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- Pension systems and financial systems in Europe : a comparison from the point of view of complementarity (2001)
- At present, the question of how national pension or retirement payment systems should be organised is being hotly debated in various countries, and opinions vary widely as to what should be regarded as the optimal design for such systems. It appears to the authors of the present paper that in this entire discussion one aspect is largely overlooked: What relationships exist between the pension system and the financial system in a given country? As such relationships might prove to be important, the present paper investigates the following questions: (1) Are there differences between the national pension systems of three major European countries – Germany, France and the U.K. – and between the financial systems of these countries? (2) And if the existence of such differences can be demonstrated, is there a correspondence between the differences with respect to the various national pension systems and the differences as regards the countries' financial systems? (3) And if such a correspondence exists, is there any kind of interrelationship between the national financial and pension systems of the individual countries which goes beyond a mere correspondence? Looking mainly at two aspects – namely, risk allocation and the incentives to create human capital – the authors of this paper argue (1) that there are indeed considerable differences between the financial and pension systems of the three countries; (2) that in both Germany and the U.K. there are also systematic correspondences between the respective pension systems and financial systems and their economic characteristics, but that such a correspondence cannot be identified in the case of France; and (3) that these parallels are, in the final analysis, based on complementarities and are therefore likely to contribute to the efficiency of the German and the British systems. The paper concludes with a brief look at policy implications which the existence of, or the lack of, consistency between national pension systems and national financial systems might have.
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- The Center of Excellence SAFE – "Sustainable Architecture for Finance in Europe" – is a cooperation of the Center for Financial Studies and Goethe University Frankfurt. It is funded by the LOEWE initiative of the State of Hessen (Landes-Offensive zur Entwicklung wissenschaftlich-ökonomischer Exzellenz). SAFE brings together more than 40 professors and just as many junior researchers who are all dedicated to conducting research in support of a sustainable financial architecture. The Center has two main pillars: excellent research on all important topics related to finance; and policy advice, including the dissemination of relevant research findings to European decision makers from the realms of politics, regulation and administration. In order to promote a fruitful exchange with interested parties from politics, academia, business and the media, SAFE issues a newsletter on a quarterly basis. This aims to provide an overview of the Center's ongoing research and policy activities. The SAFE Newsletter succeeds the House of Finance Newsletter, which was published between 2009 and 2012. SAFE is based at Goethe University's House of Finance however extends beyond by drawing on scholars from other parts of Goethe University as well as from fellow research institutions. The Center builds on the reputation of the House of Finance institutions, serving as an interdisciplinary think tank on the issue of finance.
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- This paper discusses the effect of capital regulation on the risk taking behavior of commercial banks. We first theoretically show that capital regulation works differently in different market structures of banking sectors. In lowly concentrated markets, capital regulation is effective in mitigating risk taking behavior because banks' franchise values are low and banks have incentives to pursue risky strategies in order to increase their franchise values. If franchise values are high, on the other hand, the effect of capital regulation on bank risk taking is ambiguous as banks lack those incentives. We then test the model predictions on a cross-country sample including 421 commercial banks from 61 countries. We find that capital regulation is effective in mitigating risk taking only in markets with a low degree of concentration. The results remain robust after accounting for financial sector development, legal system effciency, and for other country and bank-specific characteristics. Keywords: Banks, market structure, risk shifting, franchise value, capital regulation


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The National Council for Research on Women (NCRW) is a network of leading university and community based research, policy, and advocacy centers with a growing global reach dedicated to advancing rights and opportunities for women and girls. We also have a Corporate Circle comprised of senior diversity professionals from leading U.S. and global member companies and a Presidents Circle of college and university leaders who share our commitment. NCRW harnesses the collective power of its network to provide knowledge, analysis, and thought leadership on issues ranging from reducing women's poverty to building a critical mass of women's leadership across sectors.
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The Art of Haggling
When teaching negotiation skills, many educators now focus almost exclusively on an interest-based approach in which both parties openly collaborate to find a mutually satisfying solution. Michael Wheeler argues that it's important for students to realize that there's also a time and place for old-school haggling.
Let's say a successful businessman is in the process of buying a lakeside cottage from the original owner. The prospective buyer makes a lowball offer. The owner counters with a high demand. Both parties chest their cards, each hoping the other will misplay his hand. After lots of back-and-forth posturing, they settle on a price each can live with, although both know that the deal is likely better for one side than the other.
"At some point, it still comes down to determining who gets which slice of the pie."
Now imagine the same property but a different process, one in which the parties openly reveal their own interests from the get-go. The seller learns that the buyer plans to use the cottage only in the summer, and in the course of negotiation agrees to look after the property in the off-season. Here both sides win: the seller gets a little extra cash and the opportunity to spend additional time in the cottage, and the buyer takes care of winter maintenance concerns. Win-win solutions like that could leave both parties better off than a straight cash deal.
In academic circles, the former approach is called distributive bargaining, while the latter approach is known as integrative bargaining. The debate over which type of negotiation strategy is better has been raging since the early 1980s, when two books came out focusing on opposite sides of the issue. In You Can Negotiate Anything, Herb Cohen made an old-school argument for a "more for me, less for you" style of bargaining, while in Getting to YES, Harvard Law School Professor Roger Fisher and Harvard Negotiation Project Senior Fellow William Ury advocated for an approach that can benefit both parties. Fisher and Ury's message took hold, given people's understandable frustration with unreasonable behavior and protracted disputes.
Integrative bargaining is the process that is emphasized in most professional schools. Rightly so, says Harvard Business School Professor of Management Practice Michael A. Wheeler, who notes that many situations that initially look like win-lose propositions may actually present opportunity for mutual gain. But while Wheeler supports the interest-based approach, he cautions that the approach has its limits. "It's unrealistic to imagine that pies can be infinitely expanded," he says. "At some point, it still comes down to determining who gets which slice of the pie."
The art of negotiation lies in simultaneously creating and claiming value, says Wheeler, who likens it to "riding two different horses at the same time." On the one hand, if we don't explore mutual interests, we may not create mutual value. But on the other hand, if we show our cards and the other side doesn't reciprocate, then we run the risk of losing the whole pot.
Some negotiation professors sidestep this dilemma, however, and only address the value-creation side of the question. Such teachers may want to see themselves as peacemakers rather than pit bull trainers, Wheeler says, explaining why the hard-boiled notion of "more for me, less for you" doesn't get any play in some classrooms.
"Likewise, I'm not interested in training a bunch of used-car salesmen," adds Wheeler, who teaches the second-year MBA elective Negotiation. "But I think we're obliged to give our students a realistic picture of how the world can sometimes work."
To be effective, he says, negotiators must be adept at both styles of negotiating. That doesn't need to mean going for the jugular, but it does require being prepared to deal with other people intent on dominating, and who refuse to engage in problem solving.
