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Opinion: 'Failure Is not an Option -- History Would not Forgive Us'
France's president argues that the current global economic crisis was created by a system that has drifted away from the basic values of capitalism. At the G-20 summit, he wants a reform of international financial systems, additional economic aid and speedier crisis management.
Thursday in London, for the second time in only five months, the leaders of the world's top 20 economies will be meeting to seek a joint response to the unprecedented global economic crisis that we are going through.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy:
The world expects that we speed up the reform of the international financial system. The world expects that we rebuild, together, a new form of capitalism, better regulated, with a greater sense of morality and solidarity. This is a precondition for mobilizing the economy and achieving sustainable growth.
This crisis is not the crisis of capitalism. On the contrary, it is the crisis of a system that has drifted away from the most fundamental values of capitalism. It is the crisis of a system that drove financial operators to be increasingly reckless in the risks they took, that allowed banks to speculate instead of doing their proper business of funding growth in the economy; a system, lastly, that tolerated a complete lack of control over the activities of so many financial players and markets.
Measures Are Starting to Take Effect
At the Washington summit last November, we agreed on the four principles that would guide our response to the crisis:
- the need for enhanced coordination and cooperation,
- the rejection of protectionist measures,
- the strengthening of regulatory systems in financial markets,
- and a new global governance.
What has been achieved to date? On the first two points, we have made a good deal of progress. We have managed to hold off the specter of protectionism, which, as history has taught us, inevitably compounds existing difficulties. Likewise, all nations have injected massive support for their economies, engaging in ambitious stimulus programs, while those countries that, like France, offer their citizens a high level of social protection have also significantly increased their levels of crisis-related welfare spending. Overall, taking into account all of these measures of support, the world's leading economies have made comparably gigantic efforts in response to the crisis. These measures are only now beginning to take effect and produce tangible benefits, but we must be ready to do even more if circumstances require it.
This is the principle I will be defending in London: to do everything necessary for world growth.
This week, however, we must also attach the same level of priority and sense of urgency to making progress on the issue of regulation of financial markets. World growth will be all the stronger for being sustained by a stable, efficient financial system and by the kind of renewed confidence in the markets that will enable resources to be better allocated, encourage lending to pick up again and allow the return of the flow of private investment capital toward developing countries.
The Washington Summit enabled the establishment of several basic principles regarding regulation that must now be put into practical effect. We decided that in the future not one financial player, not one institution, not one product would be beyond the control of a regulatory authority. This rule must be applied to credit rating agencies, but it should also apply to speculative investment funds and, of course, to tax havens.
On the latter point I want us to go very far indeed, adopting a resolution that clearly identifies these tax havens and sets out in detail both the changes we expect them to introduce and the consequences that will ensue, should they fail to respond accordingly. I may add that I am pleased to observe that the debate on tax havens initiated by the Washington Summit has already begun to bear fruit, in particular in Europe, where several countries have recently announced their intention to introduce legislative changes in response to the expectations of the international community.
I also hope that we will make progress with our joint reflection on the necessary reform of the required disclosure standards and levels of prudential oversight for financial firms. The current regulations failed to prevent abuses. They even made the crisis worse. I shall be putting this aspect to the fore, since sadly in many countries it has not been getting the attention it deserves.
With regard to the reform of global economic governance, it is my long-standing belief that we must offer much more space to emerging nations, in keeping with their real weight and with the responsibilities I would like to see them taking on. This holds true for all international bodies, but especially so for international financial institutions. I am particularly pleased by the expanded membership of the Financial Stability Forum. We must go even further in the future.
Looking beyond the London Summit, in my view there will remain the task of pursuing a process of renewal throughout the entire multilateral system. I shall be making some proposals in this regard over the coming months.
Support for the Poorest Countries
I would also like to emphasize the need, the absolute necessity, for us to offer our support to the poorer nations. They are the victims of this crisis. Some now face the real risk of seeing their considerable efforts in recent years toward achieving the U.N. Millennium Development Goals be completely nullified, if we do not show solidarity. A few days ago I was in Africa. While there, I stated my belief that the destinies of Europe and the African continent are inextricably linked. We will be ready and willing to stand by Africa and by all developing nations in difficulty, on every continent.
I remain convinced that the world can emerge from these troubled times stronger, more united and with a greater sense of solidarity than before, provided we have the will to do so. I am fully aware that we cannot achieve radical change overnight, that there is still a long way to go and that there may well be a need for other meetings, after London, in order to implement the reforms undertaken. I am certain, however, of the need to achieve practical results already this Thursday in London. Failure is not an option; the world would not understand it and history would not forgive us for it.
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Quantifying the impact of human mobility on malaria
Wesolowski, Amy, Eagle, Nathan, Tatem, Andrew J., Smith, David L., Noor, Abdisalan M., Snow, Robert W. and Buckee, Caroline O. (2012) Quantifying the impact of human mobility on malaria. Science , 338, (6104), 267-270. (doi:10.1126/science.1223467 ). (PMID:23066082).
