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Lorin, perhaps it escaped you because I wrote it (also) back when you announced you'd be moving to Brazil, but purchasing a game from a country different than the one you stated in your account is possible and, to my knowledge, sanctioned by Steam. I moved from Italy to Austria for work, and before I did, I asked Valve Support about this. They mulled it over for 24 hours and then came back to me with this response: I would be able to play my games normally, and as for purchasing them, I'd be given a special URL to do it through the browser because, at the time, the client didn't support this feature. This was back in 2012. Fast forward to late 2012, early 2013 (I think it was March, actually) when after an update, my ability to purchase games through the client was restored. I'd occasionally be asked to verify my payment method but otherwise, all good! Now I cannot completely be sure that I'm looking at the Italian version of the store rather than the Austrian one, but it seems to be, I can see the "cc=it" variable/value on URLs in the client store every now and then. Now, I asked this from a validated account with hundreds of games across 8 years (back then) of use and they might just have decided, let's keep this guy, he's gonna keep giving us money. But it seems to me this is simply the sensible thing to do.
Similarly, I'm still using my iTunes account on the Italian store (I should state that I'm still an Italian citizen and resident, so this is grounded in law).
Now compare it with that scourge of humanity that is Origin, which you have sometimes described as a better experience in terms of customer care. While they take their time to see an issue through with you on their chat, it quickly became clear to me that as an expat I was in limbo with them (and the same goes for Sony and MS in their respective console online systems, but that's another story). When I start my Origin client or go to their site, I get it in German. There used to be no option to change that. Now there is...to change it from German...to German. Which is perhaps even more insulting. I mean give me the Austrian/German/Swiss store if you must, but allow me to change the language, Steam does it, iTunes does it, can't you do it? They won't.
And actually, don't give me the geolocked store, really, because what that means is, all games deemed violent by the local rating laws require age verification by providing fields from IDs that I can't have because I'm not a local citizen. I have to go back to Italy on vacations to buy stuff sometimes, unless they inadvertently leave holes in their security, like buying BF4 Premium through the BF4 library buttons instead of the store page thus bypassing age verification. Why must I go this route to get a game? I stopped replying politely to their surveys, as though I had any hope left that they would improve, and changed what I put into their "suggestions for improvements" field into "stop existing, go back to Steam, your service is way inferior and you refuse to improve it". And I stand by it.
There are far too much legal terms when purchasing a game. If I buy a game physically or digitally it should be mine to keep and use however I see fit until I sell it to someone else.
The removal of the game because of dropping a service should be ignored. Keep the game on your library, have it around as a archive or something and keep it around as a memory. I still have some games on my shelf that I cannot play on my PC anymore but I can still look over and remember "oh, that game was awesome for reasons...". Digital does not have the same value but it still holds a little.
I bought Double Dragon HD on XBOX Live in 2007 and enjoyed it, a great arcade classic from my youth. Well, my system RROD in 2011 and I bought a slim 360. I had the urge to play some Double Dragon but could only download the demo. This whole digital distribution craze is the mark of the devil.
I thought Brent's daughter was born already. OMG delays! It's like Duke Nuke'm Forever all over again. I guess it's done when it's done, lol. Anyways congrats in advance.
Back to Kung Fury...Or rather we REALLY need another Blood Dragon game or something of the like.
Man...Kung Fury is one of the greatest additions to WWAW of this podcast I have ever had the pleasure of checking out. Much thanks Axe lords!
In regards to the WWAR section - I have been on board with Digital Downloads since they first arrived and share in the fear realized from the pulling of "Order of War". Not to say other media's are excluded entirely from this, but isn't it weird that my fear of this from the video game industry is far stronger? I mean maybe legislation is the only way. I'm guessing the rules might be more defined for music and video as I haven't really heard of this affecting those outlets. Maybe just a better indication of what it is we are purchasing up front?
Thanks Axelords for sharing the video Kung Fury with us! It made my day. Looking forward to the finished product.
Regarding digital downloads I can understand if MMO's without proper support from the community are deleted. If only a few people are left playing an MMO the effort and money it takes to keep the server running is not reasonable. Single player games on the other hand should stay available as the cost/benefit factor should be much more favorable. One of the greatest benefits from steam is the ability to always being able to get to your games independent of your location (as long as internet is provided). It is easy to play with friends, compare game libraries and buy/share games with friends. Brent is a splendid example for the steam effect and its benefits of quick access to games and by the power of people cheap offers available online only. In a sense I believe that steam accomplished pretty well what the project "online" once wanted to do but not succeeded.
hey guys, i wanna play dayz with you guys, where's the thread on the EPA forum?
"It's the god damn viking age"
Hilarious! I just recently purchase Cognition also Brent. Hope it turns out well, Telltale has really gotten me into point&click adventure stories.
I have a challenge for Brent and Lorin !
Brent, for an entire episode you won't be allowed to say the word " interesting "
Lorin, At that same episode you will not speak the word " phenomenal "
And since everyone loves Aussie Legend and TokoyChu , why don't you guy bring them on for an episode or so ?

