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SAN FRANCISCO — No matter what else is happening in his life, David Anderson knows he cannot go far from the dialysis machine that sustains him.
Jobs, vacations, get-togethers with friends — everything takes a back seat to his thrice-weekly treatments that do the work of his failing kidneys.
But across town, UC San Francisco researchers are using Silicon Valley technology to create a device they hope can untether the 63-year-old San Franciscan and 380,000 other Americans who rely on dialysis to cope with kidney disease.
They're developing an implantable, artificial kidney that would shrink the refrigerator-size dialysis machine into a device the size of a coffee cup and perform functions a dialysis machine cannot do.
Anderson, who has been on dialysis more than five years. said he would gladly be the first test case. "I wouldn't hesitate for a second," he said. "It's just amazing. You want to live long enough to see some of this in place."
The device has shown such promise that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration last year selected it as one of three projects for a special fast-track approval process. Researchers hope it will be ready for human trials in 2017.
"We realized we could achieve a dialysis filter that would be one-twentieth the size of what's commercially available, and would require so little power that we could drive it just off blood pressure alone," said Shuvo Roy, a UCSF associate professor of bioengineering and therapeutic sciences. Researchers are using silicon nanotechnology to design the special filter.
Roy is leading a team of 40 scientists working on the project at nine institutions around the country.
He believes the device has the potential to save the federal Medicare program millions of dollars.
A room-size, external model of the technique was shown to work for very sick patients at the University of Michigan.
More than 600,000 Americans, and nearly 2 million people worldwide, have end-stage renal disease, the complete or nearly complete failure of kidneys.
For decades, little has changed in the treatments available, even though the number of patients is rising by 5 percent a year, mainly because of growing rates of diabetes and high blood pressure.
The best option for those with failing kidneys is a kidney transplant. But not nearly enough organs are available. With more than 95,000 people on a waiting list, and about 18,000 kidney transplants each year, most people are left out.
In 2011, nearly 5,000 people died while awaiting kidney transplants.
That leaves dialysis to help keep people alive until a transplant becomes available. But it is a less-than-ideal solution.
If Anderson misses even one of his 31/2-hour sessions, his body lets him know. His diseased kidneys allow toxins, waste and fluids to accumulate, a risky condition that makes him feel bloated and terrible.
"Your blood pressure goes up; it's a dangerous business," he said.
Many people who undergo dialysis have other health issues, including heart and circulation problems, notes Dr. Lynda Frassetto, a UCSF professor of medicine.
"You're just barely doing OK," Frassetto said. "You have to follow a very strict diet. You have to be careful about the fluid you take in."
In the artificial kidney, blood brought into one side of the device passes through a silicon filter that removes toxins, sugars, salts and water, creating an "ultrafiltrate," Roy explained.
The filtrate would move to the other side of the device, where actual kidney cells would reabsorb the water, sugars and salts back into the bloodstream, mimicking a real kidney's metabolic and water-balancing roles in a way that dialysis cannot. The team obtains the kidney cells from organs rejected for transplantation.
Because the kidney cells in the device would be separated from the immune components of a patient's blood, the researchers believe it would not trigger a rejection, relieving patients from the costly necessity of immune-suppressing drugs.
Roy noted that kidney disease takes a huge bite out of the nation's health care budget. Medicare covers the cost of dialysis for many people, and it is a hefty expense: $82,000 or more annually per patient. A kidney transplant surgery runs $50,000 to $100,000.
All told, end-stage kidney disease costs Medicare $33 billion per year.
Roy hopes an artificial kidney could be manufactured for $30,000 or less. Testing in animals could begin by about 2016, but it would probably be 2020 or later before the device, if proved effective, could become a routine therapy.
Last April, the FDA selected the artificial kidney for its Innovation Pathway, a pilot program to help medical devices reach patients faster, while ensuring their safety.
It will cost about $20 million to develop the artificial kidney and take it through its first clinical trial, Roy estimated. So far, the team has grants and gifts of about $7 million.
Anderson has been watching the developments with excitement. He has been undergoing dialysis since December 2007 — his second stint on the treatment. Before that, he had a transplanted kidney that lasted four years until it failed.
Anderson has toured Roy's lab and is eager to see what changes may come.
"It's really a cutting-edge project," he said. "You realize just what a complicated thing they're putting together. You think: Why can't I get this tomorrow?"
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As I was going through the Ohio County Marriage Records on FamilySearch.org yesterday, I came across three listings for James E. House in Guernsey County, Ohio. Two of them are known to me. My great-grandfather, James Emory House, married Barbara Shryock on May 29, 1866.
They went on to have one son, Edward F. House, and two daughters – Belle Dora House and Lucina House. Barbara (also called Barbary) died on July 10, 1872.
Then the story goes that James had Frances Ogan keeping house for him – as told in a letter written by his youngest son, Alva Lester House, to my aunt Gertrude.
So Father got my mother to keep house for him after his wife died. So him and Mother got married and they had 8 children.
James and Frances (Ogan) were married on May 26, 1873.
Their first son, Florus Allen House (named after James' father), was born a month prior to their marriage on April 21, 1873.
And this is where it gets interesting. When I clicked on the third entry for James E. House on the marriage records, it showed a marriage license issued on March 4, 1873, for James E. House and Elizabeth A. Meloy- it was never returned – and the couple didn't get married.
Curious! In order to determine if this was my great-grandfather, I set about comparing signatures.
I looked at all three – since two of them were "documented" as true and correct (sources are the children of my great-grandfather and his two wives – Barbara and Frances) – then I needed to compare his signatures with the one on the license for Elizabet Meloy.
I looked at unique aspects – the curliques especially – to determine if the same person could have signed all three documents and voila! It sure enough was! So who was this Elizabeth Meloy? How long had they known each other? Did James even know that Frances was expecting his child very, very soon (within a month of the date of the license)? Why didn't he and Elizabeth get married? (On a personal note, I'm glad they didn't or else I wouldn't be here!)
I set about trying to find out who this Elizabeth was. It seemed that whomever wrote down the names on the licenses, didn't check for spelling. Either that or my great-grandfather was very bad at remembering spelling or names. Instead of Barbara Shryock – she is listed as Barbary – which is what James wrote down on his pension application. Instead of Frances or even "Frankie" – she is listed as Frank. So that made me realize that Meloy could be a convoluted spelling for Malloy or Maloy. After not finding any possible Meloy families in the census, I looked for Maloy families.