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Human movements contribute to the transmission of malaria on spatial scales that exceed the limits of mosquito dispersal. Identifying the sources and sinks of imported infections due to human travel and locating high-risk sites of parasite importation could greatly improve malaria control programs. Here, we use spatially explicit mobile phone data and malaria prevalence information from Kenya to identify the dynamics of human carriers that drive parasite importation between regions. Our analysis identifies importation routes that contribute to malaria epidemiology on regional spatial scales
Item Type: | Article |
ISSNs: | 0036-8075 (print) 1095-9203 (electronic) |
Keywords: | animals, cellular phone, communicable disease control, culicidae/*parasitology, humans, kenya/epidemiology, malaria, falciparum/embryology/prevention & control/transmission, plasmodium falciparum, prevalence, |
Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine T Technology > T Technology (General) |
Divisions: | Faculty of Social and Human Sciences > Geography and Environment |
ePrint ID: | 344486 |
Date Deposited: | 25 Oct 2012 08:25 |
Last Modified: | 27 Mar 2014 20:26 |
URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/344486 |
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A new Ventura County Grand Jury report suggests the county could improve the accuracy of vote counting, and save money if it switched to an entirely vote by mail process. The Grand Jury looked at the overall voting process, with an emphasis on the benefits, and pitfalls of voting by mail. The report notes that mail ballots received at the last minute are processed after election day, and suggests a public information campaign to try to get voters to send in ballots earlier. It also suggests that with multiple types of ballots to count, it led to unnecessary errors in vote counting in the November, 2010 election. The vote by mail process includes signature verification between the ballot, and registration roles. Because signature verification isn't required if you vote in person, the report says going completely vote by mail would improve accuracy, as well as lead to big costs savings because there would be no need to set up hundreds of voting precincts. The report also says a number of polling places in the last election wern't set up properly, with improper or inadequate signage, and a lack of required privacy in the setups for voters casting ballots.
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Report from Lake Worth -- there's no shortage of noise up here! Or at least there wasn't Friday night when I drove to the quaint hamlet to see 13-year-old Nick Klein (or Prodigy, as he dubbed himself for the evening) and his infamous local cohorts. As promised the eclectic and mercifully brief "Tribute to Keith Moon" at Lake Worth's tiny bastion of experimental art terrorism, Downtown Books and CDs on Lake Avenue, included absolutely no reference of any kind to the Who. No good drumming, either.
Bookstore owner and New Times subject Kenny 5 ("The Art of Noise," July 6, 2000) touted the event as "an experience Lake Worth will have never known." The town has come to know and fear Mr. 5 and his collection of odd, noise-producing "instruments," including the 'lectric surfboard, 'lectric wood, and his favorite, the 'lectric grease pan.
The Keith Moon tribute (an in-joke, obviously: nothing about the night had anything to do with Moon, even peripherally) was the tenth and final installment in Kenny's series of "Sounds of the Future" performances at its current venue. Evidently the city became uptight after he hosted a mid-January "punk-rock pizza party" that attracted about 150 kids to the bookstore. The city boasts an outdoor space for public performances -- the Cultural Green -- but Kenny knows his type of show wouldn't go over too well in such a venue. "They'd come and shut me down in a couple seconds," he complains. To avoid future hassles at his store's recently purchased new digs -- the building next to Lake Worth's drive-in theater -- Kenny has decided to put the kibosh on the live loudness. He does desire to team up with Rat Bastard, his brother-in-noise to the south, and haul some of his sonic fury down to Churchill's Hideaway in Miami from time to time.
The young Klein has watched Kenny wreak aural havoc at the store for the last year or so; he seemed thrilled to be staging his own event there. Slightly pudgy, tousle-haired, and sporting some impressive muttonchops-in-training, he held court behind a most unKeith Moonish kit: in lieu of a proper throne, he used an old chair. He also played around with a sampler and a turntable, which he manipulated rather clunkily.
Guggenheim Awardwinning, black turtleneckwearing, chiseled physique sporting dancer-choreographer Demetrius Klein (Prodigy's proud papa) contorted and twisted amid it all. The elder Klein, surely one of Lake Worth's artiest citizens, frequently collaborates with Kenny 5 and thus has a high tolerance for din. On this night he needed it.
Young master Klein's pal George Bechtel -- who uses the handle 8 Inch Gazing Ball -- coaxed the evening's most interesting sonic textures from a collection of effects pedals, walking a line between feedback and sheared-off melodies. The terror with a Telecaster broke off some chunks of raw noise and played with them in true avant-experimental fashion.
As Prodigy threw down a slightly-less-than-sick party beat, Bechtel's accompanying squall of feedback cleared the front row -- including eight-year-old Kelly Jo, who had begun the night with a not-very-noisy cover of Tammy Wynette's "I Don't Want to Play House." As Kenny explained, "I was trying to pull off my equivalent of Nico for Lake Worth." Just a few weeks ago, Kenny discovered the precocious tyke singing Wynette covers on the street in front of her house. Tonight, however, Kelly Jo appeared genuinely distressed as soon as the ruckus began and was escorted (hands over ears) from the building by her father.
The two dozen patrons who braved the rest of the show were treated to Joe Canepa's gradual construction of a large painting against the store's rear wall. Hooded figures slowly emerged from the swirl of gray, pale pink, and sea green against the black canvas. Having no way of knowing, we wondered if this is the sort of thing that happens every night in Lake Worth.
Klein père continued his handstands, headstands, and balancing on one leg in the center of the room. The store seemed to shrink even more at that point, and I felt uncomfortable with his crotch pointed at my face. When I averted my eyes, I looked down, and a used Trixter CD stared back at me! I shrieked instinctively.
