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ShangPharma Announces First Quarter 2011 Results
SHANGHAI, May 19, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ — ShangPharma Corporation (NYSE: SHP) ("ShangPharma" or the "Company"), a leading China-based pharmaceutical and biotechnology research and development outsourcing company, today announced its financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2011.
To help management and investors gain a better understanding of ShangPharma's operating performance, the Company presents certain non-GAAP measures, each of which excludes expenses relating to or the effect of share-based compensation. See "About Non-GAAP Financial Measures" and "Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Data" below for more information about the non-GAAP financial measures included in this press release.
First Quarter 2011 Highlights
- Net revenues increased by 25.6% year-over-year to $24.8 million, driven by an 18.1% increase in full-time-equivalent ("FTE") services and a 51.3% increase in fee-for service-based services.
- The total number of customers increased to 282 from 237 as of December 31, 2010, mainly due to an increase in China-based customers.
- China-based net revenues increased 185.9% year-over-year to $2.3 million
- GAAP gross profit increased by 15.3% year-over-year to $8.0 million. GAAP gross margin was 32.3%, compared with 35.2% in the first quarter of 2010, primarily due to higher share-based compensation expenses.
- Non-GAAP gross profit increased by 21.7% year-over-year to $8.6 million. Non-GAAP gross margin was 34.7% compared with 35.8% in the first quarter of 2010, and 34.5% for the full year of 2010.
- GAAP net income increased by 10.2% year-over-year to $3.0 million. GAAP diluted earnings per ADS were $0.16, compared with $0.18 in the first quarter of 2010, primarily due to higher share-based compensation expenses.
- Non-GAAP net income increased by 50.7% year-over-year to $4.4 million. Non-GAAP diluted earnings per ADS were $0.23, compared with $0.19 in the first quarter of 2010.
- The Company reconfirms its guidance for the full year of 2011.
Management Comment
Michael Xin Hui, founder and Chief Executive Officer of ShangPharma, commented, "We are pleased to report our first quarter 2011 results, which came in line with our expectations. We saw strong growth across all of our businesses, especially from discovery biology and preclinical development services as well as biologics services as we continue to expand our integrated service platform and add new capabilities. During the quarter, in particular, we saw strong revenue growth from customers based in China. The 185.9% year-on-year increase from these customers validates a continuing and encouraging trend in China-based outsourcing needs moving forward."
"Progress on our new state-of-the art manufacturing facilities in Fengxian, Shanghai, remained on track during the quarter. We successfully started the first phase of our new c-GMP-quality multi-purpose facility and continued construction on our laboratory service building. Our increased capabilities in research manufacturing should further strengthen our overall integrated service platform and allow us to capture more promising opportunities in research manufacturing."
"In April, 2011, Chengdu Chempartner Co., Ltd., our subsidiary in Chengdu in southwest China, moved into a 68,000 square foot new lab and office building which replaced the original 36,000 square foot facility. This new facility now gives us a cutting edge laboratory and expanded office space from which we can conduct a greater amount of business in an important and growing region of China. In addition, with a large supply of fresh graduates and lower costs, we are looking forward to further expansion at this subsidiary as it becomes a bigger part of our business with greater operational efficiencies in the coming years."
"Looking ahead, our scientific expertise, significant cost savings and operational flexibility position us well to capitalize on the growing trends in pharmaceutical R&D outsourcing. We are confident that we will be able to meet our annual guidance for 2011."
William Dai, Chief Financial Officer, added, "Our first quarter 2011 results met our expectations as we continued to achieve solid top and bottom line growth on a non-GAAP basis. One of our top priorities in 2011 is to manage our expenses. During the first quarter, despite the continued appreciation of Renminbi against the U.S. dollar and higher material costs as a percentage of total revenues due to change in service mix resulting from our growing portfolio of research projects, we were able to closely manage our headcount and control our capital expenditures. Looking forward, we continue to focus on controlling costs while we improve employee productivity. With a strong balance sheet and sound financial position, we believe we are well positioned to make targeted investments when opportunities arise."
First Quarter 2011 Results
Net revenues were $24.8 million, an increase of 25.6% from $19.7 million in the first quarter of 2010, primarily due to higher volumes from the Company's top customers, a larger customer base, expanded service offering and higher average FTE rates.
During the quarter, the Company increased its customer base to 282 customers, an increase from 237 customers as of December 31, 2010. In particular, revenue from customers based in China rose by 185.9%. This included both domestic customers and the R&D centers in China of major biotech and pharmaceutical multinationals. The Company believes that the strong year-on-year rise demonstrates a continuing and encouraging trend in China-based outsourcing needs moving forward. Revenue from China-based customers increased to 9.3% of total revenues due to strong demand from the local market. Over the next few years, the Company anticipates that its China business will continue to grow strongly and will become an increasingly important contributor of total revenues given the Chinese government's rising support of locally-developed drugs and more investment into China by global pharmaceutical and biotech companies. .
Revenue from the top-10 customers increased by 20% compared with the same period last year and accounted for 61% of the total revenue, which demonstrated continued strong growth from the Company's top customers along with ongoing diversification of the sales base.
Net revenues from full-time-equivalent ("FTE")-based services were $18.1 million, an increase of 18.1% from $15.3 million in the first quarter of 2010, primarily due to an increase in FTE numbers and higher FTE rates.
Net revenues from fee-for-service-based services were $6.7 million, an increase of 51.3% from $4.4 million in the first quarter of 2010. The rise was primarily driven by the Company's service offerings including discovery biology, preclinical development, biologics and pharmaceutical development services. The higher growth in fee-for-service-based revenues reflects the Company's ability to cross-sell more services to existing customers as well as strong demand from new customers. The Company is also seeing strong demand from customers that use multiple services.
Gross profit was $8.0 million, an increase of 15.3% from $6.9 million in the first quarter of 2010, primarily due to the increase in revenues and operational efficiency improvements, and in particular, improvements in employee productivity. The increase was partially offset by the continued appreciation of the Renminbi, higher material costs as percentage of total revenues as a result of service mix, and higher share-based compensation expenses.
Non-GAAP gross profit was $8.6 million, an increase of 21.7% from $7.1 million in the first quarter of 2010, primarily due to the increase in revenues and operational efficiency improvements, and in particular, improvements in employee productivity. The increase was partially offset by the continued appreciation of the Renminbi and higher material costs as percentage of total revenues as a result of service mix.
