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The electoral argument for the deselection of Frank Field
'What we've go to do here is get people to understand it's not a referendum it's a choice and as a choice it has consequences,' says Sean Woodward MP at the Labour party conference.
And the fast emerging electoral strategy, as reflected by Labour Matters, is all about ensuring that the voters see the clear blue water between Labour and the Tories.
The focus, say the electoral strategists and the PR people, should be on the way Labour is dealing with the economy, and the 1937-style disaster that may well ensue if the Tories get into power.
And as election strategies go, it's pretty good one, especially as it's starting to be sharpened up by a concentration on how the Tories will 'target investment on a tax giveaway of £200,000 to the 3,000 wealthiest estates'; in general the focus is on reminding people that, in the end, it is the Labour party that is wedded to the interests of the working class, not the Tories.
Leave aside the small matter of the actual record of New Labour on commitment to the interests of the working class for just a moment, and we get an electoral pitch which is, on the doorstep at least, starting to gain some traction. The slight narrowing of the opinion polls since the party conference is not all about the Tories failure to 'seal the deal', or about their indecisiveness over Europe; there is the start of a real move back to Labour, and the message is starting to get through in places where it is being well sent.
Time then, for Labour members, you'd think, to get behind the message.
If you're on the so-called moderate wing of Labour, it's all about the best way of winning a new term; if you're on the Left, at least the broad narrative is swinging in your favour, and it's something to hang on to till the real opportunity to organize anew starts in May 2010. The main thing for now is to defeat the Tories, because their winning really will be a disaster for everyone but the privileged few.
Unless you're Frank Field, that is.
Our loveable old maverick Frank has been thinking the unthinkable again, decided he doesn't care for any of this 'spending our way out of recession stuff', and has come over all biblical
In his Comment is Free article, Frank warning of an impending economic apocalypse, and says that the only way this country can possibly survive is to cut savagely, and cut now.
The fact that he is utterly, utterly wrong, and wouldn't recognize a considered leftist economic argument if it struck him on the head from a very great height, need not detain us long.
Briefly, his fear of massive inflation is simply nonsense, when the by far the biggest threat is Japanese-style deflation if the economy is kick-started.
Likewise, his argument that we run an imminent risk of losing our AAA+ credit status if we don't cut now (no mention of other ways of reducing the deficit, note) is simply scare-mongering, and only likely to come true if he and his right wing friends keep the scare-mongering up.
As Martin Wolf has pointed out, cutting the UK's credit rating would mean that logically, the US's credit rating would also need to be cut, and can anyone really see that happening (especially given the rapid flight to 'safe' US government bonds in the light of the Dubai crisis)? Logically, even if the US rating were to be cut, the AA+ rate would simply become, in the case of the biggest world economy, the new AAA+, because for the medium term at least a stable US economy cannot simply be dispensed with. The market, with their servants in the credit rating agencies, is not going to cut off its capitalist nose to spite its capitalist face.
Such real world thinking is, in any event, of little concern to Frank Field. What is important to him, it seems, is that he should be out of step with mainstream Labour thinking, and be seen to be. That's our Frank, the loveable maverick.
So long as it was a vicious disregard for the real lives of the poor, in his 'unthinkable' welfare reforms, it was all ok, because it was only one step beyond where New Labour and Purnell were headed anyway.
This time, though, it's different. In setting out a line on economic policy which is absolutely out of the Tory mismanagement manual, Field is setting his face directly against the government's electoral strategy, which is to create an 'investment vs. cuts' distance between themselves and Tories.
As such, the only reasonable assessment of Frank Field is that, given his high media profile, he has become an electoral liability.
And what does the Labour party do with people that it considers make it unelectable? It expels them. Ask Terry Fields (well he's dead, but you know what I mean), another Merseyside MP.
If there's any consistency in the way the Labour PLP deals with rebels that are damaging its electoral chances, Field should be given his marching orders, and a more compliant PPC put in place in time for the election.
Yes, there's a small chance that it might backfire and the seat be lost, but there is any event no guarantee that Field isn't simply biding his time in a fairly safe Labour seat before switching sides after the election, and that might mean the difference for Labour between loss and hung parliament, or hung parliament and victory.
Better, I contend, to take the bull by the horns now and get rid of Field.
In so doing, Brown would send out a message not just of new found strength and authority as PM safe from Compass-led plots, but – more importantly – send out a stronger message than any second hand party political broadcast can ever get over that Labour is serious about having a distinctive economic policy, one which really does defend Labour 'hard working families' in the tough times.
Will it happen? Well, if the idea gets taken up by @bevaniteellie on twitter, it might just.
Of course, if the Labour grassroots builds a head of steam on this, and gets rid of Frank Field, then Tom Harris MP (who had the same virulently 'anti-Gordon' banner advert as Iain Dale on his blog all weekend), would surely be next in line.
But business before pleasure.
What is it to be a man (and why does it matter)?
Gender has been one of the prime subjects du jour on the thinking person's blog. The relationship between feminism and socialism has been discussed by HarpyMarx and I; Paul has discussed the role of gender in partitioning health care workers and now, the issue of Men's Societies is creating a storm, with contributions from Comment is Free, Third Estate, Jim Jepps. Indeed this dispute has even acquired that modern emblem of political import: a facebook group.
The question of Men's Societies being recognised by university student unions comes up in the context of frequent campaigns to attack women's representation. Oxford University, one of the two universities seen to pioneer the idea, frequently faces attempts to abolish the position of Vice President (Women) in the Students Union, or to 'merge' the position into that of VP (Welfare and E-Opps), which doesn't have to be a woman. Manchester suffers the same tendencies; e.g. the Conservative Future Women's Officer who abolished her own role, after election.
Locations may change, the arguments stay the same; "having women's officers is discriminatory", "positive discrimination is still discrimination", "men should have someone to represent their interests too".
Now up comes the question of Men's Societies in Manchester, 'led by a couple of Tory toffs, a UKIP support, an evangelical Christian and an Orange Order supporter'. All in all, impeccable credentials for people who are supposed to leading discussion about how men can be oppressed through the genderised roles imposed on them by capitalist cultural hegemony. I think not. Nor is a venture like this liable to be any better if 'the Left' tries to intervene and seize control of such a society. The very idea is counter-productive.
Alex Linley, a supporter of the Manchester society declares, "There is so much conflicting information for men. There is massive confusion as to what being a man means, and how to be a good man. Should you be the sensitive all-caring, perhaps the 'feminised' man? Or should you be the hard, take no crap from anybody kind of figure?" Except Linley puts his finger on two very genderised stereotypes as the alternatives to be 'investigated' as potential identities for men. The point of course is to deconstruct and break down all identities.
Opponents of the societies characterize the methods of investigation of these stereotypes as, "Top Gear shows, gadget fairs, beer-drinking marathons and Iron Man competitions" (c/o Jim Jepps). I leave it to the reader to decide whether or not that's accurate, but knowing Oxford University, and the sort of men who propose these sort of ideas, it's more than likely to be true. I mean, this is a university where the Tory Association was seriously rebuked for anti-semitic japes. Intelligent debate doesn't rank highly on their agenda.
Not to say that my opposition to Men's Societies is a way of closing down discussion about male gender norms and how to defeat them. Quite the opposite. Yet since white and male are the 'default' identities of Western society, it stands to reason that white men can best challenge that norm by constructively engaging with other identities, rather than attempting to come up with an identity of their own. It needs to be said that women's groups don't allow that opportunity to engage as well as they should, but Men's Societies certainly won't.