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Colliver lecturer Rita Gross will explore Buddhist perspectives on thriving with religious diversity on Tuesday, Oct. 9, at 7 p.m. in the Alex and Jeri Vereschagin Alumni House
Colliver Lecturer to Explore Religious Diversity from Buddhist PerspectiveRita Gross will discuss Why One of the World's Oldest Religions May be the Answer for Making Sense of an increasingly Complex World
Buddhism is one of the largest religions in the world, with an estimated 600 million or more practitioners. Yet few in the United States are familiar with its teachings beyond the basic concept of meditation, or the occasional obligatory Buddha quote thrown in a Hollywood movie where the main character has to go to China or India.
Rita Gross is trying to change that. Gross, a practicing Buddhist who also teaches "Dharma" - the concept that there is a natural order of things that can lead to a natural harmony - will discuss "Religious Diversity - What's the Problem? Buddhist Advice for Flourishing with Religious Diversity" at 7 p.m. Oct. 9 in the Alex and Jerri Vereschagin Alumni House on Pacific's Stockton campus. There will be a reception at 6:30 p.m. in the same location.
"Religious diversity is simply a fact of life in the contemporary world. Nevertheless, that fact is troubling to many people who were taught that one of the world's religions was destined to become the religion of all humanity," said Professor Tanya Storch, who teaches in Pacific's Religious and Classical Studies department. "It is increasingly unlikely that any one of the world's religions will prevail universally, so how can we come to terms with religious diversity? Professor Gross will discuss Buddhist ideas about the nature of religion and religious language that could be adopted by anyone of any religious persuasion."
At 3:30 p.m. Oct. 10 in the Alumni House, Gross will conduct a class on meditation. That also will be open to the public.
About Rita Gross
Gross, a retired professor of Religious Studies from University of Wisconsin Eau Claire, has written or contributed to nearly a dozen books that explore aspects of Buddhism.
Gross is internationally known for her innovative thinking about Buddhism and her Buddhist approaches to other contemporary issues. She began studying Buddhism in 1965 as a graduate student and, early in her career as a professor in 1973, she became a Buddhist practitioner in the Shambhala tradition.
Throughout her long career, she has continued to bring together academic and Dharmic perspectives in her work as a professor, author, and Dharma student and teacher. She is the author of many books and articles, the most influential of which is "Buddhism after Patriarchy: A Feminist History, Analysis, and Reconstruction of Buddhism." Her most recent book is "A Garland of Feminist Reflections: Forty Years of Religious Exploration."
She has taught widely in the Shambhala mandala, including teaching a course on "Buddhist View" at the 1999 seminary. Currently she is teaching a multi-year course "Buddhist History for Buddhist Practitioners" at the Lotus Garden shedra. Gross holds a Ph.D. in the history of religions from the University of Chicago.
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The Colliver Lecture Series was established in 1957 to honor the memory of George Colliver, a former Religious Studies professor at Pacific. The College of the Pacific's Religious & Classical Studies Department sponsors these events. At least once a year - and often more - a speaker is brought to campus to discuss an aspect of religion in society. The lectures are free and open to the public.
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ORDER GRANTING 16 Motion to Quash; GRANTING 16 Motion for Protective Order. Signed by Judge Andrew W. Austin. (jk, )
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS AUSTIN DIVISION MARTHA HINOJOSA VS. WILBERT CHOWNING, et al. § § § § § NO. A-10-CV-670 LY ORDER Before the Court is MedStar Funding's Motion to Quash and Motion for Protective Order (Clerk's Doc. No. 16). The motion has been referred to the undersigned for resolution pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(A). On May 16, 2011, the Court held a hearing. This order is entered to memorialize the ruling announced from the bench at the end of that hearing. In the underlying lawsuit, the Plaintiff, Martha Hinojosa, has sued USA Trucking to recover for personal injuries she suffered in an accident with a USA Trucking vehicle. As part of her damages she is seeking to recover her medical costs. MedStar Funding is a medical receivable factoring company. It enters into agreements with plaintiffs and their medical providers to provide funding for medical costs incurred in an injury. As part of the arrangement, MedStar approaches a plaintiff's medical care provider and negotiates to purchase the account receivable and any assignment of interest the plaintiff may have executed with the medical provider. In this case, MedStar owns the accounts receivable for several medical providers who cared for Plaintiff. In Texas, plaintiffs can only recover medical bills "paid or incurred." TEX . CIV . PRAC. & REM . CODE ANN . § 41.0105. The Defendants in the underlying suit intend to raise, or have already raised, an argument that they should not be held responsible for the full amount of the bills of the providers whose receivables Medstar purchased. In furtherance of that argument Defendants have sought to discover from MedStar information surrounding its funding of these medical costs. The parties were before the Court at the end of 2011 on these issues. MedStar Funding had objected to the discovery propounded on it and filed motion to quash, but at the hearing on the motion MedStar agreed that it would produce the records of its agreements with the relevant providers, plus records indicating the amount it had paid for each of the receivables, all subject to a protective order. The Court therefore denied the earlier motion to quash as