James had grown up in Linton Township, Coshocton County, Ohio. In the 1860 US Census, he is living with his parents (Florus and Julia House) in Linton Township, dwelling and family number 778. Elizabeth Maloy, 9 years old, is living in the William and Louisa Maloy household in Linton Township, dwelling and family number 759. In the 1870 US Census, Elizabeth is still living with her parents. She is listed as age 18. The family had moved to Monroe Township, Muskingum County, Ohio. Since I have not been able to locate James and Barbara in the 1870 US Census, it is unknown where they were living. What I do know is James' parents, Florus and Julia, were married in Muskingum County – so perhaps Julia's family still lived in the area and perhaps they visited them from time to time. I would imagine that the families knew each other from some community function – church, school, or a social club. Elizabeth was about 8 years younger than James. She was three years younger than one of his sisters and two years older than another one.
Further research on Elizabeth indicates that there was an Elizabeth Maloy who married James Parks on June 13, 1877 in Coshocton County, Ohio. I can only assume that this is the same woman.
I'm still looking for more information. Right now Elizabeth Meloy/Maloy is just as mysterious as she was when I found the marriage license!

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Long before Malachy the Pekingese won "Best in Show" at the 2012 Westminster Kennel Club competition, Lad the collie had his own adventures at that annual event at Madison Square Garden. Albert Payson Terhune describes them in two tales in Lad: A Dog, a collection of 12 short stories inspired by an exceptional dog at a New Jersey kennel, which became an adult bestseller after it appeared in 1919 and which its publisher later repackaged as a children's book. You can read "For a Bit of Ribbon" and "Lost!" online or in the attractive 1993 Puffin edition with illustrations by Sam Savitt.
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OT Special Instructions 2010A
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This page provides instructions for completing Phase II Science Programs for all Gemini North and Gemini South instruments. It includes submission details and procedural changes. Please read this page carefully!
Deadlines and Mechanism for Return of Completed Science Programs
The Phase II deadline of January 15 2010 is a hard deadline for both queue and classical programs. Programs that have not completed their Phase II definitions by the deadline will be considered withdrawn and will be cancelled.
The mechanism for submitting your completed Phase II Science Program is by using the Store command in the Observing Tool and is the same for all instruments. See the Observing Database information for more details.
Dates for submission of completed Phase II information are (all 6pm local time):
|Phase II deadlines for all instruments
|15 January 2010
|Mandatory deadline for all queue and classical programs.
|MOS Mask Cut Deadlines
At Gemini North: MOS masks will be cut on the first working day after the 1st and 15th of each month.
At Gemini South: MOS masks will be cut periodically (twice a week).
The mask design and corresponding Phase II updates must be submitted at least one week before the cutting date. If a mask design is submitted too late for one deadline, then it will be cut later.
We strongly encourage all MOS PIs to submit their mask designs as early as possible (either at the start of the semester if not using GMOS pre-imaging or immediately after the pre-imaging is taken) in order to increase the chance that the MOS observations will be completed. Gemini reserves the right to not cut masks submitted within 6 weeks of the end of the semester if the queue coordinators determine that the MOS observation cannot be scheduled. Classical program PIs must submit their masks prior to the mask cutting date that precedes their arrival at the observatory by at least one week.
Please ensure that the latest version of the mask design software is used.
16 February 2010
|Dates of preparation of LGS targets lists by Gemini staff for approval by Space Command. Change requests for target additions and alterations must be made well in advance of these dates for the target to be included in the next LGS run, and observations set to "ready" at least two days prior. (These restrictions do not apply to LGS programs granted ToO status.)
The mandatory deadline applies to all queue and classical programs including templates for Quick Response / ToO observations. The mask design deadlines are more flexible but we encourage PIs to submit their mask designs and final MOS observations as early as possible. The LGS target list preparation dates are subject to change if LGS runs are rescheduled.
Programs that have not completed their Phase II definitions by the deadline noted above will be dropped from the queue or classical schedule. In exceptional cases an exemption may be requested by emailing the Heads of Science Operations (ijorgensen at gemini.edu, brodgers at gemini.edu)
In some cases GMOS PIs may be contacted directly and asked to submit their Phase II early to provide sufficient observations for pre-imaging and MOS spectroscopy at the very start of the semester. In all cases it benefits programs with early targets to get their Phase II ready early, as 10A programs will most likely be observed at the end of 09B to fill the queue.
Distribution of Phase II Skeletons
All observations must be defined using the Observing Tool (OT) software. Gemini staff have translated approved Phase I proposals into the Phase II format for loading into the OT. In this process, the observations and other details entered in Phase I are used to construct a ("skeleton") framework of your Science Program.
Instructions on skeleton retrieval were sent to PIs on December 11 2009. As in previous semesters, the Phase II skeletons are downloaded/uploaded directly from/to the Gemini telescope databases to enable more efficient and rapid processing. See more information on using the Observing Database.
A new release of the OT is available to support Semester 2010A Phase II preparation (as well as on-going 2008B, 2009A and 2009B programs); do not use the previous "2009B" public release. There are OT installation instructions available. If you are unfamiliar with the OT, there is an OT tutorial that provides a useful introduction. In addition, each instrument also has several web pages that provide guidance on observing strategies and how to describe these in the OT. OT libraries with example observations and configurations for each instrument must be fetched and used for your observations, as these contain updated calibration observations as well as templates.
Relaxation of Observing Condition Constraints and Other Observation Changes
Band 3 programs overfill the queue once weather loss is taken into account. They are very unlikely to be completed if they require better than average conditions. Programs in Band 3 have to use the relaxed Band 3 conditions that were specified during Phase I. It is always acceptable to relax the conditions even more since more relaxed conditions leads to a higher probability of execution (see Advice for Band 3 PIs). One useful analogy is to consider "how would I attempt this program if it were classically scheduled and the conditions were sub-optimal?".
We are continuing the "poor weather queue" to fill telescope time under very poor, but usable, conditions. Poor weather proposals can be submitted at any time using the PIT.
The Observing Conditions component now also makes it possible to add airmass or hour angle constraints. While needed for some programs, use of these constraints is equivalent to a change to better conditions constraints than approved by the ITAC. Therefore, any use of the airmass or hour angle constraints requires approval via the change request procedure.
If during detailed definition you find that the approved observations need to be modified, please follow the change request procedure.
