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Developing Nations Can Avoid Building a Legacy of Corrosion Costing Trillions Annually for Infrastructure Repair and Replacement
BEIJING, Sept. 15 /PRNewswire/ — Owens Corning (NYSE: OC), a leading global producer of glass fiber reinforcements for composite systems and residential and commercial building materials, will present a technical seminar at China Composites Expo highlighting how developing nations can avoid building a legacy of corrosion that will require spending enormous sums annually for infrastructure repair and replacement by using today's advanced materials and processes including inherently corrosion-resistant fiberglass-reinforced polymer composites.
In China alone – if current construction practices are continued for the next 17 years when the country could become the world's largest economy – China's annual cost of corrosion could then be more than US$ 1 trillion (6.8 trillion Yuan). By employing optimum corrosion management practices today, China's annual savings could then be as much as US$ 347 billion (2.4 trillion Yuan).
Estimates of the worldwide direct cost of corrosion today exceed US$ 1.8 trillion (12.2 trillion Yuan), or 3 to 4 percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of industrialized countries.(2) New material solutions have been developed since much of the corroding infrastructure was installed in developed nations. An estimated 25 to 30 percent of the annual cost of corrosion can be saved if optimum corrosion management practices are employed.(3)
Using the 4-percent-of-GDP rate found in industrialized nations and estimating a 30 percent annual cost reduction for using optimum corrosion management practices, potential annual savings for other rapidly developing countries in 2027 could be as much as US$ 54 billion for Brazil, US$ 54.6 billion for Russia and US$ 130.2 billion for India.
"Developing nations can now avoid repeating the costly repair and replacement cycle by adopting modern materials and construction methods – including composites – that simply weren't around when many more developed countries were building their core infrastructures," said Jeffrey Xu, marketing leader for Greater China, OCV(TM) Reinforcements.
"With more than 50 years of field experience, FRP is now proven technology," continued Xu. "Chemical storage tanks and pipe constructed with corrosion-resistant composites, for example, have consistently provided extended service life over those made with metals. There are many examples where composites have lasted more than 50 years and are still in service."
Today's composite materials have the potential to outperform those early applications, even in especially corrosive conditions. Boron-free Advantex® E-CR glass, for example, offers superior performance in composites facing corrosive environments when compared to standard Eglass.
"In 2010, real infrastructure industry growth in China is expected to be 25 percent, reaching a total of more than US$168.5 billion (1 trillion Yuan)," concluded Xu. "We need to make sure a substantial portion of that money is invested in corrosion-resistant composite materials so China can avoid a legacy of high future costs for infrastructure repair and replacement."
Corrosion is a natural process that occurs in refined metals because the materials want to return to their original state. Given sufficient time, oxygen and water, any iron mass eventually converts entirely to rust and disintegrates. Corrosion depends on the nature of soil and other environmental factors, such as the availability of moisture and oxygen, high electrical conductivity and high acidity and salts.
The Owens Corning technical seminar on corrosion is scheduled to begin at 3:10 p.m. (15:10) Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010, in meeting room E231 on the second floor of the China National Convention Center.
(1) The Long-Term Outlook for the BRICs and N-11 Post Crisis, Jim O'Neill and Anna Stupnytska, Goldman Sachs, Dec. 4, 2009
(2) Global Needs for Knowledge Dissemination, Research, and Development in Materials Deterioration and Corrosion Control by Gunter Schmitt, May 2009, The World Corrosion Organization
(3) Ibid
About Owens Corning
Owens Corning is a leading global producer of glass fiber reinforcements and engineered materials for composite systems and residential and commercial building materials. A Fortune 500 company for 56 consecutive years, Owens Corning is committed to driving sustainability through delivering solutions, transforming markets and enhancing lives. Founded in 1938, Owens Corning had sales of $4.8 billion in 2009 and about 16,000 employees in 28 countries on five continents. OCV(TM) Reinforcements, OCV(TM) Technical Fabrics and OCV(TM) Non-Woven Technologies are the three main business units that make up the Owens Corning Composite Solutions Business. The business delivers a broad range of reinforcement products that provide lightweight alternatives to steel, wood and aluminum, thereby reducing weight and improving energy efficiency. Additional information is available at www.owenscorning.com.
