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text: Rt. 1 Almyra, Ark. 72003 8 July 1976 Mrs, Victor E. Davis 2337 100 North Main Building Memphis, Tenn. 38103 Dear Mrs. Davis: I had been waiting to receive your family chart before answering your letter. There were a great many Imbeaus in early Arkansas and it is impossible for me to even guess where you may tack on or even to determine if I have the information to where you 'fit' without names, dates, places, census profile, etc. I research early Arkansas people as a hobby and it seems fairly certain that all of the name IMBEAU and variants thereof found in this area of Arkansas are descended from Jean Baptiste Imbeau and his wife Catherine Maetin. I know that Jean Baptiste was on the rolls of the Spanish Militia at Arkansas Post as early as 1780. I have not yet been able to establish where he came from. The son of this couple that I have researched extensively is Joseph who remained at Arkansas Post. I have established all his children and there does not seem to be any intermarriages with the Quapaws. Francis and Jean Baptiste, his brothers, married sisters whose mother was of the "Cances" (Kansas) Nation. Another sister of these sisters married Francis Coussot. Since you have both Coussot and Imbeau in your line you could go back to a 'same grandparents' on these lines. If you will send me the information you have, especially,important is where each generation resided as so many repetitive names one can only separate by place and wife, I will check for a connect. I doubt, however, that I presently have all the links but perhaps I can assist you. I'll try. You are welcome to come to my home and go over with me all the records I have and copy as many as you would like on this family and various connections. I am not too well organized but I have a mass of data. Until I hear further from you, Mrs. Norman W. Core


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Good evening! It's great to be with you here in Rogers.
Commander McKenty, thank you for that kind introduction and for your leadership of the Military Order of the Purple Heart. Let me also acknowledge:
I am especially honored to be speaking with you, once again. When I was appointed in 2009, I noted that the average Secretary of Veterans Affairs served about 3.5 years. So, I said, then, that we had to move quickly to get as much done as possible in the time that we had. I needed help to take on the tough issues—(1) increasing Veterans access to VA's benefits and services; (2) eliminating the backlog in disability claims; and finally, (3) mobilizing a national initiative to end Veterans' homelessness in this country. I asked for your assistance, and you gave it to me—and you continue to do so, today. I am grateful for that support.
In the four and a half years since January 2009, the leadership of the President, the support of the Congress, the advice and assistance of Veteran service organizations, like the Military Order of the Purple Heart, and a close, personal, working relationship with Secretaries of Defense Bob Gates, Leon Panetta, and now Chuck Hagel, have enabled the following significant achievements:
The challenges of the past four and a half years have been daunting, but with your support, we have kept our sights on what was best for Veterans. Today, I'd like to address three issues that have been much in the news lately—the claims backlog, mental health, and the healthcare law. On the first two issues—backlog and mental health—some have criticized VA as being uncaring and unhelpful. This is not accurate, so let me address both of them. On the healthcare law, it is crucial for Veterans to understand how it applies to them, individually, so they can exercise choice.
First, the backlog. Let me be clear—no Veteran should have to wait to receive benefits that have been earned. The claims backlog is a decades-old problem. We committed to eliminating the claims backlog—not reducing, not better managing—but eliminating it. We've said all along it would take time to solve this correctly, and we are not going to leave this for another Secretary and President to wrestle. The President wants this fixed, and we are on track to eliminate the backlog in 2015.
We started out four years ago with a plan, and we've stayed with it. First, we committed to taking care of some unfinished business—three new diseases attributed to Agent Orange exposure, primarily for Vietnam Veterans; nine new diseases associated with Gulf War Illness; and service-connected PTSD for combat Veterans from all our wars. Doing these "right things" for Veterans of previous wars was bound to increase the total number of disability claims in our system—that only stood to reason. At the same time, we predicted that the number of backlogged claims —those older than 125 days—would also increase. We testified to these projections three years ago in announcing our decision to grant service connection.
It was the right thing to do then and the right thing to do now. But, we also promised that we would, in the meantime, develop an automation system that would help eliminate the entire backlog in disability claims. And we have done that. As mentioned earlier, VBMS—Veterans Benefits Management System—is now fielded to all 56 of our regional offices—six months ahead of schedule. We projected, three years ago, that the backlog would increase, because of our decisions to increase access, and then it would begin to recede during 2013, this year.
And that is what is underway—the backlog is now declining. In March of this year, the backlog reached an all-time high of over 611,000 claims. Today, it is just over 502,000, a drop of over 109,000 claims in roughly 140 days. By the end of this year, we expect to have eliminated most claims over a year old.
Today, VA has the lowest number of claims being processed since March of 2011. Barring any changes in entitlements, this number will continue to decline, and VA remains committed to our 2015 target of eliminating the backlog.
Now, mental health. More troops are surviving combat today, and their injuries are much more serious and complex—requiring prolonged hospitalizations—months and years of surgery, pain, recovery, and uncertainty.
As these patients depart military service, a warm handoff from DoD to VA assures them the continuity of care they must have. This is why the Secretary of VA and the Secretary of Defense have worked seamlessness issues between our two departments, personally, for four and a half years now. It is that important.
Now, many combat Veterans also carry with them the baggage of war—PTS, post-traumatic stress—which can include anxiety, increased irritability, a sense of numbness, flashbacks, and feeling depressed. Most of us are able to work through PTS on our own, with the help of strong families and other support mechanisms. Some, not all, but some of these Veterans incur the "D"—disorder. PTSD requires professional care, and people do generally get better with treatment. However, during tough economic times, as we have experienced for the past five years, any prolonged unemployment exacerbates stress, prolonging transitions for those with PTS, or treatment for those with PTSD. We want to address these issues directly—and early, before complications begin a downward spiral towards job loss, depression, substance abuse, anger management issues, breakdowns in relationships, homelessness, and sometimes, suicide.
The longest war in our history, and these higher survival rates, have sensitized us all to the mental well-being of Servicemembers and Veterans, including the need for better tools for identifying and treating their issues.
In the past, we often thought in terms of "normal and healthy," on one hand, and "mentally ill and unreliable," on the other. Such thinking created an obvious stigma against seeking help. If you were among the "normal and healthy," you didn't seek professional help for mental or emotional issues, because just seeking help moved you over into the "mentally ill and unreliable" category. And, once there, you had little chance of going back.
Today, we know that mental wellness is an issue for many people, and that we all, at times, could use some professional counseling in dealing with life's difficulties. So, at VA and DoD, we make it easier for Veterans and Servicemembers to get treatment without being ostracized for seeking help.
