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Also in Paris for Fashion Week: Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen squeezed in some major cultural time, visiting the Musee Bourdelle together. Of course, the sisters also packed in visits to the runway shows, stopping by the John Galliano show – and rocking out with Amy Winehouse at the Fendi party. Earlier in the weekend, Mary-Kate was also spotted talking over coffee with legendary photographer Peter Beard at Café de Flore.
Renée Zellweger, dropping over $3,000 in 15 minutes at Miami clothing boutique Atrium. A source tells us: "Renée was so sweet – and was buying birthday gifts for a friend. She found one coat she couldn't live without, so she bought one for her friend and one for herself."
Marcia Cross, getting her nails done at Nail Spa Lane, before stopping at Peet's Coffee & Tea on Montana Avenue in Santa Monica.
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Leighton Meester, enjoying a family dinner at New York's Kobe Club. Sitting with her mom, brother and a female friend, the Gossip Girls queen bee enjoyed a wedge salad, salmon with spinach and the Bee Hive Honeycomb dessert topped with, yep, a chocolate bumble bee.
By DAVID CAPLAN, MARK DAGOSTINO, SHRUTI DHALWALA, REBECCA GROSS and PETER MIKELBANK
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The GoPro High Definition Hero2 boasts developed optics, a some latest video- and still-picture-shooting modes, and backward compatibility with recent HD Hero accessories. Most significantly, its interface has been overhauled and is just much simpler to see and realize.
As developed as it is, the Hero2's interface can even be a bit puzzling for the first-time client.
So, while the latest era GoPro HD Hero2 landed on my desk boasting a developed interface, I determined to challenge myself to complete-test the machine without cracking the spine on its 90-page user manual.
Expecting at the GoPro HD Hero2 side by side with the actual High Definition Hero, exposes remarkably little alter in the unit's form element. Both units are dimensionally identical and characteristic the similar lens, power key, shutter button, and LCD display placement. This means that any waterproof cases or lens extends bought for the HD Hero1 will even function with the HD Hero2, which is an excellent thing for GoPro devotees.
Closer inspection exposes that there is more than the addition of the number 2 to discern the latest model from the former. For starters, the Hero2 characteristics a fresh glass lens that should be sharper and long lasting than the former lens. Where the Hero1 boasted just one red recording indicator LED, the Hero2 characteristic 4. On the right edge are the connections for the proprietary video output, the Mini-Universal Serial Bus slot for charging, and a 2.5mm microphone input. Gratefully, these 3 connections are truly labeled this go-round. On the left edge are the complete-size SD card port and a latest HDMI video output. Onboard microphones are just situated on the top and bottom edges of the unit. At last, the rear panel is where you will search the battery door that extends the user-replaceable 1,100mAh lithium ion battery.

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Posts Tagged 'exploitation'
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* I have a review out today of Aurora and Seveneves (both great!) in The Los Angeles Review of Books. My review actually has a lot in common with two other reviews they've run recently, one from Tom Streithorst on Mad Max: Fury Road and the other from Sherryl Vint on Paolo Bacigalupi's The Water Knife.
* I always said the point of the five-year Ph.D. was "produce more adjuncts," but UC Irvine has gone and formalized it.
* RT @cnewf: USC fundraising staff: 450. USC TT faculty in Arts & Sciences:460.
* Scenes from the class struggle at Arizona State.
* University of Iowa Receives 18,000 Volume Science Fiction Library.
* The Toast interviews @AfAmHistFail.
* Sweet Briar lives. Joy Over Sweet Briar's Reopening Is Tempered by Questions About the Road Ahead. Lessons from Sweet Briar. Sweet Briar Savors the Promise of Revival, but Fund-Raising Challenge Is Vast. Sweet Briar's 'No Nonsense' New President Faces a Tall Task. Reinventing Sweet Briar. I just want someone to look into all their weird investment losses and figure out what was happening there.
* How to Teach Your White Kids to Fight Racism.
* The flag might actually come down.
* For every "justifiable" gun homicide, there are 34 criminal gun homicides, 78 gun suicides, and two accidental gun deaths.
* Rhodesia and American Paramilitary Culture.
* The cell phones in the pockets of the dead students were still ringing when we were told that it was wrong to ask why.
* The brutal truth is that most of American political history is an experiment in seeing what will happen if national political elites agree not to offend white supremacist Southern white men.
* "Sanders surge is becoming a bigger problem for Clinton."
According to the RealClearPolitics average of polls, she leads Sanders by 47 percentage points.
* But set Obama's impressive electoral victories aside and the Democrats look less like an emerging majority and more like a party in free fall: Since Obama was sworn in six years ago, Democrats have suffered net losses of 11 governorships, 30 statehouse chambers, more than 900 statehouse seats, and have lost control of both houses of the U.S. Congress. They're certainly finding every possible way to blow it.
* Scenes from the charter school scam: Milwaukee Public Schools edition.
* For as long as women have been doing time, prisons have had to contend with the children they carry.
* The Martian Author Andy Weir Explains All the Ways Mars Wants to Kill You.
* Erasmus Darwin, supervillain.
* Think Progress on suicide and trans* identity.
* Use/Mention distinction really hits the big time.
* What happens when the sea swallows a country?
* It's just impossible to elect anyone who is actually on the left. Look what happens.
* It is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of McDonalds.
* Amazon developing exciting new ways to destroy publishing.
* Clash of Clans is made by the Finnish game studio Supercell. It launched in August 2012 and rapidly became one of the top five highest-grossing titles in Apple's App Store. In 2013, when Yao and his invitation-only clan, North44, were at their peak, Clash of Clans helped create $555 million of revenue for the company. The next year, Supercell's revenue tripled to $1.7 billion — a seemingly inexplicable sum produced by a roster of games that, like Clash, are free to download and can be played without spending a dime. So how is Supercell generating all that money? By relying on players who don't simply want to enjoy the game but who want to win. Players who, like Yao, are willing to spend a great deal of cash.
* Against porn. May have spoken a bit too directly to me given that I read it while watching the Rashida Jones documentary Hot Girls Wanted, which is utterly, soul-crushingly depressing.
* 'Star Trek' Fan Invited to Pitch 'Star Trek Uncharted' TV Series to Paramount. The best part: it actually sounds like a good idea.
* And the arc of history is long, but Walter White From 'Breaking Bad' Will Appear in a Future Episode of 'Better Call Saul.'
Just a Few Monday Links
* Sarah Kendzior and Rebecca Schuman tee up for the grad-school-backlash-backlash-backlash-honestly-I've-lost-count. As always, I'm very glad people are talking about exploitation, but nonetheless the unvarnished, apocalyptic negativity of some of these pieces just doesn't reflect my own experiences in the academy very well at all. Academia contains multitudes; that's actually a huge part of the problem.
* CEO Pay 1,795-to-1 Multiple of Wages Skirts U.S. Law. Of course, the "law" being skirted is a toothless disclosure requirement, so don't even sweat it.
* Brave director slams Disney's sexy Merida makeover.
* Yglesias wept: Bangladesh to allow unions for garment workers.
* The Los Angeles Review of Books explains the Church of Scientology.
Wright proposes that the central document to understanding Hubbard's psyche is his so-called "secret memoir," composed around 1947, otherwise referred to as Hubbard's "Affirmations" or "Admissions." The document itself has an interesting history: it was found by a former archivist for the Church of Scientology, Gerald Armstrong, who had been tasked with organizing the founder's personal papers. The more Armstrong read, the less he believed. Convinced that Hubbard was a huckster, Armstrong copied the documents that he discovered in the archives and delivered them to his lawyer. He was thereafter sued by the Church of Scientology. During the trial, Armstrong tried to get on record portions of Hubbard's "Affirmations," under the vehement protests of the Church's lawyers. Since then, the document has leaked to the internet. Among Hubbard's Affirmations:
"I can write."
"My mind is still brilliant."
"That masturbation was no sin or crime."
"That I do not need to have ulcers any more."
"That I believe in my gods and spiritual things."
"That my magical work is powerful and effective."
"That the numbers 7, 25, and 16 are not unlucky or evil for me."
"That I am not bad to look upon."
"That I am not susceptible to colds."
"That these words and commands are like fire and will sear themselves into every corner of my being, making me happy and well and confident forever!"
Hubbard emerges, in Wright's account, as a pitiable figure, driven by relentless ambition yet also stalked by an enduring fear of irrelevance. Flawed, prone to tyranny and abusive behavior, he sought to conquer his insecurities by achieving an outsized grandeur. "If one looks behind the Affirmations to the conditions they are meant to correct," Wright concludes, "one sees a man who is ashamed of his tendency to fabricate personal stories, who is conflicted about his sexual needs, and who worries about his mortality. He has a predatory view of women but at the same time fears their power to humiliate him."
* Austerity comes to CTU: the new 24 will only have twelve episodes.
* The first trailer for Joss Whedon's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. seems to tease Luke Cage.
Weekend Links!
* Big fair use decision: specific commentary on the original work is not required for a fair use defense.
* Finding common ground with Senator Coburn: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude major professional sports leagues from qualifying as tax-exempt organizations.
* Gasp! Many students stay away from online courses in subjects they deem especially difficult or interesting, according to a study released this month by the Community College Research Center at Columbia University's Teachers College. The finding comes just as many highly selective colleges are embracing online learning and as massive open online courses are gaining popularity and standing.
