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June 14, 2006
June 14, 2006
Chairman Specter, Ranking Member Leahy, and Members of the Committee:
Thank you for inviting me to testify. It is an honor for me to be here.
By way of background, I practiced law for 10 years in North Carolina, largely as a corporate lawyer. Among my principal responsibilities during that time, I served as outside General Counsel to a rural wireless company that raised over $200 million in equity and debt and grew to service 26 markets. I also worked as a securities lawyer on municipal finance offerings in North Carolina. In 1993, the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission appointed me Chief of Staff, a position I held for 4 years. After leaving the FCC, I served as a consultant to a number of telecom, media, and Internet related enterprises. In January of 2001, I began my current job as a Wall Street analyst with Legg Mason and now with Stifel Nicolaus, where my primary mission is to evaluate the impact of government policy on telecommunications, tech and media companies for institutional investors.
I understand that the principal reason you have asked me to come before you today is to discuss the impact of "network neutrality" on investment and innovation. This has become a major focus of the investment community and since our first analysis of it in 2002, we have written a number of pieces on the topic for investors.
Network neutrality raises a number of issues beyond investment that I will not touch on but that are important for this Committee and the government as a whole to consider.
I will focus on investment-related issues, not with the thought of prescribing a particular policy but with the hope of providing a perspective that the Committee might find useful in evaluating the issue. I think there are four key points to keep in mind:
? First, that regulation is not the sole or even primary driver of investment decisions for network infrastructure;
? Second, that the task of public policy ought not to be to maximize investment in one part of an economic value chain but to allow the market, in its variable but still better wisdom, to optimize investment throughout the entire value chain;
? Third, the primary threat to the market being able to optimize investment is a non-transitory bottleneck in any critical part of the value chain that restricts economic growth; and
? Fourth, the greatest guarantor of the kinds of benefits that network neutrality principles have delivered in the past, and the greatest driver of investment are the same: an opportunity for new, ubiquitous broadband networks.
I will discuss each of these briefly but first want to put the network neutrality debate into the appropriate business and historical context.
The Context for Network Neutrality
Network neutrality presents an old policy problem--whether, and if so how, to regulate a network--but with a new set of facts; an unregulated duopoly of the most important platform for economic growth in the country. It also raises an old business problem: how do various enterprises within a value chain divide revenue from various sources?
In brief, the historical telephone monopoly was a regulated common carrier; cable was allowed to offer video without common carriage regulations (though with some constraints on its programming decisions); and the narrowband Internet, which rode over phone lines, also followed a common carrier model.
With the rise of broadband, the question arose as to the proper regulatory treatment of carriage. Last summer, the government finally clarified that carriage over broadband would basically be unregulated. In addition, last fall, the telephone industry vertically integrated the two largest local phone companies with the two largest Internet backbones.
Over the last few years, the higher returns in what we might think of as the broadband value chain have gone to web-based applications and content providers rather than broadband network owners. From a business perspective, then, the new freedoms and new control over more network assets raises the question of what can the Bells and Cable do to shift value back to the network?
This in turn raises a policy question: should the government put prior constraints on any tactics that the Bells and Cable could do as they try to shift value to the network?
The fundamental question on which I will focus is the impact of such constraints, or the lack of such constraints on investment.
Network Neutrality and the Impact on Investment
1. Regulation is not the sole or even primary driver of investment decisions for network infrastructure.
In listening to the debate on network neutrality, one often hears the view that any regulation will hurt investment in the network. In my view, this is like believing that a piece of a puzzle is the entire puzzle.
That is, while it is true that regulation, looked at in isolation, has a negative impact on investment in the enterprise being regulated, it may not be true when one looks at the whole picture. The decision of whether, and if so, how much to invest in infrastructure involves a complex weighing of a number of factors. Long-time media and telecom investor Robert Gensler of T.Rowe Price summed it up this way: "there are only three reasons telecom carriers spend on capital expenditures: opportunity for profitable growth; fear of competition; and fear of the regulator. There is only one reason telecom carriers don't spend on capital expenditures: fear of investors."
As an historic matter, this is certainly true. For example, incumbent telecom capital expenditures as a percentage of revenues rose after the 1996 Telecom Act in a period when incumbents argued they were subject to significant new regulation, but after they won certain significant deregulation, the percentage declined. In both periods, the level of potential competition and the opportunity created by new investment was certainly a larger factor than regulation.
Another example worth noting would be cable's of capital expenditures. Looking at one piece of the puzzle, one could argue, with some validity, that the Cable Act of 1992 suppressed investment in the cable infrastructure. But looking at the whole puzzle one would see that part of that act, the program access rules, stimulated the rise of the Direct Broadcast Service industry, which in turn stimulated cable to invest in network upgrades to offer improved video service and an offering DBS could not offer: broadband. The rise of cable broadband, far more than any deregulation, was the principal cause of telco investment in network upgrades to offer DSL.
The point is not that all regulation stimulates investment. It is that the opposite, often cited as a reason to oppose network neutrality, is equally untrue.
Moreover, it is a mistake to judge the merits of a policy on the single metric of capital investment in a single industry. And that leads me to my second point.
2. The task of public policy ought not to be to maximize investment in one part of an economic value chain but to allow the market, in its variable but still better wisdom, to optimize investment throughout the entire value chain.
The right goal of a nation's economic policy, as noted by Harvard Professor Michael Porter, is to create a higher and rising standard of living for the nation's citizens. One prerequisite for achieving that goal is investment that drives broad economic growth.
Throughout the economy, companies are competing for investment dollars. The network neutrality debate is a part of that competition. As noted above, network neutrality involves a tug of war between different parts of the broadband value chain. Each part needs the others to deliver the ultimate product to the consumer. But not all parts receive the same return on equity. The greater the scarcity of one part, the more likely it will deliver a premium return to investors.
While some have suggested the government should never be involved in such matters, it is important to remember that government has often intervened in value chain disputes to help jump-start new industries and stimulate competition. To help the fledging cable industry, government imposed regulations on owners of utility poles and mandated compulsory copyrights for broadcast content. To help the Direct Broadcast Satellite industry, government imposed program access rules on cable-affiliated programming, which, as noted above also stimulated broadband investments. To help broadcasters, government imposed must-carry and retransmission consent rules on cable operators. To help wireless, the government limited the wireline companies' ability to change excessive terminating access charges. To help various providers of telecom services, such as the long-distance industry and competitive access providers, constraints were placed on the way incumbent local exchange carriers could price or deny access to certain of their facilities.
Some of these rules worked well, others did not. Some were required at a particular time but over time, outlived their usefulness.
The point is, targeted government action may or may not be warranted in this case but a generalized view that such intervention into a business relationship is always wrong or highly unusual is not historically accurate.