Gross margin was 32.3%, compared with 35.2% in the first quarter of 2010. The operational efficiency improvements were offset by higher share-based compensation expenses, continued Renminbi appreciation, and higher material costs as percentage of total revenues as a result of service mix.
Non-GAAP gross margin was 34.7%, compared with 35.8% in the first quarter of 2010. The decline was primarily due to continued Renminbi appreciation and higher material costs as percentage of total revenues as a result of service mix, and was partially offset by operational efficiency improvements.
Operating expenses (selling, marketing, general and administrative) were $5.5 million, an increase of 44.7% from $3.8 million in the first quarter of 2010, primarily due to a build-up of corporate managerial and supporting infrastructure during the full year of 2010 and higher share-based compensation expenses.
Non-GAAP operating expenses were $4.8 million, an increase of 26.2% from $3.8 million in the first quarter of 2010, primarily due to a build-up of corporate managerial and supporting infrastructure in 2010.
The build-up of corporate managerial and supporting infrastructure is near completion. The management team believes that the current infrastructure will be sufficient to support the future growth of the Company in the coming years.
Profit from operations was $2.5 million, a decrease of 20.7% from $3.1 million in the first quarter of 2010, primarily due to higher share-based compensation expenses and a build-up of corporate managerial and supporting infrastructure in 2010. The decline was partially offset by the increase in gross profit.
Non-GAAP profit from operations was $3.8 million, an increase of 16.5% from $3.3 million in the first quarter of 2010. The rise was primarily due to higher gross profit and was partially offset by a build-up of corporate managerial and supporting infrastructure in 2010.
Operating margin was 10.0%, compared with 15.8% in the first quarter of 2010. The operational efficiency improvements were primarily offset by higher share-based compensation expenses.
Non-GAAP operating margin was 15.5%, compared with 16.7% in the first quarter of 2010. The decline was primarily due to a build-up of corporate managerial and supporting infrastructure in 2010, and was partially offset by the increase in gross profit.
Net income increased 10.2% year-over-year to $3.0 million, primarily due to higher other income, including income from government grants, interest income and a gain recognized on foreign exchange forward contracts, and was partially offset by lower profit from operations.
Non-GAAP net income was $4.4 million, an increase of 50.7% from $2.9 million in the first quarter of 2010, primarily due to higher non-GAAP profit from operations and higher other income.
Diluted earnings per ADS were $0.16, which compares with $0.18 in the first quarter of 2010.
Non-GAAP diluted earnings per ADS were $0.23, an increase of 21.1% from $0.19 in the first quarter of 2010.
Financial Position
As of March 31, 2011, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of $48.5 million and short term debt of $0.8 million. During the quarter, capital expenditures totaled $4.3 million, which demonstrates the Company's efforts to control capital expenditures. With a strong balance sheet and sound financial position, the Company is well positioned to make targeted investments when opportunities arise.
Full Year 2011 Guidance
The Company reconfirms its guidance for full year 2011. The Company expects:
- Net revenues to be approximately $111.1 – $115.6 million, which represents growth of approximately 23.0% – 28.0% compared with full year 2010.
- Non-GAAP gross margin to be approximately 33.5% – 35.5%, which is within the same range as non-GAAP gross margin of 34.5% in 2010.
- Capital expenditure to be $28 – $32 million, including $6 million rolling payment lag impact carried forward from 2010.
This reflects the Company's current view and is subject to change.
Conference Call
ShangPharma will host a conference call and live webcast at 8am New York time on May 19, 2011 (8pm Beijing time on May 19, 2011). A PowerPoint presentation accompanying the prepared remarks will be available on the Company's website shortly before the call.
The dial-in details for the live conference call are as follows:
- U.S. Toll Free Number: 1.888.396.2369 - International dial-in number: +1.617.847.8710 - China Toll Free Number: 10 800 152 1490 (North) 10 800 852 1490 (South) - Hong Kong Toll Free Number: 800 96 3844 Passcode: SHP
A live and archived webcast of the conference call will be available on the Investor Relations section of ShangPharma's website at www.shangpharma.com
A telephone replay of the call will be available for seven days after the conclusion of the conference call from May 19, 2011 to May 26, 2011.
The dial-in details for the replay are as follows:
- U.S. Toll Free Number: 1.888.286.8010 - International Dial-in Number: +1.617.801.6888 Conference ID: 64510327
ShangPharma Corporation (NYSE: SHP) is a leading China-based contract research organization providing high quality and cost-effective services for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry. It offers a broad range of high-quality, integrated services across the drug discovery and development process to help international and Chinese pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies discover and develop novel drug candidates efficiently. ShangPharma's services consist of discovery chemistry, discovery biology and preclinical development, pharmaceutical development and biologics services. For more information, please visit www.shangpharma.com.
Safe Harbor: Forward-Looking Statements
This announcement contains forward-looking statements. These statements are made under the "safe harbor" provisions of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "may," "will," "expect," "anticipate," "aim," "estimate," "intend," "plan," "believe," "likely to" or other similar expressions. The Company has based these forward-looking statements largely on its current expectations and projections about future events and financial trends that it believes may affect its financial condition, results of operations, business strategy and financial needs.
Among other things, the section titled "Full Year 2011 Guidance" and quotations from management in this press release, as well as the Company's strategic and operational plans, contain forward-looking statements. The Company may also make written or oral forward-looking statements in its reports filed or furnished with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, in press releases and other written materials and in oral statements made by its officers, directors or employees to third parties. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about the Company's beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements and are subject to change, and such change may be material and may have a material adverse effect on the Company's financial condition and results of operations for one or more periods. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. A number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained, either expressly or impliedly, in any of the forward-looking statements in this press release. The Company expects to face potential risks and uncertainties related to its ability to, among other things, attract, train, motivate and retain skilled scientists; diversify its customer base and adapt to potential loss of sales to, or significant reduction in orders from, any of its major customers; adapt its business to industry trends, such as fluctuations in the R&D budgets of pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry participants; protect the intellectual property rights of its customers; comply with applicable regulations and industry standards; compete effectively in its industry, which may subject it to increasing pricing pressure and reduce the demand for its services; expand and market its services and manage its growth; and develop and maintain effective internal control over financial reporting; as well as other risks outlined in the Company's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. All information provided in this press release and in the attachments is as of the date of this press release, and the Company does not undertake any obligation to update any such information, except as required under applicable law.