Men, therefore, don't require their own group or their own 'welfare officer', because there's never a danger of straight white guys going unrepresented on a union executive. They certainly don't go unrepresented in the popular imagination (except perhaps in Melanie Phillips' Daily Mail column, where black gays and lesbians are taking over the universe). Men can certainly attempt to 'deconstruct' the concept of male identity – but the very idea of that deconstruction is socialistic.
It can be theoretically debated in socialist societies across the country, and can be practically challenged every time a man goes to a poetry reading, or does something off-the-wall, but it doesn't require corporate action to correct 'oppression' – we're not oppressed.
If there is a crisis in male self-confidence, it's not because of a decentred identity; it's because of a more rigidly defined identity being imposed through popular culture and lads' mags whilst capitalism offers us ever more commodities and avenues by which we can defy that identity. All we have to do is choose, and if we want to talk about our choices and their significance, we can. It doesn't require a Men's Society.
On the other hand, from a practical point of view, whilst a lot of women involved in student public life take no shit from anyone (I heart Liv Bailey, Helen Bagshaw etc), a forum where women can say things without the risk of calling down male derision upon themselves is quite necessary. Without wishing to impute a genderised stereotype, the vast majority of men I've known have no fear of calling down female derision; politics is not a girl's club, it is still very much a guy's club, and student politicians can be amongst the worst of all.
Just remember, it's men at Westminster who are being forced to address the nature of their all-male exclusive clubs, not women. This is just the tip of the iceberg of oppression, of course; I'll let Catriona Rylance of Communist Students say it.
In our society, men experience no oppression simply because they are men. Women, on the other hand, experience oppression in numerous ways, whether from the double burden of childrearing and work, or through the myriad of sexist remarks, jokes and advertising that are the norm in the world we live in.
If you don't believe this is the case – if you think women's liberation has been achieved, or even gone too far – you can look at the underrepresentation of women in every democratic body from parliament to city councils to trade unions.
1 in 4 women experience domestic violence in their lifetimes. On average, women earn 20% less than their male counterparts. And if you think equality has been achieved in Students' Unions, you need only consider the paltry number of women Presidents in the UK.
The imbalance in the reality necessitates the imbalance in the approach to each gender. It's that simple.
Gender vs. Class: the case of nursing (Introduction)
This post, and the posts that will follow at some point, started life in my mind as a companion piece to my personal story about class difference in the NHS 1980s, which was kindly edited by Don Paskini for publication at Liberal Conspiracy and attracted a good deal of, mostly supportive, comment.
That first post was supposed to set the scene for an exposition of how nursing and the NHS has changed since then, but how class bias remains at the heart of what remains wrong with the NHS. It set out in brief the challenge that remains for those of us who want not simply to laud the successes of the NHS – which are considerable – but to use it as a springboard for a properly socialist health service.
The original post, focused on how class bias affected nursing in the 1980s, was 'inspired' by a series of crassly ignorant, reactionary posts on rightwing blogs following the announcement that all trained nurses in England will have degrees by 2014 (none of these bloggers noticed that this is already the case in Scotland and Wales).
Between the original post and this one, however, my blogging comrade Dave wrote an interesting, brief (for him) post setting out the need to retain the primacy of class analysis and struggle over and above gender analysis. The post prompted strong reactions from socialist feminists who contend that the struggle against patriarchy, and the struggle against capitalism, are and must be interrelated.
This new series of posts seeks to put flesh on the bones of that discussion, by examining the very real relationship between gender-focused and class-focused activism in nursing between the 1970s and 1990s.
My main contention is that the gender-focused nursing activism that took place in this period has militated against the working class as a whole, and has contributed to a less good NHS as a result.
I recognise that this is a controversial assessment, and it is not a conclusion that I have reached happily, not least because it might be interpreted as a reactionary assessment more in keeping with the 'anti-feminist' Melanie Phillips (see below) rather than one on keeping with values in support of the feminist movement.
Nor is it an assessment that leads me to the conclusion that all gender-focused movements are destined to be deficient if they do not specifically recognise the primacy of the class struggle, though I recognise is that is how it might be interpreted by 'classical Marxists'. (Indeed I would argue, along with Norman Geras (20 years ago), that the whole conception of classical Marxism is in itself an invalid 'post-Marxist' construction, and a product of intellectually incoherent thinking of the same 70's-90's period that I examine here.)
Rather, the 'generalisability' or otherwise of the primacy of class over gender in the overall socialist struggle – in itself a term worthy of contestation – is something I would hope that will come out in the commentary on these posts.
While I seek to set out a historical analysis of a period and an environment in which I believe a narrow focus on nursing (and by contestable extension) women's position within capitalist society has actually been deleterious to the cause of socialism, I retain an open mind in whether 'class-free' feminism may or will always create the same problems. Like many male socialists, I struggle to come to terms with what feminism should mean to me, or even CAN mean to me, and as Tim acknowledged in his comments on Dave's post, I make no pretence either to being as well-read as I should be.
While I will make up what follows in subsequent posts as I go along, and while any comments may mean changes to the trajectory, this is the general schema I have in my head at the moment:
Part 2: The development of a new 'ethos' of nursing in the 1970s (initially in the US) and how it culminated in Project2000, the new degree-based nursing, with a focus on the (contested) centrality to these development of feminist conceptions of 'traditional nursing' as a Judaeo-Christian patriarchal narrative of oppression;
Part 3: The popular narrative of changes in nursing, as expressed by influential rightwing commentators like Melanie Phillips in the changing NHS context'
Part 4: A class-focused analysis of the changes in the NHS and of the development of the popular narrative about them, set out in part 3.
Here, the focus is on how material changes in the NHS under Thatcherism co-opted, in the absence of coherent leftwing opposition, the emergence of the new nursing 'profession' to its own ends, and resulted in a MORE exploited workforce and poorer care feeding into the popular 'anti-feminsist narrative' described in part 3.
This part will build on and integrate some of the comments made by nurses and others on the original piece at Liberal Conspiracy, which were largely supportive of and brought historical detail to my provisional claim that class bias in the NHS is a significant constraint to its progress, and how 'divide and rule' tactics employed by NHS management and government in the 1980s and 1990s have led to both worsened terms and conditions for those at the 'bottom' of the workforce, and concomitantly reduced standards of care.
If you want to jump ahead, the most persuasive and useful comments on my first piece are here, here, here, here and here, with my own responses to these comments here and here.
Part 5: Conclusions, if I can be arsed, though I'm hoping that what develops from the comments may mean there is no need for this.
There is useful background reading, should you feel so inclined, in Celia Davies's 'Gender and the Professional Predicament in Nursing', a contemporary (1995) feminist account of the changes then feeding through, and in Ann Bradshaw's 'The Project 2000 nurse'. There is also a fascinating and revealingly elitist 'definition of nursing' provided by the Royal College of Nursing here.


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Make a Model or Diagram
Think about a time when you put together a toy for a child or assembled a bookshelf. What was the first thing that you did? Most likely, you looked at the diagram that outlined the steps to follow and what the final product would look like.
One very effective method for solving problems is to make a model or diagram. This method allows you to see what the problem is asking you to do. Sometimes it is difficult to visualize an object based on a written description. Since many students are visual learners, you will need to show them that it is helpful to draw a diagram to represent a problem.
Read the following problem and see if you can visualize what the problem is asking you to do.
