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International Typographical Union Training Center
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Type: | photographic prints | StillImage | Image/jp2 |
Title: | International Typographical Union Training Center |
Date: | 1950s; 1960s |
Description: | Local identification number: L1977-12_02 Unidentified students. "Three students and an ITU Instructor are shown at right delving into the mysteries of a modern Intertype linecasting machine. Skilled and knowledgeable Union machinists are provided with advanced education in all facets of their calling through Advanced Linecasting Machine Maintenance Course". |
Subjects: | Printing industry--Labor unions; | International Typographical Union; | United States |
Contributors: | Georgia State University. Libraries. Special Collections |
Online Publisher: | Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library |
Original Material: | Richmond Typographical Union, No. 90, Records, Southern Labor Archives |
Rights and Usage: | The contents of this item, including all images and text, are for personal, educational, and non-commercial use only. This item may be protected under United States and international copyright law. L1977-12_02, Richmond Typographical Union, No. 90, Records, Southern Labor Archives, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University, Atlanta. |
Persistent Link to Item: | http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/labor/id/1459 |
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Pop star Ariel heads to jail for sex tape and Blackberry gets censored.
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesians love pornography.
That is, according to Kosta, a jovial vendor who enthusiastically peddles sex videos at Glodok, one of Jakarta's largest markets.
The 30-year-old displays his wares on a small cardboard stand beneath a pedestrian overpass. He hides the more racy videos behind the new releases and anime, but happily shows them to anyone who asks.
"I have films from China, Thailand, America," he said, rifling through a stack of DVDs with plastic covers that feature big-breasted women in asset-enhancing poses. A paunchy young customer with hair that fell over his eyes feigned interest in an animated video, but eventually grabbed a handful of porno discs, flicked through them, paid and casually walked away.
A campaign by the Indonesian government to rid the country of smut has driven some vendors to ditch their stock in recent months under pressure from police and fear of arrest. On Jan. 21, the government said it would crack down on shops in Glodok after police seized more than 1,000 pornographic VCDs there in December.
An ongoing anti-pornography crusade has long stirred concerns about the growing influence in Indonesia of conservative Muslim groups. Such organizations helped push through, despite large protests by women's groups and moderates, a controversial and sweeping anti-pornography law in 2008. But the law had been largely unenforced until recently.
On Monday, the law was used to sentence one of Indonesia's most famous pop stars, Nazril Irham, better known as Ariel from the band Peterpan, to three and a half years in prison for filming a series of sex tapes with his celebrity girlfriends that were leaked and then widely passed around on the internet. For days, Indonesians could be seen huddled around cell phones watching the videos.
The sentence was lighter than the five years prosecutors demanded and the 12-year maximum some religious hardliners had pushed for. Reformist lawmaker Eva Kusuma Sundari has said the courts were pressured by religious groups to enforce the law.
Leading the charge has been the firebrand Minister of Information and Communication Tifatul Sembiring, who recently ordered Research In Motion, the Canadian manufacturer of the popular Blackberry smartphone, to block porn sites from the devices or have its operating license revoked.
On Jan. 17, Research in Motion agreed, saying it had installed internet content-filtering software to prevent users from accessing sites that appear during searches of porn-related keywords. The government has compiled the keyword watch list, which worries media activists who say there is no real way to check what is being filtered.
"We see this as an entry point to trap freedom of expression," said Uni Lubis, a member of the Indonesian Press Council who fought the passage of the anti-pornography law in 2008.
Sembiring, a member of the Prosperous Justice Party, the country's largest Muslim political party, used the example of the sex tape as fodder for his plan to clear the internet of smut by the start of Ramadan, the Muslim fasting month, in August of last year.
The minister said he was aware that making pornographic websites inaccessible was nearly impossible, but that wouldn't stop him from trying. The state has a responsibility to protect its 240 million citizens, particularly children, from the dangers of pornography, he said.
Blackberry is the latest target of the government's moral crusade, but industry analysts said there is more to the issue. In calling for the pornography filter, Sembiring also said Research in Motion should set up servers in Indonesia and start paying taxes on its operations.
Official Blackberry subscribers number around 2 million, but actual users are hard to determine, since many people use prepaid services that reduce Blackberry costs to as little as 0.55 cents a day. Though Research in Motion could not be reached for comment, a government official told the Associated Press that the company earns more than $250 million per year from the country's 3 million Blackberry users.
Research in Motion, or RIM, said it operates within Indonesian law and pays all taxes that apply to importing manufacturers. "RIM is proud to serve the market in partnership with local operators that make significant profits from Blackberry products and services," the company said in an official statement.
Research in Motion distributes its phones through local telecommunications providers, but unlike rivals Nokia and Samsung, it controls its networks through data centers, mostly in Canada and Britain.
The company is now locked in battles over access to its encrypted messaging service from countries worried about security, including India and Saudi Arabia. Monday, in fact, was the deadline Indian authorities had designated for the company to provide the government with access to its encrypted network.


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April 12th Blood Drive
Hi everyone! A reminder about the Thursday, April 12th Blood Drive! A circus theme is planned with hot dogs, lemonade, popcorn and balloon animals! Please take some time from your schedule to come on over to the 3rd floor of the Campus Center and have a little fun while doing a wonderful thing saving a life!! This is the last blood drive for the academic year please help us collect as much blood as we can! Happy Easter to all and eat your dark meat turkey and ham they are iron-rich so your blood will be good for donating when you get back from break! See you on the 12th!
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Results of April 12th Blood Drive
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We had a good turnout slightly lower than normal but none-the-less we had 87 registered donors with a productive total of 70 on a goal of 84. Not too shabby for the end of the year. We were able to help 210 people and that closes out our academic year for blood drives!! Thank you so much to all the donors and volunteers a special thank you to the ROTC cadets who helped co-sponsor the drive. Watch for more info on the next drive date which will be in September! The Red Cross staff and volunteers love coming to drives at Kings because they enjoy the donors, volunteers, themes and food. They say we have the best drives in the area! Thank you to everyone and have a great summer! |
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Need a snack to go? Pass on processed energy bars and make your own natural fruit and nut bars from pure, whole-food ingredients in line with the Paleo diet. Not only will you be sure you're eating well, you'll save on cost, too!
Bar One/Bar None*
Bar One
1 cup shelled raw walnut pieces
1 cup diced natural dried figs
Freshly grated cinnamon, to taste
Olive oil
Bar None
1 cup raw cashews
1 cup natural dried apricots
1/4 cup natural dried pineapple
2 tablespoons coconut butter
Freshly grated cinnamon, to taste
Olive oil
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1. Pulverize nuts in nut grinder until powdery.
