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RIVERSIDE, Calif. Sixty percent of students in the United States who begin college intending to major in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) fail to earn a STEM degree. Even more concerning is that only 20 percent of students from underrepresented ethnic groups persist in STEM studies.
To help address this higher education crisis, the University of California, Riverside has received a five-year grant totaling $2.4 million from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) to fund a project aimed at addressing the challenges to STEM success faced by some students particularly, students from underrepresented minority groups at UC Riverside.
Currently, many undergraduates who enter as majors in the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (CNAS) end up transferring to, and graduating in, non-CNAS majors in the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.
"A good many of our students are the first in their families to go to college, and, as a result, they don't have many role modelsespecially in science," said Susan Wessler, a distinguished professor of genetics in the Department of Botany and Plant Sciences and the principal investigator of the grant. "Further, many of them have huge financial concerns. What this does is it makes it harder for us to attract incoming students into science. This grant will greatly assist us in our overall efforts at convincing students that science, where many well-paying jobs are to be found, is a good place for them to spend their careers."
Specifically, the grant will allow the project, titled "Sustaining Academic Leadership for STEM Achievement" (HHMI-SALSA), to provide lower division science students with early research immersion as well as career exploration and mentoring, using an already successful first-year "learning community" program at UCR as the feeder pipeline. Those students successfully retained through the lower division will be handed off into upper division research, internship and career opportunities.
The research immersion will be accomplished through increased student participation in the popular "Dynamic Genome" coursea hands-on bioinformatics lab course already being taught in UCR's Neil A. Campbell Science Learning Laboratory, in which freshmen are the first to analyze mobile DNA or transposable elements in plant genomes.
"The students learn to use state-of-the-art equipment and computational biology software in this course," said James Burnette III, a molecular biologist and academic coordinator in CNAS who teaches the course along with Wessler. "Paired with the background taught and lessons in experimental design, they are prepared to be immersed in research and excel in STEM careers."
Launched in 2007, the CNAS learning communities have proven to be particularly effective for underprepared, first-generation, first-year students. They give incoming students a collective identity and purpose in science and discovery by assigning them into cohorts of 24, with each cohort placed in the same mathematics, introductory chemistry and introductory biology courses throughout the students' first year.
"Learning communities, active learning with early research engagement, and career and peer mentoring all play essential roles in helping first-generation, low-income and underrepresented students become more successful in rigorous science majors," said Michael McKibben, the divisional dean for student academic affairs in CNAS and a co-principal investigator of the grant. "These academic interventions are especially critical in the first two years, when STEM major attrition is highest, and will enable UCR to continue its lead role in providing access to a STEM education for UC's most diverse student body."
Currently, the Dynamic Genome course is offered in nine sections each year. HHMI-SALSA will increase the number of sections to 24 over the next five years (one new section added per quarter), allowing nearly 600 studentsmore than one-third of incoming CNAS studentsto take the course. Other CNAS faculty, whose research labs use a variety of model organisms the fruit fly, roundworm, fungito address current biological problems, will be involved in teaching the new sections at the Neil A. Campbell Science Learning Laboratory.
According to Wessler, the holder of a University of California President's Chair, the timing of the grant is ideal because a National Science Foundation STEP grant UCR received last year has increased the capacity of the learning communities, which help generate the Dynamic Genome course students. In combination with this NSF grant, the HHMI-SALSA grant will give UCR greater capacity for critical programmatic enhancements to help retain undergraduate students in STEM majors.
"We are also extremely fortunate to have received generous gifts from Rochelle Campbell, a science-passionate donor, which helped finance the recent expansion of the Neil A. Campbell Science Learning Laboratory," Wessler said.
HHMI-SALSA also will:
"Currently, 50-75 percent of life science majors wait to take an introductory statistics course until their third or fourth year, which is too late for them to maximize the benefits of applying statistical methods in many of their science courses," Wessler said. "Some students, therefore, fail to persist in STEM disciplines, not having had an opportunity to apply statistical methods, or see their relevance, to understanding a field of study."
A total of 170 research universities submitted research proposals to HHMI in the 2014 competition for the grants. The institute awarded only 37 grants, totaling $60 million over five years. Titled "Sustaining Excellence," the competition encouraged "research universities to develop effective strategies that lead to significant and sustained improvement in the persistence in science by all students, including those students who belong to groups underrepresented in science."
For more than a quarter of a century, HHMI has provided grants to support undergraduate education at colleges and universities. These grants to colleges and universities have focused on transforming science education in the United States by encouraging science teaching that is hands-on, research-oriented, and interdisciplinary. Since 1988, the institute has awarded more than $935 million in grants to 274 public and private colleges and universities to support science education in the country.
UCR is one of the most diverse research universities in the nation, and enjoys a federal Hispanic-serving Institute designation. Last year, Wessler received a nearly $250,000 grant from the U.S. Department of AgricultureNational Institute of Food and Agriculture to increase the number of Hispanic students to attain post-secondary and post-graduate degrees in the food and agricultural sciences and enter careers in academics, civil service and the biotechnology industry.
The University of California, Riverside is a doctoral research university, a living laboratory for groundbreaking exploration of issues critical to Inland Southern California, the state and communities around the world. Reflecting California's diverse culture, UCR's enrollment has exceeded 21,000 students. The campus opened a medical school in 2013 and has reached the heart of the Coachella Valley by way of the UCR Palm Desert Center. The campus has an annual statewide economic impact of more than $1 billion. A broadcast studio with fiber cable to the AT&T Hollywood hub is available for live or taped interviews. UCR also has ISDN for radio interviews. To learn more, call (951) UCR-NEWS.
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I can't believe that they are making it available AFTER the winter holiday season. It doesn't make the slightest sense.
Brilliant, isn't it!
Anyway, I always considered the DKC series to constantly evolve, and I still believe, therefore, that DKC 3 is the best one. I find the second very gloomy — maybe that's it. Granted, it has some amazing music, but so do the others in the series.
I never understand these comments. There has never been a Club Nintendo in my area (since the mid-nineties, but there were no rewards anyway), yet I'm a happy Club Nintendo member, registered with another country which has a Club Nintendo, so there's no problem. You can't get physical items, since you don't have a local address the goods could be shipped to, but that's fine.
That's very disappointing. I really wanted to play Wind Waker HD with the Gamecube controller. I'm sad, verily, I am.
Account system above all!
Cross-platform VC would be great. I would have bought a few games if they'd been available on the Wii U VC.