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This is the remake of the first anime space opera, made back in 1974. Since I already made a review for the original version, I will only mention the differences and how they compare.
I am not against remakes if they are at least two decades apart and if they have something new to offer without taking out the magic of the original. In this case there were four decades since the first version but this anime was made at the same time the live action movie was out. Why did they make two versions so close to each other? Weird. Not that the movie was bad in any way but it sure changed a lot of elements to the point it felt like a different story altogether. This anime on the other hand kept things almost the same and only tempered with minor details and aesthetics.
- The animation is a collaboration of two studios, AIC and Xebec. They are notorious for their bad production values and below average shows, yet in this case we have a very weird exception where they did a splendid job. It looks brilliant! This was such a surprise for me.
- The direction is done by Izubuchi Yutaka, who was an assistant to dozens of famous sci-fi titles over the years, including the third season of the older Yamato. His only previous directing work as in Rahxephon, which had an amazing concept but was otherwise completely boring and badly presented. I was expecting a lousy job but again I was amazed to find it he actually did pretty well this time. I guess it was studio Bones at fault and not his talent.
The faces are not Leiji-like which will disappoint some retro fans but to be honest most new viewers would simply hate that style. Ozma for example was completely Leiji-styled and we all saw what a waste of time that was, so the more modern style was not really a problem.
Character faces aside, everything else is left the same in terms of artwork; ship, uniforms, robots all look the same. They have also been upgraded to include ten times more details instead of leaving all minor characters like blobs in the background. It also corrected the color mistakes the older version had; such as forgetting to draw the aliens with blue skin in the first episodes.
Aesthetics aside, it looks plain gorgeous in everything from environments, to explosions, to smooth animation. They made good use of what they had, with ten times more time and budget offered in each episode simply being far better than just one week and a few pennies.
The soundtrack is basically an upgrade of the original, still ballads with more flavors in musical BGM. They also added a lot of elegiac songs in the endings for flavor; which are nice to listen to as well.
It's the age-old classic story of an alien invasion. The Earth people create a super spaceship and go to beat the aliens and find a way to rebuild their planet. As simple as it sounds, it has a lot more things to it, from taking the time to flesh out all the major characters, as well as to expand into other themes, such as patriotism, honor, and propaganda. Those themes were present in the original as well but definitely were undermined in favor of space exploration and rather dull dialogues. So although the main plot is as basic as it gets, each episode usually branches out to include various interesting side stories of human drama. Also, you now feel that there are far more planets with civilizations out there, from colonized human planets, to systems the aliens conquered. It is far more complicating and colorful than the original.
This of course can work negatively, since in the older version it was just Earth and Gamilas the only planets which could support human life. Now we are just a backwater planet, and a minor conquest instead of a vital area that will help the aliens to survive by migrating from their dying planet. In a similar way, there are many areas on the planet which don't feel like they are under immediate threat by the aliens, as they all were in the older version. I mean there were families which were discussing the heirs of their busyness and the global bombings felt like minor set backs to them instead of horrifying mass extinction of life. So the scope of the story has spread to include far more planets, which is good, but at the same time degraded a lot the importance of the main two warring factions. The results of the war just don't feel like they will signal the death of a whole race; the losing side can just migrate to a different planet for all we care.
But aside from this minor degrading, everything else is pure gold and no episodes were useless fillers. Basically, they took elements from later seasons and added them in the very first arc, making the whole in-between missions to feel far more important. For example, the second season of the original added internal conflicts amongst the humans and the third had a lot of themes regarding rebellion and freedom besides a struggle to survive. These elements are now present in the remake, as the Gamilians are now acting more like the Comet Empire and have rebellious factions, such as the ones Bolars faced.
For the same reason there is very little left to show in later possible season remakes. But then again everything after the original season felt like a rehash and weaker in feeling. I don't believe they were important additions and I am not gonna jump from joy in case they make a continuation.
A thing which remained intact is how overpowered the Yamato ship is next to the rest. It seems to withstand attacks that would vaporize everything else, so this plot armor can become distracting after the tenth time it happens. If you can look past this convenience though, the overall plot is fine and the ending is satisfactory.