About Non-GAAP Financial Measures
To supplement the Company's consolidated financial results presented in accordance with United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ("GAAP"), the Company uses the following non-GAAP financial measures: (1) gross profit, (2) gross margin, (3) profit from operations, (4) operating expenses, (5) operating margin, (6) net income, and (7) diluted earning per ADS, each of which excludes expenses relating to or the effect of share-based compensation. The presentation of these non-GAAP financial measures is not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the financial information prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP. For more information on these non-GAAP financial measures, please see the table captioned "Reconciliation of GAAP and non-GAAP Financial Data" set forth at the end of this press release.
The Company believes that these non-GAAP financial measures provide meaningful supplemental information regarding its operating performance by excluding expenses relating to or the effect of share-based compensation that may not be indicative of its operating performance. The Company believes that both management and investors benefit from referring to these non-GAAP financial measures in assessing its operating performance and when planning and forecasting future periods. These non-GAAP financial measures also facilitate management's internal comparisons to the Company's historical performance. The Company computes its non-GAAP financial measures using the same consistent method from quarter to quarter. The Company believes these non-GAAP financial measures are useful to investors in allowing for greater transparency with respect to supplemental information used by management in its financial and operational decision making. A limitation of using non-GAAP financial measures excluding expenses relating to or the effect of share-based compensation is that these expenses and effects have been and will continue to be significant recurring expenses in the Company's business for the foreseeable future. Management compensates for these limitations by providing specific information regarding the GAAP amount excluded from each non-GAAP measure. The accompanying tables have more details on the reconciliation between non-GAAP financial measures and their most comparable GAAP financial measures.
For further information, please contact: ShangPharma Corporation In Shanghai, China Lan Xie VP of Finance and Operations E-mail: email@example.com Christensen In New York, US Kimberly Minarovich, +1 917-533-3268 firstname.lastname@example.com In Hong Kong Tip Fleming, +852-9212-0684 email@example.com
SHANGPHARMA CORPORATION UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET (in thousands of U.S. dollars, except for ordinary share data)
December 31, March 31, 2010 2011 ---- ---- ASSETS Current assets: Cash and cash equivalents 49,160 48,457 Restricted cash 688 788 Accounts receivable, net 16,908 18,157 Amounts due from related parties - 76 Inventories 1,259 1,794 Prepayments and other current assets 4,779 4,649 Deferred tax assets 315 145 --- --- Total current assets 73,109 74,066 Non-current assets: Derivative assets 261 21 Property, plant, equipment and software, net 60,147 62,879 Land use right, net 4,221 4,241 Other long-term assets 204 794 --- Total non-current assets 64,833 67,935 ------ ------ Total assets 137,942 142,001 ======= ======= LIABILITIES Current liabilities: Short-term bank borrowings 755 763 Accounts payable 10,549 10,415 Amounts due to related parties 1,025 1,234 Salary and welfare payable 4,040 4,197 Income tax payable 1,910 1,191 Advance from customers 1,650 2,132 Other payables and accruals 4,477 3,942 ----- ----- Total current liabilities 24,406 23,874 ------ ------ Total liabilities 24,406 23,874 Commitments and contingencies EQUITY Ordinary shares (US$0.001 par value; 429,999,350 shares 336 336 authorized; 335,600,000 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2010 and March 31, 2011, respectively) Additional paid in capital 78,989 79,829 Statutory reserves 6,795 6,795 Retained earnings 23,655 26,667 Accumulated other comprehensive income 3,761 4,500 ----- ----- Total equity 113,536 118,127 ------- ------- Total liabilities and equity 137,942 142,001 ======= =======
SHANGPHARMA CORPORATION UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS (in thousands of U.S. dollars, except for ADS(1) data and per ADS data)
Three months ended March 31, % 2010 2011 Change ---- ---- ------ Net revenue 19,728 24,774 25.6% Cost of revenue (12,788) (16,774) 31.2% ------- ------- ---- Gross profit 6,940 8,000 15.3% Operating expenses Selling and marketing (517) (473) -8.5% General and administrative (3,298) (5,049) 53.1% ------ ------ ---- Total operating expenses (3,815) (5,522) 44.7% ------ ------ ---- Profit from operations 3,125 2,478 -20.7% Other income, net: 33 1,053 3090.9% --- ----- ------ Income from operations before income taxes 3,158 3,531 11.8% Income taxes (426) (519) 21.8% ---- ---- ---- Net income attributable to ShangPharma Corporation 2,732 3,012 10.2% ===== ===== ==== Allocation to preferred shareholders (688) - -100.0% ---- --- ------ Net income attributable to ShangPharma Corporation's 2,044 3,012 47.4% ordinary shareholders Net income attributable to ShangPharma Corporation's ordinary shareholders per ADS Basic 0.18 0.16 -11.1% Diluted 0.18 0.16 -11.1% Weighted average ADS outstanding Basic 11,555,888 18,644,444 Diluted 11,606,506 18,947,692
(1) Each ADS represents 18 ordinary shares.
SHANGPHARMA CORPORATION RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP FINANACIAL DATA (in thousands of U.S. dollars, except for ADS(1) data and per ADS data)
Three months ended March 31, 2010 2011% ---- ---- GAAP gross profit 6,940 8,000 15.3% GAAP gross margin 35.2% 32.3% Adjustments: Share-based compensation 125 598 378.4% --- --- ----- Non-GAAP gross profit 7,065 8,598 21.7% Non-GAAP gross margin 35.8% 34.7% ---- ---- GAAP operating expenses (3,815) (5,522) 44.7% Adjustments: Share-based compensation 51 771 1411.8% --- --- ------ Non-GAAP operating expenses (3,764) (4,751) 26.2% ------ ------ ---- GAAP profit from operations 3,125 2,478 -20.7% GAAP operating margin 15.8% 10.0% Adjustments: Share-based compensation 176 1,369 677.8% --- ----- ----- Non-GAAP profit from operations 3,301 3,847 16.5% Non-GAAP operating margin 16.7% 15.5% ---- ---- GAAP net income 2,732 3,012 10.2% GAAP net margin 13.8% 12.2% Adjustments: Share-based compensation 176 1,369 677.8% --- ----- ----- Non-GAAP net income 2,908 4,381 50.7% Non-GAAP net margin 14.7% 17.7% ---- ---- GAAP net income attributable to ShangPharma 0.18 0.16 -11.1% Corporation's ordinary shareholders per ADS, diluted : Adjustments: Share-based compensation 0.01 0.07 ---- ---- Non-GAAP net income attributable to ShangPharma 0.19 0.23 21.1% Corporation's ordinary shareholders per ADS, ---- ---- ---- diluted: Weighted average ADS outstanding - basic 11,555,888 18,644,444 (Non-GAAP) Weighted average ADS outstanding - diluted 11,606,506 18,947,692 (Non-GAAP)
(1) Each ADS represents 18 ordinary shares.
