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Vice Chancellor Winston Crisp updated members of UNC's Board of Trustees on how the university handles mental illness in a committee meeting Wednesday afternoon.
"What we are not, and what we don't do and I want to be clear, is provide long term therapeutic counseling for students," he said. "We don't have the capacity for that. What we do is short term crisis stabilization and then we work hard to connect people who need long term therapeutic care and make sure they're getting that therapeutic care."
The issue of mental illness has been discussed recently after Priya Balagopal, a 2014 graduate of UNC, committed suicide on January 10.
"Anytime something tragic like what happened to Priya happens, that's what you see so it raises a lot of questions," Crisp said. "We don't do enough. We'll never do enough as far as I'm concerned."
UNC Counseling and Psychological Services, or CAPS, offers therapy and walk-in appointments to students and faculty in need. Crisp said the demand for these services is growing and the counseling center at UNC is at capacity every day.
"Huge amounts of our resources and time and energy go towards trying to train people," he said. "Trying to train students, trying to train faculty and others as to what to look for, signs to look for in students and try to engage students in the kind of services and resources they need."
Board member Charles Duckett said providing resources for CAPS is a priority of the trustees.
"We have no intention of trying to cut CAPS," he said. "We want to find ways to increase it. We do a lot better than the vast majority. Our healthcare here at Chapel Hill is way beyond most college and university offerings, but it vital that we not just make the statement and sit there and live on it."
Crisp said although the university does a good job of dealing with these problems, challenges still remain because people access these resources different based on culture or socioeconomic status.
"We not only have to run a clinic that people can be expected to walk into and say 'I need help,' but we need to figure out how to reach people who just aren't going to come," Crisp said.
To learn more about Priya Balagopal and her struggle with mental illness, visit her GoFundMe page.http://chapelboro.com/news/unc/board-of-trustees-discuss-mental-illness
Matt Fajack, vice chancellor for finance and administration, told members of the Board of Trustees why the university was investigating the possibility of privatizing the Student Stores in a committee meeting Wednesday afternoon.
"It appears that most bookstores of our size and prestige should have a profit of two to four million dollars," he said. "So it looked like there was an opportunity to at least explore other models."
All profits from the Student Stores go directly to scholarships and last year the stores made around 425,000 dollars in profit.
"Our primary goal for this is to raise money for need-based aid," he said. "We've also asked the people that work in the Student Stores to put together a business plan that they could increase profits."
Student Stores employees have raised concerns about the effect a potential change would have on their job security, but Fajack said he doesn't think this is how the private companies would increase profits.
"A lot of people say 'well we're going to cut employees or cut employee pay,'" Fajack said. "At least in my discussions with them that's not where the addition contribution to scholarships would come from."
The university started looking into privatization after Fallett approached UNC with an unsolicited offer this summer. In order to investigate the matter more thoroughly, the university is currently accepting applications to privatize the stores.
Fallett and Barnes and Noble are the largest campus bookstore companies, running nearly 2,000 across the United States between the two of them.
Fajack said this experience might make the Student Stores more profitable.
"Since they manage so many stores they have retail gurus who know where to place things, how to place things, what to look at, when to do sales," he said. "Another place they can dramatically increase revenues is it appears they are much better than us at online sales."
Interested businesses have until February 18 to submit their proposals to UNC, which is trying to have this resolved by the beginning of July.http://chapelboro.com/featured/board-of-trustees-student-store-privatization
House Representative Dean Arp briefed the UNC Board of Trustees on the Connect NC bond that will be on the ballot across North Carolina in March.
"We believe this is a proactive and fiscally sound plan," he said.
The total investment will add up to $4.36 billion with the $2 billion bond proposal and the $2.36 billion that will be paid in cash for transportation needs over the next six years.
The bond will go towards building and infrastructure needs.
Projects across the UNC System, including the Medical Education Building Replacement at Chapel Hill, are included in the proposal, which is the first general obligation bond issued in the last 15 years.
"We're very excited about the bond package," UNC Chancellor Carol Folt said. "It's a huge investment in the state. It's great for the universities. Ours goes directly to increasing the number of physicians so we can increase the number of lives saved."
Arp added that even with borrowing $2 billion, the state would still be 25 percent below the recommended debt limit.
So trustee Hari Nath asked why just $2 billion instead of a bond that would fund more capital need projects?
"I'm a positive guy and I like to focus on the positive things," Arp answered. "Two billion is what we could get passed."
Arp said that after looking at the financial standing of the state, the General Assembly would be open to a higher bond number. But Arp said that he had encountered opposition to the initial number of the bond proposal but he added that those groups have warmed to the idea.
"It provides not only an economic benefit to the citizens of North Carolina, but it makes financial sense," said Dwight Stone, Chair of the Board of Trustees. "If we address those messages I think the citizens of North Carolina are going to go along with it."
The bond proposal will be on the ballot across the Tar Heel state during the election primary on March 15.http://chapelboro.com/featured/unc-board-of-trustees-discuss-connect-nc-bond-2
The Task Force on UNC-Chapel Hill's History presented their plans further discussion about race on campus to members of the Board of Trustees on Wednesday.
"We want to make sure this exercise teaches our community and any other interested people about our complete past, including things people might consider good and bad," said Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Winston Crisp
Crisp is a member of the task force, which was created after the renaming of Saunders hall to examine race and history at the university.
To start, a plaque will be placed on Carolina Hall, formerly Saunders Hall, on November 23.
The plaque will read, "We honor and remember all of those who have suffered injustices at the hands of those who denied them life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
The committee is also working to place an exhibit inside the building.
"It's a rough concept at the moment, but the general idea is it will have three points of focus," said task force member and UNC history professor James Leloudis. "The first is reconstruction and Williams Saunders' role in that tumultuous time. The second on the 1920s and the social, political and racial context in which the trustees in 1922 decided to name the building for William Saunders. And then finally a discussion of the contemporary era."