2. Place dried fruit in mini prep food processor and grind to a paste; stopping to scrape sides as needed.
3. Add fruit to nuts in small bowl. Use your hands to mix. Add spice to taste.
4. Press mixture into shallow glass baking dish. Pat to even thickness.
5. Cover with plastic then place heavy plate or pan on top to weigh down.
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7. Dab olive oil onto paper towel and rub onto butter knife, then cut into squares.
*Recipe reprinted with permission from Paleoista: Gain Energy, Get Lean and Feel Fabulous with the Diet You Were Born to Eat, by Nell Stephenson (Touchstone, 2012).
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The omasake was lovely I must admit! However, there are two letdowns, you NEED a reservation, and I saw Bluefin Tuna on the menu. I did bring it to attention, however, this akin to serving panda or rhinos, which are as endangered as the Bluefin Tuna. Unfortunate, but you have to avoid places that use such ingredients.
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Great sushi but poor service and rude waitress - having dined here before was there for lunch and was told my card was declined twice - calling my bank they entered wrong code and charge did not go through....very ambarrassing and when I asked waitress to put it through again she gave me worst attitude ever - they need to teach staff how to process cards and apologize when needed
Posted by Jeff C. on 03/02/2013
This is by far the freshest sushi in manhattan. Flying in their fish daily and having experienced sushi chefs make yasuda second to none. Going to any other sushi restaurant afterwards is nearly impossible . It is authentic so make sure you like fish when you go. Also make sure to order off the prix fixe menu. 25 dollars for 5 pieces sushi and two rolls plus soup or salad. Try it out you will not be dissapointed!
Posted by Joe N on 09/27/2012
The service was poor the food was poor and the bill was pathetic how expensive it was! I guess they thought I was a tourist but this place was so over priced it was a joke and I eat everywhere. I recommend not eating there!
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This is the best place to satisfy your sushi madness. The ambiance is very cool, very cozy and artistic. Nice place to dine in. The service is excellent, very accommodating crew. I would love to come back
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Had lunch with Mitsu - who took over since Yasuda's departure for Japan. The essence of simplicity, freshness and warmth of the chef. While the prices are high, the quality is higher. Servers all had smiles and did all to please. If you love sushi, give yourself a well needed break and go! Amities Gourmandes, ally's dad p.s. The hot tea powder flashed prawns and the saki black cod are knockouts
Posted by Frustrated would-be diner on 06/10/2011
I've eaten at Yasuda a few times and always found the food to be good but the service poor - the reservationists are incredibly rude and it doesn't get much better once you arrive. Today, we got to the restaurant 5 minutes late for our lunch reservation, only to find they'd given our table away. They claimed we were 10 minutes late and that was unacceptable. After arguing with me about this for five minutes, the maitre d showed me his watch to prove me wrong - and it STILL wouldn't have put us arriving 10 minutes late! So basically, they gave away our table after THREE minutes. Unheard of at any good restaurant in NY and even worse as I was on a business lunch. When we requested logical solutions like putting together two tables to accomodate us, they were having none of it. Eventually, he said 'I'm not talking to you anymore. You won't eat lunch here today. I will not serve you' and stood silently like a child even though we were respectful and trying to be constructive the whole time. This restaurant should be seriously embarrassed at the rudeness of its staff. The best food in the world would not make up for the experience of giving away a table after three minutes and then acting like it's the customer's fault.


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The mission of the NCUA is to facilitate the availability of credit union services to all eligible consumers, especially those of modest means, through a safe and sound credit union system.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Oct. 22, 2012) – The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) Board has approved by notation vote a one-month extension of the comment period for the proposed rule updating the definition of a "small entity." The proposed rule would grant additional regulatory relief to more than 1,600 credit unions.
The original public comment period was scheduled to close Oct. 26. However, some interested parties have indicated they needed additional time to prepare and submit comments. The new deadline will be Nov. 26.
The Board voted at its September meeting to issue a proposed rule updating the definition of a "small entity" under the Regulatory Flexibility Act to include federally insured credit unions with assets below $30 million. The threshold increase would require NCUA to specifically determine and consider the impact of proposed and final rules on approximately 1,600 additional small credit unions, raising the total number of credit unions that receive special consideration to more than 4,000. The proposed rule also removes these additional small credit unions from the scope of NCUA's final interest rate risk management rule and risk-based net worth requirements.
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Would the recovery be stronger with Mitt Romney as president than with Barack Obama?
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The answer is yes, the American economic recovery would be much stronger under a Romney administration, and there are three reasons: a focus on growth, a better strategy for growth and a more disciplined federal government.
The nascent recovery is finally gathering steam and the last thing we need is to waste trillions of dollars in trickle-down tax cuts that cannot be counted on to boost growth and jobs, but will raise both the deficit and after-tax income inequality.
Every opinion poll that asks American respondents which are the main issues that will determine how they vote on November 6th comes up with the same answers: the state of the economy and jobs. So this week's debate features a prominent economist from each side of the political divide, both of them with hands-on experience of politics as well as academe.
On paper, America has been out of recession since mid-2009, more than three years ago. But to many Americans it does not feel that way. Unemployment, though down from a peak of over 10%, is still just under 8%, and if you factor in the fact that the labour-force participation rate has badly declined, as discouraged workers leave the workforce, the true rate could be argued to be still up at close to 11%. On top of that, there are millions more Americans who want, and need, to work full-time, but can find only part-time positions. The figures among the young are especially bad; among the under-30s it stands at 11.8%.
The reason for this is lacklustre growth. Normally, after a deep recession a sharp recovery follows. But because so much capital was destroyed in the banking crisis of 2007-08, this recovery has been unusually slow. GDP growth has averaged 2% since the end of the recession. As our panellists explain, the two candidates in the presidential race have very distinct ideas about what to do.
Douglas Holtz-Eakin, who advised Senator John McCain in his own run against Barack Obama in 2008 and before that headed the Congressional Budget Office, stresses that Mitt Romney's approach is all about spurring growth through cutting back regulation, lowering and simplifying taxes, opening markets to more competition at home and broad, and protecting innovation. Mr Obama's approach in the past four years, he says, has created more bureaucracy, added entitlements and engaged in piecemeal economic targeting.
For Jared Bernstein, formerly an economic adviser to Vice-President Joe Biden and currently a fellow of the left-leaning Centre on Budget and Policy Priorities, Mr Romney's plans represent a return to the trickle-down rich-friendly policies of George W. Bush. Mr Romney offers no convincing explanation of how he would pay for his tax cuts, and would hack away at educational spending and infrastructure, jeopardising future growth. He strongly defends the president's record and notes many signs of growing strength in the economy.
