in "necessity" status were in microwaves, clothes dryers, air conditioning, dishwashers, and TVs. A few gizmos (high-speed internet, flat screen TVs, iPods) saw some modest gains as "necessities." But overall, it looks as if a combination of changing societal norms and troubling economic realities is leading us to reconsider whether we really need all the gadgets in our lives.
Only time will tell if this is a lasting trend, or just a blip. But it's sure an interesting demonstration of a fact that's well understood in academic circles, but is perhaps a surprise to a society that's grown accustomed to plenty: our needs are, to a large extent, a social construction. We need a lot less than we think we do; and much of the time, our perception of need is defined by what our peers and neighbors have, or what they want, and not by what makes us genuinely happy. In fact, we often have absolutely no idea what makes us happy or fulfilled.
This piece originally appeared in Sightline Institute's blog, The Daily Score.
Shades of dark green cropping up again. If we can get past the fear of change and the false dichotomy of prosperity vs. environment, we'll be in good shape.
The "consumerism" debate and social constructivism are tired canards. Of course we don't really *need* anything. Humanity did quite well for 100,000 years living in caves and villages.
But given the choice, we choose health, safety, communication and entertainment. In short, all the things modern society allows. I reject the idea that there's anything wrong with any of that. We shouldn't feel guilty about our wants and desires. The best way to get rid of our desires is to fulfill them (paraphrasing Oscar Wilde). And we've got a future of 9 billion egos, each as fevered as our own. They'll all want fridges, flat screens, cars and nice places to live. Along with that education and health care. Who are we to tell them they can't have them, when we've been enjoying them all along?
The bright green mission is to make sure that these products and services are offered sustainably. Among the many other reasons, maybe when that happens, the dark greens will finally shut up with their paternalistic attitudes and hand wringing about everyone's car, creature comforts and gadgets.
Aren't we all fed up with their moralizing? Isn't it a little--Victorian? Isn't it an admission of defeat?
We must find better ways to make what we all want *or* need. Who cares which it is? That's a personal choice.
It's the sustainability, stupid.
I agree with BlackSun. If we're talking about what we strictly need, then we should go back to hunting and gathering. I doubt that would prove too popular, however. To use the Rocky Mountain Institute's credo, I prefer 'abundance by design'.
Sustainability and consumer goods are opposites. I find it surprising that this is still a debate. Available resources are not sufficient to sustain western cultures even if we attempt to recycle 99% of our throw away goods. Every human intervention causes a new set of problems. When we try to control and exploit our environment in "green" and "sustainable" ways we always create new problems that have to be solved. Just because we are accustomed to our consumerist lifestyle it doesn't mean that our lives are any better. I agree education and health should be priorities and even if they are not sustainable we should continue to invest and research ways in which we can provide them to everyone. Consumer goods such as tv's ipods, plastic bags, household cleaners, walk-in closests, cars, single family housing these are things that we can live without. It won't be easy but if we had the courage to make the big lifestyle changes I believe that we would all be happier for it.
"Sustainability and consumer goods are opposites."
This, in a nutshell defines the dark green position. Because they're evaluating consumer goods as they've always been made in the carbon-energy era. Not as if they were made sustainably. It's a tautology: unsustainable consumer goods are unsustainable. But if they're made sustainably, that means virtually unlimited demand could be satisfied without environmental damage. That's what the word means! Indeed, sustainability is the only way to grow the economy on a resource-constrained planet.
No one said consumer goods make everyone, (or anyone) happier. When I hear this tripe, I somehow think of people having support group meetings at IKEA or worshiping at the church of Best Buy. Sorry, I think people just go there to buy the stuff they want/need as cheaply as possible. I think everyone understands they're not buying "inner peace" when they pull out their credit card.
Whatever the reason, people keep desiring and purchasing goods, though. Dark Greens blame advertising. How patronizing. The truth is, advertising improves brand loyalty, and may slightly increase overall demand. But you'll never convince anyone that advertising is the only reason people have refrigerators, for example. They are a necessity by any stretch. One of the first things a village gets when it gets electricity is a fridge for storing vaccines and medicines. No household could survive long without one, unless they were willing to eat nothing but canned and dried foods, or if they lived on a farm.
Again, striking a balance between goods vs. personal development is a choice best left to the individual. Society has failed when it allows goods to be manufactured that are cheap, disposable and destructive without paying for the externalities they create.
The above referenced Pew study is an obvious response to a lack of purchasing power. As soon as that changes, you can bet people will rediscover all the "necessities" they gave up during lean times. This is not rocket science.
So we'd better use this downturn to push sustainability in manufacturing even harder than before. And smart public transport will take more cars off the road than a million philosophical discussions about getting by and "being happy with less."
I agree with BlackSun that it should be up to people to decide for themselves if they want a walk-in closet and iPod. I don't happen to have either, but that's because I want money in the bank more than I want those things. I don't think it's environmentalism's place to get all dark green and self-righteous about personal choices. Environmentalism's mission should be to push for cradle-to-cradle product development and carbon-neutral building codes so that people can have the things they want, not just the things they need.
How is it patronizing to blame advertising for generating need? Especially when we're all in agreement that need is a social construction? Is advertising not a large part of society? Advertising operates by taking advantage of lack. The reason people keep desiring and purchasing things is because most of us believe that purchasing something will fulfill that desire. It does, for a short time, until the thing we purchased ceases to be shiny and we need a new one. This isn't to say that _every_ purchase is made that way, it's ingenuous to compare a refrigerator to an iPod, but there's a reason why "retail therapy" is a common expression: people buy things because it makes them feel better, not because they need whatever it is they're buying.
Obviously that issue becomes bunk when we've achieved the sustainable closed-loop utopia (you'd be hard pressed finding a single environmentalist who isn't fighting for closed-loop sustainability, no matter what shade of green they may be) - but that's a long way off, and until that time comes we need to put just as much effort into reducing consumption. It's hardly dark green to suggest that we're being a little childlike in giving in to every desire, and hardly bright green to suggest that we should or that it's "right". This is why we have posts about "heirloom design" on this blog, to name just one example.
(For what it's worth, that Oscar Wilde quote is from a character in "Portrait of Dorian Gray" who's raison d'etre was to turn Dorian into a self-destructive hedonist. As far as I know, Oscar Wilde never said it "as himself.")
Oops, my bad, I meant "disingenuous" up there. Ingenuous isn't a word.
In pushing for more choice, we can also engage consumers and give them a choice about sustainability. We can do this by making unsustainable products a *lot* more expensive than sustainable ones--reflecting their true cost to society.
This would quickly lead to a clamor for sustainability from the very same people who now seem only to care about price. Because sustainability is ultimately good business.
The only missing ingredient is policy. Which should be our primary focus, not condemning consumption per se. Hit 'em in the wallet where it hurts. Engage self-interest in a useful pursuit (saving money *and* the environment) rather than pretending we can force/cajole people into being selfless and 'enlightened.'
Fair enough, I can't really disagree with you there.
Mind, I still think that we'd all be better off (not environmentally speaking, but in terms of mental health) with a little bit of self-discipline. Though you're right in that it's not something that can be forced --at least, not by other people. In some respects this economic crisis is doing that for us: many will adopt less wasteful lifestyles out of necessity, and may find that they are no less happy for doing it. (Though, of course, others will resent it and go back to disposability the moment they can.)
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Thursday, June 20, 2013
Fairbanks Sees First Freeze For The Season
Turn up the thermostat. Fire up the woodstove. The party’s over.
FAIRBANKS — Turn up the thermostat. Fire up the woodstove. The party’s over.
Fairbanks had its first official freeze of the season on Sunday morning. The temperature at the Fairbanks International Airport hit 32 degrees at 7 a.m.
It was the first time since May 14 a freezing temperature was recorded at the airport.
It also was one of the latest first freezes on record. There have been only two times since 1904 with later freezes, according to National Weather Service records for Fairbanks. The latest first freeze on record is Sept. 27, 1974.
The average date of the first freeze at the airport is Sept. 7.
Though the temperature hit the freezing mark, meteorologist Bob Fischer with the National Weather Service in Fairbanks said it wasn’t a particularly hard frost.
“There were some clouds around so maybe that took a little bit of the sting out of it,” he said. “It wasn’t a perfectly clear night.”
A harder frost could be forthcoming in the next few days, if it hasn’t happened already. Low temperatures down to 25 were forecast last night and lows should hover around the freezing mark for the next few days, with highs in the mid-40s.
“No real cool down is imminent yet,” Fischer said. “We’re going to have (low) temperatures near freezing the next couple of nights as we sag down to winter. Highs will be in the 40s until next weekend.”
With the first freezing temperature of the season in the books, the question now is when the first snow will fall.
Fischer said there is no snow in the forecast, yet there’s a good chance Fairbanks may not see any snow in September this year.
Contact staff writer Tim Mowry at 459-7587.
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JEFFERSON CITY-Bowhunters checked 44,434 deer during the 2008-09 archery deer season, setting a record and boosting the combined firearms and archery deer kill to 283,253.
Missouri's archery deer season begins Sept. 15 and runs through Jan. 15, with an 11-day hiatus during the November Portion of Firearms Deer Season. Archers checked approximately 400 deer per day during the 111 days of bowhunting season. Slightly more than half the deer taken by archers (22,409) were does. Mature bucks made up 37 percent (16,434) of the archery harvest, and button bucks accounted for 13 percent (5,591) of archery kills. The previous archery deer harvest record, set in 2006-07, was 42,322.
Top archery deer harvest counties were Jefferson with 976, Jackson with 913 and St. Louis with 909.
Bowhunters also checked 2,484 wild turkeys during the archery season. That is down 339 from the previous year. Top archery turkey-harvest counties were Texas with 54 turkeys checked, Franklin with 52 and Wright with 51.
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Posted at: 03/21/2013 6:25 PM
By: Dan Bazile
ALBANY -- The battle started a year ago when the gas drilling industry challenged a ban from a Central New York town. They lost. The case is now with the appellate court. Attorneys from the pro-fracking side argued before the four-judge panel that towns do not have the right to ban high volume hydraulic fracturing.
"We have a national and state policy to promote this resource. We need it to avoid importing foreign oil, to ovoid fighting wars over foreign oil," said Tom West, an attorney representing Norse Energy.
The policy is a 1981 law that came out of the 1970's energy crisis. It says regulation of oil and gas rests with the state and supersedes local ordinances. West said allowing towns to ban fracking would create a messy process not worth the millions in investments.
"There's no room for the municipalities to tell you where to go," West said.
But the other side argues that municipalities can tell you where to go with local zoning laws. The case before the judges stems from a lawsuit out of the town of Dryden in Tompkins County. The town won a lower court decision to uphold its ban on gas drilling development. Its lawyers told the appellate court judges that the 1981 law is about regulation, not zoning.
"We think that's an absurd interpretation of the law. The legislature has never given carte blanche to an industry to do something like that before," said Deborah Goldberg, the attorney representing Dryden.
The anti-fracking group said towns have the right to protect its citizens and zoning gives them the power to choose.
"Home rule is the right thing to do. We should be able to choose what industry comes into our community lives," Dryden town resident Marie McRae.
Pro-fracking lawyers argued that landowners are also prevented from developing their resource. That's part of another case brought before the court where one landowner in the town of Middlefield sued for the right to allow drilling on her land after her town banned gas drilling.
"That'll be the next step in the process. The landowner will have to sue for the taking of their mineral rights," West said.
A decision is expected in about six to eight weeks. No matter what happens, both sides promise to take the case to the state court of appeals.
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- Wrecked Ship
When Phantoon came in control of the Wrecked Ship, he possessed souls of the ancient Chozo who perished there. Multiple victims have been massed together into the Coven, which writhes and howls. Tormented by Phantoon, their ghosts were transformed into evil spirits that haunt the depths of the ship, seeking out the living to enact their malice. Trapped between dimensions, Coven will appear in this world, then disappear and move to a new location. When Samus defeated Phantoon, these lost souls were finally released.
Coven will mysteriously appear, then disappear and float towards Samus’ position. While they reappear, you have a short period of time to get away, or you will take damage. They have a large amount of HP, but can be easily destroyed with Power Bombs. Conserve your Super Missiles for the fight with Phantoon.
Coven was mistranslated as "Covern" in the US Manual from the Japanese "Koben" (コーベン). A coven is an assembly of witches, especially a group of 13.
The Metroid: Other M concept art for Phantoon confirmed that the Wrecked Ship is of Chozo origin, even though the Coven looks like it is made of human faces.
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Moderator: Tibetan Buddhism moderators
Diamondsean wrote:Brief Biography of Lodro Palden Rinpoche
——Nyala Pema Duddul’s Tulku
Pero wrote:Diamondsean wrote:Brief Biography of Lodro Palden Rinpoche
——Nyala Pema Duddul’s Tulku
I don't believe this at all. Nyala Pema Duddul achieved rainbow body which means no more incarnations. Saying there's a tulku of his is like saying that there's a tulku of Buddha Shakyamuni.
narraboth wrote:I don't understand, I read the article, and it says that great Khen Jigme Phuntsok Rinpoche recognised him as the incarnation of Pema Chopel gyaltso, who's the son of Lerab Lingpa. Rinpoche didn't say that he is the incarnation of Pema Duddul?
If he is Pema Chopel Gyaltso's tulku as described, it's good enough. I read things about him in Chinese, there's nothing about Pema duddul's tulku. The Chinese introduction only mentions that he is the incarnation of Pema Chopel Gyaltso. Maybe there's misunderstanding when someone posted this in English.
Nyala Pema Duddul’s Tulku
Then Khenpo Lodro Palden Rinpoche was formally recognized as the Tulku of Chöpel Gyatso, the Great Rainbow Body Siddha.
where the Great Siddha Nyala Pema Duddul ever practiced and realized the rainbow body.
Diamondsean wrote:I thought that a Jalupa (Rainbow Body Accomplished One) would not come back again. Same as what you think now. But unfortunately it is wrong!
Pero wrote:Diamondsean wrote:I thought that a Jalupa (Rainbow Body Accomplished One) would not come back again. Same as what you think now. But unfortunately it is wrong!
I don't think so. I mean really if this kind of thing were possible then we'd be seeing tulkus of the greatest masters like Shakyamuni, Garab Dorje, Padmasambhava, Vimalamitra etc. but we don't.
Also parinirvana = no more rebirths.
The only way to get out of this is if there is some confusion and with "tulku" is actually meant an emanation and not an actual reincarnation. Like there's supposed to be an emanation of Vimalamitra every century or something.
pemachophel wrote:Who says those who achieve rainbow body can't have tulkus? In fact, they are even more capable of having emanations, limitless emanations. We shouldn't think of rainbow body as being some kind of extinction.
Pema Rigdzin wrote:Pero, "trulku" literally means nirmanakaya or gross emanation body... Tibetans have used a bit of poetic license in referring to former practitioners of a wide range of levels of realization or experience - some not even on the arya level yet - as tulkus. Since nirmanakayas tend to enter this human world through human mothers, quite literally appearing in ordinary flesh bodies, this means they "reincarnate."
Also, traditionally it's said that aside from his rainbow body residing at Wu Tai Shan, an emanation of Vimalamitra also reincarnates - in other words appears to be born in ordinary human fleshly form - in Tibet once every 100 yrs to revitalize the flourishing of Dzogchen there.
Also, about not seeing tulkus of Shakyamuni, Padmasambhava, Garab Dorje, et al, I can only imagine this is a case of emanations of these particular buddhas not being recognized, not of them not emanating here.
There have been plenty of lamas recognized as direct emanations of Chenrezig, Vajrapani, Manjushri, etc, and various female practitioners as emanations of Vajravarahi, Tara and other female buddhas.
Pema Rigdzin wrote:The difference is those masters' stainless enlightened wisdom and compassion, versus our karma and ignorance, not the mode of birth. So I can't see what sense there is in thinking one can't use the word reincarnation when talking about the womb births of buddha emanations.
Heart wrote:I think that when they say emanation of Vimalamitra they feel that Vimalamitras qualities are visible in a person, it is not the same as a Tulku.
Narraboth wrote:Khyentse Wangpo can not be the co-incarnation of many masters either.
