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|Stereotyping of citizens in an expatriate-dominated labour market: Implications for workforce localisation policy
|Mohammed Al-Waqfi, (College of Business and Economics, United Arab Emirates University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates), Ingo Forstenlechner, (College of Business and Economics, United Arab Emirates University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates)
|Mohammed Al-Waqfi, Ingo Forstenlechner, (2010) "Stereotyping of citizens in an expatriate-dominated labour market: Implications for workforce localisation policy", Employee Relations, Vol. 32 Iss: 4, pp.364 - 381
|Individual perception, Intergroup relations, Labour market, National economy, Stereotypes, United Arab Emirates
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|10.1108/01425451011051596 (Permanent URL)
|Emerald Group Publishing Limited
|The authors are grateful to Emirates Foundation and Oxy Occidental, which funded this research under Emirates Foundation grants 2008/034 and 2009/190. Further, the authors would like to thank Mohamed T. Madi and Hassan M. Selim for their assistance in developing the instrument as well Robert Studholme and the anonymous reviewers for their comments on earlier versions of this paper.
Purpose – Even though initiatives to increase the participation of citizens in the workforce have been in place for more than a decade in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the results are not impressive. Citizens' workforce participation – it is argued in the literature – is hindered by structural as well as attitudinal concerns. A key concern of this paper is to explore stereotypes which – as anecdotal evidence in the literature suggests – are a key hindrance to successful localisation.
Design/methodology/approach – A survey was completed by 310 expatriates and citizens. Exploratory factor analysis was used to understand the key factors describing how UAE citizens are perceived and stereotyped and ANOVA analyses were used to understand the determinants of such perceptions.
Findings – Findings confirm the general belief that Emiratis are negatively stereotyped by expatriates in the UAE labour market. Four themes or factors regarding perceptions of citizens were identified: generally negative perceptions with regard to skills and competencies, work ethics, cultural disposition, and perceived effectiveness of Emiratisation.
Research limitations/implications – The sample was not ideally balanced as it included more citizens compared to the overall composition of the labour market.
Practical implications – The implications of these negative stereotypes on intergroup relations and expected impacts on Emiratisation are discussed. Ultimately, this paper provides a new subject perspective on immigration, presenting the case of citizens being a minority in need of acculturation to their own country's work environment.
Originality/value – This paper is the first to empirically assess stereotyping and negative perceptions of citizens and its implications on workforce nationalisation in the GCC region.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration made an ill-advised ruling in April allowing the manufacture and sale of powdered alcohol.
New York state is wisely attempting to undo the harm.
Powdered alcohol is the brainchild of a company called Lipsmark. The product goes by the name Palcohol. Lipsmark applied to the FDA for approval to make and market the product. The FDA gave it.
Since then, the FDA has reconsidered and withdrawn its approval, but Lipsmark has reapplied and now awaits the government's final decision.
Should the FDA again give its approval, the governments in a number of states want to head off the use of Palcohol within their borders, particularly the illegal use by underage customers. Vermont is one state that has already passed legislation to ban powdered alcohol. New York is considering such a bill.
The Senate has passed a bill banning the sale of powdered alcohol. The Assembly is expected to vote on it.
Specifically, the bill, sponsored by Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz, would prohibit anyone from selling, offering for sale or providing for consumption any powdered or crystalline alcoholic product.
The objection to the product should be obvious. Whereas bottles and cans are virtually impossible to conceal, a powdered variety would be as unobtrusive as a handkerchief. Even schools could be the new sites for boozing it up undetected.
The bill's Senate sponsor was Republican Joseph Griffo of Utica. Here is his rationale for the bill:
"Powdered alcohol can be transported very easily and can be hidden in a pocket, making it more portable than a bottle or flask of liquor. There are very serious concerns about the illegal use of powdered alcohol by young people, possibly even bringing it into schools or other events and locations that prohibit alcohol consumption.
"There could also be dangerous health risks from snorting this product to get alcohol directly to the brain. It could even be sprinkled onto someone's food or in their drink without the other person's knowledge."


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My advice to Windows Phone users: complain.
One of the most common complaints I hear about Windows is that it is slow to start up. Everything is fine when a machine is new (especially if it is a clean install or purchased from a Microsoft store, and therefore free from foistware), but as time goes on it gets slower and slower. Even a fast PC with lots of RAM does not fix it. Slow boot is one of many factors behind the drift away from PCs to tablets, and to some extent Macs.
As far as I can tell, the main reason PCs become slow to start is one that has been around since DOS days. Some may recall fussing about TSR – Terminate and Stay Resident – applications that would run at startup and stay in memory, possibly causing other applications to fail. Windows today is generally stable, but it is applications that run at startup that cause your PC to start slowly, as well as having some impact on performance later.
I install lots of software for testing so I suffer from this myself. This morning I took a look at what is slowing down my desktop PC. You can view them easily in Windows 8, in Task Manager – Startup tab. A few of the culprits:
Many of these applications run in order to install a notification app – these are the things that run at bottom right, in the notification area of the taskbar. Some apps install their own schedulers, like the Seagate app which lets you schedule backup tasks. Some apps are there simply to check for updates and inform you of new versions.
You can speed up Windows startup by going through case by case and disabling startup items that you do not need. Here is a useful guide. It is an unsatisfactory business though. Users have no easy way to judge whether or not a specific app is doing an important or useful task. You might break something. When you next update the application, the startup app may reappear. It is a mess.
Microsoft should have addressed this problem aggressively, years ago. It did put great effort into making Windows boot faster, but never focussed on the harder task of bringing third-parties into line. A few points:
Of course it is too late now for desktop Windows. Microsoft did rethink the matter for the "Metro" personality in Windows 8, which is one reason why Windows RT is such a pleasure to use. Apple does not allow apps to run on startup in iOS, though you can have apps respond to push notifications, and that strikes me as the best approach.
Update: I should mention a feature of Windows 8 called Fast Boot (I was reminded of this by a commenter – thanks Danny). Fast Boot does a hybrid shutdown and hibernation:
Essentially a Windows 8 shutdown consists of logging off all users and then hibernating.
This is almost another subject, though relevant. Microsoft has for years sought to address the problem of slow boot by designing Windows never to switch off. There are two basic approaches:
Sleep: the computer is still on, applications are in memory, but in a low power state with screen and hard drives off.
Hibernation: the computer writes the contents of its memory to disk storage, then powers off. On startup, it reads back the memory and resumes.
