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This paper looks at the role that potential poverty-reducing impact that the CWP could have is expanded. While acknowledging that there are significant non-monetary impacts, the focus is on measuring the impact that earning the CWP wage would have on household poverty and inequality. (The Employment Promotion Programme (EPP) Research)
Unemployment and earnings inequality in South Africa have declined in recent years, while the trend in overall income inequality is unclear. Inequality and unemployment both remain at extremely high levels by historical and international standards. There has been a very close relationship between trends in unemployment and earnings inequality in recent years. The decomposition of earnings inequality by employment status reveals the importance of unemployment in accounting for the level and trend of earnings inequality. The distribution of employment in the formal and informal sectors is also found to be important in explaining earnings inequality, as is wage dispersion within each of these sectors. Decomposing overall income inequality by income source confirms the overwhelming importance of earnings in income inequality more generally. Inequality is only likely to be dramatically reduced through a significant expansion of decent work for the low- and semi-skilled. Simulations of an expansion of low-wage employment show that this would reduce inequality, but the effect would be limited if wages are too low. While the introduction of a minimum wage would be expected to reduce inequality, its overall effects are contingent on the extent of any associated job losses.
Sugar cane remains a major contributor to the Mauritian economy. In 2003 it was cultivated on 85% of the arable land by 28 000 planters, with most planters being smallholders. One in three rural families is directly or indirectly involved in the sugar industry. Annual sugar production averages 575 000 tonnes of which 507 000 tonnes are exported to the EU under the African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) - European Union (EU) Sugar Protocol, the Special Preferential Sugar Agreement, which provides a guaranteed price well above the world market price. The share of the sugar industry in the Mauritian economy has dwindled from 25% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the 1970s to about 3.5% in 2003, but still represents about 19% of foreign exchange earnings.
Session 4A: Is Informal Normal in Low Income Countires? If So, What Does this Mean for Development Policy?
Session 8b: The Global Financial Crisis - Micro Impacts
Session 8B: The Global Financial Crisis - Marco Impacts
Session 6A: Subjective Measures of Welfare
Session 5A: Poverty and Household Welfare
Session 4B: Global Crisis and Poverty
Maize is the most important staple cereal product consumed in the Southern African region. The purpose of this paper is to examine the origins of the global 2007/8 food price crisis and the impact this had on the trade in maize within the SACU customs union as well as to consider the impact on consumer prices of maize. The reason why maize is central to this issue is not simply because of its roles as the principle staple food product of the SACU region but because much of the global crisis that occurred in 2008 had its origins in changes in US ethanol policy which were related specifically to the maize sector. The paper also considers whether in fact changes in VAT policy with appropriate and targeted poverty alleviation programs will achieve the objective of decreasing poverty in the SACU region. Lastly the paper considers duty on maize meal and processed maize products which serves to raise the import parity price for meal in an already oligopolistic market.
The paper has attempted to contribute to a key issue in the current debate on economic development: the link between trade and poverty. The paper focused on the impact of imported chickens on Zimbabwe's poultry industry. The general aim of the study was to find the impact of imported chicken on producers, consumers, retailers and government. The study relied on primary data collected through a survey. Questionnaires and interviews were used to gather information on the impact of imported chickens on producers, consumers and government. The method of ordinary least squares to estimate the model suggested to explain the linkages between trade and poverty. Quantity of domestically produced chickens, quantity of imported chickens and a dummy variable have been used as explanatory variables top rice of chickens, the depended variable. The quantity of domestically produced chickens and the dummy have been found to be significant in influencing the price of chickens on the local market. The quantity of locally produced chickens has been found to have an insignificant effect on the rice of the chickens
The results emanating from the study indicated that the imported chickens have had varied impact on the relevant players in the poultry industry. The consumers and retailers benefited, while producers lost. From the study the consumers benefited from a price reduction of chickens as a result of the influx of imported chicken in Zimbabwe. This translated to an improvement in welfare and hence has poverty reduction effect. The consumer surplus gain was estimated to be $24 334. Producers generally faced stiff competition from imported chicken and hence their production was reduced. Retailers benefited most from price differential margin. They imported chicken at lower price and tried to match though generally at lower price the local producer's prices. Other significant results found were that the imported chickens have an impact on employment. There was an increase in unemployment as a result of closure of companies which are directly linked to poultry production.
The paper concludes with proposing strategies that can be adopted to deal with the supply side constraints of the poultry industry so as to improve its competitiveness and production.
The services sector is increasingly seen as a means to promote economic development and reduce poverty. It is becoming the largest sector, in terms of share of GDP and employment, in most developing countries. The services sector is highly diverse, ranging, from infrastructure services such as telecommunications, construction, transportation, financial services to tourism to business services that directly affect firm competitiveness, to social services such as health or education. Infrastructure services support all types of enterprises. Education, health, and recreational services influence the quality of labour available to enterprises. Business and professional services provide specialized expertise to increase enterprise competitiveness.
This study reviews the reforms undertaken in the financial sector with respect to regulation and access widening polices. The developments at the macro and micro level of the banking system are also assessed. Empirical analysis of the effects of financial liberalisation on growth by augmenting an aggregate production function with different measures of financial liberalisation. To account for the sources of the effects of financial liberalisation on growth, additional empirical analysis was conducted using panel data analysis of bank level data. Bank level data assists in investigating the effect of financial liberalisation on intermediation spreads, non-performing loans and non-financial costs. The empirical findings do not indicate a positive effect of financial liberalisation on growth. However, they suggest that there was improved efficiency among banks. The critical issue for Uganda appears to be that the efficiency improvements may not have been translated into increased credit to the private sector. There are possible policy choices to ensure that financial liberalisation exerts positive knock on effects to output and subsequently poverty reduction. Some of the proposed policies include the reduction of credit risk to banks through information availability via the credit reference bureau, promotion of further competition in the sector through increased bank entry and more robust loan recovery procedures in cases of default.
With the EU sugar reforms, the overall economic weight of the sugar sector has fallen. The sugar sector's contribution to GDP is now comparatively small, around 1.9% of GDP in 2008. In this context, the Mauritian government and the private sector defined the Multi-Annual Adaptation Strategy (MAAS) to restructure and establish a more competitive sugar sector. Among the different policies of the MAAS, one measure is the implementation of the Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS) which is in line with the right sizing of the labour force and a reduction in the labour costs in the sugar industry. The aim of this study is to assess the impact of the EU sugar reforms on the livelihood of the VRS beneficiaries. Firstly, we analyse their living conditions before and after the reform. We, then, adopt a gender assessment evaluation of the VRS to evaluate its differential impact on men and women. Third, we investigate as to how the land and compensation they benefited have been used.
Lastly, we focus on the training aspect of the scheme. We analyse the different training programmes and see their contribution in improving the living standards of the beneficiaries. In line with the above, focus group discussions and a survey were undertaken. Focus group discussions were conducted on VRS beneficiaries in the North and South of the island. Our survey considers 175 VRS beneficiaries from five sugar estates. We observe that a high percentage of the beneficiaries move to a lower income bracket with their expenditure exceeding their present income level. Further both men and women are affected negatively under the scheme but the impact appears to be more significant for women. Further, most of the VRS II beneficiaries have not yet been trained. For those who have undergone training, they have not yet obtained a new job or applied their knowledge to set up their own business.
This project was designed to explore small-scale mining activities in Erongo Region of Namibia. The main objective was to explore possible contributions of small-scale mining to poverty alleviation in Namibia. The study seeks to achieve three specific objectives, namely activities of small-scale mining, the role of small-scale mining with regard to poverty alleviation, and suggesting policy recommendation that may help to improve small-scale mining activities. With the use of two questionnaires that were drafted, key stakeholders and small-scale miners were interviewed face to face.