Narraboth wrote:however I don't believe Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo is less enlightened than masters who dissolve their bodies into light just because Khyentse Rinpoche didn't show that. If Khyentse can have trulkus, why Jalupa can't?
Ju Mipham Rinpoche claimed by himself that he won't have a reincarnation before his passing. But his trulkus are still recognised by great masters such as Penor Rinpoche.
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As much as BT was trying to escape the
inevitable - it has become the latest and the biggest ISP to start
blocking access to allegedly illegal downloads facilitating website
- The Pirate Bay.
Many of you will remember that a whole array of broadband
providers started blocking the now notoriously famous web page,
including TalkTalk, Sky, O2, Virgin Media among
As a quick reminder, ISPs were less than impressed by the fact
that they had to start "voluntarily" blocking websites (in
accordance to British Phonographic Industry's (BPI) request) as an
effort to clamp down internet piracy and illegal downloads.
Internet suppliers held the opinion that they should not
be the judges or the police to establish what
"unlawful" content was and what was not.
BT said it would not move a muscle until a court order was
And it was. Rights Holders were able to win a court order
stating that The Pirate Bay was a hub for pirated content using the
Section 97A of the Copyright, Designs and
Patents Act. It was issued by the High Court of
It has been said before and it's probably worth mentioning again
- fans of the Pirate Bay and equally of Newzbin have already found
keys to unlock the virtual door which the block serves as and enter
the sites anyway.
This begs to question - is the whole commotion, which does
nothing but glamorise both sites, really worth it, or
should the industry look at ways it could invite consumers
to get their hands on content (music or otherwise)
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My eight-year-old thinks Phelps is the coolest dude ever to walk the earth. With a devotion hitherto only accorded to cricket, soccer and football, he devoured the swim events at the Beijing Olympics this past summer. All his other activities were planned around the swim event schedules. The timing of the Olympics couldn't have been more apt - my son's team was on a roller coaster ride of victory and defeat on a weekly basis with the summer league competitions. We encouraged the enthusiasm, calling him down to watch HBO interviews with Phelps and a 60-Minutes segment with Anderson Cooper and Phelps.
This is not to say Phelps is a role model. Yes, when it comes to swimming technique or work ethic in the pool, he is hands-down a parent's dream example. When my son struggled with his finishes, all we had to do was invoke Phelps' or Jason Lezak's example or show him the videos on Youtube and he would get it in a flash. But beyond his exploits in the pool, Phelps did not figure into any of our daily conversations.
For me, the most interesting character in this story was Debbie Phelps, his mother, and to a lesser extent, his sisters, also swimmers of star quality. A single mother, Mrs. Phelps raised three kids while holding down a full-time job, found a good outlet for her son's formidable energies and guided him to a coach who could recognize his talents and nurture them. Phelps himself has acknowledged repeatedly that whatever his accomplishments are, they are to be attributed to his mother.
My son must have somehow gleaned this. Perhaps my admiration for her came through whenever he heard me talk about her (usually when she was on TV), because the first non-rhetorical question he asked when he learned about Phelps' tryst with drugs was, "What did his mother say?"
But first came the shock, shock I could see on his face. No, Phelps would never do that. How could he? I can't believe he did that. Drugs? Why would he take drugs? Which drug was this?
And if you're wondering about eight-year-olds and what they know about drugs, believe me they know a lot. Each year they have a "Say no to drugs" campaign at school where all the students, even the first-graders, must sign a pledge not to use drugs. Last year was his first year in a public school in the US and I was horrified. I am a subscriber to the "ignorance is bliss" school of thought, but who am I kidding? Whether the school or the parents tell them or not, they know about these things and a lot more. It's better that they have a credible frame of reference rather than floating around in a vacuum of misinformation.
When he asked what drugs they were, I first pretended I did not hear it. He ranted some more and came back to that question. I hemmed and hawed. Do I tell him that it was just marijuana? That a whole section of this country thinks it's nuts to have laws against the use of marijuana? That there is a raging debate around the medical use of the drug and its legality? Do I tell him that it's just a 23-year-old having some fun with kids his own age?
In the end, I copped out, deciding to keep it simple. I said it was a drug I did not know about. But that it was against the law and that the cops were looking into the matter and that he might end up going to jail for it.
Now his face crumpled. He knew Phelps' training for the World Championships in Rome was set to begin any time. Then came the line I was completely unprepared to hear. Where did he even get it? So Godfatheresque. "He has brought real dishonor to his family!"
I turned my face away. I had to stifle the giggle that was threatening to bubble up. My baby! Talking such grown up words! Oh lord! I quickly changed the topic and got him busy with prepping the table for dinner.
But he came back to it again, later in the night. It really bothered him. He was trying to reconcile the image of the super-successful swimmer with the guy who did something stupid, something he should have known never to do, that might lead to him not swimming. I just let him talk and we agreed that it was the stupidest thing to do, that his mother must be feeling bad. Where is his dad, he asked at one point. And I told him what little I knew.
There is a strain of opinion that opposes letting Phelps off scot-free. So what if he's the best swimmer in history, asks The Washington Post's Michael Wilbon. Let a kid be a kid, says Kathleen Parker.
As for me, the idea that celebrities should be role models just took another hit, an idea I was leery about already. Why should sports stars and film stars and politicians be role models? I say this not only from the perspective of where our children should source their models from, but also from the perspective of the celebrities. Why should they be forced to put on a persona and behave well in public just because they are famous? There was a big brouhaha about Tiger Woods and Charles Barkley are few years ago. So what if Tiger Woods said the F word when his golf ball sailed clear of the grass and landed in the Pacific Ocean? So what if Charles Barkley behaves badly off court? Why do we celebrate them when they accomplish nearly inhuman things but bring them down the minute they show us they are human? Why are they in charge of teaching our children what is right and what is wrong? Sure we could emulate so-and-so's work ethic or so-and-so's volunteer work, but their lives as a whole are not for our children to copy.
In fact, these episodes, however distasteful they may be, are great life lessons about actions and their consequences. Celebrities' lives are exemplary when they're actually human.
That being said, I do hope there's some good news about Phelps soon.
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What causes irrational jealousy?
Like so many things in life, the things that cause our irrational behaviors can usually be traced back to a time where it was a very rational behavioral response to a threatening situation. Except when the situation where the rational emotional response ends… those feelings don’t end with it; they stay behind. They hang on. They sit on your shoulder ever at the ready for the next time. Hoping to spot a threat before it becomes too damaging. Trying to protect the greater Self.
From Excel At Life we get this explanation :
“Frequently, an individual who is prone to irrational jealousy may have problems with low self-esteem, feelings of insecurity, fear of vulnerability, or fear of abandonment. A person with low self-esteem may feel so undeserving of being loved, that he can't believe that his spouse could possibly remain faithful to him. Perhaps these feelings stem from some abusive past relationship in which he was unloved and made to believe that he was at fault. For instance, if a teenager is told, "If only you were more like your brother, then maybe you could get a girlfriend" he comes to believe that there is something wrong with him. Many times we are given messages, some subtle and some not-so-subtle, as we are growing up that shape our beliefs about ourselves.
Feelings of insecurity may stem from the low self-esteem or may be related to instances in which we have previously been hurt. The same is true with fear of abandonment. When we have experienced profound loss from which we haven't had an opportunity to recover, we may develop an extreme fear and avoidance reaction to similar circumstances. However, as indicated earlier, this avoidance may bring about the abandonment that we fear.
A fear of vulnerability is the inability to let our guard down, to let another person know us completely. This fear usually derives from a fear of rejection due to the belief that if we let someone else truly know us, we will ultimately be rejected. Again, the fallacy in this belief, is that if we don't allow our spouse to know us, if we don't allow ourselves to be vulnerable, we are preventing the development of emotional intimacy which is essential to any relationship.
Emotional intimacy is the most important type of intimacy in a relationship. It is required for the relationship to fully mature. Without it, all we have is the initial surface attraction to the other person which cannot be maintained indefinitely. However, when we find emotional intimacy with another person, we discover the most intensely fulfilling experience that exists. And that is, the full acceptance of our self by another person.
Finally, the individual needs to determine if there are certain behaviors from herself or from her spouse that may contribute to the development of these fears and beliefs. For instance, perhaps a spouse is reluctant to share personal information because he will then be subject to questioning and accusations. As a result, emotional intimacy in the relationship declines. The person who is jealous will often take this as further evidence of cheating in the relationship, when, in fact, it is a result of the questioning and accusations. Or, for example, a jealous person has repeatedly harmed relationships through his accusations which he takes as evidence that women can never be trusted.
The more you are aware of your behaviors and other's behavior that may maintain the beliefs, then you will be able to make better choices that can allow you to control the jealousy. In fact, the development of awareness can't be emphasized enough. You may need to spend some time at this point to assess your jealousy, the behaviors, and the outcomes based on the behaviors.”
I’ve talked about the Threat of Intimacy before. So often what we crave is true emotional intimacy but because there’s so much fear and vulnerability surrounding that process instead of trying for the real deal we just try to get close enough instead. Close enough to not feel alone, but far enough to remain protected.
It’s so strange that all of these dysfunctional behaviors come from a sense of self-preservation that has taken itself too far. Given the environmental nature of abandonment, neglect, and abuse that often accompanies the inborn chemical sensitivity of BPD it’s no wonder it runs away with itself. When everything is black or white, good or bad, self-protect or self-destruct… figuring out how to find a happy medium feels like foreign territory that our brains aren’t programmed to navigate.
Jealousy isn’t envy. It’s not about wanting something you don’t have. It’s about holding onto what you already do have.
Irrational jealousy is the fear of abandonment Acting Out.
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The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking to revoke the citizenship of an 86-year-old Bellevue man and former restaurant host who, investigators say, worked with a Nazi mobile killing unit that murdered thousands of Jews, Gypsies and political dissidents during World War II.
Peter Egner was part of an infamous Nazi SS unit working in German-occupied Serbia from April 1941 to September 1943, according to a complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Seattle.
Reached by telephone at his retirement center home, Egner confirmed his identity to The Associated Press, but said he was unaware of the complaint.
Asked about his alleged service with the Nazis, he said: "I have no idea what you're talking about. I'm sorry. Bye."
Egner admitted in a February 2007 interview with federal officials that during his service in the mobile killing unit called Einsatzgruppe, he guarded prisoners being transferred to a concentration camp and mass grave site, according to the complaint.
Einsatzgruppe forced victims into a van in which men, women and children were gassed with carbon monoxide on their way to burial pits at Avala, outside Belgrade, the complaint continues.
"The government alleges that Peter Egner served in a notorious Nazi unit that murdered thousands of Serbian Jews and other unarmed civilians," said Office of Special Investigations Director Eli Rosenbaum, in a statement released by the Justice Department.
"No one who participated, as we allege the defendant did, in the diabolical Nazi program of persecution is entitled to retain U.S. citizenship."
Rosenbaum, 53, is among the nation's best-known and most prolific hunters of Nazi war criminals. At present, his office is seeking to strip another 14 suspected Nazis of their U.S. citizenship.
In seeking to do the same to Egner, the Justice Department has charged him with lying about his past on an application for naturalization. The government also charges Egner with lack of attachment to constitutional principles and lack of good moral character -- allegations that, if known at the time of his application, would have made him ineligible to become a U.S. citizen.
According to the federal complaint, Egner entered the country in 1960, and was naturalized in 1966. When questioned about prior military service, Egner apparently omitted his SS involvement, noting only that he had been a sergeant in the German army.
"The Nazi unit in which Peter Egner is alleged to have participated was responsible for countless deaths and unimaginable human suffering," said Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich in a statement released Tuesday. "By bringing this action today, we again declare our unwavering commitment to the principle that participants in Nazi crimes should not be afforded the rights and privileges of U.S. citizenship."
Egner's immigration attorney, Robert Gibbs, said his client denies participating in any persecution. The complaint did not allege that Egner himself tortured or killed anyone, and did not make reference to how many times he might have transported prisoners or interpreted during interrogations, Gibbs noted.
"I don't think he was involved at the level that would allow them to take away his citizenship," Gibbs said. "He's been in the U.S. for almost 50 years now, and no one has anything bad to say about his time here."
While some have questioned the continued zeal for hunting and prosecuting surviving Nazi soldiers -- most of whom are now well into their 80s -- Rabbi Marvin Hier, founder and dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles, was unapologetic.
"Why go after a person who's 86? For the simple reason that there's no time limit when it comes to crimes against humanity," he said. "What they did from 9 to 5 every day before they sat down to dinner was murder innocent people. Every day, that was their full-time job. If you're a mass murderer and you've killed hundreds or thousands of people, and you're clever enough to hide out, you should be given a reprieve -- a free pass -- just because you're 86?"
At Silver Glen, the retirement community in Bellevue where Egner now resides, several residents described the octogenarian as a private but reliable neighbor.
None said they knew anything about his wartime activities or the charges against him.
"He's a conscientious person who respects your privacy and expects you to respect his," said resident Robert Withrow.
A chain hanging on the doorknob outside Egner's second-floor apartment indicated that he was not home Tuesday afternoon.
"Peter's probably heard about all this and staying with his daughters," Withrow said.
Sue Sampson, who lives a few doors down the hall, said she had been unaware that her neighbor was even a veteran. "We've had dinner a few times and he seems like a nice man," she said. "I don't know anything about his past."
Gibbs said Egner worked for many years as a food and beverage manager at the Olympic Hotel in Seattle.
Egner and his wife, Gerda, lived in a condominium in West Linn, Ore., from 1981 to 2006, according to former neighbor Ann Johnson. She called Egner a "loving family man" who'd worked as a maitre d' in downtown Portland.
"He was concerned about other people," Johnson said. "When my husband died a few years ago, he came to the door to offer his condolences personally and was very thoughtful."
Gerda Egner's death in 2005 left the elderly man "grief-stricken," according to Johnson. He moved to Bellevue to be closer to relatives the following year.
It is likely that Rosenbaum and his team of investigators were on Egner's trail even then. It typically takes them years to track surviving Nazis. In one instance, Rosenbaum worked a decade before finding his man.
"You know that television show 'Cold Case?' By our standards, those cases are boiling hot," he has said. "It's hard enough to prove in court a mugging that took place down the street a week ago. Imagine what it's like proving cases that took place half a century ago."
Since the OSI began its work in 1979, it has won 107 such cases and lost six.
The rabbi for Temple B'nai Torah in Bellevue called the news about Egner "shocking."
"People have to be held responsible for their crimes. When someone commits a murder, no matter how many years ago, they should held accountable for it," said Rabbi Jim Mirel.
Aaron Breitbart, senior researcher at the Nazi-hunting Wiesenthal Center, said Nazis murdered 90 percent of Serbia's 16,000 Jews during World War II. In all, Egner's unit is believed responsible for slaughtering 17,000 civilians.
Initially, Jews were hauled to concentration camps in Serbia, en route to Eastern Europe, Breitbart said. "But when the Nazis realized that they wouldn't be able to deport the Jews as quickly as they planned, they came up with another solution: the gas vans."
Breitbart characterized Egner as "a cog in the machinery" of genocide. "But the mass murder could not have taken place without these cogs in the machinery. They were essential to the 'Final Solution.' "
It's unclear whether Egner will be deported to Serbia to face criminal charges if he loses his citizenship. But the experience of John Demjanjuk, a former Cleveland auto worker accused of being the Nazi death camp guard dubbed "Ivan the Terrible, may hint at Egner's fate.
Demjanjuk was stripped of his citizenship in 1981, extradited to Israel in 1986, and sentenced to death two years later.
Israel returned him to the United States in 1993, however, after the Israeli Supreme Court ruled there was evidence showing that Demjanjuk was not Ivan the Terrible. The case is still in litigation and Demjanjuk remains in the U.S.
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State transportation officials have pulled the plug on the $1 billion “express lane” project on I-75 and I-575, thanks in part to behind-the-scenes pressure from Gov. Nathan Deal.
Reportedly, the “public-private partnership” envisioned to finance the deal was becoming less and less of a true partnership. The taxpayer subsidy demanded by investors in the project had grown from $300 million to $450 million or more, while still leaving control, operation and profits in private hands.