My own experience is that Sleep does not work reliably long-term. It sometimes works, but sooner or later it will fail to resume and you may lose data. Another issue on portables is that the "low-power state" is not as low power as it should be, and your battery drains. These factors have persuaded me to shut down rather than sleep.
My experience of hibernation is better, though not perfect. It usually works, but occasionally fails and again you lose data.
Fast boot is a clever solution that works for some, but it is a workaround that does not address the real issue which I have outlined above: third-party and Microsoft applications that insist on automatic start-up.
One day you will be able to buy a Windows device and have a smooth and delightful experience getting started.
To be fair, something like a Surface tablet can give offer a reasonable experience if you are lucky.
Not so a Toshiba Portege Z930 ultrabook – at least, not if you buy one with Windows 7 pre-installed, and want to run Windows 8, as a contact of mine has just done.
Why would you not buy one with Windows 8 pre-installed instead? With hindsight, that is what I would recommend; but since it says on the box, "This system is pre-installed with Windows 7 Pro software and also comes with a license and media for Windows 8 Pro software," he did not think it much mattered.
The problem: The Z930 has no optical drive, but Windows 8 is supplied in the form of two recovery DVDs.
I thought that was pretty silly, but luckily I know all the tricks about creating a bootable USB drive from a DVD. I even spotted the note in the box that instructs you to go into the BIOS and change it from CSM Boot to UEFI Boot.
No go. It would not boot from the USB drive in UEFI mode, and in CSM mode (which is also meant to work for Windows 8, with a few limitations) it boots, starts a Toshiba recovery wizard, and then bombs out.
I spoke to support. The first thing they told me, unprompted, was to make Windows 7 recovery disks, since not everyone likes Windows 8.
Next, the support guy was surprised that a model without a DVD drive ships with DVDs. Had the machine been tampered with? Then he looked it up, and admitted that they are all like that.
After a little more investigation, he said there is no way it will work from a bootable USB drive, because it is coded to look for the DVD. The only way is to buy an external DVD drive and attach it via USB.
The behaviour began to make sense to me. The scripts must be hard-coded to look on the optical drive for the files. I'd guess you can fix it by modifying the scripts if you know where to look, but life is too short and I went out and bought a DVD drive.
Smooth after that? Not brilliant. Recover Windows 8, go to Store for Windows 8.1, remember that you have to apply updates before it appears, apply 80 Windows updates, remove McAfee trialware and a few other unwanted applications, back to Store, do large Windows 8.1 download, and done.
In an era where usability is king, it is remarkable that Toshiba thinks that shipping DVDs with a computer that cannot read them is a smart thing to do. That said, I have a few more observations.
As for the Z930, it is a lovely light, fast laptop if you do not need touch. But when will Windows OEMs, and to some extent Microsoft itself, learn the importance of out-of-the-box user experience?
The audiophile world (small niche though it is) is buzzing with a renewed interest in high resolution audio, now to be known as HRA.
See, for example, Why the Time is Right for High-Res Audio, or Sony's new Hi-Res USB DAC System for PC Audio, or Gramophone on At last high-resolution audio is about to go mainstream, or Mark Fleischmann on CD Quality Is Not High-Res Audio:
True HRA is not a subtle improvement. With the best software and hardware, a good recording, and good listening conditions, it is about as subtle as being whacked with a mallet, and I mean that in a good way. It is an eye opener. In lieu of "is that all there is?" you think "wow, listen to what I've been missing!" … The Compact Disc format is many good things but high-res it is not. It has a bit depth of 16 and a sampling rate of 44.1 kHz. In other words, it processes a string of 16 zeroes and ones 44,100 times per second. Digitally speaking, this is a case of arrested development dating back to the early 1980s. We can do better now.
As an audio enthusiast, I would love this to be true. But it is not. Fleischmann appears to be ignorant of the Nyquist-Shannon sampling theorem, which suggests that the 16-bit/44.1 kHz CD format can exactly reproduce an analogue sound wave from 20–22,050 Hz and with a dynamic range (difference between quietest and loudest signal) of better than 90Db.
Yes there are some ifs and buts, and if CD had been invented today it would probably have used a higher resolution of say 24-bit/96 Khz which gives more headroom and opportunity for processing the sound without degradation; but nevertheless, CD is more than good enough for human hearing. Anyone who draws graphs of stair steps, or compares CD audio vs HRA to VHS or DVD vs Blu-Ray, is being seriously misleading.
Yes, Sony, you are a disgrace. What is this chart meant to show?
If shows that DACs output a bumpy signal it is simply false. If it purports to show that high-res reproduces an analogue original more accurately within the normal audible range of 20-20,000 Hz it is false too.
As an aside, what non-technical reader would guess that those huge stair steps for "CD" are 1/44,100th of a second apart?
The Meyer-Moran test, in which a high-res original was converted to CD quality and then compared with the original under blind conditions (nobody could reliably tell the difference), has never been debunked, nor has anyone conducted a similar experiment with different results as far as I am aware.
You can also conduct your own experiments, as I have. Download some samples from SoundKeeper Recordings or Linn. Take the highest resolution version, and convert it to CD format. Then upsample the CD quality version back to the high-resolution format. You now have two high-res files, but one is no better than CD quality. Can you hear the difference? I've yet to find someone who can.
Read this article on 24/192 Music Downloads … and why they make no sense and watch the referenced video for more on this subject.
Still, audio is a mysterious thing, and maybe in the right conditions, with the right equipment, there is some slight difference or improvement.
What I am sure of, is that it will be nowhere near as great as the improvement we could get if CDs were sensibly mastered. Thanks to the loudness wars, few CDs come close to the audio quality of which they are capable. Here is a track for a CD from the 80s which sounds wonderful, Tracy Chapman's debut, viewed as a waveform in Adobe Audition:
And here is a track from Elton John's latest, The Diving Board:
This everything louder than everything else effect means that the sound is more fatiguing and yes, lower fidelity, than it should be; and The Diving Board is far from the worst example (in fact, it is fairly good by today's standards).
It is not really the fault of recording engineers. In many cases they hate it too. Rather, it is the dread of artists and labels that their sales may suffer if a recording is quieter (when the volume control is at the same level) than someone else's.