Tourism is increasing becoming an important phenomena for developing countries and as such it affects the livelihood of many poor people. According to Yunis (2004), tourism is growing much faster in developing countries than in developed countries. However, its potential for poverty reduction has been insufficiently recognized and exploited in developing countries (PPT 2004). The increasing importance of the tourism sector in developing economies obliges a greater investigation to ensure that tourism becomes embedded in poverty reduction strategies. Tourism is generally viewed as an engine of economic growth rather than as a mechanism for delivering on poverty reduction. It is normally argued that tourism is driven by foreign and private sector interests, and is therefore not well placed to contribute to poverty alleviation (PPT 2004). Tourism can indeed exacerbate poverty through increased local costs, loss of access to resources and social and cultural disruptions. However, tourism has the potential to change lives of the poor in developing countries as well.
The paper argues for a broad based access to property, broader than access to title allows, with the potential for wider, quicker and more sustained reach. It motivates for a place for tenure security in the second economy strategy as a means for securing access to property, a pre-condition for actualizing the potential that property has to increase access to the economy by the poor. An over-emphasis on access to title has neglected other property based economic opportunities. The paper identifies the ways in which property may increase access to economic opportunities, shifting the emphasis from the dominant focus on the secondary market and capital gains to a more balanced and relevant consideration of opportunity in relation to the concentration of the country's households on an income poverty continuum. These options are less promising than the beguiling prospect of bringing dead capital to life, or making capitalism work for the poor (de Soto, 2000). But they are more realistic and offer pragmatic and pro-poor avenues of support.
The argument is underpinned by a more sophisticated understanding of the nature of "the urban poor" (or alternatively a more pro-poor approach) than currently prevails in the policy discussions. The paper re-focuses attention on land based livelihood opportunities because of their relevance to the majority of the urban poor. It is a sobering, but realistic, perspective on the accumulation potential of property, and the deep rooted causes of poverty, rather than its symptoms (of which lack of title is an example). This approach is much more appropriate to a second economy strategy which seeks realistic opportunities in response to deep seated problems, rather than grandiose and unlikely achievements. The paper's understanding of exclusion leads to intervention areas that include action in the "first economy", rather than merely the imposition of mechanisms that are working for the wealthy, onto the poor. This approach opens the possibility of dealing with causes, rather than symptoms, and to alter the terms of incorporation into the economy in ways that benefit the poor more.
This report provides an analytical reflection on the provision of infrastructure services in urban areas, with the aim of enhancing the access of the poor in urban areas to these services. It commences by considering what is meant by "access" to services, pointing out that much more is involved than simply providing services in physical proximity to the intended users of those services.
The report summarises principles that must underlie the provision of infrastructure services in urban areas for all in society and in the economy, especially the urban poor. Infrastructure is only a means to an end. Specific characteristics of the community to be served are all-important in making decisions on infrastructure. Also, selection of infrastructure (specifically levels of service) and its planning and design is wittingly or (often) unwittingly made in the context of a set of planning, design, construction, operation, maintenance and upgrading assumptions. The validity of those assumptions needs to be investigated - and, if it is found that they are not valid, then those selection decisions need to be reviewed.
Understanding of this is essential in:
• Addressing the end (enhancing the access of the poor to services in urban areas) by the most appropriate means (which may not be an engineering service, but could be by education, or an institutional means);
• Integrating the service with other means to the same end; and
• Selecting levels of service and standards.
The bulk of this report is devoted to a discussion of the three ways that "the poor" in urban areas and "urban services" interface. These three ways are as follows:
The poor get services. Their quality of life is thereby raised. In addition, the availability of these services opens up possibilities for earning income.
The poor getting services directly raises their quality of life. But the services could also (dependent on the peoples' initiative and other factors as well) enable them to generate income in the short term (in the sense that they can do work, and get paid for it, because they now have water or electricity) and in the future (because they now have electricity to study and so on, and can improve their ability to get jobs, or to get better jobs). Issues of the quality and reliability of services, and ways in which the poor can or cannot cope if services are of poor quality and/or are unreliable, are best discussed under this heading.
The poor get income. This better enables them to get services.
The poor can obtain more services if their income rises or if the cost of services falls. Incomes rising relative to the cost of services gives households greater ability to purchase what they need -- which could include more or better quality services.
Issues of the cost of services are discussed under this heading.
The poor get income from playing a part in the service provision chain.
The poor earn income through building, operating or maintaining the infrastructure, or through selling the service.
Each of these three types of interface needs its own approach, drivers, incentives, 6 facilitators, etc. Nonetheless, they cross-cut: each in some or all other ways affects the other. For example a particular change in technology might be able to both improve reliability (and therefore improve income generation potential) and reduce cost.
The report concludes with a comment about quick wins (in individual situations there is much scope for these, but there are no broad-based (i.e. with national impact) quick wins to be had), and recommendations.
Democracy opened the door for transformation in South Africa. In the past decade, various laws, policies and programmes have been implemented with the aim of putting into effect the principles of the new South African Constitution and the Bill of Rights, with the aim of improving the lives of the people of South Africa. Poverty alleviation moreover stands central in national and international policy frameworks. The Accelerated and Shared Growth Initiative of South Africa (ASGISA), amongst others, has the ultimate objective of halving poverty in South Africa by 2014. This paper aims to investigate the determinants of- and how income poverty is transferred from one generation to another. Data from the Kwazulu-Natal Income Dynamics Study (KIDS), which interviewed a panel of African and Indian households from Kwazulu-Natal are used for this purpose. Panel- as well as cross-sectional data analyses are employed to learn about these main determinants of- as well as how the poverty status of one household influences that of the next generation.
Colonialism and the deleterious impact of Structural Adjustment Programmes (SAPs) and now globalisation. Some parts of postcolonial Africa have attempted to set up ministries of economic development. Others have concentrated on attracting on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) whilst some others have early on realised that the state and private capital should work hand in hand for development. But these different approaches have not always necessarily had the results that are necessary for development. To make matters more complicated, the continent have to struggle in a context where trade remains inequitable and finding a niche for themselves remains a difficult task. The main reason behind this failure is that development has been seen and interpreted within the narrow confines of economic growth. So rethinking economic growth at the continent level has become imperative and different stakeholders have an important role to play in the process.
In South Africa, during many decades, black people experienced a segregationist politics of a white minority. In 1994, the African National Congress (ANC) promised to create a better South Africa for all. Various ANC governments since then have adopted many economic programmes with the aim to halve by 2014 poverty and unemployment especially among the Historically Disadvantaged Individuals (PDI). However, recent studies in South Africa showed that inequality is widening despite the acceptable levels of economic growth. Reports showed that an overwhelming share of the change in the economy over time explained by high economic growth will continue to be without any improvement of the lives of marginalized ones unless there are changes in wealth distribution within the different layers of the South African population. Therefore, propoor economic growth must be developed in order to achieve the expected results of achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the South African context.
The paper seeks to develop some variables (investment in physical and human capital for example) needed to be included in the structure of South African development theories, which will assist development practitioners to determine the sources of growth and inequality, and ultimately develop strategies aiming at halving inequalities in the country.


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Saints Row IV Added To AMD's Never Settle Forever Program
Saints Row Added to NSF Program
Published: 10th September 2013 | Source: OC3D TV |
Saints Row IV Added To AMD's Never Settle Forever Program
If you're in the market for a new graphics card, and you want the best value for your hard-earned, then it's definitely worth taking a look at AMD's Never Settle Forever bundle.
Today AMD announced that they are adding the critically acclaimed Saints Row IV to the award winning Never Settle Forever Bundle. That means, if you purchase a AMD Radeon HD 7970 Ghz Edition, AMD Radeon HD 7970 or an AMD 7950 Graphics Card then you can choose 3 free games as part of the Gold Reward scheme.
