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Wisdom Begins at the End:
What We Gain With Old Age
by Josh Tapper
With 14 siblings screaming at each other in a mediation room at the Washington, D.C., Superior Court house, Carolyn Miller Parr started to lose her cool. Parr, the 73-year-old cofounder of Beyond Dispute Associates, a mediation and arbitration practice, was trying to determine who would shoulder responsibility for care of the family's elderly mother — and the six lawyers present weren't helping.
A former United States tax court judge, Parr isn't prone to visible exasperation. This time, though, she yelled back. "See that red button there?" she demanded, pointing to the alarm found in each mediation room. "If I push that, a guard is going to come and if he comes, someone's going to jail. You can talk one at a time."
It was an empty threat, but it lowered the temperature, and the family reached a tentative resolution. When they returned for a second session, though, it looked like disagreements would escalate. This time, Parr took a different approach, gently coaxing the adult children to put their mother's interests above their own squabbles.
"It's so clear to me that this room is full of pain and anger and hurt," she told them, as they nodded in agreement. "If you love your mother more than you hate your siblings, you can settle this today." And they did.
Parr's pacification — of herself and the situation — was a case study in problem solving: diffuse the situation, temper emotions, then encourage people's empathy and compassion. "Until you can help them open, to hear what the other person thinks, you can't settle anything," she says.
By reappraising the situation and adjusting her emotional response, Parr also illustrates the growing understanding of one of humanity's more venerable claims: Scientists are coming to believe that wisdom actually does increase with age. "Wisdom begins at the end," Daniel Webster once said. It looks like he may be right.
Contrary to largely gloomy cultural perceptions, growing old brings some benefits, notably emotional and cognitive stability. Laura Carstensen, a Stanford University social psychologist, calls this the "well-being paradox." Although adults over 65 face challenges to body and brain, the next two decades of life also bring an abundance of social and emotional knowledge. As social psychologists Carstensen and Fredda Blanchard-Fields, at the Georgia Institute of Technology, have shown, adults gain a toolbox of social and emotional instincts as they age. According to Blanchard-Fields, seniors acquire a "feel," an enhanced sense of knowing right from wrong, and therefore a way to make sound life decisions.
That may help explain the finding that old age correlates with happiness. A study earlier this year, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, found a U-shaped relationship between happiness and old age, meaning adults are happiest in youth and again in their 70s and early 80s, but least happy in middle age. A 2007 University of Chicago study similarly concluded that rates of happiness — "the degree to which a person evaluates the overall quality of his present life positively" — crept upward from age 65 to 85 and beyond, in both sexes.
Wisdom appears to follow a similar trajectory and not only because raising a family, navigating a career, and experiencing love, loss, success and failure all educate older adults. Researchers caution that life experience is "not a sufficient precondition for wisdom," says Judith Glück, a psychologist working with the University of Chicago's Defining Wisdom project.
"Wisdom will only develop if a person is able to reflect upon and learn from an experience," she says, adding that it need not be someone's personal experience. "People who are observant, empathetic and reflective may learn a lot from experiences that others around them encounter, even if they are not directly involved themselves."
What constitutes wisdom? Ipsit Vahia, a geriatric psychiatrist at the University of California, San Diego, says it "involves making decisions that would be to the greater benefit of a larger number of people" and maintaining "an element of pragmatism, not pure idealism. And it would involve some sense of reflection and self-understanding."
These qualities appear age-related. A recent University of Michigan study on aging and social reasoning tested people in three age groups, the oldest being 60 and over. Presented with a fictional geopolitical conflict, participants specified what they thought would happen and why. Igor Grossmann, a social psychologist and lead researcher on the study, and his team sorted the answers into six categories of "wisdom-related thinking," including searching for compromise, admitting uncertainty and finding flexibility. The oldest group earned the highest wisdom score in each category.
"Wisdom is the ability to navigate the important challenges of social life," Grossman says.
In dealing with the warring family, for instance, Parr concedes that any professional mediator worth her salt could have followed her strategy. But she acknowledges a marked change in her own technique as she has aged. "I used to very quickly choose sides when I heard an argument," she says. Now, "I know I'm much less judgmental of people."
Whether this development comes from neurobiological or emotional sources is a matter of some debate. If the older brain is hardwired for wise decision-making, science has yet to document that change. An MRI cannot isolate a part of the brain associated with wisdom, says Elkhonon Goldberg, a neuropsychologist and author of "The Wisdom Paradox." Still, he says, the aging adult has a greater sense of "pattern recognition" — the brain's ability to capture a range of similar but non-identical information, then extract and piece together common features. That, Goldberg says, "gives some old people a cognitive leg up."
Others investigating the benefits of old age are more likely to point to social or emotional factors, such as the ability to better regulate emotions, as the underpinning for wiser behavior.
"I never lose control," says Ambassador John W. McDonald, who at 88 continues to work in international conflict resolution as chair of the Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy in Arlington, Va. "If you want to do a good job, you have to learn how to control your emotions."
Older adults have an advantage there. In a 2007 study, Blanchard-Fields and Susanne Scheibe screened a disturbing video for two groups of adults, ages 20–30 and 60–75. All watched a contestant on the reality show "Fear Factor" eating meat identified as horse rectum. They recorded their emotional responses to the scene and then played a memory game. The older age group performed at higher levels, even after reporting negative emotions such as disgust and anger.
Carstensen credits something called "socioemotional selectivity theory"—a focus on positive emotional goals in late life. The elderly tailor their social interactions to increase their well-being; as a result, they make thoughtful, "wise" decisions.
"Old people are good at shaping everyday life to suit their needs," explains Scheibe. By pruning their social networks or looking at life in relative terms, older adults maintain cognitive control. And although multiple chronic illnesses that cause functional disability or cognitive decline can affect well-being, most older adults are able to tune out negative information into their late 70s and 80s.
"As people age, they don't have large futures," says Susan Turk Charles, a psychologist at the University of California, Irvine. "So they tend to hang out with really close friends and people who make them happy. Time left in life makes you know what bothers you and what you need to avoid."
Despite their tantalizing findings, however, researchers still have a nascent and imperfect understanding of wisdom. "One man's wisdom might not be another man's wisdom," Vahia says.
The next phase of research, he and Grossman say, examines whether wisdom can be fostered or heightened. If older adults are predisposed to wisdom, perhaps a graying population means a wiser one.
Parr is satisfied, meanwhile, with her own definition of wisdom. "At first you think wisdom is knowing the answers," she says. "And then as you get a little older and make a few mistakes in your life, you find out that wisdom is asking questions — and listening to the answers that you hear from other people."
News21 Associate Mary Plummer contributed to this report.