In order for Celia to reach her friend Rena's house, she must first drive 4 miles south on Route 72, then turn east and travel 6 more miles on Route 83. How much shorter would her route be if she could drive straight from her house to Rena's house?
Would it help if you drew a diagram or model? Does viewing a diagram make it easier for you to see what you are being asked to do?
Click here to see a model that has been constructed of the problem.

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The Center for Strategic & International Studies has selected two NNSA employees as part of its 2013 class for the Nuclear Scholars Initiative. The recently selected scholars hail from NNSA's Defense Nuclear Security and Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation programs.
Craig Wiener, a Defense Nuclear Security specialist, is a doctoral candidate in Biodefense at George Mason University, and specializes in national security technology policy, international security, counterproliferation, and intelligence studies. His research as a CSIS Nuclear Scholar will involve countering Uranium-233 proliferation pathways for states seeking to acquire nuclear weapons.
Alicia Swift, a Global Threat Reduction Initiative fellow and nuclear engineering PhD candidate at University of Tennessee, is currently conducting physical protection upgrades at sites within the U.S., Mexico and the Caribbean that house nuclear and radiological material. She is also working on the conversion of U.S. high performance research reactors from HEU to LEU fuel as part of her fellowship.
Each year, CSIS selects roughly 20 graduate students and young professionals throughout the U.S. to participate in the initiative. During the six-month program, the Scholars meet regularly to discuss nuclear weapons issues and prepare individual papers that are published in a CSIS-produced journal.
Read more about the CSIS Nuclear Scholars Initiative here.
NNSA earlier this month conducted a training course on Consequence Management (I-CM) in Israel. The training, held in the Soreq Nuclear Research Center, was attended by 25 Israeli participants. The training focused on how to respond to a radiological terrorism event.
Sidney Drell, physicist, arms control expert and adviser, is one of 12 eminent researchers recently named by President Obama as a recipient of the National Medal of Science. In addition, 11 inventors are recipients of the National Medal of Technology and Innovation. Both awards represent the highest honors bestowed by the United States government upon scientists, engineers and inventors.
Drell was recognized for his research on quantum electrodynamics and quantum chronodynamics and for applying basic physics to public policy, national security and intelligence.
Drell, who until he retired last March was a member of the Board of Governors for both Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, and Los Alamos National Security, LLC, the managing contractors for the Lawrence Livermore and Los Alamos national laboratories since 2008 and 2007, respectively, is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution where his work has focused on nuclear nonproliferation. He also is a professor of theoretical physics (emeritus) at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center.
Drell will formally receive his award from President Obama at a White House ceremony to be scheduled in early 2013.
Read more about Drell also see the complete list of award recipients.
Sandia principal technologist Richard Simpson has filled a canyon with soap bubbles, shot photos of flaming liquefied natural gas from a helicopter, floated balloons hundreds of feet in the air to calibrate cameras, chopped out pieces of a Cape Canaveral launch pad to haul across the country for tests, and hoisted a beer with Paul Tibbets, pilot of the B-29 that dropped the first atomic bomb on Japan in World War II.
He also has been audited for buying such things as party bubble juice on his government procurement card.
"You buy 20 party bubble machines, they kind of wonder why. You buy 50 gallons of party bubble juice, and they really wonder why," he said.
Simpson has worked with NASA, DOE, United Launch Alliance, the Air Force and others at Sandia and Cape Canaveral to help solve problems and sign agreements.
Read more about Simpson.
About the photo:Principal Technologist Richard Simpson adjusts an igniter assembly at a lake Sandia built a few years ago to conduct the world's largest liquefied natural gas fire tests ever done on water.


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Welcome to the June 2012 Baby Shower! Today we'll have eight discussion topics/games and each topic will have a prize to win!
CONGRATS to our winner - Baby062012!!!!
This is the FINAL hour of the Baby Shower. This hour's topic is your one wish. What is your one wish for the remainder of your pregnancy? For your baby? For the years ahead? If you could wish for one thing what would it be?
One random commenter on this topic will win a $25.00 Amex gift card. Remember, every comment equals a chance to win, so keep the conversation going for more chances to win! We'll pick the winner at 6:30 pm!!!
Happy Baby Shower June 2012!
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Here is the photo of the day from the CSU Volleyball game versus NC State at the UNC-Wilmington Tournament on Friday, September 9, 2011.
So I have been so bad about blogging because time slips away each day. I am going to try harder now that the Fall themes are here I should have a little more direction and motivation to write.
Monday – Mind Over Matter
Tuesday – Take a Photo Tuesday
Wednesday – Wildcard
Thursday – Top Ten
Friday – Fan Day
Saturday – Shabby Shipyard
This is my second pumpkin I've ever carved! As people already know – I am die hard Buccaneer! So that was the inspiration for my charted carving course. Of course, the memories that came with it will be treasured!
We decided to host a little gathering at the apartment last night with some famous Taco Soup and Apple Cider. It was Bring your own pumpkin to the party table. We went to the pumpkin patch and grabbed our best looking pumpkin and took it home to the carving stone! After mulling over what everyone was going to do we began to empty the gunk out of our pumpkins. Now…that was gross! I was hard core about getting mine done so I didn't take any breaks to snack on some soup! We made it look like so much fun that Jessica left and went and got a pumpkin to carve. Her headless horseman turned out so good too!
Good times with good friends! I highly suggest you do a similar evening with your friends.
Happy Pumpkin Carving!
This weekend the CSU BUCS went to Gainesville, Florida to the SWAMP to play the University of Florida Gators. I traveled down to Florida with Savvy, Matt and Clint. It was a long trip to drive down and back in one day. We arrived back to Charleston at 4:30 a.m. Some fun times:
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In Iran, change may yet come
Next Friday, Iranians will vote in their country's 10th presidential elections.
Two issues will dominate. First and foremost the economy, followed closely by Iran's relations with the outside world.
Since becoming president, Mr Ahmadinejad has spent billions of dollars of Iran's oil income on cash handouts to the poor and infrastructure projects. Although these have helped develop parts of Iran's rural areas, inflation has doubled from 12 per cent in 2005 to 25 per cent in 2009. Meanwhile, due to improper planning, unemployment has increased from 14 per cent to more than 25 per cent.
Many experts believe that the damage caused to the economy under Mr Ahmadinejad is far greater than what Iran has gained. However, some of the poor have only his handouts, and they want more. If they had no money in the first place, inflation was not a concern. It is a question of who turns up to vote in higher numbers: them, or Iran's city dwellers who have suffered more from Mr Ahmadinejad's economic programmes.
Foreign policy concerns are also an important election issue and this year they will come a close second to the economy. Many people in Iran, especially those living in the urban areas, are horrified by Mr Ahmadinejad's denial of the Holocaust, his calling for Israel's elimination and openly rebuffing Obama by stating that the nuclear programme will not be part of the negotiations with the US. Not only have his remarks made it easier for the West to impose sanctions on their country, it is now much more difficult for Iranians to receive visas to travel abroad.
Should those who oppose Mr Ahmadinejad's domestic and foreign policy succeed, we could see an end to calls for the elimination of Israel, and denial of the Holocaust. This is because all other candidates have called for improving relations with the West. All have promised confidence building measures.
What happens to the nuclear programme and support for insurgents in Iraq — or Hamas and Hizbollah — is a decision for Supreme Leader Khamenei and not the president, whoever he may be. However, if Mr Ahmadinejad loses, Ayatollah Khamenei could find that voices calling for compromise are simply too difficult to ignore.