Some "songs" began with looped rhythms, but they soon faded, leaving Prodigy to steer the boat on his own -- right onto the rocks, unfortunately. After he shifted into only-slightly-less-jarring tribal pounding, he enlisted his dad to hold a large piece of sheet metal and invited audience members to bash it, Kodo style, as well. This metal-smacking resulted in some toothy cacophony, but it wasn't until Kenny 5 broke out his famed 'lectric surfboard (a sawed-off board with strings and pickups affixed to it) that the results lost any remaining vestige of melody and truly lived up to the billing "an evening of noise."
Immediately after the performance, Mr. 5 orchestrated a question-and-answer session in which some hapless soul actually asked the kids if they'd rehearsed! (Dude, Keith Moon never rehearsed!) Prodigy asked the crowd what they thought, soaked up the smattering of applause, and that was it. The youths' "suave sounds" inspired Kenny, who sees Klein and Bechtel as noise pioneers ready for the accelerated program at Skronk Academy. "When I was 13, I didn't have a clue," he said. "I was listening to Ted Nugent."
The Class of Aught-One may want to take it upon itself to investigate the output of a San Franciscobased industrial/noise group by the name of Sharkbait that operated during the last half of the 1980s. The tribal bang-'n'-clang, sheet metal torture, and guitar bondage are awfully similar to the young pair's. If the kids have never heard Sharkbait's Feed Our Frenzy or Blowtorch Face-Lift albums, they sure sound as if they have.
Outside the bookstore after the performance, Nick Klein, the aspiring compliment-fisherman, again asked us what we thought of the show. After our polite grunts of affirmation, he reiterated, almost embarrassed, "I'm the prodigy."
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By Jay Jaffe | Baseball Prospectus
The most boring standoff in baseball history continues. Manny Ramirez and Scott Boras still seek a four- or five-year deal worth at least $100 million working in a bleak financial landscape that has teams looking to cut costs while other players prepare to settle for lesser deals than they'd have received via arbitration. Dodgers GM Ned Colletti hasn't budged beyond an initial two-year, $45 million offer (plus club option), posturing with All-Star form at Boras' failure to dignify his advances with a response.
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- Aug. 25: Alex Gordon's Royal problem
- Aug. 24: Billy Wagner can help Boston
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- Aug. 19: Pujols and the Triple Crown
- Aug. 18: The Nats' path to relevance
- Aug. 17: The re-education of J.J. Hardy
Week of Aug. 10
- Aug. 14: Misfiring young guns
- Aug. 11: Helton and the Hall of Fame
- Aug. 10: Alex Rios' value to the White Sox
- Aug. 10: Ryan Braun and position changes
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The kobo book reader app is quite good. Edited by skuzzbag at 21:27:24 20-05-2013 |
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@Maturin Can you? I cannot see where you do that. Unless it hasn't updated to the latest version but it's got the new look like the store. |
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@DrDirtyDog https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ro.weednet.contactssync https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.syncme.syncmeapp Try one of these. I use Haxsync on my Xperia Z but you have to pay for it. |
@Maturin I've just checked it out and you have to upload either PDF or epub [but not mobi] to the google site and then refresh in the menu, in the app, to download them. I'm hoping it converts the pdf to read like the google books but I bet it doesn't. |
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I found SwiftKey a bit better than swipe(that SwiftKey just wanted to predict as 'stupid'. Lol.) The prediction and corrections have been more accurate and dynamic for me, if dynamic is the right word to use. I dunno. Been looking at some of the launchers to, most of them are the boring square grid, square icons boringness. Smart launcher and ss launcher seem the most unique. Would love to use ss launcher but apparently can't get better fonts without rooting and the flower on smart doesn't support folders (as far as I discovered.) |
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Active Soccer The best Sensi/Kick Off-inspired game since Sensi and Kick Off itself! Unfortunately, it's hampered by touchscreen controls as usual, but with practice it's a very good game. It's made by the guys who made Throw In on PC, and this is trying to get crowdfunded for a PC version, which I will buy in a heartbeat. It's on both Android and Iphone. EDIT: oh, and Chris H�elsbeck made the soundtrack! Edited by OnlyMe at 10:33:02 26-05-2013 |
At least it works for some people. Didn't work on Xperia Play. At all. Instantly crashed on opening. I think it's fixed now, but given it isn't very good and takes up quite a lot of system memory without letting you move it to SD Card, I think I'll pass. When I bought the new Daft Punk album, I had to go to Google Music on PC, manually download it track by track (no full album option), then move all those files to my phone. I love the Play Store for a lot of stuff, but not music purchasing. |
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Well, well... I suppose you CAN find interesting news items on Drudge's site. This one in particular caught my attention:
Aliens could attack at any time!
UFO sightings and alien visitors tend to be solely the reserve of sci-fi movies.
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Megan McArdle is busy attacking strawmen in the gay marriage debate. She suggests it would be unwise to assume it won't impact on straight marriage, listing various examples of previous marriage-related things that people assumed wouldn't affect marriage but which have – easier divorce, social security for unmarried mothers.
However, she ignores the fact that all her examples directly affected individuals' economic incentives to get married or not to get married, whereas allowing gays to marry does not affect the economic incentive for heterosexuals. There has so far been no convincing argument that there will be any impact on straight marriage.
Meanwhile, US police are sending undercover college graduates undercover into high schools to entrap classmates into selling them weed. At which point, the classmates are arrested and jailed. This outcome is a shame: it would be better if at this point the classmates pummelled the evil ratting cheating bastard to death.
