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Recently, in this column, I spoke about how we can lose our free software choices if we don't use them. Sticking with that choice is not always easy so how do we get others to make it, particularly in a world where the choice is often made for them. How can we advocate free software in a world where others don't seem to care?
Stick or Fold? What to do when choice is removed
I am writing this on a train travelling north through England from London to Newcastle. I arrived at the station with enough time to grab a newspaper and a coffee for the journey. Unfortunately none of the station booths supplied Fairtrade coffee and I have long since chosen to only buy Fairtrade coffee. The train operator also does not supply Fairtrade so I was faced with compromising on my ideals or a four hour train journey with--gasp--no coffee. I survived (just) but seeing many of my fellow passengers with their coffee made me wonder why they had bought un-fairly traded coffee. Did they not know all the facts? Perhaps they knew them but oppose Fairtrade? Do they not care strongly either way? Maybe they just chose convenience over principle?
You'll see where I am going with this: the same questions can--and are--asked about users of non-free software. I suspect, in both cases, an awful lot of people straddle the last two groups. Personally, I'd rather see people buying only fairly traded goods and using only free software and I want to help them change.
Regular readers may be a little puzzled to find me advocating a purist approach
Hang on--did you just say..?
Regular readers of this column may be a little puzzled to find me advocating a purist approach to using free software--considering how I had used this argument as an example of free software FUD. Just to clarify, I personally use free software wherever and whenever possible. Sometimes that is just not possible and so I compromise--although often with some kind of vocal protest. I believe advocacy to individuals has a higher chance of success if built on existing relationships, so I'm unlikely to be speaking to my fellow travellers about this. I'd like them to change their ways though and--as I suspect many probably don't care either way--I'll complain to the train company and the station outlet chains. I've done this before with hotels, cafés and supermarkets and where I don't succeed--and there is a choice--I take my business elsewhere.
Advocacy on a personal level
With the train company I have little option, direct trains to Newcastle are realistically provided by a single company so I can only keep nagging. This reminds me of a home-user buying a computer. There appears to be a choice of two operating systems and one of those has a proven monopoly. Asking either Apple or Microsoft to switch to free software may well be fruitless but what about asking the retailer? Does it matter if they fob you off? I think not. If we don't ask, they will say there's no demand just as the train company and supermarkets do. So lets create that demand.
We need to let retailers know that their customers want them to offer a free software option
I'm not suggesting a co-ordinated mass e-mail campaign--just in case HM Government is reading. I'm saying we need to let them know that their existing and potential customers want them to offer a free software option. Some music retailers offer download stations: where you can download music and burn it to a CD or an iPod, why can computer stores not offer a something like a freedom toaster with a charge for media and "handling"?
Keep on going
Something else we can learn from the Fairtrade movement is to not give up. If the train operator writes me one of those "we value your views but we're going to ignore them" replies, I shall wait until my next journey and--if nothing has changed--complain again. The Fairtrade movement, here in the UK at least, spent many years struggling to get people to recognise the importance of its message. In recent years it has seen significant fruit from its labours.
We can tell people how free software enables users in poorer nations to partake in this brave new world
Granted their message has a greater initial impact: we can hardly produce images of poor programmers who can't afford to send their kids to school, but we can:
- tell people how free software enables users in poorer nations to partake in this brave new world we're building;
- explain how our grandchildren will be able to play multimedia we create--if we use free software and open formats to create them;
- explain how free software extends the usable life of a computer, meaning fewer need end up in landfills.
We can also demonstrate how--contrary to what some say--using free software does not have to mean losing out. The man next to me is running Windows XP, I'm running Debian: we're both using the free wireless internet connection available on the train and neither of us did much more than enable our wireless ports. Actually I'm probably a little more secure because I got to see the wireless services available and choose which one to connect to. His laptop just connected to the first available one it found--wonderful if you are a man-in-the-middle. I can also personally close every port on my laptop and know it is closed, if I want to.
Advocating in the real world
As said we live in a world where most people--probably--don't care about the licence for software they use. We live in a world where businesses will always care about the bottom line before our principles. We live in a world where people buy whatever coffee is available without much thought of the people who grew the beans. But it's a world world where people like us can influence change in a lot of ways. It's a world where it is possible--however unlikely it appears--that one day people will "get it", after all: we got it. We just need to tell them. Tell people one at a time, tell companies every time, understanding their position, their opinion but demanding the same in reverse. Don't leave it to others who are more experienced--they don't have your experience, they don't have the ear of your friends in the same way you do.
Thanks for making the connection!
Ryan, thanks for bringing together fair trade and free software. I talked about this at length in my now-defunct one-man magazine (see http://justthings.info/files/JT-01-03.pdf), but never got the traction I hoped for. Still, I'm convinced the reasoning and values that underlie the two movements are more similar the participants in either one recognize.
Fairtrade and free software
Ryan, thanks for bringing together fair trade and free software. I talked about this at length in my now-defunct one-man magazine.., but never got the traction I hoped for.
Thanks for the link. As somebody with an interest in both ( My wife sells fair trade goods ) I found it interesting and well written. If you are looking for somewhere to write about free software, don't forget you can add community posts here at FSM.
Still, I'm convinced the reasoning and values that underlie the two movements are more similar the participants in either one recognize.
I agree and certainly many of the same processes are in place within both: collaborative working; a tangible link between producer and consumer; and of course the general ethics of not screwing people over.
I'm not sure I'd go so far (as you have in your article) as to say that free software is fair trade though. There are too many differences really to make that link and I think it might even be a distraction to both sides to say so[1]. BUT I do think that those who use one will find a familiar ethical basis in the other.
[1] I know of at least one person here in the UK who caught some flak for suggesting that was true - even though what they actually said was something along the lines of your statement above. :o)
They're kind of opposites, actually...
"Fair trade" goods are mostly about ensuring that producers get paid adequately for their work, which if you think about it, sounds like an argument for proprietary software.
Free software emphasizes freedom (so it's more like "free trade", which is usually presented as the opposition case to "fair trade"), and it emphasizes the value to the consumer (the user), over benefits to the producer.
Personally, I'm not sure whether I favor the "free trade" or "fair trade" arguments. I'm kind of a fence-sitter. They both sound good until you start looking at the pragmatics: then you have to start asking some hard questions—painfully concrete personal questions like: "is it better to be underpaid or unpaid?"
Invariably these ideas are products of the upper or upper-middle class, promoted to middle class consumers, primarily to assuage latent capitalist social guilt (and not necessarily to help anyone else). They usually lack the perspective of the lower class workers who are usually the ones who get the bad end of every one of these policies one way or another. So I'm distrustful of anybody "selling sunshine" about them.
You should try to put yourself in the other guy's shoes and try to see past the hype: what does it cost to make sure your trade is "fair". Who's paying for that? If I want to sell you my wares, how do I sign up? What happens to the people who don't? What is the mechanism which gives producers the power to control the trade balance? And how should the rights of the consumer and the producer be balanced (E.g. Why is the consumer more important for software, but the producer is more important for coffee?)
Remember also that subsidy can promote over-consumption. If the going price for coffee is artificially increased, then more farmers will grow it as a cash crop, consuming farmland that might otherwise grow food to be consumed domestically by the farmers (something like this has been going on for decades in the US dairy industry, where tons of milk and cheese are routinely destroyed after being purchased by the federal government in order to keep prices up for dairy farmers). A lack of farmland can impact their standard of living significantly, and a greater dependency on trade of "cash crops" can increase their dependency on developed-world consumers rather than promoting their own material independence.
Mind you, it's just as easy to argue the opposite case! Real economics is really complicated: you start pulling on a thread, and it's hard to predict what will come unravelled.
free software is not (really) about trade
Free software emphasizes freedom (so it's more like "free trade", which is usually presented as the opposition case to "fair trade"), and it emphasizes the value to the consumer (the user), over benefits to the producer.
I'm not sure that you can accurately describe free software in trade terms - mostly because there is no trade for the software itself. Yes, businesses sell free software but it's not trade in the same sense as with proprietary software. With proprietary software you trade money for a licence to use the product. With free software you generally don't -- you pay for services surrounding the software. Of course you can pay for free software licences but once you have it you can give it away fro free if you want so the business cannot be built upon trading licences.
This is one way that free software is changing the software marketplace. With free software, the software itself is no longer a commodity. This is why Microsoft et al have such an issue with it : their core products are software licences. If it were just about cost (i.e. trade) they wouldn't worry so much: they can afford to give software away much more than the rest of us. It's the fact that - once they have it - users of free software can do what they want with it, including giving it away.
