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Overview of Program | Pledge |About the Bikes | Timeline for Implementation | Legal Considerations | Other
What is the Alma College Get Out Bike Program?
First-year students starting Fall 2014 will be given the option to sign a pledge that he/she will not bring a car to campus during the 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 school years. The pledge also includes a commitment to volunteer for two of three Adopt-the-Trail clean-up days coordinated with the Get Out Experience. Students who sign this pledge will be given a bicycle to keep for as long as they wish, at the discounted rate of $100 (retail price: $379.99) and the purchase of a helmet and lock, or proof of ownership of a helmet and lock.
Why is Alma College doing this?
There are many drivers, so to speak, behind the Get Out Bike Program. One is health and wellness. In the fast world in which we live, we often overlook ways of being healthy. One such way is through simply moving more. Alma College is situated in a small community which allows students the ability to pedal to stores, restaurants, and other locations on campus and in the surrounding community. Also, Alma College is situated on a 41-mile paved trail. Another major driving factor is relationships. Sometimes cars can hinder the connections first year students make with their new community. By choosing not to bring a car to campus students have more opportunities to participate in college programming and leisure life outside of classes.
The Pledge
What does the pledge say?
You can read the full text of the pledge here, but students will be asked to sign a hard copy.
How will the terms of the pledge be enforced?
Any student who applies for a parking permit will have his/her name checked against the names of students who signed the pledge. If his/her name is on the list, the application will be denied and he/she will be reminded of the terms of the pledge.
What if a student repeatedly ignores the pledge?
We are initially giving students the benefit of the doubt and entrusting them to be honest. Any violation of the pledge agreement is a direct infraction of the Alma College Code of Conduct and may therefore be subject to disciplinary action under that Code.
The Bikes
What model bicycles are being offered?
Trek Models 3500 (Men's) and Skye (Women's)
What is included with the bike?
- Individual training
- Lock
- Lights
- One year routine maintenance from Terry's Cycle in Downtown Alma
How will a student be able to identify his/her bike from dozens or hundreds of others?
A special decal with a unique identifying number will be affixed to each bicycle. The list will be furnished to Alma College Security in case of theft.
Whose responsibility will it be to maintain the bikes?
With the purchase of the bike, each student will be given one year of free maintenance at Terry's Cycle in Downtown Alma. However, ultimately, maintenance becomes the student's responsibility as soon as ownership of the bike transfers to him/her. Basic tools will be made available at the Stone Recreation Center.
Where will the bikes be stored during winter months?
Alma College will provide a space on campus for the bikes to be stored during winter months. Students in the bike program will be contacted in regard to where storage will be located.
What will become of a bike after the end of the school year, or if a student no longer wants it?
The bike belongs to the student; therefore, it is up to him/her whether it is sold, given away, etc.
What is the deadline for new students to sign and return the pledge?
The deadline is July 25, 2014. Due to the limited number of bikes available, this is a strict deadline.
When will students who sign the pledge physically receive their bikes?
Fall athletes and others who move in early will receive their bikes within a week of their move-in date. The majority of incoming first-year students will receive their bikes during their first week on campus.
Legal and Other Considerations
Will current students have an opportunity to take the Get Out Bike Program pledge and receive a bike or a comparable incentive? If not, why not?
No. This is a pilot program designed for incoming students. However, current students have the opportunity to check out bikes from the Stone Recreation Center.
What about transfer students?
Will there be bikes available for incoming first-year students at winter semester?
The pledge covers two full school years and will only be offered to first-year students starting in the fall.
What if a student is willing to sign the pledge, but is either physically unable to ride a bike at all or finds the standard Get Out Bike Program bike to be too big/small? Are there implications for ADA compliance?
If a student is physically unable to ride a bike, then he/she will already be using the most practical means of transportation available to him/her. The Get Out Bike Program Pledge is meant to help convert drivers who could bike but choose not to, to bikers who could drive but choose not to. Since the program is entirely optional, there are no ADA implications.
What if a number of students who weren't planning on bringing cars anyway receive bikes but then turn around and sell them (either to people off campus or upperclassmen)?
That's their right, since ownership transfers upon receipt. It would, however, be in contrast to the program's spirit and intent.
What if a student signs the pledge and receives a bike but ends up needing a car for a legitimate reason starting mid-semester (e.g. caring for a family member)?
