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I honestly don't have anything new to add to this situation, but I wanted to throw together a few links for you to follow (legally even!) if you want to try and figure out what's going through the heads of the administrators at Canadian Universities that are planning to sign on with the Access Copyright - AUCC Model Licence. I can sure think of better places for a University to spend a large amount of money!
First, Michael Geist, as always, offers a clear and well-reasoned post: Why Universities Should Not Sign the Access Copyright - AUCC Model Licence.
Second, earlier today The Faculty Association of the University of Calgary (TUCFA) posted a link to a fascinating PDF in which CAUT, the Canadian Association of University Teachers, responds point by point to the University of Calgary's response to CAUT's concerns with the AUCC/Access Copyright model licence.
Finally, earlier this month Ariel Katz, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, took a detailed look at how the recent decision in the Georgia State University copyright case is relevant here in Canada. He concludes that, "... American universities are much more willing to assert and defend their rights, while many Canadian ones, short-sighted, extremely risk-averse, and ill-advised, still cling to their habit of being dependent on Access Copyright."
Ouch, and spot on, IMHO!
Oh, and I notice Dr. Katz is also keeping a running list of members in the Canadian Hall of F/Sh/ame.
Posted at 01:44 PM in Books, Discovery, Document Delivery, Ideas, Legal, Scholarship | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Can't remember how I came across this one, but over at NetMagazine you'll find a great post sharing 10 tools you can use to create professional-looking digital magazines, and most without any significant cost at all! Each entry lists the pros and cons of each tool, and links to a working example you can check out. The 11th tool in my title refers to the author's own startup, woop.ie, which is only a link at the end of the article.
Posted at 10:40 AM in Books, Discovery, Ideas, m-libraries, Scholarship, Tutorials | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
A preprint from College & Research Libraries is well worth your read, even if you're not a webmaster: How Users Search the Library from a Single Search Box (from NCSU, Cory Lown, Tito Sierra, and Josh Boyer)
Academic libraries are turning increasingly to unified search solutions to simplify search and discovery of library resources. Unfortunately, very little research has been published on library user search behavior in single search box environments. This study examines how users search a large public university library using a prominent, single search box on the library website. The article examines two semesters of real-world data, totaling nearly 1.4 million transactions. Findings include that unified library search is about more than the catalog and articles, though these predominate. Additionally, a small number of the most popular search queries accounts for a disproportionate amount of the overall queries. Also discussed are the merits of ongoing evaluation of library user search behavior.
(it's not nearly as long as you'd think upon initial download; the last half of the PDF are the images and a couple of pages of references)
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I actually don't follow any of these folks, but if you're looking to pick up some new feeds, this might be a good place to start! (none of them appear to be librarians)
Oh, and I'm trying to close browser tabs by the end of the year, so a few more posts to follow!
Posted at 12:23 PM in Discovery, Ideas, Random Tech Tips, Social Networks, Web/Tech, Weblogs | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
ReadWriteWeb lists their Top 10 Feed & RSS Technologies of 2011, and there are a few on the list that were new to me, so I thought I'd share. Path caught my eye, and while I need another social networking/check-in app like I need a hole in the head, I'll probably give it a try. Are any of you using that one?
If this then that (ifttt) is another I started using only a few weeks ago, and I hope to have a quick post for you on how I use that one.
Posted at 11:32 AM in Discovery, Linking, Web/Tech | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Last week I got an email from ebrary as a followup to their recent survey on ebook usage. The following paragraph caught my eye (emphasis mine),
Some of the results were surprising. For instance, patron awareness of e-books has not increased over the last three years and reported usage of e-books has not increased significantly either. What's more interesting is that the survey results were a direct contradiction of ebrary's internal usage statistics that show skyrocketing usage of e-books. This contradiction produced interesting discussion between the presenters and audience at Charleston. The leading hypothesis that emerged from the discussion is that students do not realize, or simply do not care, if they are in an e-book or another format, such as a journal, which led to underreporting of e-book usage.