As the above examples illustrate, this network neutrality debate is not the first time the government has been presented the question of whether it needs to adopt certain rules designed to preserve or stimulate economic growth by assuring that providers of new, innovative services and products have an opportunity to get their offerings to the market.
In the case of the broadband market, consider that if the network owner wants to develop a new application or service, nothing stands between it and the customer. Indeed, if the network owner is considering investing in new infrastructure, it has three ways to earn a return on the investment: first, through sale of the basic access services; second, through sale of premium access services; and third, through the sale of its own applications and services that ride over the network.
From the perspective of the investor in applications providers, however, the situation is quite different. Such an investment will only pay off if the application can reach a critical mass of consumers as possible. Obviously, there are significant uncertainties in terms of the costs of developing the application and making it available to the public Internet. But to the extent there is uncertainty about whether a premium will have to be paid to make sure consumers can reach the product, or uncertainty about whether the best efforts Internet will degrade over time, it decreases the probability of the innovation being funded.
The important thing is that from the perspective of investing in Internet applications and content, knowing that such access will continue to be available would be a critical variable in the investment decision. Without some basic guarantee of an improving, not degrading, open lane, investors in Internet applications would be less willing to invest in new applications.
This is no small thing in terms of economic growth for our country. A key driver of such growth in recent years has been ubiquitous productivity tools, such as e-mail, instant messaging, search, and new services such as VoIP and Internet video.
None of the innovations has developed from the enterprises that owned the networks. The reasons for that are complex. This history suggests, however, that to help drive an ever increasing standard of living, we should want to assure that markets are open enough to drive investment at an appropriate level throughout the value chain, not just at one point of the value chain.
And that brings me to my third point.
3. The primary threat to the market being able to optimize investment is a non-transitory bottleneck in any critical part of the value chain that restricts economic growth.
One often hears that government should prevent all bottlenecks but as Professor, and the one-time head of the Antitrust Division of the Justice Department William Baxter, taught, the goal of all competition is to create bottlenecks. Some bottlenecks, such as temporary bottlenecks that can be by-passed by new facilities or competitors, do not need to be addressed by government action.
The goal of public policy should be to assure that bottlenecks do not prevent that rising standard of living I noted earlier. Antitrust experts have identified some potential harms that might be relevant here, such as preventing new entrants from entering through adjacent markets, allowing those with a bottleneck to leverage that bottleneck into a related market, or impeding technology development by concentrating technology leadership into a small cadre of firms so that the entrepreneurial function of technology leadership is stymied.
In the current debate, these types of concerns are raised, principally around the market structure of last-mile wireline broadband facilities. One could have a long, and undoubtedly loud, discussion about whether there is a bottleneck anywhere in the broadband value chain. It is worth noting, however, that even proponents of network neutrality requirements agree that if there were five or more such providers, market forces would reduce the risk of anti-competitive behavior to a level that regulation would not be necessary. On the other hand, that if we had only one firm offering last mile broadband access, there likely would be a broad consensus that network neutrality rules would be necessary, as was true in the narrowband world that relied solely on the telephone network for last-mile access. Thus, the issue comes down to different views about the appropriate rule when we have two, or possibly, three, or four providers.
This helps explain, I think, why wireless is generally excluded from this debate. Wireless companies violate what many think of network neutrality principles. For example, they do not allow any device to attach to their networks and they favor some content. But there is a general sense that the level of competition is sufficient to assure a competitive market for devices and content in wireless; or more specifically, new entrants can enter the market for certain wireless services from adjacent markets, wireless carriers cannot leverage their position to dominate new markets, and there is robust technological entrepreneurship for wireless applications, services and devices. A key indicator of the robust nature of the wireless market is the presence of resale services.
But even if we are only looking at wireline broadband, it is still more complicated than simply picking a number of national broadband competitors which, if reached, trigger an end to rules. First, we have today, and are likely to have for the foreseeable future, differences by geographic markets. While some Americans have access to three or even more broadband providers, some have access to only one, or even none.
Second, there are differences in performance characteristics. We speak of broadband as a single category but there are vast differences in what a high end cable or telco broadband offering can provide and what a lower-end service can offer.
Third, it is a dynamic market. The networks that deliver water or electricity have not changed much over the years but the bit delivery markets have changed dramatically over the past few years, and with video over the internet in its infancy, it is about to change again.
A big question mark, in my view, is when and how large a third ubiquitous broadband network will reach most Americans. If one thought the answer was soon and big, one would logically be less concerned about the need for network neutrality requirements. A new, large broadband facility would make it difficult for incumbents to block new entrants, leverage dominance into new markets, or suppress technological developments.
I happen to think, the answer is not soon and not big but my point is that no one knows for certain. Any analysis of the need for network neutrality inherently involves assumptions about emerging broadband alternatives.
Looking at the problem this way, however, a few things become clear. This is not a problem of a long-term national monopoly regulation; it is a problem of discrete geographic and product markets. It requires a granular analysis of those markets.
For example, assuming the current best efforts Internet is maintained and continues to improve at a reasonable pace, we think there is a relatively small risk of anti-competitive behavior affecting low-bandwidth applications such as email and search. But there is at least the theoretical danger that the current best efforts could, in effect, be degraded by a number of tactics by the incumbents, such as reducing the spectrum used for the best efforts public Internet and moving it to premium or priority access. This would be very problematic for the hypothetical investors contemplating investments in new applications and services that I described previously.
If the government thought there was a risk of such degradation, it could adopt the idea floated by Craig Moffett, another Wall Street analyst. In testimony to the Senate Commerce Committee generally critical of any network neutrality requirements, he suggested requiring a basic access tier for a minimum amount of bandwidth, or a fixed percentage of bandwidth in which pure neutrality would be maintained. Others, such as the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation have made similar proposals for a basic and growing level of open, unmanaged Internet access. The presence of such a safety net may prove a minimally intrusive solution to the risks to the market for low-bandwidth applications.
Market forces may drive such access. Or perhaps there needs to be a simple transparency requirement so that customers know how much of their bandwidth is being devoted to a neutral Internet experience. Certainly, it would be useful for a government agency to monitor trends in this direction.
As to the market for applications that require high bandwidth and low latency, such as online gaming and streaming video, there is a greater risk, though not a certainty, of anti-competitive behavior. This is particularly tricky to evaluate, as it is a new market. Companies entering this market, from both the network side and the applications side, are both uncertain of the right business models and reluctant to reveal their current thinking about the best strategies. While their reluctance is understandable, it also makes policy development more difficult.
As noted before, the government has in the past developed targeted rules to deal with specific problems. I think that doing the granular analysis of the specific risks and, if necessary, evaluating a wide spectrum of potential remedies is the task of expert agencies.
