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4. In "The Art of Bouldering," Gill also advanced an "E-system," or an elimination system for the hardest problems. An E-1 would be a problem so tough only one person had climbed it, E-2 had only two ascensionists, and so on up to E-10, after which the rating would be dropped. Prescient about today's endless V-bickering, Gill also wrote, "Reach and body compactness would make the B-system absurd for occasional problems, and climbers of different strengths would dispute the grading." Not so with the E-system, which emphasized "the accomplishments of certain climbers and not the inherent difficulties of the rock."
5. Today, the Font scale holds equal global sway as the V-scale, yet despite being around for decades longer, it never crossed the pond—until the last quarter century, climbers rarely bouldered internationally. Nonetheless, like the V-scale, the Font scale's open-endedness has given it staying power: Michel Libert's L'Abbatoir, done in 1960, is still le forêt's first and benchmark 7A (V6), even if Font's current hardest problem merits 8C or V15. (The Font scale often uppercases the letter to distinguish it from the French route-climbing scale.)
10. If all these scales weren't number soup enough, consider the primary Japanese bouldering scale, the kyū/dan system, based on martial arts levels and put into play on the boulders at Ogawayama. The easiest problems, as with the easiest (student) martial arts level, start at 10-kyū and work their way down to 1-kyū, at which point you attain black-belt mastery called shodan, or "the first step" (roughly V7). The world's current hardest problems are thus rokudan or 6-dan. In other words, climbing V16 makes you a sixth-degree black belt!
This article has more depth to it than I expected. It's very interesting to see the thought process of those who push or pushed boundaries in the progression of creating the modern form of bouldering that we know today. It is at once inspiring to think about what could come in the future, and thought-provoking to see how the ideas of older generations prevailed. Robinson's ideas regarding specialization are particularly interesting to me as a climber who was introduced to the sport and lifestyle at a time when V16 was already an established grade. I personally chase numbers in the sense of self-improvement. But, I believe that true climbing lies in beautiful execution fitting to both the difficulty and the style. Part of its attraction is that climbing is open to interpretation by all-- there is no "right" way to climb, just the way you discover for yourself.CC_Climber - 08/08/2014 8:52:33
I think grades can be a good way of showing your how you are progressing in the sport, if you don't like grades then just don't buy the guidebooks or don't worry about what others rate things just climb what you think looks fun. Bouldering grades are subjective but at the same time most climbs within a grade are similar enough that they are good as a rating standard (+-a grade or so).Dan - 05/21/2014 2:10:03
Hey Chrislikestoboulder, as with routes boulders can maim ya. For example I might feel comfortable on a high ball V1, but a V10, not for me. Right? Bouldering grades do suck the life out of bouldering in a sense. Number chasing can turn bouldering in to just another ego game, not unlike the rat race we face in our modern material culture. In the end we all have to make a conscious choice about what is important to us, grades? money? fame? esthetics? soul searching? For me boulder problems are like Buddhist koans, irrelevant in the greater scheme of things, yet life affirming and probably most importantly they push me to examine myself and my motivations, and how I live my life in great and excruciating detail.Dan - 05/13/2014 9:37:03
@Jen. I can only think of two reasons for why there are boulder problem grades. 1. For you to try a problem, you need to know if they are within your boundary or not. I did my first ever V6 today, but I know for a fact I couldn't do a V10. So, if I was to go on an outdoors tip to only be faced with problems I couldn't do, I would be a little annoyed! 2. Bragging rights :/John - 04/22/2014 8:18:17
I've seen a long of strong people that aren't necessarily strong climbers, who have been climbing seriously for about a year show up and try and warm up on a V6 or V7 simply because the starting holds are jugs. Not all climbers have the knowledge to tell what might be difficult and what might not, so they also aren't likely to know what will strain tendons and what will not. So grading just for the sake of knowing what routes to warm up on is nice. Other than that, grades can really limit people, they are incredibly subjective, and can be a huge pain in the butt.Jen - 04/04/2014 9:19:38
Why are boulder problems graded? What is the point or goal of grading boulder problems? I understand grading multpitch and sport routes, you especially don't want to start a multpitch beyond your capabilities. But in bouldering, grades really has no function. I dont't understand it. No one I have asked has been able to give me a good answer, 'cept that it can help in deciding to which area on a bouldering spot you want to go to. Nevertheless, it doesn't require a specific boulder grade on each problem.Chrislikestoboulder - 02/27/2014 8:05:46
Also worth a mention on the bouldering grades: Jim Holloway, really(!) hard boulderer from the 1970's also had his own grading system, JHE (Jim Holloway Easy), JHM (Medium), and JHH (Hard). JHH may include V13(?), pretty impressive stuff.Andrew - 02/15/2014 11:37:00
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The BBC news magazine recently ran a feature on the Quiverfull movement, though, that had me taking notes on how to do it right. Here are a few Journalism 101 tips about reporting on religious trends that I gleaned from the article:
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The psalm – where children are compared to arrows for war – is the inspiration for the Quiverfull movement.
"Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are sons born in one's youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. They shall not be put to shame when they contend with their enemies in the gate."
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The Visiting Committee meets in person on campus twice a year with many scheduled conference calls during the year. Many Fellows visit the campus regularly to strengthen their relationships with university management and to interact with students in the classroom.
Jonathan "Jon" Allen
- BoF College of Liberal Arts – Chairman
- Second term expires: 2014
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Jon is a Senior Associate with Booz Allen Hamilton and is a leader within the firm's Commericial Market Team focused on providing cyber and security capabilities with international and commercial clients world-wide focusing on countering corporate espionage, and leads Booz Allen's Mission Assurance capability.
Jon is also one of the firm's leaders coordinating Booz Allen's investments in developing "Smart Power" and "Whole of Government" solutions for USG clients aimed to better integrate defense, diplomacy, and development capabilities, and has been a guest on Defense News Weekly and Federal News Radio. He has and has supported the State Department in Africa with enhancing African nation's cyber security programs, led the firm's US Africa Command Account during Operation Odyssey Dawn, and was the program manager for one of the largest crisis management programs within the intelligence community.