In other news, George Bush has committed an impeachable offence, and Stephen Pollard is a wanker who invents almost as much anti-semitism as Melanie Phillips. Speaking of the latter, her husband Joshua Rozenberg seems to have problems understanding how the Internet works, as well as the Indian visa system…
(informed by Peter C, Vice Squad, someone, and England Project)
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It's actually a private security firm, not the police, doing the sting. Which perhaps makes it even worse. Can't they arrest the person trying to buy it?
On Bush, doesn't he realise that if you invest pension funds into the equity markets you get a piece of paper (in fact not even that sometimes these days) rather than a chunk of a factory?
On Rozenberg, are you sure it is him? It's scarcely believable that an experienced legal correspondent would use the argument — "it's legal in America so why wouldn't it be legal in India". Is it?
McArdle's argument is simply an arch-conservative standpoint – never change anything, because you cannot predict what might happen. Don't abolish slavery, allow women the vote, stop children going up chimneys because of the unknown terrors that may lurk in change. It doesn't really hold water and, as you say, contains more straw men than a scarecrow convention.
As for Joshua Rozenberg, I have some sympathy with Matthew. Surely the guy can't be *that* stupid. Surely.
"Don't abolish slavery, allow women the vote, stop children going up chimneys…" Ah, the road not travelled, eh?
Re allowing gay people to marry and economic incentives: as ever, depends on the priors. Given that the direct material benefits have been in decline for decades anyway (probably most of all because women have greater independence), a lot of its value is probably because of some prestige value – making a relationship "proper." If the social consensus was that marriage had been cheapened by allowing gay people to join the club, then the value of membership for all will decline.
Now I suspect (understatement) that you and me would disagree on whether the wider public will give a shit. But changes to who is allowed to participate must have some consequence on the perceived benefits of participation.
But changes to who is allowed to participate must have some consequence on the perceived benefits of participation
That was what they said about the MCC and it's still there.
"If the social consensus was that marriage had been cheapened by allowing gay people to join the club…" There is no consensus on this point. I think that marriage is currently cheapened by being an unfair and discriminatory institution. Blimpish's argument boils down to "gays shouldn't be allowed to marry because most people think that they shouldn't", which again is a pretty compelling argument for slavery, etc.
Indeed. It seems just as plausible that allowing people who obviously desperately want to get married to get married will actually enhance the institution, particularly compared with, oh say an upper-class man marrying a 19yr old girl merely because she is a virgin and that's what his uncle Dicky told him to do (or was it his guru Laurens?), and who then proceeded to continue his affair with another married woman throughout the marriage, might have done.
Either way if the debate on gay marriage is now only down to whether allowing two men to get married will damage the institution in the minds of some marginal people I think it's basically been won. Empirically I would offer the comment that legalising gay sex doesn't seem to have hurt the popularity of heterosexual sex.
You might notice the argument was expressed neutrally (Larry, you'll note the "If" at the start of your quote) – you could equally argue that most people would see gay people being married and increase the valuation placed on marriage. I'd say there'll be a bit of both – the question is whether there's a balance of costs and benefits. So, Dsquared, fair point, although marriage is probably a little more important than the MCC, so you'll forgive me if I want a bit more evidence!
Re arguments for gay marriage and slavery – amusing attempt to blacken an argument by association, but that's all. Marriage IS a social institution, after all, and one that most of us want to sustain into the future (in whichever form). As a social institution, it derives its strength from what people think of it, and that will depend on who is involved and on what terms. Participation is a privilege; non-participation isn't an infringement of human rights (otherwise, perhaps the Government guarantee to provide us all with a spouse?). So, to be denied the opportunity to marry is hardly a denial of your being, as is slavery – all the more so these days, when you can be married in everything but the law anyway. To compare the argument against gay marriage with the argument for slavery is plain daft.
That's a compelling argument, Blimpish. But does it not follow that all marriage proposals should be subjected to consideration by society as a whole, or by a panel of representative worthies? To have a blanket ban against a particular section of society for the reason you give, whilst not caring which individuals marry as long as they aren't in that section, seems like wanton discrimination.
If it is a matter of the value of marriage, surely individuals and individual couples must be assessed before they are allowed to join this prestigious club. If I believe Jack and Jill don't make a good couple (because he's forty and she's twenty-five, because he's black and she's white, because they're bound to have ugly kids, or for whatever reason), should I be able to prevent their marriage, for the good of marriage itself?
(Slogan: Ban chav marriage!)
On the impeachable offense…. This criticism is coming from the same quarters that think the US should sign up to the ICC, right? Despite the fact that that would violate the Constitution.
Besides, has he questioned the validity of the US's public debt? I thought he'd questioned the validity of using the current method long term. He's not saying that there's anything wrong with existing public debt; he's saying that continuing to use the same system will cause problems with future public debt that does not currently exist. He might be wrong, but I don't think he's broken the Fourteenth Amendment.
The phrase "There is no trust fund — just IOUs that I saw firsthand." seems to be suggesting that the IOUs aren't worth anything. I agree it's not beyond-reasonable-doubt stuff, but the natural way to interpret it is that he's suggesting that the government debt owed to the SS fund is worthless.
Not sure what DKos think about the US and the ICC, and it's far from certain that it would violate the constitution anyway. This lot, although obviously somewhat partisan, know a hell of a lot more about US law than you or I and seem to believe it would be OK…
Blimpish: your original argument was not expressed neutrally, it was entirely one sided (preceding it by "If" or "Some people might say" doesn't change this).
"Participation is a privilege; non-participation isn't an infringement of human rights." As Gregg points out, no-one would accept this as an defence if the law currently said that only white people could marry. Or maybe I'm just being daft again.
