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Freemasonry is not a faith but it is spiritual technique that is compatible with the belief systems of any religion and with the rational world-view of science. Within its teachings it has the potential to provide a focal point for many people who are not active in any particular faith – and for them it might be a replacement for religion. It provides spiritual values without a requirement to subscribe to an entire belief system. It is tolerant in a way that most religions are not and its symbolic teaching allows a range of interpretation that encompasses people of all beliefs. It allows them to take what they need from its system and whilst doing so to learn more about themselves and the needs of their spirit. To join they must express a belief that there is order underpinning the behaviour of the universe
It is my belief that Freemasonry is an ancient science that can drive human ambition and achievement. It can offer great insights into the mystery of the inner self, call it the soul or the spirit, that do not conflict with modern science.
The ritual of Freemasonry has spiritual purpose but that purpose can be understood only by those who are prepared to apply the discipline of its secret teaching to their own spirits.
The Craft has always belonged to men who dared to achieve, who sought out a better way forward by believing in the ways of science. But it is in danger of losing that belief and becoming little more than a hollow channel for charity. It's purpose is not charitable fund-rising, charity is simply a by-product of the spiritual maturity which it seeks to develop. Anybody can learn to apply Masonic spiritual discipline to their lives and can greatly benefit from its teachings
In my opinion the modern tension between God and science is a short-lived issue. There is no difference between the Most High, His works and science - it is simply a different way of expressing the same thing. As a scientist I believe that there are laws of physics to be found. For me the understanding of the hidden mysteries of nature and science lie at the centre of understanding my own being. Others may interpret the bright spark at the centre of their being in other ways. This does not stop us sharing the spiritual symbolism of Masonry to assist each other in our search for our own inner Truth. Freemasonry gives a common language of spiritual analogy to share findings.
The way forward for all mankind must surely be to continue to seek out and fathom the hidden mysteries of nature and science. In this endeavour the Western world has never seen a better way of achieving it than the real principles upon which Freemasonry rests.
There is a general view is that Freemasons are secretive, elitist and possibly evil in both creed and deed. This highly negative view has been consolidated over decades of poor leadership that has fostered unnecessary secrecy and put forward an arrogant belief that the world should mind its own business. Certainly in England the attempts to be more open came too late and have been too poorly executed to hold back the tide of public disquiet.
Freemasonry bloomed from the end of the sixteenth century until the middle of the twentieth century. Then it was at the heart of society, boasting as brethren, kings of England and many an archbishop of Canterbury. Despite heads of the Church of England, such as King George VI, being members it is now popular amongst certain Christian groups to claim that Freemasonry is incompatible with Christianity. This is manifestly untrue.
At its peak Freemasonry was an engine of achievement driving the world from darkness to light. Its members were the great and the good, the people who ran the Church, the country, industry, the armed forces and academia. They were entrepreneurs and intelligentsia who made the industrial revolution and pioneered social and scientific advancement.
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Memphis Volleyball Inks Two Dallas Teammates
Feb. 3, 2000
Memphis, Tenn.- - The University of Memphis volleyball team got into the National Letter of Intent action by signing two Dallas-area recruits, Wednesday, Head Coach Carrie Yerty announced.
Lake Highlands High School teammates Brittany Barnett and Laura Stoke have both signed NLIs to play for Memphis beginning in fall 2000.
The duo helped their team to a 32-6 record their senior season before falling to the No. 1 team in the state in the playoffs.
Barnett is a 6-0 outside hitter who was the league Most Valuable Player and First Team All-District as selected by the coaches. She was also a Texas Girls Coaches' Association All-State honoree and was the Lake Highlands High School MVP for both her junior and senior seasons.
Barnett downed 225 kills with a .293 hitting percentage in 1999, leading the team with 221 digs. She received the 9-5A Coaches' Selection-Defensive Player of the Year award as a junior.
Barnett also participates in softball and is the daughter of Bill and Becky Barnett.
Stoke is a 6-1 middle blocker who was named Lakeland High School's best offensive player her senior season. She downed 208 kills and led the team with a .343 hitting percentage and 77 total blocks.
Stoke was a three-time 9-5A Coaches' Selection First Team All-District team member who posted the highest hitting percentage in the district. She was the league's Newcomer of the Year in 1997 (sophomore season).
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'World News' Finds Extreme Examples of Mortgage Crises
The housing slump is all the fault of ŌĆ£unscrupulousŌĆØ lenders and brokers, while defaulted home borrowers were just ŌĆ£unsuspectingŌĆØ victims ŌĆō according to the September 10 ŌĆ£World News with Charles Gibson.ŌĆØ
ŌĆ£[R]ecord numbers of housing foreclosures have economists worried that mortgage problems could lead to a recession,ŌĆØ Gibson said. ŌĆ£The foreclosures have put a spotlight on the practices of lenders and brokers who are in hundreds of thousand of cases, putting people in homes they can't afford.ŌĆØ
As the word ŌĆ£recessionŌĆØ is cropping up more and more in the media, more stories are reporting extreme cases as typical of the housing crunch.
Back in June, ABC News posted a Web site seeking mortgage hardship stories explicitly for use in their news reports.
ŌĆ£Did you stretch to buy a home in the past few years ŌĆō thanks to low interest rates, and good deals on loans ŌĆō and you now find yourself falling behind in the monthly payments?ŌĆØ the site asks. ŌĆ£Did you get a teaser loan or an adjustable rate loan and as the payments have increased, you find it harder to pay the bill?ŌĆØ
One way or another, ABC found some people in strange circumstances.
ŌĆ£Donna Pearce is already four months behind on her high-interest loans from New Century Financial,ŌĆØ ABC correspondent Betsy Stark said. ŌĆ£She says New Century, now bankrupt, got her into the loans by lying about her income.ŌĆØ
New Century Financial filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in April 2007 because of its lending practices. In other words, the company has been punished by the marketplace. But there was lag time between Pearce agreeing to her home loan and when she realized she could no longer to afford to make her payments.
ŌĆ£After all of this blew up in my face I realized that they falsified my income,ŌĆØ Pearce said. ŌĆ£It stated I made way more than I actually make.ŌĆØ
The income reported on her mortgage application was $5,500/month. Pearce, a nanny, makes only $2,100. The ABC report placed the blame on solely ŌĆ£unscrupulous lendersŌĆØ and none of the blame on Pearce ŌĆō for trying to get a mortgage on that salary.