He said the timeline for the creation of the exhibit will be around 7 months and estimated the budget will be 10 to 15 thousand dollars.
There is no specific design for the exhibit and Leloudis said the task force was unsure where exactly it would be placed within the building.
In the spring the board requested an audit of all buildings, monuments, memorials and landscapes, in order to get a better understanding of the historical context of the campus.
"I don't have at the moment a real ability to tell you how long it's going to be before we finish that," Crisp said. "But that is underway."
The task force is also working on historical markers to put in McCorkle place and is still in the early stages of developing ideas for the markers.
Crisp said the task force is looking for input from the community and is creating a website to make more information available to the public.
He encouraged the public to reach out to the task force via email at email@example.com://chapelboro.com/featured/history-task-force-presents-to-trustees-on-carolina-hall
The academic scandal uncovered at UNC by the Wainstein report dominated a Wednesday afternoon Board of Trustees meeting, at which the faculty chair offered an apology.
"The events that occurred over a nearly 20-year time period are simply unacceptable," said Faculty Chair Bruce Cairns. "Suffice it to say, we are very disappointed. And as a faculty, we let down our students, we let down the university.
In his apology to members of the UNC Board of Trustees during a late-afternoon meeting at Rizzo Conference Center, Cairns also acknowledged the people of North Carolina that are served by the university.
Cairns added that the Wainstein report on phony so-called "paper classes" offered for nearly two decades to 3,100 students — many of them athletes –had a lot of implications for UNC's faculty.
He said that a lot of "soul searching" needs to happen right now.
"Our focus needs to remain on our students," said Cairns, "and making sure that we fulfill our obligation to them, whether they are in athletics or not."
Executive Vice Chancellor & Provost Jim Dean updated the Board on reforms that have taken place over the past few years.
Changes have been made to the advising system, to tailor academic planning more specifically to each student athlete's needs.
There's a new computer system that more closely monitors grade changes, course renumbering, and faculty workload.
Independent study reforms have also been implemented. One such reform limits faculty members to supervising two students per term. Required documentation includes learning contracts, and course syllabi are monitored more closely as well.
Measures are taken to ensure that a faculty is actually teaching each independent study course.
An informal Student Athlete Initiative Working Group is tracking experiences of student athletes at UNC, starting with recruiting.
Student Body President Andrew Powell said that while he agrees the reforms are necessary, he's concerned that a fear of teaching independent study courses is developing among faculty in the wake of the paper-class scandal.
Powell said that continuing support of independent studies should perhaps be included in a UNC policy statement.
Dean said he agreed with Powell about independent studies, adding that UNC Chancellor Carol Folt does, too.
"Independent study courses are a really important element of education," said Dean. "We can't get to everything we want to get to through the existing courses."
Dean added that an independent study course he took as an undergrad actually set him on the path to his academic career.
Powell also expressed disappointment in the way he's seen some students treating athletes since the scandal broke – for instance, expressing reluctance to have a student athlete join a group project for a class.
Right before the meeting went into closed session, Powell spoke to WCHL about what student government is doing to make the situation better, adding that most students still treat all others with respect.
"We think that all students at Carolina should feel part of an inclusive community – that they're supported by their peers and professors," said Powell. "We've held a number of student forums where people can speak openly about these things."
Powell said that UNC will celebrate an Athlete Appreciation Day on Dec. 2.http://chapelboro.com/news/unc/board-trustees
UNC Director of Athletics Bubba Cunningham said "that these are interesting times" for college athletics—that in response to a federal agency's ruling Wednesday that football players at Northwestern University can create the nation's first union of college athletes.
The decision, which could revolutionize college sports, was made by a regional director of the National Labor Relations Board in Chicago.
When asked about the ruling during the UNC Board of Trustees meeting on Thursday, Cunningham said that he believed the decision, which categorizes the student athletes as employees, would be appealed.
"But I think that is going to create all kinds of other challenges. How this all plays out in the next couple of years will be interesting to watch. I think if we focus on what is important—education and opportunities—I think we are going to provide those opportunities for students. I don't want to sound 'Pollyanna-ish,' but you have to think about what your philosophy is and then deliver on that philosophy," Cunningham said.
Northwestern University officials said that they plan to appeal to the full labor board in Washington, D.C, according to the Associated Press.http://chapelboro.com/news/unc/unc-ad-gives-reaction-ruling-northwestern-university-football-players-can-unionize
UNC basketball's Marcus Paige was joined by five other student athletes Thursday to share testimony about the challenges and triumphs they have experienced during their academic careers at the University, which was in sharp contrast to the claims made earlier this week by two former Carolina football players.
Paige, a star point guard and second-team Academic All-American, spoke during the presentation called "A day in the life of a student athlete," before the UNC Board of Trustees. He was joined by three UNC football players, Ryan Switzer, Tim Scott and Kemmi Pettway, gymnast Michelle Ikoma, and softball great, pitcher Lori Spingola.
"We know how hard we work in the classroom. It is not fair to us to get all of that negative attention when we spend so much time working so hard to get a degree just like everyone else," Paige said.
Director of Athletics Bubba Cunningham said it was a chance to give the Trustees "a representation" of the more than 800 student athletes who attend UNC.
"We frequently just view [student athletes] when they are competing, but this is another opportunity to get them off the fields, out of gyms, and talk to them as real students," Cunningham said.
The athletes gave positive reviews of the academic support they have received so far, championing various leadership programs and tutoring initiatives, such as MAP, or "My Academic Plan," which provides additional academic support for athletes who need it.
That was not the same sentiment shared this week regarding UNC's academic influence on its athletes. On Tuesday, two new, former Carolina football players, Deunta Williams and Byron Bishop, said, each on separate HBO and ESPN programs, that they were encouraged to take no-show classes in order to retain their athletic eligibility during their collegiate careers.