Credit to Apple which is addressing this to some extent with its Mastered for iTunes initiative:
Many artists and producers feel that louder is better. The trend for louder music has resulted in both ardent fans of high volumes and backlash from audiophiles, a
controversy known as "the loudness wars." This is solely an issue with music. Movies, for example, have very detailed standards for the final mastering volume of a film's
soundtrack. The music world doesn't have any such standard, and in recent years the de facto process has been to make masters as loud as possible. While some feel that overly
loud mastering ruins music by not giving it room to breathe, others feel that the aesthetic of loudness can be an appropriate artistic choice for particular songs or
Analog masters traditionally have volume levels set as high as possible, just shy of oversaturation, to improve the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). With digital masters, the goal
is to achieve the highest gain possible without losing information about the original file due to clipping.
With digital files, there's a limit to how loud you can make a track: 0dBFS. Trying to increase a track's overall loudness beyond this point results in distortion caused by
clipping and a loss in dynamic range. The quietest parts of a song increase in volume, yet the louder parts don't gain loudness due to the upper limits of the digital format.
Although iTunes doesn't reject files for a specific number of clips, tracks which have audible clipping will not be badged or marketed as Mastered for iTunes.
Back to my original point: what is the point of messing around with the doubtful benefits of HRA, if the obvious and easily audible problem of excessive dynamic compression is not addressed first?
None at all. The audio industry should stop trying to mislead its customers by appealing to the human instinct that bigger numbers must mean better sound, and instead get behind some standards for digital music that will improve the sound we get from all formats.
I have been looking at the Bing Maps app on Windows 8 and 8.1 (it is the same).
It is surprising how poor it is. The web version is better, which is odd because you would have thought they used the same data.
Here is what I get from the app if I search for public transport between Derby and Birmingham (on a direct rail route):
Bing Maps on the web has no problem with this:
Here is another random example. Bing maps app cannot find Dubrovnik airport. A search only finds Dubrovnik.
Oddly, if you know where the airport is, it is in fact marked on the map.
Web app: no problem:
If Microsoft wants Windows 8 tablets to succeed, glaring problems like this need fixing. Before the release of Windows 8.1 later this year.
I don't get this. You go online to book (or check prices) at National Express.
Hmm, that 13.00 looks a good deal at £9.00. But maybe I'll go earlier. Click Show Earlier Coaches.
Oops! Not only are all the prices more for the earlier journeys, but the 13.00 is now £10.70. What if I now go back with Show later coaches?
Bad new – the 13.00 is still £10.70. Good news – the 16.00 which was £14.00 is now only £12.70.
What if I clear cookies, or revisit the site in a different browser?
Yes, it's back to the old prices.
My experience is that price reductions are rare. They almost always go up. And that simply closing the browser and starting a new session is not enough to make them go back down. In the worst case, a £19.00 ticket went up to £30.
The behaviour is too consistent to be caused by other factors, like other customers booking or cancelling trips.
A bug? Or does National Express like to play games with its customers?
Wondering why your Windows PC performs less well than it used to? One culprit might be the otherwise cool Roccat Savu gaming mouse. Looking at task manager, I noticed that the driver consistently grabs more than 25% CPU on my Windows 8 box.
If anyone has a fix, let me know. Other than, you know, right-click and Exit.
When I arrived in Bologna yesterday I was well prepared. I had found my hotel on Google Maps and printed out the map. I had plenty of time, so rather than take a taxi from the airport I decided to take the bus and then a short walk to the hotel.
All went well, I thought; I got off at the right stop, crossed the river, and walked to where the hotel was on my map. It a sizeable hotel and is even marked on the map.
Oh dear. No hotel. I was on the right road, but instead of a welcoming hostelry there was a high fence behind which was a residential area.
I sought directions. Unfortunately I don't speak Italian, but I pointed at the hotel on my Google Map. My helpers did not speak English but helpfully pointed me back the way that I came.
I turned on my smartphone. Bing Maps could not find the hotel at all, a fact confirmed by the full browser version.
I tried Nokia Drive. That could find the hotel, but placed it in the same wrong place as Google Maps. I walked there anyway. I was standing right next to the finish flag, no hotel.
Again I sought directions. This time my helper spoke good English. "It is the other side of the river", he said. Only about 10-15 minutes walk, but still.
He was right. Here is the hotel's map on its site, again a Google map but note with its own pushpin.
Google maps thinks it is east of the river, but in fact it is west of the river, approximately 1.5km away from Google's location.
The hotel is not particularly small.
No surprise I guess that Google Maps has errors, but I am surprised that a prominent hotel in a well-known city is so significantly misplaced. And that Nokia Drive has the same wrong information, suggesting a common source.
The lesson: local knowledge is best.
It gives me pause for thought though. On the web, if Google cannot find you, traffic drops alarmingly. Could the same be true in the physical world? Could there be future lawsuits over lost business from missing or incorrect information on IT systems on which we rely?
Fortunately I was still in good time for a nice plate of pasta before bed.
Postscript: The hotel told us that it is aware of the issue and has told Google "many times" but has been unable to get it corrected.
Another point worth mentioning: in order to find the right bus I had consulted with Tourist Information at the airport. They had worked out my route using … Google Maps. It shows the extent Google's service is embedded into our way of life, increasing the significance of errors.
Or possibly both. Amazon's AutoRip service means that when you buy one of a limited, but considerable, range of CDs, you get an MP3 version in your Amazon cloud player for free. Even past purchases are automatically added, which means US customers have received emails informing them that hundreds or in some cases thousands of tracks have been added to their Amazon cloud player.
The service adds value to CD purchases in several ways. You get instant delivery, so you can start listening to your music straight away, and when the CD comes in the post, you can enjoy the artwork and play it on your hi-fi for best quality.
Amazon is differentiating from Apple, which only sells a download.
An infernal creature lies in the details though. Here are a few comments from Steve Hoffman's music forum:
Got Auto-rip Pink Floyd's DSOTM 2011 mastering of the DSOTM SACD that I bought in 2003.
I now have autorips of cd's I no loner own…..interesting concept.
I now have autorips of CDs I bought as gifts.
These customers have done nothing wrong. They bought a CD from Amazon and gave it away or sold it, but it is still in their Amazon history, so now they have the MP3s.
Another interesting point is that Amazon appears to treat all versions of the same recording as equal. This is why I have included the comment about the Pink Floyd album above. Record companies have done well over the years by persuading fans to buy the same CD again in a remastered version, sometimes with bonus tracks. The Beatles 2009 remastered CDs are a well-known example. But if customers with unremastered CDs are now getting remastered MP3s automatically, this type of sale is harder to make.
