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Our economy is now five years into an economic recovery, yet the wages of most Americans are flat. For the entire period between 1979 and 2013, median worker wages rose by just 7.9 percent while the economy's growth and productivity rose 64.9 percent.
The top one percent has made off with nearly all of the economy's gains since 2000.
Is there nothing that can be done to improve this picture?
To hear a lot of economists tell the story, the remedy is mostly education. It's true that better-educated people command higher earnings. But it's also the case that the relative premium paid to college graduates has been declining in recent years.
If everyone in America got a PhD, the job market would not be transformed. Mainly, we'd have a lot of frustrated, over-educated people.
The current period of widening inequality, after all, is one during which more and more Americans have been going to college. Conversely, the era of broadly distributed prosperity in the three decades after World War II was a time when many in the blue-collar middle class hadn't graduated from high school.
I'm not disparaging education—it's good for both the economy and the society to have a well-educated population. But the sources of equality and prosperity mainly lie elsewhere.
Three big things have changed in recent years that better explain why this recovery is accompanied by flat wages.
First, the financial collapse is still exerting a drag on the economy. Until the crash of 2008, ordinary families whose incomes had not kept pace with the cost of living had been borrowing to sustain their consumption. Americans ran up credit card debts, borrowed to attend college, and above all borrowed against their homes. All of that camouflaged stagnant earnings.
But the crash ended the borrowing binge. Without increasing debt (which is the wrong remedy), household purchasing power is too low to stimulate a strong recovery.
Secondly, corporate America got increasingly into the habit of hiring people on a temporary, part time, or contracted-out basis. Traditional payroll jobs became harder to come by. The idea that employers had some reciprocal loyalty to their workers became a relic.
A small fraction of Americans turned this new insecurity into a plus, becoming entrepreneurs. But for every genuinely successful Internet startup and every truly joyous freelancer, there are dozens of people for whom working as a "consultant" is nothing but disguised unemployment.
Third, the sources of labor bargaining power have been weakened. Those included strong federal labor-market regulation and trade unionism. In the absence of these, corporations and investors are able capture the lion's share of the economy's productivity growth.
So, are we just stuck? Do the characteristics of the new economy simply doom us to flat incomes for most people and stratospheric gains for the few?
Actually, several things could be done to restore a better distribution of the economy's productivity growth. But most of them are outside mainstream political debate.
A good historic parallel is the burst of deferred growth that came with World War II.
In 1940, unemployment topped 13 percent and many economists argued that technology had displaced so many human workers that this was the best the economy could do. But by 1942, unemployment had vanished.
In the intervening two years, workers did not suddenly become smarter, better educated, or more diligent. Rather, their government borrowed money and taxed the wealthy in order to massively invest in fighting World War II.
The war, in turn, became the greatest accidental economic stimulus program ever. As a side effect, wartime spending produced scientific breakthroughs and technological gains as well as more purchasing power.
Today, we don't need another war. But we do need major investment in decaying public infrastructure and in transition to a green, sustainable economy.
The "good war" also served as a labor market policy. War production plants had to pay good wages and defense contractors had to accept unions if workers voted them in.
The wartime economy propelled America into the postwar boom and laid the groundwork for the postwar middle class. After the war, we doubled down with social investments such as the GI Bill and major infrastructure projects, as well as minimum wage regulation.
We could do it again. All that stand in our way are a lot of bad economics and a consensus of the elites that cutting deficits and rewarding speculators take precedence over rebuilding the country. The obstacles to restoring broad prosperity are not economic. They are political.
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The author stated: "In 1940, unemployment topped 13 percent…" This after a decade of profligate spending (Sec of Treasury in 1939: "We have tried spending money. We are spending more than we have ever spent before and it does not work.") Are there any examples of spending into prosperity? Sir Winston said it fairly understandably: "We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle." Cheers
Sat, 2014-08-16 20:10
I would think that with the top 0.1% dominating the income distribution increasing the number of college and graduate degrees would have the effect of forcing down the cost of hiring educated people rather than increasing the incomes of less educated people. The result would be a greater concentration of income at the top 0.1% not less.
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Mr. Kuttner, I disagree with your central premise:
"If everyone in America got a PhD, the job market would not be transformed."
Not only would the job market be transformed, but our entire culture would be transformed. It is hard to imagine any slum in America occupied by people with the self-discipline and the motivation to achieve a doctoral degree, selling drugs, pimping, drinking wine on the corner with pants falling off, and speaking a sub-dialect consisting mainly of words like "mutherf**ker, babymama, bitch, hoe, nigga, and so one.
I will go so far as to suggest that if parents would only teach their children to speak the language of commerce, that ALONE would help people achieve their dreams, and better enable "...a better distribution of the economy's productivity growth."
Tue, 2014-08-19 16:48
@ Gunthr - Really?! Of course the poor are poor because they have no self-discipline and won't work hard. They would just rather drink wine, hang out on the street corner in oversized pants with no belt, berate each other with pejoratives, and, c'mon, you want to say it, live off the government teat. Now these wouldn't be WHITE poor people in those slums, would it? All we have to do is wave the magic wand of speaking WHITE English and all would be fixed, right? This is what you meant by "the language of commerce" I assume. In your mythical America institutional racism must not exist, and everyone is solely responsible for their condition.