Game summary: Saints Row IV is an open world game that continues the story of the Third Street Saints by elevating their status to the highest level - the leaders of the free world. After a catastrophic alien invasion occurs where the aliens transport the Saints to a bizarro-Steelport simulation, you must fight to free humanity from alien grandaddy Zinyak's mental grasp by utilising gargantuan superpowers. Escape the simulation that's trapped the Saints crew, or die trying.
Commercial Director at Deep Silver, Menno van der Bil, said: "Deep Silver is committed to delivering games with an innovative angle that will look and run great for PC gamers. "The PC version of Saints Row IV is an important component for the global success that the game already has had and the cooperation with AMD has helped to ensure its technical performance."
Ritche Corpus, director of developer relations and alliances team, Graphics Business Unit, AMD had this to say at the announcement: "AMD and Deep Silver have a long and successful history of collaboration across their many excellent games, and Saints Row IV is another example of their outstanding development talent. We are very proud to have their partnership in the AMD Gaming Evolved program and Never Settle Forever bundle," "As a result, PC gamers with AMD Radeon™ graphics cards can fire up their copy of Saints Row IV knowing that they are receiving the best possible experience. And as the exclusive hardware partner for Saints Row IV, the AMD Gaming Evolved program continues to demonstrate its relentless commitment to ensuring the world's most exciting games are exclusively optimized for AMD Radeon™ hardware."
When you consider the pricing models for the games available in the Gold Reward Scheme which include; Tomb Raider, Sleeping Dogs, Hitman Absolution, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Devil May Cry, Dirt Showdown, Farcry 3, Farcry 3: Blood Dragon, Dirt 3, Sniper Elite: V2 and now Saints Row IV - it's easy to see how you can make significant savings when buying an AMD Radeon 7900 series Graphics Card.
As of yet, there is no announcement on the titles to be added to the Silver and Bronze Reward scheme which, currently offer 2 and 1 free game(s) with AMD Radeon HD 7800 and 7700 series Graphics Cards respectively.
Have you used AMD's Never Settle Forever bundle with a new Radeon HD Graphics Card purchase? Or would you consider buying an AMD Graphics Card to take advantage of this great scheme? We would love to hear from you over in our forums.

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Hubble Illuminates Cluster of Diverse Galaxies
This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image shows the diverse collection of galaxies in a galaxy cluster called Abell S0740, located more than 450 million light-years away in the constellation Centaurus. The giant elliptical galaxy ESO 325-G004 looms large at the cluster's center. This galaxy is as massive as 100 billion suns. Hubble resolves thousands of globular star clusters orbiting ESO 325-G004. Globular clusters are compact groups of hundreds of thousands of stars that are gravitationally bound together. At the galaxy's distance they appear as pinpoints of light contained within the diffuse halo. Other elliptical and spiral galaxies appear in the image. The photo was made from images taken using Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys in January 2005 and February 2006.
Hubble Illuminates Cluster of Diverse Galaxies
NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA);
Acknowledgment: J. Blakeslee (Washington State University)


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Jennifer Aniston Long, Wavy Hair with Highlights
Jennifer Aniston's beautiful waves highlight her, um, highlights, and frame her face in a style that makes her eyes and smile pop. Get the look: 1. Rub a generous amount of volumizing mousse into the roots of your towel-dried hair, or spray it with a volumizer.2. Turn head upside down and blow dry with a diffuser, separating strands with your fingers and adding bounce to your strands. 3. When your hair is completely dry, part it in the middle and start twisting large sections of hair around a large-barrel curling iron. Vary which way you roll up the iron, and run fingers through your hair to loosen the curls. Varying the direction of the curls will help add volume and shape to your style. See More Jennifer Aniston Hairstyles


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Goldman admits 'improper' actions in sales of securities
WASHINGTON — Goldman Sachs' chief acknowledged Wednesday that the investment bank engaged in "improper" behavior in 2006 and 2007 when it made huge bets on a housing downturn while peddling as safe more than $40 billion in securities backed by risky U.S. home loans.
Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman's chairman and chief executive, made the surprising concession at the opening hearing of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, a 10-member panel that Congress created to investigate and lay out for the public the causes of the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.
Blankfein and senior officers of three other of the nation's most prominent banks told the panel that serious flaws in their risk models and business practices contributed to Wall Street's meltdown and the massive taxpayer bailouts that followed. The commission also heard testimony that the banks and quasi-government mortgage giant Fannie Mae recklessly took on as much as 95 times more risk than they could cover, and that Wall Street excels "at pulling the wool over the eyes of the American people."
Blankfein faced the toughest questioning.
Commission Chairman Phil Angelides, a former California state treasurer, warned Blankfein that he'd be "brutally honest" in his questioning. He asked why Goldman thought it was necessary to take out protection against investment-grade mortgage securities it was selling by purchasing insurance-like contracts known as credit-default swaps. Angelides likened it to selling a car with knowledge it had faulty brakes and then taking out an insurance policy on the buyer.
"I do think the behavior is improper, and we regret . . . the consequence that people have lost money in it," Blankfein told Angelides.
Until Wednesday, Goldman had insisted that it was merely managing its risks when it placed "hedges," in the form of wagers against the housing market, various venues including in secret offshore deals, with insurance giant American International Group and on a private London exchange.
In November, McClatchy reported exclusively that Goldman failed to tell investors about its contrary bets while selling $39 billion in risky mortgage securities it had issued, and another $18 billion in similar bonds issued by other firms. The Securities and Exchange Commission and Congress are investigating Goldman's swap dealings, said knowledgeable people who asked not to be identified because of the sensitivity of the issue.
While conceding that its contrary bets were improper, Blankfein said that in most cases Goldman took those positions to offset bets it had underwritten for clients seeking to wager on a housing downturn.
Similarly, he said that the firm got into the business of securitizing subprime loans to marginally qualified buyers on behalf of "sophisticated investors who sought that exposure."
Angelides, who crusaded for corporate accountability as California treasurer from 1999-2007, pressed Blankfein to explain why Goldman plunged deeper into subprime mortgages despite an FBI warning to Congress in 2004 that the lax lending standards could lead to a crisis. He also needled Blankfein for seeming to resist taking responsibility.
Goldman's purchase of the dicey loans, Blankfein admitted, allowed subprime mortgage lenders "to go out and originate more loans. So to that extent, we . . . played a part in making that market."
After the hearing, Angelides told McClatchy that he was "troubled" that Blankfein "never admitted that there was any responsibility of Goldman Sachs to make sure the products themselves were good products."
All the executives, including J.P. Morgan Chase Chief Executive Jamie Dimon, Morgan Stanley Chairman John Mack and Bank of America President and Chief Executive Brian Moynihan, acknowledged that they'd paid a huge price for failing to build the possibility of declines in home prices into their risk-management models.
That failure had disastrous consequences, since the banks packaged mortgages into investments that were sold worldwide as securities, often with top ratings from credit-rating agencies such as Moody's Investors Service. When home prices fell, these securities plummeted in value, the credit agencies' credibility plunged and distrust over banks' ability to cover tens of billions of dollars in swap bets created waves of panic that froze financial markets.
The lesson learned is that "given enough time, everything will happen, not can happen," Blankfein said. He noted that in the aftermath of the housing meltdown his firm models for even the most improbable scenarios in all its lines of business.
Dimon, whose company has been the least tarnished by the crisis, said that in retrospect it should have been obvious that mortgages given to people with little or no proof of income was a terrible idea.
However, he cautioned, until the market meltdown "you never saw losses in these products, because home prices were going up."
The sector's failure, he added, was the assumption that prices can only go up.
"I would say that was one of the big misses," Dimon said. "That is now part of the stress test" that J.P. Morgan conducts.
Moynihan, who's new in his job, said that post-crisis, his company tests for a range of improbable but possible scenarios in all areas where it extends credit.
Another criticism of the big banks that packaged mortgages into securities is that they didn't retain portions of what they were selling. They weren't exposed themselves to the risk that they were exposing others to. In plain speaking, they weren't eating their own cooking.