But however the government decides to move forward, I would hope it would all keep in mind the long-term strategy.
And that brings me to my concluding point.
4. The greatest guarantor of the kinds of benefits that network neutrality principles have delivered in the past, and the greatest driver of investment are the same: an opportunity for new, ubiquitous broadband networks.
Ultimately, to serve the goal of stimulating a rising standard of living for Americans, the challenge for government is to assure a broadband environment characterized by survival of the fittest, as selected by the market, rather than survival of the friendliest, as selected by the network owners or government.
We, as a nation, have benefited from the fact that to date in the Internet ecology, we have had such an environment. We should want it to continue.
But the market is now changing in many ways. The debate before the Committee and Congress is about what rules should be imposed on or removed from the existing players, given those changes. Hopefully, the analysis I and others have offered on this panel will be helpful to you and others in formulating answers.
But in closing, I have to say that, from both a public policy and an investment perspective, we need to look at this issue more broadly. As Thomas Friedman makes clear in his brilliant best-seller, "The World is Flat," the United States is competing in a global economy in which our competitors are using the benefits of new, cheap, robust broadband networks to improve their ability to compete. For our policies to lead to rising standards of living in such a world, we too, need to harness what Yale Law Professor Yochai Benkler calls "The Wealth of Networks."
For that to happen, the key policy questions we have to address are those that will drive greater, and I think ultimately, universal, broadband penetration, larger broadband bandwidth, and, as is true in some other countries, much more bandwidth for much less money. While these issues are implicated by some of the legislative proposals currently being debated, they are not at the core of that debate.
Given where we are, it is likely that the only way to drive more, bigger, cheaper, and ubiquitous broadband is through new, probably wireless, broadband facilities. Just as the spectrum auctions of the early 1990's drove a wireless network investment boom later in the decade, and a subsequent boom in various wireless applications, networks, and devices that we are still enjoying the fruits of today, so would new broadband networks drive another round of investment throughout the broadband ecology.
And hopefully, it would also drive market forces to assure that the network neutrality policy debate--like other telecom policy debates in years past which were important in their time but fortunately are no longer relevant--will largely be of interest to historians rather than to legislators.
Thank you very much.
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Question 1: May a motor carrier switch from a 60-hour/7-day limit to a 70-hour/8-day limit or vice versa?
Guidance: Yes. The only restriction regarding the use of the 70-hour/8-day rule is that the motor carrier must have Commercial Motor Vehicle CMVs operating every day of the week. The 70-hour/8-day rule is a permissive provision in that a motor carrier with vehicles operating every day of the week is not required to use the 70-hour/8-day rules for calculating its drivers' hours of service. The motor carrier may, however, assign some or all of its drivers to operate under the 70-hour/8-day rule if it so chooses. The assignment of individual drivers to the 60-hour/7-day or the 70-hour/8-day time rule is left to the discretion of the motor carrier.
Question 2: Does a driver, employed full time by one motor carrier using the 60-hours in 7-days rule, and part-time by another motor carrier using the 70-hours in 8-days rule, have the option of using either rule in computing his hours of service?
Guidance: No. The motor carrier that employs the driver on a full-time basis determines which rule it will use to comply with §395.3(b). The driver does not have the option to select the rule he/she wishes to use.
Question 3: May a carrier which provides occasional, but not regular service on every day of the week, have the option of the 60 hours in 7 days or 70 hours in 8 days with respect to all drivers, during the period in which it operates one or more vehicles on each day of the week?
Guidance: Yes.
Question 4: A Canadian driver is subjected to a log book inspection in the U.S. The driver has logged one or more 13-hour driving periods while in Canada during the previous 7 days, but has complied with all the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) while operating in the U.S. Has the driver violated the 10-hour driving requirement in the U.S.?
Guidance: No. Canadian drivers are required to comply with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) only when operating in the U.S.
Question 5: May a driver domiciled in the United States comply with the Canadian hours of service regulations while driving in Canada? If so, would the driving and on-duty time accumulated in Canada be counted toward compliance with one or more of the limits imposed by Part 395 when the driver re-enters the United States?
Guidance: A driver domiciled in the United States may comply with the Canadian hours of service regulations while driving in Canada. Upon re-entering the United States, however, the driver is subject to all of the requirements of Part 395, including the 10- and 15-hour rules, and the 60-or 70-hour rules applicable to the previous 7 or 8 consecutive days.
In other words, a driver who takes full advantage of Canadian law may have to stop driving for a time immediately after returning to the U.S. in order to restore compliance with Part 395. Despite its possible effect on decisions a U.S. driver must make while in Canada, this interpretation does not involve an exercise of extraterritorial jurisdiction.
Question 6: If a motor carrier operates under the 70-hour/8-day rule, does any aspect of the 60-hour rule apply to its operations? If a motor carrier operates under the60-hour/7-day rule, does any part of the 70-hour rule apply to its operations?
Guidance: If a motor carrier operates 7 days per week and chooses to require all of its drivers to comply with the 70-hour/8-day rule, the 60-hour/7-day rule would not be applicable to these drivers. If this carrier chooses to assign some or all of its drivers to the 60-hour/7-day rule, the 70-hour rule would not be applicable to these drivers. Conversely, if a motor carrier does not operate 7 days per week, it must operate under the 60-hour/7-day rule and the 70-hour rule would not apply to its operations.
Question 7: What is the liability of a motor carrier for hours of service violations?
Guidance: The carrier is liable for violations of the hours of service regulations if it had or should have had the means by which to detect the violations. Liability under the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) does not depend upon actual knowledge of the violations.
Question 8: Are carriers liable for the actions of their employees even though the carrier contends that it did not require or permit the violations to occur?
Guidance: Yes. Carriers are liable for the actions of their employees. Neither intent to commit, nor actual knowledge of, a violation is a necessary element of that liability. Carriers "permit" violations of the hours of service regulations by their employees if they fail to have in place management systems that effectively prevent such violations.
Question 9: May time spent in resting or sleeping in motor homes being delivered be recorded as off-duty time?
Guidance: The Federal Highway Administration believes the time drivers spend resting or sleeping in the motor homes while stopped or parked (e.g., at a rest area or parking lot) could be considered off-duty time. Drivers may take at least eight consecutive hours off-duty for the purpose of obtaining restorative sleep. The driver may also take less than eight hours off-duty and take a nap. This time would not count toward the required eight consecutive hours off-duty. There are certain conditions which must be met in order for this time (less than eight consecutive hours) to qualify as off-duty time.


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Lifeventure: Thermal Mug
Barry from our South Cerney store tells us why The Lifeventure Thermal Mug is so great.