SOURCE ShangPharma Corporation


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"This 'open review' experiment would have far-reaching repercussions in the academic publishing mechanism of the future," Pavlidis said. "Under the new system, reviews have the potential to become more thorough and civil, as referees would need to stand behind their names. Additionally, researchers may become more productive, as they would receive better feedback."
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Benchmarking on internal business processes of an organization. Often, key aspects of industrial processes were measured and compared with those of other firms to speed up and improve the efficiency of production--for example, by increasing productivity of workers and reducing manufacturing defects. By the early 1980s, benchmarking turned its focus outside of organizations. Firms such as Xerox, IBM, and Motorola were routinely benchmarking their performance against other firms in order to gain competitive and strategic advantage. By 1990, it was recognized that benchmarking provides the greatest benefits when it focuses on the customers of an organization. Ultimately, the health--and often the survival--of an organization depends on the satisfaction and value customers receive from an organization's products and services. Today, management of road maintenance is undergoing a similar transformation from being internally focused on production and resource usage to being externally focused and satisfying customers' needs and desires. WHAT IS CUSTOMER-DRIVEN BENCHMARKING? Customer-driven benchmarking is a management process to achieve continuous improvement that will eventually delight the customer. Customer-driven benchmarking involves assessing, adopting, and improving upon "best" practices that have been shown through measurement to lead to higher levels of performance--better products and services to customers. These better performances are achieved with the same or fewer resources and are applicable to a particular environmental setting. The central ideas in customer-driven benchmarking are the following: It is a type of continuous quality improvement. You do not do customer-driven benchmarking once and then you are done. By improving continuously, you will not merely exceed your current levels of performance or the performance level of others--you will eventually exceed customer 8
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- During her 10 years as a Utah state trooper, Lisa Steed built a reputation as an officer with a knack for nabbing drunken motorists in a state with a long tradition of tee totaling and some of the nation's strictest liquor laws.
Steed used the uncanny talent -- as one supervisor once described it -- to garner hundreds of arrests, setting records, earning praise as a rising star and becoming the first woman to become trooper of the year.
Today, however, Steed is out of work, fired from the Utah Highway Patrol, and she -- and her former superiors -- are facing a lawsuit in which some of those she arrested allege she filed bogus DUI reports.
"If we don't stand up to Lisa Steed or law enforcement, they just pull people over for whatever reason they want," said attorney Michael Studebaker.
Steed declined to comment, but her attorney Greg Skordas said she denies the allegations. She is trying to get her job back.
The people snared by Steed say the arrests disrupted their lives and were costly to resolve.
Michael Choate, a now-retired aircraft logistics specialist at Hill Air Force Base, said he nearly lost his security clearance and job.
Steed stopped him because he was wearing a Halloween costume and booked him even though three breathalyzers tests showed no alcohol in his system. Choate said he spent $3,800 and had to take four days off of work to get his DUI charged dismissed.
The 49-page lawsuit includes two defendants, but Studebaker said dozens of others are lined up and willing to tell their stories. He said they are requesting the lawsuit be broadened into a class action lawsuit.
Every one of her DUI stops back to at least 2006 should be under suspicion, he said, adding that could be as many as 1,500 people.
The lawsuit, filed in December, also accuses the Utah Highway Patrol of ignoring Steed's patterns of higher-than-normal DUI bookings and waited too long to take her off patrol. The agency declined to comment.
Steed joined the agency in 2002, and during her first five years, she earned a reputation as a hard-worker whose efficiency led to high arrest totals. By the time she ascended to trooper of the year in 2007, she was held up as one of the agency's top stars.
In 2009, Steed became a member of the DUI squad. Her 400 DUI arrests that year were thought to be a state record, and more than double the number made by any other highway trooper. She earned special recognition at the state Capitol.
"With her training and experience, it's second nature for her to find these people who are driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol," her DUI squad boss at the time, Lt. Steve Winward, told the Deseret News.
During a ride-along with the newspaper, Steed said it was simply a "numbers game," noting that one in every 10 drivers stopped for a violation is driving impaired. "It's a lot of hard work, but you make a ton of stops, and you're going to run into them," she said.
Steed's career, however, turned. In 2012, while on the stand in a DUI court case, Steed acknowledged purposely leaving her microphone in her patrol car so that superiors wouldn't know she was violating agency policy.
By April 2012, her credibility had come into question so much that a prosecutor said he would no longer prosecute DUIs if Steed's testimony was the only evidence.
In October, the Salt Lake Tribune obtained a memo written in May 2010 in which Utah Highway Patrol Sgt. Rob Nixon flagged Steed's "pattern" of questionable DUI arrests. He wrote that the bulk of Steed's arrestees had no signs of "impairing drugs" in their systems.
The memo said she based most of her arrests on signs of impairment such as dilated pupils and leg and body tremors.
Steed was taken off road patrol in April 2012 and fired in November. She was accused of violating department policies, falsifying police reports and using questionable practices when making DUI arrests.
The lawsuit is based on two defendants: Thomas Romero and Julie Tapia.
Romero was stopped after Steed said he was swerving, according to the lawsuit. After Romero said he wasn't drinking, Steed gave him a roadside sobriety test anyway. She booked him for DUI even though his blood alcohol content was 0.00. Charges were dismissed.
Tapia went to pick up her ex-husband, who had been drinking. Steed approached Tapia as she got out of her car at her house, saying Tapia had been speeding, the lawsuit said. Steed said she could smell alcohol, and Tapia told her it was coming from her ex-husband.
Tapia was arrested for a DUI; her ex-husband for public intoxication. Tapia's blood test showed no alcohol. Charges were dropped.
Choate, who hopes to join the lawsuit, said the entire agency should be held responsible for the damage Steed caused to him and others. "They let her get away with it for a long time," he said.
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Two weeks ago, when I was discussing the Grosse Pointe Blank soundtrack, I mentioned that nostalgia is "a big card to play." It's a very evocative technique that, for a film or music, takes the viewer/listener back to another time, ushering them through their own lives, rather than taking them on a journey in a vacuum through the story.