What We Lose as We Age
The common narrative of aging is loss. A complex cycle of psychological and emotional challenges—social isolation, widowhood, and depression, in particular—can converge to alter the ways older Americans experience their final decades.
World's Oldest Man Keeps It Simple
The Guinness Book of World Records has certified 113-year-old Walter Breuning of Great Falls, Montana, as the world's oldest living man. His secrets are few and simple: two meals a day, light calisthenics and always staying busy.
In this study of intergroup conflict, researchers gave participants three fictional news stories about a geopolitical conflict. Responses were tallied based on six wisdom characteristics. The mean wisdom score combines wise responses – from 1 ("not at all") to 3 ("a great deal") – for each of the three stories.
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2. Alex Smith to Kansas City? Jason LaCanfora reported Sunday night that a trade of Smith from the 49ers was "effectively complete,'' but the destination is unknown. It's not Jacksonville. It's likely Kansas City, and if it's for a third-round pick or less, it's a great move for the Chiefs. Smith would be the smart and accurate field general Andy Reid wants out of the position.

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Resolution opposing high stakes testing rejected by Springville-GI Board
BY: Jeff Martin | October 26, 2012
SPRINGVILLE — Saying that she was concerned about the concept of high stakes testing and its adverse affects on students and teachers in New York, Springville-Griffith Institute Board of Education Member Kara Kane attempted to pass a resolution, serving as a formal statement of disagreement with these methods.
The resolution failed to move forward, during the board's Oct. 22 meeting, but board members said that they are not against discussing the issue again, in the near future.
Several board members questioned the language in the resolution, suggesting that it could anger state officials.
"I think they should be on the defensive," Kane said, adding that a number of state officials who assist in drafting education laws and policies are not licensed teachers and, in some cases, have never stepped inside the classroom. "[Many] are lawyers and philanthropists," she added.
Board Member Joan Kelly said that she would like to see more evidence in the resolution, or citable information, which could validate its claims. "We just need to be careful," she said, adding that she would like a bibliography attached to the resolution. "We need to be accurate and concise."
Board Member Janine Caimano said that she agreed with the resolution, urging the board to pass it and become a leader among school districts throughout the state. "It's important for boards to stand up and voice their concerns about high stakes tests," she said, adding that she does not want Springville to follow other districts, as they line up to show their disapproval and concern.
Other board members and administrators in attendance, including Superintendent Paul Connelly, said that the resolution's language needed to "do a better job at defining what high stakes tests were." Among the tests issued to students, some do not "punish the district and/or teachers, if results are low."
Board Member Stephen Schunk said that testing has changed, throughout the years and that districts must assess, adding that he was not in favor of any kind of resolution that would eliminate testing. However, he said that he believed Kane had a right to present the resolution, as it was written.
Board Member Jon Einarsson called the resolution "finger-pointing" adding that the rest of the board members should remember, "When you point a finger, three are pointing back at you." He said that he could not support a resolution that urged the state to end high stakes testing.
Einarsson said that he took issue with board members' attempting to pass policies when they were not teachers – a claim that Kelly corrected, as a former teacher. Kelly explained that she believed tests do not effectively measure student abilities and teacher competencies.
"Testing is important," she said, "but the problem is that kids are taking tests in information they had two years ago. Hello? We have tests now that aren't testing children's ability to think critically."
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By Mirembe Martina
Kenya's Doreen emerged as the first runner-up in Tusker Project Fame 5 next to Ruth who managed to take home the Ksh5m.
Doreen came from so far and her position in the finals came as a surprise, not only to the audience but also to her self as she continuously shook her head and smiled in surprise after Jackson was announced as the second runner-up at the finals which took place yesterday Sunday.
Doreen is most remembered for her astounding number of times she was put on probation. She was on probation from the first time she entered the academy and only changed with barely four weeks to the end of Tusker Project Fame 5.
She stopped going on probation when she did Stevie Wonder's Isn't she Lovely to which Hermes and Juliana thought she had done it pretty well. She did not make it to probation that week and she never made it on probation ever again since then.
One of her best performances was a song titled, Do you Remember. Her voice projection was beyond comprehension and it seemed as though for the first time, there was a glimpse of who Doreen actually is when it comes to her singing. Judge Ian had kind words for her that week to which he said he wouldn't be more proud of her that night.
Despite her winning previous two beautiful performances, Doreen's last performance was a jaw dropper as Principle Helen of the faculty asked her if that was what she would give her fans if she were to win.
Her transformation was not as epic and outstanding as Jackson's clean record in the academy. He was never put on probation, not once and his performances were so outstanding and beautiful, he reminded you of Chaka Demus, Kofi Olomide and other lingala artists of all time.
Although his songs were in French and few understood what he was singing about, his energy during his performances was out standing. Judge Ian couldn't agree more as he said Jackson was his number two in the academy, definitely after Ruth!
Jackson's best performance was Bob Marley's No woman no Cry to which Hermes said he blew it out of the box. Instead of opting for the original pace of the song, Jackson did the song in a slow version and he nailed it.
He also nailed it during yesterday's last performance to which he did a song by Lokua Kanza. Judge Gerrard said for a moment, he forgot he was at a competition because it was a performance on his part.
Did Doreen honestly deserve the position of first runner-up more than Jackson?


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Hurricane blows through industry Exterior use of automated moving-mirror luminaires for entertainment applications is now possible year-round and in all types of climates with the Hurricane Enclosure from Tempest Lighting. These specially designed enclosures are manufactured with a complete UL-listed climate control system with an operating range of 0 degrees to 115 degrees F, ventilation fans with washable filters, industrial-type heaters, and a clear glass projection window. Interior electrical and DMX receptacles are provided.
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The action film, a genre that should be a celebration of vitality and physical perfection, doesn't seem all that vital or perfect these days. Last month, The New York Times Magazine mourned the loss of the great American action film; last week, Den of Geek's Simon Brew wrote his own assessment of this fallen artform. If The Times' piece was a kind of death announcement, Den of Geek's is a kind of autopsy; it cracks open the
corpse corpus of modern American action cinema to find out what killed it. His coroner's report reads something like this: "Asphyxiation caused by acute acromegaly." American action films got too big for their own good and choked on their own gigantism. Modern action is all about spectacle, but enlarging the scope of these movies doesn't enlarge their entertainment value in equal measure:
"Look at the action movies we remember and cherish the most. Part and parcel of them was a mission that we could get behind, understand, and root for. In the 'Bourne' series, everything that Jason Bourne did was motivated by finding out who he was. In the best Indiana Jones films, there was a quest for an object of sorts. 'Speed?' Well, the bus is going to blow up, with the characters on it, unless something is done about it... In the scheme of the world, these aren't big objectives. It's not the only contributory factor to the individual films' successes (you can have a great story and crappy action sequences, and that rarely makes for a great action movie), but it's important... Ramping up the worldwide stakes isn't always a bad idea, but it is an increasingly lazy one. That's because, instead of finding a smaller, more interesting story, it follows the tired mantra of make another one, and make it bigger."