While everybody still has the same roles as before, they feel far more fleshed out here, with more elaborate backdrops and characterization. A major plus is how you now feel that several secondary characters are important to the plot as well, besides the main five. Especially when it comes to the female characters, you now get a handful of dynamic women in various key positions, such as pilots, announcers, and enemy representatives. The older version was also supposed to have had many women on board the ship but from a point on they removed them completely and replaced them with genderless blobs, so they will save time in drawing. The few they left were for platonic romance and deus ex machinas.
So yes; females have a much greater role in the remake but also fall victims of fan service. Well, nothing over the top but the cute way they are drawn and the camera angles focusing on their curvy bodies while wearing skin tight uniforms is clearly done for that. They are not treated like harem whores or anything but sure feels a bit much at times.
As far as remakes go, this is amongst the best I have seen in my whole life. Although it doesn't feel as grim and serious as the older version, it does a much better job in improving visuals, story complexity, and character depth. We haven't had a good space opera for over a decade and it easily ranks as one of the better anime that were made in recent years. It is rather saddening to see how unnoticed it is by the fandom, as everybody was deifying complete trash shows like Sword Art Online, and didn't give a damn for a much superior show such as this. Proves once again how we are full of tasteless retards.
And now for some excused scorings.
General Artwork 2/2 (looks great)
Character Figures 1/2 (a bit generic)
Backgrounds 2/2 (detailed)
Animation 2/2 (overall very good)
Visual Effects 2/2 (overall very good)
Voice Acting 5/5 (fitting with the feeling of the series)
Music Themes 5/5 (great)
Premise 1/2 (typical)
Pacing 2/2 (fine)
Complexity 2/2 (many good side stories)
Plausibility 1/2 (so-so)
Conclusion 1/2 (cheesy but satisfactory)
Presence 2/2 (strong for the major ones)
Personality 2/2 (rather cheesy but well founded)
Backdrop 1/2 (simplistic but it's there)
Development 1/2 (overblown but it's there)
Catharsis 2/2 (simple but solid)
Historical Value 3/3 (all-known)
Rewatchability 2/3 (high if you like its style)
Memorability 4/4 (an unforgettable experience)
Art 1/1 (looks splendid)
Sound 1/2 (great songs)
Story 2/3 (feels generic but plays out nicely)
Characters 3/4 (they are a bit generic but play their parts nicely)
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Why hasn't Pokemon reached an E 10+ rating yet?
Surely we have...
...Mild suggestive content
...Drug reference
...And it has cartoon violence...
...Maybe animated blood would push it over the edge!
well they wouldnt sell as much as they do o.O i mean would you want a T rating game then? and making the characters stand out more and such?
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Less Screen Time for Kids
Do your school-aged kids spend much of their free time in front of a TV, computer monitor, or other type of screen? If so, you're not alone. Children's overall screen time has more than doubled since 1999 to more than 7 hours a day.
There are many reasons for parents to be concerned. Among them, struggles with school, attention problems, sleeping disorders, and obesity are all linked with excessive media time. According to Jennifer L. Harris, PhD, director of marketing initiatives at the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale University, too much TV time doesn't just displace time that kids could spend being physically active. It also encourages children to eat more of the unhealthy, high-calorie foods that they see advertised.
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The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends no more than 2 hours of entertainment media time for school-aged kids a day (including 1 to 2 hours of educational, nonviolent TV). If your children spend that much time in front of TV alone, it probably won't be easy to get them away from it -- or away from any screen, for that matter. If your son is a movie buff or your daughter an electronics enthusiast, you've got your work cut out for you.
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Don't feel that you have to go cold turkey. Make gradual changes. Do your kids usually watch hours of TV daily or are they used to constantly having the TV on as background noise? If so, try cutting down 1 hour a week to start.
Unplug your child's room. Having a TV in your kid's room can interfere with her sleep, making her wired at night and tired during the day. It can also lead to overeating and more sedentary behavior, and an increased risk of obesity. Keep the TV and computer out of your child's room. If you put TVs and computers in a central location, you can better monitor the time spent in front of them.
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Soho Farmhouse Will Now Open August, Though We're Hoping July
The time is nigh: Soho Farmhouse is nearly upon us. We now have a website, new renderings, and a few more juicy details.
That's the good news. The bad: Opening has been pushed back to August.