I certainly hope that if this is real, it's free DLC. Otherwise, frankly, screw this.
Nintendo should not be going in this direction. Yes, this would also mean that the new racers and battle modes could have been available from the get-go, but you're gonna have to pay 5 quid or so to have the full package. Fantastic. Call me old-fashioned, but that pisses me off.
It takes a long time for me: 30+ minutes.
What I hope for is an overall support for the Gamecube controller for games that could utilize it well, say, for the Wind Waker HD (I would love that), Mario Kart 8, and anything else that the developers think it would work well with.
Any news related to the Gamecube controller is welcome! God, I love that controller.
As long as they keep making consoles and games for it, I'm all good.
I hear him. The one thing that should have been available from the get-go is an account system that lets you redownload titles already bought. It's totally unacceptable this way. And, yes, why would Nintendo feel obligated to create one when people still buy digital anyway? That does, in a way, send the message that it's fine this way.
There is no account system, for God's sakes! Once your Wii U dies, ALL of your conveniently organized purchases — hundreds, nay, thousands of dollars — are gone, just like that.
Even with an account system, once Nintendo (or any other company for that matter that) goes out of business, or stops supporting that segment of their business — allowing to redownload software from their servers in the unfortunate case of somehow losing your data --, your hard-earned gems of games are gone. Whereas, of course, if you can procure a functional console, you're back in business again, since you have your games neatly placed in your favorite drawer, display case, whatnot, waiting to jump right back where the belong.
Of course, if you're thinking in the short term and don't mind losing a lot of money spent over the course of several years, sure, digital all the way. Bah!
This looks real. I can't imagine a Link and Hylians in this environment and setting that are not overly realistic. But does anyone really want to see Link's facial hair and whatnot? On the other hand, if everything was this realistic, but the characters would have a different art style to them, they would be way out of place.
So as much as this is a jaw-dropping demo for some, I don't think it suits the Zelda games' overall artistic style.
Yes. You have to link your Nintendo Network ID to a UK Club Nintendo account, for instance. That's not too difficult, I guess (unless it somehow interferes with the games you've already purchased via the eShop, as unlinking may lead to your missing some of your purchase bonus points tied to the Nintendo Network Premium Deluxe Digital Promotion — but I'm not sure about any of this; what is for sure that something is bound to change once you unlink), but it is crucial to do so. The other thing to do, as others have said, is to buy a UK physical copy along with the Club Nintendo game-registration code included with it. Of course, if you set your Wii U to the UK region (and do the unlinking a re-linking if necessary) and buy a digital copy of the game, you will get the download code for your free game.
I haven't really thought this through until now, since my physical copies have always come with the Club Nintendo game-registration codes, so all of them must have been UK imports — I don't live in the UK either.
You should be registered to the UK's Club Nintendo (and have your console set to the UK region — though I'm not sure this is necessary), and you should be able to reap the benefits of the promotional offers. I know I did many a time, and we sure as hell don't have a Club Nintendo where I live.
@pukka-pie All of that's wrong. It really is a masterpiece.
Really? Nintendo, the gaming giant, has to lick the @ss of a nobody so that they make mediocre games for them?
Of course, there are many things Nintendo could and should be doing differently, but this?
I'll be finishing Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, and then I'll probably move onto Mario & Luigi: Dream Team Bros.. Yay!
One must not let his career, family, children, whatnot to interfere with practicing the noble art of playing video games.
I love this game very much. This series is just terrific, really. I sincerely hope that many more will experience this gem of a game.
I'm glad that handlehld games are being released on the Wii U, since that way I can play the games on the tv. I never play on the go, so I'm totally disinterested in handheld gaming. Of course, there are a lot of GREAT games on handhelds, so I now have a 3DS, but play on the couch, as if I were playing a home console. I really liked the GameBoy Player for the Gamecube, and that's how I played Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga, for instance, on the TV — without ever owning a handheld console.
So I think it's better to release the games you've only been able to formerly play on tiny screens for the Wii U, to play in the tv, since it gives a sort of a new type of experience with the game. Also, as others mentioned before, it's likely that if there was a simultaneous release for both platforms, the Wii U versions wouldn't sell as well, so, as far as I'm concerned, it's all good!
I remember getting Yoshi's story — after having known him from the classic SMW and the incredible YI — and being utterly disappointed, disgusted, even.
This is the first time I've heard that games exist or will be existing are tied to their dedicated servers being online. That really is just wrong, and I'd hate to see gaming go in this direction.
For instance, it has only been recently that I bought games at launch — most every other time, I bought it years after they were released, because that's when I thought I wanted to spend the money on it, or maybe I found a good deal on some. Also, since I'm not a kid anymore, I don't jump into the games the instant I buy them, rather, it is mostly only after a couple of months after I bought them that I actually begin playing with them (I just like to have them, so that they are at my disposal when they need to be). So let's say that such an online-only game will be available for 5 years before the servers shut down — without anyone knowing in advance how much time the game has, of course --, I buy it three year after release, don't touch it for a long time, because I just won't have the time, and by the time I want to begin playing the game, it's already worthless data.
That's just wrong. Some may say that I have incorrect/ancient consumption habits and that everyone must come to terms with the fact that games in the future may have an expiry date just as meat does. But one of the things I love about video games is that I can revisit them whenever I feel like and have the time. None of the games I own expired; I can play every one of them on the original consoles I bought them for.
I love Mario Kart, especially the first one, but I'd much rather play other genres — that is, I'm not much of a racing fan. And that's the reason I find it amazing that RARE could make a game that I enjoyed and played as much as if it was another genre, like, you know, a platfromer or an adventure game, both of which entertain me much more than racing games.
Even though I have Mario Kart 64, I remember not liking it at all ever, since, after first having played DKR, there wasn't much of a reason for me to play it.
The funny thing is that I STILL haven't completed DKR, despite having owned it for more than 15 years. Seriously, isn't the second wizpig race just ludicruous? Wait, am I THAT bad?!
RARE was a gold mine for Nintendo cash-wise, but more of a gold mine to us, gamers, well, joy-wise.
I love Cranky Kong. This actually makes me want to buy the game. Not that I wouldn't buy it otherwise, but it brings back some fond memories. I only wish that Cranky will be showing off his grumpy skills, much like in DKC.
I was at work yesterday when I got the e-mail with the download code. I became very excited! Free stuff excitement FTW!
I'm amazed.