Recently, he has provided assistance for East African and Middle Eastern nations in strengthening their cyber security programs, and currently is supporting Fortune 500 companies in assessing their corporate espionage threats domestically and overseas. Prior to joining Booz Allen, Jon served as a Ranger-Qualified, U.S. Army Infantry Officer with assignments in Georgia, Korea, Washington, DC, and Texas. While in DC he served as the Senior Army Social Aide to President Clinton. Jon received his BA in Political Science from Norwich University in 1994 (DMG), an MA in Security Studies with Honors from Georgetown University in 2006.
He is a term member with the Council on Foreign Relations, serving on the council's Term Member Advisory Council, is a former director on the Norwich Alumni Board and a participant in the Norwich Nucleus program. He resides with his wife Amy and son Killian (NU 2033) in Fairfax, Virginia.
Barbara Foreman
- BoF College of Liberal Arts – Vice Chairman
- First term expires: 2013
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Barbara received her Master of Justice Administration (MJA) degree in 2004 from Norwich University. During her career as a justice and safety practitioner and administrator, she has served at all levels of government: city, county, state, and federal. Barbara retired in 2002 from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, as manager of Criminal Investigations & Commander of the Texas Environmental Crimes Task Force. Barbara then joined the US Environmental Protection Agency's Criminal Investigation Division in Washington, DC, where she served as special assistant for State & Local Program Development.
Barbara retired from EPA in 2008, and currently serves an adjunct professor of criminal justice at Saint Edward's University in Austin, Texas, where she lives.
Robert "Rob" Appleton
- Third term expires: 2015
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Investigator Rob Appleton entered into service with the Division of State Police in the fall of 1996, and is assigned to Forensic Investigation Support Services (FISS) under direction of the Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) Headquarters in Albany, NY. Part of his duties is to supervise and manage the Medico-Legal Investigation Unit (MIU) to review equivocal or unusual death cases, skeletal remains, and assaults, provide reports and court testimony. He also administers the annual Colonel Henry F. Williams International Homicide Seminar, now in its 25th year. Since 2002, he serves on the Contaminated Crime Scene Emergency Response Team (CCSERT), currently Assistant Team Leader for the Capitol Team.
Rob graduated in 1992 from Norwich University with a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineering Technology, and in 2008, completed his Master's degree in Public Administration from Marist College. He is a member of the National Honor Society for Public Administration and Affairs. He is an adjunct professor for Marist College School of Management and Norwich University School of Graduate and Continuing Studies, teaching in the MPA program, and is a New York State Police Instructor and NYS Certified Instructor. Rob resides with his family in Albany, NY.
Bridget Gaffney
- Second term expires: 2015
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Bridget began her career serving as an intelligence officer in the U.S. Air Force. Her first assignment landed her at Ramstein Airbase in Germany as a member of the command briefing team providing intelligence analyses to the U.S. Air Forces in Europe Headquarters staff. After deployments to Vicenza, Italy in support of the Balkans Combined Air Operations Center and Hoedspruit, South Africa in support of Mozambique flood relief efforts she departed Europe for Washington DC where she served as an Operations Officer for the National Geo-Spatial Intelligence Agency (NGA.) Following military service Bridget worked with Ball Aerospace as an intelligence analyst for the National Assessment Group and managed projects to perform rapid technical assessments on military technologies intended to protect U.S. Air Force and Army Special Forces operating in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Having developed a strong interest in competitive strategy and organizational growth, Bridget transitioned into management consulting and spent the next decade advising public and private sector clients on growth issues. Bridget was a Principal with Toffler Associates, a management and strategy consulting firm, where she advised aerospace, defense, and government sector clients on growth opportunities and competitive strategies and developed in-depth experience in identifying emerging markets, translating market trends into business opportunities, and developing strategies to capture growth. Bridget later joined Innosight, an innovation consultancy, to focus more specifically on helping clients across industries achieve repeatable growth through innovation.
This focus on innovation led Bridget to her current role, working with Harvard Medical School's Catalyst Program implementing innovations that enable collaboration and provide tools, training, and technologies to help clinical investigators advance the translation of medical research ideas into clinical practices for improving human health.
On the personal side of life, Bridget married Mark Gaffney and devotes much of her time to being entertained and educated by their daughter Avery and son Oscar.
Bridget graduated from Norwich University in 1998 having earned a B.A. in International Relations summa cum laude. While at Norwich, she participated in the Institute for American Universities study abroad program in Aix-en-Provence, France, Harvard Model United Nations, Indoor and Outdoor Track and Women's Soccer.
Clem Hourican
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Clem currently serves as the Assistant Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Secret Service Safety, Health & Environmental Programs Division where he oversees all activities for the agency's drug deterrence, occupational medical health, safety, energy and environmental conservation activities.
Clem began his career in 1989 as a Special Agent with the U.S. Secret Service with field investigator assignments in Philadelphia, PA. and Buffalo, N.Y. where he participated in several investigative task forces and staffed numerous protective assignments. Clem was transferred to Washington D.C. in 1996 where he spent three years as a special agent assigned to the Intelligence Division with assignments as a watch desk officer, a regional desk officer with both the domestic and foreign area responsibilities. He also served as the National Joint Terrorism Task Force (NJTTF) coordinator as well as the Weapons and Explosives Desk officer. Served as shift leader the Secretary of Treasury's security detail until reassigned to the agency's training academy where he served as the Program Director for all terrorism and intelligence related training. Upon promotion he assumed responsibility for Firearms training and operations at the center. Clem was reassigned as liaison to a number of government security and intelligence agencies until he was selected as the Section Chief for the International Counter Terrorism Section, the Critical Protective Analysis and the Threat Mitigation Groups; providing current intelligence and analysis on emerging terrorist trends and tactics.