Thu, 2014-08-21 18:44
Economic growth requires return on investment. The USSR was chock full of Phd's, engineers and mathematicians. Fat lot of good it did them. When education requires a lifetime of debt service slavery it is no longer a positive paying investment, it is just a cost.
The federal reserve is holding interest rates at zero. This is a public acknowledgement that our economy can do no better than tread water for the foreseeable future, at least 10 years based on T-bill yields. End the fed and its policy, let interest rates float to their natural level, reflecting a balance between the supply and demand for capital, between spenders and savers.
The difference between investing and spending is return. Egypt had some fabulous spending programs, now they have moldering pyramids. A pointed reminder of the difference between costs and investments.
I agree that the obstacles are political. The elites in DC and at the fed are the problem. Their policy is to undermine the future and impoverish the present, so that the banks and the government maintain the illusion of solvency. The price is too high.
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Personally, all I really want is to use iron sights, and better graphics that'll surprise me. I don't want to play Half Life 3 and see something only slightly better than Left 4 Dead 2, but rather it be up there with the best of today's graphics (or better). Also, I think it'd be nice to mix the unique style of soundtrack Kelly Bailey uses with a bit more cinematic orchestra to get some of the character emotion down a little bit better, though what's already be established was no slouch. Everything else I think Valve can handle on their own without any suggestion.
What do you want (or expect there to be) in Half Life 3?
I just want it to come out at this point, if Portal 2 and the ARG preceding has proven anything its that I fucking love Valve like no other developer. Chances are when I play it, I'll love it.
Its an ass-backwards, optimistic as fuck way to approach things but Valve have earned it.
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A portal gun
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A new engine. Call it Origin just to fuck with everybody.
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I heard there is a lady in that series? I think ladies are good. Maybe there should be more of them.
Also, it would be totally super awesome if they gave Gordon Freeman a really silly voice, and then patched the previous games to make him talk all the time.
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:D Yes. High res barnacles!
Barnacles...lots and lots of Barnacles.
- A new engine, I really don't think they can get away with it being in Source.
- The story and characters must be amazing - as good or better than Portal 2.
- Good combat - Something as good or better than the final battle of Episode 2.
- It's obviously not going to be a puzzle game like Portal 2, but it should still have some good puzzles.
- I will accept nothing short of breathtaking visuals.
- A good variety of interesting weapons.
- Just an amazing single-player campaign - No multiplayer, co-op, in-game store.
- Interesting achievements like the Gnome thing in Episode 2.
- Barney.
1. Source Engine 2.0. Source is a great engine, but I don't see how far it can be expanded. HL3 needs something radically new (maybe that's why Valve are taking so long...each Half Life is their poster boy for the new engine?).
2. Maybe allow for expansion of the story into a galactic battle against the Combine. So like HL1, set some of the game on other planets (maybe the Vortigaunt home planet?). It just seems silly to have only humans fight off the Combine when the Combine could easily find a way back again with all their superior technology.
If Portal 2 is any precedent, space is awesome.
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New things that I hadn't thought of before.
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In the end, the only thing Gordon will be able to do it go back in time and change everything.
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All I can ask for from HL3 is the debut of a new Source Engine. At the same time though, I kind of don't want HL3 to ever come out because it's kind of reached that status of being literally unable to live up expectations.
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Personally, all I really want is to use iron sights... Also, I think it'd be nice to mix the unique style of soundtrack Kelly Bailey uses with a bit more cinematic orchestra to get some of the character emotion down a little bit better, though what's already be established was no slouch.You best be trolling. I wouldn't be surprised if they implemented a new game engine though.
I am worried at this point they can't release a game that would live up to any of the hype everyone gives the idea of a 3rd installment. As much as I love Half Life, they redefined gaming with half life 2 (don't try to tell me they didn't, they are pretty much responsible for making physics such a big part of gaming as we know it now) and unless they could do that again with a fantastic story and all the other big deal they had with Half Life 2 I am more concerned it wont live up to anything we'd all expect from a Half Life 3.
I suspect Valve feels the same way, which would explain why they haven't released or mentioned anything of it. I am always open to being wrong, and with Valve its highly likely that I am, but with all the long term developments over the past couple years I can't help but feel that kind of thing hurts a franchise more then helps it.
Just my thoughts on it. I'm really tired so it may not make sense, oh well.
All I can ask for from HL3 is the debut of a new Source Engine. At the same time though, I kind of don't want HL3 to ever come out because it's kind of reached that status of being literally unable to live up expectations.
It was the same situation from hl1 to hl2, I'm not worried at all that it wont live up to the expectations since they have proven to do it once in the past already.
I really only expect awesome. That's what I've gotten from previous games, so I hope that it's featured in the next one.
Fo realz, I'm actually hoping the game jumps like the second one did. You're in City 17, and the details of the whole situation are pretty sparse. I want to be thrown into an unfamiliar place for unknown reasons, and I want it to all come together and blow my mind.
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I think most people would just like it to be released...Better: An announcement!
Personally I'm kinda over Half-Life. Just lost the connection and hype for that series.