Extenuating circumstances such as these will be addressed on a case-by-case basis. Students in such situations should contact the assistant director of campus recreation.
Do you expect the increase in bike traffic to cause more bike or pedestrian-related accidents? What if a student or community member is injured by a student riding a Get Out Bike Program bike?
It is reasonable to expect some bike-related incidents on campus; however, we believe the benefits far outweigh the relatively minor risks. The student alone is responsible for the safe operation of his/her bicycle; liability rests with the rider. We strongly encourage riders to wear helmets and obey all traffic laws.
What kind of release form do Get Out Bike Program participants have to sign?
Students who agree to receive a bike must agree to hold Alma College harmless for any injury, theft, property damage, etc. incurred by virtue of being given a Get Out Bike Program bike. Since ownership is transferred in full at the time of receipt, responsibility for safe operation is the student's responsibility. The release is very basic and exists merely to indemnify and protect Alma College.
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USS Leyte (CV-32)
USS Leyte, 1950–52
Career (United States) | |
Name: | USS Leyte |
Namesake: | Battle of Leyte Gulf, 1944 |
Builder: | Newport News Shipbuilding |
Laid down: | 21 February 1944 |
Launched: | 23 August 1945 |
Commissioned: | 11 April 1946 |
Decommissioned: | 15 May 1959 |
Renamed: | PCU Crown Point to PCU Leyte |
Reclassified: | CV to CVA CVA to CVS CVS to AVT |
Fate: | Scrapped in 1970 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Essex-class aircraft carrier |
Displacement: | As built: 27,100 tons standard |
Length: | As built: 888 feet (271 m) overall |
Beam: | As built: 93 feet (28 m) waterline |
Draft: | As built: 28 feet 7 inches (8.71 m) light |
Propulsion: | As designed: 8 × boilers 4 × Westinghouse geared steam turbines 4 × shafts 150,000 shp (110 MW) |
Speed: | 33 knots (61 km/h) |
Complement: | 3448 officers and enlisted |
Armament: | As built: 4 × twin 5 inch (127 mm)/38 caliber guns 4 × single 5 inch (127 mm)/38 caliber guns 8 × quadruple Bofors 40 mm guns 46 × single Oerlikon 20 mm cannons |
Armor: | As built: 4 inch (100 mm) belt 2.5 inch (60 mm) hangar deck 1.5 inch (40 mm) protectice decks 1.5 inch (40 mm) conning tower |
Aircraft carried: | As built: 90–100 aircraft |
USS Leyte (CV/CVA/CVS-32, AVT-10) was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during and shortly after World War II for the United States Navy. The ship was the first US Navy ship to bear the name. Leyte was commissioned in April 1946, too late to serve in World War II. She spent most of her career in the Atlantic, Caribbean, and Mediterranean, but also saw service in the Korean War, in which she earned two battle stars. She was reclassified in the early 1950s as an attack carrier (CVA), then as an Antisubmarine Aircraft Carrier (CVS), and finally (after inactivation) as an aircraft transport (AVT).
Unlike most of her sister ships, Leyte received no major modernizations, and thus throughout her career retained the classic appearance of a World War II Essex-class ship. She was decommissioned in 1959 and sold for scrap in 1970.
Construction and Commissioning[edit]
Leyte was one of the "long-hull" Essex-class ships. She was laid down as Crown Point on 21 February 1944 at the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Virginia, and renamed Leyte on 8 May 1945 to commemorate the recent Battle of Leyte Gulf. She was launched on 23 August, sponsored by Mrs. James M. Mead, and commissioned on 11 April 1946, with Captain Henry F. MacComsey in command.
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Leyte joined battleship Wisconsin on a good will cruise down the western seaboard of South America in the fall of 1946 before returning to the Caribbean on 18 November to resume shakedown operations. In 1948, the carrier was equipped with its first helicopter detachment of HO3S-1 utility helicopters, and participated in a fleet exercise, Operation Frigid, in the North Atlantic. In the years preceding the Korean War, the Leyte participated in numerous other fleet exercises in the Atlantic and Caribbean, trained naval reservists, and deployed three times to the Mediterranean: April–June 1947, July–November 1947, September 1949 – January 1950, and May–August 1950. The latter included a demonstration of airpower over Beirut, Lebanon on 13 August, supporting the Middle East against Communist pressure. Leyte returned to Norfolk on 24 August, and after 2 weeks of preparation, departed on 6 September to join Task Force 77 (TF 77) in the Far East to support United Nations Forces in Korea.