User Support
The National Gemini Offices are responsible for Phase II support for the "established" facility and visiting instruments as mandated by the Gemini Board. Phase II support for the other instruments remains with the Gemini Observatory staff. In outline, the Phase II process for the established instruments is as follows:
- PIs interact with NGO support staff to complete Phase II using the OT for all observations with NIRI and NIFS (including Altair), NICI, Phoenix, both GMOSs (including MOS mask design), T-ReCS and Michelle.
- All Phase II Science Programs are checked by NGO staff prior to being forwarded to the Gemini Contact Scientist. (Note that Gemini CSs will return any Phase II programs that are received directly from PIs, with instructions to contact their NGO).
- Gemini Contact Scientist checks Phase II Science Programs; if there is any problem the Science Program will be returned to the NGO support staff. The NGO staff will then iterate further with the PI.
- Only when the Gemini Contact Scientist agrees that the Science Program is ready will it be activated in the queue for execution. The PI will be notified that their program is in the active queue and that the Gemini CS is now the primary contact point.
You can help us and speed this process by checking the program yourself (see the OT/Phase II checklist and instrument-specific checklists on the OT instrument component pages).
If you wish to change the primary contact for this program, e.g. to a co-I, please e-mail Rosemary Pike (rpike at gemini.edu) and Sandy Leggett (sleggett at gemini.edu) with a copy to the Gemini Heads of Science Operations (ijorgensen at gemini.edu, brodgers at gemini.edu) and a copy to your National Gemini office.
To help us in tracking and resolving user problems, questions and suggestions, and thereby improving the software and web pages, please use the Gemini HelpDesk. This allows us to ensure that no queries are missed and helps us improve the software and documentation. A streamlined interface is available for Phase II queries, keyed to your Gemini Program ID (e.g. GS-2006B-Q-12). As with the regular HelpDesk interface, your query will be directed to the specific NGO or Gemini support staff. Support assignments do change occasionally and you can verify the contact names by fetching your program or from the "interactive snapshot" of the Observing Database, accessed from the contents list on the schedules web page. (The NGO and Gemini support staff email addresses are listed on the support staff web page).
OT and Other Late-Breaking Changes for 2010A
The principal changes to the OT software are listed on the OT Release Notes page. There are also several new policy changes. Here we summarise how they affect Phase II observation definition and point the user to further details.
Phase II Deadline Changed for Classical Programs
Starting in 09B, the Phase II deadline for classical programs is the same as the queue deadline, in this case January 15 2010. For classical programs, backup observations to use poorer conditions, if appropriate, must have been specified and approved by this date.
Minimizing the effects of atmospheric refraction in GMOS data
The GMOS instrument web pages have been updated to give information about some of the consequences that can result from the fact the GMOSs do not have atmospheric dispersion correctors. Advice is given on how to limit the effects on data.
GMOS mask designs without GMOS pre-imaging
We have implemented the capability for the design of GMOS MOS masks from any available imaging with good astrometry. This has the potential to save observing time since pre-imaging with GMOS will no longer be required. PIs who are interested in utilizing this should inform their contact scientists.
Major new OT capabilities and procedure changes
- The OT is now using the current version of Java (Java 6) and may not run on PowerPC or 32bit Intel Mac computers. If you have problems running the OT then please submit a help desk ticket with topic Observing Tool/Phase II.
- The behavior of the static component and Position Editor visualization for medN and echelle modes has been improved.
- Telescope offsetting overheads have been updated.
- Updated overhead calculations for NIFS, Phoenix, and NICI
- It is now possible to deactivate all guide stars for a given probe from both the target component and the Position Editor.
- Guide probe states for different offset positions are remembered when all stars for a probe are deactivated and are returned to the previous states when re-activated. Note that the states are lost if all the guide stars are deleted from the target component.
Notification of Data Taken and Electronic Distribution
The "Notify PI" checkbox in the OT observation component is not yet active. Nonetheless, raw data are available "immediately" (usually within minutes) from the Gemini Science Archive using your OT (observing database) key for secure access to proprietary data. PIs will be notified by email once their data have been quality assessed and ingested into the archive and are available as a package along with other metadata (observing logs, calibrations etc). See more information about data retrieval from GSA.
Status of Submitted Programs and Observations
The queue summary and "interactive database snapshot" pages show the current execution status of all queue programs and indicates when data have been taken. (For the next level of detail,click on the "execution status" link under each program to see the status of each observation or on the execution log links in the contents list to see which observations were executed each night).


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The cool fall weather creates a great time to catch some fish.
The best fishing of the year is about to begin. You can locate the action by visiting websites that provide updated fishing reports.
One of the best sites is wildlife.utah.gov/hotspots.
Paul Birdsey, cold water sport fisheries coordinator for the Division of Wildlife Resources, says October is his favorite month to fish. "There's no better time to fish," Birdsey says, "and the beautiful fall scenery and the cooler temperatures aren't the only reasons why."
Birdsey says at the end of September or the start of October, lakes and reservoirs in Utah experience what he calls their "fall turnover."
"Basically," he says, "the water mixes. As the water on the surface cools, it sinks to the bottom of the reservoir. As the water sinks, it pushes the water on the bottom of the reservoir up to the top."
This swirling motion brings material from the deeper layers of the lake or reservoir into the upper layers. All of the sudden, algae starts to bloom. As the algae blooms, zooplankton feed on the algae. Then, the zooplankton bloom too.
Suddenly, abundant food is available for bait fish and sport fish throughout the lake or reservoir. "During this period of time," Birdsey says, "the fish go into a 'feeding frenzy.'"
During the frenzy, Birdsey says you can catch fish from the shore using simple equipment. "A rod and a reel, a bobber and some worms are about all you need," he says.
Because food is so abundant, fish will spread themselves across the entire body of water. They'll be in shallow water near shore and in deeper water in the middle of the lake or reservoir. "You can catch fish from the shore or from a boat," Birdsey says.
And lakes and reservoirs aren't the only places where fishing improves in October. Fishing in "tailrace" waters (rivers and streams that are below dams) improves as nutrients and cooler water are released into them. Having cooler water temperatures and the sun at a lower angle also improves fishing in all of the rivers and streams in the state, including those that aren't below dams.
Birdsey says the feeding frenzy usually lasts two to four weeks. "You can still catch fish in late fall," he says, "but fishing usually isn't as fast as it is in October."