In more general terms it sounds like you'd accept (on human rights grounds) that gay people should be entitled to all the same material benefits (exception from inheritance tax for instance) as straight people, in which case we get "gay marriage" in all but name, a situation which perhaps we'd both be happy with.
Larry: on the latter point, pretty much yes. I really have no wish to see gay people losing out, not so much on human rights grounds as basic decency. (At this point, as a good Right-winger straining to appear reasonable, I'd supposed to say "some of my best friends are gay" – but even if it did matter, it isn't true.)
Re Gregg's point, only insofar as laws are always imperfect ways of trying to ensure justice, but always have bad cases to discredit them. We have marriage licences, after all. The fact that we use general rules to limit the potential marriage combinations (which we do) is more a matter of costs and benefits. And those general rules include, for example, that a brother and sister can't marry – even if they were both infertile, so the biological downside of incest isn't there.
Race isn't a simple categorical difference, certainly in biology or English law, and so is different. At any rate, race doesn't itself alter the type of partner that you're seeking to marry – if I change skin colour overnight, then I could still fancy the same girl; if I change sexuality, then she's somewhat lacking in Y-chromosomes all of a sudden.
And as for banning chav marriage, I'd agree, but I think they gave up on it years ago!
Whilst I understand your point about incestuous marriage, Blimpish, I don't think it's relevant: Incest is illegal. Homosexuality is not illegal, and unless one believes that it should be, I can't see justification for arguing that homosexual couples should be prevented from marrying. What general rules do we use to limit marriage combinations, that we do not use to limit "combinations" outside of marriage? The only remotely relevant limit I can think of is that 16- and 17-year-olds must get their parents' permission to marry, but not, legally, to have sex. I would support that principle being extended to homosexual youths if and when gay marriage is legalised.
On your second point, of course race is different from sexuality. But, again, I don't think that's relevant. If one believes that gay marriage should be prohibited because it might adversely affect marriage in general by altering the perception of this social institution, surely one must also believe other forms of marriage, and individual marriages, that may similarly affect marriage in general, should also be prohibited. Interracial marriage might have had such a negative affect, and is thus a comparable form of marriage (regardless that race and sexuality are different, unless you believe that discrimination based on sexuality is valid whilst discrimination based on race is not). The same goes for intergenerational marriages, childless marriages, marriages of convenience; the list is long.
Personally, whilst I accept that marriage is not an unalienable right, I believe it is immoral and intolerable for the state to discriminate against gay people in this way. It is more than just a case of gay people losing out – by allowing this kind of discrimination, we legitimise other instances of discrimination which can or do infringe upon peoples' human rights. That is the reason for legalising gay marriage, rather then merely offering marriage in all but name.
(Question: Only -ish?)
(In answer to your question – if not -ish, then surely I'd damn all gay people as soddomites rather than even contemplate this discussion! More generally, the "ish" has a certain vagueness to it – it makes clear my position, but gives an escape route when I come over all reasonable.)
Incest is illegal, but so too was homosexuality once. The conventional sexual ethic these days is one of total privacy between consenting adults, unless there are direct and proven harms to others as a consequence. Excepting where they can reproduce, I can't see why an incestuous relationship wouldn't be valid under that rule. If we're making laws on the basis of consistent rights principles, and we're saying that marriage is wholly about sanctifying a relationship between consenting adults, without regard to the purpose of that relationship (for example, whether it is reproductive), then I don't see why you should prevent incestuous relationships any more than homosexual relationships.
Now, as you might guess, I'm not arguing that brothers ought to be allowed to marry (which will be reassuring to my brother), but that's because I don't think this is a rights issue. Marriage as a state institution serves state purposes before private ones, and opening participation should be allowed as they contribute to those purposes (one of which is promoting stable relationships, but another is reproduction). The other cases you mention that damage marriage are fair, but much more difficult to filter out (except intergenerational marriages – but I imagine that only reflects poorly on the institution now; back in the day it was probably widely accepted). Childless marriages only offend against marriage if you think reproduction is its sole and exclusive purpose – but if you do, well the whole gay marriage question becomes a bit moot!
On the wider rights question, this is where we differ, I think. For me, we should treat people equally on the basis of who they are rather than what they do – you draw the line more broadly, because you see a greater amount of what they do as integral to who they are.
So, for me, discrimination on the basis of race is manifestly wrong, and so too would be discrminating against a man just because they are attracted to men (well, unless you're a women looking for a date, obviously). But you would see it as just as manifestly wrong to discriminate against that man for living with another man; I wouldn't.
While I don't have a problem with men living with other men, I also don't discriminate against people 'living in sin'; but I can understand that some people (not many, but some) follow moral codes that take an especially dim view of such lifestyles. You might dismiss them as religious loons, and have nothing to do with them on the basis of their actions, and openly proclaim their moral bankruptcy; but surely you should allow them to dismiss 'practising' homosexuals as sinners, and have nothing to do with them either, on the basis of their actions. Tolerance is demanded of us all in these matters; acceptance is not.
Blimpish: I think we can agree. My primary interest is in material benefits, and I'm glad you'd accept that gay couples should be extended the same legal rights (why not "human rights"?) as married straight couples. I'd be happy with "marriage in all but name" as a compromise – and it would strike me as a very hollow victory for right-wingers. After all everyone would call it "marriage" (where's the romance in "will you join me in civil union"?), and in every practical sense it would be. You might think that the legal terminology is of central importance to preserve the integrity of the institution, but for me it's not much more than a technicality, and I'd put up with it. It would be similar if the only way to get the law enacted was to allow right-wingers to add "but we don't really approve" at the bottom of the legislation: a bit annoying, but soon forgotten.