moot (Clerk's Doc. No. 15). In the instant case, MedStar is again a third-party movant seeking protection from the Defendants' discovery requests. The Defendants have served additional document requests, along with a notice of deposition on MedStar's owner. Paraphrasing the long requests rather dramatically, the discovery seeks the following categories of information: (1) communications between MedStar and the Plaintiff or the Plaintiff's counsel, (2) communications between MedStar and the service providers, and (3) documents demonstrating MedStar's authority to perform its services (e.g. licenses from state agencies). MedStar once again seeks to quash these requests and the notice of deposition, and asks the Court to issue a protective order. At the hearing on the motion, counsel for MedStar represented that it had provided all of the information it possesses responsive to the Defendants' requests. Moreover, when the Court pressed Defendants' attorney why it needed the additional material to raise the legal issue it is seeking to raise in the underlying suit, he was unable to provide any cogent explanation for the requests. Parties may request information "regarding any nonprivileged matter that is relevant to any party's claim or defense." FED . R. CIV . P. 26(b). The rule is broad, encompassing even inadmissible information "if the discovery appears reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence." Id. Although the rule casts a wide net, the information must be relevant. 2 The Court finds that the information sought by Defendants is not relevant and will not reasonably lead to admissible evidence on these points. As noted, the "paid or incurred" issue is primarily a legal one, and once that legal issue is resolved by the trial court, there are only two numbers that could represent Hinojosa's "paid or incurred" medical bills: the full amount billed, or the discounted rate MedStar negotiated with the service provider. The Defendants already have both numbers. It seems plain to the Court that the Defendants want the information they are seeking because they or their counsel believe it may be pertinent to the larger policy question of whether the use of factoring companies to fund a plaintiff's medical care in a tort suit is consistent with the "paid or incurred" statute. That is a larger (mainly legislative) issue. Even assuming that the discovery might be pertinent to that issue, it is not discoverable in Ms. Hinajosa's suit against USA Trucking.1 Accordingly, MedStar Funding's Motion to Quash and Motion for Protective Order (Clerk's Doc. No. 16) is GRANTED. MedStar need not respond to any of the discovery requests which were the subject of the Motion to Quash. The Defendants are cautioned that any future attempts to obtain discovery on these issues that are not found to have basis will result in the award of sanctions. SIGNED this 2nd day of June, 2011. _____________________________________ ANDREW W. 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This page provides all possible meanings and translations of the word vanisher
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
van•ish*ˈvæn ɪʃ(v.i.)
to disappear quickly from sight; become invisible.
to go away, esp. furtively:
The thief vanished in the night.
to come to an end.
(of a number, quantity, or function) to become zero.
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(v.t.)to cause to disappear.
* Syn: See disappear.
Origin of vanish:
1275–1325; ME < MF evaniss-, long s. of e(s)vanir蠐 L ēvānēscere= ē- e - +vānēscere to pass away (vān(us)vain+-ēscere -esce )
Princeton's WordNet
a person who disappears
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D.C. Affairs Section Annual Report 2013-14
The D.C. Affairs Section has had a productive year. Despite its role as a relatively small section, D.C. Affairs maintains an extremely active and engaged membership. Even while offering D.C. Affairs Section members free attendance to all of its programs, the section expects to end the fiscal year with an operating surplus. As this report suggests, the section has held numerous programs and helped foster discussions on topics important to the District government - from budget autonomy to insurance policies to zoning regulations. The steering committee of the section is pleased to present this report and looks forward to the upcoming year. Finally, the steering committee would like to thank Esther Bushman and Brian Flowers - both of whom have completed two consecutive terms on the committee - for their service to the section.
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Lyle Blanchard, Esther Bushman, Brian Flowers, David Goldblatt (Co-Chair), Susan Saunders McKenzie, Thorn Pozen, Edward Rich, Nicole Streeter, V. David Zvenyach (Co-Chair)
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During the 2012-13 fiscal year, the D.C. Affairs Section offered seven programs for members and the public. In addition, the section co-sponsored numerous events with other sections of the Bar and with outside organizations. A description of each program that the Section organized is provided below:
D.C. Affairs Section 2012 At-Large Candidates Forum - October 11, 2012
Moderator: Tom Sherwood.
Presenters: At-Large Candidates
In late 2012, the District of Columbia held a general election for several races, including a hotly contested race for one of the at-large D.C. Council seats. Tom Sherwood, a reporter known for his no-nonsense approach, moderated a lively and informative forum with the candidates.
Understanding the D.C. Zoning Regulations Rewrite - November 29, 2012
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Over the past several years, the District has undertaken a significant review of the District's Zoning Regulations. At this event, the Office of Planning present edits proposal about potential zoning changes, including key concepts such as green-area ratio and transit zones, changes to accessory-dwelling units, and eliminating parking minimums in certain zones.