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Soho House Istanbul Is Open, Here Are the First Pictures
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The time has come. Soho House Istanbul ever so quietly opened last week! There's a gorgeous new website, with some incredible photos.
The rooms are booking up fast - though there's been no official announcement yet, we called yesterday to be told that this weekend was fully sold out. The first date they had available was Sunday – 22 March. For non-members, the starting rate is €200 + 8% tax. That's a March special offer, for one of the small rooms – they won't guarantee a room type until check in, but it could be a Tiny, Small or Small Plus room. (Rates for members are lower – they start at €150.)
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Soho Farmhouse Will Have Stables, a Cookery School, and Lots of Children
The days are getting longer, the weather's getting more bearable and the countdown is on for Soho Farmhouse, the new country house hotel by Soho House, which is opening in Oxfordshire in June.
We were originally doubtful that it'd make its predicted summer opening date, what with having to be constructed from scratch, but turns out we had no reason to doubt – the Farmhouse now has a website, and although it's only a holder page and reservations aren't yet open, it definitely feels on track.
They're still being rather coy about the details, though the numbers are now coming in: it's a 93 acre site, and there will be 40 cabins of one, two and three beds, all of which are on the water (there are two lakes on property). In addition, the farmhouse itself will have seven bedrooms, and there will be a five-bedroom cottage. So far, so Babington House, with the variety of accommodation options.
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Amsterdam has quietly been upping its hotel scene in the past few months.
Recently, we've told you about the upcoming Generator Hotel/Hostel, The Hoxton, two new Sir Hotels, the Hyatt Regency, The W and Element Hotels, and the millennial-friendly Student Hotel. That's in addition to recent notable openings like the Waldorf Astoria Amsterdam (last May) and the Andaz Amsterdam (late 2012.)
And now comes Soho House.
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Pizza East at Soho House Chicago Delivers...on Cauliflower
We stepped out on the Virgin Chicago during our stay last weekend with a visit to the other new British import in town, Soho House Chicago in the West Loop nabe. But it was only for dinner and drinks. We didn't stay the night. Promise.
Having drooled over the pictures of Pizza East at The Shoreditch House in London (also a Soho House property), we were eager to get a piece of the wood-oven pizza pie stateside at Pizza East Chicago. But as it turns out, despite the restaurant name and despite its location in a city known for its deep dish, we actually preferred Pizza East's two starters to the main margherita pie ($16.)
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Stop Everything and Look at These Mindblowing Videos of Soho House Istanbul
Sometimes a property comes along that is so mindblowingly different, superlatively amazing and completely unique that all you can do is let that mouth of yours fall unattractively open. This is one of those times.
Seriously, we just found footage of the new Soho House Istanbul. And all we can say is, if you thought the existing Soho House properties are good, you ain't seen nothing yet.
It's going to be the biggest property so far, with a whopping 87 bedrooms, Cecconi's restaurant with "courtyard garden", two – yes, two – rooftop pools (of which one at least is overlooking the Bosphorus, according to the video) and a nightclub, as well as the screening room, gym and Cowshed spa you'd expect.
But by far the best bit is the building itself: Palazzo Corpi in Beyoğlu, built in 1882 for a Genoese family, and then taken over (uh, quelle surprise?) by the US consulate 25 years later – the first US-owned diplomatic premises in the world (more on the US links here #history). Look at this video we stumbled on (ok, we didn't stumble, we were doing a pretty thorough stalking job on the property) – and be prepared to be wowed. (Sorry, privacy settings mean it's viewable but not embeddable.)
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Your Early Christmas Present: Soho House Farmhouse Will Open In June
When news broke over the summer of a Soho Farmhouse hotel in Oxfordshire, we predicted it'd be a couple of years off, given that they had to build the thing from scratch.
We were wrong: Soho House Farmhouse will be opening in June 2015!!! #squeal #swoon #reconfiguresadventcalendarimmediately.
The evidence? This job advert for an HR manager we found browsing the Soho House website this weekend.
