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(Marine Corps. Times) -- A Mississippi sixth-grader whose grunt brother is deployed to Afghanistan was told by his school's administrators to turn his shirt inside-out because they were offended by its depiction of an anatomically correct U.S. Marine Corps bulldog.
Jordan Griffith, 13, of Ellisville, Miss., received the shirt from his older brother, Lance Cpl. Timothy Swann Jr., a member of 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines, out of Camp Lejeune, N.C. Swann gave it to his little brother while on his pre-deployment leave.
"Jordan just idolizes Timothy," their mother, Sandy Griffith, told Marine Corps Times. "Timothy gave him the shirt and told him, 'Always remember you're a leader, not a follower.'"
The front of the shirt shows the dog's head and body with the words "If you are not the lead dog." The back shows the dog's rear with the words "The view never changes."
Officials at South Jones Elementary objected to the realistic view of the dogs' genitals and asked the student to turn his shirt inside-out or have his parents bring him a new shirt.
The school's superintendent, Tommy Parker, said the decision had nothing to do with it being a Marine Corps shirt.
"We're very pro-military," Parker said. "We're one of the most conservative places in the United States."
But that may have played a part in upsetting some of the school's teachers, he said, adding "all the details are there" regarding the dog's anatomy, and teachers didn't want to look at it all day or have younger students seeing it.
Sandy Griffith, who rather than bring her son a new shirt instead pulled him from class, said the shirt is no more offensive than the view one has while walking a dog.
"My father made a joke that the woman who told him to turn the shirt inside-out must have been in the Navy," she said.
The shirt's message about leadership is one that kids should think about, she said, especially when men and women are still fighting on behalf of the country.
After leaving the school, Griffith called "The Rush Limbaugh Show," a conservative syndicated radio program. The host seemed surprised to hear this incident had happened in Mississippi.
"Now your kid can't wear a T-shirt given to him by a member of the U.S. military that espouses a positive character trait, leadership?" Limbaugh asked on his show. "... People are fed up. They're fed up with being told what they can't eat, and what they can and can't do in their own yards and in their own homes. It's just not America anymore."
Parker, the superintendent, was dismayed to read the show's transcript.
"It's almost absurd that anyone would accuse us here in Mississippi of being anti-military," he said. "We recite the Pledge of Allegiance every morning. This very school has sent cards and letters to our troops overseas."
Gina Harkins, Marine Corps. Times
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He's not baring all in Playgirl magazine, but Levi Johnston is exposing an impressive new personal style in the spotlight.
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Winners ranged from established acts such as Coldplay and Adele to world-conquering boy band One Direction, who won in the new Global Success category.
One Direction's Louis Tomlinson called the prize "absolutely mind-blowing."
American artists Frank Ocean and Lana Del Rey were among the non-British winners at a ceremony that embraced the mainstream while rewarding artists with distinctive personalities.
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Just how bad is Australia's deficit problem? According to most of the mainstream media, pretty bad. The weekend papers were full of deficit doom and gloom, with most of the blame sheeted home to a government supposedly living beyond its means.
The Australian Financial Review, for instance, ran a double-page spread which juxtaposed the terrifying upward snake of a budget graph in nominal dollars against a shrieking headline that read "It's the spending, stupid". The more demotic forms of media have led today with stories about a rise in the Medicare levy. Even the ABC, which really should know better, has jumped on the higher tax bandwagon.
What's causing this outbreak of budget hysteria? An admission by the Prime Minister this week of a further deterioration in tax revenues. Julia Gillard yesterday told an audience of wonks and reporters at think-tank Per Capita that revenue this financial year would be $12 billion less than estimated.
"The 'bottom line for the Budget bottom line' is this," the Prime Minister said. "The amount of tax revenue the Government has collected so far this financial year is already $7.5 billion less than was forecast last October."
"Treasury now estimates that this reduction will increase to around $12 billion by the end of the financial year."
That shortfall takes the cumulative revenue write-down for 2012-13 to $32 billion since the 2010-11 mid-year economic and fiscal outlook. As the graph below shows, the federal Treasury has consistently over-estimated the recovery in tax revenues flowing into Commonwealth coffers since the expected recovery from the GFC began in 2010.
What this shows is that the problem is mainly on the revenue side, not the spending side. Compared with the final years of the Howard government, Commonwealth spending remains at roughly similar levels as a percentage of the economy. As we've consistently argued here at New Matilda, the reason the Commonwealth is in "structural deficit" is that we simply don't collect enough tax to pay for the government services citizens demand.
The problem is, in the dying days of this administration, no-one wants to give Labor any credit for spending restraint. If the budget is in deficit, it must because the government is spending too much. No matter how many graphs Julia Gillard and Wayne Swan throw at us, the narrative that Labor can't manage the economy retains its tenacious hold.
As is usual with Labor, matters have not been helped by a series of own goals. The most lamentable example was the ill-fated promise to return the budget to surplus. By investing so much political capital into the notion that it would return the budget to surplus this year, the Government effectively conceded the Opposition's point that the budget balance is the key measure of economic management. It could have been a triumph of bold policymaking. The tax revenues didn't eventuate, and now Labor has egg on its face.
In fact, as events in Europe are conclusively demonstrating, the crude fact of the government's budget position is but one element in a complex set of economic considerations, and not even the most important one. The most important factor in driving government tax revenues is the overall health of the economy — improvements in productivity, growth and the like. If these indicators are weak, taxes take a hit, and the budget moves into the red. In times of growth, tax revenue rises, and a prudent government can deliver surpluses and pay down public debt.
That, broadly, is what Swan and Gillard are doing. It's just that tax revenues are not returning to health as quickly as hoped. The reasons are much canvassed, and include big carry-forwards available to mining companies in return for infrastructure investment, the poor design of the mining tax, weak corporate profits in the non-mining economy, and too many income tax cuts in the Howard and Rudd years.
There's no doubt that this government could responsibly cut spending, by the way. The place to do it is most obviously in tax expenditures, which are the special tax breaks given to certain sectors of the economy. These exemptions are distorting and regressive, because by carving a special tax break for a particular activity, they place an unfair burden on everyone else who doesn't enjoy such luck.
Collectively, they're worth more than $100 billion. Superannuation tax breaks are worth $30 billion, and rising quickly. Capital gains tax exemptions on the family home are also worth around $30 billion. Negative gearing for landlords is another measure that costs billions and appears to actually harm the economy, by driving rents up. The mining industry currently enjoys around $3 billion in fossil fuel subsidies in the form of the diesel fuel rebate.
Could some of these tax expenditures be addressed? Of course they could. The Henry Review, commissioned by the Rudd government, recommended a raft of reforms in 2010 that would have shored up Australia's tax base. Mining taxes, negative gearing and capital gains were all in the mix.
As we know, very few of Ken Henry's ideas were ever implemented. The one big idea that Labor did try to run with, the mining tax, led to a savage attack campaign from the industry it sought to tax. Similarly, when Swan recently announced very modest tweaks to superannuation tax breaks, a storm of media and industry criticism erupted. Tax reform is politically difficult, to say the least. Just ask Rudd or John Howard.
