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Road closures and maintenance projects may affect traffic this week:
■ 2012 Interstate 70 Business construction, phase two: The Colorado Department of Transportation and Interstate Highway Construction Inc. continue to improve I-70B (U.S. Highway 6&50) between 24 3/4 Road past the 25 Road intersection. The project involves concrete reconstruction, a new storm sewer system, an updated signal system, utility relocation and curb, gutter, sidewalk and landscaping. This project is paid for in part by Colorado FASTER.
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■ Ute Water 18-inch waterline line replacement in G Road: 26 1/2 Road will then be closed to through traffic between G Road and H Road for several weeks. Detours will be marked.
■ Ute Water line replacement in B1/2 Road from 27 3/4 Road to 29 Road. B 1/2 Road is closed between 28 1/2 Road and 29 Road. Detours will be marked and will use U.S. Highway 50. The project will continue several more weeks.
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I'll admit from the off that I was skeptical regarding this documentary
ever since I first heard it was in production. Having read the book, I
felt that what made it enjoyable could not really be transposed onto
film. Economics, being such a science of numbers, even in its
freakonomic form, does not really lend itself to being narrated to
Going beyond this limitation, I reckon the film could have still been better, had it found a unity of tone. Unfortunately, as several different teams were involved with making each of the four chapters, the final experience is heavily fragmented and unlike the book, which kept its pacing throughout, the film is all over the place.
The first part basically looks at whether there is some sort of correlation between a person's first name and the path one goes through life. A potentially amusing segment, it proves to be in search of a comic sense it never arrives at and the examples taken from the book appear wholly unrealistic and not fully integrated.
The second part is quite dark and brings forth a sort of investigation into the Sumo world and allegations of match-rigging. Contextualized in the sacrosanct culture that defines the sport, this exploration of truth, justice and fair-play toys around with big words and complex issues, its reach ultimately exceeding its grasp.
The third part references dear old Romania and our beloved dictator's policy of ruling abortions illegal - a subject matter dealt with artistically in the well-known "4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days". I'm not quite sure the parallel proves a point, because it tries to show how the opposite policy, legalizing abortion in the US following Roe v Wade, caused a sudden, steep reduction in crime in the early nineties. Ironically enough, the generation Ceausescu (the dictator referenced above) forcibly gave birth to, so to say, caused his downfall. Yet, I think this segment points out an interesting observation, even if one could get distracted by the overly dramatic narration.
The last part is an on-film experiment about trying to find an incentive to make kids get better grades in high-school by offering financial rewards. Unfortunately, the set-up lacks any authentic feel and implicitly does not help support the case that the authors tried to convey.
So overall it would seem that almost all segments have at least one fundamental issue that they don't tackle very well. At times the film livens due to the interesting nature of the facts being presented, but on the whole it's still shy of a successful venture. Even while reading the book I felt that the novelty seeped out of it before I had reached its end and this feeling was only exacerbated in the documentary.
I don't think this is the place to debate the correctness of the research Levitt and Dubner have done or their conclusions, because the film certainly does not offer a strong basis to work on. The book has a scientific feel to it, conferring at least a sense of objectivity and, more importantly, finding the levity to show that it does not assume to offer absolute answers. The documentary, on the other hand, loses sight of this and never manages to find its proper balance.
I never read the book, but know that it is very popular. The movie does
a bad job at selling the book.
Though, I would still be up for reading the book after having watched the movie. This is because the fault of the movie was only partially due to the content of the book. The movie tries to move along at quick pace at the beginning. It has a very catchy poppy kind of theme to it and talks about a real practical use of the study of economics.
After those 5 minutes, things seem to go terribly south. We get this long and fact lacking piece about sumo wrestling. There is an interesting statistic at the beginning of the segment about how sumo wrestlers will lose matches when there is no real loss to them in order to get payback in the future. The rest of it is exposition about how all the super smart economists are using these fancy numbers and statistics to give very good proof that sumo wrestlers are cheating. I would have liked to hear more about these statistics and the reasoning behind why its very likely that we're cheating. This smug movie instead insults our intelligence and passes by this thinking that we would be too stupid to understand it. The narrator goes on about assassinations of whistle blowers... blala yada yada. I started to lose interest at this point.
There was a part that had an interesting look at why abortion may be one of the key reasons of the drop in crime in the 90's. This really peaked my interest and some convincing figures where given. I liked this segment and am eager to read more about this.
After that is a boring long Good Morning America-esque expose on paying kids to get better grades in school. The kids are annoying, the concept is annoying, the results are paltry, and it all seems pretty meaningless by the time you get to the end of it. This was the segment that really killed the movie. It felt like it went on for an hour, although I'm sure it didn't. This reality show garbage really shouldn't be in any kind of movie that calls itself a documentary.
Freakonomics is one of those films that tries to make a complex subject accessible to a mainstream audience. Here, there subject in question is economics, and how it is everywhere. Although trying to reach a wider audience in a fun way we can relate to is admirable, it can't avoid a patronizing tone. Still, there are lots of interesting parts to this documentary. It's split into a number of sections, with each section helmed by a familiar documentary filmmaker. This allows for a number of fun and interesting style to be put on display. As we delve into the world of economics, this all feels like a few great bits in an overambitious whole. Each segment has a fascinating topic, and one that could be explored at full length. Corruption and murder in sumo wrestling, how our names affect our lives, and how abortion may have helped to reduce the crime rate. All great subjects that are handled with kid gloves. It has inspired me to look into further detail about some things, but I wonder if the ideas and thoughts provoked will last a long time.
Based upon the bestselling book written by steven Levitt and Stephen
Dubner, Freakonomics the film is an omnibus of shorts, where different
filmmakers adapt a segment of the book for their respective sections,
and then putting them all together into a feature length documentary.
In some ways, it could have been directed by an invisible hand rather
than the "big name" documentarians of today and probably still come up
on tops, since the subject matter is rather contentious at best, and in
my opinion, a little bit too stretched.
For my limited understanding of basic economic principles from school, there's hardly any straightforward demand and supply theories that can be applied by anyone not too well versed with various theorems and hypotheses that Economics deal with, though you need not have intimate knowledge of the subject in order to view the film. I thought it was more of a sociology experiment, since there are many of topics here that deal with the basic human condition on social principles rather than an economic standpoint, and in many ways, through its touted in depth analysis, it's more akin to hammering a square peg into a round hole.
It adapts from chapters in the book such as discovering cheating as applied to teachers and delving deep into the closed community of sumo wrestlers, the patterns that emerge with the naming, or misnaming of children, and how bribery can be used as an incentive to succeed. You can imagine how economics can be applied to these, so perhaps it's quite apt that the concepts discussed are freakish to begin with. Economics theories and principles are filled with plenty of assumptions and "ceteris paribus"es, so in twisting some of these assumptions, what you get is the content as explained in Levitt and Dubner's book, which are adapted by the likes of Alex Gibney (Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room), Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me and Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden), Eugene Jarecki (Why We Fight), Rachel Grady and Heldi Ewing (Jesus Camp), and put all together with various transitional, brief topics by Seth Gordon (The King of Kong).
Perhaps the only economics related idea here is how the lack of information and irrational choices by consumers have led to skewed markets, which goes to show the sneaky arsenal of tactics that real estate agents have up their sleeves to manipulate markets to their advantage. But while you shouldn't expect economics to fit into most of the subject matter discussed here, the concept that gets explained are incredibly sexy, and brought out through eye- catching methods, sometimes with the use of effective animation like a lubricant to force ideas down and eventually nailing that square peg into the round hole.
What's more important is the fact that we cannot deny the little things everyone does to get ahead, where the objective is to use whatever means possible to get a desired outcome. The teacher and results segment remind one about how school ranking pressures here become an obsession, with results to the detriment of those who somehow fall by the sidelines, and how an elite community help each other to stay afloat for various benefits and back-rubbing. It's human nature to seek out competitive advantage, and one constant in sitting through the various topics and scenarios presented, is how data mining (a term I got introduced to when in varsity) has that ability to present a wealth of information that can be used to analyze for gaining that upper hand. Businesses use it, and so does the many researchers of topics in Freakonomics.
