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DEBKAfile Exclusive Report August 29, 2014
While Obama works with Iran to fight Islamists, he faces a rival bloc doing the same in Egypt, Saudi Arabia in Israel. But will he be willing to take Hizballah and Iran as partners and part of the deal?
Epic US-Iran military cooperation in Iraq coincides with Israel's war on Tehran's Palestinian ally, Hamas
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report June 17, 2014
On June 16, the US and Iran took their first steps for military cooperation in Iraq, at the same time as Israel declared war on Tehran's Palestinian ally, Hamas, in the wake of a fruitless four-day sweep of the West Bank Hebron region for three kidnapped Israeli teenagers, and the detention of hundreds of Hamas activists. Israel leaders said this was just the beginning of military pressure on Hamas. debkafile: The 275 troops Obama assigned to Iraq are also the beginning of a wider military intervention against ISIS in collaboration with Iran.
DEBKAfile Special Report May 11, 2014
Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei threw a large spanner in nuclear diplomacy Sunday, May 11, when he told the Revolutionary Guards to start mass-producing missiles. He dismissed western expectations on limits to missile production as "stupid and idiotic." Khamenei was responding to the US demand, raised mainly under pressure from Israel, to deal with Iran's nuclear weapons projects and its missiles program in the coming round of talks on May 15. debkafile: The Iranian leader is also under threat of a putsch by the Guards if he approves any further nuclear concessions.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report May 4, 2014
Hojat-Islam Ali Yunessi's visit to the Shiraz synagogue Friday night, May 1, was noteworthy – even if it was part of President Hassan Rouhani's smiles offensive. The cleric admitted that scientific research had confirmed the Biblical account of Persian Emperor Cyrus's recognition of the Jews' right to Judah and a temple in Jerusalem. Rouhani counted on this gesture for winning points with US Jews, ahead of the signing of a final nuclear accord, and back US National Security Adviser Susan Rice's effort this week to sell the accord to Israel and prevent it attacking Iran.
DEBKAfile Special Report April 29, 2014
Saudi Arabia exhibited its nuclear-capable missiles for the first time Tuesday, April 29 in a military parade ending a large-scale war game. Displayed was the liquid propellant DF-3 ballistic missile (NATO designated CSS-2), purchased from China 27 years ago. This missile has a range of 2,650 km, carries a payload of 2,150 kg and a single nuclear warhead with a 1-3 MT yield. By showing off the DF-3, Riyadh was displaying its readiness for use in a potential war with Iran and its non-reliance any longer on a US nuclear shield.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report April 29, 2014
The Obama administration has embarked on secret dialogue with Hizballah, debkafile reports. The first direct encounter between the CIA and Hizballah representatives took place in early March in Cyprus. Two subsequent meetings have produced initial US-Hizballah understandings for Lebanon and Syria. The administration reckons that any difficulties cropping up in those talks can be fixed by turning to Tehran. Mahmoud Abbas turned to Hamas for hs Palestinian unity pact reasoning that if the US may engage a terrorist organization in talks, so too may his own PLO.
DEBKAfile Special Report February 19, 2014
Saudi Intelligence chief Prince Bandar bin Sultan was reported by debkafile's US and Saudi sources Wednesday, Feb. 19, to have been removed from policy-making in Riyadh. The prince was the live wire of kingdom's drive against President Barack Obama's détente with Tehran. Bandar's removal is one up for Obama, and a significant loss for Israel's Binyamin Netanyahu as the only other Middle East leader ready to publicly decry US policies on Iran and Syria. No word about the prince's status has come from Riyadh since he dropped out of sight a month ago.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report December 18, 2013
The European Union and Iran announced Wednesday that the talks on the technical aspects of the interim nuclear accord with the six powers - broken off in Vienna Friday Dec. 13 - would be resumed in Geneva Thursday, Dec. 19. debkafile: This is a desperate attempt to enliven the dying momentum of nuclear diplomacy. The meeting is is being convened to camouflage the fact that the Geneva accord is on the brink of collapse. Iran now denies any pact was signed, saying "it was only a statement of intent."
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report December 18, 2013
Mr. X is the first point man the US has headhunted in the ruling elite of post-revolutionary Islamic Iran. Close to Ali Khamenei and Hassan Rouhani, he is the object of high expectations on the part of Barack Obama and John Kerry. The last DEBKA Weekly out Friday, Dec. 20 divulged his arcane identity, his mode of operation and his prospects of meeting those expectations. This issue also traced the slow demise of the nuclear deal the six powers signed with Iran last month. To catch such exclusives, subscribe to DEBKA Weekly by clicking here.
No US, EU objections to Iran holding nuclear-capable missiles able to reach Israel, Saudi Arabia and Turkey
DEBKAfile Special Report December 13, 2013
Iran's Revolutionary Guards chief Maj. Gen, Mohammad Ali Jafari revealed in a lecture to students in Tehran that under the Geneva interim accord negotiated last month, Iran had agreed to apply a six-month nuclear freeze additionally to halting the extension of its nuclear-capable ballistic missiles to ranges of 3,000-5,000 km, able reach the US and Europe. US and UK negotiators agreed Tehran could keep the missiles with ranges of 1,500-2,000 km capable of reaching Israel, Saudi Arabia and Turkey.
DEBKAfile DEBKA Weekly December 10, 2013
Tehran wins two key Gulf emirates away from their close alignment with Saudi Arabia by two steps: Its consent to discuss the future of three islands claimed by the UAE in the Strait of Hormuz; and the conspicuous absence of Oman's Sultan Qaboos from the GCC summit in Kuwait this week. The Saudis were prevented from passing anti-Iranian measures, which must be unanimous under GCC rules, and were therefore isolated. The Obama administration's silence – even when Iran posted assault aircraft on a Hormuz island – resounded across the region.
Pakistan's new army chief: Nuclear ties with Saudis, US exit from Afghanistan, Riyadh's anti-Iran drive
DEBKAfile Exclusive Analysis December 1, 2013
If Pakistan's new army chief, Gen. Raheel Sharif, goes through with the transfer of nuclear arms and missiles to Saudi Arabia, he ranges Islamabad on the side of Sunni versus Shiite by lending a Sunni power a nuclear capability versus a nuclear-armed Shiite Iran, whose "nuclear rights" have just been recognized by six world powers. Gen. Sharif must also adapt Pakistan's armed forces to the US military exit from Afghanistan next year and decide whether to allow Saudi covert operations against Iran to continue from Pakistani soil.