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A brilliant, highly versatile product that will keep a hot drink hot for up to 4 hours! Designed to be the same size as a large cup of tea, this product finds itself used everywhere from the arctic to the golf course. Also great for high mountains when things cool down so quickly! Watertight, so can be put into a pack or rucksack.
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Reviewed By Stephen, 05 Mar 2014 | |
This mug is the perfect size and shape, even fits into most bike bottle cages, do ensure you get one with the longer threaded lid though as the earlier ones will start to pop off after a few months, though not trouble to exchange with the lifetime garantee. |
Brilliant | |
Reviewed By Debbie, 01 Mar 2014 | |
Leak proof (as long as filled according to instructions). Keeps drinks so hot that they need to be allowed to cool before drinking. |
Catastophe proof! | |
Reviewed By Kim, 18 Jan 2014 | |
I bought this mug to use at school. Due to "health and safety" staff are not allowed to have drinks in mugs, they have to be in secure containers such as this one. I have had many different travel mugs before, including Bodem, Thermos and shops own brands, and sadly they couldn't stand up to the trials and tribulations of life. However I have hit the mother load with this beaut! Not only does it keep my coffee warm for almost an entire school day (meaning a can take sips throughout the day) but it is fully child proof. The little darlings have knocked it off my desk, used it as a toy and accidentally knocked it out of my hands on the playground. And alas, it lives on to tell the tale with minimum war wounds. I have been telling my colleagues about this little treasure and recommending it to them. Such a great item, and a steal at the price. |
Love it | |
Reviewed By andrew, 23 Oct 2013 | |
This is the 3rd life venture mug i have bought (LOST THE OTHER 2) what can I say as long as you pre warm it up, it keeps your brew HOT for a good few hours and will keep your brew warm with the lid off/open outside in the cold for a fair amount of time looks cool and does the job very happy with this product. In fact if you haven't got one then go out and get one :-) |
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Reviewed By James, 11 May 2013 | |
The first two flasks I purchased I had to return as they were defective - emptying the coffee in my bag!The next two have been mor reliable but still dont have my full confidence yet. When they work they are excellent though. |
Brilliant small mug | |
Reviewed By cyran, 30 Mar 2013 | |
Best thermal mug i have come across in a long time picked it up in store. Been out with it once on a military training exersize fits perfectly in an ammo pouch. all round good product |
Handy and reliable | |
Reviewed By Joseph, 20 Mar 2013 | |
I was given this mug this Christmas just gone and use it on average 3 times a week and I'm very impressed with it. |
Great size | |
Reviewed By David, 23 Feb 2013 | |
I bought this mug for the size, small enough to fit in a pouch or a coat pocket without being too cumbersome. Easily fits in side pockets in my day sack and is tough enough to withstand most dings and daily abuse. At the price it is no great loss if it gets lost, stolen or severely dented. Highly recommend putting your name on it as they have a habit of getting swiped by family and work colleagues! |
Good, but not in all situations | |
Reviewed By Chris, 12 Dec 2012 | |
The sealed lid keeps drinks hot longer than other insulated mugs, but it takes both hands to unscrew, and then the lid comes off completely. This means you can't use it when driving. Also, drinks go cold quickly outdoors once the lid is off, unlike 'spill-proof' mugs which have a small hole to drink through. |
Good for carrying around everyday | |
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Best by far | |
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I have spent a lot of money on other mugs this is by far the best. I dont always get time for breaks at work so its great to come back to a hot tea or coffee. |
take this everywhere ! | |
Reviewed By R, 26 Jul 2011 | |
I must be on my fourth one by now, I use it so much in the end looks quite battered (but still works fine), over the years I have used these at |
Now I need a second one... | |
Reviewed By T, 12 May 2011 | |
I use this all the time, for meetings, work, day hikes, camping. Keeps drinks hot or cold for a few hours - not quite as long as a flask would, but ideal, say, if it's made in the morning and drunk at lunchtime. Now I need a second one, because my partner keeps taking it to work. |
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Category | Journalist |
Name | Fiona Hynes |
Address | Irish Daily Star Level 5 Building 4 Dundrum Town Centre Sandyford Road Dublin 4 |
Company | Irish Daily Star |
Ref | FoI/Req/12/037 |
Requirements | Financial details concerning the recent (February) three day visit of vice-president Xi Jinping and his delegation to Ireland. Specifically details concerning where the Chinese delegation stayed during their visit, a breakdown of the cost of accommodation, the number of rooms, the types of rooms and the overall figure spent on accommodation and associated costs during the three day visit, including the dinner at the Mansion House. |
Date | 05/03/2012 |
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Crawling Caterpillar
The kids will love to play with this crawling caterpillar as you read to them from some of their favorite books.
10 green plastic cups
Cardboard rolls
Joggle eyes
Pipe cleaner
Books you might want to read with this craft:
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
From Caterpillar to Butterfly by Deborah Heiligman and Bari Weissman
Charlie the Caterpillar by Dom Deluise and Christopher Santoro
Clara Caterpillar by Pamela Duncan Edwards and Henry Cole
Punch a hole into the base of each plastic cup by placing a blob of plasticine or wall tac under the cup and pushing a pencil through the bottom.
Cut the cardboard rolls into pieces about 5cm long.
Tie a large knot into the string and thread it into the cup and out the bottom.
Next thread on a piece of cardboard roll.
Repeat with cups and card rolls until the caterpillar reaches the
length you like.
Before threading on the last cup, punch 2 extra holes into the base at
the top of the circle. Thread the pipe cleaner in and out of the holes
to form the antennae.
Then tie off the last cup. Use the remaining length of string to pull
the caterpillar along.
Stick on some joggle eyes and your caterpillar is ready to wiggle!
This craft is reprinted courtesy of Jellyfish Jelly - Creative Kids.
Jellyfishjelly is the work of Miya Maeda."My work is intended to be a simple guide for non-crafty, "creatively-challenged" parents. The concept behind this site arose from what I perceived to be the near universal need for parents of small children to find novel and challenging activities to occupy what can sometimes seem like a very long day."


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American Darling - Pretty Things Beer & Ale Project
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Ratings: 246 | Reviews: 138 | Show All Ratings:
Reviews by PatGreer:
More User Reviews:
4.24/5 rDev +7.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
First beer from Pretty Things, has a faint aroma of grass and earth with some bread aftertones. Really nice flavor profile for an ale, has a bit of a heavy aftertaste/hoppy feeling that's carried by the relatively high ABV for an ale. Drinks really easily though and overall is a great beer I would have again. Love the marketing as a "lawnmower beer" - the beer you should enjoy while mowing the lawn. Well said, and encapsulates a lot of what this beer is.