* "What we're saying is that bargain-basement (clothing) is automatically leading towards these types of disasters," John Hilary, executive director at British charity War on Want, told Reuters.
* Bad Robot will adapt 11/22/63.
* Canada gets it right: "The legal test for a true volunteer arrangement looks at several factors, but merely agreeing to work without pay does not in itself make you a volunteer," Ministry of Labour spokesperson Jonathon Rose wrote in an email. See also Natalia Cecire:
Like the hypothetical minimum-wage high schooler whose income serves as pocket money, non-essential and destined for "fun," the youthful volunteer, who may very well intrinsically enjoy the work, authorizes a category of labor exploitation that is not only okay but also okay to take as the norm for the labor of cultural preservation. "I can get you a twenty-year-old!" is, in that sense, not a labor solution but its opposite: a commitment to the norm that this work will be unpaid.
* Whitewashing and manwashing cinema.
* Mother Jones profiles the great Tig Notaro.
* What BP Doesn't Want You to Know About the 2010 Gulf Spill.
* And 66 behind-the-scenes photos from the filming of The Empire Strikes Back.
The Five-Year Ph.D. as Improved Plumbing, Redux
In this respect, the restructuring of the Graduate Center follows a rather banal and callous neoliberal trend across higher education today: the gutting of social sciences and humanities; assembly-line style speed-up in PhD production time; and the loss of spaces for long-term, dedicated, and quality research and writing. Title refers to this. Via @claudiakincaid.
Some Monday Links
* Tumblr has been perfected; you can all go home. Troy and Abed in Engineering.
* Hi, I'm Maria Bamford; ask me anything.
* Newt Gingrich thinks Republicans couldn't beat Hillary Clinton in 2016. I agree! I also think there's no one in the Democratic Party who could beat her for the nomination. As far as I can tell the presidency is hers if she wants it.
* It is an interesting and somewhat macabre parlor game to play at a large gathering of one's acquaintances: to speculate who in a showdown would go Nazi. This is how people played "Zombie Apocalypse" before that was a thing.
* Mark Johnston, the acting assistant housing secretary for community planning and development, estimated that homelessness could be effectively eradicated in the United States at an annual cost of about $20 billion. The housing department's budget for addressing homelessness is currently about $1.9 billion. But that's an impossibly large sum we certainly can't afford — the cost of almost three months in Iraq!
* It's painful for Nicholas Kristoff as a liberal to admit, but the poor are wicked and deserve their lot. Even disabled kids? Especially disabled kids.
* Also on the are-there-no-workhouses beat: Are graduate students living cheaply enough? The Chronicle of Higher Education is on it!


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Most gangs use hand signs to identify their gang and as a form of communication.
Hand signs are also used to "flash" a warning or a threat to rival gangs.
Some gangs have elaborate hand and body signals, so advanced, that they can have complete conversations without saying a word.
These signs are frequently used when they don't want others to know what they are about to do. Gang knowledge is very fluent in nature.
Keep Your Child Out Of Jail will update any new info or any changes.
Gang Graffiti
dog paw mark
Gang Identifiers: Blood gang symbols include but are not limited to the following: a Five-point star (symbolizing the Bloods affiliation with People Nation), "PIRU" (L.A. street name), "DAMU" (Swahili for Blood), "CK" (Crip killer) and various numbers representing Blood street sets. The Bloods primary choice of color is red. Blood members also wear sports apparel such as Chicago Bulls, Philadelphia Phillies and San Francisco Forty-Niners. According to the Federal Gang Task Force in Long Island, New York, East Coast Blood identifiers may include graffiti such as "031" (I have love for you Blood). The letter "S" may be crossed out because it represents Slobs (an offensive expression for Bloods). Tattoos may include the acronym M.O.B. (Member of Blood / Money Over Bitches), a dog paw mark (represented by three dots), a bulldog, and/or the letter "B" (Blood).
Gang Identifiers: The Crips dominant color is Blue. On the West Coast, however, many of them no longer openly display their gang affiliation. The Grape Street Crips in Watts and New Jersey wear the color purple. Most Crips "represent" to the right by tilting their hats to the right side, wearing blue-colored laces on the right shoe, and rolling up the right pant's leg, etc. The Crips in Minnesota represent to the left. Crips have been known to replace the letter "B" with the letter "C" in writings. Crips' symbols include the six-pointed star which represents Life, Loyalty, Love, Knowledge, Wisdom, and Understanding.
Learn how gangs use color of clothing, hand gestures, tattoos and graffiti.
Parents should know that just because your child wears sport apparel or dress in hip hop styles doesn't mean he or she is in a gang.
However if your child becomes fixated on one color and refuses to wear other colors this may be a warning sign.
Gang members dress for strategic reasons. Their clothing color, hats and jewelry all play a part in their identity.
Baseball caps and jackets with logos of popular professional sports teams have become a common item worn by gang members. They take pride in their gang and openly display their membership in this manner.
Gangs have taken on different types of dress and identification, such as the Los Angeles Raider's logo because of the team's reputation for toughness. This identity creates a reputation which is used to intimidate other rival gangs.
Other gangs have chosen athletic teams based on their colors or the symbols associated with the team insignia. Gang fashion and fashion itself are very fluent in nature and change often these are just some examples below
Atlanta Braves: People- initial "A" for Almighty
Boston Celtics: Spanish Cobras - Colors - Green/Black
British Knights: Crips - initials "B" & "K" for Blood Killers
Burger King: Crips - initials "B" & "K" for Blood Killers
Charlotte Hornets: 4 Corner Hustlers - initials "C" & "H"
Charlotte Hornets: Imperial Gangsters - Colors - Black/Pink
Chicago Bulls: Vice Lords, Latin Counts, Mickey Cobras - colors - Black/Red
Chicago Bulls: Black Peace Stone Nation - "Bulls" stands for "Boy You Look Like Stone"
Chicago Black Hawks: Vice Lords - Colors - Black/Red
Chicago Cubs: Spanish Cobras - initial "C"
Cincinnati Reds: 4 Corner Hustlers - put a "4″ next to the "C" and an "H" inside of the "C"
Colorado Rockies: Simon City Royals - sometimes place a white "S" in front of the "C"
Columbia Knights: Bloods - initials "C" & "K" for Crip Killer
Converse All Star shoe: People - five point star in the logo of label
Dallas Cowboys: People - five point star
Denver Broncos: Black Disciples switch "DB" for initials "BD"
Detroit Lions: Gangster Disciples - Colors - Black/Blue
Detroit Tigers: Folks - initial "D" for Disciples
Detroit Tigers: Gangster Disciples - Colors: Black/Blue
Duke: Folks - Colors - Black/Blue; "Duke" = "Disciples Utilizing Knowledge Everyday"
Georgetown: Folks - initial "G" for Gangster
Georgetown Hoyas: Gangster Disciples - Colors: Black/Blue; "Hoyas" stands for "Hoover's On Your Ass" (Larry Hoover)
Georgia Tech: Folks - initial "G" for Gangster
Indiana University: Imperial Gangsters - initials "I" & "U" overlapping appear to make the shape of a pitchfork showing "Folks" affiliation
Kansas City Royals: Folks - Colors: Black/Blue
Kansas City Royals: Simon City Royals - "Royals"
LA Dodgers: Gangster Disciples - initial "D" for Disciples
LA Kings: Latin Kings - "Kings"
LA Kings: People - "Kings" stands for "Kill Inglewood Nasty Gangsters"
Los Angeles Raiders: Folks - "Raiders" stands for "Ruthless Ass Insane Disciples Running Shit"
Los Angeles Raiders: People - "Raiders" stands for "Raggedy Ass Iced Donuts Everywhere Running Scared": used to "Disrespect" Folks
Louis Vitton Cap: Vice Lords Initials "LV" reversed
Miami Hurricanes: People - Color -Orange
Michigan: Initial "M" for Maniac Latin Disciples
Minnesota Twins: Initial "M" for Maniac Latin Disciples
NY Yankees: Gangster Disciples Colors - Black/Blue/White
North Carolina Tar Heels: Folks - Colors - Black/Blue
Nike: Folks - Colors - Black/Blue
Oakland A's: Ambrose - initial "A" for Ambrose
Oakland A's: Orchestra Albany Initials "O" & "A"
Oakland A's: Spanish Cobras - Color - Green
Orlando Magic: Folks - "Magic" stands for "Maniacs and Gangsters in Chicago"; Colors - Black/Blue represents numerous "Folks" gangs
Philadelphia Phillies: People - initial "P" for "People"
Phoenix Suns: Black Peace Stone Nation - initials "P" & "S"
Pittsburgh Pirates: Colors - Black/Gold for Latin Kings; Bloods - Initial "P"; for Pirus (Bloods)
San Francisco Giants: Folks - switch initials for "Super Gangster Folk"
San Francisco Giants: Future Stones Initials "S" & "F" spelled backwards San Francisco (Any) Stone Freaks Initials "S" & "F"
St. Louis Cardinals: Spanish Vice Lords - red-colored hat
Starter Symbol: Folks - crack the five point star to disrespect the "People"
Starter Symbol: People - five point star
Texas Rangers: People - initial "T" looks like pitchfork pointing down
University of Illinois: Folks - initials "U" & "I" together appear to be a pitchfork pointing upUniversity of Nevada at Las Vegas: (UNLV ) -Vice Lords Colors: Red/Black; "UNLV" backwards stands for "Vice Lords Nation United"
Crip Alphabet Code and Hand Signs
Blood Alphabet Code and Hand Signs


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LEGO The Hobbit for Wii U delayed until April 22 in North America
Apr 9th - LEGO The Hobbit has been delayed in North America, launching on April 22 for the Wii U.