The gift issue is more serious. The terms and conditions say:
Albums purchased in orders including one or more items marked as "gifts" at purchase are not eligible for AutoRip.
and intriguingly:
If you cancel your order or return this album, our normal order cancellation and product return policies will apply regarding the physical version of this album. However, if you download any of the tracks on the MP3 version of the album from your Cloud Player library (including if you have enabled auto-download to a device and any of the tracks on the MP3 version of the album auto-download), you will be considered to have purchased the MP3 version of the album from the Amazon MP3 Store and we will charge your credit card (or other payment method) for the then-current price of the MP3 version of the album (which will be non-refundable and may be a higher price than the physical version of the album).
Someone therefore has thought about the problem, though I predict unhappy customers, if they buy a faulty CD, return it, and find they have been charged anyway thanks to an auto-download feature of which they might not understand the implications.
Note also that many CDs are purchased as gifts without being marked as gifts in Amazon's system. The idea of marking items as gifts is that you can have gift wrapping and get an item sent to another address, but if you plan to do your own wrapping, it is not necessary.
Here is something else. Audio enthusiasts are not happy with MP3s, preferring the real and/or psychological benefits of the lossless CD format for sound quality. For many people though, the audio is indistinguishable or they do not care about the difference.
What do you do if you receive a CD in the post, having already downloaded and enjoyed the MP3 versions of the tracks? I imagine some customers will figure that they have no use for the CD and sell it. Provided they do not return the CD to Amazon, I cannot see anything in Amazon's terms and conditions that forbids this, though I can see ethical and possibly legal difficulties in some territories.
The consequence is that someone may lose a sale.
My view on this is simple. The only sane way to sell music today is via subscription – the Spotify or Xbox Music model. The idea of "owning" music (which was never really ownership, but rather a licence tied to physical media) is obsolete with today's technology.
Amazon's new initiative demonstrates how little value there is in a downloaded MP3 file – so vanishingly small, that it can give them away to past customers for nothing.
According to my current web stats, 95.6% of those using a search engine to find a post did so using Google. That represents market dominance, and power to make or break a business which depends on web traffic.
Google's search engine is the best in my experience, but I am increasingly concerned about the quality of the results, which are noticeably worse today than they were in the early days.
Ideally (from the user's perspective) its search results should be objective as far as possible; for example, it should not favour sites which spend more money advertising with Google, nor should it favour Google's own web properties above rivals.
I noticed an article in the Guardian stating that this is not the case:
A Google search for credit cards returns with an advert at the top of the screen, far bigger than the rest and bigger than any other website link. Adverts of this size and prominence will attract a high click-through rate. This will prevent searchers going via other affiliate sites or applying directly for a credit card.
I tried it. Here is what I got:
The most prominent results is the one with the images, admittedly marked "sponsored" but in a grey, small font that you could easily miss. This is actually an ad for Google's own affiliate site for credit cards, just click Apply:
I do not get the same issue with Bing, although I do think the designation of which results are ads is too small:
Still, at Bing has not awarded itself a large ad with images that links to its own affiliate scheme.
Of course I can choose not to use Google. Unfortunately though, businesses cannot choose what search engine their customers or potential customers use to find their sites.
I am one of those who believes regulation should be as light as possible, but considering the power Google currently exerts and the lack of fairness in examples like this, it seems to be that some kind of regulation is needed.
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14 Ways Hamas Weaponizes Women, Children, Animals Against Israel
Find out how Hamas and other groups weaponize Palestinian civilians and institutions to attack Israel.
"The Abrahamic faiths, Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, have to find new meaning in the old notion of our shared descent," he says while lecturing about Pilgrims.
Find out how Hamas and other groups weaponize Palestinian civilians and institutions to attack Israel.
"Count them and kill them to the very last one." -- Sheikh Abu Bilal Ismail in Berlin.
Smart power!
Obama may be on the rocks, but he's quite willing to take us all down with him.
"A real potential for these weapons to fall into the hands of insurgents" and threaten lives of U.S. personnel and Afghans.
The Hapless Putz Theory of the Obama Presidency, Part Deux.
Host Glenn Reynolds and pollster/columnist Michael Barone take a look at the Democrats' prospects in the 2014 mid-term elections. (For complete 2014 midterm coverage, get your campaign fix on The Grid.)
Hint: "Compassion for others" ain't one of them.
"When the president gets a cold nationally, he gets pneumonia in the states we care about."
"I found myself moving back into the political fray as a way to talk about the problems that I saw," says Pelto. (For complete 2014 midterm coverage, get your campaign fix on The Grid.)
Want to see what Israel's up against?
Families of the 9/11 victims suspect Eric Holder and the Obama administration of sabotaging the commission.
Developing a reformist agenda for 2016.
God and country and dreams are never gone for good.
"Families in Colstrip have sent a strong message that the EPA's job-killing regulations are a direct threat." (For complete 2014 midterm coverage, get your campaign fix on The Grid.)
Younger Americans don't support Israel despite its strong support for women's and minority rights.
"You're all insane! They started it!"
Foley, McKinney face off over budget and more in quest to challenge Malloy. (For complete 2014 midterm coverage, get your campaign fix on The Grid.)
Prog tech site takes an anti-Israel editorial point of view.
The differences in the debate about the sexless spreadsheet husband go deeper than some men's rights vs feminists culture war.
Big Law's ideological "lawfare" tears down conservative institutions.
What's it like to learn from the best -- in your own home gym? With cameras rolling, the legendary strength coach visits, and gives PJM readers a private seminar.
Barry Rubin's last book dissects the hegemony of radical thought in America.
Is the American taxpayer innocently being used to finance mass murder?
NYT finds that appointed senator plagiarized parts of his U.S. Army War College thesis.
The most destructive action that the US has taken towards Israel since the Truman administration.
My response to David Goldman, with an assist from Col. Kurtz of Apocalypse Now.
Then Kerry could get back on his plane at Tel Aviv's new Sheikh Ahmed Ismail Hassan Yassin International Airport and enjoy a ticker-tape parade down Broadway.
The South is full of hidden gems for the traveler looking for something special.
A machine hack Democrat who carried with him a crudely racialist and anti-Semitic worldview. Sound familiar?
A former community organizer chooses early retirement.
Hispanics are increasing as a proportion of Americans NOT because they are inundating America's borders.
The big slip that could cost the GOP a chance at Levin's Senate seat?
One of the pivotal races that could decide the balance of power in the upper chamber. (For complete 2014 midterm coverage, get your campaign fix on The Grid.)
"The onus is now on…constituents to find out about these changes," says ACLU attorney.
Kerry bumbling and fumbling across the world stage.
"Newfound strengths"? Hardly.
NY Times comes out for legalization of pot.