Leyte arrived at the Sasebo base for U.S. Fleet Activities in Sasebo, Japan on 8 October 1950 and made final preparations for combat operations. From 9 October-19 January 1951, the ship and her aircraft spent 92 days at sea and flew 3,933 sorties against North Korean forces. Her pilots accumulated 11,000 hours in the air while inflicting massive damage upon enemy positions, supplies, transportation, and communications. Among the squadrons based on Leyte were the VF-32 Swordsmen, flying the F4U Corsair. This squadron included the first African-American naval aviator, Ensign Jesse LeRoy Brown who was killed in action on 4 December 1950. Leyte returned to Norfolk for overhaul 25 February 1951.
After fleet training exercises in the Caribbean terminated on 21 August, the carrier departed for her fifth tour of duty with the United States Sixth Fleet on 3 September. She returned to Norfolk on 21 December for operations out of Hampton Roads, and again steamed for the Mediterranean on 29 August 1952. Reclassified CVA-32 on 1 October, she returned to Boston on 16 February 1953 for deactivation. On 8 August, however, she was ordered to be retained in the active fleet, and, redesignated CVS-32 on the same day, work was begun converting her to an ASW carrier.
At 15:15 on 16 October 1953, while still under conversion to an antisubmarine carrier, Leyte suffered an explosion in her port catapult machinery room. Within minutes, naval base and city fire trucks were on the scene. After a hard and gallant fight, the fire was extinguished at 19:57. As a result of the fire, 37 men died and 28 were injured.
Conversion completed on 4 January 1954, Leyte departed Boston for Quonset Point, Rhode Island, as flagship of Carrier Division 18 (CarDiv 18). She remained there for the next five years conducting ASW tactical operations along the eastern seaboard and in the Caribbean.
Leyte departed Quonset Point in January 1959 for the New York Navy Yard where she commenced preinactivation overhaul. She was redesignated AVT-10 and decommissioned both on 15 May 1959, and was assigned to the Philadelphia group of the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, where she remained until sold for scrap in September 1970.
Leyte received two battle stars for Korean service.
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Nov 3, 2009 5:53 PM | about stocks: CCICell Phone tower operator/owner Crown Castle (NYSE:CCI) reported earnings after the close - well rather, a lack of earnings.
Net loss applicable to holders of the common stock was $23million, including a $58million loss on interest rate swaps.
Crown Castle is in a fantastic business. They have long term leases with the "big 4" wireless firms (Verizon Wireless, AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint) in the country's best markets. As the slide below shows, the upside on rental site revenue growth (baked into those long term leases) greatly leverages the much lower costs required to operate each site.
So what's the problem? Well for starters, that slide was part of CCI's presentation at the Deutsche Bank LEVERAGED FINANCE conference. The bulletproof-looking cash flows of this business enticed bankers and management to take those beautiful cash flows and lever them to the moon with debt, now totalling about $6.8billion.
To CCI's credit, they have dealt with refinancing very well. Maturities are pushed out, and based on this quarter, the cash interest expense looks to be at about a rate of 6%. The problem is, Crown Castle's own estimate of "recurring cash flow" (I use "Free Cash Flow", but they're pretty similar in Crown's case) leads to a yield of 6.8%. With cost of capital at 6% and return on capital only a little higher, I'd pass and wait for a better entry point.