I know! I work with students coming from all over the world, and one of their first questions is "so, what's new here?", and I'm like, what? It's like new equals something great.
In all, apparently, new is the new fad.
I didn't even read the article. Who ARE these people? Who the hell cares about their educated opinions? Seriously, it's ridiculous, and I like to think I'm not in denial at all.
Even though a lot of people don't understand or approve of Nintendo's moves overall, I'm sure they know a thing or two about (selling) consoles and video games.
I wonder which no-name genius will predict Nintendo's impendig doom.
Why sadly? Technically, 2D Super Mario games are Super Mario games. 3D Super Mario games have the same character and theme, but they are, in my view, not Super Mario games in that they are completely different, and not solely because of the shift in dimension.
Nintendo managed to pull off conserving the essence of Zelda in 3D Zelda games, but not in Super Mario.
The fun is still there in 3D Super Mario games, but the game mechanics are completely different. They are actually two very different genres. To each his own.
We already had the McDonald's Mario month in October in Hungary. 2 Luigi, 1 Princess Peach, 2 Mario, 1 Donkey Kong, 1 Toad, 1 Super Mushroom, and 1 Yoshi figurines were available. Pretty cool.
If there was no Internet, which there is, people wouldn't be able to predict anything, look down on things, express their educated thoughts on things, spread rumors, hate, disbelief, fear etc. — at least the above wouldn't influence us as they do now. Duh.
Now I find myself being worried about Nintendo — because of the Internet! It's like re-gaining conscousness when I realize that there are games coming out on Nintendo consoles, which have been for the past 30 years, so what the hey? It never occured to me in the 90s that Nintendo may be in trouble, because I was happy playing their games. Not until there are no Nintendo products available commercially should we fear for its demise. It's not possible to avoid seeing news and comments predicting the impending doom of Nintendo, but it's silly to pay attention to it. It's like we're living in the future, which has a very deep-dark hue, whilst seemingly forgetting about the fact that we have our consoles, and are playing quality Nintendo titles, and there are more on the way.
Iwata has to say something, and I'm sure it's not easy for him, since, unless there are huge initial sales, accompanied by the sound of nuclear bombs, with the brand pouring from the taps, it is considered a failure, and is usually coupled with clairvoyance by, among others, smart-ass analysts, disgruntled children with competition-fixation, attention-loving people, and, not least, worried fans.
As a matter of fact, I'm glad that I've got a Wii U and, planning on getting a 3DS, ecstatic about the holidays, when I'll be playing Nintendo games just like 20 years ago.
Watch the language -Lz
I also live in an eastern European country, Hungary, and Nintendo has been around since the fall of the iron curtain, and like others noted above, localization can't be an issue. We have a population of 10 million, and games will never be translated into our language, yet people play video games extensively without much (or an adequate level of) knowledge of English. On the other hand, I suppose that FPS games or sports games — games that are NOT looked on as kiddy or silly anywhere — have a lot less text, and can be fully enjoyed without speaking English, therefore, EA translating the games mentioned above is simply a nice bonus, not much more.
So I think that it must be the Polish mentality, the "cultural issue", why it's kind of hard to procure Nintendo products — they don't really know about them, or consider them kiddy, silly, immature, but everyone knows that that attitude is present everywhere, it's just that it must be very pronounced in Poland, and that's why it's possible that Nintendo consoles and games have always been present where I live, even though we're a much smaller market (and we have about the same GDP per capita as Poland does), so it CAN'T be about the size of the population.
Of course, since the appearance of the PlayStation, much like everywhere else, Nintendo has always been under-represented in stores, but it's still there. We actually have a number of small video game specialist stores, so there are a lot of choices to buy Nintendo products, although I'm well aware that most people just don't buy them, but Nintendo has survived here so far.
As for the lack of online country settings for the Wii and the Wii U is very much annoying, yes. I have to set my country to the UK (so that it's in English), and no physical items can be bought for stars, only digital downlads, but that's not such an issue, really. At the same time, to my surprise, an official Hungarian Nintendo website has surfaced about a half a year ago, which is really weird, considering that Nintendo's not very popular here either, but still, there must be a reason why Nintendo's doing something here and not in Poland, for instance.
Until this game was announced, Pikmin 3 was the system-seller to me. Now I'll be playing both Pikmin 3 AND Super Mario 3D World at Christmas! Yay for a fantastic Nintendo Christmas!
Thanks very much for taking the time to take the pictures and uploading them! It seems to me that it is on the close-up pics that the difference is clearly visible. I may have to get that RGB cable after all.
While we're at it, having already hijacked the thread, I initially thought that the RGB cable on an HDTV, or any other, "more advanced" cable for that matter, would make the picture look more like it would originally look like, i.e., on a CRT TV. But that's not the case, right? It simply enables one to get the best possible picture out of an HDTV and an old console combination — not the best, because that is only available on a CRT, right?
When I first bough an HDTV, I thought old games would look **better** on the new kind of TV, not worse, but I was wrong. It was especially shocking to see how funny and off the NES games look. Anyway, like you said, without having some technical savvy, it's not really possible to make NES games look better on an HDTV. The SNES games look a bit off, too, but not as much. It's clear now, then, that using the actual SNES on an HDTV with an RGB cable gives the best picture possible. Would you agree, though, that the SNES games on the Wii virtual console look **better** than they do (with an RGB cable on a) real SNES connected to an HDTV? For some reason, I figure they **should** look better on the VC, but I've never done a side-by-side comparison, which I should (it's just that I use my HDTV's wacky propietary component input for both the Wii component cable and the SNES/N64/GC AV cable, so a real switching-from-one-channel-to-the-other comparison is not possible for me).
Anyway, I've been thinking about this a lot, and I can see that you're interested in this stuff, too. Thanks again for the pics, and if you feel like adding me, my nick is the same on Miiverse as it is here.
Thanks for your reply. I just checked the picture quality with the official SNES/N64/GC stereo AV cable on the HDTV, and it looks pretty good to me. Unfortunately, as I no longer have my CRT TV for quick comparison, I have no idea if the picture is that much different from the picture the CRT gives--it's been a while since I've hooked it up to a CRT. But I'm pretty happy with how it looks now.
So here's my question: Do you know if the RGB cable provides a noticeably better picture than the official Nintendo stereo AV cable (composite, I guess) I mentioned above? In other words, in your experience, do you think it's worth ordering one? The reason I'm asking is because I remember buying an official RGB cable for the Gamecube (for a LOT of money), and I have not noticed any kind of difference whatsoever between the composite and the RGB with the Gamecube on a CRT television.