Our airwaves have recently been filled with pundits and media economists like Chris Richardson decrying the spendthrift ways of our political leaders. But take a couple of steps back from the current debate for a minute, and a certain clarity starts to emerge.
The real structural deficit is not so much between taxing and spending, but rather between the electoral incentives in a modern democracy. Politicians of all stripes seeking to balance the books these days are caught in a difficult bind. Handing down deficits is never a good look. But the alternatives can be even worse.
The vicious reaction to Labor's modest and economically prudent tax increases in the form of the mining tax and the carbon price shows just how hard it is to introduce new taxes in the current environment. Cutting services is also unpopular, as the Newman government is Queensland is finding.
But what really matters for the health in the budget in the long run is the strength of economic growth. A deficit this year of $15 billion is around 1 per cent of our gross domestic product of approximately $1.5 trillion. If the economy grows more strongly over time, that is by far the best way to increase the long-term budget balance.
And the best way to increase economic growth is to lift productivity, particularly the productivity of our labour force, by skilling up our workforce and bringing hitherto excluded members of the population into gainful employment.
It just so happens that Labor has two policies currently aiming to do exactly these things. The Gonski schools reforms aim to improve the performance of the schools system particularly the bottom half of it. The National Disability Insurance Scheme aims to lift productivity by bringing new workers into the economy. They are both expensive, but the government is finding at least some spending cuts and savings to help pay for them. In these two measures at least, as partial and as compromised as they are, the government really is thinking about the long-term.
Fairfax's Tim Colebatch wrote a compelling article today in which he lamented the economic illiteracy of much of the deficit coverage. "In the end, it's not the deficit that matters," he wrote. "It's the economy." The truth is that, under Labor, the economy has performed very well.
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Posted Tuesday, April 30, 2013 - 13:33
Just heard Penny Wong say in relation to the NDIS: "a structural spend demands a structural save". Actually, two other options are (1) a tax increase or a levy (which lets hope they are not scared off) (2) borrowing (usually something you consider, or we used to, for infrastructure but infrastructure tends to be defined broadly these days, not just bricks and mortar, girders and bitumen).
Posted Tuesday, April 30, 2013 - 14:04
It's amazing just how anyone can write an article that even considers Labor management of any area of Government let alone their economic management and give it some positive spin.
It's just so funny and rediculous that it belongs in a comedy script.
It's even funnier than Clive Palmer. Hang on there's a thought you have may have further jobs prospects Ben!!
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Posted Tuesday, April 30, 2013 - 14:30
Ozzydazz I disagree. The media and Coalition have made a meal of negativity denigrating any and every thging. To day one might expect a story about the ISDAfix, dont know what that is, well join the world of Australian newspapers for this is a big brother way of fixing interest rates on everything. The media as with their Julia fixation is fixated on big business but not on its control and dishonesty. See Common Dreams Rolling Stones areticle by Matt Taibbi. Libor again?
The media and opposition assumes everyone is illiterate in economic terms, unfortunately correctly so this crap about the deficit. Defict is bad if spent on ephemeral things including when caused by tax breaks but when spent on long term items which improve economic situation, for example being better educated or better able to live a more productive life it is good for it will in time be gone.
Business wants short term gain preferably without pain of considering long term consequences, like forgetting the environment and long term effects on climate.
It is quite amusing to see business jumping at adjusting climate by some technical fix like lime inm the oceans or sulpher in the air. Yet the modellking of these is considerably less robust than are climater models. Oh Ive just realised there may be profit and should it go wrong well the masas of society will bear the cost if lives are threateneds or pay the cost if they survive.
The media want stories of the short term, preferably without taking time and effort to establish its accuracy and its place in societies knowledge and the opposition just want power aftrer all as Pyne claims they was robbed of their positiuon in governement a few years ago and their blathering so busy laying bricks sweeping floors or dicing meat Mr Abbott cannot wait to wear a crown.
Posted Tuesday, April 30, 2013 - 14:57
OK, Ben's message is clear. It is a revenue problem. Few would disagree. I am just wondering if the Gillard Government is going to extract more income tax from, e.g.
a. the banks - as suggested by the Greens
b. mining companies, simply more progressive company tax, not revisiting the super profit tax
c. excessive executive salary packages - not effectively tackled following the 2009 inquiry.
Presumably, these are sources that can be tapped. They could add significantly to revenue, and would please most voters. But nobody seems to be making such suggestions as far as I can figure out.
Posted Tuesday, April 30, 2013 - 15:11
douglas jones spoken like a true believer, really ??
So everything boils down to the media and the coalition for all Labors decisions on policy and policy making?
Do you normally dream in the middle of the day?
Posted Tuesday, April 30, 2013 - 15:43
If they want to balance the budget there four easy things they can do
1. Stop subsiding private education
2. Stop subsiding private health care
3. Stop paying middle-class welfare
4. Stop subsiding fossil fuel industries
if they did this they would have a surplus worth writing home about.
Posted Tuesday, April 30, 2013 - 16:46
"The narrative that Labor can't manage the public purse retains its tenacious hold."
The reason why:
Unfortunately there are too many "OZZYDAZZES" about who are unduly influenced by Murdoch, his Mates and Minions. They closely follow the script. Their guide - the Principles and Strategies of the LNP!
Rupert has made up his mind who to vote for. Say hello to Tony!
Posted Tuesday, April 30, 2013 - 16:47
A sensible article by Ben Eltham. However in addtion to current Government costs versus tax receipts, the huge costs of Gonski and NDIS proposals - that may entrench the huge deficit situation with huge social detriment - need careful examination.
A. . Before ONE CENTS is spent on Gonski "reforms", there are many urgent educational procedural reforms that should be introduced that will either not actually cost anything or cost very little but dramatically address Educational Apartheid (see:https://sites.google.com/site/educationalapartheid/ ) e.g.
1. Zero tolerance for truancy,
2. Zero tolerance for class disruption.
3. Compulsory sport.
4. Compulsory music.
5. Compulsory intelectual games e.g. chess and bridge.
6. Urgent, compulsory,/voluntary mix of on-the-job training for English as a Second Language teaching, especially for teachers involved in teaching Aboirignies and recent migrant populations.
7. A language other than English from early primary school onwards (exploiting the huge resource of Aborignal and migrant families)
8. Greatly increased involvement in family in teaching and learning (e.g. see #7).
9. A comprehensive,family-apporved, multiple mentor system for all children involving tradespeople, professional, sports people, all kinds of focussed people etc .
10. Compulsory learn to swim.
11. Extra dedicated classes fro 3Rs catch-up.
12. Properly approved and appropriate teaching aide employment fro people on benefits.
13. Rigorously secure and confidential mechanisms for child reportage of abuse.
14. Cessation of any state funding for any private schools commititng child intellectual abuse by foisting egregious falsehood on children e.g. sexism, homophobia, misogyny, sexual guilt, racism, jingoism, creationism, intelligent design, other religious clap-trap (virgin birth etc) and the right to inavede, devastate and ethnicaly cleanse other countries.