CCI stock purchases should be made when the recurring cash flow yield is decently higher than the cost of debt, leading to timely puchases and good stock gains:
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Rebecca has to release Paul from prison before she can set off for Istanbul, and relies on Dax's help to get him out. Once free, they manage to capture the CIA mole and learn Martin's organisation is going to make a trade-off - giving the desperate mother a chance to rescue her son. Thriller, starring Ashley Judd
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Rebecca and Paul team up to rescue their son after discovering Martin Newman is the criminal mastermind known as Suspect 0, and resolve to travel to his base in Istanbul. However, when officials at the Bulgarian-Turkish border discover illegal materials in their car, Paul is arrested, jeopardising their mission. Thriller, starring Ashley Judd and Sean Bean
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Rebecca is questioned by Jamie while in custody, but manages to escape when a hidden door inexplicably opens. However, a CIA agent is killed after she leaves, leading the authorities to believe she is responsible for his murder. She manages to track down Paul, who denies working with Asimov, only to encounter the Russian mobster. Thriller, starring Ashley Judd and Gina McKee
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Adidas contest update: BLHS video trails by 86 votes
The video submitted by Basehor-Linwood High School senior Courtney Inlow to an online Adidas fragrance contest trailed its opponent 846 votes to 760 as of about 5:30 p.m. Friday.
Only three of the 16 videos in the contest had received 500 or more votes so far. The more than 1,600 votes cast in the matchup between BLHS and Wilmington High School of Wilmington, Ohio, had easily outpaced the seven other matchups in this round.
Inlow's video, titled "BOBCAT POWER," shows BLHS students participating in the school's strength and conditioning programs.
This final portion of the contest consists of a week-by-week single-elimination tournament decided by online voting. Voting on this round ends at 10:59 p.m. Sunday.
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Concerning your article "Cancer study spurs hope, doubt," I am a lung cancer survivor because of periodic noncontrast C-T chest scans. In 2001, my pulmonologist recommended the scan because of my long history of cigarette smoking. The study disclosed three very small nonspecific areas that resembled ground glass nodules. It was decided to monitor these nodules with C-T scans every six months.
In 2006, one lesion had shown sufficient change to warrant a biopsy. The results showed early adenocarcinoma. I was extremely fortunate that the surgeon was able to do an upper-right lobectomy of the lung thoracoscopically, avoiding traumatic major surgery. I have had two scans since the surgery with no evidence of disease.
I guess I am one of the 31,000 patients in the New England Journal of Medicine report who showed an 88 to 92 percent 10-year survival rate. At 82, I'll take that and run.
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It was all good stuff, but the impact of Brown's histrionics was somewhat blunted by fact that everyone listening knew that Brown and his wife had cooperated with The Sun over the story; had later attended the wedding of former NoW editor Rebekah Brooks; and had invited Brooks, along with Murdoch's wife Wendi and daughter Elisabeth, to a "slumber party" at the PM's country residence. Those, though, were happier times — before Murdoch switched his allegiance, prompting Brown to threaten to "destroy'' Murdoch, according to former Sunday Times editor Andrew Neil. (The Guardian, incidentally, was forced to apologize to The Sun for claiming it had illegally accessed the boy's medical records — just a reminder that not every "revelation" in this affair is true.)
And honorable mention for media hypocrisy must go to the Independent, a UK paper that rivals the Guardian for liberal-left sanctimony and likes to bash "greedy" bankers and fret about transparency in politics and business, and which hasn't been shy in sticking it to Murdoch. The paper is owned by Alexander Lebedev, a Russian oligarch and, er, former KGB agent. Are you keeping up?
And, back across the Pond, how can we forget our friends at the New York Times — leakers par excellence of state secrets, erstwhile employers of Jayson Blair, and persecutors of the Duke University lacrosse players? The Times has been driving coverage of the hacking scandal in the U.S. Few people will likely recall that, way back in 1996, the Times thought that illegally intercepting a private phone conversation was pretty cool — that was when Democrat Rep. "Baghdad Jim" McDermott leaked a recording of a call in which senior Republicans, including John Boehner, discussed an ethics case against then-Speaker Newt Gingrich.
Don't expect the truth-seekers at the Guardian and the BBC, or in the Labour Party, to dwell on the above facts, or indeed to mention some of them at all. The thing about being a hypocrite is that it's only a problem if you're picked up on it, and those organizations and individuals know that for the most part they'll get a pass from each other, because there's a great deal at stake here.
The axis of liberal-leftism comprising the Guardian, the BBC, and the Labour Party sees the phone-hacking scandal as a once-in-a-generation opportunity to shift the balance of political and media power in Britain, with the ultimate aim of bringing about something that for more than three decades has been unimaginable: a left-wing Labour government, preferably allied with a Liberal Democrat Party chastened by its troubled coalition with the Tories. In the U.S., meanwhile, the left sees the scandal as a chance to go after Fox News, the Wall Street Journal, and other Murdoch interests; success, they figure, could even mean the difference between victory and defeat for Obama and the Demcrats in 2012.
