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It's been a few weeks since my last update. We've been covering for holidays and so forth, so there wasn't much time.
We're getting ready for Halloween again. This is a big event at Muncaster these days. It will mean getting dressed up and 'scaring' visitors to 'Darkest Muncaster'. We will be doing spooky owl tours again. This time it will be done by Steve Richardson and me. I've got the script more or less sorted out. I've just got put some finishing touches to the 'intro and outro', and it's finished. It all kicks off on Saturday the 27th of October, and finishes with Saturday the 3rd of November being the last day. Apparently there's going to be a massive inflatable 'Frankenstein'. Call me a child, but I'm looking forward to seeing that one!
Just got to put some new filters on the lights round the centre, and we're ready to roll.
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Lately, the news has been filled with stories of low-ranking smoke shop, headshop, and convenience store employees who have been arrested, cited, or had their personal possessions seized in relation to their employer's decision to carry herbal incense. Yesterday saw a California smoke shop employee cited for selling herbal incense, something that was simply part of his job as a retail clerk.
Most of the times, it's the luck of the draw as to which employee ends up prosecuted; it typically comes down to who was working on the day of the raid. In this case, the employee was working yesterday when a task force made up of officers from Tehachapi Police Dept. and the Kern County Sheriff's Office raided the smoke shop where he worked.
According to an article in the Tehachapi News, police seized thousands of dollars of herbal incense at a local smoke shop.
Zekaria Abdo Al-Rowhani was cited on one charge of possession of any synthetic cannabinoid compound for sale, after members from the Kern Narcotics Task Force went to the Smoke Scene shop…in the Old Towne area of Tehachapi on June 11. The task force…seized approximately 300 packages of spice products and witnessed three customers entering the store to purchase the drugs. According to police, the drug was being sold in packages for $10 each.
Apparently, other smoke shops in the area should expect to receive similar visits from law enforcement, as they are on a crusade to locate and stop sellers of herbal incense in the area.
Police said they went to the smoke shop in an effort to identify anyone dealing spice locally after the Tehachapi Unified School District recently expressed a concern about the possible use of spice by some its students…"At least one other shop was checked, but they were found to not be selling the product," said Tehachapi Police Chief Jeff Kermode. "The investigation is continuing to identify who might be supplying the shops."
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WASHINGTON, D.C., March 1, 2013 ― The Maya Apocalypse, the fiscal cliff, sequestration, even Y2K: What do these hysterical events have in common?
They were all manufactured by a few people, and hyped beyond any reality by the press.
If you're reading this, it's because the Maya Apocalypse failed to meet the hype. The Y2K and fiscal cliff hype didn't match reality, either. This latest man-made disaster, sequestration, may even prove useful; it will stand as another example of why we don't need all the government we have, and why we don't want – and can't even use – more.
It's bad enough that the President stops work on aircraft carriers rather than canceling the 100-city campaign tour designed to shift blame from himself. It's bad enough that he sets free thousands of illegal immigrant detainees (including some violent criminal suspects), instead of canceling lunches for diplomats at the UN, or instead of Michelle's Academy Awards dress and military honor guard.
There is good that will come of this, assuming anyone notices. First, we'll see how our politicians prefer to spend our money. When the President puts vacations, White House parties and his wife's Oscar appearance above aircraft carrier maintenance, that tells us something. Of course these don't cost the same – but one is important and the others … aren't. When you're saving up for something that's important, you must forego the unimportant, or you'll never get there. The President doesn't want to get there. Or maybe he just doen't think the USS Abraham Lincoln's mission is as important as an Oscar-night appearance.
Additional eye-openers will appear when our over-staffed bureaucracies are forced to do with less – with fewer days of work from bureaucrats. When the (soon-to-be) part-time bureaucrats see how little they mean to their bosses and the public relative to other wasteful spending, they will have a new appreciation for their place in American life.
When Americans see how little difference these cuts make (even though the President is doing his best to make them as painful as possible), they may reconcile themselves to further cuts and even demand some new cuts, along with general de-bloating of federal employment rolls.
Tax increases cannot solve the problem. No matter how much tax is extracted from the productive people of America, Congress and the president find ways to spend more.
Griping without offering solutions is just griping. What might solve the problem?
We could shut down the IRS. Since the collection of more taxes won't help, why not collect less? That would be a real stimulus to the economy and would rekindle incentive to work. It would save us the pay of those IRS trolls, and our tax accountants and lawyers could find productive work. People could keep what they earned. Government spending, unaffected by debt ceilings and deficits in any event, could simply carry on.
Another idea comes from the financial world: How about a 2:1 reverse "stock" split, where the "stock" is our money? With the stroke of a pen (and some help from the Fed), President Obama could declare that every one of your dollars is now worth two. Your money would be twice as valuable.
Preposterous? Perhaps, but why? Fiat money has no real value – it is backed by nothing more than the government's promise to pay us with more fiat dollars. A "double-value deal" would make everyone who holds cash a lot better off, with no effort from the government at all, wouldn't it?
If you think this idea won't work, what makes you think our money system does? There is no difference in a 2:1 reverse split and a 1:10 inflation buildup, except in "who gets the money first." In the 2:1 scenario, it's savers and lenders; in the more-typical 1:10 case, the inflation aids those who spend what they don't have.
Now a question: Why do we call our chronic deficit spending "borrowing?" Doesn't "borrowing" imply an intent to repay, and a plan on how to do it? That's not what our national "borrowing" is. It's something else, entirely.
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It looks like the Samsung Stratosphere 3 is already in testing, as evidenced by a new GLBenchmark listing that references a phone under the name "Godiva" with a model number of SCH-i425.
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I have the Stratosphere 1 – always have trouble with virtual keyboards, so that is why I bought the phone. I've held off getting the Stratosphere 2 because I wasn't sure if/when it would get Jelly Bean. Adding the Stratosphere 3 to my BUY list!
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Several other measures of importance to small business that stand a good chance of passing this year are the "extenders." The president's budget plan includes proposals to extend the work opportunity credit, a welfare-to-work credit, and a research and development credit, all scheduled to expire this year.
Accountant Ken Powell, a tax partner with accounting firm David Berdon & Co. LLP in New York City, says, "The extenders have traditionally been extended, leading taxpayers to frequently ask, `Why keep extending them; why not make them permanent?'" For its part, Congress prefers to consider them annually.