Liberal Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal (ranked the worst attorney general by the Competitive Enterprise Institute) was also on hand, asked by Stark if it was fair to say that ŌĆ£a disturbing number of home buyers were victims of fraud.ŌĆØ
ŌĆ£No question that these practices were fraud,ŌĆØ Blumenthal said.
While some lenders have misled consumers, StarkŌĆÖs story made it seem as though many lenders were unscrupulous and perhaps even more government regulation was needed.
Stark found another home buyer who had gotten in over her head. Abigail Balderama, a California homeowner who lives on a fixed income and cares for her disabled husband, bought a home she is struggling to make payments on.
ŌĆ£We thought we were getting a good deal,ŌĆØ said Balderama.
The ABC report showed a letter where Balderama was offered a fixed rate of a little more than 1 percent for five years, but the interest rate increased to 7.8 percent after just one month. But, even though this anomaly could be handled in a civil court, the Stark report suggested such practices were rampant throughout the ŌĆ£loosely regulated mortgage industry.ŌĆØ
With extreme examples, ABC and other networks have downplayed the bad judgment exercised by borrowers who got in over their heads. Reports also have downplayed the fact that some of the lenders who made the ill-advised loans are victims of the market and are no longer in business. CNN, CBS and NBC have all given these types of one-sided reports throughout the housing downturn.


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Death of woman who fell from car during fight referred to grand jury
By Dale Lezon | November 13, 2012 | Updated: November 13, 2012 12:08pm
The death of an 18-year-old woman who was killed when she fell from a car during a confrontation Friday morning in southwest Houston will be referred to a Harris County grand jury to determine what, if any, charges will be filed in the case.
Marilyn Rodriguez died at 7600 Bellerive near Fondren about 5 a.m., according to the Houston Police Department.
Police said Rodriguez and two of her friends argued as they stood near the car of one of the friends. During the argument, Rodriguez tried to get into the car at the same time her brother, who had arrived at the scene to help her, began hitting the car's back window with a stick.
The driver of the car and another friend became frightened and the driver pressed down on the gas pedal to get away.
Rodriguez fell from the car. She was hit by the car as it accelerated. She died at the scene.
The death was disturbing to people who live in the neighborhood of apartment complexes. They said the area is usually quiet and safe.
Carol Howard said she has lived in the area for about two years. She said residents are friendly. She was sorry the woman had died.
"It's sad," she said.
Bertila Tavera, who has lived in the neighborhood for about 14 years, was also saddened by the loss of life.
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So you know I had to make one. I think I'll have to make a few more for frequent resting places. But ingenious, eh? Thanks to this site: http://www.dognamedbanjo.com/2010/10/27/one-woman-sweatshop/
Unfortunately no tutorial, but you can kind of get the gist of how.....
I filled mine with rice thinking that it would be a good weight. It worked, However I would suggest NOT using stretchy fabric (I forgot this fabric I used stretches)and stick with regular fabric so that it holds its' shape pretty tight.
But how cute is this?
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A novel form of bird flu has struck two children in Hong Kong. The children, aged one and four, are the first confirmed human cases of influenza A(H9N2). Another five suspected cases in mainland China are under investigation. The flu strain was identified by the WHO Influenza Centre at the National Institute for Medical Research in London. It appears less dangerous than bird flu A(H5N1), which killed six people in Hong Kong in 1998/99. The two children are now recovering.
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Better Interfaces: Interview, Treemap, Tornado Chart
Innovative user interfaces have helped a number of products get adopted, here are three examples to stimulate your thinking.
1. Interview Metaphor: early tax preparation software automated a literal view of the paper forms. Intuit, I believe, was first to switch to an interview format that captured the information in a way that was easier to understand and manage/update. This was a clever reconceptualization of the problem that has been widely adopted. It was "better" in the sense that it was more easily understood by a consumer who only filled out one tax return a year.
2. Treemaps: developed by Ben Shneiderman compress a lot of information on quantifies that differ by orders of magnitude and are more useful at presenting it than bar charts or pie charts. One of the more successful examples is Smart Money Magazine's "Map of the Market" which you now have to subscribe to see. Some references
- http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/treemap-history/
- http://www.smartmoney.com/marketmap
- http://www.bewitched.com/marketmap.html
- http://www.research.ibm.com/visual/papers/marketmap-wattenberg.pdf
3. Tornado charts: also called Tornado Diagrams, these are a compact visualization of the impact of different variables on the outcome of a sequence of decisions (or a decision tree). In decision analysis they obsoleted tables of numbers and probability distribution plots, offering a succinct encapsulation of the relative potency of a number of control or input variables. They have migrated over time from an esoteric technique in specialized software tools to one easily generated in Excel.
- http://grahamjeffery.com/blog/decision-quality/337-use-the-tornado-diagram-to-focus-on-whats-important
- http://www.tushar-mehta.com/excel/software/tornado/
- http://www.vpistrategies.com/articles_pdf/TrndoArt.pdf
- http://leadershipchamps.wordpress.com/2009/06/14/find-how-sensitive-is-your-project-against-variables-tornado-diagram/
I don't have specific suggestions for how to develop better ones beyond asking prospective customers how they represent the problem: what metaphors, paper aids, and mental models are useful in managing the problem they might hire your application to solve. One author worth reading this is Edward Tufte: he has written four beautiful and insightful books on presenting information:
- The Visual Display of Quantitative Information
- Envisioning Information
- Visual Explanations
- Beautiful Evidence
He periodically offers a one day course that presents material from all four of these books.


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Preparatory Courses at Wesleyan
As you consider spending a semester or year abroad, it's a great idea to select courses at Wesleyan that will prepare you for the time you may spend in another country. You also will want to be sure you've arranged your four-year schedule to fit in all courses required for your major(s), and figured out when will be the best time for you to go; most Wesleyan students go for either the fall or spring semester of junior year, but some go as second-semester sophomores or first-semester seniors, and those who are "off-track" (finishing mid-year) may choose to spend that final semester abroad.
There are several ways of finding relevant courses to prepare you for your academic experience abroad.
1. If you're interested in going to a country whose language is taught at Wesleyan, take the language courses. Even after you've reached the level required for your program, it's a good idea to keep going, both because language skills atrophy when they're not used and because the more you know about the country, language, and culture, the more deeply you'll be able to delve into it once there.