Birdsey says the week before Utah's general rifle buck deer hunt starts is his favorite week of the year to fish. "You can usually have the water to yourself," he says, "and the fishing is as good as it gets."
During the week before the rifle deer hunt last fall, Birdsey says he and a friend caught and released 30 to 50 splake in a single day at Joes Valley Reservoir in southeastern Utah.
"We had a blast," he says.
This year's rifle buck deer hunt starts Oct. 20.
And even if you're going out on the big game hunts, you can still get in on the action. "Take your fishing equipment with you," Birdsey says. "When you're not hunting in the middle of the day, you'll have plenty of time to fish."
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The finalists for the 2010 Delete Key Awards for bad writing in books are:
THE ACCIDENTAL BILLIONAIRES (Doubleday) by Ben Mezrich.
BIG MAN (Grand Central) by Clarence Clemons and Don Reo.
FINGER LICKIN' FIFTEEN (St. Martin's) by Janet Evanovich.
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IT SUCKED AND THEN I CRIED (Simon Spotlight) by Heather Armstrong.
THE LOST SYMBOL (Doubleday) by Dan Brown.
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES (Quirk) by Seth Grahame-Smith.
PYGMY (Doubleday) by Chuck Palahniuk.
STORIES FROM CANDYLAND (St. Martin's) by Candy Spelling, and MOMMYWOOD (Simon Spotlight) by Tori Spelling (tie).
THE WHOLE TRUTH (Vision/Hachette) by David Baldacci.
Honorable Mention: MENNONITE IN A LITTLE BLACK DRESS (Holt) by Rhoda Janzen.
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John Oliver: Topical Comedy With A Crisp Accent
John Oliver: Topical Comedy With A Crisp Accent
This interview was originally broadcast on Jan. 5, 2010.
With Daily Show host Jon Stewart on leave for the summer, comedian John Oliver has stepped in to host the show that's become his television home base.
Oliver relocated from the U.K. in 2006 to become the "Senior British Correspondent" on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart. For his work there, he won an Emmy in 2009.
While his man-on-the-street-style interviews are typically conducted off the cuff, and interviewees may not know exactly what context they'll eventually be presented in, Oliver says those interviewed for the pre-taped segments are aware of the show and its premise.
But whether it's a spontaneous or a prepared interview, Oliver says that the best — and often seemingly most outrageous — moments featured on the show are genuine.
"When you see people say crazy things on our show, they mean this stuff," he says. "And that's easy to forget: They're not joking."
This is FRESH AIR.
JOHN OLIVER: Welcome to "The Daily Show." Thank you. Thank you. Welcome to "The Daily Show." I am John Oliver and let's all just acknowledge for a moment that this is weird.
OLIVER: This looks weird, it feels weird, it even sounds weird.
OLIVER: It sounds weird to me and this is my actual voice.
DAVIES: It may have been weird, but it's been a good week for John Oliver, his first filling in for Jon Stewart as host of Comedy Central's "The Daily Show." The Senior British Correspondent will be hosting the show during the summer while Jon Stewart takes leave to direct a film.
Not all the other correspondents on "The Daily Show," though, are thrilled with the whole thing - as John Oliver discovered on his first night in the host chair.
OLIVER: The story about the government surveillance operations keeps getting bigger and we have full team coverage. First, Jason Jones is at the National Security Agency in Fort Meade, Maryland.
OLIVER: Jason, have you been surprised by what's been going on the past few days?
JASON JONES: Surprised? Yeah. Try blindsided.
OLIVER: Right.
JONES: And I'm not alone. All of America is aghast right now. They cannot believe their eyes.
OLIVER: What, so Americans feel like they've been betrayed in some way?
JONES: Oh, yeah. Yeah. Betrayed is a good word for what we're feeling right now. OK?
JONES: We trusted the guy in charge, believed his promises about advancement and career opportunities and seniority.
OLIVER: Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait.
OLIVER: Wait. Wait. Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. Jason. Jason, are you talking about me taking over the show?
OLIVER: Is that what you're talking about?
JONES: Oh, I'm sorry. What the (bleep) else would I be talking about?
JONES: Yeah, just go to Iran, the boss said, risk your life and freedom. It'll pay off down the road.
OLIVER: Yeah. OK.
JONES: Yeah. It turns out I should've just stayed here singing (bleep) chimneysweep songs.
OLIVER: OK. Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey.
OLIVER: OK. Well, Jason Jones, let's go to Samantha Bee - let's go to Samantha Bee at Google headquarters, of course, one of the companies whose data is being monitored.
SAMANTHA BEE: Hey, John, I'm so sorry. Can I just please apologize on behalf of Jason?
OLIVER: I appreciate that, Sam. It's fine. Has Google issued a statement?
BEE: Well, let me put it like this, (with British accent) John, after violating the privacy act of their entire clientele...
BEE: Google's in a right sticky wicket...
OLIVER: Sam? Sam? Sam?
OLIVER: Sam?
BEE: Yes. I'm sorry, governor. What?
OLIVER: Sam, you don't need to speak in a British accent.
BEE: Oh, don't I, John? Don't I?
BEE: Ten years I've been here talking American, only to be leapfrogged by a godforsaken foreigner.
OLIVER: OK. OK. Stop it. Stop it.
OLIVER: Sam, thank you very much.
DAVIES: John Oliver was born in Birmingham, England. He joined "The Daily Show" in 2006. Terry interviewed him in 2010, during the run-up to the midterm elections. Here's an excerpt of their conversation.
So, you came to America to do "The Daily Show"? You weren't here before?
OLIVER: Yeah. I'd never been to America before. So, I was offered this job.
GROSS: That's bizarre, because you're coming to America and have to really understand how the politics work in order to do good satire, and you've never even been here. That's kind of amazing.
OLIVER: Right. Although I guess you've got to understand the extent to which people's lives are affected by America around the world. We all have a fairly good idea - at least a workable understanding - of how America affects us elsewhere on the planet. And so everything else was just really trying to catch up. It was a crash course in trying to work out the more intricate ways that Congress works. And for that, I really must thank Wikipedia.
OLIVER: For many meetings in those first few months, I'd think, oh, OK. Let me - that sounds great. Let me just go and look up exactly what branch of government they're referring to there.
GROSS: Did you have to come up with a persona for the show?
OLIVER: No. I think you are overestimating my performance abilities there.
OLIVER: Not really. I think my accent became a persona in and of itself, in its - I think deep down, Americans still can't help but respect the British accents. I think it's something latent in your history, in our history. You still can't help but respect the authority of this voice. So, I think...