You won't become an expert or a whiz after viewing this, but what it'll open your eyes and mind to, are the plenty of behind the scenes shenanigans that even the seemingly innocent industry or individual get up to, that indeed like the tagline of the film says everything has a hidden side to them. It's really more than meets the eye, and presented here in a very alluring manner.
Until 2005, the words 'economics' and 'fun' were unlikely to be found
in the same sentence. Economics was seen as a dry, technical,
mathematical discipline: the preserve of driven businessmen, greedy
bankers and staid Treasury officials. Fun was its opposite: spontaneous
enjoyment available to regular people.
The publication of Freakonomics in 2005 changed all that. Steven Levitt, a professor of economics at the University of Chicago, and Stephen Dubner, a New York Times journalist, somehow gave economics popular appeal. So far the book has sold over four million copies worldwide. Last year, a sequel, Superfreakonomics, was published and there is also a Freakonomics blog linked to the New York Times website.
Wherever there's an unexpected publishing hit, you can be sure that a bandwagon will soon follow. In 2007 alone we had Steven Landsburg's More Sex is Safer Sex, Tyler Cowen's Discover Your Inner Economist and Diane Coyle's The Soulful Science. Nor is the fun confined to the paperback stands. Earlier this month there was even an international academic symposium on 'economics made fun in the face of economic crisis' at Erasmus University in Rotterdam.
The film follows the structure of the book with chapters loosely linked by the broad approach of the authors. There is little sense of narrative beyond that. However, one innovation is that different chapters are made by different directors including Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me), Alex Gibney (Taxi to the Dark Side) and Seth Gordon (The King of Kong).
Freakonomics the movie is worth watching for two reasons. As with any cultural phenomenon, whether it is The X-Factor or Strictly Come Dancing (aka Dancing with the Stars outside the UK), it is interesting to ask why it catches the popular imagination. This is particularly true when the subject matter is or at least was widely seen as incredibly dull.
Understanding the approach to economics taken in the film also helps reveal some deeper truths. It shows the limitations of contemporary economics and can even help viewers understand fashionable policy initiatives such as the attempt to 'nudge' people to behave in a particular way.
The first thing that viewers of the Freakonomics movie are likely to notice it that has little time for the traditional subject matter of the discipline. There is no room for discussion of business, supply-and- demand curves, and certainly no mathematics. Instead it covers such subjects as parenting, naming babies, cheating at exams, corruption among Sumo wrestlers and crime. If anything, such topics would normally be classified as sociology rather than economics.
From the authors' perspective, what makes their book economics is their approach to these subjects. Their concerns are unashamedly practical. They want to use economic tools to help improve human behaviour in all these areas.
Levitt and Dubner's mantra, and indeed that of contemporary market economics generally, is that 'humans respond to incentives'. Such incentives are often financial but they can also be moral and social. In each case the authors ask themselves what incentives would work best to improve outcomes:
Is bribing toddlers with M&Ms a good way to potty train them? Should pupils be paid to perform better at school? If so, at what age and exactly how? Does choosing a particular name for a baby improve its life chances? For example, through the choice of name alone, is a Brendan likely to do better than a Deshawn? Both the attractions and limitations of this form of economics should already have started to become clear. The subject matter of Freakonomics relates to everyday interests and concerns. It is about practical questions that confront individuals and parents as well as policymakers.
In many ways it is better seen as a form of self-help than economics in the traditional sense. It is an attempt to find better, supposedly more scientific, ways to improve the behaviour of errant individuals. It says little, if anything, about traditional key economic questions such as how to organise production, how to raise productivity or how to create a more prosperous society.
Although the Freakonomics approach is not entirely mainstream it is not marginal either. Gary Becker, also a professor of economics at the University of Chicago, won the Nobel Prize for economics in 1992 for work on similar questions to those raised in the film. Although his work was not aimed at the general public, his concerns were comparable to those of Levitt and Dubner's.
Even mainstream economics, although more concerned with business than Freakonomics, suffers from many of the same weaknesses. Its focus is largely on individual consumer behaviour, its approach is ahistorical and it has little to say about the process of production.
Freakonomics the film, like the book, is entertaining and sometimes thought-provoking. Although it is more self-help than traditional economics it shares many of the weaknesses of more serious works in the discipline.
Its focus on individual behaviour also lends itself to a preoccupation with manipulating individual choices. That is where Freakonomics becomes truly freaky.
This isn't really a documentary. A few of the chapters from the book
are presented in this film. The way the issues are presented usually
involve first Levitt and Dubner speaking about the issue interspersed
with various imagery and animation. Some archival footage is used.
Particularly when the topic addresses famous historical events. Each
segment will also have actors re-enacting events or acting out original
scenes to present the topic visually. There are also other experts or
people who call themselves experts (like an "expert" in baby names)
talking about the issue. Finally there is some footage of actual people
either discussing personal experiences, or in the case of the high
school students, the students themselves living their lives. Although
even this seems staged at points.
It seems they used a lot of flashy graphics and various forms of presentation to cover up the fact that this film is ultimately Levitt, Dubner and the narrator just talking generally about the issues covered in the book. I'm a fan of the podcast so if this film had just been them talking and nothing else I'd still have liked it. But there is a sense of lacking an opportunity in creating something new on film. All the colorful imagery doesn't bring anything new to the table.
The film doesn't cover the entire book. I haven't read it in years but one of the more important topics to me was about the drug dealers which wasn't in the film.
What I found really lacking, beyond the visual or the missing chapters, is that they didn't really go into detail with anything. They vaguely reference statistics, but hardly show any. They make off handed comments about important concepts that they don't spend any time on. Two of the most important themes of the entire work, causation vs. causality, and the power of incentive are hardly discussed beyond the immediate topic. For example while they note in the film that people often mistake correlation with causation, and that finding cause is very difficult, they don't spend a second actually explaining why cause is difficult to ascertain (except that it isn't immediately apparent). Day one of a social science course is going to identify the difficulty or impossibility of defining cause. Levitt and Dubner do not mention that while statistics and economics in the scope of numbers is natural science, their application in Freakonomics is social science, and all the stats in the world won't necessarily prove cause in social science.
I've read the book, which was indubitably very interesting, even if it
some claims seemed a tad far-fetched. The documentary, however, has
several problems. Firstly, each chapter of the book can EASILY--
actually, SHOULD-- be a documentary of its own. The data used to back
up the claims is fairly poor and weak, which is a shame, because some
of the ideas really are interesting to explore. But with so little time
devoted to them, they don't seem credible. The problem with this
documentary and the book is that it makes no effort to refute any
counterarguments-- and there are MANY possible ones. It is incredibly
easy to lie with statistics and spin numbers to work for you.
Even in terms of entertainment value, it was mediocre, at best. To be frank, I found Dubner and Levitt's commentary extremely annoying. I felt like they were lecturing first graders. The way information was presented in neat little elementary-school-like "what-we-learned- from-this" packages was another annoyance for me.
The main problem with a documentary that attempts to make an argument is that you have to do it in a way that does not make the viewers feel manipulated, which is very difficult (Michael Moore, for instance, sucks at it). And one such as this does not make a solid case for any of its claims and left me with a huge pile of questions. Even if what they say really is true, I can't buy it, because the evidence is presented in such a slapdash, half-baked kind of way.
University of Chicago economist Steven Levitt and New York Times
journalist Stephen Dubner wrote the popular book taking an
unconventional look at the world using the science of economics. This
movie takes the ideas from the book into several different sections.
The vast variation does tend to make the movie somewhat meandering and disjointed. Some sections are more interesting than others. It's not a natural narrative that builds to a climax. It's basically one study case after another. The most controversial section is probably the abortion one. Although my personal favorite is the sumo wrestlers. What's there not to love about sumo wrestlers. Sometimes it's a little dumb down but other times it is fascinating.