Legislative Reception - January 23, 2013
In this evening reception, the D.C. Affairs Section helped kick off the start of Council Period 20. Among the attendees at the reception were Mayor Vincent Gray, Council Chairman Phil Mendelson, Attorney General Irv Nathan, and D.C. Bar President-Elect Andrea Ferster.
Legislative & Administrative Processes in the D.C. Government - February 28, 2013
Presenters: Brian K. Flowers (Mayor's General Counsel), V. David Zvenyach (Council's General Counsel)
Navigating the D.C. Government's legislative and administrative processes can be a daunting task for the uninitiated. This brown-bag lunch discussion with V. David Zvenyach, General Counsel to the D.C. Council, and Brian Flowers, General Counsel to the Mayor, offered an introduction to topics related to the Home Rule Act, new developments in the internal organization of the Council and legislative procedure, the Administrative Procedure Act, internal procedures governing the adoption of rules and executive orders, and more.
The District of Columbia's Fiscal Year: 2014 Budget - April 4, 2013
Moderator: John Hill.
Presenters: Gordon McDonald (Deputy Chief Financial Officer for Budget and Planning), Fitzroy Lee (Deputy Chief Financial Officer and Chief Economist); Eric Goulet (Mayor's Budget Director); Jennifer Budoff (Council's Budget Director)
In what has now become a must-attend annual event, the D.C. Affairs Section hosts representatives from the budget offices of the Mayor, the Council, and the Chief Financial Officer to discuss what to expect in the deliberation of the upcoming budget for the District government. Moderated by John Hill, the event involved a candid discussion of the proposed fiscal year 2014 budget and the overall economic picture for the District.
Meet the Press 2013 - May 16, 2013
Moderator: Jim Bubar. Presenters: Tim Craig (Washington Post); Davis Kennedy (NW Current); Mike DeBonis (Washington Post) Tom Sherwood (NBC News Channel 4); Nikita Stewart (Washington Post)
The annual "Meet the Press" Event is a signature program for the D.C. Affairs Section. During the event, some of the most seasoned, and incisive members of the D.C. press corps, describe what's hot in D.C. politics, government, and business and offer their predictions for the coming year.
Bermuda on the Potomac - June 13, 2013
Presenters: Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D.C.) (U.S. House of Representatives); Lawrence Mirel (Partner, Nelson Levine de Luca & Hamilton, former D.C. Insurance Commissioner)
The U.S. has been hit with a growing number of insured disasters in recent years -- hurricanes, earthquakes, terrorist attacks. The money set aside to pay for those losses is largely kept by insurance companies in Bermuda and other Caribbean island nations because the U.S. Government taxes those reserves as current income. As part of a larger effort to establish the District of Columbia as an international insurance center, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton has introduced legislation that would exempt insurers based in the District from federal taxation of catastrophe reserves. At the program, former D.C. Insurance Commissioner Larry Mirel helped set the backdrop for the legislation.
Legislative Committee
The legislative committee, chaired by Jim Bubar and Thorn Pozen, held several lively brown-bag discussions with invited guests on topics ranging from the District's budget-autonomy referendum and the effect of sequestration on the District Government.
D.C. Practice Manual
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DW said about a year ago that lubricated condoms were really bothering her. We switched to unlubricated condoms and lube. DW LOVES this!! There's no question she's enjoying sex more than ever. I won't go into the details but our sex life has taken off big time. The problem is that at 50 I can't finish. I never had this problem before. She's having the greatest experience of our married life and I'm starting to feel very anxious and stressed because I can't finish and I don't know what to do. Maybe we're using too much lube but she's wild with pleasure and doesn't want to stop. Any ideas here? The stress of knowing I probably can't finish when I enter her may be making this worse.
|Wed, 08-22-2012 - 3:00pm
Pault, raises a good point about getting a vasectomy. I did it and enjoy not having to put on a condom, making sure I got some with me when we travel, and delaying sex while getting a condom. Also, the sooner you have it the better. You still have to use birth control till after 50 or so ejaculations and you semen samples show no sperm.
|Wed, 08-22-2012 - 2:35pm
I still use condoms at times because I can last as long as I want to because of the decrease feeling. When I want to cum, off comes the condom. DW doesn't like the condom feeling but there are times that I can only last 2 or 3 minutes without taking steps to stops an approaching orgasm.
|Wed, 08-22-2012 - 1:26pm
Have you talked to her about trying with a little less lube or trying with the old condoms for a few times. I know when we use too much lube I don't feel alot. Coupled with anxiety that could be the problem. Also is she using her kegal muscles to squeeze your penis? Or have you tried positions where she puts her legs together or crosses them for a tighter fit? You can't penetrate as deep but it might help. Or maybe get to the point of ejaculating manually or orally and then finish inside. Maybe doing it a few times that way will get you over the anixety. It might involve a little less pleasure for her in the short run but gains in the long run. Finaslly has she played with your anus while having intercourse. That can really stimulate a man.
