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How The Fish
Shop Manages
A big order came in from a local
eatery. The Fish Shop creates an
online invoice customized with
their logo.
Restaurants are the shop's best customers. To stay on top of
things, The Fish Shop creates and tracks invoices online with
Receivables. It allows them to see how each order fits into
their overall cash picture.
The Fish Shop recently replaced three refrigerators. The payments
on the new units mean a new monthly expense. Using Payables
the bookkeeper schedules recurring online payments to The
Refrigerator Company.
Some weeks, orders from restaurants slow to a
trickle, but business usually picks up quickly. Timeline
helps the shop project account balances days or weeks in
advance, so ups and downs are easier to handle.
Orders for The Fish Shop go up and down, but the business
is growing rapidly year over year. Trend shows longer-term
trends, so the owners can decide the right time to expand.
A full day of appointments keeps the doctors busy with patients.
When there's time, they use Timeline to get a snapshot of their
short-term cash flow, including incoming payments from insurance
companies and outgoing payments for medical supplies.
The office manager determines that by paying for medical supplies
earlier, they can save on that monthly expense. Using Cash Out,
the office manager quickly changes the recurring payment
date to the supplier, and The Family Practice starts
realizing the savings.
The Family Practice receives a bill in the mail every month from
The Cleaning Company. The office manager wants to pay bills like
these electronically—this will cut processing costs and
streamline bill payments.
Plans for a new waiting room are in the works and The Family Practice
wants to see if anticipated cash flow will cover construction costs.
Using Trend, the office manager reviews past performance
and projections for the upcoming year. Looks like the practice will
draw on their line of credit instead of dipping into cash reserves.
The Burger Grill has its busy weeks and its slow weeks. Generally,
things slow down around holiday weekends when people leave
town, or eat at home with family. Timeline helps The Burger Grill
project and prepare for these fluctuations in cash flow.
A sink in the kitchen is leaking and it will take a few days to get
parts. The Burger Grill doesn't know exactly when they'll have
to pay the plumber, but they still want to account for the
expense. They do so by adding it in Cash Out as uncommitted
Cash Out.
Things are busy at The Burger Grill and the owner is concerned
about paying bills on time. This has been a problem for them
in the past, and it can strain relationships with suppliers.
They turn to Payables for a solution.
Last year, The Burger Grill leased two new grills. The owner
wants to find out if the new cooktops are helping their
bottom line. Using Trend, they compare monthly net from
the previous year. Turns out the new equipment is
heating up cash flow.
Having available cash is a struggle for The Chair Co.
Big orders mean big payments for lumber, and equipment
breakdowns can be unexpected and expensive. Keeping a cash
reserve is crucial. To do this, the shop's bookkeeper uses
Timeline to maintain a cash reserve.
Today a big delivery of lumber arrived, but it was the wrong
kind of wood. The floor manager alerted the supplier, and
the bookkeeper used Cash Out to reschedule payment until
the right kind of lumber arrives.
Orders have been picking up at The Chair Co. and the production line
isn't the only place that's busy. The shop's office has been trying
to keep up with invoicing for product going out the door. To catch up,
they use Receivables to create and send electronic invoices.
Instead of paying for an order at once and obtaining a discount, a
retailer prefers to pay over six months without discount terms.
Before The Chair Co. agrees, they use Trend to see projected cash
flow. As it turns out, an extended payment plan actually
helps them cover projected costs in the future.
A big order came in from a local
eatery. The Fish Shop creates an
online invoice customized with
their logo.
The invoice appears in the
Unconfirmed column in Cash
In. This means the Fish Shop
sent an invoice to the local
eatery and is awaiting payment.
Payment has arrived from the
eatery. The transaction moves
into the Confirmed column.
The payment is also reflected in
Timeline. Here we see how the
money that came in from the
eatery fits into The Fish Shop's
overall cash picture.
With Timeline, The Fish Shop can view their past, present and projected cash flow in six-week increments—and months in advance.
The shop keeps a cash
reserve to cover expenses
when orders from restaurants
slow down.
The shop's owners can see
alerts for when The Fish Shop
is projected to dip below into their
cash reserve amount, so they
can take action to avoid a
potential cash shortfall.
Projected cash flow shows
unconfirmed orders from
restaurants. Looks like things
will pick up soon.
Using Trend, the shop can plan
for the remainder of this year
and the next.
Based off previous cash flow
activity, the shop can anticipate
when orders from restaurants
will go up.
The handle helps The Fish
Shop scenario plan and
forecast how an additional
expense, like expanding
the shop, could impact their
future cash position.
The Refrigerator Company agrees to receive online payments from The Fish Shop. Automating and streamlining these payments will create less clutter.
The monthly payments made to The Refrigerator Company will also appear as committed in Cash Out.
The Fish Shop's payables data syncs with their third-party accounting software*. This offers The Fish Shop a more comprehensive view of their cash flow while eliminating the need to rekey data.
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Using Timeline, the
doctors can quickly check
the practice's financials.
Between appointments,
the doctors glance at
important numbers like
account balance.
A slight loss will occur over
the next few weeks—the
practice is upgrading their
x-ray equipment.
Timeline helps The Family
Practice anticipate potential
shortfalls ahead of time and take
action to avoid them, like drawing
on a line of credit.
The Family Practice uses
Cash Out to monitor payments
on things like medical supplies.
Regular payments to the medical
supply company go into the
Committed column.
The office manager will begin paying the medical supply company earlier to take advantage of early pay discounts.
The practice can see
the status of payments to the
medical supply company.
With Trend, The Family Practice can determine a potential right time to make the changes they're envisioning for the waiting room.
The current year's plan
view helps the doctors see
when their cash flow may
increase this year.
The doctors and office
manager can use cash
flow trends from previous
years to help build the
current year's plan.
The Family Practice asks The Cleaning Company to bill them electronically and accept online payments.
The Cleaning Company agrees to accept electronic payments from The Family Practice. The monthly payment made to The Cleaning Company will also appear as a committed payment in Cash Out.
The office manager receives a bill and sees an error. In Payables, she asks The Cleaning Company about the discrepancy and they resolve the issue.
With Timeline, The Burger Grill
can prepare for rent and payroll
payments over the coming weeks
and months.
The Burger Grill during a busy week. Cash flow is expected to go up, and the restaurant is projecting it will cover its expenses.
Business slows down during holiday weekends. The restaurant will have to transfer funds into this account, so they can pay upcoming bills.
Rent is due during a dip in cash flow next month. To avoid dipping into their cash reserve, the restaurant can look at options
like shuffling expenses or drawing on a line of credit.
Scheduled payments to
suppliers like the butcher and
the baker appear in Cash Out.
These scheduled payments to
suppliers appear in the
Committed column.
Repairs for a leaky sink aren't a
scheduled payment, so it goes
into the Uncommitted column.
The Burger Grill will pay the plumber once he repairs the sink.
The owners turn to Trend
to see if the new grills
are helping the restaurant's
bottom line.
Cash flow from the year before
the new grills arrived.
Cash flow since the new grills
arrived. Faster grills mean an
increase in table turnover and
cash flow.
The Burger Grill reaches out to their suppliers. They agree to receive payments electronically from The Burger Grill.
To make sure payments are
made on time, the owner
keeps an eye on due dates
in Payables.