Along with Williams, whistle-blower Mary Willingham, a former athletic tutor, also appeared in the ESPN documentary.
Cunningham did not directly comment on the two specials that aired this week, saying that he wanted to focus on the students currently enrolled at UNC. He said that he wanted to concentrate on providing the maximum number of opportunities for athletes to play collegiate sports and creating a solid educational experience for student athletes once enrolled.
Paige shared that he and his teammates tried to not pay attention to the negative press swirling around UNC, adding that "we all can read and write."
"There was definitely no one telling us what we had to do or what classes [to take], or even pushing us or suggesting a major," Paige said.
Trustee Dwight Stone said the school has taken some "undeserved shots in the media" regarding athletic/academic relations. He said that no one could realize the time and effort it takes to be a student athlete at Carolina unless they "walked in their shoes."
In January, Willingham raised questions about the literacy levels of past Tar Heel basketball and football players as documented in the now infamous CNN article. Her research also prompted concerns about past admission guidelines under which many athletes were enrolled.
In response, UNC officials said then that there isn't a "one-size-fits-all" policy in judging applicants and that some students are admitted for their "special talents."
Switzer shared that football provided him the chance to go to Carolina that he wouldn't have gotten otherwise.
"I am not ashamed to admit that I wouldn't be at a university like this is if it weren't for my athletic ability," Switzer. "I was a decent student in high school, but this University is so high that I couldn't get here on academics alone. Football has created a lot of opportunities for me that I wouldn't have if I didn't play it."
Switzer said that is was often "a struggle" to manage both roles as a student and an athlete, but he thought that his fellow student athletes were some of the "most disciplined" people he had ever met.
He also said that he originally wanted to major in nursing but decided not to because of the time commitment.
Cunningham said that "time," or lack of it for student athletes, was another concern.
"I think we should really take a hard look at time and see if there is a better way to organize the day so that student [athletes] can get a full educational experience," Cunningham said.
UNC Chancellor Carol Folt said that all student athletes struggle with time constraints. She said that the University's mission is to help them find balance.
"My goal is to help them find a way to get the classes and the majors that they want, while also being able to achieve the excellence that they want," Folt said.
Folt and Willingham To Meet
Folt confirmed that Willingham had contacted her about setting up a time to meet, to which Folt agreed.
"She gave me an agenda and said that she would like to share her personal story with me and that she would like to share her opinion with me about athletics and academics," Folt said.http://chapelboro.com/news/unc/bot-thurday
UNC leaders are proposing a new approach to measuring the University's overall academic status.
Provost Jim Dean, who acts as the chief academic officer on campus, introduced the "The Carolina Metrics Project," which seeks to build a set of guidelines to assess the University's academic standing and set targets for improvement.
"We are moving toward an answer to the question, 'How is the University performing academically?" Dean said during a UNC Board of Trustees committee meeting.
In an operation as vast as UNC, Dean said it can be challenging to measure academic performance accurately.
This push toward transparency on a broader level comes at a pivotal time for Carolina, as its reputation continues to undergo scrutiny for the past academic fraud scandals involving student athletes.
This week, two new, former UNC football players have come forward, on nationally televised sports programs, to say that they were encouraged to take no-show classes in order to retain their athletic eligibility during their collegiate careers.
Dean did not comment on those testimonials.
Dr. Ronald P. Strauss, UNC's Executive Vice Provost and Chief International Officer, was also behind the proposed performance measurements.
He said the five factors that could be used to determine academic performance include measures of the quality of faculty members, the campus environment, the quality of the student body, and benefits to the public from the University.
"Our goals are pretty clear. We want to build a set of accessible, visible metrics to measure academic status. We also wanted to transform it into some form of a dashboard that is visible to stakeholders, our audiences and our constituencies," he said.
Strauss said he solicited feedback from many campus groups in formulating the framework for academic performance, adding that he wants it to portray a realistic representation of the University.
"The cautionary tale is that, at least the educational advisory board felt that, some universities have taken this as a self-promotional endeavor and the only variables [that are shared] are the variables that compliment the reputation of the university. That is not what we are seeking to do here," Strauss said.
The full Board of Trustees meets Thursday, during which UNC Director of Athletics, Bubba Cunningham, will speak about the daily lives of student athletes.http://chapelboro.com/news/unc/unc-considers-new-approach-measuring-universitys-academinc-performance
UNC Provost Jim Dean, who helped lead the campus through the recent student athlete literacy scandal, will present suggestions to University leaders Wednesday that could be used as a framework for measuring Chapel Hill's academic status.
"The Carolina Metrics Project" seeks to build a set of guidelines to measure academic performance and set targets for improvement. Dean will deliver the presentation during a Board of Trustees University Affairs Committee meeting.
This comes in the wake of the academic and athletic controversies that have haunted the University for more than three years. Those controversies continued in early January when former UNC athletic tutor, Mary Willingham, told CNN that a majority of Carolina's basketball and football student-athletes which she studied read at a level no higher than the eighth grade.
Following the release of that article and the resulting media super storm, University leaders went into defense mode, refuting Willingham's claims.
UNC has since changed its sentiments slightly, switching from defense to acceptance. At a meeting of the Board of Trustees in late January, Folt said the University takes responsibility for past misdeeds regarding academic oversight, including the fraudulent classes within UNC's African Studies Department. But she also said she supports UNC's current course of action to ensure those misdeeds don't recur in the future.
In February, UNC retained lawyer and veteran of the U.S. Justice Department, Kenneth Wainstein, to address "any questions left unanswered" from previous reviews of course irregularities in the African Studies Department.
UNC has also continued to address the issues surrounding academics and athletics internally. That includes a working group led by Dean and Athletic Director Bubba Cunningham.