Skillful negotiation starts with having a clear sense of when to walk away, in order to avoid being browbeaten into accepting unreasonable terms, he explains. It also involves having a keen sense of where the other party will be left if you hold firm on your terms. Careful analysis may reveal that the other party needs the deal as much or more than you do. Then there are psychological factors to consider, like the power of working from one's own ideal number rather than getting anchored by the other side's demands.
In class, Wheeler reminds students of a core strategic choice: assessing when to focus on dividing the pie and when to focus on growing it. "Sometimes getting 70 percent of the small pie might be better than getting 50 percent of a marginally larger one," he says.
Wheeler also wants students to weigh the moral issues that negotiation inevitably raises. Acknowledging the distributive aspect of the process makes them confront the issue of fairness. "How much do we owe the other side?" he asks. "Is there an ironclad rule, or does it vary from case to case?"
Go back to the example of the two strangers negotiating the sale of the lakeside cottage. What if the current owner is putting it up for sale because he has lost his job, while the businessman just happens to be Bill Gates or Mark Zuckerberg? Scenarios like that spark spirited discussion in class. "Some students say 'buyer [and seller] beware,' while others say they'd be uncomfortable making a lopsided deal," Wheeler says. In each instance, he presses students to articulate their underlying principles.
Real-world negotiators face strategic and moral issues every time they go to the bargaining table. "In the long run, reputations matter," Wheeler says. "And what we think of ourselves when we look in the mirror may matter even more. When parties can get beyond mere haggling and are able to create tangible value, they may also be more inclined to reach outcomes that square with one another's personal values."
- Allan Cohen
- Professor, Babson College
The dilemma described, that revelaing interests can create more options, but that going first can leave one vulnerable, is the core of negotiations. But teaching about influence leads me to ask students to pay a lot of attention to HOW to counter a negotiator who tries to force you into a win lose posture. Since you can't easily know how much potential value can be created before exploring, it is critical to tune into the posture of the other, look for signs of attempted dominance, name it when it appears, make the case for a more collaborative approach -- and be prepared to be as tough as necessary when no reciprocity is forthcoming. That is negotiations sophistication.
- Robert Akrong
- President, HCT
"What if the current owner is putting it up for sale because he has lost his job, while the businessman just happens to be Bill Gates or Mark Zuckerberg?" Does this question presuppose that in the real marketplace people go buying or selling with their identity written all over them? Or that people tend to wear their moral/fairness hat when they go shopping? May I suggest that you take a trip to a typical African market and experience a real-world, no-frills sell/buy negotiation taking place. I will recommend the Makola Market in Accra, Ghana. This is not to belittle this great and insightful article. I, however, feel that the insights of the author assume and apply the protocols of a very refined marketplace. You may be pleasantly surprised to experience the negotiation that occurs when a seller with a bowl of tomato (that will rot if not sold that day) meets a buyer who needs that tomato for her marriage to survive, where it is late and the market is closing for the day, and each senses the other's desperation.
- Magid Mazen
- Professor, suffolk University
Thanks for the insightful article. Oftentimes, creating and finding value hinge on 'finding' value, and that may depend to a large extent on the way we structure negotiations. In a carpet shop in India, the seller tried all known tricks of the trade. I replied: "Give me a price that if beaten by another merchant in town (Madras, then), I'll consider that you are asking me not to come back." He tried to change the structure but I was sminlingly firm. I used a similar structure buying three cars. A recent sales manager in a Mass dealership commented: "You teach negotiation but you are not negotiating." Politely I responded that I am negotiating, but not haggling, the type he is trained to win. Sometimes, after a fair value has been found, post-settlement, settlement haggling begin. It is an intimate, intricate, intertwining process that worked for me in the old grand souks and bazaars of the world as well as car dealerships in Massachusetts .
- Thomas McDonald
Many years ago I read the novel "The Truth Machine" by James Halperin. The premise is that a 100% effective lie detector is developed, eventually miniaturized, and worn like a ring. A red light indicates a lie and green light for truth. They become ubiquitous in society and it becomes pointless to lie about anything.
The book focuses on how everything in society shifts as a result of everyone always telling the truth. One of the memorable points for me was that business negotiations flip. On the outset, the seller reveals the absolutely lowest price they can sell an item/service and the buyer reveals the most they're willing to pay. They split the difference for the final price and everyone benefits.
Now all we need it to get everyone to always tell the truth. Simple.
- Pankaj Sahai
- Enterprise Consultant & Coach, Author: Smooth Ride To Venture Capital
Thought provoking article. I believe that there is no good or bad style, just ethical or unethical people.
How you negotiate depends on your market leverage and your clarity on what is the Value to you of the product/issue under negotiation, and the reasons why you attribute that particular value. In a depressed real-estate market, for example, a cash rich buyer will have all the leverage to do the deal on his terms and, hence, will have no incentive use the distributive bargaining negotiating style. Also, the perception of Value varies subjectively. In the same market conditions, if the seller was someone like, say, Zuckerberg, a star-struck buyer may be willing to pay more and explore options, leading him to adopt a more flexible, distributive deal making approach. Same deal, different styles.
Also, "expanding the pie" negotiating approach works best in cases where there is a continuing relationship between the parties; in one off transactions it has much less relevance. In Prof. Magid Mazen's example above, if the intention was to have a regular source of good quality carpets which could be traded for a profit in the US, then the value of the continuing relationship with the carpet dealer in Madras would have to be factored in while negotiating the price....one would necessarily have to protect the interests of the Madras trader in order to protect one's value, hence one would need to use the distributive style negotiation to secure the deal.
This negotiating style or that, the deal making process must, I believe, should be ethical and should leave the other party (without market leverage) satisfied and on an even keel. Reminds me of a quote by J. Paul Getty, which sums up his view on how to negotiate : " My father said: You must never make all the money in a deal. Let the other fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation of always making all the money, you won't won't have many deals."
- Kapil Kumar Sopory
- Company Secretary, SMEC(India) Private Limited
Haggling by buyer presupposes thar the price tagged by the seller to the item being exchanged is inflated. The vice versa is the haggling by the seller considering the price being offered by the buyer is low. For a deal to mature both the seller and the buyer have to make adjustments in such a way that both are satisfied that there is no loss to either. Once that happens, haggling halts. Fixation of ideal price depends on many factors. When a seller is in dire need of funds, he is prepared to reduce or even totally shed his profit margin creating a win scenario for the buyer. He has to dance to the tune of the buyer as there is little choice. Then, there is no scope for haggling. Haggling is very common when sale/purchase transactions take place in unorganised markets. The sellers are pretty sure that the buyer will do his best for getting the final price reduced considerably and, therefore, in the beginning itself quote a cost much more than what is reasonable. The gullible are duped thogh feel satisfied that they paid only 40-50 percent of what was demanded. At that stage the seller is satified that he could 'dupe' the buyer by selling the item at a cost higher than what it was- may be just 25% or so of what was originally sought. However, as soon the buyer learns of the deceit, reputation of the seller suffers and people shy away from dealing with him. With this backdrop, creating a win-win situation is ideal though in reality even then one amongst the buyer and the seller will be at an advatageous position but not of a level which could cause pain/discomfort to him at the time of the deal or therafter.