When lawmakers take up the extenders this year, they may consider a new tax credit proposal outlined in the president's budget package. The new proposal would encourage more entrepreneurs to offer pension plans to employees by lessening the costs of establishing these plans. Under the proposal, business owners with 100 or fewer employees would receive a credit equal to 50 percent of the first $2,000 spent for first-year administrative and educational costs associated with setting up a new qualified benefit or defined contribution plan. In the second and third years, the credit would equal 50 percent of the first $1,000 of such expenses.
Proposals such as this one are attractive to lawmakers and can gather substantial bipartisan support. In this case, however, lawmakers are likely to have a difficult time deciding how to raise the revenue to pay for the deductions, says Susan Jacksack, a small-business analyst with CCH Inc., a provider of legal, tax and business information in Riverwoods, Illinois.
On the tax-hike front, President Clinton has proposed doing away with what he calls "corporate welfare" by closing a few loopholes. One of particular interest for small to midsized businesses would make converting from a regular corporation to an S corporation taxable.
Under the proposal, says Ochsenschlager, "Any appreciated property at the time of conversion would be taxed as if the property had been sold and then contributed to another corporation." If Congress agrees to the proposal, 1999 would be the last year corporations could switch to an S corporation without paying a tax. The president has included an exception to the proposed change for companies with a value of $5 million or less at the date the company decides to become an S corporation. Currently, making the change from a regular corporation to an S corporation is tax-free for both the corporation and its shareholders. Although it's not clear whether the proposal will pass, Powell advises regular corporations seriously thinking about a conversion to take action this year while the process is still tax-free.
While a good number of tax proposals for small companies are under consideration, ironing out a compromise between the Democrats and Republicans remains a major challenge. Even so, says Ochsenschlager, "There's tremendous pent-up demand in both tax-writing committees to provide some tax benefits." With such a climate brewing, analysts remain hopeful that tax relief for entrepreneurs is on its way.
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It's that time of the week again, readers: Matt Richenthal, Carissa Pavlica and Christine Orlando are back with a new edition of The Good Wife Round Table.
Below, these TV Fanatics analyze the latest installment of the CBS hit, dissecting various scenes, questions and potential hook-ups. Read on. Chime in.
What was your favorite scene from the episode?
Matt: Eli probing Kalinda for information and trying to figure out the inner workings of Lockhart/Gardner. I wouldn't object to a coup from these two, or a spin-off, perhaps. Gold/Sharma who wouldn't bring their business? Yes, Eli, that's Kalinda's last name.
Carissa: When Celeste was trying to pit Will and Peter against each other and they wouldn't bite. She was showing her true colors - and they were ugly. I was proud of Will for walking away before she did actual damage.
Christine: Celeste trying to play Will and Peter off one another. I both loved and hated it. She showed her true colors there and I think she lost Will in that moment. On the flip side the scene made me as uncomfortable as it did Will... so it was well played.
Does Will really love Alicia?
Matt: Yes. She loves him, too, she's just afraid to admit it. I go back to Will's phone call on the first season finale, where Alicia didn't even argue about their feelings. She was just focused on the practical implications of a romance. It's the same thing now.
Carissa: After this episode, I believe he really does. Right now she is the one holding back, and I worry that he might get hurt. They are doing a fantastic job of making their pairing as realistic, considering their current situation, as possible. I hope it plays out through the entire season.
Christine:Yes, I think he does or at least he's beginning to. Alicia seems to be the one holding him at arm's length. But that whole scene of Will trying to explain what he said and what he felt was simply adorable. Alicia needs to officially end things with Peter. This state of limbo isn't fair to anyone.
Do you want Celeste to stick around?
Matt:I very much like Lisa Edelstein, and I enjoy how Celeste provides more background on Will... but no. This show has enough key characters already.
Carissa: No. She's nasty. She's self-centered and mean. Her childish antics with Will and Peter sealed her fate with me.
Christine: She's fun for the short term, but she's such a witch (that's the nicest term I can come up with) I don't think I want her around for long.
More likely to hook up: Cary and the AUSA? Or Kalinda and Eli?
Matt: Cary and the AUSA. But that doesn't mean I'm gonna go look up how to spell her name. We'll just call her the Reverend's Daughter for now.
Carissa: Kalinda and Eli. I really didn't like the new AUSA. I don't like folks playing discrimination cards, especially when dealing with the lives of actual people. It's more that I don't want Cary with the AUSA than that they are less likely to hook up. They probably will.
Christine: Cary and the AUSA because I think that's all it will be: a hook up. I like Kalinda and Eli as partners and I hope they become real friends after some time. For some reason I just can't picture them as more than that.
John; Remember I owe you one for a remark you made awhile back about a family member. Don't blink
4. I wish Cary and Kalinda would get together! Their chemistry is wayyyyy better than Will and Alicia's. I think Alicia should be single for now. Not a fan of Will (especially with his new and pouffy hair) and Peter.
We really need to wonder about the intelligence of these simple souls who, incredibly, still think that Alicia's marriage to that lying cheating bastard was so sacred and special that she should rush back to him for more of the same. What is she, stupid? How long would it be till he's cheating on her again? Leopards don't change their spots, and Peter was, is now, and will always be a cheater. I almost pity these people who are so convinced that their fantasy world is true that they keep their eyes firmly closed to the real one. It's really quite pathetic. Unlike Peter's many sins, which he testified to under oath in court, all the "dirt" these fools have against Will is in their own imaginations.
John put it were the sun don't shine ! especially now that she's spent time with a man who really cares for her, he cares that he getting a piece for nothing and will stab her if the fling gets out.
People have told you before this is today not yesterday sowhy don't you get up to speed on current events.