"We did eat our own cooking, and we choked on it," Mack said, referring to his firm's mistake in hanging on to too many of the securities.
Michael Mayo, a managing director and financial services analyst for the U.S. branch of French bank Calyon Securities, rattled off 10 causes of the financial crisis, including excessive investment in real estate, the surge in exotic bets such as credit-default swaps, and the fact that U.S. investment banks allowed leverage — the ratio to which their risks outstripped capital — to approach 40-to-1.
"I'm shocked and amazed more changes have not taken place," Mayo said. "There seems an unwritten premise that Wall Street, exactly how it exists today, is necessary for the economy to work. That's not true. ... Wall Street has done an incredible job at pulling the wool over the eyes of the American people."
Kyle Bass, whose Dallas-based hedge fund cashed in by betting on a housing downturn beginning in 2006, told the panel that AIG and other insurers could never have taken on such risk if they had been required to put up initial cash, or collateral, whenever they wrote protection via a swap contract.
He said that at one point in 2007, Fannie Mae had taken on risk exceeding 95 times the minimum capital it was required to hold, meaning its had set aside less than two tenths of a percent of its potential losses before it was placed in conservatorship in September 2008.
One commission member, Brooksley Born, enjoyed an element of sweet revenge Wednesday.
As the chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission in the Clinton administration, Born tried to persuade Congress to let her agency regulate exotic financial instruments such as swaps, but her views were overridden then Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan and then-Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers, now a top Obama adviser.
On Wednesday, Born got a former executive of now-defunct investment bank Lehman Brothers to acknowledge that the "excessive" political lobbying power of large financial firms resulted in legislative changes that contributed to the crisis.
Surrounded by reporters during a recess, J.P. Morgan's Dimon maintained that "the people who should be blamed are the people in the management of the companies that failed."
Reacting to that assertion, Angelides told McClatchy that "there are some companies that survived because they got massive federal assistance," including Goldman and other banks whose officers testified Wednesday.
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My Hands-Down Favorite Ginger Cookies
I'm usually not one to Super-size anything, but I'll make the exception for cookies. Last year one of my good friends bought me Elinor Klivans's Big Fat Cookies, a beautiful book full of tantalizing treats. The first recipe I tried, Super Sized Ginger Chewies, ended up being the last... I just can't get enough of these cookies! I'm sure the rest are just as fantastic, but believe me, once you try these you'll need to make more. For the recipe, read more
Super Sized Ginger Chewies
From Elinor Klivans's Big Fat Cookies
2 ¼ cups unbleached all purpose flour
2 tsp baking soda
¼ tsp salt
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp ground ginger
½ tsp cloves
¾ cup (1 ½ sticks) unsalted butter at room temp.
1 cup packed light brown sugar
1 large egg
¼ cup molasses
about ¼ cup granulated sugar
Position a rack in the middle of the oven. Preheat the oven to 350°. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
Sift the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger and cloves into a medium bowl and set aside. In a large bowl, using an electric mixer on medium speed, beat the butter and brown sugar until smoothly blended, about 1 minute. Stop the mixer and scrape the sides of the bowl as needed during mixing. Add the egg and molasses and mix until blended and an even light brown color, about 1 minute. On low speed, add the flour mixture, mixing just to incorporate.
Spread the granulated sugar on a large piece of wax or parchment paper. Roll ¼ cup of dough between the palms of your hands into a 2 inch ball, roll the ball in the sugar and place on one of the prepared baking sheets. Continue making cookies, spacing them 2 inches apart.
Bake the cookies one sheet at a time until the tops feel firm, but they are still soft in the center and there are several large cracks on top, about 14 minutes. Cool the cookies on the baking sheets for 5 minutes, then use a wide metal spatula to transfer the cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.
Makes 9-12 cookies (and yes, they'll be big).


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California Department of Transportation
Today's Date: October 5, 2012
District: 4 – Oakland
Contact: Allyn Amsk
Phone: (510) 286-5445
CONSTRUCTION MOVES FORWARD ON NEXT PHASE OF STATE ROUTE 4 WIDENING PROJECT eBART BREAKS GROUND FOR ANTIOCH STATION FACILITIES
Contra Costa County - Caltrans, the Contra Costa Transportation Authority (CCTA) and Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) announced today that work has begun on the next phase of the State Route 4 (SR-4) Widening Project and BART's new rail service to eastern Contra Costa County.
"The benefits this Proposition 1B funded project will bring to the East Bay are significant. Commuters will benefit from more transit options less traffic congestion, and the project will boost the local economy by providing jobs," said Caltrans Director Malcolm Dougherty.
The 2006 voter-approved transportation bond, Proposition 1B, contributed $39 million of the $75 million cost for the Lone Tree Way segment. In total, five construction projects will widen SR-4, its interchanges, and local roadways from west of Loveridge Road to the State Route 160 interchange. The total cost to widen SR-4 is estimated at $541 million, including $68 million from Proposition 1B. To date, nearly $14.5 billion in Proposition 1B funds have been distributed statewide.
"Partnerships between State, federal, and local agencies continue to be the most efficient way to deliver projects on time and on budget," said Caltrans District 4 Director Bijan Sartipi. "Caltrans will continue to work with our transportation partners to complete all planned improvements."
Along with the SR-4 widening, BART will simultaneously construct a new parking facility for the future Antioch Station, where high-capacity, trains will transport passengers to the Pittsburg Bay Point Station.
"I am so pleased to see the many years of cooperative work on this highway and transit project coming together for this event," said BART Director Joel Keller. "A groundbreaking in Antioch fulfils some of my dreams as mayor, and will bring satisfaction to East County residents who have been paying BART taxes for so many years. Also, BART's 25 percent local hire goal for this contract will create opportunities for the East County folks to work locally."
After the highway is widened and the parking facility is completed, BART will add a rail service to eastern Contra Costa County in the widened highway's median. The SR-4 widening and BART project represent a combined investment of more than $1 billion to address one of the most congested corridors in the Bay Area. This new rail service will be funded from Contra Costa's 2004 transportation sales tax Measure J, $27.7 million from Proposition 1B, and other local and regional sources.
"Starting these projects is another milestone in our efforts to bring mobility to east county. We thank Contra Costa's voters, who passed Measure J to fund transportation improvements along the SR-4 corridor, as well as other key transportation projects in the county," said Don Tatzin, CCTA Chair. "This local revenue source makes all the difference in our ability to complete this project on schedule and put Contra Costa residents back to work."
The prime contractor for the highway project is Bay Cities/Myers. For current construction information, call the project hotline at (925) 756-0721 or go to the website at http://widensr4.org.
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Simpson, Ruckelshaus, Turner to Speak on Natural Resource Collaboration
Three nationally influential decision makers will be in Cody next week to discuss how collaborating across party lines allowed them to achieve meaningful progress for natural resource issues.
Alan K. Simpson, William D. Ruckelshaus and John F. Turner will speak at a roundtable discussion, "Across the Great Divide," from noon-2 p.m. Monday, Aug. 13, at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center Coe Auditorium. The event is sponsored by the University of Wyoming's Ruckelshaus Institute of Environment and Natural Resources.
Michael J. Sullivan, Wyoming's governor from 1987-1995, will moderate the panel discussion, which is free and open to the public. For more information, visit http://www.uwyo.edu/enr/ruckelshaus-institute/events-trainings/roundtable.html or call (307) 766-5080.
These distinguished leaders bring unique natural resource experiences from the West and across the nation to the roundtable. Simpson was a U.S. senator for Wyoming from 1979 until he retired in 1997. Ruckelshaus was administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from 1970-73 and 1983-85. Turner directed the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from 1989-1993.