In addition to this the "free trade" that is often touted as being in opposition to fair trade is in reference to the trade between producers not that between producer and consumer. Free software is -- I find -- counter-intuitive to this because it opens up the partnership between producer and user. In some ways this is similar to fair trade but free software users have a much closer/direct relationship with the producers than with fair trade, which stills has a lot of middle-men. As an example a distributor of GNU/Linux could be seen as a middle-man but there is still a greater direct link between the end-user and the producers of the software which is distributed.
I still think fair trade and free software share a common ethical backgrounds. A sense of fair play if you like but they cannot really be compared because they are like apples and air.
free software / fair trade
Free software ... opens up the partnership between producer and user. In some ways this is similar to fair trade ..."
Okay, so one thing they have in common is that both involve increased communication between the end-points of "producer" and "consumer". (FS makes that even more complicated, because the categories have overlap -- many people are both).
free software users have a much closer/direct relationship with the producers than with fair trade, which stills has a lot of middle-men.
Right. Although, in relative terms, they're the same, because "fair trade" involves much more end-point communication than does "free trade" (where, in the ideal case, consumers and producers communicate solely through price-setting and buying choices).
I still think fair trade and free software share a common ethical backgrounds. A sense of fair play if you like but they cannot really be compared
I think see your point, if by that, we mean this idea of increased communication/collaboration between producer and consumer of a product.
There is, of course, another PoV, in which this is less fair play, because that kind of "inside information" is "cheating" (Not that I'm supporting this PoV, but there are people who believe this).
they are like apples and air.
Beautiful phrase, I am so going to steal that.
more on free and fair
Ryan, I'd be willing to comment at length about why I think free software is fair trade. Actually, here's a preview...
Terry, I don't buy that fair trade is an argument for proprietary software. When I put out my magazine, my main thesis (discussed at length in issue 0, http://justthings.info/files/issue0.pdf ) is that the lynchpin is *not* the price the producer receives, but rather *who decides* what price the producer will receive. The more say the producer has in the transaction, the fairer the trade. Any other measure of the fairness of trade is both paternalistic and fragile. With that in mind, the free software model is dramatically more fair than the proprietary software model: the coders have entered into the transaction entirely without coercion, and have furthermore reduced the net amount of coercion in the lives of software users. This is not in contradiction to the market, this IS the market.
You are quite right to be suspicious of economic models that claim they will save the world. I was (and am) the same way. In fact, that's why I started the magazine in the first place -- to give myself a vehicle to research these issues in detail. I have done extensive research on lower-class perspectives, and gone well out of my way to put myself in the other guy's shoes. I've been to multiple farms where fair-trade coffee is grown, and recorded hours and hours of interviews with the farmers ( http://justthings.info/files/JT-02-01.pdf ). I've also recorded interviews with coffee processors, exporters, importers, and roasters. And it isn't just coffee I've researched -- there's also fair-trade travel, the recovered businesses of Argentina, fair-trade clothes, and of course, software.
You ask good questions. To what extent does fair trade artificially manipulate the market? In my experience, the answer is, less than either its promoters or detractors would have you believe. I looked particularly close at this on my trip to the hills of Nicaragua, and found that the increase in income that fair trade brings producers is noticeable, but there are so many other factors that it doesn't actually unbalance the local economy. This addresses your point about subsidies -- we're generally talking about a 5% or so increase in price, which is not enough to convince people to replace food crops with coffee, considering that a coffee tree will not produce beans for its first three years. It simply takes too long to come out ahead.
I could go on and on -- and I have. But if you want to hear more, I'm always willing.
one last point
Ryan, I liked your points about Microsoft's products actually being licenses, not software, and about the increased communication. I only disagreed with one point, which happened to be your very first sentence:
I'm not sure that you can accurately describe free software in trade terms - mostly because there is no trade for the software itself.
I would argue that there is a trade, if not a traditional monetary one. When a volunteer programmer distributes GPL code, the whole point is to allow others to collaborate on it or fork it. When someone collaborates, or files a bug report, I see this as providing the same sort of signal that price does in the market for tangible goods, which is to say it demonstrates demand by returning value. Simply counting downloads also demonstrates demand, though not by returning value -- but increased downloads mean a broader base of users who might contribute code back, or at least bug reports, so the potential for increased value grows.
Thus, there's a market of pure information (code), without ever involving money. It's a tremendously large virtuous circle, when you consider all the GPL code out there. Most of us will not participate in that market very much, or at all, in the sense of contributing code, but the negligible marginal cost of software means coders have every reason to give it to us anyway. They will get a greater return on their investment by giving it away freely than by demanding a return, which is a positive-sum paradox.
And of course, that doesn't count the people out there who do get paid to create/support/promote free software.
It's not always so economic
I generally agree with your response, and the tit-for-tat possibility of getting improvements back when you release a piece of software under a copyleft license is certainly an important motivation.
However, it's good to remember that it is rarely the sole motivation, and there are many cases where it isn't even an important motivation.
Many packages enter the free software realm more-or-less complete, sometimes because they were retired ("end of life") proprietary products or because they were developed by a government agency, or even by a non-profit organization. These packages are generally released primarily so as to spur further unrelated development or to benefit the public, without any clear tit-for-tat expectation.
For other projects, the need for collaborative development is seen as a necessary hurdle (which is served by the copyleft), but the main goal for writing the code is collective benefit, and not the benefit of the author.
In other words, altruism may not be the most important reason for writers of free software, but it does exist.
People also write software as a means of personal, social, and political expression. (E.g. writing gnutella, decss, and even bit torrent were certainly political acts).


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TruTag Technologies in Honolulu developed an anticounterfeiting solution in the form of a covert silica microtag that is edible, economical, heat resistant, and can be mixed into a coating, dye, or ink. The microtag is encoded with a spectral pattern chosen from a library of up to a trillion unique patterns, Peter Wong, chief operating officer of TruTag Technologies, explains. "Therefore, our microtag is like a covert, 'edible barcode' and is as flexible a business tool as a traditional printed barcode," he says. The company's product was recently recognized as a promising new technology for anticounterfeiting by winning "Most Likely to Succeed" in the life sciences category at the Launch: Silicon Valley 2011 competition, an event focused on identifying emerging technology startups.The microtags, which can be applied to a solid dosage form or to packaging components, are authenticated using a portable spectrometer-based optical reader. Wong says the company has received "quite a bit of interest" in applying the microtags to bulk API and are open to testing with an interested partner. TruTag's portable readers can confirm the authenticity of the product through a clear blister pack, so the product does not have to be destroyed. The microtags can also link to additional information stored in a manufacturer's database, such as e-Pedigree and track-and-trace systems.
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OAKLAND -- Warriors point guard Stephen Curry is out indefinitely after spraining his right ankle.
Yes, that ankle.
"It was really a freak injury," Warriors coach Mark Jackson said before Wednesday night's game against Miami. "We don't do much in shootaround -- (he was) just chasing after a loose rebound. It's unfortunate. We will shut him down. He'll get treatment, and we'll see where he goes."
Curry sat out the defending NBA champions' lone trip to Oracle Arena this season, his first missed game of the season. He injured the ankle at the shootaround Wednesday morning when he landed on the foot of rookie Festus Ezeli.
"I haven't had a sprain in two-and-a-half months, so my ligaments are as probably the healthiest they've been," Curry said. "Just have to wait and see how they recover. "
"I haven't been in this situation for a while. I don't know if it will be a fast or slow kind of deal just because after two surgeries and all that process, it finally had the time to cool down. So we'll see tomorrow."
X-rays came back negative. His return will be based on how his right ankle progresses, a Warriors official said.
"I'm not a doctor," Jackson said, "but I can't imagine it turning into something more. I'm not going to get into timetables and all of that. We're not concerned."
Jarrett Jack started in Curry's place Wednesday. The Warriors acquired Jack from New Orleans in the offseason for this very reason.
For most of the previous two seasons, Curry's right ankle has been a cloud hanging over his NBA career and the Warriors' chances. He sprained the same ankle multiple times during the 2010-11 season, prompting surgery in May 2011 to repair torn ligaments. But that didn't prevent multiple sprains during the lockout-shortened 2011-12 season.
He had another surgery in April 2012 on his right ankle. And after months of rehab, he returned to action in time for training camp. He showed enough progress for the Warriors to sign him to a four-year, $44 million contract extension.
Curry's ankle had been a nonissue the first 36 games of the season, a big reason Golden State entered Wednesday 10 games above .500. He's one of only three players in the NBA averaging at least 20 points, six assists and four rebounds per game. The others are Miami's LeBron James and Oklahoma City's Russell Westbrook.
Jackson is sure to wait until Curry's ankle is fully healed before putting him back in the action.