In both Grosse Pointe Blank and The Big Chill, the nostalgic music was largely diegetic, meaning the characters in the films can hear it. In the case of Grosse Pointe Blank, the nostalgic efforts aren't directly pandering to the audience. Martin Blank can hear the music of his high school years, at his high school reunion, and it forces him to acknowledge and study the normal life he eschewed. Not groundbreaking stuff, buy it made for a pretty fun film and terrific soundtrack.
The Big Chill is one of those films about "growing up." Which is fine, growing up is a big part of life. Without growing up, we all would still be babies, and how would we eat at new restaurants?
The Big Chill examines a group of a half-dozen friends who attended college together in the late 60's who are brought back together in 1983 or so after their friend commits suicide. The cast remains fairly iconic to this day with Kevin Kline, Jeff Goldblum, Glenn Close, Tom Berenger, Meg Tilly, and William Hurt. They stay the weekend together to find that they're all suffering from pretty unremarkable adult problems – they're broke, being cheated on, cheating, baby-crazy, etc.
So, these adults have all these adult problems. But unlike the age today where you can't swing a dead cat without running into a Buzzfeed list of "25 Worst Things About Growing Up," or reading an article about how 30 year-olds can't find jobs and live at home, no one was really bitching about growing up THAT much in 1983. If they were, it wasn't on a platform as large as a movie screen. So, that nostalgia that we're sick of and the problems that young-ish adults face aren't exactly a revelation. But what we see throughout this entire film, directed by Lawrence Kasdan, are these miserable-ish people all trying to go home again. And that's sad in the context of the movie, then it becomes sad in a different way when Baby Boomers make this film and its soundtrack anthemic to their generation.
And there's no more effective, or heavy-handed way to drive that point across by playing songs from the characters' halcyon days, where everything was great, and kids were being kids. Through the lens of 30 years of hindsight, the premise reads as quaint and the soundtrack to support is so on-the-nose that it seems to have been curated through a survey by the U.S. Department of Innocuous Nostalgia.
Now granted, I can't say I'm of the generation that found kicking back with a doobie and listening to Three Dog Night and The Temptations to be a "good time," but that's ok. I understand it. I don't actually, but for the sake of diplomacy and to appear magnanimous, I'll say I do.
Another interesting aspect here is the time passed between the present for the characters and the era they look back to. It's not that far back. Can you be nostalgic 15 years back? You can if you're a fashion designer or remaking a crappy movie, but it's hard to take any pop culture from 15 years ago that seriously. Here's a list of the Top 100 songs of 1999. Take one of them seriously. I dare you.
The good news with so much of this soundtrack being diegetic is that the director, Lawrence Kasdan, doesn't seem to be breaking the fourth wall, tapping you on the shoulder, then whispering, "Remember this song?" to lure you in. Thank God for small miracles there.
The bad news is that seeing the characters run for refuge in the music of their youth isn't as heartening as one would hope. For instance, after a particularly traumatic dinner, the "gang" dusts themselves off and does the dishes.
If I didn't recognize Glenn Close, I would have sworn this was an early-80's commercial for Tupperware. It seems that trite.
However, the skepticism surrounding any overture to our youth as a marketing ploy probably didn't exist back then, and so people listening to a bunch of catchy pop 15 years after its prime for no particular reason seems like a crass exercise, but it's not like people aren't doing that right now. I wish I could say that I was listening to Ricky Martin or Crazy Town as I was writing this, but I'm not. I'm listening to my air conditioner and a few birds. Which no one would care about because it doesn't harken back to simpler times.
But it's pretty nice, even if it wouldn't make for a great film. But if I was listening to a song right now, it would probably be this:
Warning: It won't make doing the dishes any better, nor will it bring your dead friends back. You're going to need Three Dog Night for that.
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Couldn't help but notice that it seems nobody has actually been adventuring lately. Maybe they have but not posting about it.
When I go, I go big. Just over 5,000 miles in 17 days this time. There was no prescribed route. Just heading out to some favorite spots and exploring some areas that I've never seen.
The trip went something like this:
Inland Empire to Baker, forgotten passport, back to Inland Empire and eventually,
Grand Canyon NP
Capitol Reef NP
Natural Bridges SP
Valley of the Gods
Monument Valley
Mesa Verde NP
Canyonlands NP
Arches NP
Glacier NP (US)
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Waterton NP
Banff NP
Jasper NP
Yoho NP
Mt. Revelstoke NP
Glacier NP (CA)
North Cascades NP
Olympic NP
Mt Rainier NP
Crater Lake NP
Lassen Volcanic NP
Lake Tahoe
Bodie SP
Death Valley NP
Inland Empire
and other highlights that I will remember later
Sore ass. A little hiking, hot springing, kayaking, swimming, drinking, cooking, camping and a few deluxe accommodations along the way.
It didn't start out to be a mission to see at least one national park per day but after a while decided why the hell not?
There are a few nice photos I'll try to post later.
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Boring tasks like paying bills and homework will get a new and exciting feel with a Floral and Zebra Desk Set from Tiffany Windsor. Decoupage craft ideas can help change boring, traditional items into personalized art pieces. Plus, the prints make a thrilling combination.
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Punch butterflies from scrapbook paper and lay out in desired pattern on file folder.
Brush Aleene's Glitter Decoupage onto file folder following printed design.
Brush Aleene's Glitter Decoupage onto back of butterflies and place onto file folder.
Brush Aleene's Glitter Decoupage over top of butterflies. Use brush to smooth any ridges of Decoupage medium. Let dry. If desired, for more glitter add another coat of Decoupage medium over area. Let dry.
You can use the same technique to apply scrapbook paper to wood pencil cup. Cut paper to desired size and glue layers in place with Decoupage medium. For more glittery effect, apply several coats.
A pretty and easy addition to your tabletop decor is to cut a piece of floral scrapbook paper to fit inside small frame. Punch butterfly from zebra print paper. Use Decoupage medium to glue in place on front of mat frame. Let dry. Reassemble frame.
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Miami Vise
I welcome the opportunity of having anyone assassinate Fidel Castro and any other leader that is oppressing the people. --GOP Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, of Miami, interviewed in 2006 for the British documentary 638 Ways to Kill Castro
Fidel Castro is dying. Or perhaps he is already dead. That, at least, was the rumor in Little Havana over the past several months, where reports that the health of the comandante en jefe was improving were treated with skepticism.