Useful Language Links:
Joint National Committee for Languages and the National Council for Languages and International Studies
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2. Area studies courses are essential to understanding the historical, political, economic, social, and cultural context of your host country. Some such courses can be identified through course clusters, which you can find on WesMaps. Others are in programs like East Asian Studies or Latin American Studies; a third group can be found by reading through departmental course listings. In the lattermost case, cast a wide net: in addition to departments like history, government, or anthropology, remember to consider departments like music, earth & environmental science, religion, art history, and so on.
3. Some courses, while not specifically about a particular country or region, will give you the opportunity to write papers or read books or articles about the location you have chosen. As you're selecting courses, review syllabi for books written by non-US authors, ask professors about directing your papers for the course toward a topic relevant to your intended country of study, and consider the importance of a broad understanding of the topic at hand – be it public health, migration, philosophy, or current scientific research – to your understanding of the host country.


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Brightcove shares are extending the steep slide that started on Friday, likely pressured by the distribution of shares previously held by venture firm General Catalyst Partners to limited partners.
Following the web video software company's February IPO, General Catalyst owned 5.6 million shares, or about 21% of the outstanding stock. In an SEC filing on Friday, the venture firm disclosed that various funds it controls have distributed 3.41 million shares to limited partners; the funds had previously made distributions of 1.12 million shares in September and another 1.12 million in August.
In short, General Catalyst's days as an investor in Brightcove appear to be at an end.
The additional supply is clearly weighing on Brightcove's share: Brightcove today is off 64 cents, or 5.6%, to $10.90; over the last two trading days the stock is down 16%.


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Skyfire for iPad is now available to purchase in the App Store for $4.99. The web browser, which is already available for the iPhone, allows iOS fans to interact with Flash content on their mobile device.
Additionally, Skyfire fans can also use their favorite social networks within the app. Facebook and Twitter feeds can both be viewed via a "quickview" window in Skyfire for iPad. Users can also share the content they've viewed to Facebook or Twitter, and see what their Facebook friends are viewing, within the application.
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Travel like a local: Your Neighbourhood Guide to the Cape Town CBD by Day
Rob PetersThe CBD is the heartbeat of every major city and it is no different for Cape Town. The city centre is the pulse of the Mother City, providing the lifeblood of the surrounding areas. It is a melting pot of diversity and culture, a smorgasbord of historical influences and a place like no other on earth. If you really want to get underneath the skin of Cape Town, you need to start in the city.
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Your #lovecapetown weekend: What's on from Wednesday 01 July to Sunday 05 July, 2015
Rob PetersWith a wealth of natural beauty, unrivalled mountain trails and sublime backdrops, it's not hard to understand why Mother City locals spend the majority of their time outdoors and on the go. The good news is that it's even better in winter with the cooler temperatures making it an awesome option for sport and fitness fanatics!
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Happy Birthday, Georgina
Georgina turns 100 on the 10th March 2015. I have the distinct pleasure of sharing a birthday with her, so I was absolutely delighted when I was given the green light to meet her and her daughter, Sue, at Georgina's home in Rondebosch this morning for a pre-birthday chin wag!
Hot in Cape Town: 20 Photos of the new Watershed at the V&A Waterfront
The new Watershed at the V&A Waterfront is officially the coolest place to buy Christmas presents this year. With over 150 trendy stands selling more than 365 different brands, you will definitely be your family and friends' favourite person by buying them something super unique and truly Capetonian.
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August 7th, 2008 #1
So I work at a smallish print shop and right now they've got me working on football decals for the local schools. I was supposed to recreate a design for one school. Basically, I was supposed to redraw an existing piece of art, but not exactly like the original. So I started from scratch and drew this guy:
I showed it to my boss and he told me he wanted the mascot to look meaner and more muscular. So I worked on it some more and got this:
I thought it was okay, considering I really needed a reference but there was absolutely none on hand. (We don't have Internet at work. Or collections of photos of things.) Anyhoo, my boss still didn't like it, and we ended up splicing two pieces of clipart together. I really didn't want to waste the picture, so I thought I'd just finish it at home in my spare time.
I guess what I'm looking for is advice on drawing mascots for sports and things. I've never really done it before. And any critiques on how to improve this picture would be appreciated, too.
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Hide this ad by registering as a memberAugust 8th, 2008 #2
In the second one, his foot on our right has departed a little bit from the hoof motif and started to be shaped kind of like a shoe. It's not really distracting, since it took me a little while to notice it.
Perhaps if you stood a model in this pose and lit him from one side it would show you some shadow contours you could block in graphically. It might give a more dramatic look, while at the same time making him look more three dimensional. Your boss might have been looking for something like this to give the feel of actual muscle masses.
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August 10th, 2008 #3
Not bad. Arttorney is right about the hoof, it looks like a balloon filled with water. Maybe referencing the anatomy of a bulls hoof will help. I like the line weight on the character. It definitely has that mascot feel. It's a pretty solid drawing, but I think a more dynamic pose would be killer, but that;s just my opinion. it's subjective. Nice work man.
August 14th, 2008 #4
Thanks, both of you.
I went back and fixed his hoof and I'm trying to shade it in Photoshop as if there's a light shining on him. No colors, just values. I'm not sure if I'll actually finish it, since we went with a different picture anyway, but it's nice to be able to learn something from it.


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WHEN the climate hots up, insects declare war. The fossil record shows that insects species became more diverse and stepped up their attacks on plants as the world became warmer tens of millions of years ago.
The number of different species gradually increases from the Earth's poles to the equator. Tropical rainforests teem with life, while temperate zones, on the other hand, have relatively few species. "There's a lot of debate about why the tropics are so diverse," says Phyllis Coley, a biologist at the University of Utah. "Perhaps the climate is more stable and winters don't kill off species."
It's difficult to answer this question by comparing tropical zones to temperate regions, because the histories of these areas might be as important as their climate. To get round this problem, Peter Wilf and Conrad Labandeira of the National Museum of Natural History in Washington DC looked at fossils from ...