He was a U.S. Army Infantry Officer from 1984 to 1988, and currently is in the Inactive Ready Reserves (IRR). Clem is a graduate of Norwich University, 1984, with a B.A. in History and Military History with a concentration in International Studies. Clem resides in the Washington, DC, area.
Anthony "Tony" Johnson
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Anthony (Tony) Johnson is a researcher at the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) where his work focused on assessing non-kinetic capabilities for Counterinsurgency (COIN), developing strategies to target for Countering Violent Extremists (CVE) and tracking High-Value Targets (HVT) in Afghanistan, and designing analytic frameworks to help Coalition Forces commanders plan influence operations. Tony is currently assigned to the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) and serving as the Assistant for Special Operations and Irregular Warfare Policy in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations/Low-Intensity Conflict (ASD SO/LIC). He advises ASD SO/LIC on transformation initiatives for NATO Special Operations Forces (SOF) and the NATO Special Operations Headquarters, Irregular Warfare policy, maritime special operations programs, SOF education, implementation of DoD policy for integrating women into U.S. SOF, and the development of future policies and programs for U.S. SOF.
Before accepting his current role in government, Tony worked in the private sector as a management consultant. His extensive consulting experience includes mission critical projects for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Defense Science Board (DSB), Defense Systems Management College (DSMC), and the National Science Board (NSB) of the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Department of Education (ED), and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Tony received his BA in International Studies from Norwich University in 1994 (cum laude, DNG). He is an Associate Fellow with the Truman National Security Project, an Aspen Ideas Scholar of the Aspen Institute, a member of DoD Pride, and a former U.S. Naval Officer. Tony resides in the Washington DC area.
Mark Meservey
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Mark Meservey currently serves as Vice President of Government Operations for Oshkosh Corporation. In this capacity, he interacts with the Executive and Legislative branches of the Federal government on defense issues.
Meservey, a former U.S. Army Captain and U.S. Coast Guard Captain with over 25 years of distinguished service, attended Norwich University as an Army Reserve Officer Training Corps scholar, graduating magna cum laude and with a commission as a Second Lieutenant of Army Aviation on 17 May 1985. He entered Active Duty at Fort Rucker, Alabama for the Aviation Officer Basic Course and Initial Entry Rotary Wing training. In 1986, he completed flight training and was assigned to the 12th Aviation Brigade, Wiesbaden Army Airfield, serving as a Black Hawk helicopter pilot through the last days of the Cold War in Cyprus and Germany. While in Europe, he deployed to Ethiopia to participate in an internationally sensitive search and rescue operation for the late Congressman Mickey Leland. Upon his return to the United States, he graduated from the Aviation Officer Advanced Course as an Honor Graduate. In 1990, Meservey accepted a direct commission in the U.S. Coast Guard as a Lieutenant Junior Grade and initially served at Air Station Clearwater, FL as an HH-3F and HH-60J search and rescue pilot. He was subsequently assigned to Air Station Cape Cod in 1994 as a Flight Instructor and Pilot Examiner.
In 1998, he attended Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs as a full graduate scholar, earning a Master of Public Administration degree. Following graduate school, he completed an assignment with the U.S. Department of Transportation in Washington, DC in the Office of the Secretary of Transportation as the lead budget analyst for the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) responsible for developing and justifying FTA's multi-billion dollar budgets to the President's Office of Management and Budget and the United States Congress. In 2004, Meservey transferred to Air Station Washington where he served as Executive Officer flying the C-37A Gulfstream V executive jet across the globe for Department of Homeland Security Secretaries and Coast Guard Commandants. In 2006, he was assigned to Capitol Hill as the Coast Guard's Liaison to the United States House of Representatives where he worked directly with the Coast Guard's appropriations and authorizing committees to ensure the Service received the necessary resources and legislative authorities to effectively execute its eleven congressionally-mandated missions.
Prior to joining Oshkosh, Meservey was assigned to the Federal Aviation Administration as the Coast Guard's liaison for all manned and unmanned aviation matters. He has accumulated over 3,800 flight hours in seven different military aircraft and holds FAA certifications/ratings and three academic degrees. He is also a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Seminar XXI fellow. His military decorations include Naval and Army Aviator Wings and a variety of personal, team and unit commendations. Meservey is a native of Chatham, Massachusetts and is married to the former Kathleen Kober of Franklin, Massachusetts. Mark resides in the Washington DC area.
Patrick Money
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Charles "Chuck" Nettleship IV
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Chuck Nettleship joined Raytheon Company in January 2010 as Senior Manager Homeland Security Solutions for Business Development and Strategy. He supports domestic and international homeland security solution programs relating to persistent surveillance systems, maritime-domain awareness C4ISR and Sarcos robotics products. Chuck recently served as an Associate with Booz Allen Hamilton managing Marine Corps continuity of operations and smart power/whole of government interagency solutions. He has vast experience with interagency operational planning, counterterrorism planning and Foreign Consequence Management at US European Command (USEUCOM), Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Department of State. Chuck served as an operational planning officer for Turkey and Black Sea Region for the J35 US European Command (USEUCOM). He lead counterterrorism and document and media exploitation (DOMEX) training for the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), and supported the DIA with the Iraq Survey Group at Camp Slayer, Iraq.
He currently serves as a Lieutenant Colonel in the US Army Reserves at Devens, MA supporting US European Command (USEUCOM) as Branch Chief for the ECJ9-Interagency Partnership Directorate, and has served nearly 28 years of active and reserve duty with numerous international deployments to the Middle-East and Europe. Chuck received both his MBA and BA from Norwich University. Chuck resides with his wife Andrea, a Vermont College graduate, and family in Bedford, NH.
Ned Quigley
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Ned Quigley works at Brown University, overseeing 500+ undergraduate students a year studying overseas.
His previous work experiences include: Middlebury College (Executive Director of Communications), Boston University (Director of International Programs), Syracuse University (Director of Admissions for Overseas Programs), Harvard University (Associate to the Dean Of Admissions in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences), and Norwich University (Director of the Russian School, Associate Dean of Admissions, Director of Social, Cultural, and Recreational Affairs). Ned served as a Military Intelligence officer (Counterintelligence, CPT, US Army).