|Tue, 08-21-2012 - 9:52am
Hey Tom,
Well, it is great that she is feeling pleasure. Does it feel physically different to you? Can you masturbate and finish with no problem? Have you changed anything in regards to foreplay? Not finishing once or twice is not the end of the world. I am a pretty virile man, I probably masturbate 4-5 times a week, and have sex 2-3 times a week. There have been times when I couldn't finish. No big deal, it was a timing thing, I remember once I got a leg cramp RIGHT before I was going to, that ruined it! Ha ha. Alcohol can affect things too. It is not the end of the world, But like Meme said, it might be good to see the doctor.
|Mon, 08-20-2012 - 4:31pm
2nd...stop worrying! I know its hard but the more you worry the worst it will be on you! just enjoy being together and let the "finshing" come!
I know as a woman, I dont always "come" sometimes its the the 4th of july over NYC other times is just a smiple one, but I enjoy any and all our times together, come or not! Its hard I know!


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If you meet Michelle before you hear her music, you might be surprised to find out she plays folk. She doesn't fit the profile. She quotes Homer Simpson before Paul Simon. She prefers Mardi Gras to Earth Day. She drives fast. She throws snowballs. She talks loud, she eats meat, and if you leave the mayonnaise off her sandwich she might try to fight you.
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For those who are having zipper issues have you tried zipper lube or zipper ease?
There r a bunch of products out when u google those terms.
For those who are having zipper issues have you tried zipper lube or zipper ease?
There r a bunch of products out when u google those terms.
Adding to what Trailhiker said above,
mine had the raspy sound on closing too, and I decided to seek help from the 2 smartest people I know.
"Mum? Dad?"
Dad used a white candle and rubbed it against the teeth of the zippers.
Raspy sound is still there but reduced significantly.
It's worth a try for those having the issue, and wouldn't hurt the Double Organizer Pouch anyway.
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Please bring back the Portable Culture patch!
My small and medium double organizer pouches also have a "drag" and loud/raspy sound upon closing. It almost feels like the teeth are backwards or something-- I've never seen a zipper sound or feel like that when closing only 1 direction. I didn't return mine because I still like both pouches and find them useful, but it isn't a smooth experience, and I usually have to hold one end of the pouch to work it shut.
Hi, just to add...my small double organizer and mini OP zippers also make a strange sound when closing them.
Yep, reporting the same with my new Cocoa/Navy SCB. The zippers close with some resistance and a somewhat... grudging noise. It has the new gunmetal zipper, but my Plum/Wasabi SCB which also has the new zipper closes "normally". Strange.
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Grants Generally Address Key Safety Issues, Despite State Eligibility and Management Difficulties
GAO-08-398: Published: Mar 14, 2008. Publicly Released: Mar 14, 2008.
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In 2005, the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) included authorizations of nearly $2.2 billion for safety incentive grant programs to assist states in their efforts to reduce traffic fatalities. Administered by the Department of Transportation's (DOT) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), five of these programs provide incentive grants to states to implement legislation governing the use of safety belts and child safety seats, and promote activities to reduce alcohol-impaired driving, improve motorcycle training and awareness, and improve traffic safety information systems. To help Congress prepare for the reauthorization of the surface transportation programs in 2009, this report provides information on (1) NHTSA's status in awarding and overseeing states' use of these five grants programs, (2) activities states have conducted using the grants and issues they have faced in applying for and implementing the grants, and (3) how NHTSA plans to evaluate the results of the grant programs and implications for reauthorizing the programs. To conduct this work, GAO interviewed DOT and state officials, analyzed safety reports from 50 states, and analyzed grant data from DOT and 7 selected states. DOT officials generally agreed with the findings of the report and offered technical corrections that were incorporated, as appropriate.
In fiscal years 2006 and 2007, NHTSA awarded about $575 million to states for the five safety incentive grant programs; NHTSA uses several oversight processes to determine the extent to which states are meeting safety-related performance goals and to monitor how the states spend grant funds. The number of states receiving the grants generally remained constant or increased from fiscal year 2006 to 2007, although the extent to which states qualified for the different grant programs varied. For example, in 2006, 22 states received the Safety Belt Use grant and 5 states received the Child Safety and Child Booster Seat Use grant because not all states were able to pass the laws that the grant programs required, while the majority of states received the other grants. To oversee states' use of grants, NHTSA uses a performance-based approach to assess state progress toward meeting safety goals and complements this assessment with oversight processes that monitor whether states are accomplishing the tasks that will allow the state to achieve its goals. This approach allows NHTSA to be involved throughout the lifecycle of state grants. In response to a mandate to evaluate the effectiveness of NHTSA's oversight process, GAO plans to issue a report in July 2008. States are planning and implementing safety improvement activities using grant funds, but the structure of the grant programs has created eligibility and management difficulties for states. The activities generally fall within five categories--education and training, media and public information, enforcement, data and technology, and infrastructure improvements. Safety officials GAO spoke with in seven selected states agree that the safety incentive grant programs are assisting states in implementing activities that address key safety issues and meeting goals and performance measures established in state highway safety plans. However, state safety officials also noted difficulties in passing laws to meet eligibility requirements for some grant programs, as well as managing grant applications, deadlines, and timing. For example, not all states have passed a primary safety belt law, which allows law enforcement officers to stop a driver for not wearing a safety belt and is required to qualify for a Safety Belt Use grant. The selected states have also had difficulty managing the multiple grant applications, which are all due within a 3-month period. NHTSA officials acknowledge state officials' concerns but noted they cannot address the concerns because the difficulties stem from the grant requirements established in SAFETEA-LU. NHTSA plans to develop additional performance measures to evaluate the results of these grant programs, but state performance is generally not tied to receipt of the grants; the absence of such performance accountability mechanisms as well as issues described above that states face in using grants raise implications for reauthorization. Congress will be faced with deciding whether the grant programs could be designed differently to allow states more flexibility in using grant funds and to focus more specifically on performance accountability, as some have advocated. However, these changes would require improved safety data and a robust accountability system.