- Prof S P Singh
- Professof & Director, Royal Group of Institutions,Guwahati,India
What a paper,very systematically written with conclusive examples.Success in every business depends on successful negotiations and success of negotiation depends on reputation.Every company and every person should understand this to become successful in life. Prof.S.P.Singh,PhD
- Ankur Sharma
- Product Manager, ESPN
Very Insightful article on negotiations. It is indeed a skill which is yet to be taught in Indian B-Schools, yet highly essential, considering that's what real job (and life) is made up of.
- sani
- Manager, CS CDC
"FACE "value Vs. "Fact" value
At time , when "Face" value over take" Fact " value , hard-liners appeared, they think themselves as warrior , while disagreed soft-liner approach , because it make them look like shopkeepers( beg you for mercy to sell ) . So organisation end up lost "benefits" because boss say so cannot changed.
The distribution of a common territory or the conditions under which two sides can benefit will only be achieved with Integrative bargaining, which have economic logic (true fact) drives the outcome for both sides benefit in mind. In the contrary, with "face" value, we tend to process with distributive bargaining because I am the boss syndrome is much in place when people practice "Face" value . As the result only one party's gain ,and the other party's loss. But, if we can look around we see more leader practice "Face value " than "Fact value" at work .
Are you're the "Face" practitioner or "Fact" practitioner? Perhaps as Katie Johnston suggested ,it time we practice the The Art of Haggling?
- Victor Ng
- Proprietor, Law Firm
In my line of work when negotiating contracts, I always adopt a mutual interest/value approach. Thank God, the lawyers I deal with know their work and normally are understanding of each party's interest and strive to strike a balance instead of forcing a lopsided deal so that takes alot of the hardwork out of the process of negotiation. When it comes to technical issues, it's always best left to the professionals. Sometimes, the other party don't care about a client's interest because they think they can arm-wrestle with you thinking they have an upper hand (it's a seller's market, if you don't buy from me, there are many more lying in wait). The client facing a lopsided term in the contract may be hard pressed to accept it because he is getting a good deal buying below market price. The issue faced by either party is always how badly do you want to conclude the deal. Are you going to focus on the big picture and accept a little risk or inconvenience?
On an economic level, whether as a consumer or a producer/seller, I believe that our powers of negotiation on the price are very much restricted and tied to market forces. A simple factor would be supply and demand. Prices of real estate in South East Asia have grown to double and even triple in just the past few years. When subprime kicked in, who are we to say that our house is worth much more than what others are willing to pay when all the houses around you are being auctioned off at such low prices? We are just a tiny drop in the ocean of masses so who are we alone to control how the market moves?
On the point of morality, if you are a producer and through new tech you are able to produce something for half the cost now, will you cut your product price to half? If you are a consumer knowing that the seller has a profit margin of 50%, do you think you are able get the seller to give a 40% discount because you think it's only fair but all other sellers in general charge the same price? As bleak as it may sound, we are at the mercy of monopolistic markets. And only in a truly open market, we see the water finding its level and the fittest survive and grow their market share. They who can produce good quality products at a lower price than the competitors wins. Of course not forgetting clever tools like branding and advertising that influences consumer behaviour. Let's face it, all producers who are in it for the money have the objective of maximising profits and minimising costs.
As a consumer, we can only attempt to level the playing field by doing the bare minimal. If you are to buy a carpet, you would as measure of prudence survey the locality for the average prices and go to the one with the lowest price, if quality is equal among all. But I doubt you'll be able to get the vendor to sell you substantially lower than what others are selling. Neither do I think the seller would offer to sell you substantially lower than what others are selling unless there are exceptional factors like tomatoes that are rotting or products being phased out or getting outdated.
- Matthew Brandt
- Founder, MB Brandt Consulting
It always scares me when I read articles like this. After dealing with the Chinese for more than twenty years now and living in China for the better part of the last ten years (and commuting for 12 before that), I cringe to think how badly this win-win strategy works in much of the real world.
I love the strategy personally, but have witnessed, and suffered, countless occasions where "they" win and "we" lose.
I was part of a five person panel a few years ago, invited by Wharton Business school to speak in Shanghai to a group of their Fellows. Part of the session involved a two hour 'mock negotiation' with the Chinese EMBA students at CEIBS. It was a debacle.
The West needs VERY DIFFERENT rules when dealing with Chinese (who basis training is The Art of War and basic thrust is around deception and a "kill or be killed" mentality. I wish it weren't so, but feel very strongly that it is.
I'm considering writing a book called "Cheat, retreat, and Cheat again," which is how the CIA characterized Chinese / Taiwanese behavior in studies from the 40s and 50s. Not much has changed, in my opinion, except in small circles (PE) where incentives and disincentives are aligned differently than for other business models.
- Anonymous
"....underlying principles" ".....reputations matter"
Ah, t'were it so.
- Unemployed
I will approach the question of distributive or integrative form of negotiation technique from a simple perspective of 'will I see the person again?'. If it is a one-off transaction, the approach is more likely to be haggling for the best possible price. If it is a long-term partnership, value creation approach may benefit beyond the deal that is currently being negotiated.
In the example in the article of buying the house at the lakeside, it does not matter if the buyer is some billionaire and the seller is some pauper. It is a one-off transaction, the seller has a reason to sell and the buyer has a reason to buy. If the billionaire wants to be charitable, there are ways and means for him to redistribute his wealth. From my perspective, a transaction of such nature is not the right place for such charity.
Matthew Brandt mentioned interesting experiences of dealing with mainland Chinese. I will like to say that my experience is mixed. They are cut-throat negotiators and they are long-term 'guan xi' builders. I happened to be working on long-term contracts during my stint there. The hard haggling will eventually give way to long-term relationship considerations. There is always a walk away point and nobody wants to get to that point. I have to say that I had more demanding negotiators from Korea than the Chinese. The Koreans can be even more hardball at the negotiation table. We could not meet even somewhere in the middle as the middle ground put us in such a compromised position. We had to walk away.
Lastly, I won't approach a one-off transaction looking to build a long-term relationship and I won't approach a long-term contract trying to squeeze out every single drop, hoping that I won't see the guy across the table again.