Bottom line: PTS, PTSD, TBI, and even depression—any Veteran dealing with these issues is not damaged goods. What is needed are jobs and education and quality healthcare—a shot at joining the middle class to help rebuild our economy. Through the strong leadership of President Obama and the support of the Congress, we continue to improve access to mental health services. The President's budget requests between 2009 and 2014 increased VA mental health funding by nearly 57 percent. For FY 2014, the VA budget requests nearly $7 billion [$6.974] for mental health.
Mental health staff levels have also increased to keep pace with Veterans' needs. A year ago, the President issued an executive order directing the hiring of 1,600 additional mental health professionals. Since then, VA has exceeded that goal by hiring over 1,660 clinicians. We have also hired more than 490 peer support specialists towards our year-end goal of 800.
In June, the President hosted a National Mental Health Summit at the White House to focus on the need to work together to demystify the issues surrounding mental health, especially overcoming the stigma associated with treatment. The White House followed up with a conference several weeks ago, focusing specifically on the mental health needs of Veterans and military families.
At VA, we know that when we identify and treat, people get better. So, to increase "identification and treatment," we are collaborating with local agencies and community partners. In the next two months, VA will host 151 local mental health summits at each of our VA medical centers, broadening the dialogue between clinicians and stakeholders. The first was held last month in San Francisco. Two summits will be held here in Arkansas—in Fayetteville on September 4th and in Little Rock on September 12th.
We are also partnering at the local level on 24 pilot projects with federally-qualified community health centers in nine states to get the most out of our resources. By collaborating, we also seek to reduce the stigma against using available mental healthcare which we offer.
One of our most successful efforts is our Veterans Crisis Line. DoD knows it as the Military Crisis Line—same number, same trained VA mental health professionals answering the phone, 24 / 7, at no cost to DoD—an example of our partnering to deliver optimal care to those in crisis. Since start-up in 2007, the Veterans Crisis Line has answered over 890,000 calls from Veterans in need. Most importantly, 30,000 of those callers were rescued from suicides in progress because our mental health providers were standing by to help. Chatting and texting appeal to those who are comfortable with technology. So, in 2009 we added an on-line chat service, and in 2011, a texting service. Since then, we've engaged almost 108,000 people in on-line chats and another 10,000 by texting. Our crisis line webpage is averaging about 37,000 visits per month. If Veterans who need help are engaging with us, we stand a good chance of averting crisis.
Finally, let me touch on the healthcare law that's about to go into effect. Veterans have put their lives on the line for this country, and deserve to know and understand what this law means and what choices you have:
As I mentioned earlier, last month was the 60th anniversary of the signing of the armistice in Korea. A short story from the Korean War: "Jerry" Murphy grew up in Pueblo, Colorado. After finishing high school in 1947, he went straight to college and graduated four years later. Then, as now, the Nation was at war, and so right after graduation, Jerry Murphy joined the Marine Corps. In a few short months, he was in Korea commanding a platoon in combat.
In February 1953, Murphy's platoon was held in reserve while the rest of his company attacked a heavily fortified hill. During the assault, most of the company's officers and NCO's were killed or wounded. The battered company was leaderless on the hilltop and taking more casualties.
Murphy immediately seized the initiative and led his platoon up the hill. Arriving on the objective, Murphy found that the numbers of dead, dying, and wounded were significant. Rallying his fellow Marines in the midst of a raging battle, Murphy began evacuating the wounded—carrying many of them himself—while organizing a withdrawal under fire. He manned a machine gun to cover the withdrawal, and then led a small group of volunteers back up the hill to recover more dead Marines. Wounded twice, he refused medical attention until he had accounted for every Marine and led his rescue party to safety.
Murphy was the last man to leave that bloody hilltop. For voluntarily risking his life to serve his fellow Marines, 2Lt Jerry Murphy was awarded the Nation's highest award for valor—the Medal of Honor—but his record of service didn't end there.
Jerry Murphy went on to serve with VA for 23 years—as a counselor and director of Veteran services in New Mexico. After retiring from VA, he chose, again, to serve Veterans for another eight years as a volunteer at the Albuquerque VA Medical Center—the one now named after him.
Before he died in 2007, Jerry Murphy asked that he be buried, not in his dress blue uniform, but in his VA volunteer's jacket. Jerry Murphy was first and last a selfless servant, dedicated to the well-being of others. It was his devotion to fellow Marines that led him to that hilltop in Korea. But he didn't stop serving others or being a hero, when he left that hilltop—he lived the rest of his life that way. The same shared sense of humanity that drove him up that hill—time and again—in search of fellow Marines, also motivated his years of service to Veterans.
VA's accomplishments will always be delivered by our good people, who work hard, every day, to do the right things for our Nation's Veterans. We have this in common—VA and the Military Order of the Purple Heart—good people serving Veterans.
God bless those who serve and have served our Nation in uniform. And may God continue to bless this great country of ours.
Thank you.


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SANDY, UT -- The LA Galaxy fell 3-1 to Real Salt Lake on Saturday thanks to a pair of second half goals from RSL forward Olmes Garcia.
LA and RSL traded first half goals from Khari Stephenson and Landon Donovan.
A few game notes:
*The LA Galaxy are now on a two game losing skid, but three in all competitions.
*Marcelo Sarvas is suspended for the Portland Timbers match on June 18 due to yellow card accumulation.
* Juninho made his 101th appearance for the Galaxy.
*LA Galaxy goalkeeper Carlo Cudicini was unavailable due to a coaches decision
*18,962 were in attendance for the match.
SALT LAKE CITY -- The LA Galaxy take on Real Salt Lake in a vital match at Rio Tinto Stadium as they look to rebound from their 5-0 defeat to the New England Revolution. For a few links, matchups to watch and a predicted lineup, check it out below.
*Robbie Rogers is continuing to round into form and may play a major role against Salt Lake.
*Gyasi Zardes is contiuning his development and the match against RSL is likely to be the latest step.
*Read LAGalaxy.com's Larry Morgan preview.
*Lastly, my Three Points to the game.
MARCELO SARVAS vs. JAVIER MORALES
The most important battle of the match. Sarvas -- and Juninho -- must contain Morales, who has been on a tear as of late with two goals and two assists in six games.
NED GRABAVOY vs. SEAN FRANKLIN
Grabavoy is one of the trickest players in MLS and he'll pose a major challenge for Franklin, who must shut down the midfielder.
TOMMY MEYER vs. ROBBIE FINDLEY
Meyer will have his hands ful with the speed of Findley, who scored a goal and an assist in RSL's victory over San Jose last week.