1. I loved the scene where big gentle hunk Will is awkwardly trying to express his feelings for Alicia. That was so endearing. She should have let him. So many women complain that guys won't talk about their feelings -- and here, when one wants to, she keeps shutting him down. She'd better be careful or she'll lose him. He's too good to lose. 2. Absolutely. He's loved her all along, and only went with Tammy because he thought Alicia had heard his declaration of love and had decided to stay with the cheating rat she married instead. Tammy told him not to fall in love with her, which was fine with him because his heart was already taken. 3. Celeste is a trouble-maker. I too was glad that the guys rose above her tacky high school "mean girls" stunt. Shame on her. 4. I see Eli and Kalinda becoming fast friends and dangerous allies, but anything romantic would just spoil it. So by process of elimination, I'd say Cary with the AUSA. She's such a conniver, though, I hope it wouldn't last. Cary and Kalinda would be a better couple. (And Allison, you really need to take that blindfold off. Peter is a dirty rotten sleazy cheating RAT, and the only way Alicia will EVER get back with him is if she has a lobotomy first -- especially now that she's spent time with a man who really cares for her, and isn't out boinking whores on the side while she waits faithfully at home.)
@Jany you are so right that it is a thrill she is doing to understand what went wrong in her marriage, when Peter accused her with Will he was not that far off. She had been doing alot of things not becoming a married woman and hiding them from her family ( the kiss, the plan, phone calls ).
Down the line shortly the kids are going to find out and she will be so devestated on how to make things right again. PS The bottom line is she will in the end be back with Peter and Will will be sent up the river for fraud and enbezzelment.
Alicia will lose Will by her actions. On the other hand, it's possible she is not in love with him. She told
her brother it "wasn't love" when he questioned her as to whether Will was 'rebellion' or 'love.' She
said "not love." Too bad....too sad.
Alicia was deeply devastated in her love/trust relationship with Peter.........She will eventually be able to risk with Will, but I bet she'll be testing, waiting, controlling her feelings with her brain,etc. before she'll finally be strong enough emotionally to join with Will in a deep relationship.....putting her kids in the forefront to avoid facing her own true feelings. But, the writers portray her as a real and good person with intelligence and skill, so love/trust with Will specifically will have to happen eventually. It'll be fun and interesting to see how this develops as well as how these two characters individually grow. I love this show, the supreme acting and writing....never miss an episode!
It seems strange to me that the Good Wife is being protrayed as someone who is just with Will for some sort of a thrill or something.
I enjoyed this show the first season but as its progressed I just got more and more uncomfortable with TGW. After much thought I finally came to the conclusion that there is not a single redeemable character among them... and then they try and write Alicia to be so much more holier-than-thou that I can't watch any longer. Since I gave Alicia and Company up, I haven't even missed the show.


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UTA Spring 2013
- 0Mar 24, '12 by tnuhHello everyone! Just wanted to start this thread for anyone planning on attending UTA's nursing program in the Spring of 2013.....
I am working on the last of my pre-reqs right now at TCC, but I plan on attending UTA this fall to take Intro to Nursing, Patho, and Pharm... Anyone in the same boat???
- 0Mar 25, '12 by nici0513I'm in the boat with you! I'm taking the last of my prereqs at LoneStar N. Harris and will be moving this summer to Fort Worth so I can attend UTA in the Fall. I'm going this Wednesday to talk to my advisor because I took Pharm last fall but they want to see the syllabus to determine if they will give me credit for it or I'll be taking this Fall with Patho and Intro to Nursing. Hope they take it because I don't want to take it again, it was intense but I still managed an A! Good Luck and I'll be keeping in touch.
- 0Mar 25, '12 by tnuhWelcome nici0513! Thats great that your moving to Fort Worth. I think your going to love it, I do. Have you already applied to the program at UTA? I haven't applied yet because I want to wait for this semester to be over so that my grades could be posted onto my transcript and hopefully raise my GPA... so in other words.. My GPA isn't ready yet.
- 0Mar 25, '12 by nici0513I haven't applied to the nursing program yet either, I have to wait until the end of this semester also because I'm currently taking Micro and Chemistry, so...I wouldn't have enough science credits to apply yet. I applied to UT-Houston Science Center for this coming Fall because their program only requires 8 science credits to apply and you take Pharm, Patho, and Intro to Nursing in their program, so I was so anxiously waiting on my response when life changes alter your plans and now I'm moving this May to Fort Worth. I won't receive a response back from UT-HSC until April 15th at the latest, even though I will have to give up my spot if I get in, I'm still curious to know! Everything happens for a reason, I believe, and I know I will love Ft Worth, and my mother and sister live there who are going to be such a great support system. I'm super excited!!
- 0Mar 27, '12 by tnuhWOW! UT-HSC is impressive... I think UT Arlington is a great school as well. It's one of the top five or ten nursing schools here in Texas. I just really can't wait for this semester to be over already so that I can start the application process. It's exciting! How is Chem and Micro going for you? Micro, for me, was hard. I think it was because I really under-estimated it.
- 0Mar 29, '12 by nici0513Well...I had my appt with my nursing advisor at UTA and they are going to accept my Pharm from LoneStar! :spin: But, they will not count my Chem 1405 because it is Intro, it has to be General Chem 1411!! She said I will have to enroll in it this summer I and she will go ahead and let me enroll in April for Patho and Intro. to Nursing for the Fall semester. I was so disappointed because I was thinking I would have the whole summer off for a break and I'm making an A in Chem now that wont even count . Oh well, gotta take the good with the bad! Micro is going great for me, I have a super great professor! I have to work my butt off for it, but I'm making an A. My advisor said that I have a real good chance of getting accepted because I'll have a 4.0 in my sciences and 3.7 in my over-all GPA, but then again...it all depends on how many applicants especially because I won't have any special considerations like those applying who have taken their sciences at UTA or have completed 30 + hrs at UTA. Just hoping for the best!
- 0Mar 30, '12 by Camille2013Will ya'll be doing traditional BSN for Spring 2013?
- 0Apr 1, '12 by kmlnielsenI am applying to TWU this fall. When I was looking at all the BSN programs in the metroplex I attempted to contact someone at UTA because I have two degrees (I wanted to see what would count towards prereq's) and they told me nobody would speak to me prior to admitting my nursing application. I was shocked since advisors at Baylor, TCU, and TWU had already spoke to. Were y'all able to speak to someone prior to applying? Because of this I am not inclined to apply. I'm not sure if this is common practice and I reached the wrong person on the wrong day or what.
- 0Apr 1, '12 by nici0513kmlnielsen:
I haven't turned my application into the nursing program yet, just to the University but you can go to the nursing advising office on Wednesdays if you want to speak with an advisor without prior enrollment into the University. They call it "walk-in Wednesdays" but you have to come EARLY about 8 a.m. (an hour before they start at 9 a.m.) and sign your name on one of the appointment times because they fill up fast and then will refuse to see anyone after the time slots have been filled. But, if your just wanting to see what will transfer, they have a transfer guide on their website. Hope that's helpful to you!