OLIVER: ...just the way I spoke, people think, oh, he must be playing a kind of smart reporter.
OLIVER: If that's what you want to believe, then I'm happy to let you continue doing so.
GROSS: Have you been to any of the Tea Parties?
OLIVER: Yeah, absolutely.
GROSS: Tell us, what was it like to report from them? Yeah.
OLIVER: Well, you know, they are - they're a gift for the field department, because like we were saying before, you want people who vehemently believe in something and you won't find heavier beliefs, more fervently held beliefs, than at these Tea Parties. I guess the only thing that came close to it was Sarah Palin rallies last year. That really did filter the crazy in a way that was very useful.
You were really left with pure gold of nutcases. But Tea Parties are fantastic to report from because the people are way too passionate, for a start, long beyond the point of being able to process rational thought. And they kind of whip themselves up into an illogical frenzy and the things they're saying are either ridiculous or completely abhorrent.
There are fundamental questions that you can have, of course, with the government, but dressing up in Revolutionary garb and saying that this government is tyrannical is absolutely ridiculous. Now, we did - that was one of the pieces that we did: I, as a British person, let me tell you what tyranny really was back then, because my people did it to you. And it wasn't slightly increasing the base rate of taxation. It was screwing your thumbs off.
OLIVER: So, let's not get carried away here. Let's not devalue the term tyranny, which certain countries, mine included, worked extremely hard to give its value. So, that was our take for that particular piece was what an insult. Let's not bandy the term tyranny around to the countries that earned its use.
GROSS: Now, one other thing that happened to you when reporting for "The Daily Show," didn't you break your nose?
OLIVER: I did. That was my second piece. We wanted to do a piece about America's attitude to war, and so we went to a Civil War reenactment society. And the joke was supposed to be that I was fighting for the North - you're welcome, America.
OLIVER: And I would run at the South before they shouted go, which is pretty much how they start these enactments. I presume that's how the Civil War started. Someone at some point shouted go. And so I was running towards the South, and I could feel myself slip and fall. And I had a bayonet in my hand.
So, I'd kind of managed to get the bayonet down, and by that point, I had face-planted into the ground and broke my nose. And we called back to the office. And the - I guess this was the point I knew what I was letting myself in for with this show. The first thing they asked was: Did you get it on camera? And we said, yes. And they said, good. Was it funny?
OLIVER: And then you've got - yes, yes, it was funny. So by the time I got back to the office, we'd already sent the footage back. So all I could hear was gales of laughter as people just kept repeat viewing me smashing my face into the ground. So, we ended up doing a reenactment, a re-reenactment at the end of that piece with a huge bodybuilder guy playing me with a more - yeah, like a huge chest.
GROSS: So, now correct me if I'm wrong; when you started working on "The Daily Show," you didn't even have a green card to allow you...
OLIVER: Oh, no. I didn't have a green card. I was on a visa. I got my green card three weeks ago, I think.
GROSS: Wow. Really?
OLIVER: It just came through, yeah.
GROSS: Gee. So, does that mean you've been working on the air, in plain sight, on television illegally?
OLIVER: No. No, it doesn't. No. I was legal the whole time. I was on a working visa. But I wanted to - I love it here. I love this job and I love it here. So, I wanted to, it's a - being on a visa is an odd limbo to live in because you have to reapply every year and your fate really is in the hands of the person behind the booth window.
In fact - I think you'll like this one - the last time I had to apply for a visa - so you have to leave the country, so I went back to London to go to the American embassy. And your fate is absolutely is in the hands of this person in the interview talking. I walked up to the booth and the woman behind the booth looked at me and said with a stone face: Give me one reason why I should let you back into America to criticize our country again.
GROSS: Ha.
OLIVER: And I said, oh - my blood ran cold. I mean, I don't really think about it in that way, you know, it's just writing jokes. And then she said I'm just joking. I absolutely love the show; we watch it here all the time.
OLIVER: Stamped the pass. And I'm not sure personally that that is a great time for a joke.
OLIVER: When you have someone who is about to crumple in front of you, I think there is a time and a place for a joke like that. And she got it wrong on both counts.
DAVIES: John Oliver, Senior British Correspondent and, for three months, fill-in anchor for "The Daily Show." That's a gig I know something about.
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Michigan is closer to wolf hunting
A Michigan commission now has the authority to establish hunting seasons for the gray wolf under a law signed by Gov. Rick Snyder.
The Natural Resources Commission is expected to get an update on the once-imperiled species in January.
The number of wolves in Michigan is about 700 and has grown since the federal government outlawed killing wolves four decades ago to keep them from going extinct in the lower 48 states.
The law signed Friday authorizes the creation of a wolf hunting season and sets license fees. But the decision on whether and when to have a hunting season is left to the commission.
Supporters say wolves are too prevalent in some areas of the Upper Peninsula. Opponents say it's not time to kill wolves once protected from extinction.


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Top attractions in Nebraska
Nebraska is where Midwest meets West, literally. Geographers identify the 100th meridian, which nearly halves the state, as the boundary between the two regions. But travelers don't need a sign to recognize the divide. As in frontier days, the majority of Cornhuskers live in the state's eastern half, and out west, the sun still sets over vast grasslands and yucca-capped buttes.
Click ahead to find out about 20 of our favorite experiences in Nebraska, from exploring Nebraska's largest city, Omaha, to bird-watching at Valentine National Wildlife Refuge or learning about pioneer history at The Archway (left).