Jerusalem, Riyadh stunned: Obama makes Iran 7th world power on regional issues, including Palestinians
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report November 25, 2013
debkafile exclusive: President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry have secretly consented to elevate Iran to the status of seventh world power, for signing the interim nuclear accord in Geneva on Nov. 24, living up to its obligations in the coming six months and then signing a comprehensive agreement. While demanding respect as a regional power, never in its wildest dreams did Tehran expect big power standing with a recognized authoritative role in the wider Middle East, including the Palestinian issue. Jerusalem and Riyadh are aghast.
DEBKAfile Special Report November 25, 2013
Certain US media suddenly this week claimed to have broken the news of a secret track used by President Barack Obama for secret negotiations with Tehran through Oman's Sultan Qaboos. debkafile and DEBKA Weekly in fact uncovered the Qaboos track on Aug. 26, 2013 and were on the trail of those back-channel communications as early as Jan.26, 2012 more than a year ago, when we exposed the early rendezvous US and Iranian emissaries held in secret in Baghdad. The relevant dates of our disclosures are listed below.
Nuclear deal may sink in Geneva between hardline pressures in Tehran and tough Franco-Israel demands
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report November 18, 2013
Washington and Moscow may sound upbeat about the prospects of a signed interim deal at the next round of nuclear negotiations between Iran and the six powers in Geneva Wednesday, Nov. 20. However, according to debkafile's intelligence and Iranian sources, the way ahead is still bristling with mines, more so even than the first round. Iran's Hassan Rouhani and Javad Zarif fear retribution at home for yielding, while France and Israel toughen demands. Binyamin Netanyahu reiterates that a "bad deal" won't bind Israel and brandishes Israel's military option.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Analysis November 16, 2013
French President Francois Hollande and Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius arrive in Jerusalem Sunday, Nov. 17. Their talks with Israel's leaders will show if France stands by its independent stance against Washington's détente with Tehran and is willing to throw in its lot ad hoc with Israel, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Egypt. Their outcome will determine whether Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu goes to Moscow next Wednesday alone or with French and Saudi backing. The next round of nuclear negotiations in Geneva on Nov. 20 will also be influenced.
Major Israel-US rift over Washington plan to let Tehran continue enriching uranium with sanctions relief
DEBKAfile Special Report November 7, 2013
Israel voiced early Thursday, Nov. 7, its utter opposition to the new proposal the US plans to put before the two-day Geneva conference opening later in the day on Iran's nuclear program. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, when he met US Secretary of State John Kerry in Jerusalem Wednesday, bitterly accused the Obama administration of yielding to the Russian-backed Iranian position. Should Tehran renege on the deal, the US proposal leaves it with the capacity for enriching enough weapons-grade uranium in 10 days to build several nuclear weapons.
Braced for imminent nuclear accord with Iran, US pulls away from military option, IDF stays on the ready
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report October 31, 2013
Israel's high command, assuming that an American-Iranian nuclear accord is near its final stage, plans to continue preparations for a unilateral military strike on Iran's nuclear program into 2014 – hence the IDF's request for a supplemental NIS3.5bn (app. $1bn) defense budget this week. debkafile: The main body of the accord is complete. All the same, President Barack Obama plans to announce before Christmas that only partial agreement has been achieved and negotiations will continue - to avoid coming clean on the full scope of the deal with Tehran.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report April 5, 2013
Washington's insistence that Iran has slowed down nuclear progress out of political motivations impelled the IAEA chief Yukiya Amano to offer proof that Iran is secretly continuing to develop nuclear weapons.
DEBKAfile DEBKA Weekly December 4, 2012
The US and Iran launched bilateral nuclear talks in total hush Saturday, Dec. 1, an event DEBKA-Net-Weekly 567 was first to disclose on Nov. 30. Tehran insisted on the session going forward on schedule, while at the same time staging a string of military incidents for racking up tension to strengthen its bargaining position at the table. The latest DEBKA-Net-Weekly out Friday opened an exclusive window on the secret session and charts the next US and Iranian moves.


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Chantel Waterbury '97, founder and CEO of Chloe + Isabel, was interviewed by the Huffington Post. Waterbury launched Chloe + Isabel after a 15-year tenure in the corporate jewelry industry. She developed, designed and sourced jewelry for brands such as Kenneth Cole, Gap Inc., Macy's, Nordstrom, Target, Kohl's and specialty retailers, and served as Director of Luxury Jewelry for DFS, division of LVMH. Chantel's interest in the direct selling space stemmed from her years at Santa Clara University, where she paid her way through college selling Cutco Cutlery, and was recognized as the top producer in the Western U.S. She regularly guest lectures at Santa Clara University, San Francisco State University, and several specialty fashion and design schools, on topics ranging from product development to retail math and merchandising.
Katie Susemihl '97, J.D. '05 and Ryan Bennie welcomed their first child, Thomas Ryan Bennie, on June 28, 2014. He weighed 8 pounds 13 ounces and was 19 3/4 inches long. The family lives in Santa Rosa.
Kathy Carr Stephens '97, husband Jeff, and 3-year-old-daughter, Chloe, welcomed baby brother Clayton Michael on June 1, 2014. He was 6 pounds, 14 ounces and 19.5 inches long. The family resides in Manhattan Beach, Calif.
Karl Schweikert MBA '97 received his JD from UOP McGeorge and is now practicing aviation and state administrative law in Sacramento for Churchwell White LLP.
Guisselle Nuñez '97 is now director, External Affairs, KQED Silicon Valley. She's responsible for developing and executing KQED's strategic engagement and communication initiatives in Silicon Valley. She will still continue to teach marketing courses at the University of Phoenix and volunteer as a mentor, startup/small-business marketing consultant, and more.


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GRAPEVINE, Texas (BP)--Having graduated from two seminaries and a Bible college, I've attended a lot of chapels. One particular day sticks out in my mind. A well-known pastor of that era stood before us, opened his Bible and began a message punctuated with non-sequitur ridicule of various political figures.
He commented on those who were liberal, some who were funny looking, and even strayed into some assumptions of immorality for which no proof existed. His exposition was solid but instead of our usual discussion of the way he handled the Bible, we students spent our time criticizing the way he misused the pulpit.
Our preacher had, no doubt, looked out there and assumed he had a friendly audience that would find his comments amusing, even refreshing. He did not know who was visiting campus, what prospective students were in the audience, or what his hearers needed to hear from the Lord that day. He missed an opportunity at the very least.
I've been reminded of that occasion when I receive any number of goofball forwards in my e-mail box. Some of them address immigration reform, some the president, some patriotism in general, and occasionally I'll get one about women drivers. By the time I get the forward, it has hundreds of recipients attached to it. I don't know some of these people and the sender has no idea whom I'll pass it along to, with his name and address book attached. I can easily imagine that some of the more disrespectful messages will reach a lady who's tired of jokes about the driving habits of her gender, maybe another will be a barb to someone who sees the joke as being against anyone who's come to America recently, legally or otherwise. Jokes about the president risk edging into the truly racist or at least demeaning of our legally elected office holder.