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Monday's Musings 11.15.10
WOW. I took the weekend off (my first in two months). I come back on Monday only to have so many NHL controversies crop up all at once!
1. Sean Avery vs. Edmonton Oilers.
Wow. I was originally signed up to cover this game, but one of the other beat writers took the slot (I'm not complaining…I got the weekend off).
My first thought was…what was Theo Peckham thinking? Going after Avery as he was leaving the ice??? There's not enough venom coming out of Avery's mouth to sic a mongoose on him. In other words, you ignore him. Sure, that hit on Fraser warranted a beat down, but a brawl? Come on…
That's Avery being effective…getting under the skin of his opponent. Avery 1, Oilers 0. Better yet, the final score: Rangers 8, Oilers 2.
2. Colin Campbell…
So part of me is smiling that I may finally get my wish. Campbell is in some deep tomato soup right now. Leave it to mc79hockey.com to unveil some emails that Campbell really doesn't want out there about his thoughts on the officiating.
The other part of me that's not smiling is that we get to take a look at how drama, drama, drama reeks behind closed doors at the NHL offices. Excuse me, Colin Campbell's office, especially as it relates to the officiating against his son.
You'll be lucky if you can read the official emails (as the site has had one too many visitors and it can't hold the capacity). But here are a few stories that captured some of the emails…but the biggest comment of note by Campbell? Where he called Savard the 'biggest faker'.
What are these email really about? Campbell trying to get a referee fired:
This could be the end of the Campbell legacy. :)
3. And everyone thought Johnny Mac would be the first to go…
Ends up the Islanders fired their coach, Scott Gordon, today. Jack Capuano has been selected as the interim head coach. Capuano was the head coach for the Islanders minor league AHL affiliate: the Bridgeport Sound Tigers.
4. Kovalchuk Thinking Positive & Devils Getting Back To Basics.
I think my colleagues at Inside Hockey find it interesting that the article on the Devils needing to get back to basics turned into a different Devils by the next game. That piece was an analytical piece on what I saw and what I thought needed to happen.
Kovalchuk started talking about thinking positive (it's a sunnier day). Brian Rolston started talking about how important it was for the team to get back to the basics (and it worked). He even spoke about how they had the tools to make things happen, they only had to use them.
All of these terms…spoken after the write-up. Just good to see that it worked.
I'll admit that I was secretly praying that Kovalchuk would get the game winning goal to help boost his confidence…and get the fans back on his side again. He said something after the game that I was really happy he said of the fans…
5. All I Want For Christmas.
While there are a couple of guys on the Devils that could say all they want for Christmas are their two front teeth…All I Want For Christmas is something Brian Rolston recently purchased: Magnetic Table Hockey
Rolston got his on the cheap…$2500 at the NJD Golf Tournament Auction. Mine, on the other hand, I'd like the NJD on one side, NYR on the other side. Henrik in goal, Marty in goal. The return of Jaromir Jagr and Darius Kasparaitis (NYR). I'm going to keep quiet as to which NJD I want. ;)
But alas…no matter how much I'd like this game, it will have to wait until the house is bought. Right now, I have no room to put this game in my apartment…but it will be in the budget when I'm ready to buy my first home. It will be my one stupid expense I'm allowed to make…just for the hell of it.
6. Montreal's Goon With a Big Heart…
Because I know that Buddy Oakes (Preds On the Glass) is going to tease me further about this, because this goes back to the first time we met at the NHL Awards in Vegas in 2009…
I found out today (thanks to Twitter's recommendations) that Georges Laraque (@bgl27) is on Twitter. [Don't worry…I had it validated by going to his website and saw that he did indeed have a Twitter account.]
I felt like an idiot for not knowing he had an account!
Since that interview back in 2009 in Las Vegas following the NHLPA meetings that had Georges advancing on Buddy (the youtube video is pretty hilarious), the only thing that calmed Georges down was my interjection. He went from a ten on the anger scale to a zero in no time flat.
Since then, Buddy has teased me about it…calling Georges, 'your buddy.'
So last season, I did an exclusive with Georges (after he swore off doing any media interviews). Can you believe it took him a year to read Montreal's Goon With the Big Heart? That's because I emailed it to him last year, but he warned me that he gets over 100 emails per day (so it got lost in the email shuffle).
He read it today after I tweeted it to him. Here's his response to the article:
@bgl27: @MichelleKenneth wow just read it you're a great writer and thanks for that article hopefully it'll inspire some people
I went back to read the article…and you know what…I'm glad I did. I'm always preaching why people should go green and such, but I forgot who actually got me started on that crusade…Georges Laraque!
The story itself is a very inspiring story to read, especially as we go into the New Year and the holidays. It's always good to go back and read some inspirational classics…like Montreal's Goon With the Big Heart.
Now, of course, since Buddy now sees me and Georges tweeting back and forth to each other…we're back to the teasing again! Need I remind him, Georges may have had a bout in Vegas IF I hadn't distracted him!
7. Spartacus: Blood & Sand
I highly recommend this Showtime series to all in hockeydom. I just saw the entire first season…I can't believe the similarities between gladiators and hockey.
Even the similarities with the fans in gladiator times to today…so similar…from the way the fans rise up at a fight…to wanting the 'star' in every performance…just oddly similar.
Lucy Lawless (Xena: Warrior Princess) stars…and some hot dude plays Spartacus.
There's a lot of sex and nakedness in every episode, but the storylines…just amazing. [In other words, don't let the kids watch it with you.]
Highly recommended.