Here's a link to my October, 2006! post where I suggested the same thing: Just what am I looking at?
I didn't get any responses to my question then, but maybe now? What do you think - are students aware of just what it is they're using online? Does it matter to anyone but the vendor?
Posted at 12:22 PM in Books, Discovery, Linking, Scholarship | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack (0)
From the Wired article you really should read:
(Last) Wednesday, Google retired a longer-standing "plus": the + operator, a standard bit of syntax used to force words and phrases to appear in search results. The operator was part of Google since its launch in 1997 and built into every search engine since.
Of course I won't leave Google over this, but it does give me a reason to check out DuckDuckGo... (do you continue to use it, D'Arcy?)
Holy Crap, know what else they ditched? Google Labs! Apparently this was announced in July, but I was out of the country then and totally missed it! :-( Either follow my wayback machine link above, or troll through the painfully-slow-to-load pages at the CIO Magazine website to refresh your memory on all the goodness that once was...
Posted at 02:18 PM in Discovery, Electronic Reference, Linking, Social Networks, Tutorials, Web/Tech | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Thanks to my colleague Tim for tweeting about this short video, produced a year ago by the Canadian Association of Research Libraries and McGill University Library. I wish it somehow did better job explaining how the money aspect of the equation keeps research out of the hands of some, as most of us here in the Western world can usually get access for "free" through our University libraries...
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Here's a short article about a search engine being built by a UofC PhD student. Called VisGets, it's definitely a browsing tool, not something one would use to search for a known item. What do you think, could this work for browsing a library collection?
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Back in March I noted that the January 2011 issue of Library Technology Reports was dedicated to Web Scale Discovery Services. Well folks, I finally made the time to read that issue, and if your library is considering Web Scale Discovery you must read it too! Note that LTR is available in Academic Search Complete and Academic OneFile, so you may already have access to the issue.
Jason Vaughan, Director of Library Technologies at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, does an excellent job over 60 pages of summarizing the history and need for Web Scale Discovery Systems, and takes an in-depth look at 4 of the 5 major players in this arena, OCLC WorldCat Local, Serials Solutions Summon, Ebsco Discovery Services, and Ex Libris Primo Central. He states,
The primary goal of this work is to provide a valuable foundation to libraries that wish to know more about library-focused Web scale discovery services and to aid libraries contemplating a marketplace review for the local environment. It does not presume that the reader is familiar with any of these services, nor will the report delve into extreme technical detail.
I think in the long run what will prove to be the most valuable part of the report is chapter 7, Questions to Consider, where Jason provides 40 question you should ask of library vendors when seeking more information about their Web scale discovery services. A damn fine place to start.
Excellent report Jason, thanks!
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I haven't seen a press release or anything, but someone mentioned it on Twitter last night, so I went looking and found that EBSCO has just released an iPhone app. It'll also work on an iPad, but not at full screen.
So how does it work? Log in to one of your EBSCO databasese and scroll alllllll the way down to the bottom. There you should find a new link that says EBSCOHost iPhone/iPod Touch Application:
Click that and enter an email address, and you will receive a link to the App Store (yes, you can search and find it there w/o that link), and also a link to click that will marry the app to your specific institution. Very seamless and straightforward process. The only glitch is that the authentication code seems to work for anyone; I forwarded it to some folks in the States who corroborated that they were now seen as University of Calgary users.
I do notice that part of what that authorization does is include my institution's ezproxy prefix, so I suspect at some point it's still secure enough. Oh, and I do see in the Help file within the app that you'll need to regenerate that code every 9 months. Even w/o a code, the app gives you an option to search as a guest. You're limited to searching GreenFILE at that point.
There's just a basic search box, no option for "advanced search". Limiters such as Full Text, Peer Reviewed, date etc, appear under the Settings tab, but all the way at the bottom of the screen, below the list of databases. All databases appear to be checked by default.