The answer is yes, and there are three reasons: a focus on growth, a better strategy for growth and a more disciplined federal government.
The most significant failing of the Obama governance approach has been its failure to focus on economic growth. Economic growth is more a philosophy than a policy. It is a commitment at every juncture in the policy process to evaluate trade-offs between social goals, environmental goals, political backers' goals and economic growth—and err on the side of growth. The administration contemplated a health-care law that raised $700 billion in new taxes and created two new entitlements at a time when the spending-swollen federal debt was already exploding, and chose social objectives over growth. It unleashed the Environmental Protection Agency, choosing a green agenda over growth. It launched the National Labor Relations Board on a union agenda at odds with growth.
A Romney administration would not make this fundamental mistake. It certainly would not include regular threats to raise taxes on partnerships and other businesses taxed at individual income-tax rates, an enormous expansion of the regulatory state, or use the federal government's power to give ownership of auto companies to unions.
In contrast, Mitt Romney's agenda is singularly focused on better growth. He understands that growth is an essential ingredient in addressing some of the most pressing problems. A strong economy is the foundation of national security and the ability of America to defend its values around the globe. It will not be possible to rein in the massive federal debt without economic growth. But most important, growth is the hope for the over 20m American workers who have been condemned to underemployment, unemployment or worse by the lacklustre recovery the president has wrought.
The second flaw in the Obama approach has been its misguided reliance on temporary, targeted, piecemeal policymaking. Even if one believed that countercyclical fiscal policy ("stimulus") could be executed precisely and had multiplier effects, the administration should have learned by experience that this strategy was not working. Cheques to households (the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008), the gargantuan stimulus bill in 2009 (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act), "cash for clunkers" (the Car Allowance Rebate System), tax credits for homebuyers (the Federal Housing Tax Credit), the HIRE Act ($13 billion payroll hiring credit, expensing, $4.6 billion for schools and energy the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010, and the state-local bail-out Public Law 111-226 ($10 billion in education; $16 billion in Medicaid).
A policy regime of macroeconomic fiscal (and monetary) fine-tuning backfired in the 1960s and 1970s, leaving behind high inflation and chronically elevated unemployment. It is working no better in the 21st century. Instead, Mr Romney understands that America has a trend growth problem. GDP has been rising since the third quarter of 2009, and employment is up from its trough in December 2009. There is substantial and widespread evidence of an ongoing, if unsatisfying, economic expansion. This is not the time for countercyclical fiscal fine-tuning.
The elements of a Romney pro-growth strategy are not complicated: low, efficient regulation; adherence to opening markets to competition at home and abroad; protection of the rewards to innovation and risk-taking; and a streamlined, competitive tax code. In choosing pieces of the agenda, it is especially important to recognise that at this juncture the balance sheets of both households and governments are severely impaired. Instead, the real pay-off to growth strategies will be supporting the ability of the business community to spend in America and sell abroad.
Mr Romney's spending policies would include permanent reforms to secure the social safety net for the next generation and reverse the threat posed by federal red ink over the next decade. It would include reforms to use more wisely the funding for core functions of government like infrastructure, basic research and education.
Finally, Mr Romney would preside over an efficient government that focused on core responsibilities, and avoided unwise intrusion into the traditional roles of the private sector. It would not, for example, create two new bureaucracies (the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Independent Payment Advisory Board), exempted from congressional funding review and oversight, with the power to paralyse the health and financial sectors. It would unwind the dangerous overreach of the federal government into the auto sector, housing finance and student loans.
The American economic recovery would be much stronger under a Romney administration. The evidence is in on the president's economic strategy and policies, and the grade is not good. Mr Romney would pursue the fundamental tax and entitlement reforms that are long overdue, roll back excessive federal interference into private economic affairs, and remain consistently committed to the environment needed for strong private-sector growth.
Re-electing Barack Obama would lead to a stronger economic recovery than would be the case were Mitt Romney to win on November 6th.
Mr Obama's economic and fiscal policies will help the economy in three important ways: more job growth in the short run, key investments in the longer run, and finally getting the nation on a sustainable budget path.
Mr Romney's economic and fiscal policy reduces to one plan: a $5 trillion dollar tax cut, heavily tilted towards the wealthy. Moreover, his claim that he can pay for this cut by broadening the tax base faces two heretofore insurmountable problems. First, finding enough tax breaks, or loopholes, to close in order to pay for the cuts would require a middle-class tax hike, something Mr Romney has said he wouldn't do. And second, he's yet to name one—not one!—specific loophole he'd close.
This is a remarkable omission in an economy that faces a real fiscal challenge. The nascent recovery is finally gathering steam and the last thing we need is to waste trillions of dollars in trickle-down tax cuts that, as history has shown, can be counted on not to boost growth and jobs, but to raise both the deficit and after-tax income inequality.
Let's look at where the American recovery is and what impact the candidates' agendas might have on it. A number of important indicators have turned up in recent months:
• The housing market has carved out a bottom and is beginning to recover. All major house-price indices are trending up, over 1m underwater borrowers have "broken the surface" as housing equity has improved, and refinancings are on the rise (and rising most quickly in states hit hardest by the housing bubble).
• Auto sales are on course to hit 15m this year, a four-year record.
• Unemployment, while still too high, is down 1.2 percentage points over the past year nationally, from 9% to 7.8%; in Ohio, in part due to the president's rescuing of the auto industry, the jobless rate is down 1.6 points, from 8.6% to 7%.
These recovery examples are germane because in both cases—housing and autos—the president took affirmative action that the governor opposed. And that surfaces a theme that voters should consider regarding building on this progress: Mr Romney and his running mate, Paul Ryan, are solidly against measures like those in Mr Obama's American Jobs Act that would add to this momentum next year.
According to analysis by the Economic Policy Institute, using standard assumptions about the impact of the candidates' respective budget plans for next year, it is estimated that the Jobs Act would generate about 1m jobs next year. Mr Romney's fiscal plan, on the other hand, would either add less than 100,000 jobs or, if truly revenue neutral, would lead to significant job losses in 2013, resulting from spending cuts and increases in some households' tax bills to offset other households' rate cuts, an inevitable characteristic of revenue-neutral tax reform.
That's the short term. But it is through longer-term investments and responsible budgeting that Mr Obama's economic plan will generate a durable recovery that can reach the middle class. His investments in education, for example, stand in stark contrast to those of Mr Romney.