15. Use by state school children of taxpayer-funded private school resources.
16. Partnership betrween state and private schools.
17. Accredited remote learning (see: https://sites.google.com/site/educationalapartheid/ ).
18. University-secondary school links and mentoring.
19. Explicit text-based curricula .
20. 3Rs testing while making sure thanthis dies niot pervert education.
21. A book for every child (Mark Latham).
22. Modest incentives and financial "bribes" for improvement.
etc etc etc.
(B). One hopes that the NDIS will not be squandered and will be used selectively on a needs basis to assist the extremely seriously disabled, and especially those in impoverished families (I helped care for 2 seriously disabled children for over 20 years and currently helkp provide care for several elderly people simply out of love and moral obligation, and all without the need for NDIS support).
Posted Tuesday, April 30, 2013 - 17:14
Fortunately for me spero history and fact are on my side and no yours.
...and fortunately you represent a minority.
Tell me one election promise/policy from 07 and or the last that Labor has implemented with a successful outcome?
And where in the hell do you compare me to the Murdock and his so-called mates? It's funny when you have no substance just go for the man, are you an adviser to the Labor Party? If so keep doing what your doing it's really working.
People like you remind me of those who keep saying "talk to the hand"
Posted Tuesday, April 30, 2013 - 17:34
@ozzydaz says
"It's amazing just how anyone can write an article that even considers Labor management of any area of Government let alone their economic management and give it some positive spin"
Daz, I love how you took the time and care to provide us with the reasoning behind this conclusion. Thoughtfully argued and logically impervious. If only the likes of Ben Eltham could learn from you and try using some persuasive arguments rather than just blurting out partisan slogans, eh?
Posted Tuesday, April 30, 2013 - 17:36
Hi OZZY!
You have ignored the link I presume? Not interested I guess? Too close to home? You would have noticed the similarity of your arguments. Not quite up to your leader's standard yet. In order to "OZZY - DAZZLE" the ignorant great unwashed you must try harder!
Cheers, have a good evening.
Posted Tuesday, April 30, 2013 - 17:47
It's amazing just how anyone can write an article that even considers Labor management of any area of Government let alone their economic management and give it some positive spin.
It's just so funny and rediculous that it belongs in a comedy script.
It's even funnier than Clive Palmer. Hang on there's a thought you have may have further jobs prospects Ben!!
Right on mate!
Posted Tuesday, April 30, 2013 - 19:04
Oh look. Isn't that cute - ozzydaz has a friend/pseudonym.
Posted Tuesday, April 30, 2013 - 19:24
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Posted Tuesday, April 30, 2013 - 20:03
calyptorhynchus I agree, but you left out taxing the tens of billions of dollars in profits made by religious corporations, and the government subsidising of their un-audited 'charities', as well as their refusal to pay rates or other reasonable local taxes, putting a greater burden on all honest taxpayers..
Dr Gideon Polya, I agree with your suggestions.
Posted Wednesday, May 1, 2013 - 01:06
Can we have rational discussion here please; there is no need for some posters/commenters here to engage in under-graduate style petulance. No political organisation occupying the role of government has ever met the need of all citizens, I would gladly welcome paying more tax to help the less capable or disadvantaged; but no party insists I do. I have never suffered or crashed financially under any Australian government. News reportage is not about reality anymore, it's a business first and foremost and emotional stimulus must be built-in to the equation to sell seats.
Posted Wednesday, May 1, 2013 - 09:26
Spero: You still failed to answer the question -
"Tell me one election promise/policy from 07 and or the last, that Labor has implemented with a successful outcome?"
Too hard?? I would have thought it a no-brainer. Lets try another - Is a levy a tax or a payment of money over a fixed period?
Posted Wednesday, May 1, 2013 - 11:48
@Jordon said
"Daz, I love how you took the time and care to provide us with the reasoning behind this conclusion. Thoughtfully argued and logically impervious. If only the likes of Ben Eltham could learn from you and try using some persuasive arguments rather than just blurting out partisan slogans, eh?"
I just can not get my head around you actually think this is a serious article!!
Silly me......
Posted Wednesday, May 1, 2013 - 22:15
@ozzydazz, just curious - where did you read that Jordan thought this was a serious article?
I scoured the comments but can't find any such assertion.
It seems to me that what Jordan was pointing out was the idea that sometimes people have different ideas about certain issues, and that when people disagree they can put their views forward and explain their rationale for holding those views. This may then lead to an exchange of ideas, thoughts, feelings and the like. Conversation. Discussion. Debate.
I think Ben Eltham has done precisely this. He's given us his views and explained why he holds them.
People who read these articles and participate in the comments may have different views. Some may not know as much about a particular subject area as others and might find value in posts in the comments that challenge the views expressed in the article.
For example someone that does not have particularly strong views regarding the subject of this article may welcome a critique of Mr Eltham's ideas. If those ideas are so patently absurd, then one might reasonably assume that it would be easy to demonstrate as much (what is obvious to you may not be to someone else).
When all you provide is a simple assertion that Ben is wrong and you are right, without addressing a single point made in the article, it leaves the impression that either a) you are only interested in petty slagging or b) you are unable to provide any compelling counter-arguments.
Posted Thursday, May 2, 2013 - 08:04
Thanks. You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink!
Posted Thursday, May 2, 2013 - 08:17
Excellent point, Jordan, especially the final paragraph. Pay attention, ozzydaz.
Posted Thursday, May 2, 2013 - 11:33
The ill-informed or just plain deceptive like to spruik that OZ is in serious trouble economically.
Good overwiew by Mathew Donovan on IA.
Posted Friday, May 3, 2013 - 21:42
Ditto Spero,
The spin against the minority government pretty much began with the leadership tussle.
A lot of people were cheesed that they didn't vote for Gillard.
The Nanny State attitude hasn't helped. NOT that the LNP would be any different.
Now its ALL ABOUT THE DEFICIT.
Hopefully people will see through the smokescreen and the election won't just be another pillar and gatepost with nothing for the people.
Posted Sunday, May 5, 2013 - 14:56
My God. We have a possible deficit that equals 1% of our GDP while in Europe some governments labour under debt exceeding 100% of their GDP. If any non-Labour scoundrel dares to compare the Australian situation to Europe's he deserves summary dismissal and good riddance because he is pedalling a lie. And yet, come September 15, the whispers of "cut, cut, cut" will suddenly become gleefully, perhaps maniacally,fetishistacally(?) strident as the razor boys of the liberal party go to work in pursuit of the holy grail of balanced budgets and small government.
To my amazement we also have a $100million cash cow named TESsy mooing in our backyard and yet everyone says we can't balance the budget, pay for Gonski, NDIS, NBN and other productivity boosting measures. A snip here, a chop there and, voila, we have liftoff to the land of opportunity, equity and equality once more. I can understand if it's a matter of getting legislation through parliament (probably) but it still comes down to having the guts to make the unpopular decisions and acting in the national interest. Labour under Gillard has shown remarkable resolve in pushing ahead with it's major reforms. It's just a pity they didn't have the guts to stand up to the industry bullies when implementing rational reforms like the mining tax and the carbon t....sorry, price. Meanwhile the liberals (sorry they don't deserve a capital L) bleat (yes, like sheep) "noooooooo, rePEAL it!. Weeeeee caaaan't affffoooooooord it."