The app helpfully remembers recent searches, and you can save both searches and articles for later viewing. Individual articles can be emailed, with full text, though I don't see an option to select multiple records. PDFs are available within the app. Results can be sorted by date or relevance.
Here are some screenshots for you. Overall it's a pretty nice app - well done EBSCOHost!
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I wanted to wait until the final post before mentioning Jane Burke's guest 6-part series about user perceptions of the library and how Discovery Systems can help on the InfoViews blog. Jane is Senior Vice President of ProQuest and the executive sponsor of Serials Solutions (who makes Summon). In the first four posts Jane paints a well-cited picture of how academic libraries are currently perceived by students and faculty, which I summarize as:
Not until the fifth post does she start to address how Discovery Systems can help,
"Just as we have removed barriers from the physical library space, we need to do the same for our digital library. We need a friendly front door into the collections, one which allows users to easily enter our information environment, on which we spend so much money."
In this post she briefly mentions the three services that can be connected to a single search box, Federated Search, Hybrid Search, and Web-Scale Discovery, and discusses the pros and cons of each. Actually, there appear to be no cons for Web-Scale Discovery, and some significant ones for Hybrid Search, which can be counted as a jab against EBSCO's EDS.
Not until the sixth and final post does Jane even mention Summon by name, and then it's clearly acknowledged as "a commercial". She points out that many of the early issues with Discovery are now being addressed, and that the next big step she sees is the "Leap to Full Text Indexing of Books". The commercial is that Summon recently announced it would soon be indexing the full text content of over 8.4 million items in the Hathi Trust collection.
So while the 6-part series may be viewed as a commercial of sorts for Summon, I think you'll learn an awful lot about user perceptions and possible solutions by reading the posts. They're all pretty brief, and as I mentioned, backed up with citations to research, so lots of yellow-brick-road reading for you if you have the time.
Full disclosure: I currently sit on the Summon Advisory Board
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Thanks to a post on The Federated Search Blog linking to this page: Articles on Discovery, part of a Google Sites "wiki" called Unified Resource Discovery Comparison. Definitely a well-rounded resource, and one I've just requested write-access to.
Missing from the list is a pre-print by Jason Vaughan called Investigations into Library Web Scale Discovery Services (PDF), to be published in an upcoming issue of Information Technology and Libraries. Get it while you can, as the site mentions the preprint will be removed once it hits paper.
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I've had a few posts about Discovery Services piling up in Google Reader:
If you can only grab one of these, I think I'll recommend the last one. A very good overview and lots of things to consider when evaluating a Discovery Service.
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We continue our look back at the history of the rivalry between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez with this video of their third meeting. The third fight happened at a catchweight of 144 pounds in 2011.
Coming into the fight many fans and media members thought that Marquez was in a world of trouble. The last time Marquez had moved up to welterweight, he had looked soft, slow and ineffective against Floyd Mayweather. Meanwhile, Pacquiao had gone up in weight and beat big men like Antonio Margarito.
Instead, Marquez looked much better physically, seemed quick and was able to fight his style of fight beautifully. He was able to do enough to earn the decision in the eyes of many, but the only scorecards that matter are those of the three official judges and they saw the fight 115-113, 114-114 and 116-112, giving Pacquiao the majority decision win.
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The Efficiency of the Spanish Policy Service: an Application of the Multiactivity DEA Model
AbstractIn this paper we analyse the efficiency of the Spanish Police Service using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). The analysis concentrates on the police activities related to the solving of crimes. The theoretical and empirical study of the policy production function under this dimension leads us to consider the units analysed as centres which carry out their activities with non-identical technologies and using common inputs.
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- Amor Diez-Ticio & Maria-Jesus Mancebon, 2002. "The efficiency of the Spanish police service: an application of the multiactivity DEA model," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 34(3), pages 351-362.