Meir Javedanfar is co-author of The Nuclear Sphinx of Tehran


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Mining Industry Workforce Information Network (MIWIN)
The MIWIN project will:
- test and refine various analytical and forecasting models specific to the mining industry labour force.
- identify the occupational structure of the workforce.
- project the demand for workers by occupation and other key parameters over the two-, five-, and ten-year time horizons. Reports will be published on a regular basis, while custom reports will be available upon request. Ultimately, MIWIN will evolve into a web-based system that covers all provinces in Canada where mining is carried out. It will feature an on-line query and reporting capability that can generate forecasts of future labour requirements, based on various assumptions.
Project Deliverables
- Complete MIWIN studies for British Columbia and Saskatchewan (2008)
- Complete Ontario study (March 31, 2009)
- Expand MIWIN's capability to include other provinces by end of 2009
- Refine labour market forecasting system (ongoing)
- Develop technical architecture and system specification for online query function
- Launch Labour Market Information (LMI) web portal
Start / Completion Date
January 2009 to July 2010
Committee Members
|Gavin Dirom
Association for Minerals Exploration British Columbia (AME BC) (formerly VP, The Mining Association of British Columbia)
|Daniel Giroux
Canadian Mine Education and Training Network (CMETN) - Association of Canadian Community Colleges
|Sean Junor
Senior Specialist, Workforce Planning
Cameco Corporation
|Pierre Guimont
Executive Director
Comité sectoriel de Main-d'oeuvre de l'industrie des mines
|Keith Harris-Lowe
Director, HR
Xstrata Copper
|Linda MacDougal
Policy Analyst
Citizenship and Immigration Canada
|Kristeen Johnston
Workforce Planning
Vale Inco
|Arezou Manoussi
Human Resources and Social Development Canada
Supporting Documents
- British Columbia Labour Market Study (PDF 4.2mb)
- Saskatchewan Labour Market Study (PDF 4.2mb)
Contact Information
Martha Roberts
Manager of Research, Sector Studies
Telephone: 613-270-9696 x 21
Fax: 613-270-9399
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IMPHAL: The Manipur government on Friday lifted the ban on import of chicken and other poultry products from other states following the completion of control and containment measures of bird flu in West Bengal, official sources said.
Sources said an official notification to this effect was issued by Manipur Chief Secretary Jarnail Singh.
The state government had earlier banned import of poultry and other live birds from other states into Manipur following the outbreak of bird flu in various districts of West Bengal last month.


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FILE - In this Aug. 2, 2012, file photo, Gabrielle Douglas, of the United States, performs on the balance beam during the artistic gymnastics women's individual all-around competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Douglas, who became the first African-American gymnast to claim gymnastics' biggest prize _ the all-around Olympic title _ is The Associated Press' 2012 female athlete of the year. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)


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Club Espresso | Cafés in Seoul
Club Espresso and Roasters are two of the best coffee shops in Seoul. If you're after affordable, quality coffee, then you can do no wrong trying either out.
Good thing about Club Espresso is that it's minutes away from Seoul Fortress Wall's Changuimun entrance. I was out hiking today and dropped by for a mug of Brazilian (5,000 won).
Club Espresso has been pouring the city's best brews since 1990. Its rustic, wooden décor has a very bright and inviting appeal to it. The café is known for bringing some of the best beans from around the world. You'll find coffee from Tanzania, Ethiopia, Panama, and Brazil here.
Bags will run you 8,000 won (100 grams) and 15,000 won (200 grams). There's even a sampling station where you can try different varieties.
Beans are all roasted on site. Head up to the second floor to grab a peek.
Getting there: From Exit 5 at Gyeongbokgung Station (Line 3) grab bus number 7022, 7212 or 1020 and get off at Jahamun-gogae (sixth stop). The café is a short 5min walk up from there.
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A legal ruling in Canada this week that featured Amnesty International Canada as an official intervenor offered a new path for victims of human rights abuses to seek redress against corporations where they are headquartered, even if the acts in question were both committed by a subsidiary of a corporation and took place in another country.
The Globe and Mail article, "After HudBay ruling, Canadian firms on notice over human rights," points to the potential impact the ruling could have on corporate earnings and responsibilities of directors and investors.
Despite the Canadian mining company HudBay Minerals claiming no responsibility for their subsidiary, Ontario Superior Court ruled on July 22nd that claims against the company's security personnel for gang rapes and murder of an indigenous leader critical of mining practices in Guatemala can proceed to trial.


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Like many young entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley, Matthew Slipper knows that success does not come easy. His first startup, an online education venture, flopped. His second, a video-sharing app for the iPhone, has sold only 20 copies.
But Slipper is optimistic. He should be. He's just 18, a founding member of the Paly Entrepreneurs Club, an extracurricular group at the local high school that sprang into existence last September -- the brainchild of about a dozen students committed to inventing the future.
"I want to build something that is tied to what is happening next," he said.
While budding moguls in high school clubs like the Future Business Leaders of America invest make-believe money in the stock market or study the principles of accounting, the Entrepreneurs Club members have a distinctly Silicon Valley flavor: They want to create startups.
They have met weekly during the school year to discuss their ventures and ideas, explore matters like money-raising strategies and new markets, and host guest speakers. Once, they held a Skype chat with a software engineer in Sweden who described the intricacies of running an online music business.
Founding a company in high school is "a great opportunity," said Vincent Gurle, 18. Later in life, "if you fail at business you might have to go live with your parents," he said. "But we're already doing that."
Gurle, who will attend the University of California, Santa Cruz, in the fall, started a business last year aimed at supplying students to companies as software testers. It sputtered when he could not find enough companies interested in buying the service. He counts the effort a success anyway, he told the club at a recent meeting, figuring that the people he met will remember him when he returns with his next idea.
Now he is learning how to program for Microsoft's new mobile operating system.
Club members have been working on projects like a social network to help teenagers quickly organize study groups, and a trading network for Bitcoin, a virtual currency. They have brainstormed ideas for mobile geolocation games and new kinds of grocery store scanners.
At a recent meeting, about a dozen boys gathered in an empty economics classroom at Palo Alto High, known as Paly. The demographic somewhat reflects Silicon Valley, too; there were no girls, although all the boys say they wish some would join their club.
There also were few laptops or even tablets in the room, befitting a post-PC world. All the boys had their work on paper or smartphones. They passed these around to show off their latest concepts.
Slipper, who plans to attend the University of California, Santa Barbara, in January after a stint in ROTC boot camp, demonstrated his video-sharing app, speaking quickly so as to leave time for everyone to talk about their ideas before the lunch bell rang.
"The syntax wasn't hard," he said, explaining the coding involved. "Objective C in the iOS framework took me about two weeks to learn. I've modeled the business on Instagram, leveraging speed and ease of loading."
Sympathetic young heads nodded.
"How will you protect your intellectual property?" asked Aaron Bajor, 18, one of the group's founders.
He was waiting to discuss a diagram of his own project, a social network for entrepreneurs entering college.
"Someone can always copy your idea, but that will be half-baked," Slipper said confidently. "It's not theirs."
James Maa, another club founder, was up next to discuss his project, the study group social network.
"We're not out in public yet," he said, apologetically.
Maa, 18, plans to study computer science at the University of California, Berkeley, in the fall. His social life, which included attending many events for startups, had gotten in the way of building the network, which he calls Bubble.
Not everyone had a project to present, and that was acceptable.