Oh, and just a short note to my collegial commentors. Let's play the ball, not the man. Reading news these days is not just reading the stories, but also the comments, resulting in the democratisation of the newsfeed. I'd really prefer not to wade through flames and trite retorts to find the facts and considered opinions. Still, maybe I'm dreaming, like I also dream about the disappearance of the tabloid press and it's sorry excuse for journalism. And I also proofread my post. Standards, please.
Posted Sunday, May 5, 2013 - 15:52
Spero, isn't it " Rupert has made up our minds who to vote for"?. Noam Chomsky wrote a piece on the media called "Manufacturing Consent." Maybe Mr Murchoch keeps a copy under his pillow.
Dr Polya, that's quite a manifesto you've got there, and it deserves comment. While I would agree that money isn't the whole answer, it is, like 100 lawyers at the bottom of Sydney Harbour, a good start that will make many of your suggestions possible. Money is required to employ additional teacher aides, provide extra classes, and role out a credible NBN that will facilitiate vast improvements in online learning.
In online learning, the opportunity for improving equity are many and varied, including developing the capcity to deliver education to people with disabilities and who live in remote areas that preclude them from participatiing fully. I think this goes to the heart of the "educational apartheid" issue. Interestingly I read an article on the NDIS, in which Bill Shorten spoke of the "apartheid" idea in relation to people with disabilities, and this nearly 20 years after the introduction of the 1992 legislation designed to eliminate discrimination against people with disabilities.
You mention of the concepts of zero tolerance and compusory activities, which are easy in theory, but increasingly problematic in practice. I am a teacher, albeit a new one, but as a teacher I can speak from the inside of school with a clientele of students from low socio-economic and migrant backgrounds. I believe that behaviour management methods, such as detentions and suspensions, are largely ineffective and counter-productive (as far as educating students is concerned). My feeling is that regular detentions and suspensions become a a kind of badge of honour for some students, and, in their effect, follows the law of diminishing returns.
Compulsory sport is essential, as it assists brain development and provides a physical outlet that is particularly important for some students. The academic demands of years 11 and 12, however, demand that sport become "extra-curricular" in my opinion, although no less essential. However, I think compulsory music in high school is a waste of time, as many students seem to think it is just a "free" period in which to "act out."
I think continuous learning of a language from primary school is an important idea. I've worked in China, and students learn English from about Year 3 onwards. I'd vote for Chinese or another Asian language, but the intellectual benfits of learning a second language are clear enough to warrant the inclusion of any second language as a compulsory subject. The internationalisation of local economies is another good reason for it, too.
Finally, in point # 8 you suggest increasing the involvement of families in the education of their children as a resource. Unfortunately, while this maybe possible in some ways, the socio-economic circumstances of many parents precludes their involvement, either due to work commitments, language difficulties in the case of migrant or indigenous parents, and also their own level of education. My own thougths on this are that parents and children should " go back to school together." In this process, with the active support of the school and education system, parents would receive a second education in which they revise and update their own skills and knowledge in parellel with their children.
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Posted by Derek
I wanted to mention that Phil Baran's group at Scripps now has a blog, where group members are putting up posts on several topics, from recent syntheses to jelly beans. Well worth keeping an eye on. And I'd like to take the opportunity to welcome Baran and his group to the blogging world.
Which reminds me: the blogroll at left is (as usual) wildly overdue for updating. I've got a list of sites that I'll put up there, but I'd be glad to take recommendations, because it wouldn't surprise me if I've missed some, too. Please add some to the comments, and I promise to actually clean things up this week (!)
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1. Anonymous on March 11, 2013 11:56 AM writes...
chemcafe is a dead link with no archive, that one can come down. i don't have any blogs to suggest, but i recently discovered labphoto.tumblr.com. it makes for good scrolling
2. Toad on March 11, 2013 12:24 PM writes...
I don't see See Arr Oh's "Just Like Cooking" blog over there.
3. Q on March 11, 2013 12:26 PM writes...
How about diseases? Here is a good one for MS research (lots of reviews of the current literature):
I would be interested in sites devoted to other diseases as well.
4. @BioDueDiligence on March 11, 2013 1:23 PM writes...
My two cents for key biopharma voices:
Sally Church (pharma strategy blog), Pieter Droppert (biotech strategy blog), Luke T / Xconomy (plus guest features), John LaMattina and Matthew Herper at Forbes, FDA Law Blog, Adam F at The Street, Adam Bristol (nature blog), Bruce Booth. Sure I forgot some others but hopefully someone else will mention them.
I will also shamelessly plug the blog feeds I maintain at BiotechDueDiligence and HSP90 Inhibitors Central.
5. Anonymous on March 11, 2013 2:39 PM writes...
Andre The Chemist is newer, well worth checking in on.
6. Chemjobber on March 11, 2013 3:05 PM writes...
I suggest Not The Lab (notthelab.blogspot.com). Labsolutely (labsolutely.org) is lots of fun, too.
7. Brandon Findlay on March 11, 2013 3:07 PM writes...
A few blog suggestions:
Chemistry and Pharma Blogs:
B.R.S.M - brsmblog.org
Blog Syn - blog-syn.blogspot.com
It's the Rheo Thing - rheothing.com
Just Like Cooking - justlikecooking.blogspot.com
New Reactions - newreactions.wordpress.com (quiet right now)
Sussex Drug Discovery - sussexdrugdiscovery.wordpress.com
The Chemistry Cascade - chemcascade.wordpress.com
The Heterocyclist - heterocyclist.com
The Organometallic Reader - organometallicchem.wordpress.com (quiet)
The Organic Solution - theorganicsolution.wordpress.com
Chemtips - chemtips.wordpress.com
Science Blogs and News
Chemical Connections - stuartcantrill.com
Not the Lab - notthelab.blogspot.com
8. Anonymous on March 11, 2013 3:26 PM writes...
With all these blogs out there, it makes me wonder how people actually get any work done???
Maybe this is a contributing factor to the decline of efficiency in the industry.
9. Anonymous on March 11, 2013 5:57 PM writes...
How about TOC ROFL?
10. Anonymous on March 11, 2013 7:54 PM writes...
Synthetic Remarks
11. Chemjobber on March 11, 2013 8:30 PM writes...
@10: good call!
12. Morten G on March 12, 2013 7:48 AM writes...
Philip Ball's Water in Biology http://waterinbiology.blogspot.co.uk/
The title says biology but is more like "Water in Physical Chemistry Which May or May Not Have Something To Do With Biological Systems". Some times it makes my brain creak / crack but it figure that might be good for it. Maybe. A bit like really bad DOMS.