- Adjoa Acquaah-Harrison
- Founding Principal, WingSpan Philanthropy Advisors, LLC (Ghana)
This is a wonderful article on a subject I grew up with - Haggling! An African child understands haggling as a natural bargaining process for bringing home a bigger slice of the bounty from the market. Somehow, calling haggling "negotiation" adds a Western patina to the process. Haggling in the African context is an art form that sometimes looks like the parties are in a screaming match, each calling the other names like 'thief, highway robber," and if the buyer happens to be a woman to a male seller, she might even pull a womanly wile and expose him as a "woman-cheater!" Body languages, fingerpointing, teeth-sucking, pretent departures from the scene, knowing the buyer will worm his way back and adjust his firm stance on the price, all add to the comedy of haggling. Each party tries to suck in a bystander, a passer-by or two, sometimes other vendors might pour out of their stalls to help the process a long; just know that the audience involvement also has to do with timing and entertainment factor. At the core of all this pomp and haggling circumstance, there exists an unspoken agreement between prospective buyer and seller that this is all fun and games. What is a purchase without haggling in most African markets? In fact, it might just be UnAfrican to just pay for an item without enjoying a bit of theatre, to create a story that could be told about the purchased item which becomes a conversation piece in one's home. I have definitely enjoyed this article for the instances where I have haggled at Makola market and the Accra Arts Center in Ghana and collected some wonderful pieces of artifacts along with the satisfaction that only an amateur actress could enjoy on a temporary stage. Thank you
- D Ingerson
- Accountant
Thank you for this article. I read Cohen's book a while ago and thought it a rather dog eat dog style. I figured if that's the negotiation world then I better understand how to get all I can get. Then I realized the "real world". In some circles Cohen's arguments are probably true but in the majority of cases I've recognized that the majority of people want to be fair and reasonable and measured in their negotiations. Provided both parties have something the other wants to some degree reasonably equal terms can be negotiated based on fairness and equality. I'm certainly not naive but Cohen is an extremist and seems to write/negotiate on the margins of society while the rest of us negotiate in the middle exactly where most of us live.
- Abdulla Al Babul
- Student MBA (HRM) Program & Batch Representative, Bangladesh University of Professionals
Thanks for the insightful article. It will be helpful for getting the solution on integrative&distributive bargaining from here.


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Brittany Cioffoletti
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As a student at BW, I was involved in an array of activities, which included Mid-Night Madness, Teaching Together, several honor societies, Dance Marathon, and many programs in the Office of Community Outreach such as Saturday of Service, Big Brothers Big Sisters, and Alternative Spring Break. I also worked as a resident assistant for two years. I absolutely loved being involved with so many different organizations and experiencing new things every day.
I truly believe that the skills and experience I gained during my time at BW, both in and out of the classroom, prepared me for my current career as middle school language arts teacher in my hometown. I was given so many great opportunities to observe and practice in diverse classrooms that I felt very comfortable when I finally had my own.
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I think the best part about BW is the people. Not only were my fellow students some of the greatest people I had ever met, but the faculty and staff were also amazing. I felt supported in every aspect of my life and still keep in contact with many of those people. The small school atmosphere helped me feel at home very quickly. It was easy to get involved because everyone is so friendly and welcoming.
What advice would you give to prospective students?
Get involved as soon as possible and don't be afraid to try something new. You will grow so much as a person because of these outside experiences and because of the people you will meet. Enjoy your time in college. You will miss it forever! Awww Jackets!
How did BW help you prepare for life after college?
As I mentioned earlier, my involvement in campus organizations really helped me develop valuable skills which I use every day as a teacher. However, I felt extremely prepared to begin my career because of the course work and field experiences too. It wasn't always easy, but because I was challenged and pushed, I was much more prepared than many people in the first year of teaching.
What would you have changed about your undergraduate experience?
I wish I would have participated in some sort of study abroad program, even just a short one during the summer. I was more concerned with finishing on time and working during the summer that the opportunity just slipped by.


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Lincoln Nebraska's Wastewater Treatment Facilities
Lincoln, Nebraska, like every other city in the United States, has the continuing responsibility to treat residential and industrial wastewater along with handling solid waste. Wastewater treatment, solid waste disposal and recycling are expensive processes and programs which often get overlooked by residents. As long as water goes down the drain or trash containers are emptied, the average person doesn't worry too much about what happens to the water or refuse that is generated. That's good because that means there are no problems with the sanitary sewer system and solid waste is being managed effectively. Behind the scenes however, there are about 114 employees that work for the Lincoln Wastewater and Solid Waste Division who are constantly testing, operating, maintaining, and improving Lincoln's wastewater treatment and solid waste handling facilities to protect public health and the aquatic environment.
Mission Statement
The Wastewater and Solid Waste Division's mission is to provide vital wastewater and solid waste services to all citizens, ensuring the highest possible levels of public health, economic growth, environmental quality, and fiscal responsibility for the community.
Underneath and throughout Lincoln are over 1,000 miles of sanitary sewer lines and 16 pumping stations that keep the wastewater flowing to two municipal wastewater treatment facilities. The Theresa Street facility sits on 51 acres along Salt Creek in the north central section of the City. As Lincoln expanded to the east, the Northeast Wastewater Treatment facility was constructed just south of Interstate 80 and east of Highway 77. The Theresa Street facility has a maximum capacity of treating 28 million gallons per day and on an average day presently treats about 20 million gallons of wastewater. The Northeast facility currently treats about five million gallons per day. That adds up to 25 million gallons of water per day running through the treatment facilities enough to fill Holmes Lake in three and one-half days. Operations and maintenance staff operate and maintain over 3,500 pieces of equipment between the treatment facilities and Wastewater treatment in Lincoln, Nebraska can be categorized into eight components. Each component contributes to the overall treatment and final quality of the treated wastewater before it is discharged to Salt Creek. These components are:
- Screening, Pumping, and Grit Removal
- Primary Clarification
- Biological Treatment
- Secondary Clarification
- Disinfection
- Solids Digestion
- Solids Dewatering
- Land Application
1. Screening, Pumping, & Grit Removal
Raw sewage enters the treatment facilities through influent pumping stations. At the raw wastewater pumping stations large mechanically cleaned screens with vertically placed bars remove larger debris like sticks, paper, and hygienic products. After being screened, the wastewater is pumped to the grit basins. Grit basins are designed to remove heavy particles, like sand, gravel, vegetable seeds, and egg shells. Material collected from the bar screens and the grit basins are hauled to the sanitary landfill (Bluff Road).
2. Primary Clarification
After wastewater passes the grit basins, it goes to the primary clarifiers. Primary clarifiers are designed to remove settleable solids which tend to be more organic in nature and settle at a much slower rate. In addition, primary clarifiers have skimmer arms which collect floating materials, like grease. It takes approximately two-to-four hours for wastewater to travel through the primary clarifiers.