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Airport Privatization:Limited Interest despite FAA's Pilot ProgramGAO-15-42: Published: Nov 19, 2014. Publicly Released: Dec 19, 2014.
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Aviation Security:Rapid Growth in Expedited Passenger Screening Highlights Need to Plan Effective Security AssessmentsGAO-15-150: Published: Dec 12, 2014. Publicly Released: Dec 12, 2014.
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Public Transit:Federal and Transit Agencies Taking Steps to Build Transit Systems' Resilience but Face ChallengesGAO-15-159: Published: Dec 10, 2014. Publicly Released: Dec 10, 2014.
Transportation for Older Adults:Measuring Results Could Help Determine If Coordination Efforts Improve MobilityGAO-15-158: Published: Dec 10, 2014. Publicly Released: Dec 10, 2014.
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Highway Projects:Many Federal and State Environmental Review Requirements Are Similar, and Little Duplication of Effort OccursGAO-15-71: Published: Nov 18, 2014. Publicly Released: Nov 18, 2014.
Public Transportation:Multiple Factors Influence Extent of Transit-Oriented DevelopmentGAO-15-70: Published: Nov 18, 2014. Publicly Released: Nov 18, 2014.
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Highway Trust Fund:DOT Has Opportunities to Improve Tracking and Reporting of Highway SpendingGAO-15-33: Published: Oct 9, 2014. Publicly Released: Oct 9, 2014.
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Freight Transportation:Developing National Strategy Would Benefit from Added Focus on Community Congestion ImpactsGAO-14-740: Published: Sep 19, 2014. Publicly Released: Sep 26, 2014.
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GATT Trade Rules and the Environment.
Author: Mikesell, Raymond F.
Source: Contemporary Economic Policy. 11(4): 14-18. 1993 Oct.
The alleged conflict between the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) trade rules and the protection of the environment by GATT members is examined. The principal objective of the GATT rules on non-tariff trade restrictions is to eliminate government interventions that promote the commercial interests of domestic producers and consumers in a way that discriminates against foreign producers and consumers in either domestic or international markets. This objective fundamentally does not conflict with protecting GATT members' domestic environment or the global environment. The GATT should explicitly recognize the objectives of environmental protection and natural resource conservation, either by an amendment to the GATT articles or by resolution of the GATT Council. GATT members, in the interest of protecting their national and the global environment, should be free to impose restrictions on imports or exports so long as the interventions conform to certain conditions.
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This paper focuses on the relationship between trade rules contained in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and the proposed North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and the ability of the signatories to these agreements to protect their own and the global environment.
The public debate on this question involving the major conservation organizations, on the one hand, and the GATT secretariat and the U.S. trade representative, on the other, often gives the impression that free trade and the environment are conflicting objectives. The position of this paper is that a viable set of trade rules can establish the essential conditions for competitive international commerce without seriously impairing the ability of nations to protect the environment.(1)
One can concentrate on the GATT trade rules since most rules alleged to conflict with trade restrictions on behalf of the environment also apply to NAFTA. First, consider exactly how the GATT rules cone strain members from applying trade restrictions, or from taking other actions that affect international trade in the interest of the environment. A recent GATT secretariat report (GATT 1992) asserts that GATT rules do not prevent a country from protecting its own environment against damage from imported products, so long as the measures taken do not discriminate between domestic and imported products. However, the report states that restricting imports alleged to be harmful to the domestic environment must be based on "scientific evidence" of such harm, in order to prevent countries from banning harmless imports for reasons of protection. Some environmental organizations have rejected this condition as interference with domestic policy. More importantly, however, the report asserts that the GATT rules prevent members from making access to their own markets dependent on the domestic environmental policies or practices of the exporting country.
This constraint would apply to protecting the global commons (for example, ozone depletion) and to avoiding "unfair" competition from goods produced in other countries under low or nonexistent environmental standards.