The University Affairs Committee meets from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Wednesday at the Carolina Inn.http://chapelboro.com/news/unc/unc-provost-speak-academic-performance-standards-wednesday
CHAPEL HILL – UNC Provost Jim Dean said that he stands by the University's analysis which refutes the claims made by Mary Willingham that a majority of student-athletes she studied had sub-par reading skills. At a Board of Trustees Committee meeting Wednesday, Dean said that the University has commissioned an independent review of Willingham's data to verify if UNC's take is true.
Dean said that Willingham's raw data set and methodology will be independently evaluated by an outside group comprised of experts in educational testing, with a report based on the group's findings to follow. He estimated that they will return the results within a couple of weeks.
Following the BoT University Affairs Committee meeting, Dean said that he couldn't release the names of the experts at this time.
Willingham, a former athletics tutor, sparked the latest UNC scandal when she told CNN, in the now infamous article, that 60 percent of the 183 UNC athletes she researched read between a fourth and eighth grade reading level.
Last week, UNC Chancellor Carol Folt, Director of Admissions Steve Farmer and Dean fired back, saying that Willingham's methodology was incorrect and based on a vocabulary test that wasn't designed to measure reading levels.
Willingham told WNCN Wednesday that the way Dean explained her data analysis was "100 percent incorrect."
"I've already told you what I think [about the data]—but I think it is a fair question. We can verify that with outside experts. That process is going on right now. As soon as we have the data back, we will let you know," Dean said.
UNC Faculty Chair Jan Boxill acknowledged that some student athletes come in less prepared than their peers and face many challenges.
"Can we say that everybody got the same kind of education? Nobody [can]. So I think that we provide an opportunity for everybody here to have a quality education. People make choices, and so they have the opportunities to do lots," Boxill said.
Student-Athlete Academic Initiatives Working Group
During the committee meeting, Dean outlined the progress of the Student-Athlete Academic Initiatives Working Group.
The Working Group, which began meeting last September, is examining current practices and policies that govern the approximately 800 student-athletes at Carolina. The goal is to document student-athletes from recruitment to graduation. Members include Dean, Farmer and Bubba Cunningham Director of Athletics.
"This Working Group is one of the great symbols of a University that is striving, without perfection, but striving to try to integrate, in the best possible way academic life and athletic life," Dean said.
There are 22 processes governing the lives of student athletes. Dean said the Working Group has documented 8 or 9 of them.
"We know we have documentation of the admissions process and some of the registration processes. This is how we are going to govern student athletes from the academic side going forward."
Dean said the Working Group meets about every three weeks, including a meeting this Friday, with three coaches joining discussions on the topic of recruiting.
"We hope that the work that we do will be useful to other universities around the country because the issues that we are facing—and you know this—are not unique."
A detailed public document mapping all of the changes that have been made will be released when the Working Group's efforts are completed.
Boxill added that there will be a national sports summit held in Chapel Hill on May 2 and 3 called "True Sport You: The Impact of College Athletics on Education, Youth Sport, & American Culture." The summit was organized by leaders from UNC and Penn State, two universities that have felt the effects of sports scandals.http://chapelboro.com/news/unc/unc-commissions-outside-experts-review-willinghams-data


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Data presented by Pew Social Trends suggests that immigrants are strongly assimilated by the second generation. While first-generation immigrants (the children of migrants) often do worse on measures of economic security, second-generation immigrants (their grandchildren) are essentially indistinguishable from the general population. They're also more likely to identify as a "typical American."
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Can anybody tell me how to kill or get by the tank in 'Military Command Base' ...
Langs RPG, with a well timed/placed shot. its really tough
I found if you stand in the doorway where the ammo box is and shoot through the broken chopper. you have to aim it just right or you will hit the chopper. It takes 3 of langs rockes to kiIll the tank. If you run out of ammo just go to the ammo box and get more rockets. I had a heck of a time trying everything to kill this tank. I just beat the mission on extream doing this. hope this helps
I tossed down 3 mines in front of the door where it emerges. It blew up and I didn't even realize it. It took me 2 tries to get past it. The thing just came out of nowhere it seemed the first time and blasted me to bits. I then just ignored the guys the 2nd time and ran down to the door I figured it was coming from and placed 3 mines in a pattern I hoped it would run over.
Just beat it on Extreme, when you get to the open area there is a door out and a ladder. Climb the ladder and you'll have a great spot to toss your mines risk free. Take over Lang and leave Graves in cover to snipe. Pick off the guys a bit and then take Lang and spray and kill your way around the perimeter. By the time you reach the door that closes on the general, you'll hear Graves say vehicle down. Real easy that way.
I didn't even know it was possible to blow the tank up. I had sneak around it both times I beat it
The tank killed me the first time and I was surprised by it as I didnt even see it at first. So after I restarted I looked at the ground and saw the tank tracks and was able to figure out it comes from the door to the right of the bunker you emerge from. It's actually coming out of the area where you first hear mention of the general leaving. You go through that area earlier in teh mission. Easy kill though with mines and really easy if you toss them from above by climbing the ladder.