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Kilicman, Adem and Abdel Aziz Al Zhour, Zeyad (2007) Vector least-squares solutions for coupled singular matrix equations. Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, 206 (2). pp. 1051-1069. ISSN 0377-0427
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The weighted least-squares solutions of coupled singular matrix equations are too difficult to obtain by applying matrices decomposition. In this paper, a family of algorithms are applied to solve these problems based on the Kronecker structures. Subsequently, we construct a computationally efficient solutions of coupled restricted singular matrix equations. Furthermore, the need to compute the weighted Drazin and weighted Moore-Penrose inverses; and the use of Tian's work and Lev-Ari's results are due to appearance in the solutions of these problems. The several special cases of these problems are also considered which includes the well-known coupled Sylvester matrix equations. Finally, we recover the iterative methods to the weighted case in order to obtain the minimum D-norm G-vector least-squares solutions for the coupled Sylvester matrix equations and the results lead to the least-squares solutions and invertible solutions, as a special case. © 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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Renewable energy business in Ontario has taken off, thanks to a well thought-out Green Energy Act (see my article Could Ontario be the next Germany? in Renewable Energy World magazine on the topic, in the specific context of solar power). A financing organization retained GrowthRoute in order to conduct emergency due diligence review on a series of micro-hydro projects.
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WASHINGTON (AP) â¿¿ Suddenly outsourcing is on the way out and insourcing on the way in as the U.S. trudges unevenly toward President Barack Obama's goal of doubling American exports around the world by the start of 2015.
So far, export levels are about halfway to his mark.
Obama set the five-year target in his January 2010 State of the Union address and recently has hastened his drumbeat, telling his export advisory council last month the nation was "well on our way" to his goal. "The question now becomes: How do we sustain this momentum?"While economists and industry leaders generally expect the ambitious target to be missed, impressive gains already booked in American manufacturing and exporting suggest such a miss may not be by that much. Why the optimism toward a manufacturing comeback? Here are five reasons: â¿¿ Cheap U.S. natural gas and other increased energy production are helping to power U.S. factories more efficiently, with gas especially providing inexpensive raw materials for U.S. manufacturers of plastics, tires, certain pharmaceuticals and other petrochemical products. â¿¿ Higher wages in China and other foreign export markets are making outsourcing less profitable to U.S. firms. â¿¿ Congressional approval in 2011 of trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama and other agreements being negotiated now with Asia and Europe are promising to open more foreign markets to U.S. products. â¿¿ High U.S. unemployment is relieving pressure on factory owners to increase wages, helping to make U.S. labor costs more globally competitive. â¿¿ Major technology advances have steadily boosted factory efficiency and worker productivity. Yet while many industries are doing more with fewer workers, more than half a million new manufacturing jobs have been added in just the past few years. Of course, some big bumps lie in the road. Europe is mired in recession, the American economy continues to expand at a snail's pace and the jobless rate sits at a stubbornly high 7.7 percent almost four years after the 2007-09 recession ended.
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Day 1 – In Situ Production Methods
Session Managers: Farouq Ali and Tom Are Solvoll
Cold heavy oil recovery methods include primary production and cold enhanced oil recovery (EOR). In this session we will discuss:
Session Managers: Louis Castanier and Jeff Jones
Even though this EOR method is over 60 years old, it continues to be a significant contributor to world oil production. It not only serves as a primary recovery process in selected reservoirs, it is also an important adjunct to other thermal recovery processes. Improvements to process understanding, surface steam handling, down-hole distribution, hot well producing methods, reservoir monitoring are ongoing and show results in the shipping tank. The goal of this session is to open a dialogue among practitioners and share experiences in what does and does not work in applying this technology.
Session Managers: Michael Dowling and Jeff Jones
Steam assisted EOR methods have been the backbone of EOR technology for decades. The outlook is even brighter for the future of steam EOR in view of the world's shifting focus from mature light oil reserves to previously bypassed heavy oil. New steamflood projects are being started all over the world and the technology is poised to make big gains with this new focus. Conversely many huge projects are very mature and companies are struggling with how to end a steamflood most efficiently. Conventional steam flooding as practiced in California and the specialised version of SAGD as practiced in the Canadian oil sands will be very interesting topics to cover in a session attended by the world's expert practitioners. Come ready to share your discoveries and learn from other steamflood experts.
Session Managers: Claude Gadelle and Gabriel Selischi
In-situ combustion has not always been considered as a valuable because it is applied on fields when the characteristics are outside of the screening criteria, or it is applied as a final resort when no other EOR methods can be used. More recently, interest in applying in-situ combustion has increased.
Increasing make-up water management costs and better gas incineration techniques have made this method more attractive for heavy oil operators in the US and China. The success of implementation relies on an attentive screening of reservoir and oil characteristics. Lab experiments must be carried out to determine the main parameters of the in-situ combustion and numerical models must be used for pilot tests or field industrial applications to control the CO2 emissions in to the atmosphere. New processes involving horizontal wells and the potential utilisation of catalysts to improve the results of in-situ combustion shall be discussed.
Day 2 – In-Situ Production Technologies
Session Managers: Vasile Badiu and Steve Webb
This session will review the state-of-the-art "integrated reservoir modelling approaches" for reservoir description and dynamics of heavy oil, extra heavy oil and oil sands deposits in both the exploration and developments phases. It will also explore three important questions:
While the industry has made significant progress in developing an improved understanding of heavy oil, extra heavy oil and oil sands deposits, key uncertainties remain in industry's predictive capabilities, this session will further explore the balance of "learning by science and measurements" and "learning by the bit". In this panel session, each panellist will speak for 10 minutes followed by a one hour panel discussion where we will "debate" reservoir description and the dynamics of heavy oil, extra heavy oil and oil sands deposits.
Session Managers: Bill Karran and Greg Wilson
This session will address drilling and completion techniques for heavy oil wells, with a focus on factors to be considered in horizontal wellbores and further factors for wells to be planned for thermal stimulation. Drilling planning includes:
Completion planning will address intent of wells (such as production vs. injection) and include selection and running of downhole tubulars, tools, instrumentation and bottomhole pumps. We will also discuss wellhead considerations including criteria for elevated temperatures, ability to accommodate single and multiple tubing strings, instrumentation lines and artificial lift mechanisms. Comparisons will be made in wellhead configurations demonstrating differences for recovery methods such as gas lift, progressive cavity pumps and electric submersible pumps. The session will provide discussion material on all phases from initial wellsite preparation to final tie in and start up.