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"When Brandon Barber came to town
the woman folk would swoon, they'd swoon
When Brandon Barber came to town
the men would step in stride
Cause the lie of the mouth
was the only thing that Brandon understood
When it came to talking false not true
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From out of the south two agents came
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The Lake Oswego Redevelopment Agency's 2015-16 Proposed Budget, including a Projected Budget for 2016-17, is available online and account information is also provided below (see attachments at the bottom of this page).
Lake Oswego Redevelopment Agency (LORA) Budget for the Fiscal Year 2015-16
A public meeting of the Budget Committee of the Lake Oswego Redevelopment Agency, Clackamas County, State of Oregon, to discuss the budget for July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016 will be held in the City Hall Council Chambers, 380 A Avenue, Lake Oswego, OR, on April 30, 2015, at 6:00 p.m. or following the City's Budget Committee meeting. The purpose of the meeting is to receive budget message and document. Budget Committee deliberations will take place and public comment taken. A copy of the budget document is available at the Finance office in LO City Hall, between 8 am and 5 pm and online.
The urban renewal agency for the City of Lake Oswego is known as LORA, the Lake Oswego Redevelopment Agency. LORA was organized Nov. 6, 1979 under provisions of the Oregon Revised Statutes, Chapter 457, to undertake urban renewal projects and activities pursuant to the East End Redevelopment Plan. The plan was adopted by the City Council on Sept. 19, 1986.
The Lake Oswego Redevelopment Agency (LORA) is an urban renewal that is a component unit of the City of Lake Oswego and adopts a budget that is basically the financial plan for the Agency. It forms the basis for budget appropriations and includes any revisions or adjustments made by the Budget Committee.
In April, LORA's FY 2015-16 Proposed Budget was released to the Budget Committee. (The City and LORA Budget Committees have the same members - seven elected members and seven non-elected citizens.) The budget is balanced and funds the continuation of most of the Agency's core services. Additional account breakdown is provided here.
The following are significant steps in a budget process:
- April 2015 – The LORA's Proposed Budget is completed. This represents the first official step in the process and provides a starting point for discussions.
- April 30, 2015 – The Budget Committee meeting for public review and consideration of the document. The Budget Committee deliberates on the Proposed Budget.
- April 30, 2015 - The Budget Committee approved the budget, with an amendment, for recommendation to LORA's board.
- June 2, 2015 – The Adopted Budget. LORA's board members reviews and considers the Approved Budget, deliberates and, where they determine appropriate, makes further adjustments that are embodied into the Adopted Budget.
- July 1 – Implementation of the FY 2015-16 budget. Any changes in services within the Adopted Budget are implemented.
Any citizen who is interested in reviewing the budget may contact the Finance Department at City Hall. Copies of previous years' adopted budgets are also available for review at the Lake Oswego Public Library.
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Modern international relations lie between peoples, not merely governments.
The above quote comes from the State Department report entitled Memorandum on the Postwar International Information Program of the United States. The report, completed in July 1945, stemmed from a growing belief in 1943 that the U.S. Government would need a peacetime information service after the war. The report captured the contemporary communication environment, discussed proposals to make access to news and information protected by international agreements, and the need to provide news services to areas commercial media could not reach.
There was a broad, but not complete, consensus that the suppression of the free flow of information had contributed to the then-current war. In September 1944, for example, then-Congressman J. William Fulbright (D-AR) introduced a bill calling for international agreements to guarantee freedom of the press and radio as an aid in preventing future wars. Senator Taft (R-OH) introduced a version in the Senate stating the "complete absence of censorship and the removal of discrimination in the use of facilities of communication will contribute to the knowledge of all peoples, nullify the effect of false propaganda and remove causes of misunderstanding among nations, thereby contributing to the prevention of war in the future." The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission recommended the "freedom to listen" and worldwide access to news.
Three months after the Memorandum, in October 1945, the House Foreign Affairs Committee convened a hearing on a bill that would make the Voice of America and other tools of what we now call public diplomacy permanent. Introduced on the floor of the House in December 1945 as the Bloom Bill, named after the Democrat chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. The bill passed the House in July but failed in the Senate, blocked by Senator Taft, on August 2, 1946. (The day before, with little attention but with the support of the Bloom Bill's backers, another bill was passed to amend the Surplus Property Act of 1944 to establish the Fulbright programs.) The Bloom Bill, sponsored largely by Democrats, was reintroduced the next Congress, at the urging of the State Department and with the eager support of many in Congress, as the Smith-Mundt Bill. This time it was sponsored by Republicans Rep. Mundt and Sen. Smith, and supported by Republican fact-finding trips. Secretary of State George Marshall pushed the legislation to respond to growing Communist propaganda that was, among other things, drowning out the promise of the Marshall Plan that was announced in June 1947. The Smith-Mundt Bill was signed into law January 1948 (with Senator Taft's support this time).
In the first attempt to pass the bill, Congressional opposition was mostly geographic (Members from the relatively isolated interior tended to oppose global engagement), ideological (the U.S. was "self-evident" and did not need promotion), concerned with competition (the big pockets of the Government would squash commercial broadcasters), based on distrust of the State Department (described as a home to "drones", "loafers", "incompetents", "men of strong Soviet leaning", and the list went on; The FBI did not trust State to adequately monitor exchange program participants), and partisan. In the second introduction of the bill under Republican stewardship, the partisan element all but disappeared.
This legislation empowered the U.S. to combat intentional disinformation and incidental misinformation to fill the void when information was lacking, is now, ironically, itself victim to all the above.
Today, perceptions on Smith-Mundt are shaped more by the histrionics of the 1970's and 1980's than the struggle of minds and wills in the decades prior. The same year the Act was passed, the Brookings Institute recommended there should be no semblance of any prohibition on domestic dissemination (of which there was none) and an expanded purpose to empower people abroad.
The Twenty-Second Report of the U.S. Advisory Commission on Information(1967) recommended undoing what had become a de facto prohibition, stating that "The American taxpayer should no longer be prohibited from seeing and studying the product a government agency produces with public funds for overseas audiences." The 1967 report invoked the spirit of the Freedom of Information Act which was then only a year old.
While the president of CBS, the editor and publisher of the Denver Post, the past chairman of advertising giant Young & Rubicam, and a legend of public broadcasting (Frank Stanton, Edwin Palmer Hoyt, Sigurd Larmon, and Morris Novik, respectively, all members of the 1967 U.S. Advisory Commission on Information), were arguing to break down the barrier between "here" and "there," the term "public diplomacy" was coined to differentiate between communication abroad and communication at home.