If that’s indeed the case, the cancellation was wise. But what now? The abandonment of the I-75 project ought to be an alarm bell alerting taxpayers to a deeper, more troubling problem. This is the second time that a toll project in that corridor has been proposed to private contractors and then withdrawn. As AJC reporter Ariel Hart points out, Georgia has now invested more than $50 million in that effort with nothing to show for it.
Why? Because transportation planning in this state continues to be plagued by a lack of focus, direction, vision and accountability. The state Department of Transportation is seeking its fourth commissioner in four years and is hamstrung by a divided board. Apparently, nobody can run the place. The department itself has been split in two by legislators, with a commissioner performing some functions and a state planning director performing others. At times, the State Road and Tollway Authority, a separate agency, seems to take the lead; at times it doesn’t. The governor’s office also plays a powerful role from time to time, as it apparently did in this case, but intervening when needed is not the same thing as providing steady guidance and vision.
In addition, the state Legislature has punted funding problems to regional agencies around the state, in effect telling local governments that if they want to build transit projects, they’re on their own. But state officials balk at giving those regional agencies the authority needed to operate transit efficiently. It is a mess, and that mess grows out of three unresolved problems:
– State officials, particularly in the Legislature, cannot bring themselves to acknowledge that mass transit is a necessity. Admitting that things have changed, that metro Atlanta has grown to the point that it has to pursue transit aggressively just like every other major metro region on the planet, represents a profound cultural shift that some Georgians aren’t ready to accept.
– The state needs to commit more money to transportation. It cannot build a world-class logistics and supply system founded on its ports and do it on a starvation transportation budget. It cannot attract corporate headquarters and biotech to a region choking in traffic. Passage of the 1-cent transportation sales tax in metro Atlanta next year represents the minimum of what must be done. “If we don’t pass it, the signal is disastrous,” economist Donald Ratajczak warned the Council on Quality Growth this month. “It makes us very difficult to attract anybody.”
Unfortunately, the sudden cancellation of the I-75 toll project only adds to the perception of indecision and incompetence, making passage of the sales tax less likely. Which lead us to …
– The state needs a rational, professional and accountable system of transportation decision-making. Competing visions, agendas and bureaucracies do not work. Every step taken in the last 20 years has served to cloud rather than clarify lines of responsibility, and we are reaping the consequences.
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Microsoft has unleashed its legal dragnet in an attempt to take down the Rustock botnet. According to WSJ, the botnet, which consists of approximately 150,000 computers around the globe, is capable of sending 30 billion spam messages a day. 150,000 is the most conservative estimate of its size, and some have measured the amount of infected PCs to be upwards of 24 million. Symantec has measured the botnet to be responsible for more than half of the spam messages in 2010.
Microsoft, with the help of federal law enforcement, seized physical computer equipment believed to be the command and control servers for the botnet. Agents went into facilities in Kansas City, MO,; Scranton, PA,; Denver, CO,; Dallas, TX,; Chicago, IL,; Seattle, WA,; and Columbus, OH to retrieve equipment in an effort to “decapitate” the operation, according to Microsoft officials.
Richard Boscovich, senior attorney in Microsoft’s digital crime unit, said that the operation “has been 100% effective.” After the seizure was complete, Microsoft issued a lawsuit to “John Does 1-11,” as no identities have surfaced as leaders of the botnet as of yet. Symantec reported that Rustock stopped all spam activity at roughly 11:30 PM EST Wednesday evening, just after Microsoft started its operation.
This is not the first time Microsoft has actively and aggressively taken steps to bring down a botnet operation. In February 2010, Microsoft helped take down the similarly huge Waledac botnet.
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This site is a service of CLC Inc.
CLC Inc. was founded in 1986 and provides legal and
financial services to over 14 million American households. Analysis of the thousands of
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With the increasing complexity surrounding marriage, child, elder care, financial, credit
and tax related issues, an astounding 90% of the population have a need for legal
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know where to turn to obtain professional guidence, nor do they have any control over
Consider the following:
- 70% of the population do not seek legal counsel due to the fear of cost.
- The American Bar Assoc. states that during a 12-month period more than half the employees in a typical workforce will experience a legal or financial issue.
- Almost one half the employees who take time off do so to deal with problems that are legal or legal-related.
- The average person is 3 times more likely to find themselves in a court of law than in a hospital.
- The divorce rate in this country exceeds fifty percent.
- In 1980, just over 12 million Americans filed a lawsuit.
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American families are facing ongoing legal and financial challenges of staggering
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SaltStick vs. sports drink for electrolyte replacement: which one is right for you?
Posted Feb 04 2011 12:06pm
On long training runs and rides and during the race itself, it's often necessary to replace electrolytes lost through sweat.
Anyone who has ever suffered an electrolyte imbalance on the run knows the pain of muscle cramping and other signs of heat stress.
Many athletes will get their nutrition from a gel like GU and attempt to replace sodium and other electrolytes with a sports drink.
But for runners and triathletes who can't stomach the taste of a sports drink, don't like the sponsored drink at a particular event, aren't interested in the extra calories or simply want something that replaces more of what is lost in sweat, there's a third option - electrolyte capsules.
In 2006, Jonathan Toker, who holds a Ph.D. in organic chemistry and is also a pro triathlete, invented the SaltStick dispenser, a device that fits inside a bike handlebar and can easily administer salt capsules.
At the time, Toker was using salt tabs that were already on the market for his triathlon training. Eventually, he realized that there was a need for an electrolyte replacement tablet that more closely resembled the electrolyte profile lost in sweat.
That's when Toker invented the SaltStick capsule to replace not only sodium, but potassium, magnesium and calcium as well.
"There's a lot in a sports drink, but it doesn't know what your body needs," said Toker, in a recent interview at the Gore-Tex TransRockies Run, where he placed third overall in the Run3 event.
An 8-ounce serving of Gatorade, for example, contains 110 mg of sodium and 30 mg of potassium. One SaltStick capsule contains 215 mg of sodium, 63 mg of potassium,11 mg of magnesium and 22 mg of calcium, all lost through sweat and important for maintaining performance in a race.
On long runs Toker gets all of his needed carbs through gels or chews, and all of his electrolytes through SaltStick capsules.
Making sure you have the right balance of electrolytes is important for elite athletes, but possibly even more essential for mid and back of the pack marathoners who are out on the course longer, loosing a lot more through sweat.
Drinking too much water during a marathon can cause hyponatremia, a sometimes deadly electrolyte disturbance that occurs when sodium levels in the blood get too diluted. Symptoms include nausea, vomiting, headaches, confusion, lethargy, muscle weakness, spasms and cramps.
"The longer you're out there the more important electrolyte replacement is," says Toker. "The walkers and the joggers, the five to six hour marathoners, are the ones who end up in the hospital."
But Toker isn't just out there to sell his own product.
The SaltStick dispenser works with any size “0” or “00” capsule, and he's the first to admit there are other replacement products on the market. No matter which form of electrolyte replacement you choose to use, Toker has one piece of advice: "Train with it and race with it."
Click HERE for more info SaltStick.
SaltStick provided a sample bottle of tablets for this article.
Kimberly Bontempo Bogin is the national Marathon Examiner and the Trail Running Examiner for Examiner.com. She's a three-time Emmy Award winning television producer and writer with 16 years of experience in the field. She's also a wear tester for a major running shoe company. Kimberly has participated in some of the biggest marathons in the country, including the ING New York City Marathon, the Rock 'n' Roll San Diego Marathon and the Rock 'n' Roll Denver Marathon. She will be running the Boston Marathon in April of 2011.
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In the Jan. 3 article "A call to lawmakers to help the poor," many "faith leaders" asked the taxpayers to fork over more to help the poor.
This brought to mind the picture in the Jan. 2 Journal of the senior from Mount Pleasant High School with the state's first baby of the new year. This child will be raised by an unemployed aunt with two children. No husbands are spoken of.
Single mothers are the poorest of the poor. Why don't the "faith leaders" address the issue of out-of-wedlock births? How many of those 21.9 percent of children in poverty belong to single mothers?
The taxpayers should not have to support bad choices.
Lawmakers should know that you will get more of whatever you subsidize. When we subsidize bad behavior we get more of it.
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September 7, 2006 En español
For Immediate Release: September 7, 2006
Contact: Mark Weisbrot, 202-293-5380 x122; 202-746-7264 (cell)
Dan Beeton, 202-293-5380 x 104; 202-256-6116 (cell)
WASHINGTON - More than three weeks after recounting 9 percent of the votes in Mexico’s election, Mexico's electoral authorities yesterday (Wednesday, September 6, 2006) posted numbers which allow for an approximation of the recount totals. The release of the numbers comes after the Electoral Tribunal declared Felipe Calderón of the PAN (National Action Party) to be president-elect.
These numbers indicate that this partial recount resulted in an approximate loss of 2,756 votes for Felipe Calderón of the PAN and a gain of 2,101 votes for Andrés Manuel López Obrador of the PBT.
"It’s hard to think of a legitimate reason for hiding these numbers from the beginning (August 13), and it’s clear that releasing them would have increased the political pressure for a full recount," Mark Weisbrot, co-Director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research. "And even now they have not informed the public of the complete results of the partial recount."
The numbers are only approximate, and could be significantly different from the actual recount results, because some 234,574 votes in 744 ballot boxes (casillas) were annulled; and some – probably most – of these ballot boxes were subject to recount. In other words, the recount results for ballot boxes that were recounted but also annulled cannot be determined from the information given.
It is also worth noting that the Tribunal has yet to post the results by ballot box of the recounted ballot boxes.1 This is in sharp contrast to previous tallies of the entire vote, which were posted as soon as they were completed.
The arithmetic for approximating the recount results is as follows. According to the Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judiciary (TEPJF), we have the following results:
In other words, the only changes made to (A), the original count, are the annulment and the recount. So if we add the final results and the annulled votes together (B + C), the difference between this sum and the original count (A) should be the result of the recount (D). The only caveat, as explained above, is that some of the recounted ballots boxes were annulled.
Although the recount was completed nearly three weeks ago, the TEPJF has refused to release the numbers showing how the candidates' vote totals were changed by the recount. This contrasts sharply to the procedure followed for the preliminary and second vote tallies in July, when the results were made public immediately.
1The results of the recounted ballot boxes are apparently buried in the many thousands of pages of the 375 verdicts [www.trife.org.mx (see “Últimas sentencias dictadas")] in which the Tribunal ruled on the challenges to the election. Based on CEPR’s partial extraction of this data, it would take about 200 hours to gather this information, assuming it is complete.
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SOMETHING TO READ
“Peanut” by Ayun Halliday and Paul Hoppe; Schwartz & Wade, $15.99 (paperback). Ages 11 to 14.
When Sadie Wildhack transfers to a new high school, she comes up with the perfect way to find new friends: Pretend to have a deadly peanut allergy.
And “Operation Peanut” seems to be working. Sadie has people to sit with at lunch. She even manages to find a sort-of boyfriend, who gives her a necklace with a peanut safely encased in bronze as a gift.
But things start to get very complicated. She has to remember to put on her warning bracelet after she leaves the house, and take it off before she gets home, so her mom won’t ask her about it. And what about that health form her mom was supposed to fill out for school? And the EpiPen she tells people she left in her locker? What if she invites friends over and her mom serves peanut butter as a snack? What if there’s a school bake sale and a teacher is convinced Sadie has eaten a chocolate zucchini cake with a peanut in it and wants to call 911?
This graphic novel is a page-turner from beginning to end, as Sadie learns there were probably easier ways to get comfortable with new people in a new place.
– Jean Westmoore
SOMETHING TO LEARN
Around, and around, and around again! Dogs will often circle the bed or carpet two or three times before curling up and going to sleep.
Are they checking for bed bugs or snakes? Not necessarily.
Many times dogs are just flattening out their beds to get comfortable. Actually, this behavior is a genetic trait left over from when the dog’s ancestors used to dig their own shelters. After digging, the dogs would feel comfortable in their “dens” and plop down for some much needed shut-eye.
– “Time for Kids: Big Book of Why”
SOMETHING TO DO
The Theatre of Youth will hold a Book Club meeting at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Talking Leaves Books, 3158 Main St. This month’s selection is “James and the Giant Peach” by Roald Dahl. The event will feature a reading from the book, an interactive discussion, activities and refreshments. Also, the final performances of “James and the Giant Peach” will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Theatre of Youth, 203 Allen St. For more information, call 884-4400, Ext. 304, or visit www.theatreofyouth.org.
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One tries to project oneself into the mind of the failed artist. Oh that should not be hard for him, one can hear one's readers say. But the failed artist can never be sure there is a reader, there is an audience. For the failed artist the sound of one hand clapping can come to have the familiar ring of a theme song.
Times are hard in the large city, one's savings exhausted. One moves into shabbier accommodations. Perhaps the verb should be not moves but slinks, as an animal expelled from the pack makes its way as it can, its eyes close to the ground, searching for a site of resettlement, however imperfect, merely a place to find food, a place to lay down the weary head. Shifting from room to room, departing, after only a month or two, without paying the rent or leaving a forwarding address. This is the "endlessly bitter time" for the failed artist, a time in which he incurs wounds which, should he be able to survive it, must some day, in some way not yet fathomed, be redressed.
The failed artist now learns the meaning of poverty. The remnants of his orphan's pension will not support him. Unable to hold body and soul together, he goes on merely as body, abandoning the soul as an animal sheds a no longer useful integument. He becomes accustomed to rough sleeping. Winter is coming on. He has not washed or shaved for weeks, his hair and clothing, the same filthy collar, the same rumpled blue check suit, are infested with lice, there are holes in the soles of his shoes from shuffling restlessly, driven, over the darkened pavements, and from these holes, when he pauses for a furtive moment's rest on a park bench, he notices, one day, there appears to be a trickle of red emerging. He feels nothing, he is numb, but cannot help concluding this must be blood.
Groups of men in similarly inconvenienced condition can be seen proceeding slowly from stop to stop across the city, never out of sight of the watchful police, who remain ever vigilant to detect small violations of civic order, petty misdemeanours. Soup kitchens, public warming-rooms, stations of a cross of iron thorns. The best available port of call is the city hostel, a doss-house for the homeless. There one might bathe, have disinfectant powder dusted upon one's body, and scattered inside one's clothes. A dormitory bed for the night, then out again into the icy cold with the grey coming of another unwelcoming dawn.
There is little work to be had, one might shovel snow from the sidewalks, but one does not possess an overcoat, and in any case no longer has the strength for physical labour; one might carry bags at the railway station, but there again, the custom goes to those who are stronger; as in a dream, one sees a woman in an expensive fur coat struggling to retrieve her luggage from a porter, clearly she is in need of assistance, yet, even as one helplessly watches, another candidate rushes forward, wrests the cases from her small white hands, trundles them along the platform, through the gate, and across the vaulted lobby to the terminal portal, where she turns and places some coins in the outstretched palm.
Through an intermediary, a shadowy figure of this transitory underworld, who recognizes the opportunity to take advantage of the situation, the failed artist sends a message to his family that he is in need, and -- as the canny intermediary relays the message -- might be able to extricate himself from these depths of misery, and have a go at making a living for himself, if only he could acquire some basic artist's supplies, with which he might put to use the only skill he is able to claim, that is, a certain elementary talent for drawing. A small sum duly arrives, and with this the failed artist purchases an overcoat from the government pawn shop, some paints and brushes. Though he has boasted to the intermediary of holding an Academy degree in art, in fact he has failed the Academy entrance examination.
With the intermediary now acting as an agent, eager to claim a percentage of any possible artistic earnings, the failed artist leaves the doss-house behind and takes a modest private room in a Men's Home in the north of the city. Again here, room-residency is strictly nocturnal, and the days throw one back upon one's resources, if any; but there is now a bit of privacy, in one's tiny night-cubicle; and there are kitchen and laundry facilities, washrooms and baths, and even a reading room, where one may inspect newspapers; and, crucially, there is also a room in the Home designated for working and writing; and it is in this room that the failed artist begins to turn out his small, insipid copy-paintings, imitations of paintings by other people; slavishly, yet with a certain facility that will soon prove the enterprise lucrative in a minor way, reproducing his own reproductions of reproductions, serviceable replications of stock images of pleasant scenes, executed with a competence that suggests it is the genre of kitsch that speaks most clearly to his meagre, already-embittered failed-artist's heart.