Serving type: bottle
01-05-2014 01:28:08 | More by TheHudgeSF
3.95/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured into a Dogfish Head pint glass. Pours a light golden amber with active carbonation that keeps a one finger creamy white head growing slightly in the glass. Aroma of sweet pale and biscuit malt with light grassy hops. Flavor is biscuit and crystal malt with grassy hops, finishing with a mild cream corn and lingering pilsner style hop bitterness. Medium bodied with a nice mouth feel. A well made light lager that has a nice hop bill that is complemented by the full biscuit malt body. Not an exciting style, but as usual for Pretty Things, nicely made and great to drink.
Serving type: bottle
01-04-2014 04:04:17 | More by LiquidAmber
3.59/5 rDev -9.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
thanks to drlovemd87 for hooking me up with YET ANOTHER wonderful beer, this guy deserves a medal. better than your average summer type lawnmower beer, this is sweeter, richer, and far more malty. its nose and smell match its color wheel pinpoint, where yellow just begins to melt into brown, dim but lively. heady and lacy and fit for some white summer wedding. the smell and taste are decadently malted and only bittered on the hop front. its definitely a lager too, with a bready and dry quick finishing yeast that hints at old school european stuff. grassy hops round it out, but yeast and sweet malt are whats memorable for me here. my critique of this beer, and it is indeed substantial, is the 7% alcohol by volume. such strength is not useful in this style, makes it heavier, and honestly sacrifices some of the better properties of a good lager to pursue such strength. the beer works in flavor, but bomber is a tough dose when you are flying solo, and when you want to jump around beers and styles, this gets a little chewy, but its a cool brew, i just wish for reduced residual sweetness and booze, not that i can taste the alcohol, but i can feel it, and with all the sugar thats still in this beer, it gets a bit terminal. that said, these guys are clearly brewing some of the best beer in mass, and i am grateful for the opportunity to drink this one. not really late december beer, but nevermind that.
Serving type: bottle
12-31-2013 06:43:31 | More by StonedTrippin
3.93/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Well, this sucker is 6 months old, so we could start there...but why stoke a set of coals that will no longer burn? (You know who I'm talkin' about, girl.) Now let's move on...
Woo, grassy. But this ain't no Bakersfield crab grass, this is the kind of stuff they grow at Augusta - I mean, pure! Supple and clean flavors like the laundry mat after a Victoria's Secret fashion show...Raul's like, yeah.
This right here is "The Great American Lager," my children.
Serving type: bottle
12-14-2013 02:59:01 | More by RaulMondesi
4.08/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Poured from a 22 ounce bottle into a New Belgium balloon glass. Bottled in June 2013.
A: Incredibly pale, milky gold. Lightly hazy with fluffy white head and effervescence.
S: Not bad! Clean, deep, tasty yeast smacks me upfront. Light lemon. Hint of metal.
T: Pleasantly spicy, with a bold, bready undercurrent buttressing the flavor. Earthy and sulfuric, with noticeable noble hops adding topnotes to the beer.
M: Carbonated and enjoyable. Significant body. Creamy smoothness.
O: If this is a "true lager" as the label claims, I want more! This is a delicious, drinkable, interesting, impressive beer. Highly recommended to all.
Serving type: bottle
12-12-2013 06:04:31 | More by AgentMunky
3.46/5 rDev -12.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
After a quite complete repertoire of Belgian-themed beers that sit very well with the palate and the tummy, out comes this Bohemian-type of lager that celebrates the early years of Pilsners with rustic charm and challenges.
With a mild haze, America's Darling kicks off with the stalwart straw-gold coloration. It builds an expansive head of off-white foam that casually recedes to a sheet across the surface. It trails with spotty and broken rings of lace as the beer fades from the glass.
The blend of earthy and refined aromas really battle out its balance until the earthen notes take hold. Its initial aroma is of floral noble hops, but the comes a grain scent that introduces a rounded corn scent. As the aromas develop, the "cream corn" notes introduce apple esters and a sulfury tone to seem like burnt match sticks. Even an elevates level of tomato juice really takes hold as the beer turns to taste.
Grainy-sweet in its flavor, the beer kicks off with fresh-baked bread and a mild husky grain taste. All that quickly balances out the with the floral quality of lemon blossoms and honey. After that, the beer turns spicy and dry, and unfortunately exposes the corn, sulfur and acidity that gives levity to the tomato and corn that rose in the beer's aroma. Those echoes are only suggested in taste but lessen its desirability to the taste buds, but only slightly.
Crisp and dry on the palate, the Lager's rustic roots leads it past a short-lived crackcer-like breadiness and a grainy middle and ushers in a finish that's a bit rough around the edges with all the sulfur wafting about. But still, the Lager remains drinkable and refreshing even if the old-aged taste of lager still impede its flavor spread.
American Darling is almost a mockery of what the industrial macro-brewing culture has done to beers. Even as it displays a few warts in ts portrayal, it also highlights how these flavors would have beer prevailed in beers from even a hundred years ago.
Serving type: bottle
10-06-2013 07:07:42 | More by BEERchitect
American Darling from Pretty Things Beer & Ale Project
out of 100
based on 246 ratings.


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RockersNYC Fall/Winter 2010 "A New Day Rising" Collection Mixtape
October 15, 2010 by James Oliver , Posted in Music, Tagged
RockersNYC continue to give back to the community by going beyond the realms of being a label. Here is an impressive mixtape entitled "WHY" with volume 1 paying tribute to the early 90′s hip-hop scene, when the rebels ruled the airwaves. This mixtape meshes Public Enemy, Kool Keith, Showbiz & AG, The D.O.C. and more.
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Welcome to US Genealogy Links. This page is designed to help you in your US genealogy research, by listing sites that have online genealogy resources, many of them free. Using the internet to get instant access to records that in the past would have been painstakingly found after weeks of perusing libraries and genealogy society centres has resulted in being able to research your family tree faster than ever before. Here at US Genealogy Links, links are broken down geographically and by type of link. Look for US genealogy resources in the state and county pages. You may also find US genealogy records by searching the cemetery, census, marriages, message & mailing list, newspaper obituary and military records pages. Good luck with your US genealogy research! |
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Nanotechnology will offer doctors new ways to diagnose and treat patients, boosting efficiency and slashing costs.
Nanotechnology will offer doctors new ways to diagnose and treat patients, boosting efficiency and slashing costs.
In fewer than 15 years, nanomedicine has gone from fantasy to reality.
Eric Kandel, winner of the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine for his work on signal transduction in the nervous system, chats about the ever-changing field of neuroscience, funding, his students, and what he hopes science will accomplish.
Learn about the field's first genetic circuits and read forecasts by George M. Church and J. Craig Venter of a future where man-made organisms pump out novel fuels, drugs, and therapies.