Mr Obama has significantly expanded the Pell grant programme to help kids from low-income families pay for college. But Mr Ryan's budget—endorsed by Mr Romney—cuts funding for Pell grants by over $100 billion over the next decade. Mr Romney's own budget would require reductions in domestic spending of between 30% and 50% (the higher percentage applies if he exempts Medicare).
Mr Romney's shape-shifting performance in the debates would lead one to believe that he's right there with Mr Obama on the need for investments in the future, especially education (including Head Start and adding teachers), manufacturing and infrastructure. But cuts of the magnitude noted above would unquestionably preclude such investments.
And for what? So that the wealthiest households can further cut their tax liabilities by hundreds of thousands of dollars. That's a terrible waste of precious resources at a time when our fiscal policy has to achieve the biggest bang-for-the-buck on job creation in the near term and budget consolidation in the longer term.
Meanwhile, Mr Obama's budget plan, as scored by the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office, stabilises the debt as a share of the economy through balancing spending cuts with new revenues raised solely from the 2% of households with incomes above $250,000, a group that has done best over the past decade.
Thus one team—Mr Obama and Joe Biden—has a well-articulated, vetted plan on near-term jobs, longer-term investments and fiscal responsibility. The other guys have a $5 trillion dollar tax cut tilted towards the wealthy that's not paid for.
It's not just that we shouldn't change horses when we're moving in the right direction. It's that the other horse is running the wrong way.
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mgmontini wrote:
Dear Sir,
The 1981 Tax Cuts: 1) caused the largest Budget Deficit (at the time) since WWII, 2) Volker cut inflation by raising the Prime Interest Rate to 29%, 3) Most Economists accept the reason for the improvement in the 1981 economy was due to Volker's lowering the interest rates after he tamed inflation, 4) the laffer curve has long been discredited, Reagan had to actually raise tax rates a few time in his 8 years after the initial tax cut (to control the growth of the deficit)!
The Economy was Losing 800,000 jobs/month when Mr.Obama took office, now the economy is on average creating over 100,000 Private Sector Jobs. Turnaround! Was it partially Mr.Obama's Policies? Businessweek (Bloomberg) reported "Cash for Clunkers" alone lifted up USA Sales in 1 month by 2%! Car Retailers hired back a portion of the workers they previously laid off during the "Cash for Clunkers" period!
Mr.McConnell and Company have blatantly said they want the President to "Fail", and have blocked every piece of Law Mr.Obama has tried to get past. Failure to lead, or obstruction. Granted Lyndon Johnson did wonders to remove obstruction, but the fact remains as it is.
erewhig wrote:
Dear Sir,
Mr. Bernstein's argument is essentially a re-airing of empty campaign slogans. The attack on Romney's tax proposal as a "5 trillion dollar tax cut" is baseless. The Left made exactly the same claims in 1981, and the reality was a doubling of tax receipts in 8 years, and a quarter-century of solid growth without high inflation.
Also, his comments are based on 2 indefensible assumptions: that the economy is truly recovering, and that this recovery can be attributed to proactive policies of the current administration. The US economy is not even growing fast enough to keep pace with population growth, whereas in the past, severe recessions have almost always been followed by rapid expansion. It's hard to attribute any economic gains to the President's economic leadership when in fact he has refused to lead--he has not proposed a realistic budget in 4 years, let alone enact one.
Mr. Obama came to office with no business or executive experience. His cabinet and agency heads have the least combined business experience of any administration in our history. Therefore the lack of progress is not surprising. What would be surprising would be a change of course if he remains.
Crente wrote:
Dear Sir,
Contrary to "what is good for GM is good for America", a greedy businessman will certainly be a disaster as a President. We don´t want America to be profitable, we want America to be kind to its citizens, a place where they can live in peace.
Thriver wrote:
Dear Sir,
Mr. Romney is not an entrepreneur or businessperson in my view. The venture capitalism he has practiced doesn't create wealth, it merely drives small players out through size, and unfair practices. As the owner of a $8 million business - lowering my own taxes isn't my top concern- I want reduced uncertainty and the nation as a whole to thrive. That means fixing healthcare, exhibiting the courage not to ally with dogmatic extremists and demonstrating that POTUS will give everyone a fair deal even if no one is looking. Romney fails on all counts in my view.
Social Contractor wrote:
Dear Sir,
Indeed it is arguable that the recovery would be stronger, i.e. higher growth and employment, under a Romney presidency. But at what price? Greater inequality, higher deficits, less social freedom, greater risk of unecessary and costly wars, and clearly less concern about the 47% who don't pay federal income taxes. Personally, I am staying with Obama, a leader who has demonstrated that he cares about all Americans and the rest of the world.
Nirvana-bound wrote:
Dear Sir,
Anybody with an iota of commonsense should know that voting a self-serving, greedy, grasping opportunistic corporate moghul into power will be the death-knell of a nation struggling desperately for its very survival.
The frightening & sombre '2012 prophecy' looms mennacingly, once again, over American skies..
Nirvana-bound wrote:
Dear Sir,
Bernstein's cogent & cereberal observations make perfect sense. If Romney wins on Nov 6th, all hell will break loose & the slowly recovering economy, will crash & burn, once again.
Mitt has no long term or short term plans to salvage the nation. All he cares for is to keep his wealthy & powerful corporate cronies happy & laughing all the way to their off-shore banks.
Voter BEWARE!
obenskik wrote:
Dear Sir,
It's hard to say, because we don't know which Mitt Romney would ultimately be in the Oval office.
Gerolf wrote:
Dear Sir,the discussion is somewhat interesting, but, more so, rather repetitive. I would like to add some different tacks. 1. Growth is rather undefined. With 50% plus of manufacturing using average-skilled labor gone to China with little hope of getting it back in the foreseeable future, what does growth mean. This is especially a question if we exclude infrastructure repair and improvement including the most important one, quality and availability of education. 2. Availability of quality and quantity of health care. The cost of health care in the USA is double that in most advanced European countries when including the costs and lack of insurance of the uninsured poor. If health care costs were reduced to these European levels, manufacturing and administrative costs would decrease by nearly 10% without any other action necessary, and result in a much more competitive US position in world markets. 3. The failure of the financial system, because of the lack of federal leadership, to improve the housing market by issuing Federally insured primary low-cost (1%) 30-year mortgages without "early-pay penalties" that would have prevented a vast number of home-owners, perhaps up to 20% of all, to lose their property albeit with proper safeguards. This would have prevented the drop in equity of 30-40% of most Americans during the last couple of years. Here I see a total lack of imagination on the side of both Democrats and Republicans.