It doesn't divulge much more info – it'll be "in the heart of" the 125 acre Great Tew Estate, the log cabins (rooms) will be "spread around lakes", while there will be two larger properties for groups, the Cottage and the main farmhouse. It looks like there will be a screening room, the Electric Barn, as well as the Boathouse pool and, of course, the Cowshed spa. It sounds heavenly. No word on rates, but Soho House properties are generally pretty reasonable for what they are - even for non-members like us (REMEMBER: you don't have to be a member to stay, however many shifty people 'offer' to 'help you' with membership in the comments).
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Inside The Soho House Chicago, Not Just for Members Only
A few weeks ago, Soho House opened their newest, exclusive hideaway in Chicago. We finally went to check it out for ourselves and we think, this might just be the one of the best hotels in Chicago.
The property has 40 bedrooms, three restaurants (all open to the public), a private cinema and a retro-styled gym with a vintage boxing ring and aerial yoga classes. Soho House is also located on a back street in the West Loop neighborhood behind the hottest restaurant precinct in town. (Since you can clearly work off whatever you ate the night before, there's no reason not to take a few steps to some of the eateries found on Randolph Street.)
Take a look around a "Medium" room at the Soho House Chicago
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Checking In On: The Soho House Chicago
The Soho House Chicago has been open for a week now and since we're still, um, working on our Chicago travel plans, we thought we'd do a cursory check of recent internet reactions.
The hotel surprisingly lacks a TripAdvisor page, so we're unable to find out the nitty gritty details of like quirky elevators or loud vents or issues with WiFi. But here's what we've gleamed about the new hotel from both the mainstream media and the (probably more important) social media:
New York Times: There's a custom, on-site boxing ring coming soon.
New York Post: Nine different products from Cowshed line the showers.
Eater Chicago: Go inside the Chicken Shop and Pizza East, both London-based restaurants that have spun off to Chicago.
Chicago Mag: The "ultra-indulgent" treatment from the Cowshed Spa is actually just a pedicure.
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The Only Thing Better Than A Soho House Hotel: A Soho Farmhouse Hotel
Just when you thought Soho House was all about quietly colonizing the world, with Chicago on track to open next month, comes the welcome news that it's not neglecting its origins. No, not the forthcoming City of London property, but something much better – another English country house hotel to rival Babington House.
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The Soho House Chicago Will Open on August 11 at $240 a Night
We told you back in March that the Soho House Chicago would be opening in August and well, wouldn't you know? The Chicago spinoff of the London members-only club--with hotel rooms attached--is actually opening next month, on August 11 to be exact.
Located in the West Loop nabe in an old warehouse that was once home to the Chicago Belting Factory, the Soho House Chicago will now offer 40 rooms, ranging in sizes Small, Medium and Medium Plus.
The small rooms, which are going for $240 a night on opening night, start at 300-sq.ft. and include free WiFi; complimentary tea, coffee and homemade biscuits; and Cowshed products in the bathroom. The website also says a hair straightener will be included with the hair dryer. Score one for the curly-haired ladies out there.
The Medium rooms offer 450-sq.ft. of space while the Medium Plus rooms bump up to a generous 650-sq.ft of space with a bathtub in the bathroom. (The other rooms only have showers.) Rates for these rooms are going for $350 on opening night. Sadly, there are only illustrations of the rooms online and not real photographs. Hopefully, we can get some of those for you to peep real soon.
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Confirmed! Soho House Will Open in Chicago This August
This is excellent news. We just got word that Soho House Chicago will open in August. Last time we dished on this exclusive, London-based chain we expounded on the coolness of West Loop location. Here are some more details about the property:
There will be a scant 40 guest rooms (told you it was exclusive) on the building's third and fourth floors. The rooms, a press release tell us, will be "comfortable" and "airy," and they'll have rainforest showers and products from Cowshed. Rates start at $160, and bookings will be available this spring.


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Wednesday, December 11, 2013
The millenial generation has a reputation for selfies, oversharing and cat memes, but many faith leaders are flocking to platforms like Facebook and Twitter to attract more of these young people to the church.
In this week's episode, reporter (and lapsed Catholic) Marielle Segarra visits several tech-savvy churches in and around New York City to see if worship via smartphone apps and social media can bring her back into the fold.