In the early seventies, Senator J. William Fulbright recognized the shifting winds. The U.S. was no longer engaged in a struggle for minds and wills, but a competition over tanks, long-range bombers, ICBM's, and submarines. Informing and agitating gave way to closed door diplomacy. Fulbright's response was to try to shut down the VOA and the other "Radios" (such as Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty).
In 1972, Fulbright declared "the Radios should be given the opportunity to take their rightful place in the graveyard of Cold War relics." As part of his campaign against Government broadcasting, he argued Senator Buckley (I-NY) violated Smith-Mundt by showing a VOA film on a local television station. The U.S. Attorney General disagreed, stating "the apparent purpose" of the prohibition "was to make USIA materials available to the American public through the press and Members of Congress." Fulbright, then Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, responded by successfully changing Smith-Mundt to make the de facto prohibition into a de jure prohibition.
In 1985, Senator Zorinsky tried to close "loop holes" left by the Fulbright amendment. Zorinsky argued that USIA "propaganda" must be kept out of America to distinguish the U.S. "from the Soviet Union where domestic propaganda is a principal government activity."
In 1994, Congress decided that "political propaganda" by foreign governments and their official news agencies was safe for Americans and thus amended the Foreign Agent Registration Act. In 1998, the DC Circuit Court decided USIA was exempt from Freedom of Information Act requests and its materials were not to be available to Americans.
The next year, with the abolishment of the USIA, former USIA officers started invoking Smith-Mundt to "protect" their mission, which was once again a function of the State Department. This gave rise to the still-enduring myth (more accurately described as disinformation) within the Department that amending Smith-Mundt to allow U.S. public diplomacy to be truly global, instead of external to the United States, would remove the only protection of public diplomacy's budget and organization.
While it is easy to dismiss Smith-Mundt today as insignificant or irrelevant, continuing misperceptions of its purpose and impact severely hampers U.S. global engagement. It implicitly labels many news and engagement activities by the Government as "propaganda" by declaring it unfit for consumption within our borders. The prohibition on allowing the content to be available inside the U.S. creates and encourages opposing views in how we operate and organize. In the physical world, the split is domestic against foreign. In the bureaucratic and organizational, it is public affairs versus public diplomacy, and in the conceptual or doctrinal domain we see the difference between inform and listen against engage and empower.
The distinction is not lost on commentators, both in the U.S. and abroad, and leads to the "propaganda" label to our own material. Congress made it so the U.S. public can freely receive news, sometimes blatant propaganda, from foreign governments but may not legally access news and information by its own government, even as America's commercial media increasing cite reporting by the VOA, RFE/RL and other broadcasters under the Broadcasting Board of Governors as reliable and often the only credible sources on topics and regions.
Smith-Mundt was passed to provide informational support to good policies. Twenty-first century diplomacy cannot work when public diplomacy is seen as something else to be "sprinkled" on a problem like magic dust, to change a subject, or to try to make a bad policy appear good.
While many describe the Smith-Mundt Act as a relic of the Cold War, the reality is the original law was crafted in and for an environment much like that of today: a dramatic communication revolution that was empowering people at the expense of governments. The law was modified to reflect the undoing of that trend in the shadow of bipolar politics. In other words, the amendments are the relics of the Cold War. However, the law itself need substantial updating to reflect current and future bureaucratic realities more than environmental changes.


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KCNA Reports about Preparations for Satellite Launch
|Pyongyang, March 17 (KCNA) -- The Korean Central News Agency issued the following report on Saturday:
The relevant bodies of the DPRK sent necessary information to the International Civil Aviation Organization, the International Maritime Organization, the International Telecommunication Union and others according to international regulations and procedures as part of the preparations for the launch of earth observation satellite Kwangmyongsong-3.
The Korean Committee for Space Technology will invite experienced foreign experts on space science and technology and journalists to visit the Sohae Satellite Launching Station, the General Satellite Control and Command Centre and other places and observe its launch.
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Texas tailback Ramonce Taylor to transfer
By Joseph Duarte | July 25, 2006
Photo By File photo/Associated PressUniversity of Texas running back Ramonce Taylor leaves the Bell County Law Enforcement Center in Belton on May 15.
Texas tailback Ramonce Taylor, who is facing felony drug possession charges, has decided to transfer, the school announced in a prepared statement today.
Taylor was suspended from the team in January to work on his academics. He is facing felony drug charges after Bell County authorities discovered about four pounds of marijuana in his vehicle in late May.
"Frederick Douglass once said, 'No struggle, no progress.' I've had my share of struggles and now it's time for progress," Taylor said in a prepared statement.
Taylor is expected to transfer to an NAIA school.
Taylor accounted for 1,219 all-purpose yards and scored 15 touchdowns last season, including a 30-yard score in the Rose Bowl.
Without Taylor, the Longhorns will rely on sophomore Jamaal Charles of Port Arthur Memorial and Jersey Village's Selvin Young in the backfield.


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PNG court rules Somare should be reinstated
The Supreme Court in Papua New Guinea has once again found Peter O'Neill's appointment as prime minister was illegal.
In a split three to two ruling the court upheld its decision of last December that O'Neill's replacement of Sir Michael Somare as prime minister was illegal.
Chief justice Sir Salamo Injia said the order to reinstate Sir Michael still stands and is binding.
But only three members of the five-man bench took part in the decision after two judges withdrew because they felt their colleagues were biased.
In it, one of the presiding judges, justice Nicholas Kirriwom, refers to the O'Neill government as an "illegal regime".
Deputy chief justice Gibbs Salika said he would not deliver a decision because it could be compromised.
Justice Bernard Sakora disqualified himself and said he would be disregarding his judicial oath if he proceeded.
O'Neill says he will not respect the court's decision.
"Our government remains until parliament decides otherwise. We do not recognise the decision of the court," he said.
He says the country's judiciary is biased and has ordered police to investigate Sir Salamo Injia.
PNG's parliament was dissolved last week ahead of the general election, but will be recalled for a special sitting this morning to deal with the court's decision.
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brass wind instrument, 1724, from Italian trombone, augmentative form of tromba "trumpet," from a Germanic source (cf. Old High German trumba "trumpet;" see trumpet).