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Sandhill crane migration
From late February to early April, 500,000 migrating sandhill cranes feed and rest along the Platte River in the center of the state near Kearney. At sunset, the horizon can go dark as the gray birds—6-8 feet across the wingtips—return to the sandbars after feeding in the fields. The northbound cranes present one of the planet's great remaining migrations. And thanks to viewing areas stretching along Interstate-80 from Kearney to Grand Island, you can see the birds with hardly more effort than it takes to pull over for a cup of coffee. outdoornebraska.ne.gov
Audubon's Rowe Sanctuary offers tours. (308) 468-5282; rowe.audubon.org
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Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo
Look for the zoo's spectacular Desert Dome if you arrive in Omaha along westbound I-80. Other highlights of Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo include 1,225 species, a massive aquarium, an IMAX theater and a gorilla exhibit that puts you nose to nose with the primates. The Skyfari open-air chairlift takes you from one end of the zoo to the other, right over the animal enclosures. (402) 733-8401; omahazoo.com
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The Archway
This compelling museum, located in an arch over I-80 near Kearney, covers the legacy of travelers along the Platte River Road. Interactive exhibits and dioramas chronicle the rich history of fur trappers, Native Americans, Oregon Trail pioneers, Pony Express riders, the workers who built America's first transcontinental railroad and the daring motorists who ventured on the nation's first coast-to-coast highway. (877) 511-2724; archway.org
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Homestead National Monument of America
History buffs will love the Homestead National Monument of America, which provides an in-depth look at the 1862 Homestead Act that granted more than 270 million acres (about 10 percent of the United States) to pioneers. A heritage center, opened in 2007, has videos and interactive exhibits; you can also see a restored prairie area. In Beatrice (about 40 miles south of Lincoln). (402) 223-3514; nps.gov/home
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North Platte's Western heritage
This town of 24,000 along I-80 is the hometown of Buffalo Bill Cody and the site of Bailey Train Yard, the world's largest. Tour the showman's ranch at Buffalo Bill State Historical Park, pictured at left; (308) 535-8035; outdoornebraska.ne.gov, or overlook Union Pacific's vast Bailey Yard from the new eight-story Golden Spike Tower and Visitor Center. (308) 532-9920; goldenspiketower.com
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Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park
An ancient volcanic eruption left a rich cache of fossils at this site near Royal (140 miles southeast of Valentine). Today, Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park offers a top-notch educational attraction. Inside the massive new Hubbard Rhino Barn, visitors see what paleontologists are uncovering (including barrel-bodied rhinos, five species of horses and three species of camels). Activities include a fossil dig table for kids and trails with overlooks. (402) 893-2000; ashfall.unl.edu
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Fort Robinson State Park
Fort Robinson State Park fuses history and nature. Pine-topped bluffs frame the site where Indian wars were fought, chief Crazy Horse died and soldiers trained for World War I. Jeep and horseback tours head into the hills, a theater shows live musicals and lodging includes motel-style rooms in the former cavalry quarters (125 miles south of Rapid City, South Dakota). (308) 665-2900; outdoornebraska.org
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Omaha's Old Market
This 12-square-block revived warehouse district is a model for successful urban renewal. Faded advertising murals and covered sidewalks add historical charm to Old Market's shops, galleries and restaurants. oldmarket.com
Our favorite stops include M's Pub, where surprising dishes such as Armenian lavosh bread with Thai chicken keep the largely American menu interesting. (402) 342-2550; mspubomaha.com
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Hastings museums
Museums that kids will find interesting make this town of 25,000 (105 miles west of Lincoln) a good stop for families. Hands-on exhibits at the Children's Museum of Central Nebraska include a make-believe veterinary clinic with animal X-rays and a pretend pizza parlor to test kids' math skills. (402) 463-3300; cmocn.org
The Hastings Museum of Natural and Cultural History offers a pleasantly eclectic mix of science, history and pop culture. Don't miss the display (left) about Kool-Aid inventor Edwin Perkins, a hometown hero. (402) 461-4629; hastingsmuseum.org
Canoeing the Niobrara River
Most treks to Valentine (population: 2,800) center on canoe trips. The spring-fed Niobrara National Scenic River runs knee-to-hip deep at most in summer, so there's little to fear if you overturn. Check the National Park Service website below for information on the best places to put in, take out and stop for hikes into the bluffs. The river is suitable for kids and beginners, though a few mild rapids keep things interesting. (402) 376-1901; nps.gov/niob
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Nebraska Star Party
This major astronomical gathering in August at Merritt Reservoir's Snake River Campground (about 30 miles southwest of Valentine) welcomes families and observers of all skill levels to join lectures and look through huge telescopes. The Nebraska Star Party's near-total lack of light pollution makes for some of the darkest skies in the nation. (402) 333-5460; nebraskastarparty.org
Cowboy Trail
Cyclists come to the Niobrara River Valley for the Cowboy Trail, a converted rail bed that will eventually cover more than 320 miles between Chadron and Norfolk. For now, visitors can explore 195 miles of the broad, level gravel path. Not far from Valentine, the trail crosses the Niobrara River on a century-old, 148-foot-high steel trestle bridge, offering a spectacular panorama (left). On most days, you'll have the trail—and the sweeping vistas—to yourself. (402) 471-0641; outdoornebraska.ne.gov
Valentine National Wildlife Refuge
Grasslands surround sand-bottom lakes at this designated National Natural Landmark. More than 260 species of birds as well as deer, muskrats and beavers are among the wildlife at Valentine National Wildlife Refuge. Fall and spring migrations bring as many as 150,000 ducks. Free. (402) 376-1889; fws.gov/refuge
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University of Nebraska museums
In Nebraska's capital city, Lincoln (population: 254,000), choose from a trio of excellent on-campus museums: Sheldon Museum of Art (left) for modern American art, (402) 472-2461; sheldonartmuseum.org, the University of Nebraska State Museum, (402) 472-2642; museum.unl.edu, for the world's premier collection of fossil elephants, and the International Quilt Study Center & Museum, (402) 472-6549; quiltstudy.org, for a rainbow of historic quilts.
Boys Town
The Rev. Edward J. Flanagan started Boys Town in 1917, with just five troubled boys in his charge. Today, hundreds of kids live at the Omaha nonprofit's pastoral main campus. The community operates its own police and fire departments and schools. It welcomes visitors for self-guided tours. An audio driving tour includes two chapels, Father Flanagan's house and a museum. (800) 625-1400; boystown.org
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Nebraska City's Arbor Day heritage
If you ever wanted to learn about trees, walk among trees or just stay in a lodge built of trees, Nebraska City (population: 7,200) is your place. Home of Arbor Day founder J. Sterling Morton, the town lives and breathes its Arbor Day heritage, with Morton-related sites topping the to-do list.