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Spring forward of woven fabric reinforced composites
Wijskamp, S. and Lamers, E.A.D. and Akkerman, R. (2002) Spring forward of woven fabric reinforced composites. In: 5th International Conference on Textile Composites, TexComp 2002, 11-13 September 2002, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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I'm trying to put a limit on the Soft and Hard connections but I don't want to ban legitimate connections. What's the safe value to put in the soft and hard?
Soft limit should be 15-20, hard limit around 30. FireFox 3 is known to use up to 20 concurrent connections.
How do I know if LS blocked some legitimate connections after I've set these values? So I can increase the limit just in case.
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Asia Minor Exploration Fund
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Admissions officers are caught in the nexus of rising costs, increasing competition, and reduced funding. As institutions face this new economic reality, pressure to close gaps opened by funding cutbacks and compete more aggressively for full-tuition students is changing the role of the admissions officer. How is your admissions office balancing these competing institutional priorities? Universities Seeking Out Students of Means Source: The New York Times Date: 9/21/11 Money is talking a bit louder in college admissions these days, according to a survey to be released Wednesday by Inside Higher Ed, an online publication for higher education professionals.
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Jennifer Lopez's Cover Shoot Gallery
Jennifer Lopez is living as big and fabulous a life as ever—she's just not letting the paparazzi watch. With a new record about to debut, she graces the cover of Glamour's fashion-filled September issue and opens up to the magazine about motherhood, marriage and the sexy style she shows off here. Click here to read our full interview with Jennifer Lopez.
SEE MOREOn what her real life is like…
"I like to maintain a certain sense of fantasy in my life. I am kind of like that at home. Do I have the full hair and makeup? No. But I might have the nice dress on."
Cardigan, Dolce & Gabbana; bra, Jenna Leigh Lingerie; earrings, Fred Leighton.
On overcoming doubt and having faith in herself…
"If you feel in your mind you can do it, you can do it. You cannot doubt yourself. Doubt is a killer. You just have to know who you are and what you stand for. You can have a great mentor, a great partner, a great love in your life who gives you confidence and makes you feel great about yourself. And that's all wonderful, but at the end of the day, if you don't believe it, all of that means nothing."
Coat, bag, Rochas; dress, Giles; hat, Patricia Underwood; necklace, Ivanka Trump Fine Jewelry; ring, Solange Azagury-Partridge.
On what husband Marc Anthony is like as a father…
"He's a passionate person, and he's the same way with his kids, and I love it. When it comes to all his kids, he's mush, whatever they want."
Robe, Jean Paul Gaultier; earrings, Camilla Dietz Bergeron; ring, Solange Azagury-Partridge; shoes, No. 21.
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An automated storage and retrieval system (ASRS or AS/RS) consists of a variety of computer-controlled systems for automatically placing and retrieving loads from defined storage locations.[1] Automated storage and retrieval systems (AS/RS) are typically used in applications where: there is a very high volume of loads being moved into and out of storage; storage density is important because of space constraints; no value adding content is present in this process; accuracy is critical because of potential expensive damages to the load. AS/RS can be used with standard loads as well as nonstandard loads.[2]
AS/RS systems are designed for automated storage and retrieval of parts and items in manufacturing, distribution, retail, wholesale and institutions.[3] They first originated in the 1960s, initially focusing on heavy pallet loads but with the evolution of the technology the handled loads have become smaller.[4] The systems operate under computerized control, maintaining an inventory of stored items. Retrieval of items is accomplished by specifying the item type and quantity to be retrieved. The computer determines where in the storage area the item can be retrieved from and schedules the retrieval. It directs the proper automated storage and retrieval machine (SRM) to the location where the item is stored and directs the machine to deposit the item at a location where it is to be picked up. A system of conveyors and or automated guided vehicles is sometimes part of the AS/RS system. These take loads into and out of the storage area and move them to the manufacturing floor or loading docks. To store items, the pallet or tray is placed at an input station for the system, the information for inventory is entered into a computer terminal and the AS/RS system moves the load to the storage area, determines a suitable location for the item, and stores the load. As items are stored into or retrieved from the racks, the computer updates its inventory accordingly.
The benefits of an AS/RS system include reduced labor for transporting items into and out of inventory, reduced inventory levels, more accurate tracking of inventory, and space savings. Items are often stored more densely than in systems where items are stored and retrieved manually.[5]
Within the storage, items can be placed on trays or hang from bars, which are attached to chains/drives in order to move up and down. The equipment required for an AS/RS include a storage & retrieval machine (SRM) that is used for rapid storage and retrieval of material. SRMs are used to move loads vertically or horizontally, and can also move laterally to place objects in the correct storage location.[6]
The trend towards Just In Time production often requires sub-pallet level availability of production inputs, and AS/RS is a much faster way of organizing the storage of smaller items next to production lines.
Material Handling Institute of America (MHIA), the non-profit trade association for the material handling world, and its members have broken AS/RS into two primary segments: Fixed Aisle and Carousels/Vertical Lift Modules (VLMs). Both sets of technologies provide automated storage and retrieval for parts and items, but use different technologies. Each technology has its unique set of benefits and disadvantages. Fixed Aisle systems are characteristically larger systems whereas carousels and Vertical Lift Modules are used individually or grouped, but in small to medium-sized applications.