His natural idleness continually haunts him, but his partner industriously chivvies him along. He works through the days in the writing-room of the Men's Home, daubing and glancing, daydreaming, pausing at intervals for recreational visits to the reading-room, where his views on politics and the music of Wagner are contributed to the stale air breathed by some dozen or two of his fellow inmates. By the end of each day he has accomplished a new copy-painting. As quickly as these are made, they are sold, by the enterprising colleague, to frame-makers and furnishing entrepreneurs, and to further intermediaries, dealers in popular art, most of them Jews. One of the latter puts it into the failed artist's head that he has been and is being cheated by his original partner. He is furious. The police are brought in. He is never paid what he is owed. The guilty former accomplice spends a few nights in jail, on the charge of using a false name.
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The Little Flower Girl
by Linda Tracy Brandon
Illustrated by Lynn Woodcock Cravath
Reviewed by Mia I. (age 8)
Mia I. is a student in Mrs. Nicolas' 3rd Grade Class
This book is about Louisa. Her Uncle Jim is getting married. Louisa is going to be the flower girl. Her mother is making her flower girl dress. She went to the church with her Dad and brother George. Louisa was nervous at first, but when she got there she was sooo excited!
I loved this book! The pictures are AWESOME! I loved this book because I like seeing weddings. My favorite part of the book was when Louisa's aunt and uncle got married because I love weddings.
I would recommend this book to first grade and up, and people that have been in a wedding.
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The data published with NAICS code 321113 include the following SIC industries:
2421 Sawmills and planing mills, general (pt)
2429 Special product sawmills, n.e.c. (pt)
2439 Structural wood members, n.e.c. (pt)
This definition comes from the 1997 NAICS manual. However, for this industry, the 1997 Economic Census Manufacturing implemented the conversion to NAICS differently. Data for NAICS industry 321113 include establishments primarily engaged in the manufacture of lumber members made from logs and bolts, but do not include establishments primarily engaged in the manufacture of hardwood dimension made from logs and bolts. The NAICS definitions will be fully implemented with the 2002 Economic Census.
Go to Bridge Between NAICS and SIC
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Vulture Capitalism or Populist Demagoguery?
Around the State
"They're vultures that are sitting out there on the tree limb, waiting for a company to get sick, and then they swoop in ... eat the carcass ... and ... leave the skeleton."
So Rick Perry colorfully characterized the private equity firm Bain Capital, once run by Mitt Romney.
How did Bain prosper? Says Perry:
"These companies ... come in and loot the people's jobs, loot their pensions (and) loot their ability to take care of their families."
Behind this depiction is a 28-minute documentary, "King of Bain," being aired in South Carolina by a super political action committee that supports Newt Gingrich and is financed by Vegas-Macau casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson.
The truth, however, turns out to be less colorful, as The Washington Post has awarded the documentary four Pinocchios for "manipulative interviews" and a "highly misleading portrayal of Romney's years at Bain Capital."
Seems that two of the companies Bain allegedly looted were not acquired until after Mitt left the firm, and the closure of a third plant in Gaffney, S.C., was no communal disaster.
No one in Gaffney, writes The New York Times, seems to recall the company, and the local paper did not even report its demise.
"King of Bain" is a hit piece, a malicious libel full of so many errors and lies that even Newt said it must be corrected or pulled down.
Yet if Romney is nominated, we will see this avenue of attack pursued by the Democrats. For populist assaults on capitalists and capitalism, dating back to William Jennings Bryan's "Cross of Gold" speech to the 1896 Democratic National Convention, have a long and venerable history.
Moreover, the hysteria of Beltway Republicans and their Chamber of Commerce allies over the Newt-Perry attacks on Mitt "the predator" and Mitt "the vulture capitalist" testifies to the power of the narrative and Republicans' fear of it. And they would do well to be fearful.
To many Americans, the period from the Civil War to World War I, when U.S. production grew from half of what Britain produced to twice what Britain produced, was a legendary era of growth and prosperity.
To others, however, this was the Gilded Age of Jim Fisk and James Gould, of robber barons and the Pullman strike, of the Haymarket Massacre and the Homestead strike at Carnegie Steel, where armed Pinkertons came up the river in barges to break the strike, only to be shot, disarmed and beaten by strikers and their families.
In 1904, Ida Tarbell wrote "The History of the Standard Oil Company," painting oil magnate John D. Rockefeller as a capitalist without conscience, a "money-mad ... hypocrite." "Our national life is on every side distinctly poorer, uglier, meaner, for the kind of influence he exercises."
In 1906, Upton Sinclair penned "The Jungle," a novel depicting the horrors of the stockyards and meat-packing plants of Chicago.
Teddy Roosevelt said of these reformers, "The men with the muck rakes are often indispensable to the well-being of society, but only if they know when to stop raking the muck."
Yet T.R. himself took up the role of trustbuster. When J.P. Morgan wrote to him to protest Justice Department moves against one of his trusts -- "Just send your man to my man and we can fix it up" -- T.R.'s man at Justice retorted, "We don't want to fix it up; we want to stop it."
Teddy Roosevelt savaged the "malefactors of great wealth," and his cousin Franklin would echo him on taking office, denouncing "the money changers ... in the temple of our civilization."
They hate me, exulted FDR, "and I welcome their hatred!" He went on to crush and almost wipe out the Republican Party in 1936.
At the end of the Reagan era, which the left had decried, "Barbarians at the Gate" was published, portraying the leveraged buyout of RJR Nabisco by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts as a manifestation of colossal greed.
Michael Lewis -- author of "Liar's Poker," about the fall of Salomon Brothers, and "The Big Short" -- has built a successful career describing the amorality at the apex of corporate America.
Today, President Barack Obama, with his Osawatomie, Kan., attack on "breathtaking greed," channeling T.R., seeks to insert himself in that populist tradition.
Undeniably, Americans cherish their economic freedom and respect the men who helped make America great, inventors such as Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison and industrialists such as Henry Ford.
But they do not revere the men who make millions and billions at the big casinos of capitalism. They do not admire a George Soros for winning his billion-dollar bet shorting the British pound.
They believe that a man's professional, as well as private, life should be guided by a conscience. And because they recoil from the teachings of Karl Marx does not mean they embrace the values of Ayn Rand.
Let-the-devil-take-the-hindmost capitalism, economic Darwinism, is neither conservatism nor Americanism.
Should Mitt Romney be nominated, he will need to make a national address defending his career at Bain Capital with the same conviction and passion with which he defended his faith in the campaign of 2008.
Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of "Suicide of a Superpower: Will America Survive to 2025?" To find out more about Patrick Buchanan and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.
COPYRIGHT 2012 CREATORS.COM
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With Californians likely to vote in November on whether to legalize marijuana, some key swing voters - Democratic and independent women - are expressing a surprising reason why they would support the initiative.
The suburban "soccer moms" who are likely voters have told pollsters that the measure, which would give local governments the authority to tax and regulate the sale of cannabis to adults 21 or older, would provide a safer way for their adult children to buy pot.
"One of the scary things to some people is that their kids may be buying it from someone dangerous," said Ruth Bernstein, a pollster with EMC Research, an Oakland firm that has been doing polling and focus groups on behalf of the measure's proponents.
California already boasts some of the nation's most pot-friendly laws. Possession of an ounce or less of marijuana is a misdemeanor, and those who obtain approval from a physician can grow or possess cannabis under the state's voter-approved 1996 medical marijuana law.
In 2001, state voters approved a law allowing first- or second-time possession-only offenders caught with larger amounts of pot to avoid jail by requesting a treatment program instead.
The initiative, known as the Tax and Regulate Initiative, would expand those laws by allowing local governments to tax and regulate marijuana sales, increase penalties for providing marijuana to a minor, and prohibit consumption of marijuana in public, smoking marijuana while minors are present and possession of pot on school grounds.
But none of those provisions matters to law enforcement organizations and conservative religious leaders who oppose legalization on public safety and "moral" grounds.
Battle in the suburbs
The battleground to legalize marijuana will be in the suburbs, experts say.
"The legalizers have yet to explain what the social betterment is by legalizing another mind-altering substance," said John Lovell, a lobbyist for law enforcement agencies, including the California Peace Officers' Association, that are opposed to legalization. "They're smoking something if they think soccer moms are going to go their way."
"It's a moral issue," said Bishop Ron Allen, leader of the International Faith Based Coalition. The former crack cocaine addict is on stop No. 14 of a tour of 100 churches that oppose the initiative. "Can you imagine legalizing more drugs in this area?" asked Allen, pastor of a south Sacramento congregation where, he says, "there are more liquor stores than grocery stores."
Proponents of the measure said last month they had gathered 680,000 signatures - far more than the 433,971 required to get on the ballot - and said they will submit the signatures to the secretary of state in mid-January to be verified.
"People generally know where they stand on this issue," much like how people feel about same-sex marriage, Bernstein said. "But there is about 15 percent in the middle that is kind of soft."
Some soccer moms acknowledge that it is relatively easy for even their adult children to buy pot, Bernstein said. They have talked with their kids about the dangers of drugs and alcohol. Twelve percent of those surveyed have smoked weed and 19 percent say a family member has, according to an EMC survey of 800 likely voters in August.
Bernstein said parents are worried about "this scary black-market system."
Follow the money
Legalization advocates want to capitalize on a wave of renewed interest in legalization, much of it bolstered by a state Board of Equalization study saying that the taxing and regulating of marijuana could raise as much as $1.4 billion in annual revenue.
Proponents say that resonates with Californians in light of the state's projected $20.7 billion budget deficit from now through the fiscal year that begins July 1.
In addition, an Assembly hearing will be held this month on legislation by Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, D-San Francisco, to legalize and tax marijuana in the state.
Proponents of the initiative, led by Richard Lee, owner of Oakland's marijuana-related Oaksterdam University and Coffeeshop Blue Sky, are stocking their campaign with top talent. Blue State Digital - the political firm that created the groundbreaking Obama campaign Web site - created the technology for the marijuana campaign's online effort.
With that in place, Lee expects to raise at least $10 million online - "10 dollars from 1 million people," he said. Opponents expect to raise $1.5 million, Lovell said.
Too soon to vote?
But behind the scenes, some proponents of legalization worry that taking the measure to voters this year is too early. They argue that 2012 would offer a better chance of victory in a presidential election year that would bring out more young voters.
Few major elected officials - with the exception of Ammiano and Oakland mayoral candidate and former state Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata - are expected to publicly support the initiative. Internal polling by initiative backers puts support at about 52 percent.
Only one statewide initiative aimed at legalizing or decriminalizing marijuana has ever passed in the United States - a 2008 Massachusetts measure that replaced criminal penalties with a civil fine for possession of less than 1 ounce.
But that law is less sweeping than what's being proposed in California because possession and sale of pot remain illegal in Massachusetts.
The success of California's medical marijuana initiative isn't a good predictor of whether voters will approve legalization, said Bruce Mirken, director of communications for the Marijuana Policy Project, an advocacy group.
Nationally, marijuana legalization initiatives have failed five times in three states - Oregon, Nevada and Alaska - since 1986, according to the Marijuana Policy Project. The most recent, in Nevada in 2006, polled strong in the months before the election but received only 44 percent support of the vote.
What was the disconnect between early polling and election day?
"I wish I knew," Mirken said. Polls show that "people feel that that the state's marijuana laws aren't working. It's a matter of whether they want to make a change."
State pot measures
Initiatives to legalize or remove penalties for marijuana use have had little success in several states, including California. Only a 2008 Massachusetts initiative to decriminalize marijuana, replacing criminal penalties with a civil fine for possession of under an ounce, was approved by voters.
Here is a history of statewide initiatives, with the percentage of voter support received:
(with some regulation)
1986: Oregon, 24 percent. Defeated.
2000: Alaska, 41 percent. Defeated.
2002: Nevada, 39 percent. Defeated.
2004: Alaska, 44 percent. Defeated.
2006: Nevada, 44 percent. Defeated.
Removal of all penalties
(without taxation, regulation)
1972: California, 34 percent. Defeated.
2006: Colorado, 41 percent. Defeated.
2008: Massachusetts, 65 percent. Approved.
Source: Marijuana Policy Project
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A mother of three, Tamecca Heards spent two years futilely searching for a job while living in Pittsburgh, and another year sending out applications after moving to Johnstown.
Unable to make it on her own, she finally applied for cash assistance. As a requirement, she had to participate in the state-funded Employment Advancement and Retention Network, or EARN, classes at the Greater Johnstown Career and Technology Center in Richland Township.
Through the program, she became an office aid for EARN, moved to a similar position with the Adult Education Department at the technology center, and now is a customer service representative for TMS Health, 225 Franklin St. in Johnstown.
"It's been life-changing," said the 32-year-old Belmont woman, whose children are 10, 11 and 12 years old. "Without it, I'd probably still be at home, putting in applications and struggling.
"With their help, I was able to move forward and get to where I want to be."
Cash-assistance recipients are required to participate either in EARN or a program run through the Welfare Office, said Melissa Mitchell, an employment counselor specializing in retention with EARN.
EARN teaches the recipients job skills, resume writing, interview fundamentals such as proper attire, social skills and other essentials.
"Sometimes," Mitchell said, "they've been beat down their entire lives: 'You can't do this. You can't do that.'
"We want to instill, 'Yes you can.'"
In the classes, the students learn how to go about searching for a job and do team-building activities, said Erin Hamonko, an employment counselor specializing in community service.
The program helps participants find community service opportunities at non-profit organizations – the Salvation Army or St. Vincent dePaul, for instance. Occasionally, the participants are hired by the non-profits.
As a retention specialize, Mitchell said she keeps in contact with participants for six months after they begin working, "just to make sure things are going OK."
"We want to promote their independence," she said.
The program has been invaluable in helping establish participants in the workforce, said John Augustine, executive director at the Career and Technology Center.
"These are a bunch of young ladies and men who are having a tough time finding their way," he said. "We want to help them learn job skills and get full-time jobs to raise their families."
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I've been thinking what I could add to what's being said about Senator Kennedy this morning. I think what's notable about him is how different he is from his brothers in terms of reputation and reality. JFK's reputation with the American public has almost nothing to do with reality. He had his strengths as president, but if my students are any indication he's still, almost half a century later, thought of as one of the very most important and greatest presidents, when the reality just doesn't match up with that. Bobby Kennedy wound up with a reputation as the great liberal hope, but most of that is selective memory; there's a case to be made that Bobby would have been a great liberal politician had he lived, but he was not a great liberal politician for most of his life, and it's not certain what would have been the case.
But Ted Kennedy...he really was an outstanding Senator. He really was the great liberal politician of his time. His personal flaws, if anything, were probably overreported over the course of his life.
Kennedy had at his disposal the great Kennedy publicity machine; he certainly could have had the great reputation without earning it. Instead, he used the Kennedy name to attract the best staff on Capitol Hill (or at least that was the hands-down reputation, and I have no doubt at all that it was true). The stuff you're hearing about how he was the greatest Senator of his time isn't fluff; it's simply the truth.
Ted Kennedy was a great American hero. He will be missed.
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Freedom of expression threatened
There were widespread and credible reports of restrictions on the right to freedom of assembly. Opposition parties reported abuses of administrative bureaucracy during the May parliamentary election campaign to obstruct legal demonstrations. In May and October police used force to disperse peaceful demonstrations by opposition parties.
- In June Gagik Shamshian, a freelance journalist with two opposition newspapers, received a suspended sentence of two and a half years for fraud, reduced on appeal to one year. He was charged after he reported being attacked by people linked to the mayor of Nubarashen suburb, Yerevan, in July 2006. Proceedings against his alleged attackers were closed in February.
- In October, newspaper editors Nikol Pashinian and Shogher Matevosian were arrested after participating in a march in central Yerevan with supporters of the former President Levon Ter-Petrosian, a vocal critic of the government.
- On 13 December there was an explosion at the offices of the opposition newspaper Chorrord Ishkhanutyun (Fourth Power). Also in December, the Gyumri-based television channel Gala TV faced harassment from the authorities following its broadcasting of Levon Ter-Petrosian’s campaigning activities, allegedly in spite of official warnings not to do so.