13. anon on March 12, 2013 9:04 AM writes...
a few under science blogs and news (or maybe a new category, skepticism):
The Skeptical Teacher
Science-based medicine could go in with them in the skepticism category
14. Puff the Mutant Dragon on March 12, 2013 9:54 AM writes...
Sandwalk if you don't have it already
15. Mike on March 12, 2013 10:11 AM writes...
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I'm good ta very much.
Nice to 'see your face' too.
The Aussies will rip her a new one. They don't suffer fools gladly.
Good idea to do the launch Oz though. Much more convenient to Taiwan, where they are probably made for 30p a pop.
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the humiliation of being incarcerated in the hound pound for a whole year! On second thoughts, maybe not as that really wouldn't be fair on on the four-legged variety of dogs.... who knows what nasty diseases they could catch off her...... or even worse, where they may all disappear to?
Had a look at those shoes. Not my cuppa, as I don't wear heels and even if I did, I certainly wouldn't be wearing
hideous creations! I'm sure I've seen very similar styles to those knocking about for ages on different sites anyway? Different brands, obviously, but basically the same designs.
One thing I did forget to mention a while back was in regard to that grey cardi she was wearing in the pics of her, Kiev and Harvey (can't recall where they were at the time). The thing that struck me at the time was, the heavily studded shoulder detailing on her cardi and the height Harvey now is. It just looked to me like an accident waiting to happen and certainly not something I'd wear in the company of a visually-impaired child. What if he'd suddenly thrown his head or face forcefully onto one of her shoulders? I dread to think of the consequences *shudder*
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We don't know him, but we feel him
Name: Josef Salvat
Where He's From: Australia/London
When He Started: 2010
Genre: indie pop, alternative
Most Similar: Aqualung, Natalie Walker
Sounds Like: sarcastic love songs
Josef Salvat is a mystery. His website is tight lipped, and his discography is nonexistent. To date, the London based, Australian born singer made his only big Internet footprint with his impressively popular slow-mo track, "This Life." So okay, we might not know much about him. But from his tweets? We FEEL HIM.
Take this one for example on June 29:
A day will come when I don't have to drink a bathtub of gin before I can find everybody at this party hilarious and amaze.
Salvat, let me tell you– we've BEEN THERE. Similarly, his lyrics have a sarcastic yet meditative air about them, making him all the more relateable. For example, in this line borrowed from "This life": I just need to tell my story, if you're drunk I'll get done quicker.
At times, his whispery croons ooze sex, while other lines are pure melancholy. He sums it up well in his other single, "Hustler," where he admits he's got the the heart of a hustler with all the hustler's shame. Honest, borderline bleak lyrics paired with haunting vocals and piano make our mystery man comparable to a pop friendly Morrissey.
Though there's definitely more we'd like to uncover about Salvat, for now we'll be thankful for the few awesome tracks he's given us (Hear "This Life" below.) And hey, maybe we should be more thankful that there's somebody in this day and age who manages to remain mysterious instead of Instagramming his daily meals. ;)


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The Mets are close to a deal with free-agent RHP Brandon Lyon, according to Jon Heyman of CBS Sports.
Lyon, 33, went a combined 4-2 with a 3.10 ERA with the Astros and Blue Jays in 2012, allowing 56 hits, 20 walks, five home runs with 63 strikeouts in 61 innings over 67 relief appearances.
Lyon has recorded 79 saves in his 11-year career with the Jays, Astros, Tigers, Diamondbacks, and Red Sox, although he last recorded double-digit saves in 2010 with the Astros.
Feb. 3: The Mets are confident they will get a deal done with Lyon (Martino, Daily News).
Feb. 3: The Mets are serious about Lyon, but a deal isn't done. He's still talking to other teams (Martino, Daily News).
Feb. 3: If Lyon is signed, the Mets will not seek more insurance for Frank Francisco (DiComo, MLB.com). If the Mets sign Lyon to a Major League deal, their 40-man roster will be full.
Michael Baron's thoughts on signing Lyon...
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I am assuming Lyon is the non-closer Rubin was referring to, although Lyon does have closing experience in his career. That makes me wonder as well if they will continue to pursue someone like Jose Valverde, should the Mets get this deal done. No matter what, Sandy is clearly determined to fix one of the worst bullpens the Mets have ever had. If his strategy works this year, it will help keep close games close which, based on the projected position players on the roster, they will need to do a much better job of doing, if there's going to be any hope in 2013.
Lyon is a very good right-handed reliever, and he would make the Mets bullpen (which has already been made deeper this winter) a lot better on paper. He is proven, steady and durable, and he will go a long way towards stabilizing their short-relief corps, if the deal goes through. Lyon's a sinkerballer who sits in the low 90's, and that helps him keep the ball in the ballpark. He'll also throw a hard cutter in towards the left-handed hitter and change speeds with a good curveball. He held left-handed hitters to a .213 clip last year, although that's not indicative of his career numbers; that was due to an increased emphasis on his cutter.
If the Mets secure Lyon, he along with Scott Atchison, Latroy Hawkins gives the Mets flexibility with Jenrry Mejia and Jeurys Familia in the early part of the year. Neither Mejia or Familia would need to be depended upon as primary relievers right out of the gate. They could go back to the minors, get the seasoning they really still need, and the Mets can evaluate their progress when a problem arises in the big league bullpen.


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|Length Overall
|19' 8''
|Dry Weight
|2,920 lbs.
|8' 4''
|Tested Weight
|Weight Capacity
|Draft Up
|Person Capacity
|Draft Down
|Fuel Capacity
|35 gal.
|Air Draft
|Water Capacity
|19 deg.
|Length on Trailer
|Max Headroom
|Height on Trailer
|Bridge Clearance
|3' 8''
|Trailer Weight
|Total Package Weight (Trailer,Boat & Engine)
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|Tested Power
|1 x 260-hp MerCruiser 5.0 MPI Alpha Drive
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Not Available
|Cutting through the waves with wakeboard storage.
|Good seating throughout
|Anchor storage
|Stainless steel bow rails
|Handy sidewall storage
Four Winns H 200 Frenzy Edition
By Captain Tom Shackleford
Watersports are all the rage these days. Wakeboarding and waterskiing have seen a tremendous resurgence in popularity of late. Leave it to Four Winns to put together a boat that meets the demands of the consumer pro skier as well as the novice enthusiast. The H 200 Frenzy Edition has got all the features already on board.
That consumer pro…well he'll notice those features. And the novice need look no further for the boat to get on board…the wakeboard, that is!
Neat Ski Arch
The length is 19' 8" overall, and the length of the gunwales is the setting for some pretty snazzy "splash" graphics, one of the features that sets the Frenzy Edition apart from other H200's. Also notably different from stock 200's is the ski arch. This brushed aluminum assembly is collapsible, comes with board racks and has a tow pedestal mounted at its apex. Also at the top is a covered twin Bimini top. One folds out forward and of course, the aft Bimini folds out to the rear.
In an all knowing move, the Frenzy Edition of the H 200 has been equipped with a swim platform covered by a non-skid textured rubber mat. This is definitively a ski boat after all.