Thanks to Payables, The Burger Grill is paying bills before they're due—it has even streamlined payment speeds by cutting down processing time. This enables the owner to spend more time focusing on customers.
With Timeline, The Chair Co.
stays disciplined about
maintaining a cash reserve.
Cash reserves cover
unexpected expenses like
equipment failure.
The shop's bookkeeper sets
the cash reserve amount by
dragging this handle bar
up or down.
With Cash Out, the bookkeeper
can quickly withhold payment
to a supplier.
Scheduled payments to the
lumberyard usually go in the
Committed column.
Payment to the lumberyard is
put on hold. It goes into the
Uncommitted column until
the right wood arrives.
By creating a "what if" scenario,
The Chair Co. can see if the
retailer's payment proposal is
a good idea.
The blue line shows
cash flow before the order
came in.
With the current year's plan,
The Chair Co. can assess how a onetime payment vs. a six-month payment plan will impact their future cash over the upcoming months.
The bookkeeper generates branded online invoices in Receivables. This makes for less paperwork and fewer trips to the Post Office. The Chair Co.'s invoicing activity automatically updates Cash In and Timeline, the visual snapshot of their unconfirmed and confirmed cash.
When the invoices are paid, the payment information automatically syncs with The Chair Co.'s accounting software*. That means the Chair Co. does not need to update their receivables information in their accounting software, sync took care of it for them—saving time and eliminating the need for double entry.
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The Chair Co. sends payment reminders to their customers when invoices are due and past due. The bookkeeper can download and print aging reports in Receivables. With the aging reports, he can make more informed decisions by seeing what they have now, what they're expecting and when they're expecting to receive it.
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Availability: NH Schiller
Standard Room, 1 Double or 2 Single BedsMax Occupancy: 2 guests (up to 1 child, 1 infant)
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This Art Deco hotel is located along the lively Rembrandtplein (Rembrandt Square) in central Amsterdam. The Floating Flower Market and Kalverstraat shopping street are 0.3 km (0.2 mi) away.
Art Deco brasserie
Guests can dine in the Art Deco elegance of the Brasserie Schiller. Other amenities include a 24-hour front desk, bicycle rentals, and complimentary high-speed Internet access in the lobby.
Free WiFi
NH Schiller's 92 guestrooms offer free WIFi, televisions, coffee/tea makers, minibars, and in-room safes. Bathrooms come with hair dryers.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
NH Schiller Amenities
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This hotel offers a prime location along Rembrandt Square. Decor at NH Schiller includes stained glass windows, rich wood paneling, and paintings by Friedrich Schiller.
Brasserie Schiller serves traditional and contemporary Dutch cuisine for lunch and dinner, including fresh seafood, in a splendid Art Deco setting. A breakfast buffet is available for a surcharge. Other amenities include a 24-hour front desk, luggage storage, concierge services, a multilingual staff, and complimentary wireless Internet access in the lobby.
- Concierge services
- Complimentary newspapers in lobby
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Coffee shop or café
- Bar/lounge
- Conference space
- 24-hour front desk
- Babysitting or childcare
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Coffee/tea in lobby
- Elevator/lift
- Number of floors - 6
- Free Wi-Fi
- Laundry facilities
- Meeting rooms
- Multilingual staff
- Total number of rooms - 92
- Luggage storage
- Restaurant
- Room service (limited hours)
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Internet
Available in all rooms: Free Wi-Fi
Available in some public areas: Free Wi-Fi
- Room Amenities
- Premium TV channels
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Phone
- Coffee/tea maker
- Private bathroom
- Complimentary toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Daily housekeeping
- Television
- In-room safe (laptop compatible)
- Desk
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Cribs/infant beds available
- Free Wi-Fi
- Dining
NH Schiller has a restaurant on site. Room service during limited hours is available.
- Recreation
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Scooter/moped rentals nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
NH Schiller Policies & Fees
- Check-in
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
- Check-out
Check-out time is noon
- Payment types
Accepted at this hotel: Visa, American Express, MasterCard
- General
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
Special cancellation policies or charges may apply for group reservations (more than 8 rooms for the same hotel / stay dates).
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- Unless otherwise indicated, the charges below are not included in the overall room price. If not included in the overall room price, they will be charged by the property at check-in or check-out. Charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the room you book. This property told us they will charge you for the following:
We have included all charges provided to us by the property. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the room you book.The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
- A 5.5 percent city/local tax will be charged
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
- Breakfast fee: EUR 19 per person (approximately)
- Rollaway bed fee: EUR 45 per night
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- A Green / Sustainable Property - First Party CertifiedThis property has performed a self-assessment, also known as First Party certification, of its sustainable tourism practices through Green Key thus taking steps to understand its impact on one or more of the following: environment, community, cultural-heritage, the local economy. The property's claims have not been independently verified by a second or third party certification program.

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short-cut to: Family Ski Resorts in New England, Pennsylvania, New York State, Colorado, Utah, Canada.
Forget "Old Man Winter": for families who ski or board, "Winter"'s a buff guy in gortex, and a chance to get onto white slopes under bright blue skies.
So, where to go? The next pages have suggestions in six regions. Keep in mind that regions differ in some key features that are important for family skiing:
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- Quality of the snow: for many of us, skiing on ice is not so nice, while champagne powder is sweet. Utah, Colorado, and the interior area of BC are great spots to try.
- advantages of non-celebrity ski resorts
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young German, son-in-lav oS Dr. Alvaro.
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portion, nowhere as bad as the worst, and nowehrre as good as the best
part of th'e Palttka road. There seems to be no reason for not making
the trip anytime regardless of weather conditions.
On the way out I found some wild pineannples, hunting over
soem of these bushes I found one that had four ripe pineapples. The
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diameter and four inches high exclusive of the top. The four fruits to-
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Three of the suspects, Ismary Lugo, Elidoro Martinez and Josue Pimentel were arrested in Hamblen County.
Authorities also seized about one ounce of cocaine and nearly $24,000 in cash.
Agents say the marijuana has a street value of $127,000.
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State BOE, thanks for ruining Fayette schools
Dear State Board of Education,
Since you took over Fayette County Schools, our students have had higher absentees, lower test scores in standardized testing and lower grades in general in all the schools, lower graduation rates, raw meat served for lunches, multiple early retirement of teachers, teachers leaving in droves, more substitutes teaching classes, more violence at sporting events and at schools in general, more dissatisfaction of students and teachers, more crowded schools due to closings. Other than that, you're doing one heck of a job. Thanks for ruining our schools.
All the schools in our county are failing and below the standards, and WESTEST scores are the worst ever. We are now ranked No. 53 out of 55 counties, but don't worry, I'm sure you will find a way of getting to that No. 55 spot. One good point, your personal salaries are up due to your selfish concerns for your own personal well-being as opposed to our students, so good for you. No wonder parents are taking their students out of our county schools in favor of getting a real education. Thank God I graduated prior to your coming to Fayette County, so I can inform the parents and residents of your great work. Keep up the good work. I'm sure your own children go to schools somewhere else.
Thomas "TB" Brown
Mount Hope
When will cell phone laws be enforced?
I may be wrong, but I do remember our laws that state "No Littering," "Click It or Ticket," "A Leash" for dogs and we have "DUI check points," all enforced, as they should be.