It's hard to know what to expect. Both games brought new stuff to the table that have been copied in many other games since their release, so it's hard to predict what could happen. I have zero expectations for the game though, because I think it's a little much on my part to ask them to bring something new to the table three times in a row. That's just setting myself up for disapointment.
I unlike the rest of you dont mind a new engine , source is brilliance made reality (as you can see Im one of those who is enjoying EYE as of now :P) and it fucking runs on any computer. As for the game itself .... well its been proven that Valve can make some of the best fps action , heck I still play with wonder and awe HL 2 , so unless they make it a COD clone , I dont see them screwing anything around. The only thing I would ask for is for the sniper rifle of the combine .... its the blue laser .... it calls me and iron sights.
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How about any story whatsoever.
Stop and pay attention, not everything in life is spoon fed to you, read the writing on the wall, listen to the citizens, stop and smell the roses and you might actually find one of the most subtle and engaging stories in video gaming.
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I honestly don't expect it to ever come out.
Now that Valve is getting the F2P business they are realizing that low budget F2P games can make as much if not more than AAA premium titles.
So Half Life 3 will forever be a myth.
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I honestly don't expect it to ever come out. Now that Valve is getting the F2P business they are realizing that low budget F2P games can make as much if not more than AAA premium titles. So Half Life 3 will forever be a myth.I hope you don't put money down on this.
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These are the very things I want
-A new plot, not just the same combine affair
-New enemies
-A open world
-A inventory system and documents
-A new engine
-Choices and Consequences
-The same Half Life elements
-Return of the houndeye
-Possible conversation trees
-New vehicles
-A laser gun
-New weapons
-Good puzzles
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Just to finish the amazing story they've had going so far.
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I have no expectations, so I'll be satisfied with anything. I do think it'd be cool it they paired up the Portal games to Half life in some meaningful way, instead of just teasing at it.
Just to finish the amazing story they've had going so far.
Yes. I would hate to see that get dropped. It might be interesting if they warp it out of that strict FPS into some kind of hybrid, as a previous poster wanted.
But keep rolling that story.
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Azure Drake a better pick imo.
I honestly don't know what I expect from that game when it comes to how it will play or what the story will be. I will say that I think it's humanly impossible for Valve to top Half Life 2. They've dug themselves into a hole where the final installment has to feature some dumb Lord of the Ringesque final battle against the bad guys, and Im just not into that idea when it comes to this series. But that's where it will end up... If it comes out, of course.
All I know is I want the ending to be Gordon riding off into the sunset, alone, on an open desert road in his muscle car. I don't care how they get there, but that's what I want. I want Gordon to go out like fucking Clint Eastwood.
@redfoxbennaton: uhh, so you want a completely different game that's, pretty much, fallout 3? Most of the things you said do not belong in a half life game.
Now if I worked at Valve...
I would be better at designing games than anyone here including me and thus would hopefully have better ideas than anyone here. If I've learned anything over the years, the best games are the ones that surprise me by NOT being what I want or expect. If Half Life 2 had merely been an extension of Half Life 1 it would never have come even close to living up to the seemingly unreachable expectations people had for it. The only reason it met those expectations was because it did things that no other game had done before and that no one had even imagined could be contained in a single game.
If there is one thing I think I can say with certainty I would like improved on, it would be the excessive amount of loading seen in the Source Engine. Having to pause every ten minutes to load in a new area was a real pain, and it was something that hadn't been fixed by Portal 2 so I am going to assume it is just not possible in the Source engine. Therefore I would extend my request to an entirely new solely next gen engine. The Source Engine was arguably the first current gen engine and it pushed things to levels previously unimagined so better graphics in larger areas that don't require excessive loading.
Lastly, I would like it if they did NOT include iron sights and NOT make this some sort of single player/multiplayer hybrid.
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Nothing, I honestly don't care at this point and would rather Valve worked on other things instead of making a game that cannot live up to the expectations people have for it.
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A crowbar.
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That it's better than episode 1 or episode 2. Ok, that's too easy, I want the game to be terrible just to see the reaction from people.
And also, can we stop pretending like the combat in Half life 2 is actually engaging or satisfying?
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Maybe a Half-Life game where I think more than the first and last 15-20 minutes of the game are the only good parts about it?
Given previous form though, that's really unlikely. Which is weird because Portal and Left 4 Dead have both been pretty great at not being horrendously boring series???
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Perhaps, with its ear leaned towards international advisers, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) may have began a tactical retreat from its domineering interventions at the foreign exchange (forex) market, slicing its supply to the market by a whopping 27.2 percent. The amount sold reduced even further with about 28.6 percent last month.
The Financial Market Dealers Association (FMDA) of Nigeria said the wholesale market for foreign exchange fell markedly in market demand compared to the previous month. According to it, the apex bank offered $1.250 billion and sold $1.10 billion in relation to $1.590 billion offered and $1.54 billion sold in September 2012, reflecting a decrease of 27.2 per cent and 28.6 per cent respectively.
The money market association attributed the southward trend of demand from the WDAS window to the progressive dollar inflow from energy giants estimated at $796.50 million and the August 1st 2012 policy which had helped to limit speculative activities.