This is a smart observation, and one that dovetails nicely with the problems in modern action that Adam Sternbergh identified in that Times Magazine article. He bemoaned American action films' move away from determined everymen (with admittedly un-everymanish muscles) to super-heroes with magical powers. When you ratchet up your hero's abilities -- when he goes from a guy who's strong to a guy who can casually pick up an airplane and toss it a couple million miles on a whim -- you also have to ratchet up the stakes. In "Die Hard," it took John McClane the entire movie to save the hostages in Nakatomi Plaza; in a Superman movie, that would barely qualify as a threat worthy of a pre-credits sequence. Lately the increasing stakes of superhero movies have started reflecting back on non-superhero action movies. In the last "Die Hard," McClane went from saving one office building to saving the entire United States. After the upcoming fifth film in the franchise, Brew quips, "you couldn't convincingly rule out sending John McClane into space to take out a freshly discovered Death Star."
One super-hero movie does address this subject directly. At the end of 2005's "Batman Begins," the Dark Knight and Lieutenant Gordon have a conversation about the ordeal they've just endured. When Gordon reminds Batman that there's still work to be done, the Caped Crusader assures him that they'll finish the job they started. "What about escalation?" Gordon asks. "Escalation?" Batman replies. Gordon continues:
"We start carrying semi automatics, they buy automatics, we start wearing Kevlar, they buy armor piercing rounds, and *you're* wearing a mask and jumping off rooftops."
Gordon's words anticipate and just about every American action movie of the last couple years. Because everything is a sequel or a remake or a reboot, filmmakers need to do something, anything, to differentiate their new product from the old. The only thing Hollywood has in ample supply is money, hence every new movie becomes bigger than the last. "Batman Begins" begets "The Dark Knight," "Pirates of the Caribbean" begets "At World's End" (the whole world's end!) and a $19.95 board game begets a hundred million dollar production about alien spaceship battles on the high seas. In other words, Hollywood has a major escalation problem.
Meanwhile, the superb foreign action films both Sternbergh and Brew mention like "The Raid: Redemption" have far more modest goals and far more pleasurable outcomes. In movies, as in life, it's about quality, not quantity.
Read more of Simon Brew's "Why the Goals of Action Movies Need to Be More Contained."
Duder NME | April 13, 2012 1:40 AM
This article seems like a thinly veiled diatribe on superhero films in the context of comparative criticism, the weakest and silliest sort of critique. It's not the movies that got too big, it's the execs whose storytelling prowess became too small. The YouTube videos regarding "Chaos Theory" are far more intricate and revealing about this issue.
Peter | April 12, 2012 11:29 AM
I think the rising issue with action related moving pictures is less about the audience interest and more about immigration. In particularly the ever so rising niggerette games that is going on in the world.
Im bored.
Tom | April 12, 2012 11:27 AM
I agree that sequels have a tendency towards escalation, but I think there is some faulty logic. You reference Star Wars, which is about as high stakes as you get, and Superman, who has been saving the planet for decades. Indiana Jones's 'objects' in the first and third films would have led to a global Nazi regime. Even James Bond has been saving the world time and again since his first incarnation. High stakes is not something new, but I agree, it can be lazy and good stories with tight clear purposes make for the best action films. Writing writing writing!
On a different note, do you find there is an escalation of violence in horror films with the torture porn kind of films that have become more popular? "Let's really screw with their heads!" gore and violence.
Oh one more note! Editing! I'd argue that in general the cuts have gotten faster and faster so you don't know what's going on. An adrenaline increase as a substitution for writing and characters.
Rick J | April 12, 2012 10:29 AM
We are already starting to look at the period from the mid-eighties to the early-nineties as the great period of the Hollywood action film as we see the late-forties to the mid-fifties as the high point of the Hollywood musical. Its worth mentioning that the rot set in by the mid-nineties. The directors that emerge in the eighties, James Cameron for example, come out of the tail end of the drive-in movie age, when producers from Corman to Golan and Golbus, produced upteen low budget B-movies that a young director could cut his teeth on. They learned how to build a scene by actually creating it on the set. Even Tony Scott, who is responsible for so much of what when wrong with the action film in the nineties, actually was interested in building real tension through the dynamism of his performers.
In the period that followed, , film-makers began to emerge from new sources, notably music videos. Best personified by the Michael Bay style, it became about hiring a top cinematographer, getting lots of coverage of your stars posing provacatively, and then assuming with fast editing and great sound, it would all come together in the editing room. Even in the work of a fine former video director like David Fincher, you can see elements of this in Alien 3, his only action fest.
Finally, I disagree with the dismissal of the last decades comic book films, which really are our westerns. From spy films in the 60's, to disaster films of the 70's, to teen sex comedies in the 80's, its hard to think of another Hollywood trend with such a high ratio of above average films.
And who did Hollywood hire to make them. Bryan Singer, Sam Raimi and Christopher Nolan, all of whom come out of low-budget independent films. These are film-makers who do not believe a scene is directed in the editing room.
Classic Steve | April 12, 2012 10:09 AM
Ironically, two summers ago, I read someone bemoaning how superhero movies had a trend toward lower and lower stakes (think "Hulk" and "Iron Man 2").
Adam K | April 12, 2012 9:37 AM
John McClane versus the Death Star, you say?
Michael | April 12, 2012 9:21 AM
I thought The Dark Knight was amazing. There may have been escalation, but it was counteracted by some really intelligent writing. There were more ideas and themes stuffed into that movie that really had an impact than many dramas I've watched recently.
Will escalation really be contained? For the most part I doubt it. To me Batman Begins and The Dark Knight show where the medium should be heading. Take your standard action film and start adding layers. Casino Royale is a great example of this. For years Bond got away with lazy writing, bigger villains, crazier gadgets etc. With CR we were given a Bond that had faults, and more importantly humanity.
What is the effect on someone who kills? How does a soul survive that kind of life, regardless of whether or not it's done in the name of heroism? Does getting as dirty as the bad guy your trying to kill/stop/arrest mean you are just as bad as he, or is it ok because you are doing it for the greater good?
These ideas if done correctly help enhance what is a tired genre. We have seen enough great action flicks like Die Hard to know the beats. I agree however that these recent flicks for the most part are not very good, but with the right modifications we might see better flicks that manage to impart some ideas and make us think a bit while walking out of the theatre.
POOP | April 12, 2012 6:35 AM
I think you made a mistake mentioning the Dark Knight, at it is quite easily the best sequel of the past thirty years.