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text: US Stocks: Third Time's the Charm Seth J. Masters March 21, 2013 Americas, Equities At 1550, the S&P 500 has regained the peak it reached in March of 2000 (when the tech bubble burst) and again in October of 2007 (before the credit crunch hit). But we think the third time's the charm: We think the stock market still has room to rise because equities are now more attractively valued and of higher quality than they were at previous peaks. The price is right. The S&P 500 now trades at about 13.7 times consensus estimates of this year's earnings—below its price multiple in October 2007 and much lower than in March 2000, as the display below shows. So stocks are priced attractively, in our view. Companies are much healthier. S&P 500 companies have much higher-quality balance sheets, with an average net debt/equity ratio of 34% today. That's just over half the S&P 500's debt burden in October 2007 and close to the average level in March 2000 when the index's ratio was distorted by debt-free technology companies. Expectations are modest. Profit margins are currently high, and are expected to decline. But there is room for sales growth to exceed the consensus's modest expectation, which could propel earnings growth and further market gains. We see several reasons why a pickup in economic growth could increase sales and earnings. We are currently projecting US GDP growth of 2.6% in 2013, up slightly from 2.4% in 2012 and 1.8% in 2011. It is true that cutbacks in federal government spending are creating a small headwind for the economy. But that is more than offset by the strong momentum in the private sector—particularly construction, capital spending and consumer spending. Ultralow interest rates have kept mortgage rates at rock bottom, which has contributed to the recent recovery in housing construction and prices from extremely low levels. A sustained improvement in housing could boost consumer confidence and spending, which in turn could increase sales and earnings for companies in the homebuilding, financial and consumer discretionary sectors. Consensus 2013 earnings forecasts for the S&P 500 have risen from $107 to $109. We think earnings could rise further. Companies have also been delivering capital back to shareholders. The S&P 500 dividend yield of 2.1% remains slightly above the 10-year US Treasury yield of 2.0%, as the display above also shows. And companies continue to both raise their payout ratios and buy back their stock. We expect this trend to continue, which should benefit equity shareholders over time. Of course, stocks may retreat briefly from recent highs, and another shock—perhaps related to Europe's ongoing troubles—could take away investors' risk appetite for a while. But we see no fundamental reason to avoid stocks at current levels. The views expressed herein do not constitute research, investment advice or trade recommendations and do not necessarily represent the views of all AllianceBernstein portfolio managers. Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Seth MastersChief Investment Officer—BernsteinSeth Masters is Chief Investment Officer of Bernstein. He heads the team that provides customized wealth-planning advice and manages the firm's private client portfolios. Masters was previously CIO for Asset Allocation, overseeing the firm's Dynamic Asset Allocation, Target Date, Target Risk and Indexed services. In June 2008, he was appointed head of AllianceBernstein's newly formed Defined Contribution business unit, which has since become an industry leader in custom target-date and lifetime income portfolios. Masters became CIO of Blend Strategies in 2002 and launched a range of style-blended services. From 1994 to 2002, he was CIO of Emerging Markets Value Equities. He joined Bernstein in 1991 as a research analyst covering global financial firms. Masters has frequently been cited in print and appeared on television programs dealing with investment strategy. He has published numerous articles, including "The Case for the 20,000 Dow"; "Long-Horizon Investment Planning in Globally Integrated Capital Markets"; "Is There a Better Way to Rebalance?"; and "The Future of Defined Contribution Plans." Masters worked as a senior associate at Booz, Allen & Hamilton from 1986 to 1990 and taught economics in China from 1983 to 1985. He holds an AB from Princeton University and an MPhil in economics from Oxford University. He is fluent in French and Mandarin Chinese. Location: New York Related Posts Are "Safety Stocks" Truly Safe? Reach for Investing Nirvana with Upside/Downside Capture Steer Toward Small-Caps with Hands on the Wheel


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Forward-Looking Behavior and the Stability of a Conventional Monetary Policy Rule
Fuhrer, Jeffrey C., Moore, George R., Journal of Money, Credit & Banking
AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY, Knut Wicksell introduced an analysis, "The Influence of the Rate of Interest on Prices," that has been influential among policymakers. In fact, a modem version of Wicksell's prescription dominates monetary policy discussions in the financial press today. Despite its simplicity, the modem version of Wicksell's model is not taught in school. We submit that one reason for this neglect is that this simple model of inflation cannot be captured in a two-dimensional phase diagram, the favored medium of exposition for dynamic economic models. It is a tribute to Wicksell's insight that, so far as we can tell, a three-dimensional model is the smallest that can accommodate it.
Writing during the gold standard and tangled in debates on bimetallism, Wicksell (1907) eagerly anticipated a banking system like the one we have today
if this most essential step on the way to a rational monetary system should be taken, if
the free coining of gold, like that of silver, should cease, and eventually the banknote
itself, or rather the entity in which the accounts of banks are kept, should become the
standard of value, then, and not till then, the problem of keeping the value of money
steady, the average level of money prices at a constant height, which evidently is to be
regarded as the fundamental problem of monetary science, would be solvable theoretically
and practically to any extent. And the means for solving it need not be sought in
some more or less fantastic scheme like a central issuing bank for all the world, as is
sometimes proposed, but simply in a proper regulation of general bank-rates, lowering
them when prices are getting low, and raising them when prices are getting high.
Nor would this system be at all artificial, because the point about which the rate of
interest would then oscillate, and to which it would constantly gravitate, would be precisely
. . . the marginal product of capital . . .
Modern monetary policy evidently does not attempt to control the price level, as Wicksell suggested, but rather the inflation rate. With the inflation rate at zero, it is highly unlikely that the Federal Open Market Committee would raise interest rates to reduce the consumer price index from a value of 150 to a value of 100.
Our contemporary version of Wicksell's simple policy prescription, translated into an inflationary environment, is as follows. In all the models discussed below, monetary policy is represented as a reaction function that raises the federal funds rate, f, when the inflation rate, [pi], is above its target,[pi].(1)
(1) f)(t) = [alpha][[pi](t) - [pi]].
The dot above f denotes its first derivative with respect to time, df/dt.
The next section describes five simple models. Each combines the reaction function in equation (1) with increasingly elaborate specifications of the inflation mechanism. The first model uses the simplest version that we can imagine--the one in which the rate of change of inflation depends on the short-term real rate of interest. This two-dimensional model is globally unstable. Unless it is resting at its long-run equilibrium, its solutions explode.(2) We then consider the ability of an alternative policy rule, which adjusts the level of the funds rate in response to inflation, to stabilize the two-dimensional model. We find that this rule can stabilize the two-dimensional model. However, the level rule corresponds less closely to Wicksell's proposed rule, and more importantly, requires knowledge of the equilibrium real interest rate. We focus on the policy rule of equation (1) for the remainder of the paper.