"We hope to see this trend maintained in the coming months following the CBN's price stability policy and the relative depth of the Nigerian Foreign exchange and Debt markets in the month under review", said FMDA.
But Razia Khan, Regional Head of Research, Africa Global Research, Standard Chartered Bank, London quoting the S&P report said, "monetary policy is seen as "constrained by Nigeria's managed exchange rate regime and relatively less developed domestic bond markets".
She thus expects that gradual moves to lessen the role of the CBN in the determination of the forex rate (which are already underway), will help bolster Nigeria's forex reserves and external strength.
"We note that the US dollar (USD) sales at recent official wholesale Dutch auctions (WDAS) have totalled $50 million at each auction, compared with an average of $300 million for much of last year", said Khan.
Thus the Whole Sale Dutch Auction System (WDAS) Forwards Market was visibly inactive in the month under review as no transaction took place in this segment of the foreign exchange market.
Based on the supply by the energy firms and the relaxation of restriction of foreign participation in the market, the value of the naira against the dollar appreciated in all the four segments of the markets recording an average of three kobo at CBN, 25 kobo at Interbank, 100 kobo at the Bureau De Change (BDC) and 100 kobo at the parallel market relative to September's average rate.
The FSDH Monthly report for October also said the foreign exchange gain could be hinged on the recent review of the foreign exchange management policy with increased complementary dollar sales from energy companies.
The United States dollars traded between N155.75/$ - N155.78/$ at WDAS, N157.04/$ - N157.20/$ at Interbank, N158.00/$ - N159.00/$ at BDC and N159.00/$ - N159.50/$ at parallel market. The range widened more for the BDC and parallel markets in the month under review.
Further analysis on month-on-month revealed an opening figure of $1/ N155.7800 for selling rate at the first working day at the WDAS, and closed the month at $1/ N155.7600 against the closing rate of $1/ N155.7800 in September 2012. At the Inter-bank market, Naira-Dollar relationship opened at $1/N157.2000 for Offer rate and closed at $1/ N157.1325 against the closing rate of $1/ N157.3000 in September 2012. The BDC and parallel markets closed the month at $1/ N158.0000 and $1/ N159.0000 respectively.
The premium between CBN and Parallel market as at end-October lowered to 2.08 percent from 2.32 percent recorded at the end of September 2012. The above premium is 292 BASIS POINTS (bps) below the international benchmark of five percent which has demonstrated the CBN's capacity to tame further volatility in the bud and to avoid speculators from having a field day as well as the possibility of a dollarised economy consequent upon the MPC communiqué resolution end-July.
Analysts say the slow down on forex supply by the central bank ensured actively traded rates in the interbank Naira market were steady in most parts of the month reflecting the ongoing liquidity management efforts of the monetary authority.
Rates at the Nigerian Inter-Bank Offer Rate (NIBOR) fell by 20-40 bps in the first week via net inflow of N266.89 billion from maturing bills despite WDAS debit of N27.72 billion and the Open Market Operations (OMO) funding of N438.71 billion to close the week at (10.33 percent, 10.75 percent and 12.20 percent) for call, 7 days and 30 days respectively.
Rates rose in the second week precipitated by the WDAS debit of N35.02 billion and Primary Market Auction (PMA) sales of N171.83 billion despite a net inflow of N232.12 billion from maturing bill to close the week at (11.45 percent, 12.25 percent and 13.66 percent).
Meanwhile, rates was mixed in the third week on NNPC Withdrawal of N113.00 billion, WDAS Debits ofN48.62 billion, FGN Bond and OMO auction sales totalling N75.00 billion and N273.82 billion respectively but Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) injection of N277.40 billion ensured that rates closed the week at (10.37 percent, 11.04 percent and 12.33 percent) for Call, 7 days and 30 days respectively.
The fourth week saw cost of funds headed northwards by 180-190 bps and closed at (12.20 percent, 12.87 percent and 13.91 percent) for Call, 7 days and 30 days respectively on the back of OMO withdrawals and WDAS Debits worth N45.63 billion.
Month-on-month, rates fell 200-400bp below CBN standing lending rate facility (SLR) reflecting the relative liquidity status during the period under review.
The Open Buy Back (OBB) opened 360 bps below standing lending facility on the back of consistent liquidity injections recorded the previous month-end.
The first week of the month recorded the lowest rates of 10.19 percent for Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) and 10.25 per cent the Discount Houses (DHs) this year.
Month-on month average, the OBB closed at 12.12 per cent for the DMBs and 12.00 per cent for the Discount Houses, reflecting over 150 bps above previous month as liquidity eased end-month.
The Deposit taking and lending rate of Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) in the month under review mirrored the rates reported in the preceding month.
Savings figures averaged 2.0408 percent; while tenured funds ranged between 3.9917 percent for overnight to 364 days money. For the lending rates, prime structured loan stood at monthly average of 18.08156 per cent same as September rate; similarly, the normal structured loan 22.1563 per cent.
The spread between the deposit and lending rates widened moderately in the preceding month following the increase in the CRR by 400 bps in July by the central bank. Rates retained their previous values as key policy drivers' remains the same as that of September. Interest rates are expected to inch up further as liquidity is majorly deployed to fund government securities by market operators.