And then there's Twitter. I have a Twitter account for the TEXAN (sbtexan) that I use to announce new posts on our news site. Some folks that I follow are clever, others offer short devotional thoughts, still others use the forum to promote their speaking schedule or writing ministry, a few regale us with the details of their daily menu or workout schedule, and a few use it for short bits of political advocacy. If your primary identity is pastor rather than pundit, I think Twitter or other immediate electronic media are poor forums for political commentary, especially when the Tweets go beyond what the Bible clearly says about morality.
Maybe this is something I've learned from writing columns pretty regularly since 1989. I've written at least a handful of embarrassing articles. A couple stand out in my mind for their poor research. More than a couple have been riddled with grammatical mistakes. A few times I've gone off half-cocked and misused the platform my readers have provided. Those are the times I regret most. Currently, my column is read at least twice by me, once by my managing editor, and usually by my wife. If I'm concerned that the column might be provocative, I'll ask Southern Baptists of Texas Convention Executive Director Jim Richards to read it. My process has become more elaborate as experience has taught me to dread communicating poorly. If you're speaking in a more immediate forum -- e-mail or Twitter to name two -- then use the following filters. I try to remember them as I write a column for print.
-- Think of your readers, those you know and those you can't imagine: Even in the day when newspaper articles had to be photocopied and manually passed around, I was surprised where something I wrote turned up. Occasionally I'd be surprised to hear a counterpoint I'd never considered from someone I'd never thought would read it. Now, I frequently think of who might find what I'm saying most unwelcome and try to make my case to that person, not just those who mostly agree with my opinion. Who's going to read your mail or message? Forwards and retweets make your message worldwide in seconds. Would you have said what you said about Hillary Clinton if you knew your lost and less-conservative father-in-law would read it? Then don't say it; because he will likely read the message you'd most rather he didn't.
-- Think of what people will mistakenly infer: It is a truism that our messages are more interesting if they are negative. We can fall into that easily and present a false picture of ourselves and our ministries. Collecting hundreds of followers or "friends" or readers only increases the likelihood that most people who see your words will know little of your heart. To avoid this, a writer could map out everything that's important to him and make sure that he gives those things some significant attention on a regular basis. That being a boring and silly idea, we should go with a second option -- write less and say things that have some intent. It's OK to amuse people, write something with a little bite, even preach at folks when you've got something to say, but say things that you can stand behind. Say things that are as kind and thoughtful as you are, even when you must say something edgy.
-- Reflect your priorities: What's your calling? What role do you play in your circle of influence? While I have some doubts that one can have a deepening relationship with another using 140 characters at a time (that's the limit on a Twitter posting), I believe we can damage a relationship in fewer characters than that without much effort. If you're a pastor or church leader, visitors will judge your church by what you post. Is it at least harmless? Is the outcome of the healthcare debate or immigration reform more important to you than your relationship with those church members who voted for Barack Obama in 2008? If not, watch what you say. Will people who receive e-mail forwards find those treasures consistent with your life message or at least not contrary? If in doubt, just delete them.
The problem could be called transparency gone mad but it's really a caricature of that overused virtue. We can be transparent when our motives are pure and our hearts are striving for holiness. Bad transparency is really poor impulse control that drives us to say and do everything that passes through our minds. Save some of those jewels for people who know you well -- people who understand you well enough to forgive you when you're a dope.
No, I am not going off on technology. I use it and I am sometimes grateful for the strange minds that come up with new ways of communicating. None of these tools should be our master, though. Just because we can impulsively tell our rapt audience we're having Spam for breakfast or that we strongly dislike the governor is no reason that we must tell them. If we'll run counter to the stated purposes of some communications tools; if we'll think half a tick about our readers and our priorities before hitting "send," we stand a better chance of keeping the doors open to the kind of old-school communication that matters most. We might find people drawn to what we stand for rather than confused or offended by what we appear to be.
Gary Ledbetter is editor of the Southern Baptist TEXAN, newsjournal of the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention, on the Web at texanonline.net.
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An inquest has been opened into the death of Modern Art Oxford director Michael Stanley.
Mr Stanley, 37, of Combe in West Oxfordshire, was found dead at a house in Adelaide Street, Oxford, on September 21.
The father-of-three joined the art gallery in 2009 and was responsible for curating acclaimed exhibitions and a £300,000 expansion in 2010. He was a member of the Turner Prize 2012 jury.
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On Sunday March 10, it's time to 'spring forward,' and change your smoke detector batteries. We adopt Daylight Savings Time, this Sunday, March 10, at 2:00 a.m.
Fire Departments all over the nation say this is the perfect time to change the batteries in your home smoke detectors.
It's best to set the clocks and change the batteries before you go to bed Saturday night.
Daylight Saving Time lasts for eight months. It starts on Sunday, March 10 and ends on Sunday, November 3.
Consumer Affairs.com says most folks would rather have the time change on Saturday morning, not Sunday morning:
According to the mega-mattress retailer Sleepy's, nearly 70% of Americans said they would prefer it if DST, which happens to fall on Sundays at 2:00 a.m., could be moved to Saturday at 2:00 a.m., so people can get used to the time change over the weekend.
A Sleepy's poll showed there's a 16% rise in those folks who favor moving the change to Saturday, compared to a similar analysis the company conducted in 2011.
For the most part, Sleepy's says the time change can cause all sort of problems, like becoming tired at the workplace and producing less, which of course is never good. The company also points out there's an increased number of accidents on the roads, in schools and at jobs due to folks suffering from fatigue after the semi-annual time change.
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Before you begin your topic it 's a good idea to get a broad overview of your topic by doing background reading. The following sources can help you get started. See also the sections below on e-books and searching the libary catalogs (important).
Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) Country Reports and Profiles. Indexes studies that provide analysis and forecasts of the political, economic, and business environments in more than 180 countries. Annual profiles are updated by quarterly reports.
Europa World. Provides political and economic information on over 250 countries and territories, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe.
International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences (IESBS). The electronic version of the 26 volume IESBS set published in 2001. It contains over 3800 articles spread over 99 subject areas.
Oxford Reference Online - Politics and Social Sciences. Access to nine reference sources published by Oxford University Press on the topic of World History, Geography, Politics and Sociology. Search all sources collectively or search within an individual title.
New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics. Comprehensive encyclopedia of economic thought, containing over 1000 articles by over 1,500 contributors, providing both a current overview of economics as well as classic essays.
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Oskicat. UC Berkeley libraries catalog. Includes records for most UCB library materials, including books, e-books, journal and e-journal titles, films and videos, maps, archival materials, and much more. See also the Quick Guide to Oskicat and Oskicat Tutorial.