A brass instrument; the player can change its pitch by sliding one part of the tube in and out of the other. The tone of the trombone is mellower than that of the trumpet.


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Ipod, can I plug in an external feed from the headphone jack of my portable FM receiver (72-76 MHz) to record MP3 of meetings?
These meetings are being broadcast via a short range FM transmitter operating in the frequency range 72-76 MHz, and being picked up on small personal FM receivers tunable to only the channels available in that frequency bandwidth. the purpose of this arrangement is to provide assistance to those who have impaired hearing, so they can listen via headphones attached to their personal FM receiver, and so that they can adjust the volume to be able to hear. What I would like to do is feed that signal into an ipod and record the meetings in MP3 format. Is there an ipod that has a 'line in' slot, one that could likewise be used to attach a microphone? What specific model of ipod? Thanks, Bob.
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There is no iPod with line-in (even the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touches don't have that), however some of the newer iPod models have built-in FM Radio, but the recording is only used for Live Pause - you can't record and then copy to PC later, for example.
You could just plug the iPod into some other recording device, using the right cable (eg: 3.5mm stereo plug on each end, or 3.5mm -> 2 x RCA, etc.)
Also, there are plenty of personal music devices that can record FM radio directly, although you'd want to make sure they can tune to frequencies that low, a lot of FM radios will stop at around 88Mhz...
Having said all that, you don't necessarily need to record the FM signal, it may be possible to just record using the device's internal microhpone, placed inside the meeting room itself. The only iPods that will do this are iPod Touches, however.
I've used my iPhone (same recording method as the iPod Touch, with internal microphone) to record a meeting with 10 people around a large table, and the sound quality was perfect. In a noisy room, however, I wouldn't be so sure of the results.
If the meetings are already being transmitted, it sounds like the best solution for you will be to connect into the sound system being used (there's probably a mixer for the microphones, before going to the FM Transmitter). Take a line-level output from there, and plug it into a dedicated recording device - a lot of cheap digital dictation devices will do line-in, even an old laptop will do the trick!
This of course assumes that you have access to the equipment (which is not specified in your post). If you don't, and you are relying on recording the FM signal, then unfortunately there aren't any products in the Apple stable that will allow you to do this. I would go with my earlier suggestion of another personal music device that _can_ do FM recording.
Hope this helps.
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Ramblers midfielder Emilio Martin says that he is back to stay in the Brave Warriors fold for many years to come. The lanky player reckons that he is more matured and experienced than before and has set his sights on taking his game to another level.
"My experience and maturity have made me realise that I need to play with the best payers in the land and I am really glad for this call-up to the national team as I have been waiting for this moment. I am here to stay," says Martin.
Martin, who last featured for the Warriors in their one-all draw against Botswana in March last year, during an international friendly, says: "I have been around the block for some time now, and I just thought it was time to take my football seriously and I have to say this season I have probably done that and have as well become a much better player over the years."
Martin, who once played under the mentorship of Warriors coach Bernard Kaanjuka in the U-20 and U-23 levels, added that he hoped their reunion would be perfect against Rwanda. "I know the coach, he knows me, so it's all up to me and my mates to help the team do well and hopefully win, which will really be a great gift to the Namibia nation."


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Grand Falls-Windsor celebrated its 93rd annual Labour Day festivities Monday, Sept. 2.
There was a parade, of course. And it marked what is probably the longest continuous recognition of the holiday in Atlantic Canada. But again, there were very few people there. Some would say, "The weather didn't help. It was pretty crappy, with all the rain." But what was the excuse last year? Labour Day in 2012 was held when it was warm and sunny. Again, the numbers weren't great.
Labour Day is a significant holiday, especially in this part of the province. After all, the former Town of Grand Falls (later joined by its neighbour, the former Town of Windsor) is known as the cradle of the labour movement in Newfoundland.
So what if the paper mill no longer exists? Employees more than 90 years ago, who laboured at the facility back then, worked very hard at backbreaking work, learning how to operate the new paper machines and transporting materials (work that resulted sometimes in tragic deaths).
These long-ago workers wanted some time to celebrate and be acknowledged for their labour.
Later on, workers - including loggers - recognized the pitiful conditions under which some of them laboured, and they stood up for their rights. Sometimes there were clashes, which even resulted in violence and loss of life (such as the Badger riot, later turned into a bestseller). But they eventually got their rights.
The workers, as well as community groups, continued with the annual Labour Day parades in Grand Falls-Windsor, a big affair back then.
Gordon Pinsent, local boy and major Canadian actor, even wrote a play, 'Corner Green', set amidst a Labour Day parade in the former Town of Grand Falls after the First World War. Again, Labour Day was a big thing back then. While the paper mill doesn't exist any more, the spirit of Labour Day still exists. But like a dwindling fire, it needs to be stirred sometimes.
It's sad people head out to their 'cabins' (more like summer homes) during the Labour Day weekend, and only return well after the parade ends. Do they realize those cabins, in many cases, were built by hard-working contractors?
Labour is responsible for all the comforts they enjoy, and the event is a special time to celebrate the fruits of hardworking employees. We also need to set example for younger people, too, who are entering the workforce and sometimes aren't aware of their rights as workers.
People in some other countries - such as poorly treated garment workers in Bangladesh and the folks in China who make your smartphones - don't have the same rights we do.
The least we can do is celebrate Labour Day in the honour of those who aren't as lucky as we are.
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As I sit at home looking after four grandkids and simultaneously getting mining work done, I give thanks for the Wii and XBox 360. They are excellent babysitters. At least for the three boys.
For the four-year old granddaughter I have to keep a stream of Disney movies on the DVD player. Indeed even as I typed this sentence she came in a demanded that I paint her nails. I have never painted a woman's nails before. I protested her request telling her that is what mommies and grannies are for. She pleaded so nicely that I gave in a managed to get some nail polish on the nails and a good deal more on the adjacent skin.
She wailed that it was a mess. I replied that the paint would come off the skin in the bath, but stay on the nails for a few days. At least I hope that is what happens.
Then we went outside so that she could ride her new pink bicycle. That I bought a week or so ago. SHe promptly fell off, cried, and lost courage. But today, just as I made the intellectual breakthrough in a mining matter, she announced she was ready to ride again. Hence to the park.