But the left has a long track record of making grand predictions based on wishful thinking. A few months ago they were predicting that Wikileaks was going to change the world. A couple of years ago they were convinced Barack Obama would usher in a new liberal era and consign the Republican Party to the scrap heap. And a couple of years before that they were boldly predicting the end of capitalism.
Murdoch may be damaged, but to triumph in the long run the left will have to destroy the free market — both in business and in ideas — on which his empire is built. They're likely to be disappointed all over again.
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text: [The following is a guest post by Dr. Amy Hale. Dr. Hale is an anthropologist specializing in contemporary Celtic cultures, with an emphasis on modern Cornwall and contemporary Esoteric culture and history. She recently attending the Esoteric Book Conference in Seattle and files this report. All the photos used in this post were provided by Anima Nocturna via EBC Administrator William J. Kiesel.]A couple of weekends ago, on the 10th and 11th of September, Seattle was again host to the Esote … [Read more...]


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Putin: No, really, we aren't going to annex Crimea
posted at 8:01 am on March 4, 2014 by Ed Morrissey
Vladimir Putin held a press conference near Moscow today to get a few things straightened out with the media and the world. Some people may be under the impression that Russia has invaded Crimea, what with all of the planes and ships landing there disgorging troops, and with the heavy Russian artillery rolling down the road to Sevastopol. Those aren't Russian forces, Putin insists, but just Crimean boys looking to secure their homeland against coup plotters in Kyiv. No, seriously:
Russian soldiers have not occupied government buildings and surrounded Ukrainian military bases on the Crimean Peninsula, Russian President Vladimir Putin insisted Tuesday during a news conference near Moscow at which he gave an account of recent events that contradicts reports from the ground.
Instead, he told reporters that the heavily armed men are "local self-defense forces."
Well, maybe they're not all just good Crimean boys defending their homeland:
What's more, anything Russia has done, Putin said without offering specifics, has been part of a "humanitarian mission" to protect ethnic Russians in Crimea.
But even as he said that no Russian troops have been involved in the latest events in Crimea, Putin drew comparisons that would seem to indicate they had been. "Our actions are often described by the West as not legitimate, but look at U.S. operations in Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya," he said, according to a BBC translation of his comments. "Our actions are legitimate from the point of view of international law, because Ukraine's legitimate president asked us for help. … Defending these people is in our interests … we do not want to 'enslave' anyone."
You remember "Ukraine's legitimate president," yes? He's the one who had unarmed protesters shot in the street, where 77 or more were killed, and had several opulent palaces with their own private zoos — at least before he fled the country. The request from Viktor Yanukovich to Putin for the assistance came from Rostov-on-Don, the Russian city to which he fled.
Don't worry, Putin assured the media. Those Russian forces who aren't in Crimea even though we acted on Yanulovich's request and are totally focused on humanitarian efforts to imprison Ukrainian military forces will not be the vanguard of an attempt by Moscow to take back Crimea. Trust him!
Russia is not considering trying to make Crimea a part of Russia, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday. Only people who live in Crimea can determine their future, he said. …
Putin also said that the shaky new government has destabilized the southern and eastern parts of the country since taking power, and that Yanukovych, who is wanted in Ukraine, did not give orders to shoot demonstrators during the protests that eventually led to his ouster.
Then, turning to the troop buildup in the Russian-dominated autonomous region of Crimea, Putin said Ukraine is a brotherly neighbor of Russia — and that the troops there have much in common. He also said Russian forces have not fired a shot since they crossed into Crimea.
He said any use of military force in Ukraine would be the last resort.
Russian troops have already invaded Crimea, so clearly military force came as a first resort. And it looks like a first resort in other Russian-heavy areas of Ukraine, too:
But if Russian-speaking citizens in the east of Ukraine ask for Russia's help, Russia has the right "to take all measures to protect the rights of those people," Putin said.
Military action, he said, would be "completely legitimate" because it was at the request of Yanukovych and in line with Russia's duty to protect people with historic ties to Russia, both cultural and economic.