Melvyl. Catalog for all UC Campus libraries, including selected libraries on campus not in Oskicat, e.g. the Boalt Law Library.
Ebooks in Politics & Economics
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Goldsmith's-Kress Library of Economic Literature. Collection of e-books from 1460-1850, and 466 pre-1906 serials. Focuses on economics and includes collections on banking, finance, and manufacturing. Combines the Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature at the University of London, and the Kress Library of Business and Economics at the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, along with materials from the Seligman Collection at Columbia University and libraries at Yale.
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) The National Bureua of Economic Research (NBER) is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to promoting a greater understanding of how the economy works. Research is conducted by more than 600 university professors around the country, the leading scholars in their fields. This database includes historical ebooks dating from the 1990s, but most current ebooks are not available.
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Oxford Scholarship Online. Cross-searchable library containing the full text of books in many subjects, including politcs, economics and finance from 2008 to present.
Palgrave Connect: Economics and Finance Collections. Contains Palgrave ebooks in economics and finance as well as business and management from 2006 to present. Palgrave is one of the premier commercial book publishers in economics.
Springer Electronic Book Package. Thousands of e-books the commerical publisher Springer. in several of the social sciences, including Business and Economics as well as Mathematics and Statistics and more. These e-books are also listed in Melvyl.
UC Press E-Books Collection (eScholarship Editions). Online titles from the University of California Press - about 30% of the UC Press books, both in print and out-of-print are represented in this collection. Click on By Subject, for a title list by subject. Titles are viewable online but cannot be downloaded. Date coverage is from 1999 - 2004.
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PATCHOGUE, N.Y. – AUGUST 13, 2013 – St. Joseph's College (SJC) and Suffolk County Community College (SCCC) have amended a pre-existing articulation agreement between the two Colleges from December 2011 to include the transfer from SCCC's Hotel and Resort Management program to the new Hospitality and Tourism Management (HTM) program at SJC.
The original articulation agreement outlined the terms of the Presidential Transfer Scholarship for three graduate nominees of SCCC to attend SJC, and the Dean's Transfer Scholarship for six nominees. The agreement allowed for a more efficient transfer process for students and continues to do so with the new amendment. This amendment would allow one graduate of the Hotel and Resort Management program at SCCC to receive an $11,000 scholarship and admission into the HTM program at SJC each year. In order to be eligible for the scholarship, the student will need a GPA of 3.3 or higher and a nomination from a SCCC faculty member or program director in the College's Hotel and Resort Management Program.
"Governor Cuomo has made a point of citing the impressive employment statistics of Tourism in New York (e.g., as the fifth largest employment sector in New York), and he has emphasized the need for educational institutions to collaborate more effectively in helping to drive economic development," said Dr. Christopher Frost, academic dean for SJC's Long Island Campus. "In founding a new Institute for Hospitality and Tourism Management and crafting a new HTM major, SJC addressed both themes by connecting its new initiatives to SCCC's programs. Working in partnership with SCCC, we believe that, together, we can help students identify new and deeper career pathways, and we can help to move Long Island forward—economically, and in terms of caring for its natural resources."
The amendment was created to foster the pre-existing mutually-beneficial relationship between the two Long Island colleges. This change will assist students who have earned their associate's degrees from SCCC in Hotel and Resort Management and to further their education and obtain bachelor's degrees in HTM from SJC.
For more information about SJC's new HTM degree program or transfer opportunities, please call Dr. Gail Lamberta at 631.687.1285 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
About St. Joseph's College
St. Joseph's College has been dedicated to providing a diverse population of students in the New York metropolitan area with an affordable education rooted in the liberal arts tradition since 1916. Independent and coeducational, the College provides a strong academic and value-oriented education at the undergraduate and graduate levels, aiming to prepare each student for a life characterized by integrity, intellectual and spiritual values, social responsibility, and service. With campuses located in the Clinton Hill area of Brooklyn and in Patchogue, Long Island, the College offers degrees in more than 29 majors, special course offerings and certificates, affiliated and pre-professional programs.


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Hydraulic Fracturing: What is it?
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Hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, was first developed in the U.S. after World War II. Since then, this method has become more developed and has grown to be a popular practice of extracting natural gas from the earth. While there are many benefits to using this method, people also need to be aware of the negative impact on the environment and on human health.
The process of fracking begins by drilling into the earth a few thousand feet into the dense shale bed and inserting explosives. A pipe is then inserted where a mixture of hazardous chemicals and water is pumped into the shale bed. This pressurizes the natural gas out of the gas pockets found in the shale and up the pipe.
The most popular area of fracking is the Marcellus Shale area that extends from New York, Pennsylvania and down to West Virginia. Yet nearly two thirds of the U.S. has hydraulic fracturing taking place.
Fracking has many opportunities attributed to it, such as creating jobs and boosting a town's economy. On a larger scale, it also helps in making the U.S. less dependent on foreign oil. While there are many benefits, there are also many consequences to this form of extracting natural gas.
According to a Link TV-Earth Focus documentary in 2011, the
1 percent of chemicals used in each well contains 5,000 chemicals. While this may not seem like much, there are thousands of wells in the U.S., each with this high number of chemicals. Some of these chemicals used include arsenic, mercury, and hydrogen sulfide, all of which are toxic to people. Link TV also states that "Natural gas burns cleaner than any other fossil fuel, but it is not cleaner in its life cycle." This is mainly because of the large amounts of methane, as well as other chemicals released in the fracking process.
From the article "Land Facts" published by the Natural Resource Defense Council in 2007,
citizens near areas of fracking have already shown negative health effects such as tumors, respiratory illness, and birth defects. The water supply for people living near gas fields can become so contaminated that they are able to light their water on fire. People near the drilling areas have also felt earthquakes as a result from fracking.
One reason that fracking is so harmful is because a lot of the practice is unregulated. The Energy Policy Act of 2005 did not force companies to share with the public what chemicals they were using in the process of fracking. According to the article "Hydraulic Fracturing & Shale Gas" from the
, the drilling companies are exempt from the Safe Water Drinking Act because of the Energy Policy Act of 2005. The Environmental Protection Agency investigated 150,000 injection wells and out of those, 17,000 violated regulations of proper waste disposal. Currently the EPA is investigating fracking and how it can affect the water supply.
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Early Monday morning the second suspect, 16-year-old Kenan Adams-Kinard, wanted in connection with the beating death of 88-year-old Delbert Belton, was taken into custody.
Kenan's Uncle and Father say they are both happy the search for him is over and that he was taken into custody safely. The Kinard family had asked anyone who knew of Kenan's whereabouts to call them, so the family could turn him in. Early Monday morning, that is exactly what happened.