The Warriors get Thursday off before playing at San Antonio (Friday) and New Orleans (Saturday). Golden State will host the Los Angeles Clippers on Monday and Oklahoma City on Wednesday.
Without Curry, Golden State's offense is noticeably less potent. In the Warriors' game at Miami earlier this season, the Heat focused on stopping Curry, which opened up the floor for everyone else and keyed Golden State's road upset.
Even though Jack is starting, Jackson will also have to adjust how he finishes games. He usually plays Jack at the point with Curry and guard Klay Thompson on the wings (and David Lee and Carl Landry as the big men). But Curry's absence will probably mean crunchtime minutes for rookie forward Harrison Barnes, who usually gets squeezed out in Jackson's three-guard lineup to end the game.
"It will be a feel or a flow," Jackson said. "I've very confident in my guys. ... I don't know who will close the ballgame. The game will dictate that."


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- Apr 23:
- Boston bombing suspect's wife is 'nice,' 'sweet' American convert to Islam
- Boston bombing victim Martin Richard, 8, laid to rest privately
- Older Boston bombing suspect frequently visited jihadist websites, U.S. officials say
- Apr 21:
- Top cop says Boston bomb suspects likely planning more attacks
- Governor: Video shows Boston bomb suspect placing backpack
- Police: Boston bomber may have been killed by his own brother
- Apr 20:
- Doctor: Boston suspect had so many wounds he couldn't tell which was fatal
- Authorities arrest two in town where Boston bombing suspect may have lived
- Boston bombing suspect hospitalized following arrest
- Apr 19:
- Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev's mother-in-law sickened by attack
- Boston Red Sox, Bruins postpone games during manhunt
- Boston bombings: Television can only 'hurry up and wait'
- Boston bombing suspect's U-Mass Dartmouth classmates: He was 'calm,' 'cool,' 'laid back'
- Boston bombing suspects' sister says she doesn't know what got into them
- Boston bombing suspects' uncle, 'ashamed,' asks nephew to turn himself in
- Boston bombing suspects spent night in Honda before carjacking a Mercedes
- Boston manhunt: MIT police chief says slain officer Sean Collier was dedicated, well-liked
- Boston manhunt: Chronology of chaotic search for suspects in marathon bombing
- Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev captured alive, police say
- Boston bombing suspects: Who are the two brothers?
- Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev captured alive, police say
- Police: Suspect who killed MIT cop is dead; second suspect tied to Boston bombing
- Apr 17:
- Boston bombing: Feds deny reports of suspect in custody
- Source: Authorities recover Boston bombing pressure cooker lid
BOSTON -- The painstaking work to identify a bombing suspect from reams of Boston Marathon footage yielded a possible breakthrough as investigators focused on a man seen dropping off a bag, and then walking away from the site of the second of two deadly explosions.
The discovery of the image -- found on surveillance footage from a department store near the finish line -- was detailed by a city politician two days after the attack that left three people dead, wounded more than 170, and cast a dark shadow over one of this city's most joyous traditions. The footage hasn't been made public.
At an interfaith service honoring the victims Thursday, President Barack Obama said "there is a piece of Boston in me" as he paid tribute to the city shaken by what he has called an act of terror.
"Every one of us stands with you," he said, declaring later: "You will run again!"
There was a heavy police presence around the city's main Roman Catholic cathedral as residents lined up before dawn, hoping to get one of the roughly 2,000 seats inside. By 9 a.m., they were being turned away.
Streets were blocked off around the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston's South End.
Among the hundreds in line was 18-year-old Eli Philips. The college student was a Marathon volunteer and was wearing his volunteer jacket on Thursday morning.
He said he was still shocked that "something that was euphoric went so bad."
Ricky Hall, 67, of Cambridge, showed up at 8 a.m. but was turned away from the line to get inside that was already stretching down at least two city blocks, so decided just to stay outside.
"I came to pay my respects to the victims," he said, but was also angry that someone would desecrate the marathon and urged maximum punishment for the perpetrators.
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Thursday the FBI wants to speak with individuals seen in at least one video from marathon, but she says she isn't calling them suspects.
Without providing details of the men's appearance or what the video shows, Napolitano told the House Homeland Security Committee on Thursday that "there is some video that raised the question" of individuals the FBI would like to interview. She said the investigation is continuing "apace."
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick said he shared the frustration that the person or people responsible were still at large, but he said solving the case will not "happen by magic."
"It's going to happen by doing the careful work that must be done in a thorough investigation," Patrick said. "That means going through the couple of blocks at the blast scene square inch by square inch and picking up pieces of evidence and following those trails, and that's going to take some time."
The bombs were crudely fashioned from ordinary kitchen pressure cookers packed with explosives, nails and ball bearings, investigators and others close to the case said. Investigators suspect the devices were then hidden in black duffel bags and left on the ground.
As a result, they were looking for images of someone lugging a dark, heavy bag. Investigators had appealed to the public to provide videos and photographs from the race finish line.
City Council President Stephen Murphy, who said he was briefed by Boston police, said investigators saw the image of the man dropping off a bag and matched the findings with witness descriptions of someone leaving the scene.
One department store video "has confirmed that a suspect is seen dropping a bag near the point of the second explosion and heading off," Murphy said.
Separately, a law enforcement official who was not authorized to discuss the case publicly and spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity confirmed only that investigators had an image of a potential suspect whose name was not known to them and who had not been questioned.
Several media outlets reported that a suspect had been identified from surveillance video taken at a Lord & Taylor department store between the sites of the bomb blasts.
At least 14 bombing victims, including three children, remained in critical condition. Dozens of victims have been released from hospitals, and officials at three hospitals that treated some of the most seriously injured said they expected all their remaining patients to survive. A 2-year-old boy with a head injury was improving and might go home Thursday, Boston Children's Hospital said.
On Wednesday, investigators in white jumpsuits fanned out across the streets, rooftops and awnings around the blast site in search of clues. They picked through trash cans, plastic cup sleeves and discarded sports drink dispensers.
Marian Wilson said she tried not to notice the men slowly pacing and looking for evidence on the street behind her as she ate a tuna sandwich at Stephanie's on Newbury, a restaurant a block from the site of the bombings.
"I just go in and out of being completely freaked out," she said.
Boston remained under a heavy security presence, with scores of National Guard troops gathering among armored Humvees in the Boston Common.
Kenya Nadry, a website designer, took her 5-year-old nephew to a playground.
"There's still some sense of fear, but I feel like Boston's resilient," she said. "The fine men in blue will take care of a lot of it."
Dr. Horacio Hojman, associate chief of trauma at Tufts Medical Center, said patients were in surprisingly good spirits when they were brought in.
"Despite what they witnessed, despite what they suffered, despite many of them having life-threatening injuries, their spirits were not broken," he said. "And I think that should probably be the message for all of us -- that this horrible act of terror will not bring us down."
Obama and his challenger in the last election, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, planned to visit Boston on Thursday to attend the vigil.
The blasts killed 8-year-old Martin Richard, of Boston, 29-year-old Krystle Campbell, of Medford, and Lu Lingzi, a Boston University graduate student from China.
Associated Press writers Jay Lindsay, Pat Eaton-Robb, Steve LeBlanc, Bridget Murphy and Meghan Barr in Boston; Eileen Sullivan, Julie Pace and Lara Jakes in Washington; and Marilynn Marchione in Milwaukee contributed to this report.


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Is Florida the Next Foodie Hot Spot?
Is there more to Florida cuisine than fried grouper, rice and beans and Key lime pie?
It's a question that begs to be asked in light of a culinary mini-revolution that seems to be taking place in the Sunshine State – one that's yielded a bold array of eateries, covering a broad spectrum of styles and specialties beyond seafood or Cuban (or beyond that signature pie, which true Floridians know should never be green-colored). And that's on top of a growing farm-to-table movement within the state, as evidenced by a new book, "Field to Feast: Recipes Celebrating Florida Farmers, Chefs, and Artisans" (University Press of Florida).
Oh, and there's the ultimate proof of the trend – in the form of a blessing from the ultimate celebrity chef, Emeril Lagasse, whose newest TV series, "Emeril's Florida" on the Cooking Channel, looks at the state's growth and diversity as a culinary destination.
My own take on Florida and food comes with a bit of a background: I was a restaurant critic in South Florida for a good number of years. Part of me saw the state as something of a tourist-driven culinary wasteland – a place that catered to mainstream tastes, especially of the yesteryear variety. (I used to refer to Palm Beach – my former turf – as the "prime rib capital of the world.") But I also saw the potential – for three reasons. First, the abundant supply of seafood – from stone crabs to Gulf Coast oysters to, yes, grouper – that's available in a state where you're never more than few hours from a body of water. Second, the abundant supply of produce – oranges, strawberries, tomatoes, you name it – that's also available in a state consistently ranking among the top 10 in the country for agriculture.