Premature predictions of Castro's death have been a mainstay of Miami's rumor mill since long before last July, when the Cuban government announced that the elder Castro had transferred power temporarily to his younger brother Raul. Cuban-Americans who first heard "news" of Castro's expiration in elementary school are now receiving their AARP cards. Countless Castro opponents who anticipated Fidel's death have preceded him to the grave.
The demise of Fidel Castro has been part of the Cuban exile imagination for a long time, as evidenced in such works as León Ichaso's 1996 film Bitter Sugar, which culminates in an abortive assassination attempt. That is especially the case for early 1960s and '70s exiles, among them Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and her parents, who consider themselves part of el exilio histórico (el exilio histérico to its critics). Identifying with this exilio histórico signifies a hard-line position as much as time of arrival. Upon hearing of Castro's serious illness, some of these exiles lamented the possibility that he might die of natural causes rather than being executed. "I would have liked to kill that man to set an example for future generations," said Orlando Bosch, the man many hold mainly responsible for the terrorist downing of a Cubana Airlines passenger plane in 1976, which killed seventy-three people, to a reporter last August, when asked whether he was "relieved or frustrated" that Castro was seriously ill. "The prospect that he will die in bed really upsets me."
What is really happening in the exile capital now that Castro no longer wields absolute power in Havana and his death might no longer be just wishful thinking but a real possibility?
After the round of noisy, if lightly attended, celebrations in Miami after the July 31 announcement of Castro's turnover of power, an eerie calm seems to have settled in. That is largely because an orderly succession in Cuba has already occurred. The popular uprising hoped for by many has not materialized.
"They are depressed. They are in shock," said Alfredo Durán, a veteran of the Bay of Pigs invasion and the former chair of the Florida Democratic Party. Durán, who has long advocated dialogue and an end to the embargo, was kicked out of the Bay of Pigs veterans' organization for his views. He says that hard-line exiles "never imagined that a transfer of power could take place while Castro is still alive. Now they don't have the slightest idea what to do."
Yet it would be wrong to mistake a temporary psychological setback for a definitive defeat or to underestimate the hard-liners' power, which has never been greater. It is true that the community has never been monolithic and that more recent arrivals and second- and third-generation Cuban-Americans hold more centrist attitudes on such topics as the embargo and travel to the island; but the conclusion many have derived from these facts--that the Cuban-American community is moving toward political moderation--is at best only half right.
The truth is there are two contradictory trends in the US Cuban community: one involving people, the other grounded in power. The people curve indeed arcs toward the center, but it is long and slow. The power curve has been moving swiftly in the opposite direction. The moderates are growing in number, and their voice is louder today than when dissent in Miami was met with bombs. But meanwhile, the hard-liners have been accumulating power and driving US Cuba policy further right, with a major assist from a President who believes in using US power to change regimes and export democracy. While the Cuban-American community as a whole is slowly drifting toward moderation, its hard-line political elite has become entrenched in the most powerful American institutions.


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Billy Graham is 93 years old today. And all over the world, people are discussing his influence and impact and remembering their own encounters with the world's leading evangelist.
I, too, am thinking Billy Graham -- more specifically, I'm recalling with great gratitude and fondness the first time I met him.
Sojourners had just settled and started up in Washington D.C., and I was still in my early twenties. The annual National Prayer Breakfast was approaching and, as was the custom then, a pre-Prayer Breakfast meeting for top evangelical leaders was organized to enable a more informal time of fellowship and discussion. Again it was a breakfast, the day before the big event where the president traditionally speaks to members of Congress and the Senate, most of the cabinet, and about 2,000 invited special guests from around the world -- all about the contribution of faith and prayer to our public life.
I had never been invited to the famous prayer breakfast, and certainly had not to the very-established evangelical leaders' meeting just beforehand.
Imagine my surprise when I got a personal invitation to the "leaders' breakfast." Why are they inviting me, I wondered, quite suspiciously to tell you the truth.
At Sojourners we were speaking out strongly for social justice, challenging racism in both the society and the church, and especially in opposing the war in Vietnam -- not commitments the evangelical world was known for at the time.
Why would they include me in a meeting like this? What do they want from me? Do they want to argue with me, or perhaps hope to try to co-opt me?
I arrived a little late -- not used to getting to fancy hotels and finding parking -- and the room was already full. But when I gave my name, the hostess seemed to know right where to take me.
"Follow me," she said. As we began to wind our way through the very old-looking crowd of white men, I saw that she seemed to be taking me to a table in the far corner of the hotel banquet room.
Then I saw him. Billy Graham was sitting at that table!
I almost stopped in my tracks. Graham was a household name in my evangelical family as I was growing up, and we faithfully watched all his crusades on television. No person in the world was more respected by my parents, or by our little evangelical Plymouth Brethren Church.
I noticed there was an empty chair right next to him. And then Graham looked up, saw me coming, and motioned to the open spot and for me to sit down.
I was stunned and speechless. But I sat down in the chair that had apparently been waiting for me, to Graham's dazzling smile, the warmest greeting, and embracing handshake that has mesmerized people all over the world.
Graham looked at me with those penetrating eyes and said, "Jim, it is so good to meet you. I think that you will be a leader for the next generation of young Christians. And I am a leader for the older establishment of evangelicals. There are people who would divide us, and pull us apart; but we can't let them do that. I want them to know that I agree with you on more things than they would imagine, and I thought we should start talking together."
So we did, ov [7]er one of the most memorable breakfasts of my life. I soon realized that he had something to do with my surprising invitation to breakfast with the evangelical establishment that day. More conversations followed over the years and, in one of them, he said to me, "My calling is to preach the gospel of personal salvation, and yours in to preach the social implications of that same gospel. So I think our ministries are complementary."
Looking back now, I can hardly believe how gracious that early invitation and conversation was. We were just a bunch of rag-tag young evangelicals proclaiming a gospel of justice and peace, and were both willing and sometimes eager to challenge the establishments of both church and state on that message.
As the preeminent evangelical leader of the day, Graham didn't have to engage us at all, let alone put his arm around the back of the chair next to him at breakfast and ask a young evangelical what he and his generation thought about a lot of things. All of which showed what kind of leader -- and man --he always has been. Not only gracious and warm, he has been a bridge builder, mentor, and an encourager.
Graham has always been a life-long learner, passionate about preaching the gospel but always ready to understand more about what that gospel means in the world. It was never surprising to me that this southern-born-and-raised American evangelist decided early on to insist on preaching only to racially integrated coliseums and crusades, when many others just went along with their culture.