*** This review may contain spoilers ***
I went into this movie hoping to learn about economics. This movie
taught me about incentives but it didn't do it well. It included many
things that it did not need to. In the sumo wrestling part, I learned
more about sumo wrestling than cheating.
If you read this, you won't have to watch the movie: - African American names get called to job interviews 33% less than white names. Put some thought into naming your child because they will be judged by it.
- People will always cheat.
- There are patterns in cheating and given enough data, you will find that pattern to catch the cheater.
- In 1989, crime dropped in America by 50% because abortion was legalized in 1973. This made less unwanted babies get born. Unwanted babies are more likely to turn into criminals because of how they are raised.
- Incentives matter. Money is not always the best incentive and it won't always work if someone already has everything they want.
*** This review may contain spoilers ***
In my opinion, Freakonomics works a lot better if it was a documentary TV Show series like 2003's Penn & Teller's Bullsh*t because it's focus on a lot of different topics ranging from Sumo Wrestlers to naming your child. Putting all these topics in one hour and 33 minutes isn't enough to cover all the subjects, with its brief running time. Honestly, these unrelated topics don't even match well together with multiply directors with different styles of filmmaking. It felt like they were trying to put their small pieces into one giant puzzle and the pieces don't fit. The tone of the film change from silly segment to serious segment in a blink of an eye that the film felt like bi-polar economist. The film is all over the place. I don't think the director (Heidi Edwing) in charge of putting these smaller films together did a good job. I really didn't know what was keeping these topics, together. It felt like the big thread connector, 'Economics' was missing in some pieces. It look and sound more like sociology or criminology at best. It felt rush, and directionless. Based on the book, 'Freakonomics' by economist Steven D. Levitt and writer Stephen J. Dubner. The book is a collection of 'economic' articles written by Levitt. The book is covered in six chapters of different social topics. The movie only covers four of these chapters, leaving out the topics of Chapter 2: Information control as applied to the Ku Klux Klan and real-estate agents & Chapter 3: The economics of drug dealing, including the surprisingly low earnings and abject working conditions of crack cocaine dealers. In the 2005's "Revised and Expanded Edition" of 'Freankonomics', the Khan part was considerably too exaggerated and left out of the film for that reason. Chapter 2 was merge into topics into smaller sequences between the bigger pieces. These smaller sequences are directed by Seth Gordon of 2007's King of Kong's fame, but it felt like rambling than anything really important. Like the potty training sequence, it was just a turd to watch. Another sequence, I didn't like was the 'Roshanda By Any Other Name' which is Chapter 6 in the book. Super-Size Me, Morgan Spurlock's investigation of the possible implications of names, especially racial names, in how personal development and social advancement. Common names are more liking to have success than exotic foreign names in America. The comedy timing in this sequence was a bit off. I didn't find, myself laughing as much as others. There was also a great chapter similar to it, call Chapter 5: The negligible effects of good parenting on education. They kinda merge Chapter 5 with 'It's Not Always a Wonderful life' AKA Chapter 4. 'It's Not Always A Wonderful Life', narrated by Melvin Van Peebles and directed by 'Why we fight' director, Eugene Jarecki. This is the most controversial segment in the film. It explores the theory that the increase of birth control & abortion has led to a decline in the urban crime rate in the US during the mid- to late 1990s. The movie states that 1973 US Supreme Court case, Roe v. Wade, in the US permitted people to have legal abortions, leading more wanted children with better upbringings than ever before. This also key into 'Can You Bribe A 9th Grader To Succeed!' AKA Chapter 1: Director Rachel Grady documents an experiment in Chicago, Illinois to determine the efficacy of paying students to achieve higher grades. The whole sequence was annoying as they got some of the worst kids ever to do this study and the results are meaningless. So, it felt like a waste of time. Gees, it was hard to get through that. Chapter 1 also explain in Director Alex Gibney's exploration of the Japanese concept of yaochō match fixing in Sumo wrestling. Yaocho is when a secured position tournament fighter allows the other person to win to get in the tournament to ignored getting hurt or allow his buddy to get a win to look better. That was probably the best sequence in the movie, but so out of place. In my opinion, this topic deserve a 2 hour documentary of its own. It doesn't really relate to any of the other topics, but it relates more to economics than most of the film. The various topics and scenarios presented kinda loses sight of what they were presenting and never really manages to find its proper balance. Overall: The movie does a bad job at selling the book, but the use of trendy pop culture, quirky characters, special graphic effects, and interesting topics made it entertaining. So get your freak on!
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Tim Burton generally does best when he is working on his own, original ideas. Two of his most recent adaptations Alice in Wonderland and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory were not well-received by fans of the originals—although his take on Sweeney Todd was a bit more well-crafted. Considering all this, and his 2001 Planet of the Apes debacle, a just aversion to Burton adaptations has spread.
But he might be about to break the trend. Burton's new film, Dark Shadows, is an adaptation of a TV series of the same name. Actually, two TV series (the original from 1966 and its remake from 1991). The show's limited notoriety probably lends well to the trailer; to many of us, the idea is original. Burton casts his muse Johnny Depp as a Victorian era noble vampire who rises from the grave in the 20th century to revisit his family estate. His descendants (including Eva Green, Michelle Pfeiffer, Chloe Moretz, and a family shrink played by Helena Bonham Carter) are not quite what he expected: eccentric and inadequate…although the never-see-the-sun skin tones mark a family resemblance.


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Denton, Schoeggl and Howenstine Join Lane Powell's Litigation Practice Group
Stephania Camp Denton and David M. Schoeggl have rejoined Lane Powell as shareholders, and David W. Howenstine has joined as an attorney, in the Firm's Litigation Practice Group. Prior to joining Lane Powell, the three practiced law at Mills Meyers Swartling.
Denton focuses her practice on insurance coverage issues, class action litigation and health care disputes. She has significant experience arguing before the Washington State Supreme Court, as well as state and federal trial and appellate courts. Denton received her J.D., with high honors, from the University of Washington School of Law and her B.S. from Texas A&M University.
Schoeggl has more than 30 years of experience handling complex high-stakes trials and arbitrations for clients including national and international insurers, the aviation industry, product manufacturers, and local businesses facing difficult or unusual claims. He is also frequently retained as an expert in cases involving insurance, claims handling and professional liability. Schoeggl also arbitrates and mediates insurance and aviation disputes. Since 1998, he has been an adjunct professor of insurance law at Seattle University School of Law. Schoeggl received his J.D., with honors, and his B.A. from the University of Washington.
Howenstine focuses his practice on aviation, tort defense, insurance coverage, products liability and general commercial disputes. He regularly defends aviation clients in state and federal court in cases alleging negligence, wrongful death, premises liability and disability discrimination. He also routinely analyzes complex insurance coverage issues and represents parties in state and federal court in cases involving coverage disputes and bad faith claims handling. Howenstine received his J.D., with high honors, from the University of Washington School of Law and his B.A. from Reed College.


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Alan W. Houseman, executive director of CLASP, will moderate and present during the panel Ending Poverty: What Legal Services Can Do at the National Legal Aid & Defender Association Centennial Conference in Washington, D.C. The session will explore how civil legal aid programs can participate in ongoing efforts to end poverty. This will be followed by a discussion with those attending of what efforts attendees can pursue to address poverty in their communities. The conference will be held at the Marriott-Wardman Park Tower Hotel.


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The ISA Shaan Awards is the very first awards ceremony to celebrate the excellence of the various South Asian organizations on-campus. This year was our second year hosting the awards ceremony. Having an attendance of 220 people, this event was a huge success. To receive the best possible judging scores, we asked different UT professors, UT student leaders, and UT administrative staff to evaluate the applications. As an umbrella organization, we tried to truly make this a UT-campus core related event. We had 20 nominees from performing arts, service, cultural, and social organizations. We had a variety of features during the event, including an audience text-in voting as a portion of the judging criteria, professional casino, and a dance floor. Because of these aspects and the funding we received, we yielded great responses from the attendees. We look forward to continue this event next year and hope to improve from this year's experience.