"[In today's] polarized political environment we have more reason to look for new ways of resolving things and moving things forward," says Ruckelshaus. "It's important to get people to sit down and listen to one another. It doesn't always work but, where it does, you can end up with a decision embraced by everyone on each side of an issue more than if someone wins a legislative battle. Where these processes fit, it can work like magic."
This talk builds upon the collaborative process work of the Ruckelshaus Institute, which offers a separate but related event in Cody the following day: an interactive workshop titled "Introduction to Collaborative Natural Resource Decision Making." The training is designed for natural resource professionals and for the general public. It runs from 9 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. at the Park County Library. Registration details are online at www.uwyo.edu/enr/ruckelshaus-institute.
The Ruckelshaus Institute of Environment and Natural Resources at the University of Wyoming advances the understanding and resolution of complex environmental challenges through interdisciplinary research, outreach and education.
For more information, contact Emilene Ostlind at firstname.lastname@example.com or phone (307) 766-2604.


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Running time: 1 hour 55 minutes
Schedule for Elektra (opera in one act) 2019
Composer: Richard StraussMusical Director: Maestro Valery GergievStage Director: Jonathan KentSet Designer: Paul BrownLighting Designer: Tim MitchellLibretto: Hugo von HofmannsthalOrchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony OrchestraOpera in 1 actsPerformed in German World premiere: 25 January 1909, Hofoper, Dresden, Germany
Premiere in Russia: 18 February 1913 Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Russia
Premiere of this production: 6 May 2007 , World premiere: 25 January 1909, Hofoper, Dresden / Russian premiere: 18 February 1913, Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg / Premiere of this production: 6 May 2007, Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg
World premiere: 25ĀJanuaryĀ1909, Hofoper, Dresden
Russian premiere: 18ĀFebruaryĀ1913, Mariinsky Theatre,
Premiere of this production: 6ĀMayĀ2007, Mariinsky Theatre,
Elektra is a one-act opera by Richard Strauss, to a German-language libretto
by Hugo von Hofmannsthal adapted from his drama of 1903Śthe first of many such
collaborations between composer and librettist. It was first performed at the
Dresden State Opera on January 25, 1909, and remains a part of the standard
operatic repertoire.
All of Elektra┤s thoughts are focussed on avenging the death of her father
Agamemnon, killed by his wife Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisth. She avoids all
communication with the murderers, patiently bearing the cruel treatment of her
stepfather and the servants┤ ridicule; she lives among the dogs and remains true
to her decision to be a living reproof in this house, where the crime was
committed. She awaits her brother Orest and hopes he will punish the evil
couple. With a threatening expression on her face she openly declares to
Clytemnestra that all her thoughts and desires are aimed at killing her and
Aegisth with Orest┤s help. At the same time two travellers arrive with news of
Orest┤s death. Elektra then begs her sister Chrysothemis to help her in her
mission of revenge but Chrysothemis pulls away in terror. Elektra is filled with
determination to carry out her plan alone and digs up the axe with which Aegisth
killed Agamemnon. A stranger enters. Although his unusual tone initially
troubles Elektra, she soon recognises him to be her brother when the old
servants fall at his knees. One calls on Orest to act, and together they enter
the queen┤s palace. In a state of extreme anxiety, Elektra keeps watch at the
gates and runs back and forth like a caged animal. Clytemnestra┤s piercing
scream is heard from inside the palace. When Aegisth returns home, with sly
cordiality Elektra meets him and tells him that there are two messengers in the
palace with "the mistress" who have brought news of Orest┤s death. Aegisth
enters the palace where Orest kills him. In ecstasy, Elektra begins a triumphant
dance. "Those as happy as we can only be silent and dance!" She makes a
few convulsive movements and then falls to the ground, lifeless.


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Life peaked for me at the age of 9. It didn't go downhill too much after that, but stayed at a plateau for quite some time. Class president and author of a handful of books, I was at the top of my game.
Most of the credit has to go to my third-grade teacher, Queen Davis-Parks, who I learned passed away this month.
Before I opened the envelope with the school's insignia emblazoned on it the summer before I was to enter third grade, I knew that she was the teacher I wanted. I had no good reason for wanting Mrs. Davis-Parks except that my sister had had her two years earlier.
When I saw her name on the paper before me, something that I would not identify as anxiety until many years later rushed over me. While I knew she was the teacher for me, I also knew that Mrs. Davis-Parks had a reputation for being tough. I was not so sure that I was up for the challenge.
She stumped me right off the bat when she assigned an acrostic poem based on my first name, then a story using that
poem as the title. Too bad for me, I didn't have an easy name to work with, but Mrs. Davis-Parks took the reins and even illustrated my book, "Lonnie Eats Incredible Green Houses," about a monster with periodontal disease.
She gave the book to my father that year, and it sat in his dental office until he retired several years ago.
I learned what collard greens were when Mrs. Davis-Parks hosted a soul food lunch for our class that February. Not only was the history of each of the mountains of trays of food explained carefully to the class, but Mrs. Davis-Parks also had cooked every one of the dishes.
For a woman with a stern reputation, her class had more parties than any other. Every holiday a celebration, every day an adventure.
Mrs. Davis-Parks would tote a clunky record player into the classroom and play Dionne Warwick's "That's What Friends Are For." She knew all the words and wrote them down, copying them for each of us. We were to learn the words and then sing the song in the school's playground after our class election that year. All of us did, and we were surprised to hear the tune again during our eighth-grade graduation, when Mrs. Davis-Parks's husband, Leon Parks, our social studies teacher, produced a video montage of all of us growing up. He played the song in the background.
Even the students — by then newly minted but nonetheless jaded teenagers — cried openly.
Mrs. Davis-Parks perfected my penmanship, as I was able to copy her flawless handwriting from the blackboard, and taught me how to write in cursive.
The most priceless gift of all from the teacher I loved so much was the gift of understanding what was important. In fact, Mrs. Davis-Parks was my first editor — striking more than a handful of pages from a 20-page run-on sentence I had written about a horse.
There were few waves in my third-grade career. But I have a keen memory of a day I forgot to complete a homework assignment. This was unusual for me, and as I stood in a line leading to Mrs. Davis-Parks's desk to have her review my work, I panicked. Sweating, near tears, and thinking of how I would survive her wrath, she gave me a warm smile, put her hand over mine, and said it was okay.
Turns out being a student of Mrs. Davis-Parks's was not as much of a challenge as I expected. Even though she was every bit as tough as she was known to be, she was also one of the most inspirational and special teachers that I ever had the luck to spend a year with.
After my big elementary school graduation, I received my first report card from my fourth-grade teacher. I can honestly say that Mrs. Davis-Parks had everything to do with my new teacher's assessment of me when she wrote, "Wow. Leigh is ready for NASA."
Leigh Goodstein is a reporter at The Star.


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It's battle of the Bridezillas in Kardashian-Kingdom, but only one them is the actual bride! And one of those 'zillas is, you guessed it "momzilla," Kris Jenner. Kim Kardashian recently spoke to Extra about her mom's special day, revealing she had to put her stilleto down on the 500+ people guest list! Wait, that many people actually like Kim or Kris J?
Apparently so, Kim reveals: "I'll look at the list and I'll be like, 'Why is this person on the list? Why is this person? I don't know this person. This is your friend.' This is my wedding. I gotta approve the list!"
Kim's rumored 10 MILLION DOLLAR wedding (do they realize there is famine in Somalia?) will take place on August 20th in Montecito, CA and will include a 10-tier cake – one for each million spent, I suppose – that is modeled after Prince William's and Kate Middleton's wedding cake. Oh, my…
With all the big budget details to contend with, not to mention the money reported to be made off her nuptials, Kim has a lot to stress out about, which is supposedly turning her into her mother making her quite the bridezilla. Kim's future in-laws are feeling annoyed that the special day, which allegedly will include their son, is alllll about Kardashian! A "source" (re: Kim's future MIL), discloses: "This is a Kardashian event, and the Humphries family is nothing more than invited guests. They're playing along because they don't want to make waves, but they're not happy with the way they're being treated."