My question would be what happened to the one law about "If you drive/park the phone"?
Stopped at a traffic light, almost hit from behind. Guess what? Driver on the phone. Driver speeding goes through stop sign, again talking on the phone?
I can handle all of that. What really upsets me was my son getting ready to get off a stopped school bus and guess what? Driver texting on the phone and did not stop. Thank God for a very good and alert bus driver No. 50.
I guess the phone calls are more important than someone's life. When will this little-known "law" be enforced?
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By Robert Powell, MarketWatch
In general, the "miser advisers" tend to spend less than most Americans, but aren't necessarily living a life of deprivation.
Unusual ways to cut expenses
When it comes to cutting expenses, Yeager offered this advice: No matter where you are in life, or how you've been living up to that point, you can find ways to start to cut back that you could do without sacrificing the quality of your life.
For instance, think long and hard about purchasing discretionary items—especially since many Americans express regret about buying such items. "We all know that feeling of buyer's remorse," said Yeager.
In the extreme, miser advisers are saving and reusing their calendars according to Yeager. But in the main, the miser advisers are merely following time-honored advice: living beneath their means, living debt free, and pinching pennies. "Cheapskates have a very different attitude about spending and about debt in particular," he said. "They tend to live debt free with the possible exception of a home mortgage. And the vast majority of them plan to pay off that mortgage as early as possible. They are living the un-American lifestyle in that way."
So what is it that cheapskates sacrifice by living this kind of lifestyle? Not much. "They tend to be very savvy consumers," he said. "They tend to be into delayed gratification. They tend to something very old-fashioned; which is to save up the money to buy something before they go out and buy it, which in many cases triggers them to realize that they really don't want that item."
And that's one reason why they are able to afford to retire early and on less money, in some cases just on Social Security, said Yeager.
To save money, Yeager offered this advice to would-be cheapskates. "What you are looking to do is to make a few big decisions right, housing being the primary one," said Yeager. Cheapskates, for instance, tend to buy houses that are only 75% of the amount for which they qualify to buy. They tend to buy smaller, less expensive houses. And they tend to live in their houses longer and pay down the mortgage as quickly as possible.
They also look to save money on transportation and energy costs that "at the time isn't making that much difference in how much available cash you have on a monthly basis but over the years it's huge." For instance, Yeager recommends buying a manual transmission car instead of an automatic as one way to save money.
Yeager also said the ethics of thrift is a key ingredient among cheapskates. "If were you to pinch the pennies, the dollars would pinch themselves," he said. "For instance, if you were to rinse out and reuse your plastic bags, that's not going to make you rich. It's not really going to have any impact on your finances, but it does make you stop and think about how much you spend and consume. And that can be very useful in getting your finances and financial house in order."
Applying the cheapskate principles
To be fair, many of the principles that Yeager espouses in his book are not unique. They include, for instance, such tried and true bromides: delay taking Social Security, live debt free, live beneath your means, and switch to a bank with lower fees.
However, Yeager said, it's important to understand that cheapskates not only live by these principles and have not sacrificed their standard of living. "Intellectually, (the cheapskate principles) are not all that unusual," said Yeager. "I think most Americans could live comfortably debt free. But most people I talk to disagree with me on that. They think that debt is part of our life. I simply don't believe that in this day and age it's a foregone conclusion."
Stay healthy
Another cheapskate principle has to do with your health. Yeager suggesting spending time maintain your health. "Most people do a good job of ruining their own health," he said. "We complain about the cost of health care but we don't take any action that might perhaps keep us healthy."
Aging causes increased frugality
According to Yeager, one factor to consider when thinking about becoming a cheapskate is this: If wisdom comes with age, so too does frugality. To be fair, Yeager said spending tends to drop as one ages, and perhaps for obvious reasons. "On average we are slowing down in life," he said. "We have what we want. As I like to say, aging causes 'IF,' or 'increased frugality.'"
Indeed, a typical model for cheapskates is to "whack down their expenses" to the point where their Social Security benefit will cover their essential expenses, said Yeager. "If you are able to do that, which they are but most Americans aren't, then you are in a very enviable position."
One last note: There is no need to be embarrassed about being a cheapskate. "When I talk about being a cheapskate, I'm not using it in a pejorative sense," Yeager said. "It's just about being a smart consumer and it's certainly not about deprivation or sacrifice or being dishonest or greedy. It's not about trying to build a big bank account for the sake of having a big bank account. It's about trying to understand what enough is for you. And everybody's answer will be different. And if you don't spend a lot then you might reach that point pretty early in life."
Said Yeager: "You can only enjoy life more if you are prepared to spend less."
For more information on Yeager's books, see his website, The Ultimate Cheapskate.
Robert Powell is editor of Retirement Weekly, published by MarketWatch. Learn more about Retirement Weekly here. Follow his tweets at RJPIII .


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Lucky 7: N.J.'s stretch of near-perfect weekend weather forecast to roll on
As far as summer in New Jersey is concerned, Mother Nature is batting as close to 1.000 as you can get when it comes to weekend weather.
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Flash flood warning issued for portions of Atlantic and Cape May counties
The National Weather Service in Mt. Holly has issued a flash flood warning for southeastern Atlantic County including Ventnor, Atlantic City, northern Cape May County and Ocean City until 1:15 p.m. today .
Storms leave thousands without power
New Jersey Fast Traffic reports debris and downed wires on NJ Transit's Montclair-Boonton line caused 60 minute delays for commuters on Wednesday morning.
New judge is vital addition to shorthanded Burlco bench
After several years as an Army lawyer at Fort Dix and nearly three decades as a municipal prosecutor in Burlington County, Mark Tarantino this week began a new job as a Superior Court judge on the Mount Holly bench.
Lightning may once again illuminate NJ skies after daytime heat, humidity
Another hot, humid summer day may erupt in a spectacular lightning show across New Jersey tonight, in what is becoming something of a norm for the region to start the summer.
Another beautiful beach day at Jersey Shore expected, if you beat the traffic
It would seem, given all of the meteorological mayhem of the last week, New Jersey has earned a bit of calm.
Arthur to Pass 200 Miles off N.J. as Swimmers, Boaters Warned
Forecasters with the National Weather Service say Hurricane Arthur will not bring wind or rain to the Jersey Shore, but will whip up seas and create a major rip current threat along ocean beaches.
National Weather Service issues flash flood watch
The National Weather Service has posted a Flash Flood Watch for surrounding communities starting on Thursday, July 3 at 4 p.m. through Friday morning.
Severe thunderstorms moved through the area last night, with over 10,000 strikes of lightning, some of which caused damage.
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Questions remain about the safety of eating homegrown fruits and vegetables from gardens in Richmond and other areas affected by a fire at the Chevron refinery August 6.
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"It's safe to eat your fruit and vegetables," said Randy Sawyer, the county's chief environmenta and hazardous materials officer. "We do recommend that you wash them in a weak soap solution like a dish soap." If there was harmful residue on the plants, it would be visible, he said. "It wouldn't be a dust product, it would be sooty."
But local gardeners and environmentalists beg to differ, and many are anxious about the fire's potential long-term effect on the area's urban agriculture. At a tense community meeting on Tuesday night, gardeners from Urban Tilth rolled in wheelbarrows of wilted produce they said was destroyed by the refinery fire, which was contained after a few hours but burned into the night.