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TALLAHASSEE — Seeking to help spark the state's lagging economy, a powerful senator is proposing the lease of South Florida's Alligator Alley to a state-run endowment fund.
Senate Majority Leader Dan Webster, R-Winter Garden, said the idea would bolster a state health care program's investment return and generate much needed money for roads.
Under Webster's plan, the Lawton Chiles Endowment health care program would spend an estimated $500-million to acquire the 78-mile toll road that cuts across the Everglades from Fort Lauderdale to Naples.
Webster said the cash-strapped state could use the $500-million to build roads, which would create jobs and help bolster the economy. The endowment would recoup the $500-million and much more by collecting the tolls over the next 50 years.
"It's like investing in a stock, but in my mind this would be far more stable," said Webster, adding that the endowment's investment portfolio showed a slight loss last year.
The notion of raiding a children's health care program to lay more asphalt took House members by surprise and alarmed advocates for human services.
"It's inconsistent with the creation of the endowment," said Karen Woodall, who lobbies on behalf of the poor and the uninsured. "I think our late governor (Lawton Chiles) would probably roll over several times."
Webster, who is in the final year of a 28-year career in the Legislature, is viewed by his colleagues as an expert on transportation and is a longtime supporter of highway construction. The Orlando area that he has long represented has some of the state's most congested highways.
Webster said he'll amend a priority transportation bill (SB 1978) to include the transaction, which he calls "Florida Investing in Florida." He said Gov. Charlie Crist and the state transportation agency support the idea, but he has not yet discussed it with the House.
Rep Dean Cannon, R-Winter Park, who oversees transportation spending in the House, said he did not know enough about Webster's proposal.
"Parts of that idea are appealing," Cannon said. "But you'd have to make sure you had awfully strong safeguards for insuring the state's return on investment."
Alligator Alley is considered the most lucrative highway being eyed as a candidate for privatization to generate revenue for the state. An analysis done last year for the state Department of Transportation concluded that the road would be worth $600-million to $1.6-billion if tolls were increased from the current $2.50. DOT announced in March that it would seek proposals from private companies interested in leasing the stretch of highway.
The Chiles endowment, worth about $2.3-billion, was built with proceeds from the state's tobacco settlement in the 1990s. The state has never spent any of the principal and uses some of the generated interest to pay for health care programs for children.
Webster said if the Alley deal gets done, it should preclude for several years the privatization of other candidate toll roads such as the Sunshine Skyway bridge, Pinellas Bayway and the state-owned stretch of the BeachLine Expressway in central Florida.
"We pretty much have to exclude others to make this one work," he said.
Webster briefed reporters on his plan on a day when House and Senate leaders struck a series of deals to settle differences in a new $65-billion budget.
• Earlier this week, lawmakers suggested canceling the back-to-school August sales tax holiday. On Thursday, the two budget chairs, Sen. Lisa Carlton and Rep. Ray Sansom, instead agreed to scale it back from 10 to seven days, but consumers would not get a weeklong June tax break on hurricane-related items like batteries and portable radios.
• The Senate agreed with the House to hold the line on the amount of property taxes collected to run public schools next year.
• The House agreed with the Senate to borrow money for a $300-million renewal of the Florida Forever land-buying program.
• Senators also will agree with the House's plan to divert some transportation money for other uses, but the $330-million is half of what the House proposed.
Times staff writer Alex Leary contributed to this report. Steve Bousquet can be reached at email@example.com or (850) 224-7263.


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Tempe, Arizona-based "melodic and emotional doom/death metal" band FALL OF EMPYREAN has inked a four-album deal with Germany's Grau Records. The group's first release for Grau will be the band's long-delayed third full-length CD, "A Life Spent Dying", which was completed in 2007 with Ryan Butler of Arcane Digital Recording studios in Chandler, Arizona. An official release date for the effort has yet to be announced.FALL OF EMPYREAN was established in the year 2000, to this day depressing the world with its effective brand of emotional doom/death metal. Throughout the years, the band has gained a strong following throughout not only the United States, but also mainland Europe, Scandinavia, Russia and the Baltic states, Japan, South Korea, South America, Mexico, Australia, and a number of other countries. FALL OF EMPYREAN is: Justin Burning - Guitar
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Vishwaroopam or You Get What You Deserve
What happens when Kamal Hassan writes and/or directs a movie? You are "treated" to more than two hours of the man's incurable narcissism. If you want to write a review of any movie he has written and/or directed just copy and paste the previous sentence. From Hey Ram (Ram Ram!) to Dashavataram to Vishwaroopam. Hey Ram had more Kamal Hassan than Gandhi while Dashavataram was a noxious cocktail of Kamal Hassan's narcissism multiplied by ten.
They say that crisis brings out the best or the worst in people. Which is why I waited until the Vishwaroopam hullabaloo came to a closure of sorts. A closure along expected lines.
Kamal Haasan agreed to edit offending portions of his film. After marathon discussions on February 2, it was announced that film would be modified at seven instances by muting references to Tamil jihadis and Quranic prayers.
And there, The Lesson reinforced yet again: you don't insult the perpetually insulted.
There used to be a time in Indian cinema where Islamic terrorists used to be shown for what they were. This period ended around eight years ago. Ever since, there have been few—if any—mainstream Bollywood movies that dealt with the subject of Islamic terrorism. Equally, the number of Muslim heroines entering Bollywood has reduced drastically. Look around you: name one other Muslim heroine in the league of say, a Katrina Kaif. The reason? A Dawood-issued fatwa that prohibits two things—Muslim women entering Bollywood, and the depiction of Islamic terrorism. In other words, a fatwa against showing even real-life incidents of Jihad. Like what Kamal attempted to do in Vishwaroopam.
And thus yet another precedent has been set.
Poor Kamal.
He should've spent more time in Bollywood learning about the powers that control the industry, and what consequences would visit upon those who disobey the writ of those powers. Forget Vishwaroopam. What are the odds that a fine film like Sarfarosh would be allowed to be made—much less released—today? What are the odds that tens of movies starring Sunny Deol pounding Islamic Terrorism with his 2.5 Kg fists can be made today? Indeed, the fact that such movies can't be made today is itself proof of the existence of such a fatwa. Even an otherwise sensible film like A Wednesday trod the safe path: Naseeruddin Shah's climactic speech doesn't mention Islamic terrorism even by mistake. And this, in a movie in which the July 2006 Mumbai train blasts plays a central role. That Jihad motivated those blasts was as well-known to the director of A Wednesday as it is known by all of us.
Poor Kamal.
What did he expect? As this perceptive piece notes, Kamal's movies have gleefully trolled Hindu society, its customs, gods, traditions, and its women. Vishwaroopam too, is no exception to this. Yet there was nary a protest from Hindus against such distorted, twisted depictions. However, in what surely counts as divine justice, the one time he told the truth about Islamic terrorism in Vishwaroopam, the one time he showed what truly occurs in the barbaric badlands of Afghanistan, he dearly paid for it. The movie in the original Tamil is yet to be released in its home state while the dubbed versions have received pathetic openings both here and abroad. Worse, he realized painfully that nobody was forthcoming with support because…well, because tongues roll inward and lips zip up where Islam is concerned.
And in many ways, Kamal deserved this, a sort of echo of Martin Niemoller's famous "First they came for the communists, and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a communist….Then they came for me, and there was no one left to speak for me." The Vishwaroopam controversy has another significant side apart from the intolerant Islamic zealots. This side wholly concerns Kamal Hassan the insufferable narcissist. All that (rightful) praise for his acting prowess, his dedication to cinema yadda yadda has travelled to a point of no return within his head. If one observes his movies and his statements over at least the past two decades, it's pretty clear that Kamal fancies himself as Hollywood's answer to Kollywood. In the same period, his movies have exhibited a marked wannabe-Hollywood tendency. Vettaiyaadu Veliyaadu is perhaps the best example of this inferiority-complex-ridden tendency.