"The goal here is inspirational," said Bajor, who is headed to the University of Southern California to study entrepreneurship. "A great idea can hit you any time. Even if you do not have a great idea yet, if you have capabilities and passion others will want you on their team."
Not every would-be tech titan at Paly belongs to the club. Some were distracted by college applications and plans for the prom. Or other things.
"There are probably a half-dozen other kids who should be in this club," Bajor said, but they just didn't have time. "They are too busy starting their own companies."
Startup fever for these students is something they breathe in the air, or learn at home, with parents who work in the tech industry. Fern Mandelbaum, a partner at the venture capital firm Monitor Ventures, and a parent at the school, attended a club meeting to explain how her business works.
The students in the club weren't the only beneficiary of Mandelbaum's advice: Her daughter, Skylar Dorosin, started and for several years ran a summer camp. Dorosin, 17, is heading to Stanford in the fall and has turned the camp over to her 11-year-old brother, Miles Dorosin.
"The kids here have such an unfair advantage," said Aaron Levie, 27, the chief executive of a data storage company, Box, referring to students throughout the Valley.
He recently spoke during Science Week at another local high school, nearby Los Altos High.
"In Seattle we had lots of computers, but we never had venture capitalists drop by."
At his talk in Los Altos, he had this advice.
"I told them to make friends and leverage their four years of freedom," he said. "If you look at Apple (AAPL), Microsoft and Facebook, you see that lots of foundational things can happen among high school friends."
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Bradley Manning knew this was wrong. He did what he was supposed to do and reported the crimes, but they were condoned and subsequently denied by the American military. As a matter of conscience, Manning took the honorable path, and brought them to the attention of the world.
Horrible things were committed in our name in the Abu Ghraib prison; tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of dead Iraqis had no connection to the attacks on 9/11; and indeed, there were no weapons of mass destruction. A few honorable men, like Colin Powell, have regretted and apologized for misleading the American public and the world. But more -- like George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, and Donald Rumsfeld -- are yet defiant and self-complacent.
We prosecute Manning for telling the truth, and reward liars who got away with murder. What's wrong with this picture?
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Character Role Analysis
You thought we were going to say Julia, right? Or Marcus? Or even Mom? Nope, nope, and nope again. We've decided that the best way to come at this question is to think of the novel's antagonist as time. Yup, TIME, as in the thing that clocks measure? Right.
Anyhow, Miranda – and all of the characters really – are trying to figure out how time works, or how to beat time. Miranda has to understand time's relativity to see how Marcus and the Laughing Man are the same person. Marcus has to figure out a way to go back in time to save Sal. And Miranda's Mom is trying to beat the clock and win the money she needs to help her family have a better life.
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One ot two steps ahead of you there bud...just fired off a few.
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That's the ripple effect we'd love to have. There are some distinctive football minds from TL that I'd love to see start posting here.... since we have most of the ones, IMO, that were the engineers of most of the threads there. SMG has the right idea with regards to recruiting over there. We all know certain individuals that would be great additions to our collective.... we just need to note them and fire off invitational PMs. Great to have you again here, Chadman.
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You should change your name on the board to "Steeler Skin."
Chadman, dude!!! Thx for all the spanking material :lol: :lol: :lol:
Not yet ready to kick the Trib to the curb. But PS has already started lapping SL in terms of Steelers content. To discuss the Steelers cogently, you have to be on PS. The admin issues with SL and the Trib will not go away. For those who have made the switch and won't be going back, that is completely understandable.
As for me, I will probably post on both for a little while longer. But once the season steps into gear, I'll probably be here on PS more often.
i'll keep posting on both boards.
i love the knowledge and personalities of most people on this board.
i wouldn't have met any of ya'll without the trib and hopefully they get a new generation of posters.
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We're all newbies here. That's what's great. No attitude from people who have tenure on th board, considering we all practically signed up this month.
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Nate Williams 1972-73 Minutes Played
Posted by Justin Kubatko on June 3, 2009
In many guides, Nate Williams is credited with 1079 minutes played for the Kansas City-Omaha Kings in 1972-73. Williams scored 940 points that season, so if he really played 1079 minutes then his scoring rate of 41.8 points per 48 minutes would be one of the best marks in NBA history. Since Williams never even averaged 30 points per 48 minutes in any other season, this number was called into question by some members of the APBR. They discovered that while the Kings as a team had been credited with a total of 19880 minutes played, the sum of the individual minutes played for the Kings players was 18980, a deficit of 900 minutes. They reasonably assumed that Williams had been shorted 900 minutes, and that his season total should be amended to 1979 minutes. That number has been around for a few years now (it's the number you'll find on this site), but I did some further research that suggests that it may not be correct either.
If the Kings really had a team total of 19880 minutes played, this suggests that they played eight overtime periods:
- 19880 - (82 * 48 * 5) = 200 => 200 / (5 * 5) = 8
However, I could only identify four overtime games that the Kings played in:
- Dec 1, 1972 vs. Chicago Bulls (1OT)
- Dec 15, 1972 vs. Detroit Pistons (1OT)
- Jan 9, 1973 vs. New York Knickerbockers (1OT)
- Feb 22, 1973 vs. Milwaukee Bucks (1OT)
Based on this, one of two things must be true:
- The Kings team minutes played total is incorrect, and it should actually be 19780 minutes, or
- I have failed to identify the other overtime games that the Kings played in.
I believe the answer is #1 above. Why? First, if I'm missing some overtime games for the Kings then I'm missing some overtime games for other teams as well. However, the minutes played totals for the other teams match up with the number of overtime periods I have them playing. Second, the sum of player minutes played for every other team matches their team total.
Given this information, I believe that the Kings team total should be 19780 minutes, and that Williams should actually be credited with 1879 minutes played. What do you think? Is my logic sound?
7 Responses to "Nate Williams 1972-73 Minutes Played"
Mike G Says:
June 3rd, 2009 at 11:08 am
I'd stay with the 1979. On a keyboard, the zero is next to the 9. A typist hitting 0 instead of 8 is off by 2 keys. Kind of like when I sing.
Mike G Says:
June 3rd, 2009 at 11:13 am
Also, how common is it that a team's total minutes are determinably wrong in the records? If this would be one of relatively few such instances, that makes it less likely.
Gary C Says:
June 3rd, 2009 at 12:36 pm
If the others teams' minutes balance, you pretty much have to have the number of overtime games and periods right, so the team total must be your amendment. I would definitely make that the default assumption.
Doesn't the NBA or the Kings have old dailies with the game by game stats? Or am I just spoiled by baseball? I would have thought that by the mid to late 60's and the growing influence of Harvey Pollack that they started to be more thorough about these things.
Justin Kubatko Says:
June 3rd, 2009 at 12:46 pm
Mike, if you leave the Kings team total at 19880 then that means that they played eight overtime periods. As I mentioned, however, I can only find four overtime periods for the Kings (the Kings media guide confirms this). Unless there are four other overtime periods I haven't accounted for, the Kings team total has to be off by 100 minutes.
Mike G Says:
June 3rd, 2009 at 1:54 pm
Well, if your numbers were off by 125 minutes or 75, I'd still say there are probably some more overtimes to be found. But since it's a single keypad error to create a 100 minute discrepancy, I'll guess you are right.
Will update my files when I see it on yours.
Gabe Says:
June 4th, 2009 at 12:44 pm
what about mid-season trades? are any players counted for games where they shouldn't be? maybe if they played against the Kings in that season before/after playing for the Kings, the player was counted for the wrong team.