39Tbus7KNu wrote:
Dear Sir,
After the disastrous 2 generations of the Bush family, it is difficult to understand how anyone would vote for a character such as Romney to be the next president. But, maybe, that is another debate!
With respect to the economy, it is time that the USA and Europe woke up to the fact that a sustainable economic recovery, including satisfactory employment oppportunities for millions of citizens will only be achieved when US and European citizens buy American and European products. A politically incorrect statement, I know, but it is a fact!
We have lived through decades of poor political management and poor business management, whose political and business horizons have become increasingly short term, with the catastrophic effects we are now witnessing both in the USA and Europe. I well remember "responsible" and "intelligent" experts in the 1970's and 1980's (and even very recently in Brussels) stating that our successful future lay in the development of the Chinese and Indian economies to create greater wealth and, therefore, purchases of Western goods. They actually believed that Indian and Chinese people were incapable of innovation, only copying and that they would remain docile subsidiaries of western owned companies. How wrong they were!! But I still hear this in the major economic debates and centres around the USA and Europe.
So, for me, there is no doubt that Barack Obama is a better bet than Romney, but neither will create sustainable growth and significant, sustainable employment - essential for sustainable growth - unless the American people join the Europeans and BUY AMERICAN/EUROPEAN! Difficult, I know, to convince people already in the midst of major financial challenges, but there is NO ALTERNATIVE.
eeguerreiro wrote:
Dear Sir,
Corporations that made it through the financial crisis have become lean and very profitable. The stock market has almost recovered all it's losses. Government policy, at best, can only effect supply-side economics. Whilst the US middle class continues to struggle, this is a reflection of prior fiscal irresponsibility and the fact that employers would rather squeeze their existing workforces rather than take on the cost of additional workers. Furthermore, demand has not increased as hoped, not because of US domestic policy, but because two of the US's largest trading partners (Europe & China) are struggling and therefore not consuming US exports. The US is brainwashed into believing that complete self-dependence is the recipe to wealth. It is one thing to dream, but another to fully understand the need to share and burden certain social costs to the benefit of all: US healthcare being a prime example of this social inequity. In light of the economic struggles being seen in Europe and China, it is a testamount to the Obama administration that the ecomony is steadily recovering. It took many years for the decisions of the Bush administration to manifest themselves. Like any major physical accident, recovery requires methodical and patient rehabiliation...
Alaska_87 wrote:
Dear Sir,
As an American voter, I find the proposers introduction to be, quite frankly, frightening. "Economic growth is more a philosophy than a policy. It is a commitment at every juncture in the policy process to evaluate trade-offs between social goals, environmental goals, political backers' goals and economic growth—and err on the side of growth."
While it is my opinion that the tax policies of a Romney administration would both increase income inequality and ultimately stymie growth (net economic growth is undesirable in my mind if it comes at the expense of most of the country earning less); with this sort of analysis I'd be willing to sacrifice any sort of growth for sanity. Given our poor track record in all manner of social areas, erring in every instance on the side of growth seems a terrific way to encourage another major bubble (not that social programs can't also contribute, but lowering interest rates etc. certainly helps).
Even worse, erring for growth over environmental considerations worsens our already significant collective social blindness to looming environmental issues. Whether ignoring levees until they fail (spectacularly) or Global Warming until the projections of 50 or 80 years from now start coming true, we repeatedly ignore environmental issues until we have to cope with the consequences. Conversely, the only time we have the power to act on environmental issues is often before the worst of those consequences have been realized. Erring on the side of growth at every turn would be disastrous to the future of our nation.
From my perspective the proposer may be furthering his case on the topic while actively arguing for the counter position on the broader question of who should we elect at the polls next week.
Rambo Tribble wrote:
Dear Sir,
Unfortunately, it is not at all clear that Obama is the cure. What is abundantly clear, however, is that Romney is the disease.
parrosenok wrote:
Dear Sir,
I am somewhat disappointed with the first statements, since the offered little beyond the talking points that we have already heard from the candidates. This is particularly the case of the Obama proponent, who provided in his remarks i) criticism of Mitt Romney; ii) reiteration of how Obama has expanded the social outreach; and iii) some anti-rich rhetoric. Yet, he has said nothing about the essence of the question: the economic policies that this administration has carried out during the last for years, and the analysis of how these policies are helpful to the recovery. I suggest this not as a criticism of the Obama administration, but as a question that genuinely interest me, and which so far remains ignored by Obama supporters.
Lawrence of Indiana wrote:
Dear Sir,
I read the comments from the floor with interest and have decided to add my thoughts on the issue. During my lifetime I have voted in 10 presidential elections. During that time I lived through recession, inflation, and good times. I remember well how those economic situations affected me and my family. I also recall that economic conditions of the country seemed to be dependent on the political party that was in power in Washington, D. C. I recall the economy was in recession when a Republican was President and the economy was in inflation when a Democrat was President. I have read that the recession began when a Republican, George W. Bush, was president. Whenever Democrats moved into the White House and controlled Congress in 2008 spending increased and debt increased. With a Democrat, Barack Obama, remaining as president the increases in spending and debt may cause the economy to slide into a period of inflation similar to the Jimmy Carter era. I think Mitt Romney as president (and the Republican tendencies toward recessionary economies) would cause a stronger recovery by offsetting those inflationary tendencies set in motion by the Democrats.
It seems to me when a political party gains control of our government they go to excess enacting their agendas which causes our economy to get out of control. I believe the excesses that cause our national economy to get out of control are exacerbated because the Federal government does not operate using balanced budgets. Instead of working to maintain balanced budgets and controlling deficits our government takes on more and more debt. Now it seems the Federal government's debt is not real anymore because they keep raising the ceiling and the debt is reaching imaginary numbers. In my small world maintaining a household on an unbalanced budget and unlimited debt is unrealistic if not impossible. Therefore I think it is unrealistic for the United States Government to operate on unbalanced budgets and unlimited debts. I fear it may be too late to correct the problem without severe consequences. Nonetheless, I wish political candidates and the voters would take up the issue and initiate measures to get America back on budget and out of debt. Our first priority should be to balance the budget. Then with a balanced budget we can pursue sensible entitlement programs while at the same time allowing our economy and free enterprise to prosper.