And third, the sheer diversity of Florida — a state that has not only a sizable Latin-American population, but that also supports a veritable United Nations of cultures: In my years of dining in Florida, I sampled everything from Amish fare in Sarasota to Vietnamese in Orlando to Jewish deli in Boca Raton.
If you add it all up, there's a compelling reason for great chefs to base themselves in Florida. And indeed, they are. Think James and Julie Petrakis of the Ravenous Pig, an Orlando gastropub, where the specialties range from suckling pig to homemade pastas. Or Scott Hunnel of Walt Disney World's Victoria & Albert's, where gourmet multi-course tasting menus – of the sort that famed chef Thomas Keller (himself a former Floridian) offers at his French Laundry or Per Se restaurants — are the norm. Or Michael Schwartz of Michael's Genuine Food and Drink in Miami (more on him – and his burger – later). All have been recognized with James Beard honors (the culinary world's Oscars) or AAA five-diamond ratings. And that's not mentioning a previous generation of tropical-influenced Florida chefs – the "Mango Gang" that included Norman Van Aken (hailed as "the founding father of New World cuisine") and Douglas Rodriguez (author of "Nuevo Latino" and "Latin Flavors on the Grill") – who first brought culinary attention to the state a couple of decades ago.
"There's so much talent in Florida, I don't know why the state is so unrecognized," says Emeril Lagasse.
But it's not just about chefs. If anything, the biggest change in Florida of late is the new-school farmers – as in organic or farm-to-table-oriented – who have developed thriving enterprises. In "Field to Feast," we learn about many such examples, from Varri Green Farm, an organic farm in Okeechobee where almost everything (Asian greens, 11 kinds of beans, 8 kinds of carrots) is picked by hand, to Swank Specialty Produce, a farm in Loxahatchee that grows hard-to-find lettuces for some of the state's most upscale eateries. But these farms join old-school ones that carry on the state's great roadside-stand traditions. (I was especially pleased to see Robert Is Here, a Homestead grower/produce stand, in the book – during season, they sell possibly the best mangoes on the planet.)
Pam Brandon, one of the authors of "Field to Feast," has her own answer as to why Florida has not gotten the foodie buzz it arguably deserves. It's because the state's very image has little to do with the table: "Florida's marketing dollars are spent on beaches and theme parks," she says. By contrast, California, with its wineries and famous garlic festival, "has that reputation as a food state," Brandon adds.
Clearly, there's a change afoot. In many ways, Florida is finally catching up to the locavore trend that has rooted itself in such food-centric locales as Brooklyn and Portland, Ore. But if you ask me, Florida is better positioned than many of those locales because it has the natural resources to sustain such a culture. (After all, you don't do much fishing in Brooklyn.) When it all comes together, it's magic on a plate: I think of a farm-to-table dinner I attended a few years back as part of the Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival – itself a nationally renowned event that has brought attention to Florida's emerging foodie scene. It was at Paradise Farms in Homestead, a hard-scrabble town south of Miami. And it began with a salad of just-picked greens – dressed as I recall in nothing more than a simple vinaigrette prepared by guest chef Michael Schwartz.
But I don't think it's just about the farm-to-table thing, either. Perhaps what's most interesting about Florida food these days is how very "un-Floridian" it can be. In some ways, the state is starting to transcend the tropical cliché. At Schwartz's restaurant, for example, he features a kicking burger – made with specially sourced Black Angus beef, topped with Vermont white cheddar and served on a brioche bun. (Seriously, I've yet to find a burger that's its equal in New York City.) At Palm Beach's famed Breakers resort, the "it" restaurant (and the resort has several dining spots) is HMF, a modern "small plates" eatery where patrons can feast on offerings ranging from a plate of artisan cheeses to an "old school steak tartare."
As Breakers executive chef Anthony Sicignano explains, Florida culinary pros are now much freer to do their own thing — and even to prepare comfort foods associated with other parts of the country. When he first arrived on the scene years ago, Sicignano says he bemoaned the fact "you couldn't find a good meatball" in the state. Now, he's got a "Nonna's" meatball-and-gravy dish on the HMF menu – a contemporary homage to an Italian classic. And for dessert? Sicignano offers everything – the old-fashioned favorites (Baked Alaska), the newfangled sweets (a chocolate torte paired with a caramel sea-salt gelato) and the nods to the tropics (panna cotta with rum-roasted pineapple). Well, almost everything: At HMF, Key lime pie is not on the menu – thankfully.


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Fuente Grande fountain. Ocaña
- 自治州 : Castile-La Mancha
- 県/島 : Toledo
Its collection of buildings, arranged on a medieval layout, with large houses, palaces, convents and churches, is one of the most important in Castilla-La Mancha. The main square is the town's nerve centre. The main streets which make up the historic quarter start from here. It was built in 1777, has a rectangular plan with 18 arches on the two larger sides and 17 on the two smaller ones, and two floors of balconies and lofts. Outstanding among the religious buildings are the parish church of San Juan Bautista, from the 13th to the 17th centuries; and the convents of Santo Domingo, a Renaissance structure with a cloister on two levels; that of the Carmelite Descalzas, the Dominican nuns of Santa María and the convent of the Order of St. Bernard, all from the 16th century. From among its civil buildings it is worth mentioning the palace of the Cárdenas family; the tower of San Martín, which is Renaissance and from the 16th century; the pillory column of justice, from the 15th century; and the Lope de Vega theatre, a former Jesuit college, outstanding in which is the stone main front and the Mudejar tower. On the outskirts of the city is the Grand Fountain, a monumental work from the 16th century, whose external part is made up of a wide stone gallery covered and decorated with 22 Tuscan pillasters and a running entablature.
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Like, don't take "no" for an answer, don't change yourself just to fit in, and – oh, yeah – call your parents.
by Guest Blogger Serena Piper / check out her last post on the coolest backpacks ever
We all know the traditional advice often doled out to those who are college-bound: take a tour of campus before school starts so you know where your classes will be; allow plenty of studying time so you aren't pulling all-nighters before a big deadline; join a club or two; make new friends – the list goes on.
But when it comes to my own experience, this list leaves something to be desired. Here are the top five things I wish someone had told me before I started my freshman year.
1. Start off slowly. Some students think they absolutely have to start out their first year taking 16 credits or they'll fall behind and not graduate on time. This is a myth. It's perfectly okay to take fewer credits your first term. It gives you time to adjust to your new routine, get a feel for how things are done at the college level, and make some new friends. I suggest taking at least two classes just so you can see how you'll manage your time, especially if you know you'll have a part-time job or other commitments during the school year. But definitely don't overwhelm yourself your first term.
2. Don't take no for an answer. For example, if you don't get into a class you want right away, talk to the professor, get on the waitlist, and find out when it will be offered again. Just because a class is full when you go to register for it doesn't mean that's the final word. Show that you're interested because the more effort you put in, the more you'll get back.
3. Rent your textbooks instead of buying them. Students generally buy their textbooks from the campus bookstore, but it's often easier and definitely cheaper to rent your books (hello, BookRenter!). Paying big bucks for a book that I couldn't sell back at the end of the term? Been there, done that, too many times – and I have a pile of textbooks I'll never need again to show for it.
4. When it's party time, keep your head on straight (and don't let a future employer catch you out on Facebook). It may be a stereotype, but students like to party, and there can be a lot of pressure to drink in college. If you know drinking's not for you, don't waste your time trying to change yourself so that you fit in. There are plenty of other things to do on the weekends, like playing ultimate frisbee in the dark, taking a day trip to a nearby city, or doing an art project with your roommates. If you do like to drink when you go out, be safe. For example, many colleges offer a late-night campus shuttle service so that no one has to drive home drunk. Whether you drink when you go out or not, though, keep your head on straight. You don't want a potential employer or grad school admissions officer to stumble on any crazy Facebook photos three or four years from now.
5. Call your parents. Yes, even if you aren't homesick. Parents can give you a different perspective on things and remind you of where your focus should be. They know you in a way that no one else ever will, and when you're away at school, this can be very comforting. Not only did I call my mom when I was homesick, but I also called her when I was feeling ill and needed some OJ, or when I wanted to know how long I should broil the acorn squash I was fixing for dinner. Just don't let all their advice get to you. There are still times when I feel like I have to do what my mom or dad suggests, but later, when I do things my way, everything turns out just fine.