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When its storm season and a disaster strikes, organizations like the United Way are encouraging citizens to have a plan in place and share that plan with family, friends, and even neighbors.
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I have a 2007 SS Impala and there's this noise coming from the front end of the vehicle. I took my car to Chevyland and the mechanic said that he didnt know what the noise was or where it was coming from. I've had the vehicle for 1 year and a few days and I've already taken the vehicle to the delearship several times for minor repairs. I wish I hadnt purchased this vehicle.
As with another post, this was my first Chevrolet I ever owned, and also the first new car ever owned. As far as "bang for the buck" I have not seen anything better, as the SS was released with almost everything GM offered built in. I run this mostly on the freeway, and the stock tires lasted 108K. Only a handful of issues have been seen to date. Bulbs started going at 100k, but very easily replaced. TPMS receiver went twice and I blew off ever getting it again, as is a "fluff" feature anyway. Only significant issue was the torque converter clutch went at 103K so I had the tranny rebuilt as they had to pull the tranny up anyway. Interesting up side to this was the rebuild opened up performance and the "4 cylinder mode" will now kick in as low as 20mph. Initially it would not until 4th gear was hit at ~50mph. 2000 rpm = 77 mph = 26.5 mpg (cruising) Teflon oil additives been used since engine broke in, so will be keeping this a while... 127K and counting.
First Impala I've ever owned. The SS is the way to go!! She's 3 years old, just turned over 18k. I wish the suspension was tighter around corners, great acceleration, 30 mpg on highway.


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Signatures of Switzerland County presents The Art of Urban Eden—Urban Meets Rural during Vevay Main Street's August First Friday. The opening is part of the "Grape Escape" event to be held Aug. 1 from 6-9 pm. Sponsored by the Swiss Wine Festival, the event is free and open to the public. Featuring six artists from the Cincinnati-based "Urban Eden" shop and gallery, the troupe showcases a wide variety of mediums including pottery, abstract paintings, photography, fiber, sculpture, and contemporary crafts. All artists will be available at the Aug. 1 opening from 6-9 pm. Jaimee Iliff's wheel thrown and hand built stoneware pottery has been on exhibit at Signatures since it's opening in the fall of 2006. Iliff will be demonstrating the craft of "throwing" pots using native clays during the opening. Susanne Marie Lambert's colorful canvases are based in abstract expressionism. "My intention is to visually demonstrate through color, tone and composition the energy and underlying movement within all of life," Lambert said. Working in photography, Robert Giesler's "finds" images in the urban environment that he transfers to ceramic tile with an emulsion technique. Sewn pieces or found object are added to create unique art pieces that are presented in a heavy wood frames. Lu Yuan Ming, a designer from rural China, refers to his work "Tree Art". Using readily found branches, he chops them into varies sizes of circles and applies them to a surface in a mosaic pattern. A self taught fiber artist, Maria Rubingh creates small layered pieces using translucent and netted fabrics. "I try to select images that the viewer can return to time after time, on each occasion drawing something different from the piece", said Rubingh. A group of small sculptures called "Forceful Women" are presented by Philippe Pasqualini, a native of France. Each piece combines clay and metal with patina. These figures celebrate the transcending power of women as they rise from the earth borne by flames and wind. This show is curated by Julie Fay of "Urban Eden" and Ann Farnsley of Signatures of Switzerland County. "We hope that bringing in a diverse group of artists from an urban environment will give our artisans and community new visions and ways of creating," said Angie Satterfield, Vision Coordinator for Switzerland County Tourism. "In turn, they can get ideas and creative energy from our talented local artists who work in a rural environment." Live bluegrass, folk and jazz music will be performed at the gallery opening by Cincinnati based musician Katie Laur and friends. Over 50 local artisans and artists have work on display on Signatures. Open seven days a week, the shop is located at 120 West Main Street in Vevay, IN. Other First Friday activities will include artist demonstrations, late night shopping and dining, store sales, open studios, free carriage rides, and live outdoor music from Pure Country, Dry Fork and the Ladies and Gents of Belterra. For more information, contact Signatures of Switzerland County at 812-427-2024.
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The Verve blog is hot, hot, HOT this week! If you haven't already, be sure to check out yesterday's and today's amazing new release spotlights. The peeks continue the rest of the week! Today, I'm spotlighting Happy Days, which includes a gorgeous hibiscus pair, a stylish circular flourish, and tons of mix-and-match sentiments. I am loving all the sketches Julee drew up for this week's Beach Party Release Challenges. My card uses challenge #3. Hope you can play along! Remember, each separate challenge will have a random winner, so if you only have time for one or two, you'll still have a chance to win. But, for all the challenge junkies who complete all five challenges (four sketches and a color challenge), one of you will receive the entire release!
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Amy, this is absolutely amazing! Love the depth of your colors and the fabulous way you aligned the sentiment. You're SO COOL! :)ReplyDelete
Wow, I love the contrast between the plain cardstock and the vivid colours - pure summer!ReplyDelete
This is absolutely gorgeous, love the rich colors and love the ribbon.ReplyDelete
I love how you made the colors pop by using the craft cardstock in the background! I always get inspiration from your blog - a million thanks!ReplyDelete
Gorgeous card!ReplyDelete
Beautiful! I love these colors together!ReplyDelete
These colors are yummy and they jump out at you on the kraft card stock. Love it!ReplyDelete
Ok, this is fabulous! First the colors wow'd me. But that layout is DEVINE! I must try it!!ReplyDelete
Awesome card!
Amy, your card is so striking in these colors...also love your ribbon treatment! Am loving these new images and can't wait to see more peeks!ReplyDelete
Amy - this is AWESOME!!! I love love love it!!! The colors, the patterned papers and the way you raised the flourish?! Pure Genius!!!ReplyDelete
What a fun gorgeous card!ReplyDelete
I really like this card. Your attention to detail just really inspires me!ReplyDelete
Me encanta el colorido y todo el diseño, perfecto y creativo. Voy a visitar a Verve.ReplyDelete
Gracias por indicarlo.