Session Managers: Michael Dowling and Svein Tollefsen
Because of low GOR, which commonly accompanies heavy oil, artificial lift has traditionally been required to sustain production of heavy oil at economical rates. As everywhere, the traditional challenges in artificial lift are the frequency and cost of well work-overs, which are the two most important uncertainties that determine the economic success of a project. During the last decade, many improvements have been made, overcoming such challenges in order to improve technical performance, increase downhole equipment durability and reduce well downtime, thereby increasing overall economic success. This session will focus on the latest developments in artificial lift that are specific to heavy oil. We will investigate real-life examples and lessons-learned of artificial lift selection for heavy oil field development and the relative merits of different lift methods for heavy oil applications.
Session Managers: Louis Castanier and Clint Jones
The focus of this session will be in describing how successful reservoir management and production optimisation is achieved in thermal heavy oil applications. Topics include:
This session will also cover emerging reservoir monitoring technologies including the use of fibre optic cables for distributed temperature sensing, distributed acoustic sensing, distributed vibration sensing, pressure sensing and other production optimisation techniques including the use of solvents and electric heating to enhance steam processes.
Day 3 – In Situ Field Developments
Session Manager: Johann Lechner and Steve Webb
In this first of two sessions, field development cases focussing on both thermal and non-thermal recovery processes will be presented and discussed. Projects from different parts of the world will be analysed in a holistic manner focusing on extracting best practices. The session targets an integrated view on various development cases ranging from the applied EOR process, well construction and completion topics, artificial lift, surface facilities, reservoir management as well as regulatory and economic aspects. One aspect discussed will also be the re-development of brownfields with optimised thermal methods and state of the art equipment, which yielded a significant increase in production in numerous fields in the past.
Session Manager: Clint Jones and Tom Are Solvoll
This session will focus on a design analysis of a successful thermal heavy oil project. Topics will include:
The above topics will be analysed from an economic, operations and environmental, health and safety perspective. The importance of having a multi-disciplinary approach to the field development design will also be discussed. Examples of both positive and negative results will be used to illustrate this point.


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113th Congress
The Senior Citizens League's Legislative Agenda for the 113th Congress
With more than one million members, The Senior Citizens League (TSCL) is one of the nation's largest nonpartisan seniors groups. Our mission is to promote and assist TSCL members and supporters, to educate and alert senior citizens about their rights and freedoms as U.S. citizens, and to protect and defend the benefits earned and paid for by senior citizens.
At TSCL, we strive to defend those issues that are most important to our members and supporters. That's why, each year, we survey our members and ask them, "What's important to you?" We take those answers and base our legislative agenda around them. For the 113th Congress, our agenda includes the following issues, among others.
Comprehensive Social Security Reform
Long-term solvency for Social Security is essential. Due in part to the economic downturn and the stagnant recovery, the Trust Funds have been paying out more in benefits than they have collected in payroll taxes since 2010. In addition, last year Social Security's Board of Trustees announced that the Trust Fund reserves are projected to face exhaustion in 2033 – three years earlier than projected in 2011.
TSCL understands that action to reform the program will be required well before 2033. In order for changes to be phased in gradually and with minimal effect on beneficiaries, we hope that lawmakers will enact modifications in the near future. We know that small changes to the program are likely, however, harsh benefit cuts will not be tolerated.
Social Security COLA Fairness
This year, seniors are receiving the lowest cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) paid in the past decade, at just 1.7 percent. The low COLA comes close on the heels of two years when no COLA was paid, in 2010 and 2011. After lobbying for emergency COLAs during those years, TSCL was disappointed that Congress did not enact one to help offset increases in Medicare premiums and to protect the buying power of Social Security benefits.
TSCL strongly believes that the Social Security COLA that seniors receive does not accurately reflect how they must spend their money. Our studies and surveys indicate that the current COLA is growing too slowly and does not accurately measure inflation experienced by seniors. In fact, an analysis by TSCL in 2012 found that seniors have lost 34 percent of their purchasing power since 2000.
Currently, the COLA is based on a consumer price index (CPI) that reflects how young, urban workers tend to spend their money, called the CPI-W. However, older Americans spend a disproportionate share of their household budget on health care and the CPI-W fails to capture that. Since health care costs continue to rise so quickly – and since most health care spending cannot be substituted for something cheaper – TSCL believes that seniors would be better served if their COLA were based upon a consumer price index for elderly consumers, or the CPI-E.
The CPI-E regularly puts the spending inflation for seniors at two-tenths of a percentage point higher than the rate at which the CPI-W increases. That may seem like an insignificant amount, but over a twenty-five year retirement, COLAs do accumulate. We estimate that a senior who retired with average benefits in 1984 would have received $13,723.16 more through 2011 if the CPI-E had been used.
TSCL members and supporters believe that the CPI-E should be fully implemented and utilized for determining seniors' Social Security COLAs each year, and we are very supportive of legislation such as the Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers Act. We also support legislation which would protect seniors in years like 2010 and 2011, when there was no COLA, by providing a guaranteed COLA each year.
Social Security COLA Cuts
Despite evidence that seniors are already being short-changed by inadequate COLAs, some argue that COLAS are too generous and should be cut. The most frequently mentioned option is adopting the slower-growing "chained" CPI for the calculation of COLAs.
TSCL believes that any cuts to the COLA would be unwarranted and unduly harsh, especially for the oldest and lowest income seniors who depend on Social Security the most. A study by TSCL found that the adoption of the "chained" CPI would significantly reduce the amount of lifetime retirement benefits received by future Social Security recipients – in some cases, by as much as $88 per month after ten years.
In addition, cutting the COLA could raise issues of benefit adequacy, especially if Medicare Part B premiums begin to exceed the growth in the COLA. Adopting the "chained" CPI is not the best way to return the program to solvency since millions of seniors are already struggling to keep up with rising costs.
Social Security Notch Reform
TSCL's members and supporters tend to be older, less affluent seniors. They are also, to a large extent, Notch babies – those individuals who receive lower Social Security benefits because they were born in the years 1917 and immediately thereafter. TSCL feels that this is an inequity that was brought about because of the Social Security Act Amendments enacted and signed into law in 1977.
Just years before they were set to retire, these individuals learned that they would have significantly lower benefits than originally anticipated, and the transition formula provided by Congress failed miserably. The problem only grew and compounded with the inflation that occurred in the early 1980s. Thus, in order to make the Social Security program more equitable in general, and to correct a wrong done to Notch babies, we believe that some compensation for that injustice should be provided.