Cudicini; Franklin, Meyer, DeLaGarza, Cochrane; Donovan, Sarvas, Juninho, Stephens; Zardes, Villarreal
LA Galaxy defender Omar Gonzalez went 90 minutes as the United States defeated Jamaica in a dramatic 2-1 victory.
Brad Evans scored a dramatic game-winning-goal in the second minute of stoppage time, just three minutes after Jermaine Beckford scored the equalizer for Jamaica negating a 30 minute goal by U.S. forward Jozy Altidore.
Gonzalez drew rave reviews for his aerial prowess as he repeatedly was able to snuff out Jamaican attacks with timely clearances.
The highlights of the match can be seen below...
Courtesy of LAGalaxy.com videographer Paolo Ferrari, a preview of the LA Galaxy's match with Real Salt Lake
Check it out below...
Robbie Keane marks all-time appearance record with a hat-trick for Ireland against the Faroe Islands
It was a record setting day for Robbie Keane.
With the start against the Faroe Islands, Keane became Ireland's all-time appearance leader with 126 bypassing former teammate Shay Given.
Keane wasn't done there; however, as he scored three goals as Ireland defeated the Faroes 3-0 in their pivotal World Cup qualifier. The hat-trick was the LA Galaxy captain's second at the international level and gives Keane, Ireland's all-time leading scorer, a total of 59 international goals. According to the Irish FA, Keane is now fifth all-time among European goalscorers and 15th in the world.
The Irish now find themselves in third place in UEFA Group C level on points with second place Austria, but behind on goal difference. Ireland have four qualifying matches remaining as they look to earn that vital second place finish, which will place them in a playoff for a spot in the 2013 World Cup.
Ireland wraps up the international period on June 12 against defending World Cup champion Spain in New York at Yankee Stadium.
This what scoring a goal for Ireland feels like! #LiveFAI #IRLFRO twitter.com/FAIreland/stat…
— FAI (@FAIreland) June 7, 2013
Walters, Keane, McGeady and Cox celebrate our second goal #LiveFAI #IRLFRO twitter.com/FAIreland/stat…
— FAI (@FAIreland) June 7, 2013
Match shot - Keano celebrates his 59th international goal!! #COYBIG #IRLFRO #126Caps twitter.com/FAIreland/stat…
— FAI (@FAIreland) June 7, 2013
U.S. Under-20 head coach Tab Ramos named his 21-man squad for this summer's U-20 World Cup in Turkey and the LA Galaxy -- and the Galaxy Academy -- are well represented.
LA Homegrown Players forward Jose Villarreal and right Oscar Sorto were named to the squad, but they will be joined by several former members of the club's Academy in center back Javan Torre and forward Mario Rodriguez. In total, there are nine players from the state of California, five of which are from Southern California
The U-20's are coming off a disappointing 1-3-0 showing at the Toulon Tournament in France, but the tournament tune-up will likely be far from the team's mind when they begin the U-20 World Cup against Group A rivals Spain on June 21. The U.S. will then take on France on June 24 and Ghana on June 27 to round out group play. A complete quote sheet from Ramos explaining his decisions can be found here.
The complete roster is below.
GOALKEEPERS: 1-Cody Cropper (Southampton FC; Maple Grove, Minn.), 12-Kendall McIntosh (Santa Clara; Santa Rosa, Calif.), 21-Zach Steffen (FC DELCO; Downington, Pa.)
DEFENDERS: 13-Eric Miller (Creighton; Woodbury, Minn.), 3-Juan Pablo Ocegueda (Guadalajara; Riverside, Calif.), 5-Shane O'Neill (Colorado Rapids; Boulder, Colo.), 18-Oscar Sorto (LA Galaxy; Los Angeles, Calif.), 4-Caleb Stanko (SC Freiburg; Holly, Mich.), 14-Javan Torre (UCLA; Santa Monica, Calif.), 2-DeAndre Yedlin (Seattle Sounders; Seattle, Wash.)
MIDFIELDERS: 16-Kellyn Acosta (FC Dallas; Plano, Texas), 10-Luis Gil (Real Salt Lake; Garden Grove, Calif.), 8-Benji Joya (Santos Laguna; San Jose, Calif.), 15-Mikey Lopez (Sporting Kansas City; Mission, Texas), 6-Wil Trapp (Columbus Crew; Gahanna, Ohio)
FORWARDS: 20-Daniel Cuevas (Santos Laguna; Sacramento, Calif.), 17-Danny Garcia (North Carolina; Dallas, Texas), 7-Victor Pineda (Chicago Fire; Bolingbrook, Ill.), 19-Alonso Hernandez (C.F. Monterrey; El Paso, Texas), 9-Mario Rodriguez (1. FC Kaiserslautern; North Hollywood, Calif.), 11-Jose Villarreal (LA Galaxy; Inglewood, Calif.)
CARSON, Calif. – Robbie Rogers has been busy this week. Not because of interviews or media spots, but because he's feverishly trying to work back to full fitness and become a major contributor on the LA Galaxy.
Rogers has made three appearances in all competitions since joining the Galaxy last month, but as LA prepares for this Saturday's match against Real Salt Lake, the 26-year-old midfielder feels like he's poised to turn the corner, in terms of fitness and his general soccer skills.
"I've been doing fitness every day since we got back, so it's good to be home this week and get some proper training in. It's really important for me," Rogers told reporters on Thursday. "[My touch] is feeling a lot better. I don't have to watch it all the way to my foot now; I just feel it and go. That's a great feeling. Just running with the ball as well, I feel more comfortable."
Following last Sunday's crushing 5-0 defeat to the New England Revolution, Rogers is eager to get in gear and start to contribute to the Galaxy.
"It does motivate and make you hungry. It's like come on, I know that we can do better than this and I know that I can do better this and I know that I can help this team. That is exciting and that is why I wanted to work so hard this week so I can definitely push myself forward and I think that everyone feels the same way about themselves."
In the latest edition of View from the Booth, Cobi Jones and Joe Tutino analyze the LA Galaxy's clash with Real Salt Lake.
Check it out below.
CARSON, Calif. – The reports linking the LA Galaxy to Mexican international Giovani Dos Santos have been the main talking point across MLS over the last 24 hours.
On Wednesday, a report by ESPN Deportes stated that the Galaxy had offered an $8 million a year deal to the 24-year-old Dos Santos, who is still under contract with Spanish second division side Mallorca. The Los Angeles Times chimed in with their own piece on the rumors on Wednesday evening and linked LA's reported pursuit of the midfielder to the club's record television deal with Time Warner Cable.
Following LA's training session on Thursday, LA Galaxy head coach and general manager Bruce Arena addressed the report.
"We, as usual, don't comment on players until we sign them and...players under contract. You don't talk about players that are under contract," Arena told reporters.