Matthew | April 12, 2012 5:33 AM
I have an easy fix for you Hollywood. Make fewer action movies, make more good ones and make more movies with elements that don't get old easily; atmosphere and human relationships. Armageddon is a plot device that gets silly fast, and was also the title of a supremely awful movie.
Steve | April 11, 2012 4:51 PM
All is not lost, recently Haywire and Hanna both had relatively modest goals in mind (though it could be argued neither of these are particularly great action films, but for other reasons).


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Woodcliff Lake
Cadette Girl Scout troop 1467 is conducting a Center for Food Action (CFA) snack pack food drive during January and February to help the CFA provide children who are at risk of hunger with healthy weekend snacks.
More than 20,000 Bergen County students participate in a free or reduced priced school meal program and many of these students are left without adequate nutrition on weekend and holiday breaks.
The CFA's weekend snack pack program is designed to fill this gap by providing healthy, kid-friendly, and easy to prepare snack foods to children at risk of hunger.
The weekend snack pack consists of 8 ounce non-flavored milk box, 1 ounce individual serving size cold cereal, 4 ounce peaches or applesauce fruit cup, 100 percent apple juice box, 7.5 ounce chicken and rice bowl, box of macaroni and cheese, an apple flavor nutri-grain bar.
The troop will place weekend snack pack collection boxes at various locations around Woodcliff Lake beginning Monday, Jan. 7.
Residents can contribute to the food drive by dropping their donation to the collection box located at the Woodcliff Lake Borough Hall, 188 Pascack Road, Woodcliff Lake. The Troop hopes to deliver 200 snack packs by March.


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Miss. Coast Still in Recovery Eight Years After KatrinaBy Evelina Burnett | Published 29 Aug 2013 06:10am |
Today is the eighth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. The monster storm caused $90 billion of damage throughout Mississippi. Some 52,000 homes were destroyed or severely damaged on the Gulf Coast on that single day in 2005. Eight years later, signs of recovery in Mississippi are apparent from repaired and rebuilt schools to museums and homes.
Cheryl Wintzel describes some of the services offered to the homeless here at Back Bay Mission in Biloxi.
Wintzel and her fiancé are homeless now, living in their car and visit the mission four times a week for showers, food, and to look for work on the computers here. This wasn't how she lived before Hurricane Katrina upended the economy on the Gulf Coast in August 2005. Unemployment leaped to 22 percent the month after the storm. It's now about 8 percent, and Wintzel is still struggling to find steady work.
"It's just like I can't get a toe-hold, all that's kind of at a standstill, it's gone downhill financially and here I am," says Wintzel.
Jill Cartledge is a caseworker at Back Bay Mission. She says disruptions in jobs on top of unexpected rebuilding and moving costs after Katrina has led to a cycle of debt for many families on the Gulf Coast.
"Some of my families have just never gotten out from under since Katrina, and then there was the BP oil spill and many stuggled from that. So there have just be so many things that have happened to the people on the Gulf Coast, some are Gulf Coast only oriented and others are national like our economy," says Cartledge.
More than $2 billion dollars has been spent to restore and rebuild housing in Mississippi since Katrina. Most local community leaders agree there is now plenty of housing on the coast, with vacancy rates in the double-digits. But, they say, much of this housing isn't affordable to the people who need it. Waiting lists for subsidized housing number in the thousands. But Cheryl Wintzel says it's still a tough situation.
"Unless you can get in Section 8, if you can get in Biloxi housing based on your income, whatever it is, if you have to go out and pay full price on rent or a house payment, if you don't have the money, the income coming in to pay it, you're not going to be able to stay in it, you're going to be right back out there, back and forth, homeless and in and unfortunately that is what has happened to me and my fiance," continues Wintzel.
According to an analysis by the Gulf Coast Community Design Studio, almost half of renters and a third of home owners on the coast are cost burdened – that is, they're paying more than 30 percent of their income for housing. Planner Kelsey Johnson says the question isn't whether there's as much housing now but whether the housing there is fits the coast's current needs.
"If you probably look at the numbers, it's probably pretty close, our housing has come back and we definitely have enough, I would say enough housing stock the question is, 'Is it in the right place?' and 'Are people able to access that housing?'," says Johnson.
Johnson says a number of factors have affected affordability: it costs more to build elevated homes, and homeowners insurance is expensive. But while wind premiums seem to have stabilized, Gulf Coast communities are now facing the specter of skyrocketing flood insurance costs.
Diane Sager and her mother Bo are speaking to federal and state leaders, including the head of the national flood insurance program, while standing under their Henderson Point home. The house perches more than 18 feet above sea level. The Sagers built the home in 2008 at an elevation that they say was higher than even required at the time.
But new flood maps implemented the following year lifted the elevation requirement even higher. They've been grandfathered in for flood insurance, but a new law says they will now lose that grandfathering status the next time the area is mapped.
"I'm going from $500 to almost $7000 in flood insurance that's totally out the wall it's unbelievable, either grandfather us in because I did everything right so as a citizen I'm being punished for having done everything right, doesn't make sense," says Sager.
Diane's parents, Bo and Jim, both in their 80s, are on fixed incomes. Bo tells the gathered officials that she's had flood insurance since the 1970s and can't imagine losing it.
"We need some kind of resolution so that we can rest better, at the age we've reached and we don't rest because we don't know what's going to happen with this hurricane season," says Bo. "I never worried about hurricanes before, I'm used to hurricanes and I know how to avoid them and what to do but what happens now if we lose this with no insurance, I don't know what we'll do."
Pass Christian Mayor Chipper McDermott says the soaring flood insurance rates, which are already hitting second homes, could devastate beach communities like his, ruining property values.
"Wind coverage was bad, we knew that and all the people that are in the insurance business all said 'If you can just go 8, 10, 12 years, it will settle down,' so we live with that whether it does or not, you throw this flood in there, you just killed it, it's over with," says McDermott.
There are a number of efforts in Congress now to delay implementation of parts of the bill for one year, and Mississippi 4th District Congressman Steven Palazzo says he thinks there's an appetite among lawmakers for finding a long-term solution as well.
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Jewish Ideas Daily: Freud in Zion
By ELLIOT JAGER
07/15/2012 22:54
Three Jewishly conflicted German speakers changed the course of modern history.
Sigmund Freud
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The article first appeared in
Jewish Ideas Daily
and is re-printed with their permission.
Three Jewishly conflicted German speakers changed the course of modern history. By the time the first, Karl Marx, had died in 1883, Sigmund Freud and Theodor Herzl were rising stars in their 20s; later, they came to be neighbors, living but a few doors apart on a Vienna street.