Hollywood's studio-system magic peaked in the glamorous 1930s, when movies were by far the nation's most important and most loved form of entertainment. Also check out picks for the '40s, '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s, and the '00s.
The world is collapsing and Obama is AWOL.
A selection of this weekend's news tells an entirely different story.
Israel can now go about the business of smashing Hamas.
U.S. Army War College opens investigation while GOP campaign arm jumps on the story.
"We did not make this decision lightly. Security has to come first," says State Department.
Doctor who saved lives unlikely to be fired, prosecuted.
He may be one of the world's richest men, but predictable picks leave a lot to be desired.
"At this point, I have no information as to whether there's anything usable on those tapes," Koskinen says.
Perhaps all those UN workers in Gaza were wearing ear plugs during the nine years of tunnel digging...
Senators tighten up the national security loophole Obama used to circumvent ban on taxpayer cash lining Russia's pockets.
Neither fair nor balanced.
After all, we're talking about facilitating legal immigration, and this might keep potential immigrants from piling up in U.S. border towns, jeopardizing public health and straining social services.
Fast-forward to 2014: He calls what he said in 2012 a "screwy interpretation."
Check out this video of my appearance on Fox News with Megyn Kelly.
The slippery slope of growing antisemitism ultimately leads to the abyss.
But Gillespie, among top GOP challengers in fundraising, holding his own. (For complete 2014 midterm coverage, get your campaign fix on The Grid.)
VIDEO: Actor rallies pro-Israel crowd, calls on "every patriotic American" to show outrage with administration.
Praises the support Ibrahim, brought to Rome after the Italians got her out, "received from the broader U.S. government."
The brilliant plane has zero safety concerns. Yet 540 riders are dead in just over a year.


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MDU Rohtak Result 2014, MDU BA BCA BCom BBA BSC MCA Result 2014: -
The Famous university Maharshi Dayanand university located in Rohtak. This university came to exist under the Act no 25 of 1975 of Haryana Legislative Assembly. This university established in 1976 with a motto to provide higher education in all over the world. This university initially known as the Rohtak University but in the year of 1978 , the university is known as the Maharshi Dayanand university. The university campus is spread over an area of 665 acres. This university is very the oldest university and very large university. There are nearly about 200 colleges were affiliated with this university. In February 1983 is recognized by the University Grant Commission.
There are totally 36 departments which offer the research programs. There are many other departments for the under graduation and post graduation degree. The degree courses are for the under graduation certification are B.A., B. Com., B.Sc., B. Tech etc. The Post graduation degree courses are M. Tech, M.A., M.Sc, M. Com, MBA. The departments are engineering, science, Commerce, Medical, Bio Technology, Nano Technology, Arts, Physice and many more. There is hostel facility are also provided for the students and teachers.
MDU Rohtak Results 2014:-
The Vivekanand library is very famous library in all the university libraries. There are nearly 5 lakh books. There are many sections according to the students' needs. All the exam was successfully conducted. The result will be declared on June, January. All the students can check their results on the on the official website of the university. The result will be shown on www.mdurohtak.ac.in.


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Laverne Cox is breaking out of the big house. At least temporarily.
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A suspect in the killing of 51-year-old Robin Ward was arrested in Fairfield early Saturday, according to an update from the City of Napa Police Department:
On September 28, 2012 at approximately 4:13 PM, Napa Fire Department was dispatched to a medical emergency in the 100 block of Almond Ave. Napa Fire personnel arrived on scene and determined the Mr. Ward was deceased and the circumstances surrounding his death were unusual. Napa Police Investigators were summoned to the scene and determined the victim's death was a result of homicide.
The Napa County Major Crimes Task Force (comprised of the Napa Police Department, Napa County Sheriff's Office, California Highway Patrol, Calistoga Police Department and the Napa County District Attorney's Office) conducted the investigation. Investigators have and continue to conduct interviews of potential witnesses.
The suspect was identified, located and arrested in Fairfield early this morning.
The case is still under investigation. If anyone has information regarding this case, please contact Napa Police Detective Darlene Elia at 707-257-9514.
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Behind-the-scenes look at Winchester's greatest landmark (From Hampshire Chronicle)
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Behind-the-scenes look at Winchester's greatest landmark
Updated 9:24am Wednesday 23rd January 2013 in News By Joseph Curtis
WINCHESTER Cathedral is holding a free open evening next week.
The cathedral is inviting guests to take a behind-the-scenes look at the building and how it is maintained day-to-day.
Visitors can also see ancient manuscripts and the 12th Century Winchester Bible as well as try their hands at calligraphy and bell-ringing.
The event starts at 5.30pm on Tuesday, January 29, with Evensong before activities from 6.30pm-8.30pm.
Meanwhile also on Janaury 29 the cathedral is celebrating the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice by holding a special tour and cream tea.
Austen's grave at the cathedral is one of its most visited places and volunteer guides with special knowledge of the writer will take guests from the cathedral to the house Austen lived in during her final weeks.
The tour starts at 2.30pm is repeated on the first Tuesday of each month until September. Tickets cost £10.
For more details on these events visit winchester-cathedral.org.uk.
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MANKATO — In late November 1862, about 300 Dakota men condemned to death huddled against brutal cold and snow in a makeshift prison in Sibley Park.
They burned their straw bedding and boards from the walls, awaiting word from their Great Father in Washington — President Lincoln — on whether their lives would be spared.
The soldiers at Camp Lincoln were in tents lacking stoves or adequate blankets, guarding not only their prisoners but hearing disquieting reports that area residents and even militia officers were planning a mob lynching.
The prisoners had arrived in the camp after a month of speedy trials held on the western prairies.
On Sept. 28, 1862, just two days after the Dakota surrendered, Col. Sibley appointed a five-member military commission to "try summarily" Dakota and mixed-bloods for "murder and other outrages" committed against Americans.
The trials to follow were increasingly speedy, according to John Isch, a New Ulm historian who recently released the book "The Dakota Trials," in which Isch transcribed and reprinted every trial transcript.
"What struck me was the variation in the trials themselves. The first trial transcripts went for seven or eight pages, the defendant testified, there were witnesses who testified," Isch said.
As the trials progressed, they became much shorter. That's because the military commission would convict any Dakota who admitted he was involved in a battle.
"The transcripts just said, the defendant said he was at New Ulm and he shot a gun. That was all that was needed," Isch said.
While the trials would never hold up by today's standards, Isch said he was surprised they were even held.