Diagnostic test strips that cost just pennies can test for liver damage, mold, and milk spoilage in the developing world.
How an Italian scientist doing Frankenstein-like experiments on dead frogs discovered that the body is powered by electrical impulses.
Three-dimensional scaffolds for growing and guiding neurons are getting smaller and more tailored in design.
The US company investigating the use of human embryonic stem cells to treat a type of macular dystrophy expands its clinical trials to the UK.
Researchers publish yet another study against the link between a murine leukemia virus and chronic fatigue syndrome, and partially retract the original results.


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The Vernon Police Department responded to a domestic violence call and also found a banned assault weapon.
Officers said they arrested 24-year-old Eric Burgin on Sunday when they found an illegal but unloaded AK-47 assault rifle in the apartment he shared with his girlfriend.
Police told Eyewitness News Burgin's gun is banned because it has a folding stock and a silencer.
Burgin was also arrested for allegedly striking his girlfriend. She did not suffer life-threatening injuries.
A protective order said Burgin must turn over any weapons to police.
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STRANGERS - see also ABUSE, SAFETY
Danny, the Duck with no Quack - DOYLE, MDanny the duck is too shy to open his beak but finds his voice after an encounter with foxes. Highlights stranger danger too. |
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Stranger Danger? - FINE, AA sensible approach to dealing with strangers. Joe learns to use his common sense and to be polite even to adults he doesn't know. |
Hamilton 1989 9780241125458 |
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Come and Tell Me - HOLLICK, HJenny learns about 'stranger danger' in a safe unthreatening way. She also learns that there are good strangers. |
Happy Cat Books 2002 9781903285299 |
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Look out for Strangers - HUMPHREY, PA calm sensible story about 'stranger danger' in which the adults help the children to behave safely. |
Evans 2003 9780237525453 |
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Hugless Douglass - MELLING, DA fun story of a young bear searching for an appropriate hug to share: useful for discussing touching, families, friends and strangers and how to behave. |
Hodder 2010 9780340950623 |
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Oliver Finds his Way - ROOTS, PReassuring story of Oliver who finds himself lost in the woods. He decides to roar really loudly until Mum and Dad roar back and he is able to retrace his steps. |
Walker 2002 9780744585421 |
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Shout Daisy, SHOUT! - SIMMONS, JDaisy gets lost in a crowd, but Mum finds her when she shouts loudly. |
Orchard 2002 9781841215471 |
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Truman Capote, the novelist, short story writer and literary celebrity, pioneered a genre he called ''the nonfiction novel,'' exemplified by his immensely popular ''In Cold Blood.'' He died apparently without having completed his long- promised ''masterwork,'' an extensive novel called ''Answered Prayers.''
Mr. Capote's first story was published while he was still in his teens, but his work totaled only 13 volumes, most of them slim collections, and in the view of many of his critics, notably his old friend John Malcolm Brinnin, he failed to join the ranks of the truly great American writers because he squandered his time, talent and health on the pursuit of celebrity, riches and pleasure.
"I had to be successful, and I had to be successful early,'' Mr. Capote said in 1978. ''The thing about people like me is that we always knew what we were going to do. Many people spend half their lives not knowing. But I was a very special person, and I had to have a very special life. I was not meant to work in an office or something, though I would have been successful at whatever I did. But I always knew that I wanted to be a writer and that I wanted to be rich and famous.'' Success, both as a writer and as a celebrity, came early, when he was 23 years old and published his first novel, ''Other Voices, Other Rooms.'' It was a critical and financial success, and so were most of the volumes of short stories, reportage and novellas that followed, including ''Breakfast at Tiffany's,'' ''The Muses Are Heard,'' ''The Grass Harp,'' ''Local Color,'' ''The Dogs Bark'' and ''Music for Chameleons.''
But the book that perhaps solidified his claim to literary fame was ''In Cold Blood,'' his detailed, painstakingly researched and chilling account of the 1959 slaying of a Kansas farm family and the capture, trial and execution of the two killers.
Highlights From the Archives
Familiar Voices, Familiar Rooms
Truman Capote relentlessly cultivated his fame, broke into high society and, once ousted from it, became a fixture at places like Studio 54. But as much as he was responsible for the equation that fame equals accomplishment, he knew it wasn't true and that knowledge proved to be his
December 28, 1997artsReviewUnmourned Losses, Unsettled Claims
How Truman Capote went from an enchanter, the startlingly fresh voice of his first novel "Other Voices, Other Rooms," to someone who laid waste his friends and skewered his competitiors with poisonous prose is an amazing story, as disturbing as anything Capote ever wrote.
June 12, 1988artsReviewThe Two Truman Capotes on Display
When Truman Capote wrote ''In Cold Blood'' 22 years ago, readers were told that the book fell somewhere between fiction and fact. It was called a report of a murder, a fictionalized story, a courtroom drama. Finally, the book about the killing in 1959 of a farm family in a small town in Kansas and the capture, trial and execution of the two young murderers was labeled and promoted as something new in literature: a ''nonfiction novel.
December 5, 1987artsNewsARTICLES ABOUT TRUMAN CAPOTE
Ross Bleckner Wipes the Canvas Clean
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Prepared by Allen J. Levy, MD, Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Brooke Army Medical Center, Ft. Sam Houston, TX; Peter B. Wold, MD, Department of Radiology, The Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Douglas P. Beall, MD, Assistant Professor of Radiology, Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, The Uniformed Services Health Sciences University, San Antonio, TX; and Justin Q. Ly, MD, Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland AFB, TX.
A 42-year-old man from the Middle East presented with 3 months of dull, progressive back pain. Approximately 6 weeks previously, he had developed a right L5 radiculopathy, pain in the lateral right thigh, and numbness of the right great toe. Radiographs obtained at the time of presentation were interpreted as consistent with metastases to the axial spine. The patient had no known primary malignancy. The physical examination revealed weakness of the left extensor hallucis longus, palpable tenderness over the L3-L4 spine, and significant pain during flexion of the lumbar spine.
Tuberculous (TB) spondylitis without discitis. Mycobacterium tuberculosis detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) from computed tomography (CT)-guided biopsy of left psoas muscle mass.
The skeletal survey revealed lytic lesions at the medial aspect of the right 1st rib, spinous process of L3, and involving the entire T11 vertebral body (Figure 1). A paraspinal mass is seen at T11 on the right, and there is a prominent left hilum.