Let's Talk Smash: What are you favorite things from the Nintendo Direct?
Apr 9th - With tons of news about Super Smash Bros. now available from last night's Nintendo Direct, let's talk about!
Nintendo no longer manufacturing Classic and Classic Pro controllers
Apr 9th - Nintendo is no longer producing the classic and classic pro controller for the original Wii.
Xbox One Vs. Wii U comparison chat
Apr 9th - This is a super special edition of the Zorpix Den! Tucker Martin from xboxonedaily agreed to do a video with me about how the Xbox One and the Wii U match up!
Japanese sales – Just Dance Wii U and Sony dominate the charts
Apr 9th - Just Dance Wii U debuts at number 5 in Japan, while Sony software dominates the rest of the charts.
Charizard and Greninja announced for Super Smash Bros
Apr 8th - Today's Nintendo Direct announced two new characters, both hailing from the Pokemon series!
Super Smash Bros. features two online modes
Apr 8th - Masahiro Sakurai revealed two new online modes of play for Super Smash Bros. during today's Nintendo Direct.
Super Smash Bros. for 3DS will run at 60 FPS, no mention of Wii U version
Apr 8th - In today's Nintendo Direct, Masahiro Sakurai confirmed that characters in the 3DS game will run at 60 frames per second both in and out of 3D.
New changes for previous Smash Bros. fighters
Apr 8th - In today's Smash Brothers direct, Masahiro Sakurai announced a lot of new details about some changes for returning fighters. We've got all those changes right here!
Super Smash Bros for Nintendo 3DS releasing before Wii U version
Apr 8th - One of the most significant new things revealed in today's Nintendo Direct was that there are two separate release windows for the two new Super Smash Bros.
Watch the Super Smash Bros. Nintendo Direct on Wii U Daily
Apr 8th - Watch the Super Smash Bros. Nintendo Direct right here on Wii U Daily!
Koizumi and team already at work on the next Mario game
Apr 8th - Koizumi and his team are hard at work on the next Mario game, but the platform they're working on is a surprise.
Here's the official launch trailer for LEGO The Hobbit
Apr 8th - Warner Bros. Interactive has released a new launch trailer for LEGO The Hobbit.
Today's Nintendo Direct will not have a Smash Bros. release date
Apr 8th - Today's Nintendo Direct will not have an official date for the Super Smash Bros. release, but rather a launch window.
New Club Nintendo rewards for May are now available
Apr 8th - Club Nintendo's selection of games has been updated for May and there's a new physical item for you to spend your coins on.
Mario Kart 8: Sunshine Airport preview [VIDEO]
Apr 7th - Check out this preview footage from Sunshine Airport pieced together to show the track!
Two Tribes titles explode in sales after price reduction
Apr 7th - Two Tribes experiences a huge sales explosion after lowering the price of its games permanently.


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Justin Timberlake is serious about his new music. And Andy Cohen is serious about The Real Housewives.
In a spoof of the singer's "I'm Ready" video, in which he teased his return to the recording studio (which led to his new album The 20/20 Experience), Cohen is walking through the Atlanta Biltmore Hotel on his way to film the reunion shows for The Real Housewives of Atlanta. Watch below.
"Someone asked me the other day, 'So, are you just done with Housewives?' " Cohen says as he enters the hotel. "Housewives mean more to me more than anybody else in the world."
Then, just like Timberlake, Cohen convinces those watching of his passion for the Real Housewives franchise, fist-bumping Atlanta's Cynthia Bailey and greeting her costar Kenya Moore along the way.
"I obsess over it before anybody else can even think of it," he says, "donkey booties, stallion booties, wigs, weaves, 'Close your legs to married men,' 'Gone with the Wind fabulous' ... Will a bird hit me in the face? Will I get pushed like a rag doll? Will someone produce documentation that proves absolutely nothing? Is somebody going to out my past as a stripper?"
Then, as Cohen takes his seat, with note cards in hand, the picture fades to color and he says, "I'm ready."
The Real Housewives of Atlanta's three-part reunion begins April 7 on Bravo.
Andy Cohen Spoofs Justin Timberlake at Real Housewives of Atlanta Reunion
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December 21, 2009 � San Luis � Twenty-seven tombs and a wall of the Jewish cemetery in San Luis were vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti, including swastikas and the slogans "Death to F** Jews."
December 8, 2009 - Buenos Aires - Six tombs in the Liniers cemetery, a Jewish cemetery in the western part of the city, were vandalized. The perpetrators took the lids off the tombs and dug up the area around the graves.
September 12, 2009 � Buenos Aires � A week before the Jewish High Holidays, 58 tombs were vandalized and robbed in the cemetery of La Tablada. Eight of the graves belong to victims of the 1994 terrorist attack on the AMIA Jewish community center.
May 17, 2009 - Buenos Aires - At least three people and a police officer were injured in a violent attack against a crowd celebrating Israel's anniversary. Members of Argentina's Jewish community were confronted by a gang of youths who were armed with clubs, knives and other weapons. The following day, two synagogues in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Belgrano received bomb threats.
April 21, 2009 - Buenos Aires - An ancient Jewish cemetery was defaced on the Holocaust Remembrance Day. Vandals painted swastikas and crossed-out Stars of David on walls.
August 17, 2009 � Sydney � The number "88" � shorthand for "Heil Hitler" and a common calling card of racists � was painted on the home and footpath of Eric Roozendaal, the treasurer of New South Wales, who is known for speaking out against right-wing extremist groups.
January 5, 2009 - Melbourne - A synagogue was defaced with anti-Semitic graffiti.
December 12, 2009 - Vienna - A local Chabad rabbi was violently attacked by a man who bit off part of his finger following a public menorah lighting ceremony celebrating Hanukkah.
July 31, 2009 - Brest � Anti-Semitic epithets and a swastika were spray-painted on a Holocaust memorial.
May 9, 2009 - Brest - A Holocaust memorial was set on fire on the day commemorated as Victory Day over the Nazis.
July 5, 2009 � Antwerp � A car slowed down next to an identifiably Orthodox Jew who was walking on the sidewalk and the driver spit on him. The victim noted the license plate and reported the incident to police
June 11, 2009 - Antwerp - A group of Arab teenagers threw rocks at children of the Belzer Hasidic community.
April 28, 2009 - Antwerp - A rabbi from Lyon, France, was insulted by a taxi driver. After the rabbi entered the car, the driver opened all the windows and said that there is a microbe in his car and that he should be wearing a mask.
April 21, 2009 - Antwerp - A 78-year-old Orthodox Jewish man was attacked and pushed to the ground. Witnesses tried to catch the perpetrator, but were unsuccessful. The victim was briefly hospitalized.
March 3, 2009 - Antwerp - Four Jewish men from the Belzer Hasidic community were attacked while walking down the street. The assailant hit them with a metal bar and screamed in Arabic "Allah Akhbar!" All four victims were hospitalized.
January 14, 2009 - Schaerbeek - Cobblestones were thrown at a synagogue, but did not cause any permanent damage.
January 7, 2009 - Charleroi - A synagogue was spray-painted with the words "Hezbollah," "Israel," and "Death."
January 6, 2009 - Schaerbeek - Four Molotov cocktails were thrown at a synagogue.
January 5, 2009 - Charleroi - Rocks were thrown at a synagogue.
January 5, 2009 - Forest - A Molotov cocktail was thrown at a synagogue.
January 4, 2009 - Antwerp - Belgian Jewish leaders say they have received dozens of death threats.
January 4, 2009 - Anderlecht - A brick and eggs were thrown at a Jewish school.
January 3, 2009 - Antwerp - Arson was attempted against a Jewish home.
July 13, 2009 � Burgas � The doors of a synagogue and the facade of a Jewish community center were simultaneously set on fire. The fire caused minor damage to both buildings.
November 14-15, 2009 � Calgary, Alberta � Several Jewish buildings, including two synagogues and a Holocaust monument, were vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti, including swastikas and slogans such as "Kill Jews" and "6 million more." Anti-Jewish graffiti was also discovered on bus stops, fences and mailboxes nearby.
October 21, 2009 � Ottawa � Vandals desecrated the Jewish Memorial Gardens near Greely, painting swastikas and anti-Semitic epithets on eight headstones and on the entrance to the burial grounds.
September 8, 2009 – Marseille – A local Jewish school, ORT Bramson High School, was attacked by vandals who threw aerosol cans soaked with flammable liquid at the school building. Nearly 400 students were in the building at the time of the attack, but none were injured.
July 1, 2009 � Lannion � Many residents received leaflets containing anti-Semitic language in their mailboxes. The mayor urged the police to find those responsible as quickly as possible.
April 11, 2009 – Drancy – A five-foot black swastika and several anti-Semitic slogans were painted on a railway wagon that was used to deport French Jews. Two other large swastikas were daubed on a commemorative monument and on the wall of a nearby shop.