He holds a BA in Modern Languages from Norwich, Magna Cum Laude, and a EdM from Harvard University in Administration, Planning and Social Policy. Ned resides in Marblehead, Mass.


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Yesterday I came back from the garden with the first full basket of the season: radishes, peas, strawberries, lettuce, borage, and herbs. I also came back with a big smile: the tomatoes and zucchini are beginning to blossom. This means more produce soon, and also, more time spent working in the garden - summer is such a busy and hard time for a gardener's hands!
A gardener's hands are tools, and need to be taken care of as much as the garden and its plants. Dirt (and horse poo manure and compost!) must be scrubbed away after gardening, of course. But also, little scrapes and minor cuts must be helped to heal, and skin and nails need conditioning, as well as being cleansed of all the the stains that come from working with plants and dirt.
If you garden, making a gardener's hands scrub paste is an easy and natural, not to mention inexpensive and quick, way to take care of your working hands day in and day out. Here's how I make mine:
Gardener's Hand Scrub
- 2 cups sea salt (in addition to its antibacterial and exfoliating properties, sea salt sooths skin)
- ½ cup fresh rosemary, finely chopped (a good antiseptic and an excellent wound treatment)
- zest from 1 organic lemon (for its antiseptic and bleaching effects, especially when combined with sea salt)
- ⅔ cup extra virgin olive oil (olive oil's polyphenols and antioxidants make it an effective and economical emollient and moisturizer with anti-ageing properties)
- ½ cup vegetable soap, grated (I use an olive oil based soap, like Castile soap)
Mix all of the above, and store in a light-proof and air-tight container (otherwise the olive oil will go rancid, making your scrub smell bad and removing many of its positive skin properties).
A dab on your gardener's hands, then rub and scrub (a nail brush will help), wash and rinse off the excess with warm water, and finally massage the remaining oil into your hands.
It's a beauty treatment, a cleansing massage, and an aromatic, natural way to keep your gardener's hands in good shape. Try it!


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A sheriff's detective said Wednesday that a shooting in Altadena that wounded two men earlier this month does not appear to be related to recent shootings in Pasadena.
The drive-by shooting on Altadena Drive on Oct. 20 appears to have something to do with a party in the 80 block of West Altadena Drive that the victims had left shortly before the shooting occurred, Altadena Sheriff's Lt. Eric Lasko said.
"It appears that they were walking along Altadena Drive after they had been to a party and we're looking at the possibility that something occurred at that party," Lasko said.
The two male victims, a 25-year-old and 27-year-old, were standing on the sidewalk in the 100 block of West Altadena Drive Five when a car pulled up and someone fired five to seven shots. The two men were each hit, one in the leg and one in the neck.
The party was not at the home some residents have described as a problem house in the neighborhood but one of the victims did live at that house at one time, Lasko said.
Lasko said the shooting did not appear to be related to either of the two recent shootings in Pasadena. In the most recent of those shootings, witnesses said they saw people firing at a moving vehicle Tuesday night near Sunset Avenue and Washington Avenue. A man who was shot in the hand later turned up in a local hospital but declined to cooperate with police.
The only suspect description sheriff's investigators have for the Altadena drive-by is that the car involved was teal in color, Lasko said. He said the shooting does not appear to be gang related.


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For Andrew "Roo" Yawitz (NLA Alum '12), the Neighborhood Leadership Academy was the "crash course" he wanted in community development, engagement and involvement. He had spent the past five years focusing on his business, The Gramophone, a local bar and venue this year named the 2013 Neighborhood Business of the Year for the 17th ward by the St. Louis Development Corporation. Now, Yawitz was ready to see "the other side of the coin."
Yawitz, the first business owner to participate in the NLA started working on his community project, The Grove Merchants Association in early 2012. A collaborative idea that originated through conversations with other business owners in the area (Chip Schloss of the Atomic Cowboy and Tatyana Telnikova of the Handlebar), the Association was initiated to help businesses better communicate with each other, as well as with other groups in the community. The association's goal was to address any issue that might arise before it could become a community crisis.
Within the last year, Yawitz and the core group of the Merchants Association have been successful in engaging over half of The Grove District businesses in the organization. Yawitz says that the Association has been a great avenue for businesses to support one another, as well as to welcome new businesses to the neighborhood, such as Amy's Corner Bakeshop and RISE Coffee House. The Association holds monthly meetings and often invites guest speakers from local stakeholder institutions, including Park Central Development and the Washington University Medical Center Redevelopment Corporation.
One of the next projects of The Grove Merchants Association is to increase their communication with area residents. This was one of the aspects that Yawitz learned from his experience in the NLA. "People want to control the destiny and have a say in the neighborhoods where they live."
This past month, the Merchants Association helped to support the Grove Fest neighborhood street festival, which Yawitz co-chaired for the second year. Fifteen local establishments participated in Grove Fest – about double the number that participated the previous year – reaching a crowd of as many as 10,000 attendees.
When asked about strategies he would recommend to other neighborhood leaders, Yawitz encouraged alumni to reach out to local businesses. "Don't overlook your neighborhood businesses for help and support," Yawitz urged. Businesses are important neighborhood stakeholders that want to see their local communities succeed and have a lot to contribute to community efforts.
Nextdoor.com and the City of St. Louis announced their partnership in the Clifton Heights Neighborhood. Photo provided by Nextdoor user, President of the Board of Alderman Lewis Reed.
The buzz is in the air in St. Louis communities about Nextdoor. People are logging on, sharing recommendations for local service providers, collaborating on projects, and inviting neighbors to upcoming events. But let's back up a minute.
What is Nextdoor? Nextdoor is a social networking site that is restricted to a particular geographical area. According to Michael Powers, NLA Alum, Class of 2012, and legislative director to President of the Board of Aldermen, Lewis Reed, "It's Facebook for a neighborhood." Users verify their home address and use their real names to get to know others in their neighborhood.