This is quite a performance by Putin. It's difficult to remember the last time a head of state packed so many contradictory and demonstrably false declarations into one appearance. The fact that Putin felt the need to issue a denial at all might be a sign that the accusations from other European leaders might be stinging him a bit, but that's outweighed by his breezy contradictions of those same denials in the same moment. He's sending out a blizzard of BS as nothing more than sheer contempt for his opponents.
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Shan Zhai – The Chinese term used to describe the culture and practice of producing fake and imitation products, services and brands.
In 2006 I had to leave Beijing for a brief business trip to Dongguan, a major industrial city in Guangdong Province. My assistant asked if I wanted to stay at the Hilton or the Hyatt. I told her the Hyatt would be fine. When the taxi pulled up at the hotel I was happy to see it looked new, modern and welcoming and was topped by the familiar green Hyatt sign on top. Or was it? At first I thought it was because I was tired, but a second look confirmed that the big green sign actually said "Hiayatt". It was a Shan Zhai hotel. An entire hotel! After many years in China I had grown accustomed to fake phones and apparel, imitation KFC restaurants and even the "Sunbucks" coffee shop in Shanghai. But this was a whole new level of fake.
What has happened to the hotel since then? Did it get shut down? No. I visited Dongguan in February, and it's still there. Not only that, but as an April 28th article in the New York Times by Julie Weed explains, there has been a proliferation of fake Hyatts, Peninsulas and Marriotts in China. Apparently the Haiyatt Dongguan was ahead of its time.
It is not only fake products, retail establishments, fake Apple Apple Stores and hotels that threaten China's future, but also an educational and business culture that still discourages creativity and innovation. The result is that many Chinese companies, products and services are simply mirror images of ideas developed in the West.
To be sure, there has been some movement in recent years toward increased respect for and enforcement of IP and and innovation in technology, product development in China. For example Weibo, though modeled on Twitter, has innovated and helped take micro-blogging to a new level. WeChat is a truly original and innovative social media/chat platform with millions of users outside China. Shanghai Tang continues to show that Chinese fashion and retail can be original and successful while Lenovo has shown that a Chinese company can create new technologies, cutting-edge products and wickedly smart and effective marketing strategies. But, for now, these are the exceptions to the rule.
Despite endless talk in the media and boardrooms around the world, and Beijing acknowledging the dangers to China from intellectual property theft, the reality is this: Shan Zhai culture, IP theft, "borrowed ideas," and fake products are still as big a problem as ever in China, and copycat culture still presents a major threat to China's continued development.
As Yua Hua summarized it in his book "China In Ten Words," the most common and important word is "Copycat":
"Once copycat cell phones had taken China by storm, copycat digital cameras, copycat MP3 players, copycat game consoles and other pirated and knockoff products came pouring forth. Copycat brands have rapidly expanded to include instant noodles, sodas, milk, medications, laundry detergent and sports shoes, and so the word "copycat" has penetrated deep into every aspect of Chinese people's lives. Copycat stars, TV programs, advertisements, pop songs, Spring Festival galas, Shenzhou 7 space capsules and Bird's Nest national stadiums have all made a splash on the Internet, each revealing their own special flavor and gaining instant popularity."
Copycat China threatens both foreign companies and China itself, in the following ways:
- It reduces foreign investment into China.
- It causes some foreign companies already in China to leave due to IP theft. Equally important, it causes foreign companies not to bring in their most IP-sensitive products.
- It makes foreign firms reluctant to use China-based service companies and technologies, especially in IT outsourcing, for fear of losing IP to such companies.
- China's lack of an innovation culture and reliance on borrowed ideas means China is not creating products the rest of the world wants and needs.
All of the above reduce China's competitiveness and help prevent it from moving from being the factory to the world to being a real innovator, hurting overall growth.
According to China lawyer Dan Harris, an expert on China IP "over the last ten years, my firm has seen little change in terms of our client's IP being copied by Chinese companies. "If anything that copying has only increased as interaction between foreign and Chinese companies increases."