March 9, 2009 - Creteil - An 18 year old Jewish youth, wearing a yarmulke, was attacked by three strangers on his way to synagogue for Purim. They threw objects at him, including a jar of mustard that struck him on the head. The resulting injuries required stitches. The victim was able to provide description of his attackers to the police who apprehended them.
January 24, 2009 - Paris - A kosher supermarket's warehouse was firebombed, causing a major fire in the eastern Paris suburb of Montreuil. An unused Molotov cocktail was found at the scene.
January 17, 2009 - Creteil - Two 16-year-old Jews were beaten in front of a kosher restaurant by a gang that shouted "Palestine will win, dirty Jews!" One of the victims suffered head injuries, and the other was hit in the back. Seven were arrested in connection with the confrontation.
January 17, 2009 - Hayangue - A Molotov cocktail was thrown at a synagogue and burned the door.
January 15, 2009 - Fontenay-sous-Bois - Carjackers shouted anti-Semitic threats and stabbed a man four times after noticing his Star of David necklace. The victim suffered stab wounds to the head and neck.
January 15, 2009 - Villeneuve-Saint-Georges - A synagogue in a small town southeast of Paris was firebombed, causing the door to catch fire.
January 15, 2009 - Villeneuve Saint Georges - The door of a synagogue south of Paris was burned, when at least one Molotov cocktail was thrown at it. No other damage was reported.
January 14, 2009 - Mulhouse - "Death to Israel", "Long live Palestine" and "(expletive) France" were spray-painted on a synagogue.
January 13, 2009 - Lille - A swastika and the letters "ZOG" were painted on a synagogue. "ZOG" is a common anti-Semitic acronym for "Zionist Occupied Government."
January 11-12, 2009 - Bischeim - Three Molotov cocktails were thrown at a synagogue in Bischeim, near Strasbourg, damaging the exterior. No one was injured.
January 11, 2009 - Paris - Molotov cocktails were thrown at a synagogue in Saint Denis, a northern suburb of Paris. The firebombs bounced off the reinforced window and caused damage to an adjacent Jewish restaurant.
January 8, 2009 - Nice - "Death to Jews" was spray-painted outside of a primary school in Nice.
January 7, 2009 - Villiers-le-Bel - A 15-year-old girl accused a gang of ten people, including three schoolmates, of an anti-Semitic assault in a Paris suburb. She said she was thrown to the ground, kicked, and punched, and that the attackers told her that they were avenging Palestinians.
January 5, 2009 - Lingolsheim - A synagogue in a small town near Strasbourg was vandalized with graffiti, including the word "assassins."
January 5, 2009 - Toulouse - A burning car with a Molotov cocktail was rammed into the door of a synagogue while a rabbi was giving a class inside. Another car was also prepared with Molotov cocktails, but an alarm scared off the attackers before it was used.
January 4, 2009 - Paris - A 29-year-old Jewish man was attacked at a Paris subway station by a gang of about 20 people who yelled "Palestine will win." They hit him in the face and reportedly filmed the scene.
January 3, 2009 - Toulon - A car at the synagogue in Toulon was burned.
January 3, 2009 - Metz - An anti-Israel protest was directed at the synagogue in Metz.
January 2, 2009 - Valenton - A Jewish doctor, 70, was shot twice in the back as he left his office in a small town south of Paris. The police have no witnesses and no alternative theories about why he was attacked.
January 1, 2009 - Bordeaux - Two kosher food shops were vandalized.
November 7, 2009 � Dresden � A synagogue was vandalized with swastikas and other anti-Semitic hate symbols. The vandalism took place days prior to events commemorating the 71st anniversary of Kristallnacht.
January 28, 2009 - Laupheim - Vandals spray-painted several swastikas on the wall of a Jewish cemetery.
January 25, 2009 - Waren - A Holocaust memorial was desecrated the day after a commemoration ceremony. The perpetrators threw paint bombs at the memorial stone and the flowers which lay upon the stone.
January 14, 2009 - Berlin - A guard at a Berlin synagogue was attacked with an iron bar and had to be hospitalized. The assailant was subdued by other guards. The police described him as "stateless" and he claimed to be Palestinian.
January 12, 2009 - Bedburg - An old Jewish cemetery was defaced with a swastika and Nazi-symbols.
January 7, 2009 - Rostock - Vandals defaced the Jewish Center by throwing stones through the windows, one of which was decorated with the Star of David.
January 3, 2009 - Berlin - Berlin's Holocaust memorial was vandalized with anti-Semitic slogans and swastikas.
June 3, 2009 - Ioannina - Six graves and the main memorial of a Jewish cemetery were vandalized. The perpetrators also covered the tombstones with blood from a turtle they had killed.
January 18, 2009 - Ioannina - Three tombs in a Jewish cemetery were attacked and broken.
January 8, 2009 - Athens - Graffiti reading "Israelites - Jews - Murderers" was found at the Jewish cemetery.
January 4, 2009 - Athens - The leader of a far-right party published an editorial that accused Israel of acting in Gaza like the Nazis, claiming that such could be expected of Jews because they are "Christ-killers." The editorial also included the phrase, "it is known all over the world that a Jew smells of blood."
October 26, 2009 � Mako � The memorial plaque commemorating the 1944 death of Rabbi Dr. Armin Kecskemeti, a famous Hungarian chief rabbi, was shattered, and its wall defaced with anti-Jewish and Holocaust denying statements such as "What Six Million?"
January 21-22, 2009 - Rome - Two members of the neo-fascist group Militia vandalized several Jewish-owned shops and put up a banner reading "Boycott Israel!" The young neo-Nazis were arrested by the police.
January 18, 2009 - Florence - A gas canister, rigged as an explosive device, was found at the entrance to the Chabad house. The device failed to explode and was safely removed.
January 12, 2009 - Pisa - Red paint was thrown at the town synagogue.
Late August � Vezaiciai - A swastika and the Nazi slogan "Juden raus" were painted on a sign commemorating a site where Nazis murdered Jews.
January 17-18, 2009 - Klaipeda - "Kill Jews," "Palestine," and swastikas were painted on a Jewish community center.
January 18, 2009 - Amsterdam - A Molotov cocktail was thrown into a commercial building with a Hebrew inscription that houses a synagogue. The small fire was extinguished before major damage was done.
January 16, 2009 - Klaipeda - "Get rid of the Jews" and swastikas were painted on the wall of the Jewish community center.
December 13, 2009 � Chisinau - A mob led by and Orthodox priest and shouting anti-Semitic statements pulled down a Menorah in a local square and replaced it with a cross. The mob used hammers and iron bars to pull down the menorah while shouting "We are an Orthodox country. Stephan the Great defended our country from all kinds of kikes, and now they come and put their menorah here. This is anarchy." More
July 1, 2009 � Panasheshti � A group of eight or nine youths attacked a rabbi who was on a fishing trip with his students. The perpetrators shouted anti-Semitic insults as they assaulted and robbed him.
March 1, 2009 - Bendery - Vandals broke into a synagogue, desecrating a Torah scroll, the ark and prayer table. They also defaced the walls with neo-Nazi graffiti, burned posters, and stole religious objects.
July 11, 2009 � Amsterdam � Swastikas and the word "Jew" were scribbled on more than 20 cars in the Oud-Zuid region.
January 3, 2009 - Amsterdam - At an anti-Israel rally that included the participation of a Dutch legislator, the crowd chanted, "Hamas, Hamas, Jews to the gas."
May 15, 2009 - Oslo - The Jewish section of a cemetery was desecrated in an anti-Semitic attack. Vandals painted black swastikas and "The War is Not Over" on several tombstones at the historic Sofienberg cemetery, which is a national heritage site.
June 13, 2009 - Wroclaw - Vandals painted a swastika, the SS symbol and the words "Jude Raus" (Jews out) on a synagogue and a nearby Jewish Information Center.
June 16, 2009 - Chelm - "Jews to the oven, for this is your place" was written in Polish on the entrance sign of the Gdansk-Chelm Jewish cemetery.
May 19, 2009 - Gora Kalwaria - Swastikas and insults, including "Jude Raus" (Jews out) were painted on walls of a burial chamber of the rabbis of Ger.
July 14, 2009 � Ploiesti � Vandals destroyed five tombstones of a Jewish cemetery.
December 14, 2009 � Smolensk � A public menorah was damaged by vandals.
December 5, 2009 - Moscow - Two identifiably Jewish Israelis were attacked outside a Moscow yeshiva. Both men were hospitalized.
December 1, 2009 - Moscow - A 25 year-old identifiably Jewish man was assaulted in the subway. The attacker, an alleged neo-Nazi, shouted "Heil!" and hit the victim, who suffered minor injuries. The police detained an individual, but charged him only with "minor hooliganism."
September 12, 2009 � Khabarovsk � Two Molotov cocktails were thrown at a synagogue. Four skinheads, aged 15 to 23, were arrested and charged with arson. The home of a police officer who investigates racist crimes was also firebombed the same night.
July 16, 2009 � Komi Republic � A rock was thrown through the window of the Syktyvkar Jewish community center. It was the second time this year that unknown vandals had attacked the building.
July 12, 2009 � Ryazan � Unknown vandals painted swastikas on the doors of a Jewish community center.