It's normal to feel a little anxious about starting college. Take things one day at a time and give yourself time to adjust. Besides, whatever you don't figure out beforehand, you'll learn on your own, and someday it will make for a great story!
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NEW YORK -- Conrad Bain, a veteran stage and film actor who became a star in middle age as the kindly white adoptive father of two young African-American brothers in the TV sitcom "Diff'rent Strokes," has died.
Bain died Monday of natural causes in Livermore, where he had lived since 2008, according to his daughter, Jennifer Bain. He was 89.
The show that made him famous debuted on NBC in 1978, an era when television comedies tackled relevant social issues. "Diff'rent Strokes" touched on serious themes but was known better as a family comedy that drew most of its laughs from its standout child actor, Gary Coleman.
Bain played wealthy Manhattan widower Philip Drummond, who promised his dying housekeeper he would raise her sons, played by Coleman and Todd Bridges. Race and class relations became topics on the show as much as the typical trials of growing up.
Coleman, with his sparkling eyes and perfect comic timing, became an immediate star, and Bain, with his long training as a theater actor, proved an ideal straight man. The series lasted six seasons on NBC and two on ABC.
But "Diff'rent Strokes" is remembered mostly for its child stars' adult troubles.
Coleman, who died in 2010, had financial and legal problems in addition to continuing ill health from the kidney disease that stunted his growth and required transplants. Bridges and Dana Plato, who played Bain's teenage daughter, both had arrest records and drug problems, and Plato died of an overdose in 1999 at age 34.
Bain said in interviews later that he struggled to talk about his TV children's troubled lives because of his love for them. After Bridges started to put his drug troubles behind him in the early 1990s, he told Jet magazine that Bain had become like a real father to him.
Bain moved from Los Angeles to Heritage Estates, a retirement community in Livermore, with his wife, artist Monica Sloan, in December 2008 to be closer to his family, said Jennifer Bain, an Oakland resident. A son, Mark, lives in Carmichael.
She said her father, though not a "small-town guy," was comfortable living in Livermore, where he felt welcomed by the community and received quality care.
Monica died in 2009, but Bain stayed at Heritage and enjoyed going out for meals and to the theater in downtown Livermore with Joan Tringali, a close friend he met there, Jennifer Bain said.
"My father was a wonderful, open-hearted and kind man," she said. "At Heritage, everyone loved him. He was the best father you could ask for."
She added that she has been struck by the reaction fans have shown for her famous dad.
"For my brothers and myself, we all recognize the loss that everyone feels for him as a father figure," she said.
Residents at Heritage Estates remembered him as "modest" and said he was rarely seen around, occasionally dropping by the complex's smoking section for a cigarette and a chat.
Tringali said Wednesday "he was a wonderful friend. We used to sing together. I knew all the old songs he used to know. He would say, 'We're from the same vintage.'"
When Bain's health started failing last year, Tringali said she began reading to him nearly every day. She said Bain loved to talk with her about his time working on television.
"We'll always remember him for the beautiful series he was in," she said. "He meant a lot to a lot of people."
Bain went directly into "Diff'rent Strokes" from another comedy, "Maude," which aired on CBS from 1972 to 1978.
As Dr. Arthur Harmon, the conservative neighbor often zinged by Bea Arthur's liberal feminist, Bain became so convincing as a doctor that a woman once stopped him in an airport seeking medical advice.
At a nostalgia gathering in 1999, he lamented the fading of situation comedies that he said were about something.
"I think they got off the track when they first hired a standup comic to do the lead," he said. "Instead of people creating real situations, you get people trying to act funny."
Before those television roles, Bain had appeared occasionally in films, including "A Lovely Way to Die," "Coogan's Bluff," "The Anderson Tapes," "I Never Sang for My Father" and Woody Allen's "Bananas." He also played the clerk at the Collinsport Inn in the 1960s television show "Dark Shadows."
A native of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, Bain arrived in New York in 1948 after serving in the Canadian army during World War II. He was still studying at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts when he acquired his first role on television's "Studio One."
A quick study who could play anything from Shakespeare to O'Neill, he found work in stock companies in the United States and the Bahamas, making his New York debut in 1956 as Larry Slade in "The Iceman Cometh" at the Circle in the Square.
With his plain looks and down-to-earth manner, he was always cast as a character actor.
It was an audition for a role in the 1971 film "Cold Turkey" that led Bain to TV stardom. He didn't get the part, but "Cold Turkey" director Norman Lear remembered him when he created "Maude."
Conrad Stafford Bain attended high school in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, deciding on his life's work after an appearance as the stage manager in a high school production of "Our Town."
He is survived by children Jennifer, Mark and Kent. No funeral services are planned.
Staff writer Jeremy Thomas and Associated Press writer Bob Thomas in Los Angeles contributed to this report.


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The Brentwood Union School District's eighth elementary school campus, which has sat unused for two years, will open in July for the 2013-14 academic year in North Brentwood.
Mary Casey Black Elementary School was completed in 2011 near Sand Creek Road with state funding, but it failed to open because of the district's economic constraints. The school will soon house more than 500 kindergarten through fifth-grade students who now attend Brentwood, Garin and Marsh Creek elementary schools.
"We are certainly excited," Brentwood school board member Emil Geddes said. "We have waited two years to open it. It will give kids a chance to safely walk to school."
Providing a neighborhood school for that area of the city will allow some students to be much closer to their campus, according to Brentwood school board member Heather Partida.
"A lot of building permits are being pulled there. It (school) will be a good size with room to grow," Partida said of the campus at the corner of Farmington Drive and Garin Parkway. "It will be a good addition to our district."
The school's opening requires that the district shift attendance boundaries. The proposed Mary Casey Black boundary is the area east of Brentwood Boulevard from Lone Tree Way on the north side to Oak and Chestnut streets along the south perimeter. All elementary school students living in this new boundary will be automatically transferred to the new school unless a parent submits an intra-district transfer request by March 1.
Parents can obtain transfer request forms from their child's school in January, and they will be notified by the district by March 15. School board officials said they want to provide space for families who wish to transfer.
"You can transfer to stay at your home school," Partida said. "It is a beautiful campus. I think that once they see it, they will get excited about it."
Only students living in the proposed boundary area will be impacted by this change, according to the district. District officials added that the boundary change will also bring most of the district's elementary campuses to more manageable sizes.
"It will bring Garin and Marsh Creek schools to reduced sizes," Geddes said. "We will have room for growth, which will happen over time."
Staffing and teaching assignments for Mary Casey Black will not be determined until spring, but the district has vowed it will be staffed by a mix of new, veteran and existing teachers like the other Brentwood schools. The campus will also provide resources and programs like other district school sites.
The school is named after a former teacher, principal and district administrator who served the district for 37 years and still lives in the community. She is still considered an advocate for students in Brentwood.
Contact Paula King at 925-779-7174.
The community will have a chance to preview the new Mary Casey Black Elementary School campus on Jan. 15 at 480 Farmington Drive, Brentwood. The community meeting will have a session in Spanish at 6 p.m. followed by one in English at 7 p.m. inside the multipurpose room.
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EAGLE COUNTY - Rick Hermes thinks there's an opportunity for development in Wolcott. Other developers aren't so sure.
Hermes is the lead partner in a group that wants to develop roughly 350 acres in Wolcott for housing and some commercial space. Hermes' group received its "sketch plan" approval from Eagle County earlier this year, and he said Monday that his group plans to continue the approval process to its conclusion, with an eye toward groundbreaking next year.
"Now is the time to start planning for the future," Hermes said. Given that labor costs are down and there's a lot of work to do at the site - including moving U.S. Highway 6 closer to Interstate 70 - starting that part of the project now makes sense, he said.
That puts the Wolcott project in a different category than other big projects in the middle of the valley.
Patrick Chirichillo's "Vines at Vail" project at Wolcott received its final approvals from Eagle County in late 2007. Chirichillo has been waiting for the economy to turn around ever since.
A note on the project's sign indicates that the entire property is for sale. Chirichillo said he's kind of changed his mind about selling - although he still would, if a good offer came along. For now, he continues to wait.
"There's been an uptick in the real estate market in the last month or two," Chirichillo said. "And we're hoping the market keeps moving that way."
While Chirichillo is holding on to his project at Wolcott, two projects in Edwards have changed hands since the declines in the national and local real estate markets.
The West End project in Edwards was seen as a way to put at least a small dent in the valley's shortage of for-sale housing when it was approved in the latter part of 2007. Since then, the project went into foreclosure and was purchased by WHI Real Estate Partners of Chicago.
Earlier this year, Jim Orth, a managing principal in WHI, said he and his partners believe in the Vail Valley, but would take their time in evaluating the West End parcel.