"We got the call at three o'clock this morning," Kenan's Uncle said.
The family says an anonymous caller told them where Kenan was hiding, so they called Spokane Police to turn him in.
"We went to him, the officer went with us, and he took care of that," Kenan's Uncle said.
Knowing that Kenan is safely in custody, the Kinard family can now breathe a sigh of relief.
"A lot of people don't realize, who haven't been in a situation like this, but this was a blessing to the whole family, especially to me as a father knowing that my son was captured without being harmed," Kenan's Father said.
However, while the search for Kenan is over, there are still a lot of questions his father and uncle need answered.
"We hear a lot of stories, but the bottom line is, we have to hear his story," Kenan's Uncle said.
Kenan's family says there are many troubled teenagers in Spokane and situations like this will keep happening if we do not step in to help.
"What we need to do is all come together, pray for the victims family, pray for the kids, and wish this situation would never happen again because this could have happened to anyone," Kenan's Uncle said.
Kenan Adams-Kinard is expected to make his first appearance in court Tuesday afternoon. He is charged with first degree murder and first degree robbery. He will be tried as an adult. The Kinard family still cannot believe Kenan is involved in this tragedy.
"Kenan is a very good kid," Kenan's Father said. "I'm proud of him and I'm not giving up on him no matter what. They can't tell me my son is a killer and I know he's not."


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Europe is generally agreed to be the birthplace of western culture, including such legendary innovations as the democratic nation-state, football and tomato sauce.
The word Europe comes from the Greek goddess Europa, who was kidnapped by Zeus and plunked down on the island of Crete. Europa gradually changed from referring to mainland Greece until it extended finally to include Norway and Russia.
Don't be confused that Europe is called a continent without looking like an island, the way the other continents do. It's okay. The Ural mountains have steadily been there to divide Europe from Asia for the last 250 million years. Russia technically inhabits "Eurasia".
Europe is presently uniting into one political and economic zone with a common currency called the Euro. The European Union originated in 1993 and is now composed of 27 member states. Its headquarters is in Brussels, Belgium.
Do not confuse the EU with the Council of Europe, which has 47 member states and dates to 1949. These two bodies share the same flag, national anthem, and mission of integrating Europe. The headquarters of the Council are located in Strasbourg, France, and it is most famous for its European Court of Human Rights.
In spite of these two bodies, there is still no single Constitution or set of laws applying to all the countries of Europe. Debate rages over the role of the EU in regards to national sovereignty. As of January 2009, the Lisbon Treaty is the closest thing to a European Constitution, yet it has not been approved by all the EU states.
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February 07, 2013, 08:39 PM
You can watch the trailer for "Into the White," starring Rupert Grint here at Apple.com. "Into the White" will be available on iTunes and on Demand on March 7th and it will be released into select US theatres on April 12th. A synopsis for the film follows:
At the beginning of World War II a hostile chance encounter in the skies above the harsh Norwegian wilderness leaves two aircraft – one British, one German – shot down in a remote and isolated region. By strange coincidence the crews seek shelter in the same cabin. They must battle to survive the brutal winter in order to get back to the war – and to fighting one another. Although war has made them enemies, as the days go by animosity proves hard to maintain. Mutual need leads to unlikely friendships, and the rules of war must be put aside.


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Plenty to like in JU spring game
As spring drills wind down, the JU football team has much to look forward to based on Saturday's spring game at D.B. Milne Field.
The Dolphins saw several players, including all four quarterbacks who are vying for the starting job, and a sophomore tight end reach eyebrow-raising levels of play.
Freshman Steven Hughes found roommate Andrew Robustelli on an 11-yard pass with 4:25 to play giving the White team a 39-35 win over the Green in the spring wrap up.
Hughes, from Palm Bay, Fla., ended a six-play, 62-yard drive for the game winner that capped a White comeback and ended his day going 15 of 22 for 213 yards and a pair of touchdowns.
Robustelli, a sophomore tight end, had three touchdown catches, including the last two scores for his team, on the day as he had seven receptions for 196 yards. Included were touchdown catches of 70 and 47 yards.
The Green team moved to a 21-3 first quarter lead via two touchdown runs from quarterback Kade Bell and a 14-yard scoring pass from freshman Ryan Walker to Brion Youngs.
Bell, who along with Hughes is involved in a four-way battle for the starting job, was 16-for-31 for 193 yards and a touchdown pass and had two interceptions and lost two fumbles.
After the White team fell behind early and was down 28-17 at the half, it outscored the Green 22-7 in the final half as quarterback Trevious Folston ran in for a score then threw a td pass to Robustelli before the game winner.
"You've got to play the whole game,'' coach Kerwin Bell said. "I thought the Green team came out and played really well early then the White team stayed in it. That's what we've got to develop as a team, that White team mentality. They just kept battling back, battling back.''
Folston was 11 of 19 for 158 yards and Walker ended 11 of 19 for 135 yards and the scoring toss to Youngs.
Adrian Riley led all receivers with nine catches for 120 yards and a touchdown and Keith Dawson led all rushers with 98 yards on 21 carries. Running back Johnnie Hicks had 81 yards on 12 carries and a touchdown.
Bell said the quarterback race is just getting started.
"It's going to go into the fall,'' he said. "Through all the stats in the spring I thought that Kade and Steven were the most productive and that's what I'm looking for. They can move around and make plays. Trevious got hurt and miss seven or eight days which put him behind a little and Ryan played well when he got his opportunities. He was the dark horse going in and we weren't expecting much but he has played pretty well. Right now we feel good about a lot of them.''


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Rainbow Ohana Vacation Rental offers open ocean views, banana trees, hibiscus, plumeria and a small working Kona coffee farm right on the premises. We offer simplicity, comfort and the spirit of Aloha.
Rainbow Ohana is an affordable vacation rental for the adventurous traveler seeking authentic Hawaiian beauty, peace, and serenity. All the comforts of home in a lush tropical setting only .4 miles off the highway but with a feeling of rural space and modest luxury.
Handpainted furniture, tasteful art and decor, this spacious 1 bedroom unit has both modern conveniences and tropical Hawaiian charm. Less than 10 minutes from Kahaluu Beach Park and 15 minutes from Kailua-Kona resort town, our location is ideal for relaxation or sightseeing along the sunny Kona coast. We are actually about 5 minutes north of Kealakekua (in Honalo), making travel to Kona just a little bit faster than it would be from Kealakekua itself.
Managed with warm aloha and gratitude for our guests choice to stay with us on their Hawaiian vacation. We hope your visit to our guest house will be the first of many happy travels to explore our beautiful island.