TSCL strongly supports legislation like the Notch Fairness Act, which would provide either a $5,000 lump-sum payment (payable in four installments) or an increased monthly benefit calculation to Notch babies.
U.S. – Mexico Totalization Agreement
Social Security Totalization Agreements are designed so that workers and their employers would not be subject to double taxation, owing payroll taxes to both the country in which they work, and their home nation. In addition, Totalization Agreements allow workers to earn generic work credits good for receiving retirement benefits in either country. These credits from the United States and other countries can be totaled together to receive benefits. The U.S. currently has 24 Totalization Agreements with other nations, most having economies similar to our own.
The U.S. – Mexico Totalization Agreement – which was signed by the Social Security Administrations of both the U.S. and Mexico in 2004 and is due to undergo review by the current or future President(s) – continues to pose a threat to Social Security beneficiaries. Because of a loophole, if the President signs the final Executive Totalization Social Security Agreement with Mexico, it could lead to Social Security benefits going to individuals who worked in the U.S. while illegal.
Despite the efforts of TSCL and others, knowledge of the U.S – Mexico Totalization Agreement remains limited on Capitol Hill, and the issue flies under radar for the most part. TSCL has expressed its support for resolutions in opposition to the Totalization Agreement. In addition, TSCL is supportive of legislation, such as the Social Security Totalization Agreement Reform Act, which would grant more time for congressional review of these agreements. TSCL also supports loophole-closing legislation which would prevent individuals who worked in the U.S. while illegal from receiving credit for that work for purposes of Social Security benefit calculations.
TSCL has filed multiple lawsuits under the Freedom of Information Act requesting copies of the agreement and other information and has placed ads in The Washington Times in opposition to the proposed agreement. We will continue to closely monitor the pending Totalization Agreement.
Protection of the Social Security Trust Fund
Lawmakers regularly use Social Security's so-called "excess funds" – those monies not immediately needed – for purposes other than to pay out benefits. Because the Trust Fund is a part of the unified federal budget, it is completely legal for Congress to use the funds as they see fit and to replace them with mere IOU's. TSCL believes that this practice is fundamentally unfair to Social Security's current and future beneficiaries.
With Social Security's Trust Funds set to expire in 2033, TSCL believes that it is now more important than ever for lawmakers to end this irresponsible practice. We support legislation – and believe that any Social Security reform should contain language – to protect the monies in the Social Security Trust Fund by locking them out of the general budget.
Health Care Reform
After nearly a year of debate, President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act (ACA) into law in March of 2010. The ACA was pushed through without bipartisan support and in the face of majority opposition by the general public, especially seniors. While TSCL feels that there are pieces of the law which are helpful and necessary, we have several concerns about the impact it will have on senior citizens.
Specifically, TSCL is concerned that the legislation's projected Medicare savings are built on shaky accounting. According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the majority of the savings from cuts to Medicare would be "used to pay for spending under the ACA and would not enhance the ability of the government … to pay for future Medicare benefits." TSCL was disappointed that the ACA did not establish a permanent solution to the so-called "doc fix," and we are also concerned with provisions that would impose additional costs and taxes on seniors.
To that end, TSCL supports efforts to modify or repeal the following provisions: the increase in the threshold for deducting medical expenses from one's income for tax purposes (from 7.5 percent to 10 percent); the payment cuts to Medicare providers; the expansion of means testing to Medicare Part D premiums; the freezing of income levels to determine the means testing threshold for both Part B and Part D for ten years; and the creation of the Independent Payment Advisor Board (IPAB).
As the law is implemented and potentially tweaked, TSCL will work with Members of Congress to improve the necessary and valuable parts of the law, and modify or repeal parts that may be detrimental to seniors.
Medicare Part B
The increases in the Medicare Part B premium, as well as the rise in the Medicare deductible, are two additional issues of grave concern to our members and supporters. In some cases, the increase in these two items comes close to offsetting the Social Security COLA.
In addition, many seniors have been subjected to the means, or asset, test for their premiums since 2007. TSCL was very disappointed when the Affordable Care Act froze the income levels subject to the means test for ten years. If the income thresholds do not rise with inflation, more and more seniors will be subjected to the increased costs. TSCL fears that, as costs continue to grow, wealthier seniors affected by the means test may begin to abandon Medicare, driving up the costs for those who cannot afford to purchase private insurance.
TSCL supports eliminating the means test since it could lead to higher costs for all Medicare beneficiaries in the future. We will continue listening to our members and supporters to learn how these increased costs are affecting their standards of living.
Doc Fix for Medicare Providers
Each year, physicians who treat Medicare patients are threatened with sizable scheduled pay cuts. Lawmakers consistently override them with temporary pay patches, or "doc fixes," however, the ritual has grown unpleasant for all involved. Some physicians have stopped treating Medicare patients, and many more are threatening to do so if a permanent solution is not established soon.
Members of Congress on both sides of the aisle agree that the current payment formula – the sustainable growth rate – is fundamentally flawed, and TSCL strongly believes that the formula breeds uncertainty within the program. We were disappointed when the Affordable Care Act did not address this issue in 2010 and we have been working with lawmakers ever since to find a permanent solution.
TSCL strongly supports legislation like the Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act, which would stabilize payments to providers while allowing the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to test and evaluate new payment models. We will continue to educate Members of Congress about the failures of the sustainable growth rate formula, and we will work with them this year to develop a path forward.
Medicare Part D
Although the Medicare prescription drug benefit, or Part D, has been viewed by some as largely successful, TSCL believes this program remains flawed. The prices of many prescription drugs dramatically increased after the benefit was implemented in 2006, and many prices continue to soar. This is due in large part to the cost of brand name and specialty drugs for which there is no generic or lower-cost alternative. These medications are often placed in "specialty tiers," and they significantly drive up the out-of-pocket costs seniors face.
In 2010, the Affordable Care Act began to close the "donut hole," or the gap in coverage that occurs after a beneficiary's drug costs reach $2,970 and before they total $4,750. Discounts from pharmaceutical manufacturers and subsidies from Medicare have begun to assist those who fall into the coverage gap. The ACA promises to gradually close the donut hole by 2020. However, TSCL fears that the plan laid out to close the gap may contain some flaws and it deserves a second look.