June 19, 2009 � Abakan � A swastika was spray-painted on the entrance doors of a Jewish community center.
May 14, 2009- Nizhny Novgorod - Fourteen Jewish graves were desecrated in Nizhny Novgorod in early May. The Marina Roscha cemetery had been the target of vandals on several previous occasions.
May 12, 2009 - Pskov - Swastikas were painted on the door of the Jewish social service center, "Chesed Itzhak."
May 7, 2009 - Norilsk - A monument to Jewish victims of Stalin's repression was spray-painted with crossed-out Stars of David and anti-Semitic epithets.
March 30, 2009 - Sebezh - A Jewish cemetery was desecrated. The perpetrators burned wreaths and damaged 18 tombstones.
March 11, 2009 - Petrozavodsk - A Holocaust memorial in a Jewish cemetery was vandalized.
February 17, 2009 - Yaroslavl - Rocks were thrown through the windows of a synagogue. No one was injured.
July 6, 2009 � Vrsac � Anti-Semitic graffiti containing the phrase �EU and NATO are diabolic Jews� was spray-painted on the walls of a building.
June 1, 2009 - Subotica - Eleven gravestones in a Jewish cemetery were destroyed.
January 18, 2009 - Maribor - A Jewish community center and historic former synagogue was vandalized with slogans, including "Juden Raus" ("Jews get out") and "Gaza."
January 30, 2009 – Barcelona – A man with a baseball bat repeatedly struck the nameplate of a synagogue. When an employee of the synagogue approached the man, he was hit in the arm and head. Passersby alerted the police, and the attacker was arrested. The synagogue employee required hospitalization for a fractured arm and head contusions.
January 12, 2009 - Barcelona - The windows of the Chabad house in Barcelona were broken and "assassins" was spray-painted on the building.
January 13, 2009 - Malmo - Vandals threw Molotov cocktails at the burial chapel of a Jewish cemetery. The synagogue was slightly damaged.
January 5, 2009 - Helsingborg - A Molotov cocktail was thrown at the synagogue. No damage was reported.
January 5, 2009 - Helsingfors - A Molotov cocktail was thrown into the synagogue.
January 4, 2009 - Malmo - Arsonists attempted to burn down a Jewish burial chapel. The structure suffered minor damage from soot and smoke.
January 11-12, 2009 - Geneva - Windows were broken overnight at a kolel, a Jewish study center.
January 11, 2009 - Zurich - Graffiti comparing the Star of David to a swastika was sprayed on walls of a restaurant on the outskirts of the city.
January 3, 2009 - Bern - Anti-Israel protesters carried signs equating Israel with Nazi Germany.
January 6, 2009 - Ankara - An Israeli basketball team fled from the court into the dressing room, because the crowd became threatening, calling them "killers" and shouting "death to Jews."
United Kingdom
October 11, 2009 � Manchester � Two men shouted racist slurs and punched a 16-year-old teenager as he was walking home from synagogue with his mother and sister.
January 19, 2009 - London - A 31-year-old Jewish man was beaten by several men who shouted "for Gaza" as they attacked him, leaving him with a black eye and several bruises.
January 3, 2009 - London - Assailants tried to burn a synagogue in the Brondesbury section of London.
December 9, 2009 - Kaments-Polsky - Vandals threw rocks left to honor the deceased at a Holocaust memorial, damaging the structure. Four youths were arrested in connection with the attack and charged with desecrating gravestones.
October 26, 2009 - Nikolaev - Vandals splattered black paint on the monument marking the home where Lubavitch Rebbe Menachem Schneerson was born. It was the second time vandals struck at the site this year.
September 13, 2009 � Kyiv � The front door of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) offices was defaced with Nazi symbols. Responding to suspicious noises in front of the building, a guard saw three young men leaving the area.
August 30, 2009 � Melitopol � Vandals painted swastikas and anti-Semitic slogans on the main entrance of a Jewish charity�s building in southern Ukraine. Similar graffiti appeared in nearby towns. During World War II, Melitopol was in the part of Ukraine that fought against Nazi invasion.
June 11, 2009 - Kremenchug - Four unknown vandals threw cans of brown paint on walls of a synagogue.
April 17, 2009 - Voskresensk - Vandals defiled a Holocaust memorial. Swastikas and anti-Semitic graffiti, including "Death to Jews" in German and Russian, were painted on the monument.
February 26, 2009 - Nikolayev - A monument that honors the late Lubavitcher Rebbe was vandalized. The granite plaque was damaged apparently with hammers, and the perpetrators also attached xenophobic fliers to the memorial.
February 2, 2009 - Lutzk - A homemade bomb, consisting of a large bottle with white powder and a timer, was discovered in the basement of a synagogue. The staff was evacuated and the explosive device was successfully neutralized by the police.
January 13, 2009 - Montevideo - The facade of the the headquarters of the Israelite Association Jaime Zhitlovsky, located in the neighborhood of Palermo, Montevideo, was firebombed with Molotov cocktails. The cultural center building sustained only slight damage, and no one was injured.
June 17, 2009 - Caracas - During a demonstration by a group loyal to the Chavez regime, the residence of the governor of the State of Miranda, Henrique Capriles Radonsky, whose grandparents were Jewish, was vandalized with swastikas and and other graffiti calling him a Nazi. The demonstrators, who were led by the mayor of the municipality of Guaicapuro, all wore red shirts with the symbol of the national oil company PDVSA and were believed to be municipal employees.
June 16, 2009 - Caracas - A group of alleged students from a government-run university spray painted anti-Semitic graffiti on the walls surrounding the Tiferet Israel Synagogue, the site of an anti-Semitic attack four months earlier. The graffiti included Stars of David equated with swastikas, "Get out of our Country Zionists", "The crisis should be paid by you Zionist Assassins" and other anti-Jewish epithets.
January 30, 2009 - Caracas - About 15 armed men overpowered and tied up a security guard and forced their way into a synagogue, defacing its administrative offices with anti-Semitic graffiti and throwing Torah scrolls to the ground in a rampage that lasted nearly five hours. Graffiti left at the scene included the phrases "Damn the Jews, "Jews out" and "Israel assassins" and a picture of a devil. More
Selected Anti-Semitic Incidents Around the World in 2012
Selected Anti-Semitic Incidents Around the World in 2011
Selected Anti-Semitic Incidents Around the World in 2010
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Selected Anti-Semitic Incidents Around the World in 2007
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Now this should be in your rainy day playlist. Click the jump to check out and rock with Breezy Lovejoy's LOVEJOY, with features from TiRon, Ayomari, Dumbfoundead and more.
On the latest episode of "The Truth With Elliott Wilson," Rap Radar's head honcho brings up Miss Minaj's most recent good-and-bad moments and tells you whether he thinks Nicky will be relevant in the years to come.
Joe Budden sat down with Hard Knock TV's Nick Huff Barili for an discussion on personal topics such as depression and maintaining his faith. It's interesting to hear the rapper get asked questions like these since most interviewers shy away from taboo-type questions. He also mentions how awesome it was to have Ab-Soul join him on stage in Ab's hometown, Los Angeles.
The Game held his listening party and birthday party all in the same day at Lure in Hollywood. With DJ Skee on the tables, invites like Snoop Dogg, Soulja Boy, Metta World Peace, Ocho Cinco, Ray J and more strolled through the red carpet on their way to the club. Missed it? Skee TV provided the recap above.
Directed by Heffy
The Harry Fraud-produced intro track on French Montana's Mac & Cheese 3 mixtape, which was cleverly titled "Intro," now has a new name, "Only If For A Night," along with a music video. On another note, all this hilarious French Montana and 50 Cent beef accumulated to this tweet from French to Fif: "if u really about Dat life lets drop our album da same day and see who sell more u had your turn old man." So who's going to win that battle?
Directed by Film Collins
New vintage visuals for Sir Michael Rocks' "Alive & High," produced by Cookin Soul. Find this track on Mikey's Premier Politics 1.5.
Right before his performance at the 2012 American Music Awards, Swizz Beatz sits down with Justin Credible from the L.A. Leakers to talk about his brand new song "Everyday Birthday", his friendship with Jay-Z, and even shares a few memories.
Produced by Timbaland
In campaign of Jesus Piece, Game releases a free download, "Judas' Closet." The Timabland-produced leak will not be featured on the album but Game and Nip still do their thang. Pre-order Jesus Piece here before the album drops December 11th.
If you know who Cassidy is, then you should be familiar with his freestyle/battle skills. In our recent interview with Joe Budden, even Budden brought up Cass when discussing battling. Well, now you get to hear Cass spit a 2-minute free on Sway's morning show. I know he can go longer but I'll take 2 minutes. Pause.
After the jump, Cassidy talks about the Meek Mill rap battle. And it's for a good cause.
Single produced by Jamie Foxx (yes, the singer/actor)
Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained will hit the big screen this Christmas but in the meantime, we're served a Rick Ross track off the motion picture's soundtrack. Western-type audio setting provided by Jamie Foxx, who also stars in the film. Who knew he produced too?


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A man was killed and nine were injured when lightning struck during Sunday's Nascar race in the Poconos.
Brian Zimmerman, 41, of Moosic, Lackawanna County, died as he stood near his car in the parking lot.
Nine other people were injured during the storm. One remains hospitalized in stable condition.