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- Isabel García-Sánchez & Luis Rodríguez-Domínguez & Javier Parra Domínguez, 2013. "Evaluation of the efficacy and effectiveness of the Spanish security forces," European Journal of Law and Economics, Springer, vol. 36(1), pages 57-75, August.
- Drake, Leigh M. & Simper, Richard, 2005. "Police Efficiency in Offences Cleared: An Analysis of English "Basic Command Units"," International Review of Law and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 25(2), pages 186-208, June.
- Miguel St. Aubyn, 2008. "Law and Order Efficiency Measurement – A Literature Review," Working Papers Department of Economics 2008/19, ISEG - School of Economics and Management, Department of Economics, University of Lisbon.
- Chen, Po-Chi & Hsu, Shih-Hsun & Chang, Ching-Cheng & Ming-Miin, Yu, 2009. "Efficiency Measurements in Multi-activity Data Envelopment Analysis with Shared Inputs: An Application to Farmers' Organizations in Taiwan," 2009 Conference, August 16-22, 2009, Beijing, China 51657, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
- Kumar, Surender & Kumar, Sudesh, 2013. "Does Modernization Improve Performance: Evidence from Indian Police," MPRA Paper 45801, University Library of Munich, Germany.
- Isabel-MarÃa GarcÃa-Sánchez, 2007. "Evaluating the effectiveness of the Spanish police force through data envelopment analysis," European Journal of Law and Economics, Springer, vol. 23(1), pages 43-57, February.
- Wu, Tai-Hsi & Chen, Ming-Shiun & Yeh, Jin-Yii, 2010. "Measuring the performance of police forces in Taiwan using data envelopment analysis," Evaluation and Program Planning, Elsevier, vol. 33(3), pages 246-254, August.
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Aug 20- Brazil's BM&FBovespa SA stock exchange said Wednesday night that it had agreed to join a tax amnesty program to partially pay down a debt with the Revenue Service related to the company's 2007 initial public share offering.» Read More
Gone are the days of the private jet and the two-week carousel of five-star hotels in Europe and the United States. Instead, it is more likely to be a scramble from Hong Kong to New York, often flying on commercial airlines, to capture the ear of potential investors.
SAO PAULO, Aug 8- BM&FBovespa SA said on Friday expenses in 2014 would come in at the low end of its target, a sign that Brazil's sole listed exchange will continue to rely on cost controls to counter flagging capital markets activity.
Aug 7- Intercontinental Exchange Inc on Thursday reported higher second-quarter earnings as the exchange and clearing house operator worked to integrate its $11 billion purchase of the New York Stock Exchange's parent company.
Aug 7- Goldman Sachs Group Inc said it was being investigated for its U.S. alternative trading system and for the potential misuse and circulation of non-public information related to its corporate developments.
PARIS, Aug 7- Exchange operator Euronext posted a 4.6 percent increase in quarterly operating profit on Thursday, boosted by cost cutting and a rise in stock market listings, and said it would accelerate its cost-savings plan.
*HKEx shares up 35 pct in 2014 on Shanghai stock connection. HONG KONG, Aug 6- Hong Kong Exchanges& Clearing Ltd will raise fees on the London Metal Exchange from Jan. 1 2015, HKEx said on Wednesday, as it battles costs from its acquisition of the LME and absorbs the London exchange's rising legal expenses.
CHICAGO, July 31- CME Group Inc, the world's largest futures market operator, reported lower-than-expected second-quarter earnings on Thursday, blaming low levels of volatility for weak trading volumes.
CHICAGO, July 31- CME Group Inc, the world's largest futures market operator, on Thursday reported lower-than-expected second-quarter earnings due to weak trading volumes. Net profit fell to $263.8 million, or 79 cents a share, from $311.2 million, or 93 cents a share, a year earlier.
ZURICH, July 31- Swiss bank Credit Suisse on Thursday became the latest major European bank to say it was caught up in an investigation into alternative trading venues known as dark pools.
NEW YORK, July 30- U.S regulators may relax rules that require the fastest possible execution of securities trades, potentially helping upstart trading venue IEX Group's plans to become a full-fledged stock exchange.