A similar fate has hit Eagle River Meadows, although in this case, the original lender on the project has taken over.
Former project representative Lance Badger is now just a consultant for the owners. But Badger lives in the valley, and has been involved in several local projects.
Badger said it's probably going to take some time before market conditions are ripe for a re-start.
The biggest problems with new construction in the valley are the loss of jobs and flood of home foreclosures over the past few years, combined with the continued high cost of new construction.
"Labor has dropped, a little," Badger said. "But the rest of the cost of building new hasn't come down."
That puts the cost of the existing building inventory well below the cost of building anything new.
Badger believes the answer to rebuilding the job base will be in something besides second homes. Simple demographics show that the pool of potential buyers isn't growing, he said.
But Hermes and his group believe in the Vail Valley market.
"The market is moving, and we expect a slow walk out (of the slump)," he said. "If we're going to be relevant, we need to keep working."
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Kelly Horwitz election challenge: Several University of Alabama Greek Organizations hire attorney to represent members
Published: Monday, October 28, 2013 at 4:45 p.m.
Last Modified: Monday, October 28, 2013 at 12:13 p.m.
Several University of Alabama Greek organizations have hired Tuscaloosa attorney Robert Prince to represent their members whose votes are being contested by Kelly Horwitz in her District 4 Tuscaloosa City Board of Education election challenge.
Cason Kirby defeated Horwitz, a one-term incumbent, 416-329 in the Aug. 27 election.
Horwitz claims many of the voters didn't meet residency requirements or were illegally influenced by Greek organizations that offered incentives, such as free drinks, to vote for Kirby.
Prince, who filed a motion to intervene on behalf of members belonging to the UA chapters of Pi Kappa Alpha and Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternities, and Zeta Tau Alpha, Kappa Delta and Alpha Omicron Pi sororities, also represents Sayre Kearley, an individual whose ballot is being contested.
"I was surprised the plaintiff chose to list the unprotected names of UA students, some of whom were 18 and 19 years old, when she made her allegations of voter misconduct," Prince wrote in an email to The Tuscaloosa News on Monday. "Needless to say, that has had a chilling effect on some of them about exercising their right to vote. They, as all qualified U.S. citizens, have the right to freely cast their vote and do it by secret ballot.
"Our petition to intervene on behalf of the listed fraternities and sororities is designed to protect that right, while hopefully shielding them from further personal condemnation."
In the motion to intervene, Prince argues that none of the organizations' members committed misconduct, bribery or intimidation.
Tuscaloosa County Circuit Judge James Roberts will consider Prince's motion at a hearing scheduled for Thursday morning.
Affidavits are due Thursday from nearly 400 people whose votes are being contested. The interested parties have agreed to allow voters to complete and submit a notarized 36-question document in lieu of calling so many people to testify in court.
The questions focus on where the voters lived 30 days before the election and where they lived on election day.On Friday, Roberts ordered the affidavits not be disclosed to the public.
A final hearing in the case is scheduled for Nov. 18. Kirby is scheduled to take office on Nov. 4.
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The Tweezer played here is definitely one of the best early versions of the song, containing tons of the newly introduced secret language. The jam isn't half-bad either, a grungy aggressive affair with lots of secret language sprinkled in. Definitely an early highlight in a long career of amazing jams for Tweezer.
Following Magilla is the debut of the new, more tasteful Cavern lyrics that will be a joy for me to listen to for the rest of time. I personally am glad that "a penile erector" went away forever.
Destiny Unbound! The best song Phish never plays made it's debut in this show and would only be played through the end of 1991 before disappearing forever!(?!?!?) This version of the song is a bit unusual; apart from being a debut, Trey utilizes these odd staccato plucks on the guitar before taking a brief solo, and the jam almost sounds early-Type-II-Tweezer-like until heading back to the head.
The show ends with an average Fire and a song I don't really care for, Goin' Down Slow. Fortunately, it goes away following this show, so I guess I enjoyed it while it lasted...kind of like Phish 1990. 3 stars.


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MARIETTA — Marietta Memorial Hospital is looking to reduce the number of positions to deal with changes in how health care is being provided, but is not planning layoffs for the time being, official......
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Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Planning on a few home remodeling projects before the holidays? A lot of people do.
One of the biggest aggravations is project delays, but with some planning, you can avoid pushing back a deadline.
The key to avoiding delays is careful planning and communication with a contractor before the project. You'll also want to avoid changing plans mid-project. Even small changes can magnify delays, so be sure you create a detailed plan before you start.
You'll also want to hire a contractor that is up to date on codes. Inspections are necessary for almost any construction project and failing it can leads to huge costs and delays.
Finally, don't forget to budget time for uncontrollable events.
"No one can control the weather, but if you're planning for an outside project, it's going to be important to build in some buffer for weather related-delays. If you're painting your house or adding new landscaping, there may be times when they are not able to work.That will help manage expectations by building the buffer so your project comes in on time," said Angie Hicks of Angie's List.
Don't forget about planning projects. Ask your contractor what days he or she will not be working ahead of time.
The key to avoiding delays is to document and communicate with your contractor and make sure you are realistic at the beginning about the timeline.


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Tokyo - Manulife Life Insurance Company (Manulife Japan; President & CEO: Geoff Crickmay), will commence sales of "Jack-in-the-Box", an innovative investment-type annuity insurance product that enables customers to lock in and ensure investment gains, through The Chiba Bank, Ltd. (President: Tadashi Takeyama) on August 13 2007.
This new investment-type annuity insurance product, designed and developed to meet the needs of customers who have been looking for an opportunity to invest their funds in a simple and easy-to-understand manner, is equipped with a set of cutting-edge features. These features include: 1) an investment target-setting function that allows customers to easily set up a desirable and clear investment target level, based upon which their funds can be aggressively invested into a Special Account with a proven and internationally diversified investment portfolio, 2) an investment gains lock-in function that automatically locks in and secures any investment gain if the investment target is achieved, effective after the first anniversary following the policy date, and 3) a function to guarantee the minimum total annuity.
This new insurance product is named "Jack-in-the-Box" because it is user-friendly and full of attractive features, which will be a pleasant surprise to customers.
The following is an overview of the new features ofJack-in-the-Box:
About Manulife
Manulife Life Insurance Company ("Manulife Japan"), a member company of the Manulife Financial group, holds the highest level "AAA" credit rating from Standard & Poor's, one of the world's most reliable credit rating agencies (as of the end of July 2007).
Manulife Financial is a leading Canadian-based financial services group serving millions of customers in 19 countries and territories worldwide. Operating as Manulife Financial in Canada and Asia, and primarily through John Hancock in the United States, the Company offers clients a diverse range of financial protection products and wealth management services through its extensive network of employees, agents and distribution partners. Funds under management by Manulife Financial and its subsidiaries were Cdn$410 billion (US$386 billion) as at June 30, 2007.
Manulife Financial Corporation trades as 'MFC' on the TSX, NYSE and PSE, and under '0945' on the SEHK. Manulife Financial can be found on the Internet at www.manulife.com. Manulife Japan can be found on the Internet at www.manulife.co.jp.
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COLUMBUS - Following a 2-1 loss to the Detroit Red Wings Saturday afternoon, the Oilers participated in an optional morning skate at Columbus' Nationwide Arena in preparation for tonight's clash with the Blue Jackets.
"It was a tough one, but we have a chance to rebound tonight against a good Columbus team that works hard," said Jordan Eberle, who picked up an assist on Justin Schultz's power-play goal vs. Detroit. "We have to bring our best tonight.
"The season's so tight and there aren't many games, so we need to get as many points as we can in every situation."
In order to do that tonight and snap the their winless skid, Head Coach Ralph Krueger will be unveiling some new line combinations. Nail Yakupov will be bumped up to play alongside Eberle and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins. Taylor Hall will play the left side on a line with Sam Gagner and Ales Hemsky.
Chris VandeVelde was reassigned to the AHL's Oklahoma City Barons Sunday and, as a result, Eric Belanger will slot back into the lineup (most likely on a line with Magnus Paajarvi and Teemu Hartikainen) after breaking his second and third toes in last Saturday's game against the Colorado Avalanche.
With a 52.7 percent success rate, Belanger is the Oilers' best faceoff man. With Shawn Horcoff (broken knuckle) and Anton Lander (broken foot) now on the shelf, the 35-year-old's return couldn't have come at a better time. Again in last night's loss, the Oilers were only successful on a paltry 34 percent of their draws.
"It feels pretty good," said the veteran, who was outfitted with some special padding on his right foot courtesy of the club's head equipment manager, Jeff Lang. "It's not going to be 100 percent for a little while, but I can fit it in my skate and we have some pretty good padding going on. Hopefully the bad luck is behind and I won't get hit there in the next couple games.