Community members can use Nextdoor in a variety of ways. The page has features allowing users to share recommendations about local businesses and services, add events to a community calendar, upload photos of lost pets or home repair projects, and generate printable flyers for upcoming events or projects. In addition, users can decide if they want to receive updates and announcements from surrounding neighborhoods.
"Nextdoor takes down the barriers for concerned citizens to being involved and gets them right to the type of projects they are interested in," says Powers. He has hope that this online tool will appeal to a younger population and bring new involvement to community efforts.
On October 16, 2013, the City of St. Louis announced its partnership with Nextdoor. This partnership will allow the city to have a standardized way of communicating with residents across the city about heat advisory warnings, crime alerts, tips on navigating City Hall, information on suspects, and inclement weather tips. It also will create a new avenue for residents to share the gaps and needs they see in governmental services.
The city's campaign is hoping to see 20–30 percent of households signed on in every neighborhood in St. Louis. So far, about 5,500 residents in the city's 79 neighborhoods have signed up for Nextdoor. Let us know how you use Nextdoor to build neighborhood connections, ownership and responsibility in your community. To sign up, visit www.nextdoor.com. For City of St. Louis residents, contact Michael Powers with questions at email@example.com.
The older parts of the St. Louis region have faced serious challenges in the past 40 years. But some neighborhoods have done better than others and have found a way to rebound from this decline toward stabilization and, in some cases, growth. What explains this success? What are the lessons for other communities struggling to find their way?
The 2013–2014 "What's Brewing?" series of breakfast forums will focus on the research of Dr. Todd Swanstrom, E. Desmond Lee Endowed Professor in Community Collaboration and Public Policy at UMSL, and Hank Webber of Washington University. Swanstrom, Webber and their research team reviewed income and housing data for 256 census tracts over the past 40 years to identify neighborhoods that have rebounded, taking advantage of their assets to bounce back from decline.
"What's Brewing?" sessions, sponsored by the Community Partnership Project, will focus on the following rebound communities: Maplewood, Mark Twain, Central West End and Botanical Heights. Each session will feature an overview by Dr. Swanstrom, followed by a panel of local representatives who will discuss what has contributed to their neighborhoods' resilience. A key component of each "What's Brewing?" session will be opportunities for group discussion on how these strengths and strategies might be applied to other communities.
Events will be held on Thursdays mornings (7:30 – 9:00 a.m.) in November, December, February, and March in each of the identified communities. Check for updated information on these future sessions at pcs.umsl.edu/cbs. The events are free; however, registration is required. Call (314) 516-6989 or email email@example.com to register.
That's the title of an old calypso song recorded by Ella Fitzgerald and Harry James in the 1930s, with some recent adaptations. But it could also be a lesson (albeit grammatically incorrect) in community building for those of us working in neighborhoods. Our intended outcomes may be to build houses, reduce crime or generate new businesses, but how we work in and with the community to reach those outcomes is a critical factor.
As a result of working with neighborhoods and communities across the region, the Community Partnership Project at the University of Missouri–St. Louis developed a set of Community Building Principles that serve as the foundation for our annual Neighborhood Leadership Academy. These principles apply regardless of the community, issue or project.
These Community Building Principles are based on the work of the Community Partnership Project at UMSL, along with resources from the National Community Building Network, the Community Development Society, and the National Civic League. To have your own copy of the Community Building Principles, download the poster here.


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As autumn's brilliant leaf colors arrive, Lt. Gov. Sue Ellspermann and the Indiana Office of Tourism Development (IOTD) encourage Hoosiers to get out and enjoy the season.
The fall travel website VisitIndianaFall.com showcases travel and leisure opportunities in Indiana throughout the autumn months. This year the site features a voting competition to determine Indiana's best signature fall food, best fall family-fun destination, and best college football game day tradition in the state. Voting is open to the public and winners will be announced in November.
"The heart of fall is the perfect time to hit the road and visit all corners of our state," said IOTD's executive director Mark Newman. "From farms to festivals and foliage to football fields, Indiana families can find a multitude of excursion ideas at VisitIndianaFall.com to fit any pocketbook."
Indiana's nationally-recognized tradition of heritage and cultural festivals includes local and seasonal delicacies. Indiana's best fall festival signature foods include nominees from across the state. Persimmon pudding, hand-dipped caramel apples, and fresh blueberry ice cream are just three of the options in this category.
While basketball may be the sport most associated with Indiana, college football in the Hoosier State has a legacy second to none. Each of Indiana's 21 college football programs has a unique game day experience. This category highlights the best traditions on and off the scoreboard. From bells to buckets to Touchdown Jesus, Indiana's football tradition is packed with great tailgates, rivalries, mascots, and plenty of school pride. Voters will determine which school has the best of everything football.
With living history museums, acres and acres of corn mazes, and presidents made of pumpkins, Indiana is full of family activities. Families can get scared silly, pick out the perfect pumpkin, sip cider with the 16th president, or soar through multi-colored treetops on a zip line. While all nominees are excellent family opportunities, voters will determine the Best of Indiana.