She soon lost interest in the bike and wondered to the shade to collect stones and rocks. Now her grandmother studied geology, so who am I to discourage her. Even though I now have handfulls of "pretty stone" safely in a box in her room where they are protected from the rain.
Back to the Wii. When the boys first arrive three weeks ago, we bought an XBox360. They sit for hours arguing about game strategy, negotiating turn, and discussing fight outcomes. Yesterday they asked me to buy a third remote controller so they could play the four-person games. That is the three here and the cousin in Iowa by internet. Amazing.
In self-defence, I bought a Wii as well. It was but $150. The very large (girth) salesboy told me in deepest confidence it is cheap because it is being discontinued. "There will be a new version out at Christmas," he promised.
He could not understand my unconcern and need to get a Wii today. He could not understand why I did not want the $50 insurance policy on the machine. Counter to his sales training, I suppose.
Now the Wii is in the living room, the XBox is in the family room, the DVD and attached TV in the dining room, and every kid has a fixation. And I can type this and other profound mining things.


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Parry Gripp
|Parry Gripp
Parry Gripp Performing Live in Japan
|Background information
|Birth name
|Parry Gripp
September 22, 1967
Santa Barbara, California
|Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards
|Associated acts
|Nerf Herder
|Official website
Parry Gripp (born September 22, 1967 in Santa Barbara, California)[1] is a singer-songwriter as well as lead vocalist and guitarist for the pop punk band Nerf Herder.
As a songwriter, Gripp is best known for fake jingles, as in his 2005 solo album For Those About to Shop, We Salute You - a 51-track concept album mimicking various musical styles as product commercials. It does not have one single concept; it goes through many various concept suites, such as trucks, beer, and insomnia. He also maintains a song-of-the-week website and a YouTube channel on which he creates soundtracks to internet memes[2] as well as music videos for his own novelty songs, with titles including "Do You Like Waffles?", "Nom Nom Nom Nom Nom Nom Nom", "Last Train to Awesometown", "Spaghetti Cat (I Weep For You)", "Hamster on a Piano (Eating Popcorn)", "I Am A Banana" and "Baby Monkey (Going Backwards On A Pig)". Gripp also performs the Being Ian, Super Hero Squad Show, Ben 10: Omniverse, and The 7D theme songs.
Gripp also joined forces with MC Lars to perform some of the vocals, including the chorus to "Guitar Hero Hero (Beating Guitar Hero Doesn't Make You Slash)", a song commenting on the notion that video games like Guitar Hero take kids away from playing in bands and actually learning their instruments.
Along with faux jingles, Gripp also creates some real advertising music, such as Beatles-inspired tunes promoting the Wawa Food Markets' Breakfast Hoagiefest,[3] and songs for the Hallmark Cards e-characters hoops&yoyo.
On July 9, 2009 Parry Gripp debuted a new song called "The Girl at the Video Game Store" for the 1000th episode of the G4 TV program Attack of the Show! The video features the show's hosts Olivia Munn as the titular character and Kevin Pereira on drums.[4]
In July 2012, the National Geographic Kids website uploaded his video, "Spooky Spider."
Aside from his music, Gripp is the co-owner (with his sister) of the Santa Barbara Orchid Estate, which was founded by his father.[5][6]
In April 2013, Parry Gripp recorded the song "Backyard Hodge Podge" for the episode of the same name for the children's TV show Phineas and Ferb. He also appeared in the episode in animated form.
- For Those About to Shop, We Salute You (2005)
- One Donut a Day (2007)
- Do You Like Waffles (2008)
- Mega-Party (2013)
- Raining Tacos (2012)
- Space Unicorn (2012)
Nathan Mazur, a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania based cartoonist, provided the animation for some of Gripp's music videos: "Do You Like Waffles?", "Up Butt Coconut", "I've Got No iPhone", "Justin Bieber and Spaghetti Cat", "Neon Pegasus", "You're Driving Me Crazy", and "Nom Nom Nom Nom Nom Nom Nom". He also creates the "album art" that accompanies Parry Gripp's song-of-the-week.
See also[edit]
- ^ "Family Tree Legends". Retrieved 21 March 2010.
- ^ Parry Gripp, the Weird Al Yankovic of YouTube
- ^ Wawa Hoagiefest website
- ^ "The Girl At The Video Game Store". Kotaku. July 9, 2009.
- ^ "Band With a Funny Bone, Nerf Herder Gets Last Laugh". Los Angeles Times. July 17, 1997.
- ^ About SBOE, Santa Barbara Orchid Estate
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Kericho — The catholic Diocese of Kericho in the north-west of Kenya will mark the first anniversary of the death of a Kiltegan missionary on Saturday December 11.
According to Fr Gabriel Dolan, the diocese had organised the first anniversary Mass as a precursor to the December 11 anniversary.
The mass was presided over by Bishop Maurice Crowley of Kitale Diocese, who preached the homily in the late priest's old parish of Kiongo on December 6. He was assisted by Fr Samuel Karanja, Vicar General of Kericho Diocese.
"It was a beautiful celebration well planned and guided by the current priests in Kiongo, Jonah Sigei and Peter Bii. The church was packed with a congregation of nearly 500 people including nuns and priests," Fr Dolan said.
"The choir put a lot of effort into the liturgy and also presented a lovely recitation after communion recalling Fr Gerry's achievements in various parishes as well as his call to faith and hard work," he added.
He mentioned that no results from the Government Chemist have been successful so far. "The report from the Chemist stated that "every effort is being made to complete the analysis as soon as possible."
"Apparently, some chemicals required for the tests are not available," Fr Dolan said.