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Brian Tokar has been an activist, author and a critical voice for ecological activism since the 1980s. He is currently the Director of the Institute for Social Ecology and a lecturer in Environmental Studies at the University of Vermont. Brian's books include The Green Alternative (1987, revised 1992), Earth for Sale (1997), and Toward Climate Justice: Perspectives on the Climate Crisis and Social Change, released in 2010. He edited two books on the politics of biotechnology, Redesigning Life? and Gene Traders, and co-edited the recent collection, Agriculture and Food in Crisis: Conflict, Resistance and Renewal (Monthly Review Press). Brian received a Project Censored award for his investigative history of Monsanto Corporation (first published in The Ecologist) and was an organizer of the annual Biojustice protests against the biotechnology industry from 2000 - 2007. He is a founding member of the activist network Climate SOS, and his articles on environmental issues and popular movements appear in Z Magazine and Synthesis/Regeneration, and on websites such as Counterpunch, ZNet, and Toward Freedom.
The Paris Climate Agreement: Hope or Hype?
Is the Paris Climate Conference Designed to Fail?
The Myths of "Green Capitalism"
The Myths of "Green Capitalism"
Global Warming and the Struggle for Justice
Vermont Voters Say No To Tar Sands Oil
Repackaging Copenhagen: Will There Be a Global Climate Agreement?
Politics-as-Usual While the Planet Burns
Earth For Sale: Reclaiming Ecology in the Age of Corporate Greenwash
Gene Traders: Biotechnology, World Trade and the Globalization of Hunger
Redesigning Life?: The Worldwide Challenge to Genetic Engineering


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It was a pleasure to participate in Highlight Health's hosting of Social Media in Health and Medicine, Medlibs Round 2.7. Thank you for an excellent compilation and presentation, Walter!
I've been talking about social media a lot here recently, I have just a few more updates related to social media then I'll move on to other subjects.
Twitter as Government Agency Reference Source
I am encouraged by the step the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has taken by announcing they will monitor a hashtag, #findsamhsa, to assist people who are seeking information from their numerous helpful pamphlets and online resources. So far I haven't seen where people have used the hashtag except in retweets, but the agency's willingness to try this way to engage in assisting health information seekers is commendable. I'd suggest they include a blurb about it on their social media page though so others will know about this service after this scrolls off the immediate horizon from their Twitter posts. We already know how I feel about #pubmed so I won't rehash that hashtag.
Increased Social Media Use in Emergencies – 74% of Those Posting Expect Help in 1 Hour
Everyone needs to review the report of a Red Cross survey released this week about the usage of social media in emergencies. Of course, the first step should always be to call your emergency services number (911 in the United States) but what if the phone lines are down? 1 in 5 of the 1,058 adult participants would try to get help via email, websites or social media.
What was particularly notable are the expectations people have when they use social media in this way, bold emphasis mine
Web users also have clear expectations about how first responders should be answering their requests. The survey showed that 69 percent said that emergency responders should be monitoring social media sites in order to quickly send help—and nearly half believe a response agency is probably already responding to any urgent request they might see.
And the survey respondents expected quick response to an online appeal for help—74 percent expected help to come less than an hour after their tweet or Facebook post.
More web users say they get their emergency information from social media than from a NOAA weather radio, government website or emergency text message system. One in five social media users also report posting eyewitness accounts of emergency events to their accounts.
The National Weather Service has taken a step in this direction by encouraging the use of the #wxreport hashtag for severe weather events… but the reality is you can't preassign a hashtag to be used in an emergency. People will inherently create their own individual ones, the local social media community will reach a hive mind consensus on what it is, and onward it goes. From my perspective this is why agency social media channels need to build relationships so they are aware of who their audience is and what they are discussing, so in an emergency the agency will know what specific hashtag will be most useful to convey information to those who need it.


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Finally I could do it. The problem was the command line with I was using to run the application. The next one is the correct command line order:
$ java -Dbea.home=/path_with_my_license.bea_file/ -Djava.protocol.handler.pkgs=com.certicom.net.ssl -Dweblogic.webservice.client.ssl.strictcertchecking =False -classpath /my_path/ -jar my_jar.jar
Now, I have another problem. I can send a request and I receive my response. But server says that the credentials used are incorrect (they are the correct ones). Could it be a problem with the certificate? I'm using the method:
WLSSLAdapter adapter.setTrustedCertificatesFile("mycert.cer");
Some idea?


text: The fight starts at pos. 3:00 as the irate mother enters the store after the security guard warned her not to by saying "you better back it up" over and over again. As the hitting starts, the mother's child screams in fear — but she keeps on assaulting the security guard who tasers on her. Irate mother falls flat on her back out coldin front of her kids, but gets up for more! Then everyone turns on the taser-happy security guard and the video ends there (he was probably killed).


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PORTAGE, MI – They'll be paddling, running, learning and jumping when the annual Get Active Portage 2012 descends on Ramona Park Aug. 11.
What started as a simple Paddle Fest three years ago that drew a few dozen people has grown into a three-stage celebration of health and wellness that last year attracted more than 250 people and could double that this year.
Get Active Portage features the Ramona Park Youth Triathlon, the Paddle Fest on Long Lake and the Ramona Park Health Fair that will be expanded to include children's activities from jump roping to an obstacle course.
"It started out as the Paddle Fest and then one of the Park Board's goals was to get more involved in health and wellness so it expanded last year with the youth triathlon and now an even bigger health fair," said Bill Deming, Portage director of parks, recreation and public services.
The event is expanding this year thanks to a $2,000 grant from the American Heart Association that was secured by the Portage Senior Center Advisory Board and the Youth Advisory Board.
The grant will be used in part to boost the Ramona Park Health Fair to include not only health and wellness vendors but also free activities that include tai chi, yoga, zumba, geochaching, obstacle courses, jump roping and a CPR class.
"It should be a good time," Deming said. "We're trying to get out as many people as we can to get involved and enjoy Ramona Park with its beach and everything else it has to offer."
The event will begin with the Ramona Park Youth Triathlon at 9 a.m., with registration beginning at 8 a.m. It's for ages 6-9 years old and 10-13 years and will include swimming, biking and running. The 6-9 year olds will swim 50 yards, bike .7 miles and run .4 miles. The 10-13 year olds will swim 100 yards, bike 1.4 miles and run .75 miles. Several trophies will be awarded by ages. For more information or to register, go to www.kidsgetactive.us.
The Paddle Fest kayak races will begin with on-site registration at 10 a.m., with the first race at 10:30 a.m. featuring 12 and under children. At 11:45 a.m. will be the 13 and over and at noon the Lemans Race. Races are geared for paddlers of all abilities and ages. The cost to register is $10. Race times will be staged by age with trophies to the top three finishers of each event. If you don't have a kayak you can rent one at the event from Lee's Adventure Sports.
The Ramona Park Health Fair will run from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and will include not only the free activities but a chance to meet and talk to several area health and wellness vendors promoting healthy lifestyles.
Sponsors of Get Active Portage include the Portage Park Board, Spirit Racing LLC and Lee's Adventure Sports.
It all happens at Ramona Park, 8645 Sprinkle Road. For more information, or to get a free pass to enter the park that day, go to www.portagemi.gov or call the parks department at 329-4522.
Volunteers are also needed. If interested, contact the parks department.


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The fire at 32 N.E. Fremont St. started in a living room couch, Portland Fire Bureau officials said. Investigators attributed the spark to "smoking materials," but wouldn't be more specific.
There were two people inside the house at the time of the fire, said spokesman Lt. Rich Chatman. One person jumped from a second-floor window and the other ran out through the front door, witnesses said.
One resident was evaluated for smoke inhalation, but was cleared by medics. No one was seriously hurt, but a cat was killed in the fire, investigators said.
Damages to the house and its contents were estimated at $200,000.
--Lily Oberman
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Congratulations to Catholic University of America for partnering with Chinese Human Right Activist Chen Guangcheng. Here's a press release from CUA announcing the partnership with the CUA, the Witherspoon Institute, and the Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice."
Congratulations to Catholic University of America
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Chen Guangcheng and his family were horribly persecuted for protecting the rights of women and their unborn children against China's barbaric one-child policy. It is just amazing that most (perhaps all?) university Human Rights programs exclude the unborn! Such a devilish injustice to the smallest human lives. I'm so proud that a Catholic university — Catholic University — has taken Mr. Guangcheng in from the cold.


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Albuquerque Museum Exhibitions
Albuquerque Museum offers visitors a wide array of locally curated and world-class traveling exhibitions. Discover some of the most remarkable artifacts and works of art from the region, and the world.
In addition to its extensive permanent collection, the Albuquerque Museum offers a dynamic set of exhibitions. Learn more about exhibitions currently on display, read about well-loved exhibitions from previous years, and find out what's coming soon to the Museum.
Albuquerque Museum: Community History Proposals
The William A. + Loretta Barrett Keleher Gallery: Exploring the rich heritage of Albuquerque through the stories of the people and community groups that make up the city.
Albuquerque Museum: Past Exhibitions
A listing of past exhibits at Albuquerque Museum.
Albuquerque Museum: Photo Archive Exhibition
Information about exhibitions from Albuquerque Museum's Photo Archives.
Albuquerque Museum: Upcoming Exhibitions
Information about exhibitions coming to Albuquerque Museum.