Environmentalists believe that the GATT trade rules should permit restrictions on trade in endangered species and in products, such as chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), that adversely affect the global environment. According to the secretariat report, in the absence of a change in theGATT rules, or a waiver of the specific GATT obligation (requiring a two-thirds majority vote), future dispute panels might interpret GATT rules so as to deny trade restrictions for these purposes. The report does point out that members can apply restrictions on domestic sales of endangered species without regard to the source of the product. Domestic regulations could deal with some of the conflicts between actions taken in the interest of the environment and GATT rules. For example, simply prohibiting domestic sales or ownership could effectively restrict imports of ivory, rhinoceros horns, or pandas. However, using this means to restrict imports of tropical forest lumber or wood products from countries that are wantonly destroying their forests presumably would require banning domestic trade in all tropical wood.
Over the past decade, the GATT's dispute settlement process has adjudicated only five conflicts over trade restrictions in the interest of environmental protection alleged to be in violation of GATT rules. Three of these cases had to do with fish products. The best known concerned the U.S. ban on imports of yellowfin tuna from Mexico on the grounds that Mexican fishermen violated the U.S. Marine Mammal Protection Act, which limits dolphin kills. The Mexican government argued that the U.S. embargo on yellowfin tuna violated GATT rules. The United States countered that article III of the GATT permitting national treatment allowed the embargo, since the U.S. act applies to both U.S. and foreign fishing practices relating to dolphin catches. However, the GATT panel found in favor of Mexico because GATT rules do not permit a member to ban imports merely because the exporting country pursues environmental policies different from its own. The GATT secretariat report argued that permitting such actions would greatly weaken, if not destroy, the GATT. Members might attempt to impose their own standards on other members, and this would lead to widespread retaliation with a consequent general breakdown of GATT rules. The GATT secretariat report (1992) includes a summary of the U.S.-Mexico tuna-dolphin dispute.
The GATT panel decision led the U.S. environmental community to charge that adherence to GATT rules would render nations powerless to oppose crimes against the global commons. If negotiated today, the GATT might well provide exceptions to the rules in the interest of protecting the global environment. For example, article XXI of the GATT provides a general exception to "traffic in arms, ammunitions and implements of war and to such traffic in other goods and materials as is carried on directly or indirectly for the purpose of supplying a military establishment." Restricting exports of materials or equipment that would assist Cuba (a GATT member) in making a nuclear bomb is not a violation of the GATT, but restricting trade in products using CFCs, which could cause great harm to global welfare, may be a violation. The GATT also allows specific exemption to its rules for
"the products of prison labor" (article XX), which has to do with how the products are made. The point is that the GATT recognizes some international objectives that override adherence to basic GATT rules. Conservationists believe that environmental protection also should take precedence over trade rules.
Can amending the GATT permit members to use trade intervention to protect the environment while at the same time provide a viable set of rules for promoting free trade? Before answering this question, one must review briefly the basic principles of the GATT. The GATT is not an agreement mandating free trade. It is mainly a system of trade rules--with many exceptions--based on the premise that governments should not intervene to promote the commercial interests of their producers or consumers in a manner that would discriminate against foreign producers or consumers in either domestic or international markets. Government intervention in this context includes not only
import restrictions, but subsidies to domestic producers and quotas or bans on exports in the interest of resource conservation.
Do circumstances exist under which rules against such discrimination would prevent GATT members from protecting their own or the global environment? A frequently cited case is that of a GATT member imposing restrictions on imports produced under environmental standards substantially lower than domestic standards. The grounds for the restrictions were that the country's domestic producers face "unfair competition" from imports. The CAT member could allege that domestic producers might move their operations to "pollution havens" overseas. Pearson (1987),
Leonard (1988), Walter (1985), and Tobey (1990) find little evidence that stringent environmental control measures push industries outside the United States. Nevertheless, environmental groups have used this argument against both the GATT and the proposed NAFTA. Some environmentalists have justified using countervailing duties on imports produced under low environmental standards on the grounds that not requiring producers to internalize their pollution subsidizes these products Article XVI of the GATT does permit members to impose countervailing duties on imports to offset subsidies paid to foreign exporters. However, the GATT secretariat finds that countervailing duties on imports for environmental purposes violates the GATT, since failure to internalize environmental costs is not an overt subsidy.
The argument for treating non-internalized adverse environmental costs as a subsidy does have a certain logic to it. However, the argument for imposing countervailing duties on imports in all such cases basically is an argument for trade protection rather than for protecting the environment.