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I think some basics some of us learned from Marshall McLuhan in the 1960s about communication generally apply as well to our spiritual journey. The aspects includes the message, the medium or media, the messenger, and the massage. Each element can be harmful if it becomes the tail wagging the dog of one or more of the rest of them. But, the synergistic co-operation of these elements could be essential to a positive spiritual journey of individual and group.Dec. 12 2013 10:52 AM
So interesting... I'm an Episcopal priest, and my fiancé used to go to Liberty church until we got engaged. This episode really hit home for me. I lean more toward the camp of folks who feel like social media is impersonal and better suited as a "follow-up" or "support" to what the church is already doing in person. My fiancé is more of the persuasion that church should feel more connected to your everyday experience, so a church that tweets, uses contemporary rock music in worship, etc. allows you to better connect church to everyday life. I do sometimes wonder if there's a middle ground, like what Trinity Wall Street is doing. But that is hard to do without proper staff expertise and support, especially if it isn't important to the church as a whole. At both Liberty and at Grace, where I am a priest, I ask around a lot about what led people to attend those churches. More often than not, it has to do with internet presence - a google search, and a scan of the church's website, and whatever other bits and pieces you can find out about the church to determine whether you want to try it or not. I don't know if social media at any church is what really makes the difference in terms of connecting people to God. It seems to be more about how you sell yourself online, then ultimately what connections people can make once they come to your church in person.Dec. 11 2013 02:18 PM
A young Rabbi I l studied with while in college in Boston has texted me every Friday before shabbat since I graduated (5 years ago!) to wish me "Shabbat Shalom." He also does this for many of the Jewish holidays.
But the amazing thing is is that he does this with all of his students...literally hundreds, maybe thousands of students.
It helped us stay in touch and build a strong relationship, and just last year he married my wife and I.Dec. 11 2013 08:06 AM
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text: Sociology - PhD Theses http://hdl.handle.net/10468/696 2015-05-15T04:52:51Z 2015-05-15T04:52:51Z Leisure and surveillance in Irish childhoods: A cross-class study of Cork city Brennan, Aimie Maria http://hdl.handle.net/10468/1710 2014-11-18T09:18:20Z 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Leisure and surveillance in Irish childhoods: A cross-class study of Cork city Brennan, Aimie Maria This research provides an interpretive cross-class analysis of the leisure experience of children, aged between six and ten years, living in Cork city. This study focuses on the cultural dispositions underpinning parental decisions in relation to children's leisure activities, with a particular emphasis on their child-surveillance practices. In this research, child-surveillance is defined as the adult monitoring of children by technological means, physical supervision, community supervision, or adult supervised activities (Nelson, 2010; Lareau, 2003; Fotel and Thomsen, 2004). This research adds significantly to understandings of Irish childhood by providing the first in-depth qualitative analysis of the surveillance of children's leisure-time. Since the 1990s, international research on children has highlighted the increasingly structured nature of children's leisure-time (Lareau, 2011; Valentine & McKendrick, 1997). Furthermore, research on child-surveillance has found an increase in the intensive supervision of children during their unstructured leisure-time (Nelson, 2010; Furedi, 2008; Fotel and Thomsen, 2004). This research bridges the gap between these two key bodies of literature, providing a more integrated overview of children's experience of leisure in Ireland. Using Bourdieu's (1992) model of habitus, field and capital, the dispositions that shape parents' decisions about their children's leisure time are interrogated. The holistic view of childhood adopted in this research echoes the 'Whole Child Approach' by analysing the child's experience within a wider set of social relationships including family, school, and community. Underpinned by James and Prout's (1990) paradigm on childhood, this study considers Irish children's agency in negotiating with parents' decisions regarding leisure-time. The data collated in this study enhances our understanding of the micro-interactions between parents and children and, the ability of the child to shape their own experience. Moreover, this is the first Irish sociological research to identify and discuss class distinctions in children's agentic potential during leisure-time. 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z The politics of hazard: imminent critique and deconstruction of ecological modernisation in Ireland Damery, Kieran Sean http://hdl.handle.net/10468/1196 2013-09-25T11:04:07Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z The politics of hazard: imminent critique and deconstruction of ecological modernisation in Ireland Damery, Kieran Sean This dissertation sets out to provide immanent critique and deconstruction of ecological modernisation or ecomodernism.It does so, from a critical social theory approach, in order to correctly address the essential issues at the heart of the environmental crisis that ecomodernism purports to address. This critical approach argues that the solution to the environmental crisis can only be concretely achieved by recognising its root cause as being foremost the issue of material interaction between classes in society, and not simply between society and nature in any structurally meaningful way. Based on a metaphysic of false dualism, ecological modernisation attributes a materiality of exchange value relations to issues of society, while simultaneously offering a non- material ontology to issues of nature. Thus ecomodernism serves asymmetrical relations of power whereby, as a polysemic policy discourse, it serves the material interests of those who have the power to impose abstract