Later, as a result of falling in love with the new congregations he was preaching to in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, Graham had a "change of heart" on the nuclear arms race -- which we featured in a cover story interview with the evangelist in Sojourners magazine in 1979. (See below for images of the '79 story titled, "A Change of Heart," or click the following link to read the text in PDF form: A Change of Heart [8]) [9] [10] [11]
Graham also has been willing to admit his mistakes and grow from them, which is something all of us as "leaders" constantly need to learn. And while he has been a conservative evangelical all his life, Graham was never drawn to the hard-edged and politicized fundamentalism of the "Religious Right," but instead often winced at them.
Gratefully, Billy Graham is still with us at 93, even though we miss his active voice in so many ways today.
His wisdom, grace, and compassion is not always present in all or our leaders today, but his example is still very important.
Thank you Billy -- and happy birthday!
[12]Jim Wallis is the author of Rediscovering Values: A Guide for Economic and Moral Recovery [13], and CEO of Sojourners [14]. He blogs at www.godspolitics.com [15]. Follow Jim on Twitter @JimWallis [16].
[1] http://sojo.net/blogs/gods-politics
[2] http://sojo.net/biography/jim-wallis-0
[3] http://sojo.net/blogs/2011/11/07/jim-wallis-billy-graham-his-93rd-birthday-thank-you#comment-covenant
[4] http://sojo.net/letter-to-web-editor?post=From%20Jim%20Wallis%20to%20Billy%20Graham%2C%20on%20His%2093rd%20Birthday%3A%20%22Thank%20you%21%22
[5] http://sojo.net/donate
[6] http://sojo.net/sites/default/files/mainimages/blog/billy-graham-1966-217x300.jpg
[7] http://sojo.net/sites/default/files/images/Billy-Graham-cover1.jpg
[8] http://sojo.net/sites/default/files/images/A-Change-of-Heart.pdf
[9] http://sojo.net/sites/default/files/images/Billy-Graham-interview1.jpg
[10] http://sojo.net/sites/default/files/images/Billy-Graham-interview2.jpg
[11] http://sojo.net/sites/default/files/images/Billy-Graham-interview3.jpg
[12] http://sojo.net/sites/default/files/images/portrait-jim-wallis111.jpg
[13] http://go.sojo.net/site/R?i=F7iZ7XiVaWLKfhghFwfJ1g..
[14] http://go.sojo.net/site/R?i=qetrAnKP-l9oheaS1Yds1A..
[15] http://go.sojo.net/site/R?i=p8Niynq9VcnOMTE6GIx_fQ..
[16] http://go.sojo.net/site/R?i=4HwayqIjScoanb8NV5OKHg..


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The government clarified that there was no question of replacing the current caste-based reservation system with an economic criteria-based quota regime.
The Congress and the UPA government strongly defended caste-based reservations on Wednesday in response to criticism from its cadre and the Opposition of party general secretary Janardan Dwivedi's call to end the quota system.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi said the caste quota, "introduced" and "strengthened" by her party, would continue to be "championed" by it. The government clarified that there was no question of replacing the current caste-based reservation system with an economic criteria-based quota regime.
"The government is not considering any proposal to provide reservation based on economic criteria. The reservation as it stands today will continue as per constitutional provision," Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Rajiv Shukla told the Rajya Sabha. He made the statement after Bahujan Samaj Party, Samjawadi Party and Janata Dal (United) MPs disrupted the House to protest Mr. Dwivedi's call.
The statement, however, failed to pacify the angry MPs. In the post-lunch session, BSP members stormed into the well of the House forcing adjournment for the day. Outside Parliament, BSP leader Mayawati refused to accept the claim that Mr. Dwivedi's remarks were his personal opinion.
LJP's Ram Vilas Paswan asked: "Mr. Dwivedi's remarks are against the Constitution. This kind of statement will only strengthen the Opposition. We demand the Congress condemn it."
Keywords: Janardan Dwivedi, caste based reservation, reservation quota, Rajiv Shukla, BSP chief Mayawati, economic reservation


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The FIA didn't see a problem with the move so didn't investigate it, they only investigated it when Alonso asked them to look at it. Also it's not just this time Alonso has been a little less than a sportsman, he has a long line of questionable incidents against his name, that''s why people don't like him. If he's good enough that's fine, if he uses others to cheat for him then that's not being a sportsman.


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Team Sauerland today won the purse bid for the eagerly-anticipated rematch between WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev and champion in recess Ruslan Chagaev with an offer of $2.814.414. We are very happy to have won the bid and we are pleased to promote this fight for Nikolai, said Sauerland Event General Manager Chris Meyer. We intend to stage the bout on May 30. We have targeted Helsinki, Finland as the location but will announce further details in the next days. The purse bid was held in Vitoria, Spain..
Valuev suffered the only loss of his career in April 2007 when Ruslan Chagaev clinched a close majority decision in Stuttgart, Germany. After Chagaev pulled out of two scheduled rematches with Valuev, he was named champion in recess, while the Russian Giant went on the win the vacant WBA heavyweight title in August 2008 with a victory over John Ruiz. He made a successful defence against Evander Holyfield in December. Chagaev returned from his Achilles injury with a success over Carl Davis Drumond in February 2009. Effective June 1 there will just be one WBA heavyweight champion, Meyer added. All boxing fans will finally know who the real champion is. We thank the WBA for the quick course of action. This gives us the chance to put the record straight on May 30.
Valuev, who is currently shaping up in Japan, was pleased about the outcome. He cannot wait to get back into the ring with Chagaev. I have been waiting for this day for two years, said the WBA heavyweight champion. I will finally make amends for only loss of my career.
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A Financial Transactions Tax would effectively impose a sales tax on stocks and other financial assets, so that speculators have to pay a tax on their trades.
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Did you know that in the state of California it costs roughly seven times more to house one prisoner for a year than it does to send just one child to a college or university? The annual combined budget for all Cal State and University of California campuses (thirty-two total) is less than half of what California spends on prisons. That's a truly astounding fact and it gets even more troubling when you move to the inner cities. In Los Angeles, more than two-thirds of low-performing schools are in neighborhoods with the highest incarceration rates, and that same percentage of the city's high-performing schools are in neighborhoods with the lowest incarceration rates.