"As I looked back over the settlers from Europe and how they treated the Native Americans, the history had been that if you come upon Indians who did something wrong you slaughtered them," Isch said. "What surprised me is that they held trials at all. Sibley did set up a trial, however ill-functioning, and said we're going to try them and take them to Mankato and see what Lincoln decides."


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Brian Masters and Justin Scott, both of P&K Equipment Inc., recently received awards.
Masters achieved advanced- and masters-level recognition for the position of service technician. Scott achieved advanced-level recognition also for the position of service technician. This level of achievement was accomplished by completing extensive training in the John Deere University program. They received a special plaque of recognition to honor their accomplishments.
John Deere University credits are earned in various categories to ensure expertise in the sales, service, or parts departments of John Deere dealerships. The structure for this recognition is similar to achieving credit hours in a university. This ongoing training program is just one of the tools used by P&K Equipment Inc. to improve overall support and service to customers in their trade area.
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Brian Masters and Justin Scott, both of P&K Equipment Inc., recently received awards.
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FAA Oks air passengers using gadgets on planes
The change will let passengers read, work, play games, watch movies and listen to music — but not make cellphone calls.
Pizza via drone? Venture capital funding doubles in anticipation of multiple uses
Drones are moving from the military, where they've been used to spy on and kill suspected terrorists, to a range of civilian activities.
Starbucks profit rises 34% on pumpkin lattes
Starbucks, the world's largest coffee-shop chain, said fourth-quarter profit rose 34 percent as it attracted U.S. diners with seasonal drinks and new pastries.
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I only recommend term policies, but under these circumstances I'd keep the whole life in place because he's basically uninsurable.
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A love of books and reading is a lifelong treasure passed from adult to child, from generation to generation. The 17th
annual Family Trees: A Celebration of Children's Literature at the Concord Museum in historic Concord,Massachusetts gives Concord's renowned literary tradition a creative
twist. From November 21, 2012 through January 1, 2013, the Museum's galleries are filled with 38 fanciful trees of all shapes and sizes, decorated with original ornaments inspired by acclaimed children's storybooks and contemporary picture book favorites. This year, the Lead Sponsor for Family Trees is Barefoot Books; Media Sponsor is Massachusetts Teachers Association
The Concord Museum is pleased to welcome a distinguished mother-daughter team as this year's Honorary Chairs for Family Trees. Award-winning author Jane Yolen has been called "the Hans Christian Andersen of America." She has written around 300 books, 4590 poems, and 3452 short stories! Her daughter, Heidi E.Y. Stemple, has published more than a dozen books and numerous short stories and poems, mostly for children. Jane, Heidi and her two daughters, and a couple of cats live in Massachusetts on a big old farm with two houses.
The exhibition's focus on children's literature makes Family Trees unique among the many holiday events in Greater Boston. Each tree serves as a canvas for the artistic creations of a dedicated team of volunteer decorators. Inspired by the storyline, the illustrations, the characters or setting of a particular book, the decorators let their imaginations take flight, much to the delight of visitors of all ages from all over New England. Selections for this year
include:Dear Mother, Dear Daughter: Poems for Young People, by Jane Yolen and Heidi Stemple, illustrated by Gil Ashby; When We Were Very Young, by A.A. Milne; The Story Tree: Tales to Read Aloud, by Hugh Lupton, illustrated by Sophie Fatus; Let the Whole Earth Sing Praise, written and illustrated by Tomie dePaola; A Mountain of Mittens, by Lynn Plourde, illustrated by Mitch Vane; and many other favorites. Visit www.concordmuseum.org for a full list of this year's books.
Proceeds from Family Trees, organized by the Museum's Guild of Volunteers, benefit the Concord Museum's education initiatives.
Museum Hours: Monday – Saturday 9:00 – 5:00, Sunday 12:00 – 5:00. The Museum will be closed all day on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and at 1:00 on Christmas Eve. The Museum will be open on New Year's Day, January 1 from 9:00 – 5:00.
Family Trees Admission: During this benefit event, Museum admission is $15 adults, $10 seniors, $6 children (4-18); children under 4 and Members Free. Family Trees admission includes all of the Museum galleries and the
special exhibition, The Greatest Source of Wealth: Agriculture in Concord.


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Ivan Eland on FSN Radio: Americas Presidents & Foreign Policy
Recorded: Thursday, May 15, 2014
Sr. Fellow Ivan Eland appears on The Financial Survival Network with host Kerry Lutz to talk about his book Recarving Rushmore which will be updated in the fall of 2014. The book ranks U.S. Presidents on issues of peace, prosperity, and liberty.
Experts: Ivan ElandType: RadioIssues: Diplomacy and Foreign Aid, Economic Policy, Government Power, History (International), History (U.S), Political Ideology and Philosophy, Politics, Terrorism and National Crises
Dr. Ron Paul Liberty Defined: The Future of Freedom
Recorded: Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Ron Paul, the former 12-term Congressman and Presidential candidate,
takes a candid look at Americas increasingly dysfunctional political
system. Drawing on his 24 years in Congress, he highlights the need
to rein in unchecked government power. The author of numerous
#1 New York Times bestselling books, Dr. Paul is a leading advocate for individual liberty, privacy, limited constitutional government, low taxes
and spending, free markets, restrained foreign policy, and sound money.
Experts: Ron PaulType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Constitutional Law, Culture/ Society, Diplomacy and Foreign Aid, Economic History and Development (U.S.), Economic Policy, Government Power, Government Waste/Pork, Political Ideology and Philosophy, Politics, Regulation and Deregulation
Ivan Eland on Financial Survival Network
Recorded: Thursday, March 20, 2014
Sr. Fellow Ivan Eland appeared on the Financial Survival Network radio program. Eland discusses the US foreign policy and its hypocrisy in dealing with countries such as Russia, which is annexing Crimea.
Experts: Ivan ElandType: RadioIssues: Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Defense and Foreign Policy, Diplomacy and Foreign Aid, History (International), Political Ideology and Philosophy, Politics
George Ayittey Discusses Why Africa is Poor on BBC radios Exchanges on the World Economy
Recorded: Friday, October 25, 2013
Ghanaian economist and Research Fellow, George Ayittey argues that Africa is poor because it is not freedue to dictatorships. He spoke with host Justin Rowlatt and an audience at Paris Dauphine University in Paris.
Experts: George B. N. AyitteyType: RadioIssues: Culture/ Society, Diplomacy and Foreign Aid, Economic History and Development (International), Economic Policy, Economists, Free Market Economics, Trade
Ivan Eland Discusses Syria on ARNN
Recorded: Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Sr. Fellow Ivan Eland appears on the nationally syndicated "America's Radio News Network" program with Lori Lundin discussing the debate on American intervention in Syria.