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Until we know what chemicals were burning in the fire and what remains in the air, it's dangerous to assume our garden products are not contamminated, said Robinson, a Richmond resident herself. "If it's particulate matter or dust, in theory you can wash it off. At the same time, you're not exactly sure how certain chemicals react. More importantly, if you can wash the plant, what happens to the soil? Heavy metals like mercury are used in some processing. If that stuff was in the plume and it deposited in the soil" there could be lasting detrimental effects on our gardens, she said.
When a Richmond resident at Tuesday's community meeting asked what chemicals might be in the air, and Jeff McKay, Deputy Air Pollution Control Officer at Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD), listed hydrogen sulfide, benzene, sulfur dioxide, and styrene. All four compounds are either considered poisonous, or suspected to be carcinogens.
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Robinson said it is extremely difficult to trace health problems to individual pollutants.
"The way that companies like Chevron have been able to pollute the air without liability is it's extremely hard to trace back, and they can point to things like the highways," she said. "This particular instance was so extreme that if we get a list of what was burning, we might be able to trace it back for the first time."
Robinson and her team hope to have a plan to test Urban Filth's produce by Monday, though she said financial barriers will make a comprehensive analysis difficult or impossible. Until the products are deemed safe, the organization is planning on suspending its school programs and refraining from eating from its 11 Richmond gardens, and Robinson urged residents to do the same with their personal plants.
"Before we take someone else's word for it, we owe it to ourselves and our community" to ensure our food is clean, she said.
Not many.
And veggies wilt naturally and for all kinds of reasons.
You're really reaching here, ya know?
No, urban gardens of all kinds are proliferating for all kinds of environmental reasons...What an awful shame this is...Is it wise to have these refineries so close to populations in the first place?
It'll be a great day when all these dirty refineries are rendered obsolete.
has been there 100 years, the city grew up around it.
100 years ago, a lot of things were considered acceptable which no longer are. 100 years ago, it was acceptable to not only belch filth into the air and poison the people around you, but it was acceptable to work people 6 days a week without overtime, employ child labor, and regularly have accidents that killed people as part of your business plan.
These things are no longer acceptable in the 21st century, though the owners of these corporations act as if they should be. It's no defense to say that they've operated a certain way for 100 years, and because of that, we should tolerate their negligence and criminality in perpetuity. If Chevron is unwilling to follow 21st century safety standards to ensure the health of the surrounding community, they need to be closed down.
who moves in next to a bar and complains about the noise.
Your whole troll is off topic by the way, and just plainly out of touch.
You own a car last I heard by the way, does it run on magical thinking too?
You don't have any valid point to make, which is why you have to use some of the weakest rhetorical tools.
*Your* troll is off topic: this *isn't* about noise abatement law violations, no matter how justified or unfair; because noise *only* affects people within a predictably limited range of where it is generated, and only on a short term basis.
And the crack about owning a car is fully absurd on at *least* one level: it posits that nobody who uses any product is justified in expressing an opinion regarding the safety conditions and environmental costs tolerated by the product's manufacturers.
Only industry lobbiests should have an opinion, right Mr. Moderate? No law for any industry!
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You post on here probably eight times a day. You're on here maybe 10 hours a week.. You have created your own super rad tag line, because you care that much about your SFBG persona.
And all your rambling has never, ever changed a single fucking vote. You have made no difference. The time you spent on here could have been spent fundraising, volunteering.. doing *something*. Tell me I'm a troll, or a right winger, call me names until you run out of them.
But yeah... you don't *fucking matter*.
Oh, I feel so bad!
I must at least be important to *you*, since you took the time to complain. That's nice. Thaks.
...and I see you've used the asterisks-for-italics style I like to use. I shouldn't even think of it as flattering since I copied the idea from someone else myself of course, and I know I'm supposed to be feeling badly anyway.
Anybody heard from Spitonreagan recently?
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claimed that those doing so had no credibility!
Woo hoo, chalk one up for the good guys.
(...but we can change that.)
That is what I heard, Matlock (that the city grew up around it). Nevertheless:
Just another example of how $$ trumps caring....But wait--they *do* care, it's just that they care about...money more than people.
Same old same old...Soon, we'll hear about another oil spill, cause it's overdue.
You have to regulate these multi-national corporations up the wazoo, otherwise, it's all about the money.
Just sayin', Matlock.
But things are changing, slowly but surely....it's all about people power...
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Religious exemption for Sikh cops
Written by Mark Nichols According to a recent article in the Washington Post, The D.C. Metro Police is now the first major metropolitan police department in the country to allow Sikh officers to wear beards and religious items such as turbans while on the job. A Sikh is a follower of Sikhism. It primarily originated in the 15th century in the Punjab region of India.
The policy change was announced by Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier, who compared Sikhs to other groups that have struggled for equality in the ranks of law enforcement.
I have to remind myself sometimes that in my lifetime women were not allowed to ride in patrol cars along with men, and now Im chief, Lanier said at a news conference that was attended by members of the local Sikh community.
Lanier said law enforcement works best when the cops look like the people theyre [policing.
To me this is a common-sense decision. It is important that we have representation from all of our communities across Washington, D.C.
The policy also allows Sikhs to carry other religious items like steel bracelets around their wrists and small decorative swords under their clothes.
This all came about apparently as a Sikh reserve officer was preparing to graduate from the police academy. Currently there are no active-duty Sikh officers working for the D.C. police.
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While I appreciate the religious significance of the turbans and beards, I would still vote no on them. Both the turbans and beards would present a problem with fit and sealing of gas masks which are, IMO, a very necessary piece of equipment for metropolitan area LEOs. From what I understand, the turbans are kind of difficult to remove, and once they're off, you aren't going to have time to stow em in the event you're donning a mask.
Other stuff that doesn't interfere with essential job functions, I am okay with."If anything worthwhile comes of this tragedy, it should be the realization by every citizen that often the only thing that stands between them and losing everything they hold dear... is the man wearing a badge." -- Ronald Reagan, in the wake of the deaths of 4 CHP troopers in the Newhall Incident, 1970
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Religious Exemption For Sikh Cops
It looks like the military has dealt with this, too.
Sikh Soldiers allowed to serve, retain their articles of faith | Article | The United States Army
FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas (March 25, 2010) -- For the first time in 23 years, the U.S. Army is allowing a pair of Sikh Soldiers to keep their hair and beard intact and wear a turban.
More than 60 years ago, President Harry Truman desegregated the U.S. armed forces, declaring "there shall be equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed forces without regard to race, color, religion or national origin."
But during those same six decades, the Army's policy and how it was implemented changed from time to time.
From 1948 to 1984, men of the Sikh religion were permitted to serve while maintaining their articles of faith. In 1984, Gen. John A. Wickham Jr., then Chief of Staff of the Army, eliminated the exception for Sikhs and others who wore "conspicuous" items of faith.
Sikhs who were previously serving on active duty were grandfathered in by the Army. Two Sikhs in the medical field, Col. Arjinderpal Singh Sekhon, a doctor, and Col. G.B. Singh, a dentist, continued to serve until their retirements in 2009 and 2007, respectively, according to the Sikh News Network Web site (SikhNN, Sikh News Network).