3. Biological Treatment
Once the settleable solids have been removed, the wastewater enters a biological reactor or aeration basin, which is called the biological treatment phase. This treatment phase removes dissolved pollutants within the wastewater, utilizing a diverse population of microorganisms like bacteria, protozoa, stalked ciliates, and rotifers that live within these biological reactors. In order for these organisms to live and reproduce, they must have adequate oxygen and an adequate food supply. These small organisms, which can only be seen through a microscope, use the wastewater as their food source. They feed on the organic matter found in wastewater. There are numerous methods of aerating wastewater for the organisms use. Treatment facilities use blowers and submerged diffusers, surface mixers, or cascade the wastewater over rock, plastic, or wood media. The by-product of their metabolism is carbon dioxide, nitrogen, and water, which leads to a purified and treated effluent. To optimize the metabolism of these microorganisms in treating wastewater, the aeration basins must have adequate oxygen and mixing so that these organisms are in constant contact with their organic food source. Wastewater is typically held within the biological reactors for four-to-eight hours.
4. Secondary Clarification
After wastewater leaves the biological reactors, it is sent to the secondary clarifiers. Secondary clarifiers look just like the primary clarifiers but serve a different purpose. Due to the feeding requirements of the microorganisms, the wastewater now has a much smaller fraction of organic waste but a significant volume of the wastewater now contains the suspended microorganisms themselves. This combination of treated wastewater and suspended microorganisms is called "mixed liquor". Once the mixed liquor reaches the secondary clarifiers, the microorganisms settle to the bottom of the tank. The secondary clarifier is designed to separate the treated wastewater from the microorganism population and return most of the microorganisms back to the biological reactor.
5. Disinfection
After the treated wastewater leaves the secondary clarifiers the final treatment step, prior to discharging to Salt Creek, is disinfection. Some viruses and bacteria can pass through the treatment process and remain viable. To prevent these organisms from harming human beings, they must be destroyed. In the disinfection process the treated wastewater passes through two effluent channels with lamps that emit ultraviolet light. As the water is subjected to the disinfecting properties of the ultraviolet light, the harmful organisms are destroyed. Just a few seconds of intense ultraviolet light is effective in disinfecting the wastewater.
6. Solids Digestion
Organic solids collected from the primary clarifiers and waste solids from the secondary clarifiers are pumped to large tanks called anaerobic digesters where microorganisms break down the solids into a more stable form. The anaerobic digestion process is used at both treatment facilities to stabilize organic solids. One beneficial by-product of the digestion process is methane gas. At the Theresa Street facility this gas is used by two enginators as fuel to generate electrical power and provide heat for the digestion process. The enginators can produce as much as 900 kilowatts of power while maintaining a temperature of 98 degrees Fahrenheit within the three egg-shaped digesters. This benefits the environment by reducing the need for electricity produced from fossil fuels and utilizes the methane gas which would otherwise be wasted.
7. Solids Dewatering
Following 18-22 days of digestion at the Theresa Street facility (25-30 at the Northeast facility), the treated solids are suitable for dewatering and eventual agricultural land application as a soil amendment and fertilizer. Dewatering is a process that removes excess water and reduces the total volume of biosolid waste that must be transported to the land application area. Digested solids from the anaerobic digesters are fed into three belt filter presses which squeeze out excess water between porous belts at the Theresa Street facility. Once the excess water is removed, the biosolids, a "cake", is loaded into large trucks which haul the dewatered solids to local farm ground in Lancaster County for land application. The Northeast facility does not perform dewatering.
|Facility Loadings and Operational Data*
|* Averages for 2009
|Theresa Street Wastewater Treatment Facility
|290 mg/l
|46,074 lbs/day
|237 mg/l
|37,654 lbs/day
|23.2 mg/l
|3,686 lbs/day
|3.4 mg/l
|540 lbs/day
|5.9 mg/l
|937 lbs/day
|0.13 mg/l
|20.7 lbs/day
|Avg. Daily Flow
|19.05 million gallons per day
|Biosolids Produced
|6,000 dry tons per year
|Electricity Produced
|5.45 million kw-hrs per year
|Northeast Wastewater Treatment Facility
|270 mg/l
|2,137 lbs/day
|269 mg/l
|12,092 lbs/day
|20.8 mg/l
|935 lbs/day
|2.4 mg/l
|108 lbs/day
|TSS 3.5 mg/l
|157 lbs/day
|0.25 mg/l
|11.24 lbs/day
|Avg. Daily Flow
|5.39 million gallons per day
|Biosolids Produced
|1,128 dry tons per year
8. Land Application
Following digestion and dewatering the treated solids are suitable for agricultural land application as a soil amendment and fertilizer. From the Theresa Street facility the digested solids are hauled to local farmers who apply the material with their spreading equipment.
At the Northeast treatment facility the digested sludge, which is in liquid form, is injected beneath the ground surface on agricultural land owned and farmed by the City of Lincoln. Crops grown on this site, located near I-80 and North 70th Street, are sold and the revenue is used to offset the costs of wastewater treatment.
Test plots and on-going crop research using the digested sludge (biosolids) has been helpful in demonstrating the beneficial uses of biosolids materials on cropland. The City of Lincoln is working with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension in Lancaster County to promote the biosolids program to local farming interests.
Other Services and Information
The Lincoln Wastewater System provides 24-hour service to City of Lincoln customers. Employees are on-call to respond to citizen's service problems or questions throughout the year. If you experience sewer service problems you should call 402-441-7961. A field crew will investigate the nature of the problem as soon as possible.
The wastewater staff is also available to provide wastewater treatment facility tours or presentations to interested groups and students. Facility tours can be arranged by contacting Brad Barber, at 402-441-7965 (firstname.lastname@example.com).
If you have additional questions or comments regarding the Lincoln Wastewater System, please refer to the contact listing below.
- Steve Crisler, Wastewater Treatment, 402-441-7966 (email@example.com)
- Karla Welding, Solid Waste, 402-441-7867 (email@example.com)
- Gene Hanlon, Recycling Hotline, 402-441-8215 (email@example.com)
- Gary Thalken, Industrial Pretreatment and Sampling, 402-441-7967 (email@example.com)
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PrEP for Women
October 2012
What Is PrEP?
PrEP stands for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis. It means taking medicine before being exposed to something to prevent yourself from getting a disease or condition. We use several kinds of medicine this way.
One example is taking anti-malaria medication when we travel to areas where we might be bitten by mosquitoes that carry malaria. When the medicine is in a person's body before getting a mosquito bite, that person is much less likely to get malaria when she or he is bitten.
For women, another example is taking birth control pills (contraceptives). When contraceptives are already in a woman's body when she is exposed to semen during sex, her chances of getting pregnant are greatly reduced.
When we talk about PrEP in connection to HIV and women, we are referring to the idea of HIV-negative women taking HIV drugs to reduce their risk of becoming infected with HIV if they are exposed to it. Some people use the term 'topical PrEP' to describe the use of microbicide gels. However, in this article when we talk about PrEP, we are referring only to 'oral PrEP,' or HIV drugs taken by mouth as prevention.