Experts: Ivan ElandType: RadioIssues: Defense and Foreign Policy, Diplomacy and Foreign Aid, Government Power, Terrorism and National Crises
Clifford Thies on the American Economic Association and Richard T. Ely
Recorded: Monday, November 28, 2011
The American Economic Association (AEA) takes pride in celebrating its founder Richard T. Ely. This pride is strange, given the character of Elys thought, which is revealed in The Independent Review article The Shaping of a Future Presidents Economic Thought: Richard T. Ely and Woodrow Wilson at The Hopkins by Gary M. Pecquet and Clifford F. Thies, as well as the Econ Journal Watch article Richard T. Ely: The Confederate Flag of the AEA? by Clifford F. Thies and Ryan Daza. In this podcast, Thies is interviewed by the economist Lawrence H. White and explores Elys ideas, values, and impact. Thies is the Eldon R. Lindsay Chair of Free Enterprise and Professor of Economics and Finance at Shenandoah University.
Experts: Clifford F. Thies, Lawrence H. WhiteType: RadioIssues: Bureaucracy and Government, Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Collectivism, Culture/ Society, Economic History and Development (U.S.), Economic Policy, Economists, Government Power, Immigration, Political Ideology and Philosophy, Public Health/ Consumer Protection, Race Issues, Regulation and Deregulation, Religion, Science, Welfare
Ivan Eland on Wikileaks Revelations
Recorded: Friday, July 30, 2010
Ivan Eland on Antiwar Radio discusses the revelations in the new Wikileaks release of information and the effects on Middle East diplomacy.
Experts: Ivan ElandType: RadioIssues: Defense and Foreign Policy, Diplomacy and Foreign Aid, Government Secrecy
Can the U.S. Withdraw from Afghanistan and Iraq?
Recorded: Wednesday, December 9, 2009
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Part 2
Civil strife in Iraq continues and instability may only increase after the January elections. U.S. withdrawal has become an acceptable strategy in Washington, but will it be tenable if violence escalates and Iraq unravels again?
Experts: Ivan Eland, Peter Galbraith, Charles V. PeñaType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Defense and Foreign Policy, Democracy, Diplomacy and Foreign Aid, Freedom, History (International), Politics, Terrorism and National Crises


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I provide honest reviews and opinions on the bleeding edge of tech
Samsung may not have invented the Smart Watch category, but with the newly unveiled Galaxy Gear wearable, they appear determined to own it.
"Welcome to the future," declared Pranav Mistry, Head of Samsung Research America's Think Tank team, today at the consumer electronic giant's Unpacked press event in Berlin. Mistry had just detailed a smattering of key Galaxy Gear features. Features seemingly inspired by equal parts spy movie and science fiction. "Gear is your instrument, your connection to the world of information," he said.
Forgive me if a groan escaped my lips at that last statement during the livestream earlier this morning. The catalyst for my apprehension was my brief experience with the dreaded I'm Watch, Sony Sony's sub-par Android SmartWatch, and the limited functionality of the Pebble (especially for iOS users).
Samsung's proposition with the Galaxy Gear, though, is an interesting one. This isn't a company looking to satisfy niche markets — this is an electronics giant taking a kitchen sink approach until something sticks and explodes in popularity. So maybe there was some genuine truth behind Mistry's marketing speak?
As it turns out, I believe there was. Three of Galaxy Gear's features jumped out as having the potential to propel a currently minuscule demographic into one frothing at the mouth for a device that not only augments their other Samsung devices, but becomes a necessary wearable utility.
What happens when you spot an important email notification on your Galaxy Gear that requires attention? The expected process would be to reach for your phone or tablet, fire up Gmail, find the correct message, and then open it. Smart Relay promises to trim this down to one simple gesture: View the notification on your watch, and just pick up your phone or tablet (Galaxy S3/S4 or Note 2/3) and the message is automagically displayed.
Details are still sparse on this, but if works remotely as well as it did in today's demo, this will be precisely the kind of useful (and more importantly, easy to learn) feature to push smart watch technology further into the mainstream.
"Point your wrist and shoot," says Samsung, whose Galaxy Gear team has cleverly embedded a camera lens on the side of the watch's wrist strap. The Memographer feature enables wearers to simply aim the watch and snap a photo (or short bursts of video) with a single gesture. Best of all, sharing functionality is built in (my money is on it being called "S-Share." Why isn't this called S-Memographer?), so there's no need to first push the image to your phone or tablet.
As someone frequently caught off guard by timeless moments, I see the appeal here. How many times have you had to dig out your phone, click the Camera icon, wait for it to focus, etc? Here it's literally point and shoot, potentially saving precious seconds and enabling the true capture of that timeless moment. True, the Gear is only rocking a 1.9 Megapixel camera, but it's still a feature worthy of mention.
Sidenote: You can answer a call by simply lifting your hand to your ear, Bond-style.
"With wearable technology exploding onto the consumer market, smart watches are giving apps like MyFitnessPal a unique opportunity to reach a broader audience by creating informative and fun apps customized for the latest gadgets," says Mike Lee, co-founder of MyFitnessPal.
Lee tells me that an estimated 91.6 million smart watches are expected to be sold globally by 2018. (Don't scoff; Samsung owns grocery stores and hospitals in Korea — they're as much a lifestyle as they are an electronics company.) The Galaxy Gear packs a pedometer and a few fitness apps like calorie counter and activity tracker MyFitnessPal, as well as popular exercise app Runkeeper.
It's important to note that these — and a growing list of 70+ apps — run natively on Galaxy Gear. That's a big draw for the wearable fitness crowd, as the watch could take a bite out of dedicated devices from PEAR Sports, Nike, and FitBit.
Obviously it's early days, but when Galaxy Gear launches September 25 in about 149 countries, the potential is there for Samsung's smart watch entry to explode. (It will further expend its potential audience when an October update makes the device accessible to Galaxy S3 and Note 2 users.) It goes without saying that the price tag must be compelling for it to succeed. At launch, it's expected to retail for $299.
The mighty Apple Apple has yet to play their hand in this category, but early impressions would suggest Samsung has decisively raised the bar.
It sounds neat but I've heard it's priced at $300. I'll pass. I would love to have one but I'm not going to break the bank for it. If these ever dip below $100, I'll probably get one then. It fixes some minor inconveniences, especially the point and shoot thing, but, not $300 worth of inconveniences.