Contrast-enhanced CT of the chest, abdomen, and pelvis (Figure 2) showed multiple indeterminate, low-attenuation, lytic lesions in the cervical, thoracic, and lumbosacral spine, right ilium, and right 1st and left 10th ribs. Soft-tissue extension across the vertebral cortex was observed with several lesions. Moreover, there was low-attenuating soft tissue extending from the L4 vertebral body anterolaterally into the left psoas muscle. Additional findings included an infiltrate involving the superior segment of the left lower lobe and left hilar enlargement.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the lumbar spine revealed multiple lesions with low T1 and high T2 signal in the lower thoracic and lumbosacral spine and right ilium (Figure 3). A lesion at L5 protrudes into the ventral epidural space. There is soft-tissue extension into the paraspinal muscles at T11-12, L4, and L5. A prominent L3 spinous process lesion extends into the adjacent soft tissue.
The characteristics of spinal TB have changed over the last 20 years. The prevalence of TB has remained high in the developing world and the proportion of TB cases occurring in foreign-born patients is increasing in industrialized nations. In some studies, up to 70% of patients with skeletal TB are foreign-born.
Diagnostic techniques, such as CT, MRI, and percutaneous image-guided biopsy, have facilitated early diagnosis of spinal TB. Other differential considerations include pyogenic spondylitis, lymphoma, sarcoidosis, brucellosis, myeloma, and metastasis. Francis et al 1 reported positive acid-fast bacilli cultures in 82.9% of spinal TB cases using image-guided fine-needle aspiration and/or needle biopsy. In addition, the imaging techniques have enabled physicians to confirm an atypical pattern of spinal TB that spares the disk space. 2-7
Two distinct patterns of spinal TB have been identified; the classic form is known as tuberculous spondylodiscitis (SPD). The second form, tuberculous spondylitis without discitis (SPwD), is becoming increasingly more common. 2
Tuberculous spondylitis accounts for 50% to 60% of skeletal TB, which itself accounts for 5% of all cases of TB. 2,3,7,8 The L1 vertebral body is affected most commonly and the frequency of involvement decreases in either direction from this level. 2,3 Usually, more than one segment is involved and up to 5 to 10 segments are not uncom-monly seen. 2,3,6,7 The infectious process is believed to begin as a single focus in >95% of cases. Arterial hematogenous spread is the most likely means of spread. 2,4,5
In most cases, spinal TB begins as an infectious focus in the anterior aspect of the vertebral body adjacent to the subchondral bone plate. Spread to the disk is common and may occur via direct extension through the subchondral bone plate or under the anterior or posterior longitudinal ligament. 2,3 This becomes radiographically apparent in 2 to 5 months as a destructive lesion with little or no surrounding sclerosis and loss of disc height. Subligamentous extension into additional vertebral bodies can occur, easily leading to multilevel involvement. 5 The combination of vertebral body and disc destruction is similar to that seen with pyogenic discitis, but distinctly different are the indolent course and multilevel involve-ment of spinal TB. 3,7
Extension into the paraspinal ligaments and soft tissues is common and usually occurs anterolaterally. 6 Once established in the paraspinal soft tissues, it may remain localized or extend for a considerable distance. 3,7 Burrowing abscesses can extend for incredibly long distances before penetrating an internal viscus or the external body wall. Abscess formation is usually bilateral and fusiform. 3,5,8 Tuberculous psoas abscesses may contain calcification, 8 whereas pyogenic abscesses rarely calcify. The calcifications may be either amorphous or tear-drop shaped and occur between L1 and L5. 8 CT and MR imaging signs of psoas abscess are nonspecific and can be found in hematoma and tumors, although calcification is more common in TB. 2,6
Occasionally, the posterior elements are the initial site of involvement. Radiographic findings include spinous process, pedicle, or laminal destruction. Paraplegia can occur. The differential diagnosis includes other infections and neoplastic processes. 2,5
Collapse of a partially destroyed vertebral body can lead to severe short segment kyphosis or gibbus deformity. 3,7 Occasionally, conventional radiography will reveal long lumbar vertebral bodies if the deformity occurred before skeletal maturity.
Pertuiset et al 2 described SPwD as an atypical form of spinal TB found predominately in young, foreign-born patients. The distinguishing feature of TB SPwD is the absence of disc destruction. Patients with SPwD were, on average, 10 years younger (39.8 years) than those with classic SPD and were much more likely to be foreign born (mostly from sub-Saharan Africa). Approximately 95% of the Pertuiset's classic tuberculous SPD group had a single initial focus of involvement in keeping with previous descriptions of SPD. However, the SPwD group had a 42% rate of initial multifocal vertebral body involvement. Moreover, the SPwD group was 9 times more likely to have extraspinal skeletal involvement. 2
There are two distinct patterns of spinal tuberculosis: tuberculous spondylodiscitis, and, an increasingly common atypical form, tuberculous spondylitis without discitis. The treatment is the same for both entities. Without disc destruction, fine-needle aspiration or biopsy is needed to differentiate SPwD from metastasis or myeloma in nearly all cases. Polymerase chain reaction, which can rapidly identify Mycobacterium tuberculosis even in the presence of a negative acid-fast bacillus stain, should significantly increase the sensitivity of fine-needle aspiration or biopsy. 2


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"Exterior Improvements"
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Rick Steves' Europe
"South Ireland: Waterford to the Ring of Kerry"
Along Ireland's south coast, Rick visits Waterford's crystal factory, the Kennedy family homestead and Kinsale's star-shaped fortresses.G
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Joseph travels along the Miramichi River Route in New Brunswick, Canada in search of spring salmon and fishing tales. At a rustic river lodge he samples local cuisine and in nearby Doaktown explores the Miramichi's fishing and lumber history. D
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"Road Food at Home"
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Foods such as yams, red beans, rice, melons, okra and eggplant are indigenous to West Africa, the ancestral homeland of most of Louisiana's African-Americans. Dr. Gwendolyn Midlo Hall and Professor Eileen Julian give audiences an insight on the roots of much of Louisiana's African-American cuisine. Chef Leah Chase gives Chef Folse a lesson on making Gumbo Des Herbes, a traditional Holy Thursday dish. D
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Rick Steves' Europe
"South Ireland: Waterford to the Ring of Kerry"
Along Ireland's south coast, Rick visits Waterford's crystal factory, the Kennedy family homestead and Kinsale's star-shaped fortresses.G
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If there's one thing our titans of industry can't stand, it's uncertainty. We've seen that excuse trotted out over and... More
"Don't Call it a Paywall"
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On Tuesday night, New York Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger, Jr. and New York Times Company president and CEO Janet Robinson... More
SmartMoney Makes a Hash of the Downgrade
Says borrowers face higher rates, despite sinking Treasury yields
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Speaking of the Journal overhyping the S&P downgrade of U.S. Treasurys, its sister magazine SmartMoney has a doozy of a... More
The Guardian Unearths a Wall Street Journal Scandal
The paper claims the scalp of a Journal publisher and points to deeper problems
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Read this Wall Street Journal story from this morning on the resignation of its European edition's publisher. What the Journal... More
The Journal Hypes the Downgrade
A three-day-old story gets the overkill treatment
By Ryan Chittum Aug 10, 2011 at 02:44 PM