Capt. (Dr.) Tejdeep Singh Rattan, a dentist, and Capt. (Dr.) Kamaljeet Singh Kalsi, a doctor, were assured by their recruiters at the time of enlistment several years ago that their articles of faith wouldn't pose a problem. But after completing four years of studies, both men were told to remove their turbans and cut their hair and beards for active duty.
It took action by several Sikh organizations and a letter to Defense Secretary Robert Gates, signed by 43 members of the House of Representatives and six U.S. senators, to change the Army's mind. A pair of special exceptions to Army Regulation 600-20 were allowed so Rattan and Kalsi could wear their dastaars (turbans) and keep their unshorn hair and beards as part of their uniform, and also retain their other articles of faith.
"Based on a review of these standards and the specific facts of your case, I am granting your appeal to wear a beard, uncut hair and turban in keeping with the tenets of your faith," wrote Maj. Gen. Gina Farrisee, acting deputy chief of staff for Army personnel, in a Dec. 1 letter to Rattan. "Your beard, uncut hair and turban will be neat and well maintained at all times."
The Army does allow personnel to request waivers for practices that may conflict with current Army regulations and policies and are considered on a case-by-case basis.
Considerations include the impact on the health, safety and welfare of all Soldiers; and impact on order and discipline of the force. The Army decided in these two cases that the Sikh articles of faith would not affect "unit readiness, individual readiness, unit cohesion, morale, discipline, safety and/or health," according to Farrisee's letter.
Rattan completed the nine-week Basic Officer Leadership Course at Camp Bullis, Texas, March 19, and graduated with his class at Fort Sam Houston, March 22. He'll report to Fort Drum in upstate New York April 12 for an assignment as a dentist. Kalsi, who attended Rattan's graduation begins the BOLC course in July, after completing an emergency medicine fellowship.
But the story behind Rattan's journey through the military Health Professions Scholarship Program and into the Army's corps of officers sheds light on a little-known change in Truman's promise that has virtually prevented an entire generation of Sikhs from serving in the United States armed forces.
Practicing Sikhs have served in the armed forces since World War I, and the ruling in 1984 which effectively disallowed Sikhs to join was due to alleged health and safety hazard of their turban and uncut hair.
Aided by the Sikh Coalition (The Sikh Coalition), Kalsi and Rattan appealed the Army policy because of religious convictions. They were joined by the Sikh Council on Research and Education, Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund and United Sikhs. Thousands of Sikhs and other sympathetic supporters signed petitions on their behalf.
To put their faith into perspective, there are 25 million Sikhs worldwide, making it the fifth largest religion after Christianity, Islam, Buddhism and Hinduism, and has been in existence for more than 500 years.
"History portrays Sikhs as warrior-saints and I believe that is what Sikhs are. That's what our life is all about," said Rattan, who proclaimed, "I am a Sikh warrior!" after he exited the gas chamber during nuclear, biological and chemical phase of his training. "It is what the Holy Book (the Sri Guru Granth Sahib) teaches us."
"There is a line in the Sri Guru Granth Sahib that translates to 'Good for all,' which means that all men are my brothers. If something happens to them, I must go and protect them," Rattan explained.
"That's what a lot of the Sikhs did after the events of Sept. 11, 2001. They left their jobs - many were doctors and dentists - and went to ground zero and they helped. But people looked down upon them because they thought they looked like Muslims. That's something which I am here to remedy, and to educate and to serve."
Organizations like the Sikh Coalition, which has offices in New York and San Francisco, were founded in response to bias and prejudice against Sikhs in the aftermath of 9/11.
Many Sikhs have been misidentified as Muslim extremists because their dress is similar to those who follow Osama bin Laden, according to the United Sikhs Web site (UNITED SIKHS::Recognize the Human Race as One).
Many Sikhs have been harassed, assaulted, or even killed, said Harsimran Kaur, the Sikh Coalition's legal director. Sikhism bears no resemblance to fanatical Islamic sects, and Sikhs believe in the equality of all human beings, regardless of gender, religion, race, or social status, she said. Many Muslims have also been victimized in North America and Sikhs strongly denounce any violence or discrimination towards others of different faiths, she added.
"We absolutely applaud the Army's decision to grant the exceptions. We look forward to the day all Sikhs can serve their country without any exceptions for their articles of faith," Kaur said. "There have been instances of private and government law enforcement agencies justifying the refusal to hire Sikh applicants because the military didn't accept them."
"The exceptions are a step in the right direction. It's an indication that they are open to Sikhs to serve," she added. "The impact of this decision is huge. We hope we can turn things around and show that we're not second-class citizens."
Sikhs wear the articles of faith to unify and bind them to the beliefs of the religion and to remind them of their commitment to the Gurus at all times, according to the Sikh Coalition Web site.
"Sikhs have served in the Army in World War I and II, in Korea and Vietnam with incredible distinction," Kaur said. "The articles of faith have never been an issue before. The principles of our religion are democracy and freedom, just like those of the United States."
Observant Sikhs have a long history of serving in armed forces throughout the world, according to the Sikh News Network Web site. During World War I, Bhagat Singh Thind was the only Sikh Soldier in the U.S. Army to serve in combat duty. More than 80,000 Sikh soldiers died fighting for the Allied Forces during the World Wars. Today, Sikhs serve in the militaries of India, England, Canada, Austria and the United Nations, among others.
"In the recent history of the U.S. Army, there were two Sikh gentlemen - Cols. Sekhon and Singh - who were allowed to serve with their articles of faith, and just retired as full colonels last year," Rattan said. "These gentlemen were able to achieve some of the highest ranks in the U.S. Army. If they were able to do it for all this long time, I felt I should be able to as well."
While Rattan was in training, even instructors and classmates who were skeptical at first were won over by his drive and will to do his best.
"As a commander, I knew someone was coming to me with an exception. I was curious how it would fit with the standards of the regulation," said Capt. John Lopez, commander, Company A, 187th Medical Battalion. "From Day one, Captain Rattan has been an ideal individual. He has spent hundreds of dollars in finding or creating headgear that conforms with his exception."
"He has done everything in his power to keep within the regulation (AR 160-1), and I sometimes have a hard time getting other Soldiers to follow it," Lopez said. "Rattan is going leaps and bounds beyond what others have had to do to keep within the regulation. There have been other people here who have had to be counseled or threatened with being removed from the course to get them to comply."
"Officers should be the standard bearers for the regulation and the Army," Lopez added.
"Sometimes you get those in the medical field that think they are privileged and think they are above the regulation. But then you get officers like Rattan who try their hardest and go above and beyond. I wish some other Soldiers had the personal pride and willingness to go the extra mile as he does, so those young Soldiers have someone to look up to, rather than have someone they talk about behind their back."
"When I first got to Camp Bullis, I was quite anxious, but I was looking forward to this experience," Rattan added. "This is actually very important for the Sikh community. The reason I am here is to serve, as well as educate. When my little kids grow up, if they want to serve in the Army, they can and they will have the safety to serve. Maybe my elders won't be assaulted when they walk down the street."
"I was not born in the United States, but it is my home and I am an American," said Rattan, who was born in Amritsar, the home of the Sikh's sacred Golden Temple in the Punjab state of India.