"The schedule is good (only three games, including tonight's, in the next nine days) and I hope it gets better each day. I can skate the way I'm used to. When you're out there during a game the adrenaline kicks in, so I won't even notice it. You've got to pay the price to win games and good teams that go far in the playoffs have guys [blocking shots]. It's a good sign for the group that we have so many guys stepping up."
On defence, Ryan Whitney will once again be a healthy scratch as Mark Fistric is ready to return. The 26-year-old tweaked his back on Monday vs. Vancouver when he attempted a hit on Canucks rookie Jordan Schroeder. Fistric will be paired with Jeff Petry.
Nick and Justin Schultz will continue to be paired together; Ladislav Smid will line up alongside Corey Potter.
"The back feels really good," said Fistric, who compared the collision with the boards as slipping at falling on a patch of ice in snowy Edmonton. "I've had a couple days rest so I could give it a chance to loosen up. I'm ready to go tonight.
"It's real hard (to watch). You want to be out there every night helping your team."
Eleventh place, 11 games in and with 11 points earned: For the first time this season, the Oilers are on the outside looking in when it comes to the Western Conference playoff picture.
The Oilers had their chances one day ago, but struggled to produce when it mattered most. The club scored only once on eight separate power-play opportunities. And when they had the chance to net the go-ahead tally early in the third with a lengthy 5-on-3, the Oilers didn't even get a shot.
It's a reoccurring theme.
"Ours shots on goal are unacceptable at the moment," Krueger explained. "We need to raise that number dramatically and it's one of the things we're working on."
When the Oilers outshoot their opponent, they're 2-0-1. When they're outshot, the record drops to 2-4-1. More shots = more goals? Seems like a fundamental formula.
"We need to [educate] through video, through conversations and through board chalk talks because we have limited practice time," Krueger said. "There are fundamentals in the NHL of bringing pucks to the net -- we haven't been shooting enough.
"You can teach the fundamentals of stopping in front of the net and sticking around for second chances, which we haven't been getting. You can teach the fundamentals of facing shots to create deflections and rebounds, which we haven't been doing enough of. These are things that are coachable and that the players understand. I really believe that's going to be an area we're going to improve on dramatically in the next little while."
"For the most part, special teams have been good for our team. Penalty kill has been great and the power-play was Top 5 in the League," added Eberle. "Yesterday, when we needed it, it didn't step up. But really the focus for us is 5-on-5. We need to simplify that a little bit to generate some offence. And we need to start shooting the puck."
With an opportunity to get back in the Top 8 in the Western Conference with a win, the Oilers are viewing tonight's game as a must-win.
"With such a shortened season, we have to look at every game like that," said Fistric. "There's no room to go into slumps and not to get points with only 48 games. We've been fortunate to get points in a lot of our games lately, but it's the win that counts."
Devan Dubnyk will return to the crease tonight, making his 11th start of the season and looking to improve on his 4-3-3 record, 2.60 goals-against average and .923 save percentage. At the other end, Sergei Bobrovsky will get the nod for the Blue Jackets.
-- Ryan Dittrick, edmontonoilers.com | Follow me on Twitter @ryandittrick
OILERS (4-4-3) at BLUE JACKETS (3-6-2)
Season series: This is the first meeting. The Edmonton Oilers won three of four last season, outscoring the Columbus Blue Jackets 17-10.
Last 10: Edmonton 3-4-3; Columbus 2-6-2
Big story: These teams, which finished at the bottom of the Western Conference last season, have struggled of late and are looking to snap out of a slump.
Team scope:
Oilers: Edmonton's hot start has dissipated as the injuries have mounted and the offense has dried up. The Oilers got top center Ryan Nugent-Hopkins back Saturday against the Detroit Red Wings but couldn't provide enough offense in a 2-1 loss. They have scored 10 goals in the past six games and have lost five straight (0-2-3).
Rookies Nail Yakupov and Justin Schultz have combined for nine goals, though Yakupov was demoted to the fourth line at the start of the game against the Red Wings. Schultz leads all rookies with four power-play goals.
"We're in the pack and in the games with an opportunity to win, we just need to get a healthy lineup together," Edmonton coach Ralph Krueger said. "We want to get back deep into our lineup again and to the four lines we were rolling earlier in the season."
Blue Jackets: Columbus' season started strong with a win at the Nashville Predators and an overtime loss to Detroit, but the Blue Jackets, like the Oilers, have struggled to score. They have 17 goals in the past nine games, and more than two twice.
Ryan Johansen was demoted to the American Hockey League with no goals and two assists in 10 games, but he wasn't alone. R.J. Umberger doesn't have a goal in 11 games, Nick Foligno has one, and top center Derick Brassard has two.
''We have to figure it out,'' coach Todd Richards said after Columbus' third loss in the first four of a six-game homestand. ''For 20 minutes it's good and then we lose our game. And when it's gone, it's gone. It's not one shift or two shifts; it's for an extended period of time.''
Who's hot: Oilers forward Sam Gagner had his NHL-leading 10-game point streak broken Saturday; he leads the team with 11 points (three goals). … Blue Jackets forward Mark Letestu has two goals and four points in the past three games.
Injuries: Edmonton will be without forwards Ryan Jones (eye), Shawn Horcoff (hand) and Anton Lander (foot). Center Eric Belanger (toe) could be make his return. Defenseman Mark Fistric (back) is questionable. .. Columbus will be short defensemen Adrian Aucoin (lower body) and James Wisniewski (concussion) and forward Cam Atkinson (lower body). Defenseman John Moore (lower body) is questionable.
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Published: Wednesday, June 11, 2014 at 12:56 a.m.
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Jerry Week's concern about the "bias" of the media fact checkers could very well be misplaced ["Bias on Part of Factcheckers," June 1].
The "fact" that Republican "information" is 76 percent false compared with just 22 percent of Democrats may well be correct. Republicans need to do more "fact checking" on their own, using other sources than that which is promoted by their preferred party, which is likely just playing to their prejudices.
From what I have seen over the years, Democrats seem to do a better job of policing their own party.
Never rely on just one source of information unless you want to remain ignorant.
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Students should plan early for their study abroad experience. Financial aid and scholarships may be available to help with the costs, but must be searched out well in advance.
A good place to start your research is the Financing Your Study Abroad Experience brochure put together by the Center for Global Education.


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WASHINGTON (AP) " Investigators would need a search warrant to get people's old emails under a bill considered Tuesday by a House panel looking to update a nearly 30-year-old federal law to reflect today's communications.
PARIS (AP) " Imam Ibrahim Saidy brought his symposiums and his monthly fasting to the Paris climate talks, hoping to call attention to the problems and injustice of global warming.
CHICAGO (AP) " Mayor Rahm Emanuel fired the city's police superintendent Tuesday, a week after the release of a dash-cam video that showed a white Chicago officer fatally shooting a black teenager 16 times.
BALTIMORE (AP) " The latest on the trial of a police officer accused in the death of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old black man who suffered a spinal injury in the back of a transport van (all times local):
WASHINGTON (AP) " A federal appeals court will reconsider the legality of the only remaining conviction of a Guantanamo Bay detainee who once served as Osama bin Laden's personal assistant.
WASHINGTON (AP) " Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley is telling House Democrats he hopes they keep him in their consideration as he runs for president.
BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) " The Rev. Justin Nary opened his gate to nearly 800 Muslims threatened with death from the roving gangs of Christian militia fighters who even threatened to burn his church down. Nearly two years later, more...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) " A condemned killer's troubled childhood, which included learning the drug trade from his mother, outweigh the brutal nature of his crime, a divided Ohio Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in overturning the man's death sentence.
WASHINGTON (AP) " A proposed law meant to encourage companies to share information about cyberthreats with the U.S. government includes measures that could significantly limit what details, if any, the public can review about the program through...
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In 2002, Cox and her husband bought a house in Los Angeles and she turned the second bedroom and bathroom into her spa space. Over the next two years, the couple converted the home's separate garage into what is now the Pampered People Spa: a zen-like cottage with two treatment rooms, a retail area and a bathroom. (Cox still keeps her expenses down by not expanding any further.) A garden with a hammock and comfortable seating creates another peaceful space for clients to enjoy pre- and post-treatment. And the business's official mascot, Cox's Tibetan terrier "Pampy," lovingly watches over the whole operation.