Back to Life: The Community of Historic Fairview Cemetery
Information about exhibitions at Albuquerque Museum's William A. + Loretta Barrett Keleher Community History Gallery
Common Ground: Art in New Mexico
A bold reinstallation of Albuquerque Museum's permanent collection emphasizes real New Mexico.
Drawing Into Architecture: Sketches & Models by Antoine Predock
Visit Albuquerque Museum to see Drawing Into Architecture: Sketches & Models by Antoine Predock
Only in Albuquerque
Spirited. Courageous. Resourceful. Innovative. See the history of our city.
Revolt 1680-2180: Virgil Ortiz
Visit Albuquerque Museum to see Revolt 1680-2180: Virgil Ortiz. Famed artist Virgil Ortiz brings a futuristic world with deep roots in New Mexico's past.
Route 66: Radiance, Rust, and Revival on the Mother Road
May 14 - Oct. 2, 2016. Conceived in honor of the 90th anniversary of Route 66, this exhibition celebrates the art, history and popular culture of the iconic Mother Road.
Taos Moderns
Information about exhibitions at Albuquerque Museum's Angelique + Jim Lowry Gallery for Works on Paper.


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I had the opportunity last night to learn current thinking within the oil industry on the current outlook for oil markets, by attending the annual lecture of the British Institute of Energy Economists, kindly hosted by BP. A year ago, at the same event, the crude price was $51/bbl. Last night, the headlines were 'major […]
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Forecasting crude oil prices
I have often wondered how the major investment banks arrive at their forecasts for long-term crude prices. Last night I found out how it is done at the biggest player, Barclays Capital. Dr Paul Horsnell, Head of Commodities Research, said that when he started in the role in 2003, he began by keeping close to […]
USA adds $746bn to support housing
Housing, as we know, is an absolutely key market for the chemical industry, both directly and indirectly. Directly, each new house accounts for $16k of chemical demand, whilst indirectly, years of rising western house prices has allowed consumers to cash out their gains to spend on Asian imports. Now this virtuous circle has turned with […]
CFO pessimism increases
CFOs are paid to worry, but their worries seem to be increasing quite rapidly, according to the results of the quarterly CFO survey by Duke University/The Economist. This showed: • Record pessimism about the US economy, with US CFOs worrying about 'weak consumer demand, high fuel costs, rising labor costs and credit markets'. • European […]
Buffett sells PetroChina
I mentioned PetroChina in the very first blog entry, when the stock was trading at $155 in New York. It seemed to me to typify the new mood of confidence that I was finding as I travelled in Asia on the 10th anniversary of the Asian financial crisis. Little did I think that just 3 […]
Interesting Quotes
Normally a 275 point fall on Wall Street, and a 600 point fall in Hong Kong, would make for some headlines. But this time, the media coverage has been very muted. Presumably everybody thinks it will be another '9 day wonder', and believes with Chuck Prince of Citigroup that one simply has to keep 'dancing'. […]
Greed and Fear
Bill Gross runs PIMCO, the world's largest government bond managers with assets of nearly $700bn. In a new commentary, he pulls no punches about what he sees as the 'gluttony' of the super-rich amongst the private equity and hedge fund elite. He also takes aim at the lenders who, in his view, have been 'too […]
Stress-testing the global financial system
Yesterday's "swings in financial derivative prices were so extreme that they implied scenarios in which the core of the global liquidity system suffers a serious assault", according to JP Morgan, the investment bank. Watch out, if current US sub-prime mortgage problems turn into a more general "flight from risk".
Will the US housing slump impact chemicals?
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What: Shares of KongZhong (NASDAQ: KZ ) quickly plunged more than 10% Tuesday morning before recovering those losses to trade slightly in positive territory after the Chinese mobile and Internet game maker reported second-quarter results.
So what: Going into the report, the KongZhong stock had risen more than 30% over the past month alone, so it's easy to understand investors' initial apprehension after the company said net income actually declined 4.3% from the first quarter of 2013 to $6.51 million, or $0.16 per share. On an adjusted basis, net income also declined 12.1% from last quarter to $7.82 million, or $0.18 per diluted share. Meanwhile, revenue decreased 12.8% to $43.58 million over the same period.
However, the revenue number was actually in line with the company's own guidance of $43.5 million to $44.5 million. What's more, both earnings numbers exceeded the company's guidance for GAAP net income of $5.5 million to $6.5 million, and adjusted net income from $6.5 million to $7.5 million.
Now what: Going forward, KongZhong expects next quarter's revenue to be $43 million to $44 million, and net profit in the range of $0.5 million to $1.5 million as the company ramps up sales and marketing activities for the company's eight new smartphone and Internet games to be either commercially launched or entering beta testing during the second half of this year.
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The top girls who skate for the Buffalo Bisons hockey programs are so talented that any national attention they receive these days should not come as a surprise.
Yet, for a program that is churning out Division I talent with regularity, it is quite the feat that roughly half of the state's representation in the upcoming USA Hockey Evaluation Camps at St. Cloud, Minn., are Western New Yorkers – with 13 of the 15 Bisons.
There is something that would be even more impressive: If just one of them earned the right to don the red, white and blue Team USA jersey.
The quest to skate for Old Glory begins in earnest as America's top talents between the ages of 14-17 battle for a spot during the seven-day camps. The 17-under candidates gather today while the select 14- and 15-year-old camps run July 19-25.
Those who do well in these camps will earn an invitation to a smaller, select camp later this summer where Team USA brass will choose players for the national program.
Emily Pfalzer of Getzville, who has helped Boston College reach the Frozen Four each of the past two seasons, is believed to be the only Western New York female hockey player to make it onto one of USA Hockey's three national teams – serving as an alternate captain in 2010 and 2011 on Under-18 teams that earned gold and silver medals at the world championships.
"On sheer numbers, I think we've got some opportunities," Scott Welch, the Bisons and Nichols coach, said of the odds of landing at least one player on a national team. "The kids are very driven and they've continued to develop."
Four of the candidates who are vying for a spot on either Team USA's Under-18, Under-22 or national teams verbally committed to Division I schools prior to their senior year of high school. They are Allison Gasuik (Bisons/Nichols/Ohio State), Julianna Iafallo (Bisons/Nichols/Ohio State), Madison Sansone (Bisons/Nichols/Providence) and Annika Zalewski (Bisons/Nichols/Colgate).
Gasuik recorded 28 goals and 53 points in 49 games with the Bisons last year. She also played 39 games for Nichols, notching 26 goals and 49 points. Iafallo had 53 goals and 88 points in 86 combined games with the two teams. Sansone added 56 goals and 87 points in 80 games.
Zalewski, who only played 33 games for the Bisons last year and will also join Nichols this season, had 14 goals and 21 points.
Others vying for an opportunity of a lifetime include Mikaela Ditonto (Buffalo Bisons/Orchard Park), Brandy Streeter (Bisons/Nichols), Olivia Zafuto (Bisons/Nichols), Abby Cleary (Shattuck St. Mary's, formerly of Bisons/Nichols), Rachel dePerio (Bisons/Nichols), Bailey Lewczyk (North American Hockey Academy), Ava Simoncelli (Bisons/Nichols), Lila Toczak (Bisons), Abby Welch (Bisons/Nichols), Maureen Murphy (Bisons) and Taylor Pietrowski (Buffalo Regals).
Gasuik, Iafallo, Sansone, Streeter, Zafuto, Zalewski and Ditonto will skate in the Under-17 camp. Gasuik missed last year's camp with a hip injury, while Ditonto is a first-time participant.
"In general this is one of the highest numbers Buffalo has sent," to the national camp, said John Cleary, who runs the Bisons girls hockey program and is West section director for women's/girls hockey in New York.
How did so many from the 716 get discovered?
It's easier for players to get noticed when their team regularly skates in prestigious in-season tournaments against the nation's best – which in turn attracts Team USA and college scouts, but that's only part of the answer.
Players are putting in the work to go from being very good to being considered elite. Some have done that by starting strength training at an earlier age. Attending in-season skills clinics provides players additional ice time outside of the normal practice setting and gives them additional chances to turn weaknesses into strengths. Some even have personal skating coaches.
"I think it's a combination of everything," said Welch, who has coached 41 girls during his 15 seasons who have played either Division I or III college hockey. "If you look at teams in general in this area, obviously the Bisons have had a lot of success and it's continued to develop so I think you see at the national level the kids do well.
"They do well at the national championships and … I think that transcends to helping in the selection of the kids for national camp as well. I just think in New York State right now, Western New York is the hot bed for girls hockey."
Welch coaches five players who have verbally committed to Division I schools (the aforementioned four as well as daughter and goalie Madison Welch, who has committed to Syracuse even though she's just a junior-to-be at Nichols).
Two other Bisons/Nichols players he coached last season, Maddie Elia and Kelly Seward, will skate for Boston University and Penn State, respectively, in the fall. They join former Bisons Haley Welch (Union), Julia DiTondo (Mercyhurst) and Emily Janiga (Mercyhurst), and Clarence Center's Jenn Godin (RPI) in the Division I ranks.
"I think competition in general has gotten huge," said Haley Welch. "I think everyone's turning into great hockey players. They're starting young training."
The slick, playmaking Iafallo and the fast-skating Sansone are among the past evaluation camp participants who caught the eye of the Division I college coaches the last time they attended the event.