Justin Kubatko Says:
June 4th, 2009 at 3:33 pm
Gabe, but in that case wouldn't it be true that player minutes played would not sum to team minutes played for at least one other team? However, that's not the case.


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At NIAID, we fund all applications that rank within the payline (and some other applications) reflecting their scientific merit as judged by their peer reviewers.
To make funding decisions for most investigator-initiated applications, we use a percentile or score-based cutoff payline. For requests for applications, we fund mostly in overall impact score order until we use up the money set aside for the RFA.
If your application ranks above the payline, other funding options are selective pay and R56-Bridge awards—you must be nominated for either program.
Our ability to fund grants evolves during the fiscal year, so even if your application misses the payline, it may get funded later.
Know how you can head off a delay in getting your grant.
(This section has factual information only; for advice on this topic, go to Our Advice below.)
After peer review, your application moves to a program in an NIH institute for a funding decision.
At that point, your main contact person becomes the institute program officer assigned to your application. His or her name is listed on your summary statement and in the eRA Commons together with that of your grants management specialist.
Institutes use different policies and paylines to fund grant applications.
At NIAID, we mostly fund by scientific merit as judged by your peer reviewers and reflected in your overall impact score, or percentile for investigator-initiated R01s.
If your application is assigned to a different institute, talk to your program officer there to learn what to expect. Here we describe NIAID's approach to funding R01 applications.
We have two ways of making funding decisions: 1) use a percentile or score-based cutoff point, called a payline, or 2) fund mostly in overall impact score order until we use up money we set aside for a program.
(Note: if you did not respond to a request for applications, you submitted an investigator-initiated application. Read more about this topic at Choose Approach and Find FOAs in Part 2.)
Think of a payline as a limbo bar you must clear—the lower you go, the better you do.
Approach 1—Investigator-initiated applications. We award most investigator-initiated applications in order of their percentile (for R01s) or overall impact score (for the rest) until we reach the payline for each grant type. (We state "most" because of the PAS described below.)
Each major activity code, e.g., R01, has its own payline that we post online at Paylines and Funding. We also fund some applications beyond the payline at the end of the fiscal year and through special funding programs.
Approach 2—RFAs and PAs with set-asides. For RFAs and some program announcements (called PAS—"S" is for set-aside), we fund mostly by overall impact score until we use up the funds. The amount set aside is stated in the initiative's NIH Guide announcement. (We say "mostly" because we may skip over some applications to fund others that better meet a priority or need.)
In the investigator-initiated world, paylines loom large in deciding an application's fate. Think of a payline as a limbo bar you must clear—the lower you go, the better you do—so an 8 percentile ranking is better than a 9.
At NIAID, we fund all applications that rank under the payline bar. For example, if the R01 payline is at the 8 percentile you would get a grant if your application ranks at the 8 percentile or lower assuming it is not held up by administrative concerns, for example, human subjects or animal welfare issues.
If your application scores 8.1 or higher, the situation is more complex.
Our ability to fund grants evolves during the fiscal year. The table below shows the relationship between the budget and R01 payline as it unfolds. The timing is purely hypothetical and can vary by several months but the phases are pretty much constant.
No budget yet
October 1—fiscal year begins.
Usually, we do not have a budget and operate under a continuing resolution at the previous fiscal year's funding level.
We use interim paylines to fund a limited number of applications. Other awards are delayed.
Have a budget
Congress passes our appropriations bill, and the president signs it into law, setting NIH's budget levels.
For the next several weeks, budget figures are analyzed and parsed within the Department of Health and Human Services before the new budget figures arrive at NIAID.
Crunch budget numbers
Over several weeks, our budget office sets a conservative R01 payline that we maintain until the end of the fiscal year approaches.
We fund Council-approved grant applications that rank within the payline and a few others through special funding programs.
Close of the fiscal year begins.
Around this time, we stop funding by paylines because they are no longer relevant.
Because we set our paylines conservatively, we usually have money left over at the end of the fiscal year to fund some of the deferred applications that missed the payline.
Effect of evolving paylines. Here are the main ways the changing fiscal scenario can affect you.
If your application misses the payline, NIAID has two small funding pools that could possibly benefit you: selective pay and R56-Bridge awards.
Selective pay. Program officers nominate a small number of programmatically important R01 applications beyond the payline for review and ranking by our advisory Council. If our Council approves, you may get four years of funding for your project.
R56-Bridge. An R56-Bridge gives you up to one year of support while you improve and resubmit your R01 application.
You can't apply for either a selective pay or R56-Bridge award—you must be nominated by an NIAID program officer. For both programs, we choose a small number of R01 applications based on scientific merit and relevance to our scientific priorities, also giving some priority to new investigators.
To learn more about the impact of the annual budget process on our paylines, go to Paylines and Budget Pages Change Throughout the Year.
Read more about how paylines work at Understand Paylines and Percentiles in Part 7.
(This section has advice only; you should also read the factual information above at Just the Facts.)
After you receive your summary statement, contact your program officer.
Find out the probability of funding. If funding for your application is not imminent, discuss your options, including whether you should resubmit or submit a new application. Get more information in Part 6. If Not Funded.
Also ask about the possibility of a selective pay or R56-Bridge award, and heed the following advice and caveats.
Selective pay. For the following reasons, you should not count on imminent selective pay funding.
R56-Bridge. If you get a Bridge award, start revising your R01 straight away.
Resubmit anyway. Don't let the possibility of special funding keep you from resubmitting, especially if you applied for Cycle 1 or 2.
Read more in Revise, Don't Wait for Later Funding in Timing Factors That Affect Your Application and Award.
Resubmit as soon as you can improve your application and address your reviewers' concerns. But since you get only one opportunity, prepare your resubmission carefully and thoughtfully based on your summary statement, feedback from your program officer, and advice of experts in your institution.
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If you did not get an award right after Council, we will put your application on hold for possible funding at the end of the fiscal year, if it ranks not too far from the payline.
NIAID typically defers decisions for such applications until June or July, after we know the results of the third review cycle.
At that time, we fund as many remaining applications as our budget for research project grants allows. If your application is deferred for a funding decision, we strongly advise you start revising right away.
If you are not able to act quickly, you may experience a significant delay or even miss out on getting the grant altogether.
Even before you know whether an award is imminent, start preparing your just-in-time information.
If you are not able to act quickly when we are ready to issue your award, you may experience a significant delay—and at the end of the fiscal year, you may miss out on getting the grant altogether.
Your grants management specialist will review the submission as part of making sure your application complies with all NIH policies and regulations before we can award the grant. Resolve any problems with either your grants specialist or program officer right away.
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Joyce grantees among groups who offer support to stem the tide of gun violence.
The Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, a Joyce grantee, praised President Obama's commitment to reducing the toll of gun violence by creating a task force, led by Vice President Biden, to create "concrete proposals no later than January."
"We have been greatly encouraged by President Obama's words since the horrific tragedy in Newtown," said Robyn Thomas, Executive Director of the Law Center, which was formed in the wake of an assault weapon massacre at a law firm in San Francisco in 1993. "We deeply appreciate the President's expression of support for laws banning assault weapons and requiring background checks on all gun buyers, and are hopeful that his commitment to use the power of this office to reduce gun violence will provide the catalyst needed for the adoption of those laws."
The president's remarks echoed a letter signed by the Law Center and 25 other gun violence prevention groups, including numerous Joyce grantees, that thanked the President for speaking out after the shooting in Newtown and urged him to take further action to prevent future tragedies.