How Does PrEP Prevent the Spread of HIV?
Here is how PrEP works:
- When cells are infected with HIV, they become little factories that make thousands of new viruses each day
- HIV drugs work by blocking HIV from making copies of itself
- If an HIV-negative woman already has HIV drugs in her bloodstream when she is exposed to HIV during unprotected sex, for example, the medicine might be able to keep the HIV from making enough copies of itself to "take hold" and prevent her from becoming infected
Truvada Approved for Use as PrEP
Based on the findings of studies mentioned below, in July 2012, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the daily use of Truvada (emtricitabine plus tenofovir) as PrEP for sexually active adults at risk of HIV infection. Truvada is a drug often used as part of combination drug treatment for HIV. This is the first time the FDA has approved any drugs for the prevention of HIV.
Has PrEP Been Shown to Be Effective?
Three recent clinical trials have shown that taking Truvada as oral PrEP (one pill by mouth daily) can help prevent HIV. These studies were conducted among men who have sex with men (MSM) and transwomen (people who were born male and identify as women) in the US and Latin America, and among heterosexual women and men in several African countries. The effectiveness for PrEP varied from 44 percent to 73 percent additional protection against HIV infection in these three studies (known as the iPrex, TDF2, and Partners studies).
A fourth study, however, called FemPrEP, was stopped early because it did not seem to help in preventing HIV transmission. FemPrEP was testing the effectiveness of oral daily Truvada in Kenyan, Tanzanian, and South African women at high risk for HIV.
Why Are the Research Findings Unclear?
For any drug or other HIV prevention tool to work, it has to be used; and research tells us that it has to be used correctly and consistently. This is true for condoms and is proving true for PrEP as well. In the four studies mentioned above, the key element in PrEP's success was "adherence," which means taking the drug when and how it is prescribed. In the FemPreEP study, there were low levels of adherence; only about 30 percent of the women in the group receiving the drug took it regularly. Additionally, many women in the FemPrEP study did not consider themselves at risk for HIV. The other three studies had much higher rates of adherence. In all studies, people who took Truvada daily as prescribed were significantly less likely to get infected with HIV when exposed during sex.
We do not yet fully understand all of the reasons why people -- especially women -- have low levels of adherence to oral PrEP. This makes it very important to do more research looking at what issues might affect women's interest in or ability to take a drug for HIV prevention. We may know more about how Truvada is effective for women when the results of a study of over 5,000 HIV-negative women in South Africa, Uganda, and Zimbabwe become available in early 2013 (known as the VOICE study).
It is also important for women to know about and take part in the future research that will look at the unanswered questions about Truvada as PrEP. For more information about understanding, finding, and participating in research studies, see The Well Project's Clinical Trials info sheet.
CDC and WHO Guidelines for PrEP Use
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which had already provided guidelines for PrEP use among men who have sex with men (MSM), released guidelines in August 2012 for Truvada's use as PrEP by heterosexually active adults. Specifically, the CDC recommends that PrEP be available for heterosexual HIV-negative women and men at high risk for sexually-transmitted HIV infection (for example, those with a partner living with HIV (HIV+)).
It further recommends that PrEP be taken daily as prescribed to maximize its effectiveness and that it be used in combination with other HIV prevention strategies (i.e., condoms). PrEP is not intended to be used alone to prevent the spread of HIV, because it is not 100% effective. It is also important that all those being prescribed Truvada as PrEP test negative for HIV before starting the medication and get tested regularly while taking it.
Lastly, the CDC recommends that HIV-negative women who are pregnant or who are trying to become pregnant talk with their health care providers about the risks and benefits of taking Truvada for PrEP. While the information we have to date does not show negative effects among infants exposed to Truvada during pregnancy, this information comes from HIV+ women taking Truvada. There is very little data on HIV-negative women using Truvada during pregnancy.
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My first pregnancy went as expected. The second not so good. Ended up getting preeclampsia and that led to eclampsia and from there toxemia and my blood pressure got so high that I ended up having a cesure. But in my eyes that wouldn't have happened if the interns would have listened to me. Kept telling me that the pain in my chest and the vision loss...and major headache wasn't nothing and made me wait about an hour and a half before they actually sent the doctor in. By that time they shipped me to the maternity floor and all I remember is getting on the bed and I was gone. Thank god for my husband hitting the emergency button or I don't think that I would be alive today. To make a long story short my doctor told me that if I tried for another that I or the baby would die if this happened again. My husband is extremely scared to try for another because of the doctor saying this but whose to say this will happen again? And if it does I think that they would watch me closer due to my history. Just wonder if there are any mothers that actually made the courageous attempt to have a third after preec. with their second. Just need some reassurance for my husband that maybe it is ok to try for another..but would have to consult a doc. first I think.
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Leonard Cohen is widely regarded as one of the most influential artists of our time. In addition to his internationally recognized music and poetry, Cohens artwork is taking center stage through the production of Book of Longing (2006), a concert work by world-renowned Philip Glass based on the poetry and artwork of Cohens recently published book of the same name. Performances of Book of Longing are scheduled from February 25-March 1, 2009, at Garrison Theater, Scripps Performing Arts Center. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster.
Spanning over 40 years, this collection highlights selected art from the drawings and journals of Cohen and reflects his life-long love of drawing. All images are produced with permanent pigmented ink on 300 lb. Arches watercolor paper, finished with a hand-deckled edge. For each print, Cohen has signed, titled, numbered and dated, and embossed and stamped with his official seal.
Cohen is a Canadian born poet, novelist, and song-writer. In addition to his music, Cohens collections of poetry, including Let Us Compare Mythologies (1956), and Flowers for Hitler (1964), and his novels, including Beautiful Losers (1966), have brought him international recognition. His dual interests in music and literature have produced notable works, including the albums Various Positions (1984), Im Your Man (1988), The Future (1992), Dear Heather (2004), and Blue Alert (2006). His songs, including Suzanne, Hallelujah, and Bird on a Wire, have been covered by hundreds of artists including Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, and k.d. Lang. In recognition of his remarkable work, Cohen was inducted into both the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame. He also is a Companion of the Order of Canada, that nations highest civilian honor. In March 2008, Cohen was inducted into the American Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
The exhibition will open to the public on Monday, February 9 and can be viewed from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday-Friday at the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum, 385 E. Eighth Street, Claremont, Calif. The Athenaeum may be closed to the public on holidays and for scheduled events. For more information about viewing times, please call (909) 621-8244.
The exhibition is sponsored by the Family of Benjamin Z. Gould Center for Humanistic Studies and the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum at Claremont McKenna College.
For more information about the Book of Longing performances, please visit www.claremontmckenna.edu/gould.
LUNCH 11:30 a.m., LECTURE 12:00 p.m.