Whereas Herzl determined that solving the Jewish problem necessitated sovereignty and statehood, Marx and Freud were more concerned with what ailed universal man, offering solutions more ambitious than mere tinkering with political organization. For Marx, economic reality was the key determinant; but Freud underscored the human instinct of aggression and self-destruction which was present regardless of the reigning political system.
All three also had acolytes in Palestine during the British Mandate who tried to harmonize some or all of their disparate views. How Freud's ideas fared there is the subject of a new work by the Tel Aviv-based psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and historian Eran Rolnik,
Freud in Zion: Psychoanalysis and the Making of Modern Jewish Identity
(Karnac, London 2012).
The book's subtitle, "
Psychoanalysis and the Making of Modern Jewish Identity
," is a bit of a tease. We don't get any straight answers about the impact psychoanalysis had on shaping modern Jewish and Zionist identity.
Instead, we are given to ponder whether there is a contradiction between "psychoanalytic man" and "Zionist man." What this book, intended mostly for a professional readership (the 2007 Hebrew edition was well-received by the Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association) does offer is a deeply researched history of the coming of the psychoanalytic idea to Palestine.
NINETEENTH-CENTURY political Zionism understood the Diaspora as being mentally, physically, politically and culturally injurious to a healthy Jewish life. Recovery could only come by its negation. By contrast, in developing psychoanalysis Freud's goal was universal: to help people understand their drives, themselves and thereby ameliorate emotional pain.
Come 1933, hundreds of German-speaking Jewish doctors went to Zion – mostly for lack of any other choice. Rolnik's history of the psychoanalytic profession in the Yishuv explores the challenges faced by its early practitioners in adapting to a non-European environment, and tells how they competed for Freud's affections while feuding among themselves.
Meanwhile, Freud's own concern was that anti-Semitic attitudes would tarnish the all-embracing message of psychoanalysis. He did not want his theories to be seen as a commentary on the Jewish condition, writes Rolnik.
Freud, after all, was thoroughly assimilated: the family celebrated a secular Christmas and Easter, not Passover.
Nevertheless, he never considered conversion, perhaps because he came to view all religion as neurosis.
Raised Jewishly illiterate, he and Martha Bernays brought up their six children in a similar fashion (though two sons flirted with Zionism).
Yet he was not an ashamed Jew. He peppered his letters with Yiddishisms; stayed a member of the B'nai B'rith lodge where he had first publicly presented his ideas; admired Zionist leader Chaim Weizmann; and, according to Rolnik, was not unsympathetic to the cultural Zionism espoused by Ahad Ha'am and took pride when his works first began to be translated into Hebrew in 1928.
But Freud was put off by any hint of Jewish chauvinism.
Hence his odd last book, Moses and Monotheism, which, in Rolnik's view, was Freud's attempt to show that Jewish ethnicity and nationalism were not integral to its main gift to humanity.
His distaste here might explain his wobbling as the struggle between the Zionists and the Arabs intensified.
A product of his milieu, he hoped to ride out Hitler by keeping a low profile in Vienna. Earlier, he had refused to bequest his papers to the newly established Hebrew University (then riven between those who envisioned the campus as a Zionist citadel and those who wanted it as a repository of Diaspora intellectual capital).
Not coincidentally, the university rejected overtures from Freud's followers to establish a training institute in psychoanalysis; a Sigmund Freud chair in psychoanalysis was finally established only in 1976.
FOR A lay reader one of the book's highlights is the section on Freud's foremost follower in Palestine, Max Eitingon (1881- 1943). A pro-Zionist, Eitingon was at once fabulously wealthy and himself a psychoanalyst and physician.
Compelled by the Nazi threat to move to Palestine in 1933, he effectively transplanted the Berlin headquarters of psychoanalysis to Jerusalem. It was a move Freud sitting in Vienna hoped would be only temporary until the Hitler thing blew over. Rolnik had access to Eitingon's papers and put them to excellent use fleshing out the rivalries between Freud's various followers, Zionists, non-Zionists and anti-Zionists.
Despite the upheaval caused by Arab belligerence and the world war, Eitingon's institute, which served as a sort of professional guild, conducted regular meetings (in German) while its members carried surprisingly heavy patient caseloads. They also shared their frustrations.
Eitingon, for instance, complained that neither Arabs nor Orthodox Jews were suitable subjects for psychoanalysis.
(On the intriguing charge that Eitingon was – on top of everything else – also a Stalinist agent, Rolnik comes down against the idea.) Can Freud be said to have a political philosophy? In an email exchange, Rolnik emphasized that Freud never claimed to be offering a solution to the Jewish people or to any other people. Freud's most political book, Civilization and its Discontents, addressed the inherent tension between the individual's quest for freedom and society's need for discipline, arguing that for a polity to function humans had to sublimate their desires.
In the book, Rolnik writes that "from Freud's point of view, it makes no difference how humans decide to organize their lives together" for at the end of the day "inherently irrational components of social existence" preordain individual behavior.
Nevertheless, Rolnik wraps up Freud in Zion by airing his own concerns – which he insisted to me were made as a psychoanalyst with no political ax to grind – about contemporary Israel. He worries about an Israeli political culture "in which violence, omnipotence... and victimization takes precedence over assumptions of responsibility."
THE SHOAH and now the Iranian threat have made Israelis ever more myopic. In a back-and-forth, he told me that while paranoids have real enemies, that doesn't make them any less paranoid. Israelis, he said, put too much blame on history, which makes them less accountable for their aggressions.
He believes that the psychoanalysis practiced in Israel today does not adequately take innate aggression into account: What we hate about ourselves is the key.
Freud died at age 83 in London exile just weeks after Hitler invaded Poland, thus outliving the madly optimistic Herzl by 35 years. Freud dreamed about Herzl.
The rest of us can be grateful that Herzl's dream became the emphatic reality. But Marx, Herzl and Freud operated on different planes; the latter, the founder of psychoanalysis, should be evaluated not by his political acumen but by how he proposed that modern man understand his frailties.
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reviews for: listing #70975 - San Diego, California House rental
- bedrooms 2
- pool no
- type House
- baths 2
- hot tub no
- community
- sleeps 7
- pets allowed no
rates (USD)
$1,255 - $2,245 /wk
Gorgeous views, fantastic beach, equipped with everything!