A fixed-aisle AS/R machine (stacker crane) is one of two main designs: single-masted or double masted. Most are supported on a track and ceiling guided at the top by guide rails or channels to ensure accurate vertical alignment, although some are suspended from the ceiling. The 'shuttles' that make up the system travel between fixed storage shelves to deposit or retrieve a requested load (ranging from a single book in a library system to a several ton pallet of goods in a warehouse system). The entire unit moves horizontally within an aisle, while the shuttles are able to elevate up to the necessary height to reach the load, and can extend and retract to store or retrieve loads that are several positions deep in the shelving. A semi-automated system can be achieved by utilizing only specialized shuttles within an existing rack system.
Another AS/RS technology is known as shuttle technology. In this technology the horizontal movement is made by independent shuttles each operating on one level of the rack while a lift at a fixed position within the rack is responsible for the vertical movement.[7] By using two separate machines for these two axis the shuttle technology is able to provide higher throughput rates than stacker cranes.[8]
Storage and Retrieval Machines pick up or drop off loads to the rest of the supporting transportation system at specific stations, where inbound and outbound loads are precisely positioned for proper handling.
In addition, there are several types of Automated Storage & Retrieval Systems (AS/RS) devices called Unit-load AS/RS, Mini-load AS/RS, Mid-Load AS/RS,[9] Vertical Lift Modules (VLMs), Horizontal Carousels and Vertical Carousels. These systems are used either as stand-alone units or in integrated workstations called pods or systems. These units are usually integrated with various types of pick to light systems and use either a microprocessor controller for basic usage or inventory management software. These systems are ideal for increasing space utilization up to 90%, productivity levels by 90%, accuracy to 99.9%+ levels and throughput up to 750 lines per hour/per operator or more depending on the configuration of the system.
An effective automated storage and retrieval system provides several benefits for supply chain management:
- An efficient AS/RS system helps companies cut expenses by minimizing the amount of unnecessary parts and products in storage, and improving organization of the contents of a warehouse. Due to automated processes, it also allows for more storage space due to high-density storage, narrower aisles, etc.[10]
- Automation reduces labor costs while lowering workforce requirements and increasing safety.[11]
- Modeling and managing the logical representation of the physical storage facilities (e.g. racking, etc.). For example, if certain products are often sold together or are more popular than others, those products can be grouped together or placed near the delivery area to speed up the process of picking, packing and shipping to customers.
- Enabling a seamless link to order processing and logistics management in order to pick, pack, and ship product out of the facility.
- Tracking where products are stocked, which suppliers they come from, and the length of time they are stored. By analyzing such data, companies can control inventory levels and maximize the use of warehouse space. Furthermore, firms are more prepared for the demands and supplies of the market, especially during special circumstances such as a peak season on a particular month. Through the reports generated by an AS/RS system, firms are also able to gather important data that may be put in a model for it to be analyzed.[12]
Vertical lift module[edit]
VLMs can be built quite high to match the available overhead space in a facility. Multiple units can be places in 'pods' whereby an operator can retrieve items from one unit while the other units are moving. Variants include width, height, load, speed and a control system.[13]
The VLM is a board controlled automated vertical lift module. Inventory within the VLM is stored on front and rear tray locations or rails. When a tray is requested, either by entering a tray number in the built in control pad or by requesting a part through software, an extractor travels vertically between the two columns of trays and pulls the requested tray from its location and brings it to an access point. The operator then picks or replenishes stock and the tray is returned to its home upon confirmation.
VLM systems are sold in numerous configurations, which could be applied in different industries, logistics, as well as office settings. The VLM systems could be customized to fully utilize the height of the facility, even through multiple floors. With the capability of multiple access openings on different floors, the VLM system is able to provide an innovative storage and retrieval solution. The rapid movement of the extractor as well as inventory management software can dramatically increase the efficiency of the picking process. This occurs by simultaneously retrieving and storing trays in multiple units. Unlike large AS/RS systems, which require a complete overhaul of the warehouse or production line, the vertical lift modules are modularized, which can be easily integrated into the existing system, or to be rolled out in gradually over different phases.
Most common applications include: MRO, order picking, consolidation, kitting, parts handling, buffering, inventory storage, WIP, buffer storage, and many more.
VLMs provide floor space savings, increased labor productivity, improved worker ergonomics, and controlled process.
Most VLMs offer dynamic space storage which measures the tray every time it is returned to the unit to optimize space, safety features and some offer tilt tray delivery for increased ergonomic accessibility, and laser pointers which indicate the exact item to be picked on each tray.
Horizontal carousels[edit]
A horizontal carousel is a series of bins which revolve on an oval track. Every bin has shelves which are adjustable to .75" and can be configured for a myriad of standard and special applications. An operator simply inputs a bin number, part number or cell location and the carousel will rotate via the shortest path. Multiple horizontal carousels integrated with pick to light technology and inventory management software (a pod of carousels) are used for order fulfillment.
A wave of orders are sent to the pod. A group of orders are selected to create a batch. The operator simply follows the lights and pick round robin from the carousels and place items in a batch station behind them. Each carousel pre-positions and rotates when picked. By applying the "product to person" principle, operators do not have to move from their position to prepare the order.
When the batch is complete, a new batch is inducted and the process repeated until the wave is complete. Horizontal carousels can save up to 75% of floorspace, increase productivity by 2/3, accuracy levels to 99.9%+ levels and throughput up to 750 lines per hour/operator.