I think it's ridiculous to be worried about some kids who didn't get their maturity-fix.
Hi! I wanted to PM you, but I can't seem to be able to, so I'm gonna have to go slightly off-topic. Anyway, I'm very much interested in making the NES and SNES look as good as possible on an HDTV. Are the RGB scart cables you're talking about official Nintendo RGB scart cables or only available via a third party? In the latter case, are there good brands you would recommend? I've seen some on ebay, but I'm not sure all of them will provide the quality I'm after. I'm in the EU/PAL region, by the way. Thanks!
I've ALWAYS wanted to have a jolly, light-hearted game-themed room with clouds and all. It would be a pixel-perfect Super Mario Bros. 3 room. If only I were (that) rich.
I would have bought this bundle, no doubt, if it was available less than a month ago, which is when I bought a Wii U. I don't regret it, because I'm absolutely certain I wouldn't have bought NIntendo Land ever. And I'm very pleased that I got to experience the wonders of the game — I've about 60 hours of gameplay with it, so I guess it's worth it. It's such a charming experience.
Anyway, I certainly hope that this bundle will sell a lot of Wii Us in the holiday season and after that.
I haven't been this excited for a game since, well, Skyward Sword.
I love the graphics, love the art, and everything looks so fun. I'm actually glad this is happening instead of a new Galaxy — I never really cared for those ones.
I rarely do it, but I might preorder this or simply buy it on day one.
Nintendo Land on a newly acquired Wii U! ^^
Retail version, obviously.
I'd love to see a bundle with an actual box. Not Nintendo Land, though, that game, albeit probably very fun, does not in the least bit interest me. But I guess I'll just buy the Premium Pack (with Nintendo Land) and buy the retail version of Zelda and everything else. Though I'd love to have that box.
I'd love to see a grand Mario & Luigi game on the Wii U. Just as much I'd like to see a grand anything.
But really, I've played Superstar Saga on the TV with the GameBoy Player, I've never even had a GameBoy Advance. And it's great on a big screen. Yes, that was 10 years ago, I get it, and it would have to look real nice and polished, requiring a lot of effort, time, and money, but I love the series very much.
Exactly my thoughts.
I like Pikmin 2 too, it was Pikminy and all, but removing the time limit simply resulted in a much more bland gameplay. With it, it also removed the fantastically strategic chaos that consisted mainly of completing as much tasks as possible in a day WHILE growing as many (flower) Pikmin as you could (and saving Pikmin from creatures, and having the Pikmin carry a whole lot of carcasses and pellets, AND constantly adjusting how many Pikmin should be out of their onions so that you could grow stronger Pikmin out in the field rather than having the leafy ones piling up inside the onions). That's what Pikmin is all about for me.
Doing things in a more relaxed manner did NOT, in my view, ruin the game(play) at all, since you had a lot of days. In my first attempt, I think I completed the game in 21-23 days, so I still had a lot of days to make up for any losses I may have made. But, as it is known, it's possible to complete the game in only a couple of days. So, I don't think it was very much necessary to remove the time limit completely. But that's okay, Pikmin 2 was also great, but I didn't really care for the deep dungeons. The fact, though, that the new "special" Pikmin were difficult to accumulate was real fun.
Anyway, I now NEED a Wii U!
I'm not happy about it IF you have to pay for it, which you clearly will.
So let's say I completed the game, saw the story unfold (even though it's not necessarily a big part of Pikmin, but is still there, obviously), went through the diferent areas, did whatever had to be done to complete an objective. So the game has been completed.
I don't really see the point in another area becoming available. It's like adding another level to a Super Mario game. It's cool to play yet another level, but, say, you can't uncover a secret path or thing that will lead to some other secret level. For instance, there may be three star coins hidden in the newly added level — like in every other level in the New Super Mario Bros. series — but there wouldn't be as much a point in collecting them (because it will NOT count towards unlocking the secreat level of the given world) as it would if it was included with the original release of the game. In other words, such later-added levels/areas are isolated from the game, which just doesn't lead to the same kind of fun, even though it may be another great level.
Once I've completed, gone through the whole game, I've experienced most of it, then I feel like I've accomplished something, and that I'm over it, done with it. Adding something extra would just upset me, since that additional area could have enriched the game if it were included initially. My point is that it decidedly is NOT the same thing to include a separate, isolated area/level later on. It just doesn't have the same effect, and I'm certainly not excited about it that much.
Again, if it's free, it's cool. Oh and if they're added multiplayer levels, I'm even less interested.
Partners in Time should arrive soon in the post. That will be the third game from the series I play. Since I don't own a 3DS, but crave for M&L, I had to figure something out.
This game alone makes me want to buy a 3DS.


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I worked 13 hours and ran around like a chicken with my head cut off.
My co-workers pedometer said 4.23 miles today! SWEET
Then 240 crunches
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Fortunately my son is working for an employer that encourages their middle management folks to continue their education. The firm knows that growth can only come by investing in their most important resource – their people.
I'm hoping that as the economy improves, other producers can adopt a similar success strategy. It's probably time to think about strategic growth.
Do you know someone who wants to aspire to a better position within your company? Have you thought how you're going to fill the age gap in your management ranks? And just importantly are you prepared to invest in your company's efforts to become better, faster?
If you answer yes to any of these questions, I strongly urge you to consider sponsoring the efforts of the Concrete Industry Management's MBA program. It's a unique opportunity for our industry professionals to better themselves in an environment that supports our industry. The program isn't looking for donations, they are looking for students.
The enrollment period is now open for the CIM MBA's second cohort. And they need to help fill some open seats.
You can help in two ways. First, budget funds for education. Second , encourage any of your professionals who have asked to enroll in a masters program to take a look at the concrete industry's only dedicated MBA program.
By sending students to this program you help our industry in three ways. First we are educating our own professionals by providing pertinent industry-related case studies. Second, we are creating an educational resource of business faculty who are bringing new ideas to our industry. And third, these graduates are immediately helping their organizations to improve.
Already educated in the CIM way of business, my son and I discussed whether the CIM MBA was best for him. He convinced me that the different path would round out his resume. I reluctantly agreed.
But I made him make me a promise. If he would have any thoughts of a going for a doctorate degree, it will be a PHD in CIM.