Death in custody
- In May Levon Gulyan, a Yerevan restaurant owner, died in custody at the Ministry of Internal Affairs, after two days of questioning as a possible witness to a fatal shooting outside his restaurant. The authorities claimed he died as a result of falling from a window while attempting either escape or suicide. Levon Gulyan’s relatives rejected these explanations.Following his initial detention Levon Gulyan was permitted to return home briefly, during which time relatives alleged they had seen bruises on his body. The official forensic examination carried out by the Prosecutor’s Office supported the Ministry’s claims. Autopsies carried out by international experts were inconclusive.
Representatives of the Jehovah’s Witnesses in Yerevan reported that physical assaults against their members were not adequately investigated by police.
- In February Jehovah’s Witnesses Ruben Khachaturian and Narine Gevorkian were allegedly beaten and threatened by neighbours in the Shengavit suburb of Yerevan. They said that the police failed to initiate a prompt investigation.
Prisoners of conscience
The Armenian authorities failed to introduce a civilian alternative to compulsory military service, an obligation undertaken on joining the Council of Europe.
Imprisonment of conscientious objectors, all Jehovah’s Witnesses, continued. In September there were reportedly 82 Jehovah’s Witnesses in detention, a record number. Numbers of conscientious objectors imprisoned increased due to successful prosecution appeals for maximum sentences and greater reluctance to grant parole.
Jehovah’s Witnesses reported further problems on release due to the authorities’ refusal to grant them certification of fulfilment of service, without which important documents such as passports and internal residence permits were harder to obtain.
Amnesty International visit/report
- Amnesty International representatives visited Armenia in March.
- Europe and Central Asia: Summary of Amnesty International’s concerns in the region, July-December 2006 (EUR 01/001/2007)
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The souls of the righteous are in the hand of God,
And there shall no torment touch them.
In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die,
And their departure is taken for misery,
And their going from us to be utter destruction,
But they are in peace.
For though they be punished in the sight of men,
Yet is their hope full of immortality.
And having been a little chastened, they shall be greatly rewarded,
For God proved them and found them worthy for Himself.
As gold in the furnace hath He tried them
And received them as a burnt offering.
And in the time of their visitation they shall shine…
My theme tonight is of the soul of a nation staggering through its banishment of Astraea, where the righteous are punished and seem to die at the hands of the unwise.
Of many thorns is made the crown of mundane injustice that spikes the head of the world. Chief among those is humankind’s ceaseless re-crucifixion of Christ; nevertheless, the fruits of the originary catastrophe were joyful. Last Sunday, a far lesser thorn, but one void of healing transcendence, embittered my Paschal meditations. I thought of how Canada has been led for six years by the political equivalent of the impenitent thief—an insolent rabble who daily abuse the nation they consider a trivial non-entity with the mocking demand that she remove herself from the cross fashioned and erected by the very corruption of which they are the most avid practitioners and who have, moreover—in a sick parody of Calvary—proclaimed themselves the authoritative canon by which we may measure our fitness to enter into their transvestite kingdom.
For “parody” is the most accurate characterisation of Canada’s current civilisational stage: we are become the burlesque—the satiric antithesis—of everything the Fathers of Confederation envisioned and of every article of the heritage of freedom and order we inherited from our founding Anglo-European tradition.
Perhaps we are wandering through a cultural winter made inevitable by our long and dismal thirst for every last dram of intoxicating gibberish distilled by the neighbouring southern tribe who, in elevating their rebarbative hybrid of irreverence and vulgarity to the dignity of a national ethos and in establishing irony as both the engine of their cultural discourse and the presiding genius of their every collective myth (where a vicious civil war, an event internally divisive enough to spark one of history’s largest mass emigrations, becomes a universally approved “revolution” against foreign domination, where legitimate defensive action against an unruly and violent mob far more provoking and dangerous than that which faced the National Guard at Kent State is called a “massacre”, and where naked expansionist aggression, the success of which would have re-imposed slavery on the first colonial jurisdiction to ban it, is called a “war of liberation”).
What else but the perverting influence of a nation that recently crowned two centuries of feverishly prosecuted domestic and foreign moral squalor by twice electorally self-inflicting the kind of Caligulan cretin that other peoples have had to suffer as a brute force imposition can explain Canada’s sudden decision to place the tin wreaths of federal office upon some of the most existentially worthless vessels of intellectual bankruptcy and moral debility to ever ooze out of the free exercise of a Western franchise?
Quite apart from the very real possibility that the last election was stolen, the fact that more than a handful of Canadians were willing to vote for what must be considered Canada’s first objectively degenerate national political organization is an index of the degree to which “decadence” is the only appropriate descriptor of our current cultural character. All that now remains is to enumerate the salient consequences of Canadians’ grant of the legislative keys to a canting racaille that hates common decency, hates the truth, hates the constitution, hates democracy, hates the rule of law, hates Canadian sovereignty and national security—hates Canada, in effect. The fundamental meaning of the election and continued dominance of our first ideologically anti-Canadian (or at least anti-Confederation) national government shall be outlined over the course of the next few posts.
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Guest Opinion: Ask Not What Technology Can Do, But How It Can Work for You1 Oct, 2008 By: Response Contributor Response
Attending an industry-wide conference and trade show is akin to volunteering for sensory overload. You want to take advantage of all the opportunities — exhibits, presentations, networking opportunities and social events — but there is so much to absorb that it can be downright exhausting.
Following the recent Response Expo 2008 in San Diego, I took a few moments to sit down and digest exactly what I had absorbed concerning the state of our industry.
As I thought about what might lie ahead, a few trends became clear.
We face a paradox as technology takes an ever-increasing role in measuring performance. While the Internet speeds the communication of results, this very speed distracts us from the underlying reasons for a campaign's apparent success or failure. There is more focus on the quantitative results than on gaining a qualitative understanding of "how" and "why."
I certainly embrace the use of technology: my agency has its entire roster of advertisers, in every medium we handle, online for our media partners to review and even order commercials.
But we don't stand for the use of technology simply because it exists. Just because we can do something does not mean we should. Instead, we must preserve the human element in our planning, actively discouraging clients and media partners from getting carried away with the false belief that they need instantaneous measures of results.
Faster is not always better — only faster.
Speed is meaningless in the context of how and why results are achieved. We should use technology to help us better understand the underpinnings of our results rather than simply to deliver a snapshot of the moment.
Too Much of a Good Thing?
More prospective clients are coming to direct response marketing than ever before, putting a lot of pressure on available resources at agencies and in the media. This tends to drive scarcity of media and yield poorer results as we dilute the pool of clients with mediocre offers. Agencies need to become more guarded about what clients they accept and which they're willing to place in media — especially on a per-inquiry (PI) basis.
My company has a policy of turning away business from companies that are in it only to make a buck. We evaluate every prospective client based upon how well we perceive they help their end consumer, our media partner and ourselves. If they don't create a win-win-win, we typically decline the business, suggesting they'll find success in other quarters.
Yes, it sounds heavy-handed, yet we have few regrets about clients we've brought on board. Moreover, I sleep better at night, at ease that we aren't doing something harmful to others.
Don't Fear the Moment
At this year's Response Expo, I also sensed a different type of sensory overload: panic. As economic growth slows, I've noticed desperation from clients and media to generate more leads. There is a life-and-death mentality that has become almost palpable in the past year.
That's simply not healthy — for the direct response industry or those of us working in it. Everyone needs to pause, take a breath and reflect that work is just one facet of a well-rounded life.
While technology offers us the opportunity to market more directly, and more efficiently, to an ever-larger audience, it's still just a means to an end. With apologies to Marshall McLuhan, the medium is not the message our clients need to send.
We need to keep the focus where it belongs: on what our clients can do for prospective customers and what we can do for our clients and media.
Peter Feinstein is president and chief executive officer of Phoenix-based Higher Power Marketing. Reach him with questions or comments at (888) 501-5544 or firstname.lastname@example.org.
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The Avner Institute is proud to present a lovely letter of the Rebbe, written in Kislev 1969, in which he describes the fundamental role and “highly evocative” impact music has played in Chassidic life. Also included is a unique photo of the Rebbe – special thanks to The Rebbe Archive.
Picture Description:Zalman Shazar, former President of Israel, paid a number of visits to the Rebbe in the early 1970’s. On each occasion, Shazar presented the Rebbe with a gift or a precious manuscript of Chassidic teachings, transcribed by previous Rebbeim of Chabad.
The above picture impressively captures the Rebbe receiving such a gift from the hands of the President.
By the Grace of G-d
5th of Kislev, 5729
Detroit, MI 48236
Greeting and Blessing:
This is to acknowledge with thanks receipt of your letter of November 22nd. I was indeed pleased to learn that you have accepted the Chairmanship of the Chassidic Concert being given for the benefit of Camp Gan Israel and Chabad Lubavitch Org. in your community.
What is particularly gratifying is the spirit of enthusiasm which you have displayed in this connection. This is surely indicative that you will communicate this enthusiasm to all the participants, and that it will be carried over to the entire environment long after the event itself has taken place.
It is customary to look for depth and insights in everything, and the Chassidic concept of negina [song] is indeed rich in both. It is well known, and a matter of experience, that music in general is highly evocative of inner feeling, much more than other forms of human expression such as oratory, or painting, and the like. Even verbal articulation as a medium of vocal music is on a different plane.
This is why Chassidic negina is so important in Chassidic life, for it is the very objective of Chassidus to permeate the daily life of the Jew to such an extent that all actions should be imbued with inner feeling, even soulful expression. For then every action assumes a different quality and meaningfulness, and even its external aspects and scope are greatly stimulated.
I send my prayerful wishes to you and all your colleagues and co-workers to enjoy great hatzlocho [success] in connection with the forthcoming event, particularly as it is dedicated to the most worthy cause of benefiting Camp Gan Israel and the Chabad-Lubavitch work to strengthen attachment of Jews – men, women, and children – to our eternal Torah and eternal people of Israel.
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Press Release & Articles
For Immediate Release
Carbon Footprint Reduction, One Chocolate Bar at a Time
Terra Nostra Organic is Green-e and an Environmentally Friendly Kind of Bar
Vancouver, BC - Terra Nostra Organic™ chocolate, is a small but intent chocolate company leader in its industry by paving the way to a cleaner, greener means of chocolate production and is proud to announce its energy sustainable practices and is proudly Green-e Certified for its US manufactured bars as well as using energy efficient plants in Switzerland for its non dairy ingredient Ricemilk Choco™ bars.
Terra Nostra Organic offsets 100% of its carbon emissions, 248,000 kWH annually (that is the equivalent of taking 512,145 lbs of CO2 out of the environment). This energy is created by its US chocolate bar production through the purchase of wind power RECs (Renewable Energy Credits), Terra Nostra purchases this wind power from Clean and Green and is third party certified by Green-e.
The RECs are bought directly from community based wind farms, allowing the profits to be maintained and re-invested to build more infrastructures that increment the production of renewable Green-e energy.
The process of the Ricemilk Choco™ bars is somewhat different . The chocolate plant that is used to process the bars was built for sustainable chocolate production and is based on an energy system that is both cost effective and environmentally friendly. A process known as Heat Exchange where the heat is transferred to cold and vice-versa, with energy efficiency of up to 82%!
“We all have to do our part in every way we can. Chocolate doesn’t have to induce guilt. Its resurgence in the limelight has inspired people to become more educated and ethically aware of the chocolate process from bean to bar. Chocolate production is becoming an important aspect of deciding which chocolates consumers choose to eat and it’s important that consumers keep demanding superior quality products created with high ethical standards, keeping indulgence in balance with sustainability. As the awareness and standards for Organic and Fair Trade advance, we strongly believe that green production becomes the next phase in our industry,” says Terra Nostra’s Founder & President Karlo Flores.
Every initiative, every hand, and morsel of chocolate counts in this journey for global sustainability.
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Raul Montano, a sophomore at Douglas High School, does a unique form of art, “Spray Art.”
Montano, 15, first started painting when he was 14. The Montano family went on vacation to San Francisco, while there he watched a man spray painting for about 20 minutes.
Once he came home to Douglas he asked his parents to purchase spray paint and started creating these amazing works of art, said his mother Marinna Montano.
Within a few days of practice he started selling his art at the farmers market in Douglas, she said.
He has also sold his canvases at swap meets in Tucson, selling each painting for $10. “When we go to Tucson people stand around watching him paint,” said his dad, Raul Montano Sr.
The funds he earned from his paintings helped him fund his trip through DHS to Europe in March.
“What is really amazing is that he raised most of the $3000 on his own, by selling his paintings,” his father said.
Montano starts with a blank piece of poster board and a mental layout. His technique is a series of well-placed layers and textures, predetermined blocking and masking using lids, bowls and recycled objects. “I’m always learning new tricks to make my stuff better,” Raul Jr. said.
He also uses ambient effects by using a painter’s spatula, a window scraper and a straight edge. His best tool is his finger adding what looks like falling star to his images.
Spray art has become second nature to Montano. While wearing a respirator, to protect himself from toxic fumes, he is able to create stunning landscapes swirling the paint together and fading from one color to other through series of differing values, of each color, by simply using spray paint.
“I do this for fun, but it would be cool to do this as a career,” said Montano about his spray art.
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Florida's criminal justice system is scrambling to close what could be a massive gap between judicial discretion and the state's mandatory minimum sentence laws in cases involving juveniles in the wake of a recent court decision. In two cases, Miller v. Alabama and Jackson v. Arkansas, the U.S. Supreme Court last week said laws in 28 states - including Florida - that require mandatory life sentences for juveniles convicted of homicide were unconstitutional. That opens up a can of worms, said state Rep. Mike Weinstein (R-Jacksonville) and a prosecutor. "The (Florida) judges are in a box because if they sentence the way our statutes require them to, the Supreme Court has said that's unconstitutional. If they sentence the way the Supreme Court wants them to, it violates the statutes," he said. Weinstein said he will sponsor legislation next year to try to allow judicial discretion for juvenile killers, but acknowledged it might be hard to pass. The court ruling still allows judges to give juvenile murderers life sentences without parole. But they must now consider a juvenile's age and the nature of the crime before deciding on such a sentence. That means it can't just be given automatically. In Florida, however, murders involving guns require a minimum life term.
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(A) A set of beat-up Hooker...
(A) A set of beat-up Hooker headers were rewelded to face the front so exhaust pressure can spin the turbine, and an O2 (oxygen) sensor mounted to the exhaust outlet is for an air/fuel gauge mounted in the car. The Tial wastegate is the bypass seen at the lower left of this image (B), which will open to allow excess exhaust pressure to bypass the turbine. The pipe above is the carb inlet. Note the stainless lines carrying engine oil to the turbos.
The pair of Majestic customs were positioned into the inner fenders on opposite sides of the car, taking air into the compressors via filters mounted directly to the compressor inlet from the front of the wheelwell. A set of beat-up Hooker headers were butchered and rewelded to funnel exhaust pressure back to the turbines, which then routed it out to the mufflers under the car. The boost is controlled by a pair of Tial wastegates. The diaphragm inside the wastegate is fed boost pressure. When the pressure builds high enough to overcome the spring pressure on the diaphragm, it pushes open a valve in the header. This allows the exhaust gases to bypass the turbine and to maintain the desired pressure. Without them, the turbos would probably boost the engine into oblivion. Once the compressor side is finished pressurizing the fresh air as a result, the charge funnels to a reverse Y-pipe mounted in front of the radiator, then the single tube runs up to the K&N Filtercharger bonnet atop the carburetor. A pair of pressure bypass, or blow-off, valves on this inlet pipe make sure rampant boost doesn't cause damage when the throttle is closed. These came from junkyard 2.2 turbo cars, cost a couple of bucks at the boneyard, and are mounted about a foot before the carb inlet facing downward; Kevin says they'll blow your hat off if they open at full boost. An oxygen sensor from an '87 Gran Fury was also put to use to monitor the process.