"Our country was built by people like me, from different parts of the world, from different races and religions. I hope my desire to serve in the U.S. Army shows my commitment to my country. I am willing to lay down my life for America. I ask only that my country respect my faith, an integral part of who I am. My turban and beard are not an option, they are an intrinsic part of me."
"I already have a responsibility to my faith and I have taken on this additional responsibility of being an Army officer," the 31-year-old captain added. "I get up at 3 a.m. every morning - while others are sleeping until 5 a.m. - to try and groom myself so the standards of the military are being met.
During the BOLC course, the captain was easily able to wear his Kevlar helmet over a custom-made Army Camouflage Uniform turban with rank insignia he had created and paid for himself.
Rattan also worked with an Army tailor to create a flash, or insignia patch, which is worn on Soldiers' berets, and could be attached to his usual black turban with Velcro.
"I was told there were two challenges to allow Sikhs in the military. The first was that we could not put the Kevlar helmet on our heads, which I do every day," the captain said. "The second thing was fitting the gas mask properly."
My uncle, who was in the Indian Army, said he had no problem with that while was engaged in jungle warfare. He said he put some Vaseline in his beard, which kept the ticks away, and it sealed every single time."
Rattan said there are many Sikhs who strongly desire a chance to serve in the military.
"I recently went to the San Antonio temple, which is called a gurdwara, and the kids gathered around me because I was in my uniform," he said. "They were curious to know, 'How did you do it' Why did you do it''"
"Those kids wanted to do the same thing I did. They were curious, they wanted to see pictures, they wanted to see me dressed in my Army uniform, they wanted to see everything," Rattan said.
"That was a big motivation for me to come back and do the second week of training. These are not emotions talking, this is my goal. I would like to see a Sikh general someday in the U.S. armed forces.'"
"As soon as we have more and more Sikhs join the military, the citizens of this country will see us serving, they'll see us doing everything a Soldier does, and see our loyalty for this country," the captain said. "I think it'll improve over time as people get educated, ask questions. Information about Sikhs needs to trickle down to everyone, and by Sikhs being in the military and in other areas, we can do this."
Ending discrimination in the U.S. Army sends a message to all other employers, both private and public, that discrimination against Sikhs who maintain their articles of faith is not acceptable, said the Sikh Coalition.
Though Sikhs have approached several police and sheriff's departments for jobs, they are often told that if Sikhs cannot serve as U.S. Soldiers, they cannot serve as police officers either, the coalition said.
Most importantly, over the long term, the coalition added, equal participation of Sikhs in all of society's institutions, including the Army, will go a long way towards reducing the prejudice Sikhs often face in schools and on the streets.
"I've made a lot of friends here and this is home for me - home away from one home, which I definitely look forward to someday returning to," Rattan said. "I want to go to the Golden Temple since I was born near there, but the United States is my home."
"I am overjoyed to serve my country and work with my fellow Soldiers, and to have completed basic training," Rattan added.
"Most importantly, in preparation for my work as a Soldier, I was able to successfully complete all aspects of my initial training. I had an overwhelmingly positive experience. I am very thankful to the post command, Army leadership and my fellow Soldiers. I look forward to continuing to serve my country."
"During my several conversations with Captain Tejdeep Singh Rattan I have found him to be professional, enthusiastic and dedicated to his profession - as an Army Dental Corps officer and a Soldier," said Maj. Gen. (Dr.) Russell Czerw, commanding general of Fort Sam Houston and the Army Medical Department Center & School and also Chief of the Army Dental Corps. "I have no doubt of his passion for taking care of Soldiers and commend him for his desire to serve his country."
"I have the utmost confidence that Rattan, or someone like him, is going to go on to do great things, no matter where they go," Lopez said.
"The only struggle is that when some people get their first look, they are going to stereotype him. That is the good thing about having Rattan out there, to show that this is a proud individual, he knows what he is doing and he's doing a phenomenal job. I'd go to battle with him."
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That said -- I've got mixed feelings on the exemptions. Though MPDC already has rather liberal appearance standards, based on my own observations. I've seen patrol officers with full beards (sometimes justified by pseudofolliculitis barbae)Voting against incumbents until we get a Congress that does its job.
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At the same time -- I do respect where the Sikhs are coming from. It's an article of their faith. And I'm not sure how much it would really impact their ability to perform their duties. I mean -- I'm overweight. And I don't mean I'm just a little chubby. I'm very fit in spite of that -- but it means that if you just throw, for example, a biohazard suit based on my height at me, it ain't gonna fit. Honestly, I'm wondering how well I'm gonna fit into the new Ford Interceptors, too... But I can do the job. And that's not a religious article; it's simple "me."
Can a department make reasonable allowances for an observant Jew or Christian that won't work on the Sabbath? Maybe. I can't say for sure, not having seen it myself where someone WOULD NOT work on the Sabbath. Taking off for certain holy days would be one thing, but absolutely not working Friday sundown to Saturday sundown or on Sunday? Don't know how that would go over; I'd personally see it as a major concern. What if you get held over? Is the modification of a grooming standard like the Sikhs would require as big an issue -- or less?Voting against incumbents until we get a Congress that does its job.
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09-04-12, 12:54 AM #8The reason they do psych evals
Although I agree with some degree of uniformity, that can easily be taken too far. Placing it above a department member's religion takes it too far, in my opinion.
Uniformity should create a common thread between the members of an agency, but even when religion isn't an issue I don't think we need to look or act exactly the same. The idea is to make us recognizable to the public (and to each other, in bigger jurisdictions), not to make robots out of us. We don't all carry the same equipment or wear it the same way, nor should we.
My department has a couple of different authorized hats (a ball cap and an 8 point), neither of which is required. I'm not aware of any complaints from the public about some officers wearing hats and some not, and I can't think of any way that it negatively impacts delivery of service. I don't see a problem with adding a turban to the list of authorized hats, particularly for guys who have some spiritual reason that they're supposed to wear it. If a guy would be a good cop, then making him choose between the job and a religion that tells him to have a beard seems badly misguided to me.
When I joined the Met police back back in 1972, we had the first Sikh officer join. He refused to wear a helmet, so they bought the appropriate colour material and he was allowed to stick a badge in it and wear it.
He claimed it was a religious requirement to wear the turban. However, when we had swimming periods, off came the turban and on went a swim cap!
I believe that rules are for all and if you can't comply with those rules, don't join!
As an aside the guy was an arse! When asked to step out front and demonstrate during practical exercises, he used a phrase I heard for the first time. "you are picking on me because I am black!" it was pointed out to him that we all had to take turns, but he refused. He failed every written test, but was allowed to retake them until he passed.
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I'm founding a religion that requires goatees, mullets, and camo pants. I can still work here right?Pleasing nobody, one person at a time.
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09-17-12, 01:51 AM #17The reason they do psych evals
I agree that someone needs to be able to do the job in order to have the job. But whether a Sikh can wear the same kind of hat or the same kind of gas mask that I do is such a ridiculously minor concern. Even if they flat out can't wear a gas mask at all, I'd be less worried about working with them than I would about working with a guy who's put on a few pounds, who doesn't practice physical skills, who isn't all that diligent with legal updates, or even who just doesn't write very well. A coworker with any of those problems is far more likely to get himself or me either hurt or in trouble than someone who needs a few accommodations related to his uniform and equipment.