interpretations on the materiality of actual phenomena. The research of this dissertation is conducted by the critical evaluation of the empirical data from two exemplary Irish case studies. Discovery of the causal processes of the various public issues in the case studies and thereafter the revelation of the meaning structures under- pinning such causal processes, is a theoretically- driven task requiring analysis of those social practices found in the cognitive, cultural and structural constitutions respectively of actors, mediations and systems.Therefore, the imminent critique of the case study paradigms serves as a research strategy for comprehending Ireland's nature- society relations as influenced essentially by a systems (techno- corporatist) ecomodernist discourse. Moreover, the deconstruction of this systems ideological discourse serves not only to demonstrate how weak ecomodernism practically undermines its declared ecological objectives, but also indicates how such objectives intervene as systemic contradictions at the cultural heart of Ireland's late modernisation. 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z The legitimation of risk and democracy: A case study of Bt cotton in Andhra Pradesh, India Desmond, Elaine http://hdl.handle.net/10468/1688 2014-10-09T11:28:24Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z The legitimation of risk and democracy: A case study of Bt cotton in Andhra Pradesh, India Desmond, Elaine This thesis explores the inter-related attempts to secure the legitimation of risk and democracy with regard to Bt cotton, a genetically modified crop, in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. The research included nine months of ethnographic fieldwork, extensive library and newspaper research, as well as university attendance in India, undertaken between June, 2010 and March, 2011. This comparative study (involving organic, NPM and Bt cotton cultivation) was conducted in three villages in Telangana, a region which was granted secession from Andhra Pradesh in July, 2013, and in Hyderabad, the state capital. Andhra Pradesh is renowned for its agrarian crisis and farmer suicides, as well as for the conflict which Bt cotton represents. This study adopts the categories of legitimation developed by Van Leeuwen (2007; 2008) in order to explore the theory of risk society (Beck, 1992; 1994; 1999; 2009), and the Habermasian (1996: 356-366) core-periphery model as means of theoretically analysing democratic legitimacy. The legitimation of risk and democracy in relation to Bt cotton refers to normative views on the way in which power should be exercised with regard to risk differentiation, construction and definition. The analysis finds that the more legitimate the exercise of power, the lower the exposure to risk as a concern for the collective. This also has consequences for the way in which resources are distributed, knowledge constructed, and democratic praxis institutionalised as a concern for social and epistemic justice. The thesis argues that the struggle to legitimate risk and democracy has implications not only for the constitution of the new state of Telangana and the region's development, but also for the emergence of global society and the future development of humanity as a whole. 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z The Barretstown experience Kearney, Peter James http://hdl.handle.net/10468/695 2013-11-04T14:24:13Z 2011-12-01T00:00:00Z The Barretstown experience Kearney, Peter James The thesis was prompted by a simple clinical observation. Seriously ill children returning from Barretstown Holiday Camp appeared changed. Barretstown 'magic' confuses the issue but indicates real and clinically evident transformations. The project sought to understand the experience and place it in a recognisable framework. The data was collected by interviews, observations as camp Paediatrician, memberships of the Child Advisory Committee and the Association's criteria assessment team, participation in volunteer training and visits to international camps. The research presents evidence that the concepts of rite of passage, graceful mimesis and salutogenesis clarify operative social processes. The passage stages of separation, transition and reaggregation can be identified. Passage rites reorder personal and social upsets to fresh arrangements that facilitate change. Interviews confirm the reordering impact of achievements in play activities. These are challenging experiences closely guided by their Masters of Ceremonies – the Caras. The Cara/camper relationship is crucial and compatible with Girard's theory of external mimesis. Visits to four camps confirm an inspirational process in contrast to a reported camp with a predetermined formative influence. 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Widow Should Have Switched I am going to share an email exchange I had with a reader that went on for the past couple of months. This woman's Social Security saga could be a lesson for other readers. It started a few months ago with this email. Reader's first email: "I …Read more. The Power of Delete I've found the "delete" button on my keyboard, and I'm using it all the time now. And what a relief it is! Allow me to explain. I worked for the Social Security Administration for 32 years, and I've been writing this column for 17 years. And over …Read more. Sometimes Life, Not Social Security, Is Confusing Almost every day, I get emails from readers that include a statement along these lines: "Social Security sure is confusing." Or, "Why did the government have to make Social Security laws so complex?" To be sure, there are more than a few rules and …Read more. Disability Is 'Real' Social Security Q: I am 62 years old and getting a very small reduced retirement benefit. My husband is 63 years old and getting a much higher Social Security disability benefit. His health has taken a turn for the worse, and he may not live much longer. I live in …Read more.more articles
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Another myth holds that there is some kind of maximum limit that a married couple can draw. That also is untrue. I have some very well-to-do neighbors. Both the husband and wife worked at high paying jobs all their lives. And each of them receives about $2,400 per month in Social Security retirement benefits on their own account.