That Standard & Poor's downgraded the U.S. from AAA to AA+ is a big story no doubt. But The Wall... More
The Wall Street Journal and the Waffle House
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The Wall Street Journal has a terrific ahed today on the Waffle House and how the company goes all out... More
The Wall Street Journal lets Paul Ryan go all but unchecked
Misleading claims get ignored or given he said-she said treatment
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The Wall Street Journal's coverage of Paul Ryan's speech to the Republican National Convention Wednesday, which was packed with one... More
The Wall Street Journal Plays Stenographer to Chris Christie
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Is this a news story in The Wall Street Journal or a press release from the Office of the Governor... More
The Wall Street Journal Pooh-Poohs Bank Transfer Day
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This Wall Street Journal story on Bank Transfer Day, the push to get people to move their money out of... More
The Wall Street Journal: Murdochification Watch
The paper runs a thinly sourced, and quickly denied, scoop on non-News Corp. bribes
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Rupert Murdoch's Wall Street Journal, unsurprisingly, hasn't done a whole lot of digging on the News Corp. hacking scandal. Or... More
Wall Street Journal Europe Sourcing Was Unusual
And the CEO of the firm involved is a former Journal executive
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We now know, thanks to reporting in the both The Guardian and The Wall Street Journal itself, that Andrew Langloff,... More
Wall Street Journal: time to look in the mirror
Its Pulitzer shutout reaches six years
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WSJ Backs Up The Guardian on European Scandal
Its reporting disputes its parent company's denials
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Last night, Dow Jones slammed The Guardian's report on wrongdoing at The Wall Street Journal Europe, calling it "replete with... More
WSJ Column Raises Ethics Issues
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Last week, Ira Stoll took issue with Dennis Berman's column on SharesPost and SecondMarket, on the grounds that Berman lied... More
WSJ Fronts Amazon's Tax Avoidance Strategy
Color-coded maps tell employees which states are safe, bad, and neutral
By Ryan Chittum Aug 3, 2011 at 06:38 PM
It's nice to see The Wall Street Journal take a page-one look at Amazon's aggressive tax avoidance, something I've written... More
WSJ Gives Minimum Info on Front Group
An astroturf group gets a hit on the minimum wage
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WSJ Goes Page One With Another Gold "Record"
But in real terms the price is more than a third below its peak three decades ago
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"When people ask me to describe a typical work day, I never know how to answer the question. Every day is so different." – Avera Morrison, Elliot Community Human Services.
Street outreach is an unpredictable and complex job that requires a wide range of abilities. Many of the skills required for homeless outreach are developed on the job by learning from interactions with other outreach workers. Consequently, outreach workers are an invaluable source of knowledge for one another.
Barbara Lucci works in the Homeless and Outreach Services Department within Elliot Community Human Services, Inc. She began doing street outreach in Worcester, Massachusetts in April 2000, reaching out to individuals who live on the streets and rarely or never enter emergency shelter. Barbara meets the immediate needs of individuals by providing blankets, food, water, and clothing. As she builds relationships and develops trust, she helps link them to public benefits, mental health services, and case management.
Barbara has many tips and stories of effective outreach. One of the most striking things about listening to her talk is how simple the principles of outreach seem, even though it can be a very difficult job.
Be prepared: Before you start each day of outreach, anticipate the work to be done and plan ahead. This could include putting an extra health care application in your backpack for a person you hope to run into or bringing extra bottles of water to leave at the campsite you discovered the day before.
Show respect: Displaying respect can include simple gestures like remembering the name of someone you have not seen in years or taking extra time to hide water and socks at someone's campsite to ensure their home is not detected.
Know when to stick around: You likely visit many people every day but when you encounter someone who is recently disconnected from their support systems and is feeling particularly lonely, it is important to take extra time with them.
Know when to walk away: You may encounter someone who wants to monopolize your time but does not want to engage in a meaningful way. Perhaps they do not need anything but they want to argue with you. If you feel that an interaction is not productive, it is okay to end the exchange and walk away.
Connect with community resources: You encounter members of the community every day while you are conducting street outreach. Take the time to introduce yourself and tell them about your program. If community members are receptive, educate them about homelessness and the measures they can take to support people who are experiencing homelessness.
Practice self-care: Recognize the personal boundaries you need to set to ensure your longevity in this field. This could mean that you refrain from disclosing any personal information or that you live in a different community from where you work. You cannot be at work all of the time and it is okay to turn off your role as an outreach worker to separate your work life from your personal life.
These are just a few lessons learned from one day of outreach with one PATH provider. Outreach workers in different parts of the country have tips and resources specific to their area and the population they serve. That said, Barbara also reminds us: "We learn as much from our clients as we do our peers." Outreach workers are constantly learning through these interactions with peers and consumers. Every outreach worker and consumer brings different experiences to the table. No two PATH programs are exactly alike, and no two people who experience homelessness are exactly alike, so every day of outreach is different.
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Hey everyone
I looked around but couldn't find a photo scavenger hunt so i thought we should start one of our own Anyone with any ideas just post them here and we'll make up a list then we can post pictures when someone goes and does it, what do ya think? I'll start:
1. a kid on someones shoulders holding a balloon
2. a trash can with a neat design
3. an unusual lamp/light
4. a bush shaped like an animal (I know they have a name, I can't think of it right now )
5. a picture of a hidden mickey
6. a picture of something interesting while waiting in line
7. a picture of the key under the mat at Muppets 3D in Hollywood studios
8. Donald Duck in a parade
9. Take a picture while pulling out the sword from the stone
10. Capture your reflection in an unexpected place
11. Do exactly what a sign says (any sign can work)
ok, your turn
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im going this weekend with my sister and we're doing this!
Isn't WDW just a people trap operated by a mouse?
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we want more, so anyone feel free to add a bunch more before, say, sunday haha
Isn't WDW just a people trap operated by a mouse?
D23 Charter Member
ya, thats what I meant thanks
I'll see if I can come up with some more and then post them tonight for ya, if not I will for sure by tomorrow night, I wish we were going on Sunday, its my daughters birthday(shes going to be 2) what a neat b-day present that would be We're going in November too so I'm hoping we have quite the list by then, I love taking pictures
nice! im excited for this!
Isn't WDW just a people trap operated by a mouse?
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This is a great idea hope to do it the next time we are over there
the hunt goes down, tomorrow. haha
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