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5 Phrases That Can Kill a RelationshipJune 13th, 2012
We know what you're thinking: how can there possibly be five phrases so powerful that they can actually destroy a relationship? There's no way that five of these exist, and if they did, then no one would have to worry about breaking up because they could kill a relationship any time they wanted to simply by railing off a couple of them. Read the rest of this entry »


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"Yea verily, though I charge through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil, for I am driving a house-sized mass of fuck you."In large modern warfare engagements, infantry may as well be Cannon Fodder. You want something that can Hold the Line. Something with a BFG and/or MoreDakka, crawler treads and (literal) tonnes of armor. You want a tank. Real Life tanks have large cannons to take on other tanks and fortifications, and (usually) secondary weapons to deal with infantry or aircraft. In fiction and reality, other tanks may use anti-infantry or anti-aircraft weapons instead of cannons. *** The tank's size and mobility may also be used as a weapon to crush people, cars, and walls. The armor is thick enough to stop small arms fire, most of it in the front, with the weakest areas being the rear, bottom and top. Expect enemies to take advantage of this For Massive Damage. Of course, the above paragraph refers to tanks around the size of today's main battle tanks. Sometimes that's not enough. They need to be bigger! Big enough to crush the other tanks! And carry loads of weapons! While racing donuts around them! No, we're not compensating for anything! Other armored fighting vehicles, like armored personnel carriers, self-propelled artillery and tank destroyers may be called tanks. They're not. Don't be fooled! Likewise, don't listen to the deranged lunatics who keep wanting to put legs on them. Ridiculously impractical, that. Related to Cool Car, Cool Bike, Cool Train, Base on Wheels, and other vehicle/warfare tropes—this is basically Cool Tank. Has nothing to do with Shorttank, which makes you say Tank Goodness in a completely different way. Also has nothing to do with playing a damage-sponge character in an MMORPG, or with the oxygen storage unit strapped to the back of a SCUBA diver. For armed tank-like vehicles, which have legs instead of good ol' treads, see Walking Tank. For ones which float, see Hover Tank. For ones that can travel underground, see Drill Tank. When the military geniuses of the world finally realize there is no firepower like battleship firepower, one may witnesses the ultimate tanks: Land Battleships. For when things in video games (such as people) act like tanks when they shouldn't, see Tank Controls. When tanks are useless in media, see Tanks for Nothing. For inaccuracies with armoured vehicles, historical and otherwise, see Tanks, But No Tanks. If you looked up Mechanized Infantry and expected to see a giant robot with a gun, try looking up Real Robot instead. For tank engines like Thomas the Tank Engine, see Cool Train.
— Anonymous Mammoth Tank crewman, Tiberium Wars
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Maze's End enters the battlefield tapped.
{T}: Add {1} to your mana pool.
{3}, {T}, Return Maze's End to its owner's hand: Search your library for a Gate card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle your library. If you control ten or more Gates with different names, you win the game.


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Hold onto your hats. A frigid Friday — and weekend — are in store, setting the scene for another major storm likely dropping plowable snow Monday night into Tuesday, the National Weather Service said.
Areas north of the Massachusetts Turnpike and west of Interstate 495 have the best chance for snow, meteorologist Bill Simpson said. The storm will likely create a messy Tuesday morning commute, with a mix of rain and snow, though rain will predominate in the Greater Boston area, according to a weather service forecast discussion posted on the Web.


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Din Tai Fung, Taipei, TaiwanMay 4th, 2012
I have a serious love for xiao long bao (pork broth dumplings), and Din Tai Fung is definitely one of the best places to get them. I've recently had a special opportunity – visiting the first and original Din Tai Fung location.
I've written about Din Tai Fung before, but that was in Tokyo. Din Tai Fung actually originated in Taiwan in the 1980s.
The food here was similar to the Tokyo branch, but the Tokyo location is in a fancy shopping mall, whereas this Taipei location definitely shows its "first, oldest, original" character…
It's the darker building to the left in the photo above.
Upon entry, you'll make your way upstairs to a suitable seating area.
The tables and decor are very plain and simple. Nothing very fancy. The food is the star.
We started with some appetizers, quickly devoured with chopsticks.
Hot and sour soup which was very rich and good.
Spicy egg noodles… one of the highlights of the meal.
More dishes… dumplings with chili oil sauce.
And of course the famous xiao long bao.
So our second experience at Din Tai Fung was very good. I don't think a visit to Taiwan is complete without it!
The chain has become the name-brand dumpling of the east and, in fact, Taiwanese locals seem a bit jaded about it. There are good dumplings available, cheap, everywhere in the country, and I sort of got the impression that Din Tai Fung is regarded as a tourist's luxury rather than a local favorite. On the other hand, I see that DTF is still voted and ranked very highly by locals and tourists alike, for just about all of their locations, so I think the food speaks for itself. It's good. Still the best dumplings (and some of the best food in general) I've ever eaten.
There is also a recently-opened branch in the gigantic 101 building, if you prefer something more modern. I think it was fun to see the original location.
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By Nata Bozymski
As a Realtor with a passion for interior design, I'm often asked by prospective sellers, "What is the number one thing I can do to best prepare my house for sale?" My answer is consitently the same, " PAINT!"
It never ceases to amaze me how far a few cans of paint can go to freshen up and often, transform a space. Choosing the right paint color for your home can be difficult. If you are not comfortable with the process, it can be overwhelming. The most common mistakes people make in choosing paint colors are often rooted in their fear of commitment! There are the folks who are so afraid of the idea of color or worry that a color will be too dark that they end up with something lifeless,boring and well... noncommital. Or conversely, they LOVE color so much that they don't want to commit to one or two and instead, their home is filled with rooms each consisting of a different color. Bottom line, neither one of these options are smart if you are looking to entice a prospective buyer. The ideal color palette focuses on one or two colors which vary only in their value. Utilizing this technique creates a beautiful, clean, fresh and inviting backdrop for all your colorful art and accessories to shine.
Wallcolor shown above: Glidden - Wood Smoke
Trim Color: Sherwin Williams- Pure White
Doors are painted in Valspar- Andiron
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The Boone County Sheriff's Office has arrested a man for the rape of a 14-year-old girl.
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**This is the kind of inequality, injustice an d unfairness that I am talking about.
An activist, Tokunbo Aremo Odua, has complained that the $30,000 match bonus giving to the Super Eagles for winning their match against Ethiopia is against the Federal Character principles as it enriches the Igbo nation to the disadvantage of otherplayers.
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A week and a day until the event! I hope you're ready!
This is the most up-to-date list I have on who's bringing what - if I've omitted you, or you are changing what you're bringing, please copy / paste and make any change needed.
NKy - small grill, brats of multiple varieties, scallops, Rumplemintz and other alcohol
War Machine - trash bags, plates, forks, spoons etc
Les - Pizza (maybe?).... Just no "light" shit....