For the government securities like treasury bills and OMO, the rate of return in the primary Market Auction rallied on average in the month under review when compared with the average rate of the previous month in order to attract sufficient inflow to support the domestic currency and simultaneously mop up excess liquidity in the system. Meanwhile, central bank allotted N283.10 billion against September 2012.
Subscription in the month relative to N889.95 billion in the first and second auction in the month 91 days stop rates averaged 12.94 12.78 percent last month; 182 days averaged 13.29 percent relative to 13.13 percent in September which was also traded in two auctions averaged 13.33 percent when juxtaposed with 13.46 percent of preceding month.
Available data revealed that an OMO auction session was conducted in the month to mop excess liquidity created by the maturities consequently. Thus; the CBN offered N950.00 billion and sold OMO sales recorded N882 billion. The surge in OMO sales recorded was on the back of availability of investible funds in the system accompanied by relatively attractive stop rate.
A quick summation of (PMA & OMO) showed that the month recorded N1. 233 trillion (N950.00 billion OMO) against N1.17 trillion in September.


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|Office of External Operations
Jeremy Ross
Jeremy Ross is the Chief of Staff for External Operations and the Executive Director for the ETSU Research Foundation. He has a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Tennessee, and he studied architecture and art history at Temple University in Rome, Italy. He attained a Master of Science in Engineering Technology from East Tennessee State University and holds academic rank as an Assistant Professor in Engineering Technology. He fundraises and directs the College of Business & Technology Program in Rome, Italy. Prior to his current role, Mr. Ross served as the Associate Vice President for University Advancement and Major Gifts, managing the University's Reaching Higher Capital Campaign. He also served as a principal in an architectural firm for 8 years and directed design, budgeting and personnel management for work in over twenty states. Currently, Mr. Ross provides leaderships and support for all external operations at the university, including University Advancement, Alumni, Athletics, ETSU Research Foundation, and government relations related to the Tennessee Board of Regents and the Tennessee Higher Education commission. He has volunteered his time by working on numerous committees and boards in the community such as the Johnson City Schools Foundation Board of Directors, Hands On Museum Board of Directors, Washington County Economic Development Council, Nuclear Fuels Advisory Committee, and the Johnson City Board of Zoning Appeals.
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Carol Sloan is the Associate Vice President for University Advancement for Health Affairs. Carol is a native of Fairmont, West Virginia and a 1969 graduate of Fairmont State College (now University) with a Bachelor of Arts degree in elementary education. She and her husband, Patrick, and two children settled in Johnson City in 1979. She spent nearly 25 years in nonprofit management, fundraising, and public relations at various organizations including Volunteer Johnson City, March of Dimes, and Dawn of Hope. In November 2004 she joined the University Advancement staff at ETSU as Assistant Vice President with responsibilities focused on the colleges of the Division of Health Affairs, which at that time included the Quillen College of Medicine, the College of Nursing, and the College of Public and Allied Health. In 2005, with the campaign to establish a College of Pharmacy at ETSU, she served on the steering committee spearheading the drive to raise the funds necessary to get the new college started. In July 2008, with the addition of the Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy and the establishment of the newly formed Colleges of Public Health and Clinical and Rehabilitative Health Sciences, she was promoted to her current position. Her responsibilities, in addition to fundraising and development for the Academic Health Sciences Center and the five colleges, include staffing the Quillen Alumni Society Board and organizing its reunion activities and assisting the Deans of the respective colleges with their community advisory boards and alumni relations.
Tisha Harrison '80 '09
Director of University Advancement
Tisha Harrison, Director of University Advancement, began working at ETSU in the University Advancement Office in January 2001. She graduated in 1980 from ETSU with a Bachelor of Science degree in Home Economics and completed a Master of Professional Studies Degree with a concentration in Strategic Leadership in 2009 from ETSU. She has over twenty years' experience in cultivating donors, fundraising, and event planning with the public and private sector. Harrison has experience in retail, the industrial field, financial planning/long term insurance programs, and public service. Currently serving as the President for the Greeneville Morning Rotary Club she continues work striving for the betterment of the community. As Director of University Advancement, her primary roles include serving the College of Arts and Sciences as the major gift liaison. Additional major roles she holds include managing the Alumni Phonathon program, Annual Fund fall and spring mailings, Challenge 2000 program, performing all Human Resource functions associated with student workers, Phonathon temporary workers and graduate assistants for Advancement and assisting other major event planning such as the Distinguished President Trust Dinner and the ETSU Foundation Annual Meeting. The oversight and mentoring of Advancement student workers and Graduate Assistants is one of the most enjoyable aspects for Harrison.