Horizontal carousel systems generally outperform robotic systems for a fraction of the cost. Horizontal carousels are the most cost effective AS/RS system available.[citation needed]
Robotic Inserter/Extractor devices can also be used for horizontal carousels. The robotic device is positioned in the front or rear of up to three horizontal carousels tiered high. The robot grabs the tote required in the order and often replenishes at the same time to speed up throughput. The tote(s) are then delivered to conveyor which routes it to a work station for picking or replenishing. Up to eight transactions per minute per unit can be done. Totes or containers up to 36" x 36" x 36" can be used in a system.
On a simplistic level, horizontal carousels are also often used as "rotating shelving." 'With simple "fetch" command items are brought to the operator and otherwise wasted space is eliminated.
Installed applications[edit]
Installed applications of this technology can be wide ranging. In some libraries, such as at UNR library, such a system is employed to retrieve books. Still others in use involve retrieval of bicycles from a bicycle tree, as in the case of systems in Japan.
Man-aboard systems[edit]
A man-aboard system can provide significant floorspace savings over manual or fork lift operations but is not truly an AS/RS, as the operation is still manual. Storage system heights are not limited by the reach height of the order picker, as the picker rides along on the platform as it is moved vertically or horizontally to the various storage locations. Shelves or storage cabinets can be stacked as high as floor loading, weight capacity, throughput requirements, and/or ceiling heights will permit. Man-aboard storage and retrieval systems are far and away the most expensive picker-to-stock equipment alternative, but are less expensive than a fully automated system. Aisle-captive storage/retrieval machines reaching heights up to 40 feet cost around $125,000. Hence, there must be enough storage density and/or productivity improvement over cart and tote picking to justify the investment. Also, because vertical travel is slow compared to horizontal travel, typical picking rates in man-aboard operations range between 40 and 250 lines per person-hour. The range is large because there is a wide variety of operating schemes for man-aboard systems. Man-aboard systems are typically appropriate for slow-moving items where space is fairly expensive.
See also[edit]
- Actionable information logistics
- Autonomous logistics
- Inventory management software
- Voice-directed warehousing
- Warehouse
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- ^ "AS/RS". AS/RS. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
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- ^ "Shuttle technology is taking off". Retrieved 11 February 2014.
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- ^ "Shuttle technology is taking off". Retrieved 11 February 2014.
- ^ "Stingray Shuttle Solution". TGW Logistics Group. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
- ^ "ISD - Integrated Systems Design Announces New UltraStore ASRS Provides Cost Effective Pallet, Case and Item Picking For Operations". Retrieved 1 July 2013.
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Further reading[edit]
- Frazelle, E. (2001), World-class Warehousing and Material Handling, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY.
- "Automated Storage and Retrieval System". The University of Chicago Library. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
External links[edit]
- Video of ASRS automated warehouse picking solution (DivertCode)
- Mini-load ASRS
- Mini-load ASRS
- Media related to Automated storage and retrieval systems at Wikimedia Commons


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This study was designed to examine the effect of exposure to two levels of light intensity (bright; 5000 lux, dim; 50 lux) prior to supramaximal cycle exercise on performance and metabolic alterations. The exercise was performed after bright and dim light exposure for 90 minutes. Ten male long-distance runners volunteered to take part in the study. They performed 45-sec supramaximal exercise using a cycle ergometer in a 500-lux. Mean power output was measured during the exercise. Lactate and ammonia in the blood and epinephrine and norepinephrine concentrations in plasma were measured at rest immediately after bright and dim light exposures and after the exercise. Bright and dim light exposure prior to exercise did not significantly affect the power output during the exercise. Blood glucose concentration immediately after exercise and plasma epinephrine during the resting period were significantly lower after bright light exposure compared with dim light exposure (p < 0.05). No significant difference was found in blood lactate, ammonia, or plasma norepinephrine levels after exercise following bright and dim light exposures. This study demonstrated that bright light stimulation prior to supramaximal exercise decreases glucose and epinephrine levels, but is not related to physical performance. |
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dc.description.abstract | Electric wrist rotation has been available with electric hands for approximately 20 years. Although it is integrated with the Otto Bock electric hand, via their quick-disconnected wrist component, the electric wrist has been used in only a fraction of electric prostheses because of four perceived problems: 1) the additional length required in he forearm, which could eliminate mid-to-long transradial amputees as candidates, 2) the additional weight of the component, although only about 100 gm, 3) the speculation of most prescribing MD's and prosthetists that the function of electric writs rotation is unnecessary and unused by amputees, and 4) the difficulty of using the tiaditional wrist control methods. The introduction in 1989 of a proportional controller, which allows a simple switching method using muscles cocontraction, possibly makes an impact on problems #3 and #4 above. The control method is speculated to be easier to learn and to use, and also allows proportional control of the wrist rotation Powered by a 9 volt battery, or 12 volt in above-elbow applications, greater speed of wrists rotation is also provided. The purpose of this survey is to evaluate the actual usage of electiic wrist by the wearers of proportional systems, and to document the functions in which electric wrist rotation has proved valuable, if any. Also, the stuvey hopes to provide indications of the present drawbacks which remain, and provide direction for future improvements. The results to-date of the survey will be presented, and any conclusions which are warranted by the data. Future developments which could impact upon electric prosthesis usage will also be discussed. FULL PAPER UNAVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. | en_US |
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