The 72-acre Arbor Lodge State Historical Park preserves Morton's mansion in a tree-filled setting. Pictured at left; (402) 873-7222; outdoornebraska.ne.gov
At Arbor Day Farm, historic barns, a cafe, a market and the family-friendly Tree Adventure (with a 50-foot-high tree house) offer more than enough to keep a family busy for the day. (402) 873-8717; arbordayfarm.org
Across the street from the farm, the Frank Lloyd Wright-styled Lied Lodge & Conference Center features an absolutely stunning lobby of timber and stone plus rooms with views of the arboretum or the hazelnut orchard. (800) 546-5433; liedlodge.org
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Panhandle landmarks
In western Nebraska's Panhandle, historic sites and national monuments dot the map, serving as stirring reminders of the state's role in settling the West. Outside Scottsbluff (population: 15,000), Chimney Rock—a 300-foot spire that was a landmark for Oregon Trail settlers—pierces the sky above the North Platte River. (308) 586-2581; nps.gov
At Scotts Bluff National Monument, a short hike leads to 100-mile views; in summer, a living-history program at the visitors center highlights the Oregon Trail journey. (308) 436-9700; nps.gov
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TD Ameritrade Park Omaha
In 2011, the NCAA Men's College World Series left its home at Rosenblatt Stadium. We miss the small-town feel of that historic park by the Henry Doorly Zoo, but we must admit, the event's 24,000-seat $131 million brick home next to the CenturyLink Center is pretty sweet.
The giant scoreboard screens invite passersby to take a peek at the action, and nearby bars and restaurants bolster the stadium's celebratory atmosphere. The seats offer a panoramic view of both the diamond and downtown -- not to mention plenty of legroom. (402) 546-1800; tdameritradeparkomaha.com
Eugene T. Mahoney State Park
Mahoney is all about amenities: trail rides, miniature golf, a driving range, a water park, pedal boats, theater performances, a hotel-restaurant and an ice rink in winter. The grounds of Eugene T. Mahoney State Park are as manicured as a golf course, and the cabin clusters look like suburban subdivisions. Rugged, it's not, but you can't beat the price for a family-friendly resort vacation (30 miles southwest of Omaha). (402) 944-2523; outdoornebraska.ne.gov
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Strategic Air and Space Museum
Off I-80 near Lincoln, the Strategic Air and Space Museum in Ashland spotlights more than 30 aircraft, including a B-17 "Flying Fortress" and a MiG-21 fighter jet. Other features include a children's play area, exhibits highlighting Nebraska contributions to flight and a Vietnam Memorial Wall. (402) 944-3100; sasmuseum.com


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What do you do when the game just plain sucks?
Because in the course of any season, regardless of how well your team is or is not doing, it's going to happen. Several times. Well, if you're me and it's the Angels doing the sucking, you just keep right on watching. Call it misplaced optimism. Call it "fan"aticism carried to masochistic degree. Call it a factor of being raised on SoCal baseball where, truly, more so that for any other teams in the majors there is no lead so large that every now and then it can't be overcome…or given up for that matter. Call it whatever you like, but if I've started watching the game, be it at the ballpark or on the television, even on delay, then I'm going to finish it — root, root, root for my guys or at least show solidarity by sitting tight through the evening death watch, as it were.
Fortunately, this evening I accidentally saw the end of the game. Not knowing the end of an east coast game while you're waiting for your husband to come home to start said game on delay when you blog…and read everyone else's blogs…and watch MLB tonight…and, and, and, you get the general idea…on the night your team decides to blow goats two days after pitching a no-hitter? It's not possible. Seth knew the outcome before he got home too. I won't give up on a train wreck once it's started, but I also don't believe that fandom demands seeking one out when I already know the gorey depths and bloody extent of the of the carnage.
So, what do you do when the game just plain sucks? Either in lieu of watching it or after it's over?
Change the channel. Yep. Pick up that remote and put something else on. Depending on your personality, another game might be just the ticket, or it might drive you into greater fits of depression. Sometimes something completely different is a better idea. Watch a movie. Drool over Food Network. Catch up on some of the April and May episodes of favorite TV series you abandoned on the DVR once the baseball season started. One word of advice, though. Watching SportsCenter, Quick Pitch, or the like immediately after your team choked and hearing the talking heads not just speak ill of the dead, but trash talk the corpse during the autopsy isn't therapy. It's the sports fan equivalent of drunk dialing an ex-lover while you're still raw from a recent break up. Sure, you think you're going to achieve some measure of closure, but no. It's a trap. …or so I've heard…
Go to the Movies. Get out of the house and lose yourself in someone else's story for a few hours. After Joel Pinero's Post Oakland Debacle, Debacle Part II: This Time it's in Cleveland, we went to go see Captain Abs…er…America. *Sigh.* Is this geek girl heaven? No ma'am. It's just the first preview for the Avengers movie in 2012. *Sigh again* Really, Captain America was fun, and it had a neat, knowing WWII recruitment poster come to life look to it, but it was worth it for that preview alone.
Sadly, sometimes stronger measures in this arena are required. Cheesy, cheesier, so bad it's good, and occasionally even just plain bad movies have their uses. Yes, there was a game so bad a few weeks ago that we actually went to see Transformers III. Our rationalizations? Let someone else pay for the air conditioning for a few hours. Pretty explosions in 3-D are therapeutic. And, really, the game might look better in comparison. We were mostly right.
Curl Up with a Good Book. If you're not a fan of the printed word, no worries. Some people juggle geese and all that. But if you are, this is an excellent strategy. Brain vacation! Cruise around in Crowley's ill fated Bentley or Harry Dresden's blue beetle. Visit Middle Earth or 221B Baker Street. Attend Woland's Walpurgis Night Midnight Ball. And return to reality when your desire to punch walls over the game has receded to mere annoyance.
Ummm…it's called alcohol. Feeling the need for something a bit more mind-numbing than my previous suggestions? The main benefit of this time honored coping strategy is that you don't have to wait until after the game to begin self-medicating. Wine. Beer. Bourbon. Vodka. Be the reason the rum is gone. Heck, get fancy and do catastrophe themed shots like flaming drambuie. And it's versatile too! If your team starts to rally, your spirit drenched activities can flip the switch from wake to celebratory revels faster than Peter Bourjos goes from first to home plate. And if you haven't had the pleasure of watching the lad this season, that's pretty damn fast.
Wink, wink. Nudge, nudge. Say no more. Personally, I think this should be a frequent go-to post game strategy regardless of the score. A great pick me up after a terrible game. A fantastic celebration after a good game. It's the little black dress of cope-age.