Read the letter to President Obama below.
December 18, 2012
Re: Ending America's Epidemic of Gun Violence NOW
Dear Mr. President:
The undersigned are national and state-based organizations dedicated to reducing the more than 100,000 gun-related deaths and injuries that devastate communities across America each year. We write to you today – in the wake of the unspeakable slaughter of innocent children in Newtown last week – to thank you for acknowledging that the status quo is no longer acceptable and for promising to use the power of your office to prevent future tragedies. We urge you to continue to seize upon this historic moment and to provide the leadership desperately needed for the passage of common sense laws, like those requiring universal background checks and banning assault weapons, to stem this senseless bloodshed.
Gun violence takes an almost unfathomable toll on our country. As we all know, mass shootings occur in the United States with sickening regularity. Last Friday, in what is perhaps the most horrific of all such shootings in U.S. history, 20 first graders were gunned down with an assault weapon at their elementary school in Connecticut. Less than six months ago, the carnage was in an Aurora, Colorado movie theater. Almost two years ago, it was outside a Tucson, Arizona supermarket.
Tragically, these highly-publicized massacres are just the tip of the iceberg. Each and every day, more than 80 people are killed by guns nationwide. That's the equivalent of more than three Newtown massacres daily. During the four years of your first term alone, over 120,000 Americans died from gunfire. To put this number in perspective, so far during the 11-year conflict in Afghanistan, 2,161 U.S. soldiers have died. In addition, guns injure more than 70,000 in America each year, leaving physical and emotional scars that can last a lifetime.
We know you care about protecting American families from gun violence and support strong laws that can make a difference. In your recent address to the nation from Newtown, you made clear that you understand the enormous daily toll that gun violence takes on communities nationwide. You also made that clear in your address to the National Urban League after the Aurora slaughter, where you stated that:
For every Columbine or Virginia Tech, there are dozens gunned down on the streets of Chicago and Atlanta, and here in New Orleans. For every Tucson or Aurora, there is daily heartbreak over young Americans shot in Milwaukee or Cleveland. Violence plagues the biggest cities, but it also plagues the smallest towns.
During that address, you expressed support for laws to reduce this needless violence, including those requiring background checks on all gun buyers and a ban on assault weapons. You had expressed similar support for those laws in an op-ed you wrote for the Arizona Daily Star after the Tucson massacre.
We are encouraged that your past words of support now appear to be translating into meaningful action. As you proclaimed in your recent address in Newtown, "We can't tolerate this anymore. These tragedies must end. And to end them, we must change."
Most Americans, including gun owners and NRA members, overwhelmingly support stronger gun laws. The American public supports the laws needed to end these tragedies. A CNN/ORC International poll released in August of 2012, for example, showed that 96% of Americans support requiring criminal background checks on all gun buyers. And in July 2012, Mayors Against Illegal Guns released the results of a poll by GOP pollster Frank Luntz which showed that 74 percent of NRA members and 87 percent of non-NRA gun owners support laws requiring background checks. A majority of Americans also support laws banning assault weapons.
Politicians need not fear NRA lobbyists. According to the Sunlight Foundation, a campaign watchdog group, 99% of the nearly $11 million spent by the NRA's Political Victory Fund during the 2012 election went to races where the NRA-backed candidates lost. As The Hill concluded in its article "Report: NRA shoots blanks this election," the Sunlight Foundation figures "challenge the popular political wisdom that the NRA is among Washington's most influential lobbying forces and that candidates who buck their agenda do so at their own peril."
The time to act is now. Mark Kelly, Gabrielle Giffords' husband, made an impassioned statement to Jared Loughner during his sentencing hearing, lamenting the failure of America's leaders to address our nation's epidemic of gun violence:
Your decision to commit cold-blooded mass murder also begs of us to look in the mirror. This horrific act warns us to hold our leaders and ourselves responsible for coming up short when we do, for not having the courage to act when it's hard, even for possessing the wrong values…
We have a political class that is afraid to do something as simple as have a meaningful debate about our gun laws and how they are being enforced. We have representatives who look at gun violence, not as a problem to solve, but as the white elephant in the room to ignore. As a nation we have repeatedly passed up the opportunity to address this issue. After Columbine; after Virginia Tech; after Tucson and after Aurora we have done nothing.
Mr. President, we greatly appreciate your acknowledgment that you have the power – indeed, the moral imperative – to change the status quo and to do something about this national nightmare. We stand ready to do whatever we can to support your efforts.
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On the doorstep of Wednesday's informal EU summit, leaders gathered for another high-level meeting to search for the elusive combination of growth and jobs that will end the continent's woes. As they ran through the standard script – spending will just store up future troubles, austerity is tough but worth it, Greece must do their homework — Real Time Brussels couldn't resist asking leaders about the continent's other high-level gathering this week: the glittery, singing one.
With Greece lurching toward new elections and a new socialist government in place in France, the pressure is on. The doorstep was more crowded than usual, with Paul Mason of the BBC in particular hurling questions at leaders as they walked in and Belgian PM Elio di Rupo having several lengthy chats with journalists in a variety of language. After saying that Eurobonds aren't the answer to the single currency bloc's problems for a number of reasons, the Swedish Prime Minister kindly shared his thoughts on this matter of great importance.
"I'm very humble; we think very often we should win, very often we expect to win, we hope to win, and then we do not do that," PM Fredrik Reinfeldt told reporters when asked about Loreen's 'Euphoria' on his way into the summit. "I think it's a fantastic song, we like the artist, I was in favor of her already during the national competition."
Sweden has a long and noble Eurovision pedigree, including ABBA, the all-conquering four-piece who not only won with 'Waterloo' in 1974 but also went on to write some of the catchiest pop tunes of all time. It's won a total of four times, most recently in 1999 with 'Take me to your heaven' by Charlotte Nilsson. But Reinfeldt, ever the wise leader, recognizes securing a fifth victory in Azerbaijan won't be plain sailing.
"I like these Russian ladies, that one's fun, so we have some very good competition out there," the PM said in reference to the babushkas taking part for Russia. Dressed in traditional clothes, they put dumplings in the oven as part of their stage show before singing "party for everybody!" Online bookmakers give them the second-best odds of winning after Sweden, meaning they may yet face their Waterloo.
Sweden now has to secure enough votes in tomorrow's second semi-final to get a place in the line-up for Saturday night; while this is seen as a formality, in Eurovision, as at summits, nothing is ever a foregone conclusion. Follow our live blog Saturday night to see if Loreen and her eurodance track 'Euphoria' can bring musical glory back to Stockholm for the fifth time.