Jeffry H. Morrison is associate professor of government at Regent University and a faculty member at the federal governments James Madison Foundation in Washington, D.C. In 2006-07 he received the Chancellors Award as Regent Universitys scholar-teacher of the year. He has also taught at Princeton University, at Georgetown University, and at the United States Air Force Academy. He graduated with distinction from Boston College and from Georgetown, where he received his Ph.D. He is co-editor of The Founders on God and Government (Rowman & Littlefield, 2004), and author of John Witherspoon and the Founding of the American Republic (University of Notre Dame Press, 2005), The Political Philosophy of George Washington (Johns Hopkins University Press, forthcoming in 2009), and chapters, articles and reviews on American political thought.
Professor Morrisons lecture is sponsored by the Salvatori Center for the Study of Individual Freedom in the Modern World.
In 1987 Nusseibeh became noteworthy for his meeting with representatives of Israels Likud Party, one of the first meetings between prominent Palestinians and the right-wing Likud Party. During the First Infitada, Nusseibeh worked to author the Palestinian declaration of independence and created the inner workings of a future Palestinian government. During the first Gulf War, Nusseibeh collaborated in Tel Aviv with Israeli Peace Now, a group that worked to prevent civilian deaths during the Gulf War. Nusseibeh was arrested by the Israeli government and accused of being an Iraqi spy. He was released from custody 90 days later, and was never formally charged with any crime. From 2001-2002, Nusseibeh served as the Palestinian Liberation Organizations (PLO) chief representative in Jerusalem. While serving as the PLOs representative in Jerusalem, Nusseibeh championed the idea of a two-state solution, suggesting that Palestinians give up their right to the pre-partition land in exchange for a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. In 2002, Nusseibeh and Shin Bet director, Ami Ayalon created The Peoples Voice, an Israeli-Palestinian publication that encourages peace between the two parties. Mr. Nusseibehs memoir, Once Upon A Country: A Palestinian Life (2007) has won critical acclaim from local and international critics.
Sari Nusseibeh was born to a distinguished Palestinian statesman, attended Christ Church at Oxford, and received his Ph.D. in Islamic Philosophy from Harvard University. After leaving Harvard, Nusseibeh became a professor of philosophy at Birzeit University in the West Bank and at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. While at Birzeit, Nusseibeh founded the Federation of Employees in the Education Sector for the West Bank. Later Nusseibeh taught philosophy at Al-Quds University in Jerusalem, the only Arab University in Jerusalem. Nusseibeh became president of Al-Quds University. He also serves on the advisory board of the International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life at Brandeis University.
Sir Winston Churchill on T(homas) E(dward) Lawrence
"The story I have to tell is one of the most splendid ever given a man for writing."
Lawrence, remarking, in a letter to a confidante, on the events chronicled in The Seven Pillars of Wisdom
"I've been & am absurdly over-estimated. There are no supermen & I'm quite ordinary, & will say so whatever the artistic results. In that point I'm one of the few people who tell the truth about myself."
Lawrence, in the same letter quoted above
Epic is the word for the accounts by which most filmgoers and students of literature and history have come to know of T. E. Lawrences struggle to unite desert tribes in Britains campaign against Germanys Ottoman allies during the Great War. Each is vast as the arid expanses of the Nefud Desert, long as the camelback trek to Aqaba, and ambitious as the Hejaz campaign from which a young British lieutenant emerged a legend: David Leans sprawling 1962 film, Lawrence of Arabia, runs 217 minutes (in the directors cut), while Lawrences own memoir, The Seven Pillars of Wisdom, in the lavish Subscribers Edition published in 1926, weighs in at some 250,000 words. But how faithful a likeness of Lawrence emerges from Leans film or Lawrences own narrative of the events that made this illegitimate issue of British aristocracy the legend that is Lawrence of Arabia? Jonathan Locke Hart, Director of the Program in Comparative Literature and Adjunct Professor of History at the University of Alberta (Edmonton), shall address these and other questions in his Athenaeum presentation as the Ricardo J. Quinones Distinguished Lecturer for Academic Year 2008-09.
Professor Hart has taught at Harvard, Princeton, Cambridge (where just this past year he delivered four plenary lectures on subjects ranging from Shakespeares Drama of History to The Beginnings of European Expansion), the Universities of Toronto and Montreal, and many other institutions. He has published scores of essays, articles, and reviews on all manner of subjects; authored, co-authored, or edited eleven books (including Empires and Colonies [Cambridge: Polity Press, 2008]; Interpreting Culture: Literature, Religion, and the Human Sciences [New York and London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006]; Theater and World: The Problematics of Shakespeares History [Boston: Northwestern University Press, 1992]; and two volumes of poetry, Dream Salvage (2003) and Dream China (2002). He has delivered lectures and papers at colleges, universities, and conferences from Aarhus to Zaragoza, from Ottawa to Oxford, from Saskatchewan to Seoul. His appointments include editorship of the Canadian Review of Comparative Literature and membership of the editorial boards of the Journal of Literary Criticism (India), Oxford University Press, and American Historical Review.
Established in 2003 in honor of the founding director of the Family of Benjamin Z. Gould Center for Humanistic Studies, the Ricardo J. Quinones Distinguished Lectureship brings preeminent intellectuals, writers, and public figures to Claremont McKenna College to hold forth on a broad range of subjects. With his presentation on the history and legend of Lawrence of Arabia, Jonathan Hart joins the distinguished company of Shelby Steele, James Q. Wilson, Harvey Klehr, Paul Barolsky, and Martin Marty as a Quinones Lecturer.
Book of Longing is signature Cohen at once meditative, playful, erotic, and provocative. The diverse collection of poems falls loosely into the categories of ballads, love and confessional poems, spiritual meditations, and short and comic pieces that Glass has called limericks. Glass composition is the culmination of years of mutual admiration between two of the most celebrated artists of our time.
The performance will be at Garrison Theatre, Scripps Performing Arts Center, 231 E. Tenth Street, A limited number of substantially discounted tickets are available to the students of The Claremont Colleges. To receive the discount code, please call (909) 607-8558 (on campus x78558).
Get your tickets for this opening night performance and sign up to attend the dinner and listen to Philip Glass before listening to this exclusive premiere.
PREETHI DE SILVA, fortepiano and harpsichord
DANIELLE CUMMINS, violin
MICHAEL DUPREE, oboe
ROGER LEBOW, cello
M. ANNE RARDIN, violin
JASON YOSHIDA, guitar and lute
The program includes arias from Handels operas and oratorios, Agrippina (1709), Semele (1743), and Judas Maccabaeus (1746) and cantatas, Apollo e Dafne (1710) and No se emendará jamás (1717); the complete cantata, Mi Palpita il Cor (1710); Haydns cantata, Arianna a Naxos (1733); and excerpts from trio sonatas and harpsichord works by Handel.