FANTASTIC, Amy! I haven't bought any Verve in a long time but this will soon change! ha! Thanks for the inspiration of this wonderful card!ReplyDelete
Love the colors on that card!! Really nice card!ReplyDelete
I love this happy and and cool card!!ReplyDelete
WOW! I love this card. It is stunning. I wish I could put a card together this well.ReplyDelete
Thank you for the inspiration. You are one very talented gal.
gorgeous coloring & papers- this is such a cool card!! your pleated ribbon is fantastic!ReplyDelete
Oh AMY!! This is FABULOUS! How do you churn out such amazing creations ALL the freakin' TIME!?!? I still don't know if I love you or can't stand you out of pure jealousy of your freakishly rad skillz! ;-)ReplyDelete


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Boy, what a hype. Where is Cisco today?
Yes, I know, it's all about PE. Remember rimm only last year when they stopped innovating? Before the drop the had the same PE as aapl today. Where is rimm today?
I do big time. This is not CSCO, but can be worst.
Csco had a 40 pe back then snd no where close the cash hoard
Not even same league I remember very well
Cisco in 2000 had a PE of 80, Apples PE is around 10.
Rimm got killed by the iPhone. Who has an iPhone killer now????? NOBODY!! all androids are iPhone (bad) copycats.
Your comparisons are plain dumb
In the spring of 2000 when Cisco was near $79 a share their PE was 170.
Hhhmmmmmmm, what about rimm's pe only a year ago when they stopped innovating?
Cisco never had 150 Billion in cash
Cisco never had 45 billion in earnings
Cash? Where is the cash? Does the cash help the shareholders? Where is the special dividend if they have so much cash?


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20-40-60 Etiquette---She didn't like her gifts!
QUESTION: As the holidays and an impending wedding approaches, my husband and I become more and more apprehensive about our soon-to-be daughter-in-law, and I think we need your advice. Last Christmas our son (my stepson) brought his girlfriend to our family celebration.
It is a tradition in our family that we give our blended family children and married spouses money and several well-thought-out gifts. If you are not married to one of our children, you can expect a couple of gifts.
This year, I spent months searching for just the right gift for each person. This woman, age 23, received four lovely gifts from the boy's dad and me. In January, our family always makes a large donation of items to the Goodwill as we clean out our old stuff. The kids generally all bring over items they want donated, as well. In January, our son brought several bags over and left them in the garage with the rest of the donation pile. When we began sorting the items for donation, I could see that his fiancee had put all of her Christmas presents from us and from the boy's mother and stepfather in a bag for the donation bin.
Now they are getting married. Her birthday, Christmas and their wedding are all coming up and I don't know what to do. My husband doesn't want to give her a gift of any kind but I think that will upset our son. My feelings have been hurt, and while I clearly understand my background place at the wedding, there is still the question of gifts, now and in the future.
CALLIE'S ANSWER: Tell her you're having a hard time buying gifts this year. Ask her to go shopping with you. Of course there won't be as much of a surprise but then she will get what she wants! A gift card is always a good idea — such as to the Apple store, or something for the home! Good luck.
LILLIE-BETH'S ANSWER: As difficult as this will be, I think now is the time to clear the air and give her a chance to explain what happened.
She is getting ready to join your family, and how you handle this can set the tone for your relationship for years to come. Maybe the items were left there by mistake; maybe she meant to tell you she didn't like the gifts. All you can do is guess what she meant. Your hurt feelings are valid, and gift-giving between families can get really emotional.
But take out your emotion, and approach her gently, without accusation. If you ask for clarification and stay focused on this year instead of last year, then you avoid putting her on the defensive. Say something like, "We are happy you're joining the family and want to make sure we help you. I noticed you placed some of the gifts we gave you last year in the donation pile. Is there something else you need or have in mind this year for your birthday/Christmas/wedding? What are your gift-giving traditions or expectations?"
Maybe she and her family exchange gifts in a different way or with different intentions.
You can always put less thought and money into gifts you. However, by asking her directly, you might prevent unresolved hurt feelings from simmering through the years until they boil over into something worse. You'll be closer to understanding her expectations as she becomes part of the family.
HELEN'S ANSWER: How embarrassing for you and for your future daughter-in-law. There are several ways to look at this problem. You could ignore the fact that you found the discarded gifts and continue to give her gifts since she will be a family member, or ask her what sort of gifts that she likes since this family likes to give gifts for special occasions.
In a polite way, you might tell both the woman and your son that you found the gifts that you all had given to her in the Goodwill box and were very sorry that they were not what she had wanted, but that you still wanted to give her something she might enjoy — even a gift card.
Personally, when I give gifts, there are no strings attached, so if they go to Goodwill, so be it.
GUEST'S ANSWER: Devonne Carter, licensed clinical social worker who has taught etiquette classes at Oklahoma Christian University: It is obvious from this question that gift-giving isn't always a simple thing. And the old adage "it is better to give than to receive" isn't the truth in this situation; giving can be painful and challenging. This is a time that I would suggest you do the right thing anyway. It is the right thing to give your future daughter-in-law a gift. You are in the wrong if you stop doing the proper thing because your feelings are hurt. We cannot make everyone happy all the time, and you are still learning what your future daughter-in-law likes as far as gifts go. The attitude problem may be hers in that she isn't a good gift receiver. Many people do not appreciate what has been given to them.
The healthiest thing to do in this situation is to tell her you found the gifts in the donation pile, in a gentle and kind way. Tell her you are sorry she didn't like what you gave her as presents but would like to know some specific things she would appreciate. You need her to spell it out for you. If she doesn't tell you what to give her, gift cards and money are always great gifts. We cannot please everyone all the time.