JMperspective wrote:
Dear Sir,
Its easier to say the economy would be stronger under Romney after the fact and when the economy is currently growing. Although it is not as quick as we would like, you CANNOT dispute the fact that is growing. Furthermore, it makes it much easier for the argument to be made that the economy will be stronger under Romney now that is moving in the right direction. Obama had to turn around a falling economy which arguably is much much harder than trying to maintain and increase economic growth in an already growing economy.
guest-bibiji wrote:
Dear Sir, I'll make two points. First, an earlier issue of The Economist published results of a poll of economists. Three out of four economists said Obama plan is better for the economy. This is consistent with what 75 % of the economic literature shows. Second, in the new economy, investment in knowledge and research (innovation) is key to our future economic prosperity. We must make such investment even if we have to raise taxes on those who can afford. Too often we ignore the fact that while raising taxes will hurt the economy, making proper investment in public education and research will grow the economy - The net effect of of these tax and investment actions is positive.
Henry Ossawa Tanner wrote:
Dear Sir, We all know of "flexians" lobbying for Militairilly led Corporations with gains of scale. At least, they only sell crap instead of heroine, but then again; there is big business to force someone into the position of DHHS/DHS free research/ forced medication; simply out of jealousy: hicks; OR. Oh, how I wish that I could have the citizenship of my British/German relatives, so that I wouldn't be harrassed by US homosexuals and at the very best homley, or sumo leuten.
guest-ilwesea wrote:
Dear Sir,
I hear so many people blame prior problems on "Republican policies", when in reality, our country's bankers used a multitude of shadow banking methods (commercial paper loans, "insurance" bonds on other companies), to over leverage their accounts and loan money they just received (on a loan) to another bank/company. When someone wants to be paid, the whole house of cards collapsed, throwing us into extreme debt and recession.
When Obama was brought into office, his MAIN AND ONLY GOAL was to fix our current economic state. Instead, he approved increased spending, and doubled the deficit over the last four years.
This country doesn't need taxpayer money being spent faster than it is brought in. It needs a vision, and a better way to a balanced budget. The only way we can do that is
a) cut spending
b) increase government revenue
I feel that Mitt's five point plan touches on every aspect of our nation that is failing.
1. Energy Independence-Fuel is the most volatile product their is, and by controlling our inputs of fuel, we will decrease our deficit substantially
2. Better training for jobs-our schooling systems need to be made much more streamlined and innovative, as well as training for all jobs.
3. Increasing trade with latin america, harder sanctions on china-this goes without saying. our manufacturing has flooded from our country because of the stiff regulations businesses have to face. Obamacare adds to these regulations. Tariffs would make China play fair, and bring manufacturing back.
4. Close tax loopholes and give a tax break to the middle class-closing tax loopholes that allow the rich to avoid paying will bring in more revenue, and a tax break for the middle class will give businesses and the middle class the break the need to save and make more income
5. Balancing the budget-BY PLANNING HOW YOU SPEND YOUR MONEY, YOU CAN BALANCE A BUDGET. Like he said "I was in the private sector for years. If you don't balance a budget, you go out of business."
Now, a week left in the election, OBAMA HAS TAKEN THESE FIVE POINTS AND CLAIMED THEM AS HIS OWN, but adds "Increase taxes on the wealthy, so they can pay their fair share."
Increasing taxes on the wealthy brings in a whopping $40B over the next 10 years. Obama already has spent that money.
Romney has had a vision this whole time, and it's obvious that the President and his party can only try and attack the solidity and past actions of Romney in business, while he was only forced to follow the strict regulations that have been set in place.
OBAMA DOESN"T HAVE A PLAN. He just wants you to think he does.
ADS05 wrote:
Dear Sir,
While I do find Mr. Berstein's assessment to be uninspired, I could also not get past Mr. Holtz-Eakin's statement that "the most significant failing of the Obama governance approach has been its failure to focus on economic growth." For that reason, I must vote against the motion.
Economic growth is not just something that can be focused on. If it were so, the GOP should have nominated Mr. Pawlenty who promised to set a target of 5% growth every year. Someone of Mr. Holtz-Eakin's background must understand that the economy is more than the policies of a particular administration. Growth comes from the results of creative-destruction. Unfortunately, since 2007, the creative part has been held at bay because of the sheer scale of the destruction of capital during the financial crisis.
Additionally, much of the growth from 2001 to 2007 was unsustainable in the first place. The U.S. economy is buttressed by consumer consumption and services. During the 1950s-60s, a family could prosper on one income. By the 1970s-80s, it took two incomes. By the 1990s-2000s, a family needed two incomes and debt to be effective consumers of goods and services that contributed to economic growth. We should not return to that situation, and so we will not see near term growth based on that "normal." It will require something more that is outside the real of politics.
Further, Mr. Romney's tax policies will have no bearing on economic growth. Over the past 60 years, economic performance has had less than zero correlation with tax rates. I can accept that simplifying to code could bring benefits, but mere reductions in rates will not accomplish anything. However, Romney will not simplify the code. All he has proposed is a deduction cap, which is just another step at the end of the calculation of tax liability and not a simplication at all.
I found both statements to not be satisfactory, but Mr. Holtz-Eakin's favored platform for economic growth is pure fantasy. As such, I must oppose the motion.


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I wanted to do a follow up from the latest PPP podcast, Podcast #6. Check it out if you haven't yet! The Hawks stole game 1, and although I remain unconvinced that they will win the series, they employed the strategy of using one big man to cover Dwight and not double team. In all fairness, most big men are incapable of such a task. Game 1 was a perfect illustration of that. Let's touch on the game real quickly… Game 1 was a 92 possession game where the Magic scored 93 points and the Hawks scored 103 points. Boiled down, the Magic had a 101 ORtg while the Hawks had a 112 ORtg. Individually Dwight Howard put up one of the finest performances of the opening weekend and perhaps of the entire 1st round. Dwight finished with 46 points, thanks to 16/23 from the floor and 14/22 from the line. Since Dwight turned it over 8 times, he finished with 46 points on 40 possessions (a staggering four of his 22 FTs were thanks to "and 1s"). His teammates scored 47 points on 62 unique possessions.