Review submitted: August 9, 2014 Date of arrival: July 26, 2014
This is the first time I've ever had a rental match up to pictures, and exceed expectations. This is a really nice 2-BR, fully equipped condo - right down to coffee maker and kettle. (Short a few table knives, but hey - I can imagine those have to be replenished annually!) 1 King Bed, 2 Twins were perfect for us and the two teens. Comes fully stocked with towels, bedding and even cleaning equipment/supplies - thank you - including beach towels. All you need to buy is food. I loved sitting out on the balcony with my book and cup of tea every morning, listening to the waves break, watching the early surfers look for the perfect wave, and seeing the family of dolphins that usually came in once or twice per day. The beach is clean, gravel free and is raked for seaweed daily. It's a five minute walk to the pier, and for restaurants nearby, Aroma Thai, IB Sports Bar, and Sea 180 (in the hotel next door) were excellent. (I'll be posting reviews of those separately.) The pool and hot tub were also well maintained. Honestly, this was about as perfect a vacation rental as I've ever had. We rented through http://sandiegovacations.com and it was seamless. Check-in and out was easy, and loved having our own designated parking space below. Easy access to Coronado, the airport, the zoo, the outlet mall, and old town. Thank you Gerry F. for sharing your home away from home!
Recommended for: families with young children, families with teenagers, girls getaway, sight seeing, romantic getaway
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Great condo with beautiful views
Review submitted: June 27, 2014 Date of arrival: June 21, 2014
We booked this for 4 adults and 2 children, 6 & 9. Location was perfect for travel to Legoland, Sea World and downtown. We loved watching the beach activities and the grand kids enjoyed swimming in the pool, soaking in the spa as well as beach time. Easy walk to local places. Beach is immaculate.The beds were very comfortable as was the furniture. Well stocked with dishes and pans, although a few new pans would be nice. No cabinet storage for groceries. Balcony was nice too. Opening for Windows are on lower part of view windows. They aredifficult to open and there are no screens so watch young children. Although available, we only used the dryer and not washer. Two parking places but location is challenging if you have a large truck as we do. We would consider staying here again if we visited the area again
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Review submitted: December 29, 2013 Date of arrival: September 15, 2013
This condo was perfect in every way! We always rent homes/condos/cabins when we travel and this was one of the best. I loved the location. Just a short drive from downtown San Diego. All the major attractions are close by. The ocean view is awesome! We saw dolphins and sea lions from the beach and pier. We saw blue whales, dolphins, and sun fish while touring with San Diego Whale Watching Tours. The condo was spotless and nicely decorated. The beach was clean and my son loved looking for shells. I'm picky about beds, but the bed was the most comfortable of anywhere i stayed and the pillows were the best! I wish I knew what kind they were. Great shower pressure, too, which sounds silly until you stay somewhere where it's terrible. Thanks so much for sharing your great place with us!
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Lovely place...great location
Review submitted: June 21, 2013 Date of arrival: May 29, 2013
We stayed here for three nights before heading to Anaheim, CA. The condo was as pictured, clean and in great condition. The ocean view was amazing and such easy access to the beach.
We enjoyed the pool, grill area, and hot tub as well during or stay. The condo location made for easy on and off the Interstate for getting to local attractions such as Sea World, San Diego Zoo and Balboa Park.
Even though there are other condos in this complex we did not have any troubles with any of the other neighbors or noise during or stay. The under ground secured parking was an added bonus. The area overall seemed very safe.
Working with the staff for the rental went smoothly, and they were quick to get in contact with us when there was a last minute change in instructions for key pick up.
We had a fantastic time during our stay and would definitely stay here again.
Recommended for: age 55+, families with young children, families with teenagers, girls getaway, sight seeing, romantic getaway
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Quality family time
Review submitted: April 26, 2013 Date of arrival: April 19, 2013
We were here last weekend and were pleasantly surprised by the good weather and were able to enjoy the beach for two days. The condo was as presented and exceptionally well stocked even down to beach toys , chairs and umbrellas. Having a washer and dryer was a plus. Took our grandson to Legoland and Zoo and found the commute shorter than expected. Thank you so much and we will recommend you to all of our VRBO friends. Connie Tucson Az
Recommended for: families with young children, people with disabilities, girls getaway, sight seeing, romantic getaway
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LOVED this condo!!!
Review submitted: June 28, 2012 Date of arrival: June 16, 2012
We just returned from the best vacation of our lives! This condo was incredible - the views were awesome! The unit was very clean upon arrival - the pictures do not do this place justice at all. The layout was perfect for our family of 5 - 3 teenage boys and us. We did not feel cramped or crowded at all. The kitchen was great - more room than I expected and had a direct view of the ocean while I was cooking. There are more than enough pots, pans, plates, etc. The only thing the condo didn't have was beach towels - we never did find them when we were there (I did leave a note with the property manager when we left). The laundry is INSIDE the unit and was sooooo nice to have. I absolutely LOVED the master bath, the tub was amazing and I soaked in it many times! Each bedroom has a flat screen TV and the bed was very comfortable (I am VERY picky about beds - this one was great!).
This condo is on the 3rd floor of the complex and at the end. We only had one common wall and we never heard anyone. The outside patio is small but big enough to 2 to enjoy a morning coffeee or evening glass of wine. In fact, the way the patios are constructed made it feel like we were the only ones out there. The underground parking was great, there was space for two vehicles (we only brought one). Also, they have carts in the garage so that you don't have to make too many trips up the elevator with your luggage. My kids loved the pool area and met some other kids to hang out with. I did use the grill once during our stay - it wasn't incredibly easy to get started but there was a "pro" down there with me and we got it going.
This condo is directly on the beach and right by the playground; we could easily see our teens from the balcony. The condo does not have boogie boards - it does have a surfboard. We bought some from WalMart and saved $$ in rentals.
Imperial Beach was too wonderful for words. I did not want to stay in Mission Beach - too crowded. IB is the PERFECT So. Cal. beach town - a great mix of family, beach people, kids. Everyone seemed to know everyone. It is exactly what you would picture as the perfect beach town. We went to the farmers market on Friday - lots of great stuff. The best pretzel I ever at is on the pier - don't miss it!
I would stay in IB tomorrow - it was worth the 20 minute drive to the major SD attractions.
This was a great vacation - I can't wait to return!
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endless beach, pure relaxation
Review submitted: January 19, 2012 Date of arrival: December 14, 2011
The pictures of this condo are pretty good, but the real thing is even better, much better. Sitting at the window, we felt like we were sitting on the beach, could hear the waves, watch the surfers, enjoy the sunsets. I liked to sit at the kitchen counter, facing the window and watching the ocean, while working on my computer. The beach was right there when we stepped out of the condo complex. There are several good restaurants and cafes within walking distance. Everyday we took long walks on the beach that stretched endlessly. This condo doesn't have seaworld or balboa park around the corner, but we had a truly relaxing vacation there. The condo itself was spacious and full of light. The only thing we didn't like was the very much outdated fitness room, you should consider the fitness room non-existent. But who needed a fitness room when we could run on the beach, watching dolphins jumping out of the water, and the Coronado island stretching in front of us? The pool and jacuzzi did look nice.