Making things even worse the Kardashians are supposedly pressuring Kris Humphries to choose one of their people, like Kim's brother Rob Kardashian or Lamar Odum, to act as groomsman since that's what the network and the fans of Keeping Up With The Kardashians want to see!
Kris' friends are being relegated to sub-par roles as ushers, making them "annoyed and pissed" that they are essentially being kut out of their friend's special day, furthermore none of them are too impressed with his future wife: "None of them like Kim, and they don't think she's the right person for Kris." Yikes! Well, I guess they won't be interested in guest starring in the a Kim & Kris reality show Kris' pimpmomager-in-law probably has in the works!
Meanwhile, with less than a week until her made for TV wedding, Kimmie stepped out last night at the 2011 'Do Something' Awards showing off a slimmer figure! Photos of Kimmie at the awards show below –
Kim Kardashian showed off her slimmer frame last night at the 2011 VH1 Do Something Awards!
Kimmie pictured with talented celebrity Demi Lovato! Is she smaller than Demi??
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Smart Car Gets a Muscle Car Motor and Goes From 0 to 114 mph in 11.7 Seconds
I knew it would happen sooner of later and here it is, someone took this cute little Smart Car that gets 40 miles to the gallon, and converted it to an awesome 'muscle car' with a wheelie bar. Now it goes 114mph in under 12 seconds. Estimated fuel economy of this 462ci Chevy big block muscle machine is about 4 miles to the gallon. Check it out.


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Wednesday Morning Talking Points: Artis Hicks injury looming large
Talking points for a Wednesday morning as Sunday's huge challenge at Houston creeps ever closer:
1. The loss of right guard Artis Hicks for the season raises more doubts about the quality of the offensive line.
For all the questions about his unit this year, the one thing O-line coach Jim Turner had felt good about was he had kept the same five-man unit intact for most of training camp and preseason. …


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49-3021.00 - Automotive Body and Related Repairers
Repair and refinish automotive vehicle bodies and straighten vehicle frames.
Sample of reported job titles: Auto Body Man, Auto Body Repair Technician, Auto Body Repairer, Auto Body Repairman, Auto Body Technician, Autobody Technician, Automotive Painter, Body and Frame Man, Body Man, Body Technician
Tasks | Technology Skills | Tools Used | Knowledge | Skills | Abilities | Work Activities | Detailed Work Activities | Work Context | Job Zone | Education | Credentials | Interests | Work Styles | Work Values | Related Occupations | Wages & Employment | Job Openings | Additional Information
- Follow supervisors' instructions as to which parts to restore or replace and how much time the job should take.
- Review damage reports, prepare or review repair cost estimates, and plan work to be performed.
- Sand body areas to be painted and cover bumpers, windows, and trim with masking tape or paper to protect them from the paint.
- Fit and weld replacement parts into place, using wrenches and welding equipment, and grind down welds to smooth them, using power grinders and other tools.
- Prime and paint repaired surfaces, using paint sprayguns and motorized sanders.
- Remove damaged sections of vehicles using metal-cutting guns, air grinders and wrenches, and install replacement parts using wrenches or welding equipment.
- Chain or clamp frames and sections to alignment machines that use hydraulic pressure to align damaged components.
- Fill small dents that cannot be worked out with plastic or solder.
- File, grind, sand, and smooth filled or repaired surfaces, using power tools and hand tools.
- Remove upholstery, accessories, electrical window-and-seat-operating equipment, and trim to gain access to vehicle bodies and fenders.
- Position dolly blocks against surfaces of dented areas and beat opposite surfaces to remove dents, using hammers.
- Mix polyester resins and hardeners to be used in restoring damaged areas.
- Adjust or align headlights, wheels, and brake systems.
- Cut and tape plastic separating film to outside repair areas to avoid damaging surrounding surfaces during repair procedure and remove tape and wash surfaces after repairs are complete.
- Remove small pits and dimples in body metal, using pick hammers and punches.
- Fit and secure windows, vinyl roofs, and metal trim to vehicle bodies, using caulking guns, adhesive brushes, and mallets.
- Remove damaged panels, and identify the family and properties of the plastic used on a vehicle.
- Clean work areas, using air hoses, to remove damaged material and discarded fiberglass strips used in repair procedures.
- Apply heat to plastic panels, using hot-air welding guns or immersion in hot water, and press the softened panels back into shape by hand.
- Inspect repaired vehicles for proper functioning, completion of work, dimensional accuracy, and overall appearance of paint job, and test drive vehicles to ensure proper alignment and handling.
- Read specifications or confer with customers to determine the desired custom modifications for altering the appearance of vehicles.
- Measure and mark vinyl material and cut material to size for roof installation, using rules, straightedges, and hand shears.
- Replace damaged glass on vehicles.
- Soak fiberglass matting in resin mixtures and apply layers of matting over repair areas to specified thicknesses.
- Cut openings in vehicle bodies for the installation of customized windows, using templates and power shears or chisels.
Technology Skills
- Accounting software — Accounts receivable software
- Analytical or scientific software — Collision damage estimation software; Collision damage measurement software; Paint mixing and matching software; Swan River Estimiser Pro
- Calendar and scheduling software — Appointment scheduling software
- Data base user interface and query software — AutoZone ALLDATA; Equipment management information software
- Inventory management software — Materials management software
- Operating system software — Microsoft Windows
- Point of sale POS software — Automotive and Accounting Software by R*KOM Invoice Writer
Hot Technology — a technology requirement frequently included in employer job postings.
Tools Used
- Adjustable widemouth pliers
- Adjustable wrenches
- Air compressors
- Anvils
- Blow torch — Blow torches; Oxyacetylene torches
- Calipers — Vernier calipers
- Chisel bit — Spot weld breakers
- Cold chisels
- Depth gauges
- Desktop computers
- Dial indicator or dial gauge — Dial indicators
- Digital cameras
- Drill press or radial drill — Drill presses
- Feeler gauges
- Fluorescent lamps — Fluorescent lights
- Gas welding or brazing or cutting apparatus — Gas arc welding equipment
- Goggles — Welding goggles
- Grease guns
- Hammers — Dent hammers; Pick hammers
- Heat guns — Hot air guns
- Height gauges
- Hoists
- Impact wrenches
- Infrared lamps — Infrared IR paint curing units
- Jacks — Hydraulic jacks
- Knife blades — Double-edged blades
- Laser printers
- Lifts — Hydraulic automobile lifts
- Manual press brake — Hand brakes
- Metal cutters — Double-edged cutter tools; Panel cutters; Pneumatic metal cutting guns
- Metal inert gas welding machine — Metal inert gas MIG welders
- Micrometers
- Mill saw file — Single-cut mill saw files
- Nut drivers
- Paint application system — Spray booths
- Paint sprayers — High velocity low pressure HVLP spray equipment
- Personal computers
- Pitch measuring instruments — Pitch gauges
- Pneumatic grinders
- Pneumatic hammer — Air chisels; Air hammers; Pneumatic hammers; Pneumatic smoothing hammers
- Pneumatic press — Pneumatic panel crimpers
- Pneumatic sanding machines — Pressure feed sandblasters; Suction feed sandblasters
- Power buffers — Buffing machines; Machine polishers; Portable buffers
- Power drills
- Power grinders — Grinders
- Power sanders — Media blasters
- Power saws — Body saws
- Pressure indicators — Air pressure gauges; Pressure gauges
- Pressure or steam cleaners — Pressure washers; Steam cleaning equipment
- Protective gloves — Safety gloves
- Pry bars
- Pullers — Pick pull rods; Pull rods; Slide hammers; T pullers
- Punches or nail sets or drifts — Power punches
- Rasps — Surforms
- Ratchets
- Razor knives — Scrapers
- Respirators
- Rivet tools — Pop rivet guns; Rivet busters
- S hooks — S-hooks
- Safety glasses
- Safety hoods
- Sanding blocks
- Screwdrivers
- Shears — Foot shears; Hand shears; Power shears
- Socket sets — Socket wrench sets
- Soldering iron — Soldering equipment
- Spatulas — Bondo spreaders
- Spot welding machine — Portable welding machines; Resistance spot welding equipment
- Squares — Alignment squares
- Stamping dies or punches — Punches
- Stencils or lettering aids — Paint stencils
- Suction cups
- Telescoping gauge — Telescoping gauges
- Trim or molding tools — Crown spoons; Door skin dollies; Toe dollies; Universal railroad dollies (see all 9 examples)
- Tungsten inert gas welding machine — Tungsten inert gas TIG welding equipment
- Utility knives — Windshield knives
- Wedges
- Welder torch — Brazing equipment
- Welding electrode — Welding electrodes
- Welding generator — Weld current controllers
- Welding masks — Welding helmets; Welding hoods
- Welding or cutting tip — Welding tips
- Welding or soldering kit — Stud welder kits
- Wheel alignment equipment — Alignment machines; Frame alignment equipment
- Wire brushes — Stainless steel brushes
- Workshop cranes — Hydraulic cranes
- Mechanical — Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
- English Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
- Customer and Personal Service — Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
- Production and Processing — Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
- Public Safety and Security — Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
- Repairing — Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools.