This fully encapsulates the "let Dwight get his share, but don't have his teammates beat us" strategy, as a 1.15 ppp is very positive. His teammates were not very supportive; possessions above are blind to offensive rebounds, as the Magic for the game had 102 individual plays. (The Magic finished with 13 offensive rebounds compared to just 5 for the Hawks, so a created shot for the Magic is worth slightly more than that for a Hawk) Even against the best defenders in the NBA, Dwight will still get follow up slams from time to time. This was from 4 months ago. All that said though, we can delve a bit further. You see, single-covering Dwight is sometimes a good strategy. It depends who that single-coverer is! Some of Atlanta's bigs got absolutely destroyed, to such an extent that it's not really a feasible strategy when they're in the game:
*Dwight had 4 And-1s; 2 against Josh Powell, 1 against Jason Collins, and 1 against Zaza Pachulia **One of Dwight's shots was a halfcourt heave with 0.8 seconds left on the shot clock. This was registered against Josh Powell. I'm including it in the data, although it wasn't a standard half-court shot. Removing it, Powell's PPP against becomes 1.71. ***Other included a brief stretch against Horford as well as transition baskets/off-ball fouls (which resulted in Dwight going to the line)
*The Magic had roughly 1.92 individual poss./minute. (92 possessions in a 48-minute game) Although this isn't perfect, it's a decent approximation of how often the Magic went to Dwight when each particular defender was in the game. Since Dwight played 46 of the 48 possible minutes, we can estimate his usage as using 40 possessions out of 88, which is 45.5%. (46/48 is 95.8%, 88 is 95.8% of 92) **Jason Collins fouled out in the middle of the 4th Q. The main point from all of this data is that Jason Collins did an extraordinary job. It doesn't show up in the conventional boxscore, since field goal attempts against and non-steal turnovers aren't there, but Jason Collins drew charges, forced 3 second violations, bodied Dwight up so that others could strip him, and basically turned Dwight into less than even what his teammates offered. However, Jason only lasted 18 minutes. Unfortunately for the Hawks, they can't match Jason up on Dwight for the entire game, since Dwight is still able to target Jason frequently and put a high number of fouls on him. All this said, if the Hawks could play Jason Collins the entire game, I'd expect the Hawks to be favorites in the series. Dropping Dwight's efficiency to less than a point per possession while still single-covering his teammates is incredible. Zaza Pachulia also did a particularly good job. The Magic lost from a combination of Dwight's teammates playing terribly and sub-standard Orlando defense which allowed an uncharacteristic 1.1 ppp against. One thing is for sure: The answer is NOT Josh Powell or Etan Thomas guarding Dwight. Those two players got absolutely destroyed and frankly should not be in the game; if they are, Atlanta will get pounded in those single coverage match ups.
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Slightly off topic, what do you expect Dwight's usage to be in the playoffs? Not that there are necessarily better options, but I question how effective their offense can be when four guys stand around and watch Dwight. Seems like there is no reason not to get him the ball in more creative ways (PNR, diagonal dives, maybe even in the high post with quick re-post options).
The H2H doesn't mean a TON since it's not as though that filters for when Jason is paired on Dwight, but: http://bit.ly/ij350L
Basically over his career Dwight is putting up 16.5/12.4 on 57.3 TS and 3.5 to/g vs Jason Collins. Dwight's career averages over that span are 18.2/12.9 on 60.5 TS and 3.1 to/g. So, Dwight's scoring, rebounding, and efficiency go down and his turnovers go up. Still a super star but not an MVP.
I think Dwight is competent enough vs the 2nd rung of defenders to go 1on1 every single time. I mean, he absolutely carved up the non-Zaza/Jason defenders. He had a 40.0 USG in G1, and I wouldn't deviate from that. It's hard to funnel any MORE offense than that, but I'd try.
Dwight Howard is destroying the Hawks. I don't know how his game two sample will play out, but he just put his third foul on Collins and is 7-9, 11-15 FTs... Demon! Robot! Alien!


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Yeast cells can select bud sites in either of two distinct spatial patterns. a cells and alpha cells typically bud in an axial pattern, in which both mother and daughter cells form new buds adjacent to the preceding division site. In contrast, a/alpha cells typically bud in a bipolar pattern, in which new buds can form at either pole of the cell. The BUD3 gene is specifically required for the axial pattern of budding: mutations of BUD3 (including a deletion) affect the axial pattern but not the bipolar pattern. The sequence of BUD3 predicts a product (Bud3p) of 1635 amino acids with no strong or instructive similarities to previously known proteins. However, immunofluorescence localization of Bud3p has revealed that it assembles in an apparent double ring encircling the mother-bud neck shortly after the mitotic spindle forms. The Bud3p structure at the neck persists until cytokinesis, when it splits to yield a single ring of Bud3p marking the division site on each of the two progeny cells. These single rings remain for much of the ensuing unbudded phase and then disassemble. The Bud3p rings are indistinguishable from those of the neck filament-associated proteins (Cdc3p, Cdc10p, Cdc11p, and Cdc12p), except that the latter proteins assemble before bud emergence and remain in place for the duration of the cell cycle. Upon shift of a temperature-sensitive cdc12 mutant to restrictive temperature, localization of both Bud3p and the neck filament-associated proteins is rapidly lost. In addition, a haploid cdc11 mutant loses its axial-budding pattern upon shift to restrictive temperature. Taken together, the data suggest that Bud3p and the neck filaments are linked in a cycle in which each controls the position of the other's assembly: Bud3p assembles onto the neck filaments in one cell cycle to mark the site for axial budding (including assembly of the new ring of neck filaments) in the next cell cycle. As the expression and localization of Bud3p are similar in a, alpha, and a/alpha cells, additional regulation must exist such that Bud3p restricts the position of bud formation in a and alpha cells but not in a/alpha cells.
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All Bedrooms at this pet friendly hotel are uniquely furnished and designed with special signature features in keeping with different areas of the hotel. With a choice of either the luxurious elegance of the Manor house or the tranquil setting of the Garden Wing, all rooms offer a bright, modern outlook with a variety of decor to suit all tastes. For those extra special occasions the hotel offers sumptuous four poster bedrooms, which include stylish roll top baths and mullion windows. Many rooms also boast calming views over St Cyr's Church and the hotel's quintessentially English gardens.
Enjoy unpretentious fine dining in the Cotswolds. Henry's restaurant at Stonehouse Court Hotel combines the classic charm of the 17th Century Manor with a relaxed, contemporary and informal style. Relax with a pre-dinner cocktail on the terrace or in the lounge before enjoying local, seasonal ingredients, simply cooked to perfection. The menu is Modern European with Eastern influences. An extensive wine list has been carefully chosen to offer the perfect accompaniment to your meal and knowledgeable staff are on hand to offer suggestions.