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The 2009 Chevrolet HHR gets mixed reviews on the road. Many compliment its smooth ride, but some feeling it lags behind its competition in power. Edmunds says, "The 3,100-pound HHR still doesn't feel as sprightly as lighter rivals with less power. In handling, too, it loses out to more agile wagons like the Mazda 3 and PT Cruiser." But others are more complimentary. New Car Test Drive reports, "It isn't a sports car, but it's nimble and we were pleased with its acceleration. The HHR feels more responsive than its horsepower, torque, and transmission ratio numbers suggest. Plus, it gets decent fuel economy."
Acceleration and Power
The HHR offers two four-cylinder engines that earn mixed reviews. Some find engine power too modest for the HHR's hefty size, while others didn't notice any problems. LS and 1LT models come with an Ecotec 2.2-liter four-cylinder engine, while 2LTs get a 2.4-liter four-cylinder. The high-level engine is also optional on 1LT models. Both engines come standard with a five-speed manual transmission. A four-speed electronically controlled automatic is optional.
The HHR's perceived engine power is debatable, but it does offer good fuel economy. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the HHR with the base engine and manual transmission is expected to net 21 miles per gallon in the city and 30 on the highway. With the 2.4-liter engine, it is expected to 20 in the city and 28 on the highway. However, the higher-level engine takes premium gasoline, while the base engine takes regular.
- The base 2.2-liter engine is "an eager performer in a small, lightweight car." --The Car Connection
- + "Even when outfitted with the base engine and four-speed automatic transmission, the HHR still feels adequately motivated." -- Kelley Blue Book
- The HHR "has less oomph in the class than all but the xB's tiny 1.5-liter four, which makes 108 horsepower." AutoWeek
- The "base engine struggles to sufficiently motivate the 3,100-pound vehicle, and the HHR doesn't feel as responsive as its lighter and less powerful rivals when accelerating or cornering." -- Edmunds
- "The HHR 2LT really scoots, which makes it a lot of fun." --New Car Test Drive
- MSN says "even the most potent HHR engine provides just so-so acceleration."
- The engine "didn't feel very powerful, requiring the transmission to downshift frequently to maintain speed on mildly hilly interstates." --USA Today
- "With a four-speed automatic transmission, there wasn't a lot of power to spare." --MarketWatch
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The HHR handles well and offers a smooth ride, even if it does lack sporty performance. LS and 1LT models get a Touring suspension with variable-rate springs and a front stabilizer bar. The 2LT models upgrade to a Sport suspension, which adds gas-charged shocks. Most reviewers weren't impressed with the HHR's steering. Braking is another problem area.
- "Even in urban settings, the ride is smooth. Occupants might feel pavement imperfections, but few produce noticeable discomfort." -- Cars.com
- "Ride smoothness is very good, slightly better than the PT Cruiser's, which likely suffered a bit for its 50-series tires, compared with 55s on the HHR." -- Car and Driver
- The HHR's speed-sensitive variable power steering "lacked linearity and was too slow for maneuvering through the urban jungle of our local Wal-Mart parking lot." -- Automobile Magazine
- "Good around-town maneuverability," but steering is "numb on center" and "requires attention in straightline highway-speed cruising." -- Consumer Guide
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"I haven't smiled since the day a group of men came to the house asking for my husband. They took him outside to talk, then they shot him twice. After that I went to live with my parents in the village…After they shot him, and because of the armed groups everywhere, many people left the area…[I]t's always us civilians who bear the brunt." - 20-year-old displaced Colombian widow1
For the past 40 years, Colombia has been in the grip of an armed conflict between guerrillas, paramilitary groups, and the Colombian army. Opposing sides are fighting for control of land, natural resources, the drug trade, and political power, and the civilian population is trapped in the middle. The armed conflict has forced civilians to leave their communities in order to survive. They move from place to place in search of food, safety, and shelter and are known as Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). Colombia's internally displaced persons are the population most affected by the country's humanitarian crisis. Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) are people who have been forced to leave their homes as a result of armed conflict, general violence, violations of human rights or natural or human-made disasters, and who have not crossed an internationally recognized state border.2 The difference between IDPs and refugees is that refugees have left their home country and crossed a border into another country. While IDPs and refugees often leave their homes for the same reasons, IDPs are a more vulnerable group because they are not protected by any international human rights treaties, and they do not have the same access to humanitarian aid that refugees do.
There are currently almost 20 million internally displaced persons all over the world,3 from Colombia to the Sudan to the Philippines.
The Consultancy for Human Rights and Displacement (CODHES), a Colombian human rights organization, estimates that almost 3 million Colombians have been internally displaced between 1985 and 2003.4 The most vulnerable elements of Colombian society form the ranks of the internally displaced: women, children, the poor, rural people, indigenous people, and Afro-Colombians. Women and girls make up more than 55% of IDPs in Colombia,5 and over 1/3 of internally displaced families are headed by women.6 Displaced women experience a greater risk of sexual abuse, sexual exploitation and domestic violence. Sixty percent of displaced women have no source of income, no access to employment,7 and no access to health services.8
Colombia has the second highest number of internally displaced persons in the world, second only to the Sudan.9 They have been displaced by the civil war between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC), and the Colombian Army. People have been shot by guerrillas for giving paramilitaries food and water. Human rights activists have been tortured and killed. Women are raped as "punishment" for their work as community organizers. As the armed conflict moves into a region or village, the people living in that community are forced to relocate in order to escape the violence.
Children and adolescents make up half of the population of the internally displaced in Colombia.10 Displaced children face a host of hardships and dangers, including increased poverty, lack of access to education and health care, recruitment as child soldiers, and child labor. Up to 85% of children are unable to continue going to school after their families become displaced.11 A survey in the city of Soacha conducted by Doctors Without Borders found that 30% of displaced children in Soacha suffered chronic malnutrition and 2% were severely malnourished.12 Displaced Colombian children witness brutal violence and are the victims of violence. A mother in the region of Putomayo reported that her 17-year-old daughter was shot to death by guerrillas because they thought she was reporting their activities. In actuality, she was only selling cosmetics.13
The Afro-Colombian community is especially hard hit by the problem of internal displacement. Afro-Colombians are the descendents of Africans that were brought to Colombia during the slave trade to work in the mines, sugar plantations, cattle ranches, and textile mills. The legacy of slavery remains, leaving 80% of Afro-Colombians living in conditions of extreme poverty today. While they make up roughly 20-25% of the Colombian population,14 Afro-Colombians comprise 33% of the population of the internally displaced.15 When they leave their communities, displaced Afro-Colombians experience racist discrimination, which makes it harder for them to find jobs and places to live. One organizer with the Association for Displaced Afro-Colombians (AFRODES), an advocacy organization based in Colombia, was displaced when paramilitaries came to her village and began assassinating people who were suspected of collaborating with the guerillas.16 Like other displaced people, displaced Afro-Colombians move from rural areas to urban areas, where research has shown that it is harder for them to preserve their cultural identity and traditions.17 In 1996, Afro-Colombian communities received titles from the Colombian government, which granted them collective ownership of their historical lands. These lands are one of the most biologically diverse zones in the world and are rich in natural resources like minerals and petroleum. Colombian human rights organizations have accused paramilitary groups of collaborating with foreign corporations to displace Afro-Colombians from these resource-rich areas.