Still, really cool. I have to say, I will be jealous of anyone who does own one.
This is actually the Samsung SmartWatch version 3, they did earlier versions in 1999 and 2009 that weren't successful. Sony started shipping their SmartWatch 2, their second version not long ago. Google bought an Android watch company last year and kept it under wraps, until last week and Qualcomm announced a watch today. Then there are the smaller Android watch vendors. Get ready for the Android watch wars, as a dozen of so Android vendors fight over a very narrow market segment.
Indeed this is not their first attempt at a watch. However it is interesting to note that in the past Apple would be the company coming to market with their version of the product. Now, instead and if only by a few days, several competitors are already in the market with third-generation versions. This time Apple isn't the white knight coming to save us all. Somebody else has already taken the high ground and has a dominating market share to hold it. This fight will be very interesting to watch……pun intended.
That said, I'm waiting for the fitness bubble to burst. The truth is that most of these "monitors" are not accurate, especially with regard to tracking heart rates. They are badly flawed and largely cashing-in on the usual "I wanna lose weight" mentality people have. I could have six of the things strapped to all different and curious parts of my body, but don't need even one to know from my waist that I'm not walking enough or that my heart is slow while I nod-off in a meeting.
The battery life worries me about this device. I don't want to have to take it off half way through a very long day. There are some who say there isn't a market for these. I strongly disagree. While this may not become the must-have item for most people, many of us have a specific way of using this already in mind.
I took my kids to Cedar Point yet again (season passes) and one thing I hated to do was dig my phone out to check weather, text messages from the mom, etc. especially when I am trying to keep the phone in the ruck sack I use to tote jackets and water bottles around. You don't want to be digging for that while in-line for a coaster. Likewise, they don't want you taking pictures or video with a phone. Cool. I'll have a watch and no need for one of those action cameras. Oh, the images will suck, but does that really matter? Beyond that, I did plan on getting the Note 3. I also expected to far more actively use my Bluetooth ear pieces. The problem? I hate using the ear piece to answer a phone. The watch lets me answer, plus check whose calling without digging the big phablet out of the pocket, jacket, etc. Likewise, it lets me do all of these things without having to unlock my phone.
The point being that there is a very real use for these watches, for some of us. And yes, I have actually found myself realizing I could have a want for Google Glass, if they slim it down more.
Tis the dawning of the age of the Geek. Now find me a tube I can plug myself into when I retire.
one of the worst design ever. With so much time how could they come with this crappy design. Price of 300 is too much. They are mad.
Best smartwatch design ever. With so much time how could every other company come up with crappy designs. Price of 300 is on par with the specifications given what $120 buys from Sony and Pebble. They are brilliant.
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THE average Indian farmer household spends the highest share (Rs 101.27 or 20.14 per cent) of its monthly per capita expenditure of Rs 502.83 on cereals and cereal substitutes, followed by 9.68 per cent on milk and milk products.
Expenditure on fuel and light (9.26 per cent), clothing and footwear (8.53 per cent) and medical expenditure (6.84 per cent) constitute the next big chunk of its monthly expenses.
On the whole, the farmer household spends 55.43 per cent of its expenditure on food, whereas 44.5 per cent goes towards non-food items, according to the NSSO report on consumption expenditure of farmer households for January-December 2003, which tracked 51,770 households spread over 6,638 villages across the country.
The average household size for farmers was 5.5 at an all-India level. But the household size declined steadily with rise in the monthly per capita consumer expenditure (MPCE), says the report. It was highest (6.9) for households having MPCE less than or equal to Rs 225 and lowest (4.1) for households having MPCE more than Rs 950.
On a State-wise basis, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh registered the highest average household size (6.1) for farmers, followed by Haryana (6) and Rajasthan (5.9). Whereas Tamil Nadu registered lowest average household size (4.4), followed by Kerala and Andhra Pradesh (4.7 each).
An average farmer household in Kerala had the highest monthly expenses, whereas that of Orissa was the lowest. The average MPCE during 2003 was highest for the farmers of Kerala (Rs 900.59), followed by Nagaland (Rs 882.93) and Punjab (Rs 828.01). It was lowest for Orissa (Rs 341.75), followed by Jharkhand (Rs 352.85), Chhattishgarh (Rs 378.89) and Bihar (Rs 403.60), said an official statement.
On a State-wise basis, Manipur households spend the highest share of their MPCE (Rs 193.31 or 33 per cent) on cereals, followed by Arunachal Pradesh at Rs 167.84 (29 per cent); Nagaland at Rs 166.76 (19 per cent) and Mizoram at Rs 150.77 (23 per cent). The consumption of cereals was lowest in Punjab with the household spending Rs 73.46 (nine per cent of MPCE); followed by Haryana at Rs 74.01 (10 per cent) and Gujarat at Rs 80.16 (14 per cent).
Assam households spend a maximum share (65 per cent) of their total expenditure on food items, followed by Jharkhand (64 per cent), Bihar (62 per cent), West Bengal (61 per cent) and Sikkim (60 per cent).
Moreover, per capita monthly expenditure on education was highest in Nagaland (Rs 77.21 or 8.74 per cent), followed by Haryana (Rs 48.01 or 6.47 per cent), Punjab (Rs 42.87 or 5.1 per cent) and Kerala (Rs 42.36 or 4 per cent).
Per capita consumption of `pan, tobacco and intoxicants' per 30 days was highest in Meghalaya (Rs. 43.30 or 7.3 per cent), followed by Mizoram (Rs 40.53 or 6.1 per cent), Arunachal Pradesh (Rs 30.75 or 5.27) and Tripura (Rs 29.96 or 5.33 per cent).
Also, the per capita monthly medical expenses was highest for the farmer households belonging to Kerala (Rs 97.78), followed by Punjab (Rs 63.04), Tamil Nadu (Rs 48.76), Maharashtra (Rs 47.71) and Haryana (Rs 46.98).
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The nature of our birth indicates another self-evident truth. We are born dependent. John Donne was exactly right when he proclaimed that no man is an island. We are, by nature, dependent on each other. The great American concept of individualism does not fit or align with Natural Law. The baby is dependent on the mother, who in turn is dependent on the father, without whom there would be no baby. The father is also dependent on the mother, who bears his children and helps to raise them. The children are dependent on the parents for their physical needs as well as emotional. Then this entire family unit is dependent on other families. And society as a whole is dependent on families to carry the society forward. If no one is having children (or if they are all being aborted), the culture will end. The most basic building block of a society is its families. One can gauge just how successful a society is based on how much it respects and protects families.
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