Harris Harris too sees China's copycat habit as squelching innovation:
"China copying will continue to negatively impact China's economy. When companies find it easier to copy than to innovate (and this is generally true in China) there is little incentive to innovate. Copying reduces the incentive to innovate for the companies that copy and for those that were contemplating innovation. Why innovate if someone is going to copy your innovation and get away with it? "
The end of copycat China still seems a ways off not only because of the structural disincentives discussed above but as Foreign Policy Magazine's Tea Leaf Nation notes in a February article:
"China, meanwhile, is facing serious challenges in its quest to lead the world in innovation. Many of its most talented graduates leave the country to study or conduct research in richer countries. Its universities are plagued by bureaucratic red tape and intellectual dishonesty. The Chinese education system still emphasizes rote learning over creativity, raising legitimate questions over how many future Jobs, Gates, and Zuckerbergs populate its ranks…NSB Vice Chairman Kelvin K. Droegemeier told reporters that "China is able to produce a lot of very smart people, but they are challenged substantially" when it comes to turning discoveries into useful new products — the hallmark of innovation."
As I have dedicated a substantial part of my adult life and career to building bridges between the West and China in business, academics and culture, I have always been focused on doing well, but also doing good, in China, which includes working to change minds on transcendent ideas. Therefore my great hope is that by keeping discussion of this topic vibrant it will help, in some small way, China to continue to break free of its reliance on copying products, services, ideas, and technologies because I believe that nothing less than China's continued rise in prosperity and global importance is at stake.
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It takes A long time For one man To walk alone Putting Yesterday-dreams Into empty pockets. Yet, In the mourning-eyes Of dawn The earth hugging mist Seems To hang on So desperately, Seeking The warmth Of the womb. And so Must I. # April, 1967 - South Vietnam JUST ANOTHER WHOREHOUSE SOUTH VIETNAM The smell of burning grass, And dirty GIs Drifted from the doorway As I walked past. The door was open So I looked in and listened As they sang their own version Of the blues To anyone who would listen. But no one else cared. They all had their own songs within. A few young maidens Pretended to care, but they were being paid For their understanding. The fig leafs were crying As ex-virgin daughters and mothers Hung lust where it hurt For joy! This was not it, and we knew it. But it had been too long, In death filled jungles. And drunker we got The better it all seemed. "GI buy me Saigon Tea" She smiled and took my hand. I followed. Too drunk to care, And just lonely enough To be on the edge of tears. After all, This was my twenty-first birthday. I just always thought It would be more fun. # We were all so young Just sitting around Getting older And drunker By the minute. Telling tales Of young warriors And of close calls With dying. We spoke of killing And death As if discussing Yesterdays football game. Tomorrow would come again Soon enough And we would face Death once again However, In the drunkenness of our youth, We believed That the good guys always won! And we would See home again And all things Would be the same As before our "tour of duty" # Black brother Disfigured And raped Grotesque By the vulgar Aftermath Of An exploding Landmine. I watched, As convulsions, Rendered That once proud body, Helpless Like a infant. Until My tears And your blood Joined And became A river Of one! # Sitting in my helicopter With child warriors Waiting For us to fly Them to hell. Theirs were the nervous eyes Of youth about To kill And be killed. So You averted looking directly at their eyes (That last graveyard for their fears) One wonders What dreams Will be left undreamed tonight? Or what mother Will have to mourn What this day we have done? No one asks. And we sit there Waiting Perhaps, a lifetime. While kings and generals Plot and blunder Our future In vivid color Across Our national anthem cemeteries! # |
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IKEA Stops Selling Incandescent Light Bulbs | Los Angeles Times
Ahead of government regulations, IKEA stops selling the old school bulbs TODAY. Environmental commitment or publicity move? -Michelle
IKEA announced it will no longer stock or sell incandescent light bulbs, effective Tuesday. The world's largest retailer of home furnishings says it is the first major retailer to stop selling incandescents.
"IKEA is committed to integrating sustainable practices into our business practices … and [is] constantly looking at ways to help support our customers with everyday environmentally responsible solutions that will improve their lives," IKEA U.S. President Mike Ward said in a press announcement Tuesday. "Eliminating incandescents is just one simple way for IKEA customers to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gases."
IKEA sells compact fluorescent bulbs, or CFLs, which last six to 10 times longer than incandescent bulbs and use 80% less energy. It also sells LED lamps, which are 70% more efficient than incandescents, and halogen lamps, which consume 30% less energy than traditional light bulbs.
IKEA's move comes far in advance of the federally mandated phase-out of incandescent bulbs. The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 bans 100-watt incandescents beginning in 2012 and 60- and 40-watt incandescents in 2014.