Kipper beverages, tables
Beezy - beans and macncheese
cocktailsfor2 - vodka, name tags, tampons
Steelreign - mustard, ketchup, light mayo, Linenkugles
CROSSBONES - table or two, Bloody mix, some chairs, left out condiments, clean ice, buns
exNCite - burgers
Benny - waterless soap-2 bottles
GeoPittsburghFan - small Coleman propane grill and a canopy
El Sid -
buccoray61 - garden peppers, Hungarian yellow wax chilis, Cherry bombs and Habaneros stuffed with sauerkraut and canned in a sweet pickle brine
ranrod - bottled water
bdeff -cheese plate and sliced cheese for burgers
bucdaddy / GoldNeck - GOOD beer (and some shine)
lfhlaw - soda
BostonBuc - Pepperoni rolls or anything I can get at Smallman St. market that day.
Crossbones' guests - sliced and chopped onions and sliced toms for burgers and dogs, paper towels
Zadoras - Chips / salty snax
lighthouse913 - grill, extra chairs/ice and coolers, a couple bottles of diet coke and a some odd liquors that got left unopened at a party, plastic cups.
Charlie - brats and buns
Things you might want to bring for yourself and / or others:
Chairs - people will need to sit. If you've got an extra folding chair or beach chair or summat, please consider bringing it.
Sunscreen - you may well end up being in the sun for 4+ hours. Be smart.
Water - see above.
A roll of TP - you can never trust the port-o-johns.
Wet Naps / Wipes - for your and others' hands after eating some of this insanely good food!
Your baseball glove - derp.
NOTES, Odds 'n' Ends: As previously mentioned, we will be in Gold Lot #2 which, if I'm not mistaken, opens at 11 or 12. The price for parking goes up after 12:30, IIRC - please someone help me out on this? According to NKySteeler from PST:
Steelreign... Last year I was the first one there to start the set-up. bdeff followed shortly thereafter, then WVkeeper... I got there about 12:30 and will probably plan on the same time, as I will be driving 300 miles from Cincinnati that morning before the event and don't want to get up before sunrise to start my drive. Besides, 5-6 hours is plenty of time to get hammered for me... LoL!
I think it is lot "2" or the "gold" lot... Either way, as you loop around Heinz Field and pass "Bettis' Grill 36" on your right, it's the first lot on the left (we'll pass-out cell phone numbers as the event gets closer). As you enter the lot, go to the back right corner along the guard rail. Canopys are not allowed in the parking lot, so we set it up just over the guard rail on the sidewalk... When I got there last year, the lot was basically empty but there were 2 groups already set-up for tailgating... They also use the lot for general parking and for folks eating at "Grill 36".
Beezy was real close on the times... The lot opens at either 11 or 12 I think, and they start charging for event parking at 2pm. (at least that is what I recall. I paid the cheaper amount and it was after 12... If anyone is going to a game between then and now, please verify this for us)... But yea, you want to get into the lot before then to save a few bucks and not have to park where told.
A point worthy of note: The lot attendant told us that if there is someone obviously coming in to tailgate for the game they are supposed to be charged the event price regardless of whatever time it is... I sorta laughed, tossed my hat in the backseat and started to take my jersey off, then he just motioned us on through... Other attendants may not be as nice, so I plan on putting my jersey and hat on AFTER I get there... Ha Ha!
We will be parking along the back edge of the lot, adjacent to the sidewalk, so that we can put up a canopy (they do not allow them in the lot itself). I already have some of your phone numbers - you are encouraged to email me and give me yours (or someone else who's coming) so that we can coordinate parking as we arrive, to stake out the most spaces possible.
Tickets - At this point, I believe that there are 2 tickets left in the group section where we'll be sitting. If you want 'em, speak up now!
ALSO NOTE: If you don't have tickets in the group section, that doesn't mean you can't come to the GATHERING! The whole point of this is to get everybody together for food and beverages - the game itself is secondary! We'll be having people from at least 4 blogs (BD, PST, RTJR and RumBunter) there, from at least 4 different states, talking Pirates' baseball! We want to meet you / see you again / raise a glass !!
I am working on having a "surprise guest" swing by and chat with the horde at some point - details as they happen.
GoldNeck will be posting about the t-shirts at some point, I imagine.
If I've forgotten anything, please add it in the comments.
Also, a few Rec's will keep this up at the top for a few days. Thx.


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I'd like to re-consider Jim Hendry's offseason, which now is under attack. I'll add the qualifiers up front - I'm sure it's a lot harder to be a real GM then to armchair it. I think Hendry has been a very good GM for the Cubs overall. No, I don't think I know more than him.
This is a long fan post, which I'll be the first to say is not a good thing. To help in reading it, I've bolded my main points and used the indent feature to separate the review from the proposed action sections.
The following decisions were made and up for review.
1. Signing Milton Bradley to a 2 year contract with a vesting option for games played.
2. Trading Mark DeRosa to give Mike Fontenot and Aaron Miles the 2B job.
3. Trading Jason Marquis to give Sean Marshall the 5th starter job.
4. Replacing Wood, Howry, and Wuertz with Gregg, Heilman, and Patton.
5. Sticking with Fukudome.
6. Giving Hoffpauir the 1st man off the bench role; replacing Blanco with Hill; providing no backup left-side of the IF role players either for the bench or AAA team.
7. Underselling Pie, Cedeno, and Ceda to help make 1-4 happen.
Reviewing these decisions so far.
1. Milton Bradley has been a disappointment in terms of batting results. His approach has not looked bad. His fielding has been ok. It's possible his luck has just been bad. Here is my concern. The contract Jim gave Milton seemed smart, protecting the Cubs on that third year in case Milton was injured too much. But I'm beginning to fear that the very clause which protects us in 2011 is hurting us in 2009. Milton Bradley has a 12 M dollar incentive to play hurt. I don't think signing Bradley was the mistake. I think the incentive clause is starting to look like a mistake.