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Adams Tabernacle of Faith AME offers solutions for Black families
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To Reverend Melvin Payne of the Adams Tabernacle of Faith African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in Pembroke Pines, one of the most important issues for our communities today are relationships. All of our relationships are really all about how well you relate to God, he explained. When your relationship with God is great you instantly recognize that you are no better than anyone else because you recognize your own deficiencies and shortcomings. The church is also dedicated to helping to mend the relationships between people and will offer classes about marriage, parenting and child rearing through their recently founded Family and Marriage Institute. Lets face it, when you look at the family situation - only 35 percent of our people are getting married and only 50 percent of those couples are staying married - our families are crying out for help, he said. Our children are struggling with their relationships at home as a result they grow up only to continue the same dysfunctional behavior and relationships in their homes. He further explained, Thats why family and marriage is a part of our ministry because we want to teach how to get married and stay married. Walking by faith Ordained in ministry in 1987, Payne was given his first senior pastoral position at St. Stephens AME Church which is located in a small, agricultural community in Okeechobee, Florida. They called me the walking preacher because on the weekend I would walk from one end of the county to the next, he said. I went from door to door and I knew everyone by name. His weekend excursions included stops everywhere from the corner grocery store to a local drug den. The minister explained, People need to feel comfortable with the preacher and learn that were no different from then, so I feel comfortable going out and meeting the people and going to many places that many wouldnt bother to go. To Payne, who was raised in Overtown, getting to know everyone in the local community was his duty as a Christian. I think that there is a mandate by God for us to go out into the world and that means that you need to go out and touch the people, he explained. And Payne brought that philosophy with him when he was assigned to found the Adams Tabernacle of Faith in Pembroke Pines. But the new community required a new strategy. I had to come up with a different model because what worked in Okeechobee didnt necessarily work in Pembroke Pines because here you have gated communities, he said. Yet Payne was able to slowly reach more and more people until a church that had begun with three worshippers grew to over 100 members. The growing church moved into a newly renovated warehouse with state-of-the-art classrooms and sanctuary last year. Now, the AME church offers several other ministries including a Youth Ministry, Family and Marriage Ministry and Health and Wellness Ministry - all founded to provide holistic care to its members. I love Bible study and it is essential, explained Payne, However, we must also teach families about the importance of healthy relationships, proper behavior, nutrition and exercise. The churchs motto is providing hope, faith and health to hurting families for the Kingdom. Adams Tabernacle of Faith AME Church is located at The church is located at 28051 Johnson St., Suites 115 -116 in Pembroke Pines. For more information about their ministries, please call 954-431-2486. By Kaila firstname.lastname@example.com


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A 2-2 draw at home to Liverpool was secured thanks to Sergio Aguero's angled strike 12 minutes from time after Daniel Sturridge, against his former club, and Steven Gerrard had turned things around after Edin Dzeko's opener.
However, they have dropped further behind leaders Manchester United and the gap is now nine points but Mancini said that was far from insurmountable.
"Absolutely not," was the Italian's response when asked whether the championship was over.
"Two years ago Chelsea were nine points behind and when they went to play at Old Trafford two games from the end (of the season) they were only two points behind.
"Two games and the championship is reopened. I don't think this is finished but probably now we have to win all the games but if not then 11 or 12 games.
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Since I never seem to learn, I was walking by the window of Pizza Rustica in South Beach the other day. After seeing the display in the window, I decided to go in and buy a slice. After spending like $4.00 for this think little piece of pizza, I had to wonder if the previous reviewers of this place, like the New Times, and Zagat should qualify as pizza reviewers. Either these other sites that have given this place a "best of Miami" award, and "Best Late Night Dining" are on the payroll, or they need to get new tasters. There is nothing about this pizza that is extraordinary, not even remotely close. Down the block you can find a tremendously better slice at Gino's.
Do other reviewers who are not experts like myself, think because they display the pizza differently, that itLooks Like Ellio'stastes differently? Have you actually tried the sauce? Can you really say this is best in Miami? Time for the publications to get rid of their current staff of pizza phoneys and talk to us. Rating a pizza place is not about how chic it is, or doing a favor for a friend. Rating a truly good slice of pizza is about the combination of Crust, Cheese, and Sauce. Since Pizza Rustica has Cheese, Sauce and Crust, I agree it is pizza, but unfortunatley they are nothing close to being the best. I will give Pizza Rustica 3 out of 8 slices.


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The Ulster County Police Chiefs' Association announced Monday that it has formed a committee to address school safety on a countywide level, said Sheriff Paul VanBlarcum and District Attorney Holley Carnright.
Citizens can send their concerns via e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com or by letter, mailed to the Ulster County Sheriff's Office at 380 Boulevard, Kingston, NY 12401. Letters should be to the attention of "school safety concerns." The comments will be reviewed during the next three weeks.
The district attorney's and sheriff's offices are coordinating with state and local police agencies and school superintendents to address recent concerns over school safety. The committee comes after the December mass shooting in Newtown, Conn., where 20 children and six adults were fatally shot at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
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The board voted to award $250 to the Evergreen High School Education Foundation for technology, textbooks and training; $2,000 to Bootstraps Inc. for scholarships; $500 to Mt. Evans Hospice; $400 to the Evergreen High School music program; $500 to the Senior Resource Center; and $200 to Congregation Beth Evergreen's seventh-grade students for their Hoops for Haiti school supplies fund-raiser for hurrican victims.
Being a princess is hard work. Just ask Kate Middleton as she is planning the royal wedding for Prince William. There are glass slippers to be fitted, coaches that keep turning into pumpkins, and royal clocks that strike midnight at inopportune times. But a group of Conifer elementary school students is making being a princess look like a breeze. In StageDoor Theatre's upcoming production of "Cinderella," audiences (and Kate Middleton) can see how it's done.
A collection of multimedia artwork from Africa assembled by longtime Evergreen resident and Peace Corps training executive Malcolm Lillywhite is on display at Creekside Cellars winery and restaurant on Main Street in Evergreen.
I don't always see eye to eye with U.S. Sen. Mark Udall, but I've never doubted his sincerity. Last week, he floated a simple but potentially revolutionary idea to change the partisan tenor of the annual State of the Union address. Rather than have Republicans and Democrats separated by party affiliation, Udall suggested, why not mix things up and let political adversaries sit next to one another?
Senator Udall, that's a terrific idea.
Light snows and bitter cold weather have been the trend in January. It is the kind of weather that makes me want to curl up by the fireplace and read. Since this is the kind of weather we have had for over a month, I should be caught up with my reading, but I'm not.
There are just so many good new books out that I can't find enough time. However, there are a few books I've read or have read about lately that I fell many readers of this column may find interesting.
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An Evergreen man has been arrested on suspicion of Internet luring of a minor.
Ryan Michael Lafferty, 33, was arrested by Jefferson County district attorney investigators Jan. 10 and charged with Internet luring of a child and attempted sexual assault on a child. Lafferty posted $1,500 bond the next day. A preliminary hearing is set for Feb. 11.
According to the arrest affidavit, Lafferty was arrested after allegedly communicating by Internet with Jefferson County investigators who were posing as a 14-year-old girl from Littleton.
The Jeffco Sheriff's Office is urging citizens to be alert to criminal activity after evidence of a number of car break-ins and possible garage thefts surfaced over the weekend of Jan. 8-9 in the North Evergreen area.
Judging by footprints in the snow, it appeared that some 20 homes had been approached by suspects with the intention of entering garages through unlocked doors, according to Dale Wizieck, crime prevention deputy with the Mountain Precinct.
A property owner whose land is in the path of the upcoming extension to the NEAT trail system is worried the route is too close to Bergen Parkway and could put pedestrians, especially children, in danger.
"I'm not worried about giving up a little sliver of land or the aesthetics of it. I'm worried about safety, pure and simple," said Richard Phelps, a retired golf course architect who has had an office in a small brown house at 1522 Bergen Parkway, north of the Blue Quill Angler, since 1986.
IDAHO SPRINGS — Like many native Coloradans, I went through the right of passage and learned to ski at an early age. But then I switched to the dark-side — I became a snowboarder.
In all my years snowboarding I had always wanted to try the half-pipe and terrain park, but was to nervous that I would wipe out and get seriously hurt or ridiculed beyond belief, or worse — both.
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