"It was good, it was fun," said Iafallo. "It was great competition to see how you place with the best of the best. You play against a lot of those girls so it's good to kind of play with and have some of them on your team.
"I was a little nervous the first year just because it was my first year. I think everyone has those nerves, but I was real excited too because you get to play with the girls that you always had those games where you have to watch her because she's really good so it is exciting to play against those girls and with them."
Gasuik is a fearless player with a great finishing touch. She can't wait to skate with the nation's best after missing last year's event. Besides working out everyday, she has a personal skating coach in Canada, Darryl Belfry, who has helped alter her stride so that she's more on her toes which, she said, makes her stronger on pucks in the corner.
"It's a good opportunity for me," said Gasuik, who showed off her soft hands and athleticism during a recent workout by juggling the puck on her stick and heel and kicking the puck back onto her stick while skating at half speed from the goal line to the far blue line. "Last year I faced some big adversity, but I recovered and I think this year I will make the U-18 team."
The invitees should feel confident in their abilities.
They've skated against top competition for years whether it's during the season in events such as the Connecticut Polar Bear and North American Hockey tournaments; the season-ending USA Hockey Championships; or the Sunday night summer gatherings at their North Buffalo Ice Rink home, where 14-under skaters work out with older players, including the Division I talents.
The Division I players attend not only so they can get some summer ice time but also serve as positive role models for the younger generation.
"You just watched them, try to take their habits, use them and add them to your game and it helps you all around," Gasuik said.
What's also helped the players has been the moral and financial backing from their families, something Scott Welch is quick to point out whenever a player tells him, "I earned a scholarship."
"Your family got the scholarship because without them driving you, without them spending a lot of money and doing a lot of these crazy things, you wouldn't have the opportunity," he said. "It's their talent on the ice but it's the dedication behind the scenes."
That commitment along with the work exerted by the players could lead to more great moments later this summer.
"I'm really excited," said 14-year-old dePerio, who's attending her first USA camp. "I'm just going to try my hardest, do my best and make my parents proud of me."
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As a fan of Linkin Park, the last few years have been pretty rough sailing. The albums have gotten progressively worse, to the point where a good many fans have jumped off the bandwagon for good. For some reason, I continue to stay interested in what they are doing. That said though, I do so not expecting much good at all out of LIVING THINGS.
Still, the band has surprised me here. While they no longer sound, at all, like the band that recorded HYBRID THEORY or METEORA, they have progessed their experimental side from the last two releases and found some decent ground to work from. In a lot of ways, LIVING THINGS reminds me of Nine Inch Nails' YEAR ZERO album from a decade ago. What I mean by that is there are enough elements of the music to let you know that it's the same band, but the sound and experimentation has transformed the band almost completely away from their original, core sound.
While not great, LIVING THINGS is a punchy, kind of fun pop/metal album that should be enjoyable to a lot of people. Vocalist Chester Bennington has really moved further and further away from screaming and is much more of a singer than ever before. He's got a solid enough voice, so it works well with these newer, less intense songs. Tracks like "I'll Be Gone" find Bennington shining as brightly as he has at any other time in the band's history. Vocalist Mike Shinoda brings his traditional wrapping to the mix as well, and while strong it's pretty much as annoying as ever. His spoken word take on "Castle Of Glass" is interesting; a low toned vocal that is very different from anything he or the band has tried before.
Musically, Linkin Park has grown from the A THOUSAND SUNS release, where it just sounded like a mish mosh of electronica noise without focus or direction. On LIVING THINGS, there's still all kinds of studio magic making up the music, but there's also a lot more real instrumentation in the mix this time than on the last release. Still, they go over the top a few times. "Victimized" is probably the most annoying, overly studio enhanced song on the entire disc and in the band's career. There's some real drumming on it, and a bunch of unrelated sounds and noises that make up the song. It's a touch unsettling of a listen.
PITRIFF RATING - 72/100 - LIVING THINGS is far more listenable than A THOUSAND SUNS or MINUTES AFTER MIDNIGHT. That said, it's still not great. While they get credit for doing their own thing, it''s safe to say that the old days are long gone with these guys.
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"Whether it's natural disasters, homeland security, or major wars, today's National Guard members and yesterday's minutemen remain the same person: citizen-soldiers with the conviction that their military service requires to make their nation and communities a safer and better place to live," said State Command Sgt. Maj. Eddie Pike.
The Guard traces its history back to Dec. 13, 1636 when the Massachusetts General Court in Salem ordered all able-bodied men between 16 and 60 years old to join the militia. Militia members worked in their home communities but were called on to fight when needed.
"National Guard units have fought in every major war this country has been involved in," Brig. Gen. Allen Harrell, Alabama National Guard Director of the Joint Staff, told those at the celebration. "The Guard today is comprised of approximately 464,000 personnel. We have the most modern aircraft, helicopters, tanks, artillery pieces...it's a very proud organization, and it all started 376 years ago with people just like you."
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The One Change I Made Before He Started Sleeping Through the NightEmily Malone
Cullen has slept through the night three nights in a row. And I don't mean the baby book definition of "sleeping through the night" – a stretch of 8 hours or so (since when was 7pm-3am through the night?). We're talking 6:30pm to 7:00am and not a peep in between.
He had been down to just one night feeding for several months now – usually waking somewhere between 2 and 4am. We tried a number of different methods to break him of this habit (after he reached the six month mark). I tried soothing him, dad tried soothing him, we tried reduced feedings, we let him cry – none of it worked. His pediatrician told me to go ahead and keep feeding him, and assured me eventually he'd drop it.
My older sister has a 13 month old, and has had similar sleeping woes. Actually hers have been far more difficult – baby waking multiple times a night for over a year. She called me last week to report that her son had magically slept through the night all week long. Except it wasn't magic. She had changed one specific thing. As soon as she mentioned it, I decided I'd give it a shot. So that night I did it too…
I took him out of cloth diapers and went back to overnight disposables. And wouldn't you know – he slept through the night on the very first try. Part of me wants to jump for joy that nine long sleepless months might actually be behind us. Part of me wants to cry with regret that I didn't try this sooner. Although I think it really is a combination of drier diapers along with his age. We have traveled and used disposables and he's still woken up, so I do think age is playing a role in his sleeping.
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The Origins of Labor Day | PBS NewsHour | Sept. 2, 2001 | PBS on Sep 02, 13
In 1898, Samuel Gompers, head of the American Federation of Labor, called it "the day for which the toilers in past centuries looked forward, when their rights and their wrongs would be discussed...that the workers of our day may not only lay down their tools of labor for a holiday, but upon which they may touch shoulders in marching phalanx and feel the stronger for it."
Beyond Better Wages, Benefits, and Conditions on Sep 02, 13
Even Albert Shanker understood this: In 1989 he told The New York Times, ''I want to create more effective and more humane schools, and to do that you need a new kind of union and new approaches to bargaining," he said. "You don't sell a union abstractly. You sell it by building an organization that people want."
How Labor Day was hijacked: 5 reminders of the day's real purpose - Salon.com on Sep 02, 13
Yes, despite the withering rhetorical and public policy assault on unions, polls show that organized labor retains high approval ratings among Americans and that most citizens do not support the highest-profile efforts to undermine and demonize the labor movement. That public opinion suggests if more people are simply reminded of what Labor Day is really all about, there's a decent chance we can restore its real significance. Here are just a few of those reminders:
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However, despite claims from some quarters that unions are a large part of the problem with American public education, there is ample evidence that teachers' unions are a vital piece of the education puzzle, and that students benefit from their existence.
Achievements of Labor Unions - The Folks Who Brought You the Weekend | made in usa challenge on Sep 02, 13
Over the last 170 years, labor unions have done a whole lot more than just establishing the weekend. We've effectively served as the first line of defense against the corporations and politicians that seek to exploit working class families. We've fought tirelessly for better treatment for workers from all walks of life. And we've won some major victories along the way on issues that affect working families every day.
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Status and Stress - NYTimes.com on Jul 28, 13
But an analysis by Elizabeth H. Bradley, an economist at the Yale School of Public Health, suggests that how you spend money matters. The higher the spending on social services relative to health care, she's found, the greater the longevity dividends.
Some now argue that addressing health disparities and their causes is not just a moral imperative, but an economic one. It will save money in the long run. The University of Chicago economist James Heckman estimates that investing in poor children yields a yearly return of 7 to 10 percent thereafter to society.
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Calls to several Presidential libraries reveal that President Obama's predecessor, George W. Bush, was on vacation more — 1,020 days — than any U.S. President since Herbert Hoover and possibly more than any other President in history.
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The teachers' union president, Michael Mulgrew, said that teachers and parents "deserve more than judgments based on bad tests, incorrect data and flawed methodology." The union has warned that the result will be sweeping, with good teachers steering clear of grades that have standardized tests, parents' attempts to switch their children to other classrooms, low morale among teachers and worse.
The release of the individual rankings has even been controversial among the scientists who designed them. Douglas N. Harris, an economist at the University of Wisconsin, where the city's rankings were developed, said the reports could be useful if combined with other information about teacher performance. But because value-added research is so new, he said, "we know very little about it." Releasing the data to the public at this point, Dr. Harris added, "strikes me as at best unwise, at worst, absurd."
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