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Atheists are a small minority in the U.S. Advocates of gun control might be a minority in America as well. In light of the recent shootings in Aurora I am curious as to how atheists in this network view the lack of gun restrictions. There are probably divergent views.
I have trouble believing that both presidential candidates are steering away from any call for reform after the horrific mass shooting. In my opinion it is insane to allow citizens access to assault weapons that can kill scores of people in a few minutes. It was even more shocking to hear on a news show that a family had to raise money to pay for the immense hospital bills for one of the victims while they were already crippled with medical bills from the mothers fight with breast cancer.
As a Canadian I came to stand with my U.S brothers for the reason rally and freedom from religion. I would be willing to come down to the capitol and march for two other important causes. Gun control and universal health care.
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Edward, I agree that if you can regulate all the stuff you mentioned - why can't ballistic weapons be regulated. If you go by country the stricter the gun control laws, the better the outcome for firearm related death rate. According to some stats the U.S. stands at 10.27 per 100,000. Canada is 4.78, England is .46 and Japan is .07 deaths per 100,000.
That rate I put in for Canada was for 1998 from Wikipedia. I just found an article that talks about any type of murder and it states for all of Canada in 2010:
"The homicide rate fell to 1.62 for every 100,000 population, its lowest level since 1966, the agency says."
A few of you have talked about emotional decisions. The Conservatives pushed the get tough on crime and incarcerate people for longer button and got elected in 2011 when our crime rate was on route to the lowest level since 1966. A typical tactic that unfortunately works even when the stats prove it wrong.
Those damn politicians.
Russell (and others),
The statistics on homicide rate, and on gun-related homicide rate, indeed point to America as being markedly unusual amongst industrialized societies, and in a negative sense. However, I would argue that while any life lost to violence is regrettable, the percentages even in gun-happy America are astronomically small. That the rate is 10 in 100,000 or 1 in 100,000 is not a palpable difference for the "average" person who will never personally know any victim of gun violence. Even a rate of 100 in 100,000 - while indeed abominable in terms of actual lives lost - is still too small to be felt. My point is that death due to gun crimes or even gun misuse are still pretty rare, even in America. This means that for all of the sensationalism of AR-15 mass murders, we really have bigger fish to fry. This is no consolation, of course, to parents who lost a child in the Sandy Hook tragedy, but assuredly vastly more children are lost to diseases, traffic accidents (here I go again with that analogy!) and so forth.
So just as gun ownership is a psychological issue for the gun owners, so too I would argue, gun restriction is a psychological issue for those appalled by mass private ownership of guns. Guns are neither a salvation nor an execrable horror. They're small potatoes given the other crap that we have to face daily.
I like the car analogy. Spin it out a little farther.
I have to have liability insurance on my car, and I can be sued for damages if an accident is my fault. So let's require liability insurance on guns.
I have to register my car and pay taxes on it. Ask gun owners to do the same.
Cars have to meet some 220 safety regulations to be sold in the US; many states require annual safety inspections, and drivers can be ticketed for burned out bulbs, worn tires, cracked windshields, and a dozen other things. Should guns have a few more safety devices?
I have to get a separate license endorsement for a motorcycle. Should gun owners have to get more training before buying larger caliber weapons with larger magazines?
The police can stop me without cause to see if I am sober. Gun owners?
My medication bottles have child proof caps. Does everybody have a lock on their gun?
If guns aren't dangerous, why do the police go ballistic when they see a gun, or even when they think they see a gun? If the police can't tell the difference between a bad guy with a gun and a child with a toy gun, or a shopper examining an air gun, what chance do the rest of us have?
Just venting.
If only the people in power, (Congress) looked at this problem like you Craig...These are very valid questions and need to be addressed....I totally agree, guns are weapons and dangerous and need to be treated accordingly...So much needs to be done to keep people safe.....
If only Congress were the people in power. I'm not sure when the power finished the shift from the people to the corporate interests; 1980? I'd think those interests not involved in guns and war would want their consumers kept alive, but I guess that's not a priority.
You may be right Jerry, I stand corrected....With Congress's approval rating the lowest in history, it does look that they do not represent the interest of the people they were elected to represent..
Venting in a most informative way, Craig. Thanks.
Yeah, many of us find it convenient to ignore that we descended from pond scum.
Even some atheists cling to the myth that we are better than that.
Indeed, just as generations having suffered massive injustices such as aborigines or black people in S.Africa need several generations to get over the shit their parents lived through, similarly I think it will think several generations of atheists within families to get rid of engrained religious thinking, even though people call themselves atheists. There is so much about culture that is taken for granted, people forget that culture is not made up of absolutes, not innate, but everything that a human is is taught by it's parents first, then it's peers later on. So as each generation of atheists divests itself of biased ideologies ingrained in them by their, eventually, after a few generations, it is possible that a significant percentage of atheists will have that "freedom" that a "truly rational" animal would have... so we'll have to wait at least a hundred years before we see that happen.
Changes to existing laws should be, to the greatest extent possible, rational rather than emotional. This would seem reason enough for lawmakers to tread lightly during the heat of a highly charged recent event. The PATRIOT act is an example of opportunistic policy shapers manipulating an emotionally vulnerable public and their representatives. I favor greater regulation of firearms, but don't want to see it shoved through for irrational reasons even if that might be a win for "my side". At minimum, we need general consensus on legitimate research to understand whether legislation is likely to achieve the desired effect. Then we various contingents can argue from firm footing over the desirability of the effect. There will of course be issues founded primarily in morality – abolition of slavery for example – that are not amenable to a purely rational cost/benefit analysis. In these cases we can still rationally asses the basis of these moral assumptions. Authoritarian arguments along the line of "God's law" are obviously insufficient in a modern free society, and so are claims of libertarian gut feeling (often misidentified as "natural law"). Both belong to our discarded past of unsophisticated tribalism, though vestiges are still force-fit into our ongoing experiment in civilization.
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