July 30- CME Group Inc, the world's largest futures exchange operator, said on Wednesday it would buy derivatives broker GFI Group Inc to expand its reach in the European energy and global foreign exchange markets.
NEW YORK, July 30- U.S regulators may relax rules that require the fastest possible execution of securities trades, potentially helping upstart trading venue IEX Group's plans to become a full-fledged stock exchange.
FRANKFURT/ ZURICH, July 29- Germany's Deutsche Bank and Switzerland's UBS said they were caught up in an inquiry by U.S. regulators, who are looking into whether broker-run stock exchanges gave an unfair advantage to high-frequency traders.
WASHINGTON, July 28- Nasdaq OMX's chief urged U.S. regulators on Monday to re-examine the pricing model that stock exchanges use to attract trading, joining the debate about a fee-based incentive for traders that has come under scrutiny in recent months. New Jersey Republican Representative Scott Garrett to explore potential equity market reforms.
Key Wall Street executives called for reform to some trading fees that could be causing market distortions and increased use of dark pools.
NEW YORK, July 25- A business unit of Citigroup will pay $5 million to settle civil charges that one of its private trading venues violated federal law by failing to protect clients' confidential trading data, U.S. regulators said on Friday.
WASHINGTON, July 25- A business unit of Citigroup will pay $5 million to settle civil charges that one of its private trading venues violated federal law by failing to protect its clients' confidential trading data, U.S. regulators said Friday.
NEW YORK, July 24- Transatlantic exchange operator Nasdaq OMX Group Inc on Thursday reported a higher second-quarter profit, as it absorbed recent acquisitions and revenue increased across its business units. Net income attributable to Nasdaq totaled $101 million, or 59 cents per share, up from $88 million, or 52 cents per share, a year earlier.
NEW YORK, July 22- Exchange operator BATS Global Markets said on Tuesday its president, William O'Brien, has left the company, less than six months after BATS merged with rival Direct Edge, where O'Brien had been chief executive.
*Credit Suisse CEO says "potential abuses" in the system. *CEO Dougan says Credit Suisse is working with regulators. ZURICH, July 22- Credit Suisse, one of the biggest players in "dark pools", is working with regulators to stamp out potential abuses in the alternative trading venue, the boss of the Swiss bank said on Tuesday.


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In case you hadn't heard, but Brett Favre confirmed Friday what was widely reported that he had surgery on his ankle. Favre made the announcement on his web site, Official Brett Favre:
This is to confirm that I did have a procedure to remove some scar tissue and bone spurs from my ankle which had been bothering me for a period of time. I appreciate your concerns.
However, there was no official word from Official Brett Favre, the web site, on whether Brett Favre, the quarterback, plans on playing in 2011.


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Thursday, March 17, 2011
WOW! HOT printables for HEB shoppers! Free Salmon with purchase!
Wow! I have been cleaning out my inbox today and lets just say there are coupons coupons everywhere!
I got an email from HEB inviting me to print some of their coupons. Let me just say I was super excited to see these coupons are coded with a B. The B stands for big savings and the awesome deal with those is that you can combine them with manufacturer coupons per the HEB coupon policy, woo hoo!
First, they have a coupon for a free 12 oz bag of HEB Wild Sockeye Salmon with a $20 purchase. My mom shops HEB everyday anyway for her groceries so it will be super easy for her to get to $20. You can print that one twice and you have until April 12th to use it!
Also, I noticed they have a coupon for $5 off a $15 L'oreal Cosmetics purchase. Combine that coupon with the $3 insert from 1-30 RP and you are bound to get some cosmetics for free, and HEY, that is already $15 toward your $20 to get the free salmon.
Finally, they have a Buy 2 Suave Professionals Shampoo or Conditioner, get a free Suave Professionals Styler. Combine that with insert from 3/2 RP and you might get a decent deal on the Suave.