So both you and your male friend will continue to receive the same Social Security benefits whether you are simply living together or whether you are married.
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In 1981, the delayed retirement bonus was increased to one-fourth of one percent for each month benefits were not taken between ages 65 and 72.
When the full retirement age began to go up from 65 to 66, the delayed retirement bonus applied only to those years between the full retirement age month up to age 70 (note: no longer age 72).
And finally, beginning in 2004, the bonus was changed to two-thirds of one percent for each month between ages 66 and 70. That comes out to eight percent per year or 32 percent if you delay collecting Social Security benefits until age 70.
Q: You responded to a past email of mine by telling me that my benefits would be reduced by "about one-half of one percent" for each month I start my Social Security before age 66. I plan to take my Social Security at age 62. But someone at the Social Security office told me the reduction actually was five-ninths of one percent. So who is right?
A: You must be an engineer, right? Or maybe some kind of accountant? To a guy like me, five-ninths of one percent is "about half of one percent." But to a guy like you, I guess it's not.
The reason I don't specifically quote the "five-ninths of one percent" reduction is because it doesn't tell the whole story. What the law actually says is that your benefit is reduced five-ninths of one percent for the first 36 months you are under age 66 and five-twelfths of one percent for any remaining months. Because you are retiring at age 62, that means you will have 36 months of the five-ninths of one percent reduction and 12 months of the five-twelfths of one percent reduction. That adds up to an overall 25 percent reduction if you take your Social Security at age 62.
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Best Rock, Pop and Soul Music for Summer 2012, Part 2!
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Here's more of my favorite songs for the summer of 2012. If you didn't see Part 1 of my picks, you can find it here. Enjoy the melodic sunshine.
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Politics and Family Collide
Ben Joseph, the lead character in the Caldwell Theatre's After the Revolution, is a fascinating specimen. An academic, dyed-in-the-wool socialist with a pompous ponytail, Ben continues to raise his tattered red flag, spreading the people's gospel at a time when nobody wants to hear it. You see, After the Revolution is set in 1999, so Ben is a Marxist long after it was cool and years before it would become cool again. He's displeased with "pro-business" President Bill Clinton, and he mutters the kicker: "It's hard to imagine things getting much worse."This is a self-aware, lazy joke obviously aimed at a 2011 audience still living the "much worse." It's a good thing it's the only line in playwright Amy Herzog's astonishing work that sounds at all telegraphed. The rest of her astute comedic drama exhibits profound insight into human behavior, and its mounting at the Caldwell is one of the best and most fulfilling stage productions of the year.
The plot hinges on a secret revealed shortly after the play begins. Ben's (Gordon McConnell) daughter Emma (Jackie Rivera), a law-school graduate carrying the torch of her family's social-justice activism, has pooled her time and resources into a nonprofit fund to free Mumia Abu-Jamal, the famous Black Panther and, many assert, a wrongly convicted cop killer. She has named the fund after her grandfather Joe, an inspirational liberal who refused to name names during the McCarthy hearings.
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