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o provided customer service to 18 TDA units and 5 PSDR units, one of the largest customer service bases in USAREUR with over 22,800 customers including USAREUR and V Corps Headquarters o served with distinction as HRNCO in Headquarters Platoon and oversaw the day to day operations of the human Resources section for the 308th Military Police Company o helped develop and implement a unit wide sick call and tracking system which is now a Task Force standard o as the unit S-1 NCOIC, utilized external resources to enhance and improve the overall effectiveness of the Rest and Recouperation (R & R) tracking system to include each of the 308th housing units within the Detention Facility In Parwan (DFIP) o always ready on short notice to assist in Common Task Training, weapon qualification, driver and escort train-up and Sergeants Time Training o his improved R&R tracking system enabled each housing unit to track their soldiers leave departures and returns so that they could plan accordingly and for see any shortages ahead of schedule o effectively managed all HHC orderly room operations, directly impacting the company's readiness and ability to accomplish the mission o assisted in the creation of the NCO evaluation report, medical, award, and promotion tracking modules o developed and implemented a plan that successfully transitioned the Mail Distribution Center to NCRCC without missing a delivery o developed tracking modules that made it possible to easily transfer current posture to our relief o key to the creation of the only leave by housing unit tracker that exists on the LSA which allowed the Guard Force Commanders to manipulate their DA-6 in real time in accordance with daily manning changes o personally ensured each one of his Soldiers were intimately familiar with the purpose, employment, and operation of all Data Systems within the HR Arena o competence and close attention to detail proved to be an asset in cross-level training for each soldier increasing the S1's effectiveness by 50% o productively ensured the completion of over 453 Family Separation Requests while deployed with zero deficiencies o created and enforced a strict accountability of all administrative documents within the S1, ensuring prompt and reliable service for over 800 Soldiers in the Battalion HR Sergeanto reviewed and processed over 1300 pay transactions, 100 personnel actions (RECLASS, Bonus, transfers, RET, Separations, DNR, promotions) o task oriented and detail minded; completes assignments to the fullest while staying focused to make sound and thoughtful decisions Administrative NCOICo organized and prepared the unit for redeployment and reintegration into central region upon completion of their 15 month deployment with zero loss of accountability o coordinated and pushed the daily status report and the JPERSTAT with excellent accuracy o maintained administrative data for 76 soldiers assigned to Delta Battery from 3 different services o refused mid-tour leave and contributed hundreds of hours of off-duty time to ensure all tasks were accomplished on time o selected as Financial Obligation Officer, ensured all funds accounted for and spent in accordence with regulation o served as acting Battalion Senior Human Resource NCO, trained 4 new Battery Admin NCOs and ensured battalion operations countinued o processed 120 Red Cross Messages in support of deployed members o Kept the Commander up to date with Personnel Accountability o pushed 355 troops forward, fully equipped and administratively prepared Human Resources Specialisto coordinated and pushed the daily status report and the JPERSTAT with unprecedented accuracy o stepped up to take on extra responsibility and duties; helped office meet their goals as a team o put in long hours, and, although junior in rank, continues to manage our most critical programs o reviewed more than 3,000 Medical Evaluation Board packets, led section with the highest number of reviewed packets, while maintaining accuracy o learned required payroll systems and processed three pay documents generating high unit morale o transferred all the Battalion's 201 files to iPERM filing system within 30 days of arrival; increased productivity o diligently processed required all administrative paperwork in a timely manner, facilitated the promotion of her fellow Soldiers o exceeded her responsibility for accounting and reporting for 93 Soldiers, twice daily o completed 100% accurate alert roster for the unit; improved accountability of Soldiers exponentially o trained and mentored a Soldier to assist with unit personnel and administrative actions to support the mobilizations of five units o deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and 222d Broadcast Operations Detachment o compiled and maintained 100% accountablility of all member's personnel records including cross-leveled Soldiers as the unit prepared for deployment o selected over 9 of his peers to act as Bn mail room clerk, a duty outside his MOS, maintained 100% accountability o supervised the Company's efforts to get all its Soldiers through the Kuwait gateway and in and out of Iraq o assisted in the DEMOB of 22 UICs; equipment evaluated, repaired, and stored, ready for immediate redeployment o tracked and processed all unit leaves while maintaining a 90% manning rate o coordinated with active and Reserve component agencies to achieve great success o completed 5 Mobile Postal Missions to austere locations, across unsecured terrain, resulting in 100% mission completion o organized and provided Public Affair coverage for multiple Brigade-level Change of Command ceremonies and 3 major command events o established the Pass and Leave program within the BCT, coordinating the flow of Soldiers in and out of theater o processed over 1,000 End of Tour awards for all of DSTB and attached units, meeting 95% on time o devoted over 500 hours to checking DCS checklists for all units, ensured accuracy of over 3000 DCS checklists o embodied the Warrior Ethos by placing the mission first at all times and completing all admin requirements prior to deployment o put in long hours with few days off, and although junior in rank, continues to manage our most critical projects o cleared 275 Soldiers through the Soldier Readiness Center o completed over 75 additional duty memorandums o prepared for and assisted in inspections of S-1 section so that they were in compliance with regualtions Schools NCOo established the Brigade's first Schools and DTMS programs o managed the Master Cooperative Agreement Program in addition to his regular duties o developed, implemented, and monitored a comprehensive Brigade schools allocation table o successsfully executed WLT, Seargeant's Time Training, and EFMB task training leading to 10 soldiers with WLT qualification and 4 earning EFMB o scrutinized available slots and accomplished 120% utilization of available MACOM allocations o planned and executed assignment of all schools, weapon ranges, and pre-deployment training requirements for 3 subordinate units within the Battalion o placed over 3,000 Soldiers into over 100 different Army schools o worked closely with the Chain of Command and Barracks Management to ensure all Soldiers had adequate billeting immediately upon arrival 42F - Human Resource Information System Management Specialisto tracked and processed over 150 unscheduled leaves and passes while maintaining a 99% manning rate o maintained admin and logistic requirements for 4 teams while they were downrange and while at CLDJ. o organized, stored, and maintained over 12 months worth of AIM/Mission reports from 4 different JCATs o completed over 110 leave packets for Soldiers leaving for R&R-no delays, no schedule failures o assisted with the unit's birth month audits for over 120 Soldiers, review cited as 100% accurate o helped with the distribution of over 3K pieces of mail to the unit during Operation Iraqi Freedom 42R - Band MemberNCOER Bullets for Band Members o demonstrated an expansive knowledge of vocal and instrumental music o served as vocalist and vocal soloist for the United States Army Chorus during the premier DC performance o frequently selected as soloist with the Army Concert Band and Orchestra o collaborated with smaller ensembles and professional groups to hone his skills o thrilled audiences nationwide with well-rehearsed renditions of Army standards o was recorded with the Concert Band during the performance of the Shostakovich Second Piano Concerto o enhanced the legacy of Pershing's Own with over 20 recorded titles o demonstrated exceptional dedication to his performances o her practiced dedication of over 200 hours was key to the success of the Guardsmen musical performance 42S - Special Band Membero performed as a musician in hundreds of community relations concerts and Military ceremonies around the world o served as Load Master for all unit movements and team leader of Capitol Sound |
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