Do we have uniform standards or not? If we do we can't make an exemption for Sikhs and not make exemptions for Christians who want to wear a cross, the Hasidic Jew's payot, the Rastafarian's dreadlocks, and the Muslim's burqa. Then the officer who says he's a Jedi and wants to wear a ponytail. Then the Quaker who won't carry a gun. Then religious holidays. We can't say no to them and yes to the Sikh. Exception for one religion but not another is discrimination. We have a uniform standard that has nothing to do with religion and we have to enforce it. All those religious people are welcome to join but the visible symbols of their faith have no place in uniform.Pleasing nobody, one person at a time.
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09-18-12, 04:11 PM #19The reason they do psych evals
I think that we can draw a distinction between symbols of faith which are voluntarily displayed and those which are actual religious requirements. If a Sikh is allowed to wear a beard, I don't think that means I should be allowed to display a hammer pendant or rune tattoos. I'm also not aware of any mainstream Christian religions which actually require their members to display a cross, so I wouldn't think they should be entitled to an exemption either. If you know of some, then that might be different.
This isn't to say that the measure of a religion's validity should be whether or not it's mainstream. So if we allow exceptions for Sikh's required religious accoutrements , then maybe we'd have to allow exceptions for someone who declares that their religion requires goatees, mullets, and camo pants. I strongly suspect that the latter group would be excluded from the profession for more mundane reasons, though.
Anyway, I do agree with you that where exceptions are allowed or disallowed for one religious group, other groups need to be treated the same under similar circumstances. If uniformity is important enough to your agency that there can be no flexibility, then so be it as long as it's even-handed. I think that might be taking uniformity too seriously, though, and that the benefits of a little flexibility would outweigh the costs. Staying with the Sikhs as an example, I think that communities with a significant Sikh presence would respond well to a force that is more representative of the populace that it serves. If the cost of more partnership with the community is that some of us will wear a different kind of hat, I think we should go ahead and pay.
I think the problem that we face is that our government is unable to declare what's a religion and what isn't. Nor is it going to be able to say what is or is not legitimate about a religion.
The issue with the Sikh's is relatively benign and you are right about Sikh officers in a large Sikh neighborhood. Once we accommodate them however we have to accommodate anyone including female Muslim officers who want to wear a burqa. Can you imagine the outrage in the community with hooded, uniformed cops? I was working in the DC area during the sniper attacks. There was some controversy when UC cops threw on raid vests and manned a road block with balaclava's. I can only imagine the outrage with burqa'd female officers. Then there's Daniel Jones. What do we do when he wants to be a cop and wear a hood?
I would love to work with Sikh and Muslim officers but in uniform we have to represent the government, not our beliefs. And you can damn well bet there will be lawsuits from Christian, Pagan, and Jewish officers who want to express their religion too.
In the end though I think this is a road we're going to end up travelling with political correctness and politicians pandering to specific groups. It's when, not if. And we'll see how it pans out then.Pleasing nobody, one person at a time.
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In the Nov/Dec 2010 issue of Foreign Affairs magazine, there is a fantastic article entitled "The Demographic Future" by Nicholas Eberstadt, where he introduces what the world of 2030 will look like from a demographic standpoint. As he explains:
"It is already possible to draw a reasonably reliable profile of the world's population in 2030. This is, of course, because the overwhelming majority of those who will inhabit the world 20 years from now are already alive. As a result, one can make some fairly confident estimates of important demographic trends, including manpower availability, the growth in the number of senior citizens, and the resulting support burden on workers."
Mr. Eberstadt spends a portion of his essay on China's future situation, and he paints an outlook most people familiar with China's demographic trends have known for some time: a doubling of the number of senior citizens, a shrinking of the younger working class, and rudimentary social welfare and pension systems incapable of coping with the massive imbalance.
This coming reality is shared by the U.S. and all developed nations, except China's is pushed to the extremes because of its much larger population, much poorer per capita income, much lower education levels and a more ill-equipped pension system.
Yet, for all these colossal national challenges, Eberstadt's essay adds one more demographic trend unique to China that will have significant social and cultural implications:
"…China will face a growing number of young men who will never marry due to the country's one-child policy, which has resulted in a reported birth ratio of almost 120 boys for every 100 girls…By 2030, projections suggest that more than 25% of Chinese men in their late 30s will never have married. The coming marriage squeeze will likely be even more acute in the Chinese countryside, since the poor, uneducated and rural population will be more likely to lose out in the competition for brides."
Can you even begin to comprehend living in a society where 1 in every 4 adult men you meet will have never married, and not by choice? How could this change the social and cultural dynamics of China?
Here are some ideas to get you pondering:
Men Marrying Younger Women
If a man cannot find a woman to marry in his peer group, perhaps he will find greater opportunity to marry a girl of a younger generation. By then, perhaps this man will have saved a little more money and may be desirable enough for a younger woman (and that young woman's family) to consider. In fact, this is already a part of China's reality today. It is quite common to meet Chinese couples where the man is 10, 20 or 30 years older than his wife. Chinese men are already putting off marriage until they can properly afford to provide for a wife and family. Chinese pragmatism and a continued income-imbalance based on gender play roles here. Perhaps the demographics of 2030 will show this trend to strengthen and become even more commonplace in the population instead of shrinking.
Sexuality in Question
There is great support on both sides of the argument as to whether homosexuality is a genetic or social outcome. However, if you are persuaded that homosexuality is in part influenced by social factors, then it is worthwhile to explore what impact such a large population of unmarried men might have on the issue of sexual orientation. There is already a thriving LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) community and subculture in China, but as 'coming out' continues to find acceptance and support in the younger generations, will this significant gender imbalance have any effect on the perspective of the LGBT community in the China's future mainstream consciousness?
Anger and Frustration
The prospect of never finding a life partner can be one of the greatest fears in a person's life. In a culture like China's, where the mainstream societal expectation continues to put heavy emphasis on progeny, family network strength and family unit establishment as a benefit to status-building, for these one in four adult Chinese males, being single adds extra dimensions of undesirability. Deep personal anger and frustrations must inevitably be a byproduct of these societal pressures.
If these single men will be found predominantly in a single demographic–namely rural, poor and uneducated men–what we might see is the emergence of a distinct subgroup of people, or a new class segregation. An entire class of potentially angry, frustrated, relatively poor and uneducated single men can mean serious threats to societal stability, if this group builds a class identity that feels antagonized by society as a whole. China's history is full of examples when a group lashes out in defiance and/or violence. This potential new class of single, frustrated men will number in the tens of millions in 2030.
Interesting…any chance that it will encourage Chinese into more mixed-race marriages? Or for Chinese men to emigrate to find brides? Perhaps try to attract women of the Chinese diaspora back to China? A lot of questions, but I can't say I have many answers..!
China needs desperately to end the one-child policy. Its population is rapidly aging.
China needs to legalize gay marriage. Interestingly, China has become the only Communist country on earth in which homosexuals are not persecuted. In a few years, China will be known as the most openly homosexual country anywhere. But what will happen to the poor lesbians?
I can't see how calling a homosexual civil union a marriage will help the issue here.