Karen Sullivan
Director of University Advancement
Karen Sullivan, Director of University Advancement, is originally from Wichita, Kansas. Her baccalaureate degree is in Broadcast Communications from Southern Illinois University, with a minor in Minority Studies. As a former military spouse, she has lived in many places throughout the continental United States, from New York to California. Her working career began in broadcasting, as a reporter and announcer for a local television affiliate in Wichita, continued as a Production Assistant for the pilot and first season of "20/20," and as a D.J., in Louisiana. Moving to Johnson City in 1991, her roles at ETSU have included those of, Program Advisor for Multicultural Affairs, Financial Aid Counselor, and Assistant Director of Adult, Commuter and Transfer Student Services. She has served on many university committees and has served as President of the ETSU Staff Senate and is a current senator. As a Director of ETSU Advancement, she is the fundraising liaison for the College of Education, Student Affairs, Continuing Studies, Sherrod Library, the School of Graduate Studies, the Center and Department of Appalachian Studies and Services and the Women's Resource Center. She is responsible for the research of donor prospects, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship for ETSU Foundation for the above areas and is responsible for the supervision of the Advancement/Alumni receptionist. Since its inception in 2006, Karen was responsible for the marketing, communications, record keeping and layout of the inscribe bricks on the ETSU PRIDE Walk.
Pat Barcel
Office Manager
Pat Barcel, Office Manager, joined the University Advancement Staff in the Records Office in October, 1996. In 2001 she became the Office Manager, providing a variety of professional and administrative duties relative to the operation of the Office of the Vice President. She acts as liaison between the Advancement Office, the community, ETSU contributors, and other university departments. She works with the Vice President in oversight and implementation to see that all administrative duties are accomplished.
Pat Holland
Administrative Coordinator for University Advancement and Executive Assistant of the Foundation
Pat Holland, Administrative Coordinator for University Advancement and Executive Assistant of the Foundation, joined the Advancement Office in 1977, when it was formally established. She attended East Carolina University for one year and then worked in the Pentagon and for a major law firm in Washington, D.C. Moving to Tennessee she applied to East Tennessee State University and started as secretary in the Office of Development. She now works closely with all the various activities involving the ETSU Foundation under the direction of the Vice President for University Advancement/President of the Foundation/CEO. Other duties are coordinating major events for the Foundation and also coordinating all of the ETSU President's university-related social events at his home, Shelbridge.
Peggy McCurry '80
Financial Management Analyst
Peggy McCurry is a Financial Management Analyst in the Office of University Advancement. She monitors and manages the budget function to ensure compliance with university procedures and accounting standards. Peggy joined University Advancement in 2001 after several years of professional experience with a regional private accounting firm and in other private sector capacities as well. Prior to becoming a Financial Management Analyst, she was an Office Coordinator, supporting the Development officers. She has a bachelor's degree from Milligan College and a master's degree from ETSU.
Laure Craddock
Executive Aide/Receptionist
Laure Craddock joined the Advancement Staff in August, 2007, as an Executive Aide/Receptionist. Having spent most of her career at Florida Power and Light Company in Sarasota, Florida, she and her family relocated to Johnson City following their experience with Hurricane Charley (a category 4 Hurricane). A love for the Appalachian Mountains and a desire to live in a progressive area offering small-town values brought them to the Tri-Cities. She graduated with a Certificate in Occupational Office Training from Sarasota County Vocational-Technical Center and earned a Certified Professional Secretary rating from the International Association of Administrative Professionals in Blountville, TN. One of her primary duties in the Office of Advancement is to direct and assist all visitors, including students, faculty, staff and donors. She also provides direct clerical support for the two Directors of Advancement and general support for the offices of Alumni and Advancement.
Pat Elledge
Office Coordinator for University Advancement, Health Affairs
Pat Elledge began working at ETSU in 1995 and joined the Advancement Staff in October of 2007. She currently serves as Office Coordinator for University Advancement, Health Affairs. Pat assists the Associate Vice President for University Advancement/Health Affairs with fundraising and alumni development for the Academic Health Sciences Center. Her main duties include managing the budget for Quillen College of Medicine-Advancement, coordinating Quillen alumni reunion events, managing the workflow and reporting of Advancement Health Sciences, and coordinating various fundraising campaigns for Health Sciences.
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Panel backs introduction of digital learning in US
WASHINGTON A week after President Barack Obama's call for U.S. schools to be outfitted with high-speed Internet within five years, an independent panel that studied the lack of technology at school says digital learning, including the super-fast Internet connections, can be introduced even sooner.
The LEAD Commission is finalizing a five-point plan to speed the adoption of digital learning in schools by 2016. The Associated Press obtained a copy of the panel's blueprint on Wednesday; the full plan is expected to be formally released in the coming weeks.
The commission was created in March 2012 to research the state of and figure out how to speech the introduction of technology in U.S. schools. The president of Columbia University and a former U.S. education secretary are among the panel's four co-chairmen.
Last week, Obama visited a Mooresville, N.C., middle school to see the digital learning that takes place there, including how students do their work exclusively on laptops. He also called on the Federal Communications Commission to use a program that pays for Internet access in schools and libraries through a surcharge on telephone bills to meet his goal of connecting 99 percent of students to super-fast Internet within five years, or by sometime in 2018.
"In a country where we expect free Wi-Fi with our coffee, why shouldn't we have it in our schools?" Obama said.
Most U.S. schools have Internet access, but the connections don't have enough capacity or are slow, according to the blueprint.
Like the president, the commission calls for the FCC to update its E-Rate program to pay to connect schools to high-speed Internet. Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel said the agency could start the process of updating the program as soon as this summer.
Jim Steyer, one of the LEAD Commission's chairmen, said it would cost at least $6 billion to wire schools.