2. Against LHP, Aaron Miles has a .908 SLG; Fontenot has a .743 OPS v. RHP; That betters DeRosa's .697/.973 R/L split. Jim Hendry was right that Fontenot/Miles could replace DeRosa at 2B. The problem is twofold - 1) Lou has played Miles against RHP way too often and 2) Fontenot/Miles haven't just been used at 2B. More on that later. First, let's talk about this decision to go with Fontenot. He hit .305/.395/.514 last year. How do you not give him a shot, at least in a platoon role? And DeRosa wasn't going to sit for a platoon role after his career year. The only move that was fair to both Mark DeRosa and Mike Fontenot was to trade DeRosa. The problem was not in trading DeRosa; it was failing to cover his position flexibility with the rest of the bench.
3. Jason Marquis has pitched well this year. Good for him. Sean Marshall has pitched better. Good for us. Well done, Jim Hendry.
4. The bullpen looks bad. I don't need to go into detail. The problem is that if you step back and look at all of baseball's lower-priced off-season relief moves, none really look that good. When it comes to the bullpen, I throw my hands up wondering what could Hendry have done differently? He appears to have been right to save money on Kerry Wood.
5. Fukudome has been this team's saving grace so far. If Fukudome falls back again, he'll be a real enigma. His SLG has fallen back in May, but this could just be the normal ebb and flow of baseball. We'll see.
6. Hoffpauir and Hill look to be worthwhile risks paying off. Over the last 7 days, Hoffpauir is 2/14 with 7 Ks. Hopefully that also is just the normal ebb and flow hitters go through, because otherwise he's been a real asset with the bat. It's the rest of the bench that is the disaster. No backup was provided for 3B or SS. Perhaps Jim expected Corey Koskie to play. Even then, there was way too much "hope and faith" in Ramirez and Theriot - two players known to be at risk in regards to their durability. This isn't just a problem that was exposed by bad luck. It was going to be a problem season-long if Lou did not feel he had the options necessary to rest Theriot and Ramirez.
7. I'm on record saying we undersold those guys. Pie and Cedeno started the season very poorly - their first in the AL - but both have rebounded lately. Over the last 14 days, Ronny's hitting .263/.300/.526 and Felix is hitting .242/.306/.455 in May. Of course, that, too could be the normal ebb and flow of baseball, and regardles the OBPs look bad. Again, to be clear, it's not that I think we need those guys on the team; I think we could have gotten more in trade had we handled things differently.
Overall, my quibbles with Hendry are on smaller things. It's just that these smaller things have added up this season and been magnified with Bradley, the big off-season acquisition, not hitting. There were good moves in here, too. In particular, I think at the end of the season, we are going to be glad with Mike Fontenot as a platooned 2B.
Alright - where can we go from here?
My view is that something needs to be done to give this team a shot in the arm and to help re-sort the bullpen and bench. Pre-season, I'd have liked to see a guy like Maicer Izturis, Brandon Wood, or Wilson Betemit added to the roster. But a move like that wouldn't help this team with the idea that management still believes and is expecting a turnaround.
I have my eye on Aubrey Huff. He's hitting just ok, so far this season. Andy McPhail is intending to trade him and now has the concern - what if Huff's 2009 follows 2007 and not 2008? Did McPhail wait too long to trade Huff? Hendry can offer to buy now, paying full price, saving McPhail some of that risk. Huff played for Lou in Tampa and has played in the NL Central before, too. He can play 3B now and gives us Bradley insurance in RF later. The demand for Huff should be lower than for DeRosa, whose 2B skill and versatility make him more attractive to more clubs. That means the price could easily be lower, too. I also think the Cubs need Bradley insurance more than they need Fontenot insurance.
The other real benefit to trading with Baltimore is that, especially in contrast to Cleveland, they should be shopping for young 1B/DH players, which is what we have to trade. In 2006, the Rays sent Huff and cash to the Astros for Mitch Talbot and Ben Zobrist. I think we can match that offer with an increase to pay respect to Huff's 2008 and to get this done earlier.
But I'd actually like to expand this trade to get George Sherrill, too. He would solidify our bullpen as a strong LH late-inning guy. Sherrill and Huff are getting paid 10.75 M dollars together. So we would probably need some $$$ help from Baltimore to do this. If the return was good enough, the O's have money to spare.
So, package Micah Hoffpauir, Jake Fox, Randy Wells, and Neal Cotts. Hoffpauir and Fox go straight into Baltimore's lineup. Wells goes into their tattered rotation. Cotts helps cover innings. Is that enough to get Baltimore to pay part of the salaries due to Huff and Sherrill? There's no real marquee name there, but it's a lot of cheap talent with upside. I imagine that some Cub fans will think it's too much.
But we get a real hitter to cover 3B and a real LH bullpen pitcher. This would go a long way towards fixing the problems our roster faces. The pressure comes off Marmol-Gregg. Heilman moves to a multi-inning, mopup role. Huff jumps into the middle of the lineup, taking pressure off Bradley. We're still going to want a SS backup, but a smaller trade for a lesser-known player can look to fixing that later. Maybe Baltimore is even willing to throw in Robert Andino somehow.


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The analysis of welfare state effects on social trust in a multidimensional approach
AbstractCrowding-out hypothesis asserts that in the presence of developed social obligations, social trust levels tend to be low. Empirical evidence of the crowding-out is however poor while this relationship is mainly studied under narrow assumption about unidimensionality of welfare state development operationalized through social spending as a percentage of GDP. The main objective of this study is to show that allowing for multidimensionality in welfare states provides more support for the crowding-out. The multidimensionality is formed around three axes: functional, outcome and qualitative. Functional dimension is defined on the basis of functions social policy performs taking as an example pension and unemployment spending. Outcome dimension accounts for the effects of decommodification and stratification on interpersonal and institutional trust. And, finally, qualitative dimension describes the impact of social provisions' characteristics, namely their institutional design, delivery form and mode of financing on social trust levels. Empirical results generally support the idea that the sign in the relationship between welfare state and social trust depends on the measure of welfare state development.
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