- Active Listening — Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Complex Problem Solving — Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
- Monitoring — Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Operation and Control — Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
- Speaking — Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
- Information Ordering — The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
- Manual Dexterity — The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
- Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
- Category Flexibility — The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
- Control Precision — The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
- Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
- Trunk Strength — The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without 'giving out' or fatiguing.
- Visualization — The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
- Arm-Hand Steadiness — The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
- Depth Perception — The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object.
- Far Vision — The ability to see details at a distance.
- Finger Dexterity — The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
- Multilimb Coordination — The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.
- Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
- Speech Recognition — The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
- Static Strength — The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects.
- Visual Color Discrimination — The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness.
Work Activities
- Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge — Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
- Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
- Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material — Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
- Making Decisions and Solving Problems — Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
- Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates — Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
- Handling and Moving Objects — Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
- Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events — Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
- Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings — Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
- Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment — Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or water craft.
- Performing General Physical Activities — Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials.
- Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards — Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
Detailed Work Activities
- Smooth surfaces of objects or equipment.
- Apply protective coverings to objects or surfaces near work areas.
- Read work orders or descriptions of problems to determine repairs or modifications needed.
- Plan work procedures.
- Inspect completed work to ensure proper functioning.
- Install vehicle parts or accessories.
- Operate welding equipment.
- Disassemble equipment for maintenance or repair.
- Install machine or equipment replacement parts.
- Paint surfaces or equipment.
- Remove dents from equipment, materials, tools or structures.
- Cut materials according to specifications or needs.
- Prepare compounds or solutions to be used for repairs.
- Remove parts or components from vehicles.
- Adjust vehicle components according to specifications.
- Confer with customers or users to assess problems.
- Measure distances or dimensions.
- Replace vehicle glass.
- Clean work areas.
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Work Context
- Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls — 89% responded "Continually or almost continually."
- Importance of Being Exact or Accurate — 78% responded "Extremely important."
- Spend Time Standing — 73% responded "Continually or almost continually."
- Exposed to Contaminants — 80% responded "Every day."
- Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets — 56% responded "Every day."
- Exposed to Hazardous Conditions — 63% responded "Every day."
- Time Pressure — 43% responded "Every day."
- Freedom to Make Decisions — 40% responded "A lot of freedom."
- Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results — 56% responded "Very important results."
- Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable — 39% responded "Every day."
- Wear Specialized Protective or Safety Equipment such as Breathing Apparatus, Safety Harness, Full Protection Suits, or Radiation Protection — 44% responded "Every day."
- Contact With Others — 42% responded "Constant contact with others."
- Exposed to Hazardous Equipment — 52% responded "Every day."
- Face-to-Face Discussions — 46% responded "Every day."
- Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body — 46% responded "Continually or almost continually."
- Frequency of Decision Making — 52% responded "Every day."
- Spend Time Kneeling, Crouching, Stooping, or Crawling — 49% responded "About half the time."
- Structured versus Unstructured Work — 37% responded "A lot of freedom."
- Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings — 39% responded "Every day."
- Duration of Typical Work Week — 68% responded "40 hours."
- Work With Work Group or Team — 33% responded "Important."
- In an Enclosed Vehicle or Equipment — 45% responded "Every day."
- Cramped Work Space, Awkward Positions — 32% responded "Once a month or more but not every week."
- Spend Time Walking and Running — 28% responded "About half the time."
- Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled — 45% responded "Every day."
- Level of Competition — 29% responded "Extremely competitive."
Job Zone
|Job Zone Two: Some Preparation Needed
|These occupations usually require a high school diploma.
|Related Experience
|Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is usually needed. For example, a teller would benefit from experience working directly with the public.
|Job Training
|Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
|Job Zone Examples
|These occupations often involve using your knowledge and skills to help others. Examples include orderlies, forest firefighters, customer service representatives, security guards, upholsterers, and tellers.
|SVP Range
|(4.0 to < 6.0)
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- Realistic — Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.
Work Styles
- Attention to Detail — Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
- Dependability — Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
- Persistence — Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
- Achievement/Effort — Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
- Cooperation — Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
- Initiative — Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
- Integrity — Job requires being honest and ethical.
- Self Control — Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
- Stress Tolerance — Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high stress situations.
- Independence — Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.
- Concern for Others — Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.
- Adaptability/Flexibility — Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
- Analytical Thinking — Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.
- Innovation — Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.
Work Values
- Support — Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical.
- Relationships — Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service.
- Independence — Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy.
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Wages & Employment Trends
|Median wages (2018)
|$20.55 hourly, $42,730 annual
|State wages
|Employment (2016)
|160,000 employees
|Projected growth (2016-2026)
|Average (5% to 9%)
|Projected job openings (2016-2026)
|State trends
|Top industries (2016)
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics 2018 wage data and 2016-2026 employment projections . "Projected growth" represents the estimated change in total employment over the projections period (2016-2026). "Projected job openings" represent openings due to growth and replacement.
Job Openings on the Web
Sources of Additional Information
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- Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges
- Automotive Maintenance and Repair Association
- Automotive Service Association
- Inter-Industry Conference on Auto Collision Repair
- International Association of General Motors Automotive Service Educational Program
- International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
- National Automobile Dealers Association
- National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation
- National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence
- Occupational Outlook Handbook: Automotive body and glass repairers
- SkillsUSA


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By Jonathan Hartzell, NBA.com
There are only 450 roster spots in the NBA each season. Most of them are taken up by veterans with signed contracts, proven free agents who will soon commit and rookies with newly signed deals. For many unsigned players, the Summer League provides the best opportunity to prove their worth to NBA front offices.
There were numerous standouts this summer, but eight players clearly separated themselves from the competition to greatly increase their odds of being offered a regular-season contract.
Malcolm Thomas, Chicago Bulls:
Breakdown: The big man out of San Diego State went undrafted during the 2011 NBA Draft and has played the last two seasons in the NBA Development League, with a quick stint in Israel as well. In Las Vegas he dominated the glass, averaging 15 rebounds a game while chipping in 11 points and 1.7 blocks a game during a three-game run with the Bulls. Thomas is now 24 years old, so his thin frame has matured to the point where it appears he is ready to handle the physical grind of a full NBA season. The Bulls recently let go of his rights for salary cap reasons, but it seems unlikely he will stay unsigned for long.
Best Case Comparison: Amir Johnson
Best Team Fit: The Boston Celtics would be a great place for Thomas to develop as the team rebuilds.