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The Art of Digital Video
The industry "bible" is back and it's better than ever. The Art of Digital Video has served as the ultimate reference guide for those working with digital video for generations. Now this classic has been revised and re-written by international consultant and industry leader John Watkinson to…
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The MPEG Handbook
A complete, professional 'bible' on all aspects of audio and video compression using MPEG technology, including the MPEG-4 standard and, in this second edition, H-264. The clarity of explanation and depth of technical detail combine to make this book an essential and definitive reference work.THE…
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Digital Interface Handbook
A digital interface is the technology that allows interconnectivity between multiple pieces of equipment. In other words hardware devices can communicate with each other and accept audio and video material in a variety of forms. The Digital Interface Handbook is a thoroughly detailed manual for…
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Introduction to Digital Audio
Master the basics from first principles: the physics of sound, principles of hearing etc, then progress onward to fundamental digital principles, conversion, compression and coding and then onto transmission, digital audio workstations, DAT and optical disks. Get up to speed with how digital audio…
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Introduction to Digital Video
Covers the essential fundamentals of digital video: from video principles, to conversion, compression, coding, interfaces and output. Written for television professionals needing to apply digital video systems, equipment and techniques to multimedia and /or digital TV applications, as well as for…
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Convergence in Broadcast and Communications Media
Convergence in Broadcast and Communications Media offers concise and accurate information for engineers and technicians tackling products and systems combining audio, video, data processing and communications. Without adequate fundamental knowledge of the core technologies, products could be flawed…
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Accra — Mishaps are like knives that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or the handle. James Lowell Russell Ghanaians were excited last year when Kosmos Energy Group announced that it had identified crude oil in commercial quantities.
Just last weekend news filtered in that another commercial quantity of oil has also been discovered in the West Cape Three Points. The prospect for more oil discovered look great.
We have every right to celebrate the news of the oil discovery in the country particularly when the nation had just wallowed in the darkness of energy crisis for nearly a year. Moreover, with crude oil prices reaching record high, we ought to rejoice as the great book says 'again, I say rejoice'.
However, whilst rejoicing on the discovery of the oil we should not allow our heart to override our head in this matter. Crude oil is not the solution to our problem. It is like the bitter bile on the liver. One ought to be careful when attempting to take the liver as it might result in bursting the bitter bile.
Although not all Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) countries are corrupt, a historical symbiosis exists between oil and corruption. Oil, corruption and failed states seem to be synonymous. However, some countries have been able to address this threat; most of them are located in North Africa. Producing countries such as Algeria, Egypt, Tunisia and even in some respects Libya, have managed to resist the temptation of sleaze. While temptation may have been countered by most North African producers, the threat of falling into the same trap remains.
It is incontrovertible that Nigeria suffers from a resource curse as we have little or nothing to show of as a country despite several years of oil exploration. Most of the proceed of their oil wealth has ended in the pockets of their leaders (gulf oil windfall and looting of the nation's treasury by the late despotic ruler General Abacha).
Resource curse is the economic notion that countries with large endowment of natural resources perform worse than countries that are less endowed. Yet some countries with abundant natural resources do perform better than others, and some have done well.
Nigeria is a heart rendering paradox. A rich country with desperately poor people. Despite its massive earning from oil, 70% of its estimated 140 million people live below the poverty line. Attempts to explain this contradiction have repeatedly identified the resource curse as the major cause of the disconnection between the country's wealth and people's well being. More than 80 million Nigerians live on less than US$1 a day, with Nigeria being ranked 144 out of 146 by Transparency International Corruption Perception Index (CPI) 2004.
In Nigeria, oil wealth has failed to generate development and has instead generated deep-seated corruption, kidnapping and war in some parts like the Niger Delta.
Norway's dependence upon oil and gas revenues present long-term challenges for the country, especially because many industry analysts believe that North Sea oil and gas production has already reached or passed its peak. In particular, the country faces pension liabilities and other welfare obligations. In response to these challenges, the Norwegian government created the Petroleum Fund in 1990, later renamed the Government Pension Fund in 2005. A portion of annual oil and gas revenues flow into the Fund each year, which serves the dual purpose of buffering the short-term variations in oil revenues and providing a mechanism to transfer current wealth to future generations. The Fund, which holds a combination of cash, bonds, and shares, holds only international assets and stood at some $240 billion in March 2006.
There is a website address whereby one can log onto to know how much has been realized on the sales of oil. The oil has become a 'public good'
Early this week government organized the Ghana's first oil and gas conference on how to manage the resources and to avoid the bitter lessons from Nigeria, Angola and Sudan. On a more serious note I was rather disappointed when participants were clamoring for the formula needed to share the oil booty. No body talked about the need for Ghana to train professional Ghanaian labour force for the new industry. We are only interested in eating the fruit but not how the fruit gets its final edible state.
As the president has said the revenue from the oil and gas in the country will be a national asset which should be used for the good of the people The President said the bringing together of civil society, oil experts and other technocrats in the oil industry was in recognition of the need to have a problem free oil exploitation.
Former Energy Minster, Mr Fred Ohene Kena has the proposed enactment of a law to regulate the management of oil resources in the country. It is believed that the legislation will also determine the distribution of wealth expected to generate from the mushrooming oil sector.
Oil is neither a blessing nor curse, it's simply a resource. The nations without oil but with commercial endowment of gold and or diamonds have same problems as those with oil. The problem of persistent poverty can be partly attributed to lack of visionary leadership coupled with inept management of state resources. Sub-Saharan Africa must solve its leadership problems and improve the management capabilities of its administrators; only then would we effectively reduce poverty. Crude oil has become like knives that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or the handle.


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On February 15, Slow Food Japan's congress was held in Himeji. Welcomed by Hirai-san, leader of the active Harima Convivium, elections took place to usher in a new term for the Slow Food national associations. The new board, composed of regional leaders, has retained much of its previous structure and will carry the association into the next three years. Tsuyoshi Goto was reelected as President of Slow Food Japan. Masayoshi Ishida has resumed his previous position as Vice President. Toshiya Sasaki, has withdrawn from the board and has been replaced by Koji Hirano, a member of the Gifu Convivium. Long-time member Yoko Kurokawa will again head up the Ark of Taste, and is working to fulfill objectives not only for Japan but for the greater area of Asia and Oceania. She will focus on strengthening the domestic network, nominating many more products for the Ark, and organizing a delegation of members to participate in the Salone del Gusto and Terra Madre 2014. "Our association is by now recognized as a diverse and independent platform working for the ideals of Slow Food in Japan," said reelected Slow Food Japan President Tsuyoshi Goto. "This year we have Salone del Gusto and Terra Madre. Our delegates have focused goals and incentives for the event, and will participate in various discussions and conferences on an international level. We hope that the members of Slow Food Japan, in conjunction with friends and colleagues from all over the world, will help celebrate the true worth of Slow Food by sharing the pleasure of Japanese food and its respect for the rhythm of nature." Slow Food in Japan currently has 43 convivia, 1,000 members, one Presidium, 29 Ark of Taste products, and a brand new Slow Food Youth Network.www.slowfoodjapan.net
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