We find a corollary to that in a piece he wrote in the Hindu a few months ago on the 25th anniversary of Nayagan. It's highly revealing to say the least.
Muktha Films had a reputation for being tight-fisted. When Mr. Srinivasan heard that we wanted to shoot in Bombay, he wasn't happy. He just wanted us to make a film — any film — that would net him a profit of Rs. 5 lakh. That is how he was used to working. Films were a business. He wasn't interested in films as art…One of the viewers was so moved that he fell at the producer's feet. I urged Mani to go and talk to people but he just walked away saying that there was no glory in this. He was right. I told the producer that he was going to get awards. He said he hadn't made the film to get awards, merely to make profits. And he was nervous about the film's dark lighting and so on. He complained that I had spoilt his chances of making a profit…Had the producer been more cooperative and had he had more vision, Mani would have ensured that the film came out better.
These are just highlights. Read the entire piece, an extraordinary exercise in self-glorification. And then read the reply by the producer, Muktha Srinivasan who Kamal accuses in his vainglorious quest.
Kamal Haasan wanted the film to be shot at Dharavi in Bombay, which was the largest and most congested slum in Asia. I did not want to shoot the entire movie in Bombay – but not because I was "tightfisted," as Kamal claims….After 25 years Kamal Haasan has suddenly chosen to talk about it, distorting the facts for reasons best known to him, and undermining the contributions made by everyone…Mani Ratnam…was not interested in bringing in either a Hollywood stuntman or a makeup man. I felt that Velu Naicker did not need a "Hollywood" makeup man and costumer. In fact it was Kamal Haasan's idea to bring such people in. Our company had a makeup man and costumers who were all paid by me. To state that there was no budget for makeup and costumes is absurd…Mani would have come up with a better scene had Kamal not insisted on copying from The Godfather…The scene where Kamal Haasan cries on seeing the dead body of his son is copied from The Godfather, and he imitates Marlon Brando. This scene was booed by the audience, because it never fit the character and lacked nativity… Kamal Haasan did not act in my movie for free. He was paid a huge sum, amounting to almost 20 per cent of the original budget. Expecting Rs. 5 lakh as profit is not avaricious. Nayakan was purely a commercial film, and even Kamal Haasan knew this. The tragedy is that I did not make any profit…I have nothing against Kamal Haasan taking credit for the success of Nayakan. But not at my cost, please.
This then is the little-known side of Kamal Hassan, his Periyar-crazy, Dravidian-fantasy-driven politics notwithstanding. Missing somewhere is the word "integrity." And littered throughout is the word "showoff."
But as recent events have shown, he seems to have learned nothing. If narcissism is bad enough, we have
self-righteous narcissism.
I will find out in a few days if this is a secular country. I need a secular place to settle. If there's no secular place in India I would go overseas. My passport will change.
Pretty hilarious to say the least: "give me my toy or else!" Kamal has missed the point. India is actually a secular country. Which is why his film was banned and Islam-crazed goons ran amok even before the movie was released. For all such valiant proclamations, look at how he ended it: by going down on his knees and agreeing to self-censor Vishwaroopam. Whatever happened to his commitment to art? Is it so fragile that he kowtowed before the crazed mullahs and their violent hordes after just a few days of bravado? Let's face it: he's not merely a Nayagan, he's the Ulaganayagan (Universal Hero), and the Hero who donned Dashavataram. Wasn't one avataram sufficient to take on the might of Jayalalithaa or to appeal in the Supreme Court against the Madras High Court which upheld the ban on the film?
Or was it simply money that was at the root of his shameful capitulation?
Whatever it is, we don't need to shed tears for this narcissist whose perverse politics and selective atheism earned him both fame and money.


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Our individual journey to attain and maintain spiritual wellness is highly personal and unique. Evidence indicates that the spiritual dimension of our holistic nature becomes more important in our lives as we grow older. There may be a tendency for some people to perceive religion and spirituality as one in the same because there may be shared rituals that are part of each, such as prayer and meditation. We understand that religion involves specific, agreed upon beliefs and practices by a group of people whereas spirituality involves exploring sources of power and meaning in a person's life that may occur outside of a religious base. Gerontology professionals agree that spirituality is important to older adults towards effective psychosocial function and successful aging.1
Spiritual wellness involves personal growth at every age:
Professionals need to be alert to signs of spiritual distress that may occur in the lives of older people that may negatively affect their capabilities and quality of life. It is particularly important to assess spiritual needs when addressing quality of life issues, especially in times when older adults are experiencing losses (e.g., loss of a significant others, facing own mortality, when in distress about making choices about the care of another). Times of transition such as illness, relocation, widow-hood, retirement, and episodes of acute or chronic illness may also trigger spiritual distress.
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Older adults need to understand that each is responsible for making choices that impact their spiritual wellness. Knowledgeable professionals have opportunities to both assess and realistically address the spiritual component in older adults' lives, and, perhaps, make a positive impact on the quality of these lives.
To enhance spiritual wellness, recommend these actions (or others related to spiritual growth) for older people that may be helpful: Suggest that they count their blessings, experience the joy of forgiveness, do something for someone else, attend faith-based services, meditate, create, let go of past blame.
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UPLAND — The Upland Unified School District has hired Ellen Lugo to oversee the district's elementary schools following the recent addition of a new assistant superintendent for secondary education.
Upland resident Lugo, a longtime educator and administrator most recently with the Ontario-Montclair School District, has been named the Upland district's assistant superintendent for elementary education. She began her new position earlier this month.
Lugo was a top administrator with Ontario-Montclair, serving as a member of the superintendent's cabinet and director of the East Learning Region, where she provided direct support and supervision to 13 elementary schools and three middle schools and supervised all 16 site principals.
Prior to joining the district office, Lugo was principal and assistant principal at Serrano Middle School in Montclair. She also was a mentor teacher in the Fontana Unified School District.
Lugo earned her bachelor's (social science) and master's (education) degrees from Cal State San Bernardino. She also has administrative services credentials from National University and the University of Redlands.
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PLEASE NOTE: This course focuses on the FDA Guidance on Social Media related to the promotion of approved products. It does not cover the use of social media in clinical or other non-commercial settings.
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Ever since FDA's 2009 hearings on the Internet and social media platforms, industry has been anxiously awaiting guidance from the FDA on the proper use of social media to promote approved products. With a flurry of guidances released in 2014, FDA provided significant information for makers of prescription products who want to engage in social media channels that consumers and healthcare professionals are increasingly using to access healthcare information.
This session will provide an overview of the state of FDA guidance on social media with an emphasis on explaining where FDA has provided guidance on compliant use of social media and where FDA has failed to provide guidance. Additionally, this session will discuss how you can implement and manage programs to mitigate compliance and brand risk with an emphasis on the space-limited contexts such as Google text ads that started FDA's focus.
Join our interactive online training course where you will learn:
This course will benefit senior decision makers who are determining whether to "green light" social media initiatives, marketers of prescription products who are trying to use social media, and regulatory professionals who are tasked with ensuring compliance of social media promotional tactics.
Dale Cooke is owner of PhillyCooke Consulting, which provides advice and training to companies about developing compliant promotional materials for FDA-regulated products. Dale has worked with more than 30 pharmaceutical and medical device clients around the world. His insights have been featured in the Wall Street Journal's Health blog, The Pink Sheet, MedAdNews, PharmExec, and others. Dale is an active member of the Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society (RAPS), Drug Information Association (DIA), Food and Drug Law Institute (FDLI), and the Alliance for a Stronger FDA. He also serves on the faculty of the University of California San Francisco's American Course in Drug Development and Regulatory Sciences program.