Vander Blue, Houston Rockets and Memphis Grizzlies:
Breakdown: Many people questioned Blue's decision to leave Marquette University early to enter the NBA Draft. When he went undrafted, those people seemingly were proven correct. But he played played for the Rockets in the Orlando Summer League and the Grizzlies in Las Vegas, averaging 11.5 points per game in Orlando and 11 a game in Las Vegas, including a 24-point outburst in Vegas in one game. He showed explosiveness and playmaking ability rarely seen from undrafted players. Don't be surprised if some team takes a flyer on a player with so much potential.
Best Case Comparison: Gerald Henderson
Best Team Fit: Staying with the Grizzlies would be a great fit for Blue, who would give the team some needed depth at guard.
Dominique Jones, Milwaukee Bucks:
Breakdown: Jones is a veteran of the Summer League. It showed during his play for the Bucks. Jones averaged 11 points, two steals and seven free-throw attempts per game to impress the scouts. He seemed stronger than most other players on the court and his ability to finish at the rim looked transferable to regular season gameplay.
Best Case Comparison: A smaller Corey Maggette
Best Team Fit: The Bucks should not let him walk away, especially as they attempt to replace the playmaking ability of Monta Ellis.
Ian Clark, Miami Heat and Golden State Warriors:
Breakdown: The Las Vegas Summer League Championship MVP quickly made a name for himself when he made seven 3-point shots and scored 33 points in the championship game. The guard out of Belmont University is known for this ability to shoot, but his limited athleticism and 6-foot-3 frame make him a tough fit at shooting guard. But he can defend, which has reportedly piqued the interest of the Warriors, Portland Trail Blazers and Utah Jazz.
Best Case Comparison: Anthony Morrow
Best Team Fit: The Jazz would be a nice fit for Clark, who would fit well with rookie Jazz point guard Trey Burke.
Andrew Goudelock, Chicago Bulls:
Breakdown: It's always surprising when Goudelock continues to appear on lists like this one. The former D-League MVP out of the College of Charleston has done plenty to interest NBA teams. This summer in Las Vegas he continued to impress, averaging 19 points and 3.4 rebounds per game for the Bulls. Goudelock was selected with the 46th pick of the 2011 Draft by the Los Angeles Lakers. Last season he received some playing time with the Lakers after Kobe Bryant's Achilles tendon injury. It would be a shock if Gouedlock is not on an NBA roster this season.
Best Case Comparison: C.J. Watson
Best Team Fit: Goudelock could be used well on the Philadelphia 76ers as they rebuild their roster and attempt to replace Jrue Holiday.
Samardo Samuels, Los Angeles Clippers:
Breakdown: Samuels went undrafted out of the University of Louisville in 2010. He impressed during that offseason's Summer League and signed a 3-year, $2.3 million contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers. He played sporadically for the Cavaliers before they waived him early last season and now he's back to prove himself again. In Vegas, he averaged 11.2 points and 6.8 rebounds in only 22 minutes per game. The 6-foot-9, 260-pound center should be able to find a team for whom he could be a third big at the end of the bench.
Best Case Comparison: Carl Landry
Best Team Fit: The Heat could use Samuels' physical presence as an insurance policy off the bench.
Stefhon Hannah, NBA D-League Select:
Breakdown: Hannah has spent the last three seasons bouncing between the NBA Development League and overseas after going undrafted out of the University of Missouri. This summer in Las Vegas he led the D-League Select team to a 4-1 record while averaging 13 points and 2.6 assists a game. He played solid defense throughout the tournament, but his lack of a dominant skill and small size may hurt his chances of making a roster.
Best Case Comparison: Luke Ridnour
Best Team Fit: The Lakers could use Hannah's youth and energy off the bench and in practice, especially if Kobe Bryant isn't healthy to start the season.
Jack Cooley, Memphis Grizzlies and Houston Rockets:
Breakdown: The undrafted rookie out of the University of Notre Dame was dominant for the Grizzlies in Las Vegas as he averaged 15 points, 9.2 rebounds, and 1.2 blocks per game on 52.7 (39-for-74) percent shooting. He displayed an impressive midrange jump shot and an ability to hold his ground in the paint. This combination of skills make him an interesting offensive weapon.
Best Case Comparison: Reggie Evans
Best Team Fit: The Indiana Pacers may be a good place for Coole, who could help replace some of the hustle and offensive skill lost when Tyler Hansbrough signed with the Toronto Raptors.


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ATLANTA — Lawmakers can't hesitate to fund the next installment of state money for deepening the Savannah River shipping channel, the head of the Georgia Ports Authority told budget writers Wednesday.
Curtis Foltz, the authority's executive director, told a joint meeting of the House and Senate appropriations committees that while Washington officials are deciding whether to fund the federal share of the $625 million project, Georgia has to demonstration unwavering commitment.
"There is no better time to keep the foot on the gas pedal," he said.
Georgia has already made a down payment on its share last year, and Gov. Nathan Deal is recommending another installment.
"We are extremely pleased that Gov. Deal has put to you another $46.7 million funding of the state's portion," Foltz said.
The committees, made up of one-third of the legislature, had no questions or complaints with Foltz. However, several picked nits with Economic Development Commissioner Chris Cummiskey.
Rural legislators complained that his agency recruited too few employers with a deal-making account funded by the settlement with the nation's largest tobacco companies. Much of Georgia's share of the annual settlement payment goes into the OneGeorgia fund that Cummiskey uses to pay for roads and other infrastructure promised to employers for bringing jobs.
"I really don't see any jobs that you've acquired in South Georgia," said Rep. Penny Houston, R-Nashville. "Apparently OneGeorgia is not working because I don't see the jobs."
"It's not for lack of trying," Cummiskey said. "We try to drive companies to where they want to go."
The Department of Economic Development has seen its budget and its staff shrink by one-third since 2008. However, it has successes in landing 360 projects and 22,000 jobs last year, mostly with existing Georgia employers.
It's also had luck in luring movie production companies, thanks to generous tax breaks, he said. And tourism is rebounding in part due to the department's online marketing and use of social media.


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Feb 02, 2013
- Final: VCU 5, North Florida 2
- Location: Thalhimer Tennis Center - Richmond, Va.
- The Short Story: Junior Alexis Heugas (pictured, main) led VCU to its sixth win of the season with a 5-2 victory over the visiting Ospreys of North Florida on Homecoming Weekend. Heugas and freshman Dylan McCloskey (pictured, right) teamed to upset the 20th-ranked doubles duo from North Florida as the Rams claimed the doubles point. Heugas then grabbed a quick victory at the top singles spot to secure the win for the Black & Gold.
How It Happened:
- VCU jumped out to a quick 1-0 lead with wins at all three doubles spots, led by Heugas and McCloskey's upset of the 20th-ranked duo from North Florida.
- Senior Max Wennakoski kept things rolling in VCU's favor with a 6-1, 6-4 win over Daniel Sotomarino to push the Rams to a 2-0 cushion.
- Freshman Michal Voscek and Heugas secured the win for the Black & Gold with wins at the fourth and first spots respectively.
VCU 5, North Florida 2
1. Heugas/McCloskey def. #20 Buerchner/Nemcsek (UNF), 8-4
2. Argente/Vazquez def. Davisson/Belair (UNF), 8-5
3. Voscek/Wennakoski def. Sotomarino/Kranz (UNF), 8-3
1. Alexis Heugas def. Moritz Buerchner, 6-0, 7-5
2. Max Wennakoski def. Daniel Sotomarino, 6-1, 6-4
3. Julien Belair def. Alejandro Argente, 7-6(4), 5-7, 10-8
4. Michael Voscek def. Norbert Nemcsek, 6-3, 7-5
5. Pedro Davisson def. Jaime Vazquez, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3)
6. Dylan McCloskey def. Leonardo Nahar, 6-3, 6-3