For the past 25 years, Heart of Los Angeles (HOLA), a nonprofit organization, has provided thousands of at-risk youth with free, exceptional after-school programs in academics, arts, and athletics, including a world-class youth orchestra program, a vibrant visual arts department, a full college-prep program and premier sports leagues and clinics. In neighborhoods often overrun by poverty, crime and a feeling of hopelessness, HOLA invests in youth to build stronger communities and gives some of the city's most vulnerable youth a chance to succeed in life.
This week: US media go into overdrive over Russia/Ukraine, painting the conflict as proof that Barack Obama isn't feared enough. Plus pundits laugh at Putin's delusion–but what about John Kerry's?
And a big anti-Keystone XL rally at the White House hardly makes the news.
Swansea/Amsterdam, 11 March 2014 – The current trend towards legal regulation of the cannabis market has become irreversible and requires an urgent dialogue by UN member states on the best models for protecting people's health and safety, argues a new report. The question facing the international community today is no longer whether there is a need to revise the UN drug control system, but rather when and how to do it.
The report unveils the long and little-known history of cannabis regulation from the late 19th century when it was widely used for medical, ceremonial and social purposes to the post-WWII period when US pressure and a potent mix of moralistic rhetoric and unreliable scientific data succeeded in categorising cannabis as a drug with 'particularly dangerous properties' on a par with heroin in the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs. It also brings the history up-to-date with more recent developments as an increasing number of countries have shown discomfort with the treaty regime's strictures through 'soft defections', such as turning a blind eye, decriminalisation, coffeeshops, cannabis social clubs and generous medical marijuana schemes. These have stretched the legal flexibility of the conventions to sometimes questionable limits.
Ethnic violence continues to smoulder throughout several states in South Sudan despite an official cessation of hostilities signed on the 23rd of January, 2014. What initially began as clashes between rival tribal groups within the South Sudanese presidential guards has quickly devolved into a bloody and intractable ethnic conflict throughout much of the country. The clashes began on the 15th of December, 2013, when South Sudanese President Salva Kiir accused a number of senior politicians, including Vice President Riek Machar, of attempting to stage a coup, a claim the vice president vehemently rejects. Mr. Machar, a seasoned veteran of guerrilla warfare, quickly established a resistance movement resulting in a bitter conflict which has already claimed over 10,000 lives and displaced over half a million South Sudanese citizens according to UN spokesman, Farhan Haq. The fighting has also assumed an ethnic dimension as the president and Mr. Machar are members of the two dominant tribes, the Dinka and the Nuer peoples, which have sided with these two factions respectively.
Although a ceasefire was officially reached on the 23rd of January 2014, with peace talks set to restart on the 7th of February, it has been ineffectual in quelling the violence, with armed clashes confirmed throughout the interim period in Unity State, Upper Nile and Jonglei State. However, this should not be surprising considering that both sides felt compelled to sign a ceasefire which provided no substantive answers to permanently resolving the conflict in order to assuage international fears. As one South Sudanese rebel official noted "This deal does not provide answers to South Sudan's current problems. We need a comprehensive political deal...We are only signing because we, and they, are under pressure."
The following is a quote from Joan Entmacher, Vice President for Family Economic Security at the National Women's Law Center:
"Women are three-quarters of workers in the largest, lowest-wage occupations. And these low-wage jobs account for a disproportionate share of the jobs women have gained since the start of the recovery. What's worse, women in these low-wage jobs are paid ten cents less on every dollar earned by men. These stark facts underscore why it's critical to raise the minimum wage and advance equal pay and equal opportunity for women."
On International Women's Day, although I woke up in America, my heart was in Gaza. After having been detained for over 22 hours in the Cairo airport without explanation, I had been deported to London and ultimately sent back to the United States. I was the youngest American of an International Women's Day Delegation bound for Gaza to answer the call women of Gaza issued to the women of the world to come and stand with them in solidarity. We were "armed" with microscopes for hospitals, toys for children, chocolate gifts and solar lamps as a gesture to give them light in the darkness caused literally and figuratively by the Israeli blockade. As I sat stuck with an amazing group of forty women from around the world between passport control and the arrival gates exit, our thoughts were constantly with the women we were on a mission to visit.
Tired from my seventeen hour flight and looking forward to finally crashing in a bed at the hotel, I was surprised when the guard at passport control picked up the phone after stamping my passport and then told me to go sit down without giving my passport back to me. I knew that it would be difficult to get into Gaza, but I did not think it would be difficult to get into Cairo at least.
"You have no rights here!" barked a U.S. Border Patrol agent to a resident of Arivaca, AZ who was passing through a Customs and Border Protection checkpoint 23 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border.
This remark confirms a sense of violation of rights that many borderlands residents have when encountering one of the 71 permanent or tactical checkpoints scattered across the southwestern U.S. These off-border sites were condoned by the U.S. Supreme Court more than 40 years ago. Stops were intended to be brief, and limited to verifying residence status. They were to be situated within a reasonable distance from the border. This distance was determined to be 100 miles from any external boundary and today roughly encompasses two-thirds of the U.S. population. People in the southwest call this region the "constitution-free zone."
Chicken Little got it wrong. The sky isn't exactly falling, but it does pose lethal threats. Those threats are near and long term, domestic and international. They entail surveillance and terror.
Weaponized unmanned drone aircraft – the Predator, the Reaper, the Global Hawk - have no crew on board. Hence no head, no heart. These drones are amoral robots exquisitely designed to spy and to kill, to maim and to demolish. Out of the blue, their 500-pound bombs and Hellfire missiles strike like lightning bolts.
The United States is currently ranked 46th on the World Press Freedom Index by Reporters Without Borders. As a journalist in this country, I can't rest easy knowing that we are far behind countries like Finland (ranked number one), or Costa Rica and Namibia, ranked 21st and 22nd.
Among the many factors contributing to our nation's fall from number 37th on the list is the treatment of whistle blowers and journalists by the US Department of Justice, but the decline began in 2011 with the arrests and harassment of many reporters and livestreamers during national Occupy Wall Street protests.
Last week, the Wall Street Journal highlighted a Federal Reserve report on total household net worth. Surprise! Americans are richer than ever before, both in nominal and real terms.
At the same time, though, wealth inequality is increasing from its already Gilded Era levels. The main factor behind increasing household net worth over the past year was the rising stock market (followed far behind by rising housing prices). These obviously only help you if you own stocks—not if, say, you never had enough money to buy stocks, or you had to cash out your 401(k) in 2009 because you were laid off. Put another way, rising asset values help you if you are a supplier of capital more than a supplier of labor.