IKEA's announcement also comes at a time when research on alternative lighting is booming. The California Lighting Technology Center at the University of California-Davis is currently researching various energy-saving lighting systems, including those that automatically respond to available daylight, downlights that shine light into a can fixture then down into a room, bi-level stairwell lighting that brightens when people are on stairs and dims when they're gone and occupancy sensors that turn off lights in empty rooms.
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Does IC know no human dignity of civilians, asks a doctor in Vanni[TamilNet, Monday, 26 January 2009, 11:36 GMT]"The world is silently witnessing one of the worst massacres of helpless civilians in contemporary times. These civilians know no crime other than not knowing where to go. While the genocidal military of the Colombo government is on the killing spree, India and the international community sadistically expect the civilians to come running out into the hands of their killers. Either way they expect them to perish," a doctor, while attending casualties at the Udaiyaarkaddu hospital, said on Monday. "The excuse of LTTE using civilians a human shield is a farce," the doctor said. "The current phase of war is not for the LTTE since the SL government already claimed 95 percent victory. It is now only a collective punishment meted out to civilians for showing faith all these days to their fighters." "Those of the international community who shed crocodile tears for civilians could very well reach out to the suffering civilians. They are not going to be prevented by anyone other than Colombos marauding army," he further said urging the ICRC and other medical organisations such as Doctors Without Borders to urgently reach out the civilians to help them. "We need urgent help to transport the wounded. Blood is a top priority. We need medicines, we need doctors," the doctor who did not wish to be named told TamilNet. Chronology: 12.05.09 SLA attacks hospital, 47 massacred
11.05.09 SLA continues to inflict carnage
08.05.09 SLA steps up carnage on civilians
26.04.09 SLA poised for all-out-carnage
26.04.09 LTTE announces unilateral ceasefire
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06.03.09 Acid test for international actors
04.03.09 ICRC worker killed in SLA shelling
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27.01.09 Norway breaks silence, condemns war
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"Teenage boy angst cubed"
I enjoyed the story, as I enjoy all of Coben's work, but sometimes the drama gets a little silly. But in this case I think I am glad I listened to it rather than read it.
I have listened to many Harlan Coben books, and this is probably the best.
Podehl's voice characterizations are very well done, and seamless. I always know who is speaking, which is sometimes not always easy with male and female characters, especially since they are different ages.
Probably not.
"Another great tale of time travel"
Willis has a knack for telling a story with such detail that I feel like I am there, whether in the past or in the future. Fun fun listen!


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The past
This year's event will be Ecuador's third FIFA U-17 World Cup campaign, though only the second for which they have had to qualify, having featured as host nation in 1995. That edition on home soil proved to be their most successful to date, with Ecuador reaching the quarter-finals of the 12-team competition before exiting at the hands of Argentina. On their first outing in Canada in 1987, they failed to progress from the group phase.
The present
Coach Xavier Rodriguez's young charges showed plenty of character and the ability to keep a cool head at key moments, both of which are vital ingredients for the host nation at a major qualifying event. Thus it was that Ecuador reached the six-team final phase of March/April's South American U-17 Championship on home soil by finishing second behind Argentina in Group A, and it was a narrow win over the Argentinians in the final round that proved vital in securing a berth at Mexico 2011. A well-balanced and effective outfit, La Tricolor won three, drew four and lost just two of their nine games.
The future
"We've got a lot of things to work on and need to learn something new each day, because the World Cup is going to be a very tough competition," said defender Marlon Mejia after Ecuador had booked their passage to Mexico. "We need to ready ourselves to face very difficult rivals and new situations."


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Mates of State at FFF Fest 2011 (more by Tim Griffin)
Mates of State are about to announce a set of February dates including at least two in the NYC-area. Those two are happening on February 17 at Le Poisson Rouge and February 18 at Maxwell's. Tickets for the LPR show and the Maxwell's show are on sale now. All currently known dates are listed below...
Mates of State -- 2012 Tour Dates
2/17 Le Poisson Rouge New York, NY
2/18 Maxwell's Hoboken, NJ
2/21 The Jewish Mother Hilltop Virgina Beach, VA
Mates of State's most recent album, Mountaintops, was released last year. You can buy it at eMusic.
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