Interesting. Makes you wonder what happened to all those female babies doesn't it, since female fetuses universally survive male fetuses. The one-child policy should be adopted by every nation actually because we cannot keep growing our numbers like there is no tomorrow because if we do there won't be.
As shown in this article, the United States Department of State believes that the gender gap in China has led to an increase in human trafficking from poor rural areas in China as well as cross-border victims from neighbouring countries:
Unmarried yes. Leading to explosive anger No. In China's long history there had been many episodes of national disasters – wars, invasions, famine, natural disasters, etc. – where demographics must have been skewed and millions, tens of ,died. Yet Chinese society never disintegrated. It had always recovered and came back stronger than ever.
Today's lack of women with whom to form a family unit already affects tens of millions males. It does not mean a sexless life and no group of angry and frustrated young men have emerged. What can protests and riots do anyway? The women are just not there and nothing can change that. Importing women from other countries is not a solution on account of the numbers needed. In any case its the poor unskilled males that bear the loss the most as they do not have the financial assets to attract native or foreign women. Do look to the way of life Chinese laborers to the US had to endure when they were imported to build the railroads. Chinese women were not allowed in. If the laborers had family in China their role was to send earnings back to support them. The absence of regular sex had to be endured and it did not lead to any crime or sex based social problems.
By any measure China is overpopulated today at 1.3 to 1.5 billion depending on who does the estimate. That difference is enough to populate one or two major countries. In 1949 China had some 550 million people. Until very recent times China had always been an autarky. Although it is no longer possible the desire to be an autarky is still strong. To achieve this ideal condition my estimate is that China needs only 800 millions. This will be enough people to make China safe against foreign invasions. There will be enough people to participate in every sector of the economy and be at the forefront of modern technologies. Enough land will be freed for China to feed herself. China can be a modern, fairly rich and self sufficient country able to defend itself against outside forces be they military or economic.
On many levels of policy making and planning China has a long term objective of reducing her population. The difference between 1.3 billion and 800 million is 500 million. No government and no politician can publicly advocate such a massive reduction however desirable. But this figure shows that China has a lot of elbow room in which to maneuver in population control. That means when the data show demographic imbalances in the tens of millions China is not going to fall apart. It is likely in the grand plan.
Hello papapeng and Mr. Lee,
I would only note that in the past, societies with significant gender imbalances favoring males have had significant social problems. In the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries Filipino and Chinese women were not allowed to immigrate to the US in anywhere near the numbers the men could. This produced large "bachelor societies" which did indeed suffer from a variety of social ills to a degree not otherwise accountable. These societies were of course generally poorer than the larger non-immigrant society but even accounting that the problems were exaggerated by the gender imbalance. These problems were partially addressed by marriage outside of the native culture (which was often illegal), illegal immigration of women into the US (which of course was also illegal), and during WW II, many of these men joined the US military, served overseas, and were able to bring back "war brides".
A society with a significant gender imbalance is rarely a healthy society.
There's more to this story. The unbalanced ratio of men to women in China has been an emerging issue for decades now and forms of female infanticide have been a quietly huge issue as has been the fact that sex-trafficking has found steadily growing demand among this demographic of adult single men. Amazing what this one single law has done to shape Chinese society and the economy.
Don't forget that many in the US have adopted Chinese girls that Chinese couples didn't want. I think the number is over 50,000. I know … only a tiny percentage but right now I'd say that China could use every one of them back!
A whole lot more to this story. Chinese men have no clue at all, how to treat woman. A very large percentage of Chinese woman would rather never marry a Chinese man, than have to tolerate an unfaithful man. I married a Chinese woman and many of her friends say they would marry any European man or America but will not shame themselves by marrying a Chines Man! My wife never even dated a chines man, would not even consider it!
If Chinese men marry younger woman, that younger group has fewer woman to choose from!!
Morgan, there is no way you could convenience me that "infanticide" exists more in China than anywhere else in the world, including America. You are a disgrace making up such CRAP. Just because you read it somewhere doesn't make it a fact! You ever heard of, partial birth abortion, quite popular in America !
A whole lot more to this story. Chinese men have no clue at all, how to treat woman. A very large percentage of Chinese woman would rather never marry a Chinese man, than have to tolerate an unfaithful man. I married a Chinese woman and many of her friends say they would marry any European man or America but will not shame themselves by marrying a Chines Man! My wife never even dated a Chinese man, would not even consider it!
If Chinese men marry younger woman, that younger group has fewer woman to choose from!!
Morgan, there is no way you could convenience me that "infanticide" exists more in China than anywhere else in the world, including America. You are a disgrace making up such CRAP. Just because you read it somewhere doesn't make it a fact! You ever heard of, partial birth abortion, quite popular in America !
India is facing the same gender imbalance problem –too many men as a result of sex selection technology for pregnant women. I met recently with someone from the Tata Foundation, who highlighted gender imbalance as one of the three primary issues the foundation is working on, and one that will define India by 2030.
So does this help the lower class women to move up and improve their lot? Men are typically more willing to accept a mate from a lower class.
Well if there's a problem you can always trust the men {especially like myself} to come up with w real dandy solution.
The Chinese woman is the most sexually attractive female the world over now, since that's an issue – we will probably kill them all so other women have a chance too.
Think about it, I know you'll agree it the best thing for everyone concerned.
I am a chinese people, I know how the situation of China now, the Chinese people main trouble is more old people coming and less small childen, goverment now is take care for everything, but still considering when the birth control can allow two child for every family/
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This is a made-up crap (along with the racist jokes about Chinese men and homosexuality) that has been running in the last 20 years.
There is no issue here – the M/F ratio is around 54/46 which is a lot lower than South Korea. There are more than enough partners for any males in China. Chinese men often marry younger women (0-10 years apart).
Anyway, there are plenty of white girls who dig strong and smart Chinese men (despite all the racist portaits in the white media).
So no problem here, move on to make up something else.
As SF author Larry Niven wrote in "Oath of Fealty" "Think of it as evolution in action"
A skewed gender ratio is hardly something new for China ; aside from the problem of maternal mortality common to all pre-modern societies (and even today to countries who do not choose to provide prenatal care to all their citizens), female children were more readily abandoned in times of hardship – which were not infrequent – and polygamy and concubinage were widely practiced, thus reducing the number of women of marriageable age available to men without economic or political advantages. I suspect that today, Chinese society is rather better situated to deal with this problem than it has been previously….
This article said within the first two paragraphs that …now that men outnumber women, women are marrying men 20-30 years older than themselves. That is false because it makes no sense. More men means women have their pick and choose of attractive, physically fit, YOUNGER, and successful men. As a woman, trust me, you only date men 30 years older when there's nothing else, or you can't get anything else. For example, I'd think Chinese women are not rushed to get married because there are so many men. These women can wait until 35 to do so while they get their own CAREERS together & make money.
According to you, they want to jump on (and settle down with at 35) a man 30 yrs older, which would put him at 65 yrs old. A man who cannot satisfy her sexually at that age (women in their 30′s who claim otherwise may have sexual problems or are frigid). In their 60′s most men start having medical issues of some kind and are grossly out of shape. In short, what you stated is more wishful thinking than reality. In there was an abundance of men in America, I'd date men my own age or younger, not older. Competition for women by men would be heightened so more men would have themselves together at younger ages. Older men would be outside, looking in.