After 2004, business really began to boom. Booked solid with clients, Cox decided to hire an employee to handle the overflow—but as it turned out, that young esthetician was not a good fit for the spa. The naturally nurturing Cox was reluctant to fire her first employee, and put it off for as long as possible. When she finally did let her go, Cox discovered that her former staffer had taken all of the spa's client records, including personal information, and was proceeding to poach as many of Cox's clients as she could. To top it off, the esthetician posted bad reviews of Cox online in an attempt to to soil her reputation.
"That was a big learning curve for me," Cox recalls. "I found out about the cost of doing business. And that you have to keep your head high." A second employee hire fared better, but that esthetician developed relationships with Cox's spillover clients so, when it was time for her to move on, she took several Pampered People clients with her.
Still, those weren't the biggest blows Cox would have to absorb. In 2007, her husband left her. And just as she was reeling from that loss, the economic downturn of 2008 hit. Since then, Cox reports periods in which her business has been down by as much as 40%. "I know we're taught to build on quality rather than quantity," she says, "but when you have clients who were coming in once a month suddenly stretching it to every three or four months, that's pretty drastic to your bottom line."
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Definición de construct en inglés:
verbo[with object]
1Build or make (something, typically a building, road, or machine): a company that constructs oil rigs
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- Neighbors who were strangers only hours ago now collaborate to erect buildings, construct roads, distribute food, establish defenses, and organize trade.
- Construction cranes litter the skylines of Chinese cities, particularly Beijing and Shanghai, helping to construct apartments and office buildings.
- The temporary traffic lights have been erected while contractors construct the roads that will lead in and out of the park-and-ride site.
build, erect, put up, set up, raise, establish, assemble, manufacture, fabricate, form, fashion, contrive, create, make
1.1Form (an idea or theory) by bringing together various conceptual elements: poetics should construct a theory of literary discourse
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- By the beginning of the 1630s, however, Descartes embarked on a more ambitious plan to construct a systematic theory of knowledge, including physics.
- With no true picture of the nature of the job, it's very easy for people to start constructing conspiracy theories.
- When you get fluent in another language and start to think in it you take on certain freedoms because you can construct ideas, create things in that language to get yourself out of trouble.
formulate, form, put together;
create, devise, design, invent, compose, concoct, contrive, work out, hatch;
fashion, mould, model, shape, frame;
forge, engineer, fabricate, manufacture, hammer out, thrash out
1.2 Grammar Form (a sentence) according to grammatical rules: these rules tell us how to construct a grammatical sentence in a given language
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- An affected individual, after a stroke, tumour or wound to the area, loses the ability to construct grammatical sentences.
- We begin to understand the ways in which the alphabet is used to create words, and grammar to construct sentences.
- If you have difficulty constructing complex sentences, stick with your old friend the subject-verb-object construction.
1.3 Geometry Draw or delineate (a geometrical figure) accurately to given conditions: construct a square equal in area to a given circle
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- Ancient Greek geometers knew that the number of solids that can be constructed from regular geometric figures is limited to five.
- The problem of the hidden figure arises because all quantifiable data depends on how the figures are constructed and interpreted.
- Before continuing with the quote we should note that Hippocrates is trying to 'square a lune' by which he means to construct a square equal in area to the lune.
1An idea or theory containing various conceptual elements, typically one considered to be subjective and not based on empirical evidence: history is largely an ideological construct
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- The first thing to note is that the 'new economy' was largely an ideological construct deployed in advance of there being any real evidence of increased productivity and the like.
- His is an ideological construct, based on the workings of the so-called 'free market'.
- The following results are presented based upon the constructs of the Behavioral Ecological Model.
1.1 Linguistics A group of words forming a phrase: the appropriateness of the grammatical construct is illustrated
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- The phrase was an elegant construct, and so was the American version.
- To many modern critics, this is a philosophical or theoretical weakness, an inability to consider the plays as ultimately linguistic constructs.
- Routing services let you define rules and service invocation sequences to create a simple sequence of if-then constructs.
1.2A physical thing which is deliberately built or formed: a transgenic construct
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- Both loops were placed in an aluminum snap hook to mount the construct in the load frame.
- Physical constructs are also unlikely to be reusable for other functions.
- He leapt into the air, smashing through the high ceiling and looking for the supportive structures of the construct.
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- The architect, the engineer and the constructors also gave their services free to the community.
- If any group benefits from the new rule, it will be the engine constructors.
- This money will be paid in stages directly to the constructors, surveyors and architects.
Late Middle English: from Latin construct- 'heaped together, built', from the verb construere, from con- 'together' + struere 'pile, build'.
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Japan Sees Trouble Ahead as Trade Pact Stalls
Until earlier this month, Japan had been under strong pressure from the U.S. to open its market as part of the highly contentious Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations. On Thursday, Japan appeared to be suddenly let off the hook.
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid made clear his opposition to granting the Obama administration power to clinch trade deals with other countries, dashing hopes for an early TPP deal and leaving negotiations on hold at least until the U.S. mid-term elections are over in November.
Few issues are as emotionally charged in Japan as the TPP, mainly because of the U.S. demand for opening up Japan's highly protected rice industry.
Some economists, such as Daiwa Institute of Research Masamichi Hasebe, point to a recent government estimate that economic benefits of the TPP would be about 0.66% of Japan's gross domestic product–a sizable amount but not big enough to make it vital for Japan's economSeey. But government officials say that its potential benefits stretched far beyond the economic boost.
First, without market-opening pressure from the U.S. under the TPP talks, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's economic reform program could slacken.
While Mr. Abe insists that reforms would proceed with or without the TPP, negotiations have served as a key driving force behind the reform programs.
One senior government official wondered Thursday how the government would motivate farmers to action without a TPP-imposed deadline for tariff elimination. Japanese farmers have been long pressured to implement cost-saving measures, such as collaborating with each other and sharing equipment, but with tariff protection and generous government support remaining in place, farmers may lack incentives to do anything, the official said.
Furthermore, the stalling of the TPP is likely to slow down other free trade negotiations Japan is engaged in, such as with the European Union, Australia, China, Korea and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
Many countries, such as China, felt the need to enter free trade negotiations with Japan after seeing it join in the TPP talks as US and China compete for influence in the region.
Now that the TPP is up in the air, other trade talks that could promise to bring much bigger economic benefits than the TPP could also lose steam.
"Failure to bring about the TPP and an FTA with the EU at the same time would be a big blow to Japan," one official said, pointing to the potential benefit of removing EU's much higher tariff barriers than U.S.'s.
And most importantly, a failure to clinch a TPP deal could leave Asia without much needed reforms for further economic growth.
The TPP would mandate overhauls of state-owned enterprises, for instance. Breaking up the government control could free up economic forces in countries like China, and unleash higher economic growth, something vital for a country like Japan that counts on Asian markets for economic growth.
Still, few government officials expect Mr. Abe to make unilateral concessions just to keep the TPP negotiations alive.
"The TPP is an important tool for Mr. Abe, but it's still just a tool. He won't let it dictate his policy, which is to produce positive outcomes that would strengthen his political power," one official said.
The official stressed that there's nothing unusual about the trade talks getting bogged down temporarily. "What's important is the Obama administration making a commitment to wrapping up the negotiations after the mid-term election."


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League could expedite Hornets name change
Published: Thursday, December 6, 2012 at 8:46 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, December 6, 2012 at 8:46 a.m.
NEW ORLEANS — This much you should know — NBA commissioner David Stern isn't in the business of suggesting mascot changes.
But he does know someone who could help make the process go.
"There are lots of things that have to be filed," Stern said Wednesday while at the New Orleans Arena. "I do know the Hornets filed to protect five names and they have to apply to us. They have to pay certain fees. But I think the Hornets may have a friend in the league office that might help expedite the process when they decide on a name."
That cat is apparently out of the bag, with Yahoo! Sports reporting Tuesday that team owner Tom Benson has settled on Pelicans.
That's a name the commissioner, the same one who approved Benson's ownership this past spring, is fine with signing off on. Then again, he's not exactly upset with any of the names in the league.
Stern and Benson have gotten along well since the purchase went through. Earlier in the day Wednesday, Stern visited the Saints' practice facility in Metairie and saw that work already is started on building offices for the Hornets there.
Stern all but said he would be willing to help the name-change process get through smoothly.
As for the mascot name, he pointed out at least there are Pelicans in Louisiana.
"Have you seen any lakes in Los Angeles?" Stern asked. "There is the same amount of lakes in Los Angeles as there is jazz in Utah or grizzlies in Memphis. I'm out of that business. Whatever works for the team works for me."
When asked if Charlotte could recycle the name Hornets once New Orleans discarded it, Stern said absolutely.
"I'm very deferential to teams, as you know," Stern said. "If Charlotte wanted to ultimately change their name back to the Hornets that would be OK with me."
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