Next was the carburetor problem. Metering fuel/air for forced induction into the carb throat can be a little trickier than having a blower draw air from below the carb. Kevin tried several different carbs, with a modified 650 Holley being the best so far. The fuel metering system needs to react quickly to changes in air pressure, and a vacuum line is routed directly to a diaphragm-type Mallory fuel regulator on the firewall, increasing fuel pressure as the boost increases. Kevin says he is still experimenting to find the best solution in this area and fuel injection would be a much easier way to run turbos in many regards.
A few additional modifications include stainless oil lines coming from the two oil-sending unit holes in the block that now route engine oil into the turbos, returning it to the oil pan when finished. Without lubrication at high rpm, these units are capable of explosive problems. The air plumbing for both the compressor side (up to the carb) and the turbine side (exhaust gases from the headers, through the turbine, and out to the mufflers) is bulky, but was installed in a few days by a local muffler shop. Auto Meter gauges allow Kevin to watch air/fuel ratios, oil pressure, and other vital signs. On the dyno, even this early in the experiment, the engine made 359 horses at the rear tires with only 6 pounds of boost.
Once the two turbines pressurize...
Once the two turbines pressurize the air, it's routed to this pipe layout where a Y-pipe will direct it up to the carburetor.
This is Kevin's first project involving turbochargers; he had a turbo-equipped Shelby Charger a decade ago, but little of that science will platform directly to the big-inch V8 environment. The photos show this car is no trailer rig; still in progress, it doesn't even have the replacement hump for the new four-speed trans welded to the tunnel yet. However, Kevin gets an A+ for ingenuity; he invested less than $6,000 in the entire project, and the engine program set him back a mere $3,500, including a bucks-down rebuild on the 440 mill.
The engine is a .030-over '68 block with 8.7:1 pistons installed. A set of later -452 heads were used, including a custom-ground Comp Cams bumpstick with .488 lift and 10 degrees of overlap. For timing accuracy, a Pete Jackson geardrive was added. A pair of twin electric fans round out the package. Kevin, who has a '92 Cummins D250 pickup that makes 527 lbs.-ft. of torque at the rear tires, plans to add an intercooler to the '65 as soon as possible. This is an air-to-air type unit, which routes the incoming charge from the compressor into the carburetor and produces power by reducing the charge air temperature.
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This was my contribution to our Thanksgiving Feast. I based it on a recipe from Bon Appetit.
If you love turtles (chocolate, not reptiles) then this is for you.
It's a little bit tricky for a novice, but if you follow the recipe closely, you should do fine. Make sure you read and understand the instructions before starting because there are a couple of steps that are a little time sensitive.
One technique that may be new to you is making the pastry in a food processor. Making amazingly easy pastry is one of the main reasons I got a Cuisinart. If you've never done it before, you'll be amazed at how simple it is.
Flaky pastry requires two things:
1. You must not overwork the dough (especially once you add water) because the gluten in the flour will make the dough chewy.
2. The dough must stay cold so the butter (or other fat) remains firm. Little bits of butter melting during the baking are what make pastry flaky and wonderful.
Using a food processor makes it easier to comply with those two requirements. It's so fast, that it's hard to overwork it, and it doesn't have time to warm up.
The second skill that you may likely not have done before is making caramel.
Just watch it closely so it doesn't burn. When you're boiling the sugar, let it turn to an amber color before adding the cream and butter. Add the cream carefully, because it will be EXTREMELY hot.
Here is the recipe.
I used pecans instead of macadamias and sprinkled a little fleur de sel because I like a little extra salt with my caramel.
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| Latest Auckland News | Tuesday October 9 2012 7:50
Auckland Council is planning for a future in which it will have to cater for around two million people.
Figures from Statistics New Zealand suggest that by 2031, 38 percent of the country's population will live in Auckland.
Deputy Mayor Penny Hulse says the council has passed the Auckland Plan, which takes a 30-year vision of how the region should develop.
She says to cater for the population increase, it's the largest ever investment in Auckland's communities .
Penny Hulse says the plan, worth $3.2 billion on an annual basis, will ensure a sufficient public transport system, community services, infrastructure and enough land for housing.
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PORTLAND, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- The First Annual Maine Liver Life Walk Sunday morning in Portland brought together a mother and daughter with an incredible story, and people out raising money for a good cause.
The Liver Life Walk is designed to raise money for research and awareness for liver disease. Crystal White organized this year's event. Shortly after her daughter was born, she contracted a liver disease that doctors couldn't determine a cause for and there's still been no cure found.
Crystal donated her liver to her daughter Tigerlily eleven years ago, and Tigerlily says she's forever grateful to her mother for saving her life.
"To have her do that for me, I mean she already had me as a kid and that's great to be welcomed into this life, and then to have her help save my life is amazing," Tigerlily said.
All proceeds from the event go towards the American Liver Foundation. Organizers say they hope to raise upwards of $20,000 from this year's walk.
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China's National Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology announced in Beijing Thursday the appointment of Xie Sishen as its principal investigator.
Xie, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), is considered one of the country's best nanoscientists.
The center also named Wang Zhaozhong, Zhu Xing, Jiang Lei and Xue Qikun as four leading scientists.
The Nanotechnology Committee of the China National Accreditation Board for Laboratories was also established in Beijing Thursday.
Bai Chunli, vice CAS president who also heads the center, said nanoscience and nanotechnology could greatly push forward the world economy and social development.
He hoped the posts of principal investigator and leading scientists, which are open to worldwide scientists, would attract outstanding researchers or technologists in the field to work for his center.
The accreditation board establishes and operates the accreditation system for laboratories and inspection bodies according to Chinese laws and regulations as well as international standards.
The Nanotechnology Committee consists of 26 members including Bai, himself a nanoscientist.
Deng Nan, vice minister of science and technology, who is also chair of the accreditation board, said that the Chinese government plans to further stimulate and oversee research and development innanoscience and nanotechnology.
Wang Fengqing, director of the Authorized Certificate Certification and Accreditation Administration, said that the accreditation system introduced into nanotechnology specifies standards for nano products.
(Xinhua News Agency May 21, 2004)
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As you should know, there are many types of anime, which fall under about 8 different categories.
Every anime usually falls under at least 4 or 5 different categories....
There are 7 different audience levels for an anime. These are used to recomend the age you should be or what gender usually watches the anime.
There are 3 different content indicators in an anime. These are here to tell you what to expect in the anime.
These are all pretty self explanitory...
There are 3 different dynamics that are usually found in anime.
There are aproximately 78 different types of elements in an anime. The elements are the usualy genres you find in the anime. They tell you exactly what to expect in it.
There are about 18 different kinds of fetishes in an anime. These feteshes are most common in Ecchi, Henti and Harem animes.
A lot of these are self explanitory so im not going to define al of them...
Every anime falls under at least one of the 9 origional works.
Again, these are self explanitory...
Not only every anime, but every story needs a setting. There are about 31 available for anime.
Every good story need a Theme, anime has about 42 different themes.
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Study in Australia at an Australian university or college and you will be opening the door to a world of study that will fill your life with knowledge, skills, and enthusiasm.
The Australian higher education sector offers a complete range of university courses and programs leading to highly regarded and internationally recognised qualifications. Australia is the destination of choice for students from around the world looking for a quality education at an affordable price.
Click here to find an alphabetical:
List of Universities in Australia
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State-based search of universities
Learning and studying in Australia is the perfect way to launch your career. Employment opportunities open up to those who have degrees from any one of the universities, whether they study in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, or at any of the other higher-education institutions located around Australia.
You can read these brief descriptions about some of the institutions and my university Australia before you select from the menu on the left and search their websites.
University of Western Sydney (UWS) Sydney, NSW. With over 32,000 students, the University of Western Sydney (UWS) is one of the largest of the universities Australia has to offer. Over 2,800 international students from 70 different countries choose to study at UWS each year. UWS is a young, energetic and rapidly growing university with six campuses located in the Sydney region
Victoria University Melbourne, Victoria. Victoria University is one of Australia's largest dual-sector institutions of higher education, with a TAFE college offering a unique combination of academic and vocational skills in a modern and supportive environment. It has built a strong reputation for providing a broad range of courses that are up-to-date and relevant to the modern employment environment and is considered an innovative institution amongst the universities in Victoria.
Deakin University Melbourne, Victoria. Deakin University is one of Australia's most progressive and visionary universities. It has been noted for providing a superior and student-centered education, Deakin has become increasingly popular as a destination for international, with around 70,000 students studying on its various campuses, including ELICOS studies.
Bond University Gold Coast, Queensland Bond University is Australia's first and largest private Australia university and has grown to become one of the Queensland universities with an excellent international reputation. At Bond you will experience personalised education by highly qualified teachers, innovative courses and teching methods, an international student body and a beautiful secure campus. Bond's staff to student ratio is the best in Australia.
The University of Adelaide. Adelaide, South Australia. The University of Adelaide is one of Australia's oldest and one of the highest ranking universities Australia has in any guide to higher education institutions and is regarded as one of the best Australian universities. Established in 1874, it is a member of the 'Group of Eight'. There are more than 1,800 international students among the 14,000-strong student population.
Southern Cross University Lismore, Tweed Heads/Gold Coast and Coffs Harbour, Queensland Southern Cross University is an internationally-recognised Australian government university. It has a reputation for academic excellence, and has won many prestigious international and Australian awards and grants. The quality programs offered by the University have high academic standards.
Griffith University, Brisbane and the Gold Coast, Queensland Griffith University, one of Australia's leading universities has over 2,500 teaching staff, 27,000 students including 4,000 students from over 80 nations. Griffith has become an popular choice for students deciding that they want to study at one of the universities in Australia. Learning never got more enjoyable or rewarding than this.
The University of Southern Queensland Toowoomba, Queensland. USQ has been recognised as a world leader in the fields of and tertiary study initiatives. USQ is a dynamic, flexible and innovative University whose staff and students pride themselves on being responsive to the technologically aware global market place.
Swinburne University of Technology Melbourne, Victoria. Established in 1908, Swinburne has a strong reputation in Australia and overseas as a provider of career oriented education. Swinburne is a small, innovative university, which is rapidly forming a distinctive character including the study of accounting business commerce computing law management marketing nursing tourism a character which reflects purpose, achievement and the genuine quality of its educational outcomes.
University of Tasmania Hobart - Launceston - Burnie, Tasmania The University of Tasmania is the fourth oldest University in Australia. It is highly regarded internationally as a teching and research institution. The University of Tasmania offers a pleasant, enjoyable environment for study at all levels of higher education.
Queensland University of Technology - Brisbane - is a dynamic and innovative institution that not only satisfies the requirements of its local and international student body but also has one of the highest MBA Australia rankings according to the Financial Times 2004 world listings.
Macquarie University Sydney, NSW Macquarie University is one of the leading NSW universities and is a modern, sophisticated and cosmopolitan leading provider of education in Australia. With over 24,000 students including 4,000 international students, Macquarie is a university which prides itself on outstanding academic achievement and has excellent resources for distance learning and study online.
Edith Cowan University Perth, Western Australia. Edith Cowan University is noted for its innovative course content, specialised research and creative pursuits. Responsive and forward thinking, it is one of the universities in Perth that is internationally focused and an Australian leader in the provision of professionally focused degree programs.
University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) Sydney, NSW The University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) is well known as a leader of professional career-focused education and is regarded as one of the best in Australia. It offers one of the most comprehensive ranges of innovative and internationally recognised degrees in Australia. When people consider one of the universities in Sydney then UTS in a natural choice.
University of Canberra Canberra-ACT, ACT Internationally focused, the University of Canberra enjoys a diverse student population from more than 80 countries worldwide on the Canberra Campus. Offshore, the University teaches programs in countries such as Hong Kong, China, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam.
Monash University Melbourne, VictoriaMonash University is one of the top Australian universities and is leading the way with its international focus, ground-breaking research and academic excellence. Since its first student intake in 1961, Monash has grown into a diverse, multicultural and energetic institution with six campuses around the state and has an excellent international reputation that attracts many students.
The University of Notre Dame, Australia Perth, Western Australia Inspired by one of the greatest Catholic universities in the world, the University of Notre Dame in the United States, Notre Dame Australia brings to Australian education the vibrant traditions of a Catholic university together with the rich history.
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About 13 private schools in York County so far have signed up to receive students through the state's new "opportunity scholarship" program, but with the new school year just days away, some officials said the impact might not be felt until next school year.
In early July, the state adopted the new opportunity scholarship tax credit program, aimed at giving low- to moderate-income students from low-achieving schools a scholarship to attend elsewhere. The scholarships are to be funded through donations from businesses, which will give to approved scholarship organizations in exchange for tax credits.
In late July, the state released a list of those schools deemed "low achieving" based on 2010 test data. It included Hanover High School and seven York City schools, including the now-closed middle schools.
Other public and private schools were asked to sign up by Wednesday to receive students through the program. As of Friday afternoon, 13 private schools in York County signed up: York Country Day School, the Montessori Children's House of York, Logos Academy, Tidings of Peace Christian School, York Adventist Christian School and the Catholic schools in the county.
But with the new school year looming, some of the receiving schools said they aren't sure how quickly the impacts of the new program will be felt.
Rev. Edward Quinlan, secretary of education for the Diocese of Harrisburg, said the Newmann Scholarship
"That way we actually know what we have," he said.
It takes time for the businesses to get approved for the tax credit, he said, and there's still more time for them to make the donation after that. Quinlan said the state moved at "a very fast pace" to get basic information out by the beginning of August, but even if the foundation wanted to do something for the start of this school year, it probably wouldn't work.
"As of this moment I don't have a single dollar," he said.
But if a student receives a scholarship through another organization and wants to use it for one of the Catholic schools, he said, they would be happy to accommodate them.
York Country Day School, which is affiliated with York College, is approved as both a school to receive students and a scholarship organization.
Nat Coffman, head of school, said he had many people from around the state calling and emailing about the scholarships. So the school held an open house, where he presented a diagram of how the program works. The state's communications on the program have been a little ambiguous, he said.
Scholarship organizations have to go out and convince businesses to apply for the tax credit in exchange for a donation, he said. For York Country Day,
If a student is accepted, they can apply for financial aid.
Coffman said most students start the application process over the winter. He guesses York Country Day will add a few students now, but more of the effect will be felt down the road -- maybe January or next year.
"We're going to try to get some kids in here. We're just going to take the leap," he said. "We're really trying to find best and brightest in York County regardless of their ability to pay."
Jennifer McCary, principal at York Adventist Christian School, said the school is just learning about the program, too, so she thinks it will have more effect next year.
She thinks it will open up opportunities for families that want to leave a low-performing school but don't have a lot of disposable income.
"We're very interested in participating," she said. "We don't have a ton of information yet on specifics."
Public school participation
No public schools in York County signed up to receive students through the state's opportunity scholarship program as of Friday, and very few public schools signed up statewide.
The issue was discussed recently at a South Western School Board meeting, where the district decided not to receive students through the program.
Supt. Barbara Rupp said there were too many unanswered questions. Plus, school districts have been downsizing staff to save costs. Class numbers are already high, particularly at the high school. If South Western took a bunch of students, they might need more teachers.
"It's August," Rupp said Friday, noting the timing was bad and there was lack of information.
York City School District Supt. Deborah Wortham said Wednesday that she didn't know of anyone taking advantage of the program. Several York City schools were on the list of those deemed "low achieving."
Wortham noted that the data used to compile the list of low-achieving schools was from 2010, and she thinks parents "have witnessed firsthand the progress."
For more information on the state's opportunity scholarship program, including the income guidelines, maximum scholarship amounts, and information about the process, visit www.newpa.com/ostc.
Hanover Public School District: Hanover High York City: Davis, Devers, Jackson and McKinley elementary schools, Hannah Penn and Edgar Fahs Smith middle schools and William Penn Senior High School
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RFID Chips Gain Popularity In Mexico
August 23, 2011 by Sam Rolley
The Washington Post reported on Sunday that amid concerns of increasing incidents of kidnappings in Mexico, many residents of the country are turning to what the paper calls “under-the-skin” tracking devices for a sense of safety.
A Mexican congressional report that detailed a 317 percent increase in kidnappings in the country in the past five years has apparently driven Mexican citizens to seek new means of protecting themselves in a country where firearm ownership is heavily regulated. The article said that the Mexican company, Xega, which reportedly sells radio frequency identification (RFID) devices to the public and performs implantation procedures of the devices, has increased sales of the product by 40 percent recently.