TSCL supports efforts to increase and improve outreach to seniors, especially those individuals that could qualify for the Extra Help program. Simplifying and streamlining the application process would be a vast improvement to the program. In addition to improving Medicare Part D, TSCL will continue to seek out other solutions for lowering the prices of prescription drugs.
Prevention of Fraud, Waste, and Abuse
Fraud, waste, and abuse are growing problems within both Social Security and Medicare, and TSCL believes that the government is not administering the necessary oversight to ensure that scarce program dollars are being spent properly. By increasing efforts to fight fraud, the government could save tens of billions of dollars each year, reducing the need for benefit cuts.
Fraud within Medicare costs the federal government an estimated $60 billion to $90 billion each year, and according to Attorney General Eric Holder, enforcement efforts have yielded an impressive "return on investment" for the American taxpayer. For every dollar spent fighting fraud, approximately $7 has been recovered and returned.
Social Security's Disability Insurance program is also littered with waste. In 2011, $1.8 billion in overpayments were made to those collecting disability benefits, and an enormous backlog has accumulated for Continuing Disability Reviews, which are conducted to determine whether a beneficiary has recovered enough to return to work. Every dollar spent reviewing these cases yields more than $10 in savings, and if the backlog were eliminated, more than $9 billion would be returned to the Trust Fund.
It is well understood that the failure to manage fraud results in higher taxes for all and higher premiums for Medicare beneficiaries. The potential for savings for Social Security and Medicare are enormous, and TSCL sincerely hopes that lawmakers will increase preventive efforts in order to ensure that scarce program dollars are appropriately spent.
Prescription Drug Re-Importation
TSCL believes that the Medicare prescription drug benefit law remains flawed and further action should be taken to lower prescription drug costs. The disparity of drug costs in the United States, Canada and Europe remains striking, and we support legislation which would make safe and secure prescription drug re-importation a reality.
Unfortunately, during the health care reform debate, the Senate rejected an amendment that would have allowed for prescription drug re-importation. TSCL will work to ensure that legislation permitting the safe and secure re-importation of prescription drugs is introduced during the 113th Congress. The goal remains to seek safe and affordable medicines for all Americans.
Our Commitment
TSCL's all-volunteer Board of Trustees, legislative team, and administrative staff will continue to work tirelessly on behalf of seniors throughout the 113th Congress. We offer not only our lobbying efforts, but also information via our website and newsletter, member benefits, and responses to each and every phone call and letter.


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On the Main Street of Smalltownville, Rick and Co. discovered an impressive array of anti-zombie machinery. Using very basic household products, and a few cute little animals as bait, someone had rigged up a Rube Goldberg system of Walker Traps. ("And here, we can't even fix that hole in our back fence" is what Rick should have said.) The gang couldn't admire the machinery too much, though, because gunshots rang out throughout the street...and a man on a rooftop, covered head-to-toe, held a rifle on them.
Now, another thing that is very hard to screw up: A sniper battle. I think this is because the whole idea of a sniper takes the inherent excitement of a gunfight and adds in lots of Hitchcockian tension: A sniper scene is usually about 99% tense anticipation and 1% actual gunfire. (Recommendations for further viewing/playing: The final sequence in Full Metal Jacket, the underrated Jude Law-vs-Ed Harris Enemy at the Gates, the epic sniper dual in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, and the arcade game classic Silent Scope.) So I was intrigued to see how Rick, Michonne, and Carl -- who all had short-range equipment -- would handle the attacker. Michonne managed to run up to the rooftop in a couple seconds -- she's clearly been taking Parkour lessons. Meantime, the urban sniper ran down to street level, and was immediately shot by Carl. (His dad had told Carl to run for the car. I'm starting to think the only way to get Carl to do what you want is to say the exact opposite.)
There was a nice moment between Rick and Carl after the fight, when Rick told his son: "I didn't want you to have to do that." Rick knows that Carl has already had to perform unspeakable acts, but he still wants his son to hold onto whatever bit of innocence he has left. Fortunately, the urban sniper had on a bulletproof vest. And, in an intriguing twist, he had a face we all recognized: It was Morgan, the suburban dad from way back in the series premiere, who saved Rick's life and gave him the 411 on how to survive in the post-zombie America.
They carried Morgan upstairs to his loft HQ, noting a series of traps along the way: Blades under the welcome mat; a tripwire at the top of the stairs with a bloody axe awaiting an unlucky newcomer. Morgan's apartment looked like a survivalist's most beautiful nightmare: The walls were covered in guns and graffiti'd messages. The messages were written in different colors -- someone found a pack of Crayola Multi-colored Chalk! -- and were all some variation on "No TV and No Beer Make Morgan Something Something."
Michonne thought it was best to leave Morgan unconscious on his bed. "He tried to kill us, and we didn't leave him to the walkers. He's had a good day." But Rick wanted to stick around. Morgan helped him; Rick figured he needed to return the favor. Meanwhile, Carl perused the Graffiti and found an extensive map of the town, including a note about "Rick's House -- Burnt Out." We've mostly gotten to know the characters on The Walking Dead in their new, post-zombie surroundings, and it was interesting to see how Carl's face fell when he realized his old home was completely obliterated from this world now. He kept away the tears by offering to go on a mission for Baby Judith: They could get a crib from the local Baby Store. Michonne offered to go with him. She told Carl not to run off on his own. Predictably, Carl ran off on his own.
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This two-hour session discussed recent experiences with poverty monitoring in countries that prepared PRSPs and had gone some way in monitoring progress. Two of the questions that were discussed were:
The session reviewed what indicators have been used in practice; targets set and achieved; tools used; and the institutions involved through the review of 2-3 countries studies. It mainly focused on PRSP countries but drew implications for middle-income countries.
This session was part of a one-day course on Poverty Monitoring Systems in the Context of Poverty Reduction Strategies and Assessing Statistical Capacity and Improving Data for Development. Course information, links to presentations and background materials are available.
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Blueberry Kefir Smoothie
Serves: 1
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Vegetarian Corn-free Egg-free Gluten-free Peanut-free Soy-free Tree nut-free Wheat-free
Use LaPierre Farms local, organic blueberries available frozen year-round at PCC.
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Puree all ingredients in a blender. Pour into a tall glass and drink immediately.
Each serving: 210 cal, 5g fat (2.5g sat), 15mg chol, 45mg sodium, 38g carb, 7g fiber, 5g protein
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