Comfortable Bow Seats
Up front, the bowrider has padded backrests to make for comfortable seating, but at the very front of the bow seating area is also a back rest to assist in a passenger facing astern to keep an eye on skiers. The two bench seats are hinged and open away from the centerline revealing carpeted storage below. The two backrests immediately in front of the operator and passenger windshields also flip upwards to access even more storage. Trick feature that! Equally tricked out is the two form fitted pads stowed in the ski locker (located at the cockpit sole) to put in place of the bow seats and create a brilliant forward sun pad.
Stainless steel hand rails are lengthy – running about a third of the bow gunwales – and provide a large area to grab a hold of in their recessed configuration, not just a one hander that you have to aim for. Here in the bow you also find a couple of stainless cup holders and two of the Sony stereo speakers. The pop up cleats are stainless as well.
A walkthrough windshield is seriously raked back. Man, does that look sporty. It is incredibly functional, creating an impressive air foil over the cockpit area and definitely over the operator and forward passenger. No neck fatigue at speed on this ski boat for the helmsman.
Control Station Features
Speaking of the helmsman, he and his front passenger will ride along in comfort in their adjustable ComfortRide bolstered bucket seats. At the helm, Faria gauges are displayed left to right as such: depthfinder; tach; speedo; a quad gauge showing fuel level, voltmeter, water temp, oil pressure and then the trim indicator. Rocker panel switches have been changed to half-moon brushed stainless two way push buttons lending a neat aircraft appearance. Red LEDs below each indicate operation for the horn, blower and bilge as well as (2) accessories and the courtesy lights. The tri spoke steering wheel is also made from stainless and tilts being Formula One in its appearance.
To the port side of the helm is a small cubby. No ordinary cubby, inside is a single 12 volt outlet and a port for your MP3 player or iPOD. Of course that's when you're not using the Sony Stereo with its Sirius Satellite reception.
Cockpit Features
The glove box in front of the forward passenger is pretty darn neat in its own right. Inside is an acrylic base that can be removed to access a cooler. Room enough for a handful of drinks and ice, the through hull drains over the port side. The gunwales alongside here sport two more speakers and cup holders logically stationed low to the sole should there happen to be any spillage. Equally of note is that the gunwales are padded for the length of the cockpit.
The starboard cushion of the aft seating unsnaps to reveal a nonskid surface used in concert with the starboard section of the sun pad/ motor cowling which happens to hinge open underneath of which is carpeting. The beauty here is that there is a completely slip free path from the water across the swim platform and into the cockpit. No messing up any of the vinyl en route either. The middle cushion lifts to expose a 30-quart Igloo cooler and the starboard stern cushion hides a boxy storage compartment.
Sun Pad and Engine
By lifting the aft seat 45-degrees as one unit and pulling it forward it lays down as yet another sun pad, this one being protected from the wind by the efficiency of the windshield. As previously mentioned, that sun pad is actually the top of the motor cowling. This can easily be lifted with one hand by reaching under the center of the cowling and depressing the handle. A gentle lift up and the two hydraulic lifts will complete the yawn open for you.
Below the hood is the MerCruiser 5.0 liter MPI engine. A 1.62: 1 ratio and the standard 13 ¾ Vengeance prop round out the power delivery of the model tested. To either side of the engine are window shaped acrylic panels. Instead of panes of glass, there are vinyl enclosures that easily snap into place or removal. That way the operator with equally great ease can check fluid levels and components before leaving the dock. With the vinyl panes snapped into place the port and starboard basins are now available for storage.
Stepping over that non-skid sun pad set-up to the swim platform, the rubber padded platform makes all the sense in the world when considering the ski motif of this 200 Frenzy. Swimmers and skiers will be in and out much more frequently than a standard vessel. On the starboard side, a tri-fold swim ladder has four wide steps and stows hidden flush with the platform when not used. In all honesty, your grandmother could climb out of the water and back into this boat with little effort.
So, maybe you are one of those consumer pro skiers that have been making do with a standard styled boat for your watersport forays. Or, maybe you are a novice at wakeboarding and waterskiing. In either case, it's time to make the step up to the Four Winns H 200 Frenzy Edition. After all, what more could you ask for?
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High school football: Caleb Holland's return a boost for Carl Albert's line
His return means junior Anthony Woods, 6-foot-6, 308 pounds, can shift back to his natural spot at the other tackle position, and senior Kyler Walker can go back to being primarily a defensive player.
"It's hard work being Caleb Holland," Walker said with a laugh. "Having him back is really big, because we really need him out there. And it gives me a rest so I can go all-out on defense."
Carl Albert will need the blocking of Holland, Woods, Gavin LaValley, Cory McCalister, Robert Lolofie and Trenton Ball to open holes against a speedy East Central defense Saturday night.
The line was the area with the most experience coming into the season, with no returning skill players behind them.
"Through the first couple weeks, we were working on jelling together," Holland said. "Once we hit the last couple weeks of the regular season, we got things rolling. And now in the playoffs, I think we've surpassed our potential, and we're reaching new heights now."


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URGENT CARE MATTERS: To Your Health: Part 2, Focus On Men
PORT ST. LUCIE - This is part two of a series of articles addressing the health concerns specific to men and to women.
"A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools." ~Spanish Proverb
Men and women may share health concerns, but men are far less likely to seek help if they notice something wrong. Think of your health this way. Remember when you got your first car, how proud you were and how well you took care of it to make it shine and to keep it running smoothly? Then, after a year or two, you no longer viewed it as something special. The oil may have needed changing every 3,000 miles, but hey, it was okay if you let it go longer because you were busy with work or school or other commitments. Besides, it still drove okay.
Well, what if that was the only car you would ever have in your lifetime? Would you pay more attention to its maintenance to keep it looking good and functioning at its optimum level?
Consider taking care of yourself and making healthy choices to stay in the best shape possible. Many health threats are preventable and can be successfully treated with an early diagnosis.
Men, like women, are concerned about heart disease, diabetes and cancer. Maintaining a normal weight significantly decreases these risks. Your Body Mass Index, or BMI, is a more accurate means of measuring the percentage of body fat, and is based on your weight and height. For men the healthy number is to be equal to, or less than, 25.
Excess belly fat raises the risk of heart disease, hypertension, type 2 diabetes and sleep apnea, so keep your waist circumference less than 40 inches. Eating a healthy diet of vegetables, fruits, whole grains and lean sources of protein will help you maintain an optimum weight and provide your body with the nutrients it needs.
Cholesterol, which is found in every cell, is essential for body functions. However, too much cholesterol causes arteries to narrow, restricting blood flow and increasing the risk of stroke, heart attack or sudden death. Your cholesterol should be checked beginning at 35 years of age, earlier if you have a family history of coronary artery disease, diabetes, hypertension or you smoke.
Blood pressure should be checked every one to two years. High blood pressure that is not controlled puts you at risk a heart attack or stroke.
Because colon cancer typically is asymptomatic in its early stages, a colonoscopy is recommended beginning at age 50. Treatment of colon cancer has a greater chance of success if cancerous tumors are found and removed before they penetrate the colon wall and metastasize.