The panel will call for a public-private initiative to put laptops, tablets and other devices into the hands of all students by 2020, beginning with middle school students and making sure that low-income students and those who attend schools in poorly funded districts are included. Money that is no longer being spent to buy printed textbooks, as is the case in Mooresville, could be redirected to help pay for the devices.
The commission's other recommendations include:
-Speeding up the adoption of digital curricula, including by creating an independent certification program to identify approved, high-quality programs.
-Highlighting the work of model schools, such as in Mooresville, to encourage other schools.
-Spending more money to train teachers to use digital curricula and other technologies.
Gene Sperling, an economic policy adviser to Obama, said the blueprint is an important step toward the president's goal of "bringing classrooms across America into the 21st century and allowing our students to engage in the individualized digital learning that will help them compete in today's economy."
The commission was tasked by the Education Department and the FCC with coming up with a plan to move the U.S. education system toward digital learning to help improve student performance and help the U.S. stay competitive with other countries, such as South Korea. All classrooms in South Korea have high-speed Internet and printed textbooks are being phased out, Obama said last week.


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So Donald Norman thinks that British sideways door handles are awful (5 October, p 46)? Has he considered the fact that you can open a door so equipped with an elbow, knee, or a suitably positioned buttock? If you have a weak grip, wet or dirty hands, full hands or indeed no hands at all, the door can still be opened. Compare and contrast with a rotary style doorknob.
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Murata announces the expansion of the PAH series "half-brick" DC-DC power converters from Murata Power Solutions: the PAH-28/12.5-D24 model.
These compact modules measure 2.3" X 2.4" X 0.5" (58 X 61 X 12.7mm) and offer the industry-standard half-brick footprint.
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"As man sows, so shall he reap. In works of fiction, such men are sometimes converted. More often, in real life, they do not change their natures until they are converted into dust."
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"Our thoughts are the source of what we begin reaping in our lives. The seeds of thought that we choose to plant can grow into strong sturdy oak trees or into relentlessly spreading poison ivy that infects ourselves and all we touch."
"Sow a thought, and you reap an act; Sow an act, and you reap a habit; Sow a habit, and you reap a character; Sow a character, and you reap a destiny"
"Why is it men are permitted to be obsessed about their work, but women are only permitted to be obsessed about men?"
"All works are God's. He inspires, He helps, He executes, He enjoys, He is pleased, He reaps and He sowed."
"A jubile shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of thy vine undressed."


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The rally comes on the heels of International Women's Day.
ABC7's Mike Conneen has the story and talks with rally participants.
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Eileen Klein, chief of staff for Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, has accepted the position of president of the Arizona Board of Regents.
"Ms. Klein embodies all of the leadership attributes the board sought when we embarked on our search for a new president," said Rick Myers, ABOR chair. "She is a seasoned leader with a proven track record of success in managing large, complex organizations and experience in senior management."
In her capacity with the governor's office, Klein already has worked closely with ABOR to develop a new performance-based funding model for the university system in which state funds are allocated to the universities based on meeting performance metrics in the areas of degrees produced, student credit hours earned and increases in externally financed research and public outreach expenditures.
"She has a keen ability to bring diverse groups together to develop consensus around sound public and fiscal policy," Myers said. "In addition, her understanding of the essential role higher education has to our state's economic vitality will strengthen our efforts to ensure Arizona's Higher Education Enterprise is serving students, business and the state to its greatest capacity."
The regents are expected to vote on Klein's contract at their Dec. 6-7 meeting in Tucson.
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Brooklyn children's organization operating under the auspices of the Brooklyn Women's War Relief Committee.
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Correspondence, photographs, and miscellanea, relating to the provision of relief for Belgian children during World War I.
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A new law signed by Gov. Sam Brownback on Tuesday requires a Kansas welfare agency to test residents seeking cash assistance if there is a reasonable suspicion they are using drugs. Do you agree with idea? Should the law have gone further? Tell us what you think in the comments section below.


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MLG will be broadcasting a StarCraft II Tournament of Champions which will be a three week series which features the top finishers from MLG's 2012 Pro Circuit and other recent competitions. The champions include: DongRaeGu, Flash, Leenock, Life, MarineKing, SoO, PartinG, and Rain. These amazing games will be casted by Nick "Axslav" Ranish and Alex "Axeltoss" Rodriguez. See below for the live stream and the schedule.
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MLG StarCraft II Tournament of Champions Stream Schedule
Broadcasts times start at 6 pm ET
|Live Broadcast
|DongRaeGu vs Flash
|Quarterfinal #1
|Monday 12/3, 6pm ET
|soO vs MarineKingPrime
|Quarterfinal #2
|Thursday 12/6, 6pm ET
|Leenock vs Rain
|Quarterfinal #3
|Friday 12/7, 6pm ET
|Life vs Parting
|Quarterfinal #4
|Monday 12/10, 6pm ET
|TBD vs TBD
|Semifinal #1
|Thursday 12/13, 6pm ET
|TBD vs TBD
|Semifinal #2
|Monday 12/17, 6pm ET
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|Thursday 12/20, 6pm ET


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Mississippi State University is hosting its first annual Academic Integrity Week Monday thru Thursday, promoting not only academic honesty but also integrity in athletics, job searches, research, interpersonal relationships and more.