The Colombian government has failed to effectively address the plight of the internally displaced. While a system for processing IDPs exists on paper, this system is confusing, impractical, and difficult for IDPs to access. In 1997, the Colombian legislature passed Law 387 which "established measures 'for the prevention of forced displacement; [and] the attention, protection, consolidation and socieoeconomic stabilization of the internally displaced by violence in the Republic of Colombia.'"18 The law provides emergency aid for internally displaced persons for three months, with an additional three months of aid under unusual circumstances. The law also stated a government guarantee of IDPs' safety and a commitment to helping the displaced return to their home communities. While Law 387 offers three months of emergency aid, the reality is that people are often displaced for years. In order to qualify for aid, IDPs must register with the government, which many are reluctant to do for fear that their attackers to find them. Since IDPs often leave their homes in a hurry with very few possessions, they lack the proper identification documents needed to register with the government.
The humanitarian crisis of internal displacement in Colombia is a pervasive problem that is unraveling the country's social fabric. Internal displacement interferes with education, the environment, food security, and health care. The problem of internal displacement will not end until the armed conflict in Colombia is resolved. Currently, Colombia is the third largest recipient of U.S. military aid – like military training, equipment and weapons19 - which has gone to a national army with a history of human rights abuses and with proven links to brutal paramilitary groups. As part of Plan Colombia, the U.S. agreed to provide a $1.3 billion package of aid in 2000 and 2001. Most of the aid was for military, police, and anti-narcotics programs. Only $30 million of the funding was for aid to internally displaced people.20 Various agencies of the United Nations are providing humanitarian aid in Colombia, including the World Food Program, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, and the UN Fund for Children (UNICEF). The International Committee of the Red Cross is one of the most active international organizations working on behalf of the displaced in Colombia. Other include Oxfam, Doctors Without Borders, and Save the Children. Increased U.S. aid for Colombian peace-building efforts would enable women-focused non-governmental organizations to expand programs for women and children.
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1International Committee of the Red Cross, "Colombia: Displaced people tell their stories, January 4, 2004,http://www.icrc.org/Web/Eng/siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/colombia_stories010404 .
2 United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), "Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement," http://ochaonline.un.org/DocView.asp?DocID=575.
3 U.S. Committee for Refugees, "Who Are Internally Displaced Persons?", 2004, http://www.refugees.org/world/idps.htm.
4 International Crisis Group, "Colombia's Humanitarian Crisis," July 9, 2003, http://www.icg.org//library/documents/report_archive/A401043_09072003.pdf.
5 Women for Women International, "Women in Colombia," 2004, http://www.womenforwomen.org/nrcolw.html.
6 U.S. Office on Colombia, "The Impact of War on Women: Current Realities, Government Responses and Recommendations for the Future, February 2004, http://www.usofficeoncolombia.org/documents/womenbrief.htm.
7 United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), "Gender Profile of the Conflict in Colombia," 2004, http://www.womenwarpeace.org/colombia/colombia.htm.
8 MADRE, "Colombia Country Profile, http://www.madre.org/print-/countries/Colombia.html.
9 Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict, "Colombia's War On Children," February 2004, http://www.watchlist.org/reports/colombia.report.pdf.
10 Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children, "Unseen Millions: The Catastrophe of Internal Displacement in Colombia," March 2002, http://www.womenscommission.org/pdf/co2.pdf.
11 Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict.
12 Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children.
13 Ibid.
14 U.S. Office on Colombia, "Afro-Colombians Under Fire," June 2004, http://usofficeoncolombia.org/insidecolombia/afcol.htm.
15 U.S. Office on Colombia, "The Impact of War on Afro-Colombians: A Community Under Siege," July 2004, http://usofficeoncolombia.org/documents/afrocolombiandoc.pdf.
16 Sanchez-Garzoli, "Interview with Afro-Colombian IDP Leaders," Refugee Watch, No. 20, December 2003, http://www.brookings/edu/printme.wbs?page=/fp/projects/idp/articles/20031230sanchez.htm .
18 Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children, "A Charade of Concern: The Abandonment of Colombia's Forcibly Displaced," May 1999, http://www.womenscommission.org/pdf/co1.pdf.
19 Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict.
20 Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children, "Unseen Millions."
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Updated On: May 02 2014 02:50:23 PM EDT
The final day of the Florida legislative session promises to be a long one as representatives vote on the $77 billion state budget, but it really depends on which side of the aisle lawmakers vote to determine whether the 60-day session was successful.
"We've had a fantastic session, and the dust is still kicked up right now," said Sen. Aaron Bean, R-Fernandina Beach.
"This session has been disappointing for me," said state Rep. Mia Jones, D-Jacksonville.
Democrats are the minority in both chambers of the Florida Legislature. Jones calls it "unfinished business" that state lawmakers refused to budge on accepting federal money for the Affordable Care Act and expanding Medicaid.
"It's disappointing to close out session not having talked about it, not even considered any options and addressed that," Jones said. "Because we recognize if we have healthy citizens, then we have a healthy state."
Following a healthy amount of debate on so many issues -- more than 1,500 bills introduced in this term -- Bean saw his bill on medical marijuana moving through the process in bipartisan fashion.
"It's the right thing to do to craft the language in such a narrow way that it can't be abused," he said. "It's not smokeable marijuana. It's oral-based extract that does not get you high but can and has prevented seizures in kids."
Bean said the budget surplus allowing more money to schools makes him happy, while Jones wishes for more from her colleagues.
"Education will get a nice bump as well," Bean said. "That's exciting for kids in public schools. I'm excited about that."