“Unfortunately, it’s been good for business but bad for the country,” said Xega executive Diego Kuri, referring to the kidnappings. “Thirty percent of our clients arrive after someone in their family has already experienced a kidnapping.”
The article states that Mexican media have estimated that as many as 10,000 people in the country have elected to have RFID chips implanted into their bodies, at costs up to as much as $2,000 upfront and $2,000 per annum for tracking services.
According to the article, most American scientists doubt the abilities of the chips, which are about the size of a grain of rice, to communicate with GPS satellites without the use of a larger external transmitter.
RFID technology first made headlines in the United States around 2007 when the technology was considered for use by medical professionals in patients with diseases such as Alzheimer’s, despite screams of disapproval from privacy advocates. While the future of RFID technology remains murky, many people believe under-the-skin chips will one day become a fact of life for entire populations.
”Soon RFID tags will be in everything from pharmaceuticals to clothing. Exclusive clothiers are already using the tags to recognize customers as they walk in the door from what they are wearing,” reads a report on political radio host Alex Jones’ website, Infowars.com. The article predicts a future “cashless society” in which every individual is implanted with an RFID chip that would be linked to personal bank accounts, medical records and any number of personal identifiers.
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OAKLAND -- BART will spend $1 million in its ongoing battle against pigeon poop.
After trying everything from protective nets to recorded hawk squawks to keep the birds away, transit system managers have decided the best defense is installing slanted metal sheets and other barriers to keep the birds from perching in high places.
The pigeon poop creates both health and aesthetics problems.
"It's not pleasant for our riders," said BART spokesman Jim Allison, "and it can be a deterrent to attracting riders."
On Thursday, the BART board set aside $1 million for the pigeon defenses from a $10.8 million budget surplus that developed during the last fiscal year, in part because ridership and fare revenues grew faster than expected.
The idea is to install angled metal sheets at key locations in stations to deprive the pigeons of flat places to land. Metal rods and spikes at key places also can ward off the birds.
It's not cheap, though.
"We're talking about installing a new infrastructure," Allison said. "It's designed to save money in the long term, though, by saving on maintenance."
Pigeons have taken a liking to many above-ground stations over the years, including Concord, Pleasant Hill, Colma and Daly City.
BART installed netting to keep the pigeons away from some stations, but the netting has sagged over the years and lost its effectiveness, Allison said.
The transit system also tried piping in recorded
Contact Denis Cuff at 925-943-8267. Follow him at Twitter.com/deniscuff.
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I’m amused, and mildly irritated, by all the credit Google gets for the advent of driverless cars, as if autonomous driving were an invention that America’s hapless automakers could never have envisioned.
But there’s a growing consensus, mostly emanating from the left coast, that Google has somehow cracked the code to the future of mobility and will soon render traditional carmakers like General Motors, Ford Motor and Toyota Motor as nothing more than purveyors of ordinary appliances.
Baloney, I say. Self-driving cars are coming, but they won’t have a Google badge glued to the hood.
And while it’s exciting to think about all the possibilities of a futuristic world full of robotic cars providing safe, clean mobility for all, don’t count on that Jetsons vision in your lifetime. There are still too many regulatory, technological and practical obstacles in the way.
Instead, look for the technology to roll out gradually, building on systems that are already available, like adaptive cruise control, active braking, lane-keeping systems and parking assist.
The 2014 Mercedes-Benz S-Class, due out in September, will be the first car on the market fully capable of driving itself (under certain circumstances; see video below). Its new steering assist feature will keep you in your lane up to 124 miles per hour, but you have to make turns manually. In stop-and-go traffic, the array of sensors and cameras keeps an eye on cars around you, knowing when to accelerate and when to brake. But you still have to remain alert, and you must keep your hands on the wheel at all times, or the system will shut off.
Forbes contributor Chunka Mui is exploring the whole notion of driverless cars in a multi-part series this week, calling it a $2 trillion business opportunity that dwarfs Google’s current search-based business, and predicting ripple effects throughout society.
He’s right about the potential fallout. If cars are smart enough to drive themselves, and avoid crashes, everything from the steel industry to hospitals would be affected. But I agree with Forbes contributor Haydn Shaughnessy that a $2 trillion market in the U.S. seems overblown. And I think Mui is perhaps getting swept up in the what-ifs of driverless cars. (He’s an innovation consultant, after all.) Still, I commend him for diving into a sexy topic with thoughtful analysis.
An auto writer I respect a lot, Wards.com columnist Drew Winter, argues in a recent blog post that Google poses a serious threat to the auto industry. He says the tech giant and automakers are beginning to wage “an epic battle for the soul of the auto industry.” I don’t think so.
Instead of Google vs. Detroit, I see a new era of collaboration. Carmakers will necessarily team up with digital partners like Google, Microsoft, Intel (maybe even Apple) to produce talking vehicles that don’t crash and get you to work on time. Companies like Ford and Microsoft already collaborate on technology that lets you bring your music and social media apps into your vehicle. Now these non-traditional partners will be working together to solve the difficult challenges of urban mobility on an overcrowded planet.
GM’s Chief Technology Officer Jon Lauckner is already plotting a new approach to innovation that includes collaboration on autonomous driving. Many of the best ideas for cars of the future, he told me in a recent interview, won’t come from car companies at all, but rather from non-traditional auto suppliers, like Microsoft or Google, and from innovative start-ups. “We no longer rely solely on our in-house expertise, which is a big change from where we’ve been in the past,” he said.
But like GM, Google doesn’t have all the answers either. It isn’t capable of producing self-driving cars on its own. It will need the auto industry’s expertise to turn its vision into reality.
One thing the tech and auto industries can agree on is that self-driving cars are doable. “This is not Star Wars technology,” says Renault-Nissan chief executive Carlos Ghosn. With enough sensors, processors and cameras on board, any car can drive itself. But at what cost? The radar system mounted to the top of Google’s self-driving Toyota Prius costs an estimated $70,000. Like Google, many carmakers already have prototypes on the road. The debatable question is when they’ll get to market, and under what circumstances.
In August, the U.S. Department of Transportation launched the first real-world test of connected vehicle technology — critical for self-driving cars to operate safely — in and around Ann Arbor, Mich. One goal of the year-long project, involving 3,000 vehicles, is to come up with a realistic time frame for the technology.
Ghosn says autonomous cars will be ready by 2020. But there are practical limitations, he added. “We won’t see cars without a driver. No (carmaker) would accept the liability,” he said. “But we will see drivers doing nothing.”
Honda Motor Co. President Takanobu Ito agrees. “We have the hardware to make self-driving cars. But we feel the driver has to be ultimately responsible. We want technology that assists the driver, like when he is fatigued.”
In other words, when driving is not fun anymore.
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An online journal about visual art, the urban landscape and design. Mary Louise Schumacher, the Journal Sentinel's art and architecture critic, leads the discussion and a community of writers contribute to the dialogue.
Review: "American Story" at the Kohler Arts Center
Sheboygan—Before he was elected president, Barack Obama gave an important speech about race. Devoid of bitterness and time-worn platitudes, it was an exercise in truth telling that is rare in politics, particularly at that level.
Obama addressed complex realities through the telling of his own story. He is the son of a black man from Kenya and a white woman from Kansas, the husband of a woman who descends from both slaves and slave owners. He attended some of America’s best schools and lived in one of the world’s poorest countries. He has relatives of “every race and every hue,” he said.
Then he said this: “And for as long as I live, I will never forget that in no other country on Earth is my story even possible.”
The idea that there are uniquely American narratives is at the heart of “American Story a sprawling and ambitious exhibit at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center.
Ultimately, the show seeks to explore the magnitude of American diversity through the work of 15 artists. It’s only the second time in its history that the Kohler has staged a show of this scope, filling the entire institution and giving us an immersive experience with each individual artist.
Each of the 15 artists stakes a claim to his or her prsonal, and sometimes complex, cultural heritage.
Xenobia Bailey, who grew up in Seattle in the 1950s and ’60s, created an environment of empowering beliefs, a multilayered space of liberation and expectancy.
Although she studied art in college and took classes with legendary African-American painter Jacob Lawrence, her current practice is more rooted in imaginative play. It was the textiles, masks, costumes and sense of storytelling that she encountered in graduate coursework in ethnomusicology that perhaps has inspired her holistic approach most. It was the choreographed folktales of a Shona ensemble, the patterns of chime-like gongs played by Philippine musicians and the Venezuelan ceremonial dance.
Walking into Bailey’s intense yellow gallery space at the Kohler is like wading into a healing source of sunshine.
What is perhaps most freeing about the installation is the way Bailey employs the accessible, lo-fi language of crochet. It is the familiar stuff of potholders and craft class. With a funk aesthetic. Huge, pulsating, mandala-like circles erupt across the walls like newborn celestial systems.
A revival tent anchors part of the room, with an African-style tea set out before us like an invitation. The tent is topped with a pointy, turquoise mushroom shape and is outfitted with flower-like pompoms and tassels, like some giant, funky hat. It is the spiritual house of Sistah Paradise, a powerful seer, according to Bailey.
Nine-foot-tall chandeliers and crocheted costumes are set about the space, too, creating a theatrical sense of ceremony and a homey atmosphere. Bailey’s childhood sewing machine is here, too, sending the signal: This is project space, a work in progress. As a girl, she used the sewing machine to turn what was in her mother’s bag of scrap cloth into clothing and other concoctions. It was an early instrument of transformative power.
Jose Bedia, born in Cuba just days after Fidel Castro came to power, was allowed to leave his homeland in the early 1990s, he believes, because his work became an unwelcome presence. His art, which is given a particular place of honor in the Kohler’s main exhibition space, was not an overt statement about Cuban politics. But his re-examinations of racist histories were seen as incendiary.
A familiar brood of symbols populate his large-scale paintings — the long-legged trickster, the pointy-eared beasts, the silhouetted face, the modern warships, the lush trees. And always there is a sense of downpour and a liquidy expanse, undoubtedly references to waters that represents a profound separation between Cuba and the United States.
Though Bedia’s art fundamentally celebrates Afro-Cuban cosmologies and American Indian traditions, it possesses a sense of mourning and loss.
In “Isla, Pais, Mujer (Island, Country, Woman),” a silhouetted female figure, covered in foliage, drags her form across the canvas. She hunches over, as if walking under a great weight. Fire and smoke pour from her mouth.
The figure is surrounded by murky blue, like an island. It is set perfectly into the flat ground like a puzzle piece but is as visually separate as the second dimension is from the third. Gestural torrents of white paint, like milk thrown against a flat pane of glass, give the artwork a sense of downward pull.
It is a profound symbol for an island country that is both inseparable and separate from the U.S., where Bedia has settled, in Miami.
A revelation, too, were the magical, talisman-like works of Gregory Van Maanen, a Vietnam veteran born in Glen Rock, N.J., into a family of Dutch and Iroquois heritage.
Van Maanen has had an awareness of the spiritual world from the time he was a child, he’s said, sometimes visually sensing “fluid, humanoid spirits.”
Returning from the war, he began to paint some of those visions on whatever blank surface he could scrounge from his environment, including scrap metal, smooth river rocks, even skulls and bones. It was a means to ease his psychological restlessness, of finding a way through his days.
There is a sense of the beyond in these simple, brightly colored images of amorphous creatures, all seeing eyes, crosses and graphic shapes, many lovingly embellished with fine dots of paint. They are laid out and lined up precisely in display cases, in brigades.
Since the show offers such an in-depth experience of each artist, it is wonderfully appropriate that the exhibit remain on view through the end of the year. It demands repeated viewings. I hope to return to explore the work of more of the artists here at Art City, as well. Also, please read my review of Lesley Dill's work, handled separately in last Sunday's Cue.
“American Story,” which quotes Obama’s speech on race in its exhibition catalog, incidentally, feels very much of the moment. In many ways, though, its organizing idea is too broad, too romantic, too pat. By definition, creating a show that celebrates cultural diversity is a tall order. By such a standard, how many artists would qualify?
The Kohler does offer up a caveat, conceding the show can only scratch the surface. And this curatorial sin of overreaching seems a venial offense, in any case, in the face of such an exceptional show.
In truth, I learned a little something about the Kohler that in retrospect seems obvious. The art center is highly regarded for its scholarship and its collecting of vernacular, or self-taught, art. What become clear, though, is that the Kohler is also simply interested in art that, like vernacular art generally, possesses a sense of story.
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Today we were at my in-laws house for the 4th of July. My mother-in-law is one of the most gracious hostesses you will find. She seems to do everything seamlessly. I am always amazed at her skills of making everything look so easy and accommodating everyone so well. She is one of those hostesses where things just seem to get magically done. She won’t touch food until everyone else has gone through the line or been served. I’m not even sure if she eats, really. She knows what everyone who is coming likes and dislikes and tries to plan and accommodate accordingly. She is constantly checking to make sure everyone is taken care of and comfortable. She thinks of her guests before she even considers herself. Her table is always a place people enjoy both for the decor and the amazing food it holds. So today was a day of observation. Before we went there I talked to my kids about all of these hospitable characteristics of their grandma. Then, while we were there I pointed these things out while grandma was doing her thing. Kids learn best through observation anyway. The don’t do what they’re told to do. They do what they see. If you have someone that excels in a quality you are trying to teach your kids, make sure to draw attention to it with your kids so that they can see these traits acted out in real life.
Day #187 Learning Hospitality by Observation – Character Development, Week #27
July 5, 2012 by Leave a Comment
“Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it.” – Hebrews 13:2
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Remarks With Maldivian Foreign Minister Ahmed Naseem Before Their Meeting
Secretary of State
So it’s a particular pleasure, and I just learned before I walked out, that it is the minister’s birthday. (Laughter.) So I must say that it’s a special treat to welcome you here on your birthday, Minister Naseem, and to wish you the very best, both for yourself and for your country.
FOREIGN MINISTER NASEEM: Thank you very much. Both the United States and Maldives have the same ideals, and we strive to create democracy in Maldives. After 30 years of dictatorship in the country, we managed to do that with the help and assistance and the guidance of the United States diplomats based in Colombo and in Washington. And we have been successfully broaching the democratic transition. I think that was the pivoting of the Islamic awakening. And thank you very much for all that.
And we are working very closely on the – in the areas of human rights in Geneva, also on the perils and the difficulties that the small island states are facing due to climate change and the climate extreme weather conditions that we are having at the moment. And I wish to thank the United States very much. And we have also cooperation in the areas of coast guard training and military training, and many of our social, health, and other areas.
And I wish to thank Secretary Clinton for this very kind gesture of receiving me in this State Department. I think it’s the first time that this kind of a program has occurred for a Maldivian diplomat. Thank you very much.
SECRETARY CLINTON: It is our honor, sir. Thank you.
FOREIGN MINISTER NASEEM: Thank you.
SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you all very much.
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KABUL, 9 March 2003 - With just two weeks to go before schools in Afghanistan throw open their doors for another full year of education, the Afghan Ministry of Education - supported by UNICEF - is redoubling efforts to ensure that stationery and teaching supplies reach children and teachers in time for the first day of school.
The Ministry of Education Logistics Centre in south Kabul will start producing up to 8,000 pupil stationery kits this week, each kit providing basic items such as pens, exercise books, erasers and pencils for 70 children. The Centre, which began operations last summer, is fully owned and managed by the Ministry of Education, with technical support being provided through a partnership with UNICEF. During full-scale packing operations 200 workers, including 40 women, staff nine production lines. UNICEF rehabilitated the former warehouse complex now housing the Logistics Centre at a cost of just US$ 50,000, repairing six buildings and installing washrooms and an on-site mosque.
The stationery kits now being packed will be distributed in coming weeks to schools in central Afghanistan, where pupil and teacher numbers are amongst the highest in the country. Of the 3 million children who returned to school in Afghanistan last year, nearly 1.5 million were in the central provinces. In 2003, UNICEF is procuring classroom materials for a total 4 million primary school children and 50,000 teachers. The supply element alone of the Back to School 2003 campaign is costing an estimated US$ 15 million.