Dale is the author of Effective Review and Approval of Digital Promotional Tactics, which is part of the FDLI's primer series. He is regularly invited to speak at industry conferences on topics including FDA enforcement trends, best practices for review processes, global review practices, and life sciences use of social media. Previously, Dale served as the head of Regulatory for Digitas Health LifeBrands, which is part of the Publicis Healthcare Communications Group.
Dale earned his B.A. in Philosophy from Southern Methodist University and an M.A. in Analytical Philosophy from the University of Arizona and studied Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Drexel University's School of Public Health and Healthcare Compliance at Seton Hall University's School of Law.


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The filmmakers-cum-spies behind The Cove are back in the news just in time for Earth Day with a new celebrity-laden PSA warning again of the brutal dolphin slaughters taking place in Japan. This PSA adds to the crew's reputation as staunch defenders of marine mammals, building on The Cove's Academy Award win for Best Documentary and their undercover sting at the whale-serving sushi restaurant The Hump in Santa Monica, which, in hindsight, maybe wasn't the smartest name.
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John Dupre, a mechanic for United Airlines, moved out of his apartment in Queens this month after his job at Kennedy International Airport was eliminated. The airline was transferring him to Indianapolis, and he said he had no choice but to go, leaving behind his friends and his favorite haunts on Metropolitan Avenue.
''If I don't take Indianapolis, which I don't want, that means I'll get laid off,'' he said.
Mr. Dupre's departure has left his five roommates in Kew Gardens, flight attendants who have already lost two other roommates to airline layoffs, scrambling for replacements and doubting they can afford next month's rent.
He is leaving a neighborhood that traditionally housed so many airline workers it was nicknamed ''Crew Gardens,'' and where pizza parlors, dry cleaners and pubs may lose hundreds of customers by the time the airline industry completes a huge round of layoffs.
It is a story that can be heard in almost every corner of the borough as the industry's economic troubles, brought on by the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, ripple through Queens, home to two airports that are a major source of employment and are crucial to large corporations and tiny businesses alike.
The plane crash in Queens last week may chase away even more passengers. Economists and airline industry experts say, however, that it is too early to tell whether the crash, of American Airlines Flight 587 in Belle Harbor, will hurt the borough's job market the way the terrorist attacks have.Continue reading the main story
The job losses in the airline industry itself are expected to have a staggering effect on the borough, where more than 41,000 people work for airlines or other businesses at La Guardia and Kennedy Airports. Queens may lose 5,000 to 8,000 jobs because of cutbacks by the major airlines, according to the latest estimates.
But those figures do not reflect the full impact of the airline industry's economic crisis on Queens.
In addition to those 41,000 jobs -- most of them held by Queens residents -- there are 20,000 jobs in businesses that depend on air travel, like aviation fuel companies, travel agencies and parking lots.
For every 1,000 air transport jobs lost in Queens, 470 in those related industries will go, too, according to the Queens County Overall Economic Development Corporation, which has been tracking the impact of the World Trade Center disaster on the borough's economy.
That does not count the losses expected in still other industries that do travel-related business, like hotels and caterers for in-flight meals, which are expected to eliminate hundreds of jobs by the end of the year, according to recent estimates.
Food-service companies based in Queens that make meals for the airlines have already laid off 600 workers since Sept. 11, according to an analysis by the Fiscal Policy Institute, partly because meals have been cut from many domestic flights. The institute, a nonprofit research organization, also said that hotels were expected to eliminate 240 jobs by the end of the year.
''The whole outline has changed,'' said Marie S. Nahikian, the executive director of the Queens economic development group. ''The ripple effect is going to be significant.''
In East Elmhurst, the Luggage Doctor Repair Center, a small business that repairs suitcases damaged by the airlines, has only half as many bags to mend.
Over in Flushing, Chocolates Unlimited lost a lucrative monthly order from a major airline company for employee gift baskets filled with chocolate-covered pretzels and caramels.
Miles away in Kew Gardens, the pizza shops that once delivered pies galore to pilots and flight attendants are taking hardly any calls from apartments -- known as ''crash pads'' -- that were once crammed with airline employees. Kew Gardens lies halfway between Kennedy and La Guardia Airports, and many airline employees share rental apartments there to be close to the airports they report to, even if they also live in other cities with their families.
''It's been very bad,'' said Mike Bosco, the owner of Casa Bosco, a pizzeria on Metropolitan Avenue in Kew Gardens. ''A lot of my customers from the airlines have been coming in to say goodbye, at least 20 in the last few weeks, and those were just the ones who said something.''
While the air transport sector ranks fourth as an employer of Queens residents after retail, health care and manufacturing, no other industry in the borough is suffering losses as great as the airline sector's, economists and labor experts say.
The situation is the worst for businesses in the neighborhoods closest to the airports and most dependent on air travel.
The airline industry has announced reductions so far that would eliminate as many as 100,000 jobs nationwide.
The precise impact on Queens is still unknown because many of the layoffs are still coming, but officials with the New York State Department of Labor said this month that up to 8,000 air transport jobs could be lost in New York City, almost all of them in Queens.
Based on a survey of the airlines and labor unions, the Fiscal Policy Institute estimated that 5,000 air transport jobs in Queens would be eliminated by the end of this year.
Another study released this month, by the Center for an Urban Future, a public policy group, examined the impact of the airline industry's troubles on businesses like parking lots and in-flight caterers, and reported steep losses for many of them.
The experience of Jim Sparro, the owner of Air Park, which operates two parking lots, one near Kennedy and the other near La Guardia, is typical for many of those businesses, according to the center's report and interviews with dozens of business owners across the borough.
Mr. Sparro, who said he had parked 150 cars at each of his lots before Sept. 11, said he was now parking an average of 65 cars a day and had to apply for a small-business loan to pay his bills and stay open. He said that he had laid off 10 of his 30 employees and that the others were working an average of one day fewer a week.
''We're pretty much taking it on the chin,'' Mr. Sparro said. He added that although business nearly disappeared altogether in the two weeks after the attacks, he had expected it to bounce back by now.
Juan Carlos Lopez, who runs the Luggage Doctor with his father in East Elmhurst, near La Guardia, said that business was brisk before Sept. 11 and that the two were planning to double the size of their operation and move it near Kennedy.
''It was working well. We even had plans to move out and expand a little,'' said Mr. Lopez, who opened the business two years ago. ''But everything had to stop, and we're just going to see what happens.''Continue reading the main story


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Turn around, don't drown
Each year, more deaths occur due to flooding than from any other severe weather related hazard.
March 18-22 is National Flood Safety Awareness Week, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). Since 2010, 285 fatalities occurred from flooding in the U.S., according to NWS.
In the U.S., 57 percent of all flood fatalities occurring when driving or walking, according to NWS. The main reason is people underestimate the force and power of water. More than half of all flood related deaths result from vehicles being swept downstream. Of these, many are preventable.
Turn Around, Don't Drown, or TADD is a NWS campaign to warn people of the hazards of walking or driving a vehicle through floodwaters.
To avoid getting caught is this situation, NWS recommends the following safety rules:
• Monitor the NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards, or your favorite news source for vital weather related information.
• If flooding occurs, get to higher ground. Get out of areas subject to flooding. This includes dips, low spots, canyons, washes etc.
• Avoid areas already flooded, especially if the water is flowing fast. Do not attempt to cross flowing streams.
• Road beds may be washed out under flood waters. You should never drive through flooded roadways.
• Do not camp or park your vehicle along streams and washes, particularly during threatening conditions.
• Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize flood dangers.
It is only a matter of time before the next flood, so why not be prepared? For more information, visit NWS's Flood Safety Awareness website at http://www.floodsafety.noaa.gov/.
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BEFORE last year's triple disaster in northeast Japan, Tsuchiyu Onsen drew tens of thousands of tourists in search of the recuperative qualities of its piping hot spring water.