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The Cow-A-Bunga ice cream shop at the beginning of the pier is delicious! We tried 10+ flavors there and all of them were outstanding!
The farmer's market on Friday afternoon. There was live music that was very fitting to the ocean scene and happy people everywhere.
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More than what meets the eye
Review submitted: October 4, 2011 Date of arrival: September 19, 2011
My family and I (which included a toddler and an elderly disabled individual) recently resided at this condo for a family vacation and we loved it. it was exactly as pictured. the view was great, the condo was in great shape and had everything we needed. i enjoyed the privacy. and even though they were doing construction next door it did not bother us, we couldnt hear it. access to the beach was wonderful. all in all it was a great trip and the condo was awesome. i will definitely be returning there.
Recommended for: families with young children, people with disabilities, sight seeing, tourists without a car, romantic getaway
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Fabulous condo !!
Review submitted: May 14, 2011 Date of arrival: May 7, 2011
This condo was exactly as pictured and described. It was very clean and comfortable. The master bedroom bed was fabulous. The view from the condo was wonderful overlooking the beach & ocean. The property managers answered our questions and were very helpful with the a/c. I would recommend this condo to anyone interested in going to Imperial Beach. It was very quiet and close to grocery stores and pharmacy and great access from the freeway. It has a separate shower that was easy for my physically challenged husband to enter. A hotel is being built two blocks south of the condo and the noise started at 7 am and continued for most of the day. A great alarm clock! We didn't let it ruin our stay.
Recommended for: age 55+, people with disabilities, girls getaway, romantic getaway
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DING! It's time to get away!
Review submitted: November 7, 2010 Date of arrival: October 11, 2010
What a WONDERFUL break we had in IB here at this rental! We've been pleasantly surprised with each of the rentals we've done from VRBO, and this one is definitely at the top of our list...we WILL be back!
Imagine a family of six, four of which are teenagers, staying for three nights and four days in ONE place...wait, no, picture a HAPPY scene, as that's what it was staying in this very roomy accommodation! Free Wi-Fi, INCREDIBLE views of the beach and pier, and walking distance to some VERY YUMMY restaurants (try the Thai place across the way and the little Greek place downstairs...oh, and be sure to drop by the coffee house next door, too!), and a short drive to the estuary.
I always look at the reviews of places, so let me make sure I've got this down straight for those of you who do the same...this place was very well maintained, as were the grounds. Strict rules are in place, so there isn't any riff raff (at least not while we were there), and it was a very family friendly location. We loved having secured parking, as we know how crazy parking can get in IB, not to mention the fact of safety.
We were bummed that we'd run out of room to bring our chairs, but were pleasantly surprised with the stash of beach chairs we found in the closet. There was even a surfboard at our disposal, but we weren't brave enough to give it a go...maybe next time!
The photos represent this beautiful condo quite well. It is beautifully decorated...including the lovely artwork, which we found out was done by the owner's wife! Having a wonderful view, a place to sit outside for morning coffee/evening wine, just added to our enjoyment. We look forward to coming back again, even in the winter time, as the ocean is definitely our meditation spot!
Recommended for: age 55+, families with young children, families with teenagers, girls getaway, tourists without a car, romantic getaway
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Wonderful Visit!
Review submitted: September 21, 2010 Date of arrival: September 9, 2010
Although we were only there for a weekend, we thoroughly enjoyed the condo. It's so nice to be able to all stay together in one place. There were several amenities nearby to take advantage of (shops, restaurants) and the beach being just outside the door was the gem of the whole visit! Having secured parking and a well-appointed condo were comforting and we felt very welcomed. Very private and quiet building. The key pickup/drop-off was very close and convenient, also. Definately will recommend this to others and my party hopes to stay there again and for a longer visit next time!
Recommended for: age 55+, people with disabilities, girls getaway, sight seeing, romantic getaway
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A 26-year-old U.S. Army Reserve sergeant facing his fifth war-zone deployment has been given a reprieve after he filed suit in federal court in Florida.
Erik Botta contended that the military's denial of his request for an exemption constituted "unlawful custody," and that it should be required to consider his three prior stints in Iraq and service in Afghanistan "to assure a sharing of exposure to the hazards of combat," reports the St. Petersburg Times.
An army spokeswoman said it takes 12 months of continuous wartime deployment to qualify for an exemption, and that Botta had only served 10 noncontinuous months. However, after Botta filed his petition July 12, the military determined that he was "not medically qualified" for continued duty, the Times says.
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The pervasive trends of mobile computing and data analytics are rapidly approaching a point of singularity, and when combined, these technologies will prove to be transformative on an unprecedented scale.
Analytics is enjoying a renaissance thanks to the reanimating effect of mobile computing. Accessing complex data sets on a pocket-sized device forces an extreme prioritization of information, creating a layer of abstraction and haiku-like interpretation that is permanently redefining how we interact with information resources. Because this new framework is particularly compelling for data visualization, we can expect massive, game-changing shifts in the presentation of analytic data in the near future.
For example, sales managers will have access to real-time performance data - in a succinct, mobilized roll-up - that can help them optimize sales and marketing strategies on the fly. Organizations that understand the mechanics of this transformation and that act quickly to leverage the rising tide of mobile analytics will wield a severe and effective weapon.
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While improved data quality is the real objective of these mobilized analytic applications, speed will be another benefit. Making BI metrics available to workers at virtually any moment of the day will increase performance efficiency across the organization and improve response time for downstream processes. Moreover, providing critical performance data at the point of decision vastly increases the value of the process to the enterprise.
These changes will be felt not only inside the organization but by customers as well. A well-informed worker or workgroup is in a better position to provide timely and relevant customer support, which can only have a positive effect on customer satisfaction.
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Current mobile analytic offerings are simple extensions of desktop BI platforms, which enable a user to consume an existing desktop report or dashboard on a mobile device. These first-generation mobile analytic products are a step in the right direction, but they fail to seize the opportunities that mobilized enterprise data creates. They offer the same old reports on a small form factor.
The next generation of business intelligence applications will attempt to optimize the visualization of complex data in limited space. Brevity will be essential; between the increasing amounts of data available for analysis and the smaller display space to visualize the data, we should see some interesting and innovative shifts in interpretation.
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To earn the first-mover advantage, enterprises need to prime their IT infrastructures today so that future mobile application deployments can happen swiftly and securely. Business and IT leaders need to envision a fully mobilized future, including a clear understanding of how internal processes are likely to change when mobilized. They must decide how they will secure their mission-critical enterprise data, and set their governance policies accordingly.