LA midfielder Landon Donovan, who has plenty of battles with Dos Santos' Mexico while with the U.S. National team over the years, knows just how talented the dynamic attacking midfielder is.
"I think that he's a fantastic player," said Donovan. "Certainly, he's hurt us many times with the U.S. team as far as talent goes, there's not many players that I've played against that are that talented. We'll see what happens."
Donovan was quick to acknowledge that he's "heard a lot of rumors" during his time with the Galaxy, but he admits that signing a Mexican star could be very important to the Mexican community in Southern California.
"In this community, it would be really important," said Donovan. "It's been quite a while since this team has had a Mexican player, I think. It would be pretty cool, but let's not put the cart before the horse."
Thoughts on Arena and Donovan's comments? Do you think Giovani Dos Santos will suit up for the Galaxy?
Share your thoughts below.
The LA Galaxy and Real Salt Lake are a pair of the premier club's in MLS and in the Western Conference, but their approaches to success are drastically different.
I took part in this "Point/Counterpoint" segment with RealSaltLake.com's Sam Stejskal on the approach that the two teams have.
LA Galaxy Insider Adam Serrano
ARGUMENT: LA may target stars, but aren't afraid to build from the ground up.
Yes, the LA Galaxy are the team of Robbie Keane, Landon Donovan, Omar Gonzalez, Robbie Rogers and, formerly, David Beckham. But if you think that the Galaxy are simply a team of glittering stars then you're missing the point.
All MLS teams, including LA and Real Salt Lake, operate within the same salary cap constraints and roster limitations, but it is how a team manages those rules that will prove how successful they are. RSL's prudent spending approach has worked for them, but Galaxy head coach and general manager Bruce Arena's own method is a tad more complicated, but just as balanced.
The Galaxy does boast two Designated Players in Keane and Donovan, and if reports are to be believed then they may be after a third in Mexican star Giovani Dos Santos. Signing talented marquee names has been a major pillar of the team's mission statement since the league's inception, but it doesn't stop there. LA's squad is also littered with young players as just eight of the club's 29 players are over the age of 25. At the forefront of this youth movement are LA's four Homegrown Players (Jack McBean, Jose Villarreal, Gyasi Zardes and Oscar Sorto), each of whom have made the game day roster this year.
Yes, investing in marquee names is important to the Galaxy as they look to stay at the forefront of the league, but as important to LA's master plan is developing the young talent rich soccer hotbed of Southern California. This season, the Galaxy have given significant opportunities to McBean, Villarreal, and Zardes, who in turn have shown flashes of the talent that may make them successful in the professional ranks.
This balance of youth and star power has been on full display this year as Arena has thrown most of his Homegrowns as well as his recent draft picks into action as LA look to win an unprecedented third straight MLS Cup. Whether or not this approach will pay dividends come the winter months remains to be seen, but LA's youngsters have already tasted success in 2013, after all, they did defeat RSL 2-0 during their last trip to Rio Tinto using a youth-laden lineup.
Will the Galaxy ever stop signing Designated Players or being linked with some of the game's biggest names? Not a chance. However, just as unlikely is LA's willingness to invest in young talent and polish a few hidden gems along the way.
After all, you need a complete squad to win a championship, not just few big names.
Sam Stejskal of RealSaltLake.com
ARGUMENT:RSL's model is more nuanced than LA's star-driven roster development
Regardless whether or not that report is true – and there are signs that indicate it isn't – it's not hard to imagine the Galaxy offering Dos Santos that kind of dough. They've certainly splashed that sort of cash before – see David Beckham and Robbie Keane, amongst others – and giving that big money to Dos Santos would make sense. The Barcelona product is young, has an impressive pedigree and would be a big draw with the millions of Hispanic fans in Southern California.
The fact that a report like that is at least somewhat believable is a good marker of the different worlds that Real Salt Lake and the Galaxy operate in. Yes, both teams have won MLS Cups since 2009, both have been fixtures near the top of the Western Conference table over the last five years and both deal with the same salary cap and roster constraints as every other team in the league.
But you'd never see a report claiming that RSL offered Dos Santos – or anyone else, for that matter - $8 million to come to the Wasatch Front. For better or for worse, the Claret-and-Cobalt has to do things differently than the Galaxy. There's just not as much money to play with. In order for RSL to enjoy the sustained success it has since before it won the 2009 Cup, the technical staff has had to create and maintain an innovative – at least for MLS – tactical system. They've had to find diamonds in the rough in the domestic and international markets. And when Jason Kreis, Garth Lagerwey and Co. pays big money – though not "big" by LA's standards – for a player like Javier Morales or Alvaro Saborio, they can't afford to miss.
To be clear, both RSL's and LA's models work. The two teams have won three of the last four MLS Cups and one method isn't necessarily any better than the other. But one model – and I trust you know which one I'm talking about – does require a little bit more work, a little bit more thought and a whole lot less room for error.
Who do you agree with? Which approach is best?
Share your thoughts below.


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Hamels set for '14 debut against Greinke
Phillies lefty looks to buck trend of rough first starts
Phillies left-hander Cole Hamels has enjoyed some fine times at Dodger Stadium, and he hopes they continue on Wednesday night.
He has been on the disabled list because of left biceps tendinitis, but he is set to make his season debut against Dodgers right-hander Zack Greinke. The Phillies reinstated Hamels from the 15-day DL on Wednesday and optioned righty B.J. Rosenberg to Lehigh Valley.
Hamels is 3-0 with a 2.22 ERA in four career starts at Dodger Stadium, including two postseason starts, although he has not pitched here since the 2009 National League Championship Series. But he also is 1-4 with a 9.55 ERA (23 earned runs in 21 2/3 innings) in his first start of the season over the past five years.
Something has to give.
"I don't want those Opening Day results," Hamels said. "They haven't been too pretty the past couple of years. I'm looking to make amends."
But even if Hamels pitches well, the Phillies will have to get to Greinke, who is 3-1 with a 2.45 ERA in five appearances (four starts) against them.
Phillies: Finally feeling good
From the beginning of the 2012 season through Tuesday's game against the Dodgers at Dodger Stadium, the Phillies had just five days when they did not had an everyday position player or member of their five-man rotation on the DL.
It happened July 18-22, 2012, a brief stretch after Roy Halladay finished a stint on the DL and before Placido Polanco was injured.
When Hamels is activated, that will by day No. 6.
Dodgers: Hanley in a slump
Shortstop Hanley Ramirez entered Tuesday with just one hit in his previous 17 at-bats over five games.