Get tested for diabetes, especially if you have hypertension and high cholesterol. Having all three increases your risk of retinal vein occlusion where the veins near the eye start bleeding and building up fluid, causing vision loss or even blindness.
Every year more than six million men in the United States experience depression, but they tend to deny having problems. Depression can have devastating consequences. However, a majority of people can be treated successfully with antidepressant medication, psychotherapy, or a combination of both.
Abdominal aortic aneurysm is more common among men between 65 and 75 years old, especially if they either smoke or have ever used tobacco. Screening is necessary because most abdominal aortic aneurysms are asymptomatic. Your doctor will determine if and when you may need surgery to prevent a life-threatening rupture.
Stay up to date with immunizations for influenza, pneumonia, pertussis and tetanus. Get regular checkups and recommended screening tests. Diseases and threatening medical conditions, when caught early, are easier to treat. Gaining control of a medical problem may require dietary changes, increasing activity levels and sometimes medication. Follow these and your doctor's recommendations to achieve and maintain optimum health, just as you take care of your car to keep it ready to rumble.
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Jeremy Curuksu, President
Jeremy is a postdoctoral fellow in theoretical biophysics at MIT. Before MIT he was a research assistant in mathematics at the polytechnic school of Lausanne in Switzerland. He studied biology and mathematics, and held consultative positions in banking, healthcare, and education. He enjoys coding and developed a website for advanced consulting training. At CCM, Jeremy has been VP Case Practice, Coordinator of Workshops, and Project Leader for the Volunteer Consulting Group.
Mike Lu, Treasurer
Mike is a second year PhD student in the Department of Chemistry at MIT with a research focus on protein-based drug delivery. He holds a B.A. from Wabash College and has experiences working in management consulting as well as private equity. Prior to joining CCM, Mike participated in the Volunteer Consulting Group. He is now CCM treasurer as well as manager of the Business Discussion Night.
William Herbert, External Board Adviser
Will is a 4th year PhD candidate in Materials Science and Engineering at MIT, focusing on materials for energy applications and extreme environments. He previously obtained an MEng in Materials Science (1st class) from Oxford University. Will has been with the Consulting Club at MIT for several years, serving as VP for the Volunteer Consulting Group (6 projects total), VP Business Discussion Nights, and finally President (in 2013).
Jingnan Lu, External Board Adviser
Jingnan is a 4th year Ph.D. student in the Department of Chemistry and Biology at MIT. She has a BS degree in Chemistry from Syracuse University. At CCM, Jingnan has been VP Business Discussion Nights and Project Leader for the Volunteer Consulting Group. She is now assuming a role of Adviser/Senior VP.
Benjamin Lai, Senior VP Internal Relations
Benjamin is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Mechanical Engineering with a focus on computational mechanics. He is the Industry Relations Chair for the Graduate Association of Mechanical Engineers. He has worked in the defense industry and for a construction management consulting firm in Manhattan. He enjoys traveling, networking, and scouting for new ventures. Benjamin holds a M.S. from Stanford University, a B.S. from Columbia University, and a B.A. from Bard College at Simon's Rock. At CCM, Ben has been a Project Leader of the Volunteer Consulting Group and is now assuming a role of Adviser/Senior VP.
Bigyan Bista, Senior VP External Relations
Bigyan is a 5th year Ph.D. student in the Department of Biology/Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT with research emphasis on breast cancer progression and metastasis. Prior to joining the CCM Executive Team, Bigyan was involved with the Volunteer Consulting Group (VCG) as a participant and also adviser. He is now VP of the biweekly Business Discussion Nights. Outside of CCM, Bigyan serves in the Graduate Student Council and is a member of Science Policy Initiative (SPI) at MIT. He holds a B.S. in Biology and a B.S. in Mathematics from St. Peter's College.
Ayla Ergun, VCG General Adviser
Ayla is a bioinformatics specialist at MGH, mining large scale genomic datasets. Prior to that, she was a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard Medical School working on immunological gene networks. Before joining the CCM executive team, Ayla participated as a team member in the Volunteer Consulting Group. In 2014 she has been Coordinator for Case Practice and Engagement Manager / Project Leader for VCG. Ayla is now the General Adviser for VCG programs.
Elisha Yadgaran, VP Case Competition and Seminar Series
Elisha is a member of the 2015 class in the Chemical Engineering department at MIT. Before joining CCM, he was involved in a number of academic labs and industry positions. In his free time Elisha enjoys spending time with his fraternity brothers, athletics, and programming.
Peter Zhu, VP Case Competition and Business Discussion Night
Peter is a third year PhD student in the Chemical Engineering Department at MIT with a research focus on process simulation and optimization. He completed his BS degree in Chemical Engineering with a minor in Computer Science at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). While at UIUC, he was one of the vice chairs of the Chinese Student Scholar Association responsible for organizing career related events. Prior to joining CCM, Peter worked as a technical consultant at Corning and Alcon.
Sabin Dhakal, VP Case Competition and VCG Engagement Manager
Sabin, a doctoral candidate in Biological and Biomedical Sciences at Harvard, studies intratumoral heterogeneity and population dynamics in Joan Brugge's laboratory at Harvard Medical School. Sabin holds a B.A. in Biology and a B.A. in Chemistry with a minor in Mathematics from Hanover College. At CCM, Sabin is manager of the MIT-Harvard Case Competition. Outside of CCM, Sabin is involved in the Harvard Graduate Science Policy group and part of Science, Technology and Society secondary concentration program at Harvard Kennedy School.
Summer Jiakun Zhao, VP Case Competition
Summer is a first year Master student in the Technology and Policy Program under the Engineering Systems Division at MIT, with a research focus on alternative vehicle and fuel development. Before coming to MIT, Summer had experiences working in the energy industry, management consulting, and public policy. Summer is also on the leadership team for the MIT Clean Energy Prize.
John Ballew, VP Case Practice and VCG Engagement Manager
John is a Postdoctoral Associate at the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research Research in MIT. He obtained his PhD from the University of California, Santa Barbara in Bioengineering and BS in Biochemistry from the University of Texas, Austin. During his doctoral studies, John also completed a degree in Management Practice and gained business development experience with a biotechnology start-up company. Prior to joining CCM, John participated in the annual MIT vs Harvard Case Competition.
Diana Lu, VP Case Practice
Diana holds a PhD in Biology from MIT and a BA in Molecular Cell Biology from UC Berkeley. She was an HHMI fellow in translational research in the Health Science and Technology (HST) Division of Harvard/MIT, and currently at BWH her research aims to evaluate biomaterials for clinical and commercial application. In her spare time, Diana is an executive board member of the Cal Alumni Club of New England and a member of the MIT Ballroom Dance Team. She's a passionate of Biology, Beavers, and Bears.


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After being taken over by the Marriott family, Grosvenor House underwent a meticulous renovation, ensuring that each of its 494 guest rooms were tastefully updated in keeping with the hotel's classic, luxurious aesthetic. Rooms are spacious, with some offering park views and a balcony. The hotel offers numerous conference and event spaces. The largest, the so-called Great Room, was originally an ice skating rink on which Queen Elizabeth II was known to take a spin. On-site dining facilities include the acclaimed JW Steakhouse, The Park Room, and a coffee shop. Guests staying in executive rooms can indulge in snacks and drinks gratis throughout the day. Among other amenities, the hotel offers a fitness center, laundry facilities, and babysitting services.