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Bed: High quality queen sized mattress and box springs with very comfortable pillows. Extra pillows and blankets are provided in the walk-in closet. The fold-out sofa bed allows for 2 additional adults. The queen size bed and the sofa bed are in the same large bedroom.
Safe, off-street parking: Turn right at the beautiful Rainbow Ohana colorful turtle sign. You will pass through a grove of coffee and banana trees. Our paved parking area is private and not visible from the road.
Washer and Dryer: Our apartment-size washer/dryer unit is house inside the guest house. Laundry detergent and fabric softener are provided. Outdoor hooks are available for hanging web beach gear and towels.
Wireless Internet is provided at no charge. Basic cable, DVD player, CD and Video players are also provided.
Outdoor seating/picnic area and small charcoal grill are provided.
Beach mats, beach towels and cooler are also provided for guests. Snorkeling equipment available for rent close by.
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- Kayak rentals nearby
- Whale watching
- Swimming
- Snorkeling/Scuba Diving
- Surfing
- Hiking
- Fishing/Deep sea fishing
- Cinemas/Movie Theaters
- Live Theatre (Aloha Theater)
- Horseback Riding
- Close to some of the world's finest snorkeling beaches!
- Great accessible locations for watching the dolphins swim
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Parker Ranch on the Big Island of Hawaii
Excellent guide books:
Hawaii: the Big Island Revealed: The ultimate guidebook4
Lonely Planet guidebook and web site
Frommer's Guidebook to the Big Island
vacation rental rates
- April-November: $95-105/night .. $680/week .. $1850/month
- December-March: $110/night .. $720/week .. $2000/month
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CHICAGO -- As some fans continue to wonder when Dayan Viciedo will be called up from Triple-A Charlotte, it was announced on Thursday that he, along with teammate Gregory Infante, will play on the World team and represent the White Sox in this year's XM All-Star Futures Game at Chase Field in Phoenix.
Viciedo, the White Sox No. 1 prospect per MLB.com, has the International League's fourth-highest batting average, at .324. The third baseman/outfielder has slugged 11 home runs and is third in the league in RBIs, with 49. He also played in the 2009 Futures Game, going 1-for-2 with an RBI double.
With the White Sox offense struggling to find consistency this season, the question of calling up Viciedo to the Majors has been posed to both general manager Ken Williams and manager Ozzie Guillen, especially over the past couple of weeks. Guillen, however, while acknowledging Viciedo's success and talent, simply wouldn't know who to replace on the current 25-man roster to make room for the 22-year-old.
"I'm ready," said Viciedo during a phone interview with MLB.com earlier this month.
"It would be awfully interesting to have him in this lineup," Williams said around the same time. "He's ready. He's obviously got some things he still needs to work on, but I would have no qualms about bringing him here. I'm not going to bring him here to sit. Ozzie is not ready to change the mix he has right now, and that has to be respected."
Infante, a right-handed reliever, made a serious run at making the team out of Spring Training, and the White Sox believe he can contribute at the Major League level if he can consistently throw strikes. He earned his selection to the Futures Game in large part because of his performance earlier this season with Double-A Birmingham, where he threw 15 1/3 scoreless innings before being promoted to Charlotte. He has a 3.06 ERA over 17 2/3 innings with the Knights.
Among the 221 players from the first 12 XM All-Star Futures Games that are currently on Major League rosters are Mark Buehrle, John Danks, Gavin Floyd, Edwin Jackson, Adam Dunn, Brent Lillibridge, Alex Rios and Ramon Castro.
The 13th annual Futures Game can be seen live on MLB.TV, ESPN2 and ESPN2 HD and followed live on MLB.com's Gameday on Taco Bell All-Star Sunday, July 10, at 5 p.m. CT. In addition, XM Radio will broadcast play-by-play coverage of the event live on XM 175. MLB.com will provide complete coverage before, during and after the game, and you can keep up to date by following @MLBFutures on Twitter. Fans can join the Futures Game conversation by tagging tweets with #mlbfutures.
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MILLIGAN COLLEGE (UT) -- The Tennessee football team showed some attitude and toughness as it wrapped up its morning practice on the final day of training camp at Milligan College on Wednesday.
"They are hurting but they are pushing through," head coach Derek Dooley said. "Their attitude has been great, it has just been hard. They are tired and beat on, but they are going to be recovering soon enough. That's how you feel in the fourth quarter. You have to learn how to finish the drill."
After six full days together without computers or internet and limited cell phone service, things started to get a little edgy on the practice field for the Vols before an impending thunderstorm cut things short by about five minutes.
"It's been good for team camaraderie but at some point you start getting on each other's nerves," Dooley said. "The offense is going against the same guy all the time so it's getting a little edgy and that's good, but they are handling it the right way."
Overall, the trip to Milligan College has been a resounding success with coaches and players alike talking about how much it has helped the team prepare for the upcoming season.
"It's been great," Dooley said. "It helped our team and I think it helped our staff. I hope it pays off this fall."
For local players Brendan Downs and Mack Crowder, both products of Tennessee High School in nearby Bristol, Tenn., it was good to come back home.
"It has been fun," Downs said. "I have seen some people I know from around here and it has been cool being in this area and seeing the mountains. It is so pretty up here and I miss it. It has been a really good experience for me. We are still really secluded from everything here. I have never even been to Milligan before so this is a new experience for me."
That seclusion allowed the Vols an opportunity to grow as a unit off-the-field as well, thanks to a number of team-building activities including a karaoke night and a talent show. They are ready to get back to a more familiar setting though.
"The team has had a great time," Crowder said. "We have had some team-bonding experiences where some of the freshman did a little talent show and stuff. We all have had a great time so far and have gotten a whole lot closer and lot better as a football team. The team had a great time, but I think we're getting ready to go back to Knoxville and start getting ready for this season."
Heralded receiver Cordarrelle Patterson is making the transition from junior college football to the highest level of college ball in the SEC with the Vols. Patterson, who was rated the No. 1 JUCO recruit in America, has been limited by a shoulder injury, but that hasn't stopped his growth and excitement of wearing the Orange & White.
"It is better here," said Patterson, who was a two-time All-American at Hutchinson CC. "In Kansas there wasn't anything and everything was slow. Everything here is better."
A lot of pressure has been placed on Patterson, but the 6-3, 205-pound product understands what it means to play at UT alongside some of the nation's top receivers in Da'Rick Rogers and Justin Hunter.
"(I am) listening more," said Patterson. It is paying attention to Justin and Da'Rick, they are teaching me step-by-step. It is just coming slowly. They are good players, it is just watching them. I know I am a good player too. It is just competing with those guys every day makes all of us better. I think we have a chance to do some good things.
"Just coming in and listening to Da'Rick and Justin and learning from them (has helped). It is a honor to be on the same team as them. I know they are two good guys and learning from them will put me in a spot with them."