Almost 18 months after the nuclear accident at nearby Fukushima Daiichi power plant, that same natural resource is about to turn this spa resort into a trailblazer for the country's push towards renewable energy.
By spring 2014, Tsuchiyu, 15km from Fukushima, will be generating 250 kilowatts of electricity — about a quarter of the city's total needs — at a geothermal plant hidden away in the surrounding mountains.
The plant will be the first to be built inside a national park, a controversial move that only became possible after the environment ministry recently relaxed regulations on developing protected areas.
If all goes to plan, the project could not only help the town become self-sufficient in power generation, but revive its role as a tourist destination after visitor numbers plummeted amid lingering fears over radiation.
In the past, hot-spring operators have been among the fiercest opponents of geothermal energy, an obvious source of energy given Japan's huge subterranean reserves of volcanic water.
Many fear the plants would affect the flow and quality of the water, which is pumped up from the depths and then cooled for the benefit of Japan's enthusiastic bathers.
In Tsuchiyu, however, where half a dozen hotels remain closed with earthquake damage, spa owners are among the new geothermal generator's keenest backers.
"The plant won't affect the water quality or the temperature," said Kazuya Ikeda, general manager of the Tsuchiyu Onsen Tourist Association. "We have surveyed opinion in the town, and no one has raised any objections."
The move also makes economic sense. Under a new feed-in tariff system introduced last month, utilities are required to pay premium prices for renewable energy — 42 yen per kilowatt for geothermal power.
Resistance to geothermal power, coupled with the pre-Fukushima faith in nuclear, means that until now Japan has failed to tap into a resource that energy experts believe has huge potential. Its 18 geothermal plants account for 0.2 per cent of electricity output, according to the trade and industry ministry.
Scientists believe the sector's share could rise enormously thanks to the feed-in tariff, new subsidies to fund feasibility studies and test-drilling, and official recognition that nuclear's heyday has passed.
Profits from the venture will be used to repair three damaged hotels and rebuild three others that were destroyed in the earthquake.
In the long term, Ikeda believes Tsuchiyu will become a model for other small towns struggling to find clean and stable sources of energy, while experts debate if nuclear has any role to play in Japan's future energy mix.
Eventually, the geothermal plant will be capable of generating 1,000 kilowatts, according to Ikeda. That is a tiny fraction of the capacity of just one of Fukushima Daiichi's now crippled reactors. But with opposition to nuclear restarts unlikely to waver, towns such as Tsuchiyu have no choice but to turn to alternatives, he said.
"If it hadn't been for the nuclear disaster, we would never have given this project a second thought." — The Guardian, London


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In a rural position on the owner's working farm, this excellent quality barn conversion retains original beams, one even dating back to C18th. With a ground floor double bedroom with ensuite wet room, the barn caters for less able guests and is ideally located for exploring Mid Wales.
Size: Sleeps 8, 4 bedrooms
Nearest amenities: 2 miles
Pets: Sorry, no pets
Short breaks: Available in lowest season; at other times may be offered at short notice
Smoking: No smoking inside please
Rooms: 4 bedrooms (one downstairs), 2 ensuite shower rooms, wheelchair accessible 'wet room', family bathroom, kitchen, sitting/dining room
Beds: 3 doubles, 2 singles
General: Underfloor and central heating, woodburner, TV, DVD
Utilities: Electric oven and hob, microwave, fridge, freezer; dishwasher, washing machine
Standard: Kettle, toaster, iron
Luxuries: WiFi
Other: Linen and towels provided
Outdoors: Spacious enclosed lawned gardens with garden furniture and barbecue
Parking: Private parking


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Today's point was located in the middle of Roberta Dr. in the neighbourhood of Lawrence Manor.
Splitdipless and his Very Understanding Girlfriend.
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We took on this hash on the way back from London, ON. We didn't have any time to visit any hashes in that graticule, as the points where too far away from our primary purpose.
I was able to remember that the point was on a particular street from research on the day before, so we drove to Roberta Dr., and fired up the GPS device (I've yet to give it a nice name).
Fun fact: it can take 3 lights to make a left turn from Wilson Ave. to Bathurst St. on a Sunday afternoon.
When we got our position and entered the information on the GPS, we where within 300 m. We drove around Roberta Dr. until we were past the point. I parked 'em' and then we stepped out on the street to see where the point was. Turns out, it was on the street, right where we passed through. That means the Very Understanding Girlfriend won a speed racer!
We took a couple snaps after the hunt for the exact point, then got back in 'Em' and continued on our way home.


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Spencer, TN 38585
Join us for our 2017 SVTF Halloween Spooktacular gathering. For years you've all wanted a Halloween event …and last years was a huge success. This one will be a blast and the campground is wonderful too!
We have held 33 campsites in under Southern Vintage Trailer Friends. The sites are 50 – 80, 83 & 87. We were unable to hold any "premium sites" but some of those sites may be available if you ask.
Gathering Coordinators: Randy & Vicki Allen
Contact the campground directly on their reservation line 1-800-250-8611 and tell them you are with SVTF (Southern Vintage Trailers) and let them know you want one of the "held" sites. Please note sites 52-59 and 87 are water, sewer, electric others are water and electric only
SITES WILL ONLY BE HELD THROUGH MAY 1st.
After May first they will be opened up to the general public.
There will be NO trailer tour or open house and no event fee for this gathering.
All sites have tables, grills, water, and electricity and are served by six bathhouses. Some sites have sewer connections. Ice and firewood may be purchased year-round.
Each site may contain no more than eight people. A campsite may contain only one camping unit (motor home, trailer, pop-up, pickup camper, lowed camper, etc.) This site may also contain one tent but no more than three tents.
HORSEBACK RIDING: The Fall Creek Falls Stables are located within the park and are privately leased. There are two miles of trail. Guided trail rides are scheduled hourly and last approximately 45 minutes. The stables are open daily mid-March until October 31 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. CT. Cost is $25 per person, cash Only. For more information call the stables at 423-881-5952.
HIKING: There are over 35 miles of hiking trails around the park. Hikers can opt for short or long walks around the lake and to and from the base of Fall Creek Falls.


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You are here: UNA-UK mourns former director Malcolm Harper
UNA-UK was deeply saddened by the death of Malcolm Harper, who served as Director of the Association from 1982 to 2004.
The funeral service will be held on Thursday 23 May at 2pm at St Mary's Church, Charlbury OX7 3PX. (No flowers please)
A truly global citizen, Malcolm dedicated his life to the values of the UN Charter and the ultimate goal of the United Nations: achieving life in larger freedom for all the peoples of the world.
After studying at Cambridge, Malcolm worked for Oxfam from 1963 to 1981, where he served in the field in countries including Cambodia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Vietnam.
He continued to seek out activists and organisations from all corners of the globe during his time at UNA-UK. The Association's work on conflict prevention and peacebuilding took him to troubled regions, from Afghanistan to Somalia, where he met with UN and NGO staff, as well as local community representatives. He also gave over two decades of dedicated service to the Executive Committee of the World Federation of UNAs, which he chaired in 1995-2000.
Malcolm's priorities at UNA-UK were wide-ranging - a product of his compassion for vulnerable people and his commitment to working on the full spectrum of issues covered by the UN.
In his own account of his 22 years with the Association, he gave particular prominence to UNA-UK's work on arms control and disarmament, support for UNESCO after the UK's withdrawal from the body in 1985 (the UK re-joined in 1997), engaging local communities in the UN's sustainable development action plan Agenda 21 and campaigning for the International Criminal Court.
His directorship also coincided with the 40th and 50th anniversaries of the United Nations. On both occasions, he worked with a broad coalition of partners to put together activities that engaged everyone from the Queen and the Prime Minister to grassroots UNA-UK members and primary-school children.
Outside work, Malcolm stayed true to his mission of internationalism. He served as a Governor of International Students' House in London, Chair of the International Broadcasting Trust, and on the Board of Stakeholder Forum. The only contest between nations that he sanctioned was cricket.