If you make it to the store before me, I would love to hear some prices!
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I got my Salmon last night, sweet deal! That's almost $20 by itself:-)
- March 17, 2011 at 6:30 PM
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Genre: Historical Romance, Western, America
Miller introduces readers to Lincoln Creed, the legendary patriarch of her contemporary series, and gifts her fans with a wonderfully satisfying, tender and loving story. It's the kind you'll read each holiday to recapture the love.
Banished by her family for refusing to marry at their decree, Juliana Mitchell becomes a teacher at an Indian school. When the school is closed she feels responsible for her students. Widowed cowboy Lincoln Creed has had no luck in finding a governess for his daughter, a housekeeper or a mail-order bride, when he offers Juliana his help.
Juliana agrees to stay at his ranch through the holiday, and a bit of seasonal magic, some help from the children and a compromising situation thrust Lincoln and Juliana into marriage, giving them the greatest gift of all: love and family. (HQN, Nov., 275 pp., $16.95)
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Mike Knuble, a veteran of 1040 NHL games over the past 16 seasons, has joined the Detroit Red Wings at their training camp which began today in Plymouth, Mich. The former Washington Capitals winger has been practicing with the Grand Rapids Griffins of the AHL during the lockout and even tried his hand at doing some of the team's radio broadcasts.
As a free agent, he could be looking to catch on with the Wings, though there aren't many open roster spots. He may also be hoping to catch the eye of another team, and could be a good fit for one of them. A two-way deal with the Red Wings that would also allow him to play in Grand Rapids wouldn't be a horrible option for both sides either.
Knuble was a fourth round pick of the Wings in 1991 and starred at the University of Michigan for four seasons before hitting the NHL. He saw some time with the team in 1996-97 and in his first full season was part of a team that repeated as Stanley Cup champs. He would go on to play for the New York Rangers, Boston Bruins and Philadelphia Flyers before ending up in Washington. Last season was the first time in nine seasons that he failed to score at least 20 goals – as was the case with most Caps players, he saw a decline in offensive production under head coach Dale Hunter. His 34 goal, 65 point season for the Flyers in 2005-06 (playing on a line with Simon Gagne and Peter Forsberg) remains his single best effort, and he could still be a valuable 30-40 point producer on the right team.
Signing with the Wings would be a great fit for Knuble, who is from the Grand Rapids area, even if it meant playing in the AHL and being called up for injuries. He faces long odds to make the team heading into this season, but will at the least add some competition at training camp. Likely valued more at this point in his career for his leadership and experience than his offensive production, he would be a great addition to a contending team if there isn't room for him in Detroit.


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California's got a new problem: Too much money. This year's expected surplus of $1.2B-$4.4B...
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California's got a new problem: Too much money. This year's expected surplus of $1.2B-$4.4B comes three years after the state faced a deficit of nearly $60B. Governor Brown - arguing the surplus is the result of a flood of capital-gains realizations ahead of higher 2013 tax rates - wants to put the money aside. The legislature - dominated by Brown's own party - wants to spend it.
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Calpers unfunded potential liabilities are in the trillions, not billions.
There are at least 100,000 that could potentially collect over $3 million in total benefits. Start collecting $100k at age 50, live to age 80. These include police and fire, prisons, and administrator positions. Do the math.
Nope, still billions, ~$330B at a recent estimate:
Of course they do. $150K salaries for correctional officers is simply too low in this day and age.
This is embarrassing to most citizens, and possibly some Californians. Brown, who for once has basic human instincts for survival, is set upon by his fellow party members for his sanity, save a few bucks. It is a lesson that ought not be ignored: political choices in American politics are never optimal and often destructive. Watch Congress, it will do the same in the fall. Pressure off debt growth for a while? Pretend the crisis is over. Yes, We have problems, and it is us.
A financial report issued by state auditors in April finds that the state of California is in the red by an unsustainable $127.2 billion.