It coincides with last Wednesday's game against Giants pitcher Ryan Vogelsong, who hit Ramirez with a pitch on his left hand. Ramirez is a free agent after the season, and the Dodgers would like to see him healthy an entire season before they get serious about a contract extension.
"He's not swinging the bat like a guy whose hand is hurting," Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said. "He's just a touch off. I tell him I think it's the beard. He doesn't buy it.
"He said he's seeing the ball good. The contract doesn't seem to be it. If it is, I haven't heard anything about it. ... There's been no talk about it. I don't think that's it. He knows how good he is. Is he a tick gun shy? I don't know. I think it's just going to be one pitch or one swing and he'll go off."
Worth Noting
• Cliff Lee struck out 10 Dodgers and walked none in eight scoreless innings in Monday's 7-0 victory. He is one of just two pitchers with a 30-1 strikeout-to-walk ratio or better over a 10-start span since 1990. Since Sept. 6, 2013, Lee has 92 strikeouts and three walks for a 30.7 K/BB ratio. From June 20-Aug. 7, 2001, Greg Maddux had 52 strikeouts and one walk.
• In a scoring change from the Dodgers' April 13 game against the D-backs, a sixth-inning error charged to Ramirez is now a hit for Chris Owings.
Todd Zolecki is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Varsity Scout Program
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Varsity Scouting is a program for young men who are at least 14 years of age but not yet 18. It provides options for young men who are looking for rugged high adventure or challenging sporting activities and still want to be a part of a Scouting program that offers the advancement opportunities and values of the Boy Scouts of America.
Varsity Scouts are members of a Varsity Scout team chartered to a community organization, such as a church or service club. It is led by a youth Varsity Scout team captain and an adult leader called a Varsity team coach. The coach is supported by an adult committee, made up of parents and members of the chartered organization. It is a stand-alone unit, chartered independently of a Scout troop, but the chartering procedure is essentially the same.
The team may be divided into squads, and each squad elects a youth squad leader.
Varsity Scouting has five fields of emphasis. A youth member, called a program manager, is responsible for each of the five fields of emphasis and works with an adult member called a program adviser from the team committee to coordinate each phase of the program. The five fields of emphasis are:
- Advancement
- Varsity Scouts use the same advancement program as Boy Scouts. They can also receive the recognitions offered through such programs as the Fifty-Miler Award; Mile Swim, BSA; etc.
- High Adventure/Sports
- This program field of emphasis includes high adventure and sports and is supported by 27 program features.
- Personal Development
- Varsity Scouting promotes growth through spirituality, leadership abilities, citizenship, social and cultural attributes, and physical fitness.
- Service
- The emphasis is on service, with the intent that it become integral to one's daily experience. Projects are conceived, planned, managed, and carried out by individual Varsity Scouts and/or the Varsity Scout team.
- Special Programs and Events
- Varsity Scouts take an active part in special programs and events at district, council, regional, and national levels.
Varsity Scout Letter
Main article: Varsity Scout Letter
The Varsity letter may be earned by youth and adult members. The youth requirements are:
- 1. Be a registered Varsity Scout team member.
- 2. While a team member, actively participate in or accomplish at least one high-adventure program or sports program to the satisfaction of your Varsity Scout coach.
- 3. Have an attendance record at team meetings and practice sessions of at least 75 percent for three consecutive months.
- 4. Satisfy the Varsity Scout coach that you know and live by the Scout Oath and Law.
At the completion of each sports season or ultimate adventure, each participating Varsity Scout will receive a medallion to wear on the letter.
Denali Award
Main article: Denali Award
The Denali Award is available only to a Varsity Scout team's youth members who have already earned the Varsity Scout letter. Denali is the name American Indians gave Mount McKinley, in central Alaska. The requirements for the award are:
- 1. Be a registered Varsity Scout team member.
- 2. Advance one rank toward Eagle. If you are already an Eagle Scout, earn a Palm.
- 3. Hold leadership positions in a Varsity Scout team for at least six months.
- 4.a. While serving as team captain or a program manager, act as primary leader on at least two activities. Program managers should choose activities in their field of emphasis. Team captains may be primary leaders of activities in any of the five fields of emphasis.
- 4.b. While serving as a program manager or team captain, demonstrate shared leadership skills by participating in supportive roles in activities in each of the three remaining fields of emphasis.
- 5. Satisfy the team captain that you know and live by the Varsity Scout Pledge.
- 6. Complete a progress review.
The traditional Boy Scout uniform with a "Varsity" identification strip above the right pocket and with blaze orange shoulder loops is worn for formal occasions. Many teams design their own T-shirt for outdoor activities.
Scout Oath
Varsity Scouts will use the Scout Oath.
- Program Features
- Three volumes of program features support the high-adventure/sports program field of emphasis.
- Each program feature contains resource materials that will prepare a team for an ultimate adventure or sports season. The high-adventure areas are backpacking, canoe camping, caving, cycling, discover America, fishing, freestyle biking, frontiersman, mechanics, orienteering, rock climbing and rappelling, snow camping, survival, and whitewater canoeing. Each feature contains approximately three months of program.
- The sports program features contain basic rules, techniques, and strategies for basketball, bowling, cross-country skiing, roller hockey, shooting sports, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, triathlon, volleyball, and waterskiing.
- Varsity Scout Guidebook. The Varsity Scout Guidebook is used by adult leaders and youth in Varsity Scouting.
- Boy Scout Handbook. The Boy Scout Handbook contains information devoted to Varsity Scouts and supporting the Varsity Scout program.
- Troop/Team Record Book. The Troop/Team Record Book is used to record member information, rank advancement, and financial records.
- Varsity Scout Leader Fast Start. The Varsity Scout Leader Fast Start video supports the orientation of new Varsity Scout leaders.
- Varsity Scout Leader Fundamentals. This is a three-part training program for training adult Varsity Scout leaders.
- Varsity Scout Roundtable Planning Guide. The Varsity Scout Roundtable Planning Guide supports the programs outlined in the program features.
- Varsity Scouting, BSA Fact Sheet 02-923E (2006 Edition)
External links
- Varsity Scouting on The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) National Council site.
- Varsity: Advancement and Awards on the Great Salt Lake Council site.
- Varsity Scouting (Boy Scouts of America) on the Wikipedia site.
- Varsity (1984-present) on the "A History of Senior Scouting Programs in the BSA" site.
- Venture/Varsity (1989-present) on the "A History of Senior Scouting Programs in the BSA" site.


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Btw, do people here actually care that much about phones? I mean, I still have a 2004 Siemens phone and am happy with it. All I need it to do is make phone calls and put notes in the organizer I never gave a crap about Android, Meego and whatever.