Malcolm leaves behind Ann, his wife of 47 years, who was very much involved with the UNA Charlbury branch; daughters Clare and Kate; son Charles; and a two-year-old grandson.
A full UNA-UK tribute will be published shortly (see below for other tributes).
Messages of condolence for his family and tributes are currently being collected by UNA-UK. Please send these to Natalie Saad on firstname.lastname@example.com
Malcolm Harper's personal reflections on his time at UNA-UK
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Getting Inside Buffett's Head
For as long as I have worked in financial services, the reading of Warren Buffett's annual letter has been something done with a coffee in one hand and a pen in the other. No doubt, this ritual is practiced by many: business school students, finance and economics professors trying to find inspiration for exam questions and investors of all kinds the world over. It has always amazed me that one person, year after year, could attract so many people's attention through his offerings of wisdom on investing and on life in general.
With every year's letter I learn new things -- either cool new ways to express investment concepts, or the reinforcing of ideas I didn't quite appreciate wholeheartedly. Like many others, when I've viewed Mr. Buffett's common stock investments I've tended to wonder such things as, "Should I purchase American Express (AXP), Coca-Cola (KO) and IBM (IBM) now even though I know the Oracle of Omaha got in at a cheaper price?" Surely if Warren Buffett proclaims that these high-profile names are near-indestructible businesses for as far into the future as the eye can see, than certainly I must take some money from savings and put it to work, no?...825 more words left in this article. To read them, just click below and try Real Money FREE for 14 days.
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Marketers Question Effectiveness of Traditional Radio Advertisements
June 24, 2014 --
New Haven, CT (PRWEB) June 24, 2014
Many marketing professionals indicate they are fed up with the quality of results from traditional radio spot advertisements and believe there must be a better way to achieve marketing objectives using radio.
Sixty-two percent of consumer brand marketers and advertising agency decision-makers agreed with that sentiment in a random poll conducted by radio marketing company CRN International. More than 90 percent reported less-than-stellar results from spot commercials. At the same time, 57 percent said they feel promotions, branded content and other non-advertising strategies collectively generate the greatest results for their brands.
The findings by no means were an indictment of radio as an effective marketing medium. In fact, the vast majority of respondents reported they have used radio in their marketing mix and achieved success in a variety of ways. More than 244 million Americans listen to radio every week, according to the Radio Advertising Bureau.
The responses suggested high levels of satisfaction with a number of non-traditional radio marketing tactics. For example:
- 57 percent indicated they were very pleased with the results of campaigns that employed branded radio content.
- 71 percent reported being very pleased with the results of campaigns that employed on-air celebrity DJ endorsements and recommendations.
- 93 percent said they were very pleased with the results of campaigns that employed testimonials from everyday people.
- 52 percent said they were pleased with the results of campaigns that included local radio station appearances.
- 63 percent reported being pleased with the results of campaigns that employed radio-activated contests and sweepstakes.
The results support our belief that traditional advertising, while still the most common way to deliver a marketing message on radio, is not the most effective way, said Robert OMara, CRNs Managing Director of Strategy and Development. Its not necessarily the fault of the ads themselves. But the nature of radio broadcasters to combine all commercials within a designated stop set of several minutes often causes listeners to lose focus. Some of the other radio marketing tactics, by design, are geared to separate messaging from the ad clutter and hold listener interest and attention.
Barry Berman, President and Founder of CRN International, said, Consumers are wary of advertising in general. Promotional radio, which is the essence of what we do, allows a product to achieve noise levels considerably higher than limited conventional spot advertising.
The survey included marketers from a variety of industry segments including automotive, financial, food and beverage, retail, household goods, personal care, business to business, agencies, and others.
About CRN International
CRN International (http://www.crnradio.com) uses radio differently to solve marketing challenges for major brands. It is based in Hamden, CT, and has offices in New York; Minneapolis; Detroit; Houston; and Hershey, PA.
Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2014/06/prweb11962516.htm.


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Below are some suggestions and considerations to take into account when using Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 with ADFS.
If Dynamics CRM and ADFS are on the same server:
Use port 443 for ADFS server and another for CRM
On the CRM Website, remove extra bindings (related to some WCF services) and only keep HTTP and HTTPS ones.
Multiple bindings: not supported by WCF
Note that Custom STS can be used (WIF and ADFS Sdk).
Check the Certificate in use and the permission granted to the CRMAppPool identity.
Check the DNS configuration.
If you create a New Org, update the FederationMetadata through ADFS wizard to take that into consideration straight away.
Check Proxy /Firewall Server settings, Antivirus and also if .PAC file is in use
Policy can limit the size of the Token (Kerberos or SAML).
Policy can limit some SOAP request and FetchXML.
Rules to publish through ISA or TMG: Allow the STS URL / Dev URL, Auth and Org URL's.
On Client machine:
Check Credentials Manager
Check the Windows Client Firewall
Check LAN settings - Auto detect Proxy
Useful links are at the below:
Also, to avoid 404 & 401 errors with CRM & ADFS, below are notes on this, which is for best practice:
Host A resource records: Associate computer names to IP address for resolution in a domain.
CNAME or canonical names: Allows you to use more than one name to point to a single host defined.
Associate alias to a domain.
The way it works is if you defined a CNAME so the DNS needs to find the domain zone then machine name then IP, so it consumes more DNS resource.
If during this process it failed you may receive a 404 error, and Host A is quickly resolved than CNAME.
The main reason it is better to declare host A instead of CNAME is to make sure about the Windows Integrated Authentication for Internal access and avoid 401 errors (as Kerberos ticket can be asked for the alias or the hostname) .
So the below can be done:
Create HOST (A) record in the DNS
DisableLoopbackCheck=1 reg key
Then define HOST/adfsspn in the AD as SPN
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If you spend an unhealthy amount of time looking for event tickets, then you've probably been to Ticketmaster a time or ten. And if you've been to Ticketmaster, then you know just how many events are covered under its umbrella.
However, if you're not sitting at your computer when you hear about an event or the mood strikes you to buy tickets of some kind, you were pretty much out of the loop until you made your way to a PC.Read More


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If my husband lies on top of me and his weight squashes my breasts down, might my implants burst?
If my Husband Lies on Top of Me and His Weight Squashes my Breasts Down, Might my Implants Burst?
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Breast Implant Rupture from Blunt Trauma?
Blunt force trauma hardly ever ruptures a breast implant. Usually, a sharp object would have to cause this. At some point, the implant shell weakens through the years and is more capable of being ruptured.
it is pretty hard to break these implants with any kind of weight or pressure. they should not break!!
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Depends on how much he weighs
Your husband will likely crush your ribcage before he is able to pop your implants. Implants will not break from this. Don't worry.
Worried about bursting...
Fortunately, the answer is that you don't have to worry. The implants are designed to tolerate the activities of life - they should be perfectly fine, even if your husband lies on top of you.
Husband Rupture my Breast Implants?
Thank you for the question.
No, ( although I cannot make any promises) generally it would take significantly more force than your husband's weight to cause breast implant rupture. Be careful however to avoid this amount of weight if you are early out from your breast augmentation surgery.
Best wishes.
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Microsoft has launched an online store where US customers can buy its software and hardware products.
There were already Microsoft Stores for people in the UK, Germany and Korea, and the US store launched yesterday.
"With this launch, our customers in the US are able to buy first-party software and hardware directly from Microsoft offered in a comprehensive online catalog," said Trevin Chow, Microsoft senior program manager, in a blog post about the site launch.
Online shoppers in the US have been able to buy and download some Microsoft software from the Windows Marketplace. But some Microsoft hardware, like the Xbox, has been available only from third-party retailers and is now for sale in the Microsoft Store.
People will be able to re-download software products that they buy for as long as Microsoft supports the product, typically five years, Chow said. Customers can also copy the software onto disks for future access.
Microsoft will store product keys for buyers, who will be able to access the keys online if they need to re-install the software.
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