Patterson has been ailing with an injured shoulder, and has worn a red non-contact jersey during the Vols' stint in the Tri-Cities. Coach Dooley says the red shirt is more precautionary and hasn't slowed him down.
"He's been in a red shirt but he is doing everything," said Dooley. "We're just not hitting right now. I think he is getting there. He's not 100 percent but he's getting there. The last couple of practices you noticed him. The first 10 or so, he was just swimming. It is just a lot of stuff learning how to play fast and it's hard to play fast when you're not sure what to do."
Patterson agrees that he has picked up more as camp has progressed.
"The first couple days it was just so much going at me. I didn't understand a lot," said Patterson. "Coach (Darin) Hinshaw was just teaching me day by day, just told me to focus in and how to understand. Now I understand that and I am learning everything.
"Coach Hinshaw he would pull me to the side after meetings and stuff and we would stay an extra 30/35 minutes just trying to learn it. In the morning we would try to pick up something real fast so I could get the offense down pat."
Patterson knew the pace of the game would be a major upgrade at Tennessee.
"It is tough and I know there are a lot of guys out here, where I come from they were pretty good but not like it," said Patterson. "It is kind of different to translate it over. There is a lot of competition out here. There are guys out here that are physical. The corners are always on you doing whatever they need to do."
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Thursday's semifinal match between Germany and Italy in the 2012 Euro tournament was a thrilling affair, made even more lively by the colorful fans of both sides. Italy fans were out in full force and definitely won the costume contest. (There was a costume contest, right?) A pair of Italy supporters plumbed the depth of their imaginations and almost certainly helped secure the victory for their team.
These enterprising gentlemen were most likely responsible for the resulting 2-1 Italy win.
These guys definitely thought Italy was the Bob-omb! Italy now moves on to the Euro finals after a real Peach of a win, if Yoshi what I mean. You couldn't Koopa up their enthusiasm even if you tried. These two gents brought a little Mario Sunshine to the proceedings, and were certainly no Shyguys as they supported their team to the fullest.
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MHA-NE supports freedom for individuals with mental illness. Freedom to take advantage of any of life's opportunities. Freedom to decide where one lives, works; and the important thing they will do with their lives, the relationships they establish, how they chose to contribute to their community, and what services they will use.
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After Ring of Honor swept this award last year, both WWE and TNA put quite a bit more emphasis on their tag team divisions this year. As a result, both of those companies are represented again in this category.
Runners-up: The World Tag Team Champions of the World (Christopher Daniels & Kazarian)
While most tag teams are focused on winning championship gold, these two men were out for something more personal. Their goal in 2012 was to make life a living hell for AJ Styles and they succeeded in that task. Outside the ring, they first made allegations that AJ had an affair with TNA President Dixie Carter. Then they made it appear that a drug addict was pregnant with AJ's child. While AJ eventually proved all of these allegations false, they had an impact on his psyche which has left his career in a major state of confusion as we enter 2013. The two men also had some success in the ring as well as they won the TNA World Tag Team Championship on two separate occasions.
Winners: Team Hell No (Kane & Daniel Bryan)
Prior Tag Team of the Year Award Winners
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- '10: The Motor City Machine Guns
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Rich people create jobs.
Specifically, the argument goes, entrepreneurs and investors create jobs.
So if we want to create more jobs, the argument continues, we need to cut taxes on entrepreneurs and investors--to increase their incentive to create jobs.
Now, I'm an entrepreneur, and Business Insider employs about 75 people, up from zero four years ago. So if this assertion were true, I'd happily espouse it. It would make me feel great, believing that I had created all those jobs. And it would make me feel perfectly justified in paying historically low tax rates. (After all, I created these jobs!).
Unfortunately, as I explained in detail here, this assertion is wrong: Entrepreneurs and investors actually don't create jobs, at least not by themselves. What creates jobs is a healthy economic ecosystem, of which entrepreneurs and investors are only parts. The more important part of the job-creation engine is a huge base of people and companies with plentiful disposable income. Specifically, millions upon millions of customers with money to spend.
Without our generous readers and sponsors and dedicated team, all the jobs I "created" at BI would immediately cease to exist (including mine). I'm patient and determined, but I'm not Sisyphus. And our investors are good people, but they're also, justifiably, impatient (they, too, have clients to serve and jobs to keep). And I certainly couldn't produce BI by myself. So if BI hadn't quickly gained traction with readers and sponsors and hired a great team, my investors and I would have switched the lights off. And all those jobs would have gone "poof."
Without healthy customers, in other words, entrepreneurs and investors can create prototypes, or do R&D, but they can't create self-sustaining jobs. To create self-sustaining jobs, companies need to sell their products and services into a marketplace that 1) wants them, and 2) can afford them. The marketplace also needs laws, law-enforcement, property rights, transportation systems, resources, rules, and other attributes of healthy free-market economies that help companies and society function. Without all those things, entrepreneurs and investors can't create jack.
To illustrate this, let's run through a simple example. Let's create a fictional economy called "Millionaire's Island..."
Let's assume that, before we get there, Millionaire's Island is an unspoiled wilderness. And let's start our experiment by picking up "the 1%"--the Americans in the top-percentile of wage earners--and putting them all on the island.
Let's allow the 1% to take their savings with them. So some of these folks will arrive with enormous wealth, and others will have very modest means. The island's residents will also be a highly skilled and educated bunch: Most of the 1% are doctors, lawyers, bankers, business-owners, hedge-fund managers, and so on.there were about 1.4 million one-percenters in the U.S., and they each made a minimum of $380,000 a year. So our island's population will be the size of a mid-sized American city. And the total wealth on the island will amount to one-third of the wealth of the entire United States.
(That's how much of the wealth the top 1% of the country owns--see chart at right).
What will happen?
Well, first there will be a massive grab for all of the island's resources. This will probably lead to years of violence and wars, in which many of the island's new residents will be killed off.
(Such is life without property rights.)
But maybe, to skip this step, we can keep our property rights and just peacefully divide the island's resources upon arrival--say, according to net worth. In this case the super-rich 0.1% would end up owning the vast majority of the island and the rest of the 1% would end up with some scraps.
Provided the 1% don't kill each other off dividing up resources, the island will then progress to the next phase of economic development: The rush to satisfy basic needs.
These needs would include:
- Food
- Clothes
- Shelter
- Basic services (health, legal, banking, plumbing, construction, garbage disposal, tailoring, cooking, dry-cleaning, cleaning, undertaking, etc.)
- Government (including police and judicial system)
(Yes, we'll need some government. Given how much so many people seem to hate government, however, we'll keep government small and fund it with a simple, low, "fair" flat tax. That will let the super-rich keep more of their earnings than they currently do--and, thus, according to the theory, have an incentive to create more jobs.)