Bill Kibler, MSU vice president for student affairs, said a central component of the week is the Student Honor Code MSU created in 2007, which asks students to "conduct (themselves) with honor and integrity at all times ... (and) not lie, cheat or steal, nor ... accept the actions of those who do." Both the code and the integrity week are intended as a proactive approach to preventing academic dishonesty.
"(The honor code) is posted in every classroom on the campus," Kibler said. "(Students) even see it for the first time on the admissions application for MSU. Beyond just (addressing) students that are cheating, the honor code sets forth an array of expectations. We are far more interested in promoting academic integrity than in preventing academic dishonesty."
James Orr, honor council director at MSU's Student Honor Code Office, said the College of Business has held an Ethics Week in the past, and this week expands the concept across the entire campus. He said academic dishonesty is a problem across American universities, particularly when high school students first enter them.
"Research shows that 70 percent of high school students across the country ... when they get to the university environment ... (have) either cheated or knew someone who was cheating on campus," Orr said.
"The goal of the honor code at MSU is to create a culture, (so) when students get to Mississippi State, they know that cheating, plagiarism and things of that nature are (things) we just don't do on campus."
Academic Integrity Week is also aimed at teaching students how to avoid academic misconduct because they may be unaware of some rules. For instance, Orr said, many students know they could be sanctioned for plagiarism if they do not cite sources appropriately, but fewer know about other pitfalls.
"We also have 'complicity,'" he said. "If a course instructor says you are to do an assignment by yourself, and you provide assistance to someone, then you are complicit because you are giving them unauthorized assistance. We also have 'multiple submissions' ... submissions for central portions of an assignment that you've already submitted in another class for credit. Just because you did the assignment yourself in one class, you can't take that assignment and submit it in another class unless you've got direct permission from your instructor."
Academic Integrity Week also emphasizes integrity outside the classroom, including integrity in the workplace after students graduate, Orr said. For example, he said, the week kicked off Monday with a movie night featuring MSU Athletic Director Scott Stricklin and "Shattered Glass," the story of Stephen Glass's years of fraudulent journalism and the fallout when the truth was uncovered.
Other events slated for the week include "HIPPA, Healthcare and the Honor Code," "Respect the Code: Academic Integrity with the Office of Athletics Academics" and "Job Search/Workplace Ethics," concluding with a visit from Kenyan ambassador Elkanah Odembo Thursday from 7-8 p.m. at McCool Hall.
A full schedule is available at http://www.honorcode.msstate.edu/events [3].
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Smiles as abundant as waves
CORPUS CHRISTI - It's easy to lose track of how good we have it in the Coastal Bend, to take for granted the majesty of a Gulf with waves as far as the eye can see and waters warm enough to plunge into more months out of the year than not.
It's easy, even, to dread trying to squeeze in a workout amid the bustle of life. It's easy to forget how lucky we are.
One group, though, has not forgotten, and in fact has spent weeks and months in constant anticipation of these very things. With the long-awaited arrival of this weekend, 25 children and adults from central Oklahoma are coming to Port Aransas for Disabled Surf Camp.
Hosted by the Texas Coastal Bend chapter of the Surfrider Foundation, the camp is local athletes' way of giving back.
"We love this opportunity to turn people on to the greatest sport on earth," said Cliff Schlabach, local Surfriders vice chair. "We look forward to this more than any other event all year, and the Surfriders have a lot of events. This is our high point."
When a group of visually impaired students first approached local surfers in 1999, asking about a surfing excursion, Schlabach admits he hesitated.
"I actually thought it was one of my friends pulling a joke on me," he said. "I thought, 'You can't take blind kids surfing.'"
He told the group he needed to think it over. He did. A couple days later, he called back with his reply.
"You know what," he said; "if they think they can do it, who are we to stand in their way?"
The kids came, they surfed, and they told their friends. The following year, more wanted to come. A tradition was born.
In the 12 years since, the camp has evolved to serve people with various disabilities, not just visual: Some have muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, autism, or combined physical and mental challenges. Some are wheelchair bound. Yet all of them not only trust volunteers to guide them into the gulf waves, they can't wait.
The group visits other local attractions — the Lexington Museum on the Bay, the seashore, the Texas State Aquarium — but the undisputed highlight is catching waves.
Local enthusiasm and support have grown as well. Texas Surf Camps donates soft-top surfboards. The Surfriders have raised $2,500 to help defray the campers' travel expenses. The handful of volunteers in the first year has grown into dozens, and more always are welcome.
"We do planning and fundraising throughout the year," Schlabach said. "That's how much we want them here."
But as much as locals give to the campers, the campers give at least as much back. Witnessing their pure joy, it's impossible not to leave with a renewed appreciation of the area and all of our possibilities here.
"Everybody — everybody — at that camp leaves with a smile on their face, volunteers and participants," Schlabach said. "I've never seen anybody happier than when we have these camps."
Volunteers: Arrive a few minutes before each day's camp
When: Sunday: 4 p.m.-6 p.m.; Monday: 6 p.m.-8 p.m.
Where: Port Aransas, where Avenue G meets the beach
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