Btw, do people here actually care that much about phones? I mean, I still have a 2004 Siemens phone and am happy with it. All I need it to do is make phone calls and put notes in the organizer I never gave a crap about Android, Meego and whatever.
How would KDE pay them? Novell's been absorbed and who knows how that will end up in the long run so that really just leaves RH and they are committed to Gnome.
Although I am sad to hear about this since competition is good, I was really hoping Android would be put on Nokia's awesome hardware. If anyone can make a android an iphone competitor hardware-wise its nokia.
I'll be interested in seeing where Qt goes over the next few years. I imagine KDE will take it and try to develop it, but I think Intel is going to move in a different direction
(seriously, these companies need to pick a product and STICK with it-- you can't develop a decent platform in a year unless you contribute MASSIVE number of people and you get lucky--both Intel and Nokia seem a bit impatient). Good luck to them. Now they'll get to see what gnome has had to do since they had no single company responsible for it's stack. This is also why gnome/gtk would be much harder to kill. Then again maybe enough KDE can draw enough people to both maintain Qt, innovate, write KDE and make it all usable.
dumb move from nokia to tie themselves to the loser platform.
at least they could had done like samsung, which has android phones as their most popular phones ever, but also has bada phones and also release a wp7 phone too "just in case".
Well lets see what happens, am pretty sure the new management will see that they started worse than the old management.
its such a loser platform and company
it runs 80+% of clients
about 50% of servers " if you include virtualiation" likely 20-35% without.depends on who you ask.
It is all over the place on embeeded devices like scan tools.
They have a phone OS
The have Xbox.
I think the losers are the people bitching and whining.
Something lots of people seem to be forgetting is that smartphones are only a small part of Nokia's sales/lineup. They are definitely not going to die if they lose ground in that market. Even if they lose all sales in the 'western' world, they probably could still turn a profit.
Also, Nokia does have some decent bargaining chips for negotiating with Microsoft: MS wants to improve its mobile OS, Nokia has both experience and hardware it can use (MS needs them more than they need MS). So its plausible that they've got enough flexibility (or get-out-of-hell-free cards :P) in the contract that they can still work on MeeGo and get it to a point where they're happy to bring it into the mainstream (then do so). I'm fairly sure they'll keep Symbian for their low end models, too (they said a while back that the N8 would be the last high-end phone to run Symbian, but the cheaper hardware would still use it).
I don't like this move, and am concerned about what its results could be, but I'm not gunna start digging any graves just yet.
Oh, and I recommend against boycotting Nokia phones as a whole, I actually suggest buying certain models -- the ones with OS's you want to see more of . Its a much clearer vote regarding what you want them to do. Eventually they'll get the hint if they see a peak in sales whenever they chuck MeeGo on something. Might take a few years and changes in boardmembers, but it'll happen.


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Boiling flow is an example of phase transition initiated by raising the temperature of a liquid above its saturation temperature. It is possible to accomplish this in many ways; in this example by applying an external heat flux to a solid surface in contact with the liquid.
There are three distinct regimes that characterize boiling induced by a heated surface: nucleate, transition, and film. The boiling regime depends on the excess temperature and the magnitude of the applied heat flux to the surface. The excess temperature is defined as the difference between the temperature of the solid surface and the saturation temperature of the liquid.
This model shows how to solve a boiling flow problem with the Two-Phase Flow, Laminar, Phase Field physics interface.


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Cub Scout Mathematics
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with cross-references for related Cub Scout Tiger, Wolf, Bear, and Webelos requirements.
The Cub Scout Mathematics Belt Loop is an option for the Webelos Engineer and Scholar Activity Badges. |
Mathematics Belt Loop and Pin | |
Mathematics Academics Belt Loop
The Cub Scout Mathematics belt loop and pin are a part of the Cub Scout Academics and Sports Program. Tiger Cub, Wolf, Bear, and Webelos Scouts may earn this award in a Family, Den, Pack, school, or community setting. Tiger Cubs must be always accompanied by their Adult partner.
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Cub Scout Mathematics requirements | |||
Belt Loop RequirementsComplete these three requirements:
Academics Pin RequirementsEarn the Mathematics belt loop, and complete one from each of the five areas below: I. Geometry is related to measurement but also deals with objects and positions in space.
II. Calculating is adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing numbers.
III. Statistics is collecting and organizing numerical information and studying patterns.
IV. Probability helps us know the chance or likelihood of something happening.
V. Measuring is using a unit to express how long or how big something is, or how much of it there is.
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- Earning the Cub Scout Mathematics Belt Loop while a Webelos Scout is requirement 7 of the Webelos Scholar Activity Badge.
- Earning the Cub Scout Mathematics Belt Loop while a Webelos Scout is requirement 10 of the Webelos Engineer Activity Badge.
Requirement resources
A FREE workbook for Cub Scout Mathematics is available here! with the maps, charts, links, diagrams, and checklists you need! Or click here to print just the Cub Scout Mathematics requirements. | meritbadge.org has PDF and DOC versions of Boy Scout merit badge workbooks, Webelos workbooks, and Cub Scout workbooks. |
Related awards
- Tiger Cub Scout
- Tiger Cub Electives
- Tiger Elective 12. could be met while completing Cub Scout Mathematics Belt Loop requirement 1
- Tiger Elective 50. While visiting the bank, ask how interest works and calculate interest for Cub Scout Mathematics Pin requirement II.3
- Engineer Activity Badge requirement 10. (earn the Cub Scout Mathematics Belt Loop while a Webelos Scout)
- Family Member Activity Badge requirement 4 (Plan your own budget for 30 days. Keep track of your daily expenses for seven days.) could be partially met with Cub Scout Mathematics Belt Loop requirement 2.
- Scholar Activity Badge requirement 7. (earn the Cub Scout Mathematics Belt Loop while a Webelos Scout)
- Cub Scout Computers Pin requirement 4 could be used to complete Cub Scout Mathematics Pin requirement III.4
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One of the most serious side effects of long-term corticosteroid use is accelerated osteoporosis. Although we don't fully understand how this works, corticosteroid interference with calcium and vitamin D is known to play a major role.