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China's IC Failure
Despite 20-odd years of trying to grow a domestic IC industry, China's IC trade deficit gets worse and worse.
In 2000, the deficit was under $10 billion. In 2010 it was over $100 billion, according to China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
That's a stupendous figure when you take into account that the entire world market for ICs is only $310 billion.
iSuppli reckons that half the world's production of ICs go to China to be assembled into systems products.
So that means China imported $150 billion worth of ICs last year.
And China only manufactured $21.6 billion of ICs last year says the Ministry.
So the deficit was nearer $130 billion.
The Ministry says that the lack of innovation is a threat to national security and the industry's sustained development.
Consequently the Ministry will invest more money in the IC industry.
Of course the stock Western response to this is that money won't deliver innovation.
Innovation comes from free-thinking people with disruptive ideas, is the stock Western view.
And freethinking disruptive ideas men are not the sort of people encouraged by a Communist dictatorship which – whatever its capitalistic business practices – China still is politically.
Now China has loads of design houses – and successful design houses elsewhere can transition to the fabless model and grow into significant companies. But that hasn't happened in China.
Although Chinese engineers have contributed hugely to the success of Silicon Valley companies.
t's not just China's failure. Japan has seen hardly any IC start-up activity. Nor has Korea.
Taiwan is the only Asian country which has grown significant IC companies from scratch.
And the Taiwanese have developed a free-thinking society.
So maybe there's something in the Western belief that innovation requires a free people.Tags: world market
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January 25, 2011 17:57
Yes indeed, Pete, and IMHO that power derives from the superiority of western universities. It is difficult to see how China will improve its universities to the best western standards without allowing freedom of thought and expression and without opening up higher education to a much wider proportion of their population than they now do. I understand the student entrance system is more likely to be based on your connections with The Party than on your brains. That will slow things up too. Japan also needs to change it's attitude that free-thinkers and contrarian-thinkers are anti-social.
January 25, 2011 16:39
Thank you Sadasivam, I have corrected it
January 25, 2011 16:17
Interesting article!
There is a typo between million and billion.
January 25, 2011 12:07
I think that this power of free thinking is the only thing that will save the west from economic collapse.
January 21, 2011 07:49
Or maybe the "freethinking disruptive ideas men" (and in China's case definitely women as well) understand that whilst ICs are an essential brick in the value triangle there are higher profits to be had in the upper levels actually using those ICs to make products.
There are actually many innovative Chinese designed and made products now appearing on their internal market. I came across an interesting case the other day where rip-off copies of a Chinese company's product were appearing on the market. Perhaps that will get China to tighten its IP enforcement laws. Nothing quite like executing a few pirates to solve the problem.


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No. 10 seed Stanford took advantage of a No. 2 Kansas team that was without its center, Joel Embiid. The Jayhawks were upset by the Cardinal 60-57 after coming into the tournament as a favorite to win it all.
The Jayhawks were given an opportunity to get back in the game though after Anthony Brown missed a free throw for the Cardinal, who played in their first NCAA tournament game since 2008 as reported by Mercury News.
Conner Frankamp attempted a three-point shot with five seconds remaining, but it was to no avail as Stanford grabbed the rebound to seal the win.
According to ESPN, Andrew Wiggins greatly struggled in this game, only scoring four points on 1-for-6 shooting. This rubbed off on the rest of the Jayhawks, who were held to 32.8 percent shooting as a team.
The Cardinal were led by Dwight Powell, who scored 15 points and had seven rebounds. Tarik Black led the Jayhawks with 18 points.
The Cardinal will face the No. 11 seed Dayton Flyers on Thursday, Mar. 27.


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Judicial-Legislative collision in Phl looms
A COLLISION between the Philippine Supreme Court and the House of Representatives is expected to create fire once Chief justice Maria Lourdes Sereno speaks on the Judiciary Development Fund (JDF), which is being questioned by the committee on justice.
The House of Representatives Committee on Justice on Tuesday said it intends to invite again Sereno or her official representative in its next hearing to shed light on the JDF.
Iloilo Rep. Neil Tupas Jr., chairman of the committee, said they just want to clarify some provisions under JDF which is directly controlled by the Chief Justice.
"In my four years as committee chairman, this was the first time that the Supreme Court ignored an invitation from the committee," Tupas told reporters after the hearing.
He added: "We hope that the Supreme Court will understand that we are only doing our job, being elected by the people, and in the name of public accountability and transparency, no one should be untouchable."
Aside from Sereno, the committee invited her Deputy Court Administrator Raul Villanueva and SC Fiscal Management and Budget Office head Atty. Corazon Ferrer-Flores.
Tupas said they granted the request of Sereno that she be given more time to consult with other justices on the matter.
The high court in its recent ruling declared both the Priority Assistance Fund (PDAF) and the controversial Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) as unconstitutional.
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on 19-10-2011 21:00
Hello all
have had tivo for a month after switching from sky, since then my sanyo tv has intermittently got a blank screen for about a second and then comes back on with the resolution banner at the top of the screen.
had two sets of engineers out, the first one changed the tivo box and also fit a signal booster to the cables.
still had the same problem so called them out again, waste of time, them just played with the tivo remote for ten minutes and said they dont know whats wrong. it also does it if i bring the v HD box down from upstairs.
never did it with sky
if it is my tv then which model do i buy, what if i shell out for a new tv and it does the same thing?
the v HD box and tivo box have no problems on the cheapo tv in my bedroom.
the first engineer said it was something to do with the frequency virgins signal runs at???
on 19-10-2011 22:54
Hi hursg,
Sorry for the issue, something you could try.
If your TV has options for HDMI, try switching them all off, then back on if it stops, one at a time to see if any particular one is the cause.
HDMI stability is something that has been addressed in the new code release and will hopefully resolve it so you can switch everything back on.
on 23-10-2011 19:20
TV has no HDMI options, spoke to a girl in the tech team and wasn told that it is my tv that is faulty, this seems to be a common excuse "your tv is at fault", engineer said that it is the frequency virgin runs on, what if i want to buy a new tv and that does the same, do virgin have a list of tv's that are compatible with virgin.
on 23-10-2011 19:29
Hi Hursg,
As new TV's come out all the time with different settings we don't have a list, but as our network generally stays the same rather than making sure we are compatible with the TV, you should be able to make sure the TV is compatible with ourselves.
on 23-10-2011 20:13
on 23-10-2011 20:25
Generally you wont see compatibility issues as most TV's will work with our TiVo box.
How long have you had the TV set?
on 23-10-2011 20:55
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on 23-10-2011 21:06
Thanks for the replies, actually more help than the two sets of engineers that came to the house,
had the TV 4 1/2 years, but it does have two hdmi ports, but have same issue with both.


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