A mobile enterprise application platform is a proactive IT strategy that can help enterprises reap the full potential of mobilized data. Because it fully integrates with existing enterprise applications and data, a platform will enable the next generation of mobile analytics to blur the lines between transactions, analytics and collaboration. Organizations that adopt this strategy will be well positioned to provide the mobile workforce with context-aware decision-support capabilities that provide insight to judicious action - all done in real time, and from anywhere.
The next step will be to undertake a strict prioritization of data. Looking at business intelligence data on a four-inch screen moves visualization to the top of the queue. IT and business analysts must focus on the crux of the data and know which data sets will provide the most value once mobilized.
The corporations our children will work in will be unrecognizable compared to the ones we know today. Business as we know it will move much faster, with pervasive group dynamics that adjust in real time to massive, dynamic information flows. It is our privilege to experience the origin of this exciting future as it emerges from the alchemy of mobile communication and staid, unsexy mobile analytics.
Dan Ortega is senior director of product marketing for Sybase mobility products. Ortega brings more than 20 years of technology marketing experience to Sybase, having held senior-level marketing positions with a series of successful startups in the mobility and analytics domains. He also has worked with expansion stage companies, such as Centigram Communications, and Fortune 500 companies including Sun Microsystems and Wang Labs.
I like your remarks about real-time KPI information and customer satisfaction in the end, sounds like a good business case.
"Current mobile analytic offerings are simple extensions of desktop BI platforms, which enable a user to consume an existing desktop report or dashboard on a mobile device. "
This is not true, REAL Mobile BI players, do in fact, optimize the visualtization of complex data as you name it.
Only the companies to large to react to the Mobile BI revolution create simple extensions (SAP, IBM, Oracle). Larger company, less effective innovation.
"The next generation of business intelligence applications will attempt to optimize the visualization of complex data in limited space."
This is Generation NOW, this is what Mobile BI is about, this is what Reboard does, Blink by MeLLmo does, even the SBO Explorer does this well.Reply
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By Karen Cohilas - bio | email ALBANY, GA (WALB) – There's talk of writing off cursive in Georgia Schools, but that isn't the plan in Dougherty County.
Right now, cursive isn't listed in the new curriculum standards Georgia teachers may start using next year.
At Live Oak Elementary School in Albany, we found second grade students practicing their cursive skills.
Teacher Kaysha Young-Brown says while her students do use the computer for a lot of their assignments, cursive isn't a lost art yet.
She says her students are so excited to learn, they use it even when they're not supposed to. "A lot of times, I can't stop 'em. I see them on spelling tests. They try to sneak and do it or they try to write their name in cursive and I tell them, 'hold on a second, we'll get to that', but they are eager to learn."
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first published by Bayera among his new southern figures, is still thus known in Germany and Italy, but the French say Dorade; and Flammarion has Doradus, perhaps from confusion with its supposed genitive case. The word is from the Spanish, and refers not to our little exotic cyprinoid, but to the large coryphaena of the tropical seas, of changing colors at death.b On the planisphere in Gore's translation of l'Astronomie Populaire it is strangely rendered p202Gold Field; and Craver, in the Colas' list of the Celestial Handbook of 1892, is equally erroneous. Chilmead mentions it as the Gilthead fish, but this, in ichthyology, was a very different fish, the Crenilabrus melops of British coasts.
Caesius combined its stars with the Greater Cloud and the Flying Fish to foment his Old Testament figure of Abel the Just.
The alternative title Xiphias, the Swordfish, I first find in the Rudolphine Tables of 1627; Halley used it, in addition to Dorado, in his catalogue of 1679; Flamsteed gave both names in his edition of Sharp's catalogue; and the modern Stieler's planisphere still has Schwerdtfisch. Xiphias, however, had appeared in astronomy in the first century of our era, for Pliny [II.89] applied it to sword-shaped comets, as Josephus [Bell. Jud. VI.5.3] did to that "which for a year (!) had hung over Jerusalem in the form of a sword," — possibly Halley's comet of A.D. 66.
The Rudolphine Tables and Riccioli catalogued here 6 stars of 4th and 5th magnitudes, but Gould 42 from 3.1 to 7.
The head of Dorado marks the south pole of the ecliptic, so that, according to Caesius, the constellation gave its name to that point as the Polus Doradinalis. Within 3° of this pole is the very remarkable nebula 30 Doradūs, that Smyth called the True Lover's Knot, although now known as the Great Looped Nebula, NGC 2070, described by Sir John Herschel as an assemblage of loops and one of the most extraordinary objects in the heavens, — "the centre of a great spiral."
ε appears in Reeves' list as Kin Yu, but this star being only a 5th‑magnitude, and these words signifying a Goldfish, they doubtless were designed for the whole figure introduced into China by the Jesuits.
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a A much more tangled tale, actually; see Ridpath, Star Tales, Chapter 1; I am indebted to Diana K. Rosenberg of Fixed Stars and Constellations for alerting me to the better reference.
b But the French dorade, now usually spelled daurade, refers to either of two different fish altogether, the sea bream or gilthead bream (Sparus aurata) and the other gilthead which will be mentioned further on.
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Faced with a projection that New Port Richey could be looking at a $700,000 deficit that needs to be covered before approving the budget for the upcoming fiscal year, City Council members opted to table any action on how a nearly $1 million surplus of utility funds might be spent toward general fund expenses.
The city recently transferred to the general fund.
Last year, the city learned it faced a deficit that could reach $18 million over a five-year period. The projection hovered through the budget process, and city leaders took action to try to right the ship, including raising stormwater and streetlight fees. The city also increased its tax rate and refinanced its debt.
Now, the city's deficit is projected to only reach about $5 million in the next five years. The city, however, still faces challenges in the form of high police and fire pension costs, declining property values and rising healthcare costs.
A few weeks ago, council member Bill Phillips presented a list of ideas for spending the utility fund surplus. His suggestions included putting some money in reserves, launching a community policing program and investing in the Hacienda restoration.
Phillips was initially eager to get the ball rolling on making decisions for the money's use, but backed off Tuesday, April 23, noting the city finance director was not at the meeting and council member Judy DeBella Thomas was also absent.
"I guess we're just going to table it," he said.
Councilman Chopper Davis complimented Phillips on his ideas but mentioned it "may not be the department heads' first choice on where they would like to spend the money."
Davis proposed allocating one-third of the utility fund money to city department heads and letting them propose uses.
He also said he would like to investigate the idea of using funds for the Hacienda.
Councilman Jeff Starkey also was in favor of waiting to hear from department heads and said he'd like an update on the city's finances.
"We have to be careful with spending money, but we have to spend money to make our city better and generate more revenue," he said. "In my opinion, that ties in with community policing program."
Mayor Bob Consalvo agreed.
"Over half of my emails and phone calls and correspondence are regarding crime," he said. "There are folks that are scared to live in some of our neighborhoods."
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