Every country produces many commodities having external impacts that are not internalized, or at least not to the degree they are in other countries. If the GATT permitted its members to impose some form of compensatory import charge to offset every difference in monetary costs between domestic and foreign production, a viable multilateral trade agreement would be impossible. Labor conditions--such as health, safety rules, and retirement benefits--differ greatly among countries. Countries at a lower stage of development are likely to have environmental and safety standards less strict than those in developed countries. Trade and foreign investment tend to reduce these disparities, but an attempt to force conformity in environmental standards by means of trade discrimination does not appear to be an effective way to promote either trade or the environment. The GATT secretariat report argues that allowing members to impose trade restrictions against other members because of their environmental practices would mean giving developed countries the power to dictate environmental policies to developing countries. However, the rules should allow exceptions in cases where the practices pose significant harm to the global environment and are subject to an international agreement or U.N. resolution. In such cases, international concensus rather than differences between environmental standards in individual countries would be the basis for trade restrictions. GATT members also should be free to impose restrictions on imports produced under conditions creating trans-border pollution. This is in line with the fundamental right of nations to protect their own environment. Thus, a country should not be forced to buy copper from a smelter across the border that is polluting its atmosphere. However, countries whose exports are affected by these restrictions should have the right to object if they believe that the alleged environmental damage cannot justify the restrictions but that the restrictions merely provide commercial protection to domestic producers. The GATT dispute mechanism should decide such cases.
Environmental organizations have charged that GATT rules prevent members from taking actions to conserve their natural resources by restricting exports or by paying farmers not to produce crops in order to restore the soil. However, the GATT does permit members to make direct payments to farmers for soil conservation so long as the payments are not related to the production of specific crops. Also, article XX permits members to impose quantitative restrictions on exports in the interest of resource conservation so long as they proportionately restrict domestic consumption. Thus, bans on exporting logs in the interest of conservation presumably violates article XX of the GATT, unless domestic log consumers also face restrictions. In fact, Japan has complained that current U.S. restrictions on log exports violate GATT rules. The rationale for the GATT rule on exports of natural resource products is the same as that used by Adam Smith (1775) when he opposed the British practice of restricting exports of wool to foreign cloth and textile manufacturers. Such actions discriminate against foreign producers by increasing their raw material prices relative to those paid by domestic producers. Therefore, if the purpose of the U.S. curtailment of Northwest timber harvests is to conserve the resource and not to provide domestic lumber producers with a competitive advantage over Japan, the U.S. also should be willing to restrict domestic lumber consumption.
The argument here is that restrictions designed to protect the environment and rules against trade discrimination do not necessarily conflict. The objective of environmental protection and natural resource conservation should be recognized explicitly in the GATT, either by an amendment to the
articles or by a resolution of the GATT council. Such recognition does not sanction trade discrimination so long as domestic and foreign producers and consumers are subject to the same rules. The GATT should contain a statement of the conditions under which trade intervention in the interest of the environment and natural resource protection would be in accordance with GATT rules, and the dispute settlement process should observe these conditions.
GATT members should be free to impose restrictions on imports or exports in the interest of protecting their national and the global environment so long as the interventions conform to the following conditions: (i) The restrictions do not have the intent or significant effect of discriminating against foreign producers or consumers in favor of domestic ones. (ii) The restrictions are in the interest of protecting the global environment, broadly interpreted to include the global commons (oceans, atmosphere and space), and wildlife threatened by extinction, where these global concerns are widely shared by other nations-as indicated by international agreement or resolution--and do not simply reflect unique and parochial views of the individual country imposing the restriction. (iii) The restrictions do not force trading partners to adopt burdensome and unreasonable environmental protection standards that may be similar to those of the country imposing the restrictions but that have no global or transborder pollution implications.
1. Among the principal environmental organizations that have been critical of both the GATT and the NAFTA are the Environmental Defense Fund, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and the Sierra Club. See, for example, Trade and the Environment (a Critique of the GATT secretariat
report), Sierra Club, Washington, D.C., April 1992 (processed); and text of a letter to Ambassador Carla A. Hills, U.S. Trade Representative, sent by Justin Ward, Senior Resource Specialist, Natural Resources Dense Council, Washington, D.C., January 13, 1992.
Daly, H. E. and . B. Cobb, For the Common Good, Beacon Press, Boston, Mass., 1989.
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, "Trade and the Environment," in International Trade 1940-1991, GATT, Geneva, Switzerland, 1992,19-43.
Leonard, H. Jeffrey, Pollution and the Struggle for the World Product. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England, 1988.
Pearson, Charles S. (ed.), Multinational Corporations, Environment, and the Third World, Duke University Press, Durham, N.C., for World Resources Institute, 1987.
Smith, Adam, Wealth of Nations, Vol. II, Dutton and Co., New York, 1775 and 1910, 142-146.
Tobey, James A., "The Effects of Domestic Environmental Policies on Patterns of World Trade: Empirical Tests," Kyklos, 43:2, 1990, 191-209.
Walter, Ingo, "Environmental Control and Patterns of International Trade and Investment," Banca Nazionale del Lavoro Quarterly Review, March 1972, 382-383.
Raymond F. Mikesell, Professor, Department of Economics, University of Oregon, Eugene. This is a revised version of a paper presented at the Western Economic Association International Annual Conference, San Francisco, Calif., July 10, 1992, in a session organized by the author.


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