(If a billionaire were starving and there was nothing else to eat, the billionaire might just pay $1 million for a banana. As a result, the food monopolist would quickly amass all the wealth on the island. And the monopolist would enjoy this wealth right up until the time the rest of the island stormed his mansion, chopped off his head, and redistributed his property. It is true that "life is not fair"--another mantra that is often used to justify the extreme inequality that has developed in the U.S. in the past 30 years--but there's only so much inequality society can take.).
So let's say the island's food needs are taken care of. Then it's on to the other basic necessities.
Among the island's residents will be lots wealthy entrepreneurs and investors, many of whom made it into the 1% by selling companies or investing money. And there will also be "poor" entrepreneurs who are willing to take more risk in the hope of getting rich.
These entrepreneurs and investors will start founding and funding companies. These new companies will hire some of the island's other residents to provide their products and services. And the jobs for these residents (and the entrepreneurs) will be self-sustaining--as long as the employees are paid enough to buy basic necessities from other companies.
If the employees are not paid living wages--if, instead, all the entrepreneurs and investors try to maximize every cent of profit by paying employees as little as possible--the new jobs will not be self-sustaining.
Why not?
Importantly, this collapse will happen even if the wealth of the island as a whole still adds up to trillions. If the wealth and income is concentrated only in the hands of a privileged few, there will be no money for the less privileged to pay for any products and services produced by these few. Thus, there will be no point in the rich people producing any products and services beyond what they need to feed and clothe themselves (because no one will be able to buy the products and services). And, therefore, there will be very few jobs.
(The super-rich will probably have to throw everyone else a bone and give them means to clothe and house themselves or risk getting their heads chopped off, but this bone could take the form of indentured servitude. But the economy would not grow, and products and services would not improve. Instead, the super-rich would just sit on their money, which, most certainly would not "trickle down.")
So this is the first example of why it is silly to think that "entrepreneurs and investors" create the jobs in our economy. Entrepreneurs and investors start and fund companies, which is important. But what actually creates self-sustaining jobs and a growing economy is customers who want and can pay for companies' products and services. Without these customers, there's no job creation.
And what, in a healthy economy, enables customers to pay for products and services? The customers' own jobs--jobs that pay the customers enough to be able to afford to buy products and services.
[Before moving on to a final point, we should note an amusing side-effect of the economy on Millionaire's Island. To provide for its population's basic necessities, our island economy will create the need for a lot of jobs that the 1% aren't used to doing.
Specifically, a bunch of the folks who were making, say, $1 million a year as bankers or lawyers prior to moving to the island would have no choice but to become construction workers or sewer cleaners or undertakers or firemen, because otherwise those jobs just won't get done. The good news for these former bankers will be that, since no one on the island will want or know how to do those jobs, they'll probably be able to charge immense amounts for doing them. So as they're pumping crap out of a billionaire's cesspool, the former bankers will be able to take comfort in the fact that they're being paid millions to do it. At least until another former banker comes along who does it for less. Which probably won't take long.
Anyway, the satisfaction of basic needs will create a lot of jobs in our island economy. And as long as the island's employers pay their employees enough to live on and save something, everything will be fine.
So, what will happen once the basic needs have been met?
Companies will be founded that do more than satisfy basic needs.
The new companies will produce products that people want, but don't necessarily need.
Like iPads.iPad, has been heralded as an amazing job-creator in our own economy, because some 60,000 people now work at Apple making products like the iPad. But did Steve Jobs really singlehandedly create all those jobs? Of course not. If there hadn't been hundreds of millions of people on the planet with enough disposable income to buy iPhones and iPads, Apple wouldn't have been able to sell them. What created Apple's jobs was the combination of products that people wanted and people who could afford to pay for them.
But maybe among the island companies founded by the entrepreneurs and investors, there will be an island Apple, Inc. And this Apple will make products that are so magical and amazing that everyone will immediately want them.
And how many jobs will this island Apple create?
It depends on how many of the island's residents can afford to buy the iPads after taking care of their more pressing needs.
If everyone on the island has enough income to afford an iPad after paying for food, shelter, and clothes, then the island Apple Inc. might sell 1.4 million iPads (one per person). And that level of demand for iPads would create a lot of jobs making, distributing, selling, and servicing iPads--jobs that would last as long as the demand for the iPads lasted.
But what if the island's income and resources were not so equally distributed?
What if, instead of everyone on the island having enough disposable income to buy an iPad, only, say, 25% of the island's residents had enough disposable income to afford an iPad?
If only 25% of the island's residents could afford to buy iPads, then the island Apple could only sell about 350,000 of them. And that would create a lot fewer jobs than the production, sales, and service of 1.4 million iPads.
And this gets to the important point.
The iPad is the same.
But the number of jobs created by the iPad is different depending on the number of customers who want and can afford to buy it.
So, again, crediting the entrepreneurs and investors who created the iPad with singlehandedly "creating jobs" is unfair to every other participant in the economy. It's the overall health of the ecosystem--the combination of entrepreneurs, investors, laws, law-enforcement, transportation, and, most of all, wide distribution of wealth--that creates the jobs, not entrepreneurs and investors.
Yes, life is not fair. Yes, some people will always have more and others will always have less. Yes, capitalism is the best economic system in the world. Yes, entrepreneurs and investors are an important part of the economic job-creation engine.
But the moral of the story is that we're all in this together.
If we continue to concentrate the wealth of this ecosystem in the hands of fewer and fewer participants, the health of the ecosystem will not improve. On the contrary, it will deteriorate further.
We do not need to further incentivize entrepreneurs and investors to start companies--they already have plenty of incentives to do so.
What we do need to do is find ways to give our vast middle class more purchasing power again.
What are some of those ways?
Well, modestly shifting the tax burden toward rich people would help. (Modestly, not wildly. No one sensible is talking about raising top bracket income tax rates back to 70%-90% again. We can start by just nudging the top bracket back to, say, 39%, and raising taxes on dividends and capital gains).
And so would rebuilding our manufacturing base.
And so would doing something that could be accomplished outside of government influence: Companies could voluntarily reduce their profit margins and pay people more.
Wait, what?
Yes. Instead of continuing to increase their profit margins above today's already record levels, companies could decide to shift their emphasis from "serving customers and increasing shareholder value" to "serving customers and increasing shareholder value and providing a good living to as many employees as they can.
Wow, that last one sounds crazy. But it isn't. Our companies have become so phenomenally profitable and efficient that wages in our economy recently hit an all-time low as a percentage of GDP (see chart above). Perhaps it's time our companies started voluntarily sharing more of the vast wealth they have created with their employees.
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