"Until we do all we possibly can for public schools, then we have not done enough," Jones said.
Votes on the state budget are not expected to take place until well after 8:30 p.m. Friday. The budget year begins July 1.
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TOKYO--Mainichi Interactive reports today that game publisher Tecmo has won another decision in a long-standing legal battle concerning its Dead or Alive franchise. The Supreme Court of Tokyo has ruled that a small software publisher called Westside infringed upon Tecmo's copyright when it released a utility that allowed PlayStation 2 owners to remove the clothes from the character Kasumi when they played Dead or Alive 2.
Two years ago, the district court of Tokyo also found Westside to be in infringement of Tecmo's copyright. Westside appealed the decision to the Supreme Court of Tokyo. The decision of the Supreme Court was no different from that of the district court, ruling that Westside was "causing violations of copyright laws by allowing purchasers to use the [hacking] software."
The verdict against Westside was small on its face--the company must pay only two million yen ($18,205) in damages--but the financial damage may actually be worse, considering how much the company had spent on its legal fees up until now. Westside continues to operate in the video game data-hacking business, releasing tools that can modify or extract data from various games. The company sells its utilities by way of a bimonthly periodical Otanoshimi CD," as well as through its corporate Web site.
The outcome of this case might have been completely different in the United States. In the early '90s, American courts continually upheld the right of Lewis Galoob Toys to produce its Game Genie accessory, which let Nintendo Entertainment System users alter their video games in a similar, temporary manner. Nintendo asserted that the device infringed upon its copyrights, but the courts did not agree.


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Talk about getting mixed up after a few drinks.
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The puppy never had a chance: Kleiman is a 6-feet 10-inch, 400-pound Gladiator fighter.
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Just about two weeks ago, all seemed lost for a group of residents who were upset about a Trammell Crow development plan that included building of a Sam's Club near Haskell Avenue and U.S. 75. Zoning for the development had already been approved, so the City Plan Commission's July 10 signing off on ... More >>
The second act of the East Village Association's battle to reset the clock on a zoning change that would allow Trammell Crow to build a proposed 130,000-square-foot Sam's Club near Haskell Avenue and U.S. 75 will not be resolved until at least Monday afternoon, after Judge Phyllis Lister Brown was f ... More >>
District Judge Emily Tobolowsky issued an order Friday blocking, at least for now, developer Trammell Crow's plan to build a 130,000-square-foot Sam's Club in Cityplace, just north downtown. Residents in the neighborhood near Haskell Avenue and Central Expressway won a temporary restraining order t ... More >>
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Under the city's development code, the proper time for opponents to voice their concerns about the Sam's Club proposed next to CityPlace was a year ago this month, before the City Plan Commission and City Council unanimously approved a zoning change for the property to allow a 100,000-square-foot wa ... More >>
Sam's Club will have to wait an extra couple of months before it plants a 140,000-square-foot outpost next to CityPlace. So decided the City Plan Commission, which this afternoon moved consideration of the development plan until July 22. It was a victory for neighbors, albeit a tiny one. As we ment ... More >>
Neighbors are, at this very moment, rallying opposition to the Sam's Club that Trammell Crow plans to build at CityPlace. They've launched the inevitable Change.org petition. They've booked Councilman Adam Medrano for a community meeting tonight. They are scouring the final development plan the City ... More >>
Cheer up, Dallas. Yes, your hometown newspaper just completely snubbed you with its Best Neighborhoods list, and, yes, the chances that The Dallas Morning News will ever include any place south of Plano are close to nil, but there is hope, a development on the horizon that just might thrust Dallas b ... More >>
Whip out your club card (or haul ass past the greeter), because Sam's has a sweet deal for you. Well, it's not so much sweet as it is oaky and a little like drinking fire. Or gasoline. Or gasoline on fire. The Huffington Post, MSN and others picked up on a Reddit thread this week that shows an entir ... More >>
Nearly a year and a half since the U.S. Supreme Court tossed a class action lawsuit filed by some 1.5 million female Wal-Mart employees who say they hit a corporate glass ceiling, the plaintiffs hit a brick wall in Texas. Because the court ruled the women of Wal-Mart could not sue as a class, a num ... More >>
Update, 12:30 p.m.: The flight's on the ground, but it will need to restock its alcohol supply. Details after the original. Update, 11:23 a.m.: American has confirmed the incident, and says two flight attendants were injured. The airline's statement is after the original item. Original item: An Am ... More >>
ClassixxUncle, I'll toss a few things in the "pro" column of the 12:30 A.M. Dallas club arrival time. I knew you weren't going to be out 'til late, so I opted to get a few chores done instead of getting irritated. I got a manicure, I went to the gym, I cooked (COOKED!) dinner, I tidied my abo ... More >>
The proposed site of a new Walmart off LedbetterLongtime Friends of Unfair Park will recognize the name Steve Houser: He's the former chair of the Dallas Urban Forest Advisory Committee honored by George W. Bush in '08 for his volunteer work saving the city's trees. Reason I mention him today: Th ... More >>
Via.It's been more than a decade since the federal suit first surfaced: Betty Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the sexual discrimination lawsuit that would eventually lead to a class-action suit and the book Selling Women Short: The Landmark Battle for Worker's Rights at Wal-Mart, whose author ofte ... More >>
This week in food news, diners and their dogs flocked to patios to enjoy the cooler weather, we got the results of this year's Big Tex Choice awards and actually found a guy who has a problem with cake balls. Read on. City of Ate Scott Reitz came across new friends and a new beer this week ... More >>
Went to NorthPark Center in fancy North Dallas a few afternoons ago. Don't go often. Already have all the monogrammed Kleenex I need. But let me ask you something. What is it with the triple baby carts? You know I'm not making this up. You've seen it. There are people out there who are pushi ... More >>
The original Northwest Highway Sam's ClubLast month, you no doubt recall, Walmart announced its $200-million expansion said to involve "more than a dozen new projects in the city of Dallas," though only a handful were announced at the time. Since then I've learned of at least one more on the to-d ... More >>
The demolition crew wrote "There goes the neighborhood" on one of the buildings, shortly before the razing commenced.As I was heading in to the office Tuesday morning, demolition man Scott Dorn shot me a note: JR's Demolition was revving up the 'dozers and about to tear down European Crossroads. ... More >>
There is no shortage of Walmarts in and around Dallas. But City Hall sends word this afternoon: More are a-coming -- "more than a dozen new projects in the city of Dallas," per the release that follows, including three in the southern sector and one across the street from Bachman Lake, as I promi ... More >>