The report says that the state's negative status increased year, largely because it spent $1.7 billion more than it received in revenues and wound up with an accumulated deficit of just under $23 billion in fiscal year 2011-2012, the Sacramento Bee stated.
Gov. Jerry Brown has referred to the deficit and other budget gaps, mostly money owed to schools, as a "wall of debt" totaling more than $30 billion, the Sacramento Bee reported.
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The California State Auditor has released the state government's audit for the 2011-12 year (PDF). The state collected $218 billion (including $60 billion in federal aid, $104 billion in state taxes, and $51 billion in various fees and charges), but spent over $225 billion, a deficit twice the size of the year before. On the books, the state has $199.9 billion in assets but $215.4 billion in liabilities; eliminating assets unpledgable against obligations results in an unrestricted net asset deficit of a staggering -$127 billion. Put succinctly, the state has booked $127 billion more in promises and liabilities than it has assets to pay for them. (Part of this is because the state borrows to build things for local governments but turns title over to them, which is running up debts.) It's been getting deeper every year.
The report did not include the full cost of state retiree health and pension costs, so the real amount is probably much higher.
The federal tax that California employers pay to support the unemployment insurance (UI) program increased January 1 due to the continuing insolvency of the UI Trust Fund, and will continue to increase every year until the debt is paid. The state administration projects that without corrective action, the federal loan will not be fully repaid until sometime after 2020. California employers have been paying higher taxes since the beginning of 2011 because the state has not repaid money it borrowed from the federal government to pay UI benefits. California's outstanding federal loan was $10.3 billion at the start of this year, more than $6.5 billion greater than the next highest state loan, New York. California has the third highest unemployment rate in the nation, behind Rhode Island and Nevada, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Closure of Meritus University
On January 24, 2011, Meritus University informed the New Brunswick Department of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour (PETL) that it is no longer accepting new students and that it is ending currently scheduled academic programs once currently running courses are completed (by March 14, 2011).
Meritus has cited insufficient levels of student demand needed to support its quality educational programs and infrastructure and despite its best efforts to develop an enrolment model to ensure adequate enrolment levels in future, they have concluded there is a high risk that enrolment will continue to be insufficient to sustain the level of services currently offered.
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The Department of Post-Secondary Education has been notified of Meritus University's transition plan and is satisfied with the level of support that will be offered to students in the coming weeks and months to transition to new academic programs. Notably:
- Meritus will be assisting all currently enrolled students in continuing their degree programs at another institution of their choosing. To date, Meritus has put in place arrangements for Meritus students at six institutions. For information on these six institutions, please go to http://www.meritusu.ca and follow the link for "transition information for Meritus students" or go directly to http://www.meritusu.ca/content/meritus/en/about-us/newsroom/news-articles/transition-information-MUstudents.html.
- A team of academic advisors will be in place in Fredericton to work with current and former students until May, 2011. Advisors will be responsible for contacting each student and reviewing the options available to them, as well as assisting them in making the best choice as they transition to another post-secondary institution.
- By June, Apollo group will have established a team of special academic advisors in Phoenix, Arizona to handle any continuing student inquiries.
- They will also ensure that students who have earned credits know how to access their transcripts in the future and are aware that a Meritus University student record depository will be maintained in perpetuity. They will also deposit these records with the University Relations Branch for further safekeeping.
- Meritus will provide full refund for all fees paid for classes that were scheduled to start after January 24, 2011. No refunds will be administered for courses which the student has received academic credit.
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8 Ways to Stay Motivated During the Holidays
Slacking off over the holidays can diminish all of your progress. Learn how to stay in shape while still enjoying the holiday season.
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With all of the tasty treats on the holiday table, it's hard not to give in and eat a week's worth of calories in one sitting. There's no sense in depriving yourself from enjoying your favorite foods. Pick the ones you want to indulge in, but limit yourself to one serving. Once you're done, put the rest in a container and slide it in the fridge. You'll be less likely to dig in for seconds when the food is already put away.
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