Blog. Put fingers to key board and rant, whine and snark away. Oh, come on. You know you were going to do it anyway. Why not get all of the ranting out of the way during or immediately after the game when it has the most direct therapeutic value. If raw emotions – or perhaps having, ahem, combined this option with one of the others – adversely affect the quality of your prose, it's not like you actually have to post it. Of course, that's never stopped me before. 😉
And if none of this is effective, well, you know you're going to get right back on that horse with the next game to cheer again. How can you not? Your cure is only a win away. And your relapse? Well, best not to talk about that. But you might as well keep this list handy, you know, just in case.


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Expanding on the theme of diversity within HLS began by Micah and within the LIS profession by Rebecca, I would like to take a moment to add a queer perspective to this discussion. My identity as a queer person has played a major role in my entry into this wacky world of library and information science. The importance of access to information for queer people, who often cannot turn to the usual sources, such as family and friends, to learn about themselves or form positive self images, is huge. So, from my perspective libraries and queer people are forever linked because libraries have what we need–information! My goal is to make queer materials and queer issues more visible in libraries, and the most obvious place to start is with myself, and right now, here in my first HLS post.
I've been able to build queer themes into almost every class I've taken at San Jose State SLIS, and I even had the opportunity to take a class last semester devoted entirely to the subject of serving LGBTIQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, Queer) library users with Ellen Greenblatt. From term papers on censorship to a pathfinder about queer art to a research proposal on library outreach to queer youth, I've done my homework. And this semester I feel very lucky to be interning at a queer library, the James C. Hormel Gay and Lesbian Center, located within the San Francisco Public Library. The Hormel Gay and Lesbian Center collects, preserves, and promotes queer materials, and gives a very public face to the library's queer collections. Places like the Hormel Center, the Lavender Library, One Archives and others were created in an attempt to rectify a history of censorship and marginalization of queer materials within libraries and archives.
Thankfully, the ALA has very progressive policies around diversity and access to information, but as Micah's and Rebecca's posts on racial diversity point out, creating real live diversity among library staff, library school student bodies, and I would add library collections/programs/services, etc., is not so easy. And as queer people become more assimilated into mainstream culture, I'm not convinced that that necessarily translates into more queer books, programs, services, or necessarily even more out queer staff members, at the library. Seeing Ellen on TV everyday may lead some in the LIS field, or people in general, to think that all the battles for LGBTIQ people have been fought and won. But there is still much work to be done! As libraries aim to be on the cutting edge of technology to remain relevant, why can't libraries also aim to be on the cutting edge of diversity by creating collections and services that reach beyond the status quo? I'm talking about really investing in it, promoting it–getting innovative about diversity, all kinds of diversity. I think that would be great way for libraries to remain relevant–forever!
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After years of battling each other on trade issues, U.S. and European officials are contemplating a dramatic change in direction: joining together in what could be the world's largest free trade pact in an attempt to boost their struggling economies.
Discussions are in the most preliminary of stages and there would be significant obstacles to overcome, including sharp differences on agriculture, food safety and climate change legislation. Still, top EU and U.S. officials have said they want to see it happen. And America's main labor group, often the biggest opponent of U.S. trade pacts, says it wouldn't stand in the way.
Last month, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton signaled the Obama administration's interest during a speech on trans-Atlantic relations.
"If we get this right, an agreement that opens markets and liberalizes trade would shore up our global competitiveness for the next century, creating jobs and generating hundreds of billions of dollars for our economies," Clinton said.
European officials, including EU Commissioner for Trade Karel De Gucht, have also expressed enthusiasm. Both sides are awaiting a report within weeks by a working group they appointed to study the issue. A positive recommendation could lead to negotiations early next year.
The interest in Washington to take on a big free trade deal is somewhat surprising. U.S. free trade negotiators have had a tough slog since the politically fraught debate over the NAFTA agreement with Mexico and Canada in 1991. Since then, it has become increasingly difficult to push big deals through Congress amid opposition from labor groups. Smaller deals with individual countries, including Peru and South Korea, have been approved.
Efforts to negotiate further reductions in tariffs between the more than 150 countries in the World Trade Organization also have stalled in recent years, in part over disagreements between the U.S. and the EU.
Negotiators would face a host of tricky issues that have previously led to trans-Atlantic trade spats. The two sides currently are fighting over the EU's carbon trading scheme that could penalize airlines not meeting EU standards. There are also substantial disagreements over intellectual property enforcement and food safety issues. More broadly, agricultural issues, including EU restrictions on the use of genetically modified foods and pesticides, are likely to challenge negotiators. Tyson Barker, who directs trans-Atlantic relations at the Washington office of Germany's Bertelsmann foundation, said the agricultural issues are particularly sensitive in France.
"This will not be smooth sailing in Europe, by any stretch of the imagination," he said.
In the U.S., the negotiations do appear to have the backing of both big business and big labor.
Labor unions have opposed previous U.S. free trade deals with developing countries, arguing that American workers would be at a competitive disadvantage because inferior environmental and labor standards in those countries allow for lower wages. But the giant U.S. labor umbrella organization, the AFL-CIO, says it wouldn't have those concerns in a deal with the EU, arguing that European social welfare and environmental standards exceed those in the U.S.
"The AFL-CIO believes that increasing trade ties with the EU could be beneficial for both American and European workers," the union said in a statement about the working group studying a potential deal.
Less surprisingly, the idea has the backing of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which says a deal could have sizeable economic benefits for both sides.
Tariffs between the EU and the U.S. are already relatively low, averaging 5 percent to 7 percent. But because of the sheer size of the markets, even marginal reductions could have a big economic impact. A study by the European Center for International Political Economy estimated that eliminating tariffs could boost U.S. exports to the EU by up to 17 percent and EU exports in the other direction by 18 percent. The chamber says a deal could add $180 billion to the U.S. and EU economies over five years, with the U.S. seeing larger gains than the EU. A potential deal could also ease trade by streamlining regulations and expanding the mutual recognition of product standards that the two sides use.
"The opportunity is there. It is golden. We should take it," said Peter Chase, the chamber's vice president for Europe. Chase said it's very likely the two sides will launch talks next year, but he sees challenges for negotiators.
He said both sides have previously negotiated deals, but with much smaller economies, and have therefore become used to negotiating from the strong position. In this case, they will be roughly equals.
But Jeffrey Schott, a fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, sees a potential roadmap in trade deals already in place with South Korea. He said the EU used the U.S. deal with Seoul as a guide for its own deal, which is quite similar.
"What is notable is that each side has been able to make these commitments to Korea, but not to each other," Schott said.
If they follow the Korean agreements, Schott believes the U.S. and the EU could have a deal.
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