Brooke NottinghamWe managed to snap a couple of pictures of freebies before the Central Market Stasi busted us.During a dinner shift a few weeks ago, I returned with a guest's drink and asked if he'd like to start with a cup of soup or an appetizer. He stared at me. Then he said, "Do those c ... More >>
The future of Ketchup is upon us.Now that we're through with Thanksgiving, Dallas food blogs and food writers are warmed up and ready to get going with some serious holiday eating. The party started this week with Chanukah, and we expect it to keep gaining momentum right through New Years. P ... More >>
Till not so long ago, on Webb Chapel Road just north of Northwest Highway -- and directly across the street from Bachman Lake -- there sat a decaying apartment complex that looked as though a small gust of wind would reduce it to splinters. Eventually, it was surrounded by chain-link fence, which ... More >>
www.oneartsplaza.comIs it just us or does a lot seem to be going on this week in the world of Dallas dining? It seems like some type of foodie event is happening everyday. Good thing we're here to tell you about, right?One Arts Plaza will be throwing its first annual block party this Sunday, Apri ... More >>
Patrick MichelsThis week's Fall Toy Preview is a private show up on the Dallas Market Center's 12th floor, but there are signs all around the building.For a few days in mid-October last year, the 12th floor of the Dallas Market Center buzzed with anticipation over the big new offering from the to ... More >>
Tom PettersFirst there was Bernie Madoff; then, Alan Stanford. Then came Minnesota's Tom Petters, who, as The Wall Street Journal documented in April, was popped by federal authorities who claimed he operated a $3-billion Ponzi scheme built upon his taking investors' hard-earned scratch to buy flat- ... More >>
The headline in this morning's New York Times reads like something out of The Onion: "Virtual Leagues Fold, Forcing Gamers to Find Actual Jobs." Alas, 'tis true -- and the man at the center of the story is Dallas's own Emmanuel Rodriguez, a 23-year-old professional video-game player and world champ ... More >>
One mans attempt at slow food living in the Dallas metroplex
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Despite a hung jury, the trials are far from over
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AllGood Cafe lives up to its name only sometimes
Ruby Ann Boxcar leaves the trailer for the bookstore
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The kings of smut escape while the feds cook up small fry like former Dallas cop Garry Ragsdale
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Can you really get a GPS device for tracking your valuable gadgets?
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GPS tracking is available for your gadgets like your mobile phone or laptop. Some services are aimed at recovery if it's lost or stolen. The first step is to register your GPS cell phone or laptop, but check out the fine print. It might not work unless the application is on, for example, making it pretty useless to find a lost phone with the power off or a stolen one if the thief knows to turn off the tracking app. On the other hand, if you want to know whether you left it in the office, the restaurant or the car, it might be just what you need.


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Travelers from the 27 countries that have been granted visa-free entry to the United States will have to answer an online questionnaire before entering the country due to a pilot program set to start Friday.
The Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA), according to Agence France Presse:
... will oblige people from nations, including 15 European Union states, Japan and Australia, to supply details, preferably three days prior to travel, which they usually fill out on flight cards before arrival at U.S. airports.
They will be asked about communicable diseases or mental and physical disorders, drug abuse, whether they have been arrested for certain crimes or involved in spying, terrorist activities or genocide.
The online questionnaire replaces the paper forms given out to foreign travelers in-flight before they arrive in the United States. Officials say the online version allows for almost instantaneous authorization for an individual traveler to enter the country. Once authorization has been granted, the permit lasts for two years.
Responding to criticisms of the program run in the Irish Independent, Sheila Paskman of the U.S. Embassy in Ireland, said ESTA is "actually easier than the current system."
European Union officials, however, are not happy about the program. They believe the program may act as a de facto visa.
The European Commission, the executive body of the EU, will examine the ESTA program after it is published to determine whether it acts as a visa, said Michele Cercone, the spokesman for justice and security issues at the commission.
"The ESTA is not a visa," Jackie Bednarz, attaché for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, said at a news briefing Monday and quoted by the International Herald Tribune. "It's very different, in our minds."
EU officials are also upset that the U.S. only grants visa-free entry to 15 out of the 27 EU states. They say if visa requirements for the rest of EU member countries are not waived, the European Commission will move to require that U.S. diplomats receive visas before entering a member country.
AFP reports that travelers from the following countries will need to comply with the ESTA: Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Britain, Brunei, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, San Marino, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.
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Container traffic through India's Port of Jawaharlal Nehru reached an all-time high in fiscal 2010-11 ending March 31, buoyed by a strong turnaround in the country's foreign trade.
Total volume handled by the west coast port's three terminals increased 5 percent to 4.27 million 20-foot equivalent units from 4.06 million TEUs the previous fiscal year, according to latest traffic figures released by the port authority.
By The Numbers: U.S. Container Trade With India
Gateway Terminals, operated by A.P. Moller-Maersk subsidiary APM Terminals, handled 1.85 million TEUs, up from 1.76 million TEUs a year earlier.
Volume via DP World's Nhava Sheva International Container Terminal grew to 1.54 million TEUs from 1.53 million TEUs.
Traffic at the port-run terminal totaled 880,000 TEUs compared with 780,000 TEUs in 2009-10, which ended March 31, 2010.
Nehru is India's largest container gateway, moving nearly 65 percent of the country's total containerized export and import cargo.
The Commerce Ministry earlier said total exports for the April-February period jumped 31.4 percent year-over-year to $208.2 billion, surpassing the target of $200 billion for the full fiscal year. It also announced plans to boost the country's outbound trade to $450 billion by fiscal 2013-14.


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There was a time, not long ago, when boys in khaki swarmed Coral Gables. They sauntered down avenues while gossiping about the latest venture capitalist to move to New York. Ageless women, hair blow-dried and legs strangled by skin-tight white pants, muttered words like "supposebly." There were gold ... More >>
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He's come marching home again all right, but our hurrahs are decidedly muted
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Ron Paul On Bill MaherThursday, May 31st, 2007
I was switching through the channels last night and noticed that PJ O'Rourke was on Bill Maher's show. I definitely had to watch it. Ben Affleck was also on, so the wife was happy too. Towards the end of the show, Bill had Ron Paul on, talking about the spat with Giuliani and his reading […]Continue reading Ron Paul On Bill Maher