The focus on packing and distribution at the Kabul Logistics Centre is another indication of how the Government of Afghanistan is now taking increasing control of the education programme. Last year, packing was undertaken in Pakistan due to limited capacity in Afghanistan itself. As part of its support to the Ministry of Education, UNICEF is providing guidance on supply management, use of databases and warehouse supervision to Ministry employees at the Logistics Centre to further increase national capacity. UNICEF has also rehabilitated 300 warehouses at provincial and district level to improve the Ministry's ability for handling distribution of school materials at local level.
Interested media are invited to visit the Ministry of Education Logistics Centre on Wednesday 12 March at 10.00 am. Please contact UNICEF for details of how to get to the Centre, which is situated in the industrial complex of Pul-i-Charki.
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For more information, please contact:
Edward Carwardine, UNICEF-Media, Kabul +93 (0) 702 74729
About UNICEF’s Girls’ Education campaign:
UNICEF’s ‘25 by 2005’ campaign is a major initiative to eliminate gender disparities in primary and secondary education in 25 priority countries by the year 2005. The campaign, which includes fifteen countries in Africa and Asian countries such as Afghanistan and Bangladesh, focuses on countries where girls’ education is in a critical situation and progress would make a real impact.
UNICEF will work closely with national governments and other partners to identify girls who are not in school. In each country, UNICEF will work with the government to mobilise new resources, build broad national consensus about the need to get girls to school, and help improve schools themselves to make them more welcoming to girls.
UNICEF has chosen a manageable number of countries and based its selection on criteria that looked for countries with one or more of the following: low enrolment rates for girls; gender gaps of more than 10% in primary education enrolment; countries with more than one million girls out of school; countries included on the Education For All Fast Track initiative; and countries hard hit by a range of crises that affect school opportunities for girls, such as HIV/AIDS and conflict.
For further information please contact:
Allison Hickling, UNICEF New York, (212) 326-7224, firstname.lastname@example.org
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The organization's Web site suggests that they distinguish themselves from similar programs (Sex Addicts Anonymous, Sexaholics Anonymous, Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous, and Sexual Recovery Anonymous, collectively called the "'S' fellowships") by welcoming members of all sexual orientations, and by encouraging healthy attitudes toward sex rather than complete sexual abstinence. As their home page says, "We are not here to repress our God-given sexuality, but to learn how to express it in ways that will not make unreasonable demands on our time and energy, place us in legal jeopardy—or endanger our mental, physical or spiritual health."
Despite the distinction, they do cooperate with the other "S" fellowships and have participated with them in a series of "Interfellowship Forums," the first in 1991, the others held each year since 1996.
- Self-help groups / programs: 12 steps:
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The recreated faces of eight missing men who authorities say were murdered and dumped in a wooded area of Fort Myers last year stared out in a silent plea for relatives to recognize them at a press conference at Fort Myers City Hall on Friday.
The recreations were funded by the television show “America’s Most Wanted” and performed by Sharon Long, a forensic artist from the University of Wyoming.
Two of the men — Eric Kohler and Joe Blevins — have already been identified, but the Fort Myers Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying the remaining six.
“The medical examiner has ruled these deaths as homicides, and they have been treated as such since the beginning,” Det. Sgt. Jennifer Soto said.
Sgt. Barry Lewis, lead investigator in the case, said both Kohler and Blevins were known to be alive as far back as 1995.
“That’s obviously a critical year in both disappearances,” he said, citing “a totality of circumstances” as the deciding factor in ruling the deaths homicides while declining to specify details in the ongoing investigation.
Asked if the deaths may have been the work of a serial killer — as speculated by “America’s Most Wanted” host John Walsh — Lewis said, “it would be a stretch to comment on that and make that connection, but it’s uncanny that eight bodies were recovered in one small location.”
Lewis said authorities currently have no suspects in the deaths.
Detectives have not ruled out the possibility that the skeletons are victims of Daniel Conahan, who was sentenced to death in 1999 for the strangulation of a drifter.
That man’s body was found in some woods in neighboring Charlotte County. Conahan is also suspected in at least five other slayings of young men dubbed the Hog Trail Murders because of the swampy, wooded locations where the nude bodies were found in the mid-1990s. Those cases remain unsolved.
Conahan was also once accused of kidnapping a man in Fort Myers in the early 1990s. The victim accused Conahan of luring him into a wooded area — within miles of where the eight skeletons were found — and trying to strangle him, but he escaped.
“We certainly can’t exclude him at this point,” Soto said. “We’re very well aware of the similarities in this case. It’s one avenue that we are actively pursuing.”
Still, Soto stopped short of calling the murders the work of a serial killer.
“Right now, it’s of primary importance to identify the other six men,” Lewis said. “I’ve personally had at least eight contacts from people with missing family members since the photographs were released Wednesday. We’re hoping people will see one little similarity, one little key that will help them recognize the face of a loved one.”
While all eight recreations bear a striking similarity to one another — from age to hair color to general features — Dr. Heather Walsh-Haney, an assistant professor at Florida Gulf Coast University said it’s important to remember that the models are a mixture of science and art.
“At first glimpse, they may look similar, but if you take your time and really look at them, you’ll see the differences,” she said. “There are both Hispanic and white males. We’re asking people to ignore hair and eye color and concentrate instead on things like the jawlines or the placement of the victim’s eyes.”
The “America’s Most Wanted” program featuring the case airs Saturday at 9 p.m. on Fox.
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Contact John Osborne at email@example.com. The Associated Press contributed to this story.
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Zoom in for a close look at Dwellings
. Imagine who might live in these structures. Who are they? What would they be doing? What clues can you see that give you this idea?
Go to page about this work
They probably live in Egypt or India.
It;s probably not native americans. it's probably people that aren't real like imaginary people
I think that mexicans because I saw in a painting of a village like that and it was called mexican village
The native americans.
Little people like in Gullivers Travels
I dont want to even emagine because I have athasma
I would smell smoke and burning stuff
Polluted. I would cough
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The word design comes from the latin ‘designare’, related to the words ‘drawing’ and ‘marking’. Today design is concerned with the efficient and effective generation and development of ideas through a process that leads to new products. Some references.
For the Local Recordshop in Maastricht Maurer United designed the interior. The ‘plus’ signs represent the idea of ‘sampling’ and form a construction for displaying vinyl records. The complete interior is based on this no-nonsense approach.
The Smartgirl Chair was designed as part of the ‘Purno De Purno’ exhibition at Rotterdam Showroom MAMA. For FRAME Magazine this chair with a ‘looping’ construction of steel was photographed by Yasumasa Yonehara.
The pilot shop interior for Art Gadgets in Eindhoven was completly designed in classic white and glossy red. The shop offers art and design products. Next to the interior Maurer United also developed the corporate design.
Maurer United designed a contemporary Infobox to present the Route Charlemagne Aachen Masterplan to the local citizens. Next to the architecture Maurer United also developed the interior, the interactive installations and the coorporate design.
Maurer United designed several skateboard facilities, always in close cooperation with the local skate community. Skateboard Streetcourt De Griend was placed on top of an underground parking garage, offering a beautiful view on the river Maas.
Maurer United designed the 500m2 Dutch Design Pavilion at the Chinese Design Week in Guangzhou. It refers to the design work of ‘de Stijl’ group from the Netherlands.
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Parking fines misery for unsuspecting motorists25 June, 2012
Councillor Helen Abrahams is angry to learn that Brisbane City Council is aiming to make $26 million revenue next financial year from parking fines while making no changes to The Gabba Traffic Area that catches people unaware of the parking restrictions very time a game is held at The Gabba Cricket grounds.
“The Gabba Traffic Area extends from Kangaroo Point to Dutton Park and East Brisbane. The overhead signs do exist but they just are not seen by the majority of residents entering the traffic area’ said Cr Abrahams.
As a result, people are fined for parking for longer than 15 minutes on a game day.
“In most instances, the driver has checked and double checked for signs in the street and then proceed to park only to return to find a parking fine on the front window. The signage is just not good enough’ said Cr Abrahams
“The Gabba Traffic Area has been in place for more than 15 years but it is not working” said Helen Abrahams
“However, the Lord Mayor Graham Quirk is using this situation to deliberately and aggressively get a large revenue from parking fines.” said Helen Abrahams
“I would not support any driver who knowing is breaking the law, but the majority of the fines in The Gabba Traffic Area are issued to unsuspecting motorists.” said Helen Abrahams
“The Lord Mayor as a matter of urgency should install a new system that tells motorist in each street that parking is unlawful more than 2 hours” said Helen Abrahams.
“A blue kerb line might be a possibility”
The predicted revenue from parking is $26 million from parking fines and $18.4 million from on street parking meters.
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Luckies Or Unluckiest? Survivor Of Both The Hiroshima And Nagasaki Nuclear Attacks Of 1945 Dies In 2010
"Where Aren't They Now? 13 Overlooked Deaths of 2010."
"Who? Tsutomu Yamaguchi, survivor of both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuclear attacks of 1945.
How? Stomach cancer.
The legacy: During World War II, Yamaguchi lived in Nagasaki, but he just happened to be in Hiroshima for business on Aug. 6, 1945. After surviving the attack with just a few burns on his upper body, Yamaguchi, along with two co-workers, hightailed it back home to the safety of ... Nagasaki.
Two days later he reported back to work, just in time for the second bomb to hit.
"You have got to be ******** me."
Not only did he survive both atomic explosions without serious injury, but his wife and son made it through unharmed as well. Needless to say, he spent the rest of his life loudly claiming to be a Highlander (or campaigning against nuclear weapons ... we forget which)."*
* Ioannidis, Lisa-Skye. "Where Aren't They Now? 13 Overlooked Deaths of 2010." Cracked.com. Dec 26, 2010. Read more: http://www.cracked.com/article_18929_where-arent-they-now-13-overlooked-deaths-2010.html#ixzz19NsJ3WrU
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Ok, I know I might not be the person to talk about this. However, I do work as a reporter and being at the scene of fires is a part of the job. I go to the fire to bring the news to you, so you don't have to go out there. The traffic in the neighborhood surrounding the fire on Saturday night was frankly insane.
I mapped it out, and got misdirected. I thought I could drive down 91st Street until I got to the scene. Well, it didn't work out for me. It didn't work out for others either. As I got closer and closer the traffic on the streets got thicker. A couple blocks away I hit a cul-de-sac, there was a stream of vehicles in front and behind me clearly aiming for the scene and cycling around at the end of the street.
Everyone I talked to at the scene mentioned the heavy traffic. Traffic surrounding a scene can be a danger to drivers, can be a danger to emergency responders and potential victims of the incident. The best advice is to stay home and check out various news sources in the community. I of course would prefer you choose the Avalanche Journal, but any source would be better than clogging the streets around a scene.
Honestly I also think it is rude to the people who have lost so much. And it is rude to their neighbors whose yards become a staging ground to gawk from.
Part of my job of course is to go and cover these events and I know some people don't believe media should be at the scene. I disagree but understand, a part of me sometimes questions if I should be at the scene.
However, I think covering the story is important in some ways. It can reduce the number of gawkers — should reduce more than it does. It can alert the community as a whole to a family in need, and remind them of an agency which helps families. As the story unfolds causes of fires can often inform other families of potential fire hazards.
Anyway, support the Red Cross: http://www.redcross.org/tx/lubbock
And today's quote is from Clara Barton, Red Cross founder: "The Red Cross in its nature, it aims and purposes, and consequently, its methods, is unlike any other organization in the country. It is an organization of physical action, of instantaneous action, at the spur of the moment; it cannot await the ordinary deliberation of organized bodies if it would be of use to suffering humanity, ... [ellipsis in original] it has by its nature a field of its own."
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THE WORKERS WILL NOT BE FOOLED
One of the main trade unions in Guyana recently warned sugar workers to be careful about the wolves that come in sheep’s clothing claiming to represent their interest. The union was concerned about the possibility of political parties manipulating its members.
It need not worry. The workers in Guyana have always been much smarter than the politicians who try to use them for their support. The workers are very adept at gaining advantages by playing their own brand of politics through putting parties against each other for the advantage of the workers.
In the early 1970s there was an industrial dispute within the bauxite belt. Burnham was outraged that these workers dared to have struck against his government. He therefore procrastinated in sending a representative to meet with the workers. He was hoping to send a signal to workers that his government would not bend over easy to their demands.
The workers, however, did not lose any sleep over Burnham. Instead they played him off against Jagan by threatening that if Burnham did not meet with them that they would engage the then leader of the opposition, Dr. Cheddi Jagan.
The workers were playing their own brand of industrial politics and were prepared to use the political parties as pawns for their interests rather than becoming pawns in the political contest between the political parties.
In the run up to the 2011 elections, the Guyana Sugar Corporation decided to close the Diamond factory. However, it indicated that it wished to retain the workers at other estates.
The workers however had their own interests. They wanted to be paid their termination benefits and were determined to eat their cake and have it too. They wanted to keep open the option of working for the company but they also wanted their terminal benefits.
The sugar company was however opposed to termination. As such the workers made their play to the AFC. No sooner had the AFC met the workers than the government acceded to the demands of the workers. The workers received their terminal benefits and still had the option of working for the corporation. With election in the air the workers had effectively played the government off with the AFC.
Just days before elections, sugar workers in Berbice began a protest. The then President himself rushed up to the area. The workers however were not in the mood to give in easily and signaled that ‘boat gone a falls already’, meaning it was too late for the government to appease them; they had made up their minds.
The evidence does not suggest that the AFC gained significantly in electoral support amongst Diamond sugar workers, nor does it suggest that the sugar workers who took to protest action in Berbice, days before the elections voted overwhelmingly for the AFC. What they did do was to signal that they would not be taken for granted or be treated as political pawns.
GAWU, therefore, does not need to worry about the AFC penetrating its membership. The workers have their heads on; they understand when and why they are being courted.
Their reading of the present situation in the country will instruct them that the AFC cannot be entrusted with safeguarding their interests. The workers have their eyes open. They have seen what the AFC stands for. They have witnessed for themselves the assault that the combined opposition led by the AFC launched against the working class through their Budget cuts earlier this year.
They are therefore going to use the AFC to their advantage but they know that the AFC is not about the working class, it is an ALL FOR CAPITALISTS party that is prepared to accept the suffering of workers as collateral damage.
There was no reason for the AFC to have jeopardized the jobs of workers of the Ethnic Relations Commission. Even if there was a problem with the composition of the Commission, there was no need to place workers on the breadline by cutting the ERC Budget to $1.
By making these cuts, the combined opposition effectively took bread out of the mouths of workers. When asked about this, the AFC shamelessly expressed no remorse, saying that it was all part of the collateral damage.
Workers have a long memory. Sixty four years later they still recall what happened to the Enmore Martyrs. And one hundred years from now, they will recall the onslaught of the APNU/ AFC Budget cuts on workers in 2012. There was no need for these cuts.
One representative of APNU has said on public television that the ERC Budget was cut because it was being treated as a NGO in the estimates. Is this a credible reason for placing workers on the breadline? Is this reason for making workers collateral damage?
Why instead of cutting the budget of the ERC could the opposition, which is now so keen to move motions, not have passed a motion asking for the funds to be properly assigned? Why instead of voting down the subvention to the ERC could it not have been reclassified?
The workers are not going to be fooled. They know that the only reason why these things were not done was because the cuts were not rational but were about making a point and in the process using the workers as collateral.
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One remote control shall rule them all.
Early next year, at least one unnamed consumer electronics company will release the Loop, a ring-shaped remote control that lets you navigate by pointing at icons on the TV screen, rather than scrolling and clicking through TV listings. The device translates hand motions into cursor movements.
The technology behind the Loop was created by Hillcrest Labs.
In remotes, buttons are out. Pointing is in. Nintendo's Wii game console will come with a hand-held controller that does the same. Meanwhile, GeoVector has come up with a software application for cellphones that lets users point their phone at a building and figure out the name of the building, the tenants and other information. Panasonic has a remote with only a few buttons, too.
Hillcrest wouldn't say whether its technology is in the Wii controller, or whether it plans on suing Nintendo. It just said that that major companies have licensed its technology.
On a quick test, I found it pretty easy to use, but it would be better if they called it the J'Accuzzi.
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