Julianne Baird has been hailed as a national artistic treasure (New York Times) and a well-nigh peerless performer in the repertory of the baroque. Her vast discography includes several recordings devoted to the works of Handel, including a new disc, Glorious Handel (1999). She is Distinguished Professor of Music at Rutgers University at Camden, New Jersey. Preethi de Silva has been acclaimed as a musician of great accomplishment and imagination (Daily Telegraph, London) and has recorded concertos by Mozart and J.S. Bach, among other repertoire. She is Emerita Professor of Music, of Scripps College. Roger Lebow, M. Anne Rardin, Jason Yoshida (all of whom serve as faculty members at the Claremont Colleges), and Michael DuPree, have earned high praise for their performances in the United States and abroad. Danielle Cummins pursues an active career in the Southland as a performer-teacher.
Based in Claremont and performing on period instruments, Con Gioia has presented concerts in Southern California since 1982, including several performances sponsored by the Los Angeles Bach Festival, Caltech, and many local museums of art. Con Gioias recording of Concertos for One, Two, and Four Harpsichords (2004) by J.S. Bach has received high critical acclaim in the USA and Europe.
Carbones research addresses the legal issues surrounding marriage, divorce and family obligations, especially within the context of the recent revolutions in biotechnology. Her recent projects include examination of the changing legal determinations of parenthood, juxtaposing the rules that have come from assisted reproduction with those produced in the face of increasing certainty about biological paternity. She has also been examining the constitutional framework for the family values debate, maintaining that the debate is particularly intense because of the different family patterns in various part of the United States.
June Carbones lecture is jointly sponsored by the Athenaeum and the Berger Institute for Work, Family, and Children.
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Pierre Hassner, research director emeritus at the Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Internationales in Paris, taught for many years as professor of international relations at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Paris and as a senior visiting lecturer at the European Center of Johns Hopkins University in Bologna. Born in Romania, Mr. Hassner studied at the Sorbonne and the Ecole Normale Supérieure. His major writings have focused on war and peace, totalitarianism, ethics and international relations, and international order. Two of his books present selections from his numerous articles: La violence et la paix: De la bombe atomique au nettoyage ethnique (1995; an English translation, Violence and Peace: From the Atomic Bomb to Ethnic Cleansing, appeared in 1997). La terreur et l'empire: Violence et Paix II (2003) has not yet been translated. His most recent co-edited book, Justifier la guerre? De l'humanitaire au contre-terrorisme (2005) has just appeared in English as Justifying War?: From Humanitarian Intervention to Counterterrorism.
Hassner will be joined on the panel by:
P.Edward Haley, W.M. Keck Foundation chair and professor of International strategic studies; director, Center for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights, CMC; author, Strategies of Dominance: The Misdirection of U.S. Foreign Policy (2006) and co-author, After 9/11: The Roles of Civil Society in International Security (2006)
Chris Nadon, associate professor of government, CMC
Jim Nichols, Jr., professor of government, CMC; translator, Gorgias and Phaedrus by Plato (1998), co-editor, From Political Economy to Economics---And Back? (1990).
It is a pleasure to have Pierre Hassner take part in the 2008-2009 William F. Podlich Distinguished Visitors Program. This program was generously endowed by CMC alumnus and trustee William F. Podlich '66, whose aim is to enrich the college intellectually by bringing preeminent figures in scholarship, business, and public affairs to campus for extended visits.
Her work in The Village Voice and Ingenue magazines drew the attention of the legendary editor of The New Yorker, William Shawn. She became a staff writer for the magazine in 1976 and a featured columnist for the "Talk of the Town" section of the magazine for the next nine years. In 1978, Kincaid's first piece of fiction was published in The New Yorker, and it later became part of her first book, At the Bottom of the River (1983). It was nominated for the PEN/Faulkner. Two years later, in 1985, Kincaid published her first novel, Annie John.
In 2004, she was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Kincaid's writing is compelling because it captures complex emotions and exposes divisive issues in a deceptively simple style. Her other major works include Annie, Gwen, Lilly, Pam and Tulip (1986), A Small Place (1988), Autobiography of My Mother (1996), My Brother (1997), Talk Stories (2000), My Garden (Book) (2001) and Mr. Potter (2002). Her latest book is Among Flowers: A Walk in the Himalaya (2005).
A visiting professor at Harvard University, where she teaches creative writing, Jamaica Kincaid lives in North Bennington, Vermont.
Ms. Kincaids visit to CMC is part of the Freshmen Humanities Seminar series Self and Society sponsored by the Dean of the Faculty at CMC.
Daniel S. Hamermesh is Edward Everett Hale Centennial Professor of Economics at the University of Texas at Austin. His A.B. is from the University of Chicago (1965), his Ph.D. from Yale (1969). He taught from 1969-73 at Princeton, from 1973-93 at Michigan State. He has held visiting professorships at universities in North America, Europe, Australia and Asia, and lectured at over 200 universities in 46 states and 27 foreign countries. His research, published in nearly 100 refereed papers in scholarly journals, has concentrated on time use, labor demand, social programs, academic labor markets and unusual applications of labor economics (to beauty, sleep and suicide).
Hamermesh is a Fellow of the Econometric Society and the Society of Labor Economists, a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research and the Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA), and Past President of the Society of Labor Economists and of the Midwest Economics Association. His magnum opus, Labor Demand, was published by Princeton University Press in 1993. In 2005 McGraw-Hill Irwin published the second edition of his Economics Is Everywhere, a series of 400 vignettes designed to illustrate the ubiquity of economics in everyday life and how the simple tools in a microeconomics principles class can be used. His undergraduate teaching has gained him several University-wide teaching awards.
Daniel Hamermeshs lecture is co-sponsored by the Lowe Institute of Political Economy and the Athenaeum.
ART EXHIBITION AND RECEPTION 3:00 p.m.
A native of Ostrava, Czechoslovakia, Scarlet Nikolska studied under the guidance of Czech expressionist painter Karel Soucek at the Academie des Beaux-Arts in Prague and is currently living and working in Paris. Since graduating from the Academie in 1974, Nikolska has exhibited in galleries in London, Paris, Brussels, Rio de Janeiro, as well as the Staatsoper in Vienna.
For a long time her inspiration was Baroque Prague with its romantic, sparsely lit streets, painting them in her series Nocturnal Walks. But when she stepped into Pierres office, she was struck by the strange shapes of heaps and piles of books and papers. There was an occasion when they looked into one of these shapes and found under layers of papers, a hidden chair!
This became her second inspiration for a series of paintings under the title Pierres Labyrinth.
Now being in the enchanting surroundings of the Claremont campuses, I deeply regret we are leaving so soon. I believe I found my third inspiration here!
Everyone is welcome to meet Scarlet Nikolska and view a few of her paintings from Pierres Labyrinth Tuesday afternoon beginning at 3:00 p.m. in Freeberg Lounge, and then again at 8:00 p.m. to celebrate and bid farewell to our two distinguished guests.


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