Calcium and vitamin D supplements are definitely beneficial for fighting ordinary osteoporosis ; in addition, there is good evidence that they also protect against osteoporosis brought on by corticosteroids. 1 A review of 5 trials enrolling a total of 274 participants found that calcium and vitamin D supplementation significantly prevented bone loss at the lumbar spine and forearm in corticosteroid-treated individuals. 2 For example, in a 2-year double-blind placebo-controlled study of 130 individuals, supplementation with 1,000 mg of calcium and 500 IU of vitamin D daily actually reversed steroid-induced bone loss, causing a net bone gain. 3
Aloe and licorice are two herbs sometimes used topically for skin problems. Preliminary evidence suggests that each one might help topical corticosteroids, such as hydrocortisone, work better. 4,5
There are theoretical reasons (but little direct evidence) to believe that individuals taking corticosteroids, such as prednisone, might be protected from some side effects by taking DHEA at the same time. 9,10
Long-term, high-dose corticosteroid treatment can cause diabetes. This may be at least partly caused by chromium deficiency. A very preliminary study found treatment with corticosteroids caused increased loss of chromium in the urine. 11 Another preliminary study found that individuals with corticosteroid-induced diabetes could improve blood sugar control by taking chromium supplements. 12
Long-term use of corticosteroids, whether orally, or possibly, by inhalation, can slow a child's growth. One animal study suggests that use of the supplement creatine may help prevent this side effect. 15
The supplement ipriflavone is used to treat osteoporosis. A 3-year, double-blind trial of almost 500 women, as well as a small study, found worrisome evidence that ipriflavone can reduce white blood cell count in some people. 13,14 For this reason, anyone taking medications that suppress the immune system should avoid using ipriflavone except under physician supervision.
When taken by mouth, the herb licorice appears to enhance some actions of oral corticosteroids, but interfere with others. 6-8 Because of the unpredictable nature of this interaction, individuals using oral corticosteroids should avoid licorice.


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NBA Legends 2nd Edition: DONE (DROPPING DOWN)
Moderators: Mr. Crackerz, JREED, Guybrush, hobbes
Last call. In 24 hours we start the draft so anyone else who wants in, you have 24 hours
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Just to make things clear, we'll make another legends one, not current players, right?
I'm saying so because the legends one will be pretty similar to the one we did last year, while the current players might differ more. |
This is a legends redistro.
We can have a current players redistro but the way we did it last time was to pick players to form a team in the offseason BEFORE the season, thus like a prediction of what would happen by the following season's end migya make the ring fall on ya |
Yeah, I'm just saying that the current players one would be somewhat different than the one we did last year (lots of players have been disappointing and wouldn't even be picked, while others would make it, and even in high rounds), while the legends draft won't have many changes. I mean, nobody has achieved legend status overnight... No prob, tho. We might do another one later if enough people is interested. |
We can do that other draft.
Legends draft will be a bit different and should be fun migya make the ring fall on ya |
Yeah, the only things I can see changing is that Lebron will probably move up a few picks, Chris Paul will probably move way up the list, and Dwight Howard will at least be picked. |
Are we still doing the thing where we pick three seasons of his career? Cause that would hurt D. Howard considerably.
Nah, I don't have the time or connections with whatifsports to do the simulations anymore.
Should we agree now to just do the drafting based on how good they were around their peak? |
Sure, I'd be cool with that.
Those simulations sucked anyway.
We can do a deep comparison of teams by using their best season for one comparison and then career averages or production over a three to five year period (the best three to five year period of each player ofcourse) as well. We can ask other posters on here and other sites for their opinion and get a general consensus even. Either way, it is an interesting activity, especially to see the different eras and how we rate them by players picked. I still don't think Chris Paul goes higher, he shouldn't have been picked last season (no offense JPat) because he just hadn't done enough and was too new. He could be picked in this draft but I really think that players that have only played a few seasons (like three to five) have to have played at a very high level and for the whole time, like Lebron and to a lesser extent, Wade (his rookie season was not great by any stretch) migya make the ring fall on ya |
I agree Chris Paul shouldn't have been drafted last time. I think Dwight Howard gets drafted this time because he's gone from a future star to one of the five leading MVP candidates this year. |
Still, he is only a superstar this season and hasn't been for any other, so you get only one legend like season from him, not enough for him to be included in this migya make the ring fall on ya |
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I'm not going to explain it again, go through this thread and the other "redistro of legends thread" that we did last season (it is still on the first page of the Warriors forum) and you wil understand. Also, you are new here so if you want to be part of this if you have to commit to being here every day because the draft will take a few days to do and we can't have any hold ups. If you want in, go and read up on what this is and come back and say you want in in less than 7 hours time because that is when I'll get the draft order and we start this draft migya make the ring fall on ya |
Actually guys since it is New Year's eve and I'm going out to celebrate in a few hours, we'll do this tomorrow, so in about 30 hours, so not 24 hours from when I said so at the top of this page but 48 hours
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Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital Launches Community Fundraising Campaign
In March 2012, the Board of Trustees of the Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital Foundation announced the kickoff of the community fundraising campaign to rebuild Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital.
Nearly 200 community leaders attended the kick-off reception at the Bacara Resort & Spa. The event included an announcement that The Wood-Claeyssens Foundation of Santa Barbara has provided a $1 million Challenge Grant, which means that community contributions will be matched dollar for dollar up to a total of $1 million.
Building Well. Being Well. The Campaign for the New Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital has a goal of raising $14 million to fund the rebuild project.
The new, two-story hospital will total 152,000 square feet. Plans include more than doubling the size of the Emergency Department and expanding both the Surgical Services Department and the Center for Wound Management. The new facility will include 52 beds and will improve patient comfort by providing all private rooms.
After four decades of providing quality, highly personalized care to Goleta and surrounding areas, we now have the opportunity to completely rebuild Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital. The new hospital will provide enlarged emergency care and surgical capabilities, an expanded Center for Wound Management, and a more efficient, patient-centered design to ensure medical excellence close to home for generations to come. Importantly, the new GVCH features a flexible design to accommodate future growth.
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Designed to complement the patient care programs of Cottage Health System, GVCH will be enhanced by the replacement of the medical office building located on the hospital campus.
All hospitals in California must be rebuilt or renovated to be able to withstand a major earthquake. Although the state is requiring the work, it is providing no funding to help hospitals reach this deadline goal originally set for 2013.
The rebuilding project is unfunded by any local, state or national agency. Funds to pay for the rebuild will come from hospital operations, tax-exempt bonds and community donations.
Community leaders Donald Anderson and William Peeples are campaign co-chairs of the fundraising effort, assisted by Susan Deacon and Thomas Frutchey, serving as co-chairs of a 12-member Campaign Cabinet. A 19-member Honorary Cabinet is adding its support to the effort.
We appreciate the community's interest and encouragement and invite your participation in Building Well. Being Well. The Campaign for the New Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital.
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Former Portuguese language graduate of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, Lt. Gen. Kenneth P. Keen, Military Deputy Commander of U.S. Southern Command, visited the Institute Feb. 24. While at the Presidio of Monterey, Keen observed Spanish and Portuguese language classes.
"A tremendous amount has changed; the most apparent is the technology they use today. I think that it obviously enables learning quicker. The students are much smarter than I certainly was, and I think the experiences that I see, in particular with officers coming here, (knowledge) is much broader than what I had," said Keen, commenting about his use of an audio-cassette tape recorder and flash cards when he was a student.
"Our military overall appreciates what this Institution provides from a cultural training aspect, obviously as well as the language aspect. I think the awareness of our military, and the Army in particular, (in terms of) what this Institute provides to our servicemen and women and our missions that we are doing around the world, is much greater today than when I was a student in 1977," he said.
Keen was in charge of U.S. forces in Haiti shortly after the earthquake struck Jan. 12, 2010. Realizing that language was a crucial skill needed in order to facilitate relief, Keen was able to have 500 U.S. forces with Haitian-Creole language skills reassigned to the relief effort. One language-enabled servicemember was assigned per platoon, which was an "incredible benefit" and contributed to the success of the SOUTHCOM operation, said Keen.
DLIFLC provided more than 65,000 Language Survival Kits (LSK) to SOUTHCOM for servicemembers use during the relief effort in Haiti. LSKs are pocket-sized booklets with useful phrases and vocabulary, accompanied by audio CDs, and cover up to 12 different topics, ranging from Civil Affairs to medical terminology. LSKs are available in more than 60 languages.
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Close the IMF
January 9, 2007 | Posted by Staff under Uncategorized |
Our Voices Are Embarrassing IMF Fatcats
$18 Billion for IMF Bailouts? Taxpayers Say "Not So Fast"
Here's a recent update on the Clinton Administration's request for $18 billion in "emergency" funding for the IMF by U.S. taxpayers. Amendments to the bill in the Senate would make the IMF more accountable; in the House of Representatives, an anti-reproductive rights amendment to the bill is likely to ruin its chances — strange bedfellows, eh!
Your voice is being heard. Keep asking your representatives whether they favor closing or reforming the IMF. You're having a positive impact!
Following the below news story is an editorial, from an unknown source, criticizing IMF policies.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Senate Appropriations Committee approved compromise legislation Tuesday to fund and reform the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
The package, which includes $18 billion for the IMF and sets out specific reforms for the lending agency, was approved by a vote of 26-2.
In a snub to the United Nations, the committee did not include funding to pay for U.S. arrears to that world body. Committee chairman Ted Stevens, an Alaska Republican, welcomed the vote and urged the Senate to move quickly on the package.
But Sen. Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, said the compromise package would change the way the IMF did business.
"The impact of these reforms will be clear and far- reaching," McConnell said, adding that some provisions may not have the support of the Treasury Department. "I can already hear Treasury's lament."
The bill includes several reform conditions, calling on the IMF to be more open to Congressional audits and reviews. It will also urge countries that receive IMF aid to treat domestic and foreign creditors more equally and comply with international trade rules. It requires regular reports by the U.S. Treasury secretary on IMF operations.
The vote boosted President Clinton's drive for $18 billion to replenish IMF resources, drained by three rescue packages last year in Asia totaling more than $100 billion. But IMF funding still faces hurdles in Congress that could prove insurmountable.
In the House of Representatives, Republicans have vowed to attach anti-abortion measures to IMF and U.N. funding. The abortion issue killed funding for the IMF last November and could derail it again this year because it would drive away Democrats and invite a presidential veto.
The Appropriations Committee's bill now advances to the Senate floor for consideration.
LaborTalk: The IMF Bailout Hustle
By Harry Kelber
You don't have to be an expert in international finance to figure out that there's something fishy in the behavior of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) when it offers to help a country in a deep economic crisis. The IMF has been financing bailouts in Indonesia, Thailand and South Korea with a whopping $100 billion or more to rescue them from financial chaos. But to receive these funds, these Asia countries have to subscribe to a series of dictated terms which, in effect, put them under IMF's economic trusteeship.
The IMF economic program imposed on a borrowing nation is a tight- fisted one which appears both logical and necessary, even though it impoverishes working people and places its middle-class in jeopardy. Here are some of the basic elements of that program and their rationale:
- Reimburse the foreign speculators who invested their money in commerical and financial enterprises that went sour. For the future of the country, it's important to attract foreign investors by minimizing their risks.
Increase interest rates. That's a good way to promote savings and investments, both foreign and domestic, even though it might raise the cost of food and consumer goods for the population.
Shut down or privatize government-owned industries and institutions that require subsidies for their continued operation. Any country steeped in debt cannot afford to finance unprofitable enterprises.
Develop an "austerity" budget. A country must learn to live within its means, especially a chronically debtor one. That requires cutting down or eliminating costly social programs.
Reorganize the industrial system to increase productivity and profitability. It may require depriving hundreds of thousands of workers of a livelihood, but that is the price that has to be paid for past investment blunders and self-enriching policies of the nation's government officials.
We Americans can recall something of the IMF bailout of Mexico. The Clinton administration keeps bragging that the investors were repaid; the U.S. Treasury got its money back with interest, and more investment started coming back to the country.
But what has happened to the Mexican people? Since the Mexican bailout in 1994, some 2,000,000 workers have lost their jobs. The purchasing power of real wages has declined by a shocking 40 percent. About 25,000 small businesses have had to shut down and the country's middle class has been seriously squeezed.
Although the IMF is a voluntary organization of 182 member countries with an executive board and a management structure, its policies and activities, in actuality, are controlled by the U.S. Treasury and, to a lesser extent, the major financial ministries of the European Union and Japan.
In economic affairs, the IMF functions virtually as a super- government, playing a significant role in influencing the financial policies of nearly 75 underdeveloped nations around the world, with a combined population of 1.4 billion.
Not even the experts are sure how the Asian financial crisis and bailouts will play out and the effect it will have on U.S. workers, but we should be wary of the IMF's role.
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William J. Bruns Jr.
Revision Date:Apr 24, 1997Publication Date:Dec 04, 1989Discipline:AccountingSource:Harvard Business School |
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A specialized manufacturer of brass valves, pumps, and flow controllers is troubled by competitive pricing in pumps and higher than expected margins for flow controllers. Managers suspect that cost accounting and cost allocations to products may be to blame. Two volume-based systems are described and illustrated.
learning objective:
To encourage students to develop activity-based costs for comparison and then decide which system is most useful to company managers.
subjects covered:
Activity-based costing; Competition; Cost accounting; Cost allocation; Cost analysis; Cost systems; Management; Pricing; Profitability analysis; Value chains
- Geographic: Florida
- Industry: